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no more hope, as appeared by the purport of her let- CHAP. ters, the King could not bear it any longer, without some ^• sudden amendment. But she answered resolutely, her soul Anno 1550. was God's, and her faith she would not change, nor dissem- ble her opinion by contrary doings. It was told her, that the King constrained not her faith, but willed her not to rule as a King, but obey as a subject. And the very next day, March 19, the Emperor's ambassador came boldly with a short message from his master for war, except his cousin the Princess, as he called her, might have mass. To this no answer was then given. The 20th day the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of London and Rochester, 252 were consulted with in this point; who told the Council, that to give licence to sin, was sin ; nevertheless they thought the King might suffer or wink at it for a time. In the mean time, March 22, Mr. Rochester, Comptroller to the Lady Mary, was before the Council, and being asked, how many chaplains she had, he said, four, viz. Dr. Mallet, Hopton, Barker, and Richards. The next day, March 23, the result of the Council was^ that Dean Wotton should be sent to the Emperor, to signify, that the King did wholly deny this request to the Lady Mary. And in the mean season it was resolved, to punish the offenders that heard mass ; first, such as were his own servants, and next hers. Hereupon, March 24, Sir Anthony Brown was sent to the Fleet for hearing mass, with Serjeant Morgan : and the Council-Book sets this note upon Morgan, that he could not excuse himself, because that being so learned a man, he gave an ill example unto others. And Sir Clement Smith, who had heard mass, though it were a year before, received a reprimand.
Council to receive his answer. But they gave him none tlJ'^t'J^e Xt other, but that one should be sent to the Emperor within aP^ror. month or two, to declare the matter. And accordingly, April 10, Wotton had instructions to repair in embassy to the Emperor, and to be ambassador ledger there: chiefly to give the reasons of the King and his Council, why
452 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK the Emperor's ambassador, and the Lady Mary were de- ' nied to have mass said before them ; and to make this re- Anno 1561. solution before the Emperor: ''That if he would suffer Journ"^ " ^^^ King's ambassador with him to use his service, then " the King would suffer the Emperor's ambassador to " use his. But if he would not suffer the King's ambassa- '' dor, neither would the King suffer the Emperor's ambas- " sad or. Arid that as to his sister, she was his subject, and " therefore should use the service appointed by act of Par- " liament to be used by all his people."
Mary's family; which nevertheless he did, and was for- given. Therefore, April 29, being before them, they asked him, why, after he had been once forgiven, he would again wil- fully offend the laws in saying mass ? &c. He could not deny but that he had done ill in it. But forasmuch as, beside this lewd doing, he had also persuaded others of the King's sub- Maiiet sent jects to embrace his naughty opinions, he was committed to Tower. ^^^^ Tower. This warning was no more than the King had Council' given to his own servants. The Lady Hereupon the Lady Mary sent letters to the Council, dated Mary to the May 2, and 11, and June 21, marvelling at the imprison- hereupon, nient of Mallet, her chaplain, for saying mass before her household ; seeing it was promised the Emperor's ambassa- dor she should not be molested in her religion, but that she and her household should have the mass said before them continually. They answered, " That because of their duty " to the King, country, and friends, they were compelled " to give her this answer: that they would see not only " him, but also all others, mass-say ers and breakers of or- " der, straitly punished. And that, as for the promise, they " had not, nor would give none, to make her free from the " punishment of the law in that behalf." But it seems mass was notwithstanding continued in her house; which gave great offence. 253 In the month of July she was at Richmond : where the 1 he King Kinjj, as before he had sent her a kind letter, so now he sent
OF KING EDWARD VL 453 Master, the Lord Privy Seal, and one of the Secretaries. cHAP. And on this occasion she wrote the King a letter, (which ^- these noblemen seem to be the carriers of,) chiefly to shew Anno 1551. how unwavering she continued in her formerly declared pur- pose about religion ; and the rather, because some seemed to have informed the King of her inclinableness to conform to the late establishment of it. Which letter I think worthy the inserting, and was as follows :
" nign and good brodre. " I do most humbly thank you for your great goodness, Her letter '' favour, and liberality, which, as well by your Majesty's Titus, B. 2. " own letters, as by the report and declaration of your " counsellors, the Lord Great Master, the Lord Privy " Seal, and your Grace's Secretary, I perceive it hath " pleased you to determine towards me. Whereunto I have " no more to answer, but that I shal ever remain your Ma- " jesties most humble suster and servant, according to such " letters as I have written to your Highness, and to such " advertisement as I have given to your Grace by your " said counsellors; which is correspondent and agreeable " to my first mind and answer, made at the first opening of " the matter to me. From the which, as I neither have va- " ried from the beginning, ne wol vary hereafter ; so if any " man have said the contrary, I assure your Grace that he " hath don it without my consent or commission. Thus I " beseech our Lord to send your Majesty long life, with " good health, and perpetual felicity. From Richmond, " the 16th of July.
Lords of the King's Council, to discourse concerning the L^^rds for Lady Mary : who agreed that it was not convenient she ^"^^^^^"^^ should be suffered any longer to use her mass against the council- order of the Book of Common Prayer appointed. And it^'^"^- was resolved, that the officers of the Lady Mary's house Gg3 454 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK should be sent for, and charged not to suffer any other di- ' vine service to be used in her house, but such as was per- Anno i56i.j^i|-|.g(j by the law. And that the chaplains should be pro- hibited to say mass, and the servants of the house forbid to hear it. And a letter hereof to be sent from the King to the Lady Mary. And thereof they made an instrument signed with their hands and seals. Her officers Auffust the 11th, a warrant was ordered to be sent to the s^ut for o ~ ^ officers of the Lady Mary's house, to appear before the Council on the 13th instant ; and a second letter sent to the same import. They ap- August the 13th, [or rather the 14th,] at Hampton Court, appeared before the Council Robert Rochester, Comptroller of the Lady Mary's house, Edward Waldgrave, and Sir Francis Inglefield. It was, to let her know by them rather than by strangers, the less to molest her, that it was their order that the Communion-Book should be used hereafter in her family : and to inhibit her chaplains to say mass be- fore her in her house, or in any other place ; and neither 254 themselves, nor any of the family to hear mass, on pain of the King"'s displeasure. This message was given them with a letter from the King of that purport, to be by them de- livered to her. Rochester made many excuses; but was commanded on his allegiance to see the matter executed. And in case her Grace should dismiss him out of her ser- vice, (as he pretended she would for doing this message,) he and the rest were commanded on the King's behalf not to leave the service and the house, but to stay and see the or- der fulfilled. The con- In the letter which the King now sent to her, he re- Kin^'s let- winded her of the speeches and letters that he had used ^'"- with her formerly, to persuade her to obedience ; as also the letters of the Council that had beei) sent to her for that purpose, to reduce her to conformity and agreeableness in religion. He observed, as he wrote, that she was more wedded to her own mind after all this than she was before. Insomuch, as she refused so much as to hear any learned man, to inform her rightly of these matters. He added, OF KING EOWAKD VI. 455 that he was minded to take a more earnest regard to the re- CHAP. formation of her family, for the preservation of the autho- ' rity of the laws thus broken and contemned; and for the Anno 1551. glory of Almighty God : which were the causes that he had sent for her officers. By whom should be signified unto her his commandment in respect of her family. He that will read the letter itself, I refer him to the Cotton library : otho,C. 10. it is not any where as yet published, as many other of the letters relating to this transaction are. What followed upon this, I present as I found it in a ma- nuscript of the said library. '' This day Fbein^ Aug. 22.1 Mr. Rochester, Sir Francis Her officers' niGSS3.*''G to " Inglefeld, and Mr. Walgrave, officers to the Lady Mary's ^er from '' Grace, were before the Lords, and declared unto their *!>« Coun- " Lordships, that upon Saturday the 15th of this present, Titus, B. 2. " they arrived at Copped-hall, somewhat before night. By P* ^"^* " reason whereof, they did not the same night execute their " charge committed to them at Hampton Court the 14th of " this present. The Sunday following, being the 16th of '' this present, because they understood that her Grace re- " ceived the sacrameitt, (for so they termed it,) they did " abstain to deliver their letters before noon, considering " that the same would trouble and disquiet her. So as " after dinner taking commodity to declare their letters, " after that her Grace had read them, they made offer to " her to declare what charge they had received of the " Lords to execute ; praying her Grace to be contented to " hear the same. Whereupon her Grace made answer, that " she knew right well, that their commission was agreeing " with such matters as was contained in her letters : and " that therefore they needed not to rehearse the same. " Howbeit then pressing her Grace, she was finally content " to hear them. And when they had done, she seemed to How an- " be marvellously offended with them ; and charged them, feJelved it. " that they should not declare that same they had in " charge to say, neither to her chaplains nor family : " which if they did, besides that they should not take her " hereafter for their mistress, she would immediately de- " part out of the house. Upon this, as the said Rochester, Gg4 456
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Inglefeld, and Walgrave said to the Lords, that foras- much as she oftentimes altered her colour, and seemed to be passionate and unquiet, they forbare to trouble her any farther ; fearing that the troubling of her might per- chance bring her into her old disease ; and besought her to consider the matter calmly with herself, and pass thereupon against Wednesday next, when they would wait on her Grace, and know her further pleasure : which, they said, they did, hoping to have found her then, upon more ripe deliberation, and debating of the matter with herself, more conformable. And in the mean time they forbare also to declare to her chaplains and household the charge they had received. But repairing to her Grace the said Wednesday, being the 19th of this pre- sent, they did not only not find her conformable, but in further choler than she was before; utterly forbidding them to make declaration of their said charge and com- mission to her chaplains and household: adding, that where she and her household were in quiet, if they would by any means disturb her and them, if any inconveni- ence did ensue thereof to her or them, she would [attri- bute] it to the said Rochester, Inglefeld, and Walgrave : which thing considered, they thought it better to return without doing their commission, and declare this much to their Lordships, without meddhng any further, then to proceed in the execution of their charge before they had advertised their Lordships of the premises. " The Lords having heard this much, commanded them to attend until they should know further of their plea- sures.
with them letters from the Lady Mary's Grace to the King's Majesty."" Thus far and no farther the Cotton manuscript, which is but a transcript out of the Council- Book. The rest I supply out of the Council-Book and the King's Journal. August 23, Rochester, Inglefeld, and Walgrave appeared again : and they were severally, one by one, charged with not obeying the King's injunctions, in not prohibiting the
UF KIJNU JlJJWAKJU VI. 457 chaplains to say mass, and the family to hear it in the Lady CHAP. Mary's house; but that, contrary to order and directions \ of the Council, troubled the Lady Mary, by doing the Anno 1551. message to herself, and not to the chaplains and family. Hereupon they were strictly charged each one to repair to the Lady Mary's house, and do the charge enjoined them according to the order and directions of the Council, upon their allegiance, and by the King's special command. They all refused to do it. Rochester and Inglefeld said, they would endure any punishment or imprisonment : and Ingle- feld alleged, that he could not find in his heart or conscience to do it. They were commanded to attend continually the Council, until such time as they should know their further pleasure.
Anthony Wyngfeld, [Comptroller of the King's house,] and ^nd^two "'^^ Sir William Petre, [Secretary,] were sent to the Lady Mary other Privy with a letter and message : and in default of her said offi- sent to her. cers, were to declare to her the meaning of that promise ^^"J^'^'^" made to the Emperor in her behalf: and calling before them all her chaplains and household servants, to command the former to use no other service than what was by law established, and the latter not to be present at any other service, upon pain of most strait imprisonment. This mes- sage was carried Aug. 28, being Friday.
had done. And then it was appointed that the Lord Chan- j'/J^P^^'J^f^'^, celior, Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-chamberlain, and Secre- ed. tary Petre, should see by all means they could, whether she joufnai. used the mass. And if so, that the law should be executed on her chaplains. At this very time certain pinnaces were 256 prepared for secret conveyance away of the Lady Mary over sea. The doing of which was practised by the Emperor. Aug. 31, the Lady Mary's three servants aforesaid, whoHerser- had been two days before committed to the Fleet, were sent J'^'fj^y^°^ to the Tower : and the Council ordered the Warden of the Tower. Fleet to convey them through the bridge to the Tower, to jjook.'^' be had there severally : and the Lieutenant of the Tower to receive and keep them close prisoners from speaking to any 458 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK man, and not to let them have pen, ink, and paper. And because she might have need of her Comptroller, another Anno 1551. -was sent by the King to supply his absence. The Em- Sept. 5, the Emperor's ambassador came to the Court, bassadorTn- and required that the Lady Mary's officers should be re- terposes for g^orcd to their liberty, and that she mio^ht have her mass, the lehef '' • /> i p i of them, till the Emperor were certified of these things. He was Jouf ai answered, that the King needed not to answer except he The answer hsted, because the Ambassador spake without commission, given him. ^^i^h was evident by the shortness of the time since the com- mitment of the officers, of which the Emperor could not be so soon advertised. He was willed no more to move these piques without commission, in which he had been often an- swered. He was moreover told, that by this time the Em- peror was advertised, [by the King's own ambassador, of his dealings with his sister,] although the matter pertained not unto him. It was told him also, that the King had done nothing but according to a King's office herein, in ob- serving the laws that were so godly, and in punishing the offenders : and that the promise made to the Emperor was not so made as he pretended, [that is, that she should al- ways have the liberty of having mass said in her family,] as was affirmed by Sir Philip Hoby, being at that time am- bassador there. Waigrave is Sept. 27, Walgrave being sick in the Tower, his wife had Tower. leave to repair to him for his relief, and to provide for the Removed, recovery of his health. And Octob. 24. it was ordered. Book. ' that he should be removed out of the Tower by the Lieu- tenant to some honest house, where he might be better looked to, for the curing of his quartan ague ; remaining still as a prisoner, and to be forthcoming whensoever he should be called for. They had March 18, Rochester, Walgrave, and Inglefeld had leave hoiafe. ^ ^^ t^ g^ ^^t ^^ ^^^ Tower for their health's sake to their own homes. And, Set at li- April 24, 1552, they were set at liberty, and had leave ^* to repair to the Lady Mary, upon her request. But leav- ing the said Lady with her servants thus restored to her, let us proceed to othen matters; looking back upon the
OF KING EDWARD VI. 459 year, tind taking up several transactions in the state not yet CHAP, mentioned. ' — Anno 1561. CHAP. II. 257 The King writes to King Sigismond, and the Duke of Florence. Payments of' the army. Lord Darcy created. Merchants of Calais. The King tahes up money. The college of Galway. The Council for Wales. Lords Lieu- tenants. Forts.
Sigismond, King of Poland, on this occasion : some quarrel p^^^j^^^"^ °^ depending between Robert Helsen, the King's subject, and Ludolph Rull, a stranger, and, as it seems, one of Dantsig, about some matters of merchandize, their cause came before the senate of the said city ; who were too partial to Rull, so that the other could have no justice: therefore an appeal came before the said King Sigismond: who gave a more favourable hearing of Helsen's cause : which being well taken of Kinop Edward and his Council, a kind letter was addressed to him.
of Florence and the King. There was now found out a new [^^"^'^j^^J^^^ and more useful order of martial discipline in Italy, (which Florence, country now bred many good soldiers,) and chiefly practised under that Duke : which coming to the King's knowledge, he desired of the said Duke to have a plat or a scheme of the said new discipline: which he accordingly in two friendly letters communicated to the King : for which the King in March wrote him a letter of thanks. And lest any offence should arise to the Duke about a ship of his country which was laden hither with grain, and taken to the King's use, (of which the Duke had taken notice to him in a let- ter,) it being now a scarce time in England, the King certi- fied the Duke, that, according to his request, there should be a reasonable price set thereon, to his contentation.
460 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK last year, by which he parted with Boloign and other places • there, it was not before this year, in the month of March, Anno 1551. that he could disband his soldiers in those parts, and ease fo?the'dfs- ^^^ great burdens of payments to them. For the payment charge of therefore of these debts, he remitted this March to Sir France^ " Richard Cotton, his treasurer there, 20001. towards the charges yet unpaid for Boloign and Newhaven. More to him 1000/. towards the defrayment of the King's charges of Newhaven and Blackness. More to him lOOOZ. to be employed by him for the debts unpaid of divers soldiers and artificers, for service and work done at Dover, Boloign, Newhaven, and Blackness. More to Sir Maurice Denys, (who, I think, was treasurer of Calais,) 4000Z. to be by him employed about the King's payments in his charge, or to be delivered over by him to Sir John Clere, treasurer of the King's army, as cause shall require. More to him lOOOZ. 258 to be employed by him about the King's payments, for the discharge of his soldiers yet at Calais remaining unpaid. To Sir Anthony Aucher (the King's victualler) lOOOZ. to- wards the payment of provisions at Boloign. More to him towards the preparation of certain presents of cupboards of plate, to be delivered, by way of his Majesty's reward, to the ambassadors that shall come to the Court out of France for ratification of the peace, 1200Z. More to him in prest for Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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