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" sadors at that time with the Emperor, were examined " upon their faith and honour, and both constantly denied, "" that ever they mentioned any promise touching the King's " sister, either to the Emperor or any other." Moreover, he was ordered to say, " that although the Emperor seemed " to move this unto the King, yet when he should under- " stand how much against reason it was to be granted, he " would stay further motion : for that such order and form " of common prayer in the English churches, and usage " of the communion, was the very order as the primitive " Church of Christ used. Besides, that it was established " as a law of the realm by the consent of Parhament. By " the which the whole estate of the realm was ruled, and " the King himself, in all manner of causes, being such an " universal and high Court, as there was none in all the " English policy to be compared to it. Further, that the " example of breaking this order wittingly, were pernicious " and dangerous to all the realm ; the reverence of the " King's estate, the execution of laws, and the authority of " the same, would be utterly gone. Wherefore that it was " the King's desire, that the Emperor would turn the case, " and to imagine this to be his own. Finally, that, all these " things considered, the King assured himself, the Emperor " should cease to move this matter, and would rather give " the King contrary counsel, for the love and tender care " he bore him. " Yet, that he assured the Emperor, that in all things " wherein he might shew his natural affection to his sister, " he would heap it abundantly upon her, even a degree " above his natural affection, to demonstrate his earnest de- "• sire to gratify the Emperor."
of Ireland. It was thought fit to send for home Sir An- thony St. Leger, the King's chief ofKcer in that kingdom ;
OF KING EDWARD VI. 471 the King declaring by letters, that he intended to make use CHAP. of him, and to employ him nearer about him; and Sir James Crofts (who came thither the month before) was Aano 1551. placed in St. Leger's room, who was made deputy in August last. Besides the main business of fortifying the havens, Crofts, with several others of the kingdom, was appointed to raise money for the King, by farming out his lands there, and selling the wards and marriages of such as were in the King's homage. Orders were also given out to the new deputy to punish by martial law the disorders of the sol- diers, who were greatly complained of for their misde- meanours. The Lord Fitzgerald, the late Earl of Kildare's son, to encourage his loyalty and service of the King, had granted to him a good share of those lands that came to the crown by the said EarPs death. All this more particularly 265 is set down in the King's Warrant-Book, as foUoweth : " The office of Lord Deputy of Ireland to Sir James Croft^ Sir J. Croft " during pleasure, with like authority as Sir Anthony St-p^p^^tyof " Leger had given him in his commission ; and a fee of a Ireland. " thousand pounds a year. " A commission to Sir James Croft, Sir Thomas Cusake, A coiumis- *' Sir George Aylmer, Sir William Brabazon, knights, '^."rds^'and '' and Patric Barnwel, esq. or to three of them, thereof leUands k " the said deputy to be one; to demise, grant, and set to ' dom
" farm for one and twenty years, and that under the great " seal there, as well all and singular those manors, lands, " &c. which hereafter may come into his Majesty's hands, '' as those lands which he now hath within the same realm : " and to sell the wards and marriages of all and singular *' the heirs [of those] that have heretofore died in the King's " homage, or hereafter shall die. Provided, that all woods " and underwoods growing upon any of the said lands so " demised, be unto the King's Majesty reserved, saving to " the tenants sufficient hedge-boot, plow-boot, and fire-boot. " Another commission to the said deputy, and to the And an- " marshal there, to hear and to determine all causes and «^her^to p, " complaints against the King's soldiers of his army there, diers there
larative of he same.
472 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK " and to punish the offenders according to martial law, ^^' " upon due proof to be had in that behalf. Provided the Lnno 1551." said causes and complaints be determined within three " months after the same began, if the plaintiff follow his " suit. irAnthony " A letter to Sir Anthony St. Leger, to repair home to tcddieT^ " ^^^ King's presence ; and that before his departure he see " Sir James Croft placed there : and to leave with him, by " bill indented, all such stuff, plate, and other things which " he hath and occupieth of the King's. .etiers de- " Four and twenty letters were also sent, all of one effect, " declaring, that for divers considerations, the King minded " to occupy Sir Anthony St. Leger about certain his neces- " sary businesses here at home : therefore presently sendeth, " to supply the office of deputy there, Sir James Croft, as " by his letters patents to them shall more plainly appear. ^ grant of "A letter was also sent in favour of the Lord Garret, ZTFitt" [Fitz-Gerald.] To the intent he may be the abler to do ieraid. u (\^q King better service, the King is pleased that he shall " have so much of those lands that came to the King's *' hands by the death of the Earl of Kildare, his father, as " amounteth to the yearly value of 300Z. And that they " cause a certain plain value and survey to be sent hither " to the Council, warranted and subscribed by them, and *' such other officers as be required in such cases, to the " said yearly value of 300/. \ lease for a j\ letter in favour of Sir William Brabazon, to make a irabazon. " Sufficient lease in reversion to him for one and twenty years, " of all such farms as he presently holdeth, by the demise of " the King's late father there." Forces for Forces were raised for Ireland, and lay in London ready •eady"to ^^ depart, and which should have departed before now. iepart. Therefore now, in April, orders were given forth by pro- clamation, that all captains and soldiers that of late had re- ceived prest, or had been entertained to pass into Ireland, either by the long seas, or by Bristow, should depart forth- with, or before a set day in the said month, toward the same:
OF KING EDWARD VI. 473 and that no such person should remain in London after the CHAP, same day, under pain of imprisonment, or other punishment ' at the King^s pleasure. Anno 1 65 1. A surveyor also, viz. Robert Record, Esq. was consti- 266 tuted for the King''s mines and coin in that kingdom. To^^^^^?'"^^ whom a commission was directed in May, appointing him and money surveyor of all the mines of metal and minerals in the said realm : and that he, during pleasure, should as well rule and order the affairs and works concerning the said mines and provisions of the same, as to appoint and take all man- ner of provision, labour, and carriages, both by land and water, as well in the realm of England as Ireland. And the treasurer, comptroller, and seymaster of the late erected mints, and other officers, in all their alloys, assays, mixtures, meltings, blanchings, sheerings, and other their works, to use the counsel of the said surveyor. This for Ireland.
busy month of April, preparing for France, from the Eng- France, lish Court, soon after Sir William Pickering'^s departure thither. It was, to bring the French King the garter ; and not only that, but chiefly to treat of a match. There went as chief ambassador. Par, Marquis of Northampton, a per- son of a very courtly and brave behaviour and gallantry, who had ten pounds a day allowed him for his diet ; Sir Philip Hoby, a gentleman of the privy chamber, and often employed in embassies ; and William Thomas, Esq. a clerk of the Council. There went also in the same quality Good- rick, Bishop of Ely, accustomed long to public business ; Sir Thomas Smith, a very learned knight, and Dr. John Oliver, both civilians ; besides a great company of other noblemen and gentlemen, that voluntarily accompanied. To one of whom the King lent 2000 French crowns, to be repaid at his return. And the loan of 4000 crowns apiece was then offered to all such as were minded to go into France, and would give bond for repayment, either in like crowns, or gold of like fineness. To the aforesaid ambassadors were also joined in commission, Sir William Pickering and Sir John Mason^ ambassadors already in France. In the com. 474 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK pany went also Sir Gilbert Dethick, knt. Garter, principal ^^' kin^' of arms; on whom attended Chester herald, and Anno 1551. Rouge Dragon, pursuivant. Garter was allowed twenty shillings by the day for his diet, and twenty shillings more for his reward : the herald five shillings a day for his diet, and five shillings a day for his reward : the pursuivant two shillings and six-pence a day for his diet, and as much more each day for his reward. Garter was also allowed three yards of cloth of gold, two yards of cloth of gold tissue, and sixteen of blue velvet : which was for to serve for the ban- ner, the mantle of the helmet, and the lining of the same, for the installation of the French King. A match It was not before June this ambassade arrived in France.
King's King, in his chamber, with the order of the garter. And daughter ^^le Bishop of Ely made the speech, explaining the purport ed. of the embassy. And the same day in the afternoon, the motion for the marriage between King Edward and the Lady Ehzabeth, eldest daughter of France, was broke, and very well received. Persons And because a like splendid embassy was expected from attend^the France, answerable to this now sent from England, the Court at Kins:, being; minded to ffive all honourable reception to those the French o' o o i ambassa- that should come, in this same month of April, caused fifty- dor's com- gigj-j^ letters to be directed to divers brave English gentle- men, requiring them, upon the sight of those letters, to put 267 themselves in such readiness and furniture as they might, before the day of June, appear at the court at
honour of the King and realm to attend there. For that certain personages of good estate were looked for in ambas- sage from the French King. The French In July came over the French ambassador, named Claude
comes. . . . . same account, with a brave retinue, and landing at Rye in Sussex, was accompanied with a thousand English gentle- men and their men, on horseback. He was treated in Kent by Sir John Baker^ and the Lord Cobham, at their houses ;
OF KING EDWARD VI. 475 met at Gravesend by the Lord Admiral, and forty other CHAP, gentlemen ; and so conducted by them in barges to Durham Place. One of the King's gentlemen, and another of his Anno 1 551. grooms, dying of the sweat, he removed to Hampton Court. Thither was the ambassador brought to the King. July the 14th, he delivered to him his letters, and dined with him ; and after dinner, being withdrawn into an inner chamber, he made his speech to the King. To each part whereof the King answered extempore, most solidly and wisely, beyond his years, as he hath set it down himself in his Journal ; Hist. Ref. whither I refer the reader. Three days after, the ambas-^^^^' P'^°' sador repaired from his lodgings at Richmond to Hampton Court, to present the King with the order of St. Michael. Some days after, he dined with the King again, and saw him shoot, ride, play on the lute, and was admitted into his bedchamber and study.
settled ; the former being 200,000 crowns, and the latter ^^""^^"^ °"* 10,000 marks. I have some letters of this ambassador to Secretary Cecyl : whereby we may understand the matter went chiefly through his hand ; he appointing the ambas- sador his times when to wait upon the King, and to have the speech of him. To whom the ambassador betook him- self for the forwarding and conducting his business. Him he desired to get his memorial finished, which he sent to Cecyl by his secretary ; and also that the ratification of the marriage, and other letters, testifying the consent and ap- probation of the Privy Council, might be despatched : as he had wrote to the master of the King's horse, they should be sent speedily to France, by one of the gentlemen of his retinue. To this conclusion was this matrimonial business brought ; as appears by this letter of the ambassador to Cecyl:
" memorialem libellum tibi ab eo qui mihi est a secretis, ho- secretary. ^ " die mane relictum ; rem nostram matures, et quantum ^^^S. penes " poteris festinationem adhibeas. Ea autem de causa illud Aqdo 1551 476 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK " a te importunius postulo, quod nudiustertius D. Ma- " gistro cquitum regis nostri signifi caver im, me brevi, una " cum Uteris matrimonii confirmatoriis, literas quoque alias " missurum, quibus testatum in posterum haberemus, pro- " bantibus et consentientibus regis vestri consiliariis, rem " confectam. Utrasque autem ad regem mittere statueram " per quendam ex nobilibus meis qui crastino die profectu- " rus est. Bene vale, amicissime Cecili. " Tuus omnino, " Claudius La Vallus.' 268 About December or January last, Guidot, an Italian The King merchant, who came from the French court, brought from French ^ theuce a gilt cup to the King, and presented also the pic- lady's pic- ture of the French King's daughter to him : which the King then delivered to the Earl of Warwick, and bade him keep it. It was thought that Guidot, a person made use of in messages between the French court and this, had secret instructions from the French Queen, to present that picture to the King; who was the most desirous woman in the world, that her daughter might be bestowed on the King. This might give the first occasion of moving for this match with France, that was now in hand, and so forward. And the Marshal of France being this July, as we see, ready to return home, the said Earl of Warwick being then at Ot- ford, sent the picture to the Lord Chamberlain, to deliver it to the King, with advice that he should shew it to the Marshal at the day of his taking his leave of the King: which act of the King perhaps might much satisfy the Queen, when the Marshal should tell her of it, (whose practice the said Earl verily thought it was to send it,) that the same should appear to her not to be rejected.
Foxian. •' OF KING EDWAKD VI. 477 " Cardinalis de Lotharingia, Archiepiscopus et Dux Re- CHAP. I " mensis, primus Par Franciae ; Anna, Dux de Montmo- "^- " rency, Par, Constabularius et Magnus Magister Franciae, Anno 1551. " insignis ordinis Sancti Michaelis Eques ; Johannes Ber- II " trandus, Miles, Sigillorum Cancellariae Gustos ; Rober- ! " tus de la Marche, Dominus de Sedan, Franciae Mares- " chalchus, ejusdem ordinis S. Michaelis Eques; Johannes ' " de la Cheney, Miles, Dominus Deury, Generalis Finan- " ciarum, in sanction et secretion Concilio Christianissimse ; " Regiae Majestatis Consiliarii, Oratores, Procuratores et ^ I " Commissarii ejusdem Christianiss. Regis ad infrascripta " sufficienter constituti et authorizati, salutem. '' Postquam depositis armis et hostilitate remota per Dei " Opt. Max. favorem et gratiam, inter dictum Christianissi- I " mum Franciae, et Serenissimum Angliae reges, reconcilia- ' " tis animis vetus ille et a parentibus suis regibus felicissi- ' " mae memoriae diutissime conservatus, et ab illis ad se ^' transmissus, amor et amicitia mutua redintegrata fuit ; de " nulla re alia prius ac potius deliberandum princeps uter- " que censuit, quam quibus modis hie amor et afFectus fra- " ternus, non solum in perpetuam stabilitatem conservari, " verum quo modo augeri etiam, atque adeo indies magis ac " magis adolescere in perfectissimum, quantum humanarum " rerum natura patitur, necessitudinis statum queat. In '' qua deliberatione dum versantur, non suis vehementibus " affectibus satis indulsisse sibi sunt visi, quantumcunque " magnis alioqui se prosecuti fuerint officiis amicitiae, nisi " et eo fuerint insuper vinculo copulati, quod a Deo summo " Parente in paradiso institutum omnium humanorum vin- " culorum fortissimum firmissimumque habetur. Quod non " animos tantum amore, verumetiam corpore consanguini- *' tate conjungit, sanguinem sanguine copulat, et cognatio- " nis propagine necessitudinem contractam per multas aeta- " tes et saecula firmissime transmittit. Haec est ejus natura 269 " sacrosancti ac divinitus instituti matrimonii.
" tas tam optata sine uUa dilatione iniri conficique quivisset, " nihil utrique principi fuisset antiquius, nihil optatius, ut
478 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK " statim foret orbi testatum, quam infucate ac vere Rex • " uterque alterius amicitiam complectatur, quam cupiant Anno 1651." ardentei' ambo eandem esse aeternam, et per vincula nup- " tiarum indissolubiliter copulatam. " Sed quoniam isthuc nunc getatis ratio fieri non patitur, " quod unum est proximumque quod hoc tempore fieri pot- " est, de matrimonio contrahendo, cum primum tempus " aetasque permittet, inter praefatum Serenissimum Angliae " Regem, et illustrissimam Dominam Elizabetham prae- " dicti Christianissimi Regis filiam natu majorem, commu- " nicandum duxerunt.
" harii, Oratores, Procuratores, et Commissarii, sufficienter " authoritate de matrimonio praedicto contrahendo, cum il- " lustribus, praeclaris ac nobiHbus viris Guhelmo Marchione ^' Northampton, Comite Essexiae, Domino de Par, ilkistriss. " ordinis Garterii Mihte, Magno Camerario Angliae, et " dicti Sereniss. Regis AngKae Pensionariorum Capitaneo " generah, Thoma Episcopo Ehen. Johanne Mason Mihte, " praefati Sereniss. Regis in hngua Galhcana Secretario, et " ad dictum Christianiss. Francorum Regem Ambassiatore, " Phihppo Hobbye Mihte, praefati Sereniss. Regis a cubi- " cuhs, et munitionum beUicarum Generale, WiUiehno ** Pickering Mihte, praefati Regis item a cubicuhs, Thoma " Smith Mihte, praeposito [Collegii Etonensis] et Johanne " Ohver Legum Doctore praefato Sereniss. Regis Anghae in " Cancellaria sua a hbelhs supphcatoriis, etiam Consihariis, " Oratoribus, Nunciis et Commissariis ejusdem Sereniss. " Anghae Regis ad infrascripta sufficienter et legitime depu- " tatis et authorisatis, convenimus, concordavimus et con- " clusimus, atque authoritate commissionum nostrarum, " quarum tenores inferius inseruntur, convenimus, concor- " damns et concludimus articulatim prout sequitur."*' And then the articles of the marriage follow,which would be too long here to insert. This is enough to shew in what for- wardness this match was, and the form and manner of drawing up such matters; and lastly, who were commis- sioners on both sides, and their titles and qualities.
OF KING EDWARD VI. 479 And this at last was the effect of this embassy, which be- CHAP, gan in April, and created work for some months after. ^^*- Herman, that pious Confessor, late Elector and Arch- Anno 1551. bishop of Colen, (who for adhering to the Protestant reli- On^phaiius , . „ „ . pi- comes from gion, and settmg on foot the reformation of his country, the Archbi- was deprived by the Pope and Emperor,) sent his agent Dr. q^^^^^ James Omphalius to the King, in October or November, with his letter. And in November the King answered the said letter, and friendly dismissed the agent, granting him a passport to return into Flanders, with three servants, three horses, three hundred crowns, and all other things necessary for his journey. The sum of which message ap- pears not ; but I conclude it to be concerning providing for the better state of the Protestant interest ; and perhaps re- commending Melancthon, and some other German learned men, to the King. He wrote also the next summer to the 2/^0 Archbishop of Canterbury, to forward his business with the King; who being then in his progress, the said Arch- bishop sent Hermanns letters to the Secretary, to be mind- ful of them. CHAP. IV. Sir John Gates advanced. Grants to him. Occurrences. The bishopric of Winton diminished. Regidation of coin. Coverdale preferred to Exeter. The sweating sickness-. Henry Duke of Suffolk dies. A dearth. Or- ders to the Bishops. Bishop Scorie^s letter to the King. Duke of Somerset s new troubles. -tSUT return we now again to the month of April, wherein we must remark some other occurrences then happening, Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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