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part of his father''s possessions ; namely, Walter, Shedder, CHAP.

Stowey, with a park thereunto belonging, and the hundred

of Winterstock in Somersetshire. And in February 1552, ^^"f^o 155].

the said Sir Edward became ward to the Earl of Warwick,

the Duke of Northumberland's eldest son.

The Duke's eldest son, named Edward [miswritten per- care taken

haps for Johnl Seimour also, by a former wife, viz. the *^°"* ^^^'

^ J ' ./ ' ruour, the
Lady Catharin Filol, or Filocks, a daughter and heir of Sir Duke's soa

William Filol, or Filocks, of Woodlands in Dorsetshire, vJiiter.'^"^^'^

had this right done him, wherein his father the Duke seemed

to have done him wrong : that a patent was granted him,

to be restored to as many of the lands as were his mother's,

and sold away by the Duke without her consent ; and that

this should be made good to him out of the lands that the

heirs begotten of the body of the Lady Anne, his second

wife, should have. This was in conformity to an act made

in the fifth and sixth years of this King, entitled. For the

limitation of the Duke of Somersefs lands. And the let-

ters patents directed to the Lord Marquis of Winchester,

master of the wards, to take order with him, according to

the said act, to have to the said John Seimour the lands in

like state as he should have had the foresaid lands of his

mother, in case no sale thereof had been made. Let me

add, that March 25, 1553, a bill was ordered by the King

and Council to be prepared, that it might be enacted by

Parliament, for the restitution in blood of Edward Seimour,

son and heir of the late Duke, attainted, and begotten of

the body of Catharin Filol.

544 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

BOOK

II.

CHAP. IX.

Anno 1551.

312

The King's debts. Move's Utopia in English. Epistles of

Bucer''s death; and other books printed iww. Bible

printed in folio. Bishop Ridley's ordination of Minis-

ters. A Parliament. Private acts. A bill for apparel.

Forms of wills and testaments.

The King's ThE King's debts now ran high. He had taken up great

^^^^^' sums from banks and persons beyond the seas ; and was

indebted this year to them the sum of 132,372/. 10^. of

this sum, lOOOZ. was for a diamond. Besides debts within

the realm, 108,807/. 4^. lOd The total sum amounted to

241,1 79Z. 14,9. 10c?. The particulars whereof may be seen in

the paper following.
MS. penes A brief of all the Ki^ig's Majesty's debts, external and do-

'"^- mestic, Feb. 1551, anno 6° Edw. VI.

Payd,

Impr. To the Schetz,

To Lazarus Tucker,

To the Fuggars,
Payd,

Item, To the Fuggars,

The interest thereof,

Item, To the Schetz,

And Ilentleger,

/iem, To the Fuggars,

The interest thereof,

Item, To the Schetz

for the Diamond,

Item, To Francis Van

Hall,

Iiem,ToJohnRaunt-

zow, knt.

Debts beyond the seas.

£. £. s.

10700

10700 > 48100

26700J

r Pa
\i5 No

Payable

V. 1552.

20000 ¦)

moo/

}

2H00

14000

24000

2360

} 27352 13

^ r Payable

1.15 Feb. 1553.

r Payable

120 July, 1553.
. r Payable

1 15 Aug. 1553.

1000

17426 13 4

I ult.

3093 3 4

Payable

Aug. 1553.

Payable

1 Sept. 1553.

Sum total

132372 10

OF KING EDWARD VI.

545

Debts within the realm.

To the Household

To the Chanibre

To the Wardrobe

To the Stable

To the Admiraltie

To the Ordinaunce

To the Surveyor of the Works

To Galleys

To Barwyck

To the Revels .

To Silley and Alderney

To Ireland
To Winter, for his voyage to Ireland

To Barthilmevve Compagni, [the King's merct

To Portesmouth, and the Isle of Wight

To the Men of Armes

To the Lieutenant of the Tower


<^. s. d. CHA
IX
28000 1

20000 ^'^"^

6075 18 O^^'"^
1000
5000
3134 7 10
3200
15000
6000
1000
1000
13128 6 8
471 4 6
ant] 4000
1000
800
997 7 4
108807 4 10

Summa totalis of the debts erterne. and withm ") o < i i^n i ^ i a

, S-24I179 14 10
the realm ...... J

For the King was forced to take up great sums of money

sometimes from the bank, or some of the rich merchants

abroad in the Low Countries : as of the Schetz, that is, one

Jasper Schetz and his brother: of the Fuggars, that is,

one Anthony Fuggar and his nephews, Tucker, Rentleger,

Van Hall, Rantzow, Rohnger, &c. And when the King

borrowed money, he often made use of the credit of the

city and citizens of London; sometimes the mayor and

city, and sometimes some of the eminentest men therein for

reputation and wealth, were bound for payment. And the

King gave them his security. So I find a recognisance,

anno 1551, to Jud, mayor, and the city, to discharge them,

and their successors, and their goods, as well beyond the

seas, as on this side, for the payment of certain sums of
VOL. II. N n

The Kin

took up

money

abroad U]

the city's

credit.

Warrant-

Book.

546 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

BOOK money they stood bound for, to the Fuggars, for the King:

^I- and a grant, anno 1552, to the mayor and city of London,

.nnoi55i.to discharge them, their heirs, and executors, of 103,707

florens Carols, money of Flanders, to Guolphango Rohlin-

gero, to be paid to him at the payment of the gold mart,

anno 1553. Of that Anthony Fuggar, the King this year

bought a very fair jewel, containing four rubies, marvel-

lously big, one orient and great diamond, and one great

pearl. It cost the King 100,000 crowns.
loby sent But to be puuctual in his payments, and keep up his cre-

1 embassy

) pa)
ebts.

pay the dit abroad, the King, in the month of February, despatched

"s's Sir Philip Hoby to the Lady Regent in embassy, but in-

deed chiefly to pay his debts to the Fuggars, and to bor-

row more money. His instructions, in short, were :

314 " For the discharge of such debts as the King owed to

Anthony Fuggar and his nephews beyond the seas.

lisinstruc- " The said Sir Philip shall, at his said ambassade to the

}a"ba, " Lady Regent, take in good safety with him, at the hand

•12. " of the Marquis of Winchester, lord treasurer of Eng-

" land, the sum of an hundred fourscore one thousand, six

" hundred fourscore and five crowns of the sun, as of his

" Majesty's treasure; and shall see the same sum well and

'' duly, and as secretly as he may, conveyed to Antwerp. So

" that he may have the sum there before the last day of this

" month of February.

" And at his coming thither, shall, with all secrecy, un-

" derstand the value current there of the said crowns of

" the sun. And that done, he shall consider the sum that

" his Majesty shall owe to the said Anthony Fuggar, at the

" last of this month ; which is, three hundred fourscore one

" thousand four hundred and forty florens Carols Flemish ;

" every floren at twenty stivers.
" And for the remnant of the debt, to take and borrow

" of the merchants ten thousand pounds Flemish, upon

" the interest of seven in the hundred, for the space of six

" months, or such reasonable interest as he may. And his

" Majesty's bond, under the great seal of England, and the

OF KING EDWARD VI. 547

" bond of the city of London, being for the same, upon the CHAl
" payment duly made, he shall instantly receive both the ^iL*
'' said bonds. Anno 15
" Item, The said Philip Hoby shall receive of William

" Daunsel, the governor of the English nation there, or

" such other as shall be appointed by the letters of the

" above-named treasurer, such bullion and silver, as he hath

" there until this time, for the King's Majesty's use : and

" the same he shall cause safely to be brought into the

" realm to his Majesty's use, upon a warrant of a licence

" to also received by the said Sir Philip Hoby,

" of Jasper Schetz, and his nephews, for the value of 3000

" marks weight. And to reserve to himself, for reward of

" his charges and expences for this his ambassade, the sum

" of 200Z." After this business done at Antwerp, he was to

repair to the Regent, then at Bruges, and shew the wrongs

done by their ships to the English merchants, and other the

King's subjects.
This practice of taking up money of foreign merchants Taking u

was first begun by King Henry VIII. And these debts, ;;;j^"^;^^

that now lay heavy upon the King, were either such as his merchant

father left, or were contracted by his uncle the Duke of So-K.Hen^

merset.
February 20, anno reg. 6, an indenture was made be- A grant 1

tween the King and the mayor and burgesses of the town Kingston

of Kingston upon Hull : wherein the King granted them

and their successors, the custody and government of the

castle there, and two block-houses, standing upon Drypole

side, in the county of York, for the more surety, preserva-

tion, and keeping of the said town, together with all the

lands, gardens, and waste grounds, lying within the walls

of the said castle and block-houses, with all the profits

and commodities thereunto belonging, without any account

making unto the King. And the said castle and block-

houses to be from thenceforth exempt, and clearly distinct

from the county of York, and reputed and taken as part,

and parcel, and member of the town of Kingston. And in

consideration hereof, the said mayor and burgesses cove-
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54S MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

BOOK nanted with the King, at their proper cost and charges, to

repair and maintain the said castle and block-houses, with

Anno 1551. the jetties, and all the banks, as often as need should re-

*-* ^ qui^e ; and to keep safe, and maintain all such munitions,

ordinances, and implements, as they should require of his

Highness, for the defence of the said castle and block-

houses. They were also empowered, from time to time, to

make and ordain acts, ordinances, and constitutions, for the

preservation and keeping of the said castle and block-

houses : and that the mayor and burgesses should have the

nomination, election, and assignment of such persons as

should have the custody, rule, and charge of them, aild the

putting in and removing of every such person without in-

terruption, let, or impediment. And the King gave them,

towards the maintaining and supporting of the said, &c.

50/. to be taken of the rents and issues coming out of the

manor of My ton in the said county of Kingston. The King

also granted them the advowson, gift, and presentation, and

right of patronage, of the hospital of the holy Trinity,

near unto the town of Kingston. And they covenanted with

the King, to put into the said hospital, as often as it should

be vacant, an able and honest person to be master and in-

cumbent there, and to provide and foresee, from time to

time, that the issues and profits of the said hospital should

be employed and bestowed upon the maintenance and relief

of the poor people there, according to the foundation there-

of: and for the performance of the premises, the mayor and

bailiffs were bound unto the King in 200Z. forfeiture.

Archbishop This year Cranmer vindicated his book of the sacrament,

aiiswer^to ^^^ forth the last year, and replied unto by Gardiner and

Gardiner. Smith. This answer was called, A71 Answer of the most

Reverend Father in God, Thomas Archbishop of Canter-

hury. Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, unto a

crafty and sophistical Cavillation, devised by Stephen Gar-

diner, Doctor of Laza, late Bishop of Winchester, against

the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament of

the body and blood of our Saviour Christ, &c.

This year also was translated and printed in English,

OF KING EDWARD VI. 549

that famous book of Utopia, writ in Latin by the ingenious CH A.I

Sir Thomas More ; entitled, A fruitful and pleasant Work

of the best State of a Public Weal. Printed by Abraham Anno is;

Vele, at the Lamb in Paul's Churchyard, in a small octavo. ^^^^^^^ -^

The translator's name was Raphe Robynson, citizen and English,

goldsmith of London, as he styles himself; done at the re- j^'*"^^^!^^^!

quest of George Tadlowe, citizen and haberdasher of Lon- son.

don. Not, as I suppose, that Robynson followed the occu-

pation of a goldsmith, or was of any other occupation in the

city, whereby he got his livelihood ; for he was a scholar

of Corpus Christi college, Oxon. But it was visual in those

times for gentlemen, that were no traders or artificers, to

take their freedoms of some of the companies, and held it as

a matter of credit and reputation to be freemen of London.

And the companies would sometimes give the freedom of

their societies to certain persons to whom they intended to

shew a respect. This book the translator dedicated to Se-

cretary Cecyl. It is replenished with excellent reading, and

pleasantly carried on by way of dialogue, feigned to be be-

tween the author and a great traveller and philosopher at

Bruges, while More was ambassador there from the King of

England.
By a passage in the book, it appears the author, Sir Tho-3l6

mas More, was bred from a child in the family of a very'^he^aut

eminent statesman, Thomas Morton, cardinal and archbi- More, ij

shop of Canterbury, and lord chancellor of England. ForJ^P^'J^jJ

so he writes, "The pleasant remembrance of that cardinal, ton's far

" [Moreton,] in whose house I was bred up of a child." In

this family, we may conclude. More gained much advan-

tage in learning, and wisdom, and state policy. For that

great man thus he describes : " He was a man of mean

" stature, and thorough stricken in age, yet bare his body

" upright. In his face did shine such an amiable reverence

" as was pleasant to behold : gentle in communication, yet

" earnest and sage. He had great dehght many times with

" rough speech to his suitors, to prove (but without harm)

" what prompt wit and what bold spirit were in every

" man. In which, as in a virtue much agreeing with his

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550 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

BOOK " nature, so therewith were not joined impudency, he took

' " great delectation. In his speech he was fine, eloquent,

nno 1551. « and pithy: in the law he had profound knowledge: in

" wit he was incomparable : and in memory wonderful ex-

" cellent. These quahties, which in him were by nature

" singular, he by learning and use had made perfect : the

" King put much trust in his counsel : the weal pubhc

" also in a manner leaned unto him. In the chief of his

"youth, he was taken from school into the court; and

" passed all his time in troubles and business, and was con-

" tinually troubled and tossed with misfortunes and adver-

" sities. And so by great and many dangers, he learned

" the experience of the world." In the family of so com-

plete a man was the author of the Utopia bred up.

Besides the Utopia, these books also were printed this

year: an account of the much lamented death of Martin

Bucer, in certain epistles ; viz. an epistle of Sir John Cheke

to Peter Martyr, of the said Bucer's death, dated March

10 ; and another epistle of the same person to Walter Had-

don, of the same subject ; and a third epistle wrote by Car

to Cheke, of the same reverend person's death, dated from

Trinity college in Cambridge, the ides of March : also epi-

grams upon the death of the same, in quarto.
The said Bucer presented his book in manuscript, De

Regno Christi, to King Edward, as it seems, about new-

year's-tide, as his new-year's-gift ; himself being then sick,

and dying the next month. In his epistle there to the said

King, he thankfully acknowledged his liberality to him

and Fagius, his fellow, lately dead ; for receiving them, be-

ing exiles, placing them in the University of Cambridge,

and assigning them so liberal salaries, and ordering the

commencement of the same, some months before either of

them could enter upon their function in the said Uni-

versity, by reason of both their sicknesses: he acknow-

ledged also the King's beneficence to him, in taking pity

of his indisposition, and granting him 20Z. for a stove, for

the relieving of his poor body, broken with age and sick-

ness. The book itself treated of the km^dom of Christ ;

OF KING EDWARD VI. 551

what it ought to be in this world ; what things it pecuharly CHA]

claimed ; and what things it had common with worldly L

kingdoms; and how salutary, or rather necessary it was, ^"^^o^^

to all orders of men, to have it established among us ; lastly,

by what ways it may and ought to be restored by kings,

princes, and magistrates. This book, indeed, was not

printed till the year 1557, when Bucer's children procured

the press at Basil to be employed in it, dedicating it to3l7

Christian, King of Denmark. Therein they gave the rea-

son why their father dedicated the book to King Edward ;

namely, that that King had an ardent love to the glory of

Christ, and the welfare of his realms ; and endeavouring to

excel others in all kinds of virtue, he sent for men endued

with learning and piety to come into England, offering

them ample rewards. Among whom, Bucer, their father,

was none of the least. For him the King made much of,

above the rest, received him into harbour, and took care he

should teach divinity in one of his Universities, and preach

Christ's gospel. Therefore the King's love of religion, and

his subjects, which appeared most singularly in that Prince,

and the study of good arts, to which he was wholly devoted;

these excellent qualities, and his great good-will towards

men of learning and piety, moved their father, that he in-

tended, under his name, to publish his book.
Another book came forth, published by another learned Castaiio

foreigner, and dedicated to the King. It was Sebastian

Castalio's Latin Bible, with his annotations. Printed at

Basil, in folio.

And yet another printed there, with an epistle prefatory Firmicu

to the said King, being Julius Firmicus's Astronomicwii, in cJn"!^""

eight books.
At London also was printed, Liturgia Sacra, seu Ritus Liturgia

Ministerii in Ecclesia Peregrinorum prqfugorum propter „ri"orui

Evangel'mm Christi, ArgentincE. Cum Apologia Valerandi

Pollani. Octavo.

Lastly, A most sure and strong Defence qf the Bap-AMevn

tizing of Children, against the pestiferous sect of the Ana- ^hlidre"

baptists. Set forth by that famous Clerk, Henry Bullinger,
N n 4

55^ MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

BOOK and now translated out of Latin into English, hy John

^^' Veron Senonoys, Imprinted at Worcester by John Oswen,

Anno 1551.1551.
The Bible The holy Bible, of Tho. Matthews's translation, with all
printed. ^j^^ prologues and annotations upon every chapter, (which
had been once complained of, by the Popish Bishops, to
King Henry, and so were left out in a former edition,) was
now printed in folio, for Tho. Petite.
Erasmus's Erasmus's Paraphrase on the four Gospels, and the Acts,
Paraphrase. ^^^^ came forth in a second edition, printed by Edw.
Whitchurch.

Two foreign Let me add here, now we are upon the mention of books

vUeged!^"'pi'inted, that in April this year, two foreigners, printers,

the one an Italian, the other a Dutchman, had privileges

granted them to print certain books, which, it seems, our

English printers had not skill or learning enough to do.

For one Laurence Torrentinus, printer to the Duke of

Florence, had a privilege here, for seven years, to print the

digests and pandects of the civil law of the Romans. And

that none should print the same, during the said time, with-

out his Kcence. And John Gipkin, a Dutchman, lately

made free, and now bookseller of London, for a privilege

for ten years to print, or cause to be printed, the Herbal,

compiled by William Turner, doctor in physic : which

Herbal is the groundwork of Gerard's Herbal.

Countess of Qn the 28th of February was buried the noble lady

buria^^^ ' Countess of Pembroke, and sister to the late Queen Catha-.

rin. She died at Bernard's castle, and was carried unto

St. Paul's in this order. First there went an hundred poor

men and women, in mantle frieze gowns : next followed the

heralds, and then the corpse : about which were eight ban-

nerols of arms : then came the mourners, lords, knights,

and gentlemen: after them, the ladies and gentlewomen

318 mourners, to the number of two hundred in all : next,

came in coats two hundred of her own and others servants.

She was interred by the tomb of the Duke of Lancaster :

and after, her banners were set up over her, and her arms

set on divers pillars.

OF KING EDWARD VI. 553

March 17, the Lady Ehzabeth, the King's sister, rode CHAP,

through London unto St. James's, the King's palace, with

a great company of lords, knights, and gentlemen; andA""oi55i.

after her a great number of ladies and gentlewomen on ^^'Ij ^^'^*"
^ o beth comes
horseback, about two hundred. On the 19th, she came to court.

from St. James's through the park to the court; the way

from the park gate unto the court spread with fine sand. She