Ill BR 85 .H877 1843 Hutton, Matthew, 1529-1606. The correspondence of Dr. Matthew Hutton, archbishop THE PUBLICATIONS SURTEES SOCIETY KSTABLISIIED IN THE YEAR M.DCCC.XXXIV. M.DCCC.XLIII. jD ^ MA TTHE JFfi _&a^ > HUTT O .N Bifhop ^/■1±™±Jl/' Durham. THE CORliESPONDENCE OF /' / DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. WITH A SELECTION FROM THE LETTERS, ETC. OF SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON, KNT., HIS son; AND MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ., HIS GRANDSON. LONDON: J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, PARLIAMENT STREET: WILLIAM PICKERING, PICCADILLY. EDINBURGH: LAING AND FORBES. LONDON : l^rinifcl li\ S. ^ J. I!enti,k\, Wilson. ;ni(l Kiev, Uriiiijor House, Slioe l-ane. A Meeting of the Council of the Surtees Society was held at Mr. Ward's Office on the 26th Dec. 1842, by ad- journment. Resolved, That the publications of the Society for 1842 be the Hutton Papers and the Bowes Papers, and that Mr. Raine be requested to edit the former and Mr. Steven- son the latter, with the usual remuneration ; the usual number of copies of each to be printed. J. "Ward, Chairman. At a Meeting of the Council of the Surtees Society held on the 6th Sept. 1844, Resolved, That the Hutton Papers constitute one of the Publications of the Society for 1843. G. Townsend, Chainnan. PREFACE. This volume contains such of the letters and papers of Archbishop Hutton (of York) as have been pre- served by his family, together with a selection from the papers of Sir Timothy Hutton, Knight, his son, and Matthew Hutton, Esq., his grandson. Prefixed to these is printed a life of the first Archbishop, and an account of his descendants down to the second Archbishop (of Canterbury), compiled by Dr. Ducarel,^ who was at that time keeper of the Library at Lambeth. The members of the Society, and the public at large, are indebted to Timothy Hutton, of INIarske, Esq., High Sheriff of the county of York in 1844, for an opportunity of becoming better acquainted with the public and pri- vate history of a family of considerable imj^ortance ; and for the light which is here thrown upon the state of the Church, and upon affairs in general, during an interesting period. In addition to Dr. Ducarel's Memoir, which is little more than a dry compilation of facts and dates, it is intended to subjoin to these prefatorial remarks Mr. ' Dr. Ducarel's Memoir is comprised in a vokime of the folio size, written by an amanuensis, but containing his own signature on the title-page. It was doubtless compiled at the request of the second Archbishop, who however died a few months before it was completed ; and in consequence it is dedicated to John Hutton, Esq., of Marske, his brother. viii PREFACE. Surtees's account of the first Archbishop, extracted from the first vokime of his History of Durham, in which Hutton finds a place as having been Bishop of Durham before his exaltation to the metropolitan see of York. The lively freshness and candour of Mr. Surtees's Me- moir, when taken in connection with its brevity, entitle it to a place in our pages ; exhibiting, as it does, in a favourable point of view the character of one who in some respects had apparently been misunderstood by his contemporaries. Among the papers which are here brought to light, before we proceed to Mr. Surtees's Memoir, the atten- tion of the reader must be called to Nos. CLXXIT., CLXXV., CLXXVI., CLXXVII., CLXXVIII., and CLXXTX. No. CLXXII. According to Sir Cuthbert Sharp, — who is excellent authority upon such a subject, having lately published a very interesting account of the re- bellion of 1569, — the proclamation before us differs in some important respects from those which have come under his inspection ; and, for that reason, a place has been assigned to it in our pages. The Earls do not appear to have had recourse to the press, but con- tented themselves with disseminating their grievances and purposes in writing. Many scribes would there- fore of necessity be employed, and alterations would be made according to circumstances and localities. This rebellion led to such mighty changes and misery in the North of England, that a document connected with it, of such a nature as this, is worthy of preservation. No. CLXXV. The Queen's visit to Lord Chancellor Egerton, at Harefield, in 160]. — Mr. Nichols has printed PREFACE. ix a portion^ only of the gay proceedings, under the name of a Lottery, with which the Queen and her Court were welcomed on the occasion ; and regrets that " the MS. description of that entertainment, which is still recol- lected by a very respectable Baronet, Sir Roger Newdi- gate, whose ancestors were formerly the owners of Hare- field Lodge, still remains a desideratum"^ Here it is, from a contemporary copy sent to the Archbishop by Lord Burleigh, the Lord President, which appears to have afforded his Grace much amusement,^ containing all the lost matter, and, in addition, the names of the Ladies who were in attendance upon the Queen, with the prizes which they respectively drew. From the point- ed character of the composition, a conjecture must be permitted that Ben Jonson was its author. The Egertons in the succeeding generation had a Milton for their laureate, and Comus perpetuates their love for the Muses. No. CLXXVI. This speech, which is alluded to by Howes in his Appendix to Stowe's Chronicle, is here for the first time printed. A daughter of Sir John Bennet, as will be seen in the pedigree hereafter, was married to the second son of Archbishop Hutton. No. CLXXVII. Sir Walter Raleigh's letter was first printed in Cabala sive Scrinia Sacra, p. 355. The con- temporary copy among the Hutton papers differs in many important respects from that in the Cabala, and bears upon the face of it every proof of being au- thentic. If anything could have struck terror into the ^ Queen Elizabeth's Progresses, vol. iii. anno 1601. ^ Nichols. Preface, p.xix. * See his letter, p. 167. X PREFACE. heart of such a villain as the Earl of Somerset, it must have been an appeal like this. But we know that it was made in vain. No. CLXXVIII. is printed as a specimen of the wit of a Varier or Prcevaricator in the University of Cam- brido-e.^ The composition before us, however, is but a dull performance when compared with many of its contemporaries. Witness the following extracts from a speech upon a similar occasion, of which a copy is preserved among the MSS. of the Dean and Chapter of Durham [Hunter, 44, 9]. The latter abounds with wit, and it is equally remarkable for the licence which the speaker gives to his tongue when addressing his superiors. The speaker upon these occasions was ex- horted " to be witty, but modest withall." Our readers will judge how far, in this instance, the injunction was obeyed. It must be premised that the speaker was of Jesus College, Cambridge, and that on the preceding day a Johnian had made a similar exhibition for a medical degree, with Umbra for his subject. Time, July, 1660, soon after the Hestoration. Prolegomenon. — Heri prodiit Umhra, hoc est homo in tenebris sive Johannes invisibiUs. Prodiit, inquam, umbra, cum suis obscuris jocls ; hoc est, Fauxius cum sua nigra lanterna ; imo et illo obscurior, nam Fauxius statim fuit apprehensus, at credo hunc hominem vix quisquam vestrum potuit apprehendere. Liceat mihi pauca animadvertere in Oratorem Joannensem ante Actum Medicum, Et primo observandum est, quod ille nihil fere habuit per totani ejus orationem nisi salve, salve, salve.^ * See Peacock, on tlie Statutes of tlie University of Cambridge. Appendix, p xxvi., &c. * The wit must here consist in mailing tliesc words monosyllables'. PREFACE. XI Joannensis porcus dixit nos Jesuitas esse Papistas. At cum sus audet contendere cum Jesuitis, tum certe, " Suis'^ et ipsa Roma viribus ruit." At quod pessime sonabat in ejus oratione, non abstinuit a jocis profanis. Visus est admodum stare pro ecclesia, cum tamen ipse fuit egregius sacrilegus. Fuit, inquam, egregius sacrilegus, nam ex ipsa Scriptura furatus est suos jocos. At non hie est modus captandi sophistas. Absit a me. Nolo ego his actibus captare multitudinem sophistarum Joannensium. Vos itaque, sophistse Joannenses, si nolitis mihi plaudere nisi hisce conditionibus, vestrum servate spiritum ad jusculum reft-igeran- dum. Qua?rendum est, secundo, quomodo vos pascam jocis meis, per aures an per os, quoniam tot varii sunt modi recipiendi jocos l Tu, procurator junior, tu recipis jocos per aures, at quot modios jocorum necesse est me habere ad implendas prselongas tuas auriculas. Est quidam magister qui nuper peroravit in scholis medicis qui non capit jocos per aures, sed per auribus. Recte quidem ille sapit Priscianum joer auribus ut caput ejus tuto frangerent. Vos hiautes Sophistoe, imponam jocos meos in ora vestra, vobis enim placere solet quicquid in buccam venerit. Vos, Doctores somnolenti Vos Oxonienses, vos accipitis jocos ut fures accipiunt pecuniam ; imponitis in loculos, ut, tanquam proprios, Oxoniam deferatis sed a vobis recedo ad Procuratores.^ Tu bos, tu asine, vos estis duo fiilmina, sed bruta fulmina. Oerte Academia non potest non esse salva cum duos habet tam egregios propugnatores ; unus enim est armatus cornibus, alter calcibus. Tuta ergo erit Academia a capite ad calcem. At salve, precor, Procurator senior ! Ad te satis lau- dandum quot verborum plaustra desiderantur ! Tu es non solum hujus Academise sed totius Europse sustentaculum. Olim, enim, Europa insidebat tauro, at taurum te dixi. Tu es vir; recte quidem es vir, sed vir gregis ; tu es Regalis, sed tamen bos, nam qualis rex talis grex. Sed a te converto me ad fratrem tuum, juxta proverbium, si bovem non possis asinum agas. At cur rides, mi avuncule 2 Unde est quod tu es perpetuo hilaris ? ^ The reader will observe the antiquity of tlie well-known distinctive mark of a Johnian. This is, if possible, a better pun than Rickman's isthmus. * The Proctors this year were Oliver Doyley of King's and John Gardiner of Corpus. Xii PREFACE. Dubito certe annon in te solum cudatur proverbium Asinus ad lyram. At pvofecto tu non dignus es qui esses procurator in sophistarum scholis : sic enim insurgit quidam sophista contra Procuratorem ; " Qui dicit te esse animal dicit verum ; at qui dicit te esse asinum dicit te esse animal ; ergo, qui dicit te esse asinum dicit verum." " Concedo totum," inquit Procurator : " non ausus sum negare pro auribus." Videtis, itaque, Procura- tor fatetur se esse asinum per confessionem auricularem. Sed jam ad qusestiones. Qusestiones itaque sunt hse, Omnis motus est irregularis, Quandoque bonus dormitat Ilomerus. \Here fol- low many humorous allusions to the return of Charles the Second, and the ejection from the colleges of their Cromwellian intruders^ Sed vela contraham et spectabo tantum nos academicos. Nos itaque movemur circulariter, Testor vos omnes, tam socios tam prefectos, jamjam ejiciendos. Aiunt omnes socios obnoxios ejectos fore per finem hujus mensis. Clamandum est itaque " O mihi post nullos, Jiili, memorande sodales !" sed, quia nollem cicatricem refricare, transibo ad aliam mate- riam, et narrabo vobis historian! . Quidam magister Collegii Joannensis,^ vix tanto muneri idoneus, est ausus nuper stare pro viro Parliamentario in com. Lancastriensi. At quare auderet tale facinus? Optimo sane consilio. Fuit enim, ut aiunt, apud nos, prorsus sere alieno obrutus. Voluit, itaque, fieri vir Parlia- mentarius, quia viri Parliamentarii non possunt arestari. At quo sensu tam ingens colossus, qualis est ille, poterit dici Mem- brum Parliamentarium ? Eadem sane racione qua manus non- nunquam sumitur pro ingenti exercitu. At, cum tantus erat, unde est quod superatus fuit in isthac contentione a quodam Equite ? Respondeo quia Eques semper solet superare gigantem. Sed, ut redeam ad motum circularem, dico vobis quomodo hie magnus vir jactatus est in fortune rota. Reliquit Cantabrigiam ut a concionatore fieret senator. At, proposito destitutus, redit iterum Academiam, ad petendum beneficium. Ita nempe, " Si fortuna volet, fies de rlietore Consul ; Si volet lisec eadem, fies de Consule rhetor." ^ The Master of St John's, whom the Restoration compelled to retire from the office into which he had unlawfully intruded himself, was Anthony Tuckney; and the Knight whom he unsuccessfully opposed for the county of Lancaster wiis Sir Robert Bindlos, Bart. PREFACE, Xiii At quales habuisset orationes hic Joamiensis, si modo fuisset in domo Parliameiitaria ? Miseras certe. Cum enim hic nihil novit nisi Joannense jusculum, ibi procul dubio vix potuisset loqui sine cochleari. Sed redeo tandem ad haec ipsa Comitia. Proeuratores etiam videntur moveri circuhiritei' ; ultimo enim anno Procurator senior fuit albus, et junior niger. At jam Pro- curator senior est niger, et junior albus. Plane certe Ludus Latrunculorum. " Rex ater in albo, Rex albus in atro." Vos Oxonienses, vestrum ingenium movetur circulariter ; multis enim abhinc annis habuistis nihil ingenii, et jam habetis nihil ingenii, " Sic redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil " — Circulus est figura mathematica — circulum ostendam vobis mathematicum Bedelli. Circulus Bedelli mathematicus est ro- tunda patina cibo repleta. Primo itaque imponit manum sinis- tram, sive lineam tangentem ; tunc manum dextram cum cultro, sive lineam secantem. Hinc clare demonstrat lineam tangentem et lineam secantem esse sequales, quia quodcumque tangit semper secare solet, — Sed transeo ad secundam queestionem, Quandoque bonus dormitat ffomerus. Quandoque ! Hunc terminum quan- doque tribuam vobis Doctoribus. Vos enim estis quandoque pro Rege, quandoque pro Parliamento, quandoque pro Protectore, quandoque pro Cauda, quandoque pro Rege iterum. Certe hoc quandoque erit vocabulum vobis maxime commodum. Licet enim sit adverbium, potest tamen inflecti per omnia tempora. Vos Oxonienses, vos estis quandoque ingeniosi, sed rarissime ac- cidit, non nisi semel in centum annis. Joel enim in vestris Comitiis sunt sicut Ludi Seculares, quos nemo mortalium vidit nee visurus est. Bonus ! Ubi inveniam bonum ? Certe non possum invenire bonum inter vos omnes, prajter Doctores ; et isti sunt boni. Quare ? Quia quando bonus dormitat Homerus. At quare dormitatio probat eos esse bonos ? Nempe " qui bene dormit, nil mali cogitat." Sed dicam, etiam, quid boni fecerunt nostri Doctores ? Primo, itaque, exstruxerunt sibi novam fabri- cam in scholis Medicorum, in qua laterent ; et hoc est bonum, nam " bene qui latuit bene vixit."" Deinde Academia de Aber- deen in Scotia misit nuper ad nostros Doctores, ut eis opem ferrent, quod eorum sedes incendio fuere pene consumptne. Doc- tores eis sublevarunt, et hoc fait bonum. Sed qusestio est, annon male fecerunt, quod non consuluerunt farnqsum nostrum XIV PREFACE. Aldermannum de conservando Aberdeen. Minime, quidem ; nam stramen pisorum non omnino conducit ad extinguendum ignem. Sed pergo ad sequentem terminum Dormitat. Vos, reverend! Doctores, vos quidem, ssepe dormitatis ; at vos fore ejectos ex vestris locis, hoc nunquam somniastis. Vos, liiantes Sopliistse, video vos esse dormituros ; frequens enim hiatus est signum ap- jn'opinquantis somni. At maneatis, quscso, ad finem mere ora- tionis, et tunc habebitis hcenciam dormiendi : licite enim potestis dormire post gallieinium. Vos, qui estis juxta tempus, nollem vos dormire, sed potius " Invigilate viri, tacito nam tempora gressii Diffugiunt." Vos, Jurisconsulti, qui, propter egregia facinora, amisistis unam ex auribus vestris, prohibeo vos ne dormiatis " in utram- que aurem."' Sed procedo a Jurisconsultis ad proximum terminum. Proxi- mus itaque terminus est Homerus. At ubi inveniam Homerum ? Aiunt Alexandrum magnum numquam potuisse dormire nisi habuit Homerum sub pulvinari. Vos, reverendi Doctores, vos optime quidem dormitatis. Videte quseso annon habetis Ho- merum sub vestro pulvinari. Sed Homerus non est inter Doc- tores. Nam Homerus fuit poeta Grsecus, at Doctores nostri sunt tantum poetse Latini, iique etiam miserrimi. At hie merito quseratur quare Doctores nostri, statim ejiciendi, facerent tamen carmina in reditum Regis ? Respondeo quia " facit indignatio vei'sum." Vos Oxonienses, an Homerus est inter vos ? Non, certe ; nam poeta inter Oxonienses tam rarus est ut cygnus inter anseres. At quare tum Oxonienses putant se esse tam bonos poetas ? Nempe quia putant omnes eorum anseres esse cygnos. At quare Oxonienses presentabant Regi sua carmina antequam nos I Respondeo, IIH bene observant istam regulam, " Qui pessime canit primus incipiat." At ubi inveniam Homerum ? Tu, asine ad lyram, tu non es Homerus, nam Homerus non fuit lyricus poeta. Vos pueri, annon Homeri IHas est inter vestras nuces ? Vos feminse, annon Homerus est inter vos, nam poetse optime norunt rebus deformibus bonum tribuere colorem ? Sed Homerus nee est inter sophistarum nuces, nee apud juniorem Procuratorem, nee apud Ibeminas. — Sed ubi, tandem, inveniam PREFACE. XV Homerum ? Inceptores ocreati, qui hue nuper equitastis ad legendum Grtecum, annon Homerus est inter vos, nam ille multus solet esse inter bene-ocreatos Grsecos ? At vos Interceptores [sic] seniores, qui [post] multos annos venistis ad capiendura gradum, vos, forsan, cognostis Homerum. Quidam enim e vobis sunt adeo grandee vi, ut videntur vixisse circa tempora Trojan i belli. Vos, Medici, an Homerus est [inter] vos ? " Non," inquiunt : " fuit inter nos, sed mortuus est." Credo, quidem, si fuit inter vos, procul dubio mortuus est. Sed num vos potestis mihi dicere, quo morbo periit Homerus ? Video vos non posse dicere. Ego vobis conjecturam faciam. Nostis Homerum plurimum laborasse in describendo mala Trojee : annon, itaque, est proba- bile quod morbus ejus lethalis fuit Iliaca passio ? At forsan, jam tandem inveni Homerum. Annon, itaque, senex iste juxta horologium est Homerus ? — Sed missis queestionibus, nihil jam restat quam ut solemniter vobis valedicerem. Liceat mihi, itaque, antequam moriar, paucis verbis vestrara deprecari iram. Vos, itaque, Doctores purpurati, spero vos non fore iratos ; ru- bedo enim in Occidente serenum portendit diem. Vos, Medici, non estimo vestram iram ; gauderem potius vos esse iratos. Si enim cum aliquo irascentur medici, signum est optime valere. Vos, Oxonienses, — Tu, Procurator niger, non metuo tuam iram, non enim timendum est ne tu unquam excandescas. At tuam potius metuo iram, o Procurator junior, quia semper rides ; nam res severa est verum gaudium. At num te severum dixi ? Turn certe iterum opponuntur, ut olim in Romano imperio, Severus \\i (? et) Niger. Vos Bedelli, non metuo vestram iram, sed stomachum : imo ideo non metuo iram, quia habetis stomachum : stomachus enim ostendit vos posse concoquere iram. Sed ad te tandem venio, dignissime domine Procancellarie !^° Multis nominibus mihi spondeo te non fore iratum. Primo quia nihil de te omnino habui. Deinde quia tu ipse etiam es egregius jocator. Extruendo enim novam tuam fabricam in scholis Medicorum plures fecisti jocos quam quisquam in Academia. Prseterea tu es Prevaricator. Videris enim ex vultu torvus admodum et severus, cum tamen revera es clementissimus. Aliud itaque es, aliud videris esse. Es igitur egregius Prwvari- '" The Vice-Chancellor in the year 1659-60 was W. Dillingham, Master of Emmanuel College. XVI PREFACE. cator. At jam deprecatus sum, uti spero, vestrum omnium iram. Non eritis, ut opinor, mei inimici. At vos amicos fore, quos tam libere tractavi, hoc non sperare audeo. Moriar itaque cum Nerone, quia nee amicura habeo nee inimicum. Dixi. No. CLXXIX. is exhibited as a not inelegant spe- cimen of the macaronic poetry which led to Drunken Barnaby, and as affording much amusing information with respect to the city of York, and its principal inha- bitants, from the Archbishop downwards. MEMOIR OF MATTHEW HUTTON, BISHOP OF DURHAM, 1589. BY MR. SURTEES. On the 9th of January, 1589, Matthew Hutton, Dean of York, was elected to the Bishopric of Durham. He was confirmed on the 26th of July, consecrated the next day, and had restitution of the temj^oralties on the 10th of September following. According to the most received accounts, Archbishop Hutton was descended from a gentleman's family seated at Priest Hutton, in Lancashire.^^ In 1546 he became 1' " Ex antiqua Huttonorum familia in Lancastriensi Palatinatu nobilibus satis parentibus oriundus." — Grant of Arms, 1 May, 1584. I cannot believe that such a herald as Glover would have made this assertion without competent evidence of the Archbishop's gentle descent. Another proof, however, of the state of the family previous to the Archbishop's elevation may be deduced from the circumstance that John Hutton was one of the patrons who presented the future prelate to the rectory of Boxworth, in the Diocese of Ely, in 1561 ; and that Robert Hutton (ancestor of the Houghton branch) was a graduate of the University of Cambridge at too early a date to suppose that he had derived any support from his distinguished relative. After all, however, it is probable that PREFACE. XVll a member of the University of Cambridge, of what Col- lege is micertaiii ; and took the successive degrees of B.A., 1551 ; M.A., 1555; and B.D., in 1562. He oc- curs Fellow of Trinity in 1555. In 1561 he was ap- pointed Chaplain to Archbishop Grindal, and was admitted Margaret Professor of Divinity. In 1562 he succeeded Hutton entered the world with very little either of patronage or connection ; that he was the founder of his own fortunes, and owed his rise to strong native talent, and the masculine firmness and independence of his character. [Mr. Surtees was under a mistake in believing that the Grant of Arms to which he refers proceeded from Glover. It was made by Flower, Norroy, and is only so far connected with Glover as that a copy of it is contained in the MS. of the latter (A. p. 198). Flower's grant, printed below, bears date 1 May, 1584, and assigns the arms as they are represented in the shield prefixed to Dr. Ducarel's Dedication, p. 2, hereafter. For whatever reason, the Archbishop procured a second grant, from Dethick, Garter, on the 20th of July in the same year, re- moving one of the fleurs de lis from the-iend, and substituting a cross in its stead. See the grant at large, p. 10, The family has, however, regularly adhered to the former coat, the Jjend with its three fleurs de lis. — Ed.] TRANSCRIPT FROM GLOVEr's MS. A. p. 198, IN THE COLLEGE OF ARMS. Omnibus et singulis hoc scri^Jtum visuris, lecturis, vel audituris, Gulielmus Flower armiger, aliter dictus Norroy, rex Armorum et principalis Heraldus partium regni Anglije orientalium occidentalium et borealium ultra ripam fluvii de Trent, salutem optat in Do- mino sempiternam. Quum reverendus gene- rosusque vir Matthaeus Huttonus sacrse Theo- logise professor Eboracensis ecclcsise Cathedralis Decanus dignissimus et constituti a Majestate Regia in borealibus senatus consiliariorum unus, ex antiqua Huttonorum familia in Lan- castriensi Palatinatu nobilibus satis parentibus oriundus, obnixe me rogaverit, ut arma sive insignia gentilitia quae ex communi observantia et usu tam ad ipsum quam ad liberos suos transmisibilia sunt,juxta veram Heraldiae artis disciplinam ei describerem, ne forte quoscunque sui generis atque cognominis offenderet, vel in consuetam et receptara artis prsedictae formam inscienter pec- caret ; Ego quidem ad id exequendum quod est officii mei non solum paratus, sed etiam viro virtute et eruditione claro, deque Principe et patria nostra tam bene /, f<-i> XVIU PREFACE. Archbisliop Grindal in the Mastership of Pembroke, and in the same year was appointed Regius Professor. In 1564 he kept the Divinity Act before Elizabeth, during her visit at Cambridge. In the following year he was selected as one of the preachers at Whitehall by Arch- bishop Parker. Hutton's character was now establish- ed as one of the soundest scholars and most eloquent preachers in the University ;^' and it was probably to merito gratificari cui^iens, avita ac propria generis sui arma sive insignia quemad- modum tam ipse Matthseus quam sui liberi et descendentes ab illis absque quo- rumcunque prsejudicio ad perpetuam illorum memoriam generisque splendoris significantiam rite gestare poterunt, verbis conceptis explananda duxi, quibus etiam in galeae ornamentum quid ulterius pro apice seu Crista addendum fuerat pro pleniori notitia simul cum Insignibus prsedictis gentilitiis in margine praesentium suis metallis atque coloribus magis ad vivum delineanda, illuminanda, depingendaque curavi. Insignia igitur clypei rubea faseem prae se ferunt argenteam tribus liliorum floribus rubeis eonspicuam ex transverse inter tria pulvinaria argentea globulis angularibus deauratis prout moris est condecoratis, pulchre situatam. Ulterius in galeae condecoramentum cui appendit clypeus pro Crista supereminet quadrangularis foniiEe pulvinar alteram rubeum con- similibus globulis in suis extremitatibus ornatum, librum ostentans apertum foliis albis (quibus pro symbolo inscribitur Odor vit^) fibulisque deauratis valdfe decorum : Galeae quoque cinctura tortuosa rubea simul ac argentea tanquam corona cireumcinctae, appendent mantellae rubei coloris, intrinsecus argento duplicatae. Quae quidem Arma sive insignia clypei, una cum apice seu Crista galeae, caeterisque appendicibus ac ornamentis, ego praenominatus Norroy Rex Armorum virtute et authoritate functionis et officii mei a Regia Majestate mihi in hac parte concessae, literisque patentibus sub magno sigillo Anglite com- munitae praefato Mattheo Huttono posterisque suis universis addixi tradidi et impcrpetuum confirmavi. Habenda, utenda, gerenda, et ostendenda, clypeo scuti, galea, paludamento, sigillo, vexillo, aut alio aliquo modo honoris gratia quibuscunque loco et tempore pro eoruni arbitrio ; aliquo impedimento, contradic- tione, aut prohibitione id ut ne fieri possit non obstante. In quorum omnium et singulorum fidem et testimonium ego Norroy Rex Armorum praedictus hiis praesentibus manu mea propria subscripsi, et appensione sigilli officii mei praedicti hoc meum diploma corroboravi. Datum Londini, primo die Maij, anno salutis a Christo supra Millesimum quingentesimum octuagcsimo quarto, Regni vero serenissimae Reginae Elizabcthae sexto atque vicesimo. ^2 " Buceri judicium, Martyris memoriam, vim Calvini, Musculi methodum,'' &c. — Robinson. " Unus erat Huttonus," &c. — Haddon. [See hereafter, p. 15, 16. — Ed.^ See various other testimonies as to Hutton's learning and eloquence, which seem to have been generally acknowledged, in Le Neve, 82 — 84, St/ype,&c. PREFACE. XIX these qualities, which were seldom di^sregartled either by Elizabeth or her minister Cecil, that he owed his promotion, in 1567, to the Deanery of York. At the same time he resigned his Mastership of Pembroke, and the chair of Regius Professor. In 1568 he also resigned a prebend in Winchester Cathedral, to which the date of his admission is unknown. ^^ On this enlarged sphere of action the Dean exhibited some qualities which had, perhaps, not before had room to expand themselves. The Northern Church had, ever since the first esta- blishment of the Reformation, been torn by dissensions betwixt the Puritans and their opponents ; and Dean Hutton, who seems to have leaned in his judgment to- wards Puritanism, or at least to have considered any objections to orders'* conferred by foreign Protestant Churches as useless, and prejudicial to the best interests of the General Church, was soon involved in a violent and personal dispute with Archbishop Sandys, who pre- ferred a charge of thirteen articles against his refractory Dean.'^ Hutton defended himself with spirit and in- [The resignation mentioned above was of a stall in Westminster, to which Hutton had been presented by the Queen on the 7th June, 1565. See p. 53, hereafter. —Ed.] " He was also Rector of Boxworth, in the diocese of Ely, 1563, which he lield till 28 March, 1576; and Prebendary of Ely, which he resigned in 1567. " The Geneva ordination of Dean Whittingham (of Durham) was one of the chief stumbling-blocks in the way of staunch Episcopalians, who could not bear to see one of the highest offices of the Church filled by a man " made Minister by a few mean men and lay persons in a private house at Geneva ; whilst others, and Dean Hutton amongst them, thought, perhaps with more reason, that it was no time to deprive a still scarcely established Church of the assistance of able and pious Ministers on account of any defect in ceremonials. The subject will recur under the Cathedral, Dean Wliittinghum. [Mr. Sur- tees did not live to write his account of the Cathedral, here referred to.] '•' These articles, which are much too tedious and irrelevant for insertion here, may be seen in Strype, together with the whole progress of the quarrel ; iii. 320 h XX PREFACE. dependence ; and at last, when compelled to make public submission before the High Commission at York, confessed in effect nothing more than some very violent and unguarded expressions. Though the Archbishop was honoured with this formal satisfaction, it does not seem that Hutton suffered from the dispute either in his character or interest ; for, on the death of Bishop Barnes, in 1588, he was promoted, as it should seem, at the par- ticular and urgent request of Lord Burleigh, to the See of Durham ; and, after having presided there with suffi- cient honour five years, was removed, in 1594, on the death of Archbishop Piers, to the Metropolitan See of York. He died the 18th of October [16th Jan.] 1605, in the 80th year of his age, and was buried in the south — 327. A few particulars, however, which seem characteristic of Hutton's asperity of temper and independence of character, shall be selected. The prin- cipal charges were, his refusing to assist the Archbishop in the government of the Province, and violently and openly thwarting him in the High Commission Court, " for that he needed neither the favour of the Archbishop nor yet the Lord President, and therefore he would join with neither of them." 2. His de- fence of Whittingliam's ordination, which he declared to be better than the Archbishop's. 3. His examination of the witnesses in Stapleton's business (see Strype), with a view rather to defame than clear the Archbishop, terrifying some, trifling with others, and cavilling at others, and saying, " Religion hanged not on one man^sback." 5. Opposing the Archbishop's proceedings against usury in the High Commission Court ; and on the sudden, in the midst of the business, standing up, and with great stomach uttering these words, " We must beware how we deal in this matter ; for my part, I dissent from these proceedings, so will clear my hands of it, for many things are termed usury in the civil law wliich are not so in the law of God." 6. " The said Dean is suspected to practise usury himself ;" a charge which Hutton retorted with indignation, and which had probably no other foundation than his unwillingness to act in the prosecutions commenced against several citizens in the Commission Court. 7 and 8. He favours Recusants and hath given several of them notices of the pro- cesses that were to come out against them. The remaining charges relate to the Dean's temporal possessions and spiritual pluralities, both of which the Archbishop seems to have thought larger than became the modesty of a Chris- tian pastor. PREFACE. Xxi aile of York Cathedral. His monument represents a recumbent figure in archiepiscopal robes. ^"^ They who have \yritten least favourably of Button's character, allow him the credit of strong talent, sound learning, and a manly and persuasive eloquence. His ungovernable violence of temper, which has been re- corded on more than one occasion, has given some writers room to impute to his whole character a shade of sour and Puritanic asperity. Yet the author of the beautiful and pathetic letters in favour of Lady Mar- garet Neville'^ can scarce be accused of want of feelino-. o It is not always easy to define the exact bounds betwixt human virtues and human frailties ; and if a strono- con- sciousness of talent, and a reliance on his own powers, sometimes broke forth into asperity and violence, Hut- ton's conduct on other occasions is equally stamped with an honourable independence of sentiment which was by '" [Mr, Surtees here prints the Epitaph, for which see p. 26, and adds in a note, " On the surface of the tomb, beneath the principal figure, are the effigies of three of the Archbishop's children, who were probably buried there. The middle figure represents a young man in armour ; a female kneels on the right, and a young boy on the left. Arms, the Sees of York and Durham im- paling Hutton. See Drake." We may add that the engraving liere referred to was presented to Drake by " Mr. John Dawson of York, descended by the mother's side (through the Poppleton branch) from Archbishop Hutton ;" and that the tomb itself, having been m-uch injured by Jonathan Martin's fire in the year 1828, is now undergoing a complete restoration at the expense of Timothy Hutton, of Clifton Castle and Marske, Esq.— Erf.] '^ " A most distressed maydcn, descended of divers noble houses in the me- mory of man ; of the house of Buckingliam, Norfolk, Westmorland, and Rut- land ; and now, behold the instability of all human things, two of them are utterly overthrown ; only one standeth unspotted ; and she herself, a poor maid, condemned to die." See hereafter under Raby. [See pp. 92, 96, 97, 100, 101, where, in honour of the Archbishop, who we rejoice to say was not only successful in his application for mercy, but gained a pension for the lady, the letters in Strype are given at length, together with the correspondence upon the same subject found among the Archbishop's papers. — Ed.] Xxii PREFACE. no means general in his age or profession. That Prelate was no sycophant who durst preach before a Court on the instability of kingdoms and the change of dynasties, and durst ring in Elizabeth's ear the funereal knell of a successor.^® Archbishop Hutton left behind him a landed estate of £500 per annum, which still remains in the possession of his descendants.^^ '^ " I no sooner remember this famous and worthie Prelate, but methinks I see him in the Chappell at Whitehall, Queen Elizabeth at the window in the closet, all the Lords of Parliament spirituall and temporall about them, and then that I heare him out of the pulpit thundering this text, ' The kingdoms of the earth are mine, and I do give them to whom I will, and I have given them to Nebuchadonezer and his sonne, and his Sonne's sonne.' And at last, after a masterly induction, of the ' fate of kingdoms, and the change of line,' pressed the necessity of the Queen's establishing the succession. ; and at last insinuating, as far as he durst, the neernesse of blood of our present soveraigne (King James I.), he said plainly that the expectations and presages of all writers went North- ward, naming without any circumlocution, Scotland, which, said he, if it prove an errour, yet will it be found a learned errour." — Harrington, Nugse Antiquse, ii . 248, 251 . See the whole passage, and consider how very different was the con- duct of the French preacher, who, having inadvertently said before Lewis XIV. " we shall all die," corrected himself, and added, " Yes, Sire, we shall almost all of us die." [See the whole passage from Harrington, p. 28, &c., hereafter. — Ed.'\ '^ I neither praise nor envy an Episcopal fortune. Hutton, however, only succeeded in that which most of his contemporaries tried to effect : his son Sir Timothy served the office of Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1607, and the family of Hutton of Marske have ever since ranked with the first gentry of the North Riding. For several further particulars of Archbishop Hutton, see Strype ; Lc Neve ; Fuller's Worthies, under Lancashire ; and Fuller's Church History. The Sup- plement to Strype contains several of his letters to the Lord Treasurer, concern- ing Sherburn Hospital, March 1590, p. 15. Two letters to the same, on his translation to York, Dec. 1594, pp. 197, 198. Letters in favour of Lady Mar- garet Nevyl, 198, 199, 200, 253. Concerning Recusants, 218. Begs a pardon for Nelson, a Popish priest, now reclaimed, 255. Concerning concealed lands in Rippon, 254. Desires the appointment of a President of the North, 282. Begs a pardon for Dawson, a priest, now converted ; and gives an account of Recusants within his Diocese. Concerning a loan, and the assessment of the wealthier clergy, 320. A very sensible and liberal letter concerning the treat- ment of Sir Robert Carr, of Farniherst, one of the Scottish hostages, then at Bishopthorpe, 25 Feb., 1597. Concerning the same, 10 Mar., 1597, p. 321. See also, in Lodge's lliustrutions, his letter to Lord Cranbournc, concerning PREFACE. XXiii Recusants, iii. 251-2, printed also in Winwood's Memorials. Hiitton preached much, but published little. " Commentatiunculam emisit de electione et repro- batione." — Sceletos Cantab. Lei. Coll. v. 205. Le Neve seriously tells us, that, at the last sermon which Hutton ever preached in his Cathedral of York, the Popish Recusants, who were obliged to be present by Elizabeth's order, were so obstreperous that they were forced to be gagged. [A long Theological disputation between Hutton and Haufford, at Cam- bridge, before the Queen, in 1564, is printed in the third volume of the Queen's Progresses, by Nichols. Some of his letters are contained in the Sloane MSS. in the British Museum, and some are printed among the Egerton Papers by the Camden Society. Whitaker's Richmondshire, ii. 314, &c., may also be consulted for some pleasing anecdotes of our Prelate, and for an excellent letter addressed by him to Lord Cranbonie. There is an original portrait of the Arch- bishop at Marske ; and the widow of the second Archbishop was in possession of another, from which two engravings appear to have been made, the first by J. Perry, in 4to, and the second for Hutchinson's History of Durham. Hutchinson's Plate is now in the possession of Messrs. 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INTRODUCTION. 9 as Mr. Torr says, " at Warton, in Lancashire, (which Mr. Le Neve calls Wareton,) and, as he has heard, it is the common tradition of that place, that he was a foundling there, and on that account, in his will, provided for the erection of an hospital and free school at Warton ; though other writers, especially Mr. Le Neve, mention his being born at Priest Hutton, in Lan- cashire. . . ." But this story is as false as it is injurious. We do not find that it was ever mentioned by any contemporaries, as it undoubtedly would, at a time when feuds and parties ran high ; when both Papists and Puritans were inveterate against the Protestant clergy and bishops, and would have let nothing slip that could any way blacken and expose them, or destroy their credit and influence with the nation. But no such thing appears in their swarms of libels. It was, therefore, reserved for the invention of J. Torr, a hasty and injudicious collector, who raked together everything that came in his way, and composed in such a hurry, consequently with so little thought and reflec- tion, that he transcribed 1250 columns, " mostly close writ and in a very small hand," in less than a year and a half.^" A clause in this relation of Dr. Willis"'s requires a particular animadversion, viz. " that he was a foundling there, and on that account, in his will, provided for the erection of an hospital and free school at Warton." For it was not on account of his being a foundling there that he provided in his will for the erection o. an hospital and free school at Warton, but only because he was born there.^^ This remark, therefore, of the Doctor's is a most palpable falsehood or mistake. Dr. Fuller, an honest and plain historian, and who lived much nearer Archbishop Hutton''s time than James Torr, assures us, that he was " descended from an ancient family of Hutton Hall (as he takes it) in Lancashire."^"'' And we have an earlier evidence, an authentic and incontesta- ble proof, of his legitimate and honourable birth, in the grant of arms to him by Sir Gilbert Dethicke, Garter Principal King at Arms, a" 1584, wherein he declared that Dr. Hutton was descended from parents sufficiently famous or illustrious in the ^2 See Fr. Drake's preface to his History of York, p. 6. '^ As he expressly declares in his will, " which I do erect at Warton, where I was born." 1' Fuller's Church History, book x. p. 38. 10 INTRODUCTION. county of Lancaster ; and was related to the Huttons of Cam- bridgeshire, and others of that name in England.'^ <^EiP '* GRANT OF ARMS TO DR. MATTHEW BUTTON. Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos prsesentes pervenerint Gilbertus De- thicke Miles, alias Garter, principalis Rex Armorum Anglise et primarius Officiarius inclitissimi Ordinis Garterii, salutem. Quamvis in hac vita variis fortunae dictse {sic orig.) procellis jac- tantur liomines ant paulatini perpetua oblivione delentur ; quibus quasi ob- viam dare non solum amplissimis vitse immortalis beatissimse praemiis (nulla generationum memoria vel seculorum injuria delendis) spe conservantur, coronantur, liii saltem qui omne studium et operam in fide et virtutis actione posuerunt, vermn apud mor- tales excogitatissima statuuntur vir- tuosis (tam divinarum quam humana- rum scientiarum cognitione prseditis, vel reipublicse administratione pcrspicuis, quam belligerosis pro patria civibus, forensisve {sic orig.) inveteratis militibus) divcrsa prsemia : quos honoribus, divitiis, et sumrase nobilitatis titulis prse caeteris ornatos et honoratos esse ubique censentur. Ex quibus inter alia permulta, antiquus ille Armorum, Stemmatum, sen Insigniorum, in Parrais, Scutis, Clipeisque depingendi aut insculpendi mos, cum rerum et colorum A'arietate, Dignitatis, Famse, Ho- noris, Stirpis, Prosapise, et Virtutis perbibent testimonium. Unde alii etiam eorvun exemplis ad virtutis semitas adcisci et incitari videntur. Cum- que nos Fcsciales, Heraldi, seu Reges Armorum nuncupati, harum om- nium Commemoratores dignississimos {sic oi-ig. leg. dignissimi) judicamur ; Ego prsedictus Garterus, principalis Rex Armorum, ad hsec rogatus, de praj- cognita bona fama, virtute, prudentia, doctrina, multisque fide dignorum tcsti- moniis instructus et informatus, quod illustris et vcnerandus Mattheus Hutton, Sacrse Theologise professor, Eboracensis Ecclesise Cathedralis Decanus, et Regige Majestatis in partibus Septcntrionalibus ibidem a Consiliis regiis diplo- mate constitutus, dc Rcpublica bene meritus, clarisque satis parentibus de Comi- tatu Lancastrise oriundus ; cujus stemma, progenies et prosapia altius repe- tenda, ad alios sues afiines bujus nominis de Hutton in Comitatu Cantabrigise, et alibi, inter Angligenos assignanda, una cum antiquis liujusmodi armorum insignibus buic nomini de Hutton ab antiquo consuetis et perusitatis ; quemad- modum in Officio nostro Armorum, Libris, Rotulis, et Panchartis Officii nostri predicti dcpicta et exemplificata, rcmanere approbamus. Verum cum in INTRODUCTION. 11 Let it further be observed, that a foundling is a child dropt in a parish, whose parents are unknown : but upon this as M'ell as the foregoing considerations. Archbishop Hutton was not a foundling ; for his father is well known to have been Matthew Hutton, of Priest Hutton, within the parish of Warton, wherein, as he says himself in his will, he was born, and his being known to have had two brothers, Edmund and Eobert,^^ to the latter of whom he gave the first prebend in the Church of Durham that fell after his consecration, as well as the great living of animo habemus, hujus Matthsei progenitores et parentes variis jactatos (ut prae- fertur) fortunse procellis, quo minus Arma propria et genuina eidem Matthseo assignare possumus ; ut nusquam de hiis in posterum dubitetur, vel alius quis- quis impugnare possit, quam simillima et dignitati consentanea, eidem Matthaeo hiis nostris litteris patentibus depieta, et usitatissimis verbis quam potuimus ex- pressa, exemplificari curavimus : Viz. in Pamia rubra, super Barram unam inter tria pulvinaria alba, fibulis deauratis, Crueem planam (sequalem dictam) inter duos Lilii flores rubicundos : Hiisque insuper additur, ex gracia speciali eidem Matthseo Hutton et heredibus suis, quod Cassidi, seu Galeae militari, impositse pulvinari rubro quadrato, et fibulis deaurato, Codex vel Liber apertus, foliis albis, fimbriisque auratis, syniboloque (odor vitse) inscripto, cum tortile et mantellis albis et rubris coloribus involutis appendicibus auro adornatis ; ut in margine magis dilucidc depieta apparent. Habendum et Tenendum prsedicto Matthseo Hutton, &c. generoso et heredibus suis de corpore suo legitime pro- creatis, quibus illi et illorum singuli ab hiis legitime descendentes, tam in Par- mis, Clipeis, Scutis, Armis, Castris, Tentoriis, Vexillis, cseterisque belli appa- ratibus ; quam in Sigillis, Annulis, Fenestris vitreis, Picturis, Sculpturis, Monu- mentis Sepulturis, omnique Supellectile, modeste ut decet virtutis observantia, consuetis differentiis, secundum consuetudinem, uti posse aut velle permittitur. Denique, ut illi, et illorum quilibet, omnes rei militaris exercitationes, Hastilu- dia, Torneamenta, Duella, aut hujusmodi belli prseludia ingredi et exercere, ut virtute militaris disciplinse ad honoris gi-adus pervenire valeant, absque moles- tatione aut perturbatione quacunque. Quamobrem, ut prsemissarum memoria promulgata permanere reique certitudo apparere possit, quoscunque de hoc illus- tri et venerando Matthseo Hutton legitime procreatos, aut imposterum legitime descendentes, devotionibus et dilcctionibus vestris benevole et gratiose commen- damus, et ut prehemincnciis, privilegiis, et libertatibus Nobilium Generosorum hiis in omnibus secundetis et frui sinatis. In cujus rei testimonium has prsesentes fieri fecimus, manu propria subscripsimus, et sigillis consignavimus. Datum Londini in Collegio Officii Armorum, xx° die Julii, 1584, anno regni Augus- tissimse Elizabethse, Anglise, Ffrancise, et Hibernise Reginse, fidei defensatricis vicesimo sexto. — Froin Vine. 157 ; and Register of Nob Hit i/ and Gentry, vol. i. p. 171, hi the College of Arms. "' See the Pedigree which we have prefixed to Dr. Ducarell's Memoir, in which this mistake is corrected. 12 INTRODUCTION. Houghton/^ are the plainest and strongest confutation that can be of this ill-contrived fable. We may close this introduction, by remarking, that this im- putation is what hath been common to our worthy prelate with some of the best and greatest of men. For instance, Robert Grrosthead, Bishop of Lincoln, is said to have been born in SuiFolk of very mean, or " rather base parentage :" natalibus obscuris, ne dicam pudendis.^^ Whereas Mr. Thoresby has made it appear ^^ that he was of the ancient families of the Copleys, of Copley and Batley, in Yorkshire, by the father's side ; and of the knightly family of Walsingham, in Suftblk, by the mother's. Not to dwell upon many other instances of the like nature. A SYNOPTICAL VIEW OF ARCHBISHOP BUTTON'S FATHER AND BROTHERS. Matthew Hutton, of Priest Hutton, com. Lancast. had three sons. Edmund Dr. Matthew Hutton, Robert Hutton, D.D.,20 RectorofHough- Hutton, Bishop of Durliam, and ton-le-Spring, and Preb. of Durham, of the Archbishop of York, had married Grace, dau''. of Leonard Pilk- county of three wives: 1. Catharine ington, D.D., by which he had 1. Ro- Lancas- Fuhnesby; 2. Beatrix bert, born in 1597; 2. Eleanor, wife ter. Fincham ; 3. Frances of Samson Eubank ; 3. Joan ; 4. Jane ; Bowes. He dyed 16 Jan. 5. Elizabeth ; 6. Grace. He dyed in 1605-6. 1623. Query. Whether Leonard Hut- ton was not also a son of his ? [See Wood's Ath. Oxon.] " See Dr. Browne Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 266, and Epitaphium Rob. Hutton, olim Academise Cantab. Theologiae Professoris, Ecclesise Dunclm. prebendarii, atque hujus parochiae Haughtonensis pastoris celeberrimi, Memorise Sacrvun ; Qui docuit templo morituros viverc vivus Ipse est qui tumulo conditur. En moritur. Spiritus at supcrimi templa incolit, alma per orbem Nescia fama mori spargitur. En oritur. Qui obiit Ano Dni, 1623, Deflevit Sa. Hutton .«' See (mortall) here enclos'd a Levit's shrine, In life, whose life and lerning like did shine, A perfect pastor, rich and poore both feeding. At church theyr soules, at home theyr bodies needingc ; May his example in eche Lcvite dwell For all men's good, and laud to God. Farewell. '® Godwin de prsesulibus inter Episc. Lincoln ; and the English. '9 Thoresby's Ducatus Leod. pp. 9. 106. -" [See this mistake corrected in the general Pedigree of the Family.] ^' See tlie next page. INTRODUCTION. 13 Samuel Hutton was collated, 4 Feb. 1602, to the prebend of Ulskelf in York Cathedral. . . . Thoresby says he was a bro- ther's son of the Archbishop's, which brother had also Luke and Marmaduke. Archbishop Whitgift, in a letter of 17 Sept. 1583, to Dr. Hutton, writes thus : " For your nephew, I will be glad to do the best I can as occasion shall serve." Qu. What nephew this was. [A modern hand has thus answered this question in pencil : " Robert Hutton, Rector ofHoughton-le-Shrne. Robert Hutton, the son of Edmund Hutton, was Rector of Houghton-le-S^ming, and ancestor of Hutton of Houghton." See, however, the Pe- digree referred to.] 14 SECTION I. THE LIFE OF DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, BISHOP OF DURHAM AND ARCHBISHOP OP YORK. Matthew Hutton, the first learned and excellent Archbishop of York of that name, was born in the year 1529/ at Priest Hutton, within the parish of Warton,- in the county of Lancas- ter, being the son of Matthew Hutton of the said place.^ What school he had his first education in we have no certain account ; only are informed, that giving early proof of the pregnancy of his parts, and having the advantage of a good master, he became an excellent scholar.* In the year of Christ 1 546, and of his age the 1 7th, he was sent to the University of Cambridge, and admitted into Trinity College.^ He took there the degree of Batchelor of Arts in 1551, commenced Master of Arts in 1556,^ and was elected Fellow of his College tlie year following.'' We have all the reason to believe that he was educated in Protestant principles : however, he grew so eminent for his learn- ing, that in 1561, Decemb. 15, he was elected Lady Margaret's Professor ; an honourable employment, generally conferred upon persons of distinguished merit, which he kept till 1568.'^ In ' Fuller's Worthies in Lancashire, p. 111. * Priest Hutton is a hamlet in the parish of Warton, and the Archbishop says in his will, that he was born in the parish of Warton. ^ See the Synoptical View, p. 12. ■* Thoresby's Vicaria Lend. p. 138. ^ Fuller, as above ; and J. Le Neve's Lives of the Protestant Bishops, part ii. p. 80. * Le Neve's Lives of the Protestant Bishops, part ii. p. 80, MS. note ; and Godwin de prsesulibus, edit. Richardsoni, p. 711, note z. '' Fuller's Worthies, as above ; and T. Baker's Catal. of Lady Margaret's Professors at Cambridge. THE LIFE OF DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 15 1562, he proceeded Batchelor of Divinity -.^ and May 4,^ the same year, he was chosen Master of Pembroke Hall, in the room, and at the recommendation, of Edmund Grindall, Bishop of London, to whom he was chaplain, and also related ; as the learned Dr. Richardson very justly supposes.^° The 5th of October following, his Lordship collated him to the prebend of Bromesbury, in St. Paul's Cathedral.^^ On the 5th of Septem- ber preceding, he had been appointed Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge.^^ Li 1563, he ob- tained a prebend of Ely.^'' And on the 4th of September, in the same year, was instituted to the living of Boxworth, in Cam- bridgeshire. He was presented to that Rectory by John Hut- ton,^^ undoubtedly the same that was one of the knights for that county in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th parliaments of Qu. Elizabeth : ^^ who thereby owned, and provided for him, as one of his relations. Januar. 18, 1563-4, he joined with the other heads of the University in a letter to their Chancellor, Sir William Cecyll, Secretary of State, requesting him, that order might be taken for the more regular election of the Vice-Chancellor, Proctors, and Taxers.^^ Qu. Elizabeth coming to visit the University of Cambridge in August 1564, and continuing there five whole days,^'^ our learned Professor kept the Divinity Act before her Majesty ; in which he acquitted himself to admiration, and gained the greatest reputation that could be.^'^ ^^ In the course of * Le Neve's Lives, as above. ' T. Fuller says it was May 12, and Bp. Wren, May 14; Worthies and Le Neve, as above. "• Edit. Godwini de prsesulib. p. 711, note y ; and M. Wren, apud Le Neve, p. 81. " Newcourt's Repertor. vol. i. p. 119. '^ Fuller's Worthies, as above. '3 Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. ii. p. 383. '* Registr. Cox, fol. 142. ^* See Willis's Notitia Parliam. vol. iii. ed. 1750, part ii. p. 88, &c. •« Strype's Life of Whitgift, p. 8. ^^ Fuller's Hist, of Cambridge, p. 137. '* Le Neve's Lives, p. 83 ; Strype's Annals, vol. i. edit. 1725, p. 447 ; T.- Baker's Catal. as above. '^ For a more particular account of his abilities, and of the excellent manner in which he acquitted himself on this occasion, be pleased to consult the follow- ing testimonies : Testimonies of the excellent manner in which Mr. Hutton acquitted himself in the Divinity Exercises, whilst the Queen was at Cambridge. " Unum illud audeo affirmare, in Huttono nostro Buceri Judicium, Martyris 16 THE LIFE OF this year he married his first wife Catharine Fuhiietby or Fuhnesby, niece to Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely ; but she dyed soon after .^" In 1565, he commenced Doctor in Divinity.*' The 7th of Jmie, in the same year, he obtained from Qu. EHzabeth the grant of a prebend in the 6th stall in Westminster Abbey, vacant by the death of John Beamnont ; and was installed Decemb. the 22nd."^ This preferment was procured for Dr. Hutton by the Earl of Leicester, as appears from the Earl's letter to him, of which this is a copy.~^ The Court being resolved, about this time, to have the sur- plice, and the rest of the old apparel, as it was called, used in the University, Dr. Hutton and three other Masters of Colleges, with J. Whitgift, then Margaret Professor, wrote a letter to Secretary Cecyll, then Chancellor, wherein they represented the inconvenience of enjoyning the wearing of the old habits, and compelling all the members of the University to submit thereto. For many pious and learned men thought them, in their con- science, unlawful ; and, rather than comply, would quit the University ; which would be a great loss to that learned body. And the forcing of these things, at that juncture, would be a great hindrance to the preaching of the Gospel, and to all good literature. But this letter was ill taken ; and it was falsely reported, that Dr. Hutton had written against the apparel, had preached against it in his public sermons, and winked at the neglect of it ; and that he and the rest had become instrumental " Memoriam, Vim Calvini, Musculi Methodum, ex hac concertatione liquido " apparuisse. Nemo potuit facere ut iste nisi Dominus fuisset cum eo." — Nic. Robinson postea Episc. Bangor. Dr. Haddon, in a Letter of his to Sir Thomas Smith, hath these words : " .... Si Cantabrigiae fuisses, herbam & florem vidisses. Sed a maturitate " adhuc aliquantmn absunt. Unus erat Huttonus theologormn axiomatum defen- " sor, qui mihi vehementer satisfecit, usque eo, vix ut aliquid audiverim " melius."— Ep. p. 301. Sir Thomas in his Answer, says, .... " Gratulor illi Academise, quod talem " Huttonum habet, qualem describis." — Inter Haddoni Ep. p. 305. The questions he disputed upon were, Major est Scripturfe quam Ecclesiae auctoritas : Civilis Magistratus habet auctoritatem in rebus Eeclesiasticis. — Strype's Ann. voL i. ed. 1725. *" Fuller's Worthies. ^' M. Wren, apud Le Neve, as above, p. 81. ''^ See Widmore's History of Westminster Abbey, Appendix, p. 221. ^ [See letter, dated 7 June, (1565,) hereafter.] DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 17 in creating disturbances upon the subject. When in reahty Dr. Hutton had writ and pubhshed nothing in this controversy : but only had spoke a httle about it in two of his lectures, to repress the fond dealing of such young men, in framing such grounds and arguments against apparel as they were not able to prove."^ In the beginning of the year 1566, he was appointed one of the preachers before the Queen during the time of Lent.^^ An d Bishop Grindal nominated him to preach at Paul's Cross, Octob . 6, and also November the third. The Bishop's letter to him upon that occasion shews so much respect and esteem, that we could not forbear inserting of it here."'^ In 1567, Dr. Hutton was advanced to the Deanery of York,^^ and instaird, April 8 ; "^ where upon he resigns, April 1 2, his Mastership of Pembroke Hall, and Regius Professorship, in both which he was succeeded by Dr. John Whitgift.-^ He also re- signs, June 23, his prebend of Ely;^*^ and, soon after, his pre- bend of Westminster; in which last he was succeeded, 17 Novemb. 1567, by Walter Jones.^^^- This year [1567], he took to his second wife Beatrix, daughter of Sir Thomas Fincham [or Fan- shaw], of the Isle of Ely.^^ Upon the death of Dr. Thomas Young, Archbishop of York, in June 1568, that metropolitical See being left several months vacant, and the Popish agents growing very busy in the northern parts, our worthy Dean wrote to Secretary Oecyll, to put him in mind how much they stood in need of a good Archbishop ; pointing out withal what qualifications he ought to have, viz. " that he should be a " teacher, because the country was ignorant ; a vertuous and ■'* Sti-yjje's Life of Abp. Parker, p. 194, and Appendix, p. 69, 70. He there subscribes his name Hutte/i, if Mr. Stry^^e copied it right, ** Idem, Appendix, p. 75. -^ [See this letter in its order of time hereafter.] '^ [Extracts, with respect to Dean Hutton's family, from the Register of St. Michael's le Belfry, York, made June 28, 1811, are here inserted in the manu- script ; the substance of which is given in connection with the Pedigree.] =' Le Neve's Fasti, p. 315. ^ Fuller's Worthies in Lancashire, p. 111. ="» Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. ii. p. 383 ; and W. Richardson, edit. Godwini de prfesulib., p. 71 1, not. a. ^' Widmore's History of Westminster Abbey, Appendix, p. 221. 32 But he was collated to the prebend of Osbaldwick, in the church of York, August 26, 1567.— Willis's Survey, vol. i. p. 157. ** Fuller's Worthies in Lancashire, p. 111. c 18 THE LIFE OF " godly man, because the country was given to sift a man's life ; " a stout and couragious man in God's cause, because the coun- " try otherwise would abuse him ; and yet a sober and discreet " man, because too much rigourousness should harden the hearts " of some, that by fair means might be mollified, &c. ; and such " a Bishoj), likewise, as was both learned himself, and also loved " learning, that that rude and blind country might be furnished " with learned preachers ; and such a man was the Bishop of " London [Bp. Grindall] known to be ; whom, therefore, he " Avished to have translated to York." Perhaps he might give a hint for himself. After the Archbishopric of York had been kept vacant near two years, it was at length filled up by the translation of Bishop Grindall thither. Dean Hutton was one of the persons men- tioned to succeed him in the See of London ; but Archbp. Parker obstructed his promotion by giving this character of him, that " he took him for an honest, quiet, and learned man, but he " thought him not meet for that place ;" which, indeed, required a stirring and resolute man, and of a more rugged disposition, as was Bp. Sandys, whom the Queen translated thither from Wor- cester.^* While Dr. Hutton continued Dean of York, he was very zealous in preserving the rights of that church, as appears from two instances in particular. One Mr. Hammond, of Yorkshire, a rich and covetous man, had, through some courtier's interest, applied, " that his son, a boy of tender age, and little learning " or discretion, might be dispensed withal, to receive the pre- " bend of Riccall, which was of considerable value, meet for a " preacher ; and that country was then much destitute, and " stood in need of preachers." ^^ This was in the year 1570, when that prebend was vacant. The Dean's interposition pre- vailed, and it was given to another.^*^ The other instance is this : John Gibson, LL.D. and Pree- centor of York,^'^ procured a dispensation from the Queen, in 1582, that, being present or absent, he should have the commodi- ^ Strype's Life of Abp. Parker, p. 295. For a character of Abp. Sandys, see Dr. Br. "Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 48, 49. ^ Strype's Life of Abp. Parker, p. 298, 299. 3« See Dr. Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 159. 3' lb. p. 76. DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 19 ties or advantages of a Canon Residentiary.^^ But tho' the dispensation was expressed in as ample words " as by lawe " maie be devised, ex certa scientia et plenitudine potestatis; " which are clauses of the greatest force that are in the lawe;" and tho' the dispensation was " signed, first with her Majestie's " liande, and afterwards with the broad seal;*"^'^ tho' Valen- tine Dale, the Clerk of the Council, represented to the Dean, that Dr. Gibson had " greate frcndes, whose credit with " her Majestic might do very much ; and, therefore, in his " opinion, they should do verie well to use him favorablie, " and to enterprete her Majestie's grant as beneficially as her " Majestie's meaning was at the tyme of the graunting thereof;" ^° and tho' Abp. Grindall endeavoured to persuade him and the rest of the Chapter to comply with the dispensation ; ^^ yet our worthy Dean could not be brought to any thing further, than that Dr. Gibson should enter into ordinary residence, and bear all charges for the same, as is requisite ; notwithstanding, that the said entry into residence, at that time, would be very much to his hindrance.^- A just and very commendable instance of resolution in Dean Hutton, who alledged for the reasons of this his proceeding, that such a dispensation was contrary to their statutes, and opened a window to the overthrow of the good estate of their church ;*-^ and he doubted not, but he could make good proof to the Lords of the Council that so much of the dis- pensation as was needful to their church, and took from other men, and gave unto him what he never had before, did proceed upon wrong information.*^ He opposed also some encroachments of Edwin Sandys, Arch- bishop of York, a man of a restless and contentious disposition. In order to remove the Dean out of his way, Sandys used his interest at court, that he might be made Bishop of Lichfield. For, says he, " I cannot live with that man." Li return. Dr. Hutton taxed him, " that he made no account of his clergy and " the preachers of the Gospel."*^ Li L576, he resigned his Rec- ^^ From original letters. 39 From V. Dale's original letter, hereafter. ■•" Ibid. ^' From four letters of the Archbishop's. « From a letter of Abp. Grindall. " Dean Button's original letter. •»* From Dean Button's and the Chapter's original letter. •" Dr. Br. Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 49. c 2 20 THE LIFE OF lory of Bosworth.**^ In 1577, it appears that Abp. Grindall had an intention of recommending him for the Bishopric of Durham or that of Carhsle.*'' In 1578, he had a fall attended with a hurt; but we do not find that it had any dangerous consequences. The same year there was thoughts of sending him to the assembly at Smalcald. These particulars we learn from a letter of the Earl of Hun- tingdon to him, wherein are these passages : "I am sorry e to " understand of your falle and harme you have thei-bye ; but I " trust God will shortlye restore you to your olde good state " agayne." " To the assemblie at Smalcald her Majestic hath " sent certaine persons to dissuade and staye the proceedings, &c. " Dr. Humphrey of Oxford, D. Wilson of Worcest., D. Still " of Cambridge, and D. Hamonde, a civilian, ar appointed for " this purpose. And if hast had not required, the Deane, Mr. " Hutton, should have bene the principall ; and so ought he to " have bene allowed." In 1583, his old friend Abp. Whitgift, at his first coming to the See of Canterbury, wrote him a very obliging letter, wherein he assured him, that he would labour to have him removed from the Deanery of York to some better place.*^ However, he re- mained six years longer fixed in his old station.'*'^ At length, having continued 21 years Dean of York, he was promoted, in 1589, to the Bishopric of Durham, after that See had been vacant two years. He was elected the 9th of June, confirmed the 26th of July, and consecrated the next day.^° He recovered from the executors of his predecessor, Bp. Barnes, ■•^ Bp. Wren's notes in Le Neve's Lives, p. 81. *'' This I infer from the following passage in a letter of Abp. Grindall to him : " Iff I had hadde anie speciall creditte when Durham and Carl, were bestowed, '' some hadde not spedde so well ; but blame your selfe and S"" Tho, Gary ; ye two " commendett him, to be rydde of him ; and now Simon is as good as Peter." *^ That clause in the Abp.'s letter is in these words : . ..." to stay you there " I wyll do my endevor, unless yt be for some better preferment ; but assure " yourself that I wyll not cease to labor you frome thence, yf yt may be to such " a place as wyll countervale that, and wherein you may doe more good." 49 May 5, 1.582, he lost his 2d. wife ; and took, on the 20th of November, 1583, to his 3rd. wife, Frances, widow of Martin Bowes, son of Sir Martin Bowes, Alderman of London. Epitaph, and Fuller's Worthies, Lane. p. Ill, ^ Registr. Piers, Archiep. Ebor. J. Le Neve's Fasti, p. 350. DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 21 64cf . os. 6d. for dilapidations.^^ Not long after his consecration, being at court, he dined with the Lord Treasurer Burghley, in his private chamber ; none being present besides, but Secretary Walsingham. Those two great statesmen took that opportunity of desiring our learned Prelate's sentiments upon some points then very much contested : of which he afterwards related the substance in a letter to Abp. Whitgift, dated Octob. 10. Those points were, concerning the Judicial Law of Moses; the au- thority of a Prince in Causes Ecclesiastical ; and the authority and lawfulness of Bishops. From our Prelate's letter, we may see and understand what were, upon those subjects, the judgements of the Bishops of this Realm, and of the learnedest Divines, in the times nearest the Reformation, who consequently knew best our true Constitu- tion.^^ In 1594, his lordship laid the foundation of a free school at Warton, his native place. Over the school are two large chambers for the master's lodgings, and a library, furnished with classic authors, for the use of the masters and scholars. At the top of the door is this inscription, " Anno Dom. 1594, Deo & bonis Literis Matt. Hutton, Episc. Di;nelm." He gave 20£ a year to the master, and lOoC* to the usher ; but part of the usher's salary is now unhappily sunk. His lordship appointed also alms houses to be erected in the same place, or, as he names it in his will, the Hospital of Jesus.^^ The poor men maintained in it are six in number, and receive each o£ 6s. 8d.^* In the beginning of the year 1595, his lordship was translated from Durham to the Archbishopric of York.^^ His conge d'elire bore date Febr. 6, 1594-5. He was elected the 24th of the same month ; had the royal assent March 6 ; was confirmed Mar. 24 ; was inthronized by proxy March 81 ; and had the temporalities restored April Sd. following.^^ Before his transla- tion, some hard and disagreeable conditions were required of him ; but what, is not mentioned ; only it seems to have been " From the sentence or decree. *2 See Strype's Life of Whitgift, p. 320, 321 ; and Appendix, p. 131. *' See the will hereafter. ^* Thoresby's Vicar. Leod. p. 141, 142. *' He would rather have remained at Durham, but the Queen obliged him to remove ; sec Archbp. Whitgift's letter hereafter. ^'^ Reg. Eborac. & Regist. Whitgift, pars ii. fol. 45G ; and Lc Neve's Fasti, p. 311. 22 THE LIFE OF some lease disadvantageous to the See,^^ which he scrupled very much to submit to.^^ When he was fixed in that high station, he made it his business to stop, as much as he could, the progress of Popery, which was very prevailing in the northern parts ; and to make several converts, particularly one Dawson, a notorious priest.^9 This Abp. Whitgift acknowledges with pleasure, in a letter of his to our Primate, dated 2d, May, 1597, wherein is this passage : . . . " The last letters written from your selfe & the " Councell there, touching certeyn Papists & Recusants, are very " well taken, and yow are lyke to receave thancks for the same, " especiallie for your paynes in conference with some of them to " so good an effect." ^° But, notwithstanding his diligence, com- plaints were soon after made against him, as if he were grown negligent in that point ; ^^ so inconstant is popular applause ! ^^ Perhaps he was milder in his proceedings than some zealots would have wished ; for it is certain that Abp. Hutton was not of a persecuting spirit. However, upon the prevailing of these reports, Abp. Whitgift thought fit to acquaint his brother Primate, " that Recusants " were said to increase rather than to diminish, in the Province " of York ; which was imputed to the Archbishop's making " some imworthy men ministers ; and to his not procuring a " sufficient number of learned clergymen fit and able to preach " the Gospel ; therefore he desired to know what number of " preachers and of Recusants they had in the North." Arch- bishop Hutton in his answer said, " That as to his conferring " orders upon such bad men as was suggested, he did not remem- " ber it ; but that he had heard, which might give occasion to the " report, that two or three had counterfeited his hand and seal, " and were fled out of the country. That, as for preachers, there " were many good ones in the Bishopric of Durham, and good " store in the Archbishopric of York. But in Northumberland " there were but few, because the greatest livings, which were in " the Queen's hands, were let to fermours, who would not " contribute any thing to a preacher; and that he had about him " as chaplains some godly learned preachers. He added, that *7 See letter in its order. *8 From original letters. ^* See letters hereafter. •"* See letter in its order. The substance of it is inserted here. ^' From original letters. ^^ See letters. DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 23 " now for every offence don, the quarrel is with the clergy. He " knew well, that neither he nor others did escape evil tongues. "But let us, said he, piously study to have a good conscience " toward God, and then his will be donne." Ending with this sentence, " Arbitrii nostri non est, quid quisque loquatur." ^^ About the same time, disputes having arisen in the University of Cambridge, on the occasion of Peter Baro, the Lady Marga- ret's Professor, who maintained conditional predestination,*^^ our Archbishop, in answer to a letter of Whitgift's upon that sub- ject, " wished that Baro were in his own country, and not dis- *' turb the peace of our church ; and that another should be put " in his place, who was learned, godly, and mild of nature ; and " store of such Cambridge afforded."''' *^^ But our Prelate's advice was not followed. Shortly after, he sent to Abp. Whitgift a small treatise on Election and Reprobation, pi-epared, it seems, at his request, in order to have it published by his procure- ment.^^ And also delivered his sentiments to him upon the Lambeth Articles ;^^ by which, Abp. Hutton appears to have been for unconditional predestination. Upon the death of Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntyngdon, pre- sident of the Council of the North, in 1596, the frugal Queen would not maintain his household servants ; ^^ and to save charges, as I take it, appointed Abp. Hutton president, tho' his Grace was averse to that employment. He would fain rather have had some fit nobleman appointed by her Majesty, and sent down to be president and lieutenant ; and he fre- quently writ to court for that purpose ; ^^ but, notwithstanding his solicitations, he continued burdened with that office till Au- gust, 1599.^'^ In 1600, he had an attack from the courtiers for some disagreeable grant, as appears from the letter in the Appen- dix.^^ It was, indeed, too much the custom of Queen Elizabeth to extort such kinds of disadvantageous grants from her Bishops, which must be called a blemish in her reign. 63 Strype's Life of Whitgift, p. 477, 478. 64 A full account of him is in Strype's Life of Whitgift, p. 464, &c. ; and in Biographia Britannica, vol. i. "^ Strype's Life of Whitgift, p. 476. «6 Ibid. p. 447. «7 Ibid. p. 461. 478 ; and Dr. Fuller's Church History, book ix. p. 230. ^ See the letter hereafter. "^ All this is taken from original letters. See the letter. ^° See the letter. ■" See hereafter. 24 THE LIFE OF His Grace began now to decline in his health. For a parlia- ment being summoned to meet at Westminster the 27th of Octob. 1601, Qu. Elizabeth sent him, on the 25th, a licence to be absent from the said parliament ; understanding, " that " neyther in respect of his great yeeres, nor of his want of helth, " he was liable to come up, without greate danger to his par- " son."^^ The like hcence was sent him, 21 Febr, 1603-4, to be absent from the first parliament of K. James I. ; " considering " how daingerous it would be for his helth, in respecte of his " greate age and indisposition of body, to venture the taking " uppon him of so long a journey." ^^ Upon the same account of his great age and infirmities, his Grace could not come up in order to be present at the Hampton Court Conference in 1603. But Abp.Whitgift having desired his judgement and resolution on several points, namely, concerning Appropriations ; and the Government of the Church, whether by Bishops or Presbyters ; of the Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, whether to overthrow it, or to make alterations of things disliked in it ; concei'uing the Sign of the Cross in Baptism ; and concerning praying in the Litany to be delivered from sudden death : our learned Prelate sent him on those several points his opinion, dated Oct. 3, 1603,^* which he concludes thus : " The Lord, for his Christ's sake, bless his " Majesty with his manifold graces, that he may maintain the " Gospel in this Church, as his dear sister, most worthy Queen " Elizabeth, did leave it ; and that, as he in his Golden Book, to " the prince his son, doth shew his dislike both of superstitious " and giddy-headed Puritans, so God may give him courage to " withstand them both : that neither the Papists may obtain " their hoped toleration, nor the Puritans their phantastical plat- "form of their Reformation.''''^^ On the 18th of December, 1604, his Grace wrote an excellent letter to Rob. Cecyll, Lord Cranbourne, in answer to an order of Council, that had been sent him for the suppressing of Puritans, wherein he has these words : " I have received letters from your Lordship, and others of his " Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, concerning two " points. First, that the Puritans be proceded with according '■■^ From the original. '^^ From the original. ''' His Grace's letter is printed at length in the Appendix to Strype's Life of Ahp. Whitgift, p. 231—236. " Stry])e's Life of Archbishop Whitgift, p. 570, «&c. ; and Appendix, p. 231. DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 25 " to law, except they conform themselves. Secondly, that good " care be had unto greedy patrons, that none be admitted in " their places but such as are conformable, and otherwise worthy " for their virtue and learning ; and I have written to the three " Bishops of this province, and in their absence to their Chan- " cellors, to have a speciall care of this service I wish with " all my heart that the like order were given, not only to all " Bishops, but to all magistrates and justices of the peace, &c. to " proceed against Papists and Recusants, who of late, partly by " this round dealing with the Puritaus, and partly by some ex- " traordinary favour, have grown mighty in number, courage, " and insolency. The Puritans, whose fantastical zeal I mislike, " though they differ in ceremonies and accidents, yet they agree " with us in the substance of Religion. And I think all, or the " most of them, love his Majesty and the present state ; and I " hope will yield to conformity. But the Papists are opposite " and contrary in very many substantial points of Religion ; and " cannot but wish the Pope's authority and Popish Religion to " be established. I assure your Honour it is high time to look " to them. Very many are gone from all places to London ; and " some are come down into this country in great jollity, almost " triumphantly. But his Majesty as he has been brought up in " the Gospel, and understandeth Religion excellently well, so he " will, no doubt, protect, maintain, and advance it even unto the " end. So that if the Gospel shall quail, and Popery prevail, it " will be imputed principally unto you, great Councillors, who " either procure, or yeild to graunt toleration to some, &c. " Good my Lord Cranborn, let me put you in mind, that you " were born and brought up in true Religion. Your worthy " father was a worthy instrument to banish superstition, and to " advance the Gospel. Imitate him in this service especially. " As for other things, as I confess I am not to deal in state- " matters, yet as one that loveth and honoureth his most excel- " lent Majesty with all my heart, I wish less wasting of the " treasure of the realm, and more moderation in the lawful exer- " cise of hunting ; both that poor men's corn may be less spoiled, " and others, his Majesty's subjects, more spared." ^"^ This good man now drawing near his end, and being, as we may suppose, very weak and infirm, we hear of no further public act of his, but his giving a hundred marks towards the new '6 Strype's Life of Archbishop Whitgift, Appendix, p. 247, 248. 26 THE LIFE OF buildings of Trinity College, in CambridgeJ^ At length, having arrived to a good old age, and continued Bishop and Archbishop above sixteen years and a half, having lived to see his children's children and peace established in his country, he piously re- signed his soul, on the 16th of January, 1605-6, at his Palace of Bishop's Thorp. His body was interred in the south isle of the choir of the cathedral at York, and a handsome monument was erected to his memory, of which a print is hereunto annexed J** The epitaph on that monument is as follows : [But we must observe, that his being said there to be 80 years old at the time of his death, is a mistake. For, if he was born in 1529, as Dr. Fuller, who had an exact annarie of his life from his nearest relation, informs us, then he could be but in the 76th year of his age.^^] Epitaphium Matthsei Hutton, cele- berrimi Archiepiscopi Ebor. Memorise Sacrum, Cujus expressam coqioris Effigiem Cernis Lector, si Mentis quoque Imaginem videre cupis Ambrosium Vel etiam Augustinmn cogita ; Alterius quippe Ingenium argutum Alterius limatum Judicium hoc Prjesule Vivente viguit, Qui in Academia Cantabr. olim S. T. P. Publicus et literarum columen claruit : Postea erat ad Decanatum Ebor. Hinc ad Episcopatum Dunelm. Illinc ad Archiepiscopatum Ebor. (providen. Divina) Serenissimse Reginse Elizabethse Auspiciis propter admirabilem conditionis, Integritatis, et Prudentise Laudem provectus, Et decurso tandem setatis suae anni 80 Curriculo, Corpus Adee, animam Christi Gremio commendavit. Ecquid vis amplius, Lector ? Nosce teipsum. Obiit 16 Die Mensis Jan. Anno Dni, 1605. ^' Bp. Godwin's Catalog, of the Archbishops of York. " [The print of Archbishop Hutton's monument, from Drake's Eboracum, is here inserted in Dr. Ducarell's MS.] '* See Fuller's Worthies in Lancashire, p. Ill ; and Br. Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 32, DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 27 As to the character of Abp. Hutton, it hath been represented to great advantage by his contemporaries and others. Dr. Tobie Matthew, in particvilar, expatiates very much in his praise. But, lest his encomium, which is very long, should break too much the thread of our narrative, and especially as it is in a letter, we have therefore thrown it into the Appendix.^" " He " was unquestionably a man of great learning, and an excellent " preacher.^^ As he was in place, so was he in learning, and es- " pecially in reading, not second to any in his time ; insomuch as " in Cambridge he was one of the chosen dispiitants before the " Queen ; and a Jesuit disgracing our English students, as neg- " lecting and not reading the Fathers, excepts this Matthew " Hutton, and one famous Matthew more ; and of this Hutton " he saith, Qui unus in panels patres versare dicitur ; who is one " of those few that searcheth the Fathers.^' The Lord Burgh- " ley commends him very much for his moderation in these " words : ' God contynew his graces inyow, by which your liff and " actions are reported very good of all your neighbours, and in " sekyng to reform those y' ar out of the waye. The ordinary " waye to reduce them, w*^'' I hear yow use, is by gentle instruc- " tion of them, first to se and fele ther palpable errors, and so to " prepare them to se y* truth.' ^^ In a word, as Dr. Fuller con- " eludes his account of him, ' he was a learned prelate, lived a " pious man, and left a precious memory.' '" ^* Tho' he was a very learned man, we do not find that he pub- lished anything himself, except one sermon, preached in the Cathedral of York, before the Honourable Henry Earl of Hunt- ingdon, Lord President of her Majesty's Council, and other Lords, printed in 8^°. 1579 ; wherein he manifests a great zeal against the errors of the Roman Church, and supports it with much primitive learning.*^^ But several pieces of his have been since published by other s" See the letter hereafter. «' Br. Willis's Survey of the Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 51, 52. ^^ Sir John Harrington's Briefe View, &e. p. 191. *3 Postscript of an original letter of L** Burghley to Dr. Hutton, dated 12 Aug. 1577. '■' Worthies in Lancashire, p. 112. 85 Thoresby's Vicaria Leodiens. p. 139, 140. He had it in his Museum.— It was preached at a general communion in the Cathedral of York, 23 Sept. 1576 : a copy of it is in the library at Lambeth. 28 THE LIFE OF persons, namely, — A joint Letter of his and other chief members of the University of Cambridge, to their Chancellor, Secretary Cecyll, desiring him to regulate the election of the Vice-Chan- cellor and other principal officers in that j)lace, dated 18 Jan. ISGS.^*^ A joint Letter of his and some of the heads of colleges to the same, requesting him to stop a proclamation that was coming out for enjoyning the use of the old Habits.*^^ A Letter of his to Secretary Cecyll on occasion of the death of Abp. Young.*^^ His Account to Abp.Whitgift, 10 Octob. 1589, of a private con- ference between him, the Lord Treasurer Burghley, and Secre- tary Walsingham, about Episcopacy and other ecclesiastical points.*'^ His Judgement of the Lambeth Articles; 9° and Letter to Abp. Whitgift about the same. The date of this letter, as printed in Fuller's History of the Church,^^ is wrong ; for it is dated 1 Octob. 1595, whereas the Lambeth Articles were not made till 20 Novemb. that year.^" Letter to Abp. Whitgift, concerning Preachers in the North, &c.^^ dated 14 March, 1595. Letter to the same Archbishop, 9 Octob. 1603, concerning some points that were to be debated at the Hampton Court Con- ference/^* Letter to Bp. Matthewe upon his receiving intelli- gence of the death of Abp. Whitgift.^^ Letter to Eob. Cecyll Lord Oranborne, in answer to an order of Council, for suppressing of Puritans, Dec. 18, 1604.9"^ Sir John Harrington gives the substance of a sermon he heard preached by our Primate at court.^^ But, his account of it being too long to insert here, we have referred it to the Appendix. ^^ «« Strj^e's Life of Abp. Whitgift, p. 8. ^'' Strype's Life of Abp. Parker, p. 194 ; and Appendix, p. 69, 70. ^* Strype's Annals, voL i. edit. 1725, p. 550 ; and Dedicat. of his Life of Grindall, p. iii. «» Strype's Life of Whitgift, p. 320, 321 ; and Appendix, p. 131. »» Ibid. p. 461. »' Book ix. p. 230, 231. ^ See Strype's Life of Whitg. p. 461. »' Ibid. p. 477, 478. ^* Id, ; Appendix, p. 231. »* Ibid. p. 239. ^^ Ibid. p. 247. 97 Briefe Review of the State of the Church of EngL, p. 186. *^ [This part of Dr. Ducarcll's Appendix we give in a note, according to tiie phin which we have adopted.] SIR JOHN Harrington's account and substance of a sermon preached at COURT, BY A^. HUTTON. I no sooner remember this famous and worthy Prchite, but me thinks I see him in the Chappel at Whitehall, Queen Elizabeth at the window in the Closset, DR. MATTHEW IIUTTON. 29 Mr, Tlioresby gives the following- relation concerning another sermon of his. The Roman Catholics in Yorkshire were corn- all the Lords of the Parliament spirituall and temporall about them, and then after his three courtsies, that I heare him out of the pulpit thundring this text : " The kingdomes of the earth are mine, and I doe give them to whom I will, and I have given them to Nebuchodonozor and his son, and his son's son :" which text, when he had thus produced, taking the sense rather then words of the Prophet, there followed first so generall a murmur of one friend whispering to another, then such an erected countenance in those that had none to speake to, lastly so quiet a silence and attention in expectance of some strange doctrine, where text it selfe gave away kingdomes and scepters, as I have never ob- served either before or since. But he, as if he had been a Jeremiah himselfe, and not an expounder of him, shewed how there were two speciall causes of translating of kingdomes, the fulnesse of time and the ripenesse of sinne, that by either of these, and sometime by both, God in secret and just judgements transferred scepters from kindred to kindred, from nation to nation at his good will and pleasure, and running over historically the great monarchies of the world, as the kingdome of Egjqit and after of Israel, swallowed up by the Assi- rians and the golden head of Nabuchodonozor, the same head cut off by the silver brest and amies of the Medes and Persians, Cyrus and Darius, this silver consumed by the brazen belly, and that brasse stamped to powder by the Iron legges of the Romans and Caesar. Then coming neerer home, he shewed how oft our nation had been a prey to forreiners : as first when we were all Brittans subdued by these Romans ; then, when the fulnesse of time and ripenesse of our sinne required it, subdued by the Saxons ; after this a long time prosecuted and spoyled by the Danes ; finally conquered and reduced to perfect subjection by the Normans, whose posterity continued in great prosperity till the days of her Majesty, who for peace, for plenty, for glory, for continuance, had exceeded them all, that had lived to change all her councillors but one, all officers twice or thrice, some bishops foure times ; onely the uncertainty of succession gave hopes to forreiners to attempt fresh invasions and breed feares in many of her subjects of a new conquest : the onely way then said he that is in pollicy left to quale those hopes and to asswage these feares were to establish the succession. He noted that Nero was specially hated for wishing to have no successor, that even Augustus was the worse beloved for appointing an ill man to his successor, and at last insinuating as farre as he durst the neernesse of bloud of our present Soveraigne, he said plainly, that the expectations and presages of all writers went northward, naming without any circumlocution Scotland, which said he, if it prove an errour, yet will it be found a learned errour. When he had finished this sermon, there was no man that knew Q. Elizabeth's disposition but imagined that such a speech was as welcome as salt to the eyes, or, to use her own word, to pin up her winding sheet before her face, so to point out her successor and urge her to declare him ; wherefore we all expected that she would not onely have been highly offended, but in some present speech have shewed her displea- sure. It is a principle not to be despised, Qui nescit dissimulare ncscit regnare : 30 THE LIFE OF manded by the Queen's authority to be present at fifty sermons in York Cathedral, preached by the most eminent Divines of the church of Enghmd. Our Archbishop preached the last to a very numerous audience, the L** President, and the Queen's Council, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and many of the principal gentry of the country being present. But the Papists that were forced to be there, stopped their ears or talked aloud, to make his Grace give over the sermon. His text was, John viii. 47. " He that is of God, heareth God's words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are she considered perhaps the extraordinary auditory, she supposed many of them were of his opinion, she might suspect some of them had perswaded him to this motion, finally she ascribed so much to his yeares, to liis place, to his learning, that when she opened the window we found ourselves all deceived ; for very kindly and calmly without shew of offence (as if she had but waked out of some sleepe) she gave him thanks for his very learned sermon. Yet when she had better considered the matter, and recollected herselfe in private, she sent two councellours to him with a sharp message, to which lie was glad to give a pa- tient answer. But in this time that the Lords and Knights of Parlia- ment and others were full of this sermon, a great Peere of the realme, that was then newly recovered of an impediment in his hearing (I would he did heare no worse now), being in great liking of the Archbishop for this sermon, prayed me to prove my merit with his Grace to get a copy thereof, and to use his name if need were, alledging that impediment ^jvhich caused, though he were present, that he carried away little of it. I did so, and withall told how my selfe had stood so incommodiously, by meanes of the great presse, as I heard it not well, but was faine to take much of it on trust on other men's reports, who varyed so, as some I was sure did him wrong. The Archbishop welcom'd me very kindly, and made me sit with him a pretty while in his lodging ; but in fine he told me plainly he durst give no copy, for that Sir John Fortescue and Sir John Wolley (as I remember) had beene with him before from the Queene with such a greeting as he scant knew if he were a prisoner or a free man, and that the speech being already ill taken, the writing might exasperate that which already was exulcerate ; so he denyed my suit, but in so loving a fashion, as from that time to his end I did greatly honour him, and I laid up in my heart many good lessons I learned of him. And it was not long ere the Queen was so well pacified, that he went downe with the Presidency of Yorke in the vacancy (lialfe against his will) committed to him, till afterward the Lord Burleigh, now Earle of Exeter, of whose courage, fidelity, and religious heart the Queen had great assurance, was made the Lord President. — {Sir John Harrington's Briefe View of the State of the Church of England, ^x. Lond. 1653, 12". p, 186—191.) DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. SI not of God." 99 A small treatise of his about predestination was printed in 1618.^'^° Archbishop Hutton, as I have already observed, had three wives. 1. Catharine Fulmesby [in 1565], which dyed soon after marriage. 2. Beatrix, daughter of Sir Thomas Fincham^°^ [or, according to the Pedigree, Fanshaw, in 1567], which brought him eight children, and dyed in 1582. 8. Frances, widow of Martin, son of Sir Martin Bowes [in 1583] ; she outlived him, not dying till August 10, 1620.^°- His second wife lyes buried in the south isle of the Choir of the Cathedral at York, with this epitaph : Hie jacet Hiittoni conjux pia, fida Beatrix ; Terra tegit terrain, mens loca summa tenet. Felix ilia fuit dum vixit prole viroque, Junctior at Christo morte beata magis. Obdormivit quinto die Maii, 1582.'°^ The children he had by her were: 1. 2. Mark and Stephen, that dyed young. 3. Timothy, seated at Marske, of whom and his posterity we shall give a particular account in the next sec- tion. 4. Thomas, seated at Nether Popleton, near York, of whom also and his posterity we intend to give an account in the third section. 5. Thomasine, [b. 1572, died 1599, bd. at Ripon,] married to Sir William Gee, Secuetary and one of Council for the North.^*^* 6. Elizabeth, [b. 1568,] married to Richard Remington, D.D. Prebendary of North Newbald, in the church of York, [from 1585 to 1615,] Archdeacon ofCliveland, and afterwards of the East Riding.^*^^ 7. Anne, married to John Calverley 99 Thoresby's Vicar. Leod. p. 144, 145. *"" The title of it is, Brevis et dilucida Explicatio verae, certfe, et consola- tionis plense Doctrinse de Electione, Prsedestinatione ac Reprobatione ; Authore Mathseo Eboracensi Archiepiscopo, Theologo eximio. With other pieces on the same subject, by Este, Somes, Cliaterton, and Willet ; and the Lambeth Arti- cles. After which comes Abp. Hutton's Dedication to AbP. Whitgift, dated at Bishopsthorpe, Calend. Octob. A.D. 1595. Impensis Henrici Laurentii Am- sterodam. Librarii, An. mdcxiii. — Lambeth Library. '*" See Fuller's Worthies in Lancashire, p. Ill ; and above. '02 See the Pedigree. '"3 F. Drake's Hist, of York, p. 508. •"^ See the Archbishop's Will. '"* Willis's Survey of Cathedrals, i. p. 100. 103. 155. 32 THE LIFE OF DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 8 married to George Slate, aP. Slater, Prebendary of Barne- by, in the church of York, [from 1574 till 1590,] and also Preben- dary of Southwell, and Rector of Bainton upon the Wolds, in the county of York.^°^ By liis third wife Archbishop Hutton doth not appear to have had any children Z*^^ '«" Ibid. p. 117. '"^ [Further extracts from the parish register of St. Michael's le Belfrey, in York, made 28 Jmie, 1811, are here inserted, which we liave embodied in the Pedigree. The dates, &c. in brackets above are insertions in pencil in a modern hand.] 33 SECTION II. OF THE BUTTON FAMILY OF MARSKE. Timothy Hutton, above mentioned, eldest son of Archbishop Hutton, was born about the year 1569. Where he received his education, we have no account ; most probably, it was at York. About March, 1592, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Bowes, then deceased. He had been Knight- Marshal^ to Queen Elizabeth, who was Godmother to his daughter, and named her after her own name. Her mother was Jane Talbot, aunt to the Earl of Shrewsbury.^ After the solemnization of that marriage, Bp. Hutton gave his son nineteen hundred pounds, as appears by the following Deed. [See this Deed in its chrono- logical order.] In 1594, he returned to his studies again, (which very proba- bly had been interrupted by his marriage,) as we learn from this letter of Dr. Tobie Matthew to him. [See the Letter hereafter in the Appendix.] He was put in the commission of the peace for the North Riding of the county of York, in 1598, as is evident from the following letter of his father the Archbishop to him. [See 1598 hereafter.] In 1605, the same year that his father died, he was High Sheriff of Yorkshire and knighted.^ He had the misfortune in 1625 of losing his lady, who was buried in the chancel of Richmond Church in the county of * [This is a singular mistake. Sir George Bowes, being already a knight, was armed with military or martial power during the North-fl-n Rebellion in 1569 ; but there was no necessary connection between his title of knight and the office. — Ed.] 2 Pedigree ; and Epitaph of this lady a little lower. Fuller's Worthies in Yorkshire, p. 220 ; and F. Drake's History of York, p. 354. D 84 THE HUTTON FAMILY York, of which burgh he was an Alderman.'* He hhnself died in 1629, and was buried by her side. Their eldest son erected, afterwards, a monument for them against the south wall of the said chancel ; on which is the following long epitaph, whereof the part that belongs to Lady Hutton was composed by her husband.^ "* See the Ei^itaph. * [" The effigies of Sir Timothy and his lady are placed in a recess in the wall, kneeling on embroidered cushions with golden tassels, and both facfng the east, with hands conjoined and elevated in the attitude of prayer : he in the dress of a knight, armed, except his helmet and gauntlets, a sword by his side and gilt spurs at his heels, with a peaked beard and lank hair : she in a loose black gown or mantle, hanging down to her feet, the sleeves close at the wrists, a large quilled frill about her neck, her hair combed back over a roll and tied behind with a golden fillet ; at the top of her head is a small flat oval cap of lace, turned over her forcliead from the back part of her neck. Over them are painted the arms Hutton, Gules, on a fess between three cushions Argent, tasseled Or, as many fleurs-de-lis of the first, impaling Bowes, Ermine, three long bows bent in pale, Gules. Facing Sir Timothy are jjlaced again his arms, and those of the lady behind her. Under the parents are engraven small figures of their twelve children in a row, some lying in swaddling-cloathes, and others kneeling in military, ecclesiastical, and female dresses, peculiar to the age in which they lived, each over its own inscription. Beneath this are their respective arms, according to the connection which they formed by marriage, &c. Round the whole are placed in separate situations female figures, emblematical representa- tions of Faith, Hope, and Charity, with Fame at the top blowing her trumpet, between two angels. The attitudes of all the figures are graceful, and afi'ord fine specimens of monumental sculpture, which reflect great credit on that age. The whole is in fine preservation, and was erected by their son, Matthew, to the memory of his respected parents." — Clarkson's History of Richmond, p. 160, where there is an engraving of the monument. — It is stated by Dr. Duearell, above, that the inscription referring to Lady Hutton was composed by Sir Timothy, her husband. The words " sic deflevit" do not warrant this inference. It is more probable that the whole of the inscription, both upon the parents and their children, was written by John Jackson, who at that time was Rector of Marske, under Sir Timothy's patronage. Jackson is the acknowledged author of a similar monumental inscription in memory of his own wife (see Whitaker's Richmondshire, i. 224) ; and to his pen, without almost any shadow of doubt, must be referred that most singular epitaph in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and English, discovered now upwards of half a century ago, in Easby Clmrch, near Richmond, in memory of Richard Swale, a person apparently of great merit. Dr. Whitaker, in his History of Richmondshire (i. 106), gives a fac- simile of this inscription, and, as the date is wanting, places it a century earlier tlian what appears to be its real period, very fancifully ascribing it to the pen OF MARSKE. 35 Dominus Timotlieus Hutton, Eques Auratus, (Filius Reverendissimi in Christo patris Matthaei Archiepiscopi Eborum, prsesulis ob acre judicium et morum gravitatem invidendo hoc elogio decorati, quod dignus esset, [qui^] prsesideret consilio oecumenico) hie deposuit exuvias suje mortalitatis. Quoad pietatem et religiouem, uno verbo, patrissabat : Quoad IIpo(ra)Troypa(f)iav, adco enituit in blando vultu vcneranda majestas, ut vere diceres eum ad imaginem Conditoris conditum ; Quoad opes, fuerunt illae non raptee, immo non paitae, sed rclictse ; Quoad prolem, felicissimus fuit tam iroXvTfKvia quam evreKvia ; Quoad vitam, beavit eum prse caeteris trias ista, liilaris animus, facundum os, et mensa hospitalis. Denique quoad mortem, aBavaa-ia decubuit hie servus Christi eo ipso die, quo Dominus resurrexerat, anno ultimse patientiae sanctorum, 1629. Timotheus Huttonus Tt/x»7 Qeov, ov Tovos. Non vox nuda sonus volitansve per sethera inanis, Sed res est rerum, prosequi honore Dcum. Memorise Sacrum Dominse Elizabethse Hutton, quae habuit patrem, per-illus- trem virum, Dominum Gcorgium Bowes de Streatlam, militem ; matrem autcm Janam Talbot, praenobili prosa^ia, et nunc temporis Comiti Salopiae amitam. Maritum obtinuit, generosum Equitem, Dominum Timotheum Hutton de Marske, Richmondiae Aldemiannum, Reverendissimi patris Domini Matthaei, Archi- episcopi Eborum, filium priorem natu, per quem reliquit post se speciosam sane prolem. Ne vivam, lector, si unquam viderim foeminam vel religione erga Deum, vel observantia in maritum, vel indulgentia in liberos, magis flagrantcm. Placidissin^e in Domino obdormivit pridie Dominicae Palmarum anno salutis suae 1625. Anima hujus Elizae mox abiit ad Elisium, Theca animae hie infra secundum Christi adventura expectat. Coelestem posuit Dcus atris nubibus arcum. Gen. ix. 13. Et sic non irae nuncius Iris erat ; Sic dedit ille arcum milii, iidum pectus Elizae, Tempora si fuerint nubila nostra malis. Estque pharetra mihi, calami quoque sunt mihi, me nam [P.'*. cxxvii. 5.] Quinque vocant pueri et trina puella patrem. Frangitur, heu ! arcus, remanent tamen octo sagittffi. Quae cor transfigunt patrio amore meum, of Miles Coverdale. The hand-writing, for it is upon parchment, is clearly cf the period of Charles I. ; and this settles the point as far as Coverdale is concerned. — Ed.] ^ " Qui is left ovit on the monument through the negligence of the writer." — F. Blackburn e. D 2 36 THE HUTTON FAMILY Hap, Deus alme, bea, pvecor, illam namque beasti. Sic coelum jungat nos societque simulJ Sic defunctam charam suam uxorem deflevit Timotlieus Hutton. 1. Matthseus. As careful mothers do to sleeping lay Their babes, that would too long the wanton play ; So, to prevent my youth's approaching crimes, Nature, my nurse, had me to bed betimes. Nutricis mese felici incuria, Citius locor coelesti in curia, Hinc nulla mihi facta est injuria, 2. Jana. Vix tibi, Jana, duos concessvmi est cernere Janos, Jam vitse coeli janua jamque patet. This I have gain'd by being no longer liv'd, Scarce sooner set to sea tlian safe arriv'd. 3. Eleanora. I liv'd, I di'd ; yet one could hardly know, I di'd so soon, whether I liv'd or no : Oh ! what a happy thing it is to lie I' th' nurse's arms a week or two, and die.® 4. Beatrix, Felici nimium tu prole beata Beatrix, Tarn pia tu conjux, quam pia mater eras. Vitam habuit in patientia, Mortem in desiderio.^ 5. Matthseus. • • Num morum magis aut nummorum tu patris hseres ? Clarus tu natus magis, an pater inclytus ille ] Inclytus ille pater, prseclarus tu quoque natus, Pacis amans, et justiciarius fequus uterque. Charus et ille suis^ charus et ipse tuis. (Arms, Hutton impaling D'Arcy.) "^ Upon the tablet in the margin of this part of the inscription is painted a bleeding heart pierced by twelve arrows, and a broken bow. The name of Bowes and the armorial bearings of Lady Hutton's family are alluded to in almost every line. * There are diminutive representations of the above three children, A\Tapped in swaddling-clothes, above the inscriptions which refer to them, and beneath each is the family coat of arms. ^ Arms beneath, Mauleverer impaling Hutton. James Mauleverer of Arn- cliffe, Esq,, and Beatrix Hutton, were married 27th Nov. 1613 in Richmond Church. OF MARSKE. ot 6. Francisca. Pignus amoris babes divini, pignora multa, Pignora chaia tibi, tu mage chara Deo. Pes ill terris, Spes in coelis. (Arms, Dodsworth impaling Hutton.) 7. Timotbeus. Hoc unum (non multa peto) da, Cbriste, roganti, Hoc unum mibi da, Cbriste, placere tibi. Honorantes me honorabo. 1 Sam. ii. 30. (Arms, Hutton impaling Bennet.) 8. Philippus. Vixi dum volui, volui dum, Cbriste, volebas ; Sic nee vita mibi, mors nee acerba fuit. EfjLOi TO C^v Xpiaros kol to atroBaveiv Kfpbos. Pbil. i. 21. (Arms, Hutton impaling Bowes.) 9. Jobannes. Sicut avo (preesul fuit bic memorandus Eborum) Fuit et odor vitse Biblia sacra mibi. Prseco non prsedo, Dispensator non dissipator. 1 Cor. ix. 16, 17. (Arms, Hutton impaling More, and below is tbe family crest.) 10. Elizabetba. I strive to tread tbe steps my parents trod ; This is my aim, bumbly to walk witb God. Mic. vi. 8. (Arms, Cliburn impaling Hutton.) 11. Tbomas. Da mibi, Cbriste, fidem, bona singula sunt tua dona ; Hanc auge pariter tu mibi, Cbriste, datam. Dominus meus et Dens mens. Job. xx. 28. (Arms, Hutton.) 12. Anna. Into tbis world, as strangers to an inn, Tbis infant came guest-wise ; wbere wlien 't bad been, And found no entertainment wortby of ber stay, Sbe only broke ber fast and went away. (A child in swaddling-cloatbes and the arms of Hutton.) Pietas Mattbeei Hutton Armigeri primique familias monumentum hoc posuit, non in vanam gloriam, sed in piam memoriam beatorum parentum prolisque eorum. Anno Xpia-royovias, 1639. By this Epitaph it appears, that Sir Timothy Hutton and his lady had twelve children; namely, 1. Matthew, who, accordmg to the Epitaph, dyed young ; 2. Jane, who did not live two years ; 3. Elianore, dyed an infant ; 4. Beatrix ; 5. Matthew, 38 THE HUTTON FAMILY the eldest surviving son and heir ; 6. Thomas ; 7. Timothy ; 8. PhiHp, a scholar ; 9. John, a scholar ; 10. Elizabeth ; 11. Thomas, of the Six Clerks' office ; 12. Anne, that dyed young. Matthew, just now mentioned, was a sufferer during our unhap])y Civil Wars : for he appears in the list of the gentle- men that compounded for their estates ; his composition being £l32 12s. lOd. He married Barbara, daughter of Conyers Lord Darcy and Conyers, by whom he had issue one son named John, and three daughters ; Dorothy, married to Sir Philip Warwick, knt.^°; 2. Barbara, married to Thomas Lyster, of Bawtrey, Esq. ; and 8. Mary, wife of Richard Piers, of Hutton Bonville in the county of York." '" [Vide Gent. Mag. vol. xl. p. 781.] " The following is copied from a loose leaf of an old Testament, published Anno Dom. 1610.— (April 1814.— M. F.) Matth. Hutton was borne October 22"' 1597. Barbara Darcy, my wife, May 3'''' 1600. Wee were marrycd att Hornby, Aprill 22"' 1617. A note of the age (and witnesses) of all my children, for whom (as well livinge and dead) the Lord's name be praysed. 1. Dorothy was borne att Marske July 22*'' 1620 2. ]\Iattliew was borne att Richmond 10*"^' 22"' 1621 3. Timothy ) ^^^^^.^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^ Marske S^^^ 6"' 1625 4. John } 5. Elizabeth was borne att Richmond ]\Iarch 4"" 1628 6. Barbara was borne att Richmond 10'"^'' 23"' 1630 7. Mary was borne att Marske Febr, 4"' 1636-7 Wittnesses. Dorothy, the Lady Darcy, the Lady Hutton, and Sir Thomas Hutton. Matth., S"" Conyers Darcy, S"" Timothy Hutton, and the Lady Hutton. T'nnothy, S' Talbot Bowes, Henry Belasys, and the Lady Belasys. John, Sir John Calverley, Conyers Darcy, and my sister Harrison. Elizabeth, the Lady Lister, my sister Mauleverer, and my brother M'\ Barbara, my cosin Barbara Delavale, my sister Dodsworth, and my brother. Mary, Darcy, H. D, wyfe, and Mary Hutton, J. H. wyfe. Extract from Marske Register, Oct. 1812. Marriage. — Thomas Lister, of Bawtry, within y<" Countie of York, Esq^, and M'\ Barbara Hutton, daughter of Matthew Hutton of Marske, within the OF MARSKE. 39 John, last mentioned, married Frances, daughter of Bryan Stapleton, of Myton, Esq. ; and had by her, two sons and five daughters : John his eldest son and heir ; Matthew, that dyed without issue ; three daughters, which dyed unmarried ; Fran- ces, married to Andrew Wanley, of Iford, in Gloucestershire, Esq. ; and Olivia, married to Thomas Alcock, of Chatham, Esq. John, the eldest son and heir, married Dorothy, daughter of William Dyche, or Dyke, of Sussex, Esq. ; by whom he had John, now living ; Matthew, late Archbishop of York, and after- wards of Canterbury, of whom we shall presently give a more particular account; and three daughters: 1. Elizabeth; 2. Fran- ces ; and 3. Henrietta, married to John Dodsworth, Esq. ; who had by her, Matthew, William ; Francis, Rector of Holling- bourne with Hucking in the county of Kent, and Vicar of Minster in the Isle of Thanet ; Frederic ; and two daughters ; Elizabeth, married to James Tunstall, D. D., Vicar of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, and Henrietta. John Hutton, now of Marske, Esq., married Elizabeth, daughter of James Lord Darcy, of the kingdom of Ireland ; by whom he hath had, John, Matthew, James, Anne married to George Wanley Bowes, Esq., and Elizabeth. Countie aforesaid, Esq""., were married the 16"^ day of April, 1655, before Will™. Thornton. Thomas Lister, Esq''., and M'K Barbara Hutton, both aboves**., were pub- lished accordinge to lawe on three Sundayes within the parish Church of Marske abovs"*, March y<^ 25"', April the first, the 8"', 1655. 40 DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. A MORE particular account of the late Dr. Matthew Hutton, successively Bishop of Bangor, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury.^* The great and good man of whom we are now going to treat was born at Marske, January the Srd, 1692-8. In the year 1701, he was sent to school at Kirby Hill, near Richmond, under the care of the Rev. Mr. Loyd, who had been educated at Jesus College in Cambridge. At Whitsuntide 1704, he re- moved to Rippon, with Mr. Loyd, newly elected Master of the Free School in that town. He continued there till Whitsun- tide 1710. On the 22nd of June, 1710, Mr. Hutton was admitted in Jesus College in Cambridge, where he took the degree of Batch- elor of Arts in 1713, and that of Master in 17 17.^^ On the 8th of July, 1717, he was elected Fellow of Christ's College; and, when arrived to a proper age, entered into Deacon's and Priest's orders. Shortly after, Charles, Duke of Somerset, appointed him one of his domestic Chaplains, in the room of Dr. Grigg; whom his Grace, as Chancellor of the University, had j)ut in Master of Clare Hall, because the Fellows had not chosen a Master within the time limited ; and, upon the death of Dr. Grigg, in 1726, Mr. Hutton succeeded him in the Rectory of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, at the presentation of the said Duke. In 1728, he was created Doctor in Divinity, at the Royal Com- mencement ;^* and, in 1729, he succeeded Dr Darwin in the great living of SpofForth, near Wetherby in Yorkshire, at the present- ation of the same noble Duke, his patron. Abp. Blackbourne '^ This is sucli an instance as cannot be niatclied in tlie whole catalogue of our Englisli Bishops, nor perhajis of any other, that two persons of the same name and surname should be raised to the same dignity of Archbishop of York. '^ From the University Registers. " From the same. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. 41 gave him also a Prebend in the Cathedral of York. Being made one of the King's Chaplains in ordinary, he attended his present Majesty K. George to Hanover in 1736 ; soon after which, he had a Canonry of Windsor given him,^^ which he exchanged, 18th May 1739, for a Prebend of Westminster, vacant by the resig- nation, or flight of El. Thistlethwait.^^ Upon the translation of Bp. Herring to the Archbishopric of York, Dr. Hutton was no- minated to succeed him in the Bishopric of Bangor, and was con- secrated in Lambeth Palace, 13th November, 1743, by commis- sion fi'om Abp. Potter (then indisposed) directed to the Bishops of Rochester^ Exeter, Worcester, and Bristol .^"^ And, upon the removal of Abp. Herring from York to Can- terbury, Bishop Hutton succeeded him in the Primacy of York. Accordingly, he was confirmed Archbishop of York, 10th De- cember, 1747, in the parish Church of St. Martin's in the Fields, by Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Bishops of Roches- ter, Lichfield and Coventry, Bristol, and Chichester, being pre- sent and assisting. ^^ As he had followed Abp. Herring in all his other removes, so he followed him to Canterbury. For, upon the death of that Prelate,^^ in the beginning of the year 1757, our most worthy Primate, Abp. Hutton, was named his successor ; and on Fri- day, the 29th of April, 1757, was confirmed Archbishop of Can- terbury, in the parish Church of St. Mary Le Bow, London, by Richard Lord Bishop of Durham, his colleagues, the Bishojis of Oxford, Worcester, Ely, Bath and Wells, Lincoln, and Here- ford, being then present and consenting."" Shortly after, he was elected President of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, and of the Society for Proj)agating the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; and one of the Governors of the Charter House ; and also appointed one of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council."^ On the 24tli of May, 1757, he confirmed, in '^ He was installed, 26 March, 1737. '^ Widmorc's History of Westminster Abbey. '^ Upon this he resigned his stall at Westminster. "* Register Herring. '^ Abp. Herring dyed, March 13, 1757, at his palace in Croydon. -" Regist. Hutton. *' On Wednesday, the 18th of May 1757, he consecrated a piece of ground adjoining to the Churchyard of the parish of Saint Mary, Newington, in the county of Surrey, as an additional burying-ground for ever : the inhabitants 42 DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, the Church of St. George's, Hanover Square, his successor in the See of York, Dr. John Gilbert, late Bishop of Sarum ; and, September the 3rd, consecrated, in Lambeth Chapel, Dr. Rich- ard Terrick, Bishop of Peterburgh. A dispute having arisen between his Grace and his predecessor's executors about the dilapidations at Lambeth Palace, he never had an opportunity of going to live there, which he could not well do till they were settled. But he resided two or three months in the summer at Croydon Palace ; and, when in town, lived at his own house in Duke Street, Westminster. His short, too short indeed, enjoy- ment of his dignity, did not permit him to settle properly in any of his Archiepiscopal Palaces. For, within less than a year after his translation to Canterbury, he was unhappily snatched away from his friends, and from the Church of England, to which he might have been much longer (considering his years) a great advantage, protection, and ornament. . He had been for some time remarkably well. On the 16th of March, 1758, he heard a sermon preached before the Governors of the London Hospital ; from whence he went to the House of Lords, where he stay'd till near nine o'clock at night. He supped heartily ; rested well ; and went the next day, Friday, 17th of March, to the House of Lords, where he stayed till past eight o'clock at night. When he went to bed, he com- plained of being fatigued. The next morning early, Saturday, March the 18th, he was taken extremely ill of an inflammation in the bowels, occasioned, in all probability, by a rupture which he had been afflicted with for some years. All possible methods were used to save his life : but he grew worse in the evening, and continued so all the next day, March 19, till towards ten o'clock at night, when he expired at his house in Duke Street, West- minster, aged 65. His Grace having always desired to be buried as privately as possible, either in the Churches of Lambeth or Croydon, his lady and daughters, whom he had appointed his executrixes, caused him to be brought from his house in Duke Street, to Lambeth Palace ; and to be buried privately in the Chancel of Lambeth Church, on Easter Monday, March 27, in the evening having previously obtained an Act of Parliament for that jiurpose. — Register Hutton. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. 43 between nine and ten o'clock. He lies in a vault near the com- munion table, with this inscription on a marble stone. H. S. E. Reverendissimus in Christo Pater Mattliajus Hutton, S. T. P. Cantuariensis Archjepiscopus. Ob. 19, Mart. A. D. 1758. JEt&t. 65. He married, in March 1731-2, Mrs. Mary Lutman, daughter of John Lutman, of Petworth in the county of Sussex, gent., by whom he left two daughters, Dorothy and Mary. This great Prelate had a very extensive knowledge of men and things ; was endowed with very quick parts, and bless'd with a tenacious memory. He was an excellent scholar, whose learning was well digested ; and a polite and elegant writer, as appears by the sermons which he published. 1. A Sermon preached before the House of Commons at St. Margaret's, West- minster, Jan. 80, 1740-1. By Matt. Hutton, D.D., Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty.^" 2. A Sermon preached before the E,. Hon. the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, the Sheriifs, and the Governors of the several hospitals of the city of Lon- don, at the parish Church of St. Bridget, on Monday in Easter week, 1744. By Matthew, Lord Bishop of Bangor. 3. A Ser- mon preached in the parish Church of Christ Church, London, on Thursday, April the 26th, 1744; being the time of the yearly meeting of the Children educated in the Charity Schools in and about the cities of London and Westminster. By the Eight Reverend Matthew, Lord Bishop of Bangor. 4. A Ser- mon preached before the Society corresponding with the Licor- porated Society in Dublin, for promoting English Protestant Working Schools in Ireland, at their anniversary meeting in the parish Church of St. Mary le Bow on Thursday, March 28th, 1745. By the Eight Eeverend Matthew, Lord Bishop of Bangor."^ ^ A Sermon preached before the House of Lords, Jan. 30, 1744. By Matthew, Lord Bishop of Bangor. "^ A Sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, at the anniversary meeting in the parish Church of St. Mary Le Bow, February 18, 1746. By Matthew, Lord Bishop of Bangor. 44 DR. MATTHEW HUTTON. 5.^* A Sermon preached before the House of Lords in the Abbey Church of Westminster on Wednesday, June 11, 1746, being the day of his Majesty's happy accession to the throne. By Matthew, Lord Bishop of Bangor. The print ^^ of this great and good man, Archbishop Matthew Hutton, hereunto annexed, may give posterity some idea of his person, but will never be able to convey with it either the sweet- ness of his countenance, or his many excellent qualities. His Grace*'s abilities were very great, and known to be so ; and I believe few of his predecessors were better qualified than himself for the high and important stations to which it pleased Provi- dence to advance him. I shall not presume, nor would it be- come me, to draw up any character of his Lordship ; but what was said of him in the Gazette of March 21, 1758, I shall here subjoin, as being strictly true in all respects, viz. : " He was a " gentleman of sound learning, clear understanding, of great " humanity and politeness, and easy access to all who had any " occasion to apply to his Grace, either on business or advice ; " and his loss is most regretted by those who knew him best." 2* A Sermon preached before the Governors of the London Infirmary, 1746. By Matthew, Lord Bishop of Bangor. ^ [Dr. Ducarell refers to the frontispiece of his Memoir, a mezzotinto engrav- ing of the Archbishop, twelve inches by ten, T. Hudson pinxit, J. Faber fecit, with the inscription, " The most Rev**. Father in God, Dr. MatthcAv Hutton, by Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England and Metro- politan, Lord Higli Almoner, and one of his Majesty's most Hon'''^. Privey Comicil, 1748. Price 2 shilL ; sold by J. Faber, at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square." Arms of York and Hutton in separate shields.] 45 SECTION III. OF THE HUTTON FAMILY OF POPLETON. We come now to treat of Sir Thomas Hutton, younger son of [the first] Archbishop Hutton ; and his posterity seated at Nether Popleton, near York. Some have blamed our Archbishop for granting this, and the leases of other estates, to his sons,^ but very unjustly ; for, since all estates must, according to law,- be lett for three lives or twenty-one years, why should not a Bishop have the liberty to leave some of them to his family, if he doth not violently or un- justly take them from any one ? Surely, it is the voice of divine Revelation as well as of nature, that if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath de- nied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. But to i-eturn. Sir Thomas Hutton was born in the year 1581, as appears from his age at the time of his decease.^ His father gave him, in his will, the manor of Davton, a house and lands in Ponte- fract, and the lease of DryfReld ; appointing him joint executor with his son Timothy, and one of the residuary Legatees. He was afterwards knighted, but when, we cannot easily find ; he dyed 23rd Jan. 1620, aged 39. By his lady, Ann, daughter of Sir John Bennet, of Dawley, near Uxbridge, who dyed in 1651, aged 64, he had one son named Richard, and a daughter, EHzabeth, born 17th February, 1619, that was married, first to John Robinson of Deighton, secondly to Edward Bowles, or Bowes, of York : she, as well as this her second husband, dyed in 1662. ' Torre's MSS., and from thence Br. Willis, Snrvcy of the Cathedrals, vol. i. p. 52, and Fr. Drake's Hist, of York, p. 397. 2 Statute 13 Elizab. c. 10. ' Sec his Epitaph hereafter. 46 THE HUTTON FAMILY Richard Hutton, aforesaid, was baptized 5th April, 1613, and dyed 8th April, 1618. He had two wives: 1. Ursula, daughter of Sir Edmund Sheffield, son of Edmund the first Earl of Mulgrave ; hut, within the first year of their mar- riage, she dyed in childbed of a daughter, named Ursula, who also lived but a little while. The 2nd wife was Dorothy, daugh- ter of Ferdinando, Viscount Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in Scot- land, and of Denton, in the county of York ; which lady departed this life, 7th June, 1687. By her he had four sons: 1. Sir Thomas Hutton of Popleton, his eldest son and heir. 2. Rich- ard, seated at Pudsey. 3. Matthew, D. D., Fellow of Brazen Nose College in Oxford, and afterwards Rector of Ainhoe in Northamptonshire ; an excellent historian and antiquary, whose MS. collections are in the British Museum.* 4. Charles and a daughter named Dorothy. Of these four sons, and their respective issue, we shall give a distinct representation in the following genealogical table. * See his Epitaph hereafter. -y- OF POPLETON. 47 fM (^ o H o p^ o s o H H O P3 1—1 Oh « a ..s ^ CO JD .T3 r-< O ^ r^ , p> o o C -^ fe o w -i -^ ^ -o ^ 1^ CJ O M *-> to »2 V. CC C ,-; .S 'S W be ci c o o 5 ^ ' o ^ '•« ^ 'J^ I ti -2 h7 c ,OP5. ^ ^, "-> ^ Q<1 ^ S k:^- ^*- n 1^ 1— « rtpl rv] S o S I -s cS £ p 8 CO a: ^^ ■r; '^ S Pi I ^ !» 3 safs cj ^ '"' 3 =« "= . S G C t !35 C t- O ^o ? ^ — 0 - =; o ■=-, ►C J5i r-. O '■j J a =^ 2 o S C3 't- W-2 ►^ bD ■-€ S o5 O G P3 ° 1 — 1" ^ 48 THE HUTTON FAMILY Inscription on the Monument of Sir Thomiis Hutton in the Chancel of the Church of Nether Popleton. Depositum generosissimi viri Domini Tlionise Hutton militis qui fuit Hlius natu minor clarissimi prsesulis Domini Matthsei Hutton olim Episcopi Dunehnensis, postea Archiepiscopi Eboraccnsis, Anglise Primatis et Metropolitani, hie pie et placide obdormivit Januarii xxiii''°, Anno Salutis 1620, setatis 39. Affixus lecto junctas ad Sydera palmas Sustulit, et gratas fudit ab ore preces Ad Deum optimum maxi- / Alme Deus, scelerum contractas abluc sordes, mum. ( Et sine labe petat spiritus iste jJolos. ( Et venerande pater, quantum spectarc juvabit, Ad uxorem Annam Benet. | Ad patrem dcfunctum. ) n/r * • ■.. ■ r i i. i ^ \ Mutari mitras m diadema tuas ! Anna vale ! Bencdicta vale ! communia nobis Pignora jam conjux sume fovenda tibi. Ad unieum fratrem Domi- ( Ad fratrem flectens oculos, fraterrime, natis num Timotheum Hutton. ( Sis pater, uxori sisque maritus, ait. Ad filium Ricliardum et ( Colla patris soboles moestis complectitur idnis. natam Eliz. ( Oscula pro tanto reddit amore pater. Finis erat precibus, scandit pars coelica coelos, Altera cognata pars requiescit humo. Honoris et observantise ergo posuit moerens conjux. In the Chancel of Nether Popleton Church, on a mural monument. S.M. Dominas Annfe Hutton, Johannis Bennett Equitis aurati nataj, Thomse Hutton (qui equestris etiam ordinis) nuptfe. Cui cum duos filios et tres filias peperisset viventi, ac ultra triginta annos viduitatem persolvisset, mortua, banc vitam meliori commutavit, Jan. 18., a. d. 1651. ^t. suae 64. Against the south wall of the same Chancel is the monument of Ursula, first wife of Richard Hutton, Esq. At the top is his efiigies kneeling between his two wives. O umbratilem hujus mundi foelicitatem prse ilia perenni ac coelcsti ! Ne dicas, Lector, lapis est (pii hoc loquitur. Nam is quovis lapide durior ct hebetior est, qui idem non mente videt, corde sentit, ore profcrt. Testis locuples et generosa et pia fcemina Domina Ursula Hutton, cujus ossa sub hoc tumulo molliter de- cumbunt. Quae mundum jam utrumq; docta et experta, serio monet relictos mortales sibi superstites, ut spreta hujus voluptatula, illius tantum scire immor- talitatem. Ilia cninij Quamvis patre nobili, Domino Edmundo Sheifeild, Comitis Mulgraviae filio, seeundo genita, quamvis matre generosissima, Domina Elizabctha Darley hserede prognata, quamvis viro digno Domino liichardo Hutton de Popilton in Agro Eboracensi Armigero juncta et locata, quamvis optata Prole, filia spectabili beata ac ditata. OF POPLETON. 49 Sortem nieritis . ) Annos Ingenio, Quamvis No tvt -i r antevenit ^ \ Sexum Mori bus, ' V Sanguincm virtutibus, Uno eodemque anno quem suscepit maritum, reliquit viduum ; una eademq ; hora quam suscepit natam, reliquit orphautem. O umbratilem hujus mundi felicitatem ! DISTICHON. En tibi, Nata Infans, do vitam, tu mibi mortem : Sic, O Cbriste, tua Mors mihi vita fuit. In Aynbo Church in Northamptonshire : Matthaeus Hutton, S. T. P. Hujuscc Ecclesise Rector integerrimus, Edwardo Hutton de Poppleton In comitatu Eboracensi Armigero, Et Dorothea uxore ejus, Domini Ferdinandi Fairfax Baronis filia, Natus, Antiquitatum Brittanicarum apprime sciens, In Ecclesiasticis prsesertira monumentis Pcrvolvendis describendisque indefessus, Vita Severus, Moribus Comis, Animo Simplex, Primsevse et Fidei tenax et pietatis semulus, Elizabethan! Rogeri Burgoyne Baronetti Filiam Sibi Matrimonio conjunctam habuit, Et mutuo affectu conjunctissimam. Quam, Duobus ex ea susccptis filiis Rogero et Thoma, Moerentem reliquit Rcpentina Morte extinctus, Die Jun. 27, Ann. Dom. 1711. .^tatis suxe 72, APPENDIX OP LETTERS AND OTHER ORIGINAL PAPERS. E 2 53 LETTER I. DUDLEY THE EARLE OF LEYCESTER TO DR. HUTTON, READER OF THE QUEENES MAJESTIES DIVINITIE IN CAMBRIDGE.^ June 7, 1565. (770.) Mr. Hutton, I receaued your lettre this morning the 7 of June. Imedyatly I moued your sewte to the Queen's Majestie, touching the prebende in Westminster voyd by the death of Mr. Beamont ; which her highnes hath graciouslye graunted vnto you, and in so fauorable sort, as I perceaue, yf yt had bin a much better thing, you were thought worthie to haue receaued yt at her hands. This farre of hir Majesties good opinione toward you I thought to signifye vnto you to encreace the smalnes of the benefytt of your sewte, as a good testyraony of hir further better dysposityon, and assured satysfactyon for you, for your greater hope of hir more goodnes hereafter. And for myn one part euen as in this tryfle, so when you shall haue greater occasione, my good wyll shall apere no less willing and ready to pleasure you. Not dowting but the same cause which hath moued me and others to conceaue so well of you, shall rather encrease and fiorysh in you, I meane your knowlege and zeale towarde the trewth ; and than dowbt you not, but as- sewer yourself of such good wyll and frendshipp as I and such shal be able to she we you. So fare you hartyly well. From the Court in hast this 7 of June. Your veary frende. El. Leycester. To my verry frend M^ Hutton, Reader of the Queen's Majesty's divynitye Lecture in Cambridge. (The whole letter is in the Earl of Leicester's own hand. Armorial seal.) ' These headings are in general copied from endorsements by Sir Timothy Hutton ; and, where a number (in the present instance 770) is added, it must be understood that the letter or other document constituted that number in Sir Timothy's arrangement of his papers. — Ed. 54 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER II. DR. E. GRINDALL, BISHOP OF LONDON, TO DR. HUTTON. 15 Sep. 1566. (788.) Salutem in Christo ! Wheras I appoynted you to preache att Paules Crosse the 3 off November nexte : becawse the Par- lament clothe holde, and therfore it is lyke that the Bisshops shall occupie the rowme those Sundays in the myddes oiF the tearme, I muste entreate you to prevente your daye, and to preach Dominica 17% which is the 6 off October nexte. The tyme, thowghe it may be somewhatt shorte, is longe enoughe for you ; and I am destitute. It is the firste Sundaye off the Parlament, and therfore I labour to have one learned for tbatt daye. I praye you fayle nott, and certifRe me w"^ conveniente spede agayne. Fare ye well. Frome Fulham, 15 Septemb. 1566. Yo"" in Christe, Edm. London.^ To my lovinge frende, M"". Doctor Hutton, M'' off Pembrooke Halle in Cambnge. (In the Bishop's own hand. Seal of arms imperfect.) LETTER III. A LETTER FROM THE FELLOWS OF PEMBROKE HALL TO EDM. GRINDALL, BISHOP OF LONDON, SHEWING WHAT GREAT RE- SPECT AND ESTEEM THEY HAD FOR THEIR MASTER, DR. HUTTON. 31 Ap. 1567. Dici vix potest (amplissime Prresul) quantus luctus, quantum etiam gaudium, lectis litteris tuus, animos nostros repente in- vaserunt. Et luctum equidem non mediocrem attulit aman- tissimi in nos Praefecti decessus. Quem enim propter egregiam doctrinam, summum in nos studium, viteeq; sanctimoniam, cha- * Edmund Grindall, Bishop of London in 1559 ; Archbishop of York in 1570 ; Archbishop of Canterbury in 1575. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 55 rum et intimum semper habuerimus, eum ita nunc arctis ulnis amplectimur, ut nutricis instar non sine summo mcerore et la- chrymis climittamus. Atque certe, ni gravlssima auctoritas tua (qufe apud nos jure et debet et possit omnia) intercessit, lautius et melius nobis consultum putaremus, priusquam ^ complexu abstrahi patiamur, ejus os et vultum appellare. Sed vide, qu8eso, quanta sit apud nos authoritas tua, quanta vicissim animorum nostrorum retributio, ut ex quo nos a Papistica fiece primus repurgaras, in clientelam tuam receperas, patro- cinium tuum et defensionem experti sumus, in te uno consi- lium nostrum et spem omnem reposuerimus. yEgerrim^ pati- mur eum a nobis divelli, cui enixfe et libenter semper adhse- simus. Sed cum ita sors ferat, cedemus fato nostro ; cede- mus numini optime providenti, cedemus Deo, qui omnia co- operatur in bonum, iis qui diligunt ilium, Et nisi fere uno spiritu, muliebri more, lachrymas fundere et Isetitia gestire videremur, in tanto luctu merito lastari possimus, quod eum nobis custodem eligendum proponis, in quem nos precibus ad amplitudinem tuam frequenter iremus, eum a nobis te impetra- turum speres, quem nos libenter optamus ; optas, quem vix sperare potuerimus. Vehementer ergo nobis, nostrisq ; studiis gratulamur, Deoque prsepotenti imprimis gratias agimus, quod non ita Ridleios stirpitus e nobis eradicaverit, ut unicam fibram Grindallum (quem honoris causa nominamus) una etiam tollat. Hinc enim Huttonus nobis ortus, qui vires nostras non medio- criter auxit. Hinc tandem Whitgiftus, quem unum in optatis et habemus et volumus maxime. Age ergo (lionorande patrone) quod impetrare vis, illud, tabellis subscriptis, summo animorum nostrorum ardore impetrasti. Quod petis a nobis in illud in- cumbas, et nos vicissim a dominatione tua petimus, quod tanto studio inchoasti, bonis avibus perficias. Vale ! Pridie Calend. Maii Anno 1567." 3 Quoted at length by Dr. Ducarell, in his Memoir from the Appendix to Strype's Life of Whitgift, No. ii. p. 4. 56 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER IV. LADY HUNTINGDON TO MR. DEANE OF YORKE. Julie 21, 1575. (871.) After my verye hartie commenclacions. Forasmuch as a kins- man of my lorde and a coseu of myne doe intend, by the gi-ace of God, to marrye together vppon Sondaye nexte, I am there- fore bould to desyre you, that you woukl take the paynes to be here againste that tyme, and to bestowe a shorte sermon vppon vs, suche as for the short warning you have maye suffise for that audience. The which ended, or before, att your discretion, I muste further intreate you to helpe to sollempnize that ma- nage. And even soe, being bould to truble you, I doe bidd you hartelye fare well. Att York, this xxj*'' of Julye, 1575. Your frend in the Lord, K. Huntingdon."* Good Mr. Deane, refuse not to take this paines in being heare against Sondaie ; which I shall thinke my sealfe beholdine to you for the same, and will be redie to pleasure you in any thing I maie. To my very loving frend, M^ Deane of York. LETTER V. EDMUND GRINDALL, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, TO DR, MATTHEW HUTTON, DEAN OF YORK. 25 April, 1577. (84.) Salutem in Christo ! I hartely thanke je for your favour extendett towards this bringer W. Allen. I perswade my selfe that ye shewed him favour for my sake in the office bestowed * Katharine, daughter of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, sister of Robert Earl of Leicester, and wife of Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon at this time, and till the year 1595, President of the Council in the North, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 57 vpon him, and thatt ye had rememhrance off my sute made vnto ye for him heretofore, and therefore I thanke ye accordynglye. Iff I had hadde anie speciall creditte when Durham and CarL^ were bestowed, some hadde not spedde so weh : but blame your selfe and Sir Tho : Garg : ye 2 comendett him, to be rydde off him : and nowe Simon is as goodd as Peter, This geare wokle make a man synge "• Mei autem pene moti sunt pedes,'''' ^c. (Ps. 72. 2.) Off myne owne present state I thynke ye can nott be igno- rant : it maye be, that evell reports flye abroade agaynste me ; my meanynge is goode. The ende is in Groddes handes, to whose grace I hartely commende you ; with my sahitations to M^ Palmer, and the reste off myne olde Ohapleyns Prebendaries off your chirche. Lambethe, 25 Aprilis, 1577. Yours in Christe, E. Oant. To my lovinge frende M''. Doctor Hutton, Dearie off Yorke. (Seal wanting.) (The whole in the Archbishop's own hand ) LETTER VI. CECYLL LORD BURGHLEY TO MR. DEANE OF YORKE. August 12, 1577. (558.) Good Mr. Deane, I most hartely thank (you) for your harty commendations, which this berer M"^. Ramsden delyveyred me, with a token in gold, being the monument of the good elect kyng Edward my master, whom God took seasonably for his soule to be a kyng in heaven, and onseasonably from this his erthely kyngdom, therby blessing hym, and scourgyng vs. God favor vs now in the reigne of our Soverayn with more of his * Richard Barnes, Bishop of Carlisle, was elected to the See of Durham, 5 April, 1577 ; and his successor in the See of Carlisle was John Mey, Arch- deacon of the East Riding, in the Cathedral of York, who seems to have been in no great favour with Dean Hutton and Sir Thomas Gaigravc. For a memoir of Sir Thos. Gargrave, see Lodge's Illustrations of British History, i. 13U. 58 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. marcy, though I feare our offences ar gretar From Buxton, the xii"' of August, 1577. Your most assured loving frend, W. BuRGHLEY. God contynew his graces in you, by which your hff and ac- tions ar reported very good of all your neighhors ; and in sekyng to reform those that ar ovt of the waye, the ordinary waye to reduce them which I lieare you vse is, by gentle instruction of them first to se and fele ther palpable errors, and so to prepare them to se the truth. To my very louing fFrend M''. Doctor Hutton, Deane of the CatlieJrall Churche at Yorke. (The whole of the letter in Lord Burghley's own hand.) LETTER VII. GRYNDALL, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, TO DR. HUTTON, DEAN OF YORK. 2 Dec. 1577. Salutem in Ohristo ! This bringer can informe you some- thinge off my state bothe for my healthe off my bodye and other my trobles." Aboute 6 weeks agoe, and so on further tyll the 26 off November, I was putt in assured hoape off libertie, &c. Abowte thatt tyme arose a sudeyn contrarie tempest, which hadde browghte me to have appeared in the Starre Chamber 29 Novembris last, iff God had nott layed me up 2 dayes be- fore off myne olde disease the stoane. By thatt occasion my apparence was respitted, and I now remayne as a man in sus- pense inter s])em metumque, butt yett hoape that God wille in the ende turne all to the beste. I thanke ye for your manifold sig- nifications off your goode wille towarde me and myne. I praye * The Archbishop, having incurred the Queen's displeasure for favouring the system of Exercises or Prophesyings, was at the present time confined to his palace at Croydon by her order See his Life by Strype, p. 219, &c. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 59 ye be goode to the bringer in that ye maye lawfullye, com- mende me as ye kiiowe. God kepe you. 2 December, 1577. Yom*s in Christe, E.G. To my lovinge frende, M^ Deane off Yorke. (The whole letter Is in the Archbishop's hand-writing.) LETTER VIII. THE EARLE OF HUNTINGTON TO MR. DEANE OF YORKE. Maie 20, 1578. (872.) Salutem in Domino, &c. ! I am sorrye to vnderstand of your falle and harme you have therbye, but I trust God will shorte- lye restore you to your olde good state agayne. Of my Lord of Canterburie I heare nothyng but thys ; I wyll sette downe the verrye wordes as they bee wrytten to me : — " My Lord of Can- " terburie dyd stande now at thys present vpon hys delyuerye " by the good meanes of M^ Vycechamberlyne, and now at " thys present the bysshoppes of Durram and Yorke have wryt- " tyn to hyr Majesty of soche sectes and puritanes that ys in " those cuntryes, that hathe made a staye of hys delyuerance." Even nowe the Lord Archebishop was heare, and I tolde h}Tn a peece of thys matter, but sayde no worde of Canterburie, and I dyd aske hym what infection he founde in all hys dyoces, espe- cyallye for puritanisme as they tearme yt. He aunsweryd, that he founde none to offend that way, neythyr, sayth he, have I wryttyn any thynge thereof ; but in my letters to the Queue, sayth he, I dyd wryte that a younge man in a sermon at the assyses dyd sumwhat straye, but he hathe been before me and hathe promysyd to repayre the faute, etc. Also of one at Hulle who made sum scruple at sum matters, but now yealdeth and promysyth conformytee. Of other matters he dyd not wryte, but of the increasynge of the papystes, etc. By thys I see som sparkes have floane abrode. Your wry tar hathe desyryd me to sent hym worde what ys trew touchinge these reaportes. And now by warrante from my Lord's grace I may saye hys dyoces ys cleare of thys faulte. For other occuranttes I referre 60 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. you to the letter inclosyd, wlierof I dyd imparte the laste parte, as I was dosyryd. God make us all pure in hys syghte thorrowe Chryste, and confounde all poperye and counterfayte gospellynge, etc. And so I commytte you to the Lord. At Yorke, tliys 26 of May, 1578. Your assured frend in Domino, H. HuNTYNGDON. (The whole letter is apparently in the hand of the Earl. The fly-leaf of the letter is torn away, ami in consequence there is no address save the endorse- ment hy Sir Timothy Button.) To the assemblie at Smalcald her Maiestie hath sent certeine persons to dissuade and stay the proceedings, &c. D. Humfrey of Oxford, D. Wilson of Worcester, D. Still of Cambridge, and D. Hamond, a civilian, ar ajjpointed for this purpose ; and, if hast had not required, your Deane Mr. Hutton should have bene the principall, and so ought he to have bene allowed. Grenewich, xx Maij, 1-578.^ LETTER IX. GRYNDALL, ARCHB. CANT. [tO DOCTOR MATTHEW IIUTTON, DEAN OF YORK.] 18 Feb. 1578-9. Salutem in Curisto ! This bringer can enforme you that I am (thanks be to God !) in reasonable goode healthe. My case de- pendeth longe, as ye see, and some repulse otf sute latelye made bathe bene geven ; [and yett, iff a man maye beleve in courte promesses, I was att no tyme so neare an ende off my trobles as att this present. Dotnini voluntas JiatJ^] I praye you shew favor to the bringer for perfitinge off his longe travells. " This paragraph, which stands upon the hack of the half-sheet in a different hand, seems to he an extract from some other letter of an earlier date. The compliment here paid to Dr. Hutton, seems to be alluded to in the monumental inscription in memory of Sir Timotliy, his son. — See above, p. 35. — Ed. ^ " Kcpe this to your selfe." These words stand in the margin opposite to the paragraph which is enclosed in brackets. CORBESPONDENCE, ETC. 61 S. Peter is a goocle man, and lendcth freelje ; the marchanto allwayes harpeth apon interest. He will engage all to S. Peter or some off his deputies. Surelye the thinge will proove to an vndonbted beniffitte bothe publicke and private. Yff I had remayned with you, I wolde have helped him in this case; especiallye no we when the matter is growen rype, etc. Howe the worlde goeth here, ye shalle heare by other men. I wolde ye hadde a goode arrande to London, that I mighte see you. I thanke you for my poore kinsfolkes and servants. God kepe you. 18 Feb., 1578. E. 0. tuus. To my lovinge frcndc M^ Dcane off Yorkc. (TIic wliole in the ArchLishop's liaiul.) (Seal, Cunlerhuj^y impaling Gi-indnll.) LETTER X, THE EARLE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S LETTER TO MR. DEANE OF YORK. Feb. 3, 1581. (880.) Mr. Dean, I do understand by my cosin Cristofer Vavasor, for such evidence and writings as concerneth myne inherytance remaning within your treasorie of the Cathedrall church of York, that you and the Chapiter there ar contented, vpon enye warrant or authorissment frome me, to deliver them to such as I shall appoinct. Your freindlie freindshipp in this matter I am to accept in freindlie manner, and to geve you and them my most hartie thancks for the same. I have authorised by commission my cosin Cristofer Vavasour and my servant Mychaell Tharkeld to call of you for theim, and, for all suche wrytings as they shall receive, to geve theire bill indented to remaine of recorde for your dyschardg ; praing you that some may be appointed to be redye for deliverye of them when they shalbe called for. In so doing you shall geve me occasion to requit your frendshipp in this matter with enie pleasor I can. And so with my very 62 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. hartie commendacions I byd you hartely farewell. Frome my howse at Pet worth, the third of Ffebruary, 1581. Your very loving frend, H. Northumberland. Sir, As I have occasione to geve youe my harty thankes for this, so have I causse to render vnto youe manny mo for your frendly good wyll in all causses aportenynge to me, wyche I wyll gladly requitte in that I canne do for youe.'^ To my vcrry loving frcind M'. Hutton, the Dean of Yorke, geue these. (Seal circular : apparently a rose or other device much defaced. Esperance.) LETTER XI. VALENTINE DALE TO THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK. 6 May, 1582. After my heartie commendacions. Theis are to advertise you that her Majestic, being moved to dispense with M^ Doctor Gibson for his residence in your Churche, thought it strange that he should be abridged of any commodotie, serving her Majestic in the places that he dothe ; and therefore her hignes was verie willing to passe her dispensacion in suche manner and with such large words as you se, signed first w"" her Majesties hande, and synce sealed with the broade scale, with as ample words as by lawe maie be devised, ex certa scientia et plenitudine potestatis, which are clauses of the greatest force that are in the lawe. Doctor Gribson hath also greate fi-ends, whose credit with her Majestic may do verie muche : and therefore in myne opinion you shall doe verie well to use him favorablie, and to enterprete her Majesties grante as beneficially as her Majesties meaninge was at the tyme of the graunting thereof with suche words as therein appereth ; which are, that the saide Doctor Gibson, being present or absent, shoulde have the commodities of a Canon residentiary ; w"^*" thing I doubte not but of your wisdomes you ® This postscript is the Earl's own hand-writing. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 63 will be glad to doe. And thus I committ you unto Almightie God. At the Courte, the vi^" of May, 1582. Y"^ loving frend, Valen. Dalr.'° To the right worshippfull M"". Deane and Chapter of the Church of York. (Armorial Seal.) LETTER XII. A LETTER FROM DEAN HUTTON TO THE EARL OF HUNT- INGDON. 8 May, 1582. My most humble duitie remembred to your Honour, &c. M'. Doctor Gibson hath obteined a disj^ensation to keepe his livinge in our church, whereof I am verie gladd. But in the same dispen- sation he hath obtained another dispensation ; that he beinge absent, and keeping no residence, may have and enjoye all the commodities due to a residentiarie : for the which I am verie sorrie ; not onelie because it is contrarie to our statutes, where- unto we are all sworne, and shall be taken out of the livinge of the residenciaries, some being not well hable to spare it ; but also because it doth open a window, which (if it be not speedelie shutt) is like utterlie to overthrow the state of our churche. We think that her Majesty's meaninge was, that he should enjoie his livinge hereafter quietlie, which now by the space of fyve or six yeares he hath bene in some feare to be deprived of; and not to gyve him a new livinge taken furth of other men''s lyv- yngs ; and for the which they are bound to keepe residence xxvi. weeks yearlie to their great charge. Yet, because we love quiet- ness and hate contention, we have neither joyned nor conferred v/ith his enemies ; but have sent M^ Slater, one of our companie, to my Lord his Grace of Canterburie, Doctor Gibson'^s good Lord and ours, prayinge him to make some quiet end betweene him and us, becawse we wold be lothe to joyne with Doctor Gibson's 10 Master of Sherburii Hospital from 1584 to 1589. 64 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. adversaries against hym. And my humble suit, in myne owne name and in the name of the Avhole Churche, unto your Honour is, to beseeche you that you wokl be a meane to my Lord of Canterburye, and to join with him to componde the matter, least it grow to some extremitie of suit ; which thinge I have alwaies hated. Ffor myne owne part, I coukl be content, and so I know wold the rest, yt were referred unto yourselfe to heare and determine at your cominge into the country, yf my Lord his Grace of Canterburie doe not now end it by your Lordshipp's good meanes, as we hope he will. We have written to my Lord Treasurar, and to Sir Francis Walsingham, beseechinge them to have a speciall care, and to be meanes, that suche like suites be not graunted hereafter, which tend to the decaye and mine of the churches of the old fundation. Yff the matter be not quietlie ended, we make no doubte but to make good proofe to the Lords of the Counsell, that so muche of the dispensa- tion as is hurtfull to the churche, and taketh from other men, and gyveth unto hym which he never hadd before, did precede upon wronge information. M^ Doctor Gibson is my good frend, and I have alwaies wished him well, and verie lothe wold I be to joyne with his enemies ; which had bene done before this time yf it could have bene compassed. And therefore am I so earnest with your Lordship that the matter may be stayed, now at the begyninge. Thus, beseechinge God to send your Ho- nour and my good Ladie shortlie into the countrie, I take my leave. From Yorke, the viij^*" of Maye, 1582. Your Honour's in Christ to comaunde, Matth. Hutton. To the Right Honorable his especiall good Lord, therle of Huntingdon, Lord prsesident of her Majesty's Coun- sell in the North parts. (A duplicate-Signature of the Dean. Small round seal, an open book, inscribed with the words Odor Vit^, and the circumscription Spiritus Gladius.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 65 LETTER XIII. LETTER FROM DEAN HUTTON AND THE CHAPTER OF YORK, TO SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM. 10 May, 1582. OuK humble duitie remembred to your Honour. M"^. Doctor Gibson of late hath bene in some danger to be deprived of a dignitie and prsebend which he hath enjoyed now by the space of eight years in our churche ; wherbie he hath bene compelled to make suite unto her Majestie for a dispensation to keepe it, and hath obteined yt. The dispensation conteineth two points. First, that he shall quietlie enjoie his preebend and dignitie thoughe he be absent and not qualified accordinge to the fun- dation therof. Secondlie, that he, beinge absent and doing no duitie of a residenciarie, shalbe counted and reputed as present and as a residenciarie, and have suche porcion as a residenciarie, which is a new livinge taken furth of the residenciaries, for the which they ar bound to keepe residence in the churche yearlie xxvi weeks : which latter part of his dispensation we think did procede of wronge information ; not onlie becawse it is contrarie to our statutes, and hurtfull to the state of the churche and pore men that be now residentiaries, but also dothe open a windowe (as we take it) to the overthrow of the good estate of our churche. Notwithstandinge, becawse our churche doth not love, but hate, contention, we have sent M^ Slater, one of our com- panie, to our especiall good Lordes, the Archbishop of Canter- burie and the Erie of Huntingdon, our good Lord President, beseechinge them to deale with M"". Doctor Gibson for the quietinge of the matter; which we hope they will doe, becawse they beare a singular favour, not onlie to our churche, but also to M'. Gibson and everie of us. In the mane time, we ar in humble wise to beseeche your Honour, even for the love you beare unto the Ghospell, to have a speciall regard to such dis- pensations as tend to the hinderance of preachinge and hospi- talitie ; for, if this example should be folowed, the good estate of churches of the old fundation wold sone come to decaye and ruine. Thus, beseechinge God longe to blesse yow, to the com- 66 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. forthe of his Churclie and her Majestie's service, we take our leave. From Yorke, the x*'' of Maye, 1582. Your Honour's in Christ to comaunde, Matth. Hutton. Will*'m Palmer. Geo. Slater. Edm. Bunny. Chris. Lyndley. John Bukk. To the Right Honorable S'' Francis Walsinghuni, Knight, Prineipall Sccretarie to her Majestic. (A duplicate letter, signed by the parties.) LETTER XIV. GRYNDALL, ARCHBYSHOP OF CANTERBURIE, [tO DOCTOR HUTTON, DEAN OF YORK.] 19 May, 1582. Salutem in Chrtsto ! Yf I hadd not this daye hen trohled with muche writinge and some husines of great weight, I wolde have written to you my particuler letter at more length eoncern- ynge Doctor Gihson's case ; hut I praie you heare with me for this tyme, and for a few daies more, till Doctor Gihson come downe, and at his comyinge I truste to have better leasure and quyet- nes to write my mynde in some thinge more at large unto you. I have written a general 1 letter to you and to the Chapter, which I praie you to accejit well of, and not to judge hastelie before the tyme. So I take my leave, and commendinge you to the grace of Godd. From Lambeth, this xix"' of Maye, 1582. Yours in Christe, E. Cant. To my verie lovinge ffrende, Mr. Doctor Hutton, Deane of Yorke. (In this letter, the signature only is in the hand-writing of the Archbishop, and the seal is partly gone.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 67 LETTER XV. GRYNDALL, ARCIIB. CANTERBURY, [tO THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK.] 19 May, 1582. After my verle hartie commendacions. Whereas some matter of difference hath growen of late betwene you and M^ Doctor Gibson concernynge a graunte obtayned by him of her Majestic for enioyinge the profitts of residence within your churche as well absente as presente, I doe understande, aswell by join- owne letters to me directed, as by the reporte and commission of M"^. Slater and M^ Lyndlie your mandatories, that you are contented to referre the said controversie or difference to my order, and in suche sorte as the matter shall goe no furder. I hartelie thanke you for the truste and confidence which you re- pose in me, and wolde be sorie to geve you any cause to the eontrarie ; for I love your churche well in generalle, and wishe well unto everie one of you in particuler. And notwithstand- inge the orderinge and determynacion of the matter aforesaid nowe in question Is symplie committed vnto me by consente of bothe partes, yet I have learned partelie by myne owne expe- rience, and partelie by the experience of other notable persons which have ben more experte in suche cases then I have ben, not to sett downe in suche cases any precise or absolute order withowt the good likinge and assent of bothe the parties : wherefore, for your better satisfaccion in this behalf, I will sende downe Doctor Gibson to you, betwene this and Whitsontyde, to treat with you in reasonable and frendlie order for a flnall ende of this difference ; which if it may be obteyned at the first by your mutuall consents in suche sorte as shalbe by him moved and declared unto you, and here thought by divers learned men agreable to lawe and not unreasonable, I shalbe verie gladd. And if It shall chaunce that the condlcions offered by the said Doctor Gibson shall not be lyked of you, I will take suche further order with the said Doctor Gibson when he cometh downe, that he shall offer you other condlcions which ye can not In reason mis- like. And so, praienge you to beare with patience a little re- f2 68 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. spite of tyme for a few dales, I promise you, as I have clone to your deputies M". Lyndlye and M"". Slater, that I will make a quyet ende of this controversie. And therefore I have willed them not to deliver those letters which they hadd from you to divers honorahle personages, because I wolde have the matter to goe no further, as thinkinge my self to have sufficient com- mission from you by vertue of your letters so to doe. So I take my leave, and hartelie comraende you to the grace of Godd. From Lambeth this xix"' of Maye, 1582. Yours in Christe, E. Cant. To my vcric lovingc fFrends M'. Doctor Hutton, Deanc of Yoikc, and to tlio rest of the Chapter of the same chmche. (Signature of the Archbishop, and armorial seal.) LETTER XVL THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY TO THE DEAN OF YORK. 26 May, 1582. Salutem in Christo ! Accordinge unto my promise made unto you and the Chapter, I have sente downe M". Doctor Gibson, bringer hereof, to make a finall ende of the difference betwene you and him concernyng the matter of residence. And what- soever I write unto you in this letter, I will praye you that it maye be, as the olde terme is, sub sigillo confessionis, and not to be imparted to any creature, unlesse you your self first have a good lykinge of the motion herein by me made, and be also assured that your Chapter will have the lyke ; ffor I wolde be sorye that any motion made by me sholde come to your Chapter and there suffer repulse. Therefore I have chosen privately and frendlye to deale with you, who is the headd of the Chapter and knoweth verie well the disposition of the reste. After I hadd received your letters of commission to arbitrate the matter of residence aforesaid, I thought it verye requisite first to un- derstande of what validitie M\ Doctor Gibson's graunte was by lawe, and for that purpose I charged Doctor Drewrye and Doctor Awbrey that they sholde, withowt respect of persons, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 69 geve me their opynions in vvritinge ; which they dyd under there hands in a letter, the copie of which letter I sende unto you enclosed herein. After that, I fell to treatye with M'. Slater and M"^. Lyndley to understande the determynacion of you and the Chapter, what you wolde geve M\ Gybson in yerely pencion till suche tyme as he entered actuall residence ; nothinge dowtinge hut they hadd sufficient commission and instruccions to geve answere in that matter. They offered first xx"^ nobles a yere, and after that x'', and at length with muche adoe they came to xx"^ markes a yere, which I thought was to litle, and Doc- tor Gibson did utterly myslike of it ; and I then thought as nowe I will utter my mynde frankly unto you, that in suche a case forty markes a yere, for a yere, two, or three, till he entered into actuall residence, was litle enough, the par- ticuler porcions of your commodities of th^ residensarye (which are to me reasonably well knowen) beinge considered. But findinge your deputies not willinge to goe any further than xx"* markes, and peradventure not havinge commission to doe any otherwise, I dyd not name any summe unto them, but differred the matter till Doctor Gibson's commynge, as you knowe. Nowe, good M". Deane, if you can condiscende to this fortye markes for a yere or two till Doctor Gibson can be better provided and furnished for residence, and be assured that your "Chapter withowt difficultie will a.ssente unto the same, I praye you move it to your Chapter ; which if you and they doe gTaunte, I shall take it in verie thankfull parte, as done the rather at my requeste. But if you fynde either any scruple in your self, or thinke there wilbe difficultie in the Chapter in the grauntinge of the same, then I praye you of all frendshi2)p that this my letter maye be utterlye suppressed, and not divulged to any creature. And, that beinge done, I have taken order with Doctor Gibson that he shall enter into a new treatye with you particulerlye, which maye afterwarde be communycated to your Chapter, which also I truste wilbe thought bothe of you and them verye reasonable. And thus, takinge my leave for this tyme, I hartely commende you unto the grace of Godd. From Croydon, this xxvi"' of Maye, 1582, Yours in Christe, as of olde, E. Cant. To my verie lovinge ffreiide Mr. Doctor Hutton, Deane of York. (The signature only in the hand-writing of tlic Arclibit^hop.) 70 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER XVII. ARCHBISHOP GRINDALL TO THE DEAN OF YORK. 26 May, 1582. Salutem in Ohristo ! M^ Deane, I have taken order with M*^, Doctor Gibson, that if the request of my former letter, by him nowe sente and unto yon at his first conference with you de- livered, were of you any waye mislyked, or that you dowted any thinge of the free and willinge assent of your Chapter with- out any difficultie thereunto, that then he shall deliver unto you this my seconde letter ; wherein I signifie unto you, that, the cause of your mislikinge standinge as afore, I have concluded with Doctor Gibson that he shall offer unto you and your Chapter to enter into ordinarye residence, and bear all charges for the same as is requysite, notwithstandinge that the said entrie into resi- dence at this tyme will be verie muche to his hinderance. And so I truste bothe all inconvenyances alledged by your letters and deputies shalbe clearly removed, and the desire of you and your Chapter declared unto me by your said deputies shall be fully satisfied, and so all controversies, I truste, perfectlie ended. And I shall furder praye you that my former letter at this prse- sente delyvered by M^ Doctor Gibson may be immediately, upon the receipte of this, toren in pieces and utterlye destroyed in the sight of the said Doctor Gibson, because I wolde not have any matter of diversitie in opynion betwene you, your Chapter, and me, to be extante under my hande ; not onely hartely praienge you, but also as it were adjuringe you, not to revele the contents of my said letter to any boddye. So, referringe the rest unto M"^. Doctor Gibson*'s owne reporte, once againe I take my leave, and commende you with all my harte to the grace of Godd. From Croydon, this xxvi"' of May, 1582. Yours in Christe, as of olde ; remayning still blynde, with fFather Tobyas, and yet hoping assuredlye by the grace of Godd to recover sight againe, as he dyd in tyme. E, Cant. To my verie lovinge ffrendc, M''. Doctor Hutton, Deane of Yorke. (Signature of tlic Archbishop.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 71 LETTER XVIII. LADY HUNTINGTON TO MR. DEANE OF YORKE. S''*^'- 22, 1582. (870.) Good M^ Deane, Alltliowgli I have not writen to you since mi coming from Yorke about the matter I had to speak with mi brother of Lecester of, because I have bin so often coming doune mi self, which I have bin ever staied bi one occasion or other ; and nowe that mi Lord will not lett me come doune before Chrismus, I will not defere any longer to lett you knowe I did remember that matter presently upon mi comming up, of whom I had so good an awnswere, with so manie good words, and of his verie good opinion of you, as in truth I was most glad to here. Of this matter I wold have writen to you longe before this time, but that I was in good hope to have bin at Yorke mi self, and so to have told you what I had done in that same ; but that can not be so sone as in deed I do wish and desire it : and therfore I thought it good to treble you with this mi bad scrib- ling, though it hath ben long a cominge, that you male knowe I was not forgetfuU of you. I am to geve you great thanks for my aunt Oomten, and the rest of mi wemen, whom [I] perceive you have bin trobled with all. And so, good M"". Deane, I must hastely bid you fare well, and wish there were any thing here I might do you plesure in : you shuld finde me verie redie to do it. From Stoke, the 22 of October, 1582. Your verie frend in the Lorde, K. Huntingdon. LETTER XIX. THE BYSHOP OF WORSTRE, ELECT CANT., TO MR. DEANE OF YORK. 17 Sept. 1583. Salutem in Christo ! I hartelie thangk you, good M'. Dene, for your frendlie letters, where in you shoe that assured good 72 CORRESrONDENCE, ETC. wyll which I have ever fownd in you towards me. The burden layed uppon me ys verie heavie and great ; yet, bycause yt ys God's owne doeing who hath wrogght yt in her Majestie's hart, my trust ys that he wyll also furnish me with gyfts and graces necessarie, that I may, without faynting, performe that whereunto he hath so called me ; and the rather thorowe your good prayers, whereof I assuer my self. I have not hard anie thing of you or M^ Cheke touching that matter, nether wyll I heleave yt yf yt shold be reported, knoweng you bothe so well as I doe. For your nephew, I wyll be glad to do the best I can, as occasion shal serve. To stay you there, I wyll do my endevor, onlesse yt be for some better preforment : but assuer j^our self that I wyll not cease to labor you frome thens, yf yt may be to such a place as wyll countervale that, and wherein you may doe more good. Towching the last poynt of your letters, nothing shalbe omytted that lieth in me : yt ys a wonde in dede, God grauhte yt may be healed. Her Majestic ys moste gi-atiouslie affected therein, and there ys hope to bring yt to passe : there are, God be thangked, manie learned and worthie men, so that there lacketh no choise ; I besech God that such resj^ect may be had to there pneferment as the Church may be furnished with worthie men, and others thereby encoraged. Thus, with my hartie commendations, I committ you to the tuition of Almyghtie God. Frome Lam- beth, the 17 of September, 158-3. Yours as hys owne, Jo. WiGORN. Elect. Cant.'' To my assuered and loving frend, Mr, Doctor Huttcn, Dene of York. (Seal wanting. In the Archbishop's own hand.) " John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester from 1577, nominated Archhisliop of Canterbury, Aug. 14, 1583, elected by tlic Dean and Chapter seven days after- wards, and confirmed on the 23rd of September following. He died in l(JU3-4. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 73 LETTER XX. LETTER FROM ABP. WHITGIFT TO DEAN HUTTON, OCCASIONED BY THE DISPUTE BETWEEN HIM AND ABP. SANDYS. 23 August, 1586. Salutem in Cheisto ! I am verie sorie that it is no better betwixt my Lord of York^" and you, and that his bitternesse continueth still against you, which I doe also perceave by his owne lettres written to my self. I pray you consider, for the redeeming of peace and quietfiesse, and the avoiding of publick offense, whether it were not better for you and the rest to yeeld unto him in one or both his patents. E duohus malis^ ^c. But I referre the consideration hereof to yourself. Many thinges are to be done and suffered for peace sake. His Grace writeth unto mee, that you and your frendes geve it out howe well you were used at my handes, howe sure a fi'ende I am unto you, and what favour you found with Lordes, &c., and many other thinges. But I knowe theis are but reportes brought unto him by suche as could bee content to have you at oddes still. For myne owne parte, I wish you bothe so well, that, to make you frendes and to reconcile you together, I would bee content, yf it so pleased her Majesty, to ryde from Croydon to York, yea, to Barwick, or fyve tymes furder. Vale in Christo ! From my house at Croy- don, this xxiij*'' of August 1586. Your assured lovinge frende, Jo. Cantuar. To the right worshippful my verie loving frende, M''. Doctor Hutton, Dean of York. (Seal wanting. Signature only in the hand-writing of the Arclddshop.) Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York from 1576 to 1588. 74 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER XXI. MANNERS THE EARLE OF RUTTLAND TO MR. DEANE OF YORKE. November 2, [1586.] (877.) Mk. Deane, I find by my brother that he is greately behokl- inge unto you, for the which I am requested to yeld you my most harty thankes : and that I meane to do by thes presents after the best and hartyest sort that I cau ; assuring you, that if you shall have need to use my frendshippe for yourself or any of yours, you shall find me as willinge to performe your request as far as in me lyeth as any other shalbe who soever you shall make most reckoning off. And so, ending with my moste harty thankes one agayn repeted for your favor to my brother, I com- mitt you to his tuicion who can best defende us all. From Bel- voyr, this 2^ of November. Your assured loving frend, E. EUTLAND.^'' To my verie lovingc frend M"". Dcanc of Yoike. (In the Earl's own hand. Imperfect seal of arms.) LETTER XXIL JOHN MANNERS, EARL OF RUTLAND, TO THE DEANE OF YORK. Maie 4, [1587.] (879.) My good gostly father, for so I must ever terme you, assure yourselfe I am your trewe frend. You are one I have ever both reverenced and derely loved, and I pray you pray for me that God will blesse me with his grace and fath in Cryste, as I may folowe the example of that godly and noble well lerned man my brother, whoe mayd the godlyeste end that ever man dyd, with the notablest protestatyon of his fath in Jesue Cryste, to whose '^ Edward Manners, Earl of Rutland, who died in the beginning of the fol- lowing year. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 75 costody I leve you, with my herty comendacions to your godly wyfe. At my house by Ivy brydge, this 4'*' of Maye. Your fast frende in Cryste, and faithfull, whyles I lyve in the world, Jhon Rutland.^^ Comend me to my Lord of Huntingdon, and my good ver- tuose Lady, that is a most honourable woman. To my good gostly fatlier the Dane of York, at Thornton. (Entirely in the hand-writing of the Earl.) LETTER XXIIL J. MANNERS, EARLE OF RUTLAND, TO MR. DEANE OF YORKE. Aug. 29, 1587. (878.) My good gostly father, I cold not but by this berer salute you and geve you thanks for him, for I perceave by hym howe bownd he is unto you ; but I fynd you alwayes my trewe frend in lovyng those that love me : and assuer your selfe of my love, for you shall ever fynd it to you most assured. And so I leave you to the tuityon of the Lord Jesus, whoe kepe us both in his ifeare. At the Spytell besyd Newarke, this 29"' Auguste, 1587. Your constant frend ever, Jhon Rutland. To my very assured frend M"". Deane of Yorke, at Yorke. (The whole letter in the Earl's own hand.) '^ John Manners, fourth Earl of Rutland of his name, succeeded to the title in the 29th of Elizab. upon the death of his brother Edward, and he himself died in 1587. 76 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER XXIV. >' A MANDAMUS FROM THE QUEANE TO THE DEANE AND CHAP- TER OF YORKE, FOR A LEASE OF THE PARSONAGE OF BYSHOP BURTON TO SIR ED. HASTINGS. 10 June, 1588. Elizabeth R. By the Queeiie. Trusty and welbeloved, we greete you well. Understanding that the parsonage of Bisshoppe Burton in our countie of York, belonging to you, is at this present in leasse for certain yeeres yet unexpired, and being desirous to be gratified at your hand with a leasse of the same to be made unto our self, yet not with- out such composicion unto you to be yeelded as ye shall reason- ably demaunde ; we have bene pleased to write these our own speciall letters unto you heerin, which we doubte not but ye will so regarde as becomith you, and as our expectation is. We doo therfore require yow that, assembling your selves forthwith in Chapter, ye will make a leasse of the abovesaid parsonage, with the appurtenaunces therunto belonging, as the same are now ' holdeii of you, unto our self for xxxj yeeres, to begyn imme- diately after the determination of the yeeres that remayn yet unexpired, reserving to you and your successours the yeerly rents, under the accustomed covenants. And the same leasse in due and sufficient form of lawe made, and confirmid under your common scale, we require you to send unto us by our wel- belovid servant Sir Edward Hastings knight, who we have pur- posely appointed to deale with you heerin, both for a present fyne to be yeelded unto you, and for a covenant allso to be in- sertid in the leasse, that every xxj yeeres tlier shall be given by us and our assigne unto you and your successours one yeere's rent for a fyne. Your conformities heerunto we will take in very thankfull parte, to be shewed toAvard you as fitt occasion may be therunto ministred. Gyven under our Signett at our Mannor of Grenewich the tenth day of June, 1588, in the thir- tith year of our raigne. Windebank. To our trusty and wclbclovid the Dcanc and Cliaptcr of our Cathedrall Church of York. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 77 LETTER XXV. SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM TO DR. HUTTON, BISHOP OF DURHAM. 18 Nov. 1589. After my hartie commendations to your Lordship. Doctor Dale^^ beyng this last night departed this lyfe, I thought good to gyve your Lordship present advertisement thereof, hecawse the Hospital! of Sherborne therby, as I take it, by vertue of the late Acte of parlament^*^ is fallen to your gyfte ; which I wishe be- stowed by you uppon a learned preacher and good man, that may by doctrine and hospitalitie do good in those parts.^^ And so I committ your Lordship to God. From the Court, this xviij**" of November, 1589. Your Lordship's assured loving friend, Fra : Walsingham. The Bushoppe of Duresme. To my verie good Lord and frend the Bushopp of Duresme. (The signature an autograph.) LETTER XXVI. LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORD OF DURESME. Aug. 21, 1590. (557.) After my vearie hartie comraendacions to your Lordship. I have received your Lordship's lettre, whearebie youe move mee to graunt to your dawghter, the widowe of M"". D. Slater, one '* For an account of Dr. Valentine Dale, see Hutchinson's Durham, i. 594 ; and Surtees, vol. i. '6 27 Eliz. 1584, cap. 15. ^^ Bishop Hutton conferred the appointment upon his nephew Robert Hut- ton, tutor, and a senior Fellow of Trinity Coll. Camh., who exchanged the preferment with Dr. Bellamy, prebendary of Durham. That the Bishop in- curred the Queen's displeasure by thus disposing of the Hospital, appears from a letter addressed by him to the Lord Treasurer on the 30th of March 1590, printed by Strype, Annals, iv. p. 15. 78 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. of the Prebendaries of the churche of Yorke, latehe decessed, the wardshippe of hir child, with the custodie of the land, and patronage of the rectorie of Bainton, which it semeth he had pur- chased, whearein I shall be verie well contented to pleisure jonr Lordship ; althowgh theire hath been suite made unto mee both by M^ Osborne of the eschecquer for the said personage for Archdeacon Remington, a man verie well lerned as he informeth mee, and whoe hath also married another of your dawghters ; and the like suite hath been made to mee heare by the Deane of Yorke, whoe offreth for the same to resyne a benefice he hath in this parte in the southe ; and yet nevertheles the same shall be soe disposed as your Lordship shall require. And so I verye hartelie commend mee to your Lordship. From the Cort, this xxi^' of August, 1590. Your Lordship's verie lovinge frend, W. BURGHLEY. To the Reverend Father in God, my vearie good Lord the Bishop of Durham. (Signature in the hand of Lord Burghley. Wafer, Seal of arms, with motto of the Garter.) LETTER XXVIL SIR ROB. CECYLL TO MY LORD's GRACE OF YORKE. September 1, 1590. (560.) May it please your Grace : Althoughe, when I dyd wryte my letters unto you in favour of M^ Fant, I labored not to presse your Grace with any ernestnes of wordes, because her Majestie's letters were so gracyously and effectually wrytten at that tyme, which seemed to be of strengthe sufficient to prevayle in so rea- sonable a matter ; yet, uppon your aunsweare, and viewe of that which hath synce fallen out in the prosecution of his sute with my cosen Stanhoppe, (by whom I am sorry it was his happe to be in that sort crossed,) I have bethought me howe by your Grace's meanes, bothe my cosen may retayne the hold he bathe already, as you ernestly desyre he should, and the gentleman lyke- wyse be otherwyse in some reasonable manner satisfyed. And CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 79 that is, that it would please your Grace to fyncle out some other lease belonging to that sea, Avherein you may make him an estate de bene esse, (suehe as it is knowen your Grace may doe,) without any other scruple of conscience, or hinderance to your selfe ; so it be a thing that may in some good measure be answerable to his former expectancy, which nowe he will thereuppon be content to relinquishe. For your Grace may very well conceave, that her Majestic, by the great ernestnes and charge that her lettres caryed, had a most gratyous meaninge towards hym for the eifecting of his desyre ; which albeit it may in the particuler receave some stoppe, (and the rather in that place where it dyd,) yet would I be loth she should understand that her lettres dyd ether become frustrate, or not receave such entertainment at your Grace's hands as they do well deserve, and the present oc- casyon requyreth. I doe therefore pray your Grace to conferre with my cosen, to th' end something may be eftected agreable to that her Majestic intended towards hym ; whether it be by graunt of a lease, or some porcyon of money to be raysed uppon some tennants that seeke to have their estates renewed, (in which kynde it seemethe your Grace had a purpose to gyve him contentment,) so that the sayd somme may recompence in a good proporcyon the losse of his former hope; which, being of a thino- partly in his owne possessyon, was therefore so well grounded, as in regarde thereof, and also of the great meanes he hath used, together with his charge and travayle therein, deserveth suche good respect and consideracion as may be any wayes expected from your Grace, who have ever shewed your selfe most willino- to accomplish her INIajestie's demaunds when they have ben nether so ernestly written, nor in a more reasonable cause then this, wherin her gracyous desposycion should not so lightly be passed over. And so, hoping to receave your comfortable aunsweare, which is expected, I commend your Grace to God's protecion. From the Cort at Oateland's, the first of Sept. 1600. Your Grace's very loving and assured friend, Ro. Cecyll. To the most reverent Father in God, my very good Lordo the Lord Archbishop of Yorke's Grace, one of the Counscll established in the nortli parte. (Signature in the hand-writing of CccylL Large oval armorial seal, \n wafer, containing six quarterings.) 80 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC LETTER XXVIII. DR, TOBIE MATTHEW, DEAN OF DURHAM, TO DR. HUTTON, BISHOP OF DURHAM. 2 Jan. 1590-1. PosTQUAM pro officii mei ratione, sub hoc anno vertente, mittere tibi libuit (Pr;iesul amplissime) expressam effigiem D. Joannis Juelli Sarisbuiiensis quondam Episcopi, milii cum multis aliis observandi, turn eo pvsecipue quod sacras manus capiti meo pri- mas et postremas adhibuerit ; non alio sane consilio feci, quam ut quoties eam tabellam serio ac libenter aspiceres, respireres, toties de viro sanctissimo, de scriptore clarissimo, de pastore vigilantis- simo, de Pontifice denique vere reverendo diu multumque cogita- res : cui totus virtutum, literarum, animarum, Antistum (sic) pvffi- sertim nostratium chorus plurimum debet ac defert, qui licet mutus tamen loquitur, licet mortuus tamen vivit : et loquetur, spero, quandiu his in terris Anglicana militabit ecclesia ; vivet autem, scio, seclis innumerabilibus, ut vetus Poeta canit. Nudius vero tertius accepi abs te (ne quid vel benevolentiai tuee, vel benefi- centiee, deesse videretur) pro tabula annulum, pro ligno aurum, pro mortui hominis effigie vivam ipsius mortis imaginem, non hac scriptione solum insignitam, Charltas maneat^ sed hoc etiam carmine illustratam, MatthtEus morti cedet, cedetque Tobias : Sed turn vivemus. Dllige, vive, vale. Eleganter omnia, singula prudenter, uti soles. Nam ut sapientes multa paucis complectunt, sic istud tuum multum me monet, et monet plurimum. Sic igitur apud me. Auro quid in metallis perfectius, in medicinis quid salutarius, in sacris olim quid augustius, quid pondere gravius, tactu laevius, aspectu pulchrius, quid vel ad commoditatem nostram utilius, vel ad voluptatem gratius, vel ad speciem, dignitatem, pompam, splen- didius ? Ut uno verbo dicam, quid est, aut esse potest, in rebus humanis vel natura sua preestantius, vel sestimatione nostra pre- tiosius ? Oujus etsi sacra, sive scelerata, fames mortalia pectora coo-it, ut nihil, ..... eaque re, duro ac diro vocabulo, Mam- mona iniquitatis appellatur ; non eo tamen (si quid ego forte judico) vitiositas ulla ipsi rei insita aut inusta significatur, sed CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 81 eorum potius Midarum et Eucllonum depravata conditio repre- henditur, a quibus virtus post nummos, Deus post divitias, coe- lum post aurum quseri solet. Quod genus liominum est pessimum, vereor etiam ne reproLuin. Deinde mortis representatio, tam clara et perspicua, quanti refert, qua non in aures tantum influit aliquando, sed continuo in oculos incurrit ? Nam ut oculorum sensus est acerrimus, et unus testis oculatus pluris fit quam au- riti decern ; ita segnius irritant animos demissa per aures, quam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus : si philosophis, si poetis, si jurisperitis, adeoque si sacris literis ipsis credimus. Neque enim quicquam facit vehementius aut solidius ad illicitas carnis illece- bras cohibendas ; ad tumidos arrogantiae et superbise flatus reprimendos ; ad inexplebilem illam auri et argenti sitiui restin- guendam ; ad viles et abjectas, addo etiam falsas et fallaces, mundi hujus vanitates floccifaciendas ; denique ad omnes vitiorum fibras extirpandas, omnesque virtutum fruges primo quoque tempore proferendas, quam hsec assidua mortis recordatio. Qua? ut ultima linea rerum esse dicitur, et rerum omnium ducitur maxime terri- bilis, cujus vel ipsa memoria peramara est homini pacem habenti in divitiis suis : ita nobis (Reverende pater) qui non habemus hie manentem civitatem, sed futuram inquirimus ; qui dissolvi cupimus et esse cum Christo, quorum conversatio in coelis est, aut esse certe debet : dici non potest quam jucundam et speciem prse se ferat, et spem exhibeat, brevi fore, ut a peccato ad justitiam, a luctu ad Isetitiam, a tenebris ad lucem, a terris ad coelos, a sceleratorum consortio ad beatas animas et Angelo- rum sedes, per mortem, vita sempiternse januam, transeamus. Necessaria sane et pia commentatio, si modo est ulla, qua una hsec nostra vita tam fugax et fragilis, si tamen vita sit nuncupanda, plane tota continetur. Nunc de amore illo, vel amicitia, quod etiam atque etiam mentio injicitur, si de more hoc facis, recte tu quidem : sin quod opus esse hoc aculeo suspiceris, magnam tu mihi, sed majorem ipse tibi facis injuriam. Etenim quod ad te primum attinet. Quis non amet, colat, veneretur illud tam acre et acutum ingenium, illas literas et linguas tam varias et multi- plices, illam tam multam tamque assiduam lectionem, tam altam et reconditam rerum humauarum divinarumque scientiam, judicium tam sagax et solidum, illam viriiem docendi ac persua- dendi vim, venerabilem illam et reverendam canitiem, postremo (quod tamen non in postremis habendum est) humanitatem et 82 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. comitatem cnm gravitate morum viteeque probitate conjimctam : hoc, inquam, tot ac tanta virtutis pvsesidia et ornamenta quis non amet ? Hsec ego, id est te ipsum, si ex animo et intimis sensibus non amem, ita me Deus amet, amens sim. Quid ? Egone te non diligam hodie, quem admirabar turn cum audivi primum Canta- brigiae, quicum Eboraci ssepiuscule sermones, eosque familiares et fidos, miscui, a quo ssepius literas benevolentise et facetiarum plenas accepi, qui me non solum omni officio sed non vulgari be- neficio aftecit 1 Longe multumque falluntur et fallunt, quicunque sunt, sive Siba, sive Doeg, sive Achitophel, qui hoc inter nos dis- sidium, aut uUam non dico dissentionem, sed dubitationem, vokmt. ^mulantur vos non ben^, imo excludere vos volunt, imo nos, ut illos semulemini. " Res est soliciti plena timoris amor." Fateor : graviter hoc dixit, qui multa leviter. At gravius multo Paulus, et non paulo verius, " Oharitas non est suspitiosa, sed omnia credit, omnia sperat." Oharitas ergo maneat, sed charitas fraternitatis, sed charitas (ut ita dicam) Paternitatis, si non sine ruga et macula in hoc mundo, at sine dolo et fraude in amicitia, quam qui vel perruperit, vel interruperit, turn a constantia, turn a conscientia exciderit necesse est, Non faciam longius. Hoc tantum subji- cio. Contristatus est Petrus, quod Dominus dixerat ei tertio, " Amas me V et respondit ei, " Domine, tu omnia nosti, tu scis quod amem te." Ne graveris, optime Pater, si hsec mihi verba Petri totidem verbis accommodem. Audax est enim amor mens, et magis fortassis, quam tuns est suspicax. Sed sic habeto. Quod me, non dico ter, sed toties amoris admonere voluisti, graviter sane pro eo ac debui molesteque tuli. Domine, etsi non omnia nosti, ut ille ; tu scis tamen, et scies, te amari a me, quantum hominem ab homine fas est. Tuus sum, et secundum Deum totus tuus, idque tuo merito : ne quasso diffidas, ne dubites. Testis mens in coelis est, qui nee fallit, nee fallitur. Vive dill, sed vive Deo ; nam vivere mundo Mortis opus : viva est vivere vita Deo. Vale mi Pater. Dunelm., 2 Jan. 1590. Honori tuo addictissimus Tobias Matth^us. To the Riglit Reverend Father in God, and my verie good Lord, my Lord Bushop of Duresme, at Awkeland. (The whole letter in the Dean's very neat hand-writing. Seal of arms, a lion rampant, resting its paws upon a column.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 83 No. XXIX. COPIA SENTENTItE, &c. THE SENTENCE FOR DILAPIDATIONS BETWYXT THE EXECUTORS OF BYSHOPP BARNES B. OF DURESME AND HYS SUCCESSOR. 9 Dec. 1592. In Dei nomine, Amen. Auditis, visis, et intellectis, ac plenarie discussis, per nos Johannem Gibson legum doctorem, almte curiae consistorialis Ebor. officialem legitime deputatum, meritis et cir- cumstautiis cujusdam causre dilapidationis castrorum, manerio- rum, domorum et sedificiorum ad Episcopatum Duneim. Ebor. provincia?, spectantium et pertinentium, quaa coram nobis in dicta curia inter Reverendum in Christo patrem dominum Mattheum providentia Divina Dunelm. Episcopum partem actricem ex una, et Johannem Barnes Dunelm. diocess. generosum executorem testamenti sen ultimaj voluntatis domini Ricliardi Barnes nu- per Dunelm. Episcopi. defuncti, immediati dicti Episcopi mo- derni in dicta sede sen dicto Episcopatu Dunelm. prsecessoris seu prajdecessoris, coram nobis legitime comparentem et nostrse juris- dictioni se submittentem, partem ream et defendentem ex altera, judicialiter controvertebatur, controvertitur, et adhuc pendet inde- cisa, oblato libello ex parte et per partem dicti Reverendi patris domini Matthai nunc Dunelm. Episcopi antedicti cum scbedula defectuum, decasuum, ruinarum, dilapidationum et con- sumptionum castrorum, maneriorum, domorum et sedificiorum prffidictorum eidem libello annexa, traditisque dicta parti rese co- piis libelli et schedulse pradictaj eodemque libello in dicta causa exhibito sic incipiente. In Dei nomine, Amen. Coram vobis, &:c. Quem libellum quamque schedulam habemus pro hie respective lecta et inserta, liteque ad eundem libellum per dictam partem ream negative contestata, observatisque omnibus et singulis de jure in hac parte observandis, terminoque ad audiendum sententiam nostram diffinitivam in dicta causa ferendam prafatis partibus per nos judicialiter assignato, ac ipso termino adveni- ente, partibusque prsedictis, actrice videlicet per Magistrum Willi- elmum Fothergill, rea vero per Magistrum Edmundum Lyndley, G 2 84 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. notaries piiblicos, eorum respective procuratores, coram nobis loco consistoriali infra ecclesiam cathedralem et metropoliticam beati Petri Ebor. judicialiter pro tribunali publice sedentibns compa- rentibus, ac sententiam per nos ferri et justitiam fieri instanter postulantibus, invocata Spiritus Sancti gratia maturaque delibera- tione prsehabita, de et cum consilio jurisperitorum cum quibus in hac parte communicavimus, de et cum consensu Magistri Johannis Benet legum doctoris, collegse nostri in hac parte, ad sententiffi nostrse diffinitivse in dicta causa ferendre prolationem sic duximus procedendum et de consensu quo supra procedimus in hunc qui sequitur modum : In Dei nomine, Amen. Quia per acta inactitata, deducta, proposita, exhibita, allegata, narrata, probata et con- fessata in causa memorata comperimus luculenter et invenimus dictam partem actricem intentionem suam in dicto suo libello de- ductam et propositam quoad subsequentia sufficienter ftindasse et probasse, nihilque efFectuale ex parte aut per partem dicti Johan- nis Barnes partis rea antedictse quod intentionem partis dicti Re- verendi patris in ea parte elideret sen quomodolibet enervaret allegatum et probatum fuisse et esse, idcirco nos Johannes Gibson legum doctor, officialis antedictus, de et cum consensu Magistri Johannis Benet legum doctoris, college nostri pradicti, dictum Johannem Barnes executorem et partem ream antedic- tam in summam sexaginta quatuor librarum trium solidorum et sex denariorum legalis monet£e Anglise pro minis, defectibus, decasibus et dilapidationibus castrorum, maneriorum, domorum et ffidificiorum ad dictum Episcopatum Dunelm. spectantium et pertinentium parti dicti Reverendi patris solvendam, et in repar- ationem, emendationem, erectionem et meliorationem eorumdem castrorum, maneriorum, domorum et adificiorum pradictorum im- pendendam, distribuendam, et erogandam, necnon eundem Johan- nem Barnes, de et cum consensu pra^fati Magistri Johannis Benet legum doctoris antedicti, in expensis per partem dicti Reverendi patris in hac parte factis et legitime fiendis condemnamus ac ad solutionera eorumdem praemissorum ecclesiastice cogendum et compellendum fore decernimus per banc nostram sententiam diffi- nitivam sive hoc nostrum finale decretum, quam sive quod ferimus et promulgamus in hiis scriptis. Taxationem vero hujusmodi expensarum nobis seu alii judici in hac parte competenti cuicun- que reservantes et reservamus etiam in hiis scriptis. Lecta fuit hsec sententia nono Decembris, 1592. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 85 LETTER XXX. LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORD OF DURESME. June 15, 1593. (556.) My Lord, — Whereas my friende M^ Atye sendeth nowe to you aboute some busynes of his owne with your Lordship, I hartelie praye your Lordship to she we him all reasonable favour as to one serving hir Majestie under me, and to whome I wishe verie well : I will thancke you for it. And so, with my righte hartie commendacions, I bid your Lordship farewell. Att Lon- don, the 15* of June, 1593. Your Lordship's assured lovyng frend, W. BuRGHLEY. To the right Reverende Father in God, my very good Lord, the Lord Bishop of Duresnie. (The signature and three preceding words, with part of the fourth, are in Lord Burghley's own hand.) LETTER XXXL PEARSIE THE EARLE OF NORTHUMBERLAND TO MY LORd's GRACE OF YORKE. Maie 12, 1594. (562.) First with thanks to your Lordship for your favorable pro- cedings and fnrtherance in my causes, I must yeeld thankes, and rest to doe your Lordship any kindenes is in my power. Secondely, I doe entreat your Lordship, where as their is a cause depending between my Auditor and Sampson Ingleby to be hard before you, that you will suspend the proceding their in, since I have taken order in the same, and mind to redresse the wrong where it is offered. The cause is a perticular of myne own, where I must confesse my meaning to hold in the one, and the not soe exact dealing in the other that had my trust 86 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. imponed uppon him. Soe, with my best wishes to your Lord- ship, I rest At your disposition to use, Northumberland. Pctworth, this 12 May. (The whole in the Earl's own hand. Fragments of seal in wax with the crescent of Percy.) LETTER XXXn. SIR ROB. CECYLL TO MY LORD OF DURESME. October 13, 1594. (555.) My good Lorde, I have understoode by your lettre with what willingnes your Lordship hath bestowed on me the righte you have in the wardeshipp of one Buckle, wherin your Lord- ship writeth lykewyse to me to nominate some such personne in whose name I wouki have the same to passe. For the first I doe returne your Lordship my very hartie thankes, assuring you, that in any occasion ofFred me I will make requittall therof towards your Lordship or any of yours ; and for the other matter, because there is some lykelihood that he may be found lykewise a warde to the Queene by the tenure of some lands hereabout, I have procured a graunt of her Majesty's tytle if there be any suche proved. And nowe, to the intent I mought receave from your Lordship such a graunt as may be of validitie unto me, I am desirous to have the deed made by the advise of some of my councell, and therfore doe most hartely pray your Lord- ship to send me up a copie of the inquisicion taken in that .contrye, wherby suche particularites may be knowen here as shalbe fytt to be inserted into the graunt ; which course I knowe shalbe to your Lordship all one (seing you meane to give) ; that the gifte may be so framed as may not be subject to questyon hereafter : and for the more expedicion hereof I j^ray your Lord- ship that it may be sent up by some of the ordynary posts that runne betwene Duresme and the Court. It is very true that I am fullie. persuaded that there wilbe a title found for the Queene, wherin (althouglie it so fallinge out) your Lordship's graunt CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 87 shall not be needfull ; yet shall my thankes be as due unto you, and my readynes to requytt the same in any thinge wherin I may have occasion. And so I commend your Lordship to God's favourable proteccion. From my house in the Strand, the xiij"" of Octobre, 1594. Your Lordship'^s very loving and assured friende, Ro : Cecyll. To the Reverend Father in God, my very good Lorde, the Lorde Bushopp of Duresme. (Seal wanting. The signature in Cecill's own hand.) LETTER XXXIIL A LETTER FROM ARCHBISHOP WHITGIFT TO BISHOP HUTTON, UPON HIS INTENDED TRANSLATION TO YORK. 4 Nov. 1594. Salutem in Christo ! I dowte not but that your Lordship understandeth of her Majestie's disposition to remove you to Yorke. I have signifyed to her Highnesse that you are better, in respect of living, now where you are placed, and that I thowght you wold be lothe to remove. She answered that you shal remove, and that you are well able to here the charges thereof: so that you must prepare yourself thereto, if this re- solution hold, as I think it will. I wold not have written to you of this matter until yt had bene fullie concluded, but for the im- portunitie of your man. And so, with my verie hartie commen- dations, I commit you to the tuition of Almyghtie God. From Lamb, the 4 of Novemb. 1594. Your Lordship's loving brother and frend, Jo : Cantuak. To the Right Reverend in Clu-iste my verie good Lord and brother, the Bishop of Durham. (In the hand of the Archbishop.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER XXXIV. WHYTGYFT, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, TO THE BISHOP OF DURHAM. 2 Dec. 1594. Salutem in Ciiristo ! Yesterday, beeng the first of this monethe, her Majestie in the pra?sens of all her eounsell did nominate such as are to be placed in the bishoppricks voyde and to be voyde : as namelie your self to York ; D^ Matthew to Durham ; the bishop of Wigoin to London ; and M^ Day, dene of Windsor, to Wigorne. The bishop of Lincolne to Win- ton ; the bishop of Chester to Lincolne ; the bishop of Bangor to Chester ; and one D^ Vaughan, an honest and learned man, to Bangor. M^ Redman, archdeacon of Canterbury, to Norwich ; the bishop of Landafe to Exitor. God be thangked, as good a choyse as can be desyered. There ys order gyvne for the con- secration, and therefore your Lordship shal do well to send upp some to followe your businesse here. And I am glad that there ys so good a cause to bring you hether so sone. Vale in Christo ! Frome Lamb, the 2 of Decemb. 1594. Your Lordship's loving frend and brother, Jo : Cantuar. To the Reverend Fatlier in God, my verie good Lord and brother, the Bishop of Dvuham. (The whole in the Archbishop's own hand. Seal of arms.) LETTER XXXV. PUCKERING, LORD KEEPER, TO MY LORD OF DURESME. December 2, 1594. (566.) My very good Lord, Understanding her Majestie's gracious resolution towards your Lordship to call you to the see of York, wherof I am verie hartily gladd, as well in respect of your woor- thynesse, as for the affection I bear unto your Lordship, I am therby occasioned to make a request unto you concerning this CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 89 house wheriii I now dwell, belonging to that see : which as the Archbisshop that first purchased it did (in respect of the conve- nient situacion therof for the service of the common weale) purposely destine (as I have credibly heard reported upon his owne speech to the late Lord Keeper) for a dwelling house for thoes that shuld have the charge of the great scale, which might likely happen often unto his successors in that see ; so the same having hitherto ben accordinglie employed, and enjoyed for the most parte by my predecessors, I am to desier the like favor therin at your Lordship's hands as they have ever hitherto re- ceyved at the hands of the former Archbishops. Neither doe I so desier to hold it of your Lordship as a badd tennant (which I have not hitherto ben, for I have in this litle time bestowed above 200^. in reparacions about the house) ; but either to have it by leasse for some certein terme at a reasonable rent, as the late Lord Keeper had it, or otherwise by promis from your Lordship to enjoy it for your time, mainteyning the house in due reparations, and furnishing you with a convenient house for your own use when you shall have occasion to be here at London, whether of the two your Lordship shall best like. There is one M^ Sands that pretendeth an interest in a great parte of the house, and in the keeping of the whole house in th' absence of the Archbisshop, with a fee therunto belonging, by patent from the late Arch- bisshop of that name, which he hath hertofore offered unto me ; but I have hitherto refused to deale with him for it, esteeming that your Lordship (having no great use of it in respect of your con- tynuall residence in that province) will think it as fitt for me to use as for another man to keep, and therfore desyring to have it rather by your Lordship than by any such interest. If I may obteyne this curtesy at your hands, I shall account myself much beholding to your lordship for it, and endevor to requite it as I may. Wherin desyring your full and speedy answer, that I may therby be resolved whether to be herin satisfied by your Lordship, or otherwise to use such fiirther means as I may to her Majesty, I commend me unto you most hartily, and your Lordship to the gracious government of the Almightie. From York house, this second of December, 1594. Your Lordship''s assured fi-end, Jo : PuCKERINGE. To my voiic good Lord the Lord Bisliopj)C of Duresuic. 90 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER XXXVI. CARIE LORD HUNSDON TO MY LORD's GRACE OF YORKE. December 2, 1594. (554.) My verie good Lorde, I have thought good to advertise you, that yestarday in the afternoone, being the first of this monthe, her Majesty made a full conclusion and resolution of such Bishoppes as shee doth intend to make and to remove ; whereof she hath appoyncted to remove your Lordship from wher you are to Yorke, and such others whoes names I doe send your Lordship heereunder wrytten. And so, being verie glad of your Lordship"'s preferment, I commyt you to the Almightie. Somersett howse, this ij* of December, 1594. Your Lordship's loving ffrynd, H. HuNSDON. To the Right Reverent fFather in God, my verie good Lord the Bishoppe of Duresme. (The signature in the Lord Hunsdon's own hand.) Theis 5 are presently to have Conge d'eslire : The Bishop of Duresme to York. The Bishop of Worcester to London. The Bishop of Lyncolne to Wyn Chester. The Bishop of Landaff to Exceter. Mr. Eedman, Archdeacon of Canterbury, to Norwich. For theis nothing can be done tyll the other be chosen and consecrated. The Bishop of Chester to Lyncolne. The Bishop of Bangor to Chester. Mr. Daye, Deane of Wyndsor, to Worcester. Doctor Mathew, Deane of Durham, to Durham. Doctor Vaughan to Bangor. Doctor James to the Deanrie of Durham. Doctor Bilson to the Deanrie of Wyndsor. Doctor Lillie, or ) to the Deanrie of Christ Church in Doctor Eedes f Oxou. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 91 LETTER XXXVII. DR. TOBIE MATTHEW, DEAN OF DURHAM, TO DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, BISHOP OF DURHAM. 6 Dec. 1594. My boundeu dutie humbly and heartily remembred to your good Lordship, with manie lyk thanks for my last and best in- tertainment, beyond the expectation of some that would needes make me beleve otherwise then nowe I see and fynde that there was cause. But I send your Lordship in liewe thereof (having not of myne owne to requite your Lordship's great favor there- in) these included from your Lordship''s verie good Lord and myne, the Lord Chamberlaine, and therwitlmll the predominant prelacie of this province. God geve your Lordship longe and muche prosperitie therein, and make me worthie to be your suc- cessor here in tyme, which his Lordship signifieth unto me to be her Majestie's pleasure also.^^ Wherein if it please God to place me, your Lordship shall have as obedient and faithfull a succes- sor as any whatsoever could have been nominated therunto ; whiche tyme, the mother of truth, shall prove. I have hitherto silenced this present busines both your Lordship's and myne, for that I knowe not whether your Lordship will have it knowen as yet. Thus, humbly desyring the continuance of your Lordship's good opinion and favor, I betake your Lordship to the grace of God, who reward our most gratious soveraigne and many many yeres preserve her Majestic ! At Duresme, 6 December, 1594. In haste as is required. Your Lordship's humble and assured at commandement, ToBiE Matthew. My humble commendacions to good M'"^ Hutton. To the Right Reverend Father in God, and my verie good Lord, my Lord Bushopp of Duresme at Awkeland, with spede. (The whole letter in the Dean's own hand. Perfect Seal of arms in wax, quarterly, a lion rampant and three chevrons.) 1* The writer became Bishop Hutton's successor in the see of Durham, and eventually succeeded him in the Archbishoprick of York. 92 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER XXXVIII. PART OF TWO LETTERS OF THE BISHOP OF DURHAM TO THE LORD TRKASURER IN BEHALF OF THE LADY MARGARET NEVYL, DAUGHTER TO THE UNFORTUNATE EARL OF WEST- MERLAND. 11 Dec. 1594. I SENT up in the beginning of the term to sue for the pardon of the Lady Margaret Nevyl, taken in company with Boast the seminary priest. She lamenteth with tears that she had offended God and her Sovereign, and she is wholly reclaimed from Popery. D^ Aubrey hath had her pardon drawn since the beginning of the term. If it come not quickly, I fear she will die with sorrow. It were very honourable for your good Lordship to take the care of a most distressed maiden, who descends, as your Lordship knoweth, of great nobility in the house of Norfolk, the house of Westmerland, and the house of Rutland, in memory of men, and was but a child of five years old when her unfortunate father did enter into the rebellion ; and now she is a condemned person, having not one penny by year to live upon since the death of her mother, who gave her 33^. 6s. 8(1. a year. It were well that her Majesty were informed of her miserable state. She is virtu- ously given, humble, modest, and of very good behaviour. From Aukland, the xi. of Decemb. 1594.^^ LETTER XXXIX. DR. TOBIE MATTHEW, DEAN OF DURHAM, TO DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, BISHOP OF DURHAM. 31 Dec. 1594. My verie honorable good Lord and father, Being glad to heare that your Lordship is liable so strongly to wreastle with your coulde, I have presumed to present this booke of figures to your '^ From Strype's Annals, vol. iv. p. 198. ^ ! ,^^.1^. ^.^.^-^J^/-.^^.-. j^y^r^ CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 93 Lordship, fitt for jour eies to passe awaie the tyme, while you have better healthe to reade greater maters, but yet not of greater persons. Your Lordship's letters I take in dutifiill and thankefull parte, and according to my bounden dutie doe and will ever (whether you think good to remove or abyde) wisshe your Lordship and good M'^\ Hutton the renewing of many happie yeares, everie one more happie then other, to the pleasure of Almightie God, that Ancient of dales, and to the comfort of all that depend upon you here and elsewhere. Thus humbly for this present taking leave of your Lordship. At Duresme, ult. Decemb. 1594. Your reverend Lordship's most humble in Christ, ToBiE Matthew. To the Right Reverend Father in God, and my verie good Lord, my Lord Bushop of Dm-esme, at Awkland. (The whole letter in the Dean's hand-writing.) LETTER XL. SIR ROBERT CECYLL AND SIR JO. WOLLEY, ETC. PER POST T(J MY LORD OF DURESME. 17° Januar. 1594-5. (553.) Received 24 Januarii prsedict. Our verie good Lord, Wee have receaved fi-om you a letter of the xxix"' of December, in aunswere of ours written by her Ma- jestie's direction ; wherein althoughe wee finde a course much contrarie to our expectacion, yet are wee of opinion that uppon better advise you will not be unwilling to chaunge your former opinion, espetiallie if wee (as your friendes) doe both open unto you wherein you are mistaken, and give you caution what maie ensue if in such a case as this (where the Queene is interposed) you ground your proceedings uppon a false foundacion. First, where you alleage that the late Archbushop's daies were short- ened by his being pressed in the lease off Martin Pryorie, wee cannot but lett yow knowe, that, if anie such informacion have ben given yow, it hath ben derived from some lewde spirit, and 94 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. that wee have reasone to believe, the rather because wee knowe, there was one belongyng to the late Arehbushoppe who practised (for his particuler) the impeaching of this graunt, if he (lyke a man of gravitie and judgement) had not considered what was fitt for a man so bound to doe in a case (by his Soveraigne) so ernestlie recommended. And where it seemeth by your man's reporte that yow thincke it mought be simonious in theise cases to j)asse any suche promisses to the Queene, as though yow bar- gained for the Bushoprike, wee thincke it very absurde to make the jiersonne of a prince and a subject auie thing lyke ; for he that can least distinguishe cannot but see also that the case is whollie changed when a Bushop is a suter for a Bushopricke by anie subjecte's mediacion, or takes a lyving upon condicion, and where a prince, that gives all, requires for some consideration but somewhat of him on whom (out of her owne free grace) shea is contented the whole shalbe conferred. To conclude : your Lordship shall do well to advise yourselfe of some better reasone if yow determyne to make denyall ; for as nether her Majestic will require of yow anie thing unjust, nether wee wilbe wanting to yow in anie thing wherein wee male safelie excuse yow, so wee cannot but admonishe yow that theese nyceties will hardlie be admitted where suche a prince vouchsafes to intreate ; and ther- fore, whatsoever yow are purposed, it wilbe verie good for yow to take verie greate heede of delivering anie suche report uj^pon anie single or partiall informacion, as thoughe her Majestie''s requests had hastened the end of such a Reverend Father, of whom in his liefe her Majestic made so great estimacion. And if yow find by this anie cause to change your former answere (even for your owne good), then send us up your mynde as yow meane wee shall declare it ; our love and care being suche of yow as wee have not thought it amisse to give yow this counsell, which proceeds from your friends, and ought accordinglie to be excepted. Wee have said somewhat to your man also, wherein yow shall perceave that wee have as great care of avoiding anie imputacion uppon yow as yourselfe can desire. Wee praie your aunswere with speed, and so wee commend yow to God's protec- tion. From the Corte at Grenewich, the xvii*'' of Januarie, 1594. Your Lordship's verie loving frends, Ro. OeCYLL. J. WoLLEY. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 95 It will not be amysse for yow to looke uppon this note, wherby yow maie call somewhat in minde done by yourselfe. To the Right Reverend Father in God, our verie good Lorde, the Lord Bushop of Duresme. LETTER XLI. DR. TOBIE MATTHEW TO DR. MATTHEW HUTTON, BISHOP OF DURHAM. 29 Jan. 1594-5. My bounden dutie and thankfulnes remembred to your good Lordship. I receaved yesterdaie from my Lord Lieutenant these enclosed from M\ Dethick by poste, wherwith I thought meete to acquaint your Lordship, that yow maie therby partely per- ceave how thinges goe and come. My brother D. wanteth good advise in myne opinion. For myne owne parte, I must and doe referre my selfe wholely to the divine providence of God, to her Majestie's gratious favor, still continewed for ought I can learne, and to your Lordship's good furtherance as tyme and occasion shall serve, which I humbly desyre and will unfainedly seeke to deserve alwaies. Your Lordship is godlie wise ; you will doe nothing but what you maie doe with a good conscience and with honorable credit. What that is no man can judge of better then your self, having therunto all the helpes that maie be. Sed noli Justus esse nimium : yet I knowe also what followeth. Your Lordship, I presume, will geve me leave — " Si bene quid facias, facias cito : nam cito factum Gratum erit, ingratum gratia tarda facit." God loveth, and so doe princes, a cherefuU gever. Noli perdere substantiam propter accidens. Thinges be not as they be, but as they be taken. Okie frendes loke to be used after the olde fasshion. Newe frendes are not like the olde, neither so Avell knowen, nor so easily kept, nor so assuredly to be trusted, if and when a man hath or maie nede them. Sy. Comyn, my man, is about the churche's affayres to goe toward London upon 96 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Frydaie next. If your Lordship have any letters or busines that he can doe, I dare undertake he shall doe it carefully and faithfully. Thus, humbly craving pardon if I have exceeded, and hoping your Lordship will impute it rather to the plainnesse of my heart toward you then to any presumption, I wisslie your Lordship longe to live and prosper, to God's glorie, and comfort of all this province. At Duresme, 29 Jan. 1594. Your Lordship^s most humble assured alwaies, ToBiE Matthew. To the Right Honorable and Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Bushop of Duresme, my verie good Lord, at Awkeland. (Seal of arms.) LETTER XLIL PART OF THE BTSHOP's SECOND LETTER, WRIT FEBRUARY FOL- LOWING, WHEN THE BISHOP WAS REMOVING TO YORK."" Fkb. 1594-5. Now, because I am presently to leave this country, I am bold still to recommend unto your good Lordship the pitiful state of the Lady Margaret Nevyl, daughter to the unfortunate Earl of Westmerland, prisoner in my house, and condemned to die for being in company with Boast the seminary priest. She is wholly reformed in religion. She sore lamenteth with tears that she hath oftended so gracious a Sovereign and her laws. It is an honourable deed, in my opinion, beseeming your Lordship, with favour, to prefer her humble suit unto her Majesty. Your Lord- ship knoAt^eth that she is descended of divers noble houses in the memory of man ; of the house of Buckingham, Norfolk, West- merland, and Rutland. And now behold the instability of all human things ! Two of them are utterly overthrown ; only one standeth unspotted ; and she herself, a poor maid, condemned to die. I do assure myself, that, if her Highness were truly in- formed of her lamentable state and true repentance, she would -" From Strype's Annals, iv. p. 199. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 9/ take pity and compassion on her, and so make known unto the world that she maketh a difference between her and her two obstinate sisters. She hath confessed unto me, and I verily believe it to be true, that partly want did cause her to wade to woe. For whereas the great offence of her father, her Highness most graciously allowed unto her mother 300^. a year for herself and her three children, whereof 33^. 6s. 8d. was by M'. Clopton, her Majesty's Receiver here, paid unto her yearly ; so it is, that since the death of her mother, and somewhat before, the same annuity was not paid unto her. By occasion whereof she fell to converse with the Papists for relief first, and so little by little did forsake both her religion to God and her loyalty to her Sovereign ; for both the which she is heartily sorry, and most humbly craveth one drop of her Majesty's mercy. I have writ unto M^ Roger Manners, her great-uncle, to com- mend her humble suit unto your good Lordship. Thus, beseech- ing God to bless your Lordship with his manifold graces that you may yet long continue a most Avise and faithful counsellor unto so gracious a Sovereign, I humbly take my leave. Your Lordship's bounden in Christ, Matth. Dunelm. LETTER XLIIL THE HUMBLE SUBMISSION OF MARGARET NEVYL TO THE QUEEN's MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, ENCLOSED IN THE FORMER LETTER.^^ 14 Feb. 1594-5. Most humbly, with tears, beseecheth your Highness, your ]\Iajesty's most desolate, jioor subject, Margaret Nevyl, one of the daughters of the imfortunate late Earl of Westmerland, to take princely pity upon my lamentable estate. With great grief I do confess, most gracious Sovereign, that sithence the death of my dear mother, having no part of that allowance which it pleased her Majesty graciously to bestow upon me, nor any other maintenance, I was even forced by reason of great want to receive relief of Papists, by whose subtilty my needy simplicity was allured from mine obedience and loyalty to their superstition and errors ; and so, being drawn into the " Strype, p. 200 ; but see Sir C. Sharp's Memorials of the Rebellion in 1569, p. 31.3. H 98 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. company of a seminary priest, I was condemned at tlie assizes the last summer. Being destitute of help, it pleased the good Bisho]) of Duresme, at the motion of my Lord Treasurer and the judges, to take me into his house, where he only hath and doth yet wholly relieve, and hy his godly and sound earnest instructions he hath, I most humbly praise God, fully reformed me in religion ; which by God's grace I shall, with all obedience unto your Highness, constantly profess while I live. And now, alas ! this pitiful Bishop, my only help, is very shortly to leave this country, and I know not how or where to be relieved. I commend my case and woful state unto God and your Majesty; most humbly beseeching your Highness, of your princely and most gracious wonted compassion, to be merciful unto me, a most distressed poor maiden, and to vouchsafe me your most comfortable pardon for my life, and somewhat also for my relief; which if I still want, my life will be no life, but only misery. So shall the enemies of true religion have no cause to rejoyce at my woe ; the repenting converts, by my example, will be com- forted ; and I, as most bound, shall never cease with them to pray for your Majesty"'s most happy reign in all wished felicity, and long to endure. Your Majesty's most woful poor prisoner, Margarett Nevyl, Feb. 14, 1594. LETTER XLIV. HENRY LORD IIOWARDE TO MY LORD OF DURESME. Feb. 20, 1594-5. (869.) I HAVE SO often understood of your Lordship's kinde and favorable enclinacione towarde me, that, without confession of a secrete trespasse in myne owne inwarde thought, I can not for- beare to showe some signe of thankefulnesse. I ever honorid your learninge, whereof I was a witnesse in my tender yeares ; and nowe I love unfainedlie that milde and temperat disposition which manie recommende that speake of your dealinges without partiality, for luippie is that province which is subjecte to a pas- tore no lesse pitifull by natur then profound in understandinge. Amonge other curtesies which touch my selfe, I can not forget your honorable, or rather fatherly, dealinge toward my poore CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 99 neece'^^ who maie the more easihe be inducid to offend e uppon excesse in zeale, byeause she wantes the salte of knowledge that shonld seasone it. As thear is great canse whie I should yeald manje thankes to your Lordship for your favore in that, so have I wretten to hir selfe also to moderate hir earnest affection with so discreete regarde as hir frendes, without their owne danger ore discredit, may be able at all tymes to pleasure hir. I knowe manie of your Lordship's disposicion that is unwilHnge to breake anie twigge that will be bente ; which notwithstandinge, for de- faulte of wisdome and discretion in the parties whom theie wolde have favorid, have bene enforcid to beare a harder hande then by theire willes theie wolde have don. I doo assure my selfe my neece is none of theas ; and, that she maie be none, my naturall advise and care shall never wante, of which it is one fi-ute to recomende hir to your fatherly protection. Hir disposition is milde, hir actiones honorable, hir minde harmeless ; and therfor, if your Lordship finde in hir affection aliquid quod redundet, I doute not but it will be qualefied by curtesie, and brought in tune by more experience. I knowe not wheare she shoulde finde a better guide in hir course then my selfe, who have so often passid the straightes by the compasse of integrity. I wolde have writ- ten thankes to your Lordship before this time, but that I thought it scante good manner to sende salutaciones out of ane enfectid howse ; but nowe that tyme hath thoroughly refinid me from base alayes of harde conceites, and experience hath taught that your Lordship's kinde opinion is not variable accordinge to the sea- sones of my uncertaine state, I am the bolder to drawe you for a while by theas posting lynes from your seriouse affayres ; remayn- inge ever, as your Lordship hath bounde me by your honorable dealinge, at your commaundement. Your favore to my poore neece shall be ane encrease of my devotion to your selfe. And so, with most kinde wishes of all happiuesse to your Lordship, as to my selfe, I take my leave, this 20 of February e. Your Lordship's assured frend to his power, H. Howard. To the Reverende Father in God, my vcrie good Lord, the Bishoppe of Duresme. (The whole letter apparently in Lord Howard's own hand, which is of great regularity and beauty. Seal wanting.) ^ The Lady Margaret Neville above mentioned, H 2 100 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER XLV. MATHEW BUTTON, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, TO THE LORD TREASURER, IN BEHALF OF THE LADY MARGARET NEVIL, RECLAIMED FROM POPERY.^^ 10 Ap. 1595. My honourable and very good Lord, Yesterday in the afternoon I was at your Lordship's lodging- in Court, to have seen and certified your Honour (but that you were then sitting in Council) that I had been with her most excellent Majesty, making petition for the poor distressed lady, Margaret Nevyl, shewing her pitiful estate ; that she is wholly reformed in religion, most peni- tent for her offence, and most humbly with tears beseech- eth her Highness' most gracious pardon for her life, with some- what for her living. It pleased her Highness to vouchsafe me a gracious speech, saying she would have consideration of the petition. Now I am very heartily to recommend her la- mentable case unto your honourable and favourable consideration, that your Lordship would vouchsafe to be a special good means for this poor condemned madam, whom many godly men do greatly pity, and I have been willing to my power to help. Your good Lordship, in my opinion, may do a godly deed, and make many of her honourable and good friends bound to your Lordship in her behalf. And truly, my good Lord, as I thank God I was a means to do good to her soul, (whose ex- ample may happily do good to others,) so I would be right glad it would please her Majesty to shew to the world that she put- teth great difference between her that is dutiful, and her two sisters that continue obstinate. Thus, sorry that I have been so troublesome to your Lordship in this matter, I commend your Honour to the blessed direction of the Almighty. From Clianon Row, this 10th of April, 1595. Your good Lordship's in Christ most assured, Matth. Ebor, 23 Strype, p. 253. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 101 LETTER XLVI. SIR ROB. CECYLL TO MY LORd's GRACE OF YORKE. 16 April, 1595. (546.) May it please your Grace. Becawse I kiioe it was and shalbe her Majestie's honour to grace so reverent a prelate as your Grace is, especially in such a case as this, I have thoght good to use my best oportunity to remember to her Majesty the pardon for the Lady Nevyll, by whose example as others I hope may be induced to shew the like conformity, so will this her Majestie's lenity stopp the liing tongs of them that wold insinuate by lybells and raylings that her Majestie's mercy is to seldome shewed ; whereof, God be thanked, no kingdome hath under any of God's ministers ever tasted so many good fruicts : and therfore, seing I knew it wold be expected that you shold bring it with you as God's instrument of this woork, I was glad to finish it so as you might be assured to affirme that it was don, and therfore have I thoght it not amiss by these presents to assure your Grace that this very houre her Majesty hath signed it unto me ; and, but that I do knoe it must pass the scales, I wold have sent it after you with this. I have therfore sent it to M"". Roger Manners, who I think wyll cawse it to be followed. If you wyll have it otherwise, your Grace may wryte back ; and to whom you wyll have it comitted over, it shalbe. Her Majesty hath also promised a pension of 40'' a-yeare, which I will also see finished. And thus, in hast, I wash your Grace a good journey, and remaine your loving poor fi-eend assuredly, Ro. Cecyll. I have receaved a lettre from your Grace concerning my bro- ther Brook. For her Majesty's affaires. To the most Reverend fFather in God, my very good Lord, the Lord Archbushop of Yorke, his Grace Metrapolitane of England. Hast, post hast, hast, hast, hast ! At Whitehall, 16 April, at past 7 at night. Ro, Cecyll. (Seal of arms quarterly. The letter in Cecill's own hand.) 102 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. No. XLVII. REASONS FOR JUSTIFICATION OF THE NOW LORD ARCHBISSHOP's TITLE AND CLAIME TO ALL PROFITTE OF THE SPIRITUALI- TIES GROWNE IN TYME OF VACATION OF THE SEE OF YORKE, BY DEATH OF LORD ARCHBISHOPE SANDS. 1. First, her Majestie*'s common ecclesiasticall law of the Church of Ingland, confirmed by statute, plainely and preciselie ordayneth that the profitte of everie cathedrall church cumminge in tyme of vacacion therof shall be faithfullye receved and restored by gardians of spiritualities to the next succedinge prelate. 2. The same law farther disanulleth and utterly voydeth all manner privileges and customes makinge for the chapter's pre- tensed title and claime therto, and expresly ordereth that it shall not have or divide such j)rofitte to their owne uses, under paines of suspension ah officio et heneficUs untill they have fully restored the same by them received, upon their reasonable ex- penses first allowed ; otherwise, terminge the chapter's detencion and occupacion therof by the name of thefte, dissipacion, and dilapidacion. 3. The predecessors of the now Lord Archbishoije have (in liklywhood) continually from tyme to tyme made some claime to the said vacacion, and have had accompt and profitte thereof accordingely, as partly appeareth by some of their records yet remayninge to be seene ; [1.] as, namely, Wm. Grenefield livinge heare, prelate nexte before and after Clemens V., (cheife declarer and confirmer of the former law made for this purpose,) directed a solempne monicion to the chapter for their due re- storinge to his use the profitts of the next precedent vacacion by them receyved, under paynes aforesaid. [2.] The verie like alsoe did his nexte successor, Wm. Melton, who was canon residenciarie of York in tyme of his said predecessor and vaca- cion. [S.] Wm. Zouch then immediatelie succedinge him, and beinge Deane of York in his said next predecessor's prelacie and vacacion therupon ensuinge, directed his commission to certaine persons to heare and take accompte of the chaptre as gardians of the spiritualities for the last vacacion then by past, and also a warrant to his then comissarie of thexchequer for im- CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 103 plojinge and bestowinge of the same on particular uses tlierin specified. [4.] His next successor, Jlion Tliorsby, autorized his vicar-generall to demaund of the chaptre due restitution and dehverye of all records and other his rights accordinglie. [5.] Alsoe Alex. Nevill, next succedinge him in the see, past to the chapter a formall acquitance for the last vacacions, expressinge two severall summes, and jDayment thereof. [6.] John Kempe alsoe succedinge him (though not immediately) made a proxy to three canons of this church, with others, to require of the chaptre his recorde and vacacions ; [7.] as also did George Nevill (his next successor but one) sufficiently by proxy auctorize the then treasurer, chauncellor, archdeacon of Cleaveland, and the subtreasurer, (all canons of Yorke church,) and other, to demaund of the chaptre the records and profitte of the last vacacion. [8.] As for all the other meane and subsequent archbishops of this see, they have been thought and said to have in some sorte required and received of the chaptre the severall vacacions next before goinge respectively ; and namely Cardinall Wolsie, and his next successor Edm. Lee, as also Edm. Grindall and Edwin Sands, next predecessors to the now demaundante thereof. 4. Moreover, the said chaptre ever hath byn and still is termed in all writinges and judiciall dealings (for tyme of vaca- cion of the see) custodes spiritualitatum, wherby is declared their offices of exercisinge ecclesiasticall jurisdiction all the mean while, and of receavinge and reservinge the profitte therof, and otherwise growinge by the spiritualities thereof, not to them- selves, but to the next successor in the archbisshopperick, as generally appearetli by the lawes afore cited ; and more parti- cularly by the ordinarie provision and reservacion of yerelie pen- sions (though halfe-yerely due, and paieable in seenetymes,) forth of everie appropriacion, wherin this clause in effect is insertid of course, viz., in recompensationem damni et la^sionis ecclesise nostra, &c. talem, vel talem pecunife summam ordinamus nobis et successoribus persolvendam, sede plena, decano vero et capitulo tanquam spiritualitatum custodibus sede vacante, futuro archiepiscopo asservandam. It is farther to be noted and considered herein, that the chaptre in their severall confirmations of such appropriacions have also expresly provided and reserved therout severally to 104 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. themselves for ever the hke annual pensions, though most com- monly after the rate of a moyitie of the summe and quantitie reserved by the archbisshope aforesaid. LETTER XLVIII. A LETTER FROM THE ARCHBYSHOP OF CANTERBURY TO MY lord's grace of YORKE. 19 Aug. 1595. Salutem in Ohristo ! My very good Lord, I must become - an earnest suiter to you in the behalf of M'. Edvvyn Sandys'* for the continuance and increase of your Grace's good favor towards him. I doubt not but that you doe hold him in that accompt which hee very well deserves. Notwithstanding, for the great care which I have that he may doe well and bee incouraged by all meanes in his good and studiouse endevours, I praye you most hartelye that he may both have your good countenance and comforte in those partes, and cheeflye that for such leases as hee holdes of your Grace (being the chiefe stay of his lyving) hee may renue them at your handes for his reasonable ffine with favoure. I doubte not but my request will seme to you reason- able, and the gentleman so worthie to be cherished and encou- raged, that I shall not need to use with you anie further per- swasion. And so, with my liartie commendacions, I committ yoAv to the tuicion of Allmightie God. From Croydon, the xix"^ of August, 1595. Your Grace's loving brother in Christe, Jo. Cantuar. y^ I pray you send me youre resolution (together with youre opinion of the recantation) of these poyntes : Ati sola Dei volun- tas^ ahsque respectu aliquo adpeccatum, sit causa reprohationis ? And whether yt be ether hereticall or popisch to say, quod electi debent esse certi de salute, sed non securi. And likewise ; ^'' Second son of Arclibishop Hutton's predecessor in the see of York, and author of " Europee Speculum," &c. See Wood's Athense, i. 551. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 105 quod electi possunt cadere totaliter a fide ad tempus, sed non finaliter. Thus, Jo. Cantuar. To the moste Reverend fFather in God, my verie good Lord and brother, the Archbishopp of Yorke his Grace. (Seal wanting. The postscript and the two signatures in the hand-writing of the Archbishop.) LETTER XLIX. CECYLL LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORd's GRACE OF YORKE. March 6, 1595-6. (559.) May it please your Grace. Yesterdaye by my letters I ad- vertised my expectation to have hard from you of the receipt of the Queue's commission ; which I am now gladd to parceave, by a letter syned by your Grace aud the rest of the Queue's learned Counsell there the first of this moneth, that the same commis- sion came to you the daye before : wherein I do note some negli- gence of the poste, for I did entend it should have come there some dayes before ; but I am gladd that it served to hold your sessions the first. By a private letter of your Grace, as I thynk written at the same tyme (though the daye be not dated by the negligence of your Secretary), I parceave you have made sute for the comission ecclesiasticall 3 quarters of a yeare, and that it no we remayneth in Doctor C8esar''s hand un syned, whom I will dyrect to procure it to be syned. Of other matters, which I did impart unto you by my letter dated yesterday, I require some answer. And so I bid your Grace verie hartie farewell. From the Court at Richmond, the vi"^ of Marche, 1595. Your Grace's at com [mand], W. BuRGHLEY. I doubt not but the Receyvor of Yorkshire hath geven order for the payment of money for the dyette, for that he had his warrant both for that which was done in the Erl's tyme, and from thence forward. But I take it that hir Majestic meaneth not to be at charge with the Erl's howshold servauntes from the 106 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. tyme of this your commission, and so it is reason you should give them waruinge ; and yett I pitty their estate, considering I can fynd nobody to take care for the buryall of their master, as yesterday I did write unto you, and yett I am desirous to hear from you how the body of the nobleman is ordered, and where it resteth, and what uomber they are, and of what condicion, that attend the same. To the nioste Reverend ffatlier in God, my varie good Lord, the Archbisho]ip of York his Grace. (The signature and commendatory words are in the Earl's own hand.) LETTER L. CECYLL LORD BURGIILEY TO MY LORDS GRACE OF YORKE. April, 1596. (551.) After my verie commendacions to your Grace \slc\ and to the rest. I have received a letter of the xxiij* of this monethe, signed by your Grace and some others of the Counsell, wherebie yow certifie unto me that my Lord of Huntingdon hath signified unto yow hir Majestie's pleisure towelling the buryell of the late Erl of Huntingdon's body^^ at Aslibie in Leicestershire, which I knowe to be true, and to be donne with hir Majestie's verie good liking of the now Erl of Huntingdon, for that he hath under- taken to performe the same ; and for myne owne parte, as I do thinke that it is verie honorablie donne of my Lord, and the place verie fitt for the buryall, so I do thinke it verie well donne of yow, M"^. Puresye, and Mr. Stanhopp, if yow take the paynes to repaire to Ashbie with such of the late Erl's servaunts as may convenientlie traveil thither to performe the last dutie of your love towards him. And whereas I fynd by your letter that by reason of the greate uomber of the late ErFs houshold servaunts, and longer contynuance of them together then was thought, the expences have growen farr greater then that which hath bene received from hir Majestie's Receyvour by the warrant dyrected unto him, of the which yow require to have allowance, and to "^ Late President of the Council in the North. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 107 have order given for the payment thereof, that remboursement may be made to the late Erl's steward, who hath disbursed a good some of money for their dyett ; I can make no other answer hereunto but that I can not help the same otherwise then uppon the ordinarye, and therfore do wishe that good husbandrie may be used hereafter to repayre and recover the former ex- pences. And, as towelling the place where the dyett shalbe provided for that Counsell at their sitting, (which hitherto hath bene, as yow write, in the minster garthe,) I am of opynion that it is more convenient to be kept within hir Majestie's howse, the late Erl's good being safelye lockd upp in some private place, as your Grace writes ; and therfore I do require your Grace that order may be taken accordinglie. And, lastlie, towching your Grace's private letter to me, wherein your Grace doth earnestlie wishe and desire (for the reasons therein sett downe) that there may be some fitt nobleman appointed by hir Majestic and sent downe to be President and Liuetenant there, your Grace shall understand that I do as earnestlie desire it as your Grace doth, and will further it the best I can ; but, by reason of my want of healthe, can neither do it nor write unto your Grace as frequentlie as otherwise I would do, wherein I pray your Grace to hold me excused. And so I bidd your Grace verie hartely farewell. From the Courte at Grenewiche, the of April, 1596. Your Grace's verie lovinge frend, W. BuRGHLEY. To the most Reverend ffather in God, my verie good Lord, the Archbishop of Yorke his Grace, and to the Counsell established in the northe parts. (Signature in the Earl's hand. Wafer seal of arms, with motto of the Garter.) A ' 108 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER LI. CECYLL LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORD's GRACE OF YORKE. Maie 15, 1596. (552.) After my verie hartie commendacions to your Grace. As it hath bene thought good and expedient that no we, uppon the departure of hir Majestie's royall navie at sea, under the conduct of the Erl of Essex and H. Admirale, that some declaration shouki be pubhshed in prynt to the world of the causes moving hir Majestie thereunto, for the manifestation of the justnes of hir procedinge ; so I have thought good to send unto your Grace S of them, 2 in Englishe and one in Latyn, both for your Grace's owne satisfaction and for the better notifying the same unto that countrie, who wilbe gladd to heare of it, and by your Grace's report will quicklie and easilye be divulged thereaboute. And so, not doubting but that our armye shall have your Grace's good prayers to God for their good successe in this ex- pedition againste his professed ennemyse and ours, I bidd your Grace verie hartely farewell. From the Court at Grenewich, the XV* of Maye, 1596. Your Grace's verie assured lovinge frend, W. BuRGHLEY. Fo7' hir Majestie s spetiall ciffayres. To the moste Reverend Father in God, my verye good Lord, the Archbishopp of Yorke his Grace. W. Burg/iley. 15 May, '96, 8 at nighte. Hast, hast, post hast ! (The signature, and the words in the direction in italics, are in Lord Burgh- ley's own hand. The following notices of post-masters are endorsed on the letter. Hertford, the 16, att past 8 mornen. Roystone, the 16 Maye, at 2 afternoone. Stilton, the 16, at 10 in the night.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 109 LETTER LIL LORD BURGLEY TO MY LORd's GRACE OF YORKE. Maie 20, 1596. (549.) After my verie hartie commendacions to your Grace. I have received your Grace's letter of the xv"" of this monethe, together with the coppie of Sir Chr. Hylliard's letter to yow and that Counsell, inferinge that a certein Scottishman (as was suspected), by the meanes of one Richard Beningham, a bad fellowe, had taken into his shipp, lying nere the Spurne within Humber, a 0. quarters of beanes, which he meant to have stayd, supposing he had no lycence to transport them ; wherein what is the trothe I knowe not. But this I thought good to lett your Grace un- derstand, that I have of late graunted severall warrants for transportacion of a good round quantitie of beanes and pease into Scotland, whereof the greatest part was by hir Majestie's lycence, graunted at the suite of the Scottishe Ambasseder now residing here ; a part also was graunted to one Hunter, a Scot- tishman, in lieu of a lycence graunted to him above a yeare past for the transportacion of v'". quarters of wheate, whereof he never took any benefitt ; and another part unto 2 merchaunts of Hull, uppon good and reasonable cause, being recommended to me from the Maior and Aldermen of that towne. Nevertheles your Grace shall understand that I had not assented to any trans- portacion at all, if I had not formerlie received letters from the Maior, Aldermen, and Officers of the towne of Hull, that there was not onlie greate plentie of that grayne there in these parts, which might well be spared, and the prises at so lowe a rate as it might be transported without any hurt to the countrie, but also that there were many Scotts there that had browght in good comodities, and had no other comoditie to imploye their money in but in beanes and pease. I received also, synce that time, a letter from diverse Justics of peace, both of that countie, and Yorke, and Lincoln, as namelie, M"". Pellham, M', Hotham, M'. Skippwithe, JM'. Gats, and M'. Aired, agreing in report with the others towelling the plentie of that grayne and the lowe prises thereof, and that it would be a benefitt to the 110 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. countrle and to the poore husbandmen thereahoute to have lyeence to transport the same ; and this was the cause that moved me to graunt the said warrants. Nevertheles I added a proviso, that, uppon informacion that the prises of the said grayne should be enhansed by reason of the said lycences, I would take order for the staye of them. From my howse at Westminster, the XX* of Maye, 1596. Your Grace's verie lovinge frend, W. BuRGHLEY. Postcript. — Towelling the defects of beacons, pouder, piks, etc., mencioned in the end of Sir Oh. Hylliard's letter, I thiuke the towne of Hull either are bound, or in reason ought, to supplie them, in respect of the benefitt they receyve from hir Majestic ; I therfore pray your Grace send for some of them (which yow shall think fitt) and deale with them to that end, or otherwise lett me understand from yow your opynion by whom it is fitt they should be supplied. To the mostc Reverend Father in God, my verie good Lord, the Archbishopp of Yorke Ids Grace. (The signature in Lord Burghley's hand. Seal as before.) LETTER LIII. LORD EGERTON TO MY LORD S GRACE OF YORKE. 22 June, 1596. (873.) My very good Lord, I geve you very hartie thanks for the honorable and favovirable regarde which yt pleaseth your Grace to have of my sut to be your tenant of your house neere Oharinge Crosse. I am unwillinge to contende with competitors, or to liyndr your Grace from pleasuringe any your good frendes who are better liable to stande you in stede then I can be ; but her Majestie's soden callinge me to this unexpected place leaveth me yet utterlye unprovided of any house at all, and therfore am in manner constreyned to mak this sut unto you, how inconve- nient so ever yt maye be for my weake healthe, or otherwyse. Yf I can yet otherwyse provide my selfe, I wyll moost wyllinglye CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Ill cease my sute, and gyve place to whomsoever you shall appoynt. But yf necessitye inforce me, for her Majestie's service, to con- tynue my former requeste, I hope you will be contented to ac- cepte of so yll a tenante, who wyll ever endeavour thankfullye to acknowledg' and requyte your frendlye kyndnes. And so, with my hartie commendacions, I committ your Grace to the Al- mig-htye. At the Rolles, 22 Junij, 1596. Your Grace''s very assured lovinge frende, Tho. Egerton, C. S. To the most Reverende Father in God, my Lord Archbyshoppe of Yorke his Grace. (Armorial seal in wax.) LETTER LIV. CECYLL LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORD S GRACE OF YORKE. Aug. 2, 1596. (548.) Maie it please your Grace, By your late lettres I perceave what a good Christian act yow have done in reducing of the Popish priest Dawson from his errors, who, lewdlie denying the authorities by your Grace alledged against him, in the end was justlie convinced. And bycause no mention is made in your lettres of his blind reasons for his defence, nor of your assertions of authorities to disprove him, I am desirous to have a report of them ; both for my better informacion, wherein I pray your Grace to satisfy me by your next writings ; and likewise of his manner of acknowledging his error, and profession of amendement under his hand writing. I desire also to heare from your Grace the particular aunswers made to such articles of complaints as I did send unto yow, conteyning the greevances of the country, against many proceedings of that Oounsell ; wherein if yow have satisfyed the justices of assise, I am verie glad, for I assure your Grace some of them made the like complaint to mee. The good newes that are commonlie reported of the great victorie of liir Majestie's army and navy in Spayne is so certainlie confirmed by the ge- neralls as it is ment that both in the province of Canterbury and of yours at York there should be publick prayer and thankes- 112 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. giving for the same, whereof your Grace shall shortlie heare. And so I comend mee verie hartelie to your Grace. From the Court, the 2 of August, 1596. Your Grace's assured loving frend, W. BURGHLEY. To the most Reverend Father in God, my veary good Lord, the Archbisliop's Grace of York. (Signature, and the five preceding words in Lord Burghley's hand. Seal as above.) LETTER LV. CECYLL LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORD S GRACE OF YORKE. 30 Jan. 1596-7. (547.) May it please your Grace. I have by M\ Feme recyved your Grace's lettres of the 8^^ of this monethe, wherby you do advertise me of lettres you have recyved from the Lord Kejjer of the greate seale, whereby he sheweth a dislike that your Grace and the Oounsell should dyrect proces to staye suites commenced in the Chauncerye ; wherein you have written to his Lordship for your defence that it hath bene so used by the Court in former tymes. And hearein I have had some speache with M"". Feme, and have shewed my opynion that I thinke it against good reason, that where a suite is begonne in the Chauncery by any plantife, that he should be restrayned from following his suite at the request of the defendant ; which my conceipt hath moved me to forbeare herein to deale with my Lord Keper. But if M"". Feme shall, as he saith he will, shewe me some presidente of the yelding of the Chauncery to such request, I will theruppon deale with my Lord Keper, having some coulour therby to presse the same ; otherwise I shalbe loath to deale, contrary to myne owne opynion. I wish hir Majestic would provide you of some noble man sufficient for authoritie and wisdome to be the president there of that Counsell ; but hir INlajestie in this and like causes delayeth her resolution for want, as is sup- posed, of mete persons for such offices, wherof I am sory to see such scarsitie, as is over apparant : yett I will not fayle to CORRESPONDENCE, ETC, 113 sollicite hir Majestie to determyne hereuppon. And so, referring tlie report of suclie g-ood newes as M'. Feme can bring you of an overthrow given by Count Morriee and other Englishe forces comanded by Sir Robert Sidney and Sir Frauncis Vere of a nomber of the King of Spayn's auncient soldiars, as the hke hath not happened with such successe to the states synce the begyning of their warrs, I bidd your Grace verie hartely fare- well. From the Court at Whitehall, the xxx*'' of Jan. 1596. Your Grace's assuredly at command, W. BuRGHLEY. To the most Reverend Father in God, my verye good Lord, the Archbishopp of Yorke his Grace. (The signature, and the words You?' Grace's assuredly at command, in the hand of Lord Burghley. Seal as above.) LETTER LVI. LETTER FROM ARCHBISHOP HUTTON TO LORD BURGHLEY, TOUCHING A LORD PRESIDENT, ETC.; PER MR. COLE. 11 March, 1596-7. (From a draught in the liand of the Archhisliop.) My most honorable good Lord, I have beene often times bold to pray your good Lordship to move her Majestie for a Lord President here. In your last letters you shewe as the cheffe cause that her Highnes doth not resolve to be the great want olF fitt men for that place. I am right sorie to know so much myself, sed in eo noii sunt omnia ; but rather this is the chefe cause, that, the ranke of nobilitie beinge taken away whom her Ma- jestie founde at the beginninge oiF her reigne, the nobilitie that now is growinge up under her shee by her great wisdome and experience doth know them intus et in cute, themselfes, their families, ther defects and informities whatsoever : but, under reservation, this oght not to cause her Majestie to be so irre- solute ; for, as Solomon saith, qui ohservat ventuni non seminabif, et qui considerat nuhes non metet. For I make no doubt but yf it please her Highnes to resolve, her Majestie's commission, the instructions, the ordiuarie proceedings in this court knowen to 1 114 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. the learned Connsell here, will sufRcientlie inhahle him. My Lord of Huntingdon when he came downe here was verie raw, but, havinge a resolute wit to serve God and her Majestie, he grewe to great experience ; so, no dowte, yf her Majestie resolve off anie that feareth God and loveth the present state, God will inhable him. Thus, beseeching God to blesse her Majestie and the whole realme with your Lordship's long life and good health, I humblie take my leave. March 11, 1596. Post Script. — I pray you to be a mean that there be no amo- vation in the office of the examiners here, and vouchsafe this bearer, M". Cole, your Lordshiji's favour. LETTER LVII. SIR ROB. CECYLL TO MY LORD's GRACE OF YORKE. March 18, 1596-7. (545.) My good Lorde, I have made knowen to her Majestie with what willingnes you have performed to my brother-in-lawe '^ what formerly you had promised to her Majestie, and howe in every circumstance you have shewed bothe regarde to her pleasure and affection to the persone recommended. I am commanded for this to be the messenger of her JNIajestie's gratious acceptation, as a thinge exceedinglie pleasinge her, the rather for that by your voluntarie and speedie perform- ance her Majestie had present opportunitie, thoughe in a trifle, to give comfort to the younge gentleman in the instant of his great losses of his best and dearest frendes ; wherin as I confesse my spirit and body dotlie participate with a feelinge (secundum naturam) insupportable, so do I confesse myself interessed in an exceeding obligation of gratefulnes to you, as being done to him Avhom for his neernes in bloodd and vertue to my deare wief I can but hold in principall accoumpt ; the requittall wherof I shall make good to you whensoever opportunitie shall afforde me occasion. And so for this tyme *« Mr. Georo-e Brooke.— M. F. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 115 I .take my leave. From the Court, tliis xviij*'' of Marehe, 1596. Your Grace's poore frende at command, Ro. Cecyll. To the most Reverend Father in God, my very good Lorde, the Lorde Archbushoppe of Yorke his Grace. (Seal wanting. Signature only in the hand of Cecyll.) LETTER LVIII. LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORD's GRACE OF YORKE AND THE COUNCILL THERE. March 19, 1596-7. (550.) After my vearie hartie commendacions to your Grace and the rest. I have received your letters written the xi'^ of this monethe, mentioninge the apprehencion of one Joseph Constable, a brother of Sir Henry Constable^s, with some others with him, beinge, as it semeth, common receivers of seminaries and such like bad persons ; movinge mee by the same your letter to direct youe mine opinion in what corse and with what speed yow should proceade against the said Constable ; whearein I cannot direct youe aniethinge, but must leave the same to your selves : onelie I have thowght good to lett youe understand, that uppon the dowbt conceived by you, Mr. Ferne"^, of the validitie of his inditement, I have, in the absence of the judges, required the opinion of hir Majestie's attorney-generall ; whose awnsweare yow shall perceive by his letter to mee, which I doe send heare inclosed to yow, with the copie of his inditement, by which yow will finde the same to be erronious. And wheare yowe require to understand mine opinion for his sendinge upp, I see noe such cawse to have him to be sent hither. And so ^'^ Sir John Feme, who has been already mentioned in Archbishop Hutton's correspondence, was Secretary and Keeper of the Signet to the Council of the North, and the author of that singularly cuiious book, " The Blazon of Gen- trie." For a concise but interesting account of Feme and his book, see Mr. Hunter's South Yorkshire, i. 31. I 2 116 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. I bid your Grace and tlie rest hartelie faij^vvell. From my howse in the Strand, this xix* of Marche, 1596. Your Grace's assured lovinge frend, W. BURGHLEY. Your Grace's letter to me, shewyng your desyre and opinion for a President, hath bene greatly lyked by hir Majesty for your syncere advice. To the most Reverend Father in God, my verie good Lord, the Archbishop of Yorke, and the rest of the Counsell there. (The signature and postscript in Lord Burghlcy's hand-writing.) LETTER LIX. CECYLL LORD BURGHLEY TO MY LORD S GRACE OF YORKE AND THE COUNSELL THERE. April 13, 1597. (544.) After my vearie hartie commendacions to your Grace and the rest. Theare hath been much suite heare made by some to hir Majesty to have a graunt of their places by patent which are appointed examiners, havinge aforetime been in the dis- posicion of him that held the place of the Lord President of that Counsell ; and so in mine opinion have I thowght it fitt to have them continued, neither have I given anie allowance to such suites preferred. And whereas this vearie John Cole hath, I understand, executed honestlie the one of these places in the late Lord President's time, so doe I knowe noe just cause to have him displaced, but wishe him to be continued thearein, unless your Grace have found cause to the contrarie. And so I vearie hartelie commend race to yowe. From the Cort, this xiii*^ of Aprill, 1597. Your Grace's assured lovinge friend, W. BuRGHLEY. To the most Reverend Father in God, my vearie good Lord, the Archbishop's Grace of Yorke, and to the Counsell til care. (Signature in the Earl's own hand.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 117 LETTER LX. WHYTGYFT, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, [tO THE ARCH- BISHOP OF YORK.] 2 May, 1597. Salutem in Ohristo ! It liatli pleased her Majesty to bestowe the bishoprick of London upon D"^, Bancroft; the bishoprick of Winchester upon D^ Bilson, Bishop of Worcester ; and the bishoprick of Chester upon D"^. Vaughan, now Bishop of Bangor. And, forasmuch as it would be verye great trouble and charges to him to come or send downe for his confirmation there, he hath intreated mee to move you to be content to direct your commission to some here for the perfourming of the same ; which you may very well doe to some of the doctors of the Arches, suche as you shall best lyke of. The bishoprick is but small, and your Lordship knoweth that after his confirmation he must doe his homage here in person, and take care for his restitution ; and therefore I hartelye praye yow to showe unto him what favor you may. The last lettres written from your selfe and the Councell there, touching certeyn papists and recusants, are very well taken, and you are lyke to receave thancks for the same, especiallie for your paynes in conference with some of them to so good an effect. In one of the lettres there was putt Christes-tyde for Ohristen-mass, which because of the noveltie thereof (being latelye used onely by some nice persons more curiouse in termes then in deeds) was by some of your best frends mislyked; and I marvell how it escaped you, being so farre from allowing suche novelties. Our brother, your successor^*^, hath scarcelye delt brotherlie with mee in some lettres latelye written concerning Tempesfs wiffe and Hedleyes of Newcastle ; but of suche dealings I make small accompte. I have no especiall uewes to write unto you. Rumors and reportes varie «8 D'. Tobie Matthew, Bishop of Durham. 118 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. daylie. Vale in Christo ! At Lambeth, the second of May, 1597. Your Grace's assured loving frend and brother, Jo. Cantuar. To the moste Reverend Father in God, my very good Lord and brother, the Archbishoppe of Yorke his Grace. (Seal wanting. The words " Vale in Christo" and the signature in the hand of the Archbishop.) LETTER LXI. LORD KEEPER, LORD TREASORER, MR. SECRETARY CECYLL, DIRECTIONS FOR RECEIVING THE 20 SCOTTISH PLEDGES.'^^ 30 September, 1597. After our hartie commendacions to your Lordship. By your lettre of the xxvi*^ of September wee understand, that, the same daie at night, yowe received lettres from the Bishop of Durham and Sir William Bowes, dated the xxiij, by which yowe are required to give commandment to the Sherif of Yorkeshire to be at Orofte Bridge with sum nombre of men to receive the bodies of abowt xx pledges at the handes of the Sherif of the Bushoprick on the second of this next monethe, and safelie to conduct them to Yorke, wheare it is required theie might be kept in safe custodie untill the Queen's plesure might be signified ; wheareuppon yowe did require to have our direction. For awnswere wheareunto, your lettre beinge browght to us but this daie, being the last of this moneth, wee are sorie that we cannot within the time prescribed satisfie the request. Neverthelis, wee lett yowe knowe our opinion to be, that this xx persons beinge browght to York, *^ With respect to these Scottish pledges, see Ridpath's Border History of England and Scotland, p. 695, &c. This and such of the following letters as refer to that subject are of importance in confirming Ridpath's conjectures, proving, as they do, that Sir Robert Ker's obsidiary durance extended to a longer period than a " few days ;" and, in addition to the information which they afford with respect to Kcr himself, we have here many curious particulars with reference to his fellow-hostages. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 119 beinge Scottishmen, would be placed in sondrie places within that shire, for that the nomber is to great to be kept together in one place, as wee thinke your selvis will so consider. And therefore wlieare theie maie be dispersed to be safelie kept from escaping, thowgh your selvis knowinge the contrye can best consider theareof, yet, to deliver somm part of our opinions, wee thinke somm of them, that is the greater nomber, maie be committed to the Castle of Yorke, summ others to Hull, summ to Sherif Hutton, and summ (if yowe soe thinke fitt) to Pomfrett, or to other places fitt for them to be kept in savetie, and yet to be well used ; theie bearinge theire owne charges, for so wee thinke theie owght to doe. And the same to be borne by the contributions of such as be fownd the offenders uppon the borders, for whome thes pledges are delivered that theie showld satisfie the Queue's subjectes for the losses sustained by them according to the verdittes and indents passed uppon the frontiers at the late sessions of the Commissioners of England and Scotland. And in our opinion, for the bestowing of thes men, the Commis- sioners showld have done well to have sent unto yowe the names and quallities of thes persons sent for pledges, with devision of such as are for the severall wardenries; for so the choise might be the better made howe to bestowe them in places convenient, according to theire quallities and to the wardenries from whence theie comm. And soe, because the time is past before hir Majestie's further pleisure can be nowe knowen, wee of the Counsell that are here at London doe give you this direction for the more speed. From Westminster, this last of September, 1597. Your's Grace's verie lovinge frendes, Tho. Egerton, C. S. W. BuRGHLEY. Ro. Cecyll. (Autograph signatures.) 120 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER LXII. THE EARLE OF CUMBERLAND TO MY LORD's GRACE OF YORKE. Febr. 16, 1597-8. (543.) My good Lord, If the extreme toyle of infinyte bnsines and deepe ingament {1 engagement) in a seae preperation ^° had lefte me any leasnre, thus longe your Grace had not beene without kinde sahitations frome me, though noe otherways I could expresse my love ; and nowe gooinge upon my jurney I recommende to your Lordship my lovynge thoughts, which with me selfe shall ever be redy to dooe you all fryndly offices, as to one whoes love I much account of and will not fayle to requite. Soe, wyshyng to your Grase best healthe, all happines, and long lyfe to Godd's pleasure, I ende. Your Grace's to command, George Cumbreland. 16 Feb. 1597. To the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Archbyshoppe his Grace of Yorcke. LETTER LXIIL LORD TREASURER [bURGHLEY TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK,] TOUCHINGE SIR ROBERT CARR, LORD OF CESSFORD. 21 Feb. 1597-8. Recep. 24, at 7 at night. After my vearie hartie commendacions to your Grace. The same shall understand that at the present theare is, by order of the King of Scottes, the person of Sir Robert Carre, otherwise ^ See in Whitaker's Craven, p. 273, a letter from the Earl of Cumberland to the Lord Treasurer, referring to the expedition alluded to in this letter, which it seems was not undertaken. A full account of the Earl of Cumberland may be found in the book above referred to. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 121 called the Lord of Sesford, Warden of the Est Marches of Scot- land, delivered to the Warden of the Est Marches^ of England, for aunswearhige of divers attempts and wrongs done by the part of Scotland ; vvhoe is to remaine in England nntill a nomber of pledges maie be delivered into England for satisfaccion of the wronges done to England in that wardenrie. This man is of gi'eat accompt both by his birthe and by office, and one liable to be either a good or a bad neighbour to England : for which purpose hir Majestic hath thowght it necessarie that he should be browght and staid in som remote part in England from the Border ; and for that purpose hir Majestic hath recommended me to signifie to your Grace hir pleisance and command that he should be browght unto you ; and that he should be committed to the charge of sum trustie persons, to see him forthcominge at your howse of Busshopsthrope, or sum othir place owt of the citie of York, so as he showld not have anie accesse of strangers to him. And, accordinge to this hir Majestie*'s commandment, I have at this present signified hir ISIajestie's pleasance to Sir Robert Careie, Warden of the Estmarche, whoe hath him in his custodie at this time, and will send him to your Grace. And so I take my leave. From the Cort, this xxi of Februarye, 1597. Your Grace's assured lovinge frende, W. BURGHLEY. To the most Reverend Father in God, my very good Lord, the Archbishop of York. (Autograph signature.) LETTER LXIV. LORD TREASORER [bURGHLEY TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORk], CONCERNING THE LORD OF SESFORDE. 1 Mar. 1597-8. Recep. 6° ejusdem. After my vearie hartie commendacions to your Grace. I have received your letter, dated the xxv*'' dale of the last moneth, 122 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC signifieng thereby the receipt of mine of the xxj"', whearebie I gave your Grace to understand of hir Majestie's purpose to have the Lord of Sesford to be sent unto yowe, to be safehe kept at Busshopsthorp, or some other place without the citie. And wheare by this your lettre yowe move three questions, I will in one word awnswere them all, which is, that hir Majestie's express pleisure and commaundment is that he shall not be browght at all to Yorke, or kept at hir Majestie's howse theare ; but that he showld be kept at Bishopsthrop, and theare to be kept as a close prisoner, without resort to him, or walking abroade, otherwise then privately neare the howse ; and theare- fore I doe not dowbt but, nowe your Grace understandeth hir Majestie's pleisure therein, yowe will be carefull to tak order with him accordingly, and that he male be safelie garded and kept. And so I commend mee hartelie to your Grace. From Cort, this first of Marche, 1597. Your Grace's assured loving frend, W. BuRGHLEY. To the most Reverend Father in God, my veary good Lord, the Archbishop's Grace of Yorke. (Autograph signature.) LETTER LXV. ERLE OF ESSEX CONCERNING THE LORD OF SESFORDE. 18 March, 1597-8. My verry good Lord, Whereas her Majesty doth understand that Sir Robert Carre, the Lard of Sesseforthe, is brought to your Lordship to Yorke and delyvered over to you ; albeit her Hyghnes was purposed that he should have ben placed with the Byshop of Durrham, neverthelesse, sy thence he is now there, her Majesty*'s pleasure is, he shall remayn with your Lordship, and to be kept safely as a prysonner and one that is delyvered over by the treatye, and not as a person sent from the King : therfore your Lordship is to make choyse of some specyell, dyscrete, and trustye person to attend cuntynewally yr. upon him, and to gyve dyrection that no man be admitted to CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 128 have conference with him, or accesse unto him, but in the pre- sence and heringe of that gentleman your Lordship shall appoint to have the chardg to keepe him and to looke unto him. And becawse her Majesty may be informed of the order your Lord- ship shall take herin, I am to request youe to certyfye unto my Lord Treasorer, and to me, the name of him youe shall make choyse of for this purpose, and in what sort he is kept. This direction should have come from my Lord Treasorer and my self jointly ; but in regard of his Lordship's indisposytion, beinge trobled with the gowt in his hand, I have only subscrybed unto it, prayinge your Lordship to retorn your awnswere unto us bothe. So I commit your Lordship to God. From the Court at Whytehall, the 18"> of March, 1597. Your Grace's poore frend to be commanded by you, Essex. Her ISIajesty dyd greatly mislyke that your Grace dyd make it a question whether the prysonner should be placed at the Cownsell bord or no. To my verry good Lord the Lord Archbishop of York. (The whole letter in the hand-writing of the Earl. Armorial seal in wax, nearly perfect.) LETTER LXVL SAUNDERS FREEBARNE TO THE LORD OF SESFORDE. 27 April, 1598. My very good Lord, my humble dute remembrid to your Lordship. Yt may plese you understand that by your Lordship's grete clemency and goodnes, procuringe my Lord Bishopp his favorable letter to M'. Mayer and M'. Gee for my inlargement, who uppon receyte therof hath taken of my irons and removid me into the Burgis presonne, where I remayne in a most dis- tressid estate, not havinge eyther mony, mete, or frindes to releve my wantes, but the indignation and envyus mallice of the Shreve and his officer, whome I hurt, beinge gretly urged there- unto by him, after he had arested me, by strekinge me 3 sundry 124 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. tymes before I did streke liim ; who nowe seinge by your Lordship^s gret favor my Lord's letter hath procurid my irons of, he hath enterd an action of a hunderd pownds sterling against me in the Shreve's court, where, without your Lordship's good favor, I wilbe condemnid in the same for an action of battery ; which beinge so recoverid against me, I must remayne here in this miserable place untill I satisfye the same, where I shalbe suer to tast of all extremytis, wdiich many here, straungers in my behalfe, mones and can not mend yt, thinckinge yt a grete wrong I should be detaynid prysoner, and the officer sound and Avell and goth abrode. The remedy as by some wellwillers I understand is, that, yf yt plese my Lord Bisshop, he may graunt out a warrannt to remove me and my cause to Yorke, there to be hard before his Lordship and Oouncell ; wdiich beinge pro- curid will delyver me out of the extremities here, and so my adversary enforced to be ruled as shall be thought convenient unto ther Lordshipps ; which favor, in regard I am a straunger, destetute of frinds, and wants lyberte, I cannot procure. And therefore my humble siite is that yt wold plese your Lordship to dele with my Lord Bisshop for the obtayninge of such proces as may remove the boddy and cause to Yorke, a thinge which I understand is uswll ; which favor yf so yt may plese your good Lordship to procure me, I and all my frindes shalbe depely bound to pray for your prosperus estate, and to do you servis duringe life, as knoweth God, to whose mighte protection I most humbly committ your good Lordshipp. From Hull, this xxvii of Aprill, 1598. Your Lordshipp's most humble orator dureinge life, Saunders Freebarne. To the Right honorable and his verie good Lord Sir Robert Carr, at my Lord's Gracis house of Yorke, these deliver, at Bisshopthai-p nere Yorke, with sjiede. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 121 LETTER LXVII. ALEX. FREEBARNE TO THE LORD OF SESFORDE. 27 Ap. 1598. My very good Lord, Since the writings of this letter herein closed, a frind in this towne talked with the officer I hurt, perswadinge him to have some compassion and pyttye on me, beinge a pore straunger in a grete want and far from frinds, but could prevale nothinge with him ; who answered him, he wold not take one penny lesse then a hunderd powndes, and, yf I were not able to paye that, he wold kepe me here in pryson till I rotted, and so wold have my bones ; sayinge further, that, yf my Lorde's Grace of Yorke wold intrete for him, he wold not bate a penny of yt : so, as I have no hope of any favor here at his handes, as by his wordes apperes, which he spoke to a very honest man who will prove the same to his face, which frind on Munday last before M^ Shreve demaundid of the officer what he requiered for agrement, and he said he wold have xx markes for the surgin and tenn powndes for his owne hurt, and nowe, since yt hath plesid my Lorde's Grace to wright in my favor, he will have no lesse then a hunderd powndes ; wherfor, good my Lord, lett me crave your Lordship's favor to my Lord's Grace that yt will plese him to take pytty uppon me a poore sti-aunger distressed ; which yf so yt shall plese him to doe, I will dureinge life re- may ne his poore headman, and cause my Lord Hume, my mas- ter, to desier Sir Wilham Bowes to geve him harte thancks for what favor yt shalle plese him to shewe me. My frind this day acquainted M^ j\Iayer of the officer's hard spece, who utterly condemnid him for the same, sayinge, yf yt plesid my Lord's Grace, he may call him before him and the Oouncell, and ther determyn the matter as ther wisdomes shall thincke goode ; for the obtayninge of which favor I most humble beseach your Lord- shipp to solicitt, havinge no other frind or menes here to procuer my relese, humble cravinge pardon for this my bouldnes. And so, with the remembraunce of my dute, I humble take my leve, cravinge your Lordshipp's aunswer herein ; which yf yt plese you to deliver this berer, he will send yt me. From Hull, this 126 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. xxvii*'' of Aprlll, 1598. Your Lordshippe's to command till detli. Allexsaunder Ferbarne. To the Right honorable and his very good Lord Sir Robert Carr, at my Lord his Gracis house at Bisshopton, these be dehvered with spede. LETTER LXVIII. LORD TREASORER AND LORD OF ESSEX TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, CONCERNING THE LORD OF SESFORDE. 29 April, 1598. After our vearie heartie commendacions to your Grace. Hir Majestic havinge been pleased to ease your Lordship of the keaping of the Lord of Sesford, whoe hath sum time remained with you to your trovible, hath, by hir owne lettre at this time written to yow, signified in what sort he is to be sett at libertie ; which your Lordship shall understand hereafter from the Lord Willowghbie, to whome hir Majestic hath likewise by hir owne lettre directed hir pleisure to him in this behalf. And wheareas the Scottishe Ambassador, nowe heare, at his comming upp was desirous to have seen him, which he was not permitted to doe, your Lordship havinge noe warrant for the same, hir Majestic is nevertheles pleased that nowe in his returne backwardes, if he shall so require the same, he maie have full speeche with him, wheareof wee have thought good to give your Lordship know- ledg. And so wee vearie hartelie commend us to your Grace. From the Cort, this xxix*'' of Aprill, 1598. Your Grace's vearie lovinge frends, W. Burghley. Essex. To our vearie good Lord the Archbusshoppe of Yorkc. (Autograpii signatures. Seal wanting.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 127 LETTER LXIX. SIR WILLIAM BOWES [tO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK], CON- cerning lord of sesforde, etc. 3 May, 1598. Recep. 8 Maii. It may please your Grace. I doubt not butt your Grace hath been advertised of her Majestie's pleasure concerning the Larde of Sesfurd, that he shal be returned home upon the entrie of his brother and some other gents, his frinds, in Barwick, as cautioners for his performance of such covenants as shalbe in- dented with him on her Majestie's behalfe before his departure. The Scottish Ambassador hath had audience of her Majestic thrice, and once conference with the Lords of tlie Counsell. It seemeth his ambassage hath well satisfied her JNIajestie in some jealousies and hard opinions she had by misunderstanding- con- ceyved of that King and cuntrie. He hath obtayned a warrant for SOOO'^ of the gratutie to the King his soveraigne ; which neverthelesse, after the signing, was staied some 14 dayes, upon advertisement out of Ireland of municion and poulder trans- ported out of Scotland thither to the aide of her Majestie's rebells there, and intelligence given heere by one Valentine Thomas (now prisoner in the Tower) of some dangerous practises intended by the Scottish nation against this estate ; but now at last he hath gotten the gratuitie and is dispatched hence, who in truth hath so carried him selfe in this his negociation as he hath gott the opinion heere of a wise and temperat man, and well affected to the peace of the 2 cuntries. M^ Secretarie is re- turned out of Fraunce, and came hither the last of Aprill late in the night : the effects of his ambassage are kept verie secrett, butt it is thought that the peace betwixt Spayn and Fraunce is in good towardness of conclusion. And thus, with humble remembrance of my dutie and service to your Grace, I be- take you to the protection of the Highest. London, this 3 of May, ''98. Your Grace''s at command, William Bowes. To the most Reverend Father in God, the Lord Archbishop his Grace of York, my verie good Lord. (Signature only in the hand-writing of Sir WilHani Bowes. Seal, tlie ftimily crest, a sheaf of arrows. Motto illegible.) 128 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER LXX. LORD WILLUGHBIE [tO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORk], CONCERN- ING LORD OF SESFORDE. 4 May, 1598. Recep. 6. My very goode Lord, I receaved the Queene's Majestie's packett and your Grace"'s letter this fourth of May aLout six in the morning, and by her Highnes' letters had the very like directions as it seemed by your Grace's to me you had con- cerning the delivery of Sir Robert Kerr Lord Sesforde, and upon the same conditions. But, before the coming of these letters, there was nother man nor mention of any thing touch- ing the same, more then a secretary of his came to me to have pasport to ryde to your Grace and informe his master that his pledges were ready ; which when I had graunted him, he left the same behynde him, and so departed. It seemeth that her Majestie's plesure is, before Sesford should be inlarged, there should be putt into my handes the brother of the said Ses- ford, with two persons of kynn to him, to remayne prisoners in some suche place as shalbe appoynted thereunto, untill these pledges that ar to be given in by the indent of the late Commissioners on both sydes for the border causes shalbe accordingly entered ; and with this caution also before he be dismissed from your Lordship, that he gyve in writing under his hand and seale, that if, after his brother and kinsfolkes shalbe delivered into my handes, he doe not within one moneth next after following recover and deliver in those pledges which by the said Commissioners'' indent ought on his part to be entered, he shall then return to Barwick and yeald him- self prisoner into my handes, to be kept in such places of these north partes as to her Majestie shalbe thought fitt, untill he shall have performed on his part that which by the sayd indent was agreed should be done. Wherfore it may please your Grace to deale effectually with Sir R. Kerr Lord Sesford, to take order to proceade herin according to her Majesty e's pleasure ; and, assone as ever his brother and kinsfolkes CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 129 apoynted shalbe delivered into my liandes, I shall send your Grace jiresent word, and thinck it very convenient that then you send him to Duresme by such gentlemen of your choyse of that country (myself being altogether unacquaynted in those partes) as you shall thinke meete, acording to your Grace's owne project in your postscript. And I would willingly entreat you to give me your opinion what manner of persons were fitt to be sent from me for his receaving there, whether martiall men for a guard, or civlll politique men for entring into his counsell ; whether many, or fewe ; with great countenance, or with ordinary complement ; for in these things I would be glad nether to doe too much nor too little, but, as I have direction by mutuall correspondency with your Lordship, that which might be most acceptable service. And so I humbly take my leave. From Barwick, the 4"\of May, ]59S. Your Grace's assured, * P. Wyllughby. To the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Arclibishop of Yorke his Grace. (Lord Willoughby's signature. No seaL) LETTER LXXI. LORD WTLLUGHBIE [tO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORk], CONCERN- ING THE ENTRIE OF SIR ROBERT KERR's BROTHER AND TWO OTHER PLEDGES. 8 May, 1598. Recep. 11, at 8 at night. My honorable good Lord, I receaved your Grace's letter this day at noone, in conveyance whereof the postes have used great negligence, it coming to Duresme at eight in the morning, and to Newcastle not till foure in the evening: to punish this slacknes (least it be committed in more important services), I must desyre your Lordship to concurr with me. I am of your Grace's opinion that Sir Robert Kerr will not make any escape, yet much water passeth the mill that the 130 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. miller knoweth not, and there may be secretes hevin unknown to your Lordship and me ; so that, till his pledges be delivered, it wilbe good to have a heedefull eye to him. And wishing your Lordship much hapines, I rest Your Grace's assured, P. Wyllughby. Barwick, the viij"' of May, 1598. Since my letter written, Sir R. Kerr's pledges arrived here at foure afternoone. I must desyre your Grace to advertise me two dayes before he comes to Duresme, that I may take order with those who I shall apoynt to meete him. To the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Archbisho2:)'s Grace of Yorke. (The signature in Lord Willoughby's hand. Armorial seal in M-ax of nume- rous quarterings.) LETTER LXXn. LORD WILLUGHBY TO THE LORD OF SESFORDE. 8 May, 1598. Recep. 11°, at 8 at night. Sir, I would have bene glad to have scene you in your retorn in this towne ; but, her Majestye havinge other wyse appoynted your jurney, I wyll, yf I cann, mete you at M^ Graye's, and purpose to send some gentleman to convoy you from Durham thether. I am sory I shall not intertaigne your brother and hostages, beinge unfurnished as a stranger yet my selfe, but what I may shalbe afforded them ; hopinge you wyll hasten to deliver the pledges accordinge to the indent for ther releivinge. Thus, wishinge you well in any thinge becomes me, I rest accordingly. Your lovinge freind to my uttermoste, P. Wyllughby. Barwick, tliis 8"' of May. To the Honorable Knight, Sir Robert Carre, Lord Warden of the Easte Marshes of Scottlande. (Lord Willoughby's signature. Armorial seal broken.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 131 LETTER LXXIII. LORD WILUGHBIE [tO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORk], CONCERNING THE LORD OF SESFORDE. 13 May, 1598. I AM sure, howsoever I measurd by the cold clime Aprill for a late May, or missed to sigue my name, I omitted it not for want of grace, hut for hast ; which shall be at layzure mended. The hand as I take it was, as this, my owne, and therefore my owne, and not my secretarie's fault ; and I confesse I love to write no dobles of letters, but will affirm my hand and it whan- soever your Grace shall node to call uppon it. In the meane season, as the French pronouncing Latin shorten it mutch, and with their quickness excuse the cadence of sillables, so excusing my selfe, and leaving it to your gratious construction, I rest in better things at your Grace's commawnd, P. WyLLUCtHBY. Barwick, the 13 of ]\Iay. The poste-masters have in this pacquet of your Grace's slacked their duty mutch ; I complayne, but I shall be better hard when the witnes is ex ore duorum. If your Grace send me the letter as it is, I will set to my hand : I can hardly beleave but that I signed the letter; but, if it be not signed, at any time I will subscribe it for you. My people shall attend at Durham according to your Grace's appoint. To the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Archhishop's Grace of Yorke. (In Lord Wylhighby's own hand.) K 2 132 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. No. LXXIV. A BILL OF LORD SESFORDE. May, 1598. (Copy.) Be it knowne to all men by tlies presents, that I, Sir Robert Kerr, Knight, Lord of Sesforcl, Warden of tlie East and Meddle Marches of Scotland anenst England, doe fermlie bind and oblige myselfe upon my faith and honor to the Quene's most excellent Majestic, Elisabeth, by the grace of God, Quene off England, France, and Irelande, Defender off the faith, &c. that in case and yf within one month next after the delevere of my 'brother and ij other oif my kinsfolke into the hand of Lord Willowbie Governor of Barwicke, I doe not enter and deliver unto the said Lorde Willowbie in Barwick aforesaid all those pledges which are to be geven in of my part speci- fied in the late indent oif the Commissioners off bothe the realmes of England and Scotland, then I will forthwith yeld myselfe prisoner in the same towne of Barwicke to the said Lord Governour according to her Majestie''s direction. Li witness wheroif, I the said Sir Robert Ker have hereunto subscribed my name and putto my seale, the day off Maie Anno Domini 1598, and in the 40"' yeare off hir Majestie's happie raigne. Subscribed, sealed, and delivered by the said Sir Robert Kerr unto the handes off Matthew Archbishop off Yorke, to the use off hir IVIajestie, in the presence off us. (The above draft of the Bond is chiefly in the hand of the Archbishop of York.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 133 LETTER LXXV. LORD TREASORER [bURGHLEY TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORk], CONCERNING SENDING OF SIR ROBERT KER's BONDE TO THE LORD WILLUGHBIE. 23 May, 1598. Recep. 25, at 2 after dinner. After my vearie liartie commendaclons to your Grace. Wheare by your letter dated the xV" dale of this moneth, derected to myself and my Lord Marshall, yowe require to understand what yowe shall doe with the bond which yowe have taken of the Lord of Sessford, (whereof yowe sent hither a copie,) as either to send it hither, or to the Lord WiUowghbie; your Grace shall understaund that it is ment that your Grace should send it to the Lord WiUowghbie, so as it male be delivered back uppon the performance of the condicion thereof; and thearefore I praie your Grace forthwith to send it to his Lordship. And so I recommend mee heartelie to your Grace. From the Cort, this xxiii of Maye, 1598. Your Grace's assured loving frend, W. BuRGHLEY. To the most Reverend Father in God, my very good Lord, the Archbishop's Grace of Yorke. (Signatm'e in Lord Burghlcy's hand. Seal, the crest and supporters of his family, with the motto of the Garter.) LETTER LXXVL A COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE KING's MAJESTIE TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. 9 June, 1598. Right trustie and welbelovit, we greit yow hartely well. Having understand by the reporte of S^ Robert Ker, Warden owir our Middle March, of the great courtessie uttered to him 134 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. on your parte, quilk we accepting as ane singulare bcnefite pro- ceading from your gucle affection towards us (quherofF at all times w^e have had assured pruif) could not of our debitie hot yeild you mast hartlie tliankes, assuring yow of the like correspon- dence of friendschip on our behalf, quhen the like occasion salbe presentit to ws in the person of anye quhom it sail please yow favor with your recommendation to ws, quilk not onely salbe maiste acceptable unto ws, bot will earnestly crave that ye sould pretermitt na occasion quhairby ye may be fullie persuadit of our carefiilnes till acquite this late gude office done to the said S^ Robert amang many otheris, quhairin we confesse our selfe to reste your debtor. Tims, praying you to continue in your wonted favor towardis us, quilk we salbe ever reddy to acquite, we commit you in the holie protection of the Almightie. From Halyruidhouse, this ix"' of June, 1598. Your loving freiud, James R. To our right trustie and wclbclovit the Archbishop of York in England. (Copia vera. Ex. per J. Hall, Secretarium.) LETTER LXXVII. THE LORDES OF HER MAJESTIE's MOST HONORABLE PRIVY COUNSELL [to THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORk], CONCERNING HOSTAGES TO BE BROUGHT FROM BARWICK TO YORKE. 11 June, 1698. Rccep. 14, at 10 at night. After oure liartie commendacions to your Lordship. By a letter from oure very good Lord, the Lord Willowghbie, Governor of Barwicke, wee understand that he hath receaved the pledges of the Midle Marches of Scotland from the handes of Sir Robert Ker ; and wee have hereupon given direction for their remoove from Barwicke to Yorke, beinge a place fitter for their safe cnstodie. And because they are to make their i)assage thorough the East Marches and the Midle Marches, and so for- CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 135 ward thorough the bishopricke of Duresme, unto Yorke ; as wee have given order to the Lord Willoughbie for the conveying of them with sufficient guarde to the hmittes of his marches, and accordingly to Sir llobert Cary or his deputy for the Midle Marches, and to our very good Lord the Byshopp of Duresme for the receaving and transferring of them from place to place ; so wee do praie and require your Lordship, when the Lord Bishopp of Duresme shall send the said pledges unto Yorke, (whereof he will give your Lordship notice as soone as he shall see cause and opportunity.) you will take order for the disposinge of them in safe custody in the castle of Yorke, the persons being (as wee are enformed) men of very meane reckon- ing ; and to give comandement that there be no resorte to them of any other persons then such as shall be well knowen to be of honest behavioure, and voide of any suspicion of evill prac- tise. Whereof not doubting but your Lordship will take suffi- cient care, and praying yow to certefy us of their being at Yorke (when they shall be come thither), wee bidd your Lordship hartely well to fare. From the Courte at Greenwich, xi. of June, 1598. Your Lordship's very loving frends, Tho. Egertone, C. S. W. Burgiiley. Essex. g. hunsdon, W. Knollys. Ro. Cecyll. To oure very good Lord, the Lord Archbyshoppe of Yorke. (Signatures autograph.) LETTER LXXVin. SIR ROBERT KER TO MY LORD's GRACE OF YORKE. 14 June, 1598. May it pleis zour Grace. I determinit, qulien I sinderit frome zow, before now to have returnit sum signe of myndfulnes in me to be thankfull for the ressonabill curtessies and undeservit favouris that I resavit of zour Grace at my being in zour hous of Bischopthorpe ; bot to this tyme na occasion hes intervenit, and I feir my wischit pruif have to lang a continewance in 186 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. urging my tryell. Zet my recklincs and willing bentness I crave be noclit the les weill tliocht of, and interpreit to the best ; sen thair restis no wyte in myselfe, hot in the want of sum particular to preis the knawledge, or serve to be as tuichestone of my thanhfulnes, quilk will [be] maist aggreabll to my awin desyris. And sen I see that nether it hes, nor schortlie is lykelie to occur, I have chosin this as ex^Dedient, remembring my dewtie by thir lynis, sen occasion is ofFerit be ane convenient bearar ; assuring zour Grace, gif I had fund the Hke commoditie befoir, I had not bene sa lang ungeving sum schew of my myndfulnes. Bot dis- tans of jjlace breids the greitar difficultie in obtcining con- venient beararis : sa my excuse, I trust, the more eselie may be qualefeit in zour Grace's conceat ; sen necessitie, and not neg- h'gens, hes uurischit the caus of delaye. I have, knawing my awn unhabilitie weill, unabill to acquit my dewtie, procurit his Majestic my maister's letter of thankes to zour Grace, quilk it will pleis zow resave; quilk I dar be bauld to saye careis moir effect in mening then the force of the words can gif schew. Bot I think zour Grace's considerans sufficient boith for the aryght constructionn of that letter writtin frome his Highnes, and to interpreit myself and my awn mening as it deservis. Sua I will not farder be trubilsum be lang discours ; intreiting that my humbill dewtie may be rememberit to Maistres Hutonn zour wyf, and to sick utheris of zour number as ze pleis impairt it unto. For the present, taking my leive, I commit zour Grace to the protectionn of God Almichtie. From my hous at the Freiris, the xiiij of this instant Junij, 1598. Your Grace's, in all leiful soirt to be commandit, S'^ Robert Ker. LETTER LXXIX. MY LORD OF DURESME [dR. MATTHEw], CONCERNING SCOT- ISH PLEDGES TO BE RECEIVED AT CROFT BRIG. 17 June, 1598. May it please your Grace and the rest. Finding by letters from tlie Lords and others of her Majestie's most honorable Prevy Counsell that the pledges lately dehvered by Sir Robert CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 137 Kerr to the Lord Governor of Barwick are tlience to be con- veyed and guarded to York ; and by a letter from M^ William Fen wick, the Deputie Warden of the Middle Marshes, that he is to recceave them ujion Mondaie next about noone at Alne- wick ; at whose hand the Sherif of this countie is to receave them at Gatesheade on Tuesdaie next about the same houre, and purposeth to deliver them to the Sherif of Yorkshire at Croft- bridge upon Wednesdaie next by one of the clock in the after- noone, being the usuall place betwene that countie and this to deliver and receave all maner of prisoners h'mc hide : These may be to certifie your Grace of the premisses, to the end that the said tyme and place may forthwith be signified to the Sherif of Yorkshire, whereby he may addresse himself for the more cer- tayne execution, with expedition, of this her Majestie''s extraor- dinary service of great importaunce ; wherewith I perceave your Grace and your associats have been made acquain!e>jcrxe< to (tmixoiti a't 8= TMV (TTTOudaiMV ocpsrai Trapa/Aevoucrj xa» TeXsurrjcracrj ho^av Ttapa- a-xsva^ova-i, IHud quoque maximum est pietatis tuse indicium, quod sicut literse nobilitati tuse ornamento sunt, ita tuam nobili- tatem Uteris magno preesidio esse velis. Nam quod scholam tuam Wartonieusem ad communem rem literariam, tam magno stipendio institutara erexisti, quod tum mihi tum academicis per- multis, gmicorum ope et auxilio destitutis, in hac tanta rerum penuria unico adjumento esse voluisti, plane ostendis te talem esse, ut tuas laudes obscuratura nulla unquam sit oblivio. Cum igitur tot tantaque in me beneficia contuleris, ut pudor vetet plura petere, tuam in me liberalitatem perpetuo prseconio reci- tabo, Deumque assiduis precibus pro gratia? suse salute obsecrabo. Pater ccelestis amplitudinem tuam nobis diutissime conservet incolumem. Tuse amplitudini devinctissimus, Johannes Wirdnam. To the most Reverend Father in God, the Lord Archbishop of Yorke his Grace, my good Lord and most gratious patron, d. tliese at Bisliojtthorp, from Cambrige. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 177 LETTER CXI. JOHN WIRDNAM TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac Domino, Domino Matthseo Eboracensi archiepiscopo dignissimo, literaium patrono singulai'i. Quod eximise tuse in me benignitati (Reverendissime Pater) ingeiiii profectusque mei indicia parum cumulate respondent, ne mese naturae, quaeso, aut negligentise, potius quam beneficiorum tuorum amplitudini tribuendum putes. Nam ut ingentem ilium bonitatis tuse oceanum, qui in universam rempublicam et reli- gionem copiosissime inundavit (ne fluctibus ejus obruar) omittam, meipsum ab amicis ejectum recipisti, nudum operuisti, rudem instituisti, idque non rustica Musa, sed academica, ad baccha' leaureatus dignitatem extulisti, et ne quid tant^e pietati deesset ipse mihi optionem dedisti gratiee tuse voce Uteris auctoritate ad societatem ambiendam libere perfruendi. Quibus charitatis ope- ribus opponant licet operosi vel quod idem sonat vovspoi papistee totum suum supererogationis, (hoc est ut ego interpreter superbse arrogationis,) acervum non alia certe quam ;i|^«Aj£e« XP^'^^^°^S assi- mulabunt. Is etiam qui gratias tuse in eadem sede successit, iisdem pietatis vestigiis insistere videtur episcopus Dunelmensis, nam pro unis mihi literis viginti sollidos misit, cum non obscura benevolen- tife suae significatione. Unica tamen societatis adipiscendse spes exigna manet, et valde remota, multaj enim inveteratse sunt quse- relse totam totius orbis rempublicam ohgarchicam evasisse, in quo statu electiones ttAoutjvSiv ssepius fiunt quam apio-T»vSiv. Apud nos, tres adhuc superius factae electioni supersunt in locos vacaturos substituendi : id tamen multis divinae in me providential testi- moniis edoctus sum non esse omnia sensuum judicio aestimanda. Dominus lesus gratia tuae in nos orphanos benignitatem cumula- tissimo cum fcenore rependat. Gratiae tuffi deditissimus, Johannes Wirdnam. Tou riaTpwvof Trpog tov kxvTOv op^avov duxXoyog. n a T p 60 V Tig si av og Isvpo Trpoa-loov, otiTcug sfxc cte^vusjc ; 'Oppav 'Exri'xoj 6 opt^uvog troy {QsosUeXs x6pn) Trepi ou N 178 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 'Eo'TrXay^vio'Srjf ttots, Scg-iyov^ avrjOTiou, YiiJi,iy6[ji,vov, utto tcov tpiXoSv, Ka» TYji Iju-e TS}co6(ni)g [x.YjTpos lx|3e/3Xvjjx£VOu. Tl a. T p w V TofTauT^j sSjsaj (? e^Qpag) xa) ucrropytag auTcuv uniov 8e t* ; 'O p f Ov as ccyvoslv oIjw.«j, iraTsp Trep) Travrcov svepysTins, 'Or/ Tou /xjcrouf auToJv alr/a »; fisou ylvsro t^j S^j ev5pyi(riag arji^slci, xot) tu t^j [J^it^rpoc fiov oiKa^YjiJilcis K.oo'iJ.YJlJ.ciTct. n a T p* N5v S' ocpu doxsig ovx eri tvjj ejw,^f 8e7(r5a» Bo)j6e('«j a3c«8ijjxjx*]c Txtyjav a^iag. 'Op tp* 'Of/^oXoyco drj^rou, YldTep ajSeVijW-e, o9 f; aiScuj £//.£ TrAeico 0"s alrsTv xokusi. HSi e^rj avayvrj xa» rj sutrejSsja * 'Iva xai crs xai avTOug (xera to'v jSjo'v TOvSe elj aXKov aidiov ' AvciXyviTQV xa.) 7ravo'X/3iov ixsTua-ToctYj. No. CXII. A COPY OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ARCHBISHOP HUTTON. (From a copy in Ducarell's Memoir.) In Dei nomine, Amen. Novemb. 20, 1605, et anno reg. Reg. Jacob. 8. I, Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York, whole in myncle and boclye, thanks be nnto Ahnightye God, suerlye hoping to be saved by the death and passion of Jesus Christ, whoe hath loved me, and by his Holie Spirytt hath caused me to love hym. Item, I gyve and bequeathe unto my welbeloved wyfe, Frances CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 179 Hutton, the best new yeare gyf in plate that I have, which she wyll chuse and take.^^ Item, I gyve and bequeathe unto hyr for the increase of her joynture at Darton, and the lease or annuitye of the tythes of Heaton, Storthwate, and Beelbie, 50''^ yearlye, to be paid unto hyr out of the capital messuage or mannor of Hag- thorpe, and the tythes of Hagthorpe and Brackenholme in the countie of York, during her lyfe. Item, I gyve and bequeathe unto hyr other 50^'*' yearly, to be paid unto hyr out of my man- nor of Wharram Percye during hyr lyfe, together with the 40''"' from Sir Phyllyp Constable for the increase of hyr sayd joyn- ture. Item, I give and bequeathe unto her all the plate and goods and stuff that was hyrs when I maryed hyr, or such parts thereof as shall be found remayninge, together with so much of my movable goods as is due to hyr by the custome of this coun- try e ; my funerall and legacy es fyrst payed and dyscharged. Item, I doe gyve unto hyr all the rents of hyr own landes due at the time of my deathc. Item, my wyll and meaning is, that if the Hospitall of Jesus and the Free Grammar School (which I do erect at Warton, wheare I was borne,) shall not be fully e fy- nished and endowed by me with lands and ly vings before the time of my death, that then my sonne Timothie Hutton, and Tho- mas Hewyttson, feoffees in truste for the rent-charge of 24'^'' I have yssuing out of the mannor and lordships of Thornton and Ulmbye, and the fourth parte of the manor of Woodham, within the countie of Duresme, shall within eight months after my decease well and suffycyentlye assygne, conveye, assure and grant by themselves, or their executors, admynystrators, or as- signes, unto my right wellbeloved Sir Cuthbert Pepper, knight, his Majestie's Surveyoure of the Courte of Wardes, Sir Will. Gee, knyglit, Secretarie, and of hys Hygnes' Counsell in the Northe, and M'. Eichard Hutton, Sergient at the Lawe, as well all the sayd rent-charge of 24^'" by yeare, as also the sayd fourthe parte of the sayd mannor of Woodham, to and for the use benefytt and behoofe of the sayd hospitall and schoole. Item, 33 The best new year's gift presented to him by the Queen. At this period presents of money were annually made to the Queen by the more opulent of her subjects, and she in return presented to each donor a piece of plate, in general a gilt cup, of silver, of more or less value, according to the amount of the ori- ginal gift. One of these cups is still preserved at Marske. .N 2 180 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. I give the capltall messuage or mannor of Darton aforesay J, after the death of my wyfe, unto my sonne Thomas Hutton, and to the hej^res of hys bodye lavvfullye begotten for ever ; and, in default, I gyve the same mannor unto the said Timothie my Sonne, and to his heyrcs for ever. Item, I gyve unto my said Sonne Thomas my house and lands in Pontefract, in the tenure or occupation of William Howlegate. Item, I gyve and be- queathe unto Timothie my sayd sonne all recognizances, obliga- tions, and bonds that I have, for and concerning assurances of any landes or tenements that I have purchased, excepting all such recognizances, bondes, and wrytyngs as are of, for, and con- cerninge the sayd mannor of Darton, and the sayd house and landes in Pontefract, and also except one recognizance for the lease of Dryifeild, which I give and bequeath unto my saj^d sonne Thomas, unto whom I do also bequeathe and gyve the said lease of Dryffeild. Item, I gjve and bequeathe unto my daughter Anne Calver- ley's sonne, and to my daughter Gee's daughter, to either a piece of the value of 10''^ or KV''^ in money to be bestowed in plate. Item, I gyve and bequeath to my daughter Oalverley*'s daughter one hundred marks, to be paid by 1.3''^ vj* viii"^ yearly out of the lease and tythes of Drytfeild yearly, untill the said hundred marks be payd. Item, I give unto ray brother, Robert Hutton, 20''*^ ; to ray cosin, Robert Dawson of Warton, 10'''' ; and to his eldest sonne, that dwelleth in Hewton, S''**. Item, I gyve and bequeathe unto my nephew, Matthew Hut- ton^° of Awkeland, 20'"'. Item, I gyve and bequeath unto M'. Phyllip Foorde, parson of Nunburnholme,*^ those books hereafter named, viz. the wrytyngs or works of S'. Augustine, S'. Hierome, S'. Ambrose, S^ Chrysostome, Gregorie, Tertullian, Bassyll, Gregorie Nazianzine, Clemens Alexandrinus, Clemens Romanus, Justine Martir, Ireneus, with soe manje bookes or partes as I have of Bewcer, Calvin, Marloat, Musculus, and two Greek Lexicons. Item, I gyye unto ray sayd sonne in law. Sir Will. Gee, my Bible in Hebrew, and translated by Munster, and 10'"'. Item, I gyve unto M"". John Calverlye, my sonne in law, Ptolo- ^" Son of Robert Hutton, DD., Rector of Haughton-le-Skerne.— M. F, ^' A rectory in the East Ridino; of Yorkshire, in the patronage of the Archbishop. _ ,>,-^/^-/« 7"^.=^ /? ^V^^A^ //>'^/ At*.'.^ tVU,^ v^/. ^-^ . CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 181 mie's Tables, set forth by Munster. Item, I gyve to the young- est daughter of my daughter Remingtone one hundred marks, to be payd by 13'''' vi"* viii'^ yearly out of the lease of DryfFeild, un- till all the sayd hundred marks be payed, that so she may have as much in legacye as I have heretofore given to the hands of M'. Remington, hyr father, to and for the use and benefytt of every of hyr four systers. Item, I gyve and bequeathe unto my very loving trend, M'. Thomas Calverley, M'. John Calverley, Ann Calverley, M'. Henrie Dethriek, chancellor to the Lord Bishop of Carlile, to Richard Bowes, my wyve's sonne, M"^. John May, M'. Thomas Parmentor, M'. Thomas Bowes, and Chris- topher Davyll, my controuller, to every one of them 40^ in gold, to make them ringes. Item, I gyve to my ancient good friend, M^ Christopher Myller, physician, Paradox Medicorum, set forthe by Fuchius. Item, I gyve to John Woodwaun, my chaplain,*' so many of the rest of my bookes which he shall choose, as, being indifterently pryzed and rated, shall be worth vi''"' viii^ iiii*^. Item, I gyve to my sister in law, Anne Smythe- son, vi^'** yearly. To my brother Robert Hutton's wyfe (if she survive her husband) iiii'"'' y^^i'^y ; to my niece, wyfe of Will. Ranson, iiii'''' yearlye ; to ray servant, Myles Dawson, v^'^ yearly, to be payd to him or his assign es out of the sayd lease and tythes of Drylieild, untyll the lease of the tythes and rectorye of Knolton, in the tenure or occupation of the Lady Thorold, be expyred. Item, I gyve and bequeathe unto my servaunt, Tho- mas Hewyttson, 10'"''. Item, I gyve and bequeathe unto my servaunt, Robert Hall, 10^'*'. Item, I gyve to every one of my household servants as folio weth ; viz. to every one that serve me as gentleman liii' iiii'', and to every yeoman 40^ Item, I gyve to the poor within the parish of Warton 10''*' ; to the poor of the city of York v"" ; to the prisoners of the castle of York v'"' ; to the prysoners in the Kidcote *^ there iii'''' vi^ viii"^ ; to the poor in Cawood and Wystowe vi'''' xiii' iiii*^ ; to the poor of Ripon vi"'' xiii^ viii*^ ; and to the poor in Bishopsthorpe 40^ ; to be dys- ■*- There can be little doubt that this is the John Wirdnam from whom we have three letters ; two as above, addressed to the Archbishop, and one to Sir Timothy Hutton, his son, p. 188. Wirdnam was educated at Camln-idge at the expense of the Archbishop, and is afterwards his chaplain. ■" See Wills and Inventories, published by this Society, p. 83. 182 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC tributed at the discretion of my supervy sours, or two of them. Item, I vvyll that my house be kept, and servants together, fyve weeks after my death. Item, I do desyre and appoynt the said Sir Cuthbert Pepper, M^ Sergeant Hutton, and Thomas Hewyttson my faithfull servant;; supervysors of this my wyll and testament, and I gyve to every one of them xl. a piece ; desyring them all, as I doubt not but they will, to ayd and assist my chyldren, to have a friendly care of the good of my executors, and for the due performance of thys my last wyll and testament, and especially for the fynysshing of my schoole and hospitall at Warton aforesayd, at the charge of my executors. Item, I gyve to Anthony Bugg,' 'schollar in Cambridge, foure pounds yearlye out of the lease and tythes of DryiFeild aforesayd, to be payd to hym during fyve years next after the tyme of my death, and alsoe soe manie and such of my bookes as are fytt for him worth iiii^'*' vi^ viii*^. Item, I desyre my loving frende M^ Doctor Goodwyne, Chauncellor of the Metropolyticall Church of York, to preach at my funerall, and I give him x^'^. All the rest of my goods and chattells whatsoever, not gyveu nor be- queathed, I gyve and bequeathe unto Timothie and Thomas my said sons, whom I doe make and appoynt executors of thys my last wyll and testament. And if any doubt or question happen, or if or be moved {sic) at any tyme touching the meaning of this my last wyll and testament, or any part thereof, my wyll and meaning is, that that shall be decyded by my said supervisours, or by the greater part of them that shall be lyving at the time when any such doubt or question doth or shall aryse. Item, my will is, that if either my executors, or any that hath any legacye or gyft gyven in or by this my last wyll and testament, shall go about, offer, or seek to hynder the execution or performance of this my sayd last will and testament, or shall purloyne, take, or consent or agree to the purloining or taking of any part of the goods or things before gyven or left behynd, then he, she, or they shall loose whatsoever is gyven or bequeathed to him, her, or them in or by this my last wyll and testament. In witness whereof I, the sayd Matthewe Archbusshopp of Yorke, have hereunto put my hand and scale the day and year first above and before wrytten. Matth. Ebor. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 183 This was subscribed, sealed, and acknowledged by the above named most Reverend ffather, Matthew Hntton, Lord Arch- bishopp of Yorke, Primate of England and Metropolitane, to be his last will and testament, the foresaid twentieth day of Novem- ber, anno Domini 1605, and in the third yeare of the reigne of our said Soveraigne Lord James, by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., and of Scotland xxxix"", in the presence of us hereunder named, being required by him the said Lord Archbishopp to be witnesses of the same. Item, my will and meaninge is, that all rents and debts due unto me out of or for myne owne lands and specialties shall be imployed for the payment of Sir Cuthbert Pepper, knight, and for the buying of land in Pontefract for my sonne Thomas. Thomas Hewitson. Robert Hall. Miles Dawson. SIR TIMOTHY BUTTON'S CORRESPONDENCE, etc. 187 No. CXIII. MY lord's gift of £1900. 1 APRIL, 1592. (829.) Be it knowen to all men by these presents, that I Matthew Hutton, Bishop of Durham, in consideration off a mariage al- readie solemnized betwene Timothie Hutton, my eldest sone, and Elizabeth Bowes, daughter to Sir George Bowes, knight, de- ceased, and the Ladie Jane Bowes, off Stretlam, widowe, have given, and by this present writing doe give, unto my saide sone Timothie the sume off one thousand nine hundredth poundes, whereoff ccc' my said Ladie paied me in part off paimeut off her daughter's portion ; which summe is in an iron chist in my bedd chamber, and is to be bestowed upon a purchase for a jointer to the said Elisabeth, to Timothie Hutton and the said Elizabeth, and to the heires off the said Timothie begotten off the bodie off the said Elisabeth ; and, in default of such issue, to the right heires of the said Timothie. In witnes whereof I have sub- scribed my name and put to my (hand), and also have delivered the key oft' the said chist unto the said Timothie, together with the chist and monie in the same, the first day off April, 1592. By me, Matth. Dunelm. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Tho. Hyltone. Tho. Hewison. Rob. Hall. (Seal, a Bible open, with the wordy Odou Vit^e, and the circuiiiscriptiou Gladivs Spiritvs.) 188 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER CXIV. TOBIE MATHEW, DEANE OF DURESME, [tO MR. TIMOTHY HUTTON.] Ult. Dec. 1594. (453.) Sir, I am geven to understand you fall to your studies againe, and thereof am I glad to heare ; especially that you take a spe- ciall delight in historie, the witnes of tyme and memorie of life, yea after death. Let me recommend to your diligent reading the book I send you herewith, a translation of a most excellent author by a great learned frend of myne. You shall in myne opinion profit and please yourself muche in the perusing thereof, attending it well, and using with the text the annotacions, but, of all other thinges, preferring here and there your Christian judgement before the profane pollicie of the originall writer. No merveile, for what booke all faltlesse but the Book of God ? And so, hartily wisshing you and yours longe and prosperously to enjoye the yeares, lyfe, and land of your honorable and rever- end father, I betake you and gentle M^^ Hutton to the grace of God. At Duresme, ult. Decemb. 1594. Your assured loving frend, ToBiE Matthew. To my worshipful and verie loving frende M''. Timothic Hut- ton, at Awkeland. (The whole letter in the hand of D''. Matthew. Seal broken.) LETTER OXV JOHN WIRDNAM TO TIMOTHY HUTTON, ESQ. Ornatissinio viro domino Tiniotheo Huttono, litteraruni fantori niaximo. QuAMVis tu, vir ornatissime, no vis me beneficiis crebrisque afficere soles, novam tamen gratiarum formulam uon reportas. SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 189 imo ne ullam quitlem praHer epistolam, eamque solito more soluta oratione conscriptam. Hinc sane milii subverendum esse censui, ne vel ingratse negligentise vel innatse cujusdam inscitise meipsum incusem, quod cum toties scripserim, nulla prorsus varietate usus sim ; minime igitur mirandum est, si hffic mea nuda et vul- garis in scribendo siniplicitas eam in animo tuo nauseam pariat, quam in stomaclio summee delicite, si per se ssepius ac soloe de- gustentur, efficiant. Hoc igitur temjjore tua ad ignoscendum propensa fretus voluntate, aggressus sum turn contra ingenium studiuraque meum, rudem et inipolitam compingere poesin ; hoc enim animo fui, ut opprinii me officii ouere malim quam eandem mihi et tua donatione et mea sponsione impositam aut propter negligentiam abjicere, aut propter ignorantiam deponere. Quod autem in me, parentibus amicis et rebus alioqui necessariis orba- tum, liberalitatem tuam exercuisti, qua tenues studioruui meoriim rationes in hac tanta temporum difficultate plurimum levasti, eo ipso clarius multo elucet virtus tua, quod in eum beneficia con- tulisti cui omnis remunerandi facultas dempta est. Hoc tamen, si quid sit, pollicebor, me meaque omnia cum tenuissima ilia in literis notione quam aut nunc liabeo aut in posterum habiturus sum, tuse dignitati deditissimam addicere, tibique omnem raeam observautiam, obedientiam, servitutem, firmissima fide devinctam, subjicere. Dos sua cuique datur, non omnia possumus omnes. Posse datur paucis, velle sed omnis liabet. Clarus Aristoteles phisicee prsecepta reliquit Plurima, perpetuum quae meruere decus. Inter causidicos Cicero celeberrimus omnes, Aurea commeruit, laurea serta gerens. Quis tamen agnovit doctis ex omnibus unum, Insignem binis artibus esse virum 1 Hsec ego vaticinor, quia me finxere poetam Non aptuni Musse, carmina grata loqui. Hand nostris igitur placide currentia cernes Verba modis, passim menda sed intus erunt. Nee minus ilia tuse praconia laudis habebunt. Qui prsebes miseris dona benigna viris. Hsec faciens etenim vestigia sancta parentis Ipse sequi certas, nomen ad astra ferens. 190 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Quod precor acljutus facias ut numine dlvum, Propitia quorum cuncta reguntur ope : Aurea Satunius qui quondam sa^cla tenebat Det tibi foelici prosperitate frui, luppiter altitonans omnes qui fulmine terret, Longaevum faciat teque tuumque patrem, Et quae vestra manus tribuit mihi dona rependat Vobis, in vestro ter geminata sinu. Tuse dignitati deditissimus, loHANNES WiRDNAM. To the right worsliippfull M'. Timothie Hutton, at the Manner in Yorke, give these, from Cambrige. * LETTER CXVI. GERVASIO VIDINI [tO TIMOTHY HUTTON.] 19 Feb. 1597. (77.) La grandezza delF amor molto M'°. S""^. che con la suavita de vostri amorevili costumi mostrato m' havete, e tanta, che in summo grado sento quante gratie vi devo e quauto obligo vi sono ; onde- che apertamente ricognosio le force del mio debole ingegno non esser suficinti a rendervi le deute gratie. Cosi sono in dubio, se debbio taccer, 6 pur sforzami di sodisfare a quel ch' io debbio. Perclie si taccio par che d' animo ingrato possi esser ripresso ; studiandomi d' adempire il mio - dovuto officio, ne possendo lo stelle andar presso al buon volere, temo che per non potervi la mia gratitudine dimostrare, quel pocho ch'' io ni serviesse ad ingratitu- dine, overo a superbia nom mi s^attribuesse, onde si come aperta- mente mostro non poter trovar maniera, nella quale le devute gratie rendervene possi, cosi prego per vostra virtu intendiate quel che con parole mia mente mostrar vorebbe et non puo, per non trovare modo alcuno di dire alia materia iguale. Ondeche 2)oiche tante gratie vi debbio quante non c** e speranza di potervi mai renderne, se mai in alcun tempo con le mie fatiche, conti miei studi potro giovarvi m"" ingegnoro che veggiate V animo mio non SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 191 esser Ingrato. Con tal proposito resto bascondo lo mane di V. S. ^ della S°'^ Di Kebeck, 19 di Febraio, 1597. Delle rare virtu di V. S. AiFecionatissimo, GeRVASUS ViDlNI. Al molto mag*". 8°"^. il signer Tiraotheo. To his very assured and singuler good loving frend, M"". Timothe Huttonn, at the Manor.''* LETTER CXVII. MR. WATERHOUSE [XO TIMOTHY HUTTON, ESQ.] 2 Jul. 1602. (499.) Mr. Hutton, Here hath bene a writt long fForth fFor the ffind- ing of an office after the death of Arthure Philipps of Marske, I heare it is your dwelling-place ; and there is a tenure in knights' service offered to be preferred therof. I desire you ffor your good to be advised therin, and I shalbe willing to give you my best ^Furtherance ; but it is fitt the writt shold be retorned, least some have advantage to strike you behind your backe. So I cease, thinking the Assisse weeke to be a good tyme to take order herin. Yorke, 2 July, 1602. Your lovinge ffreind, •. Jonas Waterhous. To my loving freind, Tymothy Hutton, Esquire, at Marske, neare Richemount, be these dd. (Armorial seal.) ** St. Mary's Abbey at York, retained in the hands of the Crown after the Dissolution, and converted into a place of residence for the President of the Council of the North. 192 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER CXVIII. MY BROTHER THO. HUTTON. 1602. (532.) Sir, My intertainement at my coming home was, contrarie to my expection, without any great reprehention at all. I have sent you the armour which my Lord would part from hy this bearer, the particular of which is underneath written. I am hartelie to desire you (nay rather earnestlie to intreat you) that you would performe now (quum quid facerem nescio) that which heretofore you have profFerred me (I meane your hauke), seeing my Lord is willing therunto, nay, rather desyring me as it M'ere to keepe one ; and, as for grewhounds having, alltogither unwil- ling, nay, commanding nolens an volens to send them awaye. Thus, leaving my sute to your pleasure, Avhose pleasure I hope it will be to afford me some pleasure, I interim remaineing pleasureles, I cease, though never cease to thanke. Vale ! 6 of Sept. Tuns ut suns, Tho. Hutton. Corsletts with furniture . . . viij Musketts with furnyture . > . . . iiij Calyvers with furnyture ... vj Halberts ...... iiij Partecin ...... j Bills viij To his loving brother M^ Timothie Hutton, at Marske, ffive these. SIR TIMOTHY BUTTON. 193 LETTER CXIX. MR. HEWYTSON, MY LORD's GRACE's STEWARDS, [tO TIMOTHY HUTTON, ESQ.] 19 Sep. 1602. (500.) Sir, I have spoken with M'". Pepper. He perused over your indenture for Marsk. If Fr. PhiUipps found an office, then . . . ar not to trowble your self: if not, yet he wokl have yow to forebeare untill his returne from London ; for he will have a spe- cial! regard of it, to know howe the case stands, and how it is holden. I must and will speak to M". Jonas Waterhowse ex- cheator this syttinge, to pray him to forheare, &c., for so M^ Pepper wishes, althowgh I give him a fee for his good will and favour, hecawse it wilbe a matter of some charge if you be forced to fynd an office. My Lord liaith told me that he thincks yt holds not of hir Majestic, and yet if it do, by homadge in painge ij races of gynger ; and so I will tell M'. Waterhowse. Never trowble your self about that matter, unless yow wilbe pleased to speak with M"". Pepper yourself, and geve him thancks for his paines, for he wold in no case take any ffee of you ; the rea- son was, becawse he had a standing fee of j\ &c. And so, with thowsands of thancks for your manifFold and kynd favors, with my right harty comends to your self, M". Hutton with the rest, I commend yow and yours to the Lord. Bushopthorpp, xix*^' Sept. a° 1602. Your w. most bound att commaund, Tho. Hewytson. His Grace is every mornyng in his cotch, and after none of horseback: we have ij ffyne Fresland mares. I hope he will come the next yere to kill the buck at so hardly escaped. To the worshipfull and his very good ffrend Ty. Hutton, Esq., att Marsk. 194 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. No. CXX. A MEMORANDUM BY SIR T. HUTTON CONCERNING THE RENTS OF THE MANOR OF HEALAUGH IN SWALEDALE. Sep. 28, 1602. (792.) Wheareas by an order made in the Chancery by the Lord Keeper that now is, the 12 day of October last past, that the tenants of the mannour of Healley in Swayldale, which hould there tenements there of Edmund Mullenax, Esquyer, should pay there rents from henceforthe unto my handes untyll further order shalbe taken for the same by the sayd Lord Keeper ; these are therefore to certefye to whome yt shall appertaine, that James Arrundell with dyvers others have payed there rents unto me or my assignes, accordinge as they are appoynted to doe by the sayd order. Marske, Septembris 28, 1602. TiMO. HuTTON. LETTER CXXL WILLIAM CLOPTON TO TIMOTHY HUTTON, ESQ. May 1604. (862.) Sir, Haste begetteth barbarisme, but love covereth all imper- feccions. Your true gentlemanly mynde and favor have ympor- tuned my ever-vowed service to thrust into your hands anny thing howe meane soever; and, whilst you are reading these, ymagin you are talking with your meanest servant. The Union which his Majestic so ernestly affected is defected, and spumed owt of the Lower Howse. That nation duely wayed in the ballance of reason is fownde too light to participate with owr warmer temper. His Majestic is satisfied ; and the name of England, lykely to have bene buried, is recovered of that dan- gerous disease. Well, Quod ratio nequit, sepe sanavit mora. In joy Avhereof we may all sing and say, Dicite lo pean, et io bis dicite pean. Howe grave Maurice Avith 40,000 Dutch, 10,000 French, and 6,000 Itahans, sent by the Great-Duke of Tuscan, hath entered Flanders, releved Ostend, bealeagured SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 195 Sluse, I dowt not but you have hard. But one thing- wold I ofFer to your reading; and in all myne, from the sea-fights written by ancient Thucidides in Grecia, in the great monarchie of the Romanes, or scince in 1588, put both the fleets in one, did I never fynde ; for 4,000 sayle are forth, rigged by the States, so narrowly waching the sea costes, that the Duke of Castil, Great Constable of Spayne, lyeng at Dunkirke and ex- pected in England, dares not peep forth. Somerset Howse is richly furnished, and the Banketing Howse in Whithall new paynted and glased, and great matters provided for his enter- taynment ; yet feare, the true cradle of securitie, with holds him from taking these great offices of love and frendship entended by his Majestic : but it is true, if the States katch or take hold of this never so great cunstable, he is sewer to be set in the stocks. The reasons against the Union containing ij sheets of paper, and sent I suppose to my Lord fi-om Sir J. Bennett, I purposed to have sent yow ; but M''. Hall, having fingered them, is so daynty of them as I can not as yet procure a coppe : slow- nes is the soule of councell, which I may fittly applye to Rob. Hall, who, thow he be slowe, yet is sewer, and he hath promised you shall have them shortly. The newes, and now newe, are that my Lord of Duresme hath gotten the garland : well, he is wyse, and, as Tirrence sayth, " scit uti/oro ,•" so is the fashion, which most are apt to followe. The Lord Shefteld, besydes his presidentship, as it is sayd, hath a grant of his Majestic for the government of the Isles of Garnsey and Jarnsoy, well worth two thowsand pounds per annum. Well, I feare that to much gyvinge will kill liberalitie ! The plage hath entered the harte of the cittie, and yesterday in Jebbergate two died of the same. Ther is an act passed to take away the clergie from stealers of sheep and oxen, which will do much good. William Stillinaton the arch recusant is committed to the castell; but, as I here, notwithstanding his ymprisonment, venit, immo venit, in senatwm venit. He with his keper goeth whither he will, so as I may say he is beaten with roses ; for quid non mortalia pectora coc/is, auri sacra fames? Rams and slings are but silly batterie, Pistelets are now tlie best artillerie. o 2 196 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Doctor Goodwin is lately retorned from London, but I feare me hath missed the quishion, for the deanrie ; the more pittie ; in whose prayse I could say muche. Sir Jo. Feme and your brother Gee I trust shall come downe His Majestie's secretaries in the North, whereof I am glad to here. My bottome is wynded owt ; and, water fayling, my poore boate is a grounde. The Lorde keep you and yours, this raynie Tuesday morning of May, 1604. Yours to comaunde, WiLLM Clopton. I have ever observed your readynes to do many g"ood, and to speake to my Lord for them. My blunt nature avoydeth all complements of insinuacion : sed in aurihus dico, tangit, et angit^ necessitas ; alloquere patrem in riieani gratiam, et eris mihi mag- nus Apollo. To the right Avorshipful M''. Tymotliie Hutton, Esquier, at Maske, theise. (Seal of arms.) LETTER CXXn. MY BROTHER REMINGTON. 7 Jan. 1604-5. (779.) Sir, The eight hundreth powndes I must utterly refuse, as a matter quyte out of my reach. The six hundreth I wyll stand to, upon that good lyking you have of the knight, and it shall be payed in this sorte ; two hundreth presently, foure hundreth the 14 day of April at Marsk : all other thinges, for joynter, tyme of mariag, and soch lyke, I referr to you. Further then this I nether can nor wyll goe, saving soch kynd remembranc as all men use to have of ther ehyldren at the tyme of ther death ; then, as God shall make me able, I wyW do that which shall well content them. I pray yow lett me heare as soone as yow can whether this condition wyll be taken ; I must use som meanes for the provision of the mony. And I would desyre yow to revyse the matter agane with M'. Wansford ; yow may doe it SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 197 very closely by Serjeant Hutton. Mary, yow must say no moore .unto them then to M'. Wansford hym self; ther is a great in- ward familiarety betwene them, and I doe not think but M". Wansford would be glad of fyve hundreth powndes, and request no soch speede in the payment. Yf that fayle, M\ Moyser is as egre as ever he was, and styll expecteth a letter from yow to know how she standeth affected to him. I would have one of thes wayes taken without any great solemnety ; she is as a wydow, and therfore all thes ordinary vane expences may well be spared. My cosen Blackburne tould me that the knight required a full removing from John Hothani ; he hath alredy done that in forme of law, and it remaneth as a publyk act of record for the clering of them both. Vale! January 7. Your loving brother, , Ri. Remington. ^/{^c^'^-f- To the right worshipfull my very loving brother, "W. Timothy Hutton, Esquyre, geve thes. ■? i.-*-U-'^^'" No. OXXIII. JOHN ELLOWE's note OF CHARDGES WHEN I [siR TIMOTHY hutton] WENT TO LONDON. 1605. (732.) MONIE LAID OUT WHEN MY MAISTER WENT TO LONDON, THE FYRST DAY BEINGE FRYDAY ATT FERRIE BRYGGE. £ S. d. Imprimis, to the post at Tadcaster ffor 5 horses 8 myle, for Wyllim Davill had a gyde, and to the post boye 6(/. Item, to the powre M. ; to the man that gave my maister his horse 2>d. ; ffor a crowper 6f/. ... 01 0 9 6 0 ATT DONKASTER. Item, to the post of Ferriebrig for 10 myle, and the guyde 6f/. Item, ffor suger to wyne that was brought 8f/. ; to the poure ^d. 0 9 2 0 1 0 198 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. ATT SCROOBIE, £ s. d. Item, to the post of Donkystester 7 myle ; for the young man that was gyde Is. ,,, ... 0 7 2 Item, ffor beare 4id. ; and to two boyes 2d. ... 006 ATT TUXFORTHE. Item, to the post of Scrobie ffor 11 myle, and the gyde Qd. ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Item, to hym that kejit the post horses, and for drising of bootes ... ... ... 006 Item, for a cawdall and supper, and breakfast ... 0 7 10 Item, ffor fFyre ... ... ... 0 0 7 Item, to the chamberlain and the maid that burnt the boothowse (sic) ... ... ... 006 Item, to the powre ... ... ... 006 ATT NEWARK E. Item, to the post of Tuxforthe for 10 myles, and the gyde 6d. ... ... ... 092 Item, for thre hundrethe of oysters ... ... 020 Item, for fower quarts of wyne, and bread and bearre 0 2 8 Item, to the ostler Sd., and to the powre od. ... 006 ATT GRANTHAM. Item, to the post of Newark 10 myle, and the gyde ^d. ... ... ... ... 0 9 2 Item, for wyne, and beare and bread ... 0 0 10 ATT WITHHAM. Item, the post of Grantham for 8 myles ; the gyde 6d.; for beare 4c?. ... ... ... 0 7 10 ATT STAMFORTHE. Item, the post of Withham for 8 myles ; the gyde 6f^- .-. ... ... ... 0 7 6 Item, for burnt wyne Is. 4:d. ; to the powre Sd. 0 17 ATT STYLTON. Item, the post of Stamfbrth 12 myles ; the gyde 6d. 0 10 10 199 £ s. d. 0 2 9 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 2 0 0 0 6 SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. Item, the wayts 2s. ; the chamberlain 4td. ; boots drising 2d. ; the poore Sd. Item, for supper, breakfast, and fyre... ATT HUNTINGDON. Item, the post of Stylton for 9 myle, and the o-yde 6d. Item, for brunt wyne, beare and breade Item, to the ostlere 2d. ; to the powre 4 0 2 4 204 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. ATT TADCASTER. The post of Ferriebrig for 8 myles, and hymself . . . The ostler 2f^. ; the poore 4 0 10 0 Taylor and draper Coales and winter provision Landress and woman that dresses the chamber 0 0 0 4 10 5 8 0 6 Shooes 0 8 1 Gloves 0 3 0 Stockings and shooetyes For paper, &c. Given him money at several tymes 18 fasting nights 0 0 0 0 6 1 12 9 6 4 6 0 Tuition and chamber ... 0 18 6 « Summa totalis £8 14s. Id. oh. Remained in myne hands sine the quarter before, 41. 2s. 2d. ob. ; and that which 1 received sine, 9^. 10s. : in all, 13?. 12s. lOd. ob. Out of which the former total sum deduct- ed, rem. of his in my hand 41. 18s. 9d. Tho. Whincop. SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 227 No. CXLIV. FROM CHRISTMAS TO LADYE DAYE, AND BETWYXT LADY DAY AND MYDSUMMER. 1620-1, (332.) Phillip Hutton betwixt Christmas and Ladie day, 1621. £ S. d. The totall sum of his bill was ... ... 6 2 8 oh. To which being added that which was due to me since the quarter grace ... ... 364 Sum is Received May 1 6, 1 622 Rem. till the jear following for him 9 9 0 ob. 9 15 0 0 5 11 ob. Betwixt Ladie day and Midsummer, 1622, £ s. d. Commons and siseing ,. . ... ... 8 18 lob. Fasting nights ... ... , . , 090 Bookes ... ... ... ... 0 .5 10 Glover ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Shooes ... ... ... ... 0 9 8 Given him for his acts in the schooles, for a bever, and at other severall tymes ... Oil 4 Physicke while he was sicke ... ... 0 3 9 New hatt and band ... ... ... 084 Landress and woman ... ... ... 060 Bands, cuffs and handkirchs ... ... 0 4 0 Suite of apparall ... ... ... 298 Points and garters and stockings ... ... 0160 Chamber and tuition ... ... ... 0 18 6 Sum. tot. £11 2s. 2<^. ob. Deduct the remainder since last year ... Remains now due to me 0 5 11 ob. 10 14 2ob. TlIO. WlIINCOP. Q 2 228 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER OXLV. TIM. HUTTON, MY KYNSMAN, TO JO. ELLOW.^* Maie 31, 1621. KiNDE John Ellow, my best love and harty commondationes remembred unto you. This is to certifie you that I have receved your letter, and M^ Forte another fFrom Sir Timothie, for the which I give you many thoussand thankes; intreating you to deliver M^ Forte's letter to Sir Timothie, and to fiirther me in my afFares : thus desiring your love to speake to Sir Timothie for me to stand my frend at this time, and I shall be mad for ever, and my fortunes raised againe. M^ Forte and his wife and Susan remembers their loves to you. Soe I end, leavinge you to the protection of Allmightie God. Frome the Blew Ancker in Feld Lane, London, May the SI"" day. Your loving ffrind to his power in what I may, Timothie Hutton. To his assured and very lovinge ffrind, John Ellow, dewelling with Sir Timothie Hiitton, knight, at Maske, deliver this. LETTER CXLVL TIM. HUTTON, MY KYNSMAN, TO JO. ELLOW. June 14, 1621. Kind John Elow, my best love and harty commendations remembred unto you ; hopping of your good health, with all the rest of my good ftrinds. This is to certyfie you the cause of my wrighting unto you is to intreat you to speake to Sir Timothie for me ; and that he would be pleased to doe somthing for me at this tyme, for I never had more ned in all my lyfe. I doe owe M^ Fort dClO. 12s., which doth greave me very sore, he having layd out the most of it out of his purse to keppe me from prisson ; and now he will doe no more, and I cannot blame him, for, had not he bene, I had ben dead in prisson afore now. Kind John Elow, speake to Sir Timothie that he would be pleased to lend ^* The confidential servant of Timothy Hutton. SIR TIMOTHY BUTTON. 22.9 me £10 li2s. to pay him, and I shall thinke my selfe happy, and be bound to pray for his worship, and in tyme pay his worship agayne. Soe I would intreat you to showe Sir Timothie this letter, wherby he may understand my wants at this tyme, for they wear never more. No more at this tyme, but, intreating your answer, I commit you to the protection of Allmighty God. From the Blew Anchor in Fild Lane, London, June the 14"*. Susan hath sent you a token for a remembrance, of hir owne makinge. Your loving ffrind to his power, Timothie Hutton. LETTER CXLVIL ROB. ALLENSON OF CROFT [tO SIR TIMOTHY ^UTTOn], CON- CERNING GRACE JOHNSON, A REPUTED WITCH. June 24, 1621. Sir, as unacquainted I salute you, &c. I received a letter from your worshipe, wherein your worshipe willed mee to certifie your worshipe of the discretion of one Grace Johnson, who is reputed to be a witch : these are therefore to let you understand of her behaviour (in part), as this bearer will let your worshipe understand in toto. Her manner of livinge is and hath beene so bad that all the towne would verie gladly be rid of her, for she doth nothing (allmost) but curse some or other both day and night, as well when she is alone as with company, even the best as well as the worst ; and for those whom she doth accuse of slanderinge her for a witch, they doe utterly deny it, and saith that she is wont (because she got some thinge hereto fore) to accuse allmost any that she thinkes to get some thinge out ; and as for her religion, we know it not, for she never did receive the Communion this 3 yeres, neither came at the church but 2 Sundayes (since she got this busines to goo about), because that M^ Hopper did aske her when she was at the church. And this much breifly I thought good to let your worshipe understand, and this bearer will relate it more at large. Your worshipp's to command, lloBEUT AlLENSON. Croft, June 24, 1C21. 230 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. No. CXLVIII. SAM. HUTTON's ACQUYTTANCE FOR £10. NOVEMB. 26, ANNO Do. 1622. Receaved att the hands of John Ellye the some of tenn pownds, due out of a yearlye annuitye from the right worshipfull Sir Tymothye Hut ton, knight, at Martinmas last past. I say re- ceaved, By me, Samuel Hutton. No. CXLIX. PHYLLYP mutton's ACCOMPTS. From Mydsomer to Michaellmas, 1622. Money given him for fasting night suppers, and severall other occasions For points and a girdle, &c. For paper and candles, and 3 pair of sockes Shooes Stockings, &c. The taylor and draper The landress and woman Commons and siseing In his sicknesse given to his phisitian, &;c. in part Tuition and chamber ... (324.) £ s. d. 0 15 6 0 4 4 0 3 8 0 6 8 0 5 6 0 4 2 0 6 0 4 3 3ob 0 15 0 0 18 6 Sum. tot. Due to me before Received Oct. 11 Remaines in my hand 8 2 7 10 14 2 20 0 0 1 3 3 Tho. Whincop. SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 231 No. CL. PHYLLYPP HUTTON's ACCOMPTS. Betwyxt Michaellmas and Christmas, 1622. £ s. d. The totall sum of your bill, with your new gowne, is ... ... ... ... 10 16 4 ob. I have already received ... ... 6 17 6 ob. Remaines due to me now ... ... 3 18 10 Tho. Whixcop. Phillip Hutton. LETTER OLI. WILL. ALDBROUGH [XO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON]. Januarie 15, 1622-3. RyGHT WoRSIIlPPFUL. Forasmuch as I am not able in bodye to come to your sessions at this instant, having formerly bene att the sessions at Hems- ley ; therfore I thought fitt to signifie unto you, thatt yf yt stand with your good-likinge, that, according to his Majestie's orders, there shall be a division of our selves into sundry wapen- takes for the spede preventing and remidinge of the dearth of corne and other victualls according to the said orders, I shall be redye for the spede execucion of the said service to joyne with those of our assosiats as you shall think fitting for the exe- cucion of the said service within the wapentake of Hallikell and Hangeast, upon notice of the tyme and place \A-hich I thinke fitting afore your departure from sessions to be sett downe, and notice therof to be geven to the head constable now present at your sessions. The place I think fitting to be att Burueston; the tyme as shortly as you can ; the charge to bee that the pettie con- stable and bring {sic) a note of all brewsters lycensed and lycensed maltsters, and the malsters to be present, all badgers and ingross- 232 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. ers of corne, and whatt further clerections you will sett dovvne. Thus, upon notice of your pleasures hearein, I will be redye to the best of my knowledg to do his Majesty service, both now and all other tymes. Yours in all kindenes, Will. Aldiburgh.^^ Ellingthorp, Januarij 15, 1622. William Rey of Kirbie super Moram, I hold him not fitting to tiple, for that he doth harbour by a whole weak to gether contemptououse persons to the law ; therefore I pray you lett him be disallowed by sessions. No. OLII. PHYLLYP HUTTON S ACCOMPTS. Betwixt Christmas and Ladie day, 1622-,3. (377.) Commons and siseing in the hall Coales and candles, &c. ... Fasting nightes Senecaes workes Money given him upon severall occasions Lining, eapps, &c. 2 pair of stockinges A pair of gamashes, and a pair of slippers A pair bootes and shooes The taylor's bill for his cloake and other thinges Chamber His diett in his sickness ... For phisicke, and given to the physitian Landress and woman Tuition £ s. d. 5 9 5 0 11 5 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 14 6 0 4 3 0 6 8 0 4 0 0 12 9 2 12 6 0 6 8 1 3 1 1 9 4 0 6 0 0 13 4 Summa totalis £15 2s. lid. Of Ellingthorp, near Boroughbridge. — M. F. SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 233 £ s. d. Remained in my hands of the 20?. last quarter discharged ... 1 5 6 Due to me now, the rest ... 13 17 5 Tho. Whincop. LETTER CLIII. BARTH. MOORE [tO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON]. Aprill 10, 1623. Right Worshipfull, my humble dutie remembred unto you, and to your sonne M^ Phillip. I would be very glad to hear of his recovery ; and I pray you certify him that I toulde his tutor where I meete him, and likewise of his saifty in his journey, which gave him great content. This is to certify you that I am sore troubled with an ague since my comming up to Cambridge, insomuch it hath coste me the poore meanes I had ; therfore I would intreat your worshipp in this time of extremity and sicknes to commisserate my case, and to minister some comfort unto my necessities, and I shall ever while I breath have a thankefull acknowledement of your extraordonary great love towards me, and I will not cease daily to make mention unto God for you and yours in my prayers, for I have nothing wherein I may better proffitt you : and seing I have received so many kindnesses from you, and have nothing to restore but thankes, as Seneca sayd once, soe may I say, memetipsum tihi daho. And soe I cease ; but never ceassing to pray unto the Lord to grant you length of dayes in this life, and, after this life, eternall life in the kingdome of glory. Yours, or his servise for ever to commaund, Bartiio. Moore. 234 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. No. CLIV. THO. MUDd's note OF ACCOMPTS FOR dP109 4s. 8d. Aug. 5, 1623. August the 5"', 1623. Injirimis, received of M^ Thompson 7"^ Received of the tennants of Barnebie 4lh 5th Som*' DISBURSED. August the second, 1623. AtCundall To a messenger from Bishopthorpe For my dinner Munday For my horse For 2 bagges For wine at M"". Dawson"'s To Sir Gilbert To M^ Mathew ... To M"^. Merser To Peeter Slayter ... To the boatman at Yorke In peears To John Pepper For swearing Sir Gilbert For 2 cloackebaggs In sacke For the horses of Thursday To the sadler In tobacco In aile ... ... For a booke For wine at M^ Kapp"'s For dressing a hatt To the children at M'. Dawson's To the servants £ s. d. 75 18 0 83 6 8 109 4 8 £ s. d. 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 8 0 5 0 4 0 0 2 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 3 4 0 0 8 0 7 6 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 2 8 SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 235 To M"^. Dawson for wine To M^ Phillipp ... To M''. Samuell Hutton's tow sonnes For dinners and suppers upon Tuesday, Wed densday, and Thursday, and Fryday din ner In wine to M^\ Thornes Sent by M'. Maylom For 2 bells For M'. Jackson's horse For lyning your hatt For M^ Pliillipp''s dinner upon Satterday .. To William upon a note For my dinner To M^ Bennett To one for bringing a letter To the clockmaker ... To a j)oore woman ... For the horses For 2 bottles of wine In tobacco In wine at M'. Tireman's To the servants at Poppleton ... To the boatman at Yorke For a show for the gray nagg ... To the servants at Goulsbrough For bread To the schollers at M''. Foster"'s To the porter at Boulton To a messenger To a poore woman ... For 9 peckes of peescods For bread Som £30 7s. Id. Paid to the deane of Yorke Remaining of Barnebie rent in my hands Delivered to my ladie Remaining in my hands of the 151. 18s. but Summa totair £109 ^s. 8d. 9' 10 12'^ 13' 15* th 16' £ s. d. 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 0 4 8 0 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 7 8 0 0 8 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 3 0 32 4 10 1 1 7 45 10 0 0 0 5 236 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER CLV. A COPIE OF MY LETTER TO MR. RYGGE. Aug. 18, 1623. (328.) Sir, I suppose you are nott ygnorant of a match which was intended betwyxt my maugh^^ Cleburne hys eldest sonne Ed- mund and my daughter. I doe protest unto you (in the word of truth) that the breach thereof is no smale dyscontentment unto me ; and that I must needs cleare the young gentleman soe farre, that there was noe fault neither in hym selfe nor on hys syde, but onely the dysaffaction of my foolysh daughter, whoe is lyke (and shall) to pay for hyr follye. I understand that there hath beene conference betwyxt hym and you touching hys sonne with your daughter, whearein (yf ytt shall please God that yt goe forward) I shall nott be a lyttle glad that he shall match with one of such integretye as you are reported to be. Hys estate is fayre, and such as (with a lyttle tyme) will free hym from all incombrances : and bycause I know you cannott but be desyrous to know them, I have delyvared a note of them unto my maugh (the bearer heareof) which he wyll shew you. As for myne owne mony, which I have payd, I wyll nott take one pennye for use, butt that I may have ytt upon one quarter's warning yf of necessytye I must requyre ytt ; which I thinke wyll nott be hastely, for my daughter is nott much above fowarteene yeares ould. As for other bonds which I am entred into for hym to supply hys occasions, I hope noe reasonable man wyll thinke ytt unreasonable to desyre securitye for myne indemnity e. I wyll wyllinglye release any interest that I have in hys estate, upon such securitye as shalbe reasonably e requyred ; and that the covenants for the good of the chyldren be parformed, for I must profess that I wyll never betray that trust that is reposed in others with myself for them whylst I lyve. These things performed, and that there be an agreement betwyxt you, (which I beseach God to dyrect and bless,) I shalbe verye desyrous that the busynes may receave an overture, '^ Brother-in-law. SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 287 and wylbe wylling to meate whensoever and whearesoever you or any shall please to prefyx. And thus I rest, Your verrye loving freind, T. H. Marske, Aug. 18, 1623. My letter to Mr. Rygge, No. CLVI. MY SONNE JO. HUTTON's ACCOMPTS. 1623. (321.) HUTTON. Michaelmas Quarter. Imprimis, for turning his gowne ffor cloth for the sleeves ... ffor mending his doublet and hose ffor mending his other hose ffor mending his gowne ... ffor cloth for the same ffor buttons ffor 2 jDair of shooes ffor paper ffor batlings ... ffor washing ... ffor a pair of stockings ffor inke ffor a suite of apparrell with a single galowne lace ffor a key, and mending his chest Sum £S lis. 2d. Christmas Quarter. Imprimis, for healing his throate ffor a pair of shooes and soles ffor batlings ... ffor inke and a paper booke ffor mending his gowne, and for cloth ffor footing his stockings, and mending his doublet and hose ffor ffustain, 2 doz. of buttons, and sleeving ffor cloth, hooks and eyes, and knee-strings ffor altering his stuffe hose, and stuff to mend them £ s. d. 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 4 0 4 6 0 1 6 0 s 4 0 0 2 2 11 2 0 1 6 £ s. d. 0 3 0 0 G 2 0 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 5 0 2 0 238 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. £ s. d. iFor 2 doz. and an halfe of buttons, and fustian ... 0 1 4 ffor facing for the hands, and hooks and eyes 0 0 6 ffor 2 yards 3 quarters of ffrize at 2s. 6d. 0 6 10 ffor making his jerkin, for buttons and silke 0 2 0 ffor making his gowne 0 1 0 ffor 2 pounds of candles ... 0 0 7 ffor paper 0 0 4 ffor washing ... 0 1 6 Sum £1 145. lid. Lady Quartee. £ s. d. Imprimis, for a pair of shooes and soles 0 3 8 Item for batlings 0 6 10 ffor washing 0 1 6 ffor a pair of stockings 0 3 4 ffor a pound of candles 0 0 3ob. ffor inke ... 0 0 2 ffor the hunting day ... 0 0 6 ffor j)aper ... 0 0 4 ffor mending his hose, and for fustian 0 0 9 ffor turning his sute, and dressing it 0 5 2 ffor 3 doz. of buttons, and silke ... 0 1 5 ffor pastboard and tape 0 0 3 ffor ffacing, and say to line the skirts 0 0 10 ffor cloth and linnen ... 0 1 4 ffor a pockett 0 0 2 ffor mending his gowne, and for cloth 0 0 10 Sum £1 8s. 4id. ob. MiDSOMER Quarter. £ s. d. Imprimis, for batlings 0 5 6 Item, for washing 0 1 6 ffor sweeping the schoole, and for birch 0 0 6 ffor inke 0 0 2 ffor making 3 shirts 0 1 6 ffor a pair of shooes ... 0 2 8 ffor soling and dressing his bootes 0 1 8 ffor paper 0 0 4 ffor paper 0 0 4 ffor mending his doublet and hose 0 0 10 ffor 4 doz. of the best buttons, and hookes and ( 3yes 0 1 6 SIR TIMOTHY BUTTON. 230 fFor faceing for the hands, and linnen... fFor mending his gowne, and cloth for it ffor a pair of stockings ffor 10 ells of lockrom for 3 shirts ... fFor an hatband ffor a pair of stockings ffor 4 bands 4s,, and a pair of garters 3s. ffor a girdle T'2d., and a pair of gloves 8d. ffor 3 pair of ruffes 18d,. a dozen of points 6d. £ s. d. 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 o o 0 0 15 0 0 1 6 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 8 0 2 0 Sum Sum tot. Recept. pra) man. Sic superest ... £ s. d. 2 12 2 9 6 71 11 4 101 1 18 3 No. OLVII. JOHN HUTTON's ACCOMPTS AT WINCHESTER, £20 14.?. Ad. oh., FROM MICHAELLMAS TO MICHAELLMAS. MiCHAELLMAS QuARTER. Imprimis, for mendinge his apparell Item, for making his jerkin Item, for a chest Item, for 3 pownde of candles Item, for quarterage ... Item, for inke, a psalter, a Nowell, ^^ and mer Item, for a table booke and inkehorne Item, for 2 yeards and halfe of indeco fri Item, for 3 doz, of buttons Item, for silke o-ram ze £ s. d. 0 4 0 0 14 0 8 0 0 1 1 ob. 0 2 10 0 3 8 0 1 2 0 9 2 0 0 9 0 0 6 Sum £1 12s. Qd. ob. " Nowell's Catechism. 240 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Christmas Quarter. Imprimis, for inck, and a Dens et Rex Item, for Ovid's Metamorphosis Item, for a Terrence, and paper booke Item, for mending his apparell Item, for making his jerkin, and buttons and silke Item, for a pair of shooes... Item, for a pair of soles ... Item, for 2 pownde of candles Item, for 2 yeards a halfe of indeco frize Item, for a pair of shooes Item, for a pair of gloves... Item, to a phisition for looking on his water twice Item, for quarterage Item, halfe a pownd of reasons Item, for wormeseede, sugar, mace, and frankin- sence ... ... ... ' ... Item, for tending him 12 dayes Sum £l 9s. Id. Lady Quarter. Imprimis, for quarterage ... Item, for the hunting day Item, for inke Item, for 2 pair of soles ... Item, for 5 yeards of paragon Item, for .3 ownces of lace Item, for 3 quarters of an ownce of silke Item, for one yeard of fustian Item, for a card of buttons Item, for 2 yeards and a halfe of ribane Item, for talFety Item, for an ell of canvase Item, for mending his hose Item, for mending a pair of stockings Item, for mending his hose, and for a pockett Item, for footing a pair of stockings ... Item, for mending his hose, and for stuffe Item, for making his suite Item, for fustian £ s. d. 0 0 8 0 0 10 0 1 8 0 1 9 0 2 6 0 2 6 0 0 10 0 0 9 0 9 6 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 £ s. d. 0 1 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 1 8 1 8 4 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 6 0 0 2 6 SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 241 X s. d. Item, for holmes fustian ... ... ... 0 3 4 Item, for whalbone and pastbord ... ... 0 0 6 Item, for paper ... ... ... 004 Item, for cotton for the suite ... ... 053 Item, for a i^air of stockings ... ... 0 3 0 Item, given him at severall times to pay London carryers and other uses ... ... 066 Sum £3 18s. 4r/. Mid. Quarter. Imprimis, for 2 pair of shoes Item, for quarterage Item, for mendinge his hose, and for stuffe Item, for footing 2 pair of stockings ... Item, for making 2 shirts Item, for a pokkett Item, for mending his hose, and for stuffe Item, for a pokkett Item, for mending a pair of stockings Item, for inck, and a paper booke Item, for 2 pair of soles ... Item, for a pair of gloves ... Item, for 2 bands Item, for a pair of stockings and garters Item, for a pair of gloves Item, for sweeping the schoole Item, for 5 ells and a halfe of locaram Item, for a hatt Item, for his dyett halfe-a-yeare Item, for dressing his old hatt Sum £7 18s. 1d. Sum. tot. Item, for his dyett halfe-a-yeare £ s. d. 0 5 4 0 1 6 e 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 2 8 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 4 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 £ s. d. 14 14 4 ob, 6 0 0 Summa tot. 20 14 4 ob. Recept. £45 Soe remayneth in my hands ... £24 .5s. 6(/, ob. R 242 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. No. CLVIII. MY SONNE JOHN HUTTON S ACCOMPTS FROM WINCHESTER SCHOOL. (415.) HuTTON. — To Michaelmas. Imprimis, for a pay re of stockings Item, a pound of candles Item, for 2 payre of shoes Item, for mending his clothes, and for stuffe Item, for quartridge ... Item, for inck Item, a sett of Ovids ... Item, TuUie's Offices ... Item, paper Item, for mending his shoes Sum £l 9s. ob. £ s. d. 0 s 4 0 0 4 ob 0 5 0 0 8 8 0 ] 6 0 0 2 0 5 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 To Christmas. — At his Entraunce into the Colledge. Imprimis, for his dyet at M\ Philips'' from August the 16, to September 31 (sic) Item, for a newe gowne ... Item, for powling money Item, for Ohamberstocke, viz. to mend locks and windowes, &c. Item, to his predecessor for glasse windowes Item, for a scobb to hold his books . . . Item, for making his surplesse Item, 5 ells and 3 quarters of holland for it Item, for 5 ells and a half of canvis . . . Item, for 30 pound of flocks Item, for a coverlid Item, for a payre of blanquetts Item, 3 yeards of teike for a boulster Item, for making the bed, boulster, and blanquetts Sum £5 17 s. 4d. it £ s. d. 1 10 0 0 16 9 0 1 0 Cl 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 2 6 0 13 5 0 5 6 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 11 0 0 4 0 s 0 1 2 SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 24.3 Item, for 2 payre of shooes Item, for inke ... Item, for a Psalter Item, for 8 poundj? of candles Item, for a payre of stockings Item, for washing- Item, for battlings on fasting dayes Item, for making his gowne at Christmas Item, for mending his clothes, and for stufte Item, paper Item, for a booke of Rhetorike Sum £l 7s. Id. To OUR Ladyday. Imprimis, to the carryer for bringing the 5'' Item, for his dinner on the hunting day Item, for healing his sore leggs Item, for a ^^ayre of shoes Item, for battlings on fasting days, with the Lent Item, for inke ... Item, for washing- Item, for a payre of stockings Item, for a payre of gloves Item, for a pound of candles Item, for learning to write Item, for mending his apparrell, and stufte Item, paper Item, 4 yeards of Devonshire kersey Item, for making his suite Item, for lininge, lace, and other necessaryes for his suite Sum £4 10s. Sd. £ s. d. 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 4 0 1 6* 0 7 6 0 1 0 0 3 10 0 0 4 0 1 0 £ s. d. 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 2 6 0 9 8 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 14 0 0 2 7 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 5 0 To MiDSOMER. Imprimis, for mending his clothes, and stufte Item, for battlings Item, a pair of shoes £ s. d. 0 3 5 0 6 0 0 2 8 K 2 244 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item *Item Item, ineke, a Tuse. Qusest,, Cambden, and Greek Test. Item, 2 bauds... a pair of stockings 2 shirts washing a payre of gloves for birche a Lncan for sweeping the schoole for dressing an hatt, and an hatt band for 2 yeards and a half of geane fustian for 2 yeards and an half of homes fustian for an ell of canvis for 3 yeards and an half of black cotton for a yeard of w^hite cotton for lace for sowing silke for sticking silke ... for one yeard of russet fustian for whalbone and past-boord ... for taiFaty for buttons tape for the knees ... for making his suite for mending his gowne for footing a payre of stockings for mending his hose for mending his gowne for ftistian, and cotton for his hose for tape for the knees Sum £1 I8s. Ud. Summa totalis Remayning in my hand the last yeare Keceved since i p< -.q r Summa recepta Soe remayneth due to me For tutorage £ 15 2 £ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 d. 7ob. 7ob. d. 11 6 4 9 fi 8 4 0 2 8 6 4 1 1 4 10 8 8 0 6 0 0 o O 0 4 4 8 S 9 9 18 0 12 3 2 19 [blank] 7ob. 0 * These items are struck out in the bill. SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 245 s LETTER CLIX. MY LETTER TO MY LORd's GRACE OF YORKE FOR MR. SHERRARD. 8ber ult. 1G23. (322.) My dutye remembred, &c. I made bould att my last beeing att Byshopptborp bumblye to entreate your Grace^s favoure in the behalfe of thys bearer M\ Sherrard ; and I dyd then intimate unto your Grace that (with your favourable acceptance) I would wryte with hym unto you att such tyme as he brought the booke which your Grace re- quyred hym to wryte. I must acknowledg that I have nott deserved to obtayne any sute of you ; yett such is the nature of necessytye that yt often- tymes presumeth upon non eruhescunt Utertt. And, now that I have begunne to sjieake unto my Lord, " ne queeso accendatur ira Domini^ si loquar tantiim Jiac vice.'''' Good my Lord, even for God's sake, hys glorie, and the good of hys Church, lett me beseech and humbly beg your favour for hym, whose integretye of lyfe I know, and whose learning you know, and for both I know nott many such. I know your Grace hath many worthye Chaplaynes, whoe de- pend on you for there preferrement ; butt myne humble sute is, that (as God hath made them fyshers of men) your Grace would bestow such a poore flye on hym as your Chaplaynes hap- pelie wyll nott vouchsafe to bate there hookes withall. The poore meanes that he hath is nott worth twentye pownds per annum (T speake of the most), having a wyfe, twoe cliyldren and one half (I speake of the least) ; and such is the myserie of the tyme, and my desyre to wyshe hym good, as T would wyllingly gyve out of my poore estate one, twoe, or three hundreth powndes to bxiye hym a lyving yf I knew how to come by ytt : butt thys I make bould to wryte unto your Grace to shew my symple condition to hym as a learned mynyster, and as I am myselfe a poore sonne of a Levyte ; your Grace's honorable and free dysposition to all schollars beeing known unto all. Thus, 246 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. loath to add tediousnes to bouldnes, and Immblye craving pardon for the same, I doe rest, Humblye at your Grace's comandment, T. H. Richmund, 8^''' ult. [1623.] LETTER CLX. MY LETTER TO MR. DODSWORTH, CHANCELLOR, FOR ETHERINGTON. 9ber 22, 1623. (323.) (A copy kept by Sir Timothy Hutton, the writer, and in his oavti hand.) Sir, I have made boukl heeretofore to entreate your lawfull favour for Tho. Cooke, ahas Etherington, in hys tedious and chardgeable sute ; which now I heare is to be sentenced upon Thursday next. If you please to remember, I was att your owne liowse, when and wheare I shewed you all the evydences which weare taken upon oath for the King, and they prooved strongly for hym ; otherwyse he had been condemned att the last assises, and had suffered death, which had gyven an end to all hys tro- bles : butt now, whatt with the hanging of cause soe long, and that yf sentence goe agaynst hym, ytt wylbe worse then death unto hym, beeing utterlye undon allreadye. And, good Sir, gyve me leave to remember you, that, when I shewed you the depositions, you sayd that you had beene strong- lye enformed of the heynousnes of the fact, and that you never heard soe much to the contrarye before ; and that, yf they weare true, there would be no doubt but the cause would goe well enough on hys syde. Sir, nott to interpose my poore opynyon with your reverend judgment, I doe proteste unto you even upon my conscience and knowledg ytt is as conscionable a cause (whearein I beseech your favour) as ever I knew in my lyfe. I would nott wrongfullye intimate thus much unto you, by- cause if the cause goe agaynst hym ytt is hys undoing (as he is allreadye), yea though ytt weare upon the hazard of myne owne overthrow, for all the worlde ; butt onlye that I cannott contayne but in soe conscionable a case to entreate your lawfull and just censure. SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 247 And the rather for that I have heard (nescio quo) that you are resolved to gyve sentence agaynst hym ; which I doe rather won- der att then beleave, knowmg- that the judgement of a judge is (untyll ytt be delyvered) in scrinio ^^^ctoris. He hath beene mooved by dyvers to appeale further, but I liave styll dyswaded hym from ytt ; assuring hym of your up- ryghtnes and lawfull favoure, wheareof I doubt not, and whearein you shall fynd hym an humble and thankefull remembrancer of the same. And thus, loath to add tediousnes to bouldnes, I rest your ever loving frend, T. H. 9ber 22, 1623. LETTER CLXI. MR. ALLANSON [tO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON]. Julie 7, 1G24. Right Worshipfull, Your sonne M^ Matliew Hutton, and your Sonne in lawe M^ Mallyverer, did both acquaint me (the last tyme of there beinge att Yorke) with two tythes you then had unletten, Killam and Aldbroughe. Killam I did perceave was partely letten, but yet ]\F. Thomson did somthing dally with you ; and so they wished me to showe to have a hand in the takinge of itt, which I have alredy done. I have enquired after it, so that I know it is come to his understandinge ; and I hope I shalbe a meanes to forder you x'' p ann. in it. I have also enquired of your tithe att Aldbroughe ; and, if it be your pleasure, I wilbe your tenant, so that I may have itt att an in- different peneworth. I do understand it is not so valuable as it was by some xx'' markes p ann. by reason of the woll and lambe and some other things. I will venter of it att foureskore pownds, and take it as itt now is, so that I may have a lease of it at thatt rate ; and, for your rent, yow shal not misse of itt one day. Clod willinge. Thus, desiringe your present answer, for, as I understand, they intend to cutt downe some of there niiddow to morrow or next day, I rest Your worship's frend to be commaunded, Wm. Allanson. Yorke, this 7tli of July, 1624. 248 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER CLXII. WILL. ALDEBROUGH [TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON] COM. PRO RECUSAN. 5 Sep. 1624. Sir Tymothie, I would desire you, as convenlenly as you could, to send me word what tyme and place you aj^poynte for the executione of his Majestie"'s commission to us and others directed for the levying of his Majestie"'s fines for the fynes of the recusants. It is lett me understand (but I am nott eer- tayne) that the Commissiners have setten upon the said com- misson in all devisions save Richmondshire ; so I would desyre you that wee might not be slacke therin, and that you would appoynt a place within twelfe myles, for I am not able ftirther to travill. Thus, with my love and kinde wishes to you, my ladye, and your children, I committ you to God. Yours in all kindenes. Will. Aldebukgh. Ellingthorpe, the 5"' Sept. 1624. No. CLXIII. THE WILL OF SIR TIMITHIE HUTTON, KNT. Februarie 17'^ 1628. In the name of God the Father, of God the Son, and of God the Holy Ghoste. Amen, Amen, Amen. Blessed be thy glorious name (0 God) for these temporal! blessings which thou hast bestowed on me, thyne unworthy servante ; humbly beseechinge the (O Lord) to blesse this my disposeinge thereof unto my poore posterity, even to thy good will and pleasure. Butt espeatially (0 gracious God) I doe give the most humble and harty thankes for thy spirituall favours, which thou hast frely bestowed on me by the testimony of thy most holy, sacred, and assisteinge Spiritt, the assurance of con- SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 249 solation in thy salvation ; unto whom therefore, and in whose name, I doe most humbly recommend my sinfull soule. And as for my miserable and wretched body, the onely enemy to my soule, I hold it not worthy of any disposeinge, but doe leave it unto the disposeinge of my freinds, as they in there foolish affeccion shall give order for the same ; though I knowe that with these eyes, and none other, I shall comfortably see my Saviour in that greate and joyfull day, untill when (0 good Lord) heare me and myne when we doe call upon the : yea (0 my God) I doe knowe that thou hearest, but (Lord) heare and have mercy and blesse us with thy most sacred and com- fortable Spiritt ; and safe-vouch that that never departe from us, but that it may be our assured comfort and consolation to the end and in the end. Amen, Amen. Lnprimis, I give unto my deare and ever-lovinge sister, the Lady Ann Hutton, of Neither Popleton, wyddowe, twenty pounds in gold to buy her a gowne, and that to be payed within one yeare after my death ; and I pray God reward her into her bosome for her loveinge kindnesses which she hath ever afforded to me and myne. Also I doe give unto her my thre coach horses. Item, I give unto my nephew, Richard Hutton, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make him a ring. Item, I give unto my neece, Elizabeth Hutton, her daughter, one twenty shilling peece of gould to make her a ringe, and I pray God blesse them. Item, I give unto myne adopted wife, M'^ Margarett Benett, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make her a ringe, and I pray God to send her a good husband. Item, I give unto my very kynde freind, M^ John Weeks, her unkle, my bay saddle nagge, and I pray God to send him a good wife. Item, I give unto every household servante of my sisters house att Popleton five shillings in silver. Item, I give unto little Nanne Cleburne one hundreth pounds if she doe marry with my son's Matthew's consente, and they to be payd with use for the same from the tyme from my death to her marryage-day, and I pray God to blesse her. Item, I give unto my cosine Hutton, Sam. Hutton's widowe, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make her a ringe. Item, I give unto Tim. Hutton, her son and my godson, ffowerteene pounds per annum for seaven yeares, if he doe behave himselfe well and continue soe longe att Cambridge. Item, I give unto that sane- 250 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. tifyed man, JVr. Danyell Sherrard, the now preacher at Pople- ton, tenn pounds per annum, untill he gett a liveinge worth forty pounds per annum ; and to every one of his three sons, vizt. Timothy, Richard, and John, five pounds a peece towards the byndeinge of them apprentices. Item, I give to Thomas Mudd, if he serve me till I dy, five pounds. Item, I give unto William Price, if he serve me till I die, fower pounds. Item, I doe give unto John Dauney, if he serve me till I die, fower pounds. Item, I doe give unto Thomas Phillipps the elder, of Marske, forty shillings per annum soe longe as he liveth. Item, I give unto George Kynnemounte of Richmond forty shillings per annum soe longe as he liveth. Item, I give unto my very good friend, M^ John Jackson, preacher att Marske, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make him a ringe. Item, I give unto my second son, Timothy Hutton, thirty pounds per annum, which my sister Hutton payeth dureinge his life ; as also I doe give him one hundreth pounds, to be payd unto him within one yeare after my death. Item, I doe give unto my third sonn, Phillipp Hutton, flfifty pounds per annum dureinge his life ; and that to continue untill my sonn Matthewe doe pro- cure him, or that he doe obtayne, a liveinge worth one hundreth pounds per annum, and the ffifty pounds above sayd then to cease. Item, I do give unto my fourth sonn, John Hutton, ffifty pounds per annum, upon the same condicions as are for- merly for his brother Phillipp. Item, I give unto my fifth sonn, Thomas Hutton, fifty pounds per annum soe longe as he liveth. Item, I do give unto my eldest daughter, Beatrice Mauleverer, a twenty shillings peece of gould to make her a ringe; and to every of her daughters who are livinge when I dy twenty pounds, to be payed att there marryage. Item, I give unto my second daughter, Frances Dodsworth, a twenty shil- lings peece of gould to make her a ringe ; and to every of her daughters who are liveinge when I dy twenty pounds, to be payed at their marryage. Item, I give unto my third daughter, Elizabeth Cleburne, a twenty shillings peece of gold to make her a ringe ; and to every of her daughters who are liveinge when I die (excepting Nanne) twenty pounds, to be payed at there mar- ryage. Item, I doe give unto my dearely beloved daughter. Barbery Hutton, twenty pounds to buy her a gowne ; and to every of her daughters who are liveinge when t dy, to be payed att SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 251 there marryage, twenty pounds. Item, I give unto my brother, S^ Talbot Bowes, K',, if he be hveinge when I dy, one twenty shilhngs peece of goukl to make him a ringe. Item, I give unto my brother, Thomas Bowes, if he be Hveinge when I dy, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make him a ringe. Item, I doe give unto my sister Ann, his wife, if she be liveinge when I die, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make her a ringe. Item, I give unto my dry nurse, Elizabeth Bowes, her daughter, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make her a ringe. Item, I give unto my brother, John Bowes, fForty shillings per annum soe longe as he liveth. Item, I give unto my sister, Jane Bowes, fforty shillings per annum soe longe as she liveth. Item, I give unto my kind brother, S^ John Calverley, K*., one twenty shil- lings peece of gould to make him a ringe. Item, I doe give unto my worthy friend, M"^. Justice Hutton, one twenty shillings peece of gould to make him a ringe, desireing the continueance of his countenance and advise unto me and myne. Item, I doe give unto a preacheinge minister att Marwicke, soe longe as it shall continue in my poore posterity, twenty pounds per annum, soe he doe continue and lie there, and that he be of honest con- versacion. Item, I doe give out of my lands att Marske unto the schoole and hospitall att Warton in Lancashire, which was erected by my late deare and reverend father, two and twenty pounds, thirteene shillings, and ffower pence per annum, untill my sonn JNIatthewe can buy a rente charge in Lancashire or elsewhere, which beinge added unto the ffower and twenty pounds which ^r. Tocketts payeth maketh upp the just some of six and fforty pounds, thirteene shillings, and ffower pence ; and I doe wish my sonn JNIatthewe to be carefull that thee poore men's place be bestowed on none but such as are the most ini- potente and poorest. Item, I doe give unto my eldest sonn, Matthewe Hutton, whom I doe make sole executor of this my last will and testament, all the rest of my lands and goods (not disposed of) ; and I doe humbly beseech God that what I have here given that he wilbe pleased to give a blessings thereunto. Item, I doe require and charge my sonne Matthewe, in that duty which a sonne oweth unto the remembrance of a father, that he will alwaies keepe a Levite in his house, and to leave a charge behind him to those who shall by God's grace succeed him to doe the like, and to give a competente and sufficiente allowance unto 252 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. him ; and I doe hartily wish that it might be soe continued soe longe as it should please God to continue the poore posterity of this poore house, which it hath pleased God soe lately to rayse out of the duste. Domine Jesu, veni cito. Amen. 0 Lord, make noe longe tarryinge. Amen. O Lord, I have wayted for thy salvation. Amen. Timothie Hutton. xxx" Martii, 1629. And whereas upon my sonne Matthewe's marriage it was expressly covenanted and agreed betwixt S^ Conyers Darcie and mee that the estate then conferred upon my said sonne should stand and be free from the charge or burden of my younger chil- dren, for whose preferment certaine leases were then left forth, which since he and I have for the necessarie freedome of our- selves and the said estaite beene inforced otherwise to dispose of, yet so as upon a due estimate of what by way of purchase is in the meane tyme added to his said estate (beinge more then equivolent to what by this my will I do charge him withall), I do hope and desire that as well the said S'" Oonyers as my said sonne wille so far from dissentinge to what I hereby devise to and for the benefitt of my younger children or any other, as that they Avill extend their best helpes and endeavors from tyme to tyme for the effectuall and reall performance thereof accordiuge to my true meaninge. And further, whereas I have by a formerly made will bequeathed fifty pounds a Y>cece to my ffower younger sonnes ; now, for a plaine declaracion of my true intention in that respect, I do hereby will and bequeath to my sonne Timothie the xxx^. per annum over and besides the xx^\ per annum taken in his name forth of Darton, accordinge as in my former will is expressed. And for my sonne Philipp, his annuitie to be con- tinued untill it shall please God he be preferred to one or more spirituall livings or dignities of the value of 100''. per annum ; and the like for my sonne John, savinge that my mynde is, his first payment do not beginne untill six monethes before he take the degrees of a master of arts ; and for my sonne Thomas my mynd is, his first payment beginne not till six monethes before hee be out of his service. And for Anne Cleburne, whereas I have formerly given her one hundred pounds with the use or con- sideracion till her marriage, I now declare that notbinge is to be paid for use, but only the hundred pounds at her marriage. SIR TIMOTHY IIUTTON. 253 And tlieese, as I have hereby Hniited the same, I desire my brother Darcy and his sonne, and charge and requyer my sonnc Matthew, as my trust is in him, to be accordingly truely per- formed. Witnesses hereof, Christopher Pepper. John Jackson. CoNYERS Darcy. Conyers Darcie. Proved before the Dean and Chapter of York, sede vacantc, 9 Dec. 1631. (From tlie original probate, penes J. Hntton, Esq., Marske Hall. Yorkshiro, April, 1S14.— M. F.) AN INVENTORY OF THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS ETC- OF SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. A TRUE invcntorie of all the honsehold stuffe bclonginge to the Right Worship- full Sir Timothic Hutton, Knt., lately deceased, within his house of Richmond praised by those whose names are hereunder written, viz. Thomas Phillip, Richard Hutchinson, Christopher Berrie, and Hutton Grcgorie, the fourth day of July Anno Dili 1629. £ s. d. Inprimis, all his apparcll, with saddle, foot cloth, and furniture 16 13 4 Item, in the gallerie chamber, a little canopie bed furnished, and one chaire ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 Item, in the chamber at the staires' head, a little cannopie bed fur- nished, two chaires, one table and cloth ... ... ... 200 Item, in the middle chamber, one feild bed furnished, one trundle bed furnished, a livery cubbert and cloth ... ... ... 7 0 0 Item, in the best chamber, one feild bed with furniture, one trundle bed with furniture, one liverie cubbord with cloth, two chaires, and fower stooles Item, one wrought top and vallance for a bed Item, one riche furniture for a bedsteade Item, in the chamber within, one little bedstead furnished, and two truncks... ... ... ... ... ... 1 10 0 Item, in the kitchen chamber, one standing bedstead with furni- ture, one liverey cubbert with cloth, two truncks, one chest, one chaire, 8 stooles, two window cushions ... ... /j 10 0 Item, in the inner chamber, one feild bed furnished, one trundle bedd furnished, a liverie cubbert with cloth, a little table and cloth, and two chaires ... ... ... ... 500 Item, in the little kitchen chamber, three danske chests, one truncke, and one presse ... ... ... ... 10 0 Item, in the nurscrie, three bedsteads furnished ... ... 100 Item, in the men's chambers, iivc bedsteads furnished, with one little table ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 0 0 8 0 0 1 10 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 254 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. £ s. d Item, in the parlor, one drawinge table, one livcrie cuLbert, one Germaine clock, and two pictures ... ... ... 300 Item, in the hall, two drawinge tables, one liverie cubbert, two carpetts, five formes, five stooles, one chaire, and one paire of tables ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 0 Item, in the kitchen, four dozen and a half of pewther, 7 brass potts and posnetts, 4 brasse pannes, two kettles, one pestell and mor- ter, two drippin pannes, 2 fryinge pannes, three spitts, one paire of racks, a gallow balke, 3 paire of gallow crookes, 3 paire of pott crookes, a pair of tongs, a porr, 3 laddies, one grater, two chop- ping knives Item, in the larder, one meale tubb, and one safe Item, in the brewhouse, one lead, one cooler, one gilefat, and one mashfatt, with the appurtenances Item, in the pantrie, one table, one binge, and 3 flagons Item, in plate, viz. one guilt bason and ewre, two guilt flagons, one pomegrannett guilt bowle, one great guilt salt, one little guilt salt, nine guilt spoones, one guilt bowle with a cover, six guilt plates, twelve silver plates, two dozen and ahalfe of silver spoones, one basen and ewer percell guilt, one silver skinker,one silver crewitt, 3 silver bowles, one silver sugar box and spoone, one silver por- ringer ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 0 0 Item, in linen, viz. one suite of damaske, two long diaper table clothes, 4 square diaper table clothes, 4 dozen of diaper napkins, three diaper towells, five lynnen table clothes, 8 square lynnen clothes, 13 dozen of linnen napkins, 8 lynnen towells, five course table clothes, 20 pair of lynnen sheets, seaven paire of course sheets, 14 pair of pillow beres ... ... ... ... 13 13 4 A Note of playte for Sir Timothie Hutton (no date). Imprimis, one basen and ewer gilte, weeinge ounces three-score and six. Item, one gilte sake, with a trensher salte, weeinge ounces forty-three. Item, twoo gilte pots, weeinge ounces foure-score and five. Item, one standinge cuppe gilte, with a cover, weeinge five and thirty ounces. Item, one more standinge cuppe, with a cover, weeinge five and thirty ounces. Item, one standinge cuppe gilte, with a cover, after the pomegranate fachen, weeinge thirty-twoo ounces and a halfe. Item, twoo gilt boules with covers, weeinge thirty-seven ounces. Item, twoo gilte boules with covers, weeinge thirty-six ounces. Item, one silver basen and ewer gilte, weeinge four-score and tenne ounces. Item, one sugar box of silver, weeinge seventeene ounces and a quarterne. Item, a dozen of postell spounes, weighte three and twentye ounces. Item, one dosen of white playte, in weighte foure-score and sixtene ounces. Item, six gilded playte, in weight eight and forty ounces. Item, a silver cruse, weeinge eight ounces. 651 ounces and a half and a quarter. MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ. CORRESPONDENCE, etc. 257 LETTER CLXIV. RICHARD BRATHWAIT^^ [tO MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ.] Feb. 23, 1629-30. Sir, Such small successes did our last meeting' produce, as I am wholly dishartened to renew them. Besides, I doe much feare that in accepting of new propositions, or admitting of any new bargaine, it might fare with me as it doth with unex- perienced younglins, who, after one arrow lost or grazM, shoot an other after. Truth is, if these propositions (which in generall tearmes you expresse in your letter) did probably induce me that they intended any conclusion, I should be the more inclinable unto them ; but how farre these have come short of so taire and successive a cloze,^^ I appeall unto your knowing selfe. Not- withstanding all this, so strong and impressive a conceite have I ever reteyned of your candor and integrity, as I perswade my selfe that nothing you propound eyther in this particular or in ought else that may tend to honest and competible mediations, but they receive opinion from you of assured successe, at least ; so probably grounded as they promise no lesse. If you will be pleased to draw to some head such propositions as you intend, and returne them so punctually and definitely as eyther to con- clude so or not, I shall, out of that respect and observance which I tender you, not onely returne answer to your demaunds, but if it shall be requisite, or that such propositions as you shall make accomodate themselves to any probable end, I shall insert some indifferent place to treate more fully touching the premizes: which course, as I conceive, is so much the rather to be em- braced, in that it prepares the parties what they may object, how to resolve, and in each particular to addresse what they propose 5' The autlior of" Drunken Barnaby's Journal." *^ The word formerly stands in the margin of the letter opposite to this sen- tence. S 258 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. to some effectuall conclusion. If some occasions of maine con- sequence doe not divert my resolves, I purpose, God willing, to be at Yorke assizes ; against which tyme, I suppose, upon con- ference with Sir Talbot and his brother, you may pitch upon some conclusive resolves : howesoever, upon returne of your par- ticular propositions, which I shall expect with all convenient expedition, I shall addresse my answer unto yourselfe. So, with our best respects unto your selfe and second selfe, I rest, Your assured loving friend, Ri. Brathwait. Burneshead, the 23"' February, 1629. LETTER CLXV. THOS. DAWSON [tO MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ.] 21 Jan. 16.36-7. Right Worshipfull, This day I have hade sum conferrance with this bearer, Thomas Hawksby, who is ffaither to my coosen Tobie Hutton his wiefe ; and I finde that hee takes good likeinge to his sonn in law, that he is not only willinge to put too his helpping hande to doe him good, butt will straine himselfe so farr, as, without his too much prejudice, he may settell him and his daughter in sum good courses, whereby they may maintaine themselves, so that his Sonne's ffriends will give him some reasonable assistance. And that which he desires is butt fouer or five pounds, and nott to be at Tobie his disposeinge, but putt into his hands, who will add so much thereto as will settle them in a good towne, where hee may use his trade, and she sum other meanes for there mainten- ance. The old mann seemes to mee to be very honest, and I heare of good sufficience ; butt in these particulars he saithe hee will give your worshipp good satisfaction by gentelmen of your acquaintance, who are his neare neigbours : which if he doe, I shall be an humble suter to your Avorshipp in the behalfe of my coosen Tobie, to hassarde the losse of 4 or 5"^, in hope that by his iFaither''s meanes so will be settled in such a way that hee will maintaine hime selfe like an honest man, that his ffriends may have comforte to see it ; which if he doe, it will rejoycc you MATTHEW HUTTON. 2o9 that you hazarded your mouie, and will draw a greatter curtesie from you : but if it fall forthe otherwaies by his neglect, let this bee the last ; which with the rest I leave to your grave and wise consideration. And thus, with the tender of my humblest service, I take my leave, and will ever remaine, Your worshipp's to be comanded, Tho. Dawson. From Yorke the xxi"- of January, Anno Do. 1636. To the right worshipful] my worthie and much esteemed ffriende, Mathew Hutton, Esq., att his liouse att Marsk, these present. LETTER CLXVI. JOHN JACKSON, RECTOR OF MARSKE, [tO MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ.] June 2, 1637. Good Sir, I do so thirst for your returne, and languish so thorough my defeated hope of having enjoyed yow heere this night, that I have neither mind ne power to write more than two words. And (indeed) to be cramped with reading a short letter is less torment then to be putt on the rack with a long. Touch- ing your sweet self-multiplyed ones (of which yow desire to heare in the first place), M'. Jones, in your absence, hath bene as care- full of them as one could be of a christall glass. They are all three as your owne harts could wish them ; that is, very well, save that Jacky laboureth a little in his eyes. Babby (whose innocent actions carry theyr warrant with them) cheeres us all with her warme and moyst kisses. Touching the inony yow wrote about, I can say nothing but as the day shall bring forth. You know who is to be the paymaster of the greater part of it ; one who, if all the rules of physiognomy be not false, will not pay just at his day. The bearer heereof will also beare yow all the regreets that yow can expect from your owne family. I send yow mine heere under scale, not so much for the secrecy as for the sureness thereof. Also to IVr*. Hutton and M''^ Rothy more harty affection then poetry can feigne or oratory vary ; also to 260 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. yow all this short but full prayer, Jesu be your Jesus ! From Marske, a place seated betvveene 4 great hills, or (as yow may properly speake) the English Alpes ; which, though it be our habitation, yet, in your so long absence, our place of banish- ment. Yours verily, to be ever commanded, JoH. Jackson. June 2°, 1637. LETTER CLXVII. JOHN JACKSON [tO MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ.] March 1637-8. Good S", We now begin to grow impatient of your long ab- sence from us : so, as I am a generall suitour to pray yow to fold upp your businesses and make hast northe-ward. By our neigh- bour, M"". Nicholson, I wrote to yow. By your servant, Th. CI., I receaved a kind letter from yow, for which I owe yow much thancks ; whereby I perceave yow have very notably fitted mee with a trilingue psalterium, which indeed is just such an one as I would have (if it be well printed). For the Chaldee or Syriack I care not, and only mentioned them because I thought yow would hardly gett one of the three tongues only. I pray, Sir, let it be preserved even as it is, without alteration of binding, if already yow have not delivered it over to be broken by the bookbinder. So as the book yow had upp with yow being fayrely bound, and that only brought downe, yow have fully therein concurred with my desires. I hope by this tyme M^ Bvdwer's debet is payed yow. I must needs, in the behalf of my wife, pray yow also to buy her 2 fayr and usefull bone combes, about 16 or 18"^. a piece. God send us yow saffe home is a piece of our March leiturgy, and of Yo*^ very fr. and servant, Jo. Jackson. MATTHEW HUTTON. 261 No. CLXVIII. FERD. LORD FAIRFAX, HIS PROTECTION. 5 Aug. 1644. Ferdinando Lord Fairfax, Lord Generall of the North, &c., to all colonells, captaines, commanders, and other officers and soldiers in the service of the King and Parlament. These are to signify and make knowne to you that the Parlament has given spetiall order that noe howses bee plundered or pillaged, to whom- soever they belong ; and that the rather, because the delin- quents'" estates are to bee aunswerable for the great damage of the common wealth. I do therefore require and command yow, that yow take spetiale care that Matthew Hutton, of Marske, in the county of Yorke, Esq^, bee not plundered, pillaged, nor any way injured in his person, howses, or goodes, by those in the service of the King and Parlament : provided that the party protected shall hereafter yeild obedience unto, observe, and per- forme all orders, ordinances, and directions sent from the High Court of Parlament to bee executed in this county by any com- missioners, sequestrators, or other persons authorised in that be- halfe. Given under my hand and scale att York the ffifth day of August, 1644. Fer. Fairfax. (Armorial seal of eight quart erings.) No. CLXIX. BY THE COMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF DURHAM FOR SECURINGE THE PEACE OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Darlington, May the 22, 1656. JpoN the conslderacion of severall writeings relateinge to the estate of Math. Hutton, Esq'., it is thought fitt and soe ordered that the order for decimacion of the said INIathcw Hutton s 262 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC estate in this countye shall contiuevv, in regard the comissioners have noe satisfacioii as yet to alter the former order. This is a true copy of the order, ' ex. per John Jopling, Gierke. No. CLXX. LICENCE TO MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ., AND BARBARA HIS WIFE, TO EAT FLESH IN LENT. 11 Feb. 1661-2. JosEPHus Oradock miles, legum doctor, in et per totiim Archidiacoiiatiim Richmondise Cestrensis dioceseos commissarius legitime constitutus, ac Reverendissimi in Christo patris domini, domini Accepti providentia divina Eboracensis Archie- piscopi, Angliffi primatis et metropolitani, ad quern omnis et omnimoda jurisdictio spiritualis et ecclesiastica quae ad episcopum Cestriai sede plena pertinuit (ipsa sede jam vacante) notorle dinos- citur pertinere, vicarius in spiritualibus generalis et officialis prin- cipalis in et per totum Archidiaconatum predictum legitime authorizatus, dilectis nobis in Christo Mattha^o Hutton de Rich- mond in Com. Ebor. armigero et Barbarse uxori ejus, salutem in Domino. Cum nobis satis cognitum est, quod vos corporis infir- mitatibus adeo detenti estis ut omnium piscium quantumvis salu- brium esus vobis valetudinibusque vestris admodum incommodet et periculosus sit, nos igitur quo melius et expediting rebus divinis animum et corpus vestra accommodetis, vobis a die datffi presentium hoc tempore Quadragesimali jam instante, aliisque temporibus prohibitis, carnibus vesci facultatem et licentiam (quantum in nobis est) benigne concedimus et imper- timur per presentes ; nihilominus in Domino hortantes et requi- rentes ut hac licentia sive facultate ita caute utemini ut scandali inde causa in aliqua parte non existat. Data sub sigillo Officij nostri quo in hac parte utimur undecimo die mensis Februarij Anno Dili. 1661. Mar. Cottle, Registrarius. (Jos. Cradock. Official seal with the amis of Cradock.) MATTHEW HUTTON. 263 No. CLXXI. to the right worshipfull mathew hutton, of marske, esq., the humble peticion of the inhabitants of war- ton, and the parishioners thereof, in lancashire, Humbly sheweth, That whereas your most reverend and religious ancestors, forth of theire charitable consideration, have beene pleased to erect a free schole and the hospitall of Jhesu within the parrish of Warton, and to allow such sufficient mainteynance thereunto that may be memorable to posteritie ; and, in pursuance of theire religious in- tentions, your worship hath beene pleased to ratifie the same with all reall performances. Now soe it is, may it please your worship, that Sir Henry Bellingshame, Knight and Barronet, Edmund Cleburne, Esq^, beinge ffeoffees appoynted, are now deade ; and Sir Philhp Mus- grave is not in theise parts resident ; and Mr. Curwen, then schoolmaster, beinge from thence called to other preferment ; the revenues belonginge to the ffree schole and hospitall are not dis- posed of accordinge to theire first and full intentions, as evidently may be made appeare, but converted to private and sinister uses. May it therefore please your worship, upon mature considera- tion, that such care may be taken that they greivances may be made appeare, and such feoftees appoynted, that, all obstructions beinge removed, the passage may be made cleare, and the current runne accordinge to the ffirst intentions. And your peticioners shall ever pray, &c. John Croft. Richard Fuller. Thomas Nicholson. William Fell. Laurence Washington. Robert Bindlos. William Fletcher, W. Robert Middelton. John Nighols.-{- Richard Walker, minister. Rob. Millin. John Crofte. Thos, HowsEMAN.-f- RoBERT Hadwen, scnior. Rob. HowsEMAN.-f- Robte. Hadwen, junior. Matthew Hutton. James Lucas. Rob. Backhouse. Ra. Wilson. Some that have beene messingers for the poore men to your worship have had 5"^ ode moneys for speakinge to your worship. MISCELLANEOUS. 267 No. CLXXII. A PROCLAMATION MADE BY THE REBELLS FOR AYD WHEN THEY WE ARE UP. 1569. (The 11th Bundcll, 201.) Whbras it Ir.ilth bene by the syuester and wicked reporte of .suiidrye malicious persons, ennymes both to God's worde and the publicke estate of this conionwelth, devised and puplished that the assemblye of thes noble men therles of Northumberland and Westmerland, and sxmdrie of the greatest M'orshippe and credit of this parte of the realme, is and haith bene to the over- throwe of the comouwelthe and the Crowne ; it is therfor thoughte good to the said earles and there counsell to signifie to all and everye the Quene's Majestie's subjects the trewe and sin- ceare meaninge of the said earles, theyre freynds and allies. Knowe ye therfore, that wher of late it haith bene faithfullye and de- liberatelye consydered and devised by the heighe and meightye prince, Thomas Duke of Northfolke, Henrye Earle of Arrundell, William Earle of Penbrocke, and the .said Earles of Northum- berland and Westmerland, and diverse other of th'ancient nobilitye of this realme, with a common consent of sundrye the priucipall favorers of God's worde ; and the same, as well for the avoidance of blodeshed and utter subversion of the commonwelth, as the reformiuge of certayne disorders crepte in by the abuse and malicious practise of sundrie wicked and evell-disposed per- sons, to make knowen and understode to all maner of persons to whome of meare reighte the trewe succession of the Crowne ap- pertaynethe, dangerouslye and uncerteynelye dependinge, by reason of manye titles and enterest pretendyd to the same: the which godlye and honorable meanynge of the said nobilitye hath bene sought by all maner of meanes to be prevented by certeyne common ennymes of this realme, nere about the Queue's Majestie's person ; by whose synester and detestable counsell and practise, well knowen to us and the rest of the nobilytye, theyre lives and 268 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. libertyes ar nowe inclangered, and dalye devises made to appre- hend our bodyes, the trewe remayne of theyre vertuons coun- sells and entent, the which there must an ambitious poheye and practises con', which can by no submission of our parts be avoyded, but onelye by sworde (sic) ; we have therfor, of just and faithfull meyninge to the Quene's Majestic, hir common welth, and the trewe successors of the same, assembled our selves to resist force by force ; werin we commit our selves, seinge no intercession will helpe, to the exceedinge goodnes of God and to all trewe favorers of this realme of England, resolved in our selves in this so just and godlye an enterprise wholeye to ad- venter our lives, lands, and goods, wherto Ave hartelye crave the trewe aide and assistans of all the faithfull favorers of the com- mon wealth, and th'ancient nobilitie of the same. God save the Queue [from trators] and the nobilitie [from treason.] No. OLXXIII. PRIVY SEAL TO RICHARD REMINGTON, ARCHDEACON OF THE EAST RIDING, TO LEND THE QUEEN FIFTY POUNDS. 20 May, 1597. By the Queene. Trustie and well-beloved, we greete you well. The conty- nuall greate chardges which we have for the necessary defence and preservacion of our dominions and subjects are soe notorious as neede not to be otherwise declared then may justlie be con- ceaved by all our lovinge subjects beinge but of common under- standinge. And therefore, at this present, findinge cause of en- crease and contynuance of such charges exceedinge all other ordinarie meanes, and not myndinge to presse our subjects with any present free guifte of money, but onely to be supplied with some reasonable porcion by waie of loane for one yeare's space, we have made speciall choise of such of our loving subjects as are knowen to be of habilitye, amongst whome we accompte you one. And therefore we requier you, by these presents, to leiide ^ The words in brackets lire in the hand of S''. T. Hutton. MISCELLANEOUS. 269 US the somme of ffiftie powndes for tlie space of one yeare, and the same to paie unto Thomas Scudamore, Esquier, by us ap- pointed collector thereof; which we promise to repaie to you or your assignes at the end of one yeare in the receipt of our Ex- cheaquier uppon the shewinge of this privie scale, subscribed by the said collector, testyfiinge the receipt thereof. Gyven under our privie seale, at our mannor of Grenewich, the xx*'' dale of May in the xxxix"' yeare of our raigne. Tho. Kery. 27 Julij, 1597. Received then, to the use of our said Soveraigne Lady the Queen's Majestie, the said some of ffiftie pounds above mencioned in this privie seale. £..L . . recept. per me, Thomas Scudamore. To our trustie and welbeloved Richard Remington, Archdeacon of Eastridinpf. No. CLXXIV. PARTICULERS CONFIRMED BY THE DEANE AND CHAPTER OF DURESME, IN THE TYME OF RIC. LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURESME. A breefe note of the particulers demised by Ric. late Lord Bishop of Duresme to the Queen's Majestie. The date of the indenture and the nombre of yercs, with tlie annual rent. The last dale of Maij, anno Eliz. xix. Ad ter"' c. annor. per ann. iiij'"' ij"- 1. All those piscaries and fiischings in the water of Twede, in revertion or in possession, knowen by the names of Hale- welstele, Twedmouthsteyle, Goordo, Blackwell, Yerefforde, New-water, Waltham, Wil- forde, Grenehill, and Pedwell, within the liberties of Nor- ham and Norhamshire, and the countie of Northumberland, with all manner of rents, issues, profitts, and preheminences to the premisses belonging. The daie of the confirmation. vii die mcnsis Aug. 1577, anno- que Eliz. R. xix. 270 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. xvy'i" daie of A prill, anno Eliz. Reg. XX. Ad ter™ xl annor. p. ann. xxvij". xviij^ viijd. xx° daie of June, ao Ehz. R. XX. Ad ter™ L. an- norum,p. ann. xviij". xiiij die mensis Maij, a" Eliz. R. xxiij. Ad tev™ 80 annor. p. ann. xxvj''. ix^ viijd. ccxl'"* acres. 2. All those the water mllnes in Darlington, and the water mylne in Black well, &c., one messuage or tenement called Raker, with th'appurtenances and those severall pastures for all kinde of beasts in Wiske more upon Caperige, in the countie of Yorke, extendinge fi'om thence unto the pasture called Hopperton leises, with fre egress and regress to the water called Syningmyre. 3. All that the rectorie and parsonage of Leake, in the countie of York, and all man- ner of tiethes, oblacions, &c. to the same belonging (except the advowson, gift, presentacion, and collacion of the vicarage of Leake). 4. All that his manor or grange of Midrige, with th"" ap- purtnences, one water milne, xxj. oxegangs, and five acre of arable lande, lying betwene Kimbleborne and Midrisfeborne, of the east side of the said manor or grange ; ccxl. acres of land lying of the west side of the said manor or grange ; iiij'"' acres and a halfe of meadowe ; clviij acres of pasture ; thre- score daie worke in corne or harvest of divers his tennents and others in the townes of Midrige, Killerbie, Redworth ; and also all and singuler mes- suages, cotages, lands, mea- dowes, feadings, and pastures, xxvij die mensis April. 1578, an- noq. Eliz. R. xx°. xxj° die mensis Junij an. Dni 1578 ; a" Eliz. R. xx". xxiiijo die mensis Octobr. a" Dui 1583 ; a« Eliz. Rne. XXV. MISCELLANEOUS. 271 xxiiij die Octobr, a". Eliz. Reginae, xxiiij. Th'old and accustomed rent. Ad ter™ iiij''^ annor. xiij" die Julij, a° Eliz. Rne. xxvj. Ad tcr™ iiij^"*^ x annor. per ann. xxxiiij". viij<*. rents, reversions, and services, woodes, underwooddes, waistes, moores, and commons, &c. 5. All those his park com- monly called Wolsingham park; the water milne of Wolsing- ham ; one peece of grounde called the Chappell walles ; the grange of Quarrington, within the countie of Duresme : the manor or grange of Sowerbie under Cotecliff, and a meadow called Sowerbie Inge ; and also all manner his howses, &c. to the premisses belonging, except all wooddes and underwooddes within the said park of Wol- singham ; all manner of ffees and dewties belonging to the keepers there ; and all mynes of coales and leade within the said park. 6. All that his mannor house at Howden, in the countie of Yorke, called the Bishopes howse, or hallgarthe, with all his howses and buildings there ; the orcherd and fruit howse, and the closes and groundes called Treatons, conteyning by estimacion x. acres, lying and being about the said orcherd and manor howse and to the same belonging, with th'ap- purtenances; together with suffi- cient fier boate, to be had and taken yerely forthe of Howden Park, to be spent in the said manor only : that meadow close there called the Receivor's Close; xvij° die mcnsis Octobr. a" Dili 1584, annoquc Eliz. Resf. xxvi'o. xvij die mensis Octobr. a" Dili 1584, et a" Eliz. Rne. xxvj'°. 272 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. xiijo die Julij, a» another close called Yaude- ^'''^i ^^ie mensis Eliz. Rne. xxvj. n . • tt i . Octobr. a° Dni Ad ter'" iiij^" X nates, in Howden ; one tene- 1534, et a° Eliz. annor. per ann. ment, also one close and a Rne. xxvj'". xxxiiij''. viijd. headland at Howden dike ; and five acres of lande in Howden felds, called Le Poole, with one slypp of grounde called the Springe ; and a tenement also at Booth, in Howden aforesaid ; all that the towle, stallage, shoppes, and pickage of the faire and marketts of Howden aforesaid ; and one howse called the Mootehall or Towlebothe in Howden aforesaid, with the shoppes and all easements under the towlebooth there ; six acres of arable lande in the heigli- felde of Howden ; one close lying at Hallgaite ende in Howden aforesaid, and one tyde ffishing in the water of Owse, in Howdenshire : all which premisses are now in the tenure and occupacion of John Gaite, Esquier : also two closes called the Hall niilns closes, which, with a parcell of grounde called the Small- ings, in Howden aforesaid ; one other close called Munck- ton Close, behinde Treaton, in Howden aforesaid ; vij. acres of lande in Laxton, in How- denshire aforesaid ; and iiij"' acres of lande in Netherspane briggs, in Howden afores''. ; tow other peces of ground in Howden aforesaid, called the Parke and the groves now or MISCELLANEOUS. 'Sio xvijo die Jan. a" Eliz. Rne. xxvij". Ad ter'" Ixx an- nor. p. ann. Ixij". xxd. xv" die Octobr. a" Eliz. Rne. xxiij". Ad tei"' iiij"" annor. p. ann. xviij''. xij''. late in the tenin-e of Alee Pil- kingtoii, wydow; together with thre wind eorne-milnes, called Barnebie Milne, Kilpin Milne, and Hale Milne, in Howden and Howdenshire aforesaid, with all socken, &c. 7. All that grange, iFarme, or tenement commonlie called Cowden Grange ; and all that the manor, iFarme, or towne of Morton, nere Houghton, in the countie of Duresme ; and also all those xiij. messuages, lands, and tenements within the parke of Stanhopj), called Stanhopp Park, in Werdaile, within the said countie palatyne of Du- resme, at a place called the Westgate, and to the sea of the Bisshoprick of Duresme apper- tayning, and now or late in the severall occupacion of William Stobbes, Nich. Fetherston, Raphe Emerson of the Springe Howse, William Emevsonn, Wydow Bainbrige, Georg. Miers, John Emerson. William Harison, George Robinson, Thomas Yong, John Frier, Nich. Stobbes, and Raph Stobbes, with all howses, &c. ; and also one close, called Bishop Close, or Skelton cowe pasture ; and one other close, called the Bishop Close, or salt-marshe cowe pasture. 8. All those landes, mead- oAves, pastures, feadinges, called or knowenby thenaine or names xxj^die mensis Julij,a°Dnil585. Primo die mensis Dccebr. a" Dni loSo ; a" Eliz. line, xxviij". T 274 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Mr. Frevill's lease. xxix° die Septbr. a° Eliz. R.xxviij. Ad tor"' iiij"" an- 11 or. p. ami. these severall rents, viz. for tliat part in Francis Slinges- bie's lease, and during that lease, xx''. vj*. iiij*^ ; and after that lease be ended, then p. ann. for that part, Ij". xxiij'' ; p.ann.forWhele- hall, &c., v". xviij^ viij^ ; for the little close and niilnc, xx^^*. 8^ ; for the fish- ing, XX* ; for the new close, v". xvj*. iiij'' ; for Assell Croft, Whit Croft, and Morefeld, vj". v*. ij** ; for the de- mayne lands of Walkington and Welton yngs, xij''. ; for Wal- kington woods, iiij'' ; for the fish- of Bishop's Close, with all and singuler th'appurtenances situ- ate, lying, and being nere Byers Greene, in the countie of Du- resme ; and also all that park, with th'appurtenances, in Bi- shop's Midleham, in the said counte of Durham ; and all landes and tenements and de- mayne lands whatsoever called or knowen by the name or names of the Demayne landes of the manor of Midleham, in the said countie palatyne of Durham, &c., with one acre of land called Depewell, in the feildes of Midleham aforesaid. 9. All that the said manor, scite, and mansion place of Crake, with th'appurtnans ; and all hoAvses, edifices, and buildings, messuages, granges, milnes, barnes, stables, dove howses, orcherdes, gardines, landes, tenements, meadowes, pastures, feadings, commons, de- mayne landes, waistes, heathes, mores, marrishes, woodes, mider- wooddes, waters, ffishe pondes, fishings, mores, mynes, quar- ries, king's fees, wardes, mari- ages, relieffes, hariots, ffynes, amerciments, courts leetes, courts baron, viewes of ftranck- pledg, perquisites, and profitts of courts, and all other things unto courts leetes and vewes of ftranckpledge belonging ; waifes, stray, estovers, and com- mon of estovers, and all other xxiij" die mensis Novembr, a° Eliz Rne. xxix. MISCELLANEOUS. 275 'jl^^d'^'"^""^^''''*' "^^its, members, jurisdictions, %y. 4" ; and tor ^, . . ... the liver, xij^. Itranchises, priviledges, profitts, and comodities whatsoever unto the said manor and scite of the manor of Craik aforesaid be- longing, &c. ; (the patronage, gift, presentacion, and coUacion of and to the parsonage, rec- torie, and church of Craik aforesaid, and one parcell of ground called the Shawes, and all ecclesiasticall and spirituall jurisdicions within the said manor alwaies except and fore- prised;) also all the wooddes and underwoods and trees now growing and renewing, or here- after to grow and renew, in or upon the said manor of Craike, or other the last recited pre- misses, &c. All that the manor or man- sion howse of Welehall, and the demayne lande therunto belonging, in the countie of Yorke, &c. ; and also the fRshing at or nere Welehall aforesaid, in the water or river of Ouse ; and also the said winde milne and litle close thereunto nere adjoyning, &c. ; all that the said close called the New Close at Saltmarshe, and the said closes or parcells of ground called the Assell Crofts, White Croft, and Morefeld ; and all the landes in Walkington afore- said called or knowen by the name of the Demaynes of the towneof Walkington aforesaid ; T 2 276 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. and the said parcell of meadow or inge grounde lying in Welton Ings aforesaid ; and also all the said wooddes andunderwooddes called Walkington wooddes, and the herbage and pawnage of the said wooddes ; and also the said passage, shoores, fish- ing, and ferye hoate at Howden Dike aforesaid ; and the said milne in Howden aforesaid, with all sucken, &c. ; and also all water courses, ryvers, dikes, or sewers, with fisshing and passage by boate, or other waies in and upon the same, running and extending from the river of Owse to one stone bridsfe in Howden aforesaid, in one street there called the Briggate ; to- gether with all howses, tene- ments, and hereditaments what- soever unto the same belong- inge, or as part thereof hereto- fore had, knowen, occupied, or injoyed, &c. It is to be noted that the Queue paieth no rent for any of the demised premisses in the lease of Crake, &c. untill the „„ . ., „ -r,.. former leases thereof made be 26 April, a". Eliz. 24. expired. A note likewise of leases, the particulers whereof are sett downe, and to whome they were granted by the said late Lord Bishop of Dnresme. The date of the 1. To Henrie Lindley, gent. The date of the indenture and the ^^jj ^j^^.^ j^-, ^^^^^^ tenements, ^^f;™'-^^-"; nomb'. 01 years ' ' xv° die mensis graunted, with closes, meadowes, pastures, com- Octobr. a° Eliz. the anuall rent. i^ons, and common of pasture, ^- 25, et a°Dni ' ^ ' 1583. MISCELLANEOUS. 277 xviij" die Noveb. a" Eliz. R. 25. Ad ter"" 21 an- nor. i^. anil. vj". xj" die Junij, a" Eliz. Rne. 26. Ad tei-m 21 an- nor. Tlie old and accustomed rent. ix° die Jan. a" Eliz. Rne. xxv". Ad ter™ 21 an- nor. p. ann. for every pitt, xiij^ iiiji. xx" die M''cij, a** Eliz. 21. Adter™ 21 annor.p. ann. xlvj^ iij''. P'mo die Febr. a° Eliz. Rne. 28. Ad ter'" 21 an- nor. p. ann. viij". vj"' die Januarij, a° Eliz. Rne. 25. Ad ter'" vitar. ipsor. Willmi. Robti. etGeorgij, ct eoruni cujusli- bet diutius viven- tis. with their appurtnances, in Cotam Mundevell,in the county of Durham, called the Demaynes of Cottam Mundevell. 2. To Henrie Lyndley, gent, one parcell of grounde called the Groothes, alias Groves, and the herhage of one parcell of ground or park called Howden Park, with th'appurtnances, in the countie of York, &c. 8. To Henrie Dethick, gent, all those his cole mynees and pitts whatsoever, ojjened or not opened, within any of the moores, wastes, or copihold landes within the parishe of Lanchester, &c. 4. To Raphe Hall, one tene- ment, with the appurtnances, in Shawdforthe. 5. To Rich*^. Natteris, the water milne of Chester, in the street, &c. ; the common bake howse there. 6. To William Bowes, Ro- bert Bowes, and George Bowes, sonnes of Sir George Bowees, knight, one parcell of ground commonly knowen by the name of th** Old Parke ; and also one grounde commonly knowen by the name of the Northwood, with all and singuler those closes and grounds, parcell of Eavenwood Parke, set, lyinge, and being within the countie of Durham ; together with all those closes, grounds, whatso- ever, parcell or belonging to xvij" die mentis Oetobr. a" Eliz. Hue. 2(), et a" Dni 1584. xv° die mensis Jan. a" Dni 1584. xvjo die mensis Febr. a° Dni 1584, et a" Eliz. R. xxvijo. xj die Oetobr. a" Dni 1586, et a" Eliz. R. 28°. Primo die mensis Mi-cij, a" Rne. Eliz. xxix". ct a° Dni 1586. a" supradicto. 278 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. the said ground called the Olde Parke, and the Northwood, par- cell of Eavenwood Parke afore- said, with all and singuler th' appurtances. vjo die Januanj, 7. To William Bowes, Ro- Piimodiemensis a." tihz. line. 25, , -r. ■, ^, -^ tvt •• r ^ * Ad ter>" vitar. ut ^©rt Bowes, and George Bowes, ?'^I';^L^"IA supra, p. ann. x". sonnes of Sir George Bowes, knight, all that parcell of ground called the Park Meadowes, and all that parcell of ground called or knowen by the name of Buckheades, and all other closes or grounds now or late parcell of Evenwood Park, within the said countie of Durham, which are not conteyned or demised in or by one other dede in- dented, made by the said re- verend father unto the said William Bowes, Robert Bowes, and George Bowes, beriuge daite the daie of the daite of these presents, with all and singulere th'appurtnances. No. OLXXV. A LOTTERIE (210). At her Majesty's entrie into the howse. Place and Time pre- sented themselves with this dialoQue. (Shee came thither the last of July.) Place, in a partie-colored roabe, lyke ( Wellcome, good the brickes of the howse. "l Tyme ! T?/me, with yellowe haire and a greene f Goddene, my li- roabe, and an houre-glasse not runninge, 4 tie prettie private and his winges clipte. ( Place ! MISCELLANEOUS. 279 Place. — Farwell, Time, arre you not gone? doe you stay heare ? I wonder that Time should stay any wheare, what is the cause ? Time. — Yf thou knewest the cause, thou wouldst not wonder, for I stay to enterteine the wonder of this time ; whearein I woulde praie thee to joyne with mee, yf thou werte not too litle for her greatnes. Place. — Too Htle \ By that reason shee shoulde rest no place; for no place is greate enoughe to receive her. Besides — Tyme. — Well, well, this is not time for us to enterteine one another, when wee shoulde bothe joyne to enterteine her. Arre you redie, Place \ Time is redie. Place. — So yt shoulde seeme ; you arre soe gay, freshe, and chearefnll : you arre the present time, arre you not ? Then what neede you make suche haste? And, lett mee see, your winges arre clipte for ought I see : besides, your hower-glasse runnes not. Time. — 'Tis true my winges arre clipte indeede, and yt is her hande that hathe clipped them : my glasse runnes not indeede, yt hathe beene stopte a longe time : yt can never runne as longe as I waite upon this mistris. I am her time, and time were verie ungratefull yf yt shoulde not ever stande still to serve, preserve, cherishe, and delighte her, that is the glorie of her time, and makes the time happie whearein she lives. Place. — And dothe shee not make Place happie as well as Time ? What if shee make thee a continuall holydaye, shee makes mee a perpetuall sanctuarie I Dothe not the presence of a prince make a cottage a courte ? and the presence of the gods make everie place heaven ? But alas, my litlenes is not capable of that happienes which her great grace woulde imparte unto me : but, were I as large as theire hartes that arre my owners, I shoulde bee the fairest pallace in the worlde ; and, were I agree- able to the wishes of theire hartes, I should in some measure re- semble her sacred self, and bee in the outwarde front exceedinge faire, and in the inwarde furniture exceedinge riche. Time. — In good time doe you remember the hartes of your owners : for, as I was passinge to this place, I founde this liarte, which (as my daughter Truthe toulde me) was stollen by one of these nimphes from one of the servants of this goddesse ; but, her guiltie conscience enformiuge her that yt belonged onelie of right *" A diamond without ;i f'oylf, wliicli cost 3U0'' {in llie iiuugin). 280 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. unto her that is the mistres of all the hartes in the worlde, she cast yt from her for this time, and, Opportunitle finding yt, deli- vered yt mito mee, Heere, Place, take yt thowe, and present yt unto her as a pledge and mirror of theire hartes that owe thee. Place. — It is a mirror in deede, for yt is transparent ; yt is a cleere hart, you maie see throughe yt; yt hathe no close corners, no darknes, noe undutiefull spott in yt. I will therefore presume the more to deliver yt ; with this assurance, that time, place, and persons, and all other circumstances doe concurre alltogether in biddinge her wellcome. Besides, my la- \ The petition of St. S within, i Presented by die gave unto \ presentinge a gowne of clothe -< my lord, and this gowne a 1 of silver all wrought with ( cost 840^. verie riche I rainebowes. paire of sleeves f and a j^aire of /Bewtie's Rose and Vertue's booke, poyntes, the I AngelFs minde, and AngelPs looke, taggeswhearof 1 To all Saintes and Angells deare, weere of rubies I Clearest Majestic on earthe, and pearle. / Heavens did smile at your faire birthe ; And since your daies have beene most cleere, Onehe poore St. Swithin nowe Dothe heare you blame this cloudie browe. But that poore Sainte devoutlie sweares, Yt is but a tradition vaine That his muche weepinge causethe raine ; For saintes in heaven can shedd no teares : But this hee saiethe, that to his feasts Commes Iris, an unbidden miest. With her moist robe of colours graye ; And, when shee comes, shee e^en staies For the full space of fortie daies, And, more or lesse, raines everie daye. But hee, good Sainte, when once hee knewe This raine was like to fall on yowe. If Saintes could weepe, had wepte as muche As when hee did the ladye leade That did on burninge iron treade; To ladies his respecte is such. MISCELLANEOUS. 281 Hee gentile furste badd Iris goe Unto the Antipodes belowe : But shee for this more sullen gTewe. When hee sawe that, with angrie looke Her rainye robe from her hee tooke, Which heare hee dothe presente to you : 'Tis fitt yt shoulde with you remaine, For you knowe better howe to raigne. Yett if yt raine still, as before, St. Swithen praies that you woulde guesse That Iris dothe more robes possesse, And that you woulde blame him no more. A LOTTERIE. The introduction thereof was in this manner. A marriner, withe a boxe under his arme, conteineinge all the severall thinges heareafter written, supposed to come newlie from the caricke, came into the presence singing this songe : Cinthia, queene of seaes and landes. That fortune everie where comaundes, Sente for Fortune to the sea. To trie her service euerie way: There did I Fortune meete, which makes mee nowe to singe There is no fishinge to the sea, nor ser\ace to the kinge. All the nimphes of Thetis' traine Did Cinthiaes fortune entertaine ; Manie a Jewell, many a jemme. Was to her fortune brought by them : Her fortune spedd so well, as makes mee nowe to singe, There is no fishinge to the sea, nor service to the kinge. Fortune, that yt might bee scene That shee did serve a royall queene, A franke and royall hand did beare, And cast her favours everie wheare : Somme toyes fell to my share, which makes mee nowe to singe, There is no fishinge to the sea, nor service to the kinge. God save you, ladies all ! and for my parte, if ever I be brought to answer for my sinnes, God forgive mee my stealinge, and lay usurie to my charge. I am a marriner, and am nowe come from 282 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC, the sea, where I had the fortune to lighte on these trifles. I must confesse I came hut hghtHe by them : but I no sooner had them but I made a vowe, that, as they came to my handes by fortune, soe I woulde not parte from them but by fortune; and to that endelhave ever since carried these lottes about mee, that, if I niett with fitt companie, I mighte devide my bootie amongst them: and nowe, I thanke my good fortune, I am fallen into the best companie of the worlde, a companie of the fairest ladies that ever I sawe. Comme, ladies, trie your fortunes ; and, yf any light upon an unfortunate lott, lett her thiuke that Fortune dothe but mocke with her in these trifles, and meanes to doe her a pleasure in a greater matter. THE LOTTERIE 61 FORTUNE S WHEELES SETT WITH DIAMONDS OF NO SMALL VALUE. The Queene. Fortune must nowe no more in triumphe ride. The wheeles are yours that did her chariot guide. The La. Scroope. A MASKE. Wante you a maske? here Fortune gives you one ; Yet Nature gives the rose and lillie none. A LOOKING- GLASSE. The La. Kne- Blinde Fortune dothe not see howe faire you bee, vett. But gives a glasse that you yourself may see. A HANDKERCHER. M'^AnneVa- Whether you seeme to weepe, or weepe indeede, vasor, of the This handkercher will stande you in some bedchamber. steede. The La. Fran- Fortune dothe sende you, happ yt well or ill, ces Stanley. This plaine goulde ringe to wedd you to your will. . A PAIRE OF GLOVES. The La. Eliza. Fortune these gloves to you in challenge sendes, Southwell. For that you love not fooles that arre her frendes. *'' The names in the margin indicate the diavN'cr ui' each lut. MISCELLANEOUS. 283 A PURSE. The La. Dar- Yowe thrive, or woulde, or may : your lott 's a bie, the elder. purse; Fill yt with goulde, and you arre nere the worse. A DOSSEN OF POINTES. M'^\ Bridges. Yowe arre in everie pointe a lover true, And therefore Fortune gives the pointes to you. A LACE. The La. Anne Gave her the lace that loves to be strate laced, ClifForde. Soe Fortune's litle gifte is aptlie placed. KNIVES. Fortune dothe give theis pairs of knives to you, To cutt the thredd of love ifte bee not true. A GIRDLE. The Countess By Fortune^3 girdle you male happie bee, of Kildare. But they that arre lesse happie arre more free. WRITINGE TABLES. The La. Ef- Theis tables maye containe your thoughts in fingham. parte, But write not all thatt "'s written in your hartc. A PAIRE OF GARTERS. TheLa.Pagett. Thoughe you have Fortune's garters, you must bee More staled and constante in your steps then shee. COYFE AND CROSCLOTHE. M'^\ Stran- Frowne in good earnest, or bee sickc in jeaste, guidg. This coyfe and crosclothe will becomme you best. A SKARFE. The mother of Take you this skarfe, binde Cupid hand and foote, the maides. Soe Love must aske your leave before hee shoote. 284 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. A FALLING BANDE. The Countess Fortune would have jou rise, but guides your of Comber- hande land. From other lotts, to take this falling bande. A STOMACHER. This stomacher is full of windowes wroughte, Yet none throughe them can looke into the thoughte. A SISSER CASE. M''\ Drurye. Theis sisers doe your husvviferie bewraie ; You love to worke, thoughe you were born to plaie. A CHAINE. M'^ Marg^ Because yow scorne Love's captive to remaine, Wharton. Fortune hathe sworne to leade yow in a chaine. A PRAIER-BOOKE. Lefteundrawne, Your fortune may proove good another daie: and taken by Till fortune come, take you a booke and the Queene. praie. A SUUFKIN. The Countess 'Tis summer yet, a suuf kin is your lott ; of Wai-wick. But 'twill bee winter one daie, doubt yt nott. A FANNE. M'^ Gresham Your love to see, and yett to bee unseene, Thynne. Take yowe this fanne to be your bewtie's skreene. A PAIRE OF BRACELETTS. M"^'. Mary Ladie, your handes arre fallen into a snare, Radcliff. For Cuj^id's manacles theis bracelets are. A BODKIN. The La. Do- Even with this bodkin yowe may live un- rothie Hast- harmde, ings. Your bewtie with your vertue 's soe well armde. MISCELLANEOUS. 285 A NECKLACE. M'\ Mary Fortune gives your faire necke this lace to weare: Nevill. God grante a heavier yoke yt never beare ! A CUSHINETT. To her that htle cares what lott shee winnes, Chance gives a Htle cushinet to sticke pinnes. A DIALL. The La. Skid- The diall ""s yours : watche time least yt be loste, more. Yet they must loose yt that doe watche yt most. A NUTTMEG, WITH A BLANCKE PARCHMENT WITHIN IT. The Countes This nuttmeg houldes a blanke, but Chance doth of Worster. hide yt : Write you your owne wishe, and Fortune will provide yt. A RINGE, WITH A POESIE, " AS FAITHFULL AS I FINDE." The yonge Your hande by fortune on this ringe doth Countes of lighte, Darbie. And yet the worde doth fitt your humor righte. BLANCKE. M"^*. Katherine Wott you whye Fortune geves to you no prize? Hastinges. Good faithe, she sawe yowe not; shee wants her eies ! The La. Susan You arre soe daintie to be pleased, God wott, Vere. Chaunce knowes not what to give you for a lott. BLANCKE. The La. ''Tis pittie suche a hande shoulde drawe in vaine ; Digbie. Thoughe yt gaine noughte, yet shall yt pittie gaine. BLANCKE. Nothing 's your lott : that 's more then can be tould, For nothing is more pretious then goulde. 286 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. There remained in the bottome of the boxe a Jewell, in forme of a feather, which cost 600'': this was presented to her Majestie as ladie of the islande. At her departure. Place, in a mourninge hahitt, had this speeche : Sweete Majestie, Be pleased to looke upon a poore mourning widowe before yowe goe : I am this Place, that at your comeinge was soe full of joye, and nowe, at your departure, am as full of sorrowe. I was then, for my comforte, accompanied with the present cheerefull Time ; but nowe hee muste departe withe yowe, and, blessed as hee is, must ever flie before you. But, alas ! I have no winges, as Tyme bathe ; my heavynes is suche as I must stand still amazed to see soe great a happienes so soone berefte. 0 that I coulde remoove withe you as other circumstances can ! Tyme can goe withe yowe ; persons can goe with yow : they can moove like heaven ; but I, like dull earthe (as I am mooved), must stande unmoovable. I could wishe my self like to the in- chaunted castle of Love, to houlde you here for ever : but your vertues woulde dissolve all myenchantmentes; then what remedie? As yt is against the nature of an Angell to be circumscribed in a place, soe yt is against the nature of Place to have the motive of an Angell. I muste staye forsaken and desolate ; you must goe with majestie, joye, and glorye. My onelie suite unto yow before yow goe is this ; that yow will pardon your close imprisonment that yow have suffered ever since youre comeinge, imputinge yt not to mee but to Saint Swithen, whoe of late hathe raised soe manye stormes, as I was faine to provide this ankor for you when I understoode you woulde putt into this creeke. But nowe 1 perceive the harbour is too litle for yow, and that you will needes hoyst sayle and be gone, I beseeche yowe, take this anl'or^^ with you ; and I praie Him that made bothe Tyme and Place, that, in all places wherever you shall arive, yowe may ankor as safelie as yow doe, and ever shall doe, in the hartes of my owners. A verie riche skarfe and mantle given by my la. daughters. Before any of theese speeches, a baliffe and milke-maid mett her, and presented her with a rake and forke sett with dia- monds, invitinge her to staie there one worke dale, to see howe well shee coulde use them. ^2 Worthe C. marks [in the margin). MISCELLANEOUS. 287 No. OLXXYI. SIR JO. BENET's SPEACH to the king ATT YORKE. Ai'RiLL 16, 1603. (224.) The copie of a speaclie delivered to the K. his Majestie at his entraunce into the mannor at Yorke upon tlie 26"' day of Aprill, 1603, by John Benet, doctor of law, one of his Highnes' Counsell establisht in the Northe. Most high, most mightie, and most renowned King, it hath ever bene observed, that as greiffes, so joyes, the lesser they are, the more theyspeake, and, the greater they are, they speake the lessse ; in which regard justly should wee wyshe, at this so glorious and gratefull a sight of your roiall jNlajestie, that which a certaine philosopher ys sayd to have wyshed, that God had opened wyn- dowes in our breasts, to the end your Majestie might see the aboundant joye we have received, and not only gather yt by our countenance and words throughe the narrowe chincks of our out- ward sences, but behould yt with full viewe in our verie hartes as in the fountaine where yt springethe. Sithence that cannot be, I must be enforced at this tyme to shadowe (as yt were) under a vayle our infinite and unspeakable joye, and leave yt to be con- ceived by your Highnes"" princely imaginacion ; which cannot be pourtrayed by anie discription, because our hartes are not able to contayne the just proportion thereof, neither yet our toungs to utter the conceit of our harts : which notwithstanding, I will (thoughe the most unable of all others, in regard of my great joye and litle skill), with your Majestie's gratious favour, lightly touche, or rather only point at (as dumbe men may doe), some fewe of the manifould just causes of our exceeding and incom- parable coraforte. And, fyrst, I cannot without speciall delight remember or recount how yt pleased God, after many bloudie battayles fought within the verie bowells of this kingdome be- tweene the white rose and the red, — the noble houses of Yorke and Lancaster, — whereby this famous real me was brought to woe- full desolation, and almost utter destruction, to make an end of those endless quarrels by the thrice happie intermarriage of K. Henrie the 7*'\ the Solomon of England, of happie memorie, 288 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. your Majestie's great-great-grandfather, with dame Ellzabethe, the eldest daughter of K. Edward the 4*'' ; the happiest and sweetest conjunction bothe of the houses and persons that could be devised. Yf there were nothing els, what true Englyshe hart will not exceedingly rejoyce to see such an orient braunche sprung from that joynt royal roote ? But behould in this conjunc- tion yet an other union and conjunction at lengthe most for- tunatly atchieved, of this whole iland, which hath bene sought with the price of so manie thousand men''s bloud of both nations, and not obtayned ; of so great and happie consequence, as the wysest head in the world cannot conceive, nor the eloquentest tounge unfold, the manifould blessings that are folded and wrapped therein. And herein, as God his providence and heavenly dis- pensation hath wonderfully shewed yt self, so our happines and felicities dothe consist apparently in as muche as we have a king not chosen out of the multitude (as yt is in sundrie partes of the world), that must be long tyme in framing and fashioning him selfe to weare and weild a crowne, but one that, being lyneally disceuded from the most royall race of kings that Christendome hathe afforded, hath wysely and happely rayned and ruled sondrie most unruly people already, even to the wonder of the world : who hath not only consulted with the best and wysest counsellers that ever lived, both sacred and profane, such as advise without feare and flatterie, and perused all histories, the richest store- houses of wysdome, but also put in use and practise both instruc- tions and examples, with a particuler application thereof, as occa- sions were presented and circumstances required: nay, yet further, who bothe out of speculation and practise togeather (yt is hard to say whether most like a worthie king or like a divine philo- sopher) hath framed such a mould and patterne for institution of a king, as thoughe entituled to our young prince, of rare hope and singuler towardlines, for his instruction, may well serve for direction to the eldest and wysest princes of Christendome ; not such only as live and raigne at this present, but those also that shall come after in all succeeding ages. But, amongest sondrie matters of our exceeding joye, the verie manner and course of proceeding in this behalfe is (in my simple judgement) most memorable and remarkable, in that everie man that ever pub- lished his conceite and conjecture of the next successor of Q. Elizabethe (notwithstanding your Majestie's bloud and dis- MISCELLANEOUS. 289 cent sufficiently proclaymed your undoubted riglit) did, by was of prognostication, amaze himselfe, and astonishe others with expectations of troubles, seditions, and factions, such as in the highest degree doe accompanie an interregnum and competition of divers pretenders, (as yf our happines, being at the highest, could not have continued, and as yf yt had not bene possible but some night of tempestuous broyles and darke confusion must needes have ensewed that glorious and glittering sunshine of ours which had so long endured,) it hath pleased our God, who is the God of peace, so to knitt and unite us togither in this mayne matter of the kingdome (howsoever of different opinions and divers humors otherwyse) as no night at all hath followed the happie dayes of Q. Elizabethe, and to frame such an harmonie and concert in the harts and toungs of all your Highnes"' subjects of this kingdome as no one string hath jarred (that I have heard of), muche lesse any notable discord happened, that might offend and g reive the eares of your royall Majestie ; in so much as we must needes in all thankfullnes acknowledge, A Domino factum est istud, et est mirahile in oculis nostris. Now the continuance of the mightie God his speciall favour ys by your Majestie's royall vertues and princely graces not onely promised fayrely, but even fully assured unto us. And, fyrst, your Majestie's sincere and constant profession of the true religion (the grace of graces and vertue of all vertues), togither with that divine opinion, not secretly conceived, but published to the world and recorded to all posteritie, that you estoeme yt the fayrest stile of a king to be a nursing father to the Ohurche ; your justice and mercie, so mingled and tempered togither as the necessarie sharpnes of the one is wonderfully allayed with the voluntarie sweetnes of the other ; your magnanimitie and felicitie, as yt were, striving and contending whether the one should deserve, or the other reward, more ; your wysdome and learninge, spread and divulged by your printed bookes and publique actions not in this iland alone, but over all the Christian world, to your immortall fome ; your royall bountie ; your singuler temperance ; your rare affabilitie and facilitie, with sundrie other vertues, amiable in all men, but ad- mirable in the person of a king ; your princely person and pre- sence ; the plentifull yssue which God hath sent you alreadie, with hope of more, (which God ever blesse, with our noble Queene, the fruitfull vine from whence they sprang,) and which, in place V 290 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. of the feare whevcwitli we have beene lieretofore mightily per- plexed, doth fill us with wonderfull joye and comforte ; togeather with the sure testimonies of your Majestie*'s gracious inclinacion, or rather setled resolucion, to governe by our ancient lawes, with our longe continued liberties, in the selfe same forme and frame of government, bothe for temporall and ecclesiastical 1 afFayres, that by the experience of nianie ages hath bene found most fitt and sutable to our nature and manners, then the which what greater blessing can happen to anie people or nations ? Since everie litle alteration in forme of government (as hath beene observed by the politiques of all tymes) is not only uncouth and troublesome, but perillous and daingerous too, to the state and people. These wonderfull blessings, I saye, everie one of them severally, and therefore muche more all of them joyntly togither (as yt wer) in a heavenly consorte, as they are stronge groundes of unspeakable joye and comforte to us all, so are they notable pawnes and sure pledges of the continuance, and, I trust, of the perpetuitie, of God his haj^pines therein. But your Majestie's just prayses are to deepe a sea for me to wade in ; and therefore, as the arithmeticians doe comprehend great and high sommes in smale notes or figures, so I have breifely cast and summed up (as y t were) the infinite treasures of God his riclie mercies powred upon your Majestic, and in your Majestic upon us your people, well knoweinge that your Highnes takes more delight in the true and painefull actions then in the due and sweete commendacions of your most heroicall and royall vertues. Now, in these so gene- rall and publique joyes, our noble President and rest of this Councell doe esteeme them selves to have speciall interest and more peculier cause of comforte, in as much as your Majestic, so mightie, so wyse, and so learned a prince, hath alreadie vouch- safed us that honnor to be of councell to your Majestic for these north partes of England. Of his lordship, because present, I will speake only one word ; that (even in the judgement of envie yt selfe) he makes good his word, which is, Cor unum, via una, in the whole course of his cariage, towards God, towards his sove- raigne, and towards other with whom he hath to deale : which word, togither with sundrie vertues, discended to him from his worthie and renowned father, the Nestor of England in his long and happie tymes, who (as I have credibly heard, and do vere beleve) gave earnest and expresse direction on his deathe MISCELLANEOUS. 291 bed to his dearest children to frame their one harte and one way only to your Highnes, as to the happie sunne rising, and next undoubted heyre of this Orowne, whensoever yt should please God to take awaye the light from Queene Elizabethe, who coun- tenanced and exercised with greatest authoritie and chiefest grace the noble and kindly branches that sprange from that roote of wysdome, whereof the whole kingdome for a long tyme hath so happely enjoyed the frutes. Those that by your Majestie's gratious favour doe attend and assist his lordship in this counsell doe, by my mouthe (the meanest of them), present their most bounden duties and loyall affections to your Highnes, with . . . their constant readines to employ not only their wytts, their skills, and their travells, but their goods, their lands, their lives and all, for your Majestie's service and at your royall commaund. Now (because I feare I have beene over tedious to your Highnes) what remaynes but that on the bowed knees of our harts we beseeche the King of kings to blesse your Majestic with long lyfe and thrice happie raigne over us, to protect your royall per- son from all hostill and treacherous attempts whatsoever, to defend your noble kingdoms from forraeyne invasions and inward sedi- tion, to prosper your peace, maugre all the divell's instruments that will endeavour to impeache yt, to crown you with joy and glories in this world, and with everlasting glory in the next ? And that I wyshe unfeynedly, even from the botom of my hart, that his hart may wyther within his bowells, and his tounge for ever cleave to the roofe of his mouthe, that from his hart with his tounge will not saye, God save King James ! God blesse King James ! Amen. LETTER OLXXVII. SIR WALTER RAWLYE's LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CARR. (1603.) Sir, After manny great losses and mannye yeers' sorrowes, of bothe which I have cause to feare that I was mystaken in there ends, it is come to my knowledge that your selfe (whome I know u 2 292 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. not but by an honorable fame) have beene perswaded to gyve me and myne our last fatall blowe, by obtayning from hys Majestic the inheritance of my chyldren and nephewes, lost in the lawe for the want of a worde. Thys don, there remaynes nothing with me but the name of lyfe, dyspoyled of all els but the tytle and sorrowe thereof. Hys Majestie, whome I never offended, (for I ever held yt unnaturall and unmanlye to hate goodnes,) stayed me at the gravels brink ; not (as I hope) that hys Majestie thought me worthye of manye deaths, and to behould all myne cast out of the world with my self, but as a king whoe judgethe the poore in truthe bathe receaved a promyse from God that hys throane shalbe establyshed for ever. And for your selfe (sir), seeing your fayre day is but now in the dawne, and myne drawne to the evenyng, (your owne vertue and the King's grace assuring you of many fortunes and much pouer,) I beseeche you not to begynne your fyrst building upon the ruynes of the ynnocent, and that their and my sorrowes may not attend your plantacion, ever beeing bound to your nation, as well for many other graces as for their true report of my tryall to his Ma- jestie ; agaynst Avliome had I beene found malygnent, the hearing of my cause would not have changed enymyes into frends, malyce into passion (compassion, Cab.), and the mynds of the greatest number present into the consideration of myne estate. It is not the nature of foule treason to begett such fayre passions; nether could yt agree with the dutie and love of faythfull subjects, especiallye of your nature (nation, Cab.), to bewayle hys overthrow that had conspyred against there most lyberall and naturall lord. I therefore trust (sir) you wyll not be the fyrst that shall kyll us outryght, cut downe the tree with the fruites, and undergoe their curse that enter into the feelds of the father- les, which (yf yt please you to know the truth) are farre less fruitfull in value then fame, but that soe worthye a gentleman as yourselfe wyll rather bynd us to your servyce, beeing (sir) gen- tlemen not base in byrthe and alyances Avhich have interest there. And my selfe, with the uttermost thankfullnes, wyll ever re- mayne readj-e to obey your survyce.^^ ''^ This letter is a transcript in the handwriting of Sir Timothy upon the back of a letter from Sir Thos. Huttun of Poppleton, addressed " To his verie loving brother Sir Timothie Hutton, knight, att Richmond, speed these ;"' and sealed with an armorial seal, Hutton impaling Bennet. MISCELLANEOUS. 293 No. CLXXVIII. barret's tripos speech, of ST. John's college. (1620.) Oratio Domini Barret Tripodis Collegij Divi Johannis, Anno Domini 1G20. Ain' vero, Plato, Estne homo animal implume, bipes? procul dubio ego homo non sum, qui sum animal implume, tripes. Quale ego tandem animal prodii I equus an asinus ? sic Plinius nonnulla animalia divisit. Equus certe non sum saltem oppidanus, quia non sum tantus cessator ut calcaribus indigeam, citius enim hue adveni quam quis expectaret. Utrum sim asinus vos, equi, estote judices ; ego certe vix me credam asinum, cum asinus stramenta mavult quam aurum, ego aurum quam stramenta mallem, et quis non mallet nisi mentis inops i nam animal fieri soeiabile, bonum inquam socium, absque auro impossibile est, et impossibilia non cadunt sub electione. At quid tandem sum, obsecro ? Sum animal quoddam inanimatum; nee homo, nee equus, nee asinus, nee bipes, nee quadrupes, sed tripos. At quid tripos tandem? tripos erat mensa senea in Apollinis templo tribus fulta pedibus : nrc ego in sere tuo sum, Apollo, qui me mensa communicasti tua quantjuam jejuna sit et sterilis, in qua nihil exponendum est pra^ter sales ; quique tandem sum, plurimos salutatum venio, vosque primulum auditores dicam Apollinares? apage; semel in anno ridet Apollo, vos volo ssepissime; imo Joviales estis, uti spero, omnes, " Jovis omnia plena." Nolite putare me quicquam hie aucupari gloria?, nam primus cum actus esset dies Cinerum, " post cineres gloria nulla venit;" vosque postea postcs hujus seholtc, columnar quibus tota domus inclinata recumbit, estote auditores vere Mercuriale.s, ut salsum sit quod vulgo dici solet " ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius ;" aures prabete arrectas, ridete ne deridete, non enim novi postica? occurrere sannte, vosque delude salvere jubeo, marmorei parietes, albo signandi lapillo, ne tarn vivi estote ut loquamini lapides, sed aures prabete faciles, ne quod vobis dictum est lapidi quis dictum putet; vosque fenestra^ Imjus domicilii, decus ingens et lux egregia, quibus certe ha?c schola multum debet, sine vobis etenim quid esset nisi " monstrum hovrendum, infbrme, ingens, cui lumen ademptum f ' vos oro ut 294 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. vere nuncietis quae accipietis omnia, ut quae in vino solita est esse, nunc sit in vitro Veritas : seel jam tandem post S. P. ad questiones quatuor pedibus propero. Locus EST coNSERVATivus LocATi. — Locus, ctc. : in qua ques- tione si decipiam (sic) paulo ignoscendum est, cum dulce sit deci- pere {sic) in loco, ut testantur causidici, qui in omnibus locis decipiunt. Verum imprimis tollenda est loci ambiguitas, locus enim est multiplex : primo sunt multi loci Grammatici, nam oratio interdum supplet locum substantivi, ut " Audito regem Dorobor- niam proficisci." 2^°. " Sibilus,jocus atque locus," quanquam miror certe cur locus inter heteroclita locetur, cum nee genus nee sexum mutat; nam, si mutaret, esset foeminini generis, at hoc im- possibile, cum omnis locus est immobilis, at foemininum genus semper est mobile : loquatur pars pro toto, lingua cujusque foeminse, quse nunquam est immobilis, sed " labitur et labetur in omne volubilis sevum." Sunt etiam multi loci logic! : si quis enim furetur, in carcerem conjiciatur et postea suspendatur, est locus logicus, ab antecedente, consequente, et concomitante. Deinde campus Martins, ubi pila pedestri luditur, et " unusquisque pedem pede tumidus urget," est locus logicus ab oppositis. Semel illic consj^exi " bella per immanes plusquam civilia campos, populum- que potentem in sua victrici conversum viscera dextra," ubi pugna- bant logice et rlietorice, pugno et palma, et eo die plusquam quinquaginta horum ceciderunt, magna quidem " turba gravis paci placidaeque inimica quieti ;" majores erant quam potuit for- tuna nocere, " at fessi multa referebant nocte minores,*" crura plagis plena, livida armis bvacliia, facies miris modis pallida, alii cum Soscia apud Plautum,^^ fugiebant maxime cum ceeteri pug- nabant maxime, et sese juxta metum tres pedes habuisse opta- bant : alius incidebat claudus, et se quoque optabat esse tripodem. Prseterea, si quis causidicus prsemium accipit, est locus logicus ab eo quod magis est ; sin quicquam largiatur pauperi, est locus logicus ab eo quod minus est ; sic a majori ad minus directis- sime valet consequentia. Deinde locus ille fi-atrum est locus logicus a pari : sunt enim ambo nebulones pessimi, sic sunt ergo pares ; et bene habet quod pares cum paribus jungantur. Postremo si quis hoc oppidum virginium locum esse asserit, est locus logicus a contrariis, cujus contrarium verum est. Est et locus alius ab om- nibus his di versus, locus dignitatis et promotionis de quo loquitur " Ampliitruo, Act. i. Sc. 1. MISCELLANEOUS. 29.5 tiilius, " inque loco, nisi sis jussus abire, maue."" Post distinc- tionem, sequitur divisio loci. Locus est vel communis vel pro- prius, Primo, castellum est proprius locus causidicorum, ubi causae aguntur, perag-untur raro, suspenduutur srepissime, pra^sertim cum finis causa agitur, at fures suspensionem uiliili pendunt, licet decisa causa ipsa causae cadunt. Verum hie locus causidicorum est locus eequivocus, requivocorum autem est et sequivocatum et sequivocans : ipse locus est aquivocum eequivo- catum, at causidici sunt sequivoca sequivocantia ; et de his non tenet vulgare illud, " Pecuniam in loco negligere maximum est lucrum." Disputant quidem causidici, sed syllogismis falsissimis, vix enim causam ullam probant aut improbant sine quatuor terminis ; interdum tandem quando disputant in datisi (sic), agunt syllogistice, et conclusio semper sequitur deteriorem partem, si datis. Secundo, est locus quidem memella dictus proprius illis qui sigilla adulterina cudunt et regis imagine signant, atque in hoc loco aurium tenus locantur, qui dum cuderent reges nescio quis aurem avellit, et admonet ; atque hujusmodi homines tria maxima insequuntur incommoda, nam primo abscissis auribus semper postea pessime audiunt ; 2*^°. oculati testes esse possunt, auditi non possunt ; S''". namque secure quiescunt, nee in utram- que aurem dormiunt. Ultimo hsec schola est locus proprius Baccalaureorum, qui jam tandem speco sedendo sapiuut. Tan- tum de proprio loco ; sequitur locus communis. Primo sunt multi loci communes in unoquoque collegio, at locus omnium communissimus est oenopolium, locus ad bibenduin amplissimus, ubi nihil Casare bibulo peraguntur omnia ; atqxie hie quatuor particulares sub se contiuet, Delphinem, 2'^" Rosam, 3"** Falconem, 4*° JMitram, ex quorum tribus tres ego ebrios conspexi exeuntes, locata certe nobilissima : primusque ex Mitra exiens, nescio quo casu in me incidit, cui ego, " Olim Corona, at nunc Mitra, est signum ebrietatis :"" secundus e Falcone exiit, qui post- quam ibi fuisset interrogatus, digito Falconem ostendit, lingua titubante, velut Balus ille apud Ovidium, " Sub montibus illis, montibus, inquit, eram, et eram sub montibus illis :" tertius e Delphino exiit gloriabundus, jactitans se Jovis Hammonis nectare inebriatum ; qui protinus in terram incidit et dormiens osculatur matrem, velut alter Csesar, nisi quod Csesar accessit ad everten- dam rempublicam, ille ebrius ad evertendum seipsum. Rosam mitto ne spini.s pungar, quannpiam, " si possem, vellem per te 296 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. rosa ponere pellem." A divisione transeo ad definitionem. Locus est superficies et quasi suprema facies, et sic suprema facies mulierum est pingeudi locus mulierum, inquam, quee ssepissime faciunt Candida de nigris ; et de hoc loco intelligitur, ut aliqui Phisici,quod locus fit forma; sed O formosa puella, nimis ne crede colori, neque tu, si quis amator advenit, desinas in pictam mulier formosa supernam. Hujusmodi ego fceminas poetas este credo, quia sunt picturse loquentes ; et, si sint poetse, turn pingunt se per licentiam poeticam, nam " pictoribus atque poetis quidlibet au- dendi semper fuit sequa potestas:"" pingunt se etiam ut poetas decet figuratas, nam figurse colores et figmenta vocantur. Sed mitto has picturas, quia nulli sunt usui nisi ut suspendantur. Ad loci essentiam hsec tria pertinent, ubi, ubinam, nusquam ; ut, in quo loco sunt virgines, ubi, ubinam, nu.squam ; in quo loco sunt honesti sartores, ubi, ubinam, nusquam ; in quo loco sunt veri- dici causidici, ubi, ubinam, nusquam. Sed jam tandem ad probationem. Locum igitur conservare locatum sic probo, quia omnia gravia tendunt deorsum et illic conservantur, et hsec ratio est cur ebrii viri certe gravissimi ad terram descendunt et illic secure quiescunt a casu et fortuna, nam " qui jacet in terra non liabet unde cadat;" et hujusmodi ebrius est terra filius, et terra simillimus, nam ut terra frigida, sic et ebrius ; frigidus nempe quia pugnat cum calidis, scilicet cum vino; at vinum, luctator dolosus, cito captat pedes: S**", ut terra sicca est, sic et ebrius est siccus, quia omnem aftusum humorem combibit : 8*'°, ut terra solida est, ita et ebrius corpus habet solidum et succi plenum : prteterea ita omnia levia sursum ten- dunt et leve concavum conservat, ignem perpetuando per motum circularem ; et hac ratione nonnulli studentium nomine ludunt globulis, qui scilicet motus circularis est perpetuus. 2'^°. Sic probo, " si torva leajua lupum sequitur," tum locus conservat locatum ; at ergo, vel quod idem valet, intelligit omnia, tum locus conservat locatum ; at ergo, postremo, si quis Ciceronis opera furetur a bibliopola, pro illo est locus in carcere quod Tullianura appella- tur, ut hie locus conservet locatum, non semper tamen, sed donee res ad restim rediit, ergo. Sed objicies quod career non est locus proj)rius furis, sed funis, quia funis est superficies abiens et conti- nens locatum; at funis non conservat, sed interimit, ut testantur fures per quos videre possumus quam levi filo res humana pendent. Sed respondere possum multipliciter, nam funis sumitur vel large MISCELLANEOUS. 297 vel stricte ; si stride, funis turn interiniit, sin large, conservat ; sumitur autem funis large quando consideratur ut finis, ut aiitem cum efficiens ad ilium sub natura ordinatur ssepe enim ipsi fiinium factores fune intereunt, " neque lex justior ulla est quam necis artifices arte perire sua." At inquies finis conservat, sed respondeo quod finis ut est ftinis in intentione, non in executione. Sed objicies quod crumena non conservat aurum, ut testantur prodigi, qui ex- clamant cum Oeesare, " Jacta est alea," et sic spes nummorum in Osesare : sed respondeo quod crumena est duplex, vel plena vel vacua ; plena conservat aurum, sed non evacua ; et aurum est duplex, vel potabile vel non potabile ; crumena non conservat aurum potabile, sed aurum quod non potabile est. Objici potest de multis aliis locis, sed tot jam peragravi loca ut pene defessus ambulando proinde hie pedes sistam et loco meo supersedebo, nam ego et pater sumus in tuto, tu atque frater estis in periculo. Proinde vos agite. Ego dixi. No. CLXXIX. 1623. Eboracensia. (361, the 19th Bundell.) MiTTiT Christofero Torrenti Salutem, spero non egenti, Socius Eboracensis : Ut cito redeas hue precatur, Ubi suaviter cccnatur, Non tam magnis cum expen- sis. Si jocus placet, hie cum bonis Secundum captum Aquilonis Facetise ssepe, datus lusus. Quis citharsedum est cxosus. Quod " Jocky est factus gene- rosus," Qui cantat strenue,ut est usus? Non cum anchovis et potatis, Sed in discis et in platis. Datur piscis, datur avis, Salsamentum cum ferina, Potus Martius, dulcia vina, Accipe utrum horum mavis. Si cogites quid sit novarum, Hie secundum usum Sarum Psallit clerus cathedralis Post hymnos mox et cantilenas : Totos nummos et crumenas In vinis fundunt et in alis. 298 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. De prsesule sic prspcllcatur, Placet, perplacet, amatur, Hillaris et hospitalis ; Angelus suggesta scandit, (Rex) amicis fores pandit 111 toto clero iion est talis. Medicinse professores Tres habemus hie doctores, Quorum primus parlat bene Sed male sanat male sanos ; Sermones alter spernit vanos, Sed a3grotos curat plene. Tertius patientes verbis Dulcibus, unguentis, herbis, Sanat, et sic multis placet : Factis est et dictis gratus, Sed non ad dicendum natus; Sapiens aliquando tacet. Fratres tui qui per forum Agunt causas, nescio quorum, Lucrantur sine vitio ; Si utensilia non sunt multa, Si uxor non sit nimis culta, Si non venit prohibitio. Equites non optant guerras, Domi metiuntur terras : Non fert militare decus Aulas largas, servos multos, Advenas, mendicos, stultos ; SufRcit hie puer et equus. Si vis morem civitatis, Mutuo dant, sed non dant gra- tis, Adverbie, nee adjective. Qui proprium curat, non com- mune. Qui merces vendit oportune, Laudatus is pro bono cive. Bellum Suedis si cum Daiiis, Si pax nobis cum Hispanis, Si nuramus navigat Aurorse, Si indies vectigal crescit, Pannus noster si vilescit. Actum est de mercatore. Mechanici, qvii vilia vendunt, Mutuis ccenis se expendunt, Alaudas et perdices edunt ; Quicquid manus viri querit, Id uxoris gula terit, [dunt. Mercedem totam ventri cre- Major habet parum artis, Sed cum pistis, tostis, tartis, Pascit fratres et sodales. In primis et postremis festis Non caret cibis neque guestis ; Londini non sunt decem tales. Miles ille Aldermannus, Cui novies novem instat annus, Jacet sanctffi Crucis templo Cataphractus et armatus, Et bene insuper togatus, Inaudito sed exempio, Imago ejus it per villam Viduam quserens vel ancillam Uxoris quse dignetur nomen: Offert prsedia, domos, aurum. Nemo vult, nam dat thesaurum Inosculatis : malum omen .' MISCELLANEOUS. 299 Nosti urbis senatores, Reliquorum probos mores ; Vicecomes hie, vir fortis, Pransit sexaginta cignis, Quorum sub Decani teelmis (? tignis) Cantat nullus liora mortis. Nosti dudum mercatorem, Cui domum, navem, (sors) ux- orem, Dedit, horum sed contemp- tor ; In domo nunquam habitabat, Nee in puppi navigabat, Pro tertia non est datus emp- tor. Supersunt multa non scribenda, Lenia, vana, deridenda, Qu£e silentio do et j)ace : Musam nostrara (his perlectis Coram sociis Mitria tectis) Maritabis cum Ajaee. VATF. • ^^ No. CLXXX. A PROPHESIE. July 29, 1623. July 29, 162.3, is a conjunction of Saturne and Jupiter, whereof shall followe great alteracion in manneres and lives of men ; also captives, and exiles, and depopulacions, the sonne uott willinge to out live his father. It shall cause very strange fac- tions, and the deathe of a great lady ; great misfortunes to church men, and the deathe of a childe of greate hope, and noe good to one I muste notte name. A great one passinge the Alpes shal be snared and made a preye, at the motion whereof Jer- manye shall abate moche of the same. This shalbe a ffatall yeare to suche as be of quallitie and authoritie ; one shalbe poissoned, deathe followinge another as his shaddowe. A prophet will arise, and be authure of some newe relligion never harde of beiFore : great allteracions in religion, lawes, empires, and king- domes : studyinges of negromancie. ^ These verses are in the handwriting of Jolin Jackson, Rector of Marske from 1G23 till 1661, and Master of the Grammar School, Richmond, from 1618 till 1620.— M. FitYER. ADDENDA. 303 No. CLXXXL THE PRIVY COUNCIL TO ARCHBISHOP HUTTON, ABOUT RICHARD STAPLETON AND HIS WIFE, PAPISTS, WHOM HE HAD CON- VERTED. 5 May, 1597.«« After our liartie commendacions to your Lordship. By a lettre tli received from your Lordship and some others of that Oounsell of Aprill, wee do understand of the manner of yo . . . . Richard Stapleton and his wife touching the oifcnces .... bin charged, and of the good successe that your good ende .... in their conversion to a better knowledg of their duty to God wherin as wee are glad for the parties themselves, whose trouble in this m . . . . turneth to their benefitt ; and do wish that the like course male be taken .... others (so farre forth as your Lordship shall thinke convenient), that, by this example and your temperate carriage, others maie also be reclaimed unto obedience. And whereas your Lordship expecteth some direccion from us touching the liberty of M'. Stapleton and his wife, though upon their conformitie it was in your owne power to have sett them at liberty without any such reference unto us, yett wee like well the respect of us that your Lordship hath shewed in making us acquainted with your proceedings herein. And so, wishing your Lordship to take such order for their liberty as you thinke meete, wee bidd you hartely farewell. From the Court at White- hall, the 5'" of May, 1597. Your Lordship's very loving frendes, W. BuBGHLEY. Essex. C Howard. Gr. HuNSDON. R. Northampton. T. Buckehurst. W. Knollys. Ro. Cecyll. (From the Appendix to Dr. Ducarcll's Memoir, there stated to be from tlic Original.) ^^ Of the papers here printed under the head of Addenda, some were omitted in tlicir places in the preceding pages, and the rest arc given from transcripts of the originals made by Mr. Surtees many years ago, when the whole collec- tion was submitted to his examination by the late John Hutton, Esq. of Marskc. 304 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER CLXXXII. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK TO THE BISHOP OF DURHAM, UPON HIS HAVING GIVEN THAT ARCHBISHOP INTELLIGENCE OF THE DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP WHITGIFT. 7 Mar 1603-4.«^ Salutem in Ohristo ! I think my self very much beholden mito your Lordship for your many pitthie kind letters. Your former good advertisements towelling the late Conference and Commissioners, &c. did pass somewhat slowlie ; but your woeful letter of the lieavie news of the death of that most reverend and worthy Archbishop, brought to me on Saturday last, came too, too soon, the Lord God knoweth. Many (no doubt) may, and do lament, that his Majesty hath lost a faithful, good coun- sillor ; the Church a great and notable pillar and patron ; and my self also have special cause to sorrow for the want of such an auncient, constant, and dear friend. It is a singular comfort and incouragement to us all, that his Highness vouchsafed so gra- ciouslie to visit him ; wherein, as in many other excellent vertues and things, he doth imitate his late dear sister, worthy Queen Elizabeth, who did alway bear and shew a special good affection toward him. God move his Majestyes royal and re- ligious heart (the sooner the better) to make special choice of one to succeed him ; and I think that either your Lordship, or my Lord of Winchester, is like to have 'the place : albeit the dealing with the Sec (Secular) Priests against the Jesuits in his Majesty's time is now said to be a good service, and that it was done only to advance his Majesty"'s title against the Spanish faction. I send you and my Lord of London my proxy, jointly and severally, lest your Lordship should happen to be sick, &c. I pray you help Sir John Bennet to such copies or things as are to be sent hither, and must be confirmed by Convocation. Thus, be- seeching God to bless your Lordship with His manifold graces, and tliat I may never see you more (though I love you entyrely) but that you may be placed there, to God's glory, the good of fi' From Strype's Wliitgift. ADDENDA. 305 His church, and your own contentment, I bid you most hartily farewel. From Bishopthorp, the vii"" of March, 1603. Your Lordship's very assured loving friend and brother, Matth. Ebor. To the Right Reverend Father, my very good Lord and Brother, the Bishop of Duresme. LETTER CLXXXIIL JOHN BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. (780.) Kind Knight and Ladye, I have received your liberall kindo- nes latelie, but in a Httle few lines; which, though writt in rime to mee, I have noe reason to neglect carelesslie ; and therfor I will plead mine excuse, even against my profession. I am since your departure turned such a courtiour, that, fellow-like with the rest, I have noe leisure, for idlenes and overweaninge, to respect my frends ; and yet most of our successes at Court may well warne us not to loose them, for feare wee lack them in our greatest need. Li earnest this : immediatlie after your de- parture was I fallen into a woorse estate then I was in the begin- ninge, procured, as my surgion sayd, by the motion of the coatch that I went in with you to Ware ; and therfor I must needs fol- low him to Greenwich, whither the Court removed, wher I re- mayned with him all the time of his stay ther : and ever since doe I follow and remaine neare to the Court, with as little love to that life as I have to my Court surgions ; by whom I have received as little help for soe large expence both of time, money, and, which is woorst, of my content, as I am ashamed to thinke, much more to tell of it. I doubt I shall pay dcarlie for soe much witt as I might have had at home for naught ; that is, to trust my countryemen better then a Scott : but [ follow with my frends the tide of this time, which you know will carye us into the mayne, either to swim with the ship ro3all, or sinke with the overladen or over-light carvell. I thanke God I have verie good health, and all the greefe of my infirmitie is the sad slow pace it comes on in curinge : yet, if it were sure as slow, I cared not ; X 306 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. but they cannot assure mee either of perfect cure, or, when it is cured, of perfect continuance. My only comfort is, that, whether I be sick or sore, well or ill, He that best knowes what is fittest for mee provides this for mee for my best ; and therin will I rest. I spoke lately with William Parkinson : he tells mee that upon your command the proceedinge of the sute betwene Savyle and mee was stayed, but Bethell is at execution ; and, if Savyle be not, he is verye neare. If you either goe or send to this assise, you may be ther sure to find them ; and use them at your plea- sure, for they are now in your power and wilbe submisse, though they both braved and threatened before, and put mee to noe little both paines, charge, and anger, as JVF. Gibson can best tell you. They deserved noe favour at my hands, and as little at yours, if you recount the cariage of it, as your atturney will unfold it to you: nevertheless, as you please, soe dispose of it ; and, for that xiiij'' that I received, it shalbe readie presentlie upon my returne at your dispose alsoe. In the meantime I pray you think of mee as I deserve ; and you shall find mee, as your loves pur- chase. Yours, and both yours, and ever yours, John Bowes. LETTER CLXXXIV. SIR WILLIAM GEE TO SIR TIMOTHY BUTTON. 10 Sep, 1603. (783.) Good brother, my heartye commendations premised. I would have bene most glad to have scene you at Yorke last assises weeke, for I will never forget your former love and kindnes, con- firmed by our alliance ; which I trust shall never be extinguished, but continue in my daughter and sole child, a livelye picture of her good mother your sister, whose vertues will never dye though she be gone, and whose remembraunce shall alwayes be sweete to me. Her love and conversation was so sweete and comfortable, that wo is me that it was and still is not ; but you shall find that I will regard you as a kind brother, and my daughter respect you as her best and loving uncle. I sawe your hand in a warrant concerning a commission out of the Starre ADDENDA. 307 Chamber to take the answers of M'. Oathevieke and others' which gave me just occasion to write these few lines, and to en- treat yom- lawfull favour and paynes for Nixe, whose name is used, in regard that he hathe a very honest man to his brother who serves my brother Sir Thomas Orompton, and was in your countrye at the time of that stirre. His name is Robert Nixe, who would have bene there, but that he hath bene threatned by some of them to the endaungering of his life if he came amongst them. And I j^ray you, Sir, to let me know which of the de- fendants do answer, and which not. Thus, recommending my love unto you, and my kind salutations to my sister your wife, and my cosin M'^^ Remington, I betake you to the protection of the Almightye. Southburton, 10 of September, 1603. Your loving brother, WiLLM. Gee. (Sir W™. Gee signs the letter in his own hand. The body of the letter is in the hand of his secretary. The address is wanting.) No. CLXXXV. MATT. HUTTON S ACCOMPTS. OcToisER 1615. (718.) Octob. 10, 1615. Imprimis, to my selfe . . . Item, for a plaine double band Item, for two paire of sockes Item, for one paire of spurs Item, for one paire of gloves Item, to Freshman's feast Item, for a Greeke and Latin psalter Item, for a Greeke and Latin Testament Item, for a knife Item, for a paire of cuffes Item, for ribbin Item, for a paper booke . . . Item, for a hatt and bande Item, for lininge another hatt Item, for glassemendinge £ 5. d. 1 10 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 .5 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 U 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 X 2 808 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. Commons £6, sizinge £l lis. 6d. ... Item, for two peere of shoes Item, my part for a bed ... Item, my part for 4 double casements Item, for puttinge one length more in a ruffe Item, for Aristoteles his Ethicks, with Magirus*" comment Item, for tuition Item, to my sizer Chamber rent Item, for 3 quarters of blacke stuffe to mend my blacke suite Item, for a dozen of blacke silke buttons and three skeanes of silke Item, for three nailes of blacke Spainish taiFetie Item, for a quarter of an ounce of fringed lace and a skeane of silke Item, for suppers on fasting nights Item, for ^lian in Greeke and Latin Item, for mendinge my blacke suite Summa totalis £15 6s. 9d. £ s. d. 7 11 6 0 6 0 0 3 6 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 13 4 0 7 6 0 3 4 0 0 8 0 1 3 0 0 10 10 0 0 1 6 0 1 4 LETTER CLXXXVI. THOMAS BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 4 May, 1623. Sir, I have beene at Newcastle and at Sir Wm. Wrey's, but Sir Wm. Wrey was gone into Yorkshire, I stande in doubt I shall not gitt money in t}nne. I have spoken with one INF. Coale ; his answere is delatorye. He seemes as thoughe he woulde buy yt ; but he hath an offer of Folansbye by my nephew Hil- tone, that lyes nearer to Newcastle, and therefore he will not part with his money untill he be resolved for yt : yet he hath promised me an answere this weeke by our carryers that goes to Newcastle. Upon his words I went to the east of BishopiJricke to have spoken with my nephew John Hilton, but I missed of ADDENDA. 309 him ; and his wife tells me that she thinkes yt is not of sale. I shall have answere from John Hilton tomorrow, as I expecte. I have written to Sir Wm. Wrey by this bearer : what yt will worke with him I know not ; but, yf he please to doe me the fa- vour he may doe, I shall rest ever beholden to him. If he returne me any answere, call for yt and see yt, yf you please ; and, howe- soever he please to doe, I will not cease to labor to procure this money at some hand, and therefore I staye tomorrow at home to heare from him. I have ridden downe my grasse horses in this journey, otherwise I would have come over ; but I must needs ease them to-daye, to have them readye upon Tuesday, Thus, commendinge my love to you, I rest Your assured lovinge brother, Thomas Bowes. Endorsed,— Thomas Bowes, May 4, 1623. LETTER CLXXXVII. THOMAS BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 3 Jan. 1623-4. Sir, I praye you let me intreate you to enter bond agayne to my cosin Wycliffe for the 50^' that you stand bound for with M^ Blackborne. I intreated my cosin Wyclifte to put in my name ; but yt seemes his sonne hath mistaken yt, for my cosin Wycliffe haith sent his sonne and a bond onelye with your name and John Blackburn's. I have intreated M'. Blackburn to stand bound agayne, and he is come to our house, where wee expect the bond ; and, when he hath sealed yt, I will come up with my cosin Ascoughe to you. Soe, comendinge my love to you, I rest Your assured lovinge brother, Thomas Bowes. Januarye 3^ 1623. 310 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. LETTER CLXXXVIII. THOMAS BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 31 Oct. 1624. Sir, I praye you be pleased either to send one to Sir Conyers Darcye for the deed, that he wilbe pleased to bringe it to you to- morrow to Bedall, or send your man from Bedall for yt tomorrow ; for I can not call upon Tuesday with any conveniency at Horne- by, beinge to speake with M^ Davill that morninge, for sooner I can"'t gett to him. I goe this night to Streatlam for my sister's joyntur, and return tomorrow, and soe to Yorke. I praye you therefore eyther send your man in the morninge to Sir Conyers for yt, or from Bedall for yt. Soe in hast comendinge my love to you I rest Your assured lovinge brother, Thomas Bowes. Oct. 3P'.— Endorsed 1624. LETTER CLXXXIX. MATTHEW HUTTON TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. After 27 Mar. 1625. Sir, My duty bindes me to this observance, as to give you a weekely accompt of our parliamentary proceedinges. My last let- ters acquainted you with such passages as had had there over- ture in my absence, since- which time " sic se res liahetr A se- lect committee of 12 spent the beginninge of this weeke (the House in the mean time not sitting) in examininge all the phisi- tions and surgeons that attended of our late King att his death, about a potion which was given by the Duke of Buckingham to the King, and a plaister applyed by his directions ; both of them being contrary to the general directions of all the phisitions, and absolutely disliked and gainesaid by some, by name D"". Ramsey (who since his examination is committed) : which act of the Duke was judged, first by the judgement of the 12, and afterwards upon report to the House, to be an act of a transcendent presump- ADDENDA. 311 tion, and of a dangerous consequence ; and so resolved to be annexed to the Duke''s charge. Montagu is, for his booke, trans- mitted to the higher House ; and his booke judged to be contrary to some of the articles maintained by our Church. The Earle of Bristow was sent for, as was supposed, as a delinquent ; but must first come into the higher House as a Peere : tis 'generally thought the King will be his accuser. Ccetera quis nescit ? His Sonne, this morninge, presented our House with a petition con- taininge many articles against the Duke ; and those of such con- sequence, that it is probable that one of them will suffer. I intend (God willinge) to put in my bill of Thursday next ; I pray God send itt good success. Sir John Bennett is not yet come to towne, neyther can I make any certainty of any money. M^ Sotherne is content that we shall have a parley, but what it will produce I cannot as yett imagine ; I am advised both by ISV. Justice Hutton and others to buy him out, though we pay deer for itt : and therefore, good Sir, acquaint my unkles with the dangers, that they may be motives for them to allow of our composition ; for, when we shall have both Marbury his recog- nizance, and these two statutes in our owne power to extend upon the estate, we need not doubt but that all subsequent secu- rityes will be glad of reasonable composition. And thus, with an humble tender of my duty, I rest Your obedient Sonne, Matthew Hutton. Fleet Street, att the signe of the Ship, neere Temple Barr. Endorsed, — Matt. Hutton, my sonne. LETTER CXC. THOMAS BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 20 May, 1625. Sir, I have beene diverse wayes to have gott money, but as yet I cannot finde any that hath money or will finde money : onelye M^ Dawson of Newcastle hath ready money, but he hath gone throw with M'. Trolopp for his land, and payes him this 312 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. day £1,900 ; that bargayne was once gone back, but they are now agreed. I know M^ Robinson wonkle gladly buy some lande, and yett I cannot gett him to buy myne : and in good fay the he shall have yt free of all troubles, by God's grace, yf he will buy ; and he shall have yt leased, yf he like, for 21 yeares. I have sought diverse wayes, and yet will looke for more, that I may satisfy your last kindnes, as all your other, with what con- veniency T can ; and I praye you, yf he have any occasion to come to you, that you will speake to Williamson of Barton to buy parte of yt. I entreated my nephew Dodsworth to speake with him in that kinde. Thus, commendinge my love to you, desirous to see you shortly, I rest Your assured lovinge brother, Thomas Bowes. Sti-eatlam, the 20"' May, 1625. LETTER CXOI. MATTHEW HUTTON TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 23 Sep. 1G26. Sir, M^ Sotherne hath falsifyed his trust, and this morninge before I gott to towne arrested my unckle Thomas ; who, for any thing I can gather from him, is content to undergoe the ex- treamity of the law, and that out of willfulnes rather then ne- cessity. He intendeth, yf he can prevayl with the Under-Sheriff, to see you in his way ; in which respect I have made bold humbly to intreat your forbearance of any further engaging yourselfe untill all such to whom any preceding incumbrances do a2:)pertaine be called in, to knowe what security they will be content to accept off, that so we may know the uttermost of our dangers before we engage ourselves any further. I intend this night to know Sir Talbot his intention, and presently after you shall partake the same. Thus cravinge pardon for my boldness, humbly cravinge your blessing for Your dutifull sonne Matthew Hutton. Rich. 23'" 7''^ 1626. To his lovinge father, S"" Timothy Hutton, K'., att Popleton, be these del. The bearer is satisfFyed. (Seal, Hutton, Darcy.) ADDENDA. 313 LETTER CXCII. THOMAS BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 25 Sep. 1626. Sir, ]Vr, Sotherne has arrested me upon the first statute, heing 600^'. I am now here in the castle at Yorke, and came hither yesterday ; T could gitt neyther paper nor inke untill my man came, for otherwise I had written to you yesterday. I think I must give bond for my true imprisonment ; and therefore I have made bolde to write theese to you, and to intreate you to joyne with me for security, and my sonne shall give you what honde you please to keepe you harmeles of that bonde, I came upon such a sudden that I am unprovided of money ; I. praye you therefore that you will be pleased to lend me tenn pounds for sixe weeks, and you shall then have yt repayed. I have not as yet spoken with M^ Blawithe what bond he will require : but, require what he will, I hope you are persuaded I will not offer to doe my self or frends wrong in yt ; yt beinge noe way beneficiall to me, but hurtfull. Thus, comendinge my love to you and the Ladye Hut- ton, I rest Your assured lovinge brother Thomas Bowes. From the Castle at Yorke, this 25"' of Sept. 1626. LETTER CXCTIL THOMAS MARBURIE TO • •. 16 Nov. 1626. WoRTHiE Sir, I have sente this bearer to receve the rents of Barforde and tenants at Staynton, which by the custom of the country is usuall to be payde upon Mondaye sevenight after Martelraas daye ; and desyr your furtherance that yt may be then payde, as alsoe the rente you are to paye, which I woukle willing- lye have forborne untill Whitsontyde next, at your desyr, but my occasions are suche that I cannot forbeare yt longer. Herafter, if 814 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. it be in my power, you shall commantle a far greater curtesie from me. And soe, comendinge my love unto you, will ever rest Your loving friende, Tho. Marburie. Mai-burie, 16"' of Nov. 1626. LETTER CXCIV. SIR TALBOT BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 20 Jan. 1626-7. Maugh ! I perceyve by my sister, that, though sundrye of my supposed freindes be lyke doves that forsake ruinous houses, yet yowe contynue still the same yowe alwayes were ; our declininge fortunes have made no alteration in your affection. I have now no meanes of requitall of any your least favours, but onelye to gyve youe thankes for all togyther. If I shoulde enter into par- ticulars, I know not where to beginne ; but that which is in pre- sent use is freshest in memorye : and therefore, first, I thank you for your tabacco sent to my wyf ; for I owe as much thankes as she, bycause I participate with her in the takying of yt. I cannot be unmyndefull to gyve you thankes for your sonne Phillip's companye with us, for he gave us a sermon wherein we receyved muche comfort and great cause of rejoycinge. In good fayth, I am verye glad to see his good proofs ; and, the rather, bycause I doubte not but yt will gyve you an extraordinarye con- tentment. I have had a great desyre to come to see you ; and it is not distance of place, nor unseasonableness of weather, or yet wayes, that coulde keepe me from you : but my brother's misfortune makes me afrayd to fall into the same danger, and so I hope you will take yt. How thinges stand between Richard Fletcher and us, my sister hath related to you. I intend the next weeke to wryte to him, and what answere he gyves me you shall heare so soon as I can. In the mean tyme I will saye noe more but hast, hast ; lap- pinge up in sylence what I cannot expresse in wordes. And among my manye afflictions, next after my spirituall comfort, this is my last consolation, that you do still accept me into your good ADDENDA. 315 opinion ; whiche I will ever seeke to preserve, that I maye be still reputed Your brother-in-law and true love, Talbot Bowes. Streatlam, the 29"" of January e, 1626. To the Ryght Worshippfull my verie lovinge brother, Sir Tymothye Hutton, Knight, gyve these. LETTER CXCV. MATT. HUTTON [tO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON, HIS FATHEr]. 9>>" 2, 1627. Sir, I thanke God I am safely arrived att Marske, and left my wyfe (as wee thinke and hope) past all danger ; for the 9"* day was past ere I left her, and they att the height. I intend to goe to Littleburne to her of Tuesday, in hope to bringe her home (with the help of the coach) the latter end of that weeke : yf she be not able to ride, then I must leave her. And immediately after Martinmas day I will hasten to Popletonto observe your directions, and follow the advice of counsell in takinge security for such further engagementes as we shall engage our selves for my unckles. And thus, with the tender of my duty to your selfe, and my service to my Lady and M"^. Weekes, I rest Your dutifull sonne, Matth. Hutton. . Marske, 2*' 9'«"', 1627. LETTER CXCVL SIR TALBOT BOWES TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON. 18 Nov. 1627. Sir, I was muche comforted and refreshed with hope that, by your good meanes and your Sonne's, my brother should have had present delyverye from his long and tedious imprisonment : but I perceyve yt is God's will yet to trye me further how I can beare his hand ; for of late I receyved a letter from my nephew Mat- thew, wherein he desyred that with patience his jorney to London 316 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. for that occasion might be deferred till Candlemas terme, in re- spect both of his owne weaknes and his wyf 's dangerous sicknes, whom to leave so soone in suche a case woulde be to her a great discomfort and discouragement. I returned him answere, that God forbyd I shoulde intreate him to anythinge that was eyther an impayringe of his owne health or a discomfort to his wyfe ; and, in good fayth, I then writ truely and ingeniouslye as I thought : but since I hear that his wyf is pretylye well recovered, and I hope he himselfe may undertake suche a jorney without danger ; whiche yf yt may be, then I woulde intreate your furtherance thereunto. It is true that my brother's imprisonment is greevous unto me, in respect he is my brother ; and yt is augmented by this, that yt is generally apprehended to be for my cause. I have no freinde in the world whom I dare intreate in so great a busines as his deliverye but your self alone ; and yet I am not so thirstye to compasse myne owne desyre, nor so respectlesse of the wellfare of yourself and your posterytye, as to intreate you to anythinge unlesse you first see yourself freed from feare of future danger. But, yf that may be done, then myne earnest desyre is for exj^edition in the busines ; for I perceyve delayes wilbe a great discomfort to my brother, and in that respect too grevous to my self. I will saye no more, but the experience of your former love hath made me adventure upon this request ; and, yf there be any cause of my presence to make securytye, upon notice thereof I will not fayle to come to Yorke : and in the mean tyme thinke this of me, I beseeche you, that I will never forget what you have done for Your distressed brother-in-lawe and love, Talbot Bowes. Streatlam, the IS'*" of November, 1627. LETTER CXCVII. MATTHEW HUTTON TO SIR TIMOTHY HUTTON, HIS FATHER. 6 Feb. 1627-8. Sir, Tis now certainly agreed that there shall be a parliament, and to begin upon the 17^'' of Mai'ch. Good Sir, sollicite the ADDENDA. 317 towne that wee may contiuew our places, that I may endeavour the prosecution of that course which I formerly intended as the onely meanes we have to attaine our ease and comfort. Yf mv cosin Christopher Wandesford be not off the House, I fear we shall not eftect our desires ; and therefore, yf S^ Talbot will not be perswaded to desist, I pray you lett my cosin have the place rather then myselfe. I was in hope to have gott out of towne this weeke, but I fear I shall not ; tor some of the gentlemen with whom I am to treat be out of towne, and I must stay there returne. I have placed my brother Thomas with M\ Farmer : the indentures are not yet sealed, so as I cannot send you the conditions. My brother Phillip prosecutes his suit, but I much fear the success will not answear his paines. The 20'', as dew upon your accompt, we must take order to pay ; but we hope to gett my order from the Barons of the Exchequer to stay the seisure for the 60'' till there come a charge demonstratinge the particulars, which they thinke will be ad Gr^cas calendas. And thus, with the tender of my duty to your selfe, and my service to my Ladye (whose freindes are all well), I rest Your dutifull sonne, Matth. Hutton. London, 6«" Feb. 1627. I am summoned by the bell to doe the last offices of a friend to M*^. Christopher Brooke, ^ LETTER CXCVIII. ANNE, WIFE OF THOMAS BOWES, TO MATTHEW HUTTON. 1629. Good Nephew, Let me intreat you to looke amongst your writ- ings for the articles that was last agreed upon betwixt Sir Gorge Bowes and mi husband, for I think you have them ; for, if you cannot helpe me to them, I knowe not what to doe : for Sir Gorge Bowes wil not pay the rent charg which was due at Martinmas last, but still puts me of that there is some reckening betwixt his unckell and^him, which I knowe not how to answer till I se the ' T-^ 318 ' CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. articles : for, if there be anything in them unperformd, so it is ; for, since the time those was maid, I am sure we neither bought nor tooke any thing of him. Good Sir, for God sake perrues the articles, and, as you find them, let me have your best adviss what to doe, for I would be verie loth to doe Sir Gorge any wrong ; and yet mi owne necesseties presethe me so, that, if it be due, I would have it. There is tow-and-fortie shillings more which Sir Gorge should have paid me mor than a year sine, but I canot get one peny from him. The rent charg was assined me to pay for that ground I hav of Will Dowethwat at Barforth, and it much greves me that I should be soe ill a tenant as not to paye my rent when it is due ; for I only desird that I might hav that rent charg assind me to discharg that rent at Barforth, thinkin it would alwaies hav bene surly payd at such times as it was due : but he stil delaies, and forceth me to wrong you for your rent. Thus, hoping you will excuse me at this time, promising hereafter to be a better tanant, I rest with mi true and due respect to you and all yours, desiring still to remain Your faithfull loving aunt to her pore, Anne Bowes. No direction. Endorsed, — Ann Bowes, 1629. • LETTER CXCIX. THOMAS BOWES TO MATTHEW HUTTON. 27 June, 16.30. Sir, Upon perusall of your counsell opinion, I finde that he insists much upon a deede made from Sir George Bowes to you of the castle, mannor, and lordship of Streatlam, anno 1629. Sir George Bowes att that time hadd nothing to doe with the castle or mannor, but I shall not dispute eyther his right or ours at a distance : onely give me leave to acquainte you, that, unlesse you will be pleased to come over accordinge to your agrement and mine, the tenants will drive your tenants'' goods ; which I should be loath should be done untill wee had a fuller under- standinge of the busines. ADDENDA. 319 My cozen Cleburne went this morninge to Thornton from hence : she expected to have mett you here ; but fayhnge, she desired me to acquaint you, that you will heare of her eyther att Cillerby or there. Be assured none is more unwilhnge that any trouble should fall out betwixt you and my brother then your aifectionate cozen, Thomas Bowes. June 27"', 1630. For his kinde cozen Matliew Hutton, Esq. these. LETTER CO. THOMAS TOTHALL, RECTOR OF ROMALDKIRK, TO MATTHEW HUTTON, ESQ. 18 May, 1632. Sir, My love premised. Thoughe longe, yett I have not beene negligent of your last desyres ; this inclosed note will witnesse with mee I have plowed with the heffars. You may enquire, but thus it haith beene lett formerly. Thus at this present it is lett. The note will intimate what my freind thinks dear, what cheape ; but this he holdes the utmost rate. In haste, with my best respect remembered, I rest Yours, ever to be commanded, Tho. Tothall. Rombaldkirk, May 18, 1632. In your wisdom I thinke you will not buy pigg in poake. If you resolve to see it, soe farr honour the parson as to take the parsonage for your bowse. I should much rejoyce to see you. Vale. T. T. To the Right Worshipfullhis worthy kjmde friend, Mr. Mathew Hutton, att Richmond, dd. A particuler of Rombaldkirke, — The Earl of Exeter, patron. The parson is lord of the manor ; keeps court leet and court baron, and hath divers copieholders belonginge to the same. Glebe almost fowerscore acres. The whole profitts better worth then cc'' per annum. 320 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC The towiies, grainges, and hamletts. Rombaldkirke, whereof the most are tenements by copie to M' . Tothall : onely Mr. Huddleston hath three farmes, 40s. per annum rent ; the Earle of Exeter other 3, 405. more. The parson's copieholds about 20 markes per annum ; he hath also a piece in Lartington, 5s. per annum. Lartington lordship, Mr. Applebie's. Then Heray, Brisco, Naby. Codderston : half Mr. Huddleston's, thother the Earl of Devonshire ; one hamlett called Hinder- thwart, Mr. Huddleston's ; Thwaits, where Mr. H's house is ; Baldersdale, containing many small fixrmes, most Mr. H's, save some pertaining to the Lord Evers. Then Mickleton, Lonton, Lune, with the chase : all these Sir Talbott Bowes'. Then a vale called Holdwicke ; the one halfe the Lord Howard's, thother halfe Sir Talbott Bowes'. LETTER COL THOMAS BOWES TO MATTHEW HUTTON. 5 June, 1633. Sir, I have but relation of Sir George Bowes' busines, con- cernynge which, as he says, is this : he hath payed, as he reports, 1200^' of the money, and had the rest there readye to paye ; of which summe my nephew Thomas Delavale brought 700^' from his sister-in-lawe, with direction from her to bringe it againe ; for. Sir George Bowes not havinge credite to procure the whole summe, he and his ladye went to Seaton, and dealt there with his sister Barbarye for 700" mitil Pentecost, and that she shoulde have securitye out of Bradley to have her money repayed then. After this he writt agayne to his sister-in-law not to fayle him at the tyme, for that she shoulde have her money returned agayne ; whereupon she sent the money with her brother, my nephew Thomas Delavale, and I thinke the whole summe was tendred : but, M^ Eurye having some speach with Mr. Delavale, yt was perceived that the 700^' must not be payed : whereupon the Lady Eurye broke off, and woulde doe nothinge without all her money. M'. Delavale was laboured both by Tobye and John Ewbanke to lend yt untill Pentecost, and they would then repaye ; but he would not goo from her direction. Sir George did promise se- ADDENDA. 321 ciiritye out of the land ; and, when the deed came to be seene, yt is sayde that land was to passe in Sir George Bowes' Sonne's name. Soe all is wronge there. John Ewbanke hath an estate, as yt is said, of Cleatlam, and haith his goodes there ; and Sir George Bowes is glad to take some part of yt of him, and the house. He is now at Newcastle; and yt seemes he thinkes his money will never have an end, for he is making matches with the lordes of horse-courses, and, as we heare, hath made 2 matches, the one for 40^', thother for 1 00^' ; soe that wee feare he will make an end of all soone : and yt is given out that they intend to goe and live at London at Michaelmas, and live there upon the interest of their money. I heare the Ladye Eurye is cuttinge down such wood as there is there, and Sir George Bowes sent to forbid them ; but this forbiddinge will take noe place : so that wee see noe good to be doone for him, yf he cannot gett yt by lawe. In good fayth, I could not tell you any thinge touchinge my brother Warcop's performance with you, ueyther knew I any thinge of his abilitye ; and seldom do I see him. Yo write that yo have sent me the bill of charges touchinge the judgment to Christ. Peacock. I asked your man yf he had any other writinge to me than your lettre, and his answer ys that he hath none : soe that I have see noe such note. Your tenant Parmely had a cowe driven by baylies. As for my contempt, when 1 was at York, I caused the court to be sought, and noe such thinge is there to be found against me ; and the truth is, I never had a lettre served upon me wherbye suche contempts should accrue : so that I thinke yo may have a very good amendes of the bailyes ; for, yf it had bene soe that I had beene in contempt, they must take my owne goods for it, and not an other's. I shall dis- burse none to drawe your fine, but both I and my sonne will per- form what is ryght to be doone yf the fine be accordinge to Sir George Bowes' deed for the demaine. Thus in hast I have written yo an answer to all your enquiries, soe well as I can ; but the truth is, wee of Streatlam are mere strangers to Sir George Bowes' businesses. And soe, commendinge my love to yo, I rest Your assured lovinge uncle, Thomas Bowes. June the 5"', 1633. To the Right Worshipful uiy assured lovinge nephew, Mathew Hutton, Esq., at Maske, theese be del. 822 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. No. OCIII. MEMORANDA BY MATTHEW HUTTON AND SIR TIMOTHY, HIS FATHER. 27 Aug. 1644. Endorsed, — My son Warwick's release of 500'' behinde of his portion, yf his daughter Elizabeth and son Mathew both dye, which they are since. " In case those my two children live not, &c. " Phil. Warwick." 27 Aug. 1644. Cliburne Hall. This respect of mine to my father is in acknowledgment of the great blessinge I had in my most virtuous pious wife (who is with God) his daughter. My Bond to my brother Burton, 6 Jan. 1623, Giles Burton of Scotton, Gent. Timothie Hutton. 1636, 21 Jan., from Yorke. Tho. Dawson sayeth, " This day I have hade sum conference with this bearer, Thomas Hawksley, who is faither to my coosin Tobie Hutton his wife ; hopes Tobie may be put in some settelld way to maintain him- selfe." From Yorke. INDEX OF PERSONS. AivsLEY. Thomas, 138, 139. Alcock, Thomas, 39. Aklbrough, William, 231, 232, 248. Alderson, Anthony, 212, 213. Aldred, Mr., 109. Allen, W., 56. Allenson, Robert, 229, 247. y ^ Alured, Ben., 217, 222, 223. 'j^^.ct:../!^. Anguse, the Erie of, 141. Apleton, Henry, 222. Applebie, Mr., 320. Armstrong, Simo, 139. Arrundell, Henrye Earle of, 269. Arrundell, James, 194. Ascough, my Cosin, 309. Ask, Hugo de, 8. Atye, Mr., 85. Aubrey, Dr. 68, 92. 15. Backhouse, Robert, 263. Baclughe, the Lord of, 141. Bainbrige, Wydow, 273. Bancroft, Dr., 117. Banks, Robert, 47. Barloe, Dr., 163. Barnes, Johannes, 03, 84. Barnes, Richard, Bishop of Durham, 20, 83. Baro, Peter, 23. Barret, Dominus, 293. Bath and Wells, the Bishop of, 41. Beamont, Mr., 16, 53. Eellasis, Sir William, 141. Bellassyse, William, 7. Bellingshame, Sir Henrv, 263. Benet, Sir John, 84, 163, 169, 195, 235, 287, 304,311. Benett, Mrs. INlargarett, 249. Beningham, Richard, 109. Bennet, Ann, daughter of Sir John, 45, 47. Berrie, Christopher, 253. Bethell, 306. Bindlos, Robert, 263. Binge, Mr. Dr., 149. Bilson, Dr., 90, 117. Blackbourne, Archbishop, 40, Blackburne, my Cosen, 197. Blackburn, John, 206, 207, 216, 309. Bland, the post maister, 202. Blawithe, Mr., 313. Boast, the seminary priest, 92, 96. Borne, Raphe, 138, 139. Bowes, Anne, wife of Thomas, 307, 30B. Jr-e. Bowes, or Bowles, Edward, 4.5, 47. Bowes, Elizabeth, 33, 187, 251. Bowes, Frances, 12, 31. Bowes, George, 35, 277, 278. Bowes, George Wanley, 39. Bowes, John, 251,305, 306. Bowes, Ladie Jane, 189. Bowes, Mr., 156,200. Bowes, Richard, 181. Bowes, Robert, 277, 278. Bowes, Sir George, 277, 278, 317, 318, 321. Bowes, Sir Martin, 31. Bowes, Sir Talbot, 251, 314, 315, 316, 317, 320. Bowes, Sir William, 118, 125, 127. Bowes, Thomas, 181, 251, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,313,318,319, 320. Bowes, William, 277, 278. Brathwait, Richard, 257, 258. Bretham, Roger de, 8. Bridges, JMrs., 283. Bristol, the Bishop of, 41. Bristowe, the Earle of, 314. Brook, JNIr. Christopher, 317. Brook, Mr. George, 101, 149, 153. Buckhurst, T., 303. Buckingham, the Duke of, 310. Bugg, Anthony, 182. Bulwer, Mr., 260. Bukk, John, 66. Bunnv, Edni., 66. Burglilev, Lord Ireasurer, 21, 27, 28, 57, 58, 77, 78, 85, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 113, 119, 121, 122, 126, 133, 135, 162, 303. Burgoine, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Ro- ger, 47 , 49. Burton, Giles, 322. Y 2 324 INDEX OF PERSONS. C. Cfesar, Dr., 105. Calveiley, Anne, 180, 181. Calverley, Thomas, 181. Calverley, John, 31. Calversey, Sir John, Knt., 251. Canterbury, Thomas, Archbishop of, 41. Carew, Adrian, master of VVarton school, 208,210. CarJile, the Lord Bishop of, 181. Carr (Ker), Sir Robert, Lord of Cesford, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138,291. Gary, Sir Robert, 121, 135. Castil, the Duke of, 195. Cathericke, Mr., 307. Cecyll, Sir Rob., v. Cranbourne. Cecyll, Sir William, 15. Cheke, IMr., 72. Chester, the Bishop of, 163. Chichester, the Bishop of, 41. Cleburne, Anne, 249, 250, 252. Cleburne, Edmund, 236, 263. Cleburne, Elizabeth, 250, 319. Clemens V., 102. Clifforde, the Lady Anne, 283. Clopton, William, 97, 194, 196. Cole, John, 113, 114, 116. Comberland, the Countess of, 284. Corny n, Symon, 95. Constable, Joseph, 115. Constable, Sir Henry, 115. Constable, Sir Phyllyp, 179. Copleys, the family of, 12. Cottle, Matthew, 262. Cowley, Alice, 150. Cradoc'k, Joseph, 262. Cranbourne, Robert Cecyll, Lord, 16, 17, 24, 25,28,78,79,86, 87,93, 94, 101, 114, 115, 118, 119, 135, 144, 149, 303. Crawthorne, Mr., 171. Crofte, John, 263. Croft, John, 263. Crompton, Sir T., 307. Cumberland, the Earl of, 120, 157. Curwen, Mr., 263. D. Dale, Dr. Valentine, 19, 62, 63, 77. Darbie, the La., the elder, 283. Darbie, the yonge Countes of, 285. Darcey, W., 162. Darcie, Conyers, 253- Darcie, Lord, 157, 165, 166. Darcie, Sir Conyers, 249, 310. Darcy, Elizabeth, daughter of James Lord, 39. Darwin, Dr., 40. Dauney, John, 250. Davill. Wyllim, 197. Davison, Dand, 138, 139. Davyll, Christopher, 181. Dawney, Sir John, 140. Dawson, Miles, 180, 181. Dawson, Robert, 180,234. Dawson, Thos., 47, 258, 259, 322. Day, Mr., 88. Delavale, Thomas, 320. Dethicke, Sir Gilbert, 9, 10. Dethick, Henrie, 95, 181, 277. Devonshire, Earl of, 320. Digbie, the La., 285. Dodsworth, Frances, 250. Dodsworth, John, 39, 246. Douglas, Simon, 216. Dowethwat, William, 318. Drewrye, Dr., 68. Drurye, Mrs., 284. Ducarel, Dr., 11. Duckett, Sir Francis, 2C7, 208. Duresme, Tobie, Lord Bishop of, 139, 305. Durham, Richard, Lord Bishop of, 41, 269. Dyche, or Dyke, Dorothy, daughter of William, 39. E. Earnshaw, Josh., 47. Eedes, Dr., 90. Flffingham, the La, 283. Egerton, Lord, 110. 111. Ellow, John, 197, 208, 228, 230. Ellwood, Will., 139. Ellwood, Will., the younger, 139. Ely, Bishop of, 4] . Emerson, John, 273. Emerson, Raphe, of the Springe Howse, 273. Emersonn, W^illiam, 273. Essex, the Earl of, 108, 122, 123, 124, 135, 156, 157,303. Etherington, Tho. Cooke, alias, 246. Eubank, J^leanor, wife of Samson, 12. Ewbanke, John. 320, 321. Ewbanke, Tobye, 320. Ewre, Lord, 165, 320, 321. Ewre, Mr. 320. Exeter, the Bisliop of, 41, 175. Exeter, Earl of, 319. Fairefax, Sir Thomas, 140, 164, 165. INDEX OF PERSONS. 825 Fairfax, Dorothy, daughter of Fertiin- ando, Viscount, 46, 47. Fairfax, Ferdinand, 49. Fairfax, Ferdinando, Lord, 261. Fanshawe, or Fincham, Beatrix, 12, 17, 21. Fanshaw, or Fincham, Sir The. 47. Fant, Mr., 78. Farmer, l\Ir., 317. Feildinjre, Israeli, 216. Fell, William, 263. Fenwick, Mr. William, 137, 139. Feme, Mr., 112, 113, 115, 165, 166. Feme, Sir John, 196. Fetherston, Nich., 273. Fletcher, Richard, 314. Fletcher, William, W. 263. Floyd, George, Bishop of Manne, 1.51, 152. Foorde, Mr. Phyllip, 180. Fort, Mr. Robert, 225, 228. Foster, Mr., 235. Fotheigill, Willielmiis, 83. Freebarne, Alex., 123, 124, 125, 126. Frevill, Mr., 274. Frier, John, 273. Frisell, Robert, Lord of Overton, 138, 139. Fuller, Dr., 9, 27. Fuller, Richard, 263, Fulmesby, Catharine, 12, 16, 31. Gaite, John, Esquier, 272. Gargrave, Sir Tho., 57. Gaskinge, Sir William, 206. Gats, Mr., 109. Gawdie, Justice, 157. Gears, Mr., 217. Gee, Mr., 123. Gee, my Daughter, 180. Gee, Sir William, 31, 179, 180, 196, 306, 307. Geslinge, James, 216. Gibson, John, LL.U., 18, 19, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 83. Gibson, Mr., 306. Gilbert, Sir, 234. Gilbert, Dr. John, Bishop of Sarum, 42. Goodrich, Thomas, Bishop of Fly, 16. Goodwin, \\ illiain, 152. Goodwyn, Dr., 152, 182, 196. Grosthead, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, 12. Gra\e, Mr., 130. Gregorie, Hutton, 222, 253. Grenefield, W illiam, 102. Grigg, Dr., 40. Guv, Robin, 217. H. Hadwen, Robert, senior, 263. Hadwen, Roberte, junior, 263. Haggett, John, 216. Hales, Christopher, 138. Hales, Mr. 165. Hall, J., 134, 175. Hall, Raphe, 138, 139, 277. Hall, Rob, 138, 181, 187, 195. Hall, Thomas, 183. Hall, William, 138, 139. Hammond, Mr., 18. Hamonde, D., 20. Harison, Hughe, 150. Harison, William, 273. Harrington, Sir John, 28. Hastinges, Mrs. Katharine, 285. Hastings, Sir Edward, 76. Hastings, the La. Dorothie,284. Hauksby, Thomas, 258, 322. Hereford, the Bishop of, 41. Herring. Bishop, 41. Hethfeild, William, 217. Hewyttson, Thomas, 179, 181, 182, 183, 187, 193. Hilton, John, 308, 309. Hopper, iMr., 229. Hotham, John, 109, 197. Hotun, Richard de, 7. Howard, C, 303. Howarde, Henry Lord, 98, 99, 320. Howlegate, William, 180. Howseman, Robert, 263. Howseman, Thomas, 263. Huddleston, Mr., 320. Hume, Lord, 125. Humphrey, Dr., 20. Hunsdon, G., 135, 144,303. Hunsdon, H. Carie, Lord, 90. Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, Karl of, 20, 23, 27, 59, 60, 63, 64, 75, 106, 114, 157, 166. Huntingdon, Lady, 56,71. Hutchinson, Richard, 253. Hutchinson, William, 222. Hutton, Anne, 31, 39, 251. Hutton, Archbishop, Sir Timothy, Mat- thew, passim. Hutton, liarbara, 38, 250. Hutton, Barbara, wife of Matthew, 262. Hutton, Charles, 46. Hutton, Cicely, daughter of William, 7. Hutton, Dorothea, uxor Edwardi, 49. Hutton, Dorothy, 43, 46. Hutton, Kdraund, 11, 12, 13. Hutton, Edwardus, 49. Hutt n, Elizabeth, 12, 31, 35, 39, 45, 249. Hutton, Frances, 39, 179. Hutton, Grace, 12. Hutton, Henrietta, 39. 326 INDEX OF PERSONS. Hutton, Isabel, daughter of Robert, 7. Hutton, James, 8. Hutton, Jane, 12. Hutton, Joan, 12. Hutton, John, 39, ter. Hutton, John, 15, 39. Hutton, John, 39, 237, 239, 242, 250, 252 313. Hutton, Lady, 34, 249, 313, 315. Hutton, Leonard, 12. Hutton, Luke, 13. Hutton, Mark, 31. Hutton, Marmaduke, 13. Hutton, Mary, 38,43. Hutton, Mr. Justice, 251. Hutton, Matthew, 307, 310, 311, 312, 315, 316,317, 318, 320, 252. 321,322. Hutton, Mrs., 136, 188, 193, 259. Hutton, Mr. Sergeant, 182, 197. Hutton, Olivia, 39. Hutton, Phyilyp, 222, 223, 224, 226, 230, 231, 232, 233, 250,252, 314, 317. Hutton, Richard, 46, 249. Hutton, Richard, 45, 46, 179, 249. Hutton, Robert, 12, 13. Hutton, Robert, D.U., 11, 12, 13, 180, 181. Hutton, Samuel, 12, 13, 230,235, 249. Hutton, Sir Richard, 7. Hutton, Sir Thomas, 45, 46, 216. Hutton, Stephen, 31. Hutton, Timothy, 225, 226, 228, 229. Hutton, Timotliy, 249, 250. Hutton, Thomas, 7, 31, 180, 192,222, 250,252,317. Hutton, Thomas, D.D., 8. Hutton, Thomas de, 7. Hutton, Thomasine, 31. Hutton, Tobie, 258, 322. Hutton, Ursula, 46. Hylliard, Sir Christopher, 109, 110, 140. Hyltone, Thomas, 181. I. Irigleby, Sampson, 85. J. Jackson, 160, Jackson, John, Rector of Marske, 34, 235, 250, 253, 259, 260. James, Dr., 90. James, King of England, 24, 133, 134, 168, 169, 170. Johnson, Grace, 229. Jones, Walter, 17, 259. Jopling, John, 262. Juell, D. Joanne?, 80. K. Kapp, Mr., 234. Kempe, John, 103. Kery, Tiio., 269. Kildare, the Countess of, 283. Knevett, the La., 282. KnoUys, W., 135, 144, 303. Kynnemounte, George, 250. Kyttson, William, 218. Labberan, Mr., 208. Lascelles, Thomas, 138. Latimer, Lord, 160. Lawson, Mr., 145, 160. Lee, Edmund, 103. Leicester, the Earl of, 16, 53, 71. Leighe, Mr. Hen., 141, 142, 144. Le Neve, Mr., 9. Lichfield and Coventry, the Bishop of, 41. Lillie, Dr., 90. Limerick, Lord, 165, 166. Lincoln, the Bishop of, 41. London, the Bishop of, 304. Loyd, Rev. Mr., 40. Lucas, James, 263. Lutman, John, 43. Lutman, Mrs. Mary, 43. Lyndley, Chris., 66. Lyndley, Henrie, 276. Lyndley, Edmund, 68, 69, 83. Lyster, Thomas, 38. M. Mallory, Sir William, 140. Manners, Mr. Roger, 97, 101. Marbury, Thomas, 311, 313, 314. Mathew, Dr. Tobie, Bishop of Duiham, 27, 28, 33, 80, 81, 88, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 136, 137, 188, 234. Mauleverer, Beatrice, 250. Mauleverer, JNlr., 216, 247. Mayer, Mr., 123, 125. Maylom, Mr., 235. May, Mr. John, 181. Melton, William, 102. Merser, Mr., 234. Mersk, Henry de, 8. ftlersk, Robert de, 8. ftliddelton, Robert, 263. Miers, George, 273. Millin, Rob., 263. Mooe, Raphe, 138, 139. Moore, Bartho., 233. Mudd, Henrye, 221. Mudd, Thomas, 234, 251. INIulgrave, the Earl of, 46, 47. JMullenax, Edmund, 194. Musgra\e, Sir Phillip, 263. Myller, Mr. Christopher, 161. Moyser, Mr., 197. INDEX OF PERSONS. 327 N. Natteris, Richd., 277. Nevill, Alex., 103. Nevill, George, 103. Nevill, Mrs. Mary, 285. Nevyl, Lady Margaret, 92, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101. Nichols, John, 263. Nickolson, Thomas, 260, 263. Nixe, Robert, 307. Northfolke, Thomas, Duke of, 267. North, R., 144. Northampton, R., 303. Northumberland, the Earl of, 61, 62, 85, 86, 267. Notingham, the Eail of, 144. O. Osborne, Mr., 78. Overall, Dr., 163. Oxford, the Bishop of, 41. Pagett, the La., 283. Palmer, William, 57, 66. Parker, Archbishop, 18. Parkinson, William, 306. Parmentor, Mr. Thomas, 181. Peacock, Christopher, 321. Pellham, Mr., 109. Pepper, Christopher, 253. Pepper, John, 234. Pepper, Mr., 160, 193. Pepper, Sir Cuthbert, 179, 182, 183. Pilkington, Alee, 273. Pilkington, Grace, daughter of Leonard, 12. Philips, Mr. John, 160. Philip, Thomas, 253. Philipps, Arthure, 191. Phillips, Mr., 208, 235, 242. Phillipps, Thomas, the elder, 250. Phillips, Francs, 162, 193. Potter, Archbishop, 41. Price, John, Rector of Marske, 205, 206. Price, William, 250. Pringle, David, 138, 139. Puckering, Sir John, 88, 89. Puresye, Mr., 106. Queen Elizabeth, 15, 16, 23, 24, 76, 140, 144, 161,304. R. Radcliff, Mrs. Mary, 284. Ramsden, Mr., 57. Ramsey, Dr., 310. Ranson, William, 181. Rawlye, Sir Walter, 291. Rawson, Mr., 171. Redhead, Robert, 137, 138. Redman, Mr., 88, 90. Redwayne, John, 138. Remington, Richard, Archdeacon of the East Riding, 31, 78, 181, 196, 197, 268,269,307. Remingtone, my Daughter, 181. Richardson, Dr., 15. Richemond, Roaldus de, 8. Robinson, George, 273, 311, 312. Robinson, John, 45, 47. Robinson, Ralph, 204. Robson, John, 138, 139. Robson, Robert, 139. Rochester, the Bishop of, 41. Rodes, Milicent, daughter of Edmund 47. Rokebie, Dr., 166. Rothy, Mis., 259. Roxbrough, the Lord of, 168. Rutherford, Richard, 138, 139. Rutland, John Manners, Earl of, 74, 75. Ruttland, E. Manners, Earl of, 74. Rygge, Mr., 236, 237. ^.^.-.^J^yl yKif^ Sands, Edwin, 89, 103, 104. Sandys, Edwin, Archbishop of York 18 19, 73, 102. Savyle, 306. Scroope, Lord, 141, 142. Scroope, the La., 282. Scudamore, Thomas, 268. Sere, Mr., 207. Sheffeld, the Lord, 175, 195. Sheffield, Ursula, daughter of Sir Ed- mund, 46, 47. Sherrard, Mr. Danyell, 208, 245, 250. Shrewsbury, the Earl of, 33, 35, 157 158, 160. Sicilay, 217. Sidney, Sir Robert, 113. Skidmore, the La., 285. Skippwithe, Mr., 109. Slater, George, 32, 63, 65, 67, 68, 69 Slater, Mr. D., 77. Slater, Richard, 217. Slayter, Peeter, 234. Slingesbie, Francis, 274. Smytheson, Anne, 181. Smyth, John, 207. Somerset, Charles Duke of, 4(>. 828 INDEX OF PERSONS. Sotherne, Mr., 311, 313. Southampton, the Earle of, 157. Souihwell, the La. Eliza, 232. Stanhope, Sir Edward, 164, 165. Stanhope, Sir John, 78, 148. Stanhopp, Mr., 106. Stanley, the La. Frances, 282. Stapletoa, Frances, daughter of Bryan, 39. Stapleton, Richard, 303. Still, D., 20. Stillington, William, 195. Stirkai, Th., 171. Stobbes, Nich., 273. Stobbes, Raph, 273. Stobbes, William, 273. Stott, George, 217. Strafford, the Earls of, 7. Strafford, Thomas Earl of, 7. Stranguidg, Mrs., 283. Stringer, Anne, daughter of Nicholas, 47. Susan, 228, 229. Swale, Richard, 34. Symsson, 208. T. Talbot, Jane, 33, 35. Tate, William, 138, 139. Taylor, Francis, 47. Terrick, Ur. Richard, Bishop of Peter- burgh, 42. Tharkeld, iMychaell, 61. Thistlethwait, R., 41. Thomas, Valentine, 127. Thompson, Mr., 234. Thoresby, Mr., 12, 13, 30. Thornes, Mrs., 235. Thorold, Lady, 181. Thorpe, Mary, daughter of Richard, 47. Thorsby, Jhon, 103. Thynne, Mrs. Gresham, 284. Tireman, Mr., 235. Tochetts, Mr., 251. Torr, Mr. J., 9. Tothall, Thomas, Rector of Romaldkirk, 319. 320. Trolopp, Mr., 311. Tunstall, James, D.D., 39. Tuxford, the Vycarof, 158. Vaughan, Dr., Bishop of Chester, 88, 90, 117, 150. Vavasor, Cristofer, 61. Vavasor, Mrs. Anne, 282. Vere, Sir Frauncis, 113. Veie, the La. Susan, 285. W. Walker, Richard, minister, 263. Walmesley, Justice, 157. Walsingham, Sir Francis, 21, 28, 64, 65, 66, 77. Walsingham, the family of, 12. Wrtnley, Andrew, 39. Wansford, Christopher, 196, 197, 202, 317. Warcop, 321. Ward, John, 217. Warwick, Sir Philip, 38, 322, Warwick, the Countess of, 284. Washington, Laurence, 203. Waterhous, Jonas, 191, 193. W^eddali, Jane, 216. Weeks, Mr. John, 249, 315. Wentworth family, 7. Wentworth, Margaret, daughter of George, 7. Wentworth, William, 7. Westmerland, the Earl of, 92, 96, 97, 267. Whaly, Mr., 153. Wharton, Mrs. Margaret, 284. Whincop, Tho. 222, 226, 227, 230, 231, 233. Whitgift, Archbishop, 13, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23,24, 71, 72,73, 87, 88, 104, 105, 117, 118, 147, 199,304. Willams, Robart, 206. Willis, Dr., 9. Willuglibie, Lord, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138. Wilson, Dr., 20. Wilson, Ra., 263. Windebank, Secretary, 145, 161, 170. Wirdiiam, John, 176, 177, 188, 181, 190. Wolley, Sir John, 93, 94. Wolsie, Cardinall, 103. Woodall, Mr., 213, 217. Wood, J., 140. Worcester, the Bishop of, 41. Worcestre, the Erie of, 1 57. Worster, the Countes of, 285. Wrey, Sir William, 308, 309. Wycliffe, my Cosin, 309. Yonge, Richard, 138, 139. Yong, Thomas, 273. Yorke, Mr. Deane of, 217, 218, 235. Young, Dr. Thomas, Archbishop of York, 17,28. Z. Zouche, Lord, 157. Zouch, William, 102. INDEX OF PLACES, &c. AiNHOE, 46, 47, 49. Aldbroughe, 247. A Id ford, 150. Alnewick, 137. Ashbie, 106, Awkeland, 180. B. Bainton, the Rectorie of, 78. Bainton upon the Wolds, 32. Barforde, 313, 318. Barneby, 32, 34, 235. Barton, 312. Barwick, 127, 128, 132, 134, 137. Bailey, 12. Bedall, 310. Bedford, the Archdeaconry of, 7. Beelbie, 179. Bishop's howse, 271. Bisshoppe Burton, 76. Bishopsthorpe, 26, 122, 124, 159, 193, 204, 234, 245, 305. Bisshopton, 126. Blackwell, 289, 270. Bosworth, the Rectory of, 20. Boulton, 235. Boxvvorth, 15. Brackenholme, 179. Bradley, 320. Brampton, the Prebend of, 7. Brazen Nose College, 46, 47. Broinesbury, tiie Prebend of, 15. Burneshead, 258. Burneston, 231. Bushopsgayt, 200. Bushopsgayt, the Kynge's head at, 200. Busshupbrige, 207, 308. Buttervvic, 7. Byer's Greene, 274. Cambridge, the University of, 14, 15,28. Cambridge. 40, 163,233. Carlisle, 20, 142, 144. Cawood, 159, 181. Chelsea, 200, 201, 206, 208. Chester, 277. Christ's College, Cambridge, 40. Clare Hall, Cambridge, 40. Cleatlam, 321. Copley, 12. Cottam Mundevell, 277. Craik, 274, 275, 276. Croft, 229. Croft Bridge, 118, 137. Crovdon Palace, 42. Cundall, 234. D. Darlington, 261,270. Darton, 45, 179, 180, 252. Dawley, 45. Deighton, 45, 47. Denton, 46, 47. Depewell, 274. Donkaster, 197, 198. 203. Dryffield, 45, 180, 181, 182. Ellingthorp, 232, 248. Ely, 15, 17,223. Ely, the Isle of, 17. Embden, 156. Evenwood Park, 277, 278. F. Feld Lane, the Blue Anchor in, London, 226, 228,229. Ferriebrig, 197,203,204. Fleet, 201. Fletstret, the Cjrewhound in, London, 200. G. Garnsey, 195. Gatesheade, 137. Goldsbrough, 7, 235. Grantham, 198, 203. Grenehill, 269. 380 INDEX OF PLACES, ETC. H. Hagthorpe, 179. Hallikell, 231. Ilalwelestele, 269. Hampton Court Conference, 24, 28. Hangeast, 231. Healley, 194. Heaton, 179. Hemsley, 231. Hewl9n, 180. Hilton, 8. Highgate Castle, 7. Hornby, 310. Houghton-le-Skerne, 13. Houghton-le-Spring, 12, 273. Howden, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277. Howdenshire, 272, 273. Howden, the Rlooteliall or Towlebothe in, 272. Hull, Kingston upon, 110, 119, 222. Huntingdon, 199,202. Hutton, 7, 8. Hutton Hall, 7, 9. Hutton, surname of, 7, 8. M. Rlarragg, 207. ftlarwicke, 251. Marske, 35, 160, 162, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196,205.206,207,208,210,222, 228, 237, 250, 251, 259, 260, 261, 263,315, 321. Midleham, Bishop's, 274. Midrige, 270. Midiigeborne, 270. Midridge, the Manor or Grange of, 270. Morton, 273. N. Netherspane Briggs, 272. Newarke, 198, 203. Newcastle, 129, 311, 318, 320. New-water Fishery, 269. Norham, 269. Norhamshire, 269. North Newbald, 31. Nunburnholme, 180. ■ O. Oxford, V. Brazen Nose College. Jarnsoy, 195. Jebbergate, 195. Jesus College in Cambridge, 40. K, Kateren Hall, Cambridge, 163. Killam, 247. Killerbie, 270, 319. Kimbleborne, 270. Kirby Hill School, 40. Kirbie super Moram, 232. Knolton, 181. L. Lambeth Chapel, 42. Lambeth Church, 42. Lambeth Palace, 41, 42. Lanchester, 277. Lartington, 320. Laxton, 272. Leake, the Rectorie and Parsonage of, 270. Leake, the Vicarage of, 270. Lichfield, 19 . Lincoln, the Archdeaconry of, 8. Lincoln Cathedral, 7. London, 200, 226, 228, 229. London Hospital, 42. P. Paul's Cross, London, 17, 54. Pedwell Fishery, 269. Pembroke Hall, 15, 17. Penrith, 7. Petworth, 43. Pontefract, 45, 119, 180. Powle's, the Deneiie of, 163. Popleton, Nether, 31, 45, 46, 47, 235, 249, 312, 315. Priest Hutton, 9, 11, 12, 14. Pudsey, 46, 47. Q. Quarrington, 271. R. Ranworth Castell, (Ravensworth, County Durham.) 207. Reimesworth, 207. Redworth, 270. Riccall, the Prebend of, 18. Richmond, 38, 191, 206, 217, 218, 246, 250, 253, 262. Richmond Church, 33. Richmondshire, 248. Ripon, 181. Rippon School, 40. Royston, 199, 202. Rughford, 159. INDEX OF PLACES, ETC. 331 Scolton, 322. Scroobie, 159, 198,203. Seaton, 320. Shawdforthe, 277. Sherborne, the Hospitall of, 77. Sherif Hutton, 119. Smalcald, the Assembly at, 20, 60. Southburton, 320. Southwell, 32, 159. Spofforth, 40. Stamforth, 198, 202, 203. Stanhopp, in VVerdaile, 273. Staynton, 313. St. George's, Hanover Square, 42. St. Margaret's, Westminster, 43. St. Martin's in the Fields, the church of, (London,) 41. St. Mary Bishophill the elder, (York,) 7. St. Mary le Bow, London, 41. St. Olave's, Jewry, the vicarage of, 8. Storthwate, 179. Streatlam, 35, 187, 310, 312, 316, 318, 321. Strensall, the Prebende, 153. Stylton, 198, 199, 202. Sutton-upon-Loundj 47. Swaledale, 194. Syningmyre, 270. Tadcaster, 197, 204. Thornton, 179, 319. Tine Brigg, 139. Trinity College, Cambridge, 14, 26. Trowbridge, the Rectory of, 40. Tu.xforth, 198, 203. Twedmouthsteyle, 269. U. Ulmbye, 179. Ulskelf, the Prebend of, 13. Uxbridge, 45, 47. W. VValkington, 274, 275. 276. Waltham, 199, 202, 269. Ware, 199, 202. Warlingwarth, 213. Warton, 9, 11. 14, 21, 179, 180, 181, 182,208, 210, 251,263. Wayde's Mill, 202. Welehall, 275. Welley, 158. Welton, 274, 278. Wens-dale, 160. Wentworth Woodhouse, 7. Westgate, 273. Westminster, 17, 200, 201. Westminster Abbey, 16. Wetherby, 40. Wharram Percye, 179. Wickham Abbey, 7. Wilforde, 269. Winchester School, 239, 242. Windsor, 41. Wiske more upon Caperige, 270. Withham, 198, 203. Wolsingham, 271. Wood ham, 179. Worcester, 18. Wystowe, 181. Yerefibrde Fishery, 269. Y'ork, 306, 310, 313, 316, 321, 322. Y'ork Castle, 119, 137, 138. York, the Deanery of, 17. York, the Kidcote at, 181. THE END. London : Printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, aud Fley, Bungor House, Shoe L»nc. ERRATA. For "Ducarell," when it occurs in the Notes, &c., read >^ Ducarel." Page 35, line 4 from top, for "consilio," read "concilio." Page 78, the Letter No. XXVII. is by mistake attributed to the year 1590, when in reality it was written in 1600, as its date ad Jinem purports. Consider it out of its place, and belonging to the latter year. Page 103, line 10 from bottom: the word seeiietymes requires explanation. The seene is an old North country word derived from coeita, or coeiuioium, the right of the visiting archbishop or bishop to refreshment at the expense of the incumbents of the church over which he was holding his visitation. This right was commuted for a money payment, now called Procurations. 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