Addenda, Queen Elizabeth - Volume 33: August 1595

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda 1580-1625. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1872.

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'Addenda, Queen Elizabeth - Volume 33: August 1595', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda 1580-1625, (London, 1872) pp. 373-374. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/addenda/1580-1625/pp373-374 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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August 1595

Aug. 4.
Guernsey.
47. Sir Thos. Leighton to Sir Robt. Cecil. On my arrival here, I wrote letters of intelligence to your father, but could not send them for the wind. A Guernsey bark from Morlaix says that four Spanish galleys with some smaller vessels were there. They range along the coast of Brittany, and no doubt will come here to spoil. I wish Sir Hen. Palmer were here, with his ship and two pinnaces, to take those vessels, which could land 400 men. Also it is said that the Spaniards do not fortify Crandon, but a place three leagues off. [1 page.]
Aug. 10.
Guernsey.
48. Sir Thomas Leighton to Lord Burghley. The galleys which were off St. Peter's are now returned to Bluett; they discovered a great fleet of ships off Conquet, and thought it Sir Fras. Drake's, but a galley getting to the windward, and perceiving they were hulks, set upon them, and fought them for a long time, sunk the admiral and vice-admiral, boarded another ship, and blew up 18 Spaniards; upon this the rest of the Flemings tried to run the galley under water, but it retired. The Spaniard lost 120 men in the fight. These galleys meant for the isles, but the wind forced them to the coast of Cornwall. Duke Mercœur assembles his forces to besiege Reidon and La Rosheirion, on the Rhine; if he regains them, he will be sure of the river. [1 page.]
Aug. 27.
Guernsey.
49. Sir Thomas Leighton to Lord Burghley. Since my arrival here, 28 July, there has been no passage from England, which shows how little we can rely on succour thence. Although the islands are threatened by the Spaniards and other leaguers of Brittany, I will not this summer demand succours for defence of Guernsey; but next summer, which is likely to be a time of danger, I shall beg soldiers and victuals. I send from St. Malo the enclosed account of the preparations making in Spain for a great army by sea. I have sent a bark on purpose, that you may receive the tidings before Mr. Drake's departure.
The Duke de Nevers and Marshal d'Aumont are dead. [¾ page.]