Addenda, Queen Elizabeth - Volume 20: August 1571

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda, 1566-79. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1871.

'Addenda, Queen Elizabeth - Volume 20: August 1571', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda, 1566-79, (London, 1871) pp. 357-358. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/addenda/1566-79/pp357-358 [accessed 20 April 2024]

August 1571



Aug. 17. Midnight, Carlisle.	65. Henry Lord Scrope to Lord Burghley. James Lawder, a Scotchman, servant to the Scottish Queen, and one of the 30 appointed to attend upon her, passing into Scotland this way, with Wm. Campbell, laird of Skeldon, as his servant, by passport from you, and seeking to return again under conduct of an Englishman, without passport or licence, or making me privy thereto, was taken by a servant of mine, and brought to me; on being examined upon his so passing, and searched for secret letters, none of which were found, he said he was repairing to the Queen to do his service, and thought he might do so without passport, being one of the number, as he says, appointed to attend upon her. I stay [him] here for your instructions, and have committed the Englishman, his guide, to close ward. [¾ page.]
Aug. 31. Antwerp.	66. John Lee to Lord Burghley. Lady Northumberland and all her train are returned from the Spa, and there has been no small posting to and fro to Brussels, to Lord Seaton, to Bruges, Lord Morley, the Nunnery, and Sir Fras. Englefield, caused by letters from Spain, giving them better hope.
	It was lately whispered among our contraries, that the Duke [of Norfolk] was committed to the Tower again, whereat divers blustered against you and the Council, saying you would rout out all the ancient nobility, but they hope you will be disappointed ere long. There are practices too in hand. Lord Morley, notwithstanding any suit to Queen or Council since his coming over, is wholly theirs. I would be loath to hinder his cause, but more so to omit my duty to Her Majesty. Fras. Norton says that ill as his case is, he would rather die than dissemble as this Lord does.
	I hope you have heard from Prestall; if Dacre answers expectation, you will have good intelligence by them, and you will not need me; my discredit comes from England, from some wanting wisdom or honesty. F. Norton despairs of his suit, but is upright and repentant. [1²/3 pages.]