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Feb. 8.
Berwick. |
79. Henry Lord Hunsdon to Sec. Walsingham. I hear that Her
Majesty intends to supply Ely and Durham with two bishops, and
that the Bishop of Salisbury is to be Bishop of Durham and the Dean
of Durham Bishop of Salisbury. If such matters be in hand,
I earnestly desire that Dr. Bellamy may have your furtherance for
the deanery of Durham; I was a suitor to Her Majesty for him, yet
upon earnest request of some of my friends, I surceased my suit
therein for Dr. Mathew, who has very hardly requited the same
towards me. I shall think it a great favour from Her Majesty
to grant me the same, and it will be some credit to me in this
country. |
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P.S.—If Her Majesty has any intention towards me as you told
me at my coming away, Bellamy's being dean may stand me in good
stead. The Earls of Westmoreland were ever wont to be stewards
to the bishops of all their lands, and then their tenants were not so
pulled or pilled by the bishops as they have since been, and lately
were most pitifully, and it was a great credit to the Earls. If I be
placed in the bishopric, I would be glad to be steward to the bishop,
which I think he would not refuse, if Her Majesty would but move
it to him. [1 page.] |
Feb. 16.
Dover. |
80. Rob. Cecil to his father, Lord Burghley. I will obey your
fatherly counsel about my duty to God, and to the Earl [of Derby]
whose follower I am. My health is good, especially when I take in
the mornings in the top of the castle the hungry air of the seaside,
which though cold, is dry, and agrees with my constitution. The
wind is contrary to a hasty passage, but the time seems the shorter
from my being admitted to the conferences upon the commissions and
instructions between the two civilians, one who has joined reading
with his travel, the other, of deep learning, slow and sure. |
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By Mr. Crofts I received a gracious message from Her Majesty,
under her sporting name of pigmy, bidding me take care of
my health, and looking to hear from me. I have not presumed
to write, because I must either write of nothing, or enter into
what is subject here to suspicion, and there to misconstruction.
I enclose open, for you to see, a letter to my cousin Stanhope,
which I know he will show her. I show that I mislike not the
name she gave me, only because she gives it. It was interlaced
with fairer words than I am worthy of. I will not trouble my
lady till my arrival at Ostend. |
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P.S.—I fear you will find their scruples here troublesome. They
were sending Rogers to you thereon, but have resolved their doubts.
[1 page.] |
| Feb. 24. |
81. Certificate by Wm. Clopton, justice of peace of Suffolk, that
on 24 Feb., 30 Eliz., William Wright of Hurthest and his four
sureties appeared before him, and gave bail, Wright in 200l. and
his sureties in 100l. each, that Wright should be of good conduct
and should not transgress the statute of 34 Edward III. against
disturbers of the peace. [½ page, Latin, damaged.] |
Feb. 24.
London. |
82. W. Waad and Thomas Bodley to Sec. Walsingham. We examined Ithell ap Harry, and enclose his examinations. Other questions
were put to him, but as he was for the most part with the company,
and in work, following his science, he seemed ignorant of Sir William [Stanley's ?] doings. The capacity of the fellow seems not fit for
any other matter or purpose. He was employed to carry a letter,
and specially picked out that, if he should miscarry, no great matter
might be had of him, he being simple, and scarcely able to speak
English. We also examined Bray and Burlacy, as they had had
conference with him, and Bray had formerly known him in Rome. |
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P.S.—If you want to sift out Dering's dealings, I have good
means to do it, having had some inkling before. [1 page.] |
Feb. 25.
Ostend. |
83. Rob. Cecil to Lord Burghley. Their Lordships arrived safe
an hour ago, and all their company, except Mr. Comptroller, who
embarked at Dover on Saturday, and we hope has landed at Calais
or Dunkirk. Sir John Conway uses me with favour for your sake,
and by his means, I am conveniently lodged as near Lord Derby's
house as this bare place can yield. I am content, for it was my own
seeking, though I had your toleration, without which I should never
think of any journey however pleasant; I shall dispense with inconveniences as well as my betters, yet am not so blind as to
think everything good because I desire it. My duty to her ladyship. |
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The passage was good; we embarked in the Merlin at six p.m., and
anchored near the Lord Admiral, who had 40 sail in his fleet, and was
aboard the Ark Raleigh till 10 p.m., when he weighed anchor and
we hoisted sail. I lay down, and never waked till the cock crew,
and we were within an hour of Dunkirk. By 10 we arrived at
Ostend. I crave your and my mother's blessing. [1¾ pages.] |
| Feb. 27. |
84. Thos. Worthington to John Smith at Marchem. I have been
to Ypres, and am desired by Capt. Bostock to ride with him to
Lisle to see George the prisoner, removed thither from Nieuport,
so I must defer coming to you till Lent. Sir Wm. Stanley gives
me so cold leave for my journey to France that I will not use
it. He has been at Court, and means to go to Bruges. They
say the English beggars of peace will come certainly and shortly,
with 400 attendants. Besides Derby, Cobham, and Crofts, Amias
Paulet, gaoler to the Holy Queen and Martyress, is joined in commission. "Men muse they are so mad and shameless to sue for
that they are so impossible to obtain," but if they be now come so
near an end of their treaty as we hope and they fear, they will be
blind indeed, and play more foolish pranks yet. [¾ page. Endorsed,
copy of a lewd letter.] |
| Feb. ? |
The new establishment of the number of all manner of persons,
the lieutenant-general of the army, governors of the two cautionary
towns, captains of horse and foot, and soldiers, in the Low Countries
in Her Majesty's pay, for the aid of the States of Holland, Zealand,
and other provinces united; with the several rates of their entertainment and wages, by day, month, and year, ordinary and extraordinary; such establishment to continue during pleasure, and to
begin from 25 Mar. 1588; giving the names of the principal officers and
their respective rates of pay; total annual charge, 125,389l. 13s. 4d.
[3 sheets, pasted together. Domestic Addenda, Case H., No. 22.] |
Feb. ?
Calais. |
85. Nicholas Brown to his cousin, Thomas Arger. I arrived safely
at Calais, and have had some talk with the governor, who put me
under Capt. Froelland. There is a Dutchman gone into England
as a spy, who lacks a finger on his left hand. The Spanish armada
is ready to come this summer. [2/3 page. Endorsed, Rich. Langton,
from Calais.] |
