II. 26. Letters were written, for because of this business, to BOOK defer the musters of gendarmory till the-day of December. November. 1. The dowager perused the house of Hampton-Court, and saw some coursing of deer. 2. She came to the bishop's palace at London, and there she lay, and all her train lodged about her. 3. The duke of Suffolk, the earl of Warwick, Wiltshire, and many other lords and gentlemen were sent to her to welcome her, and to say, on my behalf, That if she lacked any thing she should have it for her better furniture; and also I would willingly see her the day following. The 26th of October. Crane confessed the most part, even as Palmer did before, and more also, how that the place where the nobles should have been banqueted, and their heads stricken off, was the lord Paget's house, and how the earl of Arundel knew of the matter as well as he, by Stanhop who was a messenger between them; also some part, how he went to London to get friends once in August last, feigning himself sick. Hammond also confessed the watch he kept in his chamber at night. Bren also confessed much of this matter. The lord Strange confessed how the duke willed him to stir me to marry his third daughter, the lady Jane, and willed him to be his spie in all matters of my doings and sayings, and to know when some of my council spoke secretly with me; this he confessed of himself. November. 4. The duke of Suffolk, the lord Fitzwater, the lord Bray, and divers other lords and gentlemen, accompanied with his wife the lady Francis, the lady Margaret, the dutchesses of Richmond and of Northumberland, the lady Jane daughter to the duke of Suffolk; the marquess of Northampton and Winchester; the countesses of Arundel, Bedford, Huntington, and Rutland; with 100 other ladies and gentlewomen went to her, and brought her through London to II. PART Westminster. At the gate there received her the duke of Northumberland, great master, and the treasurer, and comptroller, and the earl of Pembrook, with all the sewers, and carvers, and cup-bearers, to the number of thirty. In the hall I met her, with all the rest of the lords of my council, as the lord treasurer, the marquess of Northampton, &c. and from the outer-gate up to the presence-chamber, on both sides, stood the guard. The court, the hall, and the stairs, were full of servingmen; the presence-chamber, great-chamber, and her presence-chamber, of gentlemen. And so having brought her to her chamber, I retired to mine. I went to her to dinner; she dined under the same cloth of state, at my left hand; at her rereward dined my cousin Francis, and my cousin Margaret; at mine sat the French ambassador. We were served by two services, two sewers, cup-bearers, carvers, and gentlemen. Her master hostell came before her service, and my officers before mine. There were two cup-boards, one of gold four stages high, another of massy silver six silver six stages: in her great chamber dined, at three boards, the ladies only. After dinner, when she had heard some musick, I brought her to the hall, and so she went away. 5. The duke of Northumberland, the lord treasurer, the lord marquess of Northampton, the lord privy-seal, and divers others, went to see her, and to deliver a ring with a diamond, and two nags, as a token from me. 6. The duke of Northumberland, with his band of an hundred, of which forty were in black velvet, white and black sleeves, sixty in cloth. The earl of Pembrook with his band, and fifty more. The earl of Wiltshire, with 58 of his father's band, all the pensioners, men of arms, and the country, with divers ladies, as my cousin Margaret, the dutchesses of Richmond and Northumberland, brought the queen to Shoreditch, through Cheap-side and Cornhill; and there met her gentlemen of Middlesex an 100 horse, and so she was conveyed out of the realm, met in every shire with gentlemen. 11. 8. The earl of Arundel committed to the Tower, with BOOK Mr. Stroadly, and St. Alban his men, because Crane did more and more confess of him. 7. A Frenchman was sent again into France, to be delivered again to the eight Frenchmen at the borders, because of a murder he did at Diep, and thereupon he fled hither. 14. Answer was given to the Germans, which did require 400000 dollars, if need so required, for maintenance of religion. First, That I was very well inclined to make peace, amity, or bargain with them I knew to be of mine religion; for because this messenger was sent only to know my inclination and will to enter, and not with full resolution of any matters. Secondly, I would know whether they could get unto them any such strength of other princes as were able to maintain the war, and to do the reciproque to me if need should require; and therefore willed those three princes, duke Maurice of Saxon, the duke of Mecklenburgh, and the marquess John of Brandenburgh, from which he was sent, to open the matter to the duke of Prussia, and to all princes about them, and somewhat to get the good-will of Hamburgh, Lubeck, Bremen, &c. shewing them an inkling of the matter. Thirdly, I would have the matter of religion made more plain, lest when war should be made for other quarrels, they should say it were religion. Fourthly, He should come with more ample commission from the same states to talk of the sum of mony, and other appurtenances. This answer was given, lest if I assented wholly at the first, they would declare mine intent to the stadts and whole senates, and so to come abroad, whereby I should run into danger of breaking the league with the emperor. 16. The lord admiral took his leave to go into France for christening of the French king's son. 18. Fossey, secretary to the duke Maurice, who was here for matter above-specified. PART II. 20. A proclamation appointed to go forth, for that there went one before this time, that set prices of beef, oxen, and muttons, which was meant to continue but to November; whenas the parliament should have been to abbrogate that, and to appoint certain commissioners to cause the grasiers to bring to the market, and to sell at prices reasonable. And that certain overseers should be besides to certify of the justices doings. 23. The lord treasurer appointed high-steward for the arraignment of the duke of Somerset. At this time duke Maurice began to show himself a friend to the protestants, who before that time had appeared their enemy. 21. The foresaid proclamation proclaimed. 17. The earl of Warwick, sir Henry Sidney, sir Henry Nevil, and sir Henry Yates, did challenge all commers at tilt the 3d of January, and at tournay the 6th of January; and this challenge was proclaimed. 28. News came that Maximilian was coming out of Spain, nine of his galleys with his stuff, and 120 gennets, and his treasure, was taken by the French. 24. The lord admiral entred France, and came to Buloign. 26. The captain of Portsmouth had word and commandment to bring the model of the castle and place, to the intent it might be fortified, because baron de la Gard had seen it, having an engineer with him, and as it was thought had the plot of it. 30. 22 peers and nobles, besides the council, heard sir Thomas Palmer, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Crane, and Nudigate, swear that their confessions were true; and they did say, that that was said without any kind of compulsion, force, envy, or displeasure, but as favourably to the duke as they could swear to with safe consciences. 24. The lord admiral came to Paris. December. 1. The duke of Somerset came to his trial at Westminster-hall; the lord-treasurer sat as high-steward of Eng land, under the cloth of state, on a bench between two BOOK posts, three degrees high. All the lords to the number of II. These sat a degree under, and heard the matter debated. First, After the indictments were read, five in number, the learned council laid to my lord of Somerset, Palmer's confession. To which he answered, that he never minded to raise the north, and declared all the ill he could devise of Palmer, but he was afraid for bruits, and that moved him to send to sir William Herbert. Replied it was again, that the worse Palmer was, the more he served his purpose. For the banquet, he swore it was untrue, and required more witnesses. Whence Crane's confession was read, He would have had him come face to face. For London, he meant nothing for hurt of any lord but for his own defence. For the gendarmoury, it were but a mad matter for him to enterprise with his 100 against 900. For having men in his chamber at Greenwich, confessed by Partridg, it seemed he meant no harm, because when he could have done harm he did it not. My lord Strange's confession, he swore it was untrue, and the lord Strange took his oath it was true. Nudigate's, Hammond's, and Alexander Scimour's confessions he denied, because they were his men. The lawyers rehearsed, how to raise men at his house for an ill intent, as to kill the duke of Northumberland, was treason, by an act, anno tertio of my reign, against unlawful assemblies, for to devise the death of the lords was |