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IXTRODUCTION.
In November 1«95, permission was given by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry for the examination ot the various collections of historical papers and docu- ments existing in his muniment-room at Montagu House, Whitehall. Some few of these collections, as in the c^ise of the Winwood Papers, had already been made public to a con- sidei-able extent, but not one of them has ever been completely exhausted. Many have until now renjained untouched alto- gether. The present Report comprises four of the collections, and it is anticipated that histoiical students will feel greatly indebteil to His Grace for these authentic and substantial addi- tions to their stores of information.
The letters and papers in the four collections now dealt with are of various dates between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. The details given in the Report at the commence- ment of each series will sufficiently indicate their nature and extent. Here it is intended to draw more particular attention to the illustrations which they afford of events and matters of general interest.
The Winwood Papers.
The earlier portion of Sir Ralph Winwood's collection com- prises papers which relate partly to his own private affairs, but chiefly to his negotiations as Agent and Ambassador in France and in Holland. The latter portion, consisting of his coire- spondence while Secretaiy of State, may be regarded almost entirely as state papers pure and simple. Like other holders of the office, he appears to have kept many itnportant official papers at his own private residence, including some of dates anterior to his tenure of office, and it was not then the custom to surrender them on vacating the office, whether the Secretary resigned or died in harness. Much of his correspondence has already been made familiar to historians in Sawyer's
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" Memorials," but a great deal of it is here printed for the first time, and will now be described.
It may be noticed, in the first place, that Winwood was a Northamptonshire man by birth, accordiog to Chalmers, and that his daughter married one of the Montagus of Houghton in that county, and ultimatel}'^ succeeded to his property. In both the earlier and later portions of the collection we find docu- ments showing his connexion with Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1581, Queen Elizabeth writes to the College in favour of his being made a " Fellow of that house," at the instance of his father-in-law, John Weekes, yeoman of the Guard, whose daughter seems to have been Win wood's first wife. In 1587, a paper, signed by the President and some of the Fellows of the same College, gives their consent to his being appointed to " a law-place," in the room of Dr. Day.
In 1594, previously to setting out on tlie travels by which he designed to fit himself for the public service, he obtained a passport, describing him as Master of Arts of the University of Oxford. In 1613, the University writes to him, asking for pecuniary aid, and anticipating his speedy return to England ; and on his becoming Secretary of State in the following year^ the President and Scholars of Magdalen College hasten to con- gratulate him on the appointment.
Chalmers states that in 1599 Winwood attended Sir Henry Nevill, Ambassador to France, as his secretary. Nevill was dismissed from his post in 1601, but he had been in England for some time previously, and Winwood had been acting as her Majesty's Resident in France. Two letters from Nevill, dated at the Lord Admiral Howard's house at Chelsea, show that he was kept prisoner there in consequence of his being implicated in the rising of the Earl of Essex. They afford some glimpses of the household arrangements of an ambassador in those days. Henry Savile was likewise concerned in tl\e alleged conspiracy and imprisoned for a short time; and there is a fragment of an earlier letter from him to Nevill j in 15.99, relating to Elssex's proceedings in Ireland. • ■ • .■.>'.
'From IGQ-l, to .1603v. Savile corresponded with ••Win.wood about-the, arrangements he jyas making for printing * his fftnious
* At- Eton. See Sir Henry Maxwell-Lyte's " History of Etou CoHegB,"*pp. 1«2, Isp-. Savile was knighted in 1603. (Metcalfe.) ...... .
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edition of the Commentaries of St. John Chrysostom, and about sundry manuscript and printed versions then existing in Eng- lish and foreign libraries. In August 1602, he refei-s to the appointmenc of a regular Ambassador to suj>ersede Winwood in France; and on 2nd February 1603 he announces that Secre- tary Cecil ha 1 informed him of the Queen's determination to employ Winwood as Agent in " the Low Country." Winwood's formal appoint lent to the latter embassy was not however made till after the accession of King James, who, in a letter to Prince Maurice of Nassau, informs him that Winwood was being sent to reside with his Highness in place of the late Mr. George Gilpin.
During the latter portion of Winwood's stay in France the disputes between King Ht^nry IV. and the Duke de Bouillcm, according to these papers, chiefly occupied his attention. The Duke finally fled from France, and for a time took refuge with Frederick IV., Elector Palatine of the Rhine, at Heidelberg. There are numerous letters on the subject, but it was not thought desii'able to abstract them at full length. Some of them throw light on the part which Queen Elizabeth took in the matters nn dispute, and they may be compared with other^ printed by Sawyer. The Duke had previously expressed sympathy with Essex, and wished to see him restored to favour.
Besides acting first as Agent and afterwards as Ambnssador in the United Provinces, Winwood was sworn as a Councillor of State in the States General, and the form of his oath of loyalty to «he States is preserved.
The reign of James I., as appears from the correspondence, opened amid shadows of plague and conspiracy. Foreign Protestants, like Isaac Casaubon, who afterwards became a Pre- bendary of Canterbury, expected the same " protection " from the new King as had been shown them by the late Queen, but the Duke de Bouillon soon learned that James had no sym- pathy with his " persecutions," considering the claims of a sovereign to be paramount to all others ; and as early as November 1603, Sir Thomas Bodley informs Winwood of a pi o- posed match between Prince Henry and the infant daughter of the King of Spain, notwithstanding the supposed plot or " practice of priests " for the King's murder.
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Bodley describes himself as "father" to Winwood, and his wife as " mother " to Winwood's wife. He had married a rich widow named Anne Ball, daughter of a Mr. Carew of Bristol, in 1587; and Winwood had married, secondly, in 1603, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Ball, of Totnes, Anne's former husband. Winwood's office of Councillor of State in the United Provinces had previously been held by Bodley, who, it is said, took place next to Count Maurice in the Council (1589-96). According to a letter printed in the " Me- morials," the Secretaryship of State was offered to Bodley in 1604-5.*
There are several letters from Bodley to Winwood, but the correspondence soon ceased, apparently. The former is, bow* ever, frequently mentioned by John More, Winwood's steward or agent in London, whose many letters on events of the day and matters of business are highly entertaining. On Winwood's behalf More carried on communications with Secretary Cecil, successively Lord Cranborne and Earl of Salisbury, through Mr. Levinus Munck, his secretary, in whose handwriting many of Cecil's letters are written. Winwood frequently had much difficulty in obtaining payment of his allowances from the Exchequer, which was always di-ained to the last penny in order to supply the King's constant demands, and his charges for official expenses were ruthlessly cut down by the Lord Treasurer, although his fixed salary was at the rate of only lorty shillings a day. A personage of high rank went so far as to suggest that Winwood, as Councillor, had "power to help himself" by taking bribes for the advancement of English suits in Holland.
The articles of the treaty with Spain in 1604 are preserved in this collection, and the relations with Spain had in 1605 become so cordial that the Lord Admiral Nottingham was sent thither with a great train, which " made a terrible great show." Stone the fool was publicly whipped for saying, in an ordinary, that " eighty fools went into Spain " with his Lordship. A curious letter from the Earl of Suffolk emphatically denies that the Howards were " the principal means about his Majesty to
* Bodley had also been a scholar of Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1572, Richard Ball was schoolmaster of the " song school " in that college. lu 1602, Captain Ball, eldest son of Mrs. Bodley. died in the Low Countries. (State Papers.)
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draw him " to side with the Spaniards against the States General, a* the latter had been iuformed.
About this time the King among others was imposed upon by one Richard Haidocke, of New College, Oxford, who, it was said, preached in his sleep " far above the ability" he showed while awake. The King had him brought to Court, and " in his nightgown went privately to hejir him two several times." The letters relating to this subject are unfoi-tunately decayed, but some amusing details remain. The night -preaching was soon discovered to be £in impostui-e.
In the same year, 1605, Lord Salisbury writes t^> Winwood about the disputes between Enno, Count of East Frieslaud, and his rebellious subjects, the townsmeu of Emden. in which King James undertook to mediate, but without much success. Winwood was ordered to attend the negociations at Groningen, and was commended by Salisbury for the part he took in " the treaty of Emden," but the disputes continued for many years, and there are numerous letters from the Count and others on the subject.
Count Enno endeavoured to influence the King in his favour by expressing his willingness to introduce into his province the sarhe ecclesiastical rites a.s were prescribed in England. This was in January 1607. In August of the same year Jametj expressed great sjTnpathy with the Count, and declared his own strong views as to the duties of subjects towards their ruhrs, in a letter to the States of Holland, whom he rebuked for setting a bad example to neighbouring peoples by showini*^ favour to the men of Elmden.
There is nothing about " the Powder Treason " under its date, but there is an important confession by Thouias Fenwiek loui' after, in 1616, relating to the ti-ansactions of Thomas Pearcie (Percy) with Francis Radcliffe and Roger Widdrington at Dilston, in Northumberland, and the conveyance thence to London of a large sum of money by Percy's " man " Tailboies. It was brought to a house near Temple Bar, where Peicy called on the morning when the treason was discovered, and told Tailboies to shift for himself. The money was then taken all the way back to Radcliffe's house.
Between 3 607 and 1609, there are numerous papers relating to the recognition of the independmce of the United Provinces,
and the treaty, or " long truce," which was negociated between the States General, the King of Spain, and " the Archdukes " Albert and Isabella, Avith the aid of the British commissioners, Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood, and of the French commissioners, after, as Count Enno puts it, *' an inter- necine war of fort}'^ years." The most important part of the correspondence is printed by Sawyer. Other p;ipers will be found in President Jeannin's Netjociations.
On the conclusion of this treaty, it was anticipated that Winwood would be recalled, and his agent More took a house near Westminster School for !iis reception. It appears that Winwood also wished to obtain a country residence near Sir Henry Nevill. The niceties to be observed in selecting such a residence in those days are well exemplified in a letter of More's. But the troubles arising in Germany from the rival claims of the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony, and of the Count Palatine of Neuburg, to the duchies of Cleves and Juliers necessitated the King's intervention, and Winwood was ordered to leave the Hague for Dusseldorf at the beginning of the next year, 1610. He did not arrive there till August, and stayed only a short time. Returning to the Hague, he remained to negociate the engagement of 4,000 of the States' troops for the King's service in Cleves, but in con- ducting this affair he seems to have given some offence to Salisbury. The permanent English agent at Dusseldorf, acting as subordinate to Winwood, was John Dickenson, from whom there are many letters, beginning in April 1610, and ending in February 1614. As they relate mostly to German afiairs, they have not been fully aVistracted. Only a few of Dickenson's letters are printed by Sawyer. Mons. de Buwinckhausen came from Dusseldorf lo England on the same business, and several of his letters are preserved. In Julv 1610, Sir Stephen Lesieur was seint to the Emperor to repiesent to him the com- plaints of the English Merchant Adventurers against the Hanse Towns. In the following years " the Princes of the Union " in Germany were very anxious to conclude a defensive league with James I. "and his realms," The "contract of alliance" was signed 25th March 1613.
...In March -16 11, More informs Winwood that the Parlia- ment was " busy about the abrogating of the Wards and the
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Purveyors," and that the King had made them a speech in the Upper House two hours long, at the end of wliich he came to I lie conclusion that "howsoever the sovereignt}' of Kings was absolute in general, yet in particular the Kings of England were restrained by their oat and the privileges of the people." His Majesty entirely repudiated the theory of absolute monarchy propounded by Dr. Cowell in his well-known " Interpreter/'
The long- continued competition for the office of Secretary of State, held by Salisbury jointly with the Treasurersbip, is here first noticed in an important statement by John More, under date of :i9th October 1611, in which he refers, on the authority of Levinus Munck, to Sir Henry Nevill's suit being supported by Sir Thomas Overbury, under the direction of Lord Rochester, wiio, notwithstanding " Sir Thomas's disgrace with the Queen," still had more suitors than Salisbur}'. This disgrace does not appear t«j be noticed in the " Memorials," or by historians, but it certainly was a fact, for in November Overbury was *' by much 8uit restored to the Court, and there is hope in time to the Queen's favour," according to the State Papers. Although Nevill was regarded as one of the " patriots," it was anticipated that he would so " deal with €he Lower House " as to secure better " effects " during the next session.
Winwcod himself had his eye on the Secretaryship, and wrote to Rochester, referring to " his Lordship's noble designs," and expressing a hope that it would " please his Majesty to call " him " nearer to his service." Some mysterious letters in cipher relate apparently to this subject. The ciphers can probably be made out by comparison with some decipherments by Sawyer.
Salisbury died in June 1612, and in July Winwood was in England, and in communication v\ ith Nevill and Overbury, but next month he was again at the Hague, having been sent back by the King to be Ambassador resident not only in the United Provinces but in Cleves, if necessary. A letter from Nevill in September proves that Winwood had gone back with the understanding that Overbury should procure his recall as soon possible, but that it depended entirely on the King's " humour." There wa& much " kicking " against.both Nevill and .Winwood, but "all «ien." considered Sir Thomas Lake and Sir Henry Wotton to have no chance of -becoming Secretaj:y. • The Lord Treasurersbip was in like manner kept unsupplied.
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Lord Lisle thought that the King merely intended, by keeping all the " Boards " vacant, to save money for the entertainment of Frederick V., the new Elector Palatine, who was coming over to woo the King's daughter. On the other hand, Sir Robert Naunton, who was a candidate for the office of Latin Secretary, writes : " Some standers-by are apt to conceive that the King meaneth to keep these places [the Secretaryships] in suspense between himself and my Lord of Rochester, as they were after Sir Francis Walsingham's death, and that meanwhile Sir Thomas Overbury may fit himself for the place " [of principal Secretary].
Both the King and Rochester were however favourable to Winwood's speedy recall, and pioposed that he should return in company with the Elector Palatine ; but Naunton suspected that some of " our great lords " would find excuses to detain him in Holland, or even to send him further afield, for his bluntness seems to have given general offence. Fresh complications in Cleves furnished an additional reason for the postponement of his recall. Meantime the office of Secretary of State is said to have been temporarily filled by Sir Alexander Hay, who soon tired of it, but according to the State Papers he was Secretary for Scotland only.
All these rivalries were temporarily hushed by the unex- pected death of Prince Henry, of whom a remarkable story is told in respt^et of his proposed match with a Spanish Princess. According to Nevill, the Prince had " vowed that never idolator should come into his bed," and considered his sickness to be a chastisement " for having ever opened his ears to admit treaty of a Popish match." Naunton terms the Prince " our Palladium," and Sir John Holies some months later alludes to him as " our great and glorious North Star," who would " ever live in every undeistanding English heart, of what pro- fession or occupation soever, military or civil."
After a time there was some talk of Winwood's being suc- ceeded at the Hague by Sir Edward Cecil or Sir Dudley Carleton, yet his recall was still delayed. Kochester himself writes that he \\ as at a loss to acctmnt for the delay, but says plainly to Winwood — " Your enemies have objected enough against you, and lastly that you are too violent, which signifies, in Court language, not malleable to their use."
At the beginning of the next year Winwood was informed
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by More of the aerious illness of his father-in-Jaw, Sir Thomas Bodley, who, after having even borrowed money to complete his famous Library, was in his latter days afflicted with such " miserable avarice " that his servants abandoned him, and his friends found reason to " mince the good opinion they have had of his virtues." He died on 28th January 1613. In his will he is alleged to have shown little regard to those '• whose father [Mr. Ball] did provide the materials wherewith his wealth and honour were erected;" the persons alluded lo being elsewhere described as " his wife's friends and children." More had some disj)ute with one of the executors, who refused to give up pos-session of Winwood's house in Little St. Bartholo- mew's, in which Sir Thomas had been residing ; but the furni- ture in the house, including tapestry valued at sixty pounds, beloijged to Sir Thomas. The purchase of tapestry of an equal value for the hall at Eton is mentioned a little later.
Meanwhile the intrigues lor the Secretaryship had been resumed. Wiuwood had made some complaint about Lake to Nevill, who acquainted Overbury with it, in order that it might reach the ears of the King and Rochester. Lake was acting as under oi- temporary Secretary, and endeavoured to " intrude himself as far as he could into the execution of the place." Being, like Winwood, " violent and open," and contentious, he had made enemies, who managed to incense the Kino- against him, "and the tail of this storm fell a little upon mv Lord [Rochester] himself ;" indeed, his conduct seems to have damped the prospects of Nevill and Winwood as well as his own. Nevill's letter about this affair is bound up with others of April 1613, but the date is uncertain, and it should be com- pared with Naunton's letter of 17th November 1612. They both refer to a reconciliation effected by Nevill between Lords Pembroke and Rochester.
The marriage of Princess Elizabeth to the Elector Palatine is but briefly alluded to in these additional papers. Letters from Lord Lisle and others refer to her reception at Heidelberg, and give particulars of her domestic life for some time after her arrival there. Winwood accompanied her thither, but soon after his return to the Hague he received a letter from the King, giving him permission to return to England for a while, owing to the death of Sir Thomas Bodley.
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A letter from Thomas Bull, on 20th July, from the Tower relates to the imprisonment of Lady Arabella Stuart, Lady Shrewsbury, and himself. Overbury was also then in the Tower, " shut up close, and very sick." Next day, Naunton writes a cautious letter on the state of affairs, and refers to the suit by Lady Essex for nullity of her marriage with the Earl, her husband.
Although Winwood was now in England, he continued to be addressed as Ambassador until March 1614. On 7th April he was at length appointed " Secretary of State," with an annuity of 100^., according to the Patent Rolls. He was, in fact, the sole " Principal Secretary " for nearly two years, and is so called in patents of 1614 and 1615, and in other documents. Some undated drafts in his own hand show that he had paid assiduous and exclu.sive court to Rochester, who promised to do all he could in his behalf. Sir John Ogle desired to succeed him in the embassy, and offered to make a present of 4<00l. to Lady Winwood if he obtained it by her husband's " help and counsel." Sir Dudley Carleton was however Win wood's successor at the Hague.
Sawyer's " Memorials " close before Winwood's appointment to the Secretaryship, and all the subsequent papers are noticed in tlie present volume for the first time. Very few occur between March 1614 and September 1615, when we come upon the original letter of Sir Gervase Helwys to the King " concerning the death of Sir Thomas Overbury," a copy of which, bearing a different date, and with some variations, is preserved among the State Papers. He does not profess to tell " the whole trutii." In an original letter on the s;ime subject, the King expresses his desire " that the guilty being known, the guiltless may go free, and the arising of rumours prejudicial to the fame of the innocent may be prevented." There is also a copy of a letter from the King to Coke authorising him to release Mrs. Turner on bail, according to her petition, if it were the custom to do so when there was " no ground of guiltiness apparent."
A few days later we find the original commission by the King to the Archbishop, Suflblk, Winwood, and Lake, to examine Sir Robert Cotton on the charge of having " amassed together divers secrets of state," and communicated them to Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador. This is followed by
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Cotton's "relation of his conference" with Gondomar touching the proposed marriage of Prince Charles and the Infanta Maria. Sir John Digby's " anawer to the Spanish propositions " is also
here,
Shortly afterwards the King took offence at "certaiu un- reverent and undutiful speeches " about himself by Sir John Leedes and his wife, who appear to have made fun of the King's " unwieldiness ; " which he took so seriously that he formally commissioned Win wood and others to " censure " them.
The " great arrearage of debts " compelled the King to make regulations with respect to grants of rewards to his " servants and subjects." This he did in a ' memorial," setting fortlj what matters of profit he was willing to concede to suitors, and what matters he would refuse to listen to, the latter class including " monopolies."
At the beginning of 1616 Sir Thomas Lake was created joint Secretary of State with Win wood, according to the State Papers. The Patent Rolls show that Winwood had a grant of the office of " one of the Principal Secretaries of State " on 8th January, and that Lake had a similar grant on 9th January
A letter from Coke to the King, in February of that year, relates to the " royal power to punish murders and homicides committed by one of your Majesty's subjects upjn another in a foreign kingdom." Coke had previously decided that there was no such power, but, on considering a previous case, was now prepared " to resolve the case for the Crown." In February 1617, Coke makes " proposals " for the mairiage of Frances, his youngest daughter, to Sir John Villiers ; if they failed, he was willing to give Sir John ten thousaml marks to obtain his own " restitution." In July 1617, the King commissioned the Archbishop, Bacon, Winwood, and Greville to summon Lady Coke and Lady Withipole before them, to enquire how they had " conveyed away Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Coke," and to command them to restore her to Sir Ekiward's ' possession and government .: " otherwise they were to be committed to custody in " some alderman or citizen's house." In the King's separate letter to Winwood it is stated that Lady Coke was opposed to her daughter's marriage to Sir John Villiei"s.
There are many other letters to Winwood from persons
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residing at home and abroad during the years 1616 and 1617, intermixed with official papers. A letter from Paris, of the 19th April, 1617, details the revolting excesses perpetrated by the populace of Paris after the assassination of Concini, " Marshal d'Ancre," the favourite of the Queen Mother, Mary de' Medici. His arrest had been ordered by the young King, Louis XIII., whom the French Ambassador, in a letter to James I., on 2nd May, extols as " nostre jeune Hercules fran9oy8, qui en 1' aage de quinze ans, par sa prudence et vertu, a 8urmoi)t6 les plus horribles monstres."
The principal historical papers contained in the Winwood collection have been alluded to. It would take up too much space to summarise the valuable original letters and documents relating to the history of English commerce, the Merchants Adventurers, Virginia and the Company of Virginia, the East Indies and the East India Company, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands, Geimany, France, Spain, Portugal, Venice, and Russia, most, if not all, of which have never been published before. Many references will be found to the publication of books, to Blackwell, Parsons, Garnet, Baldwin, Gerrard, and other Roman Catholics, and to eminent English soldiers of fortune in the Low Countries, including " the Lord of Buckcleughe," from whom and about whom there are several letters. A Council letter in 1604 is of great value as illustrating the history of municipal elections. The " common sort of people " at Sandwich " did pretend by charter to have choice in the elec- tion of mayor and other officers " ; but the Council decided that the franchise belonged only to the common council of the town, which was not to exceed twenty-four persons, besides the mayor and jurats.
Winwood died at Mordant House, in St. Bartholomew's the Less, on the 28th October, 1617, after a fever of nine days, during which he was " much visited by the nobles." His death was attributed to Dr. May erne's letting him blood too soon, and it is remarked that Mayerne was " commonly unfoi tunate in any dangerous disease." On his body being opened, his death seemed to be amply accounted for by decay of the vital organs : " there appeared no signs of any ill measure, as was at first generally suspected." He is acknowledged to have been " in the highest favour with the King, Queen, Prince, and principal favourite,"
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and was ''much lamented, but "had some ill willers." The fol- lowing assertion is however nyide by Sawyer : '' he bravely and generously opposed the Spanish faction, then too powerful in England, and at last, I speak it on good grounds, died a martjT to their resentments."
Winwood on his death-bed made a nuncupative will. In the previous summer, when he was expecting to accompany the King to Scotland, he had made preparations to draw up a formal will, but on being excused from attendance he did not complete it. He left three sons and two daughters, nil minors, and his wife survived him. His son Richard was only eight years old, and did not sue out a livery of lands till 10th June, 1630, on his coming of age. Richard died without issue in 1688, when his estate at Ditton Park, Bucks, descended to Ralph, Loni Montagu, whose father Edward, the second Lord, had married Anne, daughter of Sir Ralph, in 1633, according to Collins.
Some writers state that Ditton was purchased by Sir Ralph, others that Richard was the first owner ; but though the former may have sometimes resided there, he held merely " the office of keeper of the capital messuage and park of Ditton," given him by three patents of 7th February and 23rd Deceml^er, 1615, and 21st March, 1617, the first being a grant to him and his " son and heir"' James, for their lives, the second being a similar grant to him and his son Richard on the death of his son James, and the third giving the office to him and his heirs male. It was not till 24th Febniary 1G30, that Lady Elizjibeth Winwood. widow of Sir Ralph, obtained a grant in fee from King Charles of '• all that our park and tenement enclosed." called Ditton Park, for which she paid 1,800/.; and in 1632 Richard Winwood purchased the manor of Ditton from Sir Willam Russell, who had recently acquired it from the Crown.
In allusion to such of these papers as are printed by Sawyer, it must be remarked that he takes considerable liberties with his text in respect of dates and signatures. He frequently changes the former from new style to old style, or adds the letters " X.S." or ••' O.S.," without any indication that the alterations or the additions are his own. A few instances are given in the table of printed papers. In some cases he supplies omitted names, dates, and addresses, and gives the equivalents of ciphers. Many of Winwood s own letters are mere drafts, 98298. b
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mostl}'^ without signatures, but Sawyer invariably inserts a formal subscription. He occasionally omits postscripts and short paragraphs at the end of letters, and does not quote endorse- ments, which often give the names of the bearers. Thus, in 1601 and 1602, the following persons are mentioned as con- veying Win wood's letters from France to England : Peter Brown, Bakyr, Mr. Button, A. Pynchon, Mr. Farmer, Constance, Vacon- dary, Mr. Rooper, Farrant the post. Some errors, noticed acci- dentally, are corrected in the table, but Sawyer's text has not been collated.*
The Montagu Pajiers.
The nine volumes of the Montagu Papers extend from 1483 to 1758, and comprise the correspondence of the Montagu family of Boughton, in the county of Northampton.
There is not much before the year 1524, when " Edwai'd Mountague, learned man," had a special licence from Henry VIII. to " use and wear his bonnet on his head " in the King's presence and at all other times and places, owing to certain " infirmities " in his head. In later papers he is described as Master Edward Mountagu, of the Middle Temple, Serjeant-at-law. He was knighted in 1537, and afterwards became Lord Chief Justice, first of the King's Bench, and then of the Common Pleas, reversing the usual order. In 1 543 he was commissioned by the King to consult with other persons on matters concerning " the wealth and surety of this our realm." He died in 1556. During Queen Mary's reign the Montagus appear to have remained very quiet, although they were not perhaps altogether in disgrace, as
* A few more correctious and notes may be inserted here. In Vol. I., p. 234, 1. 15, "doth take" is "doth mean to take" in the original. P. 242, after " Right Honourable " add " my very good Lord." P. 244, 1. 10 from foot, " 9th " should be " 10th." P. 256, 1. 30, " He " should be " The Duke of Florence." P, 302, postscript ; this is in Cecil's own hand. P. 308, 1. 5, for " des " read " que" ; 1. 6, omit " je." P. 368, 1. 34, " will " should be " wilbe " ; the word " Po.itscript " is not iu the original, and what follows is on a separate leaf, dated 21 Dec. P. 374, 1. 4 from foot, after "armes" insert " recouvred." P, 377; the postscript is in Cecil's own hand. P. 448, 1. 3, " little " is " little more " in the original. In Vol. II., J). 26, the passage from " to send " on 1. 29, to •' thereupon " on 1. 32, is in Cran- borne's hand, and is inserted in a space originally left for it. P. 84 ; there are sundry errors in the French. In Vol. III., p. 227, 1. 24, "tres " should be " bien." P. 277 ; the postscript is in Salisbury's hand, e.xcept the last two lines. P. 282, 1. 19, " must " should be "may." P. 385, 1. 36, " Hague without an}- " should be " Haghe without my"; 1. 48, "Viconti" is " Vicecorati," and " Avolas " is " Avalos," in the original. P. 406, 1. 8, " Refuges " should be " Reffuge." P. 484, 1. 8. " l.'ith " may possibly he " 18th."
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there is a letter in 1557 from the Queen to " her trusty and well
beloved " Montague, Esquire, commanding him to attend
upon herself, " or elsewhere," with ten horsemen and fifty foot- men, to be chosen from his tenants, for defence of the realm at the time of the war with France.
The person thus addressed was no doubt Edward Montagu, of Boughton, son of the preceding Sir Edward. He was knighted in 1568, and was Sheriff of Northamptonshire several times, a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Deputy Lieutenants for the same county. In these capacities many letters were addressed to him on county business by Queen Elizabeth, the Privy Council, Lord Burghley, and others. Many of the letters refer to musters and to the levying of soldiers for the wars in the Low Countries, France, aud Ireland. In 159G the Council gave drastic orders for reheving the " dearth of grain " by compelling all owners of corn to bring " some proportions of all sorts " weekly to the markets, where the Justices were " to overrule them in their prices," by forcible means if necessary, so as to prevent the poor from starving. Any owner who should '• murmur or repine " at these proceedings was to be committed to prison without any bail. It is thus evident that " cornei-s in corn " are not a modern American invention.
In the same year " nine gipsies and four other felons " were executed at Northampton, and one man was "judged to be 1 tressed to death," but was reprieved. Curious particulai-s are given touching horse-stealers, highway-robbers, thieves, and receivere, aud the houses frequented by them in various towns all over England.
The second Sir Ekiward left six sons, namely, Edward, Walter, Henry, Charles, James, and Sidney, who all became more or less famous.
The eldest son, Edward, was appointed by Sir Thomas Cecil, afterwards Lord Burghley and Earl of Exeter, to be his " deputy lieutenant of the Forest of Rockingham," in or before 1593. In connexion with certain offices in that Forest, an interestino" account is given of a visit by Sidney Montagu to Lord Burghley at his house at Wimbledon in 1599; and in the same year a number of bucks had to be provided from the Forest on the occasion of the Queen's visit to his Lordship.
The third Edward Montagu was knighted in 1603, and
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succeeded to the offices previously held by his father. His corre- spondence relates in a great measure to the business of the county, but there are also many letters to him from his brothers in the Temple and at Court, furnishing current news and gossip during an eventful period. Sir Edward was a good man of business, preserved the letters which he received, and kept drafts of many of his own, written however in a very obscure hand. In a manuscript entitled " the Northamptonshire Muster Book," not dealt with in the present volume, he caused all the letters addressed by the Privy Council, and by Lord Burghley as Lord Lieutentant, to the Deputy Lieutenants, to be entered, with sundry notes in his own hand. Few if any of the originals of those letters appear to have been preserved in this collection.
In 1605 Sir Edward appears to have entered into some controversj^ with King James in a matter of religious opinion, but through his brother James, Dean of the Chapel Royal, * he assured the King of his desire "to give his Majesty full satisfac- tion." The King however professed to find his explanations oracular and obscure. Later letters prove that, although he was a Royalist, he had adopted many Puritan ideas. He and his brother Sir Henry were authors of the Act for a perpetual thanksgiving "after our great deliverance from the Powder Treason " (p. 267).
It is clear that Sir Edward managed to retain the King's favour, for in 1613 the King took his part in a dispute with the Earl of Exeter about the custody of certain woods in Ro k- ingham Forest. The Earl had taken " the offices " away from Sir Edward and bestowed them on Sir Thomas Brudenell, Bart., who was a recusant. It may be parenthetically remarked that Sir Thomas was afterwards created first a Baron, and then Earl of Cardigan ; and that his great-great-grandson married Mary, one of the coheirs of John, Duke of Montagu, the last male descendant of Sir Edward in the direct line, and was himself created Duke of Montagu.
Just at the time when Sir Thomas was appointed to the keeper- ships, an order was given for disarming the Papists, and against the wearing of pocket-pistols, which Sir Edward thouglit
* A letter from Doctor James Montagu to his mother, describing the Hampton Court conference, is preserved among the Winwood Papers and is printed by Sawyer, but no doubt it originally belonged to the Montagu Collection,
would damp '* the jollity of that side." Under this order Sir Edward seized Brudenell's armoui', and it was expected that fur- ther directions would be given for his imprisonment. Sir Edward made a mistake, however, in sending up copies of the letters of his brother James, who was now Bishop of Bath and Wells, detailing the Kings remarks about the Earl of Exeter, " for," the Bishop complains, '' what the King speaks he would not hear of again," and " this will make the King moi-e wary what he sayeth when he shall hear of it thus again."
Attention was for a time diverted from this matter by the ceremonies and '• sports " connected with the mamage of Piincess Elizabeth to the Elector Palatine. The fireworks devised for the occasion were not universally admired, " though surely they were chargeable things ; " nor were the " sea-fight " and the attack on " a Turkish castle built near Lambeth " much more satisfactory. It is recorded by Sir Charles Montagu that at the marriage service " the Palsgrave answered to all the words in the Common Prayer Book in English very distinctly." The two lettei-s from the Princess to Sir Ralph Winwoo^i probably J)elouged originally to the Winwood collection.
Bishop Montagu, offendetl by the publication of his letter, appears to have cooled in his efforts on his brother's behalf, but another brother, Sir Henry Montagu, Serjeant-at-law and Recorder of London, who was now coming to the front, ener- getically took up the cudgels against Lord Exeter and the recusants. The Earl nevertheless, " out of his churlish dispo- sition,' maintained Brudenell's appointment in spite of the King, who gave orders " that mattere be thoroughly prosecuted against recusants at the next term."
In 1616 Sir Charles alludes to two matters of more general interest. On May 15 : "Here is now such a hurrying to West- minster Hall to see the great lady [the Countess of Somerset] arraigned as it distracts everybody's mind from anything else. It is thought that she wiU make but a short day's work of it, she hath made such a liberal confession already ; but it is thought tomorrow the Earl [of Somerset] will be upon stout terms, if the presence of his great auditory put him not besides his text." On June 26 : " Yesterday the King had the matter between my Lord Chancellor [EUesmere] and mj Lord Cooke [Coke] in hearing for the prwmunire, but what was done I have
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not yet heard ; only I saw my Lord Cooke and his Lady come very heavily from thence."
Soon afterwards the King visited Rockingham Forest in person, and in Geddington Woods killed " a very fat buck," which he presented to Sir Edward, who was in attendance, with orders to send it to his mother. His Majesty also had " royal sport" in Farming Woods, and while he was at Morehay, Sir Edward had two interviews with him, which he describes minutely, and during which the King exhibited much affection to him personally, and to his family in general. He took much interest in some fine needlework of " the blind Lady Montagu," Sir Edward's mother. "The great favourite," the Master of the Horse, George Lord Villiers, accompanied the King on this expedition, and was courted by Sir Edward, who " bestowed a fine horse on him."
The " Serjeant," Sir Henry Montagu, v/as made Lord Chief Justice in the same year, 1616.. and Sir Sidney, another brother, became Master of Requests in 1618. Bishop James was trans- lated from Bath and Wells to Winchester in 1617, and, on 1st Feb. 1618, writes from Court to his eldest brother, Sir Edward : " If you have 10,000^. in your purse, I think, if you know not how to bestow it better, you may have a barony for it ; but you speak so of another world as I think you look for no more honour in this," The Bishop died in the same year, and part of his will was read by Sir Charles in the King's presence, " which his Majesty was much moved at." He bequeathed *' a gold cup of 1001." to the King, and " a ring of seventeen diamonds " to Villiers, now Marquis of Buckingham. His lands were settled on his brothers, between some of whom, in the following year, there was a suit in Chancery, probably about lands in Brigstock,* on which there is a letter to them from Lord Bacon.
At the end of 1620, Sir Charles reports to Sir Edward the bad news from Bohemia, where the King's son-in-law, the Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, had suffered "a great overthrow " ; and at the same time he announces the appoint- ment of Sir Henry as Lord High Treasurer, and his creation as Baron Kimbolton and Viscount Mandeville, " with many pr£>-
* 8ee "The Moutagus of Boughton and their Nortbamptoutdiire Homes," by Mr. C. Wise.
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testations of love and favour " on the part of the King. His Majesty " said he did not confer this gi-eat trust upon him only for love to himself, but of all our family, who he thought loved him and were faithful to him ; and though you [Sir Edward] smelt a little of Puritanism, yet he knew you to be honest and faithful to him, and said he heard you were a Parliament man ; you must do him an arrant, and he would requite you, but such a one, I hear, as you need not be afraid of."
What the errand was does not clearly appear. Sir Ekiward was shortly afterwards, in 1621, created Baron Montagu of Boughtou. Whether he paid the 10,000^. before mentioned, or any other sum, for the dignity, is not stated. Lord Montagu was still Lieutenant of Rockingham Forest under the Earl of Exeter, whose successor, Earl William, confirmed him in his offices within the Forest. Unknown to Lord Monta,gu, Sir Francis Fane obtained a warrant from the new Lord Ti-easurer, Cranfield, to take a hundred timber trees in the Forest in order to rebuild his house at Apethorpe, " for the more commodious entertainment of his Majesty and his company, at his repair into those parts for his princely recreation there." The execution of this warrant was opposed by Lord Montagu.
Several letters in 1624 and 1626 throw light on the manner of selecting candidates and conducting Parliamentary elections in counties and boroughs at that period.
At the beginning of King C harles's reign Viscount Mandeville, who was in attendance on his Majesty as President of the Privy Council, frequently wrote to his brother, Lord Montagu. The new King ^did not purpose that bis first Parliament should sit long ; " money " was to be gi-anted at once, " business " to be deferred to another session ; and he expressed the same opinion of Lord Montagu as his father had done — that he was 'a good Parliament man, and not to be spared." As early as January 1626, Montagu writes of his "being sorry our rent country cannot be drawn up, but must be torn more and more. . . . The main [thing] is the pacification of the country, which it pleaseth not God, as it seems, at this time to effect."
In 1626 Mandeville was raised to the dignity of Earl of Manchester, and the Earl of Bristol (Digby) writes to his Lord- ship, apparently, for some favour in respect of his trial. The few other letters of that year relate to the King's demands,
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made by " privy seals," for a " free gift " and tor a " loan " from Montagu. Similar demands were made of noblemen and gentle- men throughout the kingdom, and from some counties the col- lectors " returned with good successes." Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire appear to have been more difficult to deal with. One paper shows that Montagu first took some trouble to persuade himself that " this desire of the King's " was reason- able, and would not be " made a precedent for future times," and that he then endeavoured to incite all his " neighbours and countrymen to perform the same." In the following year Manchester estimated the total amount of the loans at 290,000Z. Montagu further contributed to the King's needs by paying 500^. for the disafforestation of part of Rockingham Forest. His patent for " the woods " and " the wardenship " passed in 1628.*
In 1627 Manchester was made Lord Privy Seal, and in 1628 he announces that he had resigned the Presidency of the Council, because he had found it too irksome, and that Montagu's son-in-law, Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, had been made a privy councillor. Montagu himself again wished to be spared from attending Parliament, but the King would not hear of it ; his support was evidently expected. At this time he resided during part of the year at his other seat, Barnwell Castle.
The Northamptonshire commissioners for levying " com- position moneys " in respect of knighthood brought their county again into disgrace at the Council Board in 1630, and even the style of their letters was objected to ; but their proceedings gave greater satisfaction than their words. Apparently as a relief from the troublesome politics of the time, Manchcbter urged Montagu vigorously to execute the laws concerning the poor, apprentices, rogues, idle persons, and alehouses. In his reply, Montagu says that of all the articles of inquiry at the petty sessions " the hardest is alehouseS; which some have well
* There are two patents to Montagu on the Patent Rolls, dated 10th July and 20th August. The former appointed him Master Forester and Keeper of the Jiailiwick called " Rockingham liayliwicke " in the Forest of Rockingham, for throe lives, viz. those of Edward, his eldest son, William, his second son, and Christoplier, his third son. Burke wrongly describes the last as being tht eldest sou. Tht ^am(• patent quotes a previous patent in 1 James I. to Thomas Lord Burghley, Sir William Cecil, his son and heir apparent, and William Lord Rosse (Roos), son and heir apparent ot r>ir A'illiam ; the first and tlio last of these three being deceased in 1628.
paid for, and I think it will never be amended till the alehouse- keeper shall have no other ale in the house above a penny a quart, and if any be found otherwise, it may l^e given away to the poor." He then points out that Manchester had omitted to mention what he considered to be the most important article of all, namely, " the not coming to church."
In 1635 Montagu writes to certain gentlemen of the county complaining of the unequal assessment of " the ship money," but not objecting t^) its payment. Manchester wi-ites thus on the same subject : " At the last assizes I hear the judges i.ubli>hed the levies that must be this next year through the county for defraying the ships to go out, and I hear it Wds well digeste<l of by the country."
Early in 1639 Montagu was summoned to attend King Charles's " royal person and standard " at York by the 1st of April, with a competent number of " horses," i.e. anned horse- men. He thereupon sent his eldest son Eklward to London, and proposed writing to the Secretary, Sir John Coke, to excuse his attendance in person, on account of his great age and infirmities ; but lie was advised by his brother Manchester to otter the King 300/. instead of the horses, as had been done by the Jutlges, the IniLs of Court, and the Clergy, " so that," his son writes, " the King will have no need of a Parliament." Some Lords had offered hoi*ses, some money, while others refused altogether. Montagu objected to furnishing money, and at first offered four, and finally six, " horses armed in all points."
A long series of letters from William Montagu, son of Lord Montagu, begins at this date, 1639, and extends to 1682, being addressed to his father and brother, the first and second Lords Montagu. His letters are mostly dated from the Temple, and contain instructive comments on the stirring events of the period, and also throw much light on the inner life of a great family in those difficult times. He was Serjeant-at-law and Chief Baron of the Exchequer ( 1 676-86).
From one of William's letters it is clear that Lord Montaofu's letter to the Secretary was not delivered, by Manchester's advice. The King now " altered his mind," and required horses rather than money. On the question of attending his Majesty, Manchester writes : " I hope this war will not be unto blood ; however, if a King commands it, wherever liis person goes, our
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allegiance ties us to follow him." But his son, Viscount Mandeville, at first entertained an opposite view, and when the King spoke of this, Manchester replied that " then he would neither acknowledge him his son nor heir." Montagu was more lukewarm, and positively refused either to send any of bis sons or to compound. He found much difficulty in providing the requisite liveries, armour, and weapons for his six horsemen, owing to the great demand which had been thus suddenly created, and to the exclusive engagement of all armourers by the King. Writing on tiiis subject, William discourses learnedly on the " distinction between cuirasses and carabine arms."
In March the King changed his mind once more, and was willing to accept money of the Lords, to excuse their personal attendance. " Had they all gone," William writes, " then I know there would have been no battle, for when was it known that the nobility were ever ventured in the first battle ? " Manchester compounded, but Montagu sent his horse, and requested his grandson Lord Willoughby, son of the Earl of Lindsey, to present them to his Majesty.
At this interesting juncture there is a gap in the correspon- dence, but in November 1641 William Montagu commences to give City and Parliamentary news in his letters to his father, who also received several letters from his daughter Elizabeth, Countess of Lindsey, and his nephew George Montagu, a younger son of Manchester's. The details given in their letters of the struggle between the King and the Parliament are of great importance as proceeding from eye-witnesses and participators, but are too minute to be particularised here. One passage may however be quoted. William writes on 2nd December 1641 : " The citizens grow very tumultuous, and flock by troops daily to the Parliament. There is scarce passage between the two Houses, the Court of Requests is so thronged with them ; and there they never cease yawling and crying, 'No Bishops! no Bishops ! ' " This Court in olden times was frequently the scene of turbulent demonstrations, such as those which occurred during the debates on Walpole's Excise Bill, a hundred years later.
. Edward Montagu, eldest son of Lord Montagu, like his cousin George, was then a member of Parliament, but there is only one letter from him to' hia fatlier at this period. There are several
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letters of Lord Montagu himself, in one of which he rebukes the Parliament for countenancing " the sin of usury."
Under 24th March 1642, there is a curious reference to a duel between Francis Bertie — fourth son of the Earl of Lindsey, and grandson of Lord Montagu — ^and Sir Henry Skipwith's son " about the great widow." Only a slight notice of this is to be found in the House of Lords' Journals. On the same day William writes : '* I suppose you hear from Belvoire how kindly the King took my Lord of Rutland's coach, which carried hi pi two days, and the King sent him word he was more beholding to him than to any of his Lords in that journey ; but ray Lord bath accepted to be Lieutenant of Darbyshire, and that will lose his favour." The Earl of Rutland had married a daughter of Lord Montagu.
About this time Lord Willoughby was sent by the House of Lords along with a member of the Commons to present " another Remonstrance " to the King, at York ; and his father, the Earl of Lindsey, having been ordered by Parliament to bring in his " patent of Lieutenantship," obtained leave of absence from London for twenty days " to fetch it." The Countess of Lindsey writes soon after that the rumours touching her son and her husband were "various," but she doubted not "they would be faithful to King and kingdom ; " and again, " I have heard nothing of my Lord since he went to York ; 'tis thought the King will not let him come ; the House has sent for him."
In one of the last letters from Manchester to his brother we learn why their correspondence is so meagi'e at this time : " The intercourse of letters betwixt us is rare nowadays ; you give the true reason — there is no safety in writing anything." He no longer writes as an extreme partisan of the King. In fact, all the Montagus, while anxious to show the utmost loyalty, did not conceal their sympathy with the grievances of the Parliament, and their dislike of the King's proceedings, though Montagu condemned the Parliament for carrying matters " with an over-high hand." Even Lindsey announced that he was on his return to London, but the King sent for him back, and would " not let him come." Manchester left liondon for York, but owing to " sickness " was obliged to. stay at Hatfield, and finally returned to London.
Manchester died soon afterwards, and Lindsey was killed in
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the first battle. Montagu had been ap]>ointecl by the King to be one of the Commissioners of Array for his own county, but was brought up to London as a prisoner, by order of Parliament ; and there is a letter from Charles on " the affront and injury " thus done him. From a letter written in the Savoy in June 1643, it appears that Montagu intended to communicate to some of the Puritan divines among whom lie was living the ideas on the " sin " of usury which he had long entertained. He died in the following year. It is well known that his son Edward, second Lord Montagu, was subsequently commissioned i ly Parliament to bring Charles from Scotland ; while Edward Montagu, second Earl of Manchester, became Speaker of the House of Lords and one of the Keepers of the Great Seal during the Commonwealth.
Few letters have been found between 1643 and 1660. There is a curious letter in 1646 from Frances Monck to her brother General Monck, in Scotland ; it probably belonged to the Albemarle correspondence,, which forms part of this collection.
A letter and a warrant of Charles 1. in 1648, and a declara- tion relating thereto, illustrate the shifts to which the captive King was reduced when he wished to issue a patent in favour of a supporter. The three documents taken together show that in consideration of a loan of l,000i^., actually supplied to him while he was in the Isle of Wight, the King signed a warrant for the creation of Thomas Lord Brudenell as Earl of Cardigan. This and other services are specified in a statement drawn up by his Lordship on the Restoration, and in 1661 he at length obtained his patent of creation. A memorandum, dated 7th May 1660, shows the manner in which the Declaration of Breda was accepted in the country. In the same year Edward Montagu, son of Sir Sidney, was created Earl of Sandwich.
In 1661 we come upon the first letter of Ralph Montiigu, younger son of Edward, second Lord Montagu, who succeeded his father in the title in 1683, and who was afterwards created Earl (1689) and Duke (1705) of Montagu ; but there are very few letters of his in this collection. There appears to have been some estrangement between Lord Montagu and his elder son Edward, which was taken notice of by Lord Chancellor Hyde in 1660, and in a letter of Charles II. in 1663. Two years later this Edward was killed in an action with the Dutch fleet.
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In 1072 the Duke of Albemarle writes to the second Lord touching the marriage of his cousin Betty, and, while professing respect to the memory of her father, declares that her demeanour towards himself had "not been obliging." Later on will be found many letters to the first and second Dukes of Albemarle. In 1C73 and subsequent years there are several references to the marriage of Ralph Montagu with the Countess Dowager of Northumberland. He married secondly the widow of the second Duke of Albemarle. Thus the presence here of the Albemarle letters is nccounted for.
From Apethorpe, in 1<373, the Earl of Westmorland writes objecting to making a journey on the daj'^ after Twelfth-day, on the ground that the latter was "a day always celebrated to mirth," and obviously he did not anticipate being in a condition to travel on the morrow.
Besides the family letters, and others which will be more particularly noticed, in the reigns of Charles II. and James II., there are letters from Charles II., the Bishop of Peterboroucrh, the E{\rl of Bedford, Sir Thorn is Clarges, the Earl of Danby, the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle, Lord Chancellor Finch, W. Bentinck, Lord Hunsdon, Sir William Dugdale, Lor«l Godolphin, the Earl of Sunderland, Rachel Lady Russell, and the Duchess of Albemarle.
In or about 1673, William Montagu mentions *' a base railing pamphlet of Prior's " against Lord Montagu. At the end of 167G his Lordship obtained a patent from the King relative to Geddington Woods ; and liis daughter, Lad}^ Harvey, wife of Sir Daniel Harvey, ref»oi-ted to William that she had supped with the King at a certain lady's house, when his Majesty expressed a desire to see her father, he being such " good com- pany," and drank his health. It is said that he purposely absented himself from Court.* Several lettei"s in 1676 and 1677 illustrate the various stages through which a patent had to pass before it was finally sealed and issued, and the method of amending errors in patents.
The King and Danby were so pleased with the Money Bill passed in 1677, that they " made it to be opened, and it reached from the throne to the lower end of the Lords' House. The
♦ Bridge;;' Northamptonshire.
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King parted witli his own stick, which he said was a yard, and made one of the Lords measure our [the Commons'] Bill, his Majesty taking the White Staff himself, stopping at every yard, and reckoning the number."
On 12th April 1679, Lord Montagu was summoned to attend the House of Lords for " the trial of several peers for their lives," on pain of being taken into custody himself. Similar letters were no doubt sent to all the peers, probably because many of them, like the Duke of Newcastle, wished to avoid attendance. What trials were intended does not appear here, but the Lords' Journals show that, besides the impeachment of Danby, five lords were to be tried for complicity in the Popish Plot, namely, Powis, Stafford, Arundel of Wardour, Petre, and Bellasis.
Not long after, Edward Pyckering writes on a very different subject : " The Duchess of Cleveland is lately come over, and will shortly to Windsor, if not there already. His Majesty gave the Commissionei's of the Treasury fair warning to look to themselves, for that she would have a bout with them for money, having lately lost 20,000/. in money and jewels in one night at play." He adds : " Nell Guin's mother was found drowned in a ditch near Westminster, on Tuesday night," There is a letter from the Duchess of Cleveland herself two years later.
In 1680 Lord Montagu absented himself from Parliament, and received a summons from the Chancellor taking notice of the fact. Next year we have a circumstantial account of the elopement of Lady Ogle, daughter of the late Earl of Northum- berland, and step-daughter of Ralph Montagu, who had been secretly married to Mr. Thomas Thynne. In 1682 occur letters from and to Count Kouigsmark, relating to the charge against him of hiring the three assassins who shot Mr. Thynne in Pall Mall. The Duke of Albemarle congratulated him on his acquittal
The second Lord Montagu died in 1683, and was succeeded by his son Ralph, who, having taken an active part in the Exclusion Bills, found it necessary to retire to France on the accession of James II. During his absence, his " noble house " in Bloomsbury was burnt down, and Rachel Lady Russell writes about the fire as follows : " As all great accidents do, it
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causes variety of discoui'se in the town, of what I can but wish not [to] judge of, that is, where the loss will fall. ... Next morning. Lady Devon[shire's] woman told her they said the fire was raked up at six o'olock at night, and covered with an earthen pan. ... I sent, as soon as my scattered thoughts could do it, to offer room for any goods [that] were saved." The second Montagu House was even more magnificent than the first, and ultimately became the original home of the British Museum.
In 1685, Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys informs Richard Win- wood of the new King James IL's desire for the election of certain members of Parliament for the county of Buckingham. Only one of the royal nominees was however returned. Other letters relate to the double return of Samuel Pepys for Harwich and Sandwich, Pepys himself writing on the subject. The King insisted on his sitting as mei)iber for the former borough. On the important question of town charters, which were then being called in question by the King, the Earl of Sunderland writes, on the King's behalf, that although his Majesty had power to remove borough officers, be had no power to nominate others in their places.
The Duke of Albemarle was sent to repress the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, but his wife's letters show that he resented the appointment over him of Lords Faversham and Chur.hill, whom he had 'so long commanded." In a letter of Fulke Grosvenor on the same subject, Monmouth is alluded to as " Perkin." Albemarle evidently found himself out of favour with James II., and, probably for this reason, applied for and obtained the office of Governor of Jamaica, where he remained till his death in 1688. Several letters relate to the Queen Dowager Catherine and the Queen Consort Marv.
There is very little correspondence here during the reign of William and Mary.
At the beginning of the next reign we meet with several lettens from the Duke of Marlborough to his daughter, Lady Mar\' Churchill, who became the wife of John, second Duke of Montagu, and many from Sarah Duchess of Marlbor(iugh to Ralph Earl and Duke of Montagu, and to John Duke of Montagu. There are also lettei-s from the Electress Sophia, Lord Godoiphin, Charles Montagu, Lord Halifax, a descendant
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of the first Earl of Manchester, and others. In 1713 Dean Swift writes three letters to Duke John, whom he styles " Reverend Doctor." With Duchess Sarah's letters there is a statement of moneys laid out by her for Queen Anne, partly for large quantities of lace.
In the reign of George I. there are several letters from the Earl and Countess of Sunderland, the Duke and Duchess of Montagu, and others, many relating to the Opera House, and the new Theatre in the Haymarket, and to disputes between the English and French players. The Duchess travelled in France, but did not like Paris, though she found " no smoke " there ; she did not admire the manners of the young King of France, Louis XV. ; nor was she impressed favourably with the Duke and Duchess of Berwick, or with the fashions of the French ladies.
Five letters of Arthur Collins refer to the account of the Montagu family which he was preparing for his " Peerage," and to the labour and expense which he had devoted to that great work, the result being that he was left " in a starving con- dition." A curious letter from Philip Jones, York Herald, to Sir Ro>^ert Walpole, makes a proposal for "regulating the College of Aims." Some letters from and to John Anstis, Garter, at the beginning of the next reign, relate to St. John's College. Oxford, and Greenwich Hospital.
Between 1732 and 1735 there is a series of amusing letters from Lord Tyrawley, British Ambassador at Lisbon, to the Duke of Montagu, as Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, in which he- relates many personal anecdotes, and describes and criticizes the manners and customs of the Portuguese. He appears to have been at the same time in correspondence with Colonel John Selwyn, father of George Selwyn, and it may well be that the latter took Lord Tyrawley for his model, as their styles exhibit many points of similarity ; though, if such were the case, it must be confessed that the pupil excelled the master.
The letters of Samuel Speed, in 1740 and 1741, from Bar- badoes, Jamaica, Garthagena. and Cuba, give minute particulars of the operations of the British fleet and troops against the Spaniards in the West Indies. In the latter year several forts near Garthagena were bombarded and captured. The Spaniards destroyed three of their ships of war and many other ships, but
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the Galicia, the Spanish commander's ship, was taken ; and subsequently the Spanish Admiral's ship " at the Havana " was blown up by lightning. The British vessels landed a large number of men in Cuba, and still larger forces were expected to come from England ; but t'le mortality among the soldiers, arising " more from want of necessaries than the inclemency of the climate," was so great that they were not " able to annoy the enemy.'" At the end of the year the mortality increased in a frightful uianner.
The letters from General Sir Philip Honywood, Samuel Speed, and Thomas Jones, in 1743, relate to military operations in Germany against the French, an<l to the battle of Dettingen, in which George II. and the Duke of Cumberland to<»k active parts.
ilany other interesting letters will be found in this collection, but they are too varied to admit of a complete description. A few particulars may be noted. There are references to English commerce on pp. 249, 250, 258, 270 ; sayings of Burghley and Bacon, and dicta of Sir Thomas Clarges, pp. 250, 283, 320, 322 : " gossips," p. 252 ; the examination of Sir Robert Cotton in 1629, p. 269 ; remarks by the Bishop of Peterborough on parsons in 1636, p. 275 ; the hiring of chambers in the Temple, p. 285 ; William Eyre's rebuke to Protector Cromwell, p. 311 ; an election by the freemen of Sandwich, p. 341 ; a duel between the Duke of Grafton and the Eiarl of Shrewsbury's brother, p. 345 ; a Latin epitaph on the Duke of Marlborough, p. 372 ; and to " the enchanted island " at Ditton, p. 383.
The Montagu-ArlxTigUyu Letters. In this collection we have an important contribution to the history of the negociations between England and France between 1668 and 1678. In the former year Ralph Montagu was chosen by " the Cabal " to be Amba.ssador to France, probably on account of his intimate acquaintance with that country. In his letters here printed he gives many evidences of his having been a bom diplomatist and an accomplished man. At first he was in sympathy both with Buckingham and Arlington, but on the estrangement which arose between his chiefs, he took sides with the latter. At the beginning Arlington was greatly distrusted in France, especially by " Madame," the daughter of Charles II..
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and wife of the Duke of Orleans, but, by the tact of Montagu, she became quite reconciled to the Earl, and after her death he remained in greater favour than Buckingham at the French Court. These general remarks apply to the years 1668-1672.
When Montagu was first proposed by Buckingham to the King as Ambassador to France, in 1668, his Majesty inquired whether he was not too yoiing for the office, and suggested Lord Sunderland instead, but finally assented to the appointment. After Montagu's arrival in Paris, Madame at first openly showed her dislike to him, on the ground that he was merely the agent of Arlington, with whom she was then offended.
Montagu took an early opportunity of pointedly asking Madame her reason for being dissatisfied with Arlington. She replied that Arlington had "slighted her and ^ her friendship," and would not answer her letters ; but after Montagu's explana- tions, she professed to become reconciled. This was an im- portant advantage, as it is clear that Madame fully enjoyed the confidence of the King her brother, who wrote to her on all subjects " very freely."
The French Ambassador in England, Charles Colbert, brother of Jean Colbert, the French Prime Minister, was at that time opposed to Arlington, doing him all the " ill offices " he could, and declaring that he, Arlington, was the sole obstacle to a union between England and France, and that " other ways " must be tried to effect it. " The King of France himself said that the Ambassador had had a great deal of money of him to make friends in England, and all to no purpose." owing, as he supposed, to Arlington's hostility. The French, however, reckoned on Buckingham's support, and Montagu recommended Arlington to promote an understanding, on the ground that " there is no kind of terms that the King may not have from the French." Indeed, it is constantly insisted up(jn that Louis XIV. was much more anxious than Charles II. for an alliance, and stood in greater need of it.
M. de Lionne, the French Secretary, had frequent interviews with Montagu. Once he inveighed greatly against the Dutch, " wondering why we were no more desirous of being revenged for all the injuries they had done us, when we might be backed by so good friends as the French." On another occasion, when
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Montagu assured him that Arlington was not " a Spaniard," he replied, " Nobody but a Spaniard would have made the Triple League."
As usual, the great want of Charles 11. was money. Montagu, durinij the whole time of his embassy, bad the greatest difficulty in obtaining his allowances, though " in equipage and living " he spent a great deal more than any of his predecessors. He did not however hesitate to suggest through his sister. Lady Harvey, that the King should make Madame a present of five thousand pounds, and the money was actually promised and probably paid by Charles. Truly it was not much of a gift, if, as Montagii alleges, the King had never paid her the ten thousand pounds gi'anted to lier by Parliament when she first came into England; in fact, he had "made bold with it," as Madame mildly put it. Of course the money was not to come from the English Treasury, which was always empty ; it was to be paid out of "the remainder of the Queen [CatherineJ's portion," which had unexpectedly been obtained from Portugal, aft^r being regarded as a hopeless debt. The gift was to be kept secret from the Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, who resided in France, and whose dues from her son were likewise in arrear.
In one letter, after declining to give an opinion on the ex- pediency of " a stricter league " with France, Montagu says that " the part of an aml>as.sador is to be a spy and a tell-tale," and he relates some unflattering anecdotes ot the French King, who once alluded to Charles as an adventurer who had been chased from his kingdom. He then boasts that Charles was being " served secretly and faithfully," whereas in Lord Clarendon's time " all the counsels of England " were betrayed to Louis ; but he complains that so much money should be sent from England to pay pensions to certain English " creatures " residing in France.
The French based great expectations on the meeting of the English Parliament in 1669, as they considered Arlington would then be " a lost man," and the King would be compelled to court them. Li a letter to Lady Harvey, Montagu refers to "my Lord Buckingham's jealousies and being so often ready to break with my Lord Arlington." A little later he speaks plainly of ' the falling wut " between them. The ground of the
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quarrel is stated to have been the understanding established between the Duke of York and Arlington, while his Royal Highness remained dissatisfied witli Buckingham. Madame, having been entirely won over by Montagu, promised to write to the King in Arlington's favour.
While Madame was in .so much esteem with her brother, which caused her to be *' mightily courted " b}- Louis in public " for England's sake," she was in private much neglected and "ill used" by her husband and by Louis. " One of her great grievances is the Chevalier de Lorraine, who has so much credit with Monsieur [Orleans] that Madame has no more power in her family than you [Arlington] have." But at length the Chevalier fell ii)to dis- grace with Louis, and was banished from Court. This caused an estrangement between the two brothers, but in the result Madame enjoyed more consideration than she had ever done before.
Montagu tells an anecdote which goes to prove that Arlington was now, temporarily at least, in disgrace with Charles, as the French Court had once wished to believe. A Fiench gentleman returning to France reported that " it is a custom in England that when the King is angry with anyone, he makes them be acted, and that my Lord Buckingham and Bab [Baptist] May had acted you [Arlington] to the King, and endeavoured to turn you en ridicule."
After the Queen Mother's death, in September 1669, many references occur to the disposal of her property and effects, and to the claims thereto of Charles II., the Duke of York, the Prince of Orange, and the Duke of Orleans. Charles claimed the whole under the law of England, and probably obtained it, but Monsieur at first claimed all his mother-in-law had possessed in France. Walter Montagu, " the Lord Abbot," a cousin of Ralph, had been in constant attendance on her Majesty, and a number of his letters will be found in this collection. Ralph evidently had no great opinion of him, for he says, " Abb^ Montagu is just in France as my Lord Chamberlain [Man- chester] is in England, and extremely useless to me, for he is grown very ignorant and out of fashion."
Under date of 9th November occurs the following para- graph, noticeable as having been written long before the exodus from France consequent on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes :
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" I suppose you know already of an order made by tbe King [of France], commanding all his subjects, wherever they are, that will return to France, to come back within six months. It is thought to be made uix)n an alarm of the Huguenots going to settle in England and Ireland."
In the same month Louis managed to obtain a plausible excuse for being offended with Madame, and ordered her to dismiss from her service a lady for whom she had great affection. It is remarked that his " chief pleasure here is to domineer and insult over those that are in his power," in which respect he is said to have differed entirely from Charles, whose resentment of this insult to his sister was fully anticipated. Madame suggested that Charles should show it by not living " so familiarly " with Ambassador Colbert as he had done ; much to Jlontagu's regret, as Colbert had become very friendly with Arlington. In acting thus, however, Charles would only be following the example of Louis, who, Montagu complains, always treated him with scant courtesy. A more important suggestion was, that Charles should invite his sister " to make a journey " over to England ; which he did, but for some time the visit was opposed by Monsieur.
Everybody in France, in December 1669, was " mad for war" with the Dutch, except Louis and his Ministers, although the latter were " mightily set upon being strong at sea." A com- parison is instituted between the pay of the British and French armies ; the former cost much more, but were worse disciplined than the latter. In this connexion it may be noted that, on the death of the Duke of Albemarle, Montagu writes : " My Lord General being dead, your Lordship ought, as you are Secretary of State, by the King's directions, [to] give out all the orders to the Army, cis M, de Louvoy does here ; ... it will be an injury and diminution to your place to have it done by anybody else." Not long after, Montagu applied for one of the Commissioner- ships of the Treasury-, vacant by Albemarle's death, but, though recommended by Madame, did not obtain it.
At length, in March 1670, the Duke of Orleans consented to Madame's going over to England, and it was proposed that Charles should go to Dover and meet her there while Louis was on his way tp Flanders, where he intended '* to visit all the new-conquered places and fortifications," as Monsieur would
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not hear of her going so far as London. Montagu was requested to attend her to Lille, and in doing so he managed at the same time to conciliate the Queen of Spain, who wished him to accompany Louis to Flandeis, for the purpose of maintaining the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, He would not ask leave to accompany Madame to England, as lie disliked the idea of being subordinate to Lord St. Alban's, who was commissioned to meet her with " the yachts " at Dunkirk.
These letters do not contain any account of Madame's inter- view and negociations with her brother, which resulted in the Treaty of Dover. She died unexpectedly soon after her return to France, and Charles at first suspected that she had been poisoned, but seems to have found the suspicion groundless. Walter Montagu writes to remind the King of Madame's desire that he would advance Ralph's father '■ to the dignity of an Earl- dom," about which Ralph himself had previously thrown out some hints to Arlington, but the creation did not take place.
In August Buckingham went over to France, no doubt to arrange with Louis the assistance to be rendered by England against the Dutch, under the new treaty, but ostensibly to obtain satisfaction with regard to the Leeward Islands, and redress of the grievances of British merchants in respect of their woollen manufactures. " Never anj' man was used so well as he was here," Montagu declares after his departure ; but Arlington is cautioned that the Duke was more inclined to Lords Ashley and Orrery and Sir Thomas Osborne than to himself. He is also warned against Secretary Trevor, who had caused the former disagreement between him and the Duke. In December Montagu informs Arlington of the secret mission by Buckingham of a servant to Paris, but its object is not apparent. The Duke was much annoyed at its discovery, and threatened to be revenged on Montagu for sending over the information, for communication to the King. The Ambassador however was not alarmed at this threat, knowing, as he says, that the King was of " so just a nature as that an ill office can do a man no hurt with him."
The treaty with France was kept so secret that the Dutch did not become acquainted with its existence till long after- wards. The secret was communicated to very few persons. In April 1671 Montagu obtained leave to return to England, and
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remained at home till September, when he had an interview at Dunkirk with M. d' Estrades, who liad heard of the new alliance, and considered that the Spaniards would take part with the Dutch, in which case he anticipated that Flanders would be seized and divided between England and France ; he therefore suggested that Charles should at once lay claim to Ostend, Blankenber^h, and Bruges, and have them acknowledged in a proposed new treaty as his share of the plunder.
By an article of the Treaty of Dover, Charles had engaged to furnish six, or at least four, thousand men to join with the French forces, but found it difficult to meet his obliga- tions. He therefore asked to be released from this engagement, and offered instead that permission should be given Louis to raise " ten thousand or less Englishmen at his own cost." Louis aoreed to this arrangement for one year only, sajnng he had thought of constantly entertaining a body of EInglish to be " a terror to his enemies." Montagu gives a minute account of the backstairs influence which he employed in order ti> arrive at this result. Writing to the King, he anticipates a saving of eighty thousand pounds a year, " a very popular thing to your people and Parliament."
The reason given by Montagu for this concession on the part of the French was this : they believed the command of Charles s forces would be given to Buckingham, whom they looked upon as a man ill affected to monarchy, and desirous of keeping in with the Presbyterian party, and that the latter would never concur in the destruction of Holland, where there was a Com- monwealth, such as they wished to have in England. Buck- ingham was greatly incensed at losing the expected command, and declared to Louis that this was merely " a malicious project" of Arlington and Montagu's to deprive him of "so honourable a post." The Duke of Monmouth was proposed by Montagu as commander oi the English levies to be raised by Louis.
Not content with being released from a heavy expense, Charles desired to obtain from Louis the g^rant of an extremely large sum of money, instead of a nimiber of ships as agreed in the treaty, under the plausible pretext that he intended to increase his own fleet by thirty vessels, to be employed in the Mediterranean. As soon as Montagu heard of this
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demand, he wrote to say, "I am afraid the King here has not so much money as the world does imagine ; " and he sug- gested that the only way to obtain the grant was for the King to write a letter to Louis, making the demand in person. He even enclosed a draft of the proposed letter. Charles ac- cordingly wrote to Louis, who in reply told Montagu that it was impossible for him to do what was required. Arlington was however recommended by Montagu to expatiate to Ambassador Colbert on " the straits we are in," and it was hoped that Louis would take second thoughts ; but Montagu tlien returned to England for some six weeks, and we hear no more of the matter till March 1672, when he reports that the proposition was looked upon by the wisest Frenchmen '' as a trick of ours, to find some pretext to draw off of them by degrees."
Preparations were at that time being made for the inva- sion of Holland, and one of the French armies was set apart especially " to have an eye upon the Spaniards " in Flanders, in case they might interfere. A long discussion took place on the proposal that the French ships should take English commissions and English colours, which wns objected to by Louis, and on the different manner of saluting admirals in the English and French navies. The Dutch Ambassador in Paris then took his leave, expressing to Montagu his " sorrow for the union we are in with France." As Louis was about to follow the war in person, Montagu asked for a " letter of revocation ," and promised to prepare the way for his intended successor. Lord Sunderland. Louis, as a parting favour, recommended Montagu for a vacant Garter ; but Charles would not grant it. The request even seems to have given offence, either owing to its extravagance or to the "ill offices" of Buckingham. Montagu declares: " The King has shown me little favour or good will ; . . . upon my own account 1 can never expect his Majesty will think I deserve anything."
He was again at Paris in December 1672, but not in an official capacity; and in January 1673 he was at Marseilles, intending, he says, " for a little while to ramble in Italy, but I will not go to Rome lest people should think I go about business." In April he was back in Paris, writing earnestly about the creation of his father as Earl, as pronused by Charles to Madame at their last interview ; but Charles would not fulfil
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the promise. " All my enemies give out that I am ilisgraced," Montagu complains.
An undateil letter refers to his committal to the Tower " for challenging the Duke of Buckingham in the King's presence." He admits having used the words " Follow me," but protests that he intended merely to avoid quarrelling with the Duke he fore the King.
In 1G77 he was once more Ambassador in Paris, but there are only two short letters from him in that year, and two letters, to him apparently, from Lord Danby in 1677 and 1678. The latter relate to a proposed suspension of arms in the Spanish Netherlands. They are not the same as the two letters from Danby which Montagu produced in the House of Commons on the former's impeachment, and which were dated 17th January and 25th March 1678 ; * nor are they included in the Duke of Lee<Js' edition of his correspondence with Montagu, published in 1710.t
There is nothing to show how the two volumes of letters to Lord Arlington came into the possession of the Montagu fa'wily. It is also remarkable that there are no letters from Arlington to Montagu. Possibly they mutually returned one another's letters, for fear of accidents.
The HolUs MS. Among the numerous commissions to members of the Holies family in the seventeenth century, there are several by Charles I. between 1642 and 1644, and two by Rol^ert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, in 1642. If these royal commissions were ever enrolled on the Patent Rolls they are not now to be found, as Charles's Patent Rolls of that period were all burnt before the surrender of Oxford; consequentl}', these careful copies are of -great value. There are also sevend commissions and gi-ants by Charles II. during his exile, which of course are not enrolled in the public archives, and are both valuable and interesting.*
* Rapin, ii. 697, 698. " An Explanation of rov Lord Treasurer's Letter," &c., published in 1673.
t For other original letten? between Uanby and Montagu, and comments thereou. sw Mr. Jeaffreson*s Report on the MSS. of Mr. J. Eliot Hodgkin, pp. 185-198.
t With respect to the collection of loans for Charles in England, in iri-ig.coiupare the Report on the Duke of I'ortland's MSS.. ii. 27, 28. In the same Report there are some Holies papers, and a commonplace hook of Sir John Holies, 1597-1614. 98298. d
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'111 1645 Colonel Gervase Holies made proposals to tH6 Venetian Ambassador in France for raising two thousand English subjects for the service of the Venetian Republic in its war with the Turks; but the Turkish merchants in London appear to have prevailed on Parliament to forbid the levy. Next year however he obtained the Parlia- ment's consent to his raising eleven hundred men for the service of France, "which is well disposed towards the welfare and repose of this State." Among the later commissions there are several hy the first Duke of Albemarle.
The Calendar of these papers and this Introduction have been prepared by Mr. R. E. G. Kirk. The Commissioners desire to express their grateful obligations to Mr. Henry Frederick Nicholl, solicitor to the Duke of Buccleuch, for the facilities afforded to their inspector in his examination and report on the papers ; and to Mr. Whitmore for his constant attention and help during the progress of the work.
THE MAXrSCRIPTS OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH Al^D QUEENSBERRY, K.G., K.T., AT MOXTAGU HOUSE, WHITEHALL.
I.— THE WINWOOD PAPERS.
These are the letters and |>apers of Mr., afterwards Sir, Ralph Win- wood, wl.o was Agent in France from 1500 to 1G03, Resident Councillor smd Ambassador in Holland from 1603 to Uil3, and Secretary of State from 1614 to 1617. They came into the possession of the Montagu f.imily by the marriage of Edward, second Baron Montagu, with Anne, • laughter of Sir Ralph Winwooil, and are bound up in eleven volumes, which comprise the following dates : —
Vol. 1. — 1564, April, to 1600-1, March, and a few later.
Vol. 2.— 1601, April, to 1603, June.
Vol. 3.— 1603, June, to 1604-5, March.
Vol. 4.— 1605, March, to 1606-7, March.
Vol. 5.— 1607, April, to 1600, April.
Vol. 6.— 1600. March, to 1600-10, Manh.
Vol. 7. — 1610, March, to 1610 11, March.
Vol. 8.— 1612. March, to 1612-13, March.
Vol. 0.— 1611. April, to 1611-12, March.
„ —1613, March, to 1613-14, March. Vol. 10.— 1614, March, to 1617. Octoljer ; and one of 1638. Vol. 11.-1564-1628.
Many of these letters and papers were with others publishe<i in 1725 l.v Edmund Sawyer, of Lincoln's Inn, Esquire, in three folio volumes, with a portrait of Winwood, under the title of —
•• Memoriat.s of Affairs of State in the reigns of Q. Elizabeth and " K. James I., collected (chiefly) from the original papers of the Right " Honourable Sib Ralph "Winwood. Kt., sometime one of the Principal '* Secretaries of State; ccmpi-ehending likewise the Negotiations of " Sir Henry Neville, Sir Charles Cornwallis, Sir Dudley Carleton, Sir " Tl omas Edniondes, Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Cottington, and others, at the •■ Courts of France and Spain, and in Holland, Venice, &c.; wherein •' the principal Tkansacttons of those times are faithfully related, and •■ the Policies and Intrigues of those Courts at large discovered : the '' whole digested in an exact Series of Time. To which are added two " Tables — one of the Letters, the other of the principal Matters."
The work is dedicated to Robert Walpole, Esquire, First Lord Com- missioner of the Treasury ; and the Preface states that Sawyer was indebted to His G^race the Duke of Montagu for •' the free use of the
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original papers of Sir Ralph Winwood," which implies that they were in the Duke's possession, but until recently it was not known that they are still preserved at Montagu House. The Neville papers were then, in 1725, in the possession of Grey Neville, Esquire; the Trumbull papers in that of John Bridges, Esquire ; and the Cornwallis papers were taken from originals or copies in " the Cotton Library."
Sawyer's volumes begin in 1596, and end at the beginning of 1614, but his first quotation from the Winwood Papers is dated 1600. The papers really extend from 1564 to 1638, though there are very few after Winwood's death, in 1617.
Even within the period comprised in his work Sawyer omits many letters of considerable interest. It was tlierefore found necessary, first, to ascertain what he had printed, and next to extract the nnprinted materials. The following table indicates all the printed papers which are now at Montagu House, thus distinguishing them from those in the oihcr collections with which they are intermixed, as stated on the title- page. The table will be succeeded by extracts from those which are not printed by Sawyer.
Vol. I.
PAGE
134. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Paris, July 17, 1600 - 227
[" Paris " is inserted by Sawyer.]
135. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, July 18, 1600 - - 230
[He signs " Nevill."]
136. to the same, July 23, 1600 231
[Endorsed : Received 2 Aug. 1600.]
137. to the same, July 29, 1600 ----- 232
[Endorsed : R. at Chambery, 23 Aug. 1600.]
138. The Lords of the Council to Sir Henry Neville, July 10,
1600 ----- 233
1 39. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Lyons, July 31, 1600, o.s. 234
140. Articles between the French King and the Duke of Savoy,
July 30, 1600 236
141. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Lyons, Aug. 3, 1600, o.s. 239
142. to the same, Grenoble, Aug. 9, 1600, o.s. - - - 242
["Grenoble" is iuserted by Sawyer.]
143. to the same, Chambery, Aug. 15, 1600, o.s. - - 244
[" Chambery " is inserted by Sawyer.]
144. to the same, Aug. 19, 1600, o.s. - . . . 246
[A few lines at the end are omitted.]
145. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, Aug. 28, 1600 - - 248
146. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Chamberv, Aug. 20,
1600, o.s. - - - 250
["Monsieur Villeroy," at the end, is "distrust" in MS. A few words are omitted.]
147. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, Sept. 9, 1600 - - 253
PAGE
148. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry N"eville, Grenoble, Sept. 13,
1600,0.9. 255
[" The Crookback'd Secretary " acd a few other words are in cipher in MS.]
149. to the same, Grenoble, Sept. 23, 1600, o.s. - - - 256
150. to the same, Grenoble, Sepl. 30, IfiOO, o.s. - - - 261
151. to the same, Grenoble, Oct. 5, 1600, o.s. - - - 263
152. to the same, Valenza, Oct. 7, 1600, o.s. - - - 264
["Vallence'^ in MS.]
153. to the same, ^larseilles, Oct. 22, 1600, o.s. - - - 265
154. to the same, Marseilles, Oct. 29, 1600, o.s. - - - 266
155. Sir Hem-y Neville to Mr. Winwcod, Nov. 2, 1600 - 270
156. Mr. Boale and Mr. Edmonds's Answer to the Pi*esident
Richardot's Letter, — Oct. 16<X> 272
157. Sir Henry Xeville to Mr. AVinwood, Nov. 15, 1600 - - 273
158. Mr. Winwoo<l to Sir Henrv Neville, Lyons, Nov. 20,
16«X), o.s. - - - ' - - -' - - - 275 [" Lyons " and '* 1600 o.s." are siipplie<l by Sawyer.]
150. to the same, Lyon.<5, Dec. 4, 1600, o^. - . . 278
160. to the same, Lvon--, Dec. 8, 1600, o.s. - - - 281
["9 Dec." 'in MS.]
161. to the .«ame, Lyons, Dec. 21, 1600 - - - . 284
[P.S. " 144 is much incensed against 190, whose protector he calls resolution."]
162. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Win wood, Dec. 28, 1600 - - 286
163. Mr. Winwcod to Sir Henry Neville, Lyons, Jan. 2, 1600, o.s. 287
164. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Paris, .Jan. 13, 1600, o.s. 289
165. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, Jan. 23, 1600 - - 290
166. to the same, Jan. 28, 1600 - - - - - 291
167. to the sume, J.in. 29, 1600 . . . . - ibid.
[" 19 .Jan." in MS.] 168. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Paris, Feb. 10, 1600, o.s. 292
[" Paris " is inserted by Sawyer.]
160. to the same, Paris, Feb. 17, 1600, o.s. - - - 293
[No year in MS.]
170. to the same [undated] . . - - . 295
171. Monsieur Boissise to the Duke of Rohan, London, March 4,
1600 -.--.---. 296
[" 1601 " in MS.]
172. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, March 7, 1600 - 299
173. Sir Henry Neville's Case [undated] 302
[" Cause " in MS. The lirst paragraph is written as a heading to what follows.]
174. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Paris, March 16, 1600 - 304
["Paris" is inserted by Sawyer.]
175. to the same, Paris, March 16, 1600 - - - 305
[" Paris " is inserted by Sawyer.]
176. to Mr. Secretary Cecyli, Paris, March 17, 1600, o.s. - 306
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177 Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, March 21 & 22,
1600 307
["P.S." is inserted by Sawyer. The last two para- graphs are dated 22 March. A few words are omitted.]
1 78. Queen Elizabeth to the French King, Jan. 1600 - - ibid.
179. to the Queen of France, Jan. 1600 ... 308
180. to ihe French King, March 20, 1600- - - - 308
181. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, March 23,
1600, OS. -..:.---. 309
182. to the same, Paris, April 2, 1601, o.s. - - - 311
[This date is entirely supplied by Saw}'er.]
183. to the same, Paris, April 10, 1601, o.s. - - - 314
[" 1600" in the text is an error for " 1601."]
184. to the same, Paris, April 20, 1601, o.s. - - - 315
[" 20 " is supplied by Sawyer.]
185. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, April 21, 1601 - 318
186. Mr. Packer to Mr. Winwood, April 27, 1601 - - - 319
[This letter is signed J., not John, Packer.]
187. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, April 27,
1601, o.s. ibid.
188. to the same, Paris, May 7, 1601, o.s. - - - - 321
[" 6 May " in MS.]
189. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, May 9, 1601 - - 324
190. Mr. Winwood to the Secretary, Paris, May 17, 1601, o.s. - 325
191. to the same (of the same date) ----- 327
192. to the same, Paris, May 23, 1601, o.s. - - - 328
[" Paris " is inserted by Sawyer.]
193. to the same, Paris, May 29, 1601, o.s. - - - 330
194. to the same, Paris, June 3, 1601, o.s. - - - . 332
195. to the same, Paris, June 12, 1601, o.s. - - - 334
196. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, June 29, 1601. - 336
197. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, July 1,
1601, o.s. - - 338
198. to the same, July 2, 1601, o.s. 339
199. to the same, July 15, 1601, o.s. - . . . ibid.
200. to the same, Paris, Aug. 20, 1601, o.s. - - - 342
201. to Ihe same (of the same date) 343
[There is also a translation of this letter in Italian.]
202. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Aug. 21, 1601 - 344
203. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Calais, Aug. 27,
1601, o.s. ' - - - - ibid.
204. to the same, Calais, 1601 345
[*' Calais " is inserted by Sawyer.]
205. to the .same, Calais, 1601 ibid.
[" 1601 " is inseited by Sawyer.]
206. to the same, Calais, 1601 346
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207. Mr. Winwood to the same, Paris, Sept. 18, 1601, o^. - - 346
208. to the same, Paris, Sept. 26, 1601, o.s. - - - 348
[*' The King " — "■ congi-atulat " — " his mistress " — these words are in cipher in MS.]
209. Mr. Secretary Cecjll to Mr. Winwood, Oct. 4, 1601 - - 350
210. Mr. Winwood to the Seci-etary, Paris, Oct. 10, 1601, o^. - 352
211. to the same, Oct. 15, 1601, o.s. 353
[On p. 356, " Postscript " is inserted by Sawyer, but what follows is the draft of a separate letter.]
212. to the same, Paris, Oct. 22, 1601, o.s. - - - 357
213. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Nov. 3, 1601 - - 358
214. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Nov. 15,
1601, o.s. .-.---.-- 359
215. to the same, Paris, Nov. 23, 1601, o.s. - - - 360
216. to the same, Paris, Dec. 1, 1601, o.s. - - - - 362
[A few sentences at the end are omitted by Sawyer.]
217. to the same, Paris, Dec. 8, 1601, o.s. - - - - 365
[" Paris" is in.serted by Sawyer.]
218. to the same, Paris, Dec. 21, 1601, o.s. - - - 367
[" Paris," as above.]
219. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Jan. 2, 1601 - - .369
220. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Jan. 6,
1601,0.8. 371
["Paris," as above.]
221. to the same, Paris, .Ian. 12, 1601, o.s. - - - 374
[" Paris," as above.]
222. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Jan. 20, 1601. - - 376
223. to the same (of the same date) 377
224. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Jan. 24,
1601, o.s. 379
[" Paris," as above.]
225. to the same, Paris, Feb. 3, 1601, o.s. - - - - 381
[" Paris," as above.]
226. to the same, Paris, Feb. 13, 1601, o.s. - - - 384
227. to the same, Paris, Feb. 16, 1601, o.s. - - - 386
[" Paris," as above,]
228. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Feb. 27, 1601, o.s. 387
229. Mr. Winwood lo Mr. Secretary Cecvll, Paris, Feb. 27,
1601, o.s. - - - - ' - ' - - . - 388
230. Articles between the French Amba^sjidors and the L'oin-
missioners of the Queen, with the Answers of the French Ambassador -------- 389
231. The English Commissioners' Reply to the French Am-
bassadors' Answer - 391
232. Propositiones ultimo loco inter Dominos Commissarios hinc
inde agitatae --.-...- 392
233. Suspensio et Prorogatio CoUoquii - . . . . 394
PAGE
234. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, March 14, 1601, o.s.- 395
235. to the same (of the same date) ----- 396
236. Mr Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, March 17,
1601,0.8. 397
237. -T to the same, Paris, March, 28, 1602, o.s. - - - 399
238. to the same, Paris, April 1, 1602, o.s. - - - - 402
[This is on the back of another copy -letter on the same subject, of the same date. See abstract, />05#.]
239. to the same, Paris, April 10, 1602, o.s. - - - ibid.
[" Colvell " on line 1 is supplied by Sawyer, there being a blank in MS.]
240. to the same (of the same date) 404
241. to the same, Paris, April 14, 1602, o.s. - - - ibid.
242. to the same, Paris, April 19, 1602, o.s. - - - 405
243. to the same, Blois, April 28, 1602, o.s. - - - 406
244. to the same. Tours, May 7, 1602, o.s. - - - 408
245. to the same, Poictiers, May 15, 1602, o.s. - - - 410
246. to the same, Orleans, May 25, 1602. o.s. - - - 412
247. to the same, Fountainbleau, June 4, 1602, o.s. - - 414
248. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, June 9, 1602 - - 415
249. to the same, June 13, 1602 416
250. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, June 17,
1602, o.s. - - .--..-- 417
251. to the same, Paris, June 24, 1602, o.s. - - - 421
252. to the same, Paris, July 7, 1602, o.s. - - - - 423
253. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, July 17, 1602 - - 426
254. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, July 21,
1602, o.s. - - - 427
[This letter is now in a decayed state, and much of it has perished.]
255. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Aug. 6, 1602 - - 428
256. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary CecvU, Diepe, Aug. 7,
1602, o.s. - - - - . ' - . - - 429
257. to the same, Paris, Aug. 21, 1602, o.s. - - - 430
258. to the same, Aug. 30, 1602, o.s. - - - - 431
259. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Sept. 1, 1602- - 433
260. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Sept. 15,
1602, o.s. 434
261. to the same, Paris, Sept. 29, 1602, 0.8. - - - 436
262. to the same (of the same date) 438
263. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Oct. 1, 1602 - - 439
264. Mr- Winwopd to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Oct. 7,
1602, o.s. - ' ibid.
265. to the same, Paris, Oct. 17, 1602, o.s. - - - 441
266. to the same, Paris, Oct. 18, 1602, o.s. - - - 442
PAOE
267. Mr. Winwood to the same, Paris, Oct. 20, 1602, o.s. - - 443
[On line 1, "the Ambassador of Scotland" is sup- plied by Sawyer. On line 3, " the 29th of the last month " should be " the 17th of this."]
268. to the same, Paris, Oct. 22, 1602, o.s. - - - ibid.
269. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Nov. 4, 1602 - - 444
270. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Nov. 9,
1602, 0.8. - - - - - ' - - - - 445
271. to the same, Paris, Nov. 26, 1602, o.8. - - - 446
272. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Dec. 2, 1602. - - 44S
273. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Dec. 2, 1602 - ibid.
274. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Dec. 1602 - - 450
275. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Dec. 17,
1602, o.s. ' - - - - 453
276. to the same, Paris, Dec. 18, 1602, o.s. - - - 454
277. to the same, Paris, Jan. 2, 1602, o.s. - - - - 456
278. to the same, Paris, Jan. 4, 1602, o.s. - - - - 458
[The entire date is supplied by Sawyer. An en- dorsement, " 6th (?) January," has been struck out.]
279. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Jan. 5, 1602 - - 460
280. Mr. Winwood to the Duke de Tremoiiille ... - ibid.
Vol. II.
1. His Majesty King James to the States of the United Pro-
vinces, Aug. 10, 1603 1
2. The Lords of the Privy Council to Mr. Winwood (of the same
date) - . - - 2
3. The Lord Cecyll to the same, Aug. 12, 1603 - - - ibid
4. The Answer to Count Arembergh's Propositions - - - 3
5. The Merchants A.dventurers to Mr. Winwowi, Middleburgh,
Sept. 1, 1603 - - 4
6. The Deputy and AssistantiS of the Company of Merchants
Adventurers to the States, Sept. 11, 1603 - - . ibid.
7. The Lord Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Oct. 3, 1603 - - - 6
8. Apostile of the States General in relation to the Memorial of
the Merchants Adventurers, Oct. 8, 1603, n.s. - - - 8
9. A Memorial exhibited to the States by the Merchants Adven-
turers, Oct. 18, 1603 9
10. The Lords of the Privy Council to Mr. Winwood, Dec. 11,
1603 - - - 10
11. The Lord Cecyll to the same, Dec. 12, 1603 - - - ibid.
12. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same, Dec. 23, 1603 - 12
20
13. The Duke of Cleves to the same, Dec. 27, 1603 - - - 12
[Not "17 Dec," as in Sawyer.]
14. The Duchess of Cleves to the same, Dec. 30, 1603 - - 13
15. Dr. Montagu to his Mother, concerning the Conference at
Hampton Court, Jan. 18, 1603 i^id.
16. The Lord Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Feb. 15, 1603 - - 16
17. Sir Henry Neville to the same, London, Feb. 15 (16), 1603 - 17
[" 16th " is correct.]
18. The Lord Cecyll to the same, March 29, 1604 - - - 18
19. to the same, April 12, 1604 i^d.
20. to the same. May 5, 1604 19
21. His Majesty King James to the House of Commons, concern-
ing the Union, May 10, 1604
22. The Heads of an Answer to that Letter . - - - 21
23. The Lords of the Privy Council to Mr. Winwood, May 30,
1604 ibid.
24. The Lord Cecyll to the same, June 4, 1604 - - - - 22
25. to the same, June 13, 1604 23
26. Sir Henry Wotton to the same, July 19, 1604 - - - 24
27. The Lords of the Privy Council to the .same, Aug. 13, 1604 - 25
[Original, and a copy.]
28. Sir Henry Neville to the same, London, Aug. 19, 1604 - ibid.
29. The Lord Viscount Cranborne to the same, Aug. 25, 1604 - 26
30. to the same, Sept. 4, 1604 27
31. The Private Article in the Treaty between England and Spain
concerning the Inquisition ------ 29
[The accompanying translation is not in MS., and appears to be Sawyer's.]
32. Mr. Winwood to the Lord Cranborne, Middleburgh, Sept.
4 (12), 1604, o.s. - - - - - - - - ibid.
["12th" is correct.]
33. The Lord Cranborne to Mr. Winwood, Sept. 30, 1604 - - 31
34. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same (of the same date) - - 32
35. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same, Oct. 18, 1604 - 33
36. The Lord Viscount Cranborne to the same, Oct. 23, 1604 - 34
37. Sir Henry Neville to the same, London, Nov. 1, 1604 - - 35
38. Mr. More to the same, Dec. 2, 1604 ibid.
5j9. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same, Dec. 5, 1604 - 36
40. Sir William Waad to the same (of the same date) - - 37
41. Sir Henry Neville to the same, London, Dec. 8, 1604 - - ibid.
42. Mr. Packer to the same, Dec. 12, 1604 .... 39
43. The Archbishop of York to Lord Viscount Cranborne, Dec. 18,
1604 40
44. Mr. Chamberlaine to Mr. Winwood, London (of the same date) 41
45. Mr. More to the same, Loudon, Dec. 21, 1604 - - - 42
46. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Jan. 1604 - - - 43
PAGB
47. Mr. Chiimberlaine to the same, Jan. 26, I60i - - - 46
48. The Bishop of Ruremoad's Letter to the Mutineer.^, Feb. 16,
1604 ---------- 47
49. Sir Dudley Carletoii to Mr. Winwood, Feb 20, 1604 - - 48
50. Mr. Chaml^erlaine to the same, Feb. (16) 26, 1604 - - ibid.
["16th" in MS.]
51. The Lord Viscount Crauborne to the same, Feb. 26, 1604 - 50
52. to the same, Feb. 28, 1604 - ibid.
53. The A.n8wer of the States General to a Letter of the Lords
of the Privy Council in England, March 3, 1605 - - 51 [Not " 1604-5," as in Sawyer.]
54. Sir Dudley Carloton to Mr. Winwood, Greenwich, March 10,
1604 52
55. Mr. Dickenson to the same, Skenks Sconce, March 21,
1604, o.s. 53
[" Schencks " in MS.]
56. Mr. Calvert to the same, March 2S, 1605 - - - - ibid.
57. Mr. Winwood to the Lord Viscount Cranbonie, March 31,
1605, o.s. 55
58. Mr. Packer to Mr. Winwood, London, April 6, 1605 - - 56
59. Mr. Calvert to the same (of the same date) - - - - 57
60. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same, May 5, 1605 - 58
61. Mr. Lcvinus Muncke to the sam-?, May 14, 1605 - - - 59
62. The Lord Hertford to the same, May 17, 1605 - - - ibid.
63. The Answer of the States General to the Proposition made by
the Emperor's Ambassador, May 31, 1605 - - - 60
69. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, June 21, 1605 - - 77
70. His Majesty King James to the same, June 26, 1605 - - 78
71. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, June 28, 1605 - - - 81
72. A Relation of what passed between the Spanish and Dutch
Ships in the Harbour of Dover, June 28, 1605 - - 82
73. Monsieur Caron to Mr. Winwood, Loudon, June 28, 1605 - 84
[The date is wrongly given in Sawyer. In MS. it is "Suidt Lambeth," 27 June, 1605, o.s.]
77. Copie de la Responce de Messieui"s les Estats Generaulx des Provinces Unies sur la Proposition faicte par le Sieur Winwood, &c., Aug. 2, 1605 - - - - ' - - 87
83. The Earl of Salisbury to Mr. Winwood, July 24, 1605 - 97
84. His Majesty King James to the Count of East Freisland
[no date] 99
88. The Count of East Freisland to Mr. Winwood, A>ig. 19,
1605, n.s. - - - - 106
[" o.s." in MS.]
89. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, Aug. 10, 1605 - - ibid
94. The Count of East Frei.sland to his Majesty King James,
Sept. 2, n.s. - - - 112
[" s.n." and •' n.s." are inserted by Sawjrer.]
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PJIOB
96. The Consul and Senate of Emden to Mr. Winwood, Sept. 5,
1605 120
97. The Deputies of East Fieisland to the same, Sept. 6, 1605 - 121
98. The Count of East Ereisland to the same, Sept. 7, 1605, n.s.- 122
[" s.n." as before.]
99. A Memorial of the Consuls and Senate of Emden, Sept. 12,
1605, n.s. - - - 124
104. The Consul and Senate of Emden to Mr. "Winwood, Sept. 21,
1605 137
105. to the same, Oct. 1, 1605 ibid.
106. The Count of East Freisland to the same, Oct. 3, 1606 - 138
108. Mr. Chamberlaine to Mr. Winwood, London, Oct. 12, 1605- 140
109. The Count of East Freisland to the same, Oct. 22, 1605, n.s.
[o.s.] 141
[Oct. 22-Nov. 1, in MS.]
110. Mr. Winwood to the Earl of East Freisland [Oct. 1605] - 142
[Not found.] 113. The Earl of Salisbury to Mr. Winwood, Oct. 24, 1605 - 146 118. Mr. Levinus Muncke to the same, Oct. 29, 1605 - - - 154
131. The Lord Suffolk to the same [no date] .... 174
132. His Majesty King James to the Council of State, Nov. 14,
1605 175
[This copy is undated, but endorsed " 1605, 4 Nov." Sawyer inserts " 14th Nov." ; n.s. ?]
133. to Count Maurice (of the same date) - - - - 176
[This copy is undated, but endorsed " 1605, 4 Nov."]
134. The Earl of Salisbury to Mr. Winwood, Nov. 18, 1605 - ibid.
137. The Count of East Freisland to the same, Dee. 11, 1605 - 180
[" ^ Dec." in MS.]
138. Monsieur Aercens [Aerssens] to the same, Paris, Dec. 27,
1605, n.s. 181
146. Archbishop Bancroft to Mr. Winwood, Feb. 9, 1605 - - 195
147. Sir Greorge Carew to the same, Paris, Feb. 16, 1605, o.s. - ibid.
148. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, Feb. 18, 1605 - - 196
149. Sir Henry Neville to the same, March 11, 1605 - - - 197
153. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, April 5, 1606 - - - 204
154. Sir Francis Vere to the same, April 5, 1606 - - - 207
155. His Majesty King James to the Count of East Freisland,
April 29, 1606 - ibid.
156. The Count of East Freisland to Mr. Winwood, April 30,
1606, O.S. - - - . - 208
157. to the same, May 21, 1600 ibid.
160. Sir Henry Neville to the same, June 4, 1606 - - - 216
161. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, June 7, 1606 - - 217
165. The Count of East Freisland to the same, June 22, 1606 - 228
166. The Consuls and Senate of Emden to the same, June 23,
1606 229
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168. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, June 21, 1606 - - 232
172. The Count of East Freisland to the same, July 4, 1606 - 23S
173. to his Majesty King James, June — . 160G - - ibid.
[" 10° " ou p. 244 is inserted by Sawyer.]
175. The Count of East Freisland to Mr. Winwood, July 21,
1606, n.s. ' - 245
["n.s." is insertetl by Sawyer.]
176. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, -July 19, 1606 - - 246
[Not found.]
177. The Count of East Freisland to the same, Aug. 5, 1606, n.s. 247
178. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, Aug. 16, 1606 - - 248
[Not found.]
180. Monsieur Hastein to Monsieur Gunterode, Aug. 12, 1606 - 253
184. Mr. Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury. Hague, Nov. 18,
1606,0.8. - - - - 264
[Not found.]
191. The Earl of Salisbury to Mr. WinAvood, Dec. 5, 1606 - - 277
193. The Count of East Freisland to the Earl of Salisbury, Jan. 6,
1606, U.S. ' - * - 279
[" 1607 " in MS.]
201. His Majesty King James to the Emperor, Feb. 20, 1606 - 296
202. to the King of Spain (the same date) - . . ibid.
203. to the Count of East Freisland (the- same date) - - 297
204. The Earl of Salisbury to Mr. Winwood, Feb. 21, 1606 - ibid.
205. to the same, Apnl 2, 1607 298
207. The Lords of the Pri\7 Council to the same, April 12, 1607 301 210. The Earl of Salisbury to Mr. Winwood, April 20, 1607 - 305
213. to the same, May 8, 1607 309
214. to the same, May 17, 1607 310
216. to the same, June 6, 1607 - 313
218. The Duke of Holstein to his Majestv King James, June 18,
1607, n.s. - - - - ' 316
[" n.s." is inserted by Sawyer.]
224. His Majesty King James to the States, Aug. 5, 1607 - 328
225. to Count Maurice (of the same date) - - - ibid.
226. Instructions for Sir Richard Speccer and Sir Ralph Win-
wood, upon their going Ambassadors to Holland, to mediate the Peace between the King of Spain, the Ajchduke, and the States [no date] - - - - - - - 329
233. Mr. Levinus Muncke to Sir Ralph Winwood, Oct. 17, 1607 350
234. An Abstract of the Debt from the States to the King of
England - - - - 351
[There are three copies of this. One of them is headed, " The State of the Debt of the United Provinces, by way of estimation." The other two have uo headings. Thev are each endorsed "Abstract," with the date " Dec. 1607."]
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244. The Lords of the Privy Couucil to Sir Richard Spencer and
Sir Ralph Winwood, Feb. 3, 1607 ----- 369 [The names of the addressees are supplied by Sawyer.]
245. • to the same, Feb. 7, 1607 374
246. to the same, March 15, 1607 - - - - . 376
247. to the same, March 20, 1607 376
248. The Earl of Salisbury to the same (of the same date) - - 378
254. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same. May 1, 1608 - 3i)2 [Addressees as above.]
265. Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of
Salisbury, Hague, May 4, 1608, o.s. - . . . 394
[This is a draft headed "4 May, by Sir Tho. Gates," i.e. the bearer. " 1608, o.s." is supplied by Sawyer.]
257. Sir Henry Neville to Sir Ralph "Winwood, London, May 12,
1608 398
260. to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood, May 2 1 ,
1608 403
[Addressees as above.]
261. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same. May 24, 1608 405
265. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Sir Ralph Winwood, Brussels,
June 10, 1608, o.s. - - 410
266. Sir Henry Neville to the same, London, June 21, 1608 - 411
267. Mr. More to the same, London, June 25, 1608 - - - 412
272. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir
Ralph Winwood, July 26, 1608 - - - - - 421
273. to the same, July 31, 1608 ----- 423
275. The Lords of the Privy Council to Sir Richard Spencer
and Sir Ralph Winwood, Aug. 7, 1608 - - - - 427 [Addressees as above.]
276. to the same, Sept. 2, 1608 - - - - - 429
278. to the same, Oct. 8, 1608 - 433
281. to the same, Oct. 27, 1608 442
282. Sir Ralph Winwood's Remonstrance in the Assembly of
the States General concerning the Truce with Spain - 443 [There is no heading to this paper. It is endorsed, " Remonstrance a Messrs. du Conseil, 1608."]
283. Discours Pacifique sur I'Estat present des Provinces Unies
du Pais Bas [no date] - - - . . 444
284. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir
Ralph Winwood, Nov. 11, 1608 450
286. His Majesty King James to the same, Nov. 26, 1608 - - 451 [The last two lines are in the King's own hand. His Scotch spelling has not been preserved by Sawyer.] 286. An Abstract of Sir George Carew's Letter to the Earl of
Salisbury ibid.
[There is no heading or date to this copy in MS. ; it is endorsed, " iN.bstract of the letter of France concerning Sir Raphe Winwood."]
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287. His Majesty King Jame^i to the Slates' General, Dec. 2, 1608 453
288. Count Maurice to His Majesty Bang James, Dec. 12, 1608 - 454
289. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir
Ralph Win wood, Dec. 4, 1608 - - - - - ibid.
[The name.« of the addressees itfe supplied by Sawyer.]
290. Raport du Sieur de Preaux 455
294. An Abstract of Sir George Carew's Letter to the Earl of
Salisbury [no date] ------- 465
[Endorsed : Sir G. Carew to my Lord concerning his conference with the French King touching the Confessor as he passed by Paris.]
295. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph
Winwood, Dec. 23,1608 466
[Addressees as aboye.]
297. to the same, Dec. 31, 1608 ----- 469
[Addressees as aboye.]
301. to the same, Feb. 4, 1608 476
[Addressees as aboye.]
302. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Sir Ralph WinwootI, Brussels,
Feb. 11, 160S, o.s. 477
304. The Lords of the Priyy Council to Sir Richard Spencer and
Sir Ralph Winwood, March 2, 1608 - - - - 481
[Addressees as above.]
307. Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood to the Lords
of the Pri\7 Council, March 10, 1608, o.s. - - - 488
308. to the Earl of Salisbury (of the same date) - - 490
309. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir
Ralph Winwood, March 20, 1608 491
Vol. III.
1. Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl
of Salisbury, Antwerp, March 29, 1609, o.s. - - - 1
[Xo signatures in MS.]
2. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph
Winwood, April 5, 1609 - ----- 3
3. Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood to the Lords
of the Privy Council, Antwerp, April 6, 1609, o.s. - - ibid. [N'o signatures in MS.]
4. to the Earl of Salisbury (of the same date) - . - 5
[Xo signatures in MS.]
5. Sir Dudley Carlton to Sir Ralph Winwood, London, April 7,
1609 ----- - - - - 6
9. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, April 10, 1609 - - 11 12. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Brussels, April 10, 1609, o.s. 16
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13. Mr. Levimis Muncke to the same, April 1 7, 1609 - - - 17
14. Sir Eichard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of
Salisbury, Hague, April 26, 1609, o.s. - - - - ibid. [No signatures in MS.]
15. Copy of a Memorial relating to the Succession of Cleyes and
Juliers ---------- 19
16. A Genealogical Table shewing the Elector of Brandenburgh's
Title to the Duchies of Cleves and Juliers - - - 21
17. Ti'anslatio Latina e Pactis Dotalibus D. Palatini Philippi
[Ludovici] et Dominaj Anna? Juliacensis Principis, 27 Sept. 1574 ---------- 24
18. Renunciatio Illustrissimae Principis Dom. Annse Principis
Juliacensis, &c.- - - - - - - - ibid.
19. Translatio Latina e Tabulis Dotalibus D. Mariae Leonoras
Prussiae Ducissae, 14 Dec. 1572 ----- 25 ["Hambachii,"inMS.]
20. The Elector of Saxony's Claim to the Duchies of Cleves and
Juliers ----------- 26
23. The Lords of the Privy Council to Sir Richard Spencer and
Sir Ralph Winwood,' April 29, 1609 - - - - 35
24. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, Maj' 4, 1609 - - - ibid.
28. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, May 15,
1609, o.s. - - - - - - - - * - 40
[No signature in MS.]
29. Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl
of Salisbury, Hague, May 20, 1609, o.s. - - - - 41 [No signatures in MS.]
31. The Treaty of Dortmund, May 31, 1609, n.s. - - - 43
33. Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of
Salisbury, May 29 (26), 1609 ----- 45
["26th" is correct.]
40. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Richard Spencer and Sir Ralph
Winwood, June 13, 1600 - - - - - - 52
[The names of the addressees are supplied by
Sawyer.]
41. King James's Manifesto for settling the Affairs of Cleves and
Juliers, July 15, 1609 53
[The King signs " Jaques R." There is a seal at the top.]
44. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Ralph Winwood, Aug. 14, 1609 57
[The date is at the end in MS., viz. : " From the Courte at Basing, the — day of August 1609." •' 14" is sui)plied by Sawyer.]
45. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Aug. 15,
1609, o.s. 58
[No signature in MS.]
46. The French King's Instructions to the Sieur de Widemartre,
Aug. 26, 1609 60
[The heading is Sawyer's. The date at the end is " de Juin," not '* d'Aoust," and the year looks like " 1605."]
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47. Sir Ralph TVinwood to the Earl of Salisburv, Delft, Aug. 24,
1609, o.s. - - - - 62
48. to the same, Hague, Sept. 6, 1609, o.s. - - - 63
49. to the same, Hague, Sept. 11, 1609 - - - - 64
51. His Majesty King James to Sir Ralph Winwood, Sept. 15.
1609 -' - 69
52. The Earl of Sali.«bury to the same, Sept. 1», 16()9 - - 70
53. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisburv, Hngue, Sept. 25,
1609, o.s. ■ - - - . ibid,
55. His Majesty King .Jainfs to the Elector of Bramlenbiirg,
Oft. 4, 1609 - - 74
56. to the Elector Palatine (of the .same date) - . - ibid.
57- The Marquis of Brandenburg [and the Coun-^ Palatine] to
Sir Ralph Winwood, 4 non. Oct. 1609 - - - 75
58. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same, Oct 4, 1609 - ibid.
59. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Oct. 4, 160i) - - - 77
60. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisburv, Oct. 7, 1609, o.s. 78
61. Mr. John More to Sir Ralph Winwoml, Oct. 8, 1609 - - 80
[This letter is dated "London, 3"» 8*"^, 1600." A curious postscript is omitted by Sawyer. See extract, post.']
62. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, Oct. 20,
1609, o.s. 81
63. to the same, Hague, Xov. 2, 1609, o.s. - - - 83
65. The Lords of the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Winwood,
Xov. 14, 1609 - ' 85
66. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbarv, Xov. 17.
1609, o.s. '. . 87
68. to the Lords of the Privy Council, N'ov. 25, 160i*, ij.>. - 89
71. Monsieur Hotman to Sir Ralph Winwood, Dusseldoqx;, Dec. 8,
1609 - - - 92
72. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisburv, Dec. 5,
1609, o.s. : . . 93
73. The Lords of the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Winwood, Dec. 6,
1609 - - ' 95
74. The French King's Answer to the Memorial of the Prince of
Anhalt, Dec. 21, 1609 ------- 96
78. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague , Dec. 24,
1609, o.s. 99
80. Su: Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisburv, Dec. 30,
1609, o.s. - - - 102
82. to the same, Hague, Jan. 10, 1609, o.s. - - - 104
84. to the same, Hague, Jan. 21, 1600, o.s. _ . . io7
85. to the same, Hague, Jan. 27, 1609, o.s. - _ . 108
88. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Ralph Winwo.xl, Feb. 8, 1609 - 111
89. Sir Ralph Winwood's Instructions upon his Embassy to
Dusseldorpe (of the same date) - - - - 112
PAGE
90. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, Feb. 10,
1609,0.9. - - 115
91. Mr. Chamberlaine to Sir Ralph Winwood, London, Feb.
(Jan.) 13, 1609 -------- 117
["January "in MS.]
95. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, Feb. 20,
1609, 0.8. - - - - 120
98. The Lords of the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Winwood,
March 3, 1609 - - - - ... - 126
99. Mr. Levinus Muncke to the same (of the same date) - - 127
104. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague,
March 16, 1609, o.s. 132
106. The Marquis of Brandenburg to Sir Ralph Winwood, 5 id.
Martii, 1609-10 137
["1610" in MS.]
107. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Sir Ralph Winwood, London,
March 17, 1609 ibid.
108. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague,
March 20, 1609, o.s. " - - 138
109. to the same, Hague, March 24, 1609, o.s. - - - 139
[This draft is in a deciiyed state, and the last leaf, with the date (if any), is wanting. The date at the head is supplied by Sawyer, but he omits a paragraph at the end. See extract, post.']
110. Mr. More to Sir Ralph Winwood (of the same date) - - 141
[Not found.]
111. Mr. Trumbull to the same, March 27, 1610, o.s. - - - 142
112. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, March 28, 1610 - - 143
1 14. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, April 3,
1610, o.s. ---.-■-.-. 14G 115- to the same, Hague, April 6, 1610, o.s. - - - ibid.
116. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Ralph Winwood, April 7,
1610 ---------- 147
117. Mr. Dickenson to the same, Dusseldorpe, April 16, 1610, o.s. 148
[N'ot found.]
118. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague,
April 22, 1610, o.s. ibid.
[No date in MS.]
119. Copy of a Memorial presented to the Archduke Albert by
the Constable, in favour of the Princess of Conde - - 150
120. Copy of a Memorial presented by the Princess of Conde to
the Archduke 151
[On the same sheet as the preceding.]
121. Proposition de I'Empereur a la Diete de Prague, May 2,
1610 ibid.
124. Mr. Chamberlaine to Sir Ralph Winwood, London, May 2,
1610 154
125. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, May 3,
1610, O..S. ' - 155
126. to the same (of the same date) 157
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TJkOM
129. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Ralph Winwood, May (4) 14,
1610 161
[« 4th " in MS-l
130. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of SaHsbury, Hague, May 14,
1610, o.s. .--.----- 164
131. The Lords of the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Winwood,
May 18, 1610 165
132. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, May 19, 1610 - - 167
133. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, May 20,
1610, o.s. ibid.
[" Hague " is in.serted by Sawyer.]
134. The Prince of Conde to. his Mother, Milan, Mav 31,
1610, n.s. ' - 169
139. Mr. Chamberlaine to Sir Ralph Winwood, London, Mav 24,
1610 ' - 174
140. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, May 28, 1610, o.s. - 176
142. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague, June 2,
1610, o.s. 177
[" Hague " is inserted by Sawyer.]
143. Mr. Trumbull to Sir Ralph Winwood, Brussels, June 2,
1610, o.s. - - 179
146. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, June 14,
1610, o.s. 182
147. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, June 15, 1610 - - 184
148. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Hague,
June 15, 1610, o.s. 185
149. Mr. Dickenson to Sir Ralph Winwood, Dusseldorp, June 20,
1610 (1612), o.s. 187
[" 1612 " in MS. At the end, as a P.S. : " Marca- mus noster te peroflBciose salutat."]
151. ResiK)nee du Roy et de la Royne de France au Due de
DeiixiK)nt.s July 9, 1610 -' - - - - - 190
153. Monsieur Barnevelt to Sir Ralph Winwood, July 26, 1610 - 192
154. Mr. Pory to the same, London, July 17, 1610 ... 193
156. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, July 23, 1610 - - 196
157. The Project of Alliance between the Protestant Princes of
Germany - - 197
158. Apostiles et Conditions adjoustez aux Articles envoyez de
sa Majeste de la Grande Bretagne, touchant I'estroicte cor- respondence avec les Electeurs Princes et Estats - - 199
159. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Sir Ralph Winwoo<l, Paris,
July 24, 1610, o.s. - - - - - - - ibid.
160. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, London, July 25, 1610 - 200
162. Mr. Dickenson to the snme, Hague, Aug. 4 [6], 1610, o.s. - 202 [" Postridie nonas Augusti, 1610," in MS.]
164. to the same, Hague, Aug. 1 1 [3], 1610, o.s. - 204
[" 3° nonas Augusti, 1610," in MS.]
98298. B
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165. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Atig. 11,
1610, o.s. --------- ibid.
167. Monsieur Barnevelt to the same, Aug. 22, 1610, n.s. - - 207
168. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, Aug. 15, 1610 - - ibid.
169. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Aug 18, 1610, o.s. 208
171. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Dusseldorpe,
Aug. 22, 1610, o.s. - - - - - - - 210
172. to Sir Thomas Bodley (of the same date) - - - ibid.
173. to Mr. Chamberlaine, Aug. 23, 1610, o.s. - - - 211
[Not found.]
1 74. to the Earl of Salisbury, Dusseldorpe, Aug. 27, 1610, o.s. 212
175. to the same (of the same date) ----- ibid.
176. Sir Dudley Carleton to Sir Ralph Winwood, London, Aug.
28, 1610 --------- 213
178. The Elector Palatine to the same, Sept. 7 (17), 1610, o.s. - 215
[" I7me" in MS. ; " O.S." is added by Sawyer.]
179. The Earl of Salisbury to Sir Ralph Winwood, Sept. 9,
1610, o.s. - - ibid.
180. Mr. Dickenson to the same, Hague, Sept. 11, 1610, o.s. - 216
["3°idus 7^"« 1610," in MS.]
182. Sir Ralph Winwood to the Earl of Salisbury, Sept. 16,
1610, o.s. - - - - 219
183. An Extract of the Earl of Salisbury's Letter to Monsieur
Buinckhausen, Sept. 19, 1610- ----- 220
[A few words omitted by Sawyer at the end. The date is, " De sa maison de Westminster, le 19. 7K"]
184. His Majesty King James to the Elector Palatine, Sept. 20,
1610 - 221
185. to the Duke of Wirtemberg (of the same date) - - ibid.
186. The Lords of the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Winwood,
Sept. 28, 1610 - ' 222
187. to the same, Sept. 30, 1610 . - - - - 224
188. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Oct. 6, 1610, o.s. - 225
190. The Prince of Anhalt to the same, Dusseldorpe, Oct. 8 (18),
1610, o.s. 227
["IS™"" in MS.]
197. Mr. More to the same, London, Dec. 1, 1610 - - . 235
198. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, Dec. 12 (22),
1610, o.s. 236
[22 Dec, U.S., in MS. Several lines at the end are omitted ; they refer to Winwood's wife and chil- dren, including "little James."-]
199. The Lords of the Privy Council to the same, Dec. 12, 1610 - 238
200. Mr. More to the same, London, Dec, 13 (15), 1610 - - 239
["15*^" is correct. The postscript is omitted in Sawyer. See extract, jwst.^^
202. Mr. Dickenson to the same, Dusseldorpe, Dec. 20, 1610, o.s. 242
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205. Double de la Responce du Roy de France au Due de Saxe, [&c.] par le Retour de leurs Ambassadeurs, Janx-ier 8,
1610, o.s. ... - 248
[This title is taken from an endorsement.]
208. Mr. Dickenson to Sir Ralph Winwood, Dusseldorpe, Jan. 12,
1610, o.s. - - 251
[" Postridie idus Januarii, 1610, sti. vet., raptim," in MS.]
209. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Jan. 23, 1610, o.s. 253
210. to the same, Paris, Feb. 7, 1610, o.s. - - - - 254
211. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, Feb. 8, o.s., 1610 - 256
212. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, Venice, Feb. 15, 1610 - - 257 215. The Earl of Salisbury' to the same, Feb. 23, 1610 - - 261 217. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, March 1, 1610, o.s. - 263 224. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, April 3, 1611 - - 271 226. to the same. May 27, 1611 274
229. Mr. More to the same, London, June S, 1611 - - - 279
230, to the same, London, June 18, 1611 - - - - 281
[In the last line " must " should be '* may."]
234. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, July 17, 1611 - - 285
235. to the same, July 25, 1611 287
238. to the same, Sept. 5, 1611 290
239. to the same, Sept. 18, 1611 292
240. Sir Ralph Winwootl's First Remonstrance to the States
against Vorstius, 21 Sept. 1611 293
[Xot found.]
241. His Majesty King James to Sir Ralph Winwood, Oct. 6,
1611 205
244. Dominicus Baudius, to the same, 7 kal. Nov. 1611 - - 298
245. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, Nov. 5, 1611 - - 300
246. Mr. More to the same, London, Xov. 13, 1611 - - - 301
249. Sir Ralph Winwood's Second Remon.strance against Vor- stius, 25 Xov. 1611 304
[Not found.]
251. Mr. More to Sir Ralph Winwood, London, Nov. 19 (29),
1611 , - 308
[*' 23° Nov." in MS.]
252. Sir Ralph Winwood's Protestation in the Assembly of the
States General against Vorstius, Dec. 9, 1611 - - 309
[Not found.]
256. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Sir Ralph Winwocd, Paris,
Dec. 19, 1611, o.s. 313
257. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, Dec. 29, 1611 - - 316
259. Mr. More to the same, London, Jan. 1, 1611 - - _ ibid.
260. The Earl of Salisbury to the same, Jan. 4, 1611 - - 320
261. Sir Dudley Carleton to Mr. Trumbull, Venice, Jan. 10,
1611, o.s. - - - 321
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PAOH
26.i. Sir Tliomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Jan. 19, l61l,o.s. 323
267. Mr. More to Sir llalpli Winwood, London, Jan. 25, 1611 - 331
272. Mr. More to the same, London, Feb. 17, 1611 - - - 337
[Not found.]
273. His Majesty King James to the same, Feb. 18, 1611 - - 339
[This is entirely in the King's own hand. It has no date. There are two seals.]
276. Sir Ralph Winwootl to the Earl of Salisbury [undated] - 342
279. Archbishop Abbot to Sir Ralph Winwood, March 12, 1611 - 346
282. Mr. More to the same, London, March 17, 1611 - - - 319
[A paragraph is omitted in Sawyer. See exiract, post.'l
283. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, March 26, ibid.
1612, OS. - -
["24lh March 1611," in MS.]
284. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, March 27, 1612, o.s. 351
289. Mr. Stafford to the same [May 16, 1612] - - - - 357
296. Sir Dudley Carleton to Mr. Trumbull, Venice, May 22,
1612, o.s. - 366
298. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Sir Ralph Winwood, Paris, June 4,
1612, o.s. - 368
300. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, June 18, 1612 - - 372
301. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, June 22, 1612, o.s. 373
305. Mr. Dickenson to Sir Thomas Lake, Dusseldorpe, July 17,
1612, o.s. ---...-.- 370 [No sig atiire in MS. Endorsed in D,'s hand : Copy of my letter to Sir Thomas Lake.]
306. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Sir Ralph Winwood, Paris, July 22,
1612, o.s. 380
307. Dominicus Baudius to the same, July 1, 1612 - - 381
309. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, London, Aug. 10, 1612 - 384
310. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brus.sels, Aug. 13 (18), 1612,
o.s. [ " 18th Aug." in MS.] .385
311. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, Aug. 14, 1612, o.s. 387
312. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Aug. 28, 1612, o.s. 388
314. to the same, Paris, Sept. 21, 1612, o.s. - - - 395
317. Mr. Trumbull to the .same, Brussels, Oct. 13, 1612, o.s. - 399
320. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Piiris, Oct. 27, 1612, o.s. 404
321. Mr. Chamberlnine to the same, London, Nov. 3, 1612 - 406
322. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Nov. 12, 1612, o.s. 408
325. to the same, Paris, Nov. JiO, 161 2, 0.8. - - - - 413
329. to the same, Paris, Dec. 30. 1612, o.s. - - - - 418
330. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, Jan. 5, 1612, o.s. - - 420
331. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, London, Jan. 9, 1612 - - 421 333. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, .Jan. 21, 1612, o.s. 424 336. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, Loudon, Jan. 29, 1612 - 428
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336. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, Feb. 3, 1612, o.s. 430
337. Mr. Chaml)erlaine to the same, London, Feb. 10, 1612 - - 431
338. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Feb. 11, 1612, o.s. 433
339. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, London, Feb. 23, 1612 - - 434
340. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Feb. 2o, 1612, o.s. 436
342. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Bru.ssels, March 2, 1612, o s. - 438
343. Sir Dudley Carleton to tl^e same, Venice, March 5, 1612, o.s. 440
344. Mr. Chaml)erlainc to the same, London, March 10, 1612 - 441 345 Mr. Trumbull to the sime, Brussels, March 19, 1612, o.s. - 442
346. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, March 26, 1613, o.s. 444
347. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, April 7, 1613, o.s. 445
348. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, April 9, 1613, o.s. 446
349. :Mr. Packer to the sair.e, London, April 22, 1613 - - 447
[" London " is inserted by Saw'j'er. The original is dat<^d " From Mr. More's house." It is signe<I " J. P." and endorsetl by Sawyer, " I take this to be Mr. Packer's letter."]
360. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, April 30, 1613, o.s. 448
351. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, May 5, 1613, o.?. 450
352. Archbishop Abbot to the same, Litmbeth, May 5, 1613 - 451
353. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, London, May 6, 1613 - - 452
354. Sir Thomas Edmondes to ihc same, Paiis, May 14, 1613, o.s. 455 35.J. Mr. Tiumbu'.l to the same, Brussels, May 20, 1613, o.s - 456
356. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, May 21, 1613, o.s. ibid.
357. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, May 29, 1613, o.s. 457
358. Archbishop Abbot to the si\me, Lambeth, June 1, 1613 - 459
359. Mr. Chaml.erlaine to the same, London, June 10, 1613 - 460
360. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, June 12, 1613, o.s. - 461
361. Sir Henry Neville to the same, June 18, 1613 - - - 462
362. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, June 21, 1613, o.s. 463
364. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, June 25, 1613, o.s. - 466
[A few words omitted.]
365. to the same, Brus.'^ls, July 6, 1613, o.s. - - - 467
["y«, "inMS.]
366. Mr. Chamberlaine to the same, London, July 8, 1613 -, - 468
367. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, July 16, 1613, o.s. 469
369. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, July 23, 1613, o.s. - 472
370. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, July 30, 1613, o.s. 473
372. The Earl of Southampton to the same, Aug. 6, 1613 - - 475 [No year in MS. Endorsed by Sawyer, " 1613 q." There is a postscript in favour of Mr. Tubb, the bearer.]
376. Sir John Digby to the same, Madrid, Sept. 4, 1613, o.s. - 479
380. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, Sept. 20, 1613, o.s. 482
["^"inMS.]
381. Sir Thomas Edmondes to the same, Paris, Oct. 5, 1613, o.s. 483
382. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Padua, Oct. 15, 1613, o.s. 484
383. Mr. Trumbull to the same, Brussels, Oct. 15, 1613, o.s. - 485 387. Sir Dudley Carleton to the same, Venice, Jan. 3, 1613, o.s. - 490
Treat r of Troyes.
1564, April [1-] II. — Copy of the Treaty of peace between the Queen of England and the King of France.
Latin, 8 pp. Endorsed by Sawyer : Rymer, 15, 640.
Ctjthbert Scott.
1564,* Oct. 11, Louvain. — Latin verses, headed: "In obitum Reve- rendissimi in Cliristo patris Cuthberti Scotti, Cestrensis Episcopi, 8 Octobris Lovanii defuncti." With an English translation "by the author." The verses were written on the day of his burial, as above.
4 pp.
Robert Talbot, Prebendary of Norwich.
1564.* — Latin verses relating to the health of the body, extracted from a book of his, by Dr. Porye, president of Corpus Christi College, Cam- bridge, in 1552, and re-transcribed by R. B.(.^) in 1564.
2 pp.
Germany.
1566,f April [ll-]2l, Augsburg. — Declaration by the Emperor Maxi- milian II. touching certain privileges acquired by William, Duke of Cleves, Juliers, &c., from the Emperor Charles V., in respect of the succession to his estates.
French, b pp., decayed.
Dealings of Scotchmen with England.
1572. J — " A Memorial of ye hard fortouns of sik as within yis 40 zeires haithe priuellie or publicklie dealt with ye Estait of England, continuing to yis present zeir 1572.
"Archbald, Erie of Angus, 1534, fleing in England, efter he had mariet Henrie ye 8['s] sister, & attempted monio things for ther plesour againe his natiue realme, in the end fand sick ingratitude that, returning [back] to Scotland, he said he sould rather lydeid under a dyk in S[col- land] nor to seik refuge againe in England.
* In Vol. 11.
t This paper is arranged with the papers of 1609 in Vol. 6 of the Winwood Papers, which also contains other papers of lo72. Sm., relatinfj to the same matter, and printed by Sawyer. A " (ienealogy," explaining the right of tlie iilector of Brandenburg [in 1609 ?], is with these papers, but is not printed.
X In Vol. 11.
23
'* James Hameltoun, Erll of Arran, Duk of Chattelarault, Growernonr, be means of Sir Raf Saidiller, entretl in dealing with King Henrie the 8 for maring of zoung Quein Marie \^-ith Prince Edward of England, lx)t hou shoin pereeaved * the said Grovernour fould not pei-forme ye said manage ; the realme of Scotland wes reducet to great extremeties ; first the toun of Edinbroughe wes brount l)e them, & syne a battaill at Mussilbroughe, 1547, quher ther wes be England mair Scottis blood sched nor ever wes at one t)"me afor or efter.
" Mathew, Erie of Lenox, competitour to the sjiid Gk)vernour, wes per[su]aditt be ane Thomas Bishop, a Scottis EngUs man, to rin a cours with England, attempting mony things innaturallie agains his native ivalme & Souverane Lady for them, till at length he wes slaine at Stirling, anno 1571.
" James Haiumeltoun, zoung Erie of Arran, being in France in ye gryte[st] honour & plaice y* ever any Scottis man wes, wts [)ersuadit be [ane?] Thomas Kendolf to quyt al wjwn many goulden promeisses, specialie of the mariage of the Queine ; & comminge haime he send ane honoi"abill lega[ti]on to Kngland to haif promeusses fulfillet, & find[ing] hime self seornit & frustrat, he fel in a deplorabill melan[choly],quherin to this honr he languisses most pitefuUie.
" Xorinand Leslie, Mr. of Rothes,f [and] William Kirkady, Laird of Grange, with ihair complices, after the murthour of David Beton, Cardinal, and fortifeing of the Castell of St. Andrews againes the GSovernour, war assisted be England, bot so insufficiently that in end they war pullit out be the Frenche and Scottis army, and put in the galeyis, and the said Normand careit to France, whair he dyit miserably ; and the said Laird of Grange, after mony services thairefter doon be him to England, and efter mony promesis maid to him be Sir Wm. Drury, dois remaine at this honr in the hande^s of his ennemys, having no other hoip bot of present death.
" About that same tyme of Nomiand Leslies distres, was apprehendit
Melvill, Laird of Roth, and was executed by the Govemour for
pi-actesiug with England.
"The Lord Grey, trefiquing ^vith England and receaving thair forces within his castell of Bruchtey, besyd Dundy, fand in end sic ingratitude that he left thair course, and rendrit him self to the said Governour, bot with sic incommotlities that his hous shall ever feall the same.
" At the beginning of the congregation the Erllis of Murray, Mortouu, the Lord Ruthven, Wm. Metland of Ledingtowne, Secretary, with sun- dry others, did entre in contract of freiniLschip with England, Avith na bettir succes to sic of that nombre as be iilredy depairtid ; for the Erll of Murray, for thair pleasour, resisting his awin sister and soveraine, was murtherit at Lithgo anno 1570 ; the Loi-d Ruthven, fleing to Eng- land, dyit of displejisour at Newcastell.
" And the said Lard of Ledingtowne, whose hoill studv was to have a suer freiudschip l>etuix the tuo realmes, at leist a particular faction in Scotland inclyning rether to England nor France, in end, reducit to ex- tremitie, did find all his former service lost, and not so meikle kyndnes on thair part as aines to interced for him at the Erll of Mortons hands. 1572." Decat/ed.
Treaty of Blois. 1572-5. — Copy of the Treaty of Blois, 19 April 1572, between King Charles IX. of France and Queen Elizabeth of England, for mutual
* Written over " persauit." t From thiii point the Memorial L> in a different hand.
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defence ; with commissions, letters from the King to the Queen of 19 April 1572, and 4 May 1576, forms of oaths, &c., 1572-1575.
Latin and French, 32 pp., partly decayed. Endorsed by Sawyer : Printed at large in Le Recueil des Traictees, in 4 vols. fol.
The Low Countries.
1578, April 9. — Copy of Agreements between the Prince of Orange, William of Nassau, the Dutch, the Zealanders, John Count of Friesland, and the Citizens of Embden, against Edzard and Enno, Counts of East Friesland, and their posterity, and the German Empire.
Latin, 7 pp.
Queen Elizabeth to Magdalen College, Oxford.
1581, June 27, Greenwich. —
" By the Queene. " Elizabeth K.
"Trusty & welbelouid we greete you well. Wheras our welbelouid seruant J ohn Weekes, one of our ordinary yeomen of our garde, having a Sonne in law of his namid Raph Winwood, now Scholler in that Colledge called Magdalen Colledge in our Vniuersitie of Oxford, is very desyrous to haue him fellow of that house. And for the better attayning thereunto, hath made humble suite vnto vs for our lettres vnto you in his behalf. We let you wete that considering his suite so reasonable, and that he is our servant, & one whom we haue cause to think very well of, both for his good seruice & honestie, and withall that his sonne (as we are otherways credibly infourmid) is in behauiour & conversa- tion honest, in learning well aduaunced, & of good disposition other- wise, we haue condescendid to the suite made vnto vs heerin. And ther- fore we ernestly require you. That at your next election, ye will choose the sayd Raph Winwood to the roome of a probationer of that house, And that afterward at the due tyme, ye see him placed in the roome of a fellow peaceably & quietly, with all such dueties proffittes & allow- aunces as any other being a fellow of that Colledge hath or ought to haue. Wherin as ye shall greatly pleasure our sayd servant, and much incourage the said Winwood to the following of the good course in studies which he hath allready begon. So will we allso take your readines to accomplish this our request in thankfull j^arte, the rather because we will take the same don at our request. Gyven vnder our Signet at our Manour of Grenwich, the xxvijth daye of June, 1582,* in the three and Twentith yeere of our Raigne.
WiNDEBANK.f
" To our trustie and welbeloved the President and Fellowes of Magdalen Colledge in our Vniversitie of Oxford."
England and the United Provinces.
1585,1 Sept. 4. — Agreement by the Commissioners of Queen Elizabeth with those of Holland, Zealand, and the other United Provinces, that the Queen shall " give the aid " of 500l) foot and 1000 horse, besides the presidiary troops in Brile, Flipsinge, and Ramekens ; &c.
Copy, Latin, 3 pp., decayed.
* So, apparently, but should be 1681. t Thomas Windebank. X In Vol. 11.
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[Magdalen College, Oxfobd.]
1587, July 30. — '• Be yt knowen, &c., that we whose names are heere subscribed have geeven our voyces and consents vnto Samuel Foxe, M' of artes, for a Physitians place now voyde by the resignation of M"^ Boughton, and vnto Raphe Wynwood for a Lawe place now voyde by the dei)arture of M"^ Doctor Day : in witnes whereof we have sub- scribed our names, Anno 1587, 30 Julij.
Laur. Hr.MFREY, Pres. Thomas Dbope, Vicepres. Chr. Wade. Richard CrLLE[N]. Raph Atkinso[n]xe, Theol. De. JoH : Farrar.
I, Edward Gelybrand, give my voice and consent unto y' abouewrittcn M"" Fox and M' Win wood for y' Phisitian and Law place, if by y' Statute I haue a necessary voice therunto.
Edward Gelybrand, Ric : Boughton, Deca : artium."
England and France.
1587-1596.t — Account of " disbursements for the transport of soldiers into France; " and also for ships at Brest.
French, 3 pp.
[Sir] John Norrir.
[1590.] — Statement of accounts between the late General John Noureys (Xorris) and the States of Holland, of moneys due for the jMiyment of eleven companies of foot and horse, from 1 Aug. 1581 to 1 April 1582 ; apparently drawn up in 1590, or later. The ex{)edition to Portugal, John Williams, and Captain John Pryce are mentioned.
French^ 2 pp. Endorsed by Satcyer : Not in Rymer.
Jo. Raixoldus to Albericus Gentilis.
1593, July 10. — A long letter on theological and classical subjects. Gentilis is addressed as " jurisprudentise professori Regio." Latin, 3 pp.
George Ellis to the Lord High Admiral of England.*
1594, March 4.^L^nderstands that Anthony Nixon has made offer of some service to his Lordship. " I think that he meaneth not to do any of that part any hurt or prejurlice, not by any direct means, for he hath greatly deluded this bearer, and put him to extreme charges ; and when he could defer the service no longer, he left Mr. Spenscer and went away with his horse, and would not be heard of till Mr. Spenscer did acquaint me how the case stood. . . . He is upon a journey, messenger like, with a skuchin (scutcheon) on his breast, to apprehend by counterfeit warrant
* Charles Lord Howard of Effingham.
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Lei- Majesty's loving subjects, thereby to fit himself with money, and then to pass beyond the seas, nnd there is some other in his company. He hath been Aery ymportant (importunate) to have me ride with him, and if your Honour please to command or give me leave to go with him, 1 will appoint some place where this be^irer shall by your Lo[rdship's] warrant apprehend us, and then he may be called to account for his great abuses."
Passport by the Earl of Esskx and Lord Howard.
1694, June . — " Whereas this bearer, Winwood, master
of Arts in the University of Oxford, having a desire and purpose to travel for the space of some years beyond the seas (to the end that by the increase of his experience in the world, and learning of languages, he may return the more able to do service in his own country), for his better warrant and assurance of his departure and absence in those parts without offence, hath craved this testimony at our hands ; These are to make known that he goeth hence with our knowledge and good liking in lawful and orderly sort, and withall to will and require all persons, to whom these shall be shewed, quietly to suffer him to pass from place to place to the port which he shall find most convenient for his passage, and there to embark himself with such necessary provisions as he shall make, to serve him in his travel. For the which this shall be both to him and them a sufficient warrant. Dated at the Court at Thebalds,
the of June 1594.
" Essex. C. Howard.
" To all her Majesty's officers, ministers, and loving subjects to whom these may appertain, and to every of them."
Scotland and Spain.
1596, May and June. — " Summary of the memorials which John Ogleby, a Scotch baron, sent by the King of Scotland, [delivered] to his Catholic Majesty, in favour of a league between the two Kings, and [of] that which John Cecil, an English priest, on the part of the Catholic Earls and other Lords of Scotland, exhibited to the contrary, in the city of Toledo, in the months of May and June 1596."
Spanish, 12 pp., mutilated *
Capt. John Chamberlain's Company.
1598,1 May , n.s. — " Memoires des fraudes troues en la Role de
la Reueiie prins ce iour de Maye 1598, stilo novo, de la Companie
du Capt. Jhon Chamberlaiue, pur billettes en le (sic) ville de l^ordreth, etc."
Under the head of *' Nomes presentes et Billettes que (sic) ne sount pas notes," &c., are 45 names. Under the head of "Nomes non cogneues et fort suspettes," are 9 names.
* There i» a French as well as two Spanish versions of this paper among the State Papers, Scotland. F.liziiheth, Vol. 59, No». 80—82. tin Vol. 11.
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The Earl of Essex.
i598, July. — Paper containing copies of (1) a letter from Lord Keeper Egenon to the Earl of Essex, dated 18 July IndS ; and (*>) " the Earl Marshal's answer to the Ix)rd Keeper's letter," 19 July 1598.
3 pp. Endorsed by Sawyer : Both these letters are in print in the Cabalas.
England and the Netherlands.
1598, Aug. 16. — Memorandum of some points proposed on the part of her Majesty to the Deputies of the United Pro\inces, who promised to report them to the States General.
These relate to the number of soldiers to be maintained by her Majesty in the cautionary towns, under the Contract of 1585 ; the numbiers of ships and troops to be furnished by the States General in case of an in- vasion of England by the King of Spain or his atlhex-ents; the [English] governors of the cautionarj' towns ; aud the proposal for her Majesty to send an army of 10,000 foot and 2,000 horse to Flanders.
As to the invasion of England, the Queen wishes the article to be extended to all persons who may attempt it, under whatever pretence ; and to all her dominions, especially Ireland, where it is believed the King of Spain may take advantage of the present dLsturliances to attack her.
By order of the Privy Council. — Ro. Ckcyll.
Copy, French. 2 pp. Endorsed by Sawyer : Not in Rymer.
[England and France.]
1598 [-9], Feb. 26.—*' Answers to the French Articles." They relate to the protection of subjects and merchants, the transport of arms and pro\nsions, the forbidding of the carriage of arms and munitions to the assi.stance of the Spanish King, letters of reprisal, the means of dis- tinguishing the Queen's ships from those of private persons, the apix>int- meut of commissioners in both countries to hear causes and give judgments, &c.
2 pp. Endorsed by Sawyer : Not in Rj-mer.
Hamburgh.
1599, June 24, Greenwich. — Reply given by a Committee of the Privy Council to the Ambassadors (oratoribus) of Hamburgh, at the request of the Governor of the Merchants Adventurers of England, in respect of their demand for the restitution of wheat sent by them to Spain, and intercepted at sea.
Latin, 7 pp. Endorsed by Sawyer : Not in Rymer. .
English Woollen Manufactures.
1599, [June 25-]July 5. — The information of the Drai^i-s of Paris against such manufactures of Wool as are brought out of England.
This paper also refers to the serges of Florence, Milan, &c. At the end are the following lists : —
English merchandises imported into France. Woollen draperies. Tin. Lead. Herrings {haren).
French merchandises exported.
Wines, in great abundance. Oils of Provence.
Woad. Almonds.
Linen cloths, canvas, and Many drugs for the apothe- buckrams. caries.
Paper. Salt.
Prunes. Turpentine.
Lyons thread. Honey.
Tamine stuffs (estamines). Feathers,
Mill-stones. Rosin.
Playing-cards. Incense.
Cards for carding wool. French^ 3 pp. There is also a copy of this paper, made about 1700.
H[enry] S[avile] to Sir Henry Nevill, Ambassador in France.
1599, * July 18, " Court."— (^wc? of a letter, badly written.) '* The other 9 parts he discovered, and commanded to serve as pioneers. 3 captains, as I hear, received their trial at Dublin, and very hardly scaped. Sir H. Harrington, being put likewise in prison, because he is of the Council there, is to be sent over hither to receive his trial. I hope we shall be more merciful here, for his Lordship's [Essex] was antiquus rigor, cui jam pares non sumus ; yet God's blessing on his heart for [his] labour. Knights dubbed by my Lord, about a dozen. The new Earl of Kildare (for so Mr. Garrett now taketh his place), the Lord Gray, the Lord Morley's t heir, Sir Edw. Carye's eldest son, Mr. Vernon, my Lord['s] cousin, Carew[,] Reynell, Mr. Maners, &c. ; not Sir H. Cuff, that I knoM\ His Lordship is totus in his northern voyage, which he meaneth forthwith to undertake, and as I hear sent Sir Coniers(?) Clifford with 3M. (3,000) by sea to come upon their back. God send them all good speed, for herein will lie a great crisis of the war."
[P.S.] Commendations to my Lady [Nevill], and others of the family (named).
Holograph, 1 p. Seal. Endorsed [by Winwood ?] .• From H. Savil in my cause to my Lord.
Henry Savile to Mr. Winwood.
1599, 1 Oct. 26, Westminster. — Touching the conveyance of lands by Savile to Winwood, and payments for the same. Winwood's brother is mentioned ; also Mr. Every, Mr. Lambart, and Mr. Ketterich.
Holograph, 1 p. Seat.
France.
1599, Dec. [7-] 17, Friday, Paris. — Copy of the sentence of nullity and dissolution of the marriage between Henry IV., King of France, and Queen Margaret of Valois, pronounced by the Papal judges.
Latin, 4 pp. ; endorsed in Italian.
•Orl697?
t " Morley's " is underlined, and " or Montegle, or non so che," is written over. JThis looks more like " 1577" in tlie original, which is so endorsed in an old band ; but it is endorsed " 1699 " by Sawyer.
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[The Earl of Tyrone.]
1599. — Paper endorsed, "Tjronn's propositions, 151)9." This is a brief summary of 22 articles, as fellows : —
1. That the Catholic religion be openly preached [in Ireland].
2. That the Church be governed by the Pope.
3. That cathedral churches, &c. be restored.
4. That Irish priests, prisoners, be released.
5. Tliat they may pass and repass the seas.
6. That no Englishmen be churchmen in Ireland.
7. An University erected upon the Crown lands.
8. The Governor at least an Earl, and called Viceroy.
9. The Lord Chan[cellor], Treasur[er], Council of State, Justices of Law, Queen's Attorney, Queen's Serjeant, &c. [to] be Irishmen.
10. That all principal governments of Ireland, as Connaught, Munster, &<;. be [held by] Irish noblemen.
11. Master of Ordnance an Irishmxin, and half the soldiers.
12. Xo Irishmen shall lose his (sic) lands for the faiUt of their ancestors.
13. No Irishman ward; the living during the minority to the younger brother or sister.
14. No children hostages.
15. All statutes prejudicing the preferment of Irishmen in Eng- land or Ireland repealed.
16. The Queen nor her successors shall enforce no Irishmen to serve her.
17. O'Neale, O'Donel, Desmond, and the partakers, such lands us they enjoyed 200 years ago.
18. All Irishmen freely traffic as Englishmen in England.
19. All Iri.shmen travel freely.
20. Use all manner of merchandises wheresoever.
21. Use all manner of trades.
22. Build all manner of ships, and furnish them with artillery.
Philip II., King of Spain.
1599. — "Aulcuns secrets du Roy d'Espaigne Philippe deuxiesme, delai.s.ses a son cher fils Philippe 3* de ce nom, contenants comme il se doibt regler apres la mort de son pere. Mis en lumiere jwr un serviteur du S' Christofle de Mom, Garde Joyaux du Roy d'Espaigne, nomme Roderigo d'A., et a present traduit de I'Espagnol par P.A.P.,anuo 1599."
French, 'i pp.
The Jksuits in France.
[c. 1600?]. — An order of a Court held in Paris, preliminary to the hearing of a cause between the Provincial and Company [of the Jesuits] and the School of Sorbonne, touching the instruction of youths in Paris.
French, 1 p. Endorsed : S. Sauveur.
[c. 1600?]* — "Substance de I'arrest pronunce Jeudy 22* Decembre en la grand[ej Chambre du Parlement par Mr. le premier President.
" La cause appointee au Conseil, cepeudent (sic) defence faict aux Jesuites d'euseigner publicquement ne couverlement eulx ne personnes apposlees par eux, et respondront sur les quatre points qui leur sont objectez par la signature propre de leur General, et de tout leur ordre.
* In Vol.! 1.
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" Ces quatre points sont —
" S'ils croyent que le Pape est par dessus le Concile.
" Sy le Pape a pouvoir de deposer le Roy Tres-clirestien.
" Sy le Clerge est exempt de la puissance temporelle du Roy Tres- chrestien.
" Sy on n'est point oblige de reveler les confessions qui concernent le Roy et I'Estat."
English Merchants in France.
1600,* Feb. [13-] 23, in Parliament.— Extract from the Registers of Parliament [of Paris ?], toucliing a suit between John Hazart the younger and Robert Hardiee (?), English merchants, appellants from a sentence given by the Lieutenant of the Admiralty "au siege de la Table de Markc," 30 Aug. 1598, the Ambassador of the Queen of England intervening, of the one part, and Urban Bonhier, Goyer Bertinaud, Baptiste Mesnard, and Jehan le Court, " inthimez," of the other part. The Ambassador asked for the observance of the treaties. The other side stated that the judge of La Rochelle had declared the barque la Rozierc to be good prize, but the appellants claimed it as belonging to them and not to Spaniards. They had however failed to appeal till 3^ {sir) years had passed. The Court enjoined the people of Rochelle to observe the treaties, and not to offend the subjects of the Queen of England.
French.
The Marquisate of Saluzzo.
1600, Feb. [17-] 27, Paris. — Abridgment of the Treaty between the King [of France] and the Duke of Savoy concerning the Marquisate of Salnces.
French, 2 pp.
[1600?].* — Statement made on the part of the King of France to the Pope touching his claims to the Marquisate of Saluzzo, in dispute between him and the Duke of Savoy ; the Pope having been constituted arbitrator by the Treaty of Vernns, 2 May 1598. Reference is made to a declara- tion by the King, dated 26 March 1599.
Copy, Italian, 5 pp., decayed.
England and France.
[1600,] 42 Eliz., May 10, Palace of Greenwich. — Commission by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Henry Neville, John Herl)ert, Rol)ert Beale, and Thomas Edmunds, " for the Treaty of Boulogne."
Latin, 4 pp.
Chambery.
. 1600, Aug. [11-]21, Army near Chambery. — Articles granted by the King of France on the surrender of Cliambery.
Italian, translated from the French, 8 pp. Endorsed : Treaty of Chambery.
Henry de la Tour [Duke de Bouillon] to Mr. Winwood, Ambassador.
1600, [Aug. 31-Sept.] 10, . . elaueaye. — "Jay receu vostre lettre et veu ce que me mandez touchant les affaires de la Reyne, lesquelles ont
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le succes que Jen ap tousioui-s espere, nay ant jamais ci-eu que le traicte deust tenir, veu son commancement. Cependant Je suis extremement ayse de ce que mescriuez, Monsr. le Comte dexcez [d'Essex] estre hors de peyne en sa maison. Je souhaitterois bien que il fut remis en tons ses estatz el dignitez, affin que en lexereiee diceux il peust randre a la Kevne le service que desirent tons ses bons seruitenrs et les amis dud. S' Comte. Je vous prje de mescrii-e a toutes occasions, me mandant toutes nouvelles, et vous asseure mon amitye vous estre enliereinent acquise" (Ac.).
Mb. Beai.e and Mb. Edmoxds to Richabdot.
1600, Oct. — , Richmond. — Have shown his letter of the 15th inst. to her Majestv, in order to enlighten her as to the state in which they left the treatv. Are chargetl to express surprise at the want of information touching his intentions, and a suspicion that there is a change of opinion and affection. Her Majesty wishes him to know that tiie Unitetl Provinces are firmly resolvetl not to listen to peace, as they have again protested to her by their agent If the King of Spain and their Highne.sses [the Archdukes] are determined not to treat with her Majesty alone, there is an end to the treaty. Submit proposals for continuing the negociations.
Copy, French, 2 pp.
The Pbivt Council to Sib Hexbt Nevile, Ambassador leiger
in France.
liSOO, Dec. 21, Whitehall. — Enclose a letter from the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and earnestly request him to .solicit the King of France in the matter. Think the King will much mi.slike this practice to intercept and prevent the payment of the money, and that in regard of his amity >vith her Majesty he will give order for right to be done.
Nine signatures.
Holland and Spain.
1600.* — Report sent to Mr. Edmonds of the encounter between the ships of Holland and Spain, off Dover. French, 4 pp.
Fbance and Holland.
[c. 1600.] t — An address or sjieech l)y the French Ambassador to [the States General], referring to their letters of 15 May 1600, in reply to proposals made by the late M. de Malefonte (?), then Amba.ssador from the King of France. He reviews the relations existing between the two countries in the 16th century, &c.
French, 4 pp., closely written.
Sra Henby Netill to Mb. Rape Winwood, at Paris.
16'/0 [-l]j March 5, my Lord Admiral's house at Chelsey, " where I am in a very honorable prison." — Supposes Winwood will have heard of his misfortune.^ Will be unable to requite his pains, faith, and love, but wishes he may find other friends.
* Note by Sawyer : " This date is certainly wrong. V. the papers temp. Jacobi R., and after the peace." See paper of 1 October 1605. \ In Vol. 11. X He had been arrested for complicity with the Earl of Essex.
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" Your letter by Simons I received upon my way at Rochester. Since that, I have been in trouble, and heard nothing. But I am commanded by Mr. Secretary [Cecil] to write unto you to continue your charge, till her Majesty take some other order for the supplying of the place I held there."
Is licensed to dissolve his family there. Desires that an account be taken both of his steward and Richard Hauthorne, and that the butcher and rotisseur be paid. Stallin to be paid 100 crowns for wages. Some of his stuff is to be sold ; part had been sent to England with Hammon ; the rest Winwcod may have. The provisions of spice, sugar, grocery- ware, wine, lights, and such like may be sold, *' and so the house dis- charged and my people with the stuff sent by water to Rouen, and from thence the directest way for England." From Rouen it may be con- veyed overland to Deepe, and there shipped for Dover in some safe passage, " because there is matter of charge of the Queen's plate and ntine own, among it."
Various other directions, in which Mr. Willaston, young H. Savile, Mr. Bashe, and mine host of Orleans are mentioned.
Holograph.
Sir Henry Nevill to Mr. Rape Winwood, her Majesty's Agent in the French Court,
1601, April 3, Chelsey. — Mr, Packer has written to Winwood to satisfy himself for his entertainment out of Nevill's money there. Has order from Mr. Secretary to make him a further advance, and gives particulars of accounts between them.
Holograph.
Pope Clement VIII. to Master Geo. Blackwell.
1601, Aug. [7-] 17, Rome. — Copy of the Pope's letter to Master George Blackwell, Notary and Archpriest, and to the other priests and clei'ks and Catholic people of England, touching the appointment of an Archpriest of that kingdom, and the dissension caused thereby.
Latin, 8 pp.
Ralph Winwood to [Sir Robert Cecil].
1601, Dec. 27. — Monsieur le Conestable recommends two merchants who are parties to a cause in the Admiralty of England, relating to certain Spanish wool, which was landed for safety in England. The King has written to his Ambassador, and the Constable to the Lord Admiral, on the subject.
Draft, decayed.
PuRY Ogleby to the King of Scots.
1601. — "That coming out of Dunfermling to Edenbourg to have satisfied your desire, and finding myself pursued and searched by the magistrates and others in your name, I could do no less than eschew the first fury, and appeal with the Macedonian soldier a Philippo male consulto ad bene con*«//Mm, whereof 1 crave your Majesty's pardon. . . . I hope that your Majesty will use my poor wife and bairns according to your wonted clemency. ... As for that your Majesty would lay against me, surely I never had nor used any commission of your Majesty's to any foreign prince in my life, neither in Flanders, Itjily, nor Spain, notwitb-
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standing all your intelligence to the contrary. ... If my Lord Simpell pass to Spain with your Majesty's commission, his instructions being the same heads wherein I was there to have dealt, what satisfac- tion can my warding be to England, who insists not anv wav against me, finding me innocent of all such calumnies at my being in London ? " . . . Seeks only to save his life, &c.
Begins abruptly, as above. Endorsed by Sawyer : A bundle of letters to King James the First.
The Privy CorNCiL to [the Agent in the Netherlands].
1601 [--2], Jan. 26, Court at Whitehall. — A Statute was passed in the last Parliament to reform the great abuses Committed in the false making of Cloth, to the damage of traders, prescribing the length, breadth, and weight thereof. The merchants had been wont to obtain recompense upon certificates of such deceits, a method likewise practised between English merchants and the Low Countries. That " order " is now abolished, and the person addressed is to deal with the States that the Queen's subjects may not be forcetl to satisfy any damages upon pretence of certificates.
Copy.
Sir Henry Savile to Mr. Winwood.
1601[-2], Feb. 2, Westminster. — Sends a letter for M. Casaubon. Only one volume is proposed to be printed at Paris this year, containing the Commentaries on Genesis, the Psalms, and Esay. Institutes com- parisons between copies in Ix»ndon and others in Paris libraries, and asks various questions about them, some to be referred to M. Casaubon and M. Pithou. Also asks for explanations concerning nine MSS. entitletl And^iantes, referi-etl to in ^I. Ca,sinil>on's catalogue. English copies of .soiiie have been printed by Dr. Ilarmar in London. Wishes for some particuki-s of three other volumes calle<l Margaritae. Must know from the Vatican and the Library of ^'^ienna whether there is any commentary l.y Chryso.slom on any mi /re Psalms than c.-m be had here and in Paris. Names several foreigners from whom the information may be obtaineil. Giorgi, keejjer of the library at Venice, is a great acquaintance of the writer's brother Thomas. Refers to a catalogue " of Constantinople." Sends catalogues of " our liooks here."
Mostly holograph.
Sir Robert Cecil to Mr. Raphe Winwood, Agent with the French King.
1601 [-2], Fel). 27, lodging near the Savoy. — Sir Thomas Parry is to repair thither [to Paris] very shortly, to be resident there as her Majesty's Ambassador. He is sending over the bearer, his .servant, to make provi- sion of a house and other necessaries. Procure a free passport from the King or his Council for all utensils.
Sir He.vry Savile to [Mr. Winwood].
1601-2, March 7, Westminster — Sent the letter to Giorgi, at Venice, through certain channels. Has written another letter to the same, to be sent with Mr Willowby, who must be the writer's ag«mt for Rome also, as Bressius has returned into France. Has the catalogue of Augusta [Augsburg], and one of Constantinople. Refers to Ca.siubon's catalogue. Had first resolved to print his work in London, Norton having under- taken to bring some of the best [tjreek] letters from Paiis, but the only 98298. C
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workman in all London for Greek, one Bellyfant, died. Refused Frunckfort, which Norton then offered, their paper being ill, their correctors perchance unlearned, &c. " We " were thus driven to Paris, whither Norton will go himself, with his associates. If this first volume be unsatisfactory, we will advise anew of the next. Is beholden to President Tou and Casaubon. Holograph.
R[alph] W[inwood] to ("Sir").
[1602,] April 1, Paris. — In favour of a noble gentleman named Pietro Gruicciardini, born in Florence, and subject to that Duke. He is going to England, to present his service to her Majesty, to whom he is recommended by this King, having spent much time in France.
Copy, decayed*
Mr. Secretary [Cecil] to Mr. GiLPiN.f
1602, April 28. — "Her Majesty, considering the importance of the States' design, is contented to levy for them 3000 of her subjects, presently to be done by her own commission within England ; and besides to suffer the States by their own officers to take up as many voluntaries in this kingdom as shall offer themselves freely disposed to their service." She resents the non -execution of the late accord, only one payment having yet been made ; but in hope that they will add a fleet to the English fleet off the coast of Spain, she is pleased to remit 60,000/. sterling, being two whole yearly payments, upon these condi- tions,
1 . The troops now to be levied shall only be employed in freeing the town of Ostend, whereby her Majesty's interest may be better served than heretofore, when the war has been made in remote places, contrary to her expectation.
2. If the States gain any place of importance, it shall be in her Majesty's election to receive the same in exchange for any of the cautionary towns which she now holds.
3. If the joint fleets on the coast of Spain light upon any prizes or booty, by sea or land, the States' share, to the sum of 30,000/., shall remain in her Majesty's hands in lieu of one yearly payment of that amount, &c. The States shall, on 26 March 1603, make the fifth pfiyment of 30,000/. without any delay ; the total payments agreed upon being 400,000/.
Her Majesty finds fault with their backwardness in setting forth their ships to the .southward ; they are not yet all arrived at the Downs. She requires something binding upon them, in writing, as their letters contain mere generalities.
England and France.
1602, [April ?] London. —Agreement for the suspension and prorogation of the conference between the commissaries of the Queen of England and the King of France, touching the depredations committed by the subjects of those countries, freedom of navigation, &c. The eommi.s«arles, after long consultations, find it better to refer the matters in dispute to their sovereigns, for adjustment.
Copy, Latin, 3 pp.
* On the back there is a siniihir letter to Cecil, printed in Sawyer, I., 402.
f George Gilpin, Apent in the Netherluuds. (Stowe MSS,, Kdniondes I'apers.)
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Sir Robert Cecil to Mb. Ralpu Wixwood.
1602, May 14, Court at Greenwich. — Was sorry the bearer returned hither, expecting some service at his hands in recompense of nearly 300 crowns which he has had already, to little purpose. Considering the means he has to do service, has admitted his excuses, and will try him again in those parts where he was used before.
Sir Henry Savile to Mr. Ralph Winwood, at Paris.
1602, Aug. 1 , Eaton. — As the Ambassador [to France] is in good earnest upon his journey, is anxious for some final order to be taken before Winwood's coming away in his (the writer's) bookish affairs. Refers to Messrs. Pitthou, Casaubon, Perrott, Thou, and Boisise. Transcripts are to be made of portions of certain MSS. wanting in '• our books." ChrvsostOm's Commentaries on certain Psalms are specified. Comparison is made of the charges of Itiilian, French, and English coi)yists. John Norton will jMiy all. Chrysostom's Commentaries on other Psalms are to be procui-e<i through the French Ambassatior at Rome, if i>ossible. Has heard from Augsburg that Giorgi, keeper of the library at Venice, is dead. The Venetian Ambassador [in Paris] may be applie<l to for the titles of Chrysostom's Homilies in the Signon>'s libraries. Wishes Winwood to bring with him certain books. After all, the printing will l)e done in London.
P.S. — -John Norton is not going to Paris.
Holograph. Seal.
Ric. [Bishop of] London to Mn. Winwood.
1602, Sept. 17, Fulham. — The bearer, Jasper Yardly, a gentleman that is desirous to see Paris, has atten<led upon the writer about two years. John Norton has taken course for money to be delivered to Winwood for the books. If more of them W sent, they shall be uttered at the former prices. Is infornuMl that Parsons has set out a little treatise against Dr. Bajishaw and Mr. Benet. Prays him to send it, if possible. ** It is marvelled here by such priests jus have recourse unto me, that their brethren in Paris do not write oftener unto them, concerning their affaire at Rome. Many contrary rumours are here spread, all of them against the secular priests, which maketh them more desirous to hear from thence. Dr. Bagshaw promised some {sic) to procure and sent! over divers memorials of the contention in the Roman College since the erection of it ; but they say he i.s dull that way. I pray you procure amongst them what you can of those affairs."
Portion of seal.
Pope Clement VIII. to Master George Blackwell", Archpriest
of England.
1602, [Sept. 25-] Oct. 5, Rome.— « Copy of the BiUl issued in the controversy lietween the Jesuits and the secular priests." Latin, 4 pp.
William Will-\rgton to [Mr. Winwood].
1602, Sept. 26, Rouen. — Has received his letter and the passport, but the word Diep is superfluous. Is contented to learn that her ]^Iajesty is satisfied with the course taken by " my Lord." Trusts Drainer's accusa- tion will be of small weight. Sent Richard Bogan about this matter. Refers to money demanded by the person addressed ; Mr. Cecil ; the
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young gentleman ; the man that goeth to Brussels ; letters to Antwerp to be directed to Jan de Bruynne van Aelst, and to Calais to Francis Vandertombe ; letters to Mons. Belleville ; his (the writer's) host, Robert Buquet ; Sr. David Chambrelan, of Rouen ; l)e la Croix, a merchant there ; Mathieu d'Olmes, the principal merchant in Bayon ; our merchants at Caen, put in fear by a letter of " mart " (sic) obtained by Simon Vicent, merchant of that town; money to be sent to the writer by Mr. Moore ; Mr. Othwel Smith, of London.
Sir Henry Savile to Mr. Winwood.
1602. Oct. 1, Court at Otelandes. — Refers to commentaries on certain Psalms, translated into Latin by Jaco))Us Billius, Abbot of St. Michael in Eremo. Asks for further inquiry to be made in Paris for Chrysostom's commentary on the 118th Psalm. To the Romish commission let his commentary on the 12th Psalm be added. Kefers to M. Casaubon, M. Pitouj M. Perott, M. Bossize, &c. ; and to M. de Thou's book upon the Acts. " I wish in very good earnest your return with all speed ; a fit man is sought out to be employed in the Low Countries, and yourself already here in speech for that service, which I think to be very con- venient fur you ; and therefore sleep not there."
Holograph. Seal.
Mrs. Jael Killigrew to Mr. Winwood.
16()2, Oct. 14, Cornhill, near the Exchange. — Thanks for favours to herself and others. Has received certain moneys, and sends an acquit- tance to her uncle. Mentions Mons. de N"eville,* her mother, and her husband.
Holograph, French. Seal.
Henry de la Tour [Duke de Bouillon] to Mr. Winwood.
[1602,] Oct. [18-]28, Turenne. — Is glad to hear of the continuation of the Queen's health, and that she is more and more bent on the increase of the true religion, especially at this time, when so many causes tend to diminish it, &c.
Holograph, French.
[The Duke de Bouillon] to the King [of France].
1602, Nov, [12-]22, Turenne, — Touching the conspiracies of the late M. de Biron, and the writer's refusal to attend the King on being sum- moned, &c.
Two copies [one modern), French. 3 pp. each. Endorsed hi/ Sawyer : Printed in Mathieu's Cronologie Septenaire, .3236, 324.
[The Duke de Tremouille] to the King [of Fraxce],
No date. — Relative to the same matters.
Copy, French, 1 p. Endorsed : Coppie et [du ?] [)roject euvoye pour estre escript au Roy,
Sib Henry Savile to [Mr. Winwood].
1602, Nov, 25, London. — Refers to a commentary on the 11 8th Psalm, and transcripts whidi Winwood is to bring over. Heai-s nothing
♦ Seep. 88?
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of Mr. Willow by, Win wood's Paduan acquaintonce. Certain Psalms [commentaries] are to be transcribed at Rome. Holograph.
to {Messieurs).
1002, [Nov. 26-] Dec. 6, Ca.stres. — The writers were much surprised at the charges made against the Duke de Bouillon, but pleased with his procedure in submitting himself to the judgment of the Chamber of " this province," as magistrates capable of judging causes touching "all those of the religion," under the Edict [of Nantes], in the terms of which they desire always to live, &c.
Copy, French, ) p.
to Messrs. de St. Germaix and de Bordes, Deputies for
the Churches of France.
1602, Dec. [5-] 15. — Touching religious affairs in France, and referring to M. le Mareschal d'Ornano, M. le Mareschal de Bouillon, &c. The writers subscribe '• in the name of the chtirches of Lower Guienne."
Copy, French, 2 pp.
The DuKB DE Bouillon.
1602, Dec. [6-] 1 6, Castres.--" Extraict des Registres de la Chambre de I'Edict."
This relates to proceedings touching the accusations made against Henry de la Tour, Due de Bouillon, Vicomte de Tiu"enne, and premier Mareschal de France. They were signed by " Charlotte de Nassau." The notarial attestation is dated at Thouars, [18— ]28 Dec.
Copy, French, 3 pp.
There is also a CertiHcate of the same date by the Ministers ami Elders of the Reformed Church of Castres. Copy, French, 1 p.
M. Claude de la Tbemouillb to the Duke dk Bouillok.
[160^,] Dec. [9-] 19, Paris. — The King has permitted the writer to send the Sieur de Bourron to him, to let him know how disagreeable his procedure was to him (the King), &c.
Copy, French, 1 p. Endorsed: Receu a Genefue.
M. DE VeXTAD41UR to M. LE CoXXESTABLE [oF FrA>CE].
[1602, Dec. 23-] 1603, Jan. 2, Pesenai!.— Gives an account of the proceedings of the Due de Bouillon. Cofiy, French, 1 p.
AxxE DE Levy to [Wixwood].
[1602,* Dec. 23—1603,] Jan. 2, Pesenas.— Acquaints him with the " passjige" of the Duke de Bouillon, &c. Ti»e Duke liad informed the churches of the pretended reformed religion of his innocence, and that his desire to see them live in peace under the King's edicts had obliged him to leave the kingdom, &c.
ITolcgraph, French, 1 p.
* In Vol. 11.
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Savoy aud Gexeva.
[1602, Dec] — "Summaiy of the proposition made by the Couut de Tournon with (sic) Secretary Carron, Ambassador of Savoy, seut hither " [to Berne ?].
This relates to disputes between the Duke of Savoy and the town of Geneva, and an "enterprise " by the Duke against the town.
At the end is a copy of a letter of the Town Council of Berne, touch- ing the arrival of de Tournon and Carron in their town, and dated 31 Dec. 1G02.
French, 4 pp.
Another copy of the same. 3 pp. Another copy (in vol. 11). \ p.
[Queen Elizabeth to Ralph Winwood.]
[1602, Dec] — Instructions as to what he is to say to the King [of France] in reply to his request for [the Queen's] advice respecting the affair of the Duke de Bouillon.
Copy, French, 4 pp. Endorsed by Sawyer : The same is in English, and copied.
M. DE LA Fontaine to Mr. Winwood, H.M. Agent in Fiance.
[1602?] — "Ce matin j'ay este avec sa Majeste [Queen Elizabeth], laquelle m'a represente ce quelle a entendu touchant Madame seur du Roy avec grande passion, et m'a donne charge de luy representer en partie sur ce subject ses conceptions, en attendant aultre conseil qu'elle pourra prendre. Le temps et le subject de vos dernieres lettres ne me permettent pas de veoir sinon avec doubte et crainte quel est a present I'estat de cest affaire. Et pourtant ay-je trouvd plus a propos de repre- senter ce qui m'a este diet, a Mons' le Due de Bouillon, pour le faire passei' plus oultrc s'il est encores temp*. Et encores vous ay-je voulu envoier lesdictes lettres soubz cachet volant. Si d'adventure (que Dieu ne veuille) il estoit trop tard, vous les pourrez supprimer, si bou vous semble, ou bien les fermer et les delivrer, s'il vous plaist, audict Seigneur. On attend de vous le progres de cest affaire en bonne devotion. Sortant d'avec sa Majeste, j'ay disne avec M"" Cecylle, lequel par occasion m'a moustre avoir une grande opinion et contentement de vous : ce que j'ay receu comme I'ung de vos amis."
[P.S.] " J'ay veu n'a pas long temps M. Neville,* bien de sa sante, inais attendant ce que nous ne pouvons veoir encores."
Holograph. Seal.
English Companies in the Netherlands.
[1602, after. ]t — " The catalogue of the English captains i)resently in pay ; with the rates of the several entertainments appointed by the States, and the defalcalions set down by Sir Fr. Vere,"
The General's old Regiment — 13 names.
The Regiment of Sir Horatius Vere — 13 names.
Companies sent over into the States' service auno 1601 — 7 names.
* Qu., Sir Mcury Nevill.
t lu Vol. 1 1. This is iu the tjume hand as the fir«it document ou p. 40.
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Companies sent over for the States' service anno 1602 — 17 names, two beinof marked " dead."
The officers' entertainments appointed by the States. 3 pp.
The King [of France] to the Landgkave [of Hesse].
[1603?]* Jan. [2-] 12.— Touching the refusal of the Duke of Bouillon to come to the King, and his deimrture for Germany or the Low Countries, &c.
Extracts, French, 2 pp.
[The Duke de Bouillon to M. dk la Tremouille.]
1603, Jan. [3-] 13, [Geneva]. — Refers to the Sieur de Bourron, the writer's own conduct, the i>erils threatening this city, «&c. Copy, French, 1 p.
Sir Henry Savile to Mr, Win wood.
[l]602[-3], Feb. 2, Richmond.— "This morning Mr. Secretary told me that the Queen had resolved determinately to employ you in that service in the Low Countr}', willing me (which little neetled) to second it with good sjieeches to her Majesty, if occasion were given ; so that you may assure yourself, for a comfort against your return, that your service there hath been here well accepted."
Is about to send over his writer to Paris, and wishes him to he com- mended to Mr. Carleton. He is to receive 7d. a sheet for writing ; "your Frenchman there having I2d., and better commoclity to shift than a poor stranger shall find." Prays he may have books to write out as soon as he comes, through Mons. Thuanus, or Casaubon. He is first to write out the Commentary on Esay, and to collate certain Psjdms. Gives sundry references, &c. John Bill will also be there about the [Greek ?] characters.
Holograph.
The Elector [Palatine] to the King of France.
1603, Feb. 8, Heidelberg. — In favour of the Duke de Bouillon. Copy, French, 2 pp.
Mrs. Jael Killigrew to Raphe "Winwood, Esq., H.M. Agent in France.
1602[-3], March 3, Lothbery. — Has received further moneys from ^Ii\ Paker, and thanks Winwootl for his good offices, on the part of Mr. Killigrew and herself. Her daughter Seimour was going to write to him.
French.
The King [of France] to the Elector [Palatine].
1603, March [7-] 17, Metz. — Has received his letter of 8 Feb. in favour of the Duke de Bouillon, &c. Two copies, French, each 2 pp.
* In Vol.11.
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SoLDiBKS in the Netherlands.
fc. 1603 ?].* — "Companies repertited upon Zeeland. . " Capt. Wigmor, in garrison at Bruers-haven. Capt. Fr. Croftes, in garrison at Nemegen. Capt. William Croftes, in garrison at Breda. Capt. Bingham, in garrison at Bargen op Zoom. Capt. Proude, in garrison at Zerickzee. Capt. Tracy, in garrison at Tergoes. Capt. Rogei's, in garrison at Ostend. Capt. W. Norton, in garrison in Ostend. Capt. Dale, in garrison at Terthol.
" Of these the companies following are behind-hand a whole month's
pay-
" Capt. Fr. Croftes. Capt. Wra. Croftes. Capt. Bingham. Capt. Rogers' company.
" These companies were repertited upon Zeeland, but paid hitherto by the generality, who having refused to continue the payment, I [the Agent ?] sued to the States General to know where henceforward they should be paid, humbly desiring to make a speedy end thereof, in regard that the companies lay in towns where there was no relief for them, so as, wanting their ordinary pay, they had no means to live."
[c. 1603 ?].* — ■' Memoires." A paper relating to the frauds practised at the musters of soldiers in the Netherlands. The captains and officers are to be informed that these frauds are well known to the States General, the magistrates of towns, and others. The Briel, Delphe, Roterdam, &c., are mentioned.
Draft, French, 2 pp.
[c. 1603 ?].* — " Les particularites pur faire le[s] monstre.? en telle sorte que les fraudes seront decouvertes ou obvies, au grand profit et service du pays."
Also : " Instructions pur les commissaires des mounstres pur leur direction," &c.
French, 4 pp., in the same hand as the preceding.
[c. 1603?].* — Estimate of the charge of 6,000 men-at-arms and 400 cuirassiers. French, 1 p.
[c. 1603?].* — "List of the Captains under the command of the Heer Van Oye." 12 Dutch names.
The Netherlands.
[c. 1603?].* — " Memoyre exhibee par le C. Guillaume."f Begins: " Messieurs, — Le grand soing, solicitutle, et charges dont auez este accablez durant ces guerres." The writer refers to the fact that in 1567, when the late Prince of Orange was compelled to retire to Brabant, he was received by the writer's father in his house of Dillenbersr. At the end he asks for repayment of 766,000 florins.
French, 14: pp.
* In Vol. 11. t Couut William of Nassau- Dillembarg ?
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Form of Oath as Councillor of State in the United Provinces.
[1603 ?].* — " Je jure d'estre fidele et loyal aux Kstatz Generaulx des Provinces Unies dii Pays Bas, qui demoeureront en runion et maintien- dront la vraye religion Chrestienne. Que j'observeray et feray observer, tant que en moy sei'a, le traiete faicte entre la Serenissime Royne d'Angleterre et les<^Iicts Estatz, et me rejjleray, selon rinstruction faicte on a faire pour le Conseil d'Estat des<lictjs Pays, en tant quelles ne contrarient audict traiete. Je renunche a toutes particulieres correspon- dences, en tant qu'icelles pourroient prejudicier au bien publicq dudict Pays. Et que sans avoir esgard a jiei-sonne, j'auray tant seulement devant mes jeulx I'honneur de Dieu, le bien et conservation destlicts Pays, et la cause commune. Que je ne reveleray les communications, delilierations, on resolutions dudict ('on.seil, qui doibvent estre secretes; que je ne seray en serxnce de personne, ny prouffiteniy ou recepuray d'iceulx aulcune pension, aultre que de sadicte Majeste, comma au.ssy je ne prendray aulcuns dons ou presens d'importance defenduz par le droict escript. Que aussy je n'auray jwrt ou portion, tlirectement ou indirectement, en aulcuns revenus ou biens de la cause commune, ou en iceulx qui seront donnez en fernie, coUectez, venduz, ou acbaptez au pronffit d'icelle ; et que je feray et laisseray ulterieureraent tout ce que un bon et leal Conseil ler d'Estat des Provinces TTnies doibt et est tenu de faire ; Reserve Thommaige que je doibs a sadicte Majeste, ma Princesse souveraine. Ainsy m'ayde Dieu tout puis.sant."
Endorsed : Copie du serment du Conseillier destat pour tsa Majeste d'Angleterre.t
Henry de la Tour [Duke de Bouillon] to the King [of France].
1 G03, — April, Heidelberg. — Excosing his silence since his departure from Franco, &c.
f'l^py, French, 1 p. Endorsed : Presentee par les Ambassadeurs de Monsieur I'Electeur.
The Duke de Bouillon.
1603, May [2-] 12, Fontainebleau. — Answer of the King [of France] to the proposition made by the Count de Solme, one of the Colonels of the Count Palatine, Prince and Elector of the Empire, and the Sieur de Ples.seu, his Councillor of State, sent to his Majesty by the Elector.
This i-elates to the charges against the Due de Bouillon.
Copy, French, 3 pp
16<)3, May [4—] 14, Fontainebleau. — Reply of Messrs. de Solme and de Plessen to the preceding. Copy, French, 2 pp .
1603, May [6-] 16, Fontainebleau. — Answer of the King to the pre- ceding.
Ttco copies, French, 2 pp. each.
* In Vol. 11.
t This form appears to have been drawn up temp. Eliz., but was probably used on Winwood's appointintnt a.« Resident Councillor with the States in Jane 16(»3. (Thomas's Notes.)
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The Duke de Bouillon to the King [of Fkance].
1603, June [12-] 22, Heidelberg. — Asks to be restored to the King's favour, &c.
Copy, French, 3 pp.
[King James I.] to Prince Maurice.
1003, June 24, Palace of Greenwich. — " Envoyaus ce gentilhomme, le Sr. Winwood, pour tenir lieu de residence pour nous pres de Messieurs les Estats, en la place du feu Sr. de Guilpin, nous ne I'avons voulu laisser partir sans I'accompagner aussy de ce mot particulier envers vous : " &c.
Copy.
The Duke de Bouillon.
1603, June 26, o.s., Monceaux. — Discourse presented to the King of France by [tht; ambassadors] of the Elector Palatine, in favour of the Duke de Bouillon.
French, 4: pp.
The King [op France] to the Elector Palatine.
1603, [June 27-]July 7, Monceaux. — Replies to the representations made in his name in favour of the Duke de Bouillon. French, 2 pp.
The Peace of Geneva.
1603, July 3. — Treaty between Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy, and the Lords of the town of Geneva. 23 articles. French, 8 pp.
Expenses of Raphe Winwood, Esq., in Holland.
I(i03,* July 15, to 1604, 25 Sept.— For his first journey into Flanders and his residence there, 8 April to 20 May, 70A For his last journey into Flanders, and his residence there and in Zealand, 26 Aug. to 10 Sept., 50/. Disbursed to divers persons, till 25 Sept. 1604, 120/. Total, 240/.
England and France.
1603, July 30, Hampton Court. — Articles agreed upon with the King of England and Scotland by the Marquis de Rosny, Ambassador of the King of France.
The ancient and never interrupted alliances of France and Scotland, and those contracted between France and Queen Elizabeth, shall be maintained and confirmed by a defensive league, comprising the allies of both countries, especially the United Provinces. The two Kings will urge the King of Spain and the Archdukes of Flanders to leave those provinces in repose, &c. Provisions in case of the invasion of either England or France by Spain.
French, 4 pp., much decayed.
* In Vol. 11.
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Thomas Bull to Raphe Wisw<x>d.
1603, Aug. II, London. — Received yesterday his letters of 29 July. " My servant delivered them instantly at the places apix>inted, only the keeper of Sir John Stanhop's house would scarce admit my man to leave the letter, lest the same should have infected his master's house ; whereby you may understand how we seek to shun the Lonl's hand that lies heavy upon us. And this doth also cause me (for my wife's sake) to abandon the City for a while. In the meantime, if your Worship send me any more letters, direct me to some one man nearer home to whom I may give the same, for the Court will be now altogether uncertain, his Majesty (as they say) being gone in progress. Mr. Millet's man writes me what advice he had received from you, both concerning your money there due, and for a supply of 100/. more."
Holograph. Addressed : To the right worshipful Raphe "Winwood, esquire. Counsellor of estate for his Majesty in the United Provinces — in the Haeghe. Seal.
Wm. Myllett to Raphe Winwood.
1603, Aug. 24, Mydelb[urgh]. — Understands, since his return forth of England, that his servant Thomas Owen has in his absence satisfied Winwootl for the 100/. on the bill of exchange sent by Mr. Bull before Winwootl's coming over ; &c. Mr. Gylpin used to take up money of some cloth-buyers of Delf, to be reptiid here.
Holograph.
A Newsletter.
1603, [Aug. 25-] Sept. 4. — "Nouvelles de par les comptoirs des iiiarchans d'Amstelretlamme " ; viz. from Rome, 9 Aug. ; Venice, 15 Aug. ; Amsterdam, 4 Sept.
" From London it is writt-n, on the 23rd ult., that a new consi)iracy again.^t the person of his Majesty has been discovered there, and there- upon many persons have l>een made prisoners. That the plague was still increasing there, owing to which there is little or nothing doing at London at present."
At the end, in the margin: V're treshumble [et] fidel serviteur, C. Coets.
On the dorse : Pour monseigneur lambassadeur du Roy descosse, «S:c.
Henry de la Tour [Ddke de Bouillon] to Winwood.
[1603, Aug. 26-] Sept. 5, n.s., Heidelberg. — Was pleased to hear of his arrival i Holland, and that the King had employed him in (he charge to which ilie late Queen had destined him. Wrote to him bv Daniel, but, in case the letter did not reach him, sends a copy of it, condoling on the Queen's death, which had prevented the acknowledgment of his manv obligations. Winwood is acquainted with his [jersecutions since quit- ting Paris. Trusts his Majesty of England and his Council will retain the opinion on this subject which the late Queen had ; but has been informetl from the French Court that his Majesty of England hatl said that he (the writer) ought to give himself up to justice, &c. Desires authentic information.
//olograph, French, 3 pp. Seal.
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Levynus Munck to [Winwood].
1603, Oct. 4, Court at Winchester. — Has been absent from Court by reason of these wandering progresses. On his return, has put " my Lord" [Cecil] in mind of writing to [Winwood]. Sent the bill of charges to Sir Vincent Skinner, who returned it with an order, not signed by the Lord Treasurer [Dorset]. " I went to his Lordship in the country to get his hand and allowance to it; but he sent me back again with many protestations that there is no money in the Exchequer, no, not to defray the King's household charges ; that all wages, pension?, and allowances whatsoe\er must be at a stay for a time, till these Michael- mas rents come in. Since that time his Lordship, I mean my Lord Treasurer, hath not been at Court, because one of his servants some twenty days ago sickened in his house of the plague, which is now dis- persed almost over all the south parts of England. It followeth the Court wheresoever we remove, and 1 am now afraid that one of ray Lord's, Cecyll's, kitchen is infected of it, but it is not yet discovered."
Holograph.
[Sir] Tho. Bodley to [Winwood].
[1603,] Nov. 4, Fnlham. — Has received two letters from Winwood, with one to his (the writer's) wife from her daughter [VN'inwood's wife], which was left at Fulham, and sent on to him at Ascotte. Wrote three letters, which Winwood says he had not received. Was forced, by reason of the sickness, to address them all at random, by messengers unknown, as he could not safely go to London. His family at Ascotte is in good health.
"Our term begins at Winchester the 12th of this month, and on Tuesday after the Pi'iests of the Tower, which were lately committed for the great conspiracy, are arraigned at Winchester ; and the Thurs- day after George Brooke and Sir W. Ealeigh ; then, upon Tuesday or Thursday after that, the Lords Cobham and Grey. If you know it not already, this was the practice of the Priests. The chiefest among them devised a kind of Association, for defence {sic) of the person of the King, who was to be murdered, as they pretended they had secret intelligence from foreign countries, under colour whereof, as if they had been sub- jects, above others of the State, most loyally affected, they procured the sub.><criptions of as many as they thought would be pliable to their plot, to a certain form in writing