Henry VIII: May 1533, 26-31 (2024)

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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 6, 1533. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1882.

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May./Grants.	578. Grants in May 1533.

26 May. R. O.	538. John Abbot of Oseney to Cromwell. I thank you for sending my little present to the King, which by yourmeans was well accepted. I beg you will help me to get out of the handsof the executors of Edw. Standysshe the money gathered by him in theKing's service, part of which he paid and promised this bearer the remainderthe day before he died. His executors have and make use of this money.Oseney, 26 May. Signed. P. 1. Sealed. Add. : Of the Council. Endd.
26 May. R. O.	539. Calais. Release and quit-claim by Ric. Davy, soldier of Calais, and Joan hiswife, Jas. Thatcher, soldier of Calais, and Christiana his wife, to Rob.Baynam, alderman of Calais, of a piece of vacant land in Calais. Under theseals of the grantors and of the mayor of Calais (Thos. Tate). 26 May25 Hen. VIII.
26 May. Harl. MS.6,989, f. 18.B. M.	540. Ghinucci to the Duke of Norfolk. Will not repeat what he knows Benet has written. Desires credencefor his nephew Augustin. Rome, 26 May 1533. Signed. Lat., p. 1. Add.
26 May. ViennaArchives.	541. Chapuys to Charles V. The day before yesterday I received your Majesty's letters of the 6th ;since which time I hope your Majesty has received mine, showing how Ihave conducted myself hitherto in accordance with your instructions, especiallyin not embittering matters, or threatening anything like war or abatement offriendship. As often as the King or his Council have asked me whetheryour Majesty would make war for this case, I have always prayed and protestedthat they should not speak to me of such a matter, for I thought thatthey would on no account give you cause, and was sure "que aussy envyvouldroit vostre Majeste movoir guerre contre vostre Majeste que contrele roy des Romains," (?) for several reasons ; and since the King had put hiscause to trial, there was no occasion to speak of war ; but it was to be hopedthat, even now that the King had taken a new wife, he would not on thataccount contravene the determination of the Holy See ; and that if he hadbroken off the first marriage, bound with ties more firm than adamant, thelast could be much more easily dissolved, which was tied with bands of leeks(feulles de pourreaulx), as a king of France actually did who got divorcedfrom a daughter of Denmark, and afterwards took her again. By such meansI disentangled myself from their warlike enquiries, justifying always thenecessity of your Majesty demanding the execution of justice in the case atRome, and not less for the sake of the King and all the realm than for thatof the Queen. As to your command to advise the Queen, notwithstandingher bad treatment, to remain here, she has long since resolved so to do, ifonly the King do not cause her to be taken out of the realm by force ; whichhe would not dare to do. Your Majesty, therefore, may be at ease on thatsubject ; for, besides the wise reasons contained in your letters, the Queenthinks that by going away from here she will do some injury to her owncause, and that she would sin greatly in removing from the obedience of theKing, whom she will always hold as her husband, and obey, however ill hetreats her. Notwithstanding his conduct, the Queen shows him as muchaffection as ever, without having as yet used a single angry or quarrelsomeword ; from which I am sure she will refrain, knowing your Majesty's wish. The King, seeing that, notwithstanding the orders against it, people willspeak of (against?) this marriage, has made a proclamation that those who informagainst persons so speaking shall have a certain sum of money ; and, further,for fear of creating greater sedition, both religious men and others have beenforbidden to preach without licence of the bishop of London, who, as one ofthe principal promoters of this divorce, allows whom he pleases to speak.Your Majesty will thus see the difficulty this King has in restraining hispeople. The treasurer of the King and of this Anne has an honest man,who reported to me that the King was very angry that some Englishmerchants had withdrawn their goods from Flanders, which was a token ofwar, and would create suspicion. A gentleman arrived six days ago fromthe king of France only to hasten the departure of the duke of Norfolk, who,on his arrival, set his train in motion, and has this morning dislodged. Ithink the Duke was to come to this city to talk with him, and bid himfarewell, but he has been so much pressed and hindered that scarcely anybodycould speak to him. For this reason, and not to exhibit too great a curiosityabout his mission, or any fear, I refrained from visiting him, but sent aservant ; to whom, notwithstanding that he was on the point of departure, andvery busy, he held a long discourse, with a thousand courtesies and offers ;which to impress the better in his memory, he recalled the man twice, andrepeated to him, and further bade him tell me that he was going to Nice tomeet the Pope and the king of France, where some good thing would betreated, insinuating thereby that your Majesty would be persuaded to confirmthis new marriage, and dissemble about it, and that the union between yourMajesty and the King will continue. If the English intend to promote thislast result, they will do well, in my opinion, not to discover it either to thePope or the king of France ; who, if they thought such a union would ensueby the ratification or dissimulation of this marriage, would not use any greatpersuasions to your Majesty. The Pope, as I hear, pretends that the meetingis to treat of an enterprise against the Turk, the convocation of a Council, andthe extirpation of Lutheranism. God grant that he has no further aim !The Nuncio here told me, two months ago, several times, that he had seenletters of merchants, stating that there were proposals to marry the Pope'sniece to the duke of Orleans, and let him have the duchy of Milan, giving theDuke in compensation the duchy of Bourbon, and the sister of the sieurd'Albret for wife. I know not from what quarter he received those news,which seemed to him probable, though I thought them very incredible. A truce with the Scots is spoken of, and it is hoped that peace will follow,to treat of which the bishop of Durham is to go to Scotland, but he is notyet ready. I have long since warned the queen of Hungary to keep her eyeupon the negotiations of this peace (a leur pescherie de ladicte paix),and I have no doubt she will be vigilant. Even if it were concluded on thePope's proceeding to sentence and further measures, without which yourMajesty cannot well attempt anything, the king of Scots might, withoutbreach of faith, be the true instrument to redress matters here. And if yourMajesty do not desire, for fear of kindling a greater fire in Christendom,to undertake this enterprise openly, the said King might be aided by moneyfrom the Pope, whom the matter touches, and also from your Majesty ; andyou, by virtue of the Pope's commands, might forbid intercourse ; and nodoubt the Irish, who profess to be subjects of the Holy See, would do in sucha case all they could. No doubt it would be better if all this could be avoided,but there is no hope of a remedy by gentleness ; and even this people, whowould suffer much if matters came to extremity, desire nothing better thanthat your Majesty should send an army hither. Your Majesty will doubtlessjudge of this by your immense prudence. Nothing else has occurred since my last letters worth writing. London,26 May 1533. Fr., hol., pp. 6. From a modern copy.
27 May. R. O.St P. VII. 460.	542. Sir Gregory Casale to Norfolk. After he had written yesterday, heard from cardinal de Monte thatthe Imperialists were pressing the Pope to proceed. Details the objectionswhich the Cardinal urged to the Pope. De Monte seemed to promise thatnothing of moment should be done in the King's cause before the congress.Had an interview with the Pope, who replied, as usual, that he did not seehow he could oppose the Imperialists ; on which Casale urged the argumentssuggested by De Monte, insisting also that there could be no doubt about thefact of Catharine being known by prince Arthur. Advised him also not totake any new step, but, as he was going to Nice, to leave matters meanwhileas they were, and then make a satisfactory arrangement. When the Popeasserted that he was afraid he could do no good, Casale showed that he wasdeceived therein, in order to make him more anxious for the Congress. Hastold all this to Benet. Rome, 27 May 1533. Signed. Lat. Add.
27 May. Theiner, 603.	543. Henry VIII. to Clement VII. Recommends to his favorable consideration Guronus Bertanus, anItalian, who has spent some time in England, and is now returning to Italyupon some business of his own. Greenwich, 27 May 1533. Lat.
27 May. R. O.	544. Sir George Lawson to Cromwell. Came yesterday to York, where he will remain till the money arrive.The whole garrison of 2,500 men remains still upon the Borders ; so Cromwellmust send money to pay them, for he will not go among the soldiersotherwise. No news, except that the Scots sometimes come in small companiesinto England "a brodding and steling ;" and it is said there are atJedworth and Kelso 300 or 400 foot. The king of Scots, with his Council,is now at Edinburgh, and the Frenchmen also. Thanks him for thedespatch of his servant, and begs him to remember his bill of articles andletter if war is to continue. Begs him to procure him the annuity of 10 mks.that Gilbert Green had. York, 27 May. Hol., p. 1. Add. : Of the King's Council.
27 May. R. O.	545. Thomas (fn. 1) Abbot of Abingdon to Cromwell. Has received his loving letters, desiring the advowson of Sonnyngwellfor one Mr. Keytt. Does not think he could get it of the conventwithout much trouble. Most of the "vousons" he may give "be owt by mypredecessors and by myself," and the convent have complained both of hisgiving them away, and of the ingratitude of the parsons presented, several ofwhom have put the house to trouble by refusing pensions. Refused thissame benefice to my lady of Norfolk, promising her the next that should fall.Begs him to have patience till Botton comes, who will inform him howmatters stand. Abenden, 27 May. Signed. P. 1. Add. : To the right worshipful Master Thomas Cromwell.
27 May. R. O.	546. Thomas Earl of Rutland to Cromwell. I thank you for obtaining the King's letters concerning the abbot ofRyvax. Now I am bold to ask you to obtain a new letter to the abbot ofFountains, Dr. Marshall, and Dr. Palmes, to examine and do justice. Thelast letter was not executed, because my cousin, Dr. Lee, had no time totarry. Endefyld, 27 May. Signed. P. 1. Add. : Of the Council.
27 May. R. O.	547. Anthony Coope to Cromwell. Since I left London I have taken pains with the sheriff to choose anindifferent or a favorable jury for the King to appear before the escheator, (fn. 2) and have moved it to two of the King's servants, honest men, viz., Gray ofMeryden, and Rob. Acres, telling them that they may now do the Kingservice and purchase his favor. As the King has few friends in the shire, Ibeg you will write six or seven lines to them. Mr. Rotherham, to whomyou applied for his hawks, answered me that he would speak with you himself,but I have heard nothing. Move him to send me them to keep for you.It is a pity they should be marred by evil handling. If he lack a hawk forthe partridge, I will send him one when he will. Hardewyke, 27 May. Hol., p. 1. Add. : To the right worshipful Master Cromwell. Endd.
28 May. R. O.St. P. VII. 462.	548. Benet to Henry VIII. A courier arrived on the 19th with the French king's answer to thePope's brief of the 28th ult., touching the interview of which I wrote in mylast. Francis will treat with the Pope on the 15th July, for the defence ofChristendom against the Turks ; for a General Council ; and thirdly, for theextinction of Lutheranism. He will also agree to oppose the Turk, in orderto remove any opinion that he intends to invade Italy. He insists that youshall be one of the members of the Council, and he trusted that in thisCongress means might be found to settle your cause to the advantage of thePope and yourself. Those letters were read in the Consistory on the 23rd,and on the 25th it was resolved by the Cardinals that these statements weretoo general, and that the Pope should write again for further particulars.They objected to the meeting being in July, as Nice is unhealthy at thattime, and preferred September. The Pope was inclined to go, but out ofregard to the Cardinals he resolved to send to France the bishop of Faenza,who would leave in two days. But though he professed to be satisfied withthe 15th July, Benet thinks the Pope really felt otherwise, and it is generallythought the interview will be put off till September. The Emperor haswritten to say he will not oppose the interview, but begs the Pope toremember what he told him when at Bologna. No answer has come fromhim concerning the contempt or execution of censures against the King.Does not think anything of moment will be done in the King's cause beforethe Congress. The Imperialists urge that Capisuccha should make relationof the process as done before him. De Monte is the King's friend. The"young man" (Ravenna) has not sent the rest of his writings, whereof Ihave no little marvel. Rome, 28 May 1533. Signed. In Bonner's hand. Add.
28 May. R. O.	549. W. Benet to Cromwell. Asks him to send the bearer back with the next despatch. Sendshim with this, that the letters may come the quicker to the King's hands.If Cromwell has difficulty in getting the prebend for Benet's brother, let himget it for Benet himself, who will give up a small prebend he has in the samechurch. Rome, 28 May 1533. Hol., p. 1. Add.
28 May. Vesp. F. XIII.203.B. M.	550. Princess Mary to Cromwell. Desires him to excuse the father of her servant, Richard Wilbraham,from appearing to receive the order of knighthood. He is nearly fourscoreyears of age, and his dwelling-place is in Cheshire. Otford, 28 May. Signedat the head : Marye princesse. P. 1. Add. : To Mr. Cromwell.
28 May. R. O.	551. Henry Ellington to Cromwell. Since I left Bristol, during mine imprisonment in the Tower I havesustained great wrongs and losses in the town of Bristol, of which I shouldbe glad to inform you. I beseech you, therefore, to send some token to thelieutenant of the Tower, that he will license me to come unto you. TheTower, Wednesday, 28 May. Hol., p. 1. Add. : Master of the King's wards. ii. In Cromwell's hand, endorsed :—"Remembrances to be put into mybook for things done in the Council." 1. The matter of Ireland discussed,and a device to be determined by the earl of Kildare and my lord Butler, &c.2. Answer to lord Dacre's letter. 3. The supplication of the serjeant "forthe rescus." 4. The bill against lord Darcy for the King's manor of Rowthwell,and the decay of 30 ploughs. 5. A supplication touching WilliamConyers and lord Conyers for wrongful imprisonment of the King's servants,and for lead embezzled from the King. 6. "Of the news out of Irelandtouching O'Donoll to give his land."
28 May. R. O.	552. Sir Henry Everyngham to Cromwell. Whereas I desired you to write to Sir John Pullayn, justice of"coram," to return to the King's Bench a judgment of certain personsbelonging to Henry Wetherald : since then, by the labour of worshipful men,I have been desired to refer the matter to arbiters, viz., Sir Will. Gascon,my father-in-law, and others, who have adjudged me to bear the wholecharge of the said judgment. This will be a great expence without yourhelp. Byrkyn, 28 May. Hol., p. 1. Add. : One of the King's hon. Council.
29 May. R. O.	553. Lawson to Cromwell. Has today received his letter stating that the King desires the garrisonson the Borders to be discharged. Came to York hoping to receive money for the payment of the furtherwages of the whole garrison of 2,500 men, not knowing the former purportof Cromwell's letter. Encloses a letter from the earl of Northumberland,showing that the garrison cannot be discharged without 20 days' wages,beginning today. This will be 800l., and the conduct money 300l. Hasonly 200l. remaining. Has written to the earl of Northumberland about it,and desires Cromwell in the meantime to send money to York, for whichLawson will wait. Will do all he can to save money. York, 29 May. Urges Cromwell to send the money quickly, for it will save money. Thereare many worshipful and honest persons of this country in London, whowould be glad to bring it to York. Hol., pp. 2. Add.
29 May. R. O.	554. Rob. Tomlynson, Alderman of Our Lady's Guild in Boston, toCromwell. It pleased you to show me the King's letters for preparing a presentfor him against the Queen's coronation. The letters came not to my knowledge,which I regret. I have endeavoured since to provide such wild fowlas I could get in these parts, i.e. six cranes, six bitterns, and three dozengodwits, all of which I send you by Thos. Chapman. Please let GeoffreyChamber know what you will have done with them. Boston, 29 May. Hol., p. 1. Add. : Of the King's Council.
29 May. Camusat,128 b.	555. Francis I. to the Bailly of Troyes. Since answering his letters, has had letters from the cardinalsTournon and Grammont, of the 18th, concerning the instance made by theImperial agents at Rome to persuade the Pope to proceed against the Kingof England by censures, and his Holiness's honorable, virtuous, and prudentreply. Sends the letter of the Cardinals to be communicated to the king,and then returned. Arrived here three days ago. Intended to send theGrand Master to Provence to prepare for the interview on June 3 or 4, buthas heard that Antony Doria has left the Pope's service. Does notknow if this will delay the interview. Has, therefore, delayed the GrandMaster till he hears again from the Cardinals ; and if Norfolk has not started,the Bailly must tell him to wait till he hears from Francis, though he seesnothing as yet to hinder the interview. Will send a courier immediately onreceiving news from the Cardinals. Writes to Henry in favor of MaestreCarro, his grand escuyer (Sir Nic. Carew). Desires the Bailly to present theletter to the King, and to request him to comply with it ; and to tell Carro ofits arrival. Lyons, 29 May 1533. Fr.
29 May. ViennaArchives.	556. Chapuys to Charles V. The duke of Norfolk, who was to have left on the 26th, the date ofmy last letters, has, by the King's command, remained two days longer ; andthis, I think, partly to negotiate with me on matters I shall report hereafter.The day before yesterday he sent to me, early in the morning, an honest manto desire that I would immediately send my most confidential servant to communicatewith him on some matters ; and considering that on every accountmy own going would be better than sending any of my servants, I repairedto him immediately, but in disguise and secretly, for the consideration which,as I wrote, prevented me from going to bid him adieu. After thanking me for the trouble I had taken in coming to him, he saidhe was going to this meeting of two as great princes as there were inChristendom, where, if it had pleased God that your Majesty had beenpresent, he was sure it would not have been your fault if a most perfect peaceand amity were not concluded ; of which matter he said your Majesty held thekeys, and everything depended upon it, and that since there was no hope ofyour being personally present, the greatest good that could come would beby your sending ministers well inclined to union. And, either for a joke, or asan acknowledgment of my trouble, or, as the phrase goes, to offer a candle tothe enemy, he was pleased to say that he would like much that I were oneof the said ministers ; wishing also, but with better cause, that the Nunciohere were with his Holiness. To this I replied that it never was owing toyour Majesty, nor would be, that Christendom was not perfectly united,declaring the intolerable labors and expenses you had sustained for that end,and that your Majesty desired nothing more than to increase the amity withthe King his master, as all the world could easily see. And as it appearedthat the union of which he spoke depended on the matter of this cursedmarriage, he must not say that your Majesty held the key, but if the Kinghis master would allow it to be determined by an impartial tribunal like thePope [that would be sufficient]. For this cause he ought to desire that hismaster should be present at the interview in order that they might urgehim to act in this manner, which was all that your Majesty demanded, andwhich could not be refused to the least person in the world. As to theministers of your Majesty with his Holiness and the most Christian King,after I had declared their sufficiency, he was satisfied ; praying me, nevertheless,that I would write to them by all means to show themselves tractableand do their duty at the said meeting. He added, that he wished yourMajesty would send again plenty of ambassadors thither, of whom someshould be men of authority, as his master was sending thither many persons,and not among the least persons of the kingdom, and it would be necessarythat some one should be there who knew the importance of the commoninterests of your Majesty's countries and this kingdom. The end of his talkwas, that no one was more fit than De Praet, whose appointment he begged meto solicit ; and on my saying I did not think you would send more ambassadorswithout being desired by the Pope, and that I was astonished he had been so longin giving me notice, he answered as to the first that he fully believed that yourMajesty had been long ago apprised by the Pope, who would not have dared totreat of this without your consent ; and as to not having informed me sooner, itwas because the French king had requested his master to keep it as secret aspossible, and to disclose it to no one but him and one other. This was aboutthree months ago ; since which time the French king had renewed his requestseveral times, that an ambassador should be nominated to go to the saidmeeting, which charge he desired to perform even at the loss of one of hisfingers. He told me afterwards that the King his master had taken in verygood part the warnings I had given to Cromwell to avoid occasions of irritatingyour Majesty ; that he had been very much grieved that the arms of theQueen had been not only taken from her barge, but also rather shamefullymutilated ; and that he had rather roughly rebuked the Lady's chamberlain,not only for having taken away the said arms, but for having seized thebarge, which belonged only to the Queen, especially as there are in the rivermany others quite as suitable. I praised the King's goodwill touching thearms, and for the rest I said there was no need of excuse, for what belongedto the Queen was the King's still more ; adding that I was now encouraged tohope that the King would see to the honorable treatment of the Queen andPrincess ; for, as I said to Cromwell, the pretence of a scruple of consciencecould not extend to their treatment ; and if they were ill-used, besides thedispleasure of God, he would incur blame from all the world, and greatlyirritate your Majesty. On this he spoke as highly of both of them ascould be, and said he was very sure your Majesty loved the Princess naturally,but that he thought he loved her more. He mentioned, among other virtues ofthe Queen, the great modesty and patience she had shown, not only duringthese troubles, but also before them, the King being continually inclined toamours. And as to the said treatment, he was sure the King would notdiminish her dower, of about 24,000 ducats, assigned to her in the time ofprince Arthur, if she would content herself with the state a widow princessought to keep. To this I said I thought the King so wise and humane that,in consideration of the virtue of the Queen, the long and good service she haddone him, and also of her kindred, he would not diminish anything of whatshe had had till then, and I begged him to use his influence to that effect.He swore by his faith "quil avoit bachier (?) plus de 10,000 escuz" that Ihad spoken to him on this subject ; for unless I had opened this door to him,he would not have dared to moot the question for all the gold in the world,but after our communications he would urge the affair to the end, and do hisvery best, in accordance with my suggestions to Cromwell. He said theKing had also taken very well my suggestion that he should write aletter to your Majesty in defence of what he has done in this matter.I protested to him, as I had done to Cromwell, that what I had said was notas ambassador, but as one devoted to the service of the King, and anxiousfor peace ; and as to the said letter, if it did not produce all the effect thatthe King desired, I hoped he would not reproach me for having solicited it,as it pleased him once to tell me touching the mission of the earl of Wiltshire.Norfolk said there was no fear of this, and begged that I would communicate(fere tenir) the said letter to his Majesty's ambassador, whichwould be in a packet which he would send me for the said ambassador. ThisI promised. Nevertheless, I have not yet received the packet. On this, not wishing to wait dinner, though he desired me, I returnedwith the intention of sending to him later a servant of mine, which I did.By him and also by Brian Tuke he sent to me to say that he had determinedto come to me tomorrow early at my lodging ; but as his departure was to beso abrupt, the King would not let him move a step further from him inorder to discuss the affairs of his charge, and therefore he begged me veryurgently that I would go there, and that he hoped that we should do or atleast begin some good work. Next morning I went secretly to see him inhis chamber, when he replied to me, as to writing for the despatch of thepersons above mentioned, that if your Majesty desired the peace and unionto be accomplished, there was no excuse from the shortness of time, for youcould receive my letters in 15 days ; and as the meeting was not to begin tillabout the 5th July people could leave Barcelona in time for it, and be therequite as soon as he. He therefore begged me diligently to write, although Iput before him the reasons already alleged, and also to see that the King'spacket for his ambassador should go along with mine. As to the treatmentof the Queen, he said that the King by their laws was no longer bound tothe Queen with respect to the dower she had by prince Arthur ; and moreoverthat by virtue of the Act passed in this last Parliament, as the Queen wouldnot obey it, the King might use rigour and diminish even the dower she has.Nevertheless, for the reasons which I had mentioned on the previous day andfor others, the King would treat her honorably, not indeed so liberally aswhen she was Queen, unless she would submit to the sentence of divorcewhich the archbishop of Canterbury [had given] ; and he thought I had somuch influence with her that I might induce her to do so, by which I shouldacquire inestimable glory, and be the cause of as great a benefit as could bedone not only to this kingdom but to Christendom, which remained disunitedsimply on this account ; also that this way would be more effectual than anyother, for if your Majesty would enter into war on this account, it would bethe greatest calamity to Christendom. Moreover that it was impossible tofly into this kingdom (que lon ne peult vouler dans ce royaulme), andthat, being there, they would find people to talk to, and very difficult tosubdue or even to injure ; and as to making war upon them by the sea, they,having the aid of France, of which they were as much assured as of their ownpeople, would fear no power whatever. Further he ventured to affirm thatif you attempted to make war upon this kingdom you would not be withoutanxiety to guard your own countries from their friends and allies, who wereneither few nor unimportant. For, besides the king of France, who wasmost constant to them, they had the king of Scotland entirely at theircommand ; who, since the one year's truce made with the King, was anxiousfor nothing but the conclusion of a peace ; and he dared affirm that theScotch king would come here before 10 months, when a marriage would beconcluded between him and the daughter of the king of France. Moreover,they had the friendship of a great part of Germany, and Italy was not sowell affected to your Majesty as you might think. He doubted not that theSpaniards, for their courage, and the sake of their reputation, and for theglory of previous victories, would stimulate your Majesty to war ; but hetrusted your Majesty was too prudent and regardful of ancient friendshipand good offices done to you and your predecessors to lend an ear to suchadvisers, especially considering the arrogance of the Spaniards, who forwant of payment have lately mutinied against you. I answered as to this last, that I knew nothing of it, and, if true,it was not of much importance, for it had happened to many valiantcommanders. As to the rest, although there were sufficiently apparentreasons by which to answer him, and also about the injustice done tothe Queen, yet as I had come to hear something else, and in order to lethim understand that I did not make very much of the terrors which hewished to raise up, I said as little as possible, merely remarking by wayof joke that your Majesty was much bound to those who had greater considerationfor your injuries than for their own, and that all the world knewyour Majesty would not make war, even against those from whom you had receivedno favor, without being compelled by a very just quarrel ; and that insuch a case, with the help of God, in whom you placed your trust, you couldmanage your own affairs ; and, moreover, there was no prince in the worldwho, in my opinion, had better means of obtaining friendships. With thisreply I should have left him in a sweat without going further, but I beggedhim that we might not speak as if war would take place, but rather how toavoid occasion of it ; which would never be given on the part of yourMajesty. As to what he said of the justice of the Queen, since argumentwas to no purpose, I made no reply to him ; but as to the first point, if hewished me to induce the Queen to submit to the sentence of the archbishopof Canterbury, I denied that I had any influence over her ; and, to speakfrankly, if I had I would not use it to that effect for all the gold in the world,unless your Majesty should command me ; and though I was sure you wouldnever consent to anything except what justice would ordain, yet, to gratifythe King, I would write to you about all this, and if perhaps I received yourcommandment to enter upon such a course, which I did not expect, I wouldshow the King the desire I had to do him service, and help in the preservationof amity. On this the Duke swore by the faith he owed to God that Ispoke like an honest man, and that he could not press me further, but beggedme to do in this and all else the best I could. Your Majesty will see towhat they are reduced when they address themselves to me, when they knowvery well, as the King once told me, and as I have written to your Majesty,that I have always been and am most devoted to the right of the Queen ; sothat it must be said either that they are in very great fear, or think me mad,or are themselves altogether blind. And in order to play the part of acorsair among corsairs (pour jouer avec eulx de courssaire a courssaires), Ihave a little dissembled with the Duke about the treatment of the saidladies, in accordance with your Majesty's commands, awaiting your determinationfor the remedy of this matter. I have written the said conversationsof the Duke in plain writing, because he uttered them in order that I mightinform your Majesty ; and if, perhaps, he spoke them of himself withoutcommand of the King or his Council, I might have given greater faith towhat he said to me of their friendships and intelligences, because by naturehe is no great dissembler or inventer. And not to speak of the rest, as tothe Scots, whatever confidence they have here to have the said Scots at theircommand, I know for certain that since the date the truce is said to havebeen concluded, the said Scots have taken several ships at different times,the last being not ten days ago, when they took seven very rich vessels.The Duke, as to what I had said, that the presence of his master would be verydesirable at the said meeting, answered that it would be of no use ; for if thePope, the king of France, and all the world were to attempt it, they couldnot persuade the King to take back the Queen,—such was the scruple of hisconscience, joined to the despair of having issue by her ; and that it was invain for the Pope to give sentence, for they will make no account of it or ofhis censures. No doubt it would give them some trouble, but for that theycared not ; and if, perhaps, by reason of the said censures, Spain and Flanderswould cease intercourse with the English, the others would share in the injury,and they would send part of their merchandize to Flanders and the rest toCalais, where your subjects to their great inconvenience would be compelledto get their wools, which were indispensable to them, as he said. To this Imade no reply, but smiled. After this he began to excuse himself that hehad not been a promoter of this marriage, but had always dissuaded it ; andhad it not been for him and her father, who pretended to be mad to havebetter means of opposing this marriage, it would have been done secretly ayear ago ; on which account the Lady was very indignant against both ofthem. In confirmation of this, I have learned from a very good authority,and from one who was present, that eight days since, the Lady having put ina piece to enlarge her gown, as ladies do when in the family way, her fathertold her she ought to take it away, and thank God to find herself in suchcondition ; and she, in presence of Norfolk, Suffolk, and the treasurer of thehousehold, replied by way of announcement, that she was in better conditionthan he would have desired. On departure, the Duke made memany gracious offers of his person and goods, recommending the sending ofthe said packet, and great care in writing to send personages to the saidmeeting, and above all to make his recommendations to your Majesty, towhom, after the King his master, he desires most to do service. This hesaid several times in the presence of the whole Council. I have not beenwith them since. The Duke left two hours after I had returned, so that neither he nor hiscompany, among which is the brother of the Lady, have delayed one dayto see the triumph in which the Lady has today come from Greenwich tothe Tower. She was accompanied by several bishops and lords, and innumerablepeople, in the form that other queens have been accustomed to bereceived ; and, whatever regret the King may have shown at the taking ofthe Queen's barge, the Lady has made use of it in this triumph, and appropriatedit to herself. God grant she may content herself with the said bargeand the jewels and husband of the Queen, without attempting anything, asI have heretofore written, against the persons of the Queen and Princess.The said triumph consisted entirely in the multitude of those who took partin it, but all the people showed themselves as sorry as though it had been afuneral. I am told their indignation increases daily, and that they live inhope your Majesty will interfere. On Saturday the Lady will pass allthrough London and go to the King's lodging, and on Sunday to Westminster,where the ceremony of the coronation will take place. London, 29 May1533. Fr., pp. 9. From a modern copy.
29 May. Add. MS.28,585, f. 260.B. M.	557. Henry VIII.'s Divorce and Second Marriage. "Relacion de las cartas del Embaxador de Roma, 29 de Maio." Account of the audience given to cardinal Tournon in the Consistory onMay 22. Among other things, he said to the Cardinals in general that the king ofFrance would back up the English cause, and he told the Pope how heintended to do it. When he and his Holiness met, he would beg him not toproceed against the king of England ; and the Pope would reply that as hehas done such a base and disrespectful act, he must declare and deprive him.Francis would send this reply to the king of England, and give him tounderstand that as he knew he was excommunicated, he could not keep hisoath of friendship to him against the Church. He believed the king ofEngland would then consent to appear before the Pope, if his Holiness fixedsome place free from danger and suspicion, and would meanwhile separatefrom Anne, and restore the Queen to the palace, though not to his bed. To this the Ambassador said he replied to his Holiness that this answer of theKing was not what he hoped, and as uncertain as the former, and, he thought,rather to the Queen's injury. He maintained that the French only soughtthis interview for their own profit. The Pope replied that he had discussedthis method with the Emperor, who was not dissatisfied with it. The Ambassadorsuspects that it has been arranged with the knowledge of the king ofEngland. Further remarks about the interview, for which the Pope will not startuntil the first rain (agua) of August. Sp., pp. 6. Modern copy from Simancas.
30 May. R. O.	558. Duke Of Norfolk to Henry VIII. On his arrival here, the bearer, Portcolewse, brought him diverspackets of letters ; one directed to your Highness, and the others to himself,Jerome, and Peter Van. Sends the King's letters and his own. Does notknow what was in Benet's letter, as it was in cipher. Asks the King tosend him the cipher that he may know what Benet writes to him. Askswhether he shall open letters for the King. "This last [Fryday of] May, atCalais, at viij. at nyght." Hol., p. 1, mutilated. Add. Endd. : Last Friday of May, 25th year.
R. O.	559. Stephen Vaughan to Cromwell. I am informed that the Queen intends to have a silkwoman to trimand furnish her Grace with such things as she shall wear. If you willrecommend my wife to the place you will bind us both. You know what shecan do. I suppose no woman can better trim her Grace. Your house atCanbery, this Sunday. Hol., p. 1. Add. : Right worshipful.
R. O.	560. Officers Of Arms. "Remembrance to the Right honorable Master Norrys for the officersof arms." 1. That he would speak to the King for liveries for three kings-of-arms,seven heralds, and nine pursuivants, as usual. 2. For their coats of arms ; viz., three embroidered on velvet, seven beatenin gold upon damask, and nine beaten in gold upon sarcenet. 3. For their largesses ; viz., 50l. for the most honorable and joyous marriage,and 50l. for the coronation. Mem.—The said officers remit to the King the 50l. for the marriage,because they were not present. ii. Lists of the names of the kings-of-arms, heralds, and pursuivants, withthe allowance of cloth to each ; viz., 12 yds. satin to each king-at-arms,12 yds. damask to each herald, and 12 yds. camlet to each pursuivant. Pp. 2. Endd.
Harl. MS.41, f. 15.B. M.	561. Coronation Of Anne Boleyn. The order in proceeding from the Tower to Westminster. The King's messengers to ride foremost with their boxes, to stay when thattime is, and to go when that time is, as they see the followers do pause. The strangers that ride, and the Ambassadors' servants. Item, next thetrumpets, the gentlemen ushers, the chaplains having no dignity, the squiresfor the Body, with pursuivants two and two on each side. The knights andchallenger and defender with steryng horses. The aldermen of London. Thegreat chaplains of dignity. Heralds, two and two on each side. The knightsof the Bath, the "barenettes" [and abbots]. (fn. 3) The knights of the Garter,being no lords. The two Chief Judges and Master of the Rolls. Then all theLords and Barons in order after their estates. The Bishops. The Earls andAmbassadors. The comptroller of Household. The treasurer of Household.The steward of Household. Two kings-of-arms. The King's chamberlain.The Lord Privy Seal. The Lord Admiral of England. The GreatChamberlain of England. The Archbishops and Ambassadors. The twoesquires of honor, with robes of estate rolled and worn baldric wise about theirnecks, with caps of estate representing the duke of Normandy and the duke ofAquitain. The Lord Mayor and Garter. The Marshal, the Constable, theTreasurer, the Chancellor. The Serjeants-of-arms on both sides. HerChancellor bareheaded. The Queen's grace. The Lord Chamberlain. TheMaster of the Horse leading a spare horse. Seven ladies in crimson velvet.Two chariots ; two ladies in the first, and four in the second, all of the greatestestates. Seven ladies in the same suit, their horses trapped to the pastron.The third chariot, wherein were six ladies with crimson velvet. The fourthchariot, with eight ladies in crimson velvet. Thirty gentlewomen, all invelvet and silk of the liveries of their ladies. The captain of the Guard.The King's guard in their rich coats. Vellum, pp. 2.
Add. MS.21,116, f. 48.B. M.	562. Coronation Of Anne Boleyn. "The appointment what number of officers and servitors that shallattend upon the Queen's grace, the Bishop and the ladies sitting at theQueen's board in the Great Hall at Westminster, the day of the coronation,as followeth :— Carvers : Lord Montague for the Queen. Sir Edw. Seymour for the Bishop. Thos.Arundell for the ladies at the board. Cupbearers : Lord William Howard for the Queen. Lord Clynton for the Bishop. LordAudeley's son and heir for the board. Sewers : Sir Edw. Nevill for the Queen. Percival Harte for the Bishop. RichardVerney for the board. Chief pantry, 1. Chief butler, 1. Chief sewer, 1. Almoners, 7.Servitors, knights, and gentlemen for three messes, 60. Sewers, 8. Servitors, 80.Yeomen, 16. Knights of the Bath : Marquis of Dorset, earl of Derby, lords Clifford, Fitzwater,Hastings, Mountegle, and Vaux ; Mr. Parker, lord Morley's son ; Mr. Wynsor, lordWinsor's son ; John Mordant, lord Mordant's son ; Fras. Weston, Thos. Arundell,Mr. Corbet, Mr. Wyndham, John Barkeley, John Huddelston, Ric. Verney of Penley,Thos. Ponynges, Hen. Savile, John Germayne, Rob. Whitneye of Gloucestershire, Geo.Fitzwilliams, John Tyndall. Knights and gentlemen to be servitors : Sir John St. John, Sir Michael Fisher, Sir Thos.Rotheram, Sir Geo. Somerset, Sir Wm. Essex, Sir Antony Hungerford, Sir Ric. Graundfeild,Sir John Hamond, Sir Robt. Painton, Sir Giles Alington, Sir Thos. Elyot, Sir RafeLangford, Sir John Fulford, Sir Thos. Darcy, Sir John Villers, Sir John Markham, SirJohn Beryn, Sir Nic. Stirley, Sir Thos. Straung, Sir Fras. Lovell, Sir Edw. Chamberlen,Sir Adrian Fortescue, Sir Water Stoner, Sir Wm. Barentyne, Sir Wm. Newman, SirArthur Hopton, Sir Edm. Beningfeild, Sir Ant. Wingfeild, Sir Geo. Frogmerton, SirJohn Russell of Worster, Sir Geo. Darcy, Sir Wm. Pickering, Sir Thos. Cornvell, Sir JohnBridges, Sir Wm. Hussey, Sir Edw. Wotton, Sir Wm. Hault, Sir John Skott, Sir Ric.Clementes, Sir Wm. Kempe, Sir Edw. Cobham, Sir Wm. Fynch, Sir John Thymbleby, SirRob. Hussey, Sir Chr. Willughbie, Sir Wm. Skipwith, Sir Wm. Askice, (fn. 4) Sir Jeffrey Poole,Sir Jas. Worsley, Sir Thos. Lysley, Sir John Talbot, Sir John Gifford, Sir Wm. Basset, SirPh. Dracote, Sir Henry Longe, Sir Ant. Lutterell, Sir John Sainctlowe, Sir Roger Copley,Sir Wm. Pellam, Sir Wm. Goring, Sir Walter Hungerford, John Hersley, George Lyne,Ric. Philips,—Yorke, Ric. Dodham, Rafe Mannering, John Seintler, Clement Harleston,John Turell, Humfrey Ferres, Geo. Grissley, Wm. Drurye, Wm. Cope, John St. John,Edm. Tame, Ric. Lygon, Leonard Poole, John Arnold, John Arden, Wm. Stafford, Chas.Herbert of Troy, Sir Wm. Paunder, Young Wingfeild, Holcrofte, Skipwith, Diar, YoungBarkeley. Sewers : Roger Banbricke, Antony Isley, Edm. Browne, John Cheyne, Wm. Morgan,Davy Morgan, Hen. Seymer, William Jones. Yeomen ushers and yeomen appointed to attend upon the Queen at her Coronation : JohnLane, Laurence Sendell, Robt. Griffith, Thos. Marshall, John Brygden, Davyd Philips,John Geffrey, Wm. Avenell, Ric. Ryder, Wm. Sendre, Hugh Troblefeild, John Ashton,John Smith, senior, John Robertes, John Perce, Antony Saunders, Walter Wagham,Thos. Coxe, Ric. Stone, Thos. Hawkins, Wm. Bond, Robt. Whitbrowe, Hugh Lewis, Thos.Gethens, Ric. Gilmyn, Rob. Gibbes, Ric. Rawneshaw, John Bromfeld, Robt. Langden,John Holcomb, Robt. Owen, Griffith ap Morice, Walter Menours, Wm. Jones, Robt.Mortoun, Edm. Stoner, John Gethens, Edw. Philips, John Wympe, Ric. Clerke, JohnHolland, John Alcock, Ric. Gilling, John Evanse, Lyonell Martyn, Fras. coket, JohnBrathwet, John Cox, John Knotford, John Belson, John Byrte, John Node, MorisApenevet, Michael Whiting, John Stevens, Hugh David, Lewis ap Watkyn, John Cowper,Edw. Johnson, Ric. Fowler, John Grymith, Symond Symmes, Robert Stonhouse, Edw.Aprichard, Hen. Holden.
Ibid., f. 50 b.	ii. Officers appointed to attend on the Queen and the Bishop sitting at the Queen's boardend, on the day of her coronation. John Hancote, Thos. Berram, Roger Gerers, John Massye, John Colby, John PersonEdw. Dickey, Ric. Estoune, Wm. Lawry, George Banckes, Thos. Massy, Ralfe Ball, JohnGounter, Ric. Baker, John Thomas, Thos. Norton, Wm. Germaine, Thos. Toby, RichardFaice, Geo. Hodson. John Williams, Adam Holland, Robt. Bird, Robt. Gibson, Wm.Batty, Hugh Norres, Thos. Calfe, Wm. Paye. Carvers : The earl of [Essex or] Rutland for the Queen ; Sir Edm. (Edward) Seymourfor the Archbishop. Cupbearers : Lord Derby for the Queen ; Sir John Dudley for the Archbishop. Sewers : The earl of Sussex for the Queen ; Sir Thos. Arundell for the Archbishop. Panters : Viscount Lisle, chief panter ; John Apricharde ; John Gislym. [Butlers] : Earl of Arundell, chief butler ; Ric. Hill, Edm. Harvye. [Ewers] : Sir Henry[Thomas] Wyat, Jeffrey Villers, Henry Atkinson. Chief almoners for the Queen : Lord Bray,Sir Wm. Gascoyne. Almoners : Henry Wells, Thos. Mason. Edmond Pekham, cofferer.William Thynne. Thos. Hatclife, Edw. Weldon, for the Bishop, and the said Bishop to beserved covered. Surveyors at the dressers : Thos. Weldon for the Queen ; Thos. Holdenfor the Bishop. Michael Wentworth, Henry Bricket, to see that nothing be embezzled. Servitors from the dressers : For the Queen : Sir — Parker, Sir John St. John, Sir WilliamWynsor, Sir John Mordaunt, Sir Fras. Weston, Sir John Gifforte, Sir John Barkeley,Sir John Huddleston. Sir Ric. Verney, Sir Thos. Poninges, Sir Hen. Savell, Sir JohnGermayne, Sir Robt. Whetney, Sir Geo. Fitzwilliams, Sir John Tyndall, Sir MichaelFisher, Sir Tho. Rotheram, Sir Geo. Somerset, Sir Wm. Essex, Sir Antony Hungerford,Sir Ric. Graundfeild, Sir John Shamond, (fn. 5) Sir Robt. Paynton, Sir Walter Stoner. For theArchbishop : Sir Thos. Elyot, Sir Rafe Langford, Sir John Fulford, Sir Thos. Dar[c]y.Sir John Villers, Sir John Markham, Sir John Berryn, Sir Nic. Stirley, Sir Thos. Straung,Sir Fras. Lovell, Sir Edw. Chamberlen, Sir Adryan Fortescue, Sir Hen. Longe, Sir Wm.Barington, Sir Wm. Newman, Sir Arthur Hopton, Sir Edw. Beningfeild, Sir AntonyWingfield, Sir Geo. Frogmerton, (fn. 6) Sir John Russell of Worcestershire, Sir George Dar[c]y,Sir Wm. Pickering, Sir Thos. Cornwall, Sir John Bridges. Waferers : Rob. Leigh for the Queen and the Bishop. He must bring his wafers forboth services to the Queen's cupboard, to be set (fn. 7) from thence by the sewers. Confectionery :Cutbert Blakden (fn. 8) for the Queen and Bishop, with similar orders. Kitchen : For the Queen and Bishop : John Plume, Edw. Wilkinson, Ric. Currey, JohnArmstrong, Robt. Plume, child, Thos. Galepy, fryer. Larder : Lord Burgenye, John Dale, Jas. Mitchell. Sausery : John Richardson for the Queen and Bishop, remaining in the house. Pastry : John Cuncle, Elister Shainc. Boilers : John White, [John Tayler]. Scullery : Wm. Richarde for the Queen ; Wm. Rawlyns for the Bishop, and to be servedwith gilt plate. Marshals : Ric. Rede for the Queen ; Edw. Vaux for the Bishop ; Jesper Terrell ;John Stevens. Richard Chace to be supervisor that every man give his due attendancethat shall wait in the hall beneath the bar. [Lord Chamberlain : John earl of Oxford to give the King water. The towel : Allen Asplonge, or his heirs, to give the Queen the towel before dinner. The Queen's Champion : —.] Officers appointed to attend on the Lords Spiritual and Temporal at the middle boardon the right hand of the Queen. The first board to be 11 yards in length, and to be servedwith three services of a like fare, and 30 services of another fare. Sewers : John Barney at the board, John Banbricke at the dresser. Panters :Thos. Bend, Ric. Holbroke, Ric. Madoxe, John Stoddard, Wm. Dennys, Pierce Barly.Buttery and cellar : Bryan Aunsley, William Abbot, Ric. Weckly, John Aman. Ewris :Allyn Matthew, Thos. Christmas, Robt. Clynton. Almoners : Thos. Oldnall, Wm. Blakeden, Hugh Williams. [Conveyers] : Thos. Child, Thos. Hinde, Wm. Berman. Surveyors at the dressers :Thos. Hall, Wm. Thynne. John Lane, to see that the yeomen give due attendance. [Servitorsfrom the dresser] : Richard Gilmyn, Robt. Griffith, Thos. Marshall, John Brogden, DavidPhillip, John Geffrey, Wm. Avenell, Ric. Ryder, Robt. Gibes, Wm. Semerre, HughTroblefeild, John Ashton, John Smith the elder, John Robertes, John Perce, Antony Perce,Antony Saunders, Walter Vaughan, Thos. Coxe, Ric. Stone, Thos. Hawkins, Wm. Bonde.Robt. Whitbrowe, Hugh Lewis, Thos. Githens. Waferers : Robt. Lystar. Confectionery :John Amnesleye. Kitchen : Wm. Bolton, Robt. Forster, John Floy (fn. 9), John Laurence, JohnBaker, child, Wm. Botte, (fn. 10) fryer. Larder : John Dale, Jas. Michell. Saulsery : JohnRichard, Symond Dudley. Pastry : John Connicle, Robt. Dauson, Ric. Byre. Boiler :John White. Scullery : Wm. Rice, Wm. Rawlins, Thos. coke, child, John Worall, (fn. 11) conducte. Marshals :* Thos. Ward, Hen. Hokars. Huisshers : John Gilman, Thos. Myles. Officers to attend upon duchesses and other ladies at the middle board on the left handof the Queen ; the first board 8 yards long. To be served with 3 services of like fare, 3 ofanother fare, and 30 of another fare. Sewers :* John Bonam, Ric. Sterkey. Pantry : Thos. Skasley, John Markham, John Coxe, Thos. Hall. Conveyors of thebread to the panters : Richard Boxham, Geo. Forman. Buttery and cellar : Wm. Morrant,Ric. Lee, Ric. Parker, Thos. Trewth. (fn. 12) [Ewers] : Geo. Fitzgeffrey, John Morgan, John Dixe. [Almoners] : John Stanbanck,Edw. Garret, Thos. Inde, Thos. Walker, Geo. Bond, Wm. Kedle, Thos. Turner. Surveyorat the dresser without, Thos. Hatcliffe ; at the dresser within, Thos. Horden. John Powesto see that the yeomen give due attendance. Servitors from the dresser : Ric. Rainshawe,John Kinge, John Wellet, John Aprice, Ric. Saidell, Wm. Tolley, John Strymyn, RafeTykill, Thos. Jones, John Sydnam, Leonard Barowes, John Dorset, Thos. Lewis, Jas. (fn. 13) Stanley, John Tompson, John Smothen, Edw. Deckey, Ric. Eston, Wm. Laury, Geo.Bankes, Thos. Massie, Rafe Baiely, John Gaunter. Wafe[...] Robt. Lyster. Confectioner :John Amnesley. Kitchen : John Dale, George Benson, Rafe Iswell, Wm. Maie, PhilipYarow, child, Ric. Rede, fryer. Larder : Thos. English. Boiler : John Tailour.Saulsery : John Richard, John Ringros. Pastry : Elize Shaunce, Wm. Andreson,conducte. Scullery : Wm. Wells, John Awmorer, conduct, Silvester Glossope. Marshals : Nic. Sainctes, (fn. 14) Thos. Braken. Huishers : John Towe, Nic. Ashfeild. Officers to attend upon the Barons of the Cinque Ports, at the side board on the Queen'sright hand, next the wall. The first board to be 8 yards long, and to be served with3 services of like fare, and 30 services of another fare. Sewers : Ant. Isley, John Cheyne. Panters : Wm. Cowper, John Bartlet, JohnWhitstall, Wm. Sotherne, conveyers of bread. Buttery and cellar : John Burnell, Robt.Gardener, Matthew Hanmer, Thos. Stanbridge. (fn. 15) Ewry : Edw. Myller, (fn. 16) Thos. Colbeck,Robt. Maxton. (fn. 17) Almoners : Willm. Cressell, Wm. Breredge, Ric. Valentyne, Thos.Reding, and John Downslowe ; John Davie and Robt. Rendon, (fn. 18) conveyers. Surveyors at the dressers : Edw. Welden, Jas. Sutton. Servitors from the dresser :Laurence Serle, overseer, John Bromfeld, Robt. Lamdon, John Holcombe, Robt. Owen,Griffith Myres, Wm. Jones, Rob. Orton, Edm. Stone, John Githons, Edw. Philips, JohnUmpe, Ric. Clerke, John Holland, John Alcocke, Ric. Gilling, John Evans, LymerellMartyn, Fras. Socket, (fn. 19) John Brewet, John Coxe, John Knotfort, John Bilson, (fn. 20) John Birte.Waferer : Robt. Lyster. Confectionery :* John Amnsley. Kitchen : Laurence Thexted,Ric. Townsend, Roger Brosse, John coke, Rafe Hogan, child, Wm. More, fryer. Larder :Hen. Groves. (fn. 21) Boiler :* John Tailour. Saulserie : John Richardson, Matthew White.Pastry : Matthew White, child, Roger Brynge, conducte. Scullery : Wm. Phillip, Wm.Hamhider. Marshal : Ric. Wales. Huishers : John Fisher, Jas. Aleasley. Officers to attend upon the Mayor of London, sitting at the board next the wall on theleft hand of the Queen. The first board to be 9 yards long, and to be served with5 services of like fare, and 30 of another. Sewers : Edw. Browne, Wm. Jones. Panters : Thos. Pulfort, Hugh Mynours, JohnTryce, Robt. Hylston. Buttery and cellar : Thos. Mynours, Wm. Corffale, caker,John Throughgood, Wm. Agre. Ewry : Edw. Bird, Geo. Smert, Wm. Cheke. Almoners :John Fisher, John Rowland, Wm. Blike, Wm. Willkinson, and Hen. Hungreford ; AdamFaulcet, Hen. Wilkinson, conveyers of bread. Surveyors at the dressers : John Mery, Robt. Pagman. Servitors from the dresser :Henry Bird to superintend, John Wode, Moris Apdenevet, Michael Whiting, JohnStevens, Hugh David, Lewis ap Watkin, John West, John Burton, Robert Fleminge,Edw. Clayton, Lewis Appowell, John Cowper, Edw. Johnson, Ric. Fuller, John Treveth,Simmosune Symes, Robt. Stonehouse, Hen. Holden, John Hancocke, Thos. Boram, RogerMeres, John Massye, John Colby. Waferers :* Robt. Lyster, John Amnsley. Kitchen :William Snowball, John Sterne, John Crane, John Mathew, Thos. Borrey, child, PeterChild, fryer. Larder : Ric. Mathewe. Boilers : John White, John Tailour. Saulsery :John Richardson, Thos. Nash. Pastry : Thos. Dover, (fn. 22) Ric. Wilkinson. Scullery : Thos.More, Robt. Cellye. Marshals : Thos. Greves, Wm. Bellingham. Huisshers : Thos.Croftes, Wm. Bate. The hall must be served with plate, as spoons, salts, pots, and bowls. The Queen's Lord Chamberlain and Vice-chamberlain and two gentlemen must attendupon the Queen. Officers appointed for serving the waste. Panter : Wm. Wilkinson. Clerk : Jas.Harington. Cook : John Hautcliffe. Larderer : John Dauson. Cooks for the "Worchouses" : (fn. 23) John Birket, Ric. Parker, John Stevens, John Johnson, Steven God, Wm. Whitfeild. Noblemen admitted to do service according to the tenure of their lands, and for the trialof their fees and profits unto the morrow of St. John Baptist's Day : Earl of Arundel, chiefbutler ; Viscount of Lisle, chief panter ; earl of Oxford, chief chamberlain ; Sir Hen. Wyat,chief ewre ; earl of Shrewsbury to support the Queen's right arm and bear the sceptre ;sixteen Barons of the Cinque Ports to bear the canopy over her ; lord Burgeine, chieflarderer ; Sir Giles Alington to bear the first cup to the Queen ; earl of Sussex, chiefsewer ; the Mayor of London to bear a cup of gold to the Queen at her void. Pp. 23.
Add. MS.6,113, f. 34.B. M.	2. "Officers and servitors which did service the same day of coronation, being the firstof June." A list similar to (fn. 20) ii., but with a few additions and variations, of which the more importanthave been noted. Pp. 18.
31 May. MS. L. f. 1.Coll. of Arms.	563. Anne Boleyn. On Thursday, 29 May 1533, 25 Hen. VIII., the lady Anne marchionessof Pembroke was received at Greenwich, and conveyed to the Tower ofLondon, and thence to Westminster, where she was crowned queen ofEngland. Order was taken by the King and his Council for all the Lords spiritualand temporal to be in the barge before Greenwich at 3 p.m., and give theirattendance till the Queen took her barge. The mayor of London, StephenPecocke, haberdasher, had 48 barges in attendance richly decked with arras,hung with banners and with pennons of the arms of the crafts in fine gold,and having in them trumpets, shallands, and minstrels ; also every bargedecked with ordnance of guns, "the won to heill the other troumfettly as thetyme dyd require." Also there was the bachelor's barge sumptuously decked,and divers foists with great shot of ordnance, which went before all the barges.Order given that when her Grace's barge came "anontes" Wapping mills,knowledge should be given to the Tower to begin to shoot their ordnance.Commandment given to Sir Will. Vinstonne (Kingston), constable of theTower, and Sir Edw. Wallsyngham, lieutenant of the Tower, to keep a spacefree for her landing. It was marvellous sight how the barges kept such goodorder and space between them that every man could see the decking and garnishingof each, "and how the banars and penanntes of armis of their craftes,the which were beaten of fyne gould, yllastring so goodly agaynste the sonne,and allso the standardes, stremares of the conisaunsys and devisis ventylyngwith the wynd, allso the trompettes blowyng, shallmes and mistrielles playng,the which war a ryght symtivis and a tryhumfantt syght to se and to heareall the way as they paste upon the water, to her the sayd marvelles swettarmone of the sayd ynstermentes, the which soundes to be a thinge ofa nother world. This and this order hir Grace pasyng till she came a nonttRattlyffe." The Queen was "hallsyd with gones forth of the shippes" on every side,which could not well be numbered, especially at Ratcliffe. When she cameover against Wapping mills the Tower "lousyd their ordinaunce" mosttriumphantly, shooting four guns at once. At her landing, a long lane was made among the people to the King'sbridge at the entrance of the Tower. She was received on coming out ofher barge by Sir Edw. Walsingham, lieutenant of the Tower, and Sir Will.Kinston, constable of the Tower. The officers of arms gave their attendance ;viz., Sir Thos. Writhe, Garter king-of-arms, Clarencieux and Norroykings-of-arms, Carlisle, Richmond, Windsor, Lancaster, York, and Chesterheralds ; the old duchess of Norfolk bearing her train ; the lord Borworth (sic),chamberlain to her Grace, supporting it, &c. A little further on she wasreceived by lord Sandes, the King's chamberlain, lord Hause (Hussey),chamberlain with the Princess, the lord Windsor, the lord Nordunt (Mordaunt?),and others ; afterwards by the bishops of Winchester and London,the earl of Oxford, chamberlain of England, lord Will. Haworth, marshalof England, as deputy to his brother Thos. duke of Norfolk, the earl ofEssex, &c. Somewhat within the Tower she was received by the King, who laid hishands on both her sides, kissing her with great reverence and a joyfulcountenance, and led her to her chamber, the officers of arms going before.After which every man went to his lodging, except certain noblemen andofficers in waiting. The King and Queen went to supper, and "after superther was sumptuus void." On Friday, 30 May, all noblemen, &c. repaired to Court, and in a longchamber within the Tower were ordained 18 "baynes," in which were18 noblemen all that night, who received the order of knighthood on Saturday,Whitsun eve. Also there were 63 knights made with the sword in honor ofthe coronation. Then all the nobles, knights, squires, and gentlemen werewarned to attend on horseback, on the Tower Hill on Saturday next, toaccompany her Grace to Westminster, to do service at the coronation. Pp. 6. Early copy.
31 May. R. MS. 18,A. LXIV.B. M.	564. Queen Anne Boleyn. Verses composed by Nic. Udall, and spoken at the pageants inCornhill, Leadenhall, and Cheapside, at queen Anne's procession through thecity. "Hereafter ensueth a copy of divers and sundry verses, as well in Latin asin English, (fn. 24) devised and made partly by John Leland, and partly by NicholasVuedale, whereof some were set up and some other were spoken andpronounced unto the most high and excellent Queen the lady Anne, wife untoour sovereign lord king Henry the Eight, in many goodly and costelypageants exhibited and showed by the mayor and citizens of the famous cityof London at such time as her Grace rode from the Tower of London throughthe said city to her most glorious coronation at the monastery of Westminster,on Whitson eve in the xxv^th year of the reign of our said sovereign lord."Latin and English, pp. 29. Endorsemnt pasted on :* Versis and ditiesmade at the coronation of Quene Anne.
Harl. MS.6,148, f. 117.B. M.	565. Queen Anne Boleyn. Carmen Ricardi Coxi in coronacionem Annæ Augustissimæ AnglorumReginæ. Incip. : Læticiam promat Anglica gaudia fundat,Jam diadema gerit nobilis Anna sacrum. Expl. : De pleno cornu promitur omne penus.Augustus sileat, sileant spectacula. Pp. 8, 119 lines.
R. O.	566. Michael Berger, Goldsmith and carver of stones, (fn. 25) toCromwell. Begs his help towards setting two stones in gold, delivered to his mastershipfor the King and the Queen, or to pay him for the same. Had a doubletof black velvet taken from him, and if it is not reclaimed on Monday next, itwill be forfeited. The serjeants acted cruelly, taking him to sundry taverns,where he had to lay out his money in wine for them, so that now he iswithout a penny. If Cromwell wishes to have the stone made for the King's seal which hesaw when he was last at Calais, the petitioner will [set the sa]me againstChristmas next. P. 1. Broad sheet. Headed : To the right worshipful Mr. Cromwell.Endd.
31 May. R. O.	567. Shipping Of Ordnance To Ireland. Examination of Anthony Butyn of Lisle in Flanders, merchant, andThos. Whyte of Waterford, before the Lord Chancellor and others of theKing's council in Ireland, on two articles proposed by Ric. Langton, (fn. 26) viz. :— 1. That as they be merchants of ships coming to Ireland, they shoulddeclare how many they be masters of, and what ports they come to ; whatordnance, gunpowder, arms, &c. they know of that comes in the said ships,and how much they have sold of it, and to whom they have promised any,and who caused them to bring it ; and what has become of two barrels ofgunpowder put on board at Waterford by Whyte.
31 May. R. O.	2. What merchandise Edmund Sexton, servant to the earl of Kildare,bought in Flanders, and whose ship did convey it, and to what port ; and ofwhom the said Sexton procured so large a stock, and for whose behoof it wasbought. The said Anthony deposes before the Lord Chancellor and Chr. Delahyd,second justice of the King's Bench, that he and Whyte are factors of twoships, the one called — (blank), of 60 tons, already arrived at Waterford,the other at Droughday, called the Kateryn, of 100 tons ; and of three shipscoming, one to Limerick, the second to Waterford, and the third to Dublin ;in all which he knows of no more ordnance than 30 hand-guns, two barrelsof gunpowder, and 11 haberjons, which he brought to Droughda, where hesold 20 of the hand-guns to the mayor, and the rest to the merchants there.He has promised the 11 haberjons to Thos. Jurden for his money before anyother man. The gunpowder he will sell to the mayor, or where he canlawfully. No man of this country caused him to bring the said guns, gunpowder,and haberjons but his master, and it was for no other object butmerchandise. Edmund Sexton had in Flanders upon the said Anthony's master to thevalue of six lasts of hides. What merchandise he bought he knows not.The goods bought will come to Limerick, where they must receive the saidhides with others. The said goods come upon adventure of the merchants inFlanders, and he is to receive none of them before he delivers the six lasts.Signed : G. Armachan—Cristofor Delahyd, justice. Large paper, p. 1. Endd.
31 May. Add. MS.28,585, f. 264.B. M.	568. Council Of Charles V. "Lo que se consulto con su Majestad sobre la causa matrimonial deYnglaterra para despachar a Rodrigo Davalos que partio de Barcelona apostrero de Mayo de DXXXIIJ." The points to be considered, now that the King has annulled his marriagewith the Queen, and married Anna de Bulans publicly, are as follows :— First. The King having lived in undisputed marriage with the Queen forabout 18 years, and having by her the Princess, who ought to succeed him,procured six years ago a commission from the Pope to cardinals Campeggioand York to proceed to a divorce, but the Queen appealed to Rome. TheKing, however, persisted in the case being tried out of Italy, in some placewhere he could appear in person. This point was debated, and finally theConsistory determined that the King's excusator could not be admittedwithout a mandate. The Emperor has continually commended the matterto the Pope, by ambassadors and letters, and at their interview at Bologna.Briefs have been obtained to prevent the King from marrying, but he hasnevertheless done so, and has forbidden Katharine to be called Queen. (fn. 27) In considering what course the Emperor should take, the following pointsare proposed : 1. The prosecution of justice. 2. Force. 3. Force, togetherwith the said justice. In each of these there is difficulty. The first seems to be suitable, as the trial has already commenced ; thematter is spiritual, and concerns conscience, and some settlement is necessaryfor the preservation of the rights of the Queen and Princess. There are twodifficulties :—(1.) The King will not obey, especially considering the late proclamation(pregmatica) in England. (2.) The Pope is very cold and dilatory(respectivo) in matters concerning the king of England, and it is likely thatduring the proceedings the Queen and Princess would suffer. The second method, force, is dangerous on account of present circmstances,and the assistance which the King might have. All Christendomwould be imperilled, but principally the Emperor's dominions. It mustbe considered that although the King has married the said Anna de Bulans,he has not proceeded against the Queen by force or violence, and he has committedno act against the Emperor which the latter could allege to be aninfraction of the treaty of Cambray, which was made after the divorce wascommenced, during the proceedings at Rome. Though the Emperor isbound to the Queen, this is a private matter, and public considerations mustbe taken into account. As to the third method, of joining force with justice : this can only bedone by waiting for the Pope to give sentence, and invoke the secular arm,when all princes and good Christians are equally bound to help his Holiness,who should act as head of the enterprise. It must be considered whetheran ambassador should be sent expressly about a matter of such importance, orwhether instructions shall be sent to the count of Cifuentes. Whether theQueen's counsel should propose the prosecution of the principal matter, orpersist in the revocation of what has been done during the progress of thecase and her restitution to marriage rights. If it is thought advisable to prosecute the determination of the matter,whether it would be better to execute the briefs and interdict ; or, as thiswould probably cause a war, or at least a rupture of the commerce betweenEngland and the Emperor's dominions, whether it would be better only toinsist on the increase of ecclesiastical censures and multiplication ofpenalties, as far as to deprive the King of his crown, and all rights, titles, andprivileges conferred on him by the Church. Whether a new protestation should be made in Rome that the Queen andPrincess cannot do anything to the prejudice of their rights, and especiallythat the King's new marriage shall not prejudice the Princess.Whether the Queen's counsel shall make a summary and public requisitionto the Pope and Consistory, that, in consideration of the long time the casehas lasted, and the King's course of conduct, both to the Church and herself,his Holiness and the Consistory will declare the justice of her cause, andprovide some remedy ; and whether protestation should be made against allthat has been done in England to prejudice the case by the archbishop ofCanterbury and other ecclesiastical and secular judges. Whether the kings of the Romans and of Portugal should be desired towrite or send to the Pope in the Queen's favor, being her relatives. Whether the king of the Romans should cause the electors and princes ofthe empire to write to the Pope in her favor, as all the electors, princes, andestates of Germany, even the heretics (desviados), abhor the pretendeddivorce. If the Pope persist in his desire to know what the Emperor will dotowards the execution of the sentence, as he has already inquired of the countof Cifuentes, shall an affirmative answer be given to him ; or will it besufficient to say to his Holiness that he ought to do what justice demands,and assert his ecclesiastical authority, before invoking the secular arm ; thathe ought to do his duty without expecting secular help, but he may trust tothe Emperor's acting like an obedient son of the Church? [To give apromise] before sentence is pronounced, would cause the other side tosuspect that the execution of the sentence had been arranged, before it wasitself certain. Whether the Queen shall be advised to remain in England, and keep theaffection of the people as much as possible. This may be of importance inbringing back the King, who may feel remorse for his sin, weariness ofAnna, and fear of his subjects. If the Queen leaves the kingdom, dissimulationwill no longer be possible, and the Emperor, king of the Romans, andher other relatives must act with vigor. On the other hand, the Queen maybe in danger if she remains in England. It must be considered what she willdo if the King makes Anna queen of England. Whether it is necessary to send or write to the Ambassador in England tosee what demonstrations should be made in favor of the Queen, and toprovide for the security of her and the Princess, lest she fall into Anna'shands, of which the Ambassador expresses doubts in his letters ; or whetherit will be enough to write to the Ambassador, and inform him, "de lo quese avra resoluto cerca de lo susodicho para ... al dicho rey porvirtud de las cartas de creencia que se ..." Whether it will be necessary to send or write expressly to the Frenchking, and whether it will be enough to write to the Ambassador there tospeak to the King and Queen, who, being a near relative of the queen ofEngland, might persuade her husband to act in her favor. How the queen of Hungary, regent of Flanders, is to act towards the kingof England and his subjects, and what must be written thereon to the queenof England and the Ambassador. Sp., pp. 12. Modern copy*.
R. T. 145No. 5. § 44.	569. Charles V. to his Ambassador at Rome. Informs him of what has been discussed in his Council, in order thatthe same points may be laid before an assembly of councillors and advocatesof the Queen. The best method of executing prompt justice was also to bediscussed. Wishes the interdict to be the extreme penalty, as the people ofEngland would not dare to observe it, and most of the people are opposed tothe divorce, and should not suffer. Then again his subjects in the Netherlandswould be injured, as no commerce is allowed with a people underinterdict. Pp. 2. From a French catalogue of papers now lost, formerly at Brussels.
GranvellePapers, II. 33.	570. Charles V. Instructions to Cifuentes and Rodrigo d'Avalos. They are aware of the divorce of the king of England after he had livedwith his wife 20 years on the best terms, and having had a daughter by theirmarriage ; also that after having put away his Queen he has begun to livein concubinage with a lady of his court named Anne Boleyn. Cifuentes haswritten of the report spread in Rome that he had married Anne before thedecision of the Holy See upon his divorce, despising the papal censures.Notwithstanding a similar rumor reported from France, refused to believethis till it was confirmed by a letter from the Ambassador in England threedays ago, with the further information that Katharine had been forbiddento take the title of Queen, besides a number of other particulars. Theking of England, according to his own statement, has been encouraged tothis by the delays in the decision of the cause. Justice must now be insistedon ; and though we have perfect confidence that you, Cifuentes, neglect noopportunity, we have joined don Rodrigo d'Avalos with you. You [Rodrigo]must therefore proceed to Rome as quickly as possible, and take counselwith the Queen's advocates, and others, on the best means to be employed topreserve the rights of the Queen, and annul the marriage with Anne Boleyn.You shall consider whether it will be best to insist on the determinationalready taken, provided it can be supported by proofs, or to demand, singlyor together, that the Queen be restored to her rights. You shall alsoconsult on the best means of forcing the king of England to put away hisconcubine, and, if possible, getting his Holiness to deprive him of hiskingdom, which he holds of the Holy See, as the Acts lately passed inEngland against the authority of the Holy See give cause to fear that theKing and Anne Boleyn will care little for an interdict, which in fact thepeople could not observe, although the majority of Henry's subjects arepained at his marriage with Anne. Moreover, the publication of censureswould disturb intercourse with Spain and Flanders. If, therefore, aninterdict be resorted to, it should be limited to one diocese, or to the placewhere the King dwells. We write also to our Ambassador in England, to letyou know his opinion, and whether he thinks it desirable to protest againstall acts done by the Queen and Princess to their own prejudice, seeing thatthey are under constraint ; but, above all, to declare illegitimate any childrenthat Anne may have. You are to take all possible advice on the matter, asit is so important. As the Pope, on being pressed to accelerate the judgment in the principalcause, wished to know what we would do to ensure execution of the sentence,you must reply, if he recurs to this, that he must do his duty, from whichnothing can relieve him, and that the publication of the sentence, and ofthe penalties it will inflict, must precede the recourse had to the secular arm.He may, however, depend upon it, that the Emperor will not fail to giveeffect to it. We have consulted whether the Queen ought to leave England,or remain there to preserve the affection of the people. Thinks this mighthelp to bring the King back to a sense of duty ; whereas any attempt on herpart to quit the kingdom would have to be backed up by some demonstrationon the part of the Emperor and the king of the Romans. All things considered,this question is put aside for the present. We have been informedby our Ambassador in France that Francis has expressed great displeasureat Henry's marriage with his concubine, and had endeavored to dissuade himfrom it. We have accordingly written to him to increase his feeling on thissubject, and at least not to yield any point to the king of England whichmight interfere with justice. We are writing to queen Mary in Flanders ofall that we have decided in this matter. We have also considered whetherwe shall send a special agent into England, to visit the Queen and consoleher ; but, considering the language used by the King to our Ambassador, hemight be still more insolent to the person we should send. We have written,however, to our Ambassador on this subject. Sp.
R. O.	571. Katharine Of Arragon. "Commissions for the Princess Dowager." 1. For Rice ap Howell to provide flour, &c. 2. For Will. Shaw toprovide oxen, sheep, and the like. 3. For John Stone to provide capons,hens, wildfowl, butter, and eggs. 4. For John Reynolds to provide hay andlitter for the Princess's stable. 5. For Geo. Hill to provide fresh and seafish, &c. 6. For John Turnour, yeoman porter, to provide carts and horsesat the removal of the Princess. P. 1.
R. O.	572. Dr. Hyberdyne. "The saying of Mr. Hyberdyne in the pulpit within the town ofBristol, from Easter eve till Little Easter Sunday," 24 Hen. VIII., inferringamong other things from the text Data est mihi potestas in cœlo et in terra,"that the Pope is king and prince of all the world," &c. Various otherpassages in the sermon are also noted. Ends : "Item, that he brought in a parable at St. Thomas' church under acolour of the nightingale and the crow ; which property of the crow, he said,was that whether the King came by, or the mayor, or any other honestman, that he called them 'Knaves! Knaves!'" ii. Dr. Powell's saying in the pulpit in Bristol on St. Mark's Day, and theSunday following, 25 Hen. VIII. iii. Deposition against Mr. John Floke, dean of Bristol, by Thos. Smyth,coroner there, for commanding the curates of Henbury not to pray for theKing and the Queen. Made 10 May 25 Hen. VIII. iv. Sayings of Hyberdyne which he preached in Bristol upon AscensionDay and the Sunday following, 25 Hen. VIII. In the form of a petition ofcertain burgesses of the town to the mayor and corporation. P. 8.
Harl. 422,f. 88.B. M.Strype's Eccl.Mem, I. II.175.Latimer'sRemains, 317.	573. [Latimer?] to Hubbardine. (fn. 28) Brotherly love compels me to admonish you of the blasphemies youuttered here on Ascension Day. You said that the new learning was notthe truth, and that the professors lived naughtily. These are blasphemies ;for the new learning is the Scripture. If you say it is not the Scripture thatyou call new, but other books lately put in English, I answer that the Scripturewas the first which you and yours condemned, and that the others speaknothing but that which is manifest in the Scriptures. This is your first lie.—Speaks much of the antiquity of the Scriptures.—But you say you condemnnot the Scripture, but Tyndal's translation ; in which you show yourselfcontrary to your own words.—Condemns Hubbardine for saying that beforethe coming of Anti-Christ there shall be a departure from the Pope. As toyour saying that they persecute priests, I would gladly hear of one priest whowas so much as once imprisoned for his faith, except by yourself. Do younot remember the honest priest that last year was martyred by you in Kent ?Do you not hold Nicholson, Smyth, Patmore, and Philips, with many others,in prison at this hour? Corrected draft, not in Latimer's handwriting. Imperfect.
R. O.	574. Henry VIII. to —. Directs him to summon the graziers of "that shire," and order themto sell beef, mutton, and veal to the butchers at such a price that the lattercan obey the statute of the last session of Parliament for selling meat byweight (24 Hen. VIII. c. 3.) The butchers complain of their inability topurchase meat without paying such a high price that they could notbear the loss, and divers of them have been compelled to leave the trade.Empowers him to take up and sell, according to the rate of the said Act, asmany beefs, muttons, and veals as will suffice for the sustentation of thepeople in that shire, distributing to the mayors and bailiffs of the towns, andthe rulers and officers of other places, what will suffice for their necessity.As the city of London is partly supplied from that shire, he must order thedealers to continue their supply, and, if not, he must provide for the cityafter the proportion and rate they have been used to have. Stamped. Pp. 2.
R. O.	575. Sir Thomas Elyot to [Cromwell]. On the King's writ delivered to me for summoning such as are able toreceive the order of knighthood, I have sent my under-sheriff into the country,who returned me a list, in which one Wawton was named. Since then someworshipful men have assured me that he is not worth 40l. yearly in land. Bygreat diligence he sends many sons to school. He has many daughters tomarry, "which, as ye well know, be great corrosives of a little substance."Begs, therefore, that he may be excused. Hol., p. 1. Endd.
R. O.	576. John Godsalve to Eustace, Clerk of the Works at HamptonCourt. Send me as many golden balls as you can conveniently procure, andsuch fanes (vanes?) and other things at your pleasure. Help the bearer intothe spicery, to have an antique which I left there ; of which he has the key.Send me also the head under the stair, and whatsoever other things yourgentle heart can lovingly depart from. London, Wednesday. Though I have not deserved half you have bestowed upon me, I trust youshall think your gentleness in this behalf very well recompensed. Hol., p. 1. Add.
Vesp. F. I. 32.B. M.	577. Hungary. After the king of Poland and George duke of Saxony had in vainsent their Ambassadors last year to Posnau to make peace between kingFerdinand and John Sepus, called the Veivode, both parties were soweakened that they made a truce for three months, and wished to prolongit for a year. Sepus sent Jerome Laski to the Turk at Constantinople toask his consent. During the cessation of arms, both Princes placed twocastles in Hungary in the possession of the king of Poland and the duke ofSaxony. Towards the close of the year, which commenced on May 1, Laskiwent to Ferdinand in Germany to treat for peace, but said he had no writtencommission, though his master would ratify all that he did. Seeing that theKing gave him but little credit, he asked to be sent on to the Emperor ;which the King refused, but allowed him to write. The Emperor answeredkindly, proposing a meeting at Passaw in Bavaria, where his Ambassadors,and those of his brother and the duke of Saxony, waited five weeks for theAmbassadors of the king of Poland and the Veivode, who did not even sendword of their intention to come. The others, therefore, returned withoutdoing anything. Nothing was left but to prepare for war. The Turk sentLewis Gritti with a band of cavalry and 400 ships, called Nassarœ, to puta garrison into Buda, as much against Sepuse, some think, as againstFerdinand. Sepuse, hearing of it, sent orders to the governor of Budanot to admit him into the castle, for he knew that he was ambitious ofobtaining the kingdom of Hungary. One proof of this was that after thesiege of Buda he told Laski, who was staying at his house at Constantinople,that the Turk intended to remove Sepuse to Turkey, and make one of hissatraps king ; which Gritti had always opposed, and had obtained from theTurk that Sepuse should enjoy the kingdom, and Gritti succeed at his death,while Laski should now have Transylvania, and, at Sepuse's death, both theValachias, which the Turk had meanwhile granted to Gritti. Laski pretendedto be pleased at this, and Gritti went on to make inquiries aboutSepuse's health, offering him his own physician, as he was an invalid. Onhis return, Laski told Sepuse of this, and warned him to be careful ofGritti. Sepuse, wishing to show Gritti that his plans were known, withoutmaking him suspect Laski, induced Statilius bishop of Transylvania to writeto the prince of the Valachians that he heard that Gritti was aiming at the ruleof Valachia and Hungary, and he feared that he might attempt the lives ofthe two Princes, and desiring the Prince to send ambassadors to warn Sepuse.He immediately did so, and the Ambassadors declared their charge beforethe assembled nobles, most of whom were intimate with Gritti. Sepuseexpressed his wonder at the rumor, and his confidence in Gritti's faith, whosepartisans wrote to apprise him of what had occurred. Since this he has notreturned to Hungary, and Laski has not dared to return to Constantinople.The writer heard this from a friend. Lat., pp. 4. Headed : "De Rebus Hungaricis." Endd.
	1. Receipt [to be given] to Francis I.for 32,000 florins paid at Calais, accordingto an obligation dated Bordeaux, 10 June1530. Westm., 1 May 1533.—S.B.
	2. Receipt [to be given] to Francis I. for5,000 cr. of gold of the sun, paid at Calaisfor the pension of salt, according to thetreaty of Hampton Court. Westm., 1 May1533.—S.B.
	3. Receipt [to be given] to Francis I. for47,368 cr. of g. of the sun, 16 sous, paid atCalais according to certain bonds, &c.Westm., 1 May 1533.—S.B.
	4. John Olyver, LL.D., the King's chaplain.Grant of the deanery of the collegiatechurch of the Holy Trinity, St. Mary andSt. Frediswide, of the free chapel calledKing Henry the Eighth's college, in Oxford.Greenwich, 22 April 24 Hen. VIII. Del.Westm., 1 May 25 Hen. VIII.—P.S. Pat.p. 1, m. 25.
	5. Ric. Pley of Lyme Regis, Dorset,merchant. Reversal of outlawry in co. Devon,on two several suits de eo quod reddat broughtagainst him by John Coolyn and JoanCoobley, executrix of Rob. Cobley, deceased,respectively, before Sir Rob. Brudenell andhis fellows, justices of Common Pleas ; thesaid Richard having surrendered to theFlete prison as certified by Rob. Norwyche,C. J. of C. P. Westm., 1 May.—Pat.25 Hen. VIII. p. 1, m. 6.
	6. John Pley of Lyme, Dorset, merchant.Reversal of outlawry in cos. Dorset andDevon on three several suits, viz., on thesuit of Ric. Pollard de eo quod reddat beforeSir Rob. Norwyche and his associates, justicesof Common Pleas ; on the suit ofHenry Heynall de eo quod reddat before SirRob. Brudenell and his associates, justicesof the Common Pleas ; and on the suit ofJohn Tyrlyng and John Dolbeare of Colyton,Devon, merchants, before the same SirRob. Brudenell and his associates ; the saidJohn Pley having surrendered to the Fleteprison, as certified by Sir Rob. Norwiche,C. J. of C. P. Westm., 1 May.—Pat.25 Hen. VIII. p. 1, m. 6.
	7. Thomas abp. of Canterbury. To havethe issues of the temporalities of ChristChurch cathedral, Canterbury, (his electionby the prior and convent having been confirmedby pope Clement VII., the temporalitiesof the see were restored on the 19 April24 Hen. VIII.,) during voidance, in thesame way as William, late abp., and his predecessors,enjoyed such issues when the seewas full. Also pardon to the said Thomas,late archdeacon of Taunton, of all trespassesand offences against the statutes of provisorsand præmunire, &c. Del. Westm., 2 May25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 1, m. 28.Rym. XIV. 457.
	8. Hen. Sturges, chaplain. Presentationto the parish church of Roydon-juxta-Disse,Norf., vice John Cooke, resigned ; in theKing's gift by the minority of Eliz. Lovell.Greenwich, 22 April 24 Hen. VIII. (sic).Del. Westm., 2 May 25 Hen. VIII.—P.S.
	9. Sibron Rinkinson or Rekynson, anative of Friesland, in the dominions of theEmperor. Denization. Greenwich, 20 April24 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 5 May[25] Hen. VIII.—P.S. Pat. 25 Hen. VIII.p. 1, m. 6.
	10. John Tregunwell, LL.D., one of theKing's counsellors. Annuity of 40l. for life.Greenwich, 22 April 24 Hen. VIII. (sic).Del. Westm., 5 May 25 Hen. VIII.—P.S.Pat. p. 1, m. 34.
	11. Ric. Tate. Custody of the manor ofTirrock, Bucks, seven messuages in Waddynton,two messuages in Belcheford, Linc., andcertain lands and tenements in Kydmysterand Moreton Underhill, Worc., of the annualvalue of 6l. 15s., late of John Bewfo, deceased,during the minority of John Bewfo,s. and h. of the said John ; with the wardshipand marriage of the said John. Greenwich,2 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm.,5 May.—P.S.
	12. Sir Ric. Sandes and John Sandes,his son. Grant, in survivorship, of the officeof bailiff of the Skivinage of the town ofCalais, and the island of Colne, in themarches of Calais, in the same way as SirHumph. Banaster or Walter Culpeper heldthe office ; on surrender of patent 23 June13 Hen. VIII., granting the office to the saidRichard. Del. ... 6 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 1, m. 6.
	13. John Bolton, alias John Abolton,of Watton, alias of Beverley, York, blacksmith.Pardon for the murder of oneWilliam Marrey, alias Wm. Hayton, of Beverley.Greenwich, 23 April 25 Hen. VIII.Del. Westm., 6 May. — P.S. Pat. p. 1,m. 9.
	14. Thomas Makyn, rector of Bebton(Bepton), Sussex. Licence to be the King'schaplain, and to absent himself from his rectory,notwithstanding the Act 21 Hen. VIII.Greenwich, 1 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del.Westm., 6 May.—P.S. Pat. p. 1, m. 9.
	15. John Bryket, master cook pro ore.To be coroner of the lordship of Holderness,York, vice Ralph Warberton, deceased.Greenwich, 16 April 24 Hen. VIII. Del.Westm., 6 May 25 Hen. VIII.—P.S. Pat.p. 1, m. 9.
	16. Thomas earl of Rutland. Custodyof the possessions of Ralph Batty and Maryhis wife, both deceased, in co. York,during the minority of Eliz. Batty, daughterand heir of the said Ralph and Mary ; withthe wardship and marriage of the saidElizabeth. Del. Westm., 7 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 2, m. 26.
	17. Wm. Burdon, clerk. Custody of thepossessions of Percival Thornton, deceased,in co. York, or elsewhere in England,during the minority of Wm. Thornton, sonand heir of the said Percival ; with thewardship and marriage of the said William.Del. Westm., 7 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B.Pat. p. 2, m. 15.
	18. Wm. Morant, clerk. To have thepension which the abbot of Westminster isbound to give to a clerk of the King'snomination till he is promoted to a competentbenefice. Greenwich, 27 April 25 Hen. VIII.Del. Westm., 7 May.—P.S.
	19. Monastery of St. John, Colchester.Congé d'élire to the prior and convent, viceThos. Barton, last abbot, deceased. Del.Westm., 8 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B.
	20. Sir Walter Hungerford. Inspeximusand exemplification, at his request, of theinrolments of— i. Pat. 3 Feb. 3 Ric. II., being a pardonto Thos. de Hungerford, sen., for theacquisition, without licence, of the custodyof Selwode forest, Wilts, from Roger deStourton and John his son.
	ii. A charter, dated the feast ofSt. Nicholas the bishop, 8 Hen. VI., endorsedon Close Roll, whereby John Stafford,bishop of Bath and Wells, and others, granta reversion of the manor of Upton Escudemour,Wilts, to Sir Walter Hungerford,lord of Haytisbury and Homet, and others,during his life, and the heirs male of hisbody. Westm., 8 May.—Pat. 25 Hen. VIII.p. 1, m. 11.
	21. Nich. Danyell of Exeter, merchant,a native of Venice. Denization. Greenwich,5 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 8 May.—P.S.
	22. Venice. Confirmation, for the satisfactionof the Venetian ambassador and merchants,of patent, 12 March 21 Hen. VIII.,granting the said merchants a licence forfive years to buy wool and tin in England,and export the same from the ports ofLondon, Southampton, and Sandwich, notwithstandingthe Acts 3 Hen. VII. and4 Hen. VII., from the enjoyment of whichprivileges the said merchants are debarredby statute 22 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm.,9 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 1,m. 7.
	23. Robert earl of Sussex. Next presentationto a canonry and prebend in thechapel of St. Stephen, Westm. Greenwich,2 May 25 Hen. VIII. T. Westm., 9 May.—P.S.
	24. Thomas Alvard, one of the gentlemenushers of the King's chamber. Grantin reversion of all the messuages, houses,&c. belonging to the King in Westminsterpalace ; the mansion-houses called Paradyseand Hell, in Westminster Hall ; the landsand tenements which Wm. Fryes lately held ;another house or mansion, called Purgatory,in the said Hall ; a house called "PotansHous," under the Exchequer ; the towerand house called "le Grenelettys," whichJohn Catesby held and occupied ; whichpremises are now held by William Butler,one of the serjeants-at-arms, by virtue ofpatent 3 June 6 Hen. VIII. granting the sameto James Ap Jenkyn, now deceased, andthe said William. Greenwich, 5 May25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 9 May.—P.S.Pat. p. 1, m. 32.
	25. Thomas Alvard, one of the gentlemenushers of the King's Chamber. To bekeeper of the New Park near Westminster,with the custody of the King's lodges in thesame park, keeper of the "tenys plays" and"bowlynge aleys" near the said park ; andbailiff or receiver of the rents, issues, andprofits of the messuages, lands, and tenementsnear Charyngcrosse, lately acquiredby the King from the abbot and conventof Westminster, and others in Westminster.Greenwich, 23 April 25 Hen. VIII. Del.Westm., 9 May.—P.S. Pat. p. 1, m. 32.
	26. Wm. Kaye, chaplain. Presentationto the second chantry in the free chapel ofSt. Mary, on the bridge of Wakefield, (fn. 29) viceWm. Joyse, resigned. Greenwich, 5 May25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 9 May.—P.S.Pat. p. 2, m. 15.
	27. Ric. Dychar, goldsmith, of London.Pardon for harbouring and assisting Will.Danger of London, vintner, knowing thatthe said William had broken into the church ofthe Crutched Friars in Tower ward, London,and stolen from the vestry certain plate, theproperty of John Driver, the prior. Greenwich,6 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm.,9 May.—P.S.
	28. Ric. Bowles, the master, Rob. Cornelisalias Haukyn, and John Plomer, thewardens, and the brethren and sisters of thefraternity or guild of Jesus, in the church ofSt. Mary Baldok. Inspeximus and confirmationof patent 25 July 37 Hen. VI., beinga licence to found and endow the said guild.Westm., 10 May.—Pat. 25 Hen. VIII. p. 2,m. 10.
	29. Tho. Tayler, clk. Presentation tothe church of All Saints, Northcerney, Worc.dioc., vice Tho. Baschurche, clk., last rector,resigned. Greenwich, 9 May 25 Hen. VIII.Del. Westm., 10 May. — P.S. Pat. p. 2,m. 30.
	30. Ric. Pygot, clk. Presentation to acanonry and prebend in the collegiate churchof Tamworth, Cov. and Lich. dioc., viceThos. Wescote, resigned ; in the King's giftby the voidance of the see. Greenwich,24 April 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm.,12 May.—P.S.
	31. John Dyer. To be clerk of the peaceand of the Crown in co. Somerset, with custodyof the Rolls in the said county, in the samemanner as enjoyed by Cuthbert Clavelsheyand John Cuffe. Eltham, 8 June 24 Hen. VIII.Del. Westm., 14 May 25 Hen. VIII.—P.S.
	32. Mons. deUbaldinis, the Pope's nuncio.Licence to depart out of the realm with sixhorses, his servants and baggage. Greenwich,14 May 25 Hen. VIII. T. 15 May.—S.B.
	33. Ric. Longe, one of the equerries ofthe King's stable. To the keeper of "leGawle above the Wood," in Dean forest,Glouc., vice Philip Cachemay, deceased ;and to be riding forester and "alecumner"in the said forest. Greenwich, 3 May25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 15 May.—P.S. Pat. p. 1, m. 6.
	34. John Compton. To be comptrollerof the customs and subsidies in the portof Briggewater. Westm., 15 May.—Pat.25 Hen. VIII. p. 1, m. 29.
	35. John Staveley. Livery of lands asson and heir of Geo. Staveley, late ofBygnell, Oxon, deceased. Greenwich, 11May 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 16 May.—P.S. Pat. p. 1, m. 2.
	36. Geo. Babyngton and Helen his wife,one of the four kinswomen and heirs ofdame Genovefa Say, deceased, formerly wifeof Sir Wm. Say, deceased, viz., daughterand heir of Elizabeth, one of the threedaughters and heirs of Joan, one of thedaughters and heirs of John Chayne ofPynne, son and heir of Elizabeth, sister ofJohn Hille of Spaxton, Somers., father ofthe said Genovefe. Livery of lands of thesaid Will. Say and Genovefa in England,Calais, and Wales, which should fall to thesaid Helen. Greenwich, 11 May 25 Hen. VIII.Del. Westm., 16 May.—P.S. Pat. p. 1, m. 1.
	37. Margaret Lewkenor, widow. Wardshipand marriage of Edw. Lewkenor, sonand heir of Edw. Lewkenor, deceased. Del.Westm., 17 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat.p. 1, m. 10.
	38. Andrew Nowell. Appointment asfeodary of all lands belonging to the Kingin counties Northt. and Rutland ; withauthority to take into the King's handsthe persons of all heirs under age in thesaid counties, and deliver them to Sir Tho.Inglefeld, one of the justices of CommonPleas, and Sir Wm. Poulett, guardians ormasters of such heirs. Westm., 17 May.—Pat. 25 Hen. VIII. p. 2, m. 26.
	39. Tho. Burneby, kinsman and heir ofEustace Burneby, deceased, viz., son andheir of Geo. Burneby, son and heir of thesaid Eustace ; and Sir Edw. Ferrers andEustace Burneby, and any other personseised to the use of the said Eustace Burneby,sen., George and Thomas. Livery of athird part of the manor of Watfordcalled Burnebyes manor, Northt., and allother possessions in England whereof thesaid Eustace Burneby, sen., and Geo. Burneby,&c., were seized. Greenwich, 11 May25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 17 May.—P.S. Pat. p. 2, m. 24.
	40. Wm. Stewkeley. Livery of lands,as son and heir of Gerard Stewkeley, deceased,and Joan, late his wife, and afterwardswife of Peter Felding, deceased.Greenwich, 11 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del.Westm., 17 May.—P.S. Pat. p. 2, m. 20.
	41. Will. Blakenall. Lease of 16½ ac.of meadow called "le Northmede," late inthe tenure of Rob. Baker, 7 ac. of land, andthe herbage and pannage of 1 ac. of underwoodcalled Dawson Croftis, herbage andpannage of 50 ac. of wood and pasture, and24 ac. called "lez Saies," which MorganJohens lately held, in the manor of Waynsted,Essex, parcel of the land acquired byHenry VII. of Sir Ralph Hastings ; withreservations ; for 21 years, at the annualrent of 9l. 10s., and 2s. of increase ; on surrenderby the said William of pat. 19 July9 Hen. VIII., granting a similar lease toNic. Rawson, now deceased, who demisedhis interest to Oliver Maufeld, who did thesame to Charles duke of Suffolk, and thesaid Duke to the said William. Westm.,19 May.—Pat. 25 Hen. VIII. p. 1, m. 43.
	42. Henry duke of Richmond and Somerset,and earl of Nottingham. Grant of threefairs at the town of Burne, Linc., viz., thefirst on the eve and day of St. Matthew theApostle, the second on the eve and dayof the name of Jesus, and the third onthe eve and day of St. Edward the Kingand Confessor. Westm., 21 May.—Pat.25 Hen. VIII. p. 1, m. 43.
	43. Margaret Maxeborne of London,spinster. Pardon for having entered thehouse of Thos. Bentley, M.D., in the parishof St. Botulph without Aldrichgate, London,and stolen certain articles of plate. Greenwich,6 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm.,21 May.—P.S.
	44. Eliz. Spycer of Westm. Pardonfor having stolen certain goods and moneybelonging to John Smyth, stock-fishmonger,from Margaret his wife, in the parish ofSt. Magnus, London, Bridge ward ; also forhaving, along with Will. Spycer of Westm.,chapman, husband of the said Elizabeth, inthe parish of All Saints, in the ward of BreadStreet, London, stolen certain plate, &c. belongingto Joan Veysey, spinster. Greenwich,6 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm.,21 May.—P.S.
	45. Ric. Watkyns, LL.B. To be theKing's prothonotary, with power to appointnotaries to act in his place on their takingan oath of office. Greenwich, 28 April25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 21 May.—P.S.
	46. Henry ld. Stafford and John Corbet,of Legh, Salop. Inspeximus and innotescimusof— i. A judgment given on the 12 May last,by Sir Thos. Audeley, the chancellor, SirJohn Fitz James, chief justice of theKing's Bench, and Sir Wm. Shelley, one ofthe justices of Common Pleas, between thesaid lord Stafford and John Corbet, concerningthe right of certain property in themanor of Hamelett of Hope, Salop, whichwas held by one of the ancestors of the saidJohn Corbet on a lease of 12 years, whichhas long since expired, and since held bythe said John and his ancestors by sufferanceof the said lord Stafford and hisancestors ; and to which premises the saidJohn has of late pretended title, and causedan office to be found by the verdict of 12men after the death of Edward late duke ofBuckingham, father of the said lord Stafford,that the said Duke was seised in his demesneas of fee of 25s. 6d. annual rent issuing fromthe said manor of Hamelett of Hope. Thesaid judges award the said lord Staffordpossession of the said manor, &c. ; and thesaid John Corbet, at the feast of Purificationnext, in the Lady Chapel of the monastery ofSt. Thomas near Stafford, shall pay thesaid lord Stafford 12l. 15s. for the issues ofthe premises ; and the said lord Stafford,before the feast of Pentecost next, shallcause an indenture to be enrolled in one ofthe Courts of Record at Westminster,between the said lord and lady Ursula hiswife, on the one part, and the said JohnCorbet on the other, granting the said Johna 10 years' lease of the said premises at theannual rent of 4 marks.
	ii. Indenture made 20 May 25 Hen. VIII.between the said lord and lady and the saidJohn, according to the above terms, withreservations specified, viz., "a wood calledHope's wood, wayffe, straye, pannage, tak ofswyne, kyddes, hennes, and other profyttesof the tenantes of Bromley, and medoweDowne Courtes there to be kepte," &c. Westm., 23 May.—Pat. 25 Hen. VIII.p. 2, m. 27-8.
	47. Alice Atkynson, of Stebynhith,spinster. Pardon for having stolen certainmoney and wearing apparel belonging toNic. Wilcokes, at Stebynhith. Greenwich,6 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del*. Westm., 24 May.—P.S.
	48. John Burnell of Stratford at Bowe,yeoman. Pardon for stealing two greygeldings worth 4l., the property of Hen.Lodisman, at Isyldon, Middx. Greenwich,6 May 25 Hen. VIII. Del. 24 May.—P.S.
	49. Cumberland : Commission to CuthbertHutton, Edw. Aglanby, and JohnSkelton, of Braunthwayt, to make inquisitionp. m. on the lands and heir of CuthbertMusgrave. Westm., 26 May. Northumberland : Similar commission toSir Will. Heron, Sir Rob. Wythryngton, andRob. Colyngwode, on the lands and heir ofNic. Thornton. Westm., 26 May.—Pat.25 Hen. VIII. p. 2, m. 26d.
	50. Thomas duke of Norfolk. Grant, intail male, of the name, style, title, &c. ofEarl Marshal of England, with an annuity of20l. out of the issues of the Hanaper ofChancery, on surrender of patent 4 July15 Hen. VIII., granting the same to Charlesduke of Suffolk in reversion on the death ofThomas late duke of Norfolk, deceased.Del. Westm., 28 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B.Pat. p. 2, m. 15.
	51. Sir Tho. Clyfford. Annuity of 20l.issuing from the possessions in co. Northumb.and the liberty of Norham, late of Sir Edw.Grey, deceased, during the minority ofRalph Grey, son and heir of the said Edward ;with the wardship and marriage ofthe said Ralph. Del. Westm., 28 May25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 2, m. 23.
	52. Sir Tho. Clyfford. Annuity of 20l.issuing from the manors of Slodewiche andHommeleton, in the bishopric of Durham,and certain lands and tenements in Middeltonin Barnecastell, and in the lordship ofBayvell, Northumb., and from the manor ofManvall, near Eton and Wyndessour,Bucks, lately belonging to Ralph Menvell,deceased, during the minority of AnthonyMenvell, son and heir of the said Ralph ;with the wardship and marriage of thesaid Anthony. Del. Westm., 28 May25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 2, m. 23.
	53. Wm. Portman. Custody of the possessionsof Nich. Tose, deceased, in co.Somers., during the minority of John Tose,son and heir of the said Nicholas, with thewardship and marriage of the said John.Del. Westm., 28 May 25 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 1, m. 32.
	54. John Newton, of Estharptre, Somers.,Margaret his wife, and Henry his son.Licence to leave the kingdom, going towardsFrance and Flanders, with four servantsand four horses. Greenwich, 27 May25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 30 May.—
R. O.	579. For John Antony Negro alias Nigro, Venetian Merchant. Protection as being of the retinue of Arthur Plantagenet viscountLisle. Draft, p. 1. Endd.
R. O.	580. Robert Justys to Lady Lisle. The woman was brought to bed, the same night that lady Lisle wentaway, of a woman child, which was so weak that they were fain to christenit at home. Hol., p. 1. Add.

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