Item, yeomen in blacke cottes to cary the body. Item, to appoint a preacher. Item, to appoint a paulle of blacke velvett to laye upon the body during the service. Item, prestes and clarks to be appontyd for the said Item, vi scochins on bouckeram for the body, at iis a piece Item, scochins in mettall Item, scochins in coullers xii Clarencieulx King of Armes, v yardes of blacke clothe for his mornyng gowne Item, more for his fee for the beryall of a lady, a knight's wyffe iiili vis viiid Item, the Herroulde that shall go to serve, to have iiij yardes demy of blacke clothe for his gowne. Item, his chargys to be boryn to and fro, and vs a daye for his s'vice. Due unto Clarencieulx King of Armes, for the beryall of Sire Thomas Carden, Knight. .... Item, for my allowance of my blacke clothe, and for my fee, yet unansweryd vli Item, for my fee of the patent of armes graunted unto my Lady Cardyn, yett unansweryd ffor vli (74.) Sir William Fitzwylliams (afterwards Lord Deputy of Ireland) to Mr. More; the Lord Chamberlain has begun to make labour for his son to be one of the knights of the shire. The Queen suddenly quits her domestic chapel when a Bishop was about to elevate the host in the old form. This was the first marked demonstration which she gave of her intention to support the principles of the glorious Reformation. Sr, I can but ffor these yor late lettyrs, and all othyr yor gentlenes, render on to you moste hertie thanks; and to theffect of yor saide lettyrs yo" shall ondyrstande that apon' Sat'day last, he beyng at Londyn, my sone Brown wrote on' to me that he hade ondyrstanding my lord chamb'layn began to make labore for his sone to be one of the knyghts ffor that shyre. Wherapon I sent to Mr. Cawerden to knowe his opynion theryn, whose awnswer was that ffor hys own parte he wolde take no knoledge of annye suche mattyrs, nor he thoght gode that my son sholde, saying ffurdyr that oneles my son. dyd stande ffor the same he wolde not, and that he undyrstode Mr. Sawndyrs made at the desyre of my saide L. ernest mene onto the ffreeholders abowte Kyngeston w'ch made awns were that theye had pmysyd ther gode wylls beffore, &c. Thus have I s'teffyd (certified) my sayd sone of Mr. Cawyrden his mynde, and of my owen also w'ch is myche agreable to the same. And I hope wth the gode helpe of yo' and othyr gode ffrends the mattyr wyll goo well ynoghe on owr syde, &c. Mr. Teylle wilbe with you apon Wensdaye nexte, &c. And ffor newes you shall ondyrstand that yestyrdaye beyng Chrystemas day the quene's matie repayryd to hyr great closet w'th hyr nobles and ladyes, as hath ben acustomyd yn ssuch high feasts. And she parseving a bysshope p'paring himselfe to masse all in the olde ffowrme, she taryyd there on'till the gospelle was done, and when all the people lokyd ffor hir to have offryde according the olde ffaccon, she w'th hyr nobles reeturnyd agayn ffrom the closet and the masse, on to hir p'veye chamb'r, w'ch was strange on' to dyv's, &c. blessid be God in all his gifts, &c. You shall knowe more of this mattyr by Mr. Teylle, &c. I pray yo' to commende me and my wiffe, ffirst on'to yo'self, and then on to yo' gode wyfe, &c. this Saynt Steveen's night, by yo' as his own. WYLL'M FITZWYLL'MS. To the Right w'shypfull Mr. More, Sheriffe of the Cowntees of Surreye and Sussyxe. (75.) Mr. Tyle to Mr. (afterwards Sir William) More,* a familiar letter, from the Court at Windsor, written at Christmas 1558, about five weeks after the accession of Queen Elizabeth. After my most hartie comendac'ons bothe unto you and to yor bedfellow, this shalbe to advertis you that my ladie Fitz will'ms willed me to se'tifie you that as yet Sr Will'm Fitz will'ms her bedfellow ys not yet come from the court, and whether he comyth to night or no we are not assured, but we had word from hym that he wold be at home yf he convenyentlye maye. *He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1576. Apon Saterdaye last he spake with the quene, and her grace comanded hym to tarrye there Saynt Steuen's daye, and then her grace wold talk farder with hym He hath sent home apon Saterday last all his ap'arell; wherefore we know he will not be long awaye, for he hath not left hym a shert there to shyft hym with all, my ladie wold be glad to see you and yor bedfellow here this holydayes. Thus I byd you most hartely farewell, from the manner of the great p'ke (park) of Wyndsor this p'sent Saynt Steeven's daye. By yo's to com'and, EDWARD TYLE. I ham very glad to here of yo" renysh wyne, I praye yo" kepe yt well, for I trust my p'te ys therin. To the right worshipful Mr. Lotteries in the reign of Elizabeth. The following papers give the particulars of "a very rich Lottery General of money, plate, and certain sorts of merchandize, erected by her Majesty's order," A. D. 1567. The greatest and most excellent prize, it will be seen, was estimated at 5,000l., of which 3,000l. was to be paid to the lucky adventurer in ready money, 7007. in plate, "gilt and white," and the remainder in "good tapisserie meet for hangings, and other covertures, and certain sorts of good linen cloth." The lots, amounting in number to four hundred thousand, were somewhat tardily disposed of, and the lottery appears not to have been read, as the phrase then was, until the 11th of January, 1568—9,* when the reading took place in a building erected for the purpose at the west door of St. Paul's cathedral, and continued, day and night, until the 6th of the following May. The price of the lots was 10s. each; the lots were occasionally subdivided, for the accommodation of the purchasers, into halves and quarters, and, it appears from one of the printed reports extant, were apportioned into shares still more minute, although it is not easy precisely to determine what the subdivisions were. The objects propounded for the profits of this lottery were, the repair of the harbours and fortifications of the kingdom, and other public works. Great pains, it will be seen, was taken to "provoke the people" to adventure their money in this voluntary mode of taxation, which to the majority it must have eventually proved. The Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London were made, jointly with her majesty, responsible for the faithful fulfilment of the conditions of the lottery to the public; and a document, intituled, "The ende taken by the Lord Mayor of London in the affayre of the Lottery," states that he, with all his brethren (the Aldermen), repairing to the house of the Lottery, adventured among them to the number of a thousand lots; that all the city companies, as the Mercers, Drapers, Haberdashers, &c. did the like, and that this was general throughout the whole city. That every man privately adventured what he thought good. Several of the small parishes and hamlets nigh to London, espe * In these old documents it is hardly necessary to observe that the year is always calculated to commence on the 25th of March. |