high words, and suddenly in a fury she departed from him into her Privy Chamber, and shut the door. He, seing that, brake all the order of the Queen's court, and discharged a great sort of her household servants, and yet left there a convenient number to serve her like a Princess. There was great lamentation among them that departed, but there was no remedy. Then they that remained to serve her were sworn to serve her as a Princess Dowager, and not as Queen. Some said they were sworn to her as Queen, and otherwise they would not serve, and so they departed. Other that were sworne to serve her as Princess, and remained there, she them utterly refused for her servants: wherefore she remained with the less number of servants." a LETTER CXI. The Princess Mary to Secretary Cromwell. MARYE PRINCESSE. MAISTER Cromewell I commende me to you, and hertely thanke you for your kyndenes and favor lately shewed at my desyre unto my servante Richard Wilbram in the bihalfe of his father. I nowe eftsones desire and hertely praye you to shewe your laufull favor and goodnes unto Sir Rice Mauncell this beirer, in suche matters and buysenes as he is a suter unto you; for the said Sir Rice hathe maried oon of my gentilwomen, whome, for her long and acceptable service to me done, I myche esteme and favor. Wherfore if ye wolde, at this my desyre, extende your goodnes and Hall, Chron. ut supr. pp. 807, 808. favor unto him in that bihalfe, so that he myght perceive his said suit th'rather therby to take good effecte, ye theryn shulde mynestre unto me veraye acceptable pleasor, whiche I shall herafter remembre accordingly. From Otforde the xxvijth daye of June. LETTER CXII. King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Steward and other Officers of the Household, appointing the Diet for the Lady Lucy. A. D. 1533. [FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE AT WESTMINSTER.] The particular post which the Lady Lucy held at Court has not occurred to the editor of the present Volumes. She was probably one of the Ladies of the bed-chamber. The allowance of diet, from its quantity, must have included provision for her ordinary servants. HENRY R. By the King. a We wol and commaunde you to alleue dailly from hensforth, unto our right dere and welbilovede the Lady Lucye, into hir Chambre, the dyat and fare herafter ensuyng. Furst, every mornyng at Brekefast oon Chyne of Beyf at our Kechyn; oon chete loff and oon maunchet at our Pantry barr; and a galon of Ale at our Buttrye barr. Item, at Dyner a pese of Beyfe, a stroke of Roste, and a Rewarde at our said kechyn; a allow. a cast of chete Bred at our Panatrye bar; and a Galone of Ale at our Buttrye barr. Item, at after none, a manchet at our Panatrye Bar; and half a Galon of Ale at our Buttrye Barr. Item, at Supper, a Messe of Porage, a pese of Mutton, and a Rewarde at our said kechyn; a caste of Chete brede at our Panatrye; and a Galon of Ale at our Buttrye. Item, at after Supper, a Chete loff and a Maunchet at our Panatrye barr; a Gallon of Ale at our Buttrye barr; and half a Galon of Wyne at our Seller Barr. Item, every mornyng at our Woodeyarde, foure tall shyds and twoo fagotts. Item at our Chaundrye barr, in Wynter, every night oon preket and foure syses of Waxe, with eight Candells white lights, and oon Torche. Item, at our Picher house wokely a six white cuppes. Item, at every tyme of our remoeving, oon hoole Carte for the cariage of hir stuff. And these our Lettres shalbe your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalf at all tymes hereafter. Yeven under our Signet at our manour of Esthampstede the xvjth day of July the xiiij. yere of our Reigne. To the Lord Steward of our Houshold, the Treasourer, Comptroller, Cofferer, Clerks a weekly. LETTER CXIII. Letter of Summons to the Lady Cobham to attend the Coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn. [MS. HARL. 283. fol. 96. Orig.] HENRY R. By the King. RIGHT dere and welbeloved we grete you well. And forasmoche as we be determyned upon the fest of Pentecost next commyng to kepe and do to be celebrate at Westmynster, with all due circumstances of honor, the Coronacion of our derest wif the Lady Anne our Quene, as to her astate and dignitie dothe appertain; and have appointed you amongs other, at the same tyme, to geve your attendance on horsebak in suche place as to your degree apperteineth; We therfore desire and pray you to put yourself in suche aredines as ye may be personally at our manor of Grenewich the Fryday next bifore the said feest, then and ther to give your attendance upon our said Quene from thens to our Towre of London the same day, and on the next day to ryde from the same our Toure, thorugh our Cite of London, unto our manor of Westmynster, and the next day, Witsonday, to go unto our Monastery ther to the said Coronacion, providing for yourself and your women some faire white, or white gray palfreies, or geldings, suche as ye shall thinke most fytt to serve for that purpose. And as concernyng the apparell of your own palfrey, ye shalbe furnished therof by the Master of the Horsses with our said derest wif the Quene at any your repaire or sending hider for the same in every behalf, saving for your bitt and your bosses. Trusting that for the lyveraies and ordering of your said women aswell in thair apparell as in their horsses ye woll in suche wise provide for them as unto your honor and that Solempnite apperteineth and your own Robes and Lyveraies shalbe : delyvered at any tyme, when ye shal come or sende for the same by the Keper of our Great Wardrobe: not failling hereof as ye entende to do us pleasour. Yeven under Signet at our manor of Grenewich the xxviijth day of Aprill. To our right dere and welbeloved the Lady Cobhamı. LETTER CXIV. Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury, to Mr. Hawkyns the Ambassador at the Emperor's Court; upon the divorce of Queen Catherine, and the Coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn. A. D. 1533. [MS. HARL. BRIT. MUS. 6148.] The following Letter from Cranmer to the English ambassador at the Emperor's court, is taken from the archbishop's rough copy-book of his own Letters. The passage in it which concerns the secret marriage of Henry and Anne Boleyn is, perhaps, the most important of the whole; as tending to VOL. II. D |