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| Sept. 16. |
638. The Answer of the Landgrave of Hesse. |
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1. Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, will most gladly do any
service to the Queen. |
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2. The Ambassadors must not think, because he did not
see them, that he does not honour the Queen; but he was so
troubled with extreme pain of the tooth ache, that he could
not endure to remain in any one place. |
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3. He has heard with great grief of the slaughter of a
number of men in France, and has set forth the cause of the
godly men there unto the rest of the princes, and procured
their assistance both with men and the loan of money.
He perceives this matter is begun in France, but the Pope
means to practise greater things, which the writer wishes
all the estates of the Confession of Augsburg would understand. He hopes that in the next Diet at Frankfort (as the
Emperor himself and many other princes will be present)
some means may be devised whereby the Papist practices
may be overthrown. |
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4. It is to be lamented that any troops should be suffered
to pass out of Germany against those that profess the Gospel
in France. Such is the present state of Germany, that by
reason of the number of Papists this thing could not be
letted. The custom of Germany is that the noblemen and
soldiers resort where they think to find best entertainment.
Although many of them promised not to fight against the
Protestants, yet the Papists have deceived them. |
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5. If the Electors and Princes of Saxony, the Elector
Palatine, the Dukes of Zweybruch and Wurtemberg, and
the Marquis of Baden, will enter this league, he will gladly
bear his part. His opinion is that the Queen should not
forsake the Prince of Condé, but succour and aid them.
—16 Sept. 1562. Signed by Shonstat.
Copy. Endd. Pp. 4. |
| Sept. 16. |
639. Latin version of the above. |
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In Mundt's hol. Endd. Pp. 4. |
| Sept. 16. |
640. Challoner to Cuerton. |
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1. Received his letter of the 3rd inst., a seven-night since.
Martin De Burgoa brought him another of his this morning,
dated the 8th inst. Some say that the Queen is with an
army before Calais, others that she is at Rouen, &c. |
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2. During these ten weeks, in which he has not heard
from the Queen, two or three packets have been sent and
intercepted. Has not received either the 1,600 ducats
delivered for his use by a bill of exchange at the beginning
of last May, nor the other 1,600 delivered for his use in
England a month ago. |
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3. The King will not return here until the end of the
month. Two days ago the Prince of Florence kissed the
King's hands at the Bosque for the first access. The Prince
of Spain lately made a banquet for the Queen and the
princesses; he is better in health and has a good colour of
face.—Madrid, 16 Sept. 1562.
Draft in Challoner's hol. Endd. Pp. 6. |
| Sept. 17. |
641. Sir John Forster to Cecil. |
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1. Robert, Lord Ogle, not long before his death called
before him the chief of his name, and declared that by entails the most part of his lands ought to go to Cuthbert
Ogle, his brother of the half blood, the writer's wife's son;
and that he had provided in his last will that he should
enjoy the same. He therefore willed that all the Ogles
present should accept Cuthbert after his death, as they had
done him. This they all agreed to do, and they then subscribed his will in his presence. Upon hearing that his two
sisters had devised getting possession of the house at Bothall,
hoping thereto to have had all the entails, he caused his
brother to repair thither, who did so, and was scarcely within
the gate before one of his sisters arrived, and they cease
not all to procure his unquiet. If Cecil would grant a commission the matter might be ended. His Lordship has but
few goods, his brother did not leave him any, and the lands
which he shall presently have will not amount to much more
than 40l. Sends the names of certain persons whom he may
use for escheators here. |
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2. Lord Bothwell, having escaped from prison, is at the
Hermitage, and has charged all his friends to keep good
quiet. Lord Grey's Deputy has destroyed the corn which
the Scots had sown within the ground of that March.—Alnwick, 17 Sept. 1562. Signed.
Orig. Add. Endd. Pp. 3. |
| Sept. 17. |
642. The Queen Mother to Throckmorton. |
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With respect to the vessels seized in Bretagne, as soon
as she heard of it she wrote to M. D'Etampes, who replied
that he had caused them to be released. Knows of no packet
which has been detained, except a little one which was given
to his man by the Constable. The seizure of his goods at
Bonneval was a mistake, and their prompt restitution might
show him how little she approved of the proceedings. Thinks
it strange that he should make so great a case out of so
small a matter, whilst he takes so quietly the seizure of the
rest of his property by the people with whom he is staying.
As to M. De Vielleville's unwillingness to go into England
without a safe-conduct, the case is not parallel with his own.
It is strange that he should ask for a safe-conduct from
one place to another in her son's dominions, where his quality
of Ambassador has always been respected. |
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2. Marshal Brisac's instructions to take care of him do not
mean that he was to be watched.—Château Landon, 17 Sept.
1562. Signed.
Copy. Endd. Fr. Pp. 3. |
| Sept. 17. |
643. Another copy of the above.
Endd. Fr. Pp. 3. |
| Sept. 17. |
644. Throckmorton to the Constable. |
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His letter and the trumpet who was to conduct him have
arrived. He had already written to the Queen Mother by
an express messenger to inform her that he considered a safeconduct necessary, to which letter he has not received any
reply.—Orleans, 17 Sept. 1562.
Copy. Endd. Fr. Pp. 2. |
| Sept. 17. |
645. Another copy.
Endd. Fr. Pp. 2. |
| Sept. 17, 18. |
646. Troops for France. |
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1. Money prested at London for the French expedition,
viz.:—For Rye, total, 238l. 16s. 8d. for Portsmouth, total,
557l. 2s. (567l. 2s.); sum total, 795l. 18s. 8d. (805l. 18s. 8d.)
The sums payable to different captains and their bands are all
separately given. |
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2. The rate or charge of 100 footmen, with captain and
officers, by the month (of twenty-eight days), 107l. 6s. 8d. |
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3. The proportion of money to be prested to such as pass
from Rye, 644l.; from Portsmouth, 858l. 13s. 3d.; total,
1,502l. 13s. 4d. |
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4. For a prest to Mr. Ponyngs for other fourteen days,
858l. 13. 4d.
Orig., with additions by Cecil. Pp. 8. |
Sept. 17.
Labb. Concil. xiv. 861. |
647. The Council of Trent. |
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The decree of the Council of Trent upon the petition for
granting the cup to the laity in the celebration of the
Eucharist; published 17 Sept. 1562. Articles, seven in
number, concerning the Sacrament of Order, examined and
condemned in the same Council.
Copy. Lat. Endd. Pp. 4. |
| Sept. 18. |
648. Randolph to Cecil. |
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1. Within these eight or ten days the Queen arrived at
Inverness, the furthest part of her determined journey. She
has had just cause for misliking the Earl of Huntly of long
time, whose extortions have been so great, and other manifest
tokens of disobedience such, that it was no longer to be
borne. Intending to reform these, she has found in him and
his two eldest sons (the Lairds of Gordon and Findlater),
open disobedience, so far that they have taken arms and
kept houses against her. |
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2. The first occasion hereof was this. The Laird of Findlater, being commanded to ward in Edinburgh, broke prison;
and being afterwards summoned to the assize at Aberdeen,
disobeyed also a new command from the Queen to enter
himself prisoner in Stirling Castle. The Queen, thinking
this to be done by the advice of his father, refused to come
to his house, she being looked and provided for. He,
unadvisedly conceiving the worst, took the worst way, and
supported his sons to manifest rebellion. At her arrival at
Inverness on the 9th she purposed to lodge in the castle,
which belongs to her, and the keeping only to the Earl of
Huntly, being Sheriff by inheritance of the whole shire, but
was refused entrance and forced to lodge in the town. That
night the castle being summoned, answer was given that
without the Lord Gordon's command it should not be
delivered. |
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3. Next day the country assembled, to the assistance of
the Queen. The Gordons, finding themselves not so well
served by their friends as they looked for (who had above
500 men), rendered the castle, not being twelve or fourteen
able persons. The captain was hanged and his head set up
on the castle, others condemned to perpetual prison, and the
rest received mercy. |
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4. The Queen remained there five days and now journeys
homeward as far as Spyney, a house of the Bishop of Moray,
well served of her nobles and obeyed of her subjects, and
convoyed by great numbers both of horse and foot. The
Earl of Huntly keeps his house, and would have it thought
that this disobedience came through the evil behaviour of
his sons. The Queen is highly offended. Hears of no
nobleman who takes his part. The Duke lies still; the
others for the most part are present. If he intend anything,
it will be at the Queen's passing the Spey. She will be
accompanied with 3,000 fighting men. At Aberdeen she will
take advice what is further to be done; and the writer thinks
she will do something that will be a terror to the other and
teach them how to welcome their Prince in time to come. |
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5. "In all these garboils I assure you I never saw her
merrier, never dismayed, nor never thought that so much to
be in her that I find. She repented nothing, but (when
the lords and others at Inverness came in the morning from
the watch,) that she was not a man to know what life it
was to lie all night in the fields, or to walk on the causeway
with a jack and knapschalle, a Glasgow buckler, and a
broadsword." Where so many were occupied the writer
was ashamed to sit still, and did as the rest. |
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6. Received Cecil's letters of the first on the 14th. Some
of the Earl of Huntly's men took his man with the packet
and other letters, as one from Sir Thomas Dacres and two
others, which they opened and read, but did not meddle with
the packet. Complained to the Queen, who reserves it in
store with the rest. Wrote to Huntly also. The Queen was
within four miles of his house, to which by no in treaty could
he cause her to come; he desired her to give leave to the
Earl of Argyll to bring the writer, where they were two
nights. His house is fair and best furnished of any he has
seen in this country; his cheer is marvellous great; his mind
such as it ought to be towards his Sovereign. Received in
the packet the two licences he was suitor for. The advertisements out of France are such as all godly ought to take
comfort from. The same mind remains in all the godly here
as was wont to be. Cecil is always judged sore and extreme
against those who have the chief doings amongst the Papists
in France, as appeared by the writer's talk with the Laird of
Meldrum, as also with Raulet, the Queen's secretary, as she
herself has told the writer. She fears more the Queen of
England's aid than any strength of the other party that are
against her uncles. She believes, however, that Elizabeth
will send no support except the King of Spain aids the other
party, of whom the bruit is that he has lately lost a town to
the Turk. It is said that M. D'Andelot's company has
taken the Duke of Guise's mother, his wife, and his eldest son.
They remain still in good hope of the interview next year.
The desire thereof daily increases. They talk of nothing
more, nor find anything more agreeable. The Queen has
given the earldom of Murray to the Earl of Mar. It is more
honourable and greater. Since Bothwell's escape they hear
nothing of him, but that he fortifies the Hermitage. There
will be somewhat ado before these two noblemen be brought
to good order. As long as the Duke's son and Mr. Gawain
are prisoners, it is not to be feared that he will attempt much.
—Spyney in Murray, 18 Sept. 1562. Signed. |
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Orig. Hol. Add. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 7. |
| Sept. 18. |
649. The Queen to Armigil Wade. |
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Having appointed Edward Ormsby with four other captains to conduct 600 soldiers beyond the seas, Wade is
directed to go to Rye for the following purposes; to muster
and enrol the names of 600 soldiers, and to deliver to every of
the captains the prest for themselves and their bands for
twenty-eight days. With the assistance of the Mayor and
jurats of Rye, he is to see to the arming and transporting
of the said soldiers. He is to receive 800l. from Sir Maurice
Denis. His own pay is to be 6s. 8d. per day.
Draft, corrected by Cecil, and endd. by his secretary.
Pp. 4. |
| Sept. 18. |
650. Smith to Cecil. |
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1. Has begun to draw the articles of the Prince of Condé
and the Queen Mother. |
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2. Desires that the letter to Mr. Sheres be remembered,
and also one to Gresham, for his credit in Paris for 4,000
or 5,000 crowns. |
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3. Hopes that the French will not break with them, of
which, if Mr. Sheres were persuaded and had a request from
Cecil, he would gladly go. Signed.
Orig. Add. Dated and endd. by Cecil's secretary.
Pp. 2. |
| Sept. 18. |
651. Cuerton to Challoner. |
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1. Received his letter six days ago by Moffett, who left here
yesterday for St. Sebastian, to embark in a Plymouth ship. |
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2. A ship which left Plymouth nine days ago brings news
that the embargo was taken off the ships; that the men who
had been pressed (for what part they could not say) were set
free, and that when they were about leaving one arrived there
from London with news from France, which is now thirteen
days old, that six or eight of the Queen's ships were keeping
the narrow seas. |
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3. Desires him to deliver the enclosed letters to Mistress
Clarencieux, whom a young man has come hither to serve.
—Bilboa, 18 Sept. 1562. Signed.
Orig. Hol. with seal. Add. Endd. by Challoner.
Pp. 3. |
| Sept. 19. |
652. Throckmorton to the Queen Mother. |
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Has received her letter, to which he could oppose arguments if he liked. An Englishman complains that M. De
Monluc has deprived him of goods to the value of 30,000
livres. Desires her to give his servant a safe-conduct to pass
into England, for whose return he will wait. She having
refused him a safe-conduct, he would gladly know whether he
may rely on his office of Ambassador.—Orleans, 19 Sept.
1562.
Copy. Endd. Fr. Pp. 2. |
| Sept. 19. |
653. Another copy of the above.
Endd.: 20 Sept. [sic]. Fr. Pp. 2. |
Sept. 19.
Forbes, ii. 45. |
654. Further Instructions for Sir Thomas Smith. |
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1. After declaring the cause of sending him hither in the
place of Throckmorton, he is to say, that as the Queen perceived that her doings were diversely interpreted, she makes
manifest to the King her whole doings and the causes thereof. |
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2. She means no other thing but peace. She has perceived from the beginning that the promoters of these
troubles are not disposed to make an end of them, but such
as shall be prejudicial to the King and his people; and her
danger is so joined with his that she cannot but have regard
thereunto. |
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3. She has caused a collection to be made of the intent
of all her actions with the necessary causes thereof, which
is written in French, which he is to deliver to them. |
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4. Finally, he is to persuade the King that she has
been forced hereunto, both for their weal and her own.
Orig. Draft in Cecil's hol. Endd. Pp. 4. |
| Sept. 19. |
655. Another copy of the above.
Endd. Pp. 3. |
| Sept. 19. |
656. Articles between the Queen and the Prince of Condé. |
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1. The Queen has agreed to the following conditions:—
For succouring the Prince against the hate his enemies
bear to the Word of God she lends him 100,000 crowns to
be paid to his agent at Strasburg or Frankfort. The first
payment (70,000 crowns) to begin immediately after she is in
possession of the town and fort of Hableneuf (or Havre De
Grace) in Normandy. She shall also send for guarding
Newhaven 3,000 men, and 3,000 men for the especial defence
of Rouen and Dieppe. For the charges of the latter 3,000
men she shall pay 40,000 crowns of the sun. |
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2. In case the 3,000 men are not needed for Rouen, yet she
will pay to the Prince 20,000 crowns of the said 40,000
crowns, and the same with regard to Dieppe. |
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3. In consideration whereof the Prince has agreed to deliver
the town of Newhaven (alias Havre De Grace) void of all
men of war either of France or any other nation. The Queen
will succour all who are persecuted for religion within Newhaven and Dieppe. |
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4. When the King is again at liberty and France in quietness, the Prince will cause the sum of 140,000 crowns to be
repaid to the Queen, and she shall be restored to the town of
Calais and the territory of Mark and Oye belonging thereto. |
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5. The Queen doth promise that upon the repayment of the
140,000 crowns and the possession of Calais, she will re-deliver
the town of Newhaven and such other places as her subjects
may possess.
Orig. Draft. Endd. by Cecil and dated by him. Pp. 8. |
| Sept. 19. |
657. The Queen to Gresham. |
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1. He having taken up in Antwerp 30,000l. Flemish and
made over by exchange out of the same 2,970l. sterling,
which remains in his hands, he is to take up, over and besides
the same, as much more as shall make up the sum of 30,000l.
sterling, amounting in value to 100,000 French crowns. She
desires to have this by exchange ready for her in High
Almaine, viz., 21,000l., amounting to 70,000 crowns, to be
provided before the 20th October at Strasburg, and the
remaining 9,000l. to be provided within the space of one
month at Frankfort or Strasburg. |
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2. He shall also give a letter, or bill of credit, to Sir Thomas
Smith for [blank] thousand crowns in Paris.—Hampton
Court, 19 Sept., 4 Eliz.
Copy. Endd. Pp. 2. |
| Sept. 20. |
658. Throckmorton to the Queen. |
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1. Having demanded safe-conduct according to her instructions, it was refused him; a copy of the letter of the Queen
Mother he sends herewith. The Queen may also perceive
what has passed between the King of Navarre, the Constable,
and him since his despatch of the 9th inst. sent by Francisco,
by the copies of the letters now sent. |
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2. Wrote last on the 9th inst., since which time he has
not heard from her. The Queen Mother and the King of
Navarre have been lately informed by M. De Foix and others
that part of the Queen's force is landed at Newhaven, and
that more are ready to come. Being warned against falling
into their hands, he has desired a safe-conduct for his access
to the Court, and for his return home, as appears by his
letters, a copy of which he sends with the answer thereto,
and others. So he remains at Orleans until he may know
her pleasure, it being the best place for him excepting New
haven or Dieppe. Cannot send advertisements, they not
allowing any courier of his to pass thither. His servants
whom he sends to the Court are obliged to have trumpets
to accompany them, whereby he is at great charge, and at
their being at Court they are not allowed to speak with
anyone, as if they were in open hostility. |
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3. Since his last despatch, the King has marched by Gien,
Montargis, and Château Landon which are at the Prince of
Condés devotion, thereby to punish the inhabitants, and
to restore the Mass and papistry. At Montargis (where the
Duchess of Ferrara is), they could not obtain that the Mass
should be restored, for the Duchess would not conform to
their intents, so she retains her town as it was before; in
other places they have gone to work violently. |
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4. At present the King is at Etampes, although there is a
garrison of horsemen and footmen in all towns of passages
about Orleans; so it seems the Papists mean either a
"volante siege," or else to make some attempt to Orleans,
as they did at Bourges. The bruit is rife in the King's
camp that they intend to besiege Rouen, Newhaven, and
Dieppe. The Prince has sent into those parts M. De Bricquemont, as well to accommodate the Queen's men as to give
orders in those places. M. De Morvilliers has retired from
Rouen, who had the principal charge there. Montgomery
is appointed by the Prince to join her forces, which should
march towards Paris, and for that purpose the Prince lately
made importunity to him to request the Queen that they
might stand them instead to reduce Paris. They also desired
him to inform her that it would be to them a great infamy
if she by their means introduced into Newhaven, Dieppe,
and Rouen 6,000 men to keep the same. They are informed
by M. de la Haye that the same being in her possession
she may detain them, so that the King shall be expelled
from the chiefest flower of Normandy. They also say they
are strong enough to defend those places, but not to offend
their enemies. |
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5. In case the Prince, the Admiral, and the Protestant
faction be overthrown, or their minds alienated from the
Queen that they accord with their adversary without her,
although she has Rouen, Newhaven, and Dieppe, she would
have much ado to keep them against the whole force of
France. The Prince esteems the English very valiant, for
which cause they desire to have the aid of a good number
for daunting the Parisians. He has had no information of
M. D'Andelot since his last despatch of the 9th inst. |
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6. The Duke De Nemours has gone to besiege Lyons, with
whom there join 3,000 Italians sent from the Bishop of
Rome, and as many from the Duke of Savoy. It will be
most necessary for the Prince to go to work earnestly and
make an end this winter, for the Papists begin to work their
practices for aid, so as to be strong next spring. The King
of Spain does nothing but lie in wait and command his
Ambassadors to use threatenings, and thereby to frighten all
other folks. |
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7. The Queen is not like to hear from him for some time.
He lately sent to the Earl of Warwick at Newhaven. The
determination of part of the King's camp to go into Normandy continues still. Intends to send to-morrow one of
his servants by Dieppe with this despatch, and also to Newhaven to the Earl of Warwick.—Orleans, 20 Sept. 1562.
Signed.
Orig. Large portions in cipher, deciphered. Add. Endd.
by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 8. |
Sept. 20.
Forbes, ii. 47. |
659. Throckmorton to Cecil. |
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His letter to the Queen will show the case he is in. If
the men are landed on this side, there cannot be any great
care had of him. Marvels, considering Cecil's proceedings
of open hostility against these men, that the French Ambassador there, the hostages, French spies, &c., are allowed to
send and come as often as they do from hence. Cecil can
send to him either by the advice of the Governor of Dieppe,
or by Bricquemault, Governor of Rouen; for he will not
leave this place unless he has the King's safe-conduct, or
is commanded by the Queen.—Orleans, 20 Sept. 1562.
Signed.
Orig. partly in Throckmorton's hol., partly in cipher,
deciphered. Add. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 3. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
660. [Lady Throckmorton to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton.] |
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1. Has received his letter by Francis the post, and perceives
how narrowly he has escaped his life. "There be many that
will believe none other here but that you gave the warning
to the Admiral first yourself, and that these matters are come
to pass by your own means; and therefore they say that it
cannot be that you shall lose anything by it, and that it is
done but for a show at the first." Cannot certify what
money she can make. Has received 200l. of his diets. Can
receive no money from those to whom he has lent it. Has
had much ado to get the bearer, Mr. Smith, forwards. They
send out of hand 1,600 men into France. The Lady Marquis,
who was given over by her physicians, is amended. The
Queen has removed to Hampton Court. Desires him to buy
in Paris two partlets with sleeves, which she will give the
Queen. Asks him also to bring her a piece of fine "lawnde." |
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2. P. S.—Thinks that Lord Robert has written to him.
Her brother Carew is sent for to the Court.
Orig., the P.S. in hol. Pp. 2. |
Sept. 20.
Forbes, ii. 47. |
661. The Queen's Answer to the French Ambassador. |
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She has considered his request to have certain Frenchmen
delivered to him, named in a piece of paper. She has never
heard the names of the most part thereof, nor knows of any
such malefactors or French subjects that have come in this
realm against the King. She will not allow any French
subject to remain in this realm whom she knows to have
attempted anything against the King or his estate.
Endd. by Cecil: 20 Sept. 1562. Answer to the French
Ambassador concerning Malygny and La Haye. Pp. 2. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
662. Assurance for the Vidame of Chartres. |
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The Vidame having the government of the town of Havre
has (by the command of the Prince of Condé) agreed to
deliver the custody of the same to the Queen's lieutenant.
By so doing he and others may be in peril of losing their
estates and goods in France; the Queen promises to recompense them for the same, either by giving them annual
pensions or assigning them lands in England.
Orig. Draft. Endd. by Cecil. Fr. Pp. 4. |
Sept. 20.
Forbes, ii. 48. Leonard, ii. 571. Du Mont, v. 94. |
663. Articles between the Queen and the Prince of Condé. |
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1. The Prince of Condé shall deliver Rouen, Dieppe, and
Newhaven to the Queen without any French therein, except
the lieutenant or the deputies agree otherwise. In consideration whereof she shall deliver to the captain of Newhaven
three hostages at Dieppe until these articles are delivered to
the Count Palatine, or any other Protestant Prince, as shall
be accorded upon by both parties. |
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2. She shall pay to the Prince 100,000 crowns at Strasburg
or Frankfort within as short time as knowledge may be
given. |
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3. For the aid of Rouen and Dieppe (besides the 3,000
soldiers appointed for Newhaven) the Queen will send 3,000
men of war to land at Dieppe or Newhaven; these succours
will be continued there until she has expended therein 40,000
crowns. |
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4. If the lieutenant cannot send succours to Rouen, then
the Queen in lieu thereof shall cause to be paid to the Prince
for defence of the town 20,000 crowns, which are to be
accounted parcel of the said 40,000 crowns. |
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5. She shall allow any being persecuted for religion to have
succour within Newhaven or Dieppe. She will redeliver
Newhaven to the French King as soon as (by the procurement of the Prince) Calais and the territories adjoining shall
be delivered to her. She shall not deliver Newhaven to
the King, nor receive Calais of him, without the express
consent of the Prince.
Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 8. |
| Sept. 20. |
664. Translation of the above into Latin.
Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 8. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
665. Original counterpart of the league, on parchment with the
seal of Condé; dated 22 Sept.—Signed by Loys de Bourbon,
Jehan De Rohan, Chastillon, A. De Gramont, Taneguy De
Bouchet, Bouchavannes, Bricquemault, Esternay, Mouy,
Dumoustier, Bouchart.
Lat. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
666. The Queen's Promise to the Prince of Condé and the
Admiral. |
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If Condé and the Admiral of France should be taken
prisoners and their lives in danger because they permitted
her to enter Newhaven, she will redeem them by delivering
that town to the French on payment of 140,000 crowns and
three hostages being delivered in England for the restitution of
Calais and the territories and places mentioned in the treaty
of Cateau Cambresis.
Corrected draft, in Cecil's hol., and endd. by him Pp. 2. |
[Sept. 20.]
Forbes, ii. 69. |
667. Why the Queen puts her Subjects in Arms. |
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1. In arming her subjects she means only the peace of
Christendom. At the beginning of these troubles she sent
thither large offers of friendship, but the Guises would not
accord without the ruin of the Prince of Condé, who requires
nothing but the maintenance of the honour of God, the
repose of the realm, and liberty of the King. |
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2. The Duke's proceedings will best appear by the following:
—Soon after the peace of 1559 the Guises stirred up a quarrel
in the name of the Queen of Scots, contrary to the treaty of
peace. When they had employed all their practices in France
and Scotland, and were wearied, they were content that their
niece should make peace, which was concluded at Edinburgh;
yet they would not permit their niece to confirm the same.
By the death of Francis II., the governance which they had
being taken from them, they sought the Queen's goodwill,
which she was willing to show to them. An edict was made
to retain all parties in peace who differed in matters of
religion, but the Duke, not allowing these ordinances, of
private authority broke the edict, and persecuted to death
such as observed it. |
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3. The Prince of Condé and a great number of the people
have assembled only for their defence, and have offered themselves to serve the King. |
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4. The cause has now become a manifest enterprise, not by
teaching but by the sword, to force men's consciences. The
quarrel cannot continue long in France, but will spread into
adjoining countries. If they do not intend to force any men's
consciences but their own countrymen, why are they so busy
to compass a great league, which they would call Catholic?
Why do they suffer their people to spoil and kill the English,
who come only in trade into Brittany and Normandy? They
call those whom they list to spoil Huguenots. Paris gives
daily testimony how they destroy their own people with a
cry of Huguenots. |
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5. If the Guises should rule as they did, when the Prince of
Condé was put into prison and sentenced to death, and the
King of Navarre also their prisoner, what account is to be
had of peace ? When it was made at Cambresis they would
not keep it, and at Edinburgh they would not suffer it to be
confirmed. They will not permit Calais to be restored,
which when they took they broke their promises with their
prisoners, and since the accord was made for the restitution
of the town they have committed divers things concerning
the same town that by the treaty ought not to have been
done. She hears nothing from the Prince of Condé but that
"becometh and standeth with the duty of godly, true, and
faithful subjects to the King and crown of France."
Draft by Cecil's hol., and corrected by him. Endd. Pp. 10. |
[Sept. 20.]
Forbes, ii. 74. |
668. Why the Queen puts her Subjects in Arms. |
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1. In March last, the Queen fearing that there would
ensue quarrels, and the realm of France would be drawn into
parties, sent one of her councillors to make a reconciliation
betwixt the parties in controversy, but her Ambassador
returned without doing any good therein; and the miseries
and cruelties which have followed are well known. |
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2. Perceiving that no private motions of peace could avail,
and that the proceedings of the one party tended, by destroying Christian people for their religion, to set all Christendom in strife with the quarrel of religion, she meaning
to overcome the parties that would not hear of mediation,
determined to send an embassy of persons of her Privy
Council. To this no answer could be had from the King
or his mother, but by direction of the one party, who sent
one hither to thank her for her offer, without any commission
to allow the embassade. |
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3. In the mean time her subjects, resorting into Normandy
and Brittany for merchandise, were cruelly used, whereof
no remedy can be had. |
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4. She desires only to keep peace with the King; and
finding his person is in the possession of those who use it
to stir up a war in Christendom, she has thought necessary to
arm part of her subjects, and not to suffer the King to be
so misused, or his people lying next to her realm, who
pitifully cry and call for defence from tyranny of one party,
looking to come to destruction and subversion.
Draft, corrected and endd. by Cecil. Pp. 8. |
[Sept. 20.]
Forbes, ii. 77. |
669. Why the Queen puts her Subjects in Arms. |
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1. She will try to bring these troubles to an end; if that
cannot succeed, then she will endeavour to interrupt their
course. |
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2. Having first by an embassade treated for quietness,
and not obtained it, she is forced to arm her subjects and
sea coasts; as well to protect the French King's true subjects,
as the towns and principal ports of France next to her realm,
so that they may not be surprised. |
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3. She informs all persons that she means nothing prejudicial to the King or his realm, and desires nothing but
peace betwixt both realms.
Draft, corrected and endd. by Cecil. Pp. 4. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
670. Translation of the above into French.
Copy. Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 3. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
671. Why the Queen puts her Subjects in Arms. |
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1. No prince has more cause to regret the state of France
than the Queen. She has great compassion for the King,
who is abused by his subjects and in danger of his life. She
sees that, unless some remedy be provided, the fire that is
kindled in France is intended to be conveyed over to inflame
her crown. She thinks it fit to notify some of her doings
herein, so that it may appear how sincerely she has dealt
therein hitherto, and which she is determined to continue. |
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2. At the beginning of her reign she was content to
forbear the restitution of a portion of her dominion [Calais],
yet a short time after attempts were made which caused
her to prepare to defend, not only herself, but her next
neighbour from a tyranny. How she proceeded therein is
known by her declaration, whose intent was only for her
defence. After those troubles she entered into amity with
the Queen of Scots, to whom she has shown great friendship.
But in this she has been disappointed and is forced to intermeddle in these troubles in France, which have been stirred
up by the house of Guise. |
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3. At the beginning she attempted to mediate between
those parties, to which one party would not agree. Seeing
the cruelties increase, even to the killing of the King's
subjects, and spoiling towns, all being intended against
persons professing the Gospel abroad, she determined to send
a solemn embassade of her Council to France; but this could
not be allowed without the direction of the Guises. |
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4. Her subjects and merchants of London and Exeter
were plundered in Bretagne, those who defended themselves
were killed, and their ships taken; it being devised against
them they were Huguenots. |
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5. The Guises cannot be permitted to kill the King's
subjects, subvert the profession of religion through Christendom by force, thereby to diminish the crown of England,
and to exalt their house. She therefore has put certain
numbers of her subjects in order, to defend part of his people
from this tyranny and ruin, and to preserve some towns for
the King. If these came into the possession of some, they
might prosecute their old practices against England, whereby
peace would be endangered betwixt the King and her, and so
deprive her of Calais. |
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6. She affirms that she means sincerely herein, as the
necessity of the time and cause requires; and that no violence
shall be used towards his subjects, but only for defence of
them.
Corrected copy. Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 11. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
672. Another copy of the above.
Corrected by Cecil, and endd. by him. Pp. 11. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
673. Another copy of the above.
Corrected by Cecil, and endd. by him. Pp. 12. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
674. Translation of the above into French.
Copy. Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 10. |
| [Sept. 20.] |
675. Intelligences from France. |
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They have 6,000 soldiers in Lyons. M. De Nemours continues in the neighbourhood with about 4,000 men, the Italians
having left him. The company of the Duke of Savoy has
returned to their homes. If it had not been for the truce
with the Baron Des Adrets, the Duke of Nemours would long
ago have left Lyons. From Bourg they write that the Duke
De Nemours is at Vienne; and that MM. Soubize and Carsoles,
the Baron Des Adrets, and others have met to make some arrangement. The Duke De Nemours by means of the Baron Des
Adrets thinks soon to be master of Dauphiné and Lyons.
M. De Mouvans has so acted at Valence and Romans, that
none there will follow the Baron Des Adrets. M. De Nemours
has returned to Vienne, and 4,000 Lyonnais have gone to the
Puy De Dome. M. De Carsoles is coming with the forces of
Languedoc, and M. De Sault will declare himself and bring
10,000 or 12,000 foot and 800 horse, in which case the Duke
De Nemours may bid adieu to Lyons for some time. He
has no money, for although the Papist refugees from Lyons
have lent him 20,000 livres, it will not be sufficient to pay
the Ritters alone.
Fr. Pp. 2. |
| Sept. 20. |
676. Anna, Countess of Friesland, to Cecil. |
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Recommends William Gnaphæus, her servant, whom she
sends with a message to him.—Aurich, 20 Sept. 1562.
Signed: Anna, myn hant.
Orig. Add. Endd. Lat. Pp. 2. |
| Sept. 20. |
677. Challoner to Cuerton. |
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Received this morning his letter of the 12th inst., with
one from Mr. Moffet. Cuerton's friend, Martin De Burgos,
was with the writer, and repairing to the King at Bosque
de Segobia to prosecute his matter. Had the writer's letters
to the Count de Feria. Paid 8l. to the bearer, Lymares
the muleteer, for the carriage, which is against all reason,
considering it was the stuff of an Ambassador. Intends to
procure the King's schedule for the repayment of the whole.
Cobham desires to be commended.—Madrid, 20 Sept. 1562.
Draft. Endd by Challoner. Pp. 2. |
