Requests him to use his influence to induce Mr. Sinclair to cease suing Edward Campion, clerk of the peace in Essex.
Requests him to use his influence to induce Mr. Sinclair to cease suing Edward Campion, clerk of the peace in Essex.
After my m[ost] hertie maner I commende me vnto you, and evyn so I pray you at this my request and contemplacion to be good Maister and frende vnto Edwarde Campion clerke of the peax within the shere of Essex of and in all suche his busynes towching the same his office and to be ameane for hym in the same unto Mr Sayntclere hym to desire to putt the said campion to no further vexacions and sutesfor the said office as he hath heretofore done. In doyng whereof you shall admynister vnto me right singuler pleasure, which god willing . I shall not for get semblable to requyte as shall lye in my litill power. And this hertelye fare ye well. At london this xxthday of Aprill
Add.To my lovyng frende Master Riche.
Endd.Mynute of lettere.
B.M. Add. MSS. 6,416, f. 8; Cal. viii. 743. May 21‹1535›.
The King is informed that the town of Fowey is in a bad state, because the Prior, who has the liberties of the town in his hands, administers it so badly. Desires him to amend his ways.
The King is informed that the town of Fowey is in a bad state, because the Prior, who has the liberties of the town in his hands, administers it so badly. Desires him to amend his ways.
Mrpriouras vnaccquanted I haue me commended vnto you, and whereas it is comen vnto the kingeshighnes knowledge that the Towne of Fowey is sore decayed and thoccasiontherof partlie is that in the saide Towne is no order of Justice bicause the liberties concerninge the same graunted by the kingeshighnes and his noble progenitours to your predecessours and by theime vnto the inhabitauntesof the saide Towne remayne in yourhandes and kepinge So that betwene you no maner good order equitie nor iustice is executed and vsed within the saide Towne. Wherfore I require you to condiscende and agree withthe inhabitauntesof the saide Towne so that you hauynge yourreasonable approued duties, they may haue theire liberties to be vsed and extended amongeste theime within the saide Towne to thincrease of good order within the same. And as ye shall agre therin to certifie me in writinge by Thomas Treffry berer herof. For his highnes thinketh that the saide porte of Fowey oweth to be his and to be holden of hime so that his grace entendeth from hensforth to haue it as well prouided for withgood gouernaunce and of defence for vtter enemyes as other his townes and portesbe within those parties. Wherunto ye for yourpartie before this tyme haue had litle or no regarde neyther to the good order rule and defence therof ne yet to the good rule and gouernaunce of yourself yourmonasterie and religion as ye be bounde wherfore his highnes thinketh that ye be veray vnworthey to haue rule of any towne that cannot well rule yourself. And that I may haue aunswer as is afforesaide by this berer what ye intend to do I require you to thintente I maye certifie his highnes therof And thus fare ye well. At london the xxithdaie of Maie
Your Freend
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To the priour of trewardreth in Cornewall be this youen.
R.O. Cal. viii. 790. May‹1535›.
Desires them to request the fellows of Magdalen to admit Thomas Marshall as president of the college, on the resignation of the present president, who has already signified his willingness to give up his position.
Desires them to request the fellows of Magdalen to admit Thomas Marshall as president of the college, on the resignation of the present president, who has already signified his willingness to give up his position.
In my right harty manerI commende me vnto you. And where the Presedent of Mawdelyn College, as well by his seuerall letteres as by mouthe (of his mere motion) at sundry tymes, myche commending the qualities of my Lord and frende master Thomas Marshal[l] graunted vnto me, that he wuldebe contented to resigne that his Rowme to the same master Marshall, alledging that he was a man very apte & mete for the same, promysing further and nothing doubting, but in that behalf he bothe coulde & wolde fynde the meanes to obteyne the goode willes & myndes of the felowes of the said College. Neuertheles nowe of Late (to me no litle mervaile) the saide presedent when I desired hym to accomplishe his saide promesse, alledged for his excuse that the goode willes of the saide felowes coulde not in that behalf be opteyned. Wherfore I hartely desire and pray you effectually in my name to solicite & entreate the saide felowes as by yourwysdomes ye shall thinke most conuenient that they for my sake & at this my desire wilbe contented to conforme theym selves vpon the resignation of the said presedent to the admission of the saide master Marshall, or elles that contrary Wyse att the Leaste I may knowe by yourwriting in whome the mater sticketh. In doing wherof ye shall not only deserue bothe Laude & prayse in the furderaunce of the saide master Marshall, whose aduauncement I hartely desire, but also I wille not faile to remembre yourkyndnes in that I may doo you pleasure. And thus hartely fare ye well, from London the —— daye of May.
Endd.The Copie of alettere Sent to Mr. doctor London & Mr. Claymond.
B.M. Add. MSS. 12,097, f. 1; Cal. viii. 893. June 18‹1535›.
Requests him to discover and apprehend certain evil-disposed and riotous persons, who have unlawfully assembled in the county where the Earl lives.
Requests him to discover and apprehend certain evil-disposed and riotous persons, who have unlawfully assembled in the county where the Earl lives.
After my right harty recommendacion vnto yourgood lordship, thiese shalbe taduertise the same that the kingeshighnes hathe been aduertised that diuerse riotous and ill-disposid persones of the parties wher ye inhabite, or within youroffices and roumes (as it is sayd) hathe lately vnlawfully assembled theymselfes together to no litle nombre in riotous maner to somme lewde and vnthriftie intent and purpose. Wherfor his highnes myndyng the quietenes of his subiectes, and good rule and order to be maynteynyd and kepte within this realme Willithe and commaundithe you and other of the Justices of his peax, furthewithafter the receyt herof to make inquisicion and serche, who and what nombre of the sayd persones hathe so assembled theymselfe, and for what cause intent and purpose they hathe so done And that ye alsoenquire who hathe beene the Capitall and cheffe doers in that partye. and further that ye cause theym to be apprehended and taken and sent hither withall convenyent spede together withall that ye shall fynd and knowe concernyng the premysses, and suche other offenders as ye shall not think good to be sent vp that yourlordship cause theym to be put vnder sufficient suretyes for their good aberyng accordyng to his lawes, prayeng yourlordship to aduertise me of that ye shall do in the premysses by the berer herof withall convenyent spede. And thus the blessid Trenyte preserue you At the rolles the xviiithday of June.
Your lordshyppis Freend
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To the right honourable and my veray good lord the Erle of Cumberland be this youen.
Cooper’s Annals of Cambridge, i. 371; Cal. viii. 1036. July 14‹1535›.
Desires them to take measures to avoid any trouble with the members of the University at the approaching Stourbridge Fair.
Desires them to take measures to avoid any trouble with the members of the University at the approaching Stourbridge Fair.
After our hertye commendacions, wher variaunce debate and strif hath long depended betweene the Vycechauncellor of the Universite of Cambridge and the scolers of the same of the one partie, and you and the cominaltye of the towne of Cambridge on the‹other›party, concernyng both your iurisdiccions and liberties. And albeit we, wyth others of the king’s counsaile by his graces commaundment, entended to have pacyfyed the sayd variaunce or this tyme; yet neverthelesse, for that we have had no convenient leasure for the same, the said variaunce as yet remaynith undetermyned. And forasmuche as Sturbridge fair is nowe nere at hand at whiche tyme it is thought verey like that variaunce and breche of the kings peax may happen betwixt you, bi reason of suche iurisdiccions as ether of you pretende to exercise in the same faire, if remedye were not provided for the same, we therfore, calling to rememberaunce that for the conservacion of the Kings peax an order was takyn the last yere at Lambeheth, before the most Reverend father in god the archebysshop of Canterbury and other the Kings Counsaile, what ether of you shuld exercise in the said faire without interrupcion of other, till the variaunce betweene you were fully determyned, Do nowe therfore advertise you that theKings pleasure is that as well ye for your parts, as the said Vicechancellour and scolers for their parts, shall firmely for this faire tyme to cume this yere, observe and kepe the same order in every poynt without violacion therof: Signifying unto you that we have written our letteres to the said Vycechauncellour and scolers for the same cause, Putting you out of doubt that by the due keping of the said order, ye shall take no preiudice of eny your lawfull liberties that of right ye ought to have, uppon examynacyon and fynall determynacyon of ether your titles, To the proceeding in the finall order wherof, we will with all diligence (god willing) put our effectuall endevor this next terme, as the kings pleasure is we shuld do, requiring you to take pacyens in the meane season. And thus almyghtye Jhu have you in keping. Wrytten at London the xiiijthdaye of July.
Your frends,
Thomas AudeleyKnt. Chauncell.Thoms. Crumwell.
Add.To the Maier and comynaltie of the Towne of Cambridg be this yeven.
B.M. Titus B. i, 318; Cal. viii. 1042. July 15‹1535›.
Sends a royal proclamation against conveying coin out of the realm, and a copy of the statute of 5 Richard II. to the same effect. The council gave its opinion that the King’s proclamation in this case should have the same force as a statute.
Sends a royal proclamation against conveying coin out of the realm, and a copy of the statute of 5 Richard II. to the same effect. The council gave its opinion that the King’s proclamation in this case should have the same force as a statute.
May hit please yourgrace to be Aduertysyd that I haue resayuyd yourletteres[835]persayuyng by the Contenttestherof that the Kyngeshighnes dothe moche merveyle that I haue not aduertysyde yourgrace what order my lord chauncelor and others of his Counceyll hath[836]takyn Concernyng the conveyaunce of Coyne owt of the realme. Syr according to your gracyous commaundement vppon tewysdaye last Mr. Attorney and I bothe dyd Intymate & declare the Kingespleasure vnto my lorde Chauncelor who Immedyatlye Sent For My lorde cheffe Justyce of the kyngesbenche the cheffe Justyce of the Common place the cheffe Barron and Mr. Fytzeherberd Mr. Attorney Mr. Solysytor and I being present and the Case by my sayd lord Chauncelor openyd dyuers oppynyons ther were, but Fynally it was Concludydthat all the statuttes sholde be Inserchyd to See whether ther were anye Statute or lawe able to serue for the purpose and yf ther were it was thought good, that yf it sholde happen any accydent to be wherby ther myght Be any occasyon that the money sholde be conveyed owt of the realme that then proclamacyon sholde be made growndyd vppon the sayd Statute adding therunto poletyklye certayn thingesFor the putting the KyngesSubiectesand other in more terroure ande Feare vppon which deuyse serche was made and a goode estatute Founde which was made in the Fyfte yere of Kyng Rychard the seconde the Copye wheroff translatyd[837]into Inglyshe I do sende vnto yourgrace drawne in mannerof A proclamacyon by the aduyse of the Kyngeslernyd Counsayle. But Amongyst all other thingesI mouyd vnto my sayd lorde chauncelor my lorde cheffe Justyce and other that yf in Case ther were no law nor statute made alredye for any suche purpose what myght the Kyngeshignes by the aduyse of his Counsaylle doo to withstande so greate a daunger lyke as yourgrace alledgyd at my beyng withyou to the which yt was answeryd by my lorde cheffe Justyce that the Kyngeshyghnes by the aduyse of his Cownsayll myght make proclamacyons and vse all other polecyes at his pleasure as well in this Case as in Anye other lyke For the avoyding of any suche daungers and that the sayd proclamacyons and polyces so deuysyd by the King & his cownsayll for any such purpose sholde be of as good effect as Any law made by parlyament or otherwyse which oppynyon I assure yourgrace I was veray gladde to here[838]wheruppon[839]the sayd statute[840]was drawen in to a‹copy›in forme as‹a›proclamacyon I do now sende the same to yourgrace[840]and thus the holye trynyte preserue yourgrace in long lyff good‹health›withthe Increase of moche honor at london the xvthday of July.
Library of William Berington, Esq., of Little Malvern Court. Not in Cal. July 18‹1535›.
Desires them to examine the complaint of Robert Symonds, of Pershore, in Worcestershire, and see that justice is done if possible.
Desires them to examine the complaint of Robert Symonds, of Pershore, in Worcestershire, and see that justice is done if possible.
I commende me vnto you in my right hertie maner And by the tenure [of these letters] whiche I sende vnto youherin closid ye may perceue the complaynt of Robert Symondesof pershor in the countie of worcester wherfor I hartely desire and pray you groundly to consider and pounder the contentesof the same and callyng the partiesbefore you ye be soche waies and meanes as ye can best devise examyne the hole circumstaunce therof and sett a fynall ende therin if ye can And if through the obstinacie of either of the said partiesye cannot convenyently so do then my further desire is that ye wryte vnto me the truthe and playnes of the mater withthe circumstaunces therof to thintent I may therin cause some meanes to be founde as the [case] rightfully shall require wherby ye shall do a very good and meritorious dede. And thus fare ye hartely well at London the xviijthday of July
Your Frende
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To my louyng frendes Sir John Russell Knyght Roger Wynter John Pakyngton and John Vampage Esquyres or to thre or two of them.
Library of William Berington, Esq., of Little Malvern Court. Not in Cal. July 20‹1535›.
Desires them to survey the possessions of the clergy in the Shire of Worcester according to the King’s commission, and to send an account of their value to London.
Desires them to survey the possessions of the clergy in the Shire of Worcester according to the King’s commission, and to send an account of their value to London.
After our right hartye commendacyons where the KyngesCommyssion was dyrectyd vnto you & other for the surveyng and taxacion of the clere yerely values of all the possessions of the clergie in the Shire of Worceter accordyng to a boke of Instruccyons assigned withthe hand of the Kyngeshighnes annexed vnto the said Commissyon we signyfie vnto you that the Kyngespleasure ys that ye callyng your fellowes Joyned withyou in Commyssion shall withall possible dylygens accomplysshe theffectestherof And to sende to vs to london all the bokes taken by you of the vieu & value of the said possessions by one or two suche of your fellowes whiche were Audytours of the same before the xijthday of Septembre next commyng. Not faylyng this to do at your perill. And asye entende to advaunce the Kynges pleasure in this behalf. And thus fare you well. At london the xxthday of Julye
Thomas AudeleyK. ChauncellourThomas Crumwell.
Add.To their loving freendesSirJohn Russell the yonger Knight John pakington Esquier and John Russell Esquier and to euery of theym be this yoven.
Endd.Wigorn.
Library of Lord Calthorpe. Not in Cal. July 23‹1535›.
Begs him to make speed in his journey. Bonner’s commission is ready, and Mr. Gostwick will deliver to him the Duke of Holstein’s letter.
Begs him to make speed in his journey. Bonner’s commission is ready, and Mr. Gostwick will deliver to him the Duke of Holstein’s letter.
Mr. Boner I commende me vnto you. Signefieng vnto the same that the Kyngespleasure is ye withyourcollege shall withall spede and possible haste set yourselffesforward towardesthaccomplisshement of youriourney, and cause yourShip also to be rigged and made redy so as ye haue no cause of Delaye. Yourcommission I vnderstonde ye haue alredy made and sealed, and touching the Duke of Holsteslettere if ye haue not yet receyued it Mr. gostwike shall delyuerit you or to Cauendish accordinglie. Prayeng you ones agayne to make all thacceleracion and hast forwardesthat ye can possiblie as ye intende to please the Kingeshighnes. And so Fare ye well. At Wynchcombe the xxiii day of Julie
YourFreendThomas
Crumwell.
Maister Boner the Kingeshighnes nothing dowtyth in yourwysedom polyce and discrecyonBut that ye wooll Vse yourSelf according to his trust and expectacyon.
Add.To his louing frende DoctourBoner be this youen withspede.
R.O. Cal. viii. 1130. July 29‹1535›.
Desires him to express to the Duke of Suffolk the King’s displeasure at the ‘decay’ of certain places, which the Duke affirms he has repaired. Urges him to request the Duke to part with certain reversions which are desired by the King.
Desires him to express to the Duke of Suffolk the King’s displeasure at the ‘decay’ of certain places, which the Duke affirms he has repaired. Urges him to request the Duke to part with certain reversions which are desired by the King.
After my right hertie commendacions these shalbe to aduertise you that the kingeshighnes hauyng receyued yourletteres hathe youen me in commaundement to make youanswer as here insueth. First touching suche leases as it is supposed shoulde be made by the Duke of Suffolke, the kingeshighnes seyeth that he knoweth not that the saide Duke or his officers haue made any lease syns the communycacion had betwixt them of this bargayn, but his highnes is certenly infourmed that the saide Duke or his officers haue offered to make fourth certen leases syns the tyme of the saide communycacion had. Whereof his maieste can not but mervaile and for the same conceyueth som ingratitude and vnkyndenes in the said Duke if it can so be proved. Secondely touching the Decay of Ewelme and Donyngton the kingeshighnes answered that what soeuer the saide Duke hathe spent vppon them, it may well appere in what decay they stonde, and who soeuershall view them shall facilly perceyue that grete somes of money will not sufficientlie repaire them as his highnes himself withhis eye hath vewed the saide Ewelme at his graceslate being there. And for Donyngton the house is not onelie in decay but also the keper of the same Mr. Fetyplace hath both consumed and distroyed the Dere and game there and also wasted the woodesin such wise as it is thought he hathe not onelie forfaited his patent but also right ill deserued to haue eyther fee or thanke for any good service he hathe don there. And semblablie the kingeshighnes hauing ben at Hokenorton whiche his grace lyketh veray well can not perceyue ne also his Surueyours sent thither can not see how that xveli should be employed there as it is affirmed by the saide Duke, so as it is not vnlike but that the saide Duke hathe ben deceyued by his officers. And whatsoeuerhath ben spent there, yet will it requyre no small sommes of money to repare and buylde it after the kingesmynde and pleasure whiche wilbe chargeable to his highnes. And touching the game of the red Dere at Hokenorton aforsaide, his maiestie Doubtith not but that the saide Duke will iustefie his couuenaunte and agrement withthe keper for the keping of lxxx red dere there accordinglie. Thirdely concerning the reuersions of the lady Gordon and John Verney the kingeshighnes perceyuing the conformyte of the saide Duke in that behalf and also yourtravaile and diligence in the same gyueth vnto him and you both therefore his graceshertie and condigne thankes. Trusting that like as his highnes hathe heretofore mynystered grete benefitesand commodytees vnto the saide Duke, who hathe atteyned this degree honourand astate that he now is in by the meanes and onely aduauncement of the kingessaide highnes. So the saide Duke wilbe contented to departe withthe saide reuersions frankely and frely to his highnes of his mere lyberalite toextende towardeshim, and to permytte his maiestee to haue the saide reuersions within his bargayn alredy made as his grace thought he had had, onely trusting to his gracesbountie and goodnes for the recompence of the same. Wherein the kingespleasure is ye shalbe playne withthe saide Duke, vttering and declaring vnto him the good opynyon which the kingeshighnes hathe conceyved in his conformyte towardesall his gracious requestesand affairees, and how he of all men is thereunto bounde if he do well consider the manyfold benefitesthat he hath receyued at the kingeshande. Wherefore ye may counsaile him not to gyue any cause or occasion in this behalf to the kyngeshighnes to conceyve any Jalousie or mistrust in him but that rather he will shew herein his frankenes and liberall herte towardeshis maiestie without stycking withhis grace in so small a matier. And so doing let him be assured that like as the kingeshighnes heretofore for lesse cause youen on the saide Dukesparte, hathe aduaunced him to this honourand astate that he now is at, So shall his maiestee the rather now be Dryven to consider the frankenes and gentill liberalite of the saide Duke in this behalf if he frankely do com forwardeswiththe same. And Fynally I pray you on my behalf to say somwhat to the saide Duke in this matier alledging vnto him that as I am, alwayes haue been, and euerwilbe his gracespoure frende so I requere him not to stycke withthe kingeshighnes in this matier, and pray his grace not to doubte but that the kingeshighnes wilbe as good lorde to him in recompence of the saide reuersions as if his highnes Did now parte and couuenaunte withhim for the same aforehand. Wherein eftesones I pray you shew him on my behalf that my poure and frendelie aduise is that his grace shall liberally wryte to the kingeshighnes in this matier so as his highnes may thereby perceyue the saide Dukesgentill herte and naturall zele towardeshis maieste aswell in this as in all other thinges. Which be ye assured in myn opynyon shalbe more beneficyall vnto the saide Duke then x tymes so moche lande as the saide reuersions Do amount vnto. Requering you so to shew his grace fro me as from him that wold be as glad of his graceswelth and prosperyte as any one of his poure frendes. So knoweth ourlorde who send you well to fare. From the Monastery of Tewkesbury the xxixtiDay of Julie.
YourFreend
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To his louyng Frende Mr. Ryche Solycytourto the kingeshighnes be this youen.
Belvoir Castle MSS. Not in Cal. Aug. 9‹1535›.
Desires him to examine a certain warden and his friars, and report the result of his investigation to the King. Requests him to apprehend Friar John Colsell, and detain him till further notice.
Desires him to examine a certain warden and his friars, and report the result of his investigation to the King. Requests him to apprehend Friar John Colsell, and detain him till further notice.
My lorde after my right hertie commendacions these shalbe to aduertise yourlordship that having receyued yourletteres and declared the effectesof the same to the kingeshighnes, who for yourdyligent aduertisement of suche thingesas do touche his maiestie and for yourgood will shewed towardesthe correction of suche transgressones gyueth vnto you his graceshertie and condigne thankes, Forasmoche as the kingeshighnes is aduertesed that the warden of those Freres which haue spoken those sedicious wordes, is a right honest person and that it may be that he is accused by such light persons as percase can not iustefie the same, the kingeshighnes therefore requyreth yourlordeship to call before you the saide warden and all other his Freers and to take som payne thoroughlie and exactely to here Debate and examynethe matier withthem and their accusers, so as the trewth and the hole circumstauncesof the matier may trewlie and substauncyallie appere in suche wise as euery man may haue his meritesand desertesaccording to good iustice. And of yourlordeshippes procedingesin that behalf and what matier ye shall Fynde vppon the saide examynacion it may please yourlordeship to signefie the same withthe circumstauncesto the kingeshighnes or his counsaile, vppon the which aduertisement yourlordship shall knowe ferther of the kingespleasure. Touching the other Frere named Frere John Colsell vsing the decitful arte of magike and astronomye, the kingespleasure is that ye shall cause him to be taken and apprehended and deteyn him in warde vntill ye shall haue other knowlege and aduertisement of the kingespleasure in that behalf, and thus the holie trynytie preserue yourlordeship in long lif and helth withthincrease of honourAt Barklay hoornes the ixthday of August.
Your lordeshyppes assuryd
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To the right honourable my lorde the Erle of Rutlande be this yeuen.
R.O.[841]Cal. ix. 157. August 23‹1535›.
Instructs him to justify to Francis the King’s doings, especially the executions of More and Fisher, and to request Francis to support Henry in all his actions against the Pope. The King is desirous that Melancthon should come to England.
Instructs him to justify to Francis the King’s doings, especially the executions of More and Fisher, and to request Francis to support Henry in all his actions against the Pope. The King is desirous that Melancthon should come to England.
Sir after my most hertie recommendacions these shalbe to aduertise you that the xviithDay of this Moneth I receyued from you a packet of letteres which indelayedlie I delyuered vnto the kingeshighnes and conferred withhis grace theffectesboth of your letteres and all others within the saide packet being directed aswell to his highnes as to me. And after his highnes had withme pervsed the hole contentesthoroughlie of yoursaide letteres, perceyuing not onelie the lykelyhod of the not repairee into Fraunce of Philip Melanchton, but also yourcommunicacions had withthe frensh king vppon yourDemaunde made of the kingeshighnes pencions withalso yourDiscrete answers and replicacions made in that behalf, for the which his maiestee gyueth vnto you his hertie and condigne thankes, Ye shall vnderstonde that his highnes commaundid me to make you answer in this wise folowing First as touching the kyngesmoney his highnes dowtith not but seeing bothe the Frensh king and also the grete Maister haue promised you it shalbe depechid ye will as the case shall requyre not cease to call vppon them till it be Depeched And ferther considering that the saide frensh king vppon yoursaide Demaunde of the saide pensions so sodaynelye fell into communycacion withyou aswell of his frendeship and humanyte shewed to the kyngeshighnes, alledging that he at all tymes hathe answered for the kyngeshighnes specyally being last at MarcelleswithPope Clement withother thingesas in your saide letteres appereth, as also concernyng the execucions lately donehere within this realme, The kingeshighnes not a litle mervaileth thereat, and thinketh it good that as of yourself ye take som occasion at conuenyent tyme and oportunyte to renovate the saide communycacyon both withthe Frensh kyng or at the least withthe grete Maister, sayeng vnto them, that where the saide Frensh kyng alledgeth that he hath at all tymes answered for the kyngeshighnes in his cause and specyally to the saide Pope Clement at Marcellesaffirmyng his procedyngesto be iust and vpright concernyng the Matrymony as ye do wryte, in that albeit the kyngeshighnes procedingesin all his affairees within this realme being of such equyte and iustnes of themself as they be, nedethnot any defence or assistence ayenst Pope Clement or any other foreyn power, having goddes worde and lawes onelie sufficient to defende him Yet in that that[842]the said frensh kyng hathe as he sayeth answered at all tymes on the kingesparte, he hathe donenothing but the parte of a brother in iustefieng and verefyeng the trewth, and so contynuyng shall Do as aperteyneth to a prynce of honourwhich the kingeshighnes doubtith not he hath and will do onely in respecte to the veryte and trewth besidesthe amyte betwixt them both iustlye requyring the same. And concerning thexecucions Donewithin this realme ye shall sey to the saide Frensh Kyng that the same were not so mervelous extreme as he alledgeth, for touching Mr. More and the Bisshop of Rochester withsuche others as were executed here, their treasons conspiracies and practises secretely practised aswell within the realme without to move and styrre discension and to sowe sedycyon within the realme, intending thereby not onelye the distruction of the kyng but also the hole subuersion of his highnes realme being explaned and declared and so manyfestly proved afore them that they could not avoyde nor Denye it and they thereof openly detected and lawfully convicted adiudged and condempned of high treason by the Due order of the lawes of this realme, it shall and may well appere to all the worlde that they having such malice roted in their hertesayenst their prynce and Souereigne and the totall Distruction of the commen weale of this realme, were well worthie if they had had a thousande lyves to haue suffered x tymes a more terrible Deth and execucion then any of them Did suffer. And touching suche wordesas the saide frensh kyng spake vnto you concernyng how Mr. More dyed and what he saied to his doughter going to his iudgement and also what exhortacions he shoulde gyue vnto the kyngessubiectesto be trew and obedient to his grace (assuring you that there was no such thing) whereof the gret Masterpromysed you a Double at length. In that the kingespleasure is that ye shall not onelie procure the saide double and sende it hither but also sey vnto the saide frensh king that the kyngeshighnes can not otherwise take it but veraye vnkyndely that the saide frensh king or any of his counsaile at whose handeshe hathe so moche meryted and to whom he hathe mynystered so many grete benefitespleasures and commodytees shoulde so lightly gyue eare faith and credence to any such vayne brutesand fleeng tales Not hauyng first knowlege or aduertisement from the kingeshighnes here and his counsaile of the veryte and trewth, Affirming it to be the office of a frende hering anysuche tales of so noble a prynce rather to haue compressed the bruters thereof to sylence or at the leest not permytted them to haue dyvulged the same vntill such tyme as the kingesmaiestee being so dere a frende had ben aduertesed thereof and the trewth knowen before he shoulde so lightly beleve or allege any suche reporte which ingrate and vnkynde Demeanure of the saide frensh king vsed in this behalf argueth playneleye not to remayn in his brest such integryte of herte and syncere amyte towardesthe kingeshighnes and his procedingesas his highnes alwayes heretofore hathe expected and loked for. Which thing Ye may propone and alledge vnto the saide frensh king and the grete Maister or to one of them withsuche modestie and sobrenes as ye thinke they maye perceyue that the kingeshighnes hathe good and iust cause in this parte somwhat to take their light credence vnkyndelye. And where as the saide frensh king sayeth that touching such lawes as the kingeshighnes hathe made he will not medle withall alledging it not to be mete that one prynce should desire a nother to chaunge his lawes sayeng that his be to olde to be chaunged, to that ye shall sey that such lawes as the kingeshighnes hathe made here be not made without substauncyall groundesby grete and mature aduise counsaile and deliberacion of the hole polycie of this realme and are indede no new lawes but of grete antiquyte and many yeres passed were made and executed within this realme as now they be renovate and renewed onlye in respecte to the comen weale of the same. And it is not a litle to his highnes mervaile that the saide frensh kyng euerwolde counsaile or aduyse him if in case hereafter any suche like offenders should happen to be in this realme that he should rather banyssh them then in suche wise execute them And specyallie considering that the saide frensh king himself in commonyng withyou at that tyme not onely confessed thextreme execucyons and grete Bruyllie of late don in his realme But also that he now intendeth to withdraw the same and to revoke and to call home agayn such as be out of his realme the kingeshighnes therefore the more straungely taketh his saide aduise and counsaile Supposing it to be neyther thoffice of a frende nor of a brother that he wold Determyn himself to call home into his realme agayn his subiectesbeing out of the same for speking ayenst the Bisshop of Romes vsurped auctoryte, and counsaile the kynges highnes to banysshe his traytours into straunge partes where they myght haue good occasion tyme place and oportunyte to worke their featesof treason and conspiracie the better agaynst the kingeshighnes and this his realme. In which parte ye shall somwhatengreve the matier after such sorte as it may well appere to the saide frensh king that not onelie the kingeshighnes might take those his counsailes and communycacions both straungely and vnkyndely thinking the same not to procede of mere amyte and frendship, but also vsing such polycie and austeryte in proponyng the same withthe saide frensh king and the grete Maister taking such tyme and oportunyte as may best serue for the same, as they may well perceyue the kingeshighnes precedingeshere within this realme both concerning the saide execucyons and all other thingesto be onely groundid vppon iustice and the equyte of his lawes which be no new lawes but auncyent lawes made and establisshed of many yeres passed within this realme and now renovate and renewed as is aforesaide for the better order weale and suretie of the same. And ye may ferther say that if the frensh king and his counsaile well consyder as they ought to do that it were moch better to aduaunce the punysshment of traitours and rebellesfor their offencesthen to ponysshe such as do speke ayenst the vsurped auctoryte of the bisshop of Rome who Daylie goth about to suppresse and subdue kyngesand pryncesand their auctorytee gyuen to them by goddes worde. All which matiers the kyngespleasure is that ye shall take tyme and occasion as ye talkyng agayn withthe frensh king or the grete Maister may declare yourmynde as before is prescribed vnto you. Adding thereunto such matier withsuch reasons after youraccustomed dexteryte & discression as ye shall thinke most expedyent and to serve best for the kingespurpose, Defence of his procedingesand the profe of the frensh kingesingratitude shewed in this behalf. Not Doubting in yourwisedom good industrie and discrete circumspection for thordering and well handeling of the same accordinglye.
And touching Melanchton[843]considering there is no lykelihod of his repayree into Fraunce as I haue well perceyued by yourletteres, the kyngeshighnes therfore hath appoyntid Cristofer Mount indelaiedlie to take his iourney where Melanchton is and if he cometo prevente Mounsieurde Langie in suche wise as the saide Melancton his repayre into Fraunce may be stayed and dyuertid into Englond Not doubting but the same shall take effect accordynglie. And as to Mr. Heynes the kyngespleasure is that he shall go to Parys there to[844]lerne and dissiphre the opynyons of the lernid men and their inclynacions and affections aswell towardesthe kyngeshighnes procedingesas to the bisshop of Rome his vsurped power and auctoryte, after such sorte as the kingessaide highnes hathenow wrytten to him by his gracious letteres addressed both to him and the saide Cristofer Mount[845]. Dyrecting them what they shall do in all thingescomytted to their charge at this tyme As I doubt not they will put thereunto their devoires for the accomplisshment of the kingespleasure as aperteyneth. And thus makyng an ende prayeng you to vse yourdiscression in the proponing of the premisses to the Frensh king and the grete Masteror the one or both of them vsing the same as a Medecyn and after suche sorte that as nere as ye can it be not moch displeasauntly taken Aduertesing the kingeshighnes from tyme to tyme of the successes thereof and of all other occurauntesas the case shall requyre, I shall for this tyme bid you most hertelie Fare well &c. Thornebery the xxiij day of August.
Endd.Fraunce
R.O. Cal. ix. 241 (i). Sept. 1‹1535›.
Desires him to give up all the possessions of the bishopric of Hereford to such persons as the Bishop-elect shall appoint.
Desires him to give up all the possessions of the bishopric of Hereford to such persons as the Bishop-elect shall appoint.
In my harty wise I commend me vnto you. Aduertising thesame that for certayne causes the kingeshighnes specially movyng, his graces pleasure is that ye shall surcease any farther to yntermedle withthe possessions and landesbelongyng to the Busshopriche of Hereford but that ye suffer suche as the Busshop elect shall appoynt to haue the doyng of the same. And that ye farther suffer the officers appoynted by thesayd Busshop to resceyve aswell the next rent due at the Fest of thannunciacion of ourlady last past as all other rentes due sithe that tyme. And that ye fayll not thus to do as the kingestrust is in you . thus fare ye well. At Bromham the first day of September.
for Nicholas Oldisworthye.
R.O. Cal. ix. 271. Sept. 4‹1535›.