[743]Cf.Appendixat the end of this chapter.[744]Foxe, vol. ii. p. 434. Cf. Mendes Silva, pp. 34, 35: ‘Acabadas de pronunciar estas palabras, se dispuso a morir, pidiendo al verdugo, llamado Gurrea, para no sentir dilatada pena, le cortasse la cabeça de vn golpe. Tendiose, pues sobre el madero, y recibiòle terrible, muriendo aquel que nunca deuiera nacer, por quien Inglaterra desde entonces se abrasa en infernal incendio de heregias.’[745]Cf. for this and the following pages, Green, vol. ii. pp. 197–202.[746]c.o.trustyng entyerlye In yow that ye will witsaffe as I may euerherafter ow vnto yow my Symple seruyce or any pleasure that shalbe within my lytyll power[747]c.o.before yourRetorn to London[748]c.o.I am ascertaynyd that yourladyship shall resayue[749]c.o.case[750]c.o.vnto the kyngeshighnes of hys benche[751]c.o.yff yt soo had ben[752]c.o.as was bytwene the sayd sirJohn and the sayd sirRoberte payd[753]c.o.aduaunsement[754]c.o.one to the sayd sirRoberte Clere in full contentacion & payment of cccc Markeswhiche ccliys yet vnpayd[755]c.o.was and shulde haue ben accomplyshyd in euery poynte yff the sayd sirJohn Paston had accordyng to hys couenauntespayd the sommes of money whiche he was bonde to paye by hys Indenture for the aduauncement of hys sayd doughter. Neuertheles yt may please yourlordeshypp to knowe the sayd sirRoberte Clere[756]c.o.but that the sayd foure hundreth poundes shalbe Recouered of hys landes[757]c.o.to Inyoine[758]c.o.in the courte of Chauncery[759]sic.[760]sic, for ‘these.’[761]This last sentence was added by the seventeenth-century scholar by whom the foregoing passages were transcribed, and who calls himself ‘Thomas Masters, Coll. Nov.’[762]c.o.For our lordys loue what[763]sic, for ‘applied.’[764]c.o.that perceyuing by[765]c.o.in the hole cuntrey[766]c.o.yourgrete good[767]c.o.after such sorte by yourapprouued high wisedom as ye lose not the wele & benefite of the same for[768]c.o.there I assure yourgrace you haue[769]c.o.which do & will not let to interprete all yourdoings not in the best parte Alledging that youronelie desire[770]c.o.shalbe grete good vnto yourself[771]c.o.Fynallie beseching almightie god to preserue yourgrace in long lif & good helth withthe full accomplisshment of yourhertesdesire From london the xviii day of August[772]c.o.and enter into blynde to satysfye[773]c.o.a you[th][774]sic, for ‘thus.’[775]The number of erasures and corrections in this letter is such that the use of an additional bracket is necessary, in order to render it precisely. Words enclosed thus{. . .}are inserted above the line in the original. Words printed in italics are crossed out.[776]These words doubtless ought to have been crossed out in the MS.[777]Here occur the following wordsunderlined, not crossed out: ‘that [he] should retourne into the same there to manyfest his errours and sedycyous opynyons, which (being out of the Realme by his most vncharytable venemous and pestilent bokescraftie and false persuasions) he hathe partelie don all redie’[778](. . .)underlined, not crossed out.[779](. . .)this passage is put in the margin.[780]c.o.on the behalf of[781]c.o.highnes[782]sic.[783]c.o.most[784]sic, for ‘applied.’[785]c.o.which he helde For terme of yeres of his highnes and hauyng good and Suffycyent graunt In the same[786]c.o.my ladye[787]c.o.and hauing no Just Cause so to do[788]c.o.and as concernyng the bargayn betwene me and John Ardren of and for the manourof Belthrop withthe apportenaunces which, as I am Informyd ye wer in mynde to haue bought Sir I woold I hadde bene made preuey to your mynd at whych tyme[789]sic.[790]c.o.Thomas[791]c.o.Mr. Edmonde Knightley[792]c.o.withother of yourgracescounsaill[793]c.o.as hathe ben had & made of the saide goodesand also such offencesas haue ben commytted in that behalf haue ben onelie doneand executed by the saide Edmonde Knightley his Syster and suche other of that parte and none otherwise[794]sic.[795]i. e. 700.[796]sic.[797]sic.[798]i.e. 10,000.[799]sic, see Notes.[800]c.o.be the bolder, must nedesbe compellyd[801]c.o.the more boldlye[802]c.o.praying[803]sic.[804]c.o.I trust to get owt the Roote of his practyse[805]c.o.prynces[806]sic.[807]c.o. a marginal comment as follows: I began to marke the notable poinctesof his letteres[808]sic.[809]c.o.withwhom ye never spake as in yourlettres [ye say][810]c.o.Egiptians[811]c.o.And suerly my lord what soeuerye sey or write for yourself, the begynning of yourletters foryour . . . g[812]c.o.it was told or els[813]c.o.or any other[814]c.o.muche[815]c.o.albeit I wol speke for[816]sic.[817]The last paragraph is written along the margin.[818]c.o.For the conducing whereof to effecte the kingeshighnes hath specyall trust and expectacion in yourgracesapproved wisedom and dexteryte and thus the holie trynyte. . . .[819]This letter was evidently first written by the King, and later altered by Cromwell. The passages in brackets{. . .}are scored through in the original.[820]sic, see Notes.[821]c.o.which hath byn a great charge to the parties wherfore[822]c.o.and good[823]c.o.to consider the said offers vnto his sone[824]c.o.he is greatly charged withhis Fathers Dettes & also withhis[825]c.o.whichys a great charge vnto hym wherfore my Lorde in dischargyng of yourconsciens I pray you at my Desire to yeve vnto hym a cli. whiche youe toke of his Father And ferder to yeve vnto hym some other Rewarde hereafter as you shall thynke in consciens mete for hym[826]c.o.Surveyed and I Fynd I haue[827]c.o.Indifferent[828]c.o.to procede[829]c.o.yt may also ple[830]c.o.And in thus doynge ye shall not oonlie do a thinge proffitable and right meritorious for yoursowle[831]c.o.to their hindrance hurte & preiudice[832]From the official Record Office transcript.[833]The date ‘May’ is obviously a mistake; it should be ‘March.’ The dates of the embassy of Gontier and the itinerary of the King make it quite certain that the letter was written March 4, 1535, which, of course, was 1534 O. S. Cf. Cal. viii. p. 133n.[834]This letter is obviously misplaced in the Calendar.[835]c.o.this nyght at xii of the Cloke[836]c.o.done and what order ys[837]c.o.drawne[838]c.o.Serche was made and[839]c.o.the Copye of this[840]c.o.to thentent the Kyngesgracyous pleasure may be known drawen according to the sayd estatute made in the sayd Fyfte yere of Kyng Richarde the second as ys afforsayd and that was all that was done in that matyere by[841]A copy of this letter is also to be found in Longleat House.[842]sic.[843]c.o.&c. the kyngeshigh[844]c.o.reside and demoure[845]c.o.whereby[846]c.o.ye can haue to[847]c.o.shall[848]c.o.wherfore and for asmoche as[849]c.o.whiche if he wold he may right well do and[850]c.o.my sake[851]c.o.in suche wise as he may haue no cause eftesones to complayne one you for this matier[852]From the official Record Office transcript.[853]c.o.In my right harty wise[854]From the official Record Office transcript.[855]sic.[856]c.o.for your[857]c.o.you even[858]i.e. 50,000.[859]This letter, though written in Starkey’s hand and addressed to Harvell, is believed by Mr. Gairdner to be a copy of a letter written by Cromwell to Pole, transcribed by Starkey on the inside of the cover of a letter to Harvell.[860]c.o.withthe. . .and towching the contentesof the same ye shall vnderstand that I haue resceyued yourletteres[861]c.o.am contented
[743]Cf.Appendixat the end of this chapter.
[743]Cf.Appendixat the end of this chapter.
[744]Foxe, vol. ii. p. 434. Cf. Mendes Silva, pp. 34, 35: ‘Acabadas de pronunciar estas palabras, se dispuso a morir, pidiendo al verdugo, llamado Gurrea, para no sentir dilatada pena, le cortasse la cabeça de vn golpe. Tendiose, pues sobre el madero, y recibiòle terrible, muriendo aquel que nunca deuiera nacer, por quien Inglaterra desde entonces se abrasa en infernal incendio de heregias.’
[744]Foxe, vol. ii. p. 434. Cf. Mendes Silva, pp. 34, 35: ‘Acabadas de pronunciar estas palabras, se dispuso a morir, pidiendo al verdugo, llamado Gurrea, para no sentir dilatada pena, le cortasse la cabeça de vn golpe. Tendiose, pues sobre el madero, y recibiòle terrible, muriendo aquel que nunca deuiera nacer, por quien Inglaterra desde entonces se abrasa en infernal incendio de heregias.’
[745]Cf. for this and the following pages, Green, vol. ii. pp. 197–202.
[745]Cf. for this and the following pages, Green, vol. ii. pp. 197–202.
[746]c.o.trustyng entyerlye In yow that ye will witsaffe as I may euerherafter ow vnto yow my Symple seruyce or any pleasure that shalbe within my lytyll power
[746]c.o.trustyng entyerlye In yow that ye will witsaffe as I may euerherafter ow vnto yow my Symple seruyce or any pleasure that shalbe within my lytyll power
[747]c.o.before yourRetorn to London
[747]c.o.before yourRetorn to London
[748]c.o.I am ascertaynyd that yourladyship shall resayue
[748]c.o.I am ascertaynyd that yourladyship shall resayue
[749]c.o.case
[749]c.o.case
[750]c.o.vnto the kyngeshighnes of hys benche
[750]c.o.vnto the kyngeshighnes of hys benche
[751]c.o.yff yt soo had ben
[751]c.o.yff yt soo had ben
[752]c.o.as was bytwene the sayd sirJohn and the sayd sirRoberte payd
[752]c.o.as was bytwene the sayd sirJohn and the sayd sirRoberte payd
[753]c.o.aduaunsement
[753]c.o.aduaunsement
[754]c.o.one to the sayd sirRoberte Clere in full contentacion & payment of cccc Markeswhiche ccliys yet vnpayd
[754]c.o.one to the sayd sirRoberte Clere in full contentacion & payment of cccc Markeswhiche ccliys yet vnpayd
[755]c.o.was and shulde haue ben accomplyshyd in euery poynte yff the sayd sirJohn Paston had accordyng to hys couenauntespayd the sommes of money whiche he was bonde to paye by hys Indenture for the aduauncement of hys sayd doughter. Neuertheles yt may please yourlordeshypp to knowe the sayd sirRoberte Clere
[755]c.o.was and shulde haue ben accomplyshyd in euery poynte yff the sayd sirJohn Paston had accordyng to hys couenauntespayd the sommes of money whiche he was bonde to paye by hys Indenture for the aduauncement of hys sayd doughter. Neuertheles yt may please yourlordeshypp to knowe the sayd sirRoberte Clere
[756]c.o.but that the sayd foure hundreth poundes shalbe Recouered of hys landes
[756]c.o.but that the sayd foure hundreth poundes shalbe Recouered of hys landes
[757]c.o.to Inyoine
[757]c.o.to Inyoine
[758]c.o.in the courte of Chauncery
[758]c.o.in the courte of Chauncery
[759]sic.
[759]sic.
[760]sic, for ‘these.’
[760]sic, for ‘these.’
[761]This last sentence was added by the seventeenth-century scholar by whom the foregoing passages were transcribed, and who calls himself ‘Thomas Masters, Coll. Nov.’
[761]This last sentence was added by the seventeenth-century scholar by whom the foregoing passages were transcribed, and who calls himself ‘Thomas Masters, Coll. Nov.’
[762]c.o.For our lordys loue what
[762]c.o.For our lordys loue what
[763]sic, for ‘applied.’
[763]sic, for ‘applied.’
[764]c.o.that perceyuing by
[764]c.o.that perceyuing by
[765]c.o.in the hole cuntrey
[765]c.o.in the hole cuntrey
[766]c.o.yourgrete good
[766]c.o.yourgrete good
[767]c.o.after such sorte by yourapprouued high wisedom as ye lose not the wele & benefite of the same for
[767]c.o.after such sorte by yourapprouued high wisedom as ye lose not the wele & benefite of the same for
[768]c.o.there I assure yourgrace you haue
[768]c.o.there I assure yourgrace you haue
[769]c.o.which do & will not let to interprete all yourdoings not in the best parte Alledging that youronelie desire
[769]c.o.which do & will not let to interprete all yourdoings not in the best parte Alledging that youronelie desire
[770]c.o.shalbe grete good vnto yourself
[770]c.o.shalbe grete good vnto yourself
[771]c.o.Fynallie beseching almightie god to preserue yourgrace in long lif & good helth withthe full accomplisshment of yourhertesdesire From london the xviii day of August
[771]c.o.Fynallie beseching almightie god to preserue yourgrace in long lif & good helth withthe full accomplisshment of yourhertesdesire From london the xviii day of August
[772]c.o.and enter into blynde to satysfye
[772]c.o.and enter into blynde to satysfye
[773]c.o.a you[th]
[773]c.o.a you[th]
[774]sic, for ‘thus.’
[774]sic, for ‘thus.’
[775]The number of erasures and corrections in this letter is such that the use of an additional bracket is necessary, in order to render it precisely. Words enclosed thus{. . .}are inserted above the line in the original. Words printed in italics are crossed out.
[775]The number of erasures and corrections in this letter is such that the use of an additional bracket is necessary, in order to render it precisely. Words enclosed thus{. . .}are inserted above the line in the original. Words printed in italics are crossed out.
[776]These words doubtless ought to have been crossed out in the MS.
[776]These words doubtless ought to have been crossed out in the MS.
[777]Here occur the following wordsunderlined, not crossed out: ‘that [he] should retourne into the same there to manyfest his errours and sedycyous opynyons, which (being out of the Realme by his most vncharytable venemous and pestilent bokescraftie and false persuasions) he hathe partelie don all redie’
[777]Here occur the following wordsunderlined, not crossed out: ‘that [he] should retourne into the same there to manyfest his errours and sedycyous opynyons, which (being out of the Realme by his most vncharytable venemous and pestilent bokescraftie and false persuasions) he hathe partelie don all redie’
[778](. . .)underlined, not crossed out.
[778](. . .)underlined, not crossed out.
[779](. . .)this passage is put in the margin.
[779](. . .)this passage is put in the margin.
[780]c.o.on the behalf of
[780]c.o.on the behalf of
[781]c.o.highnes
[781]c.o.highnes
[782]sic.
[782]sic.
[783]c.o.most
[783]c.o.most
[784]sic, for ‘applied.’
[784]sic, for ‘applied.’
[785]c.o.which he helde For terme of yeres of his highnes and hauyng good and Suffycyent graunt In the same
[785]c.o.which he helde For terme of yeres of his highnes and hauyng good and Suffycyent graunt In the same
[786]c.o.my ladye
[786]c.o.my ladye
[787]c.o.and hauing no Just Cause so to do
[787]c.o.and hauing no Just Cause so to do
[788]c.o.and as concernyng the bargayn betwene me and John Ardren of and for the manourof Belthrop withthe apportenaunces which, as I am Informyd ye wer in mynde to haue bought Sir I woold I hadde bene made preuey to your mynd at whych tyme
[788]c.o.and as concernyng the bargayn betwene me and John Ardren of and for the manourof Belthrop withthe apportenaunces which, as I am Informyd ye wer in mynde to haue bought Sir I woold I hadde bene made preuey to your mynd at whych tyme
[789]sic.
[789]sic.
[790]c.o.Thomas
[790]c.o.Thomas
[791]c.o.Mr. Edmonde Knightley
[791]c.o.Mr. Edmonde Knightley
[792]c.o.withother of yourgracescounsaill
[792]c.o.withother of yourgracescounsaill
[793]c.o.as hathe ben had & made of the saide goodesand also such offencesas haue ben commytted in that behalf haue ben onelie doneand executed by the saide Edmonde Knightley his Syster and suche other of that parte and none otherwise
[793]c.o.as hathe ben had & made of the saide goodesand also such offencesas haue ben commytted in that behalf haue ben onelie doneand executed by the saide Edmonde Knightley his Syster and suche other of that parte and none otherwise
[794]sic.
[794]sic.
[795]i. e. 700.
[795]i. e. 700.
[796]sic.
[796]sic.
[797]sic.
[797]sic.
[798]i.e. 10,000.
[798]i.e. 10,000.
[799]sic, see Notes.
[799]sic, see Notes.
[800]c.o.be the bolder, must nedesbe compellyd
[800]c.o.be the bolder, must nedesbe compellyd
[801]c.o.the more boldlye
[801]c.o.the more boldlye
[802]c.o.praying
[802]c.o.praying
[803]sic.
[803]sic.
[804]c.o.I trust to get owt the Roote of his practyse
[804]c.o.I trust to get owt the Roote of his practyse
[805]c.o.prynces
[805]c.o.prynces
[806]sic.
[806]sic.
[807]c.o. a marginal comment as follows: I began to marke the notable poinctesof his letteres
[807]c.o. a marginal comment as follows: I began to marke the notable poinctesof his letteres
[808]sic.
[808]sic.
[809]c.o.withwhom ye never spake as in yourlettres [ye say]
[809]c.o.withwhom ye never spake as in yourlettres [ye say]
[810]c.o.Egiptians
[810]c.o.Egiptians
[811]c.o.And suerly my lord what soeuerye sey or write for yourself, the begynning of yourletters foryour . . . g
[811]c.o.And suerly my lord what soeuerye sey or write for yourself, the begynning of yourletters foryour . . . g
[812]c.o.it was told or els
[812]c.o.it was told or els
[813]c.o.or any other
[813]c.o.or any other
[814]c.o.muche
[814]c.o.muche
[815]c.o.albeit I wol speke for
[815]c.o.albeit I wol speke for
[816]sic.
[816]sic.
[817]The last paragraph is written along the margin.
[817]The last paragraph is written along the margin.
[818]c.o.For the conducing whereof to effecte the kingeshighnes hath specyall trust and expectacion in yourgracesapproved wisedom and dexteryte and thus the holie trynyte. . . .
[818]c.o.For the conducing whereof to effecte the kingeshighnes hath specyall trust and expectacion in yourgracesapproved wisedom and dexteryte and thus the holie trynyte. . . .
[819]This letter was evidently first written by the King, and later altered by Cromwell. The passages in brackets{. . .}are scored through in the original.
[819]This letter was evidently first written by the King, and later altered by Cromwell. The passages in brackets{. . .}are scored through in the original.
[820]sic, see Notes.
[820]sic, see Notes.
[821]c.o.which hath byn a great charge to the parties wherfore
[821]c.o.which hath byn a great charge to the parties wherfore
[822]c.o.and good
[822]c.o.and good
[823]c.o.to consider the said offers vnto his sone
[823]c.o.to consider the said offers vnto his sone
[824]c.o.he is greatly charged withhis Fathers Dettes & also withhis
[824]c.o.he is greatly charged withhis Fathers Dettes & also withhis
[825]c.o.whichys a great charge vnto hym wherfore my Lorde in dischargyng of yourconsciens I pray you at my Desire to yeve vnto hym a cli. whiche youe toke of his Father And ferder to yeve vnto hym some other Rewarde hereafter as you shall thynke in consciens mete for hym
[825]c.o.whichys a great charge vnto hym wherfore my Lorde in dischargyng of yourconsciens I pray you at my Desire to yeve vnto hym a cli. whiche youe toke of his Father And ferder to yeve vnto hym some other Rewarde hereafter as you shall thynke in consciens mete for hym
[826]c.o.Surveyed and I Fynd I haue
[826]c.o.Surveyed and I Fynd I haue
[827]c.o.Indifferent
[827]c.o.Indifferent
[828]c.o.to procede
[828]c.o.to procede
[829]c.o.yt may also ple
[829]c.o.yt may also ple
[830]c.o.And in thus doynge ye shall not oonlie do a thinge proffitable and right meritorious for yoursowle
[830]c.o.And in thus doynge ye shall not oonlie do a thinge proffitable and right meritorious for yoursowle
[831]c.o.to their hindrance hurte & preiudice
[831]c.o.to their hindrance hurte & preiudice
[832]From the official Record Office transcript.
[832]From the official Record Office transcript.
[833]The date ‘May’ is obviously a mistake; it should be ‘March.’ The dates of the embassy of Gontier and the itinerary of the King make it quite certain that the letter was written March 4, 1535, which, of course, was 1534 O. S. Cf. Cal. viii. p. 133n.
[833]The date ‘May’ is obviously a mistake; it should be ‘March.’ The dates of the embassy of Gontier and the itinerary of the King make it quite certain that the letter was written March 4, 1535, which, of course, was 1534 O. S. Cf. Cal. viii. p. 133n.
[834]This letter is obviously misplaced in the Calendar.
[834]This letter is obviously misplaced in the Calendar.
[835]c.o.this nyght at xii of the Cloke
[835]c.o.this nyght at xii of the Cloke
[836]c.o.done and what order ys
[836]c.o.done and what order ys
[837]c.o.drawne
[837]c.o.drawne
[838]c.o.Serche was made and
[838]c.o.Serche was made and
[839]c.o.the Copye of this
[839]c.o.the Copye of this
[840]c.o.to thentent the Kyngesgracyous pleasure may be known drawen according to the sayd estatute made in the sayd Fyfte yere of Kyng Richarde the second as ys afforsayd and that was all that was done in that matyere by
[840]c.o.to thentent the Kyngesgracyous pleasure may be known drawen according to the sayd estatute made in the sayd Fyfte yere of Kyng Richarde the second as ys afforsayd and that was all that was done in that matyere by
[841]A copy of this letter is also to be found in Longleat House.
[841]A copy of this letter is also to be found in Longleat House.
[842]sic.
[842]sic.
[843]c.o.&c. the kyngeshigh
[843]c.o.&c. the kyngeshigh
[844]c.o.reside and demoure
[844]c.o.reside and demoure
[845]c.o.whereby
[845]c.o.whereby
[846]c.o.ye can haue to
[846]c.o.ye can haue to
[847]c.o.shall
[847]c.o.shall
[848]c.o.wherfore and for asmoche as
[848]c.o.wherfore and for asmoche as
[849]c.o.whiche if he wold he may right well do and
[849]c.o.whiche if he wold he may right well do and
[850]c.o.my sake
[850]c.o.my sake
[851]c.o.in suche wise as he may haue no cause eftesones to complayne one you for this matier
[851]c.o.in suche wise as he may haue no cause eftesones to complayne one you for this matier
[852]From the official Record Office transcript.
[852]From the official Record Office transcript.
[853]c.o.In my right harty wise
[853]c.o.In my right harty wise
[854]From the official Record Office transcript.
[854]From the official Record Office transcript.
[855]sic.
[855]sic.
[856]c.o.for your
[856]c.o.for your
[857]c.o.you even
[857]c.o.you even
[858]i.e. 50,000.
[858]i.e. 50,000.
[859]This letter, though written in Starkey’s hand and addressed to Harvell, is believed by Mr. Gairdner to be a copy of a letter written by Cromwell to Pole, transcribed by Starkey on the inside of the cover of a letter to Harvell.
[859]This letter, though written in Starkey’s hand and addressed to Harvell, is believed by Mr. Gairdner to be a copy of a letter written by Cromwell to Pole, transcribed by Starkey on the inside of the cover of a letter to Harvell.
[860]c.o.withthe. . .and towching the contentesof the same ye shall vnderstand that I haue resceyued yourletteres
[860]c.o.withthe. . .and towching the contentesof the same ye shall vnderstand that I haue resceyued yourletteres
[861]c.o.am contented
[861]c.o.am contented