The abridgement of the English Chronicle, first collected by M. Iohn Stow, and after him augmented with very many memorable antiquities, and continued with matters forreine and domesticall, vnto the beginning of the yeare, 1618. by E.H. Gentleman. There is a briefe table at the end of the booke

Queene Elizabeth

THe 17. of Nouember 1558 came certaine newes vnto the Parliament house of the death of Quéene Mary, wherat many reioyced, and many lamented, and forth∣with her death being gene∣rally knowne, they proclai∣med the Lady Elizabeth se∣cond daughter to King Henry the eight. Quéene of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. In London & Westminster: the Quéene was then at Bishops hatfield, but not proclaimed there vntill two dayes after.

The Quéene came shortly after from Hatfield to the Charterhouse at London, and all the Bi∣shops met her by the way at Highgate, and knée∣ling acknowledged their allegiance.

The Quéene remained at Charterhouse vntill the time of her Coronation, and the 14. of Ianua∣ry she rode in triumph through London to the pal∣lace of Westminster, and the next day was crow∣ned by Doctor Oglethrop Bishop of Carleite▪

The 20. of Ianuary began a parliament, wher∣in the first fruits, tenths, and the supremacy were reserued and connexed to the Crowne: in this par∣liament time the Quéene granted licence for a frée disputation to bee held in Westminster Church, concerning some different points in Religion, but it came to no effect.

The 24. of Iune the booke of common Prayer was established, and the Masse cleane suppressed in all Churches.

The 11. of Iuly the Citizens made a shew be∣fore the Quéene of armed men, of halberdiers, pikemen, and muskatiers.

In the foresaide moneth, the Quéene began to put in practise the oath of S••premacie vpon Bi∣shops and other chiefe officers, which diuers re∣fused and were depriued, and by authority of this parliament, all such Religious houses as were e∣rected by Quéene Mary, were now quite suppres∣sed.

In August following all auncient Church re∣liques and new made Images in Queene Maries raigne, were beaten downe and burned in the o∣pen streetes.

The eight of September, a solemne obsequie was kept in Pauls Church for the French King, Henry the second, who died of a wound which hee receiued in running at tilt in Paris.

• ...Thomas Lodge, Roger Martin, Shriues.
• ...Sir William Hewet, Clothworker, Maior.

The Duke of Norffolke is sent towards Scot∣land to encounter with the French faction, which

at this time was growne very strong in diuers parts of Scotland.

In Aprill the Lord Gray entred Scotland with ten thousand men, and besieged Leeth, where be∣twéene the French and the English were many hot skirmishes, and many slaine on either part.

In May a noble man of France vpon his ear∣nest sute, obtained of the Quéene to send sir Willi∣am Cecill, her principall Secretary, and Doctor Wotton, to treat with the French men in Scotland, by whose wisedome the Scottish faction preuai∣led, and the French agreed to depart.

The 5. of Iuly through shooting of a Gun in a house in crooked lane, a barrell of powder was set on fire, which blew vp foure houses, shattered diuers others, slew twenty persons outright, and hurt as many, besides great damage to houses and goods.

This yeare the Quéene by consent of her coun∣cell, made Proclamation for the vtter abolishing and suppression of all manner of base copper mo∣nies, which vntill this time had béene currant throughout the Realme in diuers Kings raignes, and after this publication there was not any base mettall coined in England.

• ...Christopher Draper, Thomas Roo, Shriues.
• ...Sir William Chester, Draper; Maior.

The 21. of March the wardens and assistants of the Marchant-tailors in London, founded the famous frée schoole in the Parrish of S. Laurence Pounteney, and M. Richard H••ls of the same com∣pany, gaue 500. l. towards the purchase, wherein

the saide Schoole is kept.

The x. of Aprill W Geffery was whipped from the Marshalsey vnto Bedlam, for publishing that one Iohn Moore was Iesus Christ, which said Iohn Moore after he had béene well whipped, confessed himselfe a cosening knaue.

The 4. of Iune betwéene 4. and 5. a clock in the after noone, there chanced a terrible tempest of thunder and lightning, and chiefly about London, where amongst many harmes, it fired the loftie spire of Pauls stéeple, and began about the toppe thereof, which was two hundred foote hie from the top of the stone battlemenes, the fire ceased not vntill it came down to the roofe of the Church, and consumed all the bels, lead and timber worke.

• ...Alexander Auenon, Humfrey Baskeruile.
• ...Sir william Harper, Marchant-tailor.

This Sir William Harpes founded a frée Schoole in the towne of Bedford, where he was borne.

The 15. of Nouember the Quéenes Maiestie published a Proclamation, wherein the restored to the Realme diuers small péeces of siluer money, as the péece of sixe pence, foure pence, thrée pence, two pence, and a peny, thrée halfe pence, and thrée farthings, and also forbad all forraine coines.

In March a Mare brought forth a foale with one body and two heads, and a long taile grow∣ing out betwéene the two heads. A Sow forrow∣ed a Pigge with foure legges like to the armes of a man child, with hands and fingers, &c.

In Aprill a Sow farrowed a Pigge with two

bodies, eight feete, and but one head, many calues and lambs were monstrous, some with collers of skin about their neckes, like to the double cuffes of shirts and neckerchiefes then vsed.

The 14. of May a man child was borne at Ch••∣chester in Sussex, the head, armes, and legs where¦of, were like an Anatomie, the brest and belly big, from the nauill a long string hanging about the necke, a coller of flesh like the ruffe of a neker∣chiefe, comming vp about the eares.

The Quéenes Maiestie in September addres∣sed a band of her subiects to the towne of Newha∣uen in Normandy, vpon whose arriual the towns men and inhabitants ioyfully surrendred them∣selues and their townes, which was kept by Eng∣lishmen from September, 1562. to the twentie nine of Iuly, 1563. The gouernour of which band was the Earle of Warwicke, who with the Cap∣taines seruing there, & souldiers trained by them to knowledge of seruice together, with part of the old approued garrison of Barwicke, and at that time both manfully defend the place, and valiant∣ly encountred by sundry skirmishes with Countie Ringraue and his band, the most part wherof were atchieued to the great ouerthrows of the aduersa∣ries part, and singular commendations of ours.

• ...William Allin, Richard Chamberlaine, Shriues.
• ...Sir Thomas Lodge, Grocer, Maior.

The 16. of Ianuary great tempest of wind and thunder happened in the towne of Leicester, which vncouered 411. baies of houses, and ouerturned many.

When the Frenchmen with huge Armies as∣sembled out of all parts of France, to recouer the place of passage, the stopping whereof by our po∣wer was the double woe of their common wealth, there bred through the season of the yeare, and pu∣trification of the aire, a miserable plague among our men, which maruellously increased with the death of diuers of the best Captaines and Souldi∣ers, wherewithall there followed a cruell & quicke siege, whereat was present the young King him∣selfe, the Constable, and the best tried number of warlike Souldiers within the whole Country. The Cannons were placed, the Castle and walles were battered, and sundry breaches made beyond expectation, howbeit they were rewarded by our Sunners, our Captaines and souldiers, in coura∣gious order standing at seuerall breaches ready to defend their assaults, which perceiued by the ene∣my, they caused their trumpeters to sound the blast of emparle, that composition might be made, wherein both parties concluded, the towne was deliuered the 29. of Iuly.

The plague of pestilence being in the towne of Newhauen, through the number of souldiers that returned into England, the infection thereof spred into diuers parts of this realme, but especially the Citie of London was so infected, that in the same whole yeare, that is to say, from the first of Ianu∣ary, 1562. vntil the last of December, in An. 1563 the whole number of all that died of all diseases, as well within the city & liberties as in all out pari∣shes, was 23660▪ & of thē there died of the plague

twentie thousand, one hundred thirty sixe.

The 8. of Iuly, happened a great tempest of lightning and thunder, where-through a woman and thrée kine were slaine in the Couent garden neare Charing Crosse: in Essex, a man was torne in péeces, his barne borne downe, and his hay burnt.

There was no tearme kept at Michaelmas.

An Earthquake in the moneth of Seytember, specially in Lincolne and Northampton shires.

• ...Edward Bankes, Rowland Hayward, Shriues.
• ...Sir Iohn Whight Grocer, Maior.

The new Maior kept his feast at Guildhall, and tooke his oath at the outermost gate of the Tower of London.

From the first of December to the twelfth, was such continuall lightning and thunder, that the like had not béene séene nor heard by any man liuing.

In the moneth of December was driuen on the shore at Grunsby in Lincolneshire a monstrous fish in length xix. yards. his taile xv. foote broad, and vi. yards betwéene his eyes.

Hillary Tearme kept at Hertford Castle.

Peace proclaimed betwéene England & France.

Through sute of the Armorers there was on the vigile of Saint Peter a watch in the Citie of Lon∣don, which did onely stand in the high streete, in Cheape, Cornehill and so forth to A••dgate.

The fift of August the Quéenes Maiesty in her progresse came to the Vniuersity of Cambridge, & was of all the Students most honourably recei∣ued

in the Kings Colledge. She made within S. Maries Church a notable Oration in Latine, in the presence of the whole learned Vniuersitie, to the Students great comfort. The next day shee went forward to Fincinbrooke.

The 30. day of August was enacted by a com∣mon Counsell of the City of London, that all such Citizens as from thenceforth should bee constrai∣ned to sell household stuffe, should first cause the same to bée cried thorow the City by a man with a bell, and then to be sold by the common outcrier appointed for that purpose.

The 20. of September rose great floods in the riuer of Thames, where through the Marshes were ouerflowed, and many cattell drowned.

Edward Iackeman, Lionell Ducket, Shriues.

The second of October was an obsequie at Pauls for Faroinando late Emperour.

The seuenth of October at night all the North parts of the Element séemed to bée couered with flames of fire, procéeding from the Northeast and Northwest toward the midst of the firmament, and discended West.

Sir Richard Mallorie Mercer, Maior.

The 21. of December began a frost which con∣tinued so extreamely, that on Newyeares euen people went ouer and along the thames on the yee, from London bridge to Westminster, some plaied at the footeball, diuers of the Court being then at Westminster, shot at pricks set vpon the thames. And people both men and women went on the thames, in greater number then in any

stréete of the Citty. On the third day of Ianuary at night it began to thaw, & on the fift day was no yee to be seene betwéene London bridge and Lam∣beth, which sudden thaw caused great floods and high waters that bare downe bridges and houses, and drowned many people in England, especially in Yorkshire, Owes bridge was born away. The third day of February, Henry Steuart Lord Darly eldest sonne to Matthew Earle of Linneaux, tooke his iourney toward Scotland, and in sommer fol∣lowing married Mary Quéene of Scotland.

The 22. of Aprill, the Lady Margaret Coun∣tesse of Linneaux, was commanded to kéepe her chamber at the White hall, where she remained till the two and twentieth of Iune, and then by sir Frances Knowles and the guard conuaied her to the Tower of London by water.

The 16. of Iuly about nine of the clocke at night began a tempest of lightning and thunder, with showres of haile, which continued till thrée of the clocke in the next morning so terrible, that at Chelmisford in Essex, 500. acres of corne was destroied, the glasse windowes on the East side of the towne, and on the West and South sides of the Church were beaten downe, with all the tiles of their houses, besides diuers barnes, chimnies, and the battlements of the Church which were o∣uerthrowne. The like harme was done in many other places, as at Léedes, Crainebrooke, Douer, &c. Christopher Prince, and Margraue of Baden, with Cicely his wife, sister to the King of Sweth∣land, in September landed at Douer, and the xi.

day of the same they came to London and were lodged at the Earle of Bedfoords place, where within foure dayes after shée trauelled, and was deliuered of a man childe, which child was christe∣ned in the Quéenes Chappell of White Hall, the Quéenes Maiestie being Godmother, gaue the child to name Edward Fortunatus.

This yeare, by commaundement of the Coun∣sell diuers musters of light horsemen in sundry dayes, and in seuerall places about the Citie of London were taken by the Maior and other com∣missioners for that purpose, by which meanes it happened on the eight of October (that Sir Rich∣ard Mallorie) riding through Tower stréet toward the tower hill there to haue taken muster, as was appointed, he was met by Sir Francis Iobson then Lieutenant of the Tower, and by him forbidden to enter the hill with the sword before him, where∣unto no answers by the Maior could be heard, but the sword was violently seased on by the Lieute∣nant and his men, and defended by the officers of the Maior, so that the Lieutenant called for more assistance out of the Tower, and the Maiors Offi∣cers were minded to haue raised tower stréet, and so more of the Citie, whereof was like to haue bin a great tumult, but the Lord Maior caused Pro∣clamation to be made, that no man should draw weapon, or strike any stroke, but euery man to depart, horsemen and all, till they were againe warned to appeare, which was on the same day seuen night, being likewise monday, and the xv. of October, that they did there muster before the

Maior in that very place on the tower hill before appointed, where, by the Counsels appointment, the Maior had the sword peaceably borne before him, as he had béene accustomed.

• ...Iohn Riuers, Iames Hawes, Shriues.
• ...Sir Richard Champion, Draper, Maior.

The 24. of December there rose a great storme of wind, by whose rage the Thames and Seas o∣uerwhelmed many persons, and the great gates at the West end of Saint Pauls Church in Lon∣don, were through the force of the winde then in the westerne part of the world blowne open.

The Marques of Caden, and the Lady Cicely his wife, sister to the King of Swethen, now in the moneth of Aprill departed the land.

Certaine houses in Cornehill being first pur∣chased by the Citizens of London, and cost them more then 3532. pound, were afterward sold to such as should carry them from thence, and then the ground being made plaine, possession thereof was giuen to Sir Thom. Gresham Knight, there to build a place for Marchants to assemble in, at his owne proper charges, who on the 7. of Iune, laide the first stone of the foundation, and forthwith the workemen followed with such diligence, that by the moneth of Nouember, in Ann. 1567. the same was couered with slate.

The 31. of August the Quéenes Maiesty in her Progresse came to the Vniuersity of Oxford, and was of all the Students honourably receiued.

The 5. of September after disputations, the Quéene at the humble suit of certaine of her No∣bilitie,

made a briefe Oration in Latine to the V∣niuersitie, and the 6. her Maiestie bade them fare∣well and rode to Ricote.

• ...Richard Lambart, Ambrose Nicholas.
• ...Iohn Langley, The 4. of Aprill.
• ...Sir Christopher Draper Ironmonger.

Charles Iames, the sixt of that name, sonne to Henry Stuart Lord Darly and Marie, King and Quéene of Scots, was borne in Edenborough Castle the ninetéenth of Iune last past, and the eightéenth of December solemnely christened at Sterling, whose Godfathers at the Christning were Charles King of France, and Philibert Duke of Sauoy, and the Quéenes Maiestie of England was the Godmother, who gaue a fount of gold curiously wrought and inameled, waighing 333. ounces.

The 10. of February in the morning, H, Stuart Lord of Darly, before named King of Scots, by Scots in Scotland was traiterously murdered, the reuenge whereof remaineth in the mightie hands of God.

The 22. of February the Lady Margaret Dowg∣las Countesse of Linoux, mother to the said King of Scots, was discharged out of the Tower of London.

Within the space of ten moneths last past, died seuen Aldermen of London.

The 22. of Aprill by great misfortune of fire in the towne of Ossestry in Wales, to the number of two hundred houses besides cloth, corne, cattel, &c. were consumed.

The 17. of May in the towne of Milnall in Suf∣folke, 37. houses besides barnes, stables, and such like, were consumed with fire in the space of two houres.

Shan Onele who had rebelled against the Quéens Maiesty in Ireland, was this yéere with his great losse, manfully repelled from the siege of Dun∣dalke, by the Garrison thereof, and afterward through the valiancy of Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputie of Ireland, he was so discomfited in sun∣dry conflicts, that now hee determined to put a collar about his necke, and penitently to require his pardon. But Neile Mackener his Secretary perswaded him, first to trie the friendship of cer∣taine wild Scots that then lay encamped in Clan Iboy under the conducting of Alexander Oge, and Mac Gilliam Buske, whose father and vncle Shan Onele had lately killed; neuerthelesse hée went to the saide Campe the second of Iune, where after a dissembled entertainment, Gilliam Busk ministred qua••relling talke, and made a fray vpon Oneiles men, and then gathering together his Scots, hew∣ed in péeces Shan Onele, his Secretary, and all his company.

On Saint Iohns Euen at night, was the like standing watch in London, as had béene on Saint Peters Euen two yeares before passed: this order of watch is still continued.

The 29. of Iuly Charles Iames the yong Prince of Scotland, after a Sermon made by Iohn Knokes, was crowned King of Scots at Sterling Church, and at that time the Quéene of Scots was pri∣soner

at Loughleuen.

Sir Nicholas Throgmorton hauing talked with the Quéene of Scots at Loughleuen, returned out of Scotland in the moneth of August.

• ...Thomas Ramsey, William Bond, Shriues.
• ...Sir Roger Martin, Mercer, Maior.

After a dry Sommer there followed a sharpe winter with such a scarcity of fodder and hay, that in diuers places the same was sold by the waight, for fiue pence the stone, there followed also a great death of Cattell.

In the moneth of Ianuary the Quéenes Ma∣iestie sent into the narrow seas, thrée of her Ships, named the Antilope, the Swallow, and the Aid, and one Barke, named the Phenix, the which were manned with 500. men: her Highnesse ap∣pointed the charge of those Ships and men to Wil∣liam Holstocke Esquire, Controwler of her Ships, who had commaundement to stay the subiects of King Phillip: and according to his charge, he vsed such diligence, that on the eleuenth of March next following, hee was with eleuen saile of Flemish Hoies vpon Boloine, which came from Roan, and in them foure hundred and odde Tunnes of Gas∣coine and French wines, which they intended to haue conuaied into Flanders, but William Holstock staied all the said Hoyes, and sent them to Lon∣don, where they made their discharge.

More, on the 28. of March the saide W. Hol∣stocke seruing in the Antilope, as Admirall in his Company, W. Winter the younger being Vice∣admirall, seruing in the Aide, and Iohn Basing

Captaine of the Swallow, and Thomas Gauerley Captaine of the Phenix, met in the narrow Seas 14. saile of great Hulkes, which were come out of Portingale, and bound to Flanders, their chiefe lading being Portingale salt, and they had good store of Spanish Rials of plate, & also great store of spices, the which 14. Hulkes did maintain their fight for the space of two houres, but the said Wil∣liam Holstocke and his company tooke the same Hulkes, whereof sixe were sent into the riuer of Thames, and the Admirall, and Viceadmirall of the said Hulkes, being two great ships, which Wil∣liam Holstocke himselfe did take, were conuaied to Harwich, and there discharged.

The 28. of March, through vehement rage and tempest of winds, many vessels on the Thames, with two Tiltboates before Grauesend were drowned.

The 16. of May, Mary Q. of Scots after her escape made out of Loughleuen, where shee had béene long imprisoned, arriued at Werkington in England, hauing in her company to the num∣ber of 16. persons, besides 4. water-men, where she was staied, and conuaied to Carlile, and from thence to Bolton castle belonging to the L. Scrope, who with sir Ralph Sadler sent downe for that pur∣pose, had the custody of her, till she was commit∣ted to the Earle of Shrewsbury.

The 26. of Iune, deceased Thomas Young, Arch∣bishop of Yorke at Shefield, and was buried at Yorke.

The great hall, and Pallace whereof, hee had

pulled downe and destroied.

Iohn Aleph, Richard Harding Salter, Iames Bacon, Shriues.

The eleuenth of October were taken in Suf∣folke at Downam Bridge, 17. monstrous fishes, some of them 27. foote in length, 2. miles from Ip∣swich. Sir Thomas Roe Marchant tailor, Maior.

At the cost and charges of the Citizens of Lon∣don, a new Conduit was builded at Walbrooke corner, neare to Dowgate, the water whereof is conuaied out of the Thames.

The 22. of December was the first day that the Marchants left their méeting in Lombard stréete, and came into the Burse in Cornhill, builded for that purpose.

The 27. of Ianuary a Frenchman & two Eng∣lishmen were drawne from Newgate to tiburne, and there hanged, the French man quartered, who had coined gold counterfaite, the English∣men, the one had clipped siluer, the other cast to∣••••ons of Tin.

William Herbert Earle of Pembrooke, deceased the 17. of March, buried in Paules Church.

The 28. of March the Pentioners were appoin∣ted in armour on horsebacke, mustered before the Quéene in Hide Parke beside Westminster.

A great Lottery of 400000. lots, euery lot 10. s. being holden at London in Paules Churchyard at the West doore, was begun to bee drawne the 11. of Ianuary, and continued day and night till the sixt of May.

The 17. of August, an Ambassador from Musco∣nie,

landed at Tower-wharfe, and was there re∣ceiued by the Lord Maior of London, Aldermen ••••d Shriues in Scarlet, with the Marchants ad∣uenturers in coates of blacke veluet, all on horse∣backe.

The plague of pestilence somewhat raigning, Michaelmas Tearme was adiourned vnto Hilla∣ry Tearme.

Henry Bechar, William Dane. Shriues.

This William Dane by his Testament, and also Margaret Dane his wife gaue great Legacies to the poore.

The 11. of October, Thomas Duke of Norf∣folke was brought to the Tower prisoner.

Sir Alexander Anenon Ironmonger, Maior.

This Maior went by water to Westminster, and there tooke his oath, but kept no feast at Guild-hall, lest through comming together of a multitude, infection of the pestilence might haue encreased.

The 24. of Nouember the Quéenes Maiestie caused the Earles of Northumberland and West∣merland, who rebelled in the north, to be proclai∣med traitors, and forthwith prepared an Army for their suppression.

The Earle of Sussex the Quéenes Lieutenant generall in the North, had on the 17. of Nouember there published the like proclamation against the said rebels, and also sent out to all such Gentle∣men as he knew to be of her Maiesties louing sub∣iects vnder his rule, which came vnto him with such a number, as he was able to make aboue fiue

thousand horsemen and footemen, and so being ac∣companied with the Earle of Rutland his Lieute∣nant, the Lord Hunsden Generall of his Horse∣men, William Lord Eure, who had the leading of the rereward of the footmen, and Sir Ralph Sadler treasurer, who all came to Yorke the 11. of De∣cember, they marched from Yorke toward Top∣cliffe the 12. sir G. Bowes comming from Bernards Castle met him, and was made Marshall of the Army: then they went to Northalerton, to Smoe∣ton, to Crofebridge, and so to Aclay, on the which day the Rebels fled from Durham to Exham.

The Earle of Sussex went from Aclay to Dur∣ham: then to Newcastle, and the 20. of December to Exham, from whence the rebels were gone the night before to Naworth, where counselling with Edward Dakers concerning their owne weakenes, as also how they were pursued by the Earle of Sussex and his power of 7. thousand. And moreo∣uer that the Earle of Warwicke, the Lord Clin∣ton, Lord Admirall of England, and Lord Vi∣count Hereford, with an Army of 12. thousand out of the South, whereof the said Earle of War∣wicke was generall, not farre behind them at Browne bridge.

The next night the two Earles of Northum∣berland and Westmerland, with sundry of the principall Gentlemen, fled to Hetlaw in Scotland. The other rebels were shortly after taken by the Earle of Sussex.

The fourth and fifth of Ianuary did suffer at Durham to the number of sixtie sixe Constables

and other, amongst whom an Alderman of the towne, and a Priest called Parson Plomtree, were the most notable. Then George Bowes Marshall finding many to be factors in the aforesaide rebel∣lion, did sée them executed in euery market to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and other places, betwixt Newcastle and W••∣therby, about 60. miles in length, and 40. mile•• in breadth.

The 22. of February, Leonard Dacre hauing raised a number of people, the L. Hunsd••n and o∣ther setting on him with a company of valiant souldiers, slue many of his people, and forced him to flye into Scotland.

On Goodfriday the twentie seuen of March, Simon Digby, Iohn Fulthroppe Esquire, Robert P••••••∣man, Thomas Bishop the yonger Gentleman, w••re drawne from the Castle of Yorke to Knauesmire, without the Cittie of Yorke, and there hanged, headed and quartered.

The 17. of Aprill the Earle of Sussex with the Lord Hunsdon, master William Drewry high Mar∣shall of Barwicke, with all the garrison & power of the same, began a iourney into Scotland, and entred into Tiuidale, burnt, ouerthrew, and spoi∣led all the Castles, townes and villages before them, till they came to Craling.

The same day sir Iohn Foster Warden of the Middle Marches with the Garrison of the same, entred into Tiuidale vpon Expas gate sixtéen•• miles from Warke, where in like order they burnt, razed and spoiled their country before them till they came to Castle Craling, which likewise

they ouerthrew, razed and burnt.

There both the Armies met, and so marched by the Riuer of Tiwit, razing, burning and spoi∣ling Castles and piles along the Riuer, till they came to Godworth.

The Lieutenant returned to Barwicke the 22 of Aprill.

The Lord Scrope Warden of the West Mar∣ches, entred Scotland the 18. of Aprill, burnt and spoiled almost the Doinfrées, tooke many priso∣ners, and returned safely. The Marches of Eng∣land were so guarded by the Lord Eure, sir George Bowes, and other of the Bishopricke, that not one house was burned, nor one cowe taken out of England. There were razed and ouerthrown, and burnt in this iourney, aboue fiftie strong Castles and piles, and aboue 3. thousand townes and vil∣lages.

The 26. the Lieutenant, accompanied with the Lord Gouernour, the Marshall, and diuers lusty Gentlemen, Captaines, and souldiers, to the number of thrée thousand, set forward to Yorke, and so to Hewme Castle, which Castle was yéel∣ded, the Lord Gouernour, the Lord Marshall, and other expelled the Scots, to the number of 160. persons, among whom were two Englishmen, which were carried to Barwicke, and there execu∣ted. The L. Lieutenant placed in the Castle Cap∣taine Wood, and Captaine Pikeman with two hundred souldiers, and so returned to Barwicke. The fourth of May, hee sent master Drewry Mar∣shall, with the number of 2000. to take Faust ca∣stle,

which at the first comming was deliuered to the Marshall, who expelled the Scots, and so re∣turned to Barwicke.

Sir William Drewry set forward toward Eden∣borough with diuers Scottish bands to ioine with the Earles of Lineaur, Morton, Glencarne and Marre, with other of the Kings power of Scot∣land, in pursuing of the English rebels, and such as supported them. They came to Edenborough the 14. of May, and from thence to Lithcoe, where the Regent was slaine.

The 17. the footemen marched to Fankirke, and Sir William Drewry with the horsemen marched to Sterling, to sée the King. The 18. they depar∣ted to the foote bands, and so together Marched by Glasco, where the Lord Hambleto•• ad besieged a house of the Lungs, but hearing of their comming they fled.

The 23. our Generall with the whole Army, marched towards the Castles of Hamleton, and there had parley with Arthur Hamleton, but hée would not deliuer the Castle: from thence accom∣panied with the Earle of Lenox and Mortaine with the horsemen, marched to a faire house of the Abbots of Kelwing, which house they burned with 17. houses more, whereof one was the Lord Lanhaps.

The 27. of May, Thomas Norton and Christo∣pher Norton of Yorkeshire, were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiburne, and there hanged, headed, and quartered.

The 28. of May, the Castle of Hamleton was

yéelded to sir William Drewry, and by him presently spoiled and burnt.

A conspiracy was made by certaine Gentlemen and other in the country of Norffolke, whose pur∣pose was on Midsomer day at Harlestone faire with sound of Trumpet, to haue raised a number, and then to proclaime their pretence against stran∣gers and others. This matter was vttered by T. Kete vnto I. Kensey, who forthwith sent the same Kete to the next Iustice, before whom hee opened the whole matter, whereupon Master D. Drewry immediately apprehended Iohn Throgmorton, and after him many Gentlemen of the Citty of Nor∣wich, and the Country of Norffolke, and at the next Sessions of goale deliuery, at the Castle of Norwich, ten of them were endifed of high trea∣son, thrée of them were hanged, bowelled & quar∣tered, which were I. Throgmorton, Thomas Brooke, and George Dedman.

The 4. of August the Duke of Norffolke was remoued to the Charterhouse neare vnto Smith∣field.

The same day was arraigned I. Felton for han∣ging a Bull at the gate of the Bishop of Londons Pallace, and also two young men for coyning and clipping, who all were found guiltie of high trea∣son.

The 8. of August, I. Felton was drawne from Newgate into Pauls Churchyard, & there hanged before the Bishops Pallace gate, and being cut downe aliue, was bowelled and quartered. The Shriues returned to tiburne with two yong men,

which were there executed for coyning and clip∣ping.

The 22. of August the Earle of Sussex and the Lord Scrope marched from Carlile with the Quée•• Army, and force of the North into Scotland, pas∣sing ouer the Riuer of Eske, Leuin, and Sarke, so to Dornocke wood, and then to Annonna, a strong house of the L. Harris, which they razed & ouerthrew with others thereabouts, from thence to Hodhim, which they blewe vp, from thence to Kennell, which they burnt, from thence to Dom∣frées, which they sacke••, and ouerthrew a sumptu∣ous house belonging to the Quéene of Scots, then passing the riuer of Longher, they burnt and spoiled Cowhilles and Powtracke, and returned to Domfrées, and so to the towne of Bankende, which they burnt, with another house pertaining to William Maxwell, and so to the Castle of Cala∣uoracke, which castle they blew vp and returned.

The 28. of August they marched towards Car∣lile, where by the way they burnt two houses the one being Arthur Greames, the other Rich George.

Francis Barnam, William Box, Shriues.

The fift of October happned a terrible tempest of wind and raine, by meanes wherof many ships and other vessels were drowned: the waters o∣uerflowing drowned many townes, villages, cat∣tell, houses and goods, beside many men, women, and children drowned in their beds.

Sir Rowland Hayward Clothworker. Maior.

In the moneth of December the money sent out of Spaine to the Duke of Alua, then Gouer∣nour in the Low Countries, therewith to haue paied his Souldiers, was taken by the Quéene of Englands ships on the west vasts, brought a land there▪ and so to the Tower of London. Also a pro∣clamation was published of the causes why the same money was so staied here.

The 23. of Ianuary the Quéenes Maiesty ac∣companied with her Nobilitie, came to sir Thomas Gresham in Bishops gate stréete of London, where ••he dined, and after returning through Corne∣hill, entred the Burse, which place shee caused by an Heralde to bee proclaimed the Royall Ex∣change.

The 17. of February, at Kingstone, neare Marclech, in the County of Hereford, was séene the ground to open, and certaine rockes with a péece of ground remooued, and went forward the space of foure daies. It remooued it selfe betwéene sixe of the clocke in the euening and seuen the next morrow, fortie paces, carrying great trées & shéep-coates, some with thréescore shéepe in them. The depth of the hole where it first brake out, is thirty foot, the breadth of the breach is eightscore yards, and in length aboue twentie score yards, it ouer∣threw Rinnastone Chappell. Also two high waies b•• remoued nigh an hundred yards, with the trées of the hedgerowes. The ground in all is 26. acres, and where tillage ground was, there is pasture left in place, and where was pasture, there is til∣lage ground gone vpon it.

The second of Aprill a Parliament beganne at Westminster, wherein was granted by the Cler∣gy a subsidy of sixe shillings in the pound, and by the temporalitie two Fiftéenes, with a Subsidy of 20. s. 8. d. in the pound.

The first of Iune Iohn Story a Doctor of the Canon law, who before had béene condemned of high treason, was drawne from the tower of Lon∣don to Tiburne, and there hanged, and quarte∣red.

The 18. of Iune there was a combat appointed to haue béene fought for a certaine Manour and demaine lands in the Isle of Harty in Kent; Si∣mon Low, and Iohn Ryme plaintifes, had brought a writ of right against Thomas Paramour, who offe∣red to defend his right by bataile, and the plain∣tifes aforesaid accepted to answere his challenge. Hereupon the said Paramour brought before the Iudges of the cōmon Pleas at Westminster one George Thorne, and the plaintifes brought Hen∣ry Naylor Master of defence. Thorne cast downe a gauntlet, which Naylor tooke vp: vpon the sun∣day before the battaile should be tried, on the next morrow the matter was staied, and the parties a∣gréed, that Paramour being in possession should haue the land.

It was thought good that for Paramours assu∣rance, the order should be kept touching the com∣bat, and that the Plaintifes should make default of appearance, and that the Court should fit in Tuthill fieldes, where was prepared one plot of ground one and twenty yards square, double rai∣led

for the combat, without the West square a stage being set for the Iudges, representing the Court of common pleas.

About ten of the clocke the Court of common pleas came to the place prepared: when the Lord chiefe Iustice with two other his associats were set, then Low was called to come in, or else loose his writ of right.

Then the sureties of Henry Naylor were cal∣led to bring in the sayd Naylor, champion of Si∣mon Low, and shortly thereupon Sir Ierome Bowes leading Naylor entred the lists, bringing him downe till he came against the Iudges, and there making curtesie, Naylor put off his nether stocks, and so bare footed and bare legged, and his dublet sléeues tied vp to the elbow bare hea∣ded, came in as aforesaid.

Then were called the sureties of George Thorn, and immediately sir Henry Cheiney en∣tring vsed the like order as Naylor had. After all this, the Lord chiefe Iustice rehearsing the man∣ner of bringing y^e Writ of right by Simon Low, of the answere made by Paramour, and how Pa∣ramour had challenged to defend his right by his champion, and of the accepting the triall by law with his champion, then for default of appea∣rance in Low, he iudged the Land to Paramour, and dismissed the Champions.

The 16 of Iuly Rebecca Chamber of Heri∣ettesham, for poysoning T. Chambers her hus∣band, was burnt at Maidstone in Kent.

The 7 of September the Duke of Norffolke

was remoued from the Charter house to the Tower of London.

The twenty two of September deceased Iohn Iewell Bishop of Salisbury, in his life a most eloquent and diligent preacher, but a farre more painefull and studious writer, as his workes remaining witnesse.

• ...Henry Milles, Iohn Branch.
• ...Sir William Allen Mercer.

The 9 of Nouember great reioycing was made at London, for the late come newes of a maruellous victorie obtained by the Christian army by sea, against the Turkes the sixt of October last passed, wherein was taken and sunke of the Turkes Gallies and Brigantines 230, there were slaine of the Turkes more then thirty thousand, beside a great number of priso∣ners taken, and about 12000 Christians that had béene slaues with the Turkes, were set at liberty. The 13 of Ianuary deceased sir William Peter knight, who had béene Secretary and of the priuy Councell to foure Kings and Quéens in this Realm, and seuen times L. Ambassadour abroad in forraine lands: he augmented Exce∣ster Colledge in Oxford, with lands, to the va∣lue of one hundred pounds by yeare.

The 16 of Ianuary, Thomas Duke of Norf∣folke was arraigned in Westminster Hall, and there by his Péeres found guilty of high Trea∣son.

The 11 of February Kenelme Barne and Ed∣mond Mather, were drawne from the Tower of London, and Henry Rolfe from the Marshalsée in Southwarke, all thrée to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled and quartered, Barncy and Mather for conspiracy, and Rolfe for counterfei∣ting the Quéenes hand.

The 12 of February was proclamation made for the sharpe punishment of such as conuaied bels, lead, and other Church goods out of the Parish Churches or Chappels.

The tenth of March deceased sir William Pawlet knight, Lord Saint Iohn Earle of Wil∣shire, Marques of Winchester, knight of the Garter, one of the Quéenes Maiesties priuie Counsell, and Lord high Treasurer of England. He was borne in the yeare of our Lord 1483, he serued Henry the 7, Henry the 8, Edward the 6, Quéene Mary, and Quéene Elizabeth. Himselfe did sée the children of his childrens children, growing to the number of 103.

The 25 of March by the commandement of the Counsel, the Citizens of London assembling at their seuerall halles, the master collected the most actiue persons of euery their companies, to the number of 3 thousand, whom they appoin∣ted to be pikemen and shotte, the pikemen were forthwith armed in faire corslets, the gunners had euery of them his Callieuer, with the furni∣ture. To these were appointed diuers captaines, who to traine them vp in warlike feats, mu∣stered them thrice euery wéeke, sometime in

the artillery yard, teaching the gunners to han∣dle their péeces, sometime at the miles end, & in Saint Georges field teaching them to skirmish.

On May day they mustred at Gréenewich be∣fore the Quéenes maiestie, where they showed many warlike feats, but were much hindred by the weather, all day showring.

It was enacted that all persons aboue the age of fouretéene yeares, being taken, vagrant, and wandring misorderly, should be apprehen∣ded, whipped, and burnt through the right eare with a hot iron for the first time so taken, the se∣cond time to be hanged.

This yeare 1572, was the Massacar in Paris.

The 2 of Iune Thomas Duke of Norffolk was beheaded on tower hill.

Francis Duke of Memorency, and Betraude de Saligners, Knights of the order of Saint Mi∣chaell, Ambassadours for Charles king of France arriued at Douer.

The 15 of Iune they repaired to the White hall, and there in her Graces chappell about one of the clocke in the after noone, the Articles of treaty, league or confederacy, and sure friend∣ship concluded at Bloys the ninetéenth of A∣prill, betwéen the Quéenes maiesty and the French King, being read, the same was by her maiesty and his Ambassadours confirmes to be obserued and kept.

The 22 of August Thomas Percie Earle of Northumberland, now brought out of Scot∣land whither he had fled, was beheaded at York.

In the moneth of August sir Thomas Smith, one of the Quéens Maiesties priuie Counsell, sent his sonne Thomas Smith Esquire, into Ireland with a Colony or habitation of Eng∣lish men to inhabite the Ardes in Vlster.

Richard Pype, Nicholas Woodroffe.

Sir Lionell Ducket, mercer.

The 18 of Nouember was séene a star North∣ward, very bright and cleare in the contestation of Cassiopeia, which with thrée chiefe fixed stars of the said constellation made a Geometicall fi∣gure lozengewise, of the learned men called Rombus: this starre in bignesse at the flrst ap∣pearing, séemed bigger then Iupiter, and much lesse then Venus when she séemed greatest, also the said star neuer changing his place, was car∣ried about with the daily motion of heauen, as all fixed stars commonly are, and so continued almost sixe moneths. The same starre was found to be in place celestiall, farre aboue the Moone, otherwise than euer any comet hath béene séene, or naturally can appeare: therefore it is suppo∣sed, that the signification thereof is directed pur∣posely, and specially to some matter not natu∣rall, but celestiall, or rather supercelestiall, so strange, as from the beginning of the world ne∣uer was the like.

The 14 of Nouember, Edward Earle of Dar∣by, Lord Stanley and Strange, L. and Gouernor of the Isle of Man, knight of the noble Order of

the Garter, and one of the Quéenes Maiesties Priuie Counsell, deceased: His life and death deseruing commendation, and crauing memory to be imitated, was such as followeth. His fide∣lity to two Kings and two Quéenes in dange∣rous times and great rebellions, in which time & alwaies as cause serued, he was Lieutenant of Lancashire and Cheshire. His godly disposition to his tenants, neuer forcing any seruice at their hands, but due payment of their rent. His libe∣rality to strangers, his famous houskéeping, his féeding of aged persons twice a day forty and odde, besides all commers thrice a wéeke appoin∣ted for his dealing daies, and euery good Friday 35 yeares relieued one with another 2700, with meate, drinke, and mony worth. His cunning in setting bones disioynted or brake, his chirur∣gery & desire to helpe the poore, his deliuery of his George and seale of the Lord Strange, with exhortation that he might kéepe it so vnspotted in fidelity to his Prince, as he had, and his hope that he died in the Quéenes fauour, his ioyfull parting this world, his taking leaue of all his seruants by shaking of hands, and his remem∣brance to the last day.

The 18 of Ianuary William Lord Herbert Earle of Worcester, began his iourney toward France, to the christning of the Kings daughter there, in stead of the Quéenes maiesty of Eng∣land. The said Earle with many of his compa∣ny, were robbed vpon the sea of much of their baggage▪ and thrée or foure of their men slaine.

In the moneth of February through sundry hainous complaints brought to the Quéenes Maiesty and her Counsell, of Pirats that kept the narrow Seas, doing many robberies, as also the robbing of the Earle of Worcester, it plea∣sed her Maiesty to send one of her Ships named the Swallow, vnder the charge of William Hol∣stocke Esquire, controller of her highnesse shippes, who had with him the Gillian, the Barke Garet, and the Barke of Yarmouth, and 306 able Marriners, Gunners, and Souldiers in the said three shippes, and one Barke which scoured the narrow Sea, from the North for∣land as farre Westward as Falmouth in Corn∣wall, and tooke twenty ships and Barkes of sun∣dry nations, viz. English, French, and Flem∣mings, (but all Pirats) and in fashion of warre. He apprehended in those ships and Barkes to the number of 900 men of all nations, and sent them to Sandwich, Douer, Wight, and Ports∣mouth (whereof three of them that rebbed the Earle of Worcester were shortly after executed at Wight.) Also the said William Holstocke did rescue and take from the abouesaid Pirats, xv. other merchants shippes laden with mer∣chandises, y^t were their prises, being of sundry nations, and set at liberty the said fifteene mer∣chants shippes and goods: which done hee re∣turned.

The 25 of March being Wednesday in Easter weeke, George Browne cruell murdered neare to Shooters-hill in Kent, a wealthy merchant of

London named George Sanders, & Iohn Beane of Wolwich, which murder was committed by the procurement of mistresse Sanders, wife to the said George Sanders, for the which fact, George Browne was hanged in Smithfield in London, the 20 day of Aprill, and after hanged in chaines neare vnto the place where hee had done the fact. Mistris Anne Sanders, mistris Anne Drewry, and trusty Roger mistris Druries man, were al as accessary, hanged in Smithfield on the 13 of May. Not long after Anthony Browne, brother to the forenamed George Browne, was for notable felonies conueied from Newgate to Yorke, and there hanged.

This yeare the Quéene of England being mo∣ued by the Regent of Scotland, sent a power of 1500 Englishmen to the siege of Edenborow Castle, sir William Drewry knight Marshall of Barwicke, to be generall of her forces there, who with his Captaines and souldiers marched thitherward from Barwicke to Léeth, and from thence on the 25 of Aprill to Edenborough, en∣tred the towne, & the same day, summoned the Castle, raised mounts, & began the siege in fiue places, continuing the same so hote, y^e on the 28 of May, the Castle was surrendred into his hands, & his ensigne was set vp, and afterwards spred in sundry places of the Castle, and after∣wards, by him it was deliuered vnto the vse of the K. of Scots, part of the spoile was giuen to the souldiers, the Canons and artillery with certaine other instruments left to the King:

more you may reade in my Annales.

The second of Iune, a great tempest of raine happened at Tocester, in Northhampton shire, where-through sixe houses of that Towne were borne downe, and fourtéene more sore perished, the haile-stones were sixe inches about, one child was there drowned: and many shéepe with o∣ther cattell.

The sixtéenth of Iune, T. Woodhouse Priest was arraigned in the Guild hall of London, and condemned of high Treason, who had iudgment to be hanged and quartered, and was executed at Tiburne, the 19 of Iune.

The sixtéenth of August, Walter, Earle of Essex, accompanied with the Lord Rich, and di∣uers other Gentlemen, embarked themselues in seuerall ships at Lerpoole, and tooke their voy∣age towards Ireland. The Earle after many and great dangers on the Sea, landed at Knock∣fergus. The Lord Rich with the like dangers, landed at Castle Kilcliffe; where being met by Captaine Malby, master Smith, and master Moore, was conductdd to master Malbies house, where he had in readines on the morrow mor∣ning 150 horsemen for their safegard to Knock∣fergus, beside 50 kernes.

Sir Brian Makephelin on the 6 of Septem∣ber, came to Knockfergus, to the Earle of Es∣sex, and there made his submission.

After him, Ferdorough Macgillasticke Roze, Oge, Macwilline did the like, and diuers others, sent their messengers to the Earle, to signifie,

that they were at his disposition, as the Baron of Dongarrow, Condonell, Odonell, and the Captaine Kylulto.

The Earle of Essex, hauing the country of Clanyboy, and other, the Quéenes Maiesty di∣rected her Letters to the Lord Deputie of Ire∣land, willing him to make the Essex Captaine generall of the Irish Nation, in the Prouince of Vlster, and to diuide the country won, Clany∣boy, and else-where, &c.

Iames Haruey, Thomas Pullison.

Sir Iohn Riuers, Grocer.

The 6 of Iuly in the Isle of Thanet, a mon∣strous fish of the sea, did shut himselfe on shore, where for want of water, beating himself on the sands, he died. The length of this fish was twen∣ty two yards, the nether iaw, 12 foote, the ope∣ning, the thicknes from the back whereon helay, to the top of his belly, was 14 foote, his taile of the same bredth, betwéen the eyes, 12 foote, some of the ribs were 16 foot long, his tongue was fif∣téene foot long.

The 7 of August, a solemne Obsequie was kept in Pauls Church in London, for Charles the 9. King of France.

The 15 of August, being Sunday, Agnes Bridges, a maid about the age of 20 yeares, and Rachel Pinder, a wench about 12 yeres old, who both of them had counterfeited to be possessed by the diuell, stood at Pauls Crosse, where they ac∣knowledged their hypocriticall counterfeiting, requiring forgiuenesse of God, & the world: for

they had made the people beléeue many things.

The 4 of September in the afternoone, such a forme of raine hapned at London, as the like of long time could not be remēbred, wherethrough, the chanels of the City, suddenly ran with a for∣cible course, that a lad about the age of 18 yéeres, néere vnto Dowgate, was borne ouer with the streame, and by the same, carried from the con∣duit there, towardes the Thames, with such a swiftnes, that no man with staues, or otherwise, could stay him, till hee came against the cart whéele, that stood in the water gate, afore which time he was drowned, and found starke-dead.

Thomas Blanke, Antony Gammage.

Iames Hawes Hawes, Cloathworker.

This Maior kept no feast at the Guild hall, but diued at his owne house, with his brethren the Aldermen, the companies dined at their se∣uerall halles.

Michaelmas Tearme, which had bin adiour∣ned by Proclamation, beganne at Westminster on the sixt of Nouember. The same sixt day in the morning, there happened two great tides in the Riuer of Thames: the first, by course, the other, within an houre after, which ouer-flowed the marshes. The 14 of Nouember, about midnight, diners strange impressions of fire and smoake were séene in the Aire, to procéede forth of a black cloud in the North, towards the South, which so continued til the next morning.

The next day following, the heauens from 〈◊〉〈◊〉 parts did séeme to burne, and ouer our heads 〈◊〉〈◊〉 flames from the Horizon round about rising 〈◊〉〈◊〉 meete.

The foure and twentieth of February, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Tewkesbury a strange thing happened after 〈◊〉〈◊〉 flood, which was not great. In the afternoon•• there came downe the riuer of Auen, great num∣ber of Flies and Béetles, such as in Sommer e∣uenings vse to strike men on the face, in great heapes, a foot thicke vpon the water, so that to credible mens iudgement, there were within a paire of buts length of those flies, about a hun∣dred quarters. The milles there-about, we•••• dammed vp with them, for the space of foure dayes after, and then were cleansed by digging them out with shouels, from whence they came, as yet vnknowne, but the day was colde, and a hard frost.

The 16 of February, betweene foure and fiue of the clocke in the afternoone, great Earth∣quakes happened in the City of Yorke, Worce∣ster, Glocester, Bristow, Hereford, and the Countries about, which caused the people to runne out of their houses, for feare they should haue fallen vpon their heads. In Tewkesbury, Bredon, and other places, the dishes fell from the cupbords, and the Bookes in mens studies from the shelues. In Norton Chappell, the people being on their knées at euening prayer, the ground mouing, caused them to runne away in great feare, fearing that the dead bodies

would haue risen, or the Chappell haue fal∣len: part of Rithing Castle fell downe, with certaine bricke Chimnies in Gentlemens hou∣ses.

On Easter day, the third of Aprill, was dis∣closed a Congregation of Anabaptists, Dutch∣men, in a house without the barres of Algate, at London, whereof 17 were taken, and sent to prison, and foure of them bearing fagots, recan∣ted at Pauls crosse, on the 15 of May.

The 17 of May, Mathew Parker, Doctor of Diuinity, Arch-bishop of Canterbury deceased at Lambeth, and there was honorably buried.

This reuerend Father examined throughly the English translation of the holy Bibles, wherein he partly vsed the helpe of his brethren Bishops, and other Doctors, and caused the same to bee newly printed in the largest Vo∣lume, for the furniture of many Churches then wanting. Also making diligent search for the antiquities of the Britons, and English Saxons, to the end those monuments might be carefully kept, he caused them to be well bound, and trimly couered, and such, whereof he knew very few copies to bee extant (amongst the which, whereunto I am witnesse, and was an helper, was Mathew Paris, Mathew Florilogus, and Thomas Walsingham) he caused to be prin∣ted. The famous Palace of his Sea at Canter∣bury decayed, hee renewed and fully restored with the charges of more then one thousand foure hundred pound.

He founded a Grammer schoole in Rach••a•••••• in the County of Lancaster, and did many other good déedes to Colledges, in giuing scholarships, Bookes, Money, and Plate, &c.

The 21 of May, one man, and tenne women Anabaptists Dutch, were in the consistory of Pauls, condemned to be burnt, only one woman was conuerted, the other were banished.

The 21 of Iune, stood at Pauls Crosse, fiue persons, termeth, the Family of Loue, who there confessed themselues vtterly to detest as well the Author of the Sect, H. N. as all his damnable errors and heresies.

The 22 of Iuly, two Dutchmen Anabaptists were burnt in Smithfield.

The 30 of Iuly in the afternoon, was a great tempest of lightning and thunder, wherthrough both men and beasts in diuers places were stric∣ken dead. Also at that time fell haile stones seuen inches about.

The 26 of September, a Poulters wife in the Parish of Christs Church, within Newgate in London, was brought to bed of foure chil∣dren at one burthen, all maiden children, and the same day moneth, the mother was buried, but all the foure children liuing, and were chri∣stened, but liued not long.

Edward Osborne, Wolstone Dixie.

Sir Ambrose Nicholas Salter.

This Maior went by water to Westmin∣ster,

and there tooke his oath: hee kept no feast at Guild-hall, but dined at his owne house with his brethren.

The Companies dined at their seuerall Halles.

The 11 of February Anne Aueries wid∣dow, forswearing her selfe for a little money, that shee should haue paide for sixe pounds of ••••w at a Shop in Woodstréet of Londun, fell immediatly downe spéechles, casting vp at her mouth, the same matter, which by Natures course, should haue béene voided downewards, till she died. A terrible example of Gods iudge∣ment, vpon such as make no conscience of swea∣ring, though it be against their owne elder brother.

The 15 of February, Edmond Grindall, sometime Bishop of London, late Archbishop of Yorke, was in the Chapter house of S. Paules Church at London, elected Archbishop of Can∣terbury.

The 5 of March, in the night, a Tilt-ooat, with about the number of thirty persons, com∣ming from Grauesend, toward London, were all drowned, one by excepted.

The 15 of Iune, Martine Frobisher, with two small Barkers, and one Pinnesse, depar∣ted from Blackwall, vpon his voyage for the discouery of a passage to Cathay, by the North∣west seas. Vpon the first of Iuly, he had sight of Freesland, but durst not approch the same, by reason of the great Ice that lay along the coast:

not farre from thence he lost his pinnesse, and one of his Barkes, who mistrusting the danger of tempests, returned home, with report that their Generall Martine Frobisher was cast a••way, which Captaine notwithstanding conti∣nued his course Northwest, beyond any man that hath heretofore discouered, and the 20 of Iuly, had a sight of a high land, which hee na∣med Quéene Elizabeths foreland, and after that another foreland with a great passage, diuiding as it were, the two maine lands asunder, this place he named Frobishers straight. After hee had passed sixtie leagues further, he went a shore, found the same to be inhabited with sauage peo∣ple, brought one of them into his Barke, and returning, arriued in England in the moneth of August. One of his company brought from thence a péece of blacke stone, which being brought to certaine Goldfiners to make a say thereof, found it to hold gold (as they said) and that very richly.

The moneth of August, many complaints be∣ing brought to the Quéene against the Flush∣ingers, for great spoiles and robberies by them daily committed vpon her Subiects, her maie∣sty gaue order to put foure good ships and two Barkes of her owne to the Seas, vnder the charge of master William Holstocke Esquire, controller of all her highnesse shippes, with 1100 men, victualled for sixe wéekes, in which time was by them taken eight Flushingers shippes, and ba••kes, prizes, and two hundred and

twenty Sea Rouers in them, who were sent to sundry prisons.

Walter, Earle of Essex, and Earle Marshall of Ireland, Knight of the Garter, falling sicke of a laske, the 25 of August, deceased on the 12 of September, at Diuelon in Ireland, and was buried at Carmarthen in Wales.

William Kempton, George Barne.

Iohn Langley Goldsmith.

The 17 of March, through a strange tempest which happened in the North, néere to a Towne called Richmond, not onely cottages, trees, barnes, and hay-stackes, but also the most part of a Church called Patricke Brunton, was ouer∣throwne, with most strange sights in the Aire, both terrible and fearefull.

The 26 of March, the new conduit néere vn∣to Holborne, with one cocke at Holborne Bridge, were begunne to be founded by Wil∣liam Lambe, sometime Gentleman of the Chappell to Ring Henry the eight, now citizen and Cloth-worker of London. The water whereof is conueyed into pipes of Lead, to the said conduit, more then two thousand yards in length; all which, of his own costs and charges, amounted to the summe of 19 hundred pound, was fully finished the 24 of August, in the same yeare.

The said W. Lambe hath giuen to the com∣pany of Stationers, 6 pound 13 shillings, foure

pence, in the Parish Church of S. Faiths vnder Pauls Church in London, to giue to twelue poore people euery friday, 12 pence in money, and 12 pence in bread.

Item to Christs Hospitall in London, yeare∣ly for euer, 6 pounds, and 100 pounds in many to purchase lands.

Item to Saint Thomas Hospitall in South∣warke, foure pounds yearely.

Item to the Hospitall, called the Sauoy som∣time. 10 pounds at once, to buy bedding for the poore.

Item to the Cloth-workers in London, 4 pounds in the yéere. Also more, his late dwelling house, with other, to the value of 30 pounds the yeare, to the intent they should hire a Minister, to say diuine seruice euery Sunday, Wednes∣day, and Friday, and that foure Sermons eue∣ry yeare, after his decease, bee preached in the Church, to the said house belonging, called S. Iames in the wall by Creple-gate, and also to giue to 12 poore men, yearely, on the first of October, to euery one a Gowne of good Fréese, ready made, a shirt of good locoram, & a strong paire of shooes. And 12 poor women, 12 gown•• of the like Fréese, 12 smockes, and twelue paire of shooes for euer.

Item he erected a frée Schoole, and sixe almes houses at Sutton valens in Kent, where hee was borne, and appointed for the Master, twentie pounds, and the vsher tenne pounds yearely for euer, and to the sixe almes-hou∣ses,

tenne pounds yearely, with an orchard and gardens.

Item towards a free Schoole at Maidstone in Kent.

Item to set poore Clothiers aworke, in the country of Suffolke, one hundred pounds.

To the towns of Ludlow and Bridgenorth, each of them a hundred pounds.

The 31 of May, Martine Frobisher, with one Ship and two Barkes, furnished for that pur∣pose, sailed from Harwich, in Essex, towardes Cathay, by the Northwest Seas, and entred his straits, beyond Quéene Elizabeths fore-land, a∣bout thirty leagues, where he went on shore, and finding store of gold Ore (as he had bin en∣formed) fraught his Ship and Barke, caught a man, woman and child of that country, and then on the twenty foure of August, returning, arri∣ued at Milford hauen on the twentieth of Sep∣tember.

The 20 of Iune, W. Lumney a poore man in the Parish of Emely, in the county of Worce∣ster, being kept in prison by a wealthy Widow, he hauing a Mare of 22 yeares old, with Foale, within thrée daies after, his Mare foaled a Mare Colt, the which immediatly had an Vdder, out of the which was milked the same day a pint of Milke, and euery day after, gaue aboue three pintes, to the great sustentation of the said poore mans wife and children, the which Colt conti∣nued in that sort, long time after, as hath béene séene of many thousands.

The fourth, fift, and sixt dayes of Iuly, was the Assises held at Oxford, where was arraigned and condemned one Rowland Ienkes, for his se∣ditious tongue, at which time there arose amidst the people a dampe, that almost all were smothe∣red, very fewescaped, that were not taken at that instant, the Iurors died presently: shortly after died Sir Robert Bell, Lord chiefe Baron, Sir Rode Olie, Sir W. Babington, Master Weneman, M. de Olie, high Shrieue, M. Dan∣uers, M. Harcourt, M. Kirle, M. Pheteplace, M. Greenewood, M. Foster, M. Nash, Ser∣ieant Baram, M. Stephens, &c. There died in Oxford three hundred persons, and sickened there, but died in other places, 200 & odde, from the sixt of Iuly, to the twelth of August, after which day died not one of that sicknes, nor one of them infected not another, nor any one wo∣man or child died thereof.

On Sunday, the fourth of August, betwéene the houre of 9 and 10 of the clocke in the fore∣noone, whilst the Minister was reading of the second Lesson in the Parish Church of Blib••∣rough (a town in Suffolke) a strange and te••••∣le tempest of Lightning and Thunder, stroke through the wall of the same Church, into the ground, almost a yard déepe, draue downe all the people on that side, aboue 20 persons, then ren∣ting the wall vp to the Reuestry, cleft the doore, and returned to the Stéeple, rent the timber, brake the chains, and fled toward Bongey, sixe miles off: the people that were stricked downe,

were found groueling more then halfe an houre after, whereof a man and a boy were found stack dead, the other were scorched. The like flash of Lightning and crackes of Thunder, rent the Parish Church of Bongey, nine miles from Norwich, wrung in sunder the wires & whéeles of the clocke, slew two men which sate in the belfrey, and scorched another, which hardly es∣caped.

The stone Tower of London Bridge, being decayed, was taken downe, and a new foun∣dation drawne, Sir Iohn Langley, Lord Ma∣ior of the City of London, laide the first stone, the 28 of August, in the presence of the Shrieues of London, and the two Bridge-Masters.

Nicholas Backhouse, Francis Bowyer.

Sir Thomas Ramsey, Grocer.

This sir Thomas Ramsey, Lord Maior of the City of London, with the goodly and vertuous Lady, Dame Mary his wife, both liuing, being seised of lands in the right of the said Dame Ma∣ry, and of her inheritance, haue giuen the fée sim∣ple of the same lands, being the yearely value of 243 l to Christs Hospitall in London. The rents and profits whereof are limited to be im∣ployed, as followeth, viz. vnto Peter House in Cambridge, shalbe giuen yearely forty pound to the finding of foure schollars, and two fellowes there. More, tenne pound yearely towardes

the relieuing of the poore, harboured in the Hospitall of Saint Bartholomew in London, and other tenne pounds yearely, to the relie∣uing of poore Prisoners, in the foure Prisons of London, to wit, Newgate, Ludgate, and the two Counters, this to be continued for euer, the residue to be conuerted towardes reliefe of the poore children of Christs Hospitall afore∣said. This gift she afterward in her widowhood, confirmed, and augmented greatly, both in her life, and by her Testament.

The 11 of Nouember, at night, was seene a blazing Starre with a long streame, which was nightly séene, till eight of the clocke.

Tae 19 of Nouember, the new Sergeants at the Law, seuen in number, held their feast in the Temple of London.

The 17 of Ianuary, one Simon Pembrooke, dwelling in Southwarke, being vehemently suspected to be a Coniurer, by commaunde∣ment of the ordinary Iudge for those parts, ap∣peared in the Parish Church of Saint Saui∣our, at the court holden there: which Simon bu∣sied in entertaining a Proctor, and hauing mo∣ney in his hand, leaned his head vpon the pew, wherein the Proctor stood, which after he had done a certain space, the Proctor began to lift vp his head, to sée what he aild, and found him de∣parted out of life, and straightway the said Si∣mon fell downe, ratling a little in the throat, and neuer spake word after. This was done euen as the Iudge came into the church, who said it

was the iust iudgment of God, towards those that vsed Sorcery, and a great example to ad∣monish others to feare the iustice of God. After his clothes being opened, there were found a∣bout him diuellish bookes of coniuration, and abominable practices, a picture of a man, ha∣uing thrée dice in his hand, and this writing, Chance dice fortunately, and diuers papers of such like matters, as hee had dealt in for men, such as are mentioned in Leuiticus, the 20 chapter, the 6 verse. If any soule turne himselfe after such as worke with spirits, and after south∣sayers, to go awhooring, (saith the Lord) I will put my face against that soule, and will cut him off from among my people.

The 3 of February, Iohn Nelson, for de∣nying the Quéenes supremacy, was drawen to Tiburne, and there hanged and quar∣tered.

The 10 of March, deceased the Lady Marga∣ret, Countesse of Lineaux, and was buried at Westminster.

The 31 of May, Martine Frobisher, with fiftéene saile of good ships well appointed, depar∣ted from Harwich in Essex, on his third voyage towards Cathay. The 31 of Iuly, after many attempts, and sundry times being put backe by Ilands of Ice in his straites, he came to anker in the Ilands, now by her Maiesty named Meta incognita, wheras in the yere before, they fraght their shippes with the like Ore, and then on the last of August, returning thence, arriued safely

in England, about the first of October.

George Bond, Thomas Starky.

Sir Richard Pipe, Draper.

The 22 of Ianuary, about 7 of the clocke at night, Iohn Cassimere, Count Palatine of the Rhene, and Duke of Bauaria, landing at the Tower of London, was there by diuers Noble men, and others, honorably receiued, and con∣ueyed by cresset-light, and torch-light to Sir Thomas Gressams house in Bishops-gate stréet, where hee was feasted and lodged till Sunday next, and then by the Nobility, brought to the court at Westminster, and after lodged in Sommerset-house. On the eight of February, he was made Knight of the Garter, and on the fourtéenth of February, departed from London homewards, with great rewards giuen by the Quéenes Maiesty, the Nobility, and men of honour.

The fourth of February, and the night fol∣lowing, fell such abundance of snow, that on the fift in the morning, the same was found at London, to be two foot déepe in the shallowest, and otherwise being driuen by the winde very boistrous in the Northeast, on bankes, an ell, or yard and a halfe déepe, in the which drifts of snow in the countries, many cattell, and some men and women were ouer-whelmed and lost, it snowed till the eight day, and fréezed till the tenth. When following a thaw, with continuall

raine a long time after, which caused such high floods, that the Marshes and low grounds being drowned, the water rose so high in Westminster hall, that after the fall thereof, some fishes were found there to remaine.

The 20 of February deceased sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Kéeper of the great Seale of Eng∣land, who was honourably buried vnder a sumptuous monument in Pauls Church of London, the 9 of March.

The 25 of Aprill sir Thomas Bromley knight, was made Lord Chancellor of England.

The 14 of Aprill, Matthew Hamont of Hi∣thersey, thrée miles from Norwich plough∣wright, for denying Christ to be our Sauiour, and publishing diuers other horrible heresies, was conuented before the Bishop of Norwich, condemned in the consistorie, and deliuered to the Shrieues of Norwich to bée executed: but because he had spoken words of blasphemy a∣gainst the Quéenes Maiesty and other of her Counsell, he was by the Maior Sir Robert Wood, and Sergeant Windam Recorder, con∣demned to lose his eares, which were cut off the thirtéenth of May in the Market place of Nor∣wich, and on the 20 of May he was burnt in the Castle ditch there.

This yeare Marke Scalior, Blackesmith of London, for triall of his workemanship made one hanging locke of Iron, stéele and brasse of eleuen seuerall péeces, and a pipe key, all cleane wrought, which waied but one graine of gold.

He also at the same time made a chaine of gold of forty thrée linkes, to which chaine the locke and key being fastned and put about a fleas necke, she drew the same with ease. All which locke and key, chaine, and flea, wayed but one graine and a halfe: a thing most incredible, but that I my selfe haue séene it.

The 17. of Iuly the Quéenes Maiesty being on the riuer of Thames, betwixt her Mannor of Gréenwich and Depford, in her priuy barge, ac∣companied with the French Ambassadour, the Earle of Lincolne, and, others; it chanced that one Thomas Appletree, seruingman in the com∣pany of others, rowing vp and downe the Thames, hauing a Calliuer charged with a bul∣let, & shooting at randon, by misfortune shot one of the watermen (the second next vnto the bales of the said barge which sate within sixe foote of her Highnesse) cleane through both armes, for the which fact the said Thomas was on the 21 of Iuly brought to the water side, where was a Gibbet set vp, and when the hangman had put the rope about his necke, he was by the Quéenes pardon deliuered from execution.

This years Iohn Foxe of Woodbridge, Willi∣am Wicnor, Robert Moore Englishmen, hauing béene prisoners in Turkey about the space of thirtéene yeares, with more than 260 other Christians of diuers nations, by killing of their kéeper, meruailously escaped, and returned to their natiue countries.

In the month of September and October fell

great winds and raging floods in sundry places of this Realme, where through many men, cat∣tle, & houses, were drowned. In y^e town of New∣port the cottages were borne downe and the corne lost, pasture ground ouerwhelmed, cattell drowned. In the towne of Bedford the water came vp into the Market place, where cubbords, chests, and formes, swam about the houses, their fuell, corne and hay was wract and borne away. Also the towne of Saint Edes in Hun∣tingtonshire was ouerflowed suddenly in the night, when all men were at rest, the waters brake in with such force, that the towne was all defaced, the Swannes swam downe the Market place, and all the towne about the boates did floate. Gormanchester was suddenly supprest, their houses full of water, and their cattell de∣stroied.

Martin Calthorpe, Iohn Hart.

Sir Nicholas Woodroofe, Haberdasher.

On the 21 of September, Sir Thomas Gre∣sham knight, agent to the Quéene (who had builded the Royall exchange in London) decea∣sed suddenly at his house in Bishops gate stéets of London, and was buried in the parish Church of S. Elen there.

The 6 of Aprill being Wednesday in Easter weeke, about sixe of the clocke towards the eue∣ning, a sudden earthquake happened at Lon∣don, and generally throughout England, by

violence whereof, the great clocke bell at West∣minster strooke against the hammers, as diuers clocks and bells against their hammers and clap∣pers both in the City and country did the like. In London a péece of the Temple Church fell downe. In the late dissolued Church of the Gray Friars now called Christs Church, in the Sermon time one falling from the top, killed a yong man out of hand, and one other stone so bruised a maiden, his fellow seruant both to one master, that she liued but 4 daies. Diuers other were sore bruised running out of the Church. Some stones fell from the Church of Saint Paul in London, and some from the Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, diuers chimnies with shaking lost their tops, and ships on the riuer of Thames and on the Seas, were séene to totter: this earthquake continued about London not passing one minute of an houre, but in East Kent, and the sea coast, there∣about it was felt three times, to wit, at 6.9.11. of the clocke. The first of May, after 12 of the clocke in the night, was an earthquake felt in diuers places in Kent, namely at Ashford, great Chatte, &c. which made the people there to rise out of their beds, and to runne to their churches to call vpon God, by earnest praier to be merci∣full vnto them.

The 13 of Iune about 6 of the clocke in the morning, at Shipwash within Bothell Baro∣ny in Northumberland, there happened a tem∣pest of lightning and thunder, after the which

of a sudden, came great showers of haile, a∣mongst the which were stones of diuers shapes.

The 17 of Iune, in the Parish of Blansdon in Yorkeshire, after a great tempest of lightning and thunder, a woman of foure score yeares old named Alice Perin, was deliuered of an hideous monster, whose head like vnto a sallet, the fore part of his body like a man, but hauing eight legges, not one like another, and a taile of halfe a yard long.

About the 18 of Iuly, the Lord Gray tooke his voiage towards Ireland, as Lord Deputy thereof, after whom were sent diuers bands of lusty souldiers, both horsemen and footmen, vn∣der the leading of expert captaines.

The 23 of September at Fennistanton in Huntingtonshire, one Agnes, wife to William Linsey, was deliuered of an vgly and strange monster, with a face blacke, mouth and eyes like a Lyon, and both male and female.

Ralph Woodcocke, Iohn Allot.

The eight of October appeared a Crinicall or blasing starre, bushing toward the East, which was nightly séene more than two monthes after.

The eightéenth of October, were made 8 Ser∣geants at law, to wit, William Fleetwood Re∣corder of London, Edward Flowerdew, Thomas Snagge, William Periam, Robert Halton, Iohn Clench, Iohn Puckering, Thomas Walmsley, and

held their feast in the new temple at London.

The 19 of October, proclamation was pub∣lished at London, for the apprehension, and se∣uere punishing of all persons suspected to be of the familie of loue.

Sir Iohn Braunch, Draper.

There arriued vpon the West coast of Ire∣land, certaine companies of Italians and Spa∣niards sent by the Pope to aide the Earle of Desmond in his rebellion, which fortified them∣selues strongly neare Smerwicke, in a fort which they called Castle delore, there erecting the Popes Banner against her Maiesty: which when the Lord Gray of Wilton deputy of Ire∣land vnderstood, marched thitherward, and the sixt of Nouember, hearing of the arriuall of foure or fiue of the Queenes Maiesties ships, & also of three barkes, fraughted from Limorket and Korke with victuals, on the morrow after marched towards the fort, vnto which he gaue so hot an assault, that on the ninth of Nouem∣ber the same was yeelded, all y^e Irish men & wo∣men hanged, & more then 400 Spaniards, Ita∣lians, & Byscaies at y^e time put to the sword, the Coronell, Captaines, Secretary, & other (to the number of 20) saued for ransome. In which for∣tresse was found good store of money, bisket, ba∣con, oyle, wine and diuers other prouisions of victuall, sufficient for their company for halfe a yeare, beside armour, powder, shot, and other

furniture for two thousand men and vpwards.

The 28 of Nouember, were arraigned in the Kings bench, William Randall for coniuring to know where treasure was hid in the earth, and gods felloniously taken, Ralph Spacie, and Chri∣stopher Waddington for being present, Randall, Elas, Spacie, and Waddington were found guil∣ty, and had iudgement to be hanged, Randall was executed, the other were repriued.

About the foure and twentith of December in the towne of Walsam in the County of Sus∣sex, a Child of eleuen yeares old, named William Withers, lay in a trance, and then comming to himselfe againe, vttered to the standers by many strange speeches, against pride, coueteousnesse, and coldnesse of Charity, &c.

About the 12 of Ianuary proclamation was published at London, for reuocation of sundry the Queenes Maiesties subiects remayning be∣yond the seas vnder colour of study, and yet li∣uing contrary to the lawes of the Realme. And also against the retayning of Iesuites and mas∣sing Priests, sowers of sedition, and other trea∣sonable attempts, &c.

The 13 of Ianuary, a man was drawne to S. Thomas of Watrings, & there hanged, headed, & quartered, for begging by a licence, wherunto the Queenes hand was counterfeited.

The sixteenth of Ianuary the Parliament began at Westminster, and on the twentith of Ianuary the Queenes maiesty went from White hall, to the Parliament house by water.

The 22 of Ianuary triumphant iusting was accomplished at Westminster, where many of the beholders as well men as women sore h••••t, some maimed, and some killed by falling of scaffolds.

About Halontide last past, in the marshes of Dainsey hundred, in a place called Southmin∣ster, in the County of Essex, there suddenly ap∣peared an infinite multitude of Mice, which o∣uerwhelming the said marches, did sheare and gnaw the grasse by the roote, spoyling and t••••••ting the same with their venemous teeth, in such sort, that the cattell which grased there••••, were smitten with a morraine and died therof, which vermine by policy of man could not be destroied, till it came to passe that there flocked together all about the same marshes, such a num∣ber of Owles, as all the shire was not able to yeeld, whereby the marsh-holders were shortly deliuered from the vexation of the Mice, the like of this was also in Kent.

The 4 of Aprill, the Queene dined at Dep∣ford, and there after dinner entred the shippe wherein captaine Drake had sailed about the world, and being there, a bridge that her Maie∣sty came ouer brake, being vpon the same th•••• 200 persons, and no hurt done by the same, and there she knighted Captaine Francis Drake i•• in his ship.

The Banqueting house builded at Westmin∣ster, beginning on the 26 of March, and fini∣shed on the eighteenth of Aprill, in which me••••••

space, to wit, on the sixtéenth of Aprill arriued at Douer certaine noble men of France, to wit, Francis Burbon, Prince Daulphine of Auergne, Arthur Casse Marshall of France, Lodowike Lusigaian, Lord of Lansac, and others. These came from Grauesend by water to London, and so to the Court; then being at Westminster, where they were honourably entertained, the Nobles and gentlemen desirous to shew them all c••rtesie, prepared a triumph in most sump∣tuous order, vpon Whitson Munday & Tews∣day: the chiefe chalengers of which attempts, were the Earle of Arundell, L. Windsor, Philip Sidney and other, the defendants to the number of one and twenty, all which of them sixe courses against the former chalengers, who performed their parts valiantly.

The 21 of Iune in the night, the lowest I∣mages about the Crosse in Cheap, were broken and defaced, whereupon proclamation was made, that who so would bewray the doers thereof, should haue forty Crownes, but no∣thing came to light, but an euill end befell the doer.

This yeare were to be séene in London two Dutchmen of strange statures, the one in height seuen foot and seuen inches, in breadth betwixt the shoulders thrée quarters of a yard and two inches, the compasse of his breast one yard halfe and two inches, and about the wast one yard, quarter, and one inch, the length of his arme to the hands a full yard, a comely man of

person, but lame of his legs, for he had broken them with lifting of a barrell of Béere. The o∣ther was in hight but thrée foot, he had neuer a good foot nor any knée at all, and yet could dance a galliard, he had no arme, but a stump to the el∣bow or little more on the right side, on the which singing he would daunce a cup, and after tosse it about thrée or foure times, and euery time receiue the same on the said stumpe, hée would shoote an arrow néere the marke, flourish with a rapier, throw a bowle, beat with a ham∣mer, hew with an axe, sound with a trumpet, and drinke euery day tenne quarts of the best béere, if he could get it.

The 18 of Iuly were brought from the Fléete, the Gatehouse, Newgate, and the Coun∣ters, sundry prisoners indicted for refusing to come to the Church, all which being conuicted by their owne confession had iudgement accor∣dingly to pay twenty pounds for euery moneth of such wilfull absence.

Richard Martine, W. Webbe.

Sir Iames Haruy, Ironmonger.

The first of Nouember Monsieur the French Kings brother Duke of Anioue, and other No∣bles of France hauing lately arriued in Kent, came to London, and were honourably receiued and retained at the Court with great banque∣ting.

The first of December Edmond Campion

Iesuite, Ralph Sherwin, and Alexander Brian Seminary Priests, hauing béene arraigned and condemned for high treason, were drawne from the tower of London to Tiburne, and there hanged and quartered.

The first of February the Quéenes maiesty, with her whole Court accompanied Monsieur Duke of Anioue from Westminster to Canter∣bury, where, when she had feasted all the French Nobility, either tooke leaue of another, and her Maiesty returned. The sixt, the Duke lodged at Sandwich, and on the next morning tooke the sea, being accompanied with the Earle of Leicester, the Lord Hunsdon, the Lord Howard, knights of the Garter, the Lord Willowby, Lord Windsor, Lord Shefild, Lord Hyward, and Lord Audley, M^r. Sidney, sir George Cary, Ma∣ster Iohn and Robert Cary, and a great number of Gentlemen, so as the whole traine that atten∣ded vpon the said Earle, was one hundred gen∣tlemen, and more then thrée hundred seruing∣men. The Lord Hunsdon, had of gentlemen and others to the number of one hundred and fifty, and the Lord Hayward had as many, all which sailed in 15 ships to Flushing in Zeland, where the Prince of Orenge and the States of the Low Countries, receiued the said Duke and our Nobles of England with great ioy, conducting them from thence to Middleborow, and then to Antwerpe, where before the twen∣tith day of the same moneth, they solemnely created the said Duke of Anioue, Duke Lothyer,

Braband, &c. and our Nobility returned into England.

Iohn Paine Priest being indicted of high trea∣son for words by him spoken, was arraigned & condemned at Chelmsford, and there executed on the second of Aprill.

This yeare the water Conduit in Fléetstréete was new builded with a larger Cesterne at the charges of the City.

The fiftéenth of May at night about ten of the clocke a blasing starre appeared, descending in the Northwest, the beard whereof streamed Southeast.

The 28 of May, Thomas Ford, Iohn Sheret, and R. Iohnson Priests, hauing bin before con∣demned of high treason, were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiburne, and there hang∣ed and quartered. And on the 30 of May, Luke Kerby, William Filby, Thomas Cotten, and Lau∣rence Richardson, were for the like treason in the same place likewise executed.

The 14 of Iuly, Peregrine Bartue, Lord Wil∣lowby of Eresby, appointed Ambassador to Frederick King of Denmarke, with the Garter, imbarked at Kingstone vpon Hull, and prospe∣rously arriued at Elismore in Denmarke, on the twentith of the same moneth. On the foure∣téenth of August, the said King receiued robes of the order, ware the Garter, Collar & George, and the Lord Ambassadour returning with his traine, arriued at Bromtholine in Norffolke, on the twentith of September.

This yeare was first founded a publike lecture in Surgery, to begin to be read in the Colledge of Physitions in London, Anno 1584. the sixt of May, &c. by Iohn L. Lumley, and Richard Caldwell D. in Physicke. The Reader whereof, to be a Doctor of Physicke.

The 19 of Iuly certaine firkins of gunpow∣der (to the number of seuen) and as many more firkens of Sturgeon, laden in a cart vpon Gal∣ley key, some small portion of the same powder being shed on the ground, the horse in the said Carre strooke fire with his foot, and fired all to∣gether, where through the Sturgeon was blowne away, some into the Thames, some else where, one firken was driuen through alomed wall that was boorded ouer, the Crane on the wharfe with the houses neare to adioyning sha∣tred, many men and horses so blasted, the 3 men and 7 horses died thereof.

The 12 of August there arose a great tempest of lightning, thunder, whirlewind, and raine, be∣side hailestones fashioned like to the rowels of spurs, 2 or 3 inches about, in the Country of Norfolke, betwéene the townes of North Wal∣sam, & Worstéed, which tempest beat the corne flat to the ground, rent vp many great trées, and shiuered them in péeces, or wound them like writhes, at Hemming (a mile from Worsted) the west doore of the Church weighing more then 300 weight, was lifted off the hookes, & blowen ouer the Font within one yard of the Chancel doore, the top of the Church was riuen vp, and

the lead blowen away, fiue webbes of Leade were rufled vp together like a gloue, and blown into the field without the Churchyard. At East Russen were many barnes blowne downe.

William Roo, Iohn Hayden deceased the twenty foure of Nouember, and Cuthbert Buckle succeeded.

Sir Thomas Blanke Haberdasher.

Michaelmas terme was adiourned to the Castle of Hertford, there to begin in Crastina Animarum.

Peter Morris frée denizon, conuaied Thames water in pipes of Lead, ouer the stéeple of Saint Magnus Church: at the North end of London bridge, & so into diuers mens houses in Thames stréet, Newfishstréet, and Grasse street, vp to the Northwest corner of Leaden hall (the highest ground of London) where the waste of the main pipe ranne first this yeare on Christmas euen, and since being diuided into foure spouts, oft times running foure waies, plentifully seruing to the commodity of the inhabitants neare ad∣ioyning in their houses, and also clensing the kennels of the stréet towards Bishops gate, Algate, the Bridge, and the Stocks market. But now no such matter, priuate commodity being preferred, common commodity is neg∣lected, and not reformed as was promised.

The 17 of Ianuary in the Parish of Armi∣tage, in a place called Blackemore in Dorcet∣shire,

a péece of ground contayning three acres remoued from the place where it was first plan∣ted, and was carried cleane ouer another close, where Alder and Willow trées grow, the space of forty goad (euery goad contayning 15 foote) and hath stopt vp a high way that directed to∣wards the market towne of Cerne, and yet not∣withstanding the hedges wherewith it was in∣closed, enuiron it still, and the trees stand there∣on bolt vpright, sauing one Oke that is well nigh twenty loads, remoued the place, whereas this ground had his being, is left like vnto a great pit.

The 23 of Ianuary being Sonday, about 4 of the clocke in the afternoone, the old and vnder∣propped scaffolds round about the Beare-gar∣den, on the South side of the Thames, ouer a∣gainst the City of London, on excharged with people, sell suddenly downe, whereby to y^e num∣ber of 8 persons men and women were slaine, & many others sore hurt and bruised. A friendly warning to such, as more delight themselues in the cruelty of beasts, then in the workes of mer∣cy, the fruits of true possessed faith, which ought to be the Sabboth daies exercise.

This yeare 1583, William Prince of Orenge was slaine by Iohn Iowrigny a Wallon Souldi∣er, who notwithstanding sundry extreame tor∣ments inflicted vpon his body and limbs in prison, as also hauing his flesh pluckt off with hot pincers vpon an open stage, yet he ne∣uer shrunke, nor craued any fauour, neither

repented him of the fact, but feared he had not slaine him.

About this time the Archbishop of Collen being well in yeares, married a wife, whereupon the Emperor with other Princes of Germany, made war vpon him, and forced him to flie into Holland for aid, but could not preuaile; & forth∣with there was an other preferred in his roome, and all was quiet.

On the sixtéene of Aprill about eight of the clocke in the morning, a gunpowder house in Fetter-lane, and diuers other houses neare ad∣ioyning, were blowen vp, with the spoile of fif∣téene hundred waight of powder, two men and one woman were slaine, and diuers other per∣sons sore hurt, and some strangely saued.

Albertus Alasco frée Baron of Lasco, Vai∣noide, or Palatine of Siradia in Poland, arri∣ued at Harwich in Essex, and on the last of Aprill, came by water to Winchester house in Southwarke, where he remained for the most part of his abode here.

Elias Thacker was hanged at Saint Ed∣mond bury in Suffolke on the fourth of Iune, Iohn Coping on the sixt for spreading certaine bookes seditiously penned by one Robert Brown against the Booke of Common praier, establish∣ed by the Lawes of this realme.

On the ninth of Iuly deceased Thomas Ratcliffe, Earle of Sussex, Lord Chamberlaine to her Maiesty, and knight of the Garter, at Bermendsey besides London, and was on

the 28 of Iuly, conueyed through the same city of London, toward Newhall in Essex, there to be buried.

Edmond Grindall Doctor of Diuinity, Arch∣bishop of Canterbury, deceased in Croydon, in Surrey, on the 6 of Iuly, and was there bu∣ried.

Barnard Randolph Esquire, common Ser∣gean of the city of London, deceased on the 7 of August. This man in his life-time, deliuered to the company of the Fish-mongers in London, the summe of nine hundred pounds, to be im∣ployed towards the conducting of Thames wa∣ter, cesterning the same in Lead, and castleying with stone in the Parishes of Saint Mary Mag∣dalen, and Saint Nicholas Colde Abbey, néere vnto Fish-stréet, seuen hundred pounds. The other two hundred pounds, to pay for euer yearely the summe of tenne pounds, viz. to∣wards the maintenance of a poore scholar in the Vniuersity of Oxford, yearely foure pounds: towards the mending of the high-wayes in the Parish of Tisehurst, in the County of Sussex, foure pounds. And to the poore people of the Parishes of Saint Nicholas Oliue in Bred-stréet, and Saint Mary Magdalen, néere old fish-stréete, forty shillings.

More, he bequeathed to be bestowed in lands or annuitie, to the reliefe of the poore, inhabiting in the Wards of Quéene-hith, and castle Bay∣nard, in the city of London, and in the afore-said Parish of Tisehurst, in the County of Sussex,

the summe of 1000 pounds, a faire Legacie, if it be performed.

In the moneth of Iune, were sent to the seas, a ship, called the Barke Talbot, and a smal Barke, both manned with one hundred men, vnder the charge of William Borough Esquire, Clerke of her Maiesties Nauie, for the appre∣hending of certain out-ragious sea-rouers, who for that they were many in number, and well appointed, so boldly behaued themselues, as that shortly after, it was confidently bruited, that they had vanquished in fight the said Ship and Barke, but within few dayes after, beyond all exspectation, they were by the said W. Bo∣rough and his company, discomfited and taken, to the number of ten saile, whereof thrée prises, and some of the chiefe Pirats, namely T. Wal∣ton, alias Purser, Clinton, Athinson, W. Ellis, W. Valentine, alias Bagh, T. Beuen, and foure more, on the ninetéenth day of August, were hanged at Wapping. Walton as he went to the Gallowes, rent his Venetian Bréeches of crim∣son taffata, and distributed the same to such his old acquaintance as stood about him: but At∣kinson had before giuen his murrie Veluet dou∣blet, with great gold buttons, and his like colou∣red Veluet Venetians, laid with great gold lace, which he had worne at the seas of Porbeke, vn∣to such of his friends as pleased him.

On the 17 day of September, Iohn Lewes, who named himselfe Abdoit, an obstinate He∣reticke, denying the Godhead of Christ, and

holding diuers other detestable heresies, was burned at Norwich.

On the 22 of September, Albertus de Lasco, Palatine of Siradia in Poland, after he had wel viewed the order of our English Court and No∣bility, with other places of this Realme, especi∣ally, the Vniuersity of Oxford, he returned to∣wards Poland.

On the 23 day of December, Iohn Whitgift, Doctor of Diuinity, late Bishop of Worcester, was at Lambeth, translated to the Arch-bishop∣rick of Canterbury.

The 25 of September, a monstrous childe was borne in Yorke-shire, hauing two heads.

William Masham, Iohn Spencer.

Sir Edward Osborne, Clothworker.

The tenth of October, at Caster in Norfolke, about two miles from Yarmouth, there was a Fish, by force of the Easterly winde, driuen a∣shore, the length whereof, from the necke to the taile, was, seuentéene yards and a foote, the head was great, for the chap of the iaw was thrée yards and a quarter in length, with téeth of thrée quarters of a yard compasse, great eyes, and two great holes ouer them, to spout water, her taile was fourtéene foot broad in thicknes, from the backe to the belly, she was foure yards and a halfe.

This yéere 1583, the Quéene being at Barne Elmer, at the earnest suite of sir Francis

Walsingham, shee entertained twelue Players into her seruice, and allowed them wages and li∣ueries, as Groomes of the Chamber, and vntill then she had none of her owne, but diuers Lorde had Players.

Iames Earle of Desmond in Ireland, secret∣ly wandring without any succour, being taken in his cabine by one of the Irish, his head was cut off, and sent into England, where the same (as the head of an Arch rebell) was set on Lon∣don Bridge, on the 13 of December.

The 13 of December, through negligence of vndiscréet persons, brewing in the Towne of Nantwich, the fire being carelesly left, set vpon some light matter, and so burst forth to the roofs of the house, and in short time increased, that from the West end of the Towne, the flame was dispersed so furiously, that in short space a great part of the South side, and some of the East side, was burned downe to the ground. Which fire beginning at sixe of the clocke in the Euening, and continuing till sixe of the clocke in the Morning, consumed in a manner, all the whole towne, and about the number of two hundred houses, beside brew-houses, barnes, sta∣bles, &c. In all about 600 houses.

Iohn Someruile of Edstow in Warwickshire, of late discouered and taken in his way, com∣ming to haue killed the Quéene, confessed that he was moued thereunto by certaine traiterous persons, his kinsmen and allies, and also by of∣ten reading of certaine seditious bookes lately

published: for the which the same Someruile, Ed∣ward Arden Esquire, Mary Arden his wife (fa∣ther and mother in Law to the said Someruile) and Hugh Hall Priest, were on the 16 of De∣cember, arraigned in the Guild hall of London, where they were found guilty, and condemned of high treason.

On the 19 of December, I. Someruile, and E. Arden, being brought from the Towre of Lon∣don, to Newgate, and there shut vp in seuerall places, within two houres after, Someruile was found to haue strangled himselfe. And on the morrow after, E. Arden was drawne from Newgate, into Smithfield, and there hanged, bowelled and quartered: whose head with So∣meruiles, was set on London Bridge, and his quarters on the gates of the City.

On the 10 of Ianuary, William Carter was arraigned and condemned of high treason, for printing a seditious and traiterous booke, inti∣tuled, A Treatise of schisme, and was for the same on the next morrow, drawne from New∣gate to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled and quartered, and forthwith a booke was pub∣lished, intituled, A Declaration of the fa∣uourable dealing of her Maiesties Commissio∣ners, &c.

The 7 of February, were arraigned at West∣minster, I. Fenne, George Hadocke, I. Munden, I, Nutter, and Thomas Hemerford, all fiue were found guiltie of high treason, and had iudge∣ment to be hanged, bowelled, and quartered,

and were executed at Tiburne, on the 12 of Fe∣bruary.

The 21 of May, Francis Throgmorton Es∣quire, was arraigned in the Guild-hall of the ci∣ty of London, where being found guilty of high treason, he was condemned, and had iudgment to be drawne, hanged, bowelled and quartered. The tenth of Iuly next following, the same Francis Throgmorton was conuayed by water, from the Tower of London, to the Blacke Fry∣ars staires, and from thence by land to the Ses∣sions hall in the old Baily, without Newgate, where he was deliuered to the Shrieues of Lon∣don, laid on a hurdle, drawne to Tiburne, and there hanged and quartered.

This yeare 1584, the rich and most flouri∣shing City of Antwerpe, was strongly be∣sieged by Alexander Duke of Parma, with eleuen thousand men: All which was in vaine, except hee could stoppe all reliefe by water, therefore he made a Bridge ouer the great Riuer of Scheld, by meanes whereof, the Citizens were wholly impeached of all ma∣ner of succour, so as they were constrained to submit themselues again to the King of Spaine gouernment, hauing endured a yeares siege: during which time, fiue hundred gallant Mar∣chants, at their owne charges, became resolute Souldiers, skirmishing daylie with the e∣nemy, vntill by their owne forwardnesse, and the chance of warre, they were either slaine or taken.

Stephen Slanie, Henry Billingsley.

Sir Thomas Pullison, Draper.

The 12 of Nouember, the Quéene (retur∣ning after her Progresse) came to her Manor of S. Iames, where the Citizens of London, to the number of two hundred, in coates of Veluet, and chaines of gold, on horsebacke, and 1000 of the Companies on foot, (hauing torches ready, to giue light on euery side, receiued and wel∣commed her. And on the twenty foure day of the same moneth, her Maiesty and the Lords, rode to the Parliament, which was that day begun at Westminster.

In the moneth of Ianuary deceased Edward Fines, Lord Clinton, Earle of Lincolne, and Lord Admirall of England, Knight of the Gar∣ter, and one of her Maiesties priuy Councell, and was buried at Windsor.

The 21 of Ianuary, Iesuites, Semina∣ries, and other Massing Priests, to the number of 21, late prisoners in the Tower of London, Marshalsey, and Kings Bench, were shipped at the Tower Wharfe, to bee conueyed towardes France, and banished this Realme for euer.

Henry Earle of Darby, appointed by her Maiesty, Ambassadour to Henry, the third French King, to inuest him with the order of the Garter, on the 26 of Ianuary passed with his traine from London to Grauesend, and from thence to Douer, where they embarked &

landed at Calleis on the first of February, and returning againe, landed at Douer on the 11 of March.

The second of March, W. Parry was drawne from the Tower, through the city of London, to Westminster, and there in the Palace Court, hanged and quartered for high treason, as may appeare by a booke, intituled, A true and plaine declaration, of the horrible treasons, pra∣ctised by William Parry, &c. hee was a cunning Traitor.

This yéere, sir Walt. Mildmay Knight, one of her Maiesties priuy Councell, founded a Col∣ledge in the Vniuersity of Cambridge, and na∣med it Emanuel colledge.

The twenty nine of March, the Parlia∣ment was dissolued, at the breaking vp where∣of, her Maiesty in the Parliament house, made an Oration, as ye may reade in my larger labours.

About the 24 of Aprill, by commandement from har Maiesty, the citizens of London ap∣pointed out of the companies of the same city, to the number of foure thousand men with ar∣mour ensignes, &c. the greater part whereof were shot, the other were pikes and halbarts in faire corslets, all these were trained vp vnder ex∣pert Captaines, and other officers, who muste∣red and skirmished daily at the Miles end, or in Saint Georges field, and on the 18 of May, mustred in the Parke of Gréenewich, and skirmished before the Quéenes Maiesty, who

gaue them thankes.

The 25 of April, Philip Howard Earle of A∣rundell, was brought to the towre of London, for attempting to haue passed beyond the Seas, without licence of the Quéene.

On the twentieth of Iune, Henry Percy, Erle of Northumberland, prisoner in the towre of London, vpon vehement suspition of high treason, was found there to haue murdered him∣selfe, as more at large in a larger booke I haue set downe.

The 26 of Iune, arriued at London, Depu∣ties for the States of the Netherlands, who were lodged about the Tower stréete, and had their diet worshipfully appointed at the char∣ges of her Maiesty, in the Clothworkers hall. Those on the 29 of Iune, repayred to the Court then at Gréenewich, where they pre∣sented to her Maiesty, the soueraignty of those countries.

The 4 of Iuly, Charles, Lord Howard, late Lord Chamberlaine, was made Lord Admirall: and Henry, Lord Hunsdon, was made Lord Chamberlaine of the houshold.

The 5 of Iuly, T. Awfield Seminary Priest, and T. Welby Dyer, were arraigned at London, found guilty, and had iudgment to be hang∣ed, as Felons, for publishing of bookes, contay∣ning false, seditious, and slanderous matter: these were on the next morrow executed at Tiburne.

The sixteenth of Iuly, Sir Francis Rus∣sel

Knight, Lord Russell, third sonne to Francis Russell, Earle of Bedford, was slaine with a dagge in the borders of Scotland, beside Barwicke, by a Scot, as they met vpon a truce day. On the next morrow, Francis Russell, Earle of Bedford, Knight of the Garter, and one of her Maiesties priuy Councell, Father to the late named Sir Francis Lord Russell, slaine on the borders of Scotland, deceased, and was honourably buried at Cheineies in Bed∣ford-shire.

In the moneth of Iuly, Souldiers were pressed in the Citie ef London, and being furni∣shed for the warres, at the charges of the com∣panies, set forth towards the Seas, on the 13 of August, and were transported ouer into Holland, Zeland, &c. as other the like Sruldi∣ers, out of other parts of the Realme before had béene.

On the fourth of August, at the end of the Towne called Motingham, in Kent, 8 miles from London, the ground began to sinke, thrée great Elmes being swallowed vp, and driuen into the earth, past mans sight.

The fourtéenth of September, Sir Francis Drake Generall, as well by ses, as by land, Chri∣stopher Carlile Esquire, Lieuetenant Generall, Martine Frobisher, with diuers other Gentle∣men Captaines, and two thousand and three hundred Souldiers and Sailers in twentie two Shippes and Pinesses, departed from Pli∣mouth: and passing by the Isles of Bayon, and

the Canaries, arriued at Saint Iago, which citty they tooke and burned: after, they sailed to Saint Domingo, which they spoiled and ransomed: from thence to Cartagena, which they also tooke, spoyled and ransomed: and re∣tiring homewards, razed and burned the city and Fort of S. Augustine, in Terra florida, and the 27 of Iuly, in Anno 1586, arriued at Pli∣mouth: their souldiers and saylers got but small spoyle.

The ninetéenth of September, to the num∣ber of two and thirty Seminary Massing Priests, and other late prisoners in the Towre of London, Marshalsey, Kings Bench, and other places, were imbarked, to be transported ouer into the costes of Normandy, to be banished for euer.

Antony Ratcliffe, Henry Pranell

Sir Wolstone Dixie, Skinner.

In the moneths of Nouember and Decem∣ber, many men and horses were shipped at the Tower wharfe, to be transported ouer into the Low countries.

The 2 of December, Fredericke Lord Wind∣sor, deceased at Westminster, and was honou∣rably buried at Bradenham, in Buckingham∣shire.

And on the sixt of December, the Lord Ro∣bert Dudley, Erle of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant Generall, with his traine, entred the Towne

of Colchester in Essex, where he lodged at the house of sir Thomas Lucas, on the next day he set forward to Harwich: and on the eight of De∣cember, the said Earle, accompanied with the Earle of Essex, the Lord North, the Lord Aud∣ley, sir W. Russell, sir Thomas Sherley, sir Ar∣thur Basset, sir Walter Waller, sir Geruaise Clif∣ton, and other with his traine, to the number of 50 sailes of shippes and hoyes, set forward to∣wards Vlushing, where, by sir Philip Sidney Gouernor, and others, he was honorably enter∣tained, as he was the like into all other townes of the Low countries.

The Quéene tooke order for the peopling and inhabiting of the countries, late belonging to the Earle of Desmond, to which end, diuers honou∣rable and worshipfull Gentlemen, prouided to be vndertakers of signories there, whereof some went into the said Country, others according to order taken, sent their people, among which were, Sir Christopher Hatton, sir Walter Raw∣leigh, sir William Courtney, sir Richard Moli∣nox, sir George Bourchire, sir Edward Fitton, sir Valentine Browne, sir Walter Luson, Iohn Popham, her Maiesties Atturny Generall, and others.

The nineteene of Ianuary, Nicholas De∣uorox, alias Wodson, was condemned for trea∣son, in being made Priest at Reymes in France. Also Edward Barbat, being made Priest as aforesaid, and comming into this Re∣alme, was likewise condemned of treason, and

both drawne to Tiburne, and there hanged, bo∣welled and quartered, on the one and twentieth of Ianuary.

On the same day, a Wench was burnt in Smithfield, for poysoning of her Aunt and Mistrisse, and attempting the like to her Vncle.

On the feast day of the purification of our blessed Lady, Doctor Iohn Whitegift, Archbi∣shop of Canterbury, William Lord Cobham, Warden of the fiue Ports, and Thomas, Lord Burckburst, were chosen and taken to bee of her Maiesties priuie Councell: the two first were sworne on that day, and the third on the next morrow.

The eleuenth of February, Thomas Loue∣lace was brought prisoner from the Tower of London, to the Starre-chamber, against whom her Maiesties Atturney did informe, that the same Louelace, vpon malice conceiued against Leonard Louelace, and Richard Louelace, his cousin germanes, had falsely and deuilishly contriued and counterfeited a very traiterous Letter in the name of Thomas Louelace (ano∣ther brother of the said Leonard and Richard, then resident beyond the Seas) purporting that the same Thomas should thereby incite and pro∣uoke the said Leonard, to procure the said Ri∣chard, to execute her Highnes destruction, with other circumstances of treason.

This Letter he cast in an open high-way, pretending thereby, that vpon the discouery

thereof, his said kinsmen Leonard and Richard, should be drawne in question for the treasona∣ble matter against, her Maiesty in that bill con∣tained, euen in the highest degrée, for which of∣fence, her Maiesties Atturney prayed, that the said Thomas, then prisoner, might receiue con∣digne punishment. Whereupon the Court ad∣iudged him, that he should be remitted to the Tower, from whence he came. That he should be caried on horsebacke about Westminster hal, with his face to the horsetaile, and a paper on his backe, wherein to be written: For counter∣feiting of false and trecherous Letters against his owne kindred, containing most trayterous mat∣ters against her Maiesties person. And from thence to be caried in that maner, and set on the pillory in the Palace at Westminster, and there to haue one of his eares cut off, also to be caried in like maner into London, and set on the pillo∣ry on market day in Cheape, with the like pa∣per. And after that, caried into Kent, and at the next Assise there, to be set on the pillory with the like paper, and his other eare to be cut off: also to be set on the pillory, one market day at Can∣terbury, and another at Rochester in the like manner, and at euery the said places: this order taken touching this offence openly read, the sen∣tence whereof was duly executed.

The 14 of March, at the Assises kept at the City of Excester in Deuonshire before Sir Ed∣mond Anderson, L. chiefe Iustice of the com∣mon pleas, Sergeant Floriday, one of the Ba∣rons

of the Exchequer, and other Iustices, there happened a strange sicknesse: first, amongst the prisoners, and then amongst other persons, and beside the prisoners, many of all degrées died thereof, namely Serieant Floriday, Sir Iohn Chichester, Sir Arthur Basset, and Sir Bernard Drake Knights, Tho. Carew, Richard Carie, I. Fortescue, I Waldran, and Tho. Risdone Es∣quires, and Iustices of the peace: of the common people died, very many Constables, Reues, Tithmen, and Iurors, and namely of one Iury being twelue of them, died eleuen.

The seuentéene of March a strange thing happened, Master Dorington of Spaldwickt, in the Countie of Huntington Esquire, one of her Maiesties Gentlemen Pentioners, had a horse which died suddenly, and being ripped to sée the cause of his death, there was found in the hole of the heart of the same horse, a strange worme, which lay on a round heape, in a Call or skinne, in the likenesse of a Toade, which being taken out & spread abroade, was in forme & fa∣shion not easie to be described, the length of which worme, diuided into many graines, to the number of 50, spred from the body, like the bran¦ches of a trée) was from the snout to the end of the longest graine, 17 inches, hauing foure issues in the grains, from whence dropped forth a red water, the body in bignes round about, was 3 inches & a halfe, the color whereof was very like to a mackarell. This monstrous worme found in maner aforesaid, crawling to haue got away,

was stabbed in with a dagger, and died, which after being dried, was shewed to many honou∣rable persons of the Realme.

The 18 of Aprill, in the Sises holden at Lon∣don, in the Iustice hall, William Tompson, made Priest at Reymes in France, and remai∣ning within this Realme, was condemned of treason. Also Richard Lea, made Priest at Lions, was likewise there condemned, which said Wil∣liam and Thomas, were both on the twentieth of April, drawne to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled, and quartered.

The first of May sir Henry Sidney, knight of the Garter, Lord president of Wales, departed this life, and was honourably buried at Pen∣shurst in Kent.

The 8 of May, arriued at London on the Tower Wharfe, Henry Ramelius, Chancellor for Germany, Ambassadour from Frederick the second King of Denmarke, vnto the Quéenes Maiesty of England, he was honourably recei∣ued of the Lord Talbot, the Lord Cobham, and other great estates, and by them conuayed through Tower stréete, Fanchurch stréet, and Grace-stréet, into Bishops-gate stréet, to Cros∣by place, where he remained till hee had finished his Ambassage, and returned on the thirtieth of May towards Denmarke.

Wolston Dixie Maior, 1586, founded a frée schoole at Bosworth, in Leicester-shire, en∣dowed with twenty pounde land by yéere & bet∣ter: more, he gaue to the gouernors of Emanuel

Colledge in Cambridge, 600 pounds to buy land, for the mainteinance of two scholarships, and two fellowships there, the scholars to come forth of Bosworth schoole: he gaue also toward the erecting of Emmanuel Colledge 50 pounds, to Christs hospitall in London, 42 pounds the yeare for euer, toward the Diuinity lecture, to S. Michaell bassings hall in London 10 pounds the yeare for euer. Vnto his company of Skin∣ners, 500 pounds, to be lent vnto young men of that company, viz. 200 pounds to foure yong men marchant Aduenturers for 3 yeare, at 3 pounds 6 shillings, 8 pence the yeare, and thrée hundred pounds to ten other, after the same rate, part of the profits to be spent in coles year∣ly to the poore of Saint Michaels parish, Basing hall, for euer. To Saint Bartholmewes hospi∣tall, and Saint Thomas hospitall 50. l. to each. The poore of Bridewell 20. l. To the poore of Newgate 20. l. To the poore of the Compters 10. l. to each, to Ludgate 10. l. To Bethlem 10. l. To the foure prisons in Southwarke 20. pounds thirtéene shillings and foure pence. To poore maides marriages 100. l. To poore stran∣gers of the Dutch and French Churches 50. li. To the poore of Basings-hall 10. l. To the poore Eling in Middlesex, foure pounds. And 200. to∣ward building of the Pesthouse.

The 17. of May Philip Earle of Arundell was conuaied from the Towre of London to Westminster, and there in the Star-chamber, by the Counsell condemned to pay 10000. l. fine

for his contempt, and to remaine in prison at the Quéenes pleasure.

A Commission was erected from her Maie∣sty, tending to the ratifying of a firme League of amity, betwéene her Maiesty and Iames King of Scots, which League being articuled, Commis∣sioners were appointed, Edward Earle of Rut∣land, W. Lord Euers and T. Randolph Esquire, who with their Traine came to Barwicke on the 19. of Iune, were the Ambassadors of Scot∣land being present, they accomplished the mat∣ter, according to the commission, the Articles of the said league in all and euery part sufficiently confirmed on 1. of Iuly, which being done, the said Earle of Rutland with his traine returned home. Master Randolph went into Scotland to take his leaue of the King and returned into England.

This yéere 1586. certaine Merchants and o∣ther gallant actiue Citizens at their owne pro∣per charges onely for their countries seruice and defence, practised wéekely diuers feats of Armes, and by orderly course euery man bare al degrées of Offices from the corporall to the captaine: and when they had by vsuall practise attained vnto some perfection with obseruation of Mar∣tiall discipline, then they trained the common souldiers of the City & taught them the manag∣ing of their péeces, pikes, & halbeards, to march, countermarch, and ring: this president was ta∣ken from the Marchants of Antwerp.

The 18. of Iune Henry Elkes clarke, for

counterfeiting the Quéenes signe manuell, to a presentation of the personage of all Saints in Has••ings, directed to the Archbishop of Canter∣bury, or to his Comissary generall (the Diocesse of Chichester doing void) that he might be insti∣tued Parson there, was drawne to Tiburne & there hanged and quartered.

A Lottery for maruellous rich and beautifull Armor, was begun to be drawne at London in Pauls Church yeard, at the great West gate (an house of timber and boord being there erect∣ed for that purpose) on Saint Peter and Pauls day in the morning, which Lottery continued in drawing, day and night for the space of two or thrée daies.

Tho. Candish hauing of his owne charges built and furnished for two yeares prouision, a ship called the Desire, of 140. tun, & a lesse of 60. tuns, named the Content ioyning thereto a barke of 40. tuns named Galliane, in which fléet were 125 men, set saile from Plimoth on the 21 of Iuly, and began his voiage about the Globe of the earth, which voiage he finished in the space of two years & lesse then two moneths, as ye may read in R. Hacluyt.

In the moneth of Iuly, diuers traiterous per∣sons were apprehended, and detected of most wicked conspiracie against her Maiesty, and also of minding to haue stirred vp a gene∣rall rebellion throughout the whole Realme. For ioy of whose apprehension, the Citizens of London on the 15 of the same moneth at night,

and on the next morrow caused the Bels to be rung, and bone fires to be made, and also ban∣queted euery man according to his ability, some in their houses, some in the stréets, with singing of Psalmes and prasing God for preseruing of her Maiesty, and people of this Land: which do∣ings of the Citizens were so well accepted of her Maiesty, as by her letters to them directed may appeare.

The seuenth of September certaine of these wicked Subiects were indicted, first for inten∣ding Treason against the Quéenes owne per∣son, secondly, for stirring ciuill wars within the Realme, and thirdly for practising to bring in forraine power to inuade the Realme, 7 of them appeared at Westminster, on the thirtéenth of September, who all pleaded guiltie, and were condemned.

On the fiftéenth of September, other 7 were likewise arraigned, who pleaded not guilty, were found guilty by the Iurie, and had iudge∣ment.

These traitors 14 in number were executed in Lincolnes Inne fields, on a stage or scaffold of timber strongly made for that purpose, euen in the place where they had vsed to méet, and to confer of their traiterous practises, there were they hanged bowelled and quartered, seuen of them on the 20 of September, to wit, I. Ballard Priest, A. Babington Esquire, I. Sauage gentle∣man, R. Barnewell, gentleman, Chidirke Tich∣borne Esquire, Charles Tilney Esquire, E.

Abington Esquire. The other 7 were likewise executed on the 21 of September, to wit, T. Sa∣lisbury Esquire, Henry Dunne Gentlemen, Edward Iones Esquire I. Trauarse gentleman, I. Charnocke Gentleman, R. Gage gentleman, Ierome Belamie gentleman &c.

The twenty two of September, sir Philip Sidney knight, a most valiant and towardly gentleman, sonne and heire to sir Henry Sidney late deceased, in seruice of his Prince and de∣fence of his country, in the warres of the Ne∣therlands, was shot into the thigh with a mus∣ket, at Zutphen in Gelderland, whereof he died on the 17 of October, whose body was conuaied into England, & on the 16 of February conuai∣ed from the Minories without Algate of Lon∣don through the principall stréets of the same Citie, accompanied of many honourable per∣sons vnto S. Pauls Church and there honou∣rably buried, the Captaines of the Artillery Garden being 250 in number, all in mourning habit, accompanied the Corps to Church, these Captaines at this time flourished.

The eight of October, Iohn Low, Iohn A∣dams, and Richard Dibdaile, being before con∣demned for Treason in being made Priest by authority of the Bishop of Rome, were drawne to Tiburne and there hanged bowelled and quartered.

Robert House, William Elkin.

Sir George Barnes, Haberdasher.

One of the West gates of the City of Lon∣don, commonly called Ludgate, being sore de∣caied, & in perill to haue fallen, was taken down, the prisoners thereof in the meane time remai∣ning, in the Southeast quadrant, to the same gate adioyning; which quadrant, for the ease of the prisoners was sometimes builded by Stephē Forstar, Fishmonger, Maior, and Dame Agnes his wife, &c. And this yeare the said gate was a∣gaine not onely newly, but also strongly and beautifully builded at the charges of the Citi∣zens of the same City. The foundation whereof in the name and presence of Sir Wolston Dixie Maior, certaine Aldermen, Anthony Radcliefe, & Henry Prannel shrieues, was laid on the second of May, & forthwith so diligently applied, that the same gate was fully finished in the space of sixe monthes or lesse, so that on the twenty nine of October in the same yeare the said gate was set open to Sir William Cecill Knight Lord Treasurer, who first entred the same on horse∣backe, accompanied of the Earle of Darby, and diuers other honourable persons & noble men of her Maiesties priuy Counsell, who all rode to the Guild hall, where, on the same day George Barne Lord Maior of that City kept his feast, after he had taken his oath and charge in the Exchequer at Westminster.

On the same 29 of October the Archbishop of Canterbury, the L. Treasurer and the Earle of Darby, representing the Quéenes Maiesties person, began the high Court of Parliament by

proie, which Session of Parliament was at this state assembled for triall of matters concerning Mary Quéene of Scots &c. The 23 of Nouem∣ber the Earle of Leicester, Lieutenant generall of her Maiesties forces in the vnited Prouinces of the Low countries, returning from thence arriued at London.

The second day of December the Parlia∣ment was proroged vntill the 15 of February: the substance of matter handled in the same Session of Parliament, concerning the Queen of Scots is set downe in a letter learnedly pen∣ned, and published, directed to the Earle of Lei∣cester.

The 6 of December, the Lord Maior of Lon∣don, assisted with diuers Earles, Barons, the Aldermen in their scarlet, the principallest offi∣cers of the Citie, the greatest number of Gentle∣men of the best account in and about the City, with the number of eighty of the grauest Ci∣tizens in coats of veluet and chaines of gold, all on horsebacke in most solemne and stately manner, by sound of foure Trumpets, about ten of the clocke in the forenoone, made open and publike proclamation and declaration of the sentence lately giuen by the Nobility against the Queene of Scots, vnder the great Seale of England, bearing date at Richmond the fourth of December, being openly read by Ma∣ster Sebright, Towne-Clarke of London, and with loud voice solemnely proclaimed by the Serieant at Armes of the said Citie,

in foure seuerall places, to wit, at the Cros•• Cheap, at the end of Chancery lane in F•• stréet, ouer against the Temple, at Leaden•• corner, and at S. Magnus corner neare Lon•• bridge; during which time, like solemne ••clamations were made with great solemnity the country of Middlesex, namely in the Pa∣lace at Westminster, without Temple Bar•• in Holborne, by the Shrieues of London 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Middlesex, assisted with sundry Noblemen 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Gentlemen of good account, and the Iustice •• Peace of the said country, to the great and w••derfull reioycing of the people, as it séem•• ringing of bells, making of bonefires, and ••ing of Psalmes.

The Quéenes Maiesty foreséeing the g••rall dearth of corne and other victuals, grow partly through the vnseasonablenesse of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yeares past, partly through the vncharita•• gréedinesse of such as bee great corne maste•• but especiallie through the vnlawfull and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 much transportation of graine into for•• countries, by the aduice of her honour•• Councell, published a proclamation, and b•• of orders, to be taken by her Iustices, for reli•• of the poore, notwithstanding all which, the ••••cessiue prices of graine still encreased, so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wheat and meale was sold at London for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the bushell, and in some other parts of t•• Realme dearer.

The 8 of February being Wednesday accor••ding to sentence lately giuen by the nobili••

Mary Steward Quéene of Scots, about tenne of the Clocke before noone, was executed and suffe∣red death, by beheading vpon a scaffold set vp for that purpose, at the great Hall of the Castle of Fodringay, in the presence of George Tal∣bet Earle of Shrewsburie, Henry Grey Earle of Kent, principall Commissioners, and others the Gentlemen of the Country neare adioy∣ning, to the number of about 300, all her appa∣rell was burned, but her body with the head was royally buried at Peterborow, on the first day of August next following.

The 15 of February the Parliament began at Westminster, wherein was granted to her Maiesty towards her charges for the defence of this Realme, a subsidy by the Clergy of 6 shil∣lings the pound, and of the temporalty two shillings eight pence goods, and foure shillings lands, with two fiftéenes &c.

Munday the twenty foure of Februarie a man hanged for felony at Saint Thomas of Waterings being begged by the Chirurgions of London, to haue made of him an Anatomie, af∣ter he was dead to all mens thinking, cut down, stripped, laid naked in a Chest, throwne in a Carre, and so brought from the place of executi∣on through the Borow of Southwarke, and the city of London, to the Chirurgions hall, neare vnto Aldersgate, the chest being there opened and the weather extreame cold, he was found to be aliue, and liued till thursday next following, and then died.

The twentie thrée of February a gunpow∣der house at Radriffe was blowne vp with much harme.

Sir Thomas Bromley knight, Lord Chancel∣lour of England, deceased on the 12 of Aprill, and was buried at Westminster.

This yeare 1587, Master William Sanderson of London Fishmonger, attained the perfection of making the great round globes, viz. Celestiall and Terrestriall.

On the 16 of Aprill, deceased the Dutchesse of Somerset at Hanworth, and was buried at Westminster.

Edward Earle of Rutland, Knight of the Garter, departed this life at London on the 18 of Aprill, and was very honourably conuaied from thence to his Castle of Beauoyre, and bu∣ried in the Parish Church at Bettifford.

The 29 of Aprill, Sir Christopher Hatton knight late Vicechamberlaine, and one of her Maiesties priuy Counsell, was made Lord Chancellor of England at Croidon, & on the 3 day of May, being the first day of the tearme, he rode from Ely place in Holborne to Westmin∣ster, there to take his oath, before whom went about the number of forty, his gentlemen in one liuery and chaines of gold, diuers Pentioners and other Gentlemen of the Court vpon foot∣clothes, the officers and Clarkes of the Chance∣ry, and then the Lord Chancellour, hauing on his right hand the Lord Treasurer, and on the left hand the Earle of Leicester, after whom

rode certaine of the Nobility, the Iudges of the Realme, and many knights.

The 22 of May was published by proclama∣tion an order, granted by the Quéene in fauour of her Subiects, for the transporting of clothes out of the Realme, to wit, that the Merchants of the Stilyard resident in London, and all o∣ther Merchants, strangers, or other of the realme, may buy of the Clothiers, any cloth vn∣wrought, vnbarbed or vnshorne, and shall haue full liberty to ship and carry away out of the port of London, any such cloaths: and further, that all Merchants, strangers, and English, that shall not haue liberty to buy cloathes at Black∣well-hall, or within the liberties of the City of London, may buy all manner of clothes, in the Citie of Westminster.

The 18 of Iune Robert Earle of Leicester was made Lord Steward of the houshold, & Ro∣bert Deuorex Earle of Essex, was made master of her Maiesties horse.

The fiftéene of Iune Robert Earle of Lei∣cester tooke shipping at Margate in Kent, to∣ward the Low Countries, where he remained not long but returned.

This yeares was a late spring, and a cold Sommer, so that at Midsomer Peason in the cods were sold at London for 8 pence the pecke, yet after were plenty, no cherries ripe till Saint Iames-tide or Lammas, and then such plenty that they were sold for a penny the pound.

The 7 of September sir Thomas Henage was

made Vicechamberlaine.

Thomas Skinnet, Iohn Catcher.

Sir George Bond Haberdasher.

Richard May Merchant-tailor lately decea∣sed, gaue to the Chamber of London 300 poūds, toward the new building of the Blackwell Hal, which at length tooke effect.

Vpon this gift the said Blackwell hall was taken downe, a new foundation was laide, and within the space of ten moneths after, with the charges of 2500 l. the same was finished.

Great prouision was made this yeare both by Land and Sea, to withstand the inuasion by the Spanish Armado against the Realme, for be∣sides the generall forces of the Realme appoin∣ted to be mustered, trained, and put in readinesse in the seuerall shires, for the defence of the land there was also a leauy made of two seuerall ar∣mies, the one to make the body of a campe to re∣side at Tilbury in Essex, to encounter with the Enemy, if he should attempt to land in any place of that country, whereof the Earle of Lei∣cester, Lord Steward of her Maiesties houshold was Lieutenant Generall, as also of the Armies leuied against forraine inuasion. The other to be imploied for the guard of her highnesse per∣son, vnder the charge of the right Honourable the Lord Hunsden, Lord Chamberlaine to her Maiestie. The campe at Tilbury, consisting both of horsemen and footemen, raised out of

all the shires, were of Lancers 253, of light hors∣men 769, of footmen 22000. the armie for the guard of her Maiesties person, Lances 481, light horsemen 1431. footmen 34050. The Na∣uie set forth and armed to the seas, consisted partly of her Maiesties shippes, partly of the ships of her subiects, which were furnished out of the Port townes whereunto they belong∣ed, of this Nauie, the chiefest and greatest part was vnder the charge of the Lord Charles Howard of Effingham, Lord Admirall of Eng∣land, and were addressed to encounter with the Spanish Fléet: the rest of the ships were assig∣ned vnto the Lord Henry Seimer, Admirall of the Fléete to guard the narrow Seas, and to impeach the issuing forth of the ships and ves∣sels, prepared by the Duke of Parma at Dun∣kirke.

The 23 of May, the Lord Admirall came to Plimouth with the Fléet aforesaid, finding there Sir Francis Drake in a readinesse with more then 50 ships and pinnaces. The 24 of Iune the Lord Admirall issued out toward the Sea from Plimmouth: he diuided her Maie∣sties Fléet into thrée parts, viz. Sir Francis Drake Vice Admirall in the Reuenge with o∣ther, towards the Islands of Sillie, Iohn Haw∣kens Rere-Admirall in the Victory, with other toward the Isles of Vshent: And the Lord Ad∣mirall with the rest, remayning in the sléeue, ap∣pointed other there, all to discerne, if the Spa∣nish forces did any way passe.

The 19 of Iuly, intelligence was brought to the Lord Admirall by a pyrate Pinnis, whose captaine was Thomas Fleming, that the Spa∣nish Fléete was séene in the sea.

The 20 of Iuly, the Lord Admirall made to∣ward the Sea, and the same day had sight of the Spanish Fléete, in number by estimation 158 sailes. The Lord Admirall cast about toward the Land to interrupt them from approaching, & hauing got the wind of them, prosecuted them all that night, and so continually, from place to place, vntill the second of August, in which space hauing by the power GOD wonderfully ouer∣come them, he returned to Margate in Kent. Now the Campe being kept at Tilbury in Es∣sex, vnder the charge of the Earle of Leicester, the ninth of August her Maiesty repaired thi∣ther; where all the whole Campe being set in order of Battaile, she passed through euery rank of them, to their great reioycing, & lodged that night, and the night following, in the house of Master Edward Rich a Iustice in the Parish of Hornedon. On the next morrow her Maiestie returned to the Campe, and on the twelfth re∣turned to Saint Iames, and shortly after the Campe was dissolued.

Sonday the 20 of August Master Nowell Deane of Pauls, at Pauls Crosse, in the pre∣sence of the Lord Maior, the Aldermen in Scar∣let, the Companies in their liueries, preached, mouing them to giue land vnto God, for the great victory giuen to our English Nation, by

the ouerthrow of the Spanish Fléete.

The 26 of August, at the Sessions hall neare vnto Newgate, were condemned 8 persons, for being made Priests beyond the Seas, and re∣mayning in this Realme contrary to a Sta∣tute; foure Temporall men for being reconci∣led to the Romish Church, and foure other for relieuing the others. The 28 W. Deane and H. Welby were hanged at the Miles end, W. Hun∣ter, R. Morton, and Hugh More at Lincolnes Inne fields, T. Acton at Clarken well, T. Ful∣ton, and Iames Clarkeson, betwéene Brainford and Hounslow. The 30 Richard Flower, G. Shesley, Richard Leigh, Richard Martin, Iohn Roch, and Margaret Warde gentlewoman, who had conueied a cord to a Priest in Bridewell, whereby he escaped from thence, were hanged at Tiborne.

This yeare 1588, the Patriarke of the Gréeke Church came from Chyo, alias Syo in Gréece, vnto the City Mosco in Russia, and for a certaine summe of money resigned all his Ec∣clesiasticall Iurisdiction, state, stile, and dignity, vnto the Metropolitan of Mosco and his suc∣cessors for euer, which done, the old Patriarke left Mosco, and in his returne towards Grecia, the Turkes robbed him of all his treasure, and slue him. A iust reward for his cowardise and couetousnesse.

The 2 of September at night, a vehement fire brake foorth against the Dutch Church in London, to the great terrour of the whole City,

but by the burning of one house, and pulling downe of some other the fire was quenched.

The 4 of September, deceased Robert Dudley Earle of Leicester, Lord Steward of her Maie∣sties houshold, lieutenant generall, and Marshal of England, at Cornebury in Orfordshire, from whence hée was conuaied to his Castle of Kenelworth, and from thence to Warwicke, where hee was honourably interred. He had in his towne of Warwicke, founded one Hospitall of an old guilde, giuen him by the townes for twelue poore men, endowing the same with lands to the yearely value of 200. pound, and fifty load of Wood out of Killingworth Parke, and gaue to the same Hospitall, by his Te∣stament, 200 pounds in money, for a stocke: hée was extreame tyrannous in authority.

Vhe 8 of September, the Preacher of Pauls Crosse moued the people to giue God thankes for the ouerthrow of our enemies the Spani∣ards, and there were shewed 11 ensignes or ban∣ners, takn in the Spanish ships by our men, and on the next morrow hanged on London bridge towards Southwarke, where then the Faire was kept, being our Lady day.

Hugh Offley, Richard Saltonstall.

Sir Martin Calthorp Drapor.

The 5 of October Iohn Welden and William Hartley made Priests in France were hanged, the one at Miles end, the other at Holliwell; Ro∣bert Sutton, for being reconciled to the Church

of Rome was hanged at Clarkenwell.

The 8 of October at night was burnt one sta∣ble with horses about the number of twenty at Drury house, neare to the Strand.

The 19 of Nouember was this yeare kept holy day throughout the Realme, with ser∣mons, singing of Psalmes, Bone fires, &c. for ioy and thanksgiuing vnto God, for the ouer∣throw of the Spaniards, our enemies on the sea, and the Cittizens of London assembled in their Liueries that day at a Sermon at Pauls Crosse tending to that end.

The 24 of Nouember being Sunday, the Quéenes Maiesty hauing attendants vpon her, the Priuy-Counsel, Nobility and other honora∣ble persons, aswell spirituall as temporall in great number, all on horse backe, did come in a chariot throne, made with foure pillars behind to haue a Canopy, on the top wherof was made a crowne imperiall, and two lower pillars be∣fore, whereon stood a Lion and a Dragon, sup∣porters of the Armes of England, drawne by two white stéeds from Somerset house, to the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paul &c. At the tem∣ple Barre, the Lord Maior and his Brethren the Aldermen in Scarlet receiued and welco∣med her Maiesty to her city, deliuering to her hands the Scepter, which her Highnesse deliuered to the Maior, who bare the same be∣fore her. The Companies in their Liueries stood along to Pauls Church, where at the great west dore she dismounted about 12 of the clock,

and was receiued vnder a canopy by the Bishop of London, the Deane & others of the Clergy, to the number of more then 50. all in rich Coapes, and by them brought to a Closet, towards, the Pulpit Crosse, where she heard a Sermon made by Doctor Pierce, Bishop of Salisbury, and then returned to the Bishops Pallace, where she dined, and returned to Somerset house by Torchlight.

The 5 of Ianuary at night, a great wind in the Northeast ouerturned trées, and otherwaies did great harme in very many places.

The 30 of Ianuary, the Quéenes Maiesty came from Richmond to Chelrich, and so to Westminster, and was receiued by the Maior, Aldermen and commoners of her city of Lon∣don, in coates of veluet, and chaines of gold, all on horse-backe with the Captaines of the citty, betwixt 5. and 6. of the clocke at night by torch∣light.

The first of February two Souldiers were set on the Pillory at the Leaden hall, whereon they stood by the space of thrée houres, the one had his eare nailed, the other his tongue pierced with an aule, which aule remained in his tongue till hee was taken from the Pillory, for abusing their captaines, and Gouernours with had spéeces.

The 4 of February began the Parliament at Westminster.

About this time Francis Ket, M. of Art of Wimondham, for holding diuers detestable

opinions against Christ our Sauior, was burnt néere to the city of Norwich.

The 5 of February, two souldiers were han∣ged on trées at the Miles end, for being muti∣nous.

The 29 of March, being Easter Euen, the Parliament brake vp at Westminster, where∣in was granted two subsidies, of two shillings eight pence the pound the péece, foure fiftéenes, and a tenth.

The 14 of Aprill, Philip, Earle of Arundell, was arraigned at Westminster of high treason, and found guilty by his Péeres, had iudgment accordingly.

The 18 of Aprill, Sir Iohn Norris, and Sir Francis Drake, Generals, with sixe of her Maie∣sties ships, 20 ships of warre, and ••00 fit for burden, hauing in them a choice company of Knights, Captaines, Gentlememen and souldi∣ers, departed from Plimouth, and the 23 of the same, arriued at the Groine. The 26, they tooke the lower Town, with great store of ordinance, victuals, cables, and other furniture for shipping. About the 6 of May, they fought with the Spa∣niards, at Borges bridges, where the enemies fled with the losse of 700 men. The lower town of Groine was burned, and the ninth of May, our Fléet set saile the thirtéenth, the Earle of Es∣sex, sir Philip Butler, and sir Roger Williams met the said Fléet, so that on the sixtéenth, the whole Nauie arriued at Phinicha, where they set a land, and the same day wanne both Towne

and Castle. After this they diuided the Armie, whereof part marched with Sir Iohn Norris, by land, to Lisborne, the rest with Sir Francis Drake, passed by Sea to Cascales. The twenty fourth, our men entred the suburbes of Lisborn, where they obtayned rich spoyles, and plenty of euery good thing. The twenty seuenth, the Ar∣my left Lisborne, and came to Cascales, without any great fight or skirmish, where they tooke the castle, and thence returned for England, but landing at Vigo, they tooke the towne, and wa∣sted the country.

The 21 of Iune, sir Francis Drake arriued at Plimouth: and the third of Iuly, sir Iohn Nor∣ris, with the rest of the Fléet, arriued there also, the two Generals being offended the one with the other.

The third of May, deceased Martin Calthrope Lord Maior of London, M. Richard Martin Al∣derman succeeded.

Richard Martin Goldsmith, the 5 of May.

The first of August at night, was the greatest lightning and thunder about London, that euer was séene or heard, of any man liuing, and yet but small hurt done, thankes bee to God tharefere.

Sir Iohn Norris, and sir Francis Drake be∣ing returned, as you haue heard, many of their sailers and souldiers, shortly after their landing, fell sicke, and died, of a stinch bred amongst

them on shipbord, othersome of them so rudely behaued themselues, about the country, and elsewhere, that diuers of them being apprehen∣ded, on the 27 of August, one of them was han∣ged on the end of a signe, at an Inne doore, in Kingston vpon Thames, for a terror to the rest: and on the 29 of August, two more of them were hanged in Smithfield, two at the Tower∣hill, two besides Westminster, and one at Ti∣burne. It was now vsuall with sailers and others, at their returne of such voyages, to rob, pilfer and mutiny at their arriuall.

In the moneth of September, the Citizens of London furnished 1000 men to be sent ouer into France, to the aiding of Henry late King of Nauarre, then challenging the Crowne of France.

Richard Gurney, Stephen Some.

The 21 of October, Richard Martin Maior of London, accompanied with his brethren the Alderman, being inuited guests, rode to the Serieants feast, then holden in the new Temple hall, and at the Temple gate, the Lord Maior was by certaine young Gentlemen, denied to enter with his sword before him, whereupon he with his brethren returned home.

Sir Iohn Hart Grocer, the 28 of October.

The 6 of Nouember, Lodowicke Griuell of

Warwickshire Esquire, was brought from the Tower of London, to Westminster, and the•••• at the Kings bench barre, for murther, and other notorious trespasses, wherewith he was char∣ged, arraigned and found guilty: but standing mute, had iudgement to bee pressed to death, which iudgement was put to execution in the Iayle of the Kings bench in Southwarke, on the 14 of Nouember, on the which day, for the same fact, his man was hanged in the Palace court at Westminster.

In this moneth of Nouember, the citizens of London, were sundry times affrighted by casu∣altie of fire: first on the 20, about 4 of the clocke in the morning, on Fish-stréete hill, where one large house was burned to the ground, and some people, in helping to quench, were consumed, and the houses next adioyning: also the one side of Saint Leonards Church was sore spoiled. On the 22 at night, about 11 of the clocke, one other house, ouer against the first, on the other side of the way, was in great danger, but soone slaked. On the twenty sixt, about one of the clocke in the morning, one other house, and some people were burnt, on the backside of the first house burnt, and other houses neere about, were sore spoyled, &c.

The 5 of Ianuary, about fiue of the clocke in the euening, before twelfth day, began a great and terrible tempest of winde in the South∣west, which continued with great vehemency, till about eleuen of the clocke of the same night,

this in the city of London, blew the Tiles off mens houses, and caused them to feare the o∣uerthrow of their houses. The lesser west gate of Saint Paules Church, next to the Bishops Palace, was broken, both boltes, barres and lockes, so that the same was blown ouer.

In the countrey, houses and barnes were borne ouer, & some blowne farre from the pla∣ces wheron they had stood, besides trees in great numbers, blew vp by the roote. On the seas, no man can tell what harme was done. At South∣hampton, the ships and barkes riding at anchor, were driuen aland, and sunke, the like was ne∣uer séene.

Sir Iohn Hart, Knight, Alderman of Lon∣don, builded a frée Schoole, in Cuccold, alias Coxold in Yorkeshire. And endowed it with thirtie and fiue pounds a yéere for euer. He like∣wise gaue fin to Sussex, Sidney Colledge in Cambridge, two Fellowships, and four Schol∣larships, viz. forty and fiue pounds a yéere, for euer.

The 21 of February, Ambrose Dudley, Earle of Warwicke deceased, and was buried at Warwicke.

This yeare 1589, was deuised and perfe∣cted, the Art of knitting, or weauing of silke stockings, Wastcoteh, Couerlets, and diuers other things by ingines, or stéele Loomes, by William Lee, somtime Master of Arts of Saint Iohns colledge of Cambridge: and sixtéen yéeres

after this, he went into France, and taught it to the French, because he was not regarded in Eng∣land.

The 5 of March, a Wench was burned in Saint Georges field without Southwarke, for poysoning her Mistris and other.

This yeare 1589, Henry Duke of Guise, and his brother the Cardinall Guise, were both slaine by commaundement of the French King Henry the third. This Duke was wonderously beloued of the Clergy, and of the Peeres and commons of France: he was also very highly e∣stéemed of the Conclaue, and of many other for∣raine Princes. The manner of his death was taken very grieuously, especially by such as had combinde themselues in league to suppresse the Protestants, and preferre the Romane Catho∣like Religion,

Within a while after, the said King Henry the third was also slaine by a Frier, in reuenge of the death of the two brethren before named, and the Frier himselfe was instantly slaine by such as were about the King, who slew him with the said enuenomed knife, wherewith hee stabd the King. This Henry the third, was the last of the house of Valois. And presently vpon his death, Henry of Burbon, King of Nauarre, laid iust claime to the crowne, who with great difficultie, and almost eight yeares, sharpe warres with the Leagers, he got peaceable pos∣session of the whole Kingdome. But at the first, the Leagers droue him into diuers extremities,

and forced him to flie into Déepe, where he was ready to haue embarked for England, if the Quéene had not spéedily sent a resolute Armie vnto him, vnder command of the Lord Wil∣lowby. And from that time, the Quéene ayded him with diuers Armies, vnder the commaund of the Earle of Essex, Generall Norris, sir Roger Williams, and many others, besides incessant supplies, vpon sudden occasions from Lon∣don, Kent, Essex, Suffolke, Surrey, Sussex, and Hamhshire, both of horse, men, and muni∣tion.

The next yeare following, the great and an∣cient Citie of Paris was besieged by their new King, Henry the fourth: which City vntill their day of visitation, was a glorious and a flouri∣shing City, and the most populous of all the ci∣ties in Europe, vntill for their better defence, they were constrained to pull downe all their suburbes: and albeit the siege held not full fiue moneths, yet such was the extremitie of famine vnto all the inhabitants, as it may well be said to be greater and more miserable, then either the siege of Samaria, or Ierusalem: for, after they had eaten vp all manner of herbage and carrian, and all manner of moist leather, with whatsoeuer else they could get to eate, they did eate many children: concerning which, and ma∣ny other memorable and capitall Accidents, you may reade more at large in my larger Chro∣nicle. Yet sith I haue speken thus much of France, I will also for thy further delight, giue

thee a touch of some of the chiefe ancient Kings thereof. Faramond was the first King of France, in the yeere 431, and raigned 11 yéeres. Clodo∣uius, alias, Clouis, was the fift King of France, in the yeare 485, he was the first King of France that was christened, he was baptized by S. Remy, Arch-bishop of Reynes, after diuers victories vpon his enemies, and had enlarged his territories. Pope Anastasius sent him the name and title of Patrician and Consull, with a crowne of gold, richly adorned with precious stones. At this time, the Arrian heresie much troubled Christendome. Clotarius, alias, Cotane, the first & seuēth King of France, his son Cranus w^t a strong faction, rebelled against him, whō he ouerthrew in battaile, tooke him prisoner, & bur∣ned him, his wife and children, and the chiefe of his seruants, Pepinus, alias, Pepin, the Briefe, began in the yeere 750. He instituted the Parlia∣ment at Paris. Carolus Magnus, alias, Charles le Maine, so called, for his many noble Acts which he did, for the generall good of Christen∣dome, beganne his raigne in the yéere 800, hee was King of France forty six yeares, and Em∣peror thirtéene yeares, and died at 71 yeares of age.

On Wednesday in Easter wéeke, by shooting of a Gunne, in the Towne of Vlfringhampton, in Staffordshire, about the number of 80 hou∣ses were burned.

In the moneth of April, 3000 footmen were sent from hence into Britaine in France, vnder

the conduct of Sir Iohn Norris, Knight, to ioyne with the Prince, sonne of the Duke Mount∣poinsier, and Generall of the French Kings for∣ces in the Prouince: which company, were of∣ten since supplied.

About this time, (as I am informed) Robert Iohnson, a zealous Minister, Preacher and Parson of Northlumffingham, in the County of Rutland, finding the poore of those quarters, to be vnprouided for, and no Grammer Schoole erected in that country, for edification of youth, at his owne proper costs and charges, caused two faire free Gramer Schools to be builded in O∣kam, and Vppingham, the two market townes of that shire, and in each of them prouided a Schoolemaster, and an Vsher: more, he caused Hospitals to be builded in the said Towns, both called Christs Hospitall: in euery of which may be placed twenty foure poore people: and for their maintenance héere, he bought and procured lands of the Quéen, with a corporation & mort∣maine for the same. This man hath left a good example to the other Ministers and Preachers, to the glory of God, for hee preached both by word and life, not to inrich himselfe, but was bountifull to the poore, both in his own Parish, where he was maried, and kéepeth a good house, and also in the Towne of Stamford, where hee was borne: in which Towne, for many yeares together, hee caused forty poore mens children to be taught at his charges.

The 21 of September, being the Feast of

Saint Mathew in the afternoone, was a great stir at Lincolnes Inne, by Prentisrs, and o∣thers, against young Gentlemen students at Law there, for some rude demeanore, late before by them done, against the inhabitants of Chan∣cerie Lane, which had like to haue growne to great mischiefe, had not the same béene by wise Magistrats soone appeased: for the vprore grew great and violent, suddenly.

Nicholas Mosley, Robert Brooke.

Sir Iohn Allot Fishmonger, the 28 of Oct,

Hee deceased in the moneth of September, next following, and sir Rowland Heyward cloth∣worker, serued out the rest of that yéere.

In the moneth of Ianuarie, one Nichols a Purueyer, for conuerting to his owne vse, cer∣taine prouision taken for her Maiesty, was han∣ged for example to other the like purueyers.

The 16 of Iuly, Edmond Copinger, and Henry Artington Gentlemen, came into Cheap, and there in a carre, proclaimed newes from heauen, (as they said) to wit, that one William Hacket Yeoman, represented Christ, by parta∣king his glorified body, by his principall spirit, and that they were two Prophets, the one of mercie, the other of Iudgment, called and sent of God, to assist him in his great work, &c. These men were afterward apprehended. The 20 of Iuly Hacket, was arraigned, and found guilty, as to haue spoken diuers most false and trayte∣rous

words against her Maiesty, to haue rased and defaced her Armes, as also her picture, thru∣sting an iron instrument into that part that did represent the brest and heart, &c. For the which he had iudgment, and on the 28 of Iuly, brought from Newgate, to a gibbet by the crosse in Cheape, where being moued to aske GOD and the Quéene forgiuenesse, he fell to rayling and cursing of the Quéene, and began a most blasphemous prayer against the diuine Maie∣sty of GOD, he was there hanged and quar∣tered. His immodest spéeches at his arraignment and death, vtterly disgraced all his former-see∣med sanctity, wherewith he had shroudly posses∣sed the common people.

The next day, Edm. Copinger, hauing wilful∣ly abstained from meat, and otherwise tormen∣ted himselfe, died in Bridewell, and Henry Ar∣tington, long after in the Counter, submitting himselfe, writ a Book of repentance, and was deliuered. The people had formerly receiued a very reuerent opinion of them.

In this moneth of Iuly, Robert Deuorex, Earle of Essex, was by her Maiesty appointed to haue the charge and conduction, as her Lieu∣tenant Generall of 4000 footemen, and some number of horsemen, and Pioners sent into France, for the assistance of the French King, a∣gainst the confederats of the League. In which expedition, he was also honorably accompanied with sundry Gentlemen Souldiers, that volun∣tarily followed him in his seruice.

William Rider, Benedict Barnham.

Sir William Webbe.

In the moneth of October, a Proclamation was published, contayning a declaration of troubles, pretended against the Crowne, by Seminaries and Iesuites, &c. For the preuen∣ting whereof, charge was giuen to all Officers, to looke to their charges, for defence of the Re∣alme: and speciall Commissioners were appoin∣ted in all Shires, to enquire out the said Se∣minaries, and such as might be reconciled by them, &c.

On the 28 of October, Bren O Royrke, a great man of Ireland, was arraigned at West∣minster, where hee was found guilty of high treason, and after for the same, executed at Ti∣burne, on the third of Nouember, as more at large I haue expressed in mine Annales.

The 20 of Nouember, sir Christoper Hat∣ton, Knight, Lord Chancellor of England, de∣ceased at his house in Holborne, commonly cal∣led Ely house, because it belongeth to the Bi∣shop of Ely. On the 16 of December, he was honorably buried in Saint Pauls Church at London, one hundred poore people, hauing gownes and caps giuen them, and goe before him, of Gentlemen and Yeomen in gownes, cloakes and coates, more then thrée hundred, with the Lords of the Councell, and other, be∣side 80 of the guard, that followed, &c. A sump∣tuous

monument for him, was since prouided in Pauls Church.

The 10 of December, three Seminaries, for being in this Realme, contrary to Statute, and foure other for relieuing them, were executed, to wit, Ironmonger, a Seminary, and Swithen Welles, Gentleman, in Graies Inne fields: Bla∣ston and White, Seminaries, and three other their abetters at Tiburne.

The fourteenth of Ianuary, Captaine Arnolde Cosby, an Irish-man, did forcibly set vpon Iohn, Lord Burke, (also an Irish-man) neare to the Towne of Wansworth, in the County of Surrey, and there vpon a malicious intent, did wilfully murder him, gi∣uing him one mortall wound with a Rapier, by meanes whereof, hee fell downe, and after that, the said Cosby with a dagger, gaue vn∣to the said Lord Burke, twelue, or more, grie∣uous and seuerall wounds, of the which mor∣tall wound, hee died within two houres after, For the which fact, Cosby was hanged on a gib∣bet, neare vnto Wansworth, on the 27 of Ia∣nuary.

The 18 of February, Thomas Parmort, was conuicted of two seuerall high treasons, the one for being a Seminary Priest, and remaining in this Realme, and the other for reconci∣ling Iohn Barwis, against the forme of a statute. The said Barwis was likewise conuicted of trea∣son, for being so reconciled, and also of felony, for relieuing the said Priest, Thomas Parmort

was executed in Pauls Church-yard, on the 20 of February.

In the moneth of February, Sir Edmond Yorke, Knight, conducted ouer into France, two thousand footmen, sent from hence, for the seruice of the French King, which vpon their arriuall, remained vnder the charge of Sir Ro∣ger Williams, Generall of the English compa∣nies there.

The twenty seuenth of Aprill, Sir Iohn Par∣rat Knight, was arraigned at Westminster, found guilty of treason, and had iudgment in the same place, on the 16 of Iune, but died in the Tower.

The fourth of May, a Tiltboate of Graues∣end, hauing in the same Boate about the num∣ber of forty persons, was ouer-runne by a Hoy, so that the greater part of those people were drowned ouer against Gréenewich, the Court then being there, and the Quéene beheld the mischance.

The 4 of Iune, Sir Iohn Puckering made Lord Kéeper of the Great Seale.

In the moneth of Iune, a young man was hanged in Smithfield, and a woman was burnt, both for poisoning of her husband, a Goldsmith.

The Marchant Tailors in London, this yeare founded faire Almes-houses, vpon a plot of ground neare vnto East Smithfield, in the Parish of S. Botolph without Aldgate, which plot of ground was giuen to them by Richard Hilles, sometime Master of that Company,

as also one hundred load of Timber by Antho∣ny Ratcliffe of the same society, Alderman: In these Almes houses fouretéene charitable men, brethren of the said Merchant-Tailors yet li∣uing, haue placed fouretéene poore aged sole wo∣men, which receiue euery one of them of their founder, sixtéene pence or better wéekely, be∣sides 8. pounds, 15 shillings yearely paide for of the common treasurie, to the said Company for fuell.

The fourth of September a woman was burnt in Smithfield, for poysoning of her hus∣band.

Wednesday the sixt of September, the winde West, as it had béene for the space of two daies before very boisterous, the Riuer of Thames was made voide of water, for forcing out the fresh and kéeping backe the salt; that men in di∣uers places might goe 200 paces ouer, and then fling a stone to the Land. A Colliar on a Mare rode from the North side to the South, and back againe, on either side London Bridge, but not without perill of drowning both waies.

Iohn Gerrard, Robert Taylor.

Sir William Roe Ironmonger.

This Maior rode from the Guild-hall to the Tower, and there tooke his oath, being accom∣panied of the Aldermen, Recorder and Shriues, the Liuery and Batchelers of the Ironmongers, the liuerie of the Haberdashers, and no more,

these dined at the Lord Maiors house, and at the Halls of these two Companies, and this was done by the appointment of the Quéenes Coū∣sell, for auoiding infection of the plague.

Michaelmas Terme was kept at Hartford, & began on Crastina animarum.

The third of Nouember deceased sir Iohn Pa∣rat in the Tower of London.

The 13 of December, a certaine gentlewo∣man by the Councels commandement was whipped through the City of London, for affir∣ming her selfe to be the daughter to Philip king of Spaine, as she had béene perswaded (by some accounted Sooth-saiers, after proued liers) for she was knowne to be a Butchers daughter in Eastcheape.

The 19 of February, the Parliament began at Westminster.

The 21 of March, Henry Barrow gentle∣man, Iohn Greenewood Clarke, Daniel Studley Girdler, Sapio Bislot gentleman, Robert Bow∣ley Fishmonger, were indicted of felony, the said Barrow and Greenewood for writing sun∣dry seditious bookes, tending to the slaughter of the Quéen and State: Studley, Billot and Bow∣ley, for publishing and setting forth the same Bookes, and on the 23, they were all arraigned, found guilty, and had iudgement on the last of March, Henry Barrow and Iohn Greenewood, were brought to Tiburne, and there hanged on the 6 of Aprill.

The tenth of Aprill the Parliament at West∣minster

brake vp for a time, wherein was granted thrée Subsidies of two shillings eight pence the pound goods, & foure shillings lands, and 6 fifteenes.

About the same time Penry, a principall pen∣ner and publisher of bookes intituled Martin Marre prelate, was apprehended at Stebben∣heth by the Vicar there and committed to pri∣son. In the moneth of May he was arraigned at the Kings Bench Barre, condemned of Fe∣lony, and afterward conuaied from the Goale of the Kings Bench to Saint Thomas Water∣ings, and there hanged, this pernitious booke much troubled the people.

The 19 of Iuly the Court of Assise for Sur∣rey, was holden and kept in S. Georges field, in a Tent there set vp for that purpose, many prisoners were there arraigned, ninetéene were burnt in the hand, but none executed. This As∣sise was ended the same day, which was thought would haue lasted thrée daies, but the Iustices (all duties being paid) made hast away, for feare of being infected with the pestilence.

This yeare was no Bartholmew faire kept at London, for the auoiding of concurse of peo∣ple, whereby the infection of the pestilence might haue increased.

Paul Banning, Peter Hawghton.

Sir Cuthbert Buckle Vintner.

For part of y^e yeare, sir Rich. Martin goldsmth.

The whole number this yeare buried within the Citie of London, the suburbes and other pla∣ces adioyning, as well of the plague, as of the other diseases, from the 29 of December in the yeare 1592, vntill the 20 of December, 1593 was as followeth. Within the walls of all dis∣eases, 8598, whereof the plague, 5390, without the walles & in the liberties, 9295. the plague 5285. so that within the City and Liberties, of all diseases 17863. whereof the Plague was 10675.

The 19 of February 1593. at Edenburght in Scotland was borne Prince Henry the eldest sonne of King Iames the 6. King of Scots.

The 18 of February Harington a Seminary, was drawne from Newgate to Tiborne, and there hanged, cut downe aliue, strugled with the hangman, but was quartered.

The last of February, Rodoricke Lopeza a Portugal (as it was said) professing Physicke, was arraigned in the Guild-hall of London, found guily, and had iudgement of high Trea∣son, for conspiring her maiesties destruction by poyson.

In this moneth of March were many great stormes of winde, which ouerturned trées, stéeples, houses, barnes, &c. namely in Wor∣cester-shire, in Beaudley forrest many Oakes were ouerthrowne. In Horton wood of the said shire, more then one thousand fiue hundred Oakes were ouerthrowne in one day, namely, on the Thursday next before Palmesunday.

In Stafford-shire, the shaft of the stéeple in Stafford Towne was rent in péeces along through the midst, and throwne vpon the Church, wherewith the said roofe is broken: 1000 pounds will not make it good. Houses and Barnes were ouerthrowne in most places of those shires. In Canke wood more then 3000 trées were ouerthrowne: many stéeples more or lesse aboue 50. in Stafford-shire were perished or blowne downe.

The 11. of Aprill was a great raine, which continued more then 24 houres long, and with∣all a great North winde.

The 14 of Aprill, a woman was burnt in Smithfield, for killing of her husband.

The 16 of Aprill Ferdinando Earle of Dar∣by deceased at Latham, in a very strange man∣ner.

The second of May came downe great flouds, by reason of sodaine showres of haile and raine that had fallen, which bare downe houses, Iron milles, the prouision of coles prepared for the said mils, it bare away cattle, &c.

The second of May, the new Serieants of the Law in number ten, held their dinner in the Temple.

The third of Iune deceased Iohn Aylmer Bishop of London, at Fulham, and on the 26 of Iune was solemnly interred in his Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule in London.

The 7 of Iune, Doctor Lopez, and two o∣ther Portugals, were drawne from the Kings

Bench in Southwarke, to Tiborne, and there hanged and quartered.

The first of Iuly, deceased Sir Cuthbert Buckle, Lord Maior of London, and on the next morrow was elected Sir Richard Martin to be Maior for the rest of that yeare, & on the third of Iuly, he tooke his oath at the Tower of Lon∣don.

The fiftéene of Iuly by a common Counsell in the Guild hall was graunted (according to a precept from her Maiesty) that sixe ships and two pinnaces should be set forth at the charges of the City, the same to be ready with men, mu∣nition and victuals for thrée moneths by the last of Iuly.

More on the 17 of Iuly, the same Common Councell, according to another precept granted 450 men on foote to be likewise set out by the citizens, towards the charges whereof a fifteenth was seized and paid.

This yeare in the moneth of May, fell many great raines, but in the moneth of Iune and Iu∣ly much more, for it commonly rained day and night till Saint Iames Eue, & on Saint Iames day in the afternoone it began againe, and con∣tinued for two daies together: notwithstan∣ding there followed a faire haruest in the month of August, but in September great raines rai∣sed high waters, such as staied the carriages, and bare downe bridges, as at Cambridge, Ware, and elsewhere. Also graine grew to be of a great price, as a strike or bushell of Rie 5 s, a bushell

of wheat 6, 7, or 8 s, &c. which dearth happened more by meane of ouermuch transporting by our Merchants, then the vnseasonablenes of the weather passed.

This yeare Beuis Bulmar an ingenious Gen∣tleman made an engine at Broken wharfe, thereby from thence to conuay Thames water vp into the Citie, sufficient to serue the whole West part thereof, being conuaied into mens houses by pipes of lead. The same Gentleman on the 18 of October gaue vnto sir Richard Martin then Lord Maior of the City of London, and to the Citie for euer, one cuppe of siluer with a couer, weighing 137 ounces of fine, bet∣ter then the Sterling; the siluer of which cup with other (he said) was digged out of the mine in England, in the moneth of August last be∣fore passed.

Robert Lee, Thomas Benet.

Sir Iohn Spencer Clothworker.

The 30 of December a woman was burnt in Smithfield for coyning of money. The same day D. Fletcher B. of Worcester was elected B. of London.

The 26 of Ianuary William Earle of Darby married the Earle of Oxfords daughter, at the Court at Gréenewich.

The tenth of February two souldiers or Cap∣taines, named Yorke and Williams, were execu∣ted at Tiburne for fellony.

The 10 of February Southwell a Iesuite, that long time had laine in the Tower of Lon∣don, was arraigned at the Kings Bench barre, he was condemned, and on the next morrow drawne from Newgate to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled and quartered.

This yeare by meanes of the late transporta∣tion of graine into forraine Countries, the same was here growne to an excessiue price, as in some parts of this Realme, from fourtéene shil∣lings to 4 markes the quarter.

On the 27 of Iune, certaine yong men ap∣prentises and other, were punished by whip∣ping, setting on the Pillory, &c. for taking of but∣ter from the maket women in Southwarke, af∣ter the rate of three pence the pound, whereas the sellers price was 5 pence the pound, they would be their owne caruers.

Certaine men for coyning were hanged, and also a Scriuener in Holborne was hanged, and quartered for taking the great seale of England from the olde patent and putting the same to a new.

On the 29 of Iune being Sonday in the af∣ternoone, a number of vnruly youths on the Tower hill, being blamed by the Warders of Towerstreete-ward to seuer themselues and depart from thence, threw at them stones, and draue them backe into Tower stréete, and were heartned thereunto by a late Souldier, soun∣ding of a trumpet, but the trumpeter and ma∣ny other of them being taken by the shrieues of

London, and committed to prison. About 7 of the clocke the same night, sir Iohn Spencer Lord Maior rode to the Tower hill, attended by his officers and others, to sée the hill cleared of all tumultuous persons, where about the middle of the hill, some warders of the Tower or Lieu∣tenants men told sir Iohn that the sword ought not to be borne vp there, and two or thée catch∣ing hold thereof, some bickering was there, and she sword bearer hurt, but the Lord Maior sée∣ing the hill cleared of all trouble rode backe, the sword bearer bearing vp the sword.

The two & twenty of Iuly, in presence of the Earle of Essex, and other sent from the Queene, were arraigned in the Guild-hall of London, fine of those vnruly youths that were on the Tower hill apprehended, they were condemned, and had iudgement to be drawne, hanged and quartered, and were on the twenty foure of the same month drawne from Newgate to the Tower hill, and there executed accordingly.

Sir Thomas Wilford knight, Prouost Mar∣shall for the time in the City of London rode about, and through the city of London daily, with a number of men well mounted on horse∣backe, armed with cases of pistols, &c. This Marshall apprehended many vagrant and idle people, brought them to the Iustices, who com∣mitted them, &c.

Thomas Low, Leonard Haliday.

Sir Stephen Slany Skinner.

This yeare in February, 1595. the Lord Maior and Aldermen, as well for expelling va∣grant people out of the City, reforming of com∣mon abuses to be aiding to Clarks of the Mar∣ket, for redresse of forrainers false waights and measures, as to be assistant vnto all Constables and other ciuill officers for the more spéedy sup∣pression of any distemperature that may arise by youth, or otherwaies; they ordained two Mar∣shals, viz. Master Reade, and Master Simson, and after them Master Roger Walrond was ad∣mitted alone.

The 20 of February fiue men for couzonage and counterfeiting of Commissions, &c. were set on the Pillory in West Cheape, some of them had their eares nailed and cut off, others that had before lost their eares were burnt in their cheekes, and forehead.

This yeare a certaine Pinnace was made by a House-carpenter, in the Gréene-yeard of Lea∣den hall in London, it was about some 5 tun, to be taken a sunder, and set together with vi∣ces; the same was finished and launched out of Leaden hall on the 12. of March in the night, and drawne by strength of men and horses on a sléed with wheels made for that purpose, to∣wards Algate, where about the parish Church of S. Catherine Christs Church, the wheeles ta∣king fire on the Axeltrées, were broken about one of the clocke in the morning, where it staied till the next night, and then was drawne to the Tower hill, where the same was calked

and pitched, and on the xx. of March drawne and lanched into the riuer of Thames, at the water gate by the Tower, and from thence by water drawne to Ratcliffe, and there tackled.

The ninth of Aprill being good Friday in the afternoone, the Lord Maior and Aldermen were sent from the Sermon in Paules Church-yeard, and forthwith vpon precept from the Councell, pressed 1000. men, which was done by eight of the clocke the same night, and before the next morning they were purueied of all manner of furniture for the warres, ready to haue gone to∣wards Douer, and so to the aid of Callis against the Spaniards, but in the afternoone of the same day, they were all discharged.

And on the 11. of Aprill being Easter day a∣bout tenne of the clocke came a new charge, so that all men being in the parish Churches ready to haue receiued the Cōmunion, the Aldermen, their deputies, and Constables, were faine to close vp the Churchdoores, till they had pressed so many to be souldiers, that by 12. of the Clocke, they had in the whole City 1000. men, and they were forthwith furnished of armour and weapons, &c. And they were for the most part that night and the rest on the next morning sent away, to Douer, as the like out of other parts of the Realme, but returned againe about a wéeke after, for the French had lost Callis, &c. And in Iune 1598. the towne of Callis was quietly restored backe to the French.

The last of Aprill at night, deceased Sir Iohn Puckering L. kéeper of the great Seale, he died of a great palsie, wherewith he had béene taken on the 26 of Aprill at night.

On May day proclamation was made, that all souldiers appointed to sea, should in all hast passe to Portesmouth, &c. to the Earle of Essex, and other the Nobility there.

The 6 of May sir Thomas Egerton Master of the Rolles, was made Lord Kéeper, and had de∣liuered vnto him the great Seale. The 11. he rode (accompanied of the Nobility and others in great number) to Westminster, and there tooke his place.

In this moneth of May (as afore.) fell conti∣nually raines euery day or night, whereby the waters grew déepe, brake ouer the high waies, namely, betwixt Ilford and Stradford y^e Bow, so that market people riding towards London, hardly escaped, but some were drowned: also towards Lambeth in the high way, people not on horsebacke were borne on mens backes, and rowed in wherries in Saint Georges field.

Robert Earle of Essex and Charles Howard, high Admirall of England, imbarked with 150. good saile of ships on the first of Iune weighed anchor, and hoised vp sailes, outward their iour∣ney from Plimmouth towards Spaine, and wonne Cadiz, and returned with great booties and spoiles.

The 22 of Iuly Henry Carey Lord Hunsdon,

and Lord Chamberlaine deceased at Somerset house without Temple barre, and was honou∣rably buried at Westminster: about the same time also deceased Sir F. Knoles, one of her Ma∣iesties priuy Counsell.

Sunday the eight of August, great triumph was made in London for the good successe of the Earle of Essex, and his company in Spaine, the winning, sacking and burning of the fa∣mous Towne of Cadiz, the ouerthrow and bur∣ning of the Spanish Nauie, and other accidents. A Serman of thanksgiuing was preached at Paules Crosse in the forenoone, and bon-fires with great ioy.

In the yeare 528, and in the 2 yeare of Iusti∣nian the Emperor, he gaue charge that his first Cod•• should be composed of the Gregorian, Theodosian and Hermoginean Code.

In the third yeare of this Emperour, the first Code came forth.

In the fourth yeare he commanded the Di∣gests to be composed.

In the seuenth yeare of his raigne the Insti∣tutions were set forth, and within one moneth after them came forth the Digests.

In the eight yeare came forth the new Code of Iustinian.

In his ninth yeare, which was in the yeare of our Lord 535 diuers nouell constitutions were published.

The 15 of August a new house of Timber not full finished in Fléetstréete, sodenly fell downe,

and with it one old house adioyning, by the fall whereof the good man, with a man-seruant and a child were killed.

In the moneth of August began a new col∣lection, for so releeue the poore in this City, so that besides their ordinary pensions in money giuen to them, they also receiued wéekely two shillings, bread ready baked, euery lofe weigh∣ing 24 or 26 ounces the péece: but this charity lasted but a while.

The 29 of August, the Duke of Bolloine be∣ing arriued in England, came to the Court at Greene-wich, and there by oath for the King his Master, confirmed the League of amity betwixt the two Realmes of England and France.

Shortly after souldiers were sent ouer to aide the French in their warres.

The 16 of September, Gilbert Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury, and sir Anthony Mildmay Knight, Ambassadors, with Lords, Knights, Gentlemen, and other, to the number of more then two hundred horse, departed towards France, arriued at Deepe on the twenty thrée, had audience of the King, who most princely welcomed them on the 7 of October, the fideli∣ty or oth of the league was solemnly taken, the order of the Garter most royally performed, and the Ambassadors returning with great ho∣nours, arriued in the Downes on the 27 of October.

Richard Godard, Iohn Wats, 28 Septem.

Thomas Skinner Clothworker 28 Oct.

Henry Billingsley 31 December.

Through the diligent carefulnesse of T. Skin∣ner Maior prouision was made for corne to be brought from Danske, & other the Gaft Coun∣tries, by our Merchants, vnto whom was gran∣ted custome and stowage frée, as also to make their owne price, or transport to any part of this Realme, whereupon it followed (were the price neuer so high) this City neuer wanted for their money.

This yeare, like as in the moneths of Au∣gust, September, October, and Nouember, fell great raines, whereupon high waters followed: wheat in meale was sold at London for ten shil∣lings the bushell, Rie sixe shillings, and Oate∣meale eight shillings.

The 17 of Nouember, a day of great triumph, for the long and prosperous raigne of her Ma∣iesty at the Court, the Earle of Cumberland Champion for the Quéene, the Earle of Essex, Bedford, Southampton, & Sussex, with other, ranne at the tilt most brauely.

Sunday the fift of December, great num∣bers of people being assembled in the Cathedrall Church of Wels in Somersetshire, in the Ser∣mon time before noone, a sudden darkenesse fell among them, and storme and tempest fol∣lowed, with lightening and thunder, such as

ouerthrew to the ground them that were in the body of the Church, all which Church séemed to be on a light fire, a loathsome stench following, some stones were stricken out of the Bel tower, the wires and irons of the Clocke were molten: which tempest being ceased, and the people come to themselues, some of them were found to be marked with sundry figures on their bodies, and their garments not perished, nor any marked that were in the Chancell.

The 30. of December at night, deceased Peter Hauton, an Alderman of London, and the same night also deceased Thomas Skinner Lord Maior of the same City. Whereby was made frustrate the great hope that men had conceiued of his good gouerment to come. And on the next mor∣row being the last of December, Henry Billings∣ley Haberdather, was elected Maior, who being chiefe customer for her Maiesty, on the twelth euen, sate in the Custome house with the sword before him lying on the table.

The eleuenth of Ianuary he tooke his oath at the Tower of London.

In the moneth of May, Souldiers were pres∣sed in the city of London to the number of 550. with all the furniture, at the charges of the Cit∣tizens: these were trained to the field, out of which was picked 400. and the rest dismissed: these and other picked men out of diuers Shires about the number of 6000. most brauely funi∣shed of all things necessary, besides the supersflu∣ities of voluntaries, who spared for no cost,

namely, in gold lace and feathers, vnder conduct of Robert Earle of Essex, were sent to the seas: they set from the west coasts of England, about the tenth of Iuly, being Sunday, & on monday the same fléet was sailed out of sight from Eng∣land, but the 17. being Saturday, hauing the winde against them, as the like for thrée or foure daies before, a tempest of lightning and thunder, raine, and darkenesse, shooke and dispersed them, wherevpon they returned: Sir Water Rawley, with forty saile came to Plimmouth, and after∣ward the Earle and others, to Falmouth, some of their company wanting, namely, the Lord Thomas Howard, the Lord Mountioy, the Lord Rich, and other: the gallants or voluntaries came home againe, but not with such iollity, as they went out, for many left their Feathers at sea. About the twenty seauen of October, was newes that the Earle of Essex was returned, ha∣uing before sent home thrée or foure ships ve∣ry richly laden, and lately taken: he left the fléet to pursue the action in taking more.

This Summer arriued héere an Embassador from the King of Polonia, and had audience the twenty fiue of Iuly, whose Oration was pre∣sently answered by her Maiesty in Latine.

This yeare the Earle of Essex and the Lord Thomas Howard, the Earle of Southampton, sir Water Rawleigh, & other braue Commanders, with 18. of the Quéenes ships, & many English Marchants ships, and 12. Hollanders shippes, made a warlike voiage to the Isles of Terceres.

In the moneth of August, the price of Wheate in the Markets of London, fell from thirtéene shillings the bushell, to ten shillings: Rie from nine shillings, to sixe shillings, and so to thrée shillings, but then rose againe to the old greatest price.

This yeare also, Arnold Whitefield, Chan∣cellor of Denmarke, Ambassador, and Christian Barnkun his assistant from the King of Den∣marke, arriued héere: these had audience at the Court, then at Tibols, on the seuenth of Sep∣tember, and were answered by her Maiesty, without pawse to euery point of their ambas∣sage, and feasted.

Henry Roe, Iohn Moore, 28 September.

Richard Saltonstall, Skinner. 28 October.

Monday, the 3 of Octob. began the reading of the Diuinity lecture in Sir Tho. Greshams Col∣ledge, by him founded in Bishops-gate stréet.

The 23 of October, the honourable Lord Charles Howard. Lord high Admirall of Eng∣land, was created Earle of Notingham at West∣minster.

A Parliament began at Westminster, on the 24 of October: on the which day diuers peo∣ple were smuldered and crushed to death, pres∣sing betwéene White-hall, and the Colledge Church, to haue séene her Maiesty, and No∣bility ryding in their Robes to the said Parlia∣ment.

This yeare, Pepper was sold for eight shil∣lings the pound.

The 25 of Ianuary, one named Ainger, was hanged at Tiburne, for wilfully and secretly murdering of his owne Father, a Gentleman, and a Counsellor at the Law at Graies Inne, in his chamber there.

The ninth of February, the Parliament ha∣uing granted thrée Subsidies, of foure shillings the pound lands, and two shillings eight pence the pound goods, and sixe fiftéenes was dissolued and brake vp.

On the third of Aprill, Twiford Towne in Deuonshire was burnt by casuality of fire, be∣ginning in a poore cottage, a woman there fry∣ing pancakes with straw, the same fired the house, and so to the Towne, about one of the clocke in the afternoone: the rage of which fire, lasting one houre and a halfe, consumed 400 hou∣ses, burned downe, one hundred and fifty thou∣sand pounds consumed in money, Plate, Mar∣chandise, houshold stuffe, and houses: fifty persons, men, women, and children, consumed: an Almes-house preserued with poore men there∣in in the midst of the flames: two thousand pounds wéekely was bestowed there in the mar∣ket on Mondaies in Deuonshire Carsies, nine thousand people maintained by the cloathing of that town, in Cornwall, and Sommersetshire. It was the Earle of Deuonshires chiefe seate, where yet standeth his castle or court place. Thus much certified to her Maiesty.

On the first of May, Sir Robert Cicil, and o∣ther Ambassadors, returned out of France, and came to the Court.

The 12 of Iuly, one Iohannes, alias, Buckley, a Priest made beyond the Seas, hauing béene arraigned in the King Bench, on the third of Iuly, and there condemned of Treason, for comming into this Realme, contrary to a Sta∣tute, was drawne to Saint Thomas a Wate∣rings, and there hanged and quartered, his head set on the pillory in Southwarke, his quarters in the high-wayes towards Newinton, Lam∣beth, &c.

On the fourth of August, Sir William Cicil, Knight of the Order, Lord Burleigh, Master of the Wardes and Liueries, Lord high Treasurer of England, a famous Counseller to the Quéene Maiesty, during all her raigne, and likewise had béene to King Edward the sixt; who for his sin∣gular wisedome, was renowned throughout all Europe, departed this mortall life, at his house by the Strand, his body was conuaied to West∣minster, with solemne funerall, and from thence secretly to Stanford, and there buried among his Ancesters.

The third of September, died Philip the second of that name, King of Spaine, at Ma∣drill, at 72 yeares of age, his sonne Philip suc∣ceeded him.

This yeere 1598, the 12 of the moneth of Nouember, William Cotton, Doctor of diuini∣ty, sometimes Cannon of Paules, was consecra∣ted

Lord Bishop of Excester. He strongly main∣tained the Rites, and Gouernement of the Church. And liued so long, that hee saw the change of Bishops, throughout all the Bishop∣rickes of England and Wales.

The first of September, in the afternoone, thunder and lightning at London, two great cracks, as it had béene the shooting of great Or∣dinance, some men smitten at the Posterne by the Tower of London, and one man slaine at the Bridge-house in Southwarke, ouer against the Tower.

Edward Holmdon, Robert Hampson, the 28 of September.

Sir Stephen Some, Grocer, the 28 of O∣ctober.

The second of October, arriued the Earle of Comberland, being returned from the seas, and hauing made spoyle of the strong Towne and Castle of Saint Iohn de Portarico, &c.

The 9 of Nouember, Squire of Gréenwich was arraigned at Westminster, condemned of high Treason, and on the thirteenth, drawn from the Tower, to Tiburne, and there hanged and quartered.

The 14 of Nouember, the Quéenes Ma∣iesty came to Westminster, and was there most royally receiued by the Maior of London, Aldermen and Shrieues in scarlet, and a great number of wealthy Citizens, in Veluet coates,

and chaines of gold, all on horse backe in the e∣uening by Torch-light.

In the moneth of December, great frosts, the Thames nigh ouer-frozen at London. In the beginning of the moneth of Ianuary, soul∣diers in diuers shires, as also in the City of Lon∣don, were pressed and furnished of all things ne∣cessary for the warres, and were sent into the Low countries there to serue, in place of old souldiers, from thence to bee transported into Ireland. The subsidy men in the city were seased at eight pence the pound, goods, or lands, toward this charge. Also in this moneth, great lones of money were demanded and granted, by the citizens of London.

The moneth of February, a fiftéene was granted, and paid by the citizens of London, for the setting forth of more souldiers into Ireland.

The 27 of March, about two of the clocke in the afternoone, Robert Deuereux, Earle of Es∣sex, Lieutenant Generall, Lord high Marshall, &c. departed from his house in Seding lane, through Fenchurch stréet, Grace-street, Corne∣hill, Cheape, &c. toward Iseldone, High-gate, and rode that night to Saint Albons, towardes Ireland: he had a great traine of Noblemen and Gentlemen, on horsebacke before him, to ac∣company him on his iourney, his coaches fol∣lowed him: he had also (by the pleasure of God) a great showre or twaine, of rain and haile, with some great claps of thunder, as he rode through Islington.

The moneths of March, Aprill, and May cold and dry, but on Whitsonday great haile and high waters, the like of long time had not béene séene, the extreame violence of this Tem∣pest made London stréetes more fresh and faire then euer was séene before.

In the Moneth of August by the Quéenes appointment (politickly to preuent daungerous annoiance of her estate, then feared to haue hap∣pened, but not expressed) the Citizens of Lon∣don were charged with the furniture and setting forth to sea, of twelue ships, since increased to 16. &c. Also with 6000. men and furniture for the warres, which men with all spéede were made in a readinesse. Thrée thousand of them were daily trained in the field vnder Captaines, Citizens of the same City, from the sixth of Au∣gust, &c. The other thrée thousand appointed to attend vpon her Roiall person, were also like∣wise trained vnder Captaines, in braue furni∣ture, for they were housholders of account: all which their charges was partly borne by them∣selues, the residue performed by subsidies le∣uied of the Citizens.

In this meane time, to wit, on the fifth of August at night by commandement from her Maiestie, the chaines were drawne thwart the stréetes and lanes of the Citie, and Lan∣thornes with light of candles, hanged one at e∣uery mans dore, there to burne all the night, and so from night to night, and great watches kept in the stréets, which so continued a long time.

The City and Citizens kept vnusuall watch and ward, and all sorts of people were much a∣mazed and frighted, as well by reason of prepa∣ration for wars, not knowing any cause, as also by the soddaine strange, and terrible rumors and reports of the Spaniards fierce approach.

Also many thousands of horsemen and foote∣men chosen persons, well appointed for the warres, trained vp in armor, with braue liue∣ries, vnder valiant Captaines in diuers shires, were brought vp to London, where they were lodged in the suburbes, townes, and villages neare adioyning, from the eight of August, till the 20. or 23. in which time the horsemen were shewed in Saint Iames field, the footemen trai∣med in other grounds about the City, and then all discharged homewards, with charge to be al∣waies ready at an houres warning. And so it followed, that on the 25. of August at night, Posts were sent after them, to recall the horse∣men, presently to returne to London with all spéede possible, which charge they prepared to performe. But on the 27. of August the said Posts were likewise sent to stay them at home, or to returne them backe, whose forwardnesse in seruice of the Quéene was such, as the like hath not béene séene or heard of, towards any Prince of this Realme, such was the dutiful∣nesse of her louing and obedient subiects. The 26. of August, being Sunday in the morning before sixe of the clocke, by the commandement from the Quéene, the 3000. souldiers trained

vp by the Citizens, were all in Armour, in the open stréetes, attending on their Captaines, till past seuen of the clocke: at what time being thorowly wet by a great showre of raine, were sent home againe for, that day. On the next morrow, being the 27, the other 3000 Citizens, housholders, and subsidy men, shewed on the Miles end, where they trained all that day, and other vntill the 4 of September, and so ceased they training: and whatsoeuer had béene fore∣séene, and wisely preuented by the Quéene, and her Nobility, (whereof the Comminalty were vtterly ignorant for that time) a good Peace within this Realme hath since followed, which God long continue among vs.

Humfrey Wilde, Roger Clarke, the 28 of September.

Sir Nicholas Mosley, Clothworker, the 28 of October.

This Roger Clarke Shrieue, bidding the Companies of London to dine with him, as had béene accustomed by other Shrieues his pre∣decessors, tooke no beneuolence of them towards his charges.

On Michaelmas euen, Robert, Earle of Es∣sex, Lieutenant Generall for Ireland, hauing se∣cretly returned into England, came to the Court at Nonsuch, & spake with the Quéene, and on the second of October, was for contempt, &c. committed to the Lord Kéeper.

On the 29 of Nouember, the Lord Kéeper, and other Lords of the Counsell, in the Starre Chamber, perswaded against rumorous talke of the Earle of Essex.

In December, the late Cardinall Albertus, and Isabella his wife, Daughter to the late King of Spaine, with great pompe in Antwerpe, were sworne Arch-dukes.

A Tilt-boat from London, towards Graues∣end, lost against Woolwich, with 40 persons, men and women, whereof 11 were saued.

The 19 of Ianuary, 16 Priests, and foure lay men, were remoued out of diuers prisons, in, and about London, and sent to the Castle of Wisbich, in Cambridge-shire, whereof one was a Bishop of Ireland, and another a Franciscan Frier, of the rule of the Caputians, which wore his Friars wéede all the way as he went, a thing not séene in England many yéeres before.

The eight of February, Charles Blunt, Lord Mountioy, departed towards Ireland, as Lieue∣tenant there: souldiers out of diuers shires were sent before him, and also after him in the month of February, namely the Citizens of London, at their owne charges, furnished and sent 300 at that time into Ireland.

The 21 of Iune, Iohn Rigby was drawne from the Kings Bench in Southwarke, to S. Thomas Waterings, and there hanged and quar∣tered, for being reconciled contrary to the Sta∣tute.

In the month of Iuly, were drawn, hanged,

and quartered at Lincolne, two Priests, named T. Hunt and Sprat, for comming into this Realme, contrary to the Statute: two other Priests, Edward Thing, and Robert Nutter, were likewise executed for the like offence, at Lancaster. Also T. Palafer a Priest, executed at Durham, and a Gentleman with him, for relie∣uing and lodging him in his house.

In the moneth of Iuly, the Citizens of Lon∣don sent out 300 souldiers into Ireland with their furniture: also out of diuers shires, souldi∣ers were likewise furnished and sent thither.

This yéere, in the moneth of April, Richard, Bishop of London, with other Commissioners, to wit, Doctor Perkins, and Doctor Swale, were sent Ambassadors to Emden, there to treat with the Commissioners from the King of Denmark, who had long remained there for that purpose: but their commission expired, they were retur∣ned ere Ambassadors were come there: where∣upon our Ambassadors also returned into Eng∣land, the 8 of Iuly next following. In which seruice, the said Reuerend Father, so wisely, bountifully, & honorably caried himselfe, that the Quéene very graciously accepted his procée∣dings.

The fifth of Iune, the Earle of Essex was called before the Lords of the Councell, at the Lord Kéepers, where for matters laide to his charge, hee was suspended from vse of diuers offices, till her Maiesties pleasure to the con∣trary, to kéepe his house, as before: whereat the

people still murmured.

The 5 of August, Charles Iames, King of Scots, in Scotland, escaped a strange and strong conspiracie, practised by the Earle of Gowry, and his Brother, as at large appeareth in a booke thereof extant, first published, and printed in Scotland, and since in England.

A peace being concluded at Veraine in France, in the yeare 1598, betwéene Henry the fourth, King of France and Nauarre, and Phi∣lip the second King of Spaine: The Quéene of England, was likewise inuited by the French King, her confederate allye, to dispose her selfe vnto a like treaty of amity with Spaine. To the effecting whereof, he had procured the con∣sent of the K. of Spaine, then liuing.

After whose decease, Philip the third, succée∣ding his Father in the Crowne, the same was againe reuiued and solicited by Andreas of Au∣stria, the Gouernour of the Low Countries, and the Bishop of Constance, both for the house of Burgundy, and Kingdome of Spaine, after∣wards ratified by the Arch-duke, Albert retur∣ned out of Spaine, with the Infanta his wife. Vpon which former promise made vnto her Maiesty, shee was at length induced to condis∣cend vnto a treaty of peace at Bolaigne in France, a place chosen by mutuall agreement on either side, with the assent and good liking of the French King; whether both Princes sent their Ambassadors, furnished with ample power and authority in that behalfe, where the English

Ambassadors arriued the sixtéenth day of May, in this present yeare, 1600, being the day pre∣fixed for this assembly, and the Spanish, the se∣uentéenth of the same moneth. The Commissio∣ners on the English side were these, Sir Henry Neuel Knight, her Maiesties ordinary Ambas∣sador, resident with the French King, Iohn Harbert, Esquire, her Maiesties Secretary in the North part, and Thomas Edmonds Es∣quire, her Maiesties Secretary for the French tongue. The Commissioners for Spaine, were Baltazar de Caniga, and Fonseca, Am∣bassador resident for the King of Spaine, with the Arch-duke of Austria in the Low Coun∣tries, and Ferdinando Carillo, Doctor of the ciuill Law, vnto whom were adioyned on the Arch-dukes part, Iohn Richardot, President of the counsell of the said Arch-duke, and Lewis Verraken, the said Arch-dukes Audiencer. The Commissioners on both sides, being viewed and considered of, some question for the presidencie and superiority of place, fell into disputation and debate, her Maiesty challenging the same, as due vnto her, before the time of the Emperour Charles, (as appeareth by Vola∣teran) in the time of King Henry the seuenth, her Highnes Grandfather, when this self-same dif∣ference betwéene both those Crownes comming into question, the Pope preferred England, and adiudged vnto this Crowne, the most ho∣nourable place: but forasmuch as the same was contradicted by the Spanish Commissioners,

who not onely refused to yéeld presiansie vnto her Maiesty, but also to admit an equality, or of any other indifferent and middle course, where∣by the honour of her Maiesty might bee prefer∣red; the present treaty (which hitherto was perfourmed, onely by some priuate visitations and conferences of some one or two of the Commissioners on either side, without com∣ming to any generall méeting or colloquie) was on the second day of August, in the yeere afore∣said, for this time delayed, and by mutuall as∣sent of the Commissioners on both sides, ac∣cording to their seuerall authorities, respectiue∣ly granted vnto them in that behalfe, suspended, vntill the the end of sixtie dayes following, in which meane while it might be vnderstood, what should be the determination of both Princes, for a further •• preceeding in the said colloquie of peace at some other time and place, wherein as yet no certaine resolution hath béene hitherto taken.

The 8 of August, 1600, came Ambassadors from Abdela Wayhetanow, King of Barbary, the chiefe whereof was his Secretary, diuers in commission with him were Artificers and Trades-men: they were very bountifully en∣tertained at the Quéenes charges, during their sixe monthes abode, they were very subtle and vnthankfull, they abhorred to giue any manner of Almes vnto any poore Christians, they sold their broken meat vnto such as would giue most for it, they killed all their owne meat in the Am∣bassadors

house, as Lambes, and all kinde of Pullen, &c. which they vsually killed, turning their faces towards the East, they vsed to wash their owne féete twice or thrice aday, and some∣times to wash their bodies: they vse beades, and pray to Turkish Saints: they diligently obserued the manner of our weights and mea∣sures, and all things else that might auaile their natiue Marchants, and preiudice the Eng∣lish Nation.

The 18 of September, came Embassadours from Borris Pheodorwich, Emperour of Rus∣sia, which said Borris was newly come vnto that dignity by vsurpation, onely by meanes of his greatnesse in popularity, hauing as he supposed long before made away the late immediat Heire Demetrius, second sonne to old Ivan Vasselo∣wich, and yonger brother to the late Pheodor Vasselowich. This Borris at his first comming to the crowne, was as bounteous and liberall vnto all sorts of people, as he was when he was a subiect; but within a while after he grew very couetous, and desirous to fill his treasure, by meanes whereof within sixe yéeres hee was as generally hated of all the Russians, as euer he was beloued: of whose sudden and vnexspected downefall, you may reade at large in the third yeare of King Iames.

About the last of August, Robert, Earle of Essex was set at liberty.

The 10 of September, the said Embassa∣dors of Barbary, were againe conueyed to the

Court at Oatlands, there to take their leaue of her Maiesty, but were required to stay, to sée the Iusting, and other triumphs at Westminster, on the 17. of Nouember.

In the moneth of September, souldiers prest, in, and about the City of London, to the number of 350. and likewise out of diuers shires were sent towards Ireland, wherof diuers run∣ning from their Captaines and colours, were afterward taken and hanged for example to others.

The 18. of September, Ambassadors from Muscouia or Russia, landing at Tower wharfe, were there receiued by the Aldermen of London, in scarlets, the Muscouy Marchants, and a number about two hundred, of the principall companies in veluet Coats, and chaines of gold, all well mounted, conueied them in c••a∣ches, from the Tower to the house sometime pertayning to Sir Cuthbert Buckell, Ma∣ior.

The 14. of October, the said Ambassadors rode to the Court, and had audience before the Quéene.

This yeare the most Reuerend Father in God Iohn Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbu∣ry, did finish that notable monument of our time, to wit, his Hospitall of the holy Trini∣ty in Croydon, in the County of Surry, by him there founded & builded of stone and bricke, for the releise and sustentation of certaine poore people. As also a faire Schoole-house for the

increase of literature, together with a large dwelling house for the Schoolemaster: and these premisses he hath through Gods assistance in his owne life time performed, for as (my selfe haue heard him say) he would not be to his Ex∣ecutors a cause of their damnation, remembring the good aduice that an ancient Father hath left to all posterity.

Tutior via est, vt bonum quod quisquis post mortem sperat agi per alios, agat dum viuit ipse per se: It is a way farre more safe for a man to do•• good and charitable déedes by himselfe, whilst he liueth, then to hope that others will do the same for him after his death.

Thomas Smith, Thomas Cambell, the 28 of September.

William Crauen, the fourteenth of Februa∣rie.

Sir William Rider Haberdasher, the 28 of October.

The 13 of Nouember, the Quéene being most honourably attended on by the Prelats, Nobles, and Iudges of this Realme, was re∣ceiued neere vnto Chelsey, by the Lord Maior of London with his brethren the Aldermen, in scarlet, besides to the number of 500 Citizens, in coats of veluet, and chaines of gold, on horse∣backe, euery of them hauing two staffe-torches to attend on them, and they all wayted on her to her Pallace at Westminster.

The 17 of Nouember, there were most prince∣ly Iusts performed at White-hall in honour of the Quéenes holy day by thrée Earles, foure Lords, seauen Knights and nine Gentlemen, her Maiesties Pentioners. At these Iusts was so great an assembly of people, as the like hath not béene séene in that place before. There were also present sundry Ambassadors, as namely from the French King, the King of Barbary, and Fez, and the Emperour of Russia.

The fift of February in the morning being Sunday, a great tempest of winde brake the Windmill beyond Saint Giles in the field without London, the Miller throwne one way, an other man an other way, one North, the o∣ther South, a part of the Mill roofe, and halfe the milstone in like manner throwne.

Notwithstanding, that for many yeares to∣gether vpon sundry deuises, the City was con∣tinually charged either with building, or fur∣nishing ships and souldiers to Sea, or else in trayning, mustering, or leuying and sending souldiers well appointed, either into Ireland or Holland, or into both: all which were euer per∣formed with wondrous dexterity, so as their great trouble and charges for sixtéene yeares space neuer ceased. Ouer and besides all which, it hapned the last yeare, vpon a strong report of the Spaniards preparation for a second inuasi∣on, that the City was at extraordinary charges in building and altering the vpper decks of many great strong hoyes, and new cutting in

them lower port-holes apt for the ready vse of great Ordnance, which vessels so altered and prepared for warre were called Drumlers. And this yeare the Citizens gaue fiue fiftéenes towards the new making and ample furnish∣ing of two Gallies. And when these costly Gallies were lanched, rigged, and in all points furnished, then the City gaue them vnto the Quéene.

The Crosse in Cheape was partly repayred, which the Quéene thought had beene fully re∣payred, for so she commanded it should.

Sunday the eight of February, about ten of the clocke before noone, Robert Deuoreux Earle of Essex, assisted by sundry Noblemen and Gen∣tlemen in warlike manner-entered the City of London at the Temple barre, crying for the Quéene, till they came to Fenchurch stréet, and there entered the house of Master Thomas Smith, one of the Shiriffes of London, who fin∣ding himselfe not master of his owne house (by meanes of the strength the Earle brought with him) and being ignorant of his intent and pur∣poses, conueied himselfe out at a backe gate to the Maior, whereupon the Earle with his Troupe turned into Grace-stréete, & there per∣ceiuing himselfe with his Assistants to be pro∣claimed Traitors, also the Citizens to be rai∣sed in Armes against him, he with his fol∣lowers wandering vp and downe the Citie, towardes Euening would haue passed at Ludgate, which was closed against him,

so that he was forced to returne to Quéene Hithe, and from thence by water, to his house by the Strand, which he fortified; he vnder∣standing that great Ordnance was brought to haue beat it downe, he yéelded and was conuei∣ed to the Tower about midnight.

The 17 of February, Captaine Thomas Lee was drawne to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled, and quartered for conspiracy a∣gainst the Quéene: he tooke his death constant∣ly, confessing he had diuers waies deserued it, but to be innocent of that he was condemned for, &c.

The eightéenth of February, Iohn Pibush a Seminary Priest, after seuen yeares imprison∣ment in the Kings Bench, hanged and quarte∣red at Saint Thomas Waterings, for cōming into the Realme, contrary to the statute Anno twenty seuen of the Quéenes raigne.

The 19 of February, the Earle of Essex and the Earle of Southampton were both arraig∣ned at Westminster, and found guilty of high Treason.

Ashwednesday, the fiue and twenty of Fe∣bruary, the Earle of Essex was beheaded in the Tower, betwéene the houres of seuen and eight of the clocke in the morning, being present, the Earles of Hartfort and Cumberland, the Lord Thomas Howard Constable of the Tower for that time, and not passing sixty or seuenty per∣sons more: the Hangman was beaten as he re∣turned thence, so that the Shrieues of London

were sent for, to assist and rescue him from such as would haue murdered him.

The 27 of February, Marke Bakworth, and Th. Filcockes Seminary Priests, were drawne to Tiburne, and there hanged and quartered, for comming into the Realme contrary to the Statute.

And the same day a Gentlewoman called Mistresse Anne Lina, a Widow, was hanged in the same place, for reléeuing a Priest in her lodging contrary to the said statute.

The last day of February, a young Gentle∣man, named Waterhouse, was hanged in Smith∣field, for speaking and libelling against the Quéenes proclamation, and the apprehending of the Earle of Essex: at this time Libellers a∣bounded.

The fifth of March, the Earle of Marre, the Lord of Krynters, in Commission, Ambassa∣dors, and others from Scotland, came to Lon∣don, and were lodged by the Exchange, in the house of Master Anthony Ratcliffe.

The 13 of March, Sir Gelly Merike Knight, and Henry Cuffe Gentleman, were drawne to Tiburne, the one from the Tower, the other from Newgate, and there hanged, bowelled and quartered, as being actors with the Earle of Essex.

The 15 of March, in the night, a new Scaffold was carried from Leaden Hall in Lon∣don to the Tower hill, and there set vp by Torchlight.

The 18 of March, Sir Charles Danuers, and Sir Christopher Blunt Knights, were vpon the new scaffold on the Tower-hill beheaded.

In the Moneth of May, fiue fifteenes were leuied in London, toward the setting out of Gallies to the Seas (as was appointed by the Queene) and charges about the Earle of Essex, when he entered the City.

The 20 of Iune Proclamation was made at London for deliuering of Prisoners to serue in the Gallies, made at the charge of the Citi∣zens.

Two men were set on the Pillorie in Fleet∣street, whipped with gags in their mouthes, and their eares cut off, for attempting to haue rob∣bed a Gentlewoman in Fetter lane in the day time, putting gags in the mouthes of the ser∣uants of the house because they should not cry. One of these theeues was afterwards hanged and quartered at Saint Thomas Waterings.

Gilbert Talbot Earle of Shrewsburie, Ed∣ward Earle of Worcester, & sir Iohn Stanhope were called to be of the Queenes Councell.

In the moneth of Iuly 1000. souldiers were sent to the Low Countries, set out at the char∣ges of the Citizens of London, 3 l 10. s. a man. More 800 souldiers set out by the Shires.

The 26 of August, Desmond and an other Knight brought out of Ireland, were conueied to the Tower of London.

About the 5 of September certaine Noble∣men, and other of France, to the number of 300

persons arriued at the Tower wharffe, the chiefe of them were conueied in Coaches through the City into Bishopsgate streete, and there the principall, namely Marshall de Biron was lodged in Crosby place, the other neere adioy∣ning to Corne-hill.

Henrie Anderson, William Glouer, the 28 of September.

Sir Iohn Garrard Haberdasher, the 28 of O∣ctober.

About the 13 of October, 400 souldiers were set out of the City of London.

In Nouember the Lady Mary Ramsey, wid∣dow to Sir Thomas Ramsey, sometime Maior of London was buried in the Parish church or Hospitall of Christs church by Newgate mar∣ket: A charitable dole or almes was giuen for her, on the same day in the afternoone at the Lea∣den hall 17 poore weake people were there among the sturdy beggars crushed and troden to death.

The 19 of December, with the grant of Sub∣sidies and Fifteenes the Parliament was dis∣solued.

Lightning and thunder often before Christ∣mas, and in the holy dayes, and an Earthquake at London on Christmas euen at noone.

In the moneth of Ianuary newes came out of Ireland, that on Christmas day the Spani∣ards and Irish were ouercome and slaine in

great numbers, and the Englishmen were victors.

The 18 of Ianuary at night bone-fires were made at London with ringing, &c. For ioy of newes out of Ireland, the victory of our Eng∣lish there against Tyrone.

Windsor boate was cast away against the Blacke Fryers stayres at London by tempest.

The ninetéenth of Aprill, Peter Bullocke Stationer, and one named Ducket, for printing of bookes offensiue were hanged at Tiborne.

The 20 of Aprill, Stichborne, William Ken∣son, and Iames Page, Seminarie Priests were drawne to Tiborne, and there hanged, bowel∣led and quartered, for comming into this realme contrary to the statute of An. 27. &c.

In the moneth of May, great pressing out of Souldiers about London, to be sent into the Low Countries.

The 22 of Iune, proclamation was publish∣ed for the pulling downe of late builded houses, and the auoiding of Inmates, in the City of London, Westminster, and for the space of three miles distant of both these Cities; but little hurt was done, and small effect followed, more then of an Act of Parliament, made to that purpose: those Cities are still increased, and pestred with cottages and Inmates, to the great infection of them both.

The last of Iune, Atkenson a customer of Hull, was set on the Pillory in Cheape, and with him three other, who had beene brought

thither on horse backe, with their faces towards the horse tailes, and papers on their heads. They were there whipped on the Pillory and lost their eares by iudgement of the Star-chamber, for slanderous words by them spoken, against the Counsell.

The same last of Iune in the afternoone fell great lightning and thunder with hale-stones in many places of nine inches compasse, which at Sandwich in Kent lay a foot déepe on the ground, brake the glasse windowes of their Churches, and many tiles of their houses, some barnes were fired by lightning.

About the first of August, the citizens of Lon∣don set out and furnished 200 souldiers to∣wards Ireland.

Iames Pemberton, Iohn Swinarton, the 28 of September.

Sir Robert Lee Merchantailor, the 28 of October.

In the moneth of Ianuary, the citizens of London were charged with ships to sea, to lie before Dunkerke, two ships and a Pinnace, fur∣nished, manned and maintained.

The 17 of February William Anderson alias Richardson, a Seminary Priest, was drawne to Tiborne, and there hanged, bowelled and quar∣tered, for being found in England contrary to the statute of Anno 27. &c.

In the moneth of March, the Quéene lying

at Richmont, dangerously sicke, straight wat∣ches were kept in London with warding at the gates, lanthornes with lights hanged out all the night, at which newes the people were sore perplexed.

Thursday the foure and twenty of March, about two of the clocke in the morning, decea∣sed Quéene Elizabeth at her Mannor of Rich∣mont in Surrey, being then aged seuenty yeeres, and had raigned, forty foure yeares fiue moneths and odde daies. Whose corps was priuily conueied to Whitehall, and there remai∣ned till the 28 of Aprill, and then buried at Westminster.

The same day aforesaid, the Nobility and Priuie Counsellors of Estate, with as great peace, prudence and prouidence, as the heart of man could imagine, assembled themselues to∣gether, and farre beyond the generall imagi∣nation of all men, being a matter most remarke∣able, tooke speedy order, aswell for the instant manifesting the Quéenes death, as in publish∣ing to the whole Realme, for their lasting com∣fort, the true and lawfull successor. And about eleuen of the clocke the same Thursday in the forenoone, which according to the computation of the Church of England is the last day of the yeare 1602, being accompanied with the Lord Maior, Aldermen and Shrieues of London, and very many others of most reuerend and hono∣rable quality at the high Crosse in Cheapeside, proclamed Iames the sixth of that name King of

Scotland, to bee the right King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the Faith, being lineally descended from Mar∣garet, the eldest daughter to King Henry the seuenth, by Elizabeth his wife, which was the eldest daughter of King Edward the fourth, the said Margaret was married to King Iames the fourth of that name, King of Scotland, in the yeare of our redemption, 1503 who had issue Iames the fifth, who was Father to Mary Quéene of Scotland: And the said Mary was mother to Iames the sixth, now sole Mo∣narch of the whole Island of great Brittaine, and King of France and Ireland, this forena∣med Proclamation was most distinctly and au∣dibly read by Sir Robert Cecill principall Se∣cretary vnto Quéene Elizabeth. Also the Lords and Priuie Councellors of Estate with great diligence, sent spéedily condigne Mes∣sengers vnto his Maiesty into Scotland, who manifested their whole procéeding with ten∣der of their zealous loue and duety, and the peoples vniuersall ioy, and great desire to sée their King, which his Maiesty most gratiously accepted, approued all their procéedings, and returned them all princely thankes, authori∣zing the Lords and others late Priuie Coun∣sellors of Estate to the Quéene, to persist as they had begun, vntill he came personally vnto them.

This change was very plausible, and well pleasing to the Nobility and Gentry, and

generally to all the Commons of this Realme, among whom the name of a King was then so strange, as few could remember, or had séene a King before, except they were aged persons, con∣sidering that the gouernment of the Realme had continued neere the space of 50. yeares vn∣der the raigne of two Quéenes, which is the far greater part of an old mans age, but tidings hereof being brought to the King in Scotland, he called a Councell to him, and taking order for setting all things in his realme of Scotland, began his voyage towards England.

Notes

• An. reg, 1.
• Q. Eliza∣beth pro∣claimed.
• The Cler∣gy attend the Queene at highgate.
• coronation
• A Parlia∣ment.
• A disputatiō
• The masse suppressed, and the ser∣uice in English.
• Supremacy Bishops deposed. All Monkes and mona∣steries sup∣pressed.
• All roods & images pulled downe.
• Obsequies for the French King.
• The Duke of Norffolk An, reg, 2. 1559
• The Lord Gray be∣siegeth Leeth. English Commis∣sioners be∣tweene the French and Scots.
• All base mony sup∣pressed.
• An, reg. 3. 1561 Marchant-tailors schoole.
• False Pro∣phe••s.
• Paules stee∣ple burned.
• Shriues.
• Maior.
• Free schoole at Bedford.
• An, reg. 4.
• Monstrons births.
• 1562 A mon∣strous child birth.
• Going to Newhauen
• An, reg. 5. Tempest at Leicester. 1563
• Pestilence in 108. Pa∣rishes in London, besides 11. in the sub∣burbs.
• Tempest at London.
• Earthquake
• The Maior taketh his oath at the Tower. An, reg 6. Lightning and thun∣der.
• Tearme kept at Hertford. 1564
• The Qu: progresse through Cambridg.
• A good deuice.
• Great floods in the thames.
• Obsequio for Ferdi∣nando Em∣peror. Fiery im∣pressions.
• An, reg, 7. The thames frozen o∣uer.
• Ows bridge born down H Stuart married the Queene of Scots. 1565
• Tempests at Chels∣ford.
• Margraue & Marques of Baden.
• Muster of horsemen.
• The Maior of London his sword seised.
• An. reg, 8. The 17. of Nouember. Pauls gate blowen o∣pen.
• 1596 The Mar∣ques of Ba∣den retur∣neth. The ••urse in Corne∣hill.
• The Queen progresse to Oxford.
• An. reg. 9.
• Shriues.
• Maior.
• King Iames borne.
• King of Scots mur∣dered.
• 7. Aldermē deceased in London. Ossestry burnt.
• Milnall in Suffolke burnt.
• Shan One∣le discom∣fited.
• Shan One∣le slaine.
• Watch at Midsomer.
• Coronation in Scotland
• An, reg, 10 Hay sold by waight.
• Ships sent to the sea against the subiects of K. Phillip.
• 1568 Great windes.
• Queene of Shots arri∣ued in Eng∣land.
• Archbishop of Yorke deceased.
• Monstrous fishes.
• New Con∣duit at walbrooke. An, reg, 11 The Burse for meeting of Mar∣chants.
• 1569 Muster of Pentioners. A Lottery at London.
• Embassa∣dor from Muscouy.
• Terme ad∣iourned.
• No Maiors feast.
• An, reg. 12. The Earles of Northū∣berland & Westmer∣land pro∣claimed traitors. Earle of Sussex Lieutenant generall a∣gainst the Earles.
• Earle of Warwicke sent against the rebels.
• The Earle of Northū∣berland and Westmer∣land.
• 1570 A caueat for Constables
• Rebels ex∣••••uted.
• Traitors executed.
• The Earle of Sussex made iour∣ney into Scotland.
• Sir I. Fo∣ster with a garison en∣tred Scot∣land.
• The Lord Scrope entred Scotland.
• Rebels ex∣ecuted at Barwicke.
• The Nor∣tons exe∣cuted.
• Hamleton in Scotland yeelde. Conspiracy in Norfolke
• Duke of Norffolke remoued.
• Felton ex∣ecuted.
• A iourney into Scot∣land.
• High wa∣ters.
• An, reg, 13.
• Royall Ex∣change.
• A strange kinde of earth re∣moued.
• 1571 Parliament.
• Doctor story exe∣cuted.
• A combat appointed at Tuthill.
• Tee quar∣rell of com∣bat staied.
• A woman burnt.
• Duke of Norffolke sent to the Tower. B. of Salis∣bury de∣ceased.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• The chri∣stiā victo∣ry against the Turks. The battel of Lepāto Anno reg. 14.
• S.W. Pe∣ters de∣ceased.
• Duke of Norffolke araigned.
• A procla∣mation.
• 1572.
• Souldiers trained.
• A shew at Green∣wich.
• The mas∣sacre in France Duke of Norf. be∣headed. French Embassa∣dour.
• Earle of Northum∣berland beheaded.
• Enlishmē sent to Ireland.
• Shriues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 15▪ A strange starre.
• The Earle of Darby deceased.
• An. reg. 15
• The nar∣row sea scoured.
• Pirats on the West seas.
• Pirats ex∣ecuted.
• 1573. G. Sāders murdered.
• G. Brown, Anne Sā∣ders, Anne Drury, & trusty Ro∣ger, hang∣ed.
• A. Browne hanged at Yorke.
• Edenbo∣rough ca∣stle yeeld∣ed to the English.
• Haile in Northāp∣tonshire.
• Thomas Wood∣house.
• The Earle of Essex sailed into Ireland.
• Earle of Essex Ge∣nerall of Vlster.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 16 A mon∣strous fish.
• Obsequie for the K. of France.
• A Ladde drowned in a chan∣nell in London.
• No Ma∣iors feast.
• Terme ad∣iourned. Two tides in one houre. Fiery im∣pressions maruai∣lous. An. reg. 17
• Flies in February, the num∣ber strāge
• Earth∣quake.
• 1575. Anabap∣tists at Pauls crosse.
• Archbi∣shop of Canter∣bury de∣ceased.
• Anabap∣tists bani∣shed.
• Family of Loue.
• Anabap∣tists burnt.
• Thunder and haile.
• Four chil∣dren at a burden.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 18 God puni∣sheth per∣iury.
• Archbish. elected.
• Tiltboat drowned. 1576.
• Frobishers first voy∣age for the discouery of Cathay.
• Earle of Essex de∣ceased.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg 19 Patricke Brunton ouertur∣ned.
• 1577. Charita∣ble acts of M. Lamb. Holborne conduite builded.
• A Free schoole and almes houses at Sutton in Kent.
• A Second voyage toward Cathay.
• Worth the reading.
• Strange & sudden sicknes at Oxford.
• Tempest in Norff.
• The tower vpon Lon∣dō Bridge new buil∣ded with timber.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Sir Thom. Ramseyes gift, is of 243 l. the yeare, to Christs Hospitall
• A blazing Starre.
• An. reg 20 Sergeants feast.
• A warning to Coniu∣rers.
• Nelson executed.
• 1578.
• Frobi∣shersthird voyage.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 21 Cassimere receiued.
• Deepe snow upon a sudden.
• Greatland waters
• Lord Kee∣per decea∣sed.
• 1579 Lord chā∣cellor.
• An here∣tick burnt at Nor∣wich.
• A locke & key weigh¦ed but one wheat corne.
• Great art and labor to very small pur∣pose.
• The traite∣rous fact of Thomas Apple∣tree.
• Iohn Fox deliuered 269 Chri∣stians out of the Turkes hands.
• Great wa∣ter floods.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 22 Sir Tho∣mas Gre∣sham de∣ceased.
• 1580 Earth quake ge∣nerall.
• Strange haile.
• A mon∣strous child.
• Souldiers transpor∣ted into Ireland.
• child mō∣strous.
• Shrieues.
• Blasing Starre.
• Sergeants feast.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 23
• Strange speeches of a child.
• Against Iesuites & massing priests.
• Parliamēt at West∣minster.
• Iusting at Westmin∣ster.
• Mice de∣uoured grasse.
• Francis Drake knighted·
• 1581
• Banque∣ting house at West∣minster. Ambassa∣dors out of France.
• Iousting, tourney∣ing and barriars.
• Crosse in Cheap de∣faced.
• Two men of strange stature.
• Prisoners arraigned for not cō∣ming to Church.
• Shriues.
• Maior.
• Monsieur Duke of Anioue came in∣to Englād An. reg. 24.
• Campion & others executed.
• Monsieur returneth, and is ho∣nourably conuaied toward the sea.
• Duke of Anioue re¦ceiued in∣to Zeland.
• Duke of Anioue created Duke of Brabant, &c.
• 1581. Paine ex∣ecuted, at Chelms∣ford.
• The Con∣duit in Fleetstreet newly built.
• A blasing starre.
• 7. Priests executed at Tiburn.
• Lord Wil∣owby Ambassa-into Den∣marke.
• The Le∣cture of Surgery first foun∣ded.
• A strange misfor∣tune of gunpow∣der on Galley key▪
• A strange tempest in Norffolke.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Terme kept at Hartford.
• Thames Water brought into the high strets of Londō.
• Ground remoued in Docet∣shire.
• An. reg. 25
• A gratious admoniti∣on to keepe the Sabbaoth.
• 1583. The Prince of Orenge slaine. Note.
• The Arch bishop of Collē ex∣pulsed for marrying a wife.
• A house blowne vp with gun∣powder in Fetter-lane.
• Alasco of Poland.
• Archbish. of Can∣terbury deceased.
• Iustice Randolph his chari∣ty of 900 pounds.
• At this time Py∣rats, and great Ro∣uers trou∣bled the Seas.
• Sea Ro∣uers ap∣prehen∣ded and executed.
• An here∣tick bur∣ned at Norwich.
• Palatine of Siradia in Poland returned.
• Doctor Whitgift Archbish. of Canter∣bury.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• A mon∣strous fish.
• An. reg 26
• Players.
• Desmonds head set on Londō bridge.
• Nantwich in Che∣shire burnt.
• Someruile Arden & others ar∣raigned.
• Someruile strangled himselfe.
• Arden ex∣ecuted.
• Carter ex∣ecuted for printing of trayte∣rous books
• Fiue exe∣cuted for treason.
• 1584. Throg∣morton executed.
• Antwerpe besieged, & yeelded to the Duke of Parma.
• Citizens become resolute souldiers.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 27
• Earle of Lincolne deceased.
• Semina∣ries, and massing Priests ba∣nished.
• Earle of Darby Ambassa∣dour into France.
• W. Parry executed.
• Emanuel Colledge founded.
• 1585. Parliamēt dissolued.
• Citizens of London trained vp with shot.
• Earle of Arundell sent to the Tower.
• The soue∣raignty of the Low Countries presented to her Ma∣iesty, and a pedigree drawne to proue the Q' title to those pro∣uinces by descent.
• Awfild & Welby executed.
• Earle of Bedford deceased.
• Souldiers transpor∣ted into the Low Countries by com∣mission.
• Ground and trees sunke.
• Seminary Priests banished.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 28
• The Earle of Leice∣ster Lieu∣tenant ge∣nerall of the Low countries.
• Desmond in Ireland, peopled of the Eng∣lish natiō.
• Order for plantati∣on in Ire∣land.
• Archbish· of Canter∣bury cal∣led ro be of the pri∣uy Coun-
• T. L. lost his eares for trea∣cherously practising to enioy the goods and lands of his na∣turall kinsmen.
• A notable & praise∣worthy ensample of Iustice.
• Strange sicknes at Excester.
• A strange worme found in the heart of a horse.
• 1586. Seminary Priests ex∣ecuted
• Sir Henry Sidney de∣ceased.
• Ambassa∣dors from the K. of Denmark.
• The Earle of Arun∣del censu∣red in the Star-chamber.
• League with the King of Scots.
• Captains of the ar∣tillery gar¦den, other wise called London Captaines.
• Elkes exe∣cuted for counter∣feiting the Q. signe manuell,
• A lottery at Londō for rich armour.
• Tho. Can∣dish his voiage.
• Great re∣ioicing in London for appre∣hension of traitors.
• Traitors indicted.
• Traitors executed.
• Sir Philip Sidney wounded, and died thereof.
• Seminary Priests executed.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Ludgate at Londō new buil∣ded.
• Parliamēt at West.
• Parliamēt against the Queene of Scots.
• Proclama∣tion a∣gainst the Queene of Scots.
• Queen of Scots after 19 yeeres imprison∣ment in Scotland & Englād was be∣headed.
• Parliamēt at West∣minster.
• A man re∣uiued af∣ter he had beene ex∣ecuted.
• The first making of great roūd Globes.
• Ea••le of Rutland deceased.
• Sir Chri∣stopher Hatton L. Chancel∣lour.
• Clothes to be trans∣ported ge∣nerally.
• A strange backward spring.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 30
• Blackwell hall.
• 1588
• Campe at Tilbury.
• Her ma∣iesty went to the Campe at Tilbury.
• Sermon of thanks∣giuing.
• Semina∣ries & o∣thers exe∣cuted.
• The trans∣ferring of the Greek patriarke from Greece into Rus∣sia.
• Earle of Leicester deceased.
• Banners taken frō the Spani∣ards shew∣ed at Pauls Crosse.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Seminary Priests ex∣ecuted.
• Stable and horses burnt. An. reg. 32
• The Qu. Maiesty came to Palus.
• Great winde.
• The Qu. receiued into West∣minster.
• Souldiers punished for abu∣sing their Captains.
• A Parlia∣ment.
• An Here∣tick bur∣ned.
• Marshall Law.
• 1589. Parliamēt dissolued.
• Earle of Arundell arraigned.
• Voiage to Portugall.
• Norris & Drake re∣turne frō Portugall.
• L. Maior deceased.
• Maior.
• Lightning and thun∣der.
• Sailers & souldiers executed.
• Souldiers sent into France.
• Shrieues.
• Serieants feast.
• Maior.
• Lodowick Griuel pressed to death.
• An. reg. 32.
• Citizens of Londō frighted by fire.
• Tempest of winde.
• A doore of Pauls blowne o∣uer.
• Sir Iohn Harts bountie.
• A new kinde of weauing.
• A Wench burnt.
• The Duke of Guise slaine.
• The Frēch K. slaine.
• Paris be∣sieged.
• The first K. of Frāce.
• Disobedi∣ence se∣uerely pu∣nished.
• Vlfring∣hampton burnt.
• Souldiers transpor∣ted.
• Free Schooles and hospi∣tals foun∣ded.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 33
• A puruei∣er hanged.
• Bold im∣postures that dis∣tracted the peo∣ple.
• Hacket hanged.
• Copinger died in Bridewel.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Proclama∣tion a∣gainst Ie∣suites and Semina∣ries.
• Bren O Royrke apprehen∣ded.
• An. reg. 34 Lord Chā∣cellor de∣ceased.
• Semina∣ries & o∣thers exe∣cuted.
• Captaine Cosby ex∣ecuted.
• A Semi∣nary exe∣cuted in Paules Church-yard.
• Souldiers sent into France.
• 1592.
• Tiltboat drowned.
• New Lord Keeper.
• Executiō in Smith∣field for poisoning Almes houses founded by the Marchant Taylors.
• A woman burnt in Smitfield. The riuer of Thames seemed to be almost voide of water, and many things were foūd by diuers as they walked vp on the low sands.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• No Ma∣iors feast.
• Tearme kept at Hartford. An. reg. 35
• A butch∣ers daugh∣ter sayd she was daughter to King Philip and Queene Mary.
• Parliamēt at West∣minster.
• Barrow & Greene∣wood han∣ged.
• Parliamēt dissolued.
• Penry ap∣prehen∣ded and hanged.
• Court of Assises kept in S. Georges field.
• No Bar∣tholmew faire at London.
• Shriues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 36
• Number of the plague di∣ed in Lon∣don.
• Prince Henry borne.
• A Semina∣ry execu∣ted.
• Lopez ar∣raigned.
• 1594. Great wind ouer turned trees.
• Great raine.
• A woman burnt for pety Tre∣son.
• Great flouds.
• Serieants dinner.
• Bishop of London deceased.
• D. Lopez & others executed.
• Maior of London deceased. Sir Ri∣chard Mar¦tin Maior. Ships set out by the Citizens of London
• Souldiers set out by the Lon∣doners.
• Great raine.
• Bridges at Cābridge and at Wareborn downe.
• Thames water connaied into Lon∣don.
• A siluer Mine foūd
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 37
• A woman burnt in Smithfield Bishop of London elected.
• Earle of Darby married.
• Yorke and Williams•• executed.
• 1595 A Iesuit executed.
• Great dearth of corne and other vi∣ctuals.
• Disodered youthes punished.
• Coiner and a cunning cosoner punished.
• Vnruly youths on the tower hill appre∣hended for being ther assembled to do vio∣lence to the Lord Maior and to make insurrecti∣on.
• Vnruly youths ex¦ecuted on the Tower hill, they died pe∣nitent.
• Sir Tho. Wilford Prouost Marshall within Londō h•• behaued himselfe very mild∣ly and dis∣creetly.
• Shriues.
• Maior.
• Two mar∣shals in London at one time.
• An. reg. 38
• Notorious knaues.
• A Pinnace made in the Leadē Hall by a Land Carpenter being ne∣uer taught nor vsed to make any Ships or Boats.
• 1596. Souldiers pressed & discharged
• Souldiers pressed.
• The Spa∣niards win Callis.
• Souldiers sent to Callis.
• L. Keeper deceased.
• Soldiers to the sea.
• New L. Keeper.
• Water flouds. These in∣undations were very strange & terrible.
• Cadize voyage.
• L. Cham∣berlaine deceased.
• Triumph in Londō for victory in Spaine.
• The Ciuil Lawes re∣duced in∣to order.
• A war∣ning to Carpen∣••ers.
• Too good to last long.
• Duke of Bolloine came into England.
• Souldiers sent into France.
• Earle of Shrewsbu∣ry Ambas∣sador into France.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Prouision made for grain frō beyond the seas.
• Great lād waters.
• Dearth.
• An. reg. 39 Great tri∣umph for the pros∣perous raigne of her Maie∣sty.
• Tempests in the Ci∣ty of Wels.
• T. Skinner Maior de∣ceased: he spent more of his time then any of his predeces∣sors.

  H. Billing∣sley Maior
• 1597. Souldiers trained & sent to the sea.
• The Islāds voiage.
• Ambassa∣dors from Denmark.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Lectures read in Sir Thomas Greshams Colledge.
• Earle of Notinghā created. Parliamēt at Westm.
• The cause of this spoyle of the people was the indiscreet behauiour of the in∣feriour Marshals.
• An. reg. 40 Price of Pepper. Pety trea∣son.
• A Parlia∣ment.
• 1958. Twiford Towne burnt.
• Sir Ro∣bert Cicil returneth out of France.
• A Iesuite executed.
• Lord trea∣surer de∣ceased.
• The King of Spaine dieth.
• Doctor Cotton, Bishop of Excester.
• Thunder and light∣ning.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Earle of Comber∣land re∣turned from the seas.
• Squire executed for high Treason.
• The Qu. receiued. An. reg. 41
• Great frosts. Souldiers sent into Ireland.
• Souldiers into Ire∣land.
• 1599. Earle of Essex rode towards Ireland.
• Ships sent to the seas and men trained for the warres.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Note.
• Earle of Essex re∣turned out of Ire∣land.
• The peo∣ple igno∣rantly muttered many things.
• The Arch∣dukes en∣stalled.
• An. reg. 42
• Twenty prisoners sent to Wisbich Castle.
• L. Mount∣ioy sent into Ire∣land.
• 1600.
• Executi∣on of Se∣minaries.
• Souldiers sent into Ireland.
• The Bi∣shop of London Ambassa∣dour to Emden.
• The Earle of Essex suspended from his office.
• Conspira∣cie against the King of Scots.
• Meanes for an in∣treaty of peace to be had.
• Ambassa∣dors from Barbary.
• Right Turkish charity.
• Ambassa∣dors from Russia.
• Earle of Essex set at liberty.
• They were sent home at the Q. charges.
• They were sent home at the Qu. charges.
• Souldirs sent into Ireland, run awaies punished.
• Ambassa∣dors from Russia and Muscouia.
• Hospital in Croydon founded.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 43 Iusts at Westmin∣ster.
• Tempest.
• Drumlers made in great hast to little purpose.
• Gallies made by the Citi∣zens of London, and giuen to the Queene.
• Earle of Essex his rising.
• A Semi∣narie exe∣cuted.
• The Earls of Essex & Southāp∣ton arraig∣ned.
• The Earle of Essex beheaded.
• Executiō of Semi∣naries.
• A Gentle∣woman hanged.
• One han∣ged for libelling.
• Ambassa∣dors from Scotland,
• Merike and Cuffe executed.
• Danuers and Blunt executed.
• 1601
• Bold offē∣ders se∣uerely punished.
• The Earle of Shrews∣burie and Worcester of coūsel. Souldiers sent to the Low coū∣tries.
• Desmond brought out of Ire∣land.
• Marshall Biron of France.
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• Lady Ramsey. An. reg. 44
• 17 poore people murdered.
• Parliamēt dissolued.
• Lightning thunder & earth∣quake at Christmas.
• Victors in Ireland.
• Bonefires for victory in Ireland.
• Windsor boat cast away. 1682 Executiō.
• Semina∣ries exe∣cuted.
• Great le∣uying of souldiers to aid Hol∣land.
• Proclama∣tiō against late buil∣ding and Inmates, but neuer the bet∣ter.
• Seditious persons punished.
• Tempest of thunder and haile.
• Souldiers to Ireland
• Shrieues.
• Maior.
• An. reg. 45
• Semina∣ries exe∣cuted.
• Staight watches kept.
• Queene Elizabeth deceased.
• King Iames proclai∣med.
• There were 37 Earles & Barons & Bishops dined that day with Master Shrieue Pember∣tō, besides Iudges & chiefe gē∣try that dined with Master Shrieue Swinartō.