Romanae Religioniâ— spectantia Haec proponenda erunt a Rege magnae Britanniae ut S. D. N. deliberare possit an sint talia quae Dispensationem suadeant Mereantur NOTA. THese Articles with the Popes exceptions alterations and the King of Spaines five last demands being sent into England to King Iames in the yeer 1620. who answered these demaâ—ds as aforesaid the King of Spaine by his Ambassadour Count Gondomar moved King Iames in behalfe of the English Papists Priests and Jesuits that all lawes against them might be suspended and rescinded To which the King gave this answer That in the Word of a King no Romish Priest or catholique should from thenceforth be condemned or proceeded against upon any capitall law that though he could not for the present repeale or rescind the lawes inflicting onely percuâ—â—ary mulcts upon Roman Catholiques yet he would so mittigate them as should please and oblige his Catholique Subjects to him and if the Marriage proceeded his Daughter-in-law should find him ready to indulge all favours that shee should request of him in the behalfe of these of her Religion signifying likewise that he had goven his Answer to the former Articles and demands of the King of Spaine as appeares by this following Letter of King Iames to the Spanish King found among the Lord Cottingtons papers A Letter of His Majesties King Iames to the King of Spaine JACOBUS Dei gratia Magnae Britanniae Franciae Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor c. Serenissimo potentissimo Principi Domino Phillippo eadem gratia Hispaniarum Siciliae c. Regi Archiduci Austriae Duci Burgundiae Mediolani c. Comiti Habspurgi Tirolis c. Fâ—atri Consanguineo Amico nostro Charissimo salutem faelicitatem Serenissime potentissime Princeps Frater Consanguinee Amice Charissime literas Serenitatis Vestrae seprimo Augusti dataâ— reddidit tandem Comes de Gondomar expectatas ille quidem pergratas mihi cui Ego pro literaâ—um vestrarum authoritate quae in mandatis acceperat uberius exponenâ—â— fidem habâ—â— non invitus Ad Articulos viginti illos de quibus in Hispania jam ante cum Oratore nostro Barone Digbeio disceptatum suerat plenius liquidius respondi quotquot ex ijs Gondomarius clarius accuratius enucleandos censuit Ad quinque porro capita quae postmodum sunt adjecta senâ—um animi mei sie exprompsi ut Serenitati vestrae cumulaâ—e satisfactum iri non dubitem Quod autem de re Religionis alia quaedam ad subditos meos spectantia Comes ille Vestro mihi nomine proposuit ac commendavit equidem Candorem illum vere Regium optime uti par est interpretari deâ—eo quod subditis nostris gratiam indulgentiam hanc omnem qualis ea cunque futura sit alteri nemini cuiquam Principi nisi nobis metipsis debendam existimet Ut quicquid eorum quieti atque commodo tributum fuerit Nostraeid benignitati ac clementiae fâ—rant acceptum meritoque id adeo ac benignitate Nostra non minus quam fide officio astrâ—ngâ— se nobis agnoscant devinciri Quo certe exploratius Serenitati hoc vestrae constare pervelim quum Ego cum vestro hoc rogatu ac desiderio tum meo imprimis Assinitatis istius persiciendae studio quam utrinque mutuo exoptatam non diffido totus afficiar atque commovear Sane Romanorum apud nos Catholicorum incolumitati vot is quantum etiam nunc indulserimus significabit Comes Gondomarius vero quantum pro temporis ratione commode ac decenter hactenus facere potuimus factum haud dubie significabit Ubi vero Nuptiae favente numine inter liberosnostros ex animi nostri sententia coalverint prorsus aequum censeo atque statuo propter istam quae intercedit illis Religionis discrepantiam lirum ut Infantae suaeque toli familiae immune suae Religionis exercitium seorsim inâ—ra parietes domesticos in Principis aula permittatur Nec vero aliunde quantum hoc quidem provideri pâ—terit quicquam ipsi Religionis nomine gravius ailt molestius 〈◊〉 oboriri Sancti insuper verbo Regio pollicemur Catholicum aut Sacerdotem Romanum neminem Religious aut Sacerdotij causa dehinc capitis damnatum Neminem Iuramentis ad rem Religionis attinâ—ntibus quibus in capitis discrimen vocari poterint dehinc in posterum adactum aut irretitum iri Quamvis enim abunde jam pridem orbi iâ—notuerit graviter nos hominum male conciliatorum inauditis machinationibus Religionis praetextu susceptis obtectis non semel ad ea remedia provocatos quae facilitati insitâ—â— Clementiae Nostrae minuâ— erant cordi procul tamen ab ingenio ac motibus Nostris abfuisse semper illam animi duritiem severitatem presertim in causa Religionis cum reliqua vitae consuetudo tum seripta nostra publice typis divulgata satis testatum reddiderunt Alias vero leges nostrates quae mulctam Catholiciâ— Romanis non mortemirrogant aboleri aut rescindi a nobis seorsim non posse leniri it a posse cum erit usâ—â— exploratum habebit Serenitas Vestra omnibus ut dictorum Catholicorum Romanorum animis mansuetudine ac lenitate Nestra conciliatis non solum in officio jam illi ac fide permanere quin omni in Nos studio amore ac pietate cum caeterâ—s subditis deceâ—â—are tenebuntur Extremum illud addam in me recipiam sicubi Deo optimo maximo visum erit filiolam hanc Vestram mihi Nuram Filio meo Conjugem dicare Socerum experturam non difficilem qui quod abs ipsa utique suorum in gratiam quibus consultum velit ex aequo et bono postulatumfuerit pronis auribus sit accpeturus Atque haec ego fusius meapte sponte profiteri volui planius penitius ut intelligeretis neque studium satis Seâ—enltati Vestrae faciendi neque in instituto hoc negotio serio ingenue procedendi animum mihi defuturum unde Liberi nostri connubio felicissimo nos arctissimo amoris fraterni vinculo uniamur Subditi utriusque Nostri pace amicitia perpetua perfruantur quoe ego prae clara scilicet eximia bona in istiusmodi Principum Christianorum affâ—itatibus contrahendis precipue semper spectanda existimavi Unum hoc superest ut a Vobis petam atque contendam libere ac liberaliter in re proposita uti agatis Mecum proinde atquâ— Ego in rebus Vestris omnibus vicem rependam ex amimo sum prestiturus Ex multiplice Prole mascula superstitem nobis Haeredem unicum dedit Deus filium nostrum Principem Carolum virili jam aetate qui vigessimum Annum prope jam compleverit Nec est in rebus humanis quod tantopere desideremus Ipsi provectiores jam â—acti quam ut illum in illustri idoneo Matrimonio quam primum collocemus
been at Rome he told me in Iune and Iuly last past I asked him how the affaires â—ent there he told me Their opinion of us was that his sacred Majesty was favourable to the Catholiques that SOME GREAT ONES ABOVT HIM were so to or IN HEART MORE a a The Archbishop himselfe ONE he names concerning whom as at home so abroad as of old of the best of men there was much 〈◊〉 among the people for some said he was a good man others said nay he deceiveth the people c. There is as I am informed by a discreet Gentleman at Florence a Jesuit lately returned from England to Rome who pretendâ— to have made a strict discovery of the state of England as it stands for Religion how King is disposed how Queene what Lords are of the Puritan faction what notâ— but by name his honour oâ— Dorset and Pembroke are strong for Precisians He sayes that the Puritanâ— are shrendfelloweâ— NOTE but those which are counted good Protestants are faire conditioned honest men and think they may be saved in any Religion I am promised the relation written if it come to my hands and there be any thing in it worthy your Graces view I shall hereafter humbly present it to you as now my selfe Your 〈◊〉 most humble and most obedient Servant William 〈◊〉 The letter is thus indorsed with Master Dels hand Recepi Octob. 9. 1635. Soone after this I find a paper of intelligence written to Secretary Windebanke from Rome the 29. of December 1635. wherein there is this passage There is a â—ew Ambassadour from England arrived in this Court Major Bret as I conceive for whom there was a speciall lodging provided and entertainment at the publike cost What his businesse was but to negotiate a reconciliation I know not which proceeded so far that it was generally reported at Rome we should have an English Cardinal and it was conceived by some Roman Catholike that the Arch-bishop had a hand in sending Bret to Rome as is evident by this letter of Master Middleton from Venice to the Arch-bishop himselfe informing him hereof Right honourable and most reverend c. IN Rome there is great talke of an English Cardinall and the man who is already 〈◊〉 Catholicke must be the man NOTE Mr. Mountague Your Lordship I know will 〈◊〉 if not at this yet at that I shall now write A Catholick discoursing with me let a word fall and this it was That within this twelve moneth the Pope did wish that his sacred Majesty of England were at once his trusty sâ—nne for thou he would not be used aâ— he 〈◊〉 by French or Spaniard the same party did not aske the question but only thus I wonder whether my Lord of Canterbury have any hand in the sending of Serjeant Major Bret to Rome I answered because I saw he was fishing surely no because NOTE as you know it is written he comes from the Queen and in her name Rome is very kind to our English Gentlemen I humbly entreat your Graces pardon if in a desire to let nothing I heare scape your knowledge I must lowly offer unto you such things as will make you lose so much time as you shall read the Letter but though your Lordship lose a little time let not me I beseech you loose that good opinion which I hope you have conceived of Your Graces most really devoted and obedient Servant William Middleton December 21. 1635. In these two letters there are some clauses concerning Francisâ—us de Saâ—ta Clara his book intituled Deus Natura Gratia written purposely printed in England to reconcile us to Rome and afterward licensed and printed at Rome it selfe to this end though the Jesuits did some of them dislike it as over-moderate of which more in its due place In the yeer 1636. Signior Gregorio Panzani the Popes Nuncio in England and Major Bret our English Agent at Rome being discharged of their negotiations Signior 〈…〉 a Scot was appointed by the Pope to succeed Panzani at his Nunciogâ—rio and Sir William Hamilton a Scot too sent hence Leger to Rome what letters presentâ— pictures he carried with him from hence and from whom is worthy inquiry That Windebanke 〈…〉 were privy to this succession and negotiation will appeare by this letter of 〈◊〉 Phiâ—lips the Queenâ— Confessor to him the originall whereof found among his 〈◊〉 is ready to be produced thus indorsed with Windebanks owne hand 9 Iune 1636. Father Phillips rec 10. Right honourable YEster night after your honours departing from Hampton Court I received this inclosed the Gentleman who sent it to me from Paris writeth that Sir William Hamilton departed from thence the 3. of Iune NOTE that is our 24. of May so that now he must be heere unto Rome He writeth also that Seignior Georgio Conco whom the Pope doth send to the Queen was to depart from Rome about the â—0 of May if he have heard of Sir Williams hasty going it may be he will stay till his arrivall which I could wish because he both can and would help him better at the beginning then any other I know I rest ever Your Honours most humble and devoted Servant R. Phillips From Haâ—pton-Couâ—t the 9. of June 1636. Sir William Hamilton soone after arrived at Rome as English agent there where he had special lodgings provided for him and a pension of 500. l. per annum granted to him in another Hamiltons name out of the Exchequer here for his service there Before this time the Congregation of propagating the Faith at â—ome having good hopes of the conversion and reduction of England to their obedience constituted Cardinall Barbarino Nephew and Vice Chancellour to the late deceased Pope â—aâ—ron and Protector of the English and Scottish Nation as Cardinall a See p. â—09 â—â—dovisius was of the Irish who to facilitate their designe erected a speciall society of foure orders or Jesuits in England whereof the Popes Legat for the time being residing in England was the chief Patron and Cardinall Barbarinâ— the principall Superintendent as you may read more at large in my b Page â—3 See Romes Master-piece from one who was privy to the plot sent over hither by Cardinall Barbarino to assist Con this Cardinall held intimate correspondence wiâ—h Windebanke as is apparant by the forementioned letter of Panzani and by these ensuing passages in Master Thomas VVindebankes letter to him from Rome wherein he thus expresseth his entertainment at Rome by Sir William Hamilton and this Cardinall to his Father Sir MY most humble duty remembred c. Sir William Hamilton hath been pleased to put so great an obligation upon me as to invite me to his house for the time that I am in Rome I would very willingly have avoyded the putting him to such an inconvenience but he pressed it so farre that I could not refuse the receiving of that favour the Cardinall Barbarino I understand HATH LONG EXPECTED
the principall contrivers and abbetters of this conspiracy in which all the Irish Popish Bishops Priests Friars Iesuits and scattered like Frogs in severall Popish Kingdoms and Seminaries were very active I shall onely adde to this That William O Conner an Irish Priest servant to the Queen-Mother who lodged at one Mistris Scarlets house in Coven-Garden and shifted his habit very often to disguise himself coming to one Anne Hussey an Irish Gentlewoman a little after Easter 1640. with another Irish man in his company having a long gray coat a sword girt close to his side to her lodging and going with her thence to Mistris Prinocks house in the Strand she demanded of O Conner who his companion was who answered he was one of the number of 7000. that were in privat pay AND IN READINES TO AYD THE CATHOLICKS Note AND TO OUT THE PROTESTANTS THROATS THAT SHOULD RESIST THEM and that he was one who played on the Flute to the Drum After which about the end of July 1640. he came to her foresaid lodging and said He came upon great occasion and in great haste and he must immediatly return back for he had three Letters from the Queen-Mother to deliver to three Ambassadors the Spanish the Venetian the French Note TO SEND TO THE POPE FROM WHOM OR FROM HIS LEGATE WE MUST KNOW WHEN TO BEGIN THE SUBDUING OF THE PROTESTANTS That they must first BEGIN TO CONQUER ENGLAND BEFORE IRELAND Being demanded by him How or in what manner will they begin with England And when will it be He replyed When the King goes to Scotland To which she answering There was no hopes of the Kings going to Scotland He replyed He warrant you he doth He further added That he had long been imployed by the Queen-Mother in her businesse with all the Princes of Christendom That they had some designe to cut off and kill the King adding That they would kill an Heretick at any time for the advancement of the Mother-Church of Rome and swore by Saint Francis and Saint Dominick that he would do it He further said He was bound to keep the Queen-Mothers secrets and that he would be burnt in fire before he would reveal them All this she discovered soon after to the Lords of the Councell by whom and by severall Iustices of Peace she was examined upon Oath and produced Letters of this Priest written to her with his own hand whereupon he was Committed close Prisoner to the Gate-house where he yet remaines unprocâ—eded against After this she attested it in the Parliament House upon Oath before the Rebellion brake forth and witnessed it since upon Oath at the Archbishops Tryall who said she was mad when she attested it at the Councell Table demanding of her how she durst speak any thing of this Nature of the Queen-Mother and telling her she was set on and hired by the City of London to do this Note and Commanded her to be Committed But she producing the Priests own Letter and he confessing it to be his own hand before the Lords she was sent only to one of the Sheriffs of Londons house and there secured till released by the Parliament About the time of this discourse the Earl of Worcester a great Papist and very powerfull in Southwales bordering next to Ireland procured a Commission from His Majesty for to be Lord Lieutenant and Commander in chief of all Southwales as the Lord Herbert his Son an Arch-Papist hath been since the Rebellion brake forth as appears by this Minute an Originall draught of a Letter under Secretary Windebanks own hand to the then Lord Chamberlain signifying as much HIS Majesty being well inclined to employ the Earl of Worcester in some particular service best known to himself in South-Wales Note being most confident of his Loyalty Duty and good affection to His Person and Service hath thought fit to acquaint Your Lordship therewith considering the great Power and Interest Your Lordship hath in those parts and hath commanded me in his Name to signifie his pleasure to Your Lordship that you give speedy and effectuall order to all Your Principall Officers Note Tenants and Dependents and such others as have relation to you that as soon as the said Earl shall produce any Commission or Authority from His Majesty for the performance of any service in those parts they fail not to obey His Lordship in all such thinges as by vertue of such Power given by him and His Majesty he shall require and Command This His Majesty expects Your Lordship shall do with expedition to the end Your Officers there may be the better prepared whensoever the said Earl shall exercise any such Commission from His Majesty that so His Majesties service may not suffer His Majesty hath already signified His pleasure to the Lord President of the Marches to this effect who hath yielded all obedience and conformity thereunto and His Majesty is confident that in that Your Lordship and those who have Relation to you will give place to none This coÌ„mission was ordred to be brought into the Commons house as dangerous But the happy unexpected Treaty and assembling of this Parliament frustrating the intended Massacre and Designe of subduing the Protestants in England for the present the Plot in Ireland still proceeding and was to be put in execution on the 23. of October 1641. on which day all the Forts and Towns in Ireland should have been surprised at an instant by the Popish Rebells and most of the Protestants destroyed and accordingly that very night Charlemont Fort was on the 23. of October at night surprised by Sir Phelim O Neale a principall actor and conspirator in the Rebellion who there took the Lady Calfield prisoner and murthered the young Lord Calfield her Son And at that time Sir Phelim ô Neale himself and other of his companions told her That Dublin castle and city Note and most other Forts of Ireland were surprised by their confederates the Papists that the Tower of London was taken by their party and the Archbishop of Canterbury released thence a good signe he was their friend that ENGLAND and the Protestants there were then or would be very shortly in the same or as bad a condition as Ireland and Protestants there were and some of them said that their party had taken Edenbrough castle All which was attested upon Oath by the Lady Calfield and her Gentlewoman Mistris Mary Woodrose at the Triall of Mac Mohon in the Kings * Attested on Oath at Mac â—Mohones triall by Sir William Steuart Sir William Colc Sir Williâ—m Hamilton Sir Charles Coot Sir Arthur Lofiâ—s and others Bench in Michaelmas Term last where this was likewise attested upon Oath That ALL THE PAPISTS IN ENGLAND WERE PRIVY TO THE PLOT IN IRELAND and intended the like in England which we have since experimentally found to be true Divers other Forts were the same day and soon after surprised by the Irish Rebels and
Regnaque quae Deus indulsit Nobis in ipsius Progenie quasi constabilita ad posteros propaganda transmittamus Rogamus itaque majorem in modum statuat taudem ac deceâ—nat Serenitaâ— Vestra ut negotium hoc omne ea celeritate conficiat quanta res tanta confici potuerit Erit hoc aequitatis prudentiae Vestrae cogitaâ—e quanti hoc Nostra intersit qui filium habeamus hunc unicum quantum porro conditio in hoc Nostra abs Vestra discrepet quem Deus sobole tam multa copiosa locupletavit Quem Vos Vestrosque omnes diu incolumes volentes velit etiam atque etiam obtestamur Dat. ex aedibus Nostris Theobaldinis 27. Aprilis 1620. UPon this Letter and Liberty indulged by it the Jesuits Priests Recusants in England grew very bold insolent daring and multiplied exceedingly insomuch that the King assembling a Parliament at London Anno 1621. the Commons House taking notice of their formidable dangerous increase and desperate designes to extirpate the Protestant Religion both at home and abroad under pretext of this Nuptiall Treaty drew up this ensuing memorable Petition and Remonstrance with an intention to present it to King Iames. The Petition and Remonstrance intended to be sent to King Iames by the house of Commons in December 1621. Most gratious and dread Soveraigne WEE Your Majesties most humble and loyall Subjects the Knights Citizens and Burgesses now assembled in Parliament who represent the Commons of your Realm full of hearty sorrow to be deprived of the Comfort of Your royall presence the rather for that it proceeds from want of your health wherein we all unfainedly doe suffer In all humble manner calling to mind your gratious Answer to our former Petition concerning Religion which notwithstanding your Majesties pious and princely Intentions hath not produced that good effect which the danger of these times doth seem to us to require And finding how ill your Majesties goodnesse hath been requited by Princes of different Religion who even in time of Treaty have taken opportunity to advance their own ends tending to the subversion of Religion and disadvantage of your affaires and the estate of your Children By reason whereof your ill affected Subjects at home the Popish Recusants have taken too much encouragement and are dangerously encreased in their number and in their insolencies we cannot but be sensible thereof and therefore humbly represent what we conceive to be the causes of so great and growing mischiefs and what may be the remedies 1 The vigilancy and ambition of the Pope of Rome and his dearest Sonne The Causes the one aiming at as large a temporall Monarchy as the other at a spirituall Suptemacy 2 The devillish positions and doctrines whereon Popery is built and taught without authority to their followers for advancement of their temporall ends 3 The distressed and miserable estate of the Professours of true Religion in forreign parts 4. The disastrous accidents to your Majesties Children abroad expressed with rejoycing and even with contempt to their Persons 5. The strange confederacy of the Princes of the Popish Religion aiming mainly at the advancement of theirs and subverting ours and taking the advantages conducing to that end upon all occasions 6. The great and many Armies raised and maintained at the charge of the King of Spayne the chiefe of that league 7. The expectation of the Popish Recusants of the Match with Spayne and feeding themselves with great hopes of the consequences thereof 8. The interposing of forreigne Princes and their agents in the behalfe of Popish Recusants for connivence and favour unto them 9. Their open and usuall resort to the Houses and which is worse to the Chappels of forreigne Ambassadours 10. Their more then usuall concourse to the Citty and their frequent Conventicles and Conferences there 11. The education of their Children in many severall Seminaries and houses of their Religion in forreigne parts appropriated onely to the English Fugitives 12. The grants of their just forfeitures intended by your Majesty as a reward of service to the Grantees but beyond your Majesties intention transferred or compounded for at such meane rates as will amount to little lesse then a toleration 13. The licentious printing and dispersing of Popish and seditious Books even in the time of Parliament 14. The swarme of Priests and Jesuits the common Incendiaries of all Christendome dispersed in all parts of your Kingdome And from these causes as bitter roots The Effects We humbly offer to your Majesty that we foresee and feare there will necessarily follow very dangerous effects both to Church and State For 1. The Popish Religion is incompatible with ours in respect of their positions The Effects 2. It draweth with it an unavoydable Dependency on forreigne Princes 3. It openeth too wide a gap for popularity to any who shall draw to great a party 4. It hath a restlesse spirit and will strive by these gradations If it once get but a connivence it will presse for a toleration if that should be obtained they must have an equality from thence they will aspire to superiority and will never rest till they get a subversion of the true Religion The remedies against these growing evils which in all humblenesse we offer to your most Excellent Majesty are these 1. That seeing this inevitable necessity is fallen upon your Majesty The Remedies which no wisdome or providence of a pious and peaceable King can avoyd your Majesty would not omit this just occasion speedily and effectually to take your sword into your hand 2. That once undertaken upon so honourable and just grounds your Majesty would resolve to pursue and more publikely to avow the aiding of those of our Religion in forreigne parts which doubtlesse would re-unite the Princes and States of the Union by these disasters disheartned and disbanded 3. That your Majesty would propose to your selfe to mannage this Warre with the best advantage by a diversion or otherwise as in your dâ—ep judgment shall be found fittest and not to rest upon a Warre in these parts onely which will consume your treasure and discourage your people 4. That the bent of this Warre and poynt of your sword may be against that Prince what soeuer opinion of potency he hath whose Armies and treasure have first diverted and since maintained the Warre in the Palatinate 5. That for the securing of our peace at home your Majesty will be pleased to review the parts of our humble Petition formerly delivered unto your Majesty and hereunto annexed and to put in execution by the care of choyce Commissioners to be thereunto especially appointed the lawes already and hereafter to be made for the preventing of daâ—gers by Popish Recusants and their wonted evasions 6. That to frustrate their hopes for a future age our most Noble Prince may be timely and happily married to one of our owne Religion 7. That the Children of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdome
aud of others ill affected and suspected in their Religion now beyond the Seas may be forthwith called home by your meanes and at the charge of their Parents or Governours 8. That the Children of Popish Recusants or such whose Wives are Popish Recusants be brought up during their minority with Protestant Schoolmasters and Teachers who may sowe in their tender yeers the seed of true Religion 9. That your Majesty will be pleased speedily to revoke all former licences for such Children and Youth to travaile beyond the Seas and not grant any such licence hereafter 10. That your Majesties learned Councell may receive commandement from your Highnesse carefully to look into former grants of Recusants lands and to avoyd them if by law they can and that your Majesty will stay your hand from passing any such grants hereafter This is the sum and effect of our humble Declaration which We no wayes intending to presse upon your Majesties undoubted and regall Prerogative doe with the fulnesse of our duty and obedience humbly submit to your most Princely consideration The glory of God whose Cause it is the Zeale of our true Keligion in which we have been borne and wherein by Gods grace we are resolved to dye the safety of your Majesties person who is the very life of your people the happinesse of your Children and Posterity the honour and good of the Church and State dearer unto us then our owne lives having kindled these affections truly devoted to your Majesty And seeing out of our duty to your Majesty We have already resolved to give at the end of this Session one entire Subsidie for the present reliefe of Palatmate onely to be paid in the end of February next which cannot well be effected but by passing a Bill in a Parliamentary course before Christmas We most humbly beseech your Majesty as our assured hope is that you will then also vouchsafe to give life by your royall assent to such Bils as before that time shall be prepared for your Majesties honour and the generall good of your people and that such Bils may be also accompanied as hath been accustomed with your Majesties gracious pardon Which proceeding from your owne meere grace may by your Highnesse direction be drawne to that latitude and extent as may best sort with your Majesties bounty and goodnesse and that not onely 〈◊〉 and criminall offenders may take benefit thereof but that your good Subjects may receive case thereby and if it shall so stand with your good pleasure that it may extend to the reliefe of the old debts and duties to the Crowne before the first yeere of your Majesties reigne to the discharge of Allienations without licence and mis-sueing of Liveries and Oustrelemaine before the first Summons of this Parliament and oâ— concealed Wardships and not suing of Liveries and Oustrelemains before the twelfth yeere of your Majesties reigne which gracious favour would much comfort your good Subjects and ease them from vexition with little losse or prejudice to your owne profit And we by our daily and devont prayers to the Almighty the great King of Kings shall contend for a blessing upon our endeavours and for your Majesties long and happâ— reigne over us and for your Childrens Children after you for many and many Generations KIng Iames having private intelligence and a Copy of this Petition and Remonstrance sent him to New-market endevoured to suppresse it in the birth anâ— thereupon sent a Letter to Sir Thomas Richardson Speaker of the Commons House dated Decemb. 3. 1621. to prohibite the House That none therein should from thenceforth persume to meddle with any Mysteries of State and namely not to speake 〈◊〉 his dearest Sonnes Match with the Daughter of Spaine nor to touch the honour of thâ—â— King And to informe them that if they had already touched any of those forbiâ—â—â—â— points in any Petition of theirs to be sent unto him except they reformed it herein before it came into his hands he would not daigne the hearing nor answering of it The Câ—mmons conceiving this a great infringement of their Priviledges drew a Petition to the King in answer of this Letter justifying their former Petition and Remonstrance and assuring him That the miserable estate of those of the Religion abroad obliged them in part of duty not onely to turne their eyes on a Warre abroad but also to take care for the securing of our peace at home which the dangerous increase and insolency of Popish Recusants apparently visible and sensible did lead them unto and necessarily drew them to present to his Majesty Complaining withall of the abridgement of their undoubted ancient Priviledges and Liberty of Parliament by his Majesties letter to the Speaker Which Petition together with the former they sent by some Member to King Iames to New-Market The King wholly rejects the first Petition and would not receive it but returnes a long and sharp answer to the latter NOTE Wherein he protests That he knew not of any fit Match for his dearest Sonne among any Protestant Princes â—rofessing that he was so farre ingaged in that Match that he could not goe back in honour unlesse the King of Spaine performed not such things as he expected at his hands and that they might rest secure he would never be weary to doe all he could for the propagation of our Religion and repressing of Popery in the generall But the manner and forme of doing it they must remit to his Care and Providence who could best consider of times and seasons And that his care of Religion must be such that he must not by the persecution of Recusants here at home irritate forraigne Princes of contrary religion and teach them the way to plague the Protestants in their Dominions Severely checking the House for medling thus busily with religion and the Spanish Match This Answer bare date at New-Market December 11. The House of Commons much discontented at this harsh answer drew up and made this notable Protestation in vindication of their Parliameniary Rights and Priviledges entred in their Journall and Voted in the House Decemb. 19. 1621. THe Commons now assembled in Parliament being justly occasioned thereunto concerning sundry Liberties Franchises and Prâ—viledges of Parliament amongst others here mentioned doe make this Protestation following That the Liberties Franchises Priviledges and Jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birth-right and inheritance of the Subjects of England and that the Arduous and urgent affaires concerning the King State and defence of the Realme and of the Church of England and the maintainance and making of Lawes and redresse of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this Realme are proper Subjects and matter of Councell and debate in Parliament and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every Member of the House of Parliament hath and of right ought to have freedome of speech to propound treat reason and bring to conclusion the same and that the Commons
perceive that they intend to goe really and roundly on with the Match Wherein neverthelesse We must tell you that We have no great cause to be well pleased with the diligences used on that part when We observe that after so long an expectance of the Dispensation upon which the whole businesse as they will have it depends there is nothing yet returned but Queres and Objections Yet because We will not give over Our patience a while longer untill We understand more certainly what the effect thereof is like to be wherein VVe require you to be very wary and watchfull considering how Our honour is therein engaged VVe have thought â—it to let you know how farre VVe are pleased to enlarge Our Selfe concerning those points demanded by the Pope and set downe by way of Postill unto the Articles agreed upon betwixt Spaine and Vs as you will see by the power which Gage brought Vs from Rome whereof VVe have sent you a Copy and Our Resolutions thereupon signed with Our owne hand for your warrant and instruction And further then that since VVe cannot goe without much prejudice inconvenience and dishonour to Our Selfe and Our Sonne VVe hope and expect the King of Spaine will bring it instantly to an issue without further delay which you are to presse with all diligence and earnestnesle that you may presently know Their finall resolution and what VVe may expect thereupon But if any respit of time be earnestly demanded and that you perceive it not possible for them to resolve untill an answer come from Rome VVe then thinke it fit that you give them two moneths time after your audience that VVe may understand that King 's finall resolution before Christmas next at the furthest September 9. 1622. from VVansted By this letter the whole world may discerne how grosly King Iames was abused and how much the Palsgrave and other Protestant Princes suffered in forâ—eigne parts without any assistance from England under pretext of this Nuptiall Treaty Vpon these Letters the Lord Digby presented this ensuing Memoriall to the King of Spaine the 3. of October 1622. truly translated out of the Spanish Copy SIR the Baron Digby Ambassadour Extraordinary of the King of great Brittaine saith that it is neere six moneths since they had treated to make a Marriage between the Prince of Wales and the Infanta Donna Maria sister to your Majesty That it is five moneths since they setled in Spaine the Articles in matter of Religion His Majesty now in glory having first asked the opinions of many learned men which were joyned to consult upon this businesse That the King of great Brittaine dealt clearly in all the Articles and therein hath complyed in all things and hath promised by his word and in a letter written the sixth of Aprill 1620. particularly declared what he would doe in favour of the Catholiques That it appeared the businesse was then well founded to aske the Popes Dispensation and thereupon they dispatched Father Diego de Fuente for to solicit it in Rome but now at the end very neere of two yeeres his Holinesse without reply hither hath sent directly for England NOTE propounding to the King not onely many alterations in the said Capitulations but something new which the King would by no meanes yeeld unto NOTE That this to the King his Master seemed much different from that which he expected First for that having Capitulâ—ted the Dispensation should onely move from this place and the King having not treated at all with the Pope therefore he expected what the Pope would reply should be sent unto your Majesty from whence came the demand of the Dispensation Secondly for that he thought that with the Agreement and the rest perused all things concerning Religion had beene setled and that the learned men did think that upon these conditions they might and that his Holinesse ought to consent to the Dispensation and now they demand new things and impossible which seemes very strange Wherefore the King his Master desiring that in this businesse he make short expedition for that it imports Him and His Kingdom very much that they marry the Prince His onely Sonne presently going upon 23. yeeres having foâ—borne to marry for six yeeres past onely in respect of this Treaty He is commanded to declare plainly to your Majesty how farre he may condiscend in matter of Religion and if with this your Majesty be content to proceed to a conclusion of the Marriage without more delayes and if this be not enough to give satisfaction to your Majesty as he hopes it will seeing he hath yeelded to much more then what was capitulated in the time of the King Father to your Majesty now in glory your Majesty also would be pleased to declare on the part of your Majesty that without losse of more time his Majesty may dispose of the Prince his sonne and your Majesty of the Infanta as you best please The same day Octob. 3. 1622. King Iames discerning the Emperours and Spaniards strange proceedings in the Palatinate to gaine the totall possession of 〈◊〉 under colour of this Teaty dspaâ—ched this ensuing Letter into Spaine to the Lord Digby and the next day after this Minute of second Instructions sent by Master Porter RIght Trusty c. There is none knowes better then your selfe how We have laboured ever since the beginâ—g of these unfortunate troubles of the Empire notwithstanding all opposition to the contrary to merit well of Our good Brother the King of Spaine and the whole house of Austria by a long and lingring patience grounded still upon his friendship and promises that Care should be had of Our Honour and of Our Childrens Patrimony and Inheritance We have acquainted you also from time to time since the beginning of the Treaty at Bruxelles how crosly all things have there proceeded notwithstanding all the faire professions made unto Us both by the King of Spaine and the Infanta and all his Ministers and the Letters written by him unto the Emperour and them effectually at the least as they endeavoured to make Us beleeve But what fruits have We of all these other then dishonour and scorne Whilest We are treating the Towne and Castle of Heidelberg are taken by force Our Garrison put to the sword Manheim besieged and all the hostility used that is within the power of an enemy as you will see by the Relation which VVe have commanded Our Secretary to send you Our pleasure therefore is that you immediately as soone as you can get audience let that King understand how sensible We are of these proceedings of the Emperours towards Vs and withall are not a little troubled to see that the Infanta having an absolute Commission to conclude a Cessation and suspension of Armes should now at last when all Objections were answered and the former solely pretended Obstacles removed not onely delay the conclusion of the Treaty but refuse to lay her command upon the Emperours Generals for abstaining from
expect an answer to the dispatch â—rought by Master Porter and his Majesties service requires it this Bearer Master Digby is sent to you with all speed that may be being specially chosen by his Majesty both out of the former experience he hath had of his diligence and for that he is best able to informe you how all things have passed in Germany for Frankendale your Lordship will understand by â—is Majesties owne Letter in what state it now remaines and this morning I have received a Letter from Capâ—aine Burgh who is the Governour that they have not above foure moneths Bread and VVine beginning to reckon from the 24. of November which was the time that Tâ—lly departed from thence since that time Colonell Papenheim blocks us the Towne with twelve Companies of Horse and some few of Foot to whom are since joyned two Regiments more of the Dukes of Saxen and Holsten which makes 2000. Horse come out of Brabant which have girt them up so close as there is no further meanes left to relieve them He writes to me further that they have it from many places how the Imperialiâ—â—s doe laugh to think that we had any hope out of that Letter from the King of Spaine to the Infanta saying that they know that those of Frankendale must seeke to them before Summer and entreat them to take the Towne It will therefore much import his Majesties service that your Lordship doe procure some answer and resolution from the King of Spaine concerning that Towne and that with all speed To leave those businesses of the Palatmate of which I have no more to say saâ—ing onely this which his Majesty commanded me the other day to write unto you that your Lordship should use all the meanes possible to stirre up that King for diverting the Translation of the Electorate at this Diet. Your Lordship shall understand that there hath been no want of care here to make all things sure which you have promised there on his Majesties behalfe and therefore as your Lordship shall receive a confirmation of all under his Majesties and the Princes hands subscribed to the paper it selfe which you sent hither so you may please also to know that least it should be discovered that the assent you gave there unto the Propositions was but conditionall and to reâ—ard the proceedings at Rome his Majesty hath likewise dispatched an Extraordinary who is this day already gone with much diligence to find our Master Gage at Rome or elswhere NOTE to whom his Majesty hath been pleased to write himselfe taking notice of the report your Lordship made of his good service at Madrid and requiring him now if he saw that the Dispensation would certainly be granted to deliver his Letters thereof to be first sure and secret I have written unto him also and told him all that is done here how his Majesty and the Prince have confirmed the Articles and to that purpose they have both written unto the King of Spaine promising favour to the Catholiques NOTE and Don Carlos Coloma hath written the like unto the Duke of Alberquerque and to Padre Maestro so as there needs be no scruple now nor colour of deferring the Dispensation For the 300. li. which your Lordship hath laid out to Master Gage I shall take order for a privy Seale here to repay it unto Master Lyonell Wake of Antwerpe upon whom it is to be charged as I understand from Master Secretury Cottington I shall not need to remember your Lordship were it not that his Majesty hath commanded me because I perceive by your Letters you are carefull enough of it your selfe noâ— to deliver those private Letters of his and the Princes concerning the favour intended to the Catholiques untill the Dispensation â—e granted and the Match fully concluded NOTE His Majesty hath further commanded me to put your Lordship in mind of that which must necessarily be thought on before the solemnization of the Marriage and that is what person of that Court is fittest to be deputed by his Highnesse for that office and to send him word of it betimes that he may dispatch away his Commission to him for that purpose and if your Lordship please to cause the forme thereof to be drawne there such a one as will give them contentmeâ—t and is fitting for his Highnesse to signe I should thinke it were not amisse Your Lordship will not forget also to send Vs word when it is time for his Highnesse to send Love Letters and tokens to his Mistresse I hope your next dispatch will inâ—orme Vs of all these things in the meane time c. White-hall 7. Ian. 1622. After this Secretary Calvert writ this ensuing Letter to the said Earle having some relation to the Match and the use the Spaniards made of it My very good Lord YOu will understand before these come to your hands by Master Secretary Digby who was dispatched away from hence with much Diligence that Master Porter was safely arrived here and to the dispatch which he brought with him your Lordship by Master Digby receives full and particular answer to all points that required it neverthelesse upon the hazard of one mans person I have sent your Lordship herewithall by the Ordinary Duplicats of that dispatch Yours of the 20. of the last moneth old stile came safely into my hands and for the matter of Ormâ—â— his Majesty hath commanded me to tell you that he had heard of it before by a flying report but never the certainty thereof till now wherefore his Majesty would have your Lordship to let the King of Spaine understand that he is very sensible of the accident desiring him to rest assured that he will doe his utmost endeavour to discover the verity of the fact and upon the discovery thereof will afterwards proceed as a just Prince ought to doe and as a faithfull friend to that King Within these few dayes here hath happened an accident that hath put Vs into some disorder The Prince taking notice of two of his Musicians Angelo an Italian and Drew an English man that were at the Spanish Ambassadours on Christmas-Eve assisting with their voices and musick at the midnight Masse at which his Majesty and his Highnesse were much displeased turned them both out of his service The Spanish Ambassadour mediated for them by an earnest Letter which he writ unto his Highnesse but could not at first prevaile though since as I understand he hath obtained remission for them it was not well done of them to goe and an ill fortune I doubt that so much notice is taken of it Upon a complaint of the said Ambassadour in his Majesties name of certaine spoyles and depredations as he termes them committed by his Majesties Subjects trading into the East Indies upon the Portuguesses there and thereupon demanding justice he obtained a Commission directed to some seven or eight of the Counsell under the great Seale of England to examine upon oath the verity
of the accusation and informing his Majesty thereof a legall course afterwards to be directed for the further proceeding and sentencing the fact Of this Commission amongst divers others of the Board I am one and we have met once or twice about it Yesterday my Lord Admirall representing unto his Majesty how derogatory this course of commissioning was to the Jurisdiction of his Court of Admiralty as in truth I think it be his Majesty hath given order that there shall be no further proceeding upon it but the businesse left to a legall tryall in that Court to which it appertaines and I am commanded to speake with the Spanish Ambassadour to that purpose I pray God I may give him satisfaction howsoever I shall doe my best and so kissing your Lordships hands I rest White-hall 14. Ian 1622. The Articles concerning Religion being thus concluded and signed by the King and Prince the Lawes against Jesuits popish Priests and Recusanis by promise suspended for the future all imprisoned Roman Catholiques of all sorts enlarged throughout his Majesties Dominions the free exercise of their Religion without molestation promised in expresse termes and the Marquesse of Buckingham hereupon then writing into Spaine as the a Tom. 9. An. 1624. pag. 29. French Mercury informes us That our Informers Pursevants Prisons should from thenceforth serve no more but for our owne Ministers and other persons zealous of our Religion which hath ever since experimentally proved most true King Iames made no doubt at all NOTE but that the Pope would presently grant the Dispensation and the Spaniard without more delayes consummate the marriage To hasten which King Iames as the same b Tom. 9. p. 485. c. Mercury records and I have credibly heard the same from others assembling his Privy Counsell together Febr. 25. 1622. made a long Oration to them which he recites at large the summe whereof was this That the Roman Catholiques in England had sustained great and intolerable surcharges NOTE imposed upon their goods bodies consciences during Queen Elizabeths reigne of which they hoped to be relieved in his that his Mother suffered martyrdome in this Realme for the profession of the said Catholique Religion a Religion which had been publiquely professed for many ages in this Realme confirmed by many great and excellent Emperours and famous in all Ecclesiasticalâ— Histories by an infinite number of Martyrs who had sealed it with their blood That the Catholiques well knew that there was â—n him a grand affection to the Catholique Religion insomuch that they beleeved at Rome that he did but dissemble his Religion to obtaine the Crowne of England That now he had maturely considered the penury and calamities of the Roman Catholiques who were in the number of his faithfull Subjects and was resolved to relieve them and therefore did from thenceforth take all his Roman Catholike Subjects into his protection permitting them the liberty and intire exercise of their Religion and liberty to celebrate the masse with other divine offices of their Religion without any inquisition processe or molestation from that day forwards and likewise will and ordaine that they shall be restored to all their estates lands fees cignorâ—es and re-established in them commanding all his Magistrates Instices and other Officers whatsoever in this behalfe to hold their hands and for what cause soever it be not to attempt hereafter to grieve or molest the said Catholiques neither in publique nor private in the liberty of the exercise of their Religion upon painâ— of being reputed guilty of high treason and disturbers of the Kingdoms peace and repose this being his will and definitive sentence But notwithstanding all these complianceâ— and favours to the Roman Catholiques those crafty Machiavillians had a further deeper plot both upon King Iames the Prince the old and young Prince Palatine and Protestant Religion which they must effect by delayes namely to betray the Prince into the Spaniards power by engaging him in a private journy into Spaine upon pretence to expedite the Match and there by force or slattery to pervert him in his Religion and induce him publiquely to professe himselfe a Roman Catholique and likewise to put the young Prince Palatine into the Emperours hands under pretext of a match with his Daughter and to traine him up in his Court in the popish Religion and by this hellish policy to scrue up King Iames and the old Prince Palatine to whatever conditions the Pope Spaniard or Emperour should propose unto them for the advancement of Popery or of their owne temporall greatnesse In pursuance of this infernall design the a Mercure â—â—ancius Tom 9. p. 471 472 c. Prince and the Marquesse of Buckingham accompanied with Cottington and Porter on the 17. day of Febr. 1622. departed privately from the Court disguised to Dover and posted through France into Spaine to what desperate purposes and by whose procurement The Bâ—eviate of the Arch. bishops liâ—e pag. 3. these ensuing Articles of the Earle of Bristoll exhibited to the Lords against the Duke of Buckingham whom he accused of high-treason upon them in open Parliament May 1. 1626. with the crosse Articles exhibited against the Earle of Bristoll in Parliament by Sir Robert Heath the Kings Attourney generall by his Majesties speciall command May 6. 1626. both of which you may find recorded in the Lords Parchment Journall of that Parliament will most cleerly discover to all the world to the deserved infamy of these detestable Projectors Articles of the Earle of Bristoll wherewith he chargeth the Duke of Buckingham May 1. 1626. THat the Duke of Bukingham did secretly combine and conspire with Conde Gondomar Ambassadour for the King of Spaine before the said last Ambassadours returne into Spaine in the Summer 1622. NOTE to carry his Majesty the Prince into Spaine to the end that he might be informed and instructed in the Roman Religion and therely have perverted the Prince and subverted the true Religion established in England from which misery this Kingdome next under God's mercy hath by the wise religious and constant carriage of his Majesty been almost miraculously delrvered considering the many bold and subtle attempts of the said Duke in that kind That Master Porter was made acquainted therewith and sent into Spaine and such Message at his returne framed as might serve for a ground to set on foot this conspiracy the wich was done accordingly and thereby the King and Prince highly abused and thereby their consents first gotten to the said journey that is to say after the returne of Master Porter which was about the end of December 1622. whereas the said Duke had plotted it many moneths before That the Duke at his arrivall in Spaine nourished the Spanish Ministers not onely in the beliefe of his owne being popishly affected but did both by absenting himselfe from all exercises of Religion constantly used in the Earle of Bristols house and frequented by all other Protestants English
Britain for the defence of Kingdomes and for a devine Oracle the which will easiely arrive and that without difficulty if you open your heart to the Lord that knocks upon which depends all thâ— happines of that Kingdome It is from this our great Charity that we cherish the praises of the Royall Name NOTE and that which makes us desire that you and your Royall Father might be stiled with the names of Deliverers and Restorers of the ancient paternall Religion of Great Britain This is it we hope for trusting in the goodnesse of God in whose hands are the hearts of Kings and who causeth the people of the Earth to receive healing to whom we will alwayes labout with all our power to render you gracious and favourable In the interim take notice by these Letters of the care of our Charity which is none other then to procure your happinesse and it will never grieve us to have written them if the reading of them stirre but the least sparke of the Catholique Faith in the heart of so great a Prince whom we wish to be â—illed with long countinuance of joy and flourishing in the glory of all vertues Given 〈◊〉 Rome in the Pallace of S. Peter the 20. of Aprill 1623. in the Third yeare of oâ—r Popedome The Prince of Wales having received this Letter made this following answer which was after published in print MOst Holy Father I received the dispatch from your Holinesse with great content and with that respect which the pietie and care wherewith your Holinesse writes doth require It was an unspeakeable pleasure to me to read the generous exploits of the Kings my Predecessours to whose memory posterity hath not given those pâ—aises and Elogies of honour as were due to them I do 〈◊〉 that your Holines hath set their examples before my eyes to the end that I might imitate them in all my actions for in truth they have often exposed their estates and lives for the exaltation of the holy Chaire And the courage with which they have assaulted the enemies of the Crosse of Jesus Christ hath not beene lesse than the care and thought which I have to the end that the peace and Intelligence which hath hitherto been wanting in Christendome might be bound with the bond of a true concord for like as the common Enemy of peace watcheth alwayes to put hatred and dissention betweene the Christian Princesâ— so I believe that the glory of God requires that we should indeavour to unite them NOTE And I doe not esteeme it a greater honour to be discended from so great Princes than to imitate them in the zeale of their piety In which it helps me very much to have knowne the mind and will of our thrice honoured Lord and Father the holy intentions of his Catholike Majestie to give a happie corcurrence to so laudablâ— a designe For it grieves him extreamely to see the great evill that grows from the division of Christian Princes which the wisdome of Your Holinesse foresaw when it judged the Marriage which you pleased to designe betweene the Infanta of Spainâ— and my selfe to be necessary to procure so great a good for 't is very certaine that I shall never be so extreamely affectionate to any thiâ—g in the world as to endeavour allyance with a Prince that hath the same apprehension of the true Religion with my selfe Therefore I intreate Your â—olinesse to beleeve that I have been alwayes very far* NOTE from incouraging Novelties or to be a partisan of any Faction against the Catholick Apostolike Roman Religion But on the contrary I havâ—â—ought all occasioâ—s to take away the suspition that might rest upon me and that I will imploy my selfe for the time to come to have but one* Religion and one Faith seeing that we all beleeve in one Iesus Christ. Having resolved in my selfe to spare notâ—ing that I have in the world and to suffer all manner of discommodities even to the hazarding of my estate and life for a thing so pleasing unto God It rests only that I thank Your Holinesse for the permission which you have been pleased to afford me that I pray God to give you a blessed health and his glory after so much travell which Your Holinesse takes within his Church Signed CHARLES STEWARD Fiftly by dedicating and writing Bookes unto his Highnesse to seduce him to the Romish Religion by inviting him to behold their * Mercure Francois Tom. 9. Anno 1623. p. to 539. 535 to 539. 562. solmne Processions to induce him to reverence and adore their ambularitie Hostia or Breaden God carying him to their most religious places persons famous for pretended miracles especially to the holy Nunne of Carion to whom the Popes Nuncio sent a speciall dispensation to entertaine the Prince and to discourse with him as a thing necessary for the good of the Catholike Church Sixtly by presenting him with Popish Pictures as * Ibid. p. 556 with the beautifull Pictures of our Lady of Saint Ioseph and of sweet Iesus to omit all other Artifices Some Months after the Princes arivall in Spaine the long expected dispensation for the mariage came from Pope Gregory the 15. to the Spanish Court before which time the Prince was not admitted to speake with the Infanta in quality of a Suiter but of a Prince * The Vocall Forrest p. 125. 126. 127. Mercurâ— Francois but it came clogged with an unhappie unexpected clause thrust in of purpose to retard the proceedings Namely That whereas there were certaine Articles condiscended to by King Iames in favour of the Roman Catholikes in England and other his Majesties dominions the Pope demanded caution from the King and Prince for performance of them before the Marriage consummate To which the King answered That he could give no other caution but his owne and the Princes Royall words and Oaths confirmed by his Councell of State and exemplified under the great Seale of England which security was tendered but this would not satisfie unlesse some Soveraigne Catholique Prince would ingage himselfe for them Thereupon all matters were like to goe off the hinges and a bruite went abroad that the Prince intended to get away covertly At last Conde Olivares propounded three wayes of accommodation The first was that Prince Charles should become a Papist The second that thâ— Infanta should be delivered to him upon the former security without further condition The third was to binde him as fast as they could and not trust him with any thing Whiles matters were thus canvasing and gathering ill bloud the King of Spaine profered to engage himselfe by Oath for the Kings and Princes performance of the Articles to satisfie the Pope provided he must first consult with his Ghostly Fathers whether he might doe it with safe Conscience or no. Whereupon the businesse was referred to a Committee of Learned Divines Whether the King of Spaine might with safety of Conseience take an Oath in the
behalfâ— of the King of England and Prince Charles for performance of such and such Articles as were in favour of the Papâ—sts throughout the Kings Dominions who after a long demurre and protraction of time concluded at last affirmatively that he might and in case they faild to â—xecute what was Capitulated the King of Spaine was to vindicate his Oath and right himselfe by the sword While things were thus agitating in Spaine diverse well affected persons stifly opposed the match in England and writ against it Among others * Mercure Francois Tom. 9. p. 497. to 505. Doctor George Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury made this Remonstrance to His Majestie against the match and toleration indulged to the Roman Catholiks one transcript whereof was among Windebanks Papers agreeing with that recorded in the French Mercurâ—e May it please your Majestie I Have beene too long silent and am afraid by my silence I have neglected the dutie of the place it hath pleased God to call me unto and your Majestie to place meâ—n And now I humbly crave leave I may discharge my Conscience toward God and my duty toward Your Majestie And therefore I beseech you Sir to give me leave freely to deliver my selfe and then let Your Majesty doe what you please with me Your Majestie hath propounded a toleration of Religion I beseech you Sir take it into your conâ—ideration what your Act is what the consequence may be By Your Act you labour to set up that most damnable and hereticall doctrine of the Church of Rome the Whore of Babylon How hatefull will it be to God and grievous unto your good Subjects the true proâ—essors of the Gospell that your Majesty who hath often disputed and learnedly written against those wicked heresies shouâ—d now shew your selfe a Patron of those doctrines which your penne hath told the world and your Conscience tells your selfe are superstitious idolatrous and detestable Adde hereunto what you have done in sending the Prince into Spaine without the consent of your Counsell the privitie and approbation of your people And though you have a larger interest in the Prince as the Sonne of your flesh yeâ— have the people a greater as the Sonne of the Kingdome upon whom next aâ—ter Your Majestie their eyes are fixed and welfare depends And so tenderly is this going apprehended as believe it Sir howsoever his returne may besafe yet the draweâ—s of him to that action so dangerous to himselfe so desperate to the Kingdome will not passe away unquestioned unpunished Besides this toleration which you endeavour to set up by your Proclamation it cannot be done without a Parliament unlesse Your Majestie will let your subjects see that you will take unto your selfe a liberty to throw downe the Lawes of the Land at your pleasure What dreadfâ—ll consequence Sir these things may draw after I beseech Your MAJESTIE to consider and above all least by this tolleration discontinuance of the true profession of the Gospell wherewith God hath blessed us and under which this Kingdome hath these many yeares â—lourished Your Majestie doe not draw upon the Kingdome in Generall and your selâ—e in particular Gods heavie wrath and indignation Thus in discharge of my duty toward God to Your Majestie and rhe place of my calling I have taken humble boldnesse to deliver my Conscience And now Sir doe with me what you please This Remonstrance of his was seconded by Vox Populi Doctor Hackwell and others But all in vaine the King being so resolutely bent upon it that hee would permit none to contradict it and * Mercure Francois Tom. p. 1624. p. 29. committed the Earle of Oxford prisoner to the Tower for some â—peeches against it At last the difficulties in Spaine and Rome being surmounted and the Pope satisfied by the King of Spaines engagement for the performance of the Articles and Propositions * Mercure Franc. Anno 1623. p. 522. 523. for the â—ight augmentation and Weale of the Roman Catholike Religion as the Cardinalls for the propagation of the Faith stiled them there was exceeding great joy and all the Capitulations were thereupon soone after engrossed sealed subscribed aud solemnly sworne to by both the Kings the Prince and Privie Councell the Copie of which Articles both concerning the Infanta her family and the Papists in generall I shall here insert in Latine as I find them printed in the * Tom. 9. An. 1624. p. 11. â—8 French Mercury and in written Copies belonging to the Lord Cottington and Secretary Windebancke agreeing with it NOS Iacobus Dei Gratia Angliae Scotiae Galliae Hiberniae c. Rex Relationâ— atque notitia hujus Instrumenti atque scripturae Obligationis Approbationis Confirmationis Ratificationis et novi contractus atque ad perpetuam ejus memoriam Notum facimus et manifestum omnibus Regibus Principibus Potentatibus Rebuspublicis Communitatibus Vniversitatibus et Privatis Personis cujuscunque status et conditionis sint et inpertuum fuerint Quemadmodum ad gloriam et honorem Dei cum maximè optaremus ut novis strictioribusque Amiâ—itiae nexibus consanguinitatis et aâ—â—initatis vincula quae Nos et sâ—renissimum Carolum Walliae Principem nostrum charissimum atque amâ—ntissimum Filium Vnicum cum Serenissimo Principe Phillippo quarto Catholico Hispa niâ—â— Neapolis Siciliae Hierusalem Indiarum Orientalium et Occidentalium Insularum et continentis Maris Oceani Râ—ge Archiduci Aâ—striae conjungunt constringantur arctius et conâ—irmentur atque ut in Nobis Successoribusqâ—e Nostris fraternitatis coneordia 〈◊〉 inter utramque Coroâ—am mutua Benevolentia ad majus utriusque bonum et felicitatem concilietur stabiliâ—tur atque pâ—â—maneat Actum est et agitur de Matrimonio contrahendo inter predictum Serenissimum Walliae Principem Serenissâ—mam Infantem Mariam Catholicae Serenitatis sororem Ad cujus â—ei tractatum conclusionem predictum Serenissimum Principem â—ilium Nostrum ad Regem Hispaniarum Regiam missimus â—bi nunc reperitur Inter quem pro Se pro Nobis Nostro nomine una cum Georgio Vilersio Buckinghamiae Duce Maris Anglicani Praesecto Garterij ordinis periscelidi insignâ— a Concilio Nostri status Nostri Equitis Praepositoâ—tum etiam Joanne Digbeio Bristoliae Comice Vice-camerario Hospitij Nostri Nostri status conciliario Gualtero Astone Nostris aâ—ud Catholicam Serenitatem Oraâ—oribus ordinario extraordinâ—rio Francisco adhuc Cotintone Baranetto praefati â—ilij Nostri Secretarâ—o ut virtute praesâ—ripti atque Instructionis quam a nobis habuerunt habent â—t omnibus necessâ—riis ad dictum Matrimonium tractandum conficiendum inâ—â—rsint Et exaltera parte inter Serâ—nitatem Catholicam pro se ac tanquam fratre legittimo administratore praedictae Serenissimae Infantis Mariae de ejusdem voluntate et conseâ—su Commissâ—onâ—rios â—tiam ad id ipsum designtos Joannem Mendozium Lunam Marchionem Montium Clarorum Castelli Barbellae Marchionem
it propter aliquod delictum ad hoc â—nim faciet ut praedicto suo Superiori ecclesâ—astico statim tradat remittat qui contra illum juxta canones et regulas juris procedat 18. Quod leges contra Catâ—olicos latae vel fâ—rendae in Anglia et aliis Regnis Regis magnae Brittanniae subjectis non attingent liberos ex hoc Matrimonio oriâ—ndos et libere jure suâ—cessionis in Regnis et Dominis Mag. Brit. fruantur 19. Quod Nutrices quae lactabunt liberos Ser. Dom. Infantis Catholicae valeant esse carumque electio ad praefatam Dominam Infantem spectet sive sint ex natione Anglicana sive ex alia quacunque prout Ser. Infanti placuer it et saâ—iliae suae annumerentur ejusque privilegijs gaudeant et potiantur 20. Quod Episcopus personae ecclesiasticae et religiosae ex familia Dom. Infantiâ— poterunt retinere vestâ—tum et habitum suae Dignitatis professionis Religionis more Romano 21. Pro securitate quod dictum Matrimonium nullaâ—enus aliqua ex causa dissolvetur Rex Mag. Brit. et Carolus Princeps verbo Regiâ— pariter et honore astringendi sunt Prestabuâ—t insuper quicquid a Rege Catholico propositum fuerit si enim decenter et commode fieri possit 22. Quod filij et filiae qui ex hoc Matrimonâ—o nascentur penes Serenâ—ssimam Infantem ut minmum usque ad decennium educentur et libere jure successionis in praedictis Regnis ut dictum est fruantur 23. Quod quomodocunque loci servorum et servarum quos Serenissima Domina Infans secum attulerit nominatos per Regem Catholicum frâ—trem 〈◊〉 vâ—â—â—re contigerit sive peâ— mortem sive per absemiam sive ex aliqua alia 〈…〉 accidenet subrogentur per dictum Regem Catholicum omnes servi familiares ut supra 24. Pro sâ—â—â—ritate quod totum ut capitulatum est compleatur Rex mag Brit. serenissimus Carolus Pr. juramento obstringendi sunt ut omnes Consiliarij Regis tractatum Chyrographo firmare debent insuper quod praedicti Rex Princeps verbo Regio sidem 〈◊〉 sunt se factucos quod possibile est ut omnia supra capitulata per Parliamentum siabiliantur 25 Quod conformiter ad ea quae tractata sunt NOTE â—mnia ista proponenda exponenda sunt Sanctissimo Domino Papae quatenus ea approbare Apostoliamque Benedictionem 〈◊〉 necessariam Dispensationem ad effectum Matrimonij conâ—â—dere dignetur Nos tractatum praedictum ac omnia singula capitulata in eodem comenta ac spectificata rata grata habentes ea omnia singula ex certa scientia Nostra quatenus Nos Haredes vel Successores Nostros concernunt approbamus landamus confirmamus ae ratiâ—icamus Et inviolabiliter firmiter bene fideliter tenere observare perimplere tenerique observari perimpleri sacere cum effectu bona fide in verbo Regio promittimus per praesentes omni exceptione seu contradictione cessante Eademque in praesentia illustrium nobilium virorum Ioannis de Mendoza Caroli a Coloma serenissimi Regis Catholici Oratorum in curia Nostra residentium sacrosanctis Ev angelijs per nos tactis jurejurando firmanus nâ—n obstantibus quibuscunque opinionibus sententiis aut legibus in contrarium In quorum omnium singulorum praemissâ—rum fidem ae testimâ—nium â—isâ—e Artiâ—ulis manu Nostra subscriptis magnum sigillum Nostrum apponi â—eâ—imus praesentibus Râ—verâ—ndissimo in Christo patre Georgio Archiepiscopo Canturiensi totius Angliae primate Reverendissimo in Christo patre Ioanne Episcopo Lincoâ—niensi magni sigilli Angliae custode predictis consâ—nguineis Nostris Lionello Comite Middlesexiae summo Thesauraio Nostro Angliae Henrici Vice-Comite de Maundevill in Consilio Nostri status praesidente Edvardo Comite Wig rniensi privati sigilli Nostri custode Ludovico Duâ—ae Richmondiae Lenoxiae Hospitij Nostri Seneschallo suprema Jacobo Marchione Hamiltoniae Jacobo Comite Carlionensi Thoma Comite de Kâ—lleij Oliverio Vice comite Grandisâ—n Reverendissimo in Christo patre Lanceloto Episâ—â—pa Wintoniensâ— Sacelli Noctri Regij Decano praedilectis fidelibus Nostris Georgio Barone Caresse de Clopino rei Nostâ—â— tormentariae majoris in Anglia praefecto Arthuro Barone Chichister de Belfart Regni Nostri Hiberniae summo Thesaurario Thoma Edmonds milite esâ—sdem Nostri Hospitij Regij Thesâ—â—â—â—rio Joanne Suckling Milite ejusdem Nostri Hospitij Contrarotulatore Georgio Calvert Milite unoâ—e Secretarijs Nostris priâ—â—anrijs Edvardo Conweiâ— Militâ— altero e Secretarijs Nostris primâ—â—ijs Richardo Weston Miliâ—e Seactarij Nostri Caâ—â—ellario sub Thesaâ—eario Julio Caesare Milite Archiverum Nostrorum praefecto omnibusque a Consilijs Nostris Sanctioribus Dat. apud Palatium Nostrum Westmonasterijs 20. die Julij Anno Regni Nostri magnae Brittanniae c. 21. S. S. Iacobus Rex The solemnity observed in swearing these Articles of the Match in England by King Iames you may read at large in the a Tom. 9. Anno 1624. p. 9. to â—8 French Mercury who likewise informes us That there arose these two difficulties between King Iames and the Spanish Ambassadours about the taking of this Oath The first was about this title of the Pope MOST HOLY which King Iatmes refused to give openly to the Pope in the Oath which he was to prononnce in the Chappell at White â—hall alleaging the repugnancy thereof to his Religion and that this would be a reproach and by consequence preâ—udâ—â—all to him for the future but the Ambâ—ssadours refused to proceed further if his Maâ—â—sty would not consens to give kiss the for said title to which at last he consenâ—ed The second difficulty was that some reported to the Ambassaâ—ours that they should have such prayers in the Kings Chappell when they came to see the Articles sealed and sworn to by the King and such â—â—nging as were vsed in the Protestant Church and Kings Chappell NOTE at which prayers they could not be present since they came thither to 〈◊〉 other endâ— but to aâ—â—ure maintaine and warrant the Catholique Apostoâ—icall and Roman Church whereupon the King commanded that nothing should be there sung but what was chauâ—â—ed wâ—â—n the Constable of Castile tooke his Oath there to sweare the peace betweâ—n the two Crownes which was an hymne of joy in praise of peace and â—o out all 〈◊〉 the King câ—used the Register of his Chappell to carry the hymne to the 〈◊〉 â— peruse and so all difficulties were removed the King yeelding to these Popish â—â—bassâ—doâ—rs to gratiâ—ie the Pope in his Antichristian title but they not 〈◊〉 one 〈◊〉 bredâ—h to him in honour or approbation of our Prayers Pâ—almesâ— or Protâ—stant Religion which must give place to their Catholique pleaâ—ures The Articles being solemnly sworne in the forenoone the King made an extraordinary Feast to the Ambassadours Which ended the King and thâ—y went to the Councell Chamber
observance also the rest of Our Subjects Vassals are not obliged as likewise the general lawes under which all are equally comprehended to wit as to the Roman Catholiques if they be such as is aforesaid which are repugnant to the Roman Catholique Religion and that hereafter We will not consent that the said Parliament should ever at any time enact or write any other new lawes against Roman Catholiquâ—s We accounting all and singular the preceeding Articles ratified and accepted out of Our certaine knowledge as â—â—rre as they concerne Vs Our Heires or Successors approve ratifie applaud and promise bona fide and in the word of a King by these presents inviolably firmly well and faithfully to keep observe and fulfill the same and to cause them to be kept observed and fulfilled without any exception or contradiction and doe confirme the same by Oath upon the holy Evangelists notwithstanding any opinions sentences or lawes whatsoever to the contrary in the presence of the most illustrious Don Iohn de Mendoza Marquesse of Inojosa and Don Charles Coloma Extraordinary Ambassadours of the Catholique King of George Calvert Kt. one of Our chiefe Secretaries of Edward Conway Knight aâ—other of Our chiefe Secretaries of Francis Cottington Baronet of the Privy Counsell to Our Sonne the Prince of Francis de Corondelet Apostolicall or the Popes Prothoâ—â—tory and Arch-deacon of Cambray Dated at Our Pallace at Westminster the â—0 day of July An. Dom. 1623. in the English stile Iacobus Rex A compared and true Copy George Calvert then chiefe Secretary The forme of the Oath which the Lords of the Counsell tooke to the former Articles 〈◊〉 this which followeth found among the Lord Cottingtons papers Formula Juramenti a Consiliarijs Praestandi FGOâ—N jurâ— me debite pleneque observâ—â—â—â—â—m quâ—ntum ad me spectâ—t 〈…〉 Carolum Walliae 〈…〉 et serenissimâ—m Domin un Donnam Mariam Hispaniarum 〈…〉 Iuro etiam quod neque per me nec per Minisâ—â—â— aliquem inferiorem mihi 〈◊〉 lege 〈…〉 contra 〈…〉 These things thus acted in England by the King I shall next informe you what was acted in Spaine by the Prince b Mercuâ—e francois Tom. 9. An. 1624. p. 8. 9. Pope Gregory the 15. before his death and granting of the Dispenâ—ation had obliged and charged the conscience of his Catholique Majesty to see the execution and accomplishment of all the conditions required by his Holinesse in favour of the Catholiques of England Ireland and Scotland c Popes know how to make good â—argaines foâ— the Diâ—pensation to which he had assented His Majesty hereupon called an Assembly of Divines to consult with what he ought to doe fot the discharge of his conscience in this regard Their resolution was First that the Prince of 〈…〉 promise upon his Oath for to performe the conditions 〈…〉 should doe the like Secondly that the promis 〈…〉 should be presently made betweene the Prince of Wales and the most 〈…〉 but that the consummation of the Marriage and delivery of the 〈…〉 â—â—ould not 〈◊〉 all be execuâ—ed untill the month of May in the following yeere 1624. to the end that they might experimentally see during this time if the fore said conditions required by his Holinesse should be faithfully accomplished This last condition seemed very rigorous to the Prince but the King of Spaine promised him to procure that the time should be abridged As to the first the Prince of Wales tooke an Oath to his Majesty to observe the foresaid conditions and signed them with his hand and he likewise swore and signed this by way of overplus NOTE To permit at all times that any should freely propose to him the arguments of the Catholike Religion without giving any impediment and that he would never directly nor indirectly permit any to speake to the Infanta against the same A very strange dishonourable ensnaring Oath exposing the Prince to all seducements and seducers from our Religion without the least impeachment on the one hand and debarring his Highnesse and all others so much as once to open their lips to speake against Popery or to attempt the conversion of tâ—e Infanta to our Religion on the other hand These later strange Articles in favour of the Roman Catholiques originally contrived by the Pope himselfe and his Cardinals being thus sworn signed by the King and Prince gave great distaste to those of the Protestant party in England who had notice of them wherupon King Iames soon after perceiving the Spaniards jugling with him and that this Match notwithstanding all the former Articles sworne and sealed might receive a rupture though at first he was so confident of it that he said openly in Court d The Vâ—calâ— forrest p. 126. 127. That now al the devils in hel could not hinder the Match therupon made this Protestation sent to Salisbury by way of explanation of the latter Articles found among Secretary Windebanks and Cottingtons papers sufficiently maâ—ifesting the verity of the said Articles printed long since Cum Privilegio in the French Mercury one of the truest Histories in this latter age how ever the Author of e Pag. 34. 44 45. A Royall Vindication in answer to the Royall Popish Favourite lights it as most false fabulous and making a kind of Commentary on them Whereas his Majesty obligeth himselfe by oath that no particular Law now in force against the Roman Catholiques King Iames his Protestation to which the rest of his Subjects generally are not liable nor any generall Lawes which may concerne all his Subjects equally and indifferently being such neverthelesse as are repugnant to the Roman religion shall be executed at any time as to the said Roman Catholiques in any â—anner or case whatsoever directly or indirectly And that his Majesty shall cause the Lords of his Pivy Councell to take the same oath in so much as concernes them or the execution of the Lawes afore mentioned so far forth as the same appertaines unto them or any officers or Ministers under them And whereas further his Majesty obligeth himselfe by the oath that no other Lawâ— shall hereafter be enacted against the said Roman Catholiques but that a perpetuall toleration to exercise the Roman Catholique Religion within their private houses shall be allowed unto them throughout all his Majesties Kingdomes and Dominionâ— NOTE that is to say as well within his Kingdomes of Scotland and Ireland as of England in manner and forme as is capiâ—ulated declared and granted in the Articles concerning the Marriage His Majesty intendeth really and effectually to performe what he hath promised touching suspention of Lawes against his Roman Catholique Subjects but with this protestation That if they shall insolently abuse this his Majesties high grace and favour to the danger of imbroyling his State and government the safety of the Common-wealth is in this case suprema Lex and his Majesty must notwithstanding his said oath proceed against the offenders yet so as that before he doe
it the King of Spainâ— and all the world shall see he hath just cause And whereas also his Majesty obligeth himselfe by the like oath that he will use his power and authority and procure as much as in him lyes that the Parliament shall approve confirme and ratifie all and singular the Articles agreed upon betwixt the two Kings in favour of the Roman Catholiques by reason of this Match and that the said Parliament shall revoke and abrogate all particular lawes made against the said Catholiques whereunto the rest of his Majesties Subjects are not liable As also all other generall lawes as to the said Roman Catholiques which concerne them together with the rest of his Majesties Subjects and be repugnant to the Roman Catholique Religion and that hereafter his Majesty shall not give his royall assent at any time unto any new lawes that shall be made against the said Roman Catholiques His Majesty hath ever protested and doth protest that it is an impossibity which is required at his hands NOTE and that he may safely and well sweare it for he is sure that he is never able to doe it And last of all his Majesty protesteth that this which he now undertakes to doe and is sworne is meerly in respect and favour of the Marriage intended betwixt his Sonne and the Infanta and unlesse the same doe proceed he doth hold himselfe and so declareth by this Protestation acquitted and discharged in conscience of every part of his Oath now taken and that he is at full liberty to deale with his Roman Catholique Subjects according to his owne naturall lenity and clemency and as their dutifull loyalty and behaviour towards his Majesty shall deserve These Articles being thus sealed and sworne e Mercure Francois An. 1624. pag. 29 30. Don Carlos Coloma the Spanish Ambassadour laid the first stone for a Chappell which was to be built for the Infanta at the Princes Pallace at Saint James which building was advanced with all expedition to the great regreet of many Protestants and to the contentment of most Roman Catholiques to see a Catholique Church built in the Metropoliticall City of the Realme by publike authority after one hundred yeeres space during which they did nothing else but destroy such Churches All Catholiques that were Prisoners throughout England Ireland and Scotland were released all Pursevants and Informers established to search for apprehend and prosecute the Catholiques were prohibited to attempt any thing against them They had all free ingresse into and egresse out of the Realme without taking the Oath of Supremacy having onely a passe-port They resorted freely to heare Masse at the Spanish Ambassadours Chappell in so great number and so publikely that they were sometimes two or three thousand persons so the French Mercury truly records Besides the Papists grew so insolent that they had open Masses and Sermons in divers private houses about London and elswhere Among others their f See M. Gee his foot out of the Snare meeting at Black-fryers in a large chamber at a Sermon on the fifth of their November is most remarkable where Drury the Priest that preached and neeere an hundred Roman Catholiques were slaine and smothered with the fall of the floore of the chamber which they over-burthened with the multitude of people and many sore hurt and bruised to their great astonishment g Mercure Francois ibid. p. 30 31. The Marriage was now thought to be compleated the greatest enemies of this alliance submitted themselves to the Kings will you could see nothing but the picture of the Infanta within mens houses and in the streets A Fleet was prepared to goe to attend the Prince and Infanta at the Port of Saint Andrew in Biscay His Majesty had also assigned the Dower of his faire future Daughter and had sent to the Marquesse of Buckingham the title of Duke of Buckingham and to the Duke of Lenox the title of the Duke of Richmont In fine all seemed to be done in England but things went as slow as Leâ—d at Rome and in Spaine But here comes in the new h Pag. 43 44 anti-dated Loyall Vindication of the King and demands this silly question by way of objection If King James and the Prince had really condescended ane sworne both to the generall Articles of the Marriage being such as the Pope with his Cardinals of the Conclave had approved and likewise to those private Articles being so infinitely advantagious and for the weale of the Roman Catholike Religion how could the match being fully concluded on all parts be broken off Had this Objector well remembred that of the Poet Multa cadunt inter calicem Supremaque labra he would never have demanded so frivolous a question to evade such a palpable matter of fact as the sealing and swearing of these Articles so publikely knowne in the Courts of England and Spaâ—ne But to give him a full answer as the Spaniard never really intended this match but to worke his owne mischievous designes by confirming â—nd protracting the treaty about it â—o â—e tooke this occaâ—ion to interrupt it * Mercure Francois p. 539. Pope Gregory the 15. soone after the dispensation granted departed this life which the Spaniards promised should be no remora to the match as is evident by this letter of the Earle of Bristoll to Mr. Francis Cottington then Secretary to the Prince GOOD Mr Secretary yesterday Master Clerke went from heâ—ce but I wrote not by him neither have I now much to tell you Especially â—or that I am in doubt whether these letters will finde you in England or not Yesterday we had the â—â—wes of the Popes death but this King out of his owâ—e mouth and the Coâ—de de Olivares and the Nuntio do assure the Prince that this accident will neither makâ— alteration â—or delay in his â—usines they being all of Opinion that it will be dispatched by the Dean of the Cardinalls the Conclave The Insanta is now by all the Court and by this Kings approbation called la Princessa dâ— Inglaterra and she mâ—kes not nice to take it upon heâ— She now commeth Puâ—liquely to thâ— Commody and â—â—â—teth by the Queene and I am told that as soone as two papers which are already drawne are signed by the King and Prince they will giue her the right hand of the Queene com a knefreda which I conceive the Prince will not be displeased withall for by that meanes it will â—all out that the Prince and his Mistresse will ever sit together This day Don Fernando de Giron invited my Lord Duke my selfe and Sir Walter Ashton to diâ—ner where we were accompanied by Don Augustin â—exa the Marquesse of Montes Claâ—os and the Conde de Gundâ—mar and conceive we shall againe fall to good â—ellâ—wship You have heard that the Marquesse of Montesclaros is made President 〈◊〉 Hasiâ—nda the other in the â—unta began to speake invectively and against the match thereupon the King the same
night discharged him of that place and bestowed it upon Montesclaros For â—ine owne particular I protest unto you the rate that I am forced to live at is such and the necessity of those preparations that I must make at the disposorios for that our Nationbeginneth to loose much reputation for the â—anner they lâ—ve in without Liveries or Coaches or â—orses so that I am â—orced to bolner por la honra de la nation and will make the best Lyvery in Spaine and if his Majesty take not consideration of me I am undone I lâ—ave all to the negociation and if you settle not somewhat for me I will dispaire of any good I hope we shall shortly see you for I never longed more for any thing God blesse yoâ— and send you as much happinesse as I wish unto you and so I rest Maâ— Saint Iames 〈◊〉 day Sâ—ilo Novo 1623. Your faithfull friend to sâ—rve you BRISTOLL Yet notwithstanding the Spanish Machiavils to puzzle the busines pretended that the dispensation The vocall Forest p. 126. 127. Mercure Francois An. 1623. p. 539. An. 1624. p. 8. 9. 30. 31. 32. to 39. which the Pops Nuntio had in his hands at Madrid was suspended by the Popes death and that there was a necessity to attend the election of a new Pope who ought to ratify it Moreover the Spanish Divins firmly insisted that the espousals consummation of the mariage ought to be deferred till the following yeare proposing so many dificulties that it was impossible for his Highnesse to condiscend unto them Besides the King of Spaine demanded certaine Ports and Fortresses in England â—or further security of performing those Articles then what was formerly given which seemed very unreasonable Further the extraordinary Embassadors of the Emperor and of the King of Poland proffered a marriage with the Infanta for the sonnes of their Masters which gave some retarding to this affaire The Conde of Olivares the grand favorite of Spaine and the Duke of Buckingham I need not mention the occasion so well knowne embraceing Nubem pro Iunone entered into ill intelligence one with another The Proteâ—tant party and Parliament in England disliking the match opposed it all they could here and some of the Princesfollowers who were Zealous Protestants did the like in Spaine Sir Edmond Vernie struck an English Sorbon Doctor called Maillard a blow under the eare â—or visiting one of the Princes Pages sicke of a mortall â—eaver whereof he died and labouring to pervert him which gave great offence insomuch that they had much adoe to keepe him out of the Spanish Inquisition Other of the English derided and mocked the Catholique Ceremonies and fashions of the Spaniard which much retarded the businesse and helped forward to dissolve the match Besides the Secretary of the Prince Palatine aâ—iving at Madrid under pretence of praying the Duke to be Godfather to one of his Highnesse Children laboured to ingage the Duke disgusted â—ormerly by Olivares against the mariage to promote the Palatines affaires In fine the Prince himselfe discovers that the Spaniard really intended nothing else but to abuse and tire him out with delayes without hopes of any successe at last whereupon he contrived how to get himselfe fairely off and returne for England with convenient speed * Mercure Fâ—ancois An. 1623. p. 524 to 564 The Spaniards pressed the Prince to espouse the Infanta presently but to delay the consummation of the mariage and the carying of her over into England till some further time the ensuing yeare The Prince on the contrary was advised not to espouse her at all unlesse the mariage were presently consummated and he might instantly transport her into England which the Spainards not yeelding unto King Iames dispatched two Posts one after another to the Prince to hasten his returne into England upon just and necessary reason with which the King of Spaine and his Councell being acquainted after some debate condescended that the Prince should depart tâ—ence the ninetenth of September following upon oath first given as well by his Catholique Majesty as by the Prince to accomplish the mariage and to make the espousals ten dayes after the receit of the dispensation froâ— his holinesse Vrban the 8. elected Pope after many divisions then new among the Cardinalls about his election to which end the Prince made a Proâ—uration to the King of Spaine and Donne Câ—los his brother to make the espousalls accordingly which we left in the Earle of Bristolls hands the Copy whereof I shall here insert IN nomine Patris Filii Spiritus Sancti c. Relatione notitia hujus Instrumenti omnibus cujuscunque gradus et dignitaris Personis notum sit et manifestum quod Regali Caenobio Dino Laurentio sacrato sito apud Escurialem Serinissimus Dominus Carolus Walliae Princeps Majestatis Iacobi hujus nominis primi Mag Britanniae Regis Serinissiâ—i silius unicus notum fecit Qâ—od cum ad gloriam et honorem Dei quo mgnis consanguinitatis et aâ—â—iniâ—atis viâ—cula quae illum et Iacobum M Brit Regem Patrem suum colendissimum cum Sâ—rmâ— Prinâ—â—pe Philippo 4. Hispanie Rege Catholico conjungunt coâ—stringantur arctius et confirmentur in ipsisque successioribus suis amoris pignora mâ—tâ—a inter uâ—ramque coronam benevolentia ad commune majusque vtriusque bonum felicitatem concilientur stabiliantur permaneant Actum conventum conclusum est inter praefatos Sereniss Philippum Regem Catho Carolum Walliae Principem accedentibus consensu voluntate expressis Maj Iacobi Mag Brit Regis proâ—t latius constat ex Scripturis acceptationis ratificationis confirmationis ejâ—sdem in â—am causam habitis quae paenes me infra scriptum Notarium extant quod attestor de celebrando jucundoque Matrimonio inter memoratum Seren Carolum Walliae Principem Sereniss Dâ—minam Mariam Hispaâ—iarum Infantem Regis Catholici Sororem juxta id quod in praedicto Tractatu Matrimoniâ—â— praescriptum capituâ—atum est in ejus executionem effectum quoniamque aliquâ— magni ponderis momenti se obtulerunt Negotia Regiam Majestatem Britanniae Pâ—trem suum spectantiâ— in ejus commodum Subditorum suorum utilitatem cessura quae si praesentia sua non foveret magnum posset prejudicium irrogari nec amplius ob id immorari permittant Quamobrem per semetipsum praedictas Nuptias Matrimonium câ—lebrare non pâ—terit Sed legitimo Commissario Procuratore interveniente propria personalâ— ex post facto ratihabitâ—one subsecuta approbans laudans ratum babens prout se laudare approbare ratum gratumque habere professus est omnia singula in praedicto Tractatu Matrimoniali inter Ipsum Majestatem Catholicam 4. die Augusti habito celebrato â—ontenta illumque denuâ— in omnibus ex certa scientia grata spoâ—tanea voluntate acceptans confirmâ—ns satis superque certior securus utilitatis inde provenientâ—is
foure large Diamonds cut in fancets and twelve small triangle Diamonds and a table Diamonds for the middle stone supplyed out of the broken Coller To the Kings Confessor the old Crosse with four Diamonds cut in faucets and three Pearles pendant To Don Farnando Giron A Crosse with seaven large table Diamonds two of them were taken out of out round Iewell and five of them were the Dukes with a Pendelock of a faucet Diamond furnisht by our Jeweller To the Bishop of Segovia the Crosse of five large Diamonds cut in saucets with a pendant Pearle newly added to it To Don Augustin Mexia a faire Brooche of Gould set full of Diamonds of severall siezes and bought of Sir Peter Van Lore in the midest whereof is a large table Diamond that was the Dukes To the Marquesse De Flores A great thin table Diamond set in a Collet heretofore belonging to the Duke To the Conde de la Puebla the chaine of Gold of eight and fortie peeces whereof foure and twenty are great and foure and twenty are small Garnished with Diamonds and a picture Case furnisht by our Jeweller garnisht with Diamonds having our picture and a Cypher of our name And these our letters shall be your sufficient Warrant for the same Signed with our owne hand and given under our Signet at Madrid the six and twentieth day of August In the one and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our deare Lord and Father Iames by the grace of God King of England France and Ireland Defendor of the Faith c. And of Scotland the seaven and fiftieth 1623. To Our Right trustie and welbeloved Spencer Lord Compton Mr. of our Wardrobe and Robes Charles P. VVEE will and Command you That you deliver to our use and service unto the hands and Custody of the Right honourable Iohn Earle of Bristoll Lord Ambassador extraordinaâ—ie for his Majesty of great Brittaine our deare Father to the King of Spaine such Jewells and precious stones as are mentioned in this our Warrant That is to say A Coller of Gold containing thirteene great Ballaces and thirteene peeces of Gold with thirteene Cinque of Pearle betwixt them A long Chaine of two large Ropes of faire round Pearles weighing ten ounces and an halfe and two penny weight containing in number seaven hundred three score and five A looking Glasse set in Gold the backside richly garnisht with faire Diamonds and six peeces of Chaine to hang at garnisht with Diamonds on both sides One and twenty Buttons of gold each one having a faire Table Diamond The Remainder of a neck-lace of Queene Annes having in the midst thereof a large Triangle Diamond with a small Diamond pendant at the same also thirteene small pendent Diamonds and seaventeene great round Pearles A Coller of Gold containing thirtie peeces whereof fifteene are Roses in each was a great pointed Diamond and fifteene Crownes Ciphers of the King and Queenes names having in each a Table Diamond heretofore out of which was taken for our use foure of the pointed and six of the Table Diamonds So there are to be delivered to the said Earle of Bristall eleaven pointed and nine Table Diamonds with the Coller five great Emeraldes and five round Pearles that were taken out of a head attire And this our letters shall be your sufficient warrant for the same Signed with our hand and given under our Signet at Madrid the eight and twentieth day of August In the one and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our Deare Lord and Father Iames by the Grace of God King of England France and Ireland defender of the Faith c. And of Scotland the seaven and fiftieth 1623. To our right Trusty and welbeloved Spencer Lord Compton Mr. of our Wardrobe and Robes THe Mâ—rcure Franc. p. 560. to 571. 12. of September 1623. After dinner the Prince tooke his solemno leave of the King and Court of Spaine and departed from Madrid towards Saint Andrews where the 24. of September he feasted all the Spanish Dons who accompanied him aboard his ship and then â—et sail for England where he arrived at Portsmouth Octo. 5. and came thence into London Octo. 6. to the great rejoycing of all socts of people signified by their bonefires ringing of bels with other externall expressions of joy Vpon his return thence Doctor Andrewes made these Latin verses ANglus connubium connubia tractat Iberus Sic Mora producit quod properavit Amor. Pro nupta nebula est sponsam responsa retardant Pro taedis Caroliis taedia longa tulit Rumpe Moras Princeps nebulam dispelle serenus Sitque serena tuis te redeunte dies Vel quoniam Angligenis nupsit Caterina duobus Tu Carole Austriacas dum mora sume duas AVâ—â—riacam Carolus desict at amare puellam Vâ— qui operam terrâ luserit atque marâ— Gausa est quod tantos serus tentaverît ignes Debuit Infantem sollicitasse Puer Sunt in amore morae longum est percurrere gentis Conjugii merâ—ic religionis opus At Carole exultes peperit Regina Madriti Iam nova foelicis concipe vota proci I propera fidis defer mandata ministris Expedias naves ingere calcar equis Infante iun oâ—nis agiâ—a ut potiaris adultâ Matâ—ram sivîs poscere nubet aâ—us The Prince upon his departure commanded the Earle of Bristoll not to deliver the Procuration left in his custody untill he received further order from him And upon his arrivall in England the Duke of Buckingham and Lords of the Councell testifying their dislike of the match endeavoured to engage King Iames to breake it off by degrees to which end they perswaded him to demand restitution of the Palatinate and Electorship to the Palâ—grave from the King of Spaine to write to this purpose to the Earle of Bristoll to that end and likewise to delay the Disposorios till Christmas To which Leettters the Earl returned this answer to Mr. Secretary Calvert GOOD Mr. Secretary Calvert I have not presumed in my present letter unto his Majesty to write any thing in answer to his letters of the thirtieth of December but only in that point which toucheth my obedience to his Commandement for my present returne for the rest I intreat you to present unto his Majesty this my humble Answer Whereas his Majesty is pleased to say that having seene the Answer to our third Memoriall he doth not a little wonder that I then tooke his affaires to have been in so good a condition that I would have proceeded to the disposories of the Prince contrary to his order given It is true his Majesty hath just cause to wonder if he looke upon that Memoriall without the letter that accompanied it or if he consider the estate of the affaires as they stood when the letter bore Date which was the sixt of December for then they stood by the infringing of the capitulation as they heere do understand it all disordered and imbroyled in such sort as I had foreseene and
recusants Thomas Oatly Esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Shropshire and Richard Gibbins Gent. to be crowner there and that their wives be recusants Rice Williams esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Carwarthenshire and that his wife is a popish recusant convicted Sir Thomas Penrodduck â—night is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Middlesex and that his wife is a recusant Valentine Sanders esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Middlesex and that his eldest sonne is a recusant Thomas Rookell esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Saint Edmunds Berry in Suffolke and that his eldest sonne is reported to be a popish recusant Anthony Thorold Esquire is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Lincolnshire and that he hath a sonne that is suspected to be a popish recusant Sir Nicholas Sanders Knight is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Surrey and his wife is suspected to be a popish recusant Which Petition being read the House did defere the debate thereof at this time for that the day was farre spent And answer was given to the commons who attended for the same in the paynted chamber that the Lords will send them an answer of this Petition hereafter when they are resolved thereof Whether any of these were displaced upon this Petition I find not in any Memorials it being certain some of them were not but continued still in these offices of trust And thus I have given the World a full account of the unhappy tedious Spanish Treaty of the advantages the Pope and Papists made thereof and its finall rupture in and by the Parliament I shall now proceed to the French which was short and more succesfull THe Spanish match being thus at last dissoved after so long a treaty in discontent and warre the popish party here and beyond the seas endeavouring to make good the ground liberty and immunities they had gotten by the former treaty of Marriage and to carry on their forementioned designe by the same prevailing meanes engaged the King and Prince in a new marriage-parley with France to the Lady Henrette Maria Sister to the French King a Princesse of the Roman Religion To what end this Marriage was propounded by the Roman party is evident by this observable passage of le Maistre a French Author Sotâ—on Priest in his Instauratio antiqui Episcoporum Principatus printed at Paris Cum Privilegio Anno 1633. dedicated to Cardinal Richelltus l. 2. c. 15. p. 273 274. where thus he writes with reference to the English Roman affaires anno 1624. What then forbids the same things and others which are of greater pompo in England especially where the heat of persecutions hath ceased through the dignity of a Magnanimous King and most invincible Prince NOTE Rol. Tractationis Ratifiâ—atiâ—nis Matrimonii inter Dom. Carolum Regum Dâ—m Henret Marium Sororem Regis Franc. 1. Carâ— by the Borbonian Starre which hangs over these countries in a most deare Wife by which Starres as by the Dioscury peradventure the tempest of persecution will in time be appeased and the generous Prince may acknowlege the same Christ under whom his Ancestors have so gloriously triumphed c. This Match was soone concluded in the life of King Iames the Articles concerning Religion being the same almost verbatim with those formerly agreed on in the Spanish treaty and so easily condescended to without much debate I shall give you the principle of them relating onely to Religion out of the Record it selfe the printed c 〈…〉 French Mercury and Manuscript Copies as they were subscribed and signed by the Earles of Carlile and Holland extraordinary Ambassadours and Commissioners for the King and Prince on the one side and by the French Commissioners on the other side and after that signed sealed and sworne to by King Iames Prince Charles and the French King the 10. of Novemb. 1624. and upon King Iames his death re-signed resealed and re-swore to by King Charles and the French King the 8. of May 162â— after the French account 1 That the above named the Lords Ambassadours have promised and doe promise for and on the behalf of his Majesty of great Brittain now reigning 〈◊〉 he shall takâ— to Marriage for his deare Consort and Wise the Lady Henretta Maria Daughter of France and sister to his foresaid most Excellent Majesty in person or otherwise by Proxy so soone as conveniently the same may be done and that also the foresaid Lady at the good pleasure and consent of his foresaid Christian Majesty and of the Queene her Mother after his FORESAID MAJESTY HATH OBTAINED A d 〈…〉 DISPENSATION FROM THE POPE dâ—th promise to take for her deare Consort and Husband Charles the first King of great Brittaine and according to the foresaid reciprocall promise he shall be assianced and contracted after the manner accustomed in the CATHOLIKE AND ROMISH CHURCH â—7 It is likewise agreed upon that the said Lady and all her Followers as also the Children which shall be borne to her Officers shall have free exercise of the Catholike Apostolicall and Roman Religion and to that end the foresaid Lady shall have a Chappell in each of the Kings Palaces or Houses or in any other place of his Majesty of great Brittaine where he shall chance to come and continue and that the foresaid Chappell shall be adorned and decked as it is sitting and that the keeping thereof shall be committed to whom it shall please the said Lady to appoint in which the preaching of Gods Word and the Administration of the Sacraments the MASSE and all other Offices shall be freely and solemnly done according to the use of the Romish Church yea all Indulgences and Jubilees which the said Lady shall obtaine or get from THE POPE may be done and executed there There shall be also one Church-yard in the City of London given and appointed to interre and bury such of her said Ladyships followers as shall chance to depart this life according to the manner and form of the Church of Rome and that shall be modestly done the whiâ—h Church-yard shall be in such sort inclosed or walled about that no person shall come therein to prophane the same 8. It is also agreed upon that the sayd LADY SHALL HAVE A BISHOP FOR HER GREAT ALMONER who shall have all Iurisdiction and necessary authority for all matters and causes concerning Religion and who shall proceed against the Ecclesiasticall persons which shall be under his charge according to the Canons constituted and appointed 9. And if it shall at any time happen that any secular Court shall take any of the foresaid Priests into their power by reason of any crime or offence against the State by him commiited or done and doe find him to be guilty thereof yet shall the said Court send him back to the said Bishop with the Informations
omnia singula ostens Malefacta de Premuniresen cogâ—lt per nomen de Premunire contra formam Statuti predicti anno regni prefat nuper Patris Nostri precharissimi tertio edit aut alicuus alteri act sive Statuti Comiss. in recusando vel non recipiendo Sacrament devisat provis in Statuto predicto anno Regni Domini nuper Patris Nostri precharissimi Angliae tertio edit ac omnia singula alia offenss delict quaecunque in recusando vel non recipiendo Sacrament praedict ac omnia imprisonamenta ratione praemissorum seu eorum alicujus aut ratione recusanciae in non accedendo ad aliquam Ecclesiam Capellam seu usual loc com Precationis juxta leges et Statuta in ea parte â—â—abilita aut ratione alicujus offens contra formam alicujus Statuti sive aliquorum Statutorum contra papales Recusantes stabilit ac fugam fugas superinde fact liâ—t idem Ioannes Piercy Henricus Hopkins Richardus Babthorpe Brian Medcalfe Thomas Mush Thomas Cudworth Christopherus Iborson Gulielmus Brooksby Christopherus Clough Tobias Clay Richardus Robinson Edwardus Ditchfield Ioannes Melling Willielmus Nayler Iacobus Eckersall Richardus Whaley Laurentius Lanshaw Richardus Sharrock Richerdus Gill et Willielmus Berry de eisdem proditione misprisione proditionum feloniorum offenss et malefact sive de eorum aliquibus vel aliquo indictat imperit appellat rectat ut lagat condemnat convinct attinst sive adjudicar existunt vel non existunt vel â—orum aliquis existit vel non existit aut inde indictari impetiri appellati rectari utlagari condempnari convinciri attingi sive adjudicari contigerint vel eorum aliquis vel aliqui contiger in sutur Ac omnes singulos si quae utlagar versus ipsos vel eorum aliquem vel aliquos ratione premissorrum seu eorum alicujus promulgat fuerunt sive imposterum erint promulgand ac etiam judicium et iudicia pro premiss seu aliquo premissorum versus ipsos seu eorum aliquem vel aliquos habit fact reddit sive adjudicat aut imposterum habend siend reddend sive adiudicand ac executionem et executiones hujusmodi iudicii et judicionum versus ipsos vel eorum aliquem vel aliquos pro premiss vel aliquo premissorum habend fiend vel exequend nec non omnesâ—et singulas paenas mortis paenas corporales forisfacturas â—ines et executiones quascunque quae Nos versus prefat Joâ—netâ— Piercy Henricum Hopkins Richardum Bapthorpe Btianum Medcalfe Thomam Mush Thomam Cudworth Christopherum Ibotson Willielmum Brooksby Christopherum Clough Tobiam Clay Richardum Robinson Edwardum Ditchfield Joannem Melling Willielmum Naylor Jacobum Eckersall Richardum Whaley Laurencium Langshaw Richardum Sharrocke Richardum Gill Willielmum Berry seu versus eorum aliquem vel aliquos ratione vel occasione premissorum aut eorum alicujus habuimus habeamus seu in futur habere poteritrius aut haered vel successor Nostri habere poteriâ—â— in futur sectamque pacis Nostrae quae ad Nos haered successores nostros versus ipsos vel eorum aliquem vel aliquos pertinere poterit Et sâ—mam pacem Nostram hanc perdonacionem Nostram ejs eorum Cuilibet inde damus concedimus per praesentes Mandamus etiam ac pro Nobis haeredibus successoribus Nostris sumiter injuugendo precipimus omnibus singulis Commissionarijs pro causis ecclesiasticis Justiciarijs Vice-comitibus Escaetoribus Ballivis Custod prison alijs officiarijs et Ministris Nostris haeredum et Successorum Nostrore quibuscunque Quod si praefat Joannes Piercy Henticus Hopkins Richardus Bapthorpe Brianus Medcalse Thomas Mush Thomas Cudworth Christopherus Ibotson Willielmus Brooksby Christopherus Clough Tobias Clay Richardus Robinson Edwardus Diâ—chfield Joannes Melling Willielmus Naylor Jacobus Eckersall Richardus Whaley Laurencius Lanshaw Richardus Sharrocke Richardus Gill et Willielmus Berry vel eorum aliquis vel aliqui ratione premissorum per praesentes pardonari seu mentionati fore perdonari incarcerati vel imprisonati existunt vel existit Quod ipse et eorum quilibet super solam demonstrationem praesentium inde deliberentur et eorum aliquis deliberetur absque ulteriori warranto proinde a Nobis haeredibus et successoribus Nostris obtinendo seu prosequendo Nolentes quod ipsi per Justiciar Vice-com Escaetores Ballivas seu aliquos alios Ministros Nostros haeredum vel successorum Nostrorum occationibus praedict sen eorum aliquis molestentur perturbentur seu in aliquo graventur licet ipse bonam et sufficientem securitatem non inveniat aut eorum aliquis inveniat secundum formam effectum Statuti Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae tertii progenitoris Nostri Anno regni sui decimo apud Westnionasterium tent edit de Se bene-gerend extunc erga Nos haered et Successor nostros et cunctum populum nostrum Et ulterius de uberiori gratia Nostra certa scientia et mero motu nostris concessimus ac per praesentes pro Nobis Haeredibus et Successoribus Nostris concedimus prefat Joanni Piercy Henrico Hopkins Richardo Bapthorpe Briano Medcalfe Thoâ—â—ae Mush Thomae Cudworth Christophero Ibotson Willielmo Brooksby Christophero Clough Tobiae Clay Richardo Robinson Edwardo Ditchfield Joanne Melling Willielmo Naylor Jacobo Eckersall Richardo Whaley Laurentio Lanshaw Richardo Sharrocke Richardo Gill et Willielmo Berry quod hae literae Nostrae Patentes favourabiliter et in maximum ipsorum et eorum eujusâ—bet commodum et beneficium construentur capientur et acceptabuntue et stabunt et existent â—irmae validae et effectuales lege erga versus et contra Nos Haeredes et Successores Nostros secundum veram intentionem earundem statutis praedictis aut eorum aliquo aut aliquo alio statuto Actu Proclamatione provisione vel restrictioneâ— aut aliqua alia re causa vel materia quacunque in contrarium inde in aliquo non obstante In cujus rei testimonium c. teste Rege apud Westmonasterium quarto die Maii anno primo Caroliregis Convenit cum recordo et examinatur per me Joannem Claydon Per ipsum Regem After this May 11. the Duke of Buckingham was sent into France to meet the Queen and conduct her into England The now Archbishop of Canterbury to shew his good affection to promote this match sent letters after him the selfesame day The 19. of May he writ second letters to the Duke then staying at Paris and May 29. he sent other letters to him by the hands of the Bishop of Durham to be delivered to him at his first arrivall in England Iune 5. this Bishop received letters from the 〈◊〉 out of France being Whitsunday as he was going to divine service to which he returned an answer the next morning early Iune 12. the Queen arrived in England and Iune 16. the King and Queene came both to London where a new Chappell was fâ—â—one after built for her
this very yeere even when the Parliament was sitting they were upon the point of gaining a publike Toleration of their Religion in Ireland where they plotted first openly to erect the same being furthest out of the Parliaments and peoples view and then to set it up openly by degrees neerer home This Toleration there by their powerfull Court-friends and purses was so farre resolved on and proceeded in that the Protestant Bishops of Ireland knew of no other meants to prevent it but by joyning in a publike Protestation against it the Copy occasion and manner whereof I shall here present you with as I found them in the Arch-bishop of Canterburies Study sent as it seemes to the then Arch-bishop out of Ireland The judgement of the Arch-bishops and Bishops of Ireland concerning a Toleration of the popish Religion by publike Protestation THE Religion of Papists is superstitious and idolarous their faith and doctrine erronious and hereticall their Church in respect of both Apostolicall to give them therefore a Toleration of Religion or to consent that they may freely exercise their Religion and professe their Faith and Doctrine is a grievous sinne and that in two respects First it is to make our selves accessary not only to their superstitious Idolatries Heresies and in a word to all the abominations of Popery but also which is a consequent of the former to the perdition of the seduced people which perish in the deluge of the Catholike Apostacy Secondly to grant them a Toleration in respect of any mony to be given or contribution to be made by them is to set Religion to sale and with it tho soules of the peoples whom Christ our Saviour hath redeemed with his blood And as it is a great sinne so it is a matter of most dangerous consequence the consideracion whereof we leave to the Wife and Judicious beseeching the Zealous God of Truth to make those who are in authority Zealous of God glory and of the advancement of true Religion zealous resolute and conragious against all popery superstition and idolatry There were likely to be granted unto the Papists in Ireland many priviledges and withall a Toleration for their Religion in the consideration of the payment of a great summe of money This Easter◠tearme 1626. there was a great meeting of all the chiefest of the whole Kingdome and the Arch-bishops and Bishops c. and it was likely to be concluded Doctor Dowman Bishop of London-derrey Aprill II. preached at Dublin before the Lord Deputy and the whole State his Text was Luke I. at the 79. In the midst of his Sermon he openly read this Protestation above written subscribed by the Arch-bishops and Bishops of Ireland and at the end he boldly said and let all the people say Amen And suddenly all the whole Church almost shooke with the sound that their Amen made c. the Lord Deputy called from the Bishop of Derry a copy both of his Sermon and Protestation to send to the King the learned and couragious Bishop gave this answer that there was nothing he either spake or read in the Pulpit but he would willingly justifie it before his Majesty and feared not who read or saw it So now by Gods mercy nothing may yet be done or will be till the Lord Deputy heare from the King The Bishop hereupon was sent for into England and after some attendance here returned back into Ireland where he dyed at his Bishoprick How bold the popish Titular Bishops were in Ireland and how they there ordained Masse-Priests by authority from the sea of Rome before this Protestation will appeare by these ensuing Letters of Orders conferred by Thomas Bishop of Meath which I found in the Arch-bishop of Canterburies Study thus indorced with his owne hand May 27. 1637. The forme of an Ordination by the Bishop of Meath in Ireland according to the forme of the Sea of Rome THOMAS Deiet Apostolica gratia Medensis Episcopus Universis singulis praesentes Nostras literas visuris salutem in eo qui est vera salus Notum facimus quod Nos Ordines in Cameris privatis Hereticae persecutionis metu celebrantes Dilectum Nobis Nolanum Feranan Dereusis diaecesios Diaconum ideoneum repertum and Sacrum Presbyteratus ordinem Sabatho sancto die 5. Aprilis Anne 1625. juxta 〈◊〉 Calendarij computum promovendum duximus et promouemus rite in Domino 〈◊〉 Messarum solemnia virtute dinissorialum sui Ordinarij Datum in loco Mansionis Nostrae die Anno praedictis Signed Thomas Medensis and sealed with his Episcopall Seale A Copy of the Certificate for the order of Priesthood This is a true Copy of that Copy of the Certificate which was this 27. of May 1635. sent in unto the Counsell-board Sir E. Nicholas How popery and Papists have since increased in that Kingdome notwithstanding this Protestation and what open Toleration of popish Bishops Priests Masse Monasteries Nunneries and a Colledge of Jesuits c. hath been in that Realme you shall heare anon in the continued seris of this Designe which transports me into France for a time from whence it had its second birth Not long after the Kings Match with France there was a designe in that Realme to extirpate the Protestants and surprize all their fortified Townes in that Kingdome whereof Rochell was the principall which being a maritane Towne furnished with a good Fleet of Ships able to make good their Harbour and furnish themselves with provisions and supplies from all their Protestant friends maugre all the Sea-forces of the French King thereupon the French Cardinall Richelieu and his confederates taking the advantage of their new interest in the King of England by reason of this marriage importuned him to lend his Brother of France the Vaunt-guard one of the Vessels of his royall Navy and seven Merchant-men of Warre to be imployed in his service by sea which the King condescending to sent the said Ships under the command of Captaine Pennington into France to be imployed as the French King and his Counsell should prescribe Who designing them for service against Rochell to surprize their Ships block up their Haven and intercept their trade and reliefe contrary to their expectation the Captaines Masters and Marriners of the Ships were so much discontented that they were designed against the Rochelers who were not onely their friends but the chiefe professors and maintāiners of the Protestant Religion in those parts and that they should be made the instruments of their ruine and draw the guilt of their innocent Protestant blood upon their soules that they all unanimously resolved they would rather dye sinke or be hanged up at the Masts of their Ships then stirre one jot or weigh anchor for such an unchristian detestable imployment Captaine Pennington their Admirall and the French used all the rhetorick and perswasions they could to alter this their heroick and most Christian resolution but they continued inflexible and would neither by allurements rewards nor threats be
humbly beseech you as we assure our selves you doe to lay the serious consideration thereof to your Royall and pious heart and that some timely course may be taken for redresse therein And now if to all these your Majesty will be pleased to adde the consideration of the circumstance of time wherein these courses tending to the destruction of true Religion within these your Kingdomes have been taken even at such times when the same is with open force and violence persecuted in other Countries NOTE and all the reformed Churches of Christendome either depressed or miserably distressed we doe humbly appeale to your Majesties Princely judgement whether there be not a just ground of feare that there is some secret and strange cooperating here with the enemies of our Religion abroad for the utter extirpation thereof and whither if these courses be not speedily redrest and the profession of true Religion encouraged we can expect any other but misery and ruine speedily to fall upon us especially if besides the visible and apparant dangers whereby we are encompassed round about you would be pleased piously to remember the displeasure of Almighty God alwayes bent against the neglect of his holy Religion the stroaks of whole divine justice we have already felt and doe still feele with smart and sorrow in great measure c. This memorable Petition and Remonstrance predicting and if then cordially embruced pursued preventing all those bloody warres and miseries which since have justly befallen us by the growing Popish party both in England and Ireland being presented to his Majesty by the Commons House was not onely slighted disregarded and taken very ill by his Majesty and his Privy Counsellours but likewise called in and suppressed and Bishop Land in the Kings name by his speciall command as he pretends returned this pâ—remptory answer to it in writing the originall whereof was found in his Study under his owne hand contrary both to his knowledge and conscience A Preface first and then as followes AND although We are not bound to give an account of Our Actions but to God onely out of the honour and integrity of Our Grace the love and care of Our people the great and hearty desire We have to take off all feares and jealousies from Our loyall and loving Subjects We have thought fit to declare these reasons following why We have called in this Remonstrance which yet We presume and constantly beleeve 〈◊〉 framed and delivered up unto Us with good intentions though by amisguised Zeale For first that Remonstrance begins at Religion and feares innovation of it innovation by Popery But We would have Our Subjects of all sorts to call to mind what difficulties and dangers We endured not many yeers since for Religions sake that We are the same still and our holy Religion is as pretious to Vs as it is or can be to any of them and we will no more admit innovation therein then they that think they have done well in fearing it so much 'T is â—ue that all effects expected have not followed upon the Petition delivered at Oxford but We are in least fault for that for supply being not afforded Vs diâ—inabled Us to execute all that was desired and caused the stay of those legall proceedings which have helped to swell up this Remonstrance Yet let all the Countie of England be examined and London and the Suburbs with them neither is there such a noted encrease of Papists nor such cause of feare as is made nor hath any aâ—nounted to such an odious Tolerating as is charged upon it nor neere any such For that Commission so much complained of both the Matter and 〈◊〉 of it are utterly mistaken for it doth not dispense with any Penalty or any course to be taken with any Papist for the exercise of their Religion no nor with the 〈…〉 or not conformity to Ours It was advised for the encrease of Our profit and the returning of that into Our purse which abuse or connivency of inâ—eriour Ministers might perhaps divert another way If that or any other shall be abused in the execution We will be ready to punish upon any just complaint The next feare is the daily growth and spreading of the Arminian Faction called a cunning way to bring in Popery But We hold this charge as great a wrong to Our Selfe and Our Government as the former for Our People must not be taught byâ— Parliament Remonstrance or any other way NOTE that We are so ignorant of Truth or so carelesse of the profession of it that any Opinion or Faction or whatever it be called should thrust it selfe so farre and so fast into Our Kingdomes without Our knowledge of it this is a meere dreame of them that wake and would make Our loyall and loving People think We sleepe the while In this charge there is great wrong done to two eminent Prelates that attend Our Person for they are accused without producing any the least shew or shadow or proof against them and should they or any other attempt innovation of Religion either by that open or any cunning way We should quickly take other order with them and not stay for your Remonstrance To help on this Our people are made beleeve there is a restraint of Books Orthodoxall But We are sure since the late Parliament began some whom the Remonstrance cals Orthodox have assumed to themselves an unsufferable liberty in printing Our Proclamation commanded a restraint on both sides till the passions of men might subside and calme and had this been obeyed as it ought We had not now been tossed in this tempest and for any distressing or discountenancing of good Preachers We know there is none if they be as they are called Good But Our good people shall never want that spirituall comfort which is due unto them And for the preferments which We bestow We have ever made it Our great Care to give them as rewards of desert and paines but as the preferments are Ou ts so will We be Judge of the desert Our Selfe and not be taught by a Remonstrance For Ireland We thinke in Case of Religion 't is not worse then Queen Elizabeth left it and for other affaires 't is as good as We found it nay perhaps better and We take it for a great disparagement of Our Government that it should be voyced that new Monasteries NOTE Nunneries and other Superstitious Houses are erected and replenished in Dublin and other great Townes of that Our Kingdome for We assure Our Selfe Our Deputy and Counsell there will not suffer God and Our Government so to be dishonoured but We should have had some accompt of it from them and We may not endure to have Our good people thus missed a They are 〈◊〉 into bloody 〈◊〉 with shewes There is likewise somewhat considerable in the time when these practises to undermine true Religion in Our Kingdomes are set on foot The Remonstrance 〈◊〉 Vs it is now when
passing their grants and other discharges is such that without your Majesty be further pleased to extend your mercy towards them your poore Petitioners although they have used the uttermost of their mean endeavours can reape no benefit of your Majesties gracious favour vouchsafed unto them They therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty to be pleased to referre the settlement and establishing of the said Fees to the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Cottington who calling unto them your Majesties Vice-Presidents of the North may direct such moderate fees and meanes to passe the said grants and other discharges as your Petitioners meane ability may be able to undergoe And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray for your Majesties long and prosperous reigne over us But this Proclamation rather displeasing then satisfying it was thus seconded with the ensuing ogive more content By the KING A Proclamation declaring His Majesties Royall Pleasure and Command for putting the Lawes and Statutes made against Jesuits Priests and Popish Recusants in due execution WHereas We have found by experience that notwithstanding the strict and severe Lawes made and standing in force against Iesuits Priests and others having taken Orders by authority derived or pretended to be derived from the Sea of Rome and notwithstanding Our former restraints and prohibition by Proclamation and otherwise many of them have presumed to resort and remaine within this Our Realme and other parts of Our Dominions and there doe daily endeavour to withdraw and seduce Our Subjects from the true Religion of Almighty God and from there due Allegiance and Obedience towards Us their Liege Lord and that many of Our Subjects missed by them have adventured to receive harbour and maintaine them and thereby have incurred the danger of Our Lawes And therefore not finding that good effect which We did and might justly expect of any former course taken in that behalfe We have thought fit NOTE and doe hereby publish Our royall pleasure and Command that carefull and diligent search be made by all Our Officers and Ministers and by all others to whom it may appertaine for all Iesuits Priests and others having taken Orders by authority derived or pretended to be derived from the Sea of Rome and that wheresoever and whensoever they shall be found they be apprehended and committed to the common Goale of that County where they shall be found there to remaine without Baile or Mainprize untill by due course of Law they be tryed Quâ—re whether it were so doneâ— and proceeded with according to Law which We will shall be done with all convenient expedition And if upon their tryall and Conviction there shall be cause to respire the execution of any of them yet We are resolved not to let them lye in those common Goales much lesse to wander about at large but according to the example of former times to send them to the Cattle of Westbich or some other safe Prison where they shall remaine under strait and close custody and be wholly restrained from exercising their Functions or spreading their superstitious and dangerous Doctrine And We are also resolved whereof We doe hereby give notice to all whom it may concerne at their utmost perils That the Harbourers Receivers and Maintainers of Iesuits Priests and all such others as haue received or shall receive Orders as aforesaid shall be left to the due and ordinary course of Law And We doe further will and command that all Our Judges Justices and Ministers of Justice in their severall places not onely doe observe Our will and pleasure before expressed in all and every the premises but also doe put all other Out Lawes in due execution against Popish Recusants and that Our Judges of Assise at their returne out of their Circuits doe from time to time hereafter give a strict accompt of their proceedings therein unto Our Lord Keeper of the great Seale and Our Lord Keeper doe present the same unto Vs. And whereas We heretofore granted severall Commissions for Leasing and demising of the Lands of Recusants liable to their forfeitures with Instructions for the direction of Our Commissioners in that service NOTE We minding a due reformation of the manifold neglects and abuses of our inferiour officers and others whereby that part of our Revenue hath been extreamly lessened and those who were backward in Religion have been encouraged to persist in their obstinacy and blindnesse have caused those Commissions and Instructions to be revived and many parts altered for our better service and profit And We doe hereby declare the same to the intent that such as shall be willing to contract with Us or to further our service or advance our profit in that behalfe may attend our said Commissioners And whereas We are informed that divers have contracted for Leases of Recusants Lands who doe not sue out their Leases to our great hinderance our will and pleasure is That all such as have already contracted with our Commissioners for Leases of Recusants Lands shall passe them under our Seales before the end of Michaelmâ—â— Terme next and such as shall hereafter contract for any such Leases shall passe therâ— under our Seales before the end of the Terme then next following after such contracts made or else their Contracts to be utterly voyd And We doe straitly charge all our said Commissioners that they be carefull to advance our profit herein according to the true intent of our Commissions and Instructions and that they use all diligence to discover and avoid all abuses which may tend to the diminution of our profit or to the encrease of Popery and back-sliding from the true Religion established in the Church of England Given at Our Court at Southwicke the third day of August in the fourth yeere of Our reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland A little before the next Session of Parliament and during the Session it selfe the King likewise issued out these successive Proclamations following against Doctor Smith Bishop of Calcedon By the KING A Proclamation for the apprehension of Richard Smith a Popish Priest stiled and calling himselfe the Bishop of Calcedon FOrasmuch as We certainly understand that Richard Smith an English man borne by profession a Popish Priest now is and for some yeeres past hath been in this Realme and here not onely 〈◊〉 our Subjects in their Religion but both also both by his writings in print and otherwise and by his 〈◊〉 practice perswade those our Subjects to whom he hath accesse from their Allegiance to Us their Liege Lord and usurpeth to himselfe Episcopall Jurisdiction from the Sea of Rome and exerciseth the same within this Kingdome and holdeth continuall Intelligence with our Enemies whereby according to the just Lawes of this Realme he hath committed the offence of high treason And yet neverthelesse divers of our Subjects seduced by him doe receive harbour and entertaine him contrary to our Lawes and have thereby incurred and doe incurre the penalty of those
your Majesty must not let goe the twenty thousand pounds contribution nor yet discontent the other in matter of Religion till the Army were some way else certainly provided for and convince them both that the present quarterly payments are not so burthensome as they pretended them to bee And that by the graces they have had already more benefit then their money came to thus poysing one by the other which single might perchance prove more unhappy to deale with I will labour to make as many Captaines and Officers Burgesses Note as possibly I can who having immediate dependance upon the Crowne may almost sway the businesse betwixt the two parties which way they please In the higher House Note your Majesty will have I trust the Bishops wholly for you The titular Lords rather then come over themselves will put their Proxies into such safe hands as may bee thought of on this side and in the rest your Majesty hath such interest what out of duty to the Crown and obnoxiousnesse in themselves as I do not apprehend much any difficulty amongst them To these or to any thing else directed by your Majesty I will with all possible diligence apply my selfe so soon as I shall understand your pleasure therein Most humbly besâ—â—ching you will take it into your gracious Memory how much your Majesties speedy resolution in this great businesse imports the prosperity of your affaires in this place and in that respect vouchsafe to hasten it as much as conveniently may be Upon these Reasons a Parliament was accordingly summoned in Ireland the yeere following the Lord Deputy recommending by his Letters Burgesses of his owne nomination to most Townes who had little or no courage to deny any Burgesses of his recommendation Among others hee recommended one of Secretary Windebancks Sonneâ— then waiting on him in Ireland to bee a Burgesse there as is evident by this Copie of his Letters of recommendation found among Windebancks papers who as appeares by * Secretary Windebancks to his Son from Hampton Couâ—t 27 October 1634. Wherein thus hee writes Now you are become a Parliament men I hope you will in acknowledgement of the great Honour my Lord Deputy hath done you endevour â—o doe his Majesty the best service you can other Letters was accordingly elected AFter our heartie commendations Whereas by order of the Commons House of Parliament that corporation of Iâ—â—ishe by reason of a double election of the person chosen there is now to proceed to a new election of a Burgesse to serve at the next Session of Parliament to commence the fourth of November next And for as much as Francis Windebanke Esquire is one well knowne unto us to bee able to serve you therein as a person well affected to his Majesties service and the welfare of his people wee have thought fit to recommend him to you to bee elected by you for one of the Burgesses upon this occasion wherein as you shall gaine advantage and benefit to your Corporation in such a choyce hee being one that will serve you therein without expecting any recompence towards his charges so wee for our part will take it in good part at your hands as a testimony of the due regard you have to one recommended unto you from us which we shall take an opportunitie in fit time to let you know for your advantage And so expecting your due performance hereof wee bid you farewell From his Majesties Castle of Dublin this 26 of September 1634. Copia vero exâ—m Your loving Friend 〈…〉 That this Parliament was equally ballanced with Protestants and Papists how farre the said Deputie pursued obtained his forementioned designes thereby to inslave that Realm is so well known to most that I shall not insist upon it onely I shall observe that this connivence and underhand fomenting of that faction made them grow so insolent that they raised a strong mutinie even in Dublin it selfe against the Archbishop the Mayor and Justices and rescued two Priests from them which they had taken in a religious house saying open Masse and were like to stone them to death so as they were enforced to retire to the Castle for Sanctuary as appeares by this extract out of Sir Thomas Duttens Letter among Windebanks papers I presume you will heare at large the relation of our battill of stones at Dublin where the Archbishop of that towne and the Major and Captaine Cary and the Sergeant at Armes and the two pursevants escaped narrowly to have beene stoned to death on Saint Stephens day last for the two Justices sent them in a peaceable manner to surprise certaine Priests at Masse in a Religious house in Cock street Note where they tooke away their habits and pictures in peaceable manner and then laid hold of two of the Priests to bring them to the Justices to answer their exercising of Popery in so publique a manner contrary to the Kings Proclamation they were no sooner come out into the street but all the multitude of mechanicks common people fell upon them and tooke away the two Priests from them by force and followed the Mayor and the Archbiship and the rest so fast with stones all along the high street as they were forced to house themselves in Skinners Row till the Justices and wee all came from Church and rescued them and so orderly wee all went through the multitude to the Castle and in our passage there was but one stone call out of a window which lighted betweene the two Justices Wee presently made Proclamation for all people to keepe the Kings peace and their owne Houses and since have committed to prison some of the Aldermen and their Deputies and Constables for not doing their duties and many other ordinary persons whom we found to bee Actors in this Ryot wherein many were hurt but God bee thanked none were slaine But to leave Ireland for a time and returne to England you have seene before in the Articles of the marriage that the Queene was to have a Bishop and 28. Priests in her house as her Chaplaines and that this Bishop should have and exercise all Episâ—â—pall jurisdiction in matters of Religion After those Priests and the Bishop were accordingly come over and setled here Father Philips the Queenes Confessor and others of them grew so insolent that they began to practise and â—each Note That the Pope upon the Treaty of marriage resumed to his owne or his Delegates jurisdiction the Queens whole Family especially the institution and destitution of the Ecclesiasticks That the King of England â—ad no power to intermeddle therein for that hee was an heretick the Pope threatning to declare all Apostates who should seeke their establishment from the King They likewise maintained the lawfulnesse of deposing Kings that were hereticks concluded to excommunicate all such aâ— should oppose this doctrine or take the oath of allegiance in which action one Muskeâ— a Priest and Trollop the Popish Viear
in the North were very active which caused some combustions in the Court even among the Roman Catholicks and the businesse grew so high that some private advises were given to his Majestie concerning these particulars expressed in these three insuing Papers seised among Windebankes writings who was privie to all their counselsâ— as you shall heare anon Advises upon the present state of English Catholicks as well of the Queenes House as of his Majesties Dominions THe constant report approved by Father Philips the Queenes Confessor is Note That the Pope upon the Treaty of Marriage reserved to his owne or Delegates Iurisdiction the Queen of Englands whole family principally the institution and destitution of her Ecelesiastiques Testifie the confession of the Bishop of Menda who contrary to his opinion and certaine knowledge was forced to advance and defend joynt with the pretended Bishop of England the pernitious Paradox for the deposition of Princes saying to A. B. for his justification that although upon that subject hee had written against Baronius and Bellarmine for the contrary neverthelesse for the present his hands were bound Tesâ—ifie the unitie of maxims councels and daily practices which he held with the foresaid pretended Bishop Testifie the negotiations held at this present in Rome and England for the procuring of Excommunications and suspension against all those Catholiques Note Priests or others which shall stand for the Kings authoritie against that damnable doctrine brought already into his Majesties Kingdomes as their favourites boast and to bee executed by the Bishops agents particularly by Mr. Musket a Priest living in London Testifie the Popes Letters to the King of France now in the Catholiques hands wherein hee complaines to have beene abused Note in that contrary to the King of France his promise neither Toleration was granted in England nor the oath of Allegiance suspended All which duly considered directly tends to a manifest sedition and division of the Kings authoritie and state and that not in qualitie or proprietie of Religion but in particular manner and condition of dutie obedience and naturall Allegiance withdrawne from their true Prince and Soveraigne In remedy of which pernitious opinions and practises pleaseth his Majestie in imitation of his predecessors as well to continue the reall defence of his owne right and authority as the Pope doth his pretended and usurped which two wayes may easily bee done The first by lively pressing his naturall subjects to take the oath of Allegiance in as much as it concernes the abjuration of the Popes authoritie for the deposition of Princes as of late the State of France hath proceeded against the Jesuites without any respect to matter of Religion or Priesthood for the obligation of a Subject to his lawfull Prince being founded in the Law of Nations Nature and God the deniall thereof is crimen laesae Majestatis and so may bee ordained by act of Parliament or otherwise and so those who shall bee punished by death for refusing thereof cannot pretend cause of Religion the oath being propounded in forme as it is now stiled or the forme altered in substance onely reserved as prudent men shall define The second by constrayning all French servants to King or Queene to disavow or detest according to the late ordinances of State Parliaments Universities of France namely of Sorbon that damnable and erronious doctrine for the deposition of Princes against the Iesuites And that it may please his Majestie not to admit any Catholique servant which shall refuse either of the foresaid manners of oathes or detestations Besides that diligent search and punishment bee used against all Agents and Negotiators which in these Realmes advance the contrary errour to the prejudice of his Majesties authoritie and peace of his State For the reservation of the Queenes house to the Pope it is evident in all antiquity and now practised in all Christian Nations that the institution and destitution of Ecclesiastiques in regard of their persons and as members of the State depends of the Prince or of his Subjects by his consent although their spirituall faculties or internall jurisdiction may bee derived from a superiour Prelate Patriarck or Pope but all by equitie justice and Canon whereby the King of England propounding such his Subjects Ecclesiastiques as hee thinkes fit for the Queenes service cannot bee refused by the Pope or other untill they have shewed and proved sufficient cause of refuse Finally how dangerous prejudiciall and dishonorable such reservation is to the Kings authoritie Note State and posteritie upon what end or colour soever every man of smaller judgement cannot but see An Answer to the Principles pretended against his Majesties establishment of Ecclesiasticks in the Queenes house TWO be the Principles upon which the F. C. pretends the establishment of the Ecclesiasticks in the Queens home to belong unto the King of France The first is That the King of great Brittaine hath not power because as he saith He is an Heretike Which ground is false NOTE because the King of great Brittaine neither by Councell nationall not generall nor by any Act authentick or legall of Prelates having authority to doe the same hath been defined or declared such besides heresie deprives no man of his temporall right such as is the collation of temporall Beneâ—tees giving of domesticall charges and offices yea no Prelate of the Greeke Church living under the Turke can exercise his function but with civill dependance and approbation of that Prince The second Principle it That all established by the King of great Brittaine's authority are by him threatned to be forthwith by the Pope declared Apostates NOTE In answer whereof it is evident that such royall establishment is neither Heresie nor Apostacy and when the Pope should undertake such a matter he should grosly abuse his authority against the Commons and Common law of the Church yea Ecclesiasticks by the King will and may by Catholike lawes and right defend their establishment to be good as the contrary to be erroneous to wit to seek to deprive our King of his right and aâ—thority therein SUpposed that the King of great Brittaine for avoiding for greater inconvenienceâ— condescendeth to the reception of some French in the Queens house at the instance of the King of France or choyce of the Queen of England some conditions are necessarily to be observed First that albeit salvo jure proprâ—o Regis magnae Britanniae the choice be in the Queen of England yet the confirmation and approbation of all and every one be in the King of great Brittaine according to the last clause of the eleventh Article of the Treaty Secondly that concerning the French Bishops and Priests sent into England by the Popes authority two things are to be considered the first is the spirituals power Catholike Religion and Jurisdiction as well in the head as members the second is the exaltation of the Popes temporall power in prejudice of the Kings sovereigue authority
one of our principall Secretaries of state is to make his repaire into forraigne parts We doe hereby licence him to passe and straitly charge and command you and every of you to suffer him to goe quietly by you and to embarque himselfe at any of Our ports most convenient for his passage and to take with him his Nephew Robert Read and two other in his company together with his and their carriages without any manner of search stay or other interruption whatsoever and this shall be as well to the said Sir Francis VVindebanke Robert Read and the rest for passing as to you and every of you for suffering them to passe as aforesaid sufficient warrant and discharge Given at Our Court at White-hall the second day of December 1640. To all Admirals Vice-admirals Captaines of Our Forces Castles and Ships and to all Justices of peace Mayors Sheriffs Bayliffs Constables Customers Comptrollers and Searcheâ—s and to all other Our Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them This counterseiâ—ed anti-dated passe was sent to Master Thomas VVindebanke into England out of France to procure his Majesties hand and Signet to it and if any difficulty or scruple were made by the King to signe it the Queens omnipotent mediation must he used to obtainits Signature as this letter of Mr. Reads to Mr. Thomas Windebanke wherein it was inclosed will sufficiently manifest and likewise discover to the world how grosly his Majesty hath been abused by this Secretary the Arch-bishop and others of his Ministers by procuring his hand to such forged anti-dated warrants to excuse themselves and lay all the blame of their Actions upon him which should cause his Majesty to look better to them hereafter in this kind Sir MY Uncle has acquainted me with a letter he has written to my 〈◊〉 of Arundell and with the directions he has given you about it I put him in mind of some addition fit to be made to it which he likes very well and has commanded me to write to you That if her Ladiship or any other with whom shee shall please to advise can think upon any way to prevent any proclamation against him or at least to sweeten any rigorous course that may be intended against him as probably such meanes may be found now that their M. M. Majesties and the Parliament seeme to be upon better termes her Ladiship will be pleased to advance it with all her power And really I am of opinion if the King did know how much dishonour he haâ— abroad by this question of the Secretary and had a true sense of master Secretaries condition both his Majesty and the Queen would be hearty in his businesse which could not but produce good effects Sir I have considered that when they fall upon our businesse they will goe neere to comfort in mine absence for which God will blesse you and move the Kings heart to take you into his princely consideration which I shall be as well contented with as if I had continued in my prosperity The being deprived of the light of my Soveraigne Lord and Masters countenance is the greatest and most bitter of my afflictions to which God will returne me if he finds it fit if otherwise I hope he will arme me with patience You will present my most humble service to my Lord Duke of Lenox the Lord Marquesse Hamilton the Earle of Manchester and his Lady with the Lord Chamberlaine Lord Goring and Lord Cottington the like to the LORD ARCHBISHOP and Lord TREASURER and any other that shall enquire of me God blesse you and send us a happy meeting so I rest YOURS c. FRAN. VVINDEBANKE Calis 6. December 1640. TOM I writ to you this afternoon already immediately upon my arrivall here and gave you account of my passage into these parts and this was by the Master of the boat that brought me hither since understanding that the Pacquet-boat is to part away from hence to morrow I thought fit to take that occasion to communicate some thoughts of mine concerning my unfortunate businesse in Parliament It is not unlikely but that the House of Commons will notwithstanding mine absence or the rather for it as taking my retreat for a confession of the charge proceed to present me to the Upper House for a Delinquent of so high a nature as never came so much as into my thoughts to be guilty of In this case you shall doe well to consider whether it will not be fit for you most humbly to move his Majesty in favour of me to deale with some of the Lords best inclined to me namely the Lord Duke of Lenox the Lord Marquesse Hamilton the Earle Marshall Lord Goring Lord Cottington and others not leaving out the Lord Chamberlaine that my charge may be set downe in writing and that I may be permitted to make my answer to it if this may be granted the next particular that will fall into consideration will be how farre his Majesty will please to advow me in the two great parts of the charge namely the enlarging of Priests and the procuring of bils of grace from his Majesty for stay of the conviction of Recusants and likewise for such letters as my selfe have written upon his Majesties commandement for stay of such indiâ—ements For the first of these there are 27. or 28. Bonds taken of such Priests as I have set at liberty which Bonds you shall doe well to shew his Majesty being all taken by his speciall direction and I doe not remember that any have been delivered out of prison but such as are so bound unlesse perhaps some may have been taken out of the hands of those two Hell-hounds Gray and Newton that were disabled by the Lords from prosecuting Recusants and this at the instance of the Queen to his Majesty NOTE For the second namely the stay of convictions by Bils of grace and otherwise they were all entirely moved and procured by the Queens Majesty and some of her servants and likewise of those neere his Majesty who had no small benefit by them and I had nothing at all to doe with them but in the dispatch of some of those Bils which belonged to me as Secretary and his Majesty may please to remember that before those Bils passed my hands some of them were made during life which upon my motion to his Majesty and the representation I made of that inconveniency was altered and they were granted but during pleasure so became revokable whâ—â—soever his Majesty should command His Majesty may likewise further please to remember that of late I did humbly represent to him the prejudice to his revenue by these bils of grace and besought him there might be a stop of them and I doe not remember that any have been granted these two or three yeers howsoever I doe religiously professe I never moved in them NOTE nor any other businesse of Recusants originally nor without his Majesties
and perhaps the House doth expect some such submission and will be mollified or quickned by it neverthelesse I submit it to better judgement and the life and death of it are indifferent to me and therefore I leave it entirely to your ordering I feare my arrears in the Exchequer and the houshold will be slowly paid having heard that the House of Commons have ordered that his Majesty shal be moved for the stopping of pensions due to Master Jermaâ—e Sir John Sucklin or my selfe but Gods will be done Your c. Francis Windebanke Paris 2. Aug. 1641. SIR c. YOU say nothing of the motion made in the House of Commons that the King should be moved to with-hold the monies he is pleased to allow Master Secretary You will receive from my Unckle a Petition which I cannot but hope will produce some good effect NOTE if it be accompanied with some hearty recommendation from the King which must be done one of thâ—se foure wayes either by his Majesties going to the House sending for the House to him sending for the Speaker alone or by commanding the Counsellours of the Housâ— to recommend it in his name each of these foure wayes as they stand being more effectuall then the other but the latter must be done of necessity though any of the former wayes be taken for their effectuall speaking in the businesse will be of good use I doe not understand what there can be objected against the delivery of the Petition being so modest since if it doe not succeed so well as to obtaine an absolute end of the businesse yet this benefit we cannot saile of by it that he will discover so much of their inclination as to give a judgement thereupon what we are like to trust to NOTE I am confident you will find all assistance from the Queen and so God speed it when once it is delivered it must be solicited as heartily as recommended for the least flacknesse in the solicitation of it will much prejudice the businesse his Majesty appearing in it onely at the delivery of the Petition will not be sufficient but â—e must be pleased to continue his favour till it be brought to some resolution c. Sir Your c. Ro. Read Paris 2. Aug. 1641. SIR I Perswade my selfe the conjuncture is now proper for it the Petition since this late occasion hath begotten so good an intelligence between the Queen and both Houses NOTE and besides it is said they are upon Counsels in favour of the Roman Cathâ—liques c. Sir your c. Ro. Read Paris 9. Aug. 1641. TOm c. I returned you the Petition altered though not altogether in those words that his Majesty directed NOTE being of opinion with submission neverthelesse to better judgement that the House will never be a meanes for any pardon or abolition but if they will give way to it I can expect no more and I have reason to beleeve there will be nâ— impediment And for that which was formerly inserted that I desired it of them it could not well beare other sense then that I â—â—aved their consents or what was in them to grant without which I knew it could not be and with which it was probable there would be no difficulty it being likewise to be presâ—â—â—ed I could not be so ignorant in a businesse so publike and obvioâ—s as to thinke the power of abolition could rest onely in them but onely that their liking was necessarily to be precedent to others Howsoever I am exceeding glad the Petition was not presented and doe bold his Majesties opinion full of wisdomâ— and favour to me NOTE in stirring the businesse as little as may be and therefore though I send backe the Petition I wish it should be laid by and not made use of at all untill expresse order from me For the Motion you intended to make for b b To 〈…〉 a Ship I wish it had been forborne such a favour from his Majesty if he should have granted it being likely to have raised more noise and brought more prejudice upon his Majesty Yours c. Francis Windebanke Paris 23. Aug. 1641. The Petition intended to be 〈◊〉 to the House mentioned in this Letter is this following To the Right Honourable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses assembled now in Parliament The humble Petition of Francis Windebanke Knight Sheweth THat whereas the Petitioner is charged that he hath caused to be 〈…〉 and delivered out of prison sundry Romish Priests and done other things 〈◊〉 the Roman Party of which there is none that better understands how farre he is 〈◊〉 then the Kings Majesty NOTE And whereas among his many grievous sufferings since this his misfortune there is 〈◊〉 that afflicts him so much as That this honourable House hath taken offence at this or any thing else that hath passed on his Minstry whâ—le he had the honour to be 〈◊〉 his Majesty He most humbly beseâ—â—heth this honourable House in regard that his late Father and himselfe have served the Crowne of England neere these fourscore yeers and have had the honour to be implyed by the late Queen Elizabeth King Iames and his now Majesty in businesses of great trust they will be pleased to make the most favourable construction of his services seeing he had no ill intention nor hath offended willingly or maliciously and so to take him and his poore innocent Wife and Children into their commisseration that he may not conâ—â—â—e in forraigne parts that little fortune which was left him by his Father and to which he hath made so small and inconsiderable an addition that he and they must perish if he continue to languish in exile out of his owne Country And further most humbly desireth that this honourable House would be a meanes that he may have an abolition and pardon for whatsoever is past and permission to returne to safety into England to passe that little time which 〈◊〉 of his life privately in peace and in the Church of England whereof he will in life and death continue a true Member and in which he desireth to bestow the rest of his time in devotion for the prosperity thereof for the good of the State and for happinesse to attend the Councels and resolutions of this honourable House This Petition being sent into England and here approved was sent inclosed in a letter from Mr. Tho. Windebanke to Master Basely to be presented to the House when ever they should fall on his businesse of which his Secretary Read writ over his opinion in this confident manner to Master Tho Windebanke SIR c. I Being confident that there is no man 〈◊〉 England but will be satisfied in his conscience that nine moneths banishment and the losse of the Secretaries place is a farre greater punishment then any thing my Unckle has done can deserve NOTE considering all has been done upon command Sir your c. Ro. Read Paris 16. Aug. 2641.
This Petition it seems was not presented whereupon Master Read writ thus 〈◊〉 Master Tho. Windebanke SIR SInce this opportunity of setting our businesse on foot is 〈◊〉 there is no more to be done but to hope that it will not be called upon till the Kings returne in the 〈…〉 it is a great comfort to my Uncle to see the continuance of his Majesties 〈…〉 him c NOTE Sir Yours c. Ro Read Paris 23. Aug. 1641 After this Secretary Windebanks Lady and his Sonne arrived in France and lived in Paris but his Sonne returning shortly after 〈…〉 to Court he writ thus to him concerning the English Fugitives not Parliament proofe here and the generall favour there indulged to him TOM c. Since your departure hence the Cardinall hath been moved by Monseiur de â—eneterre at the solicitation of Master Foster that The English now here and fled hither to avoid the storme in England might be freed from that law of confiscation of their Estates in case they come to dys here which we and other strangers are liable unto here and hath left it to those of the Nation to settle by what meâ—â—es themselves shall thinke best NOTE assuring that the King shall grant it in any ample manner aâ—dwithall the advantagious and firme conditions that can be desired This is a very greâ—s priviledge to the Nation and hath been granted with so much cheerfulnesse and expression of resentment of our condition that I wish her Majesty will be pleased in those letters which shee will vouchsafe to honour me to the King her â—rother to take notice of it and to acknowledge it and if her Majesty shall likewise please in a word or two to Monseiur de Seneterre to give him thanks for his readinesse in it and to honour me with the Commission of delivering it I shall hold it a very great favour and it will be a powerfull motive to him to 〈◊〉 his good Offices to the Nation which I assure you are very much to be valued considering his interest in the Cardinall What else her Majesty shall please to adde to him concerning my selfe NOTE I most humbly submâ—t to her wisdome and goodness If you shall have delivered my letters to her Majesty before these come to your hands you may take some occasion to wait upon her Majesty againe and with presentation of my most humble services so acquaint her Majesty herewith YOURS c. Francis VVindâ—banke Paris 8. November 1641. TOM c. Before his departure I made meanes to Mâ—â—seiur de Chavigâ—y for Monseiur Seneterre is not yet returned to be presented to the King and to deliver her Majesties letters NOTE he seemed to entertaine the motion with extraordinary readiness and desire to â—â—rve the Queen and to doe me that honour c. But I doe make account to take some time to wait upon the Queen here at Saint Germanes and deliver the letter into her owne hands This you may make knowne to her Majesty there when occasion shall be presented YOURS c. FRAN. WINDEBANKE Paris 31. January 1642. Many such passages I find in Secretary Windebanks and Reads letters to his Sonne at Court over-tedious to recite conveied hither for the most part under the Earle of Leicesters and Burlamachies cover and some others but by these forementioned you may discerne what favour and respect this Secretary hath found both abroad and at home for his releasing protecting Priests Jesuits Papists and by whose commands he justifies he did it who have bin very indulgent to him for it if those Letters under his owne hand may be credited And thus much for the releasing onely of Priests and Jesuits charged in Parliament on this Secretary whose correspondency with Rome and the Popes Nâ—â—eâ—oes you shall heare of further ere long How many letters of grace were granted to the most noted Recusants to stay all prosecutions and proceedings against them before and after their Inditements you may read in my Royall Popish Favourite where many of them are recorded and in Master Glins report 1 Dec. 1640. in the Commons Journall who reported to the Commons House from the Committee concerning Secretary Windebanke that there were 64 Letters of grace to stay prosecution against Papists directed to severall Officers and Iudges short entries whereof were made in the Signet-Office and that his house was the place of resort for Priests and Iesuits Many of these letters of grace and discharges of Priests were gained upon petitions to the King or Queene presented to them by this Secretary in whose Trunks they have since been found Among others I find a petition of the Lord Viscount Mountgarret now one of the principal Rebels in Ireland and of his Ladies with a draught of a letter of grace inclosed therin for the discharge of all proceedings against them upon an inditement for Recusancy found against them both at Coventry with other petitions of Recusants as namely of Master Richard Foster Master Tankred and others for the abatement of their compositions made with the King for Recusancy in the North where the compositions of the Lord Viscount Dunbarr Master Anthony Metcalfe and William Green had formerly been abated Besides those Recusants who compounded at low rates in the North as you have seen got them abated lower afterwards and obtained speciall protections from the Commissioners against all future prosecutions of which I shall give you but one president at large in the case of Sir Henry Merry â—OM DERBY WHereas Sir Henry Merry of Barton in the Country of Derby Knight being a convicted Recusant hath personally appeared before his Majesties Commissioners authorized to compound for the forfeitures of the lands and goods of Recusants convicted within this and other Counties at the Mannour of Saint Mary neare the wals of Yorke the 15. day of August instant and hath made composition for an annuall rent to be paid unto his Majesty for all his Mannours Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances within the severall Counties of Derby and Leicester and for all arrerages due for the same and therefore by his Majesties instructions is no further to be disquieted or troubled with vexatioâ—s informations upon any lawes made against Recusants for his Recusancy onely so long as he shall duly pay unto his Majesty the rent so compounded for therefore his Majesties said Commissioners by force of the said composition aforesaid doe herby require you to take notice of the composition aforesaid and of his Majesties pleasure in that behalfe Dated at the Mannour aforesaid the said 15. day of August 1634. per Warrant Commissionar Cha. Radcliffe Clericus Commiss To the Sheriffs of the County of Derby and Leicester and to his Majesties Commissioners of inquiry of lands and goods of Recusants convicted within these Countâ—es to all other his Majesties Officers and Ministers whom the premses may concerne and to every of them For staying proceedings upon inditements I shall give you but
ME HERE having had notice of my being in Italy and I am afraid THAT OUT OF RESPECT TO YOU he will put some honour upon me but I will avoid all ingagements as much as with civility I may c. Your most obedient Sonne Thomas Windebanke Rome the 6. Septemb. stilo novo 1636. The originall letter is thus indorsed with Secretary Windebanks owne hand 6 Sept. 1636 Tom. from Rome receiv 22 our stile Answ. 23. directed to Sir Iohn Boroughâ— at Ratisbone This Letter was seconded with another thus endorsed by him 10. Sept. 1636. Tom. from Rome rec 30. Sept. our stile SIR MY most humble duty remembred in my last of the 6. of this present I have given an account of my arrivall at Rome and of the favour Sir William Hamilton was pleased to doe me to invite me to his house this note he did it with so much earnestnesse that I could not avoyd the receiving of the honour I have beene to visit the Cardinall Barbarino who having had notice of my arrivall here sort to visit me first He is so obliging and courteous to all our Nation that I the lesse wonder as the honour he doth me NOTE to take notice of me but I hope his favours will stay there I see no reason I should thinke otherwise c. Your most obedient Sonne Tho. VVindebanke Rome the 10 of Sept. stilo novo 1636. About this time the same yeare an English Friar then residing in Rome Reader of Divinity in the Covent of Saint Mary de Ara Caeli stiling himselfe Ludovicus â Sancta Maria published certaine Theologicall concâ—usions in print to be there publickly disputed dedicated to Cardinall Barberino with his armes in Copper a Cardinalls Cap over them for a crest and Roman antiques supporting them on the left hand were the armes of the King of England standing lower then the Cardinalls supported in like maner cut in Copper standing over the conclusions to which there was this title in Capitals Eminentissime et reverendissimo Principi Francisco Cardinali Barberino sanctae Romanae ecclesiae Vice-Cancellario R R. ANGLIAE SCOTIAE nec non Seraphiae Religionis PROTECTORI VIGILANTISSIMO Fraâ—er Ludovicus à sancta Maria ANGL VS D D. D. Then followes a short dedication of these Conclusions to him which begins thus MAGNAE BRITANIAE PATRONO MAXIMO et Britanicae Nationis Minorum Familiae minimus Theologiam devovet suam c. CONCLVSIONES THEOLOGICAE c. ROMAE ex Typographia Ludovici Grignani 1636. Superiorum permissu By which glorius printed paper it is evident that they were now so bold with us at Rome as to proclaime this Cardinall The greatest Patron and most vigilant Protector of the English and Scottish Nation and Realme of England and to place his Armes above the Kings This Frier whose right name was Kerton alias Morton soon after this came over into England where notwithstanding his vowed chastity he was so excessively given to the flesh defiling not only Maids but maried Woemen that he was enforced to leave the Realme as appeares by this Minute of Instructions written with Secretarie Windebankes owne hand for his Son Mr. Tho. Windebanke when he went into France to negotiate the Palsgraves enlargement To specifie that Master Kerton here called Morton in his order called Ludovicus à sancta Maria did live so most wickedly in England since his being Priest in drawing maryed Women and others to sinne carnally NOTE and committed such horrible Aâ—ts in prosecuting his lust that if he commeth hither againe he will assuredly be publiquely punished according to the Lawes to the great scandall of his Religion therefore let them be told there that they prevent his returne If you heare Father Francis his Booke or person touched let them know that we understand assuredly that it proceedeth from the Iesuites who imploy others in it as they did against Father Leander till it cost him his life and if that upon their Informations they proceed against such persons who though in all things Catholique yet are more discreet and temperat and not intermedling with matters of State NOTE THAT THE KING WILL BE MVCH OFFENDED Write to Mr. Secretary Cooke any thing that is good except the most secret Passages By this Minute of Instructions you may clearely discerne not only the Leâ—dnes of this Leacherous Fryer but that this Secretary held corespondency with those of his order in foraigne parts advising them not to permit him to come over againe into England to prevent punishment and scandall to their Religion That he was a great Patriot of Franciscus a Sancta Clara his Booke writ purposly to reconcile us to Rome and that the Iesuites prosecution of him for it would be very displeasing to himselfe and the King to and to informe the Roman party so much at Paris But to returne to Rome Mr. Thomas Windebanke at his being there received a Trunke with sundry things in it sent from Cardinall Barberino to Con the Popes Nuntio which must be conveyed to Secretary Windebankes Agent Richant to avoyd search the truth whereof is manifest by his Sons owne Letter thus endorsed by him 26. March 1637. Tom from Padua Re. 8. Aprill our stile SIR I Gave advise in some of my former of a Trunke I sent from Livorno into England unto Mr. Richant to be delivered unto you but have not as yet received any Newes of the arrivall of it I sent not the Keyes as not desirous it should be opened untill my comming home NOTE because few of the things in it are mine but the CARDINALL BARBERINES TO MASTER CON he told me there was no hast in the delivery of them so that I might doe it my selfe c. Your most obedient Sonne Thomas Windebanke Padoa the 26. March Stilo no. 1637. IN June following this Cardinall sent a statue from Rome into England for this Secretarie or some * See Romes Master-peece pag. 16. greater persons use of which the Lord Scudamoore then Leget Embassador at Paris gave him this advertisement in a Letter written with his owne hand endorsed with Windebanks when received Right Honourable here is come to Paris one Mr. Chambers with the statue from Cardinall Barberine another the servant of him that made the Statue comming along in company to take it forth but no where upon any termes till it be in England upon Munday next Mr. Chambers purposeth to set forward for Deep c. Your Honours to Command I. Scudamoore Paris Iune 16. 1637. In Aprill 1639. Another of Secretary Windebankes sonnes being at Rome writ thus from thence in an Italian Letter to him manifesting what respect and corespondency he had there among the Roman Catholikes Most deare Father I salute you c. Especialy not being in any place my selfe where I am not looked upon by all those that professe themselves SERVANTS of your most Illustrious Honour HERE IN ROME your most illustrious Lordship hath many amongst the which Sir
Will. Hamilton Signior Gregoria Panzani Note the Popes first Nuncio in England and Father Iohn agent for the English Bernedictines kisse yor hands c. From Rome the 15th of Aprill 1639. Your most observant Son Christopher Windebanke By all these Passages and Letters it is very evident what Intelligence this Secretary held with the Catholike party in Rome what respect he and his received from them and what a freind he was to their agents and friends here On the first of Iâ—n 1637. one M. Foster a Papist delivered this Secretary A discourse concerning the Impediments of the peace of Christendome together with the remedies endorsed with Windebankes own hand wherin there is this passage among other manifesting an endeavour of reconciliation betweene Papists and Protestants by their comming over to the Popish Tenents The 4th Impediment is that without an union in Religion no stable or certain Peace amongst Christian Princes can be established for that therby occasion wil be given for the house of Austrea either to advance or defend the Catholike Religion c. Neither is this impediment without GOOD HOPE TO BETAKEN AWAYâ— because now none but the confused Rabble of Anabaptists Note and Brownists and some small Troopes of Separatists with a few Calvenists and rigid Lutherans do insist upon the Doctrine of Justification by saith only whereupon hath depended the principle controversie between the Catholiks and Protestants It will therefore be more easily removed if learned men who have moderat spirits shall be employed in the great businesse concerning the procuring of an happy unity of Faith and Religion in our Westerne Churches Note About this season Richard Mountague Bish. of Chichester a great confident of the Arch-Bishops * See the Pops Nuncio pag. â—1 14 16. intimate with Pauzani the Popes Legate and one who very passionatly desired a reconciliation with the Church of ROME who first disturbed the peace of our Church with his Popish and Arminian Tenents for which he was questioned and his Bookes called in and censured by the Parliament though afterwards advanced to a Bishoppricke for a Passe for his Sonne to travell to Rome extant under his hand and Seale Right Honourable MY humble service premised I make bould to trouble your Honour in a Mediation for a small matter I suppose to his Majesty It is that he would be pleased to grant my Son leave to go see Rome in his Travill NOTE which he is desirous to do and I am desirous he should It is a clause restreyned in his License I thinke of ordinary course howsoever I humbly desire your Honours favour therein I do not use my Lo. Grace because he meddles not that way and especially because his good friends and mine would give it out that we had sent my son to Rome to be a Priest or Iesuit but if you please to acquaint him therewith and remember my duty to his Grace I shall thanke you and ever rest at your Honours service Your poore Beadsman R. C. Aldingboâ—â—e Ianuary 26. To which for explanation sake I shall subjoyne a passage out of the Letter of Godfrey Goodman Bishop of Glocester written to Canterbury in the Tower concerning his dissent from the new Canons Aug. 30 1642. the original whereof is in my hands Most Reverend c. Bishop Mountague of Norwich did privately encourage me to dissent though I confesse I was little moved with his words for I never had an opinion of that man yet in publike to please Your Grace he pressed my deprivation falsly quoting some Councells God forgive him as I doe At that instant I could have proved NOTE How that in His Person He did Uisit and held correspondency with the Popes Agent and recoâ—ved his Letters in behalfe of his sonne who was then travelling to Rome and by his Letters he had extraordinary entertainment there This Bishop Mountague would ascribe to the fame and credit which he had gotten by his writings which in truth I thinke are not worth the Reading c. Loe here one Bishop impeaching another for holding correspondency with the Popes Agent with whom in verity both these Popish Bishops and many others held strict Intelligence But to returne to the Popes 2d Nuncio Con and his proceedings here Vpon his arivall in England if we believe his Companion and assistant in a discovery made to the Archbishop and King Himselfe even out of Conscience which you may reade at large in my * Page 13. 〈◊〉 26. Romes Master-peece he was entertained and setled at London by the Popes and Cardinall Barbarinoes mediation as a Nuncio that so he might the more easily and safely worke both upon the King and Kingdome Where first he sets upon the chiefe men at Court leaving nothing unattempted to corrupt and incline them all to the Roman party he attempted writes he to seduce the King himself with Pictures Antiquities Images other vanities brought from Rome entring into familiarity with his Majesty who oft requested him at London Hampton-court to mediate the restitution of the Palsegrave to the Palatinate which he promised in words but advised the contrary least the Pope should seeme to partonize an Haereticall Prince Hee was very intimate with Sir Toby Matthew Captaine Reade the Countesse of Arundâ—ll Endymion Porter and his Wife but especially with Secretary Windebanke who revealed all the Kings secrets to him communicated Councells to and with him the better to advance his designes meeting with him at Night-conventicles at least thrice every weeke for which end he tooke an house neere to his lodging to which be frequently resorted through a Garden doore Besides this Nuncioes with his confederates at Court conjured society of Jesuites in London held constaâ—t weekly meetings Councells at Capt. Reeds House in Long-Acre elsewhere sent and received weekly intelligences dispatches to and from Rome and proceeded so farre as to Erect a Colledge of Iesuites in Queene-street which they purchased and a Nunnery in the Lord Gages house there who was Generall of the Jesuites and another Nunnery at Greenwitch he erected established a Popish Hierarchie throughout the Realme of England having Officialls Vicars-Generall Provincialls Arch-Deacons c. in every County almost as there you may reade at large and in the Popes Briefe lately published by speciall order of Parliament Hee had Commission to profer a Cardinalls Cap to the Archbishop and fed others with hopes and promises of vacant Cardinalls Hats and other Dignities to make them more industriously zealous to drive on his designes By the Archbishop of Canterburies the Nuncioes and these Iesuites meanes the Scotish Troubles Warres were first raised and revived againe when pacified without bloudshed What influence the Popes Nuncio Jesuites Priests Papists in and about London had in the raising fomenting maintaining driving on the Scotish differences and Warres you may reade at large in Rimes Master-peece and the Popish Royall Favourite to which for brevity I refer you and shall add
these Lords and men hold this Councell of the Army for Ireland a most pernicious Councell But I know not what better he could take for it is most dangerous to raise it in England where all the world is discontent and for to raise an Army here it were to give them the sword in their hands to defend themselves for the part of the Puritans is so great and they have such a correspondence with the Scots Not◠that they begin already to break the Altars which the Bishops had erected and to accuse the Bishops of crimes and to demand the re-establishment of many silenced Ministers with a thousand other insolencies c. Your most humble and most obliged servant G. T. This 28. of Iune The same Iesuite writ another Letter in French of the same date with this superscription A Messieur Messieur La mach wherein after a pretty large relation of the Scottish affaires he hath this clause somewhat suteable to the former THey to wit the Scots will first of all have a free and full Parliament they will have a reformation of their own Church and likewise of the Church of England They will that the King resideth 6. months in their Country 〈◊〉 they will have the Arch-bishop of Canterbury as their prisoner they will banish Monsieur Con. which they call the Man of the Pope they demand the banishment of the Catholikes there this is that they demand The King hath never yet opened his mouth to his Counsell of these affaires neither hath hee consulted with any soule living hereupon Note but the Bishop of Canterbury and forasmuch as I can learne all their counsell tendeth to this that there must be an Army raised in Ireland to tame these Rebels the which Counsell men of State hold farre more dangerous and so it is feared that they may call the Palatine in for their King Your most humble and affectionate servant G T. This 28. of Iune There was another Letter of the same date writ to one Monsieur Ford at Paris by another Priest or Iesuite as I conceive but certainly a Papist wherein there are these Passages My Deare c. OVr Scots businesse troubles us shrewdly and growes worse and worse they will have a Parliament and the King for the consequence of it in this Kingdom will never permit it Not◠and so they have taken a resolution to leavie an Army in Ireland so to trouble them and subdue them which is held here by wise men to be a very desperate Counsell But the King counsels NONE BUT THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE DEPUTY of Ireland which disgusts all and makes men see more weaknesse in him then was ever imagined Other newes we have none Fitton the Agent for the secular Priests at Rome is here and was presented to the King by my Lord Arundel to whom he had sent from Italy many little toyes but now he knowes he is a Priest I pray you tell my deare Amiable I thank him heartily for his note and have seene his man Iaques Depuis who is a good cutter or graver in stone and continues Catholike honest and known to the Capucins Yours as you know W. Hoill This 28. Iune A Postscript This Letter to Iohn Foord is monstrable TO FATHER SVPERIOVR because you must give him one inclosed from me This very Postscript makes me beleeve both Hoill and Foord to be Iesuites How active and industrious both the English and Scottish Iesuites were in fomenting the Scottish Commotions Warres upon what termes and designs the Papists promised the King their assistance in those warres refusing to ayde him therein except he would grant them a freetoleration of their Religion yea resolving to poyson him with an Italian figge in case he condescended not to their demands and to seize upon the Princes person and traine him up in their Religion you may read at large in my * Pag. 8 9. 13. to 25. Romes Master-piece from the discovery of one who was sent from Rome by Cardinall Barbarino into England to assist Con the Popes Nuncio and privie to the whole Plot which he revealed out of conscience How forwards the Irish Papists were to assist the King and Prelates in this unnaturall warre against the Scots and what large contributions they gave towards the maintenance of the Warre by the instigation of Sir Toby Matthewes a lesuite who went over with the Lord Deputy Wentworth into Ireland for this purpose to animate and stirre up the Popish party there to this Pontificall and Prelaticall warre their Subsidies there granted in Parliament 1639. and the Prologue thereunto with the Rise and Progresse of the Irish Rebellion published by Authority of Parliament will sufficiently demonstrate to justifie the Iesuites forementioned Letters and intelligence to be no fancie but a reall verity How the Arch-bishop carried on this designe of the warre against the Scots in England I shall give you a brief account out of his own Sir Iohn Lambs and Secretary Windebankes Papers The 9. of September 1638. The Arch-bishop received from some great man in Scotland a paper thus indorsed with his own hand 1. That the Garrison◠ought to be kept at Barwick and Carlile First for Defence secondly for Nurceries 3. That the Affaires of Scotland ought not to be kept so reserved from the Councell of England And the paper begins thus That the Scottish have a great desire to ruine 102. a Character for the Arch-bishop you need not doubt it c. I beseech your Lordship not to overcharge your selfe by writing to me but at your best leisure c. After which he advised the keeping of Garrisons at Barwick and Carlile c. In December the Arch-bishop received this paper from Sir Iohn Burrowes thus in dorsed with the Bishops own hand Rece Decemb. 31. 1638. Sir Iohn Burrowes A briefe Note out of the Records what the King may doe for raising of men in case of a warre with Scotland Observations concerning warre with Scotland out of Records SUch Lords and others as had lands and livings upon the Borders were commanded to reside there with their retinue Those that had Castles neare the Borders were enjoyned to fortifie them The Lords of the Kingdome were summoned by writ to attend the Kings Army with Horse and Armour at a certaine time and place according to their service due to the King or to repaire to the Exchequer before that day there to make Fine for their said service So were all Widowes Dowagers of such Lords as were deceased So were all Bishops and Ecclesiasticall persons Proclamations were likewise made by the Sheriffs in every County that all men holding of the King by knights service or sergeancy should come to the Kings Army or make Fine as aforesaid with a strickt command that none should conceale their service under a great penalty Like Proclamations were made that all men having 40. l. land by the yeare should come to the Kings Army with Horse and Armour The Earle
Marshall made a Roll and entred the appearance of all such as came and tendred their service If any failed to come or to make Fine their Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels were distrayned by the Sheriffe upon summons out of the Exchequer If any pleaded that he had attended he was discharged upon certificate out of the Marshals Roll testifying that he had done his service If any being come did depart before the warre ended their Lands Tenements Goods and Chattles were seized untill they had made Fine or the King had pardoned their offence Commissions went out for levying of men in every County and bringing them to the Kings Army Like Commissions were made for mustering and arraying the Clergy throughout England Commissions were likewise issued to enquire and punish all Bayliffs and other Officers that for reward had suffered Souldiers to depart before they came to the Kings Army The King appointed certaine Captaines in such Counties as bordered upon Scotland to levie able men in those Counties and to bring them with their Horse and Armes to the Kings Army Those of the bordering shires were commanded to be ready at eight dayes warning to come unto the Kings Army well armed and Commissions were made for punishing such as refused Writs were sent into severall Counties for certifying the King what number of Horse and Foot every County could afford him in his warres of Scotland The Clergy of England furnished the King with a proportion of armed men The Ports were summoned to attend with their service of shipping The Constable of Dover Castle was commanded to guard the Ports lest any by comming in or going out there should bring danger to the Kingdome The Sheriffs of Counties were commanded by writ to make provisions of corne and victuals for the Kings Army and to cause them to be carried to the place appointed Writs also were sent to divers Townes of England and Ireland commanding all Merchants to bring provisions to the Kings Army Ships of the Subject were taken up for transporting those provisions to a place assigned Inhibitions were made that no victuals or other munition should be transported beyond the Seas during the warre Divers Subsidies and Fifteens granted to the King by the Subject towards the war Merchants strangers gave the King ayde of money towards the warres of Scotland and lent him divers summes Those of Wales furnished the King with a proportion of money toward the war The Lords and Clergy of Ireland were required to contribute toward the war The King suspended the paiment of his debts for a certaine time in regard of the great occasions he had to use money in the warres of Scotland Note that no particular Records were cited or produced to warrant the Premises In Ianuary he received another Paper from him which he thus indorseth with his owne hand Rece Ian. 29. what was fit to be done in point of danger from the Scots Sir Io. Burrowes When Warre was intended against Scotland three things were heretofore taken into speciall care First how to raise Horse and Foot Victuals Ammunition Money and other necessaries for that service Secondly how to secure the Seas and Sea coasts of the Kingdome from danger of forraigne attempts while the Kings forces were employed in those Northern parts Thirdly how to provide for the preservation of the peace of the kingdome within it selfe against riots mutinies and rebellions whereunto ill conditioned and desperate persons at such times are easily moved The first of these hath already in some speciall points been expressed For the second touching the guard of the Seas sufficient provision is made by the late course taken And for securing the Sea coasts 1. The Forts neare the Sea were fortified and furnished with men and munition 2. All persons that had possessions and estates in mariâ—ine Counties were commanded by Proclamation to reside there with their families and retinues 3. Beacons were erected in all fitting places 4. Certaine light Horse were appointed by the Country to watch along the Sea coasts to give advertisement if danger appeared 5. All able men of those Counties were commanded to be sufficiently armed and trained and put into Companies and Bands under certaine Leaders who were to be commanded by some one Generall appointed by the King Concerning the peace of the Kingdome 1. All conventicles and secret meetings were straightly forbidden by Proclamation and parties offending severely punished 2. All spreaders of Rumours and tale-bearers were by Proclamation commanded to be taken and imprisoned 3. All able men between 16 and 60 yeares of age in every shire were commanded to be sufficiently armed and trained and to obey such Generals as the King appointed 4. Such as were not able in body to beare Arms but had Estates were to maintaine at their charges such able men as were appointed in their roomes The very same day the Archbishop procures this ensuing warrant from the Councell Table to himselfe and the Archbishop of York to write letters to all the Bishops within their severall Diocesse to summon their Clergy before them to excite them to a liberall contribution against the Scots At White Hall the 29. of Ianuary 1638. IT was this day ordered by his Majesty sitting in Councell That the Lords Archbishops of Canterbury and York their Graces should be hereby required and commanded to write their letters to all the Lords Bishops in their severall Provinces respectively forthwith to convene before them all the Clergy of ability in their Diocesses and to incite them by such wayes and meanes as shall be thought best by their Lordships to ayd and assist his Majesty with their speedy and liberall contributions or otherwise for the defence of his Royall Person and of this Kingdome against the seditious attempts of some in Scotland And that the same bee sent to the Lord Treasurer of England with all diligence Tho. Coventry C. S. Guilliel London H. Manchester I. Lenox Lindâ—ey Arundel Surrey Dorset Pembroke Mongomery Holland Fra. Cottington H. Vane I. Coke Fran. Windebanke But doubting of the validity of this warrant for such a contribution he of late procured this warrant written with his owne hand antedated two dayes before the Councell Table Order to be signed by his Majesty to help him at a pinch Charles Rex CAnterbury I require you to write your Letters to your Brethren the Bishops 〈◊〉 for a contribution of the Clergie towards my affaires with my Scottish Subjects as was done in my Fathers time for the Palatinate And for your so doing this shall be your warrant Jan. 27. 1638. That this Warrant was since forged by him to which he procured the Kings hand is apparant not only by the freshnesse of the inke but by the very Letter he writ to the Bishops of his Province to set on this Contribution dated the last of Ianuary which mentions only the Lords Order but not one syllable of this Warrant of the King which if reall he would have recited in the
s. 10. d. in the pound without deduction of Tenths The most gave after 4. s. some after 5. s. some after 6. s. in the pound Much of the money is paid in and I suppose it will be all in Mr. Commissaryes hands by the 26. of this moneth the day appointed for the payment I doubt not but the Clergy of England will teach the Ministers of Scotland Duty and Obedience And if their Laity will be taught the like by ours His Majesty I hope will have a royall and joyfull Progresse into Scotland which God grant At this meeting I understood that Doctor Mickle-thwait is the man in nomination for Sandy He is my old acquaintance and very good friend whom I love with all my heart for I take him to be a right man for the Church and if it might please God that he might be better accommodated neerer his own meanes I thinke we should mutually rejoyce No parsonage of England could sit me better then Sandy Note It is of good value it would draw me out of that corner where my stirring for the Church-rights makes me lesse acceptable with some great hands It brings me into the neighbour-hood of my best friends Doctor More and Doctor Martin and sets me within a small distance of Bedford where I shall be ready at hand to assist any service for the Church and King though I am not ignorant that my devotion that way hath done me no great good amongst some no meane ones and paradventure Mr. Thorne may suffer a litle for such imployments To Mr. Thorne I shewed your Letter and he shewed me Wallingers Petition to the Lords To him I spake nothing at all about it but I beseech you give me leave to vent my thoughts of it to you The hands that delivered it may be a Commoners of Bedford but the head that devised it hath the countenance of a Commissary rather then a Commoner of that Town the inditer maketh familiar use of divers words that come not within the Cognisance nor liberty of the Town of Bedford Their Charter surely reacheth not to take up errors and strayes of youth that are laid hold on at Oxford I am afraid that some retainers to the Commissaryes Court cast an evill eye upon him because it is like enough he may cast an eye upon some evill that may be done there I shall not easily beleeve that either Smith late vicar of St. Pauls or Collyer have trayned up their Auditors to be so zealous to have the King prayed for according to Canon I would to God they and all the Churches of England might be tryed with a Prayer for the Kings happy journey and joyfull return out of Scotland to see how zealously they would pray for the conversion or confusion of their own Faction and how they would make the Pulpits ring with invectives against Puritan Rebellion and Traytors which as yet are silent enough When Treason and Rebels is with like zeale detested and declaimed against in Puritans as in Papists I shall beleeve there is some Religion and Piety in that Generation Sir you will pardon me if I am thus profuse and loose with you where I have not a window to the heart I am reserved and close enough Thus with remembrance of my due respects and best wishes I rest At your service ever to be commanded John Pocklington Yevelden March 4. 1638. The King asisted with these Contributions raised an Army and marched into the * See the Breviate of the Archbishops life page 22 North against the Scots departing from London North-ward March 27. 1639 and through Gods blessing on the 17 of Iune following a happy Pacification and Agreement was concluded and ratified between His Majesty and His Subjects of Scotland and thereupon the Armies disbanding and all parties returned home with much joy and contentment But Canterbury upon his Majesties return disliking the Articles of Accomodation as prejudiciall to the Lordly Prelacie and giving overmuch Ecclesiasticall Iurisdiction to the generall Assembly of Scotland was very much discontented and offended at this happy Pacification stiling it a very dishonourable Peace to His Majesty and exceeding prejudiciall to the Church telling His Majesty that it was made by a company of hunting Lords who regarded their own sports and pleasures more then His Majesties honor or the honor and safety of the Church and Realm and by his violent importunity caused His Majesty to dissolve and Nullifie the Pacification as dishonorable And by Proclamation dated August 11. 1639. to call in some papers dispersed concerning the Pacification as scandalous ordering them to be publikely burnt by the hand of the common Hangman ingaging His Majesty in a new resolution to subdue the Scots and establish both a Lordly Prelacy and Liturgy amongst them by force of Armes Which being resolved on by the perswasion of this Arch-Incendiary he thereupon projects and resolves upon new wayes of raysing moneys without a Parliament by way of Loane and thereupon combines with Windebank to send for severall Officers Iudges Servants of the King and Queen and others before the Lords of the Councell to lend such fums of money towards the raysing of a new Army and maintaining of a new War against the Scots as he was pleased to prescribe Hereupon in November 1639. by the Arch-bishops directions and procurement divers Persons were sent for before the Councell Table to lend and contribute towards the maintenance of this civill Warre on whom they imposed severall sums before hand which they must be inforced to contribute as appears by these severall Lists under Windebanks hand 14. Novemb. 1639. A List of those that are to Lend Mr. Iustice Crawley 500. l. Mr. Iustice Rives 500. l. Mr. Solicitor Herbert 500. l. Mr. Surveyor 1000. l. Mr. Comptroller 500. l. Sir Robert Banaster 1000. l. Sir Paul Pinder 50000. l. Mr. Henly 6000. l. Strangers 20000. l. Danby 10000. l. Gib 10000. l. December 5. 1639. as the Arch-bishops Diary informes us The King Declared His resolution for a Parliament in case of the Sottish Rebellion * See The Breviat of his life page 22 The fiâ—sst movers of it were the Lord Deputy of Ireland the Archbishop and a resolution voted at the Board to assist the King in extraordinary wayes if the Parliament should prove peevish and refuse to grant Subsidies to maintain this Warre the calling of this Parliament being made but a Stale to serve this Archprelates papall ends and designes against the Scots And to testify this he most illegally in February 1639. after Writs for calling this Parliament issued caused this list of names and sums to be given in to the councell Table of Parties that must lend the sums assessed by him for support of these Wars who were sent for accordingly before the Lords and many of them there enforced to lend Sir Henry Martin 3000. l. Sir Iohn Lamb 2000. l. Dr. Duck 1500. l. Dr. Eden 1500. l. Sir Nathaniel Brent 500. l. Mr. of the
May it please your Grace THe Deputy Lieutenants and Captaine Alcocke did send me a fierce Alarme from Carsâ—ie desiring me to send them five hundred horse because the Scots are within a few daies at Dumfrise seven or eight thousand with which Army they meane to fall into Cumberland but I am slow in answering the spurre because the advertisement of the Scotch preparations on this side are not such as that they may be much feared as yet In my opinion the Scots will not come into England but least they should goe against the rules of right reason I doe provide as if they were comming The horse are now come to the North part of Yorkeshire into Cleveland the foot about Selby were disorderly and tooke out of Prison those that were committed but now a Guard is set upon the prison and they begin to be better in order One thing I will tell you and shall desire that you will speake with my Lord Lieutenant in it I did write to him of it but I have not heard any thing from him so that I thinke that in his sicknesse beleeving that my Letter did only containe newes of Scotland he did not reade it the businesse is this My Lord of Northumberland did write to me that having had occasion to looke into the power he hath to give Commissions the Lawyers and Judges are all of opinion that Martiall Law cannot be executed here in England but when an enemy is really neare to an Army of the Kings and that it is necessary that both my Lord of Northumberland and my selfe doe take a pardon for the man that was executed here for the mutiny if this be so it is all one as to breake the Troopes for so soone as it shall be knowne there will be no obedience therefore put some remedy to this by all meanes very speedily there are now here in prison two men for killing of men and the Provost Martiall for letting them scape out of Prison although he tooke them againe I doe forbeare to call them to a Court of Warre neither dare I tell the reason why I doe not Note being often urged but suffer them to thinke me negligent I doe not thinke it fit that the Lawyers should deliver any Opinion for if the Sâ—â—diers doe know that it is questioned Note they will decide it by their disobedience as the Country doth by the Ship-money and with farre more dangerous consequence for the Souldier may bring the Country to reason but who shall compell the Souldier thâ—refore if it cannot be helped with a Commission of Oyer or Terminer which â—â—st be only in the Officer or Officers of the Army or in some especiall Commission of the Kings such as he gives when Noblemen are Arraigned let him then give under his owne hand a Commission for the Execution of Martiall Law to him that will hazard his life and estate upon the Kings Word Sir Iacob Ashley hath no Commission for the execution of Martiall Law but if the fault deserve death he is to advertise my Lord of Northumberland this will absolutely undoe all the Souldier must be punished by his Officer If it would come to debate some may peradventure say that for faults that deserve death the Souldier may be sent to the Goale to be tryed by the Iudges this will take away the respect of the Souldier to the Officer and there will presently be no obedience or care either in Souldier or Officer I thinke that this doth so much concerne the King in the goâ—ernment of the Army Note that if a Lawyer should say so here if I had a Commission I would hang him and so I thinke the King ought to doe others I shall ever â—e Your Graces most humble and most faithfull Servant Conway and Kilulta Newcâ—stle Iune 13. 1640. To which I may adde this Letter of my Lord Conway to Secretary Windebank concerning certain Intelligence of the Scots intentions to enter England which he was to impart to the Archbishop Mr. SECRETARY MY time is very short I now receive your Letter I have within these two â—oures word brought to me Note I pray you tell my Lord of Canterbury that it is by â—hat man I did write last to him that I have sent into Scotland and gave him sixâ—een pound that the Scotch Army as he doth assure me upon his life and bâ—ds me hang him if it be not so will upon Munday or Tuesday next come into England that they will upon Satturday be before this Town which they will take or here bâ— broken fâ—om hence they intend to go to Yorkshire my Lord Lowden told him that he did expect that more then half the Trained Bands would joyn with them in Yorkshire or upon the confines they mean â—o stay unâ—ill some English â—orces joyn with them there was a man out of England lately with the Scots to dâ—sire them to come in and told them they did ill to stay so long that if they had come in but six weeks ago the English Army had not been raised I doubt very much this Town cannot be kept if a Citadell had been made according as I did advise they would never have attempted it If you have written to Sir Iacob Ashley it will gain two or three dayes but I do now write to him least you have not If any English forces joyn with them they will give the Law I have sent to my Lord of Northumberland their last Proclamation I shall ever be Your most humble Servant Conwâ—y and Kilulta Newcastle Aug. 15. 1640. The Country will not drive their Cattle they say that they know not where to have grasse therefore they will onely drive them out of the way where they march To which I shall annex this Warrant to the Lord Cottington whereunto the Archbishops hand is first AFter our hearty commendation to your good Lordship Whereas We understand there have been delayes and difficulties in some places in the exâ—cution of his Majesties late command for putting in readinesse the Trained Bands and other Forces of that County to march and to serve in the common defence in this time of publique danger which delayes have been occasioned through some misapprehension concerning the defraying of the charge of the Trained Men to the place of the service when they march We have therefore thought good for preventing of further delay in matters of this importance hereby â—o advertise your Lordships that not only the Customes and Laws of this Kingdom do require that in a time of actuall Invasion every man ought to serve in the common defence at his own charge but that the very Law of Nature doth teach and oblige us all thereunto without sticking or staying upon any terms or questions And that it hath been the Custome and practice within this Kingdom both in ancient and modern times even but when a doubt or fear was had of an Invasion is very manifest But this present danger is past all
Graces hands I have here inclosed them all Thus with my prayers for the long continuance of your Graces health and happy government of this Church I humbly take my leave Your Graces in all due observance Eldard Alvey York Octob. 16. 1640. What else concerns the Archbishops activity and proceedings in the Scottish Troubles and Wars you may read in the Articles exhibited against him to the Lords in Parliament by the Scotch Commissioners and the House of Commons But before I leave this subject I shall onely give you a little more light how active the Papists were to concur with the Archbishop aâ—d Prelates in setting on these Scottish Wars Troubles and what advantages they made of them Not long before the Scottish troubles one Francis Smith a great Iesuit discoursing with Mr. * See the Popish Royall Favourite p. 31. Iames Waddâ—sworth and one Mr. Yaxley in Norfolk touching some points of Religion used these speeches It is not now a time nor way for us to bring in our Religion by Disputes or Bookes of Controversy But IT MUST BE DONE BY AN ARMY and BY FIRE AND SWORD This Smith usually frequented Lambeth house and Windebanks Lodgings with whom he was very familiar and was no doubt a great stickler in raising the Scottish Tumults and fomenting that war as well as other Iesuits to further which and advance the Catholick cause the Queen-Mother of France unexpectedly came over into England and landed at Harwich about the 19. of October 1638. This war was no sooner resolved on by the King by the Archbishop and his confederations instigations but the Popes Nuncio with the Priests Iesuits and Roman Catholicks of England and Wales all privy to the plot assembled together in a kind of Parliament or generall Counsell of State at London in Aprill 1639. In which Councell convened by the Queens command Con the Popes Nuncio sate President where in imitation of the Bishops and Clergies forementioned Contributions to maintain this war they all resolved upon a liberall Contribution towards it To which end the Queen her self Sir Keâ—elm Digby and Mr. Walter Mountague together with the Noblemen Gentlemen Priests and Recusants assembled at London writ severall Letters to all Recusants in the severall Counties of England and Wales to excite them to a most liberall and free Benevolence towards the maintenance of this warre appointing speciall Collectors publikely to gather in the same in regard whereof all Processe against Recusants were stayed by His Majesties speciall direction who was privy to this assembly and contribution as is evident by his * See the Royall Popish favourite p. 16. answer to Mr. Pulfords Petition The verity of this contribution of the Papists is most apparent by these ensuing Copies of their severall Letters produced and read in the Commons House * See the Diurnall Occurrences c. p. 22. to 23. Ianuary 28. 1640. on which day Sir Kenelm Digby and Mr. Mountague were brought upon their knees at the Commons Barre for furthering this Collection with their Letters which they there professed they did write and disperse onely in duty to the King to relieve him he being at that time in great distresse for moneys The Queens Letter for the Levying of money Henretta Maria R. VVE have so good a beleefe of the loyalty and affection of his Majesties Catholike Subjects as we doubt not but upon this occasion that hath called his Majesty into the Northern parts for the defence of his Honour and Dominions they will expresse themselves so affected as we have alwaies represented them to his Majâ—sty so in this common consent which hath appeared in the Nobility Iudges â—entry and others to forward His Majesties service by their persons and states Note We have made no difficulty to answer for the same correspondency in his Catholike Subjects as Catholikes notwithstanding they all have already concurred to this his Majesties service according to the qualities whereof they are when others of the same quality were called upon for we beleeve that it becâ—me us Note who have been so often interested in the sâ—licitation of their benefits to shew our selves now in the perswasion of their gratitude Therefore having already by his Majesty by other meanes recommended to them this earnest desire of ours to assist and serve his Majesty by some considerable summe of money freely and cheerfully presented We have thought fit to the end thâ—t this our desires may be the more publikâ— and the more authorized hereby to give you Commission and direction to distribute Copies under your hand of this testification thereof unto those that have met in London by our direction Note about this businesse and unto the severall Collectors of every County And as we presume the 〈◊〉 they will raise will not be unworthy our presenting to the King so shâ—ll we be very sensible of it as a particular respect to our selves and will endeavour in the most efficatious manner we can to improve the merit of it and to remove any apprehension of prejudice that any who shall imploy themselves towards the successe of this businesse may conceive by this they may be assured that we will secure them from all such objected inconveniences And we are very confident that this our first recommendation will be so complyed with all Note as may not onely afford us particular satisfaction but also faciliation towards their 〈◊〉 advantages Given under our signet at White Hall this 17. of April 1639. Sir Kenelme Digbies and Master Mountagues Letter concerning the Contribution IT is sufficient already knowne to every one the extraordinary Graces and Protectionsâ— Note we owe the Queenes Majesty to whose favourable intercession we must ascribe the happy moderation we live under so as we doubt not but an occasion of the expression of our gratitudes will joyfully be embraced by every body which the present estate of his Majesties affaires doth now offer us We have already by our former Letters endeavoured to prepare you to a cheerefull assistance of his Majesty in his declared journey to the Northerne parts for the securing of his Kingdome and such other purposes as his Royall wisedome shall resolve of That so you may really demonstrate your selves as good Subjects as God and nature requires of you Now Her Majesty hath been graciously pleased to recommend unto us the expressions of our duties and zeale to his Majesties service by some considerable gift from the Catholiques and to remove all scruples that even well-affâ—icted persons may meete with she undertakes to secure us and all that shall employ themselves in this businesse from any inconvenience that may be suspected by their or our forwardnesse and declaration in this kind It will easily appeare to every body how much it imports us Note in our sence of her Majesties desires to prâ—sse everybody to straine himselfe even to his best abilities in his Proposition since by it we shall certainly preserve her graciousnesse to us and
endeavours to remove all mis-understandings between the King and his people and to do all good offices between them * * See the Commons Iornall Feb. 3. 1640. Diuinall Occurrences of both Houses p. 31 32. A Message sent from the Queenes Majesty to the House of Commons by Master Comptroller Feb. 3. 1640. THat her Majesty hath been ready to use her best endeavours for the removing of all mis-understanding between the King and Kingdome That at the request of the Lords who Petitioned the King for a Parliament her Majesty at that time writ effectually to the King and sent a Gentleman expresly to perswade the King to the holding of a Parliament That She hath since bin most willing to do all good offices between the King and his people which is not unknowne to divers of the Lords and so * * Quere how well this Clause hath ever since bin performed shall ever continue to do as judging it the onely way of happinesse to the King her Selfe and Kingdome That all things be justly setled between the King and his people and all cause of mis-understanding taken away and removed That her Majesty having taken knowledge Note that having one sent to her from the Pope is distastefull to the Kingdom She is desirous to give satisfaction to the Parliament within convenient time she will remove him out of the Kingdome That understanding likewise that exception hath bin Note taken at the great resort to her Chappell at Denmarke House she will be carefull not to exceed that which is convenient and necessary forthe exercise of her Religion She further taketh notice That the Parliament is not satisfied with the manner of raising money for the assistance of the King in his journey to the North in the yeare 1639. at her entreaty from the Catholikes She was moved thereunto meerly out of her deare and tender affection to the King and the example of other His Majesties Subjects she seeing the like forwardnesse could not but expresse her forwardnes to the assistance of the King If any thing be illegall she was ignorant of the Law and was carried therein onely out of a great desire to be assisting to the King in so pressing an occasion but promiseth to be more cautious her after * * Her raising men monyes horse Armes Ammunâ—tion in forraine Parts to maintain a bloudy civill War in Ireland and England is a very reall performance of this promise not to do any thing but what may stand with the established Lawes of the Kingdome Her Majesty being desirous to employ her owne power to unite the King and people desireth the Parliament to looke forwards and passe by such mistakes and errours of her Servants as may be formerly and this your respect she promiseth shall be repayed with all the good offices she can do to the House which * They have done sowith a witnesse ever since you shall find with reall effects aâ— often as there shall be occasion How sincerely and cordially her Majesty hath performed all these her Princely promises to the Parliament Kingdome King and his people her Actions both at home and in Forraigne parts with our bloudy Warres and Massacâ—es since both in Ireland England and Scotland proclaime to all the World God deliver us all from such Court-holy-water such Popish Dissimulation which may seeme commendable in Romish Catholikes who hold * See Master Hen Mason of Equivocation Surins Concil Tom. 3. p. 860. Equivocation lawfull and that no faith is to be kept with Heretickes as they esteeme all Protestants But to returne to our Papists activity in the Scottish Watres to which this Message relates it is very well known that many if not most of the Captains Officers imployed in the last expedition were either professed Papists or persons Popishly affected how the Earle of Arundell the General of the Army against the Scotâ—â— together with his Lady family stand affected in Religion and what active 〈◊〉 they were to promote this Warre you may read at large in †Page 17 22 23 24-32 Romes Master-peece Their Contributions towards this Warre were so large and their assistance so chearefull that some of our Episcopall Preachers and * Mr. Whites First Cenâ—â—â—y of Randalous Malig. Priests p. 25. 29. Mr. Squire of Shoreditch London by name preached openly in his Pulpit That the Papists were the Kings best Subjects and better then Protestants for three reasons First their Loyalty Secondly THEIR LIBERALITY having like Arauna contributed like Kings to the King in his necessity Thirdly For their Patience adding that they were the good Samaritan who poured Oyle into the wounds of that man the King that was fallen among Theeves who wounded him Especially the Irish Papists And Audomarus Ioannes Abbot of Wurtzburge in Germany in a letter of his to Secretary Windebancke Dated 13. August 1639. endorsed with Windebanks owne hand writes that his Majesty had a sufficient tryall of the fidelity of his Catholike Subjects in this accident I shall insert the whole letter because it discovers Windebanks intimacy with this Abbot and other Papists whose letters inclosed under his own packet to prevent intercepting he usually dispersed to their Agents here Right Honourable THree Months agoe and more I wrot signifying to your Honour that after I came from London it being moâ—e then a quarter of a yeare before I could reach the wished place I did aime at to see the desolation of which and generally of all the parts I did passe through I was so disconsolated that all be it I oft thought to discharge my respective salutes to your honour yet present cares and occasions did ever prevent my intention Notwithstanding at last I did take the boldnesse to intreat that your Honour would let me know your commands in discharge of which your Honour God willing shall finde me most solicitous and carefull But least such my former letters hath miscaried as severall to Sir William Howard and other honourable friends has done I resumed the boldnesse to make a Briefe repetition of the same letting your honor know that I have found King Iames letter of happy memory which my Lord Hay then Embassador after his return to London moved his Majesty to write to Prince Godefrid then Bishop of Wurtzburge wherein his Majesty was pleased to give thanks to the Bishop for the favours done NOTEâ— as to himselfe Moreover his Majesty was pleased to take * notice of us his poore Subjects commending us to the Bishops noble charity I finde also Prince Godefrids answer to his Majesty wâ—it by occasion of Abbot Ogilby whom the Bishop did commend to his Majesty intreating that at his request the said Abbot Ogleby might have free passage to see his native Country out of the which he had beene 40. yeares and more The Prince who is now does truely honour his Majesty and respect his Subjects of the which my Lord Arundell about two yeare agoe being here
by a Committee which was accordingly done the Committee reporting they had both weekes received intelligence of diverse dangerous plotts in agitation against the State but they have not as yet made a full report in disclosing of the same Vpon this danger from Recusants Ibid. pag. 113 114. the Committee appointed to provide carefully against their future attempts May 29. presented their resolutions to the House That if any man entertained a Popish servant knowing him to bee so and lodged him but one night he should be imprisoned without Baile or mainprize during the Kings pleasure But if hee knew it not for the present if upon after knowledge of it if he keepe him in his House a moneths time he should not only bee imprisoned but be fined according to the contempt Likewise if any man married a Recusant and had issue by Her his Children should not onely bee Christened after the manner of the Church of England but they should be also brought up in the Protestant Religion In the willing neglect of which they were not onely to bee imprisoned but fined for their contempt Also if any man knew where any Armor Powder or other Ammunition which belonged to any Recusant was kept and gave not notice to the next Justices of Peace thereof but concealed it they likewise to bee imprisoned without Bayle or mainprize and fined for their contempt After this May 2. Ibid. pag. 117. one Sanford was committed to prison by the House for inticing a young Gentlewoman to goe beyond Sea to bee a Nun And Master Preston and Master Allen committed for refusing both the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacie Iune 10. 13. 16 c. Ibid. p. 12â— 137. 140. 151 153 154. The Conspiracy of Master Iermyn and the rest out of diverse Letters and examinations was reported to the House to consist of these particulars 1. To bring in a French Army and to surrender Portsmouth into their hands 2. To seise upon the Tower of London 3. To bring in the Northern Army to London to over-awe the Parliament to support Episcopacy the Bishops and Episcopall Clergy being to maintaine 2000. Horses for this purpose and uphold the Kings Prerogative and Revenew to the full as it was formerly 4. To keepe the Irish Army on foote from being disbanded till the Scotts were first disbanded Iune 24. 1641. There was a Conference at a Committee of both Houses managed by Master Pym consisting of diverse heads whereof the fourth head was touching the Queenes most Excellent Majestiâ— which contained diverse particulars 1. THat His Majestie Diurnall Occurrences neare the end may be pleased by advise of his Parliament to perswade the Queene to accept some of the Nobility and others of trust into her Majesties service into such places as are now in her disposall 2. That no Iesuite nor none of other Orders what Country men soever whether French or Italian be received into Her Majesties service nor any Priest of His Majesties Dominions English Scottish or Irish and that they be restrained from comming to Court 3. That the Colledge of Capuchines at Somerset House may be dissolved and sent out of the Kingdom these two last mentioned concerning the Queene Priests Iesuites and Capuchines for these particular reasons 1. Publike danger and scandall of this Kingdome and peace of the Kingdome 2. Dis-affection of some of those wicked conspirators is expressed in two Letters which Letters were here read openly 3. A particular Letter of Father Philips there also read 4. Because of the Priests Iesuites and the Colledge there are diverse great quantities of gold transported frequently 4. The fourth particular that concerneth the Queen is upon speciall occasion of his Majesties absence That their Lordships will bee pleased to joyne with us to advise the King that some of the Nobility and others of qualitie with competent â—uardes may be appointed to attend the Queens person against all designes of Papists and of ill affected persons and of restraining resort thither in his absence 5. The fifth Head concerneth the Kings Children that some persons of publike trust and well affected in Religion might be placed about the Prince who may take care of his education and the rest of his Children especially in matters of Religion and liberty 6. The sixth Head concerned such as come into the Kingdom with Titles OF BEING THE POPES NUNCIO that it may bee declared that if any man come with instructions into this Kingdome from the Pope of Rome he shall be in case of high Treason NOTE out of the Kings Protection and out of the protection of the Law And there is notice upon very good grounds that Count ROSSETI The Popes Nuncio doth yet continue in the Kingdome AND YET RESORTS UNTO THE COURT notwithstanding the Kings former Promise to the Houses to send him hence A little after Father Philips the Queenes Confessor writ a very Seditious Diurnall Occurrences p. 160 c. Letter to Mr. Mountague into France intercepted and produced to bee read in the House of Commons by Master Pym the 25. of Iune 1641. to this effect to stirre up the French against the PARLIAMENT This good King and Queen are left very naked NOTE the Puritans if they durst would pull the good Queen in pieces Can the good King of France suffer a Daughter of France his Sister and her Children to be thus affronted Can the wise Cardinall endure England and Scotland to unite and not be able to discerne in the end it is like they will joyne together and turn head against France A stirring Active Ambassabour might do good service here I have sent you a Copy of the Kings Speech on Satturday last at which time he discharged his conscience and was advised to make that speech by the Earle of Bristoll and the Lord Sey but I believe there is a mistake in the writing and that it should have bin the Lord Savill This Speech did much operate to the disadvantage of the Earle of Strasford for the Commons were much thereby incensed and inflamed against him and this brought forth the next day being Monday a Protestation which was taken in both Houses of Parliament of the same nature but rather worse than the Scottish Covenant The Londoners who are very boysterous came upon Munday 5 or 6000. and were so rude that they would not suffer the Lords to come and go quietly and peaceably to their houses but threatned them that if they had not justice and if they had not his life it should go hard for all those that stood for him following them up and down and calling for Iustice justice justice There was in the House of Commons fifty sixe that denied to passe the Earle of Straffords Bill their names were taken and they were fixed upon posts in divers parts of London and there was written over the head these are Straffordians the betrayers of their Country By this meanes it came to passe that the Lords and Iudges were
doe and to that end Sir Phelims brother Terlagh O Neale should be sent to them and the Nuâ—ie which should be undertaken by Sir Conne Kenish and his Brothers for whom Sir Phelim in regard they were his Brothers in Law his deceased Lady being their Sister did undertake Moreover it was agreed that Sir Phelim Mr. Relly Mr. Collâ— Mac Mahone and my Brother should with all the speed they could after that day raise all the forces they could and follow us to Dublin but to arme the men and succour us and defend and Garrison the Towne and Castle and likewise Master Moore should appoint Leinster Gentry to send like supply of men Then there was feare of the Scots conceived that they should presently oppose themselves and that that would make the matter more difficult and to avoyd which danger it was resolved on not to meddle with them or any thing belonging to them and to demeane themselves towards them as if they were of themselves which they thought would pacifie them from any opposition Note and if the Scots would not accept of that offer of Amity but would oppose them they were in good hope to cause a stir in Scotland that might divert them from them and I beleeve the ground for that hope was that two yeares before in or about the beginning of the Scoâ—s troubles my Lord of Tirone sent one Torilagh O Neale a Priest out of Spaine and that this I take it was the time that he was in Treaty with Cardinall Richelieu to my Lord of Argile to treat with him for helpe from my Lord for him to come into Ireland as was said for Marriage between the said Earle and my Lord of Argiles Daughter or Sister I know not which and this Messenger was in Ireland with whom Mr. Torilagh O Neale Sir Phelims Brother had conference from whom this relation was had that said Messenger went into Scotland as I did heare from the said Mr. Neale or from Emer Mac Mahone afore named I know not from which of them but what he did there I couâ—d never heare by reason that my Lord of Tyrone was presently after killed They were the more confirmed therein hearing that my Lord of Argile did say neare on the same time as I ghesse and when the Army was raised in Ireland as I thinke to a great Lady in Scotland I know not her name but did heare that she was much imbarked in the troubles of that Kingdome Note then she questioning how they could subsist against the two Kingdomes of England and Ireland that if the King did endeavour to stir Ireland against them he would kindle such a fire in Ireland as would hardly or never be quenched And moreover they knew my Lord to be powerfull with the Ilanders Red-shankes in Scotland whom they thought would be prone and ready to such Actions they for the most parâ— disceâ—ded out of Ireland holding the Irish Language manners still and so we parted The next day being Wednesday from Lough Rosse every man went about his own task and so when I came home I acquainted my Brother with al that was done and what they had appointed him to doe and did like according as they appointed me send to Mr. Relly to let him know as much and the 18. of the same moneth I began my Iourney to Dublin and when I came to Dublin being the day before the appointed day of putting that resolution in execution there I met with Captaine Conn O Neale sent out of the Low Countries by Colonell O Neale who was sent after the Messenger sent by us formerly to the said Colonell was by him dispatched with his Answer to encourage us in our resolution Note and to speedy performance with assurance of succour which he said would not â—aile of the Colonells behalfe and for the more certainty of help from him and to assure us that the Colonell had good hopes to procure ayde from others he said that it was he himselfe that was imployed from him to Cardinall Richelieu twice that some men who gave very faire promises to assure the Colonells expectation Note with which he said that the said Colonell was really with himselâ—e assured of the Cardinalls ayde and that he was likewise commanded by the Colonell upon our Resolution of the day to give notice thereof to him and that he would be within fourteen daies over with them with ayde but he landed nine or ten daies before and meeting with Captaine Brian O Neale who made him acquainted with what was resolved he did write all the matter to Col. O Neale so as he was sure of his speedy comming and so that Evening he and I came to meet the other Gentry and there were met Mr. Moore Col. Burne Col. Pluncket Captaine Fox and other Leinster Gentry a Captaine I thinke of the Burnes but I am not sure whether a Burne or Toole and Captaine Bryan O Neale and taking an accompt of those that should have been there it was found that Sir Phelim O Neale Mr. Col. Mac Mahone did faile of sending their men and Col. Burne did misse Sir Morgan Kennanaugh that had promised him to be there but he said he was sure he would not faile to be that night or the next morning in Town and of the two hundred men that was appointed there was only eighty present yet notwithstanding they were resolved to goe on in their resolution and all the difference was at what time of the day they would set on the Castle and after some debate it was resolved in the after-noone and the rather hoping to meete the Col. there then for they said if they should take the Castle and be enforced by any extreamity for not receiving timely succour out of the Country having them they could not want and so parred that night but to meete in the morning to see further what wrs â—o be done and immediatly thereon I came to my Chamber and about nine of the clocke Mr. Moore and Captaine Fox came to me and told me all was discovered and that the City was in Armes and the Gates were shut up and so departed from me and what became of them or of the rest I know not nor thinke that they escaped but how and at what time I doe not know because I my selfe was taken that morning To this I shall adde his Examinations taken before the Lords Iustices of Ireland and since in England The Examination of Connor Lord Magwire Baron of Eniskillin taken before us Charles Lord Lambart and Sir Robert Meredith Knight Chancellâ—r of his Majesties Court of Exchequer the 26. day of March 1642. by Direction of the Right Honorable the Lords Iustices and Councell VVHo being Examined saith That about the time when Mr. Iohn Bellew came out of England with â—he Commission for the continuance of the present Parliament Koger Moore in the said Moores Chamber in the house of one Peter de Costres of this City acquainted him
this Examinant that if the Irish would rise they might make their own condition for the regaining of their own Lands and freedome of their Religion Note at which time the said Moore also acquainted him this Examinant that he had spoken with sundry of Leinster who would be ready for that purpose and withall told him this Examinant that he was assured a good part of Conaght would do the like and thereupon moved this Examinant to joyn likewise with them with all he could make unto which motion he this Examinant yeelded And the next day following there was a meeting in his the said Moores Chamber aforesaid where were Col Mac Bryan Macmahone Tirâ—lagh ô Nâ—ale Philip mac Hugh ô Relie this Examinant and Roger Moore where discourse was had of that busiâ—esse yet nothing concluded on save that Roger Moore and the rest should go and prepare their parties And this Examinant further saith That about May lâ—st he this Examinant Roger Moore Philip ô Relie and Roger mac Guire this Examinants Broâ—her dispatched a Priest one Toole ô Conleij who lived in Leinster unto Owen ô Neale into Flanders to acquaint him with the businesse concerning the Generall Rebellion then in preparation Note which said Preist reâ—urned about a Moneth before the time appointed for execution thereof And the answer which the said Priest brought from the said Owen ô Neale was that he would within fifteen dayes after the people were up be with them with his best Assistance and Armes and it being demanded why he said Owen should bring Armes considering the Câ—stle of Dublin was to be taken and the Armes therein This Examinant answered that they so provided for Armes that they might not want any in case they could not take the said Castle whereof they doubted And this Examinant acknowledgeth That the Castle of Dublid was to have been surprised by himself Captain Bryan ô Neale Captain Con ô Neale Captain Macmahone one Owen ô Relie Roger Moore Hugh Macmahone Col Pluncket and Captain Fox and likewise further acknowledgeth that Hugh mac Pheliâ—â— Captain Con ô Neale and Bryan ô Neale brought from Owen ô Neale out of Flanders the very same Message which the said Priest brought And this Examinant further saith That he was told by Roger Moore that a great Man was in the Plot but he might not name him for the present And at another time and during the sitting of the Parliament the last Summer he this Examinant was informed by one Iohn Barnwell a Tranciscan Fryer then resident in this City that those of the Pale were also privy unto the Plot meaning the present Rebellion and lastly saith That of those persons who came to attend him this Examinant for the surprise of the said Castle of Dublin only Cohonough Maguire was privy unto the businesse in hand and that the last meeting when the day appointed for execution thereof was resolved on was at Logh Rosse where were present only Note Ever Macmahone Vicar Generall of the Diocesse of Clogher Thomas mac Kearnan a Fryer of Dundalk Sir Phelim ô Neale Roger Moore and Bryan ô Neale Charles Lambart Rob Meredith Concordat cum Originali Ex. per Paul Harris Memorandum That this within written being shewed and read unto the within named Lord Maguire and himself having perused the same his Lordship did acknowledge the same to be true in all things saving that he doth not now acknowledge that Barnwell told him that those of the Pale were privy to the Plot neither doth acknowledge that Cohonagh Maguire was privy to the Plot before his coming to Dublin This Examination and acknowledgement was made and taken the 22. day of Iune 1642. Anno Regni Caroli Regis deremo ditum before us Iohn Bramstone Thomas Malet In the presence of Io. Conyers W. Ayloffe Nath. Finch The Examination of Cornelius Maguire Lord Baron of Eniskillin in Ireland taken before Isaack Pennington Esq Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Laurence Whitaker Esq two of his Majesties Iustices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex the first day of October 1644. HEE denieth the receiving of any Letters or Messages out of England before the Rebellion nor did he ever hear of any He saith he was but a mean Instrument in the design in Ireland He confesseth he intended to Seize upon the Castle of Dublin and the Magazine there and keep it till they had redresse of some grievances which they purposed to propound to the Parliament there One whereof was to have a Toleration of the Roman Catholike Religion He confesseth that he came accidentally to Phillip Rellyes house as he came up to Dublin and as he remembreth Mr. Macmahone was then there and that his intention of coming up to Dublin was to put the aforesaid design in execution and that then and there they had speech about that design but remembreth not the particulars Which design was to be put in execution the 23. day of Octob. in that year and that he was taken there that very day being Saturday upon search made for him carryed before the Lords Iustices examined committed and sent over into England He saith further that he made his escape out of the Tower of London upon Sunday the 18 of August last about foure of the clock in the Morning Laurence Whitaker Isaack Pennington The Examinations of Hugh Macmahone taken at Dublin in this conspiracy since condemned of High Treason in the Kings Bench and executed as a Traytor at Tiburn the last Michaelmas Term I concur in substance with the L. Maguires and here follow in their order of time The Examination of Hugh oge Macmahone of Connagh in the county of Monoghan Esq aged 35. yeares or thereabouts taken before the Right Honourable the Lords Iustices and Councell THe said Examinant saith That he thinkes here will be trouble this day throughout all the Kingdom of Ireland Note and that all the Fortifications of Ireland will be this day taken as he thinkes Note And he saith that he thinkes that it is so far gone by this time that all Ireland cannot help it He saith that he was told this by Captain Bryan ô Neale He saith that Captain Bryan ô Neale and Captain Hugh Birne were designed for surprising the Castle of Dublin and that if he this Examinant were one for surprising the Castle of Dublin those two Captains were principall therein He saith the place of meeting was to be at the Examinants Lodging He saith that twenty prime men out of every County in Ireland were to be at Dublin this last night concerning that matter and that they were to consult of it this Morning at the Examinants Lodging Their Weapons were to be Swords and Skenes and that the Captains that were raising men in the Irish Countries were they that should send men hither to second the businesse He saith when they had Dublin they made sure of the rest and expected to be furnished with more Armes at Dublin He said
I am now in your hands use me as you will Note I am sure I shall be shortly Revenged And being demanded whither the Lord Maguire was one appointed to this businesse he at last said he thought he was William Parsons R. Dillon Ad. Loftus I. Temple Tho Rotherham Robert Meredith Hugh mac Mohone his Examination the 22. of March 1641. HE saith that Sir Phelim ô Nâ—ale the Lord Maguire and Philip mac Hugh ô Relli were the first complotters and contrivers of the late Rebellion in Ireland He further saith that the said Sir Phelim the said Lord Maguire and the said Philip mac Hugh ô Relli Note did tell him this Examinant that all the parties who were * * See the good effects of the Loâ— Straffords ballancing the Irish Pâ—oteâ— stants with Papists in Parliaments here p. 117 118. Parliament men at the Session of Parliament holden about May last that were Papists did know of the intended Rebellion in Ireland and did approve of the said Rebellion He further saith that Philip mac Hugh ô Relly did tell to this Examinant about May last at Dublin that the Committee or Agents who were imployed into England by the Parliament would procure an Order or Commission from the King to Auâ—horize the Papists of Ireland to proceed in their Rebellious courses and that the said Philip mac Hugh ô Relly did also tell him the same again in October last in the County of Monoghan a little before the 23. of October at which time this Examinant came to this Town He also saith that Col Mac Bryan mac Hone upon a Wednesday being the 20. of October last did at his own house tell to this Examinant that the King had given a Commission to the Papists of Ireland to seize upon all the Garrisons and strong holds in Ireland Note and that this Examinant should see the said Commission at his coming to Dublin and that Captain Bryan ô Neale Grandchild to Sir Turloe mac Henry should bring this Examinant to the Agent who was one of the Committees that did bring the Commission out of England but the Agents name the said Col mac Bryan did not or could not tell him He further saith that his Nephew Philip mac Hugh O Relli about six dayes before the 23. of October last being at his own house of Ballanecarrick did tell this Examinant that the Lord Maguire would be at Dublin upon the 23. of October last to take the Castle of Dublin and this Examinant did then promise to be there at the same time to the same end and purpose if he did see the Commission He further saith that Captain Brian O Neale meeting with this Examinant at Finglas neer to Dublin upon the 22. of October did tell this Examinant that there would be twenty persons out of every county in the Kingdom to assist in the taking of the Castle of Dublin He saith further that Art mac Hugh Oge mac Mohone came in the company of this Examinant to this city of Dublin to assist in the taking the Castle of Dublin He further saith that Collo mac Brian mac Mohone did procure Rory Oge mac Patrick mac Mohone to perswade Patrick mac Art mac Mohone and Patrick maâ— Owen mac Mohone Ardell mac Patrick mac Mohone and two other mac Moâ—ones whose names he knoweth not and Donogh ô Finely to come to Dublin to assist in the taking of the Castle of Dublin who were all apprehended in the house in Dublin together with this Examinant Fr. Willoughby Concordat cum originali Exam. Paul Harris The said Hugh mac Mohone having heard this his Examination taken in Ireland the 22. of March last now read unto him he doth acknowledge the same to be true in all parts Note as the same is therein set down save onely that by the Rebellion in Ireland mentioned in the third line thereof he meant and intended the Rebellion in Ulster and the intent and attempt to take the Castle of Dublin And saith that Sir Phelim O Neale and the Lord Maguire did not tell him that the parties who were Parliament men did know of the intended Rebellion in Ireland or did approve thereof but saith that Philip mac Hugh O Rely first in May 1641. covertly and afterwards on Munday next before the 23. of October last did tell this Examinant in expresse words and that the matter of the Rebellion did first begin and proceed amongst the Parliament men in Ireland Note in the last Parliament there And this Examinant saith he is Grandchild to Hugh late Earl of Tyrone and that this Examinant is of the age of 35. yeares or thereabouts and was born at Rusleigh in the County of Monaghan in Ireland And this acknowledgement he made 24. Iunii 1642. before us Iohn Bramstone Tho Malet Hugh Macmahone In the presence of Io. Conyers W. Ayloffe Ralph Whitsell Nath Finch Io. Glanvill William Constantine The Examination of Hugh Macmahone taken before Isaack Pennington Esquire Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Laurence Whitaker Esquire two of His Majesties Iustices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex the first day of October 1644. HE saith that one Philip O Relly told him there was a Commission from the King sent into Ireland Note and that their designe was to assure themselves of the Castle of Dublin till things were setled and that 20. out of every Shiere in Ireland should joyne to seaze upon the Castle and Magazine of Dublin and the other strength of that Kingdome till they might bring their designe to effect which was to be assured of some demands which they were to make to the Parliament there Note and that O Relly told him they had a Commission from the King to seaze as he hath said and told him also he saw a Warrant pretended to be under sir Maurice Eustace Speaker of the Parliaments hand to that purpose and that it was an agreement amongst them that this seazing should be generall throughout the Kingdome as he was told He saith that it was one of his businesses that brought him to Dublin to put this matter in execution if it could be done in a faire way and that O Relly told him all he hath said in the May before and saith that O Relly being then in the County of Cavan directed twenty to come up out of the County of Monoghan to put this designe in effect whereof this Examinant was one and of that County only seven or eight came up to him and saith that the Lord Magwire came up to Dublin about the same time about the same designe and that five nights before he met with the Lord Magwire at Philip O Rellyes house at which time Philip O Relly related all this to this Examinant and the Lord Magwire told him he was to goe to Dublin about that designe He saith that the 18th of August last being Sunday about four of the clocke in the morning he did saw in pieces the
secure him immediatly thereby also to startle and deter the rest when they found him laid fast his Lordship observing what we had done and the City in Armes fled from his Lodging early before day it seemes disguised for we had laid a watch about his Lodging so as we thinke he could not passe without disguising himselfe yet he could not get forth of the City so surely guarded were all the gates There were found at his Lodging hidden some Hatchets with the Helves newly cut off close to the Hatchets Note and many Skeines and some Hammers In the end the Sheriffes of the City whom we imployed in strict search of his Lordship found him hidden in a Cockloft in an obscure house farre from his Lodging where they apprehended him and brought him before us He denyed all yet so as he could not deny but he had heard of it in the Country though he would not tell us when or from whom and confessed that he had not advertised us thereof as in duty he ought to have done But we were so well satisfied of his guilt by all circumstances as we doubted not upon further Examination when we could be able to spare time for it finde it apparent wherefore we hold it of absolute necessity to commit him close prisoner as we had formerly done Mac Mahone and others where we left them on the 23. of this moneth in the morning about the same houre they intended to have been Masters of that place and this City That morning also we laid wait for all those Strangers that came the night before to Town and so many were apprehended whom we finde reason to belive to have hands in this Conspiricy as we were forced to disperse them into severall Goales and wee since found that there came many Horsemen into the Suburbs that night who finding the Plot discovered disperst themselves immediately When the houre approached which was designed for surprizing the Castle great numbers of Strangers were observed to come to Town in great parties severall wayes who not finding admittance at the Gates staid in the Suburbs and there grew numerous to the terrour of the Inhabitantss we therefore to help that drew up and instantly signed a Proclamation commanding all men not dwellers in the City or Suburbs to depart within an houre upon paine of death and made it alike penall to those that should harbour them which Proclamation the Sheriffe Immediatly proclaimed in all the Suburbs by our commandement which being accompanied with the example and terrour of the committall of those two eminent men and other occasioned the departure of those multitudes And in this case all our lives and fortunes and above all his Majesties Power and regall Authority being still at the stake Note we must vary from ordinary proceedings not onely in executing Martiall Law as we see cause but also in putting some to the Rack to finde out the bottome of this Treason and all the Contrivers thereof which wee foresee will not otherwise be done On that 23 day of this Moneth we conceiving that as soone as it should be known that the Plot for sâ—izing Dublin Castle was disappointed all the Conspiratos in the remote parts might be somewhat disheartned as on the other side the good Subjects would be comforted and would then with the more confidence stand on their guard did prepare to send abroad to all parts of the Kingdom this Proclamation which we send you herein inclosed and so having provided that the City and Castle should bee so well guarded as upon the sudden wee could provide wee concluded that long continued consultation On Saturday at twelve of the clock at night the Lord Blaney came to Town and brought us the ill newes of the Rebels seizing with 200 men his House at Castle Blainey in the Countey of Monoghan and his wife children and servants as also a House of the Earle of Essexs called Carrickmacrosse with 200 men and a house of Sir Henry Spotwords in the same County with 200 men where there being a little Plantation of Brittish Note they plundered the Town and divers houses and it since appeares that they burnt divers other Villages and robbed and spoyled many English and none but Protestants leaving the English Papists untouched as well as the Irish. On Sunday morning at three of the clock we had intelligence from Sir Arthur Tirâ—ingham that the Irish in the Town had that day also broken up the Kings store of Arms and Munition at Newry where the store for Arms hath been ever since the Peace and where they found threescore and ten barrels of Powder and armed themselves and put them under command of Sir Con-Magenis Knight and one Cerly a Monke and plundered the English there and disarmed the Garrison And this though to much is all that we yet heare is done by them However wee shall stand on our guard the best we may to defend the Castle and City principally those being the peeces of most importance But if the Conspiracie be so universall as Mac Mahoun saith in his Examination it is namely that all the Counties of the Kingdome have conspired in it Note which wee admire should so fall out in this time of universall peace and carried with that secresie that none of the English could have any friend amongst them to disclose it then indeed we shall be in high extremity and the Kingdom in the greatest danger that ever it underwent considering our want of men money and armes to enable us to encounter so great multitudes as they can make if all should so joyne against us the rather because we have pregnant cause to doubt that the Combination hath taken force by the incitement of Iesuits Nâ—tâ— Preists and Fryars All the hope we have here is that the old English of the Pale and some other Parts will continue constant to the King in their fidelity as they did in former Rebellions And now in these streights we much under God depend on aide forth of England for our present supply with all speed especially money we having none and Armes which we shall exceedingly want without which we are very doubtfull what account wee shall give to the King of his Kingdome But if the Conspiracy be only of Mac Guire and some other Irish of the kindred and friends of the Rebell Tyrone and other Irish in the Counties of Down Monaghan Cavan Termanagh and Armagh and no generall revolt following thereupon we hope then to make head againstâ—them in a reasonable measure if we be enabled with money from thence without which we can raise no forces so great is our want of moneys as we have formerly written and our debt so great to the Army nor is money to be borrowed here and if it were we could engage all our estates for it neither have we any hope to get in his Majesties Rents and Subsidies in these disturbances which addes extreamely to our necessities On Sunday morning
Iesuites sundry yeares how the very Popish Irish Rebels themselves have been in great numbers imporâ—ed and entertained in his Majesties Armies with much respect yea some of the chiefest of them highly honoured and favoured at Court to the very envy of the Protestant party there notwithstanding all their bloody massacres in Ireland and England too and their base Irish coyne made currant in England by speciall Proclamation how they have gained Letters of Mart from the King to spoyle and rob his Protestant Subjects Ships Goods Persons by sea and what hopes they have that the City of Bristoll it selfe shall be shortly put into their power notwithstanding their Generall Assemby held at Kilkenny in nature of a Parliament where they have erected severall Courts of Iustice civill and military created sundry Iudges See the Actâ— thereof printed 1642. Officers of all sorts imposed arbitrary Taxes enacted Lawes usurped to themselves both a transcendent Regall and Parliamentary Power which yet they execute in their own names as a SVPREAM COVNCELL hath been already so fully related in Dr. Iones his book of Examinations The Rise and Progresse of the Irish Rebellion The Mystery of Iniquity The Acts of the Generall Assembly of the Rebels at Kilkenny An. 1642. with sundry other late printed Relations and Declarations of both Houses concerning Ireland yea in sundry Oxford Aulicusses and are so experimentally known to most that I shall totally pretermit them And conclude only with the Testimony of Sir Arthur Lofâ—us delivered upon oath in the Kings Bench in Mac-Mohuns triall concerning the Popes Bull lately sent from Rome to the Irish Rebels portending more massacres and warres both there and here to this effect Note That his Holinesse did give them his fatherly Benediction and a plenary indulgence for all their sinnes for the extraordinary service they had done for the Catholique Cause and Church in invading extirpating the Hereticks in Ireland exhorting them to proceed on in that acceptable service till they had fully compleated that work A true copy of which Bull sent to the Lords Justices in Ireland he both saw and read How the English Papists all privy to that Designe as was then attested on oath at the same triall to divert all assistance of the Irish Protestants from hence have raised up a bloody civill warre in England to the ruine of many thousand gallant men on either part and almost utter desolation of our Kingdome how contrary to his Majesties first Orders Proclamations they have all had free accesse to his Court Armies Forts and received very gracious entertainment if not great commands in both and how both English Irish Dutch French Italian Spanish and German Papists have combined all their Purses Forces Armes Pollicies and Power together to assist the King who yet adheres unto their party Councels against his Parliament and Protestant Subjects is so experimentally known to all of all sorts especially to the Protestants in his Majesties Court Armies Quarters that it would be a meere unnecessary expence of time and paper to make any particular relation of them Should I here insert all other papers concerning Papists and their proceedings which have come unto my hands I might tire both the Reader and my selfe and make my Gate farre larger then my City I shall therefore close up this introduction with three late Letters from beyond the Seas discovering fully to the world how vigorously the Popish Faction still carry on their designes of reconciling us speedily unto Rome and are now in agitation to procure a Cardinals Cap from the New Pope for the Lord Aubeny Brother to the Duke of Lenox one of the late Commissioners sent from Oxford to the Parliament about the Treaty of Peace to which our present Negotiations with the Pope for a Cardinalship for so great a Person at this nick of time is a very sad inauspicious Prologue â—ngaging all who have any sparks of reall love to God Religion his Majesty their Countrey or Posterity to look about them with greatest care for feare of Circumventions The first Letter was written out of Flanders by some Priest or Iesuite of the Spanish Faction to Mr Henry Howard relating the manner of the New Popes election with the Queens sending Sir Kenelm Digby to Rome to him for a Cardinals Cap for the Lord Aubeny since made an Abbot in France and intimating that there is some designe to make the Lord Herbert a professed Papist Governour of Bristoll ere long and to put that City and Castle into the Papists hands where thousands of them at this present reside and some overtures of putting this designe in speedy execution if our late intelligence thence deceive us not have been lately made and much feared by the Inhabitants This Letter was intercepted in its passage towards Oxford and brought to the Committee of Examinations where the Originall remaines out of which I copied it YOu heare ere this that Cardinall Pamâ—ilio a Roman borne a great Lawyer and a very wise man Note is made Pope with the name of Innocentius Decimus he was made by the Spanish Faction who having excluded Cardinall Sachetti though a gallant man but desired above all by the French and Barbarinoes and after that excluded also another a Dominican whom Barbarino desired to advance by these exclusions our Faction of which the Cardinall of Florence was the Capo constrained Barbarino to joyne with them in favour of Pamfilio as being also a Creature of the last Pope but the French Faction opposed all they could though in vaine He hath been Nuntio in Spaine eight yeares that it is conceived he is well affected to that Crowne but I wish he may carry himselfe indifferently and like an Vniversall Father and only favour that party which shall most apply it selfe to reason He is 70 yeares old and a halfe but of a very strong Constitution His Nephew being but one is not above 18 yeares old and so he is not sit for Businesses hee hath therefore made choyce of three or foure Cardinalls to assist him in the Government and Cardinall Pancirellio being one of them is to lodge in S. Peters as his chiefe Confident He will certainly set instantly upon the businesse of the Generall Peace part of his Armes is a Pigion which is a good Augury Tell me whether the Archbishop of York be at Oxford Note he is a gallant man and of good intentions be acquainted with him Where is my Lord Herbert all this while is he Governour of Bristoll It is writ from Paris lately that Sir Kenelm Digby is going to Rome sent by the Queen and among other things he must sollicite a Cap for the Duke of Lenox his Brother In my conscience betweene you and me I think Mr Thomas Courtney deserves it infinitely better and would make good use Thus I end Yours c. The 22 of Octob. 1644. Burne this Letter I pray you and tell me you have done it To my very good Friend Mr Hen Howard
by Bishop Bedles letters the Commons petition and other Evidences p 101 to 214 Cherished in Ireland of purpose by the Lord Deputy Wentworth to ballance the Protestants and make them serve his turnes in Parliament p 113 117 118 238. Their tâ—mult in Dubliu p 119 Divisions between the secular Priests and regular in Ireland and their titular Archbishop of Dublin p 106 to 110. The Deputâ—es project to pack a Parliament in Ireland and conquer that Nation and Kingdome by it p 114 to 119. The Protestants grieved and oppressed by the Papists there p 110 to 113 The Protestation of the Archbishops and Bishops there against a Toleration of Popery p. 83. The rise and progresse of the late Irish Rebellion and the chiefe Actors in it p 218 to 252. Discovered in grosse to the King and Windebank above a yeare before it brake out p 219 220 c. All the Irish in forraigne parts privy to and active in it especially their Priests and Friers p. 220 to 252. All the Papists in England privy and assistant to it p. 226 251. The Pope Cardinall Barbarino and Irish at Rome privy to it and much rejoyced at it p 230. c. 247. to 253. The Spaniards French and other popish States acquainted with it and assistant to it p 220. to 253. Above one hundred fifty two thousand Protestants murthered and destroyed the foure first months by the Rebels p. 226 242 243. The Pops Indulgance granted to the Rebels for extirpating the Heriticks and exhorting them to persevere in and accomplish that worke p. 251. Mr Henry Iermyn his plot and â—light p 212 213. His Letter to Windebank into France and power with the Queene p. 131. 134. Iudge Iones a character of him p. 220. L. Archbishop Laud privy to the Kings and Dukes voyage into Spain and a furtherer of that Match p 34 Writ letters to the Duke of Buckingham into France and was privy to that macth p 73 74. A procurer and countâ—nancer of Dr Manwarings and Sybthorpes Sermons in justification of Lones and arbitrary taxes imposed by the Kings prerogative without a parliament and accused in parliament for licensing them p 86 90. Accused by the Commons as a Favourer of Arminians and persons popishly affected Iun. 11. 1628. p 92. His saucy and scandalous false answer to the Commons Remonstrance p 93 94 95. Bishop Bedles and Vshers letters to him concerning the power and encrease of papists in Ireland p. 101 to 113. The Lord Deputy Wentworth his desperate dispatch to him concerning parliaments in Ireland p. 114. to 118. Windebanke made Secretary of State by him p. 122 123. Presents his humble service to him out of France p. 127. What opinion they had of him at Rome and Venice p. 143. Twice proffered seriously a Cardinals Cap p. 140. He advanced Bishop Montague an Arminian and one who held correspondency with the popes Nuncio p. 146 147. His Innovations in England and power in Ireland p. 148. His whole proceedings letters directions alterations Contributions c. concerning the late Scottish Lyturgy and Warres against the Scots p. 148 to 189. He fradulently ex post facto procureth and forgeth divers Warrants from the King written wiâ—h his owne and his Secretary Dells â—and touching the Scottish Canons Lyturgy Contributions and intelligence with the Scottish Bishops p. 149. 152 156 174. His many popish alterations and insertions for the introducing of Altars Transubstantion the sacrifice of the Masse Prayer to Saints and other Popish rites writ with his own hand and taken out of the Roman Missall and Pontificall made in the New Scottish Liturgy worthy observation p. 156 to 164. An Enemy to the Sabbath p. â—58 The Kings chiefe Councellor in the Scottish Warres by the Iesuites owne letters and adviseth him to subdue them by an Irish Army p. 170. 171. his Listing Assessing and conventing men before the Councell Table to lend to the Scotish Warres his and the Clergies large contributions towards these Waâ— with his letters to further the sâ—me p. 174. to 189. The Lord Conwayes and other letters to him concerning the Scotts affaires and Wars p. 172. 173. 174. 183. to 189. His tyranny injustice in the high Commission and intimacy with Father Leander and other Popish Priests and Recusants p. 205. to 209. 198. The Irish Rebells reported their Confederates in England had taken the Tower of London and rescued film from the Parliament p 226. His pride in Scotland and here page 205. 206. 207. Earle of Leicesters favours to Windebanke in France p. 130. 133. Father Leander Generall of the English Benedictiones Archbishop Laâ—ds Chamberfellow in Oxford and very intimate with him here sent over to reconcilâ— us to Rome p. 145. 206. 207. persecuted by the Iesuites p. 144. Livet a Papist proceedings against him stayed by royall command p. 140. Ludovicus a sancta Maria his Theologicall conclusions printed at Rome p. 145. his Lecherous and lewde behaviour in England Ibid. Cardinall Ludovisio protector of the Irish Nation p. 109. M. Marshall Law the Lord Conwayes advice about it p. 185. 186. Master Moore a chiefe Actor in the Irish Rebellion p. 227. to 237. Henry Mac Carter his full examination touching the Irish Rebellion p. 202. 203. 204. Masse endeavoured to be introduced by Archbishop Land in the Scottish Liâ—urgy into which he inserts divert things out of the Masse Roman Missall p. 158. to 163. Mac-Mohon's examinations touching the Irish Rebellion p. 237. to 241. Maguires examinations Confession touching the Irish Rebellion p 226. to 240. Nich Le Maistre his testimony concerning the designe of the French match p. 69. Sir Toby Mathew a dangerous active Iesuite p. 210. 211 The Popes Bull to him commending his last Nuncio Rossetti to his charge as to his Angell Gardian p. 201. 211. Siâ— Henry Merry a Recusant his protection p. 139. Master Middletons Letters to Archbishop Laud from Venice p. 142. 143. Bishop Mountaguâ— advanced by Laud an Arminian his intimacy with the Popes Nuncio his letter to Windebanke for a Licence to his sonne to goe to Rome and his entertainment there p. 146. 147. Master Walter Mountague his first voyage to Rowe his extraordinary entertainment in his passage thither there this intimacy with the Pope and Cardinalls promised and expected a Cardinals Cap his dangerousnesse Sir Kelime Digbies late letter to him and the Queenes intention to make him a Cardinall at this present could he procure his liberty p. 140. 141. 143. 210. 211. 212. 253. 254. His Letters to the Papists concerning a contribution against the Scotts p. 190. 191. his intimacy with Windebanke p. 131. 132 133. 134. N Nuncioes sent from the Pope into England see Câ—n Pauâ—ani Rossetti The Apprentices and People take notice of them p. 895. to 199. 208. to 282. O. Oath of King Iames to the Spanish Articles and in favour of Papists p. 43. to 47. of K. Charles to like purpose and not to endeavour to convert the Queen or withdraw her from or
hinder her in her Religion p. 46. 47. 71. of the privy Councell not to prosecute Papists p. 46. of English Priests to the Bishop of Calcedon p. 82. 83 Oblations Popisâ—i introduced by Bishop Laud pag. 159. Ordinntion A forme of it by a Popish Irish Bishop pag. 84. Owen Daniel and Sir Phelim Oneale chiefe actors in the Irish Rebellion having formerly raised a Regiment of Papists and carried them into Flanders for that purpose pag. 219. to 250. A Letter to Sir Phelim Oneale from Rome pag. 248. 249. O-Conner one of the Queene Mothers Priests his desperate speeches concerning a Plot Massacre to the Protestants in England c. to Anne Hussey pag. 225. P. Papists and popish Priests and Iesuites plots to usher Popery into our Realmes pag. 1. 2 4. c. Their dangerous increase in England Ireland and petitions against it p. 10. to 12 65. to 85. how protected favoured c. notwithstanding all pretended Proclamations against them by the King Queene Bishop Laud Windebanke and others pag. 12. 13. 25 29 45 to 48 to 150. 206. to 214. Their forwardnesse to promote the leane An. 1626. pag. 88. Their Assembly Collections and large contributions towards the Scottish Warres pag. 189. to 194. English and Irish Papists joynt Conspiracie in the Irish Rebellion and present Warres See Ireland King Iames King Charles Windebanke Laud Articles Gregorio Paâ—zani the Popes first English Nuntio his Arrivall and entertainment in England pag. 141. 143. 209 210. His intimacy with Windebanke and Letters of thankes to him from Rome for his daily favours whiles here pag. 141. 146. his intimacy with â—ishop Mountague and Letters in favour of his Sonne to Rome pag. 147. Stay of proceedings against the Lady Perkins for sending her daughter to bee a Nunne pag. 139. Penricke the Queenes last agent at Rome and his brother the Queenes servant an Intelligencer for Spaine and Rome pag. 205 c Father Philips the Queenes Confessor his Letter to Secretary Windebanke pag. 144 See p. 134. His dangerous Letters commitment by the Parliament and Articles there exhibited against him pag. 205. to 217. His dangerous positions pag. 119. 120 121. his danger about the Queenes person and her chiefe Councellour pag. 205. to 217. Sparsim Doctor Pocklington his Letter concerning the Clergies contribution against the Scotts c. pag. 179. 180. Pope Gregory the 15. his dispensation must be granted to compleat the Spanish Match p. 3. 4. 5. 13. 14. 15. 18. 19. his exceptions to and alterations of the Articles with Spaine p. 4. to 9. 14. 15. 18. 39. 40. The Articles he obtained from King Iames in favour of Papists ere hee would grant a dispensation p. 8. 14. 41. to 49. his letter to the Bishop of Conchen in Spaine to reduce King Charles and our Realmes to his obedience during his residence there his Letter to King Charles in Spaine to seduce him in his Religion p. 34. to 38. His Clogged dispensation and death p. 39. 49. King Iames Letter to him p. 26. 31. Pope Vrban the eight his election and new dispensation for the SPANISH Match pag. 50. 61. His dispensation with the French Match pag. 70. 71. His consolatory Bull to the English Catholikes p. 81. 82. He claimes an absolute Iurisdiction over the Queenes househould endeavoring thereby to usurpe a temporall Iurisdiction p. 119. to 123. 208 209 c. The Kings Letter to him in behalfe of the Duke of Loraigne and his affection to opinion of the King p. 142. 143. his Nuncioes sent into Eng. and entertained here see Conne Panzani Rossetti Nuntio and p. 209. to 212. His Bull to Sir Toby Mathew p. 201. 211. Privy and assistant to the Irish Rebellion p. 230. 247. to 553. his Bull and Indulgence to the Irish Rebells p. 253. The election of Pamphilio the now Pope his age and intentions and the Queenes sending Sir Kenelme Digby to him p. 252. to 255. Father Price Generall of the Benedictines his intimacy with Laud London Windebank procures the searchers place at Dover by their might and puts in Papists to be his Deputies there pag. 198. 206. 207. Q The Queenes marriage with the King designed to introduce Popery pag. 69. The Articles of her marriage and present effects of it in favour of Papists p. 70. to 74 83. to 198. The King bound by Oath not to endeavour her conversion to our Religion by any meanes but she not obliged not to seduce the King pag. 71. The Pope challengeth jurisdiction over her houshold p. 119. to 122. 208. The dangerous positions of her Priests Ibid Priests released by the K. and others at her instance p. 122. 123. 190. Her favours to and Letters of favour to the Queene and Officers of France in the behalfe of Secretary Windobanke and the many courtesies he and his receivd from her since his â—light p. 127 to 140. She sends Major Bret Sir Will. Hamilton Mr. Walter Mountague and others successively to Rome p. 140. 141 143 144 146. 204. to 214. Her calling of a generall Assembly of all the Romish Catholikes at London to assist the King against the Scotts her Letters to them for that purpose Message to the Parliament pag. 189. to 196. Dangerous Popish Incendiaries about her person pag. 204. to 218. Her contributions and assistance to English and Irish Papists and these unnaturall Wars p. 194. 151. The Queene-Mothers arrivall in England to further the Papists Designes and Massacre of the Protestants p. 189 225. The people murmure against her her desire of a gard and departure hence p. 195. to 198. 218. R Captaine Read a chiefe agent of the Iesuites an Actor in the Irish Rebellion escapes out of the Tower and since affirmed to be Knighted by the King p. 147. 25â— Robert Read Secretary and Nephew to Windebanke his Letters out of France to Master Thomas Windebanke pag. 125. to 139. Rebellion in Ireland See Ireland p. 218 to 251. Iudge Richardson his stay of proceedings against Recusants by command and Letter to Windebanke concerning the same pag. 139. 140. Cardinall Richelieu his favour to Windebanke Master Mountague and the English Fugitives at Paris p. â—30 131 132 138. His Spies and Activity here p. 204. to 217. Privie and assistant to the Irish Rebells pag. 232. 233. 234. Count Rossetti the Pope last Nuntio his arrivall in England and the Bull to Sir Toby Matthew concerning him pag. 210. 211. Complained of in Parliament promised to be sent away hence yet secretly detained here pag. 193. 214. Rochel lost by the meanes of our ships c. p. 84. 85. 86. S. Sabbath denied by the Arch-bishop and his creatures p. 158. Sacrifice of the Masse indeavoured to be introduced by Canterbury in the Scoâ—tish Liturgy p. 160. 161. 162. 163. Scottish Innovations Liturgy Warres Troubles occasioned by Canterbury fully related out of his owne Papers and Letters p. 148. to 196. Spanish Treaty concerning the Match Palatinate and all the passages concerning it and their jugling with us
and to be sent by him to begin the correspondency betwixt his Holines and the Queene for in all this businesse the King must not bee mentioned from whom with many Letters this Gentleman goes to the Court of France where after few dayes hee is dispatcht by the said Cardinall with money to make his journey and beare his charges at Rome where gratiously hee is accepted of the Pope his Nephew and others of the Popes Cabinet Councell There hee remained above one yeare and after a good viaticke was dismist and returned to London with a few gifts but small ones to her Majestie Father Philips and others of that Function As some Meddulls Roscerâ—es Agnus Deus and Pictures After this Gentlemans departure from Rome was presently sent hither an Oratorian Priest called Signior Georgio * See the Popes Nuncio Panzano under pretence with a Breve from his Holinesse addrest to the Clergie secular and regular and Lay-Catholikes of the two Kingdomes of England and Scotland The substance of that Breve was That his holinesse was verry sorry for such jarres and divisions * See here p. 100. 106. to 110. between the secular and the Clergy to the great prejudice of the Catholike Church and for that respect having a â—atherly care of Soules in these Kingdomes of England and Scotland he had sent expressely that Reverend Father Georgio Pansano one of his Family to compose and reconcile them if he could This man at Paris quits his Priests Robes and drest himselfe in secular Apparell his shaven Crowne is covered with a monstrous Periewig he writes to Father Philips who is to bee the primum mobile and director of all who sends to him at Paris as to an Italian Gentleman desirous to see the Kingdome A passe was delivered him to Gallie where he hires a baryne and brings with him two Raggamuffian young boys and one Interpreter who was presently sent backe to save charges At his first comming to London he lodged at the Italian Ordinary in the Strand but shortly being disturbed by much resort of peâ—â—ons of great qualitie which repaired to him he tooke Chambers in one Signior Germynes House a Lombard by Nation living then neere to the New exchange as you passe to the Covent Garden this Agent had sundry meetings with the superiours of the Regular Order but to those meetings the Iesuites would not come though called and oft desired by the Popes Agent At last it was concluded they should not meddle with any Court businesse they should speake honourably of the King and Queene and be sparing to discorse of the Oath of Allegiance yet never to undertake that it was altogether unlawfull This Agent returned having negotiated his principall businesse which was to have * See the Popes Nuâ—cio Signior Georgio the Popes best friend to bee sent hither which her Majestie obteyned of the King with great importunitie Pansano having remained here about two yeares and having had his Viaticum and good presents from her Majestie and Catholikes of the better sort went away In whose place succeeded Signior Georgio bringing with him a great Breve declaring him to be Apostolicall Nuntio and in his company the Lord Don Luces brother and his Pedagogue one Connigham Nephew to Sir David Connigham his Majesties receivor in Wales This Nuntio but styled after inter-Nuntio for not incensing the States comes hither in May See the Pops Nuncio and Romes Master-peece and finding her Majestie at Homeby in Northamptonshire repayring thither he was presently admitted and then likewise gained audience of the King To the Queene hee presents rare gifts some reliques of Saints meddalles a few of Gold and Silver with the Popes picture stampt on them and other trifles of small valew In 〈◊〉 whereof shee sends to the Pope a great quantity of scarlett to vest his Holinesse his Nephew and the other Cardinalls of the English Faction Hee receives an hundred for one Here he visits the great Ladyes and Gentlewomen of the Court Hee stayes all the Progresse at Northampton returning to London t is worthy of consideration to observe his carriage day and night courting of Ladyes and Gentlewomen In Terme time all the Gentry of both Sexes yea and poore women of any fashion that had scarse means to bring them to London and were come thither to bee cured of the Kings evill must likewise visit him Such were his compoâ—â—ments here that I am ashamed to relate them His nightlie See Romes Master pecce Conversation abroad and Conventicles with Ladyes Sir John Winter Her Majesties Secretarie Sir Toby Matthew Sir Kenelme Digby and Master Walter Mountague were his Cabinet Councell This last aspyring to bee Cardinall after Signior Georgio's death Yea hee was so impudent and shamelesse as to visit one of the greatest Ladyes of the Kingdome alone who being found by her Husbond and demanded by him what made him so bold he was in feare to have beene precipitated out of the Window This his own Secretary told me Two houres before day In Winter his manner was to visit Ladyes and Gentlewomen and to enquire of them how they slept that night After three yeares and two months impatient to stay any longer aspyring to a Cardinalls Hatt loaden with great store of Iewells and Gold which he got partly of the monyes which Recusants lent to the King Note to assist him in his Northern expedition and partly given him by Ladies and Gentlewomen amounting to above ten thousand pounds he returned to Rome spitting his lungs But the truth is he was soundly payd with the French disease A brave instrument to reduce this Realme to the Roman Religion Hee was very lavish and prodigall in his gifts spending many thousand pounds fitter to have beene bestowed on his poore kindred and beggerly Parents in Scotland who had scarsely to nourish them The Iesuites likewise collected from their Penitents Note and got at least two parts of that money to themselves To returne to the Pope so soone as he had Intelligence that his Ganymede and Creature was received with such honour he thought he had got already the temporall Monarchy of great Britâ—aine making his Eldest * See Romes Master-peece Nephew Francisco protector of England Scotland and Ireland and erecting a particuler Congregation for the matters of these Kingdomes whereof his said Nephew was President and two other Cardinalls joyned with him See Romes Master peece and a new Secretary and other Prelates of that Court his Councellours Hee gratiously entertained Master Walter Mountague keeping him in his Pallace and sending him abroad in his Nephewes Coach And others of any note as my Lord of West-Meath an Irish Baron and others Hee made Signior Georgio Patâ—iarch of Jerusalem an Honour without any Revenew No lesse was his pride puft up when Sir William Hamilton brother to the Earle of Abercorue and Cozen to the Marquesse Hamilton was sent Ambassadour from our Queen to that Court whose carriage was like to
Signior Georgio's here carrying clothed in mans apparell thorough England Scotland France and Italy his sweet heart Engenius Bonny a daughter of the Yeoman of His Majesties Wine Celler After Signior Georgio he sent hither a new Nuntio Count Rossetti Note a Noble man of Ferrara but of better carriage then his other deceased whom hee intended to make Cardinall in leiu of the other defunct As soone as Walter Mountague heard of Signior Georgio's death he sent his Chaplaine Post to Rome Note with Letters from Her Majesty intreating his Holynesse to make him Cardinall The Popes answer was he would gladly condiscend to that motion If she would oblige her selfe to make an estate to him for his maintenance conformable to a Cardinall So was it dasht And so will all correspondency bee hereafter with that Court by the wise and grave Councell of the Parliament So that Master Penricke Agent in that Court for the Queene be called backe And a certaine Knight of the Order of Saint Iohn of Ierusalem whom Count Rosetti intends to send hither to keepe correspondency be likewise dismist from hence which done all that Project will end in smoake Alwayes provided that Master Mountague Sir Toby Matthew Sir Kenelme Digby Sir Iohn Winter be removed and barr'd from going to Rome or to any of his Holinesse Territories Not yet to Italy for feare of sedition and keeping correspondency with their associates I heard a French Gentleman of good worth say that hee had seene a Breve from Rome with this Inscription Tobiae Mattheo Sacerdoti sociâ—tatis Iesu which is To Toby Matthew Priest of the Order of Iesus wherein inter alia was Confirma Amazonas illas quae strenue laborant in vinea pro Christo. Note First Confirme those Amazonian Court Ladyes that is those brave Catholike Catamountaines of the Popish faction that labour â—ustily for the advancement of Popery Touching the fifth point in my Iudgement Roman Catholikes especially those that have lands and goods should bee stopt from going over Sea In respect by the selling and Mortgazing of their Lands the money is transported to forreigne parts and there spent whereby the Kingdome is depauperated His Majestie looses his yearely pay for their Recusancy the Shites where they remained are disabled to pay so much subsedies as formerly in time of their Residence And finally the poore looseth much by their absence This voluntary Relation of this ancient Intelligent Popish-Priest which I finde to bee generally true and reall by orher Letters and Intelligence and concurring with the Plot discovered to the Archbishop and King Himselfe in my Romes Master-peece in most particulars touching the Jesuites Scottish troubles Popes Nuncioes and other Instruments of his here nominated gives much luster and confirmation to many of the premises and some ensuing passages therefore I could not well omit it though it be somewhat tedious But to proceed the 2d intended Civill War against the Scots ceasing contrary to the Prelates expectations through the overruling providence of God both in the rude Common Souldiers who refused to serve under their Popish Commanders some of whom they murthered declayming against the Bishops breakiwg down their New-Rayles Altars Crucifixes in diverse places and in sundry of our Nobles who Petitioned His Majestie for a Parliament and New Treaty with the Scotts together with the Generall opposition of Ministers and people against the new Canons and c. Oath which put a period to this Warre without bloud-shed hereupon there were sundry New desperate Plots Conspiracies Councells entred into by the Popish and Prelaticall party to undermine this Parliament soone after it was first Assembled and imbroyle all our Kingdomes in New Civill Warres and distractions more dangerous then the former of which I shall give you a short hiâ— out of the Commons Journall and some other papers letters examinations which have come unto my hands February 10. 1640. There were foure Genâ—lemen of the House of Commons went up to the Lords * Diurnall Occurrences p. 36. to discover a great designe on foote among the Papists in England Ireland and Wales That there were in Lancashire one thousand five hundred NOTE in Ireland eight thousand Papists in Armes and many thousands in South-Wales and North-Wales well payd and provided for by the Earle of Strafford Earle of Worcester and others and did use frequently to goe to Masse at the sound of the drum There was also a great Nobleman in Wales that bought up all the Provisions hee could kept Corne enough for three yeares and got all the Arms he could and had a strong Commission to furnish whom hee would And there was also a Letter brought to the house as from Secretary Windebanke in the Queenes name to have all the Papists fast every Saturday for the good successe of that designe Whereupon there was also this day an order made that all Iudges in the next Circuits at the Assizes should put the Law in execution against Iesuites and Priests and make returne of the proceedings herein to the Parliament Upon this occasion * The Diurnall Occurrences p. 42. February 22. There was a Message from the Lords for a Conference with both Houses for the disbanding of the Irish Army and the removing of Papists from the Court and the English Papists in the Queenes house-hold * The Diurnal Occurrences pag. 93. 94. May 5. 1641. There was discovered to the House of Commons a strange conspiration in agitation against the whole body of the Kingdom for the landing and bringing in of a French Army to which our English Army should be joyned which were all to meete by the 22. of this Moneth whereupon the House sent out diverse warrants for Master Henry Perry Colonell Goring Sir Iohn Suckling Master Henry Jermyn and others as conspirators therein to appeare before the House of Commons the next day There was also intelligence given to the House of Commons of 1400. barrells of Powder that were prepared in readinesse and loaden by stealth to bee carried away by the appointment of the Conspirators upon which the Commons appointed some of the House to make further enquiry thereof Hereupon most of the parties upon this discovery fled into France and had passes to transport them without search from the King May 14. * The Diurnal Occurrences pag. 102 There was a Report in the Commons House of a Iesuite That should say it being noised the Parliament House was on fire the time was not yet come but it would bee so ere long and of another that should say there would bee many fatherlesse Children in London very shortly upon which there were more warrants sent out for the attaching of those Iesuites May 19. Ibid. pag. 106 There was one Newton a Priest an English man which belonged to the Spanish Ambassadour committed to the Gate-House also a Message was sent to the Lords desiring that the French Letters might bee stopt this weeke as they were the last and viewed