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A69688	The negotiations of Thomas Woolsey, the great Cardinall of England containing his life and death, viz. (1) the originall of his promotion, (2) the continuance in his magnificence, (3) his fall, death, and buriall / composed by one of his owne servants, being his gentleman-vsher.	Cavendish, George, 1500-1561?; Cavendish, William, Sir, 1505?-1557.	1641 (1641)	Wing C1619; ESTC R223198	84,018	137

after the King had taken this strong Towne and taken possession thereof set all things in good order for the defence and preservation thereof to his Majesties use then hee retyred from thence and marched towards Turney and there layd siege in like manner to which he gave so fierce assault that the Enemies were constrained to render the Towne to his Majestie At which time the King gave unto the Almoner the Bishopricke of the same Sea towards his paines and diligence susteined in that journey And when he had established all things according to his princely minde and pleasure and furnished the same with men and Captaines of Warre for the safegard of the Towne hee prepared for his returne to England But now you shall understand by the way that whilst the King was absent with a great power in France the Scottish King invaded England against whom the Queene sent a great Army the Earle of Surrey being generall where he overthrew the Scots at Blamston called Hoddenfield where the King of Scots was slaine with divers of his Nobility and eighteene thousand men and they tooke all his munition for warre By this time the King returned into England and tooke with him divers Noble personages of France being prisoners As the Duke of Longuido Viscount Clerimond with divers others that were taken in a skirmish And thus God gave him victory at home and victory abroad being in the fift yeere of his raigne Anno Dom. one thousand five hundred and thirteene CHAP. IIII. The Kings promoting his Almoner being made Cardinall and Lord Chancellor of England THe King being returned into England the Sea of Lincolne became voyd by the death of Doctor Smith late Bishop there which Bishopricke the King gave to the Almoner Elect of Turney who was not negligent to take possession thereof but made all speed for his Consecration the solemnization thereof being ended hee found a way to get into his hands all his predecessors goods whereof I have seene divers parts that furnished his house It was not long after but Doctor Bambrige Archbishop of Yorke dyed at Rohan in France being there the Kings Ambassadour unto which Sea the King presented the last new Bishop of Lincolne so that he had three Bishopricks in his hands at one time all in one yeare given him Then prepared he againe for his translation from the Sea of Lincolne to that of Yorke as he did before to his Installation After which Solemnization done and being then Archbishop and Primus Angliae thought himselfe sufficient to compare with that of Canterbury and did thereupon advance his Crosses in the Courts and every other place aswell in the Precinct and Iurisdiction of Canterbury as any other place And forasmuch as Canterbury claimeth a superioritie over Yorke aswell as over any other Bishopricke within England and for that cause claimeth an acknowledgement as in ancient obedience of Yorke to abate advancement of his Crosses to the Crosses of Canterbury Notwithstanding Yorke not desisting to beare the same although Canterburie gave Yorke a cheeke for the same and told him it was presumption by reason whereof there ingendered some grudge betweene them But shortly after he obtained to be made Cardinall and Legatus de Literis unto whom the Pope sent the Cardinalls Cap and certaine Bulls for his authority in that behalfe whereupon he was Installed at Westminster in great Triumph which was executed by all bishops with their Mitres Cappes and other ornaments And after all this he was made Chancellour of England and Canterbury who was the Chancellour was dismissed Now he being in the Chancelourship and endowed with the promotions of Archbishop and Cardinall de Litera thought himselfe so fully furnished that he was now able to surmount Canterbury in all Iurisdictions And in all Ecclesiastical powers to Convocate Canterbury and all other Bishops spiritual persons to assemble at his Convocations where he would assigne and take upon him the conversion of all Ministers and others within their Iurisdictions and visited all the spirituall houses in their Diocesse and all manner of spirituall Ministers as Commissioners Scribes Apparators and all other necessarie Officers to furnish his Courts and did convent by convention whom he pleased through this Realme and Dominion and all other persons to the glory of his Dignitie Then had he two great Crosses of silver whereof one was of his Archbishopricke and the other of his Legasie borne before him wheresoever he rode or went by two of the tallest Priests that he could get in this Realme And to the increase of his gaine he had in his hand the Bishopricke of Durham and S. Albons in Commendum Also when Doctor Fox Bishop of Winchester dyed he did surrender Durham to the King and took himselfe to Winchester He had also as it were in Farme the Bishopricks of Bath Worcester and Hereford for the Incumbents of them were strangers Hee had also attending upon him men of great possessions and the tallest Yeomen for his guard in the Realme CHAP. V. Of the Orders and Offices of his house and Chappell ANd first for his House you shall understand that he had in his Hall three Boards kept with three severall Officers that is to say a Steward that was alwayes a Priest a Treasurer that was ever a Knight and a Controller that was an Esquire Also a Confessor a Doctor Three Marshalls three Vshers in the Hall besides two Almoners and Groomes Then had he in the hall-kitchin two Clarkes a Clarke Comptroller and a Surveyor over the Dresser A Clarke in the Spycerie which kept continually a Messe together in the Hall Also he had in the Hall-kitchin two Cookes and labourers and children twelve persons Foure men of the Scullery two yeomen of the Pastry with two other Past-layers under the yeomen Then had he in his Kitchin a master Cooke who went daily in Velvet or Satin with a gold chaine besides two other Cookes and six Labourers in the same Roome In the Larder one Yeoman and a Groome In the Scullery one Yeoman and two Groomes In the Buttery two yeomen and two groomes In the Ewry so many In the Sellar three Yeomen three Pages In the Chandery two yeomen In the Wayfary two yeomen In the Wardrop of Beds the Master of the Wardrop and twenty persons besides in the Laundery a yeoman and a groome and thirteene Pages two yeomen Purveyours and a groome Purveyor In the Bakehouse two yeomen and groomes In the Woodyard one yeoman and a groome In the Barne one yeoman Porters at the Gate two Yeomen and two Groomes A Yeoman in his Barge and a Master of his Horse a Clarke of the Stables and a Yeoman of the same a Farrier and a yeoman of the Stirrop a Maltlour and sixteene Groomes every one of them keeping foure Geldings Now will I declare unto you the Officers of his Chappell and singing men of the same First hee had there a Deane a great Divine and a man

where they dyned and after dynner they danced and had their pastime till supper time Then was the Banquet Chamber in the little Yard at Greenewich furnished for the entertainement of these Strangers to which place they were conducted by the greatest personages then being in the Court where they did both sup and banquet but to describe to you the order hereof the variety of costly dishes and the curious devises my weake ability and shallow capacity would much ecclipse the magnificence thereof But thus much take notice of that although that Banquet at Hampton Court was marveilous sumptuous yet this Banquet excelled the same as much as gold doth silver in value And for my part I never saw the like In the midst of the Banquet there was turning at the Barriers of lusty gent in compleat Armour very gorgious on foote and the like on horsebacke And after all this there was such an excellent interlude made in Latine that I never saw nor heard the like the Actours Apparrell being so gorgious and of such strange devises that it passeth my poore capacity to relate them This being ended there came a great company of Ladies and Gentlewomen the chiefest beauties in the Realme of England being as richly attired as cost could make or art devise to set forth their gestures proportions or beauties that they seemed to the Beholders rather like celestiall Angels then terrestiall Creatures and in my judgement worthy of admiration with whom the gent of France danced and masked every man choosing his Lady as his fancy served That done and the Masquers departed came in an other Masque of Ladies and Gentlewomen so richly attired as I cannot expresse These Ladies Masquers tooke each of them one of the French men to dance and here note that these Noble women spoke all of them good French which delighted them much to heare the Ladies speake to them in their owne language Thus triumphantly did they spend the whole night from five of the clocke at the night unto two or three of the clock in the morning at which time the Gallants drew all to their lodgings to take their rest As neither health wealth nor pleasure can alwayes last so ended this triumphant Banquet which being past seemed in the morning to the Beholders as a phantastique dreame Now after all this solemne banquetting they prepared with Bagge and Baggage to returne And thereupon repaired to the King and in order every man tooke his leave of his Majesty and the Nobles by whom the King sent his princely pleasure and commendations to the King their Master thanking them for their paines And after great communication had with the great Master of that Ambassage hee bad them adue Then they came to Westminster to my Lord Cardinall to doe the like of whom hee received the Kings reward which I shall hereafter relate First every man of honour and estimation had plate some to the value of 2. or 300. pounds and some of 400. pounds besides the great guifts before received of his Majesty As gownes of velvet with rich furres great chaines of gold and some had goodly horses of great value with divers other guifts of great value which I cannot call to remembrance but the worst of them had the summe of 20. crownes and thus being nobly rewarded my Lord after humble commendations to the French King bad them farewell and so they departed The next day they were conveyed to Dover to the Sea side withall their furniture being accompanied with many English yong gallants and what report of their royall entertainement they made in their owne Country I never heard CHAP. 15. Of the Kings discovery of his love to Mistris Anne Bulloigne to the Cardinall with the Cardinals dislike and also the opinions of all the learned Bishops in England and forraigne Vniversities AFter this beganne new matters which troubled the heads and imaginations of all the Court wherewith all their stomacks were full but little digestion viz. the long concealed affection of the King to Mistris Anne Bulloigne now brake out which his Majesty disclosed to the Cardinall whose often perswasions on his knees tooke no effect My Lord thereupon being compelled to declare to his Majesty his opinion and wisedome in the advancement of the Kings desires thought it not safe for him to wade too farre alone or to give rash judgement in so weighty a matter but desired leave of the King to aske Counsell of men of ancient and famous learning both in the Divine and Civill Lawes Now this being obtained he by his Legatine Authority sent out his Commissions for the Bishops of this Realme who not long after assembled all at Westminster before my Lord Cardinall And not only these Prelates but also the most learned men of both Vniversities and some from divers Cathedrall Colledges in this Realme who were thought sufficiently able to resolve this doubtfull question At this learned assembly was the Kings Case consulted of debated argued and judged from day to day But in conclusion when these ancient Fathers of Law and Divinity parted they were all of one judgement and that contrary to the expectation of most men And I heard some of the most famous and learned amongst them say the Kings Case was too obscure for any man and the poynts therein were doubtfull to have any resolution therein and so at that time with a generall consent departed without any Resolution or judgement In this assembly of Bishops and divers other learned men it was thought very expedient that the King should send out his Commissioners into all Vniversities in Christendome as well heere in England as Forraigne Regions there to have this Case argued substantially and to bring with them from thence every definition of their opinions of the same under the Seale of every Vniversity and thus for this time were their determinations And thereupon divers Commissioners were presently appoynted for this designe So some were sent to Cambridge some to Oxford some to Lorraigne others to Paris some to Orleance others to Padua all at the proper costs and charges of the King which in the whole amounted to a great summe of mony and all went out of this Real me besides the charge of the Embassage to those famous and notable persons of all the Vniversities especially such as bare the rule or had the custody of the Vniversity Seales were fed by the Commissioners with such great summes of mony that they did easily condiscend to their requests and grant their desires By reason whereof all the Commissioners returned with their purpose furnished according to their Commissions under the Seale of every severall University whereat there was no small joy conceived of the principall parties Insomuch that ever after the Commissioners were had in great estimation and highly advanced and liberally rewarded farre beyond their worthy deserts Notwithstanding they prospered and the matter went still forward having now as they thought a sure staffe