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A13042 The abridgement of the English Chronicle, first collected by M. Iohn Stow, and after him augmented with very many memorable antiquities, and continued with matters forreine and domesticall, vnto the beginning of the yeare, 1618. by E.H. Gentleman. There is a briefe table at the end of the booke; Summarie of Englyshe chronicles. Abridgments Stow, John, 1525?-1605.; Howes, Edmund, fl. 1607-1631. 1618 (1618) STC 23332; ESTC S117863 314,292 619

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the clocke at night by torch-light The first of February two Souldiers were set on the Pillory at the Leaden hall whereon they stood by the space of thrée houres the one had his eare nailed the other his tongue pierced with an aule which aule remained in his tongue till hee was taken from the Pillory for abusing their captaines and Gouernours with had spéeces The 4 of February began the Parliament at Westminster About this time Francis Ket M. of Art of Wimondham for holding diuers detestable opinions against Christ our Sauior was burnt néere to the city of Norwich The 5 of February two souldiers were hanged on trées at the Miles end for being mutinous The 29 of March being Easter Euen the Parliament brake vp at Westminster wherein was granted two subsidies of two shillings eight pence the pound the péece foure fiftéenes and a tenth The 14 of Aprill Philip Earle of Arundell was arraigned at Westminster of high treason and found guilty by his Péeres had iudgment accordingly The 18 of Aprill Sir Iohn Norris and Sir Francis Drake Generals with sixe of her Maiesties ships 20 ships of warre and ●00 fit for burden hauing in them a choice company of Knights Captaines Gentlememen and souldiers departed from Plimouth and the 23 of the same arriued at the Groine The 26 they tooke the lower Town with great store of ordinance victuals cables and other furniture for shipping About the 6 of May they fought with the Spaniards at Borges bridges where the enemies fled with the losse of 700 men The lower town of Groine was burned and the ninth of May our Fléet set saile the thirtéenth the Earle of Essex sir Philip Butler and sir Roger Williams met the said Fléet so that on the sixtéenth the whole Nauie arriued at Phinicha where they set a land and the same day wanne both Towne and Castle After this they diuided the Armie whereof part marched with Sir Iohn Norris by land to Lisborne the rest with Sir Francis Drake passed by Sea to Cascales The twenty fourth our men entred the suburbes of Lisborn where they obtayned rich spoyles and plenty of euery good thing The twenty seuenth the Army left Lisborne and came to Cascales without any great fight or skirmish where they tooke the castle and thence returned for England but landing at Vigo they tooke the towne and wasted the country The 21 of Iune sir Francis Drake arriued at Plimouth and the third of Iuly sir Iohn Norris with the rest of the Fléet arriued there also the two Generals being offended the one with the other The third of May deceased Martin Calthrope Lord Maior of London M. Richard Martin Alderman succeeded Richard Martin Goldsmith the 5 of May. The first of August at night was the greatest lightning and thunder about London that euer was séene or heard of any man liuing and yet but small hurt done thankes bee to God tharefere Sir Iohn Norris and sir Francis Drake being returned as you haue heard many of their sailers and souldiers shortly after their landing fell sicke and died of a stinch bred amongst them on shipbord othersome of them so rudely behaued themselues about the country and elsewhere that diuers of them being apprehended on the 27 of August one of them was hanged on the end of a signe at an Inne doore in Kingston vpon Thames for a terror to the rest and on the 29 of August two more of them were hanged in Smithfield two at the Tower-hill two besides Westminster and one at Tiburne It was now vsuall with sailers and others at their returne of such voyages to rob pilfer and mutiny at their arriuall In the moneth of September the Citizens of London furnished 1000 men to be sent ouer into France to the aiding of Henry late King of Nauarre then challenging the Crowne of France Richard Gurney Stephen Some The 21 of October Richard Martin Maior of London accompanied with his brethren the Alderman being inuited guests rode to the Serieants feast then holden in the new Temple hall and at the Temple gate the Lord Maior was by certaine young Gentlemen denied to enter with his sword before him whereupon he with his brethren returned home Sir Iohn Hart Grocer the 28 of October The 6 of Nouember Lodowicke Griuell of Warwickshire Esquire was brought from the Tower of London to Westminster and the●● at the Kings bench barre for murther and other notorious trespasses wherewith he was charged arraigned and found guilty but standing mute had iudgement to bee pressed to death which iudgement was put to execution in the Iayle of the Kings bench in Southwarke on the 14 of Nouember on the which day for the same fact his man was hanged in the Palace court at Westminster In this moneth of Nouember the citizens of London were sundry times affrighted by casualtie of fire first on the 20 about 4 of the clocke in the morning on Fish-stréete hill where one large house was burned to the ground and some people in helping to quench were consumed and the houses next adioyning also the one side of Saint Leonards Church was sore spoiled On the 22 at night about 11 of the clocke one other house ouer against the first on the other side of the way was in great danger but soone slaked On the twenty sixt about one of the clocke in the morning one other house and some people were burnt on the backside of the first house burnt and other houses neere about were sore spoyled c. The 5 of Ianuary about fiue of the clocke in the euening before twelfth day began a great and terrible tempest of winde in the Southwest which continued with great vehemency till about eleuen of the clocke of the same night this in the city of London blew the Tiles off mens houses and caused them to feare the ouerthrow of their houses The lesser west gate of Saint Paules Church next to the Bishops Palace was broken both boltes barres and lockes so that the same was blown ouer In the countrey houses and barnes were borne ouer some blowne farre from the places wheron they had stood besides trees in great numbers blew vp by the roote On the seas no man can tell what harme was done At South-hampton the ships and barkes riding at anchor were driuen aland and sunke the like was neuer séene Sir Iohn Hart Knight Alderman of London builded a frée Schoole in Cuccold alias Coxold in Yorkeshire And endowed it with thirtie and fiue pounds a yéere for euer He likewise gaue fin to Sussex Sidney Colledge in Cambridge two Fellowships and four Schollarships viz. forty and fiue pounds a yéere for euer The 21 of February Ambrose Dudley Earle of Warwicke deceased and was buried at Warwicke This yeare 1589 was deuised and perfected the Art of knitting or weauing of silke stockings Wastcoteh Couerlets and diuers
gentlewoman by the Councels commandement was whipped through the City of London for affirming her selfe to be the daughter to Philip king of Spaine as she had béene perswaded by some accounted Sooth-saiers after proued liers for she was knowne to be a Butchers daughter in Eastcheape The 19 of February the Parliament began at Westminster The 21 of March Henry Barrow gentleman Iohn Greenewood Clarke Daniel Studley Girdler Sapio Bislot gentleman Robert Bowley Fishmonger were indicted of felony the said Barrow and Greenewood for writing sundry seditious bookes tending to the slaughter of the Quéen and State Studley Billot and Bowley for publishing and setting forth the same Bookes and on the 23 they were all arraigned found guilty and had iudgement on the last of March Henry Barrow and Iohn Greenewood were brought to Tiburne and there hanged on the 6 of Aprill The tenth of Aprill the Parliament at Westminster brake vp for a time wherein was granted thrée Subsidies of two shillings eight pence the pound goods foure shillings lands and 6 fifteenes About the same time Penry a principall penner and publisher of bookes intituled Martin Marre prelate was apprehended at Stebbenheth by the Vicar there and committed to prison In the moneth of May he was arraigned at the Kings Bench Barre condemned of Felony and afterward conuaied from the Goale of the Kings Bench to Saint Thomas Waterings and there hanged this pernitious booke much troubled the people The 19 of Iuly the Court of Assise for Surrey was holden and kept in S. Georges field in a Tent there set vp for that purpose many prisoners were there arraigned ninetéene were burnt in the hand but none executed This Assise was ended the same day which was thought would haue lasted thrée daies but the Iustices all duties being paid made hast away for feare of being infected with the pestilence This yeare was no Bartholmew faire kept at London for the auoiding of concurse of people whereby the infection of the pestilence might haue increased Paul Banning Peter Hawghton Sir Cuthbert Buckle Vintner For part of y e yeare sir Rich. Martin goldsmth The whole number this yeare buried within the Citie of London the suburbes and other places adioyning as well of the plague as of the other diseases from the 29 of December in the yeare 1592 vntill the 20 of December 1593 was as followeth Within the walls of all diseases 8598 whereof the plague 5390 without the walles in the liberties 9295. the plague 5285. so that within the City and Liberties of all diseases 17863. whereof the Plague was 10675. The 19 of February 1593. at Edenburght in Scotland was borne Prince Henry the eldest sonne of King Iames the 6. King of Scots The 18 of February Harington a Seminary was drawne from Newgate to Tiborne and there hanged cut downe aliue strugled with the hangman but was quartered The last of February Rodoricke Lopeza a Portugal as it was said professing Physicke was arraigned in the Guild-hall of London found guily and had iudgement of high Treason for conspiring her maiesties destruction by poyson In this moneth of March were many great stormes of winde which ouerturned trées stéeples houses barnes c. namely in Worcester-shire in Beaudley forrest many Oakes were ouerthrowne In Horton wood of the said shire more then one thousand fiue hundred Oakes were ouerthrowne in one day namely on the Thursday next before Palmesunday In Stafford-shire the shaft of the stéeple in Stafford Towne was rent in péeces along through the midst and throwne vpon the Church wherewith the said roofe is broken 1000 pounds will not make it good Houses and Barnes were ouerthrowne in most places of those shires In Canke wood more then 3000 trées were ouerthrowne many stéeples more or lesse aboue 50. in Stafford-shire were perished or blowne downe The 11. of Aprill was a great raine which continued more then 24 houres long and withall a great North winde The 14 of Aprill a woman was burnt in Smithfield for killing of her husband The 16 of Aprill Ferdinando Earle of Darby deceased at Latham in a very strange manner The second of May came downe great flouds by reason of sodaine showres of haile and raine that had fallen which bare downe houses Iron milles the prouision of coles prepared for the said mils it bare away cattle c. The second of May the new Serieants of the Law in number ten held their dinner in the Temple The third of Iune deceased Iohn Aylmer Bishop of London at Fulham and on the 26 of Iune was solemnly interred in his Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule in London The 7 of Iune Doctor Lopez and two other Portugals were drawne from the Kings Bench in Southwarke to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered The first of Iuly deceased Sir Cuthbert Buckle Lord Maior of London and on the next morrow was elected Sir Richard Martin to be Maior for the rest of that yeare on the third of Iuly he tooke his oath at the Tower of London The fiftéene of Iuly by a common Counsell in the Guild hall was graunted according to a precept from her Maiesty that sixe ships and two pinnaces should be set forth at the charges of the City the same to be ready with men munition and victuals for thrée moneths by the last of Iuly More on the 17 of Iuly the same Common Councell according to another precept granted 450 men on foote to be likewise set out by the citizens towards the charges whereof a fifteenth was seized and paid This yeare in the moneth of May fell many great raines but in the moneth of Iune and Iuly much more for it commonly rained day and night till Saint Iames Eue on Saint Iames day in the afternoone it began againe and continued for two daies together notwithstanding there followed a faire haruest in the month of August but in September great raines raised high waters such as staied the carriages and bare downe bridges as at Cambridge Ware and elsewhere Also graine grew to be of a great price as a strike or bushell of Rie 5 s a bushell of wheat 6 7 or 8 s c. which dearth happened more by meane of ouermuch transporting by our Merchants then the vnseasonablenes of the weather passed This yeare Beuis Bulmar an ingenious Gentleman made an engine at Broken wharfe thereby from thence to conuay Thames water vp into the Citie sufficient to serue the whole West part thereof being conuaied into mens houses by pipes of lead The same Gentleman on the 18 of October gaue vnto sir Richard Martin then Lord Maior of the City of London and to the Citie for euer one cuppe of siluer with a couer weighing 137 ounces of fine better then the Sterling the siluer of which cup with other he said was digged out of the mine in England in
the Spanish Ambassador deliuered a Present from King Philip his master vnto King Iames viz. six Ienets of Andalusia with rich saddles and saddlo cloaths and all other things suteable Sir George Carew is sent Ambassador Lieger into France The 19 of Ianuary a great Porpos was taken aliue at Westham in a little Créeke a mile and a halfe within the land and was presented vnto Francis Goston Esquire chiefe Auditor of the Imprests and within a few dayes after a verie great Whale came within eight miles of London whose length was diuers times séene aboue the water and the same was iudged to be a great deale longer then the longest ship in the Riuer A few dayes before Christmas the Parliament brake vp and began to sit againe the 22 of Ianuary being Tuesday and continued vntill the 27 of May next following in which Parliament they gaue the King and his successors thrée entire Subsidies and sixe fiftéenes and then the Parliament was prorogued vntill the 18 of Nouember at this time the Clergy gaue vnto the King and his Successors foure entire Subsidies And in this Parliament it was enacted that the 5 of Nouember for euer should be kept holy day with preaching and thanksgiuing vnto Almighty God for his mercy in preuenting the terrible danger of the late practise by Pearcy Catesby and the rest to blow vp the Parliament house The 27 of Ianuary at Westminster were arraigned Thomas Winter Guydo Fawkes Robert Keyes and Thomas Bates for plotting to blow vp the Parliament house digging in the mine taking oath Sacrament for secresie c. and Robert Winter Iohn Graunt Ambrose Rookewood for being acquainted with the treason afterward giuing their full consent thereunto and taking oath and sacrament for secresie and sir Euerard Digby for being made acquainted with the said treason yeelding assent and taking his corporall oath for secresie all which indictments were prooued against them and by themselues confessed and thereupon had iudgement giuen them to be drawne hanged and quartered their limbes to be set vpon the Citie gates and their heads vpon the Bridge according to which sentence the thirtith of Ianuary Sir Euerard Digby Robert Winter Iohn Grant Bates were executed at the west end of Saint Paules Church and the next day after the other foure were executed in the Parliament yeard 6 of the 8. acknowledged their guiltinesse in this horrible treason and died very penitently but Graunt and Keyes did not so Saturday the 22 of March betwéene sixe and seuen a clocke in the forenoone a rumor was sodainely spread throughout the Court and the City of London that for certaine the King that morning was slaine as he was hunting in Okeeing Parke 20 miles from London which dreadfull newes still encreased vntill nine a clocke being seconded by infinite suggestions by reason whereof it was generally receiued for truth and thereupon the Court gates were kept shut the Lord Maior began to set guard at the City gates and to raise their trained souldiers Sir William Wade Lieutenant of the Tower did the like with his hamlets within his Liberties and the Parliament was greatly amased but by 11 a clocke the ioyfull newes of y e Kings good health was made knowne in London by proclamation as it had béene an houre before at the Court gate whereat the people began to reuiue their vexed spirits which vntill then were wondrously surcharged with hearts griefe yea men and women old matrons and yong virgins made exceeding great lamentation this flying terror went three daies iourney into the country before it was fully supprest Friday the 28 of March 1606 in the Guild-hall in London was arraigned and condemned Henry Garnet Prouinciall of the Iesuites in England for being acquainted with the Gunpowder plot and concealing the same for the which he was adiudged to be drawne hanged quartered and his head to be set vpon London bridge and according to that sentence he was executed the third of May at the west end of S. Paules Church where he acknowledged the greatnesse of his offence in concealing the treason and besought all Catholikes to forbeare and desist from treason all other violent attempts whatsoeuer against Kings and Princes saying that all such practises were vtterly against the Catholicke Religion The twenty nine and thirtith of March the wind was extreame violent so as it caused much shipwracke vpon the coasts of England France the Low countries it brought in the sea and drowned much cattell and in Picardie neare Dyope it blew downe a stéeple which slue fourescore persons in the fall thereof in Flanders and vp towards Germany there were many Churches Townes Wind-milles and trees blowne downe and the 8 of Iune following it rained 24 houres and the next day there ●ose strange land-waters which carried away mils trees and houses made new currants where neuer any was seene before it brake downe the heads of pooles and trenches and carried quite away great quantities of cattell timber and other things from off vp land grounds The 24 of Aprill arriued Don Iohn de Mendoza Marques of Saint Germaine from the King of Spaine vnto the King of Great Brittaine to congratulate his happy deliuerance frō the late pretended treason and to deliuer certaine presents from Queen Margaret of Spain vnto Queene Anne of Great Brittaine viz. a robe of morrey satten imbrodered all ouer with amber leather in many places with gold vpon the fore part thereof was forty eight tags of beaten gold three ynches long hollow within and filde with amber greece very curiously wrought and two large chaines of amber greece two Karkanets of Amber gréece a veluet Cappe with gold buttons pleasantly enameld like the tagges euery of these were seuerally inclosed in an ouall boxe of gold were presented all together in a vessell of gold like vnto a Bason Tuesday the 20 of May at Windsor were enstalled Knights of the Garter Robert Earle of Salisbury and the Lord Thomas Howard Viscount Bindon The third of Iune Henry Lord Mordant and Edward Lord Sturton were conuicted in the high Court of Star-chamber of diuers misprisions and contempts and for the same the Lord Mordant was censured to pay ten thousand markes the Lord Sturton sixe thousand markes and imprisonment during his Maiesties good pleasure The tenth of Iune proclamation was made for the banishing of all Iesuits Seminaries and Roman priests The Lady Sophia daughter to our Soueraign Lord the King was borne at Gréenewich vpon Sonday the 22 of Iune at thrée a clocke in the morning and died the next day and vpon Thursday next after was very solemnly conuaied by barge couered with blacke veluet accompanied with thrée other barges couered with blacke cloth vnto the Chappell royall in Westminster and was there enterred by Doctor Barlow Lord Bishop of Rochester where were present all the great Lords of the Councell with the Heralds and
ordained fit places for Storehouses of Allome for the ready vse therof to such as would buy the same the King also gaue very gratious respect princely remuneration vnto all those who of late had taken paines béene at expences in the practising and atchieuing to bring this royall commodity vnto due perfection and then tooke the traffique thereof vnto himselfe This yeare the King had ayde of his Subiects throughout the Kingdome of England for knighting his sonne Prince Henry according to the Law of this land in the leuying whereof the Subiects were very fauourably dealt withall for whereas by the ancient law of this land the subiects ought to haue paid twelue pence in the pound of the yearely value of their lands his Maiesty very gratiously ordained seuerall Commissioners in the seuerall shires who according to the purpose of their commissions did so moderately demeane themselues as no man was compelled to pay any more then he would willingly giue being a very auncient duty due vnto the King and was now in a manner quite forgotten Robert Allyley being arraigned at Newgate for fellony stood mute and refused the ordinary tryall whereupon as the manner is the hangman came vnto him to binde his hands but Allyley resisted and with his Fist smote him on the face in the presence of the Iudges who presently remembred that this prisoner but the last Sessions before was there conuicted of fellony and for the same had obtained the Kings speciall pardon which pardons in generall are vnto all persons but onely vpon their good behauiour vnto the King and his subiects and thereupon the Court instantly gaue Iudgement that for the blow he gaue his hand should first be cut off And then his body to be hanged for that fact for the which he had his pardon according to which sentence he was presently executed vpon a Gybbet at the Sessions gate In December in the 34 yeare of Quéene Elibeth there were letters pattents graunted for fiftéene yeares to the East India Merchants trading to the East Indies and in May last 1609. The Kings Maiestie vpon mature deliberation in fauour of the said Company finding the same to be very commodious traffique and Nauigation and as propitious and honourable for this Kingdome renued and enlarged the foresaid letters pattents and Charter to continue for euer enabling them thereby to be a body corporate and politique The first gouernour of this Company named and ordained both in the first and last pattent was Sir Thomas Smith Knight who is also Gouernour of the Muscouy Company and president and treasurer of the Company and counsell for Virginea This yeare the said East-India Company builded a most stately ship at Detford of the burthen of twelue hundreth tunne being the greatest and goodliest ship that euer was builded in this kingdome by any Merchants At this time they also builded a Pinace of two hundreth and fifty tunne to attend her And vpon Saturday the 30 of December his Maiestie and Prince Henry with the Lord Admirall the Lord Chamberlaine the Earle of Worcester and many other Lords went to sée these ships launched and were all entertained with a banquet in the chiefe Cabin of the great ship and the rest were banquetted at a long Table in the halfe decke these rich and plentifull banquets were all serued in fine Chyna Dishes which were fréely permitted to be taken and carried away by al persons The King gaue the Gouernor a very faire chaine of gold with a Iewell wherein was the Kings picture highly commending his endeauour care and industry for the good of the common wealth maintenance of traffique and Nauigation for the which also his Maiest● with very gratious respect commended and thanked the assistants of that companie wh● likewise kissed his Highnesse hand the King called the great ship the Trade● Encrease and the other the Pepper Corne. Sebastian Haruie William Cokayne sheriffes Sir Thomas Cambell Iremonger Maior The sixt of Nouember the famous Doctor Lancelot Androwes Lord Almner Bishop of Chichester was transferred vnto the Bishopricke of Ely And the 3 of December George Abbot Doctor of diuinity Deane of Winchester was consecrated Lord Bishop of Couentry and Lychfield And Samuel Harsenet Doctor of Diuinity was consecrated Lord Bishop of Chichester And 12 of February the forenamed Doctor Abbot was transferred to the Bishopricke of London and was enstalled in Paules by his deputy Doctor Pasfielde The sixe of Ianuary at the Court of Whitehall in the presence of the King and Quéene and the Ambassadors of Spaine and Venice and of al the Péeres and great Ladies of the land and of many thousand of others there the Prince performed his first feats of armes viz. at Bar●yers against all commers being assisted onely with sixe other viz. the Duke of Lenox the Earle of Arundel the Earle of Southampton the Lord Hay sir Thomas Somerset and sir Richard Preston who shortly after was created Lord Dingwell against these challengers came 56 braue defendants consisting of Earles Ba●ons Knights and Esquiers euery challenger fought with eight seuerall defendants two seuerall combats at two seuerall weapons viz. at push of pyke and with single sword the Prince performed this challenge with wondrous skill and courage to the great ioy and admiration of all the beholders the Prince not being full sixtéene yeares of age vntill the 19 of February these feates of Armes with sundry statelie showes and ingenious deuises began before tenne a clocke at night and continued vntill thrée a clocke next morning being Sonday and that day the Prince feasted all the Combatants at Saint Iames house and then gaue thrée rich prises vnto thrée of the best deseruers defendants viz. vnto the Earle of Mountgomery M. Thomas Darcy sonne and heire to the Lord Darcy of Chich and vnto six Robert Gourdon In the yeare 1584. was discouered y e Country which is now called Virginea and was so called by Quéene Elizabeth and she assigned the same vnto sir Walter Rawleigh as being the chiefe discouerer thereof And in the yeare 1587. there were sent thither aboue 100 soules viz. men women and children since which time vntill the third yeare of his Maiesties raigne the yearely sending thither for plantation ceased and then vpon more exact discoueries there were sundrie yearely supplies sent thither of men women and children with all things necessary vnder conduct of captaine Newport and also in the Month of may there were sent thither nine ships with fiue hundred men women and children with all necessary prouision vnder commaund of Sir Thomas Gates Lieutenant generall Sir George Somers Admirall of Virginea and captaine Newport Vice Admirall with other expert captaines and resolute gentlemen And likewise at the end of this present yeare 1609. there was sent an other supply of thrée shippes with an hundred and fifty men being for the most part Artificers vnder commaund of the right Honourable Thomas Lord La Ware who