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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

well for I assure you that the King is his very good Lord and hath given me most hearty thanks for his entertainment And therefore goe your way to him and perswade him I may find him in quiet at my comming for I will not tarry long after you Sir quoth I and if it please your Lordship I shall endeavor to the best of my Power to accomplish your Lordships command But Sir I doubt when I name this Sir William Kingston that he will mistrust some il because he is Constable of the Tower and Captaine of the guard having in his company 24. of the Guard to accompanie him That is nothing quoth the Earle what if he be Constable of the Tower and Captaine of the Guard he is the fittest man for his wisedome and discretion to be sent about such a businesse and for the Guard it is onely to defend him from those that might intend him any ill Besides that the Guard are for the most part such of his old servants as the King hath tooke into his service to attend him most justly Well Sir quoth I I shall doe what I can and so departed and went to my Lord and found him in the Gallery with his Staffe and his Beades in his hands and seeing mee come he asked me what newes forsooth quoth I the best newes that ever you heard if you can take it well I pray God it bee true ● then quoth hee my Lord of Shrewsbury said I your most assured friend hath so provided by his letters to the King that his Majestie hath sent for you by Master Kingston and 24. of the Guard to conduct you to his Highnesse Master Kingston quoth hee and clapped his hand on his Thigh and gave a great sigh May it please your Grace quoth I I would you would take all things well it would be much better for you content your selfe for Gods sake and thinke that God and your good friends have wrought for you according to your own desires And as I conceive you have much more cause to rejoyce then lament or mistrust the matter for I assure you that your friends are more affraid of you then you need be of them And his Majestie to shew his love to you hath sent Master Kingston to honour you with as much honour as is your Graces due and to convey you in such easie journeys as is fitting for you and you shall command him to do and that you shall have your request And I humbly entreat you to imprint this my perswasion in your Highnesse discretion and to be of good cheere wherewith you shall comfort your selfe and give your frinds and poore servants great comfort and content Well quoth he I perceive more then you can imagine or doe know presently after came my Lord to acquaint him with that I had so lately related my L. Cardinall thanked the Earle for his great love and called for Master Kingston who came to him presently and kneeling down before him saluted him in the kings behalfe whom my Lord bareheaded offered to take up but he would not then quoth my Lord Master Kingston I pray you stand up and leave your kneeling to me for I am a wretch repleat with misery not esteeming my selfe but as a meere abject utterly cast away but without desert God he knowes therefore good Master Kingston stand up Then Master Kingston said the Kings Majestie hath him commended unto you I thanke his Highnesse quoth my Lord I hope he is in good health Yea quoth Master Kingston and he hath him commended unto you and commanded me to bid you be of good cheere for hee beareth you as much good will as ever hee did And whereas Report hath been made unto him that you should commit against his Majestie certain heynos crimes which he thinketh to be but yet hee for ministration of Justice in such Cases requisite could doe no lesse then send for you that you might have your triall mistrusting nothing your truth and wisedome but that you shall be able to acquit your selfe of all complaints and accusations extended against you And you may take your journey to him at your pleasure commanding me to attend you Master Kingston quoth my Lord I thanke you for your good newes And Sir hereof assure your selfe if I were as able and lusty as ever I was to ride I would goe with you post But alas I am a diseased man having a sluxe at which time it was apparant that he had poisoned himself it hath made me very weake but the Comfortable news you bring is of purpose I doubt to bring me into a fooles Paradise for I know what is provided for me Notwithstanding I thanke you for your good will and paines taken about mee and I shall with speed make readie to ride with you After this I was commanded to make all things readie for our departure the morrow after When my Lord went to bed he fell very sick of the Laske which caused him to goe to stoole from time to time all that night insomuch that from that time till morning hee had 50. stooles And the matter that he voided was very blacke which the Physitians called Adustine whose opinions were that he had not above 4. or 5. daies to live Notwithstanding he would have ridden with Mr. Kingston the next day had not the Earle of Shrewsbury advised him to the contrarie but the next day hee took his journey with Master Kingston and them of the Guard who espying him could not abstaine from weeping considering he was their old Master and now in such a miserable case whom my Lord tooke by the hand and would as hee rode by the way sometimes talke with one and sometimes with an other till he came to a house of my Lords standing in the way called Hardwick hall where he lay all that night very ill at case The next day he came to Nottingham and the next day to Leicester abbey and the next day he waxed very sick that he had almost fallen from his horse so that it was night ere he got to Leicester abbey where at his comming in at the Gates the Abbot with all their Covent met him with many lighted Torches whom they honourably received and welcommed with great reverence To whom my Lord said Father Abbot I am come to lay my bones amongst you riding still on his mule till he came to the stairs of his Chamber where hee alighted Master Kingston holding him by the arme led him up the staires who told me afterwards that he never felt so heavie a burthen in all his life and as soone as he was in his Chamber he went straight to bed this was upon Satterday and so he continued On Monday in the morning as I stood by is bedside about eight of the clock in the morning the windowes being close shut and having wax lights burning upon the Cupboard I thought I perceived him drawing on towards death Hee perceiving

of excellent learning and a sub-Deane a Repeatout of the Quire a Gospeller an Epistler of the singing Priests a Master of the children In the Vestrey a yeoman and two groomes besides other Retainers that came thither at principall Feasts And for the furniture of his Chappell it passeth my weake capacitie to declare the number of the costly Ornaments and rich Iewels that were occupied in the same For I have seene in procession about the Hall fortie foure rich Copes of one settle worne besides the rich Candlesticks and other necessarie Ornaments to the furniture of the same Now you shall understand that hee had two Crosse-bearers and two Pillar-bearers in his great Chamber and his privie Chamber all these persons The chiefe Chamberlaine a Vice-chamberlaine a gentleman Vsher beside one of his privie Chamber Hee had also twelve Wayters and six gentlemen Wayters Also he had nine or tenne Lords who had each of them two or three men to waite upon him except the Earle of Darby who had five men Then he had gentlemen-Cup-bearers and Carvers and of the Sewers both of the great Chamber and of the Privie chamber fortie persons Sixe yeomen Vshers eight groomes of his Chamber Also he had of Almes who were daily wayters of his Boord at Dinner Twelve Doctors and Chaplaines besides them of his which I never rehearsed a Clarke of his Closet and two Secretaries and two clarkes of his Signet Foure Councellours learned in the Law And for that he was Chancellour of England it was necessarie to have officers of the Chancerie to attend him for the better furniture of the same First he had a Ryding Clarke a clerke of the Crowne a clarke of the Hamper a Chafer Then had hee a clarke of the Checke aswell upon the Chaplaines as upon the yeomen of the Chamber He had also foure Foot-men garnished with rich running Coates whensoever he had any journey Then he had a Herauld of Armes a Serjeant of armes a Phisitian an Apothecarie Foure Minstrells a keeper of his Tents an Armourer An Instructor of his Wards an Instructor of his Wardrop of Roabes a Keeper of his Chamber continually Hee had also in his house a Surveyor of Yorke a Clerke of the Greene-cloth All these were daily attending downe-lying and uprising And at meat hee had Eight continuall Boards for the Chamberlaines and gentlemen Officers having a Mease of young Lords and another of Gentlemen Besides this there was never a Gentleman or Officer or other worthy person but hee kept some two some three persons to waite upon them And all other at the least had one which did amount to a great number of persons Now having declared the order according to the Cheine Roll use his house and what Officers he had daily attending to furnish the same besides retainers and other persons being suitors dined in the Hall And when shall wee see any more such Subjects that shall keepe such a Noble house Therefore here is an end of his houshold the number of persons in the Cheyne were Eight hundred persons CHAP. VI Of his second Embassage to the Emperour Charles the Fifth A After he was thus furnished in manner as I have before rehearsed unto you Hee was sent twice on Embassage to the Emperour Charles the Fifth that now raigneth and Father to King Philip now our Lord and Soveraigne Forasmuch as the old Emperour Maximillian was dead and for divers other urgent occasions touching his Majestie It was thought fit that about such weightie matters and to so noble a Prince the Cardinall was most meete to be sent on this Embassage and he being one ready to take the charge thereof upon him was furnished in every respect most like a great Prince which was much to the honour of his Majestie and of this Realme For first he proceeded forth like to a Cardinall having all things correspondent his Gentlemen being very many in number were clothed in livery Coats of Crimson Velvet of the best and chaines of gold about their necks And his yeomen and all his meane officers were clad in fine Scarlet guarded with blacke Velvet one hand breadth Thus furnished he was twice sent in this manner to the Emperour in Flanders then lying at Bridges whom he did most nobly entertaine discharging all his owne charges and his mens There was no house in the Towne of Bridges wherein any of my Lords Gentlemen were lodged or had recourse but that the owners of the houses were commanded by the Emperours Officers upon the paine of their lives to take no money for any thing that the Cardinals men did take of any kind of victuals No although they were disposed to make costly Banquets further commanding their said hoasts that they should want nothing which they honestly required or desired to have Also the Emperours Officers every night went through the Towne from house to house where any Englishmen had recourse or lodged and served their Livery for all night which was done on this manner First the Officers brought into the house a Casteele of fine Manchet then two silver pots of Wine and a pound of Sugar white lights and yellow lights a Bowle of silver and a Goblet to drinke in and every night a staffe Torch This was their order of their Livery every night And then in the morning when the Officers came to fetch away their stuffe they would accompt for the Gentlemens costs the day before Thus the Emperour entertained the Cardinall and his traine during the time of his Embassie And that done he returned into England with great Triumph being no lesse in estimation with the King then he was before but rather much more for he encreased daily in the Kings favour by reason of wits and readinesse to doe the King pleasure in all things In the one and twentieth yeare of King Henry the Eighths raine Anno Dom. 1529. This Emperour Charles the Fifth came into England who was nobly entertained CHAP. VII Of the manner of his going to Westminster Hall NOw must I declare the manner of his going to Westminster Hall in the Terme time First when he came out of his privie Chamber hee most commonly heard two Masses in his Chappell or Chamber And I heard one of his Chaplaines say since that was a man of credit and excellent learning that what businesse soever the Cardinall had in the day time that hee never went to bed with any part of his service unsaid no not so much as one Collect in which I thinke he deceived many a man then going into his Chamber againe hee demanded of some of his servants if they were in readinesse and had furnished his chamber of Presence and wayting Chamber he being then advertised came out of his Privie Chamber about eight of the clocke readie apparelled and in Red like a Cardinall his upper vesture was all of Scarlet or else of fine Crimson Taffata or crimson Sattin ingraned his Pillion Scarlet with a blacke Velvet tippet of Sables about his

cost or expence nor paines to make them such a triumphant Banquet as they might not onely wonder at it here but also make a glorious report to the great honour of our King and this Realme Thus having made knowne his pleasure to accomplish his commandement they sent out all the Carriers Purveyors and other persons to my Lords friends to prepare Also they sent to all expert Cooks and cunning persons in the art of cookery in London or else where that might be gotten to beautifie the noble Feast Then the Purveyours provided and my Lords friends sent in such provision that it was a wonder to see it The Cooks they wrought both day and night in many curious devises where was no lacke of gold silver or any other costly thing the Yeomen and Grooms of his Wardrobe were busied in hanging the Chambers with costly Hangings and furnishing the same with beds of silke and other furniture for the same in every degree Then my Lord sent mee being his Gentleman Vsher and two other of my fellowes to foresee all things touching our roomes to bee richly garnished wherein our paines was not small But daily wee travelled up and downe from Chamber to Chamber to see things fitted Then wrought Ioyners Carpenters Painters and all other Artificers needfull that there was nothing wanting to adorne this noble Feast There was carriage and re-carriage of plate stuffe and other rich emploiments so that there was nothing lacking that could be devised or imagined for the purpose There were also provided two hundred and eighty beds with all manner of furniture to them too long here to be related The day assigned to the French-men being come they were ready assembled before the houre of their appointment wherfore the Officers caused them to ride to Hannorth a Parke of the Kings within three miles of Hampton Court there to spend the time in hunting till night which they did and then returned and every of them were conveyed to their severall Chambers having in them good fires and store of wine where they remayned till Supper was ready The Chambers where they supped and banquetted were adorned thus First the great wayting Chamber was hung with very rich cloath of Arras and so all the rest some better then others and furnished with tall yeomen to serve There were set Tables round about the Chambers Banquetwise covered Also a Cubbard garnished with white plate having also in the same chamber foure great plates to give the more light set with great lights agreat fire of wood and coales The next Chamber was the Chamber of presence richly hanged also with cloath of Arras and a sumptuous cloath of State furnished with many goodly Gentlemen to serve The Tables were ordered in manner as the other were save onely the high table was removed beneath the cloath of State towards the midst of the Chamber with six desks of plate garnished all over with fine gold saving one paire of Candlesticks of silver and guilt with lights in the same the Cubberd was barred about that no man could come very neere it for there were divers peeces of great store of plate to use besides the plates that hung on the Walles to give light were silver and guilt with wax lights Now were all things in readines and supper fit the principall Officers caused the Trumpets to blow to warne them to supper Then the Officers conducted the Noblemen where they were to sup and they being set the service came up in such aboundance both costly and full of devises with such a pleasant noise of musique that the Frenchmen as it seemed were wrapt up in a heavenly Paradice You must understand that my Lord Cardinall was not there all this while But the French Monsieurs were very merry with their rich fare and curious cates and knackes But before the second course my Lord Cardinall came in booted and spurred suddenly amongst them at whose comming there was great joy every man rising from his place whom my Lord Cardinall caused to sit still and keepe their places and being in his riding apparrell called for his chaire and sat him downe in the midst of the high Table and was there as merry and pleasant as ever I saw him in my life Presently after came up the second course which was above 100. severall devises which were so goodly and costly that I thinke the Frenchmen never saw the like But the rarest curiosity of all the rest they all wondred at which indeed was worthy of wonder were castles with Images in the same like Saint Paules Church for the Modell of it there were beasts birdes fowles personages most excellently made some fighting with swordes some with gunnes other with crosbowes some dancing with Ladies some on horseback with compleat armour justling with long and sharpe speares with many more strange devises which I cannot describe Amongst all I noted there was a chesboard made of spice plate with men of the same and of good proportion And because the Frenchmen are very expert at that sport My Lord Cardinall gave that same to a French Gentleman commanding that there should bee made a good case to convey the same into his Country Then called my Lord for a great boule of gold filled with Hipocras and putting of his cap said I drinke a health to the King my Soveraigne Lord and next unto the King your Master And when hee had drunke a harty draught hee desired the grand Master to pledge him a cup which cup was worth 500. Markes And so all the Lords in order pledged these great Princes Then went the cup merrily about so that many of the Frenchmen were led to their beds then went my Lord into his privy Chamber making a short supper or rather a short repast and then returned againe into the presence Chamber amongst the Frenchmen behaving himselfe in such a loving sort and so familiarly towards them that they could not sufficiently commend him And while they were in communication and pastime all their livery were served to theirs Chambers every Chamber had a Bason and Ewer of silver a great livery pot with plenty of wine and sufficient of every thing Thus furnished was every roome about the house when all was done then were they conducted to their lodgings In the morning after they had heard Masse they stayed dyned with my Lord and so departed towards Windsor And as soone as they were gone my Lord returned to London because it was the midst of the Tearme You must conceive the King was privy to this magnificent feast who then intended farre to exceede the same which I referre to the French mens returne Now the King had given command to his Officers to provide a farre more sumptuous Banquet for the Strangers then they had at the Cardinals which was not neglected After the return of these Strangers from Windsor which place they much commended for the scituation thereof the King invited them to the Court

to him The Lords who were not his friends perceiving that my Lord was disposed to plant himselfe so nigh the King thought then to withdraw his appetite from Winchester moved the King to give my Lord a pension of fowre thousand markes out of Winchester and all the rest to be distributed amongst the Nobilitie and his servants And so likewise to divide the Revenues of Saint Albons whereof some had 200. pound and al his Revenues of his Lands belonging to his Colledge at Oxford and Ipswich the King tooke into his owne hands whereof Master Cromwell had the receit and government before by my Lords assignment wherfore it was thought very necessary that he should have the same still who executed all things so well and exactly that he was had in great estimation for his behaviour therein Now it came to passe that those to whom the King had given any annuities or fees for term of life or by patent could not be good but onely for and during my Lords life for as much as the King had no longer estate therein but what hee had by my Lords attainder in the Premunire And to make their estate good and sufficient there was no other way but to obtaine my Lords confirmation of their patents And to bring this about there was no other meanes but by Master Cromwell who was thought the fittest Instrument for this purpose and for his paines therein he was worthily rewarded and his demeanor his honesty and wisedome was such that the King tooke great notice of him as you shall hereafter heare Still the Lords thought long till my Lord was removed further off the Kings way wherefore among others of the Lords my Lord of Norfolke said Master Cromwell me thinkes the Cardinall thy Master makes no hast to goe Northwards tell him if hee goe not away I will tear him with my teeth Therefore I would advise him to prepare away with speed or else I will set him forwards These words reported Mr. Cromwel to my Lord at his next repaire which was then at Richmond having obteyned licence of the King to remove from Ashur to Richmond and in the evening my Lord being accustomed to walke in the Garden and I being with him standing in an Alley I espied certaine Images of Beasts counterfeited in Timber which I went nearer to take the better view of them among whom I there saw stand a dunne Cow whereat I most mused of all those beasts My Lord then suddenly came upon mee unawares and speaking to me said what have you spied there whereat you looke so earnestly Forsooth quoth I if it please your Grace I here behold these Images which I suppose were ordained to be set up in the kings Palace but amongst them all I have most considered this Cowe which seemes to mee the Artificers Master-piece Yea marry quoth my Lord upon this Cowe hangs a certaine Prophesie which perhaps you never heard of I will shew you there is a saying When the Cowe doth ride the Bull Then Priest beware thy Scull Which saying neither my Lord that declared it nor I that heard it understood the effect although the compasse thereof was working and then like to bee brought to passe this Cowe the King gave by reason of the Earledome of Richmond which was Inheritance This Prophesie was afterwards expounded in this manner The dunne Cow because it is the Kings beast betokens the King and the Bull betokens Mistris Anne Bulloigne who after was Queene her Father gave the blacke Bulls head in his Cognizance and was his Beast so that when the King had marryed Queene Anne it was thought of all men to bee fulfilled for what a number of Priests Religious and secular lost their heads for offending of those Lawes made to bring this matter to passe is not unknowne to all the world therefore it may well be judged that this prophesie is fulfilled You have heard what words the Duke of Norfolke spake to Master Cromwell touching my Lords going into the North then said my Lord Tom It is time to bee going therefore I pray you goe to the King and tell him I would goe to my Benefice at Yorke but for lacke of moneyes desiring his Grace to helpe him to some and you may say that the last mony I had from his Grace was too little to pay my debts and to compell me to pay the rest of my debts were too much extremitie seeing all my goods are taken from mee Also shew my Lord of Norfolk and the rest of the Counsell that I would depart if I had money Sir quoth Master Cromwell I shall doe my best so after other communication departed and came to London then in the beginning of Lent my Lord removed his lodging into the Charterhous at Richmond where he lay in a lodging that Dr. Collet made for himselfe and every after-noon for the time of his residence there would he sit in contemplation with some one of the most auncient Fathers there who converted him to dispose the vain glory of this world and there they gave unto him shirts of haire to wear next his bodie which hee were divers times after The Lords assigned that my Lord should have 1000. Markes pension out of Winchester for his going downe into the North which when the King heard of hee commanded that it should be forthwith paid unto Mr. Cromwell And the King commanded Master Cromwell to repaire to him againe when he had received the said Sum which he accordingly did To whom his Majestie said shew your Lord that I have sent him tenne thousand pounds of my benevolence and tell him hee shall not lacke bid him bee of good comfort Master Cromwell on my Lords behalfe thanked the King for his royall liberalitie towards my Lord and with that departed to Richmond to whom he delivered the mony and the joyfull tidings wherein my Lord did not a little rejoyce forthwith there was a preparation made for his going hee had with him in his traine one hundred and sixtie persons having with him twelve Cartes to carrie his goods which hee sent from his Colledge at Oxford besides other Cartes of his daily carriage of his necessaries for his buildings hee kept his solempne feast of Easter at Peterborow and upon Palme-Sunday he bare his palm and went on procession with the Monkes and upon Thursday hee made his Mandy having 59 poor people whose feete hee washed and kissed and after he had dried them hee gave every one of them twelve pence and three ells of good Canvas to make them shirts and each of them a paire of new shooes and a caske of Red-herring on Easter-day hee rose to the Resurrection and that day he went in procession in his Cardinals vestments and having his hat on his head and sung the high masse there himselfe solempnlie after his masse he gave his Benediction to all the hearers with cleane remission From Peterborow hee tooke his journey