Itm. a mappe made like a scryne.

Itm. a reede tipped at both ends with gold.

Itm. a cuppborde whereuppon standeth twoo tables of Imagery, two billet staves virralled' with bone.

Itm. a table painted with floures and fruyte.

Itm, an elle of synamounde sticke tipped with silver.

Itm. a tosting forke tipped with copper gylte.

Itm. iij ryding roddes for ladys and a yarde of blacke tipped with white horne.

Itm. vj other walking staves th' one covered with silke and gold.

Itm. a tassell of here to make clene combes.

Itm. a table with a clothe of saynte George embrawdied.

Itm. a case of fyne carved worke.

Itm. a Table of our Ladye.

Itm. a boxe with a birde of Arrabye.

Itm. twoo long cases of blacke lether with petigres.

Itm. a case of Yrishe arrowes.

Itm. iiij patternes for gonnes.

Itm. a cuppborde ioyned to the walle conteyning a holy water stocke of marble garnished with copper gilte, with the sprincle, a rounde warming panne of copper, gilte, a coffre of bone empty garnished with copper gilte.

Itm. certeyne plattes and petygrees in a Cupborde. f. 58 to 61.

The Lower Study being a Bayne.

First iiij xix Visars of sundry sortes.

Itm. a lytle booke of parchement with prayers covered with crymsen velvet.

Itm. two litle skrenes of silke to holde againste the fier.
Itm. a boxe with a wryting touching Quene Jane's joynter.

In the Highest Library.

First in one deske xxxj bookes covered with redde.
Itm. in an other deske xvj bookes covered with redde.
Itm. an other deske liij bookes covered with leather.
Itm, an other deske xij bookes.

Itm. an other deske xxv bookes.

Itm. an other deske xxx bookes.

Itm. an other deske xxxvij bookes.

Itm. undre the table cvij bookes.

Itm. a booke wrytten in parchement of the processe betwene King Henry th' eighth and the ladye Katheryne Dowager.

Itm. the newe Testament glosed written unbounde.

Itm. undre the table xvj. bookes.

Inlaid or ornamented with bone.

2 Cinnamon.

3 Pieces of stick used instead of riding-whips: walking-staves were walking-sticks.

4 Queen Jane Seymour.

5 Glosed, noted, or with a commentary.

Itm. in the Jakeshouse1 a picture and certeyne cases.
Itm. in a long Settell is certeyne olde papers and trasshe.
Itm. in a lyke Settell is like olde papers. f. 62.

THE GUARDEROBE AT WESTMINSTER IN THE CHARDGE OF

JOHN REEDE.

Stooles and Footestoles.

Itm. a close stoole of purple vellat, the seate and elbowes embraudered shellwise, with two basons, a codpece, and a cundite of tynne.

Itm. one lowe square stoole for women, covered withe clothe of golde, raised with purple vellat, pirled and fringed withe purple silke.

In the Study at the nether ende of the Long Gallerie.

Itm. two tables of slate enclosed in woodde, to write uppon the walle.

Itm. vj instruments of astronomye hanging uppon the walle.

Itm. ij fote rules of metall.

Itm. a shipman's compass closed in white bone, def'.

Itm. another shipman's compass closed in woodde.

Itm. a flax copper gilte.

Itm. a cabonet of wood like a cheste, with a penner of lether garneshed with silver, and a penne of silver, a penner of silver garneshed with silver, vij paier of knyves, and iiij keithonges, and a paier of sheeres.

Itm. a case of blacke leather, with a greate compasse of woodd, for a shipman.

In the Kinge's Secrete Studie.

In the next cabon above, a man of horsbacke harnaised, ij antyques, and ij tables of nedleworke3.

In the vijth, a table of wood of all the games at cardes, a targett of steele painted.

In the xh, a table of wood with the image of Victorye and Mars painted, ij glasse flagons bounde with wykers.

In the second cabon, next the doore, &c. [among other things], "a payre of stirropes of iron, painted and gilt, a rose of counterfete jasper sett in metal gilt, an instrument of astronomye, with dialls

1 Jakes-House is explained by archdeacon Nares to be the privy; but it is a singular place for "a picture and certain cases." In the west of England the word jakes is now familiarly used for litter or confusion, e. g. “What a jakes the room is in."

According to the same writer, a settell was a bench; but it would rather seem, in this instance, to mean a case.

Notes in the margin in another hand :-"Th' one of the antiques is stone, th' other metall."

of white bone, ij cases with instruments, th' one covered with black vellat." I

In the third, [among other things], a lytle piller of astronomye of white bone.

In the fifth, under the highest cabon, a table of th' image of the Duke of Cleave painted-a little coofer of steele enealed and parcell gilt, furnesshed with tothe pykes, vj small boxes furnesshed with tothe pikes-three round boxes with phisionomyes.

In the viijth, a man on horsbacke, the horse beinge a combe case, a glasse to reade with, a boxe with burnynge perfumes in it 2. In the next highest cabon, a square boxe with the ymage of Kinge Henrye th' Eight wrought in earth-ij stampes of iron for grotes. In the fourthe, iij cases covered with black leather, one having a pair of spectacles.

In the ix, a coofer covered with black vellatt, conteyning the phisionomye of Kinge Henrye th' eighth cutt in wood, in a case of metall.

Itm. a plaisterer's hammer, wrought and gilt.

Itm. a bagge of white leather, containing a bawll of baulme naturall.

Itm. vj dogge collors of crymsen vellat, with vj lyhams of white leather *.

Itm. the phisionomye of King Henrie th' eight painted in a table. Memo'. that the King's secrete Warderobe at Westminstre, the stuffe lefte in the Kinge's secrete juelhowse, in the studye at the nether ende of the longe gallory in the chairehouse, and in the studie next the Kinge's olde bed-chambre at Westminster, were in the only custody of the Duke of Somerset untill the tyme of his trowble, beinge in Octobre, Anno tercio regis E. viju, at whiche tyme the Keys were delyvered to the King's Most Honorable Counsaill, and by ther cominaundement the doores sealed untill the said xijth daye of Novembre, at which tyme by their appoyntment S William Herbert, Knight, of th' Ordre, Master of the King's Horses, Sir Edward Northe, Knight, one of the Kynge's Pryvie Counsaill, and Sir Walter Mildmaye, Knight, entered into the same how ses, and there toke a perfecte survey vyewe of all suche thinges as they found there remaynynge; and the same stuffe, by like ordre of the Counsaill, they delyvered in chardge to t'hands of James Rufforthe, to the King's use. f. 118.

In the margin: "The instrument of astronomye taken by the King's Majestie [Edward VI.], the xijth of Novembre, 1549, and likewise two other instruments, whereof his Grace gave one to the Lorde Straunge."

2" The perfumes taken owte the xijth of Novembre, 1549, to burne for the Kinge's Majestie."

3 Several entries occur of tools, which, with the notice of an ornamented hammer, perhaps justify the inference that Henry sometimes amused himself with manual labour. 4 "Delivered to the Kinge's Majestic the xijth of Novembre, 1549."

INTELLIGENCES.

Or historical documents of the second class, none are more valuable than the papers of persons employed by great families residing in the country to transmit to them the intelligence of the week. They contain for the most part an authentic record of facts; and we are persuaded that many curious circumstances, of value to all who wish to study the minutiae of history, are contained in inedited papers of this description. If they do not, like state-papers, admit us to the arcana of the government, they show how much of a political transaction was, at any particular period, suffered to transpire, and what was the public impression at the time concerning events which are now become subjects of historical criticism. They are occasionally to be found in the archives of ancient families; and a few are in public depositaries. It is our intention to transfer the contents of some of these papers to our pages, adding occasionally a few illustrative notes: at present, we shall confine ourselves to the period before the Civil Wars.

INTELLYGENCE Y' CAME OUT OF FRAUNCE.

[April, 1558.]

In primis y' at thassembly of thaffairs in January there was graunted to the King iiij. myllyons of crownes.

It. y Mons' de Terun ys lefte in Callys wth x. ansignes of footemen, which thinhabytaunts of S. Quyntyn placed there.

It. y' the wise and best souldyers in Fraunce do iudge y' towne unydable yf yt be spedyly besyeged.

It. y thenterprice was attempted by Cenerponts councell, only the King takyng his pou horse.

It. y Duke of Guyse was highely receyved at Parris, and called openly at a banket, Servator Patriæ.1

It. they be abought to be trothe ye Dolphyn to the Queene of Skotts: whereunto the King of Navar is sent for. Howbeit one of the Dolphyns cheef men is of thopynyon y' the marryage shall

never be consummate.

It. y' the Swyseis and the Swartrutters be ceised, and the French army dispersed.

It. how the Duke of Nevers hathe taken of late a stronge hold in the cuntrey of Luxenbourghe belongyng to Kyng Philippe. The Frenche Kynge hathe nues from ye Turke y' he will cause ye Venetians to declare them selfs against Kyng Phylippe, or els make war uppon them him self. And he wilbe strong uppon the seas this nexte somer.

It. where ye Prince of Conde was coronell of ye light horse men, yt ys taken from him and gyven to the Duke of Nemours.

It. Mons. Domaile in hope to be gen'all and govern' for the King in Pyemonte gave over certaine offyces in Fraunce; whiche thing M'shall Brysacke understandyng (whereas he required leave before to come into Fraunce) wrote againe unto the Kyng y' seyng the necessytie of his affairs, he wold force hym self to take paines there in hys service two or three years longer, whiche hathe bene a greate checkmate to Domayle to gyther with the deposyng ye Prince of Conde.

The howse of Guyse dothe governe alone, for the Duke dothe wryte him self Lyevetenaunte generall of the Frenche Kyng's domynions.

The Duke of Nevers hathe marryed hys youngest sonne to the Ducheis of Bawleus dawghter; being promysed thereby toptaine the marryage of the Ducheis of Tuttevile for his eldest sonne: you know by ye healpe of ye Valentinous '. There are iij Cardynalls appointed to ordaine Inquisytors of the faithe through all ye provynces of Fraunce: by reason that y Lutheryans do so stoughtlye increase y' they feare som tumulte will insue excepte they take greate heade; for y' yt is thought y' some noble man dothe holde wth them, and practyseth the Electors of Germanye for his aide and savegarde.

You may gesse who y' should be hys factor told me theis nues, by whom I understande also y' they have great necessitie of powder at this present and of mony also wch ys the cause whie they ceise so many men.

INTELLYGENCE FROM FRANKEFORD IN GERMANYE. First y' Ferdinando shalbe Emperour under [engagement not] to impeche relygion, nor do any thing preiudycyall unto the...

bull.

......

But as towching y Kyng of Romaines I cannot..... that there shalbe any chosen thys year.

Yt is thought y' they will seeke to recover certaine townes wch were imperyall. But that matter shalbe debated at a common assemble of all thestates of thempire we shall now be declared; and thought to be shortlye: where we looke to heare of many good deliberations. But I cannot perceyve y' they intend any thing earnestly against France, because the Paulsgrave y Lanzgrave (whose yongest sonne ys in Fraunce) and ye Duke of Wryttingbourghe be content to be verray muche Frenche for those benefits they have receyved by ye Frenche Kyngs meanes, whose ayde they may neade by cause ye reste be contrary to their religyon, as the emperour himself and ya Bysshopps: also because y' Ferdinando ys wholly bent to recover Hungarye, and to turne the force of Germany y' way.

Ferdinando y King of Romaines made his entry into Frankeford, accompanyed wh Charles his second sonne archduke of Austrige and viii c horse.

Otto Henry the Paulsgrave and Elector entered nexte into Frankford, accompanyed wth Woolfange Duke of Sweybrook, and Lodo

The Duchess de Valentinois, whose influence was at this time at its height.