wee wold, so yesturday the xiijth, of this Novembre wee travayled with the Ladie of Sarisbury al day both before and aftre none, til almost night. Albee it for all that wee could doo, thoughe wee used her diversely, she wold uttre and confesse litle or nothing more than the first day she did, but stil stood and persisted in the deniall of all to gidres. And this day between viij. and ix. in the morning, having received your Lordshippes Lettres dated from Westm. the said xiijh. wee furthwith upon receite of the same, eftsones repayred unto the said Lady. And first afore wee came to hir sight, calling her men servaunts afore us, according to the continew of your said Lettres, wee apprehendid Standishe; and that doone went in hand with her. And althoughe wee than entreatid her in both sorts, some tyme with doulx and myld wordes, now roughly and asperly, by traytring her and her sonnes to the ixth degree, yet woll she no thing uttre, but making her self clere, and as unspotted, utterly denieth all that is object unto hir; and that with most stif and ernest words: sayeng that if ever it bee found and proved in her that she is culpable in any of those things that she hath denied, that she is content to be blasund in the rest of all the Articles layd against her. Surely, if it like your Lordshippe, wee suppose that there hathe not been

she behavith her self

pure, and up

and so all thing sincere,

с

So,

on her part, that wee have

d and needs must deeme and th

. .e

concey the tone of ij. things in her, that her Sonnes have not made her pr. .f ne participant of the bottom and pitt

g their stomaks, or ells is she the

Traytresse that ever

wee have sei

hgoodes and given her notice

i Kings pleasure is she shall g

she seemeth therat to bee

somewhat appaled. And therfore wee deeme it may so bee, she woll the

goodes, and of suche things as may bee easily caried,

us. For the rest, and for the

of her houshold, wee have.
appoynted John Chadreton and

stuard of Houshold, whome

for an honest man, that they s

the ordre and rule therof; and

waite

Kings pleasure be further knowne from your Lordshippe therin; but also wee have required one White, who is fermor of the late Priorie of Southwyke,a maistre Waite, and maistre Talke, who bee all gent. and neighbours there, with oodre the Kings servaunts and faythfull subjets to have vigilant ie to the same, that if any stirreng or misordre chaunce or befall, the same by their good meanes, powers, and discretions may bee stayed and put in quietnes. As for Standishe wee shall bring him saulf upe with us; for, beeing examined, no thing can wee get him to confesse. Thus th'oly Trinitee preserve your Lordshippe. From the manor of Warblington the xiiijth, of Novembre late in the night.

Your Lordshippes assured

W. SOUTHAMPTON.

THOMAS ELIEN.

singuler good Lord

the Lord Privy Seale

good Lord.

THE fragments of the Depositions against the Countess of Salisbury, mentioned by Lord Herbert, are still remaining in the bundle with these Letters. It is objected to the Countess that she would not suffer Tyndal's Testament nor any of the Books which the King had recently privileged to come into her house: and that she disliked the new learning altogether. There is nothing of real consequence as to crime mentioned in them; at least which is remaining now. One of her domestics or retainers appears to have been acquainted with one of Lord Cromwell's domestics.

a John White, to whom the Priory of Portchester or Southwyke in Hampshire had been granted in the 30th Hen. VIII.

VOL. II. SER. 2.

I

LETTER CXXXI.

The Earl of Southampton and the Bishop of Ely to Lord Cromwell. A Second Letter.

[FRAGM. IN THE COTTONIAN LIBRARY. Ibid. Orig.]

according to the purport of

lettres of the xiiijth of this Novembre wee

have nowe removed the Lady of Sarisbury, and this last night arrived with the same at Cowdrey. And where in the same our Lettres wee towched our opinions, that beeing removed, she wold perhappes uttre some thing more than alreadie she had doone: so this shall bee to advertiese you that syns our arrivall here, trayvayleng sondry tymes and aftre sondry sortes with her, somwhat elles of newe have wee goten of her wich wee deeme materiall. And liek wiese laboreng with Standishe, have pyked ouzt of him more than in the beginneng wee could. And shall aswell therof, as of all oodre our procedinges, and specially of her gesture and precise aunswers and declarations to the maters obiect against her, make your lordshippe true reaport at our retorne. Wee assure your Lordshippe, wee have dealid with suche a one, as men have not dealed withall to fore us; wee may call her rather a

strong and constaunt man, than a woman. For in all behavior howe so ever wee have used her, she hath shewid her self so ernest, vehement, and precise, that more could not bee, so that wee thinking thoughe wee used all industrie and diligence to presse her to uttre more, if any more lay in her stomake, wee shold but spend tyme, and not mutch or no thing prevayle, agreed to departe hense towardes the Kinges Maiestie, and no ferther to travayle at this tyme. And so beeing in redines to take our journay between one and ij at aftre none this xvjth. of Novembre, and even at poynt to take leave of her, John Chadreton, and Whyte, whome wee appoynted with oodre, to take ordre of her houshold, til the Kinges pleasure were further knowne, sent us Lettres, wherin were enclosed certayne bulles graunted by a bushoppe of Rome, wiche were found in Standishe chambre, with a copie of a lettre found in a gentilwoman's chest, made, as it apperith by tenor therof, by the said Lady unto the Lord Mountague. And forasmutche, as the mater comprised therin semed have king, and shall

stopped our Journay th spend the same in

that wee have exam
wherfore, and when she made
her examinacion have tried ouzt
the same, and have sent for the
whose examinacion wee entend to

eftsones with her, so