THE REFORMATION OF IT, DURING THE PRIMACY OF THE SAID FIRST PUBLISHED (1694.) IN THREE BOOKS. COLLECTED CHIEFLY FROM RECORDS, REGISTERS, AUTHENTIC BY JOHN STRYPE, M.A. A NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. VOL. II. OXFORD, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. M.DCCC.XL. and coun I FIND the Archbishop present among Queen Jane's coun- Anno 1553. sellors whose party seemed to be resolute for her until the The Arch19th of July. All these persons of quality were with her bishop's in the Tower, consulting of affairs for her service: Thomas sellors' conArchbishop of Canterbury; the Bishop of Ely, Lord Chan- cern with the Lady cellor; the Earl of Winchester, Lord Treasurer; the Dukes Jane. of Suffolk and Northumberland; the Earls of Bedford, Arundel, Shrewsbury, Pembroke; the Lords Darcy and Paget; Sir Thomas Cheiney, Sir Richard Cotton, Sir William Petre, Sir John Cheke, Sir John Baker, Sir Robert Bowes; being all of her council. All which (excepting Northumberland) signed a letter, dated July 19, to the Lord Rich, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Essex, who had signified to them that the Earl of Oxford was fled to the Lady Mary. In their letter they exhorted him to stand true and tight to Queen Jane, as they said they did, and would do. It was penned by Cheke; for Secretary Cecyl was absent, and Petre, the other Secretary, though present, did it not, though he signed it. The letter is in the Appendix. The No. LXIX. day before this letter was sent, viz. July 18, there being a rising in Buckinghamshire, and the parts thereabouts, Queen |