New Hall belonged to the crown till the queen granted it to Thomas Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex, who bequeathed it to his brother, by whose son and successor it was sold to George Villiers, the infamous Duke of Buckingham, for 30,000l.; it continued in that family till the civil wars, when it was sequestrated by Parliament; and afterwards purchased by Oliver Cromwell, who, in 1643, exchanged it for Hampton Court; and New Hall being again offered to sale, became the property of three opulent citizens, for the sum of 18,000. On the Restoration, it reverted to the family of Villiers, and it was then transferred to Monk, Duke of Albemarle, who lived in it with great splendor. New Hall continued in this family till 1784, when it was transferred, by purchase, to Richard Hoare, Esq. who re-sold it to John Olons, Esq., by whom the size of the edifice was considerably diminished. According to tradition, Henry VIII. breakfasted in Epping Forest, contiguous to this palace, on the morning of Anne Boleyn's execution; and, on hearing the signal-gun, exclaimed, with joy," Away! unkennel the hounds."-Moran's History of Essex. No. III. The original French of the First Letter of Henry the Eighth to Anne Boleyn. [Extracted from the Harleian Miscellany.] MA Maitresse et Amie ;-moy et mon cœur s'en remettent en vos mains, vous suppliant les avoir pour recommander à votre bonne grace, et que par absence votre affection ne leur soit diminué. Car pur augmenter leur peine, ce seroit grand pitié, car l' absence leur fait assez, et plus que jamais je n' eusse pensé, en nous faisant rementevoir un point, d'astronomie qui est tel. Tant plus loin que les Mores sont, tant plus eloignè est le soleil, et nonobstant plus fervent, aussi faitil de notre amour, par absence nous sommes eloignez et neanmoins il garde sa ferveur au moins de notre costè. Ayant en espoir la pareille du votre, vous assurant que de ma part l'ennuye d'absence deja m'est trop grande, et quand je pense à l'augmentation de celuy que par force faut il que je soufre, il m'est presque intollerable, s'il n'estoit en ferme espoir que j'aye de votre indissoluble affection vers moy; et pur le vous rementevoir alcune fois cela, et voyant que personellement je ne puis etre en votre presence, chose la plus approchante à cela qui m'est possible au present je vous envoye est a dire, ma picture mise en brasselettes à toute la devise que deja scavez, me souhaitant en leur place, quant il vous plairoit c'est de la main de Votre serviteur et amy, H. R. No. IV. Coronation of Anne Boleyn. [Extract from Stow.] On Saturday, the one-and-thirtieth day of May, the Queene was conveyed through London in order as followeth :-To the intent that horses should not slide on the pavement, nor that the people should be hurt by the horses, the high streets were through the Queene should passe were all gravelled, from the Tower unto Templebarre, and rayled on each side; within which rayles stood the crafts along in their order from Gracechurch, where the merchants of the Stillyarde stoode, until the Little Conduit in the Cheape, where the aldermen stoode; and on the other side of the streete stood the constables of the city, apparelled in velvet and silkes, with great staves in their handes, to cause the people to give roome, and keep good order; and when the streets were somewhat ordered, the maior in a gown of crimson velvet, and a rich collar of esses, with two footmen clothed in white and red damaske, rode to the Tower, to give his attendance on the Queene, on whom the sheriffs, and their officers did awaite until they came to the Tower-hill, where they, taking their leave, rode down the high streets, commanding the constables to see roome, and good or der kept, and so went and stood by the aldermen in Cheape and before the Queene, with her train, should come, Grace-street and Cornehill were hanged with fine scarlet, crimson, and other grained clothes, and in some places with rich arras; and the most part of Cheape was hanged with cloth of tissue, gold, velvet, and many rich hangings, whiche did make a goodly shew; and all the windows were replenished with ladies and gentlemen, to beholde the Queene and her traine as they should pass. : The first of the Queene's company that set forward, were twelve Frenchmen belonging to the French ambassador, cloathed in coats of blue velvet, with sleues of yellow and blue velvet, their horses trapped with close trappers of blue sarsonet, powdred with white crosses: after them marched Gentlemen, Esquires, Knights, two and two after them the judges: after them the Knights of the Bathe; in violet gowns, with hoods pursed with miniver, like doctors. After them Abbous, then Barons; after them Bishops'; the Earls and Marquesses : then the Lord Chancellor of England; after him the Archbishop of Yorke, and the Ambassador of Venice; after them the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Ambassador of France; after rode two Esquires of Honour, with robes of estate, rolled and worne bauldrickewise about their necks, with caps of estate, representing the Dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine; after them rode the Lord William Howard, with the Marshall's rod, deputy to his brother the Duke of Norfolk, Marshall of England, who was ambassador then in France; and on his righte hand rode Charles Duke of Suffolke, for that day high constable of England, bearing the warder of silver, appertaining to the office of constableship; and all the Lords for the most part were clothed in crimson velvet, and all the Queene's servants or officers of armes in scarlet: next before the Queene rode her Chancellor, bareheaded, the serjeants and officers at armes rode on both sides of the Lordes. Then came the Queene in a white litter of white cloth of gold, not covered or braided, which was led by two palfreys clad in white damaske down to the ground, head and all, led by her footmen; she had on a kirtle of white cloth, of tissue, and a mantle of the same, furred with ermine, her hair hanging downe, but on her head she had a coif, with a cirelet about it full of rich stones; over her was borne a canopy of cloth of gold, with four gilt staves, and four silver belles; for bearing of the which canopy were appointed sixteen Knights; foure to bear it in one space on foote, and foure another space, and foure another space, according to their own appointment. Next after the Queene rode the Lord Browgh, her chamberlaine; next after him William Coffin, master of her horses, leading a spare horse, with a side-saddle trapped down with cloth of tissue after him rode seven ladies, in crimson velvet, turned up with cloth of gold and tissue, and their horses trapped with gold: after them two chariots, covered with red cloth of gold; in the first chariot were two ladies, which were the old Duchesse of Norfolk, the old Marchionesse of Dorset; in the second chariot were four ladies all in crimson velvet; after them rode seven ladies in the same suite, their horses trapped and all; after them came the fourth chariot, all red, with eight ladies, also in crimson velvet after whom followed thirty gentlewomen, all in velvet and silke, in the livery of their ladies, on whom they gave their attendance; after them followed the guarde, in coates of goldsmithe's worke, in which order they rode forth till they came to Fanchurch, where was made a pageant all of children, apparelled like merchants, which welcomed her to the cittie, with two proper propositions, both in French and in English: and from thence she rode toward Gracechurch corner, where was a costly and marvellous cunning pageant, made by the merchants of the Still-yard; therein was the Mount Parnassus, with the fountain of Helicon, which was of white marble, and four streames without pipes did rise an ell high, and meet together in a little cup above the fountain, which fountain ran abundantly with rackt Reynish wyne till night. On the fountaine sate Apollo, and at his feete Calliope; and on every side of the mountaine sate four muses, playing on several sweete instruments, and at their feete epigrams and poesies were written in golden letters, in the which every muse, according to her property, praysed the Queene. From thence the Queene, with her traine passed to Leadenhall, where was a goodly pageant with a tippe and heavenly rose; under the tippe was a goodly roote of golde set on a little mountaine, environed with red roses and white; out of the tippe came down a faulcon, all white, and set upon the roote, and incontinently came downe an angel with great melodie, and set a close crowne of golde on the faulcon's head; and in the same pageant sate St. Ann, with all her issue beneath her; and under Mary Cleophe sate her four children, of which children one made a goodly oration to the Queene, of the fruitfulness of St. Ann, and of her generation, trusting that the like fruit would come of her. Then she passed to the conduit in Cornehill, where were the three Graces set on a throne, afore whom was the spring of grace continually running wine; afore the fountain sate a poet, declaring the property of every grace; that done, every ladie by herself, according to her propertie, gave the Queene a several gift of grace. That done she passed by the great conduit in Cheape, which was newly painted with arms and devices, out of which conduit (by a goodly fountaine set at the end) ranne continually wyne, both white and claret, all that afternoone; and so she rode to the Standard, which was richly painted with images of Kinges and Queenes, and hanged with banners of arms, and in the top was marvellous sweete harmonie both of songs and instruments. Then she went forward by the crosse, which was newly gilt, till she came where the alderman stood, and then Master Baker, the recorder, came to her with low reverence, making a proper and brief proposition, and gave to her, in the name of the cittie, a thousand markes in golde, in a golden purse, which she thankfully accepted with many good wordes, and so rode to the little conduite, where was a rich pageant of melody and songs, in which pageant were Pallas, Juno, and Venus, and afore them stood Mercuries, which, in the name of the three goddesses, gave unto her a ball of golde, divided in three, signifying three gifts, which these three goddesses gave her; that it to say, wisdome, riches, and felicitie. As she entered into Paul's Gate, there was a pretty pageant, in which state three ladies, richly cloathed, and in a circle on their head was written Regina Anna, prospere, procede et regna. The lady in the midst had a tablet, in which was written, Veni, amica, coronaberis; and under the tablet sat an angell with a close crowne. And the lady sitting on the right hand had a tablet of silver, in which was written Domine dirige gressus meos; and |