Mr. Lodge appears not to have consulted; and in Mr. Cartwright's recent edition of that volume, still larger extracts have been taken; but, since the History is of limited circulation, and the whole narrative is deserving of attention, I think its publication complete will be acceptable to Mr. Lodge's subscribers, and interesting to your readers in general. It will in the first place be seen, that, regarding the Earl's early life, Mr. Lodge is quite mistaken in his conjectures of its domestic privacy. Yours, &c. J. G. N.

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THE Life of HENRYE FITZALLEN, last EARLE OF ARUNDELL of that name; who in his life was naturallie noble and magnificent. He died a trewe Christian and Catholicke man the day of Lord God For the perpetuall memorie of a Personage very honorable, and that yee who shall remaine of his bloode may the rather rejoyce of so noble a Progenitor, I meane in breife somewhat to showe of his life, for so farr as did consist in matters manifest to every eye, leaving his secret and rare vertues to be discovered by men of much eloquence, or rather to the deeper and divine disposition of the Allmightye.

This Earle (I meane) of Arundell, of birth and bloode not inferiour to any subjecte of this land, whose pedegre yet extant apparantly proveth;

whose dignitye within this Realme carieth the first place of all other Earles, by reason of ancient possessions, lineally to him for these many hundred yeares discended, that is the possession of the castle and honour of Arundell. As he was thus the first and eldest Earle, so, be it spoken without evil interpretation, he did exceede others, the tyme of his life, in cawlinge and place of trewe nobilitye. He feared God, did good to many, and was not the harmer of any, accordinge as all indeferent persons who lived in his tyme will, I hope, franklye affirme. He was in mynde of the noblest sorte, rather to be wished for in a Kinge, than to be found allmost in any subiecte, and yet ordered in such manner, as both his humor in that regard was bountifully supplied, and such as he lefte for heires nobly remembred.

But to make relation of the matter, from the begininge of his first years.1 He beinge of the age of fowertene yeares, or thearaboute, the Earle his father then livinge, was of such noble mynde that nether faire perswasions, hard threatnings, nor any other devises that might be wrought, could winne him to the service of Cardinall Wolsey, then being in the highest authoritye about the Kinge, who yet had others of the nobilitye in such awe, that he did not let to put his owne liveries uppon the backs of Barons, Earles eldest sonnes, yea and uppon the backs of some Earles 2; which, as

* Mr. Lodge presumed it might be asserted, that "until his father's death his life had been confined, according to the rule of domestic subordination which prevailed in that time, to the sports of the field, and the festivities and warlike exercises of the court." This is an instance how dangerous it is to make any positive assertions on conjectural grounds. Mr. Lodge dates the commencement of the Earl's government of Calais some time after it had ceased, erroneously supposing it to have been in reward for his services at the siege of Boulogne in 1544.

'He was born in 1511. His mother was Lady Anne Percy, daughter of Henry the fourth Earl of Northumberland.

2 One of these was Lord Maltravers's cousin-german, Lord Percy, afterwards sixth Earl of Northumberland, as is well known from the anecdote of that nobleman's passion for Anne Boleyn, whom he was accustomed to meet among the Queen's maids, when he repaired to the Court in the Cardinal's train. Another noble youth of exalted rank, who was an inmate of Wolsey's household, was the young Earl of Derby. Fiddes, in the appendix to his Life of Wolsey, has quoted the following passage from a paper written by the Earl of Arundel in 1620, and intitled "Instructions for you my son William how to behave yourself at Norwich." The Earl charges his son, "You shall in all things reverence, honour, and obey my Lord Bishop of Norwich [Dr. Harsnet, afterwards Archbishop of York,] as you would do any of your parents; esteeminge whatsoever he shall tell or command you, as if your grandmother of Arundel, your mother, or myself, should say it: and in all things esteem yourself as my Lord's page,-a breeding which youths of my House, far superior to you, were accustomed unto; as my grandfather of Nor

it was a thinge that nothing beseamed him, so this noble man, knowinge him to be but of a very lowe and base birth, could not be brought thereunto, thereby to be maide a president [precedent] in such a case. What did he then? He presented his owne younge and grene habilitye of service to Kinge Henry the eighte himselfe, he being his godfather, beseechinge his highnes graciouslye to accept thearof. And thus in seamely manner, adventuring to be his owne trunchman3 in that case, the Kinge did as noblely receave him, and well estemed of him for the same. And surely a better chosen Maister, and a fitter servant, could not have matched for all pointes of nobilitye and lardgnes; for the whole course of this Earles life did well explaine out of what roote his bringinge up sprange. Thus he, a young Noble man, continewed in diligent service, so well liked of, as at what tyme the Kinge, for any cause of pastyme, or otherwise abroade, withdrewe out of his Privye Chamber, he was so well accepted, and so nere his Person, and that with favourable usage as any about him weare; and did noe lesse with comely maintinance, pertinent to ordinarye necessaries in such case of attendance, behave himselfe, then with all other discretion, to winne that favour in matters of substantiall credit with the Kinge, that elder persons of much accompte did even then muse,

and perchance murmor thereat. For, comminge to the age of 23 [29] yeares, he was by the King's owne choice assigned to the chardge of Callis, a matter much to be noted, weaghing the state howe that Towne then stoode, partly in sects, and otherwise hardly governed to the King's good likinge, by the Governour theare, beinge the Lord Lilee, who at that tyme was newly withdrawen thence in hevye displeasure, and comitted to the Tower of London, from whence he never alive departed, thoughe not convicted of any treason, but died theare of mere sicknes.

Touchinge this noble man's [Lord Maltravers'] goverment in that Towne of Callis, I would it weare written by some of that crewe who then felt the benefitt thereof. Such it was, that nether in many yeares before him, nor since his tyme, theare ever was the like perfection that then was mynistred in that goverment. The King's care towards this Lord was such as he greatlye increased his fee, towards his better maintenance, whereby all the Deputies that since followed have fared the better. He used the matter so, as in place of artificer, or lame and decrepid person, then possessing the roome of soldiers, he furnished the places with strong and valiant personages. And, where the speres and men-at-arias of Callis were then nakedly furnished, he furnished them of

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folk, and his brother my good uncle of Northampton, were both bredd as Pages with Bishops." The pupil of a Protestant Bishop, to whom this paper was addressed, was afterwards the celebrated Viscount Stafford, who suffered in the cause of Romanism, in 1678. It is remarkable that Mr. Lodge has widely erred regarding the education of this illustrious character; saying that he was bred in the utmost strictness of the Roman Catholic persuasion." Thomas Earl of Arundel conformed to the church of England on Christmas-day 1617; and his son William was only in his 8th year in 1620, when the Earl addressed these "Instructions" to him, he being then in the charge of a Prelate of the church of England. In 1628, the Bishop's services were requited by his elevation, through the influence of the Earl of Arundel (as is asserted by Le Neve in his Lives of the Bishops), to the archiepiscopal see of York. Harsnet was, however, a high-church Prelate; and was even accused of several misdemeanors, of a papistical complexion, by the House of Commons of 1624, at the instigation of Sir Edward Coke. 3 An interpreter, or advocate.

4 Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, natural son of King Edward IV. The Patent appointing Lord Maltravers to the office of Deputy of Calais is not printed in Rymer's Foedera; but that by which Viscount Lisle was appointed, March 24, 1533, is there preserved; his salary was 1007. exclusive of fees; he was also allowed 104. for "Spyall money;" one eques called "a spere ;" two equitani called "archers," and twentyeight others called "souldiours," at the King's wages; also, because the King had appointed no Lieutenant, he was allowed ten other soldiers; and likewise the nomination of the soldiers, and the removal and appointment of all the officers of the town, &c. Lord Lisle was recalled in 1540; and the appointment of a Keeper of the Game at Calais in that year, addressed to Lord Martrevers, as Deputie-General, is printed in Rymer.

horse and supplye, for exersice of feates of armes; he replennished the same full amply, partly with liberall bestowing necessaries amonge them, partly with incouraging them by his owne example to looke to the matter, and not to the bravery [display], till tyme for that should serve; and so he contented himselfe to accompanye them to theare exercises with watering headstales, in stede of riche showe, wch noe doubte allured them more to use that exercise, then otherwise they easely might have borne, for so nether had they excuse for thearé Deputees curious expectation, nor of any want of habilitye; and thearby in reason · might not omit theare service theare. He did not spare to make them banquets, to provoke them to exercise. He was glad when they amonge themselves would (unlooked for) breake downe his garden walls, thearby to enter and set up and use the tilt, and fighte at the turney, as a thinge wch they thought best contented him. Then was his horse and furniture liberally by guifte bestowed amonge them, as unto those who did deserve such requitall.

He allso was not unliberall to winne intelligence out of the well-heade of his adversaries, even from the French King's Counsell, in soundry waighty matters pertinent to his Realme and Kinge his maister; yea and that many

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tymes before the Kinge his maister's Embassadoures (to whom such affaires especially appertained) could thereof advertise his Majestye.

While this noble man thus lived there, the Earle his father died; whereuppon he, with good contentment and favour of the Kinge, returned into England, and, after dewty donne to his Matie, withdrewe to his owne home, his Castle at Arundell, where he so intertained his neighboures that Christmas then followinge, as to this day it beareth the name of the Greate Christmas.

Thus he honorablie lived in England till the King's journey to Bullen7, where being Lord Marshall of the feild, and the Kinge being present in person, his diligence and paines therein was used to the uttermost that was pertinent to so highe a chardge.

At the King's returne to England he cauled this Earle more nearer him, and maid him his Lord Chamberlaine about his person, in weh office he continewed duringe the Kinges life; who at his death maid him allso one of his executors 9. After whose death he remained in the same office aboute Kinge Edward his sonne, and served him at his Coronation in place of Highe Counstable of England, supplyinge the same to the honour of himselfe, and of the place wch he did use, albeit that by byrth he was Cheefe Butler of

6 He was elected a Knight of the Garter on St. George's day 1544. See the record of the election, transcribed from the Liber Niger Ordinis Garterii, in St. Lo Kniveton's collections relative to the Earls of Arundel, Harl. MSS. 4840, fo. 729.

7 In the summer of 1544. "The success of the enterprise," says Mr. Lodge, "was at least completed by his vigilance and courage. In the night of the 11th of September, after the siege had been carried on for six weeks, he marched the squadron committed to his charge close under the walls, and then awaited the event of a furious discharge of cannon which played on them over his head. It proved fortunate: a breach was effected: and he, at the head of his troops, first entered the town, which two days after capitulated." "Henry," continues Mr. Lodge, "loved bravery; but he loved yet better implicit obedience, of which he received shortly after from this nobleman a remarkable proof." This was in negociating a treaty with the Scots, the particulars of his conduct upon which occasion are detailed in the “ Illustrious Portraits.” 8"The boke of Henrie Earle of Arundel, Lorde Chamberleyn to Kyng Henrie th'Eighte," containing 32 pages folio, is preserved in MSS. Harl. 4107, and printed from another copy in Jeffery's edition of the Antiquarian Repertory, 4to, 1807, vol. II. pp. 184-209. A MS. copy was sold at Messrs. Sotheby's, Feb. 24, 1833, for 31. 10s. to Mr. Thorpe. It consists of instructions to the King's servants in the duties of their several places.

9 He was not one of the sixteen executors, but one of the twelve assistants to the executors. In the will is this bequest, " To the Earl of Arondle, Lord Chamberlyne, 2001." The Earl assisted at the ceremonial of the King's funeral, as one of the twelve assistant mourners, and at the offering brought up, together with the Earl of Oxford, "the King's broidered coat of armes." Strype's Memorials, vol. II. App. pp. 4, 15.

10 The terms of a commission, which included "the levying of men, and to fight against the King's enemies and rebels, and to execute upon them the martial law," will be found in Strype's Memorials, vol. II. p. 260; as will the names of the Lord Justices and Lieutenants appointed for the several counties: the Lord La Ware was joined with the Earl of Arundel, for Sussex. The date of these commissions is May 1551; but there had been partial commotions of the same description for three years previously. The Earl's conduct on this matter will be further noticed in some observations hereafter.

"1 Bishop Ponet, in his "Treatise of Politic Power," 1556 (further noticed in a subsequent note), has recorded his testimony that "Warwick's purpose was brought to pass by forging a great many false letters and lies."