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THE LIFE OF

SIR) PHILIP SIDNEY

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, Manacer Hondon: FETTER LANE, E.C. EVinburgh: 100 PRINCES STREET

st Ha Beh f. Wee flew Work: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS. Bombay, Calcutta and fladras: MACMILLAN AND CO., Lrp Toronto: J. M. DENT AND SONS, LtTp. @okps: THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA

THE LIFE OF

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY BY

MALCOLM WILLIAM WALLACE

Cambridge: at the University Press IQgt§

Canbridge: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

PREFACE [° is more than fifty years since Mr Fox-Bourne published his

excellent Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney. Although many

books have since been published on the subject no one of them

represents a first-hand attempt to examine the sources of information; their authors have simply availed themselves of Mr Fox-Bourne’s labours. An exception should be noted in the case of Professor Fliigel’s Hinleitung to his edition of the Apologie and Astrophel and Stella, but this is a collection of notes rather than a detailed ‘Life.’ Some twenty-five years ago Mr Fox-Bourne re-wrote his Memovzr in a briefer and more popular form for the Heroes of the Nation series of biographies,

and in this edition he was able to incorporate some new facts regarding Sidney’s life which the lapse of time had brought to hight.

Under these circumstances it may be unnecessary to dfier

any apology for another study of the life of a man whose character and achievements have always possessed a peculiar

fascination for his countrymen. I have attempted to make a thorough examination of the manuscript and published sources of information, and to estimate Sidney’s significance by studying him in his relation to his contemporaries and to the history of

his time. To what has been previously known of his life I have been able to add some significant details, notably the account of his school-days based on Marshall’s manuscript— a document of very unusual interest which I was so fortunate as to discover at Penshurst. The story of his more intimate relation

vi Preface to the Prince of Orange is also of real significance. In addition

I have discovered a number of facts which are interesting rather than significant, for example, the identity of H. 8., and the name of one of Sidney’s translations which had been forgotten. And finally I have incorporated in this account of his life many new facts of very slight importance, and I am afraid that

my desire to tell everything that a student of Sidney’s life might wish to know has sometimes had the effect of obscuring the wood by the multitude of the trees.

In telling the story, however, I have constantly tried to remember that details find their chief value in the degree in which they throw new light on the character or amplify the conceptions which we have already formed. In one of his letters

Mr George Meredith writes: ‘‘We cannot come to the right judgment in Biography unless we are grounded in History. It is knowledge of the world for the knowing of men. Question the character, whether he worked, in humanity’s mixed motives,

for great ends, on the whole: or whether he inclined to be merely adroit, a juggler for his purposes. Many of the famous are only clever interpreters of the popular wishes. Real great-

ness must be based on morality. These platitudes are worth keeping in mind.” I have tried to keep in mind similar considerations and to deduce as just an estimate from the facts as possible.

To my late colleague and friend, Professor George §8. Stevenson, I am indebted for the deep interest which he took in my work, for many helpful suggestions, and for reading the proof of the first half of the book. It is a melancholy pleasure to record here my sense of the supreme loss which his death means to his friends and to the university.

In preparing the Notes on Sidney’s Portraits I am much indebted to the courtesy and wide knowledge of Mr Milner of the National Portrait Gallery.

Preface vil This account of Sidney’s life was completed before the out-

break of war in August last. When we are able once more to turn to books that deal with themes not directly related to the one all-engrossing subject, the life of Sidney may possess a new

interest for us, for he, too, died in the Netherlands in defence of ideals strangely similar to those for which the British nation is to-day engaged in a life-and-death struggle. M. W. W. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TORONTO.

June 26, 1915.

CHAP. PAGE CONTENTS

I. BIRTH AND PARENTAGE , . . . . ; ] II. CHURCH PREFERMENT . . . . , . 27

ITT. SHREWSBURY SCHOOL . . . . . . 35

IV. A Vistrt To OxFoRD ° , . . . . . 51 V. Str HENRY IN JRELAND, 1566—1571 . . , . 72

mee University EDUCATION . , . , . 88

VII. Sarntr BARTHOLOMEW . . . . . . . 112

VIII. ConrTrinENnTAL TRAVEL . , . . . . . 124

IX. AT CourRT . . . : , . . . . 147 X. AN AMBASSADOR OF THE QUEEN . . . . , 172 XI. 1577—1579 . , , , . . . , 195

XII. Srpney a Man oF LETTERS—THE Arcadia AND THE

Apologie for Poetrie . . . , , . ; 220 XIU. Astrophel and Stella . . , ; , ; . 241

XIV, 1581 . , . . . , , , . . 260 XV. 1582 . . , , , . . , . . 276 XVI. 1583 . , . . . . . , , . 291 XVII. 1584 . . , , . . . . . . 303 XVIII. 1585 . . . . . . . . . . 316

XIX. THE NETHERLANDS . , . . : . . 335 XX. Mr“ITaRy OPERATIONS . , . . . . 365

XXI. Tue END . . , , . . . . . 380

POSTSCRIPT . . . . . . . , 400 FACSIMILE PAGE OF MARSHALL’S MANUSCRIPT

between pp. 404 and 405

APPENDIX I. . . . , . , . , 405 APPENDIX II . . . . . . . , : 424

INDEX . . . . , . . . . . 426

CHAPTER I BIRTH AND PARENTAGE

Puitie StpNEY was born “on Friday the last of November being St Andrew’s day, a quarter before five in the morning ”’ in the year 1554, according to an entry made by his father,

Sir Henry Sidney, in a family psalter!. Both his father and his mother were closely related to many of the noblest English families of the time. By his mother, Mary, the eldest daughter of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and Jane Guilford,

his wife, he was descended from the great houses of Grey, Talbot, Beauchamp and Berkeley; his father was the son of that Sir William Sidney who had commanded the right wing of the English army at Flodden, who had later become Tutor and Chamberlain and Steward of the Household to King Edward the Sixth, and who was related to the Brandon Dukes of Suffolk.

It was in his mother’s lineage, however, that Philip himself always felt the greatest pride. ‘* Though, in all truth,” he once declared, * I may justly affirm that I am by my father’s side of ancient and always well-esteemed and well-

matched gentry, yet I do acknowledge, I say, that my chiefest honour is to be a Dudley?,”’ 1 A Jarge folio preserved in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. It contains 155 leaves and each page is richly illuminated. The volume is bound in oak boards with leather back and brass corners. 2 In his reply to the author of Leicester’s Commonwealth. Printed by Collins in his Memoirs of the Lives and Actions of the Sidneys, etc. (p. 64), prefixed to his Letters and Memorvals of State... .written and collected by Sir Henry Sidney

W.L. 8S. I

....the famous Sir Philip Sidney, etc., and otherwise known as the Sidney Papers. (2 vols., London, 1746.)

2 Birth and Parentage [ CH. and Sir Henry Sidney, wishing to impress on his young son the moral obligations imposed by noble birth, wrote to him, *““ Remember, my son, the noble blood you are descended of by your

mother’s side, and think that only by virtuous life and good action you may be an ornament to that illustrious family?.”

The Dudleys traced their descent from Robert de L’Isle, one of the barons who rebelled against King John. He was the son of Ralph de L’Isle, who was the grandson and heir of another

Ralph de L’Isle. Throughout the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries the family was represented by men who played conspicuous

parts in English history. Robert de L’Isle in 1265 was in rebellion against Henry III under Simon de Montfort’s leadership; Warine de L’Isle, his son, followed his father’s example

by taking up arms in protest against the supremacy of the Spencers, Edward II’s favourites, and suffered a traitor’s death. Gerard de L’Isle, his son, having been restored in blood, won an honourable reputation as a soldier in the Scottish

and French wars of Edward III, as did also his son, Warine, both during the lifetime of his father and after his death. This Warine was survived by an only daughter, Margaret (13611392), the wife of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, and from this union there was an only daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in 1388

and who married Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. The three daughters of this marriage all made great matches: Margaret (1404-1468) became Countess of Shrewsbury, Eleanore,

Duchess of Somerset, and Elizabeth, Lady Latimer. The Earl of Shrewsbury and his son John Talbot, who had been created Baron L’Isle in 1444 and Viscount L’Isle in 1452, were both killed at the battle of Chastilion in 1453. Thomas Talbot, son of John Talbot, succeeded to his father’s dignities, but he died

without issue in 1471. His sister Elzabeth had married Sir Edward Grey, who was created Baron L’Isle in 1476 and Viscount L’Isle in 1486. It was their daughter Elizabeth who became the wife of Edmund Dudley, Esq., Henry VII’s infamous minister, and mother of John Dudley, afterwards Duke of Northumberland, who was Philip Sidney’s grandfather?. 1 Sidney Papers, vol. 1, p. 9. 2 See genealogical tree, p. 3.

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APPENDIX I THOMAS MARSHALL’S BOOK OF ACCOUNTS

(FROM A MS. PRESERVED AT PENSHURST)

[[On Front Cover]j

The Accompte of Mr Philippe Sidneys expenses since the iwi" of Decembre 1565 untill the Feast of St Michael the Archangel 1566.

406 Appendix I [[Page 1]] SUMMES OF MONNEY RECEIUEDE by me Thomas Marshall yowre Lordshippes humble servaunte to the vse of my younge M°. Mr Philippe Sidney since yowre honnors departure withe my Lady frome westechestre towardes Irelande namelie Mundaie the ii'® of Decembre 1565 vntill Michaelmas next insuinge ano 1566.

IMPRIMIS Receued of my felowe Rafe Knight

by yowre Lordeshipps ordre at westchestre vit: xiii8, iiiid, the surhe of twentie nobles amonthe 9.......... Itm the xxiiii'? of Julie Rd of Mt George

Lighe owre ost in Saloppe at Mt viti

Philipps firste goinge to his uncle of

Lecestre at Killingworthe 9 ......Sxpoundes, ...,, Itm for his charges in the iourney thether

and hether againe as by Mr’ Lighes XLv}8, 11119, Itm upon Saturdaie the xvii of Au

guste borowed of S' Richarde Newporte iii*!, 58,

At COVENETE 9... cece ee cece e cere reer ern eees

Itm the xix") daie receued at Killingw orthe frome my felowe Rafe Knighte

fortie shillinges that up6 discresio[n] XLS, he sente to Mt Phillippe heare [ J his georney thether the seconde [ ] Itm upon fridaie [ |2 of S[eptem]bre

receued more at [Ox ]forde of [my Lord] of with xxa

Lecestre for Mr [Phil]ipps charg[es as] by " a bill of my han[de de]livered of the same

Itm of [Mt] that the Earlereceaued gave h[{im the]reAstone and spente iii*t,| vis, viii4, thereof as case [require]ld 5 ..... cece eee ee eee } T[THESE RECEIT]PTS amonthe

{to twentie six] pounds xxviti, ix8, 9, [nine shillings] ..........cccecccvceeees

Appendia I 407 [[Page 2]] THE ACCOMPTE OF SUCHE sumes DECEMBRE A®° _ of monney as I Thomas Marsh-

1565 all have disbursed for my younge Mr: Mr Philippe Sidney beginninge vpon tues daie the iiii*® of Decembre 1565 and endinge at Micha elmas nexte insuinge a?° 1566

AT WESTCHESTRE

IMPRIMIS vpon tuesdaie the iiii*® of Decembre ° for wasshinge of his linen and his comp iii, 1114, anions duringe their abode there 5 ..........46-

Itm for there... wipingecc and makinge cleane their bootes cee cece eee ee eee cee\ vid ees Itm for a yarde of clothe to make M*

Philippe a paire of boote hose havinge sis iiiid.

non but a paire of linen w°? were to

thine to ride in after his disease 9...........46.

Itm for makinge these botehose and for \ xviiid. Itm for a dozenne of silke pointes ............. Vi". Itm for mendinge his hose and settinge \ aid.

stitchinge silke 9 1... ce eee eee eee eee

EC) | a> ar

bootes on the lasted ..... cc cece eee tee eens

Itm for a false scaberde for his rap } sud, I{tm] for horse meate for the iii litle

[nags t]hat were left for vs ii daies & iii8, 64, \ xxxvis, viiid an [half]e after yor Lordshipps departure :

Itm [for] showinge the nages9 .............6.. xd, Itm [for t]oo collfars] for thems .............. 4, It{m at C)hirke [upon] wednesdaie at nig

ht at one M? Ed[war]ds for making clea 1iii4.

ne Of bootes 9... cee eee ce ee ee ee eee e ween AT S[ALJOPPE Itm up6 fridaie [in the] morninge to M'

Thomas Calcotte [ ]f calcotte for his paines in cominge [with] the horses | ii8, vid,

thatus his[ []D ] Philippe for wcceee Itm the [ ] Evans

et eevee

for a nobl

nus, 1114,

408 Appendix I [[Page 3]] AT SALOPPE [DECEMBRE] A®° ITM upon Mundaie the x‘ daie for the

1565 mendinge of the locke of MT Philipps xii.)

cofre and for an yron bolte for his

chambre dore 9.........ce cece eee e ee eees Itm up6 thursdaie the xiii? daie for bla-

cke silke buttons for-blacke-sitke viii4. xiid, for quiles ii4 for a blacke silke lace ii49 ....

Itm foryncke gomme and coparase to \ vid make andgall a potte for the sameo.... Itm for aWAXD... penne andcece ynckhorne anderences } vid Sealinge eee ee eee Itm for two skaines of blacke and white

silke to mende his shirtes 11114 and two vid

skaines of white and blacke threde and : nedles to mende apparell 9 ......i0...... Itm for two quier of paper for examp

le bookes, frases, and sentences in la- vilid,

tyne and frenche 9.......... cece eee eens

Itm foramorninges wax sises tobefore burnedaies........... in the \ aiid: scoole Itm for mendinge a glasse windowe in ag his chambre 9.........cce sees wcccsceaes " Itm for a silke gyrdle for Mr Philippe ..... xiii. Itm the xxi daie for three example

bookes for the secretarie9...........000e hande for | xiid, the younge gentlemen 00. XLv8, ix4,

; : . xvilid,

Itm to the barber for polinge them xiid

againste XYMAS 9...... cece eee e ee eens : Itm upon X¥mas [da]ie for three dozé | errr

of silke pointes fo[r Jhim 9............... f

FA O18 6 ( va Itm for certaine b[yrd b]oltes for to showte ree Itm payd for a [yar]de and a quarter

of fyne blacke [ ] to make him a coate to waire [with] his cape againste xx8, Xy¥mas not h[avinge any] fitte garmét to go in at [ Jdeo ....... Itm for duble wg og tafeta col[] ]cece ec eeees vn Itm for seg to lyne thetw[ face ]je.no f AUP:

Itm for xLiiii for the same 9 Itm for halfe an [s]kaines to sewe

S for two dozen nd for m d au for two

Appendix I 409 {{Page 4]] AT SALOPPE [DECEMBRE A]"° Itm for a paire of showes for Randall

1565 Calcotte who attendethe on Mt

Philippe withe me who since he | xiid came hathe not put yowre Lordeship greatlie to further charges beside his dyete, showes and wasshinge

SUMMA DECEMBRIS sesepi tag

foure pounds iii. v4. \ O.eeeees ohliit!, TiS. V4.

JANUARIE the viii9........... seconde daie mendinge \ ‘iid 7 1565AN° his IMPRIMIS dagger shethe ce for eceeereees

Itm at Eton St Richarde Newportes viiid

for wasshinge of s[h]irtes 9......iprewande. .., Itm for makinge c[lea]ne of booteso........ i114.

Itm the ix daie for a quier of paper iid

at Saloppe 9..... ccc cece cece cece eee eens " Itm the said daie [pa]ide to Edmonde

woodall cordnere of [SJaloppe for showes | and bootes delive[red] to John Tassell viiS, i114,

for M?was Philippe || wch lefte[[] ]James as byTurkefelde a bill . xiiis. 2

Itm for hf Je bolonia teed sarce[net me ogvil". hose

It{m lande to } viiid, makinge of \ viiid, changeable silke nighte | via

paire vid, nether stockes Pete e eens |

410 Appendix I [{[Page 5]] AT SALOPPE [JANUARIE] A*®® ITEM the xi daie for an oz of oile of roses

1565 and an other of camomell to suppell his knee vid, ‘\ that he coulde not plie or bendes.......... Item the xii'® daie for a paire of knitte hose xvii‘, Itm the xvit® daie for a written booke being

an abstracte of Mr? Astons doinge of tullies | iis. offices and lodouicus diologue wise 9......... x8, xd, Itm the xix‘) daie for iii yards of frese iis jitid | to ... cece eee e ee.. eees Itmmake for ii him yardsa&coated... qr of cotton for liningeo xvid. aa |

Itm for two dozen of buttons thertoo....... vid.

Itm for the makinge of the said coate viiid,

SUMMA JANUARII vest os twentie iii’. xid. } eee e eee ee cece es XMS, X14, FFEBRUARIE Ato IMPRIMIS the xvit® daie for a paire of xviii

1565 knitte hose for Mr Philippe 9............. ™ Itm for a paire of showes for hims........ x4, Itm for a paire for Randall Calcotte 9..... xiid Itm the xxiiiit® daie for a quier of papers.. _ iiii9.

Itm for wax thred and quileso ........... vid. viij8, viij4. Itm the xxvith for the barber to trim thé all xii. | Itm for a Virgile for Mt Philippo......... xxd.

Itm for Calvines chatachisme 9........... iii, | Itm the xxviiith daie for a paire of xviiid knitte hose for him 9...........ceeeeeeee “

S[UJMMA niltings vii,eee“8 -viiid (Blight shillings viiid, De veseeee WILE, viii4, MARCHE Axo IMPRIMIS the vi[t® daie] for a paire of a

1565 showes for [Mr Philippe 9]............... x Itm for [a paire for Randall Cal]cote 9..... xii.

Itm his the sh[ [ ] buttons for ] gownecseeg xu"

coller of |

at the han[ P 1x8, 11114,

Itm for a

Sume payd mendinge t

288. 104, Itm paid

[wa]sshinge M

Appendix I 41] [ [Page 6]] AT SALOPPE [MARCHE] A*® the ITMsame for Randall Calcottes wasshinge sis. co vid | 1565 since TYME D .... cc eee eee \eee

Itm for Radolpho Gualtero Tigurino de } "> viiiqs, |— sylabarum et carminum ratione 9 ............ 14,

Itm for silke buttons iiiid for thred | buttons i14 for thred pointes 114 for a xid, lace for his knives 5 ........ eee eee eee eee

SUMMA MENSIS 9......... 0s ee eeeeeeeeee | iis ya

MARTII thretten’. v4.9 ...........00000-

APRILE IMPRIMIS firste daie for a girdle \ xiiiid" 1566A*®° of silke for M?the Philippeo..............00008. Itm for yncke and quileso ...........-0-6056. li. Itm the xiit® daie for a quier of paper o....... = 111%,

Itm for a paire of knitte hose for xvijid

MY Philippe 9. ....... cc cee eee ee eee eee teenies

Itm thefor xiii‘® for aeee paire of eee vid eee \ vis; gloves him daie 9... cece ee ee

Itma paire the xiii? daieforbeinge Ester }" for of showes him 9...........+.6.

xd °

Itm for a9.0... paire of showes for Rand all Calcotte .ccceceeeececeeeeteeeeeee Pome \

a|

Itm for buttons for the blacke ierkine did that Robt wrighte sent frome Ludloo : SUMMA MENSIS APRILIS 9...............00] sg

SYX SHILLINGS 9 ...... cece eee eee fe

MAIE A*° IMPRIMIS the iii[i]® of Maie for a quier seseg 1566 Of fine paper d ... ccc cece cece cee cee eens mm Itm for makinge of [a] paire of boothose for =) ....,

Randall Calcottfe o]..... 0... cece eee eee eee j iii

Itm the xh d[aie for] yncke 9 ............... iii, Itm the xxx[t» daie] for his barbero.......... —‘iiii4,

Itm for [ |] when we

wente [to visit at the house of] St And- steeg rue C[orbett and that of S™] Richarde mm" Newpo[rte when the scholar]s were sicke

Itm for [ ] eringe his \ vitid. [SUMMA] MENSIS 9... | og

(MAIT TJWO SHILLIGS J oeeeeeev oe 6 0 0 6 6 ll °

412 Appendix I [[Page 7]] AT SALOPPE [JUNII AJNNO IMPRIMIS thecece xxi‘!were daiewee for ea ee Saeees \ xiiiid 1566 luste for HIM 9......... : 7 Itm for perfumes to ayre the chambre

withe when we came furthe of the xiid countree after the yownge gentlemen ;

WETE TECOVETEH 9... eee eee eee eee ee eet tenes

Itm geven to the his Lawndresse bye \ viaid sylke to mende shirtes9 to .......-+...00-. Itm for mendinge of his daggero.......... 114.

| Xe) 0 2 > a " Itm for two dozen of large thred \ yjd

Itm for threde, nedles, and buttons 9....... = xii. Itm for a paire of gloves for hims ......... vid.

, : ; ry xilis. id.

Itm for a lace forcece his eee penne \ id ynckehorne 9........ reeceand ee eeee Itm the xxv‘ daie for makinge of his ] grene coate whereof the clothe came 118. frome my felowe knighteo.............66. J

Itm for quarterand of grene sarcenette \ xiiiid for theacoller to face it 9.............. Itm for a yarde of fustiane to line the L ca

bodie of the same 9 ......eccececeeceeeeee fom’

Itm for a yarde and an halfe of cottd ad to line the skirtes 5 ........ceceeceeeeeeee fom’ Itm for buttons thertoo ................. vVilid.

Sume payd | Itm for xiiii yards of lace to compase ‘id

138.44, ff it abowte 9..... cece cece cece eee eeeeeeceee f wet

Itm for iiii skaines of silke 5............... viiid. Itm for canvas fo[r] the collers ........... id,

Itm for a quier o[f] papers ............... ‘titi. J S(UMJMA MENSIS JUNIL9 ........0cec00s Voce seseg

[ tJhretten shillinges iiiif.9..........,, f%Ubs MU.

Appendix I 413 [[Page 8]] AT SALOPPE fJULIL A?) IMPRIMIS vp6 thursdaie the xi daie 1566 at the Christeninge of a sonne of Mt

Leighs who berethe his name geven to | } the midwife xx4 and to the nurse ‘ 118, 1114,

xx? and more monney was offered | to the mother but it wolde not be take

nne © .... My Ladie Newnorte being godmother | | |

Itm the xxiii'" daie goinge towards

my Lorde of Lecestre at Killingworthe a

the firste tyme for showinge the red “ | NAGLE DO. eee e cece cece ccc ce sees eceens | Itm for his meat in stable beinge taken eq

vp a daie before we wente 9........... | xii

Itm false for trimminge of his rapier rea and scaberde 9.............0000}x Itm to the barber 9 ................254 = i179, Itm for white buttons for a dublette of cee

Itm for browne paper 9............... ‘iid, Itm for two dozenne of silke pointes 9.. — xiid,

Itm for thred to make shirte laces 9.... i.

Itm for a quier of paper o............. iid, Itm the charges of a newe sadle for the nag that my Lorde Vicounte gave

him as folowethe Imprimis for a xiliis, r Lis. x4,

remmante ofthre blacke velvette a, yarde and quarters for betwixt the seate| :| Itm for two frenche skynnes for the tg see

COVETINGE 9... eee eee eee ee eee eee eens } i. ue

Itm for two onces of fringe to cépasse veeeg

the seate DS... ccc cece ee eee eee } ii Itm for fowr skaines of silke to stitche sea the SAME Do... cee eee eee eee eee eee \ oa

Itm for the stuffe that the sadler 3

founde and the makinges............. } x. Itm for two girth[es] and a surcingles.. xvid, Itm for a pair[e of st]yrrops withe the see

leatheringe 5 He on Stiyerops wate te ; xvill’.

Itm for the [ ] xx4, Itm for [ Jo ..eeeeeeeees =) WilIF, Itm [ J .eeeeee Itm ffor J.eeee.. 9 xd, xan,

[],

|[[ |Jruffeso... y dati pa and silkes.. vid, = ii,

[ ] weeeeeeeeee Winid, |

414 Appendix I [[Page 9]] AT SALOPPE fJULIL A*®] ITM paid to the Lawndres for the laste ) 1566 quarter for M’ Philippe and Randall vis. vid, | Calcotte w° was due the vi'® of June

Itm for thre paire of showes for Mt 8 yid

Philippe since Ester 9 ............604- a Itm for two paire foreee randall since theeee \ +" Same TYME O ... eee ewww eer ee Itm for two canvas alam bages to put

showes and bookes in that were caried 114,

with vs in the cloke bag 9............. Itm a paire of velvette overstockes that I made him of his olde shorte blacke vel-

vette gowne the charges whereof folo- vis.

wethe, imprimis for a yarde of duble

sarcenette to line them with o......... Itm for two yards two neyles and an

halfe of saten of Bruges to lyne the v8, vil, paynes of his hose 9.........00eeceees

Itm for halfe a yarde of whighte Lesa

lininge and halfe a qg'€T 9.............. f vu Itm for a yarde of cottone for an vtter sa

TMINGE 9D Loc cece cece eee were ence eee xm

Itm for halfetoa line yardethe and hose a naileinwardelie of viiid lis. Giga Holande cos Itm for a q'e? d. of jene fustian for reed two pockettes in his hose 9............ fou Itm for fyve onces of lace and a yarde ‘stg

for the paines of his hose 9............ we Itm for an once and a pennie waighte | _..4

of silke to sowe theme 9 ..........0006 fy" Itm for the makinge of thems ........ iii. Itm for two dozen(ne] of silke pointes 5 xiid, Itm him for dowlas [a] paire hootehose yd for 5... eeeforcece cece of eect eeeee foot

Itm for a border [for] them .......... — viiid. Itm for the m[akinge] of themeo...... — iiii9, Itm for halfe [a yarde] and a naile

of Hollande him a] paire of | vill, hose of [[toJmake eccececeeee

Itm for [ J .... iid,

Itm the c[harges for makinge of a can]vas dublette for imprimis for

canvas [Sume] [[ ] ]]fineyarde

Appendix I 415 [[Page 10]] AT SALOPPE [JULIL A*°] ITM for a q'e? of whighte sarcenette for seg

1566 to line the coller and to face it afore RU Dee Itm for a g'e? of bombaste for the sleves 11119, | Itm for two dozenne of buttons 9........ — viiid.

Itm for the makinge of his dublette Las

beinge pincked 9.........0ceeceeeeeeeee foo’ |

Itm for the makinge of a whighte leather | ierkine whereof the skinne came fr6 | ! my felowe knighte 9.............ceeee08 } iS :

and makinge paire velvette SHOWES 9... ceceof eeeaecw ceceof cece eee eeees| . | Itm for a dozenne of buttons toit 9...... — iiii9, , Itm here folowethe the charges of the ) , iourney to Killingwoorthe and home | : againe amontinge to xlviS. i1ii¢. disb- |

ursed by Mr Lighe wherewith I haue .

charged my selfe in the page of :

receptes we beinge in nombre as a | fore I my haue to yowre Lordship | Imprimis yowngwritten Mr’, Mr? EdMr Aston warde Onsloo, M' George Lieghe od ! Thomas Marshall Randall calcotte rp xv Mr Onsloos two men, M' Lighe one man and Mr Astone one man, Mr

Onsloo paide for his horsemeate x]s, v4, and the reste was at yowre

Lordships charges. Upon wednesdaie |

the xxiiii'® of this presente at Shi- |

fnole at after none drinckinge | there 9 ..e cece cece rece erence eervecece |

Itm the same nighte for supper vis. iii

at wollerhampton 9 ........ ccc ee eee eee ; " Itm for horsemea[te] theres ............ ilS. iii,

Itm vp6 thursdai[e] the xxv'? daie iis. did

for dynner at Brimigeames............. : : Itm for horsemea[te t]here5 ............ iS. 114,

Itm at Ham[pton on] the Hillsec drin \ siiid ckinge t[here 9........Jecsccc cceeees

for [ J orthes.. _ x"

Itm v[pon fridaie the xxv]i daie ys. xd

Itm [ ] drinck yjd" [ingea there ].....0..

pulpper at \ ve, iiiid,

[ RaJndalles spurre 9... 14.

[ Jmago....... iid, ] Mt Astones sadle iii. J

416 Appendix I ((Page 11]] AT SALOPPE (JULIT A®°] ITM for a girthe for M' Lighe 9............. ii@. «2...

[1566] Itm for horsemeate there 9..............+6. ii8. x4, Itm vpon saturdaie the xxvii daie

at Boningall an ynne v miles on vis. this side wollerhamptone for dynner

Itm for horsemete theres ............e00+. iS. iii, Itm the same nighte at Saloppeo........... ow Itm vpo Mundaie the xxix'® daie for a yarde of Hollande for two paire of

linen hose for Mf Philippe after xviiid, seg he came frome Killingworthe bycawse SIE of his meriegalles 9, . 9nd breking furth throughe heat | xvis. x9. Itm for the makinge of themeso............. i179,

Itm for cuttinge lesse Randalles blew “a

COATED vee cecc cece ceeetceeencscesssceees fo’

Itm for pesinge his other coate sider \ sg

in the waste 9.......cccee cee c ences eeeeees foo’ Itm for a box of ointemente for

his meriegalles andwith aftervsthat for sg an other to have to Killin

gworth yf the like sholde happe 9 .......... SUMMA MENSIS JULII 9......

two Vv | Vili! y8__33jd

EKighte pounds fyve shillinges 4334. 9 ii8, v4, AUGUSTE A*® IMPRIMIS Expe[njded for my younge

1566 Mt and his train[e], beinge besides himselfe, M? Asto[ne] Thomas Marshall Davie Longe MJ? A]stons man and ‘Randall Calco[tte g]oinge the seconde

inste the [ }re|torne to kill ingwort([he to Sa[loppe as folo|wethe

tyme to t[he Erle of Lecestre his] uncle aga- \. x4, 2

for show[es}] 118, for Randall viz. vp[6 wednesdaie the x]iiii'® daie

Itm for

x4,

Sume | ] __beinge

228,[ 4 ]

J

Appendix I 417 [[Page 12]] AT ARCOOLE [AJUGUSTE A*° Itm the said xiiiit? daie at nighte

1566 wt S’ Richarde Newporte at his | Os aoe house at Arcoole 5 ....... cece ewe eee

Itm vp6 thursdaie at nighte the xvth iis

for supper at wollerhamptone 9........ Itm for horsemeate there 9............ xx4,

Itm vp6 fridaie the xvi'® daie sig for owre dynner at Brumegeame : Itm for horsemeate there 9............ xii4,

Itm at Hamptone on the Hill drin yjd

ckinge there 9........ cece eee wees °

AT COUENTRIE | |

Itm vp6 saturdaie the xvii'® daie reseg !

for horsemeate there 9........eeeee008 foun’ |

Itm for seruantes diete there o......... xii. |

AT KILLINGWORTHE | Itm for my horse meat and davies \ xxxiis. vilid. vpon sundaie the xviii" daie

ridinge frome Killingworth to Coven viiid

trie to speke with my Lorde . of Lecestre for the knowledge of

Mr Philipps apparello .......... 0.000.

Itm for thre dozenne of silke rosa pointes for Mt Philipps hose o ......... xm

Itm vpon wednesdaie the xxi" daie geven in rewarde [to] M' Spilsberie a

atréch axe ,for his gen[tle]nes showed at crowne _ all tymes to M' [P]hilipp and his

Mr and all yo[wr]Je Lordshipps seru vis

auntes that the[re wJere attendinge ,

on him as my [selfe] sterrie whitton Pope & Pavie [there belinge no place

elles with [ ] to plante his fof a]|bode there

Itm for [ ] at )

goodwilfe ] of { 18,

iii, J

W.L.S. 27 also for oy | viii. iit

418 Appendix I [[Page 13]] AT KYLLINGWORTHE [AUGUSTE A] ITM for servauntes dyete at the ynne at xxid }

1566 some tymes where the horses wente Itm for makinge cleane bootes 9....... — iiii4. Itm the same daie at nighte by my Lorde of Lecestres appointmente in

the waie towards Oxforde conducted on

by doctor wilsonne at supper at one Mr Raules beyonde Warwike

Itm to the musicians theres .......... xiid. Itm vp6 fridaie the xxiii'® for dy Hs vid

nner at Tuddingtone 9.............00.f 0°? Itm for horsemeate there 9............ ii. AT OXFORDE

IMPRIMIS the saide fridaie at nighte ) _..6 Vs

for supper there at the ynne § vis VE" Itm vp6 saturdaie the xxiiii'® daie

for servauntes dynner, there beinge xx4, also Mt doctors men 9............000Itm for M Philipps supper there 1S, 11119, Itm for servauntes dynner there vpon woe

sundaie the xxv't daies .............. f *VP: “4

Itm the same daie at nighte, supper 7 p Xxx*, 1".

at Lincolne Colledge with M’ Bridgwater one of my Lorde of Lecestres . Chaplaines and rector of the same colledge and so continued at his table duringe of aboode there, withe

the whole traine, and partlie lodg- ro

ed there also, the space of xv daies viz. frome the saide sundaie at supper inclusive vntill the viiith of Septembre beinge sundaie at after CyMMer 9........ cc cece eee eevee J Itm for mendinge [M} Phillipps velvette { ..,

girdle and a buc[kle] for the same yo Itm for show[inge cer]taine of owre horses there 9..[........00] csceeeeee fou

Itm for mend[inge sadles] and bridles | __., there 9..... cece cee cece ee eeee] wee J *vr"s

Itm for [ sarce Jnette

to make [Mr Philipp a pailre of | wg og skalinge [hose bycause of cer]taine mx"

merieg| alles ] cece ceeee |

I[{tm

Sure [ 308. 14.

Appendix I 419 [{Page 14]] AT OXFORDE AUGUSTE A* ITM for silke to sowe them and the sid !

1566 skalinghose 9......... ec cesceeeees " | Itm for makinge of these and garters xvid, :

Itm for a paire of duble solde showes |

for Mt Philippe and an other for xx4, Randall 9... ... ccc cee ee ee eee

Itm for mendinge Mr Philipps duble | taffeta coate and for makinge his xvid | blewe streked canvas dublette mete | for hiM 9... cece eee eee eee eee nee | Itm for a lace to drawe his scalinge id |

hose together benethe knees ........ | Itm for a quier of paper o........... = 14. : Itm for Yncke 9................... = id : Itm for thred to sowe witho ........ 14. | Itm to the currier for licoringe and siiid |

blakinge his bootes 9............06- |

Itm vp6 saturdaie the laste of Auguste )

for liii of owre horses at grasse |

since the xxiiit® of the same beinge » xg.

vii daies inclusive at vi9. apece |

daie and nighte 5 ..........-. eee eee J | eee) gertg cad Itm for thre of owre horses kepte Puy". may’. vit’. in the stable frome the saide

saturdaie the lasteat of after Auguste xxii®. vntill sundaie none thevid co vill of septembre the daie of owre

departinge frome Oxfordeo ......... Itm for two horses at grasse du-

ringe the said tyme whiche was vis. vilid, Vii daieS 5 2... eect eee ee eee Itm for servauntes dyete some tyme 38. vid at the ynne 9....... cece ee eens TT Itm gevenne by Mr Philippe to one Oliver a frenchman preferred to yowre Lord[shipp]s service by

therle of war[wike] who was at 118,

the Cowrte [ jinge a sute W yowre Lord[shipp jie on his

backe a [ Jone e ewes Itm gev[en by M®] Philipps comand-

ment [and on M' Astone]s advise vis

t[o certaine of therle of Lece]sters men " ] of them

\ itis, xd,

420 Appendix I [[Page 15]] AT OXFORDE [AUGUSTE A*®°] ITM for a sadle ether to carie a troncke

1566 on or to ride in, withe girthes surcingle leatheringes and Warwike staffe the

whiche was boughte to carie Mt reeg Philipps apparell vpon that therle xn".

of Lecestre vouchsaved to bestowe on him the catalogue whereof ensWEthE 9 Lecce cece cece cece ee eeeceeee |

Imprimis a shorte damaske gowne garded

withe velvette and laide on withe lace o— Itm a duble tafeta coate garded thro-

ughe owt withe the same, and covered oc

With Lace 9....... cece eee eee eee eee Itm a crimsen saten dublette cutte 9..... on

Itm a gren taffeta dublette cutteo....... ea Itm a canvas dublette streked with blewe o«< Itm a canvas dublette streked withe 9.... |

red and silver 9.......ecceeccceeeeceeee fo Mr Elise tooke Itm a plaine canvas dublette not yet rece

paines abowte aved w" is to be sente hether by ox this apparell Whittell therles tealer ..............00-. and to sende it Itm a paire of crimson velvette hose

frome London. withe silke netherstockes 9..........00+. fo Itm a paire of hose of stamell of

carnatione couler withe nether stockes oo

of the Same 9... cee cece e eee eee Itm a paire of blewe leather laid on

with lace and nether stockes of crule —

(Oh CS) (> Itm a paire of grene leather laide

on with lace and nether stockes of x Itm a white leat{her] Jerckine compas

ed with parchm[ent] lace of gouldes ..... f “~

Itm a red leat{her] Jerckineo ........... om Itm a black leat{her Jejrckine 5 ......... om Itm vi paire of {duble sojlde showes

two white, [two blacke and] two blewe —

Itm a shir[te ] blacke silke and silv[er ] ceeeceeecee foo

Itm a shf{irte bjlacke silke o

Sume 148,

Itm tw[o ] and }

ow,

Appendix I 421 [[Page 16]] JOURNEINGE TOWARDES SALOPPE IMPRIMIS vpon sundaie the viiit® of Sep- 5

1566 tembre at after none for a collatione at Xviii4.

SEPTEMBRE Woodstocke 9 2... .. cece eee eee eee eeee Itm the same nighte at Chippinge Norté

for owre supper there and greg with vis. viiid

vs to bringe Mr Philippe vnto his ; father Sheldone 9 ........... ccc eee wees

Itm for vii horses in the stable viz. v. \ of those that we broughte furthe

and one that M? Yates of Glostre vis. viil4. shier lente Mt Philipp to carie his

apparell vpon and Greges 9.........00006,

Itm buckles for broken the troncke sadle \ siiid : the for firste beinge 9.............06. Itm gevenne by M’ Philipps command-

S) 00 (2) >

mente to a blinde harper who is xiid

St Willm Holles man of Notinghm Itm vpon ix'® of septembre forMundaie dynner the at Stratforde ii8,| viii4.

VpPO Havon .. cc ccc ccc cee cece eee eees j

Itm for horsmeate there 9.............. 18. vid. Itm for the smithe 9 .............0-066-- VIF xxxis, iiiid, Itm for the sadler 9............00.0202- 9 VIG

Itm for ale and cakes by the waie ) siiid

thence to belied 2... ... cece cece ec ee cece fo Itm the same nighte at M? Sheldons

at Belie 9... ... cece cece e cece eeeeeee foo

Itm tuesdaie the x‘h daie all daie there ox

Itm vpo wednesdaie the xi‘ daie at

dynner at M' Bluntes at Kittermaster ox

and there remain[e]d all nighte 9......... Itm for owre hors[es] at the ynneo ...... V8. Itm to the smit{he 9].........ceceeeeeee ViFL

| Itm to the sadl[er 9] ..........000.0000- ~~ ii, Itm vpon th[ursdaie at] dynner at

Bewdlie w[ith St Geor]ge Blunte —

Itm for [ Jeveno.. 8,

Itm in [ mly Ladie \ a. S’ George

bee 27—3

422 Appendix I [[Page 17]] AT SALOPPE [SEPTEMBRE A*°] IMPRIMIS vpon Mundaie the xvi'® daie

[156]6 for the hier of one to sende home |

Mr Yates his horse by that he lente iis, iiiid, )

Mr Philippe at Oxfordde to carie : ;

his apparell on and for the horses |

Charges 9... eee e eee c cere cece eveees |

Itm the same daie for certaine |

of owre horses in the stable at the |

ynne and certaine at grasse iii8, vid, | vntill we sente them to their !

honours owners and eles where |

Itm vpon saturdaie the xxi daie for | a yarde and a naile of howswives clothe xillid, |

to make him iiii paire of sockes 9 ...... :

Itm for makinge the said sockes9...... 114. | |

Itm for two yards and an halfe of |

shopp clothe to make him ten hand , v3, | CEFCHETS 9... cece cece cerca cece eeees | Itm for the makinge of themo........ = xii4, !

Itm the xxiiii'® daie for two quier viiid |

Of Paper O.... ccc c cece cece sees ccseens !

Itm for a Cato his former being \ xii |

loste 9........ andafrenchgramor |... | " > xxxi8, v¢ Itm for yncke 9............-0eeeeee es = Litt

Itm to the furrier for mendinge l id

his gowne of changeable taffeta ....... f *"°

Itm for a silke ribande to hange sitid his tablette ato ..... cece cece ee eee ° Itm for a stopper for his ynckhorne 14,

Itm vpon Michalmes for a xi" || paire of showes for himdaie 9 ............. Itm for a paire for Randallo.......... rea

Calcotte 9.0... ccc cece cece ec eeeeee fo Itm the same [daie] paide to the

Laundres for [was]shinge Mt Phi tg eg

lippe and R[andall] Calcotte since vin. vi". the vi'® fof June 9...... Joc. cece eee eee

Itm for ; loste in[[for}mer 5p Pein’being | xvii,

~ Ttm for [ ]forhimo... xvid, Surhe payd 318. 64,

Itm fofr ]s for \ xf 4,

Appendix I 423 {[Page 18]] AT SALOPPE SEPTEM— ITM for a lace for his penne and yncke | id | BRE = A¥°.1566 horne 9......-ecececcececeseseeeeeee fo” | Itm for blacke and white silke buttons | |. .4

for the reparinge of his apparell j | Itm for thred5 ............-.e0000855 =H. | Itm for nedles 9 ......... cece eee eee ee = 1A, \ ys, iid,

Itm for a paire of newe bootes for 1 sitis |

Itm for a paire of new gloveso ........ vid | for him 9... cece ccc e cee eect eeeeeee fo’ |

Sume payd Itm for two dozenne of thred pointes vid, |

of. 2d, ) eoceecereeeesree etree eer eee e eee eeeeee ere ene eee ee ee

SUMMA MENSIS SEP o......

TEMBRIS thre pounds iiiti: viiS; xid, seven shillinges xif. 9...... QD cer r ere reer een e eer ee nsec eee rere econ nec e eee

SUMMA TOTIUS that hathe bene | expended to the use of my yownge

Mr Mr Philippe Sidney frome- | since the daie of yowr Lordshipps

departure withe my Ladie frome |

Westchestre towards her Mties Real

me of Irelande viz. frome the iiiith | vis

daie of decembre 1565 inclusive \ xxvill, ize, i114,

vntill Michalmas daie nexte in-

suinge that date, also inclusive A?° |

valewe | 1566 amontethe to theand sume , of vis, twentie six pounds syne shillinges | thre

] seq

ANd & PENNIES 9......ccececvccees

1 Lordshipp ii8, 1x4,

Appendix II

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