“T. Earl of Arundel to Viscount Mansfield at Welbeck.
“1621, June 5. Whitehall.—I am sorry that this accidente of myne had that effecte to my frendes—especially farre of—as to make them, out of theyre care to me, give themselves trouble. For myselfe I thanke God it gave much ease and rest whilst I was in the Tower, and when I came out, it shewed the King’s constancy and favor to his servantes that love him truly, and made me see I had some true frendes.”
To be sent to the Tower was no rare event to a peer in those times. The father of the writer of the above letter had died in it.