An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made During the Years 1638, 1663

by active 1630-1675 John Josselyn

1548.

Henry the Eighth dyed.

Edward the Sixth King of England began to Raign.

[p. 233.] Sebastian Cabota made grand Pilot of England by Edward the Sixth.

1550.

The sweating sickness in England.

1553.

Edward the Sixth dyed.

Mary Queen of England began to Raign.

Sir Hugh Willoughby, and all his men in two Ships in his first attempt to discover the North-east passage, were in October frozen to death in the Haven called Arzima in Lapland.