[366] Dasent, vii. 238; viii. 401; x. 284, 286, 305.
[367] The Duchess of Suffolk wrote to Cecil in 1570 (Hatfield MSS. i. 481) to 'speak but one good word for me to the harbingers, in case my man shall not be able to entreat them to help me to some lodging near the court'. The harbingers, as in origin Hall officers, would provide for the Court generally; the Gentlemen Ushers of the Chamber for the Queen in person. A P. C. warrant of 29 June 1575 (Dasent, viii. 402) is for post-horses for Simon Boier, Gentleman Usher, 'being this progresse tyme appointed to prepare her Majesties lodginges' (cf. App. A, Bibl. Note).
[368] For references to the 'gestes', cf. 1 Ellis, ii. 274; Wright, ii. 16; Kempe, 266; Birch, Eliz. i. 87; Hunter, Hallamshire, 123. Copies of those for 1603 and 1605 are at the Heralds' College (Lodge, App. 97, 99, 108, 109). Those for 1605 are printed (from Harl. MS. 7044?) by Leland, Coll. ii. 626, and those for 1614, with the corporation's endorsement of receipt, from the Leicester archives by Nichols, James, iii. 10.
[369] A survey of houses for a progress in Herts is in S. P. D. CXXV. 46.
[370] Hatfield MSS. v. 19, 309; vii. 378.
[371] Kelly, Progresses, 302, 319, 345, 360; Nichols, James, iii. 11; Wright, ii. 16; Howard, 211. A 'Remembrance for the Progress' of 1575 (Pepys MS. 179) contains elaborate notes for routes (not those ultimately followed) and mileage, for the provision of vehicles, for instructions to sheriffs about corn and hay, and justices about flesh, fish, and fowl, for the carriage of wine from London, and the brewing of beer locally. If the country ale doesn't please the Queen, a London supply must be provided, or a brewer taken down.
[372] Kempe, 265. Wingfield's letter is only dated 2 Aug.; Lord Clinton, who is named, became Earl of Lincoln in May 1572. More preserved a letter of 5 Aug. 1567 from William Lord Howard to the Mayor of Guildford, asking for a close to graze his horses in during the Queen's visit to the town. On 24 Aug. 1576 a Mr. Horsman wrote to More (Nichols, ii. 7), 'Tis thought the Queen will not come to your house this summer'.
[373] 1 Ellis, ii. 265.
[374] Ibid. 266. In 1570 Bedford had written to urge on Cecil the unsuitability of Chenies for the Queen (Hatfield MSS. i. 477).
[375] 1 Ellis, ii. 267.