The Isle of Wight

by G. E. Mitton

Dr. Cole was also sent over to Ireland to suppress the new converts to the reformed faith there. He stayed the night at Chester on the way, and could not forbear boasting about his commission. The landlady overheard, and having a brother a Protestant in Dublin, she managed to steal the commission from the little case in which the doctor carried it, and to substitute for it a pack of cards. Dr. Cole did not discover his loss until he arrived in Dublin, and with great seriousness presented the commission, as he supposed, to the Privy Council. On the opening of the box there fell thereout the pack of cards, to the no small confusion of the envoy!

He returned to England to secure its renewal, but while on the return journey he was awaiting a favourable wind to make the passage across the Irish Channel once more, he heard of the death of Queen Mary, and thus the Irish reformers were saved! It is said that Queen Elizabeth, on learning the story, allowed the landlady, Mrs. Edmunds, a pension of £40 a year for the rest of her life. As for Dr. Cole, he was put in prison, where he died in misery and ignominy.

GROUND-PLAN OF CARISBROOKE CASTLE.

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INDEX

• • Abbeys,
    • [23]
    • [34]
    • [49]
    • [23]
    • [32]
  • Albert, Prince,
  • Alum Bay,
  • Appuldurcombe,
  • Arnold, Dr.,
• • Battenberg, Prince Henry of,
    • [16,]
    • [39]
    • [53]
    • [57]
    • [54]
    • [18]
  • Blackgang Chine,
  • Bonchurch,
  • Brading,
  • Brett, Colonel,
• • Carisbrooke,
    • [13-22]
    • [19,]
    • [26,]
    • [27]
    • [52]
    • [59]
    • [41-45]
    • [41]
    • [16,]
    • [24]
  • Charles I.,
  • Chines,
  • Cole, Dr.,
  • Cowes,
  • Cowes Week,
  • Cromwell, Thomas,
• • Davenant, Sir W.,
    • [22,]
    • [42]
    • [14,]
    • [23]
    • [51]
  • De Redvers family,
  • Downs, The,
• • Elizabeth, Princess,
    • [21]
    • [47]
  • Eurydice,
• • Farringford,
    • [29]
    • [14]
    • [27]
    • [51]
  • Fitz-Osborne, William,
  • French invasion,
  • Freshwater Bay,
• • General description,
    • [6]
    • [49]
    • [17]
    • [21]
    • [58]
    • [52]
    • [16]
  • Geology,
  • Giambelli,
  • Gloucester, Duke of, Henry,
  • Godshill,
  • Golf,
  • Governors of the Island,
• • Health resorts,
    • [8]
    • [24]
    • [18]
    • [17]
  • Henry VIII.,
  • Howard of Effingham,
  • Hunsdon, Lord,
• • Industries,
    • [7]
    • [15]
  • Isabella de Fortibus,
• • Keats,
    • [30]
    • [30]
  • Ken, Bishop,
• • Lugley Stream,
    • [26]
• • Medina River,
    • [25,]
    • [28]
• • Needles, The,
    • [49]
    • [25]
    • [26]
    • [57]
  • Newport,
  • Newport, Treaty of,
  • Norman churches,
• • Oglander, Sir John,
    • [8]
    • [33-39]
  • Osborne,
• • Parkhurst Forest,
    • [19,]
    • [28]
    • [19]
  • Portland, Countess of,
• • Quarr Abbey,
    • [7,]
    • [23]
• • Railways,
    • [10]
    • [30]
    • [9]
    • [14,]
    • [54,]
    • [56]
    • [46]
    • [40]
    • [41]
  • Richmond, Legh,
  • Roads,
  • Roman remains,
  • Royal George,
  • Royal Naval College,
  • Royal Yacht Squadron,
• • Sandown,
    • [8,]
    • [12]
    • [7]
    • [31]
    • [58]
    • [8,]
    • [12]
    • [52]
    • [7]
    • [6]
    • [42,]
    • [44]
    • [17]
  • Scenery,
  • Sewell, Elizabeth,
  • Shalfleet,
  • Shanklin,
  • Shanklin Chine,
  • Sheep,
  • Size of the Island,
  • Solent, The,
  • Spanish Armada,
• • Tennyson, Lord,
    • [29,]
    • [51]
    • [12]
  • Totland Bay,
• • Undercliff, The,
    • [53]
• • Vane, Sir Harry,
    • [22]
    • [8,]
    • [10]
    • [33-39]
  • Ventnor,
  • Victoria, Queen,
• • Whitwell Church,
    • [58]
    • [30]
    • [39]
    • [24]
    • [24,]
    • [25]
  • Wilberforce, Bishop,
  • Whippingham Church,
  • Worsley family,
  • Worsley, James,
• • Yachting,
    • [41-45]
    • [51]
  • Yar, River,