The History of Mary I, Queen of England / as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors, in original private letters, and other contemporary documents

by J. M. Stone

[12] Add. MS. 21,404, 8, Brit. Mus.

[13] Egerton MS. 616, 35, Brit. Mus.

[14] She afterwards filled the same position in the household of Henry’s other children, Elizabeth and Edward. See Ellis’s Original Letters, 2nd series, vol. ii., p. 78.

[15] The King’s Household Book, March 1516-17.

[16] “Really, this is a very honest man, and worthy to be loved. I have no better or more faithful servant. Write to your master that I have spoken of him with commendation.” A curious instance of the colloquial Latin then in vogue (Gius. Desp., ii., 157).

[17] Gius. Desp., ii., 95.

[18] Brewer, Calendar of State Papers, vol. ii., pt. ii., 4687.

[19] Sanuto Diaries, vol. xxix., p. 155.

[20] MS. in St. Mark’s Library, class vii., No. 1233.

[21] He is reported to have said that he had “liever have my lady princess, and though the king’s grace had ten children, than the King of Portingale’s daughter, with all the spices her father hath” (Cotton MS. Calig. D. viii., 40, Brit. Mus.).