[560] Constantyne says, Smeton was arrested first on Saturday evening, at Stepney; but he seems inconsistent with himself. See his Memorial, Archæologia, Vol. XXIII. p. 63.
[561] His name repeatedly occurs in "the Privy Purse Expenses of Henry VIII."
[562] Five years later, after the shameful behaviour of Catherine Howard, the duke wrote to the king of "the abominable deeds done by two of my nieces against your Highness;" which he said have "brought me into the greatest perplexity that ever poor wretch was in, fearing that your Majesty, having so often and by so many of my kyn been thus falsely and traitorously handled, might not only conceive a displeasure in your heart against me and all other of that kyn, but also in manner abhor to hear speak of any of the same."—Norfolk to Henry VIII.: State Papers, Vol. I. p. 721.
[563] Kingston to Cromwell: Singer's Cavendish, p. 456 et seq., in Strype's Memorials, Vol. I.
[564] Sir Edward Baynton to the Lord Treasurer, from Greenwich: Singer's Cavendish, p. 458.
[565] See Lingard, Vol. V. p. 33. It is not certain whether the examination of the prisoners was at Greenwich or at the Tower. Baynton's letter is dated from Greenwich, but that is not conclusive. Constantyne says (Archæologia, Vol. XXIII. p. 63) that the king took Norris with him to London, and, as he heard say, urged him all the way to confess, with promises of pardon if he would be honest with him. Norris persisted in his denial, however, and was committed to the Tower. Afterwards, before the council, he confessed. On his trial, his confession was read to him, and he said he was deceived into making it by Sir W. Fitzwilliam: an accusation against this gentleman very difficult to believe.
[566] Letter to the Lord Treasurer.
[567] Kingston to Cromwell; Singer's Cavendish, p. 451.
[568] Kingston to Cromwell: Singer's Cavendish, p. 451.
[569] She said, "I think it much unkindness in the king to put such about me as I never loved." I shewed her that the king took them to be honest and good women. "But I would have had of mine own privy chamber," she said, "which I favour most."—Kingston to Cromwell: Ibid. p. 457.