[244]. Nichols, p. 493.
[245]. Letter in the State Paper Office, no date. See Life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by the author. Appendix, p. 395.
[246]. Oldys’s Life of Ralegh, folio viii., p. 729.
[247]. State Papers. Domestic. 1618-19.
[248]. Her mother was a Howard—the sister of the infamous Lady Somerset.
[249]. Nichols, iii., 521.
[250]. Bishop Goodman’s Letters, ii., 188
[251]. The fire happened in the day time, at eleven, and lasted only an hour. Lord Chancellor Bacon was among those high personages who by his presence attempted to ensure order; but there was much spoliation even in the face of day. The hall was re-erected three years afterwards. This ancient building might, it is thought, have been saved; but two men, who saw the flames break out, went away for fear of being blamed.
[252]. State Papers. Calendar, vol. cvii., No. 7.
[253]. Ibid, 52.