In his way, near Chester a Street, a little town betwixt Newcastle and Durham, he turned on the left hand of the road to view [Lumley Castle,] a pleasant castle of the Lord Lumley's: which being a goodly edifice of free stone, built in quadrant manner, stands on the shoring of a hill, in the middle of a green, with a river at the foot of it; and woods about it on every side but to the townward, which is, by the river [Wear], divided from it.
After His Highness had a while delighted himself with the pleasures of the place; he returned on his way towards Durham, being 6 miles from thence. Of which way he seldom makes [a] long journey.
And when he came near; the Magistrates of the city met him; and behaving themselves as others before them, it was by His Highness as thankfully accepted. And passing through the gates, whence His Excellence entered the Market Place, there was an excellent oration made unto him, containing in effect the universal joy conceived by his subjects at his approach; being of power to divert from them so great a sorrow as had lately possessed them all.
The oration ended, he passed towards the Bishop's House; where he was royally received: [Dr. Toby Matthew] the Bishop attending His Majesty with a hundred Gentlemen in tawny liveries.
Of all his entertainment in particular at the Bishop's; [of] his [the King's] merry and well seasoned jests, as well there as in other parts of his journey; all his words being of full weight, and his jests filled with the salt of wit: yet so facetious and pleasant as they were no less gracious and worthy of regard than the words of so royal a Majesty—it is bootless to repeat them, they are so well known.
Thursday, being the 14th day [of April 1603], His Majesty took leave of the Bishop of Durham: whom he greatly graced and commended for his learning, humanity, and gravity: promising to restore divers things taken from the Bishopric; which he hath accordingly in part done, giving him already possession of Durham House in the Strand.
In brief, His Majesty left Durham, and removed towards [High] Walworth [also called Walworth Castle]; being 16 miles from Durham: where, by the Gentlewoman of the House, named Mistress Genison [or rather the Widow of Thomas Jenison], he was so bountifully entertained that it gave His Excellence very high contentment.
And after his quiet repose there that night, and some part of the next day; he took his leave of the Gentlewoman, with many thankful and princely congratulations for her extending costs in the entertainment of him and his train.