He passed by them, over the fields; and came in at the back side of the Charterhouse.

Thither being come, he was most royal received and entertained by the Lord Thomas Howard. Where was such abundance of provision of all manner of things that greater could not be; both of rare wild fowls, and many rare and extraordinary banquets; to the great liking of His Majesty, and contentment of the whole train.

He lay there four nights [7th to 10th May 1603]: in which time the Lords of the Council often resorted thither, and sat upon their serious affairs.

At his departure [11th May 1603], he made divers Knights, whose names are these:

Sir Charles Howard[co. Suss.]
Sir Ambrose Willoughby[co. Linc.]
Sir Edward Howard[co. Surr.]
Sir Henry Hastings[co. Leic.]
Sir Giles Allington[co. Camb.]
Sir Richard Verney[co. Warw.]
Sir John Thinne[co. Wilts.]
Sir William Fitzwilliams[co. Linc.]
Sir William Carrel[co. Suss.]
Sir Edward Bacon[co. Suff.]
Sir Francis Anderson[co. Bedf.]
Sir John Poultney[co. Notts.]
Sir Edward Darcy[co. York]
Sir John Sydenham[co. Som.]
Sir John Tufton[co. Kent]
Sir Thomas Griffin[co. Northt.]
Sir Valentine Knightley[co. Northt.]
Sir Ralph Wiseman[co. Essex]
Sir William Ayloffe[co. Essex]
Sir James Cromer[co. Kent]
Sir Thomas Rouse[co. Suff.]
Sir Rodney[not in J. Philipot's List]
Sir Henry Vaughan[not in J. Philipot's List]
Sir John Smith[co. Kent]
Sir John Hunnam[co. Chest.]
Sir Thomas Mede[co. Kent]
Sir Eusebius Isham[co. Northt.]
Sir Arthur Cooper[co. Surr.]
Sir Robert Wingfield[co. Northt.]
Sir Thomas Josling[co. Herts.]
Sir Henry Gooderick[co. York.]
Sir Maximilian Dallison[co. Kent]
Sir William Cope[co. Northt.]
Sir George Fleetwood[co. Bucks.]
Sir Peter Evers[co. Linc.]
Sir Henry Cleere[co. Norf.]
Sir Francis Wolley[co. Linc.]
Sir Arthur Mainwaring[co. Chest.]
Sir Edward Waterhouse[co. York]
Sir William Twysden[co. Kent]
Sir Hatton Cheeke[? co. Essex]
Sir Henry Goring[co. Suss.]
Sir Robert Townsend[co. Salop.]
Sir William Hynde[co. Camb.]
Sir Richard Sandys[co. Kent]
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton[co. Hunts.]
Sir Oliver Luke[co. Bedf.]
Sir Thomas Knevet[co. Norf.]
Sir Henry Seckford[co. Suff.]
Sir Edwin Sandys[co. Kent]
Sir John Ashley[co. Kent]
Sir William Fleetwood[co. Bedf.]
Sir Walter Mildmay[co. Essex]
Sir Edward Lewkenor[co. Suff.]
Sir Miles Sandys[co. Camb.]
Sir William Kingsmill[co. Southt.]
Sir Thomas Kempe[co. Kent]
Sir Edward Tyrrel[co. Bucks.]
Sir Thomas Russell[co. Worc.]
Sir Richard Tichborne[co. Southt.]
Sir Thomas Cornwall[co. Salop.]
Sir Richard Fermor[co. Northt.]
Sir William Stafford[co. Hunts.]
Sir Thomas Carrell[co. Suss.]
Sir Edward Carrell[not in J. Philipot's List.]
Sir Thomas Palmer[co. Kent]
Sir Robert Newdigate[co. Bedf.]
Sir George Rawleigh[co. Essex]
Sir Thomas Beaufoe[co. Warw.]
Sir William Lower[co. Cornw.]
Sir Thomas Fairfax[co. York]
Sir Henry Sidney[co. Norf.]
Sir George Harvey[co. Essex]
Sir Henry Crippes [or Crispeco. Kent]
Sir John Heveningham[co. Norf.]
Sir William Bowyer[co. Bucks.]
Sir Jerome Weston[co. Essex]
Sir Edmund Bowyer[co. Surr.]
Sir Nicholas Haslewood[co. Northt.]
Sir John Jennings[co. Worc.]
Sir Ambrose Turville[co. Linc.]
Sir John Luke[co. Bedf.]
Sir John Dormer[co. Bucks.]
Sir Richard Saunders[co. Linc.]
Sir John Sherley[co. Suss.]
Sir Thomas Wayneman[co. Oxon.]
Sir Goddard Pempton
Sir Thomas Metham[co. York]
Sir Edmund Bellingham[co. Camb.]
Sir John Harington[co. York]
Sir Edward Harington[co. York]
Sir William Dyer[co. Som.]
Sir William Dyer[co. Som.]
Sir Walter Montague[co. Som.]
Sir Guy Palmes[co. Rutl.]
Sir Henry Ashley[co. Surr.]
Sir Thomas Vackathell [or Vachill.]
Sir Thomas Stukeley[co. Suss.]
Sir Edward Watson[co. Northt.]
Sir Thomas Preston[co. Dors.]
Sir William Leeke
Sir Charles Cornwallis[co. Suff.]
Sir Edward Francis[not in J. Philipot's List.]
Sir Hugh Losse[co. Middl.]
Sir William Lygon[co. Worc.]
Sir Thomas [le] Grosse[co. Norf.]
Sir John Taskerow [or Tasburghco. Suff.]
Sir Thomas Fowler[co. Middl.]
Sir Eusebius Andrew[co. Northt.]
Sir Edward Andrew[not in J. Philipot's List.]
Sir William Kingsmill[co. Southt.]
Sir Robert Lucy[co. Warw.]
Sir William Walter
Sir John Cutts[co. Camb.]
Sir Richard Blount[co. Oxon.]
Sir Anthony Dering[co. Kent]
Sir H. Vaughan[not in J. Philipot's List.]
Sir John Carew[co. Som.]
Sir Edward Apsley[co. Suss.]
Sir Bertram Boomer
Sir William Alford[co. York]
Sir Robert Lee[co. Linc.]
Sir Thomas Beaumont[co. Leic.]
Sir Robert Markham[co. Oxon.]
Sir Francis Castilion[co. Berks.]
Sir George Savile[co. York]
Sir George Martham[not in J. Philipot's List.]
Sir Arthur Attie [or Ateyco. Middl.]
Sir Pecksall Brocas[co. Southt.]
Sir John Washall [or ? Sir Robert Marshall]
Sir Robert Cleveland
Sir Richard Fermor[co. Northt.]
[Sir Thomas Chekeco. Essex]
[Sir Thomas Ayloffeco. Essex]
[Sir Walter Tichborne]
[Sir Thomas Baker]

Upon Wednesday, the 11th of May 1603, His Majesty set forward from the Charterhouse, to the Tower of London; in going quietly on horseback to Whitehall, where he took [his] barge.

Having shot the Bridge [London Bridge], his present landing was expected at [the] Tower Stairs. But it pleased His Highness to pass the Tower Stairs, towards St. Katharine's: and there stayed on the water to see the ordnance on the White Tower, commonly called Julius Cæsar's Tower, being in number 20 pieces; [together] with the great ordnance on Tower Wharf, being in number 100; and chambers to the number of 130, discharged off. Of which all services were so sufficiently performed by the Gunners, that a peal of so good order was never heard before: which was most commendable to all sorts, and very acceptable to the King.

Then his royal person arrived at his own Stairs, so called the King's Stairs; and with him these Nobles, besides other gallant Gentlemen of worthy note, viz: