Acts of the Privy Council Volume 2 - Great Britain Privy Council

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...letters, which were written to the noble men and other gentlemen of the realme advertising them of this mattier, and by the said letters required them on his Majestes behalf tobey none of the said Protectour's letters and comaundementes, but do what they cowld eche one in his behalf for the stay and quiet of the realme. And forasmuche as their Lordships doubted how the said Protectour would employ the power he had levyed, their Lordships wrate to certain of the noble men and gentlemen to repayre to London with summe force wherwith to represse (if nede were) the Protectour's attemptates. Moreover their Lordships consydering that the Protectour had gyven order that the Tower shuld be kept in sorte as none of his Majestes Counsail nor none other might enter into the same, which was an argument that he would have the same holly at his owne devotion, dyd send for the Lieutenant, requyring him to suffer certain others to enter for the good keping therof to his Majestes use, wherunto the Lieutenaunt accordyng, Sir Edmund Peckham, knight, and Leonard Chamberlain, esquier, with their servauntes, were commaunded to enter into the Tower as assotiates to the same Lieutenant for the better presidy and gard of the same. At Mercers' Hall in London. f-Munday, the vijt11 of October, 1549. The Lord Chauncellour; the Lord Great Master; the Lord Great Chamberlain; Therle of Arundell; Therle of Sowthampton; Mr. Thresaurer; Sir John Gage; Mr. Secretary Peter; Sir Edward North; Sir Edward Mountague; Sir Raf Sadler; Sir John Baker; Sir Edward Wootton; Mr. Doctour Wootton; Sir Richard Sowthwell; Sir Edmund Peckham. The Lordes being certeinly advertised that the Lord Pro-The Protector tectour had the night before conveyed his Majestes person tWindsoi 08 to the Castell of Wyndsour, w...