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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 23 of 24: The peaceable and prosperous regiment of blessed Queene Elisabeth, second daughter to king Henrie the eight.
Snippet: 337 of 389 (1587, Volume 6, p. 1257)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The twelfe of Ianuarie William lord Howard, baron of Effingham, lord priuie seale,Lord priuie seale deceased. knight of the noble order of the garter, and one of the priuie coun|cell deceased at Hampton court.Earle of Wor|cester sent in|to France. The eightéenth of Ianuarie William lord Smmerset earle of Wor|cester began his iourneie towards France, to the christening of the kings daughter there in stead of the quéenes maiestie of England, who sent with him a font of gold for that purpose, weieng thrée hundred and six and twentie ounces. The said earle with ma|nie of his companie were robbed vpon the sea by pi|rats of much of their baggage,Earle of Wor|cester robbed on the sea. and thrée or foure of their men slaine. In France he and his traine were honorablie receiued. At the christening he gaue the child to name Elisabeth. They returned into Eng|land the seauen and twentith of Februarie.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 23 of 24: The peaceable and prosperous regiment of blessed Queene Elisabeth, second daughter to king Henrie the eight.
Snippet: 338 of 389 (1587, Volume 6, p. 1257)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the moneth of Februarie,The narrow seas scowred. thorough sundrie heinous complaints brought to the quéenes maiestie and hir councell of pirats that kept the narrow seas, dooing manie robberies, as also the robbing of the earle of Worcester (as is aforesaid) hi [...] highnesse, by the aduise of hir honourable councell, tooke order with the lord admerall of England, that he should send to the seas, ships and men to scowre the narow seas, & to apprehend so manie pirats ships as might be met with. And for the better dooing thereof, it plea|sed hir maiestie to send one of hir owne ships, na|med the Swallow to be the admerall, vnder the charge of William Holstocke of London esquier, comptrollor of hir highnesse ships, who had with him the Gillian, the barke Garet, and the barke of Yar|mouth, and thrée hundred and thrée score able mari|ners, gunners, and souldiors in the said thrée ships, and one barke which scowred the narrow seas, from the north foreland, as farre westward as Falmouth in Cornewall, and tooke twentie ships and ba [...]ks of EEBO page image 1258 sundrie nations,Pirats on the west seas. to wit, English, French, and Flem|mings (but all pirats) and in fashion of warre. He apprehended in those ships and barks to the number of nine hundred men of all nations, and sent them to ward to Sandwich, Douer, Wight, and Portes|mouth (whereof thrée of them that robbed the earle of Worcester were shortlie after executed at Wight.Pirats execu|ted.) Also the said William Holstocke did rescue and take from the aboue said pirats ships, fiftéene other mer|chants ships laden with merchandize, that were their prises, being of sundrie nations, and set at libertie the said fiftéene merchants ships and goods: which doone, he returned to Portesmouth, and there ended his voiage in March.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 23 of 24: The peaceable and prosperous regiment of blessed Queene Elisabeth, second daughter to king Henrie the eight.
Snippet: 339 of 389 (1587, Volume 6, p. 1258)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The fourth of March, a man was hanged in chains in saint Georges field beyond Southworke of Lon|don,

A man hang|ed in saint Georges field.

The earle of kent deceas|sed.

for murthering the gailor of Horsham in the same field. The seuentéenth of March deceassed Rei|nold Greie of Ruthin, earle of Kent, at Herneseie, and was buried at saint Giles without Creplegate. About the same time died Edmund lord Shandois. The fiue and twentith of March being wednesdaie in Easter wéeke,George San|ders murthe|red at Shoo|ters hill. and the feast of the Annuntiation of our ladie, George Browne cruellie murthered two honest men néere to Shooters hill in Kent, the one of them was a wealthie merchant of London named George Sanders, the other Iohn Beane of Wool|wich, which murther was committed in manner as followeth.A discourse of the murther practised and committed. On tuesdaie in Easter wéeke (the foure and twentith of March) the said George Browne re|ceiuing secret intelligence by letter from mistresse Anne Drurie, that master Sanders should lodge the same night at the house of one master Barnes in Woolwich, and from thense go on foot to saint Marie Craie; the next morning he laie in wait for him by the waie, a little from Shooters hill, and there slue both him & Iohn Beane seruant to master Barnes. But Iohn Beane hauing ten or eleuen wounds, & being left for dead, by Gods prouidence did reuiue a|gaine: and créeping awaie on all foure, was found by an old man and his maiden, and conueied vnto Woolwich, where he gaue euident marks of the murtherer.

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