After this feast ended, the king came to Rich|mond, and so to Gréenewich, and there laie all Maie. In which moneth the kings councell secretlie com|muned togither of the kings gentlenesse and libera|litie to all persons:The kings affablenesse & familiaritie with the infe|rior sort of people grud|ged at of the councell. by the which they perceiued that certeine yoong men in his priuie chamber, not regar|ding his estate or degree, were so familiar and home|lie with him, that they forgat themselues. Which things although the king of his gentle nature suffe|red, and not rebuked nor reprooued it: yet the kings councell thought it not méet to be suffered for the kings honour, and therefore they all togither came to the king, beseeching him to haue more regard to his roialtie.

To whome the king answered, that he had cho|sen them of his councell, both for the maintenance of his honour, and for the defense of all things that might blemish the same: wherefore if they saw anie about him misuse themselues, he committed it vnto their reformation.Certeine of the priuie chamber re|mooued, and others in [...] roome app [...]ted. Then the kings councell caused the lord chamberleine to call before them diuerse of the priuie chamber, which had béene in the French court, and banished them the court for diuerse consi|derations, laieng nothing particularlie to their char|ges, & they that had offices were commanded to go to their offices. Which discharge out of court gréeued sore the hearts of these yoong men, which were called the kings minions. Then was there foure sad & an|cient knights put into the K. priuie chamber, whose names were; sir Richard Wingfield, sir Richard Ierningham, sir Richard Weston, and sir William Kingston; and diuerse officers were changed.

In this summer the queene desired the king to bring to hir manor of Hauering in the Bower in Essex the gentlemen of France being hostages,The king [...] quéene at H [...]uering in [...] Bower. for whose welcomming the purueied all things in the most liberall manner: and especiallie she made to the king such a sumptuous banket, that the king thanked hir hartilie, & the strangers gaue hir great praise. The king lieng there did shoot, hunt, and run dailie with the hostages to their great ioy. This yéere in September the king laie at his manor of New|hall in Essex, otherwise called Beaulieu,Newhall in Essex called Beaulieu. where the king had newlie builded a costlie mansion, there to welcome the queene, the lords, and the French gen|tlemen, he made to them a sumptuous banket, and all along the chamber sat a ladie & a lord, or a knight, which were plentiouslie serued.