[651] Report of the Proceedings of the Nun of Kent:  Rolls House MS.

[652] MS. Bibliot.  Imper., Paris.  The letter is undated.  It was apparently written in the autumn of 1533.

[653] Il a des nouvelles amours.  In a paper at Simancas, containing Nuevas de Inglaterra, written about this time, is a similar account of the dislike of Anne and her family, as well as of the king’s altered feelings towards her.  Dicano anchora che la Anna e mal voluta degli Si. di Inghilterra si per la sua superbia, si anche per l’insolentia e mali portamenti che fanno nel regno li fratelli e parenti di Anna; e che per questo il Re non la porta la affezione que soleva per che il Re festeggia una altra Donna della quale se mostra esser inamorato, e molti Si. di Inghilterra lo ajutano nel seguir el predito amor per deviar questo Re dalla pratica di Anna.

[654] HALL.

[655] “I, dame Elizabeth Barton,” she said, “do confess that I, most miserable and wretched person, have been the original of all this mischief, and by my falsehood I have deceived all these persons (the monks who were her accomplices), and many more; whereby I have most grievously offended Almighty God, and my most noble sovereign the King’s Grace.  Wherefore I humbly, and with heart most sorrowful, desire you to pray to Almighty God for my miserable sins, and make supplication for me to my sovereign for his gracious mercy and pardon.”—­Confession of Elizabeth Barton:  Rolls House MS.

[656] Papers relating to Elizabeth Barton:  Ibid.

[657] State Papers, vol. i. p. 415.

[658] A curious trait in Mary’s character may be mentioned in connection with this transfer.  She had a voracious appetite; and in Elizabeth’s household expenses an extra charge was made necessary of L26 a year for the meat breakfasts and meat suppers “served into the Lady Mary’s chamber.”—­Statement of the expenses of the Household of the Princess Elizabeth:  Rolls House MS.

[659] He is called frater consobrinus.  See FULLER’S Worthies, vol. iii. p. 128.

[660] He was killed at the battle of Pavia.

[661] Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, married Catherine, daughter of Edward.

[662] Believe me, my lord, there are some here, and those of the greatest in the land, who will be indignant if the Pope confirm the sentence against the late Queen.—­D’Inteville to Montmorency:  The Pilgrim, p. 97.

[663] She once rode to Canterbury, disguised as a servant, with only a young girl for a companion.—­Depositions of Sir Geoffrey Pole:  Rolls House MS.

[664] Confession of Sir William Neville:  Rolls House MS.

[665] Confession of Sir George Neville:  Ibid.

[666] Confession of the Oxford Wizard:  Ibid.

[667] Queen Anne Boleyn to Gardiner:  BURNET’S Collectanea, p. 355.  Office for the Consecration of Cramp Rings:  Ibid.