APPENDIX.
THE ARMADA.
The strength of the Spanish fleet is differently represented by variouswriters, whose accounts disagree to the wide extent of--ships, from 128to 176; men, from fourteen to twenty-nine thousand. I append thetabulated statement given by Speed, which is neither the highest nor thelowest, and is the carefully-prepared account of a generally accuratecompiler.
Vessels:--Galliasses and gallions, 72; ships and hulkes, 47; pinnasesand carviles, 11:--130.
Men:--Soldiers, 18,658; sailors, 8094; galley-slaves, 2088:--28,840.
Munition:--Great ordnance, 2843; bullets, 220,000; powder, 4200quintals, each one hundredweight; lead for bullets, 1000 quintals,ditto; matches, 1200 quintals; muskets and calivers, 7000; partizans andhalberts, 10,000; cannon and field pieces unnumbered.
Provision:--Bread, biscuit, and wine laid in for six months; bacon, 6500quintals; cheese, 3000 quintals; fresh water, 12,000 pipes; flesh, rice,beans, peas, oil, and vinegar, unestimated.
General items:--Torches, lanterns, lamps, canvas, hides, lead to stopleaks, whips, and knives.
Army 32,000 strong, and cost 30,000 ducats every day; 124 noblemen onboard as volunteers.
_Speed's Chronicle_, page 885.
BASSET OF UMBERLEIGH.
I think the following account of the Basset family will be moreconvenient for reference than a number of explanatory notes interspersedthroughout the narrative, and will also avoid frequent repetition.Owing to further research, it will be found fuller and more accuratethan the corresponding notes in _Isoult Barry_ and _Robin Tremayne_.
Sir John Basset of Umberleigh, son of Sir John Basset and Joan Beaumont,died January 31, 1528 (Inq. 20 Henry Eight 20). The "Heralds'Visitations" appear to be mistaken in giving Sir John four wives. JaneBeaumont, whom they call his second wife, was his mother: whileElizabeth, the third wife, seems to be an imaginary person altogether.He married:--
A. Anne, daughter of John Dennis of Oxleigh and Eleanor Giffard; widowof Patrick Bellewe of Aldervescot; buried with husband in AtheringtonChurch, Devon.
B. Honor, daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Stow and Isabel Gilbert;born about 1498, married about 1515, died probably about 1548. Buriedin Atherington Church. [The burial register of this church previous to1570 has perished.] She married, secondly, Arthur Plantagenet, ViscountLisle, son of Edward the Fourth and Elizabeth Lucy.
Issue of Sir John Basset
(A) by Anne Dennis:--
1. A son, whose only memorial is on the sepulchral brass of his parentsat Atherington probably died young.
2. Anne, married Sir James Courtenay of Powderham. (Issue,--James, andJohn.)
3. Margery, (Harl. Ms. 1149, folio 13, b.) married Edward Marrays ofMarrays, Cornwall. (Issue,--Margaret, married George Rolle, LadyLisle's solicitor.)
4. Jane, born about 1505; apparently died unmarried.
5. Thomasine, born about 1512, died unmarried, March 19, 1535--(LislePapers, Three 1.)
(B) By Honor Grenville:--
6. Philippa, born about 1516; probably died unmarried.
7. Katherine, born about 1518; married, after 1542, Sir Henry Ashley ofAshley and Wimborne Saint Giles (Shaftesbury family); date of death notknown. (Issue,--Henry, and Edward, who probably died young.--Harl. Ms.888, folio 40, b.)
8. John, born October 26, 1519 (Inq. 20 Henry Eight 20); died Apr. 3,1545 (Inq. 2 Philip and Mary, 10). Married Frances, eldest daughter ofArthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, by his first wife Elizabeth Grey;married at Calais, February 17 to 22, 1538 (Lisle Papers, Eleven 40,41); died about 1560. She married, secondly, Thomas Monke ofPotheridge, county Devon.
9. Anne, born about 1520; Maid of Honour from 1537 (Lisle Papers,Eleven 110) to 1554 (Tallies Roll, 2-3 Philip and Mary); married,probably between July 7 and October 27, 1555, Sir Walter Hungerford ofFarleigh Castle, son of the last Lord Hungerford of Heytesbury; diedchildless, probably in 1558-9. (Hungerford family papers).
10. George, born about 1522, died in London, 1579. (Harl. Mss., 757,folio 214; 760, folio 322.) Married Jaquit, daughter and heir of JohnCoffyn of Portledge, county Devon. She married, secondly, Henry Jones.
11. Mary, born about 1525, married at Atherington, June 9, 1557(Register), John Wollacombe of Combe, county Devon. (Issue,--John,Thomas, and Honor.--Harl. Ms. 3288, folio 49.)
12. James, born 1527 (Foxe's Acts and Monuments, Pratt's Townsend'sed., Six 231), proctor of Bishop Gardiner, 1543 to 1555; Gentleman ofChamber to Queen Mary, about 1556-8; died November 1558; buried BlackFriars' Church, London. ("Machyn's Diary," page 179.) Married Mary,daughter of William Roper and Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir ThomasMore.
Issue of John Basset and Frances Plantagenet:--
1. Honor, born at Calais, about May 10, 1539 (Lisle Papers, One 72;Eleven 97; Twelve 85), probably died young.
2. Sir Arthur, born 1540 (Inq. 1 March--2 Philip and Mary, 10),probably at Calais; died of gaol fever, caught at the Black Assize,Exeter (Stow's "Chronicle," page 719), April 2, 1586 (Epitaph); buriedat Atherington, April 7 (Register). Married Eleanor, daughter of JohnChichester of Raleigh, county Devon, and Gertrude Courtenay ofPowderham; buried at Atherington, July 8, 1585 (Register).
Issue of Sir Arthur Basset and Eleanor Chichester:--
1. Sir Robert, born 1574 (Matriculation Books, Queen's College,Oxford); living 1620 (Anderson's. "Royal Genealogies," page 745).Claimed the Crown on death of Queen Elizabeth, as legal descendant ofEdward the Fourth. He married Elizabeth, daughter and coh. of SirWilliam Periam, Judge of the King's Bench; married November 21, 1591(Register of Saint Dunstan in the West, London); died 1633.
2. Anne, married after 1585 Sir John Chichester of Hall, county Devon;died 1665; buried at Marwood. (Left issue.)
3. Margaret, under ten years old in 1585 (Will of Sir A. Basset).
4. Arthur, under fourteen years old in 1585 (Will of Sir A. Basset).
5. William, born 1583 (Matriculation Books, University College,Oxford).
6. Francis, baptised at Atherington, May 8, 1584 (Register).
7. John, baptised at Atherington June 1, 1585 (Register).
Issue of Sir Robert Basset and Elizabeth Feriam:--
1. Arthur, baptised June 6, 1593 (Register of Saint Dunstan in theWest, London); buried February 3, 1595 (Register of Saint Bartholemewthe Less, London).
2. Anne, baptised October 16, 1594 (Register of Saint Bartholemew theLess, London); married Jonathan Rashley of Fox (Harl. Mss. 1091, folio122; 1538, folio 280).
3. Ellen, married George Yeo of Hushe (Harl. Mss. 1091, folio 122;1538, folio 280).
4. Arthur, born at Heanton (Prince's "Worthies of Devon," page 113),1598 (ibidem, Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 343, b.); Colonel in King Charles'sarmy; died January 7, 1672; buried at Heanton (Prince, page 116).Married Anne, daughter of William Leigh of Burrow, county Devon.
5. Eleanor (Harl. Ms. 1091, folio 122).
6. Mary (Harl. Ms. 1091, folio 122).
7. William, born March 28, 1602-3 (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 343, b.;Matriculation Books, Exeter College, Oxford).
Issue of Colonel Basset and Anne:--
1. John, of Heanton, living [?] 1673. Married Susannah, daughter of(unknown).
2. Arthur, entered at Oriel College, Oxford, 1652, (MatriculationBooks.)
3. Francis, entered at Oriel College, Oxford, 1652 (MatriculationBooks.)
Issue of John Basset and Susannah:--
1. John, born February 26, 1653 (Atherington Register).
2. Arthur, born 1656 (Matriculation Books, Exeter College, Oxford).
3. Francis, born April 13, 1657 (Atherington Register). Married(unknown), daughter of (unknown).
Issue of Francis Basset and (unknown):--
John, born 1688 (Matriculation Books, Exeter College, Oxford).
The male line of the Basset family died out with Francis Basset,Esquire, in 1802; but the family estates remain in the hands of thedescendants of his eldest sister Eustachia,
who married (Unknown) Davieof Orleigh, and her posterity bear the name of Davie-Bassett.
The Younger Branches of the Family:--
Issue of George Basset and Jaquit Coffyn:--
1. Mary, baptised December 11, 1558 (Atherington Register); probablydied young.
2. John, baptised February 8, 1559 (Atherington Register), probablydied young.
3. Katherine, baptised January 11, 1560 (Atherington Register).
4. Blanche (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344).
5. James (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344). Married Jane, daughter of SirFrancis Godolphin and Margaret Killigrew (ibidem).
Issue of James Basset and Jane Godolphin:--
1. Thomas (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344).
2. Sir Francis, of Tehiddy, Cornwall; born 1594 (Matriculation Books,Exeter College, Oxford); knighted 1620 (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344).Married Anne, daughter of Jonathan Trelawney of Trelawney.
3. Arthur (Harl, Ms. 1080, folio 344).
4. Nicholas (Harl, Ms. 1080, folio 344).
5. James, born 1602 (Matriculation Books, Exeter College, Oxford).
6. Margery (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344).
7. Jane, married William Courtenay (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344).
8. Grace (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344).
9. Margaret (Harl. Ms. 1080, folio 344).
Issue of James Basset and Mary Roper:--
Philip, appointed Receiver of Revenues in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire,October 1, 1584 (Rot. Pat. 25 Elizabeth, Part 7). Married (unknown),daughter of (unknown) Verney (Harl. Ms. 1091, folio 122).
Issue:--
Two daughters, names and alliances unknown (Harl Ms. 1080, folio 344).
I owe especial thanks to various persons who have most kindly helped mein the elucidation of the above pedigree: in particular to ColonelChester, the Reverend G. Whitehead of Atherington, and CharlesChichester, Esquire, of Hall.
HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, CHARLES, LORD HIGH ADMIRAL.
The extracts which follow will show the reasons for the belief that LordHoward was a Protestant, possibly at the time of the Armada, andcertainly at a later period.
1559. December 17.--He was an invited guest at the consecration ofMatthew Parker at Lambeth, as Archbishop of Canterbury, "and many yearsafter, by his testimony, confuted those lewd and loud lies which thePapists tell of the Nag's Head in Cheapside."--(Fuller's "Worthies,"quoted in Notes and Queries, 1st S. Three, 244.)
1604. February.--He was "at the head of a commission to discover andexpel all Catholic priests."--(Memorials of the Howard Family, quotedibidem, Three 309.--The quoter adds that Howard "was certainly aProtestant in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.")
1604. May [?] "Only we forewarn you that in the performance of theseceremonies [ratification by King of Spain of treaty of peace withEngland], which is likely to be done in the King's Chapel, you haveespecial care that it be not done in the forenoon, in the time of Mass,to the scandal of our religion, but rather in the afternoon, at whattime their service is more free from note of superstition."--(King Jamesthe First to Lord Howard, then Earl of Nottingham and Ambassador toSpain. Biographies Brit, page 2679; quoted in Notes and Queries, 1stS., Three 244.)
1604. "On Friday, the last of this Month, His Catholick Majestyratified the Peace upon Oath in a great chamber of the Palace... It waspretended that the Clergy would not suffer this to be done in a Churchor Chapel where neglect of reverence of the Holy Sacrament should givescandal."--(Collins' Peerage, Four 272, quoted ibidem.)
[It may be urged that Lord Howard, as Ambassador of a Protestant King,would feel himself obliged to act on behalf of his master, showing nomore nor less reverence than James would have done himself. But is itat all likely that, had such been his wish, James would have selectedfor this office a man who could not act according to the belief of hismaster without committing sacrilege according to his own? The want ofreverence must have been expected from Lord Nottingham or his suite, forthere was no one else present who was not a devout Romanist].
1605. When Lord Monteagle delivered the anonymous letter winch revealedthe Gunpowder Plot to Lord Salisbury, the second person to whom thelatter confided the transaction was Lord Nottingham.--(Baker's"Chronicle," page 508.)
1605. He sat as one of the Commissioners for the trial of Garnet andother conspirators, after the discovery of the GunpowderPlot--(Archaeologia, volume fifteen.)
1613. He stood sponsor for the Countess of Salisbury's daughter.(Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1611-1618, page 170; quoted inNotes and Queries, 2nd S., Seven 364.)
1623. May 20.--"John, son of Sir William Monson, is a dangerous Papist;neither Garnet, Constable, nor Tobie Mathew is comparable to him. Heasserts openly that the King is a Papist at heart ... and delights instriving to pervert people... Thinks it his duty, as Lieutenant of theShire, to inform against him."--(Lord Nottingham to Archbishop ofCanterbury, Calend. State Papers, Domestic, James the First; quotedibidem, Seven 405.)
He married two Protestants; the first, a daughter of Henry Carey, LordHunsdon; the second, of the "Bonnie" Earl of Moray.
THE END.
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