Elizabethan England...1933-60. "Noble arts, especially maps": notes on hitherto unknown examples of sixteenth century cartography. With annotated list of maps, charts, documents, and pictures, published in the portfolio

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DIANA
by Hcndril( Cornclisz Vroom
in possession of The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.
at Hatfield House.
Panel: 43 x 34 inches.
Described in the Inventory of the 1st End of Salisbury, A.D. ibit,
as " A PORTRAIT OF HER LATE MAJESTY A
Vroom never saw Queen Elizabeth in her youth, and did not come to England till invited by
the Lord High Admiral to paint scenes for die House of Lords’ tapestries commemorating the defeat
of the Spanish Armada; so this picture is to some extent fanciful.
It is now conjectured at Hatfield that it may have been based on an early painting by a
forgotten artist. Possibly it was evolved from some sketch made in April 1558, when Princess
Elizabeth, attended by twelve ladies in white satin, and twenty retainers clad in green, met fifty
archers on the borders of Hatfield Forest; and was presented with a silver-headed arrow made of
peacock’s feathers; and was invited to fulfil the rdlc of Diana in sports devised for her entertainment
by her courtly Catholic gaoler Sir Thomas Pope.
See " The Youth of Queen Elizabeth/' by Louis Wiesencr, Translated by 0. M. Younge. (1879).
Vol. II. pp. 246-247.
A copy of this picture is at Kncbworth House, in possession of the Earl of Lytton; but without
record as to when or by whom acquired,
(1) Frontispiece: E. M. Tenison’s " Elizabethan England/' vol, V,
jUktttfwleirQnmti**
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N Volume I, pp. i-iii, thanks have been rendered to His Majesty the King, and
to many other owners of sixteenth century pictures, the reproduction of which is
intended to make this History vividly representative of an age when “all things
between Heaven and earth that may tend to Wisdom ” were eagerly welcomed.
In Book II the treasures of the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., are again drawn
upon; and also the unpublished Dudley MSS of the Marquess of Bath, K.G., the
collotype facsimiles of which likewise began in the earlier volumes.
From the collection of one of the first subscribers, the Duke of Portland, K.G.,
comes the picture of Mary Queen of Scots in Vol. VI. From the late Earl of Warwick,
the armour of Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh, still at Warwick Castle.
The Earl of Lytton, K.G., is to be thanked for the portrait of his ancestor Rowland
Lytton, of whose services in the Netherlands our Peerages have been unaware.
Lytton’s letters from the Front to Lord Burghlcy, in 1586, and a note from his General,
the Earl of Leicester, to the Queen, commending his zeal and valour, are new even to
his own descendants. His picture, lance in hand, 1585, was never photographed until
selected for “ Elizabethan England/’ Vol. VI. Whether painted in England or in the Low
Countries, it shows us a typical “Voluntary Gentleman” of the Horse.
From Major C. E. Radclyffe, of Hyde and Foxdenton, late of the First Life
Guards, comes the frontispiece to Vol. VI,—an unpublished “Elizabctha Regina”
traditionally believed to have been presented by the Queen herself to a Radclyffe Maid
of Honour.
From our National Portrait Gallery the painting of Philip II, though already
reproduced by the Hakluyt Society, is too fine a work of art to be omitted from the
series of characteristic portraits embodied in “ Elizabethan England.”
The National Gallery of Ireland (whence came the remarkable Queen
Elizabeth in Volume II) now allows inclusion of the disputed portrait of Robert Dcvereux,
Earl of Essex, formerly at Costessy Hall. The reasons for accepting this as authentic are
specified with the collotype in Vol. VI.
From Trinity College, Cambridge, Sir Henry Sidney’s memoranda in his
Psalter; from the Bodleian, a drawing of Walsingham’s arms and crest; from
the Director of the new National Maritime Museum, Professor Geoffrey
Callender, F.S.A., an English MS. note on the shipping in Portugal, after the Spanish
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ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
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conquest: and from other sources, specified with each illustration, plans of cities,
reproductions of title-pages, and various relevant items, the selection of which has
necessitated longer care and consideration than the general reader can realise.
For printed matter, it is a pleasure to commemorate the utility of the London
Library, across a long period of years stretching back to before the Great War.
As to Spain, special thanks arc due to the Director of the Academy of History
and President of the Board of the Prado Gallery, the Duke of Berwick and Alba,
the tapestries of whose great ancestor the 3rd Duke of Alba have not hitherto been
reproduced in England.
From the Palacio de Liria also comes the “ Verdadera Recopilacion " by Antonio
de Escobar, of which the only known copy was one in the Biblioteca National, until the
present Duke discovered this second among his hereditary possessions.
English readers owe gratitude likewise to the Marquis of Santa Cruz, who
supplies Notes describing the stern-lanterns captured from the adversary flagships at
Lepanto and the Azores, by his ancestor, the “ never vanquished leader/’ Familiar as
the originals may be to Spaniards, the pictures of them will be new in England.
King Philip’s Commission and Instructions to the 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, 23rd
of June, 1584, translated in this volume from the originals in the Palacio tie Liria, are
believed to be unpublished even in Spain.
To the Academy of History of Spain, I offer cordial acknowledgement of the
gracious reception given to the first four volumes of "Elizabethan England."1 My
election on June the 14th, 1935, as a Corresponding Member, is pleasing in proportion
to my lifelong admiration for the purposes and principles of the Academy: namely,
"to encourage the study of every hind of Spanish History, ancient and modern,
military, civil, ecclesiastical, and political; and also to stimulate arts, sciences and
literature in all branches of culture bearing upon the civilisation of the Spanish race”2
Book I of this History (Vols. I—-IV), also received a cordial welcome from Seflor
Don Alvaro Alcald-Galiano, Marquis of Castel Bravo,:J who, throughout his long
career as a man of letters, has always been friendly to England.
1 Described by the Academy as “escrit* sin espiritu de partidistaA and as “reconstituting the march
of historical events.” (Reported m the Madrid " A.B.Cr 1st and 5th June, £935.) h
2"p Erismtaetruot,o s y Reglamento de la Real Academia de la Historia" Madrid ’ i%9, p. 21 Artictdo
3In "d-B.C." Madrid 28th May 1935 p 32. In "The Mariner's Minor;’ vol. XVtll, nit: r April
1932, Profosor Geoffrey Callender, F S.A described the Portfolio of Maps anti Chart. , Cm -d
ahead of the volumes, and predicted that the presentation of the events in the words of those
chiefly concerned would “necessitate a wide revision of existing beliefs.” U S
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
From Ireland, Dr. Douglas Hyde expresses his hope that “as the evidence is
drawn direct from the sources, and as the narrative covers a wider area than any one
English historian has attempted for that especial time,” this “Elizabethan England” will
gradually become “ known and read in all the civilised world wherever history is sought
and cherished.”1 Meanwhile, to all sympathisers who have aided or may yet aid me in
this “ voluntary homage to Truth,” I send my salutation and greeting.
Since setting up in type the foregoing pages, and most of Vol. V, it is reported
that the Marques de Castel Bravo, C.B.E. (better known as Alvaro Alcala-Galiano), and
the Librarian of the Escorial (quoted, p. 185), were both among the many eminent and
patriotic Spaniards who have perished tragically in Madrid. Also the Duque de Veragua,
representing Christopher Columbus (E.E., Vol. IV, p. 238). Upon the disaster to the
Palacio de Liria, see Vol. V, p. 304, note. In a later volume it will be specified which
items have survived of the Spanish portraits, frescoes, tapestry, armour, MSS., &c., &c.,
reproduced in Volumes I to V of " Elizabethan England ” from Liria, the Prado Gallery,
the Escorial, and other renowned collections.
In 1931 the editor of the Hakluyt Society’s Vol, LXXI (Ser: ii, p. x), dating from
Seville, rebuked “British historians for failure to consult Spanish sources. . . .” Prior to
the accession of Alfonso XII it was not easy for foreigners to study Spanish MSS.
(see E.E., Vol. I, p. 156). But under that King, and the Queen Regent Maria Cristina,
and Alfonso XIII, there has been a crescendo of progress in appreciation of (and facilities
for examining) the hereditary treasures: many of which were lent to the Barcelona
Exhibition in 1929-30 (including documents now first published, pp. 186, 199-203).
Though at the time of going to press, it is not possible to compute the extent of
destruction, and loss of antiquitites which all the wars of the past had spared, the subscribers
to this History, most of whom sent in their names in 1929-30, will recognise that the
recent misfortunes of Spain give the publication an enhanced significance. For there can
be little doubt that the wreckage of long-treasured works of art and architecture, and of
unique MSS., will evoke from cultured and sober minds, all over the world, emotions far
other than the destroyers anticipated.
28th November, 1936. e.m.t.
1 “ A New History: Spain and England, 1553-1583,” article by Douglas Hyde, L.L.D., Litt.D.,
(commenting on Vols. I—IV of Elizabethan England). See " StudiesVol. XXIV, No. 95, Sep:
1935. (A Quarterly Review: Dublin; London; Melbourne; and St. Louis, U.S.A.) pp. 487-490.
GENERAL CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.
Page
Acknowledgments.ix
Introduction to Book II.xvii
The Universal Language.xxv
Addenda: Index to Spanish State Papers.xxvii
Corrigenda. King Philip’s letter to Queen Elizabeth.xxviii
Addendum: “ Benefits oblige not ignoble minds ” (The tragedy of Henry, Duke
of Suffolk).xxix
Errata.xxx
List of Parts, Chapters, and Sections.xxxiii
List of Appendices and Notes to Vol. V.xxxiv
Note on the Illustrations to Book II (Vols. V—VI).xxxvii
List of Collotype Plates of Vol. V.xxxviii
List of Illustrations in line of Vol. V.xxxix
Table of Nine Popes contemporary with Queen Elizabeth.223
Table of Peers in Queen Elizabeth’s 5th Parliament.198
Parliamentary Date Table.facing p. 198
Genealogical Tables:— facing
(a) Immediate ancestry of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry Duke of Guise 40
(b) Royal Descent of Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, K.G. . 62
(c) The Radclyffe (Ratcliff) Earls of Sussex, and Viscounts FitzWalter. 82
(d) The Gilbert, Raleigh, and Grenville connection . . . .182
Chronology, 1583—1585.295
Note on the Historical Conference, 1936 302
but the trufh^,ade a“8Wer that 1 conceived an Historian was bound to tell nothing
"The Ufe of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney. With the True Interest of
bngland as it then stood in relation to all Forrain Princes&c. " Written
by Sir Ful\e Grevil Knight, Lord Broo\, a Servant to Queen Elizabeth, and
his Companion and Friend." (Chapter xvii).
“ * • - la verdad el mas firme sosten de los
tronos y el mejor guia para la
gobernacion de los pueblos.”
(.*' ' ",truth’ t^ie firmest support of thrones and the best guide for the
ruling of people.) e
“ Discursos del Excelentisimo SenorDuque de Berwick y de Alba leidos ante
la Real Academia de la Historia," Madrid, 1919, p. 63.