Hunts., Northants., Leicestershire, Bucks., and Beds.[78] Theobalds
(Sir William Cecil), Enfield (July 31, Aug. 1), Hertford Castle,
Aldbury (Thomas Hyde), Haslingfield (Mr. Worthington, Aug. 4–5),
Grantchester (Aug. 5), Cambridge (King’s College, Aug. 5–10),[79] Long
Stanton (Bp. of Ely, Aug. 10), Hinchinbrook (Sir Henry Cromwell, Aug.
10),[80] Kimbolton (Thomas? Wingfield), Boughton (Edward Montague),
Launde (Henry, Lord Cromwell, _c._ Aug. 18), Braybrooke Castle (Sir
Thomas Griffin), Dallington? (Sir Andrew Corbett), Northampton (Mr.
Crispe), Easton Neston (Sir John Fermor), Grafton, Thornton (George
Tyrrell), Toddington (Sir Henry Cheyne), St. Albans (Sir Richard Lee),
Great Hampden? (Griffith Hampden), Princes Risborough? (Mr. Penton),
Shardeloes in Amersham? (William Totehill), Harrow (Sept. 12), Osterley
(Sir Thomas Gresham).
Sept. 13. ST. JAMES’S.[81]
Sept. 15. Dinner with Marchioness of Northampton at Whitehall.[82]
_c._ Oct.-Nov. Visits to Oatlands and Windsor.[83]
Dec. 7. WHITEHALL.[84]
Christmas. =Warwick’s= (twice), =Paul’s=, and =Chapel= (_Damon and
Pythias_?).
1565
Jan. =Westminster= (_Miles Gloriosus_ and (?) _Heautontimorumenos_).
Jan. 7. Tilt, dance, and foot tourney at night.[85]
Feb. 2. =Paul’s.=
Feb. 18. Play by =Sir Percival Hart’s sons= and mask (Hunters and
Muses).
March 5 (S.M.). Tilt.[86]
March 6. Tourney. Masks (Satyrs and Tilters) and play by =Gray’s Inn=
at supper by Earl of Leicester.[87]
Apr. 27. Visit to Earl of Leicester.[88]
May 12. Visit to Greenwich.[89]
_c._ June 2. Visit to Tower, with imperial ambassador, Adam
Swetkowyz.[90]
June 24 < > 26. GREENWICH.[91]
July 14. WHITEHALL.[92]
July 16. Visit to Durham Place for wedding of Henry Knollys and
Margaret Cave, with tourney and two masks.[93]
July 17. RICHMOND.[94]
Aug. 8. WINDSOR, by Ankerwyke (Sir Thomas Smith).[95]
_c._ Aug.-Sept. Visits to Sunninghill, Farnham, and Bagshot.[96]
Sept. 14. WHITEHALL. Visit to Cecilia of Sweden (Bedford
House?).[97]
_c._ Sept. Visit to Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham).[98]
Oct. 7, 13. Visits to Cecilia of Sweden.[99]
Oct. 29–> Nov. 2. Visit to Nonsuch (Earl of Arundel).[100]
Nov. 11. Tilt at wedding of Earl of Warwick and Lady Anne Russell.[101]
Nov. 12. Tourney.
Nov. 13. Barriers.
Christmas. =Paul’s= (thrice by Jan. 3, including one at Savoy for
Cecilia of Sweden) and =Westminster= (_Sapientia Solomonis_).
1566
Jan. 6. King of the Bean at court.[102]
Feb. 5. GREENWICH.[103]
Feb. 14. Visit to Baynard’s Castle (Earl of Pembroke).[104]
Feb. 24–26 (S.). _Gismond of Salerne_ by Inner Temple (?). Wedding of
Earl of Southampton and Mary Browne, with two masks and tourney.[105]
June 28 or 29. ST. JAMES’S.[106]
July 1. Wedding of Thomas Mildmay and Frances Radcliffe at Bermondsey
(Earl of Sussex).[107]
July 8–Sept. 9. PROGRESS in Middlesex, Herts., Beds., Hunts.,
Northants., Lincs., Rutland, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Berks.[108]
Hendon (Edward? Herbert, July 8), Shenley (Michael Pulteney), Hatfield,
Knebworth (Rowland Lytton), Bygrave (William Warren?), Wrest (Duchess
of Suffolk), Dame Ellensbury’s in Houghton Conquest, Willington (John
Gostwick), Bletsoe (Lord St. John), Bushmead (William Gery), Kimbolton
(Thomas? Wingfield, July 21), Leighton Bromswold, Fotheringay Castle,
Apethorpe (Sir Walter Mildmay), Colly Weston (July 29, Aug. 3),
Greyfriars at Stamford (Sir W. Cecil, Aug. 5), Grimsthorpe (Duchess of
Suffolk), Sempringham (Lord Clinton), Irnham (Richard Thimelby), Exton
(Sir James Harington), Kingscliffe, Deene (Edmund Brudenell), Dingley
(Edward Griffin), Whitefriars at Coventry (Aug. 17–19),[109] Kenilworth
(Earl of Leicester, Aug. 19–22), Warwick (Earl of Warwick), Charlecote
(Sir Thomas Lucy, > Aug. 24), Broughton (Richard Fiennes), Woodstock
(Aug. > 26–31), Oxford (Aug. 31–Sept. 6),[110] Rycote (Sir Henry
Norris, Sept. 6–7), Bradenham (Lord Windsor, Sept. 7–9).
Sept. 9. WINDSOR.[111]
Sept. Visit to Bagshot (The Bush).[112]
Sept. 10 < > 17. RICHMOND.[113]
Sept. 27. WHITEHALL.[114]
Christmas. =Paul’s= (twice).
1567
Jan. 10. Queen in country.[115]
Jan. 17–Feb. 1. Visits to Croydon (Abp.?) by Lambeth (?), Nonsuch (Earl
of Arundel, Jan. 21–27), and Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham, Jan. 27–Feb.
1).[116]
Feb. 9–11 (S.). =Westminster.=
Feb. 10. Visit to Arundel House (Earl of Arundel)?[117]
Feb. 11. =Windsor Chapel.=
Apr. 13. Play for Spanish embassy.[118]
June 11. RICHMOND.[119]
July 22. WINDSOR.[120]
Aug. 12? OATLANDS.[121]
Aug. Visit to Beddington? (Francis Carew) by Kingston.[122]
Aug. 18 < > 20–30. PROGRESS or visits in Surrey and Hants. Woking,
Guildford Manor (Aug. 20, 21), Loseley? (William More), Farnham (Bp.
Winchester, Aug. 24, 25, 29), Odiham, Bagshot.[123]
Aug. 30. WINDSOR.[124]
Oct. 12. HAMPTON COURT.[125]
Dec. 23. WHITEHALL.[126]
Christmas. =Rich’s= (twice), =Paul’s= (twice), =Westminster=. The
Revels prepared eight plays this winter, _The King of Scots_ (tragedy),
_As Plain As Can Be_, _The Painful Pilgrimage_, _Jack and Jill_, _Six
Fools_, _Wit and Will_, _Prodigality_, _Orestes_ (the extant play?),
and six masks, of which two were not used.
1568
Jan. 2. Visit to Charterhouse.[127]
_c._ Feb. Visit to Hackney.[128]
Feb. 29–March 2 (S.). =Chapel= (tragedy) and =Windsor Chapel=.
Apr. 6. GREENWICH.[129]
July 6–12? Visit to Charterhouse (Duke of Norfolk).[130]
July 12–Sept. 22. PROGRESS in Essex, Middlesex, Herts., Beds.,
Bucks., Northants., Oxon., Berks.[131] Havering (July 13–15) with
visits to Giddy Hall in Romford (Sir Anthony Cooke) and Pyrgo (Lord
John Grey), Copt Hall (Thomas Heneage, July 19), Enfield (July 22,
25), Hatfield (July 30, Aug. 3, 4, 7), Knebworth (Rowland Lytton),
St. Albans (Sir Ralph Rowlett, Aug. 8), Dunstable (Edward Wingate),
Brickhill (Thomas Duncombe?), Whaddon (Lord Grey), Buckingham (William
Davers? at parsonage), Easton Neston (Sir John Fermor, Aug. 14, 21),
Grafton Regis, Charlton (Sir Robert Lane), Bicester (Mr. More, Aug.
27), Rycote (Sir Henry Norris), Ewelme, Wallingford (Thomas Parry at
College), Yattendon (Sir Henry Norris?), Donnington Castle, Newbury
(Sept. 12, 13), Aldermaston (William? Forster), Reading (Queen’s house,
Mr. Stafford, Mr. Gare, Sept. 18?).
Sept. 22. WINDSOR.[132]
Oct. 3 < > 20. HAMPTON COURT.[133]
Dec. 26. =Rich’s.=
1569
Jan. 1. =Paul’s.=
Feb. 12. WHITEHALL.[134]
Feb. 22 (S.T.). =Windsor Chapel.=
May 6. GREENWICH.[135]
May 15 (?). Visit of Earl of Leicester and Odo de Coligny, Cardinal of
Châtillon, to Oxford, with _The Destruction of Thebes_.[136]
July 21. RICHMOND, by Lambeth.[137]
July 29. OATLANDS.[138]
Aug. 5 < > 8–Sept. 23 or 24. PROGRESS in Surrey and Hants.[139]
Chertsey (Sir William FitzWilliam?), Woking (Aug. 9), Guildford (Aug.
10, 12), Farnham (Bp. Winchester, Aug. 14, 17, 20, 22) with visit to
Kingsley (Nicholas Backhouse), Odiham, Basing (Marquis of Winchester,
Aug. 27, 29; Sept. 1), Abbotstone (Lord St. John), Soberton (Anne,
Lady Lawrence), Tichfield (Lady Southampton, Sept. 4, 6), Southampton
Tower (Sept. 6?, 8, 9, 14), Melchet (Richard? Audley), Mottisfont (Lord
Sandys), Wherwell (Sir Adrian Poynings), Hurstbourne? (Sir Robert
Oxenbridge), Steventon (Sir Richard Pexall), The Vine in Sherborne St.
John (Lady Sandys, Sept. 22), Hartley Wintney (Lady Mason), Bagshot
(Sir Henry Sutton).
Sept. 23 or 24. WINDSOR.[140]
Nov. 17. Accession day first kept.[141]
_c._ Dec. Visit to Bisham (Lady Hoby).[142]
Dec. 27. =Windsor Chapel.=
1570
Jan. 6. =Chapel.=
Jan. 20. HAMPTON COURT.[143]
Feb. 5 (S.S.). =Rich’s.=
March 19. Visit to Ham House (Madame de Châtillon).[144]
June 18 < > 20. OATLANDS.[145]
July 16–Sept. 29. PROGRESS in Middlesex, Bucks., Beds., Oxon., and
Berks.[146] Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham, July 16–18), Denham (Sir
George Peckham, July 18–19), Chenies (Earl of Bedford, July 19–Aug.
13), Pendley (Edmund Verney, Aug. 15–17), Toddington (Sir Henry
Cheyne, Aug. 19, 20), Dame Ellensbury in Houghton Conquest, Segenhoe
in Ridgmont (Peter Grey), Wing (Sir William Dormer, _c._ Aug. 24),
Eythorpe (Sir W. Dormer), Rycote (Sir Henry Norris, Aug. 30, Sept. 2,
6, 7), Ewelme, Reading (Sept. 17, 24–26), Philberds in Bray (Sir Thomas
Neville).
Sept. 29. WINDSOR.[147]
Nov. 6 or 7. HAMPTON COURT.[148]
Dec. 28. =Paul’s.=
1571
Jan. 6. Challenge for jousting.
Jan. 14 < > 19. SOMERSET HOUSE.[149]
Jan. 23. Visit to Bishopsgate (Sir Thomas Gresham) to open Royal
Exchange.[150]
Jan. 20 < > 29. WHITEHALL.[151]
Feb. 25–27 (S.). =Chapel=, =Windsor Chapel=, and =Paul’s=.
March 2. GREENWICH.[152]
March 31 < > Apr. 2. WHITEHALL.[153]
Apr. 20. Visit to St. George’s Fields.[154]
Apr. 29. Queen at wedding of Marquis of Northampton and Helena von
Snavenberg or Snachenberg.[155]
May 1–3. Tilt, tourney, barriers.[156]
June 7, 8. Visit to Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham).[157]
_c._ Apr.-July. Two visits to Bermondsey (Earl of Sussex).[158]
July 7 < > 8. HAMPTON COURT.[159]
July-Aug. Visits to Horsley (Earl of Lincoln), Oatlands, Byfleet.[160]
Aug. 8 < > 12–Sept. 22. PROGRESS in Middlesex, Herts., and Essex.[161]
Gunnersbury, Hendon (Edward Herbert), Hatfield (Aug. 15–21), Knebworth
(Rowland Lytton), Brent Pelham (Lord Morley, Aug. 26), Saffron Walden,
Audley End (Duke of Norfolk, Aug. 29–Sept. 3), Horham Hall in Thaxted
(Sir John Cutts, Sept. 5) with hunt in Henham Park, Lees (Lord Rich,
Sept. 7, 8), Rookwood Hall in Roding Abbess (Wiston Browne), Mark Hall
in Latton (James Altham, Sept. 13, 14, 17), Stanstead Abbots (Edward
Bashe, Sept. 20), Theobalds (Lord Burghley, Sept. 22), Hadley (Lady
Stamford), Harrow (William Wightman).
Sept. 22. ST. JAMES’S.[162]
Sept. 26. RICHMOND.[163]
Oct. 23 < > 28. GREENWICH.[164]
Dec. 12. WHITEHALL.[165]
Dec. 16 < > 23. Wedding of Earl of Oxford and Anne Cecil.[166]
Dec. 23. Wedding of Edward Somerset (Lord Herbert) and Elizabeth
Hastings.[167]
Christmas. The Revels prepared six masks this winter.
Dec. 27. =Lane’s= (_Lady Barbara_).
Dec. 28. =Paul’s= (_Iphigeneia_).
1572
Jan. 1. =Windsor Chapel= (_Ajax and Ulysses_).
Jan. 6. =Chapel= (_Narcissus_).
Feb. 17 (S.S.). =Lane’s= (_Cloridon and Radiamanta_).
Feb. 19. =Westminster= (_Paris and Vienna_, with tourney and
barriers).
Apr. 10 or 11. GREENWICH.[168]
May 5. ST. JAMES’S.[169]
_c._ May 25. Visit to Hampton Court (?).[170]
_c._ June 10. Visit to Greenwich.[171]
June 15. Baiting, and mask (Apollo and Peace) and tourney in banqueting
house at Cockpit for French embassy.[172]
June 20. WHITEHALL.[173]
July 15–Sept. 28. PROGRESS in Middlesex, Essex, Herts., Beds.,
Bucks., Northants., Warwickshire, Oxon., Berks.[174] Bishopsgate
(Jasper Fisher), Bethnal Green (Joan, Lady White), Havering (July
19, 20), Birch Hall in Theydon Bois (Edward? Elderton), Theobalds
(Lord Burghley, July 22–25) visit to Enfield, Hatfield, Gorhambury
(Sir Nicholas Bacon, July 25–28), Dunstable (Edward Wingate?, July
28–29), Woburn (Earl of Bedford, July 29–31) with visit to Chicheley
(Elizabeth Weston), Salden (John Fortescue, Aug. 1–4), Beachampton
(Thomas? Pigott), Easton Neston (Sir John Fermor, Aug. 4–8), Edgecott
(William Chauncy, Aug. 10), Bishop’s Itchington (Edward Fisher, Aug.
11), Warwick Castle (Earl of Warwick, Aug. 11–13), Kenilworth (Earl of
Leicester, Aug. 13–16),[175] Warwick Castle (Aug. 16–18) with visit to
Warwick Priory (Thomas Fisher, Aug. 16),[176] Kenilworth (Aug. 18–23),
Charlecote (Sir Thomas Lucy, Aug. 23), Compton Wyniates (Lord Compton,
Aug. 23), Great Tew (Henry Rainsford), Woodstock (Aug. 27, Sept. 7–19)
with visit to Langley (Sir Edward Unton), Holton (Sir Christopher
Browne), Ewelme, Reading (Sept. 21–28), Philberds in Bray (Sir Thomas
Neville, Sept. 28).
Sept. 28. WINDSOR.[177]
_c._ Nov. 11. HAMPTON COURT.[178]
Christmas. =Leicester’s= (thrice) and =Paul’s=. The Revels prepared
plays on _Theagenes and Chariclea_, _Perseus and Andromeda_, and
_Fortune_, and a double mask (Fishermen and Fruit-wives) this winter.
1573
Jan. 1. =Windsor Chapel.=
Jan. 6. =Eton.=
_c._ Jan. 29. GREENWICH, by Somerset House.[179]
Feb. 1–3 (S.). =Sussex’s=, =Lincoln’s= and =Merchant Taylors= (_Perseus
and Andromeda_?).
Feb. 24–March 10. Visits to Fold in South Mimms (Mr. Waller),
Islehampstead Latimer (Miles Sandys), Gorhambury (Sir Nicholas Bacon),
Brockett Hall in Hatfield (John Brockett), Northiaw (Earl of Warwick),
Theobalds (Lord Burghley, 8 days), and Bishopsgate (Jasper Fisher,
March 7).[180]
July 14–Sept. 26. PROGRESS in Surrey, Kent, and Sussex.[181] Croydon
(Abp. of Canterbury, July 14–21), Orpington (Sir Percival Hart, July
21–24),[182] Otford (July 24), Knole in Sevenoaks (July 24–29), Bastead
(July 29), Comfort in Birling(Lord Abergavenny, July 29–Aug. 1),
Oxenheath in West Peckham? (Sir Thomas Cotton, Aug. 1), Eridge (Lord
Abergavenny, Aug. 1–7) with visit to Mayfield (Sir Thomas Gresham)?,
Bedgebury in Goudhurst (Alexander Culpepper, Aug. 7–8) by Kilndown,
Hemstead in Benenden (Thomas Guildford, Aug. 8–11), Northiam (George
Bishop, Aug. 11), Rye (Aug. 11–14) with visit to Winchelsea (Mr.
Savage?), Northiam (Aug. 14), Sissinghurst in Cranbrook (Richard Baker,
Aug. 14–17), Boughton Malherbe (Thomas Wotton, Aug. 17–19) by Smarden,
Hothfield (John Tufton, Aug. 19–21), Olantigh in Wye (Sir Thomas Kempe,
Aug. 21–22), Brabourne (Sir Thomas Scott, Aug. 22), Westenhanger (Aug.
22–25), Sandgate Castle (Aug. 25), Dover, (Aug. 25–31) by Folkestone
with visit to Thomas? Fisher, Sandwich (Roger? Manwood, Aug. 31–Sept.
3),[183] Wingham (Sept. 3), Canterbury (St. Augustine’s, Sept. 3–16)
with visit to Abp. Parker (Sept. 7),[184] Faversham (Sept. 16–18),
Tunstall (William Cromer, Sept. 18–19), Gillingham (Sept. 19),
Rochester (the Crown, Sept. 19–23) with visit to a ship, Bulley Hill
(Richard Watts, Sept. 23–24), Cobham (Lord Cobham, Sept. 24), Sutton
(Sept. 24), Dartford (Sept. 24–26).
Sept. 26. GREENWICH.[185]
_c._ Nov. Two visits to Deptford.[186]
Nov. 25. SOMERSET HOUSE, by Leicester House (?).[187]
Dec. 19. WHITEHALL.[188]
Dec. 26. =Leicester’s= (_Predor and Lucia_). Mask (Lance-knights).
Dec. 27. =Paul’s= (_Alcmaeon_).
Dec. 28. =Leicester’s= (_Mamillia_).
1574
Jan. 1. =Westminster= (_Truth, Faithfulness, and Mercy_). Mask
(Foresters and Wild Men).
Jan. 3. =Clinton’s= (_Herpetulus the Blue Knight and Perobia_).
Jan. 6. =Windsor Chapel= (_Quintus Fabius_). Mask (Sages).
Jan. 12. HAMPTON COURT.[189]
Feb. 2. =Merchant Taylors= (_Timoclea at the Siege of Thebes by
Alexander_). Mask (Virtues) not shown.
Feb. 18–20. Visits to Earl of Lincoln and to Osterley (Sir Thomas
Gresham).[190]
Feb. 21–23 (S.). Queen entertained privately by neighbours.[191]
Feb. 21. =Leicester’s= (_Philemon and Philecia_).
Feb. 23. =Merchant Taylors= (_Perseus and Andromeda_). Masks (Warriors
and Ladies).
March 2–3. GREENWICH, by Lambeth (Abp. Parker).[192]
June 30. RICHMOND, by Merton Abbey (Gregory? Lovell).[193]
July 7. WINDSOR, by Stanwell and Colnbrook.[194]
July 11 < > 13. =Italians.=
July 15–Sept. 25. PROGRESS in Berks., Oxon., Gloucestershire, Somerset,
Wilts., Hants, and Surrey.[195] Binfield, Reading (July 15–23) with
play (July 15) by =Italians=, Caversham or Rotherfield Greys (Sir
Francis Knollys, July 23), Ewelme (July 23–24), Holton (Christopher
Browne, July 24), Woodstock (July 24–Aug. 2), Langley (Sir Edward
Unton, Aug. 2–3), Burford (Aug. 3), Sherborne (Thomas Dutton, Aug.
3–4), Sudeley Castle (Lady Chandos, Aug. 4, 5), Boddington (Mr. Denne),
Gloucester (Aug. 10) with visit to Churcham?, Frocester (George
Huntley, Aug. 10–11), Iron Acton (Sir Nicholas Pointz), Berkeley Castle
(Lord Berkeley, Aug. 11–12), Berkeley Hearne?, Bristol St. Lawrence,
Bristol (Sir John Young, Aug. 14–21),[196] Keynsham (Henry? Brydges,
Aug. 21), Morecroft (Stokes Croft?, Aug. 21), Bath (Aug. 21–23),
Hazelbury (John Bonham, Aug. 23), Lacock (Sir Henry Sherington, Aug.
23–28), Erlestoke (William Brouncker, Aug. 28–31), Heytesbury (Mr.
Hawker, Aug. 31–Sept. 3) with visit to Longleat (Sir John Thynne, Sept.
2), Wylye? (Lady Mervyn, Sept. 3), Wilton (Earl of Pembroke, Sept. 3–6)
with visit to Clarendon Park, Salisbury (Bp.’s, Sept. 6–9) with visit
to Amesbury, Winterslow (Giles Thistlethwaite?, Sept. 9), Mottisfont
(Lord Sandys, Sept. 9–10), Somborne (Henry? Gifford, Sept. 10),
Winchester (Sept. 10–13), Abbotstone (Marquis of Winchester, Sept. 13),
Alresford, Herriard (George Puttenham), Odiham (Sept. 14–16), Farnham
(Bp. Winchester, Sept. 15, 19), Bagshot (Sept. 24–25).
Sept. 25. OATLANDS.[197]
Oct. 1. HAMPTON COURT.[198]
Oct. 19–22. Visit to Nonsuch (Earl of Arundel).[199]
Christmas. _Phedrastus_ and _Phigon and Lucia_ rehearsed by =Sussex’s=,
Three masks this winter (Pilgrims, Mariners. Hobby-horses).[200]
Dec. 26. =Leicester’s=, with boys.
Dec. 27. =Clinton’s= (_Pretestus_?).
1575
Jan. 1. =Leicester’s= (_Panecia_?).
Jan. 2. =Clinton’s.=
Jan. 6. =Windsor Chapel= (_Xerxes_?).
Feb. 2. =Paul’s.=
Feb. 3 < > 6. RICHMOND.[201]
Feb. 13 (S.S.). =Chapel.=
Feb. 14. =Warwick’s.=
Feb. 15? =Merchant Taylors.=
March 16. Visit to Mortlake (Dr. Dee).[202]
March 23 < > 25. ST. JAMES’S.[203]
_c._ Apr. (?). Visit to Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham), by Chiswick.[204]
Apr. 20. GREENWICH.[205]
_c._ May 5–8. Two visits to Lady Pembroke in illness at Baynard’s
Castle.[206]
May 23–Oct. 10 < > 11. PROGRESS in Middlesex, Herts., Beds., Bucks.,
Northants., Warwickshire, Staffs., Worcestershire, Gloucestershire,
Oxon., Berks.[207] Stoke Newington (John Dudley, May 23), Theobalds
(Lord Burghley, May 24–June 6), Broxbourne (Sir George Penruddock),
Woodhall (Sir John Butler), Hatfield (June 7–14), Luton (George
Rotherham), Toddington (Lord Cheyne), Segenhoe in Ridgmont (Peter
Grey), Holcutt (Richard Charnock), Chicheley (Elizabeth Weston),
Grafton (June 19–July 6), Fawsley (Sir Richard Knightley), Long
Itchington (Earl of Leicester, July 9), Kenilworth (Earl of Leicester,
July 9–27),[208] Meriden (William Foster), Middleton (Sir Francis
Willoughby), Swinfen (John Dyott?), Lichfield (July 30–Aug. 3)[209]
with visits to Beaudesert (Lord Paget) and Alrewas (Walter Griffith,
July 30), Colton (Katharine, Lady Gresley), Chartley (Lady Essex),
Stafford Castle (Lord Stafford, Aug. 7, 8) with visit to Ellenhall
(Walter? Harcourt), Chillington (John Giffard), Dudley Castle (Lord
Dudley, Aug. 12), Hartlebury Castle (Bp. of Worcester, Aug. 12–13),
Worcester (Bp. of Worcester, Aug. 13–20)[210] with visits to Hindlip
(John Habington, Aug. 16), Hallow Park (John Habington, Aug. 18)
and Batenhall Park (Thomas Bromley, Aug. 19), Elmley Bredon (Anne
Daston, Aug. 20–22), Evesham? (Aug. 21), Campden (Thomas Smythe),
Sudeley Castle (Lord Chandos), Sherborne (Thomas Dutton), Langley
(Sir Edward Unton, Aug. 27), Cornbury (Thomas Stafford?, Aug. 29),
Woodstock (Aug. 29–Oct. 3) with entertainment by Sir Henry Lee,[211]
Holton (Christopher Browne), Rycote (Lord Norris, Oct. 6–8), Bradenham
(Frederick Lord Windsor), Wooburn (Sir John Goodwin), Philberds in Bray
(Sir Thomas Neville).
Oct. 10 or 11. WINDSOR.[212]
Dec. 20. HAMPTON COURT, by Colnbrook.[213]
Dec. 26. =Warwick’s.=
Dec. 27. =Windsor Chapel.=
Dec. 28. =Leicester’s.=
1576
Jan. 1. =Warwick’s.=
Jan. 6. =Paul’s.=
Feb. 2. =Sussex’s.=
Feb. 6 or 7. WHITEHALL, by Sion.[214]
Feb. 27. =Italians.=
March 4 (S.S.). =Leicester’s.=
March 5. =Warwick’s.=
March 6. =Merchant Taylors.=
Apr. 26. GREENWICH.[215]
May 9–19. Visits to Leicester House (Earl of Leicester, May 9–10),
Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham, May 10–12), Pyrford (Earl of Lincoln, May
12–15), Nonsuch (Earl of Arundel, May 15–17), Beddington (Sir Francis
Carew, May 17–19).[216]
_c._ June 7. Visit to Hatfield.[217]
June 18. Visit to Deptford.[218]
_c._ June. Visit to Eltham.[219]
July 9. ST. JAMES’S.[220]
July 22 or 23. WHITEHALL.[221]
_c._ July. Visits to Highgate (Thomas? Lichfield), Fold? at Barnet (Mr.
Waller), and Hendon (Edward Herbert).[222]
July 30–Oct. 9. PROGRESS in Essex, Herts., Bucks., Berks., and
Surrey.[223] Stratford at Bow (Richard? Young, July 30), Havering (July
30–Aug. 7) with visit to Pyrgo (Henry Grey) and hunt in Harolds Park,
Chigwell Hall (Sir John Petre, Aug. 7), Loughborough (John Stonard,
Aug. 7), Upshire? (Aug. 10), Mark Hall in Latton (James Altham, Aug.
10–11), Hatfield Broadoak (Sir Thomas Barrington, Aug. 11), Great
Hallingbury (Lord Morley, Aug. 11–14), Stanstead Abbots (Edward Bashe,
Aug. 14–19), Hertford Castle (Aug. 19–22), Hatfield (Aug. 24), Hertford
again (Aug. 26–28), Northiaw (Earl of Warwick, Aug. 30), St. Albans
(Aug. 30–Sept. 1), Gorhambury (Sir Nicholas Bacon, Sept. 1), Latimer
(Miles Sandys, Sept. 1–3) with visit to Chalfont St. Giles (John?
Gardiner), Hedgerley (Sir Robert Drury, Sept. 3), Windsor (Sept.
3–10) with visit to Folly John Park, Thorpe (Richard Polsted, Sept.
10), Byfleet (Sept. 10–11), Pyrford (Earl of Lincoln, Sept. 11–12),
Guildford (Sept. 12), Loseley in Artington (Sir William More, Sept.
12–13), Farnham (Bp. Winchester, Sept. 13?-20), Odiham (Sept. 20–22),
Mr. Hall’s (Sept. 22), Reading (Sept. 22–Oct. 8), Rotherfield Greys
(Sir Francis Knollys Oct. 8), Hurst (Richard Ward, Oct. 8–9), Windsor
(Oct. 9–12).
Oct. 12. HAMPTON COURT.[224]
Dec. 26. =Warwick’s= (_Painter’s Daughter_).
Dec. 27. =Howard’s= (_Tooley_).
Dec. 30. =Leicester’s= (_Collier_).
1577
Jan. 1. =Paul’s= (_Error_).
Jan. 6. =Chapel= and =Windsor Chapel= together (_Mutius Scaevola_).
Feb. 2. =Sussex’s= (_Cynocephali_).
Feb. 12. WHITEHALL.[225]
Feb. 17–19 (S.). _Cutwell_ rehearsed, but not played.
Feb. 17. =Howard’s= (_Solitary Knight_).
Feb. 18. =Warwick’s= (_Irish Knight_).
Feb. 19. =Paul’s= (_Titus and Gisippus_). Mask of children.
Feb. 26–March 3. Visit to Wanstead? (Earl of Leicester).[226]
April. Italian play before Privy Council at Durham Place.[227]
Apr. 29 < > May 6. GREENWICH.[228]
May 9–10. Visit to Leicester House (Earl of Leicester).[229]
May 14–_c._ 25. Visits to Stoke Newington (John Dudley), Theobalds
(Lord Burghley, May 14 or 15, for 3 days), Northiaw (Earl of Warwick),
Gorhambury (Sir Nicholas Bacon, May 18–22), Fold? at Barnet (Mr.
Waller), Highgate (Thomas? Lichfield).[230]
June 24. Visit to Southwark for weddings of George, Earl of Cumberland,
to Margaret Russell, and Philip, Lord Wharton, to Frances Clifford.[231]
_c._ July. Visit to Deptford.[232]
July 19. RICHMOND, by Clapham.[233]
July 24. Visit to Isleworth (Countess of Derby).[234]
July 26. Visits to Barn Elms (Sir Francis Walsingham?) and Mortlake
Park Lodge (Earl of Leicester).[235]
Aug. 23. OATLANDS, by Hampton Court.[236]
Sept. 4–7 or 8. Visit to Pyrford (Earl of Lincoln).[237]
Sept. 12. Visit to Hanworth (Duchess of Somerset).[238]
_c._ Sept. Visit to Sir John Zouch.[239]
Sept. 23. WINDSOR, by Thorpe (Richard Polsted?).[240]
_c._ Sept. Visit to Sunninghill.[241]
Dec. 10. HAMPTON COURT, by Staines.[242]
Dec. 26. =Leicester’s.=
Dec. 27. =Chapel.=
Dec. 28. =Warwick’s.=
Dec. 29. =Paul’s.=
1578
Jan. 5. =Howard’s.=
Jan. 6. =Warwick’s.=
Feb. 2. =Sussex’s.=
Feb. 9 (S.S.). =Warwick’s.=
Feb. 11. =Lady Essex’s= (instead of =Leicester’s=).
_c._ Feb. Visit to Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham).[243]
Feb. 25–27. Visit to Putney (John Lacy?).[244]
Feb. 27–March 3 (?). Visit to Leicester House (Earl of Leicester).[245]
March 3. GREENWICH.[246]
Apr. 5 and 28. Visits to Leicester House (Earl of Leicester).[247]
May 6–16. Visits to Tottenham (Lord Compton, May 6, 7), Theobalds (Lord
Burghley, May 7–10), Stanstead Abbots (Edward Bashe, May 10–12), Copt
Hall (Sir Thomas Heneage, May 12–13), Wanstead (Earl of Leicester, May
13–16).[248]
May 16. GREENWICH.[249]