SIR WILLIAM CAVENDISH — -1557- 9 1 



lasted for ten years — from 1547-1557, that is through the reign 



of Edward VI. and the first years of Mary. When Queen Mary 



came to the throne then, as good courtiers, they conformed to 



the rehgion of the Queen, according to the agreement of the 



Diet of Augsburg: " Cujus Regio, Ejus Religio," which means, 



" Whoever reigns shall set the religion of his country.' But 



Lady Cavendish throughout her long life was a Reformer at 



heart. And in her last will the only books mentioned are of a 



religious character, as wall be seen : — 



My Ladyes Bookes 



Calvin uppon Job 



Covered with russett velvett. 



The resolucon of Salomons proverbes. 

 A booke of meditations. 

 Frances my g childe, and the first by the said Woman,! was borne on 

 Munday, betweene the Howers of 3 and 4 at Afternoon, viz., the 18 of 

 June Anno 2. R.E. 6 (1548), the Domynicall Letter then G. 



Memorandum at the Cristeninge of the Childe, my Ladie Frances 

 Grace, and my Ladie of SufTolkes Grace weare God Mothers, and my 

 Lord of Suffolke God Father, and at Bishoppinge. 



" My Ladie Frances Grace " was eldest daughter of Charles 

 Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by his wife, Princess Mary, Queen 

 Dowager of Louis XII. of France, and youngest sister of 

 Henry VIII. of England. 



" My Ladie of Suffolkes Grace " was last wife of Charles 

 Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, her maiden name Katherine 

 Willoughby, daughter and sole heir of William Willoughby, the 

 last Lord Willoughby de Eresby of that family, and therefore 

 Baroness de Eresby in her own right, of Grimsthorpe, near 

 Stamford, co. Lincoln. 



" My Lord of Suffolke " was Henry Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, 

 now eleven years of age, son of Charles Brandon, late Duke. 

 He and his younger brother, the only sons of their father, were 

 taken off quite young by the sweating sickness whilst at the 



1 It seems strange and a coarse manner of expression to speak of a wife, 

 and she a lady of title, as " the said Woman " ; but we must remember 

 that language changes. Our Lord addressed His Mother as "Woman, 

 what have I to do with thee? " and, again, " Wom.an, behold thy Son." 

 In each case in the original the word signifies " Lady." 



