94 SIR WILLIAM CAVENDISH 1557. 



of the abbess and her nuns. When Elizabeth came to the 

 throne he again turned them out. The abbess reminded him of 

 his promises, and of his protestations of sorrow for her previous 

 disturbance. But all he replied was, " Go spin, you jade ; go 

 spin." 



Charles my 13th Childe and the fifte by the same Woman, was borne 

 on Tuesdaie in the night betweene 9 and 10, viz., the 28th of November. 

 Anno primo Marice. The domynicall Letter then D. 



At the Cristnynge of the Childe, the Queens Majestic Vfa.s God Mother 

 and the Duke of Suffolke, and the Bishopp of Winchester, God Fathers, 

 and at the Bishoppinge. 



" The Queens Majestie " was Queen Mary ; this was very 

 shortly after she came to the throne, and therefore it is 

 called the first year of Mary. At the next christening the Queen 

 was married to Philip of S])ain, and therefore it is said to be in 

 the years of Philip and Mary, the first and second. 



The Duke of Suffolk was at first thrown into the Tower, 

 but was pardoned through the intercession of his Duchess, 

 who was a personal friend of the Queen. 



Elizabethe my i4<h Childe and the 6 by the same Woman, was borne 

 on Sundaye in the Morninge betwixt 8 and 9. Viz. the last dale of 

 Marche Annis Phil, et Mariae primo et secundo, the domynicall Letter 

 then F. 



Memorandum at the Cristninge of the Childe my Ladie Marques of 

 Northampton and my Ladie Katharine Graye, weare God Mothers and 

 Henry Cavendish my sonne, God Father, and at Bishoppinge. 



" Ladie Katharine Graye " was second daughter of the 



Marquis of Dorset and Duke of Suffolk, younger sister of 



Lady Jane Grey. She was married as a child to Lord 



Herbert, who became second Earl of Pembroke, on the same 



day as her sister, the Lady Jane, was married to Guilford 



Dudley. Queen Mary was naturally jealous of all the Grey 



family for usurping her throne, and her influence led the Earl 



of Pembroke to consent to a dissolution of the marriage. She 



afterwards married, without the consent of Queen Elizabeth, 



Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. For a Grey and a 



Seymour to marry was to shake her throne, as the Queen 



argued. Lady Katharine was sent to the Tower and died 



there. 



