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stealing away of the daughter from her own father * 

 the first ground whereupon all this great noise hath 

 since proceeded ? For the ground of her getting 

 again came upon a lawful and ordinary warrant, 

 subscribed by one of our council f, for redress of 

 the former violence : and except the father of a 



* Lady Hatton had first removed her daughter to Sir Ed 

 mund Whithipole s house, near Oatlands, without the know 

 ledge of Sir Edward Coke; and from thence, according to a 

 letter of Mr. Chamberlain, dated July 19, 1617, the young lady 

 was privately conveyed to a house of the lord of Argyle s by 

 Hampton-Court. &quot; Whence,&quot; adds Mr. Chamberlain, &quot; her 

 father, with a warrant from Mr. Secretary [Winwood] fetched 

 her : but indeed went farther than his warrant, and brake open 

 divers doors before he got her.&quot; 



t Secretary Winwood, who, as Mr. Chamberlain observes in 

 the letter cited in the note above, was treated with ill language 

 at the council-board by the lord keeper, and threatened with a 

 &quot; prsemunire,&quot; on account of his warrant granted to Sir Edward 

 Coke. His lordship, at the same time, told the lady Compton, 

 mother of the earl of Buckingham, that they wished well to her 

 and her sons, and would be ready to serve the earl with all true af 

 fection; whereas others did it out of&quot; faction&quot; and &quot;ambition.&quot; 

 Which words glancing directly at secretary Winwood, he alledged, 

 that what he had done was by the direction of the queen and the 

 other parties, and shewed a letter of approbation of all his 

 courses from the king, making the whole table judge what* fac 

 tion&quot; or u ambition&quot; appeared in his carriage : to which no answer 

 was returned. The queen, some time after, taking notice of 

 the disgust, which the lord keeper had conceived against secre 

 tary Winwood, and asking his lordship, what occasion the 

 secretary had given him to oppose himself so violently against 

 him, his lordship answered, &quot; Madam, I can say no more but 

 he is proud, and I am proud/ MS. letter of Mr. Chamberlain, 

 October 11, 1617. 



