DIARY OP WILLIAM WHITEWAY. 65 



hole and her Majesty had to descend until it could be dug out. 

 These were opportunities when young Raleighs might distinguish 

 themselves. 



The inequalities in the roads were a source of danger to horsemen. An 

 archbishop not unknown to history, Archbishop Islip, met his death 

 from this cause ; his horse put his feet into a mud hole, stumbled and 

 threw his rider into it from which he emerged wet through, and the 

 shock and exposure in wet clothes caused his death. 



The roads being in such a state, progress was of necessity slow. Mr. 

 Whiteway appears to have made the journey to and from London with 

 tolerable speed. Deducting the 16 days passed in London, from the 23 

 spent from home, the seven days represents the time occupied in the 

 journey to and from London 3| days each way. It could be done as we 

 shall see presently in less time by express. The diary continues : 



" There came news of the Prince, his arrival at Portsmouth, and 

 ballads were made of it, but it proved false ; the ballad singers were 

 sent to prison. While we were there a man ready to be buried 

 revived, and lived half a day." A later entry in the diary states 

 that " the Prince with the Duke of Buckingham arrived on 

 Sunday, October 5th. There was great joy and the great pieces 

 were shot off twice in Dorchester (so Dorchester must have been 

 fortified at this time and armed with cannon. 



1624. On March 31, "A Committee was chosen for the new 

 England business at the free schole. Sir Walter Erie (Governor), 

 Mr. Humphreys Esq (Treasurer), Sir Richard Strode, Sir Anthony 

 Smitheys, Mr. John Brown, Dr. Bradish, Mr. John Keate, Mr. Giles 

 Greene, Mr. Ed. Clarke, Mr. John Hill, Mr. William Derby, Mr. 

 James Gould, William Whiteway (jun.), Mr. William Mainford. 



The new England business resulted in the settlement of a colony, who 

 founded Dorchester in America. 



March 29th. " The Earl of Dorset died and the Earl of Oxford 

 broke his arm at Tilt." 



The age of chivalry had declined, but the joust and tournament; 

 survived to this date as a spectacle and exercise, though little danger 

 attended it. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth an annual exercise of arms 

 was appointed. This was held in Queen Elizabeth's Tilt-yard, round 

 which galleries, decorated with cloths fringed with gold, were erected for 

 the spectators. The combatants were dressed in aimour, which was 



