1622.] SHROVING. 233 



vij™° Aprilis 162 1, vj". — Aces. Treasurer of the Chamber, 

 m. 137. 



To John Glover one of the Knight Marshalls I\Ien vpon 

 Councells warr*^ dated at Whitehall xv'" die December 1621, 

 bringing one Whitegniste prisoner from Ncwmarkett to 

 Whitehall P. — Ibid., m. 146. 



On the 27th of January, 1622, we find the king 

 employed at Newmarket in writing one of those sapient 

 epistles, for which he was celebrated, to 1622. 

 the Bishop of Durham in favour of Sir January. 

 Richard Graham,^^ who was endeavouring to reform 

 vice in Cumberland, where he lived, by building a 

 church, educating the young, and many other good 

 deeds, which entitled him to the presentation of 

 some fat livings in that county ; and by royal will 

 and favour, he and his heirs were ordered henceforth 

 to enjoy the same for ever. The court remained 

 at Newmarket until the end of February, and in the 

 interval the king, accompanied by his courtiers as 

 usual, went a-shroving to Sir John Croft's, whose 

 daughter Cecilia then was on intimate terms with the 

 Prince of Wales, and reported to be secretly married 

 to his father.* 



The following day (being Ash Wednesday) Bishop 

 Andrewes preached before the king and court.f 



* State Papers, Dom., vol. c\x\'\\., passim . 



t This sermon, which is printed in the Bishop's " XCVI. Sermons," 

 was from text Matthev^ vi. 16, " Of Repentance and Fasting," is there said 

 to have been delivered at Whitehall, but the date, and the king being at 

 Newmarket, proves it was delivered at the latter place. Bishop Andrewes 

 was held in high esteem by James I., who not only gave him the prefer- 

 ence to all other divines as a preacher, but also chose him to vindicate 

 the royal prerogative against his subjects. The king likewise requested 

 Andrewes to reply to Cardinal Bellarmine, and between James and his 



