1624.] THE RIVAL ENVOYS OF PERSIA. 259 



circumstances, the interview between their Excellencies 

 was a downright slanging affair, terminating in blows. 

 After this scandal cooled down, Nagdi Bey was 

 received by Charles I. in London, where he duly 

 presented his credentials ; but, as in everything else, 

 the king was undecided, and got over the difficulty by 

 recop^nizinof and admittino; the claims of both ambas- 

 sadors. On March 14, 1624, Sir Robert Shirley was 

 allowed ^30 a week " during his Embassy here," 

 which was subsequently increased to £^0 a week " for 

 diet and entertainment." His exertions in promoting 

 commerce with Persia and the importation of Persian 

 silks were highly appreciated. He chiefly resided with 

 his sister. Lady Crofts, at Saxham, near Newmarket. 

 Shirley, Nagdi Bey, and Sir Dormer Cotton (who 

 went to Persia as ambassador to Charles L) all died 

 soon after, "and with them the quarrell and inquiry 

 after it." 



103 William Grey, son of Ralph Grey, Esq., of Chillingham, 

 Northumberland, and Isabel, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas 

 Grey, of Horton, was created a baronet June 15, 1619, and 

 elevated to the peerage as Baron Grey of Werke, at New- 

 market, February 11, 1614. He married Anne, daughter and 

 co-heir of Sir John Wentvvorth, of Gosfield, in Essex, by whom 

 he had Ralph, his heir and successor, and two daughters. In 

 the year 1643, when Lord Keeper Lyttleton deserted the 

 House of Lords, and carried the Great Seal to Charles I. at 

 Oxford, Lord Grey was elected Speaker at Westminster. He 

 died in 1674. 



^°^ Son of Sir George Goring, Earl of Norwich. (See ante?) 



^°^ Son and successor of Field-Marshal Sir William Pelham, 



