^{page 389 note a} See this volume, p. 246.

^{page 390 note a} See a long letter from her son, Sir Thomas Stanhope, to Lord Burghley respecting her funeral, in the possession of Mr. Almack, printed in the Archæologia, vol. xxxi p. 212.

^{page 391 note a} Proved in Exchequer Court, York, 10 Oct. 1588.

^{page 391 note b} C. H. Cooper, Esq. F.S.A. Cambridge, to whom I am indebted for much of this information.

^{page 391 note c} MS. Harl. 1912Google Scholar.

^{page 391 note d} Willis's Not. Parl. vol. ii. p. 96.

^{page 391 note e} Willis's Not. Parl. vol. ii. p. 101.

^{page 391 note f} Ibid. p. 109.

^{page 391 note g} Ibid. p. 121.

^{page 392 note a} Pat. 32⁰ Eliz. pt. 2, m. 40. Report of Secret Committee on Post Office to House of Commons, 1844, Appendix, p. 36.

^{page 392 note b} C. H. Cooper, Esq.

^{page 392 note c} In Collins's Peerage, 1741, iii. p. 308, Sir John Stanhope is stated to have first married Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir William Knowles of Bilton in Holderness: but, as this marriage is omitted in the 3rd edition of Collins, 1756, ii. 335, the editor had probably ascertained that it belonged to another John Stanhope. See Poulson's History of Holderness, 4to. 1841, ii. 250.

^{page 392 note d} Lysons's Environs of London, vol. ii. p. 118.

^{page 392 note e} Lord Burghley's Notes, Murdin's State Papers, p. 794Google Scholar.

^{page 392 note f} Harl. MSS. iii. pp. 476-478.

^{page 392 note g} Lansd, . MSS. lxxxiv. 66Google Scholar.

^{page 392 note h} Lysons's Environs of London, ut supra.

^{page 392 note i} Lodge, vol. ii. p. 410.

^{page 393 note a} Lodge, vol. iii. p. 23.

^{page 393 note b} Mrs. Anne Vavasour, a lady of a Yorkshire family, and one of the Queen's Maids of Honor. She was a very beautiful woman, but the subject of much mirth and scandal on account of her attachment to the old but gallant Sir Henry Lee. —Note by Lodge.

^{page 393 note c} Lodge, vol. iii. p. 15.

^{page 393 note d} Ibid. vol. iii. p. 26.

^{page 393 note e} C. H. Cooper, Esq.

^{page 393 note f} Willis's Not. Parl. p. 140.

^{page 393 note g} Lodge, vol. iii. p. 95.

^{page 393 note h} Mr. Chamberlain to Mr. Carleton, Feb. 3, 1600-1:—“In the absence of the Lord Chamberlain (Lord Hunsdon), Sir John Stanhope was appointed to serve as Vice-Chamberlain, which most men interpret to be a goode step to the place.” Chamberlain's Letters, (Camden Society, 1861,) p. 100. In the same volume are the following earlier passages respecting Sir John Stanhope's expectations of preferment:—

“Aug. 30, 1598. The Lord Cobham, the Lord Thomas Howard, Sir Walter Ealeigh, and Sir John Stanhope, are in speech to be sworne shortly of the Counsaile.” (p. 18.)

“Oct. 3, 1598. Here hath been much speech of new Counsaillours, and some have been very neere it, and appointed to be sworne: but the contrarietie of opinions, the number that stand for it, and the difficultie, or rather impossibilitie, to please both sides, kepes all backe; yet it is certainly thought that Sir John Stanhope shalbe shortly Vice-Chamberlain.” (p. 21.)

“June 28, 1599. We have yet no Chauncellor of the Duchie; there be so many competitors that they hinder one another, and there be three that pretend an absolute promise,—Sir Edward Stafford, Sir John Stanhope, and Dr. Harbert.” (p. 52.)

“Oct. 10,1600. It is every day expected that Sir John Stanhope shalbe made Chancellor of the Duchie.” (p. 89.)

^{page 394 note a} “July 8, 1601. We had lately a new call of Counsaillors,—the Erie of Shrewsbury, who is likewise named to be President of Wales, the Erie of Worcester, Master of the Horse, and Sir John Stanhope, Vice-Chamberlain” (Ibid. p. 112.)

^{page 394 note b} Willis's Not. Parl. p. 150.

^{page 394 note c} Willis's Not. Parl p. 163.

^{page 394 note d} State Papers, Dom. James I. vol. ii. No. 12Google Scholar.

^{page 395 note a} State Papers, Dom. James I. vol. iv. No. 22Google Scholar.

^{page 395 note b} Ibid. vol. vi. No. 51.

^{page 395 note c} Ibid. vol. ix. No. 75.

^{page 395 note d} Ibid. vol. ix. No. 83.

^{page 395 note e} Ibid. vol. xiii. No. 51.

^{page 395 note f} Ibid. vol. xiii. No. 74.

^{page 395 note g} Ibid. vol. xiv. No 1 (Grant Book, p. 14 )

^{page 395 note h} Ibid. vol. xiv. No. 11.

^{page 396 note a} Queen's Remembrancer's Records, formerly First Secondary's, No. 34.

^{page 396 note b} State Papers, Dom. James I. vol. xv. No. 83Google Scholar.

^{page 396 note c} Ibid. vol. xxvii. No. 4.

^{page 396 note d} Ibid. vol. xxviii. No. 26.

^{page 396 note e} Ibid. vol. xxxiv. No. 8.

^{page 397 note a} State Papers, Dom. James L vol. xxxv. No. 75Google Scholar.

^{page 397 note b} Ibid. vol. xxxv. No. 73.

^{page 397 note c} Ibid. vol. xxxv. No. 74.

^{page 398 note a} Prerog. Office, 31 Dale.

^{page 398 note b} See a letter from him, p. 16.

^{page 398 note c} Additional MS. 6073. In 1672-3, Stanhope House “near Whitehall” was occupied by the Duke of Albemarle, as appears from an advertisement of a trunk cut off from the duke's carriage, in the London Gazette, No. 748, reprinted in Cunningham's Handbook for London, 1849, p. 772.

^{page 399 note a} Strype's Stow, vol. ii. book vi. p. 70.

^{page 399 note b} Probably Horseheath, in Cambridgeshire, the seat of Sir Giles Allington, who married Lady Dorothy Cecil.

^{page 399 note c} Fit of illness.

^{page 400 note a} A letter from him signed “Notingham” may be found in Lansd. MSS. lxxxvii. 13. It is written to Mr. Michael Hickes in consequence of the death of Sir Robert Southwell, and dated 26 Oct. 1598.

^{page 400 note b} Lysons's Environs of London, 1795, ii. 120.

^{page 401 note a} Illustrations of British History, iii. 25.

^{page 401 note b} The will is expressed to have been made after the execution of two deeds between the testator and the Earl of Oxford and Lord Bulbeck.

^{page 403 note a} He was disgraced with Sir John Thynne and Whalley, the Keceiver of the duchy of Lancaster, in 1552. “Holcroft hath surrendered his office of receivership of the Duchie.” Lodge, , Illustrations of British History, i. 140Google Scholar.

^{page 403 note b} Lodge's, Illustrations, vol. i. p. 70Google Scholar.