1593 - Atkinson, Anthony - To Robert Cecil
Allusion | |
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Date | 24 Oct. 1593 |
Author | Atkinson, Anthony |
Title | Letter from Anthony Atkinson to Sir Robert Cecil |
Mentions | David Ingleby rides like Robin Hood in the North |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-01. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
Informations about priests in the north. In the bishopric of Durham, Medcalf, a priest, said mass at Claxton's, a recusant [...] Particulars of other harbourers of priests in Yorkshire, Northumberland, Westmoreland, and Cumberland. [...p. 378] On 10 Sept. 1593, took John Boost, the priest, who said mass at the Water house, when Lady Margaret Neville and Adelin Claxton,her maid, and Mrs. Claxton, now in Bransby castle, were present [...] Davie Engleby has married Lady Ann Neville, second daughter to the Earl of Westmoreland, and having many friends in the north., hopes for a day of alteration, and rides in Yorkshire and the north part, like Robin Hood, and so do Joseph Constable and his wife and others.[1]
Source notes
MS ref.: Vol. CCXLV, No. 131. The cited text is a calendar summary or paraphrase of the original. IRHB's brackets.
IRHB comments
David Ingleby's dates are c.1561-ante 1617. He married Lady Anne Neville, daughter of Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (18 August 1542 – 16 November 1601), who was one of the leaders of the Rising in the North. Who the letter was meant for is not known with certainty, but the editor queries Cecil, no doubt Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563?-1612) who was Lord High Treasurer May 1598-24 May 1612, Lord Privy Seal 1598-1612, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 8 October 1597-1599, and Secretary of State 5 July 1590-24 May 1612. The writer of the letter, Anthony Atkinson, was a lawyer of the Middle Temple or Inner Temple.[2] The allusion has not been noted in previous lists or studies.
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Sources
Also see
- Robin Hood – a rebel
- 1596 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (1)
- 1596 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (2)
- 1597 - Cecil, Robert - To Thomas Burgh
- 1597 - Norreys, John - To Robert Cecil
- 1597 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (1)
- 1597 - Fenton, Geoffrey - To Robert Cecil (2)
- 1600 - Carew, George - To Robert Cecil (1)
- 1600 - Cecil, Robert - To George Carew
- 1600 - Carew, George - To Robert Cecil (2)
- 1602 - Gilbert, Adrian - To Robert Cecil
- Historical persons (links).
Notes
- ↑ Green, Mary Anne Everett, ed. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth, 1591-1594 (London, 1867), pp. 377-78.
- ↑ Green, op. cit., pp. 19, 543.