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I.—Account of the Sums disbursed under the direction of Sir Edward Cecill, Treasurer appointed for defraying the Expenses of the Lady Elizabeth, daughter of King James the First, and her husband the Elector Palatyne, with their Trayne, as also the Lords Ambassadors, Ladies, and others attending them from England to the Territories of the said Elector Palatyne, a° 1613: in a Letter addressed by Sir Charles George Young, Garter, F.S.A., to Captain William Henry Smyth, R.N., F.R.S., V.P.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2012
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Amongst the various ceremonies and entertainments which distinguished the reign of King James I. there were none perhaps celebrated with greater solemnity or more costly magnificence than those preparatory to and consequent upon the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with Frederic the Elector Palatine, which took place on the 14th of February, 1612-13. The joyous exultation and feeling exhibited by the people tended in some degree, we are told, to dissipate the grief which was generally felt at the death of Henry, the young Prince of Wales, which happened in the preceding November, and had diffused a gloom over the kingdom.
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page 2 note a Archæologia, vol. XXVI. p. 380.
page 2 note b Ludovick Stuart, second Duke of Lennox in Scotland, born 1574; attended King James to England on his accession, 1603; elected K.G. same year; created Earl of Richmond 6 Oct. 1613; Earl of Newcastle and Duke of Richmond 17 May, 1623. Died s. p. s. 16 Feb. 1624; buried in Westminster Abbey.
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Earl Marshal, restored 1604; K. G. 1611; created Earl of Norfolk 1644; carried the sword of state at the marriage of the Princess. His Countess Alathea, daughter and coheir of Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, was one of the Queen's trainbearers, and afterwards accompanied the Princess abroad. He died at Padua 24 Sept. 1646; she died at Amsterdam 3 June, 1654.
page 2 note d Robert Sydney, created Viscount Lisle, 1605, and Earl of Leicester 1618. Died 1626.
page 2 note e Sir John Harington, of Exton, co. Rutland, Knt. created Baron Harington of Exton 21 July, 1603. The custody of the Princess Elizabeth was assigned to him and Lady Harington, daughter of Robert Kelway, Esq. He accompanied the Princess to the palatinate, was taken ill upon his return, and died at Worms on St. Bartholomew's day, 1613.
page 2 note f Bacharach or Bacarath, a town on the Rhine, south of Coblentz, whither the Duke of Lennox and others were appointed, by commission dated 10 April, 1613 (Rymer), to convey the Princess; and to which place the King by treaty, 17 Nov. preceding, had agreed to pay the Princess's expenses, when the Elector was to meet her and conduct her to Heidelberg. From this account it appears that the town of Gaulstheym (Galsham) was the place to which the Princess was attended.
page 3 note a Sir Edward Cecill, third son of Thomas first Earl of Exeter, born 1571; created Baron Cecill of Putney and Viscount Wimbledon 9 Nov. 1625 (1 Car.). Died 16 November, 1638, and was buried at Wimbledon.
page 3 note b Thomas Lord Howard of Walden, K.G. met the King at Theobalds on his progress towards London, was there sworn of the privy council, and entertained the King at the Charter House four days, when his Majesty created one hundred and thirty knights in compliment to his host. In July following he was created Earl of Suffolk, and made Lord Chamberlain; Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1613; and on 11 July, 1614, constituted Lord High Treasurer; in 1616–17, nominated one of the commissioners for executing the office of Earl Marshal. Died 28 May, 1626.—Lord Braybrooke's Hist. Audley End, pp. 35–37.
page 3 note c Edward Somerset, Earl of Worcester, K.G. Master of the Horse to Queen Elizabeth 1602, and continued in that office by King James. Died 3 March, 1627–8, and was buried at Ragland.
page 3 note d William Knollys, Treasurer of the Household to Queen Elizabeth 1601, and continued under James I.; created Baron Knollys of Greys, co. Oxon. 13 May, 1603; elected K.G. 1615; created Viscount Wallingford 1616; and Earl of Banbury 18 Aug. 1626. Died 25 May, 1632; buried at Greys.
page 3 note e Sir Edward Wotton of Bocton Malherbe, co. Kent, Comptroller of the Household to Queen Elizabeth, and continued in that office by King James I.; created Baron Wotton of Merley, co. Kent, 13 May, 1603; Treasurer of the Household 1616. Died 1628. Will dated 22 Aug. 1626; proved 11 May, 1628, in the Consistory Court of Canterbury.
page 4 note a Sir Julius Cæsar, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1606; Master of the Rolls 1614. Died 1636.
page 16 note a The Elector's uncles, Prince Maurice, Governor of the Netherlands, and Prince Henry Frederick, met the Elector and his bride at Flushing.
page 17 note a Charles Howard, second Lord Howard of Effingham, K.G. 1575; created Earl of Nottingham 22 October, 1597; Lord High Admiral. Died 14 December, 1624.
For the most ample account of the preparations for this marriage, and the particulars of the journey of the Prince and Princess to Heidelberg, see a German work in the Grenville Collection in the British Museum, entitled, “Beschreibung der Reiss: Empfahung dess Ritterlichen Ordens: Volbringung des Heyraths, etc. des Fürsten, etc. Friederichen dess Fünften, Pfaltzgraven bey Rhein, etc. mit der … Königlichen Princessin Elisabethen … Jacobi dess Ersten … Einigen Tochter.” 4to. 1613, with numerous highly coloured plates.