This extract comes from the Privy Council Papers, records which provide insights into the policies and issues of government, September 1553, during the reign of Mary I (1553-1558). Catalogue Ref: PC 2/7 f.21.
The Privy Council was a group of advisers to the monarch. The Star Chamber was named after the star-spangled ceiling of the room where it met in the old palace of Westminster, was effectively the judicial arm of the King’s Council. It became a separate court of law after 1485.
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At the starre Chambre [Star Chamber], the xvj [16th] of September 1553
Thappearance [The appearance]
The Lord Chauncelour The Lord Paget.
The Duke of Norffolk Mr Petre
Therle of Arundell Mr Bourne
Therle of Derby Sir John Gage
Therle of Sussex Sir John Mordant
Therle of Bathe Sir Thomas Wharton
The Bishop of Duresme
Letters to the Mayours [Mayors] of Dover and Rye to suffer [permit] all suche Frenchemen [Frenchmen] as have lately lived at London and hereboutes [hereabout], under the name of Protestantes [Huguenots or Protestants], to passe [pass] out of the realme by them, except a fewe [few] whose names shalbe [shall be] signified unto them by thambassadour [the ambassador], yf [if] he do signifye [signify] anye [any] suche [such] , forseeing that they do not carry with them all thinges [things] forbidden by the lawes [laws] of the realme [country]
- What is the order given to the Mayors of Dover and Rye by the English Crown?
- Why might the Huguenots have sought refuge in Dover and Rye?
- Mary I was a Catholic Queen. How did this influence her diplomatic and foreign policy towards the Huguenots?
- What does this document from 1553 reveal about Huguenot migration?