National Archives, SP
14/75/53, fol. 33
Letter,
John Chamberlain
to
Alice Carleton
, 30 December 1613,
London
. Single unfolded sheet: the letter occupies pp. 1-2. The masque mentioned here was
Campion's Masque of Squires.
[fol. 33]
Mistris Carleton: I thought I shold haue had
a world of newes to aduertise this weeke, but yt falles out in this as yt doth commonly
in other thinges that the speach and expectation goes far beyond the matter. the mariage
was vpon sonday without any such brauerie as was looked for, only some of
his followers bestowed cost on themselues, the rest exceeded not either in number
or
expence. she was maried in her haire and led to chappell by her bridemen
t
a
Duke of Saxonie (that is here) and the earle of Northampton her great vncle. the dean
of westminster
preached and bestowed a great deale of commendation on the younge couple, on the
countesse of Salisburie, and the mother-vine (as
he termed her) the countesse of Suffolke. the Deane of the
chappell coupled them, which fell out somwhat straungely that the same
man, shold marrie the same person, in the same place, vpon the self same day (after
sixe
or seuen yeares I know not whether) the former partie yet liuing: all the difference
was
that the Kinge gaue her the last time, and now her father. the King
and Quene were both present and tasted wafers and ypocras as at ordinarie
weddings. I heare litle or no commendation of the maske made by the Lords that night;
either for deuise or dauncing, only yt was rich and costly. the maskers were the Duke of Lennox, the earles of
Pembroke
and
Mongomery
Dorset
and Salisburie, the
Lord Walden
with his three brethren Sir
Thomas,
Henry
, and Sir
Charles Howard
, the Lord
Scroope, L
ord
North and Lord
Haye. the next day the
King
Prince bridegroome and others ran at the
ringe.
Bibliography
CSPD 1611-18, 217
Chamberlain (1939), 1.496