Appendix: July 1586 | British History Online

Pages 654-655

Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth, Volume 21, Part 1, 1586-1588. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1927.

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July 1586



July 7.	A.B. to Burghley.
	William White, a merchant of these West parts, being at St. Malo last month, heard that 16 of their vessels had been rifled or taken by English men-of-war, and says that their hatred of the English is such that those merchants dare not walk about in public. Wishes that her Majesty or his worship could hear the complaints of the Commons [in the West] saying "I think we shall rob one another shortly; we rob Frenchmen, our friends, and shall be debarred all traffic from thence if this be suffered: and we all shall smart for wealth wickedly gotten by a few."
	Denounces Sir Walter Ralegh, Lord of the Stanneries, no man being more hated than he is; "none more cursed daily of the poor . . . his pride intolerable . . . and as for living amongst them, he neither does nor means it, having no place of abode."
	The north parts of Devon have suffered a great loss in the want of Sir John Chichester and Sir Arthur Basset.
	Holograph. Add. Endd. by Burghley. 1¾ pp. [S.P. Dom. Addenda Eliz. XXIX., 126]
July 29.	Stafford to Burghley.
	Has heard the good news of the safe return of Sir Francis Drake, which all there rejoice at, save the Spaniards. It is feared that many who had dealings with the King of Spain will become bankrupt.
	His cousin Cecil seems very loth to come home, and (he fears) haunts bad company. Advises his recall, "not with anger but kindness, or he may grow desperate."—Paris, 29 July, 1586.
	Holograph. Add. Endd. by Burghley. 2 pp. [Ibid. 137.]