442, LIVES OF THE PURITANS. proceedings in future. You need not be afraid of their frowns, especially as you have the law on your side.. But the attorney soon drew down their vengeance upon his own head.t For this bold adventure in defending Mr. Cawdrey against the oppressions of the prelates, and for the motions which he made in parliament, as intimated in the above note, he was seized in the house by a serjeant at arms, discharged from his office in the court of the Duchy of Lancaster, disabled from any practice in his profession as a barrister at law, and kept some years prisoner in. Tutbury castle, Staffordshire.t Mr. Cawdrey having experienced the above illegal and cruel usage, was advised to appeal to the court of exche- quer, and proceed against his diocesan's chaplain, whohad taken possession of his living. He made his appeal ; and in the year 1591, the jurisdiction of the high commission court, together with its severe proceedings against Mr. Cawdrey, was argued before all the judges. Dr. Aubery, a learned civilian, and one of the high commissioners, confessed that their proceedings were not -warrantable by the letter of the statute, and that no statute of the realm would justify the said proceedings; but what they had done was founded upon the old canon law still in force. And though their proceeding by way of inquisition, forcing the man to accuse himself, was warranted by no lawwhat- ever, the judges being of the same mind as the commis- sioners, confirmed their tyrannical proceedings, and left Mr. Cawdrey, with his family of eight children, to starve as a mere layman. Besides the good man having twenty- two journies to London, the suit cost his friends a round sum of money.§ But, as Mr. Neal justly observes, it was Strype's Aylmer, p. 143, 144. Heylin's Hist. of Pres. p. 320. t This castle, now in a state of ruin, was formerly a spacious and strong place. Here Mary Queen of Scots, was, for a considerable time, in a state of confinement. This was occasioned by a jealousy and a quarrel arising betwixt her and Queen Elizabeth, when the latter, for her own safety, caused the former to be imprisoned. But what is most curious, during the queen's imprisonment in this castle, her extravagance was so great, that when she bathed, she bathed in wine. And in addition to the immense quantity of wine required for bathing, two tuns a month were not sufficient for her ordinary use. The Earl of Shrewsbury, in whose custody the queen was kept, and who appears then to have been governor of the castle, therefore applied to the lord treasurer, stating her extraordinary expenses; at the same time, solicitingsome favourable allowance from the public treasure. Also there is preserved a most curious letter, from the Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth, dated from Tutbury castle, March 14, 1569. -Steppe's alnnals, vol. i. p.538, 539. Appen. p. 61, 62. Heylin's Hist, of Pres, p. 317.-Strype's Aylmer, p, 10, 146,
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