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lucianusMonday 1. November All Saints
Up and very busy about my business yesterday with much to be done before our departure; with Sir R. W. until past noon and then all together to Dieppe taking ship about three of the clock; much rain through the night and heavy seas and today has found us not too far gone from France and my valet quite sick from the storm but praise God it afflicteth me not; the master doth say we will make England by morning.
We pick up our story at the beginning of November 1591 (old style), in the private journal of Luke Knowlton, a gentleman volunteer in Queen Elizabeth's forces in France. He has long been under the command of Sir Roger Williams and enjoys Williams' trust and confidence. In this journal Knowlton will often be found attending on Sir Roger in some capacity or another. He is often employed to deliver messages to the French camp and is entrusted with sensitive information.
In writing this, I have drawn upon these primary sources, Thomas Coningsby's journal, letters of the Earl of Essex, correspondence of Sir Henry Unton (the English ambassador to France) and other diplomatic correspondence. In addition, I have supplemented this with information from the excellent Rouen Campaign by Howell A. Lloyd.
As the journal opens, Knowlton is about to accompany Sir Roger on a mission to England to try to obtain the Queen's permission for the Earl of Essex and his troops to begin besieging Rouen. The Earl chose Williams to go in his place because he feared that Elizabeth's ire would cause her to not allow him (the Earl) to return to France.
Coningsby, Thomas, Jornall of Cheife Thinges Happened in Our Jorney from Deape the 13. of Auguste, Untyll, MS.- Harl. 288. f. 253279. Camden Miscellany by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), published by Camden Society, 1847 Item notes: v.1 (1847).
Lloyd, Howell A. The Rouen campaign, 1590-1592; politics, warfare and the early-modern state, by Howell A. Lloyd. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973.
Up and very busy about my business yesterday with much to be done before our departure; with Sir R. W. until past noon and then all together to Dieppe taking ship about three of the clock; much rain through the night and heavy seas and today has found us not too far gone from France and my valet quite sick from the storm but praise God it afflicteth me not; the master doth say we will make England by morning.
We pick up our story at the beginning of November 1591 (old style), in the private journal of Luke Knowlton, a gentleman volunteer in Queen Elizabeth's forces in France. He has long been under the command of Sir Roger Williams and enjoys Williams' trust and confidence. In this journal Knowlton will often be found attending on Sir Roger in some capacity or another. He is often employed to deliver messages to the French camp and is entrusted with sensitive information.
In writing this, I have drawn upon these primary sources, Thomas Coningsby's journal, letters of the Earl of Essex, correspondence of Sir Henry Unton (the English ambassador to France) and other diplomatic correspondence. In addition, I have supplemented this with information from the excellent Rouen Campaign by Howell A. Lloyd.
As the journal opens, Knowlton is about to accompany Sir Roger on a mission to England to try to obtain the Queen's permission for the Earl of Essex and his troops to begin besieging Rouen. The Earl chose Williams to go in his place because he feared that Elizabeth's ire would cause her to not allow him (the Earl) to return to France.
Coningsby, Thomas, Jornall of Cheife Thinges Happened in Our Jorney from Deape the 13. of Auguste, Untyll, MS.- Harl. 288. f. 253279. Camden Miscellany by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), published by Camden Society, 1847 Item notes: v.1 (1847).
Lloyd, Howell A. The Rouen campaign, 1590-1592; politics, warfare and the early-modern state, by Howell A. Lloyd. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973.
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Date: 2008-11-03 04:44 pm (UTC)Its an offshoot of the A&S 50 thing. I figured it would be a good exercise to force me to flesh out the Rouen siege time. I have also been working on the persona worksheet that caitlincw posted a link to here: http://wiki.antir.sca.org/index.php?title=Persona_Worksheet again, a very good exercise.
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