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THE
SPANISH ARMADA,
1588.
THE TAPESTRY HANGINGS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
REPRESENTING THE SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN THE
ENGLISH AND SPANISH FLEETS.
BY
JOHN PINE, Engraver.
REPRODUCED IN HELIOTYPE FROM AN ORIGINAL COPY IN THE
COLLECTION OF CHARLES HERVEY TOWNSHEND.
WITH
An Appendix containing Biographical Sketches of the Principal English Commanders
Knighted by the Admiral at Sea, July 26, 1588.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY HOUGHTON, OSGOOD AND COMPANY.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge.
1878.
Copyright, 1878,
By CHARLES HERVEY TOWNSHEND
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY
THE
TAPESTRY HANGINGS
OF THE
HOUSE of LORDS:
Representing the several
ENGAGEMENTS
BETWEEN THE
ENGLISH and SPANISH FLEETS,
In the ever memorable Year MDLXXXVIII,
With the
Portraits of the Lord High-Admiral, and the other
Noble Commanders, taken from the Life.
To which are added,
From a Book entitled, Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera Descriptio, A.D. 1588, done, as is supposed, for the said Tapestry to be work’d after,
Ten CHARTS of the Sea-Coasts of England,
And a General One of
England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c.
Shewing the Places of Action between the two Fleets;
Ornamented with
MEDALS struck upon that Occasion,
And other suitable Devices.
Also
An Historical Account of each Day’s Action, Collected from the most Authentic Manuscripts and Writers.
By JOHN PINE, Engraver.
LONDON, MDCCXXXIX.
Sold by J. Pine in Old Bond Street near Picadilly.
TO THE
K I N G.
SIR,
I Humbly beg Leave to present to Your Majesty, these Representations of the Hangings in the House of Lords, which contain the several Victories obtained against the King of Spain in 1588.
That the same glorious Success may attend your Majesty, whenever your Fleets shall be engaged with any of your Majesty’s Enemies, is the hearty Prayer of
Your MAJESTY’s
Most dutiful and most obedient
Subject and Servant,
JOHN PINE.
S U B S C R I B E R S.
His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES.
His Royal Highness the DUKE.
His most Serene Highness the PRINCE of ORANGE.
HIS Grace the Duke of St. Alban’s.
His Grace the Duke of Ancaster.
His Grace the Duke of Argyll and Greenwich.
His Grace the Duke of Athol.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Albemarle.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Aylesford.
The Right Honourable the Lord Abergavenny.
The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph.
Sir Joseph Ayliffe, Bart. 2 Setts.
The Honourable Richard Arundell, Esq;
Richard Arnold, Esq;
Jacob Astley, Esq;
Mr. Christopher Anderson.
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort.
His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
His Grace the Duke of Bolton.
His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington, 2 Setts.
The Right Honourable the Lord Bruce.
The Right Honourable the Lord Bathurst.
The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Bangor, 2 Setts.
The Right Honourable the Lord Vere Beauclerk.
The Right Honourable the Lord Baltimore.
Sir George Beaumont, Bart.
Sir John Bland, Bart.
Sir Roger Burgogne, Bart.
Sir Thomas Brand, Knt.
Thomas Bacon, Esq;
Henry Barham, Esq;
William Barners, Esq;
Nicholas Bayley, Esq;
Nathanael Blackerby, Esq;
The Honourable Martin Bladen, Esq;
Thomas Bladen, Esq;
Walter Blackett, Esq;
Robert Bristow, Esq;
Thomas Brian, Esq;
Alexander Brodie, Esq;
Josiah Burchett, Esq;
The Rev. Dr. John Burton, Master of Winchester School.
Robert Burd, Esq;
Samuel Burroughs, Esq;
Robert Byng, Esq;
His Grace the Duke of Chandos.
The Right Honourable the Marquis of Caernarvon.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Cardigan.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Coventry.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Cholmondeley.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon and Rochester.
The Right Honourable the Earl Cowper.
The Right Honourable the Lord Craven.
The Right Honourable the Lord Carteret.
Sir James Campbell, Bart.
Sir William Carew, Bart.
Sir John Hinde Cotton, Bart.
Sir William Courtenay, Bart.
Sir Francis Child, Knt. Alderman of London.
Sir Clement Cottrell, Knt.
Trinity College Library in the University of Cambridge.
Richard Chandler, Esq;
James Chetham, Esq;
The Rev. Dr. Alured Clarke.
Matthew Clarke, M. D.
John Codrington, Esq;
John Conduit, Esq;
Thomas Copleston, Esq;
Thomas Corbett, Esq;
The Honourable Spencer Cowper, Esq;
William Cowper, Esq;
James Cockburn, Esq;
John Crawley, Esq;
Mrs. Crewe.
John Crewe, Jun. Esq;
Joseph Crewe, Esq;
Thomas Crosse, Esq;
Andrew Crosse, Esq;
John Crosse, Esq;
Philip Carter, A. M.
Mr. Charles Cary.
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.
His Grace the Duke of Dorset.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Darnley.
The Right Honourable the Lord De La Warr.
Sir James Dashwood, Bart. 2 Setts.
Sir Francis Henry Drake, Bart.
Sir Charles Dalton, Knt.
The Honourable General James Dormer.
Robert Douglas, Esq;
Mr. James Deacon, Jun.
Andrew Ducarel, Esq;
James Douglas, Esq;
Thomas Duncombe, Esq;
The Right Honourable the Earl of Exeter.
The Right Honourable the Countess of Exeter.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Effingham.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Egmont.
Sir Richard Ellys, Bart.
The Honourable Richard Edgcumbe, Esq;
The Honourable George Evens, Esq;
Mr. Charles Egleton.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Fitz-Walter.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Findlater.
The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Falconbergh.
The Right Honourable the Lord Foley.
The Honourable Mr. Justice Fortescue.
Sir Robert Fagg, Bart.
Sir John Frederick, Bart.
Sir Andrew Fountaine, Knt.
The Honourable John Finch, Esq; of Cavendish Square.
The Honourable Duncan Forbes, Esq;
Nicholas Fenwick, Esq;
Thomas Foley, Jun. Esq;
Matthew Frampton, M. D. of Oxford.
Thomas Frederick, Esq;
Richard Frewin, M. D. of Oxford.
His Grace the Duke of Grafton.
The Right Honourable the Lord North and Guilford.
The Right Honourable the Lord Gower.
The Right Honourable the Lord Gallway.
The Right Honourable the Lord Grey.
The Right Honourable the Lady Eliz. Germain. 2 Setts.
Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart.
The Honourable William Leveson Gower, Esq;
Henry Gardie, Esq;
Francis Gaussend, Esq;
Edward Gibbon, Esq;
Westby Gill, Esq;
William Gore, Esq;
Edward Le Grande, Esq;
Charles Gray, Esq; of Colchester.
Mr. John Godfrey.
His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Hallifax.
The Right Honourable the Lord Hardwick.
Nicholas Hardinge, Esq;
Edward Harley, Esq;
Michael Harvey, Esq;
Carleton Hayward, Esq;
Col. Thomas Herbert.
Francis Haywood, Esq;
Thomas Hill, Esq;
The Reverend Dr. Hodges, Provost of Oriel College Oxford.
Henry Hoare, Esq;
Richard Hoare, Esq;
Thomas Strangways Horner, Esq;
John Hylton, Esq;
William Handley, Esq;
Mr. Samuel Haynes.
Mr. Gerrard Howard.
The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Irwin.
Sir William Irby, Bart.
Sir Justinian Isham, Bart.
The Honourable and Reverend Mr. Ingram.
Captain Thomas James.
Colonel Charles Ingram.
His Grace the Duke of Kent.
Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart.
Edward Kinaston, Esq;
Thomas King, Esq;
His Grace the Duke of Leeds.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Litchfield.
The Right Honourable the Lord Lovell.
The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Landaff.
The Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Lee.
Sir Darcy Lever, Knt. LL. D.
Lancelot Charles Lake, Esq;
John Lethieullier, Esq;
George Liddell, Esq;
Thomas Lister, Esq;
Mr. Charles Lowth.
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
His Grace the Duke of Montague.
His Grace the Duke of Manchester.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Malton.
The Right Honourable the Lord Monson.
Sir John Morgan, Bart.
Sir William Morris, Bart. 2 Setts.
J. R. Madan, Esq;
Pierce Manaton, M. D. of Oxford.
Benjamin Martyn, Esq;
Thomas Master, Esq;
Thomas May, Esq;
Richard Mead, M. D.
Philip Mercier, Esq; 2 Setts.
Richard Mitchell, Esq;
John Michell, Esq;
—— Maule, Esq;
Thomas Morgan, Esq;
Thomas Mostyn, Esq;
Mr. Solomon Merrett.
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, 2 Setts.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Northampton.
Sir Michael Newton, Bart.
The Honourable James Noel, Esq;
George Noyes, Esq;
The Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery.
The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Ossory.
The Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Esq; Speaker of the H. of Commons.
General James Oglethorpe.
Nathanael Oldham, Esq;
Leak Okeover, Esq;
Samuel Ongley, Esq;
William Osbaldeston, Esq;
Jonathan Oldham, Painter.
Mr. Edward Oakley.
In the University of Oxford the following Libraries,
Christ-Church College.
Trinity College.
All-Souls College.
Jesus College.
Wadham College.
His Grace the Duke of Portland.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Pembroke.
The Right Honourable Micajah Perry, Esq; Lord Mayor of London.
The Honourable Mr. Justice Probyn.
Sir Erasmus Philipps, Bart.
The Honourable Henry Pelham, Esq;
The Honourable Stephen Poyntz, Esq;
Charles Palmer, Esq;
Humphry Parsons, Esq; Alderman of London.
Thomas Pitt, Esq;
John Plumptree, Esq;
David Polhill, Esq;
Arthur Pollard, Esq;
Thomas Potter, Esq;
Richard Powys, Esq;
Newdigate Poyntz, Esq;
Thomas Prowse, Esq;
Mr. John Perkins.