The Birth of a Queen by Sarah Duncan & Valerie Schutte

Author:Sarah Duncan & Valerie Schutte
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, New York

There seems, then, no reason to suspect that the Select Council disappeared in 1557; its records are simply interrupted.

We can be confident regarding the continued existence of the Select Council, because by early 1558 the correspondence is revived. Pole wrote to the king on January 19, 1558 that he need not inform the king about everything in England, because he would hear of this “through the letters of the Council,” and by Philip’s letters it seems that the Select Council sent at least one letter in January, perhaps more. 65 By February, Feria had been tasked with the job of representing Philip in the council, and so letters between the council and king are less frequent, but letters between Feria and the king on the topic of matters in the Select Council abound. Feria had his first meeting with the Select Council on January 28 in Pole’s chambers, communicating Philip’s wishes. 66 Two Select Council memoranda went to Philip via Feria in March, though neither is now extant. Communication continued throughout this period, largely through Feria, who complained often to Philip about the Select Council’s slowness of execution of Philip’s commands; a comment probably less on their efficiency, and more on their resistance to accomplishing all of Philip’s demands. 67 There does, however, appear to be another small break, without explanation, in communication between July and October, due perhaps to Philip’s increasing lack of interest in English affairs. The last letters were sent regarding the queen’s illness. With Mary’s death, the institution of the Select Council disappeared from the English political landscape, as it was Elizabeth who had to take up the difficulties of negotiating the monarchy of counsel.

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