[GUNPOWDER PLOT]: HOWARD THOMAS: (1561-1626) 1st Earl of Suffolk. English Admiral who commanded the Golden Lion in ...

[GUNPOWDER PLOT]: HOWARD THOMAS: (1561-1626) 1st Earl of Suffolk. English Admiral who commanded the Golden Lion in the attack on the Spanish Armada in 1588. Howard later served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household (c.1603-14) and as Lord High Treasurer 1614-18. In 1605 Howard was privy to communications relating to the Gunpowder Plot and examined the cellar in the House of Lords where he discovered the brushwood concealing the gunpowder and the plot subsequently collapsed. Howard was commissioned to investigate and try the plotters. A good D.S., T Suffolke, one page, slim folio, n.p., 25th August 1613. The manuscript document is a warrant for payment and states, in part, 'Henry Marten doctor of the Civil laws the king's advocate and Levynus Munck Clerk of his majesty's signet employed commissioners into the Palatinate for the settling of the Princess Elizabeth her jointure, humbly demand allowance for their charges of transportation to and fro according to the Privy Seal of his majesty dated the eighth April 1613 the sum of £150 14s 0d. They further demand allowance for their entertainment of diet at four marks by the day, beginning from the first of March last past, and ending the twentieth of August inclusive, according to the said Privy Seal £922 13s 4d', the warrant totalling £1073 7s 4d. Signed by both Marten and Munck at the foot, acknowledging receipt of £400 0s 0d, and signed by Suffolk beneath and further countersigned by Julius Caesar (1558-1636) English lawyer, judge and politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1606-14. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and minor staining at the folds, about VG Sir Henry Marten (1562-1641) English judge and politician who served as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty 1617-41. Marten was made King's advocate on 3rd March 1609 and in March 1613 was sent abroad in connection with the marriage settlement of the Lady Elizabeth. Levinus Munck (c.1568-1623) English politician, Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn in 1601. Munck served as Chief Secretary to Sir Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, from 1602-12. In 1613 he was sent on diplomatic business to the Low Countries and afterwards accompanied the Princess Elizabeth to Heidelberg following her marriage to the Elector Palatine. By this time he held the appointment of Clerk to the Signet and was also receiving interest on money loaned to the Crown. Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662) Electress consort of the Palatinate 1613-23 and Queen consort of Bohemia 1619-20, known as the 'Winter Queen'. Eldest daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland, England and Ireland and his wife, Anne of Denmark. A significant intention of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was to assassinate Elizabeth's father and the Protestant aristocracy, kidnap the nine-year-old Elizabeth from Coombe Abbey, and place her on the throne of England - and presumably the thrones of Ireland and Scotland - as a Catholic monarch.