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YORK.
journal of three Norwich gentlemen^ who tarried at
York in the course of a tour they were making
through the northern counties, shows that they were
much impressed by the sight of the minster on a
Sunday and the rank and dignity of the congregation.
They speak also of its sumptuous ornaments and
vestments, rich communion cloths, and "coapes of
embroider'd velvet, cloth of gold, silver, and tissue,
of great worth and value." The king had about this
time given I, GOO "for the makeing of an organ,
and provision of other ornaments for the said
church."
Charles was evidently always kept au fait by Archbishop
Neile with the general state of the diocese,
sometimes through Laud, sometimes by communications
directly addressed to himself On one occasion
Neile writes a letter to his majesty,- telling him that
he finds no inclination in his diocese to innovate in
anything which concerns either the
doctrine or discipline
of the Church of England ; but adds the somewhat
contradictory information that too many of his
Majesty's subjects in Yorkshire have gone to New
England,^ amongst whom was "one Rogers," who
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The original MS. is preserved amongst ihe Lansdowne
]\ISS. 213. Plut., l.xxiv., B. It was printed many years ago
in a publication called the "Graphic Illustrator."
^ S. P. Dom. Charles I., ccccxii. 45 (i).
' The emigration had commenced in 1620, when the Mayfio'ii'cr
conveyed the " Pilgrim Fathers," as they were subsequently
called, to that far-off shore. They were driven to leave
their native land by the enforcement of subscription to the
"Three Articles," which has already been mentioned, and
other galling and oppressive dealings with them.