Letter of recommendation

First I will make a small addition about a previous topic, namely the Greenwich tournament. Would you like to know what our dear Baron Hunsdon wore that day? Well you actually can thank to The diary of Henry Machyn, a merchant tailor of the time.  They are severals mention of Carey in it, but its a bit hard to read since its all written phonetically and can be somewhat difficult to read, but at page 216-217 there is mention of tournament.  Oddly enough apparently both Robert Dudley and Henry Carey were considered the winning challengers and the good tailor mention they were wearing Black and white (Maybe there was a tie or they are competing together, I can't say) and the winning defender was Ambrose Dudley  was wearing Red and Yellow. I couldn't help but notice the colour the same as his personal armory, though Robert Dudley apparently was wearing the same.

Another minor note, but as Master of the Hawkes, the cecil paper indicated that on 5 march 1561 Hunsdon received a present of a Hawkes from the duke of Prussia meant for the queen  (source) and was paid 60 crowns for it.

(You may notice that there is a mention of Henry being appointed governor on Berwick on the same page, most source will tell you he won't get the post until a full 7 years later, I'll approach this sometime later)

Anyway onto something that was suppose to be our main topic today, namely that apparently the queen fell gravely sick in October of 1562 and Henry got recommend to the privy council because in case she died (source). What exactly does this mean?

The privy council was meant to be some sort advisory board for the queen, but also had administrative duty (I can't quite say what would happen to it had the queen bite the dust) and while Henry would eventually siege on it would be many years later around 1577. 

The source of the comment actually not quite from British source, but actually spanish one locate in england, though it is logged in the Calendar of state paper for spain at entry 190. So knowing what was actually going on the ground a bit tougher. From the look of it, the queen was grivieously sick from smallpox and seem to be trying to make provision in the event of her death. The most important being Robert Dudley has lord protector of the kingdom. Her recommending Henry was part of those contingency, but didn't manage to make it pass through. (amusingly if the entry is to be believe a groom working for Robert Dudley seem to be paid more on a yearly basis than what Elizabeth gave Henry on the same yearly basis)

Frustrating enough the acts of the privy council of that time seem to have holes in it and have no mention of Lord Hunsdon and himself only appear in the correspondence in 1564. Cecil note on the period mostly refer to millitary matters.

They are a few other reference to Lord Hunsdon in spanish calendar of state paper. Here those that precede our current state.

29 may 1559 entry 34 Henry was sent to meet an ambassador of the holy german empire, though no more words seem to be mention how it went down.

5 may 1561 128 Reference to Henry been given the order of the Garder, apparently it pisses people off as well.

March 1562 entry 153 apparently there is a meeting in Lancaster of protestant of importance for the purpose of brewing some sort of anti-catholic plot under the pretend. (Considering this is very second hand what went seem to be unknown) though funnily enough apparently Bishop Quadra think that everyone in that meeting but the duke of Northfolk an idiot.