. The life and times of Margaret of Anjou, queen of England and France : and of her father René "the Good," king of Sicily, Naples, and Jerusalem ; with memoirs of the houses of Anjou . ; which broughther over from France, as we learn from Rvmers Fcedera, in which are many minute and curiousdocuments, signed by the King, one of which relatedto a safe conduct to certain Scotchmen, who, withtheir servants, desired to be present at the Queenscoronation. Another enumerates some New Yearsgifts, bestowed by King Henry in the preceding year;also the following description of the wedding ring: viz., A
. The life and times of Margaret of Anjou, queen of England and France : and of her father René "the Good," king of Sicily, Naples, and Jerusalem ; with memoirs of the houses of Anjou . ; which broughther over from France, as we learn from Rvmers Fcedera, in which are many minute and curiousdocuments, signed by the King, one of which relatedto a safe conduct to certain Scotchmen, who, withtheir servants, desired to be present at the Queenscoronation. Another enumerates some New Yearsgifts, bestowed by King Henry in the preceding year;also the following description of the wedding ring: viz., A rino- of or>ld garnished with a fair rubie some-tyme given unto us, by our Bel Oncle, the Cardinalof Englande, with the which we were sacred, on theday of our coronation at Parys, delivered unto Mat* * Porchester was a seaport in Hampshire of great note ; near it Ports-mouth now stands.—Drayton. f Holinshed ; Stow ; Carte ; Rapin ; Baudier; Lingard ; EnglishChron. Camd. Soc: % This was Thomas Adam, who received from the King an annual pen-sion of 20 marks for life.—See Appendix, p. ± MARGARET OF ANJOU. 267 thew Philip, to breke, and thereof to meke anotherryng, for the Queens wedding ryng.° From Porchester, Queen Margaret proceeded on thesame day of her landing, the 10th of April, with KingHenry to Southampton, by water; and here she restedfive days in a convent, called Gods House, beforeshe could be conveyed to Southwyke, to be united tothe King. This building has been described as afamous hospital, founded in the time of King Johnby Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, and dedi-cated to St. John the Baptist and St. the young Queen seems to have stayed evenbeyond the 15th of the month, being visited by asevere and dangerous disorder immediately on herlanding. Doubtless great care and attention werebestowed on the royal invalid in this noted hospital,and especially by Master Francisco, the Queensphysician, who received on the 10th of April, bycom
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