ARCHIBALD ARMSTRONG ARCHBISHOP LAUD.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 2715, 30 January 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

ARCHIBALD ARMSTRONG ARCHBISHOP LAUD.

In the Court of James I. were three i note : Torn Derry, whose name was gi« gallery in Somerset House ; Stone. me in Seliien’s “Table Talk;*' and the cel Archibald Armstrong, a native of Af Cumberland. From an early age Arc* strong wa3 attached to the King’s hoc* and was a buffoon as well as jestai appearing in Court with a gay set of fi® whom Sir George Goring waa master, was often ill-treated bv the young Pn®‘ his friends, one of their favourite prank* to toss the poor jester in a blanket. ) accompanied Prince Charlie on his expe® Spain iu 16‘20, and was in great favour Court. After the death of his King remained at Court to serve Charles L provided for him with great generosrtj held the post of jester till 1G37, when! deposed, owing to bis irreverent joke* religious dissensions of the perion aoa l courtesy to the prelates. Hia gravest * was in poking fun at Archbishop Ls®* day, when his Eminence and several no* were dining with the King, Archie begf privilege of saying grace. This gra** ll folded his hands and pronounced the# in solemn tones : “ Great praise be F God ana little Laud t# the devil,” wb«J the archbishop wild with rage. Anotk* when meeting the archbishop on hu the council, and quite aware that be ** cause of the religious trouble, Archie P himself in front of the prelate and 1 “ Wha’s fool noo? Doth not your the news from Striveling about the W The jester was taken at . once the Star Chamber, where sat in council, and though be F his cause with wit, all was in he was discharged from the King’s serw banished from the Court. Exa»P* r *r chagrined, he exclaimed, “ If neither J wise man may escape the council, 1 neither.” Archie now procured a suit® and attached himself to the tombs of sovereigns. It was probably his last ®pF the living King. “ I met Archie at the* says an old writer, “* all in black. fool, thought I ; he mourns for his cou® asked him about his fool’s coat. *Oh he, ‘ my lord of Canterbury hath take® me, because either he or some of bishops may have use of jlt thaaiiew. f hath given me a black coat for it: *® a j may speak what I please, so it ®V against the prelates, for this coat hatn »I privilege than the other had.’ ** Arch l * _ considerable wealth while he held .tbs Royal fool, ax.d purchased land m place, where he spent the rest of hi® died in 164«, and, strange to say, was the Ist of April—“ Alt Fools’ Day*’" SifJQLKTOEc, in the CoJmopofct**-