Old Hampshire Mapped
Cox's Hampshire
Transcription (17)Southampton
Cooke, Thomas, Sir
customs
Grey, Thomas
Dorset, Marquess of
Philip of Spain
In the Reign of King Henry VI. Sir Thomas Cooke, Lord Mayor of London, and Keeper of Queen Margaret's Wardrobe, was Customer of Southampton, which shows that this was a flourishing Port at that Time, else so great a Man would not have born that Office.
In 1512, the Lord Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, when he was sent on an Expedition to Spain, to assist King Ferdinand against the French, rendezvoused his Forces in this Town, and embarked for it. Here also the Emperor Charles V. went on board the English Fleet ten Years after, which conveyed him to Spain. In the Year 1554, Philip, then Prince of Spain, who afterwards reigned by the Name of Philip II. landed here, when he came to marry Mary I. Queen of England.
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