Bibliographical Notes

‘Coelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt’: David Stradling (1537–c.1595) and His Circle of Welsh Catholic Exiles in Continental Europe

“…In Spain, the Count and Countess of Feria began to support financially all the English, Scottish and Welsh refugees, and they actively tried to introduce the Jesuits, of whom they were strong supporters, into England. 40 They acted as a liaison between Philip II and the English and Welsh Catholics. The count and countess, too, had financial problems, pleading to Philip II "to send 80 escudos for the maintenance of the people in Flanders."…”

“…75 A significative episode had happened in 1580: John Sledd, after having lived in Rome, made friends with some itinerant priests travelling through Europe, but, as soon as they arrived in London, he denounced them. 76 Robert Persons himself, reporting to the king the conversion of some English soldiers detained in Spain, insisted that they should always be controlled:…”