Escape from the Bastille, 1559
Joan Hasler describes how, as controller of Calais in 1558, Edward Grimston was captured when the town surrendered to the Duke of Guise and held to ransom in the Bastille.
An entertaining account of a 16th century prison-break is to be found in the report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission on the papers of the Earl of Verulam preserved at Gorhambury. This volume was published in 1906 and contains various documents upon the Bacon and Grimston families, mainly of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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