The fame of their adventures was noised through Europe, and Elizabeth, in consequence, invited Dee home.  He was now separated from Kelly, and on the 1st of May 1589, he set out on his return to England.  He travelled with great pomp, was attended by a guard of horse, and besides waggons for his goods, had no less than three coaches for the use of his family.  He landed at Gravesend on the 23d of November, and on the 9th of December was graciously received at Richmond by the Queen.  He found his house at Mortlake had been pillaged, but he collected the scattered remains of his library, and was so successful, by the assistance of his friends, as to recover about three-fourths of his books, estimating his loss at about L400, He had many friends, and received great presents, but was always craving and in want.  The Queen sent him money from time to time, promising him two hundred angels at Christmas.  One-half he received, but he gave a broad hint that the Queen and himself were defrauded of the rest.  He now resolved to apply for some settled subsistence, and sent a memorial by the Countess of Warwick to her Majesty, earnestly requesting that commissioners might be appointed to hear his pretensions and decide upon his claims.  Two commissioners were accordingly sent to Mortlake, where Dee showed them a book containing a distinct account of all the memorable transactions of his life, except those which occurred in his Jast journey abroad.  He detailed to them the injuries, damages, and indignities which he had suffered, and humbly supplicated reparation at their hands.  The Queen, in consequence, sent 100 marks to Mrs Dee, and promises to her husband.  At length, on December 8th, 1594, he obtained a grant of the chancellorship of St Paul’s.  But this did not answer his expectations, upon which he applied to Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, giving an account of all the books he had either written or published.  This, with other applications, led to his being presented with the wardenship of Manchester College, vacant by the removal of Dr William Chaderton to the see of Chester.  On the 14th of February 1596, he arrived with his family in that town, and on the 20th he was installed in his new charge.  He continued here about seven years, passing his time in a very turbulent and unquiet manner.  On the 5th of June 1604, he presented a petition to King James, earnestly desiring that he might be brought to trial and delivered, by a judicial sentence, from those suspicions which his astrological and other inquiries had brought upon him.  But the King, knowing the nature of his studies, was very far from showing him any mark of his favour.  In November, the same year, he quitted Manchester, returning to his house at Mortlake, where he died, old, infirm, and forsaken of his friends, being very often obliged to sell some book or other to procure a dinner.  The following account of Dr Dee’s expenses from Trebona to London, copied from a statement in his own handwriting,[19] we have thought too curious to omit:—­