 Drake claimed to have a (never presented) commission from the Queen to carry out such acts and denied Doughty a trial in England.The main pieces of evidence against Doughty were the testimony of the ship's carpenter, Edward Bright, who after the trial was promoted to master of the ship "Marigold", and Doughty's admission of telling Lord Burghley, a vocal opponent of agitating the Spanish, of the intent of the voyage.Drake consented to his request of Communion and dined with him, of which Francis Fletcher had this strange account