Whervpon the wiser men perceyuing suche a number of weapons and that great perill was not vnlike to ensue by suche apparance of late not accustomed woulde not bee present at the Sermon by reason whereof there was left a small auditorie Wherefore afterwarde there was a commaundement giuen by the Lorde Maior that the auncients of the companies shoulde be present at the nexte Sermon in their liueries and so they were whereby all became quiet The xviij of August next folowing The Duke of Northumberland arreigned the Duke of Northumberlande the Lorde Marques of Northampton and the Earle of Warwicke sonne and heire to the sayd Duke were brought into Westminster hall and there arreygned of highe treason before Thomas Duke of Norfolke high Stewarde of Englande The Duke of Northumberland at his comming to the barre vsed great reuerence towards the Iudges and protesting his faith and allegiance to the Queenes maiestie whome he confessed grieuously to haue offended he sayde that he ment not to speake any thing in defence of his facte but woulde first vnderstande the opinion of the Court in two points first whether a man doing any act by authoritie of the Princes counsayle and by warrant of the great seale of Englande and doing nothing without the same maye be charged with treason for anye thing which he might do by warrant therof Secondly whether any suche persons as were equallye culpable in that crime and those by whose letters and commaundementes he was directed in all his doings might be his iudges or passe vppon his triall as his peeres Wherevnto was answered that as concerning the first the great seale which he layde for his warrant was not the seale of the lawfull queene of the Realme nor passed by authoritie but the seale of an vsurper and therefore coulde be no warrant to him As to the seconde it was alledged that if any were as deepely to be touched in that case as himselfe yet so long as no atteyndor were of recorde against them they were neuerthelesse persons able in lawe to passe vpon any triall and not to be chalenged therefore but at the Princes pleasure After whiche aunswere the Duke vsing a fewe wordes declaring his earnest repentaunce in the case for he sawe that to stande vpon vttering any reasonable matter as might seeme woulde little preuayle he moued the Duke of Norffolke to bee a meane to the Queene for mercie without further answere confessed the inditement by whose example the other prisoners arreygned with him did likewise confesse the inditementes produced against them and therevpon had iudgement The xix of August Sir Andrewe Dudley Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Henrie Gates brethren and Sir Thomas Palmer Knightes were arreygned at Westminster and confessing their inditements had iudgemēt which was pronounced by the Marques of Winchester high Treasurer of Englande that sate that day as chiefe Iustice The Duke of Northumberland beheaded The xxij of the sayde moneth of August the sayde Duke Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer were executed at the tower hill and all the rest shortlye after had their pardons graunted by the Queene who as it was thought coulde also haue bene contented to haue pardoned the Duke as well as the other for the speciall fauour that she had borne to him afore time The Archbishop of Canterburie committed to the tower Soone after this Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterburie and late before of King Edwards priuie Counsayle was committed to the tower of London being charged of treason not onely for giuing aduise to the dishinheriting of Queene Marie but also for ayding the D. of Northumberlande with certayne horse and men against the Queene in the quarrell of the Ladie Iane of Suffolke The last day of September next following the Queene passed from the tower through the Citie of London vnto Westminster Queene Marie crowned and the next daye being the first of October shee was crowned at Westminster by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester for the Archbishops of Caunterburie and Yorke were then prisoners in the tower as before yee haue hearde at the time of whose coronation there was published a generall pardon in hir name being interlaced with so manye exceptions A pardon with exceptions as they they needed the same most tooke smallest benefite thereby In which were excepted by name no smal number not onely of Bishops and other of the Clergie namely the Archbishops of Caunterburie and Yorke the Bishop of London but also many Lordes Knightes and Gentlemenne of the laytie beside the two chiefe Iustices of Englande called Sir Edwarde Mountague and Sir Roger Cholmeley and some other learned men in the lawe for counsayling or at the least consenting to the depriuation of Queene Marie and ayding of the foresayde Duke of Northumberlande in the pretensed right of the afore named Ladie Iane the names of whiche persons so being excepted I haue omitted for shortnesse sake Assoone as this pardon was publyshed and the solemnitie of the feast of the Coronation ended Commissioners there were certayne Commissioners assigned to take order with all such persons as were excepted out of the pardon and others to compounde with the Queene for their seuerall offences which Commissioners sate at the Deane of Paules his house at the west ende of Paules Church and there called afore them the sayde persons apart and from some they tooke their fees and offices graunted before by King Edwarde the sixth and yet neuerthelesse putting them to their fines and some they committed to warde depriuing them of their states and liuings so that for the time to those that tasted thereof it seemed verye grieuous God deliuer vs from incurring the lyke daunger of lawe agayne The v. daye of October next following A Parliament the Queene helde hir highe Court of Parliament at Westminster which continued vntill the xxj day of the sayde moneth In the first session of whiche Parliament there passed no more Actes but one and that was to declare Queene Marie lawfull heire in discent to the crowne of Englande by the common lawes next after hir brother king Edwarde Treason Felonie Premunire and to repeale certaine causes of treason felonie and premunire contayned in diuerse former Statutes the whiche acte of Repeale was for that Cardinall Poole was especiallye looked for as after ye shall heare for the reducing of the Church of Englande to the Popes obedience and to the ende that the sayde Cardinall nowe called into Englande from Rome might holde his Courtes Legantine withoute the daunger of the Statutes of the Premunire made in that case wherevnto Cardinall Wolsey when he was Legate had incurred to his no small losse and to the charge of all the Clergie of Englande for exercising the like power the which acte being once passed forthwith the Queene repayred to the Parliament house The Parliament proroged and gaue therevnto hir royall assent and then proroged the Parliament vnto the xxiiij day of the sayde Moneth In
meanes according as it should haue pleased hys good wil omnipotent power yet he chose this way whereby the effusion of much bloud might be auoyded whiche by ciuill battell had bin spylled if the parties hauing their harts fylled with rancoure and yre had buckeled togyther in battayle Iames Kenedy Archbishop of Saint Androws châ—…efe Chauncellor to the King But the King vsing the aduise of his kinsman Iames Kenedie Archbishop of Saint Androws compassed his purpose in the end dispatching out of the way all suche as he any wayes foorthe mistrusted of which nuÌ„ber namely were the Dowglasses whose puissance and authoritie not without cause he euermore suspected Many haue reported as before is said that in the beginning King Iames the second through feare of y e great power of these Dowglasses was in mind to haue fled the Realme but being recoÌ„forted by the counsell and authoritie of the sande Bishop Iames Kenedy he aduaunced his studie to matters of greater importaunce The sayde Kenedy turned the Earle of Angus being of the surname of the Dowglasses and brother to him by his mother to take parte with the King The practise of Bishop Kenedy He procured also diuers other of y e same bloud and surname to reuolte from the other confederates and to submitte themselues vpon promise of pardon vnto the Kings mercie and so enfeobling the forces of such as were aduersaries to the King in the ende he had them all at his pleasure It was thoughte that for so muche as the Dowglasses had their laÌ„ds lying so vpon y e west and middle Marches of the Realme that no maÌ„ might beare any rule in those partes Great power cause of suspiâ—â—â— but onely they them selues if they had happily ioined with the Englishmen considering the greate intelligence beside which they had in all other partes of the Realme what by kindred and aliaunce the Realme mighte haue falne into greate perill for truely it is a daungerous thing as Iohannes Maior saith for the estate of a Realme to haue men of greate power and authoritie inhabiting on the bordures and vttermost partes thereof for if they chaunce vpon any occasion gyuen to renounce their obedience to there naturall Prince and supreme gouernours the preiudice may bee greate and irrecouerable that oftentimes thereof ensueth as well appeareth in the Erles of March and other before mentioned in this history and likewise in Fraunce by the Dukes of Burgundy Brytayne and Normandy for till those couÌ„treys were incorporate and annexed vnto the Crowne of Fraunce the Kings of that Realme were oftentimes put to great hinderance through Rebellion by them whome they accompted for their subiects But nowe to returne where I loste after the Dowglasses were once dispatched and thyngs quieted King Iames the seconde began then to raigne and rule really not doubting the controlement of any other person Lawes ordeyned For then he ordeyned lawes for his people as seemed best to his lyking commaunding the same to be kept vnder greate penalties and forfeytures And being counselled chiefly by the Bishop of S. Androwes Iames Kenedie that was his vncle and the Earle of Orkney hee passed through all the partes of hys Realme A general pardon graunted graunting a generall pardon of all offences passed And so hee ruled and gouerned hys subiects in greate quietnesse and caused iustice so duely to be ministred on all sides that it was said in his days how he caused the rashe bush to keepe the Cowe In the yeere .1455 the King helde a Parliamente 1455 A Parliament holden in whiche were many good lawes made and established for the weale of all the Realm as in the bookes of y e actes of ParliameÌ„t is coÌ„teyned The Isles and high lande quietly gouerned He vsed the matter also in suche wise with the principall Captaynes of the Iles and of the hye lands that the same were as quietly gouerned as any part of the lowe Landes shewing all obedience aswell in paying such duties as they owed to y e King for their lands as also in readinesse to serue in the warres with greate companyes of men as became them to do Donald Earle of Rosse and Lord of the Isles Specially Donalde Lord of the Isles and Earle of Rosse who hadde before ioyned hymselfe in confederacie with the Earles of Dowglas and Crawfort agaynst the King and had taken into his hands the Kyngs house and castel of Inuernesse as before ye haue heard naming hymselfe King of the Iles. Neuerthelesse he was now at length recoÌ„ciled to the King and gaue pledges for his good demeanor and afterwards brought to the King three thousand men in ayde at the seege of Roxburgh In this meane while greate dissention rose in Englande betweene the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke the King being principall of the house of Lancaster was taken himselfe at the battell of Saint Albons Dissention in England But the Queene with hir sonne the Prince and Henry the yong Duke of Sommerset and diuers other fled into y e North parts of England and sent to the King of Scotlande to desire him of ayde who vppon good aduice taken with his counsell for that King Henry hadde euer kept well y e peace with the Realme of Scotland and also for reuenge of his vncle the Duke of Sommerset his deathe prepared an army of twentie thousande men to passe into Englande and in the meane time all the North partes of England hearing that King Iames was ready to support the Queene of England ioyned with hir and past forward into the South partes constrayning the Duke of Yorke to flee the Realme and so king Henry enioyed the gouernemente of his Realme agayne and for that time concluded an agreemente with the Duke of Yorke his aduersarie whiche lasted not long The Duke of Yorke remembring how ready king Iames was to prepare an armie in supporte of his aduersarie King Henry procured the bordurers to make incursions vpon the Scottish subiects and woulde suffer no redresse to be had nor dayes of truce kept on the borders as in time of peace the custome was King Iames inuadeth Englande Wherevpon king Iames reysed a power and in person entred with the same into EnglaÌ„d doing great hurt by destroying diuers Townes Castels and Pyles in Northumberland the Bishoprike and other partes till at length vpon faire promises made by the Englishmen hee returned into his owne countrey 1458. After this King Henry of Englande perceyuing that the Duke of Yorke by the counsell of the Earle of Warwike ceassed not to practise conspiracies against him sent eftsoones to kyng Iames requiring him of ayde against them and promised therefore to restore vnto the King of Scotland the Lands in NorthumberlaÌ„d Cumberland the Bishoprike of Duresme and suche like which the Kings of Scotland had helde before This offer was accepted and by treaties and contracts accorded sealed and enterchanged betwixt the two Princes as the Scottishmen
after submitted himselfe Oconour submitteth himselfe to the Lorde Iustice and sent his sonne Cormacke to the Lorde Iustice as hostage for his future obedience and loyaltie to the king his highnesse Sir Anthonie Sentleger Lord deputie Sir VVilliam Brereton Lord high Marshall After this iourney was ended sir Anthonie Sentleger knight of the order was constituted Lord Deputie and sir William Brereton lord high Marshal who within one halfe yeare after he was preferred to be Marshall trauayling by the Lord Deputie his appointment to Limmerick to bring in Iames Erle of Desmond who stood vpon certaine tickle poyntes with the gouernor He dyeth ended his life in that iourney and lyeth entumbed at Kilkenny in the Chore of Saint Kenny his Church 1542 In the .xxxiij. yeare of the raigne of Henry the eight there was a Parliament holden at Dublin before sir Anthony Sentleger in which there passed An Act That the king and hys successors to be kings of Ireland For gray marchantes That the plaintife may abridge his plaint in assise That consanguinitie or affinitie being not within y e fifth degree shall be no principall chalenge That maketh it felony to any man to run away with his master his casket For the adnihilating of precōtracts in mariage For al Lordes to distreyn vpon the lands of them holden to make their auowrie not naming the tenant but their land For capacities For seruants wages For Iointenantes For recouerie in auoyding leases For Tythes For attournements This Parliament was proroged vntill the xv of Feb. after was continued at Limmerick before the said deputie at which time there past An Act For the adiournement of the Parliament and the place to holde the same and what persons shall bee chosen Knightes and Burgeses For the election of the L. Iustice Touching mispleading and ieoyfailes For landes giuen by the king For the suppression of Kilmainam and other religious houses This Parliament was likewise proroged and after was continued and holden before the sayde gouernour at Dublin 1543 the sixthe daye of Nouember in the .xxxiiij. yeare of the raigne of king Henry the eight wherein there passed An Act For the deuision of Meth into two shires For persons standing bounde in any Court for theyr apparaunce and being in seruice to bee discharged by writ This Parliament was further proroged vntill the .xvij. of Aprill and at that time before the sayd Gouernour it was holden and ended in which there passed an Act touching the manour and Castle of Dongaruan to be vnited and annexed to the crowne for euer To thys Parliament resorted dyuerse of the Irishe Lordes who submytting themselues to the Deputie hys mercy returned peaceably to their Countreyes But Iames Erle of Desmond sayled into Englande Iames ' Earle o◅ Desmonde and before the King and Counsayle purged himselfe of all suche Articles of treason as were falsly layd to his charge whose cleare purgation and humble submission the king accepted very gratefully Shortly after Desmond his returne homewarde Oneale Earle Tyron the great Oneale was created Earle of Tyron and his base sonne Mathewe Oneale Baron of Dongaruan For in those days Iohn Oneale commonly called Shane Oneale the onely sonne lawfully of his bodie begotten was little or nothing esteemed Oneale hauing returned to Irelande wyth this honour and the king his fauour Obreyne with certaine other Irishe Lordes sayled into Englande submitting theyr lyues and landes to the king his mercie This Obreyne was at that tyme created Earle of Clincare Obreyne created Earle of Clincare in which honour his posteritie hitherto resteth Shortly after the returne of these Lordes to their Countrey 1544 The Irish sent for to the fi◅st◅ of Bollongne King Henrie being fully resolued to besiege Bollongne gaue commaundement to sir Anthonie Sentleger deputie to leuie an armie of Irish men and with all expedition to sende them to England To these were appoynted Captaynes the Lord Power who after was dubt knight Surlock and Finglasse with diuerse others They mustred in Saint Iames his Parke seuen hundred In the siege of Bollongne they stoode the armye in verye good steade For they were not onely contented to burne and spoyle all the villages thereto adioyning but also they would raunge twentie or thirtie miles into the maine lande ◅heir policie in ◅eying for armie and hauing taken a Bull they vsed to tie him to a stake and scorching hym with fagottes they woulde force him to roare so as all the Cattell in the Countrey woulde make towardes the Bull all which they woulde lightly leade away and furnish the campe with store of b◅efe If they tooke anye Frenche man prysoner least they shoulde bee accounted couetous in snatching wyth them hys intyre bodye hys onelye raunsome shoulde bee no more but hys heade The French wyth this extraordinarie kind of warfarring astonyed sent an Ambassadour to King Henrie to learne whether he brought meane wyth hym or Diuelles that coulde neyther bee woonne wyth rewardes nor pacifyed by pitie whiche when the King had turned to a ◅east the French menne euer after if they coulde take anye of the Irishe scattering from the companie vsed fyrst to cutte off theyr genitours and after to tormente them with as greate and as lingring paine as they could deuise French cha◅ger vanqui◅ed After that Bollongne was surrendred to the King there encamped on the West syde of the Towne beyonde the Hauen an armye of French menne among whome there was a Thrasonicall Golias that departed from the armye and came to the brincke of the Hauen and there in letting and daring wise chalenged anye one of the Englishe armye that durst be so hardie as to bicker with him hand to hande And albecit the distaunce of the place the depth of the Hauen the nearnesse of hys companie emboldned him to thys chalenge more than any great valour or pithe that rested in him to indure a combate yet all this notwithstanding an Irishe manne named Nicholl Welshe Nichol VVelsh who after reteyned to the Earle of Kyldare loathing and disdeyning his prowde bragges flung into the water and swamme ouer the Ryuer fought wyth the chalenger stroke him for dead and returned backe to Bollongne wyth the Frenchman his heade in hys mouth before the armie coulde ouertake hym For which exployte as hee was of all his companie highly commended so by the Lieutenant he was bountifully rewarded 1545 The Earle of Lennox as◅ied by king Henrie Much aboute this tyme the Earle of Lennox verie wrongfully inquieted in Scotlande and forced to forsake his Countrey became humble peticioner to King Henrie as well to relieue him in his distressed calamitie as to cōpasse the meanes how he might bee restored to his landes and liuing The King his highnesse mooued wyth compassion posted the Earle ouer to Irelande with letters of especiall trust commaunding sir Anthonie Sentleger then Deputie to assist and further the Scottish outcast with as puissant an
son Edwarde Tho. VVaâ—… Ran. Hâ—…gâ—… Polidore Fabian that was then Earle of Chester whoâ—… also as some write he created at the same 〈◊〉 prince of Wales Moreouer in rewarde of seruice there were vj. noble men at this Parliament 〈◊〉 to the honour and title of Earles as the lorde Henry sonne to the Earle of Lancaster Creation of noble men was created Earle of Derbie or after some writers Earle of Leicester William Bohun was created Earle of Northampton William Montacute Earle of Salisburie Hughe Audeley Earle of Gloucester William Clinton Earle of Huntingdon Addition to Merâ—… Croxdeâ—… and Roberte Vfford Erle of Suffolke This creation was on the seconde Sunday in Lente and the same day were .xx. Knights made whose names for briâ—…enesse we doe here omitte In this parliament it was enacted An acte of aâ—…raye agaiâ—… suâ—…ptaâ—…es parell that no man shoulde weare any manner of sake in gown cote or doubler except he might dispende of good and sufficient rent an hundred poundes by yeare whiche acte was not long obserued It was also ordeined by the aduice of this parliament that Henry of Lancaster newly created Earle of Derbie shoulde goe ouer into Gascoigne there to remaine as the kinges lieutenant But Richarde Southwell sayth that the Earle of Salisburie and not the Earle of Derbie was appointed to goe into Gascoigne at that time and the erle of Warwike into Scotlande An acte straint of â—…porting 〈◊〉 vvolles Adâ—…â—…remâ—…th Moreouer in this parliament it was enacted that no woâ—…ll of the englishe growthe shoulde goe forthe of the lande but bee here wrought and made in clothe and farther an acte was ordeined for receyuing of straungers that were Clotheworkers and order taken that fitte and conuenient places shoulde doe assigned forth to them where to inhabite with many priuiledges and liberties and that they shoulde haue wages and stipends allowed theÌ„ till they were so setled as they might gaine coÌ„modiouslie by their occupation and science R. South The calâ—… Botâ—… but now to return to other maters The Scots this yeare tooke the castell of Bothâ—…lle by surrender so as the englishemen that were within it departed with their liues and goods saued Diuers other castels and fortresses were taken by the Scots in Fife and in other parties but the countrey of Galloway was by them specially sore afflicted bicause the people there helde with theyr lord Edwarde Ballioll Herevpon it was agreed in this laste parliament that the earle of Warwike beeyng appoynted to go thither shoulde haue with him the power beyonde Trent Northwards But when about the Ascention tide the Scotts had besieged the castell of Striuelin the king of Englande in person hasted thitherwards of whose approch the Scots no soner vnderstood but that streight wayes they brake vp their siege and departed thence the king therefore returned backe into the Southe partes 〈◊〉 Eustace â—…ackevvell Aboute the same time Sir Eustace de Maxwell knighte Lorde of Carlauerocke reuolted from Edwarde Balliol vnto Dauid le Bruis his side and so that parte daily encreased and the warre continued with damage inoughe to bothe partes â—…e Earle of â—…arvvike â—…deth â—…cotlande In the beginning of September the erle of Warwike with an army entred Scotlande by Berwike and the lorde Thomas de Wake and the Lorde Clifforde with the bishoppe of Carleil accompanied with the Westmerlande and Cumberlande men entred by Carleil and within twoo dayes after mette with the Earle of Warwike as before it was appointed and so ioyning togyther they passed forewarde spoyling and wasting Tevidale Mofeteidale Nidesdale The lorde Anthony Lucie with a parte of the armie entred into Galloway and after he had wasted that countrey he returned to the army which by reason of the exceeding great â—…eat y t fel in y t season they could not kepe on their iorney into Douglasdale and to Ayre as they had appointed but hauing remained in Scotland a twelue dayes they returned altogither vnto Carleil Edwarde Balliol was not with theâ—… in thys iourneye but remayned still in England The Scots in reuenge hereof made dyuers rodes into Englande withdrawing still with theyr pray and booties before the englishe power coulde assemble to giue them battaile The castell of â—…denburgh beâ—…ged Aboute Aâ—…hallontide the Scotts besieged the castell of Edenburgh but the Byshoppe of Carleil the lorde Randoll Dacres of Gilleslande with the power of the counties of Cumberlande and Westmerlande and the King of Scotts Edwarde Balliol with the Lorde Anthony Lucie and suche companie as they brought from Berwicke meeting at Rockesburghe The siege is â—…ed marched forthe vnto Edenburghe and chasing the Scots from the siege tooke order for the safe keeping of the castell from thence foorth and returned into Englande The K. practiâ—… vvith the â—…ings In this meane time things happened so well to the purpose of King Edwarde that by practise he alienated the â—…artes of the Flemings from the obedience of their Earle being altogither â—…nest friende to the Frenche king He therefore vnderstanding the mindes of his people sought to winne them by some gentle treatie and so did euen at the first concluding an agreement with them of Gaunt which were fully at a point to haue entred into league with the king of EnglaÌ„d as with him whose frendshippe by reason of the Trafficke of merchandize and namely of the english woolles they knewe to bee more necessarie for their countrey than the Frenche kings The Bishop of Turney Althoughe by the helpe of the Bishoppe of Turney the earle of Flaunders caused them to staye from concluding or ioyning in any suche bondes of amitie with the king of Englande for that time he yet doubted the arriuall of some power out of Englande and therevppon appointed his bastarde brother Guy of Rijckenburgh Iames Mair and certayn other noble men and captains The Isle of Cadsant with a crue of men of warre to lie in the Isle of Cadsant to defende the passage there and to see that no English shippes shoulde come or goe that way by the seas whereof the king of Englande beeing aduertised sent thither the Earle of Darbie An armie sente by sea into Flaunders the lorde Lewes Beauchampe the lorde Reginalde Cobham also the lorde William sonne to the earle of Warwike the lord Walter de Manny an Hanneuyer and other lordes knightes and capitaines with a power of fiue hundreth men of armes and two thousande archers Foure thousand saith Iac. Meir the whiche comming to the foresaide Isle of Cadsant founde the Flemmings about fiue thousande in number redie arranged on the towne dikes and sandes Froissart in purpose to defende the entrie which they did a certaine space right valiantly but in the ende they were discomfited and three thousande of them slain in the stretes hauen houses Sir Guy the bastard of FlauÌ„ders was taken with diuers other knightes and Gentlemen the Towne was brent and the
the table next to the king on his right hand in the hall the day of his coronation and for their fees to haue the foresayde Canapie of golde with the belles and staues notwithstanding the Abbot of Westminster claymed the same Edmond Chambers claymed and obteyned the office of principall Larderer for him and his Deputies by reason of his manour of Skulton Edmond Chambers otherwise called Burdellebin SkultoÌ„ in the couÌ„tie of Norffolke Thus was euery man appoynted to exercise such office as to him of right apperteyned or at the least was thought requisite for the time present On the Monday then next ensuing when the states were assembled in Parliament order was taken that by reason of such preparation as was to be made for the coronation they shoulde sit no more till the morow after Saint Edwards day On the Sunday following being the euen of Saint Edwarde the newe King lodged in the Tower and there made xivj knightes of the Bathe to witte Three of his sonnes Knightes of the Bath The Earle of Arundell The Earle of Warwickes sonne The Earle of Stafforde Two of the Earle of Deuonshires sonne The Lorde Beaumont The Lorde Willoughbies brother The Earle of Staffordes brother The Lorde Camois his sonne The Lorde of Maule Thomas Beauchampe Thomas Pelham Iohn Luttrell Iohn Listey William Hankeford Iustice William Brinchley Iustice Bartholmew Racheforde Giles Danbeney William Butler Iohn Ashton Richarde Sanape Iohn Tiptost Richard Frances Henrie Percy Iohn Arundell William Stralle Iohn Turpington Aylmere Saint Edwarde Hastings Iohn Greissley Gerard Satill Iohn Arden Robert Chalons Thomas Dymocke Hungerforde Gibethorpe Newporte and dyuerse other to the number of .xlvj. The L. Maior of London On the Morrowe beeing Saint Edwardes day and .xiij. of October the Lord Maior of LoÌ„don road towards the Tower to atteÌ„d the king with diuerse worshipfull Citizens clothed all in red and from the Tower the king ridde through the Citie vnto Westminster where he was sacred annoynted and crowned king by the Archbishop of Canterburie with all ceremonies and royall solemnitie as was due and requisite The Earle of 〈◊〉 carried â—…ngs preâ—… Though all other reioysed at his aduauncement yet surely Edmonde Mortimer Earle of March which was cousin and heyre to Lionell duke of Clarence the thirde begotten sonne of king Edwarde the thirde and Richard Earle of Cambridge sonne to Edmonde duke of Yorke whiche had maried Anne sister to the same Edmond were with these doings neither pleased nor contented Insomuch that now the deuision once begon the one linage ceassed not to persecute the other till the heyres males of both the lynes were clearly destroyed and extinct At the day of the coronation to the intent hee shoulde not seeme to take vpon him the crowne scepter royall by plaine extort power and iniurious intrusion Edward erle 〈◊〉 â—…er vn â—…ly faâ—…d 〈◊〉 â—…amed â—…ack he was aduised to make his tytle as heyre to Edmond surnamed or vntruly feyned Crouchbacke sonne to king Henry the third and to say that the said Edmond was elder brother to king Edward the first and for his deformitie put by from the crowne to whoÌ„ by his mother Blanch daughter sole heyre to Henry duke of Lancaster he was next of bloud and vndoubted heyre But bycause not only his friends but also his priuie enimies knew that this was but a forged title considering they were surely enformed not onely that the sayde Edmonde was yonger son to king Henrie the thirde but also had true knowledge that EdmoÌ„d was neither crooke backed nor a deformed persoÌ„ but a goodly gentleman a valiant captain so much fauored of his louing father that he to preferre him in mariage to the Queene Dowager of Nauarre hauing a great liuelode gaue to him the countie Palatine of Lancaster with many notable honours high seigniories and large priuiledges Therefore they aduised him to publish it that hee chalenged the realme not onely by conquest but also bycause he was by king Richarde adopted as beyre and declared by resignation as his lawfull successor being next heyremale to him of the bloud royall But to proceede to other doings the solemnitie of the coronation being ended the morrow after being Tuesday the ParliameÌ„t began again Sir Iohn Cheny speaker of the parliameÌ„t dismissed and Wil. Durward admitted and y e next day sir Iohn Cheyny that was speaker excusing himselfe by reason of his infirmitie sicknesse not to be able to exercise that roumth was dismissed and one William Durward esquire was admitted herewith were the acts established in the Parliament of the .xxj. yere of king Richardes raigne repealed and made voyde Acts repealed and the ordinances deuised in the Parliament holden the .xj. yeare of the same king confirmed Acts coÌ„firmed againe established for good and profitable The same day the kings eldest sonne the Lord Henrie by assent of all the states in the Parliament was created Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall and Erle of Chester then being of the age of .xij. yeares Vpon the Thursday the commons came and rehersed all the errors of the last Parliament holden in the .xxj. yeare of king Richard and namely in cetaine fiue of them First that where the king that nowe is was readie to arraigne an appeale agaynst the Duke of Norffolke he doing what apperteyned to hys dutie in that behalf was yet banished afterwards without any reasonable cause Secondly the Archbishop of Canterburie Metropolitane of the Realme was foreiudged without answere Thirdly the duke of Gloucester was murthered and after foreiudged Fourthly where the Earle of Arundell alledged his Charter of pardon the same might not be allowed Fifthly that all the power of that euill Parliament was graunted and assigned ouer to certaine persons and sithe that such heynous errors coulde not be coÌ„mitted as was thought without the assent and aduice of them that were of the late kings counsaile they made sure that they might be put vnder arrest and committed to safe keping till order might be further taken for them Thus much adoe there was in this Parliament specially about them that were thought to be guiltie of the duke of Gloucesters death and of the condemning of the other Lords that were adiudged traytors in the foresayde late Parliament holden in the sayde .xxj. yeare of king Richardes raigne Fabian Sir Iohn bagot discloseth secretes Sir Iohn Bagot knight then prisoner in the tower disclosed many secrets vnto the which he was priuie and being brought one day to the barre a bill was read in Englishe whiche hee had made conteyning certaine euill practises of king Richard and further what great affection y e same king bare to the duke of Aumarle insomuch that he heard him say that if he shuld renounce the gouernment of the kingdom he wished to leaue it to the said duke as to the most able maÌ„ for wisdome and manhood of all other for though he could like better of the duke of
bootie of beasts and cattaile he returned The Emperor of Constantinople comming into England to sue for aide against y e Turkes The Emperor of Constantinople câ—… into England was met by the K. on blacke heath vpon y e feast day of S. Thomas the Apostle broughte vnto London with great honor The K. bare all hys charges presenting him with giftes at his departure meete for such an estate After y e feast of the Epiphanie 1401 a Parliamente was holdeÌ„ in which an Acte was made A parliament agaynst those y t held opinions in religion contrary to the receiued doctrine of the Church of Rome ordeyning y t wheresoeuer any of theÌ„ were found and proued to set forth such doctrine they shoulde bee appreheÌ„ded deliuered to y e B. their dyocefane if they stood stiffely in their opinioÌ„s and would not be reformed they should be deliuered to y e secular power to be brent to ashes The first y t tasted the smart of this Statute was one Wilâ—… Hawtree or Sawtree a priest One brench Smithfield y e being appreheÌ„ded was breÌ„t in Smithfield in time of this Parliament About the same time K. Henry according to promise made as ye haue heard Additionâ—… the châ—… of Flaâ—… vnto the French Ambassadors sente ouer into the Countrey of Guisnes Edward Earle of Rutland otherwise in king Richards dayes entituled Duke of Aumarle sonne to Edmond Duke of Yorke There waâ—… also the Eâ—… Deuâ—… Froiâ—… Elieâ—…ck Froâ—… HeÌ„ry Earle of Northumberlande and his sonne the Lord Henry Percy the Lord Yuan Fitzwaren the Bishops of Winchester and Lincolne where the Duke of Burbon the Lordes Charles d Albert Charles de Hangest CoÌ„missioners 〈…〉 treate 〈◊〉 peace Iohn de Chastelmorant the Patriarke of Ierusalem and the Byshops of Paris and Beauuois were ready there to commune with them and so they assemblyng togither at sundry tymes and places the French men required to haue Queene Isabell to them restored but the Englishmen seemed loth to departe with hir requiring to haue hir married to Henry Prince of Wales one in bloud and age in all things to hir equall but the French â—…e woulde in no wise condiscende thereto wiâ—…te their Kings consente The frenche â—…ng â—…abled 〈◊〉 â—…ensâ—… who at that presente was not in case to vtter his mind being troubled with his wonted disease The commissioners then began to treate of peace and at length renewed the truce to endure for sixe and twentie yeares yet to come â—…or 25. â—…res wherevnto the foure yeares passed beeyng added made vp the number of thirtie yeares according to the conclusion agreed vpon in the life time of King Richard Eâ—… Some Authors affirme that ther was a new league concluded to continue during the lyues of both the Princes The frenchemen demauÌ„de 〈◊〉 for Queene Isabel The Frenchmenne dyuers times required to haue some dower assigned forth for Queene Isabell but that was at all times vtterly denyed for that the marriage betwixte hir and King Richard was neuer consummate by reason whereof she was not dowable Neuerthelesse shee was shortly after sente home vnder the conduct of the Earle of Worcester associate with dyuers other noble and honorable personages both men and women hauing with hir all the iewels ornameÌ„ts and plate which she brought into England with a great surphisage besides Additions of the Chro. of â—…rs â—…he is deliueâ—…â—…me giuen to hir by the King She was delyuered betwixte Bulloigne and Calais vnto Valeran Earle of S. Pol the French Kings Lieutenant in Picardie who being accompanyed with the Byshop of Chartres the Lord de Hugueuile the Lady of Monpensier sister to the Earle of Marche the Lady of Lucenburgh sister to the saide Earle of S. Pol and diuers other Ladyes and Gentlewomenne whiche receyued hir with greate ioy and gladnesse and taking leaue of the Englishe Lordes and Ladies they conueyed hir vnto the Dukes of Burgoigne and Burhunne that attended for hir not far off vpon a hill with a great number of people They first conueyed hir to Bulleigne and after to Abuile froÌ„ whence the Duke of Orleyaunce conueyed hir to Paris She is conueied to Paris vnto the presence of the K. hir father Hir seconde marriage and the Q. hir mother She was after giuen in marriage vnto Charles son to Lewis Duke of Orleaunce About the same time An. reg 3. Owen Glendower The daunger of the king to haue bene destroyed Owen Gleindouer and his Welchmen did much hurt to the Kings subiects One night as the King was going to bed he was in danger to haue bin destroyed for some naughtie traiterous persons hadde conueyed into his bed a certaine iron made with smithes crafte like a Caltroppe with three long prickes sharpe and small standing vpright in sort that when he had laid him downe and that the weighte of hys body should come vpon the bed he shuld haue bin thrust in with those prickes and peraduenture slayne but as God would the K. not thinking of any such thing chanced yet to feele and perceyue the instrument before he layde him downe and so escaped the daunger About Whâ—…tfontide a conspiracie was deuised by certayne persons that wished the Kings deathe A brute was spred abrode that K. Rich. was liuing mainteyning and bruting abroade that King Richarde was aliue and therefore exhorted men to stand with him for shortly he would come to light and reward such as tooke hys part with iust recopence herewith there was a priest takeÌ„ at Ware A priest taken or as some bookes haue at Warwike who had a Kalender or rolle in whyche a great number of names were written moe than were in any wise giltie to the fact as afterwards appeared by the same priests confession for being examined whether he knew such persons as hee had so enrolled were there present before him he sayd he neuer knewe them at all and beeyng demaunded wherefore hee had then so recorded their names he aunswered bycause hee thoughte they would gladly doe what mischief they could against King Henry vpon any occasion offered in reuenge of the iniuries done to King Richarde by whome they had bin aduaunced and princely preferred When therefore there appeared no more credite in the man he was condemned He is executed drawen hanged and quartered and dyuers that had bin appreheÌ„ded about that matter were releassed The Priour of Launde apprehended and set at libertie Shortly after y e Prior of Launde who for his euill gouernemement had bin depriued of his state and dignitie was likewise executed not for attempting any thing of himselfe but only for that he confessed that he knew euill counsaile and concealed it His name was Walter Baldocke a Chanon sometyme in Dunstable and by King Richarde promoted to the Priorship of Laund Grey Friers apprehended Also the same time certayne grey Friers were apprehended for treason which they had deuised to
breÌ„ned in Smithfield by the byshops apointment notwithstaÌ„ding the coroners quest indited doctor Horsey with one Io. Spalding otherwise called belringer Charles Ioseph the somnar of the murthered howbeit vpon his arreignement through great suite and corruption of money as many iudged the Kings attorney declared Doctor Horsey not to be giltie The thyrd day of February 1515 the King made a solemne iustes at Westminster â—…uste at Westminster where hee and the Lord Marques Dorset tooke vpon them to answer all commers and so did acquiting themselues right worthily This yeare also was a Parliamente called whiche began the fifth of October and helde tyll Easter in the which diuers actes were made as y e acte of apparell and that of labourers with other Also in this Parliament were diuers subsedyes graunted to the King toward his greate costes and charges that hee hadde susteyned by his voyage into Fraunce and his other warres This yeare dyed at Roane by poison as was reported the Archbyshop of Yorke Doctor Benbrick Archbyshop of Yorkâ—… is empoysoned at Roane and Cardinall called Doctor Benbricke whiche was the Kings Ambassador there This was a wyse man and of a iolly courage Then was the Bishop of Lincolne preferred to the Archebyshopricke of Yorke who in that season bare al y e rule about the King so that what he sayd was obeyed in all places The first day of Ianuary The deathe 〈◊〉 the French 〈◊〉 the Frenche Kyng departed this life after he had bin married to the Lady Mary of Englande the tearme onely of fourescore and two dayes The king of England being therof aduertised caused a solemne obsequie to bee kept for him in the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule wyth a costly hearse At the whiche many nobles were present The counsaile of Fraunce by the kings appoyntment assigned fourth hir dower and the Duke of Suffolke put in officers The Duke of Suffolke winâ—… the good will of the Queene dowâ—…gâ—… of France Polidor and then was the Queene deliuered to the duke by Indenture who behaued himselfe so towards hir that he obteyned hir good will to be hir husband It was thought that when the king created him Duke of Suffolke he perceyued hys systers good will towarde the sayde duke and that he ment then to haue bestowed hir on him but that a better offer came in the way Hal. But howsoeuer it was now he wanne hir loue so as by hir consent he wrote to the king hir brother meeklye beseeching him of pardon in his request whiche was humbly to desire him of his good will and contentation The king at the first stayed but after long suyte and speciallye by meane of the Frenche Queene hirselfe and other the Dukes friendes it was agreed that the Duke shoulde bring hir into England vnmaried and at his returne to marie hir in Englande but for doubt of change he maried hir secretly in Paris at the house of Clugny as was sayde After he had receyued hir with hir dower appoynted An. reg 7. The french Queene maried to the Duke of Suffolke and all hir appâ—…ell iewels and householde stuffe delyuered they tooke leaue of the new Frenche king and so passing through Fraunce came to Calais where she was honorably enterteyned and after openly maryed with great honor vnto the sayde Duke of Suffolke Doctor West as then nominated Bishop of Elie remained behinde at Paris to go through with the full conclusion of a new league betwixt the king of England and the new French king This yere in September the king being at his manour of O king after his returne from his progresse which he made that yeare into the west partes the Archebishoppe of Yorke came thither to him whilest bee soiourned there The Archbisshop of Yorke elected Cardinall a letter was brought to the sayde Archbishop from Rome aduertising him that hee was elected Cardinall which letter incontinently he shewed to the king disabling himselfe in wordes though his intent was otherwise and so the king did encourage him and willed him to take that dignitie vppon him and called him from thenceforth my Lorde Cardinal But his Hat Bul nor other ceremonies were not yet come In Nouember the king assembled his highe Court of Parliament at Westminster A Parliament at Westminster wherein diuerse actes made in the sixth yeare were reformed and altered and espicially the act of apparel and the act of laborers as by the booke of statutes more plainly appeareth At the ende of this ParliameÌ„t Doctor Warham Archbishop of Canterburie and as then lord Chauncellour perceyuing howe the new Lorde Cardinall medled further in his office of Chauncellourship than he could well suffer except hee should aduenture the kings displeasure for thys and for other considerations gaue vp his office of Chauncellor into the kings handes and deliuered to him the great seale which incontinently was deliuered by the king vnto the Lorde Cardinall and so was he made Lorde Chauncellor Cardinall Wolley made L. Chancellor He was no sooner in that office but hee directed forth Commissions into euerie shire for the execution of the statutes of apparell and labourers and in all his doings shewed himselfe more loftie and presumptuous than became him which caused him to be greatly mislyked of many and the more for that his base byrth was knowne of all men so that the nobilitie as reason was disdeyned to be at his correction In the end of Nouember The Cardinals hatte receyued by the Kenâ—…ishe Gentlemen with gret solemnitie the Cardinals hat was sent into Englande which the Gentlemen of Kent receyued and brought to London wyth such tryumph as though the greatest Prince in Europe had bene come to visit the king And on a Sunday in Saint Peters Church at Westminster he receyued the habite Hat piller other such tokens of a Cardinal And now that he was thus a perfite Cardinall he looked aboue all estates whiche purchased him great hatred and disdaine on all sides After the ende of the Parliament sir Edward Poynings labored to be discharged of the keping of Turney The Lorde MoÌ„tioy made gouernour of Tourney bicause he could not haue helth there and so he was discharged and sir WilliaÌ„ Blunt Lorde Mountioy was sent thither to haue that rowmth and for Marshall was appoynted sir Sampson Norton Immediately vppon their comming thither chaunced a great ryot raysed by the souldiers so that to appease theÌ„ the Lord Mountioy was put in ieopardie of his life A mutenye amoÌ„gst the soldiers at Tourney In conclusion to quiet theÌ„ sir Sampson Norton was banished the towne for euer but what the matter was I haue not found rehersed by any wryter After that the Citie was appeased and euery thing thought to bee forgotten diuerse of the offenders were executed and diuerse banished the towne Some fled and were confined both out of Englande and the towne This yeare the new league accorded betwixt the king and
words tending to the rebuke of sinne and improuing of suche new opinions as then began to rise And to bring the people the more in beliefe with hir hypocriticall doings she was counselled to say in those hir traunses that she should neuer be perfectly whole till shee had visited an Image of our Lady at a place called Court at Streete within the parish of Aldington aforesaid Thither was she brought and by the meanes of the sayd Richard Master and Edward Bocking that was now made of counsel in the matter there assembled a two thousand persons at the day appointed of hir thither comming to see the miracle At which day shee being thither brought afore all that assemble and multitude of people she falsely feigned and shewed vnto the people in the Chappel of our Lady there at Court at Streete A forged miracle many alteracions of hir face and other outwarde sensible partes of hir body and in those traunces she vttered wonderous words as she was before subtilly and craftely induced and taughte by the said Edward Bocking and Richard Master And amongst other things she vttered that it was the pleasure of God that the sayde Bocking should be hir ghostly father and that she should be a religious woman And within a while after suche feigned and counterfeite traunses shee appeared to the people to be suddaynely relieued from hir sicknesse and afflictions by the intercession and meane of the Image of our Lady being in the same Chappel By reason of whiche hipocriticall dissimulation the said Elizabeth was broughte into a maruellous fame credite and good opinion of a greate multitude of the people of this Realme and to encrease the same Elizabeth Barron becommeth a Nunne by the counsell of the said Edward Bocking she became a Nunne in the priorie of S. Sepulchres at Canterbury to whome the said Edwarde Bocking had commonly hys resorte not withoute suspition of incontinencie pretending to be hir ghostly father by Gods appoyntment And by conspiracie betwene hir and him she still continued in practising hir dissimuled trannses alledging that in the same she had reuelations from almightie God his Saincts and amoÌ„gst other that which as before we haue mentioned touching the Kinges mariage as yee haue heard This mater proceeded so farre that ther was a booke writteÌ„ by hir complices and namely by Thomas Laurence register to the Archbyshop of Caunterbury of hir feigned and counterfaite miracles reuelations and hipocriticall holynesse All things were handled so craftely that not only the simple but also the wise and learned were deceiued by the same in so muche The Archbyshop of Canterbury and the Byshop â—… Rochester giue crediâ—… to hir hypocriticall praâ—…tises that William Warham the late Archbyshop of Caunterbury and Iohn Fisher Byshop of Rochester and dyuers other beeing enformed thereof gaue credite thereto All whiche matters and many other had bin traiterously practised and imagined amongst the parties many yeares chiefly to interrupt the diuorse and to destroy the King and to depriue him from the Crowne and dignitie royall of this Realme as in the acte of their atteinder made more at large it may appeare and likewise in y e Chronicles of maister Edward Hall Therefore to conclude with hir and hir adherents the one and twentith of Aprill nexte following shee with diuers of them before condemned was drawen to Tiborne Elizabeth Barton executed and there executed as iustly they had deserued At the very time of hir deathe shee confessed howe she had abused the world and so was not only the cause of hir own death but also of theirs that there suffred with hir and yet they could not as shee then alledged bee worthy of lesse blame than she considering that they being learned and wise enoughe myght easily haue perceyued that those things which she did were but fained Neuerthelesse bycause the same were profitable to them they therefore bare hir in hand that it was the holy Ghost that did them and not she so that puffed vp wyth their praises shee fell into a certayne pryde and foolishe fantasie supposing shee might faine what she would whiche thyng had brought hir to that ende for the whiche hir misdooings she cried God and the Kyng mercy and desired the people to praye for hir and all them that there suffred with hir In this Parliament also was made the acte of succession for the establishing of the Crowne The acte of the establishing of the Crowne to the whiche euery person beyng of lawfull age shoulde be sworne On Monday the three twentith of Marche in the Parliament time Ambassadors forth of Scotland were solemnely receyued into London Ambassadors from Iames the fifth King of Scottes the Byshop of Aberdine the Abbot of Kynlos and Adam Otterborne the Kings attourney with diuers Gentlemen on them attendaunte whiche were broughte to the Taylers Hall and there lodged And on the day of the Innunciation they were brought to the kings Palaâ—…ce at Westminster where they shewed their commission and message forthe which the king appoynted them dayes to counsayle During the Parliament time euery Sunday at Paules Crosse preached a Bishop declaring the Pope not to bee supreeme heade of the Church The .xxx. day of March was the Parliament proroged â—…e Lordes 〈◊〉 to the â—…ion and there euerie Lorde knight and burges and all other were sworne to the Acte of succession and subscribed the inhandes to a parcâ—…ment fired to the sâ—…e The Parliament was proroged till the thirde of Nouember next After this were Commissioners sent into all parts of the realme to take the othe of al men and women to the act of succession Doctor Iohn Fisher and sir Thomas Moore knight and doctor Nicholas Wilson Parson of Saint Thomas Apostles in London expressely denied at LaÌ„beth before the Archbishop of Canterb. to receyue that oth The two first stood in their opinion to the verie death as after ye shall heare but doctor Wilson was better aduised at length so dissembling the matter escaped out of further daunger The .ix. of Iuly was the Lord Dacres of the North arraigned at Westminster of high treason An. reg 26. where the Duke of Norffolke sat as Iudge and high steward of England The sayd Lorde Dacres being brought to the hares with the Axe of the Tower before him after his Inditement read so improued the same answering euery part and matter therein conteyned and so plainly and directly confuted his accusers whiche were there readie to aâ—…ouch their accusations that to theyr great shames and his high honor he was founde that day by his Peeres not guiltie whereof the Commons not a little reiâ—…sed as by their shawt and crie made at those wordes not guiltie they freely testified The 〈◊〉 of August were all the places of the obseruant Friers suppressed as Greenwich Stow. Canterburie Richmont Newarke and Newcastell and in their places were set August in Friers and the obseruant Friers were placed in
as hee was an eloquent and well spoken man that the Lord Lisle tooke suche immoderate ioy thereof that his heart beeing oppressed therewith The Lord Lisle died through immoderate ioy hee dyed the night following through too much reioycing After his deceasse the twelfth of the same moueth of Marche sir Iohn Iudeley sonne and heire to the said Lord Lisles wife was at Westminster created Vicount Lisle The seuenteÌ„th of March one Margaret Dauie a yong woman being a seruant was boyled in Smithfield for poysoning of hir mistres with whome she dwelt and diuers other persons George Ferrers In the Lent season whilest the Parliamente yet continued one George Ferrers Gentleman seruaunt to the K. being elect a Burgesse for the Towne of Plimmouth in the Countie of Deuon in going to the Parliament house was arrested in LondoÌ„ by a proces out of y e kings bench at the sute of one White for the summe of two C. markes or thereabouts wherein he was late afore condemned as a suretie for the debt of one Weldon of Salisburie which arrest being signified to sir Tho. Moyle knight then speaker of the Parliament and to the knights and Burgesses there order was taken that the Sergeant of the Parliamente called S. Iohn shoulde forthwith repaire to y e Counter in Bredstreete whither the said Ferrers was caried and there to demaunde deliuerie of y e prisoner The Sergeant as he had in charge went to the Counter and declared to the Clearkes there what he had in commaundement But they other officers of y e Citie were so far from obeying the said commandement as after many stout words they forcibly resisted the said Sergeant wherof ensued a fray within the Counter gates betwene the said Ferrers and the said officers not without hurt of eyther part so that the saide Sergeante was driuen to defende himselfe w t his mace of armes had y e Crowne therof broken by bearing of a stroke and his man striken downe During this braule the Sherifes of London called Rowlande Hill and Henrye Suckliffe came thither to whome the Sergeant complayned of this iniurie and required of them the deliuerie of the saide Burges as afore But they bearing with their officers made little accompt either of his complaint or of his message reiecting the same contemptuously with much pronde language so as the SergeaÌ„t was forced to returne without the prisoner And finding the speaker and al the knightes and burgesses sette in their places declared vnto them the whole case as it fell who tooke the same in so ill parte that they altogither of whome there were not a fewe as wel of the kings priuie counsayle as also of his priuie chamber would sit no longer without their burges but rose vp wholly and repaired to the vpper house where the whole case was declared by the mouth of the speaker before sir Tho. Audeley knight then L. Chancellor of Englande and all the Lordes and Iudges there assembled who iudging the contempt to be very greate referred the punishmente thereof to the order of the common house They returning to their places againe vpon new debate of the ease tooke order that their Sergeant should eâ—…oones repaire to the Sheriffes of London and require deliuerie of the said Burges without any writte or warrant had for the same but only as afore Albeit the Lorde Chancellor offered there to graunt a writte which they of the coÌ„mon house refused beeing in a cleare opinion that all commaundements and other actes proceeding from the nether house were to bee done and executed by their Serieant without writte only by shew of his mace which was his warrant But before the Serieantes returne into London the Sheriffes hauing intelligence howe heynously the matter was taken became somewhat more milde so as vpon the sayd second demaund they deliuered the prisoner without any deny all But the Serieant hauing then further in commaundemente from those of the nether house charged the sayde Sheriffes to appeare personally on the morrow by eyght of the clocke before the Speaker in the nether house and to bring thither the Clearkes of the Counter and such other of their officers as were parties to the sayde affray and in like manner to take into his custody the sayd White which wittingly procured the sayde arrest in contempte of the priuiledge of the Parliamente Whiche commaundemente beeing done by the sayde Serieant accordingly on the morrowe the two Sheriffes with one of the Clearkes of the Counter whyche was the chiefe occasion of the sayde affray togyther with the sayde White appeared in the common house where the speaker charging them with theyr contempte and misdemeanoure aforesayde they were compelled to make immediate aunswere withoute beeyng admitted to any counsayle Albeit Sir Roger Cholmeley then Recorder of London and other of the Counsayle of the Citie there present offered to speake in the cause whiche were all put to silence and none suffered to speake but the parties themselues wherevpon in conclusion the said Sheriffes and the same White were committed to the Tower of LondoÌ„ the said Clearke whiche was the occasion of y e fray to a place there called litle ease y e officer of LondoÌ„ which did y e 〈◊〉 called Tailor w t iiij other officers to Newgate where they remained froÌ„ the xxviij vntill y e vxx of March theÌ„ they were deliuered not without huÌ„ble 〈◊〉 made by the Maior of London â—… other their frends And forasmuch as the sayd Fewers being in execution vpon a coÌ„demnation of debt and set at large by priuiledge of Parliament was not by lawe to be brought againe into execution and so the partie without remedie for his debt as well against him as his principall debter after long debate of the same by the speeâ—…e of ix or x. dayes togither at last they resolued vppon an Acte of Parliament to be made and to reuiueth execution of the sayde debt agaynst the sayde Welden which was principall debter and to discharge the sayde Ferrers But before this came to passe the Common house was deuided vpon the question but in conclusion the Acte passed for the sayde Ferrers wonne by xiiij voyces The King then being aduertised of all this proceeding called immediatlye before him the Lord Chauncelor of England and his Iudges with the Speaker of the Parliament and other of the grauest persons of the nether house to whome he declared his opinion to this effect First commending their wisedome in maintayning the priuiledges of their house which he woulde not haue to be infringed in any poynte alledged that he being heade of the Parliament and attending in his owne person vpon the businesse thereof ought in reason to haue priuiledge for him and his all seruauntes attending there vpon him So that if the sayde Ferrers had bene no Burgesse but onely his seruant that in respect thereof he was to haue the priuiledge as well as any other For I vnderstand quoth he that your not
in this Parliamente all Colledges Chauntries and Hospitals were committed to the king to order by altering or transposing the same as to hym shoulde seeme expediente which at the prorogation of the same Parliament he promissed should be done to the glorye of God and the common profit of the realme The .xxiiij. of December the saide parliament was proroged on whiche day the King commyng into the house to gyue hys royall assente vnto such acts as were passed the speaker made vnto him an eloquent Oration to the whyche althoughe the custome hathe euer bene that the Lorde Chauncellor shoulde make aunswere it pleased the king at that present to make the answer himself whych he vttred as here ensueth Althoughe my Chauncellor for the time being hath before this time vsed verye eloquently and substancially to make aunswer to suche Orations as hathe ben set forthe in this hyghe Courte of Parliament yet is hee not so able to open and sette forthe my minde and meaning and the secreates of my harte in so plaine and ample manner as I my selfe am and can doe wherefore I taking vpon me to aunswer your eloquent Oration Mayster speaker say that where you in the name of our welbeloued commons haue both praysed and extolled me for the notable qualities that you haue conceyued to bee in mee I moste hartilye thanke you all that you haue put me in remembraunce of my duty which is to endeuour myselfe to obtaine and gette such excellent qualities and necessarie vertues as a Prince or Gouernour shoulde or ought to haue of whiche giftes I recognise my selfe both bare and barren but of such small qualities as God hathe endewed me withall I render to his goodnes my most humble thanks entending with all my witte and diligence to get and acquier to me such notable vertues and princely qualities as you haue alledged to be incorporated in my persone these thankes for your louing admonition and good counsell first remembred I eftsoones thank you again bycause that you considering our greate chardge not for our pleasure but for your defence not for our gaine but to our greate coste whiche wee haue lately susteined aswell in defence of our and your ennemies as for the conqueste of that fortresse whiche was to this realme moste displeasant and noysome and shall be by gods grace hereafter to our nation moste profitable and pleasant haue freely of your owne mindes graunted to vs a certaine Subsidye here in an acte specified whyche verilye wee take in good parte regarding more your kindenes than the profite thereof as hee that setteth more by your louyng hartes than by your substance Beside thys harty kindenesse I can not a little reioyce when I consider the perfecte truste and confidence which you haue put in mee as men hauing vndoubted hope and vnfained beleefe in my good dooings and iust proceedings for you withoute my desire or requeste haue committed to mine order disposition al Chauntries Colledges Hospitalles and other places specified in a certayne acte firmly trusting that I will order them to the glorye of God and the profit of the common wealth Surely if I contrarie to your expectatiō shuld suffer the ministers of the Church to decay or learning which is so greate a Iewell to bee minished or poore and miserable to bee vnreleeued you myght saye that I beeing put in so speciall a truste as I am in this case were no trustye friende to you nor charitable to mine euen Chrystian neyther a louer of the publyke wealthe nor yet one that feared God to whome accompt must be rēdred of all our dooings Doubt not I pray you but your expectation shall be serued more godly and goodly than you will wish or desire as hereafter you shall plainly perceiue Nowe sithens I finde suche kindenesse on your parte towardes mee I cannot chose but loue and fauour you affirmyng that no Prince in the world more fauoreth hys Subiectes than I doe you nor no subiectes or commons more loued and obeied their soueraigne Lorde than I perceyue you doe mee for whose defence my treasure shall not bee hidden nor if necessitie require my persone shall not bee vnaduentured yet although I wishe you and you with mee to be in this perfect loue and concord this friendely amitie cannot continue except bothe you my Lordes Temporall and my Lordes Spirituall and you my louing subiectes study and take payne to amende one thyng whyche surelye is amisse and farre out of order to the whiche I moste hartyly require you whiche is that Charitie and concorde is not among you but discorde and dissention beareth rule in euery place Sainct Paule saith to the Corinthians and the thirteenthe Chapiter Charitye is gentle Charitie is not enuious Charitie is not proude and so forthe in the saide chapiter Beholde then what loue and Charitye is among you when the one calleth an other heretik and Anabaptiste and he calleth hym agayn Papist hipocrite Pharisic be these tokens of charitie amōgst you ar these signs of fraternal loue betwene you no no I assure you that this lack of Charitie amongst your selues wil be y e hinderāce assuaging of the feruēt loue betwene vs as I said before except this wound be salued clerely made hole I must needes iudge y e fault occasion of this discorde to be partly by negligence of you y e fathers preachers of the spiritualtie For if I know a man which liueth in adulterie I muste iudge him a lecherous a carnall person if I see a man boast bragge hymselfe I can not but deeme hym a proude man I see here dayly that you of the Clergie preache one againste an other teache one contrarie to an other inueygh one against an other without charitie or discretion some be too stiffe in their olde Mumpsimus other be too busy and curious in their newe Sumpsimus thus all men almoste bee in varietie and discorde and fewe or none preaches truly and sincerely the worde of God accordyng as they ought to do Shall I iudge you charitable persones dooyng this no no I can not so doe Alas howe can the poore soules liue in concorde when you preachers sow amongest them in your sermons debate and discorde of you they looke for light and you bryng them to darkenesse Amende these crimes I exhorte you and set forth Gods worde bothe by true preachyng and good example giuyng or else I whome God hathe appointed his Vicar and highe Minister here will see these deuisions extinct and these enormities corrected accordyng to my very dutye or else I am an vnprofitable seruant and an vntrue offycer Althoughe I saye the Spirituall men bee in some faulte that Charitie is not kept amongst you yet you of the Temporaltie bee not cleare and vnspotted of malice and enuy for you raile on Bishoppes speake slaunderouslye of Priestes and rebuke and taunte Preachers bothe contrarye to good order and Chrystian fraternitye If you knowe surely that a Bishoppe or Preacher erreth
was shot such a peale of artillerie off from the tower as had not bene hearde a greater in many yeares before In September the Duke of Norffolke departed this life at Fremingham castell in Norfolke and there was honourably buried among his ancestors Vpon Friday the xxvj of October those honest men that had bene of maister Throckmor quest being in number eyght for the other foure were deliuered oute of prison for that they submitted themselues and saide they had offended like weaklings not considering truth to be truth but of force for feare said so these eyght men I say whereof master Emanuell Lucar and master Whetstone were chiefe were called before the Counsell in the starre Chamber where they affirmed that they had done all things in that matter according to their knowledge and with good consciences euen as they should aunswere before God at the day of iudgemeÌ„t Where master Lucar said openly before all the Lordes that they had done in the matter like honest men and true and faithfull subiectes and therefore they humbly besought my L. Chancelor and the other Lords to be meanes to the King Quenes maiesties that they might be discharged and set at libertie and said that they were all contented to submit themselues to their Maiesties sauing reseruing their truth consciences honesties The Lords taking their words in marueylous euill part iudged them worthie to paye exclusiue 〈◊〉 Some sayde they were worthie to pay M. lb a peece Other sayde that Lucar and Whetstone were worthie to pay a M. markes a peece and the rest v. C. lb a peece In conclusion sentence was giuen by the L. Chauncelour that they should pay a M. markes a pece he that payde least and that they should go to prison againe and there remaine till further order were taken for their punishment The xxx of October being Tuesdaye The Lorde Iohn Grey see at libertie the L. Iohn Grey was deliuered out of the tower and set at libertie Vppon Saterdaye the x. of Nouember the Sherifes of London had commaundement to take an inuentorie of euery one of their goodes whiche were of maister Throckmortons quest and to seale vppe their doores which was done the same daye Maister Whetstone and maister Lucar and maister Kighley were adiudged to paye two thousand pounds a peece the rest a M. markes a peece to be paid within one fortnight after From this paymente were exempted those foure which confessed a fault M. Foxe and therevpon had submitted themselues whose names are these master Loe master Pointer master Beswicke and master Cater The xij of Nouember being Mondaye the Parliament begaÌ„ at Westminster to the beginning whereof both the King and Queene roade in their Parliament roabes hauing two swords borne before them The Earle of Pembroke bare his sworde and the Earle of Westmerland bare the Queenes They had two Cappes of maintenance likewise borne before them wherof the Earle of AruÌ„dell bare the one and the Earle of Shrewesburie the other During this Parliament Cardinall Poole landed at Douer vppon Wednesday being the xxj of Nouember who being receyued with muche honour in all other countries through which he had passed was receyued here at the first with no great shewe for the causes aboue mentioned The same daye on the whiche he arriued an acte passed in the Parliament house for his restitution in blud vtterly repealing as false and most slaunderous y e acte made against him in K. HeÌ„rie y e viij his time And on the next day being Thursday the xxij of Nouember the King and Queene both came to the Parliament house to giue their royall assent â–ª and to establishe this acte against his comming On Saterday the xxiiij of Nouember he came to the Court and after went to Lambeth where his lodging was prepared On Wednesdaye following in the afternoone he came into the Parliament house being at that present kept in the great Chamber of the Courte of Whyte hall for that the Queene by reason of sickenesse was not able to go abroade where the King and Queene sitting vnder the clothe of estate and the Cardinall sitting on the right hande with all the other estates of the Realme being present and the Knightes and Burgesses of the Common house being also called thither the Bishoppe of Winchester being Lorde Chauncellour spake in this maner The wordes of the bishop of Winchester My Lordes of the vpper house and you my maisters of the nether house here is present the right reuerende Father in God my Lorde Cardinall Poole Legate à Latere come from the Apostolike sea of Rome as ambassadour to the King and Queenes Maiesties vppon one of the weyghtiest causes that euer happened in this Realme and which appertayneth to the glorie of God and your vniuersall benefite the which ambassade their Maiesties pleasure is to be signified vnto you all by his owne mouth trusting that you will receyue and accept it in as beneuolent and thankfull wise as their Highnesse haue done and that you wyll giue attentiue and inclinable eares vnto hys Grace who is nowe readye to declare the same So soone as the Lord Chancelor had ended his tale Grafton the Cardinall began made a long and solemne oration the which for shortnesse sake I haue collected into these fewe articles The effect of the Cardinals oration First hee yeelded moste heartie thankes to the King and Quene and next vnto the whole Parliament that of a man exiled and banished from this Common weale they had restored him agayne to bee a member of the same and to the honour of his house and familie and of a man hauing no place neyther here nor else where within the Realme to haue admitted him into a place where to speake and to bee hearde Secondly that his especiall comming was for the restitution of this Realme to the auncicient estate and to declare that the sea Apostolike hath a speciall care of this Realme aboue all other and chieflye for that this Islande first of all other prouinces of Europe receiued the light of Christes religion from the sea of Rome Thirdlye hee exhorted that thoughe the realme had swarued from the catholike vnitie y t yet being better informed we ought to returne into the bosome of the Churche moste open to receyue all penitents For the persuasion wherof he brought a number of olde examples what perill and hurte hath happened vnto them that haue swarued and gone from the Churche of Rome namely Greece and Germanie Fourthlye howe muche wee are bounde to God for the King and Queenes Maiesties and howe miraculouslye God had saued and defended our Queene from hiâ—… enimies in most daungerous times and also that hee hath prouided to ioyne with hir in mariage â–ª such a noble Prince as King Philip was and one of his owne religion Fiftly he exhorted them all to obedience of these two Princes and to call vppon God for issue to be had betweene them
pardon to all suche as did reioyce in the same reconciliation The eyght and twentith of Nouember nexte following it was commonly reported that the Queene was quicke with childe and therefore commaundemente was gyuen by Edmonde Bonner then Byshoppe of London and as it was sayde not withoute the commaundement of the Counsell that there shoulde bee made in most solemne manner one generall Procession in London wherein the Maior and all the companyes of the Citie were in theyr liueries at whose returne to the Churche of Poules there was song very solemnely Te Deum for ioy thereof The second daye of December beeing Sonday Cardinall Poole came to Poules Churche in London with great pomp hauing borne before hym a Crosse two pillers and two pollaxes of siluer and was there solemnely receyued by the Byshoppe of Winchester Chancelloure of Englande who mette hym with Procession And shortly after Kyng Philippe came from Westminster by lande beeyng accompanyed with a greate number of hys Nobles And the same day the Byshoppe of Winchester preached at Poules Crosseâ—… in the whyche Sermon hee declared that the Kyng and Queene hadde restored the Pope to hys ryghte of primacie and that the three estates assembled in Parliamente representyng the whole bodye of the Realme hadde submitted themselues to hys holynesse and to his successors for euer And in the same also hee greately praysed the Cardinall and sette forth the passing hygh authoritie that hee hadde from the Sea of Rome â–ª with muche other glorious matter in the commendation of the Churche of Rome whyche hee called the Sea Apostolike The Sermon beeyng ended the Kyng and the Cardinall rydyng togyther returned to White Hall and the Kyng hadde his sworde borne before hym and the Cardinall had onely hys Crosse and no more The seauen and twentith daye of the sayde moneth Emanuell Philiberte Earle of Sauoy and Prince of Piemount came into Englande accompanyed with dyuers other Lordes and Gentlemen straungers who were receyued at Graues ende by the Earle of Bedforde Lorde priuie seale and conueyd by water through London bridge to White Hall where the King and Queene theÌ„ lay and the ninth of Ianuary next following y e Prince of Orange was in like maner receiued at Graues end and from thence conueid to the Court being at White Hall Vpon Wednesday the â—…2 of December fiue of y e eight men which lay in the Fleete that had passed vpoÌ„ sir Nicholas Throckmortons triall were discharged set at libertie vpon their fyne paid which was two C. and twentie lb a peece The other three put vp a supplicatioÌ„ therin declaring y t their goodes did not amount to y e suÌ„me of y e which they were appointed to pay so vpoÌ„ y t declaration paying .60 lb a peece wer deliuered out of prison on S. Thomas day before Christmas being the one and twentith of December The two and twentith of the same moneth the Parliamente whyche beganne the two and twentith of Nouember before was dissolued wherein among other Actes passed there the statute Ex officio and other lawes made for punishment of Heresies were reuiued But chiefely the Popes most liberall Bull of dispensation of Abbey lande was there confirmed muche to the contentation of manye who not withoute cause suspected by thys new vnion to lose some peece of their late purchase 1555 Vpon Friday the eyghtenth of Ianuary all the Counsell wente vnto the Tower and there the same day discharged and sette at libertie all the prisoners of the Tower or the more parte of them Prisoners deâ—â—â—red namely the late Duke of Northumberlandes sonnes the Lordes Ambrose Roberte and Henrye Also Sir Andrewe Dudley Sir Iames Croftes Sir Nicholas Throckmorton Sir Iohn Rogers Sir Nicholas Arnolde Sir George Harper Sir Edwarde Warner Sir William Sentlow Sir Gawen Carewe William Gibbes Esquier Cutbert Vaughan and dyuers other Moreouer aboute thys season dyuers learned men beeyng apprehended and in prison for matters of Religion were broughte before the Byshoppes of Winchester and London and other the Byshoppes and Commissioners appoynted therefore who vppon the constante standyng of the sayde learned men in their opinions whyche they hadde taken vppon them to mainteine as grounded vppon the true worde of God as they protested proceeded in iudgemente agaynste them and so diuers of them were brente at London in Smithfielde and in dyuers other places as in the Booke of Monuments ye may reade In February next folowing Doctor Thirleby Byshoppe of Ely and Anthony Lord Montagewe with a very honorable traine of Gentlemen and others rode forth of the Citie of London toward Rome as Ambassadors sente from the King and Queene to confirme this newe reconciliation to the Pope William Feâ—â—erston alias â—â—â—estable a 〈◊〉 nameth â—â—â—selfe King â—â—ward the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Stow. A yong stripling whose name was William Fetherston a Millers sonne aboute the age of eyghtene yeares named and bruted himselfe to bee King Edwarde the sixth whereof when the Queene and the counsayle hearde they caused with all diligence enquirie to be made for hym so that hee was apprehended in Southwarke or as other haue at Eltham in Kent the tenth of May brought before the Counsaile at Hampton Court and there examined And it was demaunded of him why hee so named himselfe to the whyche he counterfeyting a manner of simplicitie or rather frensie woulde make no direct aunswere but prayed pardon for hee wist not what hee sayde affirmyng farther that hee was counsayled so to saye and to take vpon him the name whereof hee accused certayne persons but hys talke was not found true wherefore hee was committed to the Marshalsea as a lunatike foole And the eyght and twentith daye of May nexte following the aforesayde counterfeyte Prince was broughte in a carte from the Marshalsea through the Citie of London with a paper ouer hys head wherein was written that he named hymselfe Kyng Edward And from thence was conueyd to Westminster beeyng ledde rounde aboute the Hall and shewed to all the people there and afterwarde taken out of the Carte and stripped and then whipped rounde aboute the Palace at the same Cartes tayle and withoute more punishment was discharged and set at libertie But the nexte yeare following for that hee had spredde abroade that King Edwarde was aliue and that he had spoken with him hee was agayne apprehended and arraigned of hygh treason whereof beeyng condemned he shortly after was drawen to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered the thirtenth of Marche About thys tyme Edward Courtney The Lorde Courtney goeth ouer into Italy Earle of Deuonshire of whome before yee haue heard howe hee was appoynted to remayne at Foâ—…ringhey vnder safe custody at length was sette at libertie came to the Courte and gote licence to passe the Seas wente into Italy where shortly after he sickened and dyed within foureteene dayes after hys sicknesse fyrste tooke hym he was honorably buryed in Padway Thys Courtney was the onely sonne and heyre of
he certaine yeares in such loue of all the estates of the realme that afterwards when his Nephewe Ferlegus the eldest sonne of king Ferguse beyng nowe come to full age through instigation of some insolent persons and such as by alteration hoped for aduauncement required contrary to the ordinance before established to haue of him the crowne the mater was taken in such ill part that where before the same Ferlegus was highly beloued and honored of all the people they were now ready if Feritharis had not with authoritie and gentle perswasions stayed them to haue torne him all to peeces but although their rage was somwhat appeased by Feritharis as is sayd yet woulde they not be pacified thorowly till that all such as had bene of councell with him in that practise had suffred death and new gouernours appointed to haue the ouersight of him Feritharis lyued not passing a three moneths after this businesse but died sodenly in the night the trueth not beyng knowen whether by naturall death Feritharis suddainly died or through treasoâ—… of Ferlegus and certaine of his complices whereof there was no small suspition for that he togither with them found meanes to flee first to the Pictes and after to the Brytaines Ferlegus exiled â–ª where he passed the residue of his lyfe in great shame and ignominie An election of a new king Feritharis beyng thus dead in the .xv. yeare of his reygne the Nobles assembled togither for the election of a new king and in the end they agreed vpon Mainus the yonger sonne of king Ferguse as then beyng about .xxiiij. yeares of age In witnesse of the thing there remayneth â—…nto this day certaine of those greate stones standing rounde ringwise which places are called by the coÌ„mon people the old chapels of the Gods A maÌ„ wold maruel by what shift policy or streÌ„gth such mightie stones were raysed in that maner Amongst other the Goddes also Diana honored of the Scots whiche the Scottishmen had in most reuerence Diana was chiefe whom they accompted as their peculiar patronesse for that she was taken to be the Goddesse of hunting Diana Goddesse of hunting wherein consisted their chiefest exercise pastime and delite Vnto hyr therefore he instituted monethly sacrifice by reason wherof this vse was takeÌ„ vp that so soone as any of them gâ—…t sight of the new Moone nexte after hyr chaunge he saluted hyr with certaine prayers or salutations most reuerently Whiche custome endured amongst them many hundred yeares after A liuing prouided for the priests Mainus did also appoint foorth liuings for the Priests to be taken of suche sacrifice as was offered vp to the Goddes Finally when he had thus instructed his people in lawes and ordinances aswel touching the religious seruice of the Goddes as also for politike gouernment of his countrey he ended his life after he had raigned about .xxix. yeares leauing the estate to his sonne Doruadille Elidurus raygning the same time in Brytaine and Thaara amongst the Pictes He set all his pleasure on Hunting and keeping of houndes and greyhoundes Doruadill had pleasure in hunting ordayning that euery householder shoulde finde him twoo houndes and one greyhounde If a hunter chaunced in following the game to lose an eye or a limme so that he were not able to helpe himselfe after that time he made a statute that he should be found of the common treasory The reward for killing of a Wolfe He that killed a Wolf should haue an oxe for his paines This beast in deede the Scottish men euen from the beginning vsed to pursue in al they might deuise bicause the same is suche an enimie to cattayle wherein consisted the chiefest portion of all their wealth and substance Thus the Scottish men in this season setting all their delite on hunting began also to vse lawes and statutes in processe of time concerning the same Lawes made for hunting And first it was ordeyned that he whose dogge did teyse go through to the end of the course with y e Deare so that he were seene to be at the fall should haue the skinne the head and the hornes to remayne to him whose dogge did best next The bodie being drest and broken vp shoulde be distributed at the pleasure and discretion of the Maister of the game The bowels and paunche were cast to the dogges as the case required The dogges rewarded And if there rose any doubte in any of these points they should choose by common consent a iudge to determine of the matter But whether these deuices were lawes made by the kyng as then for the further aduancement of his pleasure or rather customes growen and ratified by long and continual vse I can not tel but certaine it is they were obserued through all the Scottish regioÌ„s as hauing the force of lawes and so are vsed euen vnto these dayes Beside these ordinaunces for hunting Old lawes allowed newâ—… established Doruadille commaunded also that all such statutes as Ferguse had made shoulde be kept and obserued wherevnto he added certaine new namely diuers sortes of punishments for sundrie kindes of transgressions according to the qualities of the same whiche hee caused to be ingrossed in bookes of recorde and committed to the custodie of a graue counsellour who by a common consent should haue the interpretatioÌ„ of those lawes if any doubt arose and that when any offender should come before the iudge heare the sentence redde by him the same offender might vnderstaÌ„d that he receyued nothing but right at the iudges handes by reason whereof it came to passe that such offenders without repining willingly were contented to suffer any punishment what soeuer it was that the law did so appoynt them This custome grewe into suche force that it neuer might yet be abrogated amongst them of the westerne Isles but that euen vnto this day they haue theyr Lawiers amongst them without whose denunciation or decree taken out of the register no iudgement is reputed lawfull These were the actes and doyngs of kyng Doruadile who in the .xxviij. yeare of his raigne departed this world at Berigonium now called Dounstafage leauing behind him a sonne called Reuther as yet not of sufficient age to succeede in the estate Nothatus By reason whereof Nothatus the brother of Doruadille a man of comely personage and witte apte as was thought to haue a Realme in gouernaunce was crowned king by force of the law aboue remeÌ„bred debarring childreÌ„ vnder age to inherit in successioÌ„ of y e crowne Nâ—â—â—â—tis Amongst other one Ferquhard the sonne in law of Nothatus gouernour of Lorne Cantyr called an assemblie of the people A conspiracie of Ferquhard against Doualus and beganne to declare what enormities were like to ensue thorow this tirannicall attempt of Doualus Ferquhart fled into Ila Doualus hearing whereaboute Ferquhart went hastly came to the place where this assemble was made there slaying diuers of the chiefe
possyble diligence In the meane time whiles the Queene was preparyng to take hir iourney and to come into Scotlande the Queene of Englande set foorth some of hir greate shippes to the seas to watche and garde the coastes of hyr Realme Shippes wai◅e in the narrowe Seas Wherof they beyng aduertised in Fraunce sent the Abbot of S. Colmes Inche to the Queene of Englande to desire of hir a safeconduit A safeconduit required in case by winde or tempest shee chaunced to land in Englande but before hee was retourned to Calais therewyth as hee was appoynted the Queene and hir retinue were safely landed in Scotlande neuerthelesse Certain Ships taken the English shippes tooke some of the Scottish Lords as the Earle of Eglenton his shippe and others whiche were brought into Englande and stayed for a tyme but were after releassed and sente home into Scotland The Queene also by the aduise of the King of Fraunce Monsieur Doysell sente Monsieur Doysell into England to passe through the same into Scotland before hir comming there to haue receyued the fortes of Dunbar and Inskeith of Monsieur Charleboys and to haue kepte the same till hir comming but he was stayed and passed no further than to London for it was thoughte that his going into Scotlande woulde turne to no great benefite of that Realme bycause that hee and Monsieur Rubey were the principall authours of all the troubles in Scotlande betwixte the Queene Regente and the nobilitie there The Queene was companyed vnto Calais She was attended on from Paris vnto Calais with many noble menne namely hir syxe Vncles the Dukes of Guise and Daumale the Cardinals of Lorayne and Guyse the Grand Priour and y e Marques Dalbeuf also y e Duke de Nemours and other of hir friends and kinsmen She taketh hir iourney towards Scotlād There were two Galleys prepared and certaine other Shippes to goe with hir into Scotland and there went with hir three of hir sayde Vncles the Duke Daumale the Graund Priour and the Marques Dalbeuf also Monsieur Danuille the Connestables sonne and dyuers other The Queene arriued at Leith Shee arriued at Leith the twentith daye of August in the yeare of our Lord .1561 where she was honorably receyued by the Earle of Argile the Lorde Erskin the Prior of Saint Andrewes and of the burgesses of Edenburgh and conueyghed to the Abbey of Holy Roode house Costly iewels She brought with hir into Scotland many rich and costly iewelles of gold worke precious stones orient pearle and such like as excellente and faire as were to bee found within Europe with riche furniture of housholde as hangings carpets counterpointes and al other necessaries for the furnishing of hir princely houses Hir houshold stuff The chiefest parte of the hangings and other furniture of housholde was shipped at Roane and arriued at Leith in the moneth of October next following After the Queene of Scottes had remayned the space of foure or fiue dayes at Holy Roode house the Duke of Chatellereault the Earle of Argile An acte made concerning Religion and diuers other of the nobilitie beeyng present there was an acte made by the Lords of the Counsell with consent of the Queene that to remoue all causes of trouble in time to come for the matter of Religion it was ordeined that no alteration of the estate of Religion publikely standing within the Realme at hir arriuall in the same shoulde bee made and that nothing shoulde bee attempted eyther publikely or priuately to the contrary vpon great payne which was set forth and published through all partes of the Realme with great diligence Some appointed to be of the Queenes Counsell After this there were eleuen temporal Lords and one Bishop chosen to be of the Queenes secret counsell by whose aduice shee shoulde rule and gouerne things sixe of them to remayne continully with hir Secretary Comptroller Lords of the priuie Counsel in roomth of officers as the Secretary Comptroller and others The Lordes of the priuie Counsell were these the Duke of Chatellereault the Earle of Huntley Chancellor the Earle of Argile the Earle of Atholl the Earle Marshall the Earle of Glencarne the Earle of Morton the Erle of Montrose the Earle of Errol Maister Henrye Sinclar Bishoppe of Rosse and the Lorde Erskin The Duke Daumalle Daumall w◅ with the two Galleys into Fraunce after he had remayned with the Queene a certayne time tooke leaue of hir and with the Galleys returned into France The Graunde Priour The rest we◅ through England into France and Monsieur Danuille tarried somewhat longer and past through England into France The Marquesse Daulbeuf tarried in Scotlande all the nexte Winter till the spring of the yeare and then returned into France through England The Towne of Edenburgh prepared greate and costly triumphes for the Queenes entring whiche shee made into that Towne the day of September A preparatio◅ of triumphes After this she passed vnto Striueling The Queene visited the Townes and from thence to Perth and then to Dundee and after to Sainte Andrewes into which townes shee was receyued with greate honor and triumph From Saint Andrewes shee returned vnto Edenburgh where shee remayned all the nexte Winter In December An assemble of the Lords there was a great assemble of all the principall Lords Spirituall and temporall of the Realme where it was demaunded of the Prelates to graunte the third part of the fruites of their benefices to y e Queene The thirde part of the Spirituall liuings demaunded towards the bearing of hir charges for the maintenance of hir trayne and to susteyne the Ministers tyll some order were taken to maynteyne hir housholde and a garde to attende on hir by the aduise of the estates The Prelates agreed for the Queenes pleasure to supporte hir with the fourth parte of the fruites of their benefices for one yeares space only to help to beare hir charges and to susteine hir garde and in the meane time order myghte bee taken by the aduise of the whole estates for the same But notwithstanding the refusall of the Prelates to pay the third part the Lords of the priuie Counsell made an acte An acte for the Cleargy and set forth letters that all the Prelates and beneficed menne should be charged to pay yeerely to y e Queenes Comptroller and his Collector the hole thirds of all fruites of their benefices and that it should be lawfull to the Controller and his deputies to take the thirde of what parte of euerye benefice where he best pleased and to deale therewith at his pleasure Also to haue to doe with the rentes of Brotherhoodes of common Churches and such like This order hathe bin deserued euer sithence not without greate grudge of the Prelates and other beneficed menne of the Realme and theyr friends as well those that professed the reformed Religion as others 1562 Iames Steward ◅e Earle of ◅rey The
al 's knawing the proximitie of blude standand betuix vs our said Sone our derrest brother Iames Erle of Murray Lord Ahirnethie c. And hauand experience of the naturall affectioun and tenderly lufe he hes in all tymes borne and presently beâ—…ris towardis vs honour and estate of our saide Sone Of quhais lufe and fauour towardis him we can not bot assure our self To quhome na greter honour wy nor felicitie in eird can cum nor to se our said Sone inaugurat in his Kingdome feirit reuerencit and obeyit be his liegis thairof In respect quhairof and of the certanetie and notoritie of the honestie habilitie qualificatioun and sufficiencie of our said derrest brother to haue the cure and Regiment of our said Sone Realme and liegis foirsaidis during our said Sonis minoritie We haue maid namit appointit constitute and ordanit and be thir our letteris namis appointis makis coÌ„stitutis and ordanis our said derrest brother Iames erle of Murray Regent to our said derrest Sone Realme and liegis foirsaidis during his minoritie and les age and ay and quhill he be of the age of seuintene Èeiris compleit And that our said brother be callit during the said space Regent to our said Sone his Realme and liegis Swa that our said Sone efter the completing of the Èeiris foirsaidis in his awin persoun may tak vpon him the said gouernement and vse exerce all and sindrie priuilegis honouris and vtheris immuniteis that appertenis to the office of ane King alsweill in gouerning his Realme pepill according to the Lawis as in repressing the violeÌ„ce of sic as wald inuaid or iniustlie resist him or thame or his authoritie Royal. With power to our said derrest brother Iames Erle of Murray in name authoritie and behalf of our said maist deir Sone to ressaue resignatiounis of quhatsumeuer landis haldin of him or Èit of offices Castellis Towris Fortalices mylnis fischingis woddis benefices or pertinentis quhatsumener the samin againe in our said Sonis name to gif and deliuer signaturis thairvpon vpon the giftis of wairdis nonentressis and releues of landis and mariageis of airis falland or that fall happin to fall in our said Sonis handis as superiour thairof And al 's vpon presentatioun of landis benefices eschetis of guids mouabil and vnmouabill dettis and takkis respittis remissiounis supersedereis and vpon the dispositioun of offices vacand or quhen thay fall happin to vaik to subseriue and cause be past the Seillis the said office of Regentrie to vse exerce in all thingis priuilegis and commoditeis siclyke as frelie and with al 's greit libertie as ony Regent or Gouernour to vse or our predecessouris vsit in ony tymes bygane and siclyke as gif euerie held priuilege and article concerning the said office wer at lenth expressit and amplifyit in thir our letteris Promisand to hald firme and stabill in the word and faith of ane Prince to quhatsumeuer thingis our said derrest brother in the premissis happinnis to do Chargeing heirfoâ—… Èow all and sundrie our Ingeis Ministeris of Law liegis and subiectis foirseidis to answer and obey to our said derrest brother in all and findrie thingis concerning the said office of Regentrie as Èe and ilk ane of Èow will declair Èow luising subiectis to our said maist deir Sone and vnder all paine charge and offence that Èe and ilk ane of Èow may commit and inrin againis his Maiestie in that pairt Subscriuit with our hand and geuin vnder our preuie Seill At Lochleuin the .xxiiij. day of Iulij And of our Regne the twentie fyue Èeir The kings othe These Commissions being redde the Bishop of Argile with two superintendentes proceeded to the Coronation the Erle of Morton and the Lord Hume tooke the othe for the king that he should rule in the faith feare and loue of God and to mainteyne the religion then preached exercised in Scotlande and to persecute all aduersaries to the same The whole ceremonie was done in the Scottes Englishe tongue the Queene mother to the King remayning at that tyme prysoner in Lochleuin A Parliament holden at Edenburgh The .xv. of December a Parliament begonne being holden at Edenburgh before the Earle of Murrey Lord Regent in the which diuers actes and Statutes were deuised made and ratified as firste concernyng the Queenes demission of hir Crowne and resignation thereof made to hyr Sonne King Iames the sixte And likewise concernyng the instituting of the Earle of Murrey in the Regencie of the Realme which he tooke vpon hym the twoo and twentie day of August laste paste accordyng to hir letters of commission and procuration aboue specified An acte for the abolishing of the Popes authoritie in Scotland Also there was an Acte made for the abolishyng of the Pope and his vsurped authoritie and an other Acte for the annullyng of former Actes made in Parliament for mayntenaunce of superstition and Idolatrie and herevnto was annexed a confession of the fayth and doctrine receyued by the Protestantes of the Realme of Scotlande authorised in the same Parliament There was also an acte made for the indempnitie of those that had leuied warre and apprehended the Queene at Carbarrie hill the fiftenth of Iuly last past and concernyng the deteyning of hir in Lochleuin The castell of Dunbar and the fortresse of Inchkeith to be rased Moreouer it was ordeyned by an acte passed in this Parliament that the Castell of Dunbar and the fortresse of Inskeith shoulde bee demolished and rased downe to the earth To be briefe there were one fourtie Actes or Statutes made and established in this Parliament as by the Register thereof it may appeare On Sunday the seconde of May in the yeare 1568. at supper tyme the Queene escaped out of Lochleuyn 1568. The queene escape out of Lochleuin by the meanes and helpe of George Dowglas brother to the Laird of Lochleuyn The Lorde Seaton the Laird of Ricartou and Iames Hamilton of Oribiston were ready to receyue hyr and conueyed hyr ouer the Queenes Ferry firste to Nudry the Lorde Seatons house and from thence to Hamilton Castell where she remayned till the thirtenth day of May beyng thursday The Queenes gathereth a power gathering in the meane time such forces as she might from all places The Earle of Murrey Lorde regent was in Glasquho at what tyme shee thus escaped out of Lochleuin and vpon knowledge had thereof meant at the firste to haue withdrawen himselfe vnto Sterlyng but suddenly changing his purpose in that behalf he determined to continue at Glasquho whiche is not paste an eyght myles from Hamilton The Regentâ—… determination to stay at Glasquho bycause hee was perswaded that if she should shrynke backe neuer so little he shoulde encourage his aduersaries and discourage his frendes and so consequently weaken his parte greatly Herevpon the
to LondoÌ„ From whence he sente messengers vnto all suche Lordes as hee suspected commaunding them to send vnto him hostages for more assuraunce of their fidelities The Lords durst not disobey hys commaundemente but sente their sonnes theyr nephewes and other their kinsmen accordingly as he required and so hys rancor was appeased for a time But Eustace de Vescy Roberte Fitz Walter and Stephen Ridell being accused and suspected of the K. for the saide treason were glad to flee the Realm Vescy departing into Scotland and the other two into Fraunce The Kyng vnderstanding the meaning of the messengers sent them backe againe to bring ouer the Legate Legate â—…ulph â—…meth ouer who incontinently transported ouer vnto Douer of whose arriuall when the K. was aduertised he went thither receyued hym with al due honor reuerence and after they had talked togither a little and courteously saluted eache other as the course of humanitie required the Legate as it is reported vttered his tale vnto the Kyng in this manner 〈◊〉 Legates â—…s to the â—…g I doe not thinke that you are ignorant how Pope InnoceÌ„t to do that which to his duety apperteyneth hath both assoiled youre subiectes of that oth whiche they made vnto you at the beginning and also taken from you the gouernaunce of England accordyng to youre desertes and finally giuen commaundement vnto certayne Princes of Christendome to expulse you out of thys Kingdome and to place an other in your roomth so worthely to punish you for your disobedience and contempte of Religion and that Phillippe King of Fraunce with the first being ready to accomplish y e Popes commaundement hath an army in a readinesse and with his nauie newly decked rigged and furnished in all poyntes lyeth at the mouth of the Riuer of Sayne looking for a prosperous winde that as soone as it commeth about hee may sayle therewith hither into Englande trusting as hee saith with the help of your owne people whyche neyther name you nor will take you for theyr Kyng to spoyle you of youre Kyngdome with small adoe and to conquere it at his pleasure for he hath as he sticketh not to protest openly to the world a charter made by all the chiefest Lordes of England touching their fealtie and obedience assured to him Therefore sith God for your iust desert is wroth with you and that you are as euill spoken of by all menne as they that come against you be well reported I would aduise you that whilest there is place for grace and fauour rather to obey the Popes iust demaundes to whose worde other Christian Princes are ready to giue eare than by striuing in vayne to cast away youre selfe and all others that take youre parte or are bente to defende your quarrell or cause These wordes beeing thus spoken by the Legate Kyng Iohn as then vtterly despayring in his matters when hee saw hymselfe constreyned to obey hee was in a greate perplexitie of minde and as one full of thoughte looked aboute him with a frowning countenaunce waying with himselfe what counsell were best for him to follow At length oppressed with the burthen of the imminent daunger and ruine agaynst hys will and very loth so to haue done hee promised vpon hys oth to stande to the Popes order and decree And therefore shortly after in lyke manner as Pope Innocent hadde commaunded hee taketh the Crowne besydes his owne head K. Iohn deliuereth his crowne vnto Pandulph and deliuereth the same to Pandulph the Legate neyther hee nor hys heires at any tyme thereafter to receyue the same but at the Popes handes After thys hee promised to receyue Stephen the Archbyshoppe of Caunterbury into hys fauour with all other the Byshoppes and banished menne makyng vnto them sufficiente amendes for all iniuries to them done and so to pardon them that they shoulde not runne into any daunger for that they hadde rebelled agaynste hym Then Pandulph keepyng the Crowne with hym by the space of fyue dayes in token of possession thereof at length as the Popes Vicar Pandulph restoreth the Crowne again to the Kyng hee restored it to hym againe By meanes of thys acte sayth Polidore the fame went abroade that Kyng Iohn willing to continue the memorie heereof made himselfe vassall to Pope Innocente with condition that hys successors should lykewise from thencefoorth acknowledge to haue theyr righte to the same Kyngdome from the Pope But those Kynges that succeeded Kyng Iohn haue not obserued any suche lawes of reconciliation neyther doe the autentique Chronicles of the Realme make mention of any suche surrender so that suche Articles as were appointed to Kyng Iohn to obserue perteyned vnto hym that hadde offended and not to hys successors Thus saith Polidor howbeit Ran. Higd. Ranulf Higden in hys Booke entituled Polichronicon sayth indeede that Kyng Iohn dyd not onely bynde hymselfe but hys heires and successors beeyng Kynges of Englande England became tributarie to the Pope to bee feodaries vnto Pope Innocente and hys successors Popes of Rome that is to saye that they shoulde holde theyr dominions of them in fee yeeldyng and paying yeerely to the See of Rome the summe of seuen hundred markes for England Mat. VVest and three hundred markes for Irelande Furthermore by reporte of the most autentique and approoued Writers Kyng Iohn Mat. Paris for to auoyde all daungers whyche as he doubted myghte ensue despairing as it were in hymselfe or rather most specially for lacke of loyall duetie in hys Subiectes condiscended to all the perswasions of Pandulph and so not withoute hys greate hartes greeuaunce he was contented to take hys othe togyther with sixteene Earles and Barons who laying their hands vppon the holy Euangelistes sware with him vpon perill of soule that hee shoulde stand to the iudgement of the Church of Rome and that if hee repented him and would refuse to stand to promise they should then compell him to make satisfaction Heerevpon they being altogither at Douer the King and Pandulfe with the Earles and Barons and a greate multitude of other people agree and conclude vpon a final peace in forme as here ensueth The charter of King Iohn his submissioÌ„ Johannes Dei gratia Rex Angliae Omnibus Christi fidelibus hanc chartam inspecturis salutem in domino Vniuersitati vestrae per hanc chartam sigiâ—…o nostro munitam volumus esse notum quod cum Deum matrem nostram sanctam Ecclesiâ—…m offenderimus in multis proiâ—…dè diuina misericordia plurimum indigeamuâ—… nec quâ—…d dignè offerre possimus pro satisfactione Deo ecclesiae debita facienda nisi nâ—…sinetipsos humiliemus regna nostra volentes nosipsos humiliare pro illo qui se pro nobu humiliauit vsque ad mortem gratia sancti Spiritus inspirante â—…on vi interdicti nec timore coacti sed nostra bona spontaneaque voluntate ac coÌ„muni consilio Baronum nostrorum conferimus libere concedimus Deo sanctis
Richard For ther were diuers lords that shewed themselues outwardly to fauor king Henry where they secretly wished and sought his confusion The Abbot after he had felt the minds of sundrie of them called to his house on a day in the terme time all such Lords and other persons which he eyther knew or thought to be as affectionate to king Richard as enuious of the prosperitie of king Henrie The lords that conspired against the king whose names were Iohn Holland Erle of Huntingdon late duke of Exeter Thomas Holland Erle of Kent late duke of Surrey Edward Erle of Rutland late Duke of Aumalle sonne to the duke of York Iohn Montagew Erle of Salisburie Hugh Lord Spencer late Erle of Gloucester Iohn the Bishop of Carleill Sir Thomas Blount and Magdalen a Priest one of King Richardes Chapell a man as lyke to hym in stature and proportion in all lyniaments of bodie as vnlyke in byrth dignitie and conditions The Abbot highly feasted these Lords hys speciall friendes and when they had well dyned they withdrewe into a secrete Chamber where they sate downe in counsaile and after much talk and conference had aboute the bringing of theyr purpose to passe coÌ„cerning the destruction of king Henrie at length by the aduice of the Earle of Huntingdon A iustes deuised to be holden at Oxford it was deuised that they should take vpon them a solemne iustes to be enterprysed betweene him and twentie on his part and the erle of Salisburie and twentie with him at Oxford to the which triumph king Henrie shoulde be desired and when hee should hee most busily regarding the Martiall pastime hee sodainly shoulde bee slaine and destroyed and so by that meanes king Richard which as yet liued might be restored to libertie and to his former estate dignitie It was further appointed who should asseÌ„ble the people the number and persons which should accomplish put in execution their deuises enterprice And Inâ—… feâ—… Herevpon was an Indenture feâ—… made sealed with their seales and signes wyth theyr handes in the whiche eche stoode 〈…〉 to other to do their whose endeuor for the accomplishing of their purposed exployts Moreouer they sware on theÌ„ holye Euangelistes to be true and secrete eche to other euen so the houre and poynt of death When all things were thus appoynted He is desired no tâ—… 〈◊〉 see the king the Erle of HuntingtoÌ„ came to the king vnto Windsore earnestly requiring him y t he would vauchsafe to be at Oxford at the day appoynted of their iustes both to behold the same and to be the discouerer and indifferent iudge if anye antiquitie should rise of theyr couragious actes and doing The king being thus instantly required of hys brother in law and nothing lesse imagining â—…heÌ„ that which was pretended gently graunted to fulfill his request Which thing obteyned all the Lords of the conspiracie departed home to theyr houses as they noysed it to set armorers on work about the trimming of their armour against the iustes and to prepare all other furniture things redy as to such an high solemne triumph apperteyned The Erle of HuÌ„tingdoÌ„ came to his house and raysed men on euery side prepared horse harâ—…s for his compassed purpose and when he had all things redy he departed towards Oxford and at his coÌ„ming thither he found all his mens and confederates there well appointed for theyr purpose except the Earle of Rutlande by whose folly their practised conspiracie was brought to light disclosed to king Henry For this Earle of Rutland departing before froÌ„ Westm to see hys father the duke of Yorke as he sate at dinner had his counterpane of the Indenture of the confederacie in his bosome The father espying it The Duke of Yorke taâ—… theÌ„ Indeâ—… from his 〈◊〉 would needes see what it was and though the sonne huÌ„bly denied to show it the father beeing more earnest to see it by force tooke it out of his bosome perceyuing the contents thereof in a great rage caused his horses to be sadled out of hande and spitefullye reprouing his sonne of treason for whom he was become suretie and mainpernour for his good abraring in open Parliament he incontinently mouÌ„ted on horsback to ride towards Winsore to the king to declare vnto him the malicious intent of his sonne and his compliers The Erle of Rutlande seeing in what daunger he stood tooke his horse and rode another way to Windsore in post so that he got thither before his father and when he was alighted at the Castell Gate hee caused the Gates to be shatâ—… saying that hee must needes delyuer the keyes to the King When he came before the kings presence hee he kneeled downe on his knees beseeching him of mercie and forgiuenesse The earle of Rutland vtâ—…th the whole conspiracy to the K. and declaring the whole matter vnto him in order as euery thing had passed obteyned pardon and therewith came his father and being let in deliuered the indeÌ„ture which he had taken from his sonne vnto the king who thereby perceyuing his sonnes wordes to bee true chaunged his purpose for his goyng to Oxforde and dispatched Messengers forth to signifie vnto the Earle of Northumberlande his highe Conestable and to the Erle of Westmerland hys high Marshall to other his assured friends of al the doubtfull daunger and perillous ieopardie The conspirators being at Oxford at length perceyued by the lacke of the Earle of Rutlande that their enterprise was reuealed to the king and therevpon determined now openly with speare shield to bring that to passe which before they couertly attempted and so they adorned Magdalene Magdalen conâ—…erfeited to be king Richarde a man most resembling king Richarde in royall and princely vesture and named him to be king Richard affirming that by fauor of his keepers he was escaped out of prison so they came forwards in order of warre to the intent to destroy king Henrie The Erle of Huntingdon and his coÌ„pany seeing the force of the townesmen to encrease fledde out on the backeside entending to repayre to the armie which they found dispersed gone Then the erle seeing no hope of comfort fled into Essex The other â—…ues which were left fighting in the towne of Circester were wounded to death and taken and their heads stricken off and sent to London Thus wryteth Hal of this conspiracie in following what authour I know not Tho. VVal. But Thomas Walsingham and diuerse other seeme somwhat to dissent from him in relation of this matter for they write that the conspiratours mente vpon the sodaine to haue set vpon the king in the Castell of Windsore A maske vnder colour of a Maske or Mummerie and so to haue dispatched him and restoring king Richarde vnto the kingdome to haue recouered their former titles of honor w t the possessions whiche they had lost by iudgement of the last ParliameÌ„t But the king getting knowledge
was no more weary of harnesse than of a lyght cloake Hunger and thirste were not to him noysome He was neuer afearde of a wounde nor sorrowed for the pain He neyther tourned his nose from euill fauour nor from smoake or dull hee woulde not close his eyes No man coulde be founde more temperate in eatyng and drynkyng whose dyed was not to delicate but rather more meete for menne of warte than for dayntie and deâ—…e persons Euery honest person was permitted to come to him sitting at his meale and eyther secretely or openly to declare his mynde and intente Highe and weyghtie caused as well betwene men of wee other he wold gladly heâ—… and either determined them himself or coÌ„maâ—…d them to other to giue sentence â–ª he slept very little and that onely by reason of bodily labor and vnquietnesse of minde from the which no small noise coulde awake him in so muche that when his souldiors either song in the nightes or theyr mynstrels played that the campe sounded therwith he then slept most soundly his corage was inuincible and his heart so vnmutable that fear was banished from him If any alarum chaunced to be raised by his enimies he was first in armure and the first that was set forward In the time of warre he found meanes to get knowlege not only what his enimies didde but what they said and intended so that al things to him were knowne and of his deuices fewe persons before the thing was at the poynt to be done should be made priuie He had such knowledge in ordring and guiding an armie and such a gift to encourage his people that the FrenchmeÌ„ sayd he could not be vanquished in battayle He had such wit suche prudence and suche policie that he neuer enterprised anye thyng before he had fully debated it and foreseene all the mayne chaunces that mighte happen and when the ende was once concluded hee wyth all diligence and courage sette hys purpose forewarde What pollicie he hadde in fyndyng sodayne remedies for presente myschieues and what practise hee vsed in sauyng him selfe and his people in sodayne distresses excepte by hys actes they dyd playnely appeare I thinke it were a thyng almost incredible to be tolde Meruayle it is to heare howe he didde continually absteyne hymselfe from lasciuious lyuing and blynde auarice in suche estate of wealth richesse and prouoking youth yea in the tyme of losse he was no more sadde than in the time of victorie whiche constancie fewe menne can vse What shoulde I speak of his boimtyfulnesse and liberalitie No maÌ„ could be more free gentle and liberall in bestowyng rewardes to all persons according to their deserâ—…s saying that he neuer desyred money to kepe but to giue and spend What shuld I say he was the blasing comete and apparant lanterne in his days He was the myrroure of Christendome and the glorye of his countrey the floure of kings passed and the glasse of them that shoulde succeede No prince had lesse of his subiectes no kyng conquered more whose fame by hys deathe liuely florished as his acts in his life were seene and remembred The losse of such a prince ye may be sure was exceedingly lamented of his subiects blaming fortune whiche had taken away so precious a Iewell so noble ornament and sure defeÌ„ce for no doubt as much hope as was taken away from the englishmeÌ„ for the getting of Fraunce by his sodain deathe so much trust was encreassed in the stomackes of the Frenche nation to recouer their late losses Peter Basset esquier whiche at the time of his death was his chaÌ„berlain affirmeth that he died of a pleuresie though other writers alledge otherwise as the Scots whiche write that hee died of the disease of saint Fiacre which is a palsey and a crampe Enguerant saith that he died of saint Anthonies fier but bycause a pleuresie was so rare a sicknesse in that season and so strange a disease that the name was to the most parte of men vnknowen and phisitions were acquainted as little with any remedy for the same and therfore euery man iudged as he thought and named a sicknesse that bee knewe shooting not nere the prick nor vnderstandyng the nature of the disease This king reigned .ix. yeres .v. moneths and .xxiij. daies and liued not full .38 yeares He vvas of an indifferent stâ—…ture nâ—…er to high nâ—…â—…o lovv of bodye slender and leane but of a maruelouâ—…e strength as Titus â—…uins vvriteth He was of stature higher than the common sort of body leane well meÌ„bred strongly made of face beautiful somwhat long necked blacke heared stoute of stomacke eloquent of tong in martiall affaires a perfect maister of chiualry the very paragone His body was embalmed and closed in lead layd in a chariot royall richly apparelled with cloth of gold vpon his corps was laid a representation of his person adorned with robes diademe scepter ball lyke a king the whiche chariot .vi. horses drewe richly trapped with seuerall armes the first with the armes of saint George the second with the armes of Normandy the thirde with the armes of king Arthur the fourth with the armes of saint Edwarde the fifte with the armes of Fraunce and the sixte with the armes of Englande and FraÌ„ce On this chariot gaue attendaunce Iames king of Scots the principall mourner his vncle Thomas duke of Exceter Richarde earle of Warwicke the erle of Marche Edmund the earle of Stafforde HuÌ„frey the earle of Mortaigne Edmunde Beaufort the lord Fitz Hughe Henry the lorde HuÌ„gerford Walter sir Lewes Robsert L. Bourchier sir Iohn Cornwall lord Fanhope and the lord Crumwell were the other mourners The lord Louell the lord Audeley the lord Morley the lord Sowche bare the baner of saints 〈◊〉 the baron of Dudley barethe standerâ—… and the earle of Longuile bare the banâ—… The baâ—…mentes were borne onely by Captaines to the number of .xij. and rouÌ„d about the chariot roâ—…e v. C. meÌ„ of armes all in black armour and their horses barded blacke with the but ends of their speares vpwards The conduit of this dolorous funeralles was coÌ„mitted to sir William Phillip Threasourer of the kings houshold and to sir Wiliam Porter his chief caruer and other Beside this on euery side of the chariot wente iij. C. persons holding long torches and lords bearing baners baneroles and penons With this funerall pompe he was conueied froÌ„ Bais de VinceÌ„nes to Paris and so to Roan to Abuile to Calais to Douer and so through LondoÌ„ to Westminster where he was buried with suche solemne ceremonies suche mourning of lordes such prayer of priestes such lamenting of coÌ„mons as neuer was before those days sene in the Realme of England Shortly after this solempne buriall his sorowfull Queene returned into England and kepte hir estate with the king hir yong son Thus ended this puissaunte Prince hys moste noble and fortunate raigne whose life saith Hall althoughe cruell Atropos abbreuiated yet neyther fyre rust nor fretting
Duke of Yorke haue attempted to set forthe his title to the Crowne as hee afterwardes didde to the greate disquieting of the Realme and destruction of Kyng Henry and of many other noble men beside This is the opinion of menne but gods iudgementes are vnsearcheable against whose decree and ordinaunce preuaileth no humaine counsaile But to conclude with this noble Duke he was no doubt a right mirrour of an vpright and politike gouernour bending all his endeuoures to the aduauncement of the common wealth no lesse louing to the poore commons than beloued of them again Learned he was and wise full of curtesie and voide of all pride and ambition a vertue rare in personages of suche high estate albeit where the same chaunceth most commendable But sithe the praise of this noble man deserueth a large discourse and meete for suche as haue cunning howe to handle the same I referre the readers vnto Maister Fores booke of Actes and Monumentes fyrste Volume Page 833. In this sixe and twentieth yere of the raign of this King An. reg 26. but in the firste of the rule of the Queene I finde nothing done worthye of rehearsall within the Realme of Englande but that the Marques of Suffolke by greate 〈◊〉 of the Kyng and more desire of the Queene was erected to the title and name of Duke of Suffolke whiche dignitie hee shorte time inioyed for Richard duke of Yorke being greatly alyed by hys wife to the chiefe Peeres and Potentates of the Realâ—…e ouer and beside hys own progeny perceiuing the king to be a ruler not ruling and the whole burthen of the realm to reste in the ordinaunces of the Queene and the Duke of Suffolke began secretly to allure his friendes of the Nobilitie and priuily declared vnto them hys tytle and ryghte to the crowne and likewise didde he to certaine wise and sage gouernours and rulers of diuers Cities and Townes whych priuy attempt was so pollitickely handled and so secretly kepte that his prouision was ready before his purpose was openly published and his friendes opened themselues ere the contrary parte coulde them espie for in conclusion time reueled truthe and olde hidde hatred soddainely sprong out as yee maye hereafter both learne and heare During these doings Henry Beauford Bishop of Winchester 1448 and called the riche Cardinall departed out of this worlde and was buried at Winchester The deathe of the Bishoppe of â—…Vinchester â—…s description This man was sonne to Iohn Duke of Lancaster deseâ—…ded of an honourable linnage but borne in baste more noble in bloud than notable in learning hault of stomacke and highe of countenaunce riche aboue measure but not very liberall dysdainfull to his kinne and dreadefull to hys louers preferring money before friendeshippe manye things beginning and fewe performing hys couetous insaciabilitie and hope of long lyfe made hym bothe to forgette God his Prince and hymselfe of the getting of his goodes both by power Legantine and spirituall bribery I will not speake but the keeping of them for his ambitious purpose was bothe greate losse to hys naturall Prince and natiue countrey for hys hydden riches might haue well holpen the King and his secret treasure might haue relieued the communaltie when money was seâ—…nte and importunate chardges were dayly immenent An. reg 27. After the deathe of this Prelate the affaires in Fraunce were neither well looked to nor the gouernors of the countrey wel aduised Sir Frauncis Suriennes for an english capitain called sir FraÌ„cis Suriennes surnamed the Aregonois of the countrey wher he was borne a man for his wit and actiuitie admitted into the order of the Garter tooke by skaling soddainely in the nyght of the euen of our Lady day in Lent Fongieres a Town on the Fronters of Normandy belonging to the Duke of Britaine called Fougiers spoylyng the same and killing the inhabitantes The Duke of Britaigne beeing hereof aduertised sent worde by the bishop of Remines to the Frenche Kyng beseching him of his aid and counsaile in the matter The French King foorthwith sent his â—…uer Iohn Hauart and Iohn Cosinet one of the Maisters of his requestes to the King of Englande and to the Duke of Somerset he dispatched Peter de Fontaines the Maister of his horse to the whiche messengers aunswere was made aswell by the Kyng as the duke that the fact was done without their knowledge And for the truce to be kepte and not onely restitution but also amends to be made to the Duke of Britayne a daye of dyet was appoynted to be kepte at Louniers where the commissioners on both partes being assembled the frenchmen demaunded amendes wyth no small recompence The Englishemen aunswered that without offence nothing by Iustice ought to be satisfied affirming the doing of Sir Frauncis Sureinnes to be only his act without consent eyther of the Kyng of Englande or of the Duke of Somerset hys lieuetenaunt and Regent But whiles wyth long delay they talked of this matter at Louniers certain Frenchmen by aduertisement of a wagoner of Louniers Pont de Larcâ—… taken by the Frenchmen by a subeâ—… 〈◊〉 vnderstaÌ„ding that the town of Pont de Larche was but slenderly manned The wagoner laded his wagon and passed forward hauing in his companye twoo strong Varlettes clad like Carpenters wyth greate axes on their shoulders and hereto le Seigneur de Breze wyth a chosen company of men of armes lodged himselfe in a bushement neare to the gate of Saint Andrewe and Capitayne Floquet accompanied wyth sir Iames de Cleremont and another greate companye priuily lurked vnder a woode towarde Louniers When all things were appointed for the purpose earely one morning about the beginning of the moneth of October deuised to take the same town on this maner The wagoner came to the gate and called the porter by name praying hym to open the gate that hee myghte passe to Roan and retourne agayne the same nyght The Porter whiche well knewe the voyce of hys customer tooke little heede to the other twoo companions and so opened the one gate and sent another fellowe of hys to open the formoste gate When the Chariot was on the drawe bridge betwene both the gates the chariot Maister gaue the Porter money and for the nonce let one peece fall on the grounde and while the Porter stouped to take it vp the wagoner wyth hys dagger stroke hym in at hys throate so that he cried for no helpe and the .ij. great lubbers slewe the other porters and with their axes cut the axeltree of the wagon so that the drawe bridge coulde not be shortly drawen vppe This done they made a signe to Capitaine Floquet whyche wyth all speede entred the Towne slewe and tooke all the Englishemenne and amongest other the Lorde Fauconbridge Capitaine of the saide Towne was taken prisoner The losse of this place was of no small importance being the very kay passage ouer the riuer of Seyne from France into Normandy
the king whose honor health suretie and preseruation they chiefly wyshed not to giue credence to theyr aduersaries malicious suggestions till theyr comming to his presence vnto the which they huÌ„bly besought him that they might be admitted as his faythfull liege people to shewe the intent and purpose of their commings which was to none other ende than to enlarge theyr fidelitie and allegiance towards his most dread person intending to put themselues with as much diligence industrie and trauaile in all things that might preferre aduaunce his honour health suretie and safegarde as anye subiect he had liuing The keeping back of this letter from the kings sight and knowledge did minister matter sufficient ynough to the Parliament to colour and instifie for well done all transgressions committed in the late battayle and chase at Saint Albons The Duke of Yorkes comming againste the k. iustified In this Parliament also the Duke of Yorke was made Protector of the realme The D. of York â—…de protecâ—… of the 〈◊〉 and the Erle of Salisburie was appoynted to be Lord Chancellor and had the great seale to him deliuered and the Earle of Warwike was elected to the office of the captainship of Calays and the territories of the same and thus the rule of the Realme rested in the orders of the Duke and Chancellor and all warlike affayres remayned principally in the Erle of Warwike And so amongst them it was agreed that king Henry should still raigne in name and dignitie but neyther in deede nor in authoritie not mynding to destroy him least they might sodainly prouoke the furie of the common people agaynst them bycause that of the symple sort of people hee was for hys holynesse of lyfe and aboundant clemencye muche fauoured and highly esteemed VVhethom â—…e acte for the â—…ng to reuoke 〈◊〉 grants In this Parliament also it was enacted that the king shoulde resume take into his handes againe haue and retaine in his possession all honours Castels Lordships townes villages manours landes tenements wastes forests chases rentes reuersions fees fermes seruices issues profites counties aduousons of Priories Churches hospitals and free Chapels and all other reuenues with theyr appurtenances the whiche had passed from him sith the first day of his raigne vnto that present eyther by his letters patents or authoritie of Parliament and any other meanes whether by graunt confirmation or release from him made in fee simple or fee taile for tearme of life or yeares to anye maner of person and persons in Englande Wales Scotlande or the Marches in Irelande or in the townes of Calays and Guisnes and the marches there and likewise all grauntes made of suche things as is aboue mentioned being parcell of the Duchie of Lancaster and further all graunts of offices rowmeths fees wages or commodities not accustomed to belong to any office or charge before the sayde first day of the kings raigne were likewise reuoked Diuerse other things were also conteyned within this reuocation and generall resumption of things into the kings hands with certaine exceptions yet and prouisoes had as were thought coÌ„uenient and as by the same act it doth and may more plainly appeare Moreouer nowe that the Duke of Yorke and his adhereÌ„ts had wrasted the whole rule and gouernment into their handes All suche persons as the king eyther loued or the Queene fauoured were put beside the priuie counsaile and suche put in their places as was knowne to fauor the house of Yorke Also the officers were chaunged Shifting of officers throughout the realme at the will and disposition of the Protector Chancellor and captain of Calays so that they coÌ„stituted as it were a triumuirate ruling all things at their owne discretion And yet in all theyr rule I finde not that any mention is made of theyr deferring of iustice or of any polling or bryberie as was openly proued by such as gouerned before their time Onelye they were noted with an execrable and damnable offence of diuerse spirituall persons and namely of the Abbot of Westminster and his Munkes for that they toke oute of the Sanctuarie at Westminster Iohn Hollande Duke of Exeter being repugnant to the order taken in the last Parliament and conueyed him to the Castell of Pomfret But that venemous worme that dreadfull DragoÌ„ called disdaine of superioritie which hath consumed the bloud of so manye noble Princes and destroyed the lygnage of so many gouernors in all realmes and kingdomes as well Pagan as Christian coulde not but incense the heartes of the Lord Henrie Beauforde Henry D. of Sommerseâ—… newly inuested duke of Somerset by the death of Duke Edmond hys father which at the battaile of Saint Albons as aboue is rehearsed lost his life and of Humfrey Duke of Buckingham who had lost his sonne and heyre at the same battaile and of other lordes and men of authoritie fauouring the part of king Henrie whiche bewayled the vnsure state of the same king bycause they perceyued wherevnto the cloked courtesie and dissembling maner of the Duke of Yorke did drawe and therefore thought it necessarie to puruey for a remedie ere the mischiefe happened Herevpon they consulted with the Queene and by hir aduice was a great couÌ„sail called at Greenwich The Duke of York discharged of his office where the duke of York was discharged of his protectorshippe and the Earle of Salisburie depriued also of his office whiche malicious chaunge amongest the Nobilitie caused sodaine alterations and seditious attemptes to spring and aryse in the communaltie and in especiall wythin the Citie of London For a yong Marchaunt which before time hadde beene in dyuerse Cities within the Countrey of Italy 1456 and there forbydden by the Magistrates to weare anye weapon chalenged an Italian in Cheapeside for wearing a Dagger alledging agaynste hym the lawes of hys owne Countrey and bycause the Italian aunswered somewhat disdainefully the Marchaunt not wylling to suffer so open a reproche in a streete so fraught with people tooke by force from him his Dagger and with the same brake his pate This Italian in greate hast complayned to the Maior of thys offence so that at the nexte Court holden at the Guilde hall the Marchant was sent for and his offence beeing declared vnto him he was commaunded to warde wherevpon dyuerse other light persons within the Citie assembled togyther in great plumps An vptote in the citie of London and by force constrayned the Maior to delyuer the prysoner out of Newgate and not so satisfied like madde men ran to the seuerall houses of dyuerse Venetians A foule disorder Lucases and Florentines and them spoyled robbed and rifled wythout reason or measure The Maior perceiuing this enormious doing assembled a greate number of substantiall and graue Citizens which not without great bloudshed and mayming of sundrie persons finally appeased the rage and caused the misruled people to depart to their houses The begynner of this outragious vprore got him to Westminster and
bloud to succeed to the Crowne After this the saide D. on the sixtenth daye of Aprill in the said sixth yeare of the kings raigne went in person vnto the priorie of Henton and there had conference with the foresaide Monke Nicholas Hopkins who tolde him that he shuld be K. wherevnto the D. saide that if it so chanced he would shew himselfe a iust and righteous prince The Monke also tolde the Duke that he knew this by reuelation and willed hym in anye wise to procure the loue of the commoÌ„s the better to atteine his purposed intention The Duke the same time gaue and promised to giue yerely vnto the said priorie sixe pound therwith to buy a tun of wine And further hee promised to giue vnto the same Priorie in ready money twentie pound whereof ten pounde he gaue in hand towards the conueying of water vnto the house by a conduit And to y e said Monke Nicholas Hopkins he gaue at that presente in reward three lb and at another time fortie shillings at an other time a marke and at an other time sixe shillings eight pence After this y e twentith day of March in the tenth yere of the Kings raigne he came to the same Priorie and eftsoones had conference with the said Monke to be more fully informed by him in the matters aboue specified at what time the Monke also told him that he should be King and the D. in talke tolde the Monke that he hadde done very well to binde his Chaplayne Iohn de la Court vnder the seale of confession to keepe secret such matter for if the king should come to the knowledge thereof it would be hys destruction Likewise the twentith daye of October in the seueÌ„th yeare of the kings raigne and at diuers other times as well before as after the said D. had sent his Chancellor Robert Gilbert Chaplaine vnto London there to buy certayne clothes of golde siluer and veluets euery tyme so much as amounted to the world of three C. lb to the intent that the said D. might bestow y e same as wel vpon knightes esquiers GentlemeÌ„ of the kings house and yeomen of his gard as vpon other the kings subiects to winne theyr fauours and friendshippes to assist him in his euill purpose which clothes the said Gilbert did buy brought the same vnto the said D. who y e twentith day of Ianuary in the said seuenth yere and diuers other dayes and yeares before and after did distribute giue the same vnto certayne of y e kings subiects for the purpose afore recited as by the inditemeÌ„t it was inferred Furthermore the said duke the tenth of Iuly in y e tenth yere of the kings raigne diuers other dayes and times as wel before as after did constitute more seuerall perticuler officers in his Castels honors lordships lands than he was accustomed to haue to the ende they might be assistant to him vnder coulour of such offices to breng his euill purpose to passe Moreouer the same D. sent to the K. the tenth of May in the tenth yere of his raigne for licence to receiue any of the kings subiects whom it should please him dwelling within the shires of Hereford Gloucester and Somersetshire and also than he might at his pleasure conuey diuers armures and habiliments for war into Wales to the inteÌ„t to vse the same against the K. as the enditemente imported for the accomplishing of his naughtie purpose whiche was to destroy the K. and to vsurp the royal gouernement and power to himselfe whiche sute for licence to haue reteiners to conuey suche armours and habiliments of war the said Gilbert the twentith day of May in the saide ninth yere and diuers other days before and after at LoÌ„don East Greenewich did followe labouring earnestly both to y e K. and counsaile for obteining y e same And the twentith day of Iuly in the said ninth yeare the said D. sent the said Gilbert vnto Henton aforesaid to vnderstaÌ„d of the foresaid Monke Nicholas Hopkins what he heard of him and y e MoÌ„ke sent him word 〈◊〉 Earle proâ—…fying Monke that before Christmas next there shoulde bee a change and that the Duke shoulde haue the rule and gouernement of all England And moreouer the twentith of February in the eleuenth yere of the kings raigne at Blechinglee in the countie of Surrey the said Duke said vnto the said Robert Gilbert his Chancellor that he did expect and tarrie for a time more conuenient to atchieue his purpose and that it myghte easily be done if the nobles of this Realm would declare their mindes togither but some of them mistrusted and feared to shew their minds togither and that marred all He said further y e same time vnto the said Gilbert that what soeuer was done by the kings father was done by wrong stil the D. murmured against all that the Kyng then presently reigning did And further he said that he knew himselfe to be so wicked a sinner y t he wanted Gods fauour and therefore he knew that whatsoeuer he tooke in hand against the K. had the worse successe And furthermore y t sayd D. to alienate the minds of the kings subiects from their dutiful obeisance towards the said K. and his heires the tweÌ„tith day of September in the first yere of his raigne being then at LondoÌ„ reported vnto y e said Robert Gilbert that he had a certaine writing sealed with the Kings greate seale comprehending a certaine acte of Parliament in the which it was enacted that the D. of Somerset one of the kings progenitors was made legitimate and further that the said Duke meante to haue deliuered the same writing vnto K. Henry the seuenth but said he I woulde not that I had so done for ten thousand pound And furthermore the same D. the fourth day of Nouember in the eleuenth yere of the kings raigne at East Grenewich in y e countie of Kent sayde vnto one Charles Kniuet Esquier after that the K. had reproued the D. for reteining Wil. Bulmer Knighte into his seruice that if hee hadde perceiued that hee should haue bin committed to the tower as he doubted he should haue bin hee would haue so wrought that the principal doers therein should not haue had cause of great reioicing for he would haue plaid the part which hys father intended to haue put in practise againste K. Richarde the thirde at Salisburie who made earnest sute to haue come vnto the presence of the same K. Richard whiche suite if hee might haue obteined he hauing a knife secretely about hym would haue thrust it into the body of K. Richard as hee had made semblance to kneele downe before him and in speaking these words he maliciously laid his hand vpon his dagger and sayde that if he were so euil vsed hee would do his best to accomplish his pretensed purpose swearing to confirme his worde by the bloud of our Lorde And beside all this the same D.
seat were the captains of the gards the prouost of y e houshold before the K. kneled y e Vshers of the chaÌ„ber vpon y e one knee at the foot of the step y e wentvp to the kings seat were the prouosts of the merchaÌ„ts Escheuins of the town of Paris Beneath in the hall the gates wherof were stil open ther was an infinit nuÌ„ber of people of al natioÌ„s in presence of them al y e K. made this declaratioÌ„ The cause wherfore I haue made this asseÌ„bly is for y e the emperor elect hath sent to me an herault of armes who as I coÌ„iecture as the same herault hath said as his safeconduit importeth hath brought me letters patents autentike coÌ„cerning y e suertie of the field for the combat y t shuld be betwixt the said elected Emperor and me And forasmuche as the said Herauld vnder color to bring the suretie of y e field may vse certain fictions dissimulatioÌ„s or hipoccrisies to shift off y e matter wher as I desire expeditioÌ„ to haue it dispatched out of hand so y t by the same an end of the warres which haue so loÌ„g coÌ„tinued may be had to y e ease coÌ„fort of all Christendom to auoyd the effusion of bloud other mischieues which come thereof I haue wished it knowne to al Christendom to the end y t euery one may vnderstand the truth from whence procedeth y e mischief the long continuance therof I haue also caused this asseÌ„blie to be made to shewe y t I haue not w tout great cause enterprised suche an act for the right is on my side if I should otherwise haue don mine honor had beÌ„ greatly blemished A thing which my lords y t ar of my bloud other my subiects wold haue takeÌ„ in euil part And knowing y e cause of y e coÌ„bat and my right they will beare w t it as good loyall subiects ought to do trusting by Gods helpe to proceed in such sort therin y t it shal plainly appere if y e right be on my side or not and how against truth I haue bin accused for a breaker of my faith which I wold be loth to do nor at any time haue ment so to do The kings my predecessors ancestors whose pictures ar engraueÌ„ set here in order w t in this hall which in their days haue successiuely atchieued glorious acts greatly augmented y e realm of France wold think me vnworthy not capable to be their successor if against myne honor I shuld suffer my self to be charged w t such a note by y e emperor shuld not defeÌ„d my person honor in y e maner and form acustomed And herwith he declared the whole case as it stode first how being taken at Paris by fortune of warre he neuer gaue his faith to any of his enimies consenting to be led into Spayne caused his owne galeys to be made redie to conuey him thither where at his arriual he was comitted to ward 〈◊〉 castell of Madrill garden w t a great nuÌ„ber of hauing busiers and others which vncurteous dealing found in the emperor so muche greued him y t he fel sick lay in danger of death Vâ—…oÌ„ the Emperor coÌ„ming to visite him after his recouerie of helth an ward was made betwixt w t deputies of the Emperor the ambassadors of the Lady his mother then regent of France which accord was so vnreason able that no prince being in libertie wold haue consented that to dor for his deliuerate haue promised so great 〈◊〉 some Which treatie yee they constrained here as he said to sweat to perform being prisoner against y e protestation whiche heauens times had made yea as yet being sicke in danger of recidination so consequently of death After this he was coÌ„ueyd foorth on his iorney homewards stil garded not set at libertie it was told him y e after he came into FraÌ„ce it was coÌ„uenient y t he should giue his faith for y t it was known wel enough y t what he did or promised in Spain it nothing auailed and further he remembred not y t the Emperor had tolde him at any time y t if he performed not the contents of the treatie he wold hold him for a breker of his faith though he had he was not in his libertie to make any answer Two things therfore said he in this case ar to be coÌ„sidered one y t the treatie was violeÌ„tly wroong out froÌ„ them y t coulde not bind his person and y t which as to y e residue had bin accoÌ„plished by his mother deliuering his sons in hostage The other thing was his preteÌ„ded faith on whiche they can make no grouÌ„d sith he was not set at libertie And hereto he shewed many reasons to proue y t his enimies could not pretende in right y t they had his faith The fielde 〈◊〉 is a place vvhere they may safely com to sight in listes before indâ—…eâ—… Iudges Further he said that in matter of combat there was the assailant whiche oughte to giue suretie of y e field the defendant the weapons Herwith also he caused a letter to beced which the Emperor had written to Maister Iâ—…han de Calnymont presideÌ„t of Burdeaux y e said kings ambassador in the course of the said Emperor The tenor of which better imported that y e emperor put the said ambassador in remeÌ„brance of speech which he had vttered to y e sayd ambassador in Granado repeting the same in substance as followeth that the Kyng his maister hadde done naughtily in not keping his faith which he had of him acording to the treatie of Madril and if the K. wold say the contrary I wil said the Emperor maintein the quarel with my bodie against his and these bee the same wordes that I spake to y e king your master in Madril that I wold hold him for 〈◊〉 and naughtys maÌ„ if 〈◊〉 the faith whichâ—… 〈…〉 Then after the said 〈◊〉 had him â—…che 〈◊〉 at 〈◊〉 his enâ—…â—…nde 〈◊〉 waâ—… of 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 that ever wherof â—…e haue heard 〈…〉 〈◊〉 becontinued his â—…ale in declaring what order 〈◊〉 obserued 〈…〉 the emâ—… to the 〈◊〉 at without all shifting delâ—… so as if the Herald now come froÌ„ the Emperor world vse our 〈◊〉 than 〈◊〉 deliuer him â—…tike writing for 〈◊〉 â—…tie of the field not obserue the contents of his safe conduct he â—…nt and to giue him all 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 vpon 〈…〉 called to come in and declare his messages who apparelled in his 〈◊〉 of armes made his aparraÌ„ts before the king them sitting accompanied as 〈◊〉 haue heard vnto where the King sayde Herauld doâ—… thou bring the 〈◊〉 of the field suche one as thy master being be assaylaÌ„t ought to deliuer vnto the defendaÌ„t being so 〈◊〉 a personage is Iâ—… The Heraulde there vnto said Sir may it please you to giue mâ—… to do â—…ne
lawes of God and his holy worde Diuers persons that were detected to vse reading of the new Testament and other Bookes in English set forth by Tindale and such other as wer fled the Realme were punished by order taken against them by Sir Thomas More then Lord Chancellor who helde greatly agaynste suche Bookes but still the number of them dayly encreased ◅roclama◅ The ninetenth of September in the Citie of London a Proclamation was made that no person of what estate or degree so euer hee was should purchase or attempt to purchase from the court of Rome or else where nor vse and put in execution diuulgue or publish any thing within that yeare passed purchased or to bee purchased heereafter conteyning matter preiudiciall to the high authoritie iurisdictiō and prerogatiue royall of this Realme or to the hinderance and impeachmente of the King his maiesties noble and vertuous intended purposes Some iudged that this Proclamation was made bycause the Queene as was sayde hadde purchased a new Bul for ratification of hir mariage other thought that it was made bycause the Cardinall had purchased a Bull to curse the King if he would not restore him to his old dignities and suffer hym to correct the spiritualtie the King not to meddle with the same In deede many coniectured that the Cardinall grudging at his fall from so high dignities sticked not to write things sounding to y e kings reproche both to the Pope and other princes for that many opprobrious wordes were spoken to Doctor Edwarde Keerne the kings Orator at Rome and that it was saide to hym that for the Cardinals sake the King shoulde haue y e worse speede in the sute of his matrimony But the King dissembled the matter all thys yeare till that the Cardinall made his preparation to be installed at Yorke after such a pompous manner as the lyke hadde not bin seene in that Countrey whereby hee did but procure to himselfe new ◅y whose late fall mercy began to relieue and had set him againe in good state if hee could haue ruled hys lofte pride but hee to shewe hymselfe what hee was wanting nowe such ◅che and pretious ornamentes and furniture as might aduance hys honor and ◅tte him oute in so solemne a doyng was not abashed to sende to the Kyng requiring him to ◅nd hym the Mytre and Pale whiche hee was wonte to weare when he sang Masse in any solemne assembly The King vpon sight of hys sette◅ coulde not but maruel at the proude presumptuousnesse of the man saying what a thing is this The Kings words of the Cardinall that Pride shoulde thus reigne in a person that is quite vnderfoote But euen as there was greate preparation made in that Countrey of them that were required of hym to attende hym to Yorke at the daye appoynted of that solemne feast and intronization the King not able to bears with his high presumption anye longer The Earle of Northumberland appoynted to apprehend the Cardinall directed hys letters to the Earle of Northumberlande commaundyng hym with all diligence to arrest the Cardinall and to delyuer him vnto the Earle of Shrewesbury high Steward of his house The Earle according to that commaundemente c◅e with a conuenient number vnto the manor of Cawood where the Cardinall as then lay and arrested hym there in his owne chamber the fourth of Nouember and from thence conueyd hym the sixth of Nouember vnto Shefield Castell The Cardinall deliuered to the Earle of Northumberlande Sir William Kingston and there delyuered hym vnto the Earle of Shrewesbury who kept him till Sir William Kingston Captayne of the gard and Connestable of the Tower came downe with a certayne companye of yeomen of the gard to fetche hym to the Tower who receyuing hym at the handes of the Earle of Shrewesbury diseased as hee was in his body occasioned through sorrowe and griefe of mynde brought hym forwarde with soft and easie iourneys til hee came to the Abbey of Leicester the seauen and twentith of Nouember where through verye feoblenesse of nature caused by a vehemente las◅e hee dyed the seconde nyghte after and in the Churche of the same Abbey was buryed Suche is the suretie of mans brittle state vncertayne in birthe and no lesse feoble in lyfe Thys Cardinall when hee beganne wyth the businesse of the Kynges marriage was in hygh degree of honor worldly felicitie and so that whyche hee hoped shoulde haue made for hys aduauncemente thened to hys confusion The description of Cardinal Wolsey This Cardinall as Edmonde Campion in his historie of Ireland describeth him was a mā vndoubtedly borne to honor I thinke sayth he some Princes basterd no Butchers sonne exceeding wise faire spoken high minded full of reuenge vicious of his body loftie to his enimies were they neuer so bigge to those that accepted and fought his friendship wonderfull courteous a ripe scholeman thrall to affections brought a bedde with flatterie insactable to gette and more princely in bestowing as appeareth by hys two Colledges at Ipswich and Oxeford the one ouerthrowen with his fall the other vnfinished and yet as it lyeth for an house of Studences considering all the appurtenances incomparable through Christendome wherof Henry the eigth is now called founder bycause he let it stand He helde and enioyed at once the Bishoprickes of Yorke Duresme and Winchester the dignities of Lord Cardinal Legate and Chancellor the Abbey of Saint Albous diuers Priories sundry fatte benefices in commendum a greate preferrer of his seruauntes and aduauncer of learning stout in euery quarrell neuer happy till this hys ouerthrow Therein he shewed such moderatiō and ended so perfectly that the houre of his death did him more honour than all the pomp of hys life passed The Cleargie in daunger of a premunire Thus farre Campiō After his death the whole Cleargie of England was in danger to haue bin atteinted in the statute of premunire for that they had mainteyned his power legantine The spirituall Lordes were called by processe into the Kings bench to aunswere but before their day of appearance they in their conuocation concluded an humble submission in writing The offer of the Cleargie to the Kyng and offered an hundred thousand poūds to be graunted by acte of Parliament to the K. to stand their good Lord and to pardon them of all offences touching the premunire the whiche offer with much labour was accepted The King nominated supreme head of the Church 1531 In this submission the Cleargie called the King supreme head of the Church of England which thing they neuer before confessed When the Parliament was begun the sixth of Ianuary the pardon of the Spirituall persons was signed with the Kings hand and sent to the Lords which in time conuenient assented to the bill Then went it downe to the commons where it coulde not passe bycause diuers froward persons woulde needes that the King shoulde also pardon the laytie as well as
Pontfret the seuen and twentith of August she reteyned the said Francis Diram in hir seruice to the intente shee mighte vse his company in such vnlawfull sorte the more freely and not satisfyed with him she also vsed the vnlawfull company of Thomas Culpeper Esquier one of y e Gentlemen of the kings priuie chamber At Lincolne saith Hall in August where she gaue to him a rich cap and a chayne as wel at Ponfret aforesayde on the nine and twentith and last daye of August aforesaide and on the firste of September as at diuers other times and places before and after wherevpon the thirtenth of Nouember sir Tho. Wriothesley Knighte the Kinges Secretary came to Hampton Courte vnto the saide Queene and called al hir Ladyes Gentlewomen and seruauntes into hir greate chamber and there openly in presence of them al Queene Katherin detected of incontinent liuing declared hir offences committed in abusing of hir body before hir mariage and therewith hee discharged hir houshold The morrow after she was conueyed to Sion the Lady Baynton and certaine Gentlewomen and some of his seruants being appoynted to wayte vpon hir there till the Kyngs pleasure might be farther knowen Culpeper Diram and others were hadde to the Tower Diram in his examination beeing charged with the familiaritie which had bin betwixt thē before shee was maried to the King confessed that he and the said Queene had made a precōtract togither and that he conceled it for hir preferment in mariage to the King after he vnderstoode the K. began to cast a liking towards hir The firste of December Culpeper and Diram were araigned at the Gulld Hall in London before the L. Maior sitting there in iudgemēt as chief iudge hauing the L. Chācellor vppon his right hande and the Duke of Norffolke vppon his lefte hande the Duke of Suffolke the Lord priuie seale the Earles of Sussex and Hereford with dyuers other of the Counsayle sitting there also as Iudges in commission that day the prisoners in the ende confessed the inditement and had iudgement to dye as in cases of treason Culpeper and ◅ram exe◅d The tenth of December the sayde Culpeper and Diram were drawen from the Tower vnto Tiburne and there Culpeper hadde as head striken off and Diram was hanged dis◅bred and headed Culpepers body was buryed in Sainte Sepulchers Churche but both theyr heads were set on London bridge The two and twentith of December were arraigned in the Kings benche at Westminster the Lady Margaret Howard ◅yndors wife to the Lorde William Howarde Katherine Tilney Alice Restwold Gentlewomen Ioane Bulmer wife to Anthony Bulmer Gentleman Anne Howard wife to Henry Howard Esquier and brother to the late Queene Maleyn Tilney Widdowe Margaret Benet wife to Iohn Benet Gentleman Edwarde Walgraue Gentleman William Ashby Gentleman all these were condemned of misprision of treason for concealyng the Queenes misdemeanour And the same day in the afternoone the Lorde William Howarde and Damporte a Gentleman were likewise araigned and condemned of the same offence and as well these as the other were adiudged to lose their goodes and the profites of their lands during life and to remayne in perpetuall prison A Parliament 1542 The sixtenth of Ianuary the Parliament began at Westminster in the whiche the Lordes and commons exhibited certaine petitions to the King Firste that hee woulde not vexe himselfe with the Queenes offence and that she and the Lady Rochfort might bee atteinted by Parliament and to auoyd protracting of time they besought him to giue his royall assent thereto vnder his greate seale without staying for the ende of the Parliamente Also that Diram and Culpeper before atteinted by the commō law might also be atteinted by Parliament and that Agnes Duches of Norffolke and Katherin Countesse of Bridgewater hir daughter which for concealing the sayd offence were committed to y e Tower and indited of misprision and the Lorde William Howard arreigned of the same might likewise be atteynted Also that who so euer had spoken or done any thing in detestation of hir naughtie life shoulde he pardoned To these petitions the King granted The Queene and other atteynted by Parliament than king the commons for that it appeared they tooke his griefe to bee theirs wherevppon the Queene and the Lady Rochford were atteynted by both the houses On the tenth of February The Queene sent to the Tower the Queene was conueyd from Sion to the Tower by water the Duke of Suffolke the Lord priuie seale and the Lord great Chamberlayne hauing the conduction of hit The next day after beyng Saterday and the eleuent of February the King did send his royall assent by his great seale and then all y e Lords were in their robes and the common house called vp and there the acte was redde and his assente declared And so on the thirtenth daye She is beheaded those two Ladyes were beheaded on the greeue within the Tower with an axe where they confessed their offences and dyed repentant Before this The King proclaymed K. of Irelande on the three and twentith day of Ianuary was the King proclaymed Kyng of Irelande as it was enacted both by authoritie of the Parliament here and also of an other Parliamente holden at Dublin in Ireland there begun the thirtenth of Iune last past before Sir Anthony Saintleger Knighte and the Kinges deputie there where as till that time the Kyngs of England were onely entituled Lords of Irelande In the beginning of March dyed Sir Arthur Plantagenet Vicount Lisle basterde sonne to Edwarde the fourth in the Tower of London vnatteynted when he shoulde haue bin deliuered and set at libertie The occasion of his trouble for the which hee was committed to the Tower rose vppon suspition that he should be priuie to a practise whiche some of his men as Philpot and Brindeholme executed the last yeare as before ye haue hearde had consented vnto for the betraying of Galais to the French whilest he was the Kings Lieutenant there But after that by due triall it was knowen that hee was nothing giltie to the matter the kyng appoynted Sir Thomas Wriothsley his Maiesties Secretarie to goe vnto hym and to deliuer to hym a ring with a riche diamond for a token from him and to will hym to be of good cheare for although in that so weightie a matter hee woulde not haue done lesse to hym if hee hadde bene hys owne sonne yet nowe vpon through triall had sith it was manifestlye proued that hee was voyde of all offence hee was sory that hee hadde bene occasioned so farre to trie his troth and therefore willed hym to bee of good cheere and comforte for he should find that he woulde make accompt of him as of hys most true and faithfull kinsman and not onely restore hym to his former libertie but otherwise forthe be ready to pleasure hym in what he could Master Secretary set forth thys message with such effectuall words
for the coÌ„mons to die than perish for lacke of liuing 16 Also you said that the lords of the parliameÌ„t were loth to incline themselues to reformation of inclosures and other things therefore the people had good cause to reforme the things themselues 17 Also you after the report and declaration of the defaults and lackes reported to you by such as did suruey Bollongue and the peeces there would neuer amend the same defaults 18 Also you would not suffer the peeces beyond the seas called new hauen and Blacknests to bee furnished with men and vytayles although you were aduertised of the defaultes therein by the Captaines of the some peeces and others and were thereto aduertised by the kings Counsaile whereby the French king beeing the kings open enimie was encouraged and comforted to winne the said peeces to the kings great losse and dishonour of his realme 19 Also you declared and published vntruly as well to the kings Maiestie as other the yong Lordes attendant vpon his graces person that the Lords of the Counsail at London minded to destroy the king and â—â—n required the king neuer to forget it but to reuenge it and likewise you required the yong Lordes to put the King in remembrance therof to the intent to make sedition and discord betwene the king and his Lords 20 Also where the Kings Maiesties priuie Counsaile of their loue and zealt that they dyd heare vnto the King and his realme did consult at London to haue comuned with you to the intent to moue you charitably to amend your doings and misgouernment you hearing of the said assembly did cause to be declared by letters in diuerse places the sayd Lordes to be high traytors to the King to the great disturbaunce of the Realme And thus much for these troubles of the Lord Protectour and Articles agaynst him obiected to the ende as was doubted that the same shoulde haue cost him his life but such was the pleasure of almightie God disposing mennes heartes as seemeth to him best that at length to wit the sixt of Februarie next he was deliuered and the Proclamation before set forth agaynst him reuoked and called in And thus being againe restored though not to his former office yet vnto libertie he continued therein for the space of two yeares and two dayes til new troubles chaunced to him as after shall appeare But nowe to returne to other doings Whilest these hurles and tumultes were in hande to the danger of the whole state the warres against the Scottes were nothing followed according to the former purposed meaning of the Counsaile so that it seemed necessarie to giue ouer the keeping of Hadington the same beeing in deede more chargeable as was thought than profitable sithe the garnison there coulde not be vytayled but with a greate power to conduct the Cariages in safetie the enimies being still readie to take theyr aduauntage to dystresse them vppon anye oportunitie offred It was therefore resolued that the Earle of Rutlande shoulde goe thither to see the fortifications razed and to conduct from thence the men and ordinaunce in safetie home into Englande Herevppon the sayde Earle wyth the Almaines and other Souldiours then remayning on the borders marched thyther Hadington razed and caused the Bulwarkes Rampires and Trenches to be razed and filled statte with the grounde and bringing from thence all the men artillerie and munition bagge and baggage returned vnto Berwike without encounter in peaceable and quiet maner Shortly after this the Kings Maiestie called his high Court of Parliament A Parliament which began at Westminster the .xxiiij. day of Nouember in this thirde yeare of his raigne and there continued the same vntill the first daye of Februarie next following which was in the beginning of the Fourth yeare of his raigne And among other things there enacted and concluded one statute was made for the punishmente of Rebelles An Act for vnlawfull assemblies and vnlawfull assemblies the which lawe was made by occasion of the late rebellion that happened in maner through the Realme the yeare passed was not thought nor ment to haue touched any noble man specially suche as the Duke of Somerset was which after as it shal appeare it did and by that Statute hee was condemned within two yeares next after About the same tyme 1550 An. reg 4â—… Monsieur de Thermes that succeeded Monsieur de Desse in gouernment as Generall of the French forces in Scotlande came before Broughtieragge where he did so much by batterie and other kindes of enforcement that gyuing an assault both wyth his Frenchmen and certaine Scots ioyned with him the .xx. of Februarie the Fort was entered by fine force and all wythin it eyther taken or slaine Sir Iohn Lutterell gouernour of that peece remayned prysoner amongest the Frenchmen Moreouer now after the ende of the Parliament the Erle of Warwicke hauing then highest authoritie and the rest of the Lordes of the Counsaile calling to remembrance howe the last yeare in the tyme of rebellion the French king had entred into Bollonois and woonne dyuerse of the English Fortes there being of great importaunce for defence of the Towne and Countrey the default whereof was imputed to the negligent gouernement of the Lorde Protectour And for as much as they well vnderstoode that the Frenche King vppon further practise had placed a Captaine called the Reingraue wyth diuerse regiments of Almaine Lancequenets and certaine Ensignes of Frenchmen to the number of foure or fiue thousand at the Towne of Morguison being the mydway betwene Bollongne and Calais to the great perill and daunger as well of the Countie of Bollonois as also of Calais Guisnes and all the low Countrey The King therefore for the defence of the sayd frontiers caused al the straungers which had saued that yeare against the rebels being to the nuÌ„ber of two M. to be transported ouer y e sea to the marches of Calays And now at Christmas last past by order of the said Erle and of the counsaylers aforesaid Frances Erle of Huntingdon and sir Edwarde Hastings his brother sir Iames Crost sir Leonard Chamberlaine and dyuerse other Captaynes and souldiers to the number of three thousand were set ouer to the marches of Calais to ioyne with the said strangers minding with as coÌ„uenient spead as they might to remoue the campe and otherwise to annoy the Frenche But in the meane time through the diligent trauaile of certaine persons specially of one Guidâ—â—â— an Italian and a Florentine horne there was a motion made for a treatie to bee had by certaine Commissioners appointed betwixt the Kings of England and France for the conclusion of some peace vpon such reasonable conditions and articles as might be thought expedient for the present time and to stande with the honour and commoditie of both the Princes This motion tooke such effect that about the seuenth day of Februarie certaine Commissioners appoynted for this treatie Commisioners new treate â—…ace that is
they prouided for the Lazee to keepe him oute of the Citizen 〈◊〉 clapping of â—…ysshes and ryligion of â—…rtâ—…s to the great trouble of the Littâ—…s and also to the daungerous infection of manye that they shoulde bee remoued at home at their present with seuerall pensionâ—… Now after this godâ—… 〈◊〉 to taken the citizens by such means as may truised willing to further y e lande the report therof man made 〈◊〉 y e 〈…〉 hereof was not onely willing to graunt suche as shoulde be the ouersiers and gouernors of the said houses a corporation and authoritie for the gouernement thereof but also required that he might bee accounted as the chiefe sounder and patrone thereof And for the furtherâ—…unce of she sayde worke King Edwarde the sixth founder of the hospitals in London and continuall maintenaunce of the same he of his meere mercie and goodnesse graunted that where before certaine landes were giuen to the maintenaunce of the house of the Sanoy founded by King Henrie the seauenth for the lodging of pilgrimes and straungers and that the same was nowe made but a lodging of loyterers vagabondes and strumpets that laye all daye in the fields and at night were harboured there the which was rather the mayntenance of beggerie than the reliefe of the poore gaue the same landes being first surrendred into his hands by the Maister and felowes there whiche landes were of the yearely value of sixe hundreth poundes vnto the Citie of London for the maintenaunce of the foundation aforesayde And for a further reliefe a petition being made to the Kings maiestie for a licence to take in mortmayne or otherwise without licence landes to a certaine yearely value and a space left in the patent for his Grace to put in what summe it woulde please him he looking on the voyde place called for penne and ynke and with his owne hande wrote this summe in these wordes Foure thousande markes by yeare and then sayde in the hearing of his Counsaile A blessed king Lord God I yeelde thee most heartie thanks that thou hast giuen mee life thus long to finishe this worke to the glorie of thy name After whiche foundation established he liued not aboue two dayes Sir William Chester Iohn Calthrop Draper By example of whiche acte of this vertuous yong king sir William Chester Knight and Alderman of London and Iohn Ealthrop Citizen and Draper of the sayd Citie at their own proper costes and charges made the brickwals and want on the backeside that leadeth from the sayde new hospitall vnto the hospitall of Saint Bartholomewes and also couered and vanted the towne ditch from Aldersgate to Newgate which before was very noisome and contagious vnto the sayde Hospitall Richard Castel shoomaker This Hospitall being thus erected and put in good order there was one Richarde Castell alias Castellee shown mater dwelling in Westminster a man of great tâ—…ile and labor in his facultie with his owne handes and suche a one as was named the Edeke of Westminster for that both Winter and Sommer as was at his worke before foure of the clock in the morning This maÌ„ thus truly and painfully laboring for his liuing God blessed and increased his â—…hocâ—… so abundantly that heputt hâ—…sed lands and 〈◊〉 in Westminster to the yearely value of xliiij â—… And hauing no childe with the consent of his wife who also yet liueth and is a vertuous and good woman gaue the same landes wholye to Christes hospitall aforesayde to the reliefe of the innocent and fatherlesse children and for the succor of the miserable sore and sicke harboured in the other hospitals about London whose example God graunt many to followe About this time there were three notable ships set forth and furnished for the great aduenture of the vnknowne voyage into the East by y e north seas The great doer and encourage of which voiage was Sebastian Caboto an EnglishmeÌ„ Sebastian Caboto born at Bristow but was the sâ—… of a Genawaies These ships at the last arriued in the couÌ„trie of Moscouia not without great lusse danger namely of their captaine who was a worthie aduenturous gentleman called sir Hugh Willough by knight who being tossed and driuen by tempest hernous at the last founde in his ship frosen to death and all his people But now the sayde voyage and trade is greatly aduaunced and the merchants aduenturing that waye are newly by acte of Parliament incorporated and moued with sundrie priuiledges and liberties About the beginning of the moueth of Maye next following Three noâ—… mariages there were three notable mariages concluded and shortlye after solemnised at Durham place The first was betweene the Lorde Guilforde Dudley the fourth sonne of the Duke of Northumberlande and the Ladie Iane eldest daughter of Henrie Duke of Suffolke and the Ladie Frauncis his wife was the daughter of Marye seconde sister to king Henrie the eyght first married to Lewes the Frenche King and after to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke The seconde mariage was betweene the Lorde Harbert sonne and heyre of William Earle of Pembroke and the Ladie Katherine second daughter of the said Lady Francis by the said Henrie Duke of Suffolke And the thirde was betweene Henrie Lorde Hastings sonne and heyre of Frauncis Earle of Huntington and Katherine yongest daughter of the Duke of Northumberlande which three mariages were â—…mpassed and concluded chieflye vppon purpose to chaunge and alter the order of succession to the Crowne made in the tyme of King Henrie the eyght from the saide Kings daughters Marye and Elizabeth and to conuey the same immediatlye after the death of King Edwarde to the house of Suffolke in the right of the sayde Ladie Fraunces wherein the sayde yong King was in â—…most trauaylee in the time of his sickenesse and all for feare that if his sister Marie being next heire to the Crowne shoulde succeede that she would subuert all his lawes and statutes made conuerning religion whereof he was most carefull for the continuance whereof he sought to establishe a meete order of succession by the alliaunce of great houses by way of mariage which neuerthelesse were of no force to serue his purpose For tending to the disherison of the rightfull heyres they proued nothing prosperous to the parties for two of them were soone after made frustrate the one by death the other by diuorce In the meane whyle the King became euery day more sicker than other of a consumption in his lungs so as there was no hope of his recouerie wherevppon those that then bare chiefe authoritie in Counsayle with other Prelates and Nobles of the Realme called to them diuerse notable persons learned as well in Diuinitie as in the lawes of the lande namely Bishops Iudges and other fell to consultation vpon this so weightie case and lastly concluded vpon the deuise of King Edwardes will to declare the sayde Ladie Iane eldest neece to K. Henrie the eyght and wife to the sayde Lorde Gullforde
declaration of treasons and none other Here may you see this Statute doth referre all the offences aforesayde to the Statute of the xxv of Edw. iij. whiche statute hath these wordes touching and concerning the treasons that I am indited and arreigned of that is to saye Whosoeuer with compasse or imagine the death of the king or leuie warre against the king in his realme or being adherent to the kings enimies within this Realme or elsewhere and bee thereof probably attainted by open deede by people of their condicion shall be adiudged a traytor Now I praye you of my Iurie whiche haue my lyfe in triall note well what things at this daye bee treasons and howe these treasons must be tried and decerned that is to saye by open deede which the lawes doth at some time terme ouert acte and nowe I aske notwithstanding my inditement which is but matter alledged where doth appeare the open deede of any compassing or imagining the Quenes death or where doth appeare any open deede of being adherent to the Queenes enimies giuing to them ayde and comfort or where doth appeare any open deede of taking the tower of London Bromley Why doe not you of the Queenes learned Counsell aunswere him Me thinke Throckmorton you neede not to haue the statutes for you haue them meetely perfectly Stanforde You are deceyued to conclude all treasons in the statute of the xxv yeare of Edwarde the thirde for that statute is but a declaration of certaine treasons whiche were treasons before at the Common lawe Euen so there doth remayne diuerse other treasons at this day at the Common lawe which be expressed by that statute as the Iudges can declare Neuerthelesse there is matter sufficient alledged and proued against you to bring you within the compasse of the same Statute Throckmor I praye you expresse those matters that bring me within the compasse of the statute of Edwarde the thirde For the wordes be these And be thereof attainted by open deede by people of like condicion Bromley Throckmorton you deceyue your selfe and mistake these wordes by people of their condicion For thereby the lawe doth vnderstande the discouering of your treasons As for example Wiat and the other rebelles attainted for their great treasons already declare you to be his and their adherent in as much as diuerse and sundrie times you had conference with him and them aboute the treason so as Wiat is now one of your condicion who as all the worlde knoweth hath committed an open trayterous fact Throckmor By your leaue my Lorde this is a verye straunge and singular vnderstanding For I suppose the meaning of the Lawe makers did vnderstande these wordes By people of their condicion of the state and condicion of those persons whiche shoulde bee on the Inquest to trie the partie arreygned guiltie or not guiltie and nothing to the bewraying of the offence by another mans act as you say for what haue I to doe with Wiats actes that was not nigh him by one hundreth myles Thattorney Will you take vppon you to skill better of the lawe than the Iudges I doubt not but you of the Iurie will credite as it becommeth you Cholmley Concerning the true vnderstanding of these words By people of their condicion my Lord chiefe Iustice here hath declared the truth for Wiat was one of your condicion that is to say of your conspiracie Hare You doe not denie Throckmorton but that there hath bene conference and sending betweene Wiat and you and he and Winter dothe confesse the same with others so as it is playne Wiat may well be called one of youre condicion Throckmor Well seeing you my Iudges rule the vnderstanding of these wordes in the Statute By people of your condicion thus straungelye against mee I will not stande longer vppon them But where dothe appeare in mee an open deede wherevnto the treason is speciallye referred Bromley If thre or foure do talke deuise and conspire togither of a trayterous acte to be done and afterwards one of them doth commit treason as Wiat did then the lawe doth repute them and euerye of them as their actes so as Wiats actes doe implie and argue your open deede and so the lawe doth terme it and take it Throckmor These be marueylous expositions and wonderfull implications that another mans acte whereof I was not priuie shoulde be accounted myne for Wiat did purge me that I knew nothing of his stirre Hare Yea sir but you were a principall procurer and contriuer of Wiats rebellion thoughe you were not with him when he made the stirre And as my Lord here hath sayd the law always doth adiudge him a traytor which was priuie doth procure treason or any other man to committe treason or a trayterous acte as you did Wiat and others for so the ouert acte of those whiche did it by your procurement shall in this case be accounted your open deede We haue a commō case in the lawe if one by procurement shoulde disseyse you of your lande the lawe holdeth vs both wrong doers and giueth remedie as well against the one as the other Throckmor For Gods sake applie not such constructions against me though my present estate doth not moue you yet it were well you shoulde consider your office and thinke what measure you giue to others you your selues I say shall assuredly receyue the same agayne The state of mortall life is such y t men know full little what hangeth ouer them I put on within this xij monethes such a minde that I moste wofull wight was as vnlyke to stande here as some of you that sit there As to your case last recited whereby you woulde conclude I haue remembred and learned of you master Hare and you master Stanforde in the Parliament house where you did sit to make lawes to expounde and explane the ambiguities and doubtes of lawe sincerely and that without affections There I say I learned of you and others my maisters of the lawe this difference betwixt such cases as you remembred one euen nowe and the statute whereby I am to be tried There is a maxime or principle in the lawe which ought not to bee violated that no penall statute may ought or shoulde be construed expounded extended or wrested otherwise than the simple wordes and nude letter of the same statute doth warrant and signifie And amongst diuers good and notable reasons by you there in the Parliament house debated maister sergeant Stanford I noted this one why y e said maxime ought to be inuiolable you said considering the priuate affections manye tymes both of Princes ministers within this realme for that they were men and woulde and coulde erre it shoulde be no securitie but very daungerous to the subiect to referre the construction and extending of penall statutes to anye Iudges equitie as you termed it which might eyther by feare of the higher powers be seduced or by ignoraunce and follye abused And that is an aunswere by procurement
the first of Ianuarie .1562 vntill the lost of December in .1563 there dyed in the Citie and liberties thereof conteyning 108. Parishes of all diseases .xx. thousand 108 Parishes in London besides .xi. in the Suburbs three hundred .lxxij. and of the plague being part of the number aforesayd seuentene thousand foure hundred and foure persons And in the out Parishes adioining to the same Citie being .xi. Parishes dyed of all diseases in the whole yere three thousand two hundred .lxxx. and eight persons and of them of the plague two thousande feuen hundred .xxxij. so that the whole number of all that dyed of all diseases as well within the Citie and liberties as in the out parishes was .xxiij thousand sixe hundred and .ix. and of them there died of the plague twentie thousand one hundred thirtie and sixe The eyght of Iuly in the morning Tempest at London happened a great tempest of lightning and thunder where through a woman and three Kinâ—… were slaine in the Couent Gardeyne neare to Charing Crosse At the same tyme in Essex a man was torne all to peeces as he was carying hay hys Barne was borne downe and hys Hay burnt both stones and trees were rent in many places The Counsell of King Philip at Bruxels commaunded proclamation to be made in Andwarpe and other places that no English shippe with any clothes shoulde come into any places of theyr lowe Countreys their colour was as they sayd the daunger of the plague which was that time in London other places of England notwithstanding they woulde gladly haue got our woolles but the Queenes Maiestie through suyt of our marchant aduenturers caused the wooll fleete to be discharged and our cloth fleete was sent to Emden in East Friselande aboue Easter next following in Anno .1564 Threefolde plague to the poore Citizens of London Forsomuch as the plague of Pestilence was so here in the Citie of London there was no terme kept at Michaelmasse to be short the poore Citizens of London were this yeare plagued with a three folde plague pestilence scarcitie of money and dearth of vittayles the miserie whereof were too long here to write no doubt the poore remember it the riche by flight into the Countreys made shift for themselues c. An Earthquake was in the Month of September in dyuerse places of this realme Earthquake specially in Lincolne and Northampton shires After the election of the Maior of London by the counsailes letters the Q. Maiesties pleasure was signified to sir Thomas Lodge then Maior that forsomuch as the plague was so great in the Citie the new Maior erected should kepe no feast at the Guildhall for doubt that through bringing togyther such a multitude the infection might encrease for that Weeke three died within the Citie and out Parishes more than two thousande Wherefore Sir Iohn Whight the new Maior tooke his othe at y e vttermost gate of the Tower of London An. Reg. 6. Lightning and thunder From the first day of December till the .xij. was such continuall lightning and thunder especially the same .xij. day at night that the like had not beene seene nor heard by any than then lyuing In the Moneth of December was dryuen on the shore at Grymsbie in Lyncolnshyre a monstrous fishe in length .xix. yardes his tayle fiftene foote brode and sixe yardes betweene his tyes twelue men stoode vpright in his mouth to get the Oyle 1564 Terme kept at Hertfort For that the plague was not fully ceassed in London Hillarie terme was kept at Hertforde Castell beside Ware This yeare the .xiij. of Aprill an honourable and ioyfull peare was concluded Grafton A peace with Fraunce betwixt the Queenes Maiestie and the French King theyr Realmes Dominions and Subiects and the fame peace was proclaymed with sounde of Trumpet before hir Maiestie in hir Castell of Windsore then being present the French Ambassadors And shortly after the Queenes grace sent the righte honourable Sir Henrie Carie Lord of Honnesdon accompanied with the Lorde Strange beside diuerse Knights Gentlemen vnto the French king with the noble order of the Garter who finding him at the Citie of Lion being in those parties in progresse he there presented vnto him the sayde noble order and Garter King at Armes inuested him therewith obseruing the Ceremonies in that behalfe due and requisite The plague thanks be to God being cleane ceassed in London both Easter and Midsomer termes were kept at Westminster Watâ—…h on S. Peters night There was on the vigile of S. Peter a watch in the Citie of London which did onely stande in the highest streetes of Cheape Cornhill and so forth to Algate which watche was to the Commons of the same Citie as chargiable as when in tymes past it had beene commendably done â—â—b Hartw The fift of Angust the Queenes Maiestie in his progresse came to the vniuersitie of Cambridge The Queene a progresse thorow CaÌ„bridge and was of all the Students being inuested according to their degrees taken in the schooles honourably and ioyfully receiued in the Kings Colledge where shee 〈…〉 daring hir continuance in Cambridge The dayes of hir above were past in seholasticall exercises of Philosophie Phisicke and Diuinitie the nightes in Comedies and Tragedies set forth partly by the whole vniuersitie and partly by the students of the kings Colledge At the breaking vp of the Diuinitie act being on Wednesday the 〈◊〉 of August on the which day she roade through the towile and viewed the Colledges those goodly and auncient monuments of Kings of Englande his noble pledecessors she made within S. Maries Church a notable Oration in Eâ—…lin in the presence of the whole learned Vniuersitie to the students greate comfort The next day shee went forward on hir progresse to Finchâ—â—broke by Huntingdon The .xxx. day of August Outerâ—…er and Belman for the day was enacted by a common counsaile of the Citie of London that all such Citizens as from thence forth should be constreyned to sell theyr housholde stuffe leafes of houses or suche lyke shoulde first cause the same to be cryed through the Citie by a man with a Bell and then to be folde by the common out cryer appoynted for that purpose and hee to reteyne one farthing vpon the shylling for his paynes The .xx. Great flouds in the Thames of September arose great flouds in the Riuer of Thames where through the maâ—…sties neare adioining were ouerflowed and many cattell drowned The seconde of October in the after noone Obsequie for Ferdinando the Emperor on the morow in the forenoone was a solemne obsequie at Paules church of London for Ferdinando late Emperour departed The seuenth day of October at night Fierie impressions from eight of the clocke till after nine of the clocke all the North partes of the Element seemed to bee couered with flames of fire proceeding from the Northeast and Northwest toward the middest of the Firmament where
which seconde session were confirmed and made diuerse and sundrie Statutes concerning religion whereof some were restored and other repealed At this time many were in trouble for religion and among other Sir Iames Hales Knight Sir Iames Hales in trouble for religion one of the Iustices of the Common place whiche Iustice being called among other by the Counsayle of King Edwarde to subscribe to a deuise made for the disinheriting of Queene Marie and the Ladie Elizabeth hir sister woulde in no wise assent to the same though most of the other did yet that notwithstanding for that he at a quarter Sessions holden in Kent gaue charge vpon the Statutes of King Henry the eyght and King Edwarde the sixth in derogation of the Primacie of the Church of Rome abolished by King Henrie the eight he was first committed prisoner to the Kings bench then to the Counter and last to the Fleete where whether it were through extreeme feare or else by reason of such talke as the warden of the Fleete vsed vnto him of more trouble like to insue if he persisted in his opinion or for what other cause God knoweth he was so moued troubled vexed that he sought to ryd himselfe out of this life whiche thing he first attempted in the Fleete by wounding himselfe with a Penknife well neare to death Neuerthelesse afterwarde being recouered of that hurt he seemed to be verye comformable to all the Queenes proceedings and was therevpon deliuered of his imprisonment and brought to the Queenes presence who gaue him words of great comfort neuerthelesse his mynde was not quiet as afterwarde well appeared for in the end he drowned himself in a riuer not half a mile from his dwelling house in Kent He drowneth himselfe the riuer being so shalow that he was faine to lye groueling before he coulde dispatche himselfe whose death was much lamented For beside that he was a man wise vertuous and learned in the lawes of the Realme he was also a good and true minister of Iustice whereby he gate him great fauor and estimation among all degrees A publike disputation During the aforesayde Parliament aboute the xviij daye of October there was kepte at Paules Church in London a publike disputation appoynted by the Queenes commaundement aboute the presence of Christ in the sacrament of the Aultar which disputation continued sixe dayes Doctor Weston then being Prolocutor of the Conuocation who vsed many vnseemely checkes and tauntes against the one part to the preiudice of their cause By reason whereof the disputers neuer resolued vpon the article proponed but grewe daily more and more into contention without any frute of their long conference and so ended this disputation with these wordes spoken by Doctor Weston Prolocutor It is not the Queenes pleasure that we shoulde herein spende anye longer time and ye are well ynough for you haue the word and we haue the sworde But of this matter ye may reade more in the booke of the Monuments of the Church At this time was Cardinall Poole sent for to Rome by the Queene Cardinall Pole sent for home who was very desirous of his comming as well for the causes afore declared as also for the great affection that shee had to him being hir neere kinseman and consenting with hir in religion This message was most thankfully receyued at Rome and order taken to sende the sayde Cardinal hither with great expedition but before his comming Queene Marie had maried Philip Prince of Spaine as after shall appeare But here to touche somewhat the comming of the sayde Cardinal When he was arriued at Caleys there was conference had amongst the Counsaylors of the Queene for the maner of his receyuing The Counsell deuided about the receyuing of the Cardinall some woulde haue had him very honorably met and intertayned as he was in all places where he had before passed not onelye for that he was a Cardinall and a Legate from the Pope but also for that he was the Queenes neare kinseman of the house of Clarence Neuerthelesse after much debating it was thought meetest first for that by the lawes of the realme which yet were not repealed he stoode attainted by Parliament also for that it was doubtfull how he being sent frō Rome should be accepted of the people who in xxv yeares before had not bene muche acquainted with the Pope or his Cardinals that therefore vntill all things might be put in order for that purpose he shoulde come without any great solemnitie vnto Lambeth where in the Archbishoppes house his lodging was prepared The thirde of Nouember nexte following Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury notwithstāding that he had once refused plainly to subscribe to King Edwardes will in the disinheriting of his sister Marie and alledging many reasons and arguments for the legittimation of both the Kings sisters was in the Guild-hall in London arreygned and attainted of treason namely for ayding the Duke of Northumberlande with horse and men against the Queene as aforesayde and the same time also the Ladie Iane of Suffolke who for a whyle was called Queene Iane and the Lorde Guilforde hir husbande the Lorde Ambrose and L. Henrie Dudley sonnes to the Duke of Northumberlande were likewise arreygned and attainted and therevpon led backe agayne to the Tower In the beginning of Ianuarie next following Ambassadors from the Emperour Charles the v. Emperor sent into Englande an honorable ambassade amongst whom was the Conte de Ayguemont Admirall of the low countries w t Charles Conte de la Laing Iohn de Montmorancie Lorde of Curriers and the Chauncellour Nigre with full Commission to conclude a mariage betwene Philip Prince of Spaine his sonne and heyre and Queene Marie as you haue hearde which ambassade tooke suche place that shortlye after all things were finished accordinglye But this mariage was not well thought off by the Commons nor much better lyked of many of the nobilitie who for this and for the cause of religion conspired to rayse warre rather than to see such chaunge of the state of the which conspiracie though there were many confederates yet the firste that shewed force therein was one Sir Thomas Wyat a knight in Kent who in very deede was driuen to preuent the time of the purposed enterprise by this happe Diuerse of the partakers in this conspiracie being withdrawne from London where they had deuised their drift home into their countries amongst whom the sayd Sir Thomas Wyat was one it fell out that whylest he was returned into Kēt where his lands and liuings chieflye laye a Gentleman of that shire one to the sayde Sir Thomas Wyat most deare was by the Counsell for other matters committed to the Fleete wherevpon he verily suspecting that his f◅r is were bewreyed had no other shift as he tooke it but to put on armour and to begin the attempt before the time appointed with his complices and herevpon giuing intelligence of his determination to his associates