Edmund Kneuets seruice Leonard Southerton Pardon proclamed by an herald at armes The citizens fauouring the rebels The rebelles conueie artillerie and munition out of the citie to their campe The hâ—ralds proclamation in Norwich The traitorous refusall of the rebels to accept the kings pardon Prisoners committed toward in mouÌ„t Surrie Kets power increaseth * Alluding to the maior whose name was Cod. The maior of Norwich set 〈◊〉 Augustine Steward The lord marquesse of â—â—thampâ—a sent into â—â—uffolke to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 Norwich summoned Sir Richard Southwell The straÌ„gers offer skirmish to the rebels An Italian hanged by the rebels Sir Edward Warner The desperatnesse of rebelles Iutienal sat 13. The rebels beaten backe Flotman Pardon offered to the rebels Flotmans presumptuous and nâ—torous allegâ—tions The rebels enter the citie The lord Sheffeld wofullie slaine Alexander Neuill The marquesse maketh shift to escape danger The miserable estate of Norwich The aldermans depuâ—â—â— roughlie handled to tell where the lord marquesse had hidden himself 〈◊〉 miniâ—â—red to the rebels for feare 〈◊〉 force The earle of Warwike appointed to go against the Norffolke rebels The earle of Warwike commeth to Cambridge The kings pardon granted Who serued vnder the erle of Warwike Norwich summoned What answer was made to the herald by the citizens of Norwich whom Ket assigned thervnto Norreie the herald deliuereth his answer to the earle of Warwike Norreie king of armes sent to offer the rebels their pardon Norreie the herald maketh a long â—iscourie to the rebels for the reducing of them to good order The kings purpose in sending the earle of Warwike against them 〈◊〉 the reâ—els were afâ—â—ed after the â—eralds disâ—â—â—rse was 〈◊〉 The herald is 〈◊〉 at â—â—â—trusted 〈◊〉 c. Alexander Neuill The iust reward of 〈◊〉 boâ—e Ket meant to haue talked with the earle of Warwike S. Stephans gate The Brasen gate Virgii Cartes ladâ—â— with munition taken by the rebels Gentlemen slaine Order taken for the safe kâ—â—ping of the citie Alexander Neuill The rebels take certeine peeces of artillerie from the earle of Warwike Capteine Drurie Councell giuen to the erle of Warwike to abandon the citie The earles answere Lancequenets come to the earle of Warwike The rebels trust in vaine prophesies The rebels remooue The earle of Warwike goeth foorth to giue the enimies battell Pardon ofâ—red The number of the rebels slaine Pardon eftsâ—â—â—es offered Pardon once againe offered They yéeld to the earle of Warwike Gentlemen slaine in this rebellion Ket taken Execution The earle of Warwike sheweth mercie The slaine carcases buried The two Kets executed William Ket a dissembling traitor Iusketh taken Monsieur be Desse returneth into France The earle of Rutland M. Fox An other rebellion or tumult begun in Yorkeshire The chiefe stirrers oâ— thâ—â— rebellion The causes moouing the Yorkshiremen to rebellion A blind prophesie among the northerne men The deuise of 〈◊〉 rebels how 〈…〉 purpose The deuise of 〈◊〉 rebels that 〈◊〉 might be 〈◊〉 The rebels increase their number â—ebellious band The kings pardon offred receiued refused Virgil. Ombler capteine oâ— the rebels taken The names of the rebels taken and executed at Yorke What the Lacedemonians did to make their sons detest drunkennesse Rebellion a verie gréeuous and horrible offense against God the prince and the state The authoâ—itie of the â—â—gistrats 〈◊〉 and peremptorie Rebellion â—nlawfull in defense of true religion Eâ—go much more vnlawfull in maintenance of false religion c. The necessarie benefit anâ— vse of the bible and contrariwise A principall pâ—int of reliâ—â—on for reâ—â—ls speciallie 〈◊〉 caâ—ne The rebelles of Norffolke pretended the câ—mmmon-weâ—lth the cause of their rising whie all must not looke to beare like râ—le Magistrates 〈◊〉 to be honored both in speech and maners To haue all degrees alike â— no inequalitie how inconâ—enient Riches and inheritance from whom to whom and to what end giuen The vnconscionable wishing of equalitie how hurtfull The precept of S. Peter teaching the right waie to riches and honor The act of rebellion aggrauated prooued most wicked and horrible An exhortation to rebels Disobedience to the prince is a most abhominable sinne and that we are bound by dutie to obeie A notable and rhetoricall clause and to the purpose The rebels fullie fraught with most â—â—â—anous qualities c. The kings councell of greatest authoritie and why yet are they disobeied note The action of rebellion proued by reason to be most heinous intollerable and diuelish No death cruâ—â—â— enough for 〈◊〉 and tâ—â—itors A desperat mâ—lecontents behauiour Rebels and traitors worse than brute 〈◊〉 The application of the former comparisons implieng obedience The presumptâ—ous arroâ—â—nt vsurped 〈◊〉 of the reâ—â—ls noted to 〈◊〉 impâ—achâ—â—nt of 〈…〉 The rebels outragious and intollerable demeanor descried Their disobedience notorious The rebels offend against the law of iustice equitie The former matter vehementlie vrged The rebels are still charged with their rapines and violentlie inferred wrongs Libertie desired aboue all things * Fit epithets and terms for head and taile of this rebellion The offense of excluding the kings subiects from the benefit of libertie aggrauated A pithie conclusion inâ—erred vpon the premisses iâ— forme of sentence definitiue The rebels charged with the murder and bloudshed of the kings liege people A licentious common-wealth cannot indure Wherein and whereof consisteth a citie prouince or politike bodie Lord Sheffelds slaughter laid to the rebels charâ—â— Lâ—â—d Shefâ—â—â—s wofull 〈◊〉 this 〈◊〉 pâ—thilie 〈◊〉 The knitting 〈◊〉 mans bodie 〈◊〉 mind Gâ—ds worke 〈…〉 whome the dissolving â—â—â—reof belonged â—ereby he â—â—ooeth the rebels consciâ—â—ces seeâ—ed 〈◊〉 as it were 〈◊〉 an hot 〈◊〉 The rebels â—â—â—tousnesse 〈◊〉 ambition â—â—satiable A briefe caâ—â—â—â—lation of 〈◊〉 rebels 〈◊〉 atempts 〈◊〉 purposes An argument from the lesse to the greater The vse and necessarie seruice of towns what it is to ouerthrow them The vse and seruice of munition Wherein appéereth the faithfull seruice of cities A good subiects wiâ—h and the reason thereof Excester commended for loue loiail seruice to the king estate Norwich vpbraided with the example of Excester Some citizens of Norwich excusable of this rebellion but most chargeable therwith in a high degrée of disloialtie Excester noble and true A collection or beadroll of certeine outrages doone by the rebels Persuasions to obedience and loialtie The hurts mischiefes that befall cities c by mainteining rebelles Rebellion is worthilie to be punished A further view of the inconueniences bred by rebellion The losse of haruest Barns be poore mens storehouses Haie rotting on the grouÌ„d Losse of corne for lacke of reaping The losse of one yeares haruest verie hurtfull Wastfull speÌ„ding of vittels by the rebels inconuenient to the whole state A necessitie of inhansing the price of things After a great dearth commeth a great death a reason why A briefe rehearsall or summarie of mischiefes issuing from rebellion A great decaie of people Rebels can not preuaile against the princes power A necessarie
assaile the soldiers as they saw their aduantage part of them standing at S. Michaels part at S. Stephans and part at S. Peters and some of them also stood in Wimers stréet Here they assailing such as vnaduisedlie were entered within their danger they slue diuerse and among other three or foure gentlemen before they could be succoured from anie part The erle of Warwike aduertised hereof passed foorth with all his forces to remoue the enimie and comming to S. Andrew in Iohns stréet was receiued with a sharpe storme of arrowes but capteine Drurie his harquebusiers galled them so with their shot that they were glad to giue place and so fled amaine There were slaine a hundred and thirtie and diuerse of them shrinking aside into churchyards and other places vnder the walles were taken and executed All the rest got them vp to their campe at Mousehold and so the citie was rid of them for that time Then di◠the erle of Warwike take order for the safe keeping of the citie appointing watch and ward to be kept on the walles and in euerie street Also that all the gates should be rammed vp except one or two that stood towards the enimies at the which were planted certeine péeces of the great artillerie But the rebels vnderstanding that the earle of Warwike wanted powder and other things apperteining to the vse of the great ordinance and withall perceiuing that the Welshmen which were appointed line 10 to the gard of the said great péeces of artillerie were no great number and therefore not able to resist anie great force that should come against them they came downe the hill vpon the sudden as it were wholie togither in most outragious maner And withall one Miles that was a verie perfect gunner and maruellous skilfull in the feat of shooting of great artillerie and at that time remaining among the rebels shot off a péece and flue one of the kings principall gunners that was attending vpon those line 20 péeces of artillerie which stood thus before the gate Whom when the rebels perceiued thus to be slaine they made forward with more courage and gaue such a desperate onset vpon them that garded the said artillerie that their small number being not able to withstand their aduersaries great and huge multitude pressing in such furious rage vpon them that they were constreined to flée backe and to leaue the artillerie for a preie vnto the enimies who seizing vpon the same conueied them awaie with certeine line 30 carts laden with all manner of munition for wars vp to their campe a matter as was thought of no small importance sith the enimies thereby were furnished now with such things whereof before they stood most in néed and now hauing store thereof they spared not liberallie to bestow it against the citie beating downe not onlie the highest top of Bishops gate but also a great part of the wals on that side And here trulie the good seruice of capteine Drurie is not to be forgotten who now as earst being line 40 readie to reuenge this iniurie following vpon the enimies put them to flight and recouered much of that which they had taken from the earls souldiers The earle of Warwike after this cut off the entries at the gates and rampired them vp placed at the bridges and turnings of the waies and streets diuers bands of soldiers to kéepe the passages brake downe the White friers bridge and at Bishops gate he appointed the lord Willoughbie with a great number of soldiers to defend that part in this sort he made line 50 prouision to defend the citie from the rebels if they should attempt to make anie surprise vpon the sudden The next daie yet they passing ouer the riuer set fire on certeine houses at Connesfoorth burning the more part of all the houses of two parishes and so great was the rage of the fire that catching hold vpon an house wherein the merchants of Norwich vse to laie vp such wares and merchandize as they conueie to their citie from Yermouth the same house line 60 with great store of wheat and other riches was miserablie consumed and defaced Thus whilest euerie thing séemed to chance and fall out in fauour of the rebels there were some in the earle of Warwiks armie that despairing of the whole successe of their iourneie came to the earle of Warwike and began to persuade with him that sith the citie was large and their companies small for in déed the whole appointed numbers as yet were not come neither of strangers nor Englishmen it was vnpossible to defend it against such an huge multitude as were assembled togither in Kets campe and therefore besought him to regard his owne safetie to leaue the citie and not to hazard all vpon such an vncerteine maine chance The earle of Warwike as he was of a noble and inuincible courage valiant hardie and not able to abide anie spot of reproch whereby to lose the least péece of honour that might be made this answer Whie saith he and doo your harts faile you so soone Or are you so mad withall to thinke that so long as anie life resteth in me that I will consent to such dishonour Should I leaue the citie heaping vp to my selfe and likewise to you such shame and reproofe as worthilie might be reputed an infamie to vs for euer I will rather suffer whatsoeuer either fire or sword can worke against me These words being vttered with such a courage as was maruellous to consider he drew out his sword Which other of the honorable and worshipfull that were then present likewise did whome he commanded that each one should kisse others sword according to an ancient custome vsed amongst men of war in time of great danger and herewith they made a solemne vow binding it with a solemne oth that they should not depart from thence till they had either vanquished the enimies or lost their liues in manfull fight for defense of the kings honour Whilest these things were in dooing the rebels brake into the citie on that side where was no suspicion of their entring at all but being come almost to the bridges they were incountered by the soldiers beaten backe and chased out by the same waie they came The next daie being the six and twentith of August there came to the earle 1400 lancequenets The rebels notwithstanding that such reinforcement of the earles power might haue somewhat discouraged them yet trusting altogither to certeine vaine prophesies which they had among them and set out in verses by such wisards as were there with them in the campe they had conceiued such a vaine hope of prosperous successe in their businesse that they little estéemed anie power that might come against them Among other of those same verses these were two The countrie gnuffes Hob Dick and Hick with clubs and clowted shoone Shall fill vp Dussin dale with bloud of slaughtered bodies soone Upon hope
till that present had kept silence In déed by reason of a faint kind of agréement procured betwixt the Dolphin and the duke of Burgognie it was thought verelie that a power should haue béene raised for preseruation of that noble citie the loosing or sauing thereof being a matter of such importance The king of England to preuent the enimies purpose caused a large trench to be cast without his campe which was pight full of sharpe stakes with a great rampire fensed with bulworks and turnepikes in as defensible wise as might be deuised Sir Robert Bapthorpe knight was appointed comptroller to see this worke performed which he did with all diligence accomplish in like case as he had doone when the other trench and rampire stronglie staked and hedged was made at the first betwixt the campe and the citie to restreine such as in the begining of the siege rested not to pricke foorth of the gates on horsse backe And so by this meanes was the armie defended both behind and before Finallie year 1419 the whole number of the Frenchmen within the citie were brought to such aâ— extremitie for want of vittels that they were in danger all to haue starued Wherevpon being now pasâ— hope of reléefe they determined to treat with the king of England and so vpon Nowyeares euen there came to the wals such as they had chosen amongst them for commissioners which made a signâ— to the Englishmen lieng without the gate of the bridge to speake with some gentleman or other person of authoritie The earle of Huntington which kept that part sent to them sir Gilbert Umfrouile vnto whom line 10 they declared that if they might haue a safe conduct they would gladlie come foorth to speake with the king Sir Gilbert repairing to the duke of Clarence and other of the kings councell aduertised them of this request Herevpon the duke of Clarence with the other councellors resorted to the kings lodging to informe him of the matter and to know his pleasure therein who after good aduisement and deliberation taken willed sir Gilbert to aduertise them that he was line 20 content to heare twelue of them which should be safelie conueied into his presence This answer being brought to the Frenchmen by the said sir Gilbert on the next daie in the morning foure knights foure learned men and foure sage burgesses all clothed in blacke came foorth of the citie and were receiued at the port saint Hilarie by sir Gilbert Umfreuile accompanied with diuerse gentlemen and yeomen of the kings houshold commonlie called yeomen of the crowne by whome they were conueied line 30 to the kings lodging whome they found at masse which being ended the king came out of his trauerse sternelie and princelie beholding the French messengers and passed by them into his chamber And incontinentlie after he commanded that they should be brought in before his presence to heare what they had to say One of them séene in the ciuill lawes was appointed to declare the message in all their names who shewing himselfe more rash than wise more arrogant line 40 than learned first tooke vpon him to shew wherin the glorie of victorie consisted aduising the king not to shew his manhood in famishing a multitude of poore simple and innocent people but rather suffer such miserable wretches as laie betwixt the wals of the citie and the trenches of his siege to passe through the campe that they might get their liuing in other places and then if he durst manfullie assault the citie and by force subdue it he should win both line 50 worldlie fame and merit great méed at the hands of almightie God for hauing compassion of the poore needie and indigent people When this orator had said the king who no request lesse suspected than that which was thus desired began a while to muse and after he had well considered the craftie cautell of his enimies with a fierce countenance and bold spirit he reprooued them both for their subtill dealing with him and their malapert presumption in that they should seeme to go about line 60 to teach him what belonged to the dutie of a conquerour And therefore since it appeared that the same was vnknowne vnto them he declared that the goddesse of battell called Bellona had thrée handmaidens euer of necessitie attending vpon hir as blood fire and famine And whereas it laie in his choise to vse them all thrée yea two or one of them at his pleasure he had appointed onelie the méekest maid of those thrée damsels to punish them of that citie till they were brought to reason And whereas the gaine of a capteine atteined by anie of the said thrée handmaidens was both glorious honourable and woorthie of triumph yet of all the thrée the yoongest maid which he meant to vse at that time was most profitable and commodious And as for the poore people lieng in the ditches if they died through famine the fault was theirs that like cruell tyrants had put them out of the towne to the intent he should slaie them and yet had he saued their liues so that if anie lacke of charitie was it rested in them and not in him But to their cloked request he meant not to gratifie the them within so much but they should kéepe them still to helpe to spend their vittels And as to assault the towne he told them that he would they should know he was both able and willing thereto as he should see occasion but the choise was in his hand to â—amâ— them either with blood fire or famine or with them all whereof he would take the choise at his pleasure and not at theirs This answer put the French ambassadors in a great studie musing much at his excellent wit and hawtinesse of courage Now after they had dined as his commandement was they should with his officers they vpon consultation had togither required once againe to haue accesse to his roiall presence which being granted they humbling themselues on their knees besought him to take a truce for eight daies during the which they might by their commissioners take some end and good conclusion with him and his councell The king like a mercifull prince granted to them their asking with which answer they ioifullie returned After their departure were appointed and set vp three tents the one for the lords of England the second for the commissioners of the citie and the third for both parties to assemble in and to treat of the matter The commissioners for the English part were the earles of Warwike and Salisburie the lord Fitz Hugh sir Walter Hungerford sir Gilbert Umfreuile sir Iohn Robsert and Iohn de Uasques de Almada And for the French part were appointed sir Guie de Butteler and six others These commissioners met euery daie arguing and reasoning about a conclusion but nothing was doone the space of eight daies nor so much as one article concluded wherfore the Englishmen tooke downe
persons meaning to reuolt to the Dolphins side aduertised him by letters of their whole minds which letters were conueied vnto him by certeine friers The Dolphin glad of those newes appointed the lords de la Breth and Faiet marshals of France line 40 accompanied with the lords of Mount Iehan of Buâ—ll Doruall Torsie Beaumanor the Hire and his brother Guilliam with fiue hundred other valiant capteins and souldiers to the accomplishing of this enterprise who comming thither at the daie assigned in the night season approched towards the walles making a little fire on an hill in sight of the towne to signifie their comming which perceiued by the citizens that néere to the great church were watching for the same a burning cresset was shewed line 50 out of the steeple which suddenlie was put out and quenched What néedeth manie words The capteins on horssebacke came to the gate the traitors within slue the porters and watchmen and let in their fréends whereby the footmen entered first and the men of armes waited at the barriers to the intent that if néed required they might fight it out in open field Hereby manie Englishmen were slaine a great crie and garboile raised through the towne as in such surprises is woont The cause of this line 60 mischéefe was not knowen to any but onelie to the conspirators for the remnant of the citizens being no partakers imagined that the Englishmen had made hauocke in the towne and put all to the sword The Englishmen on the other side iudged that the citizens had begun some new rebellion against them or else had striuen amongst themselues The earle of Suffolke which was gouernour of the towne hauing perfect knowledge by such as scaped from the wals how the matter went withdrew without any tarriance into the castell which standeth at the gate of saint Uincent whereof was constable Thomas Gower esquier whither also fled manie Englishmen so as for vrging of the enimie prease of the number and lacke of vittels they could not haue indured long wherfore they priuilie sent a messenger to the lord Talbot which then laie at Alanson certifieng him in how hard a case they were The lord Talbot hearing these newes like a carefull capteine in all hast assembled togither about seuen hundred men in the euening departed from Alanson so as in the morning he came to a castell called Guierch two miles from Mans and there staied a while till he had sent out Matthew Gough as an espiall to vnderstand how the Frenchmen demeaned themselues Matthew Gough so well sped his businesse that priuilie in the night he came into the castell where he learned that the Frenchmen verie negligentlie vsed themselues without taking heed to their watch as though they had béene out of all danger which well vnderstood he returned againe and within a mile of the citie met the lord Talbot and the lord Scales and opened vnto them all things according to his credence The lords then to make hast in the matter bicause the daie approched with all spéed possible came to the posterne gate and alighting from their horsses about six of the clocke in the morning they issued out of the castell crieng saint George Talbot The Frenchmen being thus suddenlie taken were sore amazed in so much that some of them being not out of their beds got vp in their shirts and lept ouer the walles Other ran naked out of the gates to saue their liues leauing all their apparell horsses armour and riches behind them none was hurt but such as resisted ¶ Hard shift was made on all hands for safetie of life happie was he that could find a place of refuge where to lurke vnspide and vnhurt of the enimie who in the execution of their vengeance were so peremptorie that it was a matter of great difficultie or rather impossibilitie to escape their force To be short there were slaine and taken to the number of foure hundred gentlemen the priuat souldiers were frankelie let go After this inquisition was made of the authors of the treason and there were found condemned thirtie citizens twentie priests and fifteene friers who according to their demerits were all hanged The citie of Mans being thus recouered the lord Talbot returned to Alanson and shortlie after the earle of Warwike departed into England to be gouernour of the yoong king in steed of Thomas duke of Excester latelie departed to God and then was the lord Thomas Montacute earle of Salisburie sent into France year 1428 to supplie the roome of the said earle of Warwike who landed at Calis with fiue thousand men and so came to the duke of Bedford as then lieng in Paris where they fell in councell togither concerning the affaires of France and namelie the earle of Salisburie began maruellouslie to phantasie the gaining of the citie countrie of Orleance This earle was the man at that time by whose wit strength and policie the English name was much fearefull and terrible to the French nation which of himselfe might both appoint command and doo all things in manner at his pleasure in whose power as it appeared after his death a great part of the conquest consisted for suerlie he was a man both painefull diligent and readie to withstand all dangerous chances that were at hand prompt in counsell and of courage inuincible so that in no one man men put more trust nor any singular person wan the harts so much of all men Herevpon after this great enterprise had long béene debated in the priuie councell the earle of Salisburies deuise therein was of them all granted and allowed so that he being replenished with good hope of victorie and furnished with artillerie munition apperteining to so great an enterprise accompanied with the earle of Suffolke and the lord Talbot and with a valiant armie to the number of ten thousand men departed from Paris and passed through the countrie of Beausse There he tooke by assault the towne of Genuille and within fiue daies after had the castell deliuered vnto him by them that were fled into it for their safegard 〈◊〉 also tooke the towne of Baugencie suffering 〈◊〉 man which would become subiect to the king of England to inioie their line 10 lands and goods The townes of Meun vpon Loire and Iargeaulx hearing of these dooings presented to them the keies of their townes vpon like agréement About Maie in this 1428 the towne of Naunts and territories there with a fearefull earthquake were shaken houses castels and strong buildings in such terrour as it was thought the end of the world had béene come After this in the moneth of September the earle came before the citie of Orleance and planted his line 20 siege on the one side of the riuer of Loire but before his comming the bastard of Orleance the bishop of the citie and a great number of Scots hearing of the earles intent made diuerse fortifications
perilous doctrines books works and writings conteining heresies and errors contrarie to the faith catholike and determination of holie church and speciallie these heresies and errours following that is to saie in particular In primis quòd non est de necessitate fidei credere quòd dominus noster Iesus Christus post mortem descendit ad inferâ—s Item quòd non est de necessitate salutis credere in sanctorum communionem Item quòd ecclesiâ— vniuersalis potest errare in hijs quâ— sunt fidei Item quòd non est de necessitate salutis credere tenere illud quod consilium generale vniuersalis ecclesia statuit approbat seu determinat in fauorem fidei ad salutem animarum est ab vniuersis Christi fidelibus approbandum tenendum Wherefore I miserable sinner which here before long time haue walked in darkenesse and now by the mercie and infinit goodnesse of God reduced into the right waie and light of truth and considering my selfe gréeuouslie haue sinned and wickedlie haue informed and infected the people of God returne and come againe to the vnitie of our mother holie church and all heresies and errors written and conteined in my said books works and writings here solemnelie and openlie reuoke renounce Which heresies and errors and all other spices of heresies I haue before this time before the most reuerend father in God and my good lord of Canturburie in diuerse and lawfull forme iudiciallie abiured submitting my selfe being then and also now at this time verie contrite and penitent sinner to the correction of the church and of my said lord of Canturburie And ouer this exhorting requiring in the name vertue of almightie God in the saluation of your soules and mind that no man hereafter giue faith and credence to my said pernicious doctrines heresies and errors neither my said books kéepe hold or read in anie wise but that they all such books works and writings suspect of heresies deliuer in all goodlie hast vnto my said lord of Canturburie or to his commissioners and deputies in eschewing of manie inconueniences and great perils of soules the which else might be cause of the contrarie And ouer this declaration of my conuersion and repentance I here openlie assent that my said books works and writings for declaration and cause aboue rehearsed be deputed vnto the fire and openlie burnt in example and terror of all other c. After this he was depriued of his bishoprike hauing a certeine pension assigned vnto him for to liue on in an abbeie and soone after died His books were intituled 1 Of christian religion and a booke perteining therevnto 2 Of matrimonie 3 Iust expressing of holie scripture diuided into three parts 4 The donet of christian religion 5 The follower of the donet 6 The booke of faith 7 The booke filling the foure tables 8 The booke of worshipping 9 The prouoker of christian men 10 The booke of counsell In the moneth of Ianuarie died the earle of Deuonshire in the abbeie of Abindon poisoned as men said being there at that time with quéene Margaret to appease the malice betweene the yoong lords whose fathers were slaine at saint Albons and they that held with the duke of Yorke The thirtéenth of Aprill there was a great fraie in Fléetstreet betweene men of court and the inhabitants of the same stréet in which fraie the quéenes atturnie was slaine For this fact the king committed the principall gouernours of Furniuals Cliffords and Barnards In to prison in the castell of Hertford and William Tailor alderman of that ward with manie other were sent to Windsore castell the seuenth of Maie On thursdaie in Whitsunweeke the duke of Summerset with Anthonie Riuers and other foure kept iustes before the quéene in the Tower of London against three esquiers of the queenes And in like maner at Gréenewich the sundaie following King Henrie and his councell perceiuing the duke of Yorke laie still and stirred not returned to London and there called a great councell openlie declaring how the French and Scots imboldened by the ciuill discord within this realme attempted to annoie the same as of late they had shewed apparant tokens and likelie not ceasse vpon occasions to doo further displeasures till a perfect concord were concluded betwéene him and his fréends and those of the contrarie part and confederacie And to the intent line 10 that he would be the cheefe author of peace he promised of his dignitie so to interteine the duke of Yorke and his fréends that all old grudges should be not onelie inwardlie forgotten but also outwardlie forgiuen which should be cause of perpetuall loue and assured amitie This deuise was of all men iudged for the best Wherevpon diuerse graue persons were sent to the duke of Yorke and all other the great estates of the realme who since the battell of saint Albons neuer line 20 met nor communed togither commanding them for great causes to repaire to the kings court without delaie At his commandement came to London Richard duke of Yorke with foure hundred men and was lodged at Bainards castell being his owne house and after him came the earle of Salisburie with fiue hundred men and was likewise lodged at his owne house called the Herbour Then came the dukes of Excester and Summerset with eight hundred men and were lodged without Temple barre line 30 and the earle of Northumberland the lord Egremond and the lord Clifford came with fiftéene hundred men and lodged without the citie The earle of Warwike also came from Calis with six hundred men in red iackets imbrodered with white ragged slaues behind and before and was lodged at the graie friers Thus were all those of the one part lodged within the citie and those of the other without in Holborne towards Westminster and in other places of the line 40 suburbs all vpon wise consideration for that the Yorke faction and the Lancastrians could not well haue béene mingled without danger of discord After that these lords were thus come vnto London the king and the quéene shortlie followed comming thither the seuentéenth daie of March and lodged in the bishops palace Bicause no riotous attempt or bickering should be begun betwéene anie of the parties or their retinues the maior and aldermen of the citie line 50 kept great watch as well by daie as by night riding about the citie by Holborne and Fléetstréet with fiue thousand men well armed and arraied to sée good order and peace on all sides kept The lords which lodged within the citie held a dailie councell at blacke friers the other part soiourning without the walles assembled likewise in the chapiter house at Westminster At length by the diligent trauell and good exhortation of the archbishop of Canturburie and other prelats both parties were line 60 persuaded to come to communication and so did Where after long debating of grieuances on both sides they promising to forget all old rancors
robbing houses and spoiling ships And beside this they tooke the principall ships of the kings nauie and had them awaie with them to Calis one excepted called Grace de Dieu which might not be had awaie bicause she was broken in the bottome and there presented them to the line 30 earle of March of whome he was ioifullie receiued For though in the fight he was sore hurt maimed in the leg so as he halted euer after yet he bare himselfe so worthilie in that enterprise that his praise was great amongst all men ¶ Sir Baldwine Fulford vndertooke on paine of loosing his head that he would destroie the earle of Warwike but when he had spent the king a thousand marks in monie year 1460 he returned againe After this good fortune thus chanced to the lords diuerse of the line 40 best ships taken in the hauen of Sandwich were well vittelled and manned and with them the earle of Warwike sailed into Ireland to common with the duke of Yorke of their great affaires and businesse The weather and wind were so fauourable to the earles purpose that within lesse than thirtie daies he passed and repassed from Calis to Dublin and backe againe The duke of Excester being chéefe admerall of the sea laie in the west countrie and durst not once line 50 meddle with the earle of Warwikes nauie as he came by by reason of the mistrust which he had in the capteins and mariners of his owne nauie who by their murmuring well shewed that they wished the earle of Warwikes good successe ¶ But here is to be remembred that after the great discomfiture of the lords as before you haue heard and proclamation made against them as traitors the duke of Yorke and the earles of Salisburie and Warwike had conference and therevpon concluded with one assent line 60 to write a letter excusatorie supposing thereby to salue vp the sore in all their names to the king and so did as followeth A copie of the said letter excusatorie written by the said duke and earles MOst christian king right high and mightie prince and our most dread souereigne lord after as humble recommendations to your high excellencie as will suffice Our true intent to the prosperitie and augmentation of your high estate and to the common-weale of this realme hath beene shewed vnto your highnesse in such writing as we make thereof And ouer that an indenture signed by our hands in the church cathedrall of Worcester comprehending the proofe of the truth and dutie that God knoweth we beare to your said estate and to the preheminence and prerogatiue thereof we sent vnto your good grace by the prior of the said church and diuerse other doctors and among other by maister William Linwood doctor of diuinitie which ministred vnto vs seuerallie the blessed sacrament of the bodie of Iesus wherevpon we and euerie of vs deposed for our said truth and dutie according to the tenor of the said indenture And since that time we haue certified at large in writing and by mouth by Garter king of armes not onelie to your said highnesse but also to the good and worthie lords being about your most noble presence the largenesse of our said truth and dutie and our intent and disposition to search all the motions that might serue conuenientlie to the affirmation thereof and to our perfect suerties from such inconuenient and vnreuerent ieopardies as we haue beene put in diuerse times here before Whereof we haue cause to make and ought to make such exclamation and complaint not without reason as is not vnknowen to all the said worthie lords and to all this land and will offer vs to your high presence to the same intent if we might so doo with our said suertie which onelie causeth vs to keepe such fellowship as we doo in our léefull manner And hereto we haue forborne and auoided all things that might serue to the effusion of christian bloud of the dread that we haue of God and of your roiall maiestie and haue also eschued to approch your said most noble presence for the humble obeisance and reuerence wherein we haue and during our life will haue the same And yet neuerthelesse we heare that we be proclamed and defamed in our name vnrightlie vnlawfullie and sauing your high reuerence vntrulie and otherwise as God knoweth than we haue giuen cause knowing certeinelie that the blessed and noble intent of your said good grace and the righteousnesse thereof is to take repute and accept your true and lawfull subiects and that it accordeth neither with your said intent nor with your will or pleasure that we should be otherwise taken or reputed And ouer that our lordships and tenants béene of high violence robbed and spoiled against your peace and lawes and all righteousnesse We therfore as we suffice beseech your said good grace to take repute and receiue there vnto our said truth and intent which to God is knowne as we shew it by the said tenor of the same indenture And not applie your said blessednesse ne the great righteousnesse and equitie wherewith God hath euer indued your high nobilitie to the importune impatience and violence of such persons as intend of extreame malice to proceed vnder the shadow of your high might and presence to our destruction for such inordinate couetise whereof God is not pleased as they haue to our lands offices and goods not letting or sparing therefore to put such things in all lamentable and too sorowfull ieopardie as might in all wise take effect by the mysterie of Gods will and power Not hauing regard to the effusion of christian bloud ne anie tendernesse to the noble bloud of this land such as serue to the tuition and defense thereof ne not waieng the losse of your true liege men of your said realme that God defend which knoweth our intent and that we haue auoided there from as farre as we may with our suerties not of anie dread that we haue of the said persons but onelie of the dread of God and of your said highnesse and will not vse our said defense vntill the time that we be prouoked of necessitâ—e whereof we call heauen and earth vnto witnesse and record and there in beseech God to be our iudge and to deliuer vs according to our said intent and our said truth dutie to your said highnesse and to the said common-weale Most christian king right high and mightie prince and most dread souereigne lord we beseech our blessed Lord to preserue your honour and estate in ioy and felicitie Written at Ludlow the tenth daie of October R. Yorke R. Warwike R. Salisburie During this time the king called a parlement in the citie of Couentrie which began the twentith of September in the which were attainted of high treason Richard duke of Yorke Edward erle of March his sonne and heire Richard earle of Warwike Edmund earle of Rutland Richard earle of Salisburie Iohn lord
gentlemen and yeomen resorted to them out of all the south parts of the relme Upon which rumor Thomas lord Scales a man in great fauour with the king quéene accompanied with the earle of Kendall a Gascoigne and the lord Louell resorted to London with a great companie of armed men declaring to the maior that their repaire onelie was to defend and kéepe the citie from spoile of such traitors line 10 as the king was crediblie informed were thither comming To whom the maior answered that he needed no fellow helper either to defend or gouerne the citie to him committed in charge With which answer the lord Scales and his associats nothing contented entred into the Tower dailie deuising waies how to grieue the citizens whom he perceiued to fauour rather the duke of Yorks part than the kings But shortlie after the earles of March and Warwike and other of their affinitie came to London line 20 and were of the maior and citizens ioiouslie receiued to whome resorted Thomas archbishop of Canturburie the bishops of London Lincolne Salisburie Elie and Excester with manie other prelats and religious persons amongst whome also was the popes legat to treat of peace if need so required Upon good deliberation and aduise had and taken amongst these lords how to go forward with their weightie enterprise the earles of March and Warwike William lord Fauconbridge Henrie lord Bourchier called line 30 earle of Eu with a great number of men which came out of Kent Essex Surrie and Sussex to the number as some writers affirme of fiue and twentie thousand persons departed from London toward the king lieng at Couentrie then called the quéenes secret harbour leauing behind them to kéepe the Londoners in their promised fréendship the earle of Salisburie the lord Cobham and sir Iohn Wenlocke which tooke such order and watched the gates and entries on ech side so diligentlie that no succours line 40 might come to the lord Scales lodging in the tower who tooke therewith such displeasure that he shot out his great ordinance against them within the citie and they likewise shot at him againe to the hurt and no pleasure of both parts The king hauing knowledge of all these dooings assembled a great armie and accompanied with the duke of Summerset latelie come from Guisnes and the duke of Buckingham and diuerse other great lords that tooke his part came to Northampton where the quéene perceiuing hir puissance to be line 50 able to match in fight with the aduersaries tooke vpon hir to incourage hir fréends and well-willers for the king studied of nothing but of peace quietnesse and solitarie life When the whole hoast of the kings part was assembled the same issued foorth of the towne and passing ouer the riuer of Tine lodged in the new field betwéene Harsington and Sandifford stronglie fensing themselues about with high banks and déepe trenches On the other part the lords being line 60 herewith aduanced verie néere the place where the kings people laie without Northampton the bishops that were there with them by the aduise and consent of the said lords sent vnto the king the bishop of Salisburie to vnderstand his mind and to mooue him vnto some treatie of peace and to admit the archbishop of Canturburie and the other bishops there present to be mediatours in the matter that some good accord might be concluded betwixt the parties so as an vniuersall peace might be restored in all parts through the whole realme The bishop of Salisburie dooing this message not so circumspectlie as had béene conuenient returned without bringing anie towardlie answer but rather words of high despite and vtter defiance For the lords that were about the king trusting in their warlike engines and strength of place in which they were incamped though otherwise inferior in number of men purposed to abide the brunt of battell and so led with the spirit of rashnesse sent none other answer backe againe by the bishop but contumelious words sounding greatlie to the reproch of their aduersaries who being sore offended therewith determined to seeke reuenge with dint of sword The earle of March as then being in the floure of his lustie and most couragious youth lieng betweene Toucetor and Northampton determined to set on the kings armie without longer delaie and therevpon in the night season remooued his campe toward Northampton and in marching forward set his men in order of battell wherof the vant-ward was led by the earle of Warwike which either by strength or stealth wan a streict which the lord Beaumont kept going toward the kings campe and herewith entring freshlie with his people began the battell about seauen of the clocke the ninth daie of Iulie After him followed the earle of March with the banner of his father ¶ Others write that the earle of March led the fore-ward the erle of Warwike the middleward and the lord Fauconbridge the rere-ward Moreouer that Edmund lord Greie of Ruthen who was on the kings side failed in the trust committed to him for where the enimies could not without great danger enter vpon the kings campe by reason of a mightie trench and rampire pight full of piles and sharpe stakes wherewith the campe was compassed about the said lord Graie came with his men and with helping hands pulled the enimies vp and receiued them into the field where the battell was begun with great force violence For being now entred the field they set vpon the kings people so fiercelie that it séemed they ment either to obteine the victorie or to die for it euen all the whole number of them The fight continued right fierse and cruell with vncerteine victorie till the houre of nine at which time the kings armie was discomfited and of the same slaine and drowned in the riuer few lesse than ten thousand and the king himselfe left comfortlesse alone was taken by the aduersaries as a man in great miserie At this battell fought at Northampton were slaine Humfreie duke of Buckingham Iohn Talbot earle of Shrewesburie a valiant person and not degenerating from his noble parents Thomas lord Egremond Iohn viscont Beaumont and sir William Lucie which made great hast to come to part of the fight and at his first approch was striken in the head with an ax Besides these that were slaine manie were taken prisoners bicause they left their horsses alighting to fight on foot The duke of Summerset and other which narrowlie escaped fled with the quéene and prince into the bishoprike of Durham The earles hauing got the victorie in this bloudie battell conueied the king to London and lodged him in the bishops palace After whose comming to the citie the Tower was deliuered to the erle of March vpon a certeine composition but the lord Scales suspecting the sequele of the deliuerie thereof tooke a wherrie priuilie intending to haue fled to the quéene but he was espied by diuerse watermen belonging to the
which the day before fought on hir side against his part This doone they went to the abbeie where of the abbat and moonks they were receiued with hymnes and songs and so brought to the high altar and after to the shrine and so to the chamber in which the king was woont to lodge The abbat made sute that order might be taken to restreine the northerne men from spoiling the towne and proclamation indéed was made to that effect but it auailed not for they mainteined that the spoile of things was granted them by couenant after they were once passed ouer the riuer of Trent and so not regarding anie proclamation or other commandement they spared nothing that they could laie hands vpon if the same were meet for them to carie awaie The queene hauing thus got the victorie sent to the maior of London commanding him without delaie to send certeine carts laden with Lenton vittels for the refreshing of hir and hir armie The maior incontinentlie line 10 caused carts to be laden and would haue sent them forward but the commons of the citie would not suffer them to passe but staied them at Criplegate notwithstanding the maior did what he could by gentle persuasions to quiet them During which controuersie diuerse of the northerne horssemen came and robbed in the suburbs of the citie and would haue entred at Criplegate but they were repelled by the commoners and three of them slaine Wherevpon the maior sent the recorder line 20 to Barnet to the kings councell there to excuse the matter and the duches of Bedford the ladie Scales with diuerse fathers of the spiritualtie went to the quéene to asswage hir displeasure conceiued against the citie The queene at this humble request by aduise of hir councell appointed certeine lords and knights with foure hundred tall persons to ride to the citie and there to view and sée the demeanor and disposition of the people and diuerse aldermen were appointed to méet them at Barnet and to conueie line 30 them to London But what man purposeth God disposeth All these deuises were shortlie altered to another forme bicause true report came not onelie to the queene but also to the citie that the earle of March hauing vanquished the earles of Penbroke and Wilshire had met with the earle of Warwike after this last battell at saint Albons at Chipping Norton by Cotsold and that they with both their powers were cōming toward London The queene hauing little trust in Essex and lesse in Kent but line 40 least of all in London with hir husband and sonne departed from saint Albons into the north countrie where the foundation of hir aid and refuge onelie rested The duches of Yorke séeing hir husband and sonne slaine and not knowing what should succéed of hir eldest sonnes chance sent hir two yonger sonnes George and Richard ouer the sea to the citie of Utrecht in Almaine where they were of Philip duke of Burgognie well receiued and so remained there till line 50 their brother Edward had got the crowne and gouernement of the realme The earles of March and Warwike hauing perfect knowlege that the king queene with their adherents were departed from S. Albons rode straight to London entring there with a great number of men of warre the first weeke of Lent Whose cōming thither was no sooner knowne but that the people resorted out of Kent Essex and other the counties adioining in great numbers to sée aid and comfort this lustie prince and flower of line 60 chiualrie in whome the hope of their ioy and trust of their quietnesse onelie consisted This prudent yoong prince minding to take time when time serued called a great councell both of the lords spirituall and temporall and to them repeated the title and right that he had to the crowne rehearsing also the articles concluded betwéene king Henrie and his father by their writings signed and sealed and also confirmed by act of parlement the breaches whereof he neither forgat nor left vndeclared After the lords had considered of this matter they determined by authoritie of the said councell that because king Henrie had doone contrarie to the ordinances in the last parlement concluded and was insufficient of himselfe to rule the realme he was therfore to be depriued of all kinglie estate and incontinentlie was Edward earle of March sonne and heire to Richard duke of Yorke by the lords in the said councell assembled named elected and admitted for king and gouernour of the realme On which daie the people of the earles part being in their muster in S. Iohns field and a great number of the substantiall citizens there assembled to behold their order the lord Fauconbridge who tooke the musters wiselie anon declared to the people the offenses and breaches of the late agréement committed by king Henrie the sixt and demanded of the people whether they would haue him to rule and reigne anie longer ouer them To whome they with whole voice answered Naie naie Then he asked them if they would serue loue honour and obeie the erle of March as their onlie king and souereigne lord To which question they answered Yea yea crieng King Edward with manie great showts clapping of hands in assent and gladnesse of the same The lords were shortlie aduertised of the louing consent which the commons frankelie and fréelie had giuen Whervpon incontinentlie they all with a conuenient number of the most substantiall commons repaired to the erle at Bainards castell making iust and true report of their election and admission and the louing assent of the commons The earle after long pausing first thanked God of his great grace and benefit towards him shewed then the lords and commons for their fauour and fidelitie notwithstanding like a wise prince he alleged his insufficiencie for so great a roome and weightie burthen as lacke of knowledge want of experience and diuerse other qualities to a gouernour apperteining But yet in conclusion being persuaded by the archbishop of Canturburie the bishop of Excester and other lords then present he agréed to their petition and tooke vpon him the charge of the kingdome as forfeited to him by breach of the couenants established in parlement ¶ Thus farre touching the tragicall state of this land vnder the rent regiment of king Henrie who besides the bare title of roialtie and naked name of king had little apperteining to the port of a prince For whereas the dignitie of princedome standeth in souereigntie there were of his nobles that imbecilled his prerogatiue by sundrie practises speciallie by maine force as seeking either to suppresse or to exile or to obscure or to make him awaie otherwise what should be the meaning of all those foughten fields from time to time most miserablie falling out both to prince péere and people As at saint Albons at Bloreheath at Northampton at Banberie at Barnet at Wakefield to the effusion of much bloud and pulling on of
of victorie against their gainstanders But as commonlie the euents of enterprises fall out flat contrarie to mens expectation and hope so came it to passe with these whose hope though it were gréene and flourie in the prosecuting of their affaires yet in the knitting vp of the matter and vnluckie successe thereof it fell out in triall to be a flattering a false and a fruitlesse hope and therefore that is a true and a wise sentence of the comiall poet well seruing the purpose Insperata accidunt magis saepè quà m quae speres All this season was king Henrie in Scotland and quéene Margaret being in France found such line 10 friendship at the French kings hands that she obteined a crue of fiue hundred Frenchmen with the which she arriued in Scotland And after that she had reposed hir selfe a time she sailed with hir gallant band of those ruffling Frenchmen toward Newcastell and landed at Tinmouth But whether she were afraid of hir owne shadow or that the Frenchmen cast too manie doubts the truth is that the whole armie returned to their ships and a tempest rose so suddenlie that if she had not taken a small carauell and that with good spéed arriued at Berwike she had line 20 beene taken at that present time by hir aduersaries And although fortune was so fauourable to hir yet hir companie with stormie blasts was driuen on the shore before Banburgh castell where they set their ships on fire and fled to an Iland called holie Iland where they were so assailed by the bastard Ogle and an esquier called Iohn Manners with other of king Edward freends that manie of them were slaine and almost foure hundred taken prisoners but their coronell Peter Bressie otherwise called monsieur line 30 de Uarenne happened vpon a fisherman and so came to Berwike vnto queene Margaret who made him capteine of the castell of Alnewike which he with his Frenchmen kept till they were rescued Shortlie after quéene Margaret obteined a great companie of Scots and other of hir friends and so bringing hir husband with hir and leauing hir sonne called prince Edward in the towne of Berwike entered Northumberland tooke the castell of Banburgh line 40 and stuffed it with Scotishmen and made thereof capteine sir Rafe Greie and came forward toward the bishoprike of Durham When the duke of Summerset heard these newes he without delaie reuolted from king Edward and fled to king Henrie So likewise did sir Rafe Persie and manie other of the kings friends But manie mo followed king Henrie in hope to get by the spoile for his armie spoiled and burned townes and destroied fields whersoeuer he came King Edward aduertised of all these things prepared an armie both by sea and land line 50 Some of his ships were rigged and vittelled at Lin and some at Hull and well furnished with souldiers were herewith set foorth to the sea Also the lord Montacute was sent into Northumberland there to raise the people to withstand his enimies And after this the king in his proper person accompanied with his brethren and a great part of the nobilitie of his realme came to the citie of Yorke furnished with a mightie armie sending a great part thereof line 60 to the aid of the lord Montacute least peraduenture he giuing too much confidence to the men of the bishoprike and Northumberland might through them be deceiued The Lord Montacute then hauing such with him as he might trust marched foorth towards his enimies and by the waie was incountered with the lord Hungerford the lord Roos sir Rafe Persie and diuerse other at a place called Hegelie moore where suddenlie the said lords in maner without stroke striking fled and onelie sir Rafe Persie abode and was there manfullie slaine with diuerse other saieng when he was dieng I haue saued the bird in my bosome meaning that he had kept his promise and oth made to king Henrie forgetting belike that he in king Henries most necessitie abandoned him and submitted him to king Edward as before you haue heard The lord Montacute séeing fortune thus prosperouslie leading his saile aduanced forward learning by espials that king Henrie with his host was incamped in a faire plaine called Liuels on the water of Dowill in Examshire hasted thither and manfullie set on his enimies in their owne campe which like desperate persons with no small courage receiued him There was a sore foughten field and long yer either part could haue anie aduantage of the other but at length the victorie fell to the lord Montacute who by fine force entered the battell of his enimies and constreined them to flie as despairing of all succours In which flight and chase were taken Henrie duke of Summerset which before was reconciled to king Edward the lord Roos the lord Molins the lord Hungerford sir Thomas Wentworth sir Thomas Husseie sir Iohn Finderne and manie other King Henrie was a good horsseman that day for he rode so fast awaie that no man might ouertake him and yet he was so néere pursued that certeine of his henchmen were taken their horsses trapped in blue veluet and one of them had on his head the said king Henries helmet or rather as may be thought as some say his high cap of estate called Abacot garnished with two rich crownes which was presented to king Edward at Yorke the fourth day of Maie The duke of Summerset was incontinentlie beheaded at Exham the other lords and knights were had to Newcastell and there after a little respit were likewse put to death Beside these diuerse other to the number of fiue and twentie were executed at Yorke and in other places Sir Humfrie Neuill and William Tailbois calling himselfe earle of Kime sir Rafe Greie and Richard Tunstall with diuerse other which escaped from this battell hid themselues in secret places but yet they kept not themselues so close but that they were espied and taken The earle of Kime was apprehended in Riddesdale and brought to Newcastell and there beheaded Sir humfrie Neuill was taken in Holdernesse and at Yorke lost his head After this battell called Exham field king Edward came to the citie of Durham and sent from thence into Northumberland the earle of Warwike the lord Montacute the lords Fauconbridge Scroope to recouer such castels as his enimies there held and with force defended They first besieged the castell of Alnewike which sir Peter Bressie and the Frenchmen kept and in no wise would yéeld sending for aid to the Scots Whervpon sir George Dowglas erle of Angus with thirteene thousand chosen men in the day time came and rescued the Frenchmen out of the castell the Englishmen looking on which thought it much better to haue the castell without losse of their men than to leese both the castell and their men considering the great power of the Scots their owne small number and so they entered the castell and
great triumphs princelie feastings Touching the pompe had and vsed at the setting forward of this ladie on hir voiage it is a note worth the reading and therefore necessarilie here interlaced for honours sake ¶ On the eightéenth of Iune Margaret sister to K. Edward the fourth began hir iornie from the Wardrobe in London toward hir marriage with Charles duke of Burgognie first the offered in the church of saint Paule and then rode thorough the citie the earle of Warwike riding before hir with earles and barons a great number the duchesse of Norffolke with other ladies and gentlewomen in great number And at hir entrie into Cheape the maior of London and his brethren the aldermen presented hir with a paire of rich basons in them an hundred pounds of gold and that night she lodged at the abbeie of Stratford where the king then laie from thense she tooke hir iournie to Canturburie The king riding after to sée hir shipping on the first of Iulie she tooke the sea at Margate and there tooke leaue of the king hir brother and departed There returned backe againe with the king the duke of Clarence the duke of Glocester the earles of Warwike Shrewesburie and Northumberland And there abode with hir in the ship the lord Scales the lord Dacres hir chamberlaine sir Iohn Wooduile sir Iohn Howard and manie other famous knights and esquiers She was shipped in the new Ellen of London and in hir nauie the Iohn of Newcastell the Marie of Salisburie and manie other roiall ships and on the morrow landed at Sluis in Flanders Now as soone as hir ship companie of ships were entered into the hauen there receiued hir sir Simon de Lelein and the water bailiffe in diuerse boats and barks apparelled readie for hir landing The first estate that receiued hir was the bishop of Utright well accompanied and the countesse of Shorne bastard daughter to duke Philip of Burgognie and with hir manie ladies and gentlewomen and so procéeding in at the gate of the towne the same towne was presented to hir she to be souereigne ladie thereof also they gaue to hir twelue marks of gold Troie weight the which was two hundred pounds of English monie and so procéeded thorough the towne to hir lodging euerie housholder standing in the street with a torch in his hand burning On the morow the old duchesse of Burgognie came to hir accompanied with manie great estates On the third of Iulie came the duke of Burgognie to Sluis with twentie persons secretlie and was there openlie affianced to the ladie Margaret by the bishop of Salisburie and the lord Scales in presence of the lord Dacres the duchesse of Norffolke the ladie Scales and all the knights esquiers gentlewomen inuironing the chamber line 10 On the 8 of Iulie being saturdaie by the duke of Burgognies appointment the lady Margaret remoued by water to the Dame And on the sunday in the morning betwixt fiue and six of the clocke the mariage was solemnized betwixt them by the bishops of Salisburie and of Turneie there being present the old duches of Burgognie the lord Scales the lord Dacres with the knights esquiers ladies gentlewomen that came out of England The great triumphs feastings shewes of pageants with other line 20 strange deuises and iustings were such as I haue not read the like and would be ouer long in this place to set downe ¶ Of this aliance with other more mention is honorablie made in the declaration of the causes that moued the Quéene of England to giue aid to the defense of the people afflicted oppressed in the low countries by the Spaniards namelie for the maintenance of perpetuall amitie Which declaration is so set foorth in this booke as the same in the seuen and twentith line 30 yeare of hir maiesties reigne was published vnto which yeare I remit the reader for the further search thereof for that it conteineth much memorable matter touching the manifest causes of concord to be continued betwéene them of the low countries and vs English Sir Thomas Cooke late maior of London was by one named Hawkins appeached of treason for the which he was sent to the Tower and his place within London seized by the lord Riuers and his wife and line 40 seruants cleerelie put out therof The cause was this The forenamed Hawkins came vpon a season vnto the said sir Thomas requesting him to lend a thousand markes vpon good suertie wherevnto he answered that first he would know for whome it should be and for what intent At length vnderstanding it should be for the vse of queene Margaret he answered he had no currant wares whereof anie shifts might be made without too much losse and therefore required Hawkins to line 50 mooue him no further in that matter for he intended not to deale withall yet the said Hawkins exhorted him to remember what benefits he had receiued by hir when she was in prosperitie as by making him hir wardrober and customer of Hampton c. But by no meanes the said Cooke would grant goods nor monie although at last the said Hawkins required but an hundred pounds he was faine to depart without the value of a penie and neuer came againe to mooue him which so rested two or three years line 60 after till the said Hawkins was cast in the Tower and at length brought to the brake called the duke of Excesters daughter by meanes of which paine he shewed manie things amongst the which the motion was one that he had made to sir Thomas Cooke and accused himselfe so farre that he was put to death By meane of which confession the said sir Thomas was troubled as before is shewed when the said sir Thomas had laine in the Tower from Whitsuntide till about Michaelmas in the which season manie inquiries were made to find him guiltie and euer quit till one iurie by meanes of sir Iohn Fog indicted him of treason after which an oier and terminer was kept at the Guildhall in which sat with the maior the duke of Clarence the earle of Warwike the lord Riuers sir Iohn Fog with other of the kings councell To the which place the said Thomas was brought and there arreigned vpon life and death where he was acquited of the said indictement and had to the counter in Breadstreet and from thence to the kings bench After a certeine time that he was thus acquited his wife got againe the possession of hir house the which she found in an euill plight for such seruants of the lord Riuers and sir Iohn Fog as were assigned to kéepe it made hauocke of what they listed Also at his place in Essex named Giddihall were set an other sort to kéepe that place the which destroied his déere in his parke his conies and his fish without reason and spared not brasse pewter bedding all that they might carie for the which might neuer one penie be gotten in recompense
and required the gates to be opened and to giue him entrance or els he would with sword and fier destroie the same The maior and his brethren being in great perpleâ—ities and hauing to answer not onelie the lords within and the knight without but most of all doubting the common people within who being impatient of penurie were deafe to all persuasions and listen to any counsels did so order and handle the matter as that by good spéeches and courteous vsages euerie partie was stopped and staied vntill by means and mediations of certeine good and godlie men an intreatie was made the matter was compounded and the siege raised and euerie man set at libertie The next daie after which conclusion the gates being opened to wit the third of Aprill 1470 the earle of Warwike and the duke of Clarence came to this citie and here rested and soiorned themselues vntill sufficient shipping was prouided for their passage ouer the seas and then they all imbarked themselues and passed ouer to Calis The king in this meane time mustered his armie and prepared with all spéed all things necessarie to follow and pursue his said aduersaries and came to this citie thinking to find them here the fouretéenth of Aprill being saturdaie 1470 with fortie thousand fighting men but the birds were fled awaie before his comming Neuerthelesse the king came and entred into the citie being accompanied with sundrie noble men namelie the bishop of Elie then lord treasuror the duke of Norffolke earle marshall the duke of Suffolke the earle of Arundell the earle of Wilshire sonne to the duke of Buckingham the earle of Worcester constable of England the earle of Shrewesburie the earle Riuers the lord Hastings the lord Graie of Codnor the lord Andelie the lord Saie the lord Sturton the lord Dacres the lord Montioie the lord Stanleie the lord Ferris and the baron of Dudleie Before whose comming the maior being aduertised thereof tooke order and gaue commandement to euerie citizen and inhabitant being of abilitie to prouide and prepare for himselfe a gowne of the cities liuerie which was then red colour and to be in a readinesse for receiuing of the king which was accordinglie doone And when the king was come neere to the citie the maior being verie well attended with foure hundred persons well and séemelie apparelled in the cities liuerie went to the south gate and without the same attended the kings comming Who when he was come the maior did his most humble obeisance and therewith Thomas Dowrish then recorder of the citie made vnto his grace an humble oration congratulating his comming to the citie which ended the maior deliuered vnto the king the keies of the gates and the maces of his office and therewith a pursse of one hundred nobles in gold which his grace tooke verie thankfullie The monie he kept but the keies and the maces he deliuered backe to the maior and then the maior tooke the mace and did beare it through the citie bare-headed before the king vntill he came to his lodging The next daie following being Palmesundaie the king in most princelie and roiall maner came to the cathedrall church of saint Peters to heare the diuine seruice where he followed and went in procession after the maner as was then vsed round about the churchyard to the great ioy and comfort of all the people he continued in the citie thrée daies vntill the tuesdaie then following who when he had dined tooke his horsse and departed backe towards London and gaue to the maior great good thanks for his interteinement About foure moneths after this in August the duke of Clarence and the erle of Warwike returned againe from Calis with all their retinue landed some at Plimmouth some at Dartmouth and some at Exmouth but all met in this citie and from hence they all passed towards London and at euerie place they proclamed king Henrie the sixt Which when king Edward heard he was very much troubled therewith and not able then to withstand their force he passed the seas to his brother in law the duke of Burgognie This yeare also being verie troublesome and the gouernement vncerteine men were in great perplexities wist not what to doo And among manie there was one speciallie to be remembred who to rid himselfe out of these troubles did deuise this practise his name was sir William Haukesford knight a man verie well learned in the lawes of the realme and one of the chiefe iustices at the law he dwelled at Annorie in Deuonshire a gentleman of great possessions and hauing neuer a sonne the lord Fitz Warren sir Iohn Sentleger sir William Bulleine line 10 who maried his daughters were his heires This man being one of the chiefest lawiers in the land was dailie sought to and his counsell asked and he considering that when the sword ruled law had a small course and finding by experience what fruits insue such counsell as dooth not best like the parties was verie heauie sorrowfull and in great agonies Herevpon suddenlie he called vnto him the keeper of his parke with whom he fell out and quareled bicause as he said he was slouthfull and careles and line 20 did not walke in the nights about the parke but suffered his game to be spoiled and his deere to be stolen wherefore he wiâ—led him to be more vigilant and carefull of his charge and also commanded him that if he met anie man in his circuit and walke in the night time and would not stand nor speake vnto him he should not spare to kill him what so euer he were This knight hauing laid this foundation and minding to performe what he had purposed for the ending of his dolefull daies did in a certeine darke line 30 night secretlie conueie himselfe out of his house and walked alone in his parke Then the kéeper in his night walke hearing one stirring and comming towards him asked who was there but no answer was made at all Then the keeper willed him to stand which when he would not doo the kéeper nocked his arrow and shot vnto him and killed him who when he perceiued that it was his maister then he called to remembrance his maisters former commandement And so this line 40 knight otherwise learned and wise being affraid to displease man did displease God and verie disorderlie ended his life It is inrolled amongst the records of this citie of a commission directed to Iohn earle of Deuonshire from him sent to the maior of the citie of Excester to be proclamed The words be these Decimâ—quarto die Aprilus vz. in vigilia Paschae An 49. Hen. 6. commissio domini regis directa Iohanni comiti Deuon missa est maiori vt proclamaretur And likewise in an other place Quatuor marcae sunt solutae Iohanni comiti Deuon line 50 ex assensa maioris Howbeit certeine it is there was no such earle of that name onelie there was Iohn Holland then
stale awaie from them and taried of purpose or could not get awaie so soone as their fellowes In déed the foreriders that so discouered them within the towne of Newarke aduertised the king thereof in all post hast who incontinentlie assembled his people and foorthwith marched towards them but before he came within thrée miles of the towne he had knowledge that they were fled and gone from Newarke Whervpon he returned againe to Notingham intending to kéepe on his neerest line 10 waie towards the earle of Warwike whome he vnderstood to be departed from London and to be come into Warwikeshire where in the countries adioining he was busied in leuieng an armie with the which he purposed to distresse him The king then from Notingham came to Leicester where three thousand able men and well furnished for the warre came vnto him These were such as he knew would liue and die in his quarrell the most part of them belonging vnto the lord Hastings line 20 the kings chamberlaine And thus he being more stronglie accompanied than before departed from Leicester and came before the wals of the citie of Couentrie the nine and twentith daie of March The earle of Warwike was withdrawne into this citie kéeping himselfe inclosed therein with his people being in number six or seauen thousand men The king sent to him and willed him to come foorth into the field and there to make an end of the quarell in plaine battell but the earle at that present refused line 30 so to doo For although vnder pretense of king Henries authoritie he was reputed the kings generall lieutenant of the whole realme whereby he had got such power togither as was thought able inough to match with the king for number yet bicause he doubted how they were bent in his fauour he durst not commit the matter vnto the doubtfull chance of battell till he had more of his trustie fréends about him The king therefore three daies togither prouoked line 40 him to come foorth but when he saw it would not be he remooued to Warwike an eight miles from Couentrie where he was receiued as king and so made his proclamations from that time foorth in all places where he came vnder his accustomed name and title of king He lodged héere at Warwike the rather as was thought to prouoke the earle to issue foorth of Couentrie to giue him battell howbeit that deuise nothing auailed But yet there came dailie diuerse persons on the earls behalfe to treat with the king about a line 50 peace that some good composition might haue béene concluded the king for the aduancement of peace and tranquillitie within the realme offered large conditions as a free pardon of life to the earle and all his people with manie other beneficiall articles on their behalfes which to manie seemed verie reasonable considering their heinous offenses But the earle would not accept anie offers except he might haue compounded so as it pleased himselfe as was thought in no wise to stand with the kings honour line 60 and suertie of his estate In this meane while the earle of Warwike still looked for the duke of Clarence who by the said earls appointment had assembled a power of men of war about London but when the earle perceiued that the duke lingered foorth the time and did not vse such diligence as was requisit as one that had béene in doubt of warre or peace he began to inspect that the duke was of his brother corrupted and therein he was nothing deceiued For true it is that whilest the king was as yet beyond the seas in the dominion of the duke of Burgognie the duke of Clarence began to weie with himselfe the great inconuenience into the which as well his brother king Edward as himselfe and his yoonger brother the duke of Glocester were fallen through the dissention betwixt them which had beene compassed and brought to passe by the politike working of the earle of Warwike and his complices As first the disheriting of them all from their rightfull title to the crowne secondlie the mortall and detestable war that could not but insue betwixt them to such mischéefe that to whether part the victorie inclined the victor should remaine in no more suertie of his owne person or estate after the vpper hand got than before and thirdlie he well perceiued alreadie that he was had in great suspicion and not heartilie belooued of anie the lords and rulers that were assured partakers with king Henrie and the Lancastrian faction insomuch they sticked not dailie to go about to breake and make void the appointments articles and couenants made and promised to him and of likelihood would dailie more and more intend thereto for in truth he saw that they purposed nothing so much as the destruction both of him and all his bloud All which things throughlie considered with manie other as they were laid afore him by right wise and circumspect persons which in this behalfe had conference with him he consented that by some secret waies and meanes a reconciliation might be had betwixt him and his brethren the king and the duke of Glocester The which to bring to some good and full effect these honorable personages following became dealers therein First of all the duches of Yorke their mother the duches of Excester and the duches of Suffolke their sisters the lord cardinall of Canturburie the bishop of Bath the earle of Essex but most speciallie the duches of Burgognie their sister also and diuerse other right wise and prudent personages who wrought by mediation of certeine preests and others such as they vsed for messengers betwixt them Finallie by the earnest trauell and diligence shewed by the said duches of Burgognie who incessantlie sent to and fro such hir trustie messengers now to the king being on that side the seas and then to the duke remaining héere in England at length they were made fréends and a perfect agréement concluded and ratified with assurance betwixt them so stronglie as might be To the furthering whereof the kings chamberlaine the lord Hastings failed not to doo his best so as by his good diligence it was thought the king was the sooner induced to with to ioine eftsoones in true fréendship with his said brother of Clarence And as it well appeared the duke of Clarence acquitted himselfe faithfullie therein For hearing now that his brother king Edward was landed and comming forward towards London he gathered his people outwardlie pretending to passe with them to the aid of the earle of Warwike against his brother although inwardlie he meant the contrarie and so accompanied with aboue foure thousand men he marched foorth towards the place where he thought to find his brother King Edward being then at Warwike and vnderstanding that his brother of Clarence approched in an afternoone issued foorth of that towne with all his forces and passed on till he came into a faire
feast of Easter and so by setting vpon him on the sudden he doubted not by that meanes to distresse him But king Edward hauing intelligence of the earles intention prouided all things necessarie for battell hearing that the earle of Warwike was now come vnto S. Albons with his armie he determined to march foorth to incounter him before he should approch néere the citie The earle of Warwike accompanied with Iohn duke of Excester Edmund duke of Summerset Iohn earle of Oxford and Iohn Neuill marquesse Montacute his brother vnderstanding that king Edward was not onelie receiued into London but also had got king Henrie into his hands perceiued that the triall of the matter must néeds be committed to the hazard of battell and therefore being come to the towne of saint Albons he rested there a while partlie to refresh his souldiers and partlie to take counsell how to procéed in his enterprise At length although he knew that his brother the marquesse Montacute was not fullie well persuaded with himselfe to like of this quarell which they had in hand yet the brotherlie affection betwixt them tooke awaie all suspicion from the earle and so he vtterlie resolued to giue battell meaning to trie whereto all this tumult would grow and counting it a blemish to his honor not to prosequute that with the sword which he had solemnelie vowed to doo on his word Hervpon remoued they towards Barnet a towne standing in the midwaie betwixt London and saint Albons aloft on a hill at the end whereof towards saint Albons there is a faire plaine for two armies to meet vpon named Gladmore heath On the further side of which plaine towards saint Albons the earle pight his campe King Edward on the other part being furnished with a mightie armie hauing ioined to that power which he brought with him certeine new supplies vpon Easter euen the thirteenth line 10 of Aprill in the after noone marched foorth hauing his said armie diuided into foure battels He tooke with him king Henrie and came that euening vnto Barnet ten small miles distant from London in which towne his foreriders finding certeine of the earle of Warwikes foreriders beat them out chased them somewhat further than halfe a mile from the towne where by an hedge side they found readie assembled a great number of the earle of Warwiks people The king after this comming to Barnet would line 20 not suffer a man to remaine in the towne that were of his host but commanded them all to the field and with them drew toward his enimies and lodged with his armie more neere to them than he was aware of by reason it was darke so as he could not well discerne where they were incamped fortifieng the field the best he could for feare of some sudden inuasion He tooke his ground not so euen afore them as he would haue doone if he might haue discouered the place where they had lien and by reason thereof line 30 he incamped somewhat aside slips of them causing his people to kéepe as much silence as was possible least making anie noise with the busseling of their armour and weapons or otherwise with their toongs the enimie might haue come to some knowledge of the kings priuie purpose and so by preuention haue disappointed his policie by some prouident deuise which bicause they wanted for the present time it turned to their disaduantage after the old prouerbe Nescit prodesse qui nescit prouidus esse line 40 They had great artillerie on both parts but the earle was better furnished therewith than the king and therefore in the night time they shot off from his campe in maner continuallie but dooing little hurt to the kings people still ouershooting them by reason they laie much néerer than the earle or anie of his men did estéeme And such silence was kept in the kings campe that no noise bewraied them where they laie For to the end it should not be knowne to the enimies how neere the king with his armie was line 50 lodged vnto them the king would not suffer anie of his gunnes in all that night to be shot off least thereby they might haue gessed the ground and so leuelled their artillerie to his annoiance Earelie on the next morning betwixt foure and fiue of the clocke notwithstanding there was a great mist that letted the sight of both parts to discouer the fields the king aduanced his banners and caused his trumpets to sound to the battell On the other part the earle of Warwike at the verie breake line 60 of the daie had likewise set his men in order of battell in this maner In the right wing he placed the marquesse Montacute and the earle of Oxford with certeine horssemen and he with the duke of Excester tooke the left wing And in the middest betweene both he set archers appointing the duke of Summerset to guide them as their chiefteine King Edward had set the duke of Glocester in the fore-ward The middle-ward he himselfe with the duke of Clarence hauing with them king Henrie did rule gouerne The lord Hastings led the rere-ward and beside these thrée battels he kept a companie of fresh men in store which did him great pleasure before the end of the battell Here is to be remembred that aswell the king on his part as the earle of Warwike on his vsed manie comfortable words to incourage their people not forgetting to set foorth their quarels as iust and lawfull the king naming his aduersaries traitors and rebels the earle accounting him a tyrant an iniurious vsurper But when the time came that they once got fight either of other the battell began verie sharpe and cruell first with shot and after by ioining at hand blowes Yet at the first they ioined not front to front as they should haue doone by reason of the mist that tooke awaie the sight of either armie and suffered the one not to discerne perfectlie the order of the other insomuch that the one end of the earle of Warwikes armie ouerraught the contrarie end of the kings battell which stood westward and by reason thereof through the valiancie of the earle of Oxford that led the earles voward the kings people on that part were ouermatched so that manie of them fled towards Barnet and so to London bringing newes that the erle of Warwike had woone the field Which report happilie might haue béene iustified and fallen out to be true had not preposterous fortune happened to the earle of Oxford and his men who had a starre with streames on their liueries as king Edwards men had the sunne with streames on their liueries wherevpon the earle of Warwiks men by reason of the mist not well discerning the badges so like shot at the earle of Oxfords men that were on their owne part and then the earle of Oxford and his men cried treason and fled with eight hundred men But touching the
realms of England and Portingale and furthermore had now got to him a great number of mariners out of all parts of the land and manie traitors and misgouerned people from each quarter of the realme beside diuerse also foorth of other countries that delighted in theft and robberies meaning to worke some exploit against the king line 60 And verelie his puissance increased dailie for hauing béene at Calis and brought from thence into Kent manie euill disposed persons he began to gather his power in that countrie meaning as was thought to attempt some great and wicked enterprise After the kings comming to Couentrie he receiued aduertisements that this bastard was come before London with manie thousands of men by land and also in ships by water purposing to rob and spoile the citie Manie Kentishmen were willing to assist him in this mischieuous enterprise and other were forced against their wils to go with him or else to aid him with their substance and monie insomuch that within a short time he had got togither sixtéene or seuentene thousand men as they accompted themselues With these he came before the citie of London the twelfe of Maie in the quarrell as he pretended of king Henrie whome he also meant to haue out of the Tower to restore him againe vnto his crowne roiall dignitie And for that intent he required to enter the citie with his people that receiuing king Henrie foorth of the Tower they might passe with him through the citie and so to march streight towards king Edward whose destruction they vowed to pursue with all their vttermost indeuors But the maior and aldermen of the citie would not in anie wise agree to satisfie their request herein vtterlie refusing to receiue him or anie of his companie into the citie King Edward from time to time by posts was informed of all these dooings by aduise of his councell the foureteenth of Maie sent to the succors of the maior and aldermen fiftéene hundred of the choisest souldiers he had about him that they might helpe to resist the enimies till he had got such an armie togither as was thought necessarie meaning with all conuenient spéed to come therewith to the rescue of the citie and preseruation of the quéene prince and his daughters that were within the Tower not in verie good safegard considering the euill dispositions of manie within the citie of London that for the fauour they had borne to the earle of Warwike and desire to be partakers of the spoile cared not if the bastard might haue atteined to his full purpose and wished intent On the sixtenth of Maie king Edward set foorth of Couentrie towards London But here ye haue to vnderstand that when the bastard could not be receiued into the citie neither by gentle persuasions nor gréeuous threatnings he made semblance to passe ouer the Thames at Kingston bridge ten miles from London and thitherwards he drew with his whole power by land leauing his ships afore saint Katharines and thereabouts His pretense was to spoile and destroie Westminster and the suburbs of the citie on that side and after to assault the citie it selfe to trie if he might enter by force and so to be reuenged of the citizens that had refused to receiue him Notwithstanding all which stirring of coles proud port with hautinesse of hart violence of hand thinking to beare downe the people as an innudation or flowing of water streams dooth all before it yet he came short of his purpose pulled vpon his owne pate finall destruction though he thought himselfe a man ordeined to glorie was tickled with the like flatring persuasion that one had in his hart who said Magnum iter ascendo sed dat mihi gloria vires Now as he was onwards vpon his iornie he was aduertised that king Edward was preparing to come forwards against him assisted in manner with all the great lords of the realme and others in great number more than he had beene at anie time before By reason whereof doubting what might follow if passing the riuer he should fortune so to be inclosed that he should be driuen thereâ—y to incounter with the kings power at such ods he thought it best to alter his purpose and so returning came backe againe before London mustered his people in S. Georges field ranged and placed in one entier battell And to the intent they might worke their purposed feat before the kings comming to the rescue thâ—y resolued with all their forces to assault the citie and to enter it if they could by plaine strength that putting it to the sacke they might conueie the riches to their ships which laie in the riuer betwixt saint Katharins and Blackewall neere to Ratcliffe Herevpon hauing brought certeine peeces of artillerie foorth of their ships they planted the same alongst the water side right ouer against the citie and shot off lustilie to annoie thâ—m within so much as was possible But the citizens on the other side lodged their great artillerie against their aduersaries and with violent shot therof so galled them that they durst not abide in anie place alongst the water side but were driuen euen from their owne ordinance Yet the bastard not meaning to leaue anie waie vnassaied that might aduance his purpose appointed a great number line 10 of his retinue to set fire on the bridge so to open the passage and to enter into the citie that way forth and withall he caused aboue thrée thousand other to passe by ships ouer the Thames giuing order that when they were got ouer they should diuide themselues into two battels the one to assault Algate and the other Bishops gate which order accordinglie was executed For they did their best at both places to force the gates not sparing to bend and discharge such guns as they had brought with them against the same nor line 20 ceassing with arrowes to annoie those that there stood at defense whereby much hurt was doone as well at the one place as the other fire being set on both the gates in purpose to haue burnt them vp and so to haue entered The fire which they had kindled on the bridge little auailed them although they burnt there to the number of a thréescore houses For the citizens had laid such péeces of ordinance directlie in their waie that although the passage had béene line 30 wholie open they should haue had hard entering that waie foorth The maior aldermen and other worshipfull citizens were in good arraie and each man appointed and bestowed where was thought néedfull The earle of Essex and manie knights esquiers and gentlemen with their fréends and seruants came to aid the citizens taking great paine to place them in order for defense of the gates and walles and furthermore deuised how and in what sort they might make a sallie foorth vpon the enimies to distresse them and suerlie by the intermingling of line 40 such
citie into his faith marched with his armie to the said Ile tooke the same as also the earle himselfe whome he foorthwith banished But Mawd the empresse afterwards remembring this citie for such their seruice as she well liked did inlarge the liberties of this citie for whome yearelie euer after was an anniuersarie kept at the charges of the citie It was also in great troubles in the eleuenth yere of king Richard the second Anno 1387. For a controuersie line 9 being fallen betwéene the king his two vncles the dukes of Yorke Glocester none were then so highlie in the kings fauour as were Robert Uere marques of Dublin and Michaell de la Poole earle of Suffolke others of their faction To these the king gaue in commandement to collect and muster an armie as it were for his defense against his said vncles which when they had partlie doone whether it were bicause they mistrusted their owne parts or whether they doubted of the sequele of their dooings they left their iourneie towards London as it was first appointed and came towards this citie The two dukes who stood vpon their owne gard and defense hauing aduertisement hereof followed and persuaded them with all haste and spéed and hauing ouertaken them at this citie they ioined the fight with the marques and the earle But they trusting more to their feet than to their hands secretlie gaue the slip and fled awaie making no staie before they came to Scotland and from thence into Flanders where they died It was moreouer in troubles in the tenth yere of line 10 king Edward the fourth Anno 1469 when the states of this king and of king Henrie the sixt were doubtfull and the whole realme diuided some following king Henrie and some king Edward In time of which troubles the duches of Clarence the lord Dineham the lord Fitzwaren and the baron of Carew who followed and tooke part with king Henrie came to this citie being accompanied and stipated with a thousand fightingmen The duches was great with child and lodged in the bishops palace but the lords were in other houses within the close among the chanons and here staied themselues But sir Hugh Courtneie knight who then fauoured and was on the part of king Edward hearing of this assemblie raiseth an armie of his friends and alies approcheth therewith vnto this citie besiegeth it breaketh the bridges and stoppeth all the waies leading to the same and by which means no vittels could bée brought to the markets and being thus incamped about this citie sendeth to the maior requiring him line 10 either to open the gates and to giue him entrie or to deliuer vnto him the gentlemen that were therein On the other side the gentlemen which were within they either mistrusting the maior and citizens or not willing to stand to his courtesie and be vnder his gouernement required the keies of the citie gates to be deliuered vnto their custodie and that all things to be doone by their order and appointment In these doubts and perplexities consulting what were best to be doone they did at length resolue conclude line 20 neither to yeeld to the requests of them who were without nor yet to satisfie the demands of them which were within the citie but pacifieng both parties with such good words and in such good order as they might did reserue to themselues the kéeping and safe custodie of the citie being the chamber of the king parcell of the reuenues of the crowne to the onlie vse of the king and crowne as to them in dutie and allegiance did apperteine And therefore forthwith they rampired vp the citie gates fortified line 30 the walles appointed souldiers and did set all things in such good order as in that case was requisit leauing nothing vndoone which might be for the preseruation of the state commonwealth of the citie But yet for want of forecasting in processe of time the prouision within the citie waxed short and vittels to be scant whereof it was doubted there would insue some famine which the common people neither could nor would indure if some remedie were not in due time had and prouided The magistrats line 40 did their best indeuor euerie waie aswell by diligence in following as by counselling in persuading euerie man to continue firme and true to the publike state and their owne priuate common-weale And albeit the common people were vnpatient to abide troubles and loth to indure the present state of want and famine yet they had that respect to their owne truth faith and safetie as euerie man yeelded himselfe contented to abide and indure the time of their deliuerance and by the good will line 50 of God it followed and the same tooke good effect For about twelue daies after this sturre begun by waie of intreatie and mediation of certeine chanons of the cathedrall church of this citie the siege was remoued and raised wherevpon verie shortlie after did insue the field of Edgecourt where the duke of Clarence and the earle of Warwike being put to the worst did flée vnto this citie and made their entrie into the same the third daie of Aprill 1470 and laie in the bishops palace for a few daies vntill line 60 they had caused to be prouided ships at Dartmouth for their passage ouer into Calis The king being aduertised which waie his enimies were gone followed and pursued them with an armie of fortie thousand men and came to this citie the fourtéenth of Aprill 1470 hauing with him in his companie sundrie diuerse great lords and estates as namelie the bishop of Elie lord tresuror of England the duke of Norffolke earle marshall of England the duke of Suffolke the earle of Arundell the earle of Wiltshire son to the duke of Buckingham the earle of Shrewesburie the earle Riuers the lord Hastings the lord Greie of Codner the lord Audleigh the lord Saie the lord Sturton the lord Dacres the lord Mountioie the lord Stanleie the lord Ferris the baron of Dudleigh with a number of knights and gentlemen But they all came too late for the duke and the earle were both departed and gon to the seas before their comming Wherefore the king after that he had rested and reposed himselfe here thrée daies he departed and returned to London It was also in great troubles line 11 being besieged in the twelfe yeare of king Henrie the seuenth by one Perkin Warbecke 1470 who in the beginning of the moneth of September came to this citie and incamped about it with his whole armie with ordinance battered the walls fired the gates vndermined it and with mightie ladders scaled them and left nothing vndoone which might be to compasse their attempt thinking and supposing that small would be the resistance against them But such was the noble courage and valiant stomach of the citizens that they manfullie resisted and defended those forces and indured the
further consideration the shot was spared and the dukes grace with the capteine of the gard considering with wofull hearts their chiefe strength thus turned against them and being thus inuironed both behind and before with enimies shifted themselues awaie as did also their companie Sir Thomas Wiat accompanied with two or thrée and not manie mo came forth line 10 halfe a mile from Rochester to méet Bret and the other capteins amongst whom was sir George Harper notwithstanding his former submission to the duke Their méeting verelie séemed right ioifull both in gesture and countenance therewith hauing saluted each other they entered all togither into Rochester The lord of Aburgauennie the shiriffe were greatlie abashed when they vnderstood of this mishap for they doubted that such as were euill disposed before would not be greatlie amended thereby The line 20 shiriffe being then at Maidstone hasted to come to Malling where the lord of Aburgauennie laie and vpon his comming thither he tooke aduise to ride in post to the councell to know their minds how they would direct them Sir Thomas Wiat and his associats were greatlie recomforted with this new supplie added to their strength by the reuolting thus of the Londoners and verelie it bred no small hope in all their hearts that wished well to his enterprise line 30 that he should the better atteine vnto the hoped end of his purpose But it pleased God otherwise who neuer prospereth anie that attempt such exploits without publike and lawfull authoritie In this meane while the duke of Suffolke being persuaded to ioine with other in this quarell as he that doubted as no small number of true Englishmen then did least the pretended mariage with the Spanish king should bring the whole nobilitie and people of this realme into bondage and thraldome line 40 of strangers after he was once aduertised that sir Thomas Wiat had preuented the time of their purposed enterprise he secretlie one euening departed from Sheene and rode with all spéed into Leicestershire where in the towne of Leicester and other places hée caused proclamation to be made in semblable wise as sir Thomas Wiat had doone against the quéenes match which she meant to make with the said king of Spaine but few there were that would willinglie hearken thereto But now ye line 50 must vnderstand that before his comming downe he was persuaded that the citie of Couentrie would be opened vnto him the more part of the citizens being throughlie bent in his fauour in so necessarie a quarell for defense of the realme against strangers as they were then persuaded But howsoeuer it chanced this prooued not altogither true for whether through the misliking which the citizens had of the matter or through negligence of some that were sent to sollicit them in the cause line 60 or chieflie as should séeme to be most true for that God would haue it so when the duke came with six or seuen score horssemen well appointed for the purpose presenting himselfe before the citie in hope to bée receiued hee was kept out For the citizens through comfort of the erle of Huntington that was then come downe sent by the quéene to staie the countries from falling to the duke and to raise a power to apprehend him had put themselues in armor and made all the prouision they could to defend the citie against the said duke Wherevpon perceiuing himselfe destitute of all such aid as he looked for among his friends in the two shires of Leicester and Warwike he got him to his manour of Astleie distant from Couentrie fiue miles where appointing his companie to disperse themselues and to make the best shift each one for his owne safegard that he might and distributing to euerie of them a portion of monie according to their qualities and his store at that present he and the lord Iohn Greie his brother bestowed themselues in secret places there within Astleie parke but through the vntrustinesse of them to whose trust they did commit themselues as hath béene crediblie reported they were bewraied to the earle of Huntington that then was come to Couentrie and so apprehended they were by the said earle and afterwards brought vp to London The duke had meant at first to haue rid awaie as I haue credible heard if promise had béene kept by one of his seruants appointed to come to him to be his guide but when he either feining himselfe sicke or being sloke in déed came not the duke was constreined to remaine in the parke there at Astleie hoping yet to get awaie after that the search had béene passed ouer and the countrie once in quiet Howsoeuer it was there he was taken as is said togither with his brother the lord Iohn Greie but his brother the lord Thomas got awaie in deed at that time meaning to haue fled into Wales there to haue got to the sea side so to transport himselfe ouer into France or into some other forren part But in the borders of Wales he was likewise apprehended through his great mishap and follie of his man that had forgot his capcase with monie behind him in his chamber one morning at his inne and comming for it againe vpon examination what he should be it was mistrusted that his maister should be some such man as he was in déed and so was staied taken and brought vp to London where he suffered as after shall appeare But now to returne vnto sir Thomas Wiat. After that the Londoners were reuolted to him as before ye haue heard the next daie being tuesdaie the thirtith of Ianuarie he marched foorth with his bands and six péeces of ordinance which they had gotten of the quéenes besides their owne And first they came to Cowling castell an hold of the lord Cobhams foure miles distant from Rochester and not much out of the waie towards London whither they were now fullie determined to go in hope of friends which they trusted to find within and about the citie At their comming to Cowling knowing that the lord Cobham was within the castell they bent their ordinance against the gate breaking it with sundrie shots and burning it vp with â—â—er made a waie through it The said lord Cobham defended the place as stoutlie as he might hauing but a few against so great a number and so little store of munition for his defense he himselfe yet discharged his gun at such as approched the gate right hardilie and in that assault two of his men were slaine After this assault and talke had with the lord Cobham sir Thomas Wiat marched to Grauesend where he rested that night The next daie he came to Dartford with his bands and laie there that night whither came to him sir Edward Hastings maister of the quéenes horsse and sir Thomas Cornwallis knights both being of the quéenes priuie councell and now sent from hir vnto sir Thomas Wiat to vnderstand the cause
parlement 340 b 10. Saueth into Wales 338 b 60. His â—aâ—ourie to the Welshmen 339 a 10. Sought vnto to resigne his crowne his griefe therat 340 b 50 60. Betraied into his enimies hands brought to Killingworth castell 339 b 50 Wiâ—hstood in armes by his wife 336 337 338. Sendeth for his wife and sonne home out of France 336 b 10 2â— Writeth to the duke of Britaine 335 b 30. Like to be betraied the traitors executed 333 334. Goeth to Scotland with an armie 332 b 50. Subdueth his barons 330 331 332 a 10. In armes against his enimies his proclamation 329 b 60. Passeth by a foord commeth to Tutburie causeth hue crie to be made 330 a 30 50. Durst not but yeeld to his nobles request 327 b 10. He goeth to Canturburie talketh with lord chamberleine besiegeth the castell of Léeds 327 b 10. Affection and loue to Pâ—ers Gaueston 320 a 10. His request for his life his displeasure for his deth 321 a 30 60. Passeth ouer to France 318 b 50. Dooth homage to the French king marrieth his daughter returneth is receiued into London crowned 318 b 60 319 a 10. Goeth to Berwike 324 b 50. Passeth into Scotland what issue his armie had there he escapeth danger of death 322 a 20 40. Murthered 341 b 60. His nature and conditions his issue 342 a 10 c Edward the third borne 321 b 10. Beginneth his râ—igne 343 a 60. Passeth ouer into Calis inuadeth France returneth for want of vittels the constable of France demandeth battell of him 383 a 10. Lodgeth his armie néere Berwike the Scots yéeld vnto him the realme of Scotland resigned vnto him 386 a 50 60. Thrée kings come vn-him about businesse 396 a 50. Aduanceth his sons to degrée of honor 395 b 50. Prepareth to make a iournie to France arriueth at Calis 392 b 10 30 Draweth towards Paris 393 a 60. Returneth out of France into England 394 b 30. His foure sons take part with the lord maiors c chalenge at â—usts 392 a 50. Sore afflicteth the Scots 386. b 20. His honorable hart to his enimie 379 b 10 Hath Calis surrendred vnto him ¶ Sée Calis His pitie towards the poore note 375 a 20. His voiage inuasion and victorie against the French summarilie set downe in a letter missiue 373 b 30 c. His words behauior to his son the yoong prince after his victorie against the French 372 b 60. Passeth ouer into Normandie his armie landing ordering of his soldiors 369 b 40 c. His enterprises and atchiuements against towns people his spoile booties he is in danger 370 all Beginneth his enterprise against the enimie with praier to God his demâ—anor before the battell 371 a 10 b 30. Hath towns restored him 360 a 60. Taketh into his hands all the profits that the cardinals c held within his realme 369 b 30. Goeth ouer into Flanders 367 b 60. Passeth ouer into Britaine 364 a 40. Returneth by sea out of Britain he is in danger of drowning 365 a 30. Feasted by the erle of Flanders he goeth into Zeland arriueth at the Towre deleth roundlie with his officers 360 b 10 c. Is offended with the archbishop of Canturburie 361 a 10. Taketh sea setteth vpon his enimies the French getteth the victorie goeth to Gaunt couenants betwixt him his confederats 358 a 50 60 b 50 359 a 40. Signifieth his right to crowne of France taketh vpon him the title and armes thereof 357 a 20 30. Taketh vpon him the name of K. of France 356 b 30 and by what right he clamed it 40 c. Besiegeth Cambrie 355 b 20. He raseth his siege b 40. Hath Flanders at commandment he saileth to Antwerpe 354 b 60. His confederats 355 a 10. Practiseth to alâ—enat the Flemings harts from obedience to their earle 353 b 50. Entreth into Scotland with an armie 351 a 10. Maketh spoile by fier and sword the Scots ordeine a statute in fauor of him towns fortified by him there he studieth to gather monie to mainteine his wars 352 all Aideth the K. of Scots and whie 350 a 10. Passeth the sea apparelled like a merchant 348 b 40. Waxeth féeble sicke 411 a 20. Deceasseth his issue praise proportion of bodie and vertues 412 a 40 c 413. Edward the fourth borne 623 a 30. Feasteth the maior and aidermen of London 705 a 10. He and the French king their interview the manner thereof note 699 a 30 40 c. His shift to get monie note 694 a 40 c. He passeth ouer into France and sendeth a defiance to the French king 694 b 10 40. Returneth into England 701 a 10. Without interruption passeth forward to Yorke marcheth to the citie gates receiueth the sacrament an oth the marquesse Montacute suffereth him to passe by he cometh to Northhampton 680 a 30 c. Dispraised and â—owlie spoken of by the earle of Warwike 671 a 20. His communication with the duke of Burgognie note 697 a 50 60 b 10 c. Shamefull and slanderous words against him 698 b 30. His politike foresight 688 a 20. Commeth to Leicester prouoketh the earle of Warwike to fight commeth to Warwike he and his brother the duke of Clarence reconciled vnwitting to the earle of Warwike 681 a 10 c. His victorie and the offering vp of his standard 685 b 10. Lodgeth with his armie before his enimies 684 a 10. Set forward against his enimies the nobles of England 686 a 40. His painfull march with his armie the ordering of his battels 687 b 10 30. Passeth to London 682 b 30. The Londoners resolue to receiue him the Towre recouered to his vse he entreth into London 683 a 60 b 10. Arriueth on the coast of Northfolke then at the head of Humber landeth at Rauenspurgh the people let him passe hearing the cause of his comming into the countrie he passeth towards Yorke 679 a 10 c. Iudged a vsuâ—per 678 a 10. His fréends take sanctuarie 677 b 10. Receiued verie honorablie into the citie of Excester 676 b 30. The citizens beneuolence to him how long he continued there b 30 50. Commeth to Lin taketh ship to passe ouer sea the number that passed ouer with him he arriued at Alquemarâ—e 675 b 10 20 40. Taken prisoner and brought to Warwike castell 673 a 60. He is deliuered out of captiuitie commeth to London b 10 20. His proclamation to such as were assembled vnder him 664 b 10. His title to the crowne 663 b 60 664 a 10. Proclamed K. 725 b 10. Notablie slandered and spoken against in the duke of Buckinghams oration 728 a 50 60 c 729. a 10 c. His words to his mother about marriage 726 b 30. Slandered in a sermon 727 b 50. His flight into Holland 727 a 50. The chéefest deuise of the conspirators to depose him 725 b 60. Described his qualities 711 a 40 c. His thrée concubines 725 a 10. His last words vttered on his
he sat not highest in the hall note 667 b 30. His office and authoritie 120 a 40. One for the space of twentie and one yeares 172 b 40. And shiriffs the first that were chosen 172 b 20. And bailiffes chosen out of the number of fiue and thirtie burgesses 164 a 40. And shiriffes resisted at Clerkenwell 641 b 10. And welcomming home of Henrie the fift out of France 556 a 30. That first ware a rich collar of gold and of whose gift 961 b 10. Of councell vnto Henrie the eight 961 a 60 b 10. In a gowne of crimson veluet 931. And aldermen of London in blacke moorning arraie come to Henrie the eight with a heauie sute of ill Maie daie 843 b 60 844 a 10. Sometime an officer note 764 b 60. Feast first kept at Guiâ—dhall 789 b 30. ¶ Sée Contention London and Soldiors Maiors feast none kept at Guildhall 1206 a 30 1211 b 60 1260 a 10 1262 a 10 Maior of Bodmin in Cornewall hanged 1007 a 10. Of Excester smitten on the face by a maid 1021 b 10 20. Of Norwich his order of receiuing the quéene Elisabeth 1287 a 30 60 1288 a 10 c. Oration in English which he made to the quéene 1288 a 50 60 b 40 c. His gift presented vnto hir 1289 a 10 20. Purposing to make another oration to the quéene is willed to forbeare whie 1298 b 20. He is knighted 30. Malcolme king of Scots destroieth manie places in the north parts 10 a 60. Sendeth to duke William to treat of peace 10 b 40. Dooth homage to duke William for Scotland 10 b 50. Marieth Edgar Ethelings sister 6 a 30 Commeth to Glocester 20 b 60. Did fiue times waste Northumberland note 21 a 10. Enioieth the earldome of Huntington 66 b 50. Inuadeth England sueth for peace 19 b 20 20 b 60. He and his sonne slaine 21 a 10. Malcontentment 738 b 60 790 a 10. Grew to a conspiracie 941 a 20 30 c. Of the earle of Montague note 32 b 10. Of Parrie because he might not haue preferment to his liking 1383 b 60. ¶ Sée Counsell Parrie and Rebellion Malcus made and consecrated bishop of Waterford 22 b 60. Malice of duke William against the English 9 a 10. ¶ Sée William of Leoswin breketh into murther 12 b 30. Betwéene the two dukes of Burgogne and Orleance and the chéefe cause thereof 529 a 40. Of the earle of Cornwall to the citie of London 251 b 50. Betwéen king Richard the second and the duke of Glocester 487 b 40. Of cardinall Poole against king Henrie the eight 1134 b 60. Afresh betwixt Edward the fourth and the duke of Clarence brethren 703 a 30. Of the earle of Warwicke against Edward the fourth note 670 b 10 50 c. Of Richard the first and the French king one against an other 146 a 60. Of the French king against Richard the first note 141 a 20. Betwéene dukes of Summerset and Yorke note 625 b 40 50. Of the duchesse of Burgogne to the line of Lancaster 776 a 10. ¶ Sée Margaret Betwéene the duke of Summerset and the duke of Yorke note 612 b 10. Of the cardinall Woolscie mortall against the duke of Buckingham 855 b 10 66. Of the Frenchmen and their dogged stomachs 840 a 20 c. Againste Henrie breaking out into an intent of murther and the partie executed 223 a 40 c. Of the lords against the earle of Cornewall increased note 319 b 10. Betwixt great estates about matters of mariage 774 a 60. Malice incouenient vnto the malicious not 17 a 10. Cloked bursteth out 264 a 40. Inferreth murther note 489 a 60 b 10. Chirsteth after reuenge note 304 b 30. And the nature thereof 1418 b 60 1419 a 10. Bursteth out into murther note 673 a 30. Wherevpon arise slanders 63 b 60. Trauelleth still to reuenge 641 b 60. To appese a labour dangerous 646 b 60. In a realme the mortall mischiefe thereof 630 b 60. Notablie dissembled note 622 b 60. How mischieâ—ouslie it worketh to reuenge 962 b 40 c note 590 b 60 591 a 10 c. Content with no reuenge 431 a 20 c. ¶ Sée Enuie Hate and Reuenge Man I le taken by Robert Bruse 318. b 10. ¶ Sée Harold Manners knight lord Roos created earle of Rutland 892 a 50 Manners Thomas knight his militarie seruice in Scotland 1216 b 40 c. ¶ Sée Erle and Rutland Manwood lord chéefe baron of the excheker a good commonwelths man note his déeds 1377 1378 Mallet William shiriffe of Yorke and his familie taken prisoners and put to ransome 7 a 20 Marble stone whervpon kings of Scots sat at their coronation transferred to Westminster 301 a 10 20 Marchades a valiant capteine 154 b 30. 155 b 40. A good seruitor in warres 158 b 30 Marcher earle of Mercia flieth into Scotland 6 a 30. Imprisoned by William Rufus 16 a 30. Reconciled vnto king William 9 b 40. Withdraweth from the battell against duke William 1 a 30. Flieth into Elie for defense against duke William 10 a 40 Margaret Dowglasse prisoner in the Tower 940 b 50. Pardoned released 945 a 10 Margaret the wife of K. Henrie whie not crowned 76 b 60 Margaret sister to earle Hugh of Chester married to Iohn Bohune 20 a 40 Margaret and Christine the sisters of Edgar Etheling 6 a 30 Margaret the daughter of king William of Scotland maried to earle Conan 7 b 30 Margaret daughter to the quéene of Scots and of the earle Angus borne 838 a 10 Margaret daughter vnto the French king affianced vnto Henrie the kings sonne of seuen yeres old 68 a 50. Crowned quéene 82 b 60 Margaret duchesse of Salisburie beheaded 703 b 10 Margaret sister to Edward the fourth sent ouer to the duke of Burgogne note 669 b 30 c. Margaret countesse of Leneux sent to the Towre 1208 b 20 Deliuered out of the Towre 1209 b 60 Margaret duchesse of Burgogne sister to Edward the fourth malicious to Lancaster house 765 b 10. Hir malice against the line of Lancaster 776 a 10. Hir new counterfet of Richard Plantagegenet 775 a 60 Margraue of Baden and his wife great with child come to London 1208 b 40. She is deliuered of a child b 50. The quéene giueth the name 60. ¶ Sée Marquesse Marie the eldest daughter vnto Henrie the eight borne 838 a 30. Remooueth to Fremingham castell 1085 b 40. To Keninghall in Northfolke hir letters to the councell with hir chalenge vnto the crowne by right of succession 1084 b 30 40. With their answer 1085 a 40. Assembleth hir powers against the duke of Northumberland 1086 b 40 50 c. Wind and wether helpe hir 1087 a 20. Proclamed quéene by the nobilitie for feare of afterclaps 1087 a 50. ¶ Sée Quéene Marie quéene of Scots ¶ Sée Quéene of Scots Marie countesse of Perch Henrie the first his daughter drowned 41 b 10 Mariage of kings and first of king Iohn after his diuorse 161 b
bright sunne Owen Teuther and other taken and beheaded Whethamsted The northern men enter into S. Albons They passe through it The second battell at S. Albons The 〈◊〉 part 〈◊〉 1916 as Iohn Stow noteth Sir Iohn Graie slainâ— Thomas 〈◊〉 esquier sent to the northerne lordâ— Edw. Hall Prince Edward 〈◊〉 knight The northern â—en spoile the towne of saint 〈◊〉 The queéne sâ—ndeth to the mâ—ior of Londoâ— for vittels Uittels sent by the maior and staid by the commons The quéene returneth northward The great hopâ— of the people conceiued of the erle oâ— March The earle of March elected king The lord Fauconbridge The earle of March taketh vpon him as king Abr. Flem. * Wakefield Peter Basset wrote king Henrie the fift his life Fabian and Caxton Anno Reg. 1. The earle of March taketh vpon him as king His title declared He is proclamed king The lord Fitz Water slaine The earle of Warwike A proclamaâ—tion The lord Clifford 〈◊〉 Dintingdale Crueltie paid with sudden mischiefe The lord Fauconbridge Saxton Whethamsted saith that K. HeÌ„ries poweâ— excéeded in number king Edwards 〈◊〉 twentie thousand men An heauie proclamatioÌ„ Palmesundaie field The earle 〈◊〉 Northuâ—berland The obstinate minds of bâ—th parts King Henries part discomfited Cocke or riuer The number slaine in battel of SaxtoÌ„ otherwise called Palmesunâ—aie field King Henrie withdraweth to Berwike from thence into Scotland Queene Margaret with hir sonne goeth into France Iohn Stow. Anno Reg. 2. The duke of Summerset other submit them to king Edward Plant. in Mostel 1463 Anno Reg. 3. The quéene returneth foorth of France Banburgh castell The duke of Summerset reuolteth The lord Montacute Hegelie moore Sir Rafe Persie Exham field The duke of Summerset taken King Henrie fled The duke of Summerset beheaded The earle of Kime otherwise Angus beheaded Alnewike castell besieged 1464 Anno Reg. 4. King Henrie taken Abr. Fl. ex I.S. pag. 717. The earle of Penbroke Ab. Flem. Vir. Acâ— 6. New coinâ— stamped Abr. Fl. ex I. S. pag. 716. Sergeants feast Register of maiors The maior of London departeth from the sergeantâ— feast The earle of Warwike sent into France about a marriage The ladie Elizabeth Graie Ouid. de rem am lib. 1. 1465 Anno Reg. 5. The earle of Warwike offended with the kings mariage The earle of Warwike kéepeth hâ—s gréefe secret Abr. Fl. ex I. S. pag. 717. Long piked shooes forbidden 1466. Anno Reg 6. Cotteshold shéepe transported into Spaine Truce with Scots 1467 Anno Reg. â— The bastard of Burgognie ambassadour into England Iusts betwixt the bastard of Burgognie the lord Scales The law of armes The death of the duke of Burgognie George Neuill archbishop of Yorke 1468. Anno Reg. 8. The ladie Margaret sister to king Edward sent ouer to the duke of Burgognie Abr. Fl. ex I. S. pag. 719 720. in Quart Abr. Fl. * Giuen at Richmont on the first of October An. Dom. 1585. Anno Reg. 27. Fabian 497. Sir Thomas Cooke Abr. Fl. ex Edw. Hall it Edw. 4. fol. cxcviij c. 1469 Anno Reg. 9. A commotion in Yorkeshire Saint Leonards hospitall in Yorke A rebellion Robert Huldorne capteine of the rebâ—ls taken and beheaded Sir Iohn Coniers The earle of Penbroke The lord Stafford The Welshmen discomfited Hedgecote BaÌ„berie field Discord what it bréedeth The valiant manhood of sir Richard Herbert Iohn Clappam The Welshmen slaine Abr. Flem. Robin of Reddesdale The erle Riuers and his sonne beheaded The lord Stafford of Southwike beheaded King Edward taken prisoner Middleham caâ—tell Abr. Flem. Sir William Stanleie K. Edward is deliuered out of captiuitie He commeth to London Sir Thomas Dimmocke Anno Reg. 10. The lord Welles and Thomas Dimmocke beheaded Losecote field The faithfulnesse of the lord Stanlie The duke of Clarence and the earle of Warwike take the sea The earle of Warwike kept out of Calis Monsieur de Uauclere made deputie of Calis The double dealing of monsieur de Uauclere The lord Duras was â— Gascoigne also The earle of Warwike laâ—ded at Diepe Ambois Iohn marques Montacute The earles 〈◊〉 Penbroke â— Oxford A league Edward prince of Wales mâ—ried The promise of the duke of Clarence The loue which the people bare to the earle of Warwike A pâ—oclamaâ—ion King Edward coÌ„meth to Lin and taketh ship to passe ouer seas The lord Hastings The number that passed ouer with king Edward Abr. Fl. King Edward arriued at Alquemarâ— The lord Gronture Edw. Hall fol. ccix Abr. Flem. Iohn Hooker alià s Vowell Lord DinhaÌ„ and baron Carew with their power come to Excester The duke of Clarence 〈◊〉 the earle of Warwike â—â—iorne at Eâ—cester and in pursue of the king The king is receiued 〈◊〉 honorablie 〈◊〉 to the citie of Excester The citizenâ— be neuoleâ—â—â— to the king How long the king continued in the citie The duke of Clarence 〈◊〉 the earle of Warwike 〈◊〉 on the English coasts The practise 〈◊〉 knight 〈◊〉 chiefe 〈◊〉 at the 〈◊〉 to rid 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 In vniust or â—urmised charge of the â—night against the keeper of his parkâ— The kéeper killeth his maister the knight with an arrow Abr. Flem. 〈◊〉 5. K. Edwards fréends take sanctuarie Queéne Elizabeth deliuered of a prince Ab. Flem. The Kentishmen make an hurlie burlie King Henrie fetched out of the Tower restored to his kinglie gouernement A parlement K. Edward adiudged an vsurper Abr. Fl. ex I.S. pag. 725. The earle Tiptoâ—t beheaded The crowne intailed Abr. Fl. ex I.S. pag. 722 723. The earle of Warwike his housekéeping Fabian The earle of Warwike instituted gouernour of the realme Iasper earle of Penbroke Margaret countesse of Richmond and Derbiâ— The saieng of king Henrie the sixt of Henrie of Richmond after king Henrie the seuenth Ab. Flem The ragged staffe The duke of Burgognie sendeth ambassadors to Calis 14â—1 He asketh K Edward vnder hand W. Fleetwood He arriueth on the coast of Norffolke Anno Reg. 11. The earle of Oxford He arriueth at the head of Humber He landeth at Rauenspurgh Martine de la Mare or Martine of the sea He passeth toward Yorke Sée before page 664. K. Edward without interruption passeth forward to Yorke Thomas Coniers recorder of Yorke K. Edward commeth to Yorke He receiueth an oth The marques Montacute suffereth king Edward to passe by him K. Edward commeth to NorthamptoÌ„ Edw. Hall The duke of Excester and a power aâ— Newarke K. Edward commeth to Leicester The earle of Warwike in Couentrie K. Edward prouoketh the earle of Warwike to fight He coÌ„meth to Warwike A treatie for peace The duke of Clarence Préests vsed for priuie messengers K. Edward and his brother of Clarence reconciled vnwitting to the earle of Warwike The dissimulation of the duke of Clarence The brethren méet louinglie togither Buchan in psal 133. The duke of Clarence seéketh to make peace betwixt the king and the earle of Warwike The earle 〈◊〉 Warwike â—â—â—swer to the duke of Câ—â—rence 〈◊〉 K. Edward passeth London The archbishop of Yorke
the Lords 〈◊〉 Reseruation of the lords bodie conseâ—â—ated Holie bread and holie water The single 〈◊〉 of priests The six articles to be renewed The capteins appointed to go against the Deuonshire rebels Strangers Ric. Grafton A proclamation Hâ—â— epist. lib. â— Disorder in subiects Abusing of the kings name False causes Baptisme Sacrament of the bodie c. Disobedience to a kingâ—s disobedience to almightie God Seruice in 〈◊〉 English 〈◊〉 knowledge is 〈◊〉 than 〈◊〉 The masse Confirmation 〈◊〉 children Six articles The authoritie of a parlement A godlie and princelie admonition False rumors Har. in 〈◊〉 lib. 1. The rebels put from their ground Iohn Fox The capteins of the rebels taken Sir Anthonie Kingston prouost marshall The maior of 〈◊〉 hanged A millers man hanged for his maister This was a hard procéeding though the partie had beene noâ—â—nt Abr. Fl. introduction into the next narration being a new addition 〈◊〉 this rebellion The addition following being a large discourse was neuer heretofore published Dumnonia the countrie of vallies Deuonia Deuonshire Corinia Baleus lib. 1. Centuriarum Lelandus in Genethliaco Penhulgoile Pennehaltecaire Pen necaire the chéefe citie Caireruth the red citie Caireiske the citie of Exe. Houeden Ptolomeus in â—abulis Baleus centur lib. New lords new names Monketon 〈…〉 â—ibro Polydorus hist. lib. 5. Exeter Baleusceâ—â—◠〈◊〉 lib. in 〈◊〉 descriptiâ—â— Excesâ—er Exâ—ancestre Caire a fort Cestre a fort The site of Excester and circuit The citie is full of water springs The rebels breake and spoile the pipes oâ— lead for waters The conduits for water Saint Peters conduit The great conduit Castell Rugemont The site of the castell The castâ—ll builded by the Romans The riuer of Eâ—e Eâ—e riseth in Exmoore The hauen of Excester The decaie of the hauen of Excester Hugh Courtnâ—ie the first â—estroier of the 〈◊〉 Edward Courtneie Sundrie inquisitions and iuries taken against the earles of Deuon for destroieng of the hauen A keie first builded at Topesham The merchants compelled to lade and vnlade at Topesham keie The hauen is recouered and renewed againe A keie and a crane builded at Excester The parish churches first limited in Excester A monasterie of saint Benets order builded in Excester King Etheldred the first founder of the monasterie King Edgar founder of a religious house in Excester The cathedrall church was first a monasterie and founded by king Atheistane Chronica ecclesiea King Canutus confirmeth the priuileges of the monasteries K. Edward the confessor remooued the moonks vnto Westminster and made this a cathedrall church Leofricus the first bishop of Excester Polyd. hist. li. 19 Chronica chronicorum lib. 7. The charter of the church The conâ—â—eror confirmeth the charters of the church and inlargeth the possessions of it The cathâ—drall church was foure hundred yeres in building S. Peters conduit The inhabitants of this citie The gouernment of this citie Portegreues Prouostres Maiâ—r or Meregreue The maiors 〈◊〉 The prouost 〈◊〉 The good inclination and â—â—â—â—fulness of the citizens Claudius â—eâ—o the emperor sendeth Uespasian into Britaine Uespasian â—andeth in Torrebâ—â—e and lateth â—â—ge to this 〈◊〉 King Aruiragus rescueth this citie and â—ncountereth the enemie 〈◊〉 ecclesi◠〈◊〉 Flores historiarâ—m Noua historia Flores historiarum Penda king of Mertia Edwin king of Northumberland King Cadwallo is driuen to flée into Ireland Pellitus a witch droth foretell to king Edwin of things to come King Cadwallo â—aâ—leth into Armorica Brienus the kings nephue is sent to kill Pellitus Brienus killeth Pellitus King Penda besiegeth Excester Polyd. lib. 5 The Danes are ouerthrowne and their capteins are slaine Neus 〈◊〉 Flores histâ—riarum The battell at Pinnehâ— Houeden King Sweno inuadeth and spoileth the land Hugh earle of Deuon as a false maÌ„ to his countrie dooth betraie the citie King Sweno by the trecherie of the earle of Deuon besiegeth the citie kâ—ng Eldred 〈…〉 his 〈◊〉 The stoutnes â—nd courage of the citizens king Sweno entereth and â—aketh the 〈◊〉 vtterlie destroieth it 〈◊〉 Malm. 〈◊〉 Coâ—t Hen. Hunt Houeden William the Conqueror besiegeth the 〈◊〉 A league betwéene the gentlemen the citizens to resist the Conquerour The records of the citie Houeden Polychron li. 7 Githa king Harolds mother laie in the citie during the siege and secretlie fleeth awaie into Flanders Baldwin Rideuers earle of Deuon entred into this citie and resisteth against king Stephan Baldwin the earle is taken and banished Q. Mawd is friendlie to the citie Polydor. li. 20. The marques of Dublin and the earle of Suffolke come to Exon and are pursued by the dukes of York and Glocester The duches of ClareÌ„ce with others commeth to Exon being great with child lieth in the bishops palace Sir Hugh Courtneie laieth siege to the citie The maior is required to deliuer the keies of the citie and refuseth so to doo The maior and citizens doo fortifie the citie The siege raised and the citie deliuered The duke of Clarence and the Earle of Warwike came from Edgecourt field to this citie and from hence to Dartmouth Perkin Waâ—becke commeth to Excester and bâ—siegeth it The earle of Deuon sent to rescue the citie and iâ— hurt The rebellion or commotioâ— in Deuon The rebellion first began at Sampford Courtneie The cause of this rebellion was for religion The want of preaching was the cause of the rebellion Underhill and Segar 〈◊〉 first captains of the rebellion The priest was compâ—lled bâ—cause he would be compelled saie â—asse The iustices 〈◊〉 to Sampford and doo no good These gentlemen were afraid of their â—wne shadowes Sir Peter Carew and sir Gawen Carew sent into Deuon The iusticiaries doo assemble all at Excester Sir Peter Carew by the aduise of the iustices rideth to Kirton The people at Kirton doo arme themselues rampire vp the waies The barns at the townes end at Kirton are set on fire An assemblie of the people at Clift Marie or bishops Clift A cause whie they rose at bishops Clift The towne 〈◊〉 Clift is fortified and the bridge rampired Walter Raleigh esquier in danger of the rebelles Sir Peter Carew and others ride to Clift Sir Peter Carew like to be slaine The conference of the gentleman with the commons at 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 towards among the serving-men This man â—as named Richard Carwithian â—â—ruant to sir Peter 〈◊〉 The agréement offered by the commoâ—ers The gentlemen depart asunder and euerie man shifteth for himselfe The high waies are stopped and intrenched Sundrie gentlemen taken and imprisoned A few gentlemen taried in the citie Sir Peter Carew rideth to the lord Russell being at George Henton Sir Peter Carew rideth to the court aduertised the king councell The king grieued to heare of the commotion The determined conquest of Scotland was hindered by the rebellion The king vseth all gentle persuasions to reduce the commoners to conformitie The first and chiefe capteins of the rebellion The rebels send to the maior of the citie to ioine with them The maior citizens refuse to
earle of Warwike which waited for his foorth comming on the Thames and suddenlie taken was shortlie slaine with manie darts daggers and his bodie left naked and all bloudie at the gate of the clinke and after was buried in the church adioining Then were diuerse persons apprehended and indited of treason wherof some were pardoned and some executed Thomas Thorpe second baron of the escheker was committed to the Tower where he remained long after for that he was knowne to be great fréend to the house of Lancaster ¶ When queene Margaret heard that the K. was taken she with hir sonne and eight persons fled to the castell of Hardlagh in Wales and was robbed by the waie in Lancashire of all hir goods to the value of ten thousand markes from thence she went into Scotland Thus you sée what fruits the trée of ciuill discord dooth bring foorth that euill tree which whilest some haue taken line 10 paine to plant and some to proine and nourish for others confusion to whome they haue giuen a taste of those apples which it bare far more bitter than coloquintida themselues haue béene forced to take such share as befell them by lot For as it is not possible that a cōmon fier whose heat flame is vniuersallie spred should spare any particular place for so should it not be generall no more is it likelie that in ciuill commotions rebellions insurrections and partakings in conflicts and pitched feelds speciallie vnder line 20 ringleaders of great countenance and personage such as be the péeres and states of kingdoms anie one should though perhaps his life yet a thousand to one not saue his bloud vnspilt nor his goods vnspoiled During this trouble a parlement was summoned to begin at Westminster in the moneth of October next following In the meane time the duke of Yorke aduertised of all these things sailed from Dubline towards England and landed at the red banke néere to the citie line 30 of Chester with no small companie and from Chester by long iournies he came to the citie of London which he entred the fridaie before the feast of S. Edward the Confessor with a sword borne naked before him with trumpets also sounding and accompanied with a great traine of men of armes and other of his fréends and seruants At his comming to Westminster he entred the palace and passing foorth directlie through the great hall staied not till he came to the chamber where the king and lords vsed to sit in line 40 the parlement time cōmonlie called the vpper house or chamber of the péeres and being there entred stept vp vnto the throne roiall and there laieng his hand vpon the cloth of estate seemed as if he meant to take possession of that which was his right for he held his hand so vpon that cloth a good pretie while and after withdrawing his hand turned his face towards the people beholding their preassing togither and marking what countenance they made Whilest he thus stood and beheld the people supposing they reioised to see his presence the archbishop line 50 of Canturburie Thomas Bourcher came to him after due salutations asked him if he would come and see the king With which demand he séeming to take disdaine answered bréefelie and in few words thus I remember not that I know anie within this realme but that it beséemeth him rather to come and sée my person than I to go and sée his The archbishop hearing his answer went backe to the king and declared what answer he had receiued of the dukes owne mouth After the archbishop was departed line 60 to the king that laie in the quéenes lodging the duke also departed and went to the most principall lodging that the king had within all his palace breaking vp the lockes and doores and so lodged himselfe therein more like to a king than a duke continuing in the same lodging for a time to the great indignation of manie that could not in anie wise like of such presumptuous attempts made by the duke to thrust himselfe in possession of the crowne and to depose king Henrie who had reigned ouer them so long a time Maister Edward Hall in his chronicle maketh mention of an oration which the duke of Yorke vttered sitting in the regall seat there in the chamber of the péeres either at this his first comming in amongst them or else at some one time after the which we haue thought good also to set downe though Iohn Whethamsted the abbat of saint Albons who liued in those daies and by all likelihood was there present at the parlement maketh no further recitall of anie words which the duke should vtter at that time in that his booke of records where he intreateth of this matter But for the oration as maister Hall hath written thereof we find as followeth ¶ During the time saith he of this parlement the duke of Yorke with a bold countenance entered into the chamber of the peeres and sat downe in the throne roiall vnder the cloth of estate which is the kings peculiar seat and in the presence of the nobilitie as well spirituall as temporall after a pause made he began to declare his title to the crowne in this forme and order as insueth The duke of Yorks oration made to the lords of the parlement MY singular good lords maruell not that I approch vnto this throne for I sit here as in the place to me by verie iustice lawfullie belonging here I rest as to whom this chaire of right apperteineth not as he which requireth of you fauour parcialitie or bearing but equall right friendlie indifferencie and true administration of iustice For I beeing the partie greeued and complainant can not minister to my selfe the medicine that should helpe me as expert leeches cunning surgians maie except you be to me both faithfull aiders also true councellors Nor yet this noble realme and our naturall countrie shall neuer be vnbuckled from hir dailie feuer except I as the principall physician and you as the true and trustie apothecaries consult togither in making of the potion and trie out the cleane and pure stuffe from the corrupt and putrified drugs For vndoubtedlie the root and bottome of this long festured canker is not yet extirpate nor the feeble foundation of this fallible building is not yet espied which hath beene and is the dailie destruction of the nobilitie and the continuall confusion of the poore communaltie of this realme and kingdome For all you know or should know that the high and mightie prince king Richard the second was the true and vndoubted heire to the valiant conqueror and renowmed prince king Edward the third as sonne heire to the hardie knight and couragious capteine Edward prince of Wales duke of Aquitaine and Cornewall eldest sonne to the said king Edward the third which king was not onelie in deed but also of all men reputed and taken for the
the east hill also which if they might haue obteined the victorie had beene theirs as their foolish prophesiers told them before These northerne men incamped on the south hill the earle of Penbroke and the lord Stafford of Southwike were lodged in Banberie the daie before the field which was saint Iames daie and there the earle of Penbroke put the lord Stafford out of an Inne wherein he delighted much to be for the loue of a damosell that dwelled in the house and yet it was agréed betwixt them that which of them soeuer obteined first a lodging should not be displaced The lord Stafford in great despite departed with his whole band of archers leauing the earle of Penbroke almost desolate in the towne who with all diligence returned to his host lieng in the field vnpurueied of archers Sir Henrie Neuill sonne to the lord Latimer tooke with him certeine light horssemen and skirmished with the Welshmen in the euening iust before their campe where dooing right valiantlie but a little too hardilie aduenturing himselfe was taken and yeelded and yet cruellie slaine Which vnmercifull act the Welshmen sore rued the next day yer night for the northerne men sore displeased for the death of this noble man in the next morning valiantlie set on the Welshmen and by force of archers caused them quicklie to descend the hill into the vallie where both the hoasts fought The earle of Penbroke did right valiantlie and so likewise did his brother sir Richard Herbert in so much that with his polax in his hand he twise by fine force passed thorough the battell of his aduersaries and without anie hurt or mortall wound returned But sée the hap euen as the Welshmen were at point to haue obteined the victorie Iohn Clappam esquier seruant to the earle of Warwike mounted vp the side of the east hill accompanied onelie with fiue hundred men gathered of the rascals of the towne of Northampton and other villages about hauing borne before them the standard of the earle of Warwike with the white beare crieng A Warwike a Warwike The Welshmen thinking that the earle of Warwike had come on them with all his puissance suddenlie as men amazed fled the northerne men them pursued and slue without mercie so that there died of the Welshmen that daie aboue fiue thousand besides line 10 them that fled and were taken The earle of Penbroke and his brother sir Richard Herbert with diuerse gentlemen were taken and brought to Banberie where the earle with his brother and other gentlemen to the number of ten that were likewise taken lost their heads But great mone was made for that noble and hardie gentleman sir Richard Herbert being able for his goodlie personage and high valiancie to haue serued the greatest prince in christendome But what policie or puissance can either line 20 preuent or impugne the force of fate whose law as it standeth vpon an ineuitable necessitie so was it not to be dispensed withall and therfore destinie hauing preordeined the maner of his deth it was patientlie to be suffered sith puissantlie it could not be auoided nor politikelie preuented nor violentlie resisted for sua quenque dies ad funera raptat The Northamptonshire men with diuerse of the northerne men by them procured in this furie made them a capteine called Robert Hilliard but they named line 30 him Robin of Reddesdale and suddenlie came to Grafton where they tooke the earle Riuers father to the quéene and his son sir Iohn Wooduile whome they brought to Northampton and there beheaded them both without iudgement The king aduertised of these mischances wrote to the shiriffes of Summersetshire and Deuonshire that if they might by anie meanes take the lord Stafford of Southwike they should without delaie put him to death Herevpon search was made for him till at length he was line 40 found in a village within Brentmarch and after brought to Bridgewater where he was beheaded After the battell was thus fought at Hedgecote commonlie called Banberie field the northerne men resorted toward Warwike where the earle had gathered a great multitude of people which earle receiued the northerne men with great gladnes thanking sir Iohn Coniers and other their capteins for their paines taken in his cause The king in this meane time had assembled his power and was comming line 50 toward the earle who being aduertised thereof sent to the duke of Clarence requiring him to come and ioine with him The duke being not farre off with all speed repaired to the earle and so they ioined their powers togither and vpon secret knowledge had that the king bicause they were entered into termes by waie of communication to haue a peace tooke small héed to himselfe nothing doubting anie outward attempt of his enimies The earle of Warwike intending not to léese such line 60 opportunitie of aduantage in the dead of the night with an elect companie of men of warre as secretlie as was possible set on the kings field killing them that kept the watch and yer the king was ware for he thought of nothing lesse than of that which then hapned at a place called Wolnie foure miles from Warwike he was taken prisoner and brought to the castell of Warwike And to the intent his friends should not know what was become of him the earle caused him by secert iournies in the night to be conueied to Middleham castell in Yorkeshire and there to be kept vnder the custodie of the archbishop of Yorke and other his freends in those parties King Edward being thus in captiuitie spake euer faire to the archbishop and to his other kéepers so that he had leaue diuerse daies to go hunt Which exercise he vsed as it should séeme not so much for regard of his recreation as for the recouerie of his libertie which men esteeme better than gold and being counted a diuine thing dooth passe all the wealth pleasure and treasure of the world according to the old saieng Non bene profuluo libertas venditur auro Hoc coeleste bonum praeterit orbis opes Now on a daie vpon a plaine when he was thus abrode there met with him sir William Stanleie sir Thomas a Borough and diuers other of his friends with such a great band of men that neither his keepers would nor once durst moue him to returne vnto prison againe Some haue thought that his kéepers were corrupted with monie or faire promises and therfore suffred him thus to scape out of danger After that he was once at libertie he came to Yorke where he was ioifullie receiued and taried there two daies but when he perceiued he could get no armie togither in that countrie to attend him to London he turned from Yorke to Lancaster where he found his chamberleine the lord Hastings well accompanied by whose aid and such others as drew to him being well furnished he came safelie to the citie of London When the earle of
Warwike and the duke of Clarence had knowledge how king Edward by the treason or negligence of them whome they had put in trust was escaped their hands they were in a wonderfull chafe but sith the chance was past they began eftsoones to prouide for the warre which they saw was like to insue and found much comfort in that a great number of men deliting more in discord than in concord offered themselues to aid their side But other good men desirous of common quiet and lamenting the miserable state of the realme to redresse such mischiefe as appeared to be at hand by these tumults tooke paine and road betweene the king the earle and the duke to reconcile them ech to other Their charitable motion and causes alledged bicause they were of the chiefest of the nobilitie and therfore caried both credit and authoritie with them so asswaged the moods both of the king the duke and the earle that ech gaue faith to other to came and go safelie without ieopardie In which promise both the duke and earle putting perfect confidence came both to London At Westminster the king the duke and the earle had long communication togither for to haue come to an agreement but they fell at such great words vpon rehersall of old matters that in great furie without any conclusion they departed the king to Canturburie and the duke and the earle to Warwike where the earle procured a new armie to be raised in Lincolneshire and made capteine thereof sir Robert Welles sonne to Richard lord Welles a man of great experience in warre The king aduertised hereof without delaie prepared an armie year 1470 and out of hand he sent to Richard lord Welles willing him vpon the sight of his letters to repaire vnto him which to doo he had oftentimes refused excusing himselfe by sickenesse and feeblenesse of bodie But when that excuse serued not he thinking to purge himselfe sufficientlie of all offense and blame before the kings presence tooke with him sir Thomas Dimmocke who had maried his sister and so came to London And when he was come vp being admonished by his fréends that the king was greatlie with him displeased he â—ith his brotheâ— in law tooke the sanctuarie at Wesâ—minster But king Edward trusting to paâ—ifie all this busie tumult without anie further bloudshed promised both those persons their pardons causing them vpon his promise to come out of sanctuarie to his presence and calling to him the lord Welles willed him to write to his sonne to leaue off the warre and in the meane season he with his armie went forward hauing with him the lord Welles and sir Thomas Dimmocke And being not past two daies iournie from Stamford where his enimies had ptiched their field and hearing that sir Robert Welles not regarding his fathers letters kept his campe still he caused the lord Welles father to the said sir Robert and sir Thomas Dimmocke to be beheaded contrarie to line 10 his promise Sir Robert Welles hearing that the king approched and that his father and sir Thomas Dimmocke were beheaded though he was somewhat doubtfull to fight before the earle of Warwike were with his power assembled yet hauing a yoong and lustie courage manfullie set on his enimies The battell was sore fought on both sides and manie a man slaine till sir Robert perceiuing his people at point to slie was busilie in hand to exhort them to tarie and in the meane time compassed about with enimies was line 20 there taken with him sir Thomas de Land knight and manie more After the taking of their capteine the Lincolneshire men amazed threw awaie their coats the lighter to run awaie and fled amaine and therefore this battell is called there yet vnto this daie Losecote field The king reioising at this victorie caused sir Robert Welles and diuerse other to be put to execution in the same place The fame went that at this battell line 30 were slaine ten thousand men at the least The earle of Warwike laie at the same time at his castell of Warwike and meant to haue set forward the next daie toward his armie in Lincolnshire But when he heard that the same was ouerthrowne he tooke new counsell and with all diligence imagined how to compasse Thomas lord Stanleie which had maried his sister that he might be one of the conspiracie Which thing when he could not bring to passe for the lord Stanleie had answered him that he would neuer line 40 make warre against king Edward he thought no longer to spend time in wast and mistrusting he was not able to méet with his enimies he with his sonne in law the duke of Clarence departed to Excester and there tarieng a few daies deterâ—ined to saile into France to purchase aid of king Lewes Now resting vpon this point he hired ships at Dartmouth and when the same were readie trimmed and decked the duke and the earle with their wiues and a great number of seruants imbarked line 50 themselues and first tooke their course towards Calis whereof the earle was capteine thinking there to haue left his wife and daughters till he had returned out of France But when they were come before the towne of Calis they could not be suffered to enter for the lord Uauclere a Gascoigne being the earles deputie in that towne whether he did it by dissimulation or bearing good will to king Edward as by the sequele it may be doubted whether he did or no insteed of receiuing his master with triumph he bent and discharged against him diuerse peeces of ordinance line 60 sending him word he should not there take land This nauie lieng thus before Calis at anchor the duchesse of Clarence was there deliuered of a faire sonne which child the earles deputie would scarse suffer to be christened within the towne nor without great intreatie would permit two flagons of wine to be conueied aboord to the ladies lieng in the hauen The king of England aduertised of the refusall made by monsieur de Uauclere to the earle of Warwike was so much pleased therewith that incontinentlie he made him chiefe capteine of the towne of Calis by his letters patents which he sent to him out of hand and thereof discharged the earle as a traitor and rebell Thus was the one in respect of his accepted seruice honorablie aduanced and the other in regard of his disloialtie shamefullie disgraced whereof as the one tooke occasion of inward delight so the other could not be void of grudging conceipts The duke of Burgognie vnto whome king Edward had written that in no wise he should receiue the earle of Warwike nor anie of his friends within his countries was so well pleased with the dooings of monsieur de Uauclere that he sent to him his seruant Philip de Cumins and gaue him yéerelie a thousand crownes in pension praieng and requiring him to continue in truth and fidelitie toward king Edward as he