vpon Bakers for making Anno. reg 16. 1476 of light bread he caused diuers of them to be set on the Pillorie in Cornehill And also one Agnes Daintie a Butter-wife for felling of butter new and olde myngled together Agnes Daintie set on the pillerie being first trapped with butterdishes was then set on the pilery The Countesse of Oxforde deceassed and was buryed at Windsor Richard Rawson William Horne the 28. of Sept. Sherifes This Richard Rawson one of the Sherifes of LondoÌ„ caused to be builded one house in the Church yarde of S. Marie Hospitle without Byshopsgate of London where the Maior of that Cittie and his brethren the Aldermen vse to sit and heare the Sermons in the Easter holydayes as in tymes past appeared by an inscription on the front of the same house now by wethering defaced which I haue red in these wordes Pray for the soules of Richard Rawson late Mercer and Alderman of London and Isabel his wife of whose goods this worke was made and founded Anno Domi. 1488. Ralph Ioâ—celine Draper the 28. of October Maior By the diligence of this Maior the Wall about London was newe made betwixte Aldgate and Creplegate the caused Part of London vvâ—â—â— nevv builded the Moore field to be fearched for Clay the Bricke â—o be made burnt there he also caused Chalke to be brought out of Kent and in the same Moore fielde to be brent into Iohn Rouse Lyme for the furtheraunce of that worke The Maior with his company of the Drapers made all that parte betwixte Byshops gate and Athalowes Church in the same Wall And Byshops gate itselfe newe builded by the Marchauntes Almaynes Byshops gate nevv builded of the Stillyard and from Alhallowes Churche toward Mooregate a great part of the same was builded of the goods and by the executors of sir Iohn Crosseby late Alderman of London as may appeare by his armes in two places fixed Anno reg 17. 1477 The companie of Skynners made that parte of the wait betwéene Aldgate and Buryes Markes towardes Byshops gate as may appeare by their armes in thrée places fixed the other companyes of the Cittie made the other deale of the sayde Wall which was a great worke to be done in one yeare Thomas Burdet an Esquier of Arrowe in Warwikeshire Burdet for a vvord spoken beheaded sonne to sir Nicholas Burdet who was great butlar of Normandie in Henry y â— sixt dayes was beheaded for a worde spoken in this sort K. Edward in his progresse hunted in Tho. Engwarant Burdets parke at Arrow flew many of his Deare amongst the which one was a white bucke wherof Tho Burdet made great account therfore when he vnderstoode therof he wished Register of the Grey Friers the buckes head in his belly y â— moued the King to kyll it Which tale being told to the King Burdet was appreheÌ„ded accused of treason for wishing the buckes head hornes all in the Kings belly he was condemned drawne from the Towre of London to Tyburne and there beheaded then buried in the grey friers Church at London Henrie Collet Iohn Stocker the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Humfrey Heyford Goldsmith the 28. of October The. xv day of Januarie K. Edward the fourth solemnized the Matrimoniall feast of his sonne the Duke of Yorke and Lady Aâ—â—e daughter sole heire to Iohn Duke of Norfolke The. xvj day of Januarie began a Parliament at Westminster Duke of Clarence murdred Anno reg 18 where George Duke of Clarence K. Edwards brother was attainted of treason and y â— xj of March after he had offred his owne Masse penny in y â— Tower of LondoÌ„ made his end in a vessell of Maluesey after buried at Tewkesburie by his wife somtime daughter to y â— erle of Warwike which being with childe died of poyson but a little before him Margaret Dutches of Burgoygne sent to hir brother King 1478 Edward of England for aide against the Frenche King which he would in no case graunt to do but sent Ambassadors to y â— French King with leâ—ing letters requiring him to growe to â—â—â—e reasonable agréement w t the sayd Lady of Burgoygne Robert Hâ—â—ding Robert Byfield the 18. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Anno. reg 19 1479 Richard Gardiner Mercer the 28. of October This yere was a great mortalitie death of y â— pest not onâ—â—â—â— LondoÌ„ but in diuers partes of y â— Realme which begaÌ„ in the â—â—tter end â—â—â—â—pt in the yéere laâ—â— befor a passed continued all this yéere till the beginning of Noue â—â—her which was aboute xiiij monethes in the which space dyed innumerable of people in the saâ—d Citie and else where This yéere the Maior of London being in Paules knéeling in his deuotions at Saint Erkenwaldes shrine Robert Byfield one of the Sherifes vnaduisedly knéeled downe nigh vnto the Maior whereof afterward the Maior charged him to haue done more then becommed him but the Sherife answering rudely and stubbornly would not acknowledge to haue committed any offence for the which he was afterwarde by a court of Aldermen fyned at fiftie pounde to bée payde towarde the reparations of the Condites in London which was truely payde Thomas Ilam Iohn Ward the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Bartholmew Iames Draper the 28. of October This Thomas Ilam one of the Sherifs last before named newly builded the great Condite in Cheape of his owne charges This yéere King Edward began his Christmas at Waking and at fiue dayes end remoued to Greenewich where he kept out the other part of his Christmas with great Royaltie The. xxij day of Februarie were fiue notable théeues put to death for robbing the Church called S. Martins le graund Anno reg 20 1480 in London and other places thrée of them were drawne to the Towre hill hanged and brent the other two were pressed to death Thomas Daniell William Bacon the 28. of Sept. Iohn Browne Mercer the 28. of October King Edwarde required great summes of money to bée tent him the Citizens of London graunted him 5000. marks Anno. reg 21 1481 which was sessed of the. xxv wardes which 5000. markes was truely repayde againe in the next yéere following This yéere on Whitsonday King Edward the fourth created the Lord Barkeley Uicount Barkeley at Grenewiche An house on London bridge called the common siege or priuie fell down into the Thames where through it fiue persons â—ala tempo were then drowned Robert Tate William Wiking the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Richard Chawrie the first of Februarie William Harriot Draper the 28. of October This yéere King Edward with his Quéene kept a Royal Christmas at Windsor About the ende of Januarie deceassed William Wiking one of the Sherifes of London In whose place was chosen Richard Chawrie on the first of Februarie King Edwarde so greatly fauoured this Maior that he Anno
Base court in the parish of Saint Giles without Cripplegate of Baâ—bican at London London commonly called to this day the Barbicane bycause in old time y e same had bin a Burgekening or watchtower for the Citie The same day the King made twentie Knightes to Wil. Shepeshead wéete Sir Edward Mountacute Thomas Somarton Sir Isle Sir Darcy Richard Sir Damuory Sir Iohn Poultney Sir de Mere Roger Banant Roger Hilary Sir Bolingbroke Sir Butterell Sir Simon Swanland William Scotte William Basset Robert Sodington William Zoustes Sir Cogshall Roger Sangrauile Thomas de la More mine Authoure Tho. de la More and Iohn Strache In the same Parliament it was enacted that no wooll growing within the Realme of England should be transposed VVooll forbidden to be conuayed ouer the Seas out of the same but that it should be made into cloth in England and that all Fullers Weauers and Clothworkers of euery degrée being sufficiently instructed and cunning Priuiledges giuen to Clothvvorkers in their arte from what Countrey so euer they came into England should receyue and enioy certayne priuiledges yea and moreouer should liue at the Kings charges out of the Exchequer vntill they had prouided commodiouslie to liue by their art Although this Statute séemed at the beginning to be nothing profitable yet in short time the arte of clothing increased so much thereby that it was twentie times more vsed than before Also it was enacted that no man should after that time buy any cloth that was made beyond the Sea and that none should weare any Furres but such as might dispend one hundred pound by yeare Iohn Clarke William Curteis the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Poultney Draper the 28 of October After the feast of Saint Michaell a Parliament was holden Tho. de la More Anno reg 11 1337 at London and a Connocation was assembled by the Archbishop wherein the Cleargie graunted a tenth for thrée yeares and the commons a fiftenth in consideration of the Kings warres which was hote in Scotlande and also to resist the French King who made great bragges and shewed great crueltie for he outlawed slew and emprisoned all Englishmen and confiscated the goodes and Cattayles of all that were found in his Kingdome of France threatning that he would be reuenged for his friendes the Scottes Moreouer he left not so muche as one Towne or Castell in the Counties of Aquitayne or of Poyters that was not seized into his handes wherevpon King Edward sente into Brabant to take vp all the woolles whiche Merchants had brought thither and made sale thereof for readie money He also wrote Letters to the French King exhorting him that he woulde continue his olde amitie Sir Walter Many béeing the Embassadour for the King of Englande and desirous to reuenge the bloud of two Englishmen that were slayne comming a lande for freshe water in a certayne Islande called the I le of Agnes nigh vnto Flanders he caused all that hée founde in the sayde Island to be put to the sworde and tooke prisoner the Earle of Flanders brother who was Captayne of the I le Certayne of the Island men béeing fled into a Church Tho. Walsâ—â—g were brent to the number of thrée thousande with the Church and all by the Welchmen The warres bâ—eing thus as aforesayde begonne betwixte the two Kingdomes the rumour thereof came vnto the Court of Rome wherevpon the Pope sent two Cardinalles for the reformation and ordering of the peace betwixte the two Kingdomes who comming to Westminster declared before the King the cause of their comming wherevnto the King answered that although without all reason they dyd séeme to restreyne hym of right and equitie for that hée ought to succéede into the Kingdome of hys forefathers the whyche hys aduersarie Phillip de Valoys dyd denye hym expelling murthering and emprisoning hys people and taking away the Dukedome of Aquitayne and Earledome of Poyters without cause maynteyning the Scottes and other Rebelles agaynste hym yet these iniuries notwithstanding hée was contented if they coulde take order for the quiet enioying of Aquitayne and other fées belonging vnto hym whiche hys predecessoures did enioy Moreouer for the dismissing of all ayde that the French King shoulde gyue vnto the Scottes at any tyme of Rebellion for the which he offered his money and also the mariage of his eldest sonne and also to resigne all suche rites and interest that he hadde to the Kyngdome of France The Cardinalles béeyng greately comforted with this aunswere departed hoping that all warres were nowe ended They tooke with them Iohn the Archbishoppe of Canterburie Richarde Bishoppe of Durham and Geffrey Lorde Scrope who altogyther wente on message with the Kynges aunswere to the Frenche Kyng hauing full authoritie to treate and conclude à peace These béeing so reasonable offers coulde not pacifye the furious minde of the Frenche King who reposed greate trust in the Scottes hopyng by them and through theyr meanes quite to dispossesse and to disherite the King of England of all the title he had Walter Neale Nicholas Crane the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Henry Darcy the 28. of October The King caused to confiscate all the goodes of the Lonibards and also of the Monkes of the order of Cluny and Cisteaux through the whole Realme The King tooke wooll to a certaine number of Sackes Anno reg 12 at a low price in euery Countrey the number that was set vpon Staffordshire was sixe hundred sackes price nine markes the sacke of good wooll but nothing was payde First the wooll was vniuersally taken Secondly for the halfe in whose hands soeuer it were founde as well MerchaÌ„ts as other And the third time the King tooke a fiftenth of the comminalty to be payde in wooll price of euery stone contayning fourtéene pound two shillings The King appointed also all the Corne and glebe lands 1338 to serue for his warres About Saint Margarets day King Edward with Quéene Ro. Auesbery Philip his wife and a great army passed the Seas with a Nauie of 500. sayle of Shippes into Flanders and â—â— to Cullen The fourth of October fiftie Galleys well manned and South-hampton sacked and breÌ„t by the French â—irats furnished came to Southampton about nine of the clocke and sacked the Towne the Townesmen running away for feare by the breake of the next day they which fledde by helpe of the Countrey there about came againste the Pirats and fought with them in the whiche skirmish were slayne to the number of thrée hundred Pirates togither with their Captayne a yong Souldioure the King of Sicils sonne To this yong man the French King had giuen whatsoeuer he got in the Kingdome of England but he béeing beaten downe by a certayne man of the Countrey cried Rancon notwithstanding the husbandman layde him on with his clubbe till he had slayne hym speaking these words yea quoth he I know well ynough thou art a Franâ—on
he fauoured the Londoners and Baldwin Radinton was constituted in his place In the meane time throughe sute of certaine Knightes but Anno reg 16 specially of the Duke of Glocester the King is somewhat pacified and by little and little abateth the rigor of his purpose calling to minde the diuerse honors and the greate giftes he had receyued of the Londoners wherevpon he determineth to deale more mildely with them and to call them to some hope of grace and pardon he sendeth commaundement to them to come to Windsore there to shewe their pryuiledges liberties and lawes whyche being there shewed some of them were ratifyed and some condemned but they could not obtaine the Kings full fauour till they had satisfied y e King of the iniuries whiche was sayd they had done the King at thys assembly at Windsor hadde got togither almost all the Lordes and so greate in army that the Londoners had cause to be afrayde thereof aboute the whiche preparation he was at greate charges for the whiche it was sure that the Londoners muste pay They therefore not ignoraunte that the ende of these things was a money matter submitted themselues to the Kings pleasure offering ten thousand pound They were yet dismissed home to returne againe vncertaine what satisfaction and sum they shoulde pay When the Citizens were returned and that the nobles and other were gone home the King hearing that the Londoners were in hauens and dismayde he sayde to his men I wil go sayth he to London and comforte the Citizens and will not that they any longer dispayre of my fauour which sentence was no sooner knowne in the Citie but al menne were filled with incredible ioy so that euery of them generally determined to méete him and to be as liberal in gifts as they were at his coronation The king therefore as hée came from Shine in Surrey to London with Quéene Anne his wife On the xxj of August the principall Citizens rode to méete them at Wandesworth and at Sainte Gorges Churche in Southwarke they were receyued with procession of Rob. Braybroke Bishop of London and all his Cleargie of the Citie who conuayed him through London the Citizens men women and children in order méeting the King and doing him honor attended on him to Westminster As he passed the Citie the stréetes were hanged with cloth of golde siluer and silke The Conduite in Chepe ran with red white Wine and by a childe Angel-like he was presented with a very costly crowne of golde and the Quéene with another A table of the Trinitie of gold was giuen to the King valued worth eight hundred pounde and another to the quéen of Saint Anne bycause hir name was Anne with diuerse other giftes as horsses trappers plate of golde and siluer clothes of gold silke veluets Basons and Ewers of gold also golde in coyne precious stones and iewels so rich excellent and beautifull that the value and price mighte not well be estéemed and so the Citizens recouered their auntient customes and liberties and then the kings Bench from Yorke and the Chauncerie from Notingham was returned to London And it was granted to them that they might choose them a Maior as before time they had done The Londoners beléeued y ◠by these giftes they had escaped all daunger and that from thenceforth they should be quiet but they wer deceiued for they wer cōpelled to giue the K. after this 10000 pound collected of the cōmons in gret bitternesse of minde and so the troubles of y ◠Citizens came to quietnesse which trouble the Dolphin in Thamis at Christmasse laste past did happily signifie a far off W. Caxton Robert Fabian report these troubles to happen through a fray in Fleetstreete about an horsse loafe taken out of a Bakers basket by a yeoman of the Bishop of Salisburies and that the same troubles were pacified and liberties again restored by meanes of Richard Grauesend Bishop of London in rewarde wherof the Citizēs repaire to the place of burial in the midle I le of Saint Pauls Church c. but all that is vntrue for at this time Rob. Brabroke was Bishop of London and Richard Grauesēd had bin Bishop and deceased in the time of Edward the first in Anno 1303 almost 90. yeares before this time Moreouer the place of burial in Saint Paules whervnto the Maior and Citizens of London haue repayred is of William who was Bishop of London in the time of William Conqueror who purchased the first Charter of the saide king William for y e same Citie as I haue before declared Gilbert Maghfelde Thomas Newington the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir William Stoudon Grocer the. 28. of October Albeit Vere was created Erle of Oxforde in a Parliamēt at Winchester and William Scrope Uizechamberlaine the same William Scrope bought of William Mountacute Erle of Salisburie the Ile of Man with the crowne for the Lorde of this I le is called king and it is lawful for him to be crowned 1393 with a crowne of Golde sir Iohn Euers Knighte Conestable of Douer and the Kings stewarde died sodainely and T. Percy brother to the E. of Northum was made the kings steward in his place y t was before the kings vnderchamberlaine T. Beamond was made Conestable of Douer Certain Anno reg 17 théeues brake into the Chappel of our Lady at the Pewe at Westminster toke out of it many iewels muche treasure Also shortly after y e same théeues brake into y e Churche of S. Iohn of Clerkenwel The dukes of Lanc. Glocester passed ouer into France to make somewhat of y e truce or to conclude a final peace betwixt y e kingdoms but it was not so brought to passe as it was wished by reason of the Frenche Kings sicknesse In September lightnings and thunders in manye places of England did much hurte but especiallye in Cambridgeshire the same brent houses and corne neare to Tolleworke in the towne it brent terribly Drewe Barentine Richard Whittington the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Hadley Grocer the. 28. of October Such aboundaunce of water fell in October that at Bury in Suffolke the Church was ful of Water and at Newmarket it bare down wals of houses so that men and women hardly escaped drowning The same yeare Lorde T. de Ros 1394 as he returned forth of the Holy Lande in the Citie of Paphos in the I le of Cipres through intemperauncie of the ayre departed this life there In the Octaues of S. Hillerie a Parliament was holden at London in whiche a subsidie was demaunded for the King that was minded to go into Irelande wherefore the Cleargie graunted to him a full tenth if he would passe thyther and if he went not they graunted him but halfe a tenth Certaine Lordes of Scotlande came into England to get worship by force of armes The erle of Marre challenged the Earle of Notingham to iust with him and so they rode
togither certaine cources but not the ful chaleÌ„ge for the Erle of Marre was cast both horsse and man and two of his ribbes broken with the fall so that he was borne out of Smithfielde and conuayed towarde Scotlande but died by the way at Yorke Sir William Darrel Knight y e Kings BaÌ„ner bearer of Scotland challeÌ„ged sir Pierce Courtney knight the kings Banner-bearer of Englande and when they had ruÌ„ certain courses they gaue ouer without conclusioÌ„ of victory Then Cockborne Esquire of Scotland challenged sir Nicholas Hawberke Knight rode v. courses but Cockborn was borne ouer horsse and man The seauenth of June Quéene Anne dyed at Shine in Southerie and was buried at Westminster Anno reg 18 The K. toke hir death so heauily that besides cursing the place where she dyed he did also for anger throw down the buildings vnto the whiche the former Kings beyng wearyed of the Citie were wonte for pleasure to resorte About the moneth of Auguste proclamation was made that all Irishmen shoulde auoyde the realme and gette them home before the feast of the nauitie of our Lady on pain of life William Bramstone Thomas Knowles the. 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Froysh Mercer the. 28. of October King Richard went ouer into Ireland and y e Duke of Glocester with him and the Earles of March Notingham and Rutlande The Irish men being afrayde of suche preparation as was made durst not shewe themselues openly but with secrete assaultings they often troubled the Kings army yet when the Englishmen preuayled many Lords of the land submitted themselues to the King of which some the Kyng helde wyth hym leaste they shoulde attempte some new styre The King helde his Christmasse at Dublin in Irelande after that feast held a Parliament there also the same time the Lord Warden of England called a ParliameÌ„t at London to the which came being sent forth of Ireland the Duke of Glocester the which before al the states shewed the Kings néed who had now spent his treasure amongst the Irishme so that a tenth was granted by the Cleargie and a fiftéenth by the 1395 Laytie This voiage being chargeable to the King came to small effect for after Easter he was forced to returne again into England to appease certaine troubles begon by sir Rycharde Sturry sir Thomas Latimer sir Lewes Clifforde syr Iohn Montacute and other This yeare England suffered great losse by Pirates of y e Quéene of Donmarke who spoyled Marriners MerchaÌ„ts Anno reg 19 especially the men of Norffolke that assembled a multitude togither toke vppon them to fight with them but the enimies preuayling many of them were slaine and verye many taken prisoners were reserued to grieuous redemption with losse of twentie thousande poundes which they had a borde with them to make their merchandice Roger Elles William Sherington the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir William More Vintener the. 28. of October In the month of Nouember King Richard caused the body of his deare friend Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland to be brought from Louaine after to be buried in the Priorie of Colne in Essex with solemne funerals which he honored w t his presence causing the Coâ—â—en of Cipres wherin his body being embalmed lay to be opened y â— he might behold his 1â—â—6 face touch him with his fingers openly shewing the loue to the dead carkasse which he ought to it being aliue Iohn Duke of Lancaster to whom the K. had giuen the Duchie of Aquitaine when he nowe had laide forth an estimable sum Anno reg 20 of treasure in those partes to purchase the good wils of those Countreymen should haue his desire he was sodainelye called home by the K. who returning into England came to Langley where the K. held his Christmasse was receyued of the K. with honor after taking his leaue of the Courte he made hast to Lincolne where he toke to wife Katheren Swinford This yeare according to the couenaunt before made established betwixt the kings of England Fraunce the sayde Kings mette at the place by Caleis which was appointed for them to talke in wher they concluded a peace toke a corporal othe to performe the same And K. Richard toke to wyfe Isabel the little daughter of the French king being but seuen or eight yeares old In a Parliament at Westminster Robert Bolgnope Iohn Holt William Brough Knightes of the Bathe were reuoked out of Ireland and pardoned these wer men of law and Judges Thomas Wilforde William Parker the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Sir Adam Bawme Goldsmith the. 28. of October And Richard Whittington the sixth of June The tenth of Nouember the K. was marryed at Caleis w t great solemnitie shortly after returned into England The xiij of Nouember the quéene came to London through Southwarke such a multitude of people went to sée hir that vpon 1â—97 Lon. bridge nine persons were crowded to death of whom y â— Prior of Tiptor in Essex was one a worshipfull matrone of Cornehil was another After Christmasse a ParliameÌ„t was holden at Lond. in which the D. of Lancaster caused his issue which he had by Katheren Swinford to be made legitimate Also Thomas son of the D. of Lancaster the said Katheren was created E. of Somerset the D. gaue him to surname Bello Fortie or Bewfort There was graunted to the K. halfe a tenth by the Cleargie This yeare when the realme of England séemed to inioy the chiefest peace y â— might be by reason of the Kings marriage the great riches y â— were heaped vp togither by the same by the reason of y â— truce of 30. yeares established the presence of so many noble men as y â— like no forrain realme was able to shew sodainely all things were troubled and brought into a turmoyle whiles the King at Anno reg 21 Plashy in Essex vpon a sodaine toke his vncle the D. of Glo. by force of armes he suspecting no such thing caused hym to be conueyed to Caleis there to be kept in prison and caused the Earle of Warwicke to be arrested and imprisoned the same day that he had biddeÌ„ him to dinner notwithstanding that he shewed him very good countenance and had promised him great friendship beside that he deceiued the E. of Arundale w t faire words who was wel able to haue defended himself to haue deliuered his friends the D. of Glocester the E. of Warwick who notwithstanding he yéelded himself quietly he sent him to the I le of Wight there to be imprisoned vntil y â— Parliament And to y â— end there should be no coÌ„motion among y â— coÌ„mons for the imprisoning of the nobles he caused to be proclaymed y â— the apprehension of them was not for any old displeasure but for new transgressions committed against y â— k. shortly after he caused y
and she was conuicte of the sayde Articles then was it asked if she woulde saye anye thing agaynste the witnesses wherevnto she aunsweared nay but submitted hyr selfe The seauen and twentith daye of October she abiured the Articles and was adioyned to appeare again the ninth of Nouember In the meane time Thomas Southwel dyed in the Tower of London as himselfe had prophesied that hée shoulde neuer dye by Justice of the Law William Combis Richarde Riche the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Elianor CobhaÌ„ did penaunce Robert Clopton Draper the. 28. of October The ninth of Nouember Dame Elianor appeared béefore the Archbishoppe and other in the sayde Chappel and receyued hyr penaunce which she perfourmed On Monday the. xiij of Nouember she came froÌ„ Westminster by water and landed at the Temple Bridge from whence with a taper of waxe of two pounde in hir hande she went throughe Fleetestreete hoodlesse saue a kerchefe to Paules where she offered hyr Taper at the high Aulter On y e Wednesday next she landed at y e Swan in Thamis stréete then went through Bridgestreet Grace Church Streete streight to Leaden Hall and so to Christ Church by Aldegate On Fryday she landed at Queene Hiue and so went through Cheape to Saint Michels in Cornehil in fourme aforesayd at all which times the Maior Sherifes and Craftes of London receyued hir and accompanyed hir This being done she was committed to the ward of sir Thomas Stanley wherein she remayned duryng hyr life in the castel of Chester hauing yerely an hundred marks assigned for hyr finding whose pride false couetise and lecherie were cause of hir confusion The xviij of NoueÌ„ber Roger Bolingbroke with sir Iohn Hum Priest and William Woodham Esquire was arraigned in the Guild Hall of London where the sayde Iohn and William had their Charters but Roger Bolingbroke was condemned had iudgemeÌ„t of sir Iohn Hody chief Justice of the Kings Bench and the same day he was drawen froÌ„ the Tower to Tiborne there hanged and quartered when y e said Roger shold suffer he said y t he was neuer guilty of any treason against the kings person but he hadde presumed too far in his cunning whereof he cryed God mercie and the Justice that gaue on him iudgemente liued not long after Henrie Beauchampe succéeded in hys fathers inheritaÌ„ce who being kept two yeares in the Kings hands was restored to al his liuings with greate glory for he was crowned King of Wight by the kyngs owne handes and nominated chiefe Earle of England A challenge was done in Smithfield within listes before 1442 A Combat in Smithfielde the King by the Lorde Beawfe of Aragon and Iohn Ansley Esquire of the Kings house whiche Ansley hadde the fielde and at the Kings hande was made Knight and the Anno. reg 21 Lord Aragon offered his harneis at Windsor In the moneth of August was a great fray in Fleetstreete betwéene the yong Studentes of the Innes of Courte and the inhabitauntes of the same stréete whiche Fray began in the night and so continued the assaultes and bickeryngs till the next day in whiche season muche people of the Cytie was thyther gathered and diuerse men on both partes slaine and many hurte but lastly by the presence of the Maior and Sherifes this Fray was appeased of whiche was chiefe occasioner one of Cliffords Inne named Herbotel Thomas Beaumount Richard Norden the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Iohn Athirle Ironmonger the. 28. of October Iohn Beaufort Earle of Somerset was made Duke of Somerset and Lord Talbot Earle of Shrewesburie The stéeple of Waltham Holy Crosse in Essex was brente with lightning on Candlemasse day The Citizens of Norwiche rose against the Priour of 1443 Christes Churche wythin the same Citie and would haue fiered the priorie they kept the towne by strength againste the Duke of Norffolke and all his power wherefore the Kyng sente thyther the chiefe Judge Iohn Fortescue wyth the Earles of Stafforde and of Huntington who indicted many Citizens and the Priour also The Liberties of the Citie were seysed into the Kings hand and Sir Iohn Clifton made Captaine there and manye of the Citizens fledde ouer the seas c. Anno reg 22. Sherifes Maior Nicholas Wilforde Iohn Norman the. 28. of September Thomas Catworth Grocer the. 28. of October Iohn Earle of Huntington at Windsore was made Duke of Excester Iohn Beauforde Duke of Somerset deceased and was buryed at Wimborne The Earle of Stafforde was created Duke of Buckingham Henrie Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke Duke of Warwicke 1444 Cro. of â—ewx vnto whom the King gaue the Castell of Bristowe with all the appurtenances which King Iohn had kept in his haÌ„ds he gaue vnto him also the Isles of Garnsey and Iarnsey The Earle of Dorset was made Marques of Dorset and the Earle of Suffolke Marques of Suffolke King Henrie sent into Fraunce Ambassadours William de la Pole Marques of Suffolke Adam Molens Bishoppe of Chichester and kéeper of the priuie seale sir Roberte Roos and other to treat of a marriage betwéene King Henrie and Margaret the kings daughter of Scicil which was concluded in the Citie of Towres in Touraine Anno reg 13 Sherifes Maior Stephen Poster Hugh Wich the. 28. of September Henrie Frowike Mercer the 28. of October In the moneth of Nouember William de la Pole Marques of Suffolke with other went againe into Fraunce for to conduct the sayd Lady Margaret into England On Candlemasse euen in diuerse places of England was heard terrible thunders wyth lightning wherby the church of Baldoke in Hertfordshire the Churche of Walden in Essex diuerse other were sore shaken And the stéeple of Saint Pauls in London about two of the clocke in the after noone was set on fire in the middest of the shaft but by the labour of many well desposed people the same was quenched and no man perished The stéeple of Kingstone was likewise fiered by the same lightnings Ladie Margaret landing at Portchester went from thence 1445 by water to Hampton rested there in a place called Gods house from thence she went to the Abbay of Tychfielde and Quene Margaret crovvned was there wedded to King Henry y e xxij of April She was receyued at the Blackeheath by the Citizens of London ryding on horsebacke in blewe gownes with brodered sleues and red hoods the 28. of May and on the 30. of May she was crowned at Westminster hir badge was the Daysie With the fall of Kingstone steple one man was slaine Kingston steple fell An reg 24. Sherifes Maior Leaden hall in Lon. builded and many sore hurt Iohn Darby Godfrey Filding the 28. of September Simon Eyre draper the 28. of October This Simon Eyre builded the Leaden hall in London to be a store house for graine and fewell for the poore of the Citie also a beawtifull Chappel in the East end of y e same ouer the gate whereof he
wherevnto we haue euer bene and will be as true as any of his subiectes aliue wherof we call God our Lady S. Marie and all the Saintes in heauen vnto witnesse and record In the meane time the Earle of Wilshire treasurer of England The Earle of VVilshire and other spoyled Nevvbery the Lorde Scales and the Lorde Hungerforde went to Newberie whiche longed to the Duke of Yorke and there made inquisition of all them that in any wise had fauoured the sayde Duke whereof some were founde guiltie and were drawen hanged and quartered and all the inhabitauntes of the Towne were spoyled of their goods From thence the Earle of Wilshire went to Southampton where vnder The Earle of VVilshire stale ouer the Seas colour to take the Earle of Warwicke he armed fiue gret Caraks of Iene with souldioures taking victuals of the Kings price without payment and put a great part of hys treasure into the sayde Caraks and after sayled about in the sea and at laste stale into Dutchlande sending backe againe hys souldiours into Englande Then were the Kings Priuie seales for money priuie seales directed to all Bishops Abbots Priours and other states to lende the Kyng money therewith to wage souldiours to kéepe the Sea coasts but the commons of KeÌ„t dreading the like vengeance to be taken vpon them as was done vpon them of Newberie sent priuily messangers to Caleis The men of Kent sent to Galeis for the Earles to the foresayde Earles beséeching them in all haste possible to come to theyr succour whervpon the said Erles sent ouer into Kent the lord Fawconbridge to know if their déedes woulde accorde with theyr wordes and anone the people of Kent and other shires adioyning resorted to the sayde Lorde Fawconbridge in greate number When the Earles knewe the wylling heartes of those people they prepared to come into thys lande againste whose comming a long Ballet was fixed vpoÌ„ the gates of Canterburie made in fauour of the Duke of Yorke and the sayde Earles beginning thus In the daye of fast and spirituall affliction The celestiall influence of bodies transitorie c The Erles of March Warwick and Salisburie arriued at Sandwich where met wyth them Thomas Bourcher Archebyshop of Canterburie The Earle entred into London who with hys crosse borne before him and a greate number of other people accompanyed them to London into the whiche Citie they entred on the seconde of Julye wyth them came the Popes legate to treate of peace if néed wer Thâ—n was a conuocation of the Clergie holden in S. Paules Church where the sayde Earles being present the Earle of Warwicke recited the cause of their comming into the lande with the misgouernements thereof and then made open othe vpon the crosse of Canterburie that they had euer borne true faith and alegiaunce to King Henry Then the Earles of March and Warwicke with the Lords Fauconbridge Clinton Borser Priour of Saint Iohns Audley Burgavennie Say and Scrope the Archbyshop the Popes legate the Bishops of Excester Ely Salisburie and Rochester addressed theÌ„ forth to the King at Northampton leauing the Earle of Salisbury to be gouernour of the Citie in their absence The Lorde Scales and Hungerforde that before the comming of the Earles were in the Citie of London and would haue had the gouernance thereof went to the Towre of London and with them the Lordes Vessy Louel Delaware Kendale a Gascoigne Knightes sir Edmond Hampden Thomas Brune Sherife of Kent Iohn Bruyn of Kent Geruayes Clyfton treasurer of the King house Thomas Tyrel the Dutchesse of Excestex many other Then was the Tower of London besieged both by water and lande that no victualles might come to them And they that were within the Towre cast wilde fire into the Citie and shotte manye small Gunnes whereby they brent and slew meÌ„ women and children in the stréets also they of the Citie layde greate Gunnes on the furtherside of the Thamis against the Tower and brake the Wals in diuerse places The King lying in the Friers at NorthaÌ„pton ordayned a strong and myghtie fielde in the Meddowes beside the Nunrie hauing the riuer at his backe The Earles with their power comming to Northampton sent certaine Byshops to the King beséeching him to admit y â— Erle of Warwicke to come to his presence to declare their innocencie which request being denyed by the Duke of Buckingham the Earles sent an Heralde of Armes desiring to haue hostages for his safe comming and going but he might not be heard The thirde time the Erle of Warwicke sent worde to the King that at two houres after noone he would speake with him or dye in y â— field The Bishop of Hereford a white Frier the kings Confessour incouraged the kings parte to fight wherfore after the battayle he was committed to the Castelf of Warwicke where he was long prisoner The teÌ„th of July at two of y â— clocke after nooâ—re y â— Earles of March Warwicke let cry through the field y â— no man should lay hand vpon the King â—e on y â— coÌ„mon people but on the Lordes Knights Espuiers then both hosts incountred foughte halfe an houre the Lord Grey that was the Kings vaward breake the fielde and came to the Earles partie and was a great helpe to them in obtayning the victorie many on the kings side were flayn many y â— fled were drowned in y e riuer y â— Duke of Buckingham the Erle of Shrowesburie y e Lorde Beaumont the Lord Egremont were slain by y â— Kings â—eÌ„t w t many Knights Esquires y e kings ordinaunce of Guns might not be shot there was so gret rayne that day When the field was done the Earles had the victorie they came to the King he being in his tent said in this wise Most noble prince displease you not though it haue pleased God of his grace to grant vs the victorie of our mortal enemies y â— which by their venemous malice haue vntxuely stirred moued your highnesse to exile vs out of your land woulde haue vs put to finall shame and confusion we come not to y â— intent for to vnquiet ne grieue your sayde highnesse but for to please your noble person desiring tenderly the high welfare prosperitie therof of al your realme and to be your true liegemen while our liues shall endure The King of these words was greatlye recomforted anone was led to Northampton with procession where he rested thrée dayes came to London the sixtéenth of July and was lodged in the Byshops Pallaice The nintéenth of Julye they that were in the Tower of London for lacke of victualles yéelded and came forth of the which afterward some were drawn and headed The Lorde Scales late in an euening entred a Wherry with thrée persons and rowing towarde Westminster there to haue taken Sanctuarie was descried by a woman and anone the Wherry men fel on him killed him
and temporal from thence weÌ„t to the Tower of London by land ouer London bridge his nobles riding after the guise of FraÌ„ce vpon small Hackneys two and two vppon a Horsse and at London Bridge ende the Maior of London with his brethren and the Craftes met and receyued the King and the King procéeded to Grace Church corner and so to the Tower On the morrowe being the feast daye of Simon and Iude King Henrie created Thomas Lord Stanley Earle of Darby Edwarde Courtney Earle of Deuonshire and Iasper Earle of Penbroke was created Duke of Bedforde all at one time in the Tower of London On the thirtith of October King Henrie was Crowned at Westminster and ordayned a number of chosen Archers being strong and hardie persons to giue dayly attendaunce on his Parson whome he named Yeomen of the Guarde The seauenth of Nouember beganne a Parliamente at Westmiâ—ster for the establishing of all things in the whiche he caused to be proclaimed that al men were pardoned of al offences and shoulde be restored to their landes and goods which would submit themselues to his clemency After this he began to remember his especial friendes of whom some he aduannced to honor and dignitie and some he enriched with possessions and goods and to beginne the Lord Chandew of Brytaine he made Earle of Bath sir Gyles Dawbeney was made Lord Dawbeny sir Robert Willoughby Lorde Broke and Edward Stafford eldest sonne to Henrie late D. of Buckingham he restored to his dignitie and possessions The Parliament being dissolued the King redéemed the Marques Dorset and sir Iohn Bourcher whom he had left as pledges at Paris for mony there before borrowed And sent also into Flaunders for Iohn Morton Byshop of Ely The eightéenth daye of Ianuarie King Henrie married the Lady Elizabeth eldest daughter to Edward the fourth by whiche meanes the two families of Yorke and Lancaster which had long bene at great diuision were vnited made one King Henrie sente the Lorde Treasurer with Maister Bray and other vnto the Lorde Maior of London requiring 1486 Loane to the King hym and the Citizens of a Preste of 6000. markes wherefore the Maior with hys brethren and Commons graunted a prest of two thousand pound which was leuied of the coÌ„panies and not of the wards which prest was repayred againe in the yeare next following Anno. reg 2. Wheate was sold for iij. shillings the Bushell and Bay salt at the like price In the moneth of September Quéene Elizabeth was deliuered of hir first son named Arthur at Winchester Iohn Perciuall Hugh Clopton the 28. of Septemb. Sir Henry Collet Mercer the 28. of Octob. The beautifull Crosse in Cheape was newe builded towarde the building whereof Thomas Fisher Mercer gaue 600. markes Sir Richarde Simon a wily Priest came to Geralde erle of Kildare and Deputie of Irelande and presented to hym a lad his Scholler named Lambert whom he fained to be y e sonne of George duke of Clarence lately escaped the Tower of London And the childe hadde learned of the Prieste such Princely behauiour that he lightly moued the Earle and manye Nobles of Irelande tendering the bloude royall of Rycharde Plantagenet and George his sonne as also maligning the aduancement of the house of Lancaster in Henry the seauenth eyther to thinke or make the world wéene they thought verily this childe to be Edward Earle of Warwicke the Duke of Clarence lawfull sonne And althoughe King Henrie more thaÌ„ halfe marred their sport in shewing the right Earle thorowe all the streates of London yet the Lady Margaret Dutches of Burgoigne sister to Edwarde the fourth Iohn de la Poole hir nephewe the Lorde Louell sir Thomas Broughton Knight and other Capitaines of thys conspiracy deuised to abuse the colour of this yong Earles name for preferring their purpose which if it came to good they agréed to depose Lambert and to erecte the verye Erle in déede nowe prisoner in the Tower for whose quarrell had they pretended to fight they déemed it likely he should haue béene made awaye wherfore it was blazed in Ireland that the Kyng to mocke his subiects had schooled a boye to take vpon him the Earle of Warwickes name and had shewed hym aboute in London to blind the eies of simple folke and to defeate the lawfull inheritor of the Duke of Clarence theyr Countreyman and Protectour during hys lyfe to whose lynage they also diuided a tytle of the Crowne In al y e hast they assemble at Diueline and there in Christes Church they crowned this Idoll honouring him with tytles emperiall feasting and triumphing rearing mighty showtes and cries carying him thence to the Kings Castel vppon tall mens shoulders that he might be séene and noted as he was surely an honourable boy to looke vppon In thys meane tyme the Earle of Lincolne and the lord Edward Hall Louell hadde gotten by the ayde of the sayde Margaret aboute 2000. Almaines with Martin Swart a Germaine and in martiall actes verye experte to be their Capitaine and so sayling into Ireland and at the Citie of Diuelin caused yong Lambert to bée proclaymed King of Englande and so with a greate multitude of Irishemen of whome Thomas Gerardine was Capitaine they sailed into Englande wyth the newe king and landed at Fowdrey within a little of Lancaster trusting there to be ayded with money by sir Thomas Broughton one of the chiefest of thys conspiracy Kyng Henrie not sléepyng in his matters when he had gathered hys host togither ouer the whych the Duke of Bedforde and the Earle of Oxforde were chiefe Capitaines he went to Couentrie where he being certified that the Erle of Lincolne was landed at Lancaster with his newe King he remoued to Notingham to whom shortly after came George Talbot Earle of Shrewsburie the Lorde Straunge sir Iohn Cheyney with manye other In this space the Earle of Lincolne beyng entred into Yorkeshire directed his way to Newarke vppon Trent and at a little village called Stoke thrée or four miles from Newark nighe to the King and his armye planted his Campe. The nexte daye following the king diuided hys number into thrée battailes and after approched nighe the town of Stoke where bothe the armies ioyned and foughte egrelye on bothe partes but at the length the Kyngs forewarde sette vppon the aduersaries wyth suche a violence that they slewe manye and putte the reste to flighte For there their chiefe Capitaines the Earle of Lincolne and the Lord Louel sâ—r Thomas Broughton Martin Swart and the lord Grardin or after Champion Morise Fitz Thomas Captaine of the Irishemen were flaine and other aboue foure thousande This battaile was fought on the sixtéenth of June Lambert and the priest wer both taken to the no small griefe of Margaret Dutchesse of Burgoine Anno. reg 3 Sherifes Maior Iohn Fenkell William Remington the 28. of Septem Sir William Horne Salter the 28. of October The xxv of Nouember Quéen Elizabeth was Crowned at Westminster In the
his traine came to the Kings Campe the thirtéenth of August and there was receyued wyth greate magnificence The thrée and twentith of August the towne of Turwine Turvvine yeelded to K. Henry was giuen ouer vnto the Kyng of England wyth condition that all men in the Towne mighte safely passe wyth horsse and harnesse and so on the foure and twentith of Auguste there came oute of the towne foure thouâ—and men of warre and moewell appointed whereof sixe hundred were well horsed theyr standardes borne before them The sixe and twentith of August the King remoued to Singate and there it was agréed that the walles gates bulwarkes and towers of Turwine shoulde be defaced razed and caste downe of whyche conclusion the Emperoure Turvviue raced and brent sent word to Saint Omers and to Aire whych being ioyous of that tydings sente thither Pioners and so they and the Englishe Pioners brake down the wals gates and towers and filled the ditch and fiered the towne except the Cathedrall Churche and the Palaice and all the ordinaunce was by the King sente to Aire to be kept to his vse After this it was concluded that the King in person shoulde laye hys siege to the Citie of Turney wherefore hée sente forwarde thrée goodly battayles the firste was conducted by the Earle of Shrewsburie the seconde battell led the King hymselfe wyth whome was the Emperour The rerewarde was conducted by the Lorde Harbert and so the firste nyghte they laye in campe beside Aire The fourtéenth of September the King and hys armye came to Beatwin and on the morrowe passed forwarde and came to a straite where was a Forde whiche with greate difficultie they passed and the next day they passed a bridge called Fount Anandiew c. The one and twentith daye of September the Kyng remoued hys Campe towarde Tourney and lodged wythin thrée myles of the Citie the whyche nighte came to hym the Emperour and the Palsgraue the people about King Henry beâ—ieged Turney Tourney were with theyr gòodes fledde to the Citie and yet the Citie hadde no menne of warre to defende it but wyth multitude of Inhabitantes the Citie was well replenished The Kyng came in aray of battell before Tourney planted his ordinaunce rounde abonte the Citie dyuers frenches were caste and rampiers made so that no Citizens coulde issue oute nor no ayde come to them Wherevpon at length to wéete on the nyne and twentith of September the Citie was yéelded Then the King appointed the Lorde â—isle the Lorde Burgeyny and the Lorde Willoughby to take possession whyche wyth sixe thousande menne entered the Citie and tooke the market place and the walles and then Mayster Thomas Wolsey the Kings Almoner called before him all the Citizens and sware them to the Kyng of Englande the number of whiche Citizens were four score thousande On the seconde daye of October the King entred the citie of Turney and there ordayned sir Edwarde Poynings Knight of the order of the Garter to be hys Lieuetenaunt wyth Captaines horsemen archers and artillerie conuenient hée made hys Almoner Thomas Wolsey Byshoppe of Tourney and then returned to Callaice and sayled Thomas VVoolsey Bishop of Turney from thence to Douer on the foure and twentyth of October In this meane tyme Iames King of Scottes notwithstanding he was sworne to kéepe the peace inuaded this lande with a mightye armye but by the good dilligence of the Quéene with the pollicie and manhoode of the Earle of Surrey the Kings Lieuetenannt he himselfe was slaine at Bramstone vpon Piperd hill with thrée Byshoppes two Abbots twelue Earles seuentéene Lords besides Knights and Gentlemen and seauentéene thousande Scottes and all the ordinaunces and stuffe taken the ninth of September there were slaine of the Englishe men aboute fiue thousande The dead body of the King of Scottes was broughte vp to London and so conueyed to Sheene where I haue séene the same lapped in Lead lye in an olde house vnburyed Iohn Dawes Iohn Bridges the 28. of September Sherifes Roger Bafford William Browne Mercer the 28. of October Iohn Tate Maior Mercer On Candlemasse daye the Kyng made Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey Duke of Norffolke Thomas Lorde Howard Earle of Surrey Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke Charles Somerset Earle of Worcester at Lambeth in the Archbishop of Canterburies palace and not long after he maoe sir Edward Stanley Lorde Mountegle In March folowing Thomas Wolsey the Kings Almoner 1514 T. VVolsey B. of Lincolne Anno reg 6 Hedges plucked vp ditches filled and Bishoppe of Tourney was consecrate Byshoppe of Lincolne as successour to William Smith late deceassed All the hedges wythin one myle and more euery waye aboute London were pulled downe and the ditches fylled vp in a morning by a number of yong men Citizens of London bycause those enclosures hadde bin hinderaunce to their shooting The ninetinth of May was receyued into London a Cap of Maintenance and a sworde sente from Pope Iulie the seconde which was presented to the King on the Sonday nexte with greate solempnitie in Saint Paules Churche The seauenth daye of August a peace was proclaimed betwixte the Kings of England and of Fraunce duryng theyr lyues In October a marriage was made betwéene Lewis the twelfth King of Fraunce and Ladye Mary the Kyngs sister of England Iames Yarford Iohn Mundy the 28. of September Sherifes Maior George Monox Draper the 28. of October This George Monox Mayor of London of his godly disposition reedified the decayed stéeple of the parishe Churche of Waltham Stowe in the Countie of Essex adding thereunto a side I le with a Chappel where he lyeth buryed And on the North side of the Churchyarde there he founded a fayre large Almose house for an Almose Prieste or Schoolemaywomenster and thirtéene poore almes folke eight men and fiue women appointing to the sayde almes Priest or Schoolemayster for his yearely wages 6. l. 13. sÌ„ 4. d. and to euerye one of y e almes folke 7. d. a wéeke 5 l. to be bestowed yéerely 1515 among them in coles And ordeyned that the sayd almes Priest should on Sondayes and festiuall dayes be helping assistant to the Uicar or Curate there in the celebration of Anno reg 7. diuine seruice and on the wéeke dayes fréelie to apply and teache yong children of the saide parishe to the number of Free Schoole at VValtham Stovv thirtie in a Schoolehouse by him there builded for that purpose Moreouer he gaue to the parish Clearke there for the time being a yearly stipend of 26. sÌ„ 8. d. for euer a Chamber by the sayde Almes house to the intent he should helpe the sayd Schoolemayster to teach the said children And hath giuen faire lands and tenements in the Citie of London for the perpetual maintenance of the premisses to Gods glory foreuer He also for the great commoditie of trauellers on â—â—â—e made a continuall cawsey of Timber ouer the marâ—â—â—s from
ought to the King of Englande for their liberties and franchises It was further agréede that the yong Dolphin sonne and heyre to the French King shoulde marry wyth the Ladye Mary King Henries daughter of Englande if they bothe so lyked eche other when they came to age And then the Earle of Worcester with the Bishoppe of Ely and other were sente into Fraunce to make delyuery of the saide Citie of Tourney whyche was done on the tenth of February Iohn Allen Iames Spencer the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Thomas Mirfin Skinner the 28. of October The sixetéenth of Marche landed at Calleis sir Nicholas Vaux sir Edwarde Belknape sir William Sandes Knightes of the Garter Commissioners to ouer sée the making of a Pallaice before the Castell of Guisnes wherefore there was sente the Kings Mayster Mason Maister Carpenter and thrée hundred Masons and fiue hundred Carpenters one hundred Joyners many Paynters Glaziers Tylours Smiths and other Artificers both out of England and Flaunders to the number in all of two thousande and more The saide Pallaice was begunne the ninetéenth of Marche for the whyche tymber was boughte in Holand whyche tymber was so long that the same was bounden togyther and brought to Calleis wythout any shippe for no shippe myghte receiue it the other tymber and boorde was conueyed out of 1519 Englande And thus was there builded the goodlyest Pallaice of tymber that euer was wroughte and so curiously garnished wythin and wythout Then was prouision made in Englande and in Flaunders for victuall wine and all other thynges necessarie for the furniture of feasting and banqueting Then came into Englande Orleaunce Kyng of Armes in France made Proclamation at the Courte that the Kyng of England and the Frenche Kyng in campe betwéene Arde and Guisnes with eightéene aydes in June nexte ensuing should abide al commers being Gentlemen at the tylt tourney and at barriers And the like Proclamation was made in the Courte â—f Fraunce by Clarencius Kyng of Armes of Englande also in the Courte of Burgoigne in Almaine and Italie For the furnishing of those Justes there was deuised a tylt and all thyngs necessarie for that enterprice in a goodlye plaine betwéene Guisnes and Arde. Kyng Henrie being informed that his realme of Ireland was oute of order discharged the Earle of Kyldare of his office of Deputye and therevnto was appoynted the Earle of Surrey Thomas Howard Lorde Admirall wherefore the saide Earle in the beginning of April tooke leaue of the Kyng and the Duke of Norffolke his father and passed into Anno reg 11. Irelande with diuers Gentlemen or that hadde béene of the garrison of Tourney and hadde with hym one hundred Yeomen of the Kings Guarde and other to the number of one thousand men and there he continued two yeres and more in whiche space he had manye battels and skirmishes with the wilde Irishe Iohn Wilkinson Nicholas Partridge the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1520 Anno reg 12. Sir Iames Yarforde Mercer the 28. of October As King Henrie was at Canterburie with the Quéene in readinesse to haue passed the Sea he heard of the Emperor Charles his comming who arriued at Hith in Kent but landed at Douer on the sixe and twentith of May where he was mette by the Lorde Cardinall Wolsey who conducted him from the shoare of Douer to the Castel there where he was lodged On the nexte morning King Henrie came riding from Canterburie to the Castel of Douer where he saluted the Emperour And on Whitsonday earely in the morning these two noble Princes tooke their horses and rode to the Citie of Caunterburie not onelye to solempnise the feast of Pentecoste but also to sée the Quéene his aunte The noble personages of the realme of Englande and the Quéene with hir traine of Ladyes receyued and welcomed the Emperour to Caunterburie where he remayned tyll the Thursday nexte following whyche was the laste of Maye then he tooke hys leaue of the King and of all the Ladyes and so rode to Sandwich where he tooke hys Ships and sayled into Flaunders And the same daye the Kyng made sayle from the Porte of Douer and landed at Caleis aboute eleauen of the clocke and wyth him the Quéene and Ladyes and manye Nobles of the Realme The number of persons on the King and Quéenes side were 4334. and of horses 1637. besides the persons on the Frenche Quéenes and Duke of Suffolke hir husbandes and of the Cardinalles On the fourth of June the King wyth all hys Nobles as well the Quéene with hir traine of Ladies as other with the whole number of Nobles remoued froÌ„ Calleis to Guisnes into the moste noble and royall lodging before séene for it was a Pallaice made quadrant and euerye quadrant was 328. foote long whyche was in compasse 1312. foote aboute The seauenth of June the Kings of England and Fraunce met at the campe betwéene Guisnes and Arde wyth bothe their Swordes drawne and borne before them The tenth of June the King of Englande dyned with the Frenche Quéene in the towne of Arde and the Frenche Kyng dyned the same day wyth the Quéene of England in the new Pallaice made before the Castel of Guisnes which house was the moste sumptuous and costlye of Riches that hath béenâ— séene And after thys these two Kings mette euery daye after at Campe wyth diuers Lords and there iusted and turneyed fourtéene dayes and the two Quéenes met at Guisnes and at Arde dyuers tymes The foure and twentith of June these two Kings and Quéens with their retinues met at Camp where the Justs were kept there they banqueted dauÌ„ced with maskings and disguisings that the like had not bin lightly séene almost all the night following and then tooke their leaue and departed and on the xxv of June the King of England and the Quéene and all the Court remoued from Guisnes to the Towne of Caleis where they rested On the tenth of July the King with a goodly company rode to the Towne of Grauelin in Flanders and there mette with Charles the Emperour and on the next morrow the Emperour and the Lady Margaret the Emperours Aunt Duchesse of Sauoy with many other great Estates came with the King of England to the Towne of Caleis whereby all the Lords and states of England were displaced of their lodgings and for solace against their comming was builded Banqueting house in the Tovvne of Caleis Richard Turpin a Banqueting house eyght hundred foote compasse like a Theatre after a goodly deuise builded in such manner as I thinke was neuer séene with sixtéene principals made of great Mastes betwixt euery Mast four and twentie foote and all the outsides closed with boorde and canuas Ouer it and within round about by the sides were made thrée Scaffolds or loftes one aboue another for men and women to stand vpon and in the midst of the same Banqueting house was set vp a great piller of Timber made of eyght great
and returned The Duke of Albany in Scotland began to enter this land Iohn Skelton with a great Armie but hearing that the Earle of Shrewsburie was comming he tooke a truce for sixe monethes Iohn Rudstone Iohn Champneis the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Mundy Goldsmith the 28. of October Iohn Champneis was Secretarie of the Counter The Lord Rosse and Lord Dacres of the North burned the Towne of Kelsey in Scotland with fourscore Uillages and ouerthrew eyghtéene Towers of stone The Emperour Charles King Henry and Ferdinando Duke of Austrige the Pope the Citie of Venice and diuers other in Italy were confederate against the Frenchmen The Turkes beséeged the Isle of Rhodes and on Christmas The Turkes tooke the Rhodes day tooke it to the great shame and rebuke of all Christendome The twentith of Februarie the Lady Alice Hungerford Register of the grey friers Lady Hungerford hanged a Knightes wife for murthering hir husband was ledde from the Tower of London to Holburne and there put in a Cart with one of hir seruants and so caried to Tiburne and both hanged she was buryed in y e grey Friers Church at London The Earle of Surrey burned xxxvtj Uillages in Scotland dispoyled the Countrey from y e East marches to the West and ouerthrew diuers holdes Sir Henry Marney was created Baron Marney at Richmond The fiftenth of Aprill began a Parliament at the Blacke 1523 Friers in London and on the nine and twentith of Aprill the Cardinall with diuers Lords spirituall and temporal Parliament at the blackâ—friers anno reg 15. A great subsidy declared in the common house that for diuers causes the King required a Subsidie of 800000. pound to be reysed on goodes and Lands foure shillings of euery pound against the which demand many obiections wer made by the commons one was that the King had already by way of loane two shillings of the pound which was 400000. pound and now to demaund four shillings the pouud it should amount in the whole to 1200000. pound and the third part There vvas not then 10000. parishes in England as I haue prooued by search of Records of euery mans goodes whiche in coyne coulde not be had within the Realme c. Among other arguments for the King it was sayde that there were in England more than 40000. parishes and if euery parish should pay suche a summe as was there named it could be no great matter But it was by the Commons answered and proued that there was not in England thirtéene thousand parishes After long debating the Commons granted two shillings of the pound of euery mans goodes and lands that were worth twentie pound or might dispend twentie pound by yeare and so vpward and from fortie shillings to twentie pound twelue pence of the pound and vnder fortie shillings of euery head sixtéene yeares and vpward four pence to be paid in two yeares This Parliament the xxj of May was adiourned to Westminster among the blacke Monkes and ended in the Kings Palace at Westminster the fourtéenth of August at nine of the clocke in the night Christerne King of Denmarke and his Quéene arriuing The K. and Qu. of Denmarke arriued in England at the Downes besides Douer the xv of June came to London on the xxij of June and were lodged in the Bishop of Bathes place The fifth of July they returned agayne to Caleis The Duke of Suffolke with many other Lords Knights were sent into France with an army of 10000. men who passing y e water of Some without battayle tooke diuers townes and Castels destroying the Countrey before them Michaell English Nicholas Iennings the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes George Monex was chosen Maior but would not take Maior elected it vpon him wherefore he was condemned in a thousande Marke for a fine in discharge whereof he gaue vnto the Citie a water Mill by the Horse Downe in Southwarke to grind the corne for the Bridgehouse Sir Thomas Baldrie Mercer the 28. of October Maior This yeare the Kippiers of Rye and other places solde their fresh fish in Leaden hall Market at London In December at the Citie of Couentry Francis Philip Conspiracy aâ— Couentrie Schoole mayster to the Kings Henxmen Christopher Pickering Clearke of the Kings Larder and Anthony Manuile Gentleman intended to haue taken the Kings treasure of his Subsedie as the Collectors of the same came toward London therewith to haue reysed men and to haue taken the Castell of Killingworth and then to haue made battayle agaynste the King for the whiche they were drawn hanged and quartred at Tiburne the eleuenth of Februarie the other of their conspiracie were executed at Couentry The Earle of Surrey brent Iedworth in Scotlande and 1524 tooke diuers holdes The Duke of Albany beséeged the Castell of Warke and had in a readinesse a great Armie to inuade Anno reg 1â— England but when he heard the Earle of Surrey was comming he fledde into Scotland The fiue and twentith of May deceassed Sir Thomas Louell Knight of the Garter at Endfield and the same moneth deceassed Thomas Lord Howard Duke of Norffolke The souldiers of Guisnes tooke a great bootie at a faire in the Towne of Morguison and Sir Robert Iernegan wyth certayne dimilances of Caleis tooke diuers French prisoners The first of September Doctour Hanyball Mayster of A golden Rose sent froÌ„ Rome E. Hall the Rolles was receyued into London as Embassadour from Clement the seauenth Pope whiche brought with him a Rose of Gold for a token to the King which was presented to him at Windsore This Trée was forged of fine Golde and wrought with branches leaues and flowers resembling Roses set in a potte of Golde which potte had thrée féete of Aâ—tike fashion of measure halfe a pinte In the vppermost Rose was a faire Saphire leape pearced the bignesse of an Acorne The Trée was of height halfe an English yard and in breadth a foote Ralph Dodmer William Roche the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir William Bayly Draper the 28. of October It chanced in the yeare passed a grudge to breake out betwéene the French King and the Duke of Burbon in so much that the Duke for the safegard of his life fledde out of the French Kings Dominions whereof the Cardinall Wolsey hauing intelligence comprised in his head that if the King our soueraigne Lord could obteyne him to be his Generall in the warre against the French King and considering further that the Duke of Burbon was fledde vnto the Emperour to inuite him to a like purpose wherefore he hauing this imagination in his head thought it good to moue A policie of Cardinall VVolsey that in the end turned against himselfe the King in the matter and after the King was once aduertised héereof and conceyuing the Cardinals inuention at last it came to a consultation among the Counsell so that it was concluded that an Embassade
â—ll the Londoners parte of the Gard and more than thrée â—artes of the retinue wente to the Campe of the Kentishmen where they still remayned At this discomfiture the Duke lost eyght péeces of brasse with all other munition and Ordinance and himselfe with few other hardly escaped The last of January Wyat and his company came to Dertforde and the next day they came full and whole to Greenewich and Depeford where they remayned Thurseday Fryday and the foorenone of Satterday On the Fryday which was Candlemas day the most parte of the housholders of London with the Maior and Aldermen were in harnesse yea this day and other dayes the Justices Sergeants at the Lawe and other Lawyers pleaded in harnesse In this meane time Henry Duke of Suffolke Father to the Lady Iane fléeing into Leycestershire and Warwikeshire with a small companye in diuers places as he went made Proclamation agaynst the Quéenes marriage with the Prince of Spayne c. but the people enclined not to him The first of February Proclamation was made at London that the Duke of Suffolke was discomfited and fled with his two bréethren And also that Sir Peter Carow with his vnckle Sir Gawyn Carow and Gibbes were fledde into France and further that the Quéene did pardon the whole Camp of the Kentishmen except Wyat Harpar Rudstone and Iseley and that who soeuer could take Sir Thomas Wyat except the sayde foure persons should haue an hundred pound Lands to hym and his heires for euer The same day in the afternoone being Candlemas euen the commons of the Citie assembled in their Liueries at the Guild hall whether the Quéene with hir Lords and Ladyes came Queene Mary came to the Guild hall in London riding from Westminster and there after vehement wordes against Wyat declared that she meant not otherwise to marrie than the Counsell should thinke both honourable and commodious to the Realme and that she could continue vnmaryed as she had done the greatest part of hir age and therefore willed them truly to assist hir in repressing such as contrarie to their duties rebelled When she had done vnderstanding that many in London did fauour Wyats part she appoynted Lord William Howard Lieutenant of Lord VVilliam Hovvard Lieutenant of the Citie the Citie and the Earle of Pembroke General of the Field which both prepared all thyngs necessarie for theyr purpose In the meane season to wéete the third day of February VVyat came into Southvvarke about thrée of the clocke in the after noone Sir Thomas Wyat and the Kentishmen marched forwarde from Depeford towards London with fiue Ancients béeing by estimation about two thousand which their comming so soone as it was perceyued there was shot off out of the white Tower sixe or eyght shotte but missed them sometime shooting ouer and sometime short After knowledge thereof once had in London forth with the Draw Bridge was cut downe and the Bridge Gates shutte The Maior and Sheriffes harnessed commanded each man to shutte in their shoppes and windowes and to be ready harnessed at their dores what chance soeuer might happen By this time was Wyat entred into Kentstreete and so by Saint Georges Churche into Southwarke Himselfe and part of hys company came in good aray downe Barmondsey streete and they were suffered peaceably to enter Southwarke without repulse or anye stroke stricken eyther by the inhabitants or of any other yet was there many men of the Countrey in the Innes reysed and brought thither by the Lorde William and other to haue gone against the sayd Wyat but they all ioyned themselues to the Kentishmen and the inhabitantes with their best enterteyned them Immediatly vpon the sayde Wyats comming hée made Proclamation that no Souldyour shoulde take anye thyng but that hée shoulde pay for it and that hys commyng was to resist the Spanish Kyng c. At the Bridge foote he layde two péeces of Ordinance and beganne a greate trenche betwéene the Bridge and hym Hée layde one other péece of Ordinance of Sainte Georges and one going into Bermondsey streete and one other toward the Bishop of Winchesters house On Shroue Tuesday the sixth of February Sir Thomas Wyat remoued out of Southwarke towarde Kingston Bridge which was done vpon this occasion The nighte before hys departing out of Southwarke by chance as one VVyat remoued out of Southvvarke of the Lieutenants men of the Tower named Thomas Menchen rowed with a Sculler ouer against the Bishop of Winchesters place there was a waterman of the Tower staire desired the sayde Lieutenants man to take him in who did so which béeing espyed of Wyats men seauen of them with Harguebusses called to them to land agayne but they would not whereupon each man discharged their péece and killed the sayd waterman which forthwith falling downe dead the Sculler with much payne rowed through the Bridge to the Tower wharffe with the Lieutenants man and the dead man in his boate which thing was no sooner knowne to the Lieutenant but that euen the same night and the next morning he bent seauen great péeces of Ordinance Euluerings and Demi-Canons full against the foote of the Bridge and against Southwarke and the two Stéeples of Saint Oliues and Saint Mary Oueryes besides all the péeces on the white Tower one Culuering on Diueling Tower and thrée Fauconets ouer the Water gate which so soone as the inhabitants of Southwarke vnderstoode certayne both men and women came to Wyat in most lamentable wise saying Sir we are all like to be vtterly vndone and destroyed for your sake oure houses shall by and by bée throwne downe vpon our heads to the vtter spoyle of thys Borough with the shotte of the Tower all ready bente and charged towardes vs for the loue of God therefore take pitie vppon vs at whiche wordes hée béeyng partly abashed stayde awhile and then sayde I pray you my friendes bée contente a whyle and I will soone ease you of this mischiefe for God forbid that you or the least héere should be killed or hurt in my behalfe And so in most spéedye manner hée martched awaye As he marched towards Kingstone he met by chance a Merchant VViat marched tovvards Kingstone named Christopher Dorell whome he called saying Cosen Dorell I pray you commend me vnto your Citizens the Londoners and say vnto them from me that when libertie and fréedome was offered them they woulde not receyue it neyther woulde they admitte me to enter within their Gates who for theyr fréedome and the disburthening of theyr gréefes and oppression by Strangers would haue franckely spente my blond in that their cause and quarrell but nowe well appeareth theyr vnthankefulnesse to vs their friendes which meaneth them so much good and therefore they are the lesse to bée moned héereafter when the miserable tyrannie of Strangers shall oppresse them and so hée wente forwarde This daye by nighte hée came to Kingstone where the Bridge was broken and kepte on the other syde by two
Realme besides the losse of many men women and children some drowned in theyr beddes some in the wayes trauelling c. As you may reade more at large in a Booke thereof made by Thomas Knell Minister Sir Rowland Haward Clothworker the 28. of October Maior Anno reg 13 The xxiij of January the Quéenes Maiestie accompanyed with hir Nobilitie came from hir house at the Strand called Somerset place and entred the Citie of London by Temple Barre Fleetestreete Cheape and so by the North syde of the Bursse to Sir Thomas Gresshams in Byshoppes gate streete where shée dyned After Dinner hir grace returning through Cornehill entred the â—â—rsse on the Southside and after hir hignesse had viewed euery part thereof aboue grounde especially the Pawne which was richly furnished with all sortes of the finest wares in Royall Exchange the Citie she caused the same Bursse by an Heralt and a Trumper to be proclaymed The Royall Exchange so to bée called from thencefoorth and not otherwayes The seauentéeuth of February at a place called Kynnaston A strange kinde pâ—â—arthmouing néere Marclech hill in the Countie of Hereforde was séene the ground to open and certayne rockes with a péece of grounde remoued and wente forwarde the space of foure dayes making at the first a terrible noyse as it went on the earth it remoued it selfe betwéene sixe of the â—â—oâ—ke in the euening and seauen the nexte morrow fortie paces carying greate trées and Shéepecoates some Shéepecoates with thréescore Shéepe in them some trées fell into the chinkes other that grew on the same ground grow now as firmely on a hill and some that stoode East stand West and those that stoode West stanâ— East The depth of the holâ— where it first brakeâ—â—â— is thirtie foote the breadth of the breach is eyght score yardes and in length aboue twenty score yardes It ouerthrew Kinastone Chappell Also two high wayes be remoued nigh one hundred yardes with the trâ—â—â— of the hedge rowes The grounde in all is sire and twentie acres and where tillage grounde was there is pasture lefte in place and where was pasture there is tillage grounde gone vpon it The grounde as it remoued draue the earth before it and at the lower part ouerwhelmed the ground so that it is growne to a greathyll of twelue faddome high It rempued from Saterday till Monday at night following and so stayd The second of Aprill a Parliament began at Westminster 1571 wherein was graunted to the Quéenes maiestie towarde hir great charges in repressing the late Rebellion Parliament in the North and pursuing the â—aâ—de Rebels and theyr faultors whych were fledde into Scotlande by the Cleargy a subsidie of sixe shillings in the pounde and by the Temporaâ—ties two fiftéens with a subsidie of two shillings and eight pence in the pounde The first second third of May was holden at Westminster Iustes at VVestminster before y â— Quéenes Maiestie a solemne Iust at the Tilt Turney and Barriars The Challengers were Edwarde Carle of Oxford Charles Hawarde sir Henrie Lee and Christophér Hatton Esquier who all dyd very valiantly but the chiefe honour was gyuen to the Earle of Oxforde The firste of June Iohn Storie a Doctor of the Cannon Doctor Story executed Lawe who before had béene condempned of hygh treason was drawne from the Tower of London to Tyborne and there hanged bowelled and quartred hys head sette on London bridge and hys quarters on the gates of the Citie The eightéenth of June in Trinitie Tearme there A Combate appoynted at Tuâ—hill was a combate appoynted to haue béene foughte for a certaine Manour and demaine lands belonging therevnto in the Isle of Hartie adioyning to the Isle of Sheppey in Kent Simon Lowe and Iohn Kyme were Plaintifs and hadde broughte a Writ of right against Thomas Paramore who affered to defende hys righte by battell wherevppon the Plaintifs aforesaide accepted to answeare hys challenge offering likewise to defende their right to the same Manour and landes and to proue by battell that Paramore had no righte nor good tytle to haue the same Manour and landes Heâ—â—â—ppon the saide Thomas Paramore broughte before the Judges of the common pleas at Westminster one George Thorne a bigge broade strong set fellowe and the Plaintifs brought Henrie Nailor Maister of Defence and seruant to the right Honorable Earle of Leicester a proper slender man and not so â—all as the other Thorne caste downe a Gauntlet whyche Naylor tooke vp Upon the Sondaye before the battell shoulde be tryed on the next morrowe the matter was stayed and the parties agréed that Paramore being in possession shoulde haue the lande and was vounde â—â— 500. â— to consider the Plaintifs as vpon hearing the matter the Judges should award The 〈◊〉 Maiesty was y e The quarrell of combate stayed takeâ— vp of the matter in this wiâ—â— It was thought good y â— for Paramores assurance the order should be kept touching y e combate and that the Plaintifs Low Kyme should make defaulte of appearaunce but that yet such as were sureties for Naylor theyr Champions appearaunce should bryng hym in and lykewyse those that were sureties for Thorne should bring in the same Thorne in discharge of their hand and that the Courte shoulde sitte in Tuthil fieldes where was prepared one plot of grounde one and twentie yardes square double railled for the combate wythoute the west square a stage béeyng sette vp for the Judges representing the court of the common pleas All the compasse wythoute the Lystes was set wyth Scaffolds one aboue another for people to stande and beholde There were behind the square where the Judges sate two tentes the one for Naylor the other for Thorne Thorne was there in the morning timely Naylor aboute seauen of the clocke came through London apâ—â— parelled in a dublet and galeygascoigne bréeches al of Crimosin Satten cut and raced a Hat of blacke Ueluet with a red feather and bande before hym Drummes and Fifes playing the Gantlet y t was cast down by George Thorne was borne before the said Naylor vpon a swords point and his Baston a staffe of an elle long made Taper wise tipâ— with Home wyth hys shielde of hard Leather was borne after hym by Aâ—kam a Yeoman of the Quéene â— Guarde he came into the Pallaice at Westminster and staying not long before the Hall dore came backe into the Kings stréet and so along thorough the Sanctuary Tuthil stréet into y e field where he staid til past ix of the clocke theÌ„ sir Ierome Bowes brought him to his tent Thorne being in the Tent with sir Henry Cheiney long before About x. of the clocke y e court of common pleas remoued came to the place prepared when the Lord chiefe Justice with two other hys associates were set then Lowe was called solemâ—â—ly to come in or else he to lose his Writ of right Then after a certain time the sureties of Henrie
the same Hospital but bycause suche agréementes coulde not be concluded vpon as he reasonablye required hys contribution that waye ceased sore against his wil as manifestly appeareth by his charitable giftes to the saide Hospitall somtyme ten pound at once to buy bedding with Item to the Company of Clothworkers in London four pounds the yere for euer Also more to the same Clothworkers he hathe gyuen hys owne dwelling house wyth other landes and tenements to the value of thyrtie pounde the yeare to the intente they shall hyre a Minister to saye diuine seruice euerye Sundaye Wednesdaye and Friday and that foure Sermons euerye yeare after hys deceasse be preached in the Chappell or Churche to the saide house béelongyng called Saint Iames in the Wall by Criplegate and also to gyue to twelue poore men yearly on the fyrste of October to euerye one a gowne of good Frize readye made a shyrte of good Locoram and a paire of strong shoes and twelue poore women twelue Gownes of the like Fréese twelue smockes and twelue paire of shoes for euer Item he hath erected a Fréeschoole sixe Almes houses Freeschole and Almes houses at Sutton in Kent adioyning at Sutton Valence in Kent where he was borne and hathe appointed for the Maister twentie pounde and y e Usher ten pound yerely for euer and to the sixe almes houses tenne pounde yearelye wyth an Orcharde and Gardens Item towarde the maintainaunce of a Frée-schoole at Maidstone in Kent tennâ— pounde yearelye after hys deceasse Item to sette poore Clothiers aworke in the Countie of Suffolke one hundred pounde in ready money Item to the Townes of Ludlow and Bridgenorth to eche of them one hundred pounde in ready money to sette poore men on worke In the moneth of Aprill the decayed stone house called Tovver on LoÌ„don bridge taken dovvne the Tower vppon London bridge was begonne to be taken downe and the heades of Traytors being remoued thence were sette on the Gate at the Bridge foote towarde Southwarke The seauentéenth of May Richard Robinson Goldsmith Robinson haÌ„ged was drawen from the Tower of London to Tyborne and there hanged for clipping of Golde The one and thyrtith of May Martin Frobisher with one Seconde voyage to Cataya ship and two Barks furnished for that purpose sayled from Harwiche in Essex towards Cataya by the Northweast Seas and entred his straites beyond Quéene Elizabeths Forlande aboute thyrtie leagues where he went on shore and fyndyng store of Golde Ore fraught his Shippe and Barke caught a man woman and childe of that Countrie then on the four and twentith of August returning from thence arryued at Mâ—forde Hauen in Wales on the twentith of September next following The twentith of June William Lumley a poore man in Necessity of the poore relieued the parishe of Elmeley in the Countie of Worcester being kept in prison by a wealthie Widow he hauing a Mare of xxij yeres olde with foale within thrée dayes after hys Mare did foale a Mare colte the which immediatly had an Udder out of the which was milked that same day a pinte of Milke and euery day after gaue aboue thrée Pintes to the great sustentation of the said pore mans wife and chyldren the which Colte continued in that sorte long time after as hathe bin séene of many thousandes The 4. 5. and 6. dayes of July was the Assises holden at Strange sicknes at Oxforde Oxforde where were arraigned and condemned one Rowlande Ienkes for his seditious tongue at whych time there arose amidst the people such a dampe that almost all were smothered very few escaped that were not taken at that instant the Jurors dyed presently Shortely after dyed sir Robert Bel Lorde chiefe Baron sir Robert de Olie sir William Babington Maister Weneman Maister de Olie high Sheriffe Maister Dauers Maister Harcurt Maister Kirle Maister Pheteplace Maister Greenewoode Maister Foster Maister Nashe Sergeant Baram Maister Steuens c. there died in Oxforde 300. persons and sickned there but dyed in other places 200. and odde from the 6. of July to the 12. of August after which day dyed not one of that sicknesse for one of theÌ„ infected not another nor any one womaÌ„ or child died therof On Sunday the 4. of August betwéen y e houres of 9. 10. Tempest in Norffolke of the clocke in the forenoone whilest the Minister was reading of the second lesson in the parish Church of Bliborough a towne in Suffolke a strange and terrible tempest of lightning and thunder strake through the wal of the same churche into the ground almost a yarde déepe draue down al the people on that side aboue xx persons then renting the wal vp to the Reuestrie cleft y e dore returning to the Stéeple rent the Timber brake the Chimes and fled towarde Bongey 6. miles off The people that were stricken downe were found groueling more than halfe an houre after whereof a man more than xl yeres a boy of xv yeres old were found starke dead the other were scorched The like flashe of lightning and crackes of thunder rent the parish Church of Bongey 9. miles from Norwich wroong in sunder the wyers and whéeles of the clocke slewe two men which sate in the Belfrey when other were at Procession and scorched an other whiche hardly escaped The Tower vpon London bridge being taken downe The tovver on London bridge nevve builded a new foundation drawen sir Iohn Langley Lord Maior of the Citie of London laid the first stone the xxviij of Auguste in presence of the sheriffes of London and the two Bridge Maisters Thomas Battes and Robert Aske Nicholas Backhouse Frauncis Bowyer the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Ramsey Grocer the 28. of October The ninetéenth of Nouember the newe Sergeantes at Anno reg 20 Sergeants feaste the Lawe seauen in number helde their feaste in the Temple at London The thyrtith of Nouember Cuthbert Maine was drawen Cutbert Maine executed hanged and quartered at Lawnceston in Cornewall for preferring Romaine power The seauentéenth of Januarye one Simon Pembrooke Example of Sorcerers dwelling in Saint Georges parishe in Southwarke beyng vehementlye suspected to be a Coniurer by commaundement of the ordinarie Judge for those partes appeared in the parish Churche of Saint Sauiour at a Courte holden there whyche Simon béeing busied in entertainyng a Proctor and hauyng money in his hande leaned hys head vppon a Pewe wherein the Proctor stoode whyche after he had done a certaine space the Proctor beganne to lifte vppe hys heade to sée what hée ayled and found him departing out of lyfe and straightway the saide Simon fel downe ratling a little in the throate and neuer spake worde after this was done euen as the Judge came into the Churche who said it was the iust iudgement of God towardes those that vsed Sorcerie and a greate example to admonish other to feare the iustice of God After his clothes being opened
get the good wyll of the people who had conceyued an ill opinion of hym of thys arose ciuill warres within the Realme and often dissention and discordes as well of the Nobles as of the common sort Anno. 982. a great part of the Citie of London was brent Thomas Rudburn which Citie at this time had most building from Ludgate towarde Westminster and little or none where the harte of the Citie is nowe except in diuerse places was housing that stoode without order so that manye Cities as Canturburie Yorke and other in Englande passed London in building but after the Conquest it encreased and nowe passeth all other A disease not knowen in England in time past to witte Asser Flux of men c morraine of Cattaile Bishops Sea at Excester Feuers of men with the Flix and Morren of cattayle killed many Anno. 994. King Ethelred erected a Byshoppes sea at Excester The same yeare Anlafe Kyng of the Norwayes Sweyne King of Danes on the daye of the Natiuitie of our Lorde in xviij Galleys came vp to London whiche they attempted to breake into and to set on fire but they were repulsed not without their greate detriment and losse by the Citizens wherevppon they being driuen with furie leauing London set vpon Eastsex and Kent by the sea coastes brent Townes and wasted the fields without respect of sex or age killed al wasted with fire sword al what they may not carry away At length being pacified with a Tribute of 16000. pounds departed to theyr shyppes and Wintered at Southampton Anno. 995. a Comet apeared The Bishoprick of Lindâ—fer Bishops sea aâ— Durham or Holâ—e Iland was remoued to Durham In the yeare 1002. King Etheldred caused al the Danes in The Danes 〈…〉 thered Burton vpon Trent England to be slayne vpon the day of Saint Brice The same yeare Vlâ—ricus Spote founded a Monasterie at Burton vppon Trent In Anno. 100â— Swayn King of Denmark with agret army inuaded EngleÌ„d with fire and sword 1004 they fought a great battell at Theâ—forde against Vlfekettel Carle of East-Angle Asser The yere 1009. they fought another battel against Vlfekettel at Rengemore The yere 1011. they destroyed Canturburie for that y â— Archbishoppe Elfegus woulde not yéelde to them he was first imprisoned there after carried to Grenewiche and there stoned to deathe Christes Churche is spoyled and brent the Monkes with all other men are â—â—â—â—hed TiraÌ„ny of the Danes in Englande nine of euery ten being put to death the tenth suffered to liue in miserie the number of them that were left aliue was four Monkes and of lay people eight hundred so that y â— number slaine was 36. Monkes and. 8000. of the lay people In Anno. 1012. they toke tribute of 48000. poundes and Record eccle Caâ— Marianus Tloriacensis at the last after diuerse ouerthrowes giuen to the meÌ„ of this Iland they possessed the same and putte king Etheldred to flight constrayning him to liue in exile among the NormaÌ„s This Etheldred had two wiues Ethelgina an Englishe Ethelgina and Emma vviues to Etheldred Alured and Edvvard the sons of Etheldred woman and Emma a Norman of the first he had two childreÌ„ of which sauing of Edmonde who succéeded hym in the kingdome it were nothing to our purpose to speake Of the secoÌ„d that was Emma sister to Richard Duke of Normandie there were borne two sonnes to witte Edward and Alured And that I do here contrarie to that is commonly vsed set Edward before Alured as elder brother I am moued therevnto by no smal aucthoritie which I haue taken out of the historiographers W. Gemeticensis Encomium Emma of that age out of Gemeticensis a most diligeÌ„â— writer of Genealogies and one other author who in hys Commentarie written in praise of Emma the Quéene affirmeth that Edwarde was the elder brother whom I doe the better beléeue bycause it is not like that he séeing the things wyth his eyes shoulde mistake the matter especiallye writing to the Quéene who was mother to them both Swanus in the meane time subdued al Englande and the people for feare yelded vnto hym on euery side ouer whome most cruelly he tryumphed But not long after he departed this life at Geynesburge and left Canutus his sonne successour in the Kingdome Etheldrede hearing that Swanus was dead leauing in Normandie with Duke Richard his sisters sonne Emma his wife and the children that he hadde by hyr returned with al spéede into Englande with Edmunde his sonne by hys firste wife being then at maÌ„s state by the trustinesse of his own men and the ayde of the Normans moued warre against his enimie Canutus finding himselfe vnable to matche with him went into Denmarke minding to returne hither immediatly againe Etheldred being contrarie to his expectation thus restored to his kingdome shewed great crueltie vpon the Danes that remained in England sparing neither man nor woman yong nor old Therefore Canutus being very desirous to reuenge the same prepared a new armie and came into England against Etheldred with al spéede he could raging wide and side with fire and sword Etheldred in the meane season whether by sicknesse or for sorrow dyed when he had raigned â—o Taxtor Wil. Malme Alfredus Beuers lacensis eight and thirtie yeares and was buryed in the North I le of Paules Church in London aboue the high Aulter EDmond the sonne of Etheldred by his first wife succéeded 1016 Edmond Ironside W. Malme in the Kingdome who whether it were for the greate strength of his body or for that he alwayes vsed to go in armour was surnamed Ironside He had sixe battels against Canutus King of the Danes Leyland at Penham hard by Gillingham in Dorcetshire He put the Danes to flight after that at Shirestone He held euen hand with them in the field notwithstanding that the Englishmen at the first beganne to flée by the policie of Edricus Duke of Lincolne and of Merce who cryed Edrike a Traytor runne away wretches Edmond your King is slayne After this King Edmond came to London to deliuer the Citizens whome part of the enimies had beséeged as soone as he was gone from thence He had made a ditch also round about the Citie where Ditch about London the Riuer of Thamis doth not runne The Danes fléeing the King followed them and passing ouer Brentford he vanquished them with a notable victorie The rest of y e Danes which remayned with Cnute whiles London beseeged both by land and by vvater Edmond rested him and set his matters in order did againe beséege London both by water and by lande but the Citizens stoutely withstoode and repulsed them wherefore they shewed their anger vpon the Countrey of the Mercies spoyling Townes and Uillages with robbery burnings and murther and caryed their pray to the Shippes whiche they had gathered togither in the Riuer of Medway which runneth by Rochester from
Gillemehelmach Ocadeci Ocaruell with other Princes and the Bishops submitting themselues and theirs to the King of Englande and his successors builded for him a greate Pallace at Dublin where he helde hys Christmas The Church of Norwich with the houses thereto belonging was brent and the Monkes were dispercled The King returned into England on Monday in the Easter 1172 wéeke about the Ascention tide sayled into Normandy At Andouer a Priest praying before the Altare was striken with thunder and slayne Likewise one Larke and his brother was brent to death with the lightning Cro. Colâ—estre King Henry the sonne with his wife the French Kings daughter were both togither Crowned at Winchester the seauen and twentith of August by the handes of Rotrod Archbishop of Roane King Henry the elder was assoyled of the death of Thomas Geruasius Anno reg 19. the Archbishop vpoÌ„ his oth made that he was not priuie to it King Henry married the eldest daughter of Hubert 117â— Ypodigma Earle of Morton vnto his sonne Iohn surnamed without land He also made Mary the sister of Thomas Becket Abbesse of Berking Henry the yonger rebelling in Normandy against King Henry the yonger rebelled Henry his father many Earles and Barons fledde ouer to him whereby diuers strong battayles were fought as well in England as in Normandy Poytow Guyen and Britaine There tooke part against the father Lewes King of France William King of Scottes Henry Geffrey and Iohn his sonnes Robert Earle of Leycester Hugh of Chester and others Robert Earle of Leycester with thrée thousand Flemings comming into England ariued at Walton and after were receyued by Earle Hugh into Framilingham Castell They brent the Castell of Hagoneth the Citie of Norwich c. but by Iohn Taxtor Anno reg 20 Richard de Lucy the Kings Justice both he his wife and as many Normans and Frenchmen as were with him were taken but the Flemings were all slayne or drowned This battayle was fought without the Towne of S. Edmondsburie néere to a place called S. Martins of Farneham William King of Scottes with many Flemings entring into England wan the Castels of Appleby Brough and Pridehoâ— King Henry the elder returning into England in shorte time subdued his Rebels The Citie of Leycester by his 1174 Leycester brent commandement was brent the walles and Castell raced and the inhabitants sparcled into other Cities Robert de Scoteuile Radulph de Mandeuile Barnard Bayllole of whome Baynards Castell tooke the name and William de Vescy came to Newcastell and after tooke King William King of Scottes taken prisoner Ger. Dorobor Baynardes Castell Sca. Cron. prisoner and sent him to London from whence King Henry tooke him and the Earle of Leycester with him into Normandy and there imprisoned them at Roane where King William compounded for his ransome and after was deliuered at Yorke for 4000. pound The Nobles of Scotlande came no néerer than Pembles in Scotland to méete with their King wherefore he tooke with him many of the yonger sonnes of noble men in England that bare him good wil and gaue them landes in Scotland which he tooke from suche as were Rebels to him there The names of those Gentlemen that he toke with him were Baylliol Brewle Soully Mowbrey Saintclere Hay Giffard Ramesey Lanudell Bisey Berkeley Wellegen Boys Montgomery Valx Celenille Friser Grame Gurlay and diuers other The v. day of September Christes Church in Canturburye Geruasius Doro. Wil. Thorne Canturbury brent was burned with certayne houses of Office in the court King Henry the sonne with his bréethren other were reconciled to King Henry the father The Archbishop of Canturbury held a Counsell in S. Peeters Anno reg 21 1175 at Westminster on Sunday before the Ascention day at which Counsell were present all the suffragan Bishops of his Prouince Worcester except that was sicke and so excused himselfe and y â— Bishop of Norwich which was deceased A brother of the Earle Ferrers was in the night priuily Roger Houed slayne at London which wheÌ„ the King vnderstoode he sware that he would be auenged on the Citizens for it was then a common practise in the Citie that an hundred or more in Night vvalkers in London did murther all they met a company of yong and old would make nightly inuasions vpon the houses of the wealthy to the intent to robbe them and if they found any man stirring in the Citie within the night they would presently murther him in so much that when night was come no man durst aduenture to walke in the Stréetes When this had continued long it fortuned that as a crew of yong and wealthy Citizens assembling togither in the night assaulted a stone house of a certayne rich man and breaking through the wall the good man of that house hauing prepared himselfe with other in a corner when he perceyued one of the Théeues named Andrew Bucquinte to leade the way with a burning brand in the one hand and a potte of coales in the other whiche he assayed to kindle with the brand he flew vpon him and smote off his right hande and then with a lowde voyce cryed Théeues at the hearing whereof the Théeues tooke their flight all sauing he that had lost his hande whome the good man in the next morning deliuered to Richarde de Lucy the Kings Justice This Théese vpon warrant of his life appeached his confederates of whome many were taken and many were fledde but among the rest that were apprehended a certayne Citizen of greate countenance credite and wealth surnamed Iohn the olde when he coulde not acquite himselfe by the waterdome offered the King for his life fiue hundred Markes but the King commaunded that he shoulde be hanged which was done Gualter Couen and the Citie became more quiet The Kings of England both father and sonne did eate Anno reg 22 1176 and drinke at one Table lay in one Chamber and wente togither to visite the Tombe of Thomas late Archbishop of Canturburie accomplishing indéede the peace whiche they had promised The King caused to be razed and ouerthrowne the Castels of Huntington Walton Groby Tutsburie Hay and Trest Castels razed with many other in reuenge of the harme the Lordes of them had done to him This yeare 1176 after the foundation of Saint Mary Redulphus de diceto Oueryes Church in Southwarke the stone bridge ouer the The stone bridge at London begon to bée buylded Ex recordis SaÌ„ctae Mariae de Southwarke Iohn Leyland Thamis at London was begonne to bée founded A Cardinall and the Archbishop of Canturburie gaue a thousande Markes toward the same foundation In March the King called a Conuocation of the Cleargie at London when the Popes Legate was set and the Archbishop of Canturbury on his right hande as primate of England the Archbishop of Yorke disdeyning to sitte on the lefte hande came and swapt him downe to haue thrust
Pallace of Westminster men did row with wherries in the midst of the Hall and they rode on Horsebacke to their Chambers A Parliament at Marton wherein was made the Statutes Anno reg 21 Statutes of Marton Sherifes Maior 1237 of Marton Henry Cocham Iordan of Couentry the 28. of Septem Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October By the Kings procurement Octobon a Cardinall came into England as Legate from y e Pope the second day of July This yeare passed a stormie and troublesome weather and very vnhealthfull so that no man coulde remember that euer so many folkes were sicke of the ague Iohn Scot last Earle of Glocester deceassed and the Countrey Anno reg 22 Nic. Triuet Iohn Beuer. Sherifes Maior returned to the King for lacke of heires Iohn Tolason Geruas the Cordewenor the 28. of Sept. Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October Simon de Mountfort sonne to Simon Earle of Mountford for doubt that Quéene Blanche mother to the French King was offended with him fledde into England and was made Earle of Leycester and Steward of England by King Henry and had the Kings sister Elianor widdow of William Nicholas Triuet Io. Beuerla Marshall giuen him to wife Octobone being lodged in the Abbey of Osney the Schollers 1238 Mathew Paris Ypodigma Legate put to his shiftes of Oxford slew his mayster Cooke who was also the Legates brother and the Legate for feare gate him into the Stéeple of the Church where he held him till the kings officers comming from Abingdon conuayed him to Wallingford where he accursed the misdoers Odo de Kilkenny as Standerdbearer of the Schollers was taken with twelue other and cast in prison and long after went from Saint Paules Church in London to the Legates Scholers did penance at London Iohn Beuer. house which was Durham place vngirded withoute gowne bareheaded and barefooted whereby they asked him forgiuenesse and then the Legate restored them to their Uniuersitie A Scholler of Oxford fayning himselfe madde enterprised to haue slayne the King in his Chamber at Wodstocke King in darge◠Anno reg 23 but he was taken and after long emprisonment plucked in péeces with Horsses at Couentrie Iohn Coders Iohn de Wilehale the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Nicho. Triuet 1229 Richard Renger the 28. of October Simon de Mountfort whome the King had made Earle of Leycester after he had agréed with his elder brother Earle Almericus for the same Earledome being also Steward of Gascoine induced the King of England to recognise that he would hold of the King of France the land of the Baseles the chiefe Towne whereof is Bayon and was in times past a Kingdome of it selfe and so by acknowledging to be of the fée of the King of France excluded the King of Castile who chalenged the sayd fée to belong to the King of Spayne The Tower of London was fortified which the Citizens Mathew Paris Tovver of London fearing least it were done to their detriment complayned to the King who answered that he had not done it to their hurt but sayth he I will from henceforth do as my brother Ypodigma Anno reg 24 doth in building and fortifying of Castels who beareth the name to be wiser than I am Quéene Elianor bare a sonne named Edwarde at Westminster the 22. day of June Roger Bongye Ralph Ashwye the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1240 William Ioyner the 28. of October Richard Earle of Cornewall the Kings brother tooke his iourney towardes Ierusalem with many other noble men of England Upon Saint Georges night the stone gate and bulwarke Mathew Paris which the King had caused to be builded by the Tower Bulvvarke by the Tovver of London was shaken with an Earthquake and fell downe but the King commanded the same to be builded againe stronger than before Lewlin Prince of Wales deceased and then betwixt his bastard sonne Griffin his legitimate son Dauid nephew to y e K. of Englād by his sister great gréeuous destructiō rose for the principalitie but at length Griffin being taken of his brother was cōmitted to prison Many strange and great Fishes came ashore whereof xj were Sea Bulles and one of huge bignesse passed vp the Monstrous Fishes Riuer of Thamis through the Bridge at London vnhurt till he came as farre as the Kings house at Mortlake where he was killed Aldermen chosen in London whiche had the rule of the Wards of the Citie but were euery yeare changed Anno reg 25 Aldermen in London Sherifes Maior 1241 Iohn Gifers Michaell Tony the 28. of September Gerard Bat the 28. of October The Jewes were constrayned to pay twentie thousand Markes at two tearmes in the yeare or else to be kepte in perpetuall prison Gilbert Marshall Earle of Penbroke dyed without the Towne of Hereford being brused in Turneament and was Iohn Beuer. buryed at London in the new Temple Walter his brother hardly obteyned the Earledome bycause he procured that Turneament contrarie to the Kings will and pleasure This Walter dying without issue his heritage was diuided Nic. Triuet betwixt the sonnes of his fiue sisters The walles and Bulwarkes that were newly builded about the Tower of London in the building whereof the Bulvvarkes by the Tovver Mathew Paris King had bestowed more than twelue thousand Markes were agayne vnrecouerably throwne downe as it were with an Earthquake for which chance the Citizens of London nothing sory were much amazed for they were threatned that the sayde walles and bulwarkes were builded in despight of them to the end that if any of them woulde presume to contende for the Liberties of the Citie they might there be imprisoned and to the ende that many mighte bée Anno reg 26 layde in diuers prisons many lodgings were made there that no one should speake with another Iohn Viell Thomas Duresme the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1242 Nic. Triuet Ypodigma Roger Bongey the 28. of October King Henry with a great armie sayled into Normandy purposing to recouer Poyters Guine and other Countreys but after many bickerings to the losse of Englishmen he treated a peace Elianor daughter to Geffrey Earle of Briteyne and sister to Arthure ended hir life prisoner in the Castell of Bristow Iohn Fitz Iohn Ralph Ashwye the 28. of September Anno reg 27 Sherifes Maior Roger Bongey the 28. of October Hugo de Albeneto Earle of Arundell dyed and his inheritance was diuided among foure sisters Also Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent dyed at his Manor of Banstede and was buryed in the Church of the Friers Preachers at London vnto the whiche Churche he gaue his noble Pallace at Mathew Paris Westminster whiche afterwardes the Archbishop of Yorke bought of them and made it his Inne since commonly called Yorke place now White Hall The Thamis ouerflowed the bankes about Lambeth and 1243 Great flouds drowned houses and fieldes the space of
lims w tout losse of goods or imprisonment and not to be disherited Such of y â— disherited persons as liked not y e ordinaunce of Kenilworth whose Captaine was Iohn Ciuille after they had taken the Citie of Lincoln spoyled the Iewes they fled again to the I le of Ely whose comming abroade when the Kyng with a great army hadde stopped Edwarde the kings sonne with bridges made of Hurdles and bordes in place conuenient as the inhabitaunts thereabout had instructed him he entred vpon the I le some of them within yéelded them to him y â— other being dispersed by flight Whiles these things The Erle of Glocester toke the Citie of London were a doing a newe trouble began for the Earle of Glocester taking part with the disherites came with an army gathered in Wales vnto London the seauenth of April therein he builded Bulwarkes cast ditches and trenches in diuerse places The king gathered an army at Windsor the v. of Maye Annales of Hyde he with an 109. ensignes came towardes London he pitched his tentes at Stratford and tarried there the space of one moneth where many entreated to make peace The vj. of June the Earle of Glocester in peaceable maner rendred the Citie vnto the King againe and then many that were disherited were reconciled at the instance of the Legate and the sayde Erle Foure that bare the cognisaunce of the Erle of Darby were put in sacks and cast in the Thamis Thomas Fitz Theobalde and Agnis his wife sister of Thomas Mercors chapel Becket Archbishop of Canturburie gaue to the master and brethren of the Hospitall called Saint Thomas of Acres beyonde the seas all the lande with the appurtenaunces that sometime was Gilbert Beckets father to Thomas Becket in which land y e said Thomas Becket was borne to make there a Church About Michaelmasse y â— king came to Shrewsburie to passe Nicho. Triueâ— into Wales there to vanquish y e prince of Wales Lewlyne who hadde ayded Simon Earle of Leicester but he sending to the Peace vvith the prince of VVales Anno reg 52 king granted him xxxij M. l. sterling to haue his peace by the Legats means there was restored to y e prince y â— land of 4 Cantredes which by law of armes the K. had taken from him Iohn Adriant Lucas Batecourt the. 28. of September Baylifes Custos 1268 Alyn Souch the. 28. of October Othobone the Legate calling a counsel at London ordayned many things in reformation of the English Church Uariance fell betwene the felowship of Goldsmiths and Aâ—yot in London Taylors of London causing great ruffling in the Citie and many men to be slaine for which ryot thirtéene of the chiefe Captaines were hanged Parliament at Marleborovve Anno reg 53 Baylifs Custos Sokenreure Liber trinitatis Great Frost 1269 Nic. Triuet The King helde a Parliament at Marleborow in the whiche were made the statutes of Marlebrige Walter Haruey William Duresme the. 28. of September Sir Stephen Edesworth the 28. of October Thomas Wimborne The riuer of Thamis was so harde frozen from Saint Androwes tide to Candlemasse that men and beastes passed on foote from Lambeth to Westminster the Marchandise was caryed from Sandwich and other Hauens to London by lande The 8. day of Aprill Edmund the Kings sonne marryed the daughter of William de Albemarle Earle of Holdernesse named Auelina whyche was heyre to hir father and mother both by reason whereof he was to haue with hir the Countie of Deuonshyre and the Lordshippe of the I le of Wight but he deceassed before both father and mother and loste all Anno reg 54 Sherifes Maior Thomas Basing Robert Cornhil the 28. of Septemb. Hugh Fitz Thomas the 28. of October The Nobles of England by the Kyngs commaundement Anuals of hyde Edmond Campion assembled at London to treate of dyuers matters amongest the whiche one was that all men should before the Justices Tho. Wikes 1270 shewe by what right they held their landes whyche matter did muche molest the people vntill Iohn Warren Earle of Surrey appeared who being asked by what right he helde his landes he drewe sodainely out his sword and sayde by this I holde my Grandfathers lands and with this I will kéepe them Upon multiplying of wordes the Earle slewe Allen de la Zouch Lorde chiefe Justice of Ireland before the other Justices of the Bench. And shortly after the same Iohn Erle of Surrey by the othe of 25 Knights at Winchester affirmed that he did not commit that facte vpon any pretenced malice neyther in contempte of the King and so for the summe of 1200 markes was reconciled Edward the kings sonne with hys brother Edmunde and Anno reg 55 many other nobles sayling into Asia against the infidels by hys policie and manly Actes so demeaned himselfe that oftentimes he put the Turkes to great disworship for dispight whereof they suborned a Sarasine to wounde him with a venemous dart whereof he was long sicke Henrie sonne to Richard King of Almayne as he went through Tuscane at Viterbe was slaine by Guy de Mountfort Walter Potter Phillip Taylour the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1271 Wâ— Rishanger Iohn Adrian Vintener the. 28. of October The stéeple of Bow in Cheape fell downe and slew manye people men and and women The eyghte and twentie of Januarie Richarde King of Almaine and Earle of Gornewall brother to King Henrie deceased in the Castel of Berchamsteede was buried at Hayles an Abbey of his foundation Anno reg 56 Sherifes Maior Gregorie Rokesley Henrie Waleys the. 28. of September Iohn Adrian 〈…〉 the. 28. of October Diuerse â—ournes 〈…〉 breake out of the hollow places Tho. de Wike of the Earth and ouerflowed a great parte of Canturburie Citie the streame wherof was so swift and violent that it bare downe buildings and houses and drowned manye people In June beganne a great ryot in the Citie of Norwiche 1272 W. Rishanger Riot at Norvvich Anno reg 57 through the which the Monasterie of the Trinitie was burned wherevpon the King rode downe and making enquiry for the chiefe doers thereof caused xxx of them to be condemnemned drawen hanged and brent Richard Paris Iohn de Wodeley the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sit Water Haruy the. 28. of October King Henrie being sicke called before hym Gilberte â—iber trinitatis of Clare Erle of Glocester and caused him to be sworn to kepe the peace of the lande to the be house of Edwarde his sonne and then dyed the sixtéench of Nouember in the yere 1272. when he had raigned lvj yeares and xxviij dayes he was buried at Westminster whiche Church he had newly builded he left issue Edward his eldest sonne vnto whom hée hadde I. Treklon giuen the Earledome of Chester who succéeded him in the Kingdome Edmund his seconde sonne vnto whom he had giuen the Earledome of Lancaster and
to be made to any Prince of England The King gaue them all generallye thankes for theyr good mindes towardes hym and therewyth exhorted them to the zeale of the publike prosperitie and honoure of the Realme If anye man hadde offended hym he pardoned theyr trespasse and desyred heartily of GOD that if hée shoulde rule and doe all things well to the honoure of GOD and the prosperous commoditie of the Realme that then God woulde suffer him to be Crowned But if hys fortune shoulde bée to doe otherwyse that then GOD shoulde take hym to hys mercye and suffer hym rather to be buried than to enterprise the charge of the Realme The ninth day of April he was crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arundell Archebyshoppe of Canterburie after whyche Coronation he called vnto hym all those young Lords and Gentlemen that were the folowers of his yong actes to euerye one of whome he gaue rich and bounteâ—â—s giftes and then commanded that as many as would chaÌ„ge their maners as he intended to doe should abide with him in his Courte and to all that woulde perseuer in theyr former light conuersation he gaue expresse commaundemente vpon paine of their heades neuer after that day to come in his presence About this time Thomas Duke of Clarence the Kings brother came from the coastes of Aquitaine who as we said before was sent to ayde the Duke of Orleaunce againste the Duke of Burgoine A great part of the Citie of Norwich was brent with all Tho. Wals the house of the Frier Preachers and also two Friers of that order Sir Iohn Oldcastle at that time Lorde of Cobham for diuerse pointes touching the Sacrament before the Archebyshoppe of Canterburie the Bishops of London Winchester other was conuict and committed to the Tower of London out of the which he brake ouer the walles in the night and escaped about the feast of Simon and Iude. Iohn Stutton Iohn Michel the. 28. of September Sherises Maior Sir William Cromer Draper the. 28. of October Richard the second somtime king of England which was at the first enterred in the church of the preaching Friers of Langley was takeÌ„ vp and royally buried at Westminster with no small charges to the King The K. kéeping his Christmasse at his manour of Eltham vij miles from London was warned y â— certain had conspired against him eyther to haue taken or sodainly slain him his brethren on Twelfth day â—t night whervpon the king sent word to the Maior of LondoÌ„ y t he should arrest all suspitious persons wherevpon the Maior forthwith caused euery AldermaÌ„ in his ward to kéep great watch and about tenne of the clocke at nighte wente hymselfe wyth a strong power to the signe of the Are wythoute Byshoppes Gate where they apprehended the man of the house called Iohn Burgate Carpenter and vij other sent them to Eltham where they confessed before the Kyng that they were confederate with Sir Iohn Oldcastell to fight against him and his Lords in Saint Giles fielde aboue Holborne On the morrow after the Twelfth day the King King Henry kept the field by S. Giles vvithout Holborne reâ—â—â—ued priuily to Westminster and with a greate armie kept the fielde of Sâ—â—â—t Gâ—les for he was warned that Sir Iohn Oldcastell and Sir Roger Acton woulde be in the same field on the next day following with fiue and twentie thousand people and the same night were taken more than fourescore men in armour of the same faction Also the King being told of an amâ—â—shment gathered in Harengay Parke â—â—nte thither certayne Lordes who tooke many among whome was one William Murlâ— a rich â—aultmaÌ„ or Bruer of Dunstaple who had his two Horsses trapped with Golde following him and a paire of gilt Spurres in his bosome for he thought to haue bin made Knight on the morrow by the handeâ—â—â— Sir Iohn Oldâ—â—stell The twelfth of January thréesâ—â—râ— and nine of them were condemned of treafoâ—â— Many men hanged and some brent in Ficketâ— field at Westminster and on the morrow after seauen and thirtie of thâ—â— were drâ—â—â—â—â— from the Tower of London to Newgate and so to Saint Gâ—â—â—â— and there in a place called Fickets fielde were all hanged and â—eâ—â—ien of them brent Gallowes and â—â— The xix of January were drawne and hanged Sir Iohn Beâ—erley Priest Iohn Bâ—â—gate Carpenter a Text writer in Sâ—â—â—â— Iohns stréete and a Glouer on London bridge and shortly after Sir Roger Aâ—â—on Knight was taken who on the tenth of February was drawne hanged and buryed vnder the Gallâ—wes The twentith of February deceassed Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Conterburie Anno reg 2. The King taking compassion vpon Henry Percy a yong 1414 man who by his Grandfather Henry Percy Earle of Northâ—â—â—â—erland was caryed into Scotland after the death of his father who was sâ—aine in the battell of Shrewsburie when this yong man was then but a child commanded theÌ„ that were of his kindred and néerest friends to solicite for his reclayming home agayne out of Scotland minding not only to honor him by calling him home agayne but also to â—â—â—â—â— him Earle of Northumberland In the moneth of May a Parliament was begon at Leycester Parliament at Leycester Porter of the Tovver executed and there was a Porter of y â— Tower of LoÌ„don drawne hanged and headed whose head was sent to London and set ouer the Tower gate for consenting to one that brake out of the Tower named 〈◊〉 In this Parliamente Iohn the Kings brother was made Duke of Bedford Humfrey Dukes created his brother Duke of Glocester and Richard brother to the Duke of Yorke was made Earle â—â— Cambridge To this Parliament came the Embassadors of the French King and also of the Duke of Bâ—â—gâ—â—dy but not with like inâ—â—â—te and purpose for the D. of â—â—â—gâ—ndy desired ayde against the â— of Orleance promising as men layd more than he was able to perfourme wherefore the King of England â—â—â—◠〈◊〉 Embassadors to them both amongst whome were the Bishops of Durham and Norwich as chiâ—f 〈…〉 were oft times sent into France and the French Kings Embassadors were sente hither with great cost on both â—â—â—â—s but no hope of peace to be had On Mary Magdalens day in London Iohn â—â—â—nser Esquire with mine of his men set vpon and â—lew The Queenes Chancellour flayne Iohn Tâ—â—bey Clearke Archdeacon of Hunâ—â—â—gâ—â— and Chancellour to Quéene Ioane late wife to Henry the fourth for the which fact the sayd Esquire and foure of his men fled to Saint Annes Church within Aldersgaiâ— where they were mured vp with boord and watched day and night till the xxj of August on the which day they forsware the lande Men foresvvare the land and passed through the Citie towards Caleis in their shirtes and bréeches eache of them hauing a Crosse in hys hand This yeare dyed the â—oalours of Newgate and Ludgate Prisoners dyed of London and many prisoners in Newgate to
Saint Simon and Iude earely in the Regist of Maiors morning came tidings to London of this victorie for ioy whereof Te deum was song in all the Churches and at nine of the clocke all the orders of Religious men of the Citie went on Procession from Saint Paules vnto Westminster with the new Maior his Aldermen and the Craftes the Quéene and hir Lords and all hir trayne who all offered at Saint Edwards Shrine and then the Maior tooke his charge and euery man returned with great ioy The xxiij of Nouember King Henry arriued at Douer King Henry returned the Maior of London with the Aldermen and Crafts riding in red with hoods red and white mette with the King on Blacke heath comming from Eliam and so brought him thorough Londō to Westminster with all his prisoners of France On the next morrow the Maior Aldermen and 200. of the commoners presented the King with a thousand pound in two Basens of Gold worth 500. pound In the feast of the Purification seuen Dolphins of the sea came vp the Riuer of Thamis and playd there whiles four of them were kilde In a Parliament begun the fiftéenth of March at Westminster the halfepens of Ianua cōmonly called Galey halfepens Halfepens of Ianua forbiddē were forbid to be vsed as lawfull payment among the English people The first of May the Emperour landed at Douer and the Anno reg 4. 1416. seauenth of May the Maior Aldermen and Craftes of London receiue him at Blacke heath and the King with his Lords met him at Saint Thomas Waterings and so brought him thorough London to Westminster The Emperour returned out of England the sixtéenth of August after he had laboured but could make no peace betwéene England and France Iohn Benet Woolmā who had in Lōdō scattered scedules Tho Wals VVoolman beheaded ful of sedition was drawne hanged and beheaded on Michaelmas day The viij day of October was a Parchment maker of Trillmell stréete drawne hanged and headed for that he had harbored Sir Iohn Oldcastell Robert Widington Iohn Couentrie the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 5. Henry Barton Skinner the 28. of October In the Parliament at London the Earle of Dorset was made Duke of Excester The xxvij of Nouember was a Begger drawne and hanged for dismembring of yong children he was drawne in his owne carre from the Leaden Hall vnto Tiborne A Spicers wife of Saint Albons and the Bayliffes wife of Vinesburie were hanged at Tiborne and shortly after the Bayly of Vinesburie himselfe was also hanged at Tiborne On Easter day in the after noone at a Sermon in Saint Dunstons in the East of London a great fray happened in the 1417 A fray in Saint Dunstons Church Church where-through many people were sore wounded and one Thomas Petwarden Fishmonger dwelling at Sprots Key was slayne out of hande wherefore the Churche was suspended and the beginners of the fray which was the Lord Strange and Sir Iohn Tussell Knight through the quarell of their two wiues were brought to the Counter in the Pultry the Archbishop of Canterbury caused them to be excommunicate Records of Caunt The L. Strange his vvife doth penance as well at Paules Crosse as in al other Parish Churches of the Citie The xxi of Aprill the sayd Archbishop sate at S. Magnus to enquire of the authors of that disorder where he foūd the fault to be in the Lord Strange and his wife who vpon the first of May following in Paules Church before the Archbishop the Maior of London and other submitted themselues to penance and sware to do the same which was enioyned them that immediately al their seruants should in their shirtes goe before the Parson of S. Dunstons from Paules to S. Dunstons Church and the Lorde bare headed with his Lady bare footed Reignold Kenwood Archdeacon of London following them and at the halowing of the Church the Lady should fill all the vessels with water and also offer an ornament to the Alter of tenne pound and the Lord Straunge should offer a Pixe of Siluer of fiue pound The xxix of June the Earle of Huntington with his retinue fought with nine Carikes of Iene and tooke foure of them to their patrons and the Admirall of them all that was called the Bastard of Burbon with all the treasure that they all should haue bin waged with for a quarter of a yeare The thirtith of July King Henry with his host sayled into Normandy and tooke the Castell of Tonke and shortly after gat Cane Beyonx and many other Townes and Castels Henry Reade Iohn Gedney the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Richard Marlow Ironmonger the 28. of October Sir Iohn Oldcastell was sent vnto London by the Lorde Tho. Wals Powes out of Wales which Sir Iohn was conuict by Parliament drawne to Saint Giles field where he was hanged by Tho. Wals the necke in a chayne of iron and after consumed with fire The 14. of December King Henry continuing hys Anno reg 6. warres in France held his Christmas in Normādy at Bayaux about which time the Castell of Falase was yéelded vnto 1418 him and the Citie of Aueraunce was also yéelded After Easter Thomas Duke of Clarence was sent by the King to beséege the Monasterie of Becke Helowin and Humfrey Duke of Glocester was sent to beséege the Towne Cherburghe Richard Earle of Warwike was sent to beséege the Castell of Daunfrount and the Earle of Kime was sent to beséege the Castell of Milly Leuisque About the feast of the holy Trinitie the King sent Thomas Duke of Excester his Unkle into Normandy with fiftéene thousand men of armes In the moneth of June King Henry beséeged the noble Towne of Louens and compelled them within to yéelde to him vpon conditions on the euen of Saint Iohn Baptist Then the King on the xxij of June remoued his armie Titus Liuius towards Pount large where he layde his séege on the one side of y ◠Towne by the middle whereof the Riuer of Seene hath his course but could haue no passage ouer the riuer to lay séege on y e other side for y e bridge which was without y e town was defended with a strong Tower and a Garrison but King Henry commanded to make Boates of wickers and those to be closed in Beastes Skinnes by which Boates on the fifth of July the Duke of Clarence with hys companie passed ouer secretly in great number and then beséeged the other side of the Towne but bycause the Riuer of Seene diuided his host whereby if eyther part should haue néede of other they could not come togither for the Riuer the King caused to be made so many small square Boates of the wicker aforesayd that being tyed togither and cast into the Riuer he made of them a Bridge When the inhabitants and Garrisons perceyued them thus enuironed in all partes they agréed with the King that if within
Bridge but the warders or kéepers thereof kept them out by force as before they were commanded wherwith they being gréeuously discontented gathered to them a greater number of Archers and men of armes and assaulted the Gate with shot and other meanes of warre in so much that the commons of the Citie shut in their shoppes and spedde them thither in great number so that greate bloudshed woulde haue followed had not the wisedome of the Maior and Aldermen stayde the matter in time The Archbishop of Canterbury with the Prince of Portugale and other tooke great labour vpon them to pacifie this variance betwixt the two bréethren the Protector and the Bishop in so muche that they rode betwéene them eyght times ere they might bring them to any reasonable conformitie and lastly they agréed to stande to the rule of the Duke of Bedford Regent of France or of such as he would assigne wherevpon the Citie was set in more quiet and the Bishop of Winchester wrote a Letter to the Duke of Bedford Lord Regent as followeth RIght high and mighty Prince and right noble and after one leuest earthly Lorde I recommende me vnto your Grace with all my heart and as ye desire the welfare of the King our soueraigne Lorde and of his Realies of England and of France and your owne weale with all yours hast you hither for by my troth and ye tarrie long we shall put this Land in ieoperdy with a Field such a Brother yée haue héere God make him a good man For your wisedome knoweth well that the profite of France standeth in the welfare of England Written at London the last of October On the tenth day of January next ensuing the sayde Duke of Bedford wyth hys wife came vnto London with them also came the said Bishop of Winchester and the Maior and Citizens receyued him at Merton and â—onâ—ayde hym through the Citie vnto Westminster where he was lodged in the Kings Pallace and the Bishop of Winchester was lodged within the Abbots lodging On the morrow following the Maior presented the Regente with a paire of Basins of Siluer and ouer-gilt and in them a thousande Marke of gold The xxj of February began a great Counsayle at Saint Albons which was after reiorned to Northampton but for that no due conclusion mighte be made on the 1426 Parliament at Leycester xxv of March was called a Parliamente at Leycester the which endured till the xv day of June This was called the Parliamente of Battes bycause men being forbidden to bring Swords or other weapons brought great battes and staues on their neckes and wheÌ„ those weapons were inhibited theÌ„ they tooke stones and plomets of Leade During this Parliament the variance betwixt the two Lords was debated in so much that the Duke of Glocester put a Bill of complaynt against the Bishop conteyning sixe Articles all which Articles were by the Bishop sufficiently aunswered and finally by the counsell of the Lord Regent all the matters of variance betwéene the sayd two Lordes were put to the examination and iudgemente with the assistance of the Lordes of the Parliamente Henry Archbishop of Canterburie Thomas Duke of Excester Iohn Duke of Norffolke Thomas Bishop of Durham Philip Bishop of Worcester Iohn Bishop of Bath Humfrey Earle of Stafford Raulph Lord Cornewell and Maister William Alnewike then kéeper of the priuie Seale which Lordes made a decrée and awarde so that eyther party tooke other by the hande with friendly and louing words none hauing amends of other Upon Whitsonday following was a solemne feast holden at Leycester aforesayde where the Regente dubbed King Henry Knight and then forthwith the King dubbed Richard Duke of Yorke that after was father to King Edward the fourth and other to the number of fortie After the Parliamente the Kyng wente to Killingworth Castell Henry Chicheley Archbishop of Canterbury founded a Colledge at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire of eyght Colledge and Hospitall at Higham Ferrers fellowes foure Clearkes and sixe Choristers He also founded there an Hospitall for poore folke with many preferments to the sayd Towne which house for the poore his Anno reg 5. bréethren Robert and William Chichely Aidermen of London augmented with goodly legacies On Saterday the euen of Saint Michaell the Archangell Iohn Audley An Earthquake during tvvo houres in the morning before day betwixte the houres of one and two of the clocke began a terrible Earthquake with lightning and thunder whiche continued the space of two houres and was vniuersall through the world so that men had thought the world as then should haue ended and the generall dome to haue followed The vnreasonable Beasts rored and drew to the Townes with hideous noyse Also the Foules of the ayre likewise cryed out suche was the worke of God at that time to call his people to repentance Iohn Arnold Iohn Higham the 28. of September Sherifes Maior VVardes in London discharged of fifteenes Iohn Reynwell Fishmonger the 28. of October This Iohn Reynwell Maior of London gaue certayne Lands or tenements to the Citie of London for the whiche the same Citie is bound to pay for euer all such fiftéenes as shall be graunted to the King so that it passe not thrée fiftéenes in one yeare for thrée wardes in London to wéete Reignwels Testament Downegate warde Billingsgate warde and Aldgate warde This yeare the Tower at the Draw Bridge of London Tovver on LoÌ„don Bridge was begun by the same Maior of London On the Newyeares daye Thomas Beawford Duke of Excester deceassed at Greenewich and was buryed at Sainte Edmonds Burie in Suffolke About the Purification of our Lady the Duke of Bedford Regent of France with his wife and familie passed the seas vnto Caleis and so through Picardy into France but ere he departed from Caleis to wéete vpon the feast day of the Annuntiation 1427 of our Lady the Bishop of Winchester within the Church of our Lady of Caleis was created Cardinall and after the solemnitie done the Regente tooke him on hys righte hande and so conuayed hym vnto hys lodging This yeare was vnseasonable weathering for it reyned most part continually from Easter to Michaelmasse This yeare the Duke of Alanson that before was taken prisoner at the battayle of Vernole in Perch was deliuered for a raunsome of 200000. Scuttes of Golde whiche was Rob. Gagwin 50000. Markes sterling This yeare also the Earle of Salisburie accompanyed with the Earle of Suffolke the Lord Talbot and other layde Rob. Fabian a strong séege vnto the Citie of Orleance and hilde the Citiezens very streight and maugre the Duke of Orleance and the Marshall of France the Englishmen wanne from them diuers strong holdes adioyning to the Citie and forced them to bren a great part of their suburbes but one day as y e sayd Anno reg 6. Earle of Salisburie Thomas Mountagew rested him at a bay window a Gunne was leuelled out of the Citie which all
tosquashed his face whereof he dyed after which mishappe the Englishmen lost rather than wanne so that by little and little they lost all their possessions in France This yeare Humfrey Duke of Glocester tooke to wife Duke of Glocester married Elianor Cobham Elianor Cobham whome before hée hadde wantonlye kept Henry Frowike Robert Otley the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Parliament Subsedy Iohn Gidney Draper the 28. of October In a Parliament at Westminster was graunted to the King a Subsedie of euery Tunne of Wine thrée shillings and of other Merchandise excepte wooll fell and cloth xij 1418 pence of the pound Also of euery parish through y e Realme excepted Cities and Boroughes the benefice being in value x. Marke tenne of that parish should pay vj. s viij d. euery man viij d and of euery benefice that were x. pound x. parishners to pay xiij s iiij d and so rate and rate like of euery benefice from the lowest to the highest And for the inhabitants of Cities and Boroughes euery mā being in value of xx s aboue his houshold stuffe the apparell of him his wife should pay foure pence and so after that rate vnto the richest On Corpus Christi day a Briton that a good widdow and honest woman had cherished and brought vp of almes Murther quitte vvith murther dwelling in White Chappell parish without Aldgate murthered the sayd woman in a night sléeping in hir bedde and after conuayde such iewels and stuffe as he might carrie but he was so pursued vpon that for feare he tooke a Churche and there foresware the Kings land and the Connestables caused him to be brought to London and so intended to haue conuayde him Westward but so soone as he was come into the parish where before he had committed the murther the wiues cast vpon him so much filth and ordure of the stréete Anno reg 7. that notwithstanding the resistance made by the Connestables they slew him there out of hand On the first of September the Cardinall of Winchester Cardinall of VVinchester being returned from beyonde the Seas was mette by the Maior and his bréethren and certaine Citizens of London on horsebacke without the Citie and so brought to his pallace in Southwarke This yeare was a great fire at Baynards Castell in London Fire at Baynards Castell Sherifes Maior Thomas Duffehouse Iohn Abbot the 28. of September Henry Barton Skinner the 28. of October The viij of Nouember the Duke of Norffolke was like to haue bin drowned passing through London bridge hys Duke of Norffolke escaped drovvning Barge being set vpon the piles ouerwhelmed so that to the number of thirtie persons were drowned and the Duke with other that escaped were drawne vp with ropes The xxj of February Ri. Neuill was made Earle of Salisb 1429 The fifth day of June Frier Randolph a Mayster of Diuinitie that had bin long prisoner in the Tower of London 1. Treuise was there slayne by the Parson of the Tower In the moneth of June the Cardinall of Winchester with a warlike companye passed the Sea intending to haue made warre vppon them that then inhabited the Countrey of Prage but for néede of men that the Regente had in Fraunce the Cardinall chaunged his purpose and taryed there a season with the Regent William Ruffe Ralph Holland the 28. of September Sherifes Maior William Castfielde Mercer the. 28. of October The sixth of Nouember King Henrie being about the age of nintéene yeares was solempnely crowned in Saincte Peters Churche of Westminster at whose coronation were made xxxvj Knightes of the Bath and after solemnization in the Churche finished an honorable feaste in the greate Hall of Westminster was kept wherof yée may reade a large discourse in Robert Fabian After whiche feaste great preparation was made for the Kings iourney into France The. xxiiij of Januarie a battayle was done in Smithfielde 1430 within the listes before the King betwéene two men of Feuersham in Kent Iohn Vpton appellaunte and Iohn Downe defendaunt when they had long fought the Kyng toke vp the matter and forgaue both parties The. xxvij day of April the King toke shipping at Douer landed the same day at Caleis hauing in his company the Dukes of Yorke and Norffolke the Bishops of Bath Ely and Rochester the Earles of Huntington Stafforde Warwicke Oxforde Deuonshire Mortaine of Ewe and of Ormonde and Barrons the Lorde Boucher Beaumond Typtoft Fitz Water Roos Arundale Audley Faucōbridge Gray Codner Scrop and Welles Whilest the Kyng remayned at Caleis manye skirmishes were fought betwéene the Englishmen and the Frenche in diuerse partes of France and the Frenchmen preuayled greatly by helpe of a Woman which they named The Mayden of God So that lastlye she with hir companye came to the Towne of Champaigne to the end to remoue the siege layde therevnto by the Duke of Burgoigne and other of the Englishe Captaines and the. xxiij of Maye she gaue battaile to the Englishmen and fought with them a long time but in the ende by the manhoode of a Burgonian Knight named sir Iohn Luxemborough she was taken aliue and hir company distressed she was conuayed to the Citie of Roane and there kept a season where she fained hir selfe to be with child but when y e contrarie was known she was condēned brent After this King Henrie by small iorneyes into Fraunce came to Paris wher he was honorably receiued of y e Citizēs and taken for theyr soueraigne Lord and King whiles hée Robert Gagwine there remayned sayeth Gagwine the Frenchmen wan many holds of the Englishmen and the Burgonians in the country of Bry. The third of August dyed the the Countesse of Vrmonde and was buried at Saint Thomas of Acres in London Anno reg 9. Sherifes Maior Walter Chertesey Robert Large the. 28. of September Nicholas Wotton Draper the. 28. of October Soone after Easter the Lord protector was warned of an assembly of certaine lewde persons to be assembled at Abington wherefore he sent thyther certaine persons and also rode thyther himselfe and there arrested the Baylye of the Towne named William Mandeuil a Weauer the whiche was appointed for a Captain who had named himself Iack Sharpe of Wigmers lande in Wales who being examined confessed that he ment to haue done many mischiefes especially against Priests so that he would haue made their heads as cheape as Shéeps heads that is to say thrée for a peny or as some write ten for a penny manye of his complyces were taken and sent to dyuarse prisons Their Captaine was drawne hanged and headed at Abingdon and his head was sent to London and set on the bridge his other fautors were executed in diuerse places and Countreys to the terror of other The. xiij of Julye Richarde Russel a Wooll-man was drawn hanged and quartered for that he wold haue made Dukes and Earles at his pleasure Richard Robsert Lord Bourcher deceased and
was buried at Westminster King Henrie remayning still in Fraunce the Earle of Arundale accompanyed with two thousand Englishmen sente a certaine of his company vnto a Towne called Bealmount to prouoke she Frenchmen to issue out of the towne which smal coÌ„pany when Boyssycant Sentrales theÌ„ Captains behelde they with their souldiours sped them forth to take the sayd Englishmen y â— which by little little gaue backe till they had tolled the Frenchmen a good space from the Towne and then sette vpon them with a stoute courage and helde them on hand tyll the Earle with his company rescued them then betwixt them was a cruell fighte but in the end the Frenchmen were chased and the sayd Sentrayle with many footmen of the sayde Town were slaine Iohn Aderle Stephen Browne the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Wels Grocer the. 28. of October Thys IOHN WELLES Maior of London caused the Conduite commonlye called the Standarde in Cheape to bée builded On the seauenth day of December Kyng Henrie was Crowned in Paris by the Cardinall of Winchester at the which Coronation was presente the Duke of Burgoigne the Duke of Bedforde Regente and diuerse other Nobles of France After the solemnitie of thys feaste was ended the King departed from Paris and so came to Roane where he helde hys Christmasse and that done he returned to Caleis where when he hadde soiourned a season he tooke shipping and returned into England and landed at Douer the eleauenth of Februarie and then rydyng towarde London he was mette on Barham Downe betwixte Douer and Canterburie by a greate companye of Gentles and Commons of Kent all cladde in a liuerie wyth redde hoods the whiche accompanyed hym tyll he came to Blacke Heath which was on the one and twentith day of February where he was mette by the Maior of London who rode in a gowne of Crimson Ueluet his Aldermen in Scarlet the Citizens al in white gownes and red hoodes with diuerse works or Cognisances brodered vpoÌ„ their sléeues after y e facultie of their misteries or crafts after due obeysaÌ„ce and saluting of the king they rode on before him towards y e City And when the King was come to the Bridge there was deuised a mightie Giaunt standing with a sworde drawen in his hande hauing written certaine spéeches in metre of great reioycing and welcoÌ„ming of the King to the Citie on the middest of the Bridge and in diuerse other places of the Citie were diuerse faire and sumptuous pageants replenished with goodly and beautifull personages the order and spéeches whereof are sette downe by Robert Fabian in hys cronicle Thus being coÌ„ueyed to his pallace at Westminster the Maior with the Citizens returned to London and on the xxiitj day of Februarie the Maior and Aldermen yode to the King and presented him with a Hampire of Golde and 1433 therin a thousand pound of nobles This yeare by reason of the souldiours of Caleis a restraynte was made there of the Woolles for they were not content of their wages wherefore the Regente of Fraunce came downe thyther in Easter wéeke at which time many souldiours wer arrested and rode again to Tirwine And hauing not long buried the Lady Anne his late wife sister to the Duke of Burgoigne he married there the Earles daughter of Saint Paule and shortly after returned to Caleis where he caused foure of those souldiours to be beheaded on the. xj of June and. 110. souldiours to be banished the towne besides 120. that were banished before that tyme. And vpon Midsommer euen the Lord Regent with his new wedded spouse came to London and remayned there till the Anno reg 11 Sherifes Maior latter end of August Iohn Olney Iohn Peddesley the. 28. of September Iohn Perneis Fishmonger the. 28. of October On the. xxv day of Nouember was the Lord Fitz Water drowned on the sea and much other harmes were done by tempest 1433 Parliament On the eight day of July King Henrie began his Parliament at Westminster continued it till Lammas and then adiourned it vntil Saint Edwards tide This yere in the South-Weast appeared a blasyng star During the raigne of this King Henrie the sixth were lieutenaunts ouer the realme of Irelande Edmond Earle of March and Iames Earle of Ormond his deputie Iohn Sutton Knight Lorde of Dudley and sir Thomas Straunge hys deputie sir Thomas Stanley and sir Christopher Planket his deputie Lyon Lorde Welles and the Earle of Ormonde his deputie Iames Earle of Ormonde the Kings Lieuetenaunt by himselfe Iohn Erle of Shrewesburie and the Archbishop of Diuelin Lord Justice in his absence Richard Plantagenet Anno reg 12 Duke of Yorke Father to Edwarde the fourth and Earle of Vlstar had the Office of Lieutenaunt by letters patents during the space of tenne yeares who deputed vnder him at seuerall times the Baron of Diuelin Richarde Fitz Eustace Knight Iames Earle of Ormonde and Thomas Fitz Moris Earle of Kildare to this Richard then resident in Diuelin was borne within the Castel there the seconde sonne George Duke of Clarence afterward drowned in a Butte of â—almesey Thomas Chalton Iohn King the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Brokeley Draper the. 28. of October The ninth of Nouember the tormente of the Earle of Saint Paule Father to the Dutchesse of Bedford was solemnly holden in Paules Church of London where the more parte iâ— estates of this realme were present The ninth of Marche the Lorde Talbot with a goodlye companye passed throughe the Citie of London towardes Fraunce where he wrought much woe to the Frenchmen The 1434 Towne of Saint Denis which is within two English myles of Paris was gotten by the practise of one Iohn Notice a knight of Orleance from Matthew Gouglye and Thomas Kiriel Captaines they slewe there many Englishmen and toke many prisoners but soone after the sayde Captaines with strength taken from Paris layde such a strong siege aboute Saint Denis that finally they agréed to deliuer the Town to the Englishmen In thys season also the earle of Arundale which in Normandie had manly born him hearing that one Hirus â— Frâ—ch Captaine had fortifyed a strong Castell named Gerborym before destroyed of the Englishmen toke with him a certaine number of souldiours and belaied the Castel with a strong siege and assaulted it sundry times manfully but Gagwine sayeth the saide Hirus with his companye issued out of the Castell and gaue vnto the sayde Earle a cruel skirmish in the which the sayde Earle receiued a deadly wound and dyed shortly after Anno reg 13 Sherifes Maior Thomas Barnewel Simon Eyre the. 28. of September Roger Otley Grocer the. 28. of October Through a great Froste that lasted from the fiue and Great Frost twentith of NoueÌ„ber vnto the tenth of Februarie the Thamis was so frozen that the Merchandice which came to the Thamis mouth was there landed and carried through Kent to London When the Pope Eugeny the fourth
the 13. poore men to be called minister to present the faultes of the other to the maister and to ring their common bell to seruice and to haue xvj pence the wéeke the other xij poore mâ— to haue euery of them xiiij pence y â— wéeke This house hath to name Gods house or the house of almes vnto the which he gaue iij. Manors Ramruge in Hampshire Conocke in Wilshire and Mershe in Buckinghamshire with their appurtenaunces Hospital at Donington Castle they also founded the Hospitall of Donnington Castle In the moneth of May the commons of Kent in great Iacke Cade Captaine of the rebels in Kent numbers assembled hauing to their Captaine Iacke Cade who named himselfe Mortimer cosin to the Duke of Yorke or as he was named of some Iohn amend all this Captaine brought a great number of people to the Blackcheath there kept the fielde more than a moneth pilling the countrey about to whom the Citie of London at that time was full fauourable And the said Captaine as I finde recorded sent for such Citizens of London as it pleased him to command to repayre vnto him vnder letters of safe conduct as followeth The safegard and signe manuell of the Captaine of Kent sent to Thomas Cocke Draper of London by the Captaine of the great assemble in Kent BY this our writing ensealed we grant and wil permit truly that Thomas Cocke of LondoÌ„ Draper shal come in good suertie and in safegard to our presence without any hurt of his person and so auoyde from vs againe at his pleasure with al other persoÌ„s assigned at his denominatioÌ„ with him comming in likewise The commaundement by the Capitaine of Kent sent vnto Thomas Cocke aboue sayd FOr your instruction first ye shall charge all Lumbardes strangers being marchaunts Ieneweâ—s Venetians Florentines and other this day to draw them together and to ordaine for vs the Captain xij Harnises complete of the best fashion xxiiij Brigandines xij battaile Axes xij Glaues vj. Horses with saddle and bridle completely harnessed and a thousande markes of readie money and if this oure demaund be not obserued and done we shall haue the heades of as many as we can get of them What answere to this demaund was returned I finde not but like it is the same was graunted and performed for I finde not thesaid Captaine and Kentishmen at their being in the Cittie to haue hurt any straunger In the meane time the King sent notable men to the sayd Captaine and his fellowship to knowe their purpose and the cause of their insurrection vnto whom the Captaine answered that he and his company were assembled there to redresse and reforme the wrongs that were done in the Realme and to withstand the malice of them that were destroyers of the common weale and to amend the defaultes of them that were chiefe counsellers to the King and shewed vnto them the articles of complaints touching the misgouernment of the realm wherein was nothing conteined but séemed reasonable wherof a copie was sent to the Parliament holden that time at Westminster with also one other byll of requestes by them made of things to be reformed and to haue answere thereof agayne but he had none The bill of Articles they intituled The complaint of the Commons of Kent and causes of the assembly on the Blackheath 1 Inprimis it is openly noysed that Kent shoulde be destroyed with a Royall power and made a wylde forest for the death of the Duke of Suffolke of which the Commons of Kent thereof were neuer guiltie 2 Item the King is styrred to lyue onely on his Commons and other men to haue the reuenues of the Crown the which hath caused pouertie in his excellencie and great paymentes of the people nowe late to the King graunted in his Parliament 3 Item that the Lordes of his Royall bloud béen put from his dayly presence and other meane persons of lower nature exalted and made chiefe of his Priuie Counsell the which stoppeth matters of wronges done in the Realme from his excellent audience and may not be redressed as lawe will but if bribes and giftes be messengers to the handes of the sayde Counsell 4 Item the people of his Realme be not payde of debts owing for stuffe and purueyaunce taken to the vse of the Kings housholde in vndoyng of the sayde people and the poore Commons of this Realme 5 Item the Kings meniall seruauntes of housholde and other persons asken dayly goods and lands of empeached or indited of treason the which the King graunteth anon ere they so endaungered be conuict The which canseth the receyuers thereof to enforge labours and meanes applyed to the death of such people so appeached or indited by subtyl meanes for couetyse of the sayde grauntes the people so empeached or indited though it be vntrue may not be committed to the Lawe for their deliueraunce but helde stil in prison to their vttermost vndoyng and destruction for couetyse of goods 6 Item though diuers of the poore people and Commons of the Realme haue neuer so great right trueth and perfite tytle to theyr lande yet by vntrue clayme of enfeffement made vnto diuers States Gentles and the Kings meniall seruauntes in maintenaunces againste the ryghte the true owners dare not holde clayme nor pursue their right 7 Item it is noysed by common voyces that the Kings landes in Fraunce bene aliened and put awaye from the Crowne and his Lordes and people there destroyed with vntrue meanes of treason of which it is desyred enquiries thorough all the Realme to bée made howe and by whom and if suche Traytors may be found guiltie them to haue execution of Lawe without any pardon in example of other 8 Item Collectors of the. xv pennie in Kent be greatly vexed and hurte in paying great summes of money in the Eschequere to sue out a Writ called Quorum nomina for the allowaunce of the Barons of the Ports which nowe is desyred that hereafter in the lieu of the Collectors the Barons aforesaide may sue it out for their ease at their owne costes 9 Item the Sherifes and Undersherifes let to ferme their offices and Bayliwikes taking great suertie therfore the which causeth extortions done by them by their Baylifes to the people 10 Item simple poore people that vse not hunting be greatly oppressed by inditements fained done by the saide Sherifes Undersherifes Baylifs and other of their assent to cause their encrease for paying of their said Ferme 11 Item they returne in names of Enquests in writing into diuers Courtes of the Kinges not somoned nor warned where through the people dayly léese great suÌ„mes of money welny to the vttermost of their vndoyng make leuie of amercementes called the Gréene Waxe more in summes of money than can be founde due of recorde in the Kings bookes 12 Item the ministers of the courte of Douer in Kent vexe and arest diuers people through all the Shire out of Castle
Thomas Harington Knighte Sir Thomas Neuil sonne to the Earle of Salisburie and Syr Henrie Ratforde Knight and other to the number of 2200. The Earle of Salisburie was taken aliue and ledde by the Duke of Somerset to the Castell of Pomfraite and had graunte of hys life for a greate summe of money but the common people of the Countrey whyche loued hym not toke hym out of the Castel by violence and smote off hys heade When the death of these Lordes was knowen â—â— the King he commaunded writs and commissions to be sent into the shires to the people and to goe againste the Rebelles into the Northe to suppresse them but they of the Northe came sodainelye downe to the Town of Dunstaple robbing all the Countrey and people as they came spoyling Abbayes Priories and Parish Churches bearing awaye Chalisses bookes ornamentes and other whatsoeuer was worth the carriage as thoughe they had bin Sarisens and no Christians againste whom the twelfth of Februarie the Duke of Norffolke and Suffolke the Erles of Warwicke and Arundale the Lord Bonuile and other with the King wente out of London towarde Saint Albons and when they heard that they of the Northe were so nyghe they tooke a fielde beside a little Towne called Sandriage not farre from Sainte Albons on Barnarde Heathe in a place called No mans Lande where the Kyng stoode and sawe hys menne slayne on bothe sydes tyll at the laste throughe the wythdrawyng manye of the Kentishmen with their Captaine Louelace that was the vaward King Henries parte lost the fielde the Lords fled and the King wente to Quéene Margaret that was come w t the Northerne men and hyr sonne Edwarde The Earle of Warwicke wente towarde the Earle of Marche that was comming towarde London out of Wales The Lord Bonuile woulde haue withdrawen him but the King assured hym to haue no bodylye harme neuerthelesse at the instance of the Quéene the Duke of Excester and the Earle of Deuonshire he was beheaded at Saint Albons and wyth hym Syr Thomas Kyriell of Kente This battayle was fought on Shroue Twesday the seauentéenth of February Exlibre Norwicensis in the whiche was slain 1916 persons The same day Thomas Thorpe Baron of the Exchequer was beheaded at High Gate by the commons of Kent Then the Citizens of London dreading the malice of the Quéene and the Duke of Somerset sente vnto them the Dutchesse of Buckingham with other to treate for to be beneuolent to the Citie for the which a summe of money was promised and that they shoulde come to the Citie wyth a certayne number of persons where vpon certayne speares and men of armes were sente to haue entred the Citie before the Dukes commyng whereof some were slayne some sore hurte and the remnaunte putte to flighte by the Commons who tooke the Keyes of the gates and manfully defended the Citie vntill the comming of Edwarde Earle of Marche where-throughe King Henrie wyth Quéene Margaret and the Northerne men were forced to return again Northwarde The thirde of Februarie Edwarde Earle of Marche foughte wyth the Welchmen beside Wigmore in Wales neare vnto Mortimers Crosse whose Captaynes were the Earle of Penbroke and the Earle of Wilshire where he put them to flight and slewe of the Welchemen aboute foure thousande Owen Tewther whome Iohn Leylande sayeth shoulde be called Meâ—â—dicke Father to the sayde Earle Penbroke whiche Owen hadde married Katherin mother to King Henrie the sixth was there taken and beheaded and afterward buried in the a Chapel of the Gray Friers Church in Hereforde the day before this battayle about tenne of the clocke before noone were séene thrée Suns in the firmameÌ„t shyning a like cleare which after closed togither all in one The eight and twentith of Februarie Edward Earle of March accompanied with the Erle of Warwicke a mightie power of Marchmen came vp to London where he was ioyfully receyued and on the seconde day of March being Sonday all hys hoste was mustered in Saint Iohns fielde where was redde among the people certaine Articles and pointes that King Henrie had offended in and then it was demanded of them whether the said Henrie were worthy to raigne still and the people cryed nay naye Then was it asked if they would haue the Erle of March to be theyr King and they sayde yea yea then certaine Captaynes were sente to Erle of March elected King the Earle of March at Baynardes Castel and tolde the Erle that the people had chosen him King whereof he thanked God and them and by the aduise of the Archbyshoppe of Canterburie the Byshoppe of Excester and the Earle of Warwicke wyth other hée tooke it vpon hym The Dutches of Yorke mother to Edwarde Earle of Marche fearing the fortune of the worlde sente hyr two yonger sonnes George and Richarde ouer the seas to the Citie of Vtricke in Almaine where they remayned tyll their elder brother had got the Crown Also Phillip Malpas Alderman of London Thomas Citizens of LoÌ„don fled Vaghan Esquire Maister William Atclife with many other fearing the Quéenes comming to London shypped them in a shippe of Antwerpe purposing to haue sayled thyther but by the way they were taken by a French shippe named the Colmapne and at length delyuered for greate raunsome Edwarde Earle of March being elected as is abouesaid Edvvard Erle of March toke on him the kingdome on the next morrowe went in procession at Paules and offered there and after Te Deum beyng sung he was with gret royaltie conueyed to Westminster and there in the Hall sette in the kings seate with Saint Edwards Scepter in his hand and then asked of the people if they would haue him King and they cryed yea yea Then after certaine homages by hym receyued he was with Procession conuayed into the Abbay there and sette in the Quire as King whyle Te Deum was singing that done he offered at Saint Edwardes Shryne and then returned by water vnto Saint Paules and was there lodged wythin the Bishops Pallaice Thus tooke he possession of the Realme vpon a Tuisday being the fourth of Marche and was proclaymed King of England by the name of Edward the fourthe when King Henrie hadde raigned thirtie yeares eight monthes and odde dayes ⸪ ¶ Edward Earle of March EDvvarde Earle of Marche borne at Roane sonne and heyre to Anno. reg 1 10. Rouse Richarde Duke of Yorke about the age of eightéene yeares began his raigne the fourth day of March by the name of Edward the fourth in the yeare 1460. he was a man of noble courage and greate wit but in his time was muche trouble vnquietnesse in the realme The twelfth of Marche Walter Walker a Grocer that VValter VValker beheaded dwelt in Cheape for words spoken touching King Edwarde was beheaded in Smithfield This Grocer is he whom Maister Hal mistaketh to be Burdet of whom ye shal finde in the xvij yeare of this King The same xij day of Marche in the afternoone
after a Chappell was builded The morow after Easter day were y e bodyes of the Earle Iob. Rastall of Warwike and the Marques Mountacute layde naked in Paules Churche in London that all men might sée them King Henrie with the Archbyshop of Yorke were sent to the Towre of London At this time Quéene Margaret and Prince Edwarde hir sonne had lyne on y e sea xvtj. dayes letted with foule weather on Easter day at euen they landed with their Frenche Battell at Tevvkesburie Nauie at Weymouth and so came to Excester from thence to Tewkesburie and pitched his fielde by Seuerne Edwarde the fourth being come from London fought with Prince Edward Liber Tewx at Tewkesburie on the fourth of May tooke Quéene Margaret prisoner with Prince Edward hir sonne whom cruelly he smote on the face with his gawntlet and after his seruants slew him Edmond Duke of Somerset and sir Hugh Courteney fledde from Prince Edward and loste him the fielde There was slaine Courteney Earle of Deuonshire Lorde Iohn of Somerset Lorde Wenlocke sir Edmond Flamdene sir Robert Whittingham sir William Vaus sir Nicholas Haruie sir Iohn Deluis sir William Filding sir Thomas Fizhony sir Iohn Laukenor King Edward entring a Churche in Teweksburie with his sworde drawne a Priest brought the Sacrament against him and woulde not let him enter vntill he had graunted his pardon to these that followe the Duke of Somerset the Lorde of Saint Iohns sir Humfrey Audeley sir Geruis of Clifton sir William Crimeby sir William Carie sir Thomas Tresham sir William Newbrough Knightes Henrie Tresham Walter Courteney Iohn Florie Lewes Myles Robert Iackson Iames Gower Iames Deluis sonne and heire to sir Iohn Deluis all these where they might haue escaped tarryed in the Church trusting in the Kings pardon from Saterdaye tyll Mondaye when they were taken out and beheaded Aboute this time sir Walter Wroitile and sir Geffrey Thomas the Bastarde Gates Knightes gouernours of Caleis sente sir George Broke Knight from Caleis with 300. souldiours to Thomas the Bastarde Fauconbridge Captaine of the Earle of Warwickes Nauie willing him to raise the Countrey of Kente and to goe to London there to take King Henrie out of the Tower and then to goe against King Edwarde The fourtéenth day of May Thomas the Bastarde wyth a ryotous company of shipmen and other of Essex and Kent came to London where being denyed passage throughe the Citie he set vpon Bishops Gate Aldegate London bridge c. along the Thamis side shooting arrows and Gunnes into the Citie fiered the Suburbs and brent more than 60. houses wanne the Bulwarkes at Aldegate and entred the Citie but y e Parcolise being let downe suche as had entred were slaine and then the Citizens pursued the rest as farre as Stratforde and Blacke Wall slaying many and tooke manye prisoners Thomas the Bastarde went from London Weastwarde as farre as Kingstone vppon Thamis to prosecute King Edwarde but the Lorde Scales with Nicholas Faunte Maior of Canterburie by fayre wordes caused Fawconbridge to returne to Blacke Heath in Kent from whence in the night he stale from the hoste with sixe hundred horssemenne to Rochester and so to Sandwiche where he abode the Kyngs comming The one and twentith of May King Edwarde came to King Henrie murdered London with thirtie thousand men and the same nyght king Henrie was murdered in the Tower of London on the morrowe he was brought to Saint Paules Church in London in an open Cophen bare faced where he bled thēce he was carried to the Blacke Friers and there bled and thence to Chersey Abbay in a boate where he was then buryed but since remoued to Windsor where he resteth Thus ended the King his transitorie life hauing inioyed as great prosperity as fauourable fortune coulde aforde and as greate troubles on the other side as she frownyng coulde poure out yet in both states he was patiente and vertuous that he maye be a patterne of moste perfect vertue as he was a worthy example of Fortunes inconstancie he was plaine vpright far from fraude wholye giuen to prayer reading of Scriptures and almes-déedes of such integritie of lyfe that the Bishoppe whyche hadde bene hys Confessour tenne yeares auowched that hée had not all that tyme committed anye mortall cryme So continente as suspition of vnchaste life neuer touched hym and hauyng in Christmasse a shewe of yong womenne wyth theyr bare breastes layde out presented before hym he immediately departed wyth these wordes fie fie for shame forsooth you be to blame before his marryage he liked not that women shoulde enter into hys Courte and for thys respect he committed hys two brethren by the mothers side Iasper and Edmonde to moste honest and vertuous Prelates to bée broughte vppe so farre he was from couetousnesse that when the executors of hys vncle the Bishoppe of Winchester surnamed the rich Cardinall would haue giuen to him 2000. pounde he playnelye refused it willing them to discharge the will of the departed and woulde scarcely condescend at length to accept the same some of money towarde the endowing of his Colledges in Cambridge and Eaton he was religiously affected as the tyme then was that at principall holydayes he would were sackeclothe next his skinne Othe he vsed none but in moste earnest matters these wordes forsoothe and forsooth he was so pityfull that when hée sawe the quarter of a Traytour agaynste hys Crowne ouer Criple Gate hée willed it to be taken awaye wyth these wordes I wyll not haue anye Christian so cruellye handeled for my sake manye greate offences hée willinglye pardoned and receyuing at a tyme a greate blowe by a wicked manne whyche compassed hys deathe he onelye sayde forsooth forsooth yée doe fowelye to smite a Kyng annoynted so another also thruste him in the side wyth a sworde when hée was restoared to hys state and Kyngdome not long before hys death beyng demaunded why hée hadde so long helde the Crowne of Englande vniustlye he replyed my Father was Kyng of Englande quietlye enioying the Crowne all hys raigne and further my grandsire was Kyng of Englande and I euen a chylde in my Cradle was proclaymed and crowned King without anye interruption and so helde fortye yeares well neare all the states doing homage vnto me as to my antecessors Wherefore I may saye with King Dauid The lotte is fallen vnto me in a faire grounde yea I haue a goodlye heritage my helpe is from the Lorde whyche saueth the vprighte in hearte This good King of hymselfe alwayes naturally enclined The Kings Colledge in Cambridge to doe good and fearing leste he might séeme vnthankfull to almyghtye GOD for hys greate benefittes bestowed vppon hym since the tyme he firste tooke vppon hym the regimente of the Realme determyned aboute the sixe and twentith yeare of hys raygne for hys primer notable worke as by the wordes of hys wyll I finde expressed to erecte and founde two famous Colledges in the honoure and
he assured the King that the Conestable woulde deliuer into his handes both Saint Quintines and all his other places whiche the Kyng easilye beléeued partly bycause hée hadde marryed the Conestables Nieâ—e and partlye bycause hée sawe hym in so greate feare of the Kyng of Fraunce that hée thoughte hée durste not fayle hys promise made to the Duke and hym and the Duke beléeued iâ— also But the Conestable meante nothing lesse for the feare he was in of the Frenche Kyng was not so greate that it coulde force hym thus 〈…〉 but he vsed sâ—yl his â—onted dissimulation The King of Englande reioycyng at thys message sente by the Conestable departed from Peronnâ— wyth the Duke of Burgoigne towarde Saint Quintins wherevnto when hée approched a greate bande of Englishe menne ranne before thynkyng that the belles shoulde haue bene rong at theyr commyng and that the Citizens woulde haue receyued them wyth Crosse and Holye Water but when they drewe néere to the Towne the Artillâ—â—â—e shotte and the Souldiâ—urs â—â—â—ed for the 〈…〉 he 〈…〉 she bothe on horsâ—e backe and on foote so that two or three Englishe menne were slayne and some taken â— and in thys state returned they in great rage to theyr Campe 〈…〉 againste the Conestable The nexte morning the Duke of 〈…〉 woulde haue taken hys leaue of the King of Englande to departe to hys armye in Barrays promising to do maruayles in hys fauour The Frenche Kyng sente a seruaunte of the LORD Halles in the lykenesse of an Herraulte wyth a coate made of a Trumpets Banner to the Englishe Campe where when hée came hée was broughte to a Tente and after dynner talked wyth the Kyng hys message was chielely grounded vppon the greate desire the Kyng hadde of long time to bée in peace wyth the Kyng of Englande saying further that since hée was Crowned Kyng of Fraunce he neuer hadde attempted anye thyng againste the King of England or his realme Secondly he excused himselfe for the receiuing in times paste the Earle of Warwicke into his Dominions saying that hée dyd it onelyâ— agaynste the Duke of Burgoigne and not him Further he declared that the sayd Duke of Burgoigne had for none other cause called hym into Fraunce but that by the occasion of hys comming hée mighte conclude a bettâ—r peace for hymselfe wyth the Kyng And if happily anye other furthered the matter it was onely to amende the broken estate of theyr owne affaires and for their owne priuate commoditie but as touching the Kyng of Englandes good successe they were altogither carelesse thereof Hée putte hym also in mynde of the tyme of the yeare alleaging that Winter approched likewise the great charges he sustained Lastlye he sayde that notwithstanding a great number in Englande desyred Warre with Fraunce yet if the Kyng oâ— Englande inclyne to peace the Kyng for hys parte would condescende to suche conditions as he doubted not but hée and hys Realme woulde allowe of finally he demaunded a saâ—e conduite for certaine Ambassadours to come well enformed of his maisters pleasure The King of England and part of his Nobles liking these ouertures very well graunted to the Harrault of Fraunce as large a safe conducte as he demaunded and gaue him foure Nobles of golde in rewarde He also sente an Englishe Harrault with him to bring the like safe conducte And in the nexte morning in a Uillage neare to Amience the Commissioners of both Princes met being these For the King of France the bastard of Bourdon Admâ—ral of France the Lord of Saint Pierre and the Bishop of Eureux called Heberge And for the King of Englande the Lord Howard one Chalenger and Doctor Morton Many articles of peace were treated of but the laste resolutions were these That the French King shoulde paye to the King of Englande presently before his departure out of Fraunce 72. thousande crownes that the Dolphine shoulde marrye King Edwardes eldest daughter and that she shoulde haue the Duchie of Guien for hir maintainaunce or 5000. crownes yearly to be paid in the Tower of London the space of nine yeres which terme expired the Dolphine shoulde peaceably enioy the reuenues of the whole Dutchie of Gnien and then the Kyng of France to be clearly discharged of all payments to the King of Englande Further it was decréed that the two Primes shoulde méete togither and be sworne to the treatie which méeting was obserued in a town called Picquigny on the 29. of August The King of England vppon receit of hys money departed towarde Calâ—is in great haste fearing the Duke of Burgoignes malice and his subiectes At his departure he lefte for hostages with the King of Fraunce till his returne into England the Lorde Howarde and the Maister of his horse called sir Iohn Cheyney King Edward tooke shipping at Calais and landed at Douer and was receyued on the Blacke-heath by the Mayor of London and his brethren in Scarlet and 500. commoners all clad in Murrey and so conueyed to London through the Citie to Westminster on the 28. of September This yéere was one Iohn surnamed Gose brent on she Towre hill in the moneth of August Edmond Shawe Thomas Hill the 28. of September Maior Sherifes Robert Drope Draper the 28. of October This Robert Drope Maior of London inlarged the Condite vpon Cornehill making an East ende therevnto The. xviâ—j of Aprill were inhaunced to the honour of Anno reg 15 1475 Knights made by the King Knighth and after the custome of England in the time of peace his eldest sonne Edward Prince of Wales Duke of Connewall and Earle of Chester his seconde sonne the Duke of Yorke and with them the Earle of Lincolnes sonne and heire the Duke of Suffolke the Lord Thomas Grey y e Quéenes sonne Richard his brother the Earle of Shrewsburie the Earle of Wilshire Master Edward Woduile the Lorde Neuibâ— the Lorde Barkleys sonne and heire the Lord Awdeleys sonne and heire the Lord Saint Ainand the Lord Stanleys sonne and heire the Lorde Sturtons sonne and heire the Lorde Hastings sonne heire the Lorde Ferrors of Chartleys sonne and heire Master Harbert brother to the Earle of Penbroke Master Vaughon Brian chiefe Judge Litilton one of the Little 〈…〉 Judges of the Common place Master Bodringham Master Brian Stapleton Kneuit Pilkinton Ludlow Charleton c. The same day the King created the Lord Thomas Marques Dorset before dinner and so in the habit of a Marques aboue the habit of his Knighthood he beganne the table of Knights in Saint Edwards Chamber At that time he ordained that the Kings Chamberlaine shoulde goe with the auncient and well nurtred Knight to aduertise and teache the order of Knighthood to the Esquiers being in the bayne The King himselfe came in person and did honour to all y e companie with his noble Counsell and his handes Hugh Brite Robert Colwitch the 28. of Sept. Robert Basset Salter the 28. of October Sherifes Maior This Maior did sharpe correction
the Ladye Elizabeth than for lacke of that affinitie the whole Realme shoulde runne to ruyne Wherefore hée sent to the Quéene being in Sanctuarie diuers and often messengers whiche shoulde excuse hym of all things before agaynst hir attempted and after shoulde so largelye promyse promotions not onely to hir but to hir sonne Thomas Marques Dorset that they shoulde bryng hir if it were possible into some wan hope The Messengers so perswaded the Quéene that shée beganne somewhat to reâ—ent in so muche that shée faythfully promysed to yéelde hir selfe to the Kyngs wyll and pleasure And so shée first delyuered vnto Kyng Richardes handes hir fyue daughters Afterwarde shée sent letters to the Marques hir sonne beyng then at Paris wyth the Earle of Richemond wylling hym in any wyse to repayre into Englande where for him were prouided great honours assertayning hym that all offences on both parties were forgiuen and forgotten After that King Richarde hadde thus pleased the mutable mynde of Quéene Elizabeth he caused all hir daughters to bée conueyed into his Palace with solempne receyuing Nowe nothing was contrarie to his purpose â—ut that his mansion was not voyde of a wyfe and first 〈…〉 abstayned both from the bedde and companye of hys wyfe after he complayned to many of the infortunate barrennesse of his wife After this he procured a common rumor to be published among the common people that the Quéene was dead When the Quéen heard tell that so horrible a rumor of hir death was sprong amongst the communaltie she sore suspected the world to be almost at an ende with hir and not long after howsoeuer it fortuned the Quéene departed out of this life and was with due solemnitie buryed at Westminster The King thus losed out of the bonds of Matrimony began to cast a fancie to Lady Elizabeth hys Néece making much suite to haue hir ioyned with him in lawfull Matrimonie but bycause all men and the Mayden hir selfe most of all detested thys vnlawfull copulation hée determined to deferre the matter till he were in a more quiet case for all thys season he was oppressed with weighty affayres on euery syde considering that dayly parte of the Nobilitie sayled into France other priuily fauoured the Earle of Richmond amongst the noble men whome hée most suspected these were the principall Thomas Lorde Stanley Sir Wyllyam Stanley hys brother Gilbert Talbot and sixe hundred other of whose purpose though King Richard were ignorant yet he gaue no credence to any one of them and least of all to the Lord Stanley bycause he was ioyned in Matrimonie wyth the Lady Margaret mother to the Earle of Richmond for when the sayde Lorde Stanley would haue departed into hys Countrey the King in no wyse woulde suffer hym to departe before he had lefte as in hostage Anno reg 3. in the Courte George Stanley Lord Strange his first begotten sonne and heire Whyle Kyng Richarde was thus troubled sodeynely hée hearde newes that the Castell of Hames was delyuered into the handes of the Earle of Richmonde by the meanes of the Earle of Oxford and that not onely he but also Iames Blunt Captayne of the Castell were fledde into France to ayde the Earle of Richmond Henry Earle of Richmond obteyning of King Charles a small crue of men and borowing certayne summes of money of hym and of dyuers other hys priuate friendes hée departed from the French Court and came to the Citie of Roane Whyle he taryed there making prouision at Harefleete in the mouth of the Riuer of Seyne for all things necessarye for hys Nauye tydings were broughte to hym that Kyng Richarde béeyng wythout Children and a Widdower intended shortly to marrye wyth Lady Elizabeth hys brothers daughter whyche newes hée tooke of no small momente for thys thyng onely tooke away from all hys companyous theyr hope to obteyne an happye enterprise by reason whereof hée iudged that all hys friendes in Englande woulde shrinke from him yet notwithstanding Earle Henry of Richmonde bycause he woulde no longer linger and wéerie hys friendes lyuing betwéene hope and feare determined in all hast conuenient to sette forwarde and caryed to hys Shippes armour weapons vitiayle and all other ordinances expedient for warre which béeyng done onely accompanyed wyth two thousande men and a small number of Shyppes weyed vp hys Anckers and in the kalendes of August hée sayled from Harefleete wyth so prosperous a wynde that the seauenth day after Henry Earle of Richmond landed at Milford Hauen hée arriued in Wales in the euening at a Port called Milford Hauen and incontinente tooke lande and came to a place called Dale and at the Sunne rising remoued to Hereford West where he was receyued of the people wyth great ioy From thence he remoued to Cardigan fiue mile from Hereford West whether came to the Earle Richard Griffith with all his men and power After him the same day came Iohn Morgan wyth hys men Then the Earle aduanced forwarde making no abode in anye place and sodeynly hée was ascertayned that Sir Walter Harbert and Rice appe Thomas were in harnesse before hym readye to encounter wyth hys Armye and to stoppe theyr passage Wherefore he first determined to set vpon them and eyther to destroye or to take them into his fauour and after with all hys power to gyue battayle to King Richarde But to the intent his friendes shoulde knowe with what deâ—teritie he attempted his enterprise forwarde he sent messengers with letters and instructions to the Ladye Margaret his mother to the Lorde Stanley and his brother to Talbot and to other declaring to them that he holpe with the ayde of his friendes intended to passe ouer the riuer of Seuerne at Shrewsburie and so to passe directly to the Citie of London requiring them as his speciall trust was in the hope of their fidelitie that they woulde méete him by the waye with all diligent preparation When these messengers were departed he marched forward towardes Shrewsburie in his passage there mette and saluted him Rice ap Thomas with a goodly band of Welchmen which submitted himselfe whole to his order and commaundement In the meane tyme the messengers laden with rewardes returned to him the same daye that he entred into Shrewsburie and made relation to him that his friendes were readie in all poyntes to doe all things for him which they myghte doe The Earle Henrie continued his iourney and came to a little towne called Newporte and pitched his campe on a little hyll adioyning reposing himselfe there that nyghte In the Euenyng of the same day came to him sir George Talbot with the whole power of the young Earle of Shrewsburie then beyng in warde which were accounted ij thousand men And thus his power increasing he arriued at the Towne of Stafforde and there paused To whome came sir William Stanley accompanyed with a fewe persons After that the Earle departed from thence to Lytchfield and lay without the walles in campe all that night The
fewell were rowed vp to Holborne Bridge as they of old time had bin accustomed which was a great commoditie to all the inhabitantes in that parte of London Also the Tower néere to the blacke Friers was taken downe by the commandement of the Maior The sixth of May Sir Iames Tirell Knight Lieutenant of Guisnes Castell and Sir Iohn Windham Knighte were beheaded on the Tower hill and a Shipman was hanged and quartered at Tiborne all for ayding Edmond de la Poole Earle of Suffolke Thys yeare were brought vnto the Kyng thrée men taken Men brought from the nevv found Ilands in the new found Ilands by Sebastian Gabato before named in Anno 1468. these men were clothed in Beastes Skinnes and eate raw Flesh but spake such a language Anno reg 18. as no man could vnderstand them of the which thrée men two of them were séene in the Kings Court at Westminster two yeares after clothed like Englishmen and could not bée discerned from Englishmen Henry Keble Nicholas Nines the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Bartholmew Rede Goldsmith the 28. of October The Chappell of our Lady aboue the East ende of the high Aultare of Westminster Churche with a Tauerne called King Henry the seauenths Chappell at VVestminster the white Rose néere adioyning was taken downe in whiche place a most beautifull Chappell was then forthwyth begonne to be buylded by Kyng Henrye the seauenth the charges whereof as I haue bene credibly informed amounted to the summe of fourtéene thousande pounds Elizabeth Quéene of England wife to Kyng Henry the Queene Elizabeth deceassed seauenth dyed of Childbed in the Tower of London on the twelfth of February and was solemnely buryed at Westminster King Henry the seuenth being himselfe a brother of the Sixe Kings of England breethren vvith the Taylors Company in London before they vvere entituled Merchant Taylors 1503 Taylors company in London as diuers other his predecessors Kings before him had bin to wéete Richard the third Edward the fourth Henry the sixth Henry the fifth Henry the fourth and Richard the second Also of Dukes eleuen Earles xxviij and Lords xiviij he now gaue to them the name and title of Merchant Taylors as a name of worship to endure for euer This yeare about the later end of March the prior of the Prior of Shene murthered Charterhouse of Shene was murthered in a cell of his owne house by meanes of one Goodwine a Monke of the same Cloyster and his adherents artificers of London On the xxv of June at the Bishop of Salisburies place in Fléetestréete was the noble Prince Henry the second sonne of King Henry the seauenth assured in matrimonie to the Lady Katherine late the wife of that excellent Prince Arthure The fifth of August deceassed Sir Reginald Bray Knight Treasurer of the Kings warres and was buryed at Windesore The eyght of August the King of Scottes marryed Margaret Margaret the Kings daughter maryed the eldest daughter of King Henry the seuenth A drye Sommer hauing no notable rayne from Whitsontide Anno reg 9. to the later Lady day in haruest Christopher Hawes Robert Wittes the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Thomas Granger the 11. of Nouember Sir William Capell Draper the 28. of October Maior The xiij of Nouember was holden within the pallace Sergeants feast of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth the Sergeants feast where dined the King and all his nobles and vpon the same day Thomas Granger newly chosen Sheriffe of London was presented before the Barons of the Kings Exchequer there to take his oth and after went with the Maior vnto the same feast whiche saued him money in hys pursse for if that day that feast had not bin kepte he must haue feasted the Maior Aldermen and others Worshipfull of the Citie This Feast was kept at the charge of tenne learned men newly admitted to be Sergeants to the Kings law whose names were Robert Bridnell William Greuill Thomas Marow George Edgore Iohn Moore Iohn Cutler Thomas Elyot Lewes Pollard Guy Palmis William Fayrefax On the xxj day of Nouember at night beganne a perillous Fire on London Bridge fire at the signe of the Panyer vpon London Bridge néere to Saint Magnus Church where sixe tenements were brent ere the same could be quenched The seauenth of January were certayne houses consumed Fire with fire againste Saint Butolphes Churche in Thamis stréete The xxv of January beganne a Parliament at Westminster Parliament of the which was chosen speaker for the commons Maister Edmond Dudley The xxvij of March was an house brent againste Sainte 1504 Martins le grand in London A newe Coyne was by Parliament appoynted that is Nevv Coyne to say Grote and halfe Grote which bare but halfe faces the same time also was coyned a Grote whiche was in value twelue pence but of those were but few coyned This yeare Alume which many yeares had bin sold for Alume deere sixe shillings an hundred and lower arose to fiue Nobles an hundred and after to foure Markes c. The forenamed Sir William Capell Maior of London caused in euery ward of London a Cage with a paire of Stocks Anno reg 20 Cages and Stockes ordeyned Hunsditch paued Sherifes Maior therein to punish vagabonds Also he caused all Hunsditch to be ouerpaued the which many yeares before lay full noyously and perilously for all trauellers that way Roger Acheley William Browne the 28. of Septemb. Iohn Winger Grocer the 28. of October About Christmas the more parte of the prisoners of the Marshalsey in Southwarke brake out and many of them béeing Prisoners of the Marshalsey brake out shortlye after taken were put to execution speciallye those which had layne for Felouie or Treason The xv of Aprill a money maker one of the Coyners of 1505 the Tower was drawne to Tiborne and there hanged There was great strife in the Guild hall about choosing Anno reg 21. of the Sheriffe for the Taylors woulde haue had Mayster Fitz Williams Tailor and the other commons chose Roger Groue Grocer Richard Shore Roger Groue the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Thomas Kniesworth Fishmonger the 28. of October This Thomas Kneisworth of his owne goodes builded the Conduit at Bishopsgate He gaue to the Fishmongers Conduit at Bishopsgate builded certayne tenements for the whiche they be bound to finde four Schollers that studie Arte two at Oxford and two at Cambridge euery of them foure pound the yeare They bée bound also to giue to twelue aged poore people of their company to euery one of them at Barthelmewtide a winter garment for euer Also to giue to the prisoners of Ludgate and Newgate euery yeare forty shillings c. The fifth of January in the night the Kings Chamber Richmond on fire was fiered at Richmond the which might not be quenched till many curteyns carpets rich beds and much other stuffe was consumed Through great
tempest of wind being at y â— Southwest The King of Castile landed in England which began the xv of January and continued till the sire and twenty of y â— same Phillip King of Castile and his wife were weather driuen and landed at Falmouth in England as Francis Guicciar they were passing on the. xvj of January out of Flanders toward Spayne who were honourably receiued by the Earle of Arundell at y â— Kings appointmeÌ„t with thrée C. horses all by torch light This teÌ„pest was strange to many meÌ„ bycause y â— VVeather cock of Paules blovvn dovvne violence thereof had blowne downe the Egle of brasse from the spire of Paules Church in London and in the falling the same Egle brake and battered the blacke Eagle whiche hong for a signe in Paules Churchyard that time being but low houses where now is the Schole of Paules About the end of March Edmond de la Poole was taken in Flanders and conneyed through the Citie to the Tower of London and there left prisoner In the beginning of July a Galory newe buylded at Galery at Richmont fell Anno reg 22. Richmond wherein the King and the Prince his sonne had walked not one houre before it fell sodeinly downe aboute midnight but no christian man perished thereby William Copingar Thomas Iohnson the 28. of Septem Sherifes These Sheriffes being on the morrow after Michaelmas day by the Maior and Aldermen presented before the Barons of the Exchequer only William Copingar was admitted and sworne but Thomas Iohnson they woulde not admitte till they knew farther of the Kings pleasure The x. of October a commandement was brought from the King to the Lord Maior that he shoulde cause an election to bée made for a new Sheriffe at which day came into the Guild Hall Mayster Edmond Dudley the Kings President and there shewed the Kings letters that the commons shoulde name for the Kings pleasure William Fitz William to bée Sheriffe for the yeare ensuing which with much difficulty at length was granted which William Fitz Williams kept his feast the sixtéenth day of October Richard Haddon Mercer by the Kings commandemente Maior the 28. of October On S. Thomas day at night afore Christmas was a Bakers house in Warwike Lane brent with the Mistres of y â— house ij women seruants iij. other In Lent the King deliuered all Prisoners in London 1057 Anno reg 23. Sherifes which lay for the debt of fortie shillings or vnder William Butler Thomas Kirkeby Merchant Taylor the 28. of September William Browne Mercer the 28. of Octo. Who deceassed Maior and forthwith Sir Lawrence Aylmer Draper was chosen sworne and went home in a grey cloke with y â— sword borne afore him on the xxvij day of March. Item he tooke his oth at y â— Tower kept no feast William Capell was put in suite 1508 VVilliam Capel sued by the K. Thomas knesvvorth imprisoned by the King for things by him done in his Maioraltie Also Tho. Kneisworth that had bin Maior of London and his Sheriffes were sent to the Kings Bench till they were put to their fine of fouretéene hundred pound In the moneth of June the Citie of Norwich was sore perished and néere consumed Norvvich on â—â—re Anno reg 24. with fire that began in a Frenchmans house named Peter Iohnson a Surgeon in the Parish of Saint George Thomas Exmew Richard Smith the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Stephen Genings Merchant Taylour the 28. of October This Stephen Genings Maior of London founded a frée Grammer Schole at Wlfrunehampton in Staffordshire wyth Freeschoole at VVlfrunehampton conuenient lodgings for the Mayster and Usher in the same place where he was borne He gaue Lands sufficient for the mayntenance leauing the ouersight therof to the Merchant Taylors in London who haue hitherto iustly dealt in that matter and also augmented the building there Mayster Nichols who marryed the only daughter and heire of the aforesayd Stephen Genings gaue Landes to maynteyne the pauements of that Towne Also Iohn Leneson Esquier about Anno 1556. gaue Lands where of four pound should be dealt euery yeare on good Friday to the poore people of Wilfrunehampton and sixe and twenty Shillings eyght pence yéerely towards the reparation of the Church there Moreouer aboute Anno 1566. Sir Iohn Lighe a Priest Iohn Ligh of VVlfrunehampton his rare example of Charitie whiche had serued in that Churche there the space of thréescore yeares for fiue pounds sixe Shillings eyght pence the yeare without any other augmentation of his liuing who would neuer take any Benefice or other preferment gaue twentye pounds to purchase twenty Shillings the yeare Lands the same to be giuen yearely for euer to the poore of Wlfrunehampton vpon good Friday and twelue pounds thirtéene Shillings fourpence to purchase a Marke a yeare Lande the same to be giuen to the poore of Chifnall in the Countie of Salope where the sayde Lighe was borne This man liued nigh one hundred yeares He bestowed besides his owne laboure whiche was greate in bearing of stone c. aboue twentye pounde on the high wayes about that Towne of Wlfrunehampton This Towne of Wlfrunehampton is now corruptly called 〈◊〉 for in Anno 996. in King Etheldreds tyme VVlfrunehaÌ„pton corruptly called VVolnerhampton who wrote himselfe Rex Anglâ—rum princops Northumbrerum Olimpiade tertia regni sui for so he wrote the count of his reigne then which was the fiftéenth yeare it was then Ex Carta Regia â—alled Hampton as appeareth by an old Charter written by the Notarie of the sayd King Etheldred whiche Charter I haue séene and read and for that a noble woman named Wlfrune a Widow sometyme wife to Althelme Duke of Northampton did obteyne of the sayd King to giue Landes vnto the Churche there whiche she had founded the sayde Towne tooke the addition of the same Wlfrune for that Charter so nameth hir Wlfrune and the Towne Hampton Sir Lawrence Aylmer and his two Sheriffes were put Sir Lavvrence Aylmer and his Sheriffes to their fine to the King of a thousand pound This yeare was finished the goodly Hospitall of the Sauoy 1509 Smart Hospitall of the Sauoy néere vnto Charing Crosse which was a notable foundation for the poore done by King Henry the seauenth vnto the which he purchased and gaue Lands for the releeuing of one hundred poore people This was first named Sauoy place by Peter Earle of Sauoy Rec. of Canterbury Church Father to Boniface Archbishop of Canterbury about the nine and twentith yeare of King Henry the thirde who made the sayde Peter Earle of Richmond This house belonged since to the Duke of Lancaster and at this tyme was conuerted to an Hospitall still reteyning the first name of Sauoy King Henry also buylded thrée houses of Franciscane Friers whiche are called Obseruants at Richmond Greenewich and Newarke and thrée other of that
familie of Franciscane Friers which are called conuentuals at Canterbury Newcastell and Southhampton This noble Prince King Henry dyed at Richmond the Smart Henry the vij deceassed â—â—ij of Aprill when he had reigned thrée and twenty yeares and eyght monethes and was buryed at Westminster in the 〈◊〉 Chappell which he had caused to be builded on the eleuenth of May. He left issue Henry Prince of Wales which succéeded in the Kingdome Lady Margaret Quéene of Scottes and Lady Mary promised to Charles King of Castile The Altare and Sepulture of the same King Henry the Sepulture of Henry the seauenth seuenth wherein he now resteth in his new Chappell at Westminster was made and finished in the yeare of ours Lorde 1519. by one Peter T. a Paynter of the Citie of Florence for the which he receyued one thousande pounde sterling for the whole stuâ—â—e and workemaÌ„ship at the hands of the Kings exequetors Richard Bishop of Winchester Richard Exequetors to Henry the seauenth Fitz Iames Bishop of London Thomas Bishop of Duresme Iohn Bishop of Rochester Thomas Duke of Norffolke Treasurer of Englande Edwarde Earle of Worcester the Kings Chamberlayne Iohn F. Knighte chiefe Justice of the Kings Benche Robert R. Knight chiefe Justice of the Common Place c. King Henry the eyght HEnry the eyght at the age Anno. reg 1. of eyghtéene yeares begaÌ„ his raigne the xxij of Aprill Anno. 15â—9 Of personage he was tall and mighty in witte and memorie excellent of suche maiestie with humanitie as was comely in such a Prince The The King married The King and Queene crovvned third of June he marryed Lady Katherine his first wife who had bin late the wife of Prince Arthur deceassed The sixth of June Iohn Darby â—owyer Iohn Smith Carpenter Iohn Sâ—mpson â—ulleâ—â—â—ingleaders of false â—nesâ—es in London râ—de about the Citie with their faces to the Horsse taytes and papers on their heads and were set â—â— the Pillorie in Corâ—ehill and after brought agayne to â—awgate where they dyed all within seauen dayes after for very shame On Midsomer day the King and Quéene were crowned â—â— Westminster The nine and twentith of June the most noble and verrtuous Princesse Margaret Countesse of Richmond â— Darbye mother to King Henry the seauenth and Grandmother to King Henry the eyght dyed at Westminster whose noble Actes and most charitable déedes all hir life executed can not be expressed in a small volume The seuentéenth of July Edmond Dudley was arraigned at the Guild Hall of London and after Michaelmas Sir Richard Empson was arraigned and condemned at Northhampton and sent agayne to the Tower of London George Monex Iohn Doget Mer Taylor the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Thomas Bradbury Mercer the 28. of October Sir William Capell Draper the 12 of Ianuary Maiors The one and twentith of January began a Parliament at Westminster In February was a great fire in Thames streete néere vnto Wooll Key which began in a Flaxe wiues house and did much harine The xx of Aprill a peace was proclaymed betwixte England and France during the â—â—ues of Henry the eyght King of England and Lewes the French King but it lasted not loâ—â— Doctor Colet Deane of Paules erected a frée Schoole in 1510 Paules Church yard in London and committed the ouersight thereof to the Mayster and Wardens of the Mercers Paules Schoole Anno. reg 2. bycause himselfe was â—oâ—â—e in London and was sonne to Henry Colet Mercer sometime Maior of London On Midsomer â—ighâ— the King came peâ—â—â—ly into Cheape in one of the â—oates of his 〈◊〉 and on Saint Peters night the King and Quéene came riding royally to the Kings head in Cheape there to behold the watch of the Citie oâ— Sir Richard Empson Knight and Edmond Dudley â—â—â—uier Empson and Dudley beheaded Edward Hall who had bin grâ—â—â—â— Câ—â—â—â—ay 〈◊〉 â—â— the late Kyng Henry the seauenth were beheaded at the Tower hill the seauenth of August Richarde Empson was buryed at the White Friers and Edmonde Dudley at the Blacke whose attachemeâ—â—â—â— was thoughte â—◠〈◊〉 procured by the malice of the 〈◊〉 â—hâ—â—wytâ— they 〈◊〉 â—â—â—e were offended or else to shift the noyse of the streight execution of penall Statutes in the late Kings dayes This Edmond Dudley in the tyme of his emprisonmeÌ„t in the Tower of London compiled one notable Booke whiche he entituled The Tree of common wealth a coppye whereof The tree of common vvelth a Booke I haue giuen to the right honourable Earle of Leycester now liuing The xxâ— of September William Fitz Williams MerchaÌ„t Election of a Sheriffe Taylor was agayne the seconde time chosen Sheriffe for the yeare following whereof the sayde William hauyng knowledge absented himselfe and woulde not be founde wherevpon the time drawing néere that presentation must be made of the newe Sheriffes they in a full Court of the Maior and Aldermen with assent of the common Counsayle being present in solemne and due forme caused him to be thrice called and commanded to appeare vpon payne that should fall thereof but he would in no wise appeare nor any other for him wherefore in auoyding the ieoperdie of forfeyture of their liberties if they should not prepare an hable man of themselues to be Sheriffe with that other which the Maior yéerely chooseth they called a new assemble of the commons and then chose Iohn Rest Alderman Nevv election of a Sheriffe and Grocer for the other Sheriffe the whiche with Iohn Milborne his fellow before chosen by the Maior was presented before the Barons of the Kings Exchequer and there admitted and shortly after for so much as the sayde William Fitz William would not submit himselfe to the authoritie of the Citie he was disfranchised and dismissed of VVilliam Fitz VVilliams disfranchised his Aldermanship and â—ined at a thousand Markes to bée leâ—yed of hys goodes and Cattayles within the Citie Iohn Milborne Iohn Rest the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Henry Kebell Grocer the 28. of October The eyghtenth of Nouember was holden the Seriants feast at the Bishop of Elyes in Oldborne the new Seriants Seriâ—ants Feast were Mayster Newport Newdigate Fitzherbert Iohn Brooke Pigote Cariell Brooke of Bristow Palme Senior and Mayster Roo Henry the Kings first sonne was borne on New yeares Prince borne day but dyed on Saint Mathies day next following In the monethes of June and July the Scottes made sundrye 1511 Anno reg 3. entryes vpon the borderes of England with Shippes well manned and victualled who kept the narrow Seas against the Portingales as they sayd wherevpon Sir Edward Haward Lord Admirall of England and Lord Thomas Haward sonne and heyre to the Earle of Surrey wente to Andrevv Barton a Scottish Pirate the Seas by the King of Englands commaundement wyth certayne Shippes who about the end of July mette with the sayde Scottes and gaue vnto them a sharpe battayle wounded theyr Captayne Andrew Barton
might haue oppressed and how by hys pitie he had reléeued them wherefore he would héere after that for kindnesse they shoulde shewe hym none vnkindnesse but inuiolably kéepe that league which was coÌ„cluded In the moneth of May was proclamation made against Proclamation against vnlavvfull gâ—â—es all vnlawfull games and commissions awarded into euerie Shire for the execution of the same so that in all places Tables Dice Cardes and Bowles were taken and brent but when yong men were restreyned of these games and pastimes some fell to drincking some to ferretting of other mens Conyes and stealing of Deare in Parkes and other vnthristinesse The sixth of September was proclamation for Golde Gold ennaunced the French Crowne foure shillings sixe pence the Angelet seauen shillings and sixe pence the Riall xj sÌ„ iij. d. c. Stephen Peacocke Nicholas Lambart the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Semer Mercer the 28. of October In the monethes of Nouember December and Januarie Great raynes and land vvaters fell such rayne that thereof ensued great fluddes which destroyde Corne fields Pastures and Beastes then was it drie till the twelfth of April and from that time it rayned euery day and night till the third of June whereby Corne fayled sore in the yeare following After the deliuerie of the French King out of the Emperours 1527 bondage and his sonnes receyued in hostage for the Emperours and the King of Englands securitie of all Anno reg 19. such demaundes and requestes as should be demaunded of the French King The Cardinall Wolsey lamenting the French Kings calamitie and the Popes great aduersitie who yet remayned in the Castell Angell trauelled all that he could with the King and his Counsell to take some order for the quietnesse of them both At last it was thought good that the sayde Cardinall shoulde take vppon him the Kings commission to trauell beyond the Seas in this matter Cardinall sent Embassador into France and by his witte to compasse a perfect peace among those potentates wherevpon he was commanded to prepare himselfe to this iourney which he tooke vpon him He had with hym the Earle of Darby the Bishop of London Lord priuie seale Sir Henry Gilfort Knight of the Garter comptroller of the Kings house the Lord Sands Knight of the Garter Lord Chamberlayne of the Kings house Doctor Taylor Mayster of the Rolles Sir Thomas Moore Knight Chancellour of the Duchy of Lancaster the Bishop of Deuelin the Lord Mountegle the Lord Harrenden Sir Iohn Dudley Knight Mayster Ratclife Maister Willowby Mayster Parker Mayster Sturton Uicounts and Baroâ—â— sonnes and heires Sir Francis Brian Sir Edward Semer Sir Robert Gernigam Doctor Stephen Gardener Secretarie Doctor Peter Vannes Secretarie Of the priuie Chamber Maister Hennege Maister Arundell Maister Kneuet Maister Alford Phisitions Doctor Frances Doctor Smith Gentlemen Ushers of the priuie Chamber Maister Walgraue Maister Elles Sir Thomas Denis high Chamberlen Maister Sentâ—lere Uizchamberlaine Gentlemen Ushers M. Wentworth M. Hansard M. Pemercy M. Constable M. Werren Of houshold M Cade Steward sir Wil. Gascoigne Treasurer M. Gostike Comptroller M. Broughton Mayster of the Horsse Doctor Allen Doctor Benet Doctor Duke Deane of the Chapell Doctor CapoÌ„ Almoner y â— Archdeaâ—â— of Canterbury the Archedeacon of Carleile sir Iohn Sent-Iohn sir Richard Sands Knights c. in al to y e number of 900. horses Then marched he forwarde from hys owne house at The pompous ryding of the Cardâ—â—aâ— Westminster throughe London ouer London bridge hauing before hym all the Gentlemen thrée in a rancke in Ueluet Coates and the moste of them greate chaines of Golde aboute their neckes and all hys Yeomen followed hym with Noblemens and Gentlemens seruants al in Orenge tawney coates with the Cardinalles Hat and a T. â— for Thomas Cardinall embrodered vpon all the Coates aswell of hys owne seruants as of al the reste of Gentlemens seruantes and hys Sumpter Mules whyche were twentie or more with all his cariage of Cartes and other of hys traine were passed before He rode like a Cardinall verye sumptuouslye on hys Mule wyth his spare Mule and spare horse trapped in Crimosin Ueluet vpon veluet and stirrops guilt folowing him And before hym he had his twoo great Crosses of siluer his two great Pillers of siluer the Kings broade Seale of Englande and hys Cardinals Hat and a Gentlemanne carying hys Ualence otherwise called his Cloake bagge whyche was made of fine Scarlet altogyther embrodered very richly with Golde hauing in it a cloake Thus passed he forth throughe London and all the waye euerye daye in his iourney he was thus furnished hauing hys Harbengers in euerye place before whych prepared lodging for hys traine The first iourney that he made was twoo myles beyond Dertford in Kent vnto sir Thomas Wiltshires house and the reste of hys traine were lodged in Dertford and in the countrey there-aboutes The nexte daye he marched to Rochesâ—â—â— where he was lodged in the Byshoppes Pallaice and the rest of his traine in the Citie in Strowde The third day he rode to Feuersham and there was lodged in the Abbey his traine in the towne there and some in the Countrey there-aboutes The fourth daye he rode to Caunterburie where he encountred wyth the worshipfull of the town and Country and lodged in the Priorie of Christchurch and all hys traine in the Citie where he continued thrée dayes in whiche season there was a greate fayre in the Towne by reason it was the feast of Thomas of Canterburie At whych daye there was a solempne Procession wherein the Cardinal then went apparelled in hys Legantine Ornamentes with hys Hat on his heade who commaunded the Monks and the Quéere to sing the Letany after this sorte Sancta Maria or a pro Papa nostra Clemente the Cardinall knéeling at a Stoole before the Quéere dore all the while the Monks and their Quéere stoode in the body of the church singing the Letany The eleauenth of July the Cardinall arriued at Calleis who was receiued with all the Officers and Counsell of the Towne the Maior of the Towne and the Maior of the Staple in Procession and in the Lauterne Gate he knéeled and made his prayers that done they passed on before vntill he came to Saint Maries Churche from whence he repayred with a greate number of Noblemen and Gentlemen béeing Péeres of the Towne vnto a place called the Checker where he was lodged and kepte his house as long as he abode in the Towne When all his traine and carriage was landed and euery thing prepared for his iourney he called all hys Noblemen Gentlemen beyng seruants vnto him into hys priuie Chamber where they being al assembled before hym he sayde I haue called you hither to the intent to declare vnto you that I consider the duetie you beare me and the good will that I semblably beare to you séeing your intendment to further the aucthoritie that I haue by Commission whiche your
execution and therefore to crie away away wherevpon the people ranne some one way some another many fell into the Tower Ditch and they which â—arried thought some pardon had bin brought some sayd it thundered some that the ground moued but there was no such matter The xvij of February on which day was receyued the Bookes of the reliefe of all the wardes of London towardes the new Hospitals by the Kings commissioners the Counsell dined aâ— Mayster Cowpers the Sheriffe and after dinner Mayster Thomas Curteys Alderman came thither to speake with the Lord Chancellour for a matter he had depending afore him in the Chancerie but for his misdeâ—â—â—â—oâ—r in words and â—â—gnes to the Lord Chancellour at that time the sayde Mayster Curteys was committed to warde in the Fleete The sixe and twentith of February Sir Ralphâ—a Vane Anno reg 6. Sir Ralpha Vane and other executed and Sir Miles Partridge were hanged on the Tower hill Sir Michaell Stanhope with Sir Thomas Arundell were beheaded there The last of Aprill through negligence of the Gunnepowlder 1552 makers a certayne houâ—e néere to the Tower of London with thrée Last of Powlder was blowne vp and House blovvne vp vvith Gunpovvlder brent the Gunpowlder makers being fiftéene in number were all slayne The xvj of May was a goodly muster of Horssemen made before the King in the Parke at Greenewich Under the Kings Banner his band of Pencioners in Muster of Horssemen number 15â— euery Pencioner two great Horsses and a Gelding the Lord Bray their Lieuetenaunt The Lord Marques of Winchester high Treasurer vnder his Banner the 〈…〉 one C men The Duke of Northâ—â—berlande greate mayster of the Kings honshold vnder the white Lion and the ragged staffe fiftie The Duke of Suffolke vnder the Unicorne in the Starre C. x. The Earle of â—â—â—forâ—â— Lorde Priâ—ie Seale vnder the Goate C. The Marques of Northumpton high Chamberlayne vnder the Mayden head C. The Earle of Warwike mayster of the Kings horses vnder the white Lion fifty The Earle of Huntington vnder his Banner fifty The Earle of Ruâ—laâ—d vnder the Peacocke fifty The Earle of Pembroke vnder the gréene Dragon fifty The Lord Darcy vnder the Maydens body fifty The Lord Cobham vnder the Sarizens head fifty The Lord Clinton Lord Admirall vnder y e Anker fifty The Lord Wâ—rden of the fiue Portes vnder the Rose in the Sunne bâ—â—â—â—es â— The xxvj of July began the preparing of the Grey Friers Grey Friâ—â—â— in London aâ— Hospiâ—allâ— house in London for the poore father â—esse Children and also in the later end of the same moneth began the repayring of Saint Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke for poore impotent and lame persons The iâ—j of August at Middleton xj miles from Oxford a A Monster woman brought fâ—â—th achild which had two perfect bodyes from the naâ—ell vpward and were so ioyned togither at the naâ—ell that when they were layd in length the one head body was Eastward and the other West the legges for both the bodyes grew out at the midst where the bodyes ioyned and had but one issue for the excrements of both bodyes they liued xviâ—j dayes and were women children The viâ—j of August were taken at Queeneborough iâ—â— great Great Fishes Fishes called Dolphins and the â—éeke following at Blacke Wall were vj. more taken and brought to London the least of them was more than any Horâ—â—e This moneth of August began the great prouiuÌ„on for the poore in London towardes the which euery man was contributorie and gaue certaine money in hand and coâ—enanted to giue a certayne wéekely The commons of the Citie of London being assembled in Four electione for one Sheriffe their Guild hall on the first of August elected Iohn Grimes Clothworker to be Sheriffe for the yeare following who refused and payd his fine of two hundred pound The vj. of August the commons chose Thomas Clayton Baker who likewise refused and payde his fine The xv of August the commons chose Iohn Browne Mercer who also refused and payde his fine The xix of August the commons chose Iohn Maynard Mercer who tooke the same in good part and serued William Garrard Iohn Maynard the 28. of September Sherifes Great Fisheâ— taken The seauenth of October were thrée great Fishes called Whirlepooles taken at Grauesend which were drawne vp to the Kings Bridge at Westminster In this moneth of October the King demaunded of the Merchant AdueÌ„turers by way of prest of euery broad cloath then shipped to Bawmes â—art twentie Shillings sterling to A preâ—t by the Merchant Aduenturers be payde at Antwarp for certayne dette there and they to haue the Kings band for the repayment thereof which did at that time amount to more than xlviiij thousand pound The xvij of October the Sergeants feast was kept at Sergeants feast Greys Inne by Oldborne Mayster Robert Brooke Recorder of London being the principall of the new Sergeants and sixe more besides him the Lorde Maior and Aldermen béeing bidden to the sayde feast rode from the Lord Maiors house vp Friday stréete through Cheape and out at Newgaâ—e all in their Scarlet Gownes to the said Greys Inne Sir George Barne Habeâ— dasher the 28. of October Maior This Sir George Barne gaue a Windâ—â—ill in Finsâ—â—r is Charitable deedes of Sir George Barne Field to the Haberdasherâ— of London the profites thereof to be distributed to the poore Alâ—es people of the same company Also to the parâ—â—â— Church of S. Barthelmew the little certayne tenements for the which the Parson and Church-wardens be bounde to distribute to the poore people of the same Parish xviâ—j pence in bread euery Sonday for euer The first of Nouember being the feast of All Saintes Booke of common Prayer the new Seruise Booke called Of common Prayer begonne in Paules Church and the like through the whole Citie the Bishop of London Doctor Ridley executing the seruice in Paules Church in the foreâ—â—â—ne in his Rochet only without Coape or Uestment preached in the Quire and at after nâ—â—ne he preached at Paules Crosse the Lord Maior Aldermen and Craftes in their best Liueries being present which Sermon tending to the setting forth the sayde late made Booke of common Prayer continued till almost fiue of the clocke at night so that the Maior Aldermen and companyes entred not into Paules Church as had bin accustomed but departed home by Torchlight By this Booke of common Prayer all Coapes and Uestments were forbidden through Englande and Prebendes of Paules left off their hoods the Bishops left their Crosses c. as by an Acte of Parliament more at large is set out After the feaste of all Saints the vpper Quéere in Saint Paules Churche in London where the highe Aâ—ltare stoode was broken downe and al the Quéere thereabout and the table of the CoÌ„munion was set in the lower Quéere where the Priests sing The thrée and twentith of Nouember the children were
therewith he committed the charge of him and of other to the Guarde and Gentlemen that stoode by The xxv of July the Duke with other were brought vp to the Tower of London vnder the conducte of Henry Earle of Arundale and thus was the matter ended without bloudshed whiche men feared woulde haue brought the death of many thousandes ¶ Queene Mary MAry the eldest daughter of King Henrie the eyghte beganne Anno reg 1. hir raigne the sixth of July in the yeare 1553. when shée dissolued hir camp at Framingham whyche was to the number of thyrtie thousande menne the Earle of Sussex béeing Liuetenant of the armye victualles were of suche plentye that a Barrell of Béere was solde for sixe pence wyth the Caske and foure greate loaues of bread for a peny Afterwarde being accompanied wyth a goodlye bande of Noblemenne Gentlemen and Commoners gathered out of all partes of the Realme she came to London and entred the Citie through Aldgate vppe to Leaden hall then downe Grasse streete Fenchurche streete Marte Lane Tower streete and so into the Tower the thirde daye of Auguste where Thomas Duke of Norffolke Doctoure Gardener late Byshoppe Prisoners pardoned of Winchester and Edwarde Courtney sonne and heyre to Henrie Marqueâ— of Excester prisoners in the 〈…〉 knéeling â—â—â— the hill within the saâ—â— â—ower were pardoned and discharged The fifth of August Edmond Bonner late Byshoppe of London prisoner in the Marshalsea and Cutbeâ—t Toâ—â—â—all the olde Bishop of Durham prisoner in the Kings bench had their pardons and were restored to their Seas Shortelye after all the Byshops which had bin depryued in the time of king Edward the sixth were restored to their Bishoprickes and the other which were placed in King Edwardes time remoued Bishops restored and other displaced also all beneficed men that were married or woulde not forsake their opinion were put out of their liuings and other knowen to be â—â— the contrary part were set in y â— same especially if any were alyue that had of late bin put out of the same as Bishop Day of Chichester Heath of Worcest c. The 9. of August in the afternoone the Quéene helde an Obsequie in the Tower for King Edwarde the Dirge beyng sung in Latine on the morrow a Masse of Requiem whereal Buriall of Kyng Edvvard the Quéene with hir Ladies offered The same daye the corps of King Edward was buried at Westminster the Lorde Treasurer the Earle of Pembrooke and the Earle of Shrewsburie being chiefe Mourners with dyuers other Noblemen and other Doctour Day Byshop of Chichester preached at the said buriall and al the seruice with a Communion was in Englishe The 11. of August certaine Gentlemen minding to passe Men drovvneâ— at London bridge vnder London bridge in a Whyrrie were there ouerturned and seauen of them drowned one was Maister T. Bridges â—onne The 13. of Auguste Maister Bourne a Chanon of Paules preaching at Paules Crosse not onelye prayed for the deade but also declared that Doctour Bonner Byshoppe of London late restored and therein presence for a Sermon by hym 〈…〉 in the same place vpon the same Gospell was about foure yeares â—â—uce vniustly caste into the vile prison of the Marshalsea and there kepte during the raigne of King Edwarde whyche saying so offended some of the audience that they breaking silence saide the Bishoppe had preached abhomination other some cryed meaning of the Preacher pull him oute pull hym oute and some béeing neare the Pulpit beganne to clyme wherewith the Preacher stepped backe and one Maister Bradforde a Preacher of King Edwardes tyme stepped into his place and gentlye perswaded the audience to quietnesse and obedience alleadging Saint Paule to the Romaines Let euery soule submitte himselfe to the authoritie of the higher powers c. neuerthelesse Maister Bourne standing by Mayster Bradford one threwe a Dagger at hym whych hit a side poste of the Pulpit and A Dagger throvvne at the Preacher rebounded backe againe a greate waye where vppon Mayster Bradford brake off hys speach and forced hymselfe with the helpe of Iohn Rogers an other Preacher to conuey Maister Bourne oute of the audience whyche wyth greate labor they broughte into Paules Schoole The xviij of August Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberlande William Parre Marques of Northampton and the Erle of Warwike sonne and heire to the Duke were arraigned at Westminster hall before Thomas Duke of Norffolke high Steward of Englande where the Duke of Northumberland wyth greate reuerence towardes the Judges protested hys faith and allegeance to the Quéene whome he confessed gréeuously to haue offended and saide that he meante not to speake anye thing in defence of his tact but requested to vnderstand the opinion of the Courte in twoo poyntes First whether â— man doing anye acte by aucthoritie of the Princes Councel and by warrant of the greate Seale of England and doyng nothing without the same might be charged with Treason for any thing whiche he might doe by warrant thereof Secondly whether any such persons as were equally culpable in that crime and those by whose letters and commaundementes he was directed in all his doyngs myghte bée hys Judges or passe vppon hys tryall as hys Péeres Wherevnto was aunsweared that as coÌ„ncerning the firste the greate Seate whiche he layde for hys warrant was not the Séale of the lawful Quéene of the Realme nor passed by aucthoritie but the Seale of an Usurper and therefore coulde be no warrant to hym As to the second it was alleadged that if anye were as déepely to bée touched in that case as hymselfe yet so long as no atteynder were of recorde agaynste them they were neuer the lesse persons able in Lawe to passe vppon anye tryall and not to bée chalenged therefore but at the Princes pleasure After whyche aunsweare the Duke vsed fewe wordes but confessed the inditement by whose example the other prisoners arraigned with him did the like and therevppon had iudgement And when iudgement was gyuen the Duke said I beséech you my Lords all to be humble futers to the Quéenes Maiestie and to graunte mée foure requestes whyche are these â—yrâ—â—â— that I maye haue that death whyche Noble 〈…〉 haue hadde in tymes paste and not the other Secondartly that hir Maiestie will be gratious to my chyldren whyche maye hereafter doe good seruice consyderyng that they wente by my commaundement who am theyr father and not of their own trée willes Thyrdlye that I maye haue appoynted to me some learned manne for the instruction and quiet of my conscience And fourthlye that shée will sende twoo of the Councell to commune wyth mée to whome I will declare suche matters as shall be expedient for hir and the common weale and thus I beséech you al to pray for me On the ninetéenth of Auguste were arraigned at Westminster sir Iohn Gates sir Henrie Gates sir Andrew Dudley and sir Thomas Palmer where wythout anye Quest they pleaded guiltie submitted themselues to
Dimockes house in Fanchurch stréete where he lodged vntill the twelfth of May and then returned to Muscouy The Lorde Sturton and his men cruelly murthered Mayster Argile and his so 〈…〉 he caused them to be striken Lord Sturton executed downe with clubbes then their throtes to be cut and after to be buryed in his owne house fifteene foote déepe for the which he was arraigned and condemned at Westminster and after conuayed from the Tower of London through the Citie and so to Salisburie and there hanged with four of his men seruants the sixt of March. King Philip returned into England and the xxiij of March King Philip returned into England passed through London with the Quéene and Nobles of the Realme The xxiiij of Aprill Thomas Stafford and other Englishmen 1557 Thomas Stafford tooke Scarborough Castell to the number of xxxij persons comming out of France tooke the Castell of Scarborough in the Countrey of Yorke which they enioyed two dayes and then were taken by the Earle of Westmerland and brought to London The last of Aprill Thomas Percy Esquire was made Baron Percy at Westminster and on the next morrow which Percy Earle of Northumberlande was the first of May he was created Earle of Northumberland and the Quéene gaue him all the Lands which had bin his â—uncesters remaynigâ— in hir handes The eyght and twentyth day of May Thomas Stafford was beheaded on the Towerhill and on the morrow thrée of Thomas Stafford beheaded his company to wéete Streightly or Stretchley Bradforde and Proctor were drawne to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered The seauenth of June open warre was proclaymed against VVario vvith France the French King The sixth of July the King passed ouer to Caleis and so into Flanders where he made great prouision for warre against Englishmen sent to Saint Quintins the French King The same moneth the Quéene sent ouer an Army of one thousand horssemen foure thousand footemen and two thousand Pioners to ayde Kyng Philip whereof the Earle of Pembroke was Generall The Lord Robert Dudley mayster of the Ordinance The xv of July dyed the Lady Anne of Cleeue at Chelsey and was buryed at Westminster The tenth of Auguâ—â— were taken of France the chiefest Anno reg Captaynes the Duke of Mouâ—â—â—morency Connestable of France and his sonne Monsieur de Merne the Duke of Monpencier Noble men â— France taken prisoners the Duke of Longâ—lile the Marshall of Saint Andrew the Reinegrâ—â—e â—â—â—â—uell of the Alâ—dayâ—â—s 〈…〉 the Couâ—â— de Roâ—â—â—foucaust the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 the Baron of Curâ—â—â— the Prince of Manâ—â—â— besides many Gentlemen and Captaynes The xviâ— of Auguâ—â— the Towne of Saint Quintins was taken by King Phillip with the help of Englishmen at the séege whereof the Lord Henry Dudley yongestâ— sonne to Iohn late Duke of Northumberland was slayne wyth a Gunne This yeare before haruest wheate was solde for soure Dearth and plenty Marke the quarter malt at four and fortie shillings y â— quarter beanes and rye at fortie shillings the quarter and pease at sixe and fortie shillings eyghtpence but after haruest wheate was sold for fiue shillings the quarter malt at sixe shillings eyghtpence â—ye at thrée shillings and four pence so that the pennie wheate loâ—â—e that wayde in London the last yeare but eleuen ounces Troy wayed now sixe and fiftie ounces Troy In the Countrey wheate was â—olde for four shillings the quarter of malt â—ouâ—â— shillings eyght penâ—â— and in so me place a â—â—shell â—â—â—ie 〈◊〉 pâ—oâ—nd of Candles which was four pence The seauenth of September at seauen of the clocke at Iohn Caiuâ— night in a blacke rayny cloude in the West was â—â—ene a Raynebow the Moone in the East risen one hour before and â—aire shilling â—â—â— a 〈…〉 before Richard 〈…〉 Aâ—â—ham the 2â— of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas 〈…〉 the 28. of October The thirtith of Nouember Sir Thomas Tressham knyghte receyued the order of the Crosse and was made Lorde of Sainte Iohns of Hierusalem in Englande The first of 〈…〉 the Frenchne â—â—ame â—â— â—aâ—â—is with a great Army and within four dayes were maysters thereof Caleis lost by the Englishmen and shortly after wan all the péeceâ—â—n that side the Sea To many it séemed strange that such a Towne which so many yeares had bin fortified with all munitions that could be deuised should now in so short space be taken of our enimies The Counsell of England reysed great power to haue gone to the defence of that Towne but such tempest of wind arose as the like in many yeares had not bin séene whereby no Shippe coulde brooke the Sea till it was too late for that matter The xviij of January Edward Hastings Knight of the Garter Lord Chamber layne to the Quéene was created Baron Hastings of Lowghborough at Westminster The xx of January began a Parliament at Westminster A Parliament In the moneth of March a prest was graunted to the Quéene by the Citizens of London of twentie thousande A prest to the Queene pound which was leuied of the companyes for the which summe to be repayde agayne the Quéene bound certayne 1558 Lands and also allowed for interest of the money twelue pound of euery hundreth for a yeare The French King inâ—aded Flanders spoyled and brente Dunkeâ—kâ—â— before King Phillip could come to rescue but before Dunkirke in Flanders brent the Frenchmen returned out of Flanders the Flemings and the English Shippes méeting with them vpon the sands betwéene Dunkerke and Grauelinâ— slew of them a great number The xâ— of July within a mile of Notingham was a maruellous Anno reg 6. tempest of thunder which as it came through two Townes beate downe all the 〈◊〉 and Churches the belles were cast to the out side of the Church yardes and some webbes of leade four hundreth fâ—â—te into the field writhen like a paire of gloues The Riuer of Trent â—â—â—ing betwéene the two Townes the water with the mud in the bottome was caryed a quarter of a mile and cast against the trées the trées were pulled vp by the rootes and cast twelue score off Also a child was taken forth of a mans hands two Speares length hye and carryed a hundred foote and then let fall wherewith hys arme was broke and so dyed Fiue or sixe men there about were slayne and neither flesh nor skinne perished there fell some haylestones that were fiftéene ynches about c. This yeare in haruest time the quartâ—rne agues continued in like manner or more vehemently than they had done the last yeare passed where through died many olde people and specially Priâ—â—â—es so that a great number of parishes were vnserued and no Curates to be gotten and much Corne was lost in the field for lacke of workemeÌ„ and labourers Iohn Halse Richard Campion the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Leigh Mercer the 28. of October In the beginning of
this Maiors yeare Corne rose to fourtéene shillings the quarter and wood waxed scant in London and was sold for thirtéene and fourtéene shillings the thousand of â—illets and coles at tenpence the sacke by reason of the great death and sicknesse the last Sommer for lacke of heÌ„lp and carriage King Philip being absent out of the Realme and Quéene Mary being dangerously sicke ended hir life at hir Manour of Saint Iames by Charing crosse the xvij of Nouember in the yeare 1558. when she had raigned fiue yeares four monethes and odde dayes The same daye deceassed Cardinall Poole at Lambheath and a little before two of hir Phisitions besides diuers Bishops and noble men Quéene Mary was buryed at Westminster and Cardinall Poole at Canterbury ¶ Queene Elizabeth ELizabeth our most gratious Anno reg 1. and soueraigne Lady second daughter to King Henry the viij to the great comfort of Englande was with full consent proclaimed Quéene of England France and Irelande Defender of the Fayth c. on the xvij of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lorde God 1558. Forthwith the Portes and Hauens were stopped and none suffered to passe out of the Realme without licence Proclamation was made forbidding all men to Preach saue such as should be appoynted also to alter any rytes or Ceremonies vsed in the Church saue as it was in hir graces Chappell The xxiij of Nouember Quéene Elizabeth came from The Queene commeth from Hatfild Bishops Hatfield in Hertfordshire vnto the Lord Northes house in the late Charterhouse of London the Sheriffes of London méeting hir Grace at the farther ende of Barnet Towne within the Shere of Middlesex and so rode before hir till the came to the Charterhouse Gate next Aldersgate where hir Grace remayned On Monday the eyght and twentith of Nouember about The Queene â—emoueth to the Tovver two of the clocke in the after noone Quéene Elizabeth rode from the Lorde Northes house along by the Barbycane in at Creeplegate then along by the wall to Bishopsgate which Gate was richly hanged where the Waytes of the Citie playde and ouer against the Kings head Tauerne a Scholler of Paules Schoole made a short Oration to hir Maiestie in Latin Uerses the company of the Mercers standing in theyr rayles next the Scholler and so all the other Companyes of the Citie in order from thence to Mart Lane ende nexte vnto Barking Church in Tower streete the Lorde Maior of London riding wyth Mayster Garter King at Armes bearing a Scepter before hir Maiestie whiche Lorde Maior mette hir at the Charterhouse Gate nexte Aldersgate where Mayster Recorder saluted hir Grace in the name of the Lorde Maior and the whole Citie and so with Lordes Knightes and Gentlewomen richly apparelled brought hir to the Tower of London but when hir Grace entered at Mart Lane a peale of Gunnes beganne to be shotte off at the Tower whiche continued almost halfe an houre The fifth of December the Quéene remoued by water from the Tower to Somerset place néere to the Strand The xiij of December the corpse of Quéene Mary was honourably conuayed from Saint Iames to the Abbey of Queene Mary buryed Westminster and there placed vnder a rich Hearse decked with penons banners and Schutchions of the Armes of Englande and France where she remayned that nighte and on the morrow after the Masse of Requiem and a Sermon preached by Doctor White Bishop of Winchester was ended she was buryed in the Chappell of King Henry the seauenth on the North side The xxiiij of December was solemne obsequie kept in Obsequie for Charles the Emperour the Abbey of Westminster for Charles the fifth late Emperour which deceassed in Spayne in the moneth of September last past Quéene Maryes herse yet standing altered with the Armes of the Emperour and richly hanged with a rich pall-cloth of gold lying on the hearse the Emperours Embassadour being chiefe mourner with other Péeres and Lords of England assistant with him c. The first of January the Lord Maior and Aldermen gaue in commandement to euery warde in London that the Procession Epistle and Gospell in English Parson or Curate in euery Parish Church in London should reade the Epistle and Gospell of the day in the Englishe tong in the Masse time and the English Procession then vsed in the Quéenes Chappell according to a Proclamation sent from hir Maiestie and priuie Counsell proclaymed in the Citie of London the xxx of December which commandement was that day obserued in most parish Churches of the Citis The ninth of January in the morning the Image of Thomas Becket which stoode ouer the dore of the Mercers Image of Thomas Becket throvvne dovvne Chappell in London toward the stréete was found broken and cast downe and a bill set on the Church dore deprauing the setters vp thereof The xij of January the Quéenes Maiestie remoued from hir place of White hall to the Tower by water the Lorde Maior of London and his bréethren the Aldermen in their Barge and all the Craftes of the Citie in their Barges richly decked with targets and banners of euery mysterie The Batchelers of the Maiors companie in their Barge with a Foyst hauing thrée toppes trimmed and richly decked to wayte on them which shotte off gunnes all the way all these awayted on hir Maiestie who tooke hir Barge about two of the clocke in the after noone the Lord Maior folowing after and euery company in order with great melodie of musicall instruments till hir grace was through London bridge and landed at hir priuie staire of the Tower Wharffe and then the Maior after leaue taken and thankes of the Quéene returned through the Bridge with the floud and landed at the Three Cranes Wharffe in the Uintrie The xiiij of January at which time the Londoners had made sumptuous prouision the Quéenes Maiestie passed through the Citie of London to hir Palace at Westminster Coronation the next day she was Crowned by Doctor Oglethorp Bishop of Carelile The xxv of January began a Parliament at Westminster Parliament before the States whereof Doctour Coxe late come from beyond the Seas and sometime Schoolemayster to King Edward the sixth made a learned Sermon In this Parliament the first fruites and tenthes were granted to the Crowne and also the supreme gouernemeÌ„t ouer the state Ecclesiasticall Likewise the Booke of commoÌ„ Prayer and administration of the Sacraments in our vulgar tongue was restored to be done as in the time of King Edward the sixth In the Easter Holydayes preached at the Spittle Doctour Bill the Quéenes Almoner Doctour Coxe and Doctour Horne the two last came lately from beyond the seas On Lowsonday the seconde of Aprill Mayster Sampson made the rehearsall Sermon at Paules Crosse The iij. of Aprill the Quéenes Maiestie appoynted a coÌ„ference or disputation to be had at Westminster Church betwéene 1559 the olde Bishops and certayne learned men late A conference at VVestminster come
had coyned gold counterfeit the Englishmen the one had clipped siluer the other cast Testons of Tinne The xxviij of March the Pencioners well appoynted 1569 Muster of Peâ—tioners in armour on horssebacke mustered before the Quéenes Maiestie in Hide Parke beside Westminster A great Lâ—ttâ—m being holden at London in Paules Church-yard A Lottary at London at the We 〈…〉 ore â—â—â—â—egoâ— to be drawne the eleuenth of January and continued day and night till the sixth of May wherein the sayd drawing was fully ended Sir Thomas Roe Lord Maior of London caused to be enclosed Buriall for dead prepared with a wall of bricke nigh one acre of ground néere vnto Bedlem without Bishopsgate to be a place of buriall for the dead of suche parishes in London as lacked conueniente ground within their sayd parishes A standing watch on Saint Iohns euen at Midsomer and Sir Iohn White Alderman rode the circuite as the Lorde Maior should haue done The xxvij of August Andrew Gregoreuich Sauin Embassadour from Muscouy lauded at the Tower Wharffe and Embassador from Muscouy was there receyued by the Lord Maior of London the Aldermen and Sheriffes in Scarlet with the merchants aduenturers in coates of blacke veluet all on horsebacke who conuayd him riding through the Citie to the Muscouy house in Sâ—ding Lane there to be lodged The plague of pestilence some what raigning in the Citie Terme adiorned of London Michaelmas Terme was first adiourned vnto the thirde of Nouember and after vnto Hillarie Terme next folowing Henry Bechar William Danne the 28. of September Sheriffes The xj of October Thomas Haward Duke of Norffolke was brought from Burnam beside Windsore by land to Westminster Duke of Norffolke sent to the Tovver and from thence by water to the Tower of London prisoner Sir Henry Neuill being his kéeper Sir Alexander Auenon Irnemonger the 28. of October Maior No Maiors feast This Maior went by water to Westminster and there tooke his oth as hath bin accustomed but kept no feast at the Guild hall least through comming togither of so great multitude infection of the pestileÌ„ce might haue increased That wéeke from the one and twentith vnto the eyght and twentith of October there dyed in the Citie and out parishes of all diseases 152. of the which 51. were accompted to dye of the plague On Monday the fourtéenth of Nouember Thomas Percy The Earles of Northumberland VVestmerland rebelled Earle of Northumberland béeing at Topclife receyued the Quéenes maiesties letters to repaire to the Court and the same day at night certayne conspirators perceyuing the sayde Earle to be wauering and vnconstant of promise made to them caused a seruante of hys called Bekewith after hée was layde in hys bedde to bustle in and to knocke at hys chamber dore willing hym in hast to arise and shifte for hymselfe for that hys enimies whome hée tearmed to bée Sir Osweld Vlstrop and Mayster Vaghan were about the Parke and had besette him with numbers of men wherevpon hée arose and conuayde hymselfe away to hys kéepers house in the same instant they caused the Belles of the Towne to be rong backwarde and so raysed as many as they could to that purpose The next night the Earle departed thence to Branspith where he mette with Charles Neuill Earle of Westmerland and other theyr confederates after which time by sundrie Proclamations they abusing the Quéenes subiects commaunded them in hir highnesse name to repaire to them in warlike manner for the defence and suretie of hir Maiestles person sometymes affirming theyr doyngs to bée with the aduise and consent of the Nobilitie of the Realme who in déede were wholly bente as manyfestly appeared to spende theyr liues in dutifull obedience agaynste them and all other Traytors sometymes pretending for conscience sake to séeke to reforme Religion sometymes declaring that they were driuen to take thys matter in hand least otherwise for raigne Princes might take it vpon them to the great perill of this Realme The xvj day they came to Durham and forthwith went Rebels rent the Byble to the Minster where they tare the Bible Communion Bokes and other such as therewere The same night they went agayne to Branspith and on the morrow to Darington where they had holywater but no Masse for want of vestments From thence they sente their Horssemen to gather togither suche numbers of men as they coulde The xviij the Earle of Northumberland went to Richmond then to Northalarton after to Borow bridge and on Sonday the twentith Anno reg 12 of Nouember he with his Lady Countesse of Northumberland met agayne with the Earle of Westmerland at Ripon and there had Masse where to get the more credite among the fauourers of the olde Romish Religion they had a crosse with a banner of the fiue woundes borne before them by Richard Norton and that night they went to Borow bridge and on the Monday to Wetherâ—ie on whiche daye at nighte some bands of them entred Tâ—dcaster and tooke a two hundred footemen chacing their Captaynes which were leading them towards Yorke to the Earle of Sussex On Tuesday they mustered on Clifford moore nigh vnto Bramham moore where they were a sixtéene hundred horssemen and a four thousand footemen which was the greatest number that euer they were From thence they intended to haue The number of the Rebels marched toward Yorke but their mindes being sodeinly altered by report they heard that Sir George Bowes had mustered within the Bishopricke and Richmondshire and leuyed greate bands on the Wednesday they returned agayne to Wetherby on Thurseday to Northalerton on Fryday to Richmond on Saterday Westmerland wente to Rabyes hys owne house on Sonday at night the Earle of Northumberland came to him there On Monday Tuesday and Wednesday they mustered in all Richmondshire and the Bishopricke bestowing their footemen in bands vnder Captaynes leading and the same day which was the last of Nouember they beséeged Barnard or Barne Castell vpon Tese builded by Bernards Castel beseeged Barnard Bayllioll about Anno domini 1174. which Castell was valiantly defended by Sir George Bowes and Roberte Bowes his brother the space of eleuen dayes In the meane space the Earle of Westmerland and his Lady went to Durham with seauen or eyght hundred horse where they remayned till the thirtéenth of December in which space to wéete the seauenth day of December Sir Iohn Foster Warden Skirmish vvith the Rebels of the middle marches accompanyed with Sir Henry Percy did giue to the sayd Earle a great skirmish The sixth of December Sir George Bowes put forth of the Castell two hundred horsemen whereof two persons were slayne and thirtie taken by the Rebels The tenth of December Sir Barnards Castel deliuered to the Rebels George Bowes deliuered the sayd Castell vnder composition to depart with armour munition bagge and baggage and forthwith marched with his garrison towardes Yorke In this meane time to wéete on the
xxiiij of Nouember the Quéenes Maiestie had caused the sayd Earles of Northumberland The Earles of Northumberland VVestmerland proclaymed Traytors and Westmerland to be proclaymed Traytors with all their adherents and fauourers and forthwith prepared an army to be sent out of the South for their suppression The Lord Scrope warden of the West marches had called vnto him the Earle of Cumberland and other Gentlemen of the Countrey and they kepte the Citie of Carelile The Earle of Sussex the Quéenes maiesties Lieutenant generall The Earle of Sussex the Queenes Lieutenant generall in the North against the Rebels in the North had on the xvij of Nouember there published the like Proclamation in effect as after was published by hir Maiestie against the sayde Rebels and also sent out to all such Gentlemen as he knew to be hir Maiesties louing subiects vnder his rule who came vnto hym with such number of their friends as he was able in fyue dayes to make aboue fiue thousand horsemen and footemen and so being accompanyed with the Earle of Rutlande his Lieutenant the Lord Hunsdon general of his horsemen William Lord Eure who had the leading of the rereward of the footemen and Sir Ralph Sadler Treasurer who all came to Yorke with their seruants on Sonday the xj of December they marched from Yorke towards Topclife the xâ—j they tarryed at Sezay where Sir George Bowes with his power comming from Barnards Castell as is a foresayde mette him and was made Marshall of the Armye then they wente to Northalarton to Sâ—ictoâ— to Croftbridge and so to Actay on the which day the Rebels fledde from Durham hauing called their companye Christopher Neuill frent Hertlepoole who were fortifying there to Exham where they abode thrée dayes The Earle of Sâ—â—ssex Lieutenant with his power wente from Actay to Durham then to Newcastell and the twentith of December to Exham from whence the Rebels were gone the nighte before to Naworth where counsayling with Edwarde Dacres concerning theyr owne weakenesse as also how they were pursued by the Earle of Sussex and hys power of seauen thousande euen almoste at theyr héeles and moreouer that the Earle of Warwike the The Earle of VVarvvike sent against the Rebels Lorde Clinton Lorde Admirall of Englande and the Lorde Ferrers Uiscount Hereford with afarre greater armye of twelue thousande out of the South whereof the sayde Earle of Warwike was Generall was not farre behynde them at Borowbridge The nexte nighte the two Earles of Northumberlande and Westmerlande wyth sundry of their principall Gentlemen The Earles of Northumberland VVestmerland fledde vnknowne to theyr associates fledde to Herlaw in Scotlande the other Rebels were shortly after taken by the Earle of Sussex and hys power without any resistance The fourth and fifth of January did suffer at Durham Rebels executed at Durham to the number of thréescore and sixe Constables and other amongst whome an Alderman of the Towne and a Priest called Parson Plomâ—ree were the most notable then â—â—â—r Groâ—â—â— Bowes Marshall finding manye to bée faultors in the foresayde Rebellionâ— dyd sée them executed in euery Markette Towne and other places betwiete Nowcastell and Wetherby about thréescore miles in length and fortie miles in breadth The one and twentith of January a Prentise was hanged on a gibbet at the North end of Finke Lane in London to the ensample of other for that he y â— thirtéenth of December had striken hys mayster with a knife whereof hée dyed The two and twentith of February Leonard Dacre of Leonard Dacrâ—â—â—edde into Scotland Harlsey in the Countie of Yorke Esquire hauyng raysed a number of people the Lorde Hunsdon and other setting on hym with a companye of valiaunt Souldyers flewe manye of hys people and forced hym to flée into Scotlande On good Friday the seauen and twentith of March Simon 1570 Digby of Askewe Iohn Fulthorp of Isilbecke in the Countie of Yorke Esquires Robert Peneman of Stokesley Rebels executed at Yorke Thomas Bishop the yonger of Poklinton in the same Countie of Yorke Gentlemen were drawne from the Castell of Yorke to the place of execution called Knauestmire halfe a mile without the Citie of Yorke and there hanged headed and quartered their foure heads were set on the four principall gates of the Citie with foure of their quarters the other quarters were set in diuers places of the Countrey Oscolph Clesbe was with them drawne to the gallowes and returned agayne to the Castell William Earle of Pembroke Baron of Cardiffe Knighte The Earle of Pembroke deceassed of the Garter one of the priuie Counsell and Lord Stewarde of the Quéenes maiesties housholde deceassed the eyghtéenth of April and was buryed in Saint Paules Church at London The seauentéenth of Aprill the Earle of Sussex Lieutenant The Earle of Sussex made a iourney into Scotland generall in the North with the Lord Hunsdon Lorde gouernour of Barwike Warden of the East Marches and mayster William Drewry high Marshall of Barwike with all the garrison and power of the fame began a iourney into Scotlande and the same night came to Warke twelue miles from Barwike and so the next morrow entred into Tiuidale and marching in warlike order they breÌ„t ouerthrew rased spoyled all the Castels Townes villages of their enimies till they came to the Castell of Mosse standing in a stroÌ„g marish beloÌ„ging to the L. of Bucklugh which likewise was rased ouerthrowne and brent and so marched forward and brent the whole Countrey before them till they came to Craling The same day Sir Iohn Foster Warden of the Sir Iohn Foster vvith a garrison entred ScotlaÌ„d middle marches with the garrison and force of the same entred likewise into Tiuidale vpon Expes gate sixtéene mile from Warke where in like order they brent rased and spoyled the Countrey before them till they came to a strong Castell called Craling in the possession of the mother of the Lord Ferniherst which likewise they ouerthrew rased and brent There both the Armies mette and so marched by the Riuer of Tiuite rasing burning and spoyling Castels and pyles along the Riuer till they came to Gedworth where they both lodged and were curteously receyued The next day the Lorde Sesâ—ord Warden of the middle Marches of Scotlande came in with all the principall men of hys kinred to the Lorde Lieutenante and did submitte themselues and were assured for that they had not receyued the English Rebels ayding or assisting them neyther had made any inuasion into Englande The ninetéenth the Armie deuided into two partes the one parte whereof passed the Riuer of Teuite and brent the Castell of Ferniherst and all other Castels and Townes belonging to the Lorde of Ferniherst Huntill and Bedrell and so passed to Mint where both the Armyes mette agayne and so brente on bothe sides the Riuer till they came to a greate Towne called Hawicke where they intended to haue lodged but the Scottes had vnthatched the
at Graues ende within little more than thrée houres where hée tarryed no longer than his post Horsses were prouiding and then trauayled so spéedily that hée came to Douer the nexte morning whereas the passengers were readye vnder Sayle to Caleis into the which passenger without tarrying he entred and sayled foorth wyth them that long before noone hée arriued at Calleis and hauing post Horsses departed from thence with such spéede that he was that night with the Emperour disclosed the whole summe of his Embassage to y â— Emperor of whom he required spéedie expedition the which was granted him by the Emperour so that the next day he was cléerely dispatched with all the Kings requestes fully accomplished at which time he made no longer delay but tooke post Horsses that night and rode towarde Caleis conducted thyther with such persons as the Emperour had appoynted and at the opening of the Gates of Caleis he came thither where the passengers were as readie to returne into England as they were before at his iourney forward in so muche that he arriued at Douer by tenne of the clocke before noone and hauing post Horsses came to the Court at Richmond the same night where he taking some rest vntill the morning repayred to the King at his first comming from his bed-chamber to this closet whome when the King sawe hée checked him for that he was not on his iourney Sir quoth he if it may please youre Highnesse I haue already bin with the Emperour and dispatched your affayres I trust to your Graces contentation and with that presented the King his Letters of credence from the Emperoure The King being in a great confuse and wonder of his spéedy returne and procéedings dissembled all his wonder and demanded of him whether he encountred not his Pursiuant the which he sent vnto him supposing him not to be out of London with Letters concerning a very necessary matter neglected in their consultatioÌ„ yes forsooth quoth the Chaplayne I met with him yesterday by the way and hauing no vnderstanding by your Graces letters of your pleasure haue not withstanding bin so bold vpon mine owne discretion perceyuing that matter to be very necessary in that behalfe to dispatch the same and forasmuch as I haue excéeded your Graces commission I most humbly require your Graces pardon the King reioycing not a little sayd we do not only pardon you thereof but also giue you our Princely thankes both for the procéeding therein and also for your good and spéedie exployte commanding him for that time to take his rest and repaire agayne after Dinner for the further relation of his Ambassade The Embassador when he saw tyme repaired before the King and Counsayle where he declared the effect of all his affaires so exactly with such grauitie and eloquence that all the Counsell that heard him commended him estéeming his expedition to be almost beyond the capacitie of man The King gaue him at that time the Deanerie of Lincolne From theÌ„ce Thomas VVolsey Deane of Lincolne forward he grew more and more into estimation and authoritie and after was promoted by the King to be hys Almoner After the death of King Henry the seauenth and Thomas VVolsey the Kings Almoner in the flourishing youth of King Henry the eyght thys Almoner handled himselfe so politiquely that he soone found the meanes to be made one of the Kings Counsaile Thomas VVolsey of the priuie Counsayle vvith King Henry the eyght and to grow in fauour with the King to whome the King gaue an house at Bridewell in Fleete streete sometyme Sir Richard Empsons where he kept house for his familie and so dayly attended vpon the King and in his especiall fauour who had great sute made vnto him His sentences and wittie perswasions in the Counsell Chamber were alwayes so pithie that the Counsayle as occasion moued them continually assigned him to be the expositor to the King in all their procéedings in whome the King receyued such a leaning fantasie for that he was most earnest and readyest of all the Counsayle to aduance the Kings will and pleasure the King therefore estéemed him so highly that all the other Counsaylors were put from the great fauour that they before were in in so much that the King committed all his will vnto his disposition which the Almoner perceyuing tooke vpon him therefore to discharge the King of the weightie and troublesome businesse perâ—wading the King that he should not néede to spare any time of his pleasure for any businesse that should happen in the Counsell and whereas the other Counsaylours would diuers times perswade the King to haue sometime recourse into the Counsell Chamber there to heare what was done the Almoner would perswade him to the contrarie which delighted him much and thus the Almoner ruled all them that were before him such did hys policie and witte bring to passe Who was now in hygh fauoure but Maister Almoner and who ruled all vnder the King but Maister Almouer thus he perseuered in fauour vntill at last in came presents giftes and rewards so plentifully that he lacked nothing that might eyther please his fantasie or enrich his coffers And thus procéeding in fortunes blisfulnesse it chanced the warres betwéene the Realmes of Englande and France to be open in so much as the King béeing fully perswaded in hys most royall person to inuade hys foraigne enimies with a puissant Armye wherefore it was necessarye that thys royall enterprise shoulde bée spéedily prouided and furnished in euery degrée of things apt and conueniente for the same the expedition whereof the King thought no mans witte so méete for policie and paynefull trauayle as was hys Almoner to whome therefore he committed hys whole trust therein and hée tooke vpon hym the whole charge of all the businesse and brought all things to good passe in a decent order as all manner of victualles prouisions and other necessaryes conueniente for so noble a voyage and Armie All things béeyng by hym perfected the King aduanced to hys royall enterprise passed the Seas and marched forwarde in good order of battayle vntill hée came to the strong Towne of Turwyne to the whyche hée layde hys séege and assayled it very strongly continually with such vehemente assaultes that within short space it was yéelded vnto hys Maiestie vnto the which place the Emperour Maximilian repaired vnto the King with a greate Armie like a mightie Prince taking of the King his Graces wages which is a rare thing and but seldome séene an Emperour to fighte vnder a Kings Banner Thus after the King had obteyned this puissant Fort and taken the possession thereof and sette all thynges there in due order for the defence and preseruation thereof to hys vse he departed thence and marched towarde the Citie of Turney and there layde hys séege in like manner to the which he gaue so fierce and sharpe assault that they were constreyned of fine force to render the Towne vnto his victorious
Maiestie at which time the King gaue the Almoner the Bishoprike of the same Sea Thomas VVolsey Bishop of Turney towards hys paynes and diligence susteyned in that iourney and when the King had established all things agréeable to his will and pleasure and furnished the same with noble Captaynes and men of warre for the safegard of the Towne hée returned agayne into Englande taking with him diuers noble personages of France being prisoners as the Duke of Longuile and Uicount Clarimont with other whiche were taken there in a Skirmishe after whose returne immediately the Sea of Lincolne fell voyde by the death of Doctor Smith late Bishop there the which Benefice his Grace gaue to his Almoner late Bishop of Turney elect who was not negligent to take possession thereof and Thomas VVolsey Bishop of Lincolne made all the spéede he could for hys consecration the solemnization whereof ended he found the meanes that he gate the possession of all his predecessors goodes into his hands It was not long after that Doctor Bambridge Archbishop of Yorke dyed at Rome being there the Kings Embassador vnto the which Sea the King immediately presented hys late and newe Bishop of Lincolne so that he had thrée Bishoprickes in his hands in one yeare giuen hym then prepared he for his translation from the Sea of Lincolne vnto Thomas VVolsey Archbishop of York the Sea of Yorke after whiche solemnization done he béeing then an Archbyshop Primas Angliae thought himselfe sufficiente to compare with Canterbury and therevppon erected hys Crosse in the Court and euery other place as well within the precinct and iurisdiction of Canterbury as in anye other place And for as muche as Canterbury claymeth a superioritie ouer Yorke as ouer all other Bishoprikes within Englande and for that cause claymeth as a knowledge of an aunciente obedience of Yorke to abate the aduauncing of hys Crosse in presence of the Crosse of Canterburie notwythstanding Yorke nothing minding to desiste from bearing thereof in manner as I sayde béefore caused hys Crosse to be aduaunced as well in the presence of Canterburie as elsewhere wherefore Canterburie being moued therewith gaue vnto Yorke a certayne checke for hys presumption by reason whereof there engendred some grudge betwéene Yorke and Caunterburie Yorke intending to prouide some suche meanes that hée woulde bée rather superior in dignitie to Canterburie than to be eyther obedient or equall to hym wherefore hée obtayned to be made Prieste Cardinall and Legatus de Latere vnto whome the Pope sente a Cardinals Hat wyth Thomas VVolsey Cardinall certayne Bulles for hys aucthoritie in that behalfe Yet you shall vnderstande that the Pope sente hym thys worthye Hatte of dignitie as a Iewell of hys honoure and aucthoritie the whych was conueyed in a varlets budget who séemed to all menne to bée but a person of small estimation Wherfore Yorke beyng aduertised of the basenesse of this messenger and of the peoples opinion thought it méete for hys honour that this Iewell should not be conueyed by so simple a person therefore caused him to be stopped by the way immediatly after his arriualin England where he was newly furnished in all manner of apparell wyth all kynde of costlye silkes whyche séemed decent for suche an hyghe Embassador and that done he was encountred vppon Blacke heath and there receyued wyth a greate assemblye of Prelates and lustie gallant Gentlemen and from thence conducted throughe London with greate triumph Then was greate and spéedie preparation made in Westminster Abbey for the confirmation and acceptance of thys hygh order and dignitie the whyche was executed by all the Byshoppes and Abbots aboute or nyghe London wyth theyr rych Myters and Copes and other ornaments which was done in so solempne a wise as had not bene séene the like vnlesse it had bin at the Coronation of a myghty Prince or King obtayning thys dignitie He thoughte himselfe méeâ—e to beare aucthoritie among the temporall power as among the spirituall iurisdiction wherefore remembring as well the tawntes sustained of Canterburie as hauing a respecte to the aduauncement of worldlye honor and promotion found the means with the King that he was made Lord Chancelour Thomas VVolsey lord ChaÌ„celour of Englande and Canterburie whiche was Chanceloure dismissed who had continued in that roume since long before the deceasse of Henrie the seauenth Nowe being in possession of the Chancelorshippe and endued wyth the promotions of the Archebyshoppe and Cardinall de Latere hauyng power to correcte Canterburie and al other Byshops and spirituall persons to assemble hys Conuocation when he would assigne hée tooke vpon hym the correction of matters in all their iurisdictions and visited all the spirituall houses hauing in euerye Diocesse all maner of Spirituall Ministers as Commissaries Scribes Apparators and al other officers to furnish hys Courts and presented by preuention whom he pleased vnto al benefices throughout all thys Realme And to the aduauncing further of his legantine iurisdiction and honor he hadde Maisters of his Faculties Maisters Ceremontarum and suche other to the glorifying of his dignitie Then had he his two great Crosses of Syluer the one of hys Archebyshopricke the other of hys Legacie borne before him whyther so euer he wente or rode by two of the tallest Priestes that hée coulde gette wythin the realme And to encrease his gaines he had also the Byshopricke of Durham and the Abbey of Saint Albons in commendation And after when Doctor Foxe Byshop Thomas VVolsey Byshoppe of VVinchester of Winchester dyed he surrendred Durham into the Ryngs handes and tooke to him Winchester Then had he in hys hande as it were in Firme the Bishoprickes of Bathe Worcester and Hereforde sorasmuch as the Incumbents of them were strangers and made their abode continually beyond the Seas in their owne Countries or else at Rome from whence they were sente in Legation to thys Realme vnto the King and for their rewarde at their departure Kyng Henrie the seauenth gaue those Bishoprickes and they béeing strangers thoughte it more méete for the assuraunce to suffer the Cardinal to haue their benefices for a conuenient summe of mony payd them yearely where they remayned than either to be troubled with the charges of the same or to be yearely burdened with the conueyance of theyr reuenues vnto them so that al the spiritual and presentations of these Byshoprickes were fully in hys disposition to prefer whom he listed He had also a greate number daylye attending vpon hym both of Noble men and worthye Gentlemen with no small number of the tallest Yeomen that he coulde gette in all the Realme insomuche that well was that Nobleman and Gentleman that coulde prefer a tall Yeoman to his seruice Ye shal vnderstande that he had in his Hall The order of the Cardinalies house continually thrée boordes kepte with thrée seueral principall officers that is to say a Stewarde whych was alwayes a Priest a Treasourer a Knight and a Comptroller