Suffolk The second of May Ione Butcher was burned in Smithfield for heresie she held that Christ took no flesh of the Virgin Mary Richarâ— Lion Godard Gorran and Richard Ireland were executed the fourteenth of May for attempting a new rebellion in Kent In the moneth of May a miller at Battle-bridge was set in the pillory in cheap-side and had both his ears cut off for speaking some words against the Duke of Sommerset On Saint Valentines day at Feversham in Kent one Arden a gentleman was murdered by consent of his wife for the which fact she was on the fourteenth of March burnt at Canterbury Michael Master Ardens man was hanged in chains at Feversham and a maiden burnt Mosby and his Sister were hanged in Smithfield at London Green which had fled came again certain years after and was hanged in chains in the high-way over against Feversham and Black-VVill the Ruffin that was hired to do the act was burnt in Zealand at Flushing The twenty fourth of April a Dutch-man was burnt in Smithfield for an Arrian The twenty fifth of May an earthquake about Croydon and those parts did put the people in great fear An. Dom. 1552 The twenty sixth oâ— February Sir Richard Vine and Sir Martin Patridge were hanged on tower-hill Sir Martin Stanhope with Sir Thomas Arundel were beheaded there the last of April a house near to the tower of London with three barrels of powder was blown up the Gunpowder-makers being fifteen in number were all slain The third of August at Middleton eleven miles from Oxford a woman brought forth a child which had two perfect bodies from the navel upwards and were so joyned together at the navel that when they were laid out at length the one head and body was West and the other East the legs of both the bodies were joyned together in the midst they lived eighteen daies and they were women children The eighth of August were taken at Queenborough three great fishes called Dolphins and the week following at Black-wall was six more taken and brought to London The seventh of October were three great fishes called Whirl-pools taken at Gravesend The eighth of October was three more great fishes called Whirlpools taken at Gravesend and drawn up to the Kings Bridge at VVestminster King Edward being at the age of sixteen years ended his life at Greenwich on the sixth of Iuly when he had reigned six years five moneths and odd daies and was buried at VVestminster The tenth of Iuly was proâ—lamation made of the death of King Edward and how he had ordained that the Lady Iane Daughter to Frances Dutchess of Suffolk which Lady Iane was married to the Lord Gilford Dudley fourth son to the Duke of Northumberland should be Heir to the Crown of England The eleventh of Iuly Gilbert Pott draweâ— to Ninion Sanders Vintner dwâ—lling â—â— the sign of Sâ—int Iohn-Baptâ—st-head within Ludgate was set on the pillory in Cheap wiâ—h boâ—h his ears nailed to the Pillory and cut off for words speaking at the time of Proclamation of the Lady Iane. Lady Mary eldest daughter to King Henry the eight fled to Frammington Castle in Suffolk where the people of the countrey almost wholly resorted unto her In Oxford Sir Iohn Williams in Buckinghamshire Sir Edmond Peckham and in divers other places many men of worship offering themselves as guides to the common people gathered great powers and with all speed made towards Suffolk where the Lady Mary was Also the thirteenth of Iuly by the appointment of the Councel the Duke of Northumberland the Earl of Huntington the Lord Grey of Wilton and divers others with a great number of men of Armes set forward to fetch the Lady Mary by force and were on their way as far as Burie The ninteenth of Iuly the Counsel assembled themselves at Baynards Castle where they communed with the Earl of Pembrook and immediately with the Lord Mayor of London certain Aldermen of London and the Sheriffs Garter King of Arms and a Trumpet went into Cheap where they proclaimed Lady Mary daughter to King Henry the eight Queen of England France and Ireland The twentieth of Iuly Iohn Earl of Northumberland being at Saint Edmonsbury and having sure knowledge that the Lady Mary was at London proclaimed Queen of England returned back again to Cambridge and about five of the clock in the Evening he came to the market-place and caused the Lady Mary to be likewise proclaimed Queen of England but shortly after he was arrested and brought to the Tower of London the twenty fifth of Iuly under the conduct of Henry Earl of Arundel thus was the matter ended without any bloodshed which men feared would have brought the death of thousands Queen Mary An. Reg. 1 MAry the eldest daughter to King Henry the eight began her reign the sixth of Iuly in the year 1553. She came to London and was received with great joy and entred the Tower the third of August where Thomas Duke of Norfolk Doctor Gardner late Bishop of Winchester and Edward Courtney son and heir to Henry Marquess of Exeter prisoners in the Tower discharged the fifth of August Edmond Bonner late Bishop of London prisoner in the Marshal Seas and Cutbert Tunstal Bishop of Durham prisoners in the Kings Bench were restored to their Seas shortly after all the Bishops which had been deprived in the time of King Edward the sixth were restored to their Bishopricks again also all beneficed men that were married or would not forsake their opinions were put out of their livings and others set in the same The eleventh of August certain gentlemen minding to pass through London Bridge in a Wherrie were there overturned and six of them drowned The thirteenth of August master Bourn a Canon of Pauls preached at Pauls Cross so offended some of his audience that they breaking silence cryed out pull him down and one threw a dagger at him whereupon master Bradford and Master Rogers two preachers in King Edwards dayes with much labour conveyed the said master Bourn out of the audience into Pauls School The twenty second of August Iohn Duke of Northumberland Sir Iohu Gaites and Sir Thomas Palmer Knights were beheaded on tower hill The Queen was crowned at VVestminster the first of October by Doctor Gardiner Bishop of Winchester The twenty fâ—fâ—h of October the Baâ—ge of Gravesend was overturned and forty persons drowned In the beginning of the moneth of Ianuary the Emperour sent a nobleman called Egmont and certain other Embassadours into England to conclude a marriage between King Phillip his son and Queen Mary The twenty fifth of Ianuary Sir George Gage Chamberlain certified the Lord Major of London that Sir Thomas VViat with cettain other Rebels were up in Kent whereupon great watch was kept and that night the Lord Major himself rode about the City to look to the same and every night after two Aldermen did the like in the day time the gates of the City were guarded by substantial Citizens The
farthest Arches of the said Bridge and no man perished anno reg 15. All the Lions in the Tower of London died an reg 16. The Postern of London by East-Smithfield against the Tower of London sunck by night and a great wind blew down almost one side of the street called the old change an reg 18. Eleaner Cobham Dutches of Glocester for sorcery received sentence of pennance from the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and on the seventeenth of November she came from Temple-Bar to Pauls with a Taper of wax in her hand which she offered at the Altar on the Wednesday following she went from Gracious street to Leaden-Hall and so to Algate and on the next Market day she went from Cheapside to St. Michaels in Conrnhil in form aforesaid an reg 20. The Commons of Kent did rise in great number one Jack Cade being their Captain these Rebels did great mischief but they submitted at last to the Kings mercy and Jack Cade was slain in the Wild of Sussex an reg 30. William Carton of London Mercer brought over into England from Germany the science of Printing which he practised afterwards at the Abby of St. Peters in Westminster an reg 38. XVI Edward the fourth MAny battails were fought betwixt King Edward and the adherents to King Henry the sixth in which King Edward still prevailed at the last King Henry was taken and sent to the Tower where he was murthered an reg 4. Some riotus persons that fired the gates of the City of London and would force their entrance into the City being apprehended the King caused the rich to hang by the purse and the poor by the neck an reg 12. George Duke of Clarence was drowned in a butt of Malmssey anno reg 18. XVII King Richard the fourth EDward the fifth being deprived of his life by his unnatural Uncle Ri. having raigned but two months some few daies his Uncle commonly called the usurper was proclaimed King and crowned at Westminster presently afterwards insued the death of the Duke of Buckingham who was beheaded at Salisbury for treason and on the year following was the battail at Bosworth field where Richard was slain himself and buried in the Grey Fryars Church at Leicester XVIII King Henry the seventh THe Sweating sickness began in the moneth of September which in six weeks time devoured a great number of people an reg 1. A commotion was made by the Commons in Cornwal upon the discontent of some subsedy which was granted to the King they came as far as Black Heath where three hundred of them were slain and fifteen hundred taken Prisoners the Lord Andely chief leader of them was beheaded on Tower hill an reg 10. Perkin Warbeck proclaimed himself King Richard the fourth second son to King Edward was taken being once pardoned before and executed at Tiburn an reg 11. XIX King Henry the eighth AN Insurrection of the Apprentises in London against Aliens for which divers of them were hanged with their Captain John Lincorn a Broker this being on the first of May it was called afterwards the ill May day anno regni 9. Richard Rice a Cook was boyled in Smithfield for poysoning divers persons at the Bishop of Winchesters house an reg 23. Many great personages were beheaded in this Kings daies and some of his own wives when he began to be weary of them XX. Edward the sixth THe Book of Common Prayers was read in English to the great contentment of the people an reg 2. The Commons made great commotions and rose against inclosures the Rebels in Norfolk and Suffolk were most formidable but being subdued by the Earl of Warwick Rob. Kett was hanged in Chains on the top of Norwich Castle and William his Brother was hanged on the top of Windham Castle an reg 3. XXI Queen Mary THe Popish Bishops were all restored an reg 1. Sir Thomas Wiatt having drawn forces together against the Queen and peace of the kingdome was beheaded anno reg 3. The French became Masters of Callice an reg 4. Many Protestants for their consciences did perish in the flames of Martyrdome during the raign of this Queen XXII Queen Elizabeth THe Book of Common Prayer was established and Mass clean suppressed an reg 1. The lofty spier of Pauls steeple which was two hundred foot high from the top of the Stone battlements was set on fire by lightning which fire ceased not till it came down to the roof of the Church and consumed all the bels and lead an reg 3. Sir Thomas Gresham did build the Royal Exchange at his own proper costs by the advice and incouragement of Queen Elizabeth an reg 8. The ground opened and certain rocks with a piece of ground removed and went forward for the space of four daies so that where pasture grounds was there was tillage and where tillage ground was there was pasture found in the place of it this was done neer Marlech in the County of Hereford an reg 13. Strange and numerous apparitions of great flies in Winter and terrible Earthquakes and a woman in London brought to bed of four children an reg 18. the like afterwards an reg 22. Mary Queen of the Scots was put to death an reg 31. and in the year following was the great victory against the Spanish Armado supposed to be invincible The Earl of Essex was beheaded the Earl of Southampton was also arraigned and found guilty of high treason an reg 43. XXIII King Iames. RObert Dove Merchant taylor gave means for ever for the toling of a Bell in Sepulchres Church to cause good people to pray for such prisoners as are to be executed an reg 2. The wonderful deliverance from the horrible gunpowder treason an reg 3. The great hard frost when boothes were set up on the River of Thames an reg 7. Sir Thomas Overbury was committed to the Tower where not long afterwards he was poysoned an reg 10. Prince Henry dyed on the sixth of Octob. 1611. and on the fourteenth of February following the Lady Elizabeth was married to the Palsgrave Sir Walter Raleigh that miracle of arms and arts was beheaded anno reg 16. XXIV King Charles KIng Charles was married to Henretta Maria sister to the King of France then living an reg 1. In this year the pestilence raged in London of which above five thousand died in one week The Earl of Castle-Haven being arraigned at the Kings Bench bar and found guilty of Rape and Sodomy was executed on Tower hill an reg 6. Mr. Pryn Doctor Bastwick and Mr. Burton were sentensed in the high Commission Court and ordered to be banished an reg 11. Ship-money this year was called upon to be paid which procured afterwards great divisions The King marched against the scots who would not endure any alteration in their religion The Scots in the second expedition having the better the King was enforced to call a Parliament an reg 15. The King and Parliament not agreeing the
and hanged An. Dom. 1335 The Sea banks broke in all through England but specially in the Thames so that all the cattel and beasts near thereunto were drowned An. Dom. 1339 A sudden undation of water at New-Castle upon Tine bare down part of the Town wall where an hundred and twenty men and women were drowned An. Dom. 1350 In Oxfordshire near Chippingnorton was found a Serpent having two heads and two faces like women one face attired of the new fashion of womens attire and the other face like the old attire and wings like a Bâ—tt An. Reg. 25 Men and women perished in divers places with Thunder and Lightning Fiends or Devils and strange apparitions were seen by men and spake unto them as they travelled An. Reg. 36 A great dearth and pestilence in England in which died Henry Duke of Lancaster who was buried at Leicester An. Reg. 38 A great winde in England overturned houses and Church-steeples An. reg 37. A Frost in England lasted from the midst of September to the moneth of April An. Reg. 51 King Edward ended his life at his Mannour of Shene the 21 day of Iune in the year of our Lord 1377. when he had reigned fifty years four moneths and odd daies he was buried at Westminster King Richard of Bourdeaux An. Reg. 1 RIchard the Second the Son of Prince Edward being but eleven years old began his Reign the 21 of Iune in the year of our Lord 1377. in bounty and liberality he far passed all his Progenitors but for that he was young was most ruled by young counsel and regarded nothing the counsel of the sage and wise men of the Realm This thing turned the Land to great trouble and himself to great misery An. Dom. 1388 Iack Straw was beheaded for Rebellion against the King Wat Tyler arrested by the Mayor of the City of High-Treason was slain in Smithfield and all the rest of the crew pardoned by the King An. Reg. 6 A general Earthquake the 21 of May and a water-shaking which made the ships in the Haven to totter An. Reg. 7 Iohn Bale brought to Saint Albans was hang'd drawn and quarter'd Iohn Rawe Captain of the Rebels in Suffolk was hang'd and quarter'd An. Reg. 9 The 18 of Iuly was an Earthquake An. Reg. 11 An. Dom. 1390 The Nobles rise against the King In Oxford the Welsh and Southern Scholars assailed the Northern whereby many murders were committed An. Dom. 1391 The good man of the Cock in Cheap a Brewer at the little Conduit was murdered in the night by a Thief who came in at the gutter window as it was known long after by the same thief when he was condemned for felony His wife was burned in Smithfield and his three men hanged wrongfully An. Dom. 1397 The Earl of Arundel with many more were put to death for that they rebuked the King in matters of State something liberally An. Dom. 1398 Thomas Arundel Arch-bishop of Canterbury was banished the Realm An. Dom. 1399 Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster deceased and was honourably buried in Saint Pauls Church An. Reg. 23 The King exacted great sums of money of seventeen Shires of the Realm and laid to their charges that they had been against him with the Duke of Glocester the Earls of Arundel and Warwick wherefore he went about to induce the Lords both spiritual and temporal to make a submission by writing acknowledging themselves to be Traitors to the King though they never offended him Moreover he compelled them to set their hands to blanks to the end that so often as it pleased him he might oppreâ—â— them An. Reg. 23 But all this made nothing for him but all against him for within a while after he was sent to the Tower till the next Parliament which was begun the morrow after Michaelmas-day at which time he resigned all his power and Knightly title to the Crown of England and France to Henry Duke of Hereford and Lancaster when he had reigned twenty two years three moneths and odd daies Henry the Fourth Henry of Bollengbrook An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Fourth son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was made King of England more by force then by lawful succession or election He began his Reign the 29 of September in the year 1399. An. Reg. 2 The King caused the Blanok Charters to be burnt made to King Richard Iohn Holland late Duke of Exeter Thomas Holland Duke of Surrey Edward Duke of Awmarl Iohn Mountecute Earl of Salisbury Thomas Spencer Sir Ralph Lumley Sir Thomas Blunt Sir Benedict Cely Knights with others conspired against King Henry and appointed privily to murder him but their Treason was found out and they were all put to death King Richard being in Pomfret-Castle died the fourteenth day of February his body was brought to London and so through the City of London to St. Pauls Church bare-faced three daies for all beholders from thence he was carried to Langley and there buried An. Dom. 1402 Certain men affirmed that King Richard was alive for the which a Priest was taken at Warwick who was drawn hanged and quarter'd Walter Waldock Prior of Lawd was likewise hanged and headed and eight grey Friers hanged and headed at London of the which one Richard Fresby Doctor of Divinity was drawn and hanged Sir Roger Claringdon Knight a Esquire and a Yeoman were beheaded at London and divers grey Friers hanged and beheaded and two at Leicester all these had published King Richard to be alive An. Dom. 1407 A Pestilence in London consumed above thirty thousand An. Dom. 1408 A Frost lasted fifteen weeks An. Dom. 1409 Henry Earle of Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph came into England with a great company pretending by Proclamation to deliver the people from the great oppression that they were burdened with but by Sir Thomas Rokebey Sheriff of York-shire he was encountred at Bramhammoor and there slain the Lord Bardolph was likewise wounded to death An. Dom. 1412 After the fortunate chances hapned to King Henry being delivered of all civil division he was taken with sickness and yeelded to God his spirit the 20 of March 1412. when he had reigned thirteen years six moneths and odd daies he was buried at Canterbury Henry of Monmouth An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Fifth began his Reign the 20 of March in the year 1412. This Prince exceeded the mean stature of men he was beauteous of visage his neck long body slender and lean his bones small nevertheless he was of marvellous great strength and passing swift in running An. Dom. 1413 Sir Iohn Old-Castle for divers points touching the Sacrament before the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishop of London VVinchester and others was convicted and committed to the Tower of London out of the which he brake and fled An. Dom. 1414 Certain adherents of Sir Iohn Old-Castle assembled them in Thickets field near London but the King being warned took the field before them and so took of them such numbers that
so that the same was blown over In the Country houses and barns were blown down and some far from the places whereon they had stood besides tâ—ees in great numbers toâ—n up by the roots At the Sea a great deal of harm was done at Southampton the Ships and Barks riding at anchor weâ—e driven a shore and sunk the like was never seen The fifth of March a maid was burned in Sâ—int Georges field without Southwark for poysoning her Mistress and other people This year 1589. Henry Duke of Guise and his Bâ—other the Cardinal Guise were both slain by the commandement of the French King Hen. the third This Duke was wonderfully beloved of the Clergy and of the Peers and Commons of France of the Conclave and many Forraign Princes the manner of his death was taken very grievously Within a while after the said King Henry of France was also slain by a Frier in revenge of the death of the two Brethren before named and the Frier himself was instantly slain by them that were about the King who slew him with the same envenomed knife wherewith he stab'd the King this Henry the third was the last of the House of Valois and presently upon his death Henry of Burbon King of Navarre laid just claim to the Crown but it was a long time e're he was setled by the help of Queen Elizabeth at length he enjoyed the Crown of France peaceably without any further molestation The next year following the great and antient City of Paris by their new King Henry the Fourth was besieged which City until the day of their visitation was a glorious and a flourishing City and the most populous City in all Europe until for their better defence they were constrained to pull down all their Suburbs and althoâ—gh the Siege lasted not above five moneths yet such was the extremity of famine amongst them as it may well be said to be greater then that of Samaria or Ierusalem for after they had eaten all their herbage and carrion and all manner of moist leather with whatsoever else they could get many of them did eat their own children and the children of others On Wednesday in Easter week by shooting off a gun in the town of Ulfringhamton in Staffordshire about the number of eighty houses were burned In the moneth of Ianuary one Nicholas a Perveyer for converting to his own use certain provision taken for her Majesty was hanged for example to others The sixteenth of Iuly Edmond Copinger and Henry Arrington Gentlemen came into Cheap and there in a Carre proclaimed news from heaven as they said to wit that one William Hacket Yeoman represented Christ by partaking his glorified body by his principal spirit and that they were two Prophets the one of Mercy the other of Judgement called and sent of God to help him in this great work these men were afterward apprehended the twentieth of Iuly Hacket was arraigned and found guilty as to have spoken divers most false and trayterous words against her Majesty to have raced and defaced her Armes as also her picture thrusting an iron instrument into that part that did represent the brest and heart for the which he had Judgement and upon the twenty eighth of Iuly brought from Newgate to a Gibbet in Cheap where being moved to ask God and the Queen forgiveness he fell to cursing and railing against the Queen he made a prayer against the Divine Majesty of God he was therefore hanged and quartered His immodest speeches at his arraignment and death utterly disgraced all his former seemed sanctity wherewith he had shrewdly possessed the common people The next day Edmond Copinger having wilfully abstained from meat died in Bridewell and Henry Arrington long after in the Compter submitting himself writ a book of repentance and was delivered On the twenty eighth of October Ben O Royrk a great man of Ireland was arraigned at Westminster and found guilty of High-Treason and on the third of November executed at Tyburn The tenth of December three Seminaries for being in this Realm contrary to the Statute and four other for relieving them were executed to wit Ironmonger a Seminary and Swithen Wells Gentleman in Grayes-Inne fields Blaston White Seminaries three others at Tyburn The fourteenth of Ianuary Captain Arnold Cosby an Irish man did forcibly set upon Iohn Lord Burk neer to the town of Wansworth in the County of Surry and there upon a malicious intent did wilfully murder him giving him one mortal wound with a Rapier by means whereof he fell down and after that the said Cosby with a Dagger gave unto the said Lord Burk twelve or more several wounds of the which mortal wound he died within two houres after for the which fact he was hanged on a Gibbet neer Wansworth on the twenty 7th of Ianuary The eighteenth of February Thomas Parmort was convicted of two several High-Treasons one for being a Seminary Priest and remaining in this Realm and the other for reconciling Iohn Barwis against the form of a Statute the said Barwis was likewise convicted of treason for being so reconciled and also of Felony for relieving the said Priest Thomas Parmort was executed in Pauls Church-yard on the twentieth of February The 27 of Febru Sir Iohn Parrot Knight was arraigned at Westminster and found guilty of Treason and had judgement but died in the Tower The fourth of May a Tilt-boat of Gravesend having in the same Boat about the number of forty persons was over-run by a Hoy so that the greatest part of them were drowned over against Greenwich the Court then being there the Queen beheld the mischance In the moneth of Iune a young man was hanged in Smithfield and a woman was burnt both for poysoning her husband a Goldsmith The fourth of September a woman was burnt in Smithfield for poysoning her husband The sixth of September the wind being in the West as it had been for the space of two daies before very boysterous the river of Thames was made void of water the wind forcing out the fresh and keeping back the Salt that men in divers places might go two hundred paces over and then fling a stone to the land A Collier on a Mare rode from the North side to the South and back again on either side London-Bridge but not without peril of drowning both wayes An. Reg. 35 A certain woman by the Councels appointment was whipped through the City of London for afferming her self to be the daughter of Phillip King of Spain as she had been perswaded by some accounted Soothsayers after proved liers for she was known to be a Butchers daughter in Eastcheap March the twenty first Henry Barrowe Gentleman and Iohn Greenwood Clark Daniel Studley Girdler Sapio Bislot Gentleman Robert Bowlet Fishmonger were indicted for fellony the said Barrow and Greenwood for righting certain seditious books tending to the ruine of the Queen and state Studley Billot and Bowley for publishing and setting forth of the same
of England he died suddenly at the Counsel table April the twenty ninth proclamation was made commanding the oath of allegiance to be ministred to all persons that should come from beyond the seas onely to distinguish honest subjects from traiterous practisers and not for any point or matter in religion all known Merchants and others of honest state and quality was exempte from takeing this oath this proclamation was made by reason that many suspitious persons of base sort came dayly from beyond seas and refused to take the oath Iune twenty third Thomas Garnet a Jesuit was executed at Tyburne having favour offered him if he would have taken the oath of allegiance which he refused This Summer at Astley in Warwick shire by reason of the fall of the Church there was taken up the corps of Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset he was buried the tenth of October 1530 in the twenty second year of the â—aign of Henry the eighth and albeit he had lain seventy eight yeers in the the Earth yet his Eyes Haire and flesh remained in a manner as if he had been newly buried For these five yeeres past great and manifold Roberies spoiles Piracies murders and Depredations within the Streights and elsewhere have been committed by severall Companies of English Pirats as well upon our own Nation as others but especially upon the Florentines and Venetians wherewith his Majesty was much grieved and for that cause published from time to time severall Proclamations denownsing the same offenders to be Rebells and therewithall gave order for their suppression and apprehensias Traiters and peace breakers but all this prevailed not for they still prevailed persisted and maintained their former villanies with which offenders there were some English Marchants who very cunningly underhand used Commerce Track and Trafficke for stollen goods to the great Cheriâ—â—ing of those Malefactors and dishonour of this Nation for redresse whereof the King by Proclamation the eighth of Ianuary Prohibited from all manner of medling or dealing with them upon great penalties all English Marchants whatsoever Commanding the judge of the Admiralty to proceed severely in Justice against all such offenders and that from him there should be no appeal granted to any person touching the premises all which notwithstanding the number of Pirats still increased and did much damage to the English Marchants and to all other Nations there were Hollanders and Easterlings that at this time and before became fierce Pirats and held consort with the English Robbers viz. Ward Bishop Sir Francis Vorny and others whereupon the King of Spain sent certain Ships of Warr under the command of Don Lewis Faxardo who very pollitickly about the middle of Iuly came upon them at Tunis and sudenly burned twenty of their ships lying in Harbor at which time though Captain Ward escaped in person by being then a shore yet his great Strength and Riches perished in the fire with some of his Confederates December the two and twentieth Nineteen Pirates were executed at Waping some had been in consort with the English Pirates Sunday the nineteenth of February when it should have been low water at London-Bridge quite contrary to course it was then high Water and presently it ebbed almost half an houre the quantity of a foot and then suddenly it flowed again almost two foot higher then it did before and then ebbed again untill it came to its course almost as it was at first so that the next flood began in a manner as it should and kept its due course in all respects as if there had been no shifting nor alteration of Tydes all this hapned before twelve a clock in forenoone the weather being indifferent calme The thirteenth of Iune the King Queen and Prince with many great Lords and others came to the Tower to make triall oâ— the Lions single valour and to have the Lions skill a great fierce Bear that had killed a Childe but the Lyons being tryed by one and one at a time and lastly by two together whâ—ch were bread in that open yard where the Bare was put loose for Combat yet would none of them assaile him but fled from him to their Dens after the first Lion was put forth then was there a Stone Horse put into the Bare and Lyon who when he had gazed upon them a while fell to grazing standing in the midst between them both and whereas at the first there was but two Mastives let in who fought stoâ—tly with a lion there was now six Dogs let in who flew all upon the Stone Horse being most in their sight at their first entrance and would soon have wearied the horse to death but that suddainly even as the King wisht there Entein thâ—ee stout Barewards who wonderous valliantly rescued the Horse and brought away the Doggs whilst the Lyon and the Bear stood staring upon them and the fifth of Iuly this Bare according to the kings Commandment was bayted to death by Dogges upon a Stage and the Mother of the murthered Child had twenty pound given her out of the money given by the people to see the death of the Bare Robert Allyley being Araigned at Newgate for fellony stood mute and and refused the ordinary triall whreupon as the manner is the Hangman came unto him to binde his hands but Allyley resisted and with his fist stroke him on the face in the presence of the Judges who presently Remembred that this priprisoner but the last Sessions before was there Convicted of Fellony and for the same had obtained the Kings Speciall pardon which pardons in generall are unto all persons but onely upon their good behaviour unto King and his Subjects and thereupon the Court gave judgment that for the blow he gave his hand should first be cut off and then his body to be hanged for that fact for the which he had his pardon according to which sentence he was presently executed at the Sessions Gate Thursday the third of May the French Queen was Crowned with all Solemnity in Paris and having been ten yeers before maried to the King and the next day was murthered in his Coach as he rode through Paris by a base villain that stabed him into the body twise with a long knife that he died instantly and his body was carried to the Loover presently upon the Kings death the Queen was made Regent during her sons minority viz. Lewis the thirteenth The twentieth of May being Sunday our King Queen and Prince the Duke of Yorke the lady Elizabeth and all the Lords and Ladies of the Court mourned in Black for the death of the French King Henry the fourth and about the end of Iune was he buried in Paris in as great Royalty as ever King of France upon the murrher of this French King the Lords and Commons of the house of Parliament of England humbly besought the King to have a more especiall care then formerly for the preservation of his Royall Person and also to the speedy order for the
in the Cathedral Church of Pauls that the Church did shake as if it would have fallen and out of a dark cloud there leaped such a flash of lightning that all the Church seemed to be on a fire the people thinking they should have been burned ran all of them out of the Church fell groavling on the ground void of understanding an reg 15. The Iews at Norwich stole a boy and circumcised him an indirision of Christian Religion they had an intent to have crucified him at Easter for which fact they justly suffered as they deserved an reg 19. A Scholer of Oxford endeavouring to kill the King in his chamber at Woodstocst was taken and pulled to pieces with horses an reg 20. The Iews were constrained to pay twenty thousand mark or to be kept in perpetual imprisonment the wals of the Tower of London were thrown down by an Earthquake as they were some years before an reg 27. The Thames overflowed the banks about Lambeth and drowned houses and fields for the space of six miles all along In the great Hall at Westminster men did ride on horseback an reg 28. The sea flowing twice without an Ebb did make so horrible a noise that it was heard a great way into England and did much amaze and affright the people and not long afterwards in a dark night the sea seemed to be all on a fire and the waves to fight against one another so that the Marriners were not able to save their ships from shipwrack an reg 34. The steeple of Bow in Cheapside fell down and slew many men and women an reg 35. IX Edward the first called Long-shanks GReat Earthquakes lightning and thunders with a blazing star and a Comet in the appearance of a great Dragon which made many men afraid anno reg 3. An accusation was made for clipping the Kings coyn for which offence two hundred sixty and seven Iews were executed an reg 5. So great a frost that five arches of London Brige and all Rochester Bridge were born downe and carried away anno regni 9. The Summer was so exceeding hot that many died with the extremity thereof an reg 16. The King banished the Iews out of England giving them wherewith to bear their charges till they were out of England the number of the Iews expulsed were 15 M. and nine person an reg 19. Three men had their hands cut off for rescuing a prisoner from an Officer of the City of London an reg 22. The Monastery at Westminster was much ruined by fire an reg 27. X. Edward the second PEirce Gauston being banished and returned again into England was taken by the Barons of England and beheadded at Warwick Castle an reg 5. The King caused Writts to be published that no oxe stalled or corn-fed should be sold for more then four and twenty shillings no gras-fed oxe for more then sixteen shillings a fat stalled cow at twelve shillings another cow at ten shillings A Butt Motton whose wooll is well grown at twenty pence a fat mutton shorn at fourteen-pence a fat hogg of two years old at three shillings four pence a fat goose at two pence half penny in the City three pence a fat Capon at two pence in the City two pence half penny a fat hen at one penny in the City at three half-pence four pidgeons for one penny twenty four eggs for a penny in the city twenty eggs a penny I would they were so still an reg 6. And yet for all this there was a grievous famine and mortality so that the quick could hardly bury the dead the cattel died by reason of the corruption of the grass the famine was so great that some in holes and corners did eat the flesh of their own children the thieves that were in prison did pluck in pieces those that were newly brought in amongst them and greedily devoured them half alive an reg 11. A great murraine of kine happened insomuch that doggs and ravens eating of them were poysoned an reg 12. II. King Edward the third KIng Edward the second was cruelly murdered in the Castle of Berkley by the practise of the Queen his wife and the Lord Mortimer an reg 2. Roger Mortimer was taken and sent to London where he was condemned and hanged an reg 3. The sea brake in through all the banks of England so that great store of cattle were drowned an reg 11. In Oxfordshire a serpent was found having two heads and two faces like women one face attired of the new fashion of womens attire and the other face like the old attire and wings like a bat an reg 20. Many men and women perished with thunder and lightning Feinds and devils and strange apparitions were seen by men and spake to them as they travelled an reg 25. A frost in England from the midst of September to the moneth of April an reg 38. XII King Richard the second IAck Straw was beheaded for Rebellion against the King anno regni 3. Wat. Tiler being arrested by the Mayor of the City for high Treason was slain in Smithfield and all the rest of the crew pardoned by the King There was a general Earthquake of the effects whereof the waters did partake insomuch that it made the ships in the havens to totter an reg 6. The nobles rose against the King and in Oxford the West and Southern Schollars did assail the Northern by reason whereof many murders were committed an reg 11. XIII King Henry the fourth IOhn Holland late Duke of Excester Thomas Holland Duke of Surrey Edward Duke of Aumarle John Montacute Earl of Salisbury with several other persons having conspired privily to murder the King were all put to death for their treason an reg 2. King Richard died in Pontefrad Castle he was buried at Langley an reg 3. A pestilence in London consumed above thirty thousand persons and not long afterwards there followed a hard frost which continued fifteen weeks an reg 11. XIV King Henry the fifth RIchard Earl of Cambridge Sir Thomas Grey and others were executed at Southampton for a conspiracy against the King an reg 2. The King fought the memorable battail at Agin Court in France and obtained a marvellous victory anno reg 4. Sir John Oldcastle having broke out of the Tower was taken by the Lord Powis and sent to London where being convicted by the Parliament he was carried to St. Giles in the fields where he was both hanged and consumed with fire an reg 6. XV. King Henry the sixth THere was a great Earthquake which continued for the space of two houres an reg 5. A Welchman murdered a Widow in White-Chappel and stole away her goods but afterwards coming by the place where he did the murther the women of the Parish with stones and sheeps-hornes and durt off the dunghills made an end of him an reg 8. The gate on London bridge with the Tower next to Southwark fell down and the two
battail of Edge hill was fought an reg 17. After many battels at Newbery Marston Moore Naseby and other places the King was quite worsted and enforced to fly to the Scots an reg 22. The King being sold to the English by the Scots was brought from the Isle of Wight and being tryed by a High Court of Iustice was beheaded before the gates of Whitehal an reg 23. XXV Oliver Cromwel Protector AFter the death of King Charles Oliver Cromwel having made himself famous by many great atchievements was chosen to be Generalissimo of the Common-wealth of England in the place of the Lord Fairfax and advancing into Ireland he took Drogheda by storm and pursuing his victories he became absolute master of that Nation anno 1649. and 1650. The great battail at Dunbar was fought where the Scots were totally overthrown two and twenty great guns taken and arms for fifteen thousand men an 1651. The arms of the Crown of England and statues of King Charles were put down by order of Parliament 1651. Mr. Love the Minister and Mr. Gibbons were beheaded both on Tower hill 1651. The great battail at Worcester where the young King of Scotland was overthrown an 1652. Many great battails at sea betwixt English and Hollanders 1652. and 1953. The Lord General Cromwel was declared and sworn Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland 1654. The Hollanders obtained peace of the English 1654. A BRIEF ABSTRACT OF All the wonders and remarkable passages since William the Conquerour till the Raign of King Charles Written for the benefit of posterity To the Reader REader I have taken pains to abstract out of the Chronicle all the remarkable wonders and passages of concernment from William the Conqueror to the raign of King Charles I hope thou art not so ignorant but that thou wilt find it and grant it useful for us and our posterity hereafter Vale. Wonders and remarkable passages William Conquerour An. Reg. 3 An. Dom. 1069 A Gelricus Bishop of Durham being accused of treason was imprisoned at Westminster An. Reg. 4 Such a dearth was in England that men did eat horses cats dogs and mans flesh An. Dom. 1070 An. Reg. 5 King William bereaved all the Monasteries and Abbies of England of their gold and silver sparing neither Challice nor Shrine An. Dom. 1075 An. Reg. 10 Walter Bishop of Durham bought of King William the Earldome of Northumberland wherein he used such cruelty that the inhabitants slew him An. Dom. 1076 An. Reg. 11 The earth was hard frozen from the middest of November to the midd'st of April An. Dom. 1077 An. reg 12 Upon Palm Sunday about noon appeared a blazing Star neer unto the Sun An. Dom. 1078 An. reg 13 This year King William builded the Tower of London An. Dom. 1079 An. reg 14 Thurstone Abbot of Glassenbury in his Church caused three monks to be slain and eighteen men to be wounded that their blood ran down from the Altar to the steps An. Reg. 15 This year was a great wind on Christmas day a great Earthquake and roaring out of the earth the sixth of April An. reg 20 There was a great floud so Pauls Church burnt that hills were made soft and consumed and with their fall overwhelmed many villages to the great amazement of all An. reg 21 In a province of Wales called Rose was found the Sepulchre of Gawen upon the sea shore who was sisters son of Arthur the Great king of Brittain being in length fourteen foot King William being at Roan in Normandy went with a great Army into France spoyling all things as he passed last of all he burned the city of Meaux with our Lady Church and two Anchorits that were inclosed there the king cheared his men to feed the fire and came himself so neer that with the heat of his harness he got a disease also the Kings horse leaping over a ditch did burst the inner parts of the King with the pain whereof he was sore afflicted and returned to Roan where shortly after he ended his life the ninth day of September in the year of our Lord 1087. when he had raigned 20. years eight months and sixteen dayes I would have the Reader understand that I set down nothing but things that are remarkable in this kings dayes nor in any kings dayes else and that is the reason that the date of years do not follow in order for I skip a great part of needless things because I would not be too tedious nor abuse thy patience too much William Rufus An. Reg. 4 Agreat tempest fell on St. Lukes day especially in Winchcomb where a great part of the Steeple was overthrown and in London the wind overturned 606. houses and the roof of Bow Church in Cheap-side wherewith some persons were slain An. Reg. 6 This year was a great famine and so great a mortality that the quick were scant able to burie the dead An. Reg. 11 All the land that sometimes belonged to Earl Goodwin by breaking in of the sea was covered with sands and is yet to this day called Goodwin sands An. Reg. 13 In the summer blood sprang out of the earth at Finchamsted in Barkshire King William on the morrow after Lammas day hunting in the new Forrest sir William Tirrel shooting at a dear at unawares hit the King in the brest that he fell down dead and never spake word his men and especially that Knight hid themselves but some came back again and laid his body upon a colliers cart which one poor lean beast did draw to the City of Winchester where he was buried he reigned twelve years eleven months lacking eight daies Henry Beauclark Henry the first An. Reg. 2 VVInchester and Glocester burnt An. Reg. 5 There appeared about the sun four circles and a blazing star An. Reg. 13 This year was a great mortality of men and murren of beasts An. Reg. 15 The City of Worcester was burnt the tenth of October the River Medway by no small number of miles dâ—d so fail of water that in the midst of the Channel the smallest vessels and boates could not pass the self same day the Thames did suffer the like want of water for between the Tower of London and the Bridge not onely with horses but also a great number of men and children did wade over on foot An. Dom. 1115 Chichester was burnt many storms and a blazing starr An. Dom. 1116 In March was exceeding lightning and in December thunder and hail and the moon at both times seemed to be turned into blood An. Dom. 1119 An. Reg. 20 King Henry having tamed the French men and pacified Normandy returned into England in which voyage William Duke of Normandy and Richard his son and Mary his daughter Richard Earl of Chester and his wife with many noble men and to the number of 160. persons were drowned An. Reg. 23 The City of Glocester burnt An. Reg. 32 The City of Rochester sore defaced
men afraid An. Reg. 4 An. Dom. 1277 There was a general Earthquake by force whereof the Church of Saint Michael of the Mount without Glassenbury fell to the ground An. Reg. 5 Michael Tony was hanged drawn and quarter'd for Treason Michaelmas Term was kept at Shrewsbury Reformation was made for clipping the Kings coyn for which offence 267 Jews were executed Edward the First An. Dom. 1281 An. Reg. 9 THere was such a Frost that five arches of London-Bridge and all Rochester-Bridge was borne down and carried away with many Bridges more An. Reg. 15 On New-years day at night as well through vehemency of the wind as violence of the Sea many Churches were overthrown and destroyed not only at Yarmouth Dunwich and Ipswich but also in divers other parts of England An. Reg. 16 An. Dom. 1288 The Summer was so exceeding hot that many men died with extremity thereof and yet Wheat was sold at London for three shillings four pence the Quarter and such cheapness of Beans and Pease as the like hath not been heard of An. Reg. 17 Great hail fell in England and after ensued great rain that the year following Wheat was raised from five pence the bushel to sixteen pence and so encreased yearly till it was lastly sold for twenty shillings the Quarter An. Reg. 19 The King banished all the Jews out of England giving them to bear their charges till they were out of the Realm the number of Jews then expulsed were 15. M. 9. persons An. Reg. 22 An. Dom. 1294 Three men had their right hands cut off for rescuing a prisoner from an Officer of the City of London An. Reg. 23 An. Dom. 1295 The water of Thames over-flowing the banks made a breach at Rother-Hith beside London The low ground about Bermondsey and Tothil was over-flowed An. Reg. 27 An. Dom. 1299 Fire being kindled in the lesser Hall of the Palace at Westminster the flame thereof being driven by winde fired the building of the Monastery next adjoyning which with the Palace were both consumed An. Reg. 33 An. Dom. 1305 William Wallace which had often times set Scotland in great trouble was taken and brought to London where he was hanged headed and quartered An. Dom. 1307 The King being vexed with a Bloody Flux departed this life the seventh of Iuly at Burgh upon the Sands in the year of our Lord 1307. when he had reigned thirty four years seven moneths and odd daies his body was buried at Westminster Edward Carnarvan An. Reg. 1 EDward Carnarvan so called being born at Carnarvan began his Reign the seventh of Iuly in the year 1307. he was fair of body but unstedfast in manners not regarding to govern the Common-wealth by discretion and Justice which caused great variance between him and his Lords Edward the Second An. Reg. 2 An. Dom. 1309 THe Lords envying Pierce of Gavestone Earl of Cornwall a stranger born banished him the Land An. Dom. 1309 An. Reg. 3 The King sent for Pierce of Gavestone out of Ireland and gave him the Earl of Glocesters Sister in marriage which caused him again to rise in pride scorning the Nobles of the Realm the Barons therefore declared to the King that except he would dispel the said Pierce from his company they would rise against him as against a perjured Prince whereupon once again he caused Pierce to abjure An. Dom. 1310 An. Reg. 4 Pierce of Gaveston returned into England and came to the Kings presence who forgetting all oaths and promises made to his Barons received him as a heavenly gift An. Reg. 5 The Church of Middleton in Dorsetshire was consumed with lightning the Monks being at Mattins An. Dom. 1311 The Barons of England being confederated against Pierce of Gaveston besieged him at the Castle of Scarborough where they took him and brought him to VVarwick Castle and caused his head to be stricken off An. Dom. 1314 THe King caused his Writs to be published for victuals that no Oxe stalled or corn-fed be sold for more then twenty four shillings no grass-fed Oxe for more then sixteen shillings a fat stalled cow at twelve shillings an other cow at ten shillings a fat mutton corn-fed or whose wooll is well grown at twenty pence another fat mutton shorn at fourteen pence a fat hogg of two years old at three shillings four pence a fat goose at two pence half penny in the City three pence a fat capon at two pence in the city two pence half penny a fat hen at one penny in the City one penny half penny four Pidgeons for one penny twenty four eggs a penny in the City twenty eggs a penny An. Dom. 1315 A Tanners Son of Exeter named himself the Son of Edward the First for the which he was hanged at Northampton An. Dom. 1316 The dearth encreased through the abundance of rain that fell in harvest so that a quarter of Wheat or Salt was sold for eleven shillings There followed this famine a grievous mortality of people so that the quick could hardly bury the dead the beasts and cattel also by the corruptness of the gross whereof they fed died horse-flesh was counted great delicates the poor stole fat dogs to eat some in holes and corners eat the flesh of their own children the thieves that were in prison did pluck in pieces those that were newly brought in amongst them and greedily devoured them half alive An. Dom. 1318 A great murrain of kine hapned dogs and ravens eating of the kine were poysoned and did swell to death so that no man durst eat any beef The King doting so much on the two Spencers as he did on Pierce of Gaveston maintaining wars against his Barons and his Barons against him was at last overthrown and taken prisoner the two Spencers hanged drawn and quartered as Traytors to the Commonwealth of England The King after he had reigned nineteen years six moneths and odd daies was deposed by consent of Parliament who elected Edward his eldest Son Edward the Third An. Reg. 1 EDward the Third about the age of fourteen years began his reign the 25 of Ianuary in the year of our Lord 1326. in feats of arms he was very expert at the beginning of his reign he was chiefly ordered by his Mother Isabell An. Dom. 1327 The Inhabitants of the Town of Bury besieged the Abbey burnt the gates wounded the Monks bare out all the gold and silver ornaments books Charters the assay to their coyn stamps and all other things appertaining to their coyn An. Dom. 1328 The 22 of September at night King Edward the second was cruelly murdered in the castle of Barkley by the practice of the Queen his wife and the Lord Mortimer and the Bishop of Hereford he was buried at Glocester An. Dom. 1329 By procurement of the old Queen Roger Mortimer and Edmond of VVoodstock Earl of Kent the Kings Uncle was beheaded at VVinchester An. Reg. 3 Roger Mortimor was taken by VVilliam Mountacute and sent to London where he was condemned
all the prisons in London were full of them divers of them were executed An. Dom. 1415 The King rode to Southampton where was discovered a great conspiracy against him by Richard Earle of Cambridge Sir Thomas Grey and Henry Scrope and others who were executed at Southampton An. Dom. 1416 The King entred the Sea with a thousand Sail and the third night after arrived at Normandy He laid siege to Hartslue which was yeelded to him he foâ—ght the battel at Agent-Court where he had a marvellous victory An. Reg. 5 An. Dom. 1417 On Easter day at a Sermon in Saint Dunstones in the East of London a great fray hapned where many people were fore wounded and Thomas Pettwarden Fishmong slain The beginners of the fray was the Lord Strange and Sir Iohn Russel Knight through the quarrel of their two wives were brought to the Counter in the Poultry and excommunicated at Pauls-Cross An. Reg. 6 An. Dom. 1418 Sir Iohn Old-Castle being taken after he had broke out of the Tower was sent to London by the Lord Powes out of VVales whiâ—h Sir Iohn was convict by Parliament and sent to Saint Giles in the fields and was there hanged consumed with fire An. Reg. 7 An. Dom. 1419 The Parson of VVrotham in Norfolk which had haunted Newmarket-hith and there robbed and spoiled many was with his Concubine brought to Newgate at London and there died An. Reg. 9 At this time such was the general and capital command of the King of England in France as their own Chronicles testifie that in the Court of Chancery in Paris all things were sealed with the Seal of King Henry of England and the Great Seal of England was there new made and used wherein was the Arms of France England as the King sat in chair of State he held two Scepters in his hands in his right hand was a Scepter smooth and plain only the proportion of the French coyn commonly called the French crown and in his left hand he held a Scepter full of curious arts carved and vvrought vvith the Arms of England as is used in the English money and on the top thereof a Cross the French were much vexed thereat but knevv not hovv to help themselves An. Reg. 10 An. Dom. 1422 King Henry being at Boys at Vincent waxed â—â—ck and died the last day of August in the year 1422. when he had reigned nine years five moneths and odd daies he was buried at VVestminster Henry of Windsor An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Sixth being an Infant of eight moneths old began his Reign the last of August in the year 1422. the governing of the Realm was committed to the Duke of Glocester and the guard of his person to the Duke of Exeter and to the Duke of Bedford was given the Regency of France An. Reg. 4 The morrow after Simon and Iudes day the Mayor caused a great watch to be kept with most part of the Citizens in armour to stand by the Duke of Glocester against the Bishop of VVinchester who lay in Southwark with a great power of Lancashire and Cheshire men but the matter was appeased by the Arch-bishop of Canterbury An. Reg. 5 The 28 of September was an earthquake which continued the space of two houres An. Reg. 6 From the beginning of April unto Hallow-tide was such abundance of rain that not only hay but corn also was destroyed An. Reg. 7 The Duke of Norfolk passing through London-Bridge his Barge overwhelmed so that thirty persons were drowned and the Duke with others that escaped were drawn up with ropes So under God the people stood their friend And sav'd them by a Rope that 's some mens end An. Reg. 8 A Brittain murdered a Widdow in VVhite-Chappel Parish without Algate and bare away her goods but being pursued he took succour in the Church of Saint George in Southwark from whence he was taken and forswore the Land but as he came by the place where he did the murder the women of the Parish with stones and sheeps-horns and dirt off the dung-hills made an end of him An. Dom. 1431 At Abbington began an Insurrection of certain lewd persons that intended to have wrought much mischief but the chief Author being Bailiff of the Town named William Mundevile a Weaver with some others were put to death An. Dom. 1432 The King of England crowned in Paris but within a while after lost all his Father got in France An. Dom. 1433 Four souldiers of Calice beheaded and a hundred and ten banished and before that time was banished one hundred and twenty An. Reg. 13 The Thames was frozen that the Merchants which came to the Thames mouth were carried to London by land An. Reg. 15 The gate on London-bridge with the Tower next to Southwark fell down and the two furthest arches of the said Bridge and no man perished An. Reg. 16 All the Lions in the Tower of London died An. Reg. 17 A great wind in London blevv down almost one side of the street called the Old-Change An. Dom. 1439 Sir Richard VVich Vicar of Hermetsworth in Essex was burnt on Tower-hill the 17 of Iune An. Dom. 1440 The 18 of Iuly the Postern of London by East-Smith-field against the Tower of London sunk by night An. Dom. 1441 A stack of wood at Bernards-Castle fell down and killed three men by the fall of a stair at Beford where the shire day was kept eighteen persons were slain An. Dom. 1442 Eleanor Cobham Dutchess of Glocester was cited to appear before Henry Chichely archbishop of Canterbury to answer certain matters of Necromancy Witchcraft Sorcery Heresie and Treason vvhere when she appeared the aforesaid Roger was brought forth to witness against her and said that she vvas the cause and first stirred him to labour in that art then she vvas committed to the ward of Sir Iohn Stuard Knight then vvas taken also Margery Gurdmain a Witch of Ely vvhose Sorcery and Witchcraft the said Eleanor had a long time used wherefore the said Witch vvas burned in Smith-field The ninth of November Dame Eleanor appeared before the archbishop and others and received sentence of Penance vvhich she performed on the 17 of November she came from Temple-Bar vvith a taper of vvax in her hand from Fleet-street to Pauls vvhere she offer'd her taper to the altar on Wednesday next she vvent through Bridg-street Grace-Church-street to Leaden-hall and so to Christ-Church by Algate on Friday she vvent through Cheap to Saint Michaels in Corn-hill in form aforesaid The eighteenth of November Roger Bolinbroke vvas arraigned dravvn from the Tower to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered An. Dom. 1445 On Candlemass Eve in divers places of England vvere heard terrible thunders vvith lightning whereby the Church of Baldock in Hartfordshire the Church of VValden in Essex and divers others vvere sore shaken and the Steeple of Saint Pauls in London about three of the clock in the afternoon vvas set on fire in the midst of the shaft but
by the labour of vvell-disposed people the same vvas squenched An. Dom. 1448 Adam Molins Bishop of Chichester Keeper of the Kings Privy Seal vvas by Sea-men slain at Portsmouth Bluebeard a Fuller taken beside Canterbury for raising a Rebellion vvas hanged and quartered An. Dom. 1449 The Duke of Suffolk vvas banished the Land vvho sailing tovvards France vvas met on the Sea by a Man of War and vvas beheaded his corps vvas cast up at Dover The Commons of Kent did rise in great numbers one Iack Cade being their Captain these Rebels did great mischief putting to death vvhom they pleased until at last the King offering them a pardon if they vvould submir they condescended to it Iack Cade their Captain fled and vvas slain in the Wilde of Sussex after this the King went down into Kent and finding who were the chief of this rebellion caused them to be hang'd drawn and quartered the 29. of Iune VVilliam Bishop of Salisbury was murdered by his own Tenants An. Reg. 35 An. Dom. 1456 A great riot was committed in London against the Italians and Lumbards An. Dom. 1457 At Erith were taken four great fishes whereof two were Whales Frenchmen landing at Sandwitch wasted the town and slew the inhabitants An. Reg. 36 Sir Thomas Piercie Lord Egremount and Sir Richard Piercie his brother being prisoners in Newgate brake out by night and went to the King other prisoners took the leads of the gate and defended themselves a long while against the Sheriffs and all other Officers An. Dom. 1458 A fray in Fleetstreet between men of the Court and the inhabitants of the same street in which fray the Queens Atturney was slain for this fact the King committed the Governors of Furnival Clifford and Barnards Inn to prison and William Taylor Alderman of the Ward with many others were sent to Windsor Castle An. Dom. 1459 The science of Printing was found in Germany at Magunce VVilliam Caxton of London Mercer brought it into England in the year 1471. and first practised it at the Abbie of St. Peters at VVestminster An. Reg. 38 The land being miserably divided the King fighting many battels in midst of several dissentions was at last worsted and Edward Earle of March got his kingdome from him An. Reg. 29 Edward Earl of March came to London with a mighty power of March men and accompanied with the Earl of VVarwick the 26 of February where he was joyfully received Edward being elected was proclaimed by the name of Edward the fourth on the fourth of March and King Henry lost his kingdome when he had reigned thritty eight years six months and odd dayes Edward the fourth An. Reg. 1 EDward Earl of March began his reign the fourth of March by the name of Edward the fourth in the year 1460. The twelfth of March VValter VValker Grocer living in Cheapside for speaking some words against King Edward was beheaded The thirteenth of March Edward took his journey towards the North where between Shierburn and Tad-Caster all the North part met him and on Palm Sunday the twenty ninth of March fought a great battel in which were slain Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland Iohn Lord Clifford Iohn Lord Newel Leo Lord VVells and many of rank and quality on both sides to the number of 357 and eleaven persons but King Edward got the field the Duke of Exeter the Duke of Sommerset the Lord of Ross the Lord Hungerford fled to York to King Henry and then with the King and Queen and Prince fled to Barwick and so to Edenborough An. Reg. 3 Queen Margaret landed in the Nâ—rth where having but small succour was fain to take the Sea again and by a tempest of weather was driven to Barwick where she landed but lost her ships and goods Many battels were fought between the two Kings Henry and Edward and much blood was shed on both sides striving for supremacie one while the Commons with some of the Lords would have Henry restored again to his former dignity and another while Edward should rule at length Henry being overpowred was arrested and sent to the Tower where within a while after he was murdered and buried at Chertsey since removed to Windsor An. Reg. 4 A great pestilence and the Thames frozen over An. Reg. 11 Thomas the Bastard of Fauconbridge with a riotous company of shipmen and others of Essex and Kent came to London where being denied passage through the City he fired the gates wâ—n the Bulworks at Algate and entred the City but the Citizens killed them that entred causing the rest to flie pursued them as far as Black wall slaying many An. Reg. 12 King Edward rode into Kent where he caused inquiry to be made of the foresaid riotous persons hanged the rich by the purse and the other by the necks the Major of the town with others were beheaded there Thomas the Bastard of Falkonbridge was taken at Southampton and beheaded An. Reg. 14 The Duke of Exceter was found dead in the Sea between Dover and Callice Iohn Goose was burnt on the Tower hill An. Reg. 17 An. Dom. 1478 King Edward in his progress hunted in Thomas Burdits Park at a Buck and slew many Deer among the which one was a white Buck Thomas Burdit when he understood thereof wished the Bucks head in his bellie that moved the king to do it Burditt was apprehended of treason condemned drawn from the Tower of London to Tiburne and there beheaded An. Reg. 18 An. Dom. 1479 George Duke of Clarence Edwards brothâ—â— in the Tower of London was drowned in a Butt of Malmsey An. Reg. 19 A great dearth and a great sickness in London and divers other parts oâ— the Realme An. Reg. 21 Thieves for robbing St. Martins le grand in London three were drawn to the Tower hill and there hanged and burnt the other were pressed to death An. Reg. 23 King Edward making great proviâ—â—on for war into France ended his life at Westminster the ninth of April in the year 1483. when he had reigned twenty two years one moneth and odd daies he was buried at Windsor he left issue Edward the Prince and Richard Duke of York and five daughters Elizabeth that after was Queen Cicely Ann Katherine and Bridget Edward the fifth An. Reg. 1 EDward the fifth about the age of thiâ—teen years began his reign the ninth of April in the year 1483 which Prince reigned a small space either in pleasure oâ— liberty for his unnatural unkle Richard Duke of Glocester within three months deprived him of his life and Crown as it was generally reported this Edward reigned two months and ten daies Richard Duke of Glocester An. Reg. 1 RIchard the third brother to Edward the fourth was proclaimed king the 22 of Iune in the year 1483. he put to death Anthony Woodvile Earle Rivers Lord Richard Gray the Qâ—eens brother Sir Thomas Vaughan and Sir Richard Hawes at Pomfret and William Lord Hastings in the tower of London all in one day He was
was buried at Westminster in the new Chappel which he caused to be builded he left issue Henry Prince of Wales who succeeded in the Kingdome Lady Margaret Queen of Scots and Lady Mary promised to Charles King of Castile Henry the Eighth An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Eighth at the age of eighteen years began his reign the 22 of April Anno 1590. of personage he was tall and mighty in wit and memory excellent the third of Iune he married Lady Katherine his first wife who had been late wife to Prince Arthur deceased On Midsommer day the King and Queen were crowned at Westminster An. Dom. 1510 Sir Richard Emson Knight and Edmond Dudley Esquire who had been great Councellors to King Henry the seventh were beheaded on Tower-hill the eighteenth of August An. Dom. 1515 Richard Hunne a Merchant-Taylor of S. Margarets Parish of Bridge-street who had been put in the Lollards Tower about the end of October was now the fifth of December found hanged in the same place and after burned in Smithfield An. Dom. 1517 The Thames was frozen that men with horse and carts might pass betwixt Westminster and Lambeth An. Dom. 1517 An. Reg. 9 On May-eve was an insurrection of young men and Apprentices of London against Aliens of the which divers were hanged vvith their Captain Iohn Lincorn a Broker the residue Ill May-day to the number of four hundred men and eleven vvomen tyed in ropes all along one after another in their shirts came to Westminster-hall vvith halters about their necks and vvere pardoned An. Dom. 1518 Many died in England of the svveating sickness and especially about London wherefore Trinity Term was one day at Oxford and then adjourned to Westminster An. Dom. 1521 The 27 of May was Edward Duke of Buckingham beheaded King Henry wrote a book against Luther and therefore the Pope named him Defender of the Faith An. Dom. 1524 In December in the City of Coventry Francis Philip Christopher Pickering and Anthony Mainle intended to have taken the Kings treasure of his Subsidy as the same came towards London therewith to have raised men and to have taken the Castle of Killingworth and then to have made wars against the King for the which they were drawn hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn the other of their conspiracy were executed at Coventry An. Dom. 1526 The eleventh of February four Merchants of the Still-yard did penance at Pauls and Doctor Barnes bare a faggot An. Dom. 1527 An. Reg. 19 In November December and Ianuary fell abundance of rain that thereof ensued great floods which destroyed corn-fields pasture and beasts then was it dry till the twelfth of April and from that time it rained every day and night till the third of Iune Such a scarcity of bread was then at London and all England over that many died for want of succour The bread-carts coming from Stratford to London were met by the way and the people were ready to pâ—ll it out of the carts insomuch that the Mayor and Sheriffs were forced to go and rescue the same and see the carts brought to the markets appointed Wheat was then at fifteen shillings the quarter shortly after the Merchants of the Still-yard brought from Dansk such store of wheat and rye that it was better cheap in London then in any part of the Realm beside An. Reg. 23 Richard Rice a Cook was boiled in Smithfield for poysoning divers persons at the Bishop of Winchesters house The eleventh of April seven men with their horses and a ferry man were drowned at Lambeth Thomas Bilney was burned at Norwich An. Reg. 24 An. Dom. 1532 The 25 of May was taken between London and Greenwich two great fishes called Hurlepools Five men were hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn for coyning and clipping of money A great fish was taken at Blackwall which was brought to Westminster to the King An. Reg. 26 The 15 of May was a great fire at Salters Hall in Bredstreet The fourteenth of August was a great fire at Temple-bar the sixteenth of August was the Kings Stable burned at Charing-cross wherein were burned many great horses and great store of hay An. Dom. 1537 The Prior of the Charter-house at London the Prior of Beval the Prior of Exham Reynolds a Brother of Simon and Iohn Hail Vicar of Thisleworth were all condemned drawn and hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn the fourth of May. The eighteenth of Iune three Monks of the Charter-house of London Exmewe Middlemore and Nidigate were hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn The 22 of Iune Doctor Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester was beheaded on the Tower-hill The sixth of Iuly Sir Thomas Moor was beheaded on Tower-hill Within a while after the Lady Ann Queen was had to the Tower and there for things laid to her charge was shortly after beheaded The nineteenth of May the Lord Rochford Brother to the said Queen Henry Norrice Mark Smeton William Brierton and Francis Weston all of the Kings Privy Chamber about matters touching the Queen were put to death In the beginning of October at an Assise for the Kings subsidie kept in Lincolnshire the people made an insurrection and gathered nine and twenty thousand persons together against those the king did send the Duke of Suffolk the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Earl of Rutland with a strong power whereof when the Rebels heard they desired pardon brake up their Army and departed home but their Captains were apprehended and executed The ninth of October a Priest and a Butcher were hanged for speaking in the behalf of the Lincolneshire men they were hanged at VVindsor After began an insurrection for the sames causes in York-shire the people gathered to the number of forty thousand against those Rebels the king sent the Duke of Norfolk the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Marquess of Exceter with a great Army with whom a battel was appointed to be fought on the Eve of Simon and Iude but there fell such rain the night before that the two armies could not meet wheâ—eupon they desired the D. of Norfolk to sue to the King for a pardon and that they might have their liberties whiâ—h the Duke promised and rid post to the king then lying at Windsor to know his pleasure and so appeased them Ask that was the chief in this rebellion came to London and was not onely pardoned but rewarded with gifts the king dealt with this Ask as his Father did with Perkin Warbeck let him alone a while to see what he would do and these kings did but just play with these miscreants as the cat playes with the mouse for they were both of them hanged The twelfth of December the Thames being frozen the king and Queen Iane rode through London to Greenwich The third of February was Thomas Fitz Garret son and heir to the Earle of Kâ—ldare beheaded and five of his Uncles drawn hanged and quartered at Tiburn in this moneth Nicholas Musgrave Thomas Gilby and others stirred a new rebellion and besieged the City of
Carlile from whence they were driven and many of them put to death also Sir Francis Bigott and others began a conspiracie and for the same were atainted The twenty ninth of March were twelve men of Lincolne drawn to Tiburn and there hanged and quartered for a new rebellion In Somerset shire was another rebellion began by Mr. Paulet and some other of his friends the chief of them to the number of sixty were condemned whereof fourteen were hanged and quartered one of them was a woman In Iune the Lord Darcie the Lord Hussey Sir Robert Constable Sir Tho. Pierce Sir Francis Bigott Sir Stephen Hamelton Sir Iohn Bulmer and his wife George Lumbley Nicholas Temple Robert Ask VVilliam Thrift Abbot of Fountains Anthony Abbot of Gervaur the Abbot of Rivers William Prior of Burlington all these were put to death Sir Robert Constable of Hull Ask hanged on a Tower â—t York Lady Bulmer burned in Smithfield Loâ—d Darcie beheaded at Tower hill Lord Hussey at Lincolne and the rest of them suffered at Tiburn The twelfth of October was born at Hampton-Court Prinâ—e Edward and Qâ—een Iane lost her life the 14 of October Alwin a Pâ—iest Harsam customer of Plimmouth and Thomas Evel were all hanged and quartered at Tiburn The twelfth of May Fryer Forrest was hanged and burned in Smithfield for denying the kings supremacy with him was burnt the gathering of Wales that is as much as to say Darvar an image The seventeenth of May was a great fire at Saint Margaret Pattons in London where many houses and many perâ—ons were burned Edmond Cunningsby for counterfeiting the kings signe Manual and Edward Clifford for the same cause were hanged at Tiburn The first of September was one Cartwel hangman of London and two other hanged by Clarken-wel for robbing a Booth in Bartholomew faire Henry Marquess of Exceter Earl of Devonshire Hen. Pool L. Mountacute Sir Edward Nevil the 9th of Ian. were beheaded on tower hill two Priests Crofts Collins and a Marriner were hanged and quartered at tyburn Iohn Lambert was burnt in Smithfield on Ashwednesday Iohn Potter and William Mannering hanged in Pauls Church-yard for killing of Roger Cholmley Esq in the same place The third of March Sir Richard Carew knight of the Garter and Master of the kings horse was beheaded on toweâ— hill The Vicar of VVansworth with his servant and his Chaplain and Fryer Ware wâ—â—e hâ—nged and quartered at Saint Thomas VVatrings At this time were all monasteries suppressed because the king like Ianus would look two wayes The Abbot of Reading and two Priests were hanged and quarter'd at Reading the same day was Richard Whiting Abbot of Glassenbury hanged and quartered at Tower-hill besides his Monastery according to an old Prophesie The Lady Anne Cleve received at Black-heath and brought to Greenwich and the sixth of the same moneth married to King Henry The ninth of Iuly Thomas Lord Cromwel Earl of Essex was committed to the tower of London the 28 of Iuly he was beheaded on tower-hill with the Lord Hungerford King Henry was divorced from the Lady Anne of Cleve The thirtieth of Iuly Robert Barnes Thomas Gerrard William Ierome Priests weâ—e burned in Smithfield the same day Thomas Abell Edward Powel and Richard Featherstone were hanged and qâ—â—â—tered for denying the kings supâ—emacy the fourth of August were drawn to Tyburne six persons and one lead Laurence Cook Prior of Doncaster William Horn a Laie bâ—other of the Charterhouse Giles Horn Gentleman Clement Philpot Edmond Broomeham Darbie Kenham Robert Bird Gervis Carow all put to death for denying the sâ—pâ—emacie The King married again The eighth of August Lady Katherine Howard was â—hewed openly as Qâ—een at Hampton-Court Great draught and a great death of hot buâ—ning agues and feavours the salt water flowed above London-bridge Ralph Egerton and Thomas Harman put to death for counterfeiting the Kings bâ—oad Seal In April certain persons began a new rebellion in York-shire whiâ—h were shortly taken and put to death in several places of which Leigh Tattersal and Thornton were put to death at London Sir Iohn Nevil Knight and ten persons more were put to death at York The Countess of Salisbury was beheaded in the tower Damport and Chapman were hanged at Greenwich for a robbery The 21 of Iune Lord Leonard Grey was beheaded on the tower-hill he was Deputy of Ireland the same day were hanged at St. Thomas VVatrings Mantile Roydon and Frowds Gentlemen for spoil and murder they had done in Nicholas Pelhams Park the Lord of Dacres of the South being in company on Saint Peters day was led from the tower to tyburn and there hanged On Christmas Eve at night began a great fire in the house of Sir Iohn Williams master of the Kings Jewels where many of those jewels were burnt and a great many of them stoln The Lady Katherine Howard whom the King had married for her unchast living with Thomas Culpeper and Francis Durham was by Parliament attainted Culpeper and Durham were hanged at Tyburn The 23 of Ianuary the King was proclaimed King of Ireland the 13 of February were beheaded within the Tower the Lady Katherine Howard otherwise called Queen Katherine and the Lady Rochford An. Reg. 34 An. Dom. 1542 The seventh of March Margaret Davy a Maid was boiled in Smithfield for poysoning three housholds where she had lived The 12 of Iuly King Henry married Lady Katherine Parre late wife to the Lord Latimer Anthony Person Robert Testwood and Henry Filmer were burnt at Windsor A great plague was at London and therefore Michaelmas term was adjourned to Saint Albans This year â—hanâ—ed four eclipses one of the Sun the 24 of Ianuary and three of the Moon German Gardner and Lark Parsons of Châ—lsey Singleton and Assbey were hanged at Tyburn for denying the Kings Supremacy An. Dom. 1544 The third of April a Gun-powder house in East-Smithfield was blown up and therein burned five men a boy and a woman This year was taken by the Kings ships on the English Coast the number of three hundred French ships so that the Grey-Friers Church in London was laid full of wine the Austin-Friers and Black-Friers were laid full of Herrings and other fish that were taken going into France A Priest did penance at Pauls-Cross and there confessed that he pricked his finger when he was at Mass and wiped it on the Corporis and Altar cloth and went about to make the people believe that the miraculous Host did bleed after the words of Consecration The 13 of February a Priest was set on the Pillory in Cheap-side and burnt in both cheeks with the letters F and A. a paper on his head wherein was written For false accusing which judgement was given by the Lord Chancellor in the Star-â—hamber a notable example of Justice An. Reg. 37 An. Dom. 1545 The French Kings Navy coming out of New-haven and Deep arrived in Sussex afore bright Hamsted where they set some of their Souldiers a land but the Beacons were fired and
close all that night and so continually from place to place until the second of August in which space having by the power of God wonderfully overcome them he returned to Margaret in Kent now the Camp being kept at Tilbury in Essex under the charge of the Earl of Leicester the ninth of August her Majesty repaired thither where all the whole camp being set in order of Battalia she passed through every rank of them to their great rejoycing and lodged that night and the night following in the house of Master Edward Rich in the Parish of Hornedon on the next morning she returned to the camp and on the twelfth returned to Saint Iame's and shortly after the camp was dissolved Sunday the twentieth of August Master Nowel Dean of Pauls at Pauls Cross in the presence of the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen in scarlet all the Companies in their liveries preached moved them to give God thanks for the great victory given to our English Nation by the overthrow of the Spanish Fleet. August the twenty sixth at the Sessions nere unto Newgate were condemned eight men for being made Priests beyond the seas and remaining in this Realme contrary to the statute four temporal men for being reconciled to the Church of Rome and four others for releiving the others September the second at night a fierce fire brake out over against the Dutch Church in London to the great terror of the whole City but by the burning down of one house and pulling down some other the fire was quenched September the eighth the Minister at Pauls Cross moved the people to give God thanks for the overthrow of our enemies the Spaniards and there were shewed eleaven Ensignes or Banners taken in the Spanish ships by our men and on the next morning hanged on London Bridge towards Southwark where then the faire was kept being our Lady day October the eighth a stable was burned with the number of twenty horses at Drury house neer the Strand An. Reg. 32 November the nineteenth was this year kept holy day through the Realme with Sermons singing of Psalmes Bonefires and much rejoycing and thanksgiving unto God for the overthrow of the Spaniards our enemies upon the seas and a sermon at Pauls Cross tending to that end November the twenty fourth being Sunday the Queens Majesty having attendants upon her the privie counsel and other of the Nobility honourable persons as well spiritual as temporal in great number all on horseback did ride in a Chariot Throne the Lord Mayor and Aldermen attending her with all the companies in their Liveries stood along to Pauls Church where she heard a Sermon preached by Doctor Pierce Bishop of Salisbury and then went to the Bishops Palace where she dined and returned to Somerset house by torch light Ianuary the fifth at night a great wind in the North-east overturned trees and did great harm in many places February the first two souldiers were set on the Pillory at Leaden-Hall where they stood for the space of three houres the one had his ear nayled the other his tongue pierced with an aul which aul remained in his tongue till he was taken from the Pillory for abusing their Captains with bad words About this time Francis Ket Master of Art of Wimondham for holding divers detestable opinions against Christ our Saviour was burnt neer to the City of Norwich February the fifth two Souldiers were hanged on trees at the miles end for being mutinous April the fourteenth Philip Earl of Arundel was arraigned at Westminster of high treason and found guilty by his Peers and had judgement accordingly April the eighteenth Sir Iohn Norris and Sir Francis Drake with six of her Majesties ships twenty ships of war and an hundred fit for burden having in them a choice company of Knights Captains Gentlemen and souldiers departed from Plimouth and the twenty third of the same arrived at the Groin the twenty sixth they took the lower town with great store of Ordinance victuals cables and other furniture for shipping about the sixth of May they fought with the Spaniards at Borges Bridge where the enemy fled with the loss of seven hundred men the lower town of Groine was burned and the ninth of May our fleet set sail the Earl of Essex Sir Philip Butler and Sir Roger Williams met the Fleet so that on the sixteenth the whole navie arived at Phinicha where they set to land and the same day won both town and castle after this they divided the Armie whereof part matched with Sir Iohn Noris by land to Lisbon the rest with Sir Francis Drake passed by sea to Cascales the twenty fourth our men entred the suburbs of Lisbone where they obtained rich spoyles and plenty of every good thing the twenty seventh the Army left Lisbone and came to Cascales without any great fight or skirmish where they took the town and then returned for England but landing at Vigoe they took the town and wasted the Countrey The twenty first of Iune Sir Francis Drake arrived at Plimouth and the third of Iuly Sir Iohn Norris with the rest of the Fleet arrived there also the two Generals being offended one with the other The first of August at night was the greatest lightning and thunder that ever was seen or heard of any man living and yet but small hurt done God be praised The sixth of November Lodowick Grevil of Warwickshire Esquire was brought from the Tower of London to Westminster and there at the Kings Bench Bar for murder and other notorious crimes wherewith he was charged arraigned and found guilty but standing mute had Judgement to be pressed to death which was performed in the Goal of the King Bench in Southwark on the fourtâ—enth of November on the which day for the same fact his man was hanged at the Court Gate at Westminster An. Reg. 23 In this moneth of November the Citizens of London were oâ—tenâ—iâ—es affrighted by fire first on the twentieth about four a clock in the morn on Fish-street Hill where one fair house was burnâ—d to the ground and some people in helping to quench it were consumed and the houses next adjoyning to it Also the one side of Saint Leonards was sore spoiled On the twenty two of November at night about eleven of the clock one otheâ— house over against the first was in great danger but soon slaked On the twenty sixth about one of the cloâ—k in the morn one other house and some people were burnt and many other houses near about were spoiled The fifth of Ianuary about five a clock in the evening before Twelfth day began a terrible tempest of wind in the South-west which continued with great vehemency till about eleven a cloâ—k at night this in the City of â—ondon blew the tiles off mens houses and caused them to fear the overthrow of their houses the lesser West-gate of Saint Pauls next to the Bishops Palace was broken with bolts and locks and strong bars of iron
August great triumphs was made in London for the good success of the Earl of Essex against the Spaniard the winning and burning of the famous town of Cadiz the overthâ—ow of the Spanish Navy with orher victoâ—ies a sermon of thanksgiving was preached at Pauls Cross in the foâ—enoon and bonefiers with great joy in the afternoon August the fifteenth a new house in Fleetstreet hardly finished sodainly fell down and with it one old house adjoyning next to it by the fall whereof the man of the house with a man servant and a child were killed Sunday the fifth of December great number of people being assembled in the Cathedral Church of Wells in Somerset-shire in the sermon time before noon a sodain darkness fell among them and storm and tempest followed after with lightning and thunder such as overthâ—ew to the ground them that were in the body oâ— the Church all the Church seemed to be on a light fire a loathsome steanch followed some stones were striâ—ken out of the Bell Tower the wiers and ironâ— of the clock were melted which tempest being ceased and the people come again to themselves some of them were found to be marked with strange figures on their bodies and their garments not perished nor any marked that were in the chansel A Parliament began at Westminster on the twenty fourth of October on the which day many people were were smothered and crushed to death pressing between White-Hall and the Colledge Church to have seen her Majesty and the Nobility riding in their robes to the said Parliament This year pepper was sold for eight shillings the pound Ianuary the twenty fifth one named Ainger was hanged at Tyburn for wilfully and secretly murdering of his own father a Gentleman and a Counsellor of Graies Inn in his chamber there An. Dom. 1958 On the third of April Twiford town in Devonshire was burnt by casualty of fire beginning first in a poor cottage a woman there frying Pancakes with straw the same fired the house and so to the town about one of the clock in the afternoon the rage of which fire lasted one houre and an half consumed four hundred houses one hundred and fifty thousand pounds consumed in money plate marchandise householdstuffe and houses fifty persons men women and children consumed an almes house preserved with poor men therein in the midst of the fire Iuly the twelfth one Iohannes Buckley a priest made beyond seas having been arraigned in the Kings Bench on the third of Iuly and there condemned of Treason for coming into this land contrary to the Statute was drawn to Saint Thomas a Watrings and there hanged and quartered his head set on the Pillory in Southwark his quarters in the high wayes towards Newington The first of September in the afternoon was great thunder and lightening at London two great cracks as it had been the shooting off Ordnance some men were hurt at the Postern by the Tower of London and one man slain at the Bridgehouse in Southwark over against the Tower November the ninth an Esquire at Greenwich was arraigned at Westminster and found guilty of high-treason and on the thirteenth drawn from the Tower to Tyburne and there hanged and quartered In the month of Iuly were drawn hanged and quartered 2 Priests one of them was named Hunt and the other Sprat for coming into this Realm contrary to the Statute they were executed at Lincolne two other Priests Edward Thing and Robert Nutter were likewise executed for this same offence at Lancaster also Thomas Pallafray a Priest executed at Durham and a Gentleman with him for relieving him and lodging him in his house August the fifth Iames King of Scots escaped a strange and strong conspiracy in Scotland practised by the Earl of Gowry and his brother An. Reg. 43 February the fifth in the morning being Sunday a great tempest of wind brake the Windmil beyond Saint Giles in the fields without London the miller thrown one way an other man an other one thrown north and the other south a part of the Mil-roof and half the milstone likewise thrown down Sunday the eighth of February about ten of the clock in the forenoon Robert Devoraux Earl of Essex assisted by divers noble men and gentlemen in warlike manner entred the City of London at the Temple bar crying for the Queen till they came to Fanchurch street and there entred the house of Master Thomas Smith one of the Sheriffs of London who finding himself not master of his own house by meanes of the strength the Earl brought with him and being ignorant of his intent and purpose conveighed himself out of a back door to the Lord Mayor of the City whereupon the Eearl and his troop turned into Grace street and there perceiving himself and his assistance to be proclaimed Traytors also the Citizens to be raised in Arms against him he with his followers wandring up and down the City towards Ludgate would have passed through which was closed against him so that he was forced to return to Queen Hith and from thence by water to his own house in the Strand which he fortified but understanding that great Ordnance were brought to beat down his house he yielded and was conveighed to the Tower about midnight February the seventeenth Captain Thomas Lee was drawn to Tyburn and there hanged bowelled and quartered for conspiracy against the Queen he took it upon his death that although he deserved death yet he was innocent of that he was condemned for The eighteenth of February Iohn Pibush a Seminary Priest after seaven years imprisonment in the Kings Bench was hanged and quartered at Saint Thomas a Watrings for coming into this Realme contrary to the Statute The nineteenth of February the Earl of Essex and the Earl of South-hampton were both arraigned at Westminster and found guilty of high treason Ashwednesday the twenty fifth of February the Earl of Essex was beheaded within the Tower between the houres of seaven and eight a clock in the morning being present the Earls of Hartford and Cumberland the Lord Thomas Haward Constable of the Tower for that time and not passing sixty or seaventy persons more the hangman was beaten as he returned thence so that the Sheriffs of London were sent for to assist and rescue him from such as would have murdered him The seventeenth of February Mark Backworth and Thomas Filcoks Seminary Priests were drawn to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered for coming into the realm contrary to the Statute And the same day a Gentlewoman named Ann Lina a widow was hanged in the same place for relieving a Priest in her house contrary to the Statute February the last a young Gentleman named Waterhouse was hanged in Smithfield for speaking and Libelling against the Queens proclamation and the apprahending of the Earl of Essex March the thirteenth Sir Gelly Merrick Knight and Henry Cuff Gentleman were drawn to Tyburn the one from the Tower the other from Newgate and there hanged
and quartered as being actors with the Earl of Essex March the fifteenth a new Scaffold was carried from Leaden Hall in the night to the Tower hill and there set up by torch light The eighteenth of March Sir Charles Danvers and Sir Christopher Blunt Knights were upon the new scaffold beheaded Two men were set on the Pillory in Fleetstreet whipped with gaggs in their mouths and their ears cut off for attempting to have robbed a Gentlewoman in Fetter lane in the day time putting gaggs into the mouths of the servants of the house because they should not cry out one of these thieves was afterward hanged and quartered at Saint Thomas Watrings August the twenty sixth Desmond and an other Knight brought out of Ireland were sent to the Tower of London In November the Lady Mary Ramsey widow to Sir Thomas Ramsey sometime Mayor of London was buried in the Parish Church or Hospital of Christ-church by Newgate-market a charitable dole or armes was given for her on the same day in the afternoon at the Leaden Hall seventeen poor people being weak and aged were there among the sturdy beggars crushed and troden to death Lightning and Thunder often before Christmas and in the holydayes and an Earthquake at London on Christmas Eve at noon In the month of Ianuary news came out of Ireland that on Christmas day that the Spaniards and Irish were overcome and slain in great numbers and the English were victors The eighteenth of Ianuary at night Bonfiers were made with ringing of Bells for joy of the news out of Ireland the victory of our men against Tyrone Windsor Boate was cast away against Black Friers stairs by a tempest April the nineteenth Peter Bullock Stationer and one named Ducket for printing of books offensive against the Queen and State were hanged at Tyburn April the twentieth Stichborne William Kenson and Iames Page Seminary Priests were drawn to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered The last of Iune Atkenson a customer of Hull was set on the Pillory in Cheap and with him three other who had been brought thither on horseback with their faces towards the horse tail and papers on their heads they were there whipped on the Pillory and lost their ears by judgement of the Star-Chamber for slanderous words by them spoken against the Counsel The same day in the afternoon fell great lightning and thunder with hail-stones in many places of nine inches compass which in Sandwich in Kent lay a foot deep on the ground broke the glass windows of their Churches and many tiles off their houses some barnes were fired with lightning February the seventeenth William Anderson alias Richardson a Seminary Priest was drawn to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered for being found in England contrary to the Statute In the month of March the Q lying at Richmond dangeros sick strait watches were set in London with warding of the Gates Lanthornes with lights all the night hanged out of Windowes at which newes the people were sore perplexed Thursday the twenty fourth of March about two of the Clock in the morning deceased Queen Elizabeth at her Mannor of Richmond in Surrey being aged seventy yeers and had Reigned four and forty yeers five moneths and odd dayes whose Corps was privily convaied to White Hall and there remained till the twenty eight of Aprill and then buried at Westminster The same day aforesaid the Nobility and Councell of State with as great peace prudence and providence as the heart of man could imagine assembled themselves together and far beyond the general imagination of all men being a matter of remarkable conscernment took speedy order aswell for the instant manifesting the Queens death as in publishing to the whole Realme for their lasting comfort the true and lawfull Successour and about eleven of the clock the same Thursday in the forenoone which according to the computation of the Church of England is the last day of the yeer 1602. being accompanyed with the Lord Major Aldermen and Sheriffes of London and many other of most Reverend and Honourable quality at the Cross in Cheape Proclaimed Iames the Sixth of that name King Scotland to be the right King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith being lineally descended from Margaret the eldest daughter to King Henry the Seventh by Elizabeth his wife which was the eldest daughter of King Edward the fourth the said Margaret was married to King Iames the fourth of that name King of Scotland in the yeer of our Redemption 1503. who had Issue Iames the fifth Who was father to Mary Queen of Scotland and the said Mary was mother to Iames the Sixth Monarch of the Island of great Brittany and King of France and Ireland This forenamed Proclamation was most distinctly and audibly read by Sir Robert Cecill Principall Secretary unto Queen Elizabeth also the Lords and Privie Counsellors of Estate with great diligence send speedily Condinge Messengers to his Majesty into Scotland who manifested their whole proceeding with tender of their zealous love and duty and the peoples universall joy and great desire to see their King which his Majesty most graciously accepted approved all their proceedings and returned them all Princely thanks Authorizing the Lords and others late Privie Counsellours of Estate to the Queene to persist as they had begun until He came personally unto them This Change was very Plausable and well pleasing unto the Nobility and Gentry and generally to all the Commons of the Realm among whom the name of a king was to strange that few could Remember or had seen a King before except they were aged persons considering that the Government of the Realme had continued neer the space of fifty yeeres under the Reigne of two Queens which is the far greater part of an old mans age but tidings hereof being brought to the king in Scotland he called a Coâ—nsell to him and taking order for setling all things in his Realme of Scotland began his voyage towards England King Iames. An. Reg. 1 PResently upon the death of Queene Elizabeth of Famous memory the Nobility of this land and Pâ—ivie Councellors of estate unto the said Queen accknowledged Iames the sixth then King of Scotland for their lawfull king and within six houres after her death the said Lords and Counsellors gave full satisfaction unto the people by three proclamations the first at the Court Gate the second at the Cross in Cheapside and the third at the Tower by the name of Iames the First King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith the King being then full thirty six yeers of age and Crouned King of Scots in his infancie began his Raign over the Isle of Great Brittany the 24. of March 1602. The Nobility and State aforesaid with â—ll speed sent Charles Piercy and Master Thomas Sommerset with Letters unto the King signifiying the death of the Queene and the tender of their duties love and alegianâ—e but Sir Robert Carie rid
poste and bâ—ought the first newes to â—he king as he rod gave knowledge unâ—o his brother Sir Iohn Carie then Governour of Barwick this calme and discreet course of the English Lords in Proclaiming the King and quiet setling the whole Estate without faction or interruptiâ—n was as plausible unto all his loving Subjects as admired of Forraign Nations Aprill the fifth the King came from Eden-Borowgh to Barwick and the next day came newes of many disordered persons that were in Armes in the Borders whereat the King was much troubled and forthwith there was power sent to suppress them and after that when the King came to London he with the advise of the Counsell set all the parts of the North Borders in as good condition as any other parts of his Dominions Aprill the tenth divers prisoners were discharged out of the Tower amongst whom the Earle of Southampton was the chiefest Aprill the twenty seventh was thirteen persons slain and blown in peeces by misfortune at the Gunpowder Mill at Reddriffe Aprill the twenty eight at Westminster a very Royall Obsequy for the late Queene Elizabeth according to the Kings appointment by his Letters to the Lords of the Privie Counsell May the nineteenth Proclamation was made for the suppression of disordered persons in the North and for the mutuall Peace and Amity of both Kingdoms Iune the first there was one whipped through London for presuming to come to the Court having his house infected Iune the fourth Vallentine Thomas having been many yeers prisoner in the Tower of London was arraigned at the Kings Bench Barr and there condemned of High Treason for Conspiracy against our late Queene and some of her Counsell and the seventh of Iune about Six of the clock he was drawn from the Kings Bench in Southwarke to Saint Thomas a Waterings and there hanged and quartered Iuly the second the King Solemnized the Feast of Saint George at Winsor and Installed Prince Henry Knight of the Garter and there the chief Ladies of England did Hommage to the Queene There were also made Knights with Prince Henry the Duke of Lennox the Earle of South-Hampton the Earle of Marre and the Earle of Pembroke Within a few dayes after were made divers Proclamations for the apprehension of Anthony Copley Sir Griffin Markham Knight and William watson and VVilliam Cleark Priests and about the same time was apprehended as Traytors the Lord Cobham and his brother the Lord Gray Sir VValter Rawley and others The fifth of August was Commanded by the Bishops to be kept as a Holy day with Prayers Preaching and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the Kings escape from being murdered by Earle Gowrie in Scotland The Plague increased most gâ—ievoâ—sly in London and thereupon it wâ—s ordered that every Wednesdâ—y theâ—e shoâ—ld be a general Fasting and Prayer with preaching through the land to dâ—aw the people to humility and repâ—ntance This year was Bartholomew fair forbidden to be kept and Michaelmas Teâ—m adjorned and to be kept at Westminster but by reason of the sickness it was afterward kept at Winchester and the Lord Mayors great triâ—mphs and feasts was this year omitted The fourth of November the Lord Cobham the Lord Grey of Wilton were bâ—ought from the Tower of London unto Winchester to be arraigned and to that purpose were sent to Wâ—nchester Sir VValter Rawleigh Sir Grâ—ffin Markham Knights George Brook brother to the Lord Cobham Anthony Copley Gentleman William Watson and William Cleark Pâ—ieâ—â—s and the same day out of the Gâ—tehouse at Westminster went Sir Edward Parham he was acquitted by the Jury The twenty ninth of November were executed the two Pâ—iests and six daies after was George Brook hanged and the ninth of December Sir Griffin Markham and the two Barons aâ—ter they had been severally brought upon the Scaffold in the Castle of Winchester and had made their confessions and pâ—epared themselves to die upon a suddain the Kings Warrant written with his own hand was there delivered to Sir Benjamin Titchborne High Sheriff of Hampshire â—ommanding him to stay execution these three and Sir Walter Rawleigh were returned Pâ—isoners to the Tower again the fifteenth of December From the twenty third of December 1602. unto the twenty seâ—ond oâ— December 1603 theâ—e died of all diseases within London and the libeâ—ties thereof thiâ—ty eight thousand two hundred forty and four wheâ—eof of the Plague thirty thousand five hundred sâ—venty eight and the neâ—t year afteâ— London was clear of that infection and then were all the shires in England grievously visited note the work of God March the fifth was proclamation mâ—de for authorising the Book of Common Prayer February the twenty second Proclamation was made against all Jesuits and Seminaries that they shoâ—ld forthwith depart out of the Kingdome March the fifth Proclamation was made for conformation of the Ecclesiastical government of the Châ—rch of England and the book of Common Pâ—ayer as it had been used in the time of Queen Elizabeâ—h At this time Robert Dove of London Merchant Taylor gave competent meâ—ns â—oâ— ever for the toling of a bell in Saint Sepulchres Church to cause good people to pray for such prisoners as are to be executed out of Newgate and to cease when they are executed this bell should begin to toll at six a clock in the morning and the same is made known to the Prisoners that the said bell is to put them in mind to pâ—epare themselves for death Upon the first day of May Richard Haydock a Physitian asked forgiveness of the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury for deluding the King and many oâ—hers under pretence of being inspired and to preach in his sleep by night with which deâ—eit he had strongly possest the vulgar as it was hard to remove them although he confessed the abuse In this moneth Iohn Lepton of Kepwick in the County of York Esq a Gentleman of an anâ—ient family and of good reputation his Majesties servant and one of the Grooms of his most honourable privy Chamber performed so memorable a journey as I may not omit to record the same to future ages the rather because I have heard sundry Gentlemen who were gooâ— horsemen â—nd likewise good Physâ—tians affiâ—me it was impoâ—sible to be done without danger of his life He â—ndertook to â—ide five several times betwixt London and York in six daies to be taken in one week betwixt Munday morning and Saturday night he began his journey upon Munday being the twentieth day of May betwixt two and three of the cloâ—k in the morning forth of Saint Martins neer Aldersgate within the City of London and came into York the same day betwixt the houres of five and six in the aâ—ternoon where he rested that night the noxt morning being Tuesday about three of the cloâ—k he took his journey fourth of York and came to his lodging in St. Martins aforesaid betwixt the houres of 6 and seven in the afternoon where he rested that night the next morning being
Wednesday betwixt two and three of the clock he took his journey forth of London and came into York about seven of the clock the same day where he rested that night the next morning being Thursday betwixt two and three of the clock he took his joâ—rney forth of York and câ—me to London the same day beâ—wixt seven and eight of the clock where he rested that night the next morning being Friday betwixt 2. and 3. of the clock he took his journey towards Yorke and came thither the same day betwixt the howres of seven and eight in the afternoon so as he finished his appâ—inted journey to the admiâ—ation oâ— all men in five dayes accoâ—ding to hiâ— pâ—omise and upon Munday the twenty seventh of this moneth he went from Yorke and came to the Court at Greenwich upon Tueseday the twenty eight to his Majesty in as fresh and cheerfull manner as when he first began The second of Iuly 1605 seventeen Scottish Ministers contrary to the Kings former Expâ—ess Comandment hâ—ld a Sollemne Assembly at Aberdine in Scotland who being Convented foâ— the same before the Counâ—â—ll of Scotland utteâ—ly denied not onely their Loâ—dships authority in that behalf but the Kings also saying that in matters Ecclesiasticall they neitheâ— owe noâ— ought to acknowledge themselves in any subjection either to the King or to any Temporall power and that all Spâ—rituall difference ought to be tryed and determined by the Church as Competent Judges justifying their voluntary meeting to be good and warrantable by the word of God alleadging the severall Assemblies of the Aposâ—les without knowledge or conâ—ent oâ— any Temporall Esâ—ate for which Riot and for denying the Kings Supremacy in Causes Ecclesiasticall Six of the chief of them the tenth of Ianuary following at Blackness were arâ—aigned and condemned of High Treason Iuly the eighth Proclamation was mâ—de against Pirates and other English Maâ—iners and Souldiers who under pretence of Serving the Staâ—es robbed divers English men and others who made complaint thereof to his Majesty Now this is the third Proclamation against Pirats William Calverley of Carverley in Yorkshire Esquire murdered two of his own children at home at his own hoâ—se then stab'd his wiâ—â— inâ—o the body with full intent to have killed her and then instantly with like fury went from his house would have killed his childe at nuâ—se but was pâ—evented he was pâ—est to death at Yorke the fifth of March. Thomas Pearcy Robert Catesby and oâ—herâ— in the last yeer of Queen Elizabeths Raign by the Insâ—igation of certain Jesuits practised with the King of Spain to send a well furnished Army upon England promising him great aide to entertain them at their arrivall at Milford Haven and to that end the King promised to send them fifty thousand pound for Levying of Horse and Foot and preparation in England for them of Ammunition but when this was in a maner concluded upon Queen Elizabeth died and the King of Spain upon certain knowleâ—ge that King Iames was establiâ—hed diâ—pâ—tched his Embassadoâ—â—â—â—nâ— Commiâ—sioners for England for conâ—â—â—mation oâ— a laâ—â—ing Peace between them yet nevertheless the said Robert Catesby sent Thomas VVinter again to the King of Spain to Resollicite their former project but the King answered him Your old Queen is dead with whom I had warres and you have a King with whom I have ever been at Peace and amity and for continuance thereof I have sent my Commissioners and untill I see what will become thereof I will not hearken unto any other course whatsoever when VVinter returned and made this known unto Catesby Percey and the rest they began to cast about what might be done of themselves to the Advance of the Romane Catholike Religion but first they would see the event of the first Parliament if they would mittigate any former lawes and try what good the conclusion of Peace with Spain would do before they attempted any further but when they perceived that neither Parliament nor publiâ—ke peace soâ—ted in any part to their desires and that the peace concluded with Spain was rather a more ready means for the law to proceed against them then otherwise because the peace concerned onely the amity of christian princes for the general good of Christendome without any particular or private respect then Catesby told the rest he had a devise in his head that should free them and the rest of the Catholicks here in England from their oppressors and when he had found out fit Ministers for execution of his devise after they had taken oath and Sacrament for seâ—recie he told them he had devised the mean to blow up the Parliament house by undermining the same when the King and Queen and Prince and Commons were assembled which project they presently embraced and forthwith Pearcie hired lodgings close to the Parliament house and then they appointed miners who with great difficulty digged and undermined part of the wall but after a while they understood that the vante right under the Parliament house was to be let then Guido Faukes hired it this Guido Fawks was of late a Souldier in Flanders and for that purpose sent for who by consent of the rest changed his name and was called Iohn Iohnson Master Pearcies man after they had hired the vaute they secretly conveighed into it thirty and six barrels of powder and covered them over with billets and faggots About ten daies before the Parliament began an unknown party met with a servant of my Lord Mounteagles and delivered him a letter charging him speedily to deliver it to my Lord which he did when his Lord had read it and observed the dangerous contents with a special caveat not to appear the first day of Parliament he was amazed and forthwith delivered it to the Earl of Sallisbury the Kings chief Secretary and Counselloâ— of State when the Earl had judiciously observed the strange phrase and tenoâ— thereof with the terrible threats therein against the whole state he acquainted the Lord Chamberlain therewith and then they shewed it to the Lord Admiralâ— the Earls of Worcester and Northampton who instantly consulted what was fittest to be done omitting neither time dilligence nor industry all which notwithstanding they could not as yet find out the depth of this mystery and were therefore much troubled in mind because the appointed day of Parliament drue near which was Tuesday the fifth of November the Saturday before the King being returned from hunting the said Lord acquainted his Highness with what had past and when his Majesty had well noted the strange contents of the letter which purported the suddain ruine of the state the King said that notwithstanding the slight regard that should be given to scattered Libels yet this was more quick then was usually in Libels and willed them to search in all places as well not dayly frequented as of usual repair and as conceâ—ning any forraign disturbance or invaâ—ion he well knew the force and preparation of all Châ—istian Nations
and Condemned Henry Garnet Provinciall of the Iesuites in England for being acquainted with the Gunpowder plot and consealing the same for the which he was condemned to be Drawn Hanged and Quartered and his head to be set upon London Bâ—idge and according to that Sentence he was Executed the third of May at the West end of Saint Pauls Church where he acknowledged the greatnesse of his offence in consealing the treason and besought all Catholikes to forbear and desist from Treason and all other violent attempts whatsoever against Kings and Princes saying that all such practises were utterly against the Catholike Religion The twenty nine and thirtieth of March the winde was extreame violent so as it caused much Shipwrack upon the Coasts of England France and the Low Countreyes in brought in the Sea and drowned much Cattell and in Picardie neer Dyope it blew down a steeple which Slew sourscore persons in the fall thereof in Flanders and up towards Germany there were many Churches Townes Windemills and Trees blown down and the eighth of Iune following it rayned twenty four houres and the next day there arose great land floods which carried away Mills Trees and Houses made new Currants where never any was before it carried away great store of Cattell Timber and other things from off upland grounds The tenth of Iune Proclaimation was made for the banishing of all seminaries Jesuites and Roman-priests The fifteenth of Iuly the wife of Richard Homewood of East Grimsteed in Sussex without any known cause murdered her own three children and threw them into a pit and then cut her own throat likewise The twentieth of Ianuary it pleased God to send a mighty westwind which continued sixteen houres which brought in the sea by reason whereof and of high spring-tides both which encountred the land waters after a great raine which caused the River of Severn beginning as far as the Mount in Cornwal to overflow her banks all along on both sides up into Somerset shire and Glocester-shire in some places the water overflowed the banks three foot in other places five foot and some places seven foot by reason of which suddain inundation much people and cattle were drowned many Churches and villages borne down and spoyled and some utterly destroyed and in Wales in several places it did great harme in manner as aforesaid the like before was never known Maundy Thursday the second of April there hapned great inundations of water in Kent Essex Suffolk and Norfolk and the seventeenth of April there arose in the City of Coventry a most strange and dreadful inundation November the twenty sixth proclamation was made concerning the Earl of Tyrone Terconnel and others of Ireland signifying their purpose and practise to exterpit the English Nation out of Ireland and to confer and yield the kingdome of Ireland to the Pope and Tyrones soliciting forraign Princes to attempt the conquest thereof The twentieth of December proclamation was made to apprehend the Lord Maxwel who wounded the porter and so brake prison out of Edenborough Castle this Lord Maxwel ayded Iames Mackdonel to escape likewise December the eighth begun a hard frost and continued till the fifteenth of the same and then thawed and the twenty second of December it began again to freez very violently so as some persons went halfe wap over upon the ice and the thirtieth of December many people went quite over in many places and so continued till the third of Ianuary the people passed dayly between London and the Bank-side at every half ebb for the floud removed the ice and forced the people dayly to seek new paths except onely between Lambeth and the ferry at Westminster by which it became very firme passage untill the great thaw and from Sunday the tenth of Ianuary untill the fifteenth of the same the frost grew extreame so as the ice became firme and removed not and then all sorts of men women and children went boldly upon the ice in most parts some shot at pricks others bowled and daunced with other variable pastimes by reason of which concourse of people were many that set up boothes and standings upon the ice as fruit-sellers victuallers that sould beer and wine shoomakers and a barbers tent every of them had fire near unto them the fifteenth of Ianuary it began somewhat to thaw and so continued four daies together yet nevertheless the great ice upon the Thames held firm and passable and became somewhat smooth like as in the last great frost in the year 1564. which before were very craggy and uncertain the nineteenth of Ianuary the frost began again but not so violently until Sunday the twenty fourth of Ianuary and held on until the thirtieth of the same the first of February the ice began to break by little and little and the next day in the afternoon all the ice was gone and quite dissolved so as no sign remained thereof Many bridges were spoiled by this frost and much fowle peâ—ished especially small birds which in many places were found frozen to death this frost was more grievous in France and Ireland then in England February the ninth Sir Iohn Ramsey Knight Baron of Barnes Viscount Hadington married Elizabeth the eldest daughter of Robert Earl of Sussex the King gave her in marriage and at dinner he drank to the Bride and the Bridegroom in a fair cup of gold which he gave him and with it six hundred pound a year pension out of the Exchequer to the longest liver of them both this the King did do to reward his faithful service against the dangerous treason of Earl Gowry in Scotland March the tenth was laid the first stone for the new building of Algate but it was not fully finished till the next year after this ouldgate was taken down and finished at the charges of the Citizens April the eleaventh George Iervas a Seminary was drawn to Tyburn and there executed April the eleaventh being Munday the quarter Sessions was held at Edmonsbury and by negligence an out malthouse was set on fire from whence in most strange and suddain manner through fierce winds the fire came to the farther part of the town and as it went left some streets and houses safe and untouched the flame flew cleare over many houses near unto it and did much spoile to many fair buildings fardest off and ceased not untill it had consumed one hundred sixty houses besides others and in dammage of wares and household goods to the full value of threescore thousand pound the King shewed a great deal of kindness to the distressed inhabitants as in giving them five hundred load of Timber to repair their houses as in preferring their best means to raise their general and particular estates and in giving them a new Charter the Knights and Gentlemen likewise of the County performed great kindness unto the townsmen the City of London gave freely towards their relief April the nineteenth at White-Hall dyed Thomas Earl of Dorcet Lord High Treasurer
great damage upon the land and the net spring extraordinary rain fell even till Saint Iames-tide and yet upon the humble and hearty prayers of the people in all Churches it pleased Almighty God to send a more plentiful harvest then had been in many years before Friday the sixteenth of October 1612. at eleven a clock at night aririved at Gravesend the most illustrious young Prince Fredrick the fift of that name Count Palatine of the Reyne being very princely attended he was received by Sir Lewis Lewkenor Knight master of the ceremonies whom the King had sent before to attend the coming of the Prince upon knowledge of his arrival the King sent speedily the Duke of Lenâ—x with other Earls and Barons to signifie his hearty welcome and the next Sunday they accompanied the Palsgrove by Barge from Cravesend to VVhite Hall where Prince Charles Duke of York received him at his first landing and brought him up into the great bankqueting house where he was entertained by the King Queen Henry Prince of Wales and the Lady Elizabeth The twenty ninth of October the Palsgrave dined at Guild-Hall and the chief nobility of the Land where he had presented unto him a rich Bason and Eure and two Liverypots richly engraven and richly guilded Friday the sixth of October died the most noble and hopeful Prince Henry Prince of Wales he was royally buried in the Chappel Royal at Westminster the seventh of December Upon Saint Thomas day the Palsgrave and Grave Marris were elected Knights of the Garter and upon Sunday the seventh of February the Palsgrave and Grave Maurice was enstalled at Windsor The fourteenth of February being Shrove Sunday the Lady Elizabeth was married to the Palsgrave in as most royal manner as ever Princes were with masking tilting and turnament and many rare showes both by land and water where the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London in behalf of the City and themselves presented the bride with a very fair chain of oriental Pearl And thus Reader have I presented thee a chain of the best oriental pearles I could pick out of K. Iames his raign being most remarkable and worthy observation who was called a second Solomon and the peace-maker of Christendome and had peace with all Nations and I conclude thus If we by Kings again should ruled be We wish to have no worse a King then he This land did flourish by the trades increase He rul'd he swai'd he liv'd he di'd in peace Remarkable Passages The Life and Reign of King Charles Anno. 1600 CHarles the second Son of King Iames on the ninetenth day of November in the yeer 1600. During his Infancy he was of a very sickly constitution and at his birth so unlike to live that his Christening was dispatched in haste but as he grew in yeers he did grow into strength An. Dom. 1602 Being two yeers old he was Created Duke of Albany Marquesse of Ormond Earle of Rosse and Barron of Ardmanock An. Dom. 1603 On the twenty sixth of March King Iames had newes that Queen Elizabeth was dead by Sir Robert Cary for which good newes this young D. of Albany was afterwards committed to the charge and governance of Sir Robert Caries Lady An. Dom. 1604 On the seventh of Iune 1604. he was created Duke of Yorke An. Dom. 1606 and in the sixth yeer of his age 1606. he was taken from the charge of the women Master Thomas Murray a Scot by Nation was made his Tutor he profited exceedingly in the knowledge of good letters An. Dom. 1611 In the 11. yeer of his age was he made Knight of the Garter and in the yeer following he lost his Brother Prince Henry whom he immediately succeded in the Dukedom of Cornwall An. Dom. 1616 On the third of November 1616. he was creared Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester and Flint An. Dom. 1622 And on the eighteenth of February 1622. attended with the Duke of Buckingham Sir Francis Cottington and Master Indimion Porter he being disguised took Ship at Dover arrived at Bulloign in France and having casually had a sight of Lady Henretta Mariah at a Mask at Paris he rode post from thence to the Court of Spain An. Dom. 1623 On the seventh of March he arrived at Madrid and the King of Spain being informed by Count D Olivares what a hazzardous adventure he had taken to have a sight of the Infanta he had that Royal entertainment given him which a Princely Sutor might expect and by his Courtly and Gallant behaviour did win much on the affections of the Infanta and the Articles of the Marriage were agreed upon but the Pope protracting time and there being no hope of the Restitution of the Palatinate which was one of the gratest occasion of his Journey having desired leave to return he with much danger arrived at Portsmouth on the fifth day of October 1623. The treaty with Spain being not now likely to proceed it was now thought fit to negotiate a Marriage with the Princes Hennaretta Mariah the youngest daughter of France which in the yeer 1624. was carrion by the Earle of Holland and afterwards concluded by the Earl of Carlile and King Iames did seem to be exceedingly well pleased with it An. Dom. 1624 On the yeer following March the seventh King Iames died at Thebalds and immediately afterwards Prince Charles was Proclaimed at the Court Gate King of Great Brittain France and Ireland The Funeralls of the deceased King were celebrated on the seventh of May and presently afterwards were the Espousals of King Charles with the Lady Hennaretta Mariah who on the twelfth of Iune landed at Dover the King being then at Canterbury did meet her the next day at Dover His first complement unto her was that he would be no longer master of himself then he was a servant to her And this love he continued to the last houre of his life for on the day before his unfortunate end his daughter the Lady Elizabeth with the Duke of Yorke being with much adoe permitted to come unto him he desired the Lady Elizabeth to assure her mother if ever she again did see her that his thoughts had never strayed from her and that his affections should be the same to the last On the Thursday following they came from Gravesend to Whitehall with a very great company of Lords and Ladies and the Great Guns from the Ships and the Tower of London did thunder forth their gratulations as shee passed by them On Saturday the eightenth of Iune there was a Parliament assembled but the plague growing hot it was adjourned to Oxford where the King did put them in minde as before of necessity of putting forth his Fleet the in pursuance of the war in which they had ingaged his father but the began now to quarrell at the greatnesse of the Duke of Buckingham and laid something to his charge in reference to the death of his father whereupon the King expecting monies to advance the affaires of the
shall not be disputed against by him Immediately afterwards the Court being set the Captain of the Guard was commanded to fetch the King and Solicitor Choe having read the Charge as before he required the King to give his positive answer which if he refuse it should be taken pro Confesso and the Court should proceed to Justice Lord Prisi I require your positive Answer King I protest against the Jurisdiction of this Court if power without Law may alter the fundamentall laws of the Kingdom what Subject is he that can be secure of his life or Estate And proceeding to shew Reasons why he could not allow the Authority of the Court he was interrupted by the President who told him that the Court desired a direct Answer The King I understand law and Reason and therefore under favour I do plead for the liberty of the people more then you do and therefore if I should impose a belief upon any Man without giving reasons for it it were unreasonable President The Votes of the Commons of England Assembled in Parliament are the Reasons of the Kingdom King The Commons of England were never allowed to be a Court of Indicature The King urging again to give in his Reasons the President told him that his Reasons were not to be heard against the highest Iurisdiction to which the King answered Shew me the Court where Reason is not to be heard Upon these words the President commanded the King to be taken away and the default recorded On the day following the Court met again and the King being brought and seated in his chaire The President told him that it was not for him to dispute the prerogative of the Court and being sensible of his delayes the Court required him positively to answer whither he was guilty or not guilty of the Treasons laid to his Charge King I desire to know whither I may speak freely or not President You are not to be permitted to run out into any discourses untill you have given a direct answer to the matter laid in charge against you King I valve not the Charge a a rush It is the liberty of the People that I stand for Being here interrupted he proceeded Sir you ought not to interrupt me How I came here I know not there is no Law to make your King your prisoner President The Court once more demands your possitive Answer To which the King replied To give satisfaction to the people of my clearnesse and to satisfie them that I have done nothing against the trust comitted to me but to alter the Fundamentall Lawes of the Kingdom and to acknowledge a new Court against theiâ— priviledges you must excuse me To which the Presid replyd This is the third time you have affronted and disowned the Court. How far you have preserved the priviledges of the the people your actions have spoke you have written your meaning in bloody Characters but Sir The pleasure of the Court is that the Clark record the default and Gentlemen you that have the Charge of him Take away the prisoneâ— who was immediately convayed back to Saint Iamses On Saturdâ—y Iune the twenty seventh the court sate again and the King desired that he might be heard to speak and hoped he should give no occasion of interruption President You may but you must hear the court first whereupon the President addressing himself to the Court told them that the prisoner at the Bar hath been severall times charged with Treason and hath been so far from obeying the Court by submitting to their Iustice that he began to debate their Authority and being required to answer he was pleased to be Contumations whereupon the Court having Considered of the notoriousness of the Fact were resolved to pronounce Sentence on the prisoner but in respect he desired to be heard before Sentence the Court was resolved to hear him The King told him A hasty Sentence once past may sooner be repented then called I do desire to be heard before the Lords and Commons in the Painted Chamber if it be reason and really for the welfare of the Kingdom and liberty of the Subject I am sure of it it will be well worth your hearing before my sentence be past I therefore do conjure you as you love that which you pretend which I hope is reall the liberty of the Subject and the peace of the Kingdom that you will grant me a hearing before you passe sensentence President This is but a further declinig the Iurisdiction of the Court. The King told him It was no declining the Jurisdiction although he could not own it The President told him that what he offered tended to a delay which neither the Kingdom nor Justice could admir but the Court was content to withdraw for a time hereupon the King being withdrawn after the space of half an houre the Court did sit again and the prisoner being brought the President told him that the Court had withdrawn pro forma tantum and that having considered what he had offered them and of their own Authority which was grounded on the Supream authority of the Parliament they had Acted according to their Confession and being now his Judges they were to know that Judges were no more to delay then to deny and were therefore resolved to proceed on punishment and judgement King It is vain for me to dispute I know yoâ— have power enough but I would fain know the lawfulness of that power I do put at your doores all the inconveniences of a hasty sentence which the childe unborne may repent President The Court desireth to know If you have any thing more to say before sentence King If you will grant me this delay I doubt not but to give you some reasonable satisfaction I require you therefore as you will answer at the dreadfull dâ—y of Judgement that you will consider it President If you have nothing more to say we must proceed to Sentence King I have nothing more to say President Then the Court hath something to say to you though it will not be acceptable to you and proceeding in a long speech shewing how Kings had been executed for their misgovernment The King desired to be heard concerning the Imputations laid to him before that sentence was pronoâ—nâ—ed The President replied that his time was now past and not far from Sentence because they would not acknowledg him to be a Court they could not admit of what had to say and the Clarke by the Presidents appointment did read the Sentence which was That for the Treasons and Crimes laid to his charge the Court did adjudge him the said Chales Stuart as a Tyrant Traytor and Murtherer to be put to death by severing his head from his Body The sentence being read the Court stood up in Confirmation of it as the Act and Resolution of the whole Court The King offered again to speak somthing but the Presid would not hear him and commanded the prisoner to be carried
crowned at Westminster on the seventh day of Iuly After this were taken for Traytors against the king Robert Ruff Serjeant of London VVilliam Davie Pardoner Iohn Smith Groom of king Edwards stirrop and Stephen Ireland Wardroper in the Tower with many more who were charged that they had sent Letters into Brittain to the Earl of Richmond and of Pembrook and also that they were minded to steal our of the Tower Prince Edward and his brother for the which they were drawn from VVestminster to the Tower of London and there upon the hill they were all four beheaded A grudge began between king Richard and the Duke of Buckingham insomuch that the Duke conspired with some Noble men against him intending to bring into the land Henry Earl of Richmond as heir to the Crown for which conspiracy the Duke of Buckingham was beheaded at Salisbury The thirteenth of December was a great fire in Leaden-hall in London where was burnt a number of houses and all the stocks for gunnes other provision belonging to the city King Richard borrowed great sums of mony of the City but being cut off before the time of payment came the City lost it Collingborn Esquire was drawn from Westminster to the tower of London and there upon the hill was headed and quartered An. Reg. 3 An. Dom. 1415 Sir Roger Clifford Knight and one Fortescue were drawne through London and at Saint Martin le grand Sir Roger would have broke from the Sheriffs and taken Sanctuary but the Sheriffs took him again and had him to tower hill where he was beheaded and Fortescue had his pardon Henry Earl of Richmond Iasper Earl of Pembroke his Uncle the Earl of Oxford and many other Knights and Esquires with a small company of Frenchmen landed at Milford Haven on the sixth of August whose coming when it was heard of in VVales divers Noble men with great companies met him and then marching against king Richard at a village called Bosworth near to Leicester he met with his enemies the 22 of August where between them was fought a very sharp battel in conâ—lusion whereof King Richard with divers others were slain and King Henry obtained a Noble victory and immediately the L. Stanley crowned him King in the field with the crown which was taken off King Richards head Richard was buried at the Grey-Friers Church at Leicester when he had held the crown two years two moneths Henry Earl of Richmond An. Reg. 1 HEnry the seventh born in Pembroke Castle began his reign the 22 of August in the year 1485. he was a Prince of marvellous wisdom policy justice temperance and gravity and notwithstanding many great troubles and war he kept his Realm in right good order for the which he was greatly honoured of Forraign Princes On the 22 of August was a great fire in Bredstreet in the which fire was burnt the Parson of Saint Mildreds and one man more of the Parsonage there The sweating sickness began the 21 of September and continued to the end of October of the which sickness a number of people died The 30 of October King Henry was crowned at Westminster he ordained a number of chosen Archers to give daily attendance on his person whom he named Yeomen of the Guard King Henry borrowed certain sums of money of the City which was repayed the nexr year after Wheat was sold for 3 shillings the bushel and Bay-salt at the like price The Cross in Cheap-side was new builded The King married Elizabeth the eldest daughter of Edward the 4th by the which means the two Houses York and Lancaster were united An. Reg. 6 Roger Shavelock a Taylor within Ludgate slew himself and forasmuch as he was a man of great wealth there was a great contest between the Kings Almoner and the Sheriffs of London An. Dom. 1493 A riot made upon the Eastelings or Stilliard-men by Mercers men and others of the City of London for the which many of them were sore punished An. Dom. 1494 An. Reg. 10 Wheat was sold at London for six pence the bushel Bay-salt at three pence half penny Nantwitch salt for six pence the bushel white herrings at six shillings the barrel red at three shillings the Cade red sprats six pence the Cade and Gascoin wine at six pound the Tun. Sir VVilliam Stanley was behe aded on Tower-hill An. Dom. 1495 Perkin Warbeck arrived in Kent where when he and his company saw they could have no comfort of the country they withdrew again to their ships but the Mayor of Sandwich with certain men of the country fought with the residue that were left behind and took 169 persons who were hanged in Kent Essex Sussex and Norfolk An. Dom. 1497 By meanes of a subsidy that was granted to the King a commotion was made by the Commons of Cornwall whiâ—h under the leading of Iames Lord Audley with Michael a Blacksmith and others came to Black-heath where the King met them overthrew them and took their Captains there was slain of the Rebels three hundred and taken fifteen hundred The Lord Audley was beheaded on Tower-hill the Blacksmith and Flamock were hanged and quartered at Tyburn The King sent an Army into Scotland under the Earl of Surrey and the Lord Nevil which made sharp war upon the Scots In Bedfordshire at the town of Saint Needs fell hailstones eighteen inches about Perkin Warebeck landed in Cornwall went to Bodmin where being accompanied with three or four thousand men he proclaimed himself King Richard the fourth second son of Edward the fourth from thence he went to Exeter and besieged it which City was valiantly defended by the inhabitants but many of the Rebels were slain and theâ— withdrew themselves to Taunton from thence Perkin fled to Bewdley where he took sanctuary and was afterward taken and pardoned his life An. Reg. 14 A Shoemakers son was hanged at Saint Thomas Watrings for naming himself to be Edward Earl of Warwick who was then kept close prisoner in the Tower An. Dom. 1499 Perkin Warbeck and Iohn-a-water were executed at Tyburn Edward Plantagenet Earl of Warwick son to George Duke of Clarence was beheaded at Tower-hill Shortly after Bluet and Astwood were hanged at Tyburn An. Reg. 19 The 21 of November at night a perillous fire began upon London-bridge near to Saint Magnus Church whereof six tenements were burnt The 7 of February certain houses more consumed with fire against Saint Buttolphs Church in Thames-street An. Reg. 21 The prisoners of the Marshalsey broke out and many of them being shortly after taken were put to execution especially those that had lain for Felony An. Dom. 1507 An. Reg. 23 About Christmas was a Bakers house burnt in Warwick-lane with the Mistress of the house and two women servants About this time the City of Norwich was much wasted with fire there was 160 houses consumed with most part of their goods King Henry died at Richmond the 22 of April when he had reigned 23 years and 8 moneths and