wherein he delighteth the same is the practise of the people in consideration whereof the mightie ones of the world haue speciall cause to haue an eie to line 60 their course of life to set caueats before their actions that the people may in them sée none but good signes of commendable vertuous imitation For regis imago Vulgus ad mores accedere principis optat Qualis enim rex est talis quoque subditus illi Esse solet populus studijsque tenetur 〈◊〉 Shortlie after to wit the 15. day of September a councell was holden at Pipewell where the bishops and abbats being assembled there were in presence of the king and of the archbishop of Canturburie elected certeine bishops and abbats to such places as then were vacant and amongst other William de Longchampe the kings chancellor was elected to the sée of Elie Geffrey the kings bastard brother vnto the archbishoprike of Yorke who was the 32. in number that had gouerned the same Geffrey de Lucie to Winchester one Hubert Walter to Salisburie and Richard archdeacon of Elie and the kings treasurer to the see of London The abbeies that were prouided of abbats were these Glastenburie Shirborne Persore and Feuersham In like maner Iohn the elect of Whitherne was consecrated bishop of that see by the hands of the archbishop of Dublin Also in this councell the king ordeined Hugh bishop of Durham and William Mandeuille earle of Albemarle lord chéefe iustices of England hauing deposed Ranulfe de Glanuille from that roome Moreouer the king being thus established in the estate of the kingdome did not forget his iournie which he had promised into the holie land but with all diligence made his prouision and namelie he sought to gather monie to furnish his charges and so therevpon leuied a tax engaged sold and let to farme his lands tols customs and other his reuenewes with certeine counties and offices so that he made an exceeding summe of monie He also found that Ranulfe de Glanuille lord chéefe iustice and other of the head magistrates had not behaued themselues vprightlie in the administration of their offices so that he both deposed the said lord cheefe iustice as is aforesaid and almost all the shiriffes and their deputies within the realme of England putting them to greeuous fines for their offenses and transgressions and so by that meanes he got no small deale of monie ¶ Here note by the waie how William Paruus affirmeth that where this Ranulfe Glanuille being a man of high wisedome and stept into age saw that manie things were doone by the new king not so aduisedlie nor with such foresight as they ought to be sought of his owne accord to be discharged of his office that he might the better prepare himselfe to go in that iournie to the holie land as by taking vpon him the crosse he had vowed in the daies of king Henrie and so he solemnelie renounced his office which other nothing so worthie of it did afterwards inioy Moreouer the king vnderstanding that Hugh Putsey or Pudsey bishop of Durham being a verie aged man had much monie he sold to him the manour of Seggesfield or Sadberge with the wapentake belonging to the same and also found meanes to persuade him to buy his owne prouince which he did giuing to the king an inestimable summe of monie and was therevpon created an earle by the king for the same wherevpon he was intituled both bishop and earle of Durham whereat the king would iest afterwards and saie What a cunning craftesman am I that haue made a new earle of an old bishop Furthermore the same bishop gaue to the king a thousand markes to be made chéefe iustice of England and that he might tarrie at home and not go into the holie land And bicause he would not be reprooued of any person he obteined of the apostolike sée which faileth no man that is surcharged with white or red mettall and would be eased a licence for a summe of monie to be dispensed with for that iournie The king thus being earnestlie bent to make commoditie of those things for the which he might get any monie at all the citizens of London presented vnto him a great summe towards the furnishing foorth of his enterprise Wherevpon to acquite their courtesie he granted them large priuileges and ordeined that the citie should be ruled by two head officers which they should choose amongst themselues remoueable from yeare to yeare by the name of bailiffes The names of the two first bailiffes chosen by force of that ordinance were Henrie Cornehill and Richard Fitz Reiner The citie before those daies euer since the comming in of William Conquerour and a good while before his time was gouerned by certeine officers or rulers named Port Greues which word is deriued of two Saxon words as Port and Greue By Port is meant a towne and by Greue a gardian or ruler as who should saie A kéeper or ruler of a towne These rulers with the lawes customes then vsed within line 10 this citie were registred in a booke called as some haue said Doomesdaie but through negligence after these lawes and customes were changed and altered the booke was lost so that the remembrance of such rulers as were before the daies of this Richard the first are not to be had These bailiffes euer entred at Michaelmasse and so continued foorth their yeare Thus began the citie first to receiue the forme and state of a common-wealth and to be diuided into felowships which they call crafts or corporations Such line 20 also are admitted to the fellowships of these companies as haue truelie serued as apprentises a certeine number of yeares as seuen at the least vnder which time of seruice expired there is none made frée nor suffered to inioy the liberties of that citie sauing such as are borne free that is to saie of fréemen within the citie of whome at this time it is not much materiall to make any further report The citie thus consisting of the said craftes or occupations chooseth out of the same a senat or companie of graue councellours line 30 whom they name Aldermen E changed into A according to the old Saxon pronuntiation It is also diuided into 26. tribes or wards of the which euerie one hath his seuerall Alderman or ouersâ—er who haue both authoritie sufficient and large priuileges to mainteine the good gouernement of their portions withall Out of the number of these there is another officer yearelie chosen and appointed called the Maior who ruleth all the rest But now to returne vnto the further dooings of line 40 king Richard before his departure out of England towards his iournie into the land of Palestine commonlie called Holie land it is said he made such sale of things apperteining to him as well in right of the crowne as otherwise that it séemed to diuerse he made his
and to be freends each to other both obedient to the king were accorded by award wherof writings were sealed signed and deliuered to effect as followeth The award made at Westminster on the three and twentith of March Anno regni regis 36. FIrst that at the costs charges and expenses of the duke of Yorke the earles of Warwike and Salisburie fourtie fiue pounds of yearelie rent should be assured by waie of a mortisement for euer vnto the monasterie of S. Albons for suffrages and obits to be kept and almes to be imploied for the soules of Edmund late duke of Summerset Henrie late erle of Northumberland and Thomas late lord Clifford late slaine in the battell of saint Albons and buried in the abbeie church and also for the soules of all other slaine in the same battell The said duke of Summerset the earle of Northumberland and lord Clifford by vertue of the same award were declared for true and faithfull liegemen to the king and so to be holden and reputed in the daie of their deaths aswell as the said duke of Yorke the earles of Warwike and Salisburie Moreouer it was decreed that the duke of Yorke should giue to Elenor duchesse of Summerset and to Henrie duke of Summerset hir sonne the summe of fiue thousand markes of good assignements of debts which the king owght him for his wages due during the time of his seruice in Ireland to be diuided as the king should thinke conuenient betwixt the brethren sisters of the said duke of Summerset Also that the earle of Warwike should giue vnto the lord Clifford the summe of a thousand markes in good and sufficient assignements of debts which the king owght him to be distributed betwixt the said lord Clifford his brethren and sisters Also where Thomas Persie knight lord Egremond and Richard Persie his brother sonnes of the ladie Elenor countesse of Northumberland had béen in a sessions holden within the countie of Yorke before Richard Bingham and Rafe Pole the kings iustices and other commissioners condemned vnto the earle of Salisburie in the summe of eight thousand markes and to the same earle and to his wife Alice in the summe of fiue thousand marks and to Thomas Neuill knight son to the said earle of Salisburie in the summe of a thousand marks and to the said Thomas and Mawd his wife in the summe of two thousand marks and to Iohn Neuill knight sonne to the said earle of Salisburie in the summe of eight hundred marks for transgressions and trespasses there found to be doone by the said lord Egremond and Richard his brother vnto the said earle of Salisburie Alice Thomas Neuill Mawd and Iohn Neuill as by the record appéered It was ordeined that the said earle and his sonnes should release all the said summes of monie and the executions thereof and likewise release vnto Rafe Uerneie and Iohn Steward late shiriffes of London vnto whose custodie the said lord Egremond had beene for the same condemnations committed and from them escaped all actions which they or anie of them might haue against the said Uerneie and Steward for the same escape Yet it was decreed by this award that the said lord Egremond should be bound by recognisance in the Chancerie to kéepe the peace toward the said erle and his wife children seruants and tenants Also where diuerse knights esquiers and other seruants and tenants to the said earle of Northumberland and to the said lord Egremond were by their seuerall obligations bound by occasion of the said debates vnto the said duke of Yorke earle of Salisburie or anie of their children to stand to their order and gouernement it was ordeined that the same obligations should be deliuered to them that so stood bound before the feast of saint Peter ad vincula next insuing at the citie of Yorke or else that the parties so bound should haue sufficient acquitances in discharge of the same obligations It was further awarded that all variances discords debates controuersies appeales and actions personals that were or had béene betwixt any of the said persons or any of their seruants or tenants should be for euer determined ended sauing to euerie one his title action and right which he had by any euidence of arrerages of rents or seruices accounts detinues or debts due by reason of anie lawfull contract or deed had and made for anie reasonable considerations other than the variance before said And for the more assurance of both parties it was ordeined that either should release to other all maner of actions that were méere personals and appeales line 10 which anie of them might haue against the other by reason of the variances and discords before mentioned Also it was decreed that if anie action sute or quarell chanced betwixt anie of the seruants or tenants of anie of the parties for matter or title supposed to be had occasioned or mooued before this time that from thenceforth none of the said parties should mainteine support or aid any of them that will so sue and mooue strife and debate but should rather so line 20 deale as the matter may be brought to peace and quietnesse It was further awarded that if anie man complained pretended or surmised that this award was not kept but in some point broken by anie of the parties for the which breach he would haue a Scire facias or some other action prosecuted in the kings name vpon anie recognisance made to the king for the performance of this award yet should not the same Scire facias or action be prosecuted till the kings line 30 councell might be throughlie certified of the matter by the complainant and vpon consideration sée iust cause whie the same Scire facias or action ought to be had and prosecuted in the kings name And if anie variance rose betwixt the councell of both the parties in making of the recognisances releases acquittances or other writings the same variance should be determined by the two lords cheefe iustices that should be fullie instructed of the kings intention in this behalfe line 40 And besides this it was notified and declared by the same award that the parties being seuerallie bound in the Chancerie in great sums to obeie and performe this award ordinance iudgement made by the king it was the kings will and pleasure that the same recognisances should stand in force and no parcels of the summes therein conteined to be pardoned in anie wise without the agréement and consent of the partie for whose assurance the same recognisance was taken line 50 And if anie of the said summes or anie parcell thereof should be recouered by action or execution taken and prosecuted in the kings name vpon anie of the said recognisances the partie to whose hinderance the award was broken should haue the one halfe of the monie so recouered and the other moitie should be assigned to the treasuror of the kings house ¶ This ordinance award and agréement
the countie of Kent began an insurrection in disobedience of the statute of labourers and were atteinted therfore of high treason and had iudgement line 40 to be drawne hanged and quartered He shewed where and when this chanced It was further determined by the said Fineux and all the iustices of the land that vpon the said commission of oier and terminer in London the iustices named in the said commission might not arreigne the offendors and proceed to the triall in one selfe daie no more than might the iustices of peace But iustices in oier might so doo aswell as the iustices of gaole deliuerie and as the sufficiencie of the iurors within the citie line 50 to passe betwixt the king and the said traitors the iustices determined that he that had lands and goods to the value of an hundred marks should be inabled to passe vpon the said indictments And this by the equitie of the statute of Anno vndecimo Henrici septimi the which will that no man be admitted to passe in anie inquest in London in a plée of lands or other action in which the damages shall passe the value of fourtie shillings except he be woorth in lands or goods the value of an hundred markes line 60 On saturdaie the second of Maie in this ninth yeare all the commissioners with the lord maior aldermen and iustices went to the Guildhall where manie of the offendors were indicted as well of the insurrection as of the robberies by them committed against the truces Herevpon they were arreigned pleading not guiltie had day giuen till monday next insuing On which daie being the fourth of Maie the lord maior the duke of Norffolke the earle of Surrie and others came to sit in the Guildhall to procéed in their oier and terminer as they were appointed When the lords were set the prisoners were brought through the stréets tied in ropes some men and some lads of thirtéene yéeres of age Among them were diuerse not of the citie some priests some husbandmen and labourers The whole number amounted vnto two hundred thrée score and eightéene persons This daie was Iohn Lincolne indicted as a principall procurer of this mischieuous insurrection and therevpon hée was arreigned and pleading not giltie had daie giuen ouer till wednesdaie or as Hall saith till thursday next insuing He was charged with such matter as before ye haue heard concerning his sute vnto doctor Standish and doctor Bele for the reading of this bill in their sermons and opening the matter as before ye haue heard all which matter with the circumstances he had confessed on sundaie the third of Maie vnto sir Richard Cholmleie sir Iohn Dansie sir Hugh Skeuington Diuers other were indicted this mondaie and so for that time the lords departed The next daie the duke came againe the erle of Surrie with 2000 armed men which kept the stréets When the maior the duke the earles of Shrewesburie and Surrie were set the prisoners were arreigned and thirtéene found guiltie and adiudged to be hanged drawne and quartered For execution whereof were set vp eleuen paire of gallowes in diuerse places where the offenses were doone as at Algate at Blanchappelton Gratious stréete Leaden hall and before euerie counter one also at Newgate at saint Martins at Aldersgate and at Bishopsgate Then were the prisoners that were iudged brought to those places of execution and executed in most rigorous maner in the presence of the lord Edmund Howard son to the duke of Norffolke knight marshall who shewed no mercie but extreme crueltie to the poore yoonglings in their execution and likewise the dukes seruants spake manie opprobrious words some bad hang some bad draw some bad set the citie on fire but all was suffered On thursdaie the seuenth of Maie was Lincolne Shirwin and two brethren called Bets and diuerse other adiudged to die Then Lincolne said My lords I meant well for if you knew the mischiefe that is insued in this realme by strangers you would remedie it manie times I haue complained and then I was called a busie fellow now our Lord haue mercie on me They were laid on hardels drawne to the standard in Cheape and first was Iohn Lincolne executed And as the other had the ropes about their neckes there came a commandement from the king to respit the execution Then the people cried God saue the king and so was the oier and terminer deferred till another daie and the prisoners sent againe to ward the armed men departed out of London and all things set in quiet On the eleuenth daie of Maie the king came to his manor of Gréenwich where the recorder of London and diuerse aldermen came to speake with his grace and all ware gownes of blacke colour And when they perceiued the king comming out of his priuie chamber into his chamber of presence they knéeled downe and the recorder said Our most naturall benigne and souereigne lord we know well that your grace is displeased with vs of your citie of London for the great riot late doone we ascerteine your grace that none of vs nor no honest person were condescending to that enormitie and yet wée our wiues and children euerie houre lament that your fauour should be taken from vs. And forsomuch as light and idle persons were the dooers of the same we most humblie beséech your grace to haue mercie of vs for our negligence and compassion of the offendors for their offense and trespasse Trulie said the king you haue highlie displeased and offended vs and you ought to waile and be sorie for the same And where as you saie that you the substantiall persons were not consenting to the same it appeareth to the contrarie For you neuer mooued to let them nor stirred once to fight with them which you say were so small a number of light persons Wherefore we must thinke and you can not denie that you did winke at the matter but at this time we will grant to you neither our fauour nor good will nor to the offendors mercie but resort to the cardinall our lord chancellour and he shall make you an answer and declare our pleasure And with this answer line 10 the Londoners departed and made relation to the maior On the eightéenth day of this moneth the quéene of Scots which had béene at the court and at Bainards castell a whole yeare at the kings charge and was richlie appointed of all things méet to hir estate both of iewels plate tapistrie arras coine horsses all other things of the kings gift liberalitie departed out of London toward Scotland with great riches albeit she came into England with great pouertie line 20 and she entered into Scotland the thirtéenth daie of Iune whome hir husband receiued at Berwike but the Englishmen smallie regarded him All hir charges within the realme comming to the court and returning were of the kings pursse On thursdaie the
deuise The newes whereof being spred abrode euerie good man reioised thereat Thus through the great mercie of God peace was restored vnto the decaied state of this relme of England Which things being thus accomplished with great ioy and tokens of loue king Stephan and his new adopted sonne duke Henrie tooke leaue either of other appointing shortlie after to méet againe at Oxenford there to perfect euerie article of their agréement which was thus accorded a little before Christmas ¶ But by the way for the better vnderstanding of the said agreement I haue thought good to set downe the verie tenor of the charter made by king Stephan as I haue copied it out and translated it into English out of an autentike booke conteining the old lawes of the Saxon and Danish kings in the end whereof the same charter is exemplified which booke is remaining with the right worshipfull William Fléetwood esquire now recorder of London and sargeant at law The charter of king Stephan of the pacification of the troubles betwixt him and line 10 Henrie duke of Normandie STephan king of England to all archbishops bishops abbats earles iusticers sherifes barons and all his faithfull subiects of England sendeth greeting Know yee that I king Stephan haue ordeined Henrie duke of Normandie after me by right of inheritance to be my successour and heire of line 20 the kingdome of England and so haue I giuen and granted to him and his heires the kingdome of England For the which honour gift and confirmation to him by me made he hath doone homage to me and with a corporall oth hath assured me that he shall be faithfull and loiall to me and shall to his power preserue my life and honour and I on the other side shall maineteine line 30 and preserue him as my sonne and heire in all things to my power and so far as by any waies or meanes I may And William my sonne hath doone his lawfull homage and assured his fealtie vnto the said duke of Normandie and the duke hath granted to him to hold of him all those tenements and holdings which I held before I atteined to the possession of the realme of England wheresoeuer the line 40 same be in England Normandie or elsewhere and whatsoeuer he receiued with the daughter of earle Warren either in England or Normandie likewise whatsoeuer apperteineth to those honoures And the duke shall put my sonne William and his men that are of that honour in full possession and seizine of all the lands boroughs and rents which the duke thereof line 50 now hath in his demaine and namelie of those that belong to the honour of the earle Warren and namelie of the castels of Bellencumber and Mortimer so that Reginald de Warren shall haue the keeping of the same castels of Bellencumber and of Mortimer if he will and therevpon shall giue pledges to the duke and if he will not haue the keeping of those castels line 60 then other liege men of the said erle Warren whome it shall please the duke to appoint shall by sure pledges and good suertie keepe the said castels Moreouer the duke shall deliuer vnto him according to my will and pleasure the other castels which belong vnto the earledome of Mortaigne by safe custodie and pledges so soone as he conuenientlie may so as all the pledges are to be restored vnto my sonne free so soone as the duke shall haue the realme of England in possession The augmentation also which I haue giuen vnto my sonne William he hath likewise granted the same to him to wit the castell and towne of Norwich with seauen hundred pounds in lands so as the rents of Norwich be accounted as parcell of the same seauen hundred pounds in lands and all the countie of Norfolke the profits and rents which belong to churches bishops abbats earles excepted and the third pennie whereof Hugh Bigot is earle also excepted sauing also and reseruing the kings roiall iurisdiction for administration of iustice Also the more to strengthen my fauour and loue to himwards the duke hath giuen and granted vnto my said sonne whatsoeuer Richer de Aquila hath of the honour of Peuensey And moreouer the castell and towne of Peuensey and the seruice of Faremouth beside the castell and towne of Douer and whatsoeuer apperteineth to the honour of Douer The duke hath also confirmed the church of Feuersham with the appurtenances and all other things giuen or restored by me vnto other churches he shall confirme by the counsell and aduice of holie church and of me The earles and barons that belong to the duke which were neuer my leeges for the honour which I haue doone to their maister they haue now doone homage and sworne fealtie to me the couenants betwixt me the said duke alwaies saued The other which had before doone homage to me haue sworne fealtie to me as to their souereigne lord And if the duke should breake and go from the premisses then are they altogither to ceasse from dooing him any seruice till he reforme his misdooings And my sonne also is to constreine him thereto according to the aduice of holie church if the duke shall chance to go from the couenants afore mentioned My earles and barons also haue doone their leege and homage vnto the duke sauing their faith to me so long as I liue and shall hold the kingdome with like condition that if I doo breake and go from the premitted couenants that then they may ceasse from dooing me any seruice till the time I haue reformed that which I haue doone amisse The citizens also of cities and those persons that dwell in castels which I haue in my demaine by my commandement haue doone homage and made assurance to the duke sauing the fealtie which they owe to me during my life time and so long as I shall hold the kingdome They which keep the castle of Wallingford haue doone their homage to me and haue giuen to me pledges for the obseruing of their fealtie And I haue made vnto the duke such assurance of the castels and strengths which I hold by the counsell and aduice of holie church that when I shall depart this life the duke thereby may not run into any losse or impeachment wherby to be debarred from the kingdome The tower of London and the fortresse of Windsor by the counsell and aduice of holie church are deliuered vnto the lord Richard de Lucie safelie to be kept which Richard hath taken an oth and hath deliuered his sonne in pledge to remaine in the hands and custodie of the archbishop of Canturburie that after my decease he shall deliuer the same castels vnto the duke Likewise by the counsell and aduise of holie church Roger de Bussey keepeth the castell of Oxford and Iordaine de Bussey the castell of line 10 Lincolne which Roger Iordaine haue sworne and thereof haue deliuered pledges into the
awaie things that laie readie for them that the kings corps laie naked a long time till a child couered the neâ—her parts of his body with a short cloke and then it séemed that his surname was fulfilled that he had from his childhood which was Shortmantell being so called bicause he was the first that brought short clokes out of Aniou into England As his sonne Richard met the corps going towards the buriall suddenlie there issued bloud out of the dead bodies nosthrilles which was taken for a signification that it abhorred the presence of so wicked a son which in his life time had so persecuted the father His death was signified by a maruellous strange woonder line 10 for a few daies before he died all the fishes in a certeine méere or poole in Normandie leapt foorth on land in the night season and fought togither with such a noise that a great multitude of men came running thither to behold the woonder and could not find on fish aliue in the meere He had issue by his wife quéene Elianor as may appeare by that which alreadie is rehearsed foure sonnes Henrie Richard Geffrey and Iohn besides two other that died yoong as some authors haue recorded line 20 also three daughters Maud married vnto Henrie the duke of Saxonie Elianor the wife of Alfonse the eight of that name king of Castile and Ioane giuen in marriage vnto William king of Sicill He had also two bastard sonnes by a concubine the one named William the other Geffrey He was one of bodie fleshie and strong and could abide verie patientlie the displesures both of cold and heat he had a large head a broad breast a broken voice and was furthermore verie spare of diet cheefelie line 30 bicause he would not be too fat and therefore when he was at quiet without any trouble of warres he would exercise himselfe in hunting or trauelling abroad He was of a good stature and verie well formed of a comelie countenance partlie red heared with graie eies of wit quicke and of a perfect good memorie so that he would long remember those things which he had either read heard or seene He was stout of stomach and more constant in time of aduersitie than in time of prosperitie except at the line 40 time of his death when being destitute in maner of all hisfréends he shewed himselfe almost in despaire He was liberall towards all men oftentimes giuing rewards to his souldiers ouer and besides their wages Moreouer of nature he was pitifull towards the poore as it well appeared by diuerse his charitable deeds as for example When in the yeare 1176. there was a great dearth scarsitie of bread in the parts of Aniou Maine he fed euerie daie with sufficient sustenance line 50 ten thousand persons from the begining of Aprill till the time that new corne was inned and what prouision soeuer was laid vp in garners cellers and storehouses for the kings necessarie vses he caused the same to be imploied towards the reléefe of religious houses and poore people He tooke of his subiects but sildome times any great tributes He was verie expert in feats of warre and right fortunate therein He praised his capteins and men of warre line 60 when they were dead and lamented their losse more than he shewed to loue them when they were aliue And this did he of policie that they might vnderstand that they should be honoured after death and therefore feare it the lesse He was somwhat learned and also knowne to be wise His care to haue iustice dulie ministred in his realme was exceeding great insomuch that finding how the shirifes were rather inclined to seeke their owne gaine than to deale vprightlie with his subiects he appointed other officers to haue a regard to their dooings as if they had béene controllers that they knowing how there were such appointed to haue a sound ouersight in their dealings might be the more circumspect in their duties He ordeined also punishments for hunters in forrests and grounds of warren either by fining them or by imprisonment Moreouer he ordeined that murtherers should suffer death by hanging and so for other transgressours he appointed other kinds of punishments as some to be condemned to exile and other to losse of lims c according to the qualitie of the offense committed And to haue the lawes dulie executed and iustice vprightlie ministred on all hands he was so carefull that he tried all orders of men in placing them in roomes of iustice And lastlie trusting to find among the cleargie such as would not be corrupted with bribes nor for respect of feare or freendship decline from right iudgement he chose foorth the bishops of Winchester Elie and Norwich to be principall iustices of the relme so as they might end and determine all matters except in certeine cases reserued to the hearing of the prince himselfe His vices were these as they are remembred In time of aduerse fortune no man could shew himselfe more courteous gentle méeke and promising more largelie than he would But when fortune once began to smile no man was more sharpe hard to deale with nor more redie to breake his promise and faith He was also partlie noted of couetousnesse for although he was liberall towards souldiers and strangers yet was he streict inough towards his owne people and namelie towards his sonnes which caused them to estrange themselues and their good wils from him He was not so zealous toward the execution of right and equitie as to the furtherance of his owne priuat commoditie He was out of measure giuen to fleshlie lust and satisfieng of his inordinate concupiscence For not contented with the vse of his wife he kept manie concubines but namelie he delited most in the companie of a pleasant damsell whom he called the Rose of the world the common people named hir Rosamund for hir passing beautie propernesse of person and pleasant wit with other amiable qualities being verelie a rare and péerelesse péece in those daies He made for hir an house at Woodstocke in Oxfordshire like a labyrinth with such turnings and winddings in out as a knot in a garden called a maze that no creature might find hir nor come to hir except he were instructed by the king or such as were secret with him in that matter But the common re-report of the people is that the quéene in the end found hir out by a silken thread which the king had drawne after him out of hir chamber with his foot and dealt with hir in such sharpe and cruell wise that she liued not long after She was buried in the nunrie of Goodstow beside Oxford with these verses vpon hir toome Hîc iacet in tumulo Rosa mundi non Rosa munda Non redolet sed olet quaeredolere solet The meaning whereof may be found in Graftons large chronicle page 77. in an English septenarie
le Beau sister to Charles the fift king of France began his reigne as king of England his father yet liuing the 25 daie of Ianuarie after the creation 5293 in the yeare of our lord 1327 year 1327 after the account of them that line 10 begin the yeare at Christmasse 867 after the comming of the Saxons 260 after the conquest the 13 yeare of the reigne of Lewes the fourth then emperour the seuenth of Charles the fift king of France the second of Andronicus Iunior emperour of the east almost ended and about the end of the 22 of Robert le Bruce king of Scotland He was crowned at Westminster on the day of the Purification of our ladie next insuing by the hands of Walter the archbishop of Canturburie line 20 And bicause he was but fourteene yeares of age so that to gouerne of himselfe he was not sufficient it was decréed that twelue of the greatest lords within the realme should haue the rule and gouernment till he came to more perfect yeares The names of which lords were as followeth The archbishop of Canturburie the archbishop of Yorke the bishops of Winchester and of Hereford Henrie earle of Lancaster Thomas Brotherton earle marshall Edmund of Woodstoke earle of Kent Iohn earle of Warren the lord Thomas Wake the lord Henrie Percie the line 30 lord Oliuer de Ingham the lord Iohn Ros. These were sworne of the kings councell and charged with the gouernement as they would make answer But this ordinance continued not long for the quéene and the lord Roger Mortimer tooke the whole rule so into their hands that both the king and his said councellors were gouerned onelie by them in all matters both high and low Neuerthelesse although they had taken the regiment vpon them yet could they not foresee the tumults and vprores that presentlie vpon line 40 the yoong kings inthronizing did insue but needs it must come to passe that is left written where children weare the crowne beare the scepter in hand Vaepueri terrae saepissimè sunt ibi guerrae He confirmed the liberties and franchises of the citie of London and granted that the maior of the same citie for the time being might sit in all places of iudgement within the liberties thereof for cheefe iustice aboue all other the kings person onelie excepted and that euerie alderman that had béene maior line 50 should be iustice of peace through all the citie of London and countie of Middlesex and euerie alderman that had not béene maior should be iustice of peace within his owne ward He granted also to the citizens that they should not be constreined to go foorth of the citie to anie warres in defense of the land and that the franchises of the citie should not be seized from thenceforth into the kings hands for anie cause but onelie for treason and rebellion shewed by the whole citie Also Southwarke was appointed to be vnder the rule of the citie and the maior of London to be bailiffe of Southwarke and to ordeine such a substitute in the same borough as pleased him In the first yeare of this kings reigne we find in records belonging to the abbeie of S. Edmundsburie in Suffolke that the inhabitants of that towne raised a sore commotion against the abbat moonks of the same abbeie and that at seuerall times as first on the wednesdaie next after the feast of the conuersion of S. Paule in the said first yeare of this kings reigne one Robert Foxton Richard Draiton and a great number of other assembling themselues togither in warlike order and araie assaulted the said abbeie brake downe the gates windowes and doores entered the house by force and assailing certeine moonks and seruants that belonged to the abbat did beat wound and euill intreat them brake open a number of chests coffers and forssets tooke out chalices of gold and siluer books vestments and other ornaments of the church beside a great quantitie of rich plate and other furniture of household apparell armour and other things beside fiue hundred pounds in readie coine also three thousand florens of gold All these things they tooke and caried awaie togither with diuerse charters writings miniments as thrée charters of Knute sometime king of England foure charters of king Hardiknute one charter of king Edward the confessor two charters of king Henrie the first other two charters of king Henrie the third which charters concerned as well the foundation of the same abbeie as the grants and confirmations of the possessions and liberties belonging thereto Also they tooke awaie certeine writings obligatorie in the which diuerse persons were bound for the paiement of great summes of monie and deliuerie of certeine wines vnto the hands of the said abbat Moreouer they tooke awaie with them ten seuerall buls concerning certeine exemptions and immunities granted to the abbats and moonks of Burie by sundrie bishops of Rome Furthermore not herewith contented they tooke Peter Clopton prior of the said abbeie and other moonks foorth of the house and leading them vnto a place called the Leaden hall there imprisoned them till the thursdaie next before the feast of the Purification of our ladie and that daie bringing them backe againe into the chapter-house deteined them still as prisoners till they had sealed a writing conteining that the abbat and conuent were bound in ten thousand pounds to be paid to Oliuer Kempe and others by them named And further they were constreined to seale a letter of release for all actions quarels debts transgressions suits and demands which the abbat might in anie wise claime or prosecute against the said Oliuer Kempe and others in the same letters named For these wrongs and other as for that they would not permit the abbats bailiffes and officers to kéepe their ordinarie courts as they were accustomed to doo as well thrée daies in the wéeke for the market to wit mondaie wednesdaie and fridaie as the Portman mote euerie tuesdaie thrée wéeks line 10 and further prohibit them from gathering such tols customes and yearelie rents as were due to the abbat for certeine tenements in the towne which were let to farme the abbat brought his action against the said Foxton Draiton and others and hauing it tried by an inquest on the fridaie next after the feast of saint Lucie the virgine in a sessions holden at Burie by Iohn Stonore Walter Friskney Robert Maberthorpe Iohn Bousser by vertue of the kings writ of oier and determiner to them directed line 20 the offendors were condemned in 40000 pounds so that the said Richard Draiton and others there present in the court were committed to prison in custodie of the shiriffe Robert Walkefare who was commanded also to apprehend the other that were not yet arrested if within his bailiwike they might be found and to haue their bodies before the said iustices at Burie aforsaid on thursdaie in Whitsunwéeke next insuing Beside this there was an other
moonke thrée shillings foure pence also euery iustice shiriffe knight esquier parson vicar and chapleine were charged after a certeine rate but not any of the commons that line 10 were of the laitie Ye haue heard how sir Iohn Harleston was sent to Chierburg as capteine of that fortresse who issuing abroad on a day with such power as he might take foorth leauing the fortresse furnished came to a place where within a church and in a mill the Frenchmen had laid vp as in storehouses a great quantitie of vittels for prouision which church and mill the Englishmen assaulted so valiantlie that notwithstanding there were within a good number of the enimies that did their best to defend themselues yet at length they line 20 were taken and sir Iohn Harleston with his companie returned with the vittels towards Chierburg but by the way they were incountred by one sir William de Bourds whome the French king had appointed to lie in Mountburg with a strong power of men of war to countergarison Chierburg Herevpon insued a sore conflict and manie an hardie man was beaten to the ground And although it séemed that the Englishmen were ouermatched in number yet they stucke to it manfullie Their capteine line 30 sir Iohn Harleston fighting in the foremost presse was felled and laie on the ground at his enimies féet in great hazard of death The Englishmen neuerthelesse continued their fight till at length sir Geffrie Worslie with a wing of armed footmen with axes came to the rescue for to that end he was left behind of purpose to come to their aid if néed required with whose comming the Frenchmen were so hardlie handled that to conclude they were broken insunder beaten downe and wholie vanquished line 40 there were of them slaine aboue six score and as manie taken prisoners among which number was their chéefe capteine sir William de Bourdes taken and brought to Chierburg with the residue and there put in safe keeping This exploit was atchiued by the Englishmen on saint Martins day in winter in this third yeare of king Richard his reigne But least any ioy should come to the English people in that season without some mixture of gréefe one sir I. Clearke a right valiant knight fellow in line 50 armes with sir Hugh Caluerlie chanced this yeare to lie in garrison in a castell in Britaine where was an hauen diuerse English ships lieng in the same whereof the French gallies being aduertised came thither to set those ships on fire appointing one of their gallies first to attempt the feat and if fortune so would to traine the Englishmen foorth till they should fall into the laps of foure other gallies which they laid as it had béene in ambush Now as the enimies line 60 wished so it came to passe for the Englishmen perceiuing their vessels in danger to be burnt of the enimies ran euerie man aboord to saue the ships and goods within them and amongst the rest sir Iohn Clearke their capteine meaning to take such part as his men did got aboord also and streight falling in pursute of the gallie that withdrew for the purpose aforesaid the Englishmen were shortlie inclosed with the other gallies before they were aware not knowing what shift to make to auoid the present danger Sir Iohn Clearke perceiuing how the case stood laid about him like a giant causing his companie still to draw backe againe whilest he resisting the enimies did shew such proofe of his valiancie that they were mâ—â—h astonished therewith To be short he so manfullie behaued himselfe that the most part of his companie had time to recouer land but when he that had â—hus preserued others shuld leape forth of the ship to saue himselfe he was striken in the thigh with an ax that downe he fell and so came into the enimies hands being not able to recouer that hurt for his thigh was almost quite cut off from the bodie so that he died of that and other hurts presentlie leauing a remembrance behind him of manie worthie acts through his valiancie atchiued to his high praise and great commendation The barke of Yorke was also lost the same time being a proper vessell and now taken suddenlie sanke with all that were aboord in hir both Englishmen and the enimies also that were entered into hir thinking to carrie hir awaie About the same time the duke of Britaine returning into his countrie vnder the conduct of sir Thomas Percie and sir Hugh Caluerlie landed at a hauen not far from saint Malo the fourth day of August being receiued with vnspeakeable ioy of the Britaines as well lords as commons so that the louing harts which they bare towards him might well appeare although the loue which he bare to the king of England had caused his subiects in fauor of France to kéepe him manie yeares foorth of his dukedome as a banished prince but at length they being ouercome with irkesomnesse of his long absence with generall consents sent for him home so that there were but few of the British nobilitie that withdrew their dutifull obedience from him and those were onlie such as firmelie linked in seruice with the French king were loth to forgo such roomes and dignities as vnder him they inioied namelie the constable of France sir Berthram de Cleaquin the lord Clisson the lord de Rohen and the lord Rochfort and certeine others The lord de la Uall amongst other came to him as we find in Thomas Walsingham offering him his seruice as well as the residue At his landing he was likelie to haue lost all such furniture as well of vittels apparell hangings bedding armour and other things which either he or his traine had brought with them For the French gallies espieng their time immediatlie as he and his companie were set on land before the ships in which the said furniture was fraught could enter the hauen which was somewhat streight and narrow came vpon them and had them at such aduantage that if sir Hugh Caluerlie with his archers had not caused the master of his ship euen against his will to returne againe to the rescue the gallies had taken and gone awaie with the other ships but through the manfull prowes of sir Hugh the gallies were repelled the ships saued for according to his woonted valiancie he would not returne till he saw all other in safetie then defending himselfe so well as he might withdrew into the hauen and landed safelie with the residue About the same time was an hainous murther committed in London of a merchant Genowes whom certeine English merchants vpon spite and enuie which they bare towards him caused to be slaine one euening in the stréet before his own gates The cause that mooued the merchants so to procure his death was for that he vndertooke to furnish this land hauing the staple allowed him at Southhampton of all such wares as came foorth of Leuant so plentifullie as
their lords and not to come to any court except it were to the great léet twise in the yeare When the king heard such presumptuous requests he was in a great chafe dispatched the messengers awaie with a sore threatning answer saieng that bondmen they were and bondmen they should be and that in more vile manner than before to the terrible example of all other that should attempt any the like disorders and foorthwith the earle of Buckingham and the lord Thomas Percie brother to the earle of Northumberland were sent with an armie to represse those rebels whome they found fortified within woods hedges and ditches verie stronglie but with small adoo they were put to flight about fiue hundred of them slaine the residue saued themselues as well as they might by succour of the woods There were eight hundred horsses also taken which those rebels had there with them to draw and carrie their baggage Those of the rebels that escaped were not yet so tamed by that ouerthrow but that assembling themselues togither in a rowt they made towards Colchester and comming thither would haue persuaded the townesmen to haue ioined with them in a new rebellion But when they could not bring their purpose to passe they marched towards Sudburie The lord Fitz Walter and sir Iohn Harleston vnderstanding which waie they tooke followed them with a companie of armed men and suddenlie setting vpon them as they were making their proclamations slue of them so manie as it liked them and the other they saued and suffered to depart or else committed them to prison After this the king came to Hauering at the bowre and from thence to Chelmisford where he appointed sir Robert Trisilian to sit in iudgement of the offendors and rebels of that countrie wherevpon an inquest being chosen a great number were indited arreigned found giltie so that vpon some one gallowes there were nine or ten hanged togither In euerie countrie were like inquiries made and the chéefe offendors apprehended and put to death in euerie lordship through the realme where anie of them were detected by ten twelue twentie thirtie yea and in some places by fortie at once so that the whole number grew to fifteene hundred and aboue At the first when the kings iustices began to sit in Essex Kent and at London by reason of the multitude that were to be executed they onelie chopped off their heads but afterwards when that kind of death seemed too close and secret for so open offenses they proceeded according to the accustomed law of the realme by condemning them to be drawne and hanged and according thervnto they were executed In the meane time the king by the aduise of his councell directed his letters reuocatorie into euerie countie there to be proclamed in euerie citie borrow towne and place as well within the liberties as without by the which letters he reuoked made void line 10 and frustrate his former letters of infranchising the bondmen of his realme and commanded that such as had the same letters should without delaie bring them in and restore them to him and his councell to be cancelled as they would answer vpon their faith and allegiance which they owght to him and vpon paine of forfeiting all that they had The date of which letters reuocatorie was at Chelmesford the second daie of Iulie in the fift yeare of his reigne When the king had quieted the countie of Essex line 20 and punished such as were the chéefe sturrers of that wicked commotion in those parts he went to saint Albons to sée iustice doone vpon such as had demeaned themselues most presumptuouslie against the kings peace in that towne namelie against the abbat and his house who sought to defend themselues vnder a colour of fréendship that they trusted to find in some persons about the king But that trust deceiued them and procured the more displeasure against them for that they would not sue for fauour line 30 at the abbats hands in time by submitting themselues vnto his will and pleasure To be breefe the king came thither with a great number of armed men and archers and caused his iustice sir Robert Trisilian to sit in iudgement vpon the malefactors that were brought thither from Hertford gaile Thither was brought also to the king from Couentrie Iohn Ball preest whome the citizens of Couentrie had taken and now here at saint Albons they presented him to the kings presence wherevpon he line 40 was arreigned and condemned to be drawne hanged and headed for such notable treasons as he was there conuicted of He receiued iudgement vpon the saturdaie the first daie that the said sir Robert Trisilian sat in iudgement but he was not executed till the mondaie following This man had beene a preacher the space of twentie yeares and bicause his doctrine was not according to the religion then by the bishops mainteined he was first prohibited to preach in anie church or chappell and when he ceassed not for line 50 all that but set foorth his doctrine in the streets fields where he might haue audience at length he was committed to prison out of the which he prophesied that he should be deliuered with the force of twentie thousand men and euen so it came to passe in time of the rebellion of the commons When all the prisons were broken vp and the prisoners set at libertie he being therefore so deliuered followed them at Blackeheath when the greatest multitude was there got togither as some write line 60 he made a sermon taking his saieng or common prouerbe for his theame wherevpon to intreat When Adam delu'd and Eue span Who was then a gentleman and so continuing his sermon went about to prooue by the words of that prouerbe that from the beginning all men by nature were created alike and that bondage or seruitude came in by iniust oppression of naughtie men For if God would haue had anie bondmen from the beginning he would haue appointed who should be bond who free And therefore he exhorted them to consider that now the time was come appointed to them by God in which they might if they would cast off the yoke of bondage recouer libertie He counselled them therefore to remember themselues and to take good hearts vnto them that after the manner of a good husband that tilleth his ground and riddeth out thereof such euill wéeds as choke and destroie the good corne they might destroie first the great lords of the realme and after the iudges and lawiers questmoongers and all other whom they vndertooke to be against the commons for so might they procure peace and suertie to themselues in time to come if dispatching out of the waie the great men there should be an equalitie in libertie no difference in degrées of nobilitie but a like dignitie and equall authoritie in all things brought in among them When he had preached and set foorth such kind of
plainelie to subscribe to king Edwards will in the disheriting of his sister Marie and alledging manie reasons and arguments for the legitimation of both the kings sisters was in the Guildhall in London arreigned and attainted of treason namelie for aiding the duke of Northumberland with horsse and men against the line 30 queene as aforesaid At the same time also the ladie Iane of Suffolke who for a while was called queene Iane and the lord Gilford hir husband the lord Ambrose and lord Henrie Dudleie sonnes to the duke of Northumberland were likewise arreigned and attainted and thervpon led backe againe to the tower In the beginning of Ianuarie next following Charles the fift emperor sent into England an honorable ambassage amongest whome was the Conte de Aiguemont admerall of the low countries line 40 with Charles Conte de la Laing Iohn de Montmorancie lord of Curriers and the chancellor Nigre with full commission to conclude a mariage betwéene Philip prince of Spaine his sonne heire and queene Marie as you haue heard which ambassage tooke such place that shortlie after all things were finished accordinglie ¶ On the fouretéenth of Ianuarie doctor Stephan Gardiner bishop of Winchester lord chancellour of England in the chamber of presence at Westminster line 50 made to the lords nobilitie and gentlemen an oration verie eloquent wherein he declared that the queenes maiestie partlie for amitie and other weightie considerations had after much sute on the emperours and prince of Spaines behalfe made determined by the consent of the councell and nobilitie to match hir selfe with the said prince in most godlie and lawfull matrimonie and declared further that she should haue for hir iointer thirtie thousand ducats by the yeare with all the low countrie of Flanders line 60 and that the issue if there happened anie betwéene them two lawfullie begotten should be heire as well to the kingdome of Spaine as also to the said low countrie He said therefore that they were all bound to thanke God that so noble worthie and famous a prince would vouchsafe so to humble himselfe as in this marriage to take vpon him rather as a subiect than otherwise For the queene hir councell should rule all things as she did before and that there should be of the councell no stranger neither to haue custodie of any forts or castels c nor to beare anie rule or office in the quéenes house or else where in all England with diuerse other articles there by him rehearsed Wherefore he said the quéenes pleasure and request was that like good subiects for hir sake they would most louinglie receiue him with reuerence ioie and honour On the next daie the lord maior of London with his bretheren the aldermen were sent for to the court and to bring with them fortie of the head commoners of the citie vnto whome before the councell the lord chancellor made the like oration desiring them to behaue themselues like good subiects with all humblenesse and reioising But this marriage was not well thought of by the commons nor much better liked of manie of the nobilitie who for this and for the cause of religion conspired to raise war rather than to see such change of the state Of the which conspiracie though there were manie confederats yet the first that shewed force therein was one sir Thomas Wiat a knight in Kent who in verie deed was driuen to preuent the time of the purposed enterprise by this hap Diuerse of the partakers in this conspiracie being withdrawne from London where they had deuised their drift home into their countries amongst whome the said sir Thomas Wiat was one it fell out that whilest he was returned into Kent where his lands and liuings chieflie laie a gentleman of that shire one to the said sir Thomas Wiat most déere was by the councell for other matters committed to the Fléet Wherevpon he verelie suspecting his secrets were bewraied had no other shift as he tooke it but to put on armour and to begin the attempt before the time appointed with his complices And herevpon giuing intelligence of his determination to his associats as well at London as else-where on the thursdaie next following being the fiue and twentith of Ianuarie at Maidstone being accompanied with master Thomas Isleie and others published a proclamation against the quéenes marriage desiring all his neighbors fréends and Englishmen to ioine with him and others to defend the realme in danger to be brought in thraldome vnto strangers and herewith he gat him to Rochester and met with sir George Harper by the waie that was one appointed afore to ioine with him in that quarrell They brake vp the bridge at Rochester and fortified the east part of the towne staid there abiding the comming of more strength and in the meane while suffered all passengers to passe quietlie thorough the towne to London or to the sea taking nothing from them but onelie their weapons In the meane while sir Henrie Isleie Anthonie Kneuet esquier and his brother William Kneuet were busie in west Kent to raise the people there and likewise in east Kent there were other that were of the same confederacie which set forth the like proclamations at Milton Ashford and other towns there in that part of the shire and thus in each part of Kent in a maner was great stur But yet such was the diligence and warie circumspection of Iohn Twine at that present maior of Canturburie for that he misliked their disordered attempts that there was not any of that citie knowne to stur or go forth to ioine themselues with the said sir Thomas Wiat or with anie other of his confederats and yet verelie the more part of the people in all other parts of that shire were maruellouslie affected to the said sir Thomas Wiats quarrell doubting that which might follow of the quéenes matching hir selfe thus with a stranger At Milton when a gentleman of those parts named Christopher Roper went about to resist them that set forth this proclamation he was taken and conueied to Rochester vnto master Wiat. Likewise maister Tucke and maister Dorrell iustices of peace were fetched out of their owne houses likewise brought to Rochester where they with the said Roper were kept as prisoners Sir Thomas Wiat had written vnto sir Robert Southwell shiriffe of Kent to moue him in respect of the preseruation of the common-wealth now in danger to be ouerrun of strangers through the pretensed marriage if it should go forward to ioine with him and others in so necessarie a cause for the disappointing of the same marriage and to worke so with the lord of Aburgauennie with whom he might doo much that it might please him also to ioine with them But as well the said sir Robert Southwell as line 10 the said lord of Aburgauennie and one George Clerke assembled themselues with such power as they might make against the
discharged of such their oth and also from all fealtie and seruice which was due to hir by reason of hir gouernment c. Héere hath euerie true subiect to sée whether Felton was not a fréend to Pius Quintus in so easilie being induced and drawne to prefer his procéedings against the lords annointed for whose sake if he had had a thousand liues true loialtie would haue inuited him to the losse of them all if occasion had so required considering that hir maiestie hath alwaies deserued well of hir people for whome she euer had a tender care as one reporteth that saith he heard with his owne ears hir maiestie commending hir subiects to the carefull and wise gouernment of hir councell and iudges when shée spake thus vnto them Haue care ouer my people You haue my place Doo you that which I ought to doo They are my people Euerie man oppresseth them and spoileth them without mercie They cannot reuenge their quarell nor help themselues See vnto them see vnto them for they are my charge I charge you euen as God hath charged me I care not for my selfe my life is not deare to me my care is for my people I praie God whosoeuer succéed me be as carefull as I am They which might know what cares I beare would not thinke I tooke anie great ioie in wearing the crowne Could a mother speake more tenderlie for hir infant than this good quéene speaketh for hir people And shall the people be so vngratious to a prince so gratious as to attempt anie thing that should discontent hir highnesse A mercifull hart shée hath alwaies had before shee atteined the crowne a mercifull hart shée hath now possessing the scepter manie times remitting and pardoning offenses intended and practised against hir owne person which C. O. noteth in his Eirenarchia siue Elisabetha speaking of hir maiestie in this point verie trulie vncontrollablie Nobilis praestans est ignoscentia virtus Haec quanquam potis est si vult excelsior vis Mentis inest iram strictis compescit habenis Delictis mulctam grauibus quandóque remittens Hoc priuata priùs nondum diademate sumpto Fecerat hoc facit princeps diademate sumpto The seauen and twentith of Male Thomas Norton and Christopher Norton of Yorkshire being both condemned of high treason for the late rebellion in the north were drawen from the tower of London to Tiborne and there hanged headed and quartered In this yeare also conspired certeine gentlemen with other in the countie of Norffolke whose purpose was on Midsummer daie at Harlestone faire with sound of trumpet and drum to haue raisâ—d a number and then to proclame their diuelish pretense against strangers and others This matter was vttered by Thomas Ket one of the conspiracie vnto Iohn Kenseie who foorthwith sent the same Ket with a conestable to the next iustice before whome and other iustices he opened the whole matter Wherevpon maister Drue Drurie immediatlie apprehended Iohn Throckmorton and after him manie gentlemen of the citie of Norwich and the countie of Norffolke who were all committed to prison and at the next sessions of goale deliuerie at the castell of Norwich the seauentéenth of Iulie before sir Robert Catlin knight lord chéefe iustice Gilbert Gerard the quéenes attornie generall and other iustices ten of them were indicted of high treason and some others line 10 of contempt Diuerse of them were condemned and had iudgement the one and twentith of August and afterward thrée of them were hanged bowelled and quartered which were Iohn Throckmorton of Norwich gentleman who stood mute at his arreignment but at the gallows confessed himselfe to be the chéefe conspirator and that none had deserued to die but he for that he had procured them With him was executed Thomas Brooke of Rolsbie gentleman on the thirtith of August and George Dedman of Cringleford line 20 gentleman was likewise executed the second of September The fourth of August the duke of Norffolke was remooued from the tower of London to the Charterhouse néere vnto Smithfield The same daie was arreigned at the Guildhall of London Iohn Felton for hanging the foresaid bull of pope Pius Quintus on the gate of the bishop of Londons palace and also two yoong men for coining clipping of coine who all were found guiltie of high treason and had line 30 iudgement to be drawne hanged quartered The eight of August Iohn Felton was drawen from Newgate into Paules churchyard and there hanged on a gallows new set vp that morning before the bishops palace gate and being cut downe aliue he was bowelled and quartered After this the same morning the shiriffes returned to Newgate and so to Tiborne with two yoong men which were there executed for coining and clipping as is aforesaid The two and twentith of August the earle of Sussex line 40 lord lieutenant generall for the queenes maiestie in the north and the lord Scroope warden of the west marches with diuerse others marched from Carleill with the quéens armie and force of the north as well of horssemen as footmen into Scotland passing ouer the riuers of Eske Leuine Sarke which riuer of Sarke parteth England and Scotland and so to Dornocke wood belonging to Edward Urone the lord of Bonshow and then to Annan a strong house of the lord Harris which they rased and ouerthrew line 50 with others thereabouts from thense to Hodham which they burnt and blew vp from thense to Kennell a towne belonging to the lord Cowhill which they burnt from thense to Donfrise which they sacked and spoiled of such paltrie as the fugitiues had left and also rased and ouerthrew a sumptuous house belonging to the quéene of Scots in the kéeping of the lord Harris Then passing the riuer of Longher they burnt and spoiled Cowhilles and Powtracke and returned to Donfrise and so to the towne of Bankend which they burnt with another house perteining line 60 to william Maxwell of the Iles and so to the castell of Carlauarocke standing in a marish iust to an arme of the sea which parteth Annerdale and Gallowaie which castell they blew vp and returned homeward transporting their ordinance ouer quick-sands and bogs where neuer the like was doone before and so came to Dornocke wood The eight of August they marched towards Carleill where by the waie they burnt and ouerthrew two houses the one being Arthur Greams alià s Carleill the other rich George two notable théeues The same daie at night after the lord lieutenants comming to Carleill he made knights sir Edward Hastings sir Francis Russell sir Ualentine Browne sir William Hilton sir Robert Stapleton sir Henrie Curwen sir Simon Musgraue This yéere the fift of October chanced a terrible tempest of wind and raine both by sea and land by meanes whereof manie ships perished much hurt was doone in diuerse parts of the realme as by a little pamphlet set foorth
my selfe to giue you cause to thinke your good will not ill bestowed and striue to make my selfe worthie for such subiects And now for your petition I shall praie you for this present to content your selues with an answer without answer Your iudgement I condemne not neither doo I mistake your reasons line 20 but praie you to accept my thankefulnesse excuse my doubtfulnesse and take in good part my answer answerlesse wherein I attribute not so much to mine owne iudgement but that I thinke manie particular persons maie go before me though by my degrée I go before them Therefore if I should saie I would not doo what you request it might peraduenture be more than I thought and to saie I would doo it might perhaps bréed perill of that you labour to preserue being more than in line 30 your owne wisedoms and discretions would séeme conuenient circumstances of place and time being dulie considered Thus far the procéeding against the Scotish quéene as the same is reported by R. C. Now followeth the publication of the same which was doone with great port and statelinesse For vpon tuesdaie being the sixt daie of December the lord maior of London assisted with diuers earls and barons line 40 the aldermen in their scarlet gownes the principall officers of the citie the greatest number of gentlemen of the best accompt in and about the citie with the number of fourescore of the most graue worshipfullest citizens in cotes of veluet and chaines of gold all on horsse backe in most solemne and statelie maner by the sound of foure trumpets about ten of the clocke in the forenone made open and publike proclamation and declaration of the sentence latelie giuen by the nobilitie against line 50 the quéene of Scots vnder the great seale of England bearing date at Richmont the fourth daie of December being openlie read by master Sebright towne-clerke of London with lowd voice solemnelie proclamed by the sargent at armes of the said citie in foure seuerall places to wit at the crosse in Cheape at the end of Chancerie lane in Fleetstreet ouer against the Temple at Leaden hall corner and at saint Magnus corner néere London bridge During which time the like solemne proclamations line 60 were made with great solemnities in the countie of Middlesex namelie in the palace at Westminster without Temple barre and in Holborne by the shiriffes of London and Midlesex assisted with sundrie noblemen gentlemen of good account and the iustices of peace of the said countie to the great and woonderfull reioising of the people of all sorts as manifestlie appeared by their eger running after the portlie traine their thronging to heare the same published their ringing of bels making of bonfires and singing of psalmes in euerie stréet and lane of the citie The said proclamation followeth A true copie of the proclamation latelie published by the queenes maiestie vnder the great seale of England for the declaring of the sentence latelie giuen against the queene of Scots in forme as followeth ELisabeth by the grace of God quéene of England France and Ireland defender of the faith c. Whereas we were giuen to vnderstand very crediblie though to our great greefe that diuerse things were and of late time had beene compassed imagined and resolutelie intended tending directlie to the hurt and destruction of our roiall person and to the subuersion of the state of our realme by forren inuasions and rebellions at home as well by the quéene of Scots remaining in our realme vnder our protection as by manie diuerse other wicked persons with hir priuitie who had fréelie confessed the same and had therevpon receiued open triall iudgement and execution according to the lawes for their deserts And though in verie truth we were greatlie and deeplie gréeued in our mind to thinke or imagine that anie such vnnaturall and monstrous acts should be either deuised or willinglie assented vnto against vs by hir being a princesse borne and of our sex and bloud and one also whose life honor we had manie times before saued and preserued yet were we so directlie drawne to thinke all the same to be true by the sight and vnderstanding of such proofes as were manifestlie produced afore vs vpon matters that had as well procéeded from hir selfe as from the conspirators themselues who voluntarilie fréelie without anie coercion had confessed their conspirations both iointlie with hir and directed by hir against our person and our realme and therefore also we saw great reason to thinke the same ouer dangerous to be suffered to passe onward to take their full effect Wherefore we were by sundrie lords of our nobilitie and others our louing subiects earnestlie mooued and counselled to take vndelaied order for the inquisition and examination of all these dangerous enterprises conspiracies by sundrie waies directlie auowed to be by the said quéen of Scots against vs and our realme certeinlie intended and also to vse all present meanes with expedition to withstand or rather to preuent the same And for that we were verie vnwilling to procéed against hir considering hir birth and estate by such vsuall sort as by the common lawes of the realme we might haue lawfullie doone which was by indictment and arreignment by ordinarie iuries therefore in respect both of our owne honor and of hir person we yéelded by good aduise giuen to vs to procéed in the most honorable sort that could be deuised within our realme to the examination hereof according to a late act of parlement made the thrée and twentith daie of Nouember in the seuen and twentith yeare of our reigne Wherevpon by our commission vnder our great seale of England bearing date at our castell of Windsore in our countie of Barkeshire the sixt daie of October now last past we did for that purpose according to that statute assigne name and appoint all the lords and others of our priuie councell and so manie other earls and barons lords of parlement of the greatest degrée and most ancient of the nobilitie of this our realme as with the same lords and others of our priuie councell made vp the number of fortie and two adding also thereto a further number according to the tenor of the foresaid act of parlement of certeine of the cheefest and other principall iudges of the courts of record at Westminster amounting in the whole to the number of fortie and seuen to examine all things compassed and imagined tending to the hurt of our roiall person as well by the said quéene of Scots by the name of Marie the daughter heire of Iames the fift late king of Scots commonlie called the quéene of Scots Dowager of France as by anie other by hir priuitie and all the circumstances thereof therevpon according to the tenor of the said act of parlement to giue sentence or iudgment as vpon good proofe the matter vnto them should appeare as line 10 by the same commission more fullie appeareth And where
to helpe the poore with monie or vittels needfull To make malt of oates in countries where there hath béene vse thereof No waste of bread corne superfluouslie nor anie expense thereof but for féeding of people None suffered to make starch of anie graine Able poore people to be set to worke Stocks of monie for prouision of works for poore people Clothiers to continue their worke-folks line 10 Souldiors hurt and impotent people to be relieued in their dwelling places That no millers be suffered to be common buiers of corne nor to sell meale but to attend to the true grinding of the corne brought to vse measurable tole these deare seasons Conferences to be had betwixt the iustices of peace in the shires and the principall officers of cities and townes corporat for prouisions of graine for the inhabitants in cities and corporat towns Order for places exempted from the iurisdiction line 20 of the iustices of peace in the bodies of the shires Regard to staie all transportation of graine out of the realme Certificat to be made of the execution of these orders monethlie to the shiriffe and he to certifie the same to the priuie councell within euerie fortie daies To certifie what iustices be absent from the seruice that such as without iust excuse shall not attend maie be displaced and their rooms if there be need supplied The conclusion of these orders is this Ad verbum That if anie shall offend against the true meaning line 30 of these instructions or of anie part thereof or shall vse anie sinister meane to the defrauding thereof that such be seuerelie punished according to the lawes and for such obstinat persons as shall not conforme themselues the iustices shall at their plesure bind them to appeare before the quéenes maiesties priuie councell by a daie certeine there to be further delt with by seuere punishment for the better example of all others Now as Holinshed and such as with painfull care and loue to their countrie haue thought good before me to knit vp the seuerall reigne of euerie seuerall king with a generaltie of the seuerall writers in that princes daies So haue I béene importuned by manie of my friends to knit vp the said whole historie with a particular catalog of all such as haue purposelie in seuerall histories of this realme or by the waie in the histories of other countries written of England and English matter For which cause line 50 with the title of other anonymall chronicles I haue here for that purpose by order of alphabet set downe the same Wherein although I shall not set downe euerie mans name nor of what time qualitie euerie one was for he is not liuing I suppose that can doo the same yet hauing doone my good will therein and that more than perhaps some others would haue doone I praie thée to beare with the defaults and accept that which I haue doone and could doo And although perhaps I maie set downe line 60 one man twise as first by his name and then set downe the worke without his name as another seuerall thing yet is it not of purpose doone or to the end that I would make a great shew and séeme ambitious of names or knowledge but for that I haue not as yet atteined to that perfection which hereafter I hope to doo in distinguishing of the same For Rome was not built in one daie yet if one daies foundation thereof had not beene first laid it had neuer béene after builded and so to the matter A Abbo Floriacensis liued in the time of Dunstane archbishop of Canturburie to whome he dedicated his booke Abbas Wiseburgensis Nicholaus Adams liued in the daies of king Edward the sixt Alfric Abbas Alfric that gathered the liues of the saints in Saxonie which I sometimes had it maie be that these two were all one man Alfridus Beuerlacensis thesaurarius whom Leland calleth Aluredus Fibroleganus Alanus abbat of Teukesburie one of the foure that writ the Quadrilogium of Thomas Becket in the time of king Iohn Alexander Hessebiensis he writ Epitome Britannicae historiae Alexander Somersetensis Alexander Staffordiensis Aelius Spartianus Alured or Alfred king of England in the yeare of Christ nine hundred and thrée Adam Merimuth canon of Paules in the reigne of Richard the second Anianus Marcellinus Richardus Angeruil surnamed De Berie bishop of Durham died in the yeare of our Lord one thousand thrée hundred fortie and fiue Antoninus Arnold of London in the time of king Henrie the eight Asserius Meneuensis Aurelius or Aluredus Riualensis Robert Auersberie B Sir Nicholas Bacon knight lord kéeper of the great seale vnto queene Elisabeth Benedictus Claudiocestrensis Balantine a Scot William Baldwin liued in the time of king Edward the sixt Stephan Batemaine died in the yere one thousand fiue hundred eightie and foure Beda an English Saxon died in the yere of Christ seuen hundred thirtie and two G. de Barrie archdeacon of S. Dauids writ the life of Remigius bishop of Lincolne Iohn Bale flourished in the time of Edward the sixt Barnardus Andreas writ a chronicle intituled Liber Barnardi Andreae Tolosati poetae laureati regij historiographi de vita atque gestis Henrici septimi in whose time he flourished Robert Boston in the time of Edward the second Rafe Baldocke bishop of London vnder Edward the second Peter Basset in the time of Henrie the fift whose life he did write Robert Bale recorder of London he died in the yere of our Lord one thousand foure hundred thrée score and one about the latter end of the reigne of Richard the second Edmund Bedenhame writer of the chronicles of Rochester Iohn Bramus and not Bromus as saith Bale a moonke of Tedford Iohn Bracklow a Benedictine moonke in the yeare one thousand two hundred fourtéene Iohannes Brompton historiae vetus quam contulit Iornal monasterio as hath Mathew Parker In vitis episcop Cantu Ferdinando Blake liued in the yeare of Christ one thousand fiue hundred foure score and foure Bodinus Iohn Bouchet a Frenchman of Aquitaine Nicholas Brodingham or Brodringham Iohn Bosue of Burie Blondus Foroliuiensis Henrie Bradshaw borne in Chester a blacke moonke there in the time of Henrie the eight Iohn Burgh a moonke in the daies of K. Edward the third Nicholas Bungeie borne in a towne of the same name in Northfolke in the daies of king Henrie the sixt sir Iohn Bourchier knight lord Barnes translated Froissard Bullerus Roger Bond Thomas Buckhurst lord Buckhurst now liuing Stephan Birchington George Buckhanan liued in the yere of our Lord one thousand fiue hundred and foure score C Thomas Castleford sir William Cicill knight lord Burleigh lord treasuror of England now liuing William Caxton liued in the daies of king Edward the fourth Campbell Carion a Germane Caradocus Lancarnauensis liued in the daies of K. Stephan Iulius Caesar a Romane Iohn Capgraue borne in Kent an Augustine frier died in the fourth yere of king
Excheker and the officers vnto the same by whome instituted 8 a 60. Remooued from Westminster to Northhampton 173 a 10. It and the kings bench remooued vnto Shrewesburie 278 b 10. Excuse of Edward the first to auoid an inconuenience 308 a 60. Of the clergie to be frée from subsidies c 301 b 40. ¶ Sée Couetousnesse Exham field ¶ Sée Battell Exton knight a murtherer of king Richard the second 517 a 10. His too late repentance and sorrow a 20. Extortion of William Rufus made him â—uill spoken of amongest his subiects 23 b 10. An ordinance against it 260 b 10. ¶ Sée Oppression Usurie F. FActions of Yorke and Lancaster vnpossible to be mingled without danger of discord 647 a 40 Faire kept at Westminster at saint Edwards tide 241 a 30 Fiftéene daies togither 247 a 20. Of Lewis the French kings sonne in derision 200 b 10. At Bristow robbed 263 b 50 Falois beséeged and rendered vp to king Henrie the fift 561 b 10 60. ¶ Sée Arlet Falshood betwixt brethren 32 a 60 Familie of loue fiue of that sect stood at Paules crosse 1261 b 30. Proclamation against them note 1314 a 60 b 10. Famine extreme within Rone 566 b 20. Richard the second died therof 516 b 60. Suffred 68 b 20. The cause why Rone was surrendred 167 b 60. Refused and death by the sword chosen 166 a 20. The punishment of witchcraft 204 a 10. Lamentable 323 b 40. ¶ Sée Pestilence Farrer an haberdasher of London a sore enimie to the ladie Elisabeth 1159 b 20 30 c Fast generall proclamed and deuoutlie obserued 1427 b 50 Fasts processions vsed 260 a 10 Fauour ¶ Sée People Fecknam ¶ Sée Abbat Fées ¶ Sée Annuities Feare causeth want of spéech 659 b 30. Made king Edward the fourth forsake his kingdome 675 a 60 b 10. What it forceth men vnto 293 a 20. Causeth restitution of wrongfull deteined townes 311 b 20. Forceth agréement note 114 b 20. Among the people assembled at the duke of Summersets execution 1068 a 50 b 10 ¶ Sée Suspicion Fergusa a Lombard betraieth the duke of Clarence 580 a 10 Felton ¶ Sée Bull seditious Ferdinando archduke of Austrich made knight of the garter 882 a 60 Ferrers lord of misrule at a Christmas at the court his behauiour and port 1067 a 60 b 10 c Ferrers knight William taken prisoner 33 a 40 Ferrers a traitor ¶ Sée Treason Fescampe William his deuises of a plaine song whereabout was strife 13 b 30 Feast rare and roiall 1332 a 60 At quéene Katharins coronation 579 a 10 c Sumptuand full of rare deuises 1434 a 30 Fatherston alià s Constable ¶ Sée Counterfet of king Edward the sixt Feuersham abbeie by whome founded 58 a 20 Fiftéenth granted vnto king Henrie the third by the temporaltie 213 a 10. Of the sixt penie after the rate of mens goods 312 b 20. Of all the mooueables to be found within the realme 207 a 30. Thrée granted 402 a 60. ¶ Sée Subsidie Fight among sparows 397 b 50 Finch knight drowned 1202 b 10 Fine for misdemeanor 704 a 60 Of fiue thousand markes paid to king Henrie the third by the Londoners 208 b 40. For murther 122 b 30. Of a kéeper for a prisoners escape 152 a 20 Fines set on prisoners for their ransoms 144 a 50. Paid for licence to exercise turnements 145 b 60. Set on the nobles by king Iohn for not aiding him against the French king 167 a 20. For not comming to the church 1322. Of priests that had wiues 26 a 30. Extreme leuied vpon the clergie note 201 b 60 202 a 10. Set on the maior of London and the shiriffes 256 b 30 note Set on shiriffes heads 254 a 60. Of foure hundred pounds set vpon aldermens heads of London by king Henrie the seuenth 795 b 60 796 a 10. Sessed vpon them that fauored the Cornish rebels 785 a 10. ¶ Sée Escuage Forfeits and Nobilitie Fire bursteth out of the earth 44 b 40. It the sword Gods angrie angels 1001 b 10 Fish monstrous taken in Norffolke 1355 b 60. Of twentie yards long c note 1259 b 30. Driuen to the English shore 1206 a 40. Like vnto a man 168 a 10 Fishes of the sea fight 225 b 60 115 a 10. Monstrous at Downam bridge in Suffolke 1211 a 50. In Westminster hall after the fall of an high floud 1271 b 50. Fishmongers bound to find â—oure scholers at the vniuersities c note 792 b 10. Sore trobled by the maior of London 440 b 30. An act against them within the citie of London 441 a 50. The statute against them repeled and they restored to their liberties 442 a 60. Benâ—fited by iustice Randolph 1354 a 40 50. Fitzalan William a conspiraâ—or 49 a 10 Fitzarnulfe a Londoner procureth the citizens to reuenge their cause by rebellion he is apprehended and executed 204 a 40 Fitzbaldrike shiriffe of Yorke 10 a 10 Fitzempresse Henrie his returne into England 58 a 20. and is knighted 40 Fitzsergus Gilbert killed his brother note 98 b 40 Fitzgeffreie chamberleine vnto king Richard the first 128 a 60. His death b 60 Fitzhammon Robert his tale to William Rufus 26 b 20 Fitziohn Eustace a conspirator 49 a 10. Slaine 67 a 10 Fitzleo Peter an vsurping pope 44 a 50 Fitzmiles Roger. ¶ Sée Erle Fitzmoris his miserable end 1365 b 60 Fitzosbert his vnnaturall ingratitude and complaint to K. Richard the first against the citie of London 149 a 40. Whie he ware his long beard his oration to the people he is called before the archbishop of Canturburie lord chéefe iustice president of the realme he flieth into the church of saint Marie Bow he is attached his concubines 149 all Is executed the archbishop of Canturburie euill spoken of for his death an old whoremonger and new saint 150 a 10 20 Fitzosborne William earle of Hereford c gouernor of England in duke Williams absence 5 a 10 Fitzroie Oliuer sonne to king Iohn 202 a 20 Fitzscroope Richard in armes against Edrike the rebell 5 a 10 Fitzwalter lord deceaseth in Spaine 450 b 10. Appealeth the duke of Aumerle of treason 512 a 60. He is mainprised 513 b 60. Earle of Sussex his seruice against the Scots he is in great danger note 986 a 20 Fitzwilliams recorder of London his wisedome in a dangerous case 730 b 30 Flanders spoiled by the duke of Glocester 614 b 60. Wholie at the deuotion of Edward the third 354 b 60. Interdicted 358 a 10. Diuerse rodes made thereinto by the English and great spoile doone 454 b 60. Inuaded by the bishop of Norwich 442 b 60. a great part drowned by an exundation 34 a 60. ¶ Sée Erle of Leicester League Flatterie impudent of sir Iohn Bushie to king Richard the second 490 b 60. Used in a sermon note 725 b 40 Notable 727 b 50 60 728 a 10 c. ¶ Sée Dissumulation Fléetwood recorder of London made sargent at law ¶ Sée Sargents
exploit doone by sir Iohn Harleston Sir Iohn Clearke a valiant capteine A policie The duke of Britaine restored to his dukedome Sir Hugh Caluerlie An hainous murther of â— merchant stranger Great 〈◊〉 in the north countrie Great 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 in the death time A notable example of a faithfull prisoner The English â—ame scatteâ—â—d by a terriâ—le tempest The excesse and sumptuous apparell of sir Iohn Arundell There were drowned aboue a thousand men in one place and other as the additions to Ad. Merimuth doo testifie Outragious wickednesse iustlie punished Sir Iohn Deuereux made deputie of Calis The earle of Warwike elected protector The archbishop of Canturburie made lord chancellour The kings halfe sister married the earle of saint Paule A combâ—â—â—â—â—twixt 〈◊〉 A 〈◊〉 Thomaâ—â—â—tringâ—â—â— Triall by â—â—bat in 〈◊〉 case lawfull The order 〈◊〉 the combat The earle Buckingâ—â—â— claimeth 〈◊〉 horsse The esquire 〈◊〉 ouerthrowne The esquier fainteth The knight is iudged the vanquisher The French men spoile burne dâ—uerse townes in the west counâ—â—ie Anno Reg. 4. Froissard The earle of Buckingham sent into Britaine to aid the duke against the French king Knights made by the earle of Buckingham at his entrie into France Knights againe made The iournie of the English armie tâ—rough France The citiâ—â—â— oâ— Râ—â—meâ— saue their corne fielâ—â— from destrâ—eng by sending vittels to the English host Sir Thoâ—â—â— Triuet 〈◊〉 a baroâ—â—â— Knights created Uerne or Uernon The polâ—â—◠〈◊〉 the French king In Angl. 〈◊〉 sub 〈◊〉 The death of Charles the 5 French king Tho. Walsi The French and Spanish gallies chased from the coast of England to Kingsale in Ireland and there vanquished Diuerse townes on the English costs destroied and burnt The abbat of Battell in releuing Winchelâ—â—e is put to flight Grauesend burnt The English host entreth into Britaine Naunts besiged by the Englishmen The siege at Naunts broken vp A peace betwixt the French king and the duke of Britaine The articleâ— of the peace The earle of Buckingham returned into England The Scots inuade the English borders and spoile whole countries carrieng awaie great booties An armie lingering in the north parts greatlie impouerisheth the countrie Additions to Adam Merimuth Treason in letters writteÌ„ by sir Rafe Ferrers to certeine French lords A parlement at Northampton Iohn Kirkbie executed for murthering a merchant stranger A gréeuous subsidie Twelue 〈◊〉 as some 〈◊〉 Thom. Walâ— Wicliffes opinion The cardinal of Praxed Triennals All for monie An armie sent into Portingale to aid the king there against the K. of Castile The coÌ„mons by reason of the great subsidie and other oppressions rise in diuerse parts of the realme Uillaines The beginning of the rebellion at Derford in Kent The commoÌ„s of Essex begin the commotioÌ„ as Wal. saith The armor of the Essex rebels The oth ministred by the rebels to all passengers The commoÌ„s of other shires hearing of the stur in Kent Essex rise in like maner Lawiers iustices iurors brought to blockam feast by the rebels The next way to extinguish right An huge 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Fabian Capteins at the Esseâ— in Kentish 〈◊〉 The rebâ—â—s send to the 〈◊〉 to come 〈◊〉 with them Ill counsell Froiâ—â—ard The rebels spoile Southwarke and 〈◊〉 all prisoners at large The coÌ„mons of London aiders of the rebels All rebels 〈◊〉 tend 〈…〉 but 〈◊〉 purpose destruction 〈◊〉 of king 〈◊〉 countrie The Sauoie the duke of Lancasters house burnt by the rebels Strange dealing of the rebels The iustice of the rebels The lawiers lodgings in the temple burnt by the rebels The lord chaÌ„cellor and the lord treaâ—uror drawne out of the tower and put to death by the rebels Thom. Wals. The raging rebels make a pastime to kill men No respect of place with the rebels The outragious dealing of the rebels The king offereth the rebels pardon Froissard The wicked purpose of the rebels The rebels would haue all law abolished Arrogant and prouâ— words of a villen William Walworth maior of London â— stout couragious man The death of Wat Tiler capteine of the rebels The king persuadeth the rebels Uehement words of the maior of Loâ—â—don to the 〈◊〉 crieng for aid against the rebels An armie without a capteine The rebels quite discouraged threw downe their weapons at the comming of the Londoners in aid â—f the king Abraham Fleming out of Henrie Knighton canon of Leicester abbeie The like there was granted to them of other countries as well as to these of Hertforeshire in the same forme the names of the counâ—â—es changed The townesmen of saint Albons not yet quieted The hurting time The 〈…〉 of the Sufolke rebels Sir Iohn Cauendish lord chiefe iustice beheaded The prior of S. Edmundsburie sleine This Edmund Brumfield was câ—â—â—mitted to 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 for his sumptous intrusion 〈◊〉 the abbat◠〈◊〉 Burie Iohn Littester capteine oâ— the Norfolke rebels The earle of Suffolke escapeth from the rebels The Norfolk rebels compell the noblemen gentlemen to be sworne to them Sir Robert Salle slaine by one of his own villains The capteine of the Norfolke rebels forceth the noblemen and gentlemen to serue him at the table A warlike bishop Spenser â—ish of Norwich goeth as capteine against the â—â—bels The fortifieng of the rebels campe The bishop is the first man that chargeth the rebels in their campe The Norfolke rebels vanquished Anno Reg. 5. The capteine once slaine the soldiers faint An armie of fortie thousand horssemen The Kentishmen eftsoones rebell Iack Straw and his adherents executed The maior and fiue aldermen knighted The armes of London augmented by additioÌ„ of the dagger The coÌ„mons of Essex rebell afresh The rebels of Essex are scâ—tered slaine Fabian The rebels executed in euerie lordship The king calleth in his letters of infranchising granted to the bondmen The king remooueth to S. Albons Iohn Ball. Iohn Ball 〈◊〉 prophesie Iohn Ball â—is sermon to â—he rebels Iohn Ball executed at S. Albons The king calleth in by proclamation all â—uch letters of manumission as the abbat of saint Albons had granteâ— to his bondmen The commoÌ„s of Hertfordshire sworne to the king The conâ—esâ—on of Iacke Straw at the time of his death The cause of the late tumults A truce with Scotland Tho. Walsâ— Froissard The capteine of Berwike will not suffer the duke of Lancaster to enter into the towne The duke of Lancaster chargeth the earle of Northumberland with sundrie â—runes The duke of Lancaster the earle of Northumberland come to the parlement with great troops of armed men The Londoners fréends to the earle of Northumberland The lords sit in armour in the parlement house The K. maketh an agréemeÌ„t betwéene the duke of Lancaster the earle of Northumberland The emperours sister affianced to K Richard is receiued at Douer A watershake The kings marriage with the emperors sister The sudden death of the earle of Suffolke The earle of March his good seruice whilest he was deputie in Ireland Wicliffes doctrine Iohn Wraie A