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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39971	The Forfeitures of Londons charter, or, An impartial account of the several seisures of the city charter together with the means and methods that were used for the recovery of the same, with the causes by which it came forfeited, as likewise the imprisonments, deposing and fining the lord being faithfully collected out of antient and modern historys, and now seasonably published for the satisfaction of the inquisitive, upon the late arrest made upon the said charter by writ of quo warranto.		1682 (1682)	Wing F1557; ESTC R18801	24,150	37

suffered the Citizens to depart to their respective Habitations The morrow after there were sent into London from the King the Lord Latimer Sir Nicholas Bond Sir Simon Burly and Sir Richard Adderbury to give them a farther Confirmation of the Kings affection towards them and how that he had spoken to the Duke of Lancaster in their behalfs and that he had submitted himself in all things to the King touching their Cause and that it was the Kings pleasure they should do the like and then he would do his endeavour that an Honourable Agreement might be made on the behalf of the City When the Citizens heard this Message they were not well pleased by reason they knew that the King being young must do what was done by Substitutes and that the Duke being powerful at Court would not miss of finding favour yet notwithstanding they promised to submit themselves if so be the afore-mentioned Knights would undertake upon their Oath of Fidelity and Knighthood that they should not suffer either in Body or Goods which they consenting to the Chief Citizens went with them to Sheene where the young King was with his Mother the Duke of Lancaster and a great number of Nobility when the King knew they were come he caused them to be brought before him and in the full Assembly so handled the matter that the Duke and they entred into an intire Amity and perpetual Friendship and after that the Duke behaved himself so Courteously towards the Common people that all their former hatred was turned into Love and Good-will towards him And so much of the Citizens Reconciliation with the Duke of Lancaster and now to my purpose In the 15th Year of the Reign of King Richard the Second Anno. 1392. the Parliament then Sitting and not having concluded upon any speedy way of raising money the King to supply his present Occasions sent to the City to borrow the Summ of a 1000 pounds the which they not only uncourteously refused to lend him but likewise beat and grievously wounded a Lumbard who offered to supply him with the like Summ of which the King being advertized was greately displeased with the Citizens whereupon calling together most of the Peers and Noble men of his Kingdom he complained to them of the froward dealings of the Londoners and desired them to take notice of the Affront they had put upon him When the King had told them his mind the Lords after a short Conference about the matter gave Counsel That it was not only Expedient but very requisite that the Insolent Pride of those presumptious Persons should be speedily Repressed The Citizens of London as it appeareth in those days using their Authority to the utmost had devised and set forth divers Orders and Constitutions to abridge the Liberties of Forreigners that came to the City to utter their Wares which likewise caused great Complaints against them They in many particulars as some Writers affirm having stretched beyond their Bounds all which served but as Fuel to increase the Kings displeasure against them And now because I will omit nothing that may occasion any Objection It is not amiss to give the Reader another Relation though different from the former how the City fell into the Kings displeasure though it was Written by an unknown Author and therefore of what Credit I must leave to the judgement of the Reader many having rejected it as Fabulous and affirm that what is before mentioned was the real occasion that which was pretended being as followeth viz. That one of the Bishop of Salisbury's Servants meeting a Bakers Boy in Fleet-street took out of his Basket a Loaf and utterly refused to restore it again for which when the Boy became Clamorous he broke his head and gave him many blows upon his body which the Inhabitants perceiving they came together and would have taken the Bishops man in order to have conveyed him to Prison but that his Fellow-Servants hearing in what danger he was came to his Rescue and carried him by force into the Bishops house which was at that time in Fleet-street whereupon the multitude increasing they threatned to pull down the house unless the Offender was delivered up and had effected it had not the Mayor and Sheriffs with considerable number of Halberts come in time to appease them and oblige them to depart every man to his own House And that of this the Bishop being advertized made his Complaint to the King and for that cause says this unknown Author was it that the Citizens fell into the Kings displeasure but by this his conclusion it proved fictitious for he tells us that the Cities Charter upon that cause being taken away it was restored by the Intercession of Richard Gravesend and Bishop of London In acknowledgement of which the Citizens for a long time after repaired once a year to his Grave in the Middle Isle of St. Pauls Church c. But that is utterly false for at that time Robert Braybrook was Bishop of London the aforesaid Gravesend having been Bishop in the Reign of Edward the First Anno. 1303. almost 90 years before this time after whom succeeded him in the Bishoprick Ralph Baldock Gilbert Seagrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard Went worth Ralph Stratford Michael Norbrook Simon Sudbury William Courtney and Robert Braybrook who sate Bishop 1381 until the year 1403. Moreover The place of Burial in St. Pauls whereunto the Mayor and Citizens of London were wont to repair was of William who sat Bishop of London in the time of William the Conqueror and of him purchased the Charter of the said City Having thus as I think cleared all Objections that might have been started as to the beginning of the Feud I shall proceed to relate what happened e're the Citizens could appease the Kings Anger After the Lords had given their opinions as is before recited the King commanded that the Mayor Sheriffs and several of the most wealthy Citizens should be Arrested and brought to Nottingham where on the 11th of June in the year aforesaid John Hind the Mayor was Deposed and sent to Windsor-Castle as likewise the Sheriffs one of them being sent to Wallingford-Castle and the other to Odam-Castle and the other Citizens to several adjacent Prisons there to continue till such time as the King with his Councel should determine what should be done in that Affair The Council had not long consulted about it before they Unanimously consented and determined that from thenceforth the Londoners should not chuse nor have any Mayor but that the King should appoint one of his Knights to Govern the City immediately under him and that their Priviledges should be Revoked their Liberties Disanull'd and their Laws Abrogated all which was accordingly done the King immediately appointing for Warden or Governour Sir Edward Darlingrug Impowering him not only to Rule the City but to see the Administration of Justice done in all Cases being stiled Lord Warden of the City and so continued for

the space of Ten days When the King entering the City it being the 1 of July in the 16th year of his Reign he discharged him of the said Office and placed in his stead one Sir Baldwin Radington a right Circumspect and Discreet Gentleman who knew how not only to please the Kings mind but also to retain the good Will of the Citizens by putting them in hopes of the Kings Favour and in time to regain what by their unadvized rashness they had lost as in the end it happened For at the Incessant Intreaties and unwearied Endeavours of several Noble Persons and especially the Duke of Glocester the King began to relent and hearken to the offered Submission of the Citizens fully determining with himself to abate of the Rigor lately imposed especially when he called to mind the Honour and Service they had formerly done him upon several accounts and the great Gifts they had bestowed upon him whereupon he sent for divers of the Chief Citizens to come to him he then keeping his Court at Windsor to shew by what Charters and Grants they held their Liberty Priviledges and peculiar Laws as well the new as the old that so he might determine by the Advice of his Council which should be restored and which abrogated Hereupon when the said Liberties and Priviledges were laid forth to the view of such Persons as were appointed by the King to take them into consideration after a due Examination some were Ratified and Tollerated and others utterly Abrogated and taken away Neither could they for the present recover the Person or Dignity of their Mayor nor obtain the Kings intire favour till they had satisfied the Damages and Injury by them done either to the King or his People and whereas the King had been at great Charges in preparing Forces to Chastize them as he had absolutely determined had they not submitted themselves to his mercy such Charges as he had been at were expected to be payed by the City the Citizens therefore went and in a most Humble manner tendered again their Submission offering as a Recompence and Satisfaction of their Trespasses 10000 pounds a great Summ in those days but they were at that time sent home and a certain day appointed for their appearance not being given in the least to understand what they must pay till the King had advised with his Council about the matter at length at the instance of the Nobility the King was content to pardon all Offences past but first the Citizens were told that the King intended to come from his Mannor of Sheene to London and then undoubtedly upon knowledge had of their good meaning and Loyal Intentions for the future they should obtain his favour The Citizens having received this welcome news did not only prepare themselves to meet him and present him with Gifts of great value but also to adorn deck and trim their City with sumptuous Pageants rich Hangings and gorgeous Furniture in all points as they were wont at a Coronation At the day appointed 3 or 400 of the chief Citizens on Horse-back all in their Liverys presented themselves before him upon the Heath on this side Sheene and in humble wise craved pardon in the name of all the Citizens for their past Offences and besought him to take his way to his Pallace of Westminster through the City of London which request the King granted and so held on his Journey till he came to London-bridge where he was presented with a fair White Steed Saddled Bridled and traped in Cloth of Gold parted with Red and White As likewise to the Queen was given a White Palfrey Saddled Bridled and traped as the former both which were thankfully accepted and so both the King and Queen passing forwards entred the City prepared for their Reception as is before recited and over and above all the substantial Citizens standing on both sides the Streets and as the King approached with audible voice cry'd King Richard King Richard At the Standard in Cheapside was a right sumptuous Stage ordained on which was placed divers Representations and amongst the rest one Dressed like an Angel who holding a Crown of Gold in his hand richly set-with Stones put it upon the Kings head as he passed by as likewise another on the Queens this done the King Rode to St. Pauls Church and there making his Offering took Horse again and Rode to his Pallace at Westminster where the Mayor and Aldermen take their leave of him and returned to London On the Morrow the Mayor and his Brethren went again to Westminster and there being admitted to the Kings presence presented him with two Guilt Basons and in them 2000 Nobles in Gold beseeching him to be a good and gracious Lord to the poor distressed City These Presents he received in Courteous manner and gave them words of Comfort promising to endeavour the forgetting their Offences so that three days after they received a new Confirmation of all their old Liberties at least such as were most advantageous to the City and no Detriment to Forreigners wherefore the Citizens being not a little pleased after some Consideration had they made a Tablet for an Altar all of Silver Guilt with Gold in which was curiously Ingraven the Story of St. Edward the Confessor it being esteemed to be worth 1000 Marks This they presented to the King which he shortly after offered to the Shrine of St. Edward The Londoners believed that by these Gifts they had so far Ingratiated themselves into the Kings favour as to be out of all danger and that no farther trouble could accrue notwithstanding which they were compelled to give the King after all this the Summ of 10000 pounds which was raised by a general Collection amongst the Commons who payed it with great Regret and Grudging Hitherto Reader I have given you an account what has happened to the City of London and what means have been used by the Mayor Aldermen and other Citizens to appease the Anger of such Princes into whose displeasure they had fallen yet to give a greater Confirmation to the truth of what happened in the Reign of King Richard the Second I shall give another Relation of the several Transactions as it was taken out of the Canon of Licester Abby by Henry Knighton In the year says he 1392. the King called a great Council at Stamford on the morrow after Trinity Sunday about certain Affairs concerning the French-men in which Council he assembled together his chief Officers and invited all the old Souldiers that served in former Wars to repair to him that so he might be the better enabled to put in practice what should be advised and concluded on the King also held a great Council at Nottingham at the Feast of St. John Baptist where he caused the Mayor of London with the four and twenty Aldermen the two Sheriffs and four and twenty Commoners of the most principal and wealthy amongst them to be brought before him where he Charged them