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A31597 The present vvarre parallel'd, or, A briefe relation of the five yeares civil warres of Henry the Third, King of England with the event and issue of that unnaturall warre, and by what course the kingdome was then setled againe / extracted out of the most authenticke historians and records. Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703. 1647 (1647) Wing C1846; ESTC R36298 18,912 26

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their late rebellious carriage had so farre provoked his Majesties patience that he would not so much as admit of their Petition or hearken to any that endeavoured to mediate for them Hereupon they were advised to draw up an Instrument or writing whereby they should yeeld themselves wholy both bodies and goods to the Kings mercie which was done accordingly and sealed with the Common Seale of the Citie His Majestie upon earnest suit unto him accepted hereof giving present expresse command that all the Chaines and Posts which they had placed at every street and lanes end should be forthwith carried to the Tower and that the Mayor and fourty of the chiefe Citizens should repaire unto him the next day and confirme their said writing this was done and they all came accordingly but contrary to their expectation though not deserts were all delivered into the custody of the Constable of Windesore Castle and shut up there in a large Tower where they had small cheere and worse lodging The next day toward night all but five whereof the Mayor was one had their enlargement Those five their bodies and goods were as a boone bestowed on the Prince the rest were commanded to attend at Windesore for a long time after Sixty or seventy wealthy Citizens with all their Lands goods and Chattels did the King dispose to his household servants For the Government of this unruly City the King appointed one Othon a forreiner or stranger first Constable of the Tower and then Custos or Warden of the Citie to pull downe their haughty rebellious spirits and that his Peace for the future might be surely kept he required the best mens sonnes in the City for Hostages These he clapt up in the Tower and caused them to be there kept at the cost and charges of their Parents Daily suit was made unto his Majestie for his Pardon and favour but in vaine then they petition the King to know his gracious pleasure what Fine he would demand of the whole City for their offences against him The King at length signified unto them that the summe of fifty thousand Marks should be their Fine Whereto the Londoners returne this humble answer They had been of late by this unhappie War so exceedingly impoverished that a summe so great as it was in those times could not possibly be raised amongst them wherefore they humbly beseeched his Princely compassion might be so farre extended towards them as to require and accept according to their abilities At length after much suit and submission and a fine of twenty thousand Marks the King received them to mercy and sent them under his great Seale a generall Pardon those onely excepted whose estates were already bestowed granting and allowing that their former Charter and ancient Priviledges should be restored unto them notwithstanding all the transgressions they are the words of the Pardon and trespasses done to Vs to our Queene to our noble brother Richard King of Almaine and the Prince our first begotten sonne And here was the first pacification betwixt the King and the Londoners for whom wee may say thus much That their foule Rebellion against their Soveraigne was not more detestable then their humble submission to their Soveraigne was commendable And therefore in the Ordinance called Dictum de Kenelworth made for the setling of the Kingdome we find them notwithstanding all their disloyalty commended as shall be seen in the ensuing Story After the proud stomach of this City was brought down and all tumultuous spirits quelled the King calls his Parliament in festo Sancti Edvardi Regis to Westminster wherein those that aided and assisted the Earle were all excepting the Londoners attainted and that all their Lands and goods were forfeited But this Sentence though it was lesse then they deserved yet was more then they would endure and therefore the fire that was not yet quencht but smothered breakes forth againe Some flie into the Isle of Ely and fortifie that Some into the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire Another party possesse themselves of Killingworth Castle Another under the command of the Lord Ferrers in the Northerne parts And amongst others one Adam Gurdon lived as an Outlaw in Hampshire * tum rarus aut nullus locus in Anglia fuit tutus eò quod terra erat vespilionibus plena Now scarce any place in England was free from plunderers To reduce these to obedience the King undertakes Killingworth Castle The Prince was sent against Adam Gurdon Lord Edmond the Prince's brother against those in Axholme And Lord Henry the King of Almaines son against the Lord * Ferrers To the Rebels in Killingworth Castle the King sent first a gracious message willing them to desist and to returne to their obedience But they contrary to all Law of Armes contrary to natural civilitie cut off the Messengers hand and sent him back with an uncivil answer Then the King marcht to Killingworth and sate downe before it upon Midsummer Eve During the siege which lasted six Months Clerus populus convocantur duod●●im eliguntur de potentioribus Procerum prudentioribus Pralatorum quibus datur potestas ordinandi super Statutum exharedatorum c. The Clergie and Laitie are assembled and out of the chiefest of the Peerage and wisest of the Prelates were chosen twelve to whom power was given to pronounce sentence against the Rebels and to settle the peace of the Kingdome they first taking an oath de utilibus ordinandis to decree nothing but what should be for the good of the Common-weale Then the people take a solemne oath Quod dictum ipsorum inviolabiliter observarent that they would stand to their Decree which to this day by our Lawyers is called Dictum de Kenelworth a severe yet a good and wholesome course without effusion of blood to punish Rebellious Subjects The Decree was as followeth In nomine sanctae individuae Trinitatis Amen Ad honorem gloriam Omnipotentis Dei Patris Filij Spiritus Sancti c. Et ad honorem bonum prosperum pacificum statum Christianissimi Principis Domini Henrici Regis Angliae illustris totius Angliae Ecclesiae Nos Willihelmus c. In English thus In the name of the holy and individuall Trinitie Amen For the honour and glory of Almighty God the Father Son and holy Ghost c. And for the honour prosperitie and peace of the most Christian Prince our Soveraigne Lord Henry the most renowned King of England and of the whole Church of England We William Exon William Bath and Wells Henry Worcester and T. St. Davids Bishops Gilbert de Clare E. of Glocester Humphrey Earle of Hereford Philip Basset John Bailof Robert Wallop Alan de la Souch Roger de Somerie and Warren de Basingborn providing for the welfare of the Land c. have thought fit to order as followeth 1. That the Rebels be not wholly deprived of their estates but shall have