and hanged An. Dom. 1335 The Sea banks broke in all through England but specially in the Thames so that all the cattel and beasts near thereunto were drowned An. Dom. 1339 A sudden undation of water at New-Castle upon Tine bare down part of the Town wall where an hundred and twenty men and women were drowned An. Dom. 1350 In Oxfordshire near Chippingnorton was found a Serpent having two heads and two faces like women one face attired of the new fashion of womens attire and the other face like the old attire and wings like a Bâ—tt An. Reg. 25 Men and women perished in divers places with Thunder and Lightning Fiends or Devils and strange apparitions were seen by men and spake unto them as they travelled An. Reg. 36 A great dearth and pestilence in England in which died Henry Duke of Lancaster who was buried at Leicester An. Reg. 38 A great winde in England overturned houses and Church-steeples An. reg 37. A Frost in England lasted from the midst of September to the moneth of April An. Reg. 51 King Edward ended his life at his Mannour of Shene the 21 day of Iune in the year of our Lord 1377. when he had reigned fifty years four moneths and odd daies he was buried at Westminster King Richard of Bourdeaux An. Reg. 1 RIchard the Second the Son of Prince Edward being but eleven years old began his Reign the 21 of Iune in the year of our Lord 1377. in bounty and liberality he far passed all his Progenitors but for that he was young was most ruled by young counsel and regarded nothing the counsel of the sage and wise men of the Realm This thing turned the Land to great trouble and himself to great misery An. Dom. 1388 Iack Straw was beheaded for Rebellion against the King Wat Tyler arrested by the Mayor of the City of High-Treason was slain in Smithfield and all the rest of the crew pardoned by the King An. Reg. 6 A general Earthquake the 21 of May and a water-shaking which made the ships in the Haven to totter An. Reg. 7 Iohn Bale brought to Saint Albans was hang'd drawn and quarter'd Iohn Rawe Captain of the Rebels in Suffolk was hang'd and quarter'd An. Reg. 9 The 18 of Iuly was an Earthquake An. Reg. 11 An. Dom. 1390 The Nobles rise against the King In Oxford the Welsh and Southern Scholars assailed the Northern whereby many murders were committed An. Dom. 1391 The good man of the Cock in Cheap a Brewer at the little Conduit was murdered in the night by a Thief who came in at the gutter window as it was known long after by the same thief when he was condemned for felony His wife was burned in Smithfield and his three men hanged wrongfully An. Dom. 1397 The Earl of Arundel with many more were put to death for that they rebuked the King in matters of State something liberally An. Dom. 1398 Thomas Arundel Arch-bishop of Canterbury was banished the Realm An. Dom. 1399 Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster deceased and was honourably buried in Saint Pauls Church An. Reg. 23 The King exacted great sums of money of seventeen Shires of the Realm and laid to their charges that they had been against him with the Duke of Glocester the Earls of Arundel and Warwick wherefore he went about to induce the Lords both spiritual and temporal to make a submission by writing acknowledging themselves to be Traitors to the King though they never offended him Moreover he compelled them to set their hands to blanks to the end that so often as it pleased him he might oppreâ—â— them An. Reg. 23 But all this made nothing for him but all against him for within a while after he was sent to the Tower till the next Parliament which was begun the morrow after Michaelmas-day at which time he resigned all his power and Knightly title to the Crown of England and France to Henry Duke of Hereford and Lancaster when he had reigned twenty two years three moneths and odd daies Henry the Fourth Henry of Bollengbrook An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Fourth son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was made King of England more by force then by lawful succession or election He began his Reign the 29 of September in the year 1399. An. Reg. 2 The King caused the Blanok Charters to be burnt made to King Richard Iohn Holland late Duke of Exeter Thomas Holland Duke of Surrey Edward Duke of Awmarl Iohn Mountecute Earl of Salisbury Thomas Spencer Sir Ralph Lumley Sir Thomas Blunt Sir Benedict Cely Knights with others conspired against King Henry and appointed privily to murder him but their Treason was found out and they were all put to death King Richard being in Pomfret-Castle died the fourteenth day of February his body was brought to London and so through the City of London to St. Pauls Church bare-faced three daies for all beholders from thence he was carried to Langley and there buried An. Dom. 1402 Certain men affirmed that King Richard was alive for the which a Priest was taken at Warwick who was drawn hanged and quarter'd Walter Waldock Prior of Lawd was likewise hanged and headed and eight grey Friers hanged and headed at London of the which one Richard Fresby Doctor of Divinity was drawn and hanged Sir Roger Claringdon Knight a Esquire and a Yeoman were beheaded at London and divers grey Friers hanged and beheaded and two at Leicester all these had published King Richard to be alive An. Dom. 1407 A Pestilence in London consumed above thirty thousand An. Dom. 1408 A Frost lasted fifteen weeks An. Dom. 1409 Henry Earle of Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph came into England with a great company pretending by Proclamation to deliver the people from the great oppression that they were burdened with but by Sir Thomas Rokebey Sheriff of York-shire he was encountred at Bramhammoor and there slain the Lord Bardolph was likewise wounded to death An. Dom. 1412 After the fortunate chances hapned to King Henry being delivered of all civil division he was taken with sickness and yeelded to God his spirit the 20 of March 1412. when he had reigned thirteen years six moneths and odd daies he was buried at Canterbury Henry of Monmouth An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Fifth began his Reign the 20 of March in the year 1412. This Prince exceeded the mean stature of men he was beauteous of visage his neck long body slender and lean his bones small nevertheless he was of marvellous great strength and passing swift in running An. Dom. 1413 Sir Iohn Old-Castle for divers points touching the Sacrament before the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishop of London VVinchester and others was convicted and committed to the Tower of London out of the which he brake and fled An. Dom. 1414 Certain adherents of Sir Iohn Old-Castle assembled them in Thickets field near London but the King being warned took the field before them and so took of them such numbers that
by the labour of vvell-disposed people the same vvas squenched An. Dom. 1448 Adam Molins Bishop of Chichester Keeper of the Kings Privy Seal vvas by Sea-men slain at Portsmouth Bluebeard a Fuller taken beside Canterbury for raising a Rebellion vvas hanged and quartered An. Dom. 1449 The Duke of Suffolk vvas banished the Land vvho sailing tovvards France vvas met on the Sea by a Man of War and vvas beheaded his corps vvas cast up at Dover The Commons of Kent did rise in great numbers one Iack Cade being their Captain these Rebels did great mischief putting to death vvhom they pleased until at last the King offering them a pardon if they vvould submir they condescended to it Iack Cade their Captain fled and vvas slain in the Wilde of Sussex after this the King went down into Kent and finding who were the chief of this rebellion caused them to be hang'd drawn and quartered the 29. of Iune VVilliam Bishop of Salisbury was murdered by his own Tenants An. Reg. 35 An. Dom. 1456 A great riot was committed in London against the Italians and Lumbards An. Dom. 1457 At Erith were taken four great fishes whereof two were Whales Frenchmen landing at Sandwitch wasted the town and slew the inhabitants An. Reg. 36 Sir Thomas Piercie Lord Egremount and Sir Richard Piercie his brother being prisoners in Newgate brake out by night and went to the King other prisoners took the leads of the gate and defended themselves a long while against the Sheriffs and all other Officers An. Dom. 1458 A fray in Fleetstreet between men of the Court and the inhabitants of the same street in which fray the Queens Atturney was slain for this fact the King committed the Governors of Furnival Clifford and Barnards Inn to prison and William Taylor Alderman of the Ward with many others were sent to Windsor Castle An. Dom. 1459 The science of Printing was found in Germany at Magunce VVilliam Caxton of London Mercer brought it into England in the year 1471. and first practised it at the Abbie of St. Peters at VVestminster An. Reg. 38 The land being miserably divided the King fighting many battels in midst of several dissentions was at last worsted and Edward Earle of March got his kingdome from him An. Reg. 29 Edward Earl of March came to London with a mighty power of March men and accompanied with the Earl of VVarwick the 26 of February where he was joyfully received Edward being elected was proclaimed by the name of Edward the fourth on the fourth of March and King Henry lost his kingdome when he had reigned thritty eight years six months and odd dayes Edward the fourth An. Reg. 1 EDward Earl of March began his reign the fourth of March by the name of Edward the fourth in the year 1460. The twelfth of March VValter VValker Grocer living in Cheapside for speaking some words against King Edward was beheaded The thirteenth of March Edward took his journey towards the North where between Shierburn and Tad-Caster all the North part met him and on Palm Sunday the twenty ninth of March fought a great battel in which were slain Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland Iohn Lord Clifford Iohn Lord Newel Leo Lord VVells and many of rank and quality on both sides to the number of 357 and eleaven persons but King Edward got the field the Duke of Exeter the Duke of Sommerset the Lord of Ross the Lord Hungerford fled to York to King Henry and then with the King and Queen and Prince fled to Barwick and so to Edenborough An. Reg. 3 Queen Margaret landed in the Nâ—rth where having but small succour was fain to take the Sea again and by a tempest of weather was driven to Barwick where she landed but lost her ships and goods Many battels were fought between the two Kings Henry and Edward and much blood was shed on both sides striving for supremacie one while the Commons with some of the Lords would have Henry restored again to his former dignity and another while Edward should rule at length Henry being overpowred was arrested and sent to the Tower where within a while after he was murdered and buried at Chertsey since removed to Windsor An. Reg. 4 A great pestilence and the Thames frozen over An. Reg. 11 Thomas the Bastard of Fauconbridge with a riotous company of shipmen and others of Essex and Kent came to London where being denied passage through the City he fired the gates wâ—n the Bulworks at Algate and entred the City but the Citizens killed them that entred causing the rest to flie pursued them as far as Black wall slaying many An. Reg. 12 King Edward rode into Kent where he caused inquiry to be made of the foresaid riotous persons hanged the rich by the purse and the other by the necks the Major of the town with others were beheaded there Thomas the Bastard of Falkonbridge was taken at Southampton and beheaded An. Reg. 14 The Duke of Exceter was found dead in the Sea between Dover and Callice Iohn Goose was burnt on the Tower hill An. Reg. 17 An. Dom. 1478 King Edward in his progress hunted in Thomas Burdits Park at a Buck and slew many Deer among the which one was a white Buck Thomas Burdit when he understood thereof wished the Bucks head in his bellie that moved the king to do it Burditt was apprehended of treason condemned drawn from the Tower of London to Tiburne and there beheaded An. Reg. 18 An. Dom. 1479 George Duke of Clarence Edwards brothâ—â— in the Tower of London was drowned in a Butt of Malmsey An. Reg. 19 A great dearth and a great sickness in London and divers other parts oâ— the Realme An. Reg. 21 Thieves for robbing St. Martins le grand in London three were drawn to the Tower hill and there hanged and burnt the other were pressed to death An. Reg. 23 King Edward making great proviâ—â—on for war into France ended his life at Westminster the ninth of April in the year 1483. when he had reigned twenty two years one moneth and odd daies he was buried at Windsor he left issue Edward the Prince and Richard Duke of York and five daughters Elizabeth that after was Queen Cicely Ann Katherine and Bridget Edward the fifth An. Reg. 1 EDward the fifth about the age of thiâ—teen years began his reign the ninth of April in the year 1483 which Prince reigned a small space either in pleasure oâ— liberty for his unnatural unkle Richard Duke of Glocester within three months deprived him of his life and Crown as it was generally reported this Edward reigned two months and ten daies Richard Duke of Glocester An. Reg. 1 RIchard the third brother to Edward the fourth was proclaimed king the 22 of Iune in the year 1483. he put to death Anthony Woodvile Earle Rivers Lord Richard Gray the Qâ—eens brother Sir Thomas Vaughan and Sir Richard Hawes at Pomfret and William Lord Hastings in the tower of London all in one day He was
the country came down so fast upon them that the French men fled Some certain ships of the Kings Ships called Hedgehogs one of them had a mischance before Westminster a firkin Men burned of powder took fire and killed seven men and the eighth man was drowned The 20 of Iuly the King being at Another mischance Portsmouth the goodly ship called the Rose with Sir George Carrow the Captain and many other Gentlemen were drowned in the midst of the Haven The French were beaten off at the Isle of Wight and likewise in Sussex at a place called New-haven One William Foxley Potmaker for the Mint in the tower of London fell asleep the 27 of April who could not be wakened neither by kicking cramping or pinching till the first day of the next term whiâ—h was full fourteen daies and fifteen nights the cause of this his thus sleeping could not be known though the same were diligently enquired after by the Kings Physitians and men of learning yea the King himself examined him and he was in all points found as he had slept but one night and he was living till the year of our Lord 1587. The 16 of Iuly were burned in Smithfield for the Sacrament Anne Askew Iohn Lassels Nicholas Overden Priest Iohn Adlam taylor and Doctor Shaxton sometimes Bishop of Salisbury preached at the same fire and recanted perswading them to do the like but they would not The Admiral of France came to England where he was gallantly and honourably entertained the English in those daies kept them at a distance and forced them to submit The 12 of December Thomas Duke of Norfolk and Henry Earl of Surrey his son was sent to the tower Henry Howard Earl of Surrey was beheaded on the tower-hill the 19 of Ianuary The 28 of Ianuary King Henry deceased and left the Crown to his son Prince Edward Lady Mary his daughter by Katherine and the third Lady Elizabeth by Queen Anne of Bullen he deceased when he had reigned 37 years nine moneths and odd daies and was buried at VVindsor Edward the Sixth An. Reg. 1 EDward the sixth began his reign the 24 of Ianuary 1546. when he was but nine years old King Henry his Father had appointed by his Will for his Privy-Councel the Archbishop of Canterbury the Chancellour the Bishop of Durham with others to the number of sixteen The sixth of February the Earl of Hertford was elected to be Protector to the Kings person the sixth of February the Lord Protector in the Tower of London endued King Edward with the Order of Knighthood King Edward was crowned at Westminster the twentieth of February An. Dom. 1557 The fifteenth of May Doctor Smith recanted at Pauls-Cross The Lord Protector and the rest of the Councel sent Commissioners into all parts of the Realm willing them to take down all images out of their Churches for the avoiding of idolatry with them were sent divers preachers to perswade the people from their Beads and at that time procession was forbidden The Church-Service read in English to the people On Saint Peters day Stephen Gardner Bishop of Winchester preached before the King for the which he was sent to the Tower An. Reg. 2 An. Dom. 1548 The seventh of Iuly a Priest was hanged and quarter'd in Smith-field for killing one Mr. Body one of the Kings Commissioners other of his Fellows were put to death in other places A great pestilence in London The 16 of September Saint Anns Church within Aldersgate was burnt An. Reg. 3 The 16 of Ianuary Thomas Seimer Lord Admiral was sent to the Tower of London he was Brother to the Lord Protector on the 20 of March he was beheaded on the Tower-hill An. Dom. 1549 The 23 of April six houses at Broken-wharf were burned In May by reason of a Proclamation for Inclosures the Commons of Sommersetshire and Lincolnshire made a commotion and brake up certain Parks of Sir VVilliam Herberts and the Lord Sturtons but Sir VVilliam Herbert slew and executed many of those Rebels In Iuly the Commons of Essex and Kent Suffolk and Norfolk rose against Inclosures and pulled down many parks and houses Also the Commons of Cornwall and Devonshire desired not only the inclosures might be disparked but also to have their old Religion these besieged the City of Exeter which was valiantly defended Iohn Lord Russel with a number of Souldiers enter'd the City of Exeter slew and took prisoners more then four thousand and after hanged a number of them in the town and about the country the Lord Grey likewise with strangers horsemen slew many people and spoiled the country The last of Iuly VVilliam Lord Marquess of Northampton entered the City of Norwich and on the morrow the rebels also entered the town burnt part thereof put the Lord Marquess to flight and slew the Lord Sheffield Divers persons were executed as aiders of the aforesaid rebels of the which one was hanged within Algate and an other at the Bridg-foot towards Southwark The rebels in Norfolk and Suffolk incamped themselves at Mount Surrey near unto Norwich against whom Sir Iohn Dudley Earl of VVarwick went with an army where meeting with the rebels they had thought all to have died in the place but God brought it to pass as well there as in all other places they were partly by power constrained partly by promise of a pardon perswaded to submit themselves the Earl of VVarwick enter'd the City of Norwich the 27 of August when he had slain above five thousand rebels and taken their chief Captain Robert Kett of Windam tanner The twentieth of September Edmond Bonner Bishop of London was sent from Lambeth to the Marshalsey for a Sermon which he preached at Pauls-cross on the first of December on the first of October he was deprived of his Bishoprick and sent again to the Marshalsey for disobeyding the Kings order in Religion The twentieth of November Robert Kett and VVilliam Kett his brother were dâ—livered out of the tower of London to Sir Edward Windam Sheriff of Norwich where Robert Kett was hanged in chains on the top of Norwich castle and William Kett hanged on the top of Windam-steeple The nineteenth of Ianuary were murdered by St. Sepulchres Church without Newgate in London two Captains that had served the King at Boloigne and elswhere the one that was murdered was Sir Peter Gambo the other Filieirga which murders were committed by Charles Gavero a Flemming who came post from Barwick to do that act the next morning he with three of his companions were taken in Smith-field and carried to Newgate and the twenty fourth of Ianuary they were all 4 hanged in Smithfield Charles Gavero Balthazar Gavero Nicholas Dissalveron and Francis Devalasco The twenty seventh of Ianuary Humphrey Arundel Esquire Thomas Holmes VVinslowe and Bury captains of the rebels in Devonshire were hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn The tenth of February one Bell was hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn for moving a new rebellion in
Suffolk The second of May Ione Butcher was burned in Smithfield for heresie she held that Christ took no flesh of the Virgin Mary Richarâ— Lion Godard Gorran and Richard Ireland were executed the fourteenth of May for attempting a new rebellion in Kent In the moneth of May a miller at Battle-bridge was set in the pillory in cheap-side and had both his ears cut off for speaking some words against the Duke of Sommerset On Saint Valentines day at Feversham in Kent one Arden a gentleman was murdered by consent of his wife for the which fact she was on the fourteenth of March burnt at Canterbury Michael Master Ardens man was hanged in chains at Feversham and a maiden burnt Mosby and his Sister were hanged in Smithfield at London Green which had fled came again certain years after and was hanged in chains in the high-way over against Feversham and Black-VVill the Ruffin that was hired to do the act was burnt in Zealand at Flushing The twenty fourth of April a Dutch-man was burnt in Smithfield for an Arrian The twenty fifth of May an earthquake about Croydon and those parts did put the people in great fear An. Dom. 1552 The twenty sixth oâ— February Sir Richard Vine and Sir Martin Patridge were hanged on tower-hill Sir Martin Stanhope with Sir Thomas Arundel were beheaded there the last of April a house near to the tower of London with three barrels of powder was blown up the Gunpowder-makers being fifteen in number were all slain The third of August at Middleton eleven miles from Oxford a woman brought forth a child which had two perfect bodies from the navel upwards and were so joyned together at the navel that when they were laid out at length the one head and body was West and the other East the legs of both the bodies were joyned together in the midst they lived eighteen daies and they were women children The eighth of August were taken at Queenborough three great fishes called Dolphins and the week following at Black-wall was six more taken and brought to London The seventh of October were three great fishes called Whirl-pools taken at Gravesend The eighth of October was three more great fishes called Whirlpools taken at Gravesend and drawn up to the Kings Bridge at VVestminster King Edward being at the age of sixteen years ended his life at Greenwich on the sixth of Iuly when he had reigned six years five moneths and odd daies and was buried at VVestminster The tenth of Iuly was proâ—lamation made of the death of King Edward and how he had ordained that the Lady Iane Daughter to Frances Dutchess of Suffolk which Lady Iane was married to the Lord Gilford Dudley fourth son to the Duke of Northumberland should be Heir to the Crown of England The eleventh of Iuly Gilbert Pott draweâ— to Ninion Sanders Vintner dwâ—lling â—â— the sign of Sâ—int Iohn-Baptâ—st-head within Ludgate was set on the pillory in Cheap wiâ—h boâ—h his ears nailed to the Pillory and cut off for words speaking at the time of Proclamation of the Lady Iane. Lady Mary eldest daughter to King Henry the eight fled to Frammington Castle in Suffolk where the people of the countrey almost wholly resorted unto her In Oxford Sir Iohn Williams in Buckinghamshire Sir Edmond Peckham and in divers other places many men of worship offering themselves as guides to the common people gathered great powers and with all speed made towards Suffolk where the Lady Mary was Also the thirteenth of Iuly by the appointment of the Councel the Duke of Northumberland the Earl of Huntington the Lord Grey of Wilton and divers others with a great number of men of Armes set forward to fetch the Lady Mary by force and were on their way as far as Burie The ninteenth of Iuly the Counsel assembled themselves at Baynards Castle where they communed with the Earl of Pembrook and immediately with the Lord Mayor of London certain Aldermen of London and the Sheriffs Garter King of Arms and a Trumpet went into Cheap where they proclaimed Lady Mary daughter to King Henry the eight Queen of England France and Ireland The twentieth of Iuly Iohn Earl of Northumberland being at Saint Edmonsbury and having sure knowledge that the Lady Mary was at London proclaimed Queen of England returned back again to Cambridge and about five of the clock in the Evening he came to the market-place and caused the Lady Mary to be likewise proclaimed Queen of England but shortly after he was arrested and brought to the Tower of London the twenty fifth of Iuly under the conduct of Henry Earl of Arundel thus was the matter ended without any bloodshed which men feared would have brought the death of thousands Queen Mary An. Reg. 1 MAry the eldest daughter to King Henry the eight began her reign the sixth of Iuly in the year 1553. She came to London and was received with great joy and entred the Tower the third of August where Thomas Duke of Norfolk Doctor Gardner late Bishop of Winchester and Edward Courtney son and heir to Henry Marquess of Exeter prisoners in the Tower discharged the fifth of August Edmond Bonner late Bishop of London prisoner in the Marshal Seas and Cutbert Tunstal Bishop of Durham prisoners in the Kings Bench were restored to their Seas shortly after all the Bishops which had been deprived in the time of King Edward the sixth were restored to their Bishopricks again also all beneficed men that were married or would not forsake their opinions were put out of their livings and others set in the same The eleventh of August certain gentlemen minding to pass through London Bridge in a Wherrie were there overturned and six of them drowned The thirteenth of August master Bourn a Canon of Pauls preached at Pauls Cross so offended some of his audience that they breaking silence cryed out pull him down and one threw a dagger at him whereupon master Bradford and Master Rogers two preachers in King Edwards dayes with much labour conveyed the said master Bourn out of the audience into Pauls School The twenty second of August Iohn Duke of Northumberland Sir Iohu Gaites and Sir Thomas Palmer Knights were beheaded on tower hill The Queen was crowned at VVestminster the first of October by Doctor Gardiner Bishop of Winchester The twenty fâ—fâ—h of October the Baâ—ge of Gravesend was overturned and forty persons drowned In the beginning of the moneth of Ianuary the Emperour sent a nobleman called Egmont and certain other Embassadours into England to conclude a marriage between King Phillip his son and Queen Mary The twenty fifth of Ianuary Sir George Gage Chamberlain certified the Lord Major of London that Sir Thomas VViat with cettain other Rebels were up in Kent whereupon great watch was kept and that night the Lord Major himself rode about the City to look to the same and every night after two Aldermen did the like in the day time the gates of the City were guarded by substantial Citizens The
27 of Ian. the L. Treasurer came to Guild-Hall from the Counsel to request the citizens to prepare hundred foormen well armed to go against VViat which was granted and on the morrow were sent to Gravesend by water The twenty ninth of Ianuary the Duke of Norfolk wirh the Captain of the guard and other Souldiers and the Captains and Soldiers that were sent from London minding to assault Rochester Castle where VViat and his company lay but the Captaines of the City fled over Rochester Bridge to Wiat so that the Duke was faine to fly for London again to save his life Thus Wiats number being streightned with the Queens Ordnance and treasure the thirtieth of Ianuary he removed to Black Heath Henry Duke of Suffolk Father to Lady Iane flying into Leicestershire and Warwick-shire made Proclamation against the Queens marriage with the Prince of Spain but the people gave no regard to his words The first of February the commons of the City assembled in their Liveries at the Guild-Hall in London whether the Queen with her Lords came riding from Westminster and there after vehement words against Wiat declared that she meant no otherwise to marrie then the Counsel shall think both honourable and commodiously to the Realme and therefore willed them truly to assist her in oppressing them that contrary to their duties rebelled shee appointed Lord William Howard Lieutenant of the City and the Earl of Pembrook General of the field which both prepared all things necessary Wiat entred Southwark the third of February wherefore the draw bridge was broken down Ordnance bent to that part general pardon proclaimed to all that would give over and forsake the rebels After Wiat had lain three daies in Southwark he turned his journey to Kingson on Shroue-Tuesday in the morning being the sixth of February where he passed over the Thames and purposed to come to London in the night but by reason that the carriages of his chief Ordnance brake he could not come before it was fair day The same Shrove-Tuesday in the afternoone were two men hanged in Pauls Church-yard one of them was late Sheriff of Leicester the other a Baker On the morrow early in the morning the Earl of Pembrook and divers others were in Saint Iame's field with a great power and their Ordnance so bent that Wiat was forced to leave the common way and with a small company came under Saint Iame's wall to scape the Ordnance and so went by Chearing-Cross to the Bell-Savage nigh unto Ludgate without any ressistance in at the which gate he thought to have been received but perceiving that he was deceived of his purpose he fled back again and at Temble Bar was taken and brought by water to the Tower of London The tenth day of February the Duke of Suffolk which was taken in Leicester shire was brought to the City of London by the Earl of Huntington and one of his brethren with him and so had to the tower The twelfth of February Lady Iane and her husband Lord Gilford were beheaded The fourteenth of February about the number fifty of Wiats faction were hanged on twenty paire of Gallowes in divers parts about the City proclamation was made The seventeenth of February that all strangers should depart The twenty second of February certain of VViatt faction to the number of four hundred and more were lead to VVestminster coupled together with halters about their necks and their in the tilt yard the Queen who looked forth of her Gallery pardoned them The twenty fourth of February Henry Gray Duke of Suffolk was beheaded on the tower hill The eleventh of April Sir Thomas VViat was beheaded on the tower hill and after quartered his quarters were set up in divers places and his head on the Gallowes at Hay hill near Hide Park The twenty seventh of April Lord Tho. Gray was beheaded William Thomas Gentleman for conspiring the Queens death was hanged and quaâ—tered The tenth of Iune Doctor Pendleton preached at Pauls Cross at whom a gun was shot the bullet lighted on the Church wall but he that shot it could not be found The nineteenth of Iuly the Prince of Spain arrived at Southampton after he came to VVinchester and there going to Church was honourably received by the Bishop and a great number of Nobles on Saint Iames day the marriage was solemnized between him and Queen Mary shortly after they came to London where with great provision they were received of the Citizens the eighteenth of August The 26 of Octob. a Spaniard was hanged for killing an â—nglish-man The eighteenth of November great joy there was among the people with ringing of bells prayers for the Queen and thanksgiving in all churches for heâ— being with-childe which proved no such matter The 4 of Febr. Ioh. Rogers Vicar of St. Sepulc was bâ—â—nt in Smithfield On Easter day a Priest nâ—med VVilliam Slower with a wood knife wounded an other Priest as he was ministring the Sacrament to the people in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster for the which fact the said VVilliam on the twenty fourth of April had his right hand cut off and for opinions he held in matters of Religion was burned nigh unto Saint Margarets Church The tenth of May William Constable a millers son who had named himself to be King Edward the 6th was sent to the Marshalsea and the 22 of May he was carried about Westminster-Hall before the Judges whipped about the Palace and then through Westminster into Smithfield The first of Iuly Iohn Bradford was burned in Smithfield for Religion In the moneth of August a monstrous fish was brought to Lin of forty foot in length In October fell such abundance of rain thaâ— for the spâ—ce of six daies men might â—ow with Boats in Saint Georges fields water came into Westminster Hall half a yard deep The twenty sixth of October Doctor Ridley and Doctor Latimer were burned at Oxford for Religion William Constable who had caused letters to be cast abroad that King Edward was alive and to some shewed himself to be King Edward the thirteenth of March was drawn hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn Cardinal Pool the Sunday following was consecrated Arch-bishop of Canterbury The twenty eighth of March part of Newgate called Mannings Hall was burnt Certain persons purposed to have robbed the Queens Exchequer to the end they might be the better able to make war against her Udal Throgmorton Pecham Daniel and Stanton were apprehended and divers others fled The twenty eighth of April Throgmorton and Richard Udal was hang'd and quarter'd at Tyburn The nineteenth of May Stanton was likewise executed at Tyburn The eighth of Iune Rossey Detick and Bedell were executed at Tyburn The eleventh of Iune Sands a younger son of Lord Sands was hanged at Saint Thomas a Watrings for a robbery The twenty seventh of Iune thirteen persons were burnt at Stratford the Bow The eighth of Iuly Henry Peacham and Thomas Daniel were hanged and headed for conspiracy on Tower-hill
avoiding of Emminent danger and keeping his subjects in their due obedience and forthwith the Commons of the Parliament for the manifestation of their alleigance love and duty they voluntarily of their own accord took the Oath of Allegiance and after them the Lords of the upper house did so likewise who ministred the same Oath to all their servants and followers and such as refused to take oath were put from their Lord Services and the Bishops in the Convocation House ordained that every Bishop in their severall visitations should minister the same Oath unto all their Clergie which they performed accordingly this oath was also ministred to others as followeth according to the Tenor of a speciall Statute made this Session of Parliament made in that behalf The fourth of Iune Proclamation was made commanding all Romane Priests and Iesuites and Seminaries to depart this Kingdom by the fourth day of Iuly next and not to return upon paine of the severity of the Law also by this Proclamation the King straitly commands all Recusants to return home to their dwellings not to come within 10 miles of the Court without speciall licence but to depart from London and the Court by the last day of this Moneth and to remain confined according to the Tenor of the Statute in that behalf provided Presently after that the Oath of Allegiance was ministred unto all officers Atturnies and Clarkes belong-to any of the Courts at Westminster Hall and the Exchequer and unto all Advocates and Proctors of the Spirituall Courts this Oath was also administred unto all Lawvers in the Inns of Court and Chancery and unto all Students and Schollers in both the Vniversities The appointed time now drew neer or Prince Henry to be created Prince of Wales and upon Thursday the last of May the Loâ—d Mayor and the Aldermen being accompanied with 54 several Companies of Citizens of London in several Barges bearing armes distinguished by their proper Ensignes Banners and streamers in warlike manner and therewithal plentiously furnished with several sorts of excellent Mâ—sick and had also to entertain the Prince divers pleasant and ingenious trophies upon the water all which in comely order went to Chelsea the Lord Mayor as Admiral going formost where from nine a clock in the morning till thâ—eâ— in â—hâ— afternoon they attended the coming of the Prince who could not come sooner by reason of the low ebb at which time the King came from Richmond being very honourably accompanied and attended and from Cheâ—sea the Lord Mayor and Citizens conducted his Highness unto the Court at White Hall as they returned from Chealsea the citizens led the way and the Lord Mayor followed them going alwaies next the Princes Barge to see this joyful sight the people for seven miles space swarmed on both sides the River and the Thames was covered with Boates Barges and Lighters full fraught with men women and childred and upon Sunday the third of Iune the King made twenty five Knights of the Bath and the next day the King crowned the prince his eldest son Henry prince of Wales in the great chamber at Westminster being perormed with great magnificence and solemnity and with full consent of all the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of the Parliament being all there present the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London were also present at this creation the princes titles were then proclaimed Viz. Henry prince of Wales Duke of Cornewal and Rotheser and Earl of Chester in honor of this creation there was the next night at the Court a most rich and royal mask of Ladies viz. the Queen the Lady Elizabeth daughter to our Soveraign Lord the King the Lady Arrabella the Countess of Arundel the Counress of Darbie the Countess of Essex the Countess of Dorset the Countess of Mountgomery the Visecounts of Haddington the Lady Elizabeth Gray the Lady Elizabeth Guilford the Lady Katherine Peter the Lady Winter the Lady VVindsor and upon Wednesday in the afternoon in the Tilt yard there were divers Earles Barons and others being in rich and glorious armour having most costly caparisons wonderous riâ—hly embrodered with pearl gold and silver the like abillements for horses were never seen before presented their several ingenious trophies before the King Queen and Prince and then ran a tilt where there was a world of people assembled to behold them and that night there were other triumphs upon the water with ships of war and Gallies fighting one against an other and against a great Castle builded upon the water and after these battels then an houres space there were many strange and variable fire works in the Castle and in the ships and Gallies This year the King builded a most stately ship for war being in all respects the greatest and goodliest ship that ever was made in England and this glorious ship the King gave to his sonne Henry prince of VVales the prince named it after his own dignity and called it the prince The seventh of December Iohn Roberts a Benedickt Monk sometimes provincial of the Benidictans in England and Thomas Summers a Seminary were condemned at Newgate and hanged at Tyburne they having been before sundry times taken and bannished and yet presumed to return again and bere to practice against King and State Upon Newyears day at night the prince oâ— VVales being acâ—ompanied with twelve others viz. Two Earles three Barons five Knights and two Esquires they performed a very stately mask in which was an excellent Sceane ingenious speeches and rare songs and with great variety of most delicate Musick The twentieth of April 1611. Sir Thomas Overburie was committed to the Tower and died there the fifteenth of September next following May the thirteenth being Munday in Whitson week at Windsor were enstalled Knights of the Garter Prince Charles Duke of York sonne to our soveraign Lord the King and Thomas Earl of Arundel and Robert Viâ—â—ount Rochester Wednesday the eighteenth of March 1611. Bartholomew Legate an obstinate Heretick and a strong Arian was burned in Smithfield and the eleaventh of April following viz. Edward Wightman an other perverse Heretick having refused more favour then he could desire or deserve was burned at Lichfield this Heritick would have made the people believe that he himself was the Holy Ghost and immortal with other vild opinions not fit to be mentioned amongst Christians May the twenty ninth 1612. Richard Newport and VVilliam Scot Seminaries were executed at Tyburne Iune the twenty fifth Robert Carliele and Iames Edwin were executed for murthering Iohn Turner fencer and the twenty seventh of Iune the Lord Sanquire was arraigned at the Kings Bench Bar for conspiring and hiring the said two persons to kill the said Turner the Lord confessed the Indightment and was executed upon a Gibber the 29 of Iune at Westminster In the months of October November and December there hapned great winds violent storms and tempests which caused much shipwrack upon the Ocean in havens and Rivers and did
for which he was fined a thousand pound and a charge was voted to be brought in against him The Welâ—h being up in arms to the number of eight thousand foot and four hundred horse were defeated by Colonel Horton There were several insurrections in Kent Cornwal Essex Suffolk Cambridge-shire and other places There was a sharp incounter at Maidstone betwixt the Kentish forces and those of the Parliaments the fight continued six houres at the last the town was taken and 1400 prisoners with good store of booty The Seamen revolt and refuse to serve the Earl of Warwick the Earl of Holland riseth in arms with the Lord Francis brother to the Duke of Buckingham the Lord Francis was killed about King-stone and the Earl of Holland flying to Saint Needs was taken by Col. Scroope and sent prisoner to Warwick Castle Sir Iohn Owen is taken prisoner in Wales the Kentish being scattered did put themselves in the town of Colchester which being strongly besieged by Sir Thomas Fairfax did yield upon composition Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle were there shot to death and the noble L. Capel was reserved for the scaffold where he looked death in the face with an undaunted magnanimity The marriners that revolted being discontented that prince Rupert and prince Mauris were there Admirals fell off with the greatest part of their ships and return again to the Earl of Warwick Lieutenant General Cromwel having reduced Wales and the three Captains that were the ringleaders having yielded themselves whose names were Langhorn Poyer and Powel two whereof were afterwards shot to death he marched against the Scotts in Lanchashire who allthough they were formidable in their numbers yet he discomfits them takes all their Foot Canon Armes Ammunition the Duke did render himself prisoner to the Lord Gray Sir Marmaduke Langdale and Lievtenant General Middleton were both taken prisoners Following this blow Lie Ge. Crom. advanceth into Scotland suppressed all those that did there oppose him and had the towns of Barwick and Carlile delivered to him In the mean time the Parliament recal the Votes of no addresses to the King and ordered that a personal treaty should be at Newport in the Isle of Wight but the Commissioners sent thither spent so much time before they drew towards a conclusion that they gave the Officers of the Army the oppertunity to frame a remonstrance in which it was declared that the King was the sole cause of all that bloodshed which had been in the kingdome and nothing could be more expedient then to bring him to the barr of Justice in persuance whereof some of the officers having seized upon his person did bring him over to Hurst Castle in Hampshire and from thence by degrees to Windsor and at last to Westminster In the mean time the Army having purged the House of all those Members whom they conceived to be opposite to them they did erect a High-Court of Justice Serjeant Bradshaw being chosen to be presisâ—dent of it On Saturday Ianuary the twentieth his Majesty was brought from the Palace of Saint Iames unto Westminster-hall where being brought up into the Court he was no sooner sate but the Lord president told him that they were assembled by the authority of the Commons of England to proceed to his tryal for betraying the trust reposed in him by the people and commanded his charge to be read which was to this effect That being admitted King of England and intrusted with a limited power to govern according to the laws for the good of the people out of a wicked design to hold up a tyrannical power to overthrow the peoples rights he the said Charles Stuart hath trayterously and malitiously leavied war against the parliament particularly on or about the 13 of Iune 1642 at Beverley and on the 24 of August at Nottingham where he set up his Standard of war and on the 23 of October at Edgehil and at many other times in other places by which cruel and unnatural war by him levied much innocent blood hath been spilt much treasure wasted and some parts of the land spoyled even to desolation by which and by granting Commissions to the prince his son it appeareth that the said Charles Stuart is the author and contriver of the said unnatural war and thereby guilty of all the murders and Treasons committed in the said war for the which he is impeached as a Tyrant Traitor and Murtherer and it was desired that he may answer the premises that such procedings and sentences may be had upon him as are agreeable to Justice Lord President Sir you heard your Charge read and it is desired that in the behalf of the Commons of England you do put in your answer to it King I would know by what power I was called hither I was not long agoe in the Isle of Wight how I came thither it is too long to relate I would know by what lawfull Authority I was brought from thence and when I know that I shall answer Remember I am your King and what sins you bring upon your heads and think well upon it I say think well upon it before you go from one sin to a greater I will not betray my trust by answering to a new and unlawfull Authority Lord Presi If you had been pleased to have observed what had been-hinted to you you would have known by what Authority it is by that Authority which Authority require you in the name of the people of England by which you are Elected King to answer them King Sir I deny that Lord Presi If you acknowledge not the Authority of the Court they must proceed King Let me know by what Authority I am called hither I stand more for the priviledge of my people then any that is seated here Lord Press The Court desires to know whether this is all you will answer King I do desire that you would give me and all the World satisfaction in this It is no slight thing you are about I am sworn to to God for the peace of my Countrey and therefore you may do well first to satisfy God and afterwards the World by what Authority you do this There is a God in Heaven that will call you and all that gives you power to account Lord Pres The Court expects your finall Answer you desire satisfaction of their Aâ—â—hority It is by Gods Authority and that 's our present worke King That Which you have said satisfies no reasonable Man Lord Pres That is in your apprehension We that are your Iudges think it reasonabl The President commanded the King to be taken who accordingly was convayed back to S. Iamses On the Munday following the Court having met in the Painted Chamber did order that the King should be suffered to argue to the Iurisdiction of the Court which if he did the President should give him to understand That the Commons in England Assembled in Parliament have Constituted this Court whose power may not nor
into that liberty which I speak of they will never certainly enjoy themselves Sirs it was for this that I am hither come for if I would have given way to an arbitrary power that is to have all laws changed according to the power of the sword I needed not to have come here and therefore I tell you and I pray to God it be not laid to your charge that I am the Martyr of the people Introth sirs I should not hold you any longer I will onely say this to you that I could have desired some little time longer because I would put this which I have said in a little better order and have had it a little better digested then I have now done and therefore I hope you will excuse me I have now delivered my conscience and I pray God you take those courses that are best for the good of the kingdome and your own salvations Doctor Juxon Although it be very well known what your Majesties affections are to Religion yet because it may be expected that you should speak something to give satisfaction to the world therein I must beseech your Majesty to declare your self in that particular King I thank you heartily my Lord for this remembrance I had almost forgotten it in troth Sirs my conscience in religion is already as I think well known to all the world and therefore I declare before you all that I die a Christian according to the profession of the Church of Engl. as I found it left unto me by my Father and pointing to the Bishop of London this I do believe that this honest man will witnesse with me Then turning to the Officers he said Excuse me for the same I have a good Cause and a gracious God I will say no more On this the Bishop of London said unto him There is but one stage more this stage is full of noise and tumult it is but a short one but you may consider it will soon carry you from earth to heaven and there you will find an abundance of unrepented joy and comfort To this the King replied I passe from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown where there is no disturbance no disturbance in the world The Bishop melting into tears assured him that he was exchanged from a temporall to an eternall crown a good exchange After this the King putting his hair under his cap after some short and fervent ejaculations in private with his hands and eyes lift up to heaven immediately stooped down and laid his neck upon the block and the King perceiving the Executioner prepared and armed to give the fatal blow said unto him Stay for the signe and after a very little pause stretching forth his hands the executioner at one blow severed his head from his body and even his enemies wept in private for what they had done in publick His body was put into a coffin covered with black velvet and carried from thence to his house at Saint Iamses where being embalmed and wrapped up in a sheet of lead it was exposed to the view of the people On Wednesday the 7 of Feb. his body was delivered to two of his servants to be buried at Windsor where the next day the Bishop of London the Duke of Richmond the Marquess of Hartford and the Earls of Lindsey and Southampton repaired and buried him in a vault in St. Georges Chappel it being the same vault where Henry the eight had beene heretofore interred The Life and death of Oliver Cromwel Lord Protector OLiver Cromwell was born in the town of Huntingdon he was descended from the family of the Williams in the Coun. of Glamorgan one whereof marrying with the onely child and daughter of the Lord Cromwell raised and beheaded by Henry the Eight the whole Family afterwards retained the Name of Cromwell which was thought more Honourable In the month of August 1649. Six moneths after the decease of King Charles Oliver Cromwell being chosen by the Parliament to be Governor of Ireland advanced into that Nation with a very gallant Army of Horse and Foot where having taken and besieged Dogheda by degrees became absolute master of that whole Nation In the same year Doctor Dorislaus who assisted at King Charles his death being sent as Agent into the Low Countreys was killed at the Hagne and Mr. Acham being not long afterwards sent as an Agent into Spain was killed at Madrid In the year 1650. the Common-wealth of England preparing to make war against the Scots Oliver Cromwell who for his many great services in the wars of England was made Lieutenant General was now chosen to be Generallissimo of the Armies of the Common-wealth of England in the place of the Lord Fairfax This year in the moneth of September was the famous battell of Dunbar where the English having totally overthrown the Scots did take ten Collonels 12 Lieutenant-collonels 9 Majors 47 Captains 72 Lientenants and eighty Ensignes two and twenty great Gunns and arms for fifteen thousand men In the same moneth Edenburgh and Leith were taken Col Eusebius Andrews being discovered to bring over Commissions to raise souldiers for the King of Scotland was condemned for it and beheaded on Tower hill Much about the same time Generall Blake at sea did ruine Prince Ruperts Fleet. In the year 1651. the Armes of the Crown of England were put down by order of Parliament and the Statues of King Chales were put down one of them at the old Exchange and the other at the west end of Pauls This year the Lord Saint Iohn and Mr. Walter Strickland were sent Ambassadors into Holland where they were much affronted by the English Royalists The Isle of Scilly was reduced and one Brown Bushell was beheaded at London a famous Royalist both by sea and land This year M. Love and Mr. Gibbons were beheaded on Tower-hill In the moneth of August the King of Scotland with an army of twelve thousand men did enter into England by the way of Carlile and on the third of September following was the battel at Worcester where the King of Scotland being over-powred lost the day where there were taken six Collonels of horse eight of foot thirty seven Captains of hoâ—se seventy three of foot seventy â—â—x Standards ninty nine Ensignes one hundred fifty and eight Colours all the Canon the Royall Standard the Kings coach and horses the King himself made an escape strangely and in a disguise passed unknown into France This yeare the Isle of Iersie was taken and the Isle of Man reduced and not long afterwards the strong castle of Gâ—ernsey was surrendred to the Paâ—liament In the moneth of May 1652. was the first Sea-fight betwixt the Engglish and the Hollanders Generall Blake gave the first volley and let flie three guns at Van-trumps flag to which Van-trump answered by a shot from the stern of his ship backwards signifying his disdain to veyl his flag and instead of striking his main top-saile he caused a red flag of
all the prisons in London were full of them divers of them were executed An. Dom. 1415 The King rode to Southampton where was discovered a great conspiracy against him by Richard Earle of Cambridge Sir Thomas Grey and Henry Scrope and others who were executed at Southampton An. Dom. 1416 The King entred the Sea with a thousand Sail and the third night after arrived at Normandy He laid siege to Hartslue which was yeelded to him he foâ—ght the battel at Agent-Court where he had a marvellous victory An. Reg. 5 An. Dom. 1417 On Easter day at a Sermon in Saint Dunstones in the East of London a great fray hapned where many people were fore wounded and Thomas Pettwarden Fishmong slain The beginners of the fray was the Lord Strange and Sir Iohn Russel Knight through the quarrel of their two wives were brought to the Counter in the Poultry and excommunicated at Pauls-Cross An. Reg. 6 An. Dom. 1418 Sir Iohn Old-Castle being taken after he had broke out of the Tower was sent to London by the Lord Powes out of VVales whiâ—h Sir Iohn was convict by Parliament and sent to Saint Giles in the fields and was there hanged consumed with fire An. Reg. 7 An. Dom. 1419 The Parson of VVrotham in Norfolk which had haunted Newmarket-hith and there robbed and spoiled many was with his Concubine brought to Newgate at London and there died An. Reg. 9 At this time such was the general and capital command of the King of England in France as their own Chronicles testifie that in the Court of Chancery in Paris all things were sealed with the Seal of King Henry of England and the Great Seal of England was there new made and used wherein was the Arms of France England as the King sat in chair of State he held two Scepters in his hands in his right hand was a Scepter smooth and plain only the proportion of the French coyn commonly called the French crown and in his left hand he held a Scepter full of curious arts carved and vvrought vvith the Arms of England as is used in the English money and on the top thereof a Cross the French were much vexed thereat but knevv not hovv to help themselves An. Reg. 10 An. Dom. 1422 King Henry being at Boys at Vincent waxed â—â—ck and died the last day of August in the year 1422. when he had reigned nine years five moneths and odd daies he was buried at VVestminster Henry of Windsor An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Sixth being an Infant of eight moneths old began his Reign the last of August in the year 1422. the governing of the Realm was committed to the Duke of Glocester and the guard of his person to the Duke of Exeter and to the Duke of Bedford was given the Regency of France An. Reg. 4 The morrow after Simon and Iudes day the Mayor caused a great watch to be kept with most part of the Citizens in armour to stand by the Duke of Glocester against the Bishop of VVinchester who lay in Southwark with a great power of Lancashire and Cheshire men but the matter was appeased by the Arch-bishop of Canterbury An. Reg. 5 The 28 of September was an earthquake which continued the space of two houres An. Reg. 6 From the beginning of April unto Hallow-tide was such abundance of rain that not only hay but corn also was destroyed An. Reg. 7 The Duke of Norfolk passing through London-Bridge his Barge overwhelmed so that thirty persons were drowned and the Duke with others that escaped were drawn up with ropes So under God the people stood their friend And sav'd them by a Rope that 's some mens end An. Reg. 8 A Brittain murdered a Widdow in VVhite-Chappel Parish without Algate and bare away her goods but being pursued he took succour in the Church of Saint George in Southwark from whence he was taken and forswore the Land but as he came by the place where he did the murder the women of the Parish with stones and sheeps-horns and dirt off the dung-hills made an end of him An. Dom. 1431 At Abbington began an Insurrection of certain lewd persons that intended to have wrought much mischief but the chief Author being Bailiff of the Town named William Mundevile a Weaver with some others were put to death An. Dom. 1432 The King of England crowned in Paris but within a while after lost all his Father got in France An. Dom. 1433 Four souldiers of Calice beheaded and a hundred and ten banished and before that time was banished one hundred and twenty An. Reg. 13 The Thames was frozen that the Merchants which came to the Thames mouth were carried to London by land An. Reg. 15 The gate on London-bridge with the Tower next to Southwark fell down and the two furthest arches of the said Bridge and no man perished An. Reg. 16 All the Lions in the Tower of London died An. Reg. 17 A great wind in London blevv down almost one side of the street called the Old-Change An. Dom. 1439 Sir Richard VVich Vicar of Hermetsworth in Essex was burnt on Tower-hill the 17 of Iune An. Dom. 1440 The 18 of Iuly the Postern of London by East-Smith-field against the Tower of London sunk by night An. Dom. 1441 A stack of wood at Bernards-Castle fell down and killed three men by the fall of a stair at Beford where the shire day was kept eighteen persons were slain An. Dom. 1442 Eleanor Cobham Dutchess of Glocester was cited to appear before Henry Chichely archbishop of Canterbury to answer certain matters of Necromancy Witchcraft Sorcery Heresie and Treason vvhere when she appeared the aforesaid Roger was brought forth to witness against her and said that she vvas the cause and first stirred him to labour in that art then she vvas committed to the ward of Sir Iohn Stuard Knight then vvas taken also Margery Gurdmain a Witch of Ely vvhose Sorcery and Witchcraft the said Eleanor had a long time used wherefore the said Witch vvas burned in Smith-field The ninth of November Dame Eleanor appeared before the archbishop and others and received sentence of Penance vvhich she performed on the 17 of November she came from Temple-Bar vvith a taper of vvax in her hand from Fleet-street to Pauls vvhere she offer'd her taper to the altar on Wednesday next she vvent through Bridg-street Grace-Church-street to Leaden-hall and so to Christ-Church by Algate on Friday she vvent through Cheap to Saint Michaels in Corn-hill in form aforesaid The eighteenth of November Roger Bolinbroke vvas arraigned dravvn from the Tower to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered An. Dom. 1445 On Candlemass Eve in divers places of England vvere heard terrible thunders vvith lightning whereby the Church of Baldock in Hartfordshire the Church of VValden in Essex and divers others vvere sore shaken and the Steeple of Saint Pauls in London about three of the clock in the afternoon vvas set on fire in the midst of the shaft but
of the West marches enter'd Scotland the eighteenth of April burnt and spoiled almost Dunfreize took many prisoners and returned safely the marches of England were so well guarded by the Lord Eure Sir George Bowes and other of the Bishoprick that not one house was burned nor one cow taken away out of England there were razed and overthrown and burnt in this journey above fifty strong Castles and Piles and above three hundred towns and villages The twenty seventh of May Thomas Norton and Christopher Norton of Yorkshire were drawn from the Tower to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered for rebellion The twenty eighth of May the Castle of Hambleton was yeelded to Sir William Drury and by him presently burned A conspiracy was made by certain gentlemen and others in the County of Norfolk ten of them were condemned of High-treason three of them were hanged and quartered which were these Throgmorton Thomas Brook and George Dead-man The fourth of August the Duke of Norfolk was removed to the Charter-house near Smithfield This day Iohu Felton was arraigned for hanging a Bull at the gate of the Bishop of Londons pallace and also two young men for coyning and clipping who were all all found guilty of high treason The eight of August Iohn Felton was drawn from Newgate into Pauls Church yard and there hanged before the Bishops pallace gate and being cut down alive was bowelled and quartered the Sheriffs returned to Tyburn with two young men which were executed for coyning and clypping The 5 of October hapned a terrible tempest of wind and rain so that many shipps and boates were drowned the water overflowing drowned many townes villages cattel houses and goods besides many men women and children were drowned in their beds An. Reg. 13 The seventeenth of February at Kingstone neat Marlech in the County of Hereford was seen the ground to open and certain rocks with a piece of ground removed and went forward the space of four daies it removed it self between six of the clock in the evening and seven the next morning forty paces carrying great trees and sheep coates some with threescore sheep in them The depth of the hole where it first broke out is thirty foot the breadth of the breach waâ— eightscore yards it overthrew Rinnastone Chappel also two high waies were removed nigh a hundred yards with trees and hedgrowes the ground in all is 26 Acres and where tillage ground was there is pasture left in place and where was pasture there is tillage ground gone upon it The first of Iune Iohn Story Doct. of the canon Law who before had been condemned of high treason was drawn from the Tower to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered The sixteenth of Iuly Rebecca Chamber for poysoning her husband Thomas Chamber was burnt at Maidstone in Kent The seventh of September the Duke of Norfolk was removed from the Charter-house to the Tower The sixteenth of Ianuary Thomas Duke of Norfolk was arraigned in Westminster Hall and there by his Peers found guilty of high treason The eleventh of February Kenelme Barne and Edmond Mather were drawn from the Tower of London and Henry Rolfe from the Marshall-see in Southwark all three to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered Barne and Mather for conspiracy and Rolfe for counterfeiting the Queens hand The tenth of March deceased Sir William Pawlet Knight Lord Saint Iohn Earl of Wiershire Marquess of Winchester Knight of the Garter one of her Majesties privy council and Lord high Treasurer of England he was borne in the year of our Lord 1443. he served Henry the seventh Henry the eight Edward the sixth Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth himself did see the children of his childrens children growing to the number of 103. This year 1572 was the massacre in Paris The second of Iune was Thomas Duke of Norfolke beheaded on tower hill The twenty second of August Thomas Piercie Earl of Northumberland now brought out of Scotland whether he had fled was beheaded at York The twenty fifth of March being Wednesday in Easter week George Brown cruelly murdered near to Shooters hill in Kent a wealthy Merchant of London named George Sanders which murder was committed by the procurement of Mistress Sanders wife to the said George Sanders for the which fact George Brown was hanged in Smithfiold in London the twentieth day of April and after hanged in chaines near the place where he did the deed Mistress Ann Sanders Mistress Ann Druery and trusty Roger Mistress Drueries man being all consenting to the murther were all hanged in Smithfield on the thirteenth of May not long after Anthony Brown brother to the said George Brown was for notable fellonies conveyed from Newgate to York and there hanged The second of Inne a great tempest oâ— rain and hail hapned at Tocester in Northamptonshire where six houses in that town were borne down and fourteen more fore perished the hail stones that fell were six in hes about one child was there drowned and many sheep and other cattel The sixteenth of Iune Thomas Woodhouse Priest was arraigned in the Guild Hall of London and condemned for high treason who had judgement to be hanged and quartered and was executed at Tyburn the 19 of Iune The sixteenth of August Walter Earl of Essex sailed into Ireland with the Loâ—d Rich and many other Gentlemen the Earl after many great dangers on the sea landed at Knockfergus the Lord Rich after the like dangers landed at Castle Kilciffe Sir Brian Makephelin on the sixth of September came to Knockfergus to the Earl of Fssex and there made his submission After him Ferdorough Macgillastick Roze Oge Mackwilline did the like and divers others sent their messengers to the Earl to signifie that they were at his command as the Baron of Dongarrow Condonell Odonell and the Captain oâ— Kylulto The Earl of Essex having the Country of Clanyboy and other the Queens Majesty directed her letters to the Deputy of Ireland willing him to make the Earl of Essex General of the Irish Nation An. Reg. 16 The sixth of Iuly in the Isle of Thanet a monstrous fish of the Sea did shoot himself on shore where for want of water beat himself on the Sands and died the length of this fish was twenty two yards the neather jaw twelve foot the opening the thickness of the back whereon he lay to the top of his belly was fourteen foot his tail oâ— the same breadth between the eyes twelve foot some of his ribs were sixteen foot long his tongue was fifteen foot long The fifteenth of August being Sunday Agnes Bridges a Maid about the age of twenty years and Rachel Pinder a wench about twelve years of age both of them counterfeiting to be possessed by the Devil stood at Pauls-Cross where they acknowledged their hypocritical counterfeiting requiring forgiveness of God and the world for they made the people believe many strange things The fourth of September in the afternoon such a storm of rain happened at London
many grains to the number of eighty spread from the body like the branches of a tree was from the snout to the end of the longest grain seventeen inches having four issues in the grains from whence dropped forth a red water the body in bigness round about was three inches and a half the coller was very like the coller of a Mackarel this monstrous worm crawling about to have got away was stabbed in with a dagger and died which after being dried was shewed to many Honourable persons of the Realm The eighteenth of Iune one Elks Clark for counterfeiting the Queens Sign Manual to a presentation of the Parsonage of All-Saints in Hastings directed to the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury or to his Commissary General the Diocess of Chichester being void that he might be instituted Parson there was drawn hanged and quartered at Tyburn In the moneth of Iuly divers trayterous persons were apprehended and detected of most wicked conspiracy against her Majesty and also of minding to have stirred up a general Rebellion through the whole Realm for joy of whose apprehension on the fifteenth of the same moneth at night the Citizens of London caused the Bells to be rung and Bonfires to be made and also banqueting every man according to his ability some in their houses some in the streets with singing of Psalms and praising God for preserving her Majesty and the people of this land which doings of the Citizens were so well accepted of her Majesty as by letters to them directed may appear The seventh of September certain of these wicked subjects were indicted First For intending treason against the Queens own person Secondly For stirring Civil Warre within this Realm and thirdly For practising to bring in a Forraign Power to invade the Realm Seven of them appeared at Westminster on the thirteenth of September who all pleaded guilty and were condemned On the eighteenth of September the other seven were likewise arraigned who pleaded not guilty but were found guilty and were condemned These traytors fourteen of them in all were executed in Lincolns-Inn fields on a Scaffold of timber made strongly for that purpose even in the place where they had used to meet and to confer on their trayterous practises there were they hanged drawn and quartered seven of them on the twentieth of September to wit Iohn Ballard Priest Adam Babington Esquire Iohn Savage Gentleman Richard Barnwel Gentleman Chidrick Titchburn Esq Charles Tylney Esquire Edward Abbington Esquire the other seven were also executed on the 21 of September to wit Thomas Salisbury Esquire Henry Dunne Gentleman Edward Iones Esquire Iohn Travers Gentleman Iohn Charnock Gentleman Richard Gage Gentleman Ierom Bellamy Gent. The eighth of October Iohn Low Iohn Adams and Richard Dibdail being before condemned of treason in being made Priest by order of the Bishop of Rome were drawn to Tyburn and there hanged and quartered The eighth of February being Wednesday according to sentence lately given by the Nobility Mary Stuart Queen of Scots about ten of the clock before noon was executed and suffered death by beheading on a Scaffold set up on purpose at the great end of the Castle of Fodringay in the presence of George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Henry Grey Earl of Kent principal Commissioners and others the Gentlemen of the country near adjoyning to the number of three hundred all her apparrel was burned but her body with the head was honourably buried at Peterborow on the first day of August next following Munday the twenty fourth of February a man was hanged for Felony at Saint Thomas a Watrings being begged of the Surgeons for an Anatomy after he was dead to all mens thinking cut down and stripped laid naked in a chest thrown in a cart and so brought from the place of execution through the Borough of Southwark and the City of London to the Chyrurgeons Hall in London near unto Aldersgate the chest being then opened the weather being extreme cold he was found to be alive and lived till thursday next following and then died The twenty third of February a Gunpowder house at Redriff was blown up and much harm done An. Dom. 1588 Great provision was made this year both by Sea and Land to withstand the invasion of the Spanish Armado against the Realm for besides the general forces of the Land appointed to be mustered and put in readiness in several Shires for the defence of the Land there was also a Levy made of two several Armies the one to make a body of a Camp to reside at Tilbury in Essex to encounter with the Enemy if he should attempt to land in any place of that country whereof the Earl of Leicester Lord Steward of her Majesties houshold was Lievtenant General as also of the armies levied against Forraigne Invasion the other to be imployed for the Guard of her Majesties person under the charge of the Right Honourable the Lord Hunsdon Lord Chamberlain to her Majesty the Camp at Tilbury consisting both of Horsemen and Foot-men raised out of all Shires were of Lancers two hundred fifty three of light Horsemen seven hundred sixty nine of Foot-men twenty two thousand the Army for the Guard of her Majesties person four hundred eighty one light Horsemen one thousand four hundred thirty one Footmen thirty four thousand and fifty The Navy set forth and armed for the Seas consisted partly of her Majesties ships partly of her Subjects which were furnished out of the Port-towns whereunto they belonged 269 Of this Navy the chiefest and greatest part was under the charge of the Lord Charles Howard of Essingham Lord Admiral of England and were addressed to encounter with the Spanish Fleet the rest of the Ships were assigned unto the Lord Henry Seimour Admiral of the Fleet to guard the Narrow Seas and to stay the issâ—ing out of the ships and vessels prepared by the Duke of Parma at Dunkirk The twenty third of May the Lord Admiral câ—me to Plimouth with the Fleet aforesaid finding there Sir Francis Drake in a readiness with more then 50 ships and Pinnaces the twenty fourth of Iune the Lord Admiral issued out towards Plimmouth he divided her Majesties ships into three parts viz. Sir Francis Drake in the Revenge he being Vice-Admiral with other towards the Islands of Scilly Iohn Hawkins Rear-Admiral in the Victory with other toward the Isle of Ushent and the Lord Admiral with the rest remaining in the Sleeve appointed other there all to discern if the Spanish forces did any way pass The nineteenth of Iuly intelligence was brought to the Lord Admiral by a pyrat Pinnace whose Captaine was Thomas Fleming that the Spanish Fleet was descried and that it was neer The twentieth of Iuly the Lord Admiral made toward the sea and the same day had sight of the Spanish Fleet in number by estimation one hundred fifty eight sails the Lord Admiral cast about towards the land to interrupt them from landing and having got the wind of them followed them
and that whatsoever plot and treason was now in hand it must be performed in some unsuspected place and by some homebâ—ed Traytors whereupon new search was made about the Court and Parliament house but coâ—ld not as â—et find any thing out worthy their labours all which labors all which searches was performed with such silence and discretion as there rose no manner of suspition either in Court or City the Lord Chamberlain whose office it most concerned never rested day nor night and the night before the Parliament as Sir Thomas Knevet with others scouted about the Parliament house espied a fellow standing in a corner very suspiciously and asked him his name and what he was and what he did there so late who answered very bluntly his name was Iohn Iohnson Master Pearces man and keeper of his lodgings Sir Thomas Knevet still continued his search in all places and returning thither again found him lingring there still searched him and found under his cloke a dark Lanthorne with a candle burning in it and about him other signes of suspition that he stood not there for any good then the Knight entred the vaut where he found the powder covered with faggots and billots and then the Lord Chamberlain commanded the Traytor to be bound and being now three of the clock in the morning he went unto the King and with exceeding joy told his Majesty the treason was found out and the traytor in hold the King desired to see Faukes who when he came before the King used like trayterous speeches as he did at his first apprehension affirming he was the onely man to performe this treason saying it sore vexed him that the deed was not done and for that time would not confess any thing touching the rest of the conspirators but that he himself onely alone was the contriver and practiser of this treason Between five and six a clock in the morning the Conusel gave order to the Lard Major of London to look well to the City and in very calme manner to set civill watch at the Citie Gates signifying therewithall that there was a plot of treason found out and that the king would not go to Parliament that day the same day in the afternoon the manner of the treason was by way of Proclaimation made known unto the people for joy whereof there was that night within the City and about as many bonfires as the streets could permit and the peole gave humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God for their King and Countreyes right blessed escape Within three dayes after two other Proclamations were made signifying unto the people who were the chief Conspirators with commandment to apprehend Pearcy and Catesby and to take them alive if it were possible which said Pearcy and Catesby were gone to Holback in Warwick Shire to meet Winter Grante and others where under pretence of a great hunting they made account to raise the Countrey and surpâ—ize the lady Elizabeth from the Lord Harrington whom they meant to Proclaime Queen and in whose name they meant to take up Arms being perswaded that the King the Prince and the Duke of Yorke were at that time blown up in the Parliament House but when they found their treason was known and prevented and saw the Kings Forces round about the house so as they could not escape Pearsey and Catesby very desperately issued out and fighting back to back were both flain with one Musket shot Saturday the ninth of November the King went to Parliament where in the presence of the Queen the Prince the Duke of Yorke the Embassadours of the King of Spain and the Arch-Duke and the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons of the same he made a very solemne oration Manifesting the whole Complott or this treason Ianuary the nineteenth a great Porpaise was taken alive at West-Ham in alittle Creeke a mile and a half within the land and was presented unto Francis Gofton Esquire Chief Auditor of the Imprests and within a few dayes after a very great Whale came within eight miles of London whose length was divers times seen above the Water and the same was judged to be a great deal longer then any Ship in the River A few dayes before Christmass the Parliament broke up and began to sit again the twenty second of Ianuary being Tuesday and continued untill the twenty seventh of May next following in which Parliament they gave the King and and his Successours three entire Subsidies and six Fifteens and then the Parliament was proroâ—ged untill the eighâ—eenâ—h oâ— November at this 〈◊〉 the Clargie gave unto the King and his Successors four entire Subsidies and in this Parliament it was enacted that the fifth of November should be kept Holy day for ever with preaching and giving God thanks for his mercy in preventing that terrible danger of the late practise by Pearcy and Catesby with the rest of their wicked Crew to blow up the Parliament House Ianury the twenty seventh at Westminster were Arrained Thomas Winter Guydo Fawkes Robert Keyes and Thomas Bates for plotting to blow up the Parliament House Digging in the Mine taking oath and Sacrament for secresie and Sir Everard Digby for being made acquainted with the said treason yeelding assent to it and taking his corporal oath for secrecy all which Inditements were proved against them and by themselves confessed and thereupon had Judgement given them to be Drawn Hanged and quartered their limbes to be set upon the City Gates and their heads upon London Bridge according to which sentence the thirtieth of Ianuary Sir Everard Digby Robert Winter Iohn Graunt and Baites at the West end of Saint Pauls Church and the next day after the other four were executed in the Parliament yard and six of the eight acknowledged their guiltiness in this horrible plot and dyed very penitently but Graunt and Keyes did not so Saturday the twenty second of March between six and seven a clock in the forenoon a rumor was so dainly spread throughout the Court and the City of London that for certain the King that morning was slain as he was a hâ—nting in Okeing Parke twenty miles from London which dreadful newes still increased untill nine of the Clock being seconded by Infinite suggestions by reason whereof it was generally received for truth and thereupon the Court Gates were kept shut The Lord Major began to set Cuard at the City Gates and to raise the Trained bands Sir William Wade Liverenant of the Tower did the like with his Hamlets within his liberties and the Parliament was much amazed but by eleven of the Clock the joyfull news of the Kings good health was made known in London by Proclamation as it had been at the Court an houâ—e before whereat the people began to revive their vexed spirits which till then were wonderously surcharged with hearts grief This flying newes went three dayes journey into the Countrey before it was surpâ—est Friday the twenty eight of March 1606. wâ—s Araigned
of England he died suddenly at the Counsel table April the twenty ninth proclamation was made commanding the oath of allegiance to be ministred to all persons that should come from beyond the seas onely to distinguish honest subjects from traiterous practisers and not for any point or matter in religion all known Merchants and others of honest state and quality was exempte from takeing this oath this proclamation was made by reason that many suspitious persons of base sort came dayly from beyond seas and refused to take the oath Iune twenty third Thomas Garnet a Jesuit was executed at Tyburne having favour offered him if he would have taken the oath of allegiance which he refused This Summer at Astley in Warwick shire by reason of the fall of the Church there was taken up the corps of Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset he was buried the tenth of October 1530 in the twenty second year of the â—aign of Henry the eighth and albeit he had lain seventy eight yeers in the the Earth yet his Eyes Haire and flesh remained in a manner as if he had been newly buried For these five yeeres past great and manifold Roberies spoiles Piracies murders and Depredations within the Streights and elsewhere have been committed by severall Companies of English Pirats as well upon our own Nation as others but especially upon the Florentines and Venetians wherewith his Majesty was much grieved and for that cause published from time to time severall Proclamations denownsing the same offenders to be Rebells and therewithall gave order for their suppression and apprehensias Traiters and peace breakers but all this prevailed not for they still prevailed persisted and maintained their former villanies with which offenders there were some English Marchants who very cunningly underhand used Commerce Track and Trafficke for stollen goods to the great Cheriâ—â—ing of those Malefactors and dishonour of this Nation for redresse whereof the King by Proclamation the eighth of Ianuary Prohibited from all manner of medling or dealing with them upon great penalties all English Marchants whatsoever Commanding the judge of the Admiralty to proceed severely in Justice against all such offenders and that from him there should be no appeal granted to any person touching the premises all which notwithstanding the number of Pirats still increased and did much damage to the English Marchants and to all other Nations there were Hollanders and Easterlings that at this time and before became fierce Pirats and held consort with the English Robbers viz. Ward Bishop Sir Francis Vorny and others whereupon the King of Spain sent certain Ships of Warr under the command of Don Lewis Faxardo who very pollitickly about the middle of Iuly came upon them at Tunis and sudenly burned twenty of their ships lying in Harbor at which time though Captain Ward escaped in person by being then a shore yet his great Strength and Riches perished in the fire with some of his Confederates December the two and twentieth Nineteen Pirates were executed at Waping some had been in consort with the English Pirates Sunday the nineteenth of February when it should have been low water at London-Bridge quite contrary to course it was then high Water and presently it ebbed almost half an houre the quantity of a foot and then suddenly it flowed again almost two foot higher then it did before and then ebbed again untill it came to its course almost as it was at first so that the next flood began in a manner as it should and kept its due course in all respects as if there had been no shifting nor alteration of Tydes all this hapned before twelve a clock in forenoone the weather being indifferent calme The thirteenth of Iune the King Queen and Prince with many great Lords and others came to the Tower to make triall oâ— the Lions single valour and to have the Lions skill a great fierce Bear that had killed a Childe but the Lyons being tryed by one and one at a time and lastly by two together whâ—ch were bread in that open yard where the Bare was put loose for Combat yet would none of them assaile him but fled from him to their Dens after the first Lion was put forth then was there a Stone Horse put into the Bare and Lyon who when he had gazed upon them a while fell to grazing standing in the midst between them both and whereas at the first there was but two Mastives let in who fought stoâ—tly with a lion there was now six Dogs let in who flew all upon the Stone Horse being most in their sight at their first entrance and would soon have wearied the horse to death but that suddainly even as the King wisht there Entein thâ—ee stout Barewards who wonderous valliantly rescued the Horse and brought away the Doggs whilst the Lyon and the Bear stood staring upon them and the fifth of Iuly this Bare according to the kings Commandment was bayted to death by Dogges upon a Stage and the Mother of the murthered Child had twenty pound given her out of the money given by the people to see the death of the Bare Robert Allyley being Araigned at Newgate for fellony stood mute and and refused the ordinary triall whreupon as the manner is the Hangman came unto him to binde his hands but Allyley resisted and with his fist stroke him on the face in the presence of the Judges who presently Remembred that this priprisoner but the last Sessions before was there Convicted of Fellony and for the same had obtained the Kings Speciall pardon which pardons in generall are unto all persons but onely upon their good behaviour unto King and his Subjects and thereupon the Court gave judgment that for the blow he gave his hand should first be cut off and then his body to be hanged for that fact for the which he had his pardon according to which sentence he was presently executed at the Sessions Gate Thursday the third of May the French Queen was Crowned with all Solemnity in Paris and having been ten yeers before maried to the King and the next day was murthered in his Coach as he rode through Paris by a base villain that stabed him into the body twise with a long knife that he died instantly and his body was carried to the Loover presently upon the Kings death the Queen was made Regent during her sons minority viz. Lewis the thirteenth The twentieth of May being Sunday our King Queen and Prince the Duke of Yorke the lady Elizabeth and all the Lords and Ladies of the Court mourned in Black for the death of the French King Henry the fourth and about the end of Iune was he buried in Paris in as great Royalty as ever King of France upon the murrher of this French King the Lords and Commons of the house of Parliament of England humbly besought the King to have a more especiall care then formerly for the preservation of his Royall Person and also to the speedy order for the