thousand tall yeomen and seruing men well horssed which on their knees made their submission by the mouth of sir Robert Bowes and gaue to the king nine hundred pounds On Barnesdale the archbishop of Yorke with thrée hundred priests and more met the king and making a like submission gaue to him six hundred pounds The like submission was made by the maiors of Yorke Newcastell and Hull and ech of them gaue to the king an hundred pounds After he had béene at Yorke twelue daies he came to Hull where he deuised certeine fortifications This doone he passed ouer the water of Humber and so through Lincolneshire returned toward the south parts and at Alhallowen tide came to Hampton court About the same time the king had knowledge that the quéene liued dissolutelie in vsing the vnlawfull companie of one Francis Diram with whome she had beene too familiar before hir maraiage with the king not meaning to forgo his companie now in time of hir marriage without regard had either to the feare of God or the king hir husband the last summer being in progresse with the king at Pomfret the seuen and twentith of August she reteined the said Francis Diram in hir seruice to the intent she might vse his companie in such vnlawfull sort the more freelie and not satisfied with him she also vsed the vnlawfull companie of Thomas Culpeper esquire one of the gentlemen of the kings priuie chamber as well at Pomfret aforesaid on the nine and twentith and last of August aforesaid and on the first of September as at diuerse other times and places before and after Wherevpon the thirtéenth of Nouember sir Thomas Wriothesleie knight the kings secretarie came to Hampton court vnto the said quéene and called all hir ladies gentlewomen and seruants into hir great chamber there openlie in presence of them all declared hir offenses committed in abusing of hir bodie before hir mariage therwith he discharged hir houshold The morrow after she was conueied to Sion the ladie Bainton and certeine gentlewomen and some of hir seruants being appointed to wait vpon hir there till the kings pleasure might be further knowen Culpeper Diram and others were had to the tower Diram in his examination being charged with the familiaritie which had béene betwixt them before she was married to the king confessed that he and she said quéene had made a precontract togither and that he concealed it for hir preferment in marriage to the king after he vnderstood the king began to cast a liking towards hir The first of December Culpeper and Diram were arreigned at the Guildhall in London before the lord maior sitting there in iudgement as chéefe iudge hauing the lord chancellor vpon his right hand and the duke of Norffolke vpon his left hand the duke of Suffolke the lord priuie seale the earles of Sussex and Hereford with diuerse other of the councell sitting there as iudges in commission that daie the prisoners in the end confessed the indictement and had iudgement to die as in cases of treason The tenth of December the said Culpeper and Diram were drawen from the tower vnto Tiburne and there Culpeper had his head striken off and Diram was hanged dismembred and headed Culpepers bodie was buried in S. Sepulchers church but both their heads were set on London bridge The two and twentith of December were arreigned in line 10 the Kings bench at Westminster the ladie Margaret Howard wife to the lord William Howard Katharine Tilneie Alice Restwold gentlewomen Ioane Bulmer wife to Anthonie Bulmer gentleman Anne Howard wife to Henrie Howard esquier and brother to the late queene Malein Tilneie widow Margaret Benet wife to Iohn Benet gentleman Edward Walgraue gentleman William Ashbie gentleman all these were condemned of misprision of treason for concealing the queenes misdemeanour line 20 And the same daie in the afternoone the lord William Howard and Damport a gentleman were likewise arreigned and condemned of the same offense and as well these as the other were adiudged to lose their goods the profits of their lands during life and to remaine in perpetuall prison The sixtéenth of Ianuarie the parlement began at Westminster in the which the lords and commons exhibited certeine petitions to the king year 1542 First that he would not vex himselfe with the quéenes offense line 30 and that she and the ladie Rochford might be attainted by parlement and to auoid protracting of time they besought him to giue his roiall assent thereto vnder his great seale without staieng for the end of the parlement Also that Diram and Culpeper before attainted by the common law might also be attainted by parlement that Agnes duches of Norffolke and Katharine countesse of Bridgewater hir daughter which for concealing the said offense were committed to the towre and indicted of misprision line 40 the lord William Howard arreigned of the same might likewise be attainted Also that who soeuer had spoken or doone anie thing in detestation of hir naughtie life should be pardoned To these petitions the king granted thanking the commons for that it appéered they tooke his griefe to be theirs wherevpon the quéene and the ladie Rochford were attainted by both the houses On the tenth of Februarie the quéene was conueied from Sion to the towre by water the duke of Suffolke the lord line 50 priuie seale and the lord great chamberleine hauing the conduction of hir The next daie after being saturdaie and the eleuenth of Februarie the king did send his roiall assent by his great seale and then all the lords were in their robes and the common house called vp there the act was read and his assent declared And so on the thirtéenth daie those two ladies were beheaded on the greene within the towre with an ax where they confessed their offenses and died repentant line 60 Before this on the thrée and twentith daie of Ianuarie was the king proclamed king of Ireland as it was enacted both by authoritie of the parlement here and also of an other parlement holden at Dublin in Ireland there begun the thirteenth of Iune last past before sir Anthonie Saintleger knight and the kings deputie there where as till that time the kings of England were onlie intituled lords of Ireland In the beginning of March died sir Arthur Plantagenet vicount Lisle bastard sonne to Edward the fourth in the towre of London vnattainted when he should haue béene deliuered and set at libertie The occasion of his trouble for the which he was committed to the towre rose vpon suspicion that he should be priuie to a practise which some of his men as Philpot and Brindholme executed the last yeare as before ye haue heard had consented vnto for the betraieng of Calis to the French whilest he was the kings lieutenant there But after that by due triall it was knowne that he was nothing
persuade his capteins that the earle of Richmond is no warrior Frenchmen â— Britans great 〈◊〉 small 〈◊〉 â— Richards 〈◊〉 confidence and but â—esse courage The person of the earle of Richmond described The earles cause iust and right therefore likelie of good successe A great motiue to the nobles gentles assisting the earle K. Richards offenses and ill qualities summarilie touched by the earle K. Richard a notorious tyrant Incouragements to his armie to plaie the men in a iust cause Uictorie consisteth not in multitude but in manlinesse The battell betweene king Richard and king Henrie the 〈◊〉 called Belworth 〈◊〉 The policie of the earle The eaâ—le of Oxfords 〈◊〉 to his â—â—nd of men The earle of Oxfords valiantnesse The earle of Richmond proâ—â—ereth to incounter K. Richard bodie to bodie Sir William Brandon slaine The kings â—â—mie flieth Duke of Norffolke slaine in the field * Richard Ouid. What persons of name were slaine on king Richards side Erle of Surreie coÌ„mitted to the Toweâ— notwithstanding his submission How king Richard might haue escaped The deuout behauiour of the earle of Richmond after the victorie The lord Stanleie setteth yâ— crowne on king Henries head The lord Stanlies bold answer to K. Richards purseuant Proclamaâ—â—â—â— made to 〈◊〉 in the lord Strange The shamefull cariage oâ— K. Richards bodie to Leicester K. Richards badge and cognisance euerie when defaced The description of king Richard Sée pag. 690 â—91 Sée pag. 659. Sée pag. 703. Abr. Flem. ex Guiâ— pag. 49. Lodowike Sforce duke â— Millan by vsurpation Sée page 627. Guic. pag. 12. T. Wat in Am. Quer. 7. Fr. Thin The death of of William Dudleie bishop of Durham descended of the honorable house of the Dudleies Anno Reg. 1. Edward Plantagenet earle of Warewike sonne and heire to George duke of Clarence committed to the Tower King Henrie commeth to London Henrie the sâ—â—uenth crowned king A parlement at Westminster with an atteindor and a pardon gâ—nerall The king adâ—â—nceth his fâ—eends The king redâ—meth his â—ostages Abr. Flem. ex subsequentib See the historie of EnglaÌ„d pag. 124. See also D. Powels historie of Wales pag. 2 and 376 377 c. Sée before in Edward the fourth pag. 678. Gu. Ha. in psal 103. King Henrie the seuenth taketh to wife Elizabeth eldest daughter of Edward the fourth In Hen. 7. Yeomen of the gard first brought in The sweating sickenesse A remedie for the sweating sickenesse The king requested a prest of six thousand markes A parlement summoned new lawes for the commonwealth enacted The king goeth into the North. A rebellion made by the â—â—rd Louell and others Humfrie Stafford Thomas Stafford The duke 〈◊〉 Bedford against the lord Louell in armes The lord Louell escaped Sir 〈◊〉 Stafford â—aken out of Colnham sanctuarie and executâ—â— Anno Reg. â— Abr. Fl. ex epitome Rich. Graftoâ— One of the maiors officers chosen shiriffe of LoÌ„don and lord maior Sir Richard Simond a fraudulent preest Lambert Simenell the counterfeit earle of Warwâ—ke Thomas Gerardine chancellor of Ireland interteineth the counterfeit earle 〈◊〉 honorablâ—â— Margaret duchesse of Burgognie sister to king Edward the fourth hir malicious mind to Lancaster house A generall pardon excepting no offeÌ„se Order taken that the yoong earle of Warwike should be shewed abroad Ladie Elizabeth late wife to king Edward the fourth adiudged to forfeit all hir lands for promise-breaking Quéenes colledge in Cambridge founded by the ladie Elizabeth king Edward the fourth his wife Edward the right earle of Warwike shewed openlie in procession An ill matter followed to the proofe The earle of Lincolnes flight into Flanders doubted of king Henrie The marques Dorset committed to the Tower Martin Sward a valiant capteine of the Almains assistant to the earle of Lincolne The counterfeit earle of Warwike with all his adherents landeth in England K. Henries power soone increased The earle of Lincolne entreth Yorkeshire The battell of Stoke The armies ioine Martine Sward a péerelesse warrior The kings power ouercommeth All the capteinâ— of the aduerse part against the king slaine The number of the slaine that were against the king Lambert and his maister Simond takeÌ„ Morton bishop of Elie made archbishop of Canturburie and chancellor of England Abr. Fl. ex Gâ—ic pag 4 5. Creation of pope Alexander the sixt Otherwise called Roderike Borgia borne at Uenice Corruption of Cardinals in the election of the pope Pope Alexander the sixt corrupted with manie vices Thanks giuen to God after victorie Execution vpon the offendors Gu. Ha. in eccle cap. 10. Anno. Reg. 3. Fox bishop of Excester sent ambassador into Scotland A truce with Scotland for seuen yeares King Henrie returneth out of the north countrie The French kings request for aid against FraÌ„cis duke of Britaine King Henries offâ—r to make an attonement betwixt the French king and the duke Christopher Urswike The marques Dorset deliuered out of the Tower The kings loue to his wife quéene Elizabeth The duke 〈◊〉 Orleance pâ—â—taker with the duke of Britaine Edward lord Wooduile aâ—deth the duke of Britaine without the kings coÌ„sent Lord Wooduile gathereâ— a power in the I le of Wighâ— The leagâ—e renewed betwéene England and France The king callâ—th a parlement A peremptoâ—â—â— ambassage 〈◊〉 of England into France The battell of saint Aulbin in Britaine betweene the duke of Britaine and the French king Lord Wooduâ—le slaine King Henrie sendeth foorth his armie against the French When the French be iâ—uincible Francis duke 〈◊〉 Britaine â—eth The duchie of Britaine incorporated to the realme of France Iohn Stow. The birth of prince Arthur Anno Reg. 4. The collectors of the subsidie complaine to the earle of Northumberland that they cannot get in the tax monie The earle of Northumberland murthered by the northerne rebels at the instigation and setting on of Iohn a Chamber A rebellion in the north for a tax granted by parlement Sir Iohn Egremond capteine rebell Thomas erle of Surrie sent with a power against the north rebels Iohn a ChaÌ„ber hanged like an archtraitor Sir Iohn Egremond fiâ—eth into Flanders The king boroweth a gret summe of monie of the chaÌ„ber of LondoÌ„ Gâ—â— Ha. in Eccle cap. 8. A rebellion in Flanders Maximilian king of Romans imprisoned at Bruges by the townesmen The lord Cordes maketh aduantage of occasion King 〈◊〉 sendeth the lord Dâ—uâ—eneâ—e and the lord Mâ—rlâ—a against the French Sir Humfrâ—â—â— Talbot with his six score archers The good seruice of a wretch that should haue béene hanged A policie The lord Morlie slaine The number of the slaine 〈◊〉 both parts The Engâ—â—â—â— souldiers inriched Newport beâ—â—ged by the Frenchmen English archers The malicious and foolish words of the lord Cordes Iames king of Scots slaine by his â—wne subiects Adrian an Italian made bishop of Hereford and after of Bath and Welles 1490 Anno Reg. 6. Ambassadors from the FreÌ„ch king to the king of England â— Henrie is 〈◊〉 that the French king should marrie the duchesse of Britaine Lionell bishop of
slat to the ground Whereof the king hauing knowledge assembled a mightie armie out of hand and line 50 comming to Notingham he hanged vp the Welsh hostages which the last yeare he had receiued to the number of eight and twentie yoong striplings And by reason he was now set in a maruellous chase he roughlie proceeded against all those whom he knew not to fauor his case some he discharged of their offices other he depriued of their capteineships and other roomes reuoked certeine priuileges immunities granted to moonks préests men of religion Furthermore hauing his armie readie to passe line 60 on into Wales he receiued letters the same time both from the king of Scots and from his daughter the wife of Leoline prince of Wales conteining in effect the aduertisement of one matter which was to let him know that if he proceeded on his iournie he should either through treason he slaine of his owne lords or else be deliuered to be destroied of his enimies The king iudging no lesse but that the tenor of the letters conteined a truth brake vp his armie and returned to London From whence he sent messengers vnto all such lords as he suspected commanding them to send vnto him hostages for more assurance of their fidelities The lords durst not disobeie his commandement but sent their sons their nephues and other their kinsmen accordinglie as he required and so his rancour was appeased for a time But Eustace de Uescie Robert Fitz Walter and Stephan Ridell being accused an◠suspected of the K. for the said treason were glad to flée the realme Uescie departing into Scotland and the other two into France The same yeare the church of S. Marie Oueries and all the buildings vpon London bridge on both sides the same were consumed with fire which was iudged to be a signification of some mishap to follow The king held his Christmasse this yeare at Westminster year 1213 with no great traine of knights about him About the same time Geffrey archbishop of Yorke departed this life after he had remained in exile about a seauen yeares But now to returne againe to the practises of the popes legats Ye shall vnderstand the French king being requested by Pandulph the popes legat to take the warre in hand against king Iohn was easilie persuaded thereto of an inward hatred that he bare vnto our king and therevpon with all diligence made his prouision of men ships munition and vittell in purpose to passe ouer into England and now was his nauie readie rigged at the mouth of Saine and he in greatest forwardnesse to take his iournie When Pandulph vpon good considerations thought first to go eftsoones or at the least wise to send into England before the French armie should land there and to assaie once againe if he might induce the king to shew himselfe reformable vnto the popes pleasure king Iohn hauing knowledge of the French kings purpose and ordinance assembled his people and lodged with them alongst by the coast towards France that he might resist his enimies and kéepe them off from landing Here writers declare that he had got togither such an armie of men out of all the parts of his realme both of lords knights gentlemen yeomen other of the commons that notwithstanding all the prouision of vittels that might possible be recouered there could not be found sufficient store to susteine the huge multitude of them that were gathered alongst the coast namelie at Douer Feuersham Gipsewich and other places Wherevpon the capteins discharged and sent home a great number of the commons reteining onelie the men of armes yeomen and fréeholders with the crossebowes and archers There came likewise to the kings aid at the same time the bishop of Norwich out of Ireland bringing with him fiue hundred men of armes a great sort of other horssemen To conclude there was estéemed of able men assembled togither in the armie on Barhamdowne what of chosen men of armes and valiant yeomen and other armed men the number of sixtie thousand so that if they had béene all of one mind and well bent towards the seruice of their king and defense of their countrie there had not béene a prince in christendome but that they might haue beene able to haue defended the realme of England against him He had also prouided a nauie of ships farre stronger than the French kings readie to fight with them by sea if the case had so required But as he lay thus readie néere to the coast to withstand and beat backe his enimies there arriued at Douer two Templers who comming before the king declared vnto him that they were sent from Pandulph the popes legat who for his profit coueted to talke with him for he had as they affirmed meanes to propone whereby he might be reconciled both to God and his church although he were adiudged in the court of Rome to haue forfeited all the right which he had to his kingdome The king vnderstanding the meaning of the messengers sent them backe againe to bring ouer the legat who incontinentlie came ouer to Douer of whose arriuall when the king was aduertised he went thither and receiued him with all due honour and reuerence Now after they had talked togither a little and courteouslie saluted each other as the course of humanitie required the legat as it is reported vttered these words following The sawcie speech of proud Pandulph the popes lewd legat to king Iohn in the presumptuous popes behalfe I Doo not thinke that you are ignorant how pope Innocent to do that which to his dutie apperteineth hath both absolued your subiects of that oth which they made vnto you at the beginning and also taken from line 20 you the gouernance of England according to your deserts and finallie giuen commandement vnto certeine princes of Christendome to expell you out of this kingdom and to place an other in your roome so worthilie to punish you for your disobedience and contempt of religion and that Philip king of France with the first being readie to accomplish the popes commandement line 30 hath an armie in a readinesse and with his nauie newlie decked rigged and furnished in all points lieth at the mouth of the riuer of Saine looking for a prosperous wind that as soone as it commeth about he may saile therewith hither into England trusting as he saith with the helpe of your owne people which neither name you nor will take you for their king line 40 to spoile you of your kingdome with small adoo and to conquer it at his pleasure for he hath as he sticketh not to protest openlie to the world a charter made by all the cheefest lords of England touching their fealtie and obedience assured to him Therfore sith God for your iust desert is wroth with you and that you are as euill spoken of by all men as they that come against line 50 you be well
which the lords came with great retinues of armed men for the better safegard of their persons manie things in the same yeare enacted contrarie to the kings pleasure and his roiall prerogatiue For the lords at the first determined to demand the confirmation of the ancient charter of liberties which his father king Iohn had granted and he himselfe had so often promised to obserue and mainteine signifieng plainelie that they meant to pursue their purpose and intent herein not sparing either for losse of life lands or goods according to that they had mutuallie giuen their faiths by ioining of hands as the manner in such cases is accustomed Besides the grant of the great charter they required other things necessarie for the state of the common-wealth to be established and enacted It was therefore first enacted that all the Poictouins should auoid the land togither with other strangers and that neither the king nor his sonne prince Edward should in anie secret manner aid them against the people Moreouer that the king his sonne should receiue an oth to stand vnto the decrees and ordinances of that parlement and withall spéed to restore the ancient lawes and institutions of the realme which they both did rather constreined therevnto by feare than of anie good will Thus not onelie the king himselfe but also his sonne prince Edward receiued an oth to obserue the ordinances of that parlement But Iohn earle Warren and the kings halfe brethren namelie the earle of Penbroke refused that oth and likewise the lord Henrie sonne to the king of Almaine excused himselfe by his fathers absence without whose consent he would not receiue it vnto whome this answer was made that if his father would not consent to the agréement of the baronage he should not possesse one furrowe of land within this realme Also whereas the earle of Leicester resigned the castels of Killingworth and Odiham into the kings hands which he had latelie receiued by his gift and newlie repaired the earle of Penbroke and his other brethren sware déepelie that they would for no mans pleasure giue ouer such castels rents and wardships of theirs as they had of the kings gift But the earle of Leicester told the earle of Penbroke flatlie and plainlie that he should either render them vp or else he should be sure to lose his head This saieng was confirmed by the generall voices of all other the barons bicause it was a speciall article concluded amongst other in that parlement The kings halfe brethren perceiuing which waie the world went stood in doubt of themselues and secretlie therevpon departing from Oxenford first withdrew vnto Winchester where Odomare one of the same brethren was bishop through whose support and by reason of the strength of such castels as he held they trusted to be in more safetie but finallie perceiuing themselues not to be so out of danger sith the barons minded to pursue them about the eighteenth daie of Iulie they departed the realme with a great number of other of their countriemen and amongest those William de saint Herman the kings caruer was one Henrie Montfort sonne to the earle of Leicester vnderstanding of their departure out of the realme followed and hearing that they were arriued at Bullogne he landed in those parts by such freendship as he found there amongst those that bare good will vnto his father he got togither a power and after a manner besieged the Poictouins within Bullogne laieng watch for them in such sort both by sea and land that there was no waie left for them to escape When they saw themselues in that danger they sent a messenger with all post hast to the French king requiring his safe conduct to passe fréelie through his realme as they trusted he would be content to grant vnto such as for refuge and safegard of life should repaire vnto him for comfort The French king courteouslie granted their request and so they were in safetie permitted to passe quietlie through the countrie In the meane while one Richard Gray chatellaine of Douer castell a right valiant man and a faithfull suffered no man to passe that waie vnsearched according to that which he had in commandement wherevpon he tooke seized into his hands line 10 a great portion of treasure which was brought thither to be transported ouer to the Poictouins that were fled out of the realme Also there was found a great quantitie of treasure in the new temple at London which they had gathered hoorded vp there which also was seized to the kings vse But now to returne vnto the doings in the parlement holden at Oxford It was ordeined as some write that the king should choose twelue persons of the realme and the communaltie of the land should line 20 choose other twelue the which hauing regall authoritie in their hands might take in charge the gouernance of the realme vpon them should from yeare to yeare prouide for the due election of iustices chancellors treasurors and other officers and see for the safe keeping of the castels which belonged to the crowne These foure and twentie gouernours appointed as prouiders for the good gouernement of the realme began to order all things at their pleasure in the meane time not forgetting to vse things chéeflie line 30 to their owne aduantages as well in prouiding eschets and wards for their sonnes and kinsfolks as also in bestowing patronages of churches belonging to the kings gift at their pleasures so that these prouiders séemed to prouide all for themselues in so much that neither king nor Christ could receiue ought amongst them and as for iustice they regarded nothing lesse their minds were so rauished with desire of priuat wealth which who so hunteth after being in place of magistracie he must néeds neglect the law line 40 and course of equitie and therefore this counsell is good which a good writer giueth in this behalfe saieng Si iustus vult esse aliquis non vtile quaerat Iusticia est multis laudata domestica paucis There be that write how there were but twelue of these gouernours chosen whose names were as followeth First the archbishop of Canturburie the bishop of Worcester Roger Bigod earle of Northfolke and marshall of England Simon de Mountfort earle of Leicester Richard de Clare earle of line 50 Glocester Humfrey Bohun earle of Hereford the earles of Warwike and Arundell sir Iohn Mansell cheefe iustice of England sir Roger lord Mortimer sir Hugh Bigod sir Peter de Sauoy sir Iames Audâ—ley and sir Peter de Mountfort To these was authoritie onelie giuen to punish and correct all such as offended in breaking of any the ordinances at this parlement established It was not long after the finishing of this parlement but that strife and variance began to kindle line 60 betwéene the king and the earles of Leicester and Glocester by reason of such officers as the
except onelie two earles of Almaine which brought with them but onelie three knights and he himselfe had but eight line 40 knights his brother king Henrie was readie to receiue him and brought him from Douer vnto Canturburie for neither of them was suffered to enter into the castell of Douer the lords hauing them in a gelousie least they should be about to breake the ordinances which were concluded On the morow after the king of Almaine receiued the oth in the presence of Richard earle of Glocester and others within the chapter house of Canturburie And on the day line 50 of the Purification of our ladie the two kings with their queenes and a great number of noble personages made their entrie and passage into the citie of London In the octaues of the said Purification the parlement began at London to the which came the earle of Leicester from the parts of beyond the sea where he had for a certeine time remained There came also an ambassador from the French king one that was deane of Burges and so there was an earnest treatie line 60 had touching a peace to be concluded betwixt the two kings of England and France which on the day of saint Ualentine was accorded and put in articles with condition that the same should remaine firme and stable if the kings would assent to that which had beene talked of and agreed vpon by their speciall and solemne agents For the further perfecting of this agreement and finall peace betwixt the kings of England and France about the begining of Aprill the earls of Glocester and Leicester Iohn Mansell Peter de Sauoy and Robert Ualerane were sent ouer into France hauing also with them letters of credence to conclude in all matters as had béene talked of by their agents But when the countesse of Leicester would not consent to quite claime and release hir right in such parcels of Normandie as belonged to hir which king Henrie had couenanted with the residue to resigne vnto the French king The earle of Glocester fell at words with the earle of Leicester about the stubborne demeanor which his wife shewed in that matter and so by reason that either of them stood at defiance with the other although by meane of freends they staied from further inconuenience they returned backe without concluding any thing in that whereabout they were sent About the same time there was a certeine mansion house by waie of deuotion giuen vnto the friers that are called preachers within the towne of Dunstable so that certeine of them thrusting themselues in there began to inhabit in that place to the great annoiance of the prior and conuent of Dunstable as it were by the example of the other order called minors which in the last precéeding yeare at saint Edmundsburie in Suffolke had practised the like matter against the willes of the abbat and conuent there they began to build verie sumptuous houses so that in the eies of the beholders such chargeable workes of building so suddenlie aduanced by them that professed voluntarie pouertie caused no small woonder The said friers building them a church with all spéed and setting vp an altar immediatlie began to celebrate diuine seruice not once staieng for the purchase of anie licence And so building from day to day they obteined great aid of such as inhabited neere vnto them of whome the prior and conuent ought to haue receiued the reuenues that were now conuerted to be imploied on the said friers towards their maintenance Thus by how much more their house increased by so much more did the prior and conuent decrease in substance and possessions for the rents which they were accustomed to receiue of the messuages and houses giuen to the friers were lost and likewise the offerings which were woont to come to their hands now these friers being newlie entred by occasion of their preachings vsurped to themselues Richard Graie constable of the castell of Douer and lord warden of the cinque ports was this yeare remooued by the lord chéefe iustice Hugh Bigod who tooke into his owne hands the custodie of the said castell and ports The cause whie the said Richard Graie was discharged we find to haue fallen out by this means He suffered a frier minor called Walascho comming from the pope bicause he had the kings letters vnder the great seale to enter the land not staieng him nor warning the lords of his comming contrarie as it was interpreted vnto the articles of their prouisions enacted at Oxenford This frier indeed was sent from the pope to haue restored Athilmarus or Odomarus as some write him the kings halfe brother vnto the possessions of the bishoprike of Winchester to the which he had béene long before elected But the lords were so bent against him that vpon such suggestions as they laid foorth Walascho refrained from dooing that which he had in commandement and returned to make report what he vnderstood so that Odomarus was now as farre from his purpose as before About the feast of saint Michaell the bishop of Bangor was sent from Leolin prince of Wales vnto the king of England to make offer on the behalfe of the said Leolin and other the lords of Wales of sixtéene thousand pounds of siluer for a peace to be had betwixt the king and them and that they might come to Chester and there haue their matters heard and determined as in time past they had béene accustomed But what answer at his returne was giuen to this bishop by the king and his nobles it is vncerteine In the fortie and fourth yeare of king Henries reigne the fridaie following the feast of Simon and Iude in a parlement holden at Westminster were read in presence of all the lords and commons the acts and ordinances made in the parlement holden at Oxenford with certeine other articles by the gouernours therevnto added and annexed After the reading whereof the archbishop of Canturburie being reuested with his suffragans to the number of nine bishops besides abbats and others denounced line 10 all them accurssed that attempted in word or déed to breake the said statutes or anie of them In the same parlement was granted to the king a talke called scutagium or escuage that is to saie fortie shillings of euerie knights fée throughtout England the which extended to a great summe of monie For as diuerse writers do agree there were in England at that time in possession of the spiritualtie and temporaltie beyond fortie thousand knights fees but almost halfe of them were in spirituall mens hands line 20 Upon the sixt day of Nouember the king came vnto Paules where by his commandement was the folkemote court assembled and the king according to the former ordinances made asked licence of the communaltie of the citie to passe the sea and promised there in the presence of a great multitude of people by the mouth of
deuises to appoint certeine persons with full power and authoritie to heare and in iudgement to determine those matters The duke of Glocester therfore and the earle of Arundell were line 50 appointed as iudges which whilest the king as yet was absent who got him foorth of the waie of purpose bicause he would not be present at the condemnation of those whome he most entierlie loued and fauoured went earnestlie in hand with their businesse and so at length as Walsingham saith the earle of Suffolke was conuicted found giltie of sundrie crimes trespasses and naughtie parts for which it was thought that he deserued to lose his life goods but yet he was suffered as the same Walsingham line 60 saith to go abroad vnder suertie certeine great men being bound for him in great sums of monie But what order soeuer was taken for the punishment of him sure it is he was displaced from his office of chancellorship as before yée haue heard Furthermore the lords and other estates in this parlement considering that through couetousnesse of the new deposed officers the kings treasure had béene imbezeled lewdlie wasted prodigallie spent nothing to his profit there were in this parlement thirteene lords chosen to haue ouersight vnder the king of the whole gouernment of the realme as by their commission in the statutes of the tenth yeare of this king it dooth in the booke of statutes at large appeare Of those thirteene there were thrée of the new officers named as the bishop of Elie lord chancellor the bishop of Hereford lord treasuror and Nicholas abbat of Waltham lord keeper of the priuie seale the other ten were these William archbishop of Canturburie Alexander archbishop of Yorke Edmund Langlie duke of Yorke Thomas duke of Glocester William bishop of Winchester Thomas bishop of Excester Richard earle of Arundell Richard lord Scroope and Iohn lord Debereux But this participation of the gouernement fell out to be inconuenient as by processe of the storie shall appeare euen to those vnto whome it was allotted so that no small a doo happened among them and their partakers according to the old prouerbe which saith Vae sibi quando canes veniunt os rodere plures Moreouer at the kings instance and earnest sute it was granted that Robert de Uéer late marquesse of Dubline and now newlie created duke of Ireland should haue and receiue to his owne vse thirtie thousand marks that the Frenchmen were to giue for the heires of the lord Charles de Blois that remained here in England which Charles in times past chalenged as his rightfull inheritance the dutchie of Britaine against the earle of Montfort This grant was made to the duke of Ireland with condition that being furnished with this monie he should passe ouer into Ireland before the next Easter there to recouer such lands as the king had giuen to him For aswell the lords as the commons were so desirous to haue him gone that they wished the realme rather to spare so much treasure than to haue his presence about the king to allure him to follie The same time the king of Armenia sued for a safe conduct to come againe ouer into this land to speake with the king as it had been about the moouing of some peace betwixt the two realms of England and France but sith his meaning was suspected to be to no good end but to benefit himselfe by receiuing of some great gifts at the kings bountifull hands his sute was not granted In this meane time also whilest the French king with such a companie of dukes earls and other lords as had not béene heard of still continued in Flanders staieng as well for a conuenient wind as for the comming of the duke of Berrie it chanced that certeine English ships as they wasted the seas met with two of the French ships that were sailing towards Sluis and fighting with them tooke them and brought them both to Sandwich There was found aboord the same ships a maister gunner that sometime had serued the Englishmen at Calis when sir Hugh Caluerlie was lieutenant there also diuerse great guns and engins to beat downe wals were found and taken in the same ships with a great quantitie of powder that was more worth than all the rest About the same time or rather somewhat before the Englishmen also tooke certeine hulks and six cariks of the Genowais laden with great riches but bicause they were merchants they found such fauor at the kings hands through means of Michaell de la Poole then lord chancellor whome they had made their fréend that they had their vessels and all their goods restored and streightwaies they passed with the same vnto Sluis where the enimies laie to make sale of their wares there Wherevpon much murmuring rose among the kings subiects taking it in euill part that they should be suffered so to go their waies to releeue the enimies of the realme with such goods as were once brought into the Englishmens possession and speciallie the lord chancellor was verie euill thought of for shewing so much fauour vnto those strangers The French king still remaining in Flanders tarieng for the comming of the duke of Berrie and also for a conuenient wind at length on the euen of All saints the wind came about very fauourablie for the Frenchmens purpose wherevpon they weied anchors and lanched from the hauen of Sluis but they were not past twentie miles forward on their way when the wind suddenlie turned contrarie to their course againe and brought them backe with such violence that diuerse of them as they should enter line 10 the hauen were broken and brused and so by this occasion and the counsell of the duke of Berrie togither the French king brake vp his iournie for that yeare and returned into France ¶ Ye haue heard what was doone by the states assembled in parlement against the earle of Suffolke whom the most part of the realme so greatlie hated but yet neuerthelesse the king had such an affection towards him that immediatlie after the parlement was dissolued he vndid all that had béene enacted against him receiuing line 20 him into more familiaritie than before and caused him to continue with the duke of Ireland and Alexander Neuill archbishop of Yorke which two lords trauelled most earnestlie to mooue the king against the other lords and to disannull all that had béene doone in the last parlement There increased therefore in the king an inward hatred which he conceiued against the lords these men putting into his eare that he was like no king but rather resembled the shadow of one saieng it line 30 would come to passe that he should be able to doo nothing of himselfe if the lords might inioy the authoritie which they had taken vpon them The king gaue credit to these tales and therefore had the lords in great gelousie notwithstanding they were thought to be his most true and faithfull subiects
Iohn duke of Norffolke the worshipfull father in God Thomas bishop of Duresme Philip bishop of Worcester Iohn bishop of Bath the noble lord Humfrie earle of Stafford the worshipfull persons maister William Alnewicke kéeper of the kings priuie seale and Rafe lord Cromwell promising and behighting by the faith of his bodie word of his princehood and kings sonne to doo kéepe obserue and fulfill for him and his behalfe all that shall be declared ordeined and arbitrated by the foresaid archbishop dukes bishops earle keeper of the priuie seale and lord Cromwell in all matters and quarels abouesaid Granting also and promising ouer that to be comprehended in the foresaid arbitrement as toward putting awaie all heauinesses and displeasures in anie wise conteined by my lord of Glocester against all those that haue in anie wise assisted counselled or fauoured vnto his said vncle of Winchester and as toward anie matters that be touching my lord of Glocester remitteth it and the gouernance thereof vnto the king his councell they to déeme it by the aduise of his councell as him thinketh it to be doon◠In witnesse of the which thing to this present compromise my said lord of Glocester hath subscribed his name with his owne hand Humfreie Glocester And in like forme my lord of Winchester in an other compromise hath subscribed with his owne hand vnder the word of his priesthood to stand at the aduise ordinance arbitrement of the persons abouesaid Mutatis mutandis A decree or order taken by the kings councell for the pacifieng of the quarels variances that were betweene the duke of Glocester and the bishop of Winchester THe causes aforesaid and quarels by vs séene heard and diligentlie examined and decréed by the assent of the said parties ordeine and award that my lords of Glocester and of Winchester for any thing doone or spoken by that one partie against that other or by anie of theirs or anie other person or persons afore the seuenth daie of this present moneth of March neuer hereafter take causes quarels displeasures or heauinesses that one against the other ne neither against the counsellers adherents or fauourers of that other for anie thing or things that are past And that my said lord of Glocester be good lord to my said lord of Winchester haue him in loue and affection as his kinsman vncle And that my said lord of Winchester haue to my said lord of Glocester true and sad loue and affection doo and be readie to doo him such seruice as apperteineth of honestie to my said lord of Winchester and his estate to doo And that each of them be good lord vnto all those adherents counsellers and fauourers of that other and shew them at all times fauourable loue and affection as for anie thing by them doone or said before the seauenth daie of March. And we decrée ordeine and award that my said lord of Winchester in the presence of the king our souereigne lord my lord of Bedford and my lord of Glocester and the residue of the lords spirituall and temporall and commons being in this present parlement saie and declare in maner and forme that followeth My souereigne lord I haue well vnderstand that I am noised among the states of your land how that the king our souereigne lord that was at that time being prince and lodged in the great chamber at Westminster by the baieng of a spaniell there was on a night taken behind a tapet in the same chamber a man that should haue confessed that he was there by mine excitation and procuring to haue slaine the foresaid prince there in his bed wherevpon he was sacked and foorthwith also drowned in the Thames Furthermore I am accused how that I should haue stirred the king that last died the time also that he was prince to haue taken the gouernance of this realme and the crowne vpon him his father liuing the same time being king Through which language and noising I féele my name and fame greatlie enblemished in diuerse mens opinions Wherevpon I take first God to my witnes and after all the world that I haue béene at all times and am true louer and true man to you my souereigne lord and shall line 10 be all my life And also I haue béene to my souereigne lord that was your father all the time of his reigne true man and for such he tooke me trusted me and cherished me to his liues end and as I trust no man will affirme the contrarie nor neuer in my life procuring nor imagining death nor destruction of his person ne assenting to any such thing or like thereto the time that he was king or prince or else in other state I was likewise true man to king Henrie the line 20 fourth all the time that he was my souereigne lord and reigned vpon me In which matters in all maner of wise that it liketh to you my souereigne lord for to command me I am readie for to declare me and furthermore where how and when it shall like you by the aduise of your councell to assigne me Wherfore I beséech you my souereigne lord as humblie as I can considering that there is no grounded processe by the which I might lawfullie in these matters abouesaid be conuict blessed be God to hold me line 30 and declare me by the aduise of all the lords spirituall and temporall being in this present parlement true man to you my souereigne lord and so to haue beene vnto my souereigne lords that were your father and grandfather and true man also to haue béene at all times to your said father whilest he was prince or else in anie other estate the said slander and noise notwithstanding and this same declaration to be inacted in this your said present parlement The which words declared in maner as it is abouesaid line 40 it seemeth to my said lords the arbitrators that it is méet that my said lord of Winchester draw him apart and in the meane time the lords being present be singularlie examined therevpon and saie their aduise And if it be assented by them in maner as my said lord of Winchester desireth let him be called againe and that then my lord of Bedford haue these words in effect that follow Faire vncle the king my lord by the aduise of his councell hath commanded me to saie to you that he hath well vnderstand line 50 and considered all the matters which yée haue heere openlie declared in his presence and therevpon yée desire a petition that he will declare you and by the aduise and assent of the lords spirituall and temporall being in this present parlement he declareth you a true man to him and that yée haue so béene to my lord his father and grandfather also true man to my lord his father while he was prince or else in anie other estate the said dislander and noising notwithstanding and will that the said declaration be so line 60 inacted in
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Upon the thirtith of Maie next following she was crowned quéene of this realme of England at Westminster with all the solemnitie line 60 thereto apperteining This mariage séemed to manie both infortunate and vnprofitable to the realme of England and that for manie causes First the king had not one penie with hir and for the fetching of hir the marquesse of Suffolke demanded a whole fiftéenth in open parlement And also there was deliuered for hir the duchie of Aniou the citie of Mans and the whole countie of Maine which countries were the verie staies and backestands to the duchie of Normandie And furthermore the earle of Arminacke tooke such displeasure with the king of England for this mariage that he became vtter enimie to the crowne of England and was the cheefe cause that the Englishmen were expelled out of the whole duchie of Aquitaine But most of all it should séeme that God was displeased with this mariage for after the confirmation thereof the kings freends fell from him both in England and in France the lords of his realme fell at diuision and the commons rebelled in such sort that finallie after manie fields foughten and manie thousands of men slaine the king at length was deposed and his sonne killed and this quéene sent home againe with as much miserie and sorrow as she was receiued with pompe and triumph such is the instabilitie of worldlie felicitie and so wauering is false flattering fortune Which mutation and change of the better for the worse could not but nettle and sting hir with pensiuenesse yea and anie other person whatsoeuer that hauing béene in good estate falleth into the contrarie whereto the saieng of the poet giueth credit in these few words following Quem res plus nimio delectauère secundae Mutatae quatiunt This yeare after the deceasse of Henrie Chicheleie archbishop of Canturburie succeeded Iohn Stafford in that sée being translated from Bath and Wels. He was the thréescore and one archbishop as Polydor noteth During the time of the truce Richard duke of Yorke and diuerse other capteins repaired into England both to visit their wiues children and fréends and also to consult what should be doone if the truce ended For the which cause a parlement was called in the which it was especiallie concluded that by good foresight Normandie might be so furnished for defense before the end of the truce year 1446 that the French king should take no aduantage through want of timelie prouision for it was knowne that if a peace were not concluded the French king did prepare to imploie his whole puissance to make open warre Héerevpon monie was granted an armie leuied and the duke of Summerset appointed to be regent of Normandie and the duke of Yorke thereof discharged I haue séene in a register booke belonging sometime to the abbeie of saint Albons that the duke of of Yorke was established regent of France after the deceasse of the duke of Bedford to continue in that office for the tearme of fiue yeares which being expired he returned home and was ioifullie receiued of the king with thanks for his good seruice as he had full well deserued in time of that his gouernement and further that now when a new regent was to be chosen and sent ouer to abide vpon safegard of the countries beyond the seas as yet subiect to the English dominion the said duke of Yorke was eftsoones as a man most méet to supplie that roome appointed to go ouer againe as regent of France with all his former allowances But the duke of Summerset still maligning the duke of Yorkes aduancement as he had sought to hinder his dispatch at the first when he was sent ouer to be regent as before yee haue heard he likewise now wrought so that the king reuoked his grant made to the duke of Yorke for enioieng of that office the terme of other fiue yéeres and with helpe of William marquesse of Suffolke obteined that grant for himselfe Which malicious deling the duke of Yorke might so euill beare that in the end the heate of displeasure burst out into such a flame as consumed at length not onelie both those two noble personages but also manie thousands of others though in diuers times and seasons as in places hereafter as occasion serueth it shall more euidentlie appeare But now to returne to the parlement The marques of Suffolke supposing all men had as well liked his dooings during the time of his legation in France as himselfe the second daie of Iune in the first session of this parlement in the higher house openlie eloquentlie and boldlie declared his paine trauell and diligence susteined in his said legation as well for the taking and concluding an abstinence of warre as in the making of the mariage remembring them also that the said truce expired the first of Aprill next except a finall peace or a further truce were concluded in the meane season and therefore he aduised them to prouide and foresée things necessarie for the warre as though no concord should succeed least happilie the Frenchmen perceiuing line 10 them vnprouided would take their aduantage and agrée neither to peace nor amitie saieng vnto them further that sith he had admonished the king and them according to his dutie if anie thing happened otherwise than well he was thereof innocent and guiltlesse and had acquited himselfe like a true and louing subiect and a faithfull councellour praieng the lords to haue it in remembrance Likewise on the morow after he descended into the common house accompanied with certeine lords line 20 and there declared the same matter to the knights citizens and burgesses praieng the commons for his discharge that as well all his dooings and procéedings in the kings affaires beyond the sea as also his aduertisement and counsell opened to the lords and commons now togither assembled might be by the king and them inacted and inrolled in the records of the parlement Wherevpon the next daie after the speaker William Burghleie and the companie of line 30 the lower house repaired vnto the kings presence sitting amongst the lords of the vpper house there humblie required that the request of the marquesse might be granted And so likewise the lords made the like petition kneeling on their knées insomuch that the king condescended to their desires and so the labours demeanours diligences and declarations of the said marquesse togither with the desires not onelie of the lords but also of the commons as well for the honour of him and his posteritie as for line 40 his acquitall and discharge were inacted and inrolled in the records of the parlement By the quéenes meanes shortlie after also was the said marquesse aduanced so in authoritie that he ruled the king at his pleasure and to his high preferment obteined the wardships both of the bodie and lands of the countesse of Warwike and of the ladie Margaret sole heire
liuing duke of Excester wherefore something is mistaken herein But was this a practise thinke you beséeming a man of worship learning and iudgement to make awaie himselfe bicause he saw a temporall interruption of his prosperitie Suerlie how much learning so euer he had in the lawes of the land litle at all or none as appeareth had he in suffering the forces of aduersitie whom the feare of it did so terrifie that it line 60 droue him to his end Wise therefore is the counsell of the comedie-writer and worthie of imitation that a man when he is in best case and highest degrée of welfare should euen then meditate with himselfe how to awaie with hardnesse with penurie perils losse banishment and other afflictions for so shall he prepare himselfe to beare them with patience when they happen as souldiers trained vp in militarie exercises at home are so much the forwarder for the field fitter to incounter their foes with lesse dread of danger when they come abroad to be tried and therefore it is wiselie to the purpose said of Virgil superando omnis fortuna ferendo est But to returne to the princes affaires When the fame was once spred abroad that K. Edward was fled the relme an innumerable number of people resorted to the earle of Warwike to take his part but all K. Edwards trustie fréends went to diuerse sanctuaries and amongst other his wife quéene Elizabeth tooke sanctuarie at Westminster and there in great penurie forsaken of all hir friends was deliuered of a faire son called Edward which was with small pompe like a poore mans child christened the godfathers being the abbat and prior of Westminster and the godmother the ladie Scroope But what might be the heauinesse of this ladies hart thinke we vpon consideration of so manie counterblasts of vnhappinesse inwardlie conceiued Hir husband had taken flight his adherents and hir fréends sought to shroud themselues vnder the couert of a new protector she driuen in distresse forsooke not that simple refuge which hir hard hap forced vpon hir and a kings wife wanted in hir necessitie such things as meane mens wines had in superfluitie a corosiue to a noble mind a prince of renowmed parentage was by constreint of vnkind fortune not vouchsafed the solemnitie of christendome due and decent for so honorable a personage The Kentishmen in this seson whose minds be euer moueable at the change of princes came to the subvrbs of London spoiled mansions robbed béerehouses and by the counsell of sir Geffrie Gates and other sanctuarie men they brake vp the kings Bench and deliuered prisoners and fell at Ratcliffe Limehouse S. Katharins to burning of houses slaughter of people and rauishing of women Which small sparkle had growne to a greater flame if the earle of Warwike with a great power had not suddenlie quenched it and punished the offendors which benefit by him doone caused him much more to be estéemed and liked amongst the commons than he was before When he had settled all things at his pleasure vpon the twelfe daie of October he rode to the Tower of London and there deliuered king Henrie out of the ward where he before was kept and brought him to the kings lodging where he was serued according to his degrée On the fiue and twentith day of the said moneth the duke of Clarence accompanied with the earles of Warwike and Shrewesburie the lord Strange and other lords and gentlemen some for feare and some for loue and some onelie to gaze at the wauering world went to the Tower and from thense brought king Henrie apparelled in a long gowne of blew veluet through London to the church of saint Paule the people on euerie side the streets reioising and crieng God saue the king as though ech thing had succéeded as they would haue had it and when he had offered as kings vse to doo he was conueied to the bishops palace where he kept his houshold like a king Thus was the principalitie posted ouer somtimes to Henrie sometimes to Edward according to the swaie of the partie preuailing ambition and disdaine still casting fagots on the fire whereby the heat of hatred gathered the greater force to the consumption of the péeres and the destruction of the people In the meane time neither part could securelie possesse the regalitie when they obteined it which highmindednesse was in the end the ouerthrow of both principals and accessaries according to the nature thereof noted in this distichon by the poet Fastus habet lites offensis fastus abundat Fastus ad interitum praecipitare solet When king Henrie had thus readepted and eftsoons gotten his regall power and authoritie he called his high court of parlement to begin the six and twentith day of Nouember at Westminster in the which king Edward was adiudged a traitor to the countrie and an vsurper of the realme His goods were confiscat and forfeited The like sentence was giuen against all his partakers and freends And besides this it was inacted that such as for his sake were apprehended and were either in captiuitie or at large vpon suerties should be extremelie punished according to their demerits amongst whome was the lord Tiptoft earle of Worcester lieutenant for king Edward in Ireland exercising there more extreme crueltie than princelie pietie and namelie on line 10 two infants being sonnes to the earle of Desmond This earle of Worcester being found in the top of an high thrée in the forrest of Waibridge in the countie of Huntington was brought to London and either for treason to him laid or malice against him conceiued was atteinted and beheaded at the Tower hill and after buried at the Blacke friers Moreouer all statutes made by king Edward were clearlie reuoked and the crownes of the realmes of line 20 England and France were by authoritie of the same parlement intailed to king Henrie the sixt and to his heires male and for default of such heires to remaine to George duke of Clarence to his heires male and further the said duke was inabled to be next heire to his father Richard duke of Yorke and to take from him all his landes and dignities as though he had béene his eldest sonne at the time of his death Iasper earle of Penbroke and Iohn earle of Oxford with diuerse other by king Edward atteinted line 30 were restored to their old names possessions and ancient dignities Beside this the earle of Warwike as one to whom the common-wealth was much bounden and euer had in great fauour of the commons of this land by reason of the exceeding houshold which he dailie kept in all countries where euer he soiourned or laie and when he came to London he held such an house that six oxen were eaten at a breakefast and euerie tauerne was full of his meat for who that had line 40 anie acquaintance in that house he should haue had as much sod
light persons said that Thomas Crumwell which was newlie come to the fauour of the king had disclosed the secrets of the commons which thing caused the king to be so extreame The king like a good prince considered how sorowfull his commons were of the answer that he made them and thought that they were not quiet wherefore of his owne motion he caused a pardon of the premunire to be drawne and signed it with his hand and sent it to the common house by Christopher Hales his atturneie which bill was soone assented to Then the commons louinglie thanked the king and much praised his wit that he had denied it to them when they vnworthâ—lie demanded it and had bountifullie granted it when he perceiued that they sorrowed and lamented While the parlement sat on the thirtith daie of March at afternoone there came into the common house the lord chancellor and diuerse lords of the spiritualtie and â—emporaltie to the number of twelue and there the lord chancellor said You of this worshipfull house I am sure be not so ignorant but you know well that the king our souereigne lord hath married his brothers wife for she was both wedded and bedded with his brother prince Arthur and therefore you may suerlie saie that he hath married his brothers wife â—f this marriage be good or no manie clerkes doo doubt Wherefore the king like a vertuous prince willing to be satisfied in his conscience also for the suertie of his realme hath with great deliberation consulted with profound clerkes hath sent my lord of London here present to the chiefe vniuersities of all christendome to know their opinion and iudgement in that behalfe And although that the vniuersities of Cambridge and Oxford had béene sufficient to discusse the cause yet bicause they be in his realme and to auoid all suspicion of parcialitie he hath sent into the realme of France Italie the popes dominions and Uenecians to know their iudgement in that behalfe which haue concluded written and sealed their determinations according as you shall heare read Then sir Brian Tuke tooke out of a box certeine writings sealed and read them word by word as after insueth translated out of Latine into the English toong Determinations of diuerse vniuersities touching the vnlawfulnesse of the kings marriage and first the determination of the vniuersitie of Orleance NOt long since there were put foorth to vs the college of doctors regents of the vniuersitie of Orleance these two questions that follow The first whether it be lawfull by the law of God for the brother to take to wife that woman whom his brother hath left The second if this be forbidden by the law of God whether this prohibition of the law of God may be remitted by the pope his dispensation We the foresaid college of doctors regents according to our custome and vsage came manie times togither and did sit diuerse times vpon the discussing of these foresaid doubts and questions and did examine and weigh as much as we might diuerse and manie places both of the old testament and the new and also the interpretors and declarers both of the law of God and the canon law After we had weighed considered all things exactlie with good leisure and deliberation we haue all determined and concluded that these foresaid mariages cannot be attempted nor enterprised except a man doo wroong and plaine contrarie to the law of God yea and that although it be doone by pardon and sufferance of the pope And in witnesse of this conclusion and determination we haue caused this present publike writing to be signed by the scribe of our said vniuersitie and to be strengthened fortified with the seale of the same Enacted in the chapell of our ladie the annuntiation or the good tidings that she had of Christes comming in Orleance the yeare of our Lord 1529 the 5. daie of Aprill The determination of the facultie of decrees of the vniuersitie of Paris IN the name of the Lord so be it There was put foorth before vs the deane and college of the right councelfull facultie of decrées of the vniuersitie of Paris this question Whether that the pope might dispense that the brother might marrie the wife that his brother hath left if mariage betweene his brother now dead and his wife were once consummate line 20 We the deane and college of the said facultie after manie disputations and reasons made of both sides vpon this matter and after great and long turning and searching of bookes both of the law of God and the popes law and of the law ciuill we counsell and saie that the pope hath no power to dispense in this foresaid case In witnesse whereof we haue caused this present writing to be strengthened with the seale of our facultie and with the signe of our scribe or chiefe bedle Yeuen in the congregation or assemble at saint Iohn Laterenense in Paris the second line 30 daie of Maie 1530. The determination of ciuilians and canonists of the vniuersitie of Aniou NOt long time since there were proposed vnto vs the rector and doctors regents in law canon and ciuill of the vniuersitie of Aniou these two questions line 40 here following that is to wit Whether it is vnlawfull by the law of God the law of nature for a man to marrie the wife of his brother that is departed without children so that the marriage was consummate And againe whether it is lawfull for the pope to dispense with such marriage We the aforesaid rector and doctors haue according to our custome and vsage manie times communed togither and sitten to dispute these questions and to find out the certeintie of them And after that we had discussed and examined line 50 manie and diuerse places aswell of the law of God as of the law of man which séemed to perteine to the same purpose and after we had brought reasons for both parties and examined them all things faithfullie and after good conscience considered and vpon sufficient deliberation and aduisement taken we define and determine that neither by the law of God nor of nature it is permitted for any christian man no not euen with the authoritie of the sée apostolike or with anie dispensation granted line 60 by the pope to marrie the wife that his brother hath left although his brother be departed without children after that the marriage is once finished and consummate And for witnes of the aforsaid things we haue commanded the scribe of our said vniuersitie to signe this present publike instrument and it to be fortified with the great seale of our vniuersitie Enacted in the church of saint Peter in Aniou the yeare of our Lord 1530 the 7 daie of Maie The determination of the facultie of diuinitie in the vniuersitie of Paris THe deane and the facultie of the holie diuinitie of the vniuersitie of Paris to all them to whom this present writing shall come wisheth
forgiue me O three persons and one God forgiue me And now I praie you that be here to beare me record I die in the catholike faith not doubting in anie article of my faith no nor doubting in anie sacrament of the church Manie haue slandered me and reported that I haue beene a bearer of such as haue mainteined euill opinions which is vntrue but I confesse that like as God by his holie spirit dooth instruct vs in the truth so the diuell is readie to seduce vs and I haue beene seduced but beare me witnesse that I die in the catholike faith of the holie church and I hartilie desire you to praie for the kings grace that he may long liue with you in health and prosperitie after him that his sonne prince Edward that goodlie impe may long reigne ouer you And once againe I desire you to praie for me that so long as life remaineth in this flesh I wauer nothing in my faith Then made he his praier which was long but not so long as godlie and learned and after committed his soule to the hands of God and so patientlie suffered the stroke of the ax by a ragged and butcherlie miser which ill fauouredlie performed the office This man being borne in Putneie a village in Surreie by the Thames side foure miles distant from London was sonne to a Smith after whose deceasse his mother was married to a Shereman But notwithstanding the basenesse of his birth and lacke of maintenance was at the beginning as it happeneth to manie others a great let and hinderance for vertue to shew hir selfe yet through a singular excellencie of wit ioined with an industrious diligence of mind and helpe of knowledge gathered by painefull trauell and marking the courses of states and gouernements as well of his natiue countrie at home as in forren parties abrode he grew to such a sufficient ripenesse of vnderstanding and skill in ordering of weightie affaires that he line 10 was thought apt and fit for anie roome or office wherto he should be admitted Which being perceiued of cardinall Wolseie then archbishop of Yorke he tooke him into his seruice and making him his solicitor imploied him about businesse oftentimes of most importance wherein he acquited himselfe with such dexteritie as answered alwaies the credit committed to him After the cardinals fall he was aduanced to the kings seruice behauing himselfe so aduisedlie in matters line 20 which he tooke in hand that within a small time he rose to high authoritie and was admitted to be of the priuie councell bearing most rule of all other vnder the king as partlie ye haue heard so that by him it well appeared that the excellencie of heroicall vertues which aduance men to fame and honor resteth not onelie in birth and bloud as a priuilege appropriate and alonelie annexed vnto noble houses but remaineth at the disposition of almightie God the giuer disposer of all gifts who raiseth the poore manie line 30 times from the basest degrée and setteth him vp with princes according to the saieng of Ecclesiastes Qui iacuit tetro quandóque in carcere vinctus Parta suis meritis regia sceptra tulit Neuerthelesse concerning the lord Cromwell earle of Essex if we shall consider his comming vp to such high degree of honor as he atteined vnto we maie doubt whether there be cause more to maruell at his good fortune or at his woorthie and industrious demeanor But sith in the booke of Acts and Monuments line 40 ye maie find a sufficient discourse hereof we néed not to spend more time about it saue onelie as master Fox hath trulie noted such was his actiuitie and forward ripenesse of nature so readie and pregnant of wit so discreet and well aduised in iudgement so eloquent of toong so faithfull and diligent in seruice of such an incomparable memorie so bold of stomach and hardie and could doo so well with his pen that being conuersant in the sight of men he could not long continue vnespied nor yet vnprouided line 50 of fauor and helpe of friends to set him forward in place and office Thankefull he was and liberall not forgetting benefits receiued as by his great courtesie shewed to Friscobald the Italian it well appeared a fauourer of the poore in their sutes and readie to reléeue them that were in danger to be oppressed by their mightie aduersaries a fauorer of the gospell and an enimie to the pride of prelates verie stout and not able well to put vp iniuries which wan him shrewd enimies line 60 that ceassed not as was thought to séeke his â—uerthrow till at length they had brought to passe that they wished Carefull he was for his seruants and readie to doo them good so that fearing the thing which came to passe he prouided well for the more part of them notwithstanding his fall And thus much for the lord Cromwell The morrow after Midsummer daie the king caused the queene to remooue to Richmont supposing it to be more for hir health and more for hir pleasure The sixt of Iulie certeine lords came downe into the nether house expresselie declared causes for the which the kings marriage was not to be taken lawfull in conclusion the matter was by the connocation cléerelie determined that the king might lawfullie marrie where he would and so might she And thus were they cléerelie diuorsed and by the parlement it was enacted that she should be taken no more for queene but called the ladie Anne of Cleue In this yeare the lord Leonard Greie brother vnto Thomas marquesse Dorset being the kings lieutenant in Ireland was reuoked home and vpon his comming to London was sent to the Tower In Iulie the prince of Salerne and the lord Lois Dauola came into England to sée the king after they were departed don Frederike marquesse of Padula brother to the duke of Ferrara the prince of Macedonie the marquesse of Terra Noua monsieur de Flagie with other came from the emperors court into England to sée the king the which on Marie Magdalens daie came to the court at Westminster and after they had béene highlie feasted and noblie interteined they were richlie rewarded as the other and so departed The eight and twentith of Iulie as you haue heard before the lord Cromwell was beheaded and likewisewith him the lord Hungerford of Heitesburie who at the houre of his death séemed vnquiet as manie iudged him rather in a frensie than otherwise he suffered for buggerie The thirteenth of Iulie were drawne on hurdels from the Tower to Smithfield Robert Barns doctor of diuinitie Thomas Garard and William Ierom bachellors in diuinitie Ierom was vicar of Stepnie and Garard was person of Honie â—ane also Powell Fetherston and Abell priests The first thrée were drawne to a stake there before set vp and then burned The other three were drawne to the gallowes and hanged beheaded and quartered The
king could require Wherevpon the king was not onelie contented to release them home but also highlie rewarded them with rich line 50 and costlie gifts of sundrie sorts in most bountifull wise as Anglorum praelia noteth verie well saieng Praeterea ex auro captucos corquibus ornat Et sumptum vestes argentum donat aurum The thirtith of December they departed from the court and the morrow after eight of them dined with sir Iohn Cotes then lord maior of London and the rest with the shiriffes and had verie great â—heare On Newyeares daie they departed from line 60 London homewards towards Scotland year 1543 and rode to Enfield to sée the prince and there dined that day greatlie reioising as by their words and countenance it séemed to behold so proper and towardlie an impe From thence they kept on their iournie till they came to the north parts where they found the duke of Suffolke the kings lieutenant there and with him remained till such pledges were come forth of Scotland as it was couenanted they should leaue behind them The duke then after he had receiued the hostages permitted them to depart and so they returned into Scotland where they were gladlie welcomed by their kinsmen and friends With them went also the earle of Angus who had béene banished Scotland and hauing remained here in England a long time receiued of the kings fée a thousand marks by yeare and likewise his brother sir George Dowglas who had fiue hundred markes yearelie likewise of the kings gift They were now both restored home into their countrie and that as was said by the kings last will The said earle of Angus and diuerse of the lords that had beene prisoners here in England were made of the priuie councell of the realme by the earle of Arraine that was chosen gouernour to the yoong quéene and of the realme as next heire apparent notwithstanding that the archbishop of saint Andrews and cardinall of the sée of Rome enimie mortall vnto the king of England for the popes cause and partlie set on by the French king had forged a will expressing how the king had made him gouernour associat with two earles of his affinitie as well of the queene as realme contrarie to the lawes of Scotland Wherevpon the said earle of Arraine according to his right as he pretended with the helpe of his friends tooke vpon him the authoritie of gouernor and put the said cardinall in prison and deliuered sir Robert Bowes and the other English prisoners by their bonds according to the custome of the marches All this yeare was neither perfect peace nor open warre betwixt England and France but the merchants ships were taken and robbed on both parts and at length merchants goods were seized and the ambassadors of both realms staied Howbeit shortlie after the ambassadors were deliuered but the merchants still were robbed and no warre proclamed In the end of this yeare came from the gouernor of Scotland as ambassadors sir William Hamilton and Iames Leirmouth the secretarie of Scotland whose message was so meanlie liked that they were faine to send an herald into Scotland for other ambassadors and so came hither the earle of Glencarne and sir George Dowglas but whatsoeuer their answer was sir George returned in post and within twentie daies came backe againe with an answer that was well liked of But shortlie after they brake promise and went from that which they had couenanted greatlie to their reproch Wood was sold verie deare in the winter season of this yeare and likewise vittels both flesh and fish grew to an high price towards the spring by reason as was thought of the vntemperate wet summer last past causing great death among cattell A quarter of mutton was sold for two shillings or seuen grotes a lambe at thrée shillings or thrée and foure pence which afore that time was esteemed scarse woorth sixteene pence Against Easter at a court of aldermen kept in the Guildhall the twentith of March 1542 it was enacted by the lord maior and his brethren that the maior and shiriffs should be serued at their tables but with one course at dinner and supper in their houses the maior to haue but seuen dishes at the most at one messe for his owne table and the shiriffs and euerie other alderman but six dishes vpon paine to forfeit for euerie dish fortie shillings at euerie time when they offended in this ordinance Also that the sargeants and yeomen of their houses should haue but thrée dishes at dinner or supper the swordbearers messe onlie excepted which should be allowed to haue one dish more It was also enacted that from the feast of Easter then next insuing neither the maior nor his brethren should buie anie crane swan or bustard vpon paine to forfeit for euerie foule by them so bought twentie shillings the offense to be tried by oth if it should be presented In the beginning of this yeare on Trinitie sundaie was a new league sworne betwéene the king and the emperour at Hampton court either of them to be friends to the others friends and enimies to the others enimies ¶ In this yeare also a proclamation was made whereby the people were licenced to eate whit meats in Lent but streictlie forbidden the eating of flesh Wherevpon shortlie after the earle of Surrie with diuerse lords knights and gentlemen were imprisoned for eating of flesh in the same Lent contrarie to the said proclamation The eight of Maie one Léech sometimes bailie of Louth who had killed Summerset one of our heralds line 10 of armes at Dunbar in Scotland was drawne to Tiburne and there hanged and quartered And the twelfe of Iune Edward Leech his brother and with him a priest for the same fact were likewise executed at Tiburne This yeare the first cast péeces of iron that euer were made in England were made at Buckesteed in Sussex by Rafe Hoge and Peter Bawd The third of Iune came to the court from the realme of Ireland thrée Irish lords Obrin Macke William a line 20 Burgh and Macke Gilpatrike In Iulie the said Obrin was created earle of Townon Macke William a Burgh earle of Claurickford and sir Dunon Obrin was made baron of Ebrankie and so with rewards they tooke leaue and returned The same moneth also the Scotish ambassadors returned with great rewards The twelfe of Iulie at Hampton court the king maried the ladie Katharine Par widow late wife vnto the lord Latimer deceased and then she was nominated quéene and so proclamed line 30 In the parlement holden this yeare at Westminster a subsidie was granted to the king to be paied in thrée yeares Euerie Englishman being woorth in goods twentie shillings vpward to fiue pounds paied foure pence of euerie pound From fiue pounds to ten pounds eight pence From ten pounds to twentie pounds sixtéene pence From twentie pounds and vpward of euerie pound two
appeare what an assured line 60 opinion was then conceiued in mens heads of quéene Marie to be conceiued and quicke with child In somuch that at the same time and in the same parlement there was eftsoones a bill exhibited and an act made vpon the same the words whereof for the more euidence I thought here to exemplificat The words of the act ALbeit we the lords spirituall temporall the commons in this present parlement assembled haue firme hope confidence in the goodnes of almightie God that like as he â—ath hitherto miraculouslie preserued the quéenes maiestie from manie great imminent perils and dangers euen so he will of his infinit goodnesse giue hir highnesse strength the rather by our continuall praiers to passe well the danger of deliuerance of child wherewith it hath pleased him to all our great comforts to blesse hir yet for so much as all things of this world be vncerteine and hauing before our eies the dolorous experience of this inconstant gouernment during the time of the reigne of the late king Edward the sixt doo plainlie sée the manifold inconueniences great dangers and perils that maie insue to this whole realme if foresight be not vsed to preuent all euill chances if they should happen For the eschewing hereof we the lords spirituall and temporall the commons in this present parlement assembled for and in consideration of a most speciall trust and confidence that we haue and repose in the kings maiestie for and concerning the politike gouernment order and administration of this realme in the time of the yoong yéeres of the issue or issues of hir maiesties bodie to be borne if it should please God to call the quéenes highnesse out of this present life during the tender yeares of such issue or issues which God forbid according to such order maner as hereafter in this present act his highnesse most gratious pleasure is should be declared and set foorth haue made our humble sute by the assent of the quéens highnesse that his maiestie would vouchsafe to accept take vpon him the rule order education gouernment of the said issue or issues to be borne as is aforesaid vpon which our sute being of his said maiestie most gratiouslie accepted it hath pleased his highnes not onlie to declare that like as for the most part his maiestie verely trusteth that almightie God who hath hitherto preserued the quéens maiestie to giue this realme so good an hope of certeine succession in the blood roiall of the same realm will assist hir highnes with his graces and benedictions to sée the fruit of hir bodie well brought forth liue and able to gouerne whereof neither all this realme ne all the world besides should or could receiue more comfort than his maiestie should would yet if such chance should happen his maiestie at our humble desires is pleased contented not onlie to accept take vpon him the cure and charge of the education rule order and gouernment of such issues as of this most happie mariage shall be borne betwéene the quéenes highnes and him but also during the time of such gouernment would by all waies meanes studie trauell and imploie himselfe to aduance the weale both publike priuat of this realme dominions thereto belonging according to the said trust in his maiestie reposed with no lesse good will affection than if his highnes had béene naturallie borne among vs. In consideration whereof be it enacted by the king the quéens most excellent maiesties by assent of the lords spirituall and temporall the commons in this present parlement assembled and by the authoritie of the same c as it is to be séene in the act more at large ratified and confirmed at the samâ— parlement to the same intent and purpose Thus much out of the act and statute I thought to rehearse to the intent the reader maie vnderstand not so much how parlements maie sometimes be deceiued as by this child of quéene Marie may appéere as rather what cause we Englishmen haue to render most earnest thanks vnto almightie God who so mercifullie against the opinion expectation and working of our aduersaries hath helped and deliuered vs in this case which otherwise might haue opened such a window to the Spaniards to haue entred and replenished this land that peraduenture by this time Englishmen should haue inioied no great quiet in their owne countrie The Lord therefore make vs perpetuallie mindfull of his benefits Amen Thus we sée then how man dooth purpose but God disposeth as pleaseth him For all this great labor prouision and order taken in the parlement house for their yoong maister long looked for comming so surelie into the world in the end appéered neither yoong maister nor yoong maistresse that anie man yet to this daie can heare of Furthermore as the labor of the laie sort was herein deluded so no lesse ridiculous it was to behold what little effect the praiers of the popes churchmen had with almightie God line 10 who trauelled no lesse with their processions masses and collects for the happie deliuerance of this yoong maister to come as here followeth to be séene A praier made by doctor Weston deane of Westminster dailie to be said for the queenes deliuerance O Most righteous Lord God which for the offense of the first woman hast threatned vnto all women a common sharpe and ineuitable malediction and hast inioined them that they should conceiue in sinne and being conceiued should be subiect to manie and gréeuous torments and finallie be deliuered with the danger and ieopardie of their life we beséech thée for thine exceeding great goodnesse and botomlesse mercie to mitigate the strictnes of that law Asswage thine anger line 30 for a while and cherish in the bosome of thy fauor and mercie our most gratious quéene Marie being now at the point of hir deliuerance So helpe hir that without danger of hir life she maie ouercome the sorow and in due season bring foorth a child in bodie beautifull and comelie in mind noble and valiant So that afterward she forgetting the trouble maie with ioie laud and praise the bountifulnesse of thy mercie and togither with vs praise and blesse both thée and thy holie name world without end line 40 This O Lord we desire thee we beseech thee and most hartilie craue of thée Heare vs O Lord and grant vs our petition Let not the enimies of thy faith and of thy church saie Where is their God A solemne praier made for king Philip and queene Maries child that it maie be a male child welfauored and wittie c. O Most mightie Lord God which regardest the praier of the humble and despisest not their request bow downe from thine high habitation of the heauens the eies of thy mercie vnto vs wretched sinners bowing the knees of our harts and with manie and déepe sighs bewailing our sinnes and offenses humblie
1388 a 60. Conuicted b 60. Arreigned 1389 all Paris where Henrie the sixt was crowned 606 a 40. Henrie the fift receiued in there 578 a 10. Edward the third draweth néere it with his power the Englishmen lie before it the suburbs burned 393 a 50 b 10 30. For multitude of people it passeth 1333 b 50. The duke of Bedfords entrance thereinto and executing certeine conspirators 586 a 60. The treason of the inhabitants 613 a 40. Yéelded to the French king 613 a 60 Paris garden ¶ Sée Slaughter Parishes ¶ Sée England Parker afterwards archbishop of Canturburie preacheth to the rebels of Northfolk 1030 b 30 40 50. They threaten him he conueieth himselfe from among them 1032 a 10 ¶ Sée Archbishops of Canturburie Parkin ¶ Sée Perkin Parlement holden at Blacke-friers 876 a 10. At Cambridge 465 b 40. At Couentrie 652 a 10. Made frustrate 659 a 30. At Glocester 421 a 30 In Ireland 481 b 40. At Lambeth 215 b 40. Leicester 591 a 40. London 261 a 50.251 b 30.257 b 10.250 b 60. Adiorned 251 a 20.248 b 40.238 b 20.240 b 30.246 b 30 265 b 20.274 b 10.220 a 10.202 b 10.308 a 60 280 b 40.321 b 20 351 a 10.43 b 40.54 b 20. At Marleburrough 274 a 20. At Merton in Surrie 220 a 50. At Northampton 97 a 60.318 b 30.428 b 20.347 b 20.143 a 40. At Notingham 142 b 30. At Oxford 101 a 30.209 b 50.167 a 20. At Rone by the duke of Bedford 603 a 30. At saint Edmundsburie 301 b 30 627 a 20. At Salisburie 445 b 30.302 a 60. At Shrewsburie 282 a 60. At Westminster 278 a 10 283 a 60.210 b 60.220 a 60.214 b 60.229 a 50.233 a 40 1225 a 20.270 b 60.208 a 20.262 a 10.207 a 30.272 b 40. King Richard the second being in Ireland 481 b 40 50. Crownes of England and France intaled to Henrie the sixt c 678 a 20. With an atteindor and a pardon generall 762 b 20. Wherevnto quéene Elisabeth and hir lords did ride 1377 a 20.1315 a 50. At Winchester 259 b 30 480 a 10 270 b 50. At Windsor 96 b 40.103 a 50. At Yorke 309 a 10.332 a 10.306.350 b 10. Called by the duke of Bedford Henrie the fift being in France 581 a 60. It and Richard the second at dissention 452 b 10. Called Richard the second being prisoner in the Towre 502 a 10. Called by the duke of Glocester Henrie the sixt being in France 607 b 10. Dissolued quéene Elisabeth making an oration to the whole house 1396 a 50 c. Wherein church liuings are restored note 1130 a 20. Whereat Philip and Marie are present 1122 a 10. Of white bands 326 b 60 Parlamentum insanum 258 a 60. Iniurious and offensiue 493 a 50 60. Determination concerning the intaling of the crowne 657 a 60. Of seuen wéekes continuance 521 a 30 Called the laimens parlement 526 a 10. Long 536 b 10. That wrought woonders 463 b 10. Of thrée estates of the realme 781 a 60. Whereto noble men are appointed to come in warlike maner 489 b 60. Summoned and new lawes for the common welth enacted 764 a 40. Called the great parlement 490 a 60. Called mercilesse of a head that spake then 484 b 20. The lords sit in the house in their armour 439 b 10. Held on that time fiftie yeares that Edward the third was born 395 b 60.396 a 10. For the order of knighthood 254 a 30. Proroged 258 a 10. Maie bée deceiued 1124 b 60. And that the king of Scots came thither 97 b 60. Adiorned from place to place 631 a 30. At diuision note 911 a 30 c. 912 a 20. Great and solemne 255 a 60. Called the mad parlement 258 a 60. The first vse thereof in Henrie the first his time 38 a 60 b 40 39. The authoritie thereof 1005 b 30 The causes and conditions thereof note 452 b 20 30. The authoritie of both houses granted to certeine persons 493 a 20. ¶ Sée Burgesse Councell Priuilege Parsonages with a decrée touching the same 30 b 60 Pase doctor described 871 b 60. His oration in praise of peace 848 b 40. Falleth out of his wits 907 a 10 Pasport giuen to Anselme to depart the land 26 a 10. ¶ Sée Safe conduct Paten ¶ Sée bishop Wainfléet Patents resumed into Richard the firsts hands by act of parlement 143 b 50 Pateshull a frier Augustine a Wickleuist forsaketh his profession preacheth openlie against his order publisheth a libell against his brotherhood his fauourers 455 a 60 b 10. Patience of the Englishmen in suffering all wants of reléefe 995 a 40 Patriarch of Ierusalem commeth into England 108 b 10 Patrike an Augustine frier seditious and an enimie vnto Lancaster house 787 a 20 Pauia besieged and how the battell was tried 884 a 40 50 60 c. 10 c. 8â—5 a 10 Panier a contemner of the gospell and his shamefull end note 935 a 60 Paule abbat of S. Albons commended 18 a 60 Paules church in London dedicate 225 b 50. The gates blew open with a tempest 1209 a 20 Church steeple finished 204 a 10. At laie at anchor 979 b 30. Upon the wethercocke whereof stood a Duchman holding a streamer c. 1091 a 60. It is burnt by lightning note 624 a 50 14 b 10. Meanes made to repare it 1194 a 40 c. Ten thousand pounds insufficient to repare it as it was at first b 10 Paulet sir Hugh knight his answer vnto the constable of France at the siege of Newhauen 1203 b 10 Paulet William treasuror deceaseth his ancient honorable seruice blessed in his children 1228 a 30 Peace betwéene England and France 1206 a 50. Concluded 261 a 60 832 a 60 b 10 Difficulties about the practise thereof the French councell accord for it the contents of the capitulation for it 834 a 60 b 10 c. Proclamed 892 b 10. Concluded proclamed 973 b 20. Mooued 774 b 60 Commissioners sent ouer to Calis about the same whie the English preferred it before war a conclusion thereof betwéene both nations 775 a 10 30 60. Treated of at Towres 624 a 60. Treated but not concluded 568 b 10 c. Conditionallie concluded note 1061 b 40 50 60. With a mariage 161 a 50. After werie wars 146 b 50 60 40 b 60 480 a 40. In memorie wherof the chapell of our ladie of peace was builded note 486 a 50 c. b 20 60. Perpetuall treated 474 b 40.445 a 40 Treated but not obteined 362 a 50 60. Treated by the ladie Iane de Ualois 360 a 30. And articles drawne 391 b 50 Commissioners appointed to treat thereabouts 409 a 30. Concluded for one whole yeare 379 b 40. Conditionall at the moderation of the quéene of England 336 a 30.40 Treted by a cardinall 295 a 10. Decréed by the pope 308 b 40. Treated vpon by two duchesses note 909 b 60 910 a 60 c. Betwéene the French king and the emperor treated but not
this present parlement After the which words thus said as before is declared it was decréed also by the said lords arbitrators that the said lord of Winchester should haue these words that follow vnto my said lord of Glocester My lord of Glocester I haue conceiued to my great heauinesse that yée should haue receiued by diuerse reports that I should haue purposed and imagined against your person honor and estate in diuers maners for the which yée haue taken against me great displeasure Sir I take God to my witnesse that what reports so euer haue béene to you of me peraduenture of such as haue had no great affection to me God forgiue it them I neuer imagined ne purposed anie thing that might be hindering or preiudice to your person honor or estate and therefore I praie you that yee be vnto me good lord from this time foorth for by my will I gaue neuer other occasion nor purpose not to doo hereafter by the grace of God The which words so by him said it was decréed by the same arbitrators that my lord of Glocester should answer and saie Faire vncle sith yée declare you such a man as yée saie I am right glad that it is so and for such a man I take you And when this was doone it was decréed by the same arbitrators that euerie each of my lord of Glocester and Winchester should take either other by the hand in the presence of the king and all the parlement in signe and token of good loue accord the which was doone and the parlement adiorned till after Easter At this reconciliation such as loued peace reioised sith it is a fowle pernicious thing for priuat men much more for noblemen to be at variance sith vpon them depend manie in affections diuerse whereby factions might grow to the shedding of bloud though others to whom contention hartgrudge is delight wished to see the vttermost mischéefe that might therof insue which is the vtter ouerthrow and desolation of populous tribes euen as with a litle sparkle whole houses are manie times consumed to ashes as the old prouerbe saith and that verie 〈◊〉 and aptlie Sola scintilla perit haec domus aut 〈◊〉 illa But when the great fier of this 〈◊〉 betwéene these two noble personages was thus by the arbitrators to their knowledge and iudgement vtterlie quenched out and said vnder boord all other controuersies betwéene other lords taking part with the one partie or the other were appeased and brought to concord so that for ioy the king caused a solemne fest to be kept on Whitsundaie on which daie he created Richard Plantagenet sonne and heire to the erle of Cambridge whome his father at Southhampton had put to death as before yee haue heard duke of Yorke not foreséeing that this preferment should be his destruction nor that his séed should of his generation be the extreame end and finall conclusion He the same daie also promoted Iohn lord Mowbraie and earle marshall sonne and heire to Thomas duke of Norffolke by king Richard the second exiled this realme to the title name and stile of duke of Norffolke During this feast the duke of Bedford adorned the king with the high order of knighthood who on the same daie dubbed with the sword these knights whose names insue Richard duke of Yorke Iohn duke of Norffolke the earle of Westmerland Henrie lord Persie Iohn lord Butler sonne to the earle of Ormond the lord Rosse the lord Matrauers the lord Welles the lord Barkelie sir Iames Butler sir Henrie Greie of Tankaruile sir Iohn Talbot sir Rafe Greie of Warke sir Robert Uéere sir Richard Greie sir Edmund Hungerford sir Water Wingfield sir Iohn Butler sir Reginald Cobham sir Iohn Passheleu sir Thomas Tunstall sir Iohn Chedocke sir Rafe Langstre sir William Drurie sir William ap Thomas sir Richard Carnonell sir Richard Wooduile sir Iohn Shirdlow sir Nicholas Blunket sir William Cheinie iustice sir William Babington sir Rafe Butler sir Robert Beauchampe sir Edmund Trafford sir Iohn Iune cheefe baron and diuerse others After this solemne feast ended a great aid and subsidie was granted for the continuance of the conquest in France and so therevpon monie was gathered and men were prepared in euerie citie towne and countrie During which businesse Thomas duke of Excester great vncle to the king a right sage and discréet councellor departed out of this mortall life at his manor of Gréenewich and with all funerall pompe was conueied through London to Berrie and there buried ¶ In the same yeare also died the ladie Elizabeth halfe sister to the same duke and of the whole bloud with king Henrie the fourth maried first to the lord Iohn Holland duke of Excester and after to the lord Fanhope buried at the blacke friers of London Philip Morgan after the death of Iohn Fortham line 10 sometime treasuror of England year 1425 bishop of Elie and Durham both which bishopriks for anie thing that I can yet sée he inioied both at one time was made bishop of Elie in the yeare of our redemption 1425 in this sort Henrie the sixt and manie of the nobilitie had written to the conuent of the church of Elie to choose William Alnewicke doctor of both lawes confessor to the king and kéeper of the priuie seale to be their bishop Notwithstanding which they hauing more regard to their owne priuileges and benefit line 20 chose Peter the prior of Elie to succéed in the place of Iohn Fortham But none of both these inioied that roome for Martin bishop of Rome stepping into the matter to make the third part neither fauouring the kings motion nor approouing the monks election remooued this William Morgan from the see of Worcester vnto Elie sometime called Helix as I haue séene it set downe in Saxon characters in an ancient booke of the liues of saints written in the Saxon toong about the yeare of Christ 1010 before the time of Edward the confessor and much about the time of line 30 Albo Floriacensis This Morgan sat at Elie nine yeares twentie and six wéeks and foure daies departing this life in his manour of Hatfield in the yeare 1434 and was buried at the Charterhouse of London being the twentie and fourth bishop that was installed in that place While these things were thus a dooing in England year 1426 the earle of Warwike lieutenant for the regent in France entered into the countrie of Maine line 40 besieged the towne of Chateau de Loire the which shortlie to him was rendered whereof he made capteine Matthew Gough esquier After this he tooke by assault the castell of Maiet and gaue it for his valiantnesse to Iohn Winter esquier and after that he conquered the castell of Lude and made there capteine William Gladesdale gentleman Here he was informed that the Frenchmen were assembled in the countrie of Beausse wherevpon he hasted thitherwards to haue giuen them battell but they hauing line 50