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[^GREGORY, WILLIAM.
TEXT:  GREGORY'S CHRONICLE.
THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF A CITIZEN
OF LONDON IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. 
CAMDEN SOCIETY, N.S. XVII. 
ED. J. GAIRDNER. 
WESTMINSTER, 1876. 
PP. 112.28 - 120.30 (AUTHOR UNKNOWN)     (SAMPLE 1)
PP. 187.19 - 197.8  (BY WILLIAM GREGORY) (SAMPLE 2)^]

<S SAMPLE 1>
<P 112>
   Ande thys same yere be-ganne the generalle Conselle at       #
Custaunce
of alle clargye and of alle maner of nacyons.
Nicholaus Wotton,     William Cambryge     A=o= iiij=o=.
Mayre of London       Alayne Everarde
And in that same yere, onne the morne aftyr Syn Symonnys day
<P 113>
and Jude, that the mayre shulde ryde to Westemyster for to take
hys othe, come tydyngys to London of the batayle a-bove sayde
by the Byschoppe of Worseter, that tyme beyng Chaunceler, for   #
he
come to London erly in the mornynge, and warnyd the mayre.
And thenne thorowe London they lette rynge the bellys in every
chyrche and song (\Te Deum\) ; and at Powlys, at ix of the      #
clocke, the
tydyngys were oppynly proclaymyd to alle the comeners of +t=e=
cytte and to alle othyr strangerys. And thenne the Quene, and
alle hyr byschoppys and alle the lordys +tat were in London     #
that
tyme, wentte to Westemyster on hyr fete a prosessyon to Synt
Edwarde ys schryne, whythe alle the prestys, and clerkys, and
fryers, and alle othyr relygyous men, devoutely syngynge ande
saynge the letanye. And whenne they hadde offerde, the mayre
com home rydynge merely whythe alle hys aldermen and comeners
as they were i-wounte for to doo.

[} (\LE FESTE DE SENTT GORGE A WYNDESORE.\) }]

    Ande thys yere com the Emperowre of Almayne in to London
be-fore the Feste of Synt Gorge. Ande the feste was deferryde
unto hys commynge, and that was done solempny at the castylle
of Wyndesore. And at the prosessyon the kynge went a-pone
the upper-moste syde of the emperowre, and soo alle the masse
tyme he stode a-bove the emperoure. Ande at the mete the kyng
sate on the ryght syde of the emperoure, and the Duke of
Bedforde sate on the lefte syde, and the Chaunceler of Inglonde
and the Byschoppe of Devylyn sate on the left syde, and the     #
Duke
of Bryga and a-nothyr duke of the emperours sate on the kyng ys
syde; and alle thosse vij satte on oo syde of +t=e= table. And  #
the
fyrste sotellete of the fyrste cours was howe Oure Lady armyd
Syn Gorge and a aungylle doyng on hys sporys. And the secunde
sotellete was Syn Gorge rydynge and fyghtyng whythe a dragon
<P 114>
whythe hys spere in hys honde. And the iij sotellete was a
castelle, and Syn Gorge and the kynges doughter ledyng the      #
lambe
in at the castelle gatys. And all thes sotelleteys were servyd
be-fore the emperoure and the kyng and noo ferther; ande
othyr lordys were servyd with sotelleteys aftyr hyr astate and
degre. And that same yere come the Duke of Holand into
London, but he was nought at the feste a-fore sayde. And the
emperoure lay at Westmyster alle the wyle that he was here for
the moste party, and the Duke William of Holand in the byschope
ys place of Ely; and sone aftyr Mydsomer the kyng went to       #
Caleys
whythe the emperoure, and the duke saylyd home ayenne and
mette whythe kyng at Caleys. And the Duke of Burgayne and the
Counte of Charlys sone come to Gravelynge; and the kynge sende
thedyr the Duke of Glouceter hys brother and the Erle of Marche
to abyde there in ostage, wylys that the Duke of Burgayne come
to Calys to speke with the kynge; and in the myddys of the      #
ryver
the lordys mette togedyr. And the dukys sone of Burgayn         #
ressayvyd
oure lordys and led hem in to Fraunce, and the Erle of Warwyke
ressayvyd the Duke of Burgayne ande brought hym to Calys, and
there they hadde a conselle twyne hem two; and thenne he toke
hys leve of the kyng. And the Erle of Warwyke brought hym unto
Gravelyng water and in to the same place there as they mette
at the fyrste metynge; and there every party toke hyr leve of
othyr. And thenne the kynge retornyd ayenne into Inglonde and
the emperoure saylyde unto Holande and so passyd forthe in to
Constaunce.
   Alle so that same yere the Duke of Bedforde and the Erle of
Marche, on oure Lady Day the Assumpsyon, they fought whythe
viij grete carykys of Jene and whythe l. othyr shyppys, and     #
they
toke hem whythe hyr patronys and drownyde a grette hulke of
the contre of Flaundrys.
Harry Barton,       Robert Wedyngton     (\Anno v=o=\) .
Mayre of London     John Covyntre
   Ande the same yere, on Syn Petrys eve and Poule, the Erle of
<P 115>
Huntyngdon whythe o+tyr certayne lordys faughtyn whithe carakys
of Gene, and dyscomfyte hem, and toke iiij of +t=e= grettyste   #
of them
and hyr patronys. And the amerelle of hem was the Duke of
Burbone, and he was take whithe hem whythe alle the tresoure
that sholde have wagyd hem for halfe a yere. Al so the same     #
yere 
the kynge saylyd unto Normandye the second tyme, ande he londyd
on Lammas day by-syde Tooke in Normandye. And the same
tyme the kyng wanne the towne of Tooke and assaylyd the         #
castelle,
the whyche castelle on Syn Lauerens evynne was yolde unto the
kynge, and he gave hyt unto hys brother the Duke of Clarens
whithe alle the lorschippys dependaunt there too; and thenne    #
the
Duke of Clarens roode forthe to Cane whythe othyr lordys whythe
hym. And one oure Lady evyn, the Assumpcyon, he mustryd hys
men by-fore the towne of Cane; and the xij day of August the
kyng layde sege to Cane, and that contynuyd tylle the day of
the Natyvyte of oure Lady nexte folowynge; uppon the same day
the towne whythe grete sawte was yoldyd and wonne. And thenne
the kyng layde sege unto the castelle, and that in shorte tyme  #
was
yoldyn unto the kynge; and whylys the kyng boode in Cane, the
Duke of Clarens roode to Bayeux and wanne that. And the same
yere the kyng wanne Argentyne, bothe the towne and the          #
castelle.
And the kyng wanne Alansonne and many moo stronge castellys
and townys and stronge abbeyes.
   Ande the same yere, a-pon Estyr daye at aftyr none, the      #
Lorde
Stronge and Syr John Trusselle, knyght, fylle at debate for hyr
wyvys in the chyrche of Syn Donstonys in the Este, evyn at the
prechyng tyme. In the same fraye Thomas Pedwardynne,            #
fyschemonger,
was slayne as he wolde have lettyde hem of hyr fyghtynge,
and many men were i-hurte; and therefore the chyrche was
suspendyd. Ande thenne was the Lorde Stronge a-restyde and
brought unto the Counter in the Pultrye, and the Sonday nexte
aftyr he was cursyde in every chyrche in London, whithe boke,
belle, and candelle, in one houre of the day. And aftyr he dyde
hys penaunsse opynly thorow London for hys trespas ayenst Hooly
<P 116>
Chyrche. And that yere was a dyre yere of whete, for a          #
buschelle
was worthe ij s.
Rycharde Merlowe,     Harry Rede     A=o= vj=o=.
Mayre of London       John Gedney

   Ande the same yere, (\scilicet, in anno v=to=\) , the        #
general conselle was
endyd, and a unyte made in Hooly Chyrche, and oo pope chosynne
at Custaunce on Syn Martyns daye, by comyn assente of alle the
generalle counselle, the whyche was callyd Pope Martyn the      #
fyrste.
Alle so the same yere Syr Johnne Oldecastelle was take in the
Marche of Walys and brought unto the Westemyster in a chare,    #
and
there he was juggyde to the dethe; and thys was hys juggement,
that he shulde be ladde thorowe London in the same chare unto
Towre Hylle, and there to be layde on a hyrdylle and drawe to
Syn Gylys galowys, and there to be hanggyd and brent. And so
he was hanggyd by a stronge chayne. For there was the Duke of
Bedforde, the Duke of Exceter, and alle the lordys of thys      #
londe
that were +tat tyme a-bowte London, tylle that they hadde sene
hys juggement.
   Ande the same day the person of Wortham, theffe, and hys
peramowre was broughte unto Westemyster Halle. And he was
sente to Newgate, and there he dyde.
   Ande that same yere the kyng layde sege unto Faleys the      #
fyrste
day of Novembre, and that sege contynuyde unto the xx day of
Decembre, the yere of grace M=l=CCCCxvij. Thenne the towne
dysendyd for to trete whythe the kynge, and the kyng commyttyd
the trety unto Thomas Erle of Saulysbury, and to Harry Lorde
Fehewe, and to Syr Johnne Cornewale, and to Syr Wylliam
Haryngdon, knyghtes and commyssyoners for hys partye; and as
for the party of the towne, Syr Wylliam Molene, Syr Gylberte
<P 117>
Mounstrewys, lorde of Fayete, capytaynys of men of armys, and   #
of
the schotte whythe ynne the towne of Faleys, and whythe         #
[{them{]
a pon the same trete, the lord of Gamulle; which parteys        #
entretid
ande a cordyd uppon the artyculys and poyntmentys aftyr         #
folowyng.

   Fryste, that hit ys accordyd that the secunde day of         #
Janyver next
folowynge they shulde yelde uppe +t=e= towne be-for sayde of    #
Faleys,
whythe ynne the houre of terce, into the hondys and power of    #
oure
soverayne lorde the kynge, or in to the hondys of hem be hym
commyttyde and assygnyde, yf soo be that they be nott rescwyde
be batayle of the kynge hyr lorde, or Dolfyn, hys eldyste       #
sone, or
by the Constabylle of Fraunce. And on that the kyng [{to{]      #
setten
or do settynne in the fore sayde towne suche warde and kepynge
as hit schalle lyke hym.
   Alle so hit ys accordyd that alle the strongers that benne   #
in
the fore sayde towne of Faleys, the whyche before thys tyme     #
hathe
ben founde agayne, and in the rystynge of, the kynge in tyme
sythe hys fyrste comynge to hys Duche of Normandye, were hyt
at Cane, or in any othyr of furtheresser, or that have benn     #
with
the kynge, or with any of hys subgettys in hys commaundementys,
that alle suche strangerys shulle put hem only in the kyngys    #
grace
and mercy of oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde.
   Alle so hyt ys accordyd that they shalle delyvery and yeldyn
uppe alle the presoners, Englysche or any othyr, holdyng of     #
owre
lege lorde the Kyng of Inglonde, the whiche that have benne
<P 118>
presoners be fore the fyrste daye a fore sayde, ande at the     #
same
daye of thys present trete, and [{that{] non appechementt ben   #
put up
on none of hem by hyr maysterys nowe at that thys tyme [{nor in
tyme{] to come, be hyt sommaunce requyrynge or askyng in any
maner [{matier{] what soo evyr hyt be, but fynallye the for     #
sayde
maysterys shalle aquyntyn, renownsyn, and relessyn to hyr       #
presoners
hyr troughthys, hyr behestys, and hyre othysse, whyche that     #
[{the
seid presoners mowen have made to heir maisters in eny maner,   #
and
that{] whythe owte fraude or malyngyne.
   Alle so hyt ys accordyd that the fore sayde capytaynys       #
shulde delyvery
owte of the towne of Faleys in to the hondys of the             #
commyssenaryours
of oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde, al thoo
that were borne in Inglonde, Walys, and Yrlonde, or Gascoyne,
whiche be-fore thys tyme have holde whythe the party of         #
Inglonde,
and for thys presentt tyme ben in thys sayde towne of Faleys
contrarye ayenste the kyng and hys parteyes.
   Alle so hyt ys accordyd that non of the captaynys, nor       #
burgessys,
nor non othyr of the towne, shalle geve nor suffer for to be    #
gevyn
to hem of the castelle of Faleys any strengthe of men, of       #
armys, or
of schotte, nor maner of socoure of armyrowrysse or artury,     #
schottys,
powder, gonnys, or any othyr comfort durynge the for sayde      #
trete.
   Alle so hyt ys accordyd that noo captayne, ne none sowdyer,
burgeys, ner comyner, nor non othyr beynge whythe ynne the
sayde towne of Faleys, shalle ressayve or suffer to be          #
ressayved or
drawyn owte of the castelle the captayne of the same castelle   #
nor
non othyr of the same garysonne thereynne beynge at thys        #
present
tretys. Ande alle soo they shulle nott drawe any of hem of the
castelle undyr the coloure of thys presentt tretye.
   Ande uppon thys our soverayne lorde the kynge of specyalle   #
grace
<P 119>
hathe grauntyd unto the forsayde captaynys, sowdyers, and       #
othyr of
the sayde towne, hyr horse, harneys, and alle hyr othyr goodys
what evyr hyt be, owte-take artury, shotte, powders and gonnys,
arblastrys, and bawderykys for arblastrys, whyche that shalle   #
abyde
stylle in the same towne, and alle wey for to sen that the      #
straungers
of whyche the seconde artycule makythe mensyon, nor shalle
not emynucyon the pryvelegys and the benyfytys of thys presentt
artyculys.
   Alle the for sayde captaynys have sworne a-pon hyr honowre
that durynge the for sayde trete that they shalle not makyn nor
suffyr to be made any brekyng, wastynge, nor be putt nor done
a waye any of suche artyculys, shotte, or any othyr thyng       #
be-fore
sayde.
   Alle so hit ys accordyd that durynge the fore sayd trete noo
maner of poyntment of the wallys of the towne shalle be made,   #
but
the wallys shalle be leve stylle lyke as they ben foundyn the   #
fyrste
daye of this present trete.
   Alle so hyt hys accordyd that noo sowdyer nor stranger in    #
the
towne of Faleys shalle not make noo robory nor pylyage on the
burgeysys of the towne of Faleys in noo maner, ande yf any      #
suche
evylle doers ben founde, that thenne the captaynys of men of    #
armys
and of shotte do ther on justyfyynge and execusion, or ellys    #
that
alle suche evylle doers shalle forfete hyre benyfys and hyr
saffecondyte.
   Alle so hyt [{is{] accordyd that the sayde captaynys nor     #
non othyr
of the same towne shalle nought bere away, nor purlayne, nor    #
suffer
to ben i-purlaynyd or doo a-waye, any ornamentys, jewellys, or
relyqwys of Hooly Chyrche, be they of the same towne or of any
othyr relygyous owte of +t=e= towne, that perchaunce were       #
brought
unto the towne for dowte of warre or othyr wyse i-brought unto
the towne.
   Alle so hit ys accordyde that the for sayde captaynys nor    #
non
<P 120>
othyr of hyr feleschyppe shalle nought ledyn nor bere, nor      #
suffer
for to be borne nor lede, owte of the townye of Faleys, noo     #
maner
of goodys undyr the colowre of appyontementt, but oonly hyr     #
owne
propyr goode.
   Alle so hyt ys accordyd that alle the capitaynys whythe hem  #
of
alle hyr company shalle a-voyde the towne of Faleys the secunde
day of Janyver abovyn sayde by the sonne goynge downe, but yf
that they were rescwyd as hyt ys a-fore sayde. And oure         #
soverayne
lorde the Kynge of Inglond of hys specyalle grace hathe         #
grauntyd
to alle and to every burgeys of the towne of Faleys, that wylle
dwelle and abyde stylle in the fore sayde towne, there to       #
a-byde
and dwelle, sykerly and surely and fully, whythe owte any       #
enpechyment
uppon hem to putte in body or in goodys, mevabylle or
unmevabylle, as herytagys nor possessyons whythe ynne the fore
sayde towne, but pessabylly rejoysynne as hyr propyr goodys at
thys tyme and in tyme to come, as they myght done before the
yelding upe of the same towne; be so alle way that they so      #
wyllynge
to dwelle and byde in the same towne be come legys and          #
obedyaunte
to oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde and hys ayrys.
   Alle so hyt ys accordyd that noo captayne, sowdyer, nor      #
burgeys,
nor comyner, nor non othyr whithe ynne the sayde towne of       #
Faleys,
shalle nought ressayvynne, nor suffer to ressayvynne, nor       #
drawyn of
the castelle of Faleys the captayne ther of, nor non of there   #
garysons,
nor non at thys tyme there abydynge [{in{] the for sayde        #
chastelle, nor
noo maner of goodys to hem longyng undyr colowre and shadowe of
goodys of the towne, nothyr undy[{r{] coloure of thys presente  #
trete.
   Alle so hyt ys accordyd that hangyng thys presentte trety    #
and
appoyntement noo maner of warre shalle be made by-twyne hem
ande the oste of oure soverayne lorde the Kyng of Inglonde and 
hem of the towne of Faleys. 

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<P 187>
John Olney,         Robert Horne       (\Anno xxv=o=\) .
Mayre of London     Geffray Bolayne 
   Ande in that same yere there was an armyrer and hys owne
man fought whythe yn the lystys in Smethefylde the laste day of
Januer, ande there the mayster was slayne and dyspoylyde owte 
of hys harnys, and lay stylle in the fylde alle that day and    #
that
nyght next folowynge. And thenne afty[{r{]ward, by the kyngys
commaundement, he was d[{r{]awyn, hanggyde, and be-heddyde,
and hys hedde sette on London Brygge, and the body hynggyng
a-bove erthe be-syde the towre.
   Ande that same yere was a Parlyment be-gon at Byry; and that
same yere there was grete wache at Syn Donstonys in the Este,   #
by
the sofferens of oure sufferayne lorde the kyng, in every       #
warde of
<P 188>
London alle the xvj dayes in Crystysmasse by the commaundement
of the kynge. Ande at Schroffe tyde nexte aftyr there
was ordaynyd a Parlyment at Synt Edmondys Bury; ande att the
comyng of the goode Duke Umfray, sum tyme Duke of Glouceter,
uppon the Satyrday anon as he was a lyght of hys hors he was
a-restyde of dyvers lordys for treson by commaundement of the
kyng, and men sayde at that tyme. And uppon the Thursseday
next folowynge he dyssesyd ande passyde owte of thys
wrecchyde and false trobely worlde. And he ys buryde at Syn
Albonys.
   Ande uppon Ester nexte folowynge, Harry Byschoppe of         #
Wynchester
and Cardynalle, and lythe enteryde at Wynchester. And
a-non aftyr the dethe of the Duke of Glouceter there were a     #
reste
many of the sayde dukys to the nombyr of xxxviij squyers,       #
be-syde
alle othyr servantys that nevyr ymagenyd no falsenys of the     #
that
they were put a-pon of. And on Fryday the xiiij day of Juylle
nexte folowynge by jugement at Westemyster, there by fore v
personys were dampnyd to be drawe, hanggyd, and hyr bowellys
i-brente by fore hem, and thenne hyr heddys to ben smetyn of,
ande thenne to be quarteryde, and every parte to be sende unto
dyvers placys by assygnement of the jugys. Whyche personys
were thes: Arteys the bastarde of the sayde Duke of Glouceter,
Syr Rogger Chambyrlayne knyght, Mylton squyer, Thomas Harberde
squyer, Nedam yeman, whyche were the sayde xiiij day
of Juylle i-drawe fro Syn Gorgys thoroughe owte Sowthewerke
and on Londyn Brygge, ande so forthe thorowe the cytte of
London to the Tyborne, and there alle they were hanggyde, and
the ropys smetyn a-sondyr, they beynge alle lyvynge, and        #
thenne,
ar any more of any markys of excecusyon were done, the Duke of
Sowthefolke brought them alle yn generalle pardon and grace     #
from
our lorde and soverayne Kynge Harry the vj=te=.
   Also that same yere dyssesyde the Duke of Exceter, and he    #
was
enteryd at Syn Kateryns.
<P 189>
Stephyn Browne,     John Cauntelowe     A=o= xxvij=o=.
Mayre of London     Wylliam Marowe,
   Ande that same yere the Duke of Yorke, Rycharde Plantagenet,
was exsylyde in to Irlonde for hys rebellyon, as thoo a boute   #
the
kynge informyde hym, fully ande falsely as hyt was aftyr warde
i-knowe.
   And that same yere was a tretys of trewys takyn whythe the
Schottys by Mayster Adam Molaynys for iiij yere, that tyme he
beyng enbasytor in to Schotlonde, and aftyr that Prevy Seale,   #
ande
thenne i-made Byschoppe of Chychester, and with ynne shorte
tyme aftyr put to dethe.
Thomas Chalton,     Thomas Canyngys     A=o= xxviij=o=.
Mayre of London     John Hewlyn 
   Ande that same yere was the moste pa[{r{]te of Normandy      #
y-loste,
and a Parlymentte was at Westemyster. In the mene whyle was the
[{city{] of Roon, Mustarde Vylers, and Herflete i-loste by      #
fore Crystysmasse,
and thenne the Parlyment was prolongyd tylle aftyr Syn
Hyllary ys day. Ande at that tyme beyng many sowdyers at        #
Portysmowthe,
the whyche haddyn take the kyngys wagys for to pass ovyr
the see. And anon aftyr Crystysmasse was sende unto the see     #
syde
the Prevye Sealle, whyche was callyd Mayster Adam Molaynys, to
have take the monster at the see syde, he beynge that tyme      #
Byschoppe
of Chychester. Ande for hys covetysse, as hyt was reportyde,
schippemen put hym to dethe, and sum mys-a-wysyd men of the 
sowdyers holpyn welle there-to. And thys was done at
Portysmouthe. 
   Ande aftyr Synt Hyllary ys day the Parlyment was remevyd
unto Laycetter; ande yn the mene tyme was Cane yoldyn, ande     #
alle
the remenaunt of Normandy, savyng Chyrborowe. Ande the Duke
of Sowthefolke was a-pechyde at that Parlyment, he beynge at
London, of verry graunte treson, and of many poyntys; among     #
alle
othyr, for that he schulde have solde Normandy, and also for    #
the
dethe of that nobylle prynce the Duke of Glouceter, and for     #
many
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othyr poyntys of treson, for the whyche he was exylyd owte of
Ingelonde for certayne yerys. Ande at hys passynge ovyr the see
warde he was mette with by-twyne Dovyr and Calys by dyvers
schyppys, of the whyche was here Admyralle Nycholas of the
Towre; and yn that schyppe soo beyng in the see they smote of   #
hys
hedde of the fore sayde Duke of Sowthefolke, and they caste     #
bothe
body and hys hedde in to the see. And aftyr that hyt was takyn
uppe and brought unto the towne of Dovyr, and aftyr from thens
brought unto Wynkylfylde in the Sowthefolke, and there hyt ys
i-buryde; whos name was Syr Wylliam Pole.
   Ande aftyr that the comyns of Kent a rosse with certayne     #
othyr
schyrys, and they chesse hem a captayne, the whyche captayne
compellyd alle the gentellys to a-rysse whythe hem. Ande at the
ende of the Parlyment they come whythe a grete myght and a
stronge oste unto the Blacke hethe, be syde Grene wyche, the
nomber of xlvj M=l=; and there they made a fylde, dykyd and     #
stakyde
welle a-bowt, as hyt ben in the londe of warre, save only they  #
kepte
ordyr among them, for als goode was Jacke Robyn as John at the
Noke, for alle were as hyghe as pygysfete, unto the tyme that   #
they
shulde comyn and speke with suche statys and massyngerys as     #
were
sende unto hem; thenne they put alle hyr pouer unto the man     #
that
namyd hym captayne of alle hyr oste. And there they a-bode
certayne days too the comyng of the kynge fro the Parlymentte   #
at
Leyceter. Ande thenne the kyng send unto the captayne dyvers
lordys bothe spyrytualle and temporalle, to wytte and to have
knowleche of that grette assembelynge and gaderyng of that      #
grete
a[{n{]d mysavysyd feleschyppe. The captayne of hem sendyng
worde agayne unto the kynge, that hyt was for the wele of hym
oure soverayne lorde, and of alle the realme, and for to        #
dystrye
the traytours beyng a-boute hym, whythe othyr dyvers poyntys
that they wolde see that hyt were in schorte tyme a-mendyde.
Uppon whyche answere that the kyng, thedyr sent by hys lordys,
dyd make a crye in the kyngys name of Engelonde that alle the
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kyngys lege men of Engelonde shulde a-voyde the fylde. And
a-pon the nyght aftyr they were alle voydyd and a-goo.
   The morne aftyr, the kynge rode armyd at alle pecys from Syn
John ys be-syde Clerkyn welle thoroughe London; and whythe
hym the moste party of temporalle lordys of thys londe of       #
Engelond
in there a beste raye. Aftyr that they were every lorde
whythe hys retenowe, to the nombyr of x M=l= personys, redy as  #
they
alle shulde have gon to batayle in to any londe of              #
Crystyn-dome,
whythe bendys a-bove hyr harnys that every lorde schulde be
knowe from othyr. And yn the fowarde, as they wolde have
folowyde the captayne, was slayn Syr Umfray Stafforde and
Wylliam Stafford, squyer, one the mannylste man of alle thys
realme of Engelonde, whythe many moo othyr of mene personys at
Sevenocke, in Kentt, in hyr oute ragyng fro hyr oste of our
soverayne lordys the kyng, Harry the vj=te=. And the kyng       #
loggyd
that nyght at Grenewyche, and sone aftyr every lorde whythe hys
retynewe rood home in to hyr contraye.
   Ande aftyr that, uppon the fyrste day of Juylle, the same    #
captayne
come agayne, as the Kenttysche men sayde, but hyt was
a-nothyr that namyd hymselfe the captayne, and he come to the
Blacke Hethe. And uppon the morowe he come whythe a grette
hoste yn to Sowtheworke, and at the Whythe Herte he toke his
loggynge. And a-pon the morowe, that was the Fryday, a gayn
evyn, they smote a sondyr the ropys of the draught brygge and
faught sore a manly, and many a man was mortheryde and kylde in
that conflycte, I wot not what [{to{] name hyt for the          #
multytude of
ryffe raffe. And thenne they enteryde in to the cytte of        #
London as
men that hadde ben halfe be-syde hyr wytte; and in that         #
furynys they
wente, as they sayde, for the comyn wele of the realme of       #
Ingelonde,
evyn strayght unto a marchaunte ys place i-namyd Phylyppe
Malpas of London. Yf hyt were trewe as they surmysyd aftyr ther
doyng, I remytte me to ynke and pauper - (\Deus scit et ego     #
non\) .
But welle I wote that every ylle begynnynge moste comynly hathe
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an ylle endyng, and every goode begynnyng hathe the wery goode
endyng. (\Proverbium: - Felix principium finem facit esse       #
beatum.\)
And that Phylyppe Malpas was aldyrman, and they spoylyd hym     #
ande
bare a-way moche goode of hys, and in specyalle moche mony,     #
bothe
of sylvyr and golde, the valowe of a notabylle som, and in      #
specyalle
of marchaundys, as of tynne, woode, madyr, and alym, whythe     #
grette
quantyte of wollyn clothe and many ryche jewellys, whythe othyr
notabylle stuffe of fedyr beddys, beddyng, napery, and many a
ryche clothe of arys, to the valewe of a notabylle sum -        #
(\nescio, set
Deus omnia scit\) .
   Ande in the evenynge they went whythe hyr sympylle captayne
to hys loggynge; botte a certayne of hys sympylle and rude      #
mayny
a-bode there alle the nyght, weny[{n{]ge to them that they      #
hadde wytte
and wysdome for to have gydyde or put in gydyng alle Ingelonde,
alsosone at they hadde gote the cytte of London by a mysse      #
happe
of cuttynge of ij sory cordys that nowe be alteryde, and made   #
ij
stronge schynys of yryn unto the draught brygge of London. But
they hadde othyr men with hem, as welle of London as of there
owne party. And by hem of on parte and of that othyr parte they
lefte noo thyng unsoffethe, and they serchyd alle that nyght.
   Ande in the morne he come yn a-gayne, that sory and sympylle
and rebellyus captayne whythe hys mayny; that was Saturday, and
hyt was also a Synt Martyn ys day, the dedycacyon of Synt
Martynys in the Vyntry, the iiij day of Juylle. And thenne
dyvers questys were i-sompnyd at the Gylhalle; and ther Robert
Horne beynge alderman was a-restyde and brought in to Newegate.
And that same day Wylliam Crowemere, squyer, and Scheryffe
of Kentt, was be-heddyde in the fylde whythe owte Algate at     #
+t=e=
mylys ende be-syde Clopton ys Place. And a nothyr man that
was namyde John Bayle was be-heddyd at the Whytte Chapylle.
And the same day aftyr-non was be-heddyd in Cheppe a-fore the
Standard, Syr Jamys Fynes, beyng that tyme the Lorde Saye and
Grette Treserer of Ingelonde, the whyche was brought oute of    #
the
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Toure of London unto the Gylde Halle, and there of dyvers       #
tresons
he was exampnyd, of whyche he knowlachyd of the dethe of that
notabylle and famos prynce the Duke of Glouceter. And thenne
they brought hym unto the Standard in Cheppe, and there he
ressayvyd hys jewys and hys dethe. And so forthe alle the iij
heddys that day smetyn of were sette uppon the Brygge of        #
London,
and the ij othyr heddys takyn downe that stode a-pon the London
Brygge by-fore. And at the comyng of the camptayne yn to
Sowtheworke, he lete smyte of the hedde of a strong theff that  #
was
namyd Haywardyn. And uppon the morowe the Sonday at hyghe
mas tyme a lette to be heddyd a man of Hampton, a squyer, the
whyche was namyd Thomas Mayne. And that same evyn Londyn
dyd a rysse and cam owte uppon hem at x [{of{] the belle,       #
beyng that
tyme hyr captaynys the goode olde lorde Schalys and Mathewe
Goughe. Ande from that tyme unto the morowe viij of belle they
were ever fyghtynge uppon London Brygge, ande many a man was
slayne and caste in Temys, harnys, body, and alle; and monge    #
the
presse was slayne Mathewe Goughe and John Sutton aldyrman.
Ande the same nyght, a-non aftyr mydnyght, the Captayne of      #
Kentte
dyde fyre the draught brygge of London; and be-fore that tyme   #
he
breke bothe Kyngys Bynche and the Marchelsy, and lete owte alle
the presoners that were yn them. And uppon the morowe by
tymys came my lorde the Cardynalle of Yorke, and my Lorde of
Cauntyrbury, and the Byschoppe of Wynchester, and they tretyde
by twyne the Lorde Schalys and that captayne, that the sore     #
conflycte 
and skarmasche was sessyde, ande gaffe the captayne and hys
mayne a generalle chartoure for hym and for alle hys company in
hys name, callyng hym selfe John Mortymere, and thoroughe that
mene they were i-voydyde the moste partye. And the vj day aftyr
that, the Satyr-daye at evyn, the iij heddys were takyn downe   #
of
London Brygge, that ys to say, the Lorde Say ys hedde,          #
Crowmers,
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and the Bayleyes, and the othyr ij heddys sette uppe a-yenne    #
that
stode a-pon London Brygge be-fore, and the body whythe hedde
were i-burydde at the Gray Fryers at London. And uppon
the xij day of Juylle, the yere a-fore sayde, the sayde         #
camptayne
was cryde and proclaymyd traytoure, by the name of John
Cade, in dyvers placys of London, and also in Sowtheworke, 
whythe many moo, that what man myght or wolde bryng the
sayde John Cade to the kyng, qwyke or dede, shulde have of the
kynge a thousande marke. Also who som evyr myght brynge or
wolde brynge any of hys chyffe counsellourys, or of afynyte,    #
that
kepte any state or rewle or governansse undyr the sayd fals
captayne John Cade, he schulde have to hys rewarde of the kynge
v. C. marke. And that day was that fals traytoure the Captayne  #
of
Kentte i-take and slayne in the Welde in the countre of Sowsex,
and uppon the morowe he was brought in a carre alle nakyd, and
at the Herte in Sowetheworke there the carre was made stonde
stylle, the wyffe of the howse myght se hym yf hyt were the     #
same
man or no that was namyd the Captayne of Kente, for he was
loggyd whythe yn hyr howse in hys pevys tyme of hys mys rewylle
and rysynge. And thenne he was hadde in to the Kyngys Bynche,
and there he lay from Monday at evyn unto the Thursseday nexte
folowynge at evyn; and whythe yn the Kynges Benche the sayde
captayne was be-heddyde and quarteryde; and the same day
i-d[{r{]awe a-pon a hyrdylle in pecys whythe the hedde by-twyne
hys breste from the Kyngys Benche thoroughe owte Sowthewerke,
and thenne ovyr Londyn Brygge, and thenne thoroughe London
unto Newegate, and thenne hys hedde was takyn and sette uppon
London Brygge.
   And the same yere was the Byschoppe of Sawlysbury slayne
at Edyngton, a myle owte of the towne, a-pon a hyghe hylle;
hyt was the xiiij day of June, and alle hys goode mevabylle was
departyde to every man dwellynge there that any of hys lyflode  #
laye;
for bothe oxsyn, sheppe, hors, swyne, carte, plowe, corne, hay,
tymbyr, strawe, harnys in castellys of hys, clothynge for hys   #
owne
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body, bokys, chalys and alle that longyd to any manyr of hys,   #
and
the very ledde that coveryd the howsys and wodys wer fylde
downe in sum placys, but not in every place, but in som, as at
Shyrbone in Dorsette schyre. And the men that toke a-pon hem
alle thys mys rewle, whenne they undyrstode that hyt was wronge
that they hadde done bothe to hym, and in specyalle unto the
kynge, they a-non wente thoroughe owte alle the towne of        #
Shyrborne
an toke to every man, woman, and chylde that was above
xij yere age and iij chore, everyche of hem hadde vj=d=; and    #
they
madde them to swere to be trewe ande holde to gedyr, by cause   #
yf
the kynge wolde have take any execucyon a-pon hyt he moste
have take hyt a-pone alle the hoole schyre and contrays there   #
that
hys lyflode was. And for cause here of the kynge gaffe a        #
generalle 
pardon to alle maner men.
   Ande that same yere was slayne Tresham, the man of lawe,     #
that
was Speker of the Parlymentt, and hys sone was soore woundyde   #
in
Northehampton schyre. And by the kynge and hys counselle a
Parlyment was ordaynyde to be-gyn on Syn Leonarde ys day nexte
folowynge. In the mene tyme many strange and woundyrfulle bylle
were sete in dyvers placys, sum at the kyngys owne chambyr      #
doore
at Westemyster, in hys palysse, and sum at the halle dore at
Westemyster, ande sum at Poulys chyrche dore, and in many othyr
dyvers placys of London.
   Ande in the ende of the sayde same yere Rycharde, the Duke   #
of
Yorke, come to the sayde Parlymentt, for the sayde Duke was
before banyschyd for certayne yerys, whythe a notabylle         #
felyschippe
of fensabylle men, and the Duke of Northefolke whythe a grete
multytude of defensabylle men. And every lorde whythe hyr
retynowe welle harnysyd and welle be-sene; and every lorde      #
hadde
hys bagge a-pon hys harnys, and hyr mayny also, that they myght
ben knowe by hyr baggys and levereys.
Nycholas Wyfolde,     Wylliam Deere     A=o= xxix=o=.
Mayre of London       John Myddelton
   Ande that same yere, the ij day of Decembyr, the Duke of
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Somersett was a-tachyde in the Fryer Prechourys at London. And
that day he was robbyde of alle hys goodys, and hys jewellys    #
were
takyn and borne a-way by lordys mayny. Ande in the morowe
they dyspoylyd the placys and longgynges of many dyvers lordys,
and they bare away alle the goodys that were with ynne hem,     #
that
ys to say, Syr Thomas Stodenham, thenne beynge wardroper, Syr
Thomas Hoo the Lorde Hastynge, sum tyme the Chambyrlayne of
Normandy.
   And the same day was a man of the forsayde feleschyppe, the
whyche was at the spoylynge and robbynge of the Fryer           #
Prechourys,
be-heddyde at the Standarde in Cheppe, for to ben an
exampylle unto alle othyr; but hyt was nevyr the bettyr, for    #
hyt
causyd moche the more herte brennyng a gayne the duke and the
lordys by-fore sayde, &c.
   And that same day, the aftyr non, the Duke of Yorke roode
thoroughe London. And he made to be cryde in dyvers placys
that what maner a man that robbyd or ryfylde any persone
schulde have as hastely jewys as the sayde man hadde. And uppon
Thursday nexte folowynge the kynge come fro Westemyster,
ryddyng thoroughe London; and whythe the Duke of Yorke, and
the moste dele in substans of alle the lordys in thys londe,    #
with hyr
retenowys of fensabylle men; whyche was a gay and gloryus syght
if hit hadde ben in Fraunce, but not in Ingelonde, for hyt      #
boldyd
sum mennys hertys that hyt causyd aftyr many mannys dethe.
Wher was or ys the defaute I wotte not, &c.
   Ande the same yere, on Candylmas daye, the kynge was at
Cauntyrbury, and whythe hym was the Duke of Excetyr, the Duke
of Somersette, my lorde of Schrofuysbury, whythe many moo
othyr lordys and many justyces; and there they helde the        #
cessyons
iiij dayes, and there were dampnyde many men of the captayne ys
men for hyr rysyng, and for hyr talkyng a gayne the kyng,       #
havynge
more favyr unto the Duke of Yorke thenne unto the kynge. And
the dampnyde men were drawe, hanggyde, and quarteryde, but
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they were pardonnyde to be buryde, bothe hyr quarters of hyr
bodys and hyr heddys with alle.
   Ande at Rochester ix men were be-heddyd at that same tyme,
and hyr heddys were sende unto London by the kyngys             #
commaundement,
and sette uppon London Brygge alle at one tyme;
and xij heddys at a nothyr tyme were brought unto London at
sette uppe undyr the same forme, as hys was commaundyd by the
kyng. Men calle hyt in Kente the harvyste of hedys.



