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Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Richard being returned into England, and vnderstanding both how the French king made warre against him in Normandie, and that the state of England was not a little disquieted, by the pra|ctise of his brother earle Iohn and his complices, spe|ciallie by reason that diuerse castels were defended by such as he had placed in them, he thought good with all speed to cut off such occasions as might bréed a further mischéefe. Wherevpon he first went to No|tingham,The king go|eth to Noting+ham and win|neth the castel. and within thrée daies after his comming thither (which was on the daie of the Annunciation of our ladie) he constreined them that kept the castell there in his brothers name, to yeeld themselues sim|plie vnto his mercie, Rog. Houed. after they had abidden diuerse assaults, by the which euen the first daie the vtter gates were burnt, and certeine defenses destroied, which they had made before the same.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The cheefe of them that were within this castell to defend it were these, William de Uendeuall co|nestable there, Roger de Mountbegun, Rafe Mur|dac, Philip de Worceter and Ranulfe de Worceter brethren. The morow after the surrender was made, the king went to Clipstone, and rode into the forrest of Shirewood, where he had neuer béene before, the view whereof pleased him greatlie.The forrest [...] Shirewood. The castell of Tickhill was likewise at the same time yéelded vn|to the bishop of Durham, who receiued it to the kings vse, and them that kept it as prisoners, without anie composition, but standing simplie to the K. mercie. For although those that had these castels in keeping, were sufficientlie prouided of all necessarie things for defense, yet the sudden comming of the king (whom they thought verelie would neuer haue re|turned) put them in such feare, that they wist not what to make of the matter,The castell of Tickhill yee [...]|ded. and so (as men amazed) they yéelded without anie further exception. The bi|shop of Durham bringing those prisoners with him which had yéelded vp this castell of Tickhill, Rog. Houed. came to the king the 27 daie of March, the verie daie before that Notingham castell was giuen ouer.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, this is to be remembred, that during the siege of Notingham,Strife be|twixt ye arch|bishops for ca|rieng of their crosses. contention arose betwixt the two archbishops of Canturburie and Yorke, a|bout the carriage of their crosses. For Hubert arch|shop of Canturburie comming thither, had his crosse borne before him; the archbishop of Yorke (hauing no crosse there at all) was verie sore offended, that anie other should go with crosse borne before him in his diocesse, and therfore complained hereof to the king. But the archbishop of Canturburie mainteined that he had not doone anie thing but that which was law|full for him to doo, and therevpon made his appeale to Rome, that the pope might haue the hearing and iudging of that controuersie betwixt them.

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