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12.1. The tenor of the said seditious preests letter.

The tenor of the said seditious preests letter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 _IOhn Scheepe S. Marie preest of Yorke, and now of Colchester, greeteth well Iohn namelesse, and Iohn the Miller, and Iohn Carter, & biddeth them that they beware of guile in Bourrough, & stand togither in Gods name, & biddeth Piers ploughman go to his worke, and chastise well Hob the robber, & take with you Iohn Trewman and all his fellowes, and no mo. Iohn the Miller Y ground small, small small, the kings sonne of heauen shall paie for all. Beware or yee be wo, know your freend from your fo, haue inough and saie ho, and doo well and better, flee sinne and seeke peace, and hold you therein, and so biddeth Iohn Trewman and all his fellowes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This letter he confessed himselfe to haue written, as Thomas Walsingham affirmeth, with manie o|ther things which he had doone and committed, to the disquieting of the realme,Iohn Ball executed at S. Albons. for the which he was drawne, hanged, and beheaded at saint Albons, the fiftéenth of Iulie, being monday, in this fift yeare of king Richards reigne. On the same daie, the kings iustice sir Robert Trisilian sat vpon the rebels of saint Albons, and other of the countrie of Hertford, afore whome, by such policie as he vsed, there were a great number indicted, and diuerse being arreigned, were found guiltie, as William Grindecob, Willi|am Cadindon, Iohn Barbor, and certeine others, which were hanged and drawne, to the number of fif|teene persons in all; diuerse chéefe men of the towne were committed to prison, as Richard Wallingford, Iohn Garleeke, William Berewill, Thomas Putor and others of the countrie about. There were com|mitted to prison to the number of fourescore per|sons, the which neuerthelesse, by the kings pardon, were released and dismissed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The hatred which the townesmen had conceiued EEBO page image 438 against the abbat and conuent of S. Albons, was s [...]erlie great, and manie deuises they had to haue sa|ued, those that were executed. And where as well the townesmen, as other of the abbats and conuents tenants, both of Hertfordshire, and Buckingham|shire, had gotten of the abbat and conuent letters of discharge, from dooing anie bound seruice, the king directed his letters vnto certeine commissioners, as to Iohn Ludowicke, Iohn Westwicombe, Iohn Kenting, Richard Perers, Walter Saunford, Ri|chard Gifford,The king calleth in by proclamation all [...]uch let|ters of manu|mission, as the abbat of saint Albons had grante [...] to his bondmen. Thomas Eidon, and William Ec|cleshall, commanding them to cause proclamation to be made in all such townes and places as were thought necessarie, through the whole countries of Buckingham and Hertford, that all and euerie per|son and persons that ought and had beene accustomed to doo or yeeld anie manner of seruices, customes, or duties, whether they were bondmen or free, vnto the said abbat and couent of S. Albons, should doo and yéeld the same seruices, customes, and duties, in such l ke forme & manner, as they had beene used to doo, be|fore the time of the late troubles, & not to chalenge or claime any libertie or priuilege which they inioied not before the same troubles, vpon their faith & allegi|ance in which they stood bound to him, and vpon paine to forfeit all that they might forfeit: and in case anie were found to doo contrarie thervnto, the same com|missioners had authoritie, and were commanded to arrest and imprison them, till for their further punish|ment, order might be taken and agreed vpon in that beha [...]e accordinglie.

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