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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 On saint Margarets daie, the king being readie to take his iournie to Berkhamstéed, in the great court of the abbeie of S. Albons had all the com|mons of the countie of Hertford before him,The commõs of Hertford|shire sworne to the king. that had summons there to appeare, all that were betwixt fifteene and thréescore yéeres of age, where they tooke an oth togither from thenc [...]foorth, to be faithfull sub|iects vnto him, and neuer to rise or make anie com|motion, to the disturbance of his peace; and rather to die, than to consent vnto anie rebellious persons, whome they should to the vttermost of their powers doo their best, to apprehend and deliuer them to the kings prison, that they might be foorth comming. Af|ter they had receiued this oth, they were licenced to depart, and the king rode to Berkhamsteed, where he remained for a time, and went to Esthamstéed to re|create himselfe with hunting, where he was infor|med, that those which were hanged at S. Albons, were taken from the gallowes, and remooued a good waie from the same: with which presumption he was so stirred, that he sent foorthwith his letters to the bai|liffes of the towne of S. Albons, commanding them vpon the sight of the same, to cause cheines to be made, and to bring the said bodies backe vnto the gallowes, and to hang them in those chaines vpon the same gallowes, there to remaine, so long as one peece might sticke to another, according to the forme of the iudgement giuen. The test of this writ thus di|rected to the bailiffes of saint Albons, was at Est|hamstéed the third of August, in the fift yeare of this kings reigne, and in the yeare of our lord a thousand three hundred foure score and one.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The townesmen of S. Albons durst not disobeie the kings commandement, and so hanged vp againe in chaines the dead bodies of their neighbors, great|lie to their shame and reproch, when they could get none other for anie wages to come néere the stink|ing carcasses, but that they were constreined them|selues to take in hand so vile an office. And such was the end of the tumults at S. Albons, where as well as in other places, the vnrulie commons had plaied their parts. To conclude and make an end of these diuelish troubles, to the end it may appeare, in what danger as well the K. as the whole state of the realme stood, by the mischéefous attempts of the vnrulie peo|ple, I haue thought good to declare the confession of Iacke Straw one of their chéefe capteins (and next in reputation amongst them vnto Wat Tiler) when he came to be executed in London, according to iudi|ciall sentence passed against him.