Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Neither was there any thing doone concerning the affaires apperteining vnto the state without his counsell, appointment, and direction, wherein he so much fauoured and leaned to the partie of the duke of Ireland, that he was sore enuied, and greatlie ha|ted of diuerse of the rest of the nobilitie, speciallie of the kings vncle the duke of Glocester, who vpon ma|lice that he bare to the man, not so much for his owne demeanour, as for his alies, and peraduenture for desire of his roomes, more than of his life, caused him to be accused of diuerse offenses against the crowne, realme, and church; namelie, for that he had (as they surmized against him) spoiled and wasted the kings treasure, and withholden the paie of the souldiers and men of warre, wherevpon he was arrested, called to account, & hauing no clerke allowed him to make vp the same, was found in arrerages 250000 franks. And although for one part thereof he demanded al|lowance of monie, which be had defraied and laid out in Almaine, and in Boheme, about the kings mar|riage, and for the residue desired daies of paiment, yet he could obteine neither. Further, he was accused that the duke of Ireland and he had gathered great summes of monie, conueied the same to Douer, and from thence sent it in the night by sea into Ger|manie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Lastlie, the archbishop (forsooth) and the moonks of Canturburie charged him that he sought the means to remooue [...]he shrine of the archbishop Thomas, o|therwise called Thomas Becket, from Canturburie vnto Douer, vnder a colour of feare, least the French|men being assembled in Flanders to inuade Eng|land, should land in Kent and take Canturburie, and spoile it, where indeed (as they surmized against him) he meant to send it ouer the seas vnto the king of Boheme. Froissard. Herevpon he was first committed to the tower, and before the king or his other friends could procure his deliuerance, he was without law or iu|stice, before any of the residue (as some hold) brought foorth and beheaded on the tower hill, by commande|ment of the duke of Glocester, and other of his facti|on, quite contrarie to the kings will or knowledge, in somuch that when he vnderstood it, he spake manie sore words against the duke, affirming that he was a wicked man, and worthie to be kept shorter, sith vn|der a colour of dooing iustice, he went about to de|stroie euerie good and honest man. The king was al|so offended with the duke of Yorke, for his brothers presumptuous doings, though the said duke of Yorke being verelie a man of a gentle nature, wished that the state of the common-wealth might haue béene re|dressed without losse of any mans life, or other cru|ell dealing: but the duke of Glocester, and diuerse o|ther of the nobilitie, the lesse that they passed for the kings threatening speach, so much more were they readie to punish all those whom they tooke to be their enimies. Thom. Wal [...]. In deed the said sir Simon Burlie was thought to beare himselfe more loftie, by reason of the kings fauour, than was requisite, which procured him enuie of them, that could not abide others to be in any condition their equals in authoritie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 It should appeare by Froissard, that he was first of all, in the beginning of these stirs betwixt the king and the lords, committed to the tower, and notwith|standing all the shift that either the king, or the duke of Ireland, or anie other of his fréends could make for him, by the duke of Glocesters commandement he was cruellie beheaded, so greatlie to the offense of the king, and those that were his trustie councellors, that therevpon the king caused the duke of Ireland the sooner to assemble an armie against the said duke and his complices, therby [...]o r [...]s [...]raine their presump|tuous proceedings. But whether he was thus at the first or last executed, to please the king the better, now at this parlement, amongst others that were con|demned EEBO page image 465 in the same: his lands were giuen to the king, a great part whereof he afterwards disposed to diuerse men as he thought expedient. But yet in the parlement holden in the one and twentith yeare of this kings reigne, the act of atteindor of the said sir Simon was repealed: and at an other parlement holden in the second yeare of king Henrie the fourth, all his lands which then remained vngranted and vn|sold, were restored to sir Iohn Burlie knight, sonne and heire of sir Roger Burlie, brother to the said Si|mon, of whom lineallie is descended Thomas Eins esquier, now secretarie to the queenes maiesties councell in the north parts. And thus far touching sir Simon Burlie, of whom manie reports went of his disloiall dealings towards the state, as partlie ye haue heard, but how trulie the lord knoweth. Among other slanderous tales that were spred abroad of him, one was that he consented to the deliuering of Do|uer castell by the kings appointment to the French|men for monie. But as this was a thing not like to be true, so (no doubt) manie things that the persons aforesaid, which were executed, had béene charged with, at the least by common report among the peo|ple, were nothing true at all; although happilie the substance of those things, for which they died, might be true in some respect.