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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
Snippet: 540 of 1201 (1587, Volume 6, p. 879)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The whole armie (as appéered by the musters taken thereof) consisted in six hundred demilan|ces, two hundred archers on horssebacke, three thou|sand archers on foot, and fiue thousand bill men. To these also were adioined seuentéene hundred, which were taken out of the garisons and crewes of Hammes, Guisnes, & Calis, so that in all they were ten thousand and fiue hundred, well armed and ap|pointed for the warre. Beside them, there were also two thousand six hundred labourers and pioners. When this armie was come ouer to Calis, and all things readie for the iournie, they issued out of Calis and tooke the fields. The vant-gard was led by the lord Sandes. Capteine of the right wing was sir William Kingston, & on the left sir Euerard Dig|bie. The marshall of Calis sir Edward Guilford was capteine of all the horssemen. The duke him|selfe gouerned the battell, and sir Richard Wing|field was capteine of the rere-ward.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
Snippet: 541 of 1201 (1587, Volume 6, p. 879)

While the armie laie without Calis,

A riot at Ca|lis.

Edw. Hall. pag. Cxiiiii

they dailie came into the towne. And so it happened that a sim|ple felow cut a pursse, as he made to buie apples, which incontinent was taken, and brought to the maiors house to ward. Which thing diuerse Welsh|men perceiuing, and not knowing what apperteined to iustice, ran in great companies to the maiors house, & would haue broken the house. The officers of the towne intreated, but the Welshmen more & more approched. The number of the Welshmen was so great, that the watch of Calis strake alarum. Then the lord deputie and the lord Sands did all that in them laie, to bring them to conformitie. But they were so rude, that they nothing them regarded: the priests brought foorth the sacrament, which also was not regarded. Wherefore the lord Ferrers was straightlie commanded to appease their rage, for with him they came thither, which with great paine and intreatie them appeased. And then all the Welsh|men were commanded to the field, and to depart the towne, and so were all other capteins: and after wards diuerse of the head rioters were apprehended and sore punished for example.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
Snippet: 542 of 1201 (1587, Volume 6, p. 879)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The first enterprise that the duke attempted,Bell castell assaulted. was the winning of a castell called Bell castell, to which the lord Sands, and the lord Ferrers being sent, did so much by the power of battrie, that after the wals were beaten, those that were appointed to giue the assalt, prepared them therto. Which when the French men within perceiued,Bell castell yeelded vp to the English|men. they yéelded the place into the Englishmens hands, and themselues to the mer|cie of the duke, which receiued them as prisoners, and deliuered the castell to sir William Skeuing|ton, the which he caused to be rased downe to the ground the seauen and twentith of September. In this season was the duke of Burbon high constable of France reuolted from seruice of the French king to the seruice of the emperour and the king of Eng|land. For after it was knowne that this duke had his mind alienated from the French king,Sir Iohn Russell crea|ted afterward erle of Bed|ford. sir Iohn Russell (that was afterward created erle of Bed|ford) was sent into France vnto the said duke.

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