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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 ¶ The eight of Iulie, Griffith Clearke, Iohn Stow. Uicar of Wandsworth and other exe|cuted. vicar of Wandsworth, with his chapleine and his seruant, & frier Waire, were all foure hanged and quartered at S. Thomas Waterings. The tenth of Iulie sir Adrian Fortescue, and Thomas Dingleie were be|headed. The ninth of September,

Clerkenwell and other sup|pressed.

The Pals|graue & other strangers come ouer in|to England.

the nunnerie of Clerkenwell and diuerse others were suppressed.] This yeare the sixtéenth of September came to London duke Frederike of Baniere, the Palsgraue of the Rhine, and the eightéenth of the same moneth came to London the marshall of Hans Frederike prince elector of Saxonie, and the chancellor of Wil|liam duke of Cleue, Gulicke, Gelderland, and Ber|ghen. The Palsgraue was receiued and conducted to Windsore by the duke of Suffolke, and the other were accompanied with other noble men, and the thrée and twentith of the same moneth they all came to Windsore, where eight daies togither they were continuallie feasted, and had pastime shewed them, in hunting and other pleasures, so much as might be.The mariage concluded be|twixt king Henrie & the ladie Anne Cleue. The Palsegraue shortlie after departed homewards and was princelie rewarded, & at that present was the marriage concluded betwixt the king and the ladie Anne, sister vnto duke William of Cleue, EEBO page image 948 & great preparation was made for the receiuing of hir. I. Stow, pag. 1016. ¶ The twelfe of October the nunnerie of Hali|well, & foorthwith the priorie of S. Marie oueries in Southworke, and S. Bartholomews in Smithfield, were suppressed, & all their lands & goods taken to the kings vse. Thomas Huntlow of London for this yeare shiriffe,Thom. Hunt|low his cha|ritie. gaue the habardashers certeine tene|ments, for the which they be bound to giue to ten poore almes people of the same companie, euerie one of them eight pence euerie fridaie for euer: and also at euerie quarter dinner kept by the masters, to be giuen to euerie one of those ten poore people a penie loafe, a pottell of ale, a péece of beefe worth foure pence in a platter, with porage, and foure pence in monie.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The fouretéenth of Nouember, Hugh Feringdon abbat of Reding, and two priests, the one called Rug, and the other Onion, attainted of high treason for denieng the supremacie of the king ouer the church of England, were drawne, hanged, and quar|tered at Reding. The same daie was Richard Whi|ting abbat of Glastenburie likewise hanged and quartered on Towre hill beside his monasterie, for the same matter and other treasons whereof he had beene conuicted. The first of December was Iohn Bech abbat of Colchester put to death for the like offense.Pensioners instituted. In December were appointed to wait on the kings person fiftie gentlemen called pensio|ners, or speares, vnto whome was assigned the sum of fiftie pounds yeerelie a péece, for the maintenance of themselues and two horsses, or one horsse and a gelding of seruice.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The eleuenth daie of December at the turne pike on this side Graueling, was the ladie Anne of Cleue receiued by the lord deputie of the towne of Calis, and with the speares and horssemen belong|ing to the retinue there. When she came within little more than a mile of the towne of Calis, she was met by the erle of Southampton high admerall of Eng|land, who had in his companie thirtie gentlemen of the kings houshold, as sir Francis Brian, sir Tho|mas Seimer, and others, beside a great number of gentlemen of his owne retinue clad in blue veluet, and crimsin satin, and his yeomen in damaske of the same colours. The mariners of his ship were appa|relled in satin of Bridges,Ladie Anne of Cleue is receiued into Calis. cotes & slops of the same colour. The lord admerall brought hir into Calis by Lanterne gate. There was such a peale of ordi|nance shot off at hir entrie, as was maruellous to the hearers. The maior presented hir with an hun|dred markes in gold, the merchants of the staple with an hundred souereignes of gold in a rich purse. She was lodged in the kings place called the Chec|ker, and there she laie fiftéene daies for want of pro|sperous wind.

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