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¶On wednesdaie in Whitsunweeke, at a court of aldermen kept at the Guildhall, Abr. Fl. ex I.S. pag. 1047, 1048 sir Iohn Aliffe knight, and maister of Blackwell hall, was sworne alderman of the Bridge ward without,Alderman of Southworke. to haue iuris|diction of the borough of Southworke, and thus was he the first alderman that euer was there, who made vp the number of six and twentie aldermen of Lon|don, whereas befo [...]e that time had beene but fiue and twentie.Terme ad|iourned. Trinitie tearme was adiourned till Mi|chaelmasse, for that the gentlemen should keepe the commons from commotion. The eleuenth of Iune being S. Barnabies daie,S. Barnab [...] kept h [...]l [...]e. High altar Paules pul|led downe. was kept holiedaie all London ouer: and the same daie at night, the high altar in Paules church was pulled downe, and a table set where the altar stood, with a veile drawne beneath the steps; and on the sundaie next a commu|nion was soong at the same table; and shortlie after all the altars in London were taken downe, and tables placed in their roomes.No watch [...] Midsummer This yeare was no such watch at Midsummer as had béene accustomed.

The thirtith of Iulie Thomas lord Wriothesleie erle of Southampton, knight of the garter,Earle of Southamp|ton deceas [...]e [...] and one of the executors to king Henrie the eight, deceassed at Lincolne place in Holborne, and was buried in S. Andrewes church there.Charitable deeds of An|drew Iude. Fréeschoole [...] Tunbridge. Sir Andrew Iude for this yeare maior of London, and skinner, erected one notable fréeschoole at Tunbridge in Kent, wherein he brought vp and nourished in learning great store of youth, as well bred in that shire, as brought from o|ther countries adioining. A noble act and correspon|dent to those that haue beene doone by like worship|full men, and other in old time within the same citie of London.Almes houses. He also builded almesse houses for six poore almesse people, nigh to the parish church of saint Helens within Bishopsgate of London, & gaue land to the companie of the skinners in the same citie, a|mounting to the value of thréescore pounds thrée shil|lings eight pence the yeare: for the which they be bound to paie twentie pounds to the schoolemaister, and eight pounds to the vsher of his free schoole at Tunbridge yearelie for euer, and foure shillings the wéeke to the six poore almesse people at S. Helens aforesaid, eight pence the péece wéekelie, and fiue and twentie shillings foure pence the yeare in coles a|mongst them for euer.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About this time there was at Feuersham in Kent a gentleman named Arden,1551 Anno Reg. 5. most cruellie murthe|red and slaine by the procurement of his owne wife.Arden mur|thered. The which murther, for the horriblenesse thereof, al|though otherwise it may séeme to be but a priuate matter, and therefore as it were impertinent to this historie, I haue thought good to set it foorth somewhat at large, hauing the instructions deliuered to me by them, that haue vsed some diligence to gather the true vnderstanding of the circumstances. This Ar|den was a man of a tall and comelie personage,Arden d [...]|scribed. and matched in marriage with a gentlewoman, yoong, tall, and well fauoured of shape and countenance, who chancing to fall in familiaritie with one Mosbie a tailor by occupation, a blacke swart man,Loue and lust. seruant to the lord North, it happened this Mosbie vpon some misliking to fall out with hir: but she being desirous to be in fauour with him againe,A paire of sil|uer dice worke much mischiefe. sent him a paire of siluer dice by one Adam Foule dwelling at the Floure de lice in Feuersham.

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