¶You haue heard hitherto, what means was made by the maior, Abr. Fl. out of Henrie Knigh|ton canon of Leceister ab|beie. aldermen, and whole bodie of the com|monaltie of London to procure the kings maiesties (in whose disfauour they were deeplie drowned) grati|ous reconciliation. Wherein though there hath beene large matter deliuered; yet to set foorth the dignitie thereof the fuller, take heere by the waie the report of Henrie Knighton. In the yeare (saith he) 1392, the king called a great councell on the morrow after Trinitie sundaie at Stamford, about certeine af|faires concerning the Frenchmen, in which councell he assembled togither all the old soldiers of his relme, that by the aduise of the elder sort he might sée what were best for him to doo in the premisses. The king al|so held a great councell at Notingham, on the feast of S. Iohn the Baptist, whereat he caused the maior of London with the foure and twentie aldermen, the two shiriffes, and foure and twentie of the best com|moners of the citie in the second degrée to be con|uented before him. Héere he charged them that they had forfeited a certeine bond of 9000 pounds to the king, besides the losse of their liberties and priuile|ges. Which obligation or bond they had made in for|mer time to the king, their deserts requiring the same. Now the king, after rehearsall made of their new offenses & faults, discharged the maior, the two shiriffes, and the rest of his officers of their offices, and sent the maior and the two shiriffes to certeine places of custodie as his prisoners, defeating the ci|tie of London of the honour of all their priuileges; in so much that a citizen or fréeman should haue no more prerogatiue than a forrener or stranger. He appointed also the lord Edward Balerige to be go|uernor therof, to kéepe and see kept the kings lawes and his liege people within London in due order, vn|till such time as the king had otherwise prouided for them. And he set them a day to answer the king and his councell to certeine interrogatories on the feast of S. Marie Magdalen then next insuing, at Wind|sore. In the meane while, at the mediation of certeine freends and welwillers, the kings indignation was somewhat mitigated and asswaged towards them; in so much that at length he released the maior and the shiriffes, and sent them home to their houses; set|ting ouer them notwithstanding a new kéeper or go|uernour of the citie, and reseruing in his hand all the priuileges of the citie. In the meane time, on the sun|daie next after the feast of the Assumption of the bles|sed virgin Marie; all the wealthiest and worthiest commoners of the citie came to the king, and sub|mitted themselues and all their goods to his grace, and then did he first receiue and take them into his fauour. On the wednesdaie insuing, the ki [...]g was purposed to come into London, and the citizens in multitudes innumerable met him on horssebacke; & they [...]hat had no horsses went out on foot to welcome him thither; women also and infants shewed them|selues vnto him; likewise the bishop of London, with all the clergie, no order, degree, condition, estate, or sex of ecclesiasticall dignitie being excused, went out in procession to meet the king and the quéene with great reioising. It was reported how in that proces|sion there were aboue fiue hundred boies in surplis|ses. Moreouer, the citizens of London trimmed the outsides of their houses and chambers in euerie stréet through which the king and the queene were to passe, from S. Georges to Westminster. As for the hou|ses of the welthier sort, they were brauelie garnished with [...]loth of gold, siluer, tissue, veluet, & other sump|tuous stuffe whatsoeuer by any possible means could be gotten. In Cheapside there was a conduit, out of the which two spouts ran with read wine & white, and vpon the conduit stood a little boie apparelled in white like an angell, hauing a golden cup in his hand, who presented wine to the king and queene to drinke as they passed by. In the meane time they offered to the king a golden crowne of great value, and another golden crowne to the quéene; and a while after pas|sing forwards, they presented to the king a golden tablet of the Trinitie, to the value of eight hundred pounds; and to the queene another golden tablet of S. Anne, whome she had in speciall deuotion and re|uerence, bicause hir owne name was Anne. Such, and so great, and so wonderfull honors did they to the king, as the like in former times was neuer doone to anie king of this realme: and so going forward, they brought the king and the quéene to Westminster hall. The king sitting in his seat roiall, & all the peo|ple standing before him; one in the kings behalfe as his speaker, gaue the people thanks for the great ho|nour and princelie presents which they had bestowed vpon the king; and being bidden to fall euerie man to his businesse and affaires, it was told them that in the next parlement they should haue their finall answer.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 At the same time, the duke of Glocester, hauing re|ceiued monie to leauie an armie,The duke of Glocester made duke of Ireland. which he should haue conueied ouer into Ireland, of which countrie, a good while before that present, the king had made him duke, was now readie to set forward, when suddenlie through the malice of some priuie detractours about the king, he was contermanded,His iournie into Ireland vnluckilie staied. and so his iournie was staied, to the great hinderance and preiudice of both the countries of England and Ireland: for e|uen vpon the fame that was bruted of his comming into Ireland, in manner all the Irish lords determi|ned to submit themselues vnto him, so greatlie was his name bo [...]h loued, reuerenced, and feared,Uéere, late duke of Ire|land, dieth at Louaine. euen a|mong those wild and sauage people. This yeare Ro|bert Uéere, late earle of Oxenford, and duke of Ire|land, departed this life at Louaine in Brabant, in great anguish of mind, & miserable necessitie: which yoong gentleman (doubtlesse) was apt to all com|mendable exercises and parts fit for a noble man, if in his youth he had béene well trained and brought vp in necessarie discipline.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 EEBO page image 480 This yeare after Christmasse, a parlement was called at Winchester, Tho. Wal [...]. A parlement at Winchester in which onelie a grant was made by the cleargie, of halfe a tenth, for the expen|ses of the duke of Lancaster & Glocester, that were appointed to go ouer into France, to treat of peace, betwixt the two kingdomes. The courts of the kings bench and chancerie, which had béene remooued from Westminster to Yorke,The chance|rie and kings bench kept at Yorke and frõ thence remoo|ued to Londõ. either in disfauour onelie of the Londoners, or in fauour of the citizens of Yorke, for that the archbishop of that citie, being lord chan|cellor, wished to aduance (so farre as in him laie) the commoditie and wealth thereof, were neuerthelesse about this season brought backe againe to West|minster, after they had remained a small time at Yorke, to the displeasure of manie. ¶ This yeare, the lord Auberie de Ueere, vncle to the late duke of Ireland, was made earle of Oxenford. ¶ The two and twentish of Februarie,Eures. Iohn Eures, constable of Douer castell, & lord steward of the kings house departed this life, in whose roome the lord Thomas Persie that before was vicechamberlaine was cre|ated lord steward; and the lord Thomas Beaumont was made constable of Douer,The Ile of Man. and lord warden of the cinque ports: and the lord William Scroope was made vicechamberlaine, who about the same time, bought of the lord William Montacute the Ile of Man, with the regalitie therof, for it is a kingdome; as Thomas Walsingham affirmeth.