Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king then came downe to Lichfield, and there held a roiall Christmasse, which being ended,The king kéepeth his Christmasse at Lichfield. he tooke his iournie towards Shrewesburie, where the parle|ment was appointed to begin in the quinden of saint Hilarie, as before yée haue heard. In which parle|ment there holden vpon prorogation, for the loue that the king bare to the gentlemen and commons of the shire of Chester, he caused it to be ordeined that from thencefoorth it should be called and knowne by the name of the principalitie of Chester: and herewith he intituled himselfe prince of Chester.Cheshire made a pri [...]cipalitie. He held also a roiall feast, kéeping open houshold for all honest commers, during the which feast, he created fiue dukes and a duchesse, a marquesse, and foure earles.K. Richard prince of Chester. The earle of Derbie was created duke of Hereford, the earle of Notingham that was also earle mar|shall duke of Norfolke,Creation of dukes and earles. the earle of Rutland duke of Aubemarle, the earle of Kent duke of Surrie, and the earle of Huntington duke of Excester; the ladie Margaret marshall countesse of Norfolke, was created duchesse of Norfolke; the earle of Summer|set marques Dorset, the lord Spenser earle of Glo|cester, the lord Neuill surnamed Daurabie earle of Westmerland, the lord William Scroope lord cham|berleine earle of Wiltshire, and the lord Thomas Persie lord steward of the kings house earle of Worcester.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 And for the better maintenance of the estate of these noble men, whome he had thus aduanced to higher degrees of honour, he gaue vnto them a great part of those lands that belonged to the duke of Glo|cester, the earles of Warwike, and Arundell. And now he was in good hope, that he had rooted vp all plants of treason, and therefore cared lesse who might be his freend or his fo, than before he had doone, estée|ming himselfe higher in degrée than anie prince li|uing, and so presumed further than euer his grand|father did,K. Richard beareth saint Edward his armes. and tooke vpon him to beare the armes of saint Edward, ioining them vnto his owne armes. To conclude, what soeuer he then did, none durst speake a word contrarie therevnto. And yet such as were cheefe of his councell, were estéemed of the commons to be the woorst creatures that might be, EEBO page image 493 as the dukes of Aumarle, Norfolke and Excester, the earle of Wiltshire, sir Iohn Bushie, sir William Bagot, and sir Thomas Gréene: which thrée last re|membred were knights of the Bath, against whom the commons vndoubtedlie bare great and priuie hatred.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The L. Regi|nald Cobham condemned.But now to proceed. In this parlement holden at Shrewsburie, the lord Reginald Cobham, being a verie aged man, simple and vpright in all his dea|lings, was condemned for none other cause, but for that in the eleuenth yéere of the kings reigne he was appointed with other to be attendant about the king as one of his gouernours. The acts and ordinances also deuised and established in the parlement holden in the eleuenth yeare were likewise repealed. More|ouer, in this parlement at Shrewesburie, it was de|créed, that the lord Iohn Cobham should be sent into the Ile of Gernesie, there to remaine in exile, hauing a small portion assigned him to liue vpon. The king so wrought & brought things about,The authori|tie of both houses in par|lement gran|ted to certeine persons. that he obteined the whole power of both houses to be granted to cer|teine persons, as to Iohn duke of Lancaster, Ed|mund duke of Yorke, Edmund duke of Aumarle, Thomas duke of Surrie, Iohn duke of Excester, Iohn marquesse Dorset, Roger earle of March, Iohn earle of Salisburie, and Henrie earle of Nor|thumberland, Thom. Wals. Thomas earle of Glocester, and Willi|am earle of Wiltshire, Iohn Hussie, Henrie Chei|meswike, Robert Teie, and Iohn Goulofer knights, or to seauen or eight of them. These were appointed to heare and determine certeine petitions and mat|ters yet depending and not ended: but by vertue of this grant, they procéeded to conclude vpon other things, which generallie touched the knowledge of the whole parlement, in derogation of the states ther|of, to the disaduantage of the king, and perillous ex|ample in time to come.