1.19. King Henry the ſeuenth.
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King Henry the ſeuenth.
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Henry the .vij. Anno. re. 1.
_KIng Hẽry hauing thus got the victorie at Boſ|worth, &
ſlayn his mor|tal enemie there in field, he ſente before his depar|ture from
Leyceſter, ſir Rob. Willoughby kni|ghte, to the manour of Sheriffehuton in the coũtie of York, for Edward
Plantagenet Earle of Warwik, ſon and heire to George duke of Clarence then
being of the age of xv. yeares, whom king Richard had kept there as priſoner
during the tyme of his vſurped reigne.
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1 Sir Robert Willoughby
receyuing the yong Earle of the Conſtable of that Caſtel, conueyed him to
London, wher he was ſhut vp in the To|wer,The Earle of
Warvvicke ſet and heare to George duke at Clarence conuerted to [...]e Tovver. for doubt leaſt ſome vnquiet and euill diſpo|ſed
perſons might inuent ſome occaſion of
newe trouble by this yong Gentleman, and therefore king Henry thought good
to haue him ſure.
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1 There was beſide him in
the caſtell of She|riffehut in the Ladye Elizabeth eldeſt daugh|ter to Kyng
Edward the fourth, whome Kyng Rycharde, as yee haue hearde, meant to haue
marryed, but God otherwyſe ordeyned for hir, and preſerued hir from that
vnlawfull copula|tion and inceſtuous bedde.
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1 Shortly after, ſhe being
accompanyed with a greate number as wel of
noble men, as hono|rable matrones, was wyth good ſpeed conueyed to London,
and brought to hir mother. In the meane ſeaſon kyng Henry remoued forwarde
by ſoft iourneys toward London, the people com|myng in from all ſides to
behold him, and ex|ceedingly reioycing at his preſence,King Henrye [...]reth to London. as by their voyces and geſtures it well
appeared.
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1 At his approching nere to
the citie, the Mayre and his brethren, with other worſhipfull Citi|zens,
being cloathed in violet, met him at
Shor|diche, and reuerently ſaluted hym, and ſo wyth greate pompe and
triumph, he rode through the citie to the cathedrall Churche of Saint Paule,
where he offred three ſtandards: In the one was the image of Saint George,
in an other was a red fyerie dragon beaten vpon white and greene ſarcenet,
and in the third was paynted a Dunne cowe, vpon yealow tarterne. After his
prayers ſayd, and Te deum ſong, he departed to the Bi|ſhops
palaice, and there ſoiorned a ſeaſon. Anon after, he aſſembled togither ye
ſage counſellors of the realme, in which counſel lyke a Prince of iuſt fayth
and true of promiſe, to anoyde all ciuile diſcorde, he apointed a day to
ioyne in mariage with the Lady Elizabeth, heire of the houſe of York, with
his noble perſonage, heire to the liue of Lancaſter, whiche thing not onely
reioyced the heartes of the nobles and Gentlemen of the realme, but alſo
gayned the fauours and good willes of all the commons.
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4 After this, with great
pompe he rowed vnto Weſtminſter, and there the thirtith day of Oc|tober, was
with all ceremonies accuſtomed, a|noynted, and crowned king, by the whole
aſſent as well of the commons as of the nobilitie,Henry
the ſe|uenth crovv|ned King. and cleped Henry the ſeuenth of that
name, whiche was in the yeare of the worlde .5452. and after the
birth of our Lorde .1485. in the .xlvj. yeare of Frederike the
thirde then Emperour of Almayne Maximilian his ſonne being newly elected K.
of Romaines,1485 in the ſeconde yeare of Charles
the eyght then king of Fraunce, and in the .xxv. of king Iames, then ruling
the realm of Scotland. For the eſtabliſhing of all things, as well tou|ching
the preſeruation of his owne eſtate, as the commendable adminiſtration of
iuſtice and pre|ferrement of the common wealth of his realme, he called his
hygh court of Parliament at Weſt|minſter the ſeuenth day of Nouember,A Parliament at VVeſtmiv|ſter, and a ge|nerall Pardo [...]
wherein was attainted Richarde late Duke of Glouce|ſter, calling and
namyng himſelfe by vſurpati|on, King Richard the thirde: likewiſe there was
attainted as chiefe ayders and aſſiſtants to him in the battayle at
Boſworth, auaunced againſte the preſent Kyng, Iohn late Duke of Norf|folke,
Thomas Earle of Surrey, Francis Lo|uell knyght Vicont Louell. Water Deuereux
knight late lorde Ferrers, Iohn lorde Souche, Robert Harrington, Richarde
Charleton, Ri|chard Ratcliffe, William Barkley of Weley, Robert Midleton,
Iames Harrington, Roberte Brakẽbury, Thomas Pilkinton, Walter Hop|ton,
William Cateſby, Roger Wake, Williã Sapcote of the countie of Huntington,
Hum|frey Stafforde, William Clerke of Wenlocke, Geoffrey Sainte Germaine,
Richarde Wat|kyns Herraulde of Armes, Rycharde Reuell of Darbyſhire, Thomas
Pulter of the countie of Kente, Iohn Walche, otherwyſe called Ha|ſtynges,
Iohn Kendall late Secretarie of the ſayde Richarde late Duke of Glouceſter,
Iohn Bucke, Andrewe Rat, and Willyam Bramp|ton of Burforde, in whiche
atteynder neuerthe|leſſe there were dyuers clauſes and Prouiſos for the
benefyte of their wiues and other perſons EEBO page image 1426 that
hadde or myghte clayme any ryghte, title, or intereſt lawfully vnto any
caſtels, manours, lordſhips, townes, townſhips, honors, lands, te|nementes,
rentes, ſeruices, fee fermes, annuities, knightes fees, aduouſons,
reuerſions, remainders, and other hereditaments, wherof the ſaid perſons
atteynted were poſſeſſed or ſeyſed, to the vſes of ſuche other perſons, with
a ſpeciall prouiſo alſo, that the ſayd atteynder ſhould not be preiudiciall
to Iohn Cateſby knight, Tho. Reuell, and Wil|liam Aſhby eſquiers, in, of, and vpon the manor of Kirkeby
vpon Wretheke in the Countie of Leyceſter, nor in of and vppon any other
landes and tenementes in Kirkby aforeſayde, Melton, Somerby, Throp [...]eghfield, and Godeby, whiche they had of the gift & feoffement
of Tho. Dau|uers, and Iohn Lye. And further notwith|ſtanding this attainder,
dyuers of the ſayde per|ſons afterwardes were not only by the Kig par|doned,
but alſo reſtored to their lands & liuings: and moreouer in this preſente Parliamente, hee cauſed
poclamation to be made, that al mẽ, were pardoned and acquited of their
offences, whiche woulde ſubmit themſelues to his mercy, and re|ceiue an othe
to be true and faithfull vnto hym: whervpon many that came out of
Sainctuaries and other places were receiued to grace, and ad|mitted for his
ſubiectes. After this, hee began to remember his eſpeciall frends, of whom
ſome he aduaunced to honor and dignitie, and ſome hee enriched with goodes and poſſeſſions, euery man according
to his deſerts and merites. And to be|gin, his vncle Iaſper erle of
Pembroke, he crea|ted duke of Bedford: Tho. lorde Stanley was created erle
of Darby, & the L. Chandew of Bri|tain his eſpecial frend, he made
erle of Bath: Sir Giles Daubency was made lord Daubeney: ſir Robert
Willoughby was made L. Brooke: And Edward Stafforde eldeſt ſonne to Henrye
late Duke of Buckingham, he reſtored to
his name, dignitie and poſſeſſions, which by king Richard were confiſcate
and attainted.
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1 Beſide this, in this
parliament was this nota|ble acte aſſented to and concluded as
followeth.
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To the pleaſure of Almightye God, wealth, proſperitie and ſuretie of this
Realme of Eng|land, and to the ſingular comfort of all the kin|ges
ſubiectes of the ſame, in auoyding all ambi|guitie and queſtions:An acte for the eſtablishing of the Crovvne. Be it
ordeined, eſtabliſhed, and enacted by this preſent parliament, that the
inheritance of the crowne of this
realme of En|gland, and alſo of Fraunce, with all the preemi|nẽce, and
dignitie royal to the ſame apertaining and all other ſeigniories to the
king belongyng, beyond the ſea, wt the appurtenãces therto in any wiſe
due or apertaining, ſhal reſt remain & abide in the moſt royal
perſon of our nowe ſoueraigne lord K. Henry the ſeuẽth, and in the
heires of his body laufully coming, perpetually, with ye grace of god ſo
to endure, & in none other.
And beſide this act, al
atteynders of this K. enacted by king Edward and Kyng Richard were
adnichilate, and the recorde of the ſame adiudged to be defa|ced, and all
perſones attented for his cauſe and occaſion were reſtored to their goods
landes and poſſeſſions.
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1 Diuers acts alſo made in
this time of king Ed|ward and king Richard were reuoked, and other adiudged
more expedient for the cõmon wealthe were put in their places and
concluded. After the diſſolution of this parliament, the king remem|bring
his frends left in hoſtage beyonde the ſeas, that is to wit, the Marques
Dorſet, and ſir Io. Bourchier, he with all conueniẽt ſpede redemed them,
& ſente alſo into Flanders for Iohn Mor|ton Biſhop of Ely. Theſe
actes performed, he choſe to bee of his counſayle, a conuenient num|ber of
right graue and wyſe counſellours.
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2 Although by this meanes
al things ſeemed to be brought in good and perfect order, yet ther lac|ked a
wreſt to the harpe, to ſet all the ſtrings in a monacorde and perfecte tune,
which was the matrimonie to be finiſhed betwene the king and the Lady
Elizabeth, daughter to king Edward, which like a good Prince, according to
his othe, & promiſe,
King Henrye the ſeuenthe ta|keth to vvife Elizabeth el|deſte daughter
of Edvvard the fourthe.
1486
did both ſolemniſe & coſummate ſhorte|ly after, that is to
ſaye, on the .xviij. day of Ia|nuarie, by reaſon of whych mariage, peace was
thought to deſcende out of heauen into Englãd, conſidering that the lynes
of Lancaſter & Yorke were now brought into one knot, and connexed
togither, of whoſe two bodies, one heire myghte ſucceede to rule and enioye
the whole monarchie and realme of Englande. Shortly after, for the better
preſeruation of his royall perſon, he con|ſtituted and ordeyned a certaine
number, as well of good Archers, as of dyuers other perſons, har|die,
ſtrong, and actiue, to giue dayly attendance on his perſone, whome he named
yeomen of his garde,Yeomen of the garde firſte brought
in. which preſident men thought that he ler|ned of the French
king, when he was in France.
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1 For it is not remembred,
that any Kyng of Englande before that daye vſed any ſuch furni|ture of dayly
ſouldiours.
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3 In the ſame yeare a newe
kynde of ſickneſſe inuaded ſodeynly the people of this lande,Another parlia|ment the ſame yeare. paſ|ſing thorough
the ſame from the one ende to the other. It began about the .xxj. of
September, and continued till the latter end of October, be|yng ſo ſharpe
and deadly, that the lyke was ne|uer hearde of to any mannes remembrance
be|fore that tyme. For ſodeynely a deadely bur|nyng ſweate ſo aſſayled theyr
bodies,The ſvveating ſickeneſſe. and
di|ſtempered their bloud wyth a moſte ardent heat, that ſcarſe one amongſt
an hundred that ſickned did eſcape with life: for all in maner as ſoone as
EEBO page image 1427 the ſweat tooke them, or within a ſhort tyme af|ter
yelded vp the ghoſt: beſyde the great number which deceaſſed within the
citie of London two Mayres ſucceſſiuely died within viij. days &
.vj. Aldermẽ. At length by the diligent obſeruatiõ of thoſe that eſcaped
(whiche marking what things had done thẽ good, & holpen to their
deliuerance, vſed the lyke agayne: when they fell into the ſame
diſeaſe,A remedye for [...]e ſvveating [...]ſſe. the ſecond or thirde tyme, as to dy|uers it chaunced, a
remedie was founde for that mortall
maladie, which was this: If a man on the daye tyme were taken with the
ſweate, then ſhould he ſtreight lye downe withal his clothes and garments,
and continue in hys ſweat .xxiiij. houres, after ſo moderate a ſort as might
bee. If in the nyghte hee chaunced to be taken, then ſhoulde he not ryſe out
of his bedde for the ſpace of .xxiiij. houres, ſo caſtyng the cloathes that
he myght in no wyſe prouoke the ſweate, but ſo lye temperately, that the
water mighte diſtyll out ſoftly of the
owne accord, and to abſtein from all meat if he might ſo long ſuffer hunger,
& to take no more drinke neyther hot nor colde, thã wold moderatly
quench & aſſuage his thirſtie appetite. And thus with lukewarme
drinke, temperate heate, and meaſurable clothes manye eſcaped: fewe whiche
vſed this order after it was founde out dyed of that ſweat. Mary one point
diligẽt|ly aboue all other in this cure is to be obſerued, that he neuer
put out his hande or feete out of the bed,
to refreſhe or coole himſelf, which to do is no leſſe ieopardie than ſhort
and preſent death.
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1 Thus this diſeaſe comming
in the firſt yeare of king Henries reigne, was iudged (of ſome) to be a
token and ſigne of a troublous reigne of the ſame king, as the profe partly
afterwardes ſhe|wed it ſelfe.
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1 The king ſtanding in
neede of money to diſ|charge ſuche debtes, and to maynteyn ſuch port as was
behouefull, ſente the Lorde Treaſourer
with Maiſter Reignold Bray, and others, vnto the Lord Mayre of London,
requiryng of the Citie a preſt of ſixe thouſand markes. Whervp|on the ſayd
Lord Mayre and his brethren, with the Commons of the Citie, graunted a
preaſt of two thouſande poundes, whiche was leuyed of the companies, and not
of the wardes: and in the yeare next enſuyng, it was well and tru|ly agayne
repayde euery penny, to the good con|tentation and ſatiſfying of them that
diſbur|ſed it.
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2 The king conſidering that
the ſuretie of his royall eſtate and defence of the realme conſiſted chiefly
in good lawes and ordinaunces to bee hadde and obſerued among his people,
ſummo|ned eftſoones his highe courte of Parliamente, therein to deuiſe and
eſtabliſhe ſome profitable actes and ſtatutes, for the wealth and
commo|ditie of his people, and then after hauyng ſette thinges in quiet
about London, hee tooke his iorney into the North partes, there to purge all
the dregges of malicious treaſon that myghte reſt in the heartes of vnquiet
perſons, and name|ly in Yorkeſhire, where the people bare more fa|uour vnto
king Richarde in his lyfe tyme, than thoſe of any other part of the realm
had cõmon|ly doon. He kept the feaſt of Eaſter at Lincolne, where hee was
certified that the Lorde Louell and Humfrey Stafforde, and Thomas
Staf|forde, his brother were departed out of the San|ctuarie at Colcheſter,
to what place or whether no man as yet could tell.
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2 The King little regarding
the matter, kept on his iourney, and came to Yorke, where as ſoone as he was
once ſetled, it was openly ſhewed and declared for a truthe to the King
hymſelfe,A rebellion made by the Lord Louell and
others. that Frauncis Lorde Louell was at hande wyth a ſtrong and
mightye power of men, and woulde with all diligence inuade the citie, alſo
that the forenamed Staffords were in Worceſterſhire,Humfrey Staf|forde. Thomas Staf|forde. & had reyſed a
greate bande of the countrey people and commons there, and hadde caſte
lottes what parte ſhould aſſault the gates, what men ſhould ſcale the walles
of the Citie of Worceſter, and who ſhould let the paſſages for lettyng of
reſcues and aiders.
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1 The Kyng coulde not
beleeue thys reporte to bee true at the firſte, but after that by Letters of
credence ſente from hys friendes, hee was fully perſwaded that it was too
true, hee was put in no ſmall feare, and not without greate cauſe, for hee
wiſely conſidered, that hee neyther hadde any competent army ready, nor
conuenient fur|niture to arme them that were preſent. And alſo hee was in
ſuche place, where hee coulde not aſ|ſemble anye power, but of thoſe whome
hee ſore miſtruſted, as friendes to them that were moſte his enemies, the
memorie of King Richarde as yet being not amongſt thẽ forgotten nor worne
out of minde.
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1 But bycauſe the matter
required quicke ex|pedition, hee appoynted the Duke of Bedforde wyth three
thouſande men not altogyther the beſte armed (for theyr breaſt plates for
the moſt parte were of tanned leather,) to marche foorth agaynſt the Lorde
Louell, and to ſette vppon him without any lingring of tyme.
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1 The Duke haſtyng
forwarde, approchyng to the Campe of hys enimyes, and before hee woulde
aſſayle them, hee cauſed the Herraldes to make proclamation, that all thoſe
that wold departe from theyr armure, and ſubmitte them|ſelues as ſubiectes
vnto theyr naturall Prince and ſoueraigne Lorde, ſhould be pardoned of all
former offences.
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2 The Lord Louel vppon this
Proclamation, EEBO page image 1428 eyther putting myſtruſt in hys Souldiours,
or fearyng himſelfe in his owne behalfe, fled priui|ly in a nyght from his
companie, and lefte them as a flocke of ſheepe without a ſhepeherd: which
departure when his armie vnderſtoode, it put the ſouldiours in ſuche
diſpayre of atchieuing anye further enterpriſe, that they immediatly put off
their armour, and came directly vnto the Duke, euery man humbly ſubmitting
himſelfe, and de|ſiring pardon of his offences.
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2 So in this wyſe was that
dangerous ſtorme and cruell rage of thoſe furious rebelles appea|ſed, whiche
was doubted to haue growne to the deſtruction of many a man. The Lord Louell
the procurer of this buſineſſe, eſcapyng awaye, got him into Lancaſhyre, and
there for a certain ſpace laye lurkyng in ſecrete with Sir Thomas Broughton
knight, which in thoſe parties was a man of no ſmall authoritie &
power. Sir Hum|frey Stafforde alſo hearyng what hadde happe|ned to the Lorde Louell,Sir Humfrey
Stafforde taken out of Colnehã Sanctuary, and executed. in great
diſpleaſure and ſorrowe, and for feare lefte his enterpryſe, and in lyke
manner fledde, and tooke Sainctuarie at C [...]ham, a village not paſte two myles from Abyndon. But bycauſe that
Sainctuarie was not a ſufficient defence (as was proued before the Iuſtices
of the Kings benche) for traytours, hee was taken from that place, and
broughte to the Tower, and after put to execution at Tyborne: but his
brother Thomas that was with hym, was
pardoned, bycauſe hee was thought not to haue attempted anye thyng of hym
ſelfe other|wyſe than by the euill counſell and perſwaſion of his elder
brother.
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An. reg. 2.
After that the Kyng hadde quieted all theſe commotions and tumultes,
and reformed the rude & brabblyng people of the North partes, he
retourned to London, and ſhortly after he went to Wincheſter,The birth of Prince Arthur. where his wyfe Queene
Eli|zabeth was brought to bedde of a fayre Prince, named at his baptiſme Arthur.
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1 In thys meane tyme, of a
ſmall matter and the ſame altogether falſe and fayned, there was an open
path made and beaten foorth, for a grea|ter inconuenience to enſue: the
whyche matter myghte ſeeme verye ſtraunge howe ſuche trou|ble and myſchiefe
ſhoulde growe thereof, if the tyme were not conſydered, in whyche it
happe|ned: for in thoſe dayes manye perſons, ey|ther borne in the wombe of
continuall diſſen|tion, or nouryſhed wyth
the mylke of Ciuile ſedition, coulde not forbeare theyr vſuall Cu|ſtome of
mouyng ſtryfe, and ſowyng debate, euer gladde to haue any occaſion, thoughe
ne|uer ſo ſmall, to ſtyrre vprores of warre, and ſlaughter of people.
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1 Amongeſt other ſuche
monſters and lym|mes of the Diuell, there was one Sir Richard Symond Prieſt,
a man of baſe byrthe,Sir Richarde Simond a
Prieſte. and yet well learned, but not ſo learned as wyly, nor ſo
wylye as vngracious, delightyng in fraude and deceyte, euen from hys youthe
vppe, had a ſcho|ler called Lamberte Symenell,Lambert
[...]+nell the co [...]|terf [...]t Earle of VVarvvicke one of a gentle nature and pregnaunt
witte, to bee the organe and chiefe Inſtrument, by the whych he might
conueye and bryng to paſſe hys myſchie [...]s attempte.
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1 The diuell chiefe maiſter
of ſuche practiſes, put in the venemous brayne of this diſloyal and
trayterous Prieſte, to deuyſe howe hee myghte make his Scholler the
foreſayde Lamberte to bee reputed as ryght inheritour to the Crowne of thys
realme: namely for that the fame went that Kyng Edwardes chyldren were not
dead, but fledde ſecretely into ſome ſtraunge place, and there to be lyuyng:
and that Edward earle of Warwyke, ſonne and heyre to the Duke of Clarence,
either was, or ſhortly ſhuld be put vn|to death.
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1 Theſe rumors though they
ſemed not to be grounded of any lykelyhoode to the wyſer ſor [...]e of men, yet encouraged this pieniſhe Prieſte to thinke the tyme
come, that his Scholer Lam|bert might take vpon him the perſon and name of
one of king Edwardes children, and herevp|pon at Oxforde, where their
abyding was, the ſaid Prieſt inſtructed his pupil both with prince|ly
behauiour, ciuill maners, and good literature, declaryng to hym of what
lynage he ſhould af|firme himſelfe to be deſcended, and omitted no|thing
that might ſerue for his purpoſe.
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2 Soone after, the rumour
was blowne abrode, that the Earle of Warwike was broken out of priſon. And
when the Prieſt ſir Richarde Sy|monde hearde of this, he ſtreight intended
now by that occaſion to bryng his inuented purpoſe to paſſe, and chaungyng
the chyldes name of baptiſme, called him Edward, after the name of the yong
Earle of Warwike, the whiche were both of lyke yeres, & of like
ſtature, and then he with his ſcholer ſayled into Irelande, where hee ſo
ſette foorth the mater vnto the nobilitie of that countreye,Thomas Ge|rardine Cha [...]|celor of I [...]. that not onely the Lorde Thomas Gerardine Chauncellour of
that lande deceiued through his craftie tale, receyued the counterfaite
Earle into his Caſtell, with all honour and re|uerence, but alſo many other
noble men, deter|mined to ayde hym (with all their powers) as one deſcended
of the bloud royall, and lyneally come of the houſe of Yorke, whiche the
Iriſhe people euermore hyghly fauored, honoured and loued aboue all
other.
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2 By this meanes euery
manne throughout all Irelande, was willyng and ready to take his parte, and
to ſubmit themſelues to him, already reputing and calling him of all hands
king. So EEBO page image 1429 that nowe they of this ſecte by the aduice of
the Prieſte ſente into England certayn priuie meſ|ſangers to get friendes
here, & alſo they ſent into Flanders to ye Ladie Margarete,Margaret Du [...]|ch [...] of B [...]| [...]gne ſiſter to [...]g Edvvard the fourthe. ſiſter to King Edward, & late
wyfe to Charles Duke of Bur|gogne, to purchaſe ayde and helpe at hir
handes.
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1 Thys Ladie Margarete bare
no ſmal rule in the low countreys, and [...] verie deede ſore geud|ged in hir heart, that Kyng Henrye being
de|ſcended of the houſe of Lancaſter, ſhould reigne and gouerne the realme of Englande: and ther|fore though
ſhe well vnderſtoode, that thys was but a coloured matter, [...]t to woorke hir mali|cious intention againſt K. Henry, ſhe was glad to
haue ſo fitte an occaſion: and therefore pro|miſed the meſſengers all the
ayde that ſhe ſhould bee able to make in furtheraunce of the quarrell, and
alſo to procure al the frendes ſhe could in o|ther places to be aiders and
partakers of the ſame conſpiracie.
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1 Kyng Henrye aduertized of
al theſe doings, was greately vexed therwith, and therefore to haue good
aduiſe in the matter, hee called togy|ther his counſell at the Charterhouſe
beſyde his manour of Richmond, and there conſulted with thẽ, by which
meanes beſt this begon conſpiracie might be appeſed and diſappointed without
more diſturbaunce. It was therfore determined, that a generall pardon ſhould
be publiſhed to all offen|ders that were
content to receyue the ſame.
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1 This pardon was ſo freely
graunted, that no offence was excepted, no not ſo muche as high treaſon
committed agaynſte the Kinges royall perſon.
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1 It was further agreed in
the ſame Counſell for the tyme then preſent, that the Erle of War|wike
ſhould perſonally be ſhewed abroade in the citie, and other publike places,
whereby the vn|true reporte falſly ſpred abroade, that he ſhoulde be in
Irelande, myght be amongeſt the commi|naltie proued and knowen for a vayne imagi|ned lye.
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1 In this ſolemne counſel
diuers & many things for the wealth of the realme were debated
& con|cluded, and amongeſt other it was determyned,Lady Eliza|beth late vvife to King Ed|vvarde the fourthe,
adiud|ged to forfeit [...] hir landes. that the Lady Elizabeth wyfe to King Edward the
fourth, ſhould leeſe and forfayte all hir lands and poſſeſſions, bycauſe ſhe
had voluntarily ſub|mitted hir ſelfe, and hir daughters wholly to the handes
of king Richarde, contrarye to hir pro|miſe made to the Lordes and nobles of thys realme in the beginnyng of the
conſpiracie made againſt king Richard, wherby ſhe did inough to haue quayled
all the purpoſe of them that ioyned with hir in that mater: But thoughe hir
faulte was greeuous, yet was it iudged by ſome men that ſhee deſerued not by
equitie of Iuſtice ſo greate a loſſe and puniſhement.
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1 But ſuche was hir chaunce
by that hir light|neſſe and incouſtancie, ſhe wanne the diſplea|ſure o [...] many manner, and for that cauſely p [...] after [...] the abbey of Be [...]ndſey beſyde So [...]h|warke, a wretched and a miſerable lyfe, where not manye yeeres after
ſhe deceaſſed, and is bu|ryed with hir huſband at Windſore.
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1 Though Fortune thus
ruleth many thynges at his pleaſure, yet one woorke that this Queene
accompliſhed, can not bee forgotten: For in the lyfe tyme of hir huſbande
Kyng Edwarde the fourth,Queenes col|ledge in Cam|bridge
founded by the Lady E|lizabeth Kyng Edvvarde the fourthe hys
vvidovve. ſhee founded and erected a notable Col|ledge in the
vniuerſitie of Cambridge for the fynding of Scholers and ſtudentes of the
ſame vniuerſitie, and endowed it with ſufficient poſ|ſeſſions for the long
mayntenaunce of the ſame, whyche at thys daye is called the Queenes
Colledge.
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1 When all thyngs in thys
counſell were ſa|gely concluded and agreed to the kings mynde, he retourned
to London, giuing in commaunde|ment that the next Sunday enſuyng, Edward the
young Earle of Warwike ſhuld be brought from the Tower thorough the moſte
publyque ſtreetes in all London, to the Cathedrall Chur|che of Saint Paule,
where hee wente openlye in Proceſſion, that euery man myght ſee him, hauing
communication with many noblemen, and with them eſpecially, that were
ſuſpected to bee partakers of the late begonne conſpiracye, that they myght
perceyue howe the Iriſhmenne vppon a vayne ſhadowe moued warre againſte the
Kyng and his realme.
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2 But this medicine little
auayled to euill diſ|poſed perſons. For the Earle of Lincolne ſonne to Iohn
de la Poole Duke of Suffolk, and Eli|zabeth ſiſter to king Edwarde the
fourth, thyn|king it not meete to neglect and omitte ſo ready an occaſion of
newe trouble, determyned to vpholde the enterpriſe of the Iriſhmenne, and
other complices of this conſpiracie: Whervp|pon conſultyng wyth Syr Thomas
Brough|ton, and certayne other of hys moſte truſtye friendes, purpoſed to
ſayle into Flaunders ſo his Aunte the Lady Margaret ducheſſe of Bur|gogne,
truſting by hir helpe to make a puiſſant armie, and to ioyne with the
companions of the newe raiſed ſedition.
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2 Therefore after the
diſſolution of the Parlia|mente, whiche then was holden, he fledde ſecret|ly
into Flaunders vnto the ſayd Ladie Marga|rete, where Francis Lorde Louell
landed cer|taine dayes before. Here after long conſulta|tion had howe to
proceede in their buſineſſe, it was agreed, that the Earle of Lyncolne, and
the Lorde Louell ſhoulde goe into Irelande, and there to attend vpon the
ducheſſe hir coun|terfaite nephue, & to honor him as a K. and with
EEBO page image 1430 the power of the Iriſhemen to bryng hym into
Englande, and if their dooyngs hadde good ſuc|ceſſe, then the foreſayde
Lamberte, (my [...]amed the Erle of Warwike) ſhoulde by the conſente of the counſell bee
depoſed, and Edwarde the true Earle of Warwike to bee delyuered out of
pri|ſon and anoynted king.
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1 King Henry ſuppoſyng that
no man woulde haue bin ſo madde as to haue attempted anye further enterpriſe
in the name of that new found
counterfayted Earle, hee onely ſtudyed howe to ſubdue the ſeditions
conſpiracie of the Iriſhmen: But hearyng that the Earle of Lincolne was
fledde into Flaunders, he was ſomwhat moued therwith, and cauſed. Souldiors
to bee put in a readyneſſe out of euery part of his Realme, and to bring
them into one place aſſigned, that when his aduerſaries ſhoulde appeare, hee
mighte ſo|deynely ſette vppon them, vanquiſhe and ouer|come them.
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The Marques Dorſet com|mitted to the Tovver.Thus
diſpoſing things for his ſuretie, he went towardes Saint Edmundes Burye, and
beeing certifyed, that the Marques Dorſet was com|ming towardes his
Maieſtie, to excuſe himſelfe of thinges that hee was ſuſpected to haue doone
when he was in Fraunce, hee ſente the Earle of Oxford to arreſt the ſayde
Marques by the way and to conueye hym to the Tower of London, there to
remayne till his truthe might be tryed.
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1 From thence the King
wente foorth to Nor|wiche,1487
and tarying there Chriſtmaſſe daye,
de|parted after to Walſingham, where he offereed to the Image of our Ladye,
and then by Cam|bridge, he ſhortly retourned to London.
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2
Martin Svvard a valiant capi|taine of the
Almaines.In this meane tyme, the Earle of Lincolne had gotten
togyther by the ayd of the lady Mar|garet about .ij.M. Almayns with one
Martine Swarde, a noble capitaine to leade them With this power the Erle of
Lincolne ſayled into Ire|land, and at the citie of Diuelyn, cauſed young
Lambert to be proclaymed and named kyng
of Englande, after the moſte ſolemne faſhion, as though he were the verie
heire of the bloud royal lineally borne and deſcended.
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1 And ſo with a greate
multitude of beggerly Iriſhmenne, almoſte all naked and vnarmed, ſauyng
ſkaynes and mantelles,The counterſet arle of VVar|vvicke
vvith all his adherẽts [...]andeth in Eng|lande. of whome the Lorde Thomas Gerardine was
Capitayn and conductour, they ſayled into Englande wyth thys newe founde
kyng, and landed for a pur|poſe at the
pyle of Fowdreye, wythin a little of Lancaſter, truſtyng there to fynde ayde
by the meanes of ſir Thomas Broughton, one of the chiefe companyons of the
conſpiracie.
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1 The Kyng hadde knowledge
of the enimies intente before theyr arriuall, and therefore ha|uyng
aſſembled a greate Armye, (ouer the whyche the Duke of Bedforde, and the
Earle of Oxforde were chiefe Capitayne,) hee [...] to Couentrye, where hee was aduertiſed, the [...] the Earle of Lincolne was landed at Lanca|ſter with his newe
kyng.
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2 Here he tooke aduice of
his counſellors what was beſt to be doone, whether to for team the [...]|myes wythoute further delaye, or to [...] tyme a whyle, but at length it was thoughte beſte to delaye no tyme,
but to gyue them bat|tayle before they ſhoulde encreaſe the [...] power, and therevppon hee remoued to Nodynghame, and there by a
little woodde called B [...]wres, he [...] pitched hys fielde, vnto whome ſhortely came the Lorde George Talbot
Earle of Shre [...]eſ|burye, the Lorde Straunge, Sir Iohn Chey|nye, ryght valyaunt
Capitaynes, with [...] other noble and experte menne of warre, namely of the countreyes
neere adioyning, ſo that the Kynges armie was wonderfully increaſe.
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2 In this ſpace the Earle
of Lincolne beeyng entred into Yorkeſhyre, paſſed ſafelly on hys iourney
withoute ſpoyling or hurting of anye manne, truſtyng thereby to haue ſome
com|panye of people reſorte vnto hym, but after hee perceyued fewe or none
to followe hym, and that it was too late nowe to retourne backe, he
determyned to try the matter by dynt of ſword, and heere vppon directed hys
waye from Yorke to Newarke vppon. Trente, but before he came there, Kyng
Henrye knowing all hys enemies purpoſes, came the nighte before the day of
the battayle to Newark, and tarrying there a little, went three myles
further, and pitching hir field, lodged there that night.
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1 The Earle of Lincolne
certified of his com|ming, was nothing abaſhed, but kepte ſtill on his
iourney, and at a little village called Stole, night to the Kyng and his
armye, ſette downe his rampe.
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1 The nexte daye the King
deuided his whole power into three battayls,The armyes
ioyne. and after in good ar|ray, approched nygh to the towne of
Stoke.
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2 The Earle likewyſe ſet
foorth his army, & en|countring with the kings people in a faire
playn there, meete for the tryall of ſuche a conflict, ſet vppon them with a
manly courage, deſiring his ſouldiors to remember his honor and their owne
liues. And ſo both the armies ioyned and fought verye earneſtly, in ſo muche
that the Almaynes,The battaile of Stoke. beeyng
tryed and experte menne of warre, were in all thynges, as well in ſtrengthe
as polli|cie, egall and matches to the Engliſhemenne. But as for Martine
Swarde theyr Coronell, fewe of the Engliſhemen, eyther in valyaunt courage
or ſtrength, and nymbleneſſe of bodye was to hym comparable. On the other
ſyde, the Iriſhmen, although they fought manfully, and ſtucke to it
valiantly, yet bicauſe they were EEBO page image 1213 after the maner of their
countrey, almoſt naked, without anye conuenable furniture of armour they
were ſtriken downe and ſlayn lyke dull and brute beaſtes, which was a great
diſcouragemẽt
[figure appears here on page 1213] to the reſidue of the
companie.
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1 Thus they foughte for a
ſpace ſo ſore and ſo egrely on both partes, that no manne coulde well iudge,
to whome the victorie was lyke to enclyne.
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1 But at lengthe the Kings
fore warde beyng full of people, and well fortifyed wyth winges, whiche only
both began and continued the fight, ſet vpon the aduerſaries with ſuch force
and vio|lence, that firſt they oppreſſed
and killed ſuch ca|pitaynes one by one as reſiſted their mighte and
puiſſaunce. And after that, put all the other to flyghte, the whiche were
eyther apprehended as Priſoners in their running away, or els ſlayne and
broughte vnto confuſyon in a ſmall mo|mente.
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2 But when thys battayle
was ended, and fought out to the extremitie, then it wel appered, what hyghe prowes, what manfull ſtomackes, what
hardie and couragious heartes reſted in the kings aduerſaries.All the capi| [...]s fayne. For there the chiefe captaines the Earle of
Lincolne, and the Lorde Louell, Sir Thomas Broughton, Martine Swarde, and
the Lorde Gerardine capitain of the Iriſh|men were ſlaine and found dead in
the verie pla|ces whiche they hadde choſen alyue to fighte in, not giuing
one foote of grounde to theyr aduer|ſaries. Howbeit ſome affirme, that the
lord Lo|uell tooke his horſſe, and would haue fledde ouer Trente, but was not able to recouer the further ſide for
the highneſſe of the banke, and ſo was drowned in the ryuer.
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1 There were killed at that
battaile with theyr fiue captains before reherſed, of that parfie about
foure thouſand. Of the kings part there wer not half of them which fought in
the fore warde, and gaue the onſet, ſlayne or hurt. Then was Lam|bert the
youngling,Lambert and his maiſter Sy|monde
taken. whiche was falſly reported to be the ſonne of the duke of
Cla [...]nce, and his maiſter ſir Richard Symond Prieſt both taken, but neyther
of them put to death, bycauſe that Lambert was but an innocent, and of
yeares in|ſufficient of hymſelfe to doe any ſuch enterpriſe, and the other
was pardoned of lyfe, bycauſe hee was a prieſt, and annoynted man, but yet
was committed to perpetuall pryſon.
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1 Lamberte was at lengthe
made one of the kings Faulconers, after that he had bin a turne|broache for
a ſpace in the kings kitchen.
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1 This battayle was ſoughte
on a Saterdaye beyng the ſixteenth day of Iune, in thys ſecond yeare of this
kings reygne.
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1 In whiche yeare alſo dyed
Thomas Bour|chier Archebiſhoppe of Canterburye: and Iohn Moorton Biſhoppe of
Elye,Morton By|shop of Elye made Archebi|shop of
Canter+bury, & chaun|cellour of Eng|lande. a manne of
excel|lente learnyng, vertue and policie, ſucceeded in his place, whome
Alexander Pope of Rome, the ſixte of that name, created a Cardinall, and the
Kyng created hym hygh Chauncel|lour of England.
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1 After that the King had
got the vpper hand of his enimies, hee remoued to Lincolne, and there
carryed three dayes, cauſyng euery of the ſame dayes ſolemne proceſſions to
bee made in rendryng thankes to GOD for his fortunate victorye.
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1 Then cauſed he execution
to be done of ſuche rebels and traytors,Thankeſgiuing to
God after victorie. as were taken in the field ei|ther at the
battaile, or in the chaſe. And ſhortely after he went into Yorkſhire, and
there coaſted the countrey ouerthware, ſearching out ſuche as had ayded his
enimies, and were thought to bee ſeditions perſons, whome be puniſhed, ſome
by impriſonmẽt, ſome by fines, and ſome by death, EEBO page image 1432
according to the qua litie of their offences, and as was thought moſt
expedient.
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2
An. reg. 3.
About the middeſt of Auguſt entring into the the thirde yeare of his
reigne, he came to New|caſtell vpon Tyne,Fox Bishoppe of
Exceſter ſent Ambaſſador in|to Scotlande. and from thence ſent in
am|baſſade into Scotland, Richard Foxe, lately be|fore made Biſhoppe of
Exceſter, and with hym Richarde Edgecombe knight Controller of hys howſe, to
conclude ſome peace or truce wyth king Iames of Scotlande. The Engliſhe
am|baſſadors were honourably receiued and
louing|ly entertayned of the ſayde King, who gladlye woulde haue concluded a
perpetuall peace wyth the king of England if he might haue bin licen|ced ſo
to haue done, but his people being ſtedfaſt in their olde accuſtomed vſage,
would not agree to any peace, but yet were contented to gratifie their
kyng,A truce vvith Scotlande for ſeuen yeares.
that he ſhould take truce wyth En|glande for the terme of ſeauen yeares,
whyche was concluded, and ſecrete promyſe made by King Iames, that he woulde not only obſerue peace, and
continue in perfecte amitie with the king of England during his life, but
alſo would renew againe this truce now taken for other ſe|uen yeares before
the firſt ſeuen yeares wer fully expired.
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1 The King of Scottes in
deed was as deſy|rous of the Kyng of Englandes friendſhippe as the Kyng of
Englande was of his, bicauſe that his ſubiects bare him much euill will,
miſlyking wyth all things that eyther he
coulde do or ſay.
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1 King Henry after the
returne of his Ambaſ|ſadors out of Scotland, came back again from Newcaſtell
to Yorke, and ſo towarde London, and in the way being at Leyceſter, there
came to him Ambaſſadoures from Charles the Frenche king, which declared both
the recouerie of certain townes out of the handes of Maximilian kyng of
Romains which he had wrongfully deteined from the crowne of Fraunce before
that tyme, and alſo that their Maiſter
kyng Charles, had nowe warres in hande agaynſt Fraunces duke of Britayn,
bicauſe that he ſuccored and main|teyned diuers noble men, as the Duke of
Or|leans and others that were rebelles and traytors againſt him and the
realm of France. Wherfore his requeſt was, that for the olde familiaritie
whiche hath bin betwixt them, he woulde nowe eyther aſſiſt and helpe him, or
elſe ſtand as neu|ter betwixte them, neyther helping nor yet hur|ting
the one nor the other.
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1 Vpon good and deliberate
aduice takẽ in this matter, bicauſe it was iudged weightie, the king for
anſwere told the French Ambaſſadors, that he woulde neyther ſpare payne nor
coſte, to ſette ſome reaſonable ſtaye betwixte their ſoueraigne Lord king
Charles, and the duke of Britayne, ſo that a finall ende and ſome perfect
concluſion of frendſhippe myght be hadde betwixt them. And ſo as ſoone as
the Frenche Ambaſſadoures were retourned home, the Kyng ſente his cha|playne
Chriſtofer Vrſwyke ouer into France to king Charles, as wel to ſhew that he
was gladde of the victorye whiche he had agaynſt Maximi|lian, as to declare
what a tempeſtuous ſtorme of ciuile rebellion hymſelfe hadde eſcaped, and
ouercome heere in Englande,
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1 But the chiefeſt poynt of
Vrſwikes errande conſiſted in this, that he ſhoulde intimate to the Frenche
Kyng howe his maiſter Kyng Henrye offred himſelfe as a mediatour betwixt him
and the Duke of Britayne, to make them friend [...], and if he perceyued that the French king gaue care hereunto, then
ſhould he goe into Brit [...], to moue the Duke there to be contented, that ſome reaſonable order
myghte hee taken fo [...]a quietneſſe to be hadde betwixte the French king and hym.
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1 Whyleſt Vrſwike was
trauaylyng in thys matter according to his Commiſſion,Chriſtofer Vrſvvicke. the King came backe againe to London, where
hee was receyued of the Citizens wyth greate ioye and triumphe, they beeing
hartyly gladde and great|ly reioycing that hee wyth ſuche good ſucceſſe
ſubdued his enimies.
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1 Shortly after, he
delyuered the Lorde Tho|mas Marques Dorſet out of the Tower, recey|uing him
agayn to his former fauor & old fami|liaritie, bicauſe his truth and
loyaltie by diuers aſſays and ſundry arguments had bin through|ly tryed and
ſufficiently proued.
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1 In whyche meane tyme the
Kyng for the greate loue that hee bare to hys wyfe Queene Elizabeth, cauſed
hir to be crowned and anoin|ted Queene on Sainct Catherins daye in
No|uember, wyth all ſolemnitie, as in ſuche caſes appertayneth.
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2 In the meane ſeaſon
Chriſtofer Vrſwyke accordyng to hys Commiſſion, trauayleth be|tweene the
Frenche Kyng and the Duke of Britayne in the Kyng of Englandes name to make
them friendes: But although the French Kyng ſeemed wyllyng ynough to haue
peace, yet meante hee nothyng leſſe, in ſo muche that whyleſt hee goeth
aboute with fayre wordes, courteous Letters, and ſweet promiſes to keepe the
King of Englande in hande to laboure a peace betwixte hym and the Brytaynes,
he en|forceth his whole puiſſance to ſubdue them, and beſiegeth the citie of
Nauntes. And on the other part, the Duke of Orleans being withdrawn to the
duke of Britain, and one that ruled moſte a|bout him, had no liking to heare
of peace, but did what he coulde to hinder it.
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1 The Engliſh ambaſſador
Chriſtoffer Vrſe|wike hauyng thus paſſed from the Frenche king EEBO page image 1433 to the Duke of Britaine, and backe againe to the French
King, retourned ſhortely after in|to Englande, and ſhewed vnto King Henrye
what hee hadde done betwixt them.
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1 Immediatlye after came
from the Frenche King the Lorde Bernarde Daubeney a Scot borne, whyche on
the Frenche Kings behalfe required King Henry to make ſome maner of ende of
thoſe Brittiſhe warres, whatſoeuer it were. King Henry being deſirous of the
ſame, ſent ouer againe into Fraunce, Iohn
the Abbot of Abingdon, ſir Richard Edgecombe knight, and the forenamed
Chriſtofer Vrſwicke wyth full and perfect commiſſion and long inſtructi|ons
howe to proceede in d [...]yng of ſome agre|ment beetwixt the Frenchmenne and the Bri|tons.
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1
2 Theſe orators accordyng
as they hadde in commaundement, firſt went
vnto the Frenche king, and after they had communed wyth him, Sir Richarde
Edgecombe, & Chriſtofer Vrſ|wicke departed ſtraight to the duke of
Britain in full hope to conclude a peace vpon ſuche of|fers and articles as
they had to propone vnto hym. But al their hope was vaine, for the duke
refuſed to agree vppon any ſuche articles and conditions as they offered,
and ſo without cõ|cluding any thyng with the Duke, they retur|ned backe
into Fraunce, and from thence ſig|nified
to the King of Englande by letters, all that they knewe or had done.1488
Edvvard lorde VVooduille ai| [...] the duke of Britaine, vvithout the kings conſent. But in
the mean time Edwarde Lorde Wooduille vncle to the Queene, ſued to King
Henrye that hee myght haue a power of men apointed to him, with the whiche
hee woulde ſteale priuily ouer without licence or paſſeport, ſo that euery
man ſhoulde thinke that he was fledde the Realme, without knowlege of the
king, for that no warre ſhould ariſe by his meanes beetwixt the Realmes of
Fraunce and England, and yet ſhuld the duke of Britaine bee aided agaynſte the power of the Frenchemen, whiche ſought
to vanquiſhe hym that they myght ioyne hys countrey vnto the dominion of
Fraunce, which in no wiſe ought to be ſuffred, conſideryng what annoyaunce
& hurte the ſame myght bryng to the Realme of Englande in time to
come.
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1 Althoughe this requeſte
was vtterly deny|ed, and that the Lord Wooduile was ſtraight|ly commaunded
by the kyng to make no ſuche attempt, yet
coulde not all that ſtaye hym, but that withdrawing him into the Ile of
Wight, whereof he was made ruler and capitaine, hee there gathered togyther
a crewe of talle and hardy perſonages, to the number of .iiij.C. and with
proſperous winde and weather arriued in Britaine, and ioined himſelf with
the Britons againſte the Frenchemen.
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1
2 The Frenche King aduertised hereof, was not wel pleased in his
minde towards the king of Englande, till king Henry by newe messengers
enformed hym how guiltles he was in the matter, The
league renued be|tvvixt Eng|lande, and Fraunce.and that by plaine
and euide(n)t proues. With the whiche excuse the Frenche King seemed to be
better pacifyed, and was content to dissimule the matter. And so the English
ambassadors renewing the league and amitie betwixt King Henry, and the
Frenche kyng, for the space of twelue Monethes thet retourned into England,
and shewed the king all things that they had eyther hearde or seene, so that
he perceyued that the French king dealt craftelye in this manner of
Britayne, styll motionyng peace when hee ment nothyng else but warre. He
therefore called his highe courte of Parliament, in the which it was not
only determined that the Duke of Britaine shuld be aided with a power of
men, againste the wrongfull inuasions of the Frenchemen, but also there were
diuers summes of mony granted to the furnishing forth and maintaynaunce of
the same.
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1
2 And immediatly here vpon,
the kyng ſente his Ambaſſadors into Fraunce to certifye the Frenche Kyng
what [...] eſtates aſſembled in Parliament here in Englande had [...]ecr [...]d, and therefore hee required hym eyther to ſ [...]aſſe the warres whiche he had in hande againſt the Britons, or elſe
not to be greeued, thought hee condiſcended to the iudgement &
determinati|on of the Lordes, bo [...]e ſpirituall and tempo|rall, and commons of hys Realme, in takyng vpon
him the defence of the Duke of Britaine, promyſing neuertheleſſe that the
Engliſhe armye ſhoulde onely take lande wythin the Dutchie of Britayne, and
ſeeke to defende the ſame agaynſte all thoſe that didde inuade it, and not
to make anye warre wythin anye of the Frenche dominions.
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1 This meſſage was nothyng
regarded of the Frenche King, in ſo muche that the French army proceeded in
oppreſſing the Britons, de|ſtroying the country, and beſieging Townes.
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1 At lengthe on the ſeuen
and twen [...], or as the Chronicles of Amowe haue the eighte and twentith daye of
Iuly, the Duke of Br [...]ns armye gaue battaile to the Frenche hoſte [...]e [...]ee to a towne called Saint Aulbin,The battaile of
Saint Aulbin in Britaine. hauing appa|relled a thouſande and ſeuen
hundreth of the Britons in coates wyth redde croſſes, after the Engliſhe
faſhion, to make the Frenchemen be|leeue that they had a great number of
En|gliſhemen, althoughe they hadde but foure hundrethe onely wyth the Lorde
Wooduille.
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1 The victory in this
battell fell to the french|men, ſo that almoſte all the engliſhemen were
ſlain with the Lord Wooduile, beſide .vi.M. EEBO page image 1434
Britons. The Duke of Orleans, and the Prince of Orainge were taken
priſoners, whi|che were theron the Britons part. The french|menne loſte
twelue hundred men, and amongſt other, that valiant Italian Capitaine Iames
Galeot.
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1 Theſe newes being brought
into England, cauſed King Henrye to make haſte in ſendyng forthe his army,
and therefore was the Lorde Brooke, wyth Syr Iohn Cheynyd. Syr Iohn
Middleton, Sir Raufe Hilton, Sir
Richard Corbet, Sir Thomas Leighton, Sir Richard Laton, and Sir Edmunde
Cornewall ſent o|uer into Britaine wyth all conuenient ſpeede, hauyng wyth
them an eyghte thouſande men, well armed and furniſhed in warre like wiſe,
to ayde the Duke of Britayne agaynſte the Frenchemen.
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1 Theſe luſtye Capitaines
beyng, arriued in Britaine, after they had a little refreſhed them,
marched forward, and commyng neare to
their enemies, pitched downe their fielde, not farre from the Frenchmens
campe.
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1 The Frenchemen by
experience knowyng the Engliſhemenne (ſo long as they bee freſhe and luſtie)
in maner to be inuincybl [...] thought not good to matche wyth them in open batteil, till they were
ſomewhat wearyed wyth lying and lingeryng abroade in the fielde, and
there|fore at the firſt they ſought to weary them with light ſkirmiſhes, appointyng their horſemenne to giue
them alarmes, and ſome ſkirmiſhes, in the whiche the Frenchemen by reaſon of
the Engliſhe archers (which galled bothe men and horſes) were euer put to
the worſe.
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2 But beholde the
mutabilitie of worldelye chaunces, whiles this warre was thus ſet for|warde,
Frauncis Duke of Britaine departed this li [...]e, and then the chiefe rulers of Britayne falling at diſſention
amongſt themſelues, ten|dred not the
defence of their countrey, but ra|ther minded the deſtruction thereof, ſo
that the Engliſhemenne perceyuyng in what daunger they were, and conſidering
that it was in the middeſt of Winter, a time not meete for men of warre to
lye in the colde and froſtie fieldes, they retourned into England, within
fiue Mo|nethes after their firſt ſettyng forth. So that fi|nally the French
king got the vpper hand of the Britons, and didde incorporate that Dutchie
to hys Realme and Crowne of Fraunce, as
in the hiſtorye of Fraunce it maye appeare at large.
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1 In Iuly this yeare was a
Preſt leuyed for the Kyng in the Citie of London,Stow. of foure thouſande pounde whiche was repaide the yere nexte
followyng.
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1 In September, the Queene
was deliuered of hir firſte ſonne, named Prince Arthur, and the fiue
& twentith of Nouember nexte enſu|ing ſhee was crowned at
Weſtminſter with al due ſolemnitie.
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1 Yee haue hearde,An. reg. 4.
howe there was in the laſte Parliament mony graunted for the
furniſhyng forthe of the armye into Britayne. That is to wit, it was agreed,
that euery man ſhoulde: be taxed after the rate of his ſubſtaunce to paye
the tenth penye of his goodes, which money the moſt part of them that
dwelled in the Biſhop|pricke of Durham, and in the parties of Yorke|ſhire
refuſed vtterly to paye, eyther for that they thought thẽſelues ouercharged
with the fame, or were procured to ſhewe themſelues diſobedi|ent, throughe
the euill counſaile of ſome ſedi|tious perſones, whyche conſpired agaynſte
the King, to put him to newe trouble. Therefore ſuche as were appoynted
Colectours, after that they could not get the mony, according to their
extreites delyuered to them by the Commiſſio|ners, they made their complaint
priuily to Hẽ|rye the fourthe Earle of Northumberlande, chiefe ruler of the
Northe partes.
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1 The Earle forthwith
ſignifyed to the king all that matter,1489 and the
Kyng not willing to pardon them of any one peny (leaſt the example might do
hurt by encouragyng others to ſhewe the like ſtubburnes in other parts of
the realme) commaunded the Erle eyther by diſtreſſe, or o|therwiſe, to leuy
the mony, as he ſhould thinke moſte meeteſt. The rude beaſtly people hearing
of this aunſwer from the king,The Earle of No [...]humber|land [...] by the Nor|thern rebelles. by and by wyth greate violence
ſet vppon the Earle by the ex|cityng of a ſimple fellow named Iohn a
Chã|ber, whom the Earle with faire wordes ſought to appeaſe, but they like
vnreaſonable vilains, aledging all the fault to be in him, as chiefe au|thor
of the taxe, furiouſlye and cruelly murthe|red bothe hym and dyuers of hys
houſholde ſeruaunts.
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1 Diuers affirme that the
Northerne menne bare againſte this earle continuall grudge euer ſince the
deathe of King Richard, whome they entirely fauoured.
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1
2 Although this offence was
greate and hai|nous, yet there ſucceeded a more miſchiefe: for incontinently
to cloke thys preſumptuous murther, the Northerne men gotte them to
ar|moure, and aſſembling togyther,A rebellion in the
Northe for a taxe granted by parliament. choſe them a Capitaine,
no leſſe ſeditious then deſirous of trouble, called Sir Iohn Egremonde
Knight, and paſſing by the countreys, they publiſhed & declared that
they woulde bidde the kyng bat|taile only in defence of their liberties, and
com|mon freedome, of the whiche hee went aboute to bereeue them. But when
the matter ſhoulde come to bee tried wyth blowes, theyr hartes ſo EEBO page image 1435 fainted that they ſcattered awaye, euery man ſeekyng to
ſaue hymſelfe by flight, but that little auailed them: for the king hearing
of this buſines, ſent forthe Thomas Earle of Surrey (whome not long before
he had deliuered out of the Tower, and receiued to his ſpeciall fauour) wyth
a crewe of men, to chaſtice thoſe rebelles of the Northe partes, who
ſkirmiſhed wyth a certain company of them, & them diſcomfited,
and tooke aliue Iohn a Chamber, the
firſte be|ginner of this rebellion.
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1
2 The King himſelfe roade
after into Yorke|ſhire, of whoſe commyng the ſturdye rebelles were ſo
abaſhed and afrayde, that they fledde more and leſſe: whyche afterwarde were
ap|prehended, and puniſhed accordyng to their do|merites. Yet the King of
his clemency pardo|ned the innocente people, & executed the chiefe
procurers. For Iohn a Chamber was hanged at Yorke vpon a gibbet ſet vpon a
ſquare paire of gallowes like an
archtraytor, and his com|plices and lende diſciples, were hanged on the
lower gallowes rounde aboute their Maiſter, to the terrible example of
other. But ſir Iohn Egremonde fledde into Flaunders to the Lady Margaret
Dutcheſſe of Burgougne, that euer enuied the proſperitie of King Henry.
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1 After this, the king
retourned to London, leauing the Earle of Surry to rule the North partes,
and appointed Sir Richard Tunſtall, a man
of greate witte and pollicy to gather the Subſidye to hym due of the
people.
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1 This yeare the king
borrowed of euery Al|derman of London two hundred pounde, and of the Chamber
nine thouſãde eightie two poũd ſeuenteene ſhilings foure pence; whiche he
re|paied againe, to the vttermoſte, wyth greate equitie and
thankfulneſſe.
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1
2 In this ſeaſon, the
Emperour Fredericke made warre againſte the Flemings, namely a|gainſt
Bruges and certaine townes of
Flaun|ders,A rebellion in Flaunders. which had
rebelled againſt his ſon Maxi|milian, Kyng of Romaynes, theyr liege and
ſoueraigne Lord,Maximilian King of Ro| [...] impriſo|ned at B [...]uges by the tovvnſ| [...]ne. in ſo muche that they of Bru|ges had not only ſlayne hys
officers but impri|ſoned him within their Towne, till they hadde cauſed him
to pardon all their offences, and al|ſo to ſweare neuer to remember, nor
reuenge the ſame in time to come. But his father Fre|dericke the Emperor
coulde not ſuffer ſuche a reproche and
diſhonor done to his ſon, to paſſe vnreuenged, and therefore ſcourged the
coun|try of Flanders with ſharpe and cruell warre. The lorde of Rauenſtein
being driuen to take the ſame othe, that his Maſter Maximiliã tooke at
Bruges, to ſhewe that the warre was not begon with his aſſent, forſooke
Maximilian his Lord, and tooke the Towns of Ipre & Scluſſe with
bothe the Caſtels of the ſame hauen, and further dyd not onlye ſtirre the
Gaunt [...] is, and Brugeans, and other Townes of Flaunders, to rebell agaynſt
their ſoueraine lord, but alſo ſent to the French kings lieutenãt in
Pieard [...] the Lorde Cordes, to aide him to con [...] ſuch Townes of Flaunders, as were not of hys o|pinion.
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1 The Lorde Cordes,
otherwiſe called Mon|ſieur de Querdes, was glad to haue ſo good oc|caſion to
ſet foote in Flaunders, as he that had ſufficient inſtructions of his
Maiſter, the french King, vpon any ſuche offerd occaſion ſo to [...]|ſent foorthwith to the aide of the Flemings viij.M. Frenchmen,
commaunding them to con|quere ſuche Townes, as were in the way bee|twixt
Fraunce and Bruges.
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1 The capitaines according
to his deuiſe bee|ſieged a little walled towne, called Dixen [...]w, to whome came .iiij.M. Flemings with [...]ic|tuall and artilerie, ſent from the Lord of Ra|uenſtein. They laide
ſiege on the North ſide of the towne, in a mariſhe grounde than beeyng drye,
and ſo deepely ditched, and [...]ampired their campe about (on which rampire they laide their
ordinaunce) that it was in manner impoſſible to enter their campe, or do
them any diſpleaſure or domage.
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1 The king of Englande was
daily aduerti|ſed of theſe dooings, whiche nothyng leſſe deſi|red than to
haue the Engliſhe Pale enuironed wyth Frenche fortreſſes, wherefore to
preuent that miſchiefe in time, with all expedition he ſẽt ouer to the
Lorde Daubeney, and his deputye of Calais, the Lord Morley, with a crue of
va|liant archers and ſouldiours, to the number of a thouſande men, with
priuy inſtructions what they ſhould do.
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1 At their commyng ouer, it
was bruited a|broade, that they were ſent only to defende the Engliſh Pale,
againſt al attempts that might vpon the ſuddaine in any wife he made by the
Frenchemen, or Flemings: but their enterpriſe was all otherwiſe. For on a
Tuiſdaye at the ſhutting of the gates at night, the lord Daub|ney chieftaine
of the army, the Lorde Morley, Sir Iames Tirrell capitaine of Guiſnes, Sir
Henry Willoughby, Sir Gilbert Talbot, and ſir Humfrey Talbot Marſhall of
Calais, wyth diuers other Knightes, and Eſquiers, and o|ther of the gariſons
of Hammes, Guyſnes, and Callais, to the number of twoo thouſand men, or
thereaboutes, iſſued priuily out of Callais, & paſſed the water of
Grauelyng, in the mor|ning betimes, and lefte there for a ſtale, and to
keepe the paſſage, Sir Humfrey Talbot, with ſixe ſcore archers, and came to
Newport, where they founde the ſoueraigne of Flaunders with EEBO page image 1436 ſixe hundred Almaines, and there they ſtayed that
night.
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1 On the nexte day they
went toward Dixe|mewe, and by the guidyng of a priſoner, that ſhould haue
bin hanged on the nexte morning, they iſſued out of the Southe gate of the
town of Dixemew, & were conueyed by their ſayde guide by an high
banke ſet wyth willowes, ſo that the Gantois coulde not well eſpye them,
& ſo ſecretly to the en of their enemies campe, and there pauſed.
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1 The Lorde Daubeney
commaunded all men to ſend their horſes, and wagons backe, but the Lorde
Morley ſaide hee would ride till hee came to hande ſtrokes.
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2 Thus they marched forthe
till they came to a lowe banke, and no deepe ditche, where the ordinaunce
laye, and there the archers ſhot al|togyther, euery man an arrowe, and ſo
fell pro|ſtrate to the grounde. The enemies herewyth diſchardged their ordynaunce and ouerſhotte them. The
Almaines kept ouer the ditche with their moris pikes. The Engliſhemenne in
the forefront, waded the ditche, and were holpen vp by the Almaines, and ſet
on their enemies, & tooke many priſoners. The other Engliſhmen
haſted by the cauſey to enter in at the Northe gate of the campe,The Lorde Morley ſlaine. where the Lord Morley be|ing
on horſebacke in a riche coate, was ſlayne wyth a gunne.
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2 When his deathe was
knowen, euery man killed his priſoner, and ſlewe all ſuche as didde
wythſtande them, to the number of eight thou|ſande men, in ſo muche that of
twoo thouſande that came ot of Bruges (as the Flẽmiſh chro|nicle reporteth)
there came not home one hun|dreth. On the Engliſhe parte was ſlayne the
Lorde Morley, and not an hundreth mo. The Engliſhemen tooke their
ordinaunce, and ſent it to Newporte, wyth all the ſpoile and greate
horſes. And by the way hearing certaine
frẽch|men to be at Oſtend, they made thither warde: but the Frenchemen
fled, & ſo they burned parte of the towne, and came againe to
Newporte, where the Lord Daubney left al ye Engliſhmen that were hurte, and
returned to Calais, where he buried the body of the Lord Morley.
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2 The Engliſhemen got
greate riches at this fielde, for they that went forthe in clothe, came home
in ſilke, and thoſe that went out on foote, came home on great horſes. The Lord Cordes being at Ipre with twenty
thouſand men was ſore diſpleaſed wyth this ouerthrow, & therfore
thinking to be reuenged,Nevvport be|ſieged by the
Frenchemen. beſieged the towne of Newport right ſtrongly, and ſhot
daily at the walles, breaking them in many places. But the Engliſhmen that
were hurte at Dixemew field before, and might eyther ſtande or drawe bowe
neuer came frõ the walles One day the french|menne gaue a greate aſſault to
a Towes, and perforce entred it, and ſet vp the banner of the Lorde Cordes:
but ſee the chaunce, during the time of the aſſaulte, there arriued a backe
wyth foure ſcore freſhe Engliſh archers, which came ſtraight to the Tower,
and did ſo muche, that what wyth the helpe of ſuche as beefore were wounded,
and hurtemen, and of the couragi|ous hartes of the newe come archers
encoura|ged greatly by the women of the town crying,Englishe archers. ſhoote Engliſhmen, ſhoote, the Tower was
re|gaigned out of the Frenchemens handes, and the banner of the Lorde Cordes
rent in peeces, and implace therof, the penon of Saint George ſet vp. Then
the Frenchmen ſuppoſing a great aide of Engliſhemen to haue bene come to the
towne by ſea, lefte the aſſault.
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1 And the night folowing,
the enuious Lord Cordes (whiche ſo ſore longed for Calais, that hee woulde
commonly ſaye, that hee coulde be content to lye ſeuen yeares in Hell, ſo
that Ca|lais were in poſſeſſion of the Frenchmen) brake vp his ſiege, and
retourned to Heldyng wyth ſhame. And the Engliſhmen glad of this victo|rie
returned to Calais.Iames king of Scottes, ſlaine by his
ovvne Subiectes. This yeare Iames the thirde of that name, King of
Scots, was ſlaine by his owne Subiectes, after they had vanqui|ſhed hym in a
pight fielde.
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1
2 Aboute the ſame time one
Adrian an Ita|lian was ſente in Ambaſſade from Pope In|nocent the eight,
into Scotland,Adrian an Itali|an, made Bi|shoppe of
Her|forde, & after of Bathe, and VVell [...]. to haue taken vp the variaunce betwixte the King there,
and his people. But being arriued here in Englãd, he was enformed that king
Iames was ſlaine, and the refore taryed here certaine Monethes, &
for that hee was a man of excellent learnyng, vertue, and humanitie, i the
Archebiſhoppe of Canterbury Iohn Morton, ſo commended him to the King, that
he made him firſte Biſhoppe of Hereforde, and ſhortely after, that reſigned
and giuen ouer, hee promoted him to the Bi|ſhopricke of Welles, and
Bathe.1490 And after that wyth theſe honours he
was retourned to Rome, hee was aduaunced by all the degrees of Spirituall
dignities into the Colledge of the Cardinalles, and worthie ſure he was of
great preferrement, for by hys meanes learned men were moued to ſeeke out
the vſe of eloquent writyng, and ſpeaking in the latine tongue, he being the
firſte in the tyme of our fathers that taught the trade to chooſe and vſe
apte wordes and fitte termes.
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1 In the ſixte yeare of
King Henries raigne there came Ambaſſadors to him frõ the frenche king the
lord Fraũcis of Lutzenburg,An. reg. 6.
Charles Mariguane, and Robert Gaguine Miniſter of the Bonnehommes of
the Trinitie. The effect EEBO page image 1437 of their comming, was to haue
concluded a peace with King Henrye, and that with good will the French King
might diſpoſe of the ma|riage of the yong Dutcheſſe of Britaine, as he
ſhoulde thinke good, and to make void the con|tract, and former mariage,
which by proxie the deputie of Maximilian, king of Romains had before time
contracted, and made with hir. But thereto woulde not King Henry giue his
con|ſent, euer harping on this ſtring, that the maidẽ being once lawfully combined in matrimonye with
Maximilian, ought not to be compelled a|gainſte hir will and promiſſe, yea
and contrary to all lawe, right and equitie, to take any other perſon than
him to hir ſpouſe and huſbande.
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1 In deede Kyng Henry was
lothe that the Frenche King ſhoulde marry the Dutcheſſe of Britaine hymſelfe
(as he perceued his meaning was) and ſo ioyne the Dutchie of Britayne to the
Crowne of Fraunce, and therefore hee did
what he coulde to hinder that bargaine.
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1 At lengthe yet it was
agreede that a forme of a league ſhould be drawen with conditions, clauſes,
and couenauntes, and for the full con|cludyng of the ſame, it was thought
expedient that the King of Englande ſhoulde ſend Am|baſſadours to the
Frenche Kyng to finyſhe all matters beetwyxte them. Wherevppon the Frenche
Ambaſſadours beyng diſmiſſed wyth great rewardes, ſtraight waies Thomas
earle of Ormonde, and Thomas Goldenſton
Prior of Chriſtes Churche in Canterbury were ap|pointed by the king to folow
them into France inſtructed fully in all things that he wold haue on his
behalfe, either moued or determyned.
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Lionel Bishop of Concordia.In this meane ſpace,
Lionell the Biſhop of Concordia was ſente as Oratour from Pope Alexander the
ſixte, to the Frenche Kyng for certaine matters: and amongſt other things he
hadde in chardge to conclude a peace and vni|tye betwixte the Frenche Kyng and the King of Englande. Hee
mouyng thys matter to the Frenche King, founde hym nothyng ſtrange to
encline to his motion. Whervpon the Biſhop of Concordia conceyuyng good
hope, and ther|with deſyrous (as became hym beſte bearyng that title) to ſet
an attonement beetwixte thoſe two Kings, tooke his iourney towardes
Eng|lande, to the intent he might moue King Hen|ry to bee agreable
therevnto, and ſo comming to Calais, found
the Engliſhe Ambaſſadours there, beeing ſo farre on their way towards the
Frenche King, and being honourably receiued of them into that Towne, after
they had com|muned togither, the Biſhoppe took the ſea, and was trãſported
ouer into England, & the Am|baſſadors departed toward the Frenche
King.
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3 After the Biſhoppe of
Concordia had tal|ked with King Henry, and perceyued that vp|on reaſonable
conditions he coulde be content to conclude a peace wyth all Chriſten
Princes, and to lyue in reſte after ſo many troubles a|foretime ſuſtained,
the ſaide Biſhop retourned backe into Fraunce to ſollicite thys purpoſe to
ſome perfect concluſion. But the Frenchmen ſo handled the matter, that
whileſt they outward|ly ſhewed how they deſired nothyng but frend|ſhip
& amitie, they aſured the yong Dutcheſſe of Britayne, to ſubmit
hirſelfe wholy to their diſcretion, ſo that ſhortly after ſhee was mar|ried
to King Charles. And the Engliſhe Am|baſſadours, after they perceyued whiche
waye the winde would vire, returned again to their countrey, and nothing
done or agreed vpon in their matter. King Henry ſore troubled in hys mynde
therewyth, determined no more wyth peaceable meſſages, but with open warre
to de|termine all controuerſies betwixt hym and the Frenche King,A Parliame [...]
called his highe courte of Par|liament, & there declared the
cauſe why he was iuſtely prouoked to make warre agaynſte the frenchemen, and
therfore deſired thẽ of their be|neuolent aide of men and money towarde the
maintenaunce thereof. The cauſe was ſo iuſte that euery man allowed it, and
to the ſettyng forthe of the warre taken in hande for ſo neceſ|ſarie an
occaſion, euery man promiſed his hel|ping hand. The king commẽded them for
their true and faithfull hartes, and to the intent that he might ſpare the
poorer ſorte of the commons (whome he euer deſired to keepe in fauour) hee
thought good firſte to exact mony of the richeſt ſorte by way of a
beneuolence, whiche kinde of leuying money was firſt deuiſed by King
Ed|warde the fourthe, as it apeareth beefore in hys hiſtorie. King Henry
folowing the like exam|ple, publiſhed abroade, that by their open giftes he
would meaſure, and ſearche their beneuolent heartes and good mindes towardes
him, ſo that he that gaue moſte, ſhoulde be iudged to be his moſte louing
friende, and he that gaue litle, to be eſteemed accordyng to hys gifte. By
thys it appeareth that whatſoeuer is practiſed for the princes profit,
& brought to a preſident by mat|ter of record, may be turned to the
great preiu|dice of the people, if rulers in auctoritie will ſo adiudge and
determine it.
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2 But by this meanes King
Henrye got in|numerable great ſummes of money, with ſome grudge of the
people, for the extremitie ſhewed by the commiſſioners in diuers places. Ye
haue hearde before howe the Lorde of Rauenſtein by the ayde of Bruges, and
Gaunt, hadde ta|ken the Towne, and two Caſtels of Scluiſe,1491 whiche hee kepte againſt his ſoueraigne lorde Maximilian,
and gettyng into the hauen cer|taine EEBO page image 1438 ſhips and barkes,
robbed ſpoiled and tooke priſoners, the ſhippes and veſſelles of all
nati|ons, that paſſed alongeſt by that coaſt towards the Marte at Andwarpe,
or into any parte of Brabant, Zeland, or Friſeland, and was euer
ſufficiently vittailed out of Fraunce, and Pi|cardye.
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4 There was a little Towne
alſo twoo miles from Bruges towarde the Sea, called Dam, whyche was a
Bulwarke to Bruges, and an headſpring to
Sluiſe. The King of Romains hadde attempted the winnyng of this Towne diuers
times, but miſſed his purpoſe, til at lẽgth Albert Duke of Saxony, a great
friende to the King of Romaines, by policye found meanes to gette it. This
Duke fainyng hymſelfe as a Newtre betwixte the King of Romaines, and the
rebelles of Flaunders, required of the lords of Bruges that hee myght enter
peaceably into their Towne accordyng to hys eſtate, wyth a certaine number of men of armes to commu|nicate with thẽ
diuers maters of great weight, and ſent before his carriages and herbengers
to make prouiſion. They of Bruges were in no doubt of hym, ſo that his men
of warre entred into the Cytie in good order, and he followed. They that
wente beefore, enquired for Innes, and lodgings, as though they would haue
re|ſted there all the night, and ſo went forthe ſtill in order aſkyng after
lodgings, till they came to the gate that
leadeth directly toward Dam, diſtant from Bruges a Flemiſhe mile, whyche is
called the Bulwarke of Bruges. The Cap|taines and inhabitantes of Dam
ſuſpecting no harme to come out of Bruges, thought theyr friendes (knowyng
ſome daunger towardes) had ſent them aide, and ſo nothyng miſtruſting thoſe
that approched their towne, ſuffred them to enter, and ſo was the Towne of
Dam ta|ken by ſleight, whiche coulde not be wonne by open force.Dam taken by [...]olicy. This chaunce ſore diſpleaſed them of Bruges, for nowe
coulde they haue no re|courſe to the Sea, ſo that they muſte needes fall
into ruine and decay. The Duke of Saxonye thus hauing won the towne of Dam,
ſente to the King of Englande, that if it would pleaſe hym to miniſter any
aide by ſea, he would be|ſiege Sluiſe by lande. The king well remem|bring
that Sluiſe was a roueſneſt, and a very denne of theues to them that
trauerſed the ſeas towardes the Eaſte
partes, incontinentlye diſ|patched ſir Edward Poinings a right valiant
Knight, and hardye Capitayne wyth twelue ſhippes well furniſhed with holde
ſouldiours, and ſufficient artillerie. Whiche Sir Edward ſailed into the
Hauen, and kepte the Lorde of Rauenſtein from ſtarting by ſea.
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1 The Duke of Saxony
beſieged one of the caſtels lying in a Churche ouer againſt it, and the
Engliſhemen aſſaulted the leſſe Caſtell, and iſſued out of theyr ſhippes at
the ebbe, neuer ſuffering theyr enemies to reſte in quiet one daye togither,
for the ſpace of twenty dayes, and euery daye ſlewe ſome of their
aduerſaries, and on the Engliſh parte were ſlaine one Vere brother to the
Earle of Oxforde, and fiftye mo.
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1 The Lorde of Rauenſlein
hadde made a brydge of Boates betweene both Caſtelles, to paſſe from the one
to the other, whyche brydge the Engliſhemen one night ſet on fyre. Then hee
perceiuyng that he muſte loſe his Caſtelles by force, and that the Flẽmings
coulde not aide hym, yeelded the Caſtelles to Syr Edwarde Poinings, and the
towne to the duke of Sax|ony vpon certaine conditions,Sir
Edvvarde Poinynges a valiant Capi|taine ſent into Flaunders vvith an
army Sir Edwarde Poinings kepte the caſtelles a while, of whom the
Almaines demaunded their wages, bycauſe the duke hadde nothyng to paye. Then
theſe twoo Capitaynes ſo handled them of Bruges, that they not only
ſubmitted thẽſelues to their Lord Maximilian, but alſo were contented to
paye, and diſpatche the Almaines.
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1 And ſo Syr Edwarde
Poynyngs tarryed there a long ſpace, and at lengthe retourned to the King
before Bolongne.
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1 The ſixte daye of Aprill
this preſent yeare, the nobles of the Realme aſſembled in the Ca|thedrall
Churche of Saynct Paule in London, where Te Deum, was ſolempnely
ſong, and thankes rendred to God for the victorie that the King of Spaine
hadde gotte of the Saraſins, in conqueryng on them the whole Realme of
Granado.
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1 Maximilian King of
Romaines enten|dyng to bee reuenged on the Frenchemenne for the many
iniuries done to hym of late (and eſpeciallye for that Kyng Charles hadde
for|ſaken hys daughter the Ladye Margaret, and purpoſed to take to wyfe the
Ladye Anne of Britayne:) bycauſe he was not ryche inought to maintayne the
warre of hymſelf, he ſent his Ambaſſadour one Iames Contibald, a man of
great wiſedome, to require the King of Eng|lande to take hys parte agaynſte
the Frenche King, making diuers great offers on his owne behalfe, if it
ſhould pleaſe hym ſo to do.
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1 King Henry no leſſe
deſirous than Maxi|milian to put the Frenche Kyng to trouble, and chieflye
to ayde the Britons in the extre|mitye of theyr buſineſſe, gladdelye
conſented to the requeſt of Maximilian, and promiſed to prepare an armye
wyth all ſpeede, and in time conuenient to paſſe the ſeas with the ſame and
inuade the Frenche territories.
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2 In this very ſeaſon
Charles the french kingAnno. re. 7.
EEBO page image 1439 receyued the Ladye Anne of Britayne, as hys pupill into
his hands, and wyth great ſolemp|nitie hir eſpouſed, hauyng wyth hir in
dower, the whole Dutchye of Britayne. Thus was Maximilian in a greate chafe
towardes the Frenche King, not only for that he had refuſed his daughter,
but alſo had bereeued hym of hys aſſured wife the ſayd Lady Anne, contrarie
to all right and conſcience. Wherefore hee ſente vnto king Henry, deſiryng
hym with al ſpeede to paſſe the ſeas with
his army, that they might puriue the warre againſt their aduerſarie wyth
fyre, ſworde, and bloude. King Henry hearing this, and hauing no miſtruſt in
the promiſſe of Maximilian, with all ſpeed leuied an army, and rigged his
nauye of ſhips, and when all things were readye, he ſente his Aulmoner
Chriſtofer Vrſwicke, and ſir Iohn Riſeley Knyght vnto Maximilian to certifye
hym, that the king was in a readineſſe, and would arriue at Calais, as
ſoone as hee ſhoulde bee aduertiſed
that Maxi|milian and his men were readye to ioyne wyth hym.
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1 Theſe Ambaſſadors comming
into Flaun|ders, perceyued that Maximilian was neyther purueyed of men,
money, nor armoure, nor of any other thyng neceſſarie for the ſetting foorth
of warre, ſaue only that his will was good, all|thoughe his power was
ſmalle.
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1 King Henry being
aduertiſed hereof by let|ters ſente to hym
from hys ſaid Ambaſſadors, was ſore diſquieted in his minde, and was
al|moſte broughte to his wittes ende, to conſider howe his companion in
armes ſhuld thus faile hym at neede, but takyng aduiſe of his counſel, at
lengthe hee determined not to ſtaye his pre|penſed iourney, and therefore
hee ſo encreaſed his numbers before he tooke ſhippe, that he with his owne
power might bee able to matche with his aduerſaries.
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1 When hee hadde thus
gathered and aſſem|bled his army, he ſailed to Calais the ſixte day of
October, and there encamped hymſelfe for a ſpace to ſee all hys men and
prouiſion in ſuche redineſſe, as nothing ſhoulde bee wanting.
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1 In this place all the
army hadde knowledge by the Ambaſſadours (whiche were newly re|tourned out
of Flaunders) that Maximilian coulde not ſette foorthe any army,
[...]ilian [...] en [...]nes [...]eth pro| [...]
[...] Henry in [...]ng vvyth [...]ade [...]. for lacke of money, and therefore there was no ſuccour to
bee looked for at his hand, but the
Engliſhemen were nothyng diſmayd therewith, as they that iudged themſelues
able inough to matche with the Frenchmen without the helpe of any other
nation.
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2 In the meane ſeaſon,
althoughe the Frenche King hadde an army togither, bothe for num|ber and
furniture able to trye in battaile wyth the Engliſhemen, yet hee made
ſemblaunce as though he deſired nothing more thã peace, as ye thing muche
more profitable to him than warre, conſidering the minds of the Britons were
not yet wholy ſettled: and again, he was called in|to Italy to make warre
agaynſte the Kyng of Naples, whoſe Kingdom he pretended to ap|perteine to
hym by lawfull ſucceſſion from his father King Lewes, to whome Reigne Duke
of Aniowe laſte King of Sicill, of the houſe of Aniowe, hadde tranſferred
hys ryghte to that kingdome (as partely beefore yee haue hearde) wrongfully
and wythout cauſe diſinherityng his couſin, godſoune and heyre, Reigne Duke
of Lorraine, and Bar: The Lord Chordes ha|uing commiſſion from his Maiſter
the Frenche king to make ſome entry into a treatie for peace with the King
of Englande, wrote letters to him before he paſſed ouer to Calais,
ſignifying to hym, that if it might ſtand with his pleaſure to ſende ſome of
his counſellours to the bor|ders of the Engliſh Pale adioining to France,
there ſhoulde bee ſo reaſonable conditions of peace profered, that he
doubted not but his grace might with greate honor breake vp his campe, and
retire hys army home againe.
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1 The King of Englande
conſideryng that Britaine was clearely loſte, and paſte recoue|rye, and that
Maximilian for lacke of money, and miſtruſte which he had in his owne
Sub|iects, lay ſtill like a Dormouſe dooing nothing, and herewith waying
that it ſhoulde be hono|rable to hym, and profitable to his people to
de|termine this great warre without bloudeſhed, appointed the Biſhoppe of
Exceter, and Giles Lorde Daubney to paſſe the Seas to Calais, and ſo to
commen with the Lord Chordes of articles of peace, whiche tooke effect as
after ye ſhal perceiue.
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2
3 In the meane time,
whyleſt the commiſſio|ners were commenyng of peace on the Mar|ches of
Fraunce, the Kyng of Englande, as yee haue heard, was arryued at Calais:
from whence after all things were prepared for ſuch a iourney, hee remoued
in foure battailes fore|warde,Bolongne be|ſieged by the
Englyshemen. till he came neare to the towne of Bo|longne,
& there pitched his tentes before it in a conuenient place for hys
purpoſe, meaning to aſſaile the towne with his whole force and pu|iſſaunce.
But there was ſuche a ſtrong gariſon of warlyke Souldyours wythin that
fortreſſe, and ſuche plentye of artillerye, and neceſſarye munityons of
warre, that the loſſe of Engliſh|mẽ aſſaulting the town (as was doubted)
ſhuld bee greater domage to the Realme of Eng|lande, than the gayning
thereof ſhould be pro|fite. Yet the daily ſhotte of the kings battering
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But when euerye man was readye to giue the aſſaulte, a ſodaine rumor roſe in
the army that peace was concluded: whyche bruite as it was pleaſaunt to the
Frenchmen, ſo was it diſplea|ſaunt to the Engliſhmenne, bycauſe they were
preſt and ready at all times to ſette on theyr e|nemies, and brought into
greate hope to haue bene enryched by the ſpoyle and gayne, to haue fallen to
their lottes of their enemies goods, be|ſide the glorious ſame of renowmed
victorye. And therefore to be defrauded
hereof by an vn|profitable peace, they were in a great fume, and very
angrye: And namelye for that diuers of the captaines to ſet themſelues and
their bands the more gorgeouſly forward, hadde borrowed large ſummes of
money, and for the repaiment had morgaged their landes and poſſeſſions, and
ſome happely had made through ſales thereof, truſtyng to recouer all againe
by the gaines of this iourney. Wherefore
offended wyth thys ſoddayne concluſion of peace, they ſpake euill bothe of
the Kyng and his counſell. But the King like a wiſe prince aſſwaged their
diſplea|ſure in parte with excuſing the matter, alled|gyng what loſſe, and
bloud ſhedde was like to enſue bothe of Captaines and ſouldiours if the
aſſault ſhould haue bin giuen to the vtterance, eſpecially ſith that the
towne was ſo well fur|niſhed with men and munitions. When he had ſomewhat
appeaſed their minds with theſe and many
other reaſons, hee retourned backe again to Calais.
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1 There were not many of
the Engliſhe ar|mye loſte at this ſiege of Bolongne, and fewe or no men of
name,
Poli [...]ore.
[...] S [...]| [...]g [...] at [...]
ſauyng that valiant Capi|taine ſir Iohn Sauage Knight, the whyche as
hee and ſir Iohn Riſely rode aboute the walles of the towne, to viewe in
what place it might bee eaſtieſt aſſaulted, was compaſſed aboute by certaine
Frenchmen that were iſſued out of the
towne, and there ſlain ſtanding at defence, and vtterly refuſing to yelde
hymſelfe as priſoner. But ſir Iohn Riſley eſcaped by fleeing away.
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2 When the King was thus
returned to Ca|lais, he began to ſmell a certayne ſecrete ſmoke, whiche was
lyke to tourne to a greate flame, wythout wiſe foreſight, and good lookyng
to. For by the craftye inuention, and diuelliſhe i|magination of the Lady
Margaret Ducheſſe of Burgongne, a newe Idoll was ſe [...]te vp in Flaunders, and by a forged
name called Ry|charde Plantagenet ſecond ſonne to king Ed|warde the fourthe,
as though he had bin reyſed from deathe to life. The newes hereof ſome|what
troubled hym, ſo that hee was with bet|ter will content to receiue the
honourable con|ditions of peace offered of his enemie bycauſe hee ſhoulde
not be conſtrained at one time to make warre bothe at home, and alſo in a
for|rein Region.
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1 The concluſion of this
agreement made with the Frenchmen, was this.The concl [...] of the p [...]. That the peace ſhoulde continue bothe their liues, and
that the Frenche Kyng ſhoulde paye to the Kyng of Englande a certaine ſumme
of money in hand, according as the commiſſioners ſhuld appoynt for his
chardges ſuſteined in this iourney.
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2 Whiche as the King
certifyed the Maior of London by his letters the ninth of Nouem|ber,
amounted to the ſumme of ſeuen hundred fortie fiue thouſande duckets, whiche
is of ſter|ling money one hundred foure [...]ore and ſixe thouſande twoo hundred and fiftie pounds, and alſo
ſhoulde yearely for a certayne ſpace, paye or cauſe to be paide, for the
mony that the king hadde ſpent and expended in the defence of the Britons
fiue and twenty thouſande crownes, whiche yearely tribute the French King
after|wardes continually occupied wyth the warres of Italy yearely,
ſatiſfied and payde ſo long as King Henry liued, who after he hadde tar|ried
a conuenient ſpace at Calais, tooke the ſea, and ariued at Douer, and ſo
came to his Man|nor of Greenewiche.
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1 Immediatlye after hys
retourne thus into England, he elected into the felowſhip of faynt George
commonly called the order of the Gar|ter, Alfonſe Duke of Calabre ſonne and
heire to Ferdinando K. of Naples, Chriſtofer Vrſ|wicke the Kyngs Aulmoner
was ſente to him vnto Naples with the garter, coller, Mantel,Alphonſ [...]
[...] of Calabre made Knight [...] the Garter. and other habellementes appertainyng to the
companiõs of that noble order, the which was reuerently receiued of the
ſayd Duke who in a ſolemne preſence reueſted hymſelfe wyth that habite,
ſuppoſing by the countenaunce of that apparell to bee able to reſiſte his
aduerſarye the French King, ſith he was nowe made a friend and companiõ in
order wyth the king of Eng|lande: but that little auailed hym, as after it
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twentye of Iune, was borne at Greenewiche the Lorde Henry,The birth [...] of Henry duke of Yorke, after King. ſeconde ſonne of thys
Kyng Henrye the ſe|uenth, whiche was created Duke of Yorke, and after Prynce
of Wales, and in concluſion ſucceeded hys father in gouernaunce of this
Realm, by the name of Henry the eight, father to our gracious ſouerayn
Queene Elizabeth.
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new found ſonne to King Edwarde, coniured by mens policies from death to
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Ye ſhall vnderſtand that the Ducheſſe of Burgongne euer deſiryng to
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he was diſcended of ye houſe of Lancaſter, being an enimie to hir line,
began to ſpin a new webbe like a ſpider, that daily weaueth when his call is
torne: for after that the Erle of Lincolne, whiche was by hir ſet forth, had
miſſed ye quiſſhen, & loſt both horſe and ſpurres, ſhe could not be
quiet, till ſhe had practiſed a new deuiſe to put K. Henrye to trouble. And
as the Deuill prouideth vene|mous ſauſe to corrupt ſtomackes, ſo for hir
pur|poſe, ſhe eſpyed a certayne yong man of viſage beautifull, of countenance demure, of wit craftie
& ſubtile, called Peter Warbecke, & for his faint|neſſe of
ſtomacke,
[...] War| [...]. of the Engliſhmen in deriſion called Perkin Warbecke,
according to ye Dutch phraſe, which change the name of Peter to Per|kin, of
yonglings and little boyes, which for wãt of age, lacke of ſtrength and
manlyke courage, are not thoughte worthy of the name of a man. This yong man
trauelling many Countreys, could ſpeake Engliſh and diuers other langua|ges,
& for his baſeneſſe of birthe
and ſtocke, was almoſt vnknowen of all men, and driuen to ſeke liuing frõ
his childhood, was conſtreined to ſeeke and trauaile through many coũtreys.
The Du|ches glad to haue got ſo meete an organe for the conueying of hir
inuented purpoſe, as one not vnlike to bee taken and reputed for the Duke of
Yorke, ſonne to hir brother K. Edward, whych was called Richarde, kepte him
a certaine ſpace with hir priuily, and him with ſuche diligence inſtructed, both of the ſecretes and common
af|faires of the Realme of England, and of the lig|nage, diſſent and order
of the houſe of Yorke, that like a good ſcoller, not forgetting his leſſon,
hee could tel al that was taught him promptly with|out any ſtackering or
ſtay in his words, and be|ſides that, he kept ſuch a princely countenaunce,
and ſo counterfaite a maieſtie roiall, that all mẽ in manner did firmely
beleeue, that hee was ex|tracted of ye noble houſe, and family of ye Dukes
of Yorke: for ſurely, it was a gifte
giuen to that noble progenie, as of nature planted in the roote, that all
the ſequeale of that line and ſtocke, dyd ſtudie and deuiſe how to be
equiualẽt in honour and fame with their forefathers, and noble
pre|deceſſors. Whẽ ye Duches had framed hir cloth meete for the market,
ſhe was enformed that K. Henry prepared to make warre againſt Charles the
Frenche King, wherefore, ſhee thinking that the time ſerued well for the
ſetting forthe of hyr malicious
inuentions, ſent this Perkyn hir new inuented mawmet, firſt into Portingale,
and ſo craftily into the Countrey of Ireland, to the in|tent,
[...]ekin War| [...]cke arriueth [...] Irelande. that he being both wittie and wilie, mighte
inuegle the rude Iriſhmen (being at thoſe dayes more enclined to Rebellion,
than to reaſonable order) to a new ſeditious commotion. Shortely after his
arriuall in Irelande, whether by hys ſhrewde witte, or the malicious
exhortation of the ſauage Iriſhe gouernours, he entred ſo farre in credite
with the people of that Ile, that hys wordes were taken to be as true as hee
vntruely with falſe demonſtrations ſette forth and publi|ſhed them. The
French King aduertiſed hereof, then being in diſpleaſure with King Henry,
ſent for Perkin into Irelande, to the intent to ſende him againſte King
Henry, which was then in|uading Fraunce (as ye before haue heard.) Per|kin
thought himſelfe aloft now, that he was cal|led to the familiaritie of
Kings,Perkin ſaileth into Fraunce. and
therefore with all diligence, ſailed into Fraunce, and com|ming
[figure appears here on page 1441] to the Kings preſence, was of him royal|lie
receiued, and after a princely faſhion entertei|ned, and had a gard to him
aſſigned, wherof was gouernour the Lorde Congreſhall, and to hym being at
Paris, reſorted Sir George Neuill ba|ſterd, Sir Iohn Tailer, Rowland
Robinſon, and an hundred Engliſh Rebels. But after that a peace as before is
ſaid was concluded betwixte the French King, and the king of Englande, the
Frenche king diſmiſſed Perkin, and woulde no longer keepe him. But ſome haue
ſaid whyche were there attending on him, that Perkin, fea|ring leaſt the
french king ſhould deliuer hym to the king of Englande, beguiled the Lord
Con|greſhall, and fled frõ Paris by night. But whe|ther the French King
knewe of his departure or not, the troth is, that hee being in manner in
de|ſpaire, returned to his firſte founder the Ladye Margaret, of whome he
was ſo welcomed to all outward appearance, that it ſeemed ſhe could not haue
reioyced at any earthly thing, more than ſhe did at his preſence (and as ſhe
could well diſ|ſimule) ſhe made ſemblaunce as though ſhe had neuer ſeene him
before that time. And as ſhe had ſore longed to knowe not once, but diuers
times in open audience, and in ſolemne preſence, ſhee willed him to declare
and ſhew by what meanes he was preſerued from death and deſtruction,
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came to hir court, to the intente, that by ye open declaration of theſe
fained phantaſies, the people might be perſwaded to giue credite, &
be|leeue, that he was the true begottẽ ſon of hir bro|ther K. Edward. And
after this, ſhee aſſigned to him a guard of thirtie perſõs in Murrey,
& blew, & highly honored him,
Perkin named by the Duches of Burgoigne, the white roſe of
Englande.
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as a great eſtate, and cal|led him the white roſe of Englande. The
nobili|tie of Flanders did to him all reuerence. In En|gland, ye brute of him being blowen throughout the
Realm, ſore diſquieted the people, in ſomuch, that not only the meaner ſort,
but alſo many of the nobles & worſhipful perſonages belieued and
publiſhed it abroade,Such long and looked for al|teration
of ſtates. yt all was true whiche was reported of him. And not
only they that were in Sainctuaries, but alſo many other that wer fallẽ in
debt, aſſembled in a cõpany, & paſſed ouer the Seas into Flanders,
to their counterfaite Duke of York, otherwiſe rightly named Perkin Wer|beck.
Truely, the realm of England was in
ma|ner deuided (with ye rumor, & vaine fable ſpred a|broade of this
twice borne duke) into partakings & contrarie factions.Falſe rumors, occaſions of great diſqui|etnes. And
ſome of the noble men conſpired togither, purpoſing to aid ye foreſayde
Perkin, as the man whome they reputed to bee the very ſonne of Kyng Edward,
and that the matter was not feigned, but altogither true, iuſt, &
not imagined of any malitious pretẽce or pur|poſe: and bicauſe the thing
was weightie, and re|quired greate aide
& aſſiſtance, therefore they de|termined to ſend meſſengers vnto ye
Lady Mar|garet, to know whẽ Richard D. of York might conueniently come into
England, to the intent, that they being thereof certified, might be in a
re|dineſſe to helpe and ſuccoure him at his arriuall.
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So by ye cõmon conſent of the conſpirators, ſir Rob. Clifford
knight, & Wil. Barley, wer ſẽt into Flanders, which diſcouered to
ye Duches, all the ſecret intents & priuie meanings of the friẽds
& fautors of ye new foũd D.
The Duches gladly receiued this meſſage, & after ſhe had heard their
errand, ſhe brought the meſſenger to the ſight of Perkin, who ſo well
counterfeited the geſture, countenãce, and maner of Richard D. of Yorke,
that ſir Robert Clifford beleeued verily, that hee was the ſecõd ſon of K.
Edward, & therof wrote a letter of credit into England to his
complices, & to put thẽ out of doubt, he affirmed yt he knew him
to be K. Edwards ſon by his face, & other li|niaments of his body. Vpon this letter, the chiefe doers in
this buſineſſe ſpred the ſignificatiõ ther|of abroade through the Realme,
to the intent to ſtirre the people to ſome newe tumulte and com|motion, but
it was done by ſuche a ſecret craft, yt no man coulde tell who was the
author of that rumor. The K. perceyuing that this vayne fable was not
vaniſhed out of the mad braines of the common people, to prouide therefore
againſte all perils yt might therby enſue, ſent certain knights that were
ſkilfull mẽ of war, with cõpetẽt bands of ſoldiers, to keepe the ſea
coaſtes, and hauens, to vnderſtand who came in, and went out of the Realme,
doubting leaſt ſome greate conſpiracie were in brewing againſt him. He alſo
ſent into ye low countreys certain perſons to learne ye troth of this
forged dukes progenie,Perkin [...]
[...]e lignage. where ſome of thẽ that were ſo ſente, comming to
Tourney, gote knowlege that he was borne in that citie of baſe lignage,
& named Perkin Warbecke. The king then aduertiſed not only by his
eſpials vpõ theyr returne, but alſo from other his truſty friendes,
determined with al ſpeede to haue the fraud pub|liſhed, both in Englande and
forraine parties, and for the ſame cauſe, ſente ſir Edwarde Poi|nings
Knight, and ſir Wil. Warram, Doctor of the lawes, vnto Phillip Archduke of
Bur|goigne, & to his counſailers (bycauſe he was not yet of age able
to gouerne of himſelfe) to ſignifie to him and them, that the yong man being
with the Lady Margaret, had falſely and vntruely v|ſurped ye name of Rich.
D. of Yorke, which long before was murthred wt his brother Edw. in the
Tower of London, by ye cõmandement of theyr vncle King Richard as many men
then liuing, could teſtifie.
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& of his counſaile, & willed to declare the ef|fect of their
meſſage. Wil. Warrã made before thẽ an eloquẽt Oratiõ, & in the
later ende ſome|what inueighed againſt the Lady Margaret, not ſparing to
declare, how ſhe now in hir later age, had brought forth (within ye ſpace
of a few yeres togither) two deteſtable monſters, that is to ſay, Lãbert
(of whom ye heard before) and this Per|kin Warbecke, and being conceiued of
theſe two great babes, was not deliuered of them in eyght or nine monethes,
as nature requireth, but in the C. and .80. monethes, for bothe
theſe at the leaſt, wer .15. yeres of age, ere ſhe would be brought
in bed of them, & ſhew thẽ openly, & whẽ they were newly
crept out of hir womb, they wer no infãts but luſty yõglings, & of
age ſufficiẽt to bid bat|tel to kings. Althogh theſe taũts angred ye Lady
Margaret euen at ye hart, yet Perkin was more vexed with the things
declared in this Oration, and eſpecially bycauſe his cloked iuggling was
brought to light. The Duches intẽding to caſt ho [...]e ſulphure, to ye new kindled fire, determined wt might &
main to arme and ſet forward pretie Perkin againſt the K. of Englãd. Whẽ
ye Am|baſſadors had done their meſſage, & that ye Arch|dukes
counſel had long debated the matter, they made anſwere, that to haue the K.
of Englãds loue, ye Archduke & they would neither aide nor EEBO page image 1443 aſſiſt Perkin nor his complices in anye cauſe or
quarrell. Yet notwithſtãding, if the Lady Mar|garet, perſiſting in hir
rooted malice towards the K. of Englande, would bee to him aiding &
hel|ping, it was not in their power to withſtande it, for bycauſe in the
landes aſſigned to hir for hyr dower, ſhee mighte frankely and freely order
all things at hir will and pleaſure, without contra|diction of any other
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An. reg. 9. Eſpials ſente into Flanders.After that ye
Ambaſſadors wer returned with this
aunſwere, the K. ſtraight ſent forth certaine eſpials into Flanders, which
ſhould faigne thẽ|ſelues to haue fled to the D. of Yorke, and there|by
ſearch out the whole intent of the conſpiracie, and after what ſort they
meant to proceede in ye ſame. Other were ſent alſo to entice ſir Roberte
Clifford, and Wil. Barly to returne into Eng|lande, promiſing to them pardon
of all their of|fences, and high rewards, for obeying the kings requeſt.
They that were ſent, did ſo earneſtly and
prudently apply their buſines, that they brought al things to paſſe at their
owne deſires. For firſt they learned, who were the chiefe conſpirators, and
after perſwaded ſir Robert Clifford to giue ouer that enterpriſe, which had
no grounded ſtay to reſt vppon. Albeit. Wil. Barley at the fyrſte woulde not
leaue off, but continued his begunne attempt, til after two yeares, he
repenting him of his folly, and hauing pardon graunted him of ye K.
returned home into his natiue coũtrey. Whẽ the K. had knowledge of the chiefe captaines of this cõſpiracie (by ye
ouerture of his eſpials whi|che were returned) he cauſed them to bee
appre|hended, and brought to London before hys pre|ſence Of the which, the
chiefe were Iohn Rat|cliffe, L. Fitzwater, ſir Simon Mounforde, Sir Tho.
Twhaitz knightes, Wil. Daubeney, Ro|bert Ratcliffe, Tho. Creſſenor,
& Tho. Aſtwood. Alſo certaine prieſts & religious mẽ, as
ſir Wil. Richford, doctor of diuinitie, & ſir Tho. Poynes,
both friers of S. Dominikes order,
doctor Wil. Sutton, ſir Wil. Worſeley, Deane of Paules, Robert Layborne,
& ſir Richard Leſſey. Other which were giltie, hearing yt their
fellowes were apprehended, fled and tooke Sainctuarie. The o|ther that were
taken, were condemned, of the which, ſir Simon Montford, Robert Ratcliffe,
& Wil. Daubeney, wer beheaded. The other had their pardons, and the
prieſts alſo for their order ſake, but yet fewe of them liued long after.
The L. Fitz Water pardoned of life, was
conueyed to Calais, & ther laid in hold, & after loſt his
head bycauſe he went about to corrupt his keepers wt rewards, that he might
eſcape, intending as was thought, to haue gone to Perkyn. King Henrye taking
diſpleaſure with the K. of Romaines, for that he kept not touch in aiding
him agaynſt the frẽch K. & partly diſpleaſed with ye Flemmings,
but ſpecially wt the Lady Margaret, for keeping & ſetting forward
Perkin Warbecke,Flemmiſhe wares forbid|den. not
onely baniſhed al Flemmiſh wares, & merchãdiſes out of his
dominiõs, but alſo reſtreined all Engliſhe merchants frõ their repaire
& traffike, into any of the lands & territories of the K. of
Romaines, or of ye Archduke Philip, ſon to the ſame K. of Ro|maines,
cauſing ye mart to be kept at Calais,The mare kept at
Ca|lais. of al Engliſh merchãdices & commodities.
Wher|fore, the ſaid K. and his ſon baniſhed out of their lãds &
ſeigniories al engliſh clothes, yarne,Engliſh
com|modities ba|niſhed out of Flanders. tinne leade, &
other cõmodities of this Realm. The re|ſtraint made by the K. ſore hindred
ye merchants aduenturers, for they had no occupying to beare their charges,
& to ſupporte their credite withall. And ye moſt greeued thẽ, the
Eaſterlings beeing at libertie, brought into ye Realm ſuch wares as they
were wont, and ſo ſerued their cuſtomers through out ye realme, wherevpon,
there enſued a riot by the ſeruãts of ye mercers, haberdaſhers,A riot made vpon the Ea|ſterlings. &
clothworkers within the Citie of London, the Tewſday before S. Edwards day:
for they per|ceiuing what hinderance grew to their maiſters in that they
were not able ſo wel to keepe thẽ, as before they had done, aſſembled
togither in pur|poſe to reuenge their malice on ye Eaſterlings, &
ſo came to ye Stiliard, & began to rifle and ſpoile ſuch chambers
& ware houſes as they coulde get into. So yt the Eaſterlings had
much ado to wt|ſtand them, & keepe thẽ backe out of their gates,
which with help of Carpẽters, Smithes, & other yt came to thẽ by
water out of Southwark, they ſhored, & ſo fortified, yt the
multitude of the ſer|uants and prentiſes, being aſſembled, coulde not
preuaile: & at length, came the Maior wt a nũ|number of men,
defenſibly weaponed, to remoue ye force, at whoſe approche, thoſe riotous
perſons fled away like a flocke of ſheepe, but diuers of thẽ were
apprehended, & vppon inquirie made before ye kings commiſſioners,
aboue .80. ſeruants and apprentiſes were found to be conſpired
togither, & ſworne not to reueale it, of whome ſome of the chiefe
beginners were cõmitted to the Tower,1494
& there long continued, but in concluſion, bycauſe none of their
maſters, nor anye one houſholder was found culpable, the K. of his clemencie
par|doned their offence, and reſtored them to libertie.
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& partly nuſtruſting ye deſpe|rat begon enterpriſe,
returned ſodenly again into Englãd. The K. being [...] before of his cõ|ming, wẽt ſtreight to ye [...] of [...] ye morow after the day of the Epiphanie, & there taried till
ſuche tyme that ſir Roberte Clifforde was there preſented to his perſon.
This was done for ã po|licie, that if ſir Robert accuſed any of the
nobili|tie, they might be called thither without ſuſpiti|on of any will, and
there attached and layd faſt.
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EEBO page image 1444Some thought alſo, that for a policie, Kyng Henry did
ſend ſir Roberte Clifford ouer, as an eſpie, or elſe he would not ſo ſoone
haue receyued him into fauour againe. Neuertheleſſe, ther were greate
preſumptions that it was nothing ſo, for both was he in great daunger after
his begunne attempt, and neuer was ſo much eſteemed with the K. afterward,
as he was before. But thys is true, vpon his cõming to the kings preſence,
hee beſought him of pardon, and obteyned it, & there|with opened all the maner of the conſpiracie, ſo far as
he knewe, and who were aiders, fantors, and chief beginners of it,Sir William Stanley a fa|uourer of Perkin. amongſt
whome, hee accuſed ſir Wil. Stanley, whom ye K. had made his chiefe
Chamberlaine, and one of hys priuie counſell. The K. was ſorie to heare
this, & could not be enduced to belieue that there was ſo much
vntroth in him, til by euident prooues it was tri|ed againſt him. Then the
K. cauſed him to be re|ſtreined from his libertie in his owne chamber
within the quadrate tower, and there
appoynted him by his priuie counſaile, to bee examined, in which
examinatiõ, he nothing denyed, but wiſe|ly and ſagely agreed to all things
layde to hys charge, if hee were therein faultie and culpable. The report
is, that this was his offence. When communication was had betwixt him, and
the aboue mentioned ſir Robert Clifford, as concer|ning Perkyn, which
falſely vſurped the name of K. Edwardes ſon, Sir Wil. Stanley ſaid, that
if he knew certainely that the yõg man
was the indubitate heire of K. Edwarde the fourthe, hee would neuer fight
nor beare armor againſt him. This point argued, that hee bare no hartie good
wil toward K. Henry as then, but what was the cauſe that he had cõceyued
ſome inward grudge towards ye king, or how it chanced that the K. had
withdrawen his ſpeciall fauour from hym, many haue doubted. Some indeede
haue geſſed, that ſir Wil. Stanley, for the ſeruice whiche hee ſhewed at Boſworth field, thought that al ye
be|nefites which he receyued of the K. to be far vn|der that which he had
deſerued in preſeruing not only the kings life, but alſo in obteyning for
him the victorie of his enimies, ſo that his aduerſarie was ſlaine in the
fielde, and therefore deſiring to be created Earle of Cheſter, and thereof
denyed, he began to diſdeine the K. and one thing encou|raged him much,
which was the riches & treaſure of K. Richard, which he only
poſſeſſed at ye bat|taile of Boſworth, by
reaſon of which riches and greate power of men, he ſet naught by the king
his ſoueraigne Lord and maiſter. The king ha|uing thus an hole in his coate,
doubted firſt what hee ſhould doe with him, for loth hee was to loſe the
fauour of his brother the Erle of Derby, and againe to pardon him, he feared
leaſt it ſhould be an euil example to other that ſhould goe about to attempt
the like offence, and ſo at lẽgth, ſeueritie gote the vpper hand, and mercy
was put backe, in ſo much, that he was arraigned at Weſtmin|ſter, and
adiudged to die,
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Sir William Stanley be|headed.
and according to that iudgement, was brought to the Tower hill the
ſixteenth day of February, and there had his head ſtriken off.
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ſlaunderous words againſt the kings maieſtie, hoping ſtill for the arriuall
of the feyg|ned Richard Duke of Yorke.
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Gyles L. Daubeney, was elected and made the kings chiefe
Chamberlaine. Alſo, the K. ſent into Ire|land (to purge out the euill and
wicked ſeedes of Rebellion, amongſt the wild and ſauage Iriſhe people, ſowed
there by the craftie conueyance of Perkin Warbecke) ſir Henry Deane, late
Abbot of Langtonie (whom he made chancellor of that Iſle) and ſir Edward
Poinings knight, with an army of men. The fauourers of Perkin, hearing that
ſir Edwarde Poynings was come with a power to perſecute them, withdrewe
ſtraighte|wayes, and fled into the woods & mariſhes, for the
ſafegard of themſelues.Sir Edwarde Poinings ſente into
Irelande with an army. Sir Edwarde Poy|nings according to his
commiſſion, intending to puniſhe ſuche as had aided and aduanced the
enterpriſe of Perkin, with his whole army mar|ched forward againſt the wild
Iriſhmẽ, bycauſe that all other being culpable of that offence, fled and
reſorted to them for ſuccour. But when hee ſaw that his purpoſe ſucceeded
not as he would haue wiſhed it, both bycauſe the Iriſhe Lordes ſent him no
ſuccour according to their promiſes, and alſo for that his owne number was
not ſuf|ficient to furniſh his enterpriſe, bycauſe his eni|mies were
diſperſed amongſt woddes, Moun|taines, and mariſhes,Gerald Earle of Kildare, deputy of Ire|land appre|hended. hee was
conſtreined to re|cule backe, ſore diſpleaſed in his minde agaynſte Geralde
Earle of Kildare, being then the Kings deputie, whome he ſuſpected to bee
the cauſe that EEBO page image 1445 he had no ſuccours ſent him,
& was ſo enformed indede by ſuch as bare to ye erle no good wil.
And therfore ſuddainely he cauſed ye erle to be appre|hended, & as
a priſoner brought him in his com|pany into Englande. Whiche earle being
exa|mined, & ſundry points of treaſon laid to him, he ſo auoided
thẽ all, and laid the burthen in other mens neckes, that he was diſmiſſed,
and ſente into Ireland againe, there to be deputie & lieute|nant as
he was before. The King being now in ſome
better ſuretie of his eſtate, did take his pro|greſſe into Lancaſhire the
.25. day of Iune, there to make merrie with his mother the
Coũteſſe of Derby, whiche then laye at Lathome in that Countrey.
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Perkin Warbeck, be|ing in Flanders, ſore troubled that his iuggling was
diſcouered, yet he determined not to leaue of his enterpriſe, in hope at
lengthe to attayne the crowne of England, and ſo gathering a power
of al nations, ſome banquerouts, ſome
falſe En|gliſh ſainctuarie men, ſome theeues, robbers, and vacabunds, whyche
deſiring to liue by rapine, wer glad to ſerue him. And thus furniſhed, tooke
ſuch ſhips as his frendes had prouided for him, & departing frõ
Flanders towards England, ari|ued vpon ye Kẽtiſh coaſt,Perk [...]
[...]tẽp| [...]th to land to Kent. & there caſt anker, pur|poſing
to proue how ye people there were affected towards him, & therfore
he ſent certayne of his men to lande, to ſignify to the Countrey his a|riual
with ſuche a power, that the victorie
muſte needs encline to his part. The Kentiſhmen vn|derſtanding ye Perkyn
was but Perkin, and had none with him (to make accompt of) but ſtran|gers
borne, like faithful ſubiects, determine to fal vpon thoſe that were thus
newe come to lande, & eke to trie if they myght allure ye whole
num|ber out of their ſhippes, ſo to giue them battaile. But Perkyn wiſely
conſidering yt the maner of a multitude, is not to conſult & ſagely
to aduyſe with themſelues in any
deliberate ſorte, but ſod|deynly & raſhly to run headlong into
Rebellion, would not ſet one foote out of his ſhip till he ſaw al things
ſure. Yet he permitted ſome of his ſoul|diors to goe on land, which being
trayned foorth a pretie way frõ their ſhips, were ſodainly com|paſſed about
& beſet of ye Kentiſhmen,Perkin men [...]fated. and at one ſtroke vanquiſhed & driuen backe
to their ſhips: of whom ther wer taken priſoners an C.lx. per|ſons,Perkins Cap| [...]nes taken and executed. whereof fiue, Montfort, Corbet,
White, Belt, Quintine, or otherwiſe Genin,
being cap|taines, were brought to Londõ by ſir Iohn Pe|chy, ſheriffe of
Kent, railed in ropes like Horſes, drawing in a cart, and after vpon their
arrain|ment, cõfeſſed their offẽce, & were executed, ſome at
London, & other in the townes adioining to ye ſea coaſt.Perkin retu| [...]eth into Flã|ders. And thus Perkyn, miſſing of his
pur|poſe, fled backe into Flãders. In this very ſeſon departed to God
Cicilie Duches of Yorke mo|ther to K. Edward ye .iiij. at hir caſtel of
Berk|hãſtere, a womã of ſmal ſtature,The death of
Cicely Du|ches of Yorke. but of much ho|nor & high
parentage, & was buried by hir huſbãd in ye colledge of Fodringey.
The K. being aduer|tiſed ye his enimies were landed, leauing off hys
progreſſe, purpoſed to haue returned to London, but being certified the next
day of ye lucky ſpeede of his faithfull ſubiects, cõtinued his progreſſe,
& ſent ſir Rich. Guylford both to cõmend the fide|litie &
manhod of the Kentiſhmen, & alſo to rẽder to thẽ moſt harty thãks
for ye ſame. He alſo cau|ſed order to be takẽ for ye erecting of beacons,
and watching of them. Perkin then perceiuing that hee ſhoulde not bee
receiued in Englande, ſailed into Ireland, truſting there to augment his
nũ|bers, and then to returne towards ye coaſt of En|gland again, and to
take land in the Weſt coũ|trey, if occaſion ſerued, but if not,Perkin ſaileth into Irelande. thẽ he determi|ned to
ſaile ſtraight into Scotl. to ſeeke friẽdſhip ther. After he had therfore
ſtayed a while in Ire|lãd, and perceiued yt the hope of victory conſiſted
not in ye Iriſh nation, being naked people, wtout furniture of armour or
weapon, he tooke ye ſea a|gaine at Corffe, & ſailed into Scotlande,
where cõming to the preſence of K. Iames, he forged ſuche a painted
proceſſe, to moue him to beleeue that he was the very ſonne of K. Edward,
that the Scottiſhe King, whether blinded by error, or vſing diſſimulatiõ,
yt he mighte vnder a coulou|rable pretext, make war againſt England, begã
to haue Perkin in great honour, and cauſed him openly to bee called Duke of
Yorke. And to per|ſwade ye world yt ſo he was indeede,
Katherine daughter to the Earle of Huntlay ma|ried to Perkin
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he cauſed the Lady Katherine, daughter to Alexander Erle of Huntley,
his nigh kinſmã, to be eſpouſed to him. And ſhortly after, hauing this
Perkin with him in cõpany, he entred into England with a puiſ|ſant army,
& cauſed proclamation to be made,The Scottiſhe K.
inuideth England with a great army in Perkin his behalfe. to ſpare
al thoſe yt would ſubmit thẽſelfs vnto Ri|charde D. of Yorke, &
heerewith, they began the war in moſt cruel maner, wt ſlaughter of men,
brenning of Townes, ſpoiling of houſes, and committing of all other
deteſtable enormities, ſo that all the Countrey of Northumberlande, was by
them in manner waſted, and de|ſtroyed.
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ſouldiers were ladẽ with ſpoile, and ſaciate with bloud. perceiuing that no
ſuccoures came out of Englãd vnto the new inuented Duke, contrary to that
whiche he had made them to beleeue would come to paſſe, they determined to
returne, rather with aſſured gaine, than to tarrie ye vncertaine victorie
of that coun|terfaite Duke, and ſo therevpon, they withdrew backe into
Scotland, enriched with prayes and booties.
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the Kyng of Scottes, vnder a cloked pretence, ſhould ſore la|mente the
greate ſlaughter, ſpoyle, and domage, which had bin done at this laſt roade
made into Englande, and therefore as one that bare a na|turall loue towarde
his natiue Countrey, be|ſoughte the King of Scottes, that from thence|forth,
hee woulde no more ſo deface his naturall Realme, and deſtroy his ſubiects
with ſuche ter|rible fire, flame, and hauocke, as who ſhould ſay, he beeing ouercome now with compaſſion, dyd
bewayle the cruell deſtruction of his naturall Countrey of England. But the
Scottiſh King told him, that he ſeemed to take thought for that which
appeared to be none of his, ſith that not ſo much as one Gentleman or yeoman
for ought that he coulde ſee, would once ſhewe themſelues ready to ayde hym
in the warre begunne for his cauſe, and in his name, within that realme
whi|che he pretended ſo cleerely to apperteine to him.
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beeing certyfied of this inuaſion, prepared an armye with all dili|gence to
haue reſiſted the Scots, but they were returned ere the Engliſhe power could
aſſemble togither.
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When the King was truely certified that the Scottiſhe King was
returned home, hee ſtayed all the preparations made at that time to goe
a|gainſt him, but yet meaning to bee reuenged of the wrongs done to hym by
King Iames and his people, he firſt called
a Parliament, and in that aſſemblie of the three eſtates of his Realm, he
declared the cauſe of the inſtant warre, & how neceſſarie it ſhould
be for the ſuretie and welth of the realme of England to haue that war
purſued againſt thoſe enimies that had begon it. To this motion all the
nobilitie wholly agreed. And to the maintenance of that warre, a ſubſidie
was by whole aſſent of the parliament freely giuen and graunted. Which
payment though it was not great, yet manie
of the cõmon people ſore grud|ged to pay ye ſame, as they that euer
abhorre ſuch taxes & exactions. At the ſame parliament were diuers
acts & ſtatutes made, neceſſarie and expe|dient (as was thought) for
the publike weale of the realm.1497 In the meane
ſeaſon the K. of Scots perceyuing that the Engliſhmen would ſhortly goe
about to reuẽge the iniuries done to them by him and his people, aſſembled
eftſoons a puiſſant armie, that he might either defende his realme a|gainſt
the Engliſh power, attempting to inuade
his countrey, or elſe a freſh to enter into the En|gliſh borders. And thus
theſe two mightie prin|ces mynded nothing more than the one to endo|mage the
other, But the king of England wold not deferre one houre by his good will
til he were reuenged, and therfore prepared a mightie army to inuade
Scotland, and ordeyned for chieftayn therof ye lord Daubeney. But as this
army was aſſembled, and that the lord Daubeney was for|ward on his iourney
towards Scotland, he was ſodainly ſtayed and called backe again by reaſon of
a new commotion begon by the Corniſhmen for the paimẽt of the Subſidie
which was gran|ted at the laſt parliament.A Rebellion in
Cornewall for the pay|ment of a ſubſedie. Theſe vnruly people the
Corniſhmen inhabiting in a bareyn country and vnfruitful, at the firſte ſore
repined that they ſhould be ſo greuouſly taxed, and burdened the kings
counſell as the only cauſe of ſuch polling & pilling. And ſo being
in their rage, menaced the chiefe authors with death and preſent
deſtructiõ. And thus being in a roare, two perſõs of ye ſame affinitie,
the one called Thomas Flammocke, a gentleman, lerned in the lawes of the
realme, and the other Mighel Ioſeph a Smith, men of ſtout ſtomacks and high
courages, toke vpon them to be captains of this ſeditious cõpanie. They
laide the fault & cauſe of this exaction vnto Io. Mor|ton Archbiſhop
of Canterbury, & to ſir Reinold Bray, bicauſe they wer chief of the
kings coũſel. Such rewards haue they cõmonly yt be in great authority wt
kings & princes. The captains Flã|mock and Ioſeph exhorted the
cõmon people to put on harneis, & not to be afeard to follow them
in that quarell, promiſing not to hurte any crea|ture, but only to ſee them
puniſhed that procured ſuch exactions to be layd on the people without any
reſonable cauſe, as vnder the color of a little trouble with the Scottes,
whiche (ſith they were withdrawne home) they toke to be well quieted and
appeaſed. So theſe Captaines bent on miſ|chiefe (were their outward pretẽce
neuer ſo fine|ly couloured) perſwaded a great number of peo|ple to aſſemble
togither, & condiſcended to do as their Captaines would agree and
appoint. Then theſe captaines praiſing much the hardineſſe of the people,
whẽ al things were ready for their in|fortunate iourney, ſet forwarde with
their ar|my, and came to Taunton, where they ſlew the prouoſt of Peryn,
which was one of ye cõmiſſio|ners of ye ſubſedie, & from thẽce
came to Welles, ſo intẽding to goe to London, where the K. then ſoiourned.
Whẽ the K. was aduertiſed of theſe doings, he was ſomewhat aſtonyed,
& not with|out cauſe being thus troubled wt the war againſt ye
Scottes, and this ciuil cõmotiõ of his ſubiects at one inſtant, but firſte
meaning to ſubdue hys rebellions ſubiects, & after to proceede
againſt the Scots as occaſiõ ſhould ſerue, he reuoked the L. Dawbeney
(which as you haue hearde) was go|ing againſt the Scottes, &
encreaſed his army wt many choſen & piked warriors. Alſo
miſtruſting that the Scots might now (hauing ſuch oportu|nitie) inuade ye
realme again, he appointed the L. Tho. Howard Erle of Surrey (which after
the death of the L. Iohn Dinham, was made hygh EEBO page image 1447 treaſorer
of Englãd) to gather a band of mẽ in ye countie Palatine of Durham, yt
they with ye aid of ye inhabitãts adioining, & the borderers
might keepe back ye Scots if they chanced to make any inuaſiõ. The nobles
of ye realme hearing of ye re|belliõ of ye Corniſhmẽ, came to Lõdon
euery mã wt as many mẽ of war as they could put in a re|dines to aid ye
K. if neede ſhould be. In ye which number were ye erle of Eſſex, &
the L. Montloy, wt diuers other.Iames Twi|cher Lorde
Audeley chief certayne of the Corniſh rebels. In ye mean time,
Iames Twi|cher L. Audeley, being
confederate with the Re|bels of Cornewall, ioined with thẽ, being come to
Welles, & toke vpon him as their chief Cap|tain, to leade them
againſt their natural L. and K. Frõ Welles, they went to Saliſbury,
& from thẽce to Wincheſter, & ſo into Kent, where they
hoped to haue had great aid, but they were decei|ued in that their
expectation. For the Earle of Kente, George L. of Burgeiny, Iohn Brooke, L.
Cobham, ſir Edw. Poinings, ſir Rich. Guil|ford, ſir Tho. Bourchier, Io. Peche, Wil. Scot, & a
great nũber of people, wer not only preſt and ready to defend ye countrey,
to keepe the people in due obedience, but bent to fighte with ſuche as would
lift vp ſword, or other weapon agaynſt their ſoueraigne Lord, in ſo much,
that the Ken|tiſh mẽ would not once come neere the Corniſh men to aid or
aſſiſt them in any maner of wiſe. Which thing maruellouſly diſmaid the
heartes of ye Corniſhmẽ, whẽ they ſaw themſelues thus deceiued of the ſuccours which they moſt truſted vpõ, ſo
ye many of thẽ (fearing ye euil chance that might happen) fled in the
night frõ their cõpany, & left thẽ, in hope ſo to ſaue
thẽſelues. The Cap|taines of the Rebels perceiuing they coulde haue no help
of the Kentiſhmen, putting their onely hope in their owne puiſſance, brought
their peo|ple to Blacke heath, a foure miles diſtante from London, and there
in a playne on the toppe of an hill, they ordered their battailes, either
readye to fight with the K. if he would
aſſayle them, or elſe to aſſault the Citie of London, for they thought the
K. durſt not haue encountred with them in battaile: but they were deceyued:
for the K. al|thogh he had power ynogh about to haue fought with them before
their comming ſo neere to the Citie, yet hee thoughte it beſt to ſuffer them
to come forward, till he had them farre off frõ their natiue countrey, and
then to ſet vpon them being deſtitute of aid in ſome place of aduantage. The
Citie was in a great feare at the firſt
knowledge giuen, how the Rebels were ſo neere encamped to the Citie, euery
man getting himſelfe to har|neys, and placing thẽſelues, ſome at the gates,
ſome on the walles, ſo that no parte was vnde|fended: but the K. deliuered
ye Citie of that feare: for after that he perceyued how the Corniſhmen were
all day ready to fight, and that on the hill, he ſent ſtraight Iohn Earle of
Oxford, Henrye Bourchier, Erle of Eſſex, Edmond de la Poole, Earle of
Suffolke, ſir Ryſe ap Thomas, and ſir Humfrey Stanley, noble warriors, with
a great companye of archers and horſemen, to enuiron the hill on the righte
ſide, and on the lefte, to the intent that all bywayes being ſtopped and
fore|cloſed, al hope of flight ſhould be taken from thẽ, and incontinently,
he himſelfe being as well en|couraged with mãly ſtomacke as furniſhed with
a populous army and plenty of artillerie, ſet for|ward out of the Citie, and
encamped himſelfe in S. Georges field, where he the Friday at nighte then
lodged. On the Saterday in the morning, he ſent the L. Daubeney with a great
company to ſet on thẽ earely in the morning, which firſt gote the bridge at
Dertford Strand, which was manfully defended by certaine archers of the
re|bels, whoſe arrowes as is reported were in lẽgth a full clothyard.Blackheath field. While the Earles ſet on them on
euery ſide, the Lord Daubeney came into the field with his companie, and
without long figh|ting, the Corniſhmen were ouercome, but firſte they tooke
the Lorde Daubeney priſoner, and whether it were for feare, or for hope of
fauour, they let him goe at libertie, without hurt or de|triment. There were
ſlaine of the rebels whyche fought & reſiſted, aboue two thouſand
menne, as Hall noteth,Three hun|dred ſlayne, and a
thou|ſand fiue hun|dred taken priſoners, as Iohn Stowe hath. and
taken priſoners an infinite nũ|ber, and amongſt them the blacke Smith, and
other the chiefe Captaines, which were ſhortely after put to death. When
this battel was ended, the K. wanted of al his numbers but three hun|dred,
which were ſlayne at that conflict. Some affirme, that the King appointed to
haue fought with them, not till the Monday, and preuenting the time, ſet on
thẽ on the Saterday before, ta|king the vnprouided, and in no aray of
battel, and ſo by that policie obteyned the field and vic|tory. The
priſoners as well captaines as other, were pardoned, ſauing the chiefe
captaynes and firſt beginners, to whome hee ſhewed no mercye at all.Iames Lorde Audeley be|headed. The L. Audeley was
drawen frõ New|gate to the Tower hill in a coate of hys owne armes, paynted
vppon paper reuerſed and all to torne, and there was beheaded the four and
twẽ|tith of Iune. Tho. Flammock & Mighel Ioſeph were hanged drawen
and quartered after ye ma|ner of Traitors, and their heads and quarters
were pitched vpon ſtakes, and ſet vp in Londõ, and in other places.
Although at the firſt, the K. meant to haue ſent thẽ into Cornewal, to haue
bin ſet vp there for a terror to all others, but hea|ring that the
Corniſhmen at home were readie to begin a new cõſpiracy, leaſt he ſhould
ye more irritate and prouoke them by that diſpleaſaunte ſight, he changed
his purpoſe for doubte to wrap himſelfe in more trouble than needed.
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While theſe things were adoing in England, the K. of Scots beeing
aduertiſed of the whole matter & rebellion of the Corniſhmẽ,
thought not to let paſſe that occaſion,The Scots in|uade
the En|gliſh borders. & the refore hee eftſones inuaded
the frontiers of Englande, waſting the countrey, burning townes, and
murthering the people, ſparing neither place nor perſon: & whyle his
light horſemen were riding to forray and de|ſtroy the Byſhopricke of Durham,
and there burned all about, he with an other part of his ar|my,
[figure appears here on page 1448] beſieged the Caſtell of Norham.
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Foxe biſhop of Durham.The Biſhop of Durham Richard
Foxe, be|ing owner of that Caſtell, had well furniſhed it, both with men and
munitions aforehand, doub|ting leaſt that would follow which came nowe to
paſſe.
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the Scottes made this inuaſion, aduertiſed the King (as then being at
London) of all things that chanced in the North parts, and ſent in all poſt
haſt to ye Erle of Surrey, to come to the
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Yorkeſhire, and ha|uing gathered an army vpon knowledge giuen to hym from
the Byſhop, with al diligence mar|ched forward, and after him folowed other
noble men out of all the quarters of the North, euerye of them bringing as
many men as they coulde gather, for defence of their countrey. Amongſt whom,
the chiefe leaders were theſe, Raufe Erle of Weſtmerlãd, Thomas Lord
Dacres, Raufe Lord Neuill, George Lord
Straunge, Richard Lorde Latimer, George Lorde Lumley, Iohn Lorde Scrope,
Henrye Lorde Clifford, George Lord Ogle, William Lord Conyers, Thomas Lord
Darcy. Of Knightes, Thomas, Baron of Hilton. Sir William Percy, Sir William
Bulmer, Sir William Gaſcoigne, Sir Raufe Bigod, Sir Raufe Bowes, Sir Tho. a
Parre, Sir Raufe Ellecker, Sir Iohn Conneſtable, Sir Iohn Ratclif, Sir Iohn
Sauill, Sir Tho. Strangweys, & a
great nũber of other knightes and Eſquiers beſydes. The whole armye was
little leſſe than twentie thouſand men, beſide the nauie, whereof the Lord
Brooke was Admirall. When the Scottes had diuers wayes aſſaulted and beaten
the Caſtell of Norham, but coulde make no batrie to enter the ſame, they
determi|ned of their owne accorde to reyſe the ſiege, and returne, and that
ſo much the ſooner in very dede, bycauſe they heard that the Erle of Surrey
was within two dayes iourney of them, with a great puiſſance. Wherefore,
King Iames reyſed hys ſiege, and returned home into his owne Realme.
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1
2
3 When the Earle knew of
the Kings returne, he followed him with all haſt poſſible, truſtyng ſurely
to ouertake him, and to giue him battayle. When the Earle was entred
Scotlande, he o|uerthrewe and defaced the Caſtell of Cawde|ſtreymes, the
tower of Hetenhall, the tower of Edingtõ, the tower of Fulden, and he ſent
Nor|rey King at armes, to the Captayne of Hayton Caſtel, whiche was one of
the ſtrongeſt places betwixt Berwike and Edẽburgh, to deliuer him the
Caſtel, which he denied to do, affirming, that he was ſure of ſpeedie
ſuccours. The Erle heere|vpon layde his ordinance to the Caſtel, and
con|tinually beate it, from two of the clock, till fiue at night, in ſuch
wiſe, that they within rendered vp the place, their liues only ſaued. The
Earle cauſed his miners to raſe and ouerthrow ye for|treſſe to the playn
groũd. The Scottiſh K. was wtin a mile of the ſiege, & both knew
it, & ſawe ye ſmoke, but would not ſet one foote forward to ye
reſcue. While the Earle lay at Hayton, the K. of Scottes ſent to him
Machemont, and an o|ther Herrauld, deſiring him at his election, eyther to
fight with whole puiſſance againſt puiſſance, or elſe they two to fight
perſon to perſon, requi|ring, that if the victorie fell to the Scottiſh K.
that then the Earle ſhould deliuer for his raun|ſome, the town of Berwike,
with the fiſhgarthes of the ſame. The Earle made aunſwere heere|to, that the
Towne of Berwike was the Kyng his maiſters, and not his, the whiche hee
neyther oughte nor woulde lay to pledge, without the King of Englands
aſſent, but he woulde guage EEBO page image 1449 his bodie which was more
precious to him than all the townes of the worlde, promiſing on hys honour,
that if he tooke the king priſoner in that ſingular combate, he would
releaſe to him all his part of his fine and raunſome, and if it chaunced the
king to vanquiſh him, hee woulde gladly pay ſuch raunſome as was conuenient
for the degree of an Earle, and thanked him greatly for the offer: for
ſurely he thought himſelfe much hono|red, that ſo noble a Prince woulde
vouchſafe to admit ſo poore an Erle to
fight with him body to body. When he had rewarded and diſmiſſed the
Heraulds, he ſet his armie in a readineſſe to abide the comming of the king
of Scots, and ſo ſtoode all day.
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1 But K. Iames not
regarding his offers, wold neyther performe the one nor the other, fearing
to cope with the Engliſh nation in anie cõdition and ſo therevpon fled in
the night ſeaſon with all his puiſſance.
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1 Whẽ the Erle knew that
the king was reculed and had beene in Scotlande ſixe or ſeuen dayes, being
dayly and nightly vexed with continuall wind and raine, vpon good and
deliberate aduiſe returned backe to the town of Berwik, and there diſſolued
his armie, tarying there himſelf, till hee might vnderſtande further of the
Kings plea|ſure.
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1 In the meane time there
came an Ambaſſa|dour to the King of Scottes, from the king of
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Spaine,
[...] Ambaſſa| [...] from the king of Spaine [...]eat a peace betwixt Eng|land and Scot|land. one Peter
Hyalas, a man of no leſſe learning than witte and policie, to moue and
in|treate a peace betweene the two kings of Eng|lande and Scotland.
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1 This Spaniſh Ambaſſador
ſo earneſtly tra|uailed in his meſſage to the king of Scottes, that at
length he found him conformable to his pur|poſe, and therfore wrote to the
king of England, that it would pleaſe him to ſende one of his No|bilitie or
counſayle, to be aſſociate with him in concluding of peace with the Scottiſh
king. The king of England was neuer daũgerous to agree to any reaſonable
peace, ſo it mighte ſtand with his honour, and therfore appoynted the Biſhop
of Durham doctor Fox, to go into Scotland about that treatie which Peter
Hyalas had begon.
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1 The Biſhoppe according to
his commiſſion, went honorably into Scotland, where he, & Peter
Hyalas at the town of Iedworth, after iõg argu|ing and debating of matters
with the Scottiſhe Commiſſioners, in ſteade of peace concluded a truce for
certaine yeares, vppon condition that Iames king of Scottes ſhoulde county
Perkyn Werbecke out of his Realme, ſeigniories, and do|minions.
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1 About the ſame time, king
Henrie receyued the Ambaſſadours that were ſente to him from the French
king, and had bene ſtayed at Douer, tyll the Corniſh Rebelles were
vanquiſhed and ſub|dued.
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1 Alſo the lord of
Camphire, and other Orators of Philippe Archduke of Auſtriche, and Duke of
Burgongne came to him for the concluſion of a|mitie, and to to haue the
Engliſh marchantes to reſort againe into their Countrey, whche requeſt being
verie agreable to the quietneſſe and wealth of his Realme, and eſpecially at
that tyme,The Engliſh marchaunts receyued into Anwerpe
with generall Pro|ceſsion. he did fauourably graunt and agree
vnto. And ſo did the Engliſhmen reſort again into the Archdukes dominions,
and were receyued into Andwerpe with generall Proceſſion: ſo glad was that
town of their returne.
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1 Shortly after the
concluding of the truce be|twene Englande and Scotland, Perkin War|becke,
being willed of the king of Scottes to de|part out of the Scottiſh
dominions, ſayled with his wife and and familie into Irelande, there
de|termining with himſelfe eyther to repayre into Flaunders to his firſte
ſetter vp the Duches of Burgongne, or elſe to ioyne and take part wyth the
Corniſhmen.
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1 But howſoeuer it came to
paſſe, whileſt hee lay in Ireland, he had knowledge from the Cor|niſh men,
that they were readie to renue the warre againe. Wherevpon he minding not to
let paſſe ſo fayre an occaſion, hauing with him foure ſmal ſhippes, and not
aboue ſixeſcore men,Perkyn War|beck arriueth
Cornwell. ſayled into Cornwall, and there landed in the Moneth of
September, and came to a Towne called Bod|man, and there did ſo prouoke the
wauering peo|ple, what with fayre wordes and large promiſes, that bee
gathered to him aboue three thouſande perſons, which immediately called him
their cap|taine, promiſing to take his part, and follow him to the
death.
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1
2 Then Perkin well
encouraged,Another rebel+lion by the
Corniſhmen. made Pro|clamations in the name of king Richarde the
fourth, as ſonne to king Edward the fourth. And by the aduice of his three
coũſailers, Iohn Her [...] Mercer, a bankrupt, Richard Scelton a Taylor, EEBO page image 1450 and
Iohn Aſtely a Scriuener determined firſte of al to aſſay the winning of
Exceter, and ſo ha|ſting thither he layd ſiege to it, and wanting
or|dinaunce to make batterie, ſtudyed all wayes poſſible how to breake the
Gates, and what with caſting of ſtones,Exceter aſſaul|ted
by Perkyn and the Cor|niſhmen. heauing with yron barres, and
kindling of fire vnder the gates, hee omitted no|thing that could be deuiſed
for the furtherance of his purpoſe.
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1 The Citizens perceyuing
in what daunger they ſtoode, firſt let
certaine Meſſengers downe by coardes ouer the wall, that might certifie the
king of theyr neceſſitie and trouble.
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1 And herewith taking vnto
them boldneſſe of courage, determined to repulſe fire with fire, and cauſed
fagottes to be brought and layd to the in|warde part of the gates, and ſet
them all on fire, to the intent that the fire being enflamed on both ſides
the gates, might as well keepe out their eni|mies from entring, as ſhut in
the Citizens from fleeing oute, and that
they in the meane ſeaſon might make Trenches and Rampires to defende theyr
enimies in ſteade of gates and Bulwarks.Fire repulſed by
fire. Thus by fire was the Citie preſerued from fire.
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1 Then Perkyn being of
verie neceſſitie com|pelled to forſake the gates, aſſaulted the towne in
dyuerſe weake and vnfortified places, and ſet vp Ladders to take the citie.
But the Citizens with helpe of ſuch as were come forth of the Countrey
adioining to theyr ayde ſo valiantly defended the walles, that they ſlue aboue two hũdred of Per|kyns
ſouldiers at that aſſault.
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1 The king hauing
aduertiſement of this ſiege of Excetter, haſted forth with his hoſt, in as
much ſpeede as was poſſible, and ſent the Lorde Dawbeney with certaine
bandes of lyght horſe|men before, to aduertiſe all men of his comming at
hande.
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1 But in the meane ſeaſon,
the Lord Edward Courtney Erle of Deuonſhire, and the valiaunt Lorde William his ſonne, accompanyed wyth ſir
Edmond Carew, ſir Thomas Trencharde, ſir William Courtney, ſir Thomas
Fulford, ſir Iohn Halewel, ſir Iohn Croker, Water Court|ney, Peter Egecombe,
William Saint Maure, with all ſpeede came into the Citie of Exceter, and
holp the Citizens, and at the laſt aſſault was the Earle hurt in the arme
with an arrowe, and ſo were many of his companie, but verie fewe ſlaine.
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1 When Perkyn ſaw that he
could not winne the Citie of Exceter, ſith the ſame was ſo well fortified
both with men and munitions, he depar|ted from thence, and went vnto
Taunton, and there the .xx. day of Septẽber he muſtred his mẽ, as though
hee were readie to giue battaile: But perceyuing his number to be miniſhed,
by the ſe|crete withdrawing of ſundrie companies from him, he began to put
miſtruſt in all the remnant. In deede when the people that followed him in
hope that no ſmall number of the Nobilitie wold ioyne with him, ſawe no
ſuche matter come to paſſe, they ſtale away from him by ſecrete
com|panies.
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1 When the king heard that
hee was gone to Taunton, he followed after him with all ſpeede. And by the
way ther came to him Edward duke of Buckingham, a yong Prince of greate
to|wardneſſe, and him folowed a great companie of noble men, knightes and
eſquiers, as ſir Alex|ander Baynam, ſir Maurice Barckley, ſir Ro|bert Tame,
ſir Iohn Guiſe, ſir Roberte Poyntz, ſir Henrie Vernon, ſir Iohn Mortimer,
ſir Tho|mas Tremaile, ſir Edward Sutton, ſir Amyſe Pawlet, ſir Iohn
Bickneil, ſir Iohn Sapcotes, ſir Hugh Lutterell, ſir Frauncis Cheyney, and
diuerſe other.
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1 At the kings approching
to the Towne of Taunton, hee ſent before him Robert Lorde Brooke Lorde
Stewarde of his houſe, Giles lord Dawbney his chiefe Chamberlaine, and ſir
Rice ap Thomas. But as ſoone as Perkyn was in|formed that his enimies were
readie to giue him battaile, hee that nothing leſſe mynded than to fight in
open field with the kings puyſſance, diſ|ſembled all the day tyme with his
companie, as though nothing could make him afrayde, and a|bout mydnight
being accompanied with three|ſcore horſemen, departed from Taunton in poſt
to a Sanctuarie town beſide Southampton,Perkin flee [...] and taketh Beaudley San+ctuarye. cal|led Beaudley, and
there he and Iohn Heron with other, regiſtred themſelues as perſons
priuiled|ged.
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1 When king Henrie knewe
that Perkyng was thus fled, he ſent after him the Lorde Dawbney, with fiue
hundred horſemen, toward the ſea ſide, to apprehende him before he ſhould
get away.
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1 Although Perkyn eſcaped
(as I haue ſayde) vnto Sanctuarie, yet many of his chiefe Cap|taynes were
taken and preſented to the king.
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1 Alſo the horſemen that
were ſent, without a|ſtoppe or ſtay came to Saint Michaels Mount, and there
(as chaunce was) found the Lady Ka|therin Gorden, wife to Perkyn, and
brought hir ſtreight to the king. At whoſe beautie and ami|able countenance
the king much marueyled, and thought hir a pray more meete for a Prince,
than for the meane ſouldiours, and ſent hir inconti|nently vnto London to
the Queene, accõpanied with a ſort of ſage matrones and gentlewomen,
bycauſe ſhe was but yong.
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1 The common people that
had followed Per|kyn, after that their chieftaine was fled, threwe away
theyr armour as people amazed, and ſub|mitted thẽſelues to the king, humbly
beſeeching him of mercie, which hee moſt gently graunted, EEBO page image 1451 and receyued them to his fauour.
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1 After this the king road
to Exceter, and there not onely commended the Citizens, but alſo har|tily
thanked them for doing ſo well their duties in defending theyr citie from
his enimies.
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1 He alſo put there to
execution diuerſe Corniſh men which were the authours and principall
be|ginners of this new conſpiracy and inſurrection.
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1 And whileſt he remayned
at Exceter, he con|ſidered with himſelfe, that hee had done nothing if he
could not get into his handes the chiefe head of this trouble and ſeditious
buſineſſe. Wherefore he cauſed the Sainctuarie wherein Perkyn was encloſed,
to bee enuironed with two bandes of lyght
horſemen, to watch diligently that Perkyn ſhoulde not eſcape by any meanes
forth of that place vntaken. And withall attempted by fayre promiſes of
pardon and forgiueneſſe, if Perkyn woulde ſubmit himſelfe to him and become
hys man.
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1 Perkyn perceyuing himſelf
ſo ſhutte vp, that hee coulde no way eſcape,
[...] ſub| [...] him [...] othe [...]
of his owne free will came out of the Sanctuarie, and cõmitted
him|ſelfe to the kings pleaſure.
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1 When the king had thus
atchieued his pur|poſe, he returned to
London, and appoynted cer|taine keepers to attend on Perkyn, which ſhould
not (the breadth of a nayle) go from his perſon, leaſt he ſhoulde conueigh
himſelfe by any meanes out of the land.
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1 After this the king
cauſed enquities to bee made of all ſuch as had ayded with men or mony the
Corniſh rebels, ſo that diuerſe perſons aſwell in Somerſetſhire, as
Deuonſhire, were detected of that offence, whiche hee mynded for example
ſake, ſhoulde taſte ſome part of due
puniſhments for theyr crymes, according to the quantitie ther|of.
[...]ts for [...]
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And therefore he appoynted Thomas Lorde Darcie, Amys Pawlet knight,
& Robert Sher|borne Deane of Poules (that was after Biſhop of
Chicheſter) to be Commiſſioners for aſſeſſing of their fines that were
founde culpable.
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1 Theſe Commiſſioners ſo
beſturred themſel|ues, in toſſing the Coffers and ſubſtaunce of all the
Inhabitants of both thoſe ſhyres, that there was not one perſon enbrewed or
ſpotted with the filth of that abhominable crime, that eſcaped the paine
which he had deſerued: but to ſuch yet as offended rather by conſtraynt than
of malice, they were gentle and fauourable, ſo that equi|tye therein was
verie well and iuſtly executed.
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1 In this yeare the warre
had like to haue bene renued betwixte the Realmes of Englande and Scotland,
by a ſmall occaſion, as thus.An. reg. 4.
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1 Certaine yong men of the
Scottes came ar|med before Norham Caſtell, and beheld it won|derous
circumſpectly, as though they would fain haue beene of counſaile to know
what was done therein. The keepers not perceyuing any do|mage attempted
agaynſt them for the firſt time, determined not to moue any queſtion to
them, or once to ſtyre out.
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1 But when they came againe
the nexte daye, and vewed it likewiſe, the keepers of the Caſtell ſuſpecting
ſome euill meaning, demaunded of them what their intẽt was, and why they
vewed and aduiſed ſo the Caſtell. The S [...]ftes an|ſwered them roughly with diſdainfull wordes, ſo farre forth
that the Engliſhmen fell to and re|plyed with ſtrokes, and after many blowes
gy|uen and receyued, diuerſe Scots were wounded, and ſome ſlaine, and the
reſidue ouermatched with multitude of the Engliſhmen, fled as faſt as their
horſes could cary them.
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1 The Scottiſh king hereof
aduertiſed, was high|ly diſpleaſed, and in all haſt ſignified to king
Hẽ|rie by his Heraulde Marchemount, in what ſort his people to the breache
of the truce were vſed EEBO page image 1452 and bandled.
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1 King Henrie being not in
wil to breake with any of his neighbours, excuſed the matter, affyr|ming
that he was not of knowledge to the miſ|demenor of thoſe that had the caſtel
in keping, re|quyring the king of Scots not to thinke the truce broken for
any thing done without his conſent, promiſing in the worde of a King to
enquyre of the truth, and if the offence were founde to bee begon on the
partie of the keepers of the Caſtel, he
aſſured him that they ſhuld for no meed nor fauor eſcape due correction and
puniſhment.
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1 This anſwere though it
was more than rea|ſonable, could not pacifie the king of Scots, till the
Biſhop of Durham that was owner of the Caſtell of Norham, and ſore lamented
that by ſuch as hee appoynted keepers there, the warre ſhould be renued,
with ſundrie letters written to the Scottiſh king, at lẽgth aſſwaged his
diſplea|ſure, that he wrote courteouſly to the Biſhoppe agayne, ſignifying that bycauſe hee had many ſecrete
things in hys mynde, whiche he woulde communicate onelye with hym touching
thys matter nowe in variaunce, hee therefore requy|red him to take the payne
to come into his coun|trey, truſting that hee ſhoulde thinke hys labour well
beſtowed.
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1 The Biſhop was glad, and
ſent word here|of to the king his maiſter, who willed him to ac|compliſh the
deſire of the Scotiſh king whiche hee
tooke to be reaſonable.
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1 At his comming into
Scotland, he was cur|teouſly receyued of the king himſelfe at the Abbey of
Melroſe. And there after the king had for a countenance complayned muche of
the vniuſte ſlaughter of his mẽ lately committed at Norhã, vpon the
Biſhops gentle anſweres therevnto, hee forgaue the ſame, and after began to
talke ſecret|ly without witneſſes alone with the biſhop. And firſt declared
what iuſt cauſes mooued him in ty|mes paſt
to ſeeke amitie with the king of Eng|land, which now he deſired muche more
to haue confirmed, for the further maintenance & increaſe
thereof,Margaret el|deſt daughter to king Henry the
ſeuenth. which he doubted not but ſhoulde ſort to a fortunate
concluſion, if the king of Englande would vouchſafe to giue to him in
matrimonie his firſt begotten daughter the Lady Margaret, vppon whiche poynt
hee purpoſed lately to haue ſent his Ambaſſadors into Englãd, which thing
he would the ſooner do if he knew the Biſhoppes mynde therin to be readie to further his ſute. The Biſhop
anſwered but fewe wordes, ſauing that when he were returned to the king his
maiſter, he would do the beſt in the matter that he could.
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1 When the Biſhop was
returned into Eng|land, and come to the king, he declared to him al the
communication had betweene king Iames and him, from poynt to poynt in
order.
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1 The king liked well
thereof, as he to whome peace was euer a ſoueraigne ſolace and comfort.
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1
2 In this meane time Perkin
Warbecke diſap|poynted of all hope to eſcape out of the Engliſhe mens hands
(which was the onely thing that he moſt deſired)1499 found meanes yet at length to de|ceyue his keepers, and
tooke him to his heeles: Perkin War|becke eſcaped from
his kee|pers. but when he came to the Sea coaſtes, and could not
paſſe, he was in a marueylous perplexitie, for e|uery byway, lane, and
corner was layd for hym, and ſuch ſearch made, that being brought to hys
wittes ende, and cut ſhort of hys pretenced iour|ney, he came to the houſe
of Bethlem, called the Priory of Shene beſide Richmond in Southery, and
betooke himſelfe to the Prior of that Mona|ſterie, requiring him for the
honour of God to beg his pardon for life, of the kings Maieſtie. The Prior
which for the opinion that men had con|ceyued of his vertue, was had in
great eſtimatiõ, pitying the wretched ſtate of that caitife, came to the
king, and ſhewed him of this Perkyn, whoſe pardon he humbly craued,
& had it as freely gran|ted. Incontinently after, was Perkyn brought
to the Court againe to Weſtminſter, and was one day ſet fettred in a paire
of ſtocks, before the doore of Weſtmynſter hal, and there ſtood a whole day,
not without innumerable reproches, mocks, and ſcornings. And the next day he
was caryed tho|row London, & ſet vpon a like ſkaffold in Cheape by
the ſtandard, with like ginnes and ſtocks as he occupied the day before,
& there ſtood al day, & read openly his own confeſſion,
written with his own hand, the very copie wherof here enſueth.
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1
2
3
4
5 FIrſt it is to be knowne,
that I was borne in the towne of Turny in Flanders,The
confeſſi+on of Perkin as it was wri [...]+ten with his owne hande & my fa|thers name is Iohn
Oſbeck, which ſaid I Oſork was Cõptroller of ye ſayd town of Turney,
& my mothers name is Katherin de Faro. And one of my Grandſires vpõ
my fathers ſide was named Dirick Oſbeck, which died, after whoſe death my
grandmother was maried vnto Peter Flamin, yt was receiuer of the forenamed
town of Turney, & dean of the botemen ye row vpõ the water or
riuer called le Scheld. And my grandſire vpõ my mo|thers ſide was Pet. de
Faro, which had in his ke|ping the keyes of the gate of S. Iohns within the
ſame towne of Turney. Alſo I had an vncle cal|led M. Iohn Stalin, dwelling
in the pariſh of S. Pias within ye ſame town, which had maried my fathers
ſiſter, whoſe name was Ioan or Iane, wt whõ I dwelt a certaine ſeaſon. And
after I was led by my mother to Andwarpe for to learn Fle|miſh, in a houſe
of a couſin of mine, an officer of the ſayde towne, called Iohn Stienbecke,
with whom I was the ſpace of halfe a yere. And after that I returned againe
to Turney, by reaſon of warres that were in Flanders. And within a yere
folowing I was ſẽt wt a marchãt of ye ſaid town EEBO page image 1453 of
Turney named Berlo, to the Marte of And|warpe, where I fell ſicke, which
ſickneſſe conti|nued vpon mee fiue Monethes. And the ſayde Berlo ſet me to
boorde in a ſkinners houſe, that dwelled beſide the houſe of the Engliſh
Nation. And by him I was from thence caried to Ba|row Mart, and I lodged at
the ſigne of the Olde man, where I abode for the ſpace of two Mo|nethes. And
after this the ſayd Berlo ſet me with a marchant of Middleborow to ſeruice,
for to learne the language, whoſe name was
Iohn Strew, with whom I dwelt from Chriſtmas to Eaſter, & then I
went into Portingal in cõpany of ſir Edward Bramptons wife, in a ſhip which
was called the Queenes ſhip. And when I was come thither, thẽ I was put in
ſeruice to a knight that dwelled in Luſhborne, whiche was called Peter Vacz
de Cogna, with whome I dwelled an whole yeare, which ſayde knight had but
one eye. And bycauſe I deſired to ſee other Coun|treys, I tooke licenſe of him, and then I put my ſelf in ſeruice
with a Briton, called Pregẽt Me|no, which brought me with him into
Irelande: and when we were there arriued in the towne of Corke, they of the
town, (bicauſe I was arrayed with ſome clothes of ſilke of my ſayde
maiſters) came vnto me, and threatned vpon me, that I ſhould be the duke of
Clarence ſon, that was be|fore time at Dublin. And foraſmuch as I denied
there was brought vnto me the holy Euãgeliſts, and the croſſe, by the Maior of the towne, which was
called Iohn Lewellin, & there in the preſence of him &
other. I toke mine oth as the truth was, that I was not the foreſayd dukes
ſon, nor none of his bloud. And after this came vnto mee an Engliſhman,
whoſe name was Steuẽ Poitron, and one Iohn Water, and layd to me in
ſwea|ring great othes, that they knew wel that I was king Richards baſtard
ſon: to whom I anſwered with like othes, that I was not. And then they
aduiſed me not to be afearde, but that
I ſhoulde take it vpon me boldly, and if I would ſo do, they would ayd and
aſſyſt me with all theyr power a|gainſt the king of England, & not
only they, but they were aſſured well, that the Earles of Deſ|mond and
Kildare ſhould do the ſame. For they forced not what parte they tooke, ſo
that they might be reuenged vpõ the king of England, and ſo agaynſt my will
made me to learne Engliſh, and taught me what I ſhould do and ſay. And
after this they called me duke of
Yorke, ſeconde ſonne to king Edward the fourth, bycauſe king Richardes
Baſtarde ſonne was in the handes of the king of Englande. And vpon this the
ſayde Water, Stephen Poytron, Iohn Tyler, Hugh|bert Burgh, with many other,
as the foreſayde Erles, entred into this falſe quarell, and within ſhort
time other. The frẽch king ſent an Ambaſ|ſadour into Irelande, whoſe name
was Loyte Lucas, and maiſter Stephen Friham, to aduer|tiſe me to come into
France. And thence I went into France, and from thence into Flanders, and
from Flanders into Irelande, and from Irelande into Scotland, and ſo into
England.
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1 When the night of the
ſame day (being the .xv. of Iune) was come, after hee had ſtand all that day
in the face of the Citie, he was committed to the Tower, there to remaine
vnder ſafe keeping, leaſt happily he might eftſoones runne away, and eſcape
out of the lande, to put the king and realme to ſome new trouble.
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2 In this yeare there was
an Auguſtine Frier called Patricke in the Parties of Suffolke,
An. reg. 15. Patrik an Au|guſtine Frier. which hauing a
ſcholer named Raufe Wilford (a Shoo|makers ſonne in London, as Stow noteth)
had ſo framed him to his purpoſe, that in hope to worke ſome greate
enterpriſe, as to diſappoynt the king of his crowne and ſeate royal,Rauf Wilford the counterfeit erle of War|wike. tooke
vpon him to be the Earle of Warwike, inſomuch that both the maiſter and
ſcholer hauing counſayled betwene themſelues of their enterpriſe, they went
into Kent, and there began the yõg Mawmet to tel priuily to many, that he
was the very Erle of Warwicke, and lately gotten out of the Tower, by the
helpe of this Frier Patrike. To which ſay|ings when the Frier perceyued ſome
lyght cre|dence to be giuen, he declared it openly in the pul|pet, and
deſired all men of helpe. But the daun|ger of this ſeditious attempt was
ſhortly remoo|ued and taken away, the maiſter and ſcholer be|ing both
apprehẽded and caſt into priſon and at|tainted. The ſcholer was hanged on
Shroue|tueſday at S. Thomas Waterings, & the Frier condemned to
perpetuall priſon. For at that time ſo much reuerence was attributed to the
holy or|ders, that to a prieſt although he had committed high treaſon
agaynſt his ſoueraigne lorde, his life was ſpared, in like caſe as to any
other offender in murder, rape, or theft, that had receiued any of the three
higher, holy orders.
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2 Perkin Warbecke (as
before ye haue heard) being now in holde,Perkin
cor|rupted his keepers. by falſe perſwaſions & great
promiſes corrupted his keepers. Strangueys, Blewet, Aſtwood, and long Roger,
ſeruants to ſir Iohn Dighy lieutenant of the Tower. Inſo|much that they (as
it was at their arraignment openly proued) intended to haue ſlaine their
ma|ſter, and to haue ſet Perkin and the erle of War|wike at large. Which
Erle of Warwik had bene kept in priſon within the tower almoſt from his
tender yeares, that is to wit, from the firſt yere of the king, to this .xv.
yeare, out of all company of men, & ſight of beaſts, inſomuch that
he could not diſcerne a gooſe from a capon, and therefore by cõ|mon reaſon
and opẽ apparance could not of him|ſelf, ſeeke his owne death and
deſtruction, but yet EEBO page image 1454 by the drift &
offence of another he was brought to his death and confuſion, for beeing
made pri|uie of this enterpriſe deuiſed by Perkyn and hys complyces,
therevnto (as all naturall creatures loue libertie) he aſſented and agreed.
But thys craftie deuiſe, and ſubtill ymagination beeing re|uealed, ſorted to
none effect, ſo that Perkyn and Iohn Awater ſometyme Maior of Corke in
Irelande, one of his chiefe founders, and his [...]on, were the .xvj. daye of Nouember arreigned and condemned at Weſtminſter. And on the .xxiij. day of the
ſame moneth,Perkin and Iohn Awater executed at [...]iborne. Perkyn and Iohn A|water were drawne to Tyburne, and
there Per|kyn ſtanding on a little ſkaffolde, read his confeſ|ſion as before
he had done in Cheape ſide, taking it on his death to bee true. And ſo hee
and Iohn Awater aſked the king forgiueneſſe, and dyed pa|ciently.
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1 This was the rewarde of
the feyned gloſe and counterfeyte coment of Perkyn Warbecke, the whiche as by his falſe ſurmiſes in his life tyme,
had brought many honorable perſonages to their deathes, & vndone
many an honeſt man: ſo nowe at his death hee brought other of the ſame ſort
to theyr not altogyther vndeſerued puniſhment. And amongeſt other Edwarde
Plantagenet the forenamed Earle of Warwicke, which (as the fame went)
conſented to breake priſon, and to depart out of the Realme with Perkyn
(which in priſoners is high treaſon) was the .xxj. day of the fayde Moneth arraigned at Weſtmynſter be|fore the
Earle of Oxforde then high Stewarde of Englande of the ſayde treaſon, which
whether it were by inticement and perſwaſion of other, or of his owne free
will many doubted, bycauſe of his innocencie) confeſſed the fact, &
ſubmitted him|ſelf to the kings mercie. And vpõ his cõfeſſion had his
iudgement,Edward Erle of Warwick beheaded. and
according therevnto the xxviij. day of Nouember in the yeare .1499.
was brought to the Skaffolde on the tower hill, and there beheaded.
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1 The fame after his death
ſprang abrode that Ferdinando king of Spaine would make ful cõ|cluſion of
the matrimonie to bee had betweene Prince Arthure and the Ladie Katherin
daugh|ter to the ſayde Ferdinando, nor ſende hir into England as long as
this erle liued. For he yma|gined that ſo long as any Earle of Warwike
ly|ued, Englande ſhoulde neuer be purged of ciuill warre and priuie
ſedition, ſo much was the name of Warwike
in other regions had in feare & iea|louſie.
1500
A great plague
The next yeare after there was a greate plague whereof men died in
manye places verie ſore, but ſpecially and moſt of all in the Citie of
London where died in that yeare .xxx. thouſande.
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1 The .xxiiij. of Februarie
in this .xv. yeare of this kings raigne his thirde ſonne was chriſtened and
named Edwarde.
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1 Alſo in this yeare was
burned a place of the kings called the Manour of Sheene ſituate nigh
[figure appears here on page 1454] the Thames ſide,The menour of
Shene brent and Richmond built in place thereof. which he after
buylded againe ſumptuouſly, and chaunged the name of Shene and called it
Richmond, becauſe his father and he were Earles of Richmond.
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1 The king whether to
auoyde the daunger of ſo great and perillous ſickneſſe, then raigning, or to
take occaſion to common with the Duke of Burgongne, he perſonally tooke his
ſhip at Do|uer in the beginning of May, and ſayled to Ca|lais, whether the
Duke of Burgongne, ſent to him honourable perſonages in Ambaſſade to welcome
him into thoſe partyes,King Henrie the ſeuenth ſayleth to
Caleys. and to declare that the ſayde Duke woulde gladly repayre
per|ſonally to his preſence with ſuche a number as the King ſhoulde appoynt,
ſo that it were with|in no walled towne nor fortreſſe. For hauing de|nyed
the Frenche king to enter into anye of hys fortreſſes to talke with him, hee
woulde be loth nowe to giue a preſident to him to deſire the lyke meeting.
The kng enterteyning the Ambaſſa|dours, and thanking the Duke of hys
courte|ous offer, appoynted the place at Saint Peters Church without
Calais.
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1 Vpon Tueſday in Witſon
weeke the Arch|duke Philippe came thither with a conuenient companie.The king of Englãd & the Duke of Bur|gongne [...]e at ſaint Peters church with|out Cale [...]. The King and the Queene with ma|ny a luſtie Lorde and
Ladie road thither to wel|come him, and after moſte louing enterteyn|ments,
banquettings, myrth and paſtime ſhewed amongeſt them there was communication
of maryages, treating of further ſtrengthning of leagues, requeſtes of
tolles in Flaunders to be miniſhed, with many other things touching the
commoditie and traffike of both their countreys. And when all things were
ſet in order, the two Princes tooke theyr leaue and departed, the King to
Calays, and the Archduke to Saint Omers.
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1 After hys departyng,
there came Ambaſſa|dours from the French King the Lorde Gron|thouſe EEBO page image 1455 gouernour of Pycardie, and the Lorde Merueiliers
bailife of Amyens, which declared to the king the getting of Millane and
taking of the Duke, the Kyng highly feaſted them, and re|warded them
princely at their departing.
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1
An. reg. 16.
Soone after when the death was ſlaked, the king returned againe into
Englande aboute the ende of Iune. Shortly after there came to him one Gaſper
Pons a Spaniard, a man of excellent learning and moſt ciuill behauiour, ſent
from A|lexander the Biſhop of Rome to
diſtribute the heauenly grace (as he termed it) to all ſuche as letted by
any forcible impedimẽt,
[...] of Iu| [...]. could not come to Rome that yeare to the Iubile, whiche
was there celebrate, being the yeare after the byrth of our Sauiour
.1500.
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2 This beneuolent
liberalitie was not altogy|ther freely gyuen. For Alexander looking to the
health of mennes ſoules, thought to do ſomewhat for his owne priuate
commoditie, and therfore he ſet a certaine
price of that his grace and pardon, and to the ende that the king ſhoulde
not hynder his purpoſe, he offred part of his gaine to the king. And to
colour the matter with ſome fauourable pretext, and to make men the better
willing and more readie to gyue frankly, hee promyſed wyth that money to
make warre agaynſte the Turke.
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1 By this meanes the Pope
got a great maſſe of money, and yet nothing done agaynſte the Turke, which in the meane ſeaſon did much hurt to
the Chriſtians: but God amende all that is a|miſſe.
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1 About this time died
three Biſhops in Eng|land Iohn Morton Archbiſhop of Canterburye Thomas
Langton Biſſhop of Wyncheſter, and Thomas Rotheram Archbiſhop of Yorke.
After him ſucceeded Thomas Sauage Biſhop of Lõ|don, a man of great honour
and worthineſſe: in whoſe place ſucceeded William Warham, of whõ before is made mention. And Henry Deane
Biſhop of Saliſburie, was made Archbiſhop of Canterburie, and Richarde Foxe
was remoued from Durham to the ſea of Wincheſter.
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1 Alſo this yeare two
notable mariages were concluded, but not conſummate till afterwards, as you
ſhall heare in place conuenient. For king Henrie graunted his daughter Ladie
Margaret to Iames the fourth king of Scottes.
1301
[...] to [...]d Spaine And [...] to Ar| [...] Prince [...]es.
And Fer|dinando king of Spaine, gaue his daughter La|die Katherine to Arthure Prince of Wales, ſon and
heyre apparaunt to the king of England.
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1 Among other articles of
the maryage con|cluded with the Scottiſh king this was one, that no Engliſh
men ſhoulde be receyued into Scot|lãd without letters cõmendatorie of
their ſoue|raigne Lord or ſafeconduct of his Wardaine of the Marches, and
the ſame prohibition was in like maner giuen to the Scottes.
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1 This yeare the Ladie
Katherine of Spaine was ſent by hir father King Ferdinando with a puiſſant
nauie of ſhippes into Englande,An. reg. 17.
The fourth of October as Stow hath noted. where
ſhe arriued in the Hauẽ of Plimmouth the ſecond day of October then being
Saterday.
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1 Vpon the .xij. of
Nouember ſhe was conueyed from Lambeth through London with all try|umph and
honour that myght be deuiſed to the Biſhops Palaice, the ſtreetes beeing
hanged and Pageants erected after the maner as is vſed at a coronation.
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1 Whileſt this Ladie
ſoiourned for hir recrea|tion in the Biſhops Palaice of London, being in the
meane time viſited of the king, the Queene, and the kings mother, there was
erected in the bodie of S. Pauls Church a long bridge made of Tymber,
extending from the Weſt doore of the Churche to the ſteppe at the entring
into the Queere, which was ſixe foote from the grounde. On the ſayd bridge
or ſtage, euen directly before the cõſiſtorie of the church was a place
raiſed like a Mount for eight perſons to ſtand vpon, cõpaſ|ſed round about
with ſteps to aſcend and deſcend, which was couered with fine red worſted,
and in like wiſe were all the rayles of the ſayd ſtage. On the north ſide of
this mount was a place decked & trymmed for the King and Queene, and
ſuch o|ther as they appoynted to haue. On the South|ſide the ſame Mounte
ſtoode the Maior and the Magiſtrates of the Citie.
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1 When all things were
prepared and ſet in or|der vpon the .xiiij. of Nouember then being Sun|day,
the foreſayde Ladie was ledde to the ſayde Mounte,The
ſolemni|zation of the mariage be|twene Arthur prince of Wa|les &
Katherin daughter to the king of Spaine. and there Prince Arthur
openly eſpou|ſed hir, both being clad in White, both luſtie and amorous, he
of the age of fiftene and more, and ſhe of the age of .xviij. or
thereaboutes, the King and Queene ſtanding priuilye on theyr ſtage.
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2 After the matrimonie
celebrate, the prince and his wife went vp into the Quere, and there heard a
ſolemne Maſſe ſung by the Archbiſhop of Can|terbury, aſſociate with .xix.
Prelates mytred. And after the Maſſe finiſhed, the Bryde was ledde
homewardes to the Biſhoppes Palayce by the Duke of Yorke, being then a
goodly yong prince, and the Legate of Spaine. Next after fol|lowed the Ladie
Cicile, ſiſter to the Queene, ſupporting the trayne of the ſpouſe. But to
ſpeake of all the ſolemne pompe, noble compa|nie of Lordes and Ladies, and
what a ſump|tuous feaſt and plentifull, was kept with daun|cing and
diſguiſings, woordes myght ſooner fayle than matter worthye of rehearſall.
But euery day endeth, and nyght enſueth, and ſo when nyght was come, the
Prince and his beau|tifull Bride were brought and ioyned togyther EEBO page image 1456 in one bedde, where they lay as man and wife all
that night.
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1 Shortly after the king
and the Queene, with the newe wedded ſpouſes went from Baynards Caſtell by
water to Weſtminſter, on whom the Maior and communaltie of London, in barges
gorgeouſly trymmed gaue their attendance. And there in the Palace were ſuch
martiall feates, va|liant
[figure appears here on page 1456] iuſtes, vygorous
turneys & ſuch fierce fight at the barriers as before that time was
of no man had in remembraunce. Of this royall triumph Lord Edward Duke of
Buckingham was chief chalenger, and Lorde Thomas Gray Marques Dorcet cheife
defender, which with their aydes & companions bare themſelues ſo
valiantly, that they got great praiſe and
honor, both of the Spa|niards, and of their owne countrymen.
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1 During the time of theſe
iuſtes and triumphs, were receyued into London, an erle, a biſhop, and
diuerſe noble perſonages ſente from the king of Scots into England for
concluſion of the mari|age betwene the Lady Margaret and him, which Erle by
proxie, in the name of king Iames hys maiſter,
Margaret el|deſt daughter to king Henry affied to Iames king of
Scots.
1502
affyed and contracted the ſayde Ladie. Which affiance was publiſhed
at Paules croſſe, the day of the
conuerſion of Saint Paule, in re|ioycing whereof Te Deum was ſoong,
and great fiers made through the Citie of London.
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1 Theſe things being
accompliſhed, the Am|baſſadours as well as Spaine as Scotland, tooke their
leaue of the King, and not without great rewardes returned into their
countreys.
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1 When the Ambaſſadours
were departed, he ſent his ſon Prince Arthur again into Wales, to keepe that
Country in good order, appoynting to him
wiſe and expert Counſaylers, as ſir Ry|charde Poole his kinſman, which was
his chiefe Chamberlayne, alſo ſir Henrie Vernon, ſir Ry|charde Croftes, ſir
Dauid Philip, ſir William Vdall, ſir Thomas Englefield, ſir Peter New|ton,
knightes, Iohn Walleſton, Henry Marion, and Doctor William Smith, preſident
of his counſaile, and doctor Charles, of the which two doctors, the one was
after Biſhop of Lincolne, and the other Biſhop of Hereford.
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1 A few monethes before the
maryage of prince Arthur, Edmonde de la Poole Earle of Suffolke ſonne to
Iohn Duke of Suffolke, and Ladie E|lizabeth ſiſter to king Edward the
fourth, beeing balde and caſhe withall, was indyted of mur|ther, for ſleaing
of a meane perſon in his rage and furie, and although the king pardoned him
whom hee might iuſtly haue put to death for that of|fence, yet bycauſe he
was brought to the barre a|fore the kings Bench,Edmonde
Erle of S [...] flieth into flaunders and arraigned (which fact he tooke as
a greate maime and blemiſhe to hys honour) ſhortly after vpon that
diſpleaſure hee fledde into Flaunders vnto his Aunte the Ladie Margaret, the
king not being priuie to his go|ing ouer. Neuertheleſſe, whether he was
per|ſwaded by his friends therevnto, whom the king hadde wylled to deale
with hym therein, or whether vpon truſt of his innocencie, true it is that
he returned againe, and excuſed himſelfe to the king, ſo that he thought hym
to be guiltleſſe of anye cryme that myght bee obiected agaynſt him.
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1 But when the maryage
betwixt the prince and the Ladie Katherin of Spaine was kept at London, this
Erle eyther for that he had paſſed hys compaſſe in exceſſiue charges and
ſumptu|ouſneſſe at that great tryumph and ſolemnitie, and by reaſon thereof
was farre run into debt, ey|ther elſe through the procurement of his aunt
the foreſayd Lady Margaret, or pricked with ſome priuie enuie, which could
not paciently with open eyes behold king Henry, being of the aduerſe
fac|tion to his lignage ſo long to reigne in wealth EEBO page image 1457 and felicitie, in concluſion with his brother Ry|charde
fled again into Flaunders.
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1
2 This departure of the
Earle ſore vexed the king, doubting of ſome newe trouble to enſue thereof.
But yet to vnderſtande the full meaning of the ſayd Erle, the King vſed his
olde ſerche for immediately after the Erle was fled, he ap|pointed ſir
Robert Curſon whom he had aduan|ced to the order of knighthoode, and made
Cap|taine of Hammes Caſtell, a valiant man, and a circumſpect, to diſſemble himſelfe to bee one of that
conſpiracie, went into Flaunders, to eſpie what was done there by the Ladie
Mar|garet, and his Nephewe the Earle of Suf|folke.
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1 After that the ſayde ſir
Robert Curſon was thus gone into Flaunders, the king to put hym out of al
ſuſpition with the ſaid ladie Margaret & the Earle, cauſed the ſayde
Earle, and ſir Robert Curſon, and fiue perſons more to be accurſed at
Paules Croſſe, the firſt Sunday of
Nouember, as enimies to him and his realme.
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1 To be briefe, the king by
this meanes, and o|ther ſuch diligent inquiſition as hee made, tryed out
ſuch as he ſuſpected partly to be deuiſers of miſchiefe agaynſt him, and
partly to beare no ſincere affection towardes his perſon, ſo that hee coulde
readilye name them, whereof a greate parte were within fewe dayes
apprehended and taken.
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1 And amongeſt them William
Lorde Court|ney, ſonne to the Earle of Deuonſhire, whiche had maryed the
Ladie Katherine, daughter to king Edwarde the fourth, Lorde William de in
Pole, brother to the foreſayde Erle of Suffolk, ſir Iames Tyrrell, ſir Iohn
Wyndam. Both the Williams were rather taken of ſuſpition, bicauſe they were
ſo neare of kinne to the Conſpyrates, than for any proued matter. But Sir
Iames Tyrrell, and Iohn Windam, bycauſe they were traytours,Tyrrell and Windam
beheaded. and ſo attaynted, the ſixt day of May after theyr
apprehenſion, they were on the tower hill beheaded.
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1 When the Earle of
Suffolke hearde what fortune thus happened to his friendes, as one in vtter
diſpayre to haue anye good ſucceſſe in hys pretenſed enterprice, wandred
about all Germa|nie, and France, to purchaſe ſome ayde and ſuc|cour, if by
any meanes hee myght. But when hee perceyued no ſtedfaſte grounde to eatche
an|chor holde vpon, he ſubmitted himſelfe
vnder the Protection of Philip Archduke of Auſtriche. But his brother
Richarde being a politique man, ſo wiſely ordred himſelf in this ſtormy
tempeſt, that he was not entrapped either with net or ſnare.
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2 The king not yet out of all doubt of ciuill sedition, bycause a
great number of euill disposed persons partakers of this conspiracie, were
fledde into sundrie Sainctuaries, deuised to haue al the Gates and
Sainctuaries and places priuiledged shutte and locked vp, so that none
shoulde issue out from thence to perturbe and vnquyet him. And for that
intent he wrote vnto Pope Alexander, desiring him by his authoritie to
adiudge all Englishmenne being fledde to Sainctuarie for the offence of
treason as enimyes to the Christian fayth, interdyting and prohybiting the
refuge and priuiledge of Sainctuarie, to all such as once had enioyed the
libertie and protection of the same, and after had fledde out, and estsoones
returned againe. Whiche thing after, that the Pope had graunted, Sanctuation reſtrayned.turned to the great quietnesse
of the King and his Realme. For manye that had offended, for feare to fall
into daunger, returned to the due subiection of theyr Prince, and other that
were yet free from peryll, durste not hazarde themselues so boldely as they
durst haue done before, vpon hope of suche startyng holes.
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1 When the king had thus setled things to his owne contentation and
pleasure, there sodainly happened to him a lamentable chaunce. For that
noble Prince Arthure, the kings first begotten sonne, after he had beene
maryed to the lady Katheryn his wife, the space of fiue moneths, dThe death of Arthur Prince of Wales.eparted out of
this tra(n)sitorie life, in his castel of Ludlow, and with great funerall
obsequie, was buried in the Cathedrall Church at Worcester.
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1 His brother the Duke of Yorke was stayed from the tytle of Prince
by the space of a month, till to women it might appeare whether the Ladie
Katheryn wyfe to the sayde Prince Arthure was conceyued with childe or not.
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1 In this .xviij. yeare, the .xxiiij. day of Ianuarie, An. reg. 18.
a quarter of an houre afore three of the clocke at after noone of
the same day, 1503 the first stone of our ladie
Chapel within ye Monasterie of Westmynster, was layde by
the handes of Iohn Islip Abbot of the same Monasterie. Sir Reginalde Bray
knight of the Garter, Doctor Barnes master of the Rolles, Doctor Wall,
Chaplayne to the kings Maiestie, Maister Hugh Oldham, Chaplayne to the
Countesse of Derbie & Richmond the kings mother, sir Edwarde
Stanhope knight, and diuerse other.
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1 Vpon the same stone was this scripture engrauen.
Illustrissimus Henricus septimus rex Angliae & Franciae,
& Dominus Hiberniae, posuit hanc petram in honore beatae virginis
Maria .24. die Ianuarij, anno domini 1502. Et anno
dicti Regis Henrici septimi, decimo octauo.
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1 Queene Elizabeth lying
within the Tower of London, was brought a bed of a fayre [...]|der on Candlemaſſe day, which was there chri|ſtened and named
Katherin, and the .xj. of the ſame month the ſayd Queene there deceaſed, and
EEBO page image 1458 was buryed at Weſtminſter, whoſe daughter
al|ſo lyued but a ſmall ſeaſon after hir mother.
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1 The .xviij. of Februarie
the king at his Pa|lace of Weſtminſter created his onely ſonne Henrie Prince
of Wales, Earle of Cheſter, &c. who afterwardes ſucceeded his father
in poſſeſ|ſion of the regall Crowne of this realme.
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1 Moreouer, this yeare
alſo, after the deceaſſe of that noble Queene, for hir vertue commonlye
called good Queene Elizabeth, departed oute of thys worlde alſo ſir Reignalde Bray knight of the Garter,Sir Reignold Bray his death a very father of hys
Countrey, for his high wiſedome and ſingular loue to iu|ſtice well worthie
to beare that tytle. If any thing had beene done amyſſe, contrarie to lawe
and equitie,Iuſt commen|dacions of Morton Arch|biſhop of
Canterbury and Sir Rey|nold Bray. hee woulde after an humble ſorte
plainely blame the King, and giue hym good ad|uertiſement, that he ſhould
not onely refourme the ſame, but alſo hee more circumſpect in any o|ther the
lyke caſe.
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1 Of the ſame vertue and
faythfull plainneſſe was Iohn Morton Archbiſhop of Canterburie, whiche dyed
(as is ſhewed aboue) two yeares before.
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1 So theſe two perſõs were
refrainers of yt kings vnbrydeled libertie, where as the common people
ignorant altogyther of the truth in ſuche mat|ters, iudged and reported,
that the counſayle of thoſe two worthie perſonages, corrupted ye kings
cleane and immaculate conſcience, contrarie to his princelye diſpoſition and naturall inclyna|tion.
Suche is euer the errour of the common people.
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1 About this tyme dyed
Henrie the Archbiſhop of Canterburie, whoſe rowmth Doctor Willi|am Warham
Biſhop of London ſupplyed. And to the Sea of London William Barnes was
appoynted, and after his death ſucceded one Ri|chard Fitz Iames.
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1 This yeare alſo the Lorde
Cazimire Mar|ques of Brandenburg,
accompanyed with an Erle, a Biſhop, and a great number of gentlemẽ well
apparailed, came in ambaſſade frõ the Em|peror Maximilian, & were
triumphantly receiued into Lõdon, & lodged at Croſbies place.
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2 Theyr Meſſage was for
three cauſes, one to comfort the King in hys tyme of heauineſſe for the
loſſe of hys wyfe. The ſeconde for the renu|ing of amitie, and the olde
league. The thirde (which was not apparant) was to moue the king to marrye the Emperours daughter, the Ladie
Margaret, Duches dowager of Sauoy. The two firſt tooke effect. For the King
vpon Paſſi|on Sunday road to Paules in great triumph, the ſayd Marques
ryding on his left hand. And there the Bi. made to the K. an excellent
conſolatorie oration concerning the death of the Queene. And there alſo the
king openly ſware to keepe the new renouate league & amitie during
their two [...] But the third requeſt (whether theire was on the mans ſide, or the
womãs) neuer ſ [...]ted to any cõ|cluſion. The Ladie Margaret the kings daugh|ter, a [...]ied (as ye haue heard) to the king of Scots, was appointed to be
conueyed into Scotland, by the Erle of Surrey: and the Erle of
Northũber|land, as wardẽ of the Marches, was cõmaunded to deliuer hir at
the confines of both the realmes. And ſo herevpon after hir comming to
Berwike, ſhe was cõue [...]ed to Lamberton kirke in Scotlãd, where the king of Scots, with the
flower of al the nobles and gentlemen of Scotland was readie to receyue hir,
to whom the Erle of Northumber|land (according to his commiſſion) deliuered
hir.
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2 The ſayd Erle of
Northumberland that day, what for the ryches of his coat being goldſmithes
work, garniſhed with pearle and ſtone, and what for the galiant apparell of
his Hen [...]men, & braue trappers of his horſe, beſide foure. C. talmen
well horſed and apparalled in his colours, was a [...]ed both of the Scots and Engliſh men, more like a Prince than a
ſubiect. From Lamberton, the foreſayd Ladie was conueyed to Edenbourgh,The mariag [...] betwene the king of Sco [...] and Lady margaret king Henry eldeſt daugh|ter. &
there the day after, king Iames the fourth, in the preſence of all his
nobilitie, eſpouſed hir, & feaſted the Engliſh Lordes, and ſhewed
iuſtes and other paſtimes very honorably, after the faſhion of that
coũtrey. And after all things were finiſhed accor|ding to their cõmiſſion,
the erle of Surrey withal ye engliſh lords & ladies, returned into
their [...]ey.
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1 In this yere the king
kept his high Court of Parliament, in the which,An. reg.
[...]
diuers acts eſtemed ne|ceſſarye for the preſeruation of the cõmon
wealth were eſtabliſhed, & amongſt other, it was e [...] that theeues & murderers duely conuicted by the law to die,
and yet ſaued by theyr bookes, ſhoulde be committed to the Biſhops
cuſtodie.
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2 After this, a ſubſedie
was granted, both of the temporaltie, and ſpiritualty, & ſo that
Parliamẽt ended. But the king now drawing into age, and willing to fill his
cheſts with abundance of trea|ſure, was not ſatiſfied with this only
ſubſedie, but deuiſed an other meane how to enrich himſelfe,1504 as thus. He conſidered that the Engliſh man
little regarded the keeping of penal lawes, and pre [...]ial ſtatutes, deuiſed for the good preſeruation of the common welth,
wherfore he cauſed inquiſition to be made of thoſe that had tranſgreſſed any
of the ſame lawes, ſo that there were but few noble mẽ, marchants, farmers,
huſbandmen, groſ [...]ts, or oc|cupiers, that coulde clearely proue themſelues faultleſſe,
but had offended in ſome one or other of the ſame lawes.
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1
2 At the first, they that were found guiltie were easily siued. But
after there were appointed two masters & surueyers of his forfeyts,
the one sir Ri. Empson, & the other Edmo(n)d Dudley, both lerned
in
EEBO page image 1459 in the lawes of the realme, who, meanyng to satisfie
their princes pleasure and to see their commission executed to the vttermost
seemed, litle to respect the perill that might ensue. Wherevpon they beeing
furnished with a sort of accusers, commonly called Promoters,
[...]ters. or as they themselues will be named Enformers,
troubled many a man. Whereby they wanne them great hatred, and the King by
suche rigorous proceedings lost the loue and fauour, which the people
before time had borne towardes him, so
that he for setting the(m) a worke, & they for executing of it in
such extreeme wise, ran into obloquie of the subiectes of this realme.
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A [...] re. [...]
A newe coyne of syluer was ordeyned of Grotes and halfe Grotes, and
some peeces of the value of twelue pens were then stamped,
[figure appears here on page 1459]
althoughe verye fewe of that sorte came abroade.
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1 The king after he had gotten a greate masse of money togyther,
1505 hauing pitie of the people which oppressed
with the sharp proceedings of his greedie officers, cried dayly to God for
ve(n)geance, ment to haue depriued them of theyr offices (as some write) and that suche money as had beene
violently exacted, shoulde haue beene restored and deliuered againe if hee
had not beene prevented by death. And yet by his last will, he commaunded that
it should be duly and truly perfourmed, but in the meane season manye mens
Coffers were emptied.
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An. reg. 21.
In this verie season, and in the yeare of our lord 1506.
Elizabeth Queene of Castile dyed without issue male, 1506 by reason whereof the inheritaunce of Castile (bycause that kingdome is not partible) descended
to Ladie Iane hir eldest daughter by king Ferdinando, the which was maryed
to Philippe Archeduke of Austriche. Wherefore the yeare following, about the
sixth day of Ianuarie, hauing a great nauie prepared, he intituled nowe the
king of Castile, sayled out of Flaunders with his wife towardes Spaine, but
by a mightie tempest of winde and foule weather, the whole nauy was
dispersed and sperkled abrode in diuerse places on the coast of Englande,
the kings shippe with two other Vesselles, were blowne by tempest on the
west part of the Realme, to the Port of Weymouth in Dorsetshyre.
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1 The king beeing awearied with the tossing of the sea as one not
accustomed therto, contrary to the minde of his Counsaylers, came a lande to
refresh himselfe.
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1 When it was knowne that straunge shippes were arriued in that
place, Philip Arch|duke of Auſ|trich landeth in the weſt
partes of Englande. there came thither a great number, as well of
Gentlemen as co(m)mons of the countrey, to beat them backe if they proued to
be enimies. But when they perceyued that the king of Spaine was there driuen
a land by force of weather, sir Thomas Trenchard knight, chief of that
company, went with great hu(m)blenesse vnto him, and did what he could to
haue him to his house, being not farre off, and so to cause him to stay,
till such time as king Henrye might be certified of his arriuall, to whome
with all speede he sent diuerse posts to aduertise him of K. Philips
landing.
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1 In this meane while came people in from all sides, vppon
knowledge giuen of this straunge Princes comming. And among other ther came
sir Iohn Carew, with a goodly hand of piked me(n). Which sir Iohn, and sir
Thomas Trenchard intreated the king of Castile not to depart vntil such time
as he had spoken with the king.
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1 The king of Castile excused him by necessitie of his weightie
enterprice: but when he perceyued that if he would proffer to go once
abourde to his ships againe, he might be letted, and was like so to be, hee
thought good rather to assent to their humble request, and so seeme to
gratifie them, than by denying it, to procure their euill willes, and yet
neuer the nearer of his purpose.
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1 When king Henrie was enfourmed of hys landing, hee was ryght glad
thereof, and wrote vnto Sir Iohn Carew, and to Sir Thomas Trencharde, that
they shoulde enterteyne hym in the most honourable sort they coulde deuise,
till he might come himself in person to welcom him.
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1 Beside this, he sent the Earle of Arundel with many Lordes and
knights to attende vpon hym. Which Erle according to the kings letters
receiued him with three hundred horses, all by torche light, to the great
admiration of the strangers.
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1 King Philip ſeeing no
remedie but that hee muſt needes tary, woulde no longer gaſe after King
Henryes comming. out tooke hys iourney towardes Wyndſore Caſtell, where the
King lay, and fiue myle from Windſore the Prince of Wales accompanied with
fiue Erles, & diuerſe Lordes and knights, and other to the number of
fiue hundred perſons gorgeouſtye apparayled, EEBO page image 1460 receyued
him after the moſt honourable faſhion. And within halfe a myle of Wyndſore,
the king accompanied with the Duke of Buckingham, and a great parte of the
nobilitie of thys Realme welcomed him, and ſo conueyed to him to the
Ca|ſtell of Wyndſore, where hee was made compa|nion of the noble order of
the Garter.
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1 After him came to
Wyndſore his wife Queene Iane, ſiſter to the Princes Dowager, [...]e wife to Prince Arthure.
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1 After the two kings had
renued and confir|med the league and amitie betwixt them, King Henrie
deſired to haue Edmond de la Poole Erle of Suffolke to be deliuered into hys
handes. To whome the King of Caſtile aunſwered, that he [...]e [...]ly was not wythin hys Dominion, and therefore it lay not in him to
delyuer hym. In deede he was loth to be the authour of his death, that came
to him for ſuccour, and was receyued vnder his protection, yet vppon the
earneſt re|queſt and aſſured promiſe of
king Henrie (that he would pardon him of all executions and paynes of death)
he graunted to king Henryes deſire. And ſo incontinently cauſed the ſayde
Earle ſecretly to be ſent for.
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2 After this to protract
ty [...], till he were poſ|ſeſſed of his pray, king Henrie conueyed the king
of Caſtile vnto the Citie of London, that hee might ſee the heade Citie of
his Realme, & there ledde hym from Baynards Caſtell by Cheape
to Barking, and ſo returned by Walling
ſtreete againe, during whiche tyme there was ſhot out of the Tower a
wonderfull peale of Ordinance. But he woulde not enter into the Tower,
by|cauſe (as ye haue hearde before) hee had [...]owed not to enter the Forteſſe of of any foraine Prince, in the which
a garniſon was mainteyned.
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1 From London the King
brought him to Richmonde, where many notable feares of ar|mes were prooued
both of tylte, iourney, and barriers.
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1 In the meane ſeaſon the
Earle of Suffolke perceyuing what hope was to be had in forraine Princes,
and truſting that after hys lyfe to him once graunted, king Henrie would
briefly ſet him at his full libertie, was in maner contented to re|turne
agayne into his natiue countrey.
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1 When all partes and
couenaunts betweene the kings of Englande and Caſtile were ap|poynted,
concluded, and agreed, king Philippe tooke
hys leaue of king Henrie, yeelding to hym moſt heartye thankes for hys highe
cheare and Princely entertaynment. And being accompa|nyed with dyuerſe
Lordes of Englande, came to the Citie of Exceter, and ſo to Falmouth in
Cornwale, and there taking ſhippe ſayled into Spaine, where ſhortly after
hee dyed being .xxx. yeares of age.
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1 He was of ſtature
conuenient,The death [...] deſeri p [...] Philip king [...] Spaine. of counte [...] amiable, of bodie ſomewhat groſſe, quick witted, bolde and hardie
ſtomacked.
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1 The tempeſt that he
ſuffered on the Sea, was huge and wonderfull alſo vpon the lande, inſo|much
that the violence of the wynde blew downe an Eagle of Braſſe, being ſet to
ſhewe on which part the wynde blewe, from a pynacle or Spi [...]e of Paules Churche, and in the falling the ſame Eagle brake and
battered an other Eagle that was ſet vppe for a ſigne at a Tauerne d [...]re in Cheape ſide. And herevpon men that were gi|uen to geſſe things
that ſhoulde happen by [...]|king of ſtraunge tokens, deemed that the Empe|rour Maximilian which
gaue the Eagle ſhould ſuffer ſome greate myſfortune, as hee old [...]|ly after by the loſſe of hys ſonne, the ſayde king Philip.
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1 Alſo ſhortlye after the
departing of Kyng Philippe, the King of Englande beganne to ſuſpect Sir
George Neuill Lorde of Burgey|nye, and Sir Thomas Greene of Greenes Nor|ton,
as partakers in the begynning of the con|ſpiracie, wyth the Earle of
Suffolke, and ſo vp|on that ſuſpition, they were commaunded to [...] Tower. But ſhortly after, when they had [...] tryed and pourged of that ſuſpition, hee commaunded them both to be
ſet at libertie. But ſir Thomas Greene fell ſicke before, and remay|ned in
the Tower, in hope to be reſtored to hys health as well as to his libertie,
but by death he was preuented.
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1 This yeare the King
beganne to be diſeaſed of a certayne infyrmitte,An. reg.
[...]
whiche [...]hri [...] euerye yeare, but eſpecially in the Spring tyme ſore [...]e [...]d him, and bycauſe for the moſte parte the harme that chaunceth to the
Prince, is parted wyth his Subiectes, the [...]ting ſickeneſſe, whiche (as yee haue hearde) in the fyrſt yeare of
this king, fyrſt afflicted the people of this realme, nowe aſſayled them
agayne,The ſwe [...] fie [...]eſſe eft|ſ [...] retur [...]+neth. howbe [...] by the remedie founde at the begynning of [...], nothyng the lyke number dyed thereof, nowe thys ſecond time as did
the firſt time, til the ſaid remedie was inuented.
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2
3
4 But nowe the thirde
plague [...]gall to the Pe|ſtilence enſued, by the working of the Maiſters of the
forfeytures, and ſuche infourmers as were appoynted thereto. By whoſe meanes
many a riche and wealthie perſon by the extremitie of the lawes of the
realme, were cõdemned and brought to great loſſe and hinderance. A greate
part of which theyr vndoyngs proceeded by the incon|uenience of ſuche
vnconſcionable officers, as by the abuſe of exigentes outlawed thoſe that
ne|uer hearde, nor had knowledge of the ſaytes commenced agaynſt them, of
whiche harde and ſharpe dealyng (the harme that thereof inſueth EEBO page image 1461 conſidered) if the occaſion might be taken away by ſome
other more reaſonable fourme and order of lawe deuyſed, whereby the partie
myght haue perſonall warning, it woulde both preſerue ma|ny an Innocent
manne from vndeſerued vexa|tion and daunger of vnmercifull loſſe of goodes,
and alſo cedounde highly to the commendation of the Prince, and ſuch other
as chaunced to bee refourmers of that colourable law, where they be called
only in the counties without other know|ledge giuẽ to thẽ or theirs at their dwelling hou|ſes. But
now to returne: ſuch maner of outlaw|ries, olde recogniſaunces of the peace,
and good a|bearings, eſcapes, riottes, and innumerable ſta|tutes penall,
were put in execution and called vp|pon, that euerie man both of the
Spiritualtie and Temporaltie, hauing eyther lande or ſubſtance, were inuited
to that plucking banket. Sir Gil|bart Talbot Knight,1307 and Richard Bere abbot of Glaſtenburie, and Doctor Robert
Sherborne Deane of Pouls, were ſent as
ambaſſadors from the king vnto Rome, to declare vnto Pius the third of that
name newly elected Pope, what ioy and gladneſſe had entred the Kings heart
for his preferment, but hee taryed not the comming of thoſe Ambaſſadours,
for within a Moneth after that he was inſtalled, hee rendred his de [...] to na|ture, and ſo had ſhort pleaſure of his promotion.
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The Lord [...]y dieth.At the ſame time dyed Gyles Lord Dawbe|ney the kings
chiefe Chamberleyne, whoſe office Charles,
baſtarde ſonne to Henrie laſt, Duke of Somerſet occupied and enioyed, a man
of good wit, and great experience.
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An reg. 23. [...] ba [...]d [...] of V [...]bin [...]ye made [...] of the [...].Soone after the king cauſed Guidebalde duke of Vrbyne to be
elected knight of the order of the Garter, in like maner as his father Duke
Frede|rike had beene before him, which was choſen and admitted into ye
order by K. Edward the fourth.
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1 Sir Gilbert Talbot, and
the other two Am|baſſadors being appointed to keepe on there iour|ney
vnto Pope Iuly the ſeconde, elected
after the death of the ſayde Pius the thirde, bare the habite and coller
alſo vnto the ſayde Duke Guidehalde, which after he had receyued ye ſame,
ſent ſir Bal|thaſer Caſtalio, knight, a Mantuan borne, as his Orator vnto
king Henrie, whiche was for hym enſtalled, according to the ordinãces of
the order.
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1 This yere that worthie
prelate Thomas Sa|uage Archbiſhop of York departed this life at his Caſtel
of Cawood, a man beſide the worthineſſe of
his birth highly eſteemed with his Prince for his faſt fidelitie and great
wiſdome. He beſtowed greate coſt in repayring the Caſtell of Caw [...]d and the Manor of Scroby. His body was buried at Yorke, but he
appoynted by his teſtament, that his hart ſhould be buried at Maccleſfield
in C [...]|ſhire, where hee was borne, in a Chapell there of his foundation,
ioyning to the Southſide of the Churche, meaning to haue founded a Colledge
there alſo, if his purpoſe had not beene preuented by death. After him
ſucceeded doctor Be [...]bridge in the Archbiſhops ſea of Yorke the .56. Archbi|ſhop
that had ſit in that ſea.
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1 About this ſame time
Lewes the French king maried his eldeſt daughter named Clare, vnto Frances
de Valois Dolphin of Vienne, and duke of Angoleſme, which Ladie was promiſed
vnto Charles the king of Caſtile: wherevpon by Am|baſſadors ſent to and fro
betwixt K. Henrye and the ſaid king of Caſtile, a mariage was cõcluded
betwixt the ſaid K. of Caſtile, & the ladie Marie, daughter to K.
Henry, being about the age of ten yeres. For concluſion of which
mariage,1508 the lord of Barow, and other
Ambaſſadors wer ſent in|to England from the Emperor Maxilian which with
great rewardes returned.
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2 The ſickneſſe which held
the king dayly more and more encreaſing,An. reg.
24.
he well perceyued that hys end drew nere, and therfore meaning to do
ſome high pleaſure to his people, graunted of his free motion a general
pardon to all men,1509 for al offen|ces done and
cõmitted againſt any his lawes or ſtatutes, theeues, murtherers, and
certaine other were excepted. He payed alſo the fees of all priſo|ners in
the Gales in and about London, abiding there only for that dutie. He payed
alſo the debts of all ſuch perſons as lay in the Coũters or Lud|gate, for
.xl. ſs. & vnder, & ſome he relieued that wer
condenmed in .x. lb. Herevpon were proceſſions generally vſed
euery day in euery citie & pariſh, to pray to almightie God for his
reſtoring to health & long cõtinuãce of ye ſame. Neuertheleſſe he
was ſo waſted wt his long malady,The death of King
Henrie the ſeuenth ye nature could [...] lõger ſuſtein his life, & ſo he departed out of thys world
the .xxij. of April, in his palace of Richmõd in the yere of our lord
.1509. His corps was con|ueied wt al funeral pompe to Weſtm.
& there bu|ried by the good Q. his wife in a ſumptuous cha|pel which
he not lõg before had cauſed to be bui [...]|ded. He reigned .xxiij. yeres, & more thã .vij. Mo|neths,
& liued .lij. yeres. He had by his Q. Eliza|beth foure ſonnes,
& foure daughters, of ye which three remained aliue behind him.
Hẽry his ſecond ſon prince of Wales, which after him was king, Margaret Q.
of Scots, & the lady Mary promi|ſed to Charles k. of Caſtile.The deſcripti|on of King Henry the ſe|uenth. He was a
mã of body but leane and ſpare, albeit mighty & ſtrong there|with,
of perſonage & ſtature ſomwhat higher thã the mean ſort of mẽ, of
a wõderful beauty & faire complexion, of countenance mery &
ſmyling eſ|pecially in his communication, his eies gray, his teeth ſingle,
& heare thin, of wit in al things quick & prompt, of a
princely ſtomack chante courage. In gret [...]rils; doubtful affaires, & matters of im|portance [...]pernatural & in maner diuine, for hee ordred all his doings
aduiſedly and with greate EEBO page image 1462 deliberation.
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1 Beſides this, he was
ſober, moderate, honeſt, courteous, bounteous, and ſo muche abhorring pride
and arrogancie, that he was euer ſharpe and quicke to them that were noted
with that fault. Hee was alſo an indifferent and vpryght Iu|ſticier,Iuſtice min|gled with mercye. by the which one thing,
he allured to him the heartes of many people, and yet to thys ſe|ueritie of
hys, hee ioyned a certayne mercyfull pitie, whiche he did extende to thoſe
that had of|fended the penall lawes, and
were put to theyr fynes by hys Iuſtices. Hee dyd vſe hys ry|gour onelye (as
hee ſayde hymſelfe) to daunte, bryng lowe, and abate the highe myndes and
ſtoute ſtomacks of the wealthie and wylde peo|ple nouriſhed vp in ſeditious
factions and ciuill rebellions, rather than for the greedie deſyre of money,
although ſuch as were ſcourged wyth a|merciamentes, cryed oute and ſayde, it
was ra|ther for the reſpect of game, than for any politike prouiſion.
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1 In deede he left his
Coffers well ſtuffed, for hee was no waſtfull conſumer of his ryches by any
inordinate meanes.
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Out of the Biſhoppe of Rocheſters fu|nerall ſermon
preached in Poules church at London.To conclude, he had aſmuch in
him of giftes both of bodie, minde and fortune, as was poſſi|ble for any
king to haue, his politique wiſedome in gouernaunce was ſinguler, his wytte
alwaye quicke and ready, his reaſon pithie and ſubſtan|ciall, his memorie
freſh and holding, his experi|ence
notable, his counſailes fortunate and ta|ken by wiſe deliberation, his
ſpeche gratious in diuerſe languages, his perſon, (as before ye haue hard)
right comlie, his natural complexion of the pureſt mixture, leagues and
cõfederations he had with all Chriſtian Princes. His mightie power was
dread euery where, not onely wythin hys Realme but without.
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1 Alſo his people were to
him in as humble ſubiection as euer they were to King, his lande many a daye in peace and tranquilitie, hys
pro|ſperitie in battayle agaynſte his enimyes was maruellous, hys dealing in
tyme of perilles and daungers was colde and ſober, with great hardyneſſe. If
anye treaſon were conſpired a|gaynſte h [...]m, it came oute woonderfully. Hys buyldings moſt goodly, and after the
neweſt eaſt, all of pleaſure.
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1 And ſo thys King lyuing
all his tyme in for|tunes fauour, in high honour, wealth and glo|rie,
for hys noble actes and prudent
policies, is woorthy to bee regyſtred in the Booke of fame, leaſt tyme (the
conſumer of all worthie things) ſhoulde blotte out the memorie of his name
here in Earth, whoſe foule wee truſte lyueth in Heauen, enioying the
fruition of the Godhead, and thoſe pleaſures prepared for the
fayth|full.
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lyued in hys dayes, (as Maiſter Bale noteth them) theſe are recor|ded.
Firſte George Rippeley a Carmelite Frier at Boſton, ſeene in the
Mathematikes, and wrote dyuerſe Treatiſes, and after hys de|ceaſe was
accounted a Nigromancien: Iohn Erghom borne in Yorke, a blacke Frier, a
doc|tour of Diuinitie profeſſed in Oxforde, ſtudi|ous of Propheſies, as by
the tytle of the wor|kes whiche hee wrote, it maye appeare: Iohn Parceuall a
Chartreux Monke: Thomas Maillorie a Welchman borne, wrote I wote not what of
King Arthure, and of the rounde Table: Iohn Rouſſe, borne in Warwikeſhyre, a
diligent ſearcher of antiquities, wherevpon few Libraries were any where to
bee ſeene in Eng|lande and Wales, where he made not ſearche for the ſame,
and wrote ſundrye Treatiſes of Hyſtoricall Argumentes. He deceaſſed at
War|wicke the fourtenth of Ianuarye in the yeare 1491. and was
buryed in our Ladye Churche there: Thomas Scrope, otherwiſe ſurnamed
Bradley, deſcended of the noble familye of the Scropes, profeſſed ſundrie
kyndes of Religi|on, as that of the order of Saint Benette, and Saint
Dominicke, and likewyſe hee became a Carmelite, and laſt of all hee fell to
and prea|ched the Goſpell in heare and ſackecloth, tyll hee vnderſtoode
hymſelfe to bee in the diſpleaſure of Walden and other (that coulde not away
with ſuch ſingularitie in hym or other, ſounding, as they tooke it to the
daunger of bringing the do|ctrine of the Romiſhe Church in miſlyking with
the people) for then hee withdrewe hymſelfe to his houſe agayne, and there
remayned twentie yeares, leading an Ankers lyfe, but yet after that tyme hee
came abroade, and was aduaun|ced to bee a Biſhoppe in Irelande,Dromorenſi [...] Epiſcopus. and wente to the Roades in Ambaſſade, from
whence being returned, hee went barefooted vp and downe in Norffolke,
teaching in townes and in the coun|trey abroade the tenne commaundements.
Hee lyued tyll hee came to bee at the poynte of an hundred yeares olde, and
departed thys lyfe the fiftenth daye of Ianuarie in the yeare of oure Lorde.
1491. and was buryed at Leſſolfe in Suffolke: Iohn Tonneys a
Diuine, and an Auguſtine Frier in Norwiche, wrote certaine Rules of Grammer,
and other things printed by Richarde Pynſon: Geffrey ſurnamed the
Grammarian: Iohn Alcock Biſhoppe of Elie, chaunged a Nun [...]ie at Cambridge into a Col|ledge named Ieſus Colledge, aboute the
yeare of Chryſt. 1496. The chiefe cauſe of ſuppreſſing the Nunrie
is noted to bee, for that the Abbeſſe and other of the Conuent lyued
diſſolute lines: Stephen Hawes a learned Gentleman, and of ſuche reputation,
as hee was admitted to bee one EEBO page image 1463 of the priuie Chamber to
King Henrie the ſea|uenth: William Byntre ſo called of a towne in Norffolke
where he was borne, by profeſſion a Carmelite Frier in Burnham, a great
diuine: William Gaſ [...]on an Auguſtine Frier in Li [...]ne and at length beca [...]e prouinciall of his order: Ro [...]e Fa [...]n a Citizen and Marchaunt of London an Hyſtoriographer, hee was in his
time in good eſtimation for his wyſedome and wealthe in the Citie, ſo that
hee bare office and was [...]ceſſe in the yere. 1494: William Cel|ling, borne beſide Feuer
hau [...] in Kente, a Monke of Canterburie: Thomas Bouerchier diſcended [...] the noble [...]ge of the Earles of Eſſex, was firſt Byſhoppe of Ely, and after
remooued from [...]nte to Canterburye ſucceeding Iohn Kempe in that Arbiſhoppes Sea, at
length created by Pope Paule the ſeconde a Cardinal: Phi|lippe Bron [...]de a Dominicke Frier, a deuine & Iohn Myles a Doctor of both
the lawes, Ciuill and Canon he [...]yed in Oxforde in the Col|ledge of Br [...]ſemoſe newly founded in the day [...] of this King Henrye the ſeuenth by William Smyth Biſhoppe of
Lyncolne: Richarde Shi [...] Biſhop of Chicheſter, and imployed in Ambaſſad [...] to diuerſe Princes, as a manne, moſte meete thereto for his ſingular
knowledge in learning and eloquence: Robert Viduns Vi|car of Thakeſteede in
Eſſex, and a Prebendarie Canon of W [...]lles, an excellent Poete: Peter Kenighale a Carmelites Frier, but
borne of Worſhipfull lygnage in Fraunce, hauing an Engliſheman to his
father, was ſtudent in Ox|forde, and became a notable Preacher: Iohn Mortan,
fyrſt Biſhoppe of Elie, and after Arch|biſhoppe of Canterbury the .lxiij. in
number that ruled that Sea, he was aduaunced to the digni|tie of a
Cardinall, and by King H [...]e the ſe|uenth made Lorde Chauncellour, a worthye Counſaylour and a
modeſt, hee was borne of worſhipfull Parentes in Dorſe [...]ſhire, and depar|ted this life in the yeare of oure Lorde.
1500. Henrye Medwall Chaplaine to the ſayde Mor|ton: Edmunde
Dudley borne of noble Paren|tage, ſtudyed the lawes of this lande, and
profi|ted highly in knowledge of the ſame, hee wrote a booke intituled
Arbor Reipublicae, the [...]ret of the common wealth, of this man yet haue heard be|fore in the
life of this king, and more God wyl|ling ſhall be ſaide in the beginning of
the nexte king, as the occaſion of the Hiſtorie leadeth: Iohn B [...]kingham an excellent Schootman: William Blackney a Carmelite Frier, a
doctor of diuinity and a Nigthmanc [...].
V [...]n .iiij.
