The second course being serued: in at the hall doore entered a knight,Sir Robert Dimmocke the kings champion. armed at all points, his bases rich tissue embrodered, a great plume and a sumptu|ous of ostrich feathers on his helmet, sitting on a great courser, trapped in tissue, and embrodered with the armes of England, and of France, and an herald of armes before him. And passing through the hall, he presented himselfe with humble reuerence before the kings maiestie, to whome Gartier king of heralds cried and said with a lowd voice; Sir knight from whence come you, and what is your pretense? This knights name was sir Robert Dimmocke, champi|on to the king by tenure of his inheritance, who an|swered the said king of armes in effect after this ma|ner: Sir, the place that I come from is not materi|all, nor the cause of my repaire hither is not concer|ning anie matter of anie place or countrie, but one|lie this: and therewithall commanded his herald to make an O yes.The knights an [...]wer to the king of he|ralds. Then said the knight to the king of armes; Now shall ye heare the cause of my cõming and pretense. Then he commanded his owne herald, by proclamation to saie; If there be anie person, of what estate or degree soeuer he be, that will saie or proue, that king Henrie the eight is not the rightfull inheritor and king of this realme, I sir Robert Dimmocke here his champion, offer my gloue, to fight in his quarell with any person to the vtterance. Which proclamation was made in sundrie places of the hall: and at euerie time his gantlet cast downe, in the maintenance thereof.

The maner of the same knights te|nure.After these seuerall proclamations doone, and of|fers made, the said knight or champion eftsoones re|paired to the kings presence, demanding drinke; to whome the kings grace sent a cup of gold with wine, whereof after this knight had drunke, he demanded the couer of the said cup, which to him also was deli|uered: that doone he departed out of the hall, with the said cup and couer as his owne. The maner of his tenure is this, that at the coronation of the king, he shall go to the armorie, and there take the kings best harnesse saue one, the best and rich bases sauing one, then of the plumes or other things for the garnish|ing of his creast or helme; and so to the stable, there taking the next courser or horsse to the best, with like trappers, & so furnished, to enter (as afore) and his of|fice doone, to haue all these things with the cup of gold and couer to his owne vse. After the departure of the said champion, the king of armes with all the heralds and other officers of armes, made procla|mations in seuerall places of the hall, crieng lar|gesse. Brieflie I passe ouer this high and long solem|nitie of this honorable coronation and feast, more ho|norable than of the great Cesar, whome manie hi|storiographers so highlie set out and magnifie.

Sir Stephã Genings ma|ior of London.Now when the tables were voided, the wafers were brought. Then sir Stephan Genings that time maior of London, whome the king before he sat downe to dinner had dubbed knight, which began the earles table that daie, arose from the place where he sat, to serue the king with ipocras in a cup of gold: which cup, after his grace had dronken thereof, was with the couer giuen vnto the said sir Stephan, like as other his predecessors, maiors of the said citie, were woont to haue at the coronation of the king. Then after the surnap laied, and that the kings grace and the quéene had washed, euerie of them vnder their cloths of estate, the tables being auoided, went vnto their chambers. For the more honour and in|nobling of this triumphant coronation,Iusts and turnement [...] there were prepared both iusts and turneis to be doone in the pa|lace of Westminster, where, for the kings grace and the quéene, was framed a faire house, couered with tapestrie, and hanged with rich clothes of arrais, and in the said palace was made a curious founteine and ouer it a castell, on the top therof a great crowne imperiall, all the imbatelling with roses and pome|granats gilded.