[1] [2] Fabian. Wil. Paruus. Matt. Paris. Ran. Higd. William Fitz Osbert.At the same time there was another person in London called William with the long beard (aliàs Fitz Osbert) which had likewise informed the king of certeine great oppressions and excessiue outrages vsed by rich men against the poore (namelie the wor|shipfull of the citie, the Maior and Aldermen) who in their hoistings, when any tallage was to be gathe|red, burdened the poore further than was thought rea|son,The [...]oule dis|order in the citizens of London. to ease themselues; wherevpon the said William being a seditious person, and of a busie nature, ceas|sed not to make complaints. Now bicause the king gaue eare vnto him at the first, he tooke a boldnesse thereof, & drawing vnto him great routs of the poo|rer sort of people, would take vpon him to defend the causes of those that found themselues greeued with the heauie yoke of richmen and gentlemen. He was somewhat learned, and verie eloquent: he had also a verie good wit, but he applied it rather to set dissenti|on betwixt the high estates and the low, than to anie other good purpose. He accused also his owne brother of treason, who in his youth had kept him to schoole, & beene verie good and beneficiall brother vnto him, bicause now he would not still mainteine him with monie to beare out his riottous port.The vnnatu|rall ingrati|tude of Fitz Osbert. Moreouer, he declared to the king that by extortion and briberie of certeine men of great wealth, he lost manie forfeits and escheats.