[1] The archbishop and the earle returning to the king, shewed him the whole circumstance of that which the barons demanded, who tooke great indig|nation thereat, and scornefullie said;

Why doo they not aske to haue the kingdome also? Finallie, he af|firmed with an oth, that he would neuer grant any such liberties, whereby he should become a slaue.

Herevpon the archbishop and the earle of Penbroke returned to the barons, and declared the kings deni|all to confirme their articles. Then the barons na|ming their hoast The armie of God and the holie church,The barons giue a plausi|ble name to their armie. set forward, and first came vnto Northamp|ton, and besieging the towne, when they could not preuaile, bicause the same was well prouided for de|fense aforehand,Northamp|ton besieged. they departed from thence, and came towards Bedford to besiege the castell there, in which sir William Beauchampe was capteine,They wan the towne but not the castell. Matth. West. who being secretlie confederate with them, deliuered the place incontinentlie into their hands.