[1] Soone after this, Peter de Riuales, Stephan Se|graue, & Robert Passelew were called to accounts, that it might appeare how the kings treasure was spent, and how they had vsed themselues with the kings seale. The two last remembred kept them|selues out of the waie, and could not be found.Officers cal|led to ac|counts. Ste|phan Segraue shrowding himselfe in secret within the abbeie of Leicester, and Robert Passelew fei|ning himselfe sicke, kept within the new temple at London. Peter de Riuales also, with his father the bishop of Winchester, tooke sanctuarie at Winche|ster, for they were afraid least their bodies should not be in safetie if they came abroad, bicause they vnder|stood that their manours and grange places were spoiled and burnt by those that bare them displeasure. Howbeit at length, vnder the protection of the arch|bishop of Canturburie, they came to their answer, & were sore charged for their vniust dealing, traito|rous practise, and great falshood vsed in time of their bearing office, and (as it appeareth by writers) they could but sorilie cleare themselues in those matters wherewith they were charged: but yet by reason of their protection they were restored to the places from whence they came, or else otherwise shifted off the matter for the time, so that we read not of anie great bodilie punishment which they should receiue as then. In the end they were pardoned & reconciled to [page 219] the kings fauor, vpon paiment of such fines as were assessed vpon them.