[1] [2] About this time, a learned esquire, or rather a clearke of the vniuersitie of Oxenford, bearing some malice toward the king, fained himselfe mad, and es|pieng thereby the secret places of his house at Wood|stoke where he then laie, Matth. Paris. A naughtie wretch meant to haue de|stroied the K. vpon a night by a window he got into the kings bedchamber, and comming to the beds side, threw off the couerings, and with a dag|ger strake diuers times into a pillow, supposing that the king had beene there, but as GOD would, that night the king laie in another chamber with the quéene. In the meane time, one of the queenes cham|bermaids named Margaret Biset, hauing espied the traitor, made an outcrie, so that the K. seruants which came to vnderstand what the matter meant, presentlie apprehended the said clearke, who being conueied to Couentrie, was there arreigned, and by lawfull proofe had of his malicious intent, was con|demned, and executed as a traitor. At his death he confessed, that he was sent from Sée his end in pag. 230. William de Ma|risch the sonne of Geffrie de Marisch to murther the king by such manner of means, not caring what had become of himselfe so he might haue dispatched his purpose.