[1] [2] [3] The generall assemblie of the armie was appoin|ted to be at Yorke, and thither came the said lord Beaumont with his people, and was ioifullie recei|ued of the king and his lords. Here whilest not one|lie the Scotish ambassadours (which had béene sent to treat of peace, were heard to tell their message) but also whilest the councell tooke some leisure in de|bating the matter how to guide their enterprise, which they had now in hand: vpon Trinitie sundaie, it chanced that there arose contention within the ci|tie of Yorke, betwixt the English archers, and the strangers,A fraie be|twixt ye Eng|lish archers and the Hen|uiers. Caxton. which the lord Beaumont of Heinault had brought with him, insomuch that fighting togither there were slaine to the number of foure score per|sons of those archers, which were buried within the church of saint Clement in Fosgate. ¶Some write that there were slaine to the number of thrée hun|dred Englishmen: yet bicause the Henuiers came to aid the king, their peace was cried vpon paine of life. Froissart. And further, it was found by an inquest of the ci|tie, that the quarrell was begun by the Englishmen, the which (as some write) were of the Lincolneshire men, of those that sometime belonged to the Spen|sers, and to the earle of Arundell, so that there was cause, Caxton. Froissart. whie they bare euill will to the Henuiers which had aided (as yee haue heard) to bring the said earle and Spensers to their confusion.