[1] [2] On saint Margarets daie, the king being readie to take his iournie to Berkhamstéed, in the great court of the abbeie of S. Albons had all the com|mons of the countie of Hertford before him,The commõs of Hertford|shire sworne to the king. that had summons there to appeare, all that were betwixt fifteene and thréescore yéeres of age, where they tooke an oth togither from thenc [...]foorth, to be faithfull sub|iects vnto him, and neuer to rise or make anie com|motion, to the disturbance of his peace; and rather to die, than to consent vnto anie rebellious persons, whome they should to the vttermost of their powers doo their best, to apprehend and deliuer them to the kings prison, that they might be foorth comming. Af|ter they had receiued this oth, they were licenced to depart, and the king rode to Berkhamsteed, where he remained for a time, and went to Esthamstéed to re|create himselfe with hunting, where he was infor|med, that those which were hanged at S. Albons, were taken from the gallowes, and remooued a good waie from the same: with which presumption he was so stirred, that he sent foorthwith his letters to the bai|liffes of the towne of S. Albons, commanding them vpon the sight of the same, to cause cheines to be made, and to bring the said bodies backe vnto the gallowes, and to hang them in those chaines vpon the same gallowes, there to remaine, so long as one peece might sticke to another, according to the forme of the iudgement giuen. The test of this writ thus di|rected to the bailiffes of saint Albons, was at Est|hamstéed the third of August, in the fift yeare of this kings reigne, and in the yeare of our lord a thousand three hundred foure score and one.