[1] In this councell were the aforesaid archbishop of Yorke, the duke of Ireland, the earle of Suffolke, Robert Trisilian iustice, Robert Bramble iustice, and sundrie other, all which iustices were comman|ded to set their hands vnto the question vnder writ|ten that by meanes thereof, those persons that were about the king thought they might haue good occa|sion to put the duke of Glocester, and other lords that were his complices vnto death, which in the last par|lement were ordeined to haue the gouernance of the realme, and all such as were consenting to the same. Diuerse of the iustices refused to subscribe, but yet they were cons [...]reined to doo as the rest did, among the which was Iohn Belknap, who vtterlie refused,Iustice Belknap [...]pelled to [...]|scribe. till the duke of Ireland, and the earle of Suffolke compelled him thereto; for if he had persisted in the refusall, he had not escaped their hands, and yet when he had set to his seale, he burst out into these words;

Now (said he) here lacketh nothing but a rope,Iustice Belknaps words. that I might receiue a reward worthie for my desert, and I know, if I had not doone this, I might not haue esca|ped your hands, so that for your pleasures and the kings I haue doone it, and deserued thereby death at the hands of the lords.

Which indéed shortlie follow|ed, for in the next parlement he was condemned and executed. All this remained in record.