[1] [2] The duke of Yorke maketh claime to the crowne.The duke of Yorke pretending (as yée haue heard) a right to the crowne, as heire to Lionell duke of Clarence, came this yeare out of Ireland vnto Lon|don, in the parlement time, there to consult with his speciall fréends: as Iohn duke of Northfolke, Ri|chard earle of Salisburie, and the lord Richard his sonne, which after was earle of Warwike; Thomas Courtneie earle of Deuonshire, & Edward Brooke lord Cobham. After long deliberation and aduise ta|ken, it was thought expedient, to keepe their chéefe purpose secret; and that the duke should raise an ar|mie of men, vnder a pretext to remooue diuerse coun|cellors about the king, and to reuenge the manifest iniuries doone to the common-wealth by the same rulers. Of the which as principall, the duke of Sum|merset was namelie accused, both for that he was greatlie hated of the commons for the losse of Nor|mandie: and for that it was well knowne, that he would be altogither against the duke of Yorke in his chalenge to be made (when time serued) to the crowne; insomuch that his goods by the commons were fou|lie despoiled and borne awaie from the Blacke fri|ers. [...] Stow. After which riot, on the next morrow, proclamati|on was made through the citie, that no man should spoile or rob, on paine of death. But on the same daie at the standard in Cheape was a man beheaded for dooing contrarie to the proclamation.