[1] But now the lord Henrie Beauford, newlie duke of Summerset by the death of duke Edmund his fa|ther,Henrie duke of Summer|set. slaine at the battell of saint Albons (as aboue is rehearsed) and Humfrie duke of Buckingham (who then & there lost his sonne and heire) and other of estate taking the part of king Henrie, whose case they did much bewaile & doubt, as perceiuing where|to the courtesie of the duke of Yorke did draw: they therefore thinking it necessarie to purueie for a re|medie yer the mischeefe happened, consulted with the quéene. By whose aduise was a great councell called at Gréenewich, where the duke of Yorke was dis|charged of his protectorship,The duke of Yorke dischar|ged of his of|fice. & the earle of Salisburie depriued also of his office. ¶ This sudden change a|mongst the nobilitie caused alterations, and sedi|tious attempts in the commonaltie, and in especiall within London: whereof this was one. A yoong mer|chant, which before time had béene in diuerse cities of Italie, and there forbidden by the magistrats (as the law and maner is) to weare anie weapon, now chal|lenged an Italian in Cheapside for wearing a dag|ger, telling him it was against his owne countrie lawes: whereto bicause the Italian answered some|what disdainefullie, the merchant not onelie tooke by force from him his dagger, but also with the same brake his pate.