[1] In Christmas the king by his messengers and he|ralds sent downe into the north his generall par|dons to all the offendors;Generall par|dons. and shortlie after Aske that had beene the principall procurer,Aske rewar|ded. & as it were chiefe capteine of the northerne rebels, came to London, and now was both pardoned and receiued into fa|uor, receiuing of the kings bounteous liberalitie, apparell, and diuerse other rewards, whereof he was most vnwoorthie: for there liued not (as Hall saith) a verier wretch, as well in person as conditions and déeds, speciallie towards the kings maiestie, as after appeared. Abr. Fl. ex I. S. pag. 1010. Sir Ra [...]fe E|uers his good seruice in the north. ¶ Sir Rafe Euers kept Scarbrow castell in the north, being six wéeks besieged by the rebels, twentie daies whereof he and all his companie (which were his onelie friends, seruants, and tenants, and serued for good will to him) were forced to susteine themselues with bread and water, and yet he kept the same to the end of that rebellion; and so deliue|red it to king Henrie, who sent him soone after to serue in the borders against Scotland, where in great credit he continued his seruice, kéeping the Scots without dooing hurt to England, and with such obedience of them, as within twentie miles of the borders of Scotland fore against him, there was not a Scot but at his commandement: and so conti|nued, till he was killed in the yeare 1545.]