[1] [2] [3] The common talke was,The malice of cardinall Poole against king Henrie the eight. that if he had not so sud|denlie died, he would haue disclosed the purpose of the chiefe of the clergie, meaning the cardinall, which was to haue taken vp K. Henries bodie at Wind|sor, and to haue burned it, as manie thought. The thir|tith of Nouember, being saint Andrews daie,Sir Thomas Tresham made lord of saint Iohns of Ierusalem. in the forenoone, the quéene came from saint Iames to hir palace at Westminster, where she heard masse: at the which, sir Thomas Tresham knight receiued [page 1135] the order of the crosse,Calis not fur|nished with a sufficient number of men. & was instituted lord of saint Iohns of Ierusalem in England. At this time, al|though there was open hostilitie and warre betwéen England & France: yet contrarie to the common cu|stome before vsed, the towne of Calis and the forts thereabouts were not supplied with anie new ac|crewes of soldiors, but rather withdrawne from thense, and discharged. Which negligence was not vnknowne to the enimie, who long before had prac|tised the winning of the said towne and countrie.