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The two short London Chronicles here printed are both preserv- ed amongst the Collections of John Stow in the British Museum, and both illustrate (though in very different degrees) the manner in which he composed his History of England, beginning with his Summary of English Chronicles and ending with his better known Annales. The first and much the more important is copied in Harley MS. 540 ff. 7-21, partly in Stow's own writing and partly by another

' hand. At the beginning it is stated to be copied out of Myster r Lordynge's booke.' Who M Lordyng was I cannot say. But his book was probably a copy of one of the old Chronicles of London, as the four brief notes, with which the Chronicle in the Harley MS. begins, seem to indicate. It would be quite in accordance with custom for a later owner to have entered at the end of the original Chronicle from time to time a continuation of his own. This is the character of the main Chronicle here printed for the years 1523 to 1555. Really there are two separate Chronicles, entered no doubt in the original by two different owners. The first is for the years 1523 to 1540; the second for 1548 to 1555. For the intervening years 1540 to 1548 the names of the mayors and sheriffs, with a single bald note under 1543-44, had been entered, possibly by the writer of the second Chronicle. These two Chronicles of Harley MS. 540 are clearly of different authorship, having nothing in common save for certain indications that the writers of both were of anti- Protestant feelings. The chief interest of the earlier Chronicle (1523-1540) consists in the fact that it formed the principal source for Stow's narrative in the first editions of his Summary of English Chronicles published vi INTRODUCTION in 1565 and i566. It is somewhat amusing to find that Stow was, for matters almost within his own memory, copying so slavishly from a written Chronicle, at the very time when he was censuring

! Grafton for having made an unfair use of his own printed work. It is true that Stow added for these years a little from Hall, but the early editions of the Summary are substantially a mere repro- duction from the Chronicle here printed. In the subsequent editions of the Summary in 1570 and 1575, and still more in the final history as given in the Annales, Stow drew much more freely on other sources. A great deal of matter contained in this Chronicle was thus gradually dropped. Meantime something had been borrowed by Holinshed without any specific acknowledgement of his source. It is thus necessary to recognise that the successive editions of Stow's Summary are deserving of more attention than they have commonly received. Though Stow for the most part followed the Chronicle very closely, his departures from his original in some places are noteworthy. The original contains certain matter, which, when Stow wrote thirty years later, it would not have been judicious to " repeat. Under 1528-9 a reference to the selling of Martin " * Luther's books is omitted. So also is that to the burning of Tyndal's books in Nov. 1530. More remarkable is the omission of

' ' 4 the reference to Catherine of Aragon a blysyd lady and a good,

4 and of the pathetic story of the two women, who fortified theyr { saying still to die in the quarell for Queen Catherine's sake.' On the other hand it is to be noted that the Chronicler had not recorded the proclamation of the king's supremacy in 1534, passed over Anne Boleyn's wedding and the birth of the princess Elizabeth, and even the birth of Edward VI the omission to mention the ; suppression of the monasteries under 1537-8 may also be due to anti- Protestant sympathies, which the writer feared to express. Through Stow the Chronicle is several times quoted by Holinshed;

1 Dedication of Summary Abridged for 1567 ap. Survey of London i. Ixxvii. INTRODUCTION vii as for the events of 1534-5, for the procession on 11 Nov. 1535, the jousting at Westminster on 29 June 1536, the penance of Thomas Newman on 12 Nov. 1536, and the execution of the

' Vicar of Wandsworth on 8 July 1539. For the most part the Chronicle consists of brief notes, probably written down immediately after the events to which they relate. Executions, penances for heresy, and incidents of civic history furnish the principal staple of the narrative. Passages of more moment, which may be mentioned, are the reference to Queen Catherine noted above, the description of the prosecution of the 2 th Maid of Kent, the long account of the procession on 11 Nov. 3 1535, and the curious notice of Thomas CromwelPs alleged 4 parentage. The chronology of the Chronicle calls for some explanation. 6 ' e The note that this boke doth accoumpte y yere to begyn at ' Novembar, was probably inserted by Stow, who did not recognise that the years were mayoral not regnal. But the numbers of the years as given in the text have been frequently altered, the original numbers having been a year earlier ('xvj.' for 'xvij.' etc.). The explanation probably is that the original writer put down the

' mayor, who held office in April 1509, as the mayor for the first year of Henry VIII. ' Thus the mayor and sheriffs for 1509-10 would have been entered as those for 2 VIII and Thomas Henry ; Baldry would have appeared under 16 Henry VIII, though he really held th th office 1523-24 in the 15 and 16 regnal years. The dates as in the text are the corrected ones follow the most given ; they common custom of the London Chronicles and of Stow's Summary, in accordance with which the first mayoral year of Henry VIII was that of the mayor, who took office on 29th October 1509. The second Chronicle for 1548-55 is distinguished from the first by its much greater fulness in matters which it describes, and by less attention to trivial incidents. Partly for these reasons, and

1 iii. 810 cf. Holinshed, 793, 798, 803, ; pp. 10, 13, 15 below. 2 3 pp. 8-9. p. 11-12. 4 5 P- 15- p. i. viii INTRODUCTION partly because Stow, from whatever cause, made much less use of it, it is of far more interest. Stow had by this point reached a time well within his own recollection, and may consequently have depended less on written memorials. When he first wrote, moreover, events of such recent happening required discreet handling. When later on he expanded his history, he had at his the Chronicle and Marie 1 disposal manuscript of Queen Jane Queen , and also as it would appear a copy of Charles Wriothesley's Chronicle. Thus he not only made less use of our Chronicle from 1548 to 1555 in his Summary, but also omitted more of what he had at first borrowed, when he came to write his Annales. The Chronicle opens with a long account of the disturbances of 1549. The description of the rising at Exeter is followed fairly closely by Stow. The story of the disparking of Thame and Rycote, as here given, seems to be novel, and the account of Kett's a rebellion differs from that given by Stow. The first arrest of 3 4 Somerset, and the story of Captains Charles and Gambold, are given without any particular additions to other accounts. Most of the history of 1550-52 appears in a very similar form to that adopted 5 by Stow in his Summary. Of the events which attended the acces- sion of Queen Mary we get an independent and interesting account 6 of which Stow made little use. Wyatt's rebellion is described freshly, as by one who wrote from his own knowledge; the most notable new point being the story of how Wyatt managed to get 7 into Fleet Street without being recognised. There is a good deal of detail on the subsequent incidents of the spring of 1554, but with nothing that calls for comment till we reach the trial of 8 Nicholas Throckmorton, where the sufferings of the stalwart jurors, who would not find him guilty, are told at more length than elsewhere. The arrival of Philip of Spain is described with

1 Harley MS. 194: printed in Camden Society i* Series No. 48. 2 s PP- 17-19 P- 19 4 5 p. 20 pp. 22-26 6 7 pp. 27-29 pp. 31-33 8 PP- 35 and 39 INTRODUCTION ix some small details of interest. ! Gardiner's sermon at Paul's Cross 2 on 2nd December, 1554, is summarised in a manner which shows that the Chronicle consists of notes, perhaps written down on the

' spot, until the bells made such noise that I could not understand

' three words together. Of this, the most interesting passage in the whole Chronicle, Stow made no use at all. So far as I can discover no other writer gives so minute an account of Gardiner's sermon. The Chronicle ends with the death of Gardiner in No- vember, 1555. But the history of the last eleven months includes nothing of importance, which cannot be found elsewhere. The 3 description of the flood in October, 1555, shows how Stow used this Chronicle in his Summary, but discarded it in the Annales. The use of the Chronicle by Stow, and the points in which it differs from other contemporary records are illustrated sufficiently in the footnotes to the text. Except where otherwise noted the Summary is quoted from the edition of 1566 (which here differs little from that of 1565), and the Annales from the edition of 1605. (Stow's own final and anthoritative text).

The brief City Chronicle for 1547 to 1564 is of a different charac- ter to the previous one. Harley MS. 530 ff. 105-110, whence it comes, consists of short historical notes written early in the reign th of Elizabeth. The first note is for the 54 year of Henry III taken from Fabyan. Other notes of fourteenth century history follow from Froissart. A notice of Wiclif is borrowed from John Bale. On f. 107 comes a note, which is worth quoting as a charac- teristic specimen : 11 Mr. Hall writeth the batayle of Egyncorte to be in the 4 yere, tr & I do think it gode to referr the redar to m hall, who writeth of 4 it at large takyn owt of the frenche cronicle made by enguyron, " who did write ymmediatly after frosard.

1 PP- 37-38 pp. 40, 41 3 4 p. 43 Enguerrant de Monstrelet. x INTRODUCTION

ro On f. 108 there are a few notes on the reign of Henry VIII.

The last alone is of any interest : "In the 25 yere the statute was made for the selling of flessh " l toke effect the first of by waight ; day August. There then begins the more regular and original Chronicle here ' printed. The writer, unlike the authors of the previous Chron- icle, seems from his notices on religious matters to have been a Protestant. There are a few entries of political matters. But the more interesting part of the Chronicle consist of notes, which would appear to have been made by a London merchant trading abroad. They relate chiefly to incidents and disasters at sea : to captures of French and Spanish ships : to the pirate Strangwysh-; and to the naval warfare off Newhaven, or Havre, in 1563-64. The reference to an exploit of John Hawkins in the autumn of 1563 seems to be novel. Other entries on the rate of exchange with Antwerp, and on prices, also indicate that the writer was interested in commerce. Two amusing notes are of the rainy season of 1563, which caused such a dearth of hops that beer was brewed with broom and bay-berries, and of the abundance of fruit in the following summer. The statement as to the causes which led to the English intervention at Havre in 1563, appears to have been borrowed by Stow for his own narrative in the Annales. Apart from its contents this Chronicle has a certain interest as illustrating how long the practice of keeping written records in the form of civic Annals persisted with London citizens.

1 Cf. Stow, Survey of London, i. 187. 2 pp. 47-49. J^l^*^ OF THE UNIVERSITY Of

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The notes folowynge wer copied out of Myst'. Lordynges boke.

e Richard y seconde de of his e of othar The iij yere reygne y galyottis Spayne w* small e shipps cam a land at Gravesende, & robbyd & brent y moaste e parte [of y ] towne. e e The xviij. yere of Richard y second y heresies of John Wyk- clyffe began to spryng in England.

e Henry y fourthe e e e Y xj. yere of his reygne began y alaye of goulde : & y kyngs e sons betyn in y Chepe.

e Henry y vij e The first yere of his reyne y crosse in Chepe was new buylded, Hughe Bryce beyng mayre. e The xiij of his reygne y wedercoke of Powlls was new made.

e Henrie y viij

e This boke dothe accowmpte y yere to begyn at November, but yt dothe not begyn tyll Aprill next foloynge, which is to be noted. l

1 This is a note made by Stow, who did not then realise that these London th Chronicles were dated by mayoral years beginning on 2g Oct. The regnal nd years of Henry viii began on 22 April. See Introduction, p. iii. above. 2 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

c e 6 Y xv. yere of Henrie y viij, Tomas Baldry beyng may re, was y 1 lady Hungarford and hir man hangyd at Tyburne. e The xvj. yere of his reyne y castellof Grenewyche was buyhlyd. e e Y same yere, y xviij daye of June, was creatyd at Brydewell e Henrie, y kyngis bastard, duke of Richemont & Somersete, & e earle of Nothyngham, highe steward of Englande, warden of all y e marches agaynst Scotlande, hyghe admyrall of y sea, highe c Justice of all y kyngs parkes, chaces, mayrynes, & forestis from e Trent to Scotland, & hyghe steward to y byshope of Yorke & Doram. J

e The xvij. yere of his reygne, y xj. day of februarie, beynge v. e Stilaard of shroffe son daye, men of y dyd penaunce, iij. them bare fagotes at Powles, & ij. of them bare taperes. And an awsten c fryar callyd doctor Barns of Cambryge bare a fagot at Powles y same daye. The same yere y* vj. day of September was proclamyd e e of goulde y frenche crowne iiij.s. vj.d., y halffe noble iij.s. ix.d., e c y angell noble vij.s. vj.d., and y riall xj.s. iij.d., & so every pese 3 affter yl valewe. his e The xviij. yere, Thomas Seamar mayre, of reygne, y iij. day e of Julii, y lorde cardenall rode thorowe Chepe, & so toward Fraunce 4 & e xv. of c same was one Harman ; y day y monythe drawyn from Newgate to Tyburn, & there hangyd for qwynynge 5 c e of falce golde. And in y same yere in Julii & in August was y e e slewcys made in Fynsbery fylde to convaye y yll watars ovar y e 6 e towne dyche by pypes of lede in to y Temes. In y same yere l was great skarsnes of breade at London, & all England, y many

fe fc dyed for defaut therof : & y bread cartes y came from Stratford to e c London were mett by y way at Myll ende by y citisens of London,

1 The notice for this year is added in the margin. 2 Summary omits. 3 This forms the whole notice for the year in the Summary, save for an addi- tion as to the sermon preached by bishop Fisher at S' Paul's on II th Feb. 4 At more length in Summary. 5 Summary, but reading : 'coynynge'. 6 Abbreviated in Summary, and in Survey, ii. 77. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 3

i e y y mayr and shrivis were fayne to goo & reskew them, & se them e l browght to y markytis apoyntyd. c The xix. yere, of his reygne, James Spencer mayre, y first day e of Novembar, my lord cardinall w* y Ambasadours of Fraunce wer at Powles, & ther was proclaymyd a generall peace betwene kyng e Henrie of England & Francys y frenche kynge durynge theyr 2 lyves, & a xij. monythe & a day afftar. of scolers of The viij. day Novembar iij. Cambryge, & one Fostar e * a gentyllman of y cowrte bare ffagotts at Powlis for heresy. c This yere was no watche at mydsomer. y vij. of October cam to London a legat from Rome. c The v. day of January y cardynall, & many byshopes, & abbotis, e & priours, went a prossecion at Powles, & sange te deum for y e c eskapynge of y pope from y emperour.

The xiij. clay of January was a great fyar at Andrewe Moreys key in r as Terns strete, & anothar key by it, wher w myche hurte done. e c The vij. day of Aprell y lord master of y Rodes cam to London, e & lay at sent Johns in Smythfyld. The xvij day of June y terem c was aiournyd to myhellmas aftar, becaws of y swetynge sykenes l 1 5 y reygnyd at y tym in London & in othar placis. xx. of his c The yere reygne, J. Rudstone mayre, y xxix. of e t November y parysshe prist of Hony lane & a yonge man, y some tyme was vsshar of seynt Anthonys scole, bare fagottis at Powlis. othar a e And ij. men, one duche man, y othar an englyshe man, 6 bare tapers of wax for sellyng of Martyn Leuthars bokes. The viij. daye of Maye a powche maker bare a fagote at Powles

1 Summary with additions from Hall. - Summary. 3 Summary. 4 Because of the sweating sickness. This and the following note are transferred in the Summary to their proper chronological position at the end of the year. 5 The whole of this paragraph appears in the Summary, with the addition of a note as to how two French and Flemish vessels chased one another from Margate to Tower wharf. 6 Summary, but omitting,' for sellyng etc.' A note on the sessions of the Cardinals at Blackfriars is then inserted from Hall. 4 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES for heresye. The vj. day of September one John Skotte, wod- e monger, dyd penaunce in Chepe and othar placis of y citie, goynge in his shurte, bare leggyd & bare fottyd, and a proclamacion made e at y Standard, at Ledyn hall, & at Grace churche vpon misde- e e 1 e l meanor agaynst y mayre & y aldermen w y shrives. e The xviij. day of October was y cardynall dyschargyd of his e chauncelourshype, & y kynge seasyd all his goods & his place at e e Westmystar : & y xxv. day of y same monythe he went from 2 Yorke place to Ashehere w l xxx. persones & no more, & ther 6 to abyde tyll he knew furdar of y kyngs pleasure. And the xxvj. day of Octobre was sir Thomas More made chauncelour of 3 England, & sworne, & kepte his rome all one day. 6 The xxj. yere of his reygne, Rauffe Dodmer mayre, y viij. day of Decembre was one sir Thomas Bolyn, callyd lord of Rocheforde, e was made earle of Ormonde & of Wylshere, & y lorde ffughe 4 Watars was made earle of Sussex, & my lorde Hastynges was 5 made earle of Huntyngton. The xiij day of Janewarie was a e great fyar in y Vyntry, & myche hurte done. The xxiij. day of 6 Janewarie was iij. men, one a Gaskone, & ij. eryche men, drawne e from Newgat to y Towerhyll, and ther hangyd & quarteryd for e countarfeytynge y kyngs coyne. The xvj. day of Maye was a gebyt set vp in Fynsbery hide, & a man hangyd in chaynes for kyllynge of doctour Myles, vykar of sent Brydes. The v. day of

Julii was one hangyd in chayns in Fynsbery fyld for kyllynge 7 mastres knevytt's mayd in sente Auntolyns paryshe. e The xxij. yere of his reygne, Thomas Pargetour mayre, y xix.

1 ' Summary, but reading : his demeanor '. 2 Esher. 3 Summary. Three notes are then added on William Tyndale, the peace, and the parliament at Blackfriars. 4 Fitz Walter. 5 The notice of these creations is omitted in the Summary. 6 Irish. 7 The whole of the latter part of this paragraph appears in the Summary, together with two notes on Tyndal's translation of the New Testament, and on the proclamation prohibiting communication with Rome. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 5 day of Novembar iiij. men, whose names were, Thomas Somar, John Pursar, Tyndall, & a prentys on London brydge, they rode e from the Towre of London w* papars on theyr heades vnto y crosse in Chepe, & ther was made a great fyar & theyr bokes 1 brent. The v. day of Aprylle was a coke boylyd in a cawdren of brasse in Smythefylde for ye poysonynge of ye byshope of 2 e e Rochestars servant. At mydsomar y constables rode in y watche. The xiiij. day of Julii maystre Lacis servant was hangyd e e in Fynsbery fylde for y morderynge of a mayde, & for y robynge of this sayd mistar Lacie. e The xix. day of August y byshope of Norwyche brynt a master of Arte callyd Thomas Bylneye. The xxij. day of October Paytmer, 4 a merchant & a glayssyar, bare fagotis at Powles. e The xxiij. yere of his reygne, Nicholas Lambarde, mayre, y v. of at day November ij. men bare fagotis Powles, one of them was Parnylls servant, a drapar. The xj. day of Novembar Harie

Thomson was commyttyd to perpetuall pryson for eresye : the e e same Harie cam owt agayn by y kyngs chartar : y same day on 5 Pattmer, a pryst, was commyttyd to pepetuall pryson for heresye. 6 The xxvij. day of November was a monke of Bery burnt in 7 Smythefylde for heresie. The iiij. day of December was one 8 c Risse Gryffyn, a gentylman of Wales, behedyd at y Towre hyll, & his man hanged, drawne, & quarteryd at Tybourne for treason. The xx. day of Decembar was a pouchemaker brent in Smythefyld 9 for heresie. The xxvij. day of Janewarie, a douche man bare a

1 Omitted in Summary.

3 ' Summary, but reading : poysonynge dyuers persons at the byshop of

' Rochesters and the cook's ' place ; giving name one Richarde Rose'. 3 These two notes are omitted in the Summary.

4 ' ' but is called a of ' is Summary ; Bilney bacheler law ', and Paules crosse

' substituted for Powles '. 5 These notes are omitted in the Summary. 6 Bury.

7 ' Summary omits for heresie '. 8 Ryce, Summary. 9 Summary omits this note. 6 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e fagot at Powles crosse for heresie. Y xj. day of February one bare a fagot at Polls crosse. The xxj. day of August one bare a fagot l at Powlys for heresye. The laste day of Apryll was one Baynatn brent in Smythefylde for herisye. The xxv. day of Maye was between takyn Grenewyche & London ij. greate fyshis callid both a male a female. of herlpoles, & The iiij. day June was dyscharged syr Thomas More of his chauncelourshipe, & for him c was chosyn mistar Audleye, sergant of y coyffe, & was made cheffe * justice in y chancerie, & cald by his offyce lorde brode seale. e The xv. day of June was v. men drawne from Newgate to y Towr hyll, & then hangyd & quarteryd for qwynynge of sylvar &

:1 clypynge of gowld. The xxviij. day of June was one othar man

' 1 hangyd in chaynes in Fynsbery fylde for y kylynge of mystris 4 Lacis mayd. The v. day of Julii was a pryst dwcllyn c e S. Andrews by syd y wardrope drawne from Newgate to y Towr 3 hyll, & ther hangid & quarteryd for clypynge of gowlde. Allso in

1' e Julii y kynge put downc y priour of Christchurche in London, all

' e 1 y chanons of y same place y kyng sent to othar placis of y same

' 1 l relygyon, for be caws y same priour lyvycl vnthriftely & w

' 1 1 his vngracious rewle brought y same house in debt, y he was

1 not able to kepe his housse and mayntayne it/ The xvij. day of

' ' 1 of Allhallows in Bredstrete fell at \ Auguste ij. prestis variance, y c one prist drew blocle on y othar, wherfore y" same churche was 7 supendyd & and no servys sayd nor songe in one monythe. in This yere August & Septembar y' kynge repayrycl y' Towr of London, cc mad ther myche buyldynge. The fyrst of Scptembar

Summary omits the last two neks. Stow records this in his own words, and adds notes on the kind's supremacy, and on Cromwell's promotion.

' Summary, but reading : coynyng '. Summary omits. Summary.

' ' ' Summary, hut omitting from for be caws to mayntayne it.' Compare Stow's story of the prior's hospitality ap. Snrvcy i. 141 and ii. 291, and Hall, Chronicle.

7 Given with the subsequent note of their penance by Stow in Surrey, i. 347. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 7 was the lady Anne Bnllyn made marchionys of Penbroke at Wynd- e sore. The vij. day of October y kynge went to Calys & to Bol- e of l lyne, & came ovar agayn y xiij. day Noyembar folowynge. e of Allhallowne in The xxv. day of Octobar y ij. pristis Bredstrete e l wer joynyd in penaunce to go byfore y generall prossecion w bare e 1 feet, bare leggyd, & bare hedyd, before y children, w bedes & bokes in theyr hands, & so clyd theyr penaunce. e The xxiiij. yere of his reygne, Stephen Pekoke, mayre, y xv. e day of Decembar was a great fyar at y byshop of Lyncolnes place 2 in Holbourne, & myche hurt done. The xvij. day of Marche was chosyn Edward Hall, gentylman, 3 of Greys In, to be comon sargaunte of y citie of London. The x. day of Aprill was a dole at sent Mary Overies in Sothewarke, & at e y same dole was so great preace of pore people y* ther was in u strete a smoulderyd y iiij. men, ij. wemen, & boye, starke 4 c deacle. The xij. day of Aprill was y countes of Penbroke, lady Anne Bolyne, dowghter of syr Thomas Bolen, bacheylar knyght, c bnt y kynge made hym lorde of Rocheforde, & earl of Wylshire e & Ormonde, on Estar eve y xij. clay of Aprill she was proclaymyd of & was hir quen England ; quene Katheryn put downe, & dovvghtar Mary, pryncis, was lykewyse put downe, beyng his owne dowghtar gotyn on quene Katheryn, whiche was xxiiij. yere 5 his wyffe & quene of England, a blysyd lady & a good. Y xij. of e towne selffe. day May Pavyar, y clarke, honge hym The iiij. day of Julii was brent in Smythefyld John Frythe, a scolar of 6 Oxforde, & a taylours servante, bothe together for heresye. The vj. day of Julye was quen Katheryn proclaymyd princis Arthours

1 The last three notes in Summary, with an addition on the king's marriage to Anne Boleyn. 2 Summary.

3 ' Summary adding : Whiche Edward Halle made the notable boke of

Chronicles '.

4 ' ' ' ' but Audries for in strete '. Summary reading, Overies ', and omitting ye 5 For the proclamation of Queen Anne the Summary follows Hall's Chronicle, and omits the reference to Queen Katharine altogether. 6 Wriothesley's Chron. i. 22. The second was Andrew Hewit. 8 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

l of marchauntis Wydowe. The xvij. day Julii were ij. slayne on e y watar toward Westmynstar by one Wolffe & his wyffe. The of betton the xxiij. day August wear ij. women abowght Chepe e 1 nakyd from y waste vpwarde, w roddes, & theyr eris naylyd to e e y Standard for bycause they sayd quene Katheryn was y treu e quen of England, & not quene Ane : and one of y wemen was 1 : thes byge w childe & whan ij. wemen had thus bene punyshed, e they forteffyed theyr sayenge styll, to dy in y quarell for quene 2 Katheryns sake. The v. day of Octobar was a great fyar at Baynards castell, & great hurt don. The xxv. yere of his reygne, Christopher Askewe, mayre, y* xxiiij. day of Octobar was ther a skafolde set up at Powles crosse, 3 e & ther on stode a none namyd Anne Barton, callyd y holy of 4 in mayd Courtopstrete bysyde Cauntourbury Kent, & ij. e monkes of Cauntourbery, y one was doctor Boccynge, a devyn, & e of ij. obsarvant fryars, one was y father y* house of Richemount e e & y othar was of Cauntourbery, & y parson of Aldermary in

1' London callyd Mst. Gowide, & anothar priste confessor to y same at 6 none, & ij. lay men, & y same crosse was a sermond made by e c y byshope of Bangowre, callyd y Abbot of Hyde, wher was shewyd all theyr offends, & so they wer from thence removyd to e 5 y Towr.

1 The Summary omits the last two notes. It gives the enactment for butchers, which reappears in the Survey, i. 187. 8 This pathetic story is omitted in the Summary. It is remarkable that the Chronicle has no notice of the birth of Elizabeth on 7 Sept, which Stow duly inserts before the note on the fire at Baynard's Castle.

3 ' Should be Elizabeth '. 4 Court-up-street, or Court-at-street. 5 th In the Summary Stow transfers this verbatim to ihe 24 mayoral year, to rd which it properly belongs. The true date was 23 Oct. see Letters and Papers vi. 1433, 1460 and vii. 72, p. 29, and Gairdner, Lollardy and the Reformation, rd i- 455- Wriothesley Chron. i. 23 gives the date as 23 Nov. The monks were Edward Bockyng and Richard Deryng, the friars Hugh Rich and Richard Risby, the priest Richard Masters, parson of Aldington, and the laymen Edward Thwaytes and Thomas Gold. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 9

The xxviij. day of Januarie was a great fyshe taken at Blake e walle callyd a whall, & was brought up to Westminstar to y kynge to see, so browght downe to Broken wharffe & ther cut out. e The fyrst day of Apryll wer Wolffe & his wyffe hangyd at y tre in e c turnynge Lambethe marche, for y deathe of y ij. Lombardes afore xx. of of namyd. The day Apryll were ij. monkes Cantor- e in bury, ij. observant fryars, y person of Alclermarie London, & a e none callyd y holy mayd of Courthopstrete in Kent bysyd Caun- e tourbery, all thes wer drawne from y Tour of London vnto Tybourne & ther hangyd, qwarteryd, & theyr hecles set vpon e e 1 London brydge, & at y gate of y citie of London. The xx. day e e of Apryll all y craftes & companyes in London were sworne to y kynge & to quene Anne & theyr eyres. The xxv. day of Maye e was a great fyar at y Saltars hall in Bredstrete & moche harme e done. The v. day of June wer all servants & prentisys of y age e of xx. yeres~6r above sworne to y kynge, & quene Anne his wyffe, e & to the issewe of them. The ix. clay of Julii was y lord Dacres e e 2 of y northe araynyd of treason, and acqwyted of y same. e e The xj. day of August was all y placis of y obsarvant fryars,

r as Grenewyche, Cantorburie, Rychemonte, & New arke, & New- e e castell, put downe, & Austyn fryars put in y same places, & y same obsarvantis wer put in placys of graye fryars &c. The xiij. e day of August was a great fyar at y Temple barr, & myche hurt e don & certayne persons byrnt. The xv. day of August y kyngs e 3 place at Charynge crosse, callyd y Mewse, was a fyre. The xxj. e day of Septembar doctor Taylor, mastar of y Rolls was dyschargyd, e & for hym Mst. Thomas Cromwell was made maystar of y Rolls, e 4 & sworn e y ix. day of Octobar.

1 ' Summary adds : and theyr bodies buried '.

2 ' Summary has treason, where he so wittily and directly confuted hys accusers, that to theyr great shame, he was founde by his peres not gyltie '. Stow then inserts from Hall a notice (misplaced, see above under 1532-33) of the mar- tyrdom of John Frith and Andrew Hewet. 3 This is differently described in the Summary.

4 ' ' Summary adds : who after warde bare great rule. 10 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

l e The xxvj. yere of his reygne, John Champneys mayre, y xxix. c c day of Apryll y prior of y Charterhouse of London, the prior of 2 3 e Beuall, the prior of Exsam, & a brodar of y same callyd mistar Raynolds, & a pryste callyd Mast. John Hayle, vicar of Thystyl- 4 worthe were all condemnyd of treason & judgyde at \Vcs tiny star to be clrawne, hangyd, & quarteryd at Tybourne, who wer at c of executyd Tyborne y iiij. day May, & ther heds & quarters c set at every gate of London, & at y Chartarhous in London one his quartar. The viij. day of May the kynge comaundyd all about court to powl thcyr hecles, & to gyve them ensample he dycl cawse his ownc hed to be powllyd Ivkewyse. The xxv. day of May was c a great examynacion of erytykes borne in Holand beyond y see; c ther was examynyd xix. men & vj. wemen of y same country borne. 5 vndar shrive The ij. day of June mistar Hall was chosyn e by y mayre & comon counsell, who was before y comon sargante of 6 his in London. The iiij. day of June a man & wyffe borne 7 8 Bo the in Holand wer byrnt in Smythefyld for heresye. The c xviij. day of June wer thre monkes of y Chartarhouse, Exmew, Mydlemor, & Nydygate, drawn to Tyborne, & ther hangyd cS: quarteryd. The xxij. day of June was doctor Fyshar, byshope of e 9 Rocheslar, behedyd at y Towre hyll, [his body buryed at Bar- ' l0 kynge ]. The xvj. day of Julii syr Thomas More was behedyd at

" 1 Tour hyll [then y' body of byshope of Rochestar was taken vp,

I In the Summary Stow inserts a note on the Parliament of November, 1534. 3 Beauvale.

' ' Summary reads Ilexham '. It should be Axholme '. Isleworth. Summary then adds "their opinions".

' Summary adds : as is aforesaid.'

' Summary : borne in Holland '.

' Summary: for the Arrianes heresie '.

' Summary inserts: his head was set on London bridge, and '. 10 Allhallows Barking.

II 4 Summary inserts: for denyall of the Kynges supremacy ', and omits the following clause. The words bracketed above are an insertion, and perhaps did not appear in the original. In the Annales, 963. Stow follows the Chronicle, as TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 11

c c l & w* y body of s. Thomas More buryd in y Towre]. In Octo- e e ber y kynge sent doctour Lee to vysyt y abayes, priories, & non- ryes in England, & to put out all relygious persons thatwolde goo, 1 & all them y wer vndar y age of xxiiij. yers, as nones, fryars,

c fc monkes, & chanons, y were put of theyr housys, y abot & pryor e shulde gyve every one in y stede of ther abbet a pristes gowne, c & xl. s. of money, & y nunes to have suche aparell as seculer wemen were, & to go wher they wyll. He toke out of monestaries 2 & abbayes all theyr relikes & Jewells e 3 e c Syr John Allyn, mayre, y xxvij. yere of y kynge, y xj. day of e c Novembar, beyng styll in y xxvij. yere of Henrie y viij., was a e great procession at London by y kyngis commandement : fyrst c 4 c went y wayts of y citie all vj., & nexte folowynge y children of e 1 e y grainer scoll of sente Thomas of Acres w y schollmayster afftar

5 ' them next aftar them came sent scole & c mastar & ; Anthonys y e l vshar aftar them : nexte came y scholars of Powles schole w theyr e mastar & vshar aftar them : next came all y mynstrells of London e e 1 in theyr best apayrell, & y mastar of y sayd mynstrells w his 6 gyrdyll abought hem as he doth were on myd lent sondaye : e nexte aftar them com y crwchyd fryers, & every fryer had a coppe e Tt and theyr crosse : nexte aftar them com y fryars Austyns w theyr e rt crosse & every fryar a cope : next came y white friars w theyr c crosse & every friar a cope : next came y grave fryars & theyr e crosse '& every fryar a cope : next came y blake fryars w* theyr e 1 7 crosse & every fryar a cope, syngynge y letany w faburdyn :

above, except that in each case he states that the execution was for denial of the king's supremacy. 1 Summary inserts a note on the Earl of Kildare and his son. 2 Summary.

3 ' Originally this was xxviij.' See Introduction p. iii.

4 ' Summary : citie goynge formoste '.

5 ' Summary : schole of the mercers chapell with theyr mastar.'

6 ' Summary : mynstrels, with his collar.'

7 ' Summary gives simply a list of the Friars, and ends: all in copes, with theyr crosses and candelsticks.' 12 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e l e next cam y chanons of sent Marie Overyes, y chanons of sent 1 e 2 e Barthelmewis, w y chanons of Esynge spityll, & y chanons of

fc 6 e 1 sent Mary spitill, w y priours of y same howsys w theyr crosses & candelstykes and theyr vergirers before them, & every chanon e & priour in a cope : next aftar them came y clarkes of London, e & every one of them a cope : aftar them y prystis of London, & e everie one in a cope : aftar them cam y monkes of Newe abbeye, l e & y monkes of Barmondsey, w y monkes of Westmystar, syn- l 1 gynge, w theyr crossys & vergerers & sensars, w candylstyks, & e 3 every monke a cope, y Abotis of thes placis in copes, myteryd. Aftar them cam Powles quere, every priste & clerke had a cope w* all residentaris in the l faburden theyr copes, syngynge letany w ; e l aftar them cam y Abotes & priors, y was myteryd men, in theyr e : than pontefycallibus cam ij. mynstrells before y byshope of Lon- don, who come vndar a canypie wl a cope on his bake, berynge l e betwen his hands a crosse w y ost therin, & othar relykes, & e abowghte hym was borne by y byshopis servantis xij. torch prikes 4 c e of wax brenynge lyght : aftar them come y bachilars of y com- 5 l pany of my lorde mayr in theyr aparell \v theyr hoods as they e dyd whan y mayr toke his othe. Aftar them come my lorde l c mayre in a gowne of blake velvyt w a hode of velvyt of y same. 6 Aftar hym com xix. aldarmen in theyr gownes of skarlet : & aftar c e them y craftis of London in theyr degres. Y nombar of copys 7 that ware worne in this prossessyon was vij. hundred & xviij. The last day of Decembar my lord mayre gave comaundement

1 Summary^ 'Auderies'. 2 Elsing. 3 Summary: 'all syngynge the Letany \vyth Faburden, theyr crosses, candel- styckes, and Vergerers beefore them '. 4 '' Summary. Powles quyer, with theyr Kesydensaries: The byshop of London, and the Abbottes mytered in theyr Pontificalibus. ".

5 ' " Summary, best apparell '; and omits w' theyr... othe ". " 6 Summary, and the ". " 7 Summary adds: This procession was for the recoueryng of the fiench kyng th to hys helth ". See also Wriothesley Chrort. i. 32, a short account with date 12 Nov. Stow has only a bare note in the Summary for 1575, p. 436, & in the Annalcs. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 13

e to all paryshes in London to brynge in before hym y names of all 1 e fc e y chantries w theyr paryshis, & who was y gyvars of them. e e Y xxix. day of June, on sent Petar day, y kynge made a justynge at & ther wer made Westmynstar ; ordaynyd ij.lytars, lyke ij. shipps, e e e 2 to fight on y watar, & y one of them braste in y mydes, & a sarvant of mstar. Knevytis in his harnys lepynge betwen bothe shypes was e drownyd : & in y othar shippe a gonne brast hir chambar & maymyd of e 3 ij. y marynars. Sir Rauffe Warryn, mayre. The xij. day of Novembar sir Thomas Newman bare a fagot at Powles crosse, for y fc he song mas w fc good alle. The xiij. day of Novembar Mst. Packenton was slayne w* a gone in Chepe as he went to S. Thomas of Acres to here masse. 4 5 The xix.day of Novembar Myryll, a tylar, dwellynge in sent Pulkers paryshe, bare a fagot at Poles crosse for heresye. The x. day of e 6 Decembar y parson of Sansted bysyd Hocldon bare a fagot at 7 Poles crosse for heresye.

The xxix. day of Marche, beynge maundy Thursdaye, wer xij. men of Lyncolne drawne from Newgate to Tyborne, & ther hangyd & quarteryd : v. wer prystis, & vij. wer laye men, one was doctor Make- 8 a whit another was e of Lowthe 9 in ryll , canon, y vycar Lyncolnshire.

1 " Summary, who hadde the gyfte of the same ". Stow then adds nearly two pages from Hall's Chronicle.

2 ' ' Called one Gates gentleman in Annales, 965. 3 Summary then inserts an account of the insurrection in Yorkshire. 4 In the Summary Stow gives the account of Packenton's murder in his own " words, adding the murderer was never openly knowen ". In the Summary for 1575, p. 439, as in the Survey, i. 261, he says : "the murderer was neuer discouered, but by his owne confession made when he came to the gallowes at " to be for See Chronicle iii. Banbury, hanged fellony. Hall, ; Holinshed, 883 ; and Gairdner, Lollardy and the Reformation, ii. 382. 6 St Sepulchre's. 6 Stanstead near Hoddesdon, Herts. 7 Summary omits the last two notes, but adds notices of the rising in Yorkshire, and other matters.

8 Matthew Makkarell, prior of Barlings, Lincolnshire. D.N.B. xxxv. 391. 9 Thomas Kendall. They were executed for their share in the Lincoln rebellion.

See Letters and Papers, xii. I. 70, 734 (3), 760. 14 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e e Y xxviij. yere of his reygne, y xv. day of Maye, my lord Darcie e & my lorde Hussaye wer had from y Towr of London vnto West- l mystar, & thar condemnyd. The xviij. day of Septembar was a 2 grete fyar at sent Antholyns, & myche hurt done. e c 3 Richard Greshame, mayre, y xxix. yere of y kings reygne. The of e xviij. day of Jannarie a saltar London was set on y pilorie in Chepe for pakynge & sellynge of rotton herrynge, & vsynge of fals e waytes. The xxv. day of Januarie one stond on y pelory in Chepe, e c & his eres cut of & nayllyd to y pyllorye for raylynge on y kyngs 4 5 councell. The xviij. day of Februarie a sarvant of my lady Pargiters was drawne, hangyd, & quarteryd for clypping of golde. The xxv. 6 day of February sir Allyn, a pryst, & a gentyllman were bothe drawne to Tyborne, & ther hangyd, & quarteryd for treson. The 7 xxj. day of Marche Hary Harssam, customar of Plomouthe, was drawne from Newgate to Tyborne, & ther hangyd, & quarteryd 8 9 for treson : & one Thomas Ewell lykewyse hangyd & quarteryd. e e e Y xxvij. of May was y fyar in Rode lane. Y lirst day of Septembar e 6 10 y hangman was hongyd at y wrestlyng place. " 6 lf e Wylyam Ferman, mayre, y* 30 yer of y kynges reygne. Y e xvj. day of Novembar was y blake fryars in London put downe, &

1 Summary adds a notice of their execution. 2 Summary omits, but adds notes on Cromwell's creation as K. G., and on the birth of Edward vi. 3 Summary inserts notices of the burial of Queen Jane, and of the Christmas court. 4 Summary omits. 5 Wife of Sir Thomas Pargitor, mayor, 1530-31. See Wriothesley. Citron, i. 73. 6 ' Sir John Allen... and an Irish Gentleman of the Garrets'. Annalcs, 969. 7 nd Thomas Harford of Plymouth. Letters and Papas, xiii. I. 580, with date 22 March. So also Wriothesley, Citron., i. 77. 8 Wriothesley calls him Ye wer; and Greyfriars Chron. p. 201, Hever. 9 Summary adds a note on Friar Forest. 10 Summary gives these two notes at more length, and between them inserts a note of the treason of Edmond Conyngsbie. The year closes with notes on the removal of images, and suppression of abbeys from Hall. 11 Or Forman. 12 Summary inserts a long note on Nicholas Gibson's charities. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 15

e e c e y next day y whiht fryers put downe. Y neste day y gray fryars, e e l & y monkes of y Chartarhosse put downe. The xxij. day of 2 Novembar was Lambart byrnt in Smythe fylde. The xxiiij. day at of Novembar was iij. buchars, & a woman bare fagotts Poles. a of sent in The viij. day of Decembar priste Margaretis Fryclaye 3 strete bare a fagot at Poles for heresye. The xxij. day of Decem- 4 bar a pryste, & a bryke layar called Harie Daunce, & an organe 5 makar bare fagotis at Poles crosse. The iij. day of Marche syr e e Nycholas Carrow, knyght & mastar of y horsse, was hedyd at y t; of e in ' Towr hyll. The viij. day Maye was y great mustar London. e e of 8 his Y viij. day of Julii y vycar Wandworthe, chapleyne, & e his servante, & fryar Wayre wer all four drawne frome y Marshalcy vnto sent Thomas Wateryng, & ther hangyd & quarteryd for treson. 9

e of e Mastar x. of Y xxxj. yere y kynge, Holyes, mayre. The day e e June y lorde Cromewell was sent to y Towre of London. This Cromwell his fathar was an Irysheman borne, & a smythe by his occupacion, & aftar that he kepte a brewe howse at Wandworthe, e 1 & ther was this Cromwell borne, & at y last comynge in favour w e e y kynge Henry y eyght, he made hym knyght, & lorde privy scale,

' 1 Summary adds: ' and so al the other immediatly after. 2 Summary: 'John Nicholson othervvyse Lambert, a priest,' from Hall. Wrio- thesley Chron. i. 88 calls him William Nicholson. 3 Summary omits these two notes, but inserts one on the arrest of the Marquis of Exeter and Sir Henry Pole. 4 His real name was John Harridaunce: he used to preach in his garden at Whitechapel. See Gairdner, Lollardy and the Reformation, i. 208, Wriothesley,

Chron. i. 82, 93, and Letters and Papers, xiv. ii. 42 (i, 2). 5 Summary inserts a note on the execution of John Johns and others for murder of Roger Cholmeley. 6 Summary is somewhat fuller, and then inserts notes on the promotion of Paulet & Russell, the fortification of havens, & attainders in Parliament. 7 Summary has a full notice similar to that in Survey, i. 103. 8 Griffith Clarke, A nnales, 972. Wriothesley, Chron. i. 101 calls him 'chaplaine to the Marques of Exceter. ' 9 Summary adds notes on O'Neill's rebellion in Ireland, and the negotiation of Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves. 16 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

& then vycegerent, & aftar lord chamberleyne, & then yearle of Essyxe, & thus he browght hym vp of noghte. The xxviij. day of l e Julii was the lord Cromewell, & y lorde Hongarforde behedyd at e y Towr hyll for treson. e The iiij.day of August wer drawne from y Towre to Tyborne vj.

one led betwen ther : persons, & ij. sargantis, & hangyd & quarteryd e e one of them was y prior of Dancastor, a monke of y Chartarhouse of London, Gyles Herne a monke of Westmystar, one Fylpot, & 2 one Carrow, & a fryar : all were put to death for treason. This e yere y dychys abowt London wer new cast. e e Syr Wylyam Roche, mayre, in y 32 yere y kyngs reygne. The xxxiij. yere of his reygne. c e Michaell Dormer, mayre, in y 33 of Henrie y viij. e The xxxiiij. yere of y kyngs reygne.

John Cotes, mayre. The xxiij. day of Novembar wer ij. men 3 hangyd in Holborne fylde for kyllynge a woman . The xxxv. yere of his reygne. e e Sir Wyllyam Boyere, mayre, in y 35 yere of Henrie y viij. The xxxvj. yere of his reygne. e e Syr Wylyam Laxton, mayre, in y 36 yere of Henrie y viij. e The xxij. of Aprill y xxxvij. of his reygne.

1 The whole of this curious note is omitted in the Sninuhiiy. Though clearly a contemporary story it is in point of fact inaccurate. Thomas Cromwell's father, Walter Cromwell or Smythe, was it is true a blacksmith and brewhouse keeper at Putney: but the family had been settled there since 1452, and came from Norwell in Nottinghamshire. See D.N.B. xiii. 192. The Summary has a long and independent account for this year, borrowing only the next paragraph from the Chronicle. 3 See Annalcs, 977; Laurence Cooke, prior of Doncaster, William Home, lay- brother of the Charterhouse, Giles Home, gentleman, Clement Philip, gentleman, Edward Bromholme, priest, Darby Gening and Robert Bird executed for deny-

' ing the king's supremacy. Wriothesley, Citron, i. 121 has 'Clement Philpott,

' and says Charles Carow, gentleman was hanged for robbing of my Ladie

Carow '.

3 ' Summary omits. Wriothesley Chron. i. 137: In November were hanged on the backsyde of Lincolnes Inne two persons for murtheringe one Thomas

Chesshers mayde in the same place '. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 17

e c Sir Martin Bowes, mayre, y 37 of Henry y 8. c The xxij. of Aprill y xxxviij. yere of his reygne. e l e Henri Hubarthorn, mayre, y xxviij. of Novembar in y 38 of Henrie 8.

c e e The first yere of y kynge Edward y vj. y xxviij. of January. e e Sir John Gressham, mercar, mayre in y 1. yere of Edward y 6. e e The second yere of y kynge y xxviij. of Januarie. 2 e Mst. Hamcotis, fishemongar, mayr, y 2 yere of Ed. 6. The xx. day of Marche sir Thomas Seymar, knyght, lord admyrall, e e was behedyd at Towre hyll. This yere y comons in all y parties of England made sondry insnrreccions & commocions about whitson-

tyde, & so forthe vntyll September : amongs whome dyvers of 3 comons of Cornwall & Devonshire in sondry campes besegyd 4 e Excester, whiche manfully was defendyd by y inhabytauntes & dyver gentylmen which were flede into it. And agaynst thes rebells e were sent y lorde Russell, lorde privy scale, who lay longe ther at 5 e Hontyngton, vntyll y lord Graye w* certayne strayngars horsmen 1 in redd cottes came thether, & syr Wyllyam Herbart w dyvers 6 Welchemen, & at a towne callyd Byshopps Clyffte they assaltyd e one campe furnyshed w* a greate number of y sayd rebelles & e them vanquished. And y othar Rebells lying before Exceter,herynge e of y ovarthrow of theyr companyons at Bysshoppis Clyfte, beynge e e in feare of y kynges Army, fled frome y sege beyonde Excester into 7 l Cornwall, so that the lordes aforesayd entred into Exceter w out ey e any further treble,- yet y left not y sayd rebells but chasd them e into Cornewall, & take one Humfrey Arundell, one of y capitaynes,

1 Sic. for th Perhaps an error 28 Sept.; Wriothesley (i. 175) says Hubberthorne was the first mayor chosen on that date. 2 Sir Henry Amcotes. 3 " " Summary inserts: rose agaynst the nobles and gentelmen: and. 4 ' ' Summary, whyche was valyauntly defended. Stow then continues more briefly in his own words. 5 Honiton. 6 Bishop Clist. 7 Another handwriting begins. 18 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

l 1 & one Pomery, w dyuerse other, & slewe very many : the contry was very sore wasted not only by reason of thar long lyenge ther in sondry campes, but also for that all the company of e e y lordes y strange had leave to spoyle. a e Also durynge this seege y comons of Oxfordshire, Northamp- l tonshire, & Bedfordshire, w dyvars of Somersettshire & others, arose 1 in great numbers, & w great angre towards sir John Wyllyams e disparkyd his parke called Thame parke, & kyllyd all y dere : c from thens they went vnto Rycote, & ther dysparked y parke called e Rycote parke, & kyllyd all his dere, entered into y place, & dranke l theyr fyll of wyne, ale & bere, slew many shepe, & etc them, w dyvers other myscheves : from thens they went vnto Woodstocke, e & then herynge y l my lorde Gray wrt y kyngs powre was comynge towards them, many of them forsoke theyr companye, & thos whiche remaynyd went vnto a towne callyd Chyppynge Norton, where they encampyd themselves, whithar my lorde Graye folowyd them, & ther ovarcame them, & toke one Thomas Bowldrey, who aftar was hangycl & quarteryd, & one Bowlar, whiche aftarwards e 3 had his : at the pardon those ij. were capitayns brakynge vp y parks. e e And also duryng y sege at Exetar y comons of Norfolke & Suffolke arose in great nombar, & came vnto Norwytche, & nere there vnto in a wode callyd S. Nicholas wood they encampyd e themselves, & aganst them was sent y Erie of Essex, whyche was l made markes Northampton, w dyvers straungers & englyshe men, 4 all horssemen, whome these rebelles suffred to enter into Nor- wiche but after l he had entered e towne neuer peceably ; y y they l e left of from molestynge & assaultynge y towne, so y in y con- e clusion he was fayne to forsake y towne & leave behynde many l of his companye \v moch mony, stuff, horses, & other caryage : l 5 e after y those rebelles wl ther capyteyn, called Keet y tanner,

1 Blank in MS. He was Sir Thomas Pomeroy. * Stow resumes writing. 3 Stow makes no use of this. In future I shall note only his quotations. 4 The other hand resumes. * Robert Kett. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 19

e burned dyuerse houses wrt in y citie of Norwiche, & spoyled many honest marchauntes of ther goodes to ther ympoueryshinge. Also e he tooke all y gentilmen y* he myghte gett, & cheyned them e together entreatynge them very cruelly : wherfore for y appeas- e inge of this vprore therle of Warwyke was sent thyther w* y kynges power, who did so handell the matter y* aboute the l begynnynge of September, bartellmewtyd, he ouer came them, & e toke ther capitayn, called Keet y tanner, whome he sent to London e e to y kynge, by whos commaundement y same Keet was broughte e throughe London y last of September, & w* hym a brother of e hys also, wh. were both broughte vnto y Tower. e e e ffor y which offence y sayd Keet y tanner was hanged vppon e e a y toppe of y castell of Norwytche, and his brother also. u xxix September, a iij. Regis E. vj .

e r Sir Rowland Hyll, mercer, mayour, y 3 yere of Edw ard 6. e th e of I This yere y iiij October y lord protector & ye erle of e Warwyke fill at controversye aboute y reasonynge of certeyn e ri e things, & so y erle of Warwyke \\ other lordes of y counsell assembled, & y fc herynge the lord protector wl all spede departed e 1 e from Hampton courte, & tooke y kynge w hym to y castell of e Wyndsore vppon y sixte day of October at nyghte late, & 1 e gathered thyther moche people, & w hym went y archbishope of 3 4 Caunterberye, sir Thomas Patchett, & secretary Smythe : wher- 6 fore y lordes cam together vpp to London, as the lord chaun- 5 e e cellor, y lord S* John, lord grete master, w* clyuerse other of y e e th kynges counsayll, & satt at mercers hall in vij y Chepesyde y | e th e of : daye October & y viij day of October y said lord protector I l w all hys complices was proclaymed a traytor in London for e e dyuerse causes then declared in y proclamacion : & y tenthe

1 On 26th August.

8 ' The copyist first wrote: but his brother had his pardon.' His brothei William was hanged at Wymondham. Two other brothers were pardoned. 3 Probably Sir William Paget. 4 Sir Thomas Smith. 5 Richard, lord Rich. 20 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e e daye y lord protector was comytted to ward in y castell of l e th Wyndsor, & after y vppon Mondaye, beinge y xiiij of October, 6 e y same lord protector was brought from Wyndsore vnto y Tower e 1 e throughe y citye, & w hym y same tyme was broughte M. Stan- 1 e l of w* other : after hope, grome y stole, & secretarye Smythe & y , e vppon Thursdaye, beinge saynte Lukes eve, viz. y xvij. day of e tie e 6 October, y kynges M Edward y sixte, accompanyed w* all y nobilite came from Hampton corte vnto Suffolke place in Sothe-

r r e w erke, w her he dyned, & after clyner rode throughe y citie vnto Westmester in moste goodly order. i c th Also be it remembred* y vppon Sondaye, beynge y xix day of tj c January, A R. E. vj. tertio, in y evenynge after super betwene 3 Newgate & Smythe filde one called commonly captayn Gambold, & an other captayne w l hym called 4 were both slavne 5 by one called captayne Charles, whoo of very malyce & dispyte e e e slewe y same Gambold, & for y same offence y sayd captayne e Charles had hys hand stryken off vpon y carte whelle, wher in he l 6 c w iij. others w* hym were caryed from Newgate, & vpon y wave c 7 before y kynges hedd taverne lost hys hand, & so were they all in e c iiij. hanged Smythfeld y Frydaye, next folowynge, which was y th 8 xxv. of Januarye. Also c th of a. E. li foure westerne y xxvj. day January, iij. vj. , men, 9 viz. one called Humfrey Arundell, a gentellman borne, one Berrys,

1 Michael Stanhope. 2 Stow Summary, and Annales, 1017, describes this rather more fully. Sec also Wriothesley, Chron. ii. 31, 32.

3 ' ' ' ' Sir Peter Gambo, Stow and Wriothesley; Gambolde in Greyfriars Chron.

4 ' Filicirga ', Stow. 5 ' Charles Gauaro', Stow; Degavaro, Wriothesley. 6 Kynges head dore before Smithfield, where the Murther was committed. Summary, 7 Annales Balthasar Gauaro, Nicholas Disalueton, and Francis Detialesco, ; Michael Desaluaron, and Frauncis Desalvasto, Wriothesley. 8 So th and Summary; 24 , Annales, Wriothesley. 9 Bery, Stow. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 21

l one Wynslowe, & one called Holmes were drawn, hanged, e e & quartered at Tyborne from y Tower of London for y insurreccion e e made in y west partes, as appeareth in y yere before. e th tl to Also of a. R. E. , the duke of y vj. ffebruary, vj. , iiij Somerset, wh. as aforesayd beynge lord protector proclaymed traytor & com- e r e e mytted vnto y Tower, was now e delyuered out of y Tower, & y i e e same nyghte supped w y erle of Warwyke at y shreffes called mr. Yorke. 2 e Also vppon Mondaye,beinge y tenth daye of ffebruary afforesayde, e one Bell, a Suffolkeman was drawen from y Tower e vnto y Tyburne, & ther hanged & quartred, which as they sayd i was for a newe insurreccion, wh. he w certayne other of his com- 2 plyces moved in Suffolke & in Essexe. e last u Also vpon Mondaye, beinge y daye of Marche, a. R. E. vj. to a was London betwene iiij , generall peace proclaymed throughe e e ye kynge our M., & y ffrench kynge, & in y same peace were e 3 e e included themperor & y scotes : y condicions of y wh. peace as 4 some sayd were thes y1 followe. 1 e th 11 e Be it remembred y y xxvj. of Aprill, anno R. E. vj. quarto, y c towne of Bulloyne was yelden vp vnto y french kynge, & hys e capitaynes tooke y possession, which was so greate comforte & e i e joye to y ffrench men, y as some sayd at ye entrye in to y towne e e 5 many of them kneled downe & kyssed y stones of y stretes. 1 e Be it also remembred y vppon ffryday, beynge y seconde daye of Maye, one Joan of Kent, otherwyse called Joan Bocher, was

r borned in Smythnld for heresy, w hose pryncrypall article was our e 6 saviour Chryst tooke nether flesh nor blood of y vyrgyn Mary. a. to tl The xxix of October iiij E. vj. u M. Andrew Jude, skynner, mayor, 1550, a. 4. E. vj.

1 Thomas Holmes, Stow. 2 Quoted with slight variation in Summary. 3 Summary. 4 Not given in MS., nor by Stow. 5 Summary. 6 Summary with some variations. 22 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e th e This yere vppon a Thursdaye, beynge y xvij of Decembar, y e Temes beneth y brydge dyd ebbe & flow thre tymes w1 in ix. e e howres, & y very same daye y bishope of Winchester, who had e e lyen in y Tower from y mowow after saynt Peters daye a. primo E. 11 was vnto Lambethe before e of Caunter- vj. , broughte y bishope e bery & certeyne of y kynges comyssyoners ther vnto appoynted, e where were obiected vnto hym certeyne articles on y kynges l behalfe, & daye assigned vnto his answere, at wh. daye he l exhibyted a matter Justificatory w certayne Interrogatoryes, vppon e y wh. articles, mattier justifycatory, & interrogatoryes were very e many nobell men & other witnesses examined, & dyuerse dayes y e e sayd L. of Wynchester hadd accordynge to y order of y lawe. to tl A. v E. vj. l e e Also be it remembred y vppon Satterdaye y vj. off ffebruary y e same L. of Winchester was before y sayde comyssyoners, & was deprived from his bisshoprik. t e Be it remembred y vppon ffrydaye, beynge y 13 of Marche, one Thomas Morysbye & his syster were both hanged in Smythnld for murderyng of a gentyllman dwellynge in ffeuersham, called his Arden, who was murdred by owne wyffe, & thother ij. aboue- e e named : for y wh. murder as y saynge was his wyffe was also e th barned at Canterbury aboute y xiij. daye of Marche, & twoo c * other also suffred at Feuersham y same daye. l c Be it also remembred y this yere were clene put downe all y alters wh. were left in London for in in stondynge ; dyuerse places e England, & in sondry parishes of London y had been pulled downe l longe affore, excepte S . Nicholas Willows, & tables of waynscott set in e of e & in e of e moneth of y myddest y quere ; y begynnynge y

3 e e r Aprill y yron gates of y quere of Paules w ere mured vpp w* e bryke bycause many people cam thyther dayly & worshipe y sacrament.

1 Thus far in Summary. Gardiner was remitted from time to time till 14"" Feb. 1551. 3 Summary gives this at more length from another source. 3 " Against Easter", Wriothesley, Chroti. ii. 47. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 23

i e th Be it also remembred y vppon ffryday, beynge y xxiiij. of Aprell, a dutcheman was burned in Smythnlld for heresy, whose e e detestabell heresy was of y inequalitie betweene God y father, & e l God y sonne. 1 e Be it also remembred y vppon ffryday, beinge y viij. of Maye, c a proclamacion was made in London y^from & after y last daye of e August then next ensewynge, shyllynges of y vatewe ofxij.d. shuld for be currant but ix.d., & a grote iij. pence. By reason of wh. 3 ensewed death of all for e proclaymacion great thynges ; y people, e coueytinge to rayse y losse of theyr money vppon soche kynd of wares or victualles as they occupyed, dyd dayly inhaunse & encrease e e y prises both of wares & victualles, most miserably oppressynge y 3 poore. l e th Nota. y vppon Mondaye, beynge y xxv . of Maye, betwene e e y howres of xj. & one of y clocke at none was an erthequake of halfe a quarter of an hower longe at Blechyngelye, at Godstone, at e Croydon, at Albery, & dyuerse other places ther aboutes : y cause 4 therof is onely knowen vnto God, who be merciful vnto vs. 1 e th Also be it remembred y vppon Thursdaye, beinge y ix . of e e July, y forsayd proclamacion, wh. was appoyntecl to take effecte y e last day of August next comynge, by reason of y insatyabell e e covetous of y people oppressynge y pore in ouerprysing, especially of vytayll & generally all other kyndes of warres, was shortened e vnto this presente daye, & tooke effecte ymedyatly vppon y e e publyshynge of y same, wh. was doon betwene ix. & x. of y e i clocke beforenone of y same ix. daye, so y ymedyatly a shyllynge e went for ix.d. & a grote for iij.d., & no word spoken of y small money as pence & halfe grotes, by reason whereof ther was no e 5 small money to be gotten to geve y poore people.

1 Summary ending: 'who helde the detestable opinion of the Arrians '. His name was George of Paris, Anuales, 1021.

' 2 Read ' dearth as in Summary. 3 Summary with slight variations.

4 ' Summary ending: places in Southery and Myddlesexe.' See Wriothesley, Chron. ii. 49. 6 Summary. 24 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

l e th 6 Be it also remembred y vppon ffrydaye, y x . of July, y swetinge sycknes was very vehemente in London. But specially c l Watlyngstret, so y* in y same daye dyed many.

fc e Bee it remembred y at St. Nicholas wyllows y altars stood yet e styll, as y* y precher M. Home was very ernest agaynst them in e y afternoon y* he made. l e th Be it remembred y vpon a Monday, beinge y xvij . of August tl e a. R. E. vj Quinto, y proclaymacion cam forth for a shyllyng to

be currant for vj.d., a grote for ij.d., a peny of ij.d. for a peny, a 2 peny for a ob., & a ob. for a qr. i e th Be it remembred y vppon Sondaye y xj . of October y lorde c marques Dorset was created duke of Suffolke, y lord erlle of War- 6 wyke was created duke of Northumberland, & y erle of Wyltesh. e was created marques of Wynchester, & sir Willyam Harbert y e master of y horse was created erle of Penbroke, & dyuerse men 3 made knyghtes.

fc e 6 Be it further remembred y vppon ffrydaye y 16 of October y e e duke of Somerset was brought vnto y Tower, & in y next mor- e nynge beynge Satterdaye y duchesse his wyfe was broughte thyther l 6 also, & ther wente also w y duke the lord Grey of Wylton, sir 4 Raffe Vane, & sir Thomas Pallmer, & sondrye other men bothe of ye dukes seruauntes & of others. 29 Octobers 1551. e M. Richard Dobbes, skynner, Mayor, y 5 yere of Ed. 6.

1 5 e No ". that vppon ffrydaye, beynge y 30 of October, a newe proclamacion cum forth for sondrye newe peces of money both sylver & golde of dyuerse valewes, viz. souereignes of fyne gould at xxx. s., angelles of fyne golde at x., & dyuerse other peces of gold

1 Summary much longer. 3 Summary with some variation. 3 Summary. 4 " Summary inserts: Syr Mylles Petrydge, syr Michell Stonhope, syr Thomas Arundell. ' 8 sc. Notandum. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 25

lesser a of a e of valewes, pece syluer v.s, & pece ii., vj.d., y sterlynge

l shillinge of xij.d. & sondry other small moneyes. e th Note also yt uppon ffrydaye, beynge y vj . daye of Nouember e 2 y quene of scottes rode throughe Chepesyde w* a greate companye of on after she had englishemen waytynge her, lyen iiij. dayes in e y byshope of London's palace besydes Poules churche. 1 e e Note further y vppon Tewesdaye y first of December y duke of Somerset was areyned at Westmynster hall, & was then & ther acquyted of treason, but he was condempned of felonye by vertue of acte of parlyamente made agaynst conventicles & vnlawfull assemblies. 3

e e th Also vppon y Mondaye after, beynge y vij . daye of December e e e was a generall muster of y horsemen, wh. were in y wages of y e e nobles of this realme, & for y wh. y kynges majesty allowed e yerely for each man xx.li., the wh. muster was made vppon y e e brod cawsey ouer agaynste y brode causaye ouer agaynst y kinges 4 l e e place at saynte James : & as y was reported y nomber of y horsemen was a thousande.

e th e Note y* vppon ffrydaye, beynge y xxij . day of January, y duke e e of Somerset was broughte vnto y skaffold vppon y Tower hyll, & ther was beheaded.

e th e And vppon Satterdaye y xxiij . daye of Januarye y parlyament e began wh. y lordes assembled. e c e Also about this tyme y rlud of y ocean & flemyshe sea of y e Temes swelled so hyghe y* yt dyde greate hurte vpon all y cost 5 of Flaunders, & ouerflowed Lesynge mershe besydes Wolwytche, e & y mershes beyond saynte Kateryns. e e Also aboute this tyme ther was found dead in y mouth of y e H umber in y north a greate whale of vij. or viij. cubites.

Summary. Summary: ' The old Quene of Scottes. ' Summary.

' So in MS. Summary: made vpon the caussey ouer against the kynges palace.' Lesnes. A somewhat different account in the Summary. 26 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

i e th Note, y vppon Fryday, beinge y xxvj . of ffebruary, one sir e Raffe a Vane, & on sir Myles Partryge were both hanged [at] y e Tower hyll vppon y gallowes, & sir Mihell Stanhope & sir Thomas e Arundell were beheaded vppon y skaffold ther : all wh. foure were e condempned by vertue of y acte of vnlawfull assembles as acces- e 1 saryes to y duke of Somerset. 1 e th e Note, y vppon good Frydaye y xv . of Aprell y parlyament was cleane dyssolued & broken vpp, wherin were many goodly lawes & statutes ordeyned & stablyshed. 'The third day of August in a towne called Myddelton Stony in Oxford, there was borne a double child, whiche was two. children e 1 from y brest vpwarde, in all partis perfyte w one body, one navle, out both ordure r & one ishew where passyd & water, havynge ij. e e e legges growynge out of y one syde of y belye, & one y other, one bones in one ix. soles of e lege havynge ij. skyne, toes, & ij y foote, e callyd & christenyd by y mydwyfe Johan Joane : thone always e 3 slepynge whiles y othar was wakynge, in August anno 1552. e e Also in y same monythe of August began to gooe forwarde y e 6 great provysyon for y poore, towards y whiche every man was e tributorie & gave a certayn wykelye, & also somewhat to begyne y e same on hande : y first hous which was begon was y graye fryers l * in Newgate market, wh. wente forwarde w all spede. Mihelmas daye, 1552. e George Barnes, habardashar, mayre, y 6 yere of Ed. 6. i e Be yt remembryd y at this mychelmas y lorde Wyllyam e Hawarde was apoynted to be deputie of Calice, & y lorde Willoghby e was commaundyd home, & y lorde Gray of Wylton was made leftenaunte of Gwynes. e e Vpon y Sondaye, beynge y xvj. daye of Julii, Nycholas Rydley,

" 1 Summary: Scaffold, which fowre wer condemned as accessary in that whyche the Duke was condemned for." 2 Stow resumes copying. 3 In the Summary this monster is described somewhat differently; it lived eighteen days. 4 Summary. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 27

l byshope of London, made a sermon at Poules crosse, & ther ^ l e e e declared y y twoo systers, y lady Mary, & y lady Ellisabeth were both basse borne, & ther fore were not naturall chyldren vnto e e kynge Henry y eyghte,but borne incest : by reason wherof y lawes e e both of y reallme & also y ciuille lawe doth not allowe or permite e e any soche chyldren so borne : & for y same shewed y wordes of e y ciuile lawe. e Neuerthelesse, thankes be to God, the Wednysday, beynge y th e e e e xix. of Jully, at v. of y clocke in y afternone y hole body of y e counsel, wh. were lefte behynd in y Tower, assembled at Baynardes 1 e castell, & ther communed w y erle of Penbroke, & ymedyatly e came into Chepesyde w* y kynge of heraudes, wher they proclaymed e y vertuous lady Mary, doughter of queue Kateryn, quene of England, 7 e e ffraunce &c., in earth y supreme heade : y Joye wherof wonderfull, e for some caste money abrod, & some made bonfyars thorowe y e e rt whole cyte : y prayses were geuen to God in y churches \\ te e deum & orgaynes, belles ryngynge & euery wher y tables spredd e in y stretes, meate & drynke plentye, wyne geuen ffrely of many e men, and a greate peale of ordynaunce was shote of at y Tower. e th After thes thinges thus done, euen y sellfe same xix. daye of e e e e July at ix. of y clocke in y nyghte, y erle of Arundell w* y lord e 3 e Patchet rode to y quenes grace to fframyngham, & as y was sayd l e e caryed w them y greate sealle of England, & then also y counsell sent letters vnto ye duke of Northumberland w* his adherentes to e e retyre, & proclayme y quene in his campe : y wh. thynge done he returned homeward, & at Cambrydge was taken & commytted e e to warde. Y 21 of July, beynge ffrydaye, y byshope of London, e th who before prechyd so abhomynabillye, y xvj. of July, rode erly e e y same 21 day in y morninge towardes her grace, to submyte hym vnto her gracious mercy. 1 The other hand resumes.

' 2 Stow in the Summary quotes thus far from 'assembled', but ends: and Irelande, defendour of the faythe etc'. In the Aunales, 1033, he substitutes an account closely resembling that in Wriothesley, Chron. ii. 88. Wriothesley says that the style of the proclamation could not be heard for the cheering.-. 3 Framlingham. 28 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e e And vpon Thursdaye, beinge y 21 of Julii, y duke of Northum- e e berland havynge receyved y sayd proclamation from y lordes, he e returned y same nyghte to Cambridge, & ther proclamecl her grace of & e same after he was in his quene England ; y nyghte layed e bede y garde came & seased vppon his weapons & his body & e e e tooke hym in charge : & y next day y lord erle of H untyngton, y e c l lorde Graye, & dyuers other, & y capeteyne of y gar[de] also e were arested by y quenes commaundement. e And vppon Sonday, beinge y 22 daye of Julye, as it was sayd, e e dyuerse of y lordes of y counsell here rode towardes her grace. e th e Vppon Tewesdaye, beinge y xxv . day of July in y feast of sainte aboute of e clocke at afternone thes James thapostell, iiij. y persons e followynge were broughte as prysoners into y Tower of London, e e his y* is to saye y duke of Northumberland, y erle of Warwyke sonne, sir Ambrose Dudleye his sonne, & Harry Dudley his sonne, e therle of H untyngton, & y lorde Hastinges his sonne, one 2 in [ ] Sandes a prest of Cambrydge, who had preched e Cambrydge in all condycions & rather worse than y bishope of c London, Sir John Gaates capteyne of y garde, & Harry Gaates his brother, Sir Androwe Dudley, & sir Thomas Pallmer. c 6 3 And y morrow after, beynge Wednysdaye y 26 of July, ther e were broughte into y Towre the prisoners folowynge, The lord marques Northeampton, The byshope of London, Rydleye, sir Richard Corbyt knyt of Suffolke, & a serchar of Gravesende called e 6 Harmonde. Thes came in at Allgate. And y same nyght y two e e cheff Judgys of England, y lord Mountagwe, cheff judge of y comon place, & syr Rogar Cholmley, cheffe justice of y kyngs e benche were bothe comytted to y Towre. And neverthelesse they were sone delyveryd, beyng fynyd at serten somes of money. e Mster. Vpon Fryday y xxviij. day of Julii the duke of Suff., e l Cheeke, whiche was y kynges schole-mastar, w divers othar, were e commytted to y Tower.

' 1 MS., ' game. a D r Edwin Sandys, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge. The MS. is damaged. 3 Stow resumes copying. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 29

e e Vpon Thursday, beynge y thyrd of August, y quenes grace, e e ladie Marie, came aboute vij. of y cloke at nyght vnto y Towre of London, & vpon her awayted a great nomber of soldyours, some in blewe, some in white & grene, & some in Redde cottes, & e a ix. C. shott of ordynaunce was shott of y Towre. e And at hyr entrynge into hir great chambar y bishope of Wyn- e e chester, doctour Gardenar, y duke of Northeffolke, & y douches e of Somersett, & myster Courtneye, sonn to y marquess of Exceter, had theyr pardon grauntyd vnto them by hyr graces owne mouthe. e Vppon Sattarday, beynge y v. of August, y byshope of London, e doctour Bonar, who hadd lyen in y Marchallse aboute v. yeres, was delyveryd & set at lybertie. And doctour Tunstall, byshope e of Duresme, was also delyveryd out of y Towre. e c Vppon Twesdaye, y viij. of August, y corps of kynge Edward e e y vj. was buryed in y churche of sent Petar at Westmyster. And c e y nyght before ther was placebo & dyrige sayd in latyn before y 1 c quene w yn y Towre : & this present Twesdaye ther was a messe e e of requyem songe in latin before y queue by y byshope of Wyn- l e chestar \v in y Towre. e On Twesdaye beynge y xxij. daye of Auguste, The Duke of Northumberland, sir John Gaates, & buskynned Palmer were all e e thre behedyd vppon y skaffolde at y Towr hyll. _ e e The xxvij. of August, beynge Sondaye, y bakesyde of y highe altar of Powles churche beynge made up w l brike some what above an altar but not clearly fynyshed, ther was hyghe masse songe in l lattyn w bothe mattyns & evensonge lykewyse in lattyn. And e dyvers churches in London had y lyke servyce. e e Vppon Satterday, beynge y laste daye of September, y quenes e highnes rode through y citie in inoaste goodly manere. The pageauntes in all places accustomyd beynge moste gorgyously e e trymmyd : amongest all y thre pagauntes made by y straungers c e 1 wer y myghtyest, wher of thone made by y Gennayes at Fan- e e churche, the othar at Grasechurche made by y Stilliardes, & y

1 Genoese. 30 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e 6 third in y myddes of Gracious streate made by y Florentynes were l e all made w gattes to passe throwghe, & y buyldynges wer very highe statlye. And so hir grace passyd forthe vnto Westmyster, & 6 as she passyd by Pawles a certayne duche man stode vpon y e wetharcoke \\rt a flagge in his hande, & ondar hym vpon y crosse

rt l 6 fc a skaffolde \\ flaggs, & ondar y vpon y ball an othar skaffolde w

l flaggs & streamers. e 6 Vpon Sonday, beynge y fyrste day of October, y quenes grace e was crownyd at Westmystar, & before here went all y byshoppes l e e w myters & croysers, & y clerks syngynge y servyce all in lattyn. e 6 Vpon Thursdaye, beynge y v. day of October, y barge of Gravesend by greate mysfortune of a catche comynge vpon hir was 1 ovarthrowne and aboute fortye persons drownyd : our lord be merciful to them.

e e On Monday, beynge y xxiij., on wednysday y xxv., & Fryday, e e beynge y xxvij. day of October, were certayne dysputacions in y 3 6 6 longe chapell at y northe doore of Paules concernynge y transub- 4 stanciacion, but no thyng throughely determynyd. 6 Thomas Whit, marchaunt tayloure, mayie, y xxviij. of Octobar, 1553. e of aforesaid douche- Vpon Fryday y iij. day Novembar, 1553, y* 6 e man, who stode vpon y wethercoke at y queens rydynge thrughe e e London, dyd set up y wetharcoke of Poules agayne vpon y crosse, whiche he had causyd to be amendyd w l a brode rownde vane set c 1 l vpon y tayle to tliend y she myght turne w every wynde, & even e y6 same day he stroke downe both y skafoldes, whiche he before 6 had made agaynst y queens comynge. e in Poules Vpon Wednysday y viij. of Novembar an obyt was kept

1 4 ' ' ' Stow uses this paragraph, but omits amongest to statlye, and varies the last clause. In the Annnles he follows The Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, pp. 27-30. 3 " Summary but ending : and xiiii. persones drowned, and xvj. saued by " swymmyng. > So Stow. The MS. has ' londe. ' 4 Summary. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 31

e e for doctour Dolman, & vpon Thursday y ix. of Novembar y byshope e of London songe y masse hymselfe. e Vpon Monday, beynge y xiij. day of Novembar, The archeby- shope of Cantourbery, the lord Robert Dudleye, the lord Guylfprde e Dudley, husbond of y lady Jane pretendyd queue, the lord Henrie e e Dudley, youngest sone of y sayd thre Dudleyes, and y sayd lady e e Jane y pretendyd queene, were all v. arreygnyd at y Guylde hawll vpon highe treason, & so cast & adiudgyd to be drawne, hangyd, & quarteryd. e e Vpon Satterday, beynge y xxv. of Novembar, & y yere of our e lord 1553, Anno I. Regyne Marie, at vj. of y cloke at night S. e Katheryns lyghts were cryed aboute y battylments of Paules steple,

l whiche had not ben many yeres before. e e Vpon Tewesdaye or Wednysdaye y v. of Decembar, y parlya- ment was dissolvyd, wherein was repeallyd ix. servall actes, viz. e e for mariage of priestes, y legitimacion of prestis children, y recey- e e vynge of y sacrament in bothe kyndes, y makynge of deacons & pristes, the vniformytie of devyne prayer, the pluckynge downe of altars, Roods, & Images, the observacion of holydayes & fastynge dayes, w* ij. othar actes. e e 1 Vpon y 14 day of Januarye, 1553, y lord chauncelour w e e othar of y counsell declaryd openly vnto y queens Maiestie howse- e holde y 1 ther was a mariage concludyd betwene hir grace & y 2 e kynge of Spayne, whiche was y fyrst tyme it was certaynly knowne abrocle.

c Aboute y xxv. day of Januarie, Anno 1553, anno primo Regine e e Marie, began y comocion in Kent, y cheffe captayns wherof was 3 sir Thomas Wyat & one syr Henrie Illisleye : but it was sayd y* e lorde Cobham had taken parte w* y queene : the cause of theyr

1 Summary in Stow's own words.

a ' ' Sn mmary reading: xx. day of January. The emperor's ambassadors had th public audience of the queen on 14 January, & the queen's decision was com- municated to the lord mayor next day. In the Annales this is given correctly from The Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary pp. 34, 35. 3 Isley, Stow. 32 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e comocion (as y brute went) was because they woulde not be e subiecte to y kynge of Spayne : for thappesynge where of ther was e e a great nombar of men made out of y citie of London, & all y 1 companyes chargyd ther w . e of And vppon Candelmas day, beynge Frydaye & y ij. day e e Februarie, all y aldarmen of London & y inhabytauntes of every e e warde were y whole day in harnes for feare of y aforesayde

Rebells, who as it was sayd approchid : & my lord may re was at 1 Leclyn hall w a great nomber of men in harnesse, whiche were c e apoyntyd forthe by y companyes of y citie, double so many as e before, for wher y marchaunt taylours at y fyrst tyme armed xxx. at this tyme they armyd Ix. &c. e of after Vppon Satterday, beynge y iij. day February, y morow Candelmas day, s. Thomas Wyatt, who had lyen at Grenewitche c of a aboute one of e by y space ij. nyghts & daye, cam sodeynly y cloke at aftar none into Sothewarke w1 his band of men, whose e sodayne comynge drave y citizens into great feare so that they e e c were fayne to close vp y gatte on y brydge, & cutt downe y draw e e brydge & let it fawll in to y watar, & all men ran to barneys for y e l deffence of y citie. How be it sir Thomas Wyatt made to proffer 1 of entrie, but went streyght wayes to worke & his men w hym & trenchid Sothewarke at every end, and plantyd his ordenaunce for

(> his deffence. The citizens in y meane season preparynge great watche & warde. And thus lay syr Thomas Wyat from y Satourday e at noone vntyll shrove Tewesday in y mornynge next folowynge. The queens maiestie durynge this tyme preparyd greate power to e goo agaynst hyme. The aforesayd shrovetewesday, beynge y vj. e day of Februarie, early in y mornynge y sayd syr Thomas Wyate removyd all his people & theyr ordynaunce all save one pece, & e went vnto Kyngston, & ther beyng sumwhat resysted at y last he e by entreatie passyd y brydge, whiche brydge was by hyme & his 1 foarcyd & made, for y* brydge y before was ther was cutt downe or he cam : & then he marchyd to London wardes a bowght xij. of

1 So MS.; read 'no'. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 33

e e y cloke at nyght. Vpon y morow, beynge ashwednysdaye, aboute e e thre of y cloke in y mornynge a greate outcrye was made thrughe 1 London y every man shuld put on his harnysse, & as sone as it was day lyght ye wardars, whiche were apoyntyd to have wardyd 6 e at y bridge, were for y moast parte all sent to Ludgate & othar e placis. The queenes armye in y meane season encampyd them e e selves in y fylde before y place callyd saynt James beyonde West- e myster, whithar it was sayd y rebells purposyd to come : and e aboute two of y cloke they came : the queens ordynaunce was e schott of, & y horsemen marchyd fortheward, & set vpon them : & sir Thomas Wyate perseyvynge his dystruction at hand devysyd l 1 w hym selffe this pollicie : he w a certayne nombar slyppyd bye, e & havynge theyr swerds drawne cam in at y Temple barre cryenge, e God save quene Marie : y people, knowynge hym not to be Wyatt, l sufferyd hym w his companye to entre, thynkynge them to have

bene some of theyr frynds : & ymediatly pursuite was made aftar e hym by y quenes armye, and in Fletstrete he was taken & dyvers 1 e l e othar w hym, as two of y Knayvatis, & two of y Cobhams, 2 l e Captayne Brett, whiche went away w y Londoners at Rochestar. e 3 e Thar was slayne aboute y numbar of an hondred of y Rebells. e And then y quene of hir clemencie & pitie grauntyd pardon to all e y rest of theyr lyves : and aftar a day or two syr Henry Isley w* e dyvers othar were brought vnto y Towre. e e Vpon Monday, beynge y xij. day of Februarie, y lorde Gylforde e e Dudley, forthe sonne to y duke of Northumbarland, hosband to y e e lady Jane, pretendyd quene, was behedyd at y Towre hyll : and y e e sayd day lady Jane, y pretendyd queene, was behedyd y same l e e day w in y Towre. Abought two clays afore y duke of Suffolke l w one of his brythern, whiche before fledd to Lester, ther to rays

1 Knyvet or Knevet. The Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary p. 50 men- tions William Knevet and Thomas Cobham as taken prisoners here; other prisoners were Thomas Knevet, Anthony Knevet, George Cobham and Sir Wil- liam Cobham. 3 Alexander Brett; see Chron. Q. Jane, pp. 38, 51.

' ' 3 ' ' hondred was afterwards struck out, and xx written above. 34 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e e y people ther to ayd syr Thomas Wyat, was brought in to y Towre of London.

e e l e Vpon y sayd Monday, beynge y xij. of Februarie, y lord 6 Courtney, therle of Devonshire, who was delyveryd out of y Towre e at y queens entrynge, as is afore sayde, was nowe agayne corny tted e vnto ye Towre. The same Monday ther were gallowes to y nomber of xviij. payre sett vp in dyvers placis of London : as two e in Chepesyde, wherof one was beyond y cross towarde Poules, & 6 thothar almoast at y great conduyte : at dyuers of y gates othar. e Vpon Wednysday folowynge, beynge y xiiij. day of Februarie, ther were vj. persons hangyd in Chepe syde vpon y* two payr of galowes. And vpon thothar galloxves in othar placis of y citie to e 2 e l y nombar of fifftye persons, whiche wer of y Londoners y were e 6 set out by y citie and rane away from y duke of Northfolke vnto 6 Wyatt, & wer taken in y fylde vpon ashewednesday. 3 l Also y Sonday before, Captayn Bret \v xxv. more wer layd in a e cart in Sothewarke by ser Robert Sothewell, shrive of Kent,y whiche wer asygnyd to be executyd in dyver placis in Kent, but many of them were aftarward pardonyd. e 4 6 Vpon Thursday, beynge y xxj. day of Februarie, y remaynante c of y sayde rebells, whiche hadd bene emprisonyd, some in New- gate, some in the Countars, some in Sothewarke, & some in seynt Petars chirche at Westmystar in dyvers chapells ther, whiche wer p to to y nomber of xij. score persons or more, were brought y crosse in Chepe, where ye queues mercifull pardon was declaryd 5 vnto them to theyr great comfortes.

1 So also Chron. Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 59 and Stow, Annales 1052. But Stow. Summary, and Wriothesley, Chron. ii. 113 have 15"* March. 8 chronicles Machyn, Diary, p. 55 gives 46. Grafton (ii. 543) says 50. Other smaller numbers. 3 i8 th which the Machyn and Wriothesley (ii. 112) give February, was Sunday after.

' 4 ' Should be xxij. 3 rd Summary somewhat differently, with date 23 February. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 35

e l And vpon Fryday, beynge y xxij. of Februarie, the duke of e Suffolke was beheaded at y Towre hyll. e Vpon Thursday, beynge y viij. day of Marche, tharchbisshope e of Cantorbery, y byshope of London, Nycholas Rydleye, & fathar e Latymer were brought out of y Towre, & sent vnto Oxforde, ther e e to remayne vntyll y queens comyng thethar at y parlyament, e beynge appoyntyd to begyn vpon y Monday aftar lowe Sonday, e 2 of e tearme also was to be at y iij. day Aprill; & y apoynted kepte Oxford lykewysse. e 3 e Vpon Saterday, beynge y xvij. of Marche, y lady Elisabeth, e doughter of quene Anne Bulleyne, was comyttyd vnto y Towre. e Wheras y parlyament & tearme were bothe appoyntyd to have bene kepte at Oxenforde, it was now reiournyd vnto London by e proclaymacion, and began at Westmystar y second day of Apryll, beynge Monday. e Vpon Wednysday, beynge y xj. of Aprill, sir Thomas Wyat, e e capitayne & ryngledar of y sayd Rebells, was behedycl at y Towr hyll. e 4 Vpon y xxvij. day of Apryll one Nicholas Thokmorton, a gen- e tylman, was arraygnyd at y Gyldhall as accessarye vnto Wyats conspiracie, & vpon his quest were chosen dyvers sytysyns, one 5 6 was Whetstone, haberdashar, Emanuell Lucas, marchant taylor, Watur Yonge, Mst. Baskerfylde, Symon Lowe, Wyliam Bankes, Mstar. Poyntar, Mst. Martyn, and fowr othars, whiche dyd aftar sent for e acquyt hym, and shortly before y connsell, & ij. of e e e them sent to y Towre, y rest were sent to y Flete. e Vpon Fryday, beynge y xviij.day of May, one Wylyam Thomas, e a gentylman who had bene clarke of y counsell, who had bene w* e 1 Wyat, and allso detarmynyd to have slayne y quene w a dagar,

1 ' ' Should be xxiij.

2 ' ' Should be ij. 3 th Other authorities give Palm Sunday, i8 March. 4 th th Throckmorton. He was arraigned on 17 April, and acquitted on the 25 . 5 See Holinshed iv. 31, 64,74 for the jurors, and 3 1-54 for the record of the trial. * Lucare, Wriothesley. 36 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

c was drawne from y Towre of London to Tyborne, & ther hangyd & quarteryd. 6 e Vpon Satarday, beynge y xix. day of May, y lady Elizabeth was brought out of yc Towr, & so convayed by watar vnto Rychemonde, c & from thence y next day she went to Wyndsore, & so by my lord Wyllyams to Rycote in Oxenfordeshire, & from thens to Wodstoke, 1 where as it was sayd she shuld remayne. 2 6 The fyrste day of June y gallowsys in London were commandyd to be takyn downe, whiche thynge was done accordyngly. c 3 And aboute y sayd fyrst day of June ther was grauntyd by acte e of comon counsell a fyvtyne & a halfe to be levyed of y citezens e e for y gyldynge of y crosse in Chepe, & for makynge of pagauntes e of e of ther skaffolds agaynst y comynge y prynce Spayne ; & vpon e were made aboute y crosse, & werkemen set a werke for makynge e of y pagauntis. e Vpon Sonday, beynge y xv. day of Jully, 1554, & anno Regine 4 6 Marie secondo, a yonge wenche of y age of xvj. or xvij. yeres dyd open penaunce at Poules crosse, standynge vpon a skaffolde all y* sermon tyme, & confessyd hir falte openly: that she beynge intysed 5 by lewde counsell had counterfetyd certayne speaches in an house e e in Aldarsgate strete, about y whiche matar y people werewondar- l fully molestyd, some saynge y it was a sprite that spake in a wall,

some one thynge, some an othar : on this manor she vsed hir selffe, e she lay in hir bed, & whistelyd in a strange whystell made for y 6 nones, then was ther (as she confessyd) vj. falce knaves, whos l names she ther declaryd, confederyd w hir, whiche toke vpon them

1 Summary.

- ' th Summary, fovverth '. Machyn, Diary p. 65. 4 June. 3 th Machyn says 4 June. 4 Summary, 'Elizabeth a yonge wenche.' Wriothesley, ii. 117, calls her Elizabeth Crofte.

5 ' ' Summary, had vpon the xiiij. day of Marche last passed. Wriothesley in

' Apryll. 6 ' ' Summary, iiij. or vj. companions. Wriothesley and Machyn name one as John Drake, a servant of Anthony Nevill or Anthony Knevett. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 37

e l to entarprite what y spryt spake, expressynge certayn sedycius e words agaynst y queens hyghnes. e of Vpon Satarday, beyng y xxj. Julii, ther was great Joye & e tryoumpth made in London w fc bonffyars & ryngynge for y salffe landynge of ye prynce of Spayne, who came on land vpon Thursday e at nyghte, y xix. of Julii. e xxv. of Vpon Wedenseday, beynge saynt James day y day Julii i e e at Wynchestar y prynce of Spayne was maried vnto y queens maiestie.

e 1 Vpon Sonday, beynge y xxix. day of Julii, one doctour Harpefeld preachyd at Powles crosse, and after he had made his proposy- cion he exortyd all men to become newe men bothe in mynd & doyng, for so myche (sayd he) as I have newe thyngs to declare e vnto you and therfore y must become newe, for accordynge to Christis saynge no man puttythe newewyne into olde vessyles etc.; e e and thervpon he declaryd vnto y people y style in maner folowynge : 3 e fyrst I command vnto Philipp and Marye by y grace of God kynge & quene of England, Faunce, Napyles, Jerusalem and Irlande, e defender of y faythe, prynces of Hyspayne & Cicile, archedukes of Austrie, dukes of Mylayne, Burgoyne, & Brabant, countes of 4 Ausborow, Flaunders & Tiroll: & then procedyd forthe w fc his 5 prayer. e e Vpon Lamas day, beynge y fyrst of August, y proclamacion was e e made consernynge y sayd style in y forenone, and at aftar none e y same stylle pryntyd bothe in Englisshe & in lattyn, was set up in dyvers placis of the citie. e 6 e And vpon Satterdaye, beynge y xviij. day of August, y kynge

1 ' ' Summary, sedicious and opprobrious. 2 Nicolas Harpsfield. 3 The edge of the leaf is worn. 4 sc. Habsburg. 5 Compare Machyn, pp. 66-7. 6 th So Stow in the Summary, but in the Annales he gives 12 August. Wriothesley th (ii. 122) has i8 August, and so also Chron. Queen Mary, p. 78. Stow makes only slight use of the account above. 38 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e l before & y quene bothe togethar w ij. swerdes borne them passed ovar London brydge from Suffolke place in Sothevvarke, wher they c had lyene y nyght before, and so rode bothe togethar thrughe y* e e citie. And at Gracious strete y house of y Stylyard at theyr cost l made a sumptious & a large pagaunte fowr square w stones of e l 6 dyvars sortis. And at y Stokes was a great pagaunte made at y e of 2 cities cost declarynge y nobylytie iiij. Philyppes, whiche have e excellyd in vertue,& praysynge ye kynge for y fyfthe. At Iremon- 3 gare lane ende was an othar greate pageante of Orpheus syttynge e on y toppe, playenge on a harpe, and lytyll boyes dressyd lyke e wylde beastis dawnsynge aboutes y mownt wheron he satt. The e crosse beynge newly gyldyde shone very fayre. At y lytyll e 6 c conduite was y whole genelogie of y quenes maiestie & y kyngs, e brought from Edward y thyrde, fathar to John of Gaunte : and at e e e y weste ende of Poules y kynge & y quene bothe alyghtyd and e e entryd into y churche, & so into y qwyre, wher they entryd into for them. afftar rode forthe. And round ij. traversys made And e abowte y conduyte in Fletestrete was a large & a fayre greate l e pageaunte w turretts & dyvers other thyngs, And at y gatte at e 6 1 Temple barr was a longe declaracion of y prayse of y kynge, w a e bryffe rehearsall of all y sayd pagauntis. 4 l e e Not., y from y 10 day of Octobar vntyll y xvj. day a greate c 6 preparacion was made in Smythefylde for y spanyards to bayte y e bull aftar y maner of Spayne, called Juga de Tauro, vpon sainte a frame for an house sett ther and Lukes day, & great newe vp ; 6 e vpon y even of saynt Luke, beynge y xvij. day of Octobar, it was l l e knowen y y* same pastyme shulde be put of, so y all y preparacion for this tyme was voyde. e Vpon sent Lukes day, beyng Thursday y xviij. day of October,

1 Stock Market.

2 ' Chron. Queen Mary, p. 80, gives them as: Phillipus rex Macedoniae, Phillipus bonus, Phillipus imperator, and Phillipus audax.' 3 Ironmongers Lane. 4 sc. Notandum. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 39

e ye kynges maiestie come to Pawles, and herde masse, y whiche l was songe w his awne chapell.

e The xxix. of Octobar, 1554, & in y first & second yeres &c. John Lyon, grocar, mayre. 1 Not., that aboute ij. or thre days past those viij. citesins, Wherstone, Emanuell Lucas, Walter Younge, Baskevyle, Wyllyam e Bankes, Marten, Kyghlehe, & Calthrope, were broughte out of y e e Flete before y counsell in y Starre chamber, wher as yt was sayd e 4 6 y lordes, consydderynge the obstaclenes, detyrmyned y y sayd 2 [Wherstone] because he was forman should paye for his fyne a e thousande markes, & euery of y other syxe hondreth poundes apece : but yet was not thes fynes ymeclyatly sett vppon ther heades, e e but they were all viij. remytted to y Flette : & as for y othar fowre, 1 N. Poynter, who neuer came in by reason y he was syke when thother was apprehended, Symon Lowe, merchuaunte tayllor, who had bene delyuered shortly after he was committed, one [ ] Oates, who lately vpon submyssyon was lett out, & one other, who [s] name I knowe not, were not appoynted to paye any fyne. e th e And vppon Satterdaye, beinge y x. of Nouember, 1554, y e e 3 shrefe of London enteryd into y houses of y said viij. men, & e e seased vppon all y goodes in them for y levyinge of a fyne of a thousand markes apece, sett vppon ther heades in thexcheqwyre, & e e e processe directed vnto y shreffes of London for y levyinge of y same.

e Also vppon Mondaye, beinge y 12 day of Nouember, cardynall Poole came vnto Lambeth by water & ther dyned. 4 e Vpon Sonday, beinge y xxv. day of November, the spanyards e made a pastyme before y cowrte gate at Westmystar, callid Juga de Cane for e wherof ther was a & ; y preparacyon wall, posts pallyd

1 The other hand resumes. 2 Omitted in MS. at foot of f. 19'

3 ' The MS. has xiij '. 4 Stow resumes copying. 40 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e 6 dyd enclose y tourneyinge place ther, & y way also was all pullyd e l vp before y place. Aboute 6 iij. dayes past y viij. quest men, whose housys were e 6 seasyd by y shreves, (as is afore sayd) were asygned to pay y thyrd parte of a M. markes, & so had ther houssys delyveryd agayn into thandis of theyr wyves, all whiche thyngs was done (as it was e sayd) by y kynges meanes & procurement : but yet were not they delyveryd ont of pryson. c Vpon Sonday, beynge y second day of Desembar, 1554, and in 6 e y fyrste & second yeres of y reygnes of our soverayne lorde & 2 ladye Philipp & Marie, The lorde Chauncelour made a sermon at e Paules crosse, at the whiche sermon y kynge & y6 cardenall were 6 present, stondynge above ovar the lorde mayres hedd : & in y same sermon my lorde Chauncelor declaryd y l we had bene long in ignoraunce of derknesse, wherfore accordynge to y* wordes of saynt Paule in e G 3 y epystyll redd in y chyrche y* sayd Sunday he exhorted l all men w abiiciamus opera tenebrarum* & there vpon shewyd y l we c e must nedes have y pope to be our supreme heade, and yl y lorde l cardynall Poole was come from hym w his blessynge vnto vs, who

fc dyd persecute hym w all maladyccion, and therin (sayd he) owr 6 moaste holy fathar dothe fullfyll y saynge of Christ, whiche is 5 c benedicite malediccntibus vobis, wyllynge y people to put all vayne fantasyes & ymaginacions ont of theyr heades of any dyscorde to 6 ensewe : for a domino est istud and therfore shall (quod he) factum } 7 ther be gloria in excehis deo et in terra pax homynybus, and for hec est because dies quam fecit dominus, exultemus et letemus in ea^

1 ' ' See Machyn p. 76. The kynges rydyng at Jube de Cane. - i.e. Gardiner. 3 The first in Advent: xiii. Sunday Romans, 8-14. Wriothesley (ii. 124) gives the

' ' text, Fratres, scientes quia hora est jam nos de somno surgere from verse n. Romans, xiii. 12. Matthew, v. 44. Matthew, xxi, 42.

Luke, ii. 14.

PS

l receyvynge this his holynes benediccionem in one vnytie, and confes- syng our faultes be glad and joyfull to receyve remyssyon. In dede (quod he) this reverend father my lorde cardynall is come to rayse in I I and awake vs all, wher exclude not my selffe, for confesse I e have fallyn and am therfore sory w* them that be sorye,but as for y e kynge & y quene they stode stedfastly allways & nede not to be e e raysyd, but he is come to rayse and awake y holl body of y realm e. e And then comynge to his prayers he prayed for y spiritualtye, e e e 6 y temporality e, & y sowles departyd, prayenge for y pope as y e supreme heade. Aftar this y belles in Panics began to rynge, & in othar churchis, whiche made souche noyse that I coulde not vndars- tond e iij. wordes togethar, & by reason therof & allso y* y day was e furre spent (for it was past one of y clocke) he made a shorte ende. e Vpon Tewesday, y 11 of Decembar, 1554, Mst. Whetstone, Mst. Yonge, Mst.Bankes, Mst.Baskervyld,and Mst. Martyn were deliveryd e e e ont of y prison of y . Flete by vertewe of y quenes leter; & thothar thre, Emanuell Lucas, Kyghtley, & Caltrop, were lefte styll e behynd in pryson, bycaus they had not payde there parte of y fyne accordynge as thothar fyve had done. e 2 The parlyament endyd aboute y xxij. day of Januarie. e 3 Vpon Fryday, beynge y xxv. day of Januarie, generall procession e e was through Chepesyde downe y one and vp thothar, y byshope e of London, w* many othar bysshopes, beynge mytryd, & y byshope e of London goynge vndar a canapie : and at nyght by y comaunde- e e ment of y lord mayre & y aldarmen bonefyars were made thrwghe out e hole citie w* bells all whiche wer y ryngynge solomly ; thyngs e e done for Joye of y restorynge of y trewe & catholyke relygyon, e and for y abolysshment of schismes and heresyes. 4 Vpon Monday, beynge ye fowrthe of Februarie, one [John] Rodgers, vycar of sent Sepulchres, was burnyd in Smythefelde.

1 ' ' ' ' This is clearly corrupt. One and vnytie have marks of abbreviation over them. Perhaps ' in omni unitate. ' 2 th Wriothesley (ii. 125) says i6 January. Summary, xxii January. 3 The procession of the buck: see Machyn, p. 80. * Blank in MS. 42 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

e e Vpon Monday, beynge y 18 of Februarie, y byshope of Ely, 1 l e 2 callyd doctour Hethe, w y vycounte Broune, and dyvers othar e 3 well apparylyd rode forthe of y citie towards Rome. in e e e Vpon Thursedaye y night, beynge y xiiij. of Marche, y Image of a 4 byshope, whiche was newly sett vp of late ovar y* dore of c e sent Thomas of Acars, was shamefully mangled, y heade & y e ryght arme beynge cleane smyttyn of : y whiche Image ones before this e tyme had y hede lykewyse stryken of, and was aftarwarde newly set vp, and nowe eft sones broken. e e Vpon Saterday in y mornynge, beynge y xvj. day of Marche, a wevar whiche dwellyd in Shordyche was burned in Smythefylde 5 for heresye. e Vpon Eastarday, beynge y xiiij. day of Aprill, 1555, a certayne l desperate person w a wood knyffe woundyd a priste, as he was mynestrynge the sacrament in sent Margaretes churche at West- e e mystar, vnto y people : of whiche wounde y pryest was in great daunger of deathe, the churche of sent Margaretis was imedyatly 6 shut in, and no more servyce don. sent e Vpon Marks even, beynge Wednysday & y xxiiij. day of e e Aprell, y sayd desperate persone, whiche hurte y priest at West- mystar, was burnyd for heresy at Westmystar in sent Margaretes churche yarde. e Vpon Tewesdaye, beynge y vij. day of Maye, a certayn lewd 7 heretyke called Tolly, a pultar, who aboute x. days past had bene hangyd for robberye, & had ben buryed betwen Charinge crosse &

1 Nicholas Heath had been already translated to York; it should be Thomas Thirlby. 2 Anthony Browne, viscount Montague. 3 ' ' Summary but reading: byshop of Ely, with the lord Mountacute. 4 Thomas Becket. See Wriothesley, ii. 127. 5 Summary, Wriothesley (ii. 127) gives his name Thomas Tompkins. 6 Summary, but adding the miscreant's name (William Flower) and giving more particulars of his punishment. 7 Wriothesley (ii. 128) calls him John Towley, and says he had been hanged th on 26 April, for the robbery of a Spaniard at Shrovetide. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 43

e y gallows ther, was taken vp agayn and burnyd for certayne l sedycious & hereticall wordes by hym spoken at his deathe. e e e Itm. in y yere of our lorde 1555, y 26 daye of August, y kynge e e & quene vode thrughe y citie of London, and toke barge at y Towre wharffe, & so went to Grenewyche. e e Itm. y 29 day of August y kynge departyd from Grenewiche & went in to Spayne. e Itm. in y begynnynge of Octobre next folowynge ther was suche 2 raygne y1 sent Gorgis felde was coveryd w l watar, & betwen sente e Gorgis and Newynton, that for y space of vj. dayes whyres niyght

ther : and it into halffe a go cam Westmystar hawle yarde depe > e & in to y palace of Westmynstar, & in to Lambythe churche, that e 3 men mowght rowe aboute y churche w* a whyrey. e 4 About y ix. day of Nouember folowynge ye byshope of Wynchest. doctour Styvene Gardenar, departyd this mortall lyffe : and his 5 body was buryed at Wynchestar.

1 The lower half of f. 20 is left blank. 2 St George's, Southvvark. 3 Summary with slight variations. In the Annales, 1061 Stow gives a some- what fuller and different account from Wriothesley's Chronicle, ii. 130. 4 On 12 th November. 5 The remainder of f. 21 is blank. A BRIEF LONDON CHRONICLE

I 547~ I 5 6 4

l K. Edward the 6. Hobilthor. mayor

A 2.

This yere the kynges ship named the menyon did take a grete spaynysh shyp in the naro sease mannyd weth scott & halff ladyn th w costly goods. 8 1 The 1 5 day of May doctor Smyth of Oxforde, y did rede the dyvynite lector at Whitingdon colege, did recant at Poulis crosse. 3 Doctor Langriche, archdeacon of Clefland in Yorkeshire, did willfully lepe out of the cloyster of saint Magnus into the Temse, e willfully drovvnyd hymselff yn y month of May.

4 A 2 J. Gressam, mayor.

In the latter end of Januarii was soche vehement windes that 6 damaged sore the western barges, & y lade barges from London to Grauysende to London : a grocer of this citie, his wyfe, his seruant all were drovvnyd in a whery, sauyng the seruant & one e of y whery men. In the latter ende Februarii one of the kynges bregendynes did

1 Henry Hubbarthorne. 8 Richard Smith (d. 1563) see D.N.B. I'm. 101. 3 Richard Langriche, Langridge, or Langreth, Rector of Weldrake, Yorkshire, Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1534, and prebendary of South Muskham, South- well, from 1538 (LeNeve, Fasti, in. 148, 432). 4 Sir John Gresham. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 45 take in the naro sease a frenche galeye, browght her into the ryuer of Temse. In the sermones at saynt Mary Spittell the prechars invayed * agaynst the masse. e In June the bysshop of Winchestar was comytted to y Towre.

2 A 3. Hamcott, mayor.

e Ther were dyuerse rebellions yn sondry placis of y realme : e the mayor & citizens of Exciter manfully kept y city from the 1 rebelles of Deuonshire, till thei w in were almost famyshed. This yere was partyes put yn by the nobilite of this realme for the safegard of the kinges royall person, but praysed be God it was gentilly quieted. 3 500 souldiers of Arde com nere to Guysnes purposyng to had a of catell but ther were resisted the men of great boty ; by e Guysnes, & of y men were 50 prisoners takyn, and 103 of them slayne.

Hill, mayor.

A 4 trynyte terme was reiournyd to myhelmas, ffor that the gentylmen shuld kepe the people quyete w* owt comosion. This mayor was a gode mynystrer of Justice, & a grete ponyssher of adultery.

4 [Jud ] mayor. In a 5 be reson that o r mony was so base the exchaunge to Andwarp was vnder 17 s. the li. l In May there cam a hoye to London w Holond chese, whiche was solde for 2 d the lb., and that after the rate of Essex chese vj. s. the way.

1 Of Wriothesley Chron. ii. 2. 2 Sir Henry Amcotes. 3 Ardres.

' 4 'dobs was written in MS., but afterwards crossed out. 46 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES

Dobs, mayor. A 6. the erle of Arundell & the lorde Paget were comytted prisoners to the Tower. The erle was afterward relesed, the lorde e Paget by a chapter of y knyghtes of the gartar dymyssed from the same order. Barns, mayor. Quene Mary.

When the bisshop of Win., chaunceler, did mynyster the othe to

1 Justices of this realme he wolde not mynyster to Justice Halis, ffor l he sayde he had to talke w him in maters of religion. 6 r The ix. of September y archebyshop of Cauntorbery and M Latymer wer comytted prisoners to the Tower.

T. Whight, mayor.

A 1. the 13 of Nouember the lady Jane, before proclaymyd qwene, & the archebysshop of Cauntorbery wer araigned at the gwylde hall ffor treson, & shortly after she was beheded at the Tower hill. In Feuerer the archebysshop of Cauntorbery, doctor Ridleye, & M r Latymer were remouyd from the Tower to Oxford.

2 Ironmonger.

3 In Marche died Julius, bisshop of Rome, for whom y* qwene caused a solem funerall seruice to be done at Powlis. th9 In the did the first frute of . iij. yere the qwen remyt X

4 Garett, mayor.

Doctor Gardynar, bisshop of Winchester & chaunceler died.

1 Sir James Hales. See D.N.B. xxiv. 29. See also Grafton, Chronicle, ii. 537.

3 ' ' This is inserted; ironmonger had first been written after the next sentence. The mayor for 1554-55 was John Lion, grocer. 3 III died on th the service for him at St Paul's was on Julius 5 March, 1555 ; th 17 April, see Wriothesley, Chron. ii. 127. 4 Sir William Gerard. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 47

Ofley, mayor.

r r l In January the bodies of M Bucor, & M Fabius wer takyn out of theire grauys, & burnt in the market place of Cambrige : v. Shipes of Brystow ladyn w* marchandise owt of Spayne were takyn by 7 ships of war of Fraunce. In the tyme of the raigne of this qwene there were burnyd, and som allso that died in prison for religion, lityll vnder or ouer 2040 men & women. of of this In the begynnyng Julii iij. shipes citye comyng from Andwarp ladin w 1 riche marchandise were takyn by Scottes and Frenchemen, whiche were estemyd to be better worth than

20000 li. Queue Elisabeth. Leigh, mayor,

In a 1 no thing to noate.

Hewet, mayor.

2 the did send of her A qwene ij. ships to the see to take a 2 1 his other pirate namyd Strangwysh, who w ij. ships & ij. capitaynes l w owt makyng of any resistence did yelde. Chestar.

e There was so grete scarsety of corne that y mayor & citizens rs made prouyson for wheat & rye 30000 q from beyond the se.

Harpour, mayor. The occasion whervppon the qwene did send to New hauyn was s the lorde Vidame, capitayne of New hauyn, & the bayly of Roen, 4 the treasorer of Deep offered the forsayde townys to the qwenes

1 Martin and Paul the date of their 6th Bucer, Fagius ; exhumation was Feb., 1557- 2 Machyn, Diary, 206, 212-3. Strangwysh was brought to the Tower on th io August 1559. 8 Rouen. 4 Dieppe. 48 TWO LONDON CHRONICLES magesty, if it wolde please her to further them in theire procedinges em of the gospell, for that her mageste is right inheritor to y & to all Fraunce. *

Lodge, mayor. A 5 in Marche all the English marchantes wl ther goodes & shipes wer arested al Burdeus. The men of Plymmoth did take 14 brettysshe ships w l salt & wyne. The men of Seaton & legis from the towne of Deepe did take 1 15 crayers to New hauyn w vitayll at sondry tymes. 2 A man of Plymmoth namyd Hawkins, did take a French ship comyng from Gynys wholely ladyn. l A crayer of Rye w 30 men in her did take a ship in Deep rode, & if there had bene more men they might haue takyn one other ship. A passenger of Douer sayling to Dunkirk was takyn by a hayne of Diepe comyng owt of Cales, & conuayed to Calies, & there put them to their ransom.

e The forsayde hayne was well knowen to y men of Douer, that he a was comen saylor betwene Diepe and Caleis : Thes men of Douer w* a crayer well mannyd lay in wayte for hym shortly after l betwen Bolen and Cales, & did take him ladyn w canuas & hows- olde stuff to Dales, whiche was to them a gode recompence. In this somer did fall so greate aboundance of rayne in Zeland that were so scant that in hops they were solde London for liij. s. d. the C. & some bere breuars to l iiij. ; practised brew w brome & some w l bay beries.

John Whight, mayor.

In the begynnyng of Nouember 24 western ships did toke 17 bretisshe ships laden wrt wyne, and if one of the had not bene

1 This seems to be quoted by Stow, Annales, 1101. ed. 1605. 2 Presumably John Hawkyns, who came home from his first voyage to the Spanish Main in Sept., 1563. TWO LONDON CHRONICLES 49 to hasty, ther myght have takyn many mo : the brytons had 4 men of warre for theire waffters, but whan thei did see so grete a flete of englyshe men of war they fled.

A 6, in the begynnyng of December was so greate lyghtenyng & horrible thonder that the lyke was not seen w l the remem- 1 braunce of any man lyuyng. ' Remember the monstrous fysshe. In the month of July sesed the plage, that did begin the last yere. In the 30 day of August it was enacted that all soche as wolde sell their waris, plate or howsold stuff to theire most aduantage, for r the paying of o dettes or elles for the fordell of orphans, sholde bring the same waris &c. to Ledyn hall on Monday & Friday, there 3 to be solde to them that wolde gyue most for it. e In this yere was browght to y citie great plente of frute, for ther 4 1 cam in one market in to Southwark cartes w frute, in to

Graschirche strete xiiij. cartes, besids a greate qwantytie that was browght on horsbacke, in panyers and dossars : this contynuyd the moste parte of the somer.

1 Summary p. 275; Annales p. 1103. 2 No doubt a whale; it was driven ashore at Grimsby, was 19 yards long and yielded two tons of oil. See Summary, which is much fuller than Annales. 3 Summary with considerably more detail. Omitted in Annales. 4 The MS. is damaged.

INDEX

Baynards Castle, 8, 27. Bell, a Suffolk man, 21. Albury, 23. Bermondsey Priory, 12. Aldermary, see St Mary. Beauvale, 10. Aldersgate St., 36. Berrys, or Bery, a rebel, 20. Aldgate, 28. Bilney, or Bylneye, Thomas, 5. Allen, John, a priest, 14. Bishop Clist, 17, 18. Allen, or Allyn, Sir John, n. Black friars, 14. Allhallows Barking, 10. Blackwall, 9. Allhallows, Bread St., 6, 7. Bletchingley, 23. Allyn see Allen. Bocher, Joan, 21. Amcotes, Sir Henry, 17, 45. Bockyng, Edward, 8. Andrew Moreys Quay, 3. Boleyn, Ann, Queen, 7, 8, 9. Antwerp, (Andwarp), 45, 47. Boleyn, Sir Thomas, Earl of Wilt- Arden of Faversham, 22. shire, 4, 7. Ardres, 45. Bonner, Edmund, bishop of Lon- Arthur, prince of Wales, 7. don, 29, 31, 41. Arundell, Earl of, see Fitzalan. Bordeaux, (Burdeus), 48. Arundell, Humphrey, 17, 20. Boulogne, (Bulloyne, Bolen), 7, 21, Arundell. Sir Thomas, 26. 48. Askew, Christopher, 8. Bowes, Sir Martin, 17. Audley, Sir Thomas, 6. Bowler, a rebel, 18. Austin friars, 9. Boyer, William, 16. Axholme, (Exsam), 10. Bread St., 6, 7, 9. Bret, Alexander, 33, 34. Bretons, 48, 49. B Bridewell, 2. Bristol, 47. Baldry, Thomas, 2. Broad Causeway, Westminster, 25. Bangor, bishop of, see Salcot, John. Broken Wharf, 9. Barnes, George, 26, 46. Browne, Anthony, Viscount Mon- Barns, Robert, 2. tague, 42. Barton, Elizabeth (Anne) the Holy Bryce, Hugh, i. Maid of Kent, 8, 9. Bucer, Martin, 47. Baynam, 6. Bylneye, Thomas, 5. 52 INDEX

Calais, 7, 26, 48. Dacre of the North, Lord, 9. Cambridge, 2, 3, 27, 28, 47. Darcie, Thomas, Lord, 14. Canterbury, 8, 9, 22. Daunce, Hary, see Harridaunce. Canterbury, Archbishops of, see Deryng, Richard, 8. Cranmer, Pole. Devonshire, Earl of, see Courtenay Carew, Sir Nicholas, 15. Devonshire, 17, 45. Carow, Charles, 16. Dieppe, 47, 48. Catherine of Aragon, Queen, 7, 8, Dobbes, Richard, 24, 46. 27. Dodmer, Ralph, 4. Champneys, John, 10. Dolman, Dr., 31, Chantries, 13. Doncaster, 16. Charing Cross, 9, 42. Dormer, Michael, 16. Charterhouse, The 10, 15, 16. Dover, 48. Cheap, Cheapside (Chepe), i, 2,4, Dudley, Ambrose, 28. 8, 14, 19, 25, 27, 34, 41. Dudley, Sir Andrew, 28. Cheap Cross, i, 5, 34, 36. Dudley, Guilford, 31, 33. Cheeke, Sir John, 28. Dudley, Henry, 28, 31. Chessher, Thomas, 16. Dudley, John, Earl of Warwick, Chester, William, 47. and Duke of Northumberland, Chipping Norton, 18. 19, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29. Cholmley, Sir Roger, 28. Dudley, Robert, 31. Christchurch, or Trinity Priory, 6. Dunkirk, 48. Clarke, Griffith, 15. Dutchmen, 2, 5, 23, 30. Cleveland, 44. Cobham, Lord, 31. Cobhain, Thomas, 33. Coinage, coiners, 2, 4, 6, 14, 23, 24. Edward VI, King, 17-26, 29, 44-46. Cooke, Laurence, 16. Elizabeth, Queen, 27, 35, 36, 47- Sir Corby t, Richard, 28. 49- Cornwall, 17. Elsing Spittle, 12. Cotes, John, 16. Esher, 4. Counters, The, 34. Essex, Earls of, see Cromwell, Parr. Courtenay, Edward, Earl of De- Essex, 21. vonshire, 29, 34. Ewell, Thomas, 14. Court-up-street, 8. Exeter, 17, 45- Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Exmew, William, 10. Canterbury, 19, 22, 31, 35, 46. Exsam, see Axholme. Crofte, Elizabeth, 36. Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 9, 15, 16. Croydon, 23. Fagius, Paul, 47. Fenchurch, 29. INDEX 53

Finsbury Field, 2, 4, 5, 6. Grey friars, 9, 15. Fires, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14. Gryffyn, Rhys, 5. Fisher, John, bishop of Rochester, Guildhall, The, 31, 35, 46, 5. 10. Guisnes, 26, 45, 48. Fitzalan, Henry, Earl of Arundel, 27, 46. H Flanders, 25. Fleet St., 33, 38. Hales, Sir James, 46. Fleet Prison, 35, 39, 41. Hall, Edward, 7, 10. Flower, William, 42. Hampton Court, 19, 20. Forman, William, 14. Harford, Thomas, 14. Fostar, a heretic, 3. Harper, William, 47. Framlingham, 27. Harman, a coiner, 2. France, 2, 48. Harmond, a searcher of Gravesend, Francis I, King of France, 3. 28. Frith or Frythe, John, 7, 9. Harpsfield, Nicholas, 37. Harridaunce, John, 15. Harssam, Harry, 14. Hastings, Francis, Earl of Hunting- don, 28. Gambold, or Gambo, Peter, 20. Hastings, George, Earl of Hunting- Gardiner, Stephen, bishop of Win- don, 4. chester and Chancellor, 22, 29, Havre, or New Haven, 47, 48. 31,40,41, 43, 45,46- Hawkyns, Sir John, 48. Gates, Henry, 28. Hayle, John, 10. Gates, Sir John, 28, 29. Heath, Nicholas, Archbishop of Gatfaro, Charles, 20. York, 42. Gerard, Sir William, 46. Henry IV, i. Godstone, 23. Henry VII, i. Gold, or Goulde, Henry, parson Henry VIII, 1-17. of Aldermary, 8, 9. Herbert, Sir William, Earl of Pem- Gold, Thomas, 8. broke, 17, 24, 27. Gracechurch, 4, 29. Heresy, and heretics, i, 3, 5, 7, 8, Gracechurch (Gracious) St., 30, 10, 13, 15, 21, 23, 41, 42. 38, 49, Herne, or Home, Giles, 16. Gravesend, i, 28, 30, 44. Hewet, William, 47. Gray's Inn, 7. Hewitt, Andrew, 7, 9. Great Conduit, The, 34. Hill, Sir Rowland, 19, 45. Greenwich, 2, 6, 9, 32, 43. Holborn, 7, 16. Gresham, Sir John, 17, 44. Holland, 10. Gresham, Richard, 14. Holies, William, 15. Grey, Henry, Duke of Suffolk, 24, Holmes, Thomas, 21. 28, 33, 35- Honey Lane, 3. Grey Lady Jane, 31, 33, 46. Honiton, 17. Grey of Wilton, William, Lord, Home, parson of St. Nicholas 17, 18, 24, 26, 28. Willows, 24. 54 INDEX

Howard, Thomas, Duke of Nor- Leicester, 33. folk, 29, 34. Leigh, Thomas, 47. Howard, Lord William, 26. Lesnes, 25. Hubberthorne, Sir Henry, 17, 44. Lincoln, 13. Humber, 25. Lodge, Thomas, 48. Hungerford, Agnes, Lady, 2. Lombards, 9. Hungerford, Walter, Lord, 16. London, bishops of, see Bonner, Huntingdon, Earls of, se Hastings. Ridley. Hussey, John, Lord, 14. London Bridge, 9, 33, 38. Louth, 13. Lowe, Simon, 35, 39, 40, 41. I Lucas, Emanuel, 35, 39, 40, 41. Ludgate, 33. Isleworth (Thystylworth), 10. Luther, Martin, 3. Isley, or Illisleye, Sir Henry, 31,33. Lyon, John, 39.

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Judd, Andrew, 21, 45. Makkarell, Matthew, 13. Julius III, Pope, 46. Marching- watch, the, 5, 15. Marshalsea, The, 15, 29. (Mary, Queen, 7, 27-43, 46-47} K Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland, 25- Kendall, Thomas, 13. Masters, Richard, 8. Kent, 8, 21, 31, 34. Mercers Hall, 19. Kett, Robert, 18, 19. Mews, The, at Charing Cross, 9. King's Head, The, Smithfield, 20. Middlemore, Humphrey, 10. Kingston, 32. Middleton Stony, 26. Knevett, Master, 4. Mile End, 2. Knevet, William, 33. Miles, Dr. Nicholas, 4. Montague, Sir Edward, 28. Montague, Viscount, see Browne. More, Sir Thomas, 4, 6, 10, n. Morysbye, Thomas, 22. Lacie, Mr., 5, 6. Myryll, a tyler, 13. Lambard, Nicholas, 5. Lambert, John, 15. Lambeth, 22, 39, 43. N Lambeth marsh, 9. Langriche, Richard, 44. New Abbey, London, 12. Latimer, Hugh, 35, 46. Newark, 9. Laxton, Sir William, 16. Newcastle, 9. Leadenhall, 4, 32, 49. Newdigate, or Nydygate, Sebas- Lee, Thomas, n. tian, 10. INDEX 55

Newgate, 2, 4, 6, 13, 14, 20, 26, Pole, Reginald, Cardinal, 39. 34- Pomeroy, Sir Thomas, 18. New Haven, or Havre, 47, 48. Pursar, John, 5. Newington, 43. Newman Thomas, 13. Norfolk, 1 8. K Norfolk, Duke of, see Howard. Northampton, Marquis of, see Parr. Radcliffe, Robert, Earl of Sussex, 4. Northamptonshire, 18. Raynolds, a Carthusian, 10. Northumberland, Duke of, see Rich, Hugh, 8. Dudley. Richard II., i. Norwich, 18, 19. Richmond, 8, 9, 36. Richmond, Henry, Duke of, 2. Ridley Nicholas, Bishop of Lon- don, 26, 27, 28, 35, 46. Risby, Richard, 8. Observant friars, 9. Rhodes, (Rodes) Master of the, 3. Ofley, Thomas, 47. Roche, William, 16. Oxford, 7, 35, 44, 46. Rochester, 33. Oxfordshire, 18, 26. Rochester, bishop of, see Fisher. Rode Lane, 14. Rogers, John, 41. Rome, 3, 42. Rouen, 47. Packenton, or Packington, Robert, Rudstone, John, 3. 13- Russell, John, Lord, 17. Paget, William, Lord, 19, 27, 46. Rycote, Oxfordshire, 18, 36. Palmer, Sir Thomas, 24, 28, 29. Rye, 48. Paget or, Sir Thomas, 4, 14. Parnyll, 5. Parr, William, Marquis of North- ampton, 1 8, 28. Partridge, Sir Miles, 24, 26. St Andrew by the Wardrobe, 6. Patchett, Sir Thomas, 19. St Antholin's, 4, 14. Pattmer, a priest, 5. St Anthony's School, 3, n. Paulet, William, Marquis of Win- St Bartholomew's Priory, 12. chester, 24. St Bride, Fleet Street, 4. Pavyar, town clerk, 7. St George's Field, Southwark, 43, Paytmer, a glazier, 5. St James' Palace, 25, 33. Pecocke, Stephen, 7. St John, the Lord of, 19. Pembroke, Earl of, see Herbert. St John's Priory, 3. Philip of Spain, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, St Katherine's, 25. 43- St Magnus, 44. Philpot, or Fylpot, Clement, 16. St Margaret's, Friday St., 15. Pillory, The, in Cheap, 14. St Margaret's, Westminster, 42. Plymouth, 14, 48. St Mary Aldermary, 8. 56 INDEX

St Mary Overy, 7, 12. Suffolk, Duke of, see Grey. St Mary Spittle, 12, 45. Suffolk Place, Southwark, 20, 38. St Nicholas Willows, 22, 24. Sussex, Earl of, see Radcliffe. St Paul's, i, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 15, 22, 25.29,30,31,38,39,46. St Paul's Cross, 6, 8, 13, 15, 27, 34, 36, 37, 40, 44. St Paul's School, u. Taylor, John, Master of the Rolls, St Sepulchre's, 13, 41. 9- St Thomas of Acre, n, 13, 42. Temple Bar, 9, 33, 38. St Thomas Watering, 15. Thame, 18. Salcot, John, bishop of Bangor, 8. Thames, 2, 22, 25, 45.

Salters Hall, 9. Thirlby, Thomas, bishop of Ely, 42 . Sandys, Edwin, 28. Thomas, William, 35. Seamar, Thomas, 2. Thomson, Harry, 5. Seaton, 48. Throckmorton, Nicholas, 35, 39, Seymour, Anne, Duchess of So- 40, 41. merset, 24, 29. Thwaytes, Edward, 8. Seymour, Edward, Duke of So- Tompkins, Thomas, 42. merset, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26. Tower of London, The, 5, 6, 8, 9, Seymour, Thomas, Lord, 17. ii, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21,22,24,27, Shoreditch, 42. 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 45, 46. Skotte, John, 4. Tower Hill, 4, 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 17, Smith, Dr. Richard, 44. 25, 26, 33, 35. Smith, Sir Thomas, 19, 20. Tower Wharf, 43. Smithfield, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15, 20, Towley, or Tolly, John, 42. 21, 22, 23, 38, 41, 42. Trinity, or Christchurch Priory, Somar, Thomas, 5. London, 6. Somerset, 18. Tunstal, Cuthbert, bishop of Dur- Somerset, Duke of, see Seymour. ham, 29. Sothewell, Sir Robert, 34. Tyburn, 2. 5, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 21, Southwark, 7, 20, 32, 34, 38, 43, 36. 49- Tyndal, William, 5. Spain, i, 43, 47. Spencer, James, 3. Standard, The, in Cheap, 4. 8. Stanhope, Sir Michael, 20, 24, 26. Stansted, 13. Vane, Sir Ralph, 24, 26. Star Chamber, 39. Vintry, The, 4. Steelyard, The (Stilaard), 2, 29, 38. Stocks, The, 38. W Strangwysh, or Strangways, pirate, 47- Wandsworth, 15. Stratford, 2. Warwick, Earl of, see Dudley. Suffolk, 1 8, 21. Warryn, or Warren, Ralph, 13. INDEX 57

Watling Street, 24. Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, 2,3,4. Wayre, a friar, 15. Woodstock, 1 8, 36. Westminster, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, Woolwich, 25. 14, 16, 20,30, 33,35,39.42,43- Wrestling-place, The, 14. Westminster Abbey, 29, 34. Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 31-35. 21. Westminster Hall, 25, 43. Wynslowe, , T W hetstone, or Wherstone,Thomas, 35, 39, 40, 4i- White, Sir John, 48. White, Sir Thomas, 30, 46. White friars or Carmelites, 15. York, Archbishops of, see Heath, Whittington College, 44. Wolsey. Wiclif,John, i. York Place, (Whitehall), 4. Williams, Sir John, 18, 36. Yorke, John, 21. Wiltshire, Earl of, see Boleyn. Winchester, 37, 43. Winchester, bishop of, see Gardi- see Paulet. ner ; Marquis of, Windsor, 7, 19, 20, 36. Zeeland, 48. Wolffe, a murderer, 8, 9.