III. NOTICES FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS RELATIN JOHO GT N ANYSLEY, CONSTABLE OF , PRISONER IN IN 1514, AND OF HIS MURDER ON HIS JOURNEY TO IN THAT YEAR EDWARY B . D PEACOC F BOTTESJORO K D MANOK, NEAR BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE, ESQ., F.S.A. The following document, although I cannot claim for it the merit of illustrating the national history of Scotland or England, at the eventful period of the battle of Hodden, is of considerable interest, from its con- nection with that memorable contest. It is also not without importance, fro lighe mth t lawlesthrowe i t th n o s stat societyf eo , which existen do borderse th . Norha lattee th mf r o day Castle f e Scotstakeo s son th en wa y no b , August 1513,1 but a very few days before the battle of Elodden. On the 4th of September, the Earl of Surrey issued from Alnwick his well-known challeng Kino et g James. Amon affrontmajeste e gth th o t Englansf y o d set forth therein thas Scottisi chiee e e th tth , on f h sovereig ncastd "ha e and betten down e casteeth Norhamef o l crewelld an , murdered aha d dan slayne mankyngee th f yo s liege people."" Of John Anysley's life littl knowns ei t leas a bees r ha ,o t n recoverable by me. We may, I think, assume without much fear of error, though there is, as far as I have seen, no proof of it, that he was a Northumbrian gentleman, of the same stock as the Aynsleys of Shaftoe and Little Harle Tower. The Durham records quoted by Mr Raine shew that he was latRaine r eM Th 1 e states tha29the th t felti n . o l North Durham. vi 2 , from a MS. in the possession of David Laing, Esq., LL.D., V.P.S.A. Scott. 168 . PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MAECH 13, 1871.

constable of Norham in 1509-10, and that he received during that year .th f eL.15 o larg repairsr m 3efo su s origina Hi . l account boo r 151kfo 0 was in the auditor's office at Durham when Mr Eaine wrote his history;' a John Aynesley, no doubt the same person, was in the commission of the peace for in 1512.2 One solitary despatch to his master, the , has been preserved haviny b , gooe gth d fortuninty owa fino the-hands t eit d f o s r RoberSi .formt w Cotton no portioa e svolum t th I f .o ne marked Caligula librare e Britis th th . vi. b f n , i ,o y hs bee Museumha n t i s A . given very full n abstracy i r Brewer,t needfuM no y s b ti reprin o t t l3i t detaile woule Th suce on sar s d. ha it expec commandane th t a grea f o t t border fortress to communicate to his superior in those disturbed times. Th ee documen datth f eo s llti t h September write1512e Th r. thinks the height of the war is over for this year, but advises that precaution should be taken against Scotland for the next. He goes on to inform the bishop, that his buildings at Norham go well forward. The west is completed, with two floors and a roof, " and atorngrece,4 with ninety-two nowelles,"8 and concludes by requesting him to send by the next ship a barre saltpetref o l , makinr "fo firf go e balls mendind an , g houre powder." The lette signes ri d John Anislow. After this meee w , t wit s namhhi e no more until afte fale thf th ro le fortres commandede h s Scottise Th . h Chamberlain rol151r lfo 4 furnishe s wit su informatioe hth s n thawa e th a captive in Scotland for thirteen weeks. " Compotum Eeverendissimi in Christo patris Jacobi Archiepiscopi

1 North Durham, 290. 2 Brewer's Cal. Stat. Pap., vol. i. p. 445. Rot. Pat. 4 Henry VIII., part i. m. 6. 3 . Vol414p . i .. A winding stair. Gryse is an old word for a step, perhaps not yet obsolete. 4 " Greece or tredylor steyre Gradv-s." Prompt. Parv. i., 209. "The lady .... glydes down the grece and go skyng.e toth " Early Eng. Allit. Poems. E. E. Text Soc., 85. " The steers or gryses coming vpp to the altare." [1566.] Peacock's Ch. Furniture, 81. e Newel5Th , Noe Nowelr o l l (Fr. Noyau de Montte d'Escalier),r o properls i e yth column round which the steps of the stairs wind, but as a section of the column is almost f eacalwayo hd stepen s e stepformee th ,th sy b dthemselve s were usually called newels, and the stairs are to this day usually spoken of by workmen as newel stairs. NOTICES FROM OKIGINAL DOCUMENT JOHF SO N ANYSLEY9 16 . Glasguensis camarari e Fiid i f redditum apud Edinburgh, secunde di o mensis Augusti anno Domini millessimo quingentessimo decimo quarto.

Expense ...... Et allocatur compotanti pro expensis quondam Johannis Hainsly capitanii de Norhame et Edwardi Gray capitanei de Chillinghame presunariorum'in quadraginta marcis remanendo cum dioto computante in Falkland ad spacium tresdecim septimanarum tempor dicto qu ea castr t fortalieiae a erant expugnat t deiectae terraid aa r quondanpe m dictum regem Jaeobum quartum pie memorie prout constat auditoribus super compotum xxvjle xiij" iiij."' No otter recor Johf do n Anysley's murde knows ri n than what follows. objece murdererTh e th t vien i wd ha muss t ever remai nmysterya e W . may surmise, however, withou violeny an t t improbability s a,n thawa t i t act of revenge committed by Englishmen on Scottish, soil, as a retaliation for som e numeroueth injurf o e r affronyo s on powerfue cadeto t th t f o s l hous Greyf eo . No famil mors ywa e widelo s y hav w spreadd fe ha e d an , grea lond an tg continued influence. Possibly ther havy eema been some quarrel between the murdered man and Edward Grey,2 the captive governor of Chillingham. Hia murderers, if at all related to Sir Edward Grey, were but very distant cousins ; the Sir Eoger Grey of the text is undoubtedl r EogeySi r Gre Hortonf yo , Knight marrieo ,wh dsistera f 3o Thomas Lord Darcy beheades , wa K.G. o 1538n dwh ,i . Thi r EogesSi r had a brother Lionel, who was sometime porter of Berwick. The two families became unitesixteente th f do towardd h en centurye e th sth y b , marriage of Sir Ealph Grey of Chillingham with Isabel, daughter and co- heiresr ThomaSi f s o r EogesSi Gree th rHortonf d hei yo f an o r n so , mentione text.e t th woulI n 4di interestin e db ascertaio gt n whethee rth Chillingham and Horton Greys were kinsmen, or. but namesakes; my firm conviction is, that future research will prove them to have been of

1 Chamberlain Roll 349 H.Mn ,i m, 4 .. Register House, Edinburgh. r EdwarSi 2 d Grey, Knt. f "Warkeo , , Chillingham stils n Hetond a wa l an ,e H . Esquire onl n 1529yi s outlawe, whewa e sui e f th Nicholah o n tt da s Horsleyf o , Ulehester. North Durham, 328; . 3 Her name is given variously, Jane or Isabel. See ped. in Baine's North Durham. 4 0 17 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F SO , MARC , 1871H13 . "

one blood; .the heraldic, evidence, such as it is, goes however the other way. Grey.of Chillingham bore Gules a lion rampant within a border engrailed argent. Gre f Hortonyo , x barryargentsi azure,f d o a an n o bend gules bezant.a Clement and Cuthbert Muschiaunee, i.e. Muscamp, do not occur in the . printed pedigree ;' there cannot be much doubt, however, that they were sprung from that Eobert de-Muscamp (de-musco campu), on whom Henry . conferreI barone dth Woolerf yo direce Th baroniae ,t linth f eo l house ende n daughterdi s circa 1249 t member bu ,famil e th f yo s e occuth n i r succeeding reigns, till tha f Henro t y VIII., whe e finw nd 'Edward Muschampe of Barmoor,2 son of George, son of John of the sanie, marry- ing a daughter of Sir Eoger Grey of Horton. The printed pedigree is very imperfect; although Clement and Cuthbert Muscamp do not appear therein, it is highly probable that they were near relations of Sir Eoger Grey's son-in-law. Nothing can be more positive than the statements we have, that the castle of Norham was utterly destroyed, " caste and betten downe," says Lord Surrey, speaking perhaps on .vague rumours. " Expugnata et deiecta ad terram," says the Archbishop of Glasgow, who must have known the truth well enough. Such strong contemporary evidence woul e receive db moste th y db sceptica mattey an n ro l where thers wa e not absolute proof to the contrary. No one, however, who knows the existing remains, either from personal inspection or accurate representa- tionS doubn ca j t tha massive tth e tower, which still mirrorse itselth n i f Tweed, is at least as old as the time of Bishop Pudsey. The original fortres buils Ealpy wa sb t h Flambard, bisho f Durhapo m112n i 1d ;3an it was the opinion of the elder Eaine, that some portions of Flambard's work were embodied in the present .4 '- North Durham, 266. annuitn a . mark d xx f ha y o s e fro,H kinge m th servicer fo , s e bordersdonth n ei . 2 the f inflictins hops o u me t wa eon Le g punishmen s kinsmenhi n e armo t Th f o s. the family were a pun on the name. Their earliest seal is a circle, charged with seven flies. The visitation of 1615 gives Azure-three butterflies argent. But other coats have been used by the family, e. g., Eobert de Muschans, 1250. Barry of six. . . chiefa . , ...... hearin e d Th an . g , argent, . chevrona between three crosses formee salle, bees ha n attribute Muschampe th o dt Barmoorf so .

3 Sym. Durh. sub. anno. Priorye Th 4 of Hexham (Surtee. n s , Soc.)84 . p , NOTICES FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF JOHN ANYSLEY. 171

As the decree books of the court of Star Chamber for the reign of Henry VIII. are not to be found, it is impossible to tell what was the result of Elyanor Anysley's " lamentable and petuous " complaint. From what we know of the power and position of the Greys, it is to be feared that the chief actors in the tragedy did not receive the reward they seem to have merited. My most grateful acknowledgment Thomao t e du se Dicksonsar , Esq., curator of the historical department, General Register House, Edinburgh, t onl furnishinr no yfo wite extrace gm hth t given above from e Chamth , - berlain's Roll of Scotland, but also for having made long and minute searches among many other records in his custody, in the hope of finding something that might illustrate Anysley's untimely fate.

Star Chamber Proceedings.—Henry VIIJ. Vol. I., AB-AP.,fol. 181. theo "T . kyn Sou'eyr gou n lord. " In her most lamentable & petuous wise shewith and Compleyneth vnto yor moste excellent highnes yor por dayl& e y oratri bede& x - woman Elyanor Anysley wydowe late wife to John Anysley Esquier that were (sic e sei)th d John Anysley beyng Capetay f Northo n m lying& adionyng apo e bordenth f Scotlano r n Northumbdi rland whiche castell ve thth yern i f yoo e r moste Royall Reign wit ha mighti puissunt& e e armye of Scottes thether brought by James the Scottishe kyng then yor great Ennemye was beseged and for lakk of. ordennce artilarie & other prouisio f warno r necessari r defene sam efo t th had f no e o spvide d& d within the seid Castell and the seid armye made contynual assautes thereto nygh & boit y thda vnt tyme oth e sei eth d Castel s wonnwa l & e taky greaty nb t forc violenc& e e wher e seith ed Anyslet onelno yd ydi goodes hi lee l sal s catalle substuncs& t takyalss ebu o wa n p'isonee th y rb seid Scotte caryes& d into Scotland remaywherd di e eh n vnto such tyme that yor said oratri helpd x ay witsupportco e& e h th r frende he d f no dy s redera saie eth d John Anysle certeiy yb n fynne raunsom& s tho et e right grea Importunat& t e frender charghe coste. selr d s e& si he an f t anf i so o ds most drad soureign lord tha JTovenibirf e xxviio th t y seie da j th d n ev'i h e seith yerd s a Johe n Anysle comyns ywa g homewardes into this yor Realm Englanf eo RogeS e don r Grey knygh lyonel& t l Grey brother vnto 172 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MARCH 13, 1871. seie th EogdS f theo r r ppenced malice onel murdeo yt e saith rd John without parte'to'thes causy hi ean f eo m gyve seie nth Eogd S lyonel& r l to aecomplishe ther vngracious aete Eyotusly assembled vnto them one Clement Muschiaunce Cudbart Muschunce Ector Grey Eouland Beall Willm Beal Will& l m Howbour with other Scottisheme then i r Com- panyes "with whom e seith ed 8 Eog lyonel& ' l were then allye cond& - fiderate to gither the seid day & yere whiche was in the tyme of warr contrarie to.yor peace lawys crown & dignitie sou'eign lord with force & arme man*n si , of warr arreye wity dsa h tha o Jakkt s ti s splente sallettes& s swerdes buklers speres and other man' of weypons did lye in awayte in two seu'all places withi e Eealmnth f Scotlano e comyt& do d thet o t r seie th d abomynable murde seie Eogth rdS Cudber& r t muschunce with dyus Scottishmen layin secret e seiee plac th dman on & elyonel n i ' l Grey Clement muschunce Ector Grey Eouland Beall William Beal& l William- Howburn with other certeyn Scottes lay in a bushmet in an othe e rsei th placd d Johean nyer& Anysley e da abou e yth e seid in- tendyng to haue comen home into this Eealme accompayned with one murrey his sunte attendyng apon hym beyng in Godes peace & yo' having neither weypo othee nn r thyng...... aboute r . e the ferynt mno g bodely of an yofo ry y subiecte hurtan y b e s ffurthwrth moste- gracious sou'eign lorde the seid lyonell Grey Clement muschunce Ector Grey Eouland Beall Willm Beall & Willm howburn whiche dyd lye in awayte as is aboueseid to murder the seid John Sodonly issued oute before the seid John with ;.....-. drawyn in ther handes and ther they in moste furyous man' came rennyng apon the seid John & Henry murrey which Joh nenrn& y when they saw seie eth d Eyotou ewyls& l disposed psones come apon the o mrygorousls cruelly& y ifell down apon ther knees petuously holdyng vpp ther handes and crying for m'cie and requiryng the seid lyonell with the abouenaymed ewyll disposed psones in the honoc .&.reurence of.almyghpi/] God to haue petie apon theym & to saue ther lyyes whereunt e seith od lyonell wit e seihth d euyll dispose crueld& l murderers tok regardo en .thet ebu the n& r neither feryn punyshmene gth t of God ne of yo' lawys the seid John & Henry ther knelyng apon ther knees they cruelly fellonously .& tyrannously dyd kyll & murdre the seid John Anysle Henry& y murrey aft' whiche murde cruello s r hanously& y don comyttee& seie dth d murderer sinten e toth t tha seie th td haynouse NOTICES FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF JOHN ANYSLEY. 176 shameful& l murde rknawye shulb t e seidno n th d murderers cruelly& maliciously did al so hew cutt & mangle the vesages & faces of the seid Joh Henrn& suchn yi e wise tha t lefspace j fyng'ii th tno t f thes eo s rwa brede in no place of ther faces that was holle vncutt or mangled. And further did bury the bodies of the seid John & Henry in a secrete place in the feldes whereas the seid murder was comytted & done hut yett not withstanding that the seid wylfull & shamefull murder was done neur so secretly by the will of God it was knowen & came to lyght & knowlege e seioy f d oratrix withi j dayenii r io j s seiafte th rd murde comytteo s r d & don meany eb s wherof yo* said oratrix cause e broughd b de o d t e th t seie bodth d f yJoho r husbannhe buriee b o dt Englann d i d which hadd t leasa t xvj mortal r deadlo l o mochs y r woundfo e d mostan s e dradd sou'eign lorde that the seid most haynous willfull & abhorninable murder was comytted & done within the realme of Scotland wherby the seid offenders & malefactours cannot by the ordre of yor own lawes be ther of Indicted so ther punyshment cane haue by any suyt of appeall and also the seid S Eoger & lyonell Grey be of so greatt auctorite powre & sub- staunce and so gretly ffrended & alyed within the seid countie of North- umberland that yor seyd oratrix could neur hauremediy an e e ageynst them ne none other of the seid murderers ne yett cane onles yor moste petuous & gracious ffauor to her be shewed in that behalf. Therefore pleassit t hyoi r higne yof so * most aboundaunte grac grunto et e vnto yor seid pore oratrix suche sharpe hasty & spedie pees to be directed vnto the seid opy willfuln& l murderers comaundyng the eu'm & thef yo v'tuy mb e same oth f appero et e befor lordee eth yof so r moste honorable eounseit la a certein day at ye palace of Westm by yo highnes to be lymytted ther to aunswere vnto the p'mises and further to pvyde & ordeyn suche ferefull punyshment for the seid offenders in the p'misses wereby yor suhiectes may take Insampll to do or comytt any suche wilfull murder in tyme to come and yo seid oratrix shall dayly pray to god ffor the psuacon of yor moste royall estate long to Indure."