ANNALS OF LEICESTER, TEMP. HEN; VI. swords or' weapons, they then used bats and stares ; 23. On the 2~th day of March, before the lorcft ancJ which also like.vife being inhibited, they wtire in their commons, the bifliop of London, chancellor of'Eng- fleeves great stones and plummets of lead '.""j land, by the king's commissary's commandment, pro- II. OQ the 5th cf March, " Concordatum suit Se rogued the parliament, from the fame day, till Mon- ordinatum, quod proclamatio fieret in villa Leycestrie, day next afrer the feast of St. George, at Leicester. 24. On the ist day of June, being the last day of quod universi 2c finguli in villa predicta existentes, qui ; aliqua annuitates, feoda, vel officia habent, ex conces- parliament, the commons, by assent of the bishops sione vel confirmatione domini regis, compareant co- and lords, granted to the king the subsidy of wools, ram domino rege & consilio suo, in Castro Leycestrie, tonnage, and poundage. die Mercurii tune proxime futuro, ad faciend' & reci- 25. The king, by common consent, granteth, by hi3 piend' quod per dictum dominum regem & consiiium letters patent, that the prior of St. Trinity in York, suum tune ibidem contingeret ordinari." being a cell of the abbey of Mercmostier in France, 1 a. The difference between theduke of Gloucester and shall be denizens. the bifliop of Winchester, by.their formal instruments, 26. The king grants to Thomas Cornyssh, of Was compromitted to cerrain bishops and lords, who, by Woxebrigge, co. Middlesex (on the humble petition like formality, make a full order between them ; viz. of Margaret his wife), a pardon for stealing of Ilicep that the bishop should first submit himself to the king; from a close belonging to Alice Scolecroft. which he did : whereupon the of , 27. At the request of the merchants of the Hans in open parliament, by the king's commandment, pro- in Germany, the king, in conformity to their privi- nounced the said bishop excused, as well of that it is leges, appointeth to them sir William Crowmere, one, said that the said bishop had procured one to have of the aldermen of London, to be a judge between murthered the king, being prince, as the murtherer party and party of the fame company of Hans in all confessed (who having been delivered to the earl of suits; and that, within one month after the death,- Arundel, the said earl lete fake him forthwith, arid or leaving over, of the said alderman, there be ap- 'droxvnyd hym in the Tbaœyse) ; as also for that it pointed to them one other alderman to supply the same. Was said that the bifliop should counsel, and would 2,8. Petitions of the commons, with the answers. have it procured, by king Henry V. being prince, to Upon motion of the commons, it was granted, Lave deprived king Henry IV. his father. that ail such merchants as had paid subsidy for their 13. Moreover they awarded, that the said bishop wools, and could prove before the council that the should acknowledge to the said fame or any part thereof was perished, might ihip an offence, and by his submission to pray his favour; the fame quantity without custom. and that the duke should promise the same ; and 29. That no man make a presentation, collation, that, in token thereof, either of them should take the or induction, to any alien, of any benefice or ecclesi- other by the hand. Which was done, in token of re- astical dignity, on pain of Premunire. The king will conciliation. be advised. 14. On the 13th day of March, the bishop of 30. That no man of good name be impeached by Winchester, for sundry causes, prayed to be dis- the accusation of any being in sanctuary, unless sure- charged of the great seal, whereof by common con- ties be bound that proof be made thereof. The Sta- sent he was discharged. The bilhop of Bath, trea- tutes already made shall be observed. surer of , was of his office also dilchaiged. 31. That every patron may present a-new, in case 15. On the i8ih day of March, John bishop of Bath of non-residence of the incumbent. The bifliops and Wells, late treasurer of England, by a wnt of have promised to take order therein. privy seal, delivered unto the the 32. The print against bribery of sheriffs, chap. 4. king's great seal of gold in a leather bag; the which agrees with the record. the duke took, and shewed openly, and then sealed 33. That all strangers being, within the realm it up with his own seal; and after delivered the about queen Joan may depart out of the realm. fame to John bifliop of London, chancellor of Eng- The Statutes thereupon made shall be observed. land. 34. That the chancellor of England for the time 16. On the 8th of February, the bishop of Dur- being may, for reasonable fines, grant licences to the ham, by virtue of a privy seal to him directed, deli- king's tenants that hold in chief, to alien their lands.; vered the last will and testament, with a codicil on and to the king's widows, to marry themselves ac- paper thereto annexed, of king Henry V. which was cording to the antient custom. The king will be ad- sealed with the great and privy seal, and the privy vised. signet to the lords of the privy council; who deli- 3$. The print touching the misprision of clerks of vered the fame over, safely to be kept, to Master the king's courts, chap. 3. agrees with the record. William Alnewyk, keeper of the privy seal. 36. The print touching knights of parliament, 17. It is enacted that the lords of the council shall chap. 4, agrees with the record. have full power to bind the king, his heirs and suc- 37. The print touching exportation of provisions, cessors, to his creditors, for one assurance for the sum chap. 5, agrees with the record. of 40,000/. 38. The print touching asiiz.es and protections,chap. 18. At the petition of the earl of Huntingdon, the 2, agrees with the record2. king, by common consent, released to Lewis of Bur- At Whitsuntide this year, the duke of Bedford, re- bon, earl of Vendofme, who had been taken prisoner gent of France, knighted the young king Henry VI. at the battle of Agincourt, all arrears of ransom. who thereupon immediately conferred the like honour 19. The duke of Bedford, who had the keeping of on Richard earl of Cambridge, and about 40 more. At the castle at Berwick, to him and his heirs male, with this parliament also the said earl of Cambridge was the fee of 500 marks, had licence, by common con- not only restored in blood, which was inherited by sent, to appoint a deputy there, at the king's pleasure. his father, but also was created ; which ao. It is enacted, that any of the feoffees of king enabled him afterwards, as he did, to put in and Henry V. may take the homage of fealty es any te- prosecute claim to the crown. nants holding under them. In 1426, John Picwell was mayor of Leicester; ai. It is enacted, that the king's council, by au- William Hufly, 1427 ; William Pacy, 1428 ; and W'tl- thority of parliament, shall have power to end all such liam Hwnberftone, 1429; in which year, the follow- petitions relative to private business as shall not have ing Gentlemen of this county were summoned to attend been ended by parliament. the king, for the defence of the realm: 22. It is decreed, by common assent of the lords, " Leicestr'. Will' Trussell, chevalier, Rob' Nevill, that the late subsidy of tonnage and poundage to the chevalier, Tho' Pulteney, arm', Johannes Perwick, king granted ought simply to be paid, notwithstand- arm', Alanus Moton, arm', Everardus Digby, arm', ing any condition.

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