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1    The xxvj day of July cam unto the Towre my lord marqwes of
2Northamton, by and my lord Robart Dudley, and the bysshop of
3London, and ser Recherd Corbett; and after cam in to the Towre
4my lord cheyffe justes Chamley, the lord Montyguw, at v of the
5cloke at nyght.
6    The xxvij day of July the duke of Suffoke, maister Cheke
7the kynges scolmaster, maister Coke, (and) ser John Yorke, to the
8Towre.
9    The xxxj day of July was delevered owt of the Towre the duke
10of Suffoke; and the sam day rod thrugh London my lade Elssabeth
11to Algatt, and so to the qwens grace her sester, with a M^l.
12hors with a C. velvett cotes.
13    The sam tyme cam to the Flett the yerle of Ruttland and my
14lord Russell, in hold. The qwen('s) grace mad sir Thomas Jarnyngham
15vyce-chamburlayn and captayne of the garde, and ser
16Edward Hastyngs her grace mad ym the maister of the horsse
17the sam tym.
18    The iij day of August the Queen came riding to London, and
19so to the Tower; making her entrance at Aldgate, which was
20hanged, and a grett nombur of stremars hanging about the said
21gate; and all the strett unto Ledynhalle and unto the Tower were
22laid with graffvell, and all the crafts of London stood in a row,
23with ther banars and stremars hangyd over ther heds. Her
24grace cam, and a-for her a M^l. velvet cotes and cloaks in brodere,
25and the mar of London bare the mase, and the erle of
26Arundell bare the sworde, and all the trumpets blowing ; and
27next her my lade Elssabeth, and next her the duches of Norffoke,
28and next her the marqwes of Exseter, and other lades; and
29after her the aldermen, and then the gard with bowes and gaffylens,
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31and red and whyt, and bluw and gren, to the nombur of iij M^l.
32horse and speres and gaffelyns.
33    The fenerall, the iiij day of August, of my lade Browne, the
34wyche she ded in chyld-bed; with a harold and iiij banars of
35armes, and mony schochyons; and a gret dolle, and many mornars,
36and a gret dener to the pore and ryche; the wyff of ser Antony
37Brown in Sussex.
38    The v day of August cam to the Towre doctur dene of Westmynster,
39master Cokes.
40    The sam day cam out of the Marsalsay the old bysshop of
41London, Bonar, and dyvers bysshopes bryng hym home unto ys
42plasse at Powlles; and doctur Cokes whent to the sam plasse in
43the Marselsay that the bysshope was in.
44    The v day of August cam in to the Towre my lord Ferrys
45by . . . . at ix of the cloke, and so whent he a-for the
46consell, and so with-in a nowre he was delevered unto ser John
47Gage, constabull of the Towre, and so he had the custody of my
48lord for that tyme.
49    The Queen released from prison the lord Courtenay, soon
50after created earl of Denshyre, and odur moo.
51    And the Qwene grace mad ser Edward Hastyngs master of
52the horse, and ser Thomas Jernyngham vysse-chamburlayne
53and captayn of the gard, and master Rochastur master controller;
54my lord marqwes of Wynchaster lord tresorer of England,
55and dyvers odur offeserse, and dyvers odur.
56    The vj day of August cam in-to the Towre, from Calais, ser
57Hare Dudley, that was gohyng in-to Franse.
58    The viij day of August was bered the nobull kyng Edward
59the vj, and vij yere of ys rayne; and at ys bereing was the
60grettest mone mad for hym of ys deth as ever was hard or sene,
61boyth of all sorts of pepull, wepyng and lamentyng; and furst
62of alle whent a grett company of chylderyn in ther surples, and
63clarkes syngyng, and then ys father('s) bedmen, and then ij harolds,
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65ys servants in blake, and then anodur standard with a whyt greyhond,
66and then after a grett nombur of ys officers, and after
67them comys mo harolds, and then a standard with the hed offesars
68of ys howse; and then harolds, Norey bare the elmett and the
69crest on horsbake, and then ys grett baner of armes in-brodery,
70and with dyvers odur baners, and then cam rydyng maister Clarensshuws
71with ys target, with ys garter, and ys sword, gorgyusly
72and ryche, and after Garter with ys cotte armur in brodery, and
73then mor harolds of armes; and then cam the charett with grett
74horsses trapyd with velvet to the grond, and hevere horse havyng
75a man on ys bake in blake, and ever on beyryng a banar-roll
76of dyvers kynges armes, and with schochyon(s) on ther horses,
77and then the charett kovered with cloth of gold, and on the
78charett lay on a pycture lyeng recheussly with a crown of gold,
79and a grett coler, and ys septur in ys hand, lyheng in ys robes
80and the garter about his leg, and a coat in embroidery of gold;
81about the corps were borne four banners, a banner of the order,
82another of the red rose, another of queen Jane (Seymour) , another
83of the queen's mother. After him went a goodly horse,
84covered with cloth of gold unto the ground, and the master of the
85horse, with a man of arms in armour, which was offered, boyth
86the man and the horsse. There was set up a goodly hersse in
87Westmynster abbay with banar -rolls and pensells, and honge
88with velvet a-bowt.
89    The sam day, the wyche was the viij day of August, cam to
90London the good yerle of Darbe, with iiij^xx in cottes of velvet
91and oder ij C. xviij yomen in a leveray, and so to Westmynster.
92    The ix day of August cam the bysshope of Wyncheaster owt
93of the Towre (conducted) by the yerle of Arundell to ys owen
94parish of sant Mare Overeys, and from thens with my lord of
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96    The x day of August was drounyd vij men at London bryge
97by folij; on was master Thomas of Brygys the leyff-tenants sune
98and heire, and iij gentyllmen more, be-syd odur; and one . . .
99    The xiij day (of) August dyd pryche at Powlles crosse doctur
100Bourn parsun of hehnger, in Essex, the qwen('s) chaplen, and
101ther was a gret up-rore and showtyng at ys sermon, as yt were
102lyke madpepull, watt yonge pepell and woman as ever was hard,
103as herle-borle, and castyng up of capes; if my lord mer and my
104lord Cortenay ad not ben ther, ther had bene grett myscheyff done.
105    The xvj day of August was a man sett on the pelere for forgeng
106of falss letters in odur mens name.
107    The xvij day of August was mad a grett skaffold in Westmynster
108hall agaynst the morow, for the duke of Northumberland commyng
109to be raynyd, with odur, as the marqwes of Northamton
110and the yerle of Warwyke.
111    The xviij day of August was reynyd at Westmynster hall the
112marqwes of Northamton, and the duke, and th'erle of Warwyke,
113and so they wher condemnyd to be had to the place that thay cam
114fro, and from thens to be drane thrugh London onto Tyburne,
115and ther to be hangyd, and then to be cott downe, and ther
116bowells to be brentt, and ther heds to be sett on London bryge
117and odur places .
118    The xix day were arraigned at Westminster hall sir Andrew
119Dudley, sir John Gates, sir Harry Gattes, ser Thomas Palmer,
120and cast to be hanged and quartered.
121    The sam day was a gret feyre at Chelsay beyond Westmynster,
122and ther was dyvers howsses brent, and dyvers barnes
123with corne brent, to the nombur . . .
124    The xx day of August dyd pryche at Powlles crosse master
125Wattsun, chaplayn unto A BLANK IN THE EDITION , and ther wher present all the
126craftes of London in ther best leveray, syttyng on formes, every
127craft by them-seylff, and my lord mere and the aldermen, and ij C.
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129    The sam day was bered master Kyrtun, alderman and marchand
130tailler, and marchand of the stapull of Cales, a-for non.
131    The xxj of August was, by viij of the cloke in the mornyng, on
132the Towre hylle a-boythe x M^l. men and women for to have seen
133the execussyon of the duke of Northumberland, for the skaffold
134was mad rede, and sand and straw was browth, and all the men
135that longest to the Towre, as Hogston, Shordyche, Bow, Ratclyff,
136Lymhouse, Sant Kateryns, and the waters of the Towre,
137and the gard, and shyreyffs offesers, and evere man stand in order
138with ther holbardes, and lanes made, and the hangman was ther,
139and sodenly they wher commondyd to depart .
140    And the sam tym after was send for my lord mer and the aldermen
141and cheyffest of the craftes in London, and dyvers of the consell,
142and ther was sed mas a-for the Duke and the rest of the
143presonars.
144    The xxj day of August was sett on the pelere ij men, on a prest
145and a-nodur a barbur, and boyth ther herers nayllyd to the
146pelere, the parsun of sant Alberowgh with-in Bysshope-gate for
147hannus wordes and sedyssus wordes aganst the qwen('s) magesty
148hygnes at the sermon at Powlles crosse, that was the Sonday the
149xiij day of August, and for the up-rore that was ther don. The prest
150 . . . twys.
151    The xxj day of August was a proclamasyon, that no man shuld
152reson aganst her grases magesty and her conselle, dohyng the
153wyche she wyll doe to the honor of God and ys mother.
154    The xxiij day of August was the sam prest sett on the pelere
155agayne for mo wordes .
156    The sam day be-gane the masse at sant Nicolas Colabay, goodly
157song in Laten, and tapurs, and set on the owtter, and a crosse,
158in old Fysstrett.
159    Item, the next day a goodly masse songe at sant Necolas
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161    The xxv day of August was bornyd the Great Hare, the grettest
162shype in the world, and yt was pete and yff yt had plesyd God,
163at Wolwych, by neckclygens and for lake of over-syth; the furst
164yere of queen Mary.
165    The xxviij day of August ded ser John Haryngton knyght, of
166Rottland-shyre, with-in in Saynt Ellens, Bysshopgatt stret, and from
167that day that he ded tyll he was cared in-to ys contray, was mas
168and dirige evere day songe; and Monday the iiij day of September,
169he whent in-to the contray in a horse lytter, with ys standard
170and ys penon of armes, and after ys horsse . . . . .
171with iiij pennons of armes borne a-bowt hym, and with a goodly
172helmet gylt, with targett, sword, and crest, and a x dosen of
173schochyons, and x dosen of pensells for a herse, and staff torchys,
174and a herse of wax, and a fere mageste, and the walans gylded
175and frynged, and so to Ware, and so (forwards.)
176    The vj day of September cam owt of the Towre my lord Ferrys,
177my lord cheyff justys Chamlay, and my lord Montyguw,
178unto the denes place, for ther satt the consell, and ther thay
179wher delevered and dyscharged of the Towre with a grett fyne.
180    The iij day of August, at Rychemond, was my lord Cortnay
181created the yerle of Denshyre of owre nobulle qwene Mare.
182    The xij day of September the citizens began to adorn the city
183against the Queen's coronation; to hang the streets, and prepare
184pageants at Fanchyrche and Grasse-chyrche and Leaden-hall, in
185Gracyus strett, and at condutt in Cornhyll, and the great conduit
186in Chepe, at standard in Chepe, the crosse reparyd, at
187the lytyll coundytt, a pagantt in Powlles chyrche-yard , a-nodur
188pagant and mony spechys, and Ludgat nuly reparyd, and mony
189chylderyn; at the condytt in Flettstrett a pagantt, and nuwe
190trymmyd very gorgyously, and the strett hangyd, and plases for
191every craft to stand seve(ral)ly, mad with tymber from evere
192craft ther standyng, and so to remane unto evere halle for ever
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194    The xxj day of September was the obseqwe of the baron of
195Dudley ser John Dudley at Westmynster, the bake-syd of Sant
196Margatts; and ther was at ys beryng prestes and clarkes syngyng
197in Laten, the prest havyng a cope and the clarke havyng the halewater
198sprynkull in ys hand, and after a mornar baryng ys standard,
199and after a-nodur beyryng ys gret baner of armes gold and sylver,
200and a-nodur beyryng ys elmett, mantyll, and the crest a bluw lyon('s)
201hed standyng a-pon a crowne of gold, and after a-nodur mornar
202bayryng his targett, and a-nodur ys sword, and after cam master
203Somersett the harold bayryng ys cott armur of gold and selver,
204and then the corse covered with cloth of gold to the grond, and iiij
205of ys men beyryng hym, and ys armes hangyd a-pone the cloth of
206gold, and xij men of ys servands bayryng xij stayffs torchys bornyng
207to the chyrche; and in the qwer was a hersse mad of tymbur
208and covered with blake, and armes apon the blake, and after the
209mornars a grett compene; and a-for the durge began, the harold
210cam to the qwer dore and prayd for ys soll by ys stylle, and so
211began the durge song in Laten, all the lessons, and then the
212harold prayd for a for masse, and so the masse songe in Laten;
213and after ys helmet ofered, and cott and targatt, and after all
214was endyd offered the standard and the baner of armes; and so
215hom to dener, and ther was goodly ryngyng and a gret doll.
216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
217    The xxj day of September was a grett wache in . . . . .
218ser Edward Hastynges, the master of the horse, in sant
219George's on the banke a-bowt my lord of Wynchester('s) ; for
220ther wher serten taken, and Sowthwarke w . . .
221    The xxiiij day of September dyd pryche master doctur Fecknam
222at Powlles crosse, the Sonday a-for the qwuen('s) crounasyon; he
223mad a godly sermon as was hard in that place.
224    The xxviij day of September the Qwen('s) grace removed from
225Sant James, and so to Whyt Hall, and ther her grace took her
226barge unto the Towre, and ther all the craftes and the mare and
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228wettes, shames, and regalls, and with a gret shooting of
229gunes tyll her grace cam in-to the Towr, and . . .
230    The xxix day of September the Qwuen('s) grace mad knyghts of
231the Bathe xv; the furst was the yerle of Devonshyre, the yonge
232yerle of Surray, the iij^de lord of Borgane, and lord Barkley, the
233lord Monjoye, lord Sowche, ser Wylliam Pallet, my lord Cardyff,
234the lord Wyndsore('s) sune, sir A BLANK IN THE EDITION Ryche('s) sune, sir
235Clynton, ser A BLANK IN THE EDITION Pagett, ser Robart Rochaster, ser Hare Jernyngham,
236ser Edward Dormer.
237    The xxx day of September the Qwuyen('s) grace cam from the
238Towre thrugh London, rydyng in a charett gorgusly be-sene unto
239Westmynster; by the way at Fanche-chyrche a goodly pagant, with
240iiij grett gyants, and with goodly speches, the geneways mad yt;
241at Grache-chyrche a-nodur goodly pajant of esterlyngs makyng;
242and at Ledyne-hall was nodur pagant hangyd with cloth of gold,
243and the goodlyst playng with all maner of musyssoners, and ther
244was on blohyng of a trumpet all the day longe; at the conduyt in
245Cornhyll a-nodur of the sete; and (at) the grett condutt a-nodur
246goodly on, and the standard pentyd and gyldyd, and the crosse
247pentyd; and (at) the lytyll conduyt a goodly pagant; in Powlles
248chyrche-yerde ij pagants; and ij scaffolds on Powlles stepull with
249stremars; and Ludgat pentyd; at the conduyd in Flett-stret a
250goodly pajant and pentyd . . . . . . . . .
251 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
252holy A CLOSING SQUARE BRACKET FOLLOWS THE WORD holy water-stokes and sensers and copes . . . Westmynster
253chyrche, and ther her grace hard masse, and was crounyd a-pon
254a he stage, and after she was a-nontyd Qwene, the forst day of
255October. When all was don, her grace cam to Westmynster
256hall . . . . . yt was iiij of the cloke or she whent to dener
257or past; and ther the duke of Norffoke rod up and done the hall,
258my lord the yerle of Darbe he constabull, the yerle of Arundell
259he boteler, and my lord of Borgane cheyff larderer, master
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261and the erle of Devonshyre bare the sword, and the yerle of Westmorland
262bare the cape of mantenans, and the erle of Shrowsbery
263bare the crowne, and the duke of Norffoke was earl marshall, and
264the yerle of Arundell lord stuard, and the erle of Surray was doer
265under the duke ys grandshyr, and the erle of Woseter was
266her grace('s) carver that day at dener, my lord Wyndsore was
267A BLANK IN THE EDITION ; and at the end of the tabull dynyd my lade Elisabeth and
268my lade Anne of Cleyff; and so yt was candyll-lyght or her grace
269or she had dynyd, and so anon her grace toke barge.
270    The ij day her grace mayd lxxiiij knyghts, the morowe after her
271crownnasyon, the wyche her be ther names folowyng: not inserted
272by the Diarist; but see the Illustrative Notes.
273    The iiij day of October was cared to the Towre the archebysshope
274of Yorke, and dyvers odur to A BLANK IN THE EDITION .
275    The v day of October the Qwuen('s) grace rod unto Westmynster
276chyrche, and ther her grace hard masse of the Holy-gost, and ther
277wher ij bysshopes; on delevered her the shepter and odur thyng.
278Her grace rod in her parlement robes, and all the trumpeters
279blohyng a-for them all; and so, after her grace had hard masse,
280they whent to the Parlement howsse all to-geyther, and the yerle
281of Devonshyre bare the sworde, and the yerle of Westmorland
282bare the cape of mayntenans.
283    The xxij of October dyd pryche at Powlles doctur Westun, dene
284of Westmynster, and there at evere gatt in Powlles cherche
285yerd wher mad, to prevent the breaking in of horses, and for
286grett throng of pepull, grett bars.
287    The xxij day of October was bered the good lady Bowes, the
288wyff of ser Marten Bowesse late alderman and goldsmyth of London,
289with harolds, and with a C. men and women in gownes and
290cotes of . . and xxiiij gownes of mantyll frys, alff men and the
291half women, and ys howse and the strett and the chyrche hangyd
292with blake clothe, and with ther armes a-pon the blake . . . .
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294gyldyd, with iiij grett tapurs of . . . and ij grett whytt
295branchys bornyng gyldyd, and the compeny of Clarkes, and prestes;
296and then cam the corpse with iiij penons of arms borne a-bowt
297her . . . stayffes torchys bornyng a-bowt her with xij of ys
298servands beyryng of them; and then cam the cheyffe mornars;
299and then my lord mare and the swordbeyrer, and ser Hare Hubbellthorne
300and ser Rowland Hyll knyghtes, and mornars many,
301and ij knyght(s) more, and dyvers gentyllmen, and after the
302craft of Goldsmyth(s) ; and when all was done they whent, and
303the durge, so home to ys placsse; and the marow after a goodly
304masse song in Laten, and a sermon, and when all was done they
305whent to dener ther.
306    The xxix day of October dyd pryche unfinished .
307    The same day the new Lord Mayor went toward Westmynter
308attended by the craftes of London in ther best leveray . .
309 . . . with trumpets blohyng and the whets playng . . . .
310a goodly fuyst trymmed with banars and guns . . . waytyng
311of my lord mayre('s) barge unto Westmynster and all the craftes
312bargers with stremars and banars of every craft, and so to the
313Cheker, and so hom-wards; my lord mayre landyd at Banard
314Castyll and in St. Paul's chyrche-yerd dyd hevere craft wher
315set in array : furst wher ij tallmen bayreng ij gret stremars of
316the Marchand-tayllers armes, then cam on with a drume and a
317flutt playng, and a-nodur with a gret fife? all they in blue sylke,
318and then cam ij grett wodyn armed with ij grett clubes all in
319grene, and with skwybes bornyng . . . with gret berds and
320syd here, and ij targets a-pon ther bake . . . and then cam
321xvj trumpeters blohyng, and then cam in blue gownes, and
322capes and hosse and blue sylke slevys, and evere man havyng a
323target and a gayffelyn to the nombur of lxx . . and then cam
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325hods; and then cam the pagant of sant John Baptyst gorgyusly,
326with goodly speches; and then cam all the kynges trumpeters
327blowhyng, and evere trumpeter havyng skarlet capes, and
328the wetes capes and godly banars, and then the craftes, and then
329the wettes playhyng, and then my lord mayre('s) offesers, and
330then my lord mayre and ij good henchmen, and then all the
331aldermen and the shreyffes, and so to dener; and after dener to
332Powlles, and all them that bare targets dyd bare after stayfftorches,
333with all the trumpets and wettes blowhyng thrugh Powlles,
334thrugh rondabowt the qwer and the body of the chyrche blowhyng,
335and so home to my lord mere('s) howsse.
336    The v day of November dyd pryche master Feknam at sant
337Mare Overays a-for non, and ther wher at ys sermon the yerle
338of Devonshyre, ser Antony Browne, and juge Morgayn, and dyvers
339odur nobull men.
340    The sam day at after-non dyd prych master Feknam at sant
341Sthevyns in Walbroke, and ther wher serten pepull mad besenes
342for the sermon, and ther wher juge Browne, ser Rownland Hyll,
343ser Rechard Dobes, ser John Yorke; and sum wher sent to the
344mare, and to the Conter.
345    The 13th of November were arraigned at Guildhall doctor
346Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, the lord Gylfford Dudlay,
347the sune of the duke of Northumberland, and my lade Jane ys wyff,
348the doythur of the duke of Suffoke-Dassett, and the lord Hambrosse
349Dudlay, and the lord Hare Dudlay, the wyche lade Jane
350was proclamyd Queen : they all v wher cast for to dee.
351    The xix day of November dyd pryche master Feknam at sant
352Stheyns in Walbroke, and ther he mad the goodliest sermon that
353ever was hard of the blessed sacrament of the body and blud for
354to be after the consecracion.
355    The xxiiij day of November dyd ryd in a cart Cheken, parsun
356of sant Necolas Coldabbay, round a-bowt London, for he sold
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358    The xiiij day of November be-gane the knyll for the most ryght
359reverent father in God my lord chaunseler of England, doctur
360Sthevyn Gardener, byshope of Wynchastur, and of the preve
361consell with kyng Henry the viij^th and unto quen Mare quen of
362England; and with a hersse of iiij branchys, with gylt candyllstykes,
363and ij whytt branchys and iij dosen of stayffes-torchys, and
364all the qwyre hangyd with blake and armes, and a durge songe;
365and the morow masse of requiem, and alle bysshoppes and lordes
366and knyghtes and gentyllmen; and my lord bysshope Bonar of
367London did syng masse of requiem, and doctur Whyt bysshope of
368Lynkolne dyd pryche at the sam masse; and after all they whent
369to his plasse to dener.
370    The sam day at after-none was durge in evere parryche in London,
371and a hersse and ryngyng, and the morow masse of requiem,
372and so prayd for after the old custom.
373    The xxj day of November at none be-gane the knyll for my
374lord chanseler, for then was the body browt to the chyrche of sant
375Mare Overes, with grett compene of prestes and clarkes, and alle
376the bysshopes; and my lord of London dyd exsecute the offes, and
377ware ys myter; and ther wher ij goodly whyt branchys bornyng,
378and the harsse with armes and (tapers) bornyng, and iiij dosen of
379stayffes; and all the qwyre with blake, and ys armes; and afor the
380corse the kyng of haroldes with ys cot, and with v baners of ys
381armes, and iiij of emages wrothe with fyne gold and inowlle;
382and the morowe-masse iij masse, one of the Trenete, on of owre
383Lade, and (the) iij of requiem for ys solle; and after to dener; and
384so he was put in a hersse tyll a day that he shall be taken up and
385cared unto Wynchaster to be bered ther.
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387and about Paul's cross, for speaking against the bishop that
388dyd pryche the Sonday a-for.
389    The iiij day of Desember was a voman set in the pelere for
390beytyng of her chyld with rodes and . . . . . to peteusly;
391and the sam day was a man and a voman cared a-bowt London at
392a care-arse for baudry and . . .
393    The furst day of December was reseyvyd with pressessyon my
394lord cardenall Pole into Westmynster abbay; and ther mett hym
395x viij bishops, and the bysshope of Yorke dyd menyster with ys
396myter; and they whent a pressessyon a-bowt the chyrche and
397the cloyster.
398    The ix day of Desember was the parlement adjourned at the
399Whyt Hall, her grace('s) place-the iij yere; and so to Sant
400James thrughe the parke.
401    The x day of Desember was had to the Towre ser Anthony
402Kyngston knyght, and to the Flett, and cam owt a-gayn shortely
403after.
404    The xiij day of Desember was bered at sant Androwes in the
405Warderobe master Recherd Stokdun, gentyllman of the warderobe,
406with ij goodly whyt branchys and xiij stayffes-torchys, and xiij pore
407men, and thay had gownes of mantell frysse, and iiij grett tapurs,
408and money mornars; and the strett hangyd with blake and armes;
409and money prestes syngyng; and the morowe masse and alffe a
410trentall of masses, and after the offeryng a sermon (by) a doctur
411callyd master Sydnam, a gray frere of Grenwyche.
412    The xv day of December, before the sermon at Paul's cross
413began, an old man, a shepherd, be-gane to spyke serten thynges
414and rayllyng, whereupon he was taken and carett to the conter
415for a tyme.
416    The xviij day of Dessember be-twyn 8 and 9 of the cloke in
417the mornyng, was cared in-to Smythfeld to be bornyd on master
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419    The xx day of Dessember was bered at sant Donstones in the
420Est master Hare Herdsun, altherman of London and skynner, and
421on of the masturs of the hospetall of the gray frers in London, with
422men and xxiiij women in mantyll fresse gownes, a hersse of
423wax, and hong with blake; and ther was my lord mare and the
424swordberer in blake, and dyvers odur althermen in blake, and the
425resedew of the aldermen, at ys beryng; and all the masters, boyth
426althermen and odur, with ther gren stayffes in ther handes,
427and all the chylderyn of the gray frersse, and iiij men in blake
428gownes bayryng iiij gret stayffes-torchys bornyng, and then xxiiij
429men with torchys bornyng; and the morowe iij masses songe;
430and after to ys plasse to dener; and ther was ij goodly whyt
431branchys, and mony prestes and clarkes syngyng.
432    The xij even was at Henley a-pon Temes a mastores Lentall
433wedow mad a soper for master John Venor and ys wyff,
434and I and dyver odur neybors; and as we wher at soper, and
435or whe had supt, ther cam a xij wessells, with maydens syngyng
436with ther wessells, and after cam the cheyff wyffes syngyng
437with ther wessells; and the gentyll-woman had hordenyd a
438grett tabull of bankett, dyssys of spyssys and frut, as marmelad,
439gynbred, gele, comfett, suger plat, and dyver odur.
440 . . . . . . . .
441 . . . dwellyng in Ive-lane, stuard unto master G . . .ser
442Rechard Recherdsun, prest, with ij whytt . . . . , xij stayfftorchys,
443and iiij grett tapurs, a dolle, and a knell at Powlles, and
444a-nodur at sant Feyths.
445    The xxij day of January whent in-to Smythfeld to berne betwyn
446vij and viij in the mornyng v men and ij women; on of the
447men was a gentyllman of the ender tempull, ys nam master
448Gren; and they wer all bornyd by ix at iij postes; and ther wher
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450shuld come ther, for ther the grettest number was as has byne
451sene at shyche a tyme.
452    The v day of Feybruary was bered master Crystopher Allen,
453sum-tyme altherman of London, in sant . . . in London, with iij
454dosen torchys, on dosen of staff-torchys, ij whyt branchys, and
455iiij grett tapurs, and pore men and women had gownes, and ther
456wher mony mornars in blake, a lx; and the xxviij was the
457monyth's mind?
458    The viij day of Feybruary dyd pryche at Powlles crosse master
459Peryn, a blake frere, and at the sam sermon was a prest, on ser
460Thomas Samsun, dyd penanse for he had ij wyffes, and a shett
461abowt hym, and a tapur in ys hand bornyng a-for the precher,
462and the mayre of London and the althermen and worshephull men,
463and mony odur.
464    The xij day of January was bered in Essex master Leygett,
465justes of pesse, with ij whyt branchys and a v dosen of torchys,
466and iiij gret tapurs and a gret dolle, and mony mornars, and a
467gret dener; and shroyff sonday was ys monyth myne, and ij
468dosen stayffes more, and a grett dolle to the pore and a ij dosen
469skochyons.
470 . . . . . . . . . .
471 . . . . . . . . Grenwyche, and to the courtt gatt for the
472Spaneardes and odur, one master Kayes kepyng there tavarne
473and vetell.
474    The xxiiij day of Feybruary was the obsequies of the most
475reverentt father in God, Sthevyn Gardener, docthur and bysshope
476of Wynchastur, prelett of the gartter, and latte chansseler of England,
477and on of the preve consell unto Kyng Henry the viij and
478unto quen Mare, tyll he ded; and so the after-none be-gane the
479knyll at sant Mare Overes with ryngyng, and after be-gane the
480durge; with a palle of cloth of gold, and with ij whytt branchys,
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482my lord Montyguw the cheyffe mornar, and my lord bysshope of
483Lynkolne and ser Robart Rochaster, comtroller, and with dyvers
484odur in blake, and mony blake gownes and cotes; and the morow
485masse of requeem and offeryng done, be-gane the sarmon; and so
486masse done, and so to dener to my lord Montyguw('s) ; and at ys
487gatt the corse was putt in-to a wagon with iiij welles, all covered
488with blake, and ower the corsse ys pyctur mad with ys myter on
489ys hed, with ys and ys armes, and v gentyll men bayryng ys v
490banars in gownes and hods, then ij harolds in ther cote armur,
491master Garter and Ruge-crosse; then cam the men rydyng, carehyng
492of torchys a lx bornyng, at bowt the corsse all the way; and
493then cam the mornars in gownes and cotes, to the nombur unto
494ij C. a-for and be-hynd, and so at sant Gorges cam prestes and
495clarkes with crosse and sensyng, and ther thay had a grett torche
496gyffyn them, and so to ever parryche tyll they cam to Wynchaster,
497and had money as money as cam to mett them, and durge and
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499    The xxviij day of Aprell ther was a man sett on the pelere
500for lewd wordes and slanderers wordes.
501    The xxv day of April, was sant Markes day, the Quen('s) grace
502supt at Beynard castyll at my lord of Penproke('s) place, and
503after supper the Quen('s) grace rowed up and downe Temes, and
504a C. bottes at bowte here grace, with trumpettes and drumes and
505flutes and gones, and sqwybes horlyng on he to and fro, tyll x at
506nyght, or her grace depertyd, and all the water-syd st ... with
507a M. pepull lokyng one here grace.
508    The furst day of May ther was ij pennys was dekyd with
509stremars, baners, and flages, and trumpetes and drumes and gones,
510gahyng a Mayng, and a-ganst the Quen('s) plasse at Westmynster,
511and ther they shott and thruw eges and oregns on a-gaynst
512a-nodur, and with sqwybes, and by chanse on fell on a bage of
513gune-powdur and sett dyvers men a'fyre, and so the men drue to
514on syd of the penus, and yt dyd over-swelmed the pennus, and
515mony fell in the Temes, butt, thanke be God, ther was but on
516man drownyd, and a C. bottes abowtt here, and the Quen('s)
517grace and her lordes and lades lokyng out of wyndows; thys was
518done by ix of the cloke on May evyn last.
519 The xxix day of Aprell at Dowgatt in London ther was a mayd
520dwelling with master Cotyngham, on of the quen('s) pulters; the
521mayd putt in-to a pott of A BLANK IN THE EDITION serten powyssun and browth
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523ett them; and as sone as they had ett them thay be-gane to swell
524and to vomett peteusle; and ther cam a good woman causyd to
525be feychyd serten dolle of salett owylle to drynke, and thanke
526be to God they be-gayne to mend and never one ded of ytt.
527 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
528and servandes, and ther herers nayled to the pellory, . . was
529thes ij persunes have dullysly gyffen poyssun to their mastores
530and ther howshold, and ether of them ij handes cute off.
531    The x day of May the parlement was endyd, and the Quen('s)
532grace whent to the parliament howsse.
533    The xj day of May the sam fellow and the maid was sett on
534the pelere a-gayne, and ther thodur handes cut off for the sam
535offens.
536    The xij day of May be-gane the Englys service in the quen('s)
537chapell.
538    The xv day of May dyd pryche at Powlles cross master
539Gryndalle, and ther was the quens consell, the duke of Norfoke,
540my lord keper of the seylle, and my lord of Arundell, my lord
541treysorer, my lord marques of Northamtun, my lord admerall, my
542lord of Sussex, my lord of Westmorland, my lord of Rutland, and
543mony mo lordes and knyghtes, my lord mare and the althermen;
544and after sermon done they whent to my lord mayre to dener,
545and my lord Russell.
546    The xxj day of May dyd pryche at Powlles crosse master
547Horne, and ther was my lord mayre and the althermen and mony
548juges and sergantes of the law, and a grett nombur of pepull to the
549nombur A BLANK IN THE EDITION
550    The xxiij day of May cam from be-yonde the see out of France
551and landyd at Towr-warff, and cam thrugh London, and unto my
552lord bysshope of London docthur Benard, monser Memeranse
553ij sunes, and . . . unto ys palles to ly; and mony lord(s)
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555 . . . . . . . . . . . .
556 . . attes and mony mo for serten Frenche-men.
557    The xxiiij day of May the inbassadurs the Frenche were
558browth from the byshope('s) palles by land thrugh
559Flet-street
560unto the quen's pales to soper, by the most nobull men ther
561was a-bowt the cowrt, and ther was the hall and the privy
562chambur and the grett chambur of pressens hangyd with ryche
563clothes of arres, as ever was sene, and the cloth of state boyth
564hall and grett chamburs, and they had as great chere at soper,
565and after a bankett as goodly as has been seen, with all maner
566musyke tyll mydnyght, for they wher unfinished
567    The xxv day they wher browt to the cowrt with musyke to
568dener, for ther was gret cher; and after dener to bear and bull
569baytyng, and the Quen('s) grace and the embassadurs stod in the
570galere lokyng of the pastym tyll vj at nyght; and after they whent
571by water unto Powll wharff, and landyd, and contenent unto ther
572logyng to the byshope of London('s) to soper, for ther wher gorgyus
573aparell as has bene sen in thes days.
574    The xxvj day of May they whent from the byshope('s) howsse to
575Powlles warff, and toke barge, and so to Parys garden, for ther
576was boyth bare and bull baytyng, and the capten with a C. of
577the gard to kepe rowm for them to see the baytyng.
578    The sam day was a proclamassyon of v of the actes; on was
579for unfinished
580    The thursday the xxv day of May master John Whyt altherman
581and grocer ys chyld was cristened in lytyll sant Barthelmuw
582be-syd sant Antonys; thes wher the god-fathers' names, my lord
583marques of Wynchester now lord tresorer of England, and my
584lord byshope of Wynchester docthur Whytt, and the god-moder
585my lade Laxtun, lat the wyffe of ser Wylliam Laxtun latt mare
586of London and grocer; and after ther was waferers and epocras
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588chyld nam(ed) John Whytt; the wyche wyff was master Raff
589Grenway altherman and grocer of London wyff.
590    The xxviij day of May . . . . . . . . . . . . .
591bishopryke of yt by quen Mare, for that he had a wyff, and
592odur maters that he was fayn to . . .
593    The sam day the inbassadurs of France whent away, and
594toke barge toward Grayffhend and they had . . . . gyftes
595gyffyne them, and they cared money mastiffs with them for the
596wolf, and unfinished
597    The xxj day of May was bered at sant Andrew's in the
598Warderobe mastores Boswell, the wyff of . . . Boswell
599clarke of the wardes, with ij whytt branchys . . , the wyche she
600ded with chyld, and a dosen and unfinished
601    The xxx day of May was mared in the parryche of sant Andrews
602in the Warderobe, master Mathuw, draper, unto the dowther
603of master Wylliam Blakwell, towne-clarke of London? the
604mornyng; and they wher mared in Laten, and masse, and after
605masse they had a bryd cupe and waffers and epocras and muskadyll
606plente to hevere body; and after unto master Blakwell('s)
607plasse to bryke-fast, and after a grett dener.
608    The ij day of Juin was bered at lytyll sant Baythelmuw my
609lade Barnes, the wyff of ser George Barnes, knyght, and late
610mare of London; and she gayff to pore men and powre women
611good rosett gownes a A BLANK IN THE EDITION , and she gayffe to the powre men
612and women of Calles A BLANK IN THE EDITION a-pesse, and she gayff a C. blake
613gownes and cottes; and ther she had penon of armes, and master
614Clarenshux kyng of armes, and ther was a xx clarkes syngyng
615afor her to the chyrche with blake and armes; and after master
616Horne mad a sermon, and after the clarkes song Te Dewn
617laudamus in Englys, and after bered with a songe, and a-for songe
618the Englys pressessyon, and after to the place to dener; ser
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620Chamburlayn, and her sunes and doythurs; ther was a nobull
621dener.
622    The vj day of June saint George's feast was kept at Windsor;
623the yerle of Pembroke was the Queen's substitute, lord Montycutt
624and my lord of . . . . ; ther was stallyd at that tyme
625the duke of Norfolk , my lord marques of Northamtun, and the
626yerle of Rutland , and my lord Robart Dudley the master of the
627quen('s) horse, nuw mad knyghtes of the Garter, and ther was gret
628feasting ther, and ther be-gane the comunion that day and
629Englys.
630    The xxix day of May was depreved of ys byshopepryke of
631London doctur Boner, and in ys plasse master Gryndall; and
632Nowell electyd dene of Powlles, and the old dene depreved, master
633Cole .
634    The xj day of June dyd pryche at Powlles master Sandys ,
635and ther was my lorde mayre and the althermen, and my lord of
636Bedford, and with dyvers odur nobull men; and postulles masse
637mad an end that day, and masse a' Powlles was non that day, and
638the new dene toke possessyon that was afore, by my lord of Bedford,
639and thys was on sant Barnabe day; and the sam nyght
640thay had no evyng-song at Powlles.
641    The sam nyght abowtt viij of the cloke at nyght the Quen('s)
642grace toke her barge at Whyt hall, and mony mo barges, and rod
643a-longe by the banke-syd by my lord of Wynchaster('s) place, and
644so to Peper alley, and so crost over to London syd with drumes
645and trumpetes playhyng ard be-syd, and so to Whyt hall agayne
646to her palles.
647    The xviij day of June dyd pryche at Powlles crosse docthur
648Juell, and ther was my lord mare and the althermen and master
649comtroller of the quens howse ser Edward Rogers, and mony mo,
650boyth men and women.
651    The xxj day of June was v bysshopes deprevyd, the bysshope
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653bysshope of Westchester, the bysshope of Landaffh, and the
654bysshope of ... NO TEXT SUPPLIED BY THE EDITOR .
655    The xxiij day of June was electyd vj nuw byshopes, com from
656beyond the see, master Parker bysshope of Canturbere, master
657Gryndall bysshope of London, docthur Score bysshope of Harfford,
658Barlow Chechastur, doctur Bylle of Salysbere, doctur Cokes
659(of) Norwyche.