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¶How Thomas of Lancastre was heedyd at Pountfret / and .v. barons hangyd and drawen there

ANd now I shall tell you of the noble er¦le Thomas of Lancastre. wha he was take & brought to yorke / many of the cyte we∣re full glade and vpon hym cryed with an hy¦ght voys O syr traytour ye be welcome. bles∣syd be god for now ye shall haue the rewarde / that longe ye haue deserued. And caste vppon hym many snowe balles / & many other repre∣ues they dyd hym. But the gentyll erle all suf∣fred / & sayd nother o worde nor other. ¶And at the same tyme y^e kyng herde of thys scōfytu¦re / & was ful glad & Ioyous / & in grete hast ca¦me to Poūtfret. And syr Hugh Spenser. and syr Hugh his sone / & syr Iohn̄ erle of Arundell and syr Edmonde of wodestoke y^e kynges bro¦ther erle of Kent. & syr Aymer of valaunce erle of Penbroke and mayster Robert Baldoke. a fals pyllyd clerke / that was pryue / and dwel∣led in the kynges court / & all came theder wyth the kynge. And the kyng entryd in to the castel and Syr Andrewe of Herkela a fals tyraunte thrugh the kynges cōmaundement. toke wyth hym the gentyll Erle. Thomas to Pountfret and there he was prysoned in his owne castell that he had newe made that stode ayenste the abbaye of kynge Edwarde. ¶And syr Hugh Spenser the fader & the sone cast and thought how & in what maner the good erle Thomas of Lancastre sholde be deed / wythoute Iuge∣ment of hys perys. wherfore it was ordeyned thrugh the kynges Iusticus that the kyng shol¦de put vpon hym poyntes of treason. And so it befell that he was ledde to barre before the kynges Iustices bare heed as a theyf / in a fay¦re halle in his owne castell y^t he had made ther in many a fayre feste. both to ryche & to poore. ¶And these where is Iustices syr Hugh Spē¦ser the fader. & Aymer of Balaunce erle of Pē¦broke / syr Edmonde of wodstok erle of Kent / syr Iohan of Brytayne erle of Rychemonde / & syr Robert Malemethrop Iustyce and syre Ro¦berte hym a couplyd in this manere. ¶Tho∣mas court excludeth you of all maner answer Thomas our lorde the kynge / puttyth vppon you▪ that ye haue in hys londe ryden wyth ba∣ner dysplayed ayenst his peas. as a traytour. ¶And with y^e worde the gentyll erle Thomas with an hygh voyce sayd / Nay lordes forsoth and by saynt Thomas I was neuer traytoure ¶The Iustyce sayd ayen tho. Thomas oure lorde the kyng putteth vpon you that ye haue robbyd his folke / and murdred his people as a theyf. Thomas also the kynge puttythe vpon you that he dyscōfyted you & our people wyth his folke / in his owne reame / wherfore. ye wē∣te & fledde to the woode as an outlaw▪ and tho∣mas as a traytoure ye shall be hangyd by rea∣sō. but y^e kynge hathe foryeuen you that Iuge¦ment / for loue of quene Isabell. And Thomas reson wolde y^t ye sholde be hangyd / but y^e kyn∣ge hath foryue you that Iugemēt for by cause & loue of your lygnage. But for asmoche. Tho¦mas as ye were taken fleenge / and as an out∣lawe. the kynge: woll that your heed shalle be smyten of / Anone haue hym oute of prees and brynge hym to his Iugement. ¶Whan the gē¦tyll knyght Thomas had herde all these wor∣des / wyth an hygh voyce he cryed sore wepyn∣ge and sayd alas saynt Thomas fayr fader. A∣las shall I be deed thus Graunt me now bles∣sydful▪ god answere. But all auayled hym no thynge For the cursyd Gascoyns put hym hy¦ther & thyder / & on hym cryed wyth an hyghe voys. O kynge Arthur moost terryble & drede¦full

/ well knowen & shewed now is thyn open traytour. And an euyll deth shalt thou ryght a¦none deye. Haste thou not ryght well deserued it. ¶And thenne thyse cruell folke sette vpon the gode knyhht Thomas for very scorne an olde chaplet that was alle to rente / y^t was not worth an halfe peny. And after that they sette hym vpon a whyte palfroy full vnsemely / & al¦so all bare / wyth an olde brydell. And wyth an horryble noyse they draue hym out of the cas∣tell to warde hys deth / and they cast vpon hym many balles of snowe in dyspyte. And as the traytours lad hym out of the castell tho sayde he these pyteous wordes. And his hondes hel¦de vp on hygh to warde heuen Now the kyng of heuen yeue us mercy for the erthly kyng ha∣the vs forsaken and a frere precher wente with hym out of the castell tyll he came to the place that he endeth his lyfe. vnto whome he shroue hym all hys lyfe. And the gentyll erle helde the frere wonder fast by the clothes & sayd to hym Fayr fader abyde with vs tyll y^t I be deed. for my flesshe quakyth for drede of dethe. ¶And the sothe for to say / The gentyll erle sette hym vpon hys knees / and torned hym to warde the eest: but a rybaude that was called Hygone of mos••••on sette honde vpon the gentyll Erle and sayd in dyspyte of hym Syr traytour torne the towarde the Scottes / thy fowle deth to recey¦ue / & torned to warde the Nosth. The noble er¦le Thomas answered tho wyth a mylde voys and sayd now fayr lordes I shall do your wyll And with that worde y^e frere went from hym sore wepynge. And anone a rybaude wente to hym / & smote of hys heed / the .xi. Kalendas of Auerell. In the yere of grace .M.CCC. & .xxi. ¶Alas that euer suche a gentyll blood sholde be don to deth withouten cause & reason. And traytoursly the kynge was counseylled / whan he thrugh the fals counseyll of the Spenser suf¦fred syr Thomas his vncles sone to be put to suche a deth / & so he beheeded ayenst all maner of reasō / And grete pyte it was also / that suche a noble kynge sholde be dysceyued and mysgo∣uerned thrugh counsell of the fals Spensers / the whyche tho he mayntened thrughe loselry ayenst his honour & also his proffyte. For after warde there fell grete vengaunce in Englon∣de. for by cause of the forsayd· Thomas dethe. whan the gentyll erle of his lyf was passyd. y^e pryour & the monkys of Pounfret gate the bo¦dy of syr Thomas of the kynge & buryed it befo¦re the hyghe awter on the ryght syde. ¶That same daye that thys gentyll knyght was dede / were hangyd and drawen / for the same quarel at Poūtfret syr Wyllyam Tuchet. Syr Wylly¦am. Fitz Wyllyam. syr werreyn of Isell. Syr Henry Bradborn / & syr Wyllyam Cheyne ba∣rons al / and Iohn̄ page esquyrer. and soone af¦ter at yorke were drawen & hangyd syr Roger Clyfforde / syre Iohan of Mambray barons. & syr Goselyne Deuyll knyght. ¶And at Brys¦towe were drawē and hangyd / Syr Henry of wemyngton / & syr Henry Moun••torde barōs ¶And at Gloucerre were drawē and hangyd syr Iohn̄ Gaffarde and syr Wyllyam of Elme¦brughe barons / & at Londō were hangyd and drawen Syr henry Tyes baron. ¶And atte wynchelse syr thomas Clepepyr knyght. And ferthermore to telle of thys cruell occyon atte wyndsore was drawe & hangyd syr Fraunc••s waldēham baron / & at Caunterbury was dra∣wē and handyg syr Berthylmew Badelesmo∣re and syr Berthylmew of Asshe bourucham barons and at Cardyf in walys syr Wylyam Flemmynge baron.