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| Anno domini .M.CC.xxxix. | Anno domini .M.CC.xl. | |
| Remonde Bengly. | ||
| wyllyam Ioynour. | Anno .xxiii. | |
| Rafe Aschewy. |
IN this .xxiii. yere of kyng Hen¦ry / before the tyme of the elec∣cyon of the shryues of London, one Symōde fyz Mary, whych before in the .xvii yere of the kynge had ben in that offyce, had purchased a cōmaun¦dement of the kynge dyrected to the mayre and rulers of the cytye, yt they shulde cause hym to be electe to that offyce for that yere folowynge. But the mayre wyth the heddes of the cy∣tye, consyderynge that commaunde¦ment to be a derogacyon vnto the ly¦bertyes of ye cytye, wythstode yt / and chase the forenamed Rafe Ashwy, & put the sayde Symonde by / for the whyche he complayned hym to the kynge. Then the kynge sente for the mayre and the rulers of the city / and hadde vnto theym many wordes of dyspleasure, for the dysobeyenge of his cōmaundement / and fardermore discharged willyam Ioynour which that yere was agayne chosen newely to be mayre for the yere folowynge / and chargyd the cytesyns to procede to a newe eleccyon for theyr mayre. whyche then to satysfye the kynges pleasure, chase Gerarde Batte. By whose meanys and good polycye the sayde mayr wyth the cytesyns demea¦ned theym so well to the kynge, that they obteyned hys gracious fauour, and causyd the forsayde Symonde to fayle of his purpose / and was not after admyttyd to that offyce, tyll he hadde submyttyd hym to the rule of the mayre and rulers of the same cy∣tye. The whyche Symonde beha∣ued him so well after, that he was ad¦myttyd for an alderman. But in short processe after he demeanyd him so yll, and so contraryously vnto the weale and good order of the cytye / that he was dyscharged of hys alder¦manshyp, and dyschargyd from all rule and counsayll of the cytye, as in the .xxxiiii. yere of thys kynge fo∣lowynge is touched.