The Ordre in goyng.

About .viii. of the clocke marched •orward the lyght peces of Ordi∣naunce, with stone & powder, after them followed the Drōmes & fyffes, & imediatly after them a Guydon of the Armes of the C•tie. Then fol∣lowed master Sadeler captain of the gōners vpō a good horse in har∣nesse & a coate of veluet with a chayne of golde & .iiii. Halbardes about him apparelled as before is rehersed. Then followed the Gonners .iiii. in a ranke, euery one goyng .v. foote a sonder, euery mans shoulder euē with another, which shot altogether in dyuers places very cherefully, & especially before the Kynges Maiestie, whyche at that tyme sa•e in his new gate house at his Palace at Westmynster where he viewed all the whole company: In lyke maner passed the second & third battels al wel & rychely appoynted. They passed as is sayde, the formost Capitayn at ix. of the clocke in the mornīg by the lytle conduite entryng into Pauls churchyarde, & so directly to Westmynster, & so thorough the sanctuary and rounde about the parke of s. Iames, & so vp into the felde & came home thorough Holborne: & as the fyrst Capitayne entered agayne to the lytle conduyte, the last of the Muster entered Pauls churchyarde, which then was .iiii. of the clocke at after noone. The nombre was .xv. thousande, besyde Wyffelers and other wayters.

In this yere about the Feast of s. Ihon Baptist,* the cōmon people of the town of Gaunt in Flaūders, began to grudge against the Officers of the Emperour & thoccasion was this: The cōmon people being sup∣ported of dyuers ryche Merchauntes of the towne, complained that the Excyse of the Wyne was so great, that they payed of euery pottell .ii.d for thexcise that they solde by retaile, besyde the price of the wyne, & like∣wyse payed the Merchauntes which solde it in great: and yet that more greued them that the Abbots, Friers, Chanons & other Religious per∣sones & men of the Church (of the whiche was grer store in that towne) the which among them had the greatest ryches & wealth of that towne, shoulde be exempt & dronke Wyne free without paiyng Excise, whych thyng turned to the charges of other, and therwith the cōmons founde them selues sore greued, aud sayde that they were oppressed contrarye to their olde and auncieut Priuileges. The Rulers made promise that an ordre & way shoulde be taken therin, but they desyred respyte that thei might know the mynd of the Queene of Hungary, Regent for the Emperoure of the lowe countrey, whyche Quene at that tyme was at Bruxell, and euen then was goyng to vset the countrey of Holand. The Queene consented to nothyng that the commons desyred, but sent them a very cruell and frowarde answere not without great threates, that if they woulde not euery man quietly remayne in their houses, and Page  [unnumbered] pay their excyse as they had ben accustomed to do, they should lyke re∣bels as thei wer be forced thervnto whether thei would or not: wherfore the Cōmons assembled, & when they had well digested the answer of the Quene, they determined to seke another meanes, & fyrst they assembled themselues into a battel to the nōbre of .x. or .xii.M. wel armed mē, night and day watching & warding the towue, in such sorte that themperours Officers bare no rule: & he whom they called the chiefe Bailyf or Go∣uernour of the towne durst not once shew his face amomgest them, but by the helpe of a boy he cōueied himself by a Postern & so got out of the towne. The people of Gaunt perceiuyng their Rulers thus departed, the chie•est of them that wer in the towne condiscēded & agreed to write vnto the Frenche Kyng for ayde, & caused a Gentlemen of their towne to deuyse a Letter, for the whiche a•terwarde he lost his head.

The sute and request of the sayde men of Gaunt was, that it would please the Frenche Kyng to sende vnto theim men & municions, and to succour them as the auncient subiectes to the Crowne of Fraunce, and to delyuer them from the bondage that they were in, & to remoue from them the great Exactions & imposicions, that the Officers of the sayde Emperour had oppressed them with all, and they woulde yelde & dely∣uer all vnto him as to their Soueraigne Lord, & in lyke maner would other townes to them adioynynge do. And for a truth (sayth the writer of the Annales of A•quytayn) if the Frenche Kyng woulde haue her∣kened vnto their request & sute, it had ben an easye thyng for him both to haue enioyed the possession of the greatest nombre of all the townes in the lowe countrey: as Flaunders, Arthoys and the rest of that coun∣trey, & also to haue put the Emperour in great hazarde. But the Frenche Kyng wyllyng to kepe and holde the Truce which was concluded and sworne, hauyng a greater respect to his •ayth and promyse then to his profite & gayne, thinkyng that if he should consent to the request of the Gauntoys, he should begyn a new Warre to the noiaunce of the cōmen people of Christendome, wherfore he refused vtterly either to ayde or succour them.

The Queene of Hungarye thynkynge to haue pacifyed all this ru∣mor, sent vnto the Towne of Gaunte her ryght trustye and valyaunt Knyght, the Lorde of Sempy, of the House of Crouy, accompanyed with the Lorde Lyquerque and one of her Preuy Councell: but these men amongest the cōmons wer not so well entertained as they thought they shoulde haue ben, and therfore taryed not longe amongest them, but were glad to conuey them selues from them in dissimuled apparell.

The Emperoure beynge aduertysed of all this busynesse, and per∣ceiuyng his lowe countrey by the reason of sedicion was in daunger, deuised meanes how he might come to them, for thā he was in Spayn. He thought he woulde not hazarde hymselfe vpon the sea: and he durst not trust the Almaynes, because he had broken promyse with theim so o••en concernynge their Generall Councell that he promysed to haue Page  CCxxxvii assembled: wherfore he determyned to moue the Frenche Kyng and to sue for a safeconduyte to passe thorough Fraunce, whiche very gladly the Frenche Kyng graunted hym, insomuch that after the French kyng knew of his desyre, both he and the Dolphyn entreted most hertely the Emperour to passe that way, trustyng therby that it sho•lde haue ben an occasyon of peace betwene them.

All thynges meete for themperours assuraunce was so appoynted by the Constable of Fraūce, that the Emperour departed out of Spayn, & came to Bayon, frō thence to Burdeaux & so to Poyters: after he came to Loches where he met with the French kyng & the Quene, & then thei together passed frō thence to Orleaunce, & so to Paris, into which Citie they entered the fyrst day of Ianuary in the yere of our Lorde a 1539. and so from thence after great chere & royall enterteynment he passed thorough the lower coūtreys, & at last came to Bruxelles in Braband.

And fyrst the Emperour vnder colour to haue pytie & to remedye the poore cōmons of Gaūt, & saiyng that he wold not only pardō their offē∣ces, but also he could not blame them being oppressed to complayn, & by this meanes he obteined licence that the County of Reux accōpanyed w^t ii.C. men of Armes & .v.M. Launceknightes entered the towne, saiyng to thinhabitantes that this power was only to kepe the towne in peace & quyet tyll a good & profitable ordre shoud be taken for the Cōmons, The poore inhabitantz beleuīg al that was promised & said vnto them & mistrustyng nothyng, threw of their harnesse, & euery man peaceably went to their houses. Then entered into the towne themperour accom∣panyed with his brother the kyng of Hongary, & his syster the Quene Dowager of Hongary, the Duke of Sauoy and many other Princes, Lordes and Gentlemen, and a great power of men of warre, whyche entery was about Mydsomer, in the yere a▪ M.v.C.xl.

Themperour beyng in Gaunt & hauyng thupper hand of them, that is to say, beyng stronger within the towne then thinhabitantes wer, in the place of his gret pytie that he semed to haue on the poore inhabitātz at his fyrst entery, he immediatly began to do execucion, & that of a gret nombre of them, and without all mercy executed them, insomuch that a∣mong all other, the Gentlemen which the Cōmons enforced to wryte the letter to the Frēch kīg was beheded, as before is expressed: & afterward themperour caused an Abbey of s. Banon to be suppressed, & in the same place at the charges of the Gauntois, he made a Castell of a meruelous largenesse, for it was .ix.C. foote long, & .viii.C. large: & not contented with suche as he put to death, but also of a great nombre he confiscated ther landes and goodes, and finally he brake all their Priuileges and Ordinaunces, and lefte the poore inhabitantes of Gaunt in a miserable case: But now to returne to thaffayres of England.

In August the gre• O•ele & Odonele entered into the Englysh pale in Ireland, and brent almost .xx. myle within the same: wherfore the Lorde Grey thē Deputie there, assembled a great power and met with Page  [unnumbered] them the .xxx. day of August and put them to flyght, wherfore the Kyng sent ouer fyue hundreth fresh souldyers to ayde his Deputie.

In the ende of Septēbre the .xvi. day of that moneth came to London Duke Frederyke of Bauyre Countye Palantyne or Palsgraue of the Ryne, & the .xviii. daye came to London, the Marshall of Duke Ihon Fredericke Prince Elector of Saxony, & the Chauncellor of Willyam Duke of Cleue, Gulycke, Gelder & Berry, The Palsgraue was recey∣ned & conducted to Wynsore by the Duke of Suffolke: & thother were accōpanyed with other nobles, & the .xxiii. dai of the same moneth thei al came to Wynsore, where .viii. dayes they continually were feasted and hunted, with all pleasure that myght be s•ewed vnto them: & the Pals∣graue shortly departed & was honorably rewarded: & at that sea•ō was cōcluded the mariage betwene the Kyng & the lady Anne, syster to duke Willyā of Cleue, & great preparaciō was made for the receiuing of her.

The ,xiiii. day of Nouembre Hugh Feringdon Abbot of Redyng & two Priestes, the one called Rugg, and the other named Onyon, were attaynted of hygh treason, for deniyng the Kyng to be supreme head of the Churche, & was drawen hanged, & quartered of Redyng. This Ab∣bot was a stubborne Monke & vtterly without lerning. The same day was Richard Whityng Abbot of Glascenbury lykewise attaynted and hāged on Tower hyl besyde his monastery, for the seid case & other gret treasons, which also was quartered: & the first day of Deceb. was Ihon Beche Abbot of Colchest. put to execusiō for y^• same cōfederacy & tresō

Iu Decēbre wer appointed to wayte on the Kynges highnes person fyftye Gentlemen called Pencioners or Speares, lyke as they were in the first yere of the Kyng.

The .xi. day of Decembre at the Turnepyke on thyssyde Grauelyng* was the Lady Anne of Cleue receyued by the Lorde Lys•e Deputie of the town of Calice & with the Speres & horsemen belongyng to the re∣tynue there, all beyng fresh & warlyke apparelled, & so marchīg toward Calyce a myle & more frō the towne met her Grace the Erle of South∣hampton gret Admirall of England, & apparelled in a coate of purple veluet cut on cloth of golde & tyed with great aglettes and treifoiles of golde, to the nomber of .iiii.C, & baudrickwise he ware a chayne, at the whyche dyd hang a whystle of golde set with ryche stones of a great va∣lue. And in his company .xxx, gentlemen of the Kynges housholde ve∣ry rychly appar•lled with gret & massy chaynes, & in especial syr Fraū∣cis Bryan & syr Thomas Seymers chaynes were of great valure and straunge fassyon. Besyde this, the Lorde Admirall had a great nombre of gentlemen in blew veluet & crymosyn sattyn & his yomen in dāmask of the same colours, & the Maryners of his ship in sattyn or Bridges, both coates & sloppes of the same colours, whych Lorde Admirall with low obeysaunce welcomed her, & so brought her into Calyce by the lan∣terne gate, where the Shippes laye in the Hauen garnyshed with their banners, pencelles& flagges, pleasauntly to beholde. And at her entry was shot such a peale of gōnes, that all the retynew much merueiled at it. And at her entery into the towne, the Mayer of the towne presented Page  CCxxxviii her with an .C. marke in golde. And before the Staple hall stoode the Merchauntes of the Staple well apparelled, which lykewyse presēted her with an .C. souereyns of golde in a ryche pursse, which hertely than∣ked them, & so she rode to the kinges place called the Checker, & there she laye .xv. dayes for lacke of prosperous wynde. Duryng whyche tyme goodly iustes & costly bankettes wer made to her for her sol•ce & recre∣acion. And on s, Ihons day in Christmas, she with .l. sayle toke passage about noone and landed at De•le in the downes about, v. of the clocke, where sir Thomas Cheiny lord Warden of the Portes receaued her, & there she taryed a space in a Castell newly buylte, and thyther came the Duke & Dutches of Suffolke & the bisshop of Chichester, with a gret nombre of Knyghtes & Esquiers & Ladyes of Kent & other which wel∣comed her Grace, & so that nyght brought her to Douer Caūell, where she rested tyll monday: on whych daye for all the storme that then was she marched toward Caunterbury, and on Baram downe met her the Archbishop of Caūterbury accōpanyed with the bishop of Ely, Sayn• Asse, Saynt Dauyes & Douer, & a great cōpany of gentlemen wel ap∣parelled, & so brought her to s. Austens without Caūterbury, where she lay that nyght: and on the next dai she came to Syttyng burne & there lodged that nyght. And as she passed toward Rochester on Newyeres euen, on Reynam down met her the duke of Norffolke & the lord Dac•• of the South, & the lord Mountioye with a gret cōpany of Knyghtes & Esquiers of Norffolke & Suffolke, & the Barons of thexchequer, all in coates of veluet with chaynes of golde, which brought her to Rochester where she lay in the Palace all Newyeres day. On which day the kyng which sore desyred to see her Grace accōpanyed with no more then .viii. persons of his preuy chaūbre, & both he & thei all apparelled in marble coates preuely came to Rochester, and sodainly came to her presence, which therwith was sumwhat astonied: but after he had spokē & welco∣med her, she w^t most gracious & louyng coūtenance & behauior him re∣ceiued & welcomed on her knees, whom he gently toke vp & kyssed: & all that after noone cōmoned & deuised with her, & that night supped with her, & the nexte day he departed to Grenewich, & she came to Dartford.

On the morow being the third dai of Ianuary, & saturday, in a fayre playne on black heth more nerer the foote of shoters hyl then the ascen∣dent of the hyll called blacke heth hyl, was pitched a riche cloth of gold & dyuers other Tentes & Pauilions in the which were made fyers and perfumes for her and suche Ladyes as shoulde receyue her Grace: and from the Tentes to the parke gate of Grenewych were all busshes and fyrres cutte downe, and a large and ample waye made for the shew of all persones. And fyrst nexte to the parke pale on the East syde, stoode the Merchauntes of the Stillyard: and on the West syde stoode the Merchaūtes of Iean, Florence and Uenyce, and the Spanyardes, in coates of veluet. Then on bothe sydes of the waye stoode the Mer∣chaūtes of the Citie of London & Aldermen with the councellors of the sayd Citie to the nōbre of a C.lx. which were myxed with the Esquyers: Nexte vpward toward the tentes stoode Knyghtes: thā the .l. gentlemē Pencioners, & all this sort wer apparelled in veluet & chayns of gold, Page  [unnumbered] truly accompted to the nombre of .xii.C. & aboue besyde them that came with the kyng & her Grace, whych wer .vi.C. in veluet cotes & chaines of golde. Behynd the gentlemen stoode the seruyngmē in good ordre, well horsed & apparelled, that whosoeuer had well viewed theim might saye that thei for tall & comely personages & cle•e of lym & body, wer able to geue the greatest Prince in Christendome a mortall brekefast if he wer the kynges enemy: And of this sorte the gentlemen appertainyng to the lord Chaūcellor, the lord Preuy seale & the lord Admiral & diuers other lordes, beside the co•tly lyuereys & comely horses, ware chayns of gold.

Thus was the lane ordered in rankes from the parke gate towarde the crosse on the Heth, whych was betwene the Rankes and the Tentes, and in this ordre they contynued tyll the Kyng and she were returned.

About .xii. of the clocke her grace with all the company which were of her owne nacion to the nombre of a .C. horse, & accompanyed with the Dukes of Norffolke & Suffolke, the Archebisshop of Caunterburye & other bysshops, l•rdes & knyghtes which had receyued & conueyed her as you haue heard before, came doune shoters hyll toward the tentes, & a good space from the Tentes met her the Erle of Rutlande her Lorde Chaumberleyn, syr Thomas Denyce her Chauncellor, & all her coun∣cell•rs and officers, amongest whom, Doctor Daye appoynted to her Almoner, made to her an eloquent Oracion in latyn, presentyng to her on the Kynges behalfe all the Officers & Seruauntes: which Oracion was answered vnto by the Duke her brothers Secretarie there beyng present: which doone, the Lady Margarete Doglas, doughter to the Quene of Scottes, the lady Marques Dorcet, doughter to the French Quene beyng Nieces to the Kyng, & the Dutches of Rychmond, & the Coūtesse of Rutland & Herfford with dyuers other ladyes & gentlewo∣men, to the nōbre of .lxv. saluted & welcomed her Grace, which alyghted o•t of her Chariot in the whych she had rydden all her long iourney, & with moost godly demeanor & louyng coūtenaūce gaue to them hertye thankes & kissed them all, & after all her coūcellors & officers kyssed her hand, which done, she with all the Ladyes entered the tentes, and there warmed them a space.

When the Kyng knew that she was arriued in her tent, he with al di∣ligence set out thorough the parke. And fyrst issued the Kynges Trom∣pettes, then the Kynges Officers beyng sworne of his Councell, nexte after them followed the Gentlemen of the Kynges Preuy Chaumbre, some apparelled in coates of veluet enbrodered: other had their coates garded with chaynes of golde, very ryche to beholde, whiche were well horsed & trapped: after them ensued Barons, the yongest fyrst, and so syr Willyam Hollys knyght Lorde Mayer of London rode with the Lorde Par beyng yongest Baron. Then followed Bysshops apparel∣led in •l•cke satten. Then immediatly followed the Erles, & then duke Philyppe of Bauyer and Countie Palantyne of the Rhyne, rychely appare•led with the lyuerey of the Toysant or Golden Fleece aboute his necke. Then followed the Ambassadours of the Frenche Kyng & Page  CCxxxix themperour, nexte followed the Lorde Preuy Seale Lorde Cromwell and the Lorde Chauncellor: then Garter kyng of Armes, and the other Officers of Armes & the Serieantes at Armes gaue their attendance on euery syde of the Lordes: whiche Lordes for the moast parte were apparelled in Purple veluet, the Lorde Marques Dorcet in the same suyte bare the Kynges swoorde of estate. After hym a good distaunce followed the Kynges hyghnesse mounted on a goodly courser, trapped in ryche cloth of golde trauerced latyce wyse square, all ouer enbrode∣red with golde of dammaske, pyrled on euery syde of the enbroderye, the buckles and pendentes were all of fyne golde. His persone was apparelled in a coate of purple veluet, somewhat made lyke a •rocke, all ouer enbrodered with flatte golde of Dammaske with small lace myxed betwene of the same golde, and other laces of the same of goyng trauerse wyse, that the grounde lytle appered: about whyche garment was a ryche garde very curiously enbrodered, the sleues and brest were cutte lyned with cloth of golde, and tyed together with great buttons of Diamondes, Rubyes, and Orient Perle, his swoorde and swoorde gyrdle adorned with stones and especiall Emerodes, his nyght cappe gartnyshed with stone, but his bonnet was so tyche of Iuels that •ewe men coulde value them. Besyde all this he ware in baudricke wy•e a coller of s•che Balystes and Perle that few men euer saw the lyke: and aboute his persone ranne .x. footemen all rychely appa•elled in gold∣smythes woorke. And notwithstandynge that this ryche apparell and precious Iuelles wer plesaunt to the Nobles & all other beyng present to beholde, yet his Princely countenaunce, his goodly personage and royall gesture so farre exceded all other creatures beyng present, that in comparyson of his persone, all his ryche apparell was lytle estemed. After him folowed his lord Chaūberlein, thā came sir Anthony Browne master of his horse, a goodly gētleman & a comly personage, wel horsed trapped & rychely apparelled, leadyng the Kynges horse of estate by a long reyne of golde, whyche horse was trapped in maner lyke a barde with crimosin veluet & satten, al ouer enbrodered with gold after an an∣tyke fassiō, very curiously wrought. Then followed the pages of honor in coates of riche tynsell & crimosyn veluet paled, ridyng on great cour∣sers, al trapped in crimosyn veluet, enbrodered w^t new deuyses & knottz of golde which were both pleasant & costly to beholde. Then followed syr Antho•y Wyngfeld Captayne of the Garde, & then the Garde well horsed & in ryche coates. In this ordre the kyng rode to the last ende of the ranke where the Speares or Pencyoners stoode: and there euery persone that came with the Kyng placed hymselfe on the one syde or the other, the Kyng standyng in the myddes.

When her Grace was aduertysed of the Kynges cōmyng, she issued o•t of her tent beyng apparelled in a ryche goune of cloth of golde rei∣sed, made rounde without any trayne after the Dutche fassyon, and on her heade a kall, & ouer that a rounde bōnet or cappe set full of Orient Page  [unnumbered] Perle of a very propre fassyon, & before that she had a cornet of blacke veluet, & about her necke she had a partelet set full of riche stone which glystered all the felde. And at the dore of the Tente she mounted on a •ayre horse richely trapped, with her fotemen about her in goldsmithes worke enbrodered with the blacke Lion, & on his shoulder a Carbuncle golde, and so she marched towarde the Kyng: whych perceiuyng her to approche came forwarde somewhat beyonde the crosse on Blacke Heth, and there paused a lytle in a fayre place tyll she came nerer: then he put of his bonnet & came foreward to her, & with most louely countenaūce and Princely behauyour saluted, welcomed & enbrased her to the great reioysyng of the beholders: and she lykewyse not forgettyng her duty, with most amiable aspecte & womanly behauyour receyued his Grace with many sweete woordes and great thankes and praisynges geuen to hym. And whyle they two were thus communynge, the fyftye Pen∣cioners and the Garde departed to furnysh the Courte and Halle of Grenewyche. And when the Kyng had talked with her a lytle whyle, he put her on his ryght hande, and so with their footemen they rode as though thei had ben coupeled together, O what a syght was this to see so goodly a Prince & so noble a Kyng to ryde with so fayre a Lady of so goodly a stature & so womanly a countenance, & in especiall of so good qualyties, I thynke no creature could see them but his herte reioysed.

Now when the Kyng and she were mette and bothe their companyes ioyned together, they returned thorough the rankes of Knyghtes and Esquyers which stoode styl all this whyle & remoued not, in this ordre: Fyrst her Trompettes went forwarde, whyche were twelue in nombre besyde two kettle Drommes on horsebacke, then followed the Kynges Trompettes, then the Kynges Councellours, then the Gentlemen of the Pr•uy Chaumbre, then the Gentlemen of her Graces countrey in coates of veluet, all on great horses: after them the Mayer of London in crimosyn veluet with a richecollor, coupled with the yongest Baron▪ then all the Barons, nexte followyng Bysshoppes, then Earles, with whom rode the Earles of Quersteyn and Waldocke of her countrey, then Dukes and the Archbysshop of Caunterbury and Duke Phillip of Bauire, nexte followed the Ambassadors, then the Lorde Preuye Seale and the Lorde Chauncellor, then the Lorde Marques with the Kynges sworde, nexte followed the Kyng himselfe equally ridyng with his faire Lady, & behind him rode for Anthony Browne with the kyngz horse of Estate as you hearde before, and behynde her rode syr Iohan Dudley Maister of her horses leadynge her spare Palferaye trapped in ryche Tyssue downe to the grounde: after them followed the Henxe∣men or Pages of Honoure, then followed the Ladye Margarete Do∣glas, the Ladye Marques Dorset, the Dutches of Richmond & Suf∣folke, and Countesses of Rutland & Hertforde, & other Countesses: then followed her Graces Chariot in the which she rode all her iourney, well carued & gylte with Armes of her coūtrey curiously wrought & couered Page  CCxl with cloth of golde, all the horses were trapped with blacke veluet, & on them rode Pages of Honor in coates of veluet, in the whiche Cha∣ryot rode .ii. auncient Ladyes of her countrey: nexte after the Chariot followed, vi. Ladyes & Gentlewomen of her countrey all richely appa∣relled with cappes set with Perle, & great Chaynes of dyuers fassyons after the vsage of their countrey, which were very fayre of face, & with them rode .vi. Ladies of England well besene. Then followed another Charyot lykewyse gylte & furnyshed as thother was: after that Cha∣ryot followed .x. Englysh Ladyes well apparelled, nexte them another Chariot al couered with blacke cloth, & in that .iiii. gentlewomen which were her Graces Chamberers: then followed all the remnaunt of the Ladyes, Gentlewomen & Maydens in a gret nombre of which dyd weare that day Frenche whodes: last of all came another Chariot all blacke with .iii. Launders appertaynyng to her Grace: nexte after followed a Horselytter of cloth of golde & Crymosyn veluyt vpon veluet paled, with horses trapped accordīgly which the king sent her, Then followed the seruyng men of her trayne, all clothed in blacke & on great horses.

In this ordre thei rode thorough the rankes, & so thorough the parke and at the late Freers walle all men alyghted sauyng the Kyng, the .ii. Maisters of the Horses & the Henxmen whych rode to the halle dore, & the Ladyes rode to the Courte gate. And as they passed they behelde on the wharfe howe the Citizens of London were rowyng vp & downe on the Thames euen before them, euery crafte in his Barge garnyshed with Banners, Flagges, Stremers, Pencelles and Targettes, some paynted & beaten with the Kynges Armes, some with her Graces Ar∣mes, and some with the Armes of their Crafte or Mistery. Besyde the Barges of euery crafte, there was a Barge made lyke a ship, called the Batchelers barke, decked with cloth of gold, penons, pencels, & targetz in great nombre, on whō wayted a Foyst that shot great peces of Artil∣lary. And in euery barge was dyuers sortes of Instrumentes & chyldrē & men syngyng, which sang & plaied altogether as the King & the Lady passed on the wharfe, which syght & noies they much praised & allowed.

When the Kyng & she wer within the vtter courte, they alygted from their horses, & the Kyng louyngly embrased her & kyssed her, byddyng her welcome to her owne, & led her by her lyfte arme thorough the halle which was furnyshed beneth the harth with the Kynges Garde, and a¦boue the harth with the fyftye Pencioners with their Batell Axes, & so brought her vp to her preuy chaumbre, where he lefte her for that tyme.

And assone as the Kyng & she was entered the Courte, was shot out of the Tower of Grenewyche & there about, a great peale of Gonnes.

When the Kynges company and hers was entered the parke, as you haue hearde, then all the horse men on Blacke Heath brake their a∣ray and had lycence to departe to London, or to their lodgyng. To se howe longe it was or the horsemen coulde passe, and howe late it was in the nyght yer the footemen coulde get ouer London brydge, I assure you it was wonderous to beholde. the nombre was so great. Thus

Page  [unnumbered]This the Noble Lady remayned vnmaryed vntyll the tuysday fol∣lowyng beyng the day of the Epiphany: On whych day about .viii. of the clocke in the mornyng, his Grace beyng apparelled in a gowne of cloth of golde, raysed with great flowers or syluer, furred with blacke Ienettes, his coate Crymsyn sattyn all to cutte and enbrodered & tyed with great Diamondes, & a ryche Coller about his necke, came solemly with his Nobilitie into the galery nexte the closettes, and there paused.

Then the Lordes went to fetche the Ladye Anne, whiche was appa∣relled in a gowne of ryche cloth of golde sette full of large flowers of great & Orient Pearle, made a•ter the Dutche fassion rownde, her here hangyng downe, whych was fayre, yellowe and long: On her head a Coronall of golde replenyshed with great stone, and set about full of braunches of Rosemary, about her necke and myddle, Iuelles of great valew & estimation, In this apparell she goynge betwene the Erle of Ouersteyn & the Graunde Master Hostoden, which had the conduyte & ordre of the performaunce of her maryage, with most demure county∣naunce & sad behauiour, passed thorough the Kynges chaumbre, all the Lordes goyng before her tyll they came to the galery where the Kyng was, to whom she made three low obeysaunces & curteisyes. Then the Archebysshop of Caunte•bury receyued them & maried them together, and the Erle of Ouersteyn dyd geue her: & aboute her mariyng ryng was written: GOD SENDE ME VVEL TO KEPE.

When the Mariage was celebrate, they went hande in hande into the Kinges closet and ther hard Masse and offered their tapers, & after Masse had wyne and spyces, and that done, the Kyng departed to his chaumbre, & all the Ladyes wayted on her to her chau•bre, the Duke of Norffolke goyng on the ryght hande, and the Duke of Suffolke on the lefte hande on her grace.

After .ix. of the clocke, the Kyng with a gowne of ryche Tyssue ly∣ned with Crymosyn Ueluet enbrodered, came to his closet, & she in her here in the same apparell that she was maryed in, came to her Closet with her Serieant of Armes and al her Officers, lyke a Queene, before her. And so the kyng & she went openly on Procession and offered and dyned together. And after dyner she chaunged into a gowne lyke a mannes gowne, of Tyssue with longe sleues gyrte to her, furred with ryche Sables, her narrowe sleeues were very costly, but on her head she had a cap as she ware on the saturdai before with a cornet of laune, which cap was so ryche of Perle and Stone, that it was iudged to be of great valew. And after her fassyon, her Ladyes and Gentlewomen were apparelled very riche and costly with chaynes of dyuers fassions, and in this apparell she went that nyght to Eueniong, and after sup∣ped with the Kyng: and after supper were Bankettes, Maskes, and dyuerse dysportes, tyll the tyme came that it pleased the Kyng and her to take their rest.

The sonday after were kepte solempne Iustes, whyche moche plea∣sed Page  CCxlj the straungiers. On whiche daie she was appareiled after the En∣glishe fashiō, with a Frenche whode, whiche so set furth her beautie and good visage▪ that euery creature reioysed to behold her.

When the erle of Ouerstein, and other lordes and ladies whiche had geuen their attendaūce on her grace al that iornay, and had been highly •easted of the kyng & other no•les, very sūpteously, thei toke their leaue and had greate g••tes geuen to theim, bothe in money and plate, and so returned toward their countrey, leauyng behynd them the erle of Wal∣docke, and diuerse other gentlemen and damoselles, whiche wer reteined with her grace, till she wer •etter acquainted in the realme.

The fourth daie of February next ensuyng, the kyng and she came to Westminster by water accompaignied with many nobles and prelates in Barges, on whom the Maior and his brethren in skarlet, and .xii. of the chief compaignies of the citee, all in Barges garnished with Ban∣ners, Penons, and targettes, richely couered and replenished with myn∣strelsy, gaue their attendaunce, and by the waie all the shippes shot their ordinaunce, and out of the tower was shot a greate peale of Gonnes, in goodly ordre.

The .xii. daie of February, the Duke of Norffolke was sent in Am∣bassade to the Frenche kyng, of whom he was well enterteigned, and in thende of thesame moneth, he returned again into Englande.

The .xxiii. daie of February, wer foure readers sent for to the Starre Chamber, of euery house of the foure principall Innes of Cou•te one, where sat the lorde Chauncellor, the lorde Preuie seale, and .xiiii. o• the chief of the kynges counsaill, and there the lorde Chauncellor d•clared, how sir Ihon Sheltō knight, had by the aduise of sir Humfrey Broune Knight▪ the Kynges Seriaunt, si• Nicholas Hare Knight, the Kynges counsailor, and Speaker of the Parliament, and Willyam Coignesby Esquire, attornay of the Duchie of Lancastre, all beyng his seruauntes and of his Fee, declared a fraudulent will of his landes, contrary to the statute made anno .xxvii. to the greate hynderaunce of the Kynges pre∣rogatiue, and the true meanyng of thesaied statute, and also to the euill example of all other, that should defraude the lordes of their seigniories Wherefore thesaie• sir Humffrey Browne, and sir Nicholas Hare, wer that daie by the whole Counsaill of the kyng, dismissed of their Offices and seruice to the kyng▪ and sent to the tower: and within three daies af∣ter was William Coign••by sent thether, where thei remaigned ten da∣yes, and after wer deliuered: but thei three lost all their offices, that thei had of the kyng.

The first Sondaie in Lent, Stephyn Gardiner Bishop of Winche∣ster,* preached of Paules crosse, and there intreated of the Gospell of that daie: and in his sermon especially, he touched the article of Iustifica•iō, and so he handled it, that the third Sondaie in Lent next folowyng, one Doctor Barnes,* o• whom before you haue heard, reproued in thesaied pulpit at Paules, the doctryne of thesaied Bishoppe: and beeyng vexed Page  [unnumbered] with the Bishoppes Doctryne, he vsed many tauntes against hym, but one specially whiche was this, that he saied if the Bishoppe and he, wer together in Rome with the Pope, he knewe that greate sommes of mo∣ney, could not saue his life, but for the Bishoppe, there was no feare, but that a litle intreataunce, should purchase fauour enough for hym: By this he noted the Bishop to bee but a Papist, whiche the Bishop so vn∣quietly tooke, that he complained of Barnes to the kyng, and there had hym examined, and at the last by the Kynges commaundement, he came to the bishoppes house, where likewise the bishoppe not onely examined hym, but also toke vpon hym to be his skolemaster, and as moste menne and specially suche, as muche knewe and least cause had to lye reported, he prepared the tower for his skole house, and made suche a rod to beate his skoler, that he beate hym as small as ashes, or he left hym: although Barnes, with twoo other persones, that is to saie, Iherom and Garret, of whom in the next yere folowyng, ye shall here more, were by the Bi∣shoppes procurement, appoynted in the Easter weke folowyng, to prea∣che at sainct Mary Spittle beside London, the three solempne sermons in one of the whiche sermons that Barnes made, Barnes openly and be∣fore al the people, asked the Bishop forgeuenes, for speakyng to vnreue rently of him, in his former sermon, and he required the bishop if he for∣gaue hym, in token thereof to holde vp his hande, whiche like as it was long before he did, so it appered afterwarde to many, that it was but a counterfeat forgeuenes.

The .xii. daie of Aprill began a Parliament, and sir Nicholas Hare restored to the office of speaker, in the whiche was frely graunted, with∣out cōtradictiōs, foure fiftenes & a Subsedy, of twoo .s. of landes, and xii.d. of goodes, toward the greate charges of Bulwarkes.

The .xviii▪ daie of Aprill, at Westminster was Thomas lorde Crome∣well, created Erle of Essex,* and made greate Chamberlain of England, whiche euer the Erles of Oxenford had, whiche promocions he enioyed short tyme, as after in the next yere maie appere.