The booke of honor and armes

Triumphes before King Henrie the eight.

BVt farre exceeding al these was that mag∣nificent Iusts & Turniments, at the mee∣ting of the two excellent Princes, King Henrie the eight of England, & K. Frances the French King: who choosing vnto them xiiij. o∣thers, did challenge to runne at the Tylt, and fight at the Turney and Barrier with all commers. The Chalengers were; The King of England, the King of France, the Duke of Suffolke, the Marquis Dorcet, Sir William Kingston, Sir Richard Iernegan, Master Nicholas Carew, and Master Anthonie Kneuet, with their Assistants, Sir Rowland & Sir Giles Capell: with these were so manie other French Gētlemen, as made vp the number aforesaid.

For Defenders, thether came Monsieur de Vandosme, the Earle of Deuonshire, and the Lord Edmond How∣ard; euerie of thē bringing in a faire Band of Knights well armed.

This most noble Challenge of these two mightie Kings, accompanied with xiiij. other Knights, of ei∣ther Nation seuen they caused to bee proclaimed by Norrey King of Armes, in England, & France, Germa∣nie, Anno 12, Hen. 8.

ONe other most memorable Challenge was made by the same King; who in his owne royall per∣son, with William Earle of Deuonshire, Sir Thomas Kneuet, & Edward Neuell Esquire, answered all com∣mers, at Westminster. The King called himselfe Cuer loyal; the Lord William, Bon voloir; Sir Thomas Kne∣uet, Vailliant desir; and Edward Neuill, Ioyous penser.

Defenders were;

The Lord Grey, Sir William a Parr, Robert Morton, Richard Blont, Thomas Cheyney, Thomas Tyrrell, Sir Rowland Christopher Willoughby, the L. Howard, Charles Brandon, the Lord Marquis, Henrie Guilford, the Earle of Wiltshire, Sir Thomas Bullin, Thomas Lu∣cie, the Lord Leonard, the Lord Iohn, Iohn Melton, Griffith Doon, Edmond Howard, Richard Tempest.

After this Challenge was ended, the prize appoin∣ted for the Challengers partie, was giuen vnto Cuer Loyall: & among the Defenders to Edmond Howard.

ANother solempne Challenge was proclaimed and performed by certaine English Knights: vz. Sir Iohn Dudley, Sir Thomas Seymour, Sir Francis Poinings, Sir George Carew, Anthonie Kingston, and Richard Cromwell: Anno. 1540.