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¶ Quene Marye.
Anno Regni .i.
[date 1553] MAry the eldest daugh¦ter of kyng Henrye the .viii. began her reigne ouer thys re∣alme of Englande the .vi. day of Iuly, in the yeare of oure Lord. 1553. and de∣ceased in the yere of our Lorde 1553. the. 17. day of Nouember, so she reig∣ned .v. yeares .iiii. moneths & .xi: days: she was proclaimed Quene at Lōdon, the .xix. day of Iuly, and the .xx. day at the castel of Framyngham: and after∣ward being accompanied with a good¦ly band of noble men, gentylmen, and commoners gathered out of all partes of the realme, came to London, and entred the tower the .iii. day of August In her fathers tyme and brothers time and other were caste into the Tower: some for treason layde to their charge, as the Duke of Norffolke, and the lorde Courtneye, some for matters of Religion, as Doctour Tonstall, by∣shop