A chronicle at large and meere history of the affayres of Englande and kinges of the same deduced from the Creation of the vvorlde, vnto the first habitation of thys islande: and so by contynuance vnto the first yere of the reigne of our most deere and souereigne Lady Queene Elizabeth: collected out of sundry aucthors, whose names are expressed in the next page of this leafe.

The Articles of accusation and accord, betvvene the Lorde of Gloucester, and the Lorde of VVinchester.

HEre insueth the articles, as the kings counsayle hath conceiued, the which the high and mightie prince, my Lord of Glocester hath surmised vpon my Lord of Wichester Chauncelour of England, with the answere to the same.

1 First, where as he beyng Protector and defendor of thys lande, desyred the Towre to be opened to him, and to lodge him therein, Rychard Woode∣uile Esquire, hauing at that time the charge of the keeping of the Towre, refused his desire, and kept the same Towre agaynst him, vnduely and a∣gaynst reason, by the commaundement of my sayde Lorde of Winchester: and afterwarde in approuing of the sayde refuse, he receyued the sayde Wo∣deuile, and cherished him agaynst the state and worship of the king, and of my sayde Lorde of Gloucester.

2 Item, my sayde Lorde of Winchester, without the aduise and assent of my sayde Lorde of Gloucester, or of the kings counsayle, purposed and dis∣posed him to set hand on the kinges person, and to haue remoued him from Eltham, the place that he was in, to Winsore, to the entent to put him in gouernaunce as him liste.

3 Item, that where my sayde Lorde of Gloucester, to whome of all per∣sones or that should be in the lande, by the waye of nature and byrth, it belon∣geth to see the gouernaunce of the kings person, informed of the sayde vn∣due purpose of my sayd Lord of Winchester, declared in the article nexte a∣boue sayde. And in letting thereof, determyning to haue gone to Eltham vn∣to the king, to haue prouided as the cause required. My sayde Lord of Win∣chester, vntruely and agaynst the kinges peace, to the entent to trouble my sayde Lorde of Gloucester goyng to the king, purposing his death in case that he had gone that way, set men of armes and Archers at the ende of Lon∣don bridge next Southwarke: and in forbarring of the kings high way, let drawe the cheyne of the Stulpes there, and set vp Pypes and Hardels, in maner and forme of Bulwarkes: and set men in Chambers, Sellers, and Windowes, with Bowes and arrowes and other weapons, to the entent to bring to finall destruction my sayde Lorde of Gloucesters person, as well as of those that then should come with him.

4 Item, my sayde Lorde of Gloucester sayth and affyrmeth, that our so∣ueraigne Lorde his brother, that was king Henry the fift, tolde him on a tune, when our sayde soueraigne Lorde beyng Prince, was lodged in the Palaice of Westminster in the great Chamber, by the noyes of a Spanyell there was on a night a man spied and taken behinde a tapet of the sayd cham∣ber, the which man was deliuered to the Erle of Arundell to be examined vppon the cause of his beyng there at that time, the which so examined, at that tyme, confessed that he was there by the stirring vp and procuring of

my sayde Lorde of Winchester, ordeyned to haue slayne the sayd prince there in his bed: Wherefore the sayde Erle of Arundell let sacke him foorthwith, and drowned him in the Thames.

5 Item, our souereigne Lorde that was, king Henry the fift, sayde vnto my sayde Lorde of Gloucester that his father king Henry the fourth lyuing, and visited then greatly with sicknesse of the hande of God, my sayde Lorde of Winchester sayd vnto the king (Henry the fifth then being prince) that the king his father, so visited with sicknesse was not personable: and therfore not disposed to come in conuersation and gouernance of the people, & for so much, counsayled hym to take the gouernaunce and crowne of thys land vpon him.

Notes

• Articles set foorth by the Duke of Gloucester against Hen∣ry Byshop of Winchester.