John Walcote, Rob't Chichelegh, groc'. A^{o}. iiij^{to}.
drap', m'. Ric' Merlawe, fysshmong'.
[Sidenote: The bataill of Schrovesbury.]
This same yere, on Maudelyn even, betwen Englysshmen and Englysshmen
was the sory bataill of Schrovesbury, that is to seye betwen kyng
Herry and S^{r}. Herry Percy sone of the erle of Northumberland; the
whiche S^{r}. Henry Percy was there sclayn and there beryed; and on
hys syde manye another man also sclayn; and on his syde the erle
Douglas of Scotland lost his on eye; and S^{r}. Thomas Percy brother
to the said S^{r}. Herry Percy was there taken and kept too dayes
after on lyve; and for he was embassator before the batall betwen the
kyng and S^{r}. Herry Percy, manye a good man loste there hys lyf,
wherfore they seyde S^{r}. Thomas was drawen, hanged and beheded, and
his hede[82] sett upon London brigge: also in the said bataille the
prynce was schot in the heed wyth an arowe; and the erle of Stafford
sclayn undyr the kynges banere, and S^{r}. William Graunsell, with
manye othere knyghtes and squyers:[83] and forasmoche as som peple
seyde that S^{r}. Herry Percy was alyve, he was taken up ayen out of
his grave, and bounden upright betwen to mille stones, that alle men
myghte se that he was ded.
[Footnote 82: "with a quart' of S^{r}. Herry Percie's hedde" _in the
Cotton MS._]
[Footnote 83: "worthie lordes, knyghts, and squyers, gentilles, and
good yomen" _in the Cotton MS._]