Will'm Askam, fysshmong', Thomas Faucon', m'c'. A^{o}. v^{to}.
maior. Th' Polle, goldsmyth.
[Sidenote: The takyng of William Cerle.]
This William Askam was prentys to William Walworth, sume tyme maire,
that was prentys sum tyme with John Lovekyn; and alle schirreves and
meires ech after other in on house. In this yere William Cerle yoman
of the robys with kyng Richard, whiche was on of them that mordred the
goode duke of Gloucestre at Caleys, was taken in the march of Scotlond
and brought to London, where that he was drawen, and hanged, boweld,
and his bowels brente before hym, and thanne beheded and quartered at
Tyburne. In this yere the lord Castell, with gret peple of Bretouns
and Normaundes, londed at the Blake Pole, too mile fro Dertmouth, and
there he was sclayn; and the peple fledde.
John Hende, drap', Will' Louthe, goldsmyth. A^{o}. vj^{to}.
maior. Stephan Spylman, m'c'.
[Sidenote: Richard Scrop the erchebysshop of York and the lord Moubray
were beheded.]
[Sidenote: The children of the erles of March were stole out of the
castell of Wyndesore.]
In this yere Thomas the kynges sone was admirall of the see and seiled
into Flaundres, and he landed at Scluse and yaf theretoo a grete
sawte, and he brente bothe in Cahaunt and in Flaundres. Also he toke
the carykes of Jene, whiche he broughte to Wynchelsey; and there,
thorugh mysgovernaunce, the carikes[84] with alle the good therinne
was brent. Also in this yere of oure lord a m^{l}ccccv, Richard Scrop
erchebysshop of York, and the lord Moubray[85] were beheded a lytel
out of York, upon Whitson Moneday. Also the same yere were the
children of the erle of Marche stolen out of the castell of Wyndesore,
aboughte mydnyght as it was seid, and were led into Walys to Owayn of
Glendore, for he was a rebell to oure kyng that tyme, and alle Walys
for the more partye be v yere before. Also the forseid children were
brought ayene to the kyng; and the lady Spenser was accused, and here
brother, that was called duk of York, of gret treson for the forseid
children; and the cause was, for they seyden that the eldere chyld was
trewe kyng. Also the forseyd duke was in kepynge of S^{r}. John Pelham
at Pevensey, in the castell, unto the parlement nest folwynge.
[Footnote 84: "one of the saide carikes" _in the Cotton MS._]
[Footnote 85: "the lord Moubray erle marchal" _in the Cotton MS._]