Steph' Broune, Will'm Calowe. Vic'. A^{o}. xxvij.
maior. Will'm Marowe.
Th' Chalton, maior. Thomas Canyng. Vic'. A^{o}. xxviij.
Will'm Hewlyn.
[Sidenote: A^{o}. xxviij R. H. vj^{ti}.]
[Sidenote: Rebelles Jak Cade.]
In this yere was Normandy lost, and the duke of Suffolk bihedid in a
ship called Nicholas of the Tour. Also the comoens of Kent arose, and
Jak Cade was their capitayne, callyng hymself Mortymer, by whome were
ij knyghts slayne at Sevenok in Kent, that is to sey S^{r}. Humfrey
Stafford and S^{r}. William Stafford, brethren, and many of theire
men. Than the kyng and his hoste went to Barkhamsted; and after seint
Petres day, the capitayne came ageyn to Blakheth, and so over London
brige into London on Friday at after none, and bigan to riful and
robbe: and on Saturday he came over the brigge ageyne, and than were
the men of Essex embatailid at the Mile ende, and there was Crowmer
shiref of Kent bihedid; also at the standard in Chepe was S^{r}. Jamys
Fynes lord Saye bihedid, and the body drawen into Suthwerk; and there
was bihedid Hawardyne a theef and a man queller. And on the Sonday at
nyght, the lord Scalis and Mathewe Gough with theire mayny, and with
men of London, wenten over the brigge to the Stulpes in Suthwerke, and
faught with the capitayne and his host al that nyght til on the
Moneday ix of the clok, and that was seint Thomas even, and than the
capitayne fired the drawbrigge; and there was slayne Mathewe Gough and
Sutton the alderman: and after that the capitayne fledde into Sussex,
and thider was pursued and slayne. And after, in the same yere,
Richard Plantagenet duke of Yorke came out of Irland unto Westm', with
roial people, lowely bisechyng the kyng that justice and execucion of
his lawes myght be hadde upon alle such persones about him and in al
his realme, frome the highest degree unto the lowist, as were long
tyme noisid and detectid of high treason ageinst his persone and the
wele of his realme, offring hymself therto, and his service at the
kings comaundement, to spend bothe his body and goodes: and yet it
might not be perfourmed. Than sone after was callid a set a
parliament, wherynne alle the comoens were aggreed, and rightfully
electe hym as heire apparent of England, nought to procede in any
other matiers till that were graunted by the lordes, whereto the kyng
and lordes wold not consent nor graunte, but anon brake up the
parliamente.