[_The Rebels’ Proclamacion._]
To be knowyn to all the northe partes of England, to every lorde,
knyght, esquyer, gentylman, and yeman that they schalbe redy in ther
defensable aray, in the est parte, on Tuysday next comyng, on Aldyrton
More, and in the west parte on Gateley More, the same day, upon peyne of
losyng of ther goodes and bodyes, for to geynstonde suche persons as is
abowtward for to dystroy oure suffereyn Lorde the Kynge and the Comowns
of Engelond, for suche unlawfull poyntes as Seynt Thomas of Cauntyrbery
dyed for; and thys to be fulfyllyd and kept by every ylke comenere upon
peyn of dethe.
And thys is in the name of Mayster Hobbe Hyrste, Robyn Godfelaws brodyr
he is, as I trow.
[Footnote 129-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It is evident that this
letter was written shortly after the preceding, which is dated the
6th May. In that letter Paston is desired to be at Cambridge on
the Tuesday following to do the King service, and here we find
that it was intended by the King himself to have been there,
leading an army against some Northern rebels in person. The
expressions in the beginning of this letter leave very little
doubt that the insurrection referred to was that in which the Earl
of Northumberland was slain on the 28th April 1489.--_See_
Leland’s _Collectanea_, iv. 246.]
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