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Chronicle of Greyfriars 1554 is in Chronicle of Greyfriars.
6th January 1554. Item the vj. day of January [1554] came from the emperor imbassotors in the name of the hole howse of Bowrgone, as dyvers erles, as the erle of Degmonde with dyvers other.
Note 1. Egmont, see the note to Machyn's Diary, p. 337. See also the Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 34.
15th January 1554. Item the xv. day of the same monyth began the insurreccion at Maydstone by sir Thomas Wyett knyght, lorde Cobhame (age 57)1, Harper, and Colpeper, with dyvers others.
Note 1. Lord Cobham was at first suspected of taking part in Wyatt's rebellion: see the Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 36.
16th January 1554. Item the xvj. day of the same monyth in the mornynge began the wache at every gatte in London in harnes, both men and their servantts, etc.
1st February 1554. Item the furst day of February the qwenes grace came (in) hare owne persone un-to the yelde-halle of Londone, and showyd hare mynde1 un-to the mayer, aldermen, and the hole crafttes of London (in) are owne persone, with hare cepter in hare honde in tokyn of love and pes, and wente home agayne by watter at the Crane in the ventre [Map].
Note 1. Her address to the citizens is given by Foxe.
23rd January 1554. Item the xxiij. of Januarij was condemnyd at the yelde-halle of London lorde Robert Dudley (age 21).
30th January 1554. Item the xxxti day of the same monyth the duke of Norfoke came to Strode, and bent hys artyllery agaynst Wyett; but the Londoneres with their captayns, as Brian, Fyztwilliams, and Bret, whoo came with the duke agaynst Wyet, made a shoute and fled from the duke to Wyet, that the duke hardly scapyd from them.
1st February 1554. Item the furst day of February came Wyett with hys host in to Sothwarke at iiij. a clocke at after-none, and or it was v. he had made a bulwarke at the bryge fotte,
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
6th February 1554 ... and kepte Sothwarke tyll it was the vj. of the same monythe, and dyd no harme there; and this was Shroft tewsday; for the brygge drawebrygge was drawne agayne hym, and the nyght before many of hys men fled from hym; and the same tewsday was ij. men hongyd on a gybyt in Powlles churchyerd be-fore sent Gregory's. And that same day Wyet with hys host departyd owte of Sothwarke at ix. a cloke in the mornynge, and went un-to Kyngstone. And also at that same tyme the duke of Soifolke with hys brother was tane by the erle of Huntyngtone; and that same day was Te Deum songe in the qwenes chapelle for joye of it. And that same day the lorde Cobhame (age 57)1 and Harper whar put in-to the tower.
7th February 1554. [The vij.] day Wyet with hys host came un-to the parke besyde sent James and soo wolde [have entered, and there] most traytorys shott at the corte gattes that the arres stoke there longe after. And he hymselfe came in at Te[mple bar, and] soo downe alle Fletstrete, and soo un-to the Belle savage [Map]. And then was hys trayne [attacked at] the comandment of the erle of Pembroke, and sartayne of hys men slayne. And whan [he saw] that Ludgatte was shutt agayne hym he departyd, saynge "I have kepte towche," and soo went [back] agayne; and by the Tempulle barre he was tane, and soo browght by watter2 unto the [tower] of London. And then alle the qwens host came thorrow London goodly in araye with sperys. And that same day was tane one William Albryght parsone of Kyngstone [Map] besyde Barrame downe3, precher of the gosspelle, besyde Charynge crosse in this rebellyone. Also it is to be supposed that Wyett hadde come in at Ludgat had not one John Harres a merchant-taylor in Watlynge stret [ha]d not sayd, "I know that theys be Wyettes ancienttes;" but some were very anggre wyth hym because he sayd soo, but at hys worddes the gattes ware shutte.
Note 1. Lord Cobham (age 57), though he had not joined the rebels, was compromised by the conduct of his sons. He was released with his son sir William (age 26) on the 24th of March 1553-4: see Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 71, and Machyn's Diary, p. 58. His son Thomas was condemned, but afterwards pardoned. (Bayley's Tower of London, p. 445.)
Note 2. He was carried first on horseback to Whitehall. See the Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 50.
Note 3. Kingston, co. Kent [Map], five miles from Canterbury.
Item the viij. day of February the ducke of Suffolke wyth hys brother was browte thorrow Londone wyth a goodly company of spere-men, and soo unto the tower of London.
12th February 1554. Item the xij. of February was beheddyd wythin the tower lady Jane (age 18) that wolde a bene qwene; and hare husband whose name was Gylford Dudley (age 19) at the Tower-hyll.
14th February 1554. Item the xiiij. day of the same monyth for the same rebellyon was hongyd one Vicars a yeman of the garde, Bouthe one of the quenes fotmen, gret John Nortone, and one Kynge; and in severalle places abowte London at the gattes, in Cheppe syde, and other strettes, to the number of xxti [20], the wych ware of London that fled from the duke of Norfoke; and that same day was iij. hongyd in chanys on Hay hylle for the same offence in rebellyon.
Item the duke of Suffolke (age 37) was condemnyd at Westmyster the xvij. [22] day of February [1554]; and beheddyd at Towre-hyll the xxiij. [23] day of the same monyth [1554].
15th March 1554. Item the xv. day of March was commytted un-to the tower agayne the erle of Devenchere.
18th March 1554. And the xviij. day of the same monyth was commyttyd also unto the tower lady Elzabeth (age 20) that was the quenes (age 38) syster, and that was Palme sonday.
2nd April 1554. Item the epestylle masse begane agayne1 the ij. day of Aprille.
Note 1. In St. Paul's cathedral.
8th April 1554. Item the viij. day of Aprille was a katte hongyd on the gallos1 in Cheppe clothed lyke a preste, and that same day hylde up before the precher at Polles crosse.
Note 1. This is also noticed by Foxe, Stowe, and Machyn: see Machyn's Diary, pp. 58, 338.
10th March 1554. And the x. day of March was a mayde boyllyd in Smythfelde for poysynyng of dyvers persons.
And shortly after the qwenes grace gave a generall pardon for alle thoys that ware with Wyet, and som(mon)ed a parlament to be helde at Oxforde, but it was sone rejurnid unto London agayne unto Westmyster.
11th April 1554. Item the xj. day of the same monyth was Wyett (age 33) behedyd at Towre hylle, and also qwarterd; and hys hedde with one of hys qwarteres sett apon the gallowys, and the lied with the qwarter was stolne aw aye.
9th April 1554. Item the ix. day of Aprille began the opposycions at Oxford by Thomas Creme (age 64)1 sometyme byshoppe of Cantorbery, Nicolas Rydley (age 54) sometyme byshoppe of London, and Hugh Latemer (age 67), agayne the lerdemen2 of both the universytes; and there the sayd iij. persons was condempnyd as erytykes [heretics], and soo remaynyd there in presone a longe tyme.
Note 1. Thomas Cranmer.
Note 2. learned men.
27th April 1554. Item the xxvij of Aprille was beheddyd at Towre hylle the duke of Suffolkes brother1.
Note 1. Lord Thomas Grey: see Machyn, p. 61, and Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 75.
14th February 1554. Item the xiiij. day of May was the monday in Wytsone weke and thene the mayer, aldermen, goldsmythes and fyshemongeres1 came a procession un-to Powlles as they were wonte to doo, but there was no sensynge; and dyvers other pariches came alle the iij. dayes as they ware wonte.
Note 1. This was in revival of an ancient custom by which the companies of the Goldsmiths and Fishmongers were associated on certain festivals. See a paper by the Editor of the present volume in the Archaeologia, vol. XXX. "On an amity formed between the Companies of Fishmongers and Goldsmiths of London, and a consequent participation of their Coat Armour."
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
18th May 1554. Item the xviij. day of May was draune from the tower of London Thomas a Vane1 unto Tyborne, and there put to execucion.
Note 1. This is a mistake: the sufferer on that day was William Thomas, late clerk of the council: see Machyn, p. 63, and the Chron. of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 76.
24th May 1554. Item the xxiiij. day of May was Corpus Christ! day that some kepte holy day and some wolde not, and there was a joyner that dwelte in Colmanstrett, hys name was John Strett, he was in Smythfelde whan the procession of sent Pulchers came by hym, and he wold a tane the sacrament from the prest1, but he was resysted and tane and put in Newgatte, and then he faynyd him-selfe madde.
Note 1. See also Machyn, p. 64; and Foxe.
4th June 1554. Item the iiij. day of June was tane downe alle the gallos within London.
10th June 1554. Item the x. daye of June was sonday and thene was a goonne shotte nere Powlles cherch-yerd that the pellyt came nere the precher's face that preched at Powlles crosse1.
Note 1. Compare with Machyn, p. 65.
22nd June 1554. Item the xxij. day of June was a proclamacion made for shottynge wyth hand-gonnes and berynge of weppons.
1st July 1554. Item the furst day of July was .... and whereas there was in the parich of sent Gregory's one John Hylle a cutler [that was] obstenatt that wolde not beleve in the blyssyd sacrament of the alter, nor it (sc. yet) tylle the[n ha]d not resevyd it; but he was conventyd be-fore hys ordenary the dene of Powlles [that] was at that tyme doctor Facname1, and soo revokyd hys opynyone opynly before all the pariche, and askyd them mercy and foryefnes for his evylle insampulle, and prayd them to pray for hym, and then and there he resevyd the sacrament opynly befor them alle.
Note 1. John Feckenham.
July 1554. Item the . day of the same monyth, wher as ther was a mayd that spake in a walle1 in a howse [in] Aldersgat stret stode at the Powlles crosse before the precher doctor Wymbsle2 archedekon of [Middlesex], and there shoyd alle the hole matter and asked God mercy and the quene, and alle the pepulle, for ar evy[ll] insampulle.
Note 1. Of this imposture see Machyn's Diary, pp. 66, 339; and Tytler, ii. 340.
Note 2. John Wymmesley, or Wymunsley, one of the natural sons of George Savage, priest, and consequently a natural brother of bishop Bonner (age 54). He was archdeacon of London from Oct. 1543 to April 1554, and then archdeacon of Middlesex until his death in Oct. 1556. See Newcourt, Repert. Londinense, i. pp. 63, 81, 211.
18th July 1554. And the xviij. day of the same monyth stode a man on the pyllery for the same matter, with a paper and a scryptor on hys hed, that was consentynge there-to.
19th July 1554. Item the x[ix] day of the same monyth the prince of Spayne came in at Hamtone, and there was goodly resevyd1.
Note 1. Full particulars of the reception and marriage of king Philip will be found in the Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary.
22nd July 1554. And the xxijti day of the same monyth, the wych was Mary Maudlyne day, at nyght was commandment gevyn in London to have bonfyers and belles ryngynge thorrow alle Londone. And the nexte day [23 Jul 1554] to have Te Deum in every church for joye of hym.
23rd July 1554. Item the xxiij. day of the same monyth he came to Wynchester, be-twene vj. and vij. at nyght, where he was honorably and goodly resevyd.
25th July 1554. And the xxv. day of the same monyth was honorably marryd with gret solemnite with many honorabull lordys and ladys, and men of worchypp as it dothe apere, both spiritualle and temporally Item the furst day of August was a proclamacion made in London for the hole stylle1 bothe for the kynge and the qwene and alle ther domynyons of both.
Note 1. Their whole royal style. See Machyn's Diary, pp. 34, 67, and the Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 142.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
18th August 1554. They came not unto London tyll it was the xviij. day of August, and then came bothe unto the place in Sothwarke, and lay there that nyght.
19th August 1554. And the xix. day came into London, wher they ware goodly resevyd with many pagenttes, as furst at the brige fotte, and alle the howses on the brigge new payntyd whyt and yellow, and in Grachhed strett a goodly pagent and costly; and another in Cornel le; and one at the Gret Condet, and at the standerd the wayttes of London playnge; and the crosse in Cheppe new gyltyd and that costly, and the genologe of hym at the Lyttyll Condet; and alle the craiftes of London stondynge be the way in their best aparelle in alle the strettes as he came goodly hangyd, and soo to Powlles; and there was goodly resevyd of the bvshopp wyth the prebenders and the holi1 qweer of Powlles, and soo into the qwere, and there was Te Deum songe. And there was one came downe from the chapter-howse apon a roppe. And soo departyd un-to Westmyster. And Ludgatte new payntyd. And a pagent in Fletstret at the cundet. And so un-to the pallys of Whythalle. Item on sent Luke's day the kynge came un-to Powlles, and ther harde masse, and went home agayne.
Note 1. So the MS. but no doubt for whole.
4th November 1554. Thys yer the iiij. day of November prechyd at Powlles crosse doctor (Harpsfield)1 and there was v. men, as iij. prestes and ij. temporalle men, dyd opyn pennans. The iij. prestes ware maryd. One was a challon of Esynge spettylle2, and one a blacke frere, and the iij. an Austyne freer. And this was their pennans: furst to come owte of the vestre with shettes apone ther backes, and eche of them a rodcle in their honddes wyth a taper lych3, and furst came and knelyd before the hye aulter, and there the suffrecane gave them their dyssipline; and than went downe before the crosse: and whan the precher had tane hys benediccion of the byshoppe in the myddes of the church, they came downe unto the byshoppe, and knelyd downe in the myddes of the church, and there had their dyssiplines of hym, and he kyssyd them; and soo went unto the crosse, and stode there alle the [sermon] tyme, and whan he came unto the beddes d they turnyd unto the precher and knelyd downe [and asked forgive] ness there of hym, and then he showyd their oppynyons opynly in the pulpyt.
Note 1. John Harpsfield, archdeacon of London: see Machyn, pp. 73, 340.
Note 2. A canon of Elsing sp
Note 3. lighted.
12th November 1554. Item the xij. day [of November] began the parlament at Westmyster, wher as the kynge (age 27) rode in hys parlament robe, and [the que]ne (age 38) in an opyne charret by hym1, on the ryght honde of hym, goodly aparelde and rychely [in a robe of crijmsone velvyt and cloth of golde; with alle the lorddes in their parlament robbys bothe spiritualle [and tempor]alle. And there was [a serm]on, in the whych was the pope prayd for at the masse of the Holy Gost.
Note 1. Compare with Machyn, p. 74.
13th November 1554. And the nexte day came the convocacion at Powlles, and the masse of the Holy Gost there also, and a sermon in the qwere ad clerum, and there the pope was prayd for also by name.
19th November 1554. Item the xix, day of November began the pluckynge downe of the postys at the corte gatte at Westmyster by the hyeway syde for the play of the Spanyardes that was callyd the cane1.
Note 1. The juego de cannas: see Machyn's Diary, pp. 76, 82, 83; and note in p. 389 [401].
24th November 1554. Item the xxiiij. of the same nionyth came in the cardnalle Powle by watter, and soo came unto the corte at Whythalle; and in the myddes of the brygge the kynge mette hym, and soo eche other salute other goodly and reverently; and soo wente in unto the qwene, and soo she mett them at hare gret chamber, and she salutyd hym; and there they talkyd a whylle, and he departyd un-to the place at Lambyth the wyche was preparyd for hym.
25th November 1554. Item the xxv. day of the same monyth was sent Kateryns day, and that day was the play at the corte gatte of the cane: in the wych the kynge with alle the lordes and soch as plesyd hym came from Dyrraham place1 goodly aparelde unto the place, and there playd, and havyng their targattes on their sholderes; and thankys be to God that there was no harme done there.
Note 1. Durham place in the Strand.
28th November 1554. Item the xxviij. day of the same monyth was a sermon in the qwere of Powlles, and Te Deum songe, with a generall procession1; and the byshoppe in hys myter and dyvers other byshoppes in their abbettes; the mayer [and] aldermene in their Scarlett with their clokys, and alle the crafttes in their best aparelle; and the nexte day was procession in every parich in Londone with Te Deum.
Note 1. In thanksgiving for "the queen's quickening:" see notes to Machyn, p. 341.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
28th November 1554. Item that same day at afternone came the cardnalle un-to the corte, and shoyd hys mynde unto the kynge and qwene and the councelle, with dyvers of the parlament howse, and soo departyd to Lambyth agayne.
2nd December 1554. Item the ij. day of December after was the furst sonday of Advent, and that day the sayd cardnalle came unto Powlles, and there was reseved of the byshoppe of London and the byshoppe of Wynchester, then beynge chaunsler of Yngland, at the church dore, and alle the parich churches of the dioses of London, parsons, vicars, and curattes, in their coppys, with their clarkes holdynge their crosses with their banneres.
17th December 1554. Item the xvij. of the same monyth came in the prince of [Piedmont1] at after-none by watter, and soo to the cortte.
Note 1. See Machyn, pp. 79, 341. Emanuel Philibert (age 26), Prince of Piedmont, and duke of Savoy, had been the first person elected into the order of the garter in the reign of queen Mary. He was cousin -german to king Philip by their mothers, and it was contemplated that he should marry the princess Elizabeth. See Tytler's Edward VI. and Mary, ii. 448 et seq.