Chronicle of Greyfriars 1551

22 Mar 1551. Item the xxij. day of Marche was Pame sonday, and as that daye [were] put into the Fleete dyvers gentylmen, as sir Antoni Browne, M. (blank) sargant of the lawe, wyth dyvers other, for herynge of inasse in rny lady Mary's curte at sent Jones^a and was there.

Note a. St. John's at Clerkenwell.

27 Jun 1551. And the xxvij. day of the same monyth the byshoppe of Wynchester (age 37) that was than (John Ponet (age 37)^c ) was devorsyd from hys wyffe in Powlles, the whyche was a bucheres wyff of Nottynggam, and gave hare husbande a sartyne mony a yere dureynge hys lyffe as it was jugydde by the lawe.

Note c. The name is left blank in the manuscript. This passage is remarkable as a fuller statement of the same matter of which a brief notice occurs in Machyn's Diary, p. 8, and which was only assigned by strong presumption to bishop Ponet. See the note, ibid, p. 320.

31 Jul 1551 and 01 Aug 1551. Item the last day of July (and) the furst of August rydde in a cartte a tayler of Fletstret and hys syster rydde in a carte abowte London, and bothe ther heddes shavynne, for avouttre, that he had ij. childerne by harre, and the iij de day was bannyshyd the citte bothe; but he wolde have gevyne moch to a be scowsyd [excused], but it wold not be tane.

17 Aug 1551. Item the xvij. day of August was a proclamacion at vj. a cloke in the mornynge for the qwyne of testornes of ixd. unto vj d., and grottes unto ij d., and ij d. unto j d., and j d. unto a ob., and ob. unto q.; and it the vitolles [were dearer] than the ware before.^e

Note e. i. e. and yet victuals were dearer than they were before.

23 Aug 1551. Item xxiij. day of Auguste the pariche of seynt [Faith ente]rd furst into Jesus chappelle as their parich church and had servys there.^a

Note a. Jesus chapel was in the crypt of St. Paul's cathedral church: see a note to Machyn's Diary, p. 365. The parishioners of St. Faith were placed in this church in 1551: see Stowe's Survay and Newcourt's Repertorium Londinense, vol. i. p. 349.

01 Dec 1551. Item the furst day of day of December was browte the deuke of Somersett (age 51) owte of the towre [Map] by watter at v. a clocke in the mornynge, and j. or ij. drownyd by the waye in the Tems betweene the tower and Westmester; and there he (was) araynyd before the cowncell, and so pletyd for hym selfe that he was qwytt for the treson, and corny tted unto the tower of London [Map] agayne.

02 Dec 1551. Item the nexte day was the lorde Gray with dyvers other that ware in the tower [Map] was browte unto Westmester unto the starre chamber, and sent home agayne.

08 Dec 1551. Item the viij. day of that monyth was a gret muster at Totehylle [Map] of men of armes befor the kynge (age 14), of dyvers lordes.

16 Dec 1551. Item the xvj. day was a proclamacion for the new qwyne that no man [should speak ill o]f it, for because that the pepulle sayd dyvers that ther was the ragyd staffe^a it.

Note a. One of the many intimations of the unpopularity of the duke of Northumberland (age 47), whose badge was the ragged staff.

                    20 Dec 1551. Item the xxth day of December was sorne [sworn] the byshoppe of Ely lorde [chancellor of Engla]nd.
                
                    Item that same day was the muster of the dewke of Somersettes servanttes before [the king at] Totylle [Map] also.
                
                    Item the same day was comytted unto the tower [Map] the byshopp [of Dur]hame Cudberte Tunstalle (age 77).