Tudor Books, Wriothesley's Chronicle 1540
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1540 is in Wriothesley's Chronicle.
28 Jul 1540. This yeare, the 28th dale of Julie Sir Thomas Crumwell (age 55), Earle of Essex, was beheaded at the Tower Hill, and Walter Lord named Hungerforde (age 37) was beheaded with him, also for treason of boggery,d their heades sett on London Bridge, and their bodies were buried within the Tower of London; they were condemned by the whole bodie of this last Perliament,e Thomas Cromwell for heresie, treason, I and fellonie, and extortion.f
Note d. Lord Hungerford at the hour of his death seemed so unqoiet that many judged him rather frenzied than otherwise; he suffered, as it was said, for buggery. Stow.
Note e. The unanimity of Parliament is attested by the entries on the Journals, "Hodie (June 19) lecta est pro secundo et tertio, villa attincturs Thorns Comitis Essex, et communi omnium procerum tunc prssentium concessu, nemine discrepante, expedita est."
Note f. The summary process of an attainder without a trial, which Crumwell had first devised against the aged Countess of Salisbury (age 66), was resorted to against himself. He was declared by his peers a manifold traitor and detestable heretic, but his real crime was having urged his royal master, as a means of advancing his grand Protestant scheme, to solicit the hand of Anne of Cleves.
30 Jul 1540. This yeare, the thirtith daie of Julie, 1540,g were drawen from the Tower of London into Smythfield theise persons follwinge, that is to saie: Doctor Barnes,h Richard Fetherston, William Jerome, Vicar of Stepney, Doctor Edward Powell, Thomas Jerrard, Parson of Honi Lane, and Thomas Abell,a priestes, of which three of them, that is to say, Barnes, Jherome, and Garrarde, were brent for heresie,b condemned by the whole bodie of the Perliament,c and Fetherston, Powell, and Abell were hanged, their bowells brenned, headed and quartered, in the said place of Smythfield, for treason against the Kinges Majestie,d and condemned of the same by the whole Perliament.
Note g. The King's councils being at this time directed by Norfolk and Gardiner, the law of the Six Articles was enforced with rigour against the Protestants.
Note h. Robert Barnes, D.D. who had been the cause of Lambert's execution. He had drawn upon himself the resentment of Bishop Gardiner by his sermon at Paul's Cross, in which he had bitterlj inreighed against that prelate as a bigoted Roman Catholic.
Note a. Thomas Abley in Fuller's Church History.
Note b. A stranger, standing by, did wonder, as well he might, of what religion the King was, his sword cutting on both sides, Protestants being burnt for heretics, and Papists hanged for traitors.— Fuller's Church History, p. 285.
Note c. They were condemned by a bill of attainder in parliament, without trial.
Note d. For denying the King's supremacy, and affirming his marriage with Queen Katharine to be good, of the which argument Dr. Powell wrote a book, printed in quarto, and I'have seen it. — Stow.
04 Aug 1540. This yeare, the fowerth daie of Awgust, were drawen from the Tower of London to Tiburne [Map], Giles Heron (deceased), gentleman, Clement Philpott, gentleman, late of Callis, and servant to the Lord Lile (age 76)e, Darbie Gynning, Edrnonde Bryndholme, priest, William Horn, late a lay brother of the Charter Howse of London, and another,f with six persons more, were there hanged drawen, and quartered, and one Charles Carow, gentleman, was that daie hanged for robbing of my Ladie Carowe, all which persons were attaynted by the whole Parliament for treason.
Note e. Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, was Deputy of Calais from 1533 to 1540, when he was recalled, and died a prisoner in the Tower 1542.
Note f. These names differ considerably from those given in Stow, viz. Giles Home, gentleman, Clement Phillip, gentleman, of Calais, and servant to the Lord Lisle, Darby Gening, Edmond Bromholme, priest, chaplain to the Lord Lisle, William Home, Laurence Cooke, Prior of Doncaster, and Bobert Bird.
08 Aug 1540The 8th day of August was buried the noble King Edward the 6th, and seven year of his reign; and at his burying was the greatest moan made for him of his death [as ever] was heard or seen, both of all sorts of people, weeping and lamenting; and first of all went a great company of children in ther surplusses, and clerks singing, and then his father's beadsmen, and then two heralds, and then a standard with a dragon, and then a great number of his servants in black, and then another standard with a white greyhound, and then after a great number of his officers, and after them comes more heralds, and then a standard with the head officers of his house; and then heralds, Norrey [Herald] bare the helmet and the crest on horseback, and then hi great banner of armes embroidered, and with diverss other banners, and then came riding master Clarenceau with his target, with his garter, and his sword, gorgeously and rich, and after Garter with his coat [of] armour in embroidery, and then more [heralds] of arms; and then came the chariot with great horses trapped with velvet to the ground, and hevier horse having [a man] on his bake in blacke, and ever on burying a banner-roll [of] diverss kings arms, and with escutcheons on their horses, and then the chariot covered with cloth of gold, and on the [chariot] lay on a picture lying richly with a crown of gold, and a great colla, and his sceptre in his hand, lying in his robes [and the garter about his leg, and a coat in embroidery of gold; about the corpse were borne four banners, a banner of the order, another of the red rose, another of queen Jane (Seymour), another of the queen's mother. After him went a goodly horse, covered with cloth of gold unto the ground, and the master of the horse, with a man of arms in armour, which] was offered, both the man and the horse. There was set up a goodly hearse in Westmynster abbey with banner [-rolls] and pensells, and hung with velvet about.
This yeare, the eight daie of Awgust, being Sondaie, the King (age 49) was maried to [Note. The marriage was made public] Katherin Hawarde (age 17), daughter of the late Edmond Hawarda deceased, and brother to the Duke of Norfolke (age 67)b, at his manner of Hampton Court [Map], and that dale she dined in her great chamber under the cloath of estate, and was their proclaymed Queene of Englande.
Note a. By Joyce, daughter of Sir Richard Culpepper, knt. She was also cousin to Anne Boleyn, but of very different character and persuasion, being a zealous partisan of the Church of Rome, and wholly under the guidance of her bigoted uncle the Duke of Norfolk.
Note b. Lord Edmund Howard was son of Thomas second Duke of Norfolk, and brother to Thomas third Duke.
Also this yeare at the last Perliament, which was dissolved in Julie last past, was granted to the King 4 xvthes and tow subsidies of 12d. the of landes and goodes, and 2s. the for strangers, and for moveables six pence the £, and strangers 12d. ; to be paid the xvthes in fower yeares next ymediatlie ensewinge, and the subsedie in tow yeares next ensuing this Perliamente, the King to take the best landes in moveables; also the spiritualtie hath granted a dismee of 4s. the pound, to be paide in tow yeares ymediatlie after this Perliament.
07 Sep 1540. This yeare, on the eaven of the Nativitie of Our Ladie, was taken in the Thames about Dartforde by Greene wych, dolphines, tow females and one male, which said females had followed the male out of the sea, and were first spied about Erith, and so followed by fishermen with nettes, and were taken all together.
11 Sep 1540. Also the 11th daie of September was hanged in the Morefield [Map] before Betchlem Bridgee a stranger, named James Rynacyacyf, a Florentine borne, which said James had slaine one Capon, a Florentine borne, in a garden at Bethlem, on Bartholomew evin last past, very wilfullie, and had stabbed him in divers partes of his bodie with a dagger, having one wounde in his backe of six inches deepe.
Note e. Bethlehem Hospital originally stood on the east side of that part of the mere or moor afterwards known as Moorfields, from which it was divided by a large and deep ditch, over which was a bridge.
Note f. Stow calls him "Rinatian".
This yeare was a hott sommer and drie, so that no raine fell from June till eight daies after Michaelmas, so that in divers partes of this realme the people caried their cattle six or seven miles to watter them, and also much cattle died; and also their rayned strang sicknes among the people in this realme, as laskes a and hott agues, and also pestilence, wherof many people died; wherfore the Kinges Majestie sent out commissions through this realme to everie par[ticular] bishopp to exhort the people to fall to prayer and to go in procession in everie parish in the hole realme; and also my Lord Mayer and the Bishopp of London caused generall procession to be once in the weeke through the cittie, which beganne the 17th daie of September, being Fridaie in the Ember weeke, and had a sermon made in Paules quire before the procession went, and used it so everie Fridaie, which was a godlie waie.
HENRICI VIII. Anno 32.
This yeare the Terme was rejornede till Crastino Animarum; and also the major tooke his oth at the Tower.
This yeare, the tenthc of December, Rafe Egerton, of London, being one of my Lord Chauncelors servantes, and one Thomas Hermane, sometyme servant with Fleetwood, one of my Lord Chancelors gentlemen, were drawen from the Towre of London to Tiburne [Map], and there hanged and quartered for counterfeeting the Kinges Great Seale.
Note c. The 22nd of December.- Stow.
Note e. Thomas Harman, servant to Master Flight-wood. Stow.