[Footnote 83: "worthie lordes, knyghts, and squyers, gentilles, and good yomen" _in the Cotton MS._] REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1403-1405.] Will'm Askam, fysshmong', Thomas Faucon', m'c'. A^{o}. v^{to}. maior. Th' Polle, goldsmyth. [Sidenote: The takyng of William Cerle.] This William Askam was prentys to William Walworth, sume tyme maire, that was prentys sum tyme with John Lovekyn; and alle schirreves and meires ech after other in on house. In this yere William Cerle yoman of the robys with kyng Richard, whiche was on of them that mordred the goode duke of Gloucestre at Caleys, was taken in the march of Scotlond and brought to London, where that he was drawen, and hanged, boweld, and his bowels brente before hym, and thanne beheded and quartered at Tyburne. In this yere the lord Castell, with gret peple of Bretouns and Normaundes, londed at the Blake Pole, too mile fro Dertmouth, and there he was sclayn; and the peple fledde. John Hende, drap', Will' Louthe, goldsmyth. A^{o}. vj^{to}. maior. Stephan Spylman, m'c'. [Sidenote: Richard Scrop the erchebysshop of York and the lord Moubray were beheded.] [Sidenote: The children of the erles of March were stole out of the castell of Wyndesore.] In this yere Thomas the kynges sone was admirall of the see and seiled into Flaundres, and he landed at Scluse and yaf theretoo a grete sawte, and he brente bothe in Cahaunt and in Flaundres. Also he toke the carykes of Jene, whiche he broughte to Wynchelsey; and there, thorugh mysgovernaunce, the carikes[84] with alle the good therinne was brent. Also in this yere of oure lord a m^{l}ccccv, Richard Scrop erchebysshop of York, and the lord Moubray[85] were beheded a lytel out of York, upon Whitson Moneday. Also the same yere were the children of the erle of Marche stolen out of the castell of Wyndesore, aboughte mydnyght as it was seid, and were led into Walys to Owayn of Glendore, for he was a rebell to oure kyng that tyme, and alle Walys for the more partye be v yere before. Also the forseid children were brought ayene to the kyng; and the lady Spenser was accused, and here brother, that was called duk of York, of gret treson for the forseid children; and the cause was, for they seyden that the eldere chyld was trewe kyng. Also the forseyd duke was in kepynge of S^{r}. John Pelham at Pevensey, in the castell, unto the parlement nest folwynge. [Footnote 84: "one of the saide carikes" _in the Cotton MS._] [Footnote 85: "the lord Moubray erle marchal" _in the Cotton MS._] REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1405-1407.] John Wodecok, Will' Crowm'e, drap'. A^{o}. vij. m'c', m'. Herry Barton, skynn'. [Sidenote: The weres were stroyd.] [Sidenote: Travers yoman of the kynges chaumbre was hanged, poysonyng his wyffe.]