Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (3 of 9): Henrie the Sixt, Sonne and Heire to Henrie the FiftHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (3 of 9): Henrie the Sixt, Sonne and Heire to Henrie the Fift
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
Thus were all those of the one part lodged within the citie, and those
of the other without, in Holborne towards Westminster, and in other
places of the suburbs, all vpon wise consideration: for that the
Yorke faction and the Lancastrians could not well haue béene mingled
without danger of discord. After that these lords were thus come vnto
London, the king and the quéene shortlie followed, comming thither the
seuentéenth daie of March, and lodged in the bishops palace. Bicause
no riotous attempt or bickering should be begun betwéene anie of the
parties or their retinues, the maior and aldermen of the citie kept
great watch, as well by daie as by night, riding about the citie by
Holborne, and Fléetstréet, with fiue thousand men well armed and
arraied, to sée good order and peace on all sides kept.
[Sidenote: The lords are brought to agrée.]
The lords which lodged within the citie held a dailie councell
at blacke friers; the other part soiourning without the walles,
assembled likewise in the chapiter house at Westminster. At length
by the diligent trauell and good exhortation of the archbishop of
Canturburie, and other prelats; both parties were persuaded to come to
communication, and so did. Where, after long debating of grieuances
on both sides, they promising to forget all old rancors, and to be
fréends each to other, & both obedient to the king, were accorded by
award, wherof writings were sealed, signed, and deliuered to effect as
followeth.
The award made at Westminster on the thrée and twentith of March, Anno
regni regis 36.
[Sidenote: The clergie were sure in those daies to loose nothing by
these contentions howsoeuer the world went.]
First, that at the costs, charges, and expenses of the duke of Yorke,
the earles of Warwike, and Salisburie, fourtie & fiue pounds of
yearelie rent should be assured by waie of a mortisement for euer,
vnto the monasterie of S. Albons, for suffrages and obits to be
kept, and almes to be imploied for the soules of Edmund late duke of
Summerset, Henrie late erle of Northumberland, and Thomas late lord
Clifford late slaine in the battell of saint Albons, and buried in the
abbeie church, and also for the soules of all other slaine in the same
battell. The said duke of Summerset, the earle of Northumberland, and
lord Clifford, by vertue of the same award, were declared for true and
faithfull liegemen to the king, and so to be holden and reputed in the
daie of their deaths, aswell as the said duke of Yorke, the earles of
Warwike and Salisburie.
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