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
Item, Edward earle of March, and Edmund earle of Rutland, sonnes of the
said duke of Yorke, shall make like oth.
Item, it is accorded, appointed, and agréed that the said Richard duke
of Yorke, shall be called and reputed from hencefoorth, verie and
rightfull heire to the crownes, roiall estate, dignitie and lordship
aboue said; and after the deceasse of the said king Henrie, or when he
will laie from him the said crownes, estate, dignitie, and lordship,
the said duke and his heires shall immediatlie succéed to the said
crownes, roiall estate, dignitie and lordship.
Item, the said Richard duke of Yorke, shall haue by authoritie of this
present parlement, castels, manors, lands, and tenements, with the
wards, marriages, reliefes, seruices, fines, amercements, offices,
aduousons, fées, and other appurtenances to them belonging, what soeuer
they be, to the yearelie value of ten thousand marks, ouer all charges
and reprises; whereof fiue thousand marks shall be to his owne state,
thrée thousand fiue hundred marks to Edward his first begotten sonne
earle of March for his estate, and one thousand pounds to Edmund earle
of Rutland his second sonne for his yearlie sustentation, in such
consideration and such intent as shall be declared by the lords of the
kings councell.
Item, if anie person or persons imagine or compasse the death of the
said duke, and thereof probablie be attainted of open déed doone by
folkes of other condition, that it be déemed & adiuged high treason.
Item, for the more establishing of the said accord, it is appointed
and consented, that the lords spirituall and temporall, being in
this present parlement, shall make oths, to accept, take, worship,
and repute the said Richard duke of Yorke and his heires, as aboue
is rehearsed, and kéepe, obserue, and strengthen (in as much as
apperteineth vnto them) all the things abouesaid, and resist to their
power, all them that would presume the contrarie, according to their
estates and degrées.
Item, the said Richard duke of Yorke, earles of March, and Rutland,
shall permit and make other to helpe, aid, and defend the said lords,
and euerie of them against all those that will quarell, or anie thing
attempt against the said lords, or anie of them, by occasion of
agréement or consenting to the said accord, or assistance giuing to the
duke and earles, or anie of them.
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