[Footnote 284: The King was at Coventry at Christmas 1467, doubtless to keep an eye on Warwick's movements (Ramsay, ii. 327).] [Footnote 285: _Leet Book_, 343. The mayor, William Saunders, dyer, gave £5 to the collection of money for the soldiers, so that poor people might be spared (_Ib._, 344). Either owing to the fact that the cause was unpopular, or that the people were weary of war, soldiers could not be had under 10d. a day. The air at this time was filled with rumours; one John Baldwin, cordwainer, of Dartmouth, had been committed to ward within the city for delivering treasonable letters in England, though he did it out "of innocence and simpleness," being unaware of their contents (_Ib._, 340).] [Footnote 286: The first commission of array, dated Stamford, July 5, urged the citizens to send 100 archers against the rebels. The second (Newark, July 10) bade them hasten their preparations and make no risings or assemblies (_Ib._, 341, 343).] [Footnote 287: See Oman, _Warwick the King-maker_.] [Footnote 288: _Leet Book_, 342.] [Footnote 289: A manifesto, issued July 12, calling upon all "true subjects to join Warwick in presenting certain articles of petition to the king" (_v._ Ramsay, ii. 337), is not mentioned in the _Leet Book_. The citizens of Coventry did not, it seems, join Warwick, they sent men to Edward (_Leet Book_, 345-6).] [Footnote 290: _Leet Book_, 346.] [Footnote 291: Ramsay, ii. 343; Oman, _Warwick_, 189. Oman says Olney in Northamptonshire.] [Footnote 292: "Item XIIo die Augusti eodem anno dominus le revers (Lord Rivers), tune thesaurarius Anglie, fuit decollatus apud Gosford grene, et dominus Johannes Wodvyle, filius ejus, similiter" (_Leet Book_, 346).] [Footnote 293: _Leet Book_, 354.] [Footnote 294: Ramsay, ii. 350.] [Footnote 295: Corp. MS.; see below, p. 152.] [Footnote 296: _Leet Book_, 355. Troops went from Coventry to support Edward in 1469 and 1470. On both these occasions the men took 12d. a day. But the next year, when the Lancastrians were ruling and a war with Burgundy was in prospect, only 6d. a day was given to the soldiers. Was the Lancastrian cause and war with Burgundy popular then?] [Footnote 297: The square brackets enclose words which are missing in the MS. The records were hastily written at the time, and are much mutilated (_Leet Book_, 358).] [Footnote 298: Welles, leader of the revolt in Lincolnshire.] [Footnote 299: Jasper Tudor, half-brother to Henry VI.] [Footnote 300: Thomas Neville, natural son of Lord Fauconberg.] [Footnote 301: Query? They landed at Dartmouth and Plymouth.] [Footnote 302: Hastings.] [Footnote 303: Burgundy.] [Footnote 304: Archbishop Neville.] [Footnote 305: Not quite correct. Henry VI. was taken by the Yorkists, July 1465. Hence he had only been in prison five years.] [Footnote 306: S. Paul's.] [Footnote 307: Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, the "Butcher," beheaded October 18, at Tower Hill.]