Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjectsBrooke, Richard
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Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjects
Brooke, Richard
Battlefields -- England; Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
“From thens” [Kenilworth] “the King procedede to Coventrye, wher the
Bishop of Wynchester toke his leve and went to the Quene and the
Prince, and the substance of his companye waytede upon the King,
under the standerde of his neveu th Erle of Devonshir. From
Coventrie the King remeved unto Leycester, wherby the comaundement of
the mooste Reverende Fader in God, th Archbishop of Canterbury, then
Chanceller of England, the Kings proclamations were put in execusion.
And in especyal voydyng comen women and vagabonds, for ther wer
imprisonede great nomber of both. Wherfor ther was more reste in the
King’s hooste, and the better rule. And on the morow, which was on
the Monday, the King lefte ther the forsaide Reverende Fader in God
and roode to Loughborough; and the saide Lorde Chancellors folks were
commyttede by his neveu, Robert Morton, unto the stander of th Erle
of Oxinforde, in the fowarde. And at Loughborough, the stokks and
prisonnes wer reasonabley fylled with harlatts and vagabonds. And
after that were but fewe in the hooste unto the tyme the felde was
doon. On Tewsday the King remevede and lay al nyght in the felde,
under a wode called Bonley Rice. And on the Wednesday the King’s
marshalls and herbigers of his hoste did not so welle ther diligence
that way, for when the King remevede ther was no propre grounde
appoyntede wher the Kings hooste shulde logge that nyght hen
following, but it was a royal and a marvelouse faire and a wele
tempered day. And the King, with his hooste, wandrede her and ther a
great espace of tyme, and so came to a fayre longe hille, wher the
King sett his folks in array of batell, that is to say, a bow and a
bill at his bak, and al the fowarde were wele and warely loggede
under the hille to Notyngham warde. And when the King hade sene his
people in this fayr array, he roode to a village 3 myles a this side
Notingham, on the highway syde, wher in a gentilmannes place his
grace logede. And in that village, and in a bene felde to Notingham
warde, lougede al his batell; whiche evening wer taken certeyn
espies, whiche noysede in the contrey that the King had ben fledde.
And sume were hangede on the ashe at Notyngham Brygge ende. And on
the morowe, whiche was Corpus Christi day, after the King had harde
the dyvyne servyce in the pariche chirche, and the trumpetts hadde
blowne to horse, the King, not letting his hoste to understand his
entente, rode bakewarde to see, and also welcome the Lord Strannge,
whichc brought with hym a great hoste, inow to have beten al the
Kings enemies, only of my Lorde his faders th’ Erle of Derbye folks
and his. And al wer fayre embaytailled, whiche unknowne turnyng to
the hooste, causede many folks for to marvaille. Also the Kings
standerde and muche cariage folowde after the King, unto the tyme the
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