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GREY FRIARS OF LONDON.
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the vj. of the same monythe, and dyd no harme there; and this was Shroft tewsday; for the brygge drawebrygge was drawne agayne hym, and the nyght before many of hys men fled from hym; and the same tewsday was ij. men hongyd on a gybyt in Powlles churchyerd be-fore sent Gregory's. And that same day Wyet with hys host departyd owte of Sothwarke at ix. a cloke in the mornynge, and went un-to Kyngstone. and also at the same tyme the duck of Soffolke with hys brother was tane by the erle of Huntyngtone; and that same day was Te Deum songe in the qwenes chapelle for joye of it. And that same day the lorde Cobhame[1] and Harper whar put in-to the tower. [The vij.] day Wyet with hys host came un-to the parke besyde sent James and soo wolde [have entered, and there] most traytorys shott at the corte gattes that the arres stoke there longe after. And he hymselfe came in at Te[mple bar, and] soo downe alle Fletstrete, and soo un-to the Belle savage. And then was hys trayne [attacked at] the commandment of the erle of Pembroke, and sartayne of hys men salayne. And when [he saw] that Ludgatte was shutt agayne hym he departyd, saynge " I have kept towche," and soo went [back] agayne; and by the Tempulle barre he was tane, and soo browght by watter[2] unto the [tower] of London. And then alle the qwens host came thorrow London goodly in araye with sperys. And that same day was tane one William Albryght parsone of Kyngstone besyde Barrame downe,[3] precher of the gosspelle, besyde Charynge crosse in this rebellyone. Also it is to be supposed that Wyett hadde come in at Ludgat had not one John Harres a merchant-taylor in Watlynge stret [ha]d not sayd, " I know that theys be Wyettes ancienttes;" but some were

  1. Lord Cobham, though he had not joined the rebles, was compromised by the conduct of his sons. He was released with his son sir William on the 24th of March 1553–4: See Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 71, and Machyn's Diary, p. 58. His son Thomas was condemned, but afterwards pardoned. (Bayley's Tower of London, p. 445)
  2. He was carried first on horseback to Whitehall. See the Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary, p. 50.
  3. Kingston, co. Kent, five miles from Canterbury.