Chapter XVIII: (m789) (4)

M371 The lords appellant admitted into the city, Dec., 1387.

692 Higden, ix, 111-114; Walsingham, ii, 170, 171; Engl. Chron. (Camd.
Soc. No. 64), p. 5.

M372 The lords at the Guildhall, 18 Jan., 1388.

693 Higden, ix, 117, 118.

M373 Trial of Brembre before parliament, Feb., 1388.

694 Howell's State Trials, i, 115.

M374 Conviction and sentence of death.

695 Higden, Polychron. ix, 168.

696 State Trials, i, 118, 119.

M375 Character of Brembre as depicted by Walsingham.

697 Walsingham, ii, 165-174.

M376 Deaths of Tressilian and Uske.

698 Higden, ix, 167-169.

M377 The proceedings of the "merciless" parliament confirmed by oath.

699 Letter Book H, fo. 228.

M378 Party spirit in the city, 1388-1389.

700 Letter Book H, fo, 161.

701 -_Id.,_ fo. 126; Higden ix, 179.

702 Letter Book H, fos. 234, 234b.

703 Higden ix, 217.

M379 The return of Northampton to the city, 1390.

704 Higden ix, 238, 239.

705 Letters patent, date, 2 Dec, 1390.--Letter Book H, fo. 255; Higden
ix, 243.

706 Letter Book H, fo. 259. (Memorials, p. 526.).

707 -_Id._, fo. 300.

M380 Proclamation enforcing knighthood, Feb., 1392.

708 -_Id._, fo. 270.

M381 The mayor summoned to Nottingham, June, 1392.

709 Higden, ix, 270. According to Walsingham (Hist. Angl. ii, 208), the
Lombard failed to get the money from the citizens, who nearly killed
him when they learnt his purpose.

710 The names of the citizens chosen for the occasion are given by
Higden (Polychron. ix, 269, 270), and in Letter Book H, fo. 270.

711 The reason given in the City Records for the dismissals which
followed is stated to be "certain defects in a commission under the
common seal and other causes."--Letter Book H, fo. 270b.

M382 The mayor and sheriffs committed to prison, June, 1392.

712 Higden, Polychron. ix, 272; Walsingham, ii, 208-209.

M383 Sir Edward Dalyngrigge appointed warden of the city, July, 1392.

713 Higden, ix, 273; Letter Book H, fo. 270b.

714 Letter Book H, fo. 275b.

715 -_Id._, fo. 273.

M384 The City fined L100,000, July, 1392.

716 Letter Book H, fo. 269b; Higden, ix, 267. Walsingham (ii, 213)
suggests that this was done at the instance of the Archbishop of
York, the Chancellor.

717 "Putabant isti officiarii per hoc non modicum damnificare civitatem
Lundoniae, sed potius hoc multo majora damna intulerunt regi et
hominibus regni quam jam dictae civitati."--Higden, ix, 267-268.

718 Walsingham, ii, 210.

719 Higden, ix, 273.

720 Letters Patent of pardon, dated Woodstock, 19 September, 1392.
Preserved at the Guildhall (Box No. 6).

721 Higden. ix, 274, 276, 278; Letter Book H, fos. 271b, 272, 274.
Notwithstanding these remissions, the city was mulcted, according to
Waisingham (ii, 211), in no less a sum than L10,000 before it
received its liberties.--_Cf._ Chron. of London, 1089-1483 (ed. by
Sir H. Nicolas, sometimes called "Tyrrell's Chronicle," from a City
Remembrancer of that name), p. 80.

M385 Municipal reforms, 1393.

722 Stat. 17, Ric. II, c. 13; Letter Book H, fos. 290b, 291.; Bohun,
"Privilegia Londini" (ed. 1723), p. 57.

M386 Change of conduct on the part of Richard, 1394-1398.

723 Higden, ix, 274.

724 Stubbs, Const. Hist., ii, 489-490.

725 Letter Book H, fo. 314.

726 Engl. Chron. (Camd. Soc. No. 64), p. 12.

727 "Also this yere (1397-8), by selying of blank chartres, the Citie of
London paied to the kyng a ml li."--Chron. of London (ed. by Sir H.
Nicolas); p. 83.

M387 The landing of Henry of Lancaster, July, 1399.

728 Letters Patent, dat. 9 May, 1399.--Letter Book H, fo. 326. Richard
set sail on the 29th.

M388 Richard's surrender and deposition from the crown.

729 "Douze cent hommes de Londres, tous armes et montes a
cheval."--Froissart (ed. Lyon, 1559), vol. iv, c. 108, p. 328. In
Lord Berner's translation of Froissart (iv, 566), the number is
wrongly given as 12,000.

M389 Doubtful reports as to the late king's death.

730 Walsingham, ii, 245, 246.

731 Walsingham, ii, 262-264. Serle's Christian name is given elsewhere
as John.--Eng. Chron. (Camd. Soc., No. 64), p. 30. The writ for his
execution is dated 5 August, 1404.--Letter Book I, fo. 31b.

M390 The "Trumpington" Conspiracy, 1416-1420.

732 Letter Book I, fo. 180b. (Memorials, pp. 638-641). Walsingham, ii,
317.

733 City Records Journal, I, fo. 83b. We have now a series of MS.
Volumes among the City's archives known as "Journals" to assist us.
They contain minutes of proceedings of the Court of Common Council,
just as the "Repertories" (which we shall have occasion to consult
later on), contain a record of the proceedings of the Court of
Aldermen. The Letter Books may now be regarded as "fair copies" of
the more important of the proceedings of both Courts.

M391 Proceedings against the Lollards.

734 Letter Book H, fo. 307b. The Lollards are said to have derived their
name from a low German word _lollen_, to sing or chant, from their
habit of chanting, but their clerical opponents affected to derive
it from the Latin _lolium_, as if this sect were as tares among the
true wheat of the church.

735 Letter Book I, fo. 125b-132.

736 -_Id._, fo. 130b.

737 -_Ibid._

M392 The statute of heresy, 1401.

738 Letter Book I, fo. 11b.

739 He appears, however, to have burnt by a special order of the king,
before the passing of the statute.--See Fasc. Zizan. (Rolls Series
No. 5), Introd. p. lxix.

M393 Henry's other troubles.

740 A curious story is told of boys in the streets playing at England
and Scotland at this time, with the result that what began in play
ended in fighting and loss of life.--See Chron. Mon. S. Albani (Rolls
Series No. 28, 3), p. 332.

741 Letter Book I, fo. 16.

M394 Supplies granted by parliament in 1404.

742 Letter Book I, fo. 27; Chron. Mon. S. Albani (Rolls Series No. 28,
3), p. 379.

M395 More city loans in 1409 & 1412.

743 Letter Book I, fo. 89b.

744 -_Id._, fo. 113.

745 -_Id._, fo. 108b.

746 Letter Book I, fo. 112b.

747 Exchequer Roll, Lay Subsidy, 144-20.--See Archaeological Journal, vol.
xliv, 56-82.

M396 Whitington mayor for the third time, 1406.

748 Letter Book I, fo. 54. (Memorials pp. 563-564.)

749 License, dated Westminster, 29 May, 12 Henry IV (A.D. 1411).--Letter