ay, in the tour of London, kyng Richard
resigned his dignyte in this yere of his regne xxiij; and duke Herry
was be generall accorded in parlement chosyn kyng, his regne thanne
begynnynge, and sithen crowned. Thanne was S^{r}. John Slake at
Westm', dene of the kynges chapell, arested and put in prison in
Ludgate, and othere certeyn monkes of Westm'. Also S^{r}. William
Bagot, knyght, was arested besyde Develyn in Irlond, and brought to
London.

[Footnote 79: "whiche was kyng after his fa'ir Henry of Derby" _in the
Cotton MS._]

[Footnote 80: "xxiij of September" _in the Cotton MS._]

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NOMI'A MAIOR' ET VICECOMITU' LONDON' TEMPORE REGIS HENR' QUARTI, QUI
CORONATUS FUIT APUD WESTM' IN DIE T'NSLAC'O'IS S'C'I EDWARDI REG' ET
CONFESSORIS, ANNO D'NI MILL'MO CCC^{mo} NONOGESIMO NONO.

REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1399-1400.]

Thomas Knolles, groc', m'. Will' Waldern, m'c'. A^{o}. p^{o}.
Will' Hyde.

[Sidenote: Lordes purposed to a sclayn the kyng.]

[Sidenote: Decapitacio d'nor'.]

This yere, on the twelfthe day after Cristemasse, the erle of Kent,
the erle of Hunt', the lord Spenser, S^{r}. Rauf Lumley, and manye
othere knyghtes and squyres were purposyd to have sclayn the kyng and
hise children at Wyndesore, and thoo that helde with them be a
mommynge; but, as it fortuned, the kyng hadde warnynge; and anon he
rood to London in gret haste, and made hym strong to ryde on hise
adversaries afore said; the whiche lordes were assembled at Redynge,
purposyng for to do as they hadde ment; and fro thens they come to
Wyndesore, and deden moche harme thereaboughte. And whanne they hadde
aspied that the kyng was forth to London, they token there wey to
Surcetre, and made cryes be the weye, and at Surcetre also, seyenge
that kyng Richard was up with alle Walys and Chestyrschire; and kyng
Herry fledde to the tour of London: but for all that the toun aroos
and toke them with grete strenkthe; and there they beheded the erle of
Kent and the erle of Salesbury; also the erle of Huntyngton was
beheded at Plasshe in Essex, the whiche was fled and wolde a passed
the see to have brought in Frensshmen for to distroye Engelond; and he
myghte have no wynd to brynge hym over, and he was take and beheded as
it ys above seid. Also at Sucetre the same tyme was beheded S^{r}.
Rauf Lumley; and at Oxenford were beheded S^{r}. Thomas Blount, S^{r}.
Benet Cely, Thomas Wyntreshull s