ntificat' mense die ... sup^{a}d'cis. Test' Nobiles viri d'ni
Oliueri' de Clisson. Guill'm' de mont agut Bartholomeus de borearhs
---- Rob'rt' de holand' thomas de Ros. Joh'n's de br---- Joh'n's ----
ccl' de london' Ber^{dus} de Brotas. ger^{dus} de menta R'ndus se
---- ---- p---- a---- a---- Ber^{dus} de la quinnada petrus de brassas
Ar^{dus} de ----

* * * * *

P. 73. "And at the Tour hill they beheded maistre Simond Sudbury, than
erchebisshop of Caunterbury and chaunceler of Englond; and frere
Robert Hales priour of seynt Jones house, than tresorer of Engelond,"
&c.

The rebellion noticed in the text is so important an event in the
history of England as well as of the Metropolis, that no apology can
be required for the insertion of an inedited document in any degree
connected with it. In the _Foedera_, tom. vii. are several
proclamations on the same subject, and among them one tested at London
on the 15^{th} June 1381, directed to the sheriff of Kent; but the
following, dated at Chelmsford on the 5^{th} of July in that year, has
never, it is believed, been printed. It appears from it that the
rebels had asserted that they were supported by the king's authority;
and His Majesty therefore, not merely denies the fact, but commands
the earl of Warwick and the other persons in that county to whom the
instrument is addressed, to use every possible effort to suppress the
disturbance of the public peace, in places under their jurisdiction.

COPIA PROCLAMATIONIS R. RICARDI II^{di} SUPER INSURRECTIONE JACK STRAW
ET WAT TYLER.

[_Cottonian MS. Caligula_ D. III. _super Membr._ f. 100.]

Ricardus dei gr'a Rex Angl' et Franc' et Dominus Hib'n' dil'cis et
fidelib' suis Thome Comiti Warr' Joh'i Buttourt Joh'i de Bermyngeham
Henr' de Arden' Will'o de Clynton Militib' Rob'to Burgilon' et Joh'i
Catesby: sal't'm Satis vob' et aliis ligeis n'r'is credimus esse
cognitum qualit' q^{a}mplures malef'c'ores iam nouit' cont^{a} pacem
n'ra' in diu'sis Com' regni n'ri Angl' in maximam turbaco'em fideliu'
ligeor' n'ror' in diu'sis congregac'o'ib' et conuenticulis illicitis
quasi hostilit' insurrexerunt ven'abilem p'rem Simonem nup' Archiep'm
Cantuar' tocius Angl' Primatem Cancellar' n'r'm et fr'em Rob'tum de
Hales nup' Priorem Hospitalis s'ci Joh'is Jer'l'm in Angl' Thes' n'r'm
Joh'em Cauendish nup' Capitalem Justic' n'r'm et q^{a}mplures alios
ligeos et s'uientes et fideles n'ros absq' culpa crudelit' occi