lnham, a village near
Abingdon; but as it was found that this church had not the privilege
of giving protection to rebels, they were taken thence; the elder was
executed at Tyburn; the younger, pleading that he had been misled by his
brother, obtained a pardon.[*]

* Polyd. Virg. p. 569.

Henry's joy for this success was followed, some time after, by the birth
of a prince, to whom he gave the name of Arthur in memory of the famous
British king of that name, from whom it was pretended the family of
Tudor derived its descent.

Though Henry had been able to defeat this hasty rebellion raised by
the relics of Richard's partisans, his government was become in general
unpopular: the source of public discontent arose chiefly from his
prejudices against the house of York which was generally beloved by
the nation, and which, for that very reason, became every day more
the object of his hatred and jealousy. Not only a preference on all
occasions, it was observed, was given to the Lancastrians, but many
of the opposite party had been exposed to great severity, and had been
bereaved of their fortunes by acts of attainder. A general resumption
likewise had passed of all grants made by the princes of the house of
York; and though this rigor had been covered under the pretence that the
revenue was become insufficient to support the dignity of the crown, and
though the grants during the later years of Henry VI. were resumed by
the same law, yet the York party, as they were the principal sufferers
by the resumption, thought it chiefly levelled against them. The
severity exercised against the earl of Warwick begat compassion for
youth and innocence exposed to such oppression; and his confinement in
the Tower, the very place where Edward's children had been murdered by
their uncle, made the public expect a like catastrophe for him, and led
them to make a comparison between Henry and that detested tyrant. And
when it was remarked that the queen herself met with harsh treatment,
and even after the birth of a son, was not admitted to the honor of
a public coronation, Henry's prepossessions were then concluded to be
inveterate, and men became equally obstinate in their disgust to his
government. Nor was the manner and address of the king calculated to
cure these prejudices contracted against his administration; but had
in every thing a tendency to promote fear, or at best reverence, rather
than good will and affection.[*] While the hi