y for him, to commend him to all his
friends, and to comfort his mother and his little children, for, as he
then said, he felt assured that they should not see his face any more.
Taking leave, with many tears and much, sorrow of heart, he came nigh to
the residence of Sir Roger Barton, a bigoted persecutor, and an avowed
enemy of the reformed church.

It was about nine o'clock, on a cold and bitter morning, when he came in
sight of the court-gate. Then surrounded with trees, the mansion itself
was not visible but within a short distance. This house, now ancient and
decayed, then existed in all its pomp and magnificence, having only been
erected, as tradition informs us, some fifty years before, by Sir Andrew
Barton, a famous pirate or free rover, who was knighted by James III. of
Scotland for his great bravery. In the third year of Henry the Eighth,
with two stout vessels called the _Lion_ and The _Jenny Perwin_, he
considerably interrupted the navigation on the English coasts. His
pretence was letters of reprisals granted him against the Portuguese by
James III. Under colour of this grant, he took ships of all nations,
alleging that they had Portuguese goods on board. Complaint being made
to the Privy Council of England, the Earl of Surrey said, "The narrow
seas should not be infested while he had estate enough to furnish a
ship, or a son capable of commanding it." Upon this, two ships were
immediately fitted out, and commanded by Sir Thomas and Sir Edward
Howard, sons to the Earl of Surrey, at their own expense, when, having
been some days at sea, they were separated by a storm, which gave Sir
Thomas Howard an opportunity of coming up with Sir Andrew Barton in the
_Lion_, whom he immediately engaged. The fight was long and doubtful,
for Barton, being an experienced seaman, and having under him a
determined crew, made a desperate defence, himself cheering them with a
boatswain's whistle to his last breath. The loss of their commander,
however, caused them to submit, on which they received fair quarter and
good usage. In the meantime, Sir Edward attacked and captured the _Jenny
Perwin_, after an obstinate resistance. Both these ships, with as many
of their crew as were left alive, about one hundred and fifty, were
brought into the river Thames, on the 2nd of August 1511, as trophies of
the victory. The prisoners were sent to the Archbishop of York's palace,
now Whitehall, where they remained for some time, but were after