The xxiij day of Desember the Kynges grace^NOTE removyd from Westmynster unto Grenwyche to kepe ys Crystymas, and so he begane to kepe Halle, and ys grasse had a lord of myss-rulle^NOTE, kepyng goodly pastyme, for ys grace plesur, and wyth alle passtyme as have bene sene.

... chylderyn of hospetalle to ... chylderyn men-kyns and women in fryse, and the boysse red cape skotys, and every boy a pe...; and master Maynard the shreyff^NOTE had a lord of myssrulle, and the mores dansse, wyth a good compeny.

The iiij day of Januarij was bered master Robyn, alderman of London, dwellyng in Marke lane, and bered at Barkyng chyrche, and the strett hangyd wyth blake and the cherche and wyth armes, and ther was a harold beyryng ys cote armur and wyth iij penons of armes; and ther was the lord mere and the althermen at ys beryng, and ther dyd pryche doctur Borne, and ther was the compeny of the felowshyp of the Clarkes, and ther was gret compeny of morners, and he gayff a grett meyne of gownes ... ley for men to the nombur, and affter they whent to dener, for thys was a-ffor none.

The ssam day a-ffor non landyd at the Towre warffe the Kynges lord of myssrulle, and ther mett wyth hym the Shreyffes lord of myssrulle wyth ys men, and every on havyng a rebynd of bluw and whytt a-bowt ther nekes, and then ys trumpet, drumes, mores dansse, and tabrett, and he toke a swaerd and bare yt a-fore the kynges lord of myssrulle^NOTE, for the lord was gorgyusly a-rayed in purprelle welvet furyd wyth armyn, and ys robe braded wyth spangulls of selver full; and a-bowt ym syngers, and a-for hym on gret horses and in cottes and clokes of ... in-brodered wyth gold and wyth balderykes a-bowt ther nekes, whytt and blue sarsenets, and chynes of gold, and the rest of ys servands in bluw gardyd wyth whytt, and next a-for ys consell in bluw taffata and ther capes of whytt ... ys trumpeters, taburs, drumes, and flutes and fulles and ys mores dansse, gunes, mores-pykes, bagpypes; and ys massengers and ys gayllers wyth pelere, stokes, and ys axe, gyffes, and boltes, sum fast by the leges and sum by the nekes, and so rod thrugh Marke lane, and so thrugh Grasyus strett and Cornhylle; and ... trompet blohyng, makyng a proclamasyon ... and so the kyng lord was cared from the ... skaffold; and after the shreyffes lord; and the kynges lord gayff the shreyffes lord a gowne wyth gold and sylver, and anon after he knelyd downe and he toke a sword and gayff ym iij strokes and mad ym knyght, and after thay drank one to thodur a-pon the skaffold, and ys cofferer castyng gold and sylver in every plase as they rod, and after ys coffrer ys carege wyth hys cloth-saykes on horsse bak; and so whent a-bowt Chepe, wyth ys gayllers and ys presonars; and after the ij lordes toke ther horssys and rode unto my lord mare to dener; and after he came bake thrugh Chepe to the crosse, and so done Wodstrett unto the shreyffes howsse for more than alff a nore, and so forthe the Olde Jury and London wall unto my lord tresorer plasse^NOTE, and ther they had a grett banket the spasse of alff a nore; and so don to Byshopgate and to Ledenhall and thrughe Fanchyrche strett, and so to the Towre warffe; and the shreyff lord goyng wyth hym wyth torche-lyght, and ther the kynges lord toke ys pynnes^NOTE wyth a grett shott of gonnes, and so the shreyffes lord toke ys leyff of ym and cam home merele wyth ys mores dansse danssyng and so forth.

The xiij day of Januarij was put apon the pelore a woman for she wold have poyssoned her husband dwellyng wyth-in the Powlles bake-howsse, and the xiiij day she was wyped at a cart harsse^NOTE, and nakyd up-ward, and the xviij day folowhyng she was a-gayne apone the pelere for slanderyng.

The xxj day of the sam monyth rod unto Tyborne^NOTE ij felons, serten was for kyllyng of a gentylman^NOTE of sser Edward North knyght^NOTE, in Charturhowsse cheyrche-yerd — the vij yere of kyng Edward the vj.

The iij day of Feybruary was cared from the Marshalleshe^NOTE unto saynt Thomas of Wateryng a talman^NOTE, and whent thedur wyth the rope a-bowt ys neke, and so he hangyd a whylle, and the rope burst, and a whylle after and then they whent for a-nodur rope, and so lyke-wyss he burst yt and felle to the grond, and so he skapyd wyth ys lyffe.

The vj day of Julij, as they say, dessessyd the nobull Kyng Edward the vj. and the vij yere of ys rayne, and sune and here to the nobull kyng Henry the viij; and he was poyssoned, as evere body says, wher now, thanke be unto God, ther be mony of the false trayturs browt to ther end, and j trust in God that mor shall folow as thay may be spyd owt.

The vij day of Julij was a proclamasyon that all pentiss shuld be no lower but x fott, and alle preve lyghts damnyd.

The sam day was a nold man sett on the pelere for conterffett falles wrytynges.

The sam day ther cam to the Towre the lord Tresorer^NOTE, ye yerle of Shrusbery^NOTE, and the lord Admerall^NOTE, wyth odur; and ther thay dysmyssyd ser James Croft of the constabullshype of the Towre, and ther thay put in the sad lord Admerall, and toke ys othe and charge of the Towre, and the morow after he convayd in-to all plasys of the Towre and ... grett gunnes, as the Whyt Towre on hee.

The ix day of Julij was sworne unto the qwen Jane^NOTE alle the hed offesers and the gard as qwen of England ... doythur of the duke of ssuffoke^NOTE, and servyd as qwen of ...

The x day of Julij was reseyvyd in to the Towre the qwen Jane wyth a grett company of lords and nobulls of ... after the qwen, and the duches of ssuffoke her mother^NOTE, beryng her trayn, wyth mony lades, and ther was a shot of gunnes and chamburs has nott be sene oft be-twyn iiij and v of the cloke; by vj of the cloke be-gane the proclamasyon the sam after-non of qwen Jane wyth ij harold and a trompet blohyng, declaryng that my lade Mare^NOTE was unlafully be-gotten, and so whent thrugh Chepe to Fletstrett, proclamyng qwen Jane; and ther was a yong man taken that tym for spykyng of serten wordes of qwen Mare, that she had the ryght tytle.

The xj day of Julij, at viij of the cloke in the mornyng, the yonge man for spykyng was sett on the pelere, and boyth ys heres cutt off; for ther was a harold, and a trompeter blohyng; and contenent he was taken downe, and cared to the conter; and the same day was the yong man master dwellyng at sant John hed, ys nam was Sandur Onyone, and a-nodur, master Owen a gone-maker at Lundun bryge, drounyd, dwellyng at Ludgatt.

The xij day of Julij by nyght, was cared to the Towre iij carts fulle of alle maner of ordenans, as gret gune and smalle, bowes, bylls, speres, mores-pykes, arnes, arowes, gunpowther, and wetelle, monay, tentes, and all maner of ordenans, gun-stones a gret nombur, and a grett nombur of men of armes; and yt had ben for a gret army toward Cambryge; and ij days after the duke, and dyvers lordes and knyghts whent wyth him, and mony gentylmen and gonnars, and mony men of the gard and men of armes toward my lade Mare grace, to destroye here grace, and so to Bere, and alle was agayns ym-seylff, for ys men forsok hym. ... and of dyvers maters, and so in dyvers plases ... contres was her grace proclamyd quen of England.

The xix day of Julij was qwene Mare proclamyd qwene of England, France, and Yrland, and alle domynions, as the syster of the late kyng Edward the vj. and doythur unto the nobull kyng Henry the viij. be-twyn v and vj of the cloke at nyght, and ther wher at proclamasyon iiij trumpeters and ij harold of armes, and y^e yerle of Arundell^NOTE, y^e yerle of Shrossbery, y^e yerle Penbroke^NOTE, my lord Tressorer, my lord of Preveselle^NOTE, my lord Cobham^NOTE, my lord Warden^NOTE, master Masun, and my lord Mare, and dyvers odur nobull men; and thys was done at the crosse in Chepe, and from that plasse thay whent unto Powlls and ther was Te Deum Laudamus, wyth song, and the organes playhyng, and all the belles ryngyng thrugh London, and bone fyrers, and tabuls in evere strett, and wyne and bere and alle, and evere strett full of bon-fyres, and ther was money cast a-way.

The xxj day of Julij was taken in Cambryg the duke of Northumberland, wyth dyvers lordes and knyghts^NOTE; and that day qwen Mare was proclamyd in Cambryg, and contenent thrugh England.

The xxix day of Julij was a felow sett on the pelere for spykyng agaynst the good qwen Mare.

The xxvj day of Feybruary was rayned at Westmynster halle my lord Sturton, and for the juges and dyvers of the consell, as lord justes Broke^NOTE, and the lord stuard^NOTE, and my lord tresorer^NOTE, and dyvers odur lordes and knyghtes; and longe yt wher or he wold answer, and so at last my lord justes stod up and declaryd to my lord and he wold nott answer to the artyculles that was led to hym, that he shuld be prast to deth^NOTE by the law of the rayme; and after he dyd answer, and so he was cast by ys owne wordes to be hangyd, and ys iiij men, and so to be cared to the Towre a-gayne tyll thay have a furder commondement from the consell.

The xxvij day of Feybruary cam toward London owt of Skottland a duke of Muskovea^NOTE, as enbassedur, and dyvers of the marchandes of England, as welle as odur of all nassyons, and so they mett hym beyond Sordyche in cottes of velvett and cottes of fyne cloth gardyd wyth velvett, and wyth frynge of sylke and chenys of gold; and after comys my lord Montycutte^NOTE and dyvers lordes and knyghtes and gentylmen, in gorgyus aparelle; and after comys my lord mayre and althermen in skarlett, and the enbassedur ys garment of tyssuw brodered wyth perlles and stones; and ys men in corsse cloth of gold downe to the calffe of the leg, lyke gownes, and he copyng capes, and so to master Dymmokes plasse in Fanchyrche strett, the marchand; and ys cape and ys nyght cape sett wyth perles and stones.

The xx day of Marche the Kyng^NOTE cam from be-yond the see, and cam at v to Grenwyche; at the sam tyme ther cam a shype up by the tyde, and as he cam agaynst the courte gatt, he shott a xvj pesses of twys, the wyche wher vere grett pesses, and cryd, God save the Kyng and the Quen.

The xxj day of Marche the Kyng and the Quen whent thrugh the galere unto ther closett, and ther thay hard masse; and ther was ij swordes borne a-for them, on by lord Cobham, and the thodur by my lord admerall^NOTE; and from ther closett bake to dener, boyth the Kyng and the Quen together, and ther my lord chanseler^NOTE was ther and dyvers odur lordes.

The sam day at after-non cam downe^NOTE that evere chyrche shuld in London syng Te Deum laudamus by the commondement of my lord bysshope of London^NOTE, and rynggyng alle that whylle, to ryng wyth grett presse to God; and ther cam iij huwysse^NOTE of Spaneards the sam day to London.

The xxx day of Marche was taken up at Westmynster agayn wyth a hondered lyghtes kyng Edward the confessor^NOTE in the sam plasse wher ys shryne was, and ytt shalle be sett up agayne as fast as my lord abbott can have ytt don, for yt was a godly shyte to have seen yt, how reverently he was cared from the plasse that he was taken up wher he was led when that the abbay was spowlyd and robyd^NOTE; and so he was cared, and goodly syngyng and senssyng as has bene sene, and masse song.

The xxxj day of Marche the duke of Muskovea rod to dener unto my lord mayre, and v knyghtes althermen and v other althermen, and mony notabull marchandes men, all they fre of Muskovea^NOTE. The duke rod in a gowne of tyssuw ryche, and ys under garmentt in purpull velvett in brodere, the gard and ys hatt and the border of ys nyght-cape sett wyth owtchys of perlles and stones, and ys horse trapyd in cremesun velvett in-brodere of gold, and the brydylle gorgyusly be-senne; and a vii of ys men in gownes of cremesun damaske and cloth of gold; and after dener to ys logyng to master Demmoke plasse, wyth the althermen and marchandes.

The v day of Aprell, the wyche was Palsonday, at Westmynster my lord abbott^NOTE dyd pryche, and mad a goodly sermon as has bene hard in owre tyme.

The vj day of Aprell hangyd at Tyborne^NOTE viij felons.

The vj day of Aprell was bornyd^NOTE in Smythfeld v, iij men and ij women, for herese; on was a barber dwellyng in Lym-strett; and on woman was the wyff of the Crane at the Crussyd-frers be-syd the Towre-hylle, kepyng of a in ther.

The vj day of Aprell was hangyd at the low-water marke at Wapyng be-yond santt Katheryns^NOTE vij for robyng on the see.

The xxv day of May was raynyd at Westmynster one, a Frenche man^NOTE, that was taken at Skarborow when that Thomas Stafford was taken wyth ys adherentes, and cast to dee, and so cared to the Towre agayn.

The sam day was hangyd at Tyburne xvij; on was a nold voman of lx yere, the trongyest^NOTE cut-purs a voman that has ben herd off; and a lad a cut-purs, for ys tyme he be-gane welle.

The xxvij day of May, the wyche was the Assensyon day, the Kynges and the Quen grace rod unto Westmynster wyth all the lords and knyghtes and gentyllmen, and ther ther graces whent a prossessyon abowt the clowster, and so thay hard masse.

The xxviij day of May Thomas Stafford was heddyd^NOTE on the Towre hylle, at ix of the cloke, master Wode behyng ys gostly father; and after ther wher iij more drane from the Towre, and thrugh London unto Tyburne, and ther they wher hangyd and quartered; and the morow after was master Stafford quartered, and hangyd on a care, and so to Nuwgatt^NOTE to boile.

The sam mornyng was bornyd be-yond sant Gorgeus parryche^NOTE iij men for heresee, a dyssyd Nuwhyngtun^NOTE.

The sam for-non was bered mastores Gattes wedow, and she gayff vij fyne blake gowens, and xiiij for pore men of bro..., wyth ij whytt branchys and x stayffes torchys and iiij grett tapurs, and after masse a grett dener.

The xxix day of May was the iiij heds sett upon London bryge, and ther xvj quarters sett up, iij and ij, on evere gatt of London; the sam mornyng was Thomas Stafford body quartered.

The xxx day of May was a goly May-gam^NOTE in Fanch-chyrchestrett wyth drumes and gunes and pykes, and ix wordes^NOTE dyd ryd; and thay had speches evere man^NOTE, and the mores dansse and the sauden^NOTE, and a elevant wyth the castyll, and the sauden and yonge morens wyth targattes and darttes, and the lord and the lade of the Maye^NOTE.