The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat
P48-51
‘The queens scout, apon his retourne to the court, declared their coming to Brainforde, which subden newes was so featrefull that therewith the quene and all the court was wonderfully affrighted…The quene was once determined to come to the Tower forthwith, btu shortelie after she sende worde she would tarry ther to se the uttermost. Mayny thought she wolde have ben in the felde in person.
‘…At Charinge cross ether stoode the lorde chamberlayne, with the grade and a number of other, almost a thousand persons, the whiche, upon Way’s coming, shott at his company, and at last fled to the court gates, which certayn pursued, and forced them with shott to shyt the court gates against them. In this repulse the said lord chamberlain and others were so amased that men cryed Treason! Treason! In the court, and had thought that the erle of Penbroke, who was assayling the tayle of his enemeys, had gon to Wyat, taking his part against the quene. There should ye have seene running and cryenge of ladyes and gentyll women, shyting of dores, and such scryking and noyse as yt was wonderful to here.
The said Wyat, with his men, marched still forwarde, all along to Temple barre, also thoroghe Fleete street, along tyll he cam to Ludgate.
…Thus Wyat cam even to Ludgate, and knockyd calling to com ein, saying, there was Wyat, whome the quene had graunted their requestes; but the lorde William Howard standing at the gate, saide, “Avaunt, traytour! thou shalt not come in here.” And then Wyat awhill stayed, and, as some say, rested him apon a seate (at) Bellsavage gate; at lase, seing he coulde not come in, and belike being deceaved of the ayde which he hoped out of the cetye, retourned backe agayne in arraye towards Charing crosse, and was never stopped tyll he cam to Temple barre, wher certayn horsemen which cam from the felde met them in the face; and then begann the fight agayne to waxe hote, tyll an heralde saide to maister Myat, “Sir, ye were best by my counsel to yeldde. You see this day is gon against you, nad in resisting ye can get no goode, but ne the death of all theis your soulders, to your greate peril of soule. Perchaunce ye may fynde the quene mercyfull…’
‘At v. of the clock this Wyat, William Knevet, Thomas Cobham, the lorde Cobbam’s son, ij. brethren named the Mantelles, and Alexander Bret, wer brought by maister Jernyngham, vichamberleyn, by water to the Tower as prysoners.’
