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On 26th January 1554, Henry Machyn noted in his diary that news of the uprising had reached the Queen and Privy Council and that Thomas Wyatt and various other gentlemen held Rochester Castle. Their reason for the uprising was \u2018because the prynche of Spayne commyng in to have owre quen,\u2019.<\/a> (1)<\/p>\n In response to this, the author of the Grey Friar\u2019s Chronicle \u2018began the wache at every gatte in London in harnes, both men and their servantts.’ (2)<\/p>\n Sources<\/u><\/p>\n 1.\u2018Diary: 1553 (Jul \u2013 Dec)\u2019, The Diary of Henry Machyn: Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London (1550-1563) (1848), pp. 50-66. British History Online URL: http:\/\/www.british-history.ac.uk\/report.aspx?compid=45512<\/a> Date accessed: 26 January 2022<\/p>\n 2.’The Chronicle of the Grey Friars: Mary’, in Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London Camden Society Old Series: Volume 53, ed. J G Nichols (London, 1852), pp. 80-98. British History Online URL: http:\/\/www.british-history.ac.uk\/camden-record-soc\/vol53\/pp80-98<\/a> Date accessed: 26 January 2022<\/p>\n On 26th January 1554, Henry Machyn noted in his diary that news of the uprising had reached the Queen and Privy Council and that Thomas Wyatt and various other gentlemen held Rochester Castle. Their reason for the uprising was \u2018because … Continue reading
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