John Pullein to Sir Robert Plumpton

142 John Pullein to Sir Robert Plumpton, 21 November [1499]     (No. 155,
        p. 97)

Right worshipfull Sir, I recomend me vnto your mastership. Sir, laytly
I sent wryting to my father¹ to convey to you, which I trust becomes
to your hands afore this tyme, in which wrytinge is conteyned how the
iustices of the common place [p. 98] awarded a new venire facias betwyxt
my master your son and William Babthorpp;² and also in a lytle byll
therin is contayned all the names of such persones as the sayd William
Babthorpp entended to haue had reconnyd in the first venire facias. I
wold your mastership made specyall labor to haue one indefferent
pannell of þer coroners; they must be labored by sum frynd of yours.
Sir, the proces in thaccion of West goeth forward as fast as the law
wyll serue. Sir, I receued two letters from you with xxvjs viijd, and all
such copies as was conteyned in your wryting.

     Sir, so yt was þat Parkin Warbek & other iij were arreyned Satterday
next before þe making herof³ in þe Whithall at Westmynster for ther
offences, afore Sir John Sygly, knight marshall,⁴ & Sir John Trobilfeild,⁵
and ther they all were attended, & iudgment given þat they shold be
drawn on hirdills from þe Tower, throwout London to þe Tyburne, &
ther to be hanged & cutt down quicke, & ther bowells to be taken
out & burned; ther heads to be stricke of, & [. . .]^a quartred, ther
heads & quarters to be disposed at the kings pleasure; & on Munday
next after at þe Gildalle in London, wher þe iudges & many other
knyghts commysioners to inquer and determayn all offences and
tresspasses; & theder from the Tower was brought viij persones which
were indited, & parte of them confessed themselfe gyltie, & other parte
were arreyned, & as yet they be not iuged.⁶ I thinke the shall haue
iudgement this next Fryday. Sir, this present day was new barresses
made in Westmynster Hall, & thether was broguht therle of Warwik &
arrened afore therle of Oxford,⁷ being the kings greate comyssioner, &
afore other lords, [p. 99] bycause he is a pere of the realme, whos
names followeth: the duke of Bokingham, therle of Northumberland,
therle of Kent, therle of Surrey, therle of Essex; the Lord Burgenny,
Lord Ormond, Lord Beyngham, Lord Broke, Lord of Saynt Johns,⁸
Lord Latymer, Lord de la Warre, Lord Mountioy, Lord Daubeney,
Lord Hastings, Lord Barns, Lord Zowch, Lord Sentmound,⁹ Lord
Willoughby, Lord Grey of Wylton and Lord Dacre; & ther therle of
Warwek confessed thenditments that were layd to his charge, and like
iudgment was given of him as is afore rehersed. When thes persones
shalbe put in execution I intend to shew to your mastership right
shortly. And give credence vnto this berrer. From Lyncolns Inn at
London this xxj day of November.

By your servant and bedman     John Pullan^b

Endorsed (p. 97): To his especyall gud master Sir Robart Plompton
knight

     ^a burne deleted.

     ^b Appended: Copied þe 23 of Aprill 1613.

     ¹ Probably Richard Pullein of Kirby Hall and Killinghall, near Knaresborough,
Somerville, i, 179.

     ² 148; Introd., p. 16.

     ³ John Atwater (mayor of Cork), his son, and John Taylor, arraigned 16 Nov. 1499,
Robert Fabyan, The New Chronicles of England and France, in Two Parts, ed. Sir Henry Ellis
(1811), 687.

     ⁴ Sir John Sely.

     ⁵ Sir John Turbervile of ‘Suthwerk’, Surrey, marshal of the Marshalsea, steward and
constable of Corfe, treasurer of Calais, CPR, 1494–1509, 365, 367; RP, vi, 367.

     ⁶ They were found guilty of a plot to slay the marshal of the Tower and release the
earl of Warwick 18 Nov. R.L. Storey believes the whole episode was engineered by the
king, The Reign of Henry VII (1968), 87.

     ⁷ Arraigned 19 Nov., executed 29 Nov., Sir Henry Ellis (ed.), Original Letters Illustrative
of English History (3 vols, 1824), i, 34–8; Anglica Historia, 116–19.

     ⁸ Stapleton suggests this was the Prior of St John’s Clerkenwell, 143n.

     ⁹ Richard Beauchamp, Lord St Amand (d.1508), attainted 1483/4 but soon pardoned,
GEC.

LETTER CX.

To his especyall good master, Sir Robart Plompton, knight, be
these delivered.

    Right worshipfull Sir, I recomend me unto your mastership.
Sir, laytly I sent wryting to my father to convey to you, which I
trust be comes to your hands afore this tyme; in which wrytinge
is conteyned how the Justices of the Common Place awarded a
new venire facias betwyxt my master, your son, and Wylliam
Babthorpp; and also in a lytle byll therin, is contayned the
names of such persones as the sayd Wylliam Babthorpp entended
to have had reconnyd in the first venire facias. I wold your mas-
tership made specyall labor to have one indefferent pannell of the
Coroners ; they must be labored by sum frynd of yours. Sir, the
proces in thaccion of West goeth forward, as fast as the law wyll
serve. Sir, I receved two letters from you with xxvis viijd, and
all such copies, as was conteyned in your wryting. Sir, so yt was
that Parkin Warbek and other iij were arreyned, on satterday
next before the making herof, in the Whithall at Westmynster for
ther offences, afore Sir John Sygly, knight marshall, and Sir John
Trobilfeild; and ther they all were attended, and judgment given
that they shold be drawn on hirdills from the Tower, throwout
London, to the Tyburne, and ther to be hanged, and cutt down
quicke, and ther bowells to be taken out and burned: ther heads
to be stricke of, and quartered, ther heads and quarters to be dis-
posed at the Kyngs pleasure.^a And on munday next after, at the
Gildhalle in London wher the Judges, and many other knyghts,
commysioners to inquer and determayn all offences and trespasses ;
and theder from the Tower was brought viij presoners, which were
indited, and parte of theme comfessed themselfe gyltie, and other
parte were arreyned: and as yet they be not judged.^b I thinke the
shall have Judgement this next fryday. Sir, this present day^c
was new barresses made in Westmynster hall, and thether was
brought Therle of Warwek, and arrened afore Therle of Oxford,
being the Kyngs grace comyssioner, and afore other Lords, ( by-
cause he is a pere of the Realme ) whos names followeth;^d the
Duke of Bokingham, Therle of Northumberland, Therle of Kent,
Therle of Surrey, Therle of Essex, the lord Burgenny, lord Or-
mond, lord Deyngham, lord Broke, lord of Saynt Johns,^e lord La-
tymer, lord De la Warre, lord Mountioy, lord Daubeney, lord
Hastings, lord Barns, lord Zowch, lord Sentmound,f lord Wil-
lughby, lord Grey of Wylton, and lord Dacre. And ther Therle
of Warweke confessed thenditments that were layd to his charge,
and like Judgment was given of him, as is afore rehersed. When
thes persones shalbe put in execution I intend to shew to your
mastership right shortly; and give credence unto this berrer.
From Lyncolns Inne at London, this xxi day of November. By
your servant and bedman,

    (21 Nov. 1499.)                JOHN PULLAN.

    ^a "Anno Domini M. iiicxcix. In thys yere, the xvi day of November, was areyned
in the Whyte Hall at Westmynster the forenamed Parkyn and iii other," is the simple
advertisement of Fabyan. Hall has," and so he, beyng repulsed and put backe from
all hope and good lucke with all hys complice and confederates, and Jhon Awater,
sometyme Mayor of Corffe in Ireland, one of hys founders and hys sonne, were the six-
ten day of Novembre arreyned and condempned at Westminster." Hall here uses the
word founders apparently in the sense of fautors, i. e. partisans, but the names of the
father and son conjointly arraigned with Perkyn Warbeck are unrecorded. As the
trial was before Sir John Sely, Knight Marshal, and Sir John Turbervile, Marshal of
the Marshalsea (Rot. Parl. vi. 367), the offences charged must have been the attempt
to bread out of the King's ward, and treasonable practises committed out of the
Realm.

    ^b These were Astwood, Bluet, and others, who had assisted Perkyn Warbeck in
making his escape. The day of their trial was Monday Nov. 18.

    ^c Thursday 21 Nov. 1499.

    ^d In the MS. this list of the Peers who sat in judgment upon the Earl of Warwick
is very incorrectly copied : thus, in the names Deyngham, Daubeney, and Dacre, the
initial letter is changed into a B, and for Zowch we read Rowch.

    ^eThis title of Lord of Saynt Johns must be intended to designate the Prior of St.
John's, as there was no other Lord of Parliament bearing the title at this period. As a
military order, the knights of St. John were not, it seems, affected by the usual re-
striction upon ecclesiastics against deciding upon matters of blood.

    ^fRichard Beauchamp, Lord St. Amand, corruptly written Sentmound. (Vide Rot.
Parl. vi. 245 b, 273 b. )