He had, after Warwick's flight to France in March of this year, put to death and impaled twenty of the earl's followers.—Warkworth's Chron. (Camd. Soc., No. 10), p. 9.
Journal 7, fo. 225.
Fabyan Chron., p. 660.
Warkworth's Chron. (Camd. Soc., No. 10), p. 15.—According to the chronicler, the Commons of the city were still loyal to Henry, whom Archbishop Nevill had carried through the streets, weak and sickly as he was, in the hope of exciting the sympathy of the burgesses. Had the archbishop been a true man, "as the Commons of London were," Edward would not have gained an entry into the city until after the victory of Barnet-field.
Journal 5, fos. 152, 175.
The "bastard's" letter and the reply of the mayor and aldermen are set out in Journal 8, fos. 4b-6b, and Letter Book L, fo. 78.
Holinshed, iii, 323; Fabyan, p. 662.—According to Warkworth (p. 19), the Commons would willingly have admitted the rebels had the latter not attempted to fire Aldgate and London Bridge.
Paston Letters, iii, 17.
The 21st May is the day usually given as that on which Edward returned. The City's Journal, however, gives the day as the Eve of the Ascension, that festival falling on May the 23rd.—Journal 8, fo. 7.
Warkworth's Chron., p. 21.