-Cf. Journal 15, fo. 352b; Letter Book Q, fos. 230-252b. "This yeare [1548] the xxviiith daie of September, proclamation was made to inhibite all preachers generallie till the kinges further pleasure. After which daie all sermons seasede at Poules Crosse and in all other places."—Wriothesley, ii, 6.
Grey Friars Chron., pp. 59, 62. Occasionally the chronicler is overcome by his feelings, and cries out, "Almyghty God helpe it whan hys wylle ys!" Id., p. 67.
In some cases the new owners may have experienced some difficulty in fixing a fair rent, as appears to have been the case with the City of London and its recently acquired property of Bethlehem. When the Chamberlain reported that the rents demanded for houses in the precincts of the hospital were far too high, he was at once authorised to reduce them at discretion.—Letter Book R, fo. 10b.
Letter Book R, fo. 11b.
Grey Friars Chron., p. 60; Wriothesley, ii, 15, 16.
Wriothesley, ii, 16, 17; Grey Friars Chron., p. 60.
Wriothesley, ii, 19.
Wriothesley, ii, 20; Grey Friars Chron., p. 61.
Holinshed, iii, 982-984.
Letter Book R, fo. 40; Journal 16, fo. 36.