[55] The English chroniclers represent Rice as joining Henry for the first time at Shrewsbury.
THE EVE OF BOSWORTH (August, 1485).
Source.—Paston Letters, vol. iii., No. 884.
The Duke of Norfolk to John Paston.
To my well beloved friend, John Paston, be this bill delivered in haste.
Well beloved friend, I commend me unto you, letting you to understand that the King's enemies be a-land, and that the King would have set for the assumption Monday but only for Our Lady Day;[56] but for certain he goeth forward assumption Tuesday, for a servant of mine brought to me the certainty. Wherefore I pray you that ye meet with me at Bury ... and that ye bring with you such company of tall men as ye may goodly make, at my cost and charge, beside that ye have promised to the King; and I pray you ordain them jackets of my livery, and I shall content you at your meeting with me.
Your lover
J. Norfolk.
[56] The Assumption of Our Lady, August 15.
THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD (August 22, 1485).
Source.—Ingulph's Chronicles, pp. 503-504. (Bohn Edition.)