Antiquity
in
the
Parliament
of
Honor.
.
GRaue
Citie
Gouernor
!
so
much
honour
doe
me
,
Vouchsafe
thy
presence
and
thy
patience
to
me
,
And
I
'le
Reward
that
Vertue
with
a
Story
,
That
shall
to
thy
Fraternity
add
Glory
,
Then
to
thy
Worth
no
meane
part
will
arise
,
That
art
ordaynde
Chiefe
for
that
glorious
Prize
.
T
is
I
,
that
keepe
all
the
Records
of
Fame
,
Mother
of
Truths
,
Antiquity
,
my
Name
;
No
Yeare
,
Moneth
,
Day
,
or
Houre
,
that
brings
in
place
Good
Workes
and
Noble
,
for
the
Cities
Grace
,
But
I
Record
;
that
After
Times
may
see
What
Former
,
were
,
and
how
they
ought
to
be
,
Fruitfull
,
and
Thankfull
,
in
faire
Actions
flowing
,
To
meete
Heauens
blessings
,
to
which
much
is
owing
;
For
instance
,
Let
all
Gratefull
Eyes
be
plac'st
Vpon
this
Mount
of
Royalty
,
by
Kings
,
grac'st
,
Queenes
,
Prince
,
Dukes
,
Nobles
,
more
by
numbring
gain'd
Then
can
be
in
this
narrow
Sphere
contain'd
.
7.
Kings
,
5.
Queenes
,
onely
one
Prince
alone
,
8.
Dukes
,
2.
Earles
,
Plantagenets
twenty
one
;
All
these
of
this
Fraternity
made
Free
,
Brothers
and
Sisters
of
this
Company
;
And
see
with
what
propriety
,
the
Fates
Haue
to
this
Noble
Brotherhood
knit
such
States
;
For
what
Society
,
the
whole
Citie
brings
,
Can
with
such
Ornaments
Adorne
their
Kings
,
Their
onely
Robes
of
State
,
when
they
consent
To
ride
most
glorious
,
to
High
Parliament
;
And
marke
in
this
their
Royall
intent
still
,
For
when
it
pleasde
the
Goodnesse
of
their
Will
,
To
put
the
richest
Robes
of
their
Loues
on
To
the
whole
Citie
,
the
Most
,
euer
came
To
this
Society
,
which
Records
here
proue
,
Adorning
their
Adoruers
,
with
their
Loue
;
Which
was
a
Kingly
AEquity
:
Be
carefull
then
,
Great
Lord
,
to
bring
forth
Deedes
,
To
match
that
Honor
,
that
from
hence
proceedes
.
At
the
close
of
which
Speech
,
the
whole
Triumph
takes
leaue
of
his
Lordship
,
for
that
Time
,
and
till
after
the
Feast
at
Guild-hall
,
rests
from
Seruice
.
His
Lordship
accompanied
with
many
Noble
personages
,
the
Honorable
Fellowship
of
Ancient
Magistrates
and
Aldermen
of
this
Citty
,
the
two
new
Sheriffes
,
the
one
,
of
his
owne
Fraternity
(
the
complete
Brotherhood
of
Skinners
)
the
Right
Worshipfull
M.
Sheriffe
Deane
,
a
very
Bountifull
and
worthy
Citizen
,
not
forgetting
the
Noble
paines
and
loues
of
the
Heroyick
Captaines
of
the
Citty
,
&
Gentlemen
of
the
Artillery
Garden
,
making
with
two
glorious
Rankes
a
manly
&
Maiestick
passage
for
their
Lord
General
,
his
Lordship
,
thorough
Guild-hall
yard
;
and
afterward
their
Loues
to
his
Lordship
resounding
in
a
second
Noble
Volley
.
Now
,
that
al
the
Honors
before
mentioned
,
in
that
Parliament
,
or
Mount
of
Royalty
,
may
arriue
at
a
cleere
and
perfect
Manifestation
,
to
preuent
the
ouer-curious
&
Inquisitiue
Spirit
;
the
Names
and
Times
of
those
Kings
,
Queenes
,
Prince
,
Dukes
and
Nobles
,
free
of
the
Honorable
Fraternity
of
Skinners
in
London
,
shal
here
receiue
their
proper
Illustrations
.
Anno
1329.
K.
Edward
the
third
,
Plantagenet
,
by
whom
,
in
the
first
of
his
Reigne
this
worthy
Society
of
Skinners
was
incorporate
,
Hee
,
their
first
Royall
Founder
and
Brother
,
Q
Philip
his
wife
,
yonger
Daughter
of
William
Earle
of
Henalt
,
the
first
Royall
Sister
,
so
gloriously
vertuous
,
that
she
is
a
rich
ornament
to
Memory
,
Shee
both
founded
and
endowed
Queenes
Colledge
in
Oxford
,
to
the
continuing
estate
of
which
,
I
my selfe
wish
all
happinesse
:
This
Queene
at
her
death
desired
three
curtesies
,
some
of
which
are
rare
in
these
dayes
.
First
,
that
her
debts
might
be
payd
to
the
Merchants
;
secondly
,
that
her
gifts
to
the
Church
might
be
performed
:
thirdly
,
that
the
King
when
he
died
would
at
Westminster
be
interred
with
her
.
Anno
1357.
Edward
Plantagenet
,
surnamed
the
Black
Prince
,
sonne
to
Edward
the
third
,
Prince
of
Wales
,
Duke
of
Guien
,
Aquitaine
,
and
Cornwall
,
Earle
Palatine
of
Chester
.
In
the
Battell
of
Poitiers
in
France
,
hee
with
8000.
English
against
60000.
French
,
got
the
victory
,
tooke
the
King
,
Philip
his
sonne
,
seuenteene
Earles
,
with
diuerse
other
Noble
personages
,
prisoners
.
King
Richard
the
Second
,
Plantagenet
,
this
K.
being
the
third
Royall
brother
of
this
honorable
Company
,
and
at
that
time
the
Society
consisting
of
two
Brotherhoods
of
Corpus
Christi
,
the
one
at
S.
Mary
Spittle
,
the
other
at
S.
Mary
Bethlem
without
Bishops
Gate
,
in
the
eighteenth
of
his
Reigne
graunted
them
to
make
their
two
Brotherhoods
one
,
by
the
name
of
the
Fraternity
of
Corpus
Christi
of
Skinners
;
which
worthy
Title
shines
at
this
day
gloriously
amongst
'em
:
and
toward
the
end
of
this
kings
reigne
,
1396.
a
great
feast
was
celebrated
in
Westminster
Hall
,
where
the
L.
Maior
of
this
City
sate
as
Guest
.
Anno
1381.
Q.
Anne
his
wife
,
daughter
to
the
Emperour
Charles
the
4
and
sister
to
Emperor
Wenzlaus
,
whose
modesty
then
,
may
make
this
Age
blush
now
;
she
being
the
first
that
taught
women
to
ride
sideling
on
horsebacke
;
but
who
it
was
that
taught
'em
to
ride
stradling
,
there
is
no
Records
so
immodest
that
can
shew
me
,
onely
the
impudent
Time
,
and
the
open
profession
;
this
Faire
President
of
womanhood
dyed
at
Sheine
,
now
Richmond
,
for
griefe
wherof
K.
Richard
her
Lord
abandoned
and
defaced
that
goodly
house
.
Anno
1399.
K.
Henry
the
4.
Plantagenet
,
Surnamed
Bullingbrooke
,
a
forth
Royall
Brother
:
in
his
time
,
the
Famous
Guild
hall
in
London
was
erected
,
where
the
Honorable
Courts
of
the
Citie
are
kept
,
and
this
Bounteous
Feast
yearely
celebrated
.
In
the
Twelth
yeare
of
his
Reigne
,
the
Riuer
of
Thames
flowed
thrice
in
one
day
.
Q.
Ioane
,
or
Iane
,
Duchesse
of
Britten
,
late
wife
to
Iohn
,
D.
of
Britten
,
and
Daughter
to
the
King
of
Nauarre
;
another
Princely
Sister
.
Anno
1412.
K.
Henry
the
5.
Plantagenet
,
Prince
of
Wales
,
proclaimed
Maior
&
Regent
of
France
,
He
won
that
famous
Victory
on
the
French
,
at
the
Battaile
of
Agincourt
.
Q.
Catherine
his
Wife
,
Daughter
to
Charles
6.
K.
of
France
.
K.
Henry
the
6.
Plantagenet
,
of
the
House
of
Lancaster
.
K.
Edward
the
4.
Plantagenet
,
of
the
House
of
Yorke
.
This
King
feasted
the
Lord
Maior
,
Richard
Chawrye
,
and
the
Aldermen
his
Brethren
,
with
certaine
Commoners
,
in
Waltham
Forrest
;
after
dinner
rode
a
hunting
with
the
King
,
who
gaue
him
plenty
of
Venison
,
&
sent
to
the
Lady
Maioresse
,
and
her
Sisters
the
Aldermens
Wiues
,
2.
Harts
,
6.
Bucks
,
and
a
Tun
of
Wine
,
to
make
merry
,
and
this
Noble
feast
was
kept
at
Drapers
Hall
.
An.
1463.
Q.
Elizabeth
Grey
,
his
Wife
,
Daughter
to
Richard
,
Wooduile
,
Earle
Riuers
,
&
to
the
Dutchesse
of
Bedford
;
she
was
Mother
to
the
Lord
Grey
of
Ruthen
,
that
in
his
time
was
Marquesse
Dorset
.
K.
Richard
the
3.
Brother
to
Edward
4.
D.
of
Glocester
,
and
of
the
House
of
Yorke
.
Lionel
Plantagonet
,
3
Sonne
to
the
3
Edward
,
D.
of
Clarence
,
and
Earle
of
Vlster
;
Philip
his
Daughter
,
and
Heire
,
married
Edward
Mortimer
,
Earle
of
March
,
from
whom
the
House
of
Yorke
descends
.
Henry
Plantagenet
,
Grandchild
to
Edmond
Crouchbacke
,
2.
Sonne
to
Henry
3.
Richard
Plantagenet
,
Father
of
Edward
4.
D.
of
Yorke
,
and
Albumarle
,
Earle
of
Cambridge
,
Rutland
,
March
,
Clare
,
and
Vlster
.
Thomas
Plantagenet
,
2.
Sonne
of
Henry
4.
Iohn
Plantagenet
,
3
Sonne
of
Henry
4.
So
Noble
a
Souldier
,
and
so
great
a
terror
to
the
French
,
that
when
Charles
the
8.
was
mooued
to
deface
his
Monument
(
being
buried
in
Roane
)
the
King
thus
answered
:
Pray
let
him
rest
in
peace
being
dead
,
of
whom
we
were
all
afraid
when
he
liued
.
Humfrey
Plantagenet
,
4
Sonne
of
Henry
4.
Iohn
Holland
D.
of
Exceter
.
George
Plantagenet
brother
to
Edward
the
4.
Edmond
Plantagenet
Brother
to
Edward
the
4.
Richard
Neuill
Earle
of
Salisbury
and
Warwick
.
cald
the
Great
Earle
of
Warwick
.
Iohn
Cornwell
Knight
,
Baron
Fanhope
.
The
Royall
Somme
.
7
:
Kings
,
5.
Queenes
,
1.
Prince
.
7.
Dukes
.
1.
Earle
21.
Plantagenets
7.
Kings
,
5.
Queenes
,
1.
Prince
.
8.
Dukes
.
2.
Earles
.
1.
Lord
,
24.
Skinners
.
The
Feast
ended
at
Guild-hall
,
his
Lordship
(
as
yearely
Custome
inuites
it
)
goes
accompanied
with
the
Triumph
before
him
towards
S.
Paules
,
to
performe
the
noble
and
reuerend
Ceremonies
which
Diuine
Antiquity
religiously
ordained
,
and
is
no
lesse
then
faithfully
obserued
.
Holy
Seruice
and
Ceremonies
accomplisht
,
his
Lordship
returnes
by
Torch-light
to
his
owne
house
,
the
whole
Triumph
plac'st
in
comely
and
decent
order
before
him
,
the
Wildernesse
,
the
Sanctuary
of
Fame
,
adornd
with
Lights
,
the
Parliament
of
Honor
,
and
the
Triumphant
Chariot
of
Loue
,
with
his
Gracefull
Concomitants
;
the
Chariot
drawne
with
2.
Luzarns
:
neer
to
the
entrance
of
his
Lordships
gate
,
Loue
,
prepar'd
with
his
welcome
,
thus
salutes
him
,