The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by William Winstanley
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with his Father _Thomas_ Duke of _Norfolk_, upon certain surmises of
Treason, were committed to the Tower of _London_, the one by Water, the other by Land; so that the one knew not of the others Apprehension: The _15th._ day of _January_ next following, he was arraigned at Guildhall, _London_, where the greatest matter alledged against him, was, for bearing certain Arms that were said belonged to the King and Prince; the bearing whereof he justified. To be short, (for so they were with him) he was found guilty by twelve common Juriars, had Judgment of Death; and upon the _19th_ day of the said Month (nine days before the Death of the said King _Henry_, was beheaded at _Tower-Hill_) He was at first interred in the Chappel of the Tower, and afterwards, in the Reign of King _James_, his Remainders of Ashes and Bones were removed to _Framingham_ in _Suffolk_, by his second Son _Henry_ Earl of _Northampton_, where in the Church they were interred, with this Epitaph; Henrico Howardo, Thomæ _Secundi Ducis_ Norfolciæ _filio primogenito_, Thomæ _tertij Patri, Comiti_ Surriæ, _& Georgiani Ordinis Equiti Aurato, immature Anno Salutis 1546, abrepto. Et_ Francisæ _Uxori ejus, filiæ_ Johannis _Comitis_ Oxoniæ. Henricus Howardus _Comes_ Northhamptoniæ, _filius secundo genitus, hoc supremum Pietatis in Parentes Monumentum posuit_, A.D. 1614. * * * * * Sir _THOMAS WIAT_ the Elder. |
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