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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.

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Sir _THOMAS WIAT_ the Elder.
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