The Chronicle of Froissart Author:Jean Froissart Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CAP. LXXXIX Howe the day of accompte came, and there the officers appered in the presence of the kynges uncles and coramens of Englande, and howe sir Simon Bu... more »rle was prisoner in the toure of London, and howe sir Thomas Tryvet dyed. THE day prefixed came that all partes apered at Westmynster. And suche as shulde make their accomptes apered before the kynges uncles, and suche other prelates and lordes, with other, as were assigned to here them. This accompte endured more than a moneth; and some there were that made their accomptes nother good nor honourable, and suche were punisshed bothe by their bodyes and by their goodes. Sir Symon Burle was cast in arerage of ii. C. and l. M. frankes, bycause he was one of the governours in the kynges youthe; and he was demaunded where this good was bestowed. He excused hymselfe by the bysshop of Yorke and sir Wylliam Nevell, sayenge howe he dyde nothyng but by their counsayle, and by the kynges chamberleyns, sir Robert Tryvilyen, sir Robert Beauchampe, sir Johau Salisbury, sir Nycholas Braule, sir Peter Goufer, and other. And whan they were demaunded therof before the counsaile, they denyed the mater, and layd all the faute in hym. And the duke of Irelande sayd to hym prively bytwene them two, Sir Symon, I understande ye snal be arested and sette in prison, and holde there tyll ye have payed the somme that is demaunded; nothyng shal be abated. Go your waye whether soever they sende you; I shall right well make your peace, thoughe they had all sworne the contrary. I ought to receyve of the constable of Fraunce threscore M. frankes for the raunsome of Johan of Bretaygne, sonne to saynt Charles of Bloys, the whiche somme ye knowe well is owyng to me; I shall present the counsayle therwith at this tyme; and fynally, the kyng is our soveraigne...« less