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SIR JOHN FROISSART Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.1

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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.1
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•rdered fir Hugh Spencer the elder and the earl of Arundel to be brought before her eldeft fon, and the barons affembled, and faid to them, that ihe and her fon would fee that law and juftice ihould be done unto them according to their deeds. Sir Hugh replied, ' Ah ! madam, God grant us an upright judge and a juft fentence j and that if we cannot have it in this world, we may find it in another!1. Then rofe up fir Thomas Wager, a good knight^ wife and courteous, and marfhal of the army : he read, from a paper in his hand, the charges againft them, and then addrefled himfelf to an old knight, feated on his right hand, to decide the punifliment due to perfons guilty of fuch crimes. This knight confulted with the other barons and knights, and reported it as their opinion, that they deferved death for the many IK .rible crimes with which they had been charged, and which they believed to be clearly proved ; that they ought, from the diverfity of their crimes, to fufFer in three dif* ferent manners : firft, to be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, there to be beheaded, and afterwards to be hung on a gibbet. Agreeably to this fentence they were executed, before the caftîe of Briftol, in the fight of the king, fir Hugh Spencer, and all thofe within it. This execution took place in O&ober, on St. Denis's day, 1326. CHAP.


          
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