tefpts arid acquittances, under {Sain ôf cbrpdraf po-s riifhment arid corififcation of goods. • . -, • i ....i I „i i •• • -.ri CHAP. L. fHE COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS CONDEMN SÎÊ SIMON BURLEY TO BE IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER • OF LONDON. SIR THOMAS TRIVET IS KILLED BY - A FALL FROM HIS HORSE.—SIR WILLIAM ELM- ' • HAM IS ACQUITTED OF HAVING TAKEN MONEY FOR THE SURRENDER OF BOURB0URG AND GRAVE* LINES. ^tJE affembly of the commiffioners of accounts was held at Weftminfler, confiding of the king's uncles* the prelates, barons and deputies from the principal towns of England. It lafted up-wards of a morçth. Some of, thofe who appeared before it, not producing fair or honourable ac-counts, were punifhed corporally, and by confifca-tion of whatever they poffefled. Sir Simon Burley was charged with defalcations to the amount of two hundred and fifty thoufand francs, notwithftanding he had been tutor to the king and had affifted him in the government from his earlieft youth. When called upon to account for what had become of it, he caft the blame on the archbifhoji of York and fir William Seville, faying he