The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat
p. 36
‘Note, that the xxvth of January the counsel was certyfyed that ther was uppe in Kent sir Thomas Wyat, mr. Cullpepper, the lorde Cobham, who had taken his castell of Coulyng, and the lord warden, who had taken the castell of Dover, and sir Herry Isley in Meddeston, sir James Croftes, mr. Harper, mr. Newton, mr. Knevet, for the said quarrel, in resisting the said king of Spayne, as they said, ther pretence was this only nad non other, and partely for moving certain counsellours from about the queen. And about this time sir James Croftes departed to Walles, as yt is thought to rayse his power there.
Note, that the xxvth daie of Januarie the duke of Suffolk, the lord John Graie and the lord Leonarde Gray, fled. Yt is said that the same morning that he was going ther cmae a messenger to him from the queen, that he shulde come to the court. “Marye,” quoth he, “I was comymg to her grace. Ye may see I am booted and spurred redy to ryde; and I will but breke my fast, and go.” So he gave the messenger a rewardse, and caused hym to be made to drink, and so thence departed himself, no man knoweth whither. Sir Thomas Palmer, servant to the erle of Arundel, said on the morrow following, to a friend of his, that the complot between the Frenche king and the said duke of Suffolk was nowe come to light.’
