136 THE RHYMED CHRONICLE OF JOHN HARESTAFFE. 



W ch she ith' Star-Chamber at first commenc'd 



From whence she brought downe Proces theim against, 



W ch nere were serv'd : such was her clemencie, 



She pardon'd all their wroiige and injurie. 



When she might have undone theim utterlie. 



I had almost forgott here to recyte, 



Howe Justice Townshend did his letters wr) te 



To the Lord Anderson theim to befrend , 



And's owne Sollicitor to him did send 



In their behalf his favour to obtayne, 



But these his faire endeavo r s were in vaine : 



He dealt not w"' a Judge lyke some of those 



Who in y e Marches doe of things dispose 



But w th an upright Judge, who did despyse 



His letters and his dealinge in that wyse : 



My self by chance was witnes of the same, 



Who then into y e Judges chamber came, 



When he those worthie letters had perus'd 



And overheard some angrie wordes he us'd 



Concerninge theim in scoine and much disdaine : 



And heard him tell y e Priest in speeches plaine, 



He must he hang'd, if ech one had his due ; 



For of his lewde behaviour well he knewe : 



As well by reason of this late offence, 



Of w ch his tytle gave the first pretence : 



And of another more notorious cryme, 



Wherof he was accus'd in former tyme : 



Noe lesse them felonie and Burglarie, 



Concerninge Vicar Tricketts* robberie : 



* Henry Tryckytt was Vicar of Marston-on-Dove. He is mentioned in the 

 Churchwardens' Accounts under the year 1605. The following extracts evi- 

 dently refer to the case mentioned in the chronicle : — 



" P d to Will Mansfilde & Tristram Dantrey for a Caviat for 



Vicar Tryckytl o . o . 10 



Layd forthe for a Latitat to M r Browne of Marston Mon- 



gomrye for the Vicar 0.5. o 



To the undersheriffe for makinge a warrante of the Latitat 



& for fees to tow seigeantes att Derbie to arest the Vicar o . 1 . 8." 

 See Churches of Derbyshire, vol. iii.,pp. 203, 207. 



