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192 YORK.
These articles were affixed to the doors of the
churches in York and its neighbourhood, doubtless
with the Archbishop's cognizance, if not with his
absolute sanction. On learning this Henry advanced
to the north, calling his forces together to Pontefract.
The Earl of Westmorland, with the King's forces, met
the insurgents on Shipton moor, and proposed a
conference, at which, at the request of the archbishop,
Westmorland undertook to lay their demands before
the King. The rebel forces were misled by the
apparently friendly demeanour of the leaders on either
side, and they dispersed, leaving the Archbishop and
the Earl Marshal defenceless. They were arrested
and brought before the king and ordered to follow
him to the Archbishop's own house at Bishopthorpe.
A court was ordered to be held in the great hall, and
Gascoigne, the chief justice, was commanded by the
King to condemn the Archbishop to death. The
judge utterly refused, alleging the reverence due to
his episcopal character. Henry was furious, and
called upon Sir William Fulthorpe (who was not a
judge) to pronounce sentence of death upon the
prelate, who was made to stand bare-headed before
him to receive condemnation as a traitor. The Archbishop
called God to witness that he was guiltless of
any ill-design against the king ; that his sole object,
in conjunction with others of the nobility, was to seek
from him the reformation of many existing evils, and
the redress of sundry grievances. But his protestations
were unheeded, and he was condemned to die. All
this took place early in tlie day. At noon-tide, on
the 8th of June, he was brought out, made to mount,