At 10:50 AM 7/31/1999 , Bruce E. Carpenter wrote:
such person, quoted from Patent Rolls for 1359.
"The like to William de Shareshull, William de Thorpe, Robert de Thorpe,
Henry Grene, William de Notton and John Lovekyn, mayor of London, touching
certain satellites of the devil who plotting the death of Thomas de Setton,
one of the justices of the Bench retained by the king to be one of the
secret council, hired Thomas de Nesebit, chaplain, to kill him, which
Thomas, when Thomas de Seton was of the king's council, entered his dwelling
at Fleetstreet London, in friendly fashion and uttering fair words to him
there struck him in the belly with a knife and atrociously wounded him, so
that his life was despaired of."
I think this and the previous material quoted re. Fleetsreet confirms that,
regardless of poor conditions in one area, and a bad reputation hundreds of
years later, Fleetstreet prior to John the Town Clerk was a residential area
for the wealthy and educated.
Sincerely,
Bruce E. Carpenter
Satellites? I'm not as well versed in this subject as you Bruce, and truely
enjoy the messages between you and John. But I dare say the word
"Satellites" is a recent addition to the English language. Or am I missing
out on something?
Charlie