1529
Duke of Suffolk suppressed a riot arising from the dearness of corn.
1535
Nov. 1st. Tumult in St. Nicholas’ Church; twenty-four persons, with William Swarton, the chaplain, at their head, disturbed the congregation while the Rev. D. R. Cotton was preaching.
1538
The high altar of St. Nicholas’ Church, remarkable for its richness and beauty, with the saints’ figures and pictures, broken and destroyed.
1541
Oct. 28th. Four merchant heretics entered St. Nicholas’ Church, and created a great disturbance during the service.
Nov. 2nd. A merchant and shoemaker were fined 2s. each for bargaining and selling a last of white herring in the Church.
Sir Humphrey Wingfield returned to Parliament, held at Westminster.
Ordered that Aldermen should wear scarlet gowns, with fur tippets and straight hose, at assemblies and festivals.