xii.
** 9th November, 1487.
*** Polyd.Virg.

(p 579) says, that this imposition was a capitation tax; the other historians say, it was a tax of two shillings in the pound.
**** Bacon, p.

595.
They flew to arms, attacked Northumberland in his house, and put him to death.

Having incurred such deep guilt, their mutinous humor prompted them to declare against the king himself; and being instigated by John Achamber, a seditious fellow of low birth, they chose Sir John Egremond their leader, and prepared themselves for a vigorous resistance.

Henry was not dismayed with an insurrection so precipitate and ill supported.
He immediately levied a force, which he put under the command of the earl of Surrey, whom he had freed from confinement and received into favor.