Thomas Favent is in Late Medieval Books.
[19th February 1388] When this came to the eares of the Peeres, the five Appellants suddenly arose up, and without expressing any reason, departed out of the Parliament House, which bred great alteration in the House, insomuch that many followed them, and when they come to the Gate of the Hall, they met the Guard leading of Tressilian bound, crying, as they came, We have him, we have him. Tressilian being come into the Hall, was asked what he could say for himselfe, why judgement should not passe upon him for his treason so often committed, hee became as one that had beene struck dumb, and his heart was as it were hardned to the very last, and would not confesse himselfe guilty of any thing: And for this cause the Parliament arose, deferring Brembres triall till the next day. But Tressilian was without delay led to the Tower, that he might suffer the execution of the sentence passed against him, his wife and his children did with maine teares accompany him to the Tower, but his wife was so overcome with dolour and griefe, that she fell down in a swound as if she had beene dead. Immediatly Tressilian is upon a hurdle, and drawne thorow the streets of the Citie, with a wonderfull concourse of people following him, at every furlongs end he was suffered to stand still to rest himselfe, and to see if hee would confesse and report himselfe of any thing, but what he said to the Fryer his Confessor is not knowne, neither am I able to search it out; when hee came to the place of execution hee would not climb the Ladder, untill such time as being soundly beaten with bats and staves he was forced to goe up, and when he was up, hee said, So long as I doe weare any thing upon me I shall not dye, wherefore the executioner stripped him, and found certaine Images painted like to the signes of Heaven, and the head of a devill painted, and the names of many of the devills wrote in Parchment; the exorcising toyes being taken away, hee was hanged up naked, and because the spectators should be certainly assured that he was dead, they cut his throat, and because the night approached, they let him hang untill the next morning, and then his wife having obtained a licence of the King, tooke downe his body, and carried it to the Grey-Fryers, where it was buried.
On the morrow sentence was likewise pronounced against Brembre, who being drawne upon a hurdle from the Tower to Tyborne thorow the City, shewed himselfe very penitent, humbly craving mercy and forgivenesse at the hands of God and men, whom he had so grievously offended, and whom he had so injuriously wronged in time past, and did earnestly desire them all to pray for him; when the rope was about his neck ready to be turned off, a certaine young man, the sonne of one Northampton, asked him if hee had done justice to his Father or not, for Northampton was sometimes Maior of the Citie of London, more wealthy and more substantiall then any else in the Citie, him did Brembre and Tresilian accuse of Treason & Conspiracie against the State, and condemned him to dye, being dispoyled of his estate, he himselfe at length hardly escaped, to whom Brembre answered and confessed with bitter teares, that what hee did was most vile and wicked, and with an intent only to murther and overthrow the said Northampton, for which craving pardon of the young man being suddenly turned off, and the Executioner cutting his throat, hee dyed. Behold how pleasant and delightfull it is to climbe up to honour, I suppose