ABSTRACT
Bartholmewe Stere carpenter and singleman, and placed in verie good service about a fortnight before Michellmas was the first deviser of this insurreccon, his owtward pretence was to overthrowe enclosures, & to helpe the poore cominaltie that were readie to famish for want of corne, But intended to kill the gentleman of that countrie, and to take the spoile of them affirming that the Commons, long sit hens in Spaine did rise and kill all the gentlemen in Spaine, and sithens that time have lyved merrily there. That after this he meant to have gonne to London and joyned with the prentices, who as he thought would joyne with him, for that some of them were lately hanged for the like attempt. And said yt was but a monethes work to overrunne England. He continewally persuaded others to joyne with him in this treason, and specially Roger Symondes who was a poore man, and had a great charge of children, and therefore should have some Collom to rise in respect of hunger.
