Accordingly, we are told, the year ensuing, the king keeping Whitsuntide
at Eltham in Kent, Sir Edward being in his train, he commanded that, for
his valiant acts against the Scots, when he won the hill, and relieved
the English from their distress, an achievement worthy of his ancestors,
who bore an eagle on their crest, he should be created Lord Monteagle;
whereupon he had a special summons to parliament in the same year by the
title of Baron Stanley, Lord Monteagle.
"Twice did he and Sir John Wallop penetrate, with only eight hundred
men, into the very heart of France, and four times did he and Sir Thomas
Lovell save Calais,--the first time by intelligence, the second by
stratagem, the third by their valour and undaunted courage, and the
fourth by their unwearied patience and assiduity." "In the dangerous
insurrection by Aske and Captain Cobler, his zeal for the prince's
service and the welfare of his country caused him to outstrip his
sovereign's commands by putting himself at the head of his troops
without the king's commission, for which dangerous piece of loyalty he
asked pardon, and received thanks.
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