At 10:50 AM 7/31/1999 , Bruce E. Carpenter wrote: >such person, quoted from Patent Rolls for 1359. > >"The like to William de Shareshull, William de Thorpe, Robert de Thorpe, >Henry Grene, William de Notton and John Lovekyn, mayor of London, touching >certain satellites of the devil who plotting the death of Thomas de Setton, >one of the justices of the Bench retained by the king to be one of the >secret council, hired Thomas de Nesebit, chaplain, to kill him, which >Thomas, when Thomas de Seton was of the king's council, entered his dwelling >at Fleetstreet London, in friendly fashion and uttering fair words to him >there struck him in the belly with a knife and atrociously wounded him, so >that his life was despaired of." > >I think this and the previous material quoted re. Fleetsreet confirms that, >regardless of poor conditions in one area, and a bad reputation hundreds of >years later, Fleetstreet prior to John the Town Clerk was a residential area >for the wealthy and educated. > >Sincerely, >Bruce E. Carpenter Satellites? I'm not as well versed in this subject as you Bruce, and truely enjoy the messages between you and John. But I dare say the word "Satellites" is a recent addition to the English language. Or am I missing out on something? Charlie