In the ninth year of this King (Richard II), John Wyclif,  the organ of the devil, the enemy of the Church, the confusion of men, the idol of heresy, measure of hypocrisy, the nourisher of schism, be the rightful doom of God, was smitten with a horrible paralysis throughout his body. And this venom fell upon him on St Thomas's day in Christmas(29^th December); but he died not until St Silvester's Day (31^st December). And worthily was he smitten on St Thomas's Day, against whom he had greatly offended, letting men of that pilgrimage; and conveniently died he in Silvester's feast, again whom he had venomously barked for (his) doctrine of the Church.

In this year Pope Urban degraded these cardinals: Adam Easton monk of Norwich of the title St Cecilia, and the Cardinal of Venice, Cardinal of Genoa which were worshipful men and professors of divinity. Other III cardinals were men of great birth and good condition. The VII was cardinal Reartinensis, a Doctor of Law on whom the pope put fault for the conspiracy that he should favour the King of Sicily (it was actually the King of Naples!) against the pope. For the pope had promised many things to this King and nothing fulfilled, but after this the King besieged the pope in a town they call Luceria where the pope was compelled to make peace with him. And so with great difficult he fled.

From Capgrave's Chronicle of England 1385