¶ The Cronycles of Englande and of dyuers other realmes breuely compyled with the pyctures and armes of all the kynges of Englande syth the conquest Prologus WHâ— so wyll rede in auncyon cronycles historyes shall fynde y t after the distructyon of Troye Eneas with his son Ascanius begotten of his wyfe 〈◊〉 doughter to 〈…〉 kyng of Troy came into Italye there maryed Lauina doughter to kyng 〈…〉 of Latinus was there kinge reyned .iii. yere After whome succeded 〈◊〉 son 〈…〉 of Alba in Italye reyned there .xxviii. yere after Ascaniâ—â— reyned 〈…〉 borne in y e woddê for y â— cause he was called Siluius which Siluius was 〈…〉 y â— reyned after in Alba. He was also by some wryters called 〈…〉 was 〈…〉 deth of his father Of this Siluius there be dyuers opinyons for some say 〈…〉 to Aâ—canius â— some holde y t he was son â—o â—neas by his wyfe Lauina also some wryters holde y t Lauina haâ— by Eneas a son called Ascaniuâ— â–ª But whether y t Ascanius son to Eneas Lauina or Ascanius son to Eneas and Crusa was the kynge of Latyns There be dyuers opinyons but all wryters agre that Ascanius was kyng of Latyn nexte after Eneas that Siluius reyned next Ascanius was the .iii. kyng of Latyns after kyng Latinus of whome Romuius discended y t fyrst bylded the citye of Rome and of hym toke the name of Rome fyrst as after shall appere in the processe of this worke ¶ And also of the begynnyng of y e inhabytacion of this realme of EnglaÌ„de somtyme called Britteyn before y t called Albion there be dyuers opinyons we rede in the englysshe cronycle y â— one Dioclesâ—an kyng of Siriens had .xxxii. doughters which were maryed vpoÌ„ one day to .xxxii. kingê which women all waxed stoberne disobedyent y t their husbaÌ„de 's coÌ„playned to their father therof which father called them all to gether therfore foule rebuked theÌ„ but all they beyng incorrygyble waxed more frowarde by one assent y e same nyght after for anger slewe all their husbandes cut theyr throtes wherfore the said Dioclesyan was so sore moued y t he intended to put them all to dethe but yet by the aduyse of his couÌ„sell refrayned that put them all in a shyp in y e see no nother ê‘son w t therâ— which women after by aduenture a ryued here in this realme whiche than was all wyldernes desolate of people called the laÌ„de Albyon after y e name of y e eldyst syster called Albyon after y t the deuyll takyng bodyes of y e eyre mans nature iÌ„ other coÌ„treys shed by polusyoÌ„ came lay by those women here begat of theÌ„ horryble Gyantê which there coÌ„tynued tyll y e coÌ„myng of Brute But this story semeth more meruaylous than trewe though it hath coÌ„tynued here in englaÌ„de taken for treuth amoÌ„ge vs englysshemen yet other people do therfore laugh vs to scorne so me semeth they may right well I meruayle iÌ„ my mynde y t men hauyng any good naturall reason wyll to such a thiÌ„ge gyue credeÌ„ce for no man can tell who is y e Auctour of this story nor of whome it shulde come nor of any wryter of name in this lande that euer wrote therof Nor also we rede in no historyes of any other couÌ„trey of any suche kyng in Siria nor of any 〈◊〉 story which story yf it were trewe wolde haue ben put iÌ„ wrytyng by some historyer in y e same 〈…〉 some other contrey coÌ„syderyng that in euery coÌ„trey they wryte of many other thyngê of 〈…〉 wonder And also a man hauynge reason may well iudge y t the thynges nat onely vnlyke to be trewe but almost impossyble y t a great kyng shulde haue .xxxii. doughters all to be maryed at one day also as vnlykely y t there shulde be .xxxii. kynges maryed at one day And also very vnlyke y t all those womeÌ„ shuld be of so yuell disposicyoÌ„ at one tyme so cruelly mynded to do such an abhominable dede but y t amoÌ„ge all theÌ„ there shuld be one of those systers at y e lest somwhat disposed to goodnesse to refrayne from y e doynge of suche a cruell dede In the whiche I trowe that women at this day wyll take my parte also very vnlykly y t suche a shyp comyng froÌ„ so farre a coÌ„trey shuld neuer touche laÌ„de tyll it came hyther coÌ„sideryng y t the cours is so longe aboue .iii. or .iiii. M. myles by see dyuers other landê IlaÌ„des betwene also y e passage so strayte dauÌ„gerous y t they must nedes come thorow many strayâ—ê shawlles lykly to touche lande iÌ„ many other places or they coude come into this Occian see as they that be sene in Cosmografye may well ê‘ceyue by y e syght of the quart or Mappa mundi And also it standeth nother w t good fayth nor reason y t the deuyll shuld by suche maner ingender w t women whiche if the deuyll had suche power than why shuld he nat nowe haue lyke power at this day wherof nowe a days we se no suche generacyon also if y e deuyll had suche power I se nat why those chylderne so gendred shuld be Gyauntes excede all other in greatnesse coÌ„sideryng that y e sede the place where it was sowne was no nother but suche wherof chylderne be ingendred at this day wherfore I suppose no nother but that it is but a fayned fable that this lande shulde be called Albyon for that cause But yet other wryters of historyes there be whiche say that this lande was fyrst called Albyon by reason of y e whyte Cleues rockes at Douer whiche be sene farre in a bryght day was so called Albyon of the Latyns as it were the whyte laÌ„de for Albus is latyn for whyte ¶ But ferthermore howe this lande after that toke the name of Britteyn there by dyuers opinyons howe be it y â— comen opinyons is that Brute son to Siluius son to Ascanius son to Eneas whiche came froÌ„ Troye was y e fyrst y t inhabyted this laÌ„de whaÌ„ there was no people here but onely Gyauntê which sayeng we haue onely of one Gaâ—tridus monumetensis which wrote y t storye in the tyme of kyng Henry the .ii. about y e yere of chryst M.C.lxx. and as it appereth by his prologe he directed his boke to Robert erle of Glocester which was vncle to the sayd kyng Henry affyrmynge in the same prologe y â— one water Archedeacon of Oxforde brought hym aÌ„ olde boke writeÌ„ in y e britteyn speche which he translatyd in to lateÌ„ coÌ„prehendiÌ„â— y â— sâ—yd story of Brute al beit he writâ—th not y e name of y e boke nor who was y e auctor therof but y e oldest writyng y t we rede of aÌ„ny auctor is y e boke of y e coÌ„meÌ„taryes of
had the victorye there was slayne y e duke of Somercet the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the lorde Clyfforde with many other honorable knyghtes and squyers and they toke the kynge prisoner coÌ„ueyed hym into London And there vpon there was called a parlyament at the whiche parlyament because the kynge was called a good Innocent vertuous man nat mete for y e warres The duke of yorke was made protectour the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englande and the erle of warwyke captayne of Caleys And all suche persons as ruled before as the quene her counsell were clerely amoued concernynge the rule of the kynge and of the lande but this contynued but a whyle ¶ Also about this tyme a Mercers seruant in London smote an Italyon wherfore he was coÌ„mytted to warde wherfore all the mercers seruantes gathered them to gether and compelled y e Mayre to delyuer hym And after a meanye of rascall and euyll disposed people brake certayne straungers houses and robbed and spoyled them But after this matter was inquered of and thre persons put to execucyon therfore ¶ Also in the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Henry the quene disdayned sore that the duke of yorke shulde bere the name of protectour whiche argued the kynge shulde nat be sufficyent to gouerne the realme whiche she thought to be a great dishonour to the kynge wherfore she gette the fauour of dyuers lordes and at a counsell at Grenewyche she caused the duke of yorke to be discharged of his protectourshyp and the erle of Salysbury of his Chauncellourshyp whiche was y e cause of a newe greatter warre But sone after that the quene suspected the citye of London to owe fauour to the duke of yorke caused the kynge to go into Couentre where the quene caused the duke of yorke the erle of Salysbury and the erle of warwyke to be sent for by Priuey seale but they had secret warnynge and escaped and the duke and the erle of Salysburye went into the Northe the erle of warwyke with his wyfe and with a great company went into Caleys toke possessyon of his offyce ¶ Also in the .xxxv. yere of kynge Henry there were .iiii. wonderfull fysshes taken at Eyrythe and .ii. of them were whalles and one was a swyrde fysshe the other was called Mors maryn whiche as dyuers men sayd was a Pronosticacyon of warre and troble ¶ Also in the same tyme was a great skyrmysshe betwene the lorde Egremonde and the sonnes of the erle of Sâ—lysburye but at the ende the lorde Egremonde was taken after by iugement of the kynges counsell condempned to pay great soÌ„mes of money to the erle of Salysburye for payment wherof he was coÌ„mytted to Newgate whiche after brake the prison there toke out dyuers prisoners with hym ¶ Also in this same tyme the crafte of Printynge of bokes began in the citye of Almayne named Magonce whiche is nowe meruaylousâ—y increasyd whiche hathe ben cause of great lernynge and knowelege and hathe ben the cause of many thynges and great chaunges is lyke to be the cause of many strauÌ„ge thynges here after to come And in this same yere the senesshall of Normandye with a great nauey entred the see and came to â—andewyche and there robbed and spoyled the towne and toke with hym many ryche prisoners ¶ Also in this yere Raynolde Pecoke bysshop of Chechester was at Lambeth abiured for an heretyke and his bokes brent and he kept in prison terme of his lyfe ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry for to appeace the rancour betwene the quene and the lordes a day of metynge was appoynted by the kynge at London where aswell all the lordes that toke the quenes parte as the duke of yorke and the erle of Salysburye and other that toke theyr parte And also the erle of warwyke that than came fro Caleys euery one of them with a great company came and assembled where a dissymulynge concorde was taken betwene them And after that the kynge the quene and all the lordes vpon our Lady day the Annunciacyon went a precessyon in Poules and after that euery lorde departed at his pleasure ¶ Also sone after that certayne shyppes belongynge to the erle of warwyke mette with a flote of Spanyardes vpon the see where betwene them was a cruell fyght but the englysshemen had the victorye and toke .vi. of theyr shyppes and drowned and chased .xxvi. but nat without losse of men for they were moo than an C. englysshemen slayne and many wounded and hurte ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry the kynge the quene and many lordes beynge at westmyster at counsell because y e one of the erle of warwykes seruantes had hurre one of the kynges seruantes escaped therfore the kynges housholde seruantes came out of the kechyn with spyttes and other wepyns wolde haue slayne the erle of warwyke as he came to haue taken his barge so that he escaped with great daunger and rowed to London wherfore the quene wolde haue had the erle a rested but sodaynly he departed from London and went to warwyke And after that he gate a coÌ„myssion and sayled vnto Caleys Than the quene malygned agaynst the erle of Salysburye and caused the lorde Audeley with a great companye to mete with the erle commynge towarde LoÌ„don to haue taken hym prisoner But the erle kepynge his wey with a great companye with hym mette with them at a place called Blore hethe where betwene them was a great byckerynge a sore fyght but the erle had the victorye And there the lorde Audeley was slayne and moche of his people and the erles .ii. sonnes sore wounded whiche shortely after as they were goynge whomewarde were taken prisoners by them of the quenes partye and sent vnto Chester whan this was knowen by the duke of yorke the other lordes they by one assent gathered a stronge hoost of Marche men and other and the erle of warwyke with a great companye came from Caleys and accoÌ„panyed with the duke nyghe the towne of Lodlowe where they pyght a stronge felde the kynge with a great hoost came towarde them but one Andrewe Trolloppe whiche came with the erle of warwyke and many other af the Souldyers of Caleys departed from the dukes hoost and came to the kynge wherby the duke and his companye were sore abasshed wherfore they concluded to flee and to leaue the felde standynge as they had ben present and than the duke departed with his .ii. sonnes and went fyrst into wales and after into Irelande And the erles of Salysburye of Marche and of warwyke went into Deuynshyre there by the meanes of one IohnÌ„ Denham a squyer gette a shyppe and sayled into Gernesey and after from thens vnto Caleys there ioyously were receyued at a posterne gate And whan the fyrst departure of these lordes was knowen to the kynge and other lordes of the other parte they sent about all the
opteyn the loue of the briteyns letid as thoughe he had ben wroth with that dede sodenly toke those C. knyghtis furst put them in pryson after causid them to be put to deth by the order of the law wherfore the brytteyns did chose Vortyger kyng ⸫ ¶ Vortiger was thus made kyng the yere of crist CCCC xl.viii thaÌ„ they that had the kepyng of the of the .ii. children Aurilambros Vter peÌ„dragon as galfridus writyth went with the cheldren in to lityll bryten Anon after y e freÌ„des of these C. knyghtis cam in to y e laÌ„d to be reueÌ„gid vppon Vorteger wherfore he ferid them also ferid the coÌ„miÌ„g of the .ii. children In this tyme that is to sey the yere of crist CCCC.l. one Engest his broder Horsus caÌ„ froÌ„ germania into briteyn with a grete multitude of the people of the saxons which cam from theyr coÌ„trey bycause they had to mich people wher of the kyng hering was very glad reseuyd them well after with theyr help ouercam the Pictis how be it holy Beda y t wrote historia ecclesiastica gentis angloruÌ„ spekyth nothing y t this Constantyne shuld come out of litill brittayn nor of his .iii. soÌ„nis CoÌ„staÌ„s Aurelius Vter but he sayth VortiÌ„ger beiÌ„g kyng of bryttayn in the tyme of this mysery send for the saxons for help wheruppoÌ„ Engest Horsa cam to hym wyth a great multytude of saxons help the bryttons agaynst theyr enmys Also after this Vortiger maried engest his doughter callâ—d RonweÌ„ gaue to engest y e coÌ„trey of keÌ„t wherfore y e brytteyns were wrothe put down Vortigerus crowned Vortimer his sonne kyng Merouee ¶ Merouee sone of ClodioÌ„ was the thirde kyng of frauÌ„ce In his time one Attilia king of Huns now callyd HoÌ„gry Callynge hym selfe y e skorge of god Cam into Galia with CC.M. meÌ„ there dystroyd many grete townys besegid the cite of Orleans and from theÌ„s cam to chaÌ„payn wher that one Aecius leuetenauÌ„t to the eÌ„ê‘our Theodose Merouee king of fraunce Theodoryk kiÌ„g of gotis other gaderyd to geder gaue hiÌ„ batell where on both ê‘tê were slain C.lxxx M meÌ„ where GuÌ„deris kiÌ„g or duke of borgoyn Theodorike kiÌ„g of Gotis were slayne gret nomber of Attilia his people slayne minished wherfore Attillia returnid agayne to hungery ⸫ kyng of huns whiche was dyscomfet in champayn and his people sore minishid Hillari SiÌ„plicius Felix ¶ Hillari born in sardayn was pope y e yere of cryst .iii. C.lxiiii he held y e see .vii. yere he ordeynyd that the bysshoppys shuld not chose theyr successoâ—rs ¶ Simplicius born at tyburce was next pope the yere of cryst .iiii. C.lxx. he held the see .v. yere ¶ Felix a romayn born was next pope he held the see .ix. yere zenon Anastace ¶ zenon fader of Leo was after his son made emê‘our the yere of cryst .iiii. C.lxxvi he lyffyd after .xvii. yere He ordeynyd the laws in the boke of the Code ¶ Anastase was next emperour he gaue great coÌ„mendacyon to Clouys the furst crystâ—nyd kyng of frauÌ„ce because he wan Bordeux Angolesme vppoÌ„ the Vysegotys which were of the sekt of aryeÌ„s Vortymer ¶ Vortymer was made kiÌ„g of bryteyn the yere of cryst .iiii. C.lxiiii he gaue .iiii. battels to Engest at y e last droue hym owt of the land wherof his doughter Ronwyn was sad causyd Vortymer to be poysonyd Then the bryttons by comen assent made Vortyger kyng agayne Anon after Engest cam agayn in to Englond wyth myche pepull to clayme hys couÌ„trey kent where vppon there was a day of trewse takyn y e vortyger he shuld mete but Engest made hys folkê pryuyly to put knyffys in theyr hose at a certayn wach word which was nempnith youre sexis euery saxon drew his knife slew a brytton there Vortyger was takyn put in pryson yet some wryters sey that these bryttoÌ„s were sleyn in Engestê castell where he desiryd the kyng to dyner and so for sauegarde of his lyfe he gaue .iii. ê“uincis vnto Engest to his pepull Vortyger hys pepull went to walys One of these prouyneys was kent where Engest dwelt hym selfe and there was furst kyng A nother was Essex And the thyrd was Estangles that ys northfolk suffolk Thys Engest toke vppon hym to be kyng of kent y e yere of crist ·iiii C.lxxvi coÌ„mamdyd his own contrey kent to be callyd Engest land where of Englond toke first his name but some sey y t Egbertus was y e fyrst that coÌ„mauÌ„dyd all y e hole land to be callyd englond as shal be shewyd afterward but yet long tyme before the coÌ„myng of Egbert y e peple were callyd Angles as apperyth by holy Bede other historyers whych were loÌ„g before y e tyme of the seyd Egbert ⸫ Engest kyng of Kent Chelderyk ¶ Chelderyk son of Merouee was next kyng of frauÌ„ce after his fader the yere of cryst .iiii. C.lx. He was so cruell y t hys people coÌ„spyryd agayns hym for fere whereof he fled to thuryng wherfore they dyd chose one Gelyon lieuetenent to the emperour to be theyr kyng whych Gelyon was more cruell LaÌ„do ¶ Lando son of Charlysle bele was next duke y e yere of cryst .iiii. C.lx. he ê‘seyuyng the frenchmen Gelase Anastase Simachus ¶ Gelase borne in Affryk was next pope the yere of Cryst .iiii. C. xc.iiii he ordeynyd that a Bygamê° shuld not reseyue holy orders and also that orders shulde be geuyn .iiii. tymys in a yere and vpon the saterday he hylde the see iiii yere ¶ Anastase was next pope he hyld the see .ii. yere and more ¶ Symachus was next pope he hyld the see .xv. yere and send hym a rich robe made hym a patrice and consull of rome at the last this Anastase by the exytyng of Achaticis byshop of coÌ„staÌ„tynople fell to heresye Hormisida pope seÌ„t legatys to coÌ„uert hym but he was obstinate wherfore in the presens of hys people by the iugemeÌ„t of god he was slayn wyth lyghtenyng after that he had holdyn the empyre .xxvi. yere AurilaÌ„brose ¶ Thys Engest when he had obteynyde victory dystroyed y e churches of crystendome he sent for mo saxons to inhabyte the land whych was deuydyd in .iiii. mo kyngdomys as how when they began hereafter shal be shewyd yet after this victory of Engest Aurylambrose Vter hys brother as Galfridus wrytyth cam in to England wyth mych people to whom y e bryttons resortyd and gaue battell to Engest where Engest was slayne but polycronycoÌ„ other afferme that Engest kept hys own laÌ„d keÌ„t in pease warr dyed in hys bed Otta hys son rulyd after hym there .xxiiii. yere but all stories afferme that Aurelius besegyd Vortyger in a castell in walys brent hym all that was therein and chasyd the SaxoÌ„s froÌ„ the .ij. prouyneys of EstaÌ„gles Essex but Beda affyrmith that thys
the see with a companye of Spanyardes betwene whome there was a cruell fyght but the englysshemen were discomfyt and y e erle of Penbroke was there taken with a C.lx. mo prisoners the most parte of his men slayne and drowned and many englysshe shyppes taken and sone after that the towne of Rochell was yelden to the dukes of Burgoyne and Barry to the Frenche kynges vse ¶ Also in the .xlvii. yere the duke of Lancaster syr IohnÌ„ Gaunt Edmonde of Langley his brother landed at Caleys with a great power and so went forth to Dorlons and Corby passed the water of Somme and after passed the ryuer of Seyne and so vnto Bordeaux and spoyled the contrey as they went were neuer fought with saue onely at a skyrmysshe they lost .l. speres and .xx. archers whiche strangled from theyr comhanye ¶ Also in the ·xlviii yere pope Gregory sent .ii. bysshoppes to intreate for peace betwene the .ii. kynges but no full peace coude be than concluded but yet they obteyned abstynente of warre to a certayne day and after that they obteyned a longer day of abstynence of warre but alway in y t season the Frenche kynge wan many townes and holdes aswell in Guyan as in Brytten ¶ Also in the .l. yere of this kynge there was suche syckenesse and mortalyte aswell in Etalye as in Englande that innumerable people dyed ¶ Also in the .li. yere of kynge Edwarde he called his parlyament at westmyster and asked a Subsidye of his coÌ„mons for the defence of his enemyes where vnto it was answered that they myght no lenger bere suche charges sayd forther that they knewe that the kynge had ynoughe â—f it were well guyded And forther they complayned of dyuers offycers specially of the lorde Mortymer and dame Alys Piers wherfore the commons prayed that they myght be remoued from the kynge whiche request by the meanes of prince Edwarde the kyng graunted and after that the commons graunted the kinges pleasure And sone after prince Edwarde dyed at westmyster the .viii. day of Iuly and after was buryed at Canterburye ¶ In this yere also began a great Cisme in the churche of Rome for after y e dethe of pope Gregorye there were chosyn .ii. popes that harde it was to knowe whiche was indubitat pope that by many yeres after there was euer .ii. popes ¶ Also in the same yere the .xxi. day of Iune the yere of chryst M.CCC.lxxvii kynge Edwarde dyed and is buryed at westmyster ¶ This kynge Edwarde whan he dyed had .iiii. sons that is to say Leonell duke of Clarence IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of Lancester Edmonde of Langley duke of yorke and Thomas of wodstoke erle of Cambryge ¶ This kynge Edwarde y e thyrde though that he was occupyed all the tyme of his lyfe in warre yet he was so cyrcumspecte that he euer toke hede to the coÌ„men welthe of his realme and ordred and stablysshed his lawes meruelously well and had in his dayes .xxv. or .xxvi. parlyamentes where there were many good statutes and actes made for the commyn welthe of the lande as appereth in the bokes of his statutes Richardus .ij. Vrban ¶ Vrban was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.CCC.lxxviii he hylde the see .xi. yere ¶ Wyncelant ¶ wyncelant was nexte Emperour the yere of chryst M.CCC.lxxix he hylde the Empyre .xxii. yere but he was vnprofytable to the Empyre therfore he was deposed Rycharde the seconde RIcharde the seconde of that name son to prince Edwarde eldyst son to kynge Edwarde the .iii. beynge of .xi. yere of age was crowned kynge of Englande the .xv. day of Iuly the yere of Chryst M.CCC.lxxvii In the .ii. yere of this kynges reyne certayne galeys and other shippes were sent by Charles kynge of Fraunce with a great companye whiche came into dyuers hauyns in Englande and dyd moche hurte and at the last came into Thames and so to Grauysende and brent parte of that towne and returned into Fraunce agayne And in the same yere the erle of Cambrydge the kynges vncle went into Fraunce with .viii. M. men and passed the water of SoÌ„me and so forthe to Troys and wan it and so passed to the contrey of Gascoyne and so into Brytteyn where syr IohnÌ„ of Mounforde duke of Brytteyn gladly receyued them Anone after this the coÌ„mons of Englande arose and specially in Essex and Kent and made them Capteyns of whome the chefe they called Iacke Strawe another wyll wawe another wat Tyler and another Iacke Sheparde whiche came into the Towre of London where the kynge was and there they toke the Archebysshoppe of Caunterbury the lorde of saynt Iohans and a frere the kynges Confessour and at the Towre hyll smote of theyr hedes and slewe and robbed all the straungers in Sothewarke toke with them all the Sentwary men in westmyster and saynt Martyns and brent the Sauey the duke of Lancasters place and spoyled saynt Iohans and the Innes of court and brent theyr bokes and slewe as many men of lawe and questmongers as they coude fynde toke out all the prisoners in all the prisons about London and after brought the kynge out of the Toure caused hym to ryde thorowe parte of the citye And in Smythfilde made a proclamacyon in the kynges presence with smal reuerence And thus they contynued seterday and sonday vpon the moÌ„day one willyam walworthe Mayre of London disdaynynge Iacke strawe his pryde his tyrranye amonge the multytude and prese of the people in the strete aswell of the coÌ„mons of the citye as of other came boldely vnto Iacke strawe and wonded hym to dethe and shortely smote of his hede and set it vpon a speres ende and cryde kynge Rycharde kynge Rycharde and when the rebelles behylde theyr captayns hede they fled as shepe and many of them were slayne and taken wherfore the kynge afterwarde made the sayd Mayre syr willyam walworthe and .v. other of the Aldermen knyghtes Also in the same tyme the coÌ„mons of Northfolke came to the Abbey of Burye and there slewe one of the kynges Iustyce IohnÌ„ Candysshe and the prior of the place but after the rebelles wexe taken and put to dethe ¶ Also in the .v. yere of this kynge there was a great erthe quake in Englande wherof the lyke was neuer sene before Also about the same tyme y e bysshoppe of Norwyche went into FlauÌ„ders by the popes lycence with a great power and wanne Dunkyrke and Grauelyn brent .xl. shyppê and moche goodes beynge within them but after there fell a syckenesse of the flyckes and other diseases amonge his soudears that he was fayne to returne into Englande ¶ The tytle of Edwarde the .iiii. ¶ In the .vii. yere of this kyng a great ê‘lyament was holden at westmyster where many dukes and erles were made and Roger Mortymer son to Edmonde Mortymer and Dame Philyppe eldyst doughter to syr Leonell seconde son of Edwarde the thyrde was proclaymed heyre