doughter to Baldewyn the emperour was 〈◊〉 of FlauÌ„ders Richardus .j. ¶ Clement Celestyne ¶ Clement was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxxvii he hylde the see .iii. yere and more ¶ Celestyne was nexte pope he hylde the see .vii. yere Henry ¶ Henry sonne to Fredrycke was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxxix he hylde the Empyre .x. yere Rycharde the fyrst RIcharde the fyrst sonne of kynge Henry the seconde was crowned kynge of Englande the .iii. day of Septembre the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxxix This kynge ordayned in the citye of London two Baylyffes to be chosen yerely to gouerne the citye whose names were The fyrst baylyffes of London Henry Tornehyll Rycharde fitz ryuer ¶ Vpon the whiche day of his coronacyon because the Iewes presumed further than they ought the people fell vpon them and droue them to theyr houses robbed and spoyled them without pyte and brent some of theyr houses that the kyng sent strayte coÌ„maundement to cesse the ryot but because the nombre of the trespassours were so many they escaped vnpunysshed ¶ In the begynnynge of his reyne wyllyam kynge of Scottes came to Caunterbury and dyd homage to kynge Rycharde This Rycharde toke vpon hym to warre agaynst Chrystes enemyes made great preparacyon of money and therfore he gaue ouer Berwyke and Rokysborowe to the kyng of Scottes for .x. M.li. and solde to the bysshoppe of Durham his owne prouynce made many bysshoppes and ryche preestes to pay great sommes of money Also he had lycence of the pope to dispence with them that had takyn vpon them the crosse wherby he raysed moche money than commytted the rule of Englande to his chauncelour the bysshop of Ely than went into Normandye and mette with Philyppe kynge of Fraunce at Turon whiche had promysed the same voyage In whiche metynge they deuysed assurance for the contynuance of theyr iourney into y e holy lande that is to say that kynge Rycharde shulde passe by the see and kynge Philyppe by the lande and to mete agayne at Cycyll where they mette accordynge to theyr apoyntement where sone after a grudge began betwene the .ii. kynge for correctyon of theyr soudyours wherfore kynge Philyppe departed but kyng Rycharde entryd the lande of Cypres made so sharpe warre that he toke the kynge of Cypres prisoner and layde hym in bondes of syluer because he had promysed he shulde nat be put in bondes of yron After y t he sayled to Acon or Acres where kynge Philyppe with his hoost lay and beseged the citye whiche than ioyously receyued kynge Rycharde whiche bothe princes set vpon the citye of Acres and wanne it But sone after that a greater grudge began betwene those two prynces Some say the cause therof was for the partynge of the pryes gotten at the sayd citye of Acres and some say it was for that that kynge Rycharde denyed to kynge Philyppe halfe that whiche was gotten at y e citye of Cypres whiche kynge Philyppe claymed by comenant made betwene them at Turon And some say it was because that the erle of Champeyne departed from kynge Philyppe and forsoke to do hym pleasure whiche erle kynge Rycharde receyued And some say the cause of the varyaunce was for y e that kynge Rycharde beynge in Cycell maryed the syster of the eynge of Nauerne where he before had promysed to mary the syster of y e sayd kynge Philyppe But what so euer was the cause of the grudge trouthe it is that kynge Philyppe departed from Acres contynued his iourney tyll he came into Fraunce Sone after this it was shewed kynge Rycharde that the towne of Iapheth whiche was than in chrysten mennes handes was beseged by one Salandyne lykely to be wonne wherfore kynge Rycharde sayled thyther by water a nother hoost of Frenchemen and other whiche remayned there after the departynge of kynge Philyppe he sent them to Iaphethe by lande there by strength rescued the towne wanne dyuers other holdes there nyghe ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe called philyppe Auguste was nexte kynge of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxx he wanne a great battell agaynst Otton the Emperour Ferrande erle of FlauÌ„ders Raynolde erle of Bulleyne and toke bothe those erles prisoners ¶ wyllyam ¶ wyllyam Dampeter maryed to Margaret syster to Iohanne before countes of Flaunders was nexte erle of Flaunders and lefte many chrysten knyghtes to kepe them slewe the Turkes which he had take prisoners by reason wherof kyng Rycharde was sore dredde fered of the Turkes In the whyle y t kynge Rycharde was thus occupyed in the holy lande the bysshhop of Ely y t had the gydynge of Englande dyd moche tyranye and extorcyon in Englande as in depriuynge of Bysshoppes Abbottes and kepynge theyr landes pollynge and oppressynge of lay people by dyuers meanes that at the last by strength the lordes put hym out of the lande This kynge Rycharde perceyued that the Chrysten people decresyd in the holy lande aswell by infyrmytes as lacke of vytell toke a truce for .iii. yere and returned whome warde and sent the quene his wyfe by the see he sayled with a small company into Histra and there landed where he was takyn prisoner by the duke of Ostreche and by hym put in prison and brought to Henry Emperour of Almayne whiche put hym in stronge prison and after Raunsomed hym at C.M. li. whiche duke of Ostryche was afwarde therfore accursed of the pope for y e wronge done to kynge Rycharde ¶ Also for the payment of this sayd Raunsome afterwarde the woll of all the whyte monkes and chanons in Englande was solde and rynges iewels of prelates and vessels and chalyces of all the churches thorowe the lande dyuers many shrynes scraped and spoyled of theyr golde and syluer Dyuers causes there were as wryters reherâ—e that the Emperour shulde owe grudge to kynge Rycharde one was because kynge Rycharde had promysed to the Emperour an ayde for the wynnynge of the kyngdome of Cicyle whiche the Emperour claymed as his inheritance whiche promyse kynge Rycharde as he sayd brake Another cause was for that y e kyng Rycharde toke from a knyght of the duke of Ostryche the dukes banner and trode it vnder his fete in dispyte of the duke and of the Emperour his lorde and therfore the duke and the Emperour were gladde to do kynge Rycharde displeasure ¶ It is sayd that a Lyon was put to kynge Rycharde beynge in prison to haue deuoured hym and when the Lyon was gapynge he put his Arme in his mouthe pulled the lyon by the harte so harde that he slewe the lyon And therfore some say he is called Rycharde Cure de lyon but some say he is called Cure delyon because of his boldenesse and hardy stomake Also IohnÌ„ the kynges brother by excytynge of the Frenche kynge herynge that the kynge his brother was in prison in Almayne began to make warre within
this tyme Lotharius king of keÌ„t was slayne by the south saxoÌ„s by the excityng of Edricus son to Egbert which succedyd hym with in a yere a halfe Edricus dyed widredus son also to Egbert succedyd hym Also about this tyme Alfridus Notus dyed after whom succedyd Osredus which was slayn by CoÌ„redus which succedid hym .ii. yere After whom succedyd Offricus ¶ Iue or Iewe descendyng of the blod of west saxons as willmÌ„s de regibus sayth was next kyng of west saxons after Cadwallader which made gret war vppon the kentysh saxons that the men of Dorobernia or Canterbury grauntyd to Iue for a recompence for the deth of Mulkyng brother to Cadwallader before slayne .iii. M. li This Iue by the excityng of his wife Etheldreda which was an holy woman abbesse of Berkyng gaue vp his kyngdome to Ethellerdus hys nevew toke a poore mannys wede in company of poore men went to rome therfore this Iue shuld seme to be the same person that Beda callyth HuÌ„ or Iue coÌ„sydering both the time of his reyne goyng to rome no variaunce but in wrytyng of the letters as in taking V. for N. that this Iuor Iue of whoÌ„ Galfridê° spekith to be other ê‘soÌ„s so all theyr seyngis may stand to geder ¶ Hit is seyd that this Iue was cause y t y e peter pens were grauntid to be payd of euery house in EngloÌ„d but the cause therof is not knowen certayn but som sey y t Ethelwold grauntyd them furst Also about this time Offa king of Essex kenredus kyng of Mercia went to rome were there ê“fessyd monkis after whoÌ„ succedyd in essex Sileredus in Mercia Colredus k  Edricê° Â Â Â k N Osredê° Â Conredê° Â Â N E     â—ileredê° E M  Kenredê° Â Colredê° Â M Clouis Cheldebert ¶ Clouis son of Theodor next kiÌ„g of fraÌ„ce y e yere of crist .vi. C.xciii ¶ Cheldebert .ii. soÌ„ of theodor was next kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce y e yere of crist viC.xcvii charlê mertel ¶ Charles mertell soÌ„ of Pepin was after his fader duke of Austry prince of the palece of fraunce He was protektour to Theodor the yong kynge of fraunce deffendyd his Gregory ¶ Gregory a sirien was next pope the yere of cryste .vii. C.xxx he held the see .x. yere more Anastace Theodose Leo ¶ Anastace was next emperour the yere of cryst .vii. C.xiiii he was put owte by Theodose ¶ Theodose was next emperour he was a crysten man but he was put from his empyre ¶ Leo was next emperour he was an heretyke He comauÌ„dyd the imagis of seyntys to be put down therfore he was cursyd of Gregory pope so dyed Ethellardus Cutbertus ¶ Ethellardus the neuew of Iue began hys reyn ouer the west saxoÌ„s the yere of cryst vii.xxiiii some men call him Etheldredus In this tyme Offricus or Osbrygh reynyd in northumberÌ„ to whoÌ„ Bede wrote the story callyd historia anglicana some say to his successour Colwolcus ¶ Cutbertus the neuew of Ethellardus began his reyn ouer the west saxons the yere of cryste .vii. C.xxxix In this tyme holy Bede before spokyn of dyed In this tyme Colwolphê° kyng of NorthuÌ„berÌ„ gaue vp his kyngome to Egbertê° his cosyn was made a monk this Cutbertê° made oft war agaiÌ„st Ethelwold kyng of Mercia Here is to be notyd that many of these saxons kyngis were holy men byldyd many churches foundyd many abbes indowyd them with gret land many of them liuyd verteously so dyed now be takyn as holy sayntys Also this Egbertus that was kyng of northuÌ„berlaÌ„d forsoke his kyngdome for the loue of cryst toke the tonsure of seynt Peter Pall after whoÌ„ succedyd his son Osulphus which with in a yere was slayne by the northumbers after whoÌ„ succedyd Moll ethelwold within .vii. yere laft his kingdome to Helredus whych after .ix. yere was expulsid by the northumbers which made ethelbert theyr kyng which was expulsyd with in .v. yere Elwolphus made kyng which was slayne After whom succedyd Osredus which sone after was expulsyd by the northuÌ„bers Ethelredus made kyng which was after slayne And anon after Egbert kyng of west saxons subduyd them to his domynyon k    Wydredê° Â k N Offricê° Â Colwolfê° Â Egbertê° N E  Cuthredê° Â Â Â E M    Ethelwoldê° Â M Dagobert Cloiter Theodor ¶ Dagobert son to Cheldebert was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryst .vii. C.xv. ¶ Cloyter the second son of Cheldebert was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryst .vii. C.xix ¶ Theodor son of dagobert was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryst .vii. C.xxvi land from enmys In his tyme the sarsyns enteryd the realme of fraunce with an innumerable peple both men women children agaynst whom this Charlys martell made a gret battayll slew of them as some wryters affyrme .iii. C. lxxxv·M Saresyns zachari StepheÌ„ Pall ¶ zachary a greke was next pope the yere of Cryst vii C.xli. he helde the see .x. yere ¶ Stephen a romayne hyld the see next .v yere ¶ Pall a romayn held the see next .x. yere coÌ„stantine Leo ¶ Constantyne sonn of Leo was next emê‘our the yere of crist .vii. C.xlii. he was accursyd of pope Pall after dyed ¶ Leo sonne of Constantyne was nexte Emperoure He was couetouse of precious stonys tooke a crown full of precyous stonys out of the church of seynt Sophia put it vppoÌ„ his hed which stonis so brosid his hed that therof he died In his time the eÌ„pire decresyd and the saâ—â—yâ—s occupyed a greaâ— ê‘t of the Eest and the freÌ„chmeÌ„ rulyd in Italy Sigebertus Kenulphus ¶ Sigebertus cosyn to Cutbert begaÌ„ his reyn ouer the westsaxons y e yere of cryst .vii. C.xlv he was cruell tyraÌ„nous to his subiectê tornyd theyr lawes costomys after his one wyll put one of his lordis to deth which aduerâ—â—syd him to be reformyd wherefore his subiectis by one assent wyth y e eyd of one kenulphus deposyd him he was after in such mysery that he walkyng alone without comfort a swyne herd whose lord he before had slayne in reuenging his lordys deth there slew the seyd Segebert In his tyme Egberd was kyng of Northunberland· ¶ Kenulphus of the blod of Cerdicus son to Offa king of Merchis was made king of west saxoÌ„s y e yere of cryst .vii. C. xlviiiâ— he was a good man to his subiectis kept among them good pease In his tyme Offa slew a tyraÌ„t callid Bomredus that before had slayne Ethelwold king of Mercia made him self king After whose deth this Offa as neuew to Ethelwold reynid there as king he had warre with the northumbers them subdued also had war with Etheldred which than tooke vppon hym to be king of Estangles toke him
pope the yeer of cryst M.xxxix hyld the see but .xl. days for then Benet was chosin agayn ¶ Gregory a romayn was next pope the yeer of cryst M.xlv. Henry ¶ Henry son of Conrard was next emperour the yeer of cryste M.xl he was crownyd afterward by pope Clement Harold harefot Hardekynyte Also in the tyme of this kanutus the skottys rebellyd wherfore kanutus with a great army enteryd in to skotland subdued Malcolyn kyng of skottys by reason wherof this kanutus was than kynge of .iiii. kyngdomys that is to say of Englond Skotland Denmark Norway After that he went in to Denmark from thens to rome on pylgrymage after returnyd in to Englond where he kepte all his lyfe good Iustyce was well belouyd dyd many good charytable dedis byldyd and repayryd many monestaris specyally such as were thrown downe in the tyme of his faders ê‘secucyon after dyed lyeth at winchester leuyng after hym .ii. sonnys one callyd Harold the other Hardykynâ—tus which hardykynytus was made kyng of Denmark in his faders days ¶ Harold callyd harefote for his delyuernes swyftnes soÌ„ne to kanutus by Elgyna hys furst wyfe began his reyn ouer EngloÌ„d the yeer of cryst M.xxxix Of hym is lytyll laft in memory for he reynid but .iiii. yeer saue that he banyshyd his stepmoder Emma tooke her goodis Iewellys from her ¶ Hardykynytus beyng kyng of DeÌ„mark second son to kanutus by his last wyfe Emma was next kyng of eÌ„gloÌ„d the yeer of cryste M.xli In hys tyme the .ii. soÌ„nys of Egelredus Alfridê° Edwardus cam from normaÌ„dy in to Englond to vyset theyr moder Emma brought with them a gret coÌ„pany of normaÌ„s wherfore one yerle Goodwyn which was most in the kyngê fauour of most myght next to the kyng councellyd the kyng the lordys not to suffer those normans to be within the realme for Ieoperdy by which meanys he gatt auctoryte to order the matter hym self wherfor he met wyth theÌ„ on Gyl downe there slew Alfrydus the most part of the normaÌ„s but Edward was conueyd to his moder whych for fere of Goodwyn sent hym agayn in to normandy Sone after this Hardykynytê° beyng mery at lambyth sodenly waxyd dome fell down to the grouÌ„d wythin .viii. days after dyed wyth owt issue of his body after he had reynyd .ii. yerys which was the last that reynyd in Englond of the blood of the danys In the tyme of this henry part of the borgonyons that had be long vnder the obedyence of frauÌ„ce refusyd the french kyng tornyd to Conrard eÌ„ê‘our ¶ This henry had .iii. sonnys one callyd Phyllyp which was kyng of fraunce his fader lyuyng a nother callyd Robert that was duke of Burgoyn an other callyd hugh the grauÌ„t y t was yerle of vermeÌ„ dose Robert ¶ Robert duke of fryse broder to baldewyn was next yerle of flauÌ„ders he lieth at cassel WillmÌ„ ¶ willmÌ„ bast sonne to Robert was next duke of Normandy which had gret war with henry kyng of frauÌ„ce as is aboue shewd clemeÌ„t damas Leo Victor ¶ Clement was next pope the yere of cryst M.xlvii ¶ Damasse hyld the see next .xxiii. days ¶ Leo hyld the see next .ii. monythis ¶ Victor hyld the see next .ii. yere and more This henry cam in to Italy and toke Pandulph prince of capia presoner edward ¶ Edward the son of Egelredus Emma began his reyn ouer engloÌ„d the yere of Cryste M.xliii he maryed Goduha doughter to erle Godwyn but he neuer flesshly dalt with her nor put her from his bed he dischargyd the Englyshmen of y e grete trybute callyd dane gelt for euer he banysshyd the yerle goodwin and his sonis for .ii yeris after that was agrement made and the kyng toke them agayne to grace in the tyme of which banyshment williaÌ„ duke of normandy cam in to Englond and had grete chere of the kyng and retornyd agayne In this tyme y e skottis rebellyd wherfore seward yerle of northuÌ„berlaÌ„d by y e kyngis commaÌ„dment power enteryd skotland and subduyd the skottis and chasyd theyr kyng owt of the land then kyng Edward gaff that land to Malkolyn soÌ„ of y e kyng of Combers to hold of hym and his heyris kyngê of Englond as off theyr cheff lord After this y e yerle goodwin sittyng at the kyngis bord was sodenly takyn with sekenis wherof he dyed with in thre days some sey he was takyn with a palsey and some seyd that he was chokyd with a morsell of bred because he sware falsely by that morsell of bred that he was not gylty of the deth of Alfrede broder to y e kyng sone aft this kyng Edward sent vnto henry the .iiii. emperour for Edward son of Edmond yronsyd to coÌ„ in to Englond to the intent to make hym his heyre which accordyng therto cam in to EngloÌ„d and sone after dyed also after the deth of yerle goodwiÌ„ harold his eldist soÌ„ waxyd so in the kyngis fauor that he rulyd the most grete causis of the realme and was ruler of the kyngis army and subduyd y e welchmen that rebellyd this harold saylyd in to normandy to see his broder welnotus that was sent thether for a plegge for the ê‘formance of the couenantis made be twen the kyng and his fader yeâ—le goodwyn wher wilmÌ„ duke of normandy made hym to swere that he shuld mary his doughter that was thaÌ„ with in yeris of consent and then after the deth of kyng Edward he shuld kepe the laÌ„d to his behoue accordyng to the mynd of kyng Edward afther some wryters after that this harold retornyd to EngloÌ„d and shewyd y e kyng what he had done wherwith the kyng was well contentyd after this the kyng fell seke and before he dyed he saw in a vysyon that by cause the nobles and the prelattis off EngloÌ„d were not goddis seruantê that god therfore shuld take this kingdome in to the handis of theyr enmis sone after y t this kyng Edward dyed with out issue and was acomptyd a virgyn when he dyed Robert ¶ Robert son to Robert was next yerle of flaunders he lyeth at seynt vedast This wilmÌ„ duke of normandy cam in to Englond to kyng Edward of hym had grete chere he was cosyn to kyng Edward by his fader seyd that is to sey son to Roberd soÌ„ to Rychard the good soÌ„ to Rychard the hardy which Rychard the hardy was both fader to rychard the good and to eÌ„ma moder to y e seyd kyng Edward therfore as some afferâ—e kyng Edward grauÌ„tyd to hym 〈◊〉 kyngdome of Englond after his deth StepheÌ„ Benet Nicholas Alexander ¶ Stephen born at Loreyne was nexte pope the yere of cryste M.lvi he hyld the see .vii. monethis ¶ Benet a romayn hild the see next .ix. monethis but he was deposyd because he obteynyd the see by strenght and force ¶ Nycholas born at
wyllyam Rufus kynge of Englande And than the Duchye of Normandye was vnder the dominyon of the kynges of Englande many yeres afterwarde Victor ¶ Victor was nexte pope he contynued the sentence agayns Henry the Emperour but he was impoysoned by venym put in his chales after that he had be pope one yere But about this tyme a great plee and debate was bytwene one Thomas Archebysshop of yorke and Lamfranke archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury whether the archebysshop of yorke shulde be vnder the rule of the archebysshop of Caunterbury whiche matter was appelled to Rome And from thens sende downe to be determyned in Englande where the Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury recouered and optayned that the archebysshop of yorke shulde be sacred of the archebysshop of Caunterbury and make to hym othe with professyon of obedyence ¶ About the .x. yere of his raygne Roger erle of Harforde and Rafe erle of Northfolke and Suffolke and one erle walreffe conspired agaynst the kyng but it was disclosyd wherfore the erle of Harforde and the erle of Northfolke fledde and were outlaude the erle walreffe was behedyd Also about the .xv. yere of his raygne Robert Curteyse the kynges eldyst son with the helpe of Philyppe the Frenche kynge made warre agaynst his father and gaue hym a great batell in Normandye where kynge wyllyam was sore hurte and fayne to forsake the fylde The cause of that batell was sor that that kynge wyllyam wolde haued resumyd from his sonne Robert the Duchye of Normandye for his wyldnesse which he before y e tyme had gyuen to him ¶ This wyllyam made the newe forest in Hampshyre and therfore cast downe dyuers churches by the space of .xxx. myles In his tyme he kept the englysshemen so lowe that fewe of them bare any offyce of honour or rule but somwhat he fauored the citye of London Also he buylded two abbayes in Englande that is to say the abbaye of Battell where he wanne the fylde agaynst Harolde and the abbaye of Barmesey in Southwarke besyde London and also he buylded .ii. other abbayes in Normandye ¶ Also in the .xix. yere of kynge wyllyam his raygne the kyng beynge in Normandye araysed a great trybute in Englande caused to be gathered of euery hyde of lande whiche contayneth .xx. acres .vi. s. And soone after that enteryd Fraunce with a great armye and brent a parte of the citye of Meaux and many other cityes townes but as some wryters say in that hete by the lepe of a horse he toke suche a disease that it was the cause of his dethe And made his testament gaue to wyllyam Rufus his seconde sonne the kyngdome of Englande and to Rober Courteyse his eldyst sonne the Duchye of Normandye And to Henry his thyrde sonne he gaue his treasour and warned wyllyam to be to his people louynge and lyberall and Robert to be to his people sterne and sturdye And dyed the .ix. day of September the yere after y e incarnacyon of Chryst M.lxxxvii after y t he had be kyng of Englande xx yere and duke of Normandye .lii. yeres was buryed in the citye of Cane in Normandye ¶ wyllyam ¶ wyllyam duke of Normandye was nexte erle of FlauÌ„ders by the ayde of the Frenche kynge willmÌ„s rufus Vrban ¶ Vrban was nexte pope The yere of Chryst M.lxxxviij he hylde the see .xii. yere and more Vnder hym was determyned the voyage to Ierusalem by Godfrey de Boleyn other chrysten men whiche wanne the citye of Ierusalem ¶ Wyllyam Rufus WIllyam Rufus or Wyllyam the redde the seconde son of wyllyam conquerour was crowned nexte kynge of Englande the .xxvii. day of Septembre the yere of Chryst M.lxxxvii Sone after that wyllyam Rufus had taken vpon hym the kyngdome His brother Robert Courteyse came out of Normandye and landed at Hampton to the intent to haue expulsed his brother from the kyngdome but wyllyam Rufus herynge therof sende to hym embassadours requyrynge hym that he myght inioye it duryng his lyfe payeng to hym yerely .iii. thousande markes with condicyon that whiche of them ouer lyued other to inioye the kyngdome To the whiche Robert by y e aduyse of his counsell assented returned agayne to Normandye This wyllyam Rufus was somwhat vnstable of maners and couetous and solde benefyces of the churche and bysshoprykes so that betwene hym and his lordes was oft discencyon wherfore well nere all the Normans toke parte agaynst hym so that he was forced of necessyte to drawe to hym the Englysshemen ¶ Also sone after Robert Courteyse duke of Normandye layde his dukedome to plegge to his brother kyng wyllyam Rufus for .x. M. li toke his voyage into y e holy lande Also in this tyme Malcolyn kyng of Scottê enteryd NorthuÌ„berlaÌ„de there dyd great distruccyon but yet after many coÌ„flyctê betwene y e kyng and hym Malcolyn was sworne to be obedient to kyng willyam ¶ The .iiii. yere of his rayne a great wynde was in London y e 〈◊〉 downe .v. C. howses and y e rofe of Bowe churche and dyd great hurte in wynthester in dyuers other places In this tyme also the welchemen rebellyd but they were subdued theyr duke or kyng called Ryse was slayne whiche was accompted the last kynge of wales After that Malcolyn kynge of Scottes rebellyd came into Englande w t his retenewe whome one Robert erle of NorthuÌ„berlande inconteryd there the kynge Malcolyn was slayne and by the ayde of kyng wyllyam Edgare his son was made kynge of Scotlande ¶ About this tyme the order of Cysteaux was fyrst brought into Englande by one water Espeke that founded the fyrst Abbey of that religyon at Ryuall ¶ This kynge wyllyam was a very couetous man a proude a wylfull and pylled both◠〈◊〉 sperytualte temperalte with sellynge of Bysshoprykes Abbeys benefyces and leuyenge vnresonable taxes trybutes on the temperalte specially by the onely counsell of one Ranulphe hys procuratour whiche ryches the kynge dyd spende vpon the Towre of London some say vpon the makynge of westmyster halle but yf y e sayenge be trewe of westmyster halle it must be some olde halle there nat the newe halle that is nowe For the armes that appere in the halle y t nowe is aswell in y e stone worke as in the tymber worke be y e armes whiche kyng Rycharde the seconde gaue which be .iii. Lyons with y e flour delyce quarterly the whyte hart for his badge For there was neuer kyng of Englande y t bare the armes of FrauÌ„ce whiche be the flour delyce before kyng Edwarde the thyrde for in his tyme the armes of FrauÌ„ce was fyrst ioyned to y e armes of Englande wherfore it shulde seme euydently that westmyster halle y t iâ— nowe was nat bylde in the tyme of kynge wyllyam Rufus except it were onely the foundacyon therof or els it was y e halle in westmyster aboue the steyres which is nowe called y e whyte halle By the
prisoner then by medacion of fryndes they agreed vpon eschaunge of prisoners So that the kynge was delyuered for the erle Robert and sone after that the kynge waxed more stronge of people and besegyd the Empresse at Oxforde That the Empresse was fayne to clothe her and her people in whytte apparell and in a nyght whan the grounde was couered with Snowe she by that meanes escaped and fledde to walyngforde and sone after that with a small companye departed into Normandye to her husbande Geffrey Plantagenet but yet after this Robert erle of Gloucester and the erle of Chester were so stronge of people that the kynge was nat abyll to venquysshe them dyuers and many conflyctes was bytwene them yet at a batell at wylton bytwene them the kynge lost the fylde and was lyke to haue ben takyn but yet he escaped In this pastyme dyed Geffrey Plantagenet and Henry his eldyst sonne was made duke of Angeo and Normandye ¶ It was nat longe after but that Eustase sonne to kynge Steuyn with helpe of the Frenche kynge made warre vpon this duke henry in Normandye but he preuayled nat Sone after this duke Henry came from Normandye and with a great armye entred into Englande and wanne the castell of Maluysburye and dyd moche harme to the kynge and at the last came into London and wanne the Towre more by polecye and fayre promyse than by strength and after wanne walyngforde and many other stronge holdes that the kynge had so moche warre that he wyst nat whether to go But the kynge caused Theobalde Archebysshop of Caunterburye to make meanes to the duke for a peace whiche at the last was concluded about the feest of Epyphanye some say it was agreed that Steuyn shulde be kynge terme of his lyfe and the duke heyre Apparant to be kyng after his dethe And some storyes say that the lande was deuyded bytwene them but howe so euer the peace was concluded trewth it is that kynge Steuyn dyed as men sayde for thought and care in the .xxv. day of Octobre nexte folowynge The yere of Chryst M.C.liiii For he was in warre and trouble and in great vexacyon all the terme of his lyfe and he is buryed at Feuersham ¶ Margaret Baldewyn ¶ Margaret syster to Philyppe was maryed to Baldewyn erle of Henaude whiche was nexte erle of Flaunders ¶ Baldewyn sonne to Baldewyn was nexte erle of Flaunders and Emperour of Constantynople Henricus .ij. Adryan Alexander Lucius Vrban Gregory ¶ Adryan an Englysshe man was next pope y e yere of chryst M.C.liiii he hylde y e see .iiii. yere ¶ Alexander was nexte pope he hylde the see .xxi. yere but parte of the eleccyon dyd chose one Victor whiche was called the Antepape and was mayntayned by the Emperour Fredrycke but yet peace was made betwene them ¶ Lucius was nexte pope he hylde the see .iiii. yeres ¶ Vrban was next pope in his tyme IerusaleÌ„ was won by y e Sarazyns he hylde the see .ii. yere ¶ Gregory was nexte pope he hylde the see .viii. wekes Fredrycke ¶ Fredrycke Barbe was next Emê‘our y e yere of chryst M.C.lii he hylde y e empyre .xxxvii. yere Henry HEnry the seconde and son to Geffrey Plantagenet erle of Angeo Maude the Empresse was crowned kyng the .xx. day of December the yere of Chryst M.C.liiii This henry was fortunate in his begynnynge and vnfortunate in his ende for fyrst he put downe all the newe castelles that were longynge to the crowne whiche kynge Steuyn before tyme had geuyn to dyuers men fortefyed them agaynst Maude the Empresse He put vnder his owne dominyon the kyngdome of wales and there let fall downe many great woddê and made hye wayes he wanne Irelande by strength He subdued wyllyam kynge of Scotlande whiche at that tyme hylde a great a parte of NorthumberlaÌ„de vnto Newe castell vpon Tyne and ioyned Scotlande to his owne kyngdome from the southe Occean to the Northe yles of Orkeys and made all these landes as vnder one pryncipate he had in his rule NormaÌ„dye Gascoyn Guyon Angeo and Chynon and made subiecte to hym Aluerne and by the tytle of his wyfe Elynor doughter to the erle of Petowe he optayned y e MouÌ„tes Pyranye in Spayne that we rede of none of his progenytours that had so many contreyâ— vnder his dominyon About the .vi. yere of his reyne he wanne the citye of Tolowys ¶ Also for dyuersacies that the kynge procured to be made agayne the lybertes of the churche There fell a great debate betwene hym and Thomas then Archebysshop of Caunterbury that the bysshoppe fled vnto Rome But after whan Thomas came agayne to Caunterbury .iiii. of y e kyngê knyghtes because the kyng beyng in NormaÌ„dye they harde y e kyng say these wordes if he had any men about hym he had ben a venged vpon y t traytour longe or that tyme. Therfore these knyghtes came fro the kynge beynge in Normandye and slewe this Thomas in the cathederall churche in Caunterbury at saynt Benettes auter whiche Thomas is nowe by the churche canonysed for a holy saynt dyuers myracles auctorysed by the churche that god hathe shewed for hym This kynge henry let crowne henry his eldyst sonne kynge of Englande and went hym selfe into Normandye but his son henry dyed before his father and therfore he is nat accounted in the noÌ„bre of kynges of Englande This Henry his son and his .ii. bretherne IohnÌ„ Rycharde made warre agaynst theyr father Some say the cause of the warre was because the kynge imprisoned Elynor his wyfe whiche was kept in prison tyll the kynge dyed and he kept the wenche Rosamonde ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of his reyne wyllyam the kynge of Scottê by the assent of all the lordes of ScotlaÌ„de dyd homage to kynge henry at yorke where y e kynge willyam grauÌ„ted by his letters patentes that he and his heyres and successours for euer shulde do homage vnto the kyngê of Englande ¶ This kynge henry in the later ende of his dayes was neclygent to do his duetye to god holy churche and also declygent in executynge of his lawes and was warned oft tymes to amende these thynges but he forced no suche monicyon nor regarded no counsell And therfore in his later dayes all thyngê went agaynst hym For fyrst about the .xxx. yere of his reyne he sent his son IohnÌ„ into Irelande whiche there dyd preuayle but lyttell And in the nexte yere the kynge went thyder hym selfe but fortune was to hym contrary y t he lost his trauayle And about the .xxxii. yere of his reyne he lost Aluerne agaynst the kynge of Fraunce And the next yere after he lost Butyrecan and the nexte after he lost Cenomenea Turyne with many holdes to them belongynge And in the next yere after in the .vi. day of Iuly the yere Chryst M.C.lxxxix he dyed and is buryed at Founteuerarde ¶ Ferrande son to the kyng of Portyngale maryed â—o Iohan eldyst
Englande toke dyuers castels of the kinges as wyndesore Notyngham dyuers other And the frenche kynge made warre in NormaÌ„dye but the barons of Englande resysted so this IohnÌ„ the kynges brother that he was fayne to deê‘te to the kynge of Fraunce After whan kynge Rycharde came home into Englande he called a parlyment and set the realme in order exyâ—ed all the Iewes out of Englande saue onely a fewe whiche remayned in Norwyche but after that the Iewes were suffred to inhabyte agayne in dyuers places in Englande And than after he sayled into Normandye where his brother IohnÌ„ than was and made sharpe warre agaynst the Frenche kyng but after a truce peace was taken betwene them for a certayne tyme. And his brother IohnÌ„ was then reconsyled to the kyng whiche bothe to gyther returned into EnglaÌ„de But after when the day of truce was expyred kyng Rycharde sayled agayne into Normandye made newe warre agayne vpon the Frenche kyng In the whiche warre they sped dyuersly for the Frenche kynge toke dyuers of his holdes in Normandye kynge Rycharde toke dyuers of his holdes in Fraunce many great conflyctes was betwene them But at the last kynge Rycharde went to besege a castell called castyll Gayllarde and as he rode about the castell to aduyse it one marked hym with a quarell smote hym in the hede wherof anone after he dyed without yssue of his body the .vi. day of Apryll the yere of Chryst M. C·xCix and is buryed at Founteuerarde Iohannes Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C.xCviii in his tyme lyued saynt Fraunces and saynt Dominycke fyrst begynners of those orders he hylde the see .xviii. yere ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe was nexte Emperour the yere of Christ M.C.xCix he hylde the Empyre .x â–ª yeres he had great warre with Otton whiche was also chosyn Emperour this Philyppe was slayne in his chambre IohnÌ„ IOhan brother to the forenamed Richarde was crowned kynge the .xxvi. day of Iulij the yere of Chryst M.C.xCix Philyppe the kynge of Fraunce hylde a counsell in Cenomenia in Maturyn and made one Artur sonne to Geffrey Plantagenet neuewe to kynge Iohan duke of Bretayne whiche incontynent enteryd the contrey of Angeo kynge Philyppe entryd into Normandye and toke many holdes there Kynge Iohan herynge therof came into Normandye to resyste kynge Philyppe but by mediacyon of fryndes a peace was made betwene the two kynges And after that kynge Iohan was deuorced from his wyfe which was doughter to the erle of Glocester for nerenesse of blode and maryed in Fraunce to Isabell doughter to the erle of Engolesym ¶ About the .iii. yere of kynge Iohan his reyne there were sene in the fyrmament .v. mones also about the same tyme at a parlyment holdyn at Verdon it was concluded y t kynge IohnÌ„ shulde appere at Parys within .xv. dayes after Ester next folowynge to answere to suche questyons as then shulde be layde agaynst hym for the Duchye of Normandye and the contrey of Angeo And because he appered nat nor none for hym kynge Philyppe enteryd into Normandye toke there dyuers holdes gaue the countye of Angeo to the forsayd Artur And whan kynge IohnÌ„ harde therof he came from Englande to Normandye and there made warre and toke the sayd Artur prisoner and dyuers other and returned shortely into Englande but yet he wanne nat y e contrey as it was sayd In the same yere folowynge was great stormes of wynde and rayne and hayle as bygge as hennes egges sperytes sene in the eyre lyke foules berynge fyre in theyr bylles whiche set dyuers houses a fyre This kyng IohnÌ„ than asked an eyde of the clergye of Englande for the optaynynge of Normandye whiche was lost whiche they denyed to gyue And also the pryour and couent of Caunterbury had chosyn one Steuyn Langton bysshop agaynst the kyngê wyll whome the pope confyrmed wherfore kynge Iohan was nat content and droue the pryour and dyuers of the couent out of the realme and commaunded that no letter nor commaundement of the pope shulde be receyued in Englande nor wolde nat at the popes request receyue that bysshoppe so chosyn wherfore suche varyaunce fell betwene the pope and the kynge that the pope interdyted the lande whiche stode so interdyted .vii. yeres tyll that kynge Iohan was reconsyled But as it is sayd this interdytynge was nat so strayte but that chylderne were chrystened in euery place and deuyne seruyce sayd in many houses of religyon and other places by lycence purchased than and before and people houselyd anayled except suche ê‘sons as were except by name in the bull About this tyme in Sussex was taken a fysshe lyke a man whiche was kept a lyue .vi. monthes after vpon lande with rawe flesshe but by cause they coude haue no speche of it they cast it into the see agayne ¶ About the .vii. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the sayd Frenche kynge Philyppe wanne all the hole contrey of Normandye Some auctours say that the frenche kynge made all this warre agaynst kyng IohnÌ„ by excytynge of the pope for his contumacye agaynst the churche ¶ About this tyme the Irysshemen rebellyd and than kynge Iohan with a pusant armye went into Irelande and shortely subdued them set the contrey in a rule and there bylde many great townes castels ordayned his lawes there to be kept and returned agayne into Englande ¶ Sone after this kynge Iohan prepared a great hoost and sayled into Rochyll and when the Frenche kynge harde therof he prepared another stronge hoost so that bothe the hoostes were within lytell dystannce to haue mette but by mediacyon of fryndes the two kynges there toke a peace for .ii. yeres folowynge Also about the .x. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the pope sent .ii. legates Pandulfe and Durrant to kynge Iohan that he shulde receyue Steuyn to his Archebysshopryke and sent a newe commyssion wherby the curse of interdytynge if the kynge wolde nat agree therto was newely denounced ¶ Otton ¶ Otton was nexte Eyperour he was crowned by pope Innocent after accursed of the same pope and deposyd of his Empyre at a counsell holdyn at Rome he hylde the Empyre .iii. yeres ¶ Also he assoyled and acquyted all the lordes of Englande spirituall and temporall of all homage and fealte that they owed to the kyng to the intent that they shulde aryse agaynst hym but the kynge wolde nat be reconsyled wherfore the pope sent to the kynge of Fraunce in remyssion of his synnes that he shulde take with hym all the power that he myght and go into Englande to distroy kynge Iohan. ¶ Also about this tyme the Citezyns of London made suche sute to the kynge that they optayned that the kynge graunted them to chose of them selfe yerely a Mayre ii Sheryffes and the names of Baylyffes clerely to be voyded whose names of the Meyre and Sherystes were The fyrst Mayre Henry
fitz Alwyn The fyrst Sheryffes Peter Duke Thomas Nele ¶ Also in the .x. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ London brydge was begon to be edefyed of stone whiche before was of tymbre and the monastery of saynt Mary oueres was begon for to be buylded ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the kyng was in great feare lest he shulde lose his realme and to be vtterly vndone hym selfe wherfore in his mynde he was sore anoyed and sent to the pope and sayd he wolde be reconsyled wherfore the pope sent Pandulfe agayne into Englande with these artycles that he shulde receyue Steuyn to his archebysshopryke restore to hym and to all other all profytes frutes belongynge to them that he had wrongfully taken and that he shulde yelde vnto the popes handes the tytle of his crowne to holde it of the pope To the whiche thynges the kynge graunted and resygned his crowne to Pandulfe and toke it agayne of hym to holde it of the pope and to pay yerely to the churche of Rome M. markes of syluer and after that receyued Steuyn suffred hym to inioy his Archebysshopryke restored all suche profytes as he had from hym and all other wrongfully taken Some wryters affyrme that for this foresayd payment the Peter pens be payde at this day ¶ Also about the .xiiii. yere of his reyne kynge IohnÌ„ fell at a great discencyon with his lordes one cause of that varyance wos for that y t the kynge wolde nat holde y e lawes of saynt Edwarde but wolde holde no lawe but do all thiÌ„ge at his owne wyll dyd disinheryte many men without assent of his lordes or of any other counsell And also wolde haue disinheryte the erle of Chester because he rebuked hym of his wyckednesse for that that he hylde his owne brothers wyfe lay by many other great lordes dobghters and spared no woman that hym lyked wherfore his lordê toke the citye of London and bylde them there a certayne whyle But by meanes of the Archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelates the kynge and his lordes met besyde Stanys at a place called Rumney mede and there agrement was made a charter made thereupon called Magna carta whiche charter anone after the kynge brake that newe varyance began betwene hym and his lordes agayne y t dyuers of the lordes sent vnto the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde sende his son Lewys hyther and they wolde rendre vnto hym the lande which Lewys therupon came into Englande and toke dyuers castels of the kynges by force and after came to London where the barons receyued hym and yelded to hym the Towre of London Kynge IohnÌ„ beynge thus ouer set with this Lewys by the eyde of dyuers of his lordes sent vnto the pope shewynge theyr rebellynge whiche sent vnto hym a Legate called Swallo whiche in the popes name commaunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce and labored to haue a peace betwene them but his labour was in vayne wherfore the kyng forfere fled towarde Lyncolne but sone after at Neuwarke he dyed of the flyx the .xix. day of October the yere of Chryst M.CC.xvi. But some say that a monke poysoned hym at Swynestede and he is buryed at worcester Henricus .iij. ¶ Honore Gregory Celestyne ¶ Honore was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M·CC xvi he hylde the see .x. yere and more ¶ Gregory hylde the see nexte .xiiii. yere ¶ Celestyne hylde the see nexte .xviii. dayes ¶ Fredrycke Henry ¶ Fredrycke was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.CC.xii. he dyd persecute the churche but at a counsell at Lyon he was deposed by the pope Innocent that .xxvii. yere after the electours were in varyance who shulde be Emperour he hylde the Empyre .xxxii. yere ¶ Henry was nexte Emperour he hylde the empyre .v. yere Henry the thyrde HEnry the thyrde of that name and eldyst sonne to kynge IohnÌ„ was crowned kyng the .xxviii. day of Octobre the yere of Chryst M.CC.xvi. whan he was but .ix. yeres of age And after his coronacyon this Lewis coÌ„tynued in his war which he had begon but dyuers of y e lordes toke ê‘te agaynst hym And also Swallo the Legate accursed this Lewys interdyted wales a cursyd Lewellyn prynce of wales and all that hylde ê‘te agayne this yonge kyng Henry And the erle of Chester and dyuers other lordes of the kynges parte went to Lyncolne and toke the towne and slewe many Frenche men beynge there forced this Lewys to take a peace whiche peace was thus concluded y t Lewys shulde go agayne into Fraunce and to haue a M. markes for his trauayle whiche he had and so deê‘ted Also in the thyrde yere of this kynge began y e newe worke of the churche of westmyster ¶ About the .viii. yere of this kynges reyne the charter called Magna carta was coÌ„fyrmed and dyuers artycles addyd therto howe the kynge shulde haue the warde and maryage of the lordes heyres beynge within age and the fyrst statute of Mortmayne than made and about that tyme the plees of the crowne were holden in the Towre of London And this kynge also graunted many lybertes to the citye of London Sone after this kynge Henry with a great hoost sayled into Normandye by the excytynge of a Frenche man named the erle of Marche where betwene the FreÌ„che kyng Lewys and hym was fought a great battell but in the ende the Frenchemen had the victory toke .xxii. knyghtes and noble men prisoners .v. C. meane people y t kynge Henry for feare fled and turned backe to Burdeux but after a peace was made kynge henry returned into Englande About this tyme was a great yerthe quake in Englande and also in the .xxxi. yere of this kynge the kynge seasyd the franches of London into his handes for a iugemeÌ„t gyuen by one Piers Alyn the Mayre Aldermen agaynst a wedowe called Margarete Vyell which iugemeÌ„t as it was sayd was after fouÌ„de good wherfore the Citezyns inioyed agayne theyr lybertes About the .xxxv. yere of this kynge the order of the freres Augustynes began in Englande in a place in wales called wodhouse And about this tyme the kyng maryed Margarete his doughter to AlexaÌ„der the kyng of Scottes which Alexander dyd homage to y e kynge at yorke This kynge Henry ofte tymes for dyuers coÌ„playntes made agaynst y e Mayres offycers of London seasyd the lybertes of the citye into his owne handes set other offycers to rule the citye but euer they were restored agayne Also about this tyme Rycharde the kynges brother erle of Cornewall was electe kyng of Almayne kynge of Romayns whiche toke shyppynge went thyder there was crowned in y e citye of AquisgranuÌ„ About the .xli. yere of kyng Henryes rayne a greuous byll of complaynt of the coÌ„mynalte of London was put agaynst the Mayre Aldermen and gouernours of the citye for wronges extorcyons done by them to the
coÌ„mynalte by settynge of taxes alterynge of tolles customes to theyr owne singuler â—ucrâ— whiche byll was cast in the kynges wardrobe whiche after came to the kynges handes that the kynge sent downe his Iustyce other of his counsell whiche discharged the Mayre Sheryffes Chamberlayne and made inquisicyon of the truthe but the offenders by theyr lerned counsell longe tyme defended them selfe and delayde the tryall And yet dyuers places of syttynge were appoynted aswell in the Guylhalle and at the Folkemoâ—e at Poules crosse in the Escheker y e kynges grace there beynge present where in the ende the Mayre Aldermen were arrested and coÌ„pelled to put in great suertyes at the last they put them in the kynges mercy and made theyr ende and lastly restored agayne to theyr roumes but nat without great fynes payenge Also about this tyme there was a great derth that whete was worth .xxiiii. s. a quarter ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the .viii. son th the seconde Philyppe was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CC.xxii he beseged the towne of Auynnion and wanne it ¶ Guy ¶ Guy son to Margaret was nexte erle of Flaunders Innocent Alexander ¶ Innocent was next pope he hylde y e see .xi. yeere ¶ Alexander hylde the see nexte .vii. yere Wyllyam ¶ wyllyam was nexte Emperour he hylde the see .vii. yere ¶ Also about the .xliii. yere of this kynges reyne the kynge at a court of Folkemote at Paulys axed lycence of the coÌ„mons of the citye accordynge to the sayd ordynauace to passe the see and so went vnto Burdeux into FrauÌ„ce and had great chere of the Frenche kynge Lewys or that he came agayne he granÌ„ted all his ryght that he had in Normandye Gascoyn Guyon to the said Lewys toke agayne Guyon Angeo and Mayn to holde of the Frenche kynge and was called in Fraunce duke of Guyon dyd homage to the Frenche kynge therfore Also about the .xlv. yere y e Barons of Englande by force of those forsayd ordynances toke vpon them to chauÌ„ge the kynges Iustyce the kynges Sheryffe and dyuers other offycers y t the kyng had admytted and put other in theyr places wherwith the kynge was nat content publysshed his bull of aâ—solucion wherfore the barons assembled to gether in the marches of wales with a stroÌ„ge power sent a letter to the kynge praynge hym to obserue the said ordynauÌ„ces wherto he was sworne to whome the kynge sent no answere Then the barons came forwarde with banners displayde and moche people resorted to them they put in prison and punysshed all them that toke the coÌ„trarye parte and at the last came into London for the citye toke y e barons parte But sone after agrement was made betwene the kynge and his lordes whiche contynued nat longe for y e hyng caused syr Edwarde his eldyst son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne and the kynge secretely departed from westmyster and rode into the sayd castell many of the lordes that toke his parte came to hym And the barons and the other that toke their parte drewe to London but yet by some well disposed persons a concorde was takyng thus that bothe partes shulde abyde the iugement of Lewys the Frenche kynge concernynge the kepynge of the sayd ordynances wherfore the kynge and syr Edwarde his eldyst son went ouer to the sayd Lewys and for the barons parte there went syr Peter de Mountforde and other before whiche kynge Lewys the mater was argued but in conclusion kynge Lewys gaue sentence that the sayd statutes ordynances shulde be clerely voyde and the kynge set at lyberte After whiche sentence gyuen y e kyng all the other returned into Lpndon but the barons nat content with this sentence reputynge parcialyte in kynge Lewys departed and went into the Marches of wales gathered a great nombre of people and came into London and than because some varyaunce was betwene some of the rulers of the citye and the coÌ„mons The coÌ„mons made them two captaynes callynge them Constables of the citye at whose coÌ„maundement all the coÌ„myns by tollynge of the great bell of Polles shulde be redy in harnes to wayte vpon them whiche Constables with the coÌ„mons by the exortynge of Hughe Spencer Constable of y e Towre went to Thystelworth beyonde westmyster and there spoyled the maner of the kynge of Romayns whiche dede was the great cause of the warre for the kynge toke it greuously and gathered great power and at the last came to the towne of Lewys in Sussex but the wardens of the fyue partes kept the see with shyppes y e no straungers shulde entre to ayde the kynge And than the barons with a great multytude of y e citye of LoÌ„don and with a great hoost of other people came agaynst the kynge betwene whome the .xxiii. day of May was fought a maruelous cruell battell at Lewys and the LoÌ„doners that gaue the fyrst assent by reason of the sharpe shot of Arowes and strokes gyuen by them of the kynges partes began to drawe backe But the barons incurraged theyr men in suche wyse y t they nat onely set vpon them with fresshe cheuâ—en but incurraged so them that gaue backe y t they turned agayne fought so fersly that the kyngê ê‘te gaue backe the kyng lost the fylde where the kyng hym selfe the kyng of Romayns Edwarde the kyngê son were takyn prisoners many other mo and .xx. M. men slayne for this battell coÌ„tynued y e more part of the day After whiche battell endyd they brought their prisoners to London where the kynge agreed y t all the said ordynauÌ„ces shulde stonde in effecte and if any were thought vnresonable to be correctyd by .iiii. noble men of the realme s. ii spirytuall men ii temperall men many instrumentê and wrytynges were made for the assurance of the same ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the .ix. called saint Lewys was next kyng of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.CC.xxvii he made two voyages into y e holy lande in the fyrst he was takyn prisoner in the .ii. he dyed ¶ Vrban Clement ¶ Vrban was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yere and more ¶ Clement was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yere Rychyrde ¶ Rycharde and Alfons were in discorde by the electours who shulde be Emperour which discorde so contynued .xvi. yere After this a great discencyon fell betwene y e erle of Glocester the erle of Leyceter whiche were two of the barons y t were agaynst the kynge wherfore sone after syr Edwarde the kynges son deê‘ted to the marches of wales accoÌ„panyed the erle of Glocester the lordes of the marches assembled a great power came to Glocester wherfore syr Symon the erle of Leyceters son by his fathers coÌ„maundement assembled a great power came to wynchester toke it by force and after came to Kyllingworth where syr Edwarde
of his people there perysshed for â—â—â—ke of â—yrell wherfore syr Iames Dudglas with a great nombre of Scottes folowed and 〈◊〉 with the kynge at a place called Leylande in Northumberlande where was betwene them ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe le longe seconde son of Philypâ—e lâ—bell was nexte kynge of Fraunce he ordayned but one weyght and mesure to be thorowe all Fraunce IohnÌ„ ¶ IohnÌ„ was nexte pope he hylde the see in Auynyon .xix. yere a great battell but the Englysshemen lost the fylde the kynge fled escaped with great daunger In whiche battell the erle of Rychemonde was taken prisoner many men slayne dyuers other men taken â—nd the kynges treasure his ordynauÌ„ce was takyn and conueyed into Scotlande But this fylde was loste by the treason of the sayd Andrewe of Harkeley whome y e kynge had made erle of Carlyll whiche had a great nombre of people coÌ„mynge to the ayde of y e kynge toke secretely a great soÌ„me of money of the sayd Dudglas so betrayed the kynge came nat at the fylde whiche was cause y t the kynge lost the fylde for the whiche dede the sayd Andrewe was after drawne hanged quartered About this tyme warre began agayne betwene the Frenchemen the Englysshemen Gascons in Guyan For the pacifyenge of whiche warre kyng Edwarde sent ouer the quene his wyfe to her brother the Frenche kynge and whyle she was there Edwarde y e kyngê eldyst son beynge .xiiii. yere of age asked leaue of his father to go into FrauÌ„ce to his mother to se his vncle Philyppe le Belle kyng of Fraunce and had leaue and departed And because kynge Edwarde had denyed to do homage to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce for the Duchye of Guyan the sayd kynge Philyppe there made Edwarde the kynge of Englande his eldyst son duke of Guyan wherwith kynge Edwarde was nat content dyd exyle bothe the quene his sayd son out of Englande by the counsell of the Spencers of syr Robert Baldocke his ChauÌ„cellour wherfore the kynge made opyn Proclamacyons that yf the Quene her son came nat into Englande by a certayne day that they shulde be take as ennemyes to the kynge before the whiche day they came nat wherfore the kynge seased all the quenes landes his sons landes toke the hole profyte therof And after the kynge sent suche worde thretenynges to the kynge of Fraunce that he was compelled to auoyde the quene out of Fraunce wherfore she and her son went to the erle of Heynaude where Edwarde her son was shortly after contracte to Philyppe y e sayd erles doughter And whan this was knowen dyuers men of name of EnglaÌ„de came ouer to the quene and sone after the erle of Henaude prepared .v. C. men of armes of the whiche one syr IohnÌ„ of Henaude the erles brother was captayne and sent them ouer with the quene and her son into Englande whiche landed besyde Harwiche in Suffolke to whome a great nombre of people anone resorted to her ayde and than she came with great spede towarde London where the kynge at that tyme was whiche herynge therof for fere â—led towarde walys with a small companye and lefte the bysshop of Excester behynde hym to gouerne London And than the quene sent a letter to the Mayre and coÌ„mynalte of London whiche letter was tacked vpon the crosse in Chepe and dyuers copyes therof set vp in dyuers other places wherfore this bysshop of Excester sent to the Mayre to haue the keys of the citye spake to hym so sharpe wordes that they fell at suche a varyance that the coÌ„mons of the citye in a rage toke the sayd bysshoppe brought hym to the standarde in Chepe and smote of his hede and two of his seruantes hedes a cyteners hede called Marshall that was syr Hughe Spencers spye Than the kynge went to Brystowe and ordayned syr Hughe Spencer the father there to kepe castell and the towne and the kynge with Hughe Spencer the son and syr Robert Baldocke his Chauncelour and the erle of Arondell went into walys And the quene sent the erle of Kent and syr IohnÌ„ of Heynaude after them with a great companye whiche so pursued them that fyrst they toke Hughe Spencer the father at Brystowe and after pursued the kynge into walys and there toke the kynge and sent hym to the castell of Kenelworthe and toke Hughe Spencer the son and syr Robert Baldocke and the erle of Arondell and brought them all to the towne of Herforde anone after syr Hugh Spencer the father and Hughe Spencer the sonne were drawne hanged and quartered and syr IohnÌ„ of Arnudell was beheded and syr Robert Baldocke put in Newgate in London and there shortly after dyed amonge the theues anone after at a parlement holden at westmyster the .xxv. day of Ianuarii the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xxvi The kynge was deposyd of his kyngly dignyte and he is buryed at Gloucester ¶ Charles ¶ Charles the thyrde sonne of Philyppe le belle was nexte kynge of Fraunce Edwardus .iij. Benedicte Clement ¶ Benedicte was next pope y e yere of christ M.CCC.xxxiiii he hylde y e see in Auinyon .vii. yere ¶ Clement hylde the see nexte .xi. yere he ordaynde that the Iubely shulde be euery .l. yere Lewys ¶ Lewys was nexte Emperour he hylde y e empyre .xxiiii. yere he was deposed by pope Clement he had great warre with Fredrycke duke of Austryche whiche was also chosyn Emperour Edwarde the thyrde EDwarde the thyrde of that name son to Edwarde the .ii. of Isabell onely doughter of Philyppe le belle was crowned kynge the .ii. day of Februarii the yere of christ M.CCC.xxvi whan he was but .xv. yere of age In the fyrst yere of his reyne the Scottes entred into Englande the kynge with a great power came to them at the parke of Stanhope and set them rounde about yet the Scottes escaped that the kynge lost that iourney and returned with lytell honour And in the ende of the fyrst yere he maryed Philyppe the forsayd erles doughter of Henaude at yorke Sone after that the kynge made with the Scottes a peace and released to them theyr homage and delyuered vnto them theyr charter or indenture called Ragman as it was sayd by the counsell of the olde quene and syr Roger Mortymer whiche anone after was made erle of Marche And the olde quene and he toke vpon them the rule of the hole realme wherby many thynges grewe out of order ¶ About the thyrde yere of this kynge the erle of Kent the olde kynges brother supposynge his brother had ben a lyue deuysed certayne letters secretely to be sent to his brother for his delyuerance wherfore he was accused and by auctoryte of parlyament condempned and therfore was beheded This Roger Mortymer was so cruell couetous and so proude that the lordes and the people disdayned hym by secrete meanes brought him
Burgoyne came and gaue the kynge .xxx. M. â—i that he shulde do no hurt in that contrey wherfore he departed thens and went towarde Parys and his hoost lodged nyghe to Parys redy to gyue battell but y e bysshoppe of Beaux chauncellour of NormaÌ„dye with other toke a day of truse to conclude a peace at whiche day at a place within a myle of Charters the duke of Lanâ—aster the erle of warwyke and Northampton appered for kynge Edwarde for Charles than eldyst son to kynge IohnÌ„ whiche before was made Regent of Fraunce there appered the sayd bysshoppe of Beaux and dyuers other lordes whiche peace was thus concluded that kynge Edwarde shulde haue all the landes that he than had in Gascoyn and Guyan to hym and to his heyres without doynge for them any homage And that kynge Edwarde shulde gyue vp all his tytle y t he claymed to the crowne of Fraunce And also that the Frenche kynge shulde pay for his raunsome .iii. Millyons of Scutes whiche amount to .v. C.M. li. And also y t kynge Edwarde shulde nat alye hym with the Fâ—emynges nor ayde them agaynst kynge IohnÌ„ nor his heyres kynges of Fraunce ¶ After whiche treatye thus concluded kynge Edwarde returned into Englande and after kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan at Caleys were bothe â—worne to mayntayne y e sayd artycles and than kynge Iohan was delyuered and went into Fraunce whiche was .iiii. yere after that he was taken and kynge Edwarde had Iohan duke of Amoâ— and mayne whiche was kynge Iohans sonne and Iohan duke of Aluerne and .viii. other erles delyuered hym for hostages he with them than returned into Englande ¶ Also after this a companye of dyuers nacyons called the companyons assembled them in the contrey of Champayn wherof y e captayns were englysshemen agaynst whome the Frenche king sent .iii. erles to subdewe them with a great power with them but the Frenchemen were discomfyt and one of the erles was slayne and .ii. of them taken prisoners and these companye coÌ„tynued .iiii. yeres to the nombre of .lx. M. And in the same tyme a lyke company assembled in Italye whiche dyd moche hurt ¶ In the .xxxvii. yere of kynge Edwarde kyng Iohan of Fraunce came ouer agayne into Englande of his free wyll to sporte hym and had great chere But the nexte yere after he fell sycke at the Sauey and there dyed and then Charles his son was crowned kynge in Parys And in the same yere the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scottes came into Englande to speke with kynge Edwarde Also sone after this prince Edwarde sayled to Burdeux and receyued poscessyon of Guyan that his father had newely gyuen hym dyd homage therfore to his father And in y e same season there was a great battell in Brytteyn fought betwene Charles de Bloys syr IohnÌ„ Momforde for the tytle of that dukedome but by y e ayde of Englysshemen syr IohnÌ„ Momforde had the victory Charles was slayne sone after that Charles than beynge kynge of Fraunce toke an order that the dukedome of Bryttayen shulde remayne to syr IohnÌ„ Momforde and his heyres foreuer ¶ Also about the .xl. yere of kynge Edwarde Piers kynge of Castell was expulsed by the ayde of the Frenchemen by Henry his bastarde brother But this Peter by the ayde of prince Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put hym to flyght and slewe .v. M. of his men and restored Peter to dyuers cityes and holdes whiche he before had lost But after that his brother Henry entred into Castell agayne and in proces wan the contrey agayne and toke his brother Peter and beheded hym ¶ Also about the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde the erles of Armenake of Dalbret and of Perygot with dyuers other lordes of Guyan appelled prince Edwarde to Charles the Frenche kynge that prince Edwarde had broken y e peace made betwene the .ii. kinges kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan and one great cause that they layde agaynst prince Edwarde was because he leueyed a fowage in Guyan agaynst y e myndes of the lordes where the contrey ought to be free where vpon kynge charles sent his letters to prince Edwarde coÌ„maundynge hym to appere at Parys to answere there wherwith prince Edwarde was nat content ado sayde he wolde nat appere before hym but with his basenet on his hede and .lx. men of warre and sayd he receyued his lande of his father the kynge of Englande and yf any mysorder were it ought to be determyned before his father in Englande whervpon newe debate and varyaunce began betwene these .ii. kynges that kynge Edwarde sent ouer the duke of Lancaster â— whiche landed at Caleys with a stronge power and went to Turney and Ayre and wasted the contrey and after went towarde Harflete in Normandye after from thens to the contrey of Poyteou and the Frenche kynge sent the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Barre into the sayd contreys with a great power whiche toke many holdes and dyd great displeasure to the englysshemen there ¶ Also about this tyme there was a great pestylence in Englande and after a great derthe that whete was worthe .xl. d. a busshell ¶ Also after that syr Robert Knolles with the lorde fitz water and lorde Grauntson and with a great company of Soudyers entred saynt Omers and so to Aras and so to Parys whan they sawe that the frenchemen wolde gyue them no battell they returned towarde NormaÌ„dye and so to the erledome of Angeo But than varyance fell betwene syr Robert Knolles and the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson wherfore syr Robert Knolles with the floure of the Archers went into Brytten and than the Frenche kynge sent the marshall of FrauÌ„ce with a great power agaynst the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson and gaue vnto them a battell where the englysshemen were discomfyt the lorde Grauntson was there taken .iii. C. englysshemen slayne and the rest takyn prisoners and put to flyght ¶ Also in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edwarde the Frenche kynge contynued hys warre so sore in Guyan and many dyuers skyrmysshes were betwene the Frenchemen and the Englysshemen but most coÌ„menly alway the englysshemen were put to the wors and many holdes and townes were taken from them for the people of the contrey fauoured nat the englysshemen â–ª because of y e great Taskes that prince Edwarde had gathered there of them and the citye of Lymoge and other cityes rebelled agaynst prince Edwarde wherfore prince Edwarde perceyuynge all this and what for lacke of money what for syckenesse and maladyes that he had he departed into Englande leauynge behynde hym the duke of Lancaster and his brother the erle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyn but sone after that they came into Englande ¶ Also in the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edwarde the kynge sent the erle of Pembroke with a great companye to fortefye the towne of Rochell but he was met in
warwyke banysshed into the I le of man for euer and dyuers other persons coÌ„mytted to perpetuall prison And in this same parlyament all the actes made in the parlyament before the .xi. yere of kynge Rycharde were adnulled and in the same yere IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster dyed ¶ Also in the .xxi. yere the people of the lande greatly murmured and grudged at the mysorder of the kynge for dyuers causes one was for that he had leuyed many exaccyons and charges of the people and wasted it gyuen it to lyght persons And also for because that the duke of Glocester was secretly murdred without proces of the lawe And also for that he wolde chose Sheryffes and other offycers at his owne wyll and pleasure without aduyse of any discrete couÌ„sell Also another cause was that he wolde rebuke the Iudges yf they gaue any iugement contraâ—ye to his mynde wherfore they gaue many iugementes contrary to the order of the lawe And also that before his parlyament he wolde sende his letters to Sheryffes cityes and borowes commaundynge them to chose suche knyghtes of the shyre and suche citezyns and burgeses as he hym selfe wolde apoynt and name And also for that he coÌ„maunded the Sheriffes of his shyres and other offycers to cause the people to make certayne generall othes and to wrytte to seale certayne bondes and wrytynges for the performance of the same othes And also for y t he caused and compelled many men of great substaunce to seale certayne blanke charters and after put iÌ„ the soÌ„mes and wrote in them certayne clauses to the vtter vndoynge of them that sealed them And also an other rumour ranne vpon the kynge y t he had set Englande to ferme to .iii. ê‘sons that was syr IohnÌ„ Busshe syr IohnÌ„ Bagot and syr Henry Grene. ¶ Also sone after the forsayd parlyament a great discorde fell betwene the duke of Northfolke whiche before was erle of Notyngham and Henry Bolingbrake sonne to IohnÌ„ of Gaunt than duke of Herforde and the duke of Herforde accuseâ— the other that he had taken .iiii. M. markes of the kynges wherwith he shulde haue waged certayne Soudyers conuerted it to his owne vse vpon whiche tryall they shulde haue waged battell but at the last bothe these dukes were banysshed the lande And than the duke of Herforde sayled into Fraunce and there taryed and the duke of Northfolke went into Venyce and there dyed ¶ Also in the .xxii. yere of this kynge the kynge with a great armye sayled into Irelande and there conquered the lande and prospered marueylously and set the contrey in good order But than anone tythynges there came to the kynge that Henry Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde was landed in Englande at a place called Rauyns Sporre in the Northe contrey and proclaymed hym selfe duke of Lancaster and with that moche people resorted vnto hym wherfore the kyng in all hast came ouer into Englande with a small companye and lâ—fte moche of his ordynance behynde hym and came to the castell of Flynt and there rested hym to the intent to gather more strength But in the meane whyle the duke was coÌ„myn vnto Brystowe with a great companye and there toke syr willyam Scrope erle of wylshyre syr Iohan Busshy and syr IohnÌ„ Grene whiche .iii. anone had theyr hedes smytten of syr IohnÌ„ Bagot was taken there the same tyme but he escaped agayne and â—led into Irelande but after that he was taken agayne and brought vnto London and put into Newgate whan the kynge harde of the strength of the duke the kynge and all that euer were about hym feared sore wherfore one Thomas Percye erle of worcester stewarde of the kynges house contrary to his alegeaunce brake his whyte rodde openly in the kynges hall bad euery man shyfte for hymselfe wherby the kynges seruantes went away and there the kynge was lafte comfortles So that he was shortely after taken and brought to y e duke whiche in contynently brought hym to London and whan he was nyghe the citye he sent kynge Rycharde secretely to the Towre And dyuers wylde persons of the citye herynge therof assembled a great nombre to the intent to haue taken kynge Rycharde and to haue slayne hym or that he had coÌ„myn to the Towre for y e great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed to the citye But the Mayre and other discrete coÌ„myners herynge of theyr purpose gathered another companye and by good polecye but nat without great difficulte put those wylde felowes from theyr purpose Than anone after there was a parlyament called at westmyster where many of the artycles before rehersed were layde to the kynges charge that he had mysgouerned the realme and that he was nat worthy therfore to be the prince or gouernour of a realme whiche thynges he confessed hym selfe by his mouthe and renounced and resygned vp all his kyngly maieste all the tytle and ryght that he had to the crowne and further released to all lordes spirituall and temporall and to all other of euery degree all homage and fealte that euer they made or auowed to hym And than the kynge by the hole consent of all the lordes the coÌ„mons in the sayd parlyament was deposed of his kyngly dignyte all they by one assent chase the sayd Henry duke of Harforde for the great manhode and wysdome that they sawe in hym aboue all other to be kynge of Englande And thus this kynge Rycharde was deposed the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xCix the last day of SepteÌ„bre And he was fyrst buryed at Langley but he lyeth nowe at westmyster Henricus .iiij. Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.iiii he hylde the see .ii. yere Robert ¶ Robert was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.i he hylde the empyre .x. yere Henry the .iiii. HEnry the .iiii. son to Iohan of Gaunt the thyrde son of Edwarde the .iii. was crowned kynge of EnglaÌ„de the .xiii. day of October the yere of Chryst M. CCC.xC.ix and immedyatly after the sayd parlyament contynuynge all the actes made in the .xxi. yere of Rycharde the .ii. were adnulled And all the actes made in y e parlyament the .xi. yere of king Rycharde were agayne confyrmed ¶ Also in the fyrst yere of this kyng the duke of Awemarle came shewed the kynge than beynge at wyndesore that he and the duke of Surrey the duke of Excester and the erle of Salysburye and the erle of Glocester and other moo were accorded to make a mummynge on Twelfte day at nyght and that they purposed to sle the kyng wherfore the kynge sodaynly departed and came to London for socour and counsell wherfore these lordes when they knewe they were bewrayed they fledde shortely after they were taken all and beheded theyr hedes set vpon London brydge And in this whyle Rycharde late kyng was remoued from the castell of Ledys in Kent sent vnto Pomefret castell where sone after
the vycount of NarbonÌ„ and dyuers other men of name and of the commons .v. M. And there was taken the duke of AlauÌ„son the marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other This Charles the Dolphyn whome the Frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. by some wryters is affyrmed to be son to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be sonne to the duke of Orlyaunce borne of the quene wyfe to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be the sayd kynge Charles bastarde sonne borne of his paramour called fayre Agnes And also is lyke that he shulde nat be Legittymate son to Charles the .vi. because that that kynge Charles by the consent of his lordes wylled the realme of Fraunce to Katheryn his doughter wyfe to kynge Henry the .v. ¶ Also in the .iii. yere of kynge Henry the .vi. the duke of Glocester the lorde protectour whiche had maryed the Duches of Holande sayled ouer thyther with his wyfe and was honorably receyued but sone after he returned into Englande leauynge his wyfe behynde hym And after y t she was taken by the duke of Burgoyne and kept in prison but yet after she escaped wherfore y e duke of Glocester sent the lorde Fitz water ouer with a great power into zelande but they were there at theyr landynge incountred of theyr enemyes and dryuen backe and fayne to returne agayne to theyr shyppes and so into Englande and preuayled nothynge ¶ Also in the .v. yere of kynge Hynry the erle of Salisbury syr Thomas Mountegue with other lordes leyde sege to the citye of Orlyaunce and wanne dyuers holdes nyghe the citye and as he stode in a bay wyndowe one of the citye marked hym and leuelyd a gonne at hym smote the tymbre of y e wyndowe whiche tymber brake and so smote hym vpon the face wherof he dyed within .iii. dayes after And this was called by the Englysshemen indicium malorum for after his dethe the englysshemen lost euer in FrauÌ„ce theyr possessyons moche more than they wanne ¶ Charles ¶ Charles the .vii. was nexte Frenche kynge y e yere of chryst M.iiii C.xxii. he had great waâ—â—e with the englysshemen to whose helpe there came a mayde of Fraunce whome the frenchemen called la pusell de dieu but she was take and brent by the englysshemen But in the ende this Charles wanne all that agayne whiche the englysshemn had gotte before that is to say Parys y â— coâ—treys of hye Champayne Normandye and Guyan and dyuers other ¶ Philyppe son to IohnÌ„ was nexte duke of Burgoyne Nycholas ¶ Nicholas was nexte pope for Felix resygned to hym he hylde the see .viii. yere Fredrycke ¶ Fredrycke was nexte Emperour he hylde the empyre .xlvi. yere and than dyd assocyate vnto hym Maximilyaâ— his son by y e consent of the electours hylde the empyre with his son .vii. yere ¶ Also in the .viii. yere of kynge Henry he was crowned at westmyster and then after that he passed ouer the see into Fraunce ¶ Also about this tyme a mayden called Iane a poore mannes doughter in Fraunce came to Charles the Dolphyn of FrauÌ„ce whome the frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. and said she was sent to hym by god to helpe to releue the misery of Fraunce whervpon they gatte her armour and accompanyed her with knyghtes and soudyars which went forthe and gaue many great conflyctes to the Englysshemen and wanne from them many great townes and holdes And as some wryters say she by her prouydence caused the sayd Charles to be crowned kynge of Fraunce at Reyns But other wryters say he was neuer crowned tyll after the dethe of the duke of Bedforde This sayde mayde called by the Frenchemen Le pusell de dieu or the mayde of god put the Englysshemen oft tymes to the wors But yet at the last she with her coÌ„panye at a place called Champanye came to remoue a sege layde thervnto by y e duke of Burgon and the englysshemen and gaue them battell in whiche fyght the frenchemen were discomfyt and there the sayd mayde was taken by a Burgonyon knyght after brought to Roan where she was by the Englysshemen iudged to dethe and brent ¶ Also in the .x. yere of kynge Henry he was crowned in Parys and after that he returned into Englande leauynge the duke of Bedforde as regent of FrauÌ„ce behynde hym And about this tyme was a great blasynge sterre sene in Englande ¶ Also in the .xii. yere of kynge henry the lorde Talbot with a great coÌ„panye went into FrauÌ„ce and dyd moche hurte to the frenchemen Also about this tyme there were many conflyctes betwene englysshemen and Frenchemen in Fraunce and Normandye and in other contreys dyuers holdes beseged But about the .xiii. yere of kynge henry there was a treatye of peace holdyn at Aras in Pycardye for bothe y e realmes by the meanes of the pope whiche sent thyder the cardynall of saynt Crosse for the same purpose but that treatye toke none effecte and as the frenche cronycles say the cause therof was for the obstynacy of the englysshemen wherfore Philyppe duke of Burgon by meanes of the sayde cardynall forsoke there the englysshemens parte returned to Charles the Frenche kyng whiche gaue vnto hym the countye of Poytewe dyuers other lordeshyppes in recompense of his fathers dethe whiche was before that â—layue And sone after this the duke of Bedforde regent of FrauÌ„ce dyed at Roan was there buryed After whose dethe the englysshemen by lyttell and lyttell lost all that they had wonne before ¶ Also in the .xiiii. yere of kyng henry the duke of Barre accompanyed with the Burgonyons wanne Hareflewe and after that wanne the towne of saynt Denyse and slewe therin aboue iiii C. englysshemen After this one Notycia a knyght of Orlyaunce came to Parys and lay at the charterhouse beyonde the ryuer of Sayne and confetered with certayne citezyns of Parys to betray the citye and to brynge it out of the englysshemens possessyon whiche persons beynge hedes of the citye so labored and turned the hartes of the coÌ„mons from the englysshemen that sodaynly they a rose and slewe as many of the englysshemen as they coude fynde and they that fled and fought by the stretes the women and other persons cast vpon them stones hote lycour so that the englysshemen were slayne taken prisoners they that fled escaped with great parel Than the other hoost that lay at the charterhouse entred at the gates of saynt Germayne saynt Myghels saynt Iakes so came ouer the brydges into the citye and towne ar theyr pleasure after that the englysshemen that were in the towre of saint Denyse and other holdes were fayne to gyue vp the sayd holdes hauynge theyr lyues so deê‘ted And in theyr departure they were mocked scorned of the frenchemen without measure the englisshemen y t taryed were fayne to gyue fyne and raunsome were sworne
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