before the forsaid othe that they had made was titled bitwene hem they behighten ther to kâpe olle othir couenautz that were bitwene hem y ordeyned And in this same yere meÌnes bestâs trees housing with sodeyn teÌpest stronge lightenyng were êisshed the deuell apêed bodely in maÌnys likenesse to moch peple as they weÌt in diâse places in the coÌtre spake to hem ¶ How the grete companie aroos in fraunce the white companie ân lumbardie of many othir meruaille Ca. cc.xxxj KYng Edward in the xxxvj yere of his regne anone after cristemasse in the fest of Conâcion of seint Poul held his êlement at westmynstre in the which was put forth and shewed the accord the tretis that was stabilisshed y made bitwene tho ij kynges the which accorded plesed to moch peple therfor by the kynges coÌmaundement ther were gadred come to gedre in westmynstre church the first sonday of lent that is to say the ij kal of Feuerer the forsaid englisshmân frensshmen where was songe a solempne masse of the Trinite of the Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury mastir simond ââlepe And whan Agnus dei was done the kyng beyng ther with his sones also with the kynges sones of frauÌce othir noble grete lordes with candeles y light crosses y brought forth all that were called ther to yâ were not swore afore swore that same othe that was writen vpon goddes body on the masse boke in this wise We N. N. sweren vpon holy goddes body on the gospeles stedfastly to hold kepe toward vs the pees the acord y made bitwene the ij kynges neu neuer for to do the contrarie whan they had thus y sworne they token hir scrowes that hir othes were coÌpreâhended in to the notaries And this same yere in the ascencion eue aboute mydday was seyne the Eclips of the sonne ther folewed suche a drought that for defaute of reyne ther was grete barinesse of corne fruyt hey And in the same moneth the vj. kal. of Iuyne ther fill a sangweyne rayne almost likâ blode at Burgoyne And a sangweyne crosse fro morne vn to âme was y seyne appered at boloigne in the eire the which many a man saw after it meued fill in the midde see ¶ And in the same tyme in fraunce in Englond in othir many landes as they yâ were in pleyne contrees desert baren witnesse sodenly ther apêed ij Castels of the whiche wente oute ij ostes of armes men And that one oost was clothed and heled in white and that othir in blake And whan bataill bitwene hem was begonne the white ouercome he blake And anone after the blake toke hert vn to hem and ouercome the white And after that they wente ayene in to hir Castelles And than the Castelles and alle the hoostes vanysshed away ¶ And in this same yere was a grete and an houge pestiâence of peple and namely of men whos wyfes as wymmen oute of gouernaunce token housbondes as well strangiers as othir lewde and simple peple the which foryetyng hir owne honour and wurshippe and berthâ coupled and maried hem with hem that were of lowe degre litell reputacion in this same yere died Henry duke of lancastre And also in this yere Edward Prince of wales wedded the countesse of kent that was sir thomas wyfe holand the which was deêted some tyme and deuorced fro the Erle of salysbury for cause of the same knyght ¶ And aboute this tyme began and arose a grete companie of diuerse nacions gadred to gedre of whom hir leders and gouernours were englissh peple And they were clepid a peple withoute an hede the which did moche harme in the êtie of fraunce And not longe after ther aroos an othir companie of diuerse nacions yâ was called the white companie the which in the parties and coÌtres of luÌbardie did moch sorwe This same yere Sir âohan of Gaunte the sone of kyng Edward the iij. was made duke of lancastre by reson cause of his wyfe that was the doughter and heire of Henry some tyme duke of lancastre ¶ Of the grete wynde and how prince Edward toke the lordshipp of Gnyhenne of his fadre and went thidder Ca. CC.xxxij ANd in the xxxvij yere of kyng edward the xv day of Ianiuer that is to say on seint Maures day aboute euensong tyme ther aroos and come such a wynde oute of the south with such a fersenesse and strength that he brast and blewe doune to grounde high houses and stronge bildynges toures churches steples and othir stronges and all othir stronge werkes that stoden stille weren shake ther with that they bene yit and shull be ãâã more the febeler weyker while they stonde And this wynde lasted withoâte any cessyng vij daies continuell ¶ And anone after ther folewed suche waters in hey tyme in heruest tyme that alle felde werkes were strongly lette left vndone And in the same yere ânce Edward toke the lordshipp of Guyhenne and did to kyng Edward his fadre feaute and homage therfor went ouer see in to Gascoyne with his wife his children And anone after kyng Edward made sir Leonell his sone duke of Clarence and Edmond his othir sone Erle of Cambrigge And in the xxxviij yere of his regne it was ordeyned in the parlement that men of lawe bothe of the temâerall and of holy churche lawe fro that tyme forth sholde plete in hir modir tunge ¶ And in the same yere comen in to Englond thre kynges that is for to seyne The kyâg of Fraunce the kyng of Cipres and the kyng of Scotland by cause to visite and speke with the kyng of Englond Of whom they were wonder welcome moch y wurshipped ¶ And after that they had be bere longe tyme ij of hem went ayene home in to hir owne contres kyngdomes but the kyng of fraunce thurgh grete sikenesse maladie that he had let still in englond ¶ And in the xxxix yere of his regne was a stronge an huge frost that lasted longe that is for to say fro seint Andrewes tyde vn to the xiiij Kal. of Aprill that the tilthe sowing of the erthe othir such felde wurkes and hand werkes were moche y let left vn do for cold hardnesse of the erthe ¶ And at Orrey in britaigne that tyme was ordeyned a grete dedely bataill bitwene sir Iohan of Mountfort duke of britaigne sir Charles of bloys but the victorie fill to the forsaid sir Iohan thurgh helpe socour of the englisshmen And there were take many knyÈtes squyers othir meÌ that were vnnoÌbred in the which bataill was slayne charles him selfe with all that stode aboute him of the englisshmen were slayne but vij And in this yere deide at sauoy âohan the kyng of fraunce whos serâââ exequies kyng Edward let ordeyne did in diâse places
tâmise an hous of monkes of chartrehous in whiche two places he is continuelly pray for nyght day for euer whan they of sion reste they of the chartrehous done their seruise and in like wise whan they of the chartrehous reste the othir goon to by the ringyng of yâ bellis of eyther place eche knoweth whaÌ they haue âded their seruise which be nobly endowed doon dayly ther grete almesse dedes as in the chartrehous certayne children âen fouÌde to scole at sion certayne almesse gyuen dayly And yit beside all this he had fouÌded a recluse which shall be alway a preest to pray for him by yâ said chartrehous which preest is well sufficiently endowed for him a seruaunt âo here may all princes take ensample by this noble prince that regnyng so litell tyme not fully x. yere did so many noble actes as well for his soule to be êpetuelly remeÌbred praied for as in hiâ worldly conquestis he being in his most lusty age despised esche wid sinne was vertuous a grete Iustiser in so moche that all yâ princes of Cristendome dradde hym also of hethenes had deâmyned iij him selfe if god wold haue spared him yâ he wold haue werred agayn the sarasyns for to knowe the ayde of othir ânces all the passages in that Iourney he sente a knyÈt of henaude named sir hugh de lanoye vn to IhrlmÌ but eâ he retorned he deide at boys du vinceÌt in the xxxvj yere of his age on whos soule god haue mercy ¶ How kyng Henry the vj. regned beyng a childe not one yere of age of the bataille of vernoill in perche Ca. cc.xlvij AFter kyng henry the v. regned henry his sone but a child not fully a yere olde whos regne begaÌ the first day of septeÌbre the yere of oure lord M. cccc.xxij This kyng beyng in his cradell was moch doubted drad by cause of the grete conquest of his fadre also the wisedom guyding of his vncles the duk of bedford the duk of gloucestre This yere the xxj day of Octobre deide Charles kyng of fraunce lieth buried at seint denys And then was the duke of bedford made regent of frauÌce the duke of gloucestre was made êtectour defendour of englond And the first day of march after was sir william Taillour preest degrated of his preesthode on the morne aftâr he was brent in smythfeld for heresie This yere sir Iames stiward kyng of scottes maried dame Iane the duches doughter of Clarenââ of hir first housbonde therle of Somersete at seint mary ouerays Also this yere the xvij day of August was the bataill of vernaill in perche biâwene the duke of Bâdtford regent of fraunce and the duke of alaunsone whiche was a grete bataille The duke of Bedford had on his side with hym the Erle of Salysbury Mountagu and the lord Talhote and alle the poer that they coude make in Normandie the garnysoâs kepâe And also many Capitayns with moche peple of the duke of burgoyns And on that othir side was the duke of Alaunson the duââ of Curon that was therle douglas the erle of Boughan with many lordes of fraunce and grete companie of Scottes and army naks And thenne the Erle douglas callid the duke of Bedford Iohan with the beden swerd and he sente hym worde agayne that he shold fynde that day that his swerd was of steell And so the bataille Ioyned on bothe sides and fought longe that ther wyste noman who shold haue the better a grete while but at the laste as god wold the victorie fyll vn to the Englissh partie For ther were slayne the Erle douglas which a litell before was made duke of Turone the Erle of bowhayne the Erle of almarre the erle of Tounar the Erle of vauntedore and the viscounte of Nerhonne whiche was one of them that slowe duke Iohan of Bourgoyne knelyng tofore the dolphyne and many moo vn to the nombre of ten thousand and moo And ther was taken prisoner the duke of Alaunson and many othir lordes and gentils of fraunce but scottes that day were slayne doune right the substannce of them alle ¶ In the thridde yere of kyng Henry the vj. the duke of gloucestre maried the duchesse of holand and wente ouer ser with hir in to henaâde for to take possession of his wyfes enheritaunce where he was honourably receyued and taken for lord of the londe But sone after he was fayn to retourne home agayne and lefte his wyfe and his tresour that he brought with hym in a toune is called Mounse in henaude whiche promysed for to be trewe to hym Notwithstandyng they deliuered the lady to the duke of Bourgoyne whiche sent hir to gaunt And from thens she escaped in a mannes araye and come in to zeland to a tounÌ of hir owne called zierixâe And fro thens she wente to a tonne in holand called the ghowde and there she was stronge ynough and withstode the said duke of bourgoyne And sone after the duke of Gloucestre sente ouer in to Zeland the lord fitzwater with certeyne men of werre and Archers for to helpe and socour the forsaid duchesse of holand which londed at a place in Zeland called brewerâ hauen where the lordes of the contre come doune and fought with hym and in conclusion he was fayn to withdrawe hym and his meyne to the see agane But yit he slewe and hurte diuerse lordes and moche peple of that same contreye And so retourned home agayne with his meyne and preuayled no thyng ¶ Also this same yeââ Erle of Salisbury the Erle of suffolke the lord wylby and the lord Scalis with their retenue leid siege to the Cite of Manus the which Cite was yolden to them in short tyme with many othir stronge tounes and Castels to the nombre of xxxvj ¶ This tyme alle Normandie and a grete part of fraunce vn to Orlâaunce was vnder thobeyssaunce of the kyng of Englond And alle the remenauÌt of fraunce was in grete tribâlacion and meschief ¶ How ther was a grete affraye like to haue bene bitwene the Cardinall aud the duke of Gloucestre And of the coronacion of kyng Henry the sixthe bothe in englond aud in fraunce Capitulo ducentesimo xlv ij IN the iiij yere the same nyght that the Maire of london Iohan Couentre had taken his charge was a grete wacche in london for affray that was bitwene the bisshopp of wynchestre and the duke of Gloucestre protectour â For the maire with the peple of the Cite wold abide by the duke of Gloucestre as protectour of the Reame but by labour of lordes that wente bitwene in especiall by the labour of the Prince of Portingale ther was a poyntement taken that ther was no harme done And after the bataille of verneyll in perche the duke of Bedford come âuer in to englond And on whitsonday this same yere at leycestre he dubbed
the kyng to whom the kyng sente certayn lordes and desired hem to kepe the pees and departe but in conclusion whiles they treated on that one side the erle of warrewykâ with the marche men and othir entrid the toune on that othir fought ayenst the kyng and his partie and so began the bataille and fightyng whiche endured agood while but in conclusion the duke of yorke obteyned and had the victorie of that Iourney In whiche was slayne the duke of somersete the erle of northumberland the lord Clifford and many knyghtes and sqnyers And many moo hurt And on the morne after they brought the kyng in grete astate to london which was logged in the bisshoppes Palais of london And anone after was a grete parlement In which êlement the duke of yorke was made protector of Englond and the erle of warrewyke Capitayn of Caleys and the erle of Salisbury chaunceler of englond And alle suche êsones as had the rewle to fore aboute the kyng were set a parte and myght not rewle as they did to fore In this same yere died pope Nicholas the fyfthe and after hym was Calixte the iij. This Calixte was a Catalane and an elde man whan he was chosen and continuelly seke wherfor he myght not performe his zele desire that he had ayenst the turke conceyued and the cause of lettyng therof was his age and sekenes This Calixte instituted ordeyned the feste of the transfiguracion of our lord to be halowed on sâint sixtes day in August because of the grete victorie that they of hnngary had ayenst the turkes that same day he was chosen pope in the yere of our lord M. CCCC.lv And died the yere M. cccc.lviij that same day that âe ordeyned the feste of the transfiguracion to be halowed In this same yere fyll a grete affraye in london ayenst the lumbardes The cause began because a yongman toke a daggar from a lumbard and brake it wherfor the yongman on the morne was sente fore to come to fore the Maire and aldermen and there for the offence he was comytted to warde ¶ And thenne the maire departed from the guyldhall for to go home to his diner but in the chepe the yongmen of the mercerye for the most êt prentises helde the maire shereuis still in chepe and wold not suffre hym to departe vn to the tyme that their felaw whiche was comytted to warde were deliâyd so by force they rescued their felaw from prison that done the maire shereuis departed and the prisoner deliuered which yf he had he put to prison had be in Inpardye of his lyf And began a Ruuour in the cite ayenst the lumbardes and the same euenyng the handcrafty peple of the toune arose and ran to the lumbardes houses and despoilled robbed dââerse of hem wherfore the maire and aldermen come with the honest peple of the toune and drofe them thens sente somme of them that had stolen to newgate And the yong man that was rescued by his felawes sawe this grete Rumour affraye robbery ensâewed of his first me uyng to the lumbard departed and went to westmynstre to saynturie or elles it had costed hym his lyfe For anone after come doune an Oeyr determyne for to do Instice on alle them that so rebellid in the cite ayenst the lumbardes on whiche satte with the maire that tyme william Marowe the duke of bokyngham and many othir lordes for to see execucion don but the comyns of the cite secretly made them redy dide arme them in their houses and were in purpose for to haue rongen the comyn belle whiche is named bowe belle but they were lette by sad men whiche come to the knoweleche of the duke of bokyngham and othir lordes and incontinent they aroos for they durst no lenger abyde For they doubted that the hole cyte shold haue arisen ayenst them bnt yet neuertheles ij or .iij. of the cite were Iugged to deth for this robbery and were hanged at Tyburne Anone after the kyng the quene and othir lordes rode to couentre and withdrewe hem from london for thise causes And a lytell to fore the duke of yorke was sente fore to grenewych and there was discharged of the protectoursipp And my lord of Salisbury of his Chauncelârshipp And after this they were sent fore by priuy seal for come to couentre where they were almost deceyued and the Erle of warrewyke also and shold haue ben destroied yf they had not seen well to ¶ How the lord Egremond was take by therle of salesteries sones And of the robbyng of sandwych Capitulo ducentesimo lvij THis yerewere taken iiij grete fisshes bitwene Eerethe london that one was called mors marine the second a swerd fisshe aud the othir tweyne were wales ¶ In this same yere for certeyne affâayes done in the northcontre bitwene the lord Egremond and the Erle of Salisburies sones the said lord Egremond whom they had taken was condempned in a grete somme of money to the said Erle of Salisbury aud therfor comysed to prison in Newgate in london where whan he had be a certayne space he brake the prison and iij. prisoners with hym and escaped wente his way Also this yere the Erle of warrewyke and his wyfe wente to Caleys with a faire felawshipp and toke possession of his office Aboute this tyme was a grete reformacion of many monasteries of religion in duierse parties of the world which were ââformed after the first institucion and continued in many places Also aboute this tyme the crafte of enprinting was first founde in Magunce in Almayne whiche craft is mnltiplied thurgh the world in many places and bookes bene had grete chepe and in grete nombre by cause of the same craft This same yere was a grete bataille in the marches bitwene hungerie and turkye at a place called septedrade where innumerable turkes were slayne more by miracle than by mannes honde For only the honde of god smote them seint Iohan of capestrane was there present prouoked the cristen reple âeyng thenne aferd after to pursiewe the turkes where an infinite multitude were slayne and destroied The turkes said that a grete nombre of armed men folowed them that they were aferd to turne agayne they were holy angellys ¶ This same yere the prisoners of Newgate in london brake their prison wente vpon the leedes fought ayenst them fo the Cite kepte the gate a longe while but at the last the toune gate the prison on them and than they were put in feteris yrons were sore punysshed in ensample of othir In this yere also was a grete erthequaue in Naples in so much yâ ther perisshed xl M. peple that sankâ there in to the erthe Item in the yere xxxvj seint Osmond somtyme bisshopp of Salisbury was canonysed at Rome by Pope Caliste And the xvj day of Iuyll he was translated at Salisbury by the Erchebisshoppe of
his brother a thousand pounde euery yere and whiche of hem lengest leued sholde bene others heir and so bitwene hem shold be no debate ne strife ¶ And when they were thus accorded the duke went home ayene in to Normandie And when the kyng had regned iiij yere ther Aroos a grete debate bitwene hym and the Erchebisshopp of Canterbury Auncelme For cause that the Erchebisshopp wolde nat graunte hym for to take talliage of chyrches at his wylle And therfor eftsone the Erchebisshopp weÌt ouer the see to the court of rome and ther duelled with the Pope ¶ And in the same yere duke of Normandie come in to Englond for to speke with his brother And amonge othir thynges the duke of Normandie for yaf to the kyng his brother the forsaid thousand pounde by yere that he sholde pay hym And with good loue the duke went tho ayene in to Normandie ¶ And when the ij yere were a gone thurgh enticement of the deuell and of lither men a grete debate arose bitwene the kyng and the duke so that the kyng thnrgh conceill went ouer the see in to Normandie ¶ And when the kyng of England was comen in to Normandie ãâã the grete lordes of Normandie turned to the kyng of Englond and helde ayens the duke hir owne lord and hym forsoke and to the kyng hem yelden and all the good câstelles and tounes of Normandie And sone after was the duke taken and lad with the kyng in to Englond the kyng let put the duke in to prison And this was the vengeaunce of god For when the duke was in the holy land God yafe hym suche myght and honour ther wherfor he was chosen to bene of Iherusalem kyng And he wold nat be it but forsoke it and therfor send hym that shame and despite for to be put in to his brothers prison ¶ Tho seised kyng Henry all Normandie in to his hande and helde hit all his lyves tyme and in the same yere come the bisshopp Auncelme from the court of Rome in to Englond ayene and the kyng and he were accorded ¶ And in the yere next comyng after ther began a grete debate bitwene kyng Phillipp of Fraunce And kyng Henry of Englond ¶ Wherfor kyng Henry went in to Normaâdie and the werre was strong bitwene hem two And tho died the kyng of fraunce lowys his sone was made kyng anone after his dethe And tho went kyng henry ayene in to englond and maried Maude his doughter to Henry the Emêour of Almayne ¶ Of the debate that was bitwene kyng lowys of fraunce kyng Henry of englond and how kyng henries ij sones were loste in the high see Capitulo Centesimo .xxxvj. WHenne kyng Henry had bene kyng xvij yere a grete debate aroos bitwene kyng lowys of fraunce and kyng henry of englond for encheson that the kyng had sent in to Normandie to his men that they shold bene helping to the erle of bâoyes as mochel as they myght in werre ayens the kyng of fraunce and that they were as redy vn to hym as they wold ben vn to hir owne lord for encheson that the erle had spoused his sustre dame Maude for which encheson the kyng of fraunce did moche sorwe to normandie wherfor the kyng of englond was wonder wrothe and in haste went ouer the see with a grete power and come in to normandie for to defende that lande and the werre bitwene hem lasted ij yere till at the last they ij foughten to gedre and the kyng of fraunce was discomfited and vneth scaped a way with moch âeyne and the moste part of his men were take and the kyng did with hem what hym liked And somme of hem let he go frelich and somme let he put to the deth But afterward tho ij kynges were accorded And when kyng Henry had holich all the land of Normandie and scomfited his enemies of fraunce he turned ayene in to englond with mochel honour And his ij sones william and Richard wolde come after hir fadre and went to the see with a grete companie of peple but âr that they myght come to londe the shipp come ayens a roche brake all in to peces and all were drenched that were therin sauf o man that was in the sauie ship that ascaped and this was on seint katerines day and thees were the names of hem that were drenched that is to say william the kynges sone Richard his brother the erle of Chestre Qttonell his brother Gieffrey ridell walter emurcy Godfrey erâhedeken the kynges doughter the Countesse of Perches the kynges nece the Countesse of Chestre and many othir When kyng henry and othir lordes arriued were in englond and herde these tydynges they made sorwe y nowe and all hir myrthe âoye was turned in to mornyng and sorwe ¶ How Maude the Emêesse come ayene in to Englond and how she was afterward wedded to Gieffroy the Erle of Angoy Capitulo C.xxxvij ANd when that ij yere were agone that the Erle had duelled with the kyng the Erle went tho from the kyng and began to werre vpon hym and did moche harme in the land of Normandie and toke ther a strong Castell and ther he duelled all that yere and tho come to hym tydyng that Henry the Emêour of Almaigne that had spoused Maude his doughter was dede and that she duelled no lenger in Almaigne And that she wolde come ayene in to Normandie to hir fadre ¶ And when she was come to hym he noÌme hir tho to hym and come ayene in to Englond and made the englisshmen done othe and feaute vn to the Emêesse And the fyrst man that made the othe was william the Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury And that othir kyng Dauid of Scotland and after hym all the Erles and barons of engloÌd Also after the noble man the Erle of Angoy a worthy knyght sent to the kyng of englond yâ he wolde grauÌte hym for to haue his daughter to spouse Maude the Emêesse And for encheson that hir fadre wyst that he was a noble man the kyng graunted hym and consented ther to And tho noÌme he his doughter and lad hir in to Normandie and come to the noble knyght Erle Gaufride and he spoused the forsaid Maude with mochel honour And the Erle begate vpon hir a sone that was called Henry the Emêesse sone ¶ And after when all this was done kyng Henry duelled all that yere in Normandie And after that longe tyme a grevous sikenesse toke hym wherthurgh he died And this kyng Henry regned xxxv yere and iiij monthes and after he died as before is said in Normandie and his hert was entered in the grete chyrche of our lady in Rouen And his body was brought with mochel honour in to England and entered at Redyng in the Abbey of the which abbey he was begynner and foundour ¶ Howe Stephene kynge Henry sustres sone was made kyng of Englond ¶ Ca. C.xxxviij AFter this kyng Henry yâ was the fyrst
was made kyng his nepheu his sustres sone Stephen Erle of Boââigne For anone as he herde the tydynge of his vncles deth he passed ãâã see and come in to Englond thurgh counceill strength and helpe of many ãâã lordes in englond ayens hir othe that they had made to Maude the Emêesse toke the reame and let croune Stephen kyng of the land ¶ And the Erchebisshopp william of CauÌtârbury that first made the othe of feaute vn to maude the Emêesse set the croune vpon kyng Stephenes hede hym annointed bisshoppe Rogier of Salisbury maynteyned the kynges partie in as moth as he myght ¶ The first yere that kyng Stephen began to regne he assembled a grete host went hym toward Scotland for to haue werred vpon the kyng of Scotland but he come ayens hym in pees in good manâr to hym trusted but he made to him none homage for as moche as he had made homage vn to the Emêesse Maude ¶ And the iiij yere of his regne Maude the Emêesse come in to englond tho began debate bitwene kyng Stephen Maude the Emêesse ¶ This Maude went vn to the Cite of Nichol and the kyng hyr beseged longe tyme and myght not spede so well the Cite was kepte and defended and tho that were within the Cite queyntely ascaped away withoute any maner harme tho toke the kyng the Cite and duelled therin till condelmesse And tho come the Barons that helde with the Emêesse that is for to say the erle Randulphe of Chestre the Erle Robert of Ebucestre hugh bygot Robert of Morley and brought with hem a stronge power faught with the kyng yafe hym a grete bataille in which bataill kyng stephen was taken sette in prison in the Castell of Bristowe ¶ How Maude the Emêesse went fro wynchestre vn to Oxenford and after she ascaped to wallynford and what sorwe and disese that she had Capitulo Centesimo .xxxix. WHenne the kyng was take brought in to worde in the castell of Bristowe this Maude the Emêisse anone was made lady of England all men helde hir for lady of the lande But tho of kente helde with the kyng Stephenes wife and also william of Pree and his reteune helpe hem and helde werre ayens Maude the Emêesse anone aft yâ kyng of ScotlaÌd come to him with an huge nombre of peple and tho went they yfere vn to wynchestre ther that the Emêesse was wolde haue take hir but the Erle of Gloucestre come with his power faught with hem the Emêesse in the mene while that the bataille dured scaped fro thens and wente vn to Oxenford there hir helde And in that bataille was the Erle of Gloucestre discomfited and taken and with hym many othir lordes ¶ And for his deliueraunce was kyng Stephen deliuered oute of prison And when he was deliuered oute of prison he went thens to Oxenford and beseged the Emêesse that was tho at Oxenford and the sege endured fro Mihelmasse vn to seint Andrewes tyde And the Emêesse let tho cloth hir all in whit lynnen cloth for encheson that she nat wolde be ne knowe for in the same tyme waâ moch snowe so she ascaped by the thamyse from hem away that were hir ennemies And fro thens she went to wallyngford and ther hir helde ¶ And the kyng wold haue beseged hir but he had so moch to done with the erle RaÌdulfe of Chestre and with hugh bygot that stronglich werred vp on hym in euery place that he ne wist widder for to turne And the Erle of Gloucestre halpe hem with his power ¶ How Gaufride the Erle of Angron yafe vp vn to Henry the Emêesse sone all Normandie Capitulo Centesimo quadragesime ANd after this the kyng went vn to wilton and wolde haue made a Castell there but tho come to hym the Erle of Gloucestre with a stronge power and almost had take the kyng but yit the kyng ascaped with moch peyne and williaÌ martell ther was take And for whos deliueraunce the yafe vn to the Erle of Gloucestre the good Castell of shirborne that he had take ¶ And whan this was done the Erle Robert and all the kynges enemies wente to Faringdone and begonne ther for to make a stronge Castell but the kyng come thidder with a stronge power and drofe hem thens in that same yere The Erle Randulfse of Chestre was accorded with the kyng and come to his courâ at his commaundement And the Erle wende saufelich to come and the kyng anone set take hym and put hym in to pââson and must neuer for no thyng come oute till that he had yelde vp vn to the kyng the Castell of Nicholl the whiche he had take from the kyng with strength in the xv yere of his regne ¶ And Gaufride the Erle of Angeon yafe vp vn to Henry his sone all Normandie And in the yere that next suâd deide the Erle Gaufride And Henry his sone the anone turned arene to Angeon and there was made Erle with mochel honour of his men of the land and to hym diden feaute and homage the most rartie of his land ¶ And tho was this henry the Emêesse sone Erle of Angewe and duke of NormaÌdie In the same yere was made diuorce bitwene the kyng of Fraunce and the quene his wyfe that was right heir of Gascoyne For encheson that it was knowe and proued that they were sible and nygh of blode And the spoused her Henry the Emêesse sone Erle of ângoy and duke of Normandie and duke of Gascoyne ¶ The xviij yere of this kyng Stephen this Henry come in to englond with a strong power and began for to werre vpon kyng sâephen and toke yâ Castell of Malmesbury And did moche harme the kyng Stephen had so moche werre that he nyst whidder for to wende but at the last they were accorded thurgh the Erchebisshopp Theobald and thurgh othir worthy lordes of Englond vpon this condicion that they shold depart the Reame of Englond bitwene hem so that Henry the Emêesse sone sholde holich halfe haue all the land of Englond And thus they were accorded And pees cried thurgh oute all Englond ¶ And when the accorde was made bitwene the ij lordes Kyng Stephen become so sory for cause he had lost halfe Euglond and fell in to suche amaladie and died in the xix yere viij wekes and v. day of his regne all in werre and in contak and he âeth in the Abbey of Feueresham the whiche he let make in the vj. yere of his regne ¶ Of kyng Henry the secoÌde that was the Emêesse sone in whos tyme seint Thomas of Caunterbury was Chaunceler Capitulo Centesimo quadragesâmoprâmo ANd after this kyng Sââphen regned Henry the Emêesse sone and was crouned of the Erchebisshopp Theobald the xvii day before Cristemasse And in the same yere Thomas Beket of ãâã Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury was made the
kynges chaunceler of Englond ¶ The seconde yere that he was crouned he let ãâã adoune all the newe Castelles that were longyug to the crââne the whiche kyng Stephen had yeue vn to diuerse men and hem had made Erles and baronâ for to holde with hym ãâã to helpe hym ayenst Henry the Emêesse sone ¶ And the iiij yere of his regne he put vnder his owne lordshipp the kyng of wales And in the same yere when the kyng of Scotland had in his owne honde that is to seyn the Cite of karlille the Castell of Banburgh the newe Castell vpon Tyne and the Erldome of laucastre ¶ The same yere the kyng with a grete powrr went in to walyâ let cast a doune woles and make weyes and made stronge the Castell of Rutland basyng werke and amoÌge the Castells he made an hous of the temple ¶ And in the same yere was Richard his sone borne that afterward was erle of Oxenford and the fourthe yere of his regne he made Gaufride erle of Britaigne and in that yere he chaunged his money and the vj. yere of his regne he lad an huge hoste vn to Tolouse and conquere by it And the vij yere of his regne deide Thebault the Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury And tho all the Cite of caunterbury all most thurgh meschief was breÌd The ix yere of his regne Thomas Beket his Chaunceler was chosen to bene Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury ¶ And vpon seint bar nardis day he was sacred and in that yere was borne Alienore the kyuges doughter ¶ And the x. yere of his regne seint Edward the kyng was translated with mochel honour And the xj yere of his regne he helde his parlement of Northampton And from thens fled seint Thomas Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury for the grete debate that was bitwene the kyng and hym for yf he had bene founden in the morne he had be slayye and therfor he fledde thens with iij. felawes on fote only that no man wist wher he was and wente ouer the see to the pope of Rome And this was the principall encheson for as moch as the kyng wolde haue put clerkes to dethe that were atteint of felonie withoute any priuelege of holy church And the xij yere of his regne was Iohan his sone borne And the xiâj yere of his regne deide Maude the Emêesse that was his modââ ¶ And in that same yere was Iohan his doughter borne ¶ The xiiij yere of his regne the duke henry of Saxone spoused Maude his doughter And he begate on hir iij. sones Henry Othus and william And in the xv yere of his regne deide the good Erle Robert of Gloucestre that founded the Abbey of nonnes of Eton ¶ And in the same yere Marike kyng of Iherusalem conquered Babiloigne The xvj yere of his regne he let croune his sone Henry at westmynstre and hym crouned Rogier Erchebisshopp of yorke in harmyng of Thomas Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury wherfore the same Rogier was acursed of the Pope ¶ Of kyng Henry that was sone of kyng Henry the Emêesse sonâ and of the debate that was bitwene hym and his fadââ while that he was in normandie Capitulo Centesimo xlij AFter the coronacion of kyng Henry the sone of kyng henry the Emêesse sone ¶ Tat same Henry the Emêesse sonÌ went ouer in to Normandie and ther he let marâe Elienore the doughter of the Dolfyne that was kyng of Almaigne And in the vij yere that the Erchebisshopp seint Thomas had bene outelawed the kyng of frannce made the kyng and seint thomas accorded And tho come Thomas the Erchebisshopp to Canterbury ayene to his owne chyrche And this accord was made in the begynnyng of aduent And afterward he was quelled and martred the vâday of Cristemasse that tho next come ¶ For kyng Henry thought vpon seint Thomas Erchebisshope vpon Cristemasse day as he sate at mete and thees wordes said That yf he had any good knyght with hym he had be many day passed avenged vpon the Erchebisshopp Thomas ¶ And anone Sir william breton ¶ Sir hugh morvile Sir william Tracy And Sir Reignold fitz vese beres sone in Englissh priuely went vn to the see and comen in to Englond to the chyrch of Canterbury and hym ther they martred at seint Benettes Autre in the modre chyrche And that was in the yere of Incarnacion of Ihesu crist M.C.lxxij yere ¶ And anone after Henry the newe kyng began for to make were vpon Henry his fadre and eke vpon his brethren also ¶ And so vpon a day the kyng of fraunce and aâl the kynges sones and the kyng of Scotland and the grettest lordes of englond were arisen ayens the kyng Henry the fadre and at the last as god wolde he conquered all his enemies ¶ And the kyng of fraunce and he were accorded And tho sent kyng Henry the fadre specialy vn to the kyng of Fraunce and praied hym hertely for his loue that he wolde send to hym by letter the names of hem that begonnen the werre vpon hym ¶ And the kyng of fraunce sent ayene to hym by a letter the names of hem that bygonnen the werre ¶ The fyrst was Iohan his sone and Richard his brother and Henry his sone the newe kyng Tho was Henry the kyng wonder wrothe and cursed the tyme that euer he hem bigate ¶ And whyle the werre dured Henry his sone the newe kyng died sore repentyng his mysdede and most sorwe made of onymaÌ for cause of seint Thomas deth of Caunterbury ¶ And praied his fadre with moche sorwe of hert mercy for his trespas and his fadre for yaf it hym And had of hym grete pite and after he died the xxxvj yere of his regne and lieth at Redyng ¶ How the cristen lost the holy land in the forsaid kynges tyme thurgh a fals cristen man that become a sarazene Ca. C.xliij ANd while that kyng henry the Emêesse sone lyued regned the grete bataille was in the holy land bitwene the cristen men the sarazenes but the cristeÌ men were ther quelled thurgh grete treson of the erle Tirpe that wolde haue had to wife the qâene of âhrlmÌ that some tyme was Baldewynes wife but she forsoke hym toke to hir lord a knyght a worthy man that waz called sir Gny êches wherfor the erle Tirpe was wroth wente anone right to Soladyne that was soudan of Babiloigne become sarazene his man forsoke his cristendome all cristen lawe and the cristen men wist not of this dedes bât went for to haue had grete helpe of hym as they were woned to haue before And when they comen to the bataille this fals cristen man turned vn to the sarazenes forsoke his owne nacions so were the cristen men ther quelled with the sarazenes thus were the cristen men slayne put to horrible deth the cite of âhâlmÌ destroied and the holy crosse borne away The kyng of fraunce
And the abbot of wauersey drad so moche his manace that he forsoke all the abbey went thens preuely ordeyned hym ouer see to the hous of Cisteaux when the tydynge come to the pope that the kyng had done so moche malice tho was he to the kyngward full wroth sent ij ââgatz vn to the kyng that one was called Pandolfe that othir durant that they shold warne the kyng in the popes name that he shold cese of hie êsecucion that he did vn to holy church and amende the wronge and the trespase that he had done to the Erchebisshoppe of Caunterbury and to the Priour and vn to the monkes of Caunterbury and to alle the clergie of Englond and that he shold restore the goodes ayeâ that he had taken of hem ayens hir wylle and elles they sholde curse the kyng by name and to do this thyng and to conferme the Pope toke hem his lrÌes in bulles patentz ¶ These ij legatz come in to Englond and comen to the kyng to Northampton ther that he helde his parlement and full courteisely they hym salued and sayden Sir we ben come fro the pope of rome the pees of holy chyrche and of the land to amend And we amonest yowe fyrst in the Popiâ halfe that ye make full restitucion of the goodes that ye haue rauyshed of holy chyrche and of the lande and that ye vnderfonge stephen Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury in to his dignite and the priour of Caunterbury and his monkes that ye yelde ayene vn to the Erchebisshopp all his landes and rents withoute any with holdyng ¶ And Sir yit more ouer that ye such restitucion hem make as holy chyrche shall holde hir paied Tho ansuerd the kyng as touchyng the Priour and his monkes of Caunterbury all that ye haue said I wull gladly do and all thyng that ye wyll ordeyne ¶ But as touchyng the Erchebisshopp I shall telle yow in myne hert as hit lithe that the Erchebisshopp let his bishop riche and that the Pope than for hym wold pray and than vpon a venture me sholde like some othir bisshoppriche for to yeue hym in Engloud and vpon this condicion I wold hym resceyue and vnderfong ¶ And nothlees in Englond as Erchebisshopp yif he abyde he shall neuer haue so good saufconduit but he shall be take ¶ Tho said Pandolfe vn to the kyng Holy chyrche was woned neuer to discharge an Erchebisshoppe withoute cause resonably but euer the hath âe woned to chastyze princes that to god and holy chyche were inobedient ¶ What how nowe quod the kyng manace ye me Nay said Pandolfe but ye nowe openly haue tolde as it standeth in your hert ¶ And to yowe we wull telle what is the Popes wylle and thus it stant that he hath yowe holy enterdited and acursed for the wronges that ye haue done to holy chyrche and to the clergie And for as moche as ye duells and beth in wylle to a byde in maââ and wylle not come to noââ ammendement ye shall vnderstonde that fro this tyme afterward the scentence is vpon yowe ye ben and holdeth stede and strength and vpon all tho that wyth yowe haue communed before this tyme wethir they bene Erles Barons or Knyghtes or any othir what so euer they bene we hem oââoyle saufely vn to this day and fro this tyme afterward of what condicion euer that they be we hem accurse that with yowe comen so do we scentence vpon hem openly specially ¶ And we assoille quytely Erles Barons knyghtes all othir maner men of hir homages seruices feautes that they shold vn to yowe done and this tydynge to conferme we yeue pleyne power to the bisshopp of wynchestre to the bisshop of nor the wychâ ¶ And the same power we yeue in scotland to the bisshoppes of Rouchestre of Salisbury ¶ And in walys we yeue the same power to the bisshoppes of seint dauid of landaf and of seint asse And more ouer we sende thurgh all cristendome that all the bisshoppes be yonde the see that they done accurse aâle tho that helpeth yowe or any counceill yeueth yowe in any maner nede that ye haue to done in any êtie of the world And we assoille hem also all by the auctorite of the pope coÌmaunde hem also with yowe for to werre as with him that is enâmie to all holy church ¶ Tho ansuerd the kyng what mowe ye done me more ¶ Tho ansuerd Pandolf we sey ne to yowe in verbo dei that ye ne none heir that ye haue neuer after this day may be crouued Tho said the kyng by him that is almyÈty god I had wist of this thing er yâ ye come in to my land that ye had me brought such tydynge I shold haue made yowe ryde all an hole yere Tho ansuerd Pandolfe full well wende we at our first comyng that ye wold haue bene obedient to god to holy churche haue fullfylled the popes coÌmaundement nowe we haue shewed to yowe ênounced the popes wylle as we were charged ther with And as nowe ye haue said that if ye had wist the cause of our comyng that ye wold haue made vs ãâã all an hole yere and as well ye myght haue said that ye wold haue take an hole yere of respite by the popes âeue But for to suffre what deth ye coude crdyne we shull not spare for to telle yowe hollich all the popes message his wylle that we were charged with ¶ How Pandolfe deliuered a clerâ that had falsed counterfated the kynges money before the kyng hym selfe Ca. C.l. ANd anone tho coÌmaunded the kyng the shereues ãâã of northampton that were in the kynges presence that they shold bring forth all the âsoners that they myght bene done vn to the deth before Pandolfe for encheson the kyng wende that they wold haue gayne said hir dedes for cause of deth all thinge that he had spoken afore Whenne the âsoners were come before the kyng the kyng coÌmaunded some to be honged some to bene drawe some to drawe oute hir yien oute of hir hede and amoÌge all othir ther was a clerc had falsed the kynges money the kyng coÌmaunde that he shold be honged drawe And when Pandolf herde this coÌmauÌdement of the kyng he stert hym by smertely anone axed a boke candell wold haue cursed all ãâã that set vpon the clerc any hoÌde And Pandolf hym selfe went for to seche a crosse the kyng folewed hym deliuered hym the clerc by the honde that he shold done with hym what that euer he wold And thus was the clerc deliuered aud went thens and Pandolfe durant his felaw went fro the kyng Iohan come ayene to the Pope of Rome and told hym that kyng Iohan wolde not amended bene but euer abide so occur ãâã ¶ And nothelees the pope graunted that yere thurgh oute englond that men myght sing
v. C. men of armes for many of hem of fraunce in whom ye haue had grete trust had grete deinte yow for to scorne And Almyghty god graunte yow grace your enemies to ouercome The Quene Isabell sent tho thurgh âenaud flaââdres for hir soudiours ordeyned hir euery day for to wend in to englond ayene so she had in hir companie sir Edmond of wodestoke that was Erle of kent that was sir Edwardes brother of englond ¶ Whenne kyng Edward let kepe the costes by the see let trie all the priâe men of armes footmen thurgh englond Capitulo ducentesimo .vj WHenne kyng Edward herd telle that Quene Isabell Edward hir sone wolde come in to englond with mauy aliens and with hem that were outelawed oute of Englond for hir rebelnesse he was sore adrad to be put a doune and lese his kyngdome wherfor he ordeyned to kepe his castells in walys as well as in englond with vitailles and hir apââille and let kepe his Riuers and also the see costes wher of the v. portes tokââ to kepe hem and also the seâ ¶ And at the fest of decollacion of seâât âohan baptist the Citezems of london sent to the kyng to Porchestre an C. men of armes ¶ And also he commaunded ferthermore by his lrÌez ordeyned that euery hondred and wapentake of englond to triours as well of men of armes as of men a foote that they shold bene put in xx some in an C. some coÌmaunded that all tho men were a redâ when any outeââse or crie were made for to pursue and take the alâens that comen to englond for to benymme hym the londe and for to put hym out of his kyngdome ¶ And more ouer he let crie thurgh his âatent in euery faire and in euery markete of Englond that the Quene Isabell and Sir Edward his eldest sone and the Erle of kent that they were take saufely kept withoâte any maner harme vn to hem doyng and all othir maner peple that come with hem anone smyte of hir hedes withoute any maner raunsome ¶ And what man that myght bring sir rogiers âeed mortimer of wygmore shold haue an C. pounde of money for his trauaille And furthermore he ordeyned by his patent and coÌmaunded to make a fire vpon euery hie hyll besides the riuers and in lowe contres for to make hie Bekenes of tymbre that yf it so were that the Aliens come vn to the land by nyght that men sholde tende the bekenes that the contre myght be warned and come mete hir enemies and in the same tyme died sir Rogier Mortimer his vncle in the tour of london ¶ How the quene Isabell and sir Edward duke of Gnyhenne his sone come to londe at herewiche and how they diden Capitulo CC.vij. THe quene Isabell sir Erward hir sone duke of GnyheÌne sir Edward of wodestoke Erle of kent sir Iohan the erlys brother of henaud hir companie drad not the manace of the kyng ne of his traitours for they trust all in goddiz grace come vn to herewich in southfolk the xxiiij day of Sptembre in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvj And the quene sir Edward hir sone sent lrÌez to the maire cominalte of london requyryng hem that they shold bene helpyng in the quarell cause yâ they had begonne that is to seyne to destroie the traitours of the reame But none ansuere was sent agayne wherfor the quene Sir Edward hir sone senten an othir patent lrÌe vnder hir seales the tenour of which letter here foleweth in this maner ¶ Isabell by the grace of god quene of englond lady of Irland Countesse of ãâã we Edward the eldest sone of the kyng of Englond duke of Gnyhenne Erle of Chestre of Pountyf of Moustroille to the maire to all the cominalte of the cite of london sendeth gretyng ¶ For as moche as we haue before the tyme sent to yowe by our lrÌez how we be come in to this land with good aray and in good maner for the honour and profite of holy chyrche and of our right dere lord the kyng and all the reame with all our myÈt and power to kepe and maynten as we and all the good folke of the forsaid Reame are holden to done And vpon that we pray yowe that ye wolde bene helpyng to vs in as moche as ye may in this quarell that is for the ãâã profite of all the Reame and we haue had vn to this tyme nâne ansuere of the forsaid lettres ne knowe not your wyll in that partie Wherfor we send to yowe agayne and pray and charge yow that ye bere yowe so ayens vs that we haue no cause to greue yow but that ye bene to vs helpââg by all the wayes that ye may or may knowen For wetith well in certeyne that we and all tho that bene comen with vs in to this reame ne thenke not to done yf it lyke god any thyng but that shal be for the coÌmune êfite of all the reame but only to destroyen hugh spencer our enemye and enemie to all the reame as ye well knowe wherfor we pray yow and charge yow in the faith that ye owe to our lord the kyng and to vs and vpon all that ye shullâ mowe forfet agayne vs that yf the said Hugh spencer our enemie come withynne your power that ye done hym hastely to bene taken and saufely kept vn till we haue ordeyned of hym our wille and that ye leue it not in no maner wise as ye desire honour and profite of vs alle and of all the reame ¶ Vnderstondyng well that yf ye done our praier and maundemeÌt we shull the more be beholde vn to yowe And also ye shull gete yowe wurshippe and profite yf ye sende vs hastely ansuere of alle your wylle yenen at Baldok the vj. day of October ¶ Whiche âettre erly in the dawenyng of the day of Seint Denis was takked vpon the newe crosse in chepe and many Copies of the same âetter were takked vpon wyndowes and dores and vpon othir places in the Cite that alle men passyng by the wey myght seen and rede And in the same tyme kyng Edward was at london in the toure at his mete and a messagier come in to the halle and said that the Quene Isabell was come to londe at herewyche and hath brought in hir companie Sir Iohan of henaude and with hym men of armes withoute nombre ¶ And with that word Sir Hugh the ãâã the fadre spake and thus to the kyng said my moste wurshipfull lord and kyng of Englond nowe mowe ye make good chere for certeinly they bene alle oures ¶ The kyng sawe this word comfortable yit he was fâll sorewefull and pensyfe in hert ¶ And the kyng had not yit fullich ââen that ther come in to the halle an othir messagier and said that the Quene Isabell was arriued at herewych beside yepswyche in
the noble lordes of the contre And also to diuerse of the commune peple diuerse lrÌez and maundementz beryng daâe at Gandaune the viij day of Februarie And anone afâ with in a litell tyme he come ayene in to Englond with the Quene and her children ¶ And in the same yere on Midsomer eue he began to saill toward fraunce ayene and manly and styfly fyll vpon Phelipp of valoys the which longe tyme lay and had gadred to hym a full houge and boystous meyne of dinerse nacions in the hauen of sâluys And ther they foughten to gedre the kyng of fraunce and he with her hostes fro midday vn to the iij. hour in the morne in whiche bataill were slayne xxx M. meÌ of the kynges companie of frauÌce many shippes and cogges were taken Aud so thurgh goddes helpe he had there the victorie âere thens a glorious chiualrie ¶ And in the same yere aboute seint Iames tyde without the yateâ of seint Omers Robert of artheis with men of englond flaundreâ bitterly faught ayens the duke of burgoyne and the frensshmen at which bataill ther were slayne take of the frensshmen xv barons lxxx knyghtes shippes and barges were take vn to the nombre of CC. and xxx ¶ The same yere the kyng makyng and abydyng vpon the siege of Turney the Erle of Henaude with Englissh archers maden assaute to the toune of Seint Amand wher they slowe l. knyghtes and many othir and also destroied the toune ¶ And in the xvj yere of his regne folewyng in the wynter tyme the same kyng duelled still vpon the forsaid siege and sent ofte in to Englond to his tresorier and othir purueiourâ for gold and money that shold be sent to hym ther in his nede but his procuratours and messagiers cursedly and full slowly serued hym at his nede and hym deceyued on whos defaute and laches yâ kyng toke trews bitwene hym and the kyng of fraunce ¶ And the kyng full of wo sorwe and shame in his bert withdrowe hym fro the siege and come in to Britaigne and ther was so grete strife for vitaille that he lost many of his peple ¶ And when he had done there that he come for he dressed hym ouer see in to Englond ward ¶ Aud as he sailled toward Englond in the high see the moste myshappes stormes and tempestes thuÌdred and lyghtnynges fyll to hym in the see the whiche was said that it was done and areised thurgh euell spirites made by sorcery and nygromancie of hem of fraunce wherfor the kynges hert was full of sorwe and anguyssh weylyng and sighyng and said vn to our lady in this wyse Oblissed lady seint Marie what is the cause that euermore goyng in to Fraunce all thynges and wethers fallen to me Ioyfull and lykyng and gladsum and as I wold haue hem but alwey turnyng in to Englond ward all thynges fallen vnprofitable and harmefull Neâlatter he scapyng all êilles of the see as god wold come by nyght to the tour of london ¶ And the same yere the kyng held his Cristemasse at Meries and sent word to the Scottes by his messagiers that he was redy wold fight with hem But the Scottes wold nat abyde that but fledden ouer the Scottyssh see hid hem as well as they myght ¶ And in the xvij yere of his regne aboute the feste of Conuersion of seint Paul kyng edward when he had be in Scotland and sawe that the Scottes were fledde he come ayene in to Englond ¶ And a litell bifor lent was the turnement at Dunstaple to the whiche turnement come all the yonge Bachelery and Chiualrie of Englond with many othir Erles and lordes At the which turnement kyng Edward hym selfe was ther present ¶ And the next yere folewyng in the xviij yere of his regne at his parlement holden at westmynstere the auynzeme of Paske the kyng Edward the thridde made Edward his fyrst begoten son prince of walys And in the .xix. yere of his regne anone after in Ianiuer by fore lent the same kyng Edward let make full noble Iustes and grete festes in the place of his birthe at wyndesore that ther were neuer none such seen ther a fore At which feste and rialââ were ij kynges ij queâes the Prince of walys The duke of Cornewaille x. Erles ix Coââtesses barons and many burgeis ãâã which myghten not lightely he nombred And of diuerse landes beyonde the see weren many strangiers ¶ And at the same tyme whan the âustes were done âyng Edward made a grete soper in the which he ordeyned first began his rounde table and ordeyned and stedfasted the day of the forsaid rouÌde de table to be holden there at wyndesore in the wytson weâe euermore yerly ¶ And in this tyme englisshmen so moche haunted cleued to the wodnesse foly of the strangiers that fro the tyme of coming of the henaudres xviij yere passed they ordeyned chaunged hem euery yere diuerse shappes disguysing of clothyng of longe large and wyde clothes destitut and desert from all olde honeste good vsage ¶ And an othir tyme short clothes and streyte wastyd dagged and kyt on euery side slatered botened with sleues tapites of surcotes hodes ouer long and ouer moche hangyng that yf that I the sothe shall say they were more ââch to tormentours and deueles in hir clothyng shoyng othir aray than to men And the women more nysely yet passed the meÌ in aray coriousloker for they were so streyt clothed that they let hange fox tailles sowed byneth within hir clothes for to hele hide hir aâseâ the which disgnysinges and pride êauenture afterward brouÈt forth encaused many myshappes meschief in the reame of Englond ¶ The xx yere of kyng Edward he went ouer in to Britaigne Gascoyne in whos companie went the Erle of warrewyke the erle of suffolke the erle of huntyngton the Erle of Arundell many othir lordes and commune peple in a grete multitude with a grete nauye of CC.xl. shippes anone after Mydsomer for to auenge hym of many wronges and harmes to hym done by Phelipp of valoys kyng of Fraunce ayens the trews before hand graunted The which trews he falsely and vntrewly by cauellacious losed disquatte ¶ How kyng Edward sailed in to Normandie and arriued at hogges with a grete host Ca. cc.xxvij IN the xxj yere of his regne kyng Edward thurgh counceille of alle the grete lordes of the Royame of Englond called and gadred to gedre in his parlement at westmestre before Estren ordeyned hym for to passe ouer the see ayene for to dissese destoâââble the rebelles of frauÌce ¶ And when his nauye waâ come to gedre made redy he went with an huge host the xij day of Iuyll and failled in to Normandie and arriued at hogges ¶ And when he had rested hym there vj. dayes for by cause of trauaylyng of the see and for to haue
wurshipfully to be done to douer of wurshipfull mââ ordeyne him wurthely to be ledde with his owne costes expens from thens he was fette in to fraunce beried at seint denys ¶ In the xl yere of kyng Edward the vij kal of Fââârer was borne Edward ânce Edwardes sone the whiche whan he was vij yere olde he deide ¶ And in the same yere it was or deyned that seint Petres pens fro that tyme forth shold not be paid the which kyng Yuo some tyme kyng of eÌglond of the coÌtre of west saxons that began to regne in the yere of our lord DC.lxxix firste graunted to rome for the scole of englond ther to be coÌtinued ¶ And in this same yere ther fill so moch rayne in hey âyme that hit wasted destroied bothe corne hey And ther was such a debate fighting of sparewes by diuerse places in these daies that men founden innumerable inultitude of hem dede in feldes as they wenten ther fille also such a pestilence that neuer such was sene in no mannys tyme that tyme a lyue for many men anone as they were go to bedde hole in good point sodenly they deide Also that tyme a sikenesse that men called the pokkes slow bothe men women thurgh hir enfecting And in the xlj yere of kyng Edward was bore at Burdeux Richard the second sone of Prince Edward of Englond the whiche Richard kyng Richard of Amorican heued at the fontstone after whom he was called Richard And this same Richard whaÌ his fadre was dede and kyng Edward was dede also was crouned kyng of Englond the xj yere of his age thurgh right lyne and heritage and also by commune assent and desire of the cominalte of the reame ¶ Aboute this tyme at kyng Edwardes coÌmauÌdement of englond when all the Castelles and tounes were yold to hym that longe weren hold in frannce by a grete companie assembled to gedre Sir Bartram Cleykyn knyght an orped man and a good werriour went and purposed hym to put oute Piers kyng of spayne oute of his kyngdome with helpe of the moste êtie of the forsaid grete companie trustyng also vpon helpe and fauour of the Pope for as moche as it came to his ere 's that the same Piers shold bede and vse the most werst and sinfullest lyfe oute the which Piers y smyten with drede of this tydyng fled in to Gascoigne to ânce Edward to haue helpe and socour of hym ¶ And when he was fledde oute of spayne Henry his brother that was a bastard by assent of the most êtie of spayne and thurgh helpe of that ferefull companie that I spake of erste was made and crouned kyng of spayne And the nombre of that same companie was rekened sette at the nombre of lx M. fightyng men ¶ This same yere in the moneth of Iuyne ther come a grete companie nauye of the danes and gadred hem to gedre in the north see purposing hem to come in to Englond to reÌne and to robbe and also to slee with whom they conntred and met in the see Marmers and othir orped fightyng men of the contre and disparbled hem And they asshamed went home ayene in to hir owne contre ¶ But amonge all othir ther was a boystous and a stronge vessell of hir nauye that was ouersailed by the Englisshmen was êisshed and dreyâte In the whiche the Stiward and othir worthy and grete men of Denmarke were take prisoners and by the kyng of englond and his counceill y prisoned the whiche lordes the danes afterward comeÌ soughten all aboute for to haue had with her goodes that they had lost and they not wele a paied ne plesed of the ansuere that they had here turned homewardes ayene leuyng be hynd hem in her ynnes priuely y writen in scrowes and on walles Yet shull danes wast thee wanes Than happed ther an Englissh writer wrote ayens the dane in this maner wyse Here shull danes fet her banes ¶ And in this tyme Piers kyng of spayne with othir kynges that is to say the kyng of Nauerne and the kyng of Malogre beynâ menes wenten bitwene and praied counceill and helpe of sir Edward the prince thurgh whos counceill when he had vnderstoÌd hir Articles and desire that he was required of tho kynges lothe he was and ashamed to say nay and contrarie hem but notheles he was agast lest it shold be any preiudice ayens the Pope and longe tyme taried hem or that he wold graunce or consent ther to till he had better counceill and auisement with good deliberacion of kyng Edward his geter and his fadre ¶ But whan he was with euery daies and continuell besechynges of many noble men y required and spoken to and with many praiers y sent and made bitwene hem Than Prince Edward sent to his fadre bothe by pleynynge letters and also confortable conteynyng all hir suggestions and causes with all that othir kynges Epesteles and âetters for to haue comfort and helpe of the wronges not only to the kyng of Spayne y doo but also for such thynges as myght fall to othir kynges Also yf it were not the somner holpen and amended thurgh the dome and helpe of knyghthode to hem that it asked and desired ¶ The whiche lettre whan the kyng and his wyse counceille had seyne and vnderstonden he hadde grete compassion and heuynesse of such a kynges spoylyng and robbyng with moche meruaille And sente ayene comfortable betters to Prince Edward his sone and to that othir forsaid kynges and warned hem for to arme hem and ordeyne hem ayens that mysdoer and to withstond hem by the helpe of god that weren such enemies to kynges whan this noble Prince had receyued these lettres hym selfe with that othir kynges before said alle hir counceill called to gedre or that he wolde vndertake the quarell he bounde and kuett sore the kyng that was deposed with a grete othe that is for to say that he shold euer after mayntay ne the right beleue and feith of holy church and holy churche also with all hir ministres rightes and libertees to defende from all hir ââemies and all euelles ¶ And all that were ther ayenâ bitterly to punyssh destourble And all the rightes libertees priueleges of holy church encrese and maignten and amende and alle thynges that were wrongfully betaken withdrawe and bore away by hym or by any othir by cause of hym hastely to restore ayene and to driue and put oute sarazens and alle othir mysbeleued peple oute of his kyngdome with alle his strength and power and suffre ne admitte none suche for no maner thyng ne cause to duelle therin ¶ And that whan he had take a cristen woman he sholde neuer come in none othir womannys bedde ne none othir maÌnys wyfe to defoule ¶ Alle these forsaid thynges trewlich for to kepe continewe and fullfyll as alle his lyfe tyme he was bounde by othe afore
notaries in presence and wytnesse of tho kynges with othir Princes ¶ And than that gracious prince Prince Edward vndertoke the cause the quarell of the kyng that was deposed behight hym with the grace of god to restore hym ayene to his kyngdome and let ordeyne gadre to gedre forth with yn all hast his nauye with men of armes for to werre fight in this forsaid cause ¶ And in this same tyme vpon the sonde of the scottyssh see that many a man it sye iij. daies to gedre ther were seyne ij Egles of yâ which that one come oute of the south that othir out of the north cruelly strongely they foughten to gedre wrastled to geder the south Egle fyrst ouer come the north egle and all to rente and tare hym with his byll his clawys that he shold nat rest ne take no brethe ¶ And after the south egle fligh home to his owne Costes And anone after ther folewed was seyne in the morne afore the sone rising and after in the last day of October saue one day many sterces gadred to gedre on an hepe fyll doune to the erthe leuyng behynde hem fery bemes in maner of lightenyng whos flammes brent and consumed meÌnes clothes men nes here walkyng on the erthe as it was seen and knowen of many a man ¶ And yit that northren wyndâ that is euer redy and destinat to all euell fro seint katerines euen till iij. daies after lost good withoute nombre vnrecouerable And in the same daies ther fyll and comen also such lightnynges thundre snowe and haille that it wasted and destroied men bestes houses and trees ¶ Of the bataille of spayne besides the water of Nazers that waz bitwene the prince Edward sir Henry bastard of spayne Capitulo CC.xxxiij IN the yere of our lord M.CCC.lxvij and of kyng Edward xlij the iij. day of Aprill ther was a strong battaill and a grete in a large felde y called Priazers fast by the water of Nazers in spayne bitwene sir Edward the prince Henry the bastard of spaigne but the victorie fell to prince edward by the grace of god ¶ And this same prince Edward had with him sir âohan duke of lancastre his brother othir worthy men of armes aboute the nombre of xxx M. And the kyng of spayne had on his side men of diuerse nacions to tho nombre of an C.M. and passyng wherfor the sharpnesse fersenesse of his aduersarie with his full boystous grete strength maden driuen the rightfull êtie a bak a grete way but thrugh the grace of almyghty god passing any mannys strenght that huge hoste was disparbled myÈt fully by the noble duke of lancastre and his host or that the prince Edward come nygh hym ¶ And whan Henry the bastard saw that he turned with his men in so grete haste and strength tâ fleâ that an houge companie of heÌ in the forsaid flode of the brugge ther of fyllen doune and perisshed ¶ And also ther were take the Erle of Dene and Sir Bartram Cleykyn that was chefe maker and cause of the werre and also chââetayne of the vaâuÌt ward of the bataille with many othir grete lordes and knyghtes to the nombre of two thousand of whom two houndred were of Fââânce and many also of Scotland And there were felled in the felde on our enemies side of lordes and knyghtes with othir me ne peple to the nombre of vj. thousand and moo and of Englissh men but a fewe ¶ And after this The noble Prince Edward restored the same Piers in to his kyngdome ayene the which pierâ afterward thurgh trecherie and falsenesse of the forsaid bastard of Spaynt as he sete at his mete was strangled and deide But after this vâctorie many noble and hardy men and noble of englond in Spayne thurgh the ãâã and othir diuerse sikenesse token hir dethe ¶ And in the same yere in the Marche was seyne Stella Comata bitwene the Northcostes and the weste whos bemes streâched toward fraunce ¶ And in the yere next suyng of kyng Edwardes regne xliij in Aprill Sir Leonell kyng Edwardes sone that was duke of Clarence wente toward Mileynâ with a chose meyne of the gentils of Englond for to wedde Galoys doughter and haue hir to wyfe by whome he sholde haue halfe the lordshippe of Mileyne But after that they were solempnely wedded and aboute the Natiuite of our lady the same duke of Mileyne deide and in the same yere the frensshmen breken the pees and the trews ridynge on the kynges grounde and lordshippe of Englond in the shire and contre of Pountife and token and helde Castâlâs and tounes and bere the Englisshmen on honde falfely and sotelly that they were canse of brekyngâ of the trews ¶ And in this same yere deide the duchesse of lancastre And is buried wurshipfully in seint Paules churche ¶ The xliiij yere of kyng Edwardes regne was the gretest Pestilenââ of meâ and of grete bestes and by the grete fallyng of watres that fylle at that tyme there fyll grete hyndryng and destroieng of Corne in sâ moche that the next yere after a bussââlle of whete was solde for xl ãâã ¶ And in the same yere aboute the loste ende of May kâng Edward helde tho his parlement at westmynstre in the whiche parlement was treted and spoke of the othe and the tââws that was broke bitwene hym and the kyng of fraunce how he myÈt best vpon his wronge be aâânged In this same yere in the assumpcione of our lady died quene Philipp of Englond a full noble good woman at westmynster full wurshipfully is buried entered aboute midsomer the duke of lancastre the Erle of herford with a grete companie of knyghtes wenten in to fraunce wher they gete hem but a litell wurshipp name For ther was a huge oost of frensshmen vpon chalkhull brigge an othir hoste of Englissh men fast by the same brygge that longe tyme had leyne there And many worthy men grete of the englishmen ordeyned yafe couÌceill for to fight yeue bataille to the frenshmen But the forsaid lordes wold no thyng consent ther to ne assent for no maner thynge ¶ There anone after it happed yâ the erle of warrewyke come thidderward for to werre when the frenshmen herd of his comyng or that he come fullych to londe they left hir tentes pauylous with all hir vitailles fledden went awey priuely And when the Erle was comen to land with his men he went in all hast toward normandie destroied the I le of Caws thurgh dynt of swerd and thurgh fire But Allas in his retournyng to englond ward home ayene at Caleys he was take with sykenesse of pestileÌce died not leuyng behynde hym after his daies so noble a knyÈt orped of armes ¶ In which tyme regned werred thilke orped knyght Sir Iohan hawkewode that was
forsaid pees at yâ last they toke with hem her lrÌez of êcuracie weÌt ayene to yâ court of Rome ward withoute any effect of hir purpose In this yere also ther was a stronge bataille on the see bitwene englishmen flem mynges the englishmen had the victorie and token xxv shippes y charged with salt sleyeng and dreÌchyng all the men that were theryn vnwityng hem that they were of that contre And redely moche harme had fall by cause ther of ne had pees accord the soÌner bitwene hem And in this same yere the frenshmen beseged the toune of the Rochell wherfor he erle of penbroke was sent in to gascoyne with a grete companie of men of armes for to destroie the siege he which passed he see comen sauf to the hauen of rochell whan they were there at the hauen mouth or that they myÈt entre sodenly come vpon hem a stronge nauye of spayne the which oâcome tho the englishmeÌ in moche blemyshyng hurtyng and sleyng of many êsones for as moch as the englishmen were nat than redy for to fight ne ware of hem And in the comyng vpon of the spaynardes all the englishmen othir they were take or slayne x of hem were wounded to the deth all hir shippes y brent there they toke the erle with an huge tresour of the reame of englond many othir noble me also on midsomer euen the which is seint Edeldredes day ledden hem with heÌ in to spaigne ¶ And of this meschief was no grete woÌder for this erle was a full euell lyuer as on open lechour And also in a certeyne êlement he stode was ayenst the rightes fraunchises of holy chyrch And also he couÌceilled the kyng his couÌceill that he shold ax more of men of holy chyrche than of othir êsones of the lay fee. And for the kyng othir of his counceill accepted token rather euell opinions causes ayens men of holy chirch than he did for to defeÌde maynten the right of holy chyrch it was sene many tymes after for lak of fortune grace they had not ne bere awey so grete victorie ne power ayens hir enemies as they did afore ¶ This sanâ yere the kyng with a grete hoste entred the see to remeue the sege of Rochell But the wynde was euen coÌtrarie vn tâ him suffred him not longe tyme to go ferre fro the land wherfor he aâode a certeyn yt me vpon the see costes abydyng after a good wynde for hem yit come it not So at the last he come thens with his men to lond ward ayene anone as he was a londe the wynde began to turne was in an othir coste than he was in afore ¶ How the duke of lancastre with a grete hoste wente in to flaundres passed by Paris thurgh Burgoyne thurgh all frauÌce till he come to Burdeux Ca. cc.xxxvj SOne after in the xlviij yere of the regne of kyng Edward the duke of lancastre with a grete host went in to flaundres passed by paris thurgh Burgoyne thurgh alle fraunce till he come to Burdeux withoute any maner withstoÌding of the frensshmen he did hem but litell harme saue he toke raunsoned many places tounes many men bet hem after gone frely ¶ The same yere the kyng sent certeyn embassatours to the pope prayeng hym that he shold leue of medle not in his court of the kepinges reseruacions of benefices in englond that tho that were chose to bisshoppes sees dignitees frely with full right myÈt Ioy haue be coÌfermed to the same of hir metropolitanes erchebisshoppes as they were wont to be of olde tyme ¶ Of thees pointes of othir touching the kyng his reame whan they had hir ansuere of the pope the pope euioyned hem that they shold certifie hym ayene by hir lrÌez of the kynges wyll of his reame or they determined ought of the forsaid articles In the same yere deide Iohan the Erchebisshopp of yorke Iohan bisshopp of Ely william bisshopp of wurcestre In whos stedes folowed were made bisshoppes by auctorite of the pope Mastir Alisaundre neuyll to the Erchebisshopprich of yorke Thomas of Arundell to the bisshopprich of Ely sir henry wakefeld to the bisshopprich of wurcestre ¶ In the which tyme it waz ordeyned in the êlement that all Cathedrall churches shold Ioy aud haue hir elections hool and that the kyng fro that tyme afterward shold not write ayens hem that were y chosen but rather helpe heÌ by his lrÌez to hir confirmacion ¶ And this statute was kept did moche profit good ¶ And in this êlement was graunted to the kyng a dysme of the clergie a xv of lay fee ¶ The next yere after of kyng Edward xlix the xv day of Iuyne deide mastir william witlesey Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury wherfor the monkes of the same church asked desired a Cardinall of englond to be Erchebisshopp And therfor the kyng was agreued had ment purposed to haue exiled the monkes of the same hous And so they spended moche good or they myght haue the kynges grace ayene his loue but yit wold the kyng nat consent ne graunte to hir election of the Cardinall ne the Pope also ne his Cardinals And aboute the âe gynnyng of August it was treted spoken at bruges of certeynÌ pointz articles hangyng bitwene the pope the kyng of eÌglond and this tretys last all most ij yere At the last it was accorded bitwene hem that the Pope fro that tyme forth shold not vse ne dele with the reseruacions of benefices in englond that the kyng shold nat graunte ne let no benefices by his write that is called Quare impedit But as touchyng the Elections aboue said ther was no thyng touchid ne do And that was y wyted put vpon certeyne clerkes the which rather supposed hoped to be avaunced êmoted to bisshopriches which they desired coueited by the court of Rome rather than by any elections ¶ This same yere aboute candelmassâ ther mette to gedres at Bruges many noble worthy men of both reames to trece of pees bitwene tho ij kyngdoms And this tretys lasted ij yere with grete costes houge expense of bothe êties And at the last they went departed thens withoute any aocord or effect The next yere after the .l. yere of kyng Edward iiij NonÌ of May beyng yit voide and vacant the Erchebisshopriche of caunterbury mastir Symond sudbery bisshopp of london was made Erchebisshoppe And maister william Courteney that was bisshopp of heâeford was than made bisshopp of london and the bisshopp of Bangore was made bisshopp of hereford ¶ And this same tyme in a certeyne tretis and spekyng of pees trews was take bitwene fraunce and Englond fro midsomer to midsomer come ayene all an hole yere And aboute the beginnyng of
by the forest of lyous And of this ordinaunce they were full glad And so they went forth in hast and kepte grounde and the place that the kyng and his counceill had assigned hem ¶ And they quitte hem as good werriours vn to hir kynge ¶ Nowe wull I tell yowe whiche were the chief Capitayns and âouernours of the Cite of Rone ¶ Mon Sir Gny Boâââere was chief Capitayne bothe of the Cite and of the Castell And sir Termegan he was Capitayne of Porte de Canx â mon Sir de la Roche he was Capitayn of the disners Mon sir Anthoyne he was lieutenaunt to mon sir Gny botiller Henry chantfien he was Capitayne of the porte de la pounte âohan Mantreuas he was Capitayne of the porte de la Chastell Mon Sir de Preanx he was Capitayne of the porte of seint Hillarie the Bastard of Tyne he was Capitayne of the porte martenuille And graunte âakes a worthy werriour he was Capitayne of all men of werre And he was gouernour outeward bothe on horsebake a foot of all men of armes whan they issued oute of the Cite of all the portes he hem araied as they shold countre with our meyne And eâhe of these Capitaynâ lad â M. men of armes and somme moo And at the first comyng of oure kyng there were nombred by heraudes in to âcc M. of men women and children what yonge and olde and amonge alle thees was many a manfull man of his hondes so they preued hem whaÌ they issued oute of the Cite bothe on horsebake and on foot for they come neuer at one gate oute allone but at iij. or iiij gates at euery gate ij or .iij. M. of good mennes bodies y armed and manfully couÌtred with our Englisshmen and moch peple slayne diuerse tymes with gonnes quarelles and othir ordinaunce ¶ And this siege durâd xx wekes And euer they of the toune hoped to haue be rescued but ther come none so at the last they kepte so longe yââoun that âheâ deide many thousandes within the toune for defaute of meâe of meÌ of wymmen of children for they had eten hir hors dogges and cattes that wââe in the toune ¶ And ofte tymes the men of armes drofe oute the poure peple oute at the gates of the toune for spendyng of vitaille And anone our Englisshmen drofe hem in to the toune agayne ¶ So at the last the Capitâyne of the toune saw the meschief that they were nat rescued And also the scaâate of vitaille and that the peple so deide for defaute of mete euery day many thonsandes And also saw yong children lie and soâke hir modres pappes and wereââ dede ¶ Than anone they sente vn to the kyng besechyng hym of grace and mercy and brought the keies of the toune vn to the kyng and deliuered the toune to hym and all the âoudiours voided the toun with hir hors and harneis the communes of the toune for to abyde and duelle styll in the toune yerly to pay to hym and to his successours for aââe maner customes and fee fermes and kateremes ¶ And than the kyng entred in to the toune and rested hym in the Castell till the toune was sette in ãâã and in gouernaunce ¶ How the kyng of Englond was made heritier regent of fraunce and how he wedded quene katherine Ca. CC.xlv ANd anone after that rone was goten Depe many othir tounes in baas normandie yaf them ouer withoute strok or siege whan they vnderstode that the kyng had goten rone Also this same yere had bene a pees made and sworne bitwene the duke of Burgoyne and the dolphyne whiche were sworne vpon oâr lordes body that they shold loue and assiste eche othir ayenst theyr enemies And after this contrary to this oth the duke Iohan of Burgoyne was slayne and pitously murthred in the presence of the dolphyne wherfore the frenshmen were gretly deuided of verray necessite labouryd to haue a trayttye with the kyng of englond For the kyng of Englond wan daily of them tounes Castâlles and fortresses Also this same yere was quene Iane arestid brought to the castell of ledis in kente And one frere randolf a doctor of diuinite her confessour whiche afterward was slayn by the person of the tour fallyng at wordes and debate And after Quene Iane was deliuered ¶ In the vij yere bothe kynges of fraunce of Englond were acorded kyng henry was made heir and regent of frauÌce And wedded dame katerine the kynges doughter of frauÌce atte Troyes in Champaine on trinite sonday And this was made by the mâne of Phelip newly made duke of Bourgoyne which was sworne to kyng henry For tauenge his fadres deth was he come Englissh ¶ And thenne the kyng with his newe wyfe went to Parys where he was rially receyued And from thens he with his lordes and the dukâ of Bourgoyne and many othir lordes of fraunce leid sâege to diuerse tounes and Castelles that helde of the dolphynes partie and wan hem but the tounâ of Melun held longe for theryn were good defendours ¶ In the viij yere the kyng and quene came ouer see and londed on Candelmasse day in the morwe at douer And the xiiij day of fenerer the kyng came to london Aud the xxj day of the same moneth the quene come And the xxiiij day of the same she was crouned at westmynster Also the same yere anone after ester the kyng helde a êlement at westmynster at which êlement it was ordeyned that the gold in englissh coyne shold be weyed and none resseyued but by weight And anone after whit sontyd the kyng sailled to Calens and passed so forth in to fraunce And in marche the xxij day before the kyng came ouer the duk of clarenâe was slayne in fraunce and diuerse othir lordes taken prisoners as the erle of huÌtyngdon the erle of somersete with diuâse othir And all was be cause they wold not take with hem archiers but thought to haue doo with the frensshmen them selfe withoute hem And yit whan he was slayne the archers come rescued the body of the duke which they wold haue caried with hem god haââ mercy on his soule he was a valiaunt man And the same yere bitwene Cristemas Candelmas the toune of Melun was yolâen to the kyng ¶ In the ix yere on seint Nicholas day in decembre was born Henry the kynges first begoten sone at wyndesore whos godfadreâ at fontstone was Henry bisshopp of wynchestre Iohan duke of Bedford the duchesse of holand was godmoder Henry chiche ley Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury was godfadre atte conferming And in the x. yere the Cite of Mâws in brie was goten which had bene longe beseged And this same yere the quene shipped at hampton sailled ouâr to the kyng in fraunce where she was wurshippfully receyued of the kyng also of the kyng of fraunce hir fadre of hir modre And thus kyng Henry
kyng Henry knyght And forthwith the said kyng Henry dubbed alle these knyghtes whos names folowe that is to wete Richard duke of yorke also the sone aud heire of the duke of Norffolke the Erle of Oxenford the Erle of westmerland the sone and heire of the Erle of Northumberland the sone and heire of the Erle of ârmond the lord Roos Sir Iames buteleââ the lord matrauas Sir Henry Gray of Tankeruile Sir william Neuill lord Fawconbrigge sir George Neuill lord latymer The lord wellis the lord berkley The sone and heire of the lord Talbot Sir Rauf gray of werk Sir Robert veer Sir Richard gray Sir Edmond hongerford Sir Robert wynkfeld Sir Iohan boteller Sir Raynold cobham Sir Iohan passheley Sir Ihomas Tunstall Sir Iohan Chidioke Sir Rauf langford Sir william drury Sir william ap Thomas sir Richard Carbonell Sir Richard wydeuile Sir Iohan Shârdelowe Sir âicholl blonket Sir Rauf Ratteclifeâ sir Edmond trafford Sir william Cheyne sir williaÌ babyngton sir Iohan Iune sir Gilbert Beauchamp ¶ Item in the v. yere the duke of Bedford with the duchesse his wyfe went ouer see to Caleys And a litell to fore went ouer Harry bisshopp of wynchestre And on our lady day Annunciacion in our lady chârche at Caleys the bisshoppe of wynchestre whan he had songe masse was made Cardinall And he knelyng to fore the hye auter the duke of Bedford sette the hat on his hede and there were his bulles red as well of his charge as the reioyssyng of his benefices spirituel and temporel ¶ And this same yere was grete habundaunce of Rayne that the substaunce of heye and of corne was destroied For it rayned almost euery othir daye ¶ This same yere the good Erle of Salisbury sir Thomas Montagu leid siege vn to Orliaunce at which siege he was slayne with a gonne which come oute of the toune on whos soule god haue mercy For sith that he was slayne english men neuer gate ne preuayled in Fraunce but euer after began to lese litel and litell till all was lost ¶ Also this same yere a breton murthred a good wedowe in her bedde withonte algate whiche wedowe fonde hym for almesse And he bare away all that she had And after this he toke the grith of holy chyrche at seâât Georges in south werk and there toke the crosse and forswore this lond And as he went it happend that he came by the place where he did this cursed dede in the subarbis of london And the women of the same parissh come oute with stones and canel dunge and slowe and made an ende of hym Notwithstanding the Constables and many other men beyng present to kepe hym For there were many women and had no pite ¶ Also this same yere the duke of Norfolke with many geÌtilmen and yomen toke his barge the viij day of Nouembre at seint mary ouereyes for to haue goo thurgh london brigge and thurgh mysguydyng of the barge it ouerthrewe on the piles and many men drowned but the duke hym selfe with ij or iij. lepe vpon the piles and so were saued with helpe of mân that were aboue the brigge wiche casted donne Roopes by whiche they saued hem selfe ¶ This same yere on seint Lenardes day kyng Henry beyng vij yere of age was crouned at westmestre at whos Coronacion were made xxxvj knyghtes This yere on seint Georges day he passed ouer the see to Caleys toward fraunce ¶ Aboute this tyme and afore the Royame beyng in grete miserie and tribulacion the dolphyne with his partie began to make werre and gete certeyn places and make destrusses vpon englisshmen by the mene of his Capitayns that is to wete la heer poâân de seyntraylles and especiall a mayde whiche they named la pucelle de dien This ââaid roâd like a man was a valyant Capitayne amonge them and toke vpon hir many grete enterprises in so moche that they had a beleue to haâe recouered alle theyr losses by hir Not withstandyng at the laste after many grete feates by the helpe and prowesse of Sir Iohan Luxembârgh whiche was a noble Capitayne of the dukes of Burgoyne and many Euglisshmen Picardes and Burgoygnous whiche were of oure partie before the toune of Compyne the xxiij day of May the forsaid pucelle was taken in the felde armed like a man and many othir Capitayns with her And were all brought to Roan and ther she was put in prison And ther she was Iugged by the lawe to be brent and then ne she said that she was with childe wherby she was respiâed a while But in conclusion it was fouÌde that she was not with childe and thenne she was brent in Roan And the othir Capitayns were put to raunsone and entreated as men of werre bene aââstomed â ¶ This same yere aboute Candelmasse Richard huÌder a wollepacker was dampned for an heretike and brente at tour hylle And aboute midlente Sir Thomas Baggely preest and vicarie of Mauen in Estsâxe beside walden was disgrated and dampned for an heritikâ and brente in smythfelde ¶ And also in this same yere whiles the kyng was in Frannce ther were many heretiks and lollars that had purposed to haue made a risyng caste billiâ in many places But blessed be god almyghty the Capitayn of hem was taken whos name was william Maundeuile a weâar of abendone and bayly of the same toune whiche named hym selfe Iack sharp of wigmoresland in walys And afterward he was heheded at abendone in the whitsonweke on the tewysday This same yere the vj. day of decembre kyng henry the vj. was crâuned kyng of Fraunce at Paris in the church of our lady with grete so lempnite There beyng present the Cardinall of englond the duk of Bedford and many othir lordes of fraunce of englond And aft this coronacion grete feste holden at parys the kyng retorned from thens to Roan so toward Caleys And the ix day of Fâuerer londed at douer whom all the comyns of kente mette at beramdoun bitwene Caunterbury and Douer alle in rede hoodes And so came forth till he come to the black bethe where he was mette with the Mayre Iohan wellys with all the craftis of london clad alle in white And so they brought hym to london the xxj day of the same moneth ¶ This same yere was a restraynt of the wollis of Caleys made by the soudyours by cause they were not paid of their wages wherfor the duke of Bedford Regent of Fraunce beyng thenne Capitayn came to Caleys the tewisday in the esterwâke And on the morne after many soudiours of the toune were arested and put in warde And in the same wâke he rod to terewyne And by the mene of the bisshopp of terewyne he wedded the Erles doughter of seint Poul and came agyne to Caleys And the xj day of Iuyne on seint Bernabes day there were four soudiours of Caleys that were chief causers of the restreynt byheded that is to wete Iohan Maddeley Iohan
yere the xiij day of Ianiuer fill doune the ãâã with the toure on hit on london bagge toward southwerke with two archis and alle that stode theron ¶ This same yere was a grete traittie holden bitwene Grauenyng and Caleys bitwene the kyng and duke of Bourgoyne where for the kyng was the Cardinall of englond the duke of norfolk and many othir lordes and for the duke was the duchesse hauyng full power of hir lord as Regent and lady of his londes where was taken by thauys of bothe parties an abstinence of werre for a certayne tyme in the name of the duchesse and not of the duke because he had goon from his ooth ligeaunce that he had made to kyng Henry therfor the kyng neuer wolde write ne appointe ne haue to do with him after but all in the duchesse name Also thiâ same yere quene Iane died the ij day of Iuyll whiche had ben kyng henry the fourth is wife was caried fro bermondesey vn to Caunterbury where she lieth buried by kyng henry the iiij her housbond ¶ This same same yere died all the lyons in the tour of london the whiche had not be seen many yeres before oute of mynde ¶ How Owayn a squyer of wales that had wedded quene katerine was arested and of the scisme bitwene Eugenie and Felix Capitulo CC.li. IN the xvj yere of kyng henry deide Sigismonde Emêour of Almaigne knyght of the garter whos terment the kyng kepte at seint poules in loÌdon rially where was made a riall herse the kyng in his astate clad in blew was at eueÌ at dirige on the morne at masse â And after hym was elect chosen Albert duke of Ostrich whiche had wedded SigismuÌdus doughter for to be Emêoâr This was taken resseyued to be kyng of beme vngarie because of his wife that was sigismuÌdis doughter whiche lefte after hym none othir heir This Albert was Emêour but one yere for he was poysond so deide somme saye he deide of a flixe but he was a râtuouse man pitefull so moche that alle the peple that knewe hym said that the world was not worthy to haue his presence This same yere one Owayn a squyer of walys a maÌ of lowe birth whiche had many a day tofore secretely wedded quene ketherine and had by her iij sones a doughter was taken coÌmaunded to newgate to prison by my lord of gloucestre êtectour of the reame Aod this yere he brake prison by the mene of a prest that was his chapelayne And after he was taken agayn by my lord âemond brought agayn to newgate whiche afterward was deliuered at large And one of his sones afterward was made erle of richemoÌd anothir erle of penbroke the iij a monk of westmynstre whiche monke deide sone after ¶ This same yere also on Newyeres day at baynardiscastell fill douâ a stake of wode sodenly at afâârno ne and slow iij. men meschiâuously and foule hurt othir Also at bed ford on a shrireday were xvâij men murtherd withoute stroke by fallyng doune of a steir as they come oute of their comyn halle and many foule hurt ¶ In the xviij yere sir Richard Branchamp the good Erle of warre wyke deide at Roan he beyng that tyme lieutenaunt of the kyng in Normandie and from thens his body was brought to warrewyke where he lieth wurshipfully in a new Chapell on the southside of the quyre Also this yere was a grete derthe of corne in all Englond for a busshell of wheâe was worth xl pens in many places of Englond and yit men myght not haue y nowgh wherfore Stephen Broun that tyme maire of london sent in to pruse and brought to london certayne shippis laden with Rye whiche eased and did moche good to the peple for corne was so skarce in Englond that in somme places of Englond poure peple made hem brede of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall counseill of basile deposed pope Eugenye And they chese Felix which was duke of Sauoye And than began the scisme which endured vn to the yere of our lord Ihesu crist M. CCCC.xlviij This Felix was a deuoute prince and saw the sones of his sones And after lyued a holy and denoute lyfe And was chosen pope by the counseill of Baâile Eugenye deposed And so the scisme was longe tyme And this Felix had not moch obedience be canse of the nâutralite for the moste parte and well nâgh all cristendome obedied aud reputed Eugenye for very pope god knoweth who was the very pope of them bothe for bothe occupied during the lyfe of Eugenye ¶ This same yere Sir Richard wiche vicarie of hermettesworth was degrated of his presthode at Poulis and brente at tourhyll as for an heretike on seint Botulpâus day how well at his deth he deide a good cristeÌmaÌ wherfor after his dethe moche peple come to the place were he had he brente and offred and made a heepe of stones and sette vp a crosse of tree helde hym for a saynt till the maire and shereuis by commaundement of the kyng and of bisshoppes destroied it and made there a douâhylle ¶ Also this same yere the shereuis of london fette oute of Seint Martins the graunt the sayntwarie fiue persones whiche afterward were restored agayne to the Sayntwarie by the kynges ââstices ¶ After Alberte the iij. Frederike was chosen Emêour This Frederike duke of Osterike was longe Emêour differred for to be crouned at rome by cause of the scisme but after that vuion was had he was crouned with Imperiall diademe with grete glorie and triumphe of pope Nicholas the iiij This was a man pesible quiete and of singuler pacience not hating the chyrch he wedded the kyng of Portingales dougter â ¶ How the duchesse of Gloucestre was arested for treson and committed to perpetuall prison in the I le of man And of the deth of maister Rogier âolyngbroke Ca. CC.lij IN this yere Elianore Cobham duchesse of Gloucestre was arested for certayn pointies of treson leid agayn hir wher vpon she was examined in seint stephens chapell at west mestre before the Erchebisshopp of Caunterbury And there she was enioyned to open penaunce for to go thurgh chepe beryng a taper in her hond after to perpetuall prison in the I le of manÌ vnder the kepyng of sir Thomas stanley Also that same tyme was arested Maister Thomas south well a chanon of westmynstre maister Iohan hume a chapelayn of the said lady maistâr Rogger bolynbrok a clerk vsing nigromancie And one margery Iurdemayn called the wich of Eye beside westmynstre Thise were arested as for beyng of counseill with the said duchesse of gloucester And as for maister Thomas southwell he deide in the tour the nyght before he shold haue he reyned on the morne For so he said hym selfe that he shold deye in his bedde and not by Iustise And in the yere xx maister Iohan hume and maister
Rogger bolynbroke were broght to the guyldhalle in london and ther before the maire the lordes and chief Iustice of Englond were rayned and dampned both to be drawen hanged qnarterd but maister Iohan hume had his chartre was pardoned by the kynge but maister rogier was drawen to tyburne where he confessid that he deide giltles and neuer had trespaced in that he deid fore Notwithstanding he was hanged heded and quartred on whos soule god haue mercy And margery Iurdemayn was brent in smythfeld Also this yere was a grete affraye in fletstrete by nyghtes tyme bitwene men of court men of london and diuerse men slayne and somme hurte And one herbotell was chief cause of the mysgouernaunce and affraye Also this yere atte chesing of the maire of london the coÌmunes named Robert clopton Rawlyn holand Taylourp And the Aldermen toke Robert clopton and brought hym atte right honde of the Maire as the custome is And thenne certayn Tayllours and othir hond crafty men cried nay nay not this man but raâlyn holande wherfore the Maire that was padysly sente tho that so cried to Newgate where they abode a grete while and were punysshed ¶ In this same yere were diuerse embassatours sente in to Guyan for a mariage for the kyng for the Erles doughter of Armynake whiche was concluded but by the mene of the Erle of suffolke it was lette and put a parte ¶ And after this the said Erle of suffolke wente ouer the see in to Fraunce and there he treated the mariage bitwene the kyng of Englond and the kynges doughter of Sâcyle and of Iherusalem And the next yere it was concluded fully that mariage by whiche mariage the kyng shold deliuere to hir fadre the duchie of Angeo and the Erledome of Mayne whiche was the keye of Normandie Thenne departed the Erle of suffolke with his wyfe and diuerse lordes and knyghtes in the moste riall astate that myght be oute of Englond with newe chares and Palfrayes whiche wente thurgh chepe and so wente ouer the see and resseyued hir and sith brought her in the lente after to hampton where she landed was rially receyued And on Candelmasse euen before by a grete tempest of thonder and lightnyng at afternone Paulus steple was sette a fire on the middes of the shafte in the tymbre which was quenched by force of labour and specially by the labonr of the morow masse preest of the âowe in chepe which was thought Impossible sauf only the grace of god ¶ This yere was the Erle of Stafford made create duke of âokyngham the erle of warrewyke duke of warwyke therle of Dorset marquys of Dorset therle of suffolke waâ made marquys of suffolke ¶ How kyng Henry wedded Quene Margarete and of hir coronacion Capitulo ducentesimo lij IN this yere kyng Henry maried at southwyke Quâne Margrete And she come to london the xvâij day of Maye And by the way alle the lordes of Englond resseyued hir wurshipfully in diuerse places and in especiall the duke of Gloucestre and on the blake heth the maire aldremen alle the craftes in blewe gounes browdred with the deuise of his craft that they myÈt be byknowen mette with hir with reed hoâdes and brought hir to london where were diuerse pagentis and countinaunce of diuerse histories shewde in diuerse places of the Cite Ryally and costlew And the xxx day of maye the forsaid Quene was Crouned at westmynstre And there was Iustes iij. daies during within the sayntuarie to fore the abbeye This yere the priour of kylmian appeled the erle of vrmond of treson whiche had a ⪠day assigned to them for to fight in smythfeld And the lystis were made and feeld dressid but whan it came to point the kyng commauÌded that they shold not fight but toke the quarellis in to his owne hond and this was doon at the Instaunce labour of certayn prechours and doctours of london as maister Gilbert worthyngton parson of seint andrewâ in holborne and othir Also this same yere came a grete enbassade in to Englond oute of fraunce for to haue concluded a êpetuel pees but in conclusion it torned vn to a triews of a yere Aboute this tyme deide seint Bernardyne a gray frere whiche began the newe reformacion of that ordre in many places in so moche that they that were reformed bene called obseruauntes whiche obseruauntes beââ encrecyd gretly in Italie in Almaigne This Bernardyn was Canonysed by Pope Nicholas the fyfthe In the yere M. CCCC.l Iohanes de Capestrano was his disciple whiche proufited moch to the reformacion of that ordre for whom god shewd many a faire miracle also here is to be noted that froÌ this tyme forward kyng Henry neuer proufited ne wente forward but fortune began to tourne from hym on all sides as well in fraunce NormaÌdie guyan as in Englond Somme men holden opinione that kyng Henry gaf coÌmyssion plenery to sir Edward hulle sir Robert roos Dene of seint seuerins and othir to conclude a mariage for hym with the erle of Armynaks suster whiche was promysed as it was said cocluded but afterward it was broken and he wedded quene margret as a fore is said whiche was a dere mariage for the Reame of Englond For it is knowen verily that for to haue her was deliuered the duchie of Angeo and the erledome of mayne whiche was the keie of Normandie for the frensshe men tentre And aboue this the said marquys of suffolke axyd in playn parlement a fyftenâh and an half for to feche her oute of frauÌce lo what a mariage was this as to the comparison of that othir mariage of armynak For ther shold haue bene deliuered so many Castels and tounes in guyane and so moche good shold haue ben yeuen with her that alle Englond shold haue ben ther by enriched but contrarie wise fyll wher fore euery grete prince ought to kepe his promyse for because of brekyâg of this promyse and for mariage of Quene Margret what losse hath had the Reame of Engloud by loâyng of Normandâe and Guyan by diuision in the Reame the rebelling of communes ayenst their prince lordes what diuision amonge the lordes what murdre and sleyng of them what feldes foughâen and made in coÌclusion so many that many a man hath lost his lyfe and in conclusion the kyng deposed and the quene with hir sone fayne to flee in to Scotland and from thens in to fraunce and so to lorayne the place that she come first froo Many men deme that the brekyng of the kynâes promise to the suster of therles of Armynake was cause of this grete losse and aduersite ¶ How the good duke of Gloucestre humfrey the kynges vncle was arested at the parlement of bury and his deth And how Angeo in mayne was deliuered Capitulo ducentesimo liij IN the yere xxv of kyng Henry was a parlement at bury called seint Edmoâdes burie aboute which was commauÌded all the communes
neighbours were at it and toke part with them For this robbyng the peples hertes fill from hym and euery thriâty man was aferd for to be seruid in like wyse For ther was many a man in london that awayted and wolde fayne haue seen a commune robberie whiche Almyghty god forbede For it is to suppose yf he had not robbed he myght haue goon ãâã er he had be withstonde For the kyng and alle the lordes of the Royame of Englond were departed except the lord Scales that kepte the toure of london And the fifthe day of Iuyll he dide done smyte of a mannys hede in southwerke And the nyght after the Maire of london the Aldremen and the communes of the cite concluded to driue away the Captayn his hoost sente to the lord scales to the tour to mathew gogh a Captayn of Normandie that they wold that nyght assaille the Captayn with them of kent And so they did come to london brigge in to southwerâe er the Captayn had any knowlege ther of ther they fonght with them that kepte the brigge And the kentisshmen wente to harnoys and come to the brigge and shot and fought with hem and gate the brigge and made them of london to flee slow many of hem And this endured all the nyght to fro till ix of the cloke on the morne And atte laste they brente the drawebrigge where many of them of london were drowned In whiche nyght Sutton an aldermaÌ was slayne Rogger heysant and mathew goâe and many othir And after this the Chaunceler of Engloud sent to the Captayn a Pardone generall for hym an othir for alle his meyne And thenne they departed from south werk euery man home to his hous And whan they were all departed goon ther were êclamacions made in kent southsex and in othir places that what man coude take the Captayn quyk or ded shall haue a M. mark And after this one Alisander Iden a squyer of kent toke him in a gardyn in southsex in the takyng the Captayn Iohan Cade was slayne and after beheded and his beed set on london brigge ¶ And anone after thenne the kyng come in to kente and did his Iustises sitte at cauÌterbury enquere who were accessaries and chief cause of this Insurrexion And there were viij men Iugged to deth in one day and in othir places moo and fro thens the kyng weÌt in to sussex in to the westcontre where a litell before was slayne the bisshopp of salisbury And this same yere were so many Iugged to deth that xxiij heedes stode on london brigge attones ¶ Of the felde yâ the duke of yorke toke at brentheth in kente And of the burthe of prince Edward And of the fyrst bataill at seint Albons where the duke of somersetee was slayne Capitulo ducentesimo lvj IN the yere xxx The duke of yorke came oute of the marche of walys with the erle of deuenshire the lord Cobham grete puissauÌce for reformacion of certay Iniuries wronges also to haue Iustice on certayn lordes beyng aboute the kyng toke a feld at breÌtheth beside deâtford in keÌte whiche was a stroÌg felde For which cause the kyng with alle the lordes of the lande went vn to the blakheth with a grete stronge multitude of pepâe armed and ordeyned for the werre in the beste wyse And whanne they had musterid on the blake heth Certayne lordes were sente to hym for to trete and make appoyntement with hym which were the bisshopp of Ely and the bisshopp of wynchestre and the Erles of salisbury and of warre wyke And they concluded that the duke of Somersete shold he had to warde and to ansuere to such articles as the duke of yorke shold put on hym than the duke of yorke shold breke his felde and come to the kyng whiche was all promised by the kyng And so the kyng commaunded that the duke of Somersete shold be had inward And thenne the duke of yorke brake vp his felde and come to the kyng and whan he was come contrary to the promise afore made the duke of Somersete was present in the felde awayting and chief aboute the kyng and made the duke of yorke ride to fore as a prisoner thurgh loudon and after they wold hane put hym in hold But a noyse aroose that the Erle of marche his sone was comyng with ten M. men to london ward wherof the kyng and his counceille fered And thenne they coÌcluded that the duke of yorke shold departe at his wyll ¶ Aboute this tyme began grete deuision in Spruysse bitwene the grete mastir the knyghtis of the duche ordre whiche were lordes of that contre For the communes and tounes rebelled ayenst the lordes and made so grete werre that at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be their lord the whiche kyng come was wurshipfully receyued and layde siege to the Castell of Marienburgh whiche was the chief Castell and strength of alle the lond and wan it and drofe oute the mastir of dansk and alle othir places of that land And so they that had bene lordes many yeres loste alle their seygnorie and possessions in tho landes ¶ And the yere of the Inâarnacion of our lord M. CCCC.liij on Seint Edwardis day the quene Margarete was deliuered of a faire Prince whiche was named Edward That same day Iohan Norman was chosen for to bene Maire of london And the day that he shold take his othe at westmynstre be wente thidder by water with alle the craftes where afore tyme the Maire Aldremen and all the craftes Roode a horsebak whiche was neuer vsed after For syn that tyme they haue goon euer by water in barges ¶ Ye haue well vnderston de tofore how that contrarie to the promise of the kyng and also the conclusions taken bitwene the kyng and the duke of yorke at brentheth the duke of Somersete wente not to warde But a bode aboute the kyng had grete reule and anone after âe was made Capitayne of Caleys and rewled the kyng and his royaââ as he wolde wherfore the grete lordes of the reame and also the coÌmons were not plesed For whiche cause the duke of yorke the erles of warre wyke of Salisbury with many knyghtes and squyers and moch peple came for to remeue the said duke of somersete othir fro the kyng And the kyng heeryng of their comyng thouÈt by his counseill for to haue goon westward and not for to mete with hem had with him the duke of somersete the duk of bokyngham the erle of stafford the erle of Northumâerland the lord Clifford and many othir And what tyme that the duke of yorke and his felawshipp vnderstode that the kyng was departed with these said lordes from london Anone he changed his way and costed the contre and come to seint Albons the xxiij day of may there mette with
Caunterbury and many othir bisshoppes ¶ And in August after Sir Piââs de brezei seneschall of normandie with the Captayn of Dâpe and many othir Captayns men of werre wente to the see with a grete nauye and come in to the downes by nyght and on the morne erly before day they londed and come to sand wych both by land and water and toke the toune and Ryfled and despoilled it and toke many pââsoners And left the toune all bare which was a riche place and moche good therin And lad with hem many riche prisonerz In this same yere in many places of fraunce Almayne flaundres holand and zeland Children godred them by grete companies for to go on pilgremage to seint Michels mouÌt in mormaÌdie which come fro fer contrees wherof the peple meruaylled and many supposed that some wiked spirite meued them to so doo but it endured not longe because of the longe way also for lak of vitaill as they wente In this yere Raynold pecok bisshopp of Chichestre was fouÌden an heretik and the iij. day of decembre was abiured at lambhythe in the presence of the erchebisshopp of Caunterbury and many bisshopps and doctours and lordes temêall And his bookes brent at poulis crosse ye haue herd to fore how certayn lordes were slayne at seint albons wherfore was alway a gruâche and wrath had by theyres of them that were so slayne ayenst the duke of york the erles of warrewyk and of Salisbury wherfore the kyng by thauys of his counseill sente for them to london to whiche place the duke of yorke came the xxvj day of Ianâuer with CCCC men logged at baynardes Castell in his owne place And the xv day of Ianiuer come the erle of salisbury with v. C. men and was logged in therber his owne place And thenue come the dukes of Excestre and of somersete with viij C. men and lay withoute temple âarre And the erle of northumberland the lord Egremond and the lord Clifford with xv C. men and logged withoute toun And the maire that tyme Gefferey boleyne kepte grete wacche with the comons of the cite and rode aloute the Cite by holborne and fletestrete with a v. M. men well armed and araied for to kepe the pees And the xiiij day of Feuerer the erle of warrewyk come to london from Caleys well be seen and wurshipfully with vj. C. men in rede Jaquettes browdred with a ragged staf behynde and afore And he was logged atte gray freres And the xvij day of Marche the kyng come to london and the Quene And there was a concorde and pees made among these lordes and they were sette in pees And on our lady day the xv day of Marche M. CCCC.lviij the kyng Quene and all these lordes wente on procession at powlus in london and anone after the kyng and lordes departed In this yere was a grete affraye in fletestrete bitwene men of court men of the same strete in which affraye the Quenes attorney was slayne ¶ How the kynges houshold made affraye ayenst the erle of warrewyke and of the Iourney at bloreheth Capitulo ducentesimo lxviij ALso this same yere as therle of warrewyke was at a counseill at westmestre Alle yâ kynges houshold meyne gadred them to gedre for to haue slayne the said Erle but by help of god and his frendis he recouered his barge escaped their enell enterprise how well the cooques come rennyng oute with spittes and pestels ayenst hym And the same day he rode toward warrewyke and sone after he gate hym a coÌmyssion and wente ouer see to Caleys Sone after this the Erle of Salisbury comyng to london was encountrid at bloreheth with the lord Awdeley and moch othir peple ordeyned for to haue distressid hym but he hauyng knoweleche that he shold be mette with was accompanied with his ij sones Sir Thomas and Sir Iohan Neuill and a grete felawship of good men And so they mette and fought to dedres wher thârle of Salisbury wan the feld And the lord Awdeley was slayne many gentillmen of Chesshire and moch peple hurt and therles ij sones were hurt and goyng homward afterward they were takeÌ and had to Chestre by the quenes meyne After Calixte Pius was pope and was chosen this yere M. CCCC.lviij And he was called to fore Eneas an eloquent man and a poete laureate He was embassatour of the Emperours a fore tyme And he wrote in the couÌseill of Basile a noble traittie for the auctorite of the same Also he canonised seint katherine of senys This pope ordeyned grete indulgencis and pardon to them that wold go werre ayenst the turke wrote an epistle to the grete turke exorting hym to become cristen in the ende he ordeyned a passage ayenst the turke at Ankone to whiche moch peple drewe oute of all parties of cristendome of which peple he sente many home ayene be cause they suffised not and anone after he deide at the said place of Ankoue the yere of our lord M. cccc lxiiij the xiiij day of August ¶ How Andrew trollop the soudiours of Caleâs forsoke the duke of yorke their mastir therlâ of warwyke in the westcontre Capitulo ducentesimo lix THe duke of yorke the erles of warrewyk and of Salisbury saw the gouernaunce of the reame stode most by the Quene and hir counceill and how the grete princes of the londe were not called to counseill but sette a parte and not only so but that hit was said thurgh the reame that tho said lordes shold be destroied vtterly as it openly was shewd atte bloreheth by them that wold haue slayne the erle of Salisbury Thenne they for sauacion of their lyues and also for the comyn wele of the reame thought for to remedie thise thynges assembled them to gedir with moch peple and toke a felde in the westcontre to which the erle of warwik come from Caleys with many of tholde soudiours as Andrewe trollop and othir in whos wisedome as for the werre he moch trusted And whan they were thus assembled and made their felde The kyng sent onte his coÌmyssions and preuy sealis vn to alle the lordes of his reame to come and awayte on hym in their most defensable wyse and so euery man come in suche wyse that the kyng was stronger and had moche more peple than the duke of yorke the erles of warrewyke and Salisbury for it is here to be noted that euery lord in Englond at this tyme durst not disobeye the quene For she rewlid peasibly all that was don aboute the kyng which was a good simple and Innocent man And thenne whan the kyng was comen to the place where as they were the duke of yorke and his felawshipp had made their feld in the strengest wyse and had purposed verily to abyden and haue foughten but in the nyght andrewe trollop and alle tholde soudiours of Caleys with a grete felawship sodenly departed oute of the dukes oost