prisoner then by medacion of fryndes they agreed vpon eschaunge of prisoners So that the kynge was delyuered for the erle Robert and sone after that the kynge waxed more stronge of people and besegyd the Empresse at Oxforde That the Empresse was fayne to clothe her and her people in whytte apparell and in a nyght whan the grounde was couered with Snowe she by that meanes escaped and fledde to walyngforde and sone after that with a small companye departed into Normandye to her husbande Geffrey Plantagenet but yet after this Robert erle of Gloucester and the erle of Chester were so stronge of people that the kynge was nat abyll to venquysshe them dyuers and many conflyctes was bytwene them yet at a batell at wylton bytwene them the kynge lost the fylde and was lyke to haue ben takyn but yet he escaped In this pastyme dyed Geffrey Plantagenet and Henry his eldyst sonne was made duke of Angeo and Normandye ¶ It was nat longe after but that Eustase sonne to kynge Steuyn with helpe of the Frenche kynge made warre vpon this duke henry in Normandye but he preuayled nat Sone after this duke Henry came from Normandye and with a great armye entred into Englande and wanne the castell of Maluysburye and dyd moche harme to the kynge and at the last came into London and wanne the Towre more by polecye and fayre promyse than by strength and after wanne walyngforde and many other stronge holdes that the kynge had so moche warre that he wyst nat whether to go But the kynge caused Theobalde Archebysshop of Caunterburye to make meanes to the duke for a peace whiche at the last was concluded about the feest of Epyphanye some say it was agreed that Steuyn shulde be kynge terme of his lyfe and the duke heyre Apparant to be kyng after his dethe And some storyes say that the lande was deuyded bytwene them but howe so euer the peace was concluded trewth it is that kynge Steuyn dyed as men sayde for thought and care in the .xxv. day of Octobre nexte folowynge The yere of Chryst M.C.liiii For he was in warre and trouble and in great vexacyon all the terme of his lyfe and he is buryed at Feuersham ¶ Margaret Baldewyn ¶ Margaret syster to Philyppe was maryed to Baldewyn erle of Henaude whiche was nexte erle of Flaunders ¶ Baldewyn sonne to Baldewyn was nexte erle of Flaunders and Emperour of Constantynople Henricus .ij. Adryan Alexander Lucius Vrban Gregory ¶ Adryan an Englysshe man was next pope y e yere of chryst M.C.liiii he hylde y e see .iiii. yere ¶ Alexander was nexte pope he hylde the see .xxi. yere but parte of the eleccyon dyd chose one Victor whiche was called the Antepape and was mayntayned by the Emperour Fredrycke but yet peace was made betwene them ¶ Lucius was nexte pope he hylde the see .iiii. yeres ¶ Vrban was next pope in his tyme IerusaleÌ„ was won by y e Sarazyns he hylde the see .ii. yere ¶ Gregory was nexte pope he hylde the see .viii. wekes Fredrycke ¶ Fredrycke Barbe was next Emê‘our y e yere of chryst M.C.lii he hylde y e empyre .xxxvii. yere Henry HEnry the seconde and son to Geffrey Plantagenet erle of Angeo Maude the Empresse was crowned kyng the .xx. day of December the yere of Chryst M.C.liiii This henry was fortunate in his begynnynge and vnfortunate in his ende for fyrst he put downe all the newe castelles that were longynge to the crowne whiche kynge Steuyn before tyme had geuyn to dyuers men fortefyed them agaynst Maude the Empresse He put vnder his owne dominyon the kyngdome of wales and there let fall downe many great woddê and made hye wayes he wanne Irelande by strength He subdued wyllyam kynge of Scotlande whiche at that tyme hylde a great a parte of NorthumberlaÌ„de vnto Newe castell vpon Tyne and ioyned Scotlande to his owne kyngdome from the southe Occean to the Northe yles of Orkeys and made all these landes as vnder one pryncipate he had in his rule NormaÌ„dye Gascoyn Guyon Angeo and Chynon and made subiecte to hym Aluerne and by the tytle of his wyfe Elynor doughter to the erle of Petowe he optayned y e MouÌ„tes Pyranye in Spayne that we rede of none of his progenytours that had so many contreyâ— vnder his dominyon About the .vi. yere of his reyne he wanne the citye of Tolowys ¶ Also for dyuersacies that the kynge procured to be made agayne the lybertes of the churche There fell a great debate betwene hym and Thomas then Archebysshop of Caunterbury that the bysshoppe fled vnto Rome But after whan Thomas came agayne to Caunterbury .iiii. of y e kyngê knyghtes because the kyng beyng in NormaÌ„dye they harde y e kyng say these wordes if he had any men about hym he had ben a venged vpon y t traytour longe or that tyme. Therfore these knyghtes came fro the kynge beynge in Normandye and slewe this Thomas in the cathederall churche in Caunterbury at saynt Benettes auter whiche Thomas is nowe by the churche canonysed for a holy saynt dyuers myracles auctorysed by the churche that god hathe shewed for hym This kynge henry let crowne henry his eldyst sonne kynge of Englande and went hym selfe into Normandye but his son henry dyed before his father and therfore he is nat accounted in the noÌ„bre of kynges of Englande This Henry his son and his .ii. bretherne IohnÌ„ Rycharde made warre agaynst theyr father Some say the cause of the warre was because the kynge imprisoned Elynor his wyfe whiche was kept in prison tyll the kynge dyed and he kept the wenche Rosamonde ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of his reyne wyllyam the kynge of Scottê by the assent of all the lordes of ScotlaÌ„de dyd homage to kynge henry at yorke where y e kynge willyam grauÌ„ted by his letters patentes that he and his heyres and successours for euer shulde do homage vnto the kyngê of Englande ¶ This kynge henry in the later ende of his dayes was neclygent to do his duetye to god holy churche and also declygent in executynge of his lawes and was warned oft tymes to amende these thynges but he forced no suche monicyon nor regarded no counsell And therfore in his later dayes all thyngê went agaynst hym For fyrst about the .xxx. yere of his reyne he sent his son IohnÌ„ into Irelande whiche there dyd preuayle but lyttell And in the nexte yere the kynge went thyder hym selfe but fortune was to hym contrary y t he lost his trauayle And about the .xxxii. yere of his reyne he lost Aluerne agaynst the kynge of Fraunce And the next yere after he lost Butyrecan and the nexte after he lost Cenomenea Turyne with many holdes to them belongynge And in the next yere after in the .vi. day of Iuly the yere Chryst M.C.lxxxix he dyed and is buryed at Founteuerarde ¶ Ferrande son to the kyng of Portyngale maryed â—o Iohan eldyst
doughter to Baldewyn the emperour was 〈◊〉 of FlauÌ„ders Richardus .j. ¶ Clement Celestyne ¶ Clement was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxxvii he hylde the see .iii. yere and more ¶ Celestyne was nexte pope he hylde the see .vii. yere Henry ¶ Henry sonne to Fredrycke was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxxix he hylde the Empyre .x. yere Rycharde the fyrst RIcharde the fyrst sonne of kynge Henry the seconde was crowned kynge of Englande the .iii. day of Septembre the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxxix This kynge ordayned in the citye of London two Baylyffes to be chosen yerely to gouerne the citye whose names were The fyrst baylyffes of London Henry Tornehyll Rycharde fitz ryuer ¶ Vpon the whiche day of his coronacyon because the Iewes presumed further than they ought the people fell vpon them and droue them to theyr houses robbed and spoyled them without pyte and brent some of theyr houses that the kyng sent strayte coÌ„maundement to cesse the ryot but because the nombre of the trespassours were so many they escaped vnpunysshed ¶ In the begynnynge of his reyne wyllyam kynge of Scottes came to Caunterbury and dyd homage to kynge Rycharde This Rycharde toke vpon hym to warre agaynst Chrystes enemyes made great preparacyon of money and therfore he gaue ouer Berwyke and Rokysborowe to the kyng of Scottes for .x. M.li. and solde to the bysshoppe of Durham his owne prouynce made many bysshoppes and ryche preestes to pay great sommes of money Also he had lycence of the pope to dispence with them that had takyn vpon them the crosse wherby he raysed moche money than commytted the rule of Englande to his chauncelour the bysshop of Ely than went into Normandye and mette with Philyppe kynge of Fraunce at Turon whiche had promysed the same voyage In whiche metynge they deuysed assurance for the contynuance of theyr iourney into y e holy lande that is to say that kynge Rycharde shulde passe by the see and kynge Philyppe by the lande and to mete agayne at Cycyll where they mette accordynge to theyr apoyntement where sone after a grudge began betwene the .ii. kynge for correctyon of theyr soudyours wherfore kynge Philyppe departed but kyng Rycharde entryd the lande of Cypres made so sharpe warre that he toke the kynge of Cypres prisoner and layde hym in bondes of syluer because he had promysed he shulde nat be put in bondes of yron After y t he sayled to Acon or Acres where kynge Philyppe with his hoost lay and beseged the citye whiche than ioyously receyued kynge Rycharde whiche bothe princes set vpon the citye of Acres and wanne it But sone after that a greater grudge began betwene those two prynces Some say the cause therof was for the partynge of the pryes gotten at the sayd citye of Acres and some say it was for that that kynge Rycharde denyed to kynge Philyppe halfe that whiche was gotten at y e citye of Cypres whiche kynge Philyppe claymed by comenant made betwene them at Turon And some say it was because that the erle of Champeyne departed from kynge Philyppe and forsoke to do hym pleasure whiche erle kynge Rycharde receyued And some say the cause of the varyaunce was for y e that kynge Rycharde beynge in Cycell maryed the syster of the eynge of Nauerne where he before had promysed to mary the syster of y e sayd kynge Philyppe But what so euer was the cause of the grudge trouthe it is that kynge Philyppe departed from Acres contynued his iourney tyll he came into Fraunce Sone after this it was shewed kynge Rycharde that the towne of Iapheth whiche was than in chrysten mennes handes was beseged by one Salandyne lykely to be wonne wherfore kynge Rycharde sayled thyther by water a nother hoost of Frenchemen and other whiche remayned there after the departynge of kynge Philyppe he sent them to Iaphethe by lande there by strength rescued the towne wanne dyuers other holdes there nyghe ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe called philyppe Auguste was nexte kynge of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.C.lxxx he wanne a great battell agaynst Otton the Emperour Ferrande erle of FlauÌ„ders Raynolde erle of Bulleyne and toke bothe those erles prisoners ¶ wyllyam ¶ wyllyam Dampeter maryed to Margaret syster to Iohanne before countes of Flaunders was nexte erle of Flaunders and lefte many chrysten knyghtes to kepe them slewe the Turkes which he had take prisoners by reason wherof kyng Rycharde was sore dredde fered of the Turkes In the whyle y t kynge Rycharde was thus occupyed in the holy lande the bysshhop of Ely y t had the gydynge of Englande dyd moche tyranye and extorcyon in Englande as in depriuynge of Bysshoppes Abbottes and kepynge theyr landes pollynge and oppressynge of lay people by dyuers meanes that at the last by strength the lordes put hym out of the lande This kynge Rycharde perceyued that the Chrysten people decresyd in the holy lande aswell by infyrmytes as lacke of vytell toke a truce for .iii. yere and returned whome warde and sent the quene his wyfe by the see he sayled with a small company into Histra and there landed where he was takyn prisoner by the duke of Ostreche and by hym put in prison and brought to Henry Emperour of Almayne whiche put hym in stronge prison and after Raunsomed hym at C.M. li. whiche duke of Ostryche was afwarde therfore accursed of the pope for y e wronge done to kynge Rycharde ¶ Also for the payment of this sayd Raunsome afterwarde the woll of all the whyte monkes and chanons in Englande was solde and rynges iewels of prelates and vessels and chalyces of all the churches thorowe the lande dyuers many shrynes scraped and spoyled of theyr golde and syluer Dyuers causes there were as wryters reherâ—e that the Emperour shulde owe grudge to kynge Rycharde one was because kynge Rycharde had promysed to the Emperour an ayde for the wynnynge of the kyngdome of Cicyle whiche the Emperour claymed as his inheritance whiche promyse kynge Rycharde as he sayd brake Another cause was for that y e kyng Rycharde toke from a knyght of the duke of Ostryche the dukes banner and trode it vnder his fete in dispyte of the duke and of the Emperour his lorde and therfore the duke and the Emperour were gladde to do kynge Rycharde displeasure ¶ It is sayd that a Lyon was put to kynge Rycharde beynge in prison to haue deuoured hym and when the Lyon was gapynge he put his Arme in his mouthe pulled the lyon by the harte so harde that he slewe the lyon And therfore some say he is called Rycharde Cure de lyon but some say he is called Cure delyon because of his boldenesse and hardy stomake Also IohnÌ„ the kynges brother by excytynge of the Frenche kynge herynge that the kynge his brother was in prison in Almayne began to make warre within
fitz Alwyn The fyrst Sheryffes Peter Duke Thomas Nele ¶ Also in the .x. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ London brydge was begon to be edefyed of stone whiche before was of tymbre and the monastery of saynt Mary oueres was begon for to be buylded ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the kyng was in great feare lest he shulde lose his realme and to be vtterly vndone hym selfe wherfore in his mynde he was sore anoyed and sent to the pope and sayd he wolde be reconsyled wherfore the pope sent Pandulfe agayne into Englande with these artycles that he shulde receyue Steuyn to his archebysshopryke restore to hym and to all other all profytes frutes belongynge to them that he had wrongfully taken and that he shulde yelde vnto the popes handes the tytle of his crowne to holde it of the pope To the whiche thynges the kynge graunted and resygned his crowne to Pandulfe and toke it agayne of hym to holde it of the pope and to pay yerely to the churche of Rome M. markes of syluer and after that receyued Steuyn suffred hym to inioy his Archebysshopryke restored all suche profytes as he had from hym and all other wrongfully taken Some wryters affyrme that for this foresayd payment the Peter pens be payde at this day ¶ Also about the .xiiii. yere of his reyne kynge IohnÌ„ fell at a great discencyon with his lordes one cause of that varyance wos for that y t the kynge wolde nat holde y e lawes of saynt Edwarde but wolde holde no lawe but do all thiÌ„ge at his owne wyll dyd disinheryte many men without assent of his lordes or of any other counsell And also wolde haue disinheryte the erle of Chester because he rebuked hym of his wyckednesse for that that he hylde his owne brothers wyfe lay by many other great lordes dobghters and spared no woman that hym lyked wherfore his lordê toke the citye of London and bylde them there a certayne whyle But by meanes of the Archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelates the kynge and his lordes met besyde Stanys at a place called Rumney mede and there agrement was made a charter made thereupon called Magna carta whiche charter anone after the kynge brake that newe varyance began betwene hym and his lordes agayne y t dyuers of the lordes sent vnto the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde sende his son Lewys hyther and they wolde rendre vnto hym the lande which Lewys therupon came into Englande and toke dyuers castels of the kynges by force and after came to London where the barons receyued hym and yelded to hym the Towre of London Kynge IohnÌ„ beynge thus ouer set with this Lewys by the eyde of dyuers of his lordes sent vnto the pope shewynge theyr rebellynge whiche sent vnto hym a Legate called Swallo whiche in the popes name commaunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce and labored to haue a peace betwene them but his labour was in vayne wherfore the kyng forfere fled towarde Lyncolne but sone after at Neuwarke he dyed of the flyx the .xix. day of October the yere of Chryst M.CC.xvi. But some say that a monke poysoned hym at Swynestede and he is buryed at worcester Henricus .iij. ¶ Honore Gregory Celestyne ¶ Honore was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M·CC xvi he hylde the see .x. yere and more ¶ Gregory hylde the see nexte .xiiii. yere ¶ Celestyne hylde the see nexte .xviii. dayes ¶ Fredrycke Henry ¶ Fredrycke was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.CC.xii. he dyd persecute the churche but at a counsell at Lyon he was deposed by the pope Innocent that .xxvii. yere after the electours were in varyance who shulde be Emperour he hylde the Empyre .xxxii. yere ¶ Henry was nexte Emperour he hylde the empyre .v. yere Henry the thyrde HEnry the thyrde of that name and eldyst sonne to kynge IohnÌ„ was crowned kyng the .xxviii. day of Octobre the yere of Chryst M.CC.xvi. whan he was but .ix. yeres of age And after his coronacyon this Lewis coÌ„tynued in his war which he had begon but dyuers of y e lordes toke ê‘te agaynst hym And also Swallo the Legate accursed this Lewys interdyted wales a cursyd Lewellyn prynce of wales and all that hylde ê‘te agayne this yonge kyng Henry And the erle of Chester and dyuers other lordes of the kynges parte went to Lyncolne and toke the towne and slewe many Frenche men beynge there forced this Lewys to take a peace whiche peace was thus concluded y t Lewys shulde go agayne into Fraunce and to haue a M. markes for his trauayle whiche he had and so deê‘ted Also in the thyrde yere of this kynge began y e newe worke of the churche of westmyster ¶ About the .viii. yere of this kynges reyne the charter called Magna carta was coÌ„fyrmed and dyuers artycles addyd therto howe the kynge shulde haue the warde and maryage of the lordes heyres beynge within age and the fyrst statute of Mortmayne than made and about that tyme the plees of the crowne were holden in the Towre of London And this kynge also graunted many lybertes to the citye of London Sone after this kynge Henry with a great hoost sayled into Normandye by the excytynge of a Frenche man named the erle of Marche where betwene the FreÌ„che kyng Lewys and hym was fought a great battell but in the ende the Frenchemen had the victory toke .xxii. knyghtes and noble men prisoners .v. C. meane people y t kynge Henry for feare fled and turned backe to Burdeux but after a peace was made kynge henry returned into Englande About this tyme was a great yerthe quake in Englande and also in the .xxxi. yere of this kynge the kynge seasyd the franches of London into his handes for a iugemeÌ„t gyuen by one Piers Alyn the Mayre Aldermen agaynst a wedowe called Margarete Vyell which iugemeÌ„t as it was sayd was after fouÌ„de good wherfore the Citezyns inioyed agayne theyr lybertes About the .xxxv. yere of this kynge the order of the freres Augustynes began in Englande in a place in wales called wodhouse And about this tyme the kyng maryed Margarete his doughter to AlexaÌ„der the kyng of Scottes which Alexander dyd homage to y e kynge at yorke This kynge Henry ofte tymes for dyuers coÌ„playntes made agaynst y e Mayres offycers of London seasyd the lybertes of the citye into his owne handes set other offycers to rule the citye but euer they were restored agayne Also about this tyme Rycharde the kynges brother erle of Cornewall was electe kyng of Almayne kynge of Romayns whiche toke shyppynge went thyder there was crowned in y e citye of AquisgranuÌ„ About the .xli. yere of kyng Henryes rayne a greuous byll of complaynt of the coÌ„mynalte of London was put agaynst the Mayre Aldermen and gouernours of the citye for wronges extorcyons done by them to the
Burgoyne came and gaue the kynge .xxx. M. â—i that he shulde do no hurt in that contrey wherfore he departed thens and went towarde Parys and his hoost lodged nyghe to Parys redy to gyue battell but y e bysshoppe of Beaux chauncellour of NormaÌ„dye with other toke a day of truse to conclude a peace at whiche day at a place within a myle of Charters the duke of Lanâ—aster the erle of warwyke and Northampton appered for kynge Edwarde for Charles than eldyst son to kynge IohnÌ„ whiche before was made Regent of Fraunce there appered the sayd bysshoppe of Beaux and dyuers other lordes whiche peace was thus concluded that kynge Edwarde shulde haue all the landes that he than had in Gascoyn and Guyan to hym and to his heyres without doynge for them any homage And that kynge Edwarde shulde gyue vp all his tytle y t he claymed to the crowne of Fraunce And also that the Frenche kynge shulde pay for his raunsome .iii. Millyons of Scutes whiche amount to .v. C.M. li. And also y t kynge Edwarde shulde nat alye hym with the Fâ—emynges nor ayde them agaynst kynge IohnÌ„ nor his heyres kynges of Fraunce ¶ After whiche treatye thus concluded kynge Edwarde returned into Englande and after kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan at Caleys were bothe â—worne to mayntayne y e sayd artycles and than kynge Iohan was delyuered and went into Fraunce whiche was .iiii. yere after that he was taken and kynge Edwarde had Iohan duke of Amoâ— and mayne whiche was kynge Iohans sonne and Iohan duke of Aluerne and .viii. other erles delyuered hym for hostages he with them than returned into Englande ¶ Also after this a companye of dyuers nacyons called the companyons assembled them in the contrey of Champayn wherof y e captayns were englysshemen agaynst whome the Frenche king sent .iii. erles to subdewe them with a great power with them but the Frenchemen were discomfyt and one of the erles was slayne and .ii. of them taken prisoners and these companye coÌ„tynued .iiii. yeres to the nombre of .lx. M. And in the same tyme a lyke company assembled in Italye whiche dyd moche hurt ¶ In the .xxxvii. yere of kynge Edwarde kyng Iohan of Fraunce came ouer agayne into Englande of his free wyll to sporte hym and had great chere But the nexte yere after he fell sycke at the Sauey and there dyed and then Charles his son was crowned kynge in Parys And in the same yere the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scottes came into Englande to speke with kynge Edwarde Also sone after this prince Edwarde sayled to Burdeux and receyued poscessyon of Guyan that his father had newely gyuen hym dyd homage therfore to his father And in y e same season there was a great battell in Brytteyn fought betwene Charles de Bloys syr IohnÌ„ Momforde for the tytle of that dukedome but by y e ayde of Englysshemen syr IohnÌ„ Momforde had the victory Charles was slayne sone after that Charles than beynge kynge of Fraunce toke an order that the dukedome of Bryttayen shulde remayne to syr IohnÌ„ Momforde and his heyres foreuer ¶ Also about the .xl. yere of kynge Edwarde Piers kynge of Castell was expulsed by the ayde of the Frenchemen by Henry his bastarde brother But this Peter by the ayde of prince Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put hym to flyght and slewe .v. M. of his men and restored Peter to dyuers cityes and holdes whiche he before had lost But after that his brother Henry entred into Castell agayne and in proces wan the contrey agayne and toke his brother Peter and beheded hym ¶ Also about the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde the erles of Armenake of Dalbret and of Perygot with dyuers other lordes of Guyan appelled prince Edwarde to Charles the Frenche kynge that prince Edwarde had broken y e peace made betwene the .ii. kinges kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan and one great cause that they layde agaynst prince Edwarde was because he leueyed a fowage in Guyan agaynst y e myndes of the lordes where the contrey ought to be free where vpon kynge charles sent his letters to prince Edwarde coÌ„maundynge hym to appere at Parys to answere there wherwith prince Edwarde was nat content ado sayde he wolde nat appere before hym but with his basenet on his hede and .lx. men of warre and sayd he receyued his lande of his father the kynge of Englande and yf any mysorder were it ought to be determyned before his father in Englande whervpon newe debate and varyaunce began betwene these .ii. kynges that kynge Edwarde sent ouer the duke of Lancaster â— whiche landed at Caleys with a stronge power and went to Turney and Ayre and wasted the contrey and after went towarde Harflete in Normandye after from thens to the contrey of Poyteou and the Frenche kynge sent the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Barre into the sayd contreys with a great power whiche toke many holdes and dyd great displeasure to the englysshemen there ¶ Also about this tyme there was a great pestylence in Englande and after a great derthe that whete was worthe .xl. d. a busshell ¶ Also after that syr Robert Knolles with the lorde fitz water and lorde Grauntson and with a great company of Soudyers entred saynt Omers and so to Aras and so to Parys whan they sawe that the frenchemen wolde gyue them no battell they returned towarde NormaÌ„dye and so to the erledome of Angeo But than varyance fell betwene syr Robert Knolles and the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson wherfore syr Robert Knolles with the floure of the Archers went into Brytten and than the Frenche kynge sent the marshall of FrauÌ„ce with a great power agaynst the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson and gaue vnto them a battell where the englysshemen were discomfyt the lorde Grauntson was there taken .iii. C. englysshemen slayne and the rest takyn prisoners and put to flyght ¶ Also in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edwarde the Frenche kynge contynued hys warre so sore in Guyan and many dyuers skyrmysshes were betwene the Frenchemen and the Englysshemen but most coÌ„menly alway the englysshemen were put to the wors and many holdes and townes were taken from them for the people of the contrey fauoured nat the englysshemen â–ª because of y e great Taskes that prince Edwarde had gathered there of them and the citye of Lymoge and other cityes rebelled agaynst prince Edwarde wherfore prince Edwarde perceyuynge all this and what for lacke of money what for syckenesse and maladyes that he had he departed into Englande leauynge behynde hym the duke of Lancaster and his brother the erle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyn but sone after that they came into Englande ¶ Also in the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edwarde the kynge sent the erle of Pembroke with a great companye to fortefye the towne of Rochell but he was met in