coÌ„mynalte by settynge of taxes alterynge of tolles customes to theyr owne singuler â—ucrâ— whiche byll was cast in the kynges wardrobe whiche after came to the kynges handes that the kynge sent downe his Iustyce other of his counsell whiche discharged the Mayre Sheryffes Chamberlayne and made inquisicyon of the truthe but the offenders by theyr lerned counsell longe tyme defended them selfe and delayde the tryall And yet dyuers places of syttynge were appoynted aswell in the Guylhalle and at the Folkemoâ—e at Poules crosse in the Escheker y e kynges grace there beynge present where in the ende the Mayre Aldermen were arrested and coÌ„pelled to put in great suertyes at the last they put them in the kynges mercy and made theyr ende and lastly restored agayne to theyr roumes but nat without great fynes payenge Also about this tyme there was a great derth that whete was worth .xxiiii. s. a quarter ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the .viii. son th the seconde Philyppe was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CC.xxii he beseged the towne of Auynnion and wanne it ¶ Guy ¶ Guy son to Margaret was nexte erle of Flaunders Innocent Alexander ¶ Innocent was next pope he hylde y e see .xi. yeere ¶ Alexander hylde the see nexte .vii. yere Wyllyam ¶ wyllyam was nexte Emperour he hylde the see .vii. yere ¶ Also about the .xliii. yere of this kynges reyne the kynge at a court of Folkemote at Paulys axed lycence of the coÌ„mons of the citye accordynge to the sayd ordynauace to passe the see and so went vnto Burdeux into FrauÌ„ce and had great chere of the Frenche kynge Lewys or that he came agayne he granÌ„ted all his ryght that he had in Normandye Gascoyn Guyon to the said Lewys toke agayne Guyon Angeo and Mayn to holde of the Frenche kynge and was called in Fraunce duke of Guyon dyd homage to the Frenche kynge therfore Also about the .xlv. yere y e Barons of Englande by force of those forsayd ordynances toke vpon them to chauÌ„ge the kynges Iustyce the kynges Sheryffe and dyuers other offycers y t the kyng had admytted and put other in theyr places wherwith the kynge was nat content publysshed his bull of aâ—solucion wherfore the barons assembled to gether in the marches of wales with a stroÌ„ge power sent a letter to the kynge praynge hym to obserue the said ordynauÌ„ces wherto he was sworne to whome the kynge sent no answere Then the barons came forwarde with banners displayde and moche people resorted to them they put in prison and punysshed all them that toke the coÌ„trarye parte and at the last came into London for the citye toke y e barons parte But sone after agrement was made betwene the kynge and his lordes whiche contynued nat longe for y e hyng caused syr Edwarde his eldyst son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne and the kynge secretely departed from westmyster and rode into the sayd castell many of the lordes that toke his parte came to hym And the barons and the other that toke their parte drewe to London but yet by some well disposed persons a concorde was takyng thus that bothe partes shulde abyde the iugement of Lewys the Frenche kynge concernynge the kepynge of the sayd ordynances wherfore the kynge and syr Edwarde his eldyst son went ouer to the sayd Lewys and for the barons parte there went syr Peter de Mountforde and other before whiche kynge Lewys the mater was argued but in conclusion kynge Lewys gaue sentence that the sayd statutes ordynances shulde be clerely voyde and the kynge set at lyberte After whiche sentence gyuen y e kyng all the other returned into Lpndon but the barons nat content with this sentence reputynge parcialyte in kynge Lewys departed and went into the Marches of wales gathered a great nombre of people and came into London and than because some varyaunce was betwene some of the rulers of the citye and the coÌ„mons The coÌ„mons made them two captaynes callynge them Constables of the citye at whose coÌ„maundement all the coÌ„myns by tollynge of the great bell of Polles shulde be redy in harnes to wayte vpon them whiche Constables with the coÌ„mons by the exortynge of Hughe Spencer Constable of y e Towre went to Thystelworth beyonde westmyster and there spoyled the maner of the kynge of Romayns whiche dede was the great cause of the warre for the kynge toke it greuously and gathered great power and at the last came to the towne of Lewys in Sussex but the wardens of the fyue partes kept the see with shyppes y e no straungers shulde entre to ayde the kynge And than the barons with a great multytude of y e citye of LoÌ„don and with a great hoost of other people came agaynst the kynge betwene whome the .xxiii. day of May was fought a maruelous cruell battell at Lewys and the LoÌ„doners that gaue the fyrst assent by reason of the sharpe shot of Arowes and strokes gyuen by them of the kynges partes began to drawe backe But the barons incurraged theyr men in suche wyse y t they nat onely set vpon them with fresshe cheuâ—en but incurraged so them that gaue backe y t they turned agayne fought so fersly that the kyngê ê‘te gaue backe the kyng lost the fylde where the kyng hym selfe the kyng of Romayns Edwarde the kyngê son were takyn prisoners many other mo and .xx. M. men slayne for this battell coÌ„tynued y e more part of the day After whiche battell endyd they brought their prisoners to London where the kynge agreed y t all the said ordynauÌ„ces shulde stonde in effecte and if any were thought vnresonable to be correctyd by .iiii. noble men of the realme s. ii spirytuall men ii temperall men many instrumentê and wrytynges were made for the assurance of the same ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the .ix. called saint Lewys was next kyng of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.CC.xxvii he made two voyages into y e holy lande in the fyrst he was takyn prisoner in the .ii. he dyed ¶ Vrban Clement ¶ Vrban was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yere and more ¶ Clement was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yere Rychyrde ¶ Rycharde and Alfons were in discorde by the electours who shulde be Emperour which discorde so contynued .xvi. yere After this a great discencyon fell betwene y e erle of Glocester the erle of Leyceter whiche were two of the barons y t were agaynst the kynge wherfore sone after syr Edwarde the kynges son deê‘ted to the marches of wales accoÌ„panyed the erle of Glocester the lordes of the marches assembled a great power came to Glocester wherfore syr Symon the erle of Leyceters son by his fathers coÌ„maundement assembled a great power came to wynchester toke it by force and after came to Kyllingworth where syr Edwarde
wyllyam Rufus kynge of Englande And than the Duchye of Normandye was vnder the dominyon of the kynges of Englande many yeres afterwarde Victor ¶ Victor was nexte pope he contynued the sentence agayns Henry the Emperour but he was impoysoned by venym put in his chales after that he had be pope one yere But about this tyme a great plee and debate was bytwene one Thomas Archebysshop of yorke and Lamfranke archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury whether the archebysshop of yorke shulde be vnder the rule of the archebysshop of Caunterbury whiche matter was appelled to Rome And from thens sende downe to be determyned in Englande where the Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury recouered and optayned that the archebysshop of yorke shulde be sacred of the archebysshop of Caunterbury and make to hym othe with professyon of obedyence ¶ About the .x. yere of his raygne Roger erle of Harforde and Rafe erle of Northfolke and Suffolke and one erle walreffe conspired agaynst the kyng but it was disclosyd wherfore the erle of Harforde and the erle of Northfolke fledde and were outlaude the erle walreffe was behedyd Also about the .xv. yere of his raygne Robert Curteyse the kynges eldyst son with the helpe of Philyppe the Frenche kynge made warre agaynst his father and gaue hym a great batell in Normandye where kynge wyllyam was sore hurte and fayne to forsake the fylde The cause of that batell was sor that that kynge wyllyam wolde haued resumyd from his sonne Robert the Duchye of Normandye for his wyldnesse which he before y e tyme had gyuen to him ¶ This wyllyam made the newe forest in Hampshyre and therfore cast downe dyuers churches by the space of .xxx. myles In his tyme he kept the englysshemen so lowe that fewe of them bare any offyce of honour or rule but somwhat he fauored the citye of London Also he buylded two abbayes in Englande that is to say the abbaye of Battell where he wanne the fylde agaynst Harolde and the abbaye of Barmesey in Southwarke besyde London and also he buylded .ii. other abbayes in Normandye ¶ Also in the .xix. yere of kynge wyllyam his raygne the kyng beynge in Normandye araysed a great trybute in Englande caused to be gathered of euery hyde of lande whiche contayneth .xx. acres .vi. s. And soone after that enteryd Fraunce with a great armye and brent a parte of the citye of Meaux and many other cityes townes but as some wryters say in that hete by the lepe of a horse he toke suche a disease that it was the cause of his dethe And made his testament gaue to wyllyam Rufus his seconde sonne the kyngdome of Englande and to Rober Courteyse his eldyst sonne the Duchye of Normandye And to Henry his thyrde sonne he gaue his treasour and warned wyllyam to be to his people louynge and lyberall and Robert to be to his people sterne and sturdye And dyed the .ix. day of September the yere after y e incarnacyon of Chryst M.lxxxvii after y t he had be kyng of Englande xx yere and duke of Normandye .lii. yeres was buryed in the citye of Cane in Normandye ¶ wyllyam ¶ wyllyam duke of Normandye was nexte erle of FlauÌ„ders by the ayde of the Frenche kynge willmÌ„s rufus Vrban ¶ Vrban was nexte pope The yere of Chryst M.lxxxviij he hylde the see .xii. yere and more Vnder hym was determyned the voyage to Ierusalem by Godfrey de Boleyn other chrysten men whiche wanne the citye of Ierusalem ¶ Wyllyam Rufus WIllyam Rufus or Wyllyam the redde the seconde son of wyllyam conquerour was crowned nexte kynge of Englande the .xxvii. day of Septembre the yere of Chryst M.lxxxvii Sone after that wyllyam Rufus had taken vpon hym the kyngdome His brother Robert Courteyse came out of Normandye and landed at Hampton to the intent to haue expulsed his brother from the kyngdome but wyllyam Rufus herynge therof sende to hym embassadours requyrynge hym that he myght inioye it duryng his lyfe payeng to hym yerely .iii. thousande markes with condicyon that whiche of them ouer lyued other to inioye the kyngdome To the whiche Robert by y e aduyse of his counsell assented returned agayne to Normandye This wyllyam Rufus was somwhat vnstable of maners and couetous and solde benefyces of the churche and bysshoprykes so that betwene hym and his lordes was oft discencyon wherfore well nere all the Normans toke parte agaynst hym so that he was forced of necessyte to drawe to hym the Englysshemen ¶ Also sone after Robert Courteyse duke of Normandye layde his dukedome to plegge to his brother kyng wyllyam Rufus for .x. M. li toke his voyage into y e holy lande Also in this tyme Malcolyn kyng of Scottê enteryd NorthuÌ„berlaÌ„de there dyd great distruccyon but yet after many coÌ„flyctê betwene y e kyng and hym Malcolyn was sworne to be obedient to kyng willyam ¶ The .iiii. yere of his rayne a great wynde was in London y e 〈◊〉 downe .v. C. howses and y e rofe of Bowe churche and dyd great hurte in wynthester in dyuers other places In this tyme also the welchemen rebellyd but they were subdued theyr duke or kyng called Ryse was slayne whiche was accompted the last kynge of wales After that Malcolyn kynge of Scottes rebellyd came into Englande w t his retenewe whome one Robert erle of NorthuÌ„berlande inconteryd there the kynge Malcolyn was slayne and by the ayde of kyng wyllyam Edgare his son was made kynge of Scotlande ¶ About this tyme the order of Cysteaux was fyrst brought into Englande by one water Espeke that founded the fyrst Abbey of that religyon at Ryuall ¶ This kynge wyllyam was a very couetous man a proude a wylfull and pylled both◠〈◊〉 sperytualte temperalte with sellynge of Bysshoprykes Abbeys benefyces and leuyenge vnresonable taxes trybutes on the temperalte specially by the onely counsell of one Ranulphe hys procuratour whiche ryches the kynge dyd spende vpon the Towre of London some say vpon the makynge of westmyster halle but yf y e sayenge be trewe of westmyster halle it must be some olde halle there nat the newe halle that is nowe For the armes that appere in the halle y t nowe is aswell in y e stone worke as in the tymber worke be y e armes whiche kyng Rycharde the seconde gaue which be .iii. Lyons with y e flour delyce quarterly the whyte hart for his badge For there was neuer kyng of Englande y t bare the armes of FrauÌ„ce whiche be the flour delyce before kyng Edwarde the thyrde for in his tyme the armes of FrauÌ„ce was fyrst ioyned to y e armes of Englande wherfore it shulde seme euydently that westmyster halle y t iâ— nowe was nat bylde in the tyme of kynge wyllyam Rufus except it were onely the foundacyon therof or els it was y e halle in westmyster aboue the steyres which is nowe called y e whyte halle By the
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
of his people there perysshed for â—â—â—ke of â—yrell wherfore syr Iames Dudglas with a great nombre of Scottes folowed and 〈◊〉 with the kynge at a place called Leylande in Northumberlande where was betwene them ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe le longe seconde son of Philypâ—e lâ—bell was nexte kynge of Fraunce he ordayned but one weyght and mesure to be thorowe all Fraunce IohnÌ„ ¶ IohnÌ„ was nexte pope he hylde the see in Auynyon .xix. yere a great battell but the Englysshemen lost the fylde the kynge fled escaped with great daunger In whiche battell the erle of Rychemonde was taken prisoner many men slayne dyuers other men taken â—nd the kynges treasure his ordynauÌ„ce was takyn and conueyed into Scotlande But this fylde was loste by the treason of the sayd Andrewe of Harkeley whome y e kynge had made erle of Carlyll whiche had a great nombre of people coÌ„mynge to the ayde of y e kynge toke secretely a great soÌ„me of money of the sayd Dudglas so betrayed the kynge came nat at the fylde whiche was cause y t the kynge lost the fylde for the whiche dede the sayd Andrewe was after drawne hanged quartered About this tyme warre began agayne betwene the Frenchemen the Englysshemen Gascons in Guyan For the pacifyenge of whiche warre kyng Edwarde sent ouer the quene his wyfe to her brother the Frenche kynge and whyle she was there Edwarde y e kyngê eldyst son beynge .xiiii. yere of age asked leaue of his father to go into FrauÌ„ce to his mother to se his vncle Philyppe le Belle kyng of Fraunce and had leaue and departed And because kynge Edwarde had denyed to do homage to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce for the Duchye of Guyan the sayd kynge Philyppe there made Edwarde the kynge of Englande his eldyst son duke of Guyan wherwith kynge Edwarde was nat content dyd exyle bothe the quene his sayd son out of Englande by the counsell of the Spencers of syr Robert Baldocke his ChauÌ„cellour wherfore the kynge made opyn Proclamacyons that yf the Quene her son came nat into Englande by a certayne day that they shulde be take as ennemyes to the kynge before the whiche day they came nat wherfore the kynge seased all the quenes landes his sons landes toke the hole profyte therof And after the kynge sent suche worde thretenynges to the kynge of Fraunce that he was compelled to auoyde the quene out of Fraunce wherfore she and her son went to the erle of Heynaude where Edwarde her son was shortly after contracte to Philyppe y e sayd erles doughter And whan this was knowen dyuers men of name of EnglaÌ„de came ouer to the quene and sone after the erle of Henaude prepared .v. C. men of armes of the whiche one syr IohnÌ„ of Henaude the erles brother was captayne and sent them ouer with the quene and her son into Englande whiche landed besyde Harwiche in Suffolke to whome a great nombre of people anone resorted to her ayde and than she came with great spede towarde London where the kynge at that tyme was whiche herynge therof for fere â—led towarde walys with a small companye and lefte the bysshop of Excester behynde hym to gouerne London And than the quene sent a letter to the Mayre and coÌ„mynalte of London whiche letter was tacked vpon the crosse in Chepe and dyuers copyes therof set vp in dyuers other places wherfore this bysshop of Excester sent to the Mayre to haue the keys of the citye spake to hym so sharpe wordes that they fell at suche a varyance that the coÌ„mons of the citye in a rage toke the sayd bysshoppe brought hym to the standarde in Chepe and smote of his hede and two of his seruantes hedes a cyteners hede called Marshall that was syr Hughe Spencers spye Than the kynge went to Brystowe and ordayned syr Hughe Spencer the father there to kepe castell and the towne and the kynge with Hughe Spencer the son and syr Robert Baldocke his Chauncelour and the erle of Arondell went into walys And the quene sent the erle of Kent and syr IohnÌ„ of Heynaude after them with a great companye whiche so pursued them that fyrst they toke Hughe Spencer the father at Brystowe and after pursued the kynge into walys and there toke the kynge and sent hym to the castell of Kenelworthe and toke Hughe Spencer the son and syr Robert Baldocke and the erle of Arondell and brought them all to the towne of Herforde anone after syr Hugh Spencer the father and Hughe Spencer the sonne were drawne hanged and quartered and syr IohnÌ„ of Arnudell was beheded and syr Robert Baldocke put in Newgate in London and there shortly after dyed amonge the theues anone after at a parlement holden at westmyster the .xxv. day of Ianuarii the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xxvi The kynge was deposyd of his kyngly dignyte and he is buryed at Gloucester ¶ Charles ¶ Charles the thyrde sonne of Philyppe le belle was nexte kynge of Fraunce Edwardus .iij. Benedicte Clement ¶ Benedicte was next pope y e yere of christ M.CCC.xxxiiii he hylde y e see in Auinyon .vii. yere ¶ Clement hylde the see nexte .xi. yere he ordaynde that the Iubely shulde be euery .l. yere Lewys ¶ Lewys was nexte Emperour he hylde y e empyre .xxiiii. yere he was deposed by pope Clement he had great warre with Fredrycke duke of Austryche whiche was also chosyn Emperour Edwarde the thyrde EDwarde the thyrde of that name son to Edwarde the .ii. of Isabell onely doughter of Philyppe le belle was crowned kynge the .ii. day of Februarii the yere of christ M.CCC.xxvi whan he was but .xv. yere of age In the fyrst yere of his reyne the Scottes entred into Englande the kynge with a great power came to them at the parke of Stanhope and set them rounde about yet the Scottes escaped that the kynge lost that iourney and returned with lytell honour And in the ende of the fyrst yere he maryed Philyppe the forsayd erles doughter of Henaude at yorke Sone after that the kynge made with the Scottes a peace and released to them theyr homage and delyuered vnto them theyr charter or indenture called Ragman as it was sayd by the counsell of the olde quene and syr Roger Mortymer whiche anone after was made erle of Marche And the olde quene and he toke vpon them the rule of the hole realme wherby many thynges grewe out of order ¶ About the thyrde yere of this kynge the erle of Kent the olde kynges brother supposynge his brother had ben a lyue deuysed certayne letters secretely to be sent to his brother for his delyuerance wherfore he was accused and by auctoryte of parlyament condempned and therfore was beheded This Roger Mortymer was so cruell couetous and so proude that the lordes and the people disdayned hym by secrete meanes brought him
Burgoyne came and gaue the kynge .xxx. M. â—i that he shulde do no hurt in that contrey wherfore he departed thens and went towarde Parys and his hoost lodged nyghe to Parys redy to gyue battell but y e bysshoppe of Beaux chauncellour of NormaÌ„dye with other toke a day of truse to conclude a peace at whiche day at a place within a myle of Charters the duke of Lanâ—aster the erle of warwyke and Northampton appered for kynge Edwarde for Charles than eldyst son to kynge IohnÌ„ whiche before was made Regent of Fraunce there appered the sayd bysshoppe of Beaux and dyuers other lordes whiche peace was thus concluded that kynge Edwarde shulde haue all the landes that he than had in Gascoyn and Guyan to hym and to his heyres without doynge for them any homage And that kynge Edwarde shulde gyue vp all his tytle y t he claymed to the crowne of Fraunce And also that the Frenche kynge shulde pay for his raunsome .iii. Millyons of Scutes whiche amount to .v. C.M. li. And also y t kynge Edwarde shulde nat alye hym with the Fâ—emynges nor ayde them agaynst kynge IohnÌ„ nor his heyres kynges of Fraunce ¶ After whiche treatye thus concluded kynge Edwarde returned into Englande and after kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan at Caleys were bothe â—worne to mayntayne y e sayd artycles and than kynge Iohan was delyuered and went into Fraunce whiche was .iiii. yere after that he was taken and kynge Edwarde had Iohan duke of Amoâ— and mayne whiche was kynge Iohans sonne and Iohan duke of Aluerne and .viii. other erles delyuered hym for hostages he with them than returned into Englande ¶ Also after this a companye of dyuers nacyons called the companyons assembled them in the contrey of Champayn wherof y e captayns were englysshemen agaynst whome the Frenche king sent .iii. erles to subdewe them with a great power with them but the Frenchemen were discomfyt and one of the erles was slayne and .ii. of them taken prisoners and these companye coÌ„tynued .iiii. yeres to the nombre of .lx. M. And in the same tyme a lyke company assembled in Italye whiche dyd moche hurt ¶ In the .xxxvii. yere of kynge Edwarde kyng Iohan of Fraunce came ouer agayne into Englande of his free wyll to sporte hym and had great chere But the nexte yere after he fell sycke at the Sauey and there dyed and then Charles his son was crowned kynge in Parys And in the same yere the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scottes came into Englande to speke with kynge Edwarde Also sone after this prince Edwarde sayled to Burdeux and receyued poscessyon of Guyan that his father had newely gyuen hym dyd homage therfore to his father And in y e same season there was a great battell in Brytteyn fought betwene Charles de Bloys syr IohnÌ„ Momforde for the tytle of that dukedome but by y e ayde of Englysshemen syr IohnÌ„ Momforde had the victory Charles was slayne sone after that Charles than beynge kynge of Fraunce toke an order that the dukedome of Bryttayen shulde remayne to syr IohnÌ„ Momforde and his heyres foreuer ¶ Also about the .xl. yere of kynge Edwarde Piers kynge of Castell was expulsed by the ayde of the Frenchemen by Henry his bastarde brother But this Peter by the ayde of prince Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put hym to flyght and slewe .v. M. of his men and restored Peter to dyuers cityes and holdes whiche he before had lost But after that his brother Henry entred into Castell agayne and in proces wan the contrey agayne and toke his brother Peter and beheded hym ¶ Also about the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde the erles of Armenake of Dalbret and of Perygot with dyuers other lordes of Guyan appelled prince Edwarde to Charles the Frenche kynge that prince Edwarde had broken y e peace made betwene the .ii. kinges kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan and one great cause that they layde agaynst prince Edwarde was because he leueyed a fowage in Guyan agaynst y e myndes of the lordes where the contrey ought to be free where vpon kynge charles sent his letters to prince Edwarde coÌ„maundynge hym to appere at Parys to answere there wherwith prince Edwarde was nat content ado sayde he wolde nat appere before hym but with his basenet on his hede and .lx. men of warre and sayd he receyued his lande of his father the kynge of Englande and yf any mysorder were it ought to be determyned before his father in Englande whervpon newe debate and varyaunce began betwene these .ii. kynges that kynge Edwarde sent ouer the duke of Lancaster â— whiche landed at Caleys with a stronge power and went to Turney and Ayre and wasted the contrey and after went towarde Harflete in Normandye after from thens to the contrey of Poyteou and the Frenche kynge sent the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Barre into the sayd contreys with a great power whiche toke many holdes and dyd great displeasure to the englysshemen there ¶ Also about this tyme there was a great pestylence in Englande and after a great derthe that whete was worthe .xl. d. a busshell ¶ Also after that syr Robert Knolles with the lorde fitz water and lorde Grauntson and with a great company of Soudyers entred saynt Omers and so to Aras and so to Parys whan they sawe that the frenchemen wolde gyue them no battell they returned towarde NormaÌ„dye and so to the erledome of Angeo But than varyance fell betwene syr Robert Knolles and the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson wherfore syr Robert Knolles with the floure of the Archers went into Brytten and than the Frenche kynge sent the marshall of FrauÌ„ce with a great power agaynst the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson and gaue vnto them a battell where the englysshemen were discomfyt the lorde Grauntson was there taken .iii. C. englysshemen slayne and the rest takyn prisoners and put to flyght ¶ Also in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edwarde the Frenche kynge contynued hys warre so sore in Guyan and many dyuers skyrmysshes were betwene the Frenchemen and the Englysshemen but most coÌ„menly alway the englysshemen were put to the wors and many holdes and townes were taken from them for the people of the contrey fauoured nat the englysshemen â–ª because of y e great Taskes that prince Edwarde had gathered there of them and the citye of Lymoge and other cityes rebelled agaynst prince Edwarde wherfore prince Edwarde perceyuynge all this and what for lacke of money what for syckenesse and maladyes that he had he departed into Englande leauynge behynde hym the duke of Lancaster and his brother the erle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyn but sone after that they came into Englande ¶ Also in the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edwarde the kynge sent the erle of Pembroke with a great companye to fortefye the towne of Rochell but he was met in
the vycount of NarbonÌ„ and dyuers other men of name and of the commons .v. M. And there was taken the duke of AlauÌ„son the marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other This Charles the Dolphyn whome the Frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. by some wryters is affyrmed to be son to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be sonne to the duke of Orlyaunce borne of the quene wyfe to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be the sayd kynge Charles bastarde sonne borne of his paramour called fayre Agnes And also is lyke that he shulde nat be Legittymate son to Charles the .vi. because that that kynge Charles by the consent of his lordes wylled the realme of Fraunce to Katheryn his doughter wyfe to kynge Henry the .v. ¶ Also in the .iii. yere of kynge Henry the .vi. the duke of Glocester the lorde protectour whiche had maryed the Duches of Holande sayled ouer thyther with his wyfe and was honorably receyued but sone after he returned into Englande leauynge his wyfe behynde hym And after y t she was taken by the duke of Burgoyne and kept in prison but yet after she escaped wherfore y e duke of Glocester sent the lorde Fitz water ouer with a great power into zelande but they were there at theyr landynge incountred of theyr enemyes and dryuen backe and fayne to returne agayne to theyr shyppes and so into Englande and preuayled nothynge ¶ Also in the .v. yere of kynge Hynry the erle of Salisbury syr Thomas Mountegue with other lordes leyde sege to the citye of Orlyaunce and wanne dyuers holdes nyghe the citye and as he stode in a bay wyndowe one of the citye marked hym and leuelyd a gonne at hym smote the tymbre of y e wyndowe whiche tymber brake and so smote hym vpon the face wherof he dyed within .iii. dayes after And this was called by the Englysshemen indicium malorum for after his dethe the englysshemen lost euer in FrauÌ„ce theyr possessyons moche more than they wanne ¶ Charles ¶ Charles the .vii. was nexte Frenche kynge y e yere of chryst M.iiii C.xxii. he had great waâ—â—e with the englysshemen to whose helpe there came a mayde of Fraunce whome the frenchemen called la pusell de dieu but she was take and brent by the englysshemen But in the ende this Charles wanne all that agayne whiche the englysshemn had gotte before that is to say Parys y â— coâ—treys of hye Champayne Normandye and Guyan and dyuers other ¶ Philyppe son to IohnÌ„ was nexte duke of Burgoyne Nycholas ¶ Nicholas was nexte pope for Felix resygned to hym he hylde the see .viii. yere Fredrycke ¶ Fredrycke was nexte Emperour he hylde the empyre .xlvi. yere and than dyd assocyate vnto hym Maximilyaâ— his son by y e consent of the electours hylde the empyre with his son .vii. yere ¶ Also in the .viii. yere of kynge Henry he was crowned at westmyster and then after that he passed ouer the see into Fraunce ¶ Also about this tyme a mayden called Iane a poore mannes doughter in Fraunce came to Charles the Dolphyn of FrauÌ„ce whome the frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. and said she was sent to hym by god to helpe to releue the misery of Fraunce whervpon they gatte her armour and accompanyed her with knyghtes and soudyars which went forthe and gaue many great conflyctes to the Englysshemen and wanne from them many great townes and holdes And as some wryters say she by her prouydence caused the sayd Charles to be crowned kynge of Fraunce at Reyns But other wryters say he was neuer crowned tyll after the dethe of the duke of Bedforde This sayde mayde called by the Frenchemen Le pusell de dieu or the mayde of god put the Englysshemen oft tymes to the wors But yet at the last she with her coÌ„panye at a place called Champanye came to remoue a sege layde thervnto by y e duke of Burgon and the englysshemen and gaue them battell in whiche fyght the frenchemen were discomfyt and there the sayd mayde was taken by a Burgonyon knyght after brought to Roan where she was by the Englysshemen iudged to dethe and brent ¶ Also in the .x. yere of kynge Henry he was crowned in Parys and after that he returned into Englande leauynge the duke of Bedforde as regent of FrauÌ„ce behynde hym And about this tyme was a great blasynge sterre sene in Englande ¶ Also in the .xii. yere of kynge henry the lorde Talbot with a great coÌ„panye went into FrauÌ„ce and dyd moche hurte to the frenchemen Also about this tyme there were many conflyctes betwene englysshemen and Frenchemen in Fraunce and Normandye and in other contreys dyuers holdes beseged But about the .xiii. yere of kynge henry there was a treatye of peace holdyn at Aras in Pycardye for bothe y e realmes by the meanes of the pope whiche sent thyder the cardynall of saynt Crosse for the same purpose but that treatye toke none effecte and as the frenche cronycles say the cause therof was for the obstynacy of the englysshemen wherfore Philyppe duke of Burgon by meanes of the sayde cardynall forsoke there the englysshemens parte returned to Charles the Frenche kyng whiche gaue vnto hym the countye of Poytewe dyuers other lordeshyppes in recompense of his fathers dethe whiche was before that â—layue And sone after this the duke of Bedforde regent of FrauÌ„ce dyed at Roan was there buryed After whose dethe the englysshemen by lyttell and lyttell lost all that they had wonne before ¶ Also in the .xiiii. yere of kyng henry the duke of Barre accompanyed with the Burgonyons wanne Hareflewe and after that wanne the towne of saynt Denyse and slewe therin aboue iiii C. englysshemen After this one Notycia a knyght of Orlyaunce came to Parys and lay at the charterhouse beyonde the ryuer of Sayne and confetered with certayne citezyns of Parys to betray the citye and to brynge it out of the englysshemens possessyon whiche persons beynge hedes of the citye so labored and turned the hartes of the coÌ„mons from the englysshemen that sodaynly they a rose and slewe as many of the englysshemen as they coude fynde and they that fled and fought by the stretes the women and other persons cast vpon them stones hote lycour so that the englysshemen were slayne taken prisoners they that fled escaped with great parel Than the other hoost that lay at the charterhouse entred at the gates of saynt Germayne saynt Myghels saynt Iakes so came ouer the brydges into the citye and towne ar theyr pleasure after that the englysshemen that were in the towre of saint Denyse and other holdes were fayne to gyue vp the sayd holdes hauynge theyr lyues so deê‘ted And in theyr departure they were mocked scorned of the frenchemen without measure the englisshemen y t taryed were fayne to gyue fyne and raunsome were sworne
had the victorye there was slayne y e duke of Somercet the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the lorde Clyfforde with many other honorable knyghtes and squyers and they toke the kynge prisoner coÌ„ueyed hym into London And there vpon there was called a parlyament at the whiche parlyament because the kynge was called a good Innocent vertuous man nat mete for y e warres The duke of yorke was made protectour the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englande and the erle of warwyke captayne of Caleys And all suche persons as ruled before as the quene her counsell were clerely amoued concernynge the rule of the kynge and of the lande but this contynued but a whyle ¶ Also about this tyme a Mercers seruant in London smote an Italyon wherfore he was coÌ„mytted to warde wherfore all the mercers seruantes gathered them to gether and compelled y e Mayre to delyuer hym And after a meanye of rascall and euyll disposed people brake certayne straungers houses and robbed and spoyled them But after this matter was inquered of and thre persons put to execucyon therfore ¶ Also in the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Henry the quene disdayned sore that the duke of yorke shulde bere the name of protectour whiche argued the kynge shulde nat be sufficyent to gouerne the realme whiche she thought to be a great dishonour to the kynge wherfore she gette the fauour of dyuers lordes and at a counsell at Grenewyche she caused the duke of yorke to be discharged of his protectourshyp and the erle of Salysbury of his Chauncellourshyp whiche was y e cause of a newe greatter warre But sone after that the quene suspected the citye of London to owe fauour to the duke of yorke caused the kynge to go into Couentre where the quene caused the duke of yorke the erle of Salysbury and the erle of warwyke to be sent for by Priuey seale but they had secret warnynge and escaped and the duke and the erle of Salysburye went into the Northe the erle of warwyke with his wyfe and with a great company went into Caleys toke possessyon of his offyce ¶ Also in the .xxxv. yere of kynge Henry there were .iiii. wonderfull fysshes taken at Eyrythe and .ii. of them were whalles and one was a swyrde fysshe the other was called Mors maryn whiche as dyuers men sayd was a Pronosticacyon of warre and troble ¶ Also in the same tyme was a great skyrmysshe betwene the lorde Egremonde and the sonnes of the erle of Sâ—lysburye but at the ende the lorde Egremonde was taken after by iugement of the kynges counsell condempned to pay great soÌ„mes of money to the erle of Salysburye for payment wherof he was coÌ„mytted to Newgate whiche after brake the prison there toke out dyuers prisoners with hym ¶ Also in this same tyme the crafte of Printynge of bokes began in the citye of Almayne named Magonce whiche is nowe meruaylousâ—y increasyd whiche hathe ben cause of great lernynge and knowelege and hathe ben the cause of many thynges and great chaunges is lyke to be the cause of many strauÌ„ge thynges here after to come And in this same yere the senesshall of Normandye with a great nauey entred the see and came to â—andewyche and there robbed and spoyled the towne and toke with hym many ryche prisoners ¶ Also in this yere Raynolde Pecoke bysshop of Chechester was at Lambeth abiured for an heretyke and his bokes brent and he kept in prison terme of his lyfe ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry for to appeace the rancour betwene the quene and the lordes a day of metynge was appoynted by the kynge at London where aswell all the lordes that toke the quenes parte as the duke of yorke and the erle of Salysburye and other that toke theyr parte And also the erle of warwyke that than came fro Caleys euery one of them with a great company came and assembled where a dissymulynge concorde was taken betwene them And after that the kynge the quene and all the lordes vpon our Lady day the Annunciacyon went a precessyon in Poules and after that euery lorde departed at his pleasure ¶ Also sone after that certayne shyppes belongynge to the erle of warwyke mette with a flote of Spanyardes vpon the see where betwene them was a cruell fyght but the englysshemen had the victorye and toke .vi. of theyr shyppes and drowned and chased .xxvi. but nat without losse of men for they were moo than an C. englysshemen slayne and many wounded and hurte ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry the kynge the quene and many lordes beynge at westmyster at counsell because y e one of the erle of warwykes seruantes had hurre one of the kynges seruantes escaped therfore the kynges housholde seruantes came out of the kechyn with spyttes and other wepyns wolde haue slayne the erle of warwyke as he came to haue taken his barge so that he escaped with great daunger and rowed to London wherfore the quene wolde haue had the erle a rested but sodaynly he departed from London and went to warwyke And after that he gate a coÌ„myssion and sayled vnto Caleys Than the quene malygned agaynst the erle of Salysburye and caused the lorde Audeley with a great companye to mete with the erle commynge towarde LoÌ„don to haue taken hym prisoner But the erle kepynge his wey with a great companye with hym mette with them at a place called Blore hethe where betwene them was a great byckerynge a sore fyght but the erle had the victorye And there the lorde Audeley was slayne and moche of his people and the erles .ii. sonnes sore wounded whiche shortely after as they were goynge whomewarde were taken prisoners by them of the quenes partye and sent vnto Chester whan this was knowen by the duke of yorke the other lordes they by one assent gathered a stronge hoost of Marche men and other and the erle of warwyke with a great companye came from Caleys and accoÌ„panyed with the duke nyghe the towne of Lodlowe where they pyght a stronge felde the kynge with a great hoost came towarde them but one Andrewe Trolloppe whiche came with the erle of warwyke and many other af the Souldyers of Caleys departed from the dukes hoost and came to the kynge wherby the duke and his companye were sore abasshed wherfore they concluded to flee and to leaue the felde standynge as they had ben present and than the duke departed with his .ii. sonnes and went fyrst into wales and after into Irelande And the erles of Salysburye of Marche and of warwyke went into Deuynshyre there by the meanes of one IohnÌ„ Denham a squyer gette a shyppe and sayled into Gernesey and after from thens vnto Caleys there ioyously were receyued at a posterne gate And whan the fyrst departure of these lordes was knowen to the kynge and other lordes of the other parte they sent about all the
commyng ouer it which they seyd in laten de aduentu auium ¶ Procas siluius son to Auentinus was next kyng of Latyns Albayns ¶ Amulyus siluius the yonger son of Procas was next kyng of Albayns he expulsyd his elder broder Numiter slew Lansus his sonne cawsyd Rehea his doughter to be a nonne of sych an order that yf she brake her vyrgynyte she shuld dye but that not with stondyng she was gotten with chylde by one vnknowyn had .ii chyldern at a byrth which after were callyd one Romulê° another Remê° wherfore Amulius causyd Rehea to be burned quik the ·ii cheldern to be cast in the water of Tiber but yet by ê‘uycyoÌ„ deuyne they were pÌ„seruyd by the water syde fouÌ„d alyue by one Faustulê° which norryshed them tyll they cam to age which chyldern than slew the seyd Amulius Ebrank Brute greenshyld Leyle Ludebras Bladud Leyre ¶ Ebrank soÌ„ to menpresyus reynyd next he coÌ„queryd frauÌ„ce wan there grete tresure cam agayn byldyd a cyte calfyd Eborak after his name which now is calleyd york byldyd Edinborow castell ¶ Brute grenshelde callyd viride stutun reynyd after his fader Ebrank .xxx. yere ¶ Leyle son to Brute reynyd next after he made the town of karlell in his tyme Salamon made y e temple of Ierusalem this Leyle reynyd .xxii. yere ¶ Ludibras son to Leyle reynyd after hym he made the ceties of Canterbury wynchester shaftisbury he reynyd .xxx. yere ¶ Bladud son to Ludibras reynyd next he made the cyte of Bath as the story seyth he was a grete nigromancyer by y t craft made there y e hote bathys but other clerkis hold opynyon that they come naturally of y e grounde be cause ther be manny sych in other placis as in darbyshyer at boxtone and many other in Italye dyuers other landis some phylozophers holde that y e cause therof is thus that whaÌ„ there is a hote fume which perpetuall comyth fumyth out of the yerth wherof ye may se manny of thâ—m by experyence in Italy which be euer perpetually hote fumyng smokyng out of the yerth lyke wyse as welspryngis come out of the yerth perpetually when anny welspryng brekyth out at any place of the yerth where sych a hote fume is nygh IoyniÌ„g thaÌ„ if y e hote fume be bygger of power theÌ„ it will naturally make the water hote because y e hote fume welspryng be both of theyr naturis perpetuall that hote bath of water must be perpetually hote but whether men will beleue the history or the phylozophers euery man is at his lyberte This bladud reynyd .xxi. yere ¶ Leyre soÌ„ to Bladud reynyd next he made y e town of Leycet after his name he had .iii. doughters because the eldest doughter Genoril seyd she louyd hym better than her lyfe the .ii. callyd Rogane seyd she loued hym passyng all creaturs the .iii. doughters called Cordell seyd that she louyd hym as she ought to loue her father he therfore maryed his eldest doughter to the kyng of skotland the .ii. to the yerle of Cornwall nothyng regardyng his yongist doughter gafe his hole realme land in his lyfe to his two eldest doughters but y e king of frauÌ„ce callyd Agamp herd speke of the bewty goodnes of Cordell toke her to wyfe though y e father had nothyng to gyfe her after this Leyr soiornyd with his eldest doughter a whyle with .xl. knyghtis squyeris waytyng on hym so long tyll y t she was wery of hym wherefore he departyd theÌ„s went to his other doughter in to Cornewall there soiornyd so long tell y t she was also wery of hym wherfore he departyd preuely in to frauÌ„ce to his yongyst doughter whiche there reseuyd hym louyngly when kynge Agampe knewe how vnkyndely his .ii doughters seruyd hym he sent hym ouer agayne with his doughter agrete people with hym whych iÌ„ stroÌ„g bateyl had y e victory so Leyr had his laÌ„d again lyffyd after y â— .iii. yere iÌ„ all reynyd .xl. yere ¶ The lyne of cicambres †Torgotus Tungrys Teutho Agrippa ¶ Pryam after the deth of Cicamber was next kyng of Cicambreys after whoÌ„ succedyd one Hector other as the lyne petegre aboue shewyth as the frenchmen hold oppynyon 〈…〉 Ancus marciê° Tarquimê° prisâ—us Sermus tulliê° Tarquimus suê‘bê° Â¶ Romulus Remus bredyrne â—wyndels after that they had slayne Anâ—â—ius byldyd a cyte in tâ—e place where they were cast in the water to haue been drownyd But because it was not knowyn who was the elder brother some dyscord grewe Betwene theÌ„ who shuld haue the name of the Cyte wherfore it was agreed after the custome of they re old wichcraftys that eyther of them shuld stand vppon dyuers hylâ—â—s ouer whose hed so euer it were that most nomber of Byrdys callyd vulturus dyd fle y t he shuld haue the preemyneÌ„câ— wherof the fortune fell to Romulê° wherfore he namyd the cyte Rome But incontinent after this Romulus slew his broder Remus because he went ouer the wallys of the Cyte contrary to his broderâ— coÌ„maundement wherfore then Romulus abode soole kyng of Rome This Romulus ordeynyd that there shuld be a C. of the wysyst of the people elect whiche were callyd Senatours by whose councell all matters shuld be dyrectyd This Romulus was slayn in a tempest of thunder lyghtenyng that no man coud tell where his body became Therefore the roÌ„mayns seyd that he was translatyd into heuyn wherfore afterward they honouryd hym as a god ¶ Numa pompilius a Sabyne born was next kyng of Rome because ther was oft dyscord betwen the Romayns Sabynis it was agreed that bothe cuntreys shuld be as one the kyng to be chosyn by eleccyon and agreemeÌ„t of both people which Numa so chosyn gouernyd y e people by sych maner that he was without any war duryng his lyfe wherfore the Romayns incresyd meruelously both in strenght and ryches ¶ Tulliê° hostiliê° a romayn was next chosyn kiÌ„g he made war agaiÌ„st y e Albayns subduyd the king callyd Caius Ciuilius and bâ—eâ—t and dyâ—lroyed the cyte of Alba And made all the people subduyd to Rome This Tullius was slayn with thonder and lyghtening ¶ Ancus marcius son to Numa was next chosyn king of Rome He adioynyd to the cite of Rome y t mountê Auentyne and Iamcule and was the furst that byldyd the bryge ouer Tyber ¶ Tarquinius priscus borne in the cite of Tarquia was next chosin king of Rome â—e dubled the noÌ„ber of the Senatours and made a nother C. which were callid Peeres or Faders of y e yoÌ„g senatours He fortefied gretly the cite of Rome he gaue his doughter in mariage to Seruius tullius wherefoâ—e by the menis of the chileren of Ancus he was in his â—ales slayn by treason ¶ Seruius tulliê° was next king Not made by the coÌ„seÌ„t
some were slayne at the seges some forsoke the Frenche kynge But at the last these .ii. prynces mette with .ii. great hoostes in a playne fylde where there was fouâ—â—â— a cruell battell but the Frenche kynge lost the fylde and many of his people were slayne 〈◊〉 he hym selfe fayne to flee but after these princes were agreed and wyllyam the eldyst son of kynge henry dyd homage to the kynge of Fraunce for Normandye the fre men of Normandye dyd homage to wyllyam the kynges sonne ¶ After this done kynge Henry sayled into EnglaÌ„de but the shyppe wherin wyllyam his eldyst son was and Rycharde his brothe rthe erle of Chester and his suster the kynges doughter the countes of Percye the kynges nyce and many other great estates and other to the nombre of C.lx. parsons strycke vpon a rocke and was sodaynly brokyn where they were all drowned saue one man that escaped ¶ About the .xxi. yere there was a great couÌ„sell called in LoÌ„don for y e correccyon of the vicyous lyuynge of preestes to be done by the kynges offycers Sone after this Henry the Emperour dyed and Maude the empresse came to her father kynge henry whiche caused Dauyd the kynge of Scotlande and the more parte of the lordes of Englande to do othe and fealte to the Empresse and to kepe the lande to her if the kynge dyed without issue male ¶ Also about the .xxviii. yere one Geffrey Plantagenet erle of Angeo maryed the sayd Maude and after by her had issue Henry whiche henry after kynge Steuyn was kynge of Englande as shal be shewed after ¶ This kynge henry the fyrst buylded the Abbey of Redynge released to the Englysshemen the Dane gelt Also this kynge henry beynge in Normandye in the .xxxv. yere of his reyne the seconde day of December in the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxv dyed Some say he dyed of a surfet and some wryters say that it was by a fall of a horse and his body was brought into Englande and is buryed in the Abbay of Redynge Stephanus Innocent Celestyne Lucius ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C.xxx He made the lawe y t none shulde ley no violent hande vpon a clerke payne of cursynge and he hylde the see .xiiij. yere ¶ Celestyne was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. monethes ¶ Lucius was nexte pope he hylde the see one monethe ¶ Conrade ¶ Conrade was next Emperour the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxviij In his tyme one mayster Arnolde preched in Rome agaynst the ryches superfluytes many men alowed hym therin and folowed hym But at the last he was put to deth because of y e hatered y t the clerkes had vnto hym ¶ Steuyn STeuyn erle of Boleyn and syster son to kynge Henry than toke vpon hym to be kyng of Englande For when he harde of kyng Henryes dethe he passed the see and came into Englande thorowe counsell of many of the great lordes of Englande contrary to their othe made to Maude y e Empresse and was crowned kynge vpon saynt Steuyns day the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxv after the count of Englande by wyllyam Archebysshop of Caunâ—erbury whiche fyrst made othe to Maude the Empresse This Steuyn the fyrst yere of his â—aygne araysed a great hooste to haue made warre agaynste kynge Daued of Scoâ—lande but he came and made a peace with hym But he dyd hym none homage because he had done homage before to Maude the Empresse Nat withstandynge yet Henry the eldyst son to kynge Daued dyd houâ—â—ge to kyng Steuyn But after that this Daued repented hym â—f that and entryd into Northumberlande with a great hoost brent and slewe the people in 〈◊〉 cruell wyfe and slewe man woman and chylde But the kynge sent one Thurstone with 〈◊〉 â—reat hoost agaynst them betwene whiche there was a great battell where the Scottes lost 〈◊〉 fylde and many of them slayne and the resyde we fled into Scotlande And after that this kynge Steuyn hym selfe made a great voyage into Scotlande but he dyd there but lyttel to his pleasure or profyte ¶ This kynge Steuyn beseged dyuers castels of dyuers by sshoppes and other lordes and toke them by force and fortefyed them with his knyghtes seruauntes to the entent to withstande the Empresse whose commynge he euer feared ¶ About the .vi. yere of his raygne Maude the Empresse came into Englande by the comfort of the erle of Glocester bastarde son to kynge Henry her father and of the erle of Chester but the kynge raysed so great a power y t the Empresse was fayne to go take the citye of Lyncolne for her refuge helpe and the kyng her beseged longe tyme but at the last she and her company escaped and than the kynge toke the citye And than the erle of Chester with a great power of welchemen and the erle of Glocester brought a great power to the Empresse and came agaynst the kynge betwene whome there was fought a cruell batell that dured a longe season it was harde to knowe who shulde haue the better but at the last the kynges people gaue backe and fledde And the kynge abode with a fewe of his knyghtes and was takyn prisoner and brought to the Empresse and after sent to Brystowe to prison ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys son to Lewys the great was nexte kyng of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxvii This Lewys beynge longe from the companye of his wyfe on a tyme fell sycke and his Phesicyons counselled hym to take a wenche but he wolde nat and sayd it was better for hym to dye vpon goddes hande than to lyue in spouse breche and sone after that he receyued helthe Eugenye Anastase ¶ Eugenye was nexte pope he hylde the see .viii. yere and more ¶ Anastase was nexte pope he hylde the see one yere ¶ After this fylde so wonne the Empresse thought her sure of the hole realme but she was disceyued for the kentysshemen toke parte with the kyng The quene also kynge Steuyns wyfe made great labour to haue the kynge delyuered promysynge that he shulde surtendre the lande to the Empresse he to go to religyon but the Empresse her couÌ„sayle wolde nat grauÌ„t therto ¶ Also they of the citye of London made great labour to the Empresse to vse saynt Edwardes lawes and nat the lawes that the Empresse father had ordayned whiche was more strayte straunge to them than the other but the Empresse and her counsayle wolde nat graunt it For these sayd causes the Citezyns of LoÌ„don were discontented wolde haue takyn the Empresse but she hauynge knowlege therof departed and fledde to Oxforde And the quene with ayde of the kentysshemen her fryndes raysed a great hoost y t the Empresse for feare fled to Gloucester and in this whyle the erle Robert of Gloucester araysed a great people and in a playne fylde besyde wynchester the erle was discomfet by them of the quenes parte there therle was takyn