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A68202	The first and second volumes of Chronicles. [vol. 3 (i.e. The Third Volume of Chronicles)] comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland: first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others: now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) to the yeare 1586. by Iohn Hooker aliàs Vowell Gent and others. With conuenient tables at the end of these volumes.; Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. vol. 3	Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?; Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.; Stow, John, 1525?-1605.; Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608.; Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.; Harrison, William, 1534-1593.; Boece, Hector, 1465?-1536.; Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?	1587 (1587)	STC 13569_pt3; ESTC S122178	4,305,113	1,536

Winglesdon moore néere vnto Darington leading the bishop to Morpath and his brother the lord Beaumont vnto the castell of Mitford and so deteined them as prisoners till they had redéemed their libertie with great sums of monie Herewith the said sir Gilbert being aduanced line 60 in pride proclaimed himselfe duke of Northumberland and ioining in fréendship with Robert Bruce the Scotish king cruellie destroied the countie of Richmond Wi●● such traitorou● parts Will●am Felton and Thomas Heton being not a little stirred first wan by force the castell of M●●ford and after apprehended sir Gilbert Middleton with his companion Walter Selbie and sent them vp to London where shortlie after they were drawne hanged and quartered Some write that the said sir Gilbert was put to death for robbing two cardinals to wit Gaucellino the popes chancellour and Lucas de Flisco that were sent from pope Iohn the two and twentith to consecrate the foresaid Lewes Beaumont bishop of Durham and to intreat a peace betwixt the realms of England and Scotland and also to make an agréement betwixt the king and the earle of Lancaster The which being met with vpon Winglesdon moore in Yorkeshire by the said Gilbert were robbed of such stuffe treasure as they brought with them but yet escaped themselues and came to Durham and from thence sent messengers to Robert Bruce to persuade him to some agreement But whereas he would not condescend to any reasonable conditions of peace at that time they determined to go into Scotland to talke with him themselues but before they came to the borders king Robert who iudged it not to stand with his profit to haue any peace in that season sent certeine of his people to forbid the cardinals the entrie of his realme The cardinals being thus iniuriouslie handled pronounced the Scots by their legantine power accursed and interdicted their whole realme And bicause they saw nothing lesse than any hope to doo good with king Robert touching any composition or agreement to be had they returned againe to the pope without any conclusion of that for the which they were sent After that Edward Bruce had atchiued such enterprises in other parts of Ireland as in the last yéere yee haue heard he went vnto Fenath and to Skeres in Leinister and there the lord cheefe iustice Edmund Butler rose against him with the lord Iohn fitz Thomas that was after erle of Kildare sir Arnold Power and diuerse other with a great armie But by reason of discord that chanced amongst them they scaled their armie and departed out of the field on the 26 daie of Februarie Edward Bruce then burned the castell of Leis and after returning into Ulnester he besieged the castell of Knockfergus and slue Thomas Mandeuile and his brother Iohn at a place called Down as they came thither out of England After this the foresaid Edward returned into Scotland In this season vittels were so scant and déere and wheat and other graine brought to so high a price that the poore people were constreined thorough famine to eat the flesh of horsses dogs and other vile beasts which is woonderfull to beléeue and yet for default there died a great multitude of people in diuers places of the land Foure pence in bread of the courser sort would not suffice one man a daie Wheat was sold at London for foure marks the quarter and aboue Then after this dearth and scarsitie of vittels insued a great death and mortalitie of people so that what by warre of the Scots and what by this mortalitie and death the people of the land were woonderfullie wasted and consumed O pitifull depopulation Edward Bruce before the feast of Easter returned againe into Ireland with the earle of Murrey and other noble men of Scotland hauing with them a great armie and besieged the castell of Knockfergus and after they went to another castell where they tooke a baron prisoner there Edward Bruce laie for a season Also Richard earle of Ulnester lay in saint Maries abbie by Dublin where the maior and communaltie of the citie tooke him and put him in prison within the castell of Dublin They also slue his men and spoiled the abbie After this the foresaid Edward Bruce went to Limerike after the feast of saint Matthew the apostle and there soiourned till Easter was past In the meane while Roger de Mortimer the kings deputie arriued at Waterford with a great armie by reason wherof Edward le Bruce for feare departed and got him into the vttermost parts of Ulnester and Iohn fitz Thomas was made earle of Kildare Also Occoner of Conneigh and manie other Irishmen of Cornagh and Meth were slaine néere to Aurie by the Englishmen of those parts There was a great slaughter also made of the Irishmen néere vnto Thistildermote by the lord Edmund Butler and an other also at Baliteham of Omorth by the same Edmund The lord deputie deliuered the earle of Ulnester out of prison and after Whitsuntide banished out of Meth sir Walter Lacie and sir Hugh Lacie giuing their lands awaie from them vnto his line 10 knights and they went ouer into Scotland with Edward Bruce who returned thither about that time The death still increased as by some writers it should appeare In the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the second his reigne vpon the saturdaie night before Midlent sundaie year 1318 the towne of Berwike was betraied to the Scots through the treason of Peter Spalding The castell held good tacke a while till for want of vittels they within were constreined to deliuer it into the Scotishmens hands who wan also the same time the line 20 castell of Harbotell Werke and Medford so that they possessed the more part of all Northumberland euen vnto Newcastell vpon Tine sauing that certeine other castels were defended against them In Maie they entred with an armie further into the land burning all the countrie before them till they came to Ripon which towne they spoiled and tarieng there thrée daies they receiued a thousand marks of those that were got into the church and defended it against them for that they should spare the towne and line 30 not put it to the fire as they had alreadie doone the townes of Northalerton and Bourghbridge as they came forwards In their going backe they burnt Knaresbourgh and Skipton in Crauen which they had first sacked and so passing through the middest of the countrie burning and spoiling all before them they returned into Scotland with a maruellous great multitude of cattell beside prisoners men and women and no small number of poore people which they tooke with them to helpe to driue the cattell line 40 In the 12 yeare of Edward the seconds reigne in August the king and the earle of Lancaster came to talke togither in a plaine beside Leicester where they were made freends to the outward shew so that in the yeare

prison Some write that the meaning of the earle and his complices amongst whom was William earle of Ewe who renouncing his allegiance to Robert duke of Normandie was become the kings man was to haue displaced the king from his roiall throne and to haue set vp his sonne William de Albemarle whome he had begotten of his concubine But whatsoeuer their purpose was after that the line 10 king had quieted his countrie in the north parts he bent all his force against the Welshmen who the yeare before had destroied and ouerthrowne the castell of Moungomerie and slaine the Normans that laie there in garison to defend it whereat he was verie much offended therefore entering into Wales he began to spoile and wast the countrie For he saw that the Welshmen would not ioine in battell with him in the plaine field but kept themselues still aloofe within the woods and marishes and aloft vpon line 20 mountaines albeit oftentimes when they saw aduantage they would come foorth and taking the Englishmen and Normans at vnawares kill manie and wound no small numbers he still pursued them by hils and dales though more to the losse of his owne people than the hurt of the Welshmen who easilie eschewed the danger of battell and still at the straites and combersome passages distressed manie of their enimies whereby the king at length perceiuing that he could not preuaile against them ceassed line 30 further to follow on with his purposed voiage and therewith returned home not without some note of dishonor About the same time Murcherdach king of Ireland with the clergie and people of the citie of Dublin elected one Samuell a moonke of S. Albons an Irish man borne to the gouernement of the church and bishops sée of Dublin and according to the ancient custome presented him by sufficient letters of testimonie vnto Anselme archbishop of Canturburie line 40 to be consecrated of him who according to their request did so and receiued from him a promise of his canonicall subiection after the old vsuall maner hauing foure bishops suffragans to the sée of Canturburie ministring to him at that consecration In like maner pope Urban calling a councell at Clermount in Auuergne exhorted the christian princes so earnestlie to make a iourneie into the holieland for the recouerie thereof out of the Saracens line 50 hands that the said great and generall iournie was concluded vpon to be taken in hand wherein manie Noble men of christendome went vnder the leading of Godfray of Bullion and others as in the chronicles of France of Germanie and of the holie land dooth more plainlie appeare There went also among other diuers Noble men foorth of this relme of England speciallie that worthilie bare the surname of Beauchampe Robert duke of Normandie minding also to go the same iournie and wanting monie to line 60 furnish and set foorth himselfe morgaged his duchie of Normandie to his brother king William for the summe of ten thousand pounds About this time another occasion was offered vnto king William to laie a new paiment vpon his subiects so gréeuous and intollerable as well to the spiritualtie as the temporaltie that diuerse bishops and abbats who had alreadie made away some of their chalices and church iewels to paie the king made now plaine answer that they were not able to helpe him with any more Unto whom on the other side as the report went the king said againe Haue you not I beséech you coffins of gold and siluer full of dead mens bones Meaning the shrines wherein the relikes of saints were inclosed Which as his words seemed to import he would haue had them conuert into monie therewith to helpe him in that need iudging it no sacrilege though manie did otherwise esteeme it considering as he pretended that it was gathered for so godlie an vse as to mainteine warres against Infidels and enimies of Christ. The archbishop Anselme tooke the worth of two hundred markes of siluer of the iewels that belonged to the church of Canturburie the greater part of the couent of moonks winking thereat towards the making vp of such paiment as he was constreined to make vnto the king towards his aid at that time But bicause he would not leaue this for an example to be followed of his successours he granted to the church of Canturburie the profits and reuenues of his manour of Petteham vnto the vse of the same church for the terme of seauen yeares which amounted to the summe of thirtie pounds yearelie in those daies Thus king William seeking rather to spoile the realme of England than to preserue the roiall state thereof after he had gotten togither a great masse of monie sailed ouer into Normandie and there deliuering vnto the duke the ten thousand pounds aforesaid was put in possession of the duchie to enioy the same and the profits rising thereof till the said ten thousand pounds were paid him againe or as some write it was couenanted that in recompense thereof the king should enioy the profits for terme onelie of three yeares and then to restore it without any further interest or commoditie This doone he returned againe into England Now duke Robert setteth forward on his iornie in companie of other Noble men towards the holie land In which voiage his valorous hart at all assaies when any seruice should be shewed was most manifestlie perceiued to his high fame and renowme among the princes and nobilitie there and then assembled About the same time the citizens of Waterford in Ireland perceiuing that by reason of the great multitude of people in that citie it was necessarie for them to haue a bishop obteined licence of their king and rulers to erect in their citie a bishops sée and besought them that it might please them to write vnto Anselme the archbishop of Canturburie their primate to haue his consent therein so as it might stand with his pleasure to institute and ordeine such a one bishop to haue gouernement of their church as they should name knowing him to be a man of such learning knowledge discretion and worthines as were fit for the roome Herevpon were letters sent by messengers from Murcherdach king of Ireland vnto Anselme informing him of the whole matter wherein one Malchus was commended and presented vnto him to be admitted and consecrated if he thought good These letters were subscribed with the hands not onelie of king Murcherdach but also of his brother duke Dermeth bishop Dufnald Idiman bishop of Methe Samuell bishop of Dublin Ferdomnachus bishop of Laginia or Leinister and many others both of the spiritualtie and temporaltie Anselme considering their request to be iust and necessarie granted to fulfill their desires and so vpon examination had of the man and taking of him his oth of obedience according to the maner he consecrated the same Malchus and so ordeined him to rule the church

other bishops his complices The ambassadours being brought to a streict issue herewith by helpe of some of the cardinals found meanes to haue it put into the popes head how the English ambassadours had commission to vndertake that the king of England should obeie in all things what order soeuer it pleased the pope and his court to award him Herevpon they tooke their oth that it should so be and by that meanes they auoided the interdiction The messengers of the archbishop of Yorke the other bishops vsed the like shift but yet the same daie the pope did excommunicate the knights that had murthered the archbishop Thomas and all those that had procured aided succoured or abetted them therein Some write that those ambassadours which the king sent to the court of Rome could not be suffered to come to the popes presence till according to the fashion they had giuen 500. marks in reward and so at length were admitted to his presence Howsoeuer that matter passed the king stood in great feare least his land should be interdicted in so much that he commanded the wardens of the ports both on this side the sea and beyond to take good héed least any cōming with letters of interdiction should passe into England but if any such came that the bringer should be arrested and committed to prison Also he commanded that no clearke were suffered to come ouer into England except he first tooke an oth that he came about no businesse that might turne to the preiudice of the king or his realme This commandement he set forth at what time he transported ouer into England himselfe where he landed this yeare at Portesmouth the third daie of August About which time it came into the kings mind to make a conquest of Ireland vpon this occasion It chanced whereas diuerse rulers or as we may call them petie kings reigned the same seson in that Iland which was diuided into seuerall esta●es or kingdomes that continuall strife and dissention remained amongst them so that oftentimes they made sore war after the manner of their countrie one against an other for Nulla fides regnisocijs omnisque potestas Impatiens consortis erit Herevpon it fortuned that one of those kings or rulers about the 14. yeare of this kings reigne was sore afflicted and oppressed by his neighbours wherevpon taking aduice what he might best doo for remedie in that case at length he sent his son into England to reteine souldiours and men of warre and to bring them ouer vnto his aid in hope of gaine such commodities as he assured them of Now it came to passe that by the assistance of such Englishmen as then came ouer the foresaid Irish king began to recouer his losses and in the end waxed so strong that he subdued all his enimies When he had thus obteined the victorie he did not onelie not send backe his aiders but so liberallie reteined them still with him that they had no hast to returne home but setled themselues in that countrie where they liued a pleasant and verie licentious life For this cause also the stoutest lords and rulers of and Irish nation began sore to stomach the matter against him that had thus brought the English nation into their countrie in so much that the Englishmen perceiuing their malice and therewithall hauing some feare of themselues bicause of their small number they sent ouer into England for such as wanted liuing and were willing to seeke for it in other countries of which sort great numbers went ouer thither within a short space whereby the multitude of the English greatlie increased but for as line 10 much as they had no ruler to gouerne them they procured Richard Strangbow earle of Struguille aliàs Chepstow in Wales to come ouer thither and to receiue the souereigne gouernement with such honorable prouision for maintenance of his estate as should séeme requisit ¶ Some write that this earle Richard being also earle Marshall of England for a rebellion moued against king Henrie had before this time forfeited all his lands but others affirme that through riot and line 20 more sumptuous port than his abilitie might beare he had made awaie and consumed the most part of his liuing and was run so far in debt that he knew not how to satisfie his creditors and therefore was he the readier to incline to their request which made labour vnto him to come ouer into Ireland to haue the gouernance of such English people as had alreadie planted themselues there to inhabit remaine Herevpon he prepared a nauie and assembled togither a great number of such as lacked liuing and shortlie determined to passe ouer into Ireland But line 30 euen as he was readie to set forward there came vnto him messengers from king Henrie commanding him to staie and not to take that iournie in hand Howbeit the earle hauing nothing in England whereof to make anie great accompt notwithstanding the kings commandement tooke the sea and passed ouer into that countrie where he greatlie delited such Englishmen as dailie had looked for his repaire and comming thither line 40 Shortlie after ioining those which he brought ouer with him with the other that were there before his comming he thought to worke some feat whereby he might make his name famous cause the Irishmen to haue him in feare Wherevpon he first assailed the citie of Dublin and by force wan it He likewise wan Waterford diuerse other townes neere vnto the sea side Also to haue some freendship amongst those barbarous people he maried the daughter of the confederate king and so grew into verie line 50 great estimation in that countrie and region Howbeit with these and the like dooings of the earle king Henrie tooke such displeasure but chéeflie for disobeieng his commandement that he confined him the realme seized his lands as forfeited and by proclamation restreined all his subiects from passing into Ireland with any kind of merchandize prouision of vittels or other commodities whatsoeuer By reason whereof earle Strangbow partlie by constreint and partlie in hope to returne into fauour line 60 with king Henrie and for other respects as may be coniectured aduertised him of the whole state of the countrie of Ireland promising him that if it would please his grace to come ouer thither he would so worke that he should be admitted souereigne lord of all the land Heerevpon king Henrie pardoned him of all former trespasses and restored vnto him all his lands and inheritances within England and Normandie and further confirmed to him such liuings abroad in Ireland out of the walled townes as he held alreadie in right of his wife and furthermore ordeined that he should be high steward of Ireland vnder him King Henrie then returning out of Normandie into England about the sixt day of August as is aforesaid caused a nauie of 400. ships to be made readie and

did happen in England whilest the king was thus occupied in Ireland and within the compasse of that yeare and first of all in the night before Christmas day last passed there chanced such a tempest of lightning and thunder that the like had not bin heard of which tempest was not onelie generallie throughout all England but also in other forreine parts néere adioining namelie in Ireland where it continued all that night and Christmas daie following year 1172 to so great terror of the people that they looked for present death The same night at Andeuer in Hamshire a préest being in his praiers before the altar was striken with the tempest so that he died ye● it was nine of the clocke in the morning Also a temporall man that was there the same time was burned with the lightning and whereas his brother being present ran to him to haue succoured him he likewise was caught with the fire and in like maner consumed In Ireland also euill diet in eating of fresh flesh and drinking of water contrarie to the custome of the Englishmen brought the flix and other diseases in the kings armie so that manie died thereof for Gra●issimum est imperium consuetudinis Wherfore about the beginning of Lent the king remoued from Dublin went vnto the citie of Werford where he remained till toward Easter and then prepared to returne into England but before he tooke the sea he gaue and by his charter confirmed to Hugh Lacie all the lands of Meeth with the appurtenances to hold of him his heires in fee by knights seruice as to find him an hundred knights or men of armes as we may terme them for euermore He gaue also vnto the same Hugh the kéeping of the citie of Dublin and made him chéefe iusticer of Ireland Unto Robert Fitz Bernard he committed the cities of Waterford and Wesseford that he should kéepe the same to his vse and build in them castels for a more sure defense against the enimies Thus when the king had planted garisons of souldiers in those other places also where was thought néedfull and further had giuen order for the politike gouernement of the whole countrie so far as he had conquered he first sent ouer his houshold seruants which tooke the water on Easter daie and landed at Milleford but he himselfe and other of the Nobles staid there all that daie by reason of the high solemnitie of that feast howbeit the daie next after they tooke the sea togither and landed néere to S. Dauids in south Wales from whence without delaie he hasted foorth to Douer and hauing his sonne the yoong king with him he sailed ouer into Normandie in the crosse weeke to meet the popes legats whom he vnderstood to be alreadie come thither At his méeting with them there he gaue them verie good countenance and right honorable enterteinment omitting nothing that might doo them pleasure Here when the matter came to be discussed touching the death of archbishop Thomas bicause it could not be certeinelie tried out in whom the fault rested much reasoning to and fro passed about obiections and excuses laid as in doubtfull cases it often happeneth so that welneere the space of foure moneths was spent in debating of that matter In which meane time the king to auoid all contention and strife betwixt him and king Lewes sent his son Henrie togither with his wife ouer into England there eftsoones to receiue the crowne and with them came Rotrod the archbishop of Rouen Giles bishop of Eureux Roger bishop of Worcester and diuerse others Herevpon the yoong king being arriued in England called an assemblieof the lords spirituall and temporall at Winchester where both he and his said wife Margaret daughter to the French king was crowned with all solemnitie by the hands of the said Rotrod archbishop of Rouen vpon the twentie one of August In the meane time saith one writer his father king Henrie might haue foreséene and found means to haue auoided the discord which euen now began to spring vp betwixt him and his children causing a sore and ciuill warre if he had not beene a man that vtterlie did detest all superstitious admonitions For being told I wot not by whome that if he did not repent and take more regard to minister iustice which is a vertue that conteineth in it selfe all other vertues it would come to passe that within short time he should fall into great and manifold calamities line 10 In his returne also out of Ireland saith an other vpon the sundaie next after the feast of Easter commonlie called Lowsundaie as he should take his horsse at Cardiffe in Wales there appeared vnto him a man of pale and wanne colour barefooted and in a white kirtell who boldlie in the Dutch language spake vnto him and admonished him of amendment of life and to haue regard that the sabboth daie commonlie called the sundaie might be more duelie kept and obserued so that no markets line 20 nor bodilie workes be holden vsed or doone vpon that day within the bounds of his dominions except that which apperteineth to dressing of meats And if thou doo saith he after this commandement I assure thée that all things which thou dooest enterprise of good intent and purpose shall sort to good effect and verie luckie end But the king was not greatlie pleased with these words and in French said to the knight that held his bridle Aske of this churle whether he hath dreamed all line 30 this that he telleth or not When the knight had expounded it in English the man answered Whether I haue dreamed it in my sleepe or not take thou héed to my words marke what day this is for if thou amend not thy life and doo as I haue aduertised thée before a twelue moneth come to an end thou shalt heare such tidings as will make thee sorowfull all the daies of thy life after The man hauing thus spoken vanished awaie suddenlie and the king tooke his words but in sport howbeit he woondered that he line 40 was so suddenlie gone as he did likewise at his sudden appearing Manie other warnings the king had saith mine author but he set little thereby The second warning he receiued of an Irishman that told him of tokens verie priuie The third time a knight of Lindsey called Philip de Chesterby passing the sea came to the king into Normandie and there declared vnto him seauen articles which he should amend which if he did then he should reigne seauen yeares in great honor and subdue Gods enimies line 50 If he did not amend and redresse those points then should he come to death with dishonour in the fourth yeare 1 The first article or point was that he should séeke to mainteine holie church 2 The second that he should cause rightfull lawes to be executed 3 The third that he should condemne no man without lawfull processe 4 The fourth that he

father in the presence of the French king receiued homage of Philip earle of Flanders and granted to him for the same a thousand markes of siluer to be receiued yearelie out of the checker at London so that in consideration thereof he should find fiue hundred knights or men of armes to serue the king of England for the space of 40. daies when soeuer he should haue warning giuen vnto him Moreouer the two kings at this assemblie concluded a league togither and whereas certeine lands were in controuersie betwixt them as the fée of Chateau Raoul and other small fees if they could not agree among themselues concerning the same either of them was contented to commit the order thereof and of all other controuersies betwixt them vnto six bishops to be chosen indifferentlie betwixt them the one to choose three and the other thrée line 10 In this yeare or as the annales of Aquitaine say in the yeare last passed Richard earle of Poictou subdued the strong fortresse of Tailbourg which was iudged before that time inexpugnable but earle Richard oppressed them that kept it so sore with streight siege that first in a desperate mood they issued foorth and assailed his people verie valiantlie but yet neuerthelesse they were beaten backe and forced to retire into their fortresse which finallie they surrendred into the hands of earle Richard who caused the line 20 wals thereof to be raced The like fortune chanced to diuers other castels and fortresses that stood in rebellion against him within a moneth space Tailbourg belonged vnto one Geffrey de Rancin who of a proud and loftie stomach practising rebellion against duke Richard tooke this enterprise in hand and when he had atchiued the same to his owne contentation he passed ouer into England and was receiued with great triumph pompe magnificence About the same time the forme of the kings coine line 30 was altered and changed bicause manie naughtie and wicked persons had deuised waies to counterfeit the same so that the alteration thereof was verie necessarie but yet gréeuous and chargeable to the poore inhabitants of the realme King Henrie the father whilest he was at Mauns after Christmasse made this ordinance that euerie man being worth in goods to the value of an hundred pounds Aniouin should keepe one horsse able for seruice in the wars and complet armour for a line 40 knight or man of armes as we may rather call them Also that such as had goods woorth in value from 40. pounds to 25. of the same monie should at the least haue in his house for his furniture an habergeon a cap of stéele a speare and a sword or bowe and arrowes Furthermore he ordeined that no man might sell or laie to gage his armour and weapon but should be bound to leaue it to his next heire When the French king and the earle of Flanders were aduertised that king Henrie had made this ordinance line 50 amongst his subiects they gaue commandement that their people should be armed after the like manner This yeare after Candlemasse Laurence archbishop of Dublin came ouer to the king into Normandie and brought with him the son of Roderike king of Conagh to remaine with him as a pledge for performance of couenants passed betwixt them as the paiment of tribute and such like The said archbishop died there in Normandie wherevpon the king sent line 60 Geffrey de Haie one of his chapleins and chapleine also to Alexius the popes legat into Ireland to seize that archbishops sée into his hands He also sent Iohn Lacie conestable of Chester and Richard de Peake to haue the citie of Dublin in kéeping which Hugh Lacie had in charge before and now was discharged bicause the king tooke displeasure with him for that without his licence he had maried a daughter of the king of Conagh according to the manner of that countrie This yeare also Geffrey the kings bastard sonne who was the elect of Lincolne and had receiued the profits of that bishoprike by the space of seuen years and had his election confirmed by the pope in the feast of the Epiphanie at Marlebridge in presence of the king and bishops renounced that preferment of his owne free will Within a while after the pope sent a streit commandement vnto Richard archbishop of Canturburie either to cause the same Geffrey by the censure of the church to renounce his miter or else to take vpon him the order of préesthood Wherefore vpon good aduice taken in the matter with his father and other of his especiall fréends iudging himselfe insufficient for the one he was contented to part with the other and therevpon wrote letters vnto the said archbishop of Canturburie in forme as followeth A letter of Geffrey the kings base sonne elect of Lincolne to Richard archbishop of Canturburie VEnerabili patri Richardo Dei gratia Cantuariensi archiepiscopo apostolicae sedis legato Galfridus domini regis Angliae filius cancellarius salutem reuerentiam debitam ac deuotam Placuit maiestati apostolicae vestrae iniungere sanctitati v● me certo tempore vocaretis ad suscipendum ordinem sacerdotis pontificalis officij dignitatem Ego verò considerans quamplures episcopos maturiores ac prouectiores prudentia aetate vix tantae administrationi sufficere nec sine periculo animarum suarum sui officium pontificatus ad perfectum explere veritus sum onus importabile senioribus mihi imponere iuniori faciens haec nō ex leuitate animi sed ob reuerentiam sacramenti Habito itaque tractatu super eo cum domino rege patre meo dominis fratribus meísque rege Pictauensi Britannorum comitibus episcopis etiam Henrico Baiocensi Frogerio Sagiensi Reginaldo Batoniensi Sefrido Cicestrensi qui praesentes aderant aliter de vita statu meo disposui volens patris mei obsequijs militare ad tempus ab episcopalibus abstinere omne itaque ius electionis inde Lincolnensem episcopatum spontaneè liberè quietè integrè in manu vestra pater sa●cte resigno tam electionem quàm episcopatus absolutionem postulans à vobis tanquam à metropolitano meo ad hoc ab apostolica sede specialiter delegato Bene vale The king for his maintenance now after he had resigned his bishoprike gaue him 500. markes of yearelie rent in England and as much in Normandie and made him moreouer lord chancellor This yeare also after Easter the kings of England and France came to an enteruew togither at a place in the confines of their countries called by some writers Vadum Sancti Remigij on a mondaie being the 17. of April in which assemblie of those two princes the knights templers and hospitallers presented to them letters directed from pope Alexander vnto all christian princes aduertising them of the danger wherein the holie land stood at that present if spéedie remedie were not the sooner prouided

about ten yeares died and was buried in his owne church 6 Alfwoldus as Matthew Westminster writeth was next bishop after Algarus and consecrated by the aduise of Dunstane in the yeare 952. In this time Odogarus earle of Deuon and father in law to king Edgar builded the abbeie of Tauestoke and king Edgar called home all the monkes of saint Peters which were dispersed and without anie abbat and made Sidemannus abbat who was afterwards bishop This Alfwoldus after sixtéene yeares that he was consecra●e● died and was buried in his owne church 7 Alfwolfus as Dicetus affirmeth was consecrated bishop in the yeare of our Lord 969 and after nine yeares died and was buried in his owne church 8 Sidemannus of an abbat was made a bishop in the yeare 978. In this mans time the Danes ouerran and spoiled the whole countries of Deuon and Cornewall burned the towne of Bodmen and the cathedrall church of saint Petrokes with the bishops house Wherevpon the bishops sée was remoued from thense to saint Germans where the same continued vntill the remouing and vniting thereof vnto Crediton Sidemannus in the twelfe yeare after his consecration died and was buried at Crediton in his owne church 990. 9 Alphredus whome Dicetus calleth Alfricus abbat of Malmesburie was consecrated bishop and installed at Crediton he was taken for a learned man because he wrote two bookes the one intituled Derebus coenobij sui and the other De rerum naturis In this bishops time king Ethelred endowed the bishoprike of saint Germans with lands liberties and priuileges The Danes made a fresh inuasion in and vpon all Deuon and Cornewall burned and spoiled the abbie of Ordolphus at Tauestoke they besieged Excester and being remoued from thense were fought withall at Pinneho about thrée miles from the citie and ouerthrowne Alphredus after he had béene bishop about nine yeares died in the yeare 999 and was buried in his owne church 10 Alwolfus as Dicetus writeth was the next bishop In his time Sweno king of Denmarke by intisement of one Hugh then earle of Deuon came with a great host and besieged the citie of Excester tooke it and burned it and with great crueltie vsed the people vntill in the end Almarus then earle of Deuon and the gentlemen did yéeld and submit themselues and so obteined peace This Alwolfus about the fiftéenth yeare of his bishoprike in the yeare 1014 died and was buried in his owne church 11 Arnoldus by the report of the archdeacon of London succéeded Alwolfus and was installed at Crediton In this mans time king Canutus gaue to Athelwold abbat of S. Peters of this citie great gifts and sundrie priuileges in recompense of his fathers great iniuries Arnoldus in the fiftéenth yeare of his bishoprike 1030 died and was buried in his owne church 12 Leuigus or Leuingus abbat of Tauestoke and nephue to Brithwaldus bishop of Cornewall was chosen the next bishop and according to the orders then vsed consecrated and installed He was in great fauour and credit with king Canutus vppon whome he attended in pilgrimage to Rome and after his vncle the bishop of saint Germans being dead obteined of the king that the bishops sée was remoued from saint Germans vnto Crediton and both were thereby reduced and vnited into one bishoprike and so hath euer since continued Hée was after the death of Brithegus bishop of Worcester remoued to that church and there died and was buried as some suppose but some affirme that in the time of Hardicanutus the king at the accusation of Alfredus then archbishop of Yorke for that he should be consenting to the death of Alfredus the sonne of Etheldred that he should be deposed of his bishoprike there and so did returne vnto Tauestoke where he died But Dicetus affirmeth that he purged himselfe of this crime and by that meanes was restored both to the fauour of the king and to his bishoprike againe and died bishop of Worcester It is recorded that he was bishop of Crediton fiftéene yeares 13 Leofricus a man descended of the bloud and line of Brutus but brought vp in the land of Lothoringia or Loreine was so well commended for his nobilitie wisedome and learning that king Edward the Confessor had him in great fauour and made him first one of his priuie councell then lord chancellor of all England and lastlie the bishoprike line 10 of this prouince being void he was made consecrated and installed bishop of the same By him and by his meanes the bishops sée was remoued from Crediton vnto this citie of Excester for at his request king Edward togither with quéene Edith his wife came to Excester remouing the monkes from hense to Westminster did also remoue the bishops sée from Crediton vnto his citie and did put the bishop in possession For he conducting the bishop on the right hand and the quéene on the line 20 left hand brought him to the high altar of his new church and there placed him in a seat appointed for him He suppressed sundrie houses or cels of religion within his sanctuarie and appropriated and vnited them to his owne church as also by the good liberalitie of the king obteined great reuenues possessions priuileges and liberties to be giuen vnto the church In this mans time William duke of Normandie made a conquest of this whole realme as also in the yeare 1068 besieged this line 30 citie of Excester which after by composition he restored to his former estate againe Also in his time Richard de Brion a noble man of Normandie the sonne of Baldwin of Brion of Albred the néece to the Conqueror was made baron of Okehampton warden of the castell of Excester and vicount of Deuon This Leofricus after that he had well and worthilie ruled his church and diocesse by the space of three and twentie yeares he ended his daies in peace and died in the yeare 1073 and was buried line 40 in the cemiterie or churchyard of his owne church vnder a simple and a broken marble stone which place by the since inlarging of his church is now within the tower of the same where of late in the yeare 1568 a new monument was erected in the memorie of so good woorthie and noble a personage by the industrie of the writer hereof but at the charges of the deane and chapter 14 Osbertus or Osbernus a Norman borne and brother to an earle named William was preferred to this bishoprike and in the yeare 1074 was line 50 consecrated and installed to the same Polydorus writeth that one Galfrid who ioined with Odo earle of Kent and bishop of Baion against William Rufus should be bishop of Exon but it was not nor could not so be In this mans time William the Conqueror and William Rufus his sonne died This Osbertus or Osbernus after he had béene bishop thirtie yeares was blind and died and lieth buried in his owne church

by the Scots 420 a 50 Rodorke king of Ulster vanquished 100 a 30 Roger earle of Hereford conspireth against duke William 11 a 40 Roges burnt through the eare 1228 b 10. ¶ Sée Uagabonds Roiall exchange ¶ Sée Bursse Roiston set on fire 531 b 20 Rood of grace shewed at Pauls crosse 945. Rood of Pauls erected note 1121 a 50 60 Rookesbie shiriffe of Yorkeshire his hardie courage to fight 534 a 40 Rome blamed by Richard the first for couetousnesse 123 b 50. What gaines it had out of England 171 a 40. Henrie the third would in no wise bind and indanger his l●ie sée to it 208 a 20. Besieged 895 b 60. Taken and sacked 896 a 30 50. Compositions with the soldiors to saue certaine places vnspoiled b 60. The spoile verie rich 897 a 50. Sacked 1364 a 30. Besieged by the duke of Al●a and king Philips armie 50. ¶ Sée Pope and Legats Romans ¶ Sée Triumphs Rone besieged by Henrie the fift 565 a 20. Inuironed with enimies and succourlesse the number within the towne extreme famine within it 566 a 20 30 b 20. They within the towne demand parle a truce for eight daies articles concerning the yéelding vp thereof 567 b 60. King Henrie the fift his entrance thereinto 568 a 40. A conspiracie of the Frenchmen against the Englishmen 568 b 60. The castell like to be taken by treason of the capteine 608 b 20. Yéelded vnto the French king 629 b 50 Rosamund the faire concubine to Henrie the second where buried 196 a 30. Hir cofer hir death and epitaph 115 b 50 Ros lord reuolteth vnto the Scots his brother continueth faithfull vnto the king of England 297 b 40 Ros a noble man of France accused 251 a 30 c. Rouen besieged by the king of France 92 b 60. Through famine surrendred vnto the king of France 167 b 50 Round table ¶ Sée Windsor castell Rous knight a valiant capteine 421 b 30 Routs ¶ Sée Brabanders Rufus William his promises to purchase the peoples fauour 8 b 4. ¶ See William Rufus Rugemont castell note 1007 b 60 Rulers sundrie in a land wekeneth it 81 b 30 Rumors false spread to worke an alteration 190 b 20. ¶ Sée Report Running at the quintine 247 b 50. At the ring 805 b 60. At tilt 805 a 10 Ruptarij 99 a 10. ¶ Sée Brabanders Russell knight his sober and discréet vsage in seruice commended 879 b 50 Russell lord deliuerer of the citie of Excester note 1022 a 60 b 10. Distrusteth himself and is vpon departing out of Deuonshire he marcheth against the rebels towards Excester 1023 a 20 c. 1024 L. priuie seale his letters to the L. protector 1057 b 20 a 10 He sueth for peace betwéene the lords 1058 a 10. ¶ Sée Erle of Bedford Rutland earle lord Edward ambassador into Scotland note 1562 a 40 Rutland castell built 279 b 50 Besieged 280 b 60. Taken 278 b 10. Rutters 99 a 10 S. SAbboth a superstitious and hurtfull obseruation thereof 262 b 60 Sacrament of baptisme how the rebels would haue it ministred 1003 a 40 Sacraments forbidden to bée vsed of the clergie 76 b 10. Contemned and how the offendor punished 203 b 60 Sacrilege and no sacrilege 22 b 10. Seuerelie punished 704 b 50 Sackuill knight ambassador to the French king 1224 b 30. His interteinment verie honorable 40. The first place of his audience his liberalitie 60. His return into England 125 a 10 20. ¶ Sée Buckehurst Safe conduct sued for of the king of Armenia and denied him 453 b 30. Granted vnto soldiors 21 b 10. And the force thereof 459 b 30. Preuaileth not 103 b 20. ¶ Sée Licence Protection 104 Cardinall Uiuiano Sadler sir Rafe knight treasuror of the English armie 980 b 40. His seruice against the Scots commended 988 b 30 Saie lord treasuror beheaded at the standard in Cheape 634 b 30 Saint Albons destroied 199 a 10 Saint Anthonies ¶ Sée Church Saint Bartholomewes by Smithfield when builded 31 a 30. The hospitall builded in part 540 a 60 Saint Marie Queries made a parish church 950 a 60 Burned 176 b 10. Repared 172 b 10 Saint Quintins besieged and taken by the English 1134 a 60 b 10 Saint Thomas hospitall erected 1082 b 10 Saints and praieng to them misliked by William Rufus note 27 b 20 Saladine causeth the christian prisoners to be beheaded 133 a 30. ¶ Sée Ierusalem Saracens Turks Salike ¶ Sée Law Salisburie made a citie 202 b 60 Salisburie the traitor ¶ Sée Babington Salt called Baie salt déer 1260 a 50 Salute ¶ Sée Coine Samson ¶ Sée Bishop Samuell moonke of saint Albons made bishop of Dublin 22 a 30 Sanctuarie and of such as flie for succour therevnto note 33 b 60. No safe harbour for rebels 784 a 60. Nor for traitors note 764 b 40. ¶ Sée Robert of Northumberland 21 b 60. and Westminster Sanctuaries their vse and abuse note 718 a 10 c. Restreined 790 b 10 Sanders murthered ¶ Sée Murther Sanders doctor a mainteiner of the popes bull 1361 b 30. His miserable end 1365 b 60 Sands knight a whip vnto the Frenchmen 874 b 10 Sands doctor his trouble persecution and voluntarie banishment 1145 b 50 c. 1146 1147 1148 1149 Sandwich kept by rebels they sue for pardon 693 a 10. Spoiled by the French 645 b 30 Saracens discomfited by Richard the first 134 a 30. Uanquish the christians and kill the earle of Salisburie with others 243 a 10. Called Arsacides their generation and dealing with prince Edward 275 a 30 c. Against whom went diuerse nobles of England 225 b 30. Make sore war vpon the christians in Spaine and are vanquished 213 a 10. Had the whole land in possession 205 a 60. Beseege the citie of Damieta 202 a 50. Win the same from the christians 204 b 50. A iornie against them 473 a 40. Out of whose hands the whole land was to be recouered 22 a 60. Win lands from the christians 108 b 10. Traitorouslie kill the marquesse of Montferrat 134 b 40. Yéeld Acres into the christians hands 132 b 50. Make war against the Portingals 124 a 10. ¶ Sée Christians Granado Sargent murthered and the offendor hanged in Cheapside 1310 b 60. Slaine the murtherer hanged in Fléetstréet 1348 a 10. ¶ Sée Officer Sargents at law their fest kept at Elie house wherat Henrie the seuenth and his quéene were present 779 a 40. In the archbishop of Canturburies palace whereat were present Henrie the seuenth with all his nobles 791 b 50. At Greies inne 1210 a 10. At the new temple 1314 a 60 Saturne and Iupiter ¶ Sée Planets Satisfaction that Henrie the second sware to make for the death of Becket 83 b 50 Sauage knight slaine at the siege of Bullo●gne 775 a 50 Sauage the traitor ¶ See Babington Sauerie de Mauleon and the earle of Salisburie at discord 194 a 40.206 a 20. He reuolteth to the French king 40. An assistant of king Iohn against his

the Lords 〈◊〉 Reseruation of the lords bodie conse●●ated Holie bread and holie water The single 〈◊〉 of priests The six articles to be renewed The capteins appointed to go against the Deuonshire rebels Strangers Ric. Grafton A proclamation H●● epist. lib. ● Disorder in subiects Abusing of the kings name False causes Baptisme Sacrament of the bodie c. Disobedience to a king●s disobedience to almightie God Seruice in 〈◊〉 English 〈◊〉 knowledge is 〈◊〉 than 〈◊〉 The masse Confirmation 〈◊〉 children Six articles The authoritie of a parlement A godlie and princelie admonition False rumors Har. in 〈◊〉 lib. 1. The rebels put from their ground Iohn Fox The capteins of the rebels taken Sir Anthonie Kingston prouost marshall The maior of 〈◊〉 hanged A millers man hanged for his maister This was a hard procéeding though the partie had beene no●●nt Abr. Fl. introduction into the next narration being a new addition 〈◊〉 this rebellion The addition following being a large discourse was neuer heretofore published Dumnonia the countrie of vallies Deuonia Deuonshire Corinia Baleus lib. 1. Centuriarum Lelandus in Genethliaco Penhulgoile Pennehaltecaire Pen necaire the chéefe citie Caireruth the red citie Caireiske the citie of Exe. Houeden Ptolomeus in ●abulis Baleus centur lib. New lords new names Monketon 〈…〉 ●ibro Polydorus hist. lib. 5. Exeter Baleusce●●● 〈◊〉 lib. in 〈◊〉 descripti●● Exces●er Ex●ancestre Caire a fort Cestre a fort The site of Excester and circuit The citie is full of water springs The rebels breake and spoile the pipes o● lead for waters The conduits for water Saint Peters conduit The great conduit Castell Rugemont The site of the castell The cast●ll builded by the Romans The riuer of E●e E●e riseth in Exmoore The hauen of Excester The decaie of the hauen of Excester Hugh Courtn●ie the first ●estroier of the 〈◊〉 Edward Courtneie Sundrie inquisitions and iuries taken against the earles of Deuon for destroieng of the hauen A keie first builded at Topesham The merchants compelled to lade and vnlade at Topesham keie The hauen is recouered and renewed againe A keie and a crane builded at Excester The parish churches first limited in Excester A monasterie of saint Benets order builded in Excester King Etheldred the first founder of the monasterie King Edgar founder of a religious house in Excester The cathedrall church was first a monasterie and founded by king Atheistane Chronica ecclesiea King Canutus confirmeth the priuileges of the monasteries K. Edward the confessor remooued the moonks vnto Westminster and made this a cathedrall church Leofricus the first bishop of Excester Polyd. hist. li. 19 Chronica chronicorum lib. 7. The charter of the church The con●●eror confirmeth the charters of the church and inlargeth the possessions of it The cath●drall church was foure hundred yeres in building S. Peters conduit The inhabitants of this citie The gouernment of this citie Portegreues Prouostres Mai●r or Meregreue The maiors 〈◊〉 The prouost 〈◊〉 The good inclination and ●●●●fulness of the citizens Claudius ●e●o the emperor sendeth Uespasian into Britaine Uespasian ●andeth in Torreb●●e and lateth ●●ge to this 〈◊〉 King Aruiragus rescueth this citie and ●ncountereth the enemie 〈◊〉 ecclesi● 〈◊〉 Flores historiar●m Noua historia Flores historiarum Penda king of Mertia Edwin king of Northumberland King Cadwallo is driuen to flée into Ireland Pellitus a witch droth foretell to king Edwin of things to come King Cadwallo ●a●leth into Armorica Brienus the kings nephue is sent to kill Pellitus Brienus killeth Pellitus King Penda besiegeth Excester Polyd. lib. 5 The Danes are ouerthrowne and their capteins are slaine Neus 〈◊〉 Flores hist●riarum The battell at Pinneh● Houeden King Sweno inuadeth and spoileth the land Hugh earle of Deuon as a false mā to his countrie dooth betraie the citie King Sweno by the trecherie of the earle of Deuon besiegeth the citie k●ng Eldred 〈…〉 his 〈◊〉 The stoutnes ●nd courage of the citizens king Sweno entereth and ●aketh the 〈◊〉 vtterlie destroieth it 〈◊〉 Malm. 〈◊〉 Co●t Hen. Hunt Houeden William the Conqueror besiegeth the 〈◊〉 A league betwéene the gentlemen the citizens to resist the Conquerour The records of the citie Houeden Polychron li. 7 Githa king Harolds mother laie in the citie during the siege and secretlie fleeth awaie into Flanders Baldwin Rideuers earle of Deuon entred into this citie and resisteth against king Stephan Baldwin the earle is taken and banished Q. Mawd is friendlie to the citie Polydor. li. 20. The marques of Dublin and the earle of Suffolke come to Exon and are pursued by the dukes of York and Glocester The duches of Clarēce with others commeth to Exon being great with child lieth in the bishops palace Sir Hugh Courtneie laieth siege to the citie The maior is required to deliuer the keies of the citie and refuseth so to doo The maior and citizens doo fortifie the citie The siege raised and the citie deliuered The duke of Clarence and the Earle of Warwike came from Edgecourt field to this citie and from hence to Dartmouth Perkin Wa●becke commeth to Excester and b●siegeth it The earle of Deuon sent to rescue the citie and i● hurt The rebellion or commotio● in Deuon The rebellion first began at Sampford Courtneie The cause of this rebellion was for religion The want of preaching was the cause of the rebellion Underhill and Segar 〈◊〉 first captains of the rebellion The priest was comp●lled b●cause he would be compelled saie ●asse The iustices 〈◊〉 to Sampford and doo no good These gentlemen were afraid of their ●wne shadowes Sir Peter Carew and sir Gawen Carew sent into Deuon The iusticiaries doo assemble all at Excester Sir Peter Carew by the aduise of the iustices rideth to Kirton The people at Kirton doo arme themselues rampire vp the waies The barns at the townes end at Kirton are set on fire An assemblie of the people at Clift Marie or bishops Clift A cause whie they rose at bishops Clift The towne 〈◊〉 Clift is fortified and the bridge rampired Walter Raleigh esquier in danger of the rebelles Sir Peter Carew and others ride to Clift Sir Peter Carew like to be slaine The conference of the gentleman with the commons at 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 towards among the serving-men This man ●as named Richard Carwithian ●●ruant to sir Peter 〈◊〉 The agréement offered by the commo●ers The gentlemen depart asunder and euerie man shifteth for himselfe The high waies are stopped and intrenched Sundrie gentlemen taken and imprisoned A few gentlemen taried in the citie Sir Peter Carew rideth to the lord Russell being at George Henton Sir Peter Carew rideth to the court aduertised the king councell The king grieued to heare of the commotion The determined conquest of Scotland was hindered by the rebellion The king vseth all gentle persuasions to reduce the commoners to conformitie The first and chiefe capteins of the rebellion The rebels send to the maior of the citie to ioine with them The maior citizens refuse to