in the Market at Rome where when the Citizens beheld them and wondred at their comelynesse and beautie of face amongst other Gregory the Archdeacon of the Apostolicall seate being one asked of what Nation they were vnto whome it was answered that they were the children of Englishmen of the prouince of Deires and subiect to Alla their King but were Painims wherevnto Gregory sayd they shall be taught to sing Alleluâ—a there during the raigne of Alla ouer the Deires ADda the eldest sonne of Ida raigned vpon the Bernitians seauen yeares ¶ Elappea fiue yeares ¶ Theodwald one yeare ¶ Frethulfe seauen yeares ¶ Theodrike seauen yeares ¶ Aethelfride two yeares and all in the life of Bernitianus AEThelrike the sonne of Ida raigned in both prouinces of 582 Wil. Malme Deirie and Bernicia fiue yeares EThelfride brother to Ethelricus made greater spoyle of Marianus Floriacensis the Britaines than all the other Kings of the Angles and vnpeopled and subdued more of their Countreys and made the same tributarie and habitable for Englishmen wherefore Aadan King of the Scottes being greately moued with his happie successe came against him with a mighty Army but was ouercome and put to flight of a few Saxons whiche battell was fought by Ethelfreth in a place called Degsastan in the eleuenth yeare of his raigne and in the first yeare of Phocas the Emperoure This King also long after this time leuyed a newe power and according as Augustine the Archbishop of Canterbury had before spoken marched toward the Citie of Legious which of the Britaines is called Cairlegion and there first slew 1200. Monckes assembled to make prayer vnto God 1200. Monkes slayne for the good successe of their Souldioures in the battell and afterward he ouerthrewe the whole power of the Britaynes host He was slayne by Redwall King of the East Angles in a battell néere vnto a Riuer whiche is called Idle in the yeare of Christ 616. when he had raigned xxvij yeares EDwyne succéeded and droue out the seauen sonnes of 617 First Christian King of Northumberland Marianus Floriacen Wi. King Ethelfride In Anno 626. Paulinus being the thirde Bishop of Rochester was constituted by Iustus then Archbishop of Canterburie to be Bishop ouer the Northumbers and sente by Eadbald to Edwine the King of that nation with his Wife being the daughter of King Ethelbert and sister of the sayde King Eadbald A certayne desperate fellowe named Eomer was sente vnto King Edwine by Guicheline King of the Weast Saxons who came vnto him on Easter day and hauing a naked weapen vnder his garment assayled the King but Lilla his seruant thrust himselfe before y e stroke yet notwithstanding the Kyng was with that stroke wounded throughe the bodye of his faithfull seruaunt The same night the Quéene his wife was deliuered of a daughter whyche vppon Whitsondaye nexte after was the firste that was baptized of Paulinus the Byshop and named Eanfleda In the yeare of Christ 628. Edwine the most mighty king of the Northumbers and his people receiued the word of God at the preaching of Paulinus the Bishoppe this was done in the xj yeare of hys raigne and in the 230. yeare after the arriuall of the Angles in Brytaine Edwine gaue vnto Pauline a Byshops Sea in the Citie Cathedrall Church of Yorke founded of Yorke and began the Cathedrall Church of S. Peter there whiche Church was after finished by King Oswald his successor after this in encreasing of the Christian Faith and heauenly kingdome his earthly possessions did wonderfully encrease for he first of al the Angles broughte Brytaine wholy vnder his subiection sauing the Kingdome of Kent Edwine in the xvij yeare of his raigne and xlviij of hys age was slaine in a battel whiche he fought at Headfeld with the moste valiant Painime Penda King of the Mercies and Ceadwalla Kyng of the Brytaines Paulinus the Bishop buylded Lincolne Minster founded Beade the great Church at Lincolne In the raigne of King Edwine suche was the peace and tranquilitie throughe all Brytaine whiche way soeuer King Edwines dominions lay that a weake woman mighte haue walked with hir newe borne babe ouer all the I and without any domage Moreouer for the refreshing of wayfaring men he ordained cuppes of yron Cuppes of brasse by the high vvayes or brasse to be fastned by such cleare Wels and Fountaines as did runne by the wayes side whych Cuppes no man durst touch further than to his owne present vse necessity for the loue good wil they bare to their prince who was for y e time of his raigne so honored and loued that the triumphant banners were borne before him not in war only but in peace to wheresoeuer he went abroad After the death of Edwine the Kingdome of Northumberland was againe diuided OSriche the sonne of Elfrike who was Edwins vnckle succéeded 633 in the gouernance of Deira And Eanfride the sonne of Ethelfride ruled y e Bernicians but both these forsaking the Christian profession wherein they were instructed yéelded themselues to be defiled with the filth of Idolatry but thys Apostacie was reuenged by Cedwall King of y e Brytans who slewe them bothe and with tragicall slaughter spoyled Northumberland OSwald brother to Eanfride then gouerned this Kingdom 634 who with a small army ouercame the Brytans and slewe Cedwall theyr King at Deniseburne He sent for Aidan a Scot to aduance y e Christian religion among his people assigning to him the Isle of Lindisfarne or holy Iland for his Sea Hée greatly enlarged his Kingdome reconciled the Deirians and Bernitians whych did deadly hate one the other And when he had raigned viij yeres was slaine in a cruel battel at Maserfielde by Penda King of Mercia and canonized a Sainct OSwine brother to Oswald succéeded he buried the heade 642 and armes of Oswald whyche Penda commaunded to be hanged vpon poles His gouernment was greatly disquieted by inuasion of the Mercians rebellion of his own sonne Aelfride and insurrection of Adilwald sonne to Oswald Hée murthered Oswy the sonne of Osrike who ruled Deira béeing traiterously deliuered vnto him at Ingethling where Liber Lichfield â— Rudbernâ— afterwarde a Monasterie was erected But at length he deliuered his Country from forraine inuasion vanquished the Mercians with Penda in a foughte fielde neare the riuer Iewet brought them to his subiection and caused them to be instructed in the Christian Faith He builded a Churche among the Mercians called Lichefielde Lichfield Churche a Byshops sea founded and procured the same to be a Bishops sea in Anno. 657. Duina was first Byshoppe there of Mercia and also of Lindisferne for there were then so fewe Priests that one Byshoppe was compelled to gouerne two Prouinces King Oswine ended his life quietly when he had raigned xxxij yeres EGfride his lawfull sonne then inherited Northumberland 670 he deposed Wilfride of the Bishoprike and appoynted two Bishops ouer the Northumbers Mildred otherwise
in bréedth 30. myles The same yere Hastings came with 80. shippes into the Milton mouth of Thamis and made a strong town Middleton in the Beaufleet South side of y e Thamis and another on the Northside called Beaufleete The yeare following the Citie of Yorke was taken by the Normans but Seber the Bishoppe by Gods prouision escaped The same yeare also Aelfred fought against the Normans at Fernham where he slewe them wounded their King and Fernham chased the remnant through the Thamis into Eastsex wherby many of them were drowned Aelfrede hearing that a great number of the Pagans were arriued at Exanceastre he toke with him a greate army and by battayle ouercame and chased them away In the meane season Adhered Earle of the Mercies and Beaufleet taken from the PagaÌ„s the Citizens of London with other came to Beaufleete and besieged the Castell of the Pagans and brake into it where they tooke excéeding riche spoyles of golde siluer horsses and garmentes among whiche was taken the wife of Hastings and hys two sonnes whiche were broughte to London and presented to the King who commaunded them to be restored againe But Hastings came againe into Beaufleete and repayred to the Castell whiche they hadde broken downe From thence he wente to Sceabridge and there builded a Sudbury strong Castell there was ioyned vnto hym the armye that remayned at Apuldrane and other that came from the East Englishe and from the Northumbers who altogyther spoyled Apuldoâ— and robbed tyl they came to the bancke of Seuerne and there at Bultingatume they made a strong towne but by Adhered Earle of the Mercies and other they were besieged shortly through famine forced to come out where many on bothe Florenâ—â— Cronica cronicaruin Marianus Scotus sides were slaine but the Christians had the victorie In the yeare 895. the Pagans wintered in a little Ile called I le of Mersey Ley a riuer that then bare ships vnto VVare Asserius Merâ—ig in the East part of Essex scituate in the sea and the same yeare they sayled by the riuer of Thamis after by the riuer of Ligea and twentie myles from London began to build a Fortresse In the Sommer following the Londoners and other néere adioyning did séeke to destroy the fortresse of the Danes but they being put to flight king Aelfrede pitched â— fielde not farre from the Citie least the Pagans should take away the Haruest of the Countrey and viewing the riuer one daye perceyued that the Chanel mighte be in one place dammed vp that the Danes should not get out their shippes he forthwith commaunded on both sides the riuer a damme to be cast and deuided that riuer into thrée streames so that where shippes before had sayled now a small boate coulde scantly rowe which when the Pagans perceyued they leauing theyr wiues and ships flée a foote to Quatbridge there Novv called Catvvarebrig or Catvvaâ—d bridge building a Fortresse lodged there the Winter following whose shippes the Londoners bring some to London the other they brake downe and destroyed Anno. 897. the Pagans came from Quatbridge parte into East England part into Northumberland some got them ships and sayled into Fraunce After al these verations by the cruel Danes committed folowed farre greater the space of thrée yeres by death of cattaile and mortalitie of men XX. Danish ships were taken being Pirates and the Pyrates slaine or hauged on the gallowes This victorious Prince the studious prouider for Alfred deceased widâ—wes orphanes and poore people moste perfect in Sa 〈…〉 Poetrie moste liberall indued with Wisdome Prayse of King Alfrede fortitude iustice and temperaunce the most patient bearer of sicknesse wherewith he was dayly vexed a moste discrete searcher of trueth in executing iudgement a moste vigilant and deuout Prince in the seruice of God Alfrede the. xxix yeare and sixth month of his raigne departed this life the xxviij daye of October and is buried at Winchester in the new Monasterie of his foundation He founded a Monasterie of Monkes at Ethelingsey and another for Nunnes at Shaftsburie He ordayned the hundreds and tenthes whiche Wil. Malmâ— Floriacâ—ns Reg. Hig. Sea Cro. Regist Hyde T. Rudburnâ— Vniuersitie in Oxforde Marianus Scotus men call Centuaries and Cupings he sent for Grâ—â—balde to come into England that by his aduice he might erect y â— studie of good learning cleane decayed By the counsell of Neotus he ordayned common scholes of diuerse sciences in OxeÌ„forde and tourned the Saxon lawes into Englishe with diuerse other bookes He established good laws by the which he brought so gret Regist Hidâ— a quietnesse to the Countrey that men might haue hanged golden bracelets and Jewels where the wayes parted and no man durst touch them for feare of the law He caried euer y â— Psalter in his bosome y â— wheÌ„ he had any leysure he might read it ouer with diligence He deuided the xxiiij houres of the daye and nighte into Asserius thrée parts he spent viij hâ—ures in writing reading praying eight in prouision of his body viij in hearing and dispatching Marianus Scotus the matters of his subiects He deuided his yerely reuenues into two partes and the first he deuided into thrée one part he gaue to his seruaÌ„ts the second part to his workmen which were occupyed in building the third part to straÌ„gers The second part of y â— who le he deuided into iiij parts the first part wherof he gaue in almes to the poore the second to Monasteries by him founded the third to scholes which he had erected and gathered of many both noble mens other mens sons of his nation the fourth part he distributed to the next Monasteries in all the English Saxon. Alhfwido wife to king Alfrede founded the monasterie of Nuns in Winchester EDward surnamed Senior the son of Aelfred was annoynted 900 Speculum histo Ri. Câ—ren Adhelvvoldâ— reuolteth king shortly after Adhelwoldus cousin germaine vnto king Edwarde reuolted and wente to the armie of the Pagans who forthwith chose him to be their Kyng in Northumberlands Ioannes Leoafer in his thirde booke of the description â—â— Iohns Leoafer Africa writeth that about this time to say about the yere â—â— our Lorde 905. the Englishmen at the perswasion of the Gothes besieged the great Citie Argilla in Barbarie which the Affricanes call Arella being 70. myles distant froÌ„ the streight of Marrocho Southwarde hoping thereby to withdraw the Sarazens out of Europe where they fought with so great courage and good successe that they wanne the sayde towne and so ransacked it with fire and sworde that scant one escaped there and the towne laye desolate and without inhabitantâ— for the space of thirtie yeare We account thys to haue hapned in the foresayde yeare bycause the aucthour after the â—â—shion of the Sarazens doth referre it to the. 314. yeare of Mâ—homets Hegira which by coÌ„ference of theyr places
in the Priorie of the Trinitie neare vnto Aldegate And before euery towne or Castel whiche the hoaste of London besiege if the siege continue a whole yeare the sayde Roberte shall haue for euery siege of the communaltie of London an hundred shillings for his trauell and no more These be the rights that the sayd Robert hath in the time of war Rights belonging to Robert Fitz Walter and to his heires in the Citie of London in the time of peace are these that is to saye the sayd Robert hath a Soken or ward in the Citie that is a wal of the Chanonrie of Saint Paul as a man goeth down the stréete before the Brewhouse of Saint Paul vnto the Thamis and so to the side of the Mill whiche is in the water that commeth down from the fléete Bridge and goeth so by London Walles betwixt the Friers preachers and Ludgate and so returneth backe by the house of the sayd Friers vnto the sayd common wall of the said Chanonry of Saint Paule that is al the parish of Saint Andrew whiche is in the gifte of hys auncestours by the saide senioritie and so the sayde Robert hath appendant vnto the sayd Soken al these things vnder written that he ought to haue a Soke man to place what Sokeman he will so he be of the Sokemanrie or the same ward and if any of the Sokemanry be impleaded in y e Guild Hall of any thing that toucheth not the body of the Maior y â— for the time is or that toucheth the bodye of no Sherife it is not lawfull to the Sokeman of the Sokemanrie of the sayd Robert Fitz Walter to demand a Court of the sayd Robert and the Maior and his Citizens of London ought to graÌ„t him to haue a Court and in his Court he ought to bring his iudgement as it is assented and agréed vppon in the Guilde Hal that shall be giuen him If any therefore be taken in hys Sokenry he ought to haue his stockes and imprisonment in his Soken and he shal be brought from theÌ„ce to y e Guild Hall before the Maior there they shall prouide him his iudgement that ought to be giuen of him but his iudgement shal not be published till he come into the Courte of the sayde Robert and in his libertie And the iudgement shall be such that if he haue deserued death by treason he be tyed to a post in the Thamis at Woodwharfe where boates are fastened two ebbings and two flowings of the Water And if hée bée condemned for a common théefe he ought to be ledde to the Elmes and there suffer his iudgemeÌ„t as other théeues and so the said Robert and his heyres hath a great honor that he holdeth a gret Franches within the Citie that the Maior of the Citie and Citizens are bounde to do him of right that is to say that when the Maior will holde a greate counsel hée ought to call the sayd Robert and his heyres to be with hym in Counsell and of counsell of the Citie and the sayde Robert ought to be sworne be of counsel with the Citie against all people sauing the King and his heyres And when the sayde Robert commeth to the Huystings in the Guilde Hall of the Citie the Maior or his lieuetenaunt ought to ryse against him and set hym down néere vnto him and so long as he is in Guilde Hall all the iudgemente oughte to be giuen by his mouth according to the Recorde of the Recorders of the sayde Guilde Hall and so manye weifs as come so long as he is there he ought to giue them to the Baylifes of the town or to whom he will by the Counsell of the Maior of the Citie These be the Franchises that belonged to Roberte Fitz Walter in London in time of peace whiche for the antiquitie I haue here noted out of an old Recorde William Combmartin Iohn Burforde the. 28. of Septem Baylifes Custos Anno reg 32 Adam Meri Grauesend Bishop of LondoÌ„ Sir Iohn Blound the. 28. of October Richard Grauesend Byshop of London deceased who is reported by some to haue purchased the Charters and Liberties for the Citie of London in the yeare of our Lord. 1â—9â— in the sixtéenth yeare of King Richard the seconde The vntrueth whereof I haue thought good thus muche in place to note King Edward went into Scotland and there besieged the Castel of Striueline which William Clifford kept the space of * 1304 Tho. de la More 90. dayes with sundry valiaunt assaultes but being able no longer to resist they put off their shoes and with haulters about their neckes came forth of the Castel and fel prostrate before the king committing both liues and lims to his mercie whom the King pardoned of life but sent them prisoners into England The King returning out of Scotlande by the Citie of Yorke commaunded the Courtes of the kings Benche and the Exchequer which had now remayned at Yorke vij yeares to be remoued to theyr olde places at London Roger Pares Iohn de Lincolne the. 28. of September Sherifes Custos Anno reg 33 Dravv thy staffe Adam Meri Sir Iohn Blound the. 28. of October King Edwarde helde his Christmasse at Lincolne where he ordayned Justices of Traylebaston againste intruders into other mens landes truce breakers extortioners murderers and suche like offendours by whyche meanes the Kings treasure was maruellously encreased Roger Brabason and Robert de Reuer satte at the Guilde Hall in London to heare the complaintes made concerning the foresayde Articles of Traylebaston The Citizens of Norwiche made peticion vnto the Norvvich vvalled Parliament Recordes 1305 King that lyke as it hadde pleased hym heretofore to graunte them hys helpe and lycence certayne yeares for the wallyng aboute of theyr Towne whiche tearme was nowe expyred to graunte them a longer tyme the same being not yet finished wherevppon v. yeares were granted by him and his Parliament at Westminster Iohn Leyland writeth that a Marchaunte of Norwich I. Leyland whom he nameth not builded a great part almost halfe of that Wall Robert Fitz Walter requested the king that the Fries of Friers of the Sacke A sinagoge of the Ievves neare Baynards Castel in LondoÌ„ Parliament recor the Sacke coÌ„monly called de Penitentia Iesu in London might assigne to the sayde Robert one Chappel of olde time called the sinagoge of the Iewes neare adioyning to the place of the same Robert which request was graunted These Friers liued altogither by begging and had of late multiplyed in number greatly vntill the counsel at Lions wherein it was decréed that Friers beggers should receyue none into their order except Grey and White Friers They wer also licensed to enter into religion of larger rule from the which time forth all mendicant Friers began to decrease and were in short time brought to nothing except the Preching Friers William Wales which had ofttimes sette Scotland in gret VV. VVales in Scotland trouble was
Brytaines is written with y. that is the Gréekes little u. whyche Oracles althoughe they were not the Sibils owne worke as some suspecte Oracula Sibili yet are they very antient indéede and that they might séeme more auntient vse the moste auntient name of Countreys and peoples And some Englishe writers aboue an hundred yeares since vsually doe name it Brutan and not otherwise â— Mandeuil through a large historie of thys lande translated oute of Frenche Brute builded the Citie of newe Troy now called London he stablished therein y e Troian laws gaue y e vttermoste Westerne parte of the Realme to his companion Corineus of whose name it was called Corinea and to thys Iohn Harding Iohn Hanuile Nichol. Vpton day Cornwal Iohn Harding sayth that Brute bare Gules two Lions rampant endorced Ore Also a Banner of a Uertdian of Golde fichule crowned and entronized that were Aeneas armes when he entred the land of Latins Iohn Hanuil in Archinis and Nicholas Vpton saith he bare Ore a Lioâ—â— passant Gules When hys death approched he diuided the whole Ilande among his thrée sonnes whiche he had by Innogen his wife Locrine Camber and Albanact Unto Locrine he gaue the middle parte betwéene Humber and Seuern whiche of him was called Loegria To Camber he gaue all the region beyonde Seuern which of him tooke the name of Cambria and is now called Wales To Albanact he gaue all the lands beyond Humber whyche of his name was called Albania after whiche partition he deceassed when he had raigned 24. yeares and was buryed at newe Troy LOcrine the eldest sonne of Brute raigned xx yeares hée 1084 Gaufride chased the Hunnes whiche inuaded this realme and pursued them so sharpely that many of them with their Kyng were drowned in a riuer whiche then parted Englande and Scotland And forsomuch as the king of Hunnes named HuÌ„ber was there drowned the riuer is til this daye named Hâ—mber This king Loctine had to wife Guendoline daughter Hovve Humber tooke that name of Corineus Duke of Cornwall by whome he had a son named Madan He also kept as Paramour the beautifull Lady Estrilde by whom he had a daughter named Sabrine And after the death of Corineus hée putte from hym the sayde Guendoline and wedded Estrilde but Guendoline repayred to Cornwall where shée gathered a greate power and foughte with King Locrine and slewe hym Hée was buried at newe Troy She drowned the Lady Estrilde with hir daughter Sabrine in a Ryuer that after the young Seuerne maydens name is called Seuerne GVendoline the daughter of Corineus and wife to Locrine 1064 Gvvendoline a Queene raigned Gaufride Flores Historiar forsomuch as Madan hir son was too yong to gouerne y e lande was by common assent of all the Brytaines made ruler of the whole Isle of Brytaine whiche she well and discretely ruled to the comforte of hir subiectes xv yeares and then left the same to hir sonne Madan MAdan the sonne of Locrine and Guendoline was made 1049 ruler of Brytain he vsed great tiranny among his Britons and being at his disport of hunting he was deuoured The King deuoured by VVolues by wild Wolues when he had raigned xl yeres He left him twoo sons named Mempricius and Manlius One olde pedigrée saith he builded the city of Madan now of the riuer Doncaster builded Don called Doncaster MEmpricius the son of Madan being King by treason slue 1009 A travtor to hys brother deuoured of vvilde beastes his brother Manlius after whose death he lyued in more tranquilitie where-through he fell in slouth so to lechery taking y e wiues daughters of his subiects lastly became so euil that he forsooke his wife and concubines and fell to the sinne of Sodomie with beasts whereby he became odible to God man And going on huÌ„ting he lost his company was destroyed of wilde Wolues wherof the land was then ful when he had raigned xx yeares EBranke y e son of Mempricius was made ruler of Brytaine 989 Gaufride he had xxâ— wiues of whom he receyued xx sons and. xxx daughters whyche were sente by their fathers to Alba Flores HistariaruÌ„ Siluius the fourth King of Albanois in Italy to be marryed to the Albanes This Ebranke firste after Brutus attempted to inuade Fraunce wyth an armye 〈…〉 s Iacobus Iacobus Bergomas Iacobus Lessabeus Bergomas sayeth in hys sixte of hys Chronicles and Iacobus Lessabeus in the description of Henault affyrmeth the same and that he was driuen backe by Brunchildis Lord of Henault with no small losse of his men Assaracus the second Germanie toke the name of Ebranke his sonnes vvho conquered the same sonne of Ebranke with the rest of his yonger brethren 18. at the least by the aide of Alba Siluius coÌ„quered all Germanie which was then no great matter for then Europe was very smally inhabited saue only about the Sea coasts as Dalmatia Italie and the coasts of France as in reading the histories may easily be séene how the East people at sundry Bergomaâ— Hector Boâ—nuâ— times came swarming into Europe Of these brethren had Germanie the name à Germanis fratribus that had subdued it Ebranke was a founder of many Cities sayth Bergomas as Alcluid in Albania now Scotland whiche is after Dunbretain Edenbrough Bamburgh and Yorke builded Hector Boetius Dunbretaine but other thinke the same to be cleane destroyed He made the Castell of Maidens now called Edenbrough He made also the Castel of Bamburgh in the. xxiij yeare of his raigne he builded Kayrbranke nowe called since by the Saxons Euorwike nowe corruptely Yorke wherein he builded a Temple to Diana set there an Archflame and was there buryed when he had raigned lx yeres Iohn Rouse sayeth he builded Caior Manour after it was called Bellositum at length Caior Bossa Rhydichen and Oxenford of a certaine Forde which Iohn Leiland calleth Isis in Englishe Ouse and saith it is namely called Oxforde for Ouseforde BRutus 2. the eldest son of Ebranke succéeded in the kingdome 929 and for that his father had receyued suche a repulse at the hands of Brunchildis Lord of Henault he in reueÌ„ge thereof inuaded Henault with a great army in the Fennes and Marshlande at the mouth of the Riuer Scaldis of olde time named Stadus and encamped him selfe vppon the Riuer Hania where betwéene Brutus and Brunchildis was foughten a strong battaile in that place which to this day is called Estam bruges of the station and campe of Brutus as Iacobus Lessabeus writeth in hys description of Henaulte This Brute of his lustie courage was surnamed Gréeneshielde he raigned xij yeares and was buried at Yorke LEill the sonne of Brute Greeneshielde béeyng a louer of 917 Iohn Bradshaw peace builded Carleile and repaired Carleon whych was since by the Romaines reedified when a legion of Souldiors was sent thither and by them named The City of Legions nowe called
the verye yeare that he conquered Kent subdued also this Suthred and annexed Essex to hys Kingdome yet London with the Countrey confining about it came not in subiection to the Weast-Saxons but obeyed the King of Mercia as long as that Kingdome continued Sigehricke and Sigehard afterwarde aspired to the Kingdome of East Saxon but with no good successe Mercians MErcia the fifth Kingdome and greatest of the other contayned Gloucester Hereford Chester Stafforde Wircester Oxforde Warwicke Darby Leicester Buckingham Northampton Notingham Lincolne Bedforde Huntington and parte of Hartforde shires It had on the Weast side the riuer Dee fast by Chester and Seuerne fast by Shrewsburie vnto Bristow in the East the East sea in the South Thamis vnto London in the North y ◠riuer Humber so Westward down to the riuer Merce vnto the corner of Wyrhall This kingdome of Merce in the beginning was departed into thrée parts into West Mercia middle Mercia and East Mercia it cōtayneth the diocesses of Lincolne Wircester Hereforde Couentrie and Lichfielde CReda the eleuenth from Woden firste King of the Mercies 586 raigned ten yeares ¶ Wibba his sonne raigned xx yeares 596 616 626 W. Malme ¶ Ceorlus his sonne raigned x. yeares PEnda the sonne of Wibba a manne actiue in warres but franticke and most wicked toke on him the kingdome of the Mercies when he was fiftie yeres old he shooke the Cities and disturbed the borders of the kings that were hys owne Countreymenne borne he slewe Edwin and Oswald kings of Northumberlande where Oswald was slaine is nowe scituate the town of Oswalstre which of him toke that name he also slew Sigebert Egfride and Anna kings of the East Angles which all were of holy life and conuersation hée banished Kenewallus king of West Saxons but in the ende himselfe was slaine by Oswyn which succéeded Oswald hys brother when he had raigned xxx yeares PEda the sonne of Penda succéeded in part of the Kingdome 656 W. Malme being preferred by the gift of Oswin whose daughter hée had taken to wife on condition he shoulde embrace Christianitie and forsake Idolatry This Peda was the first foūder of Medeshamsted now called Petarborow Through y t treason Peterborow founded of his wife he dyed sodainly when he had raigned after hys Father iij. yeares OSwine toke the Kingdome but he raigned there onely 659 thrée yeares VLferus brother to Peda earnestlye preferred Christianitie 662 whych hys brother had begonne but he was the first sayeth W of Malmesbery that throughe the sinne of Simony sold the Byshoprick of London vnto Wyna He raigned xvij yeares EThelred brother to Vlferus succéeded in the kingdome of 676 Bishops sea ◠VVorcester the Mercians hée obtayned a Byshoppes Sea to be in the Citie of Worcester Bosellus was firste Bishoppe there Egwinus was the second This Egwinus by the helpe of Kenredus King of Mercies founded the Monasterie of Euesham in a Ex Carta place then called Eouesham of the shepherdes fielde and Euesham house purchased by the saide Bishop The towne in the Saxons time was called Hotheholme Aboute the same time two Liber Tewks noble men named Odo and Dodo founded the Priorie of Tewkesbury Monastery of Gloucester Inscriptiones Gloucestriae Tewkesburie Also Osricke duke of Gloucester founded the Monasterie of Gloucester then since the same is a Bishops Sea Etheldred became a Monke at Bardoney when he had raigned xxx yeares KInredus sonne to Wolferus in the fifth yere of his raigne 706 went to Rome and became a Monke CElred the sonne of Ethelred who as he was maruellous 710 in prowes against Ina of the West Saxons so was he miserable by vntimely death for he rained not past viij yeres and was buried at Lichfielde EThelbalde raigned in continuall peace many yeares and 718 Chronicle of Holande Ro. Mai. Epistle of Boniface to Ethelbald then by the procurement of Beruredus was slaine of hys own subiects Unto this Ethelbald Boniface y e secōd Bishop of Verche in Holland after Archbishop of Mens vpon the Rijne an English māborn who was afterward martyred sent an Epistle of the whiche I will here sette downe a péece to be séene for that it sheweth partlye the state of that time and serueth for example in time to come TO his most deare Lorde and to be preferred in the loue of Christ aboue all other kings of England Edbaldus Boniface Archbishoppe the Germaine legate perpetual helth of charitie loue in Christ We acknowledge before God that we did reioyce to heare of your prosperitie your Faith and good workes and we be sory when we heare any thing that goeth against you eyther in successe of warre or in danger of your soule for we haue heard that you forbid thefte and robbery that you loue peace defende the widowe and the poore for the which we giue God thanks but in that you refuse lawfull marriage which if it were to the preferring of chastitie it were cōmendable and sith you wallow in leacherie and adultery with Uirgins consecrate to God it is both shamefull and damnable for it doth confounde your renowme bothe before God and man placing you among Idolators bicause you violate the temple of God Wherfore my deare sonne repent and remember how filthy a thing it is that thou who by the gifte of GOD raygnest ouer so many nations shouldest to the great displeasure of GOD make thy selfe a bonde slaue to thyne owne fleshly lust Wée haue hearde also that the more parte of noble men and people of the Mercians by thyne euill example haue left theyr lawfull wiues and haue defiled the wiues of other and also Uirgins whiche howe farre it differeth from all good order and honestie let the lawes of straunge nations touche you for in the auntient Countrey of the Saxons where was no knowledge of God if eyther a mayde in hyr fathers house or being married to an husband were become an aduoutresse she shoulde be strangled by hir own hande closed to hyr mouth and the corrupter shoulde be hanged Aduoutry amōg the Infidels pushed by death vpon the pitte where the aduoutresse was buryed If shée were not so vsed hyr garmentes being cutte awaye downe to the gyrdle-stéede the chaste matrones dyd scourge and whip hyr and pricke hyr wyth kniues and so was sent from Towne to Towne where other freshe and newe scourgers or whippers did méete and whippe hir vntyll they hadde killed hyr Likewise the Womedeans who are the moste vncleane kinde of people hadde thys manner of vsage wyth them that the husbande beyng deade the woman togyther wyth the deade bodye shoulde caste hyr selfe headlong into the fiered stacke or pile of woodde prepared for the burning of theyr bodyes If therefore the Gentiles not knowing GOD hadde so greate zeale to chastitie howe muche the more my deare sonne it is to be required at thy handes who arte a Christian and a King Haue therefore
Dorchester a Bishops Sea 6â—8 GVichiline the sonne of Kinegilsus was baptised by Berinus the Bishop in the Citie of Dorchester and deceased the same yeare CVthredus the sonne of King Guicheline was baptised 639 at Dorchester by Berinus the Bishop who was his Godfather at the Font. He raigned foure yeares KEnnewalcus the sonne of King Kinegilsus tooke on him 64â— VVinchester a Bishops Sea Malmesbery buylded Vita Aldelmâ— the Kingdome of the West Saxons He founded the Cathedral Church in Winchester placing there a Bishops sea He gaue Meydulfus burgh to Aldelmus the Abbot there to builde a Monasterie Afterwarde béeing infested with warres by Penda King of the Mercians bycause he had forsaken his wife sister of the sayd Penda was by him driuen out of his Kingdome and fledde to Anna King of East Angles where he was baptised of Bishop Foelix and after was restored to his kingdome by the help of the forenamed Anna. He raigned xxx yeares After whom Quéene Sexburgeo his wife gouerned a while She fouÌ„ded a Monastery of Nunnes in the I le of Shepey and became hir selfe a Nunne and after Abbesse of Eely EAsâ—winus Nephew to Kinegilsus succéeded he fought a 67â— battell against Wulfere King of Mercia in a place called Bidanheafod He raigned two yeares KEnewinus sonne to Kinnegilsus chased the Britaine 's euen 676 to the Sea shore and raigned nine yeares CAdwalla Nephew to Ceauline succéeded in the Kingdome 685 He slew Berthune Duke of the South Saxons and brought Marianus that prouince vnder gréeuous bondage After that he his brother Mull wasted Kent subdued the I le of Wight which till that time was giueÌ„ to Idolatrie wherof he purged them giuing the fourth part therof to Bishop Wilfride who appoynted Preachers to conuerte the people of that I le to Christianitie Ceadwalla once agayne spoyling the Countrey of Kent his brother Moll and xij of his Knightes were slaine by fire cast vpon them after which tune euen before he was baptised he gaue for tithe or tenth to God all the pray and spoyles he had gotten to his Wil. Malme owne vse in whome saith Malmesburie although we prayse his affection we allow not the example for it is written that who so offereth the sacrifice of poore folkes good doth as it were sacrifice the sonne in the sight of his Father This being done he went to Rome to be baptised when he had raigned two yeares ouer the West Saxons INe raigned among the West Saxons a noble man of great 687 Asser power and wisedome and therewith valiant and hardie in feates of armes very expert he mainteined such warre against the Kentish Saxons that he constrayned them to séeke and intreate meanes of peace giuing to him for the same great giftes 30000. Mancas péeces of Gold so named This Ine was the sonne of Kenred the sonne of Ceadwolde brother to Keadwold and sonne to Chenling sonne Marian. of Kenri sonne of Cerdic the first King of the Weast Saxons This man builded first the Colledge of Welles Colledge of VVelles and Abbey of Glastenbury builded He also builded the Abbey of Glastenburie and payde the Peter Pence first to Rome When he had gouerned the Weast Saxons by the space of seauen and thirtie yeares by the earnest laboure of hys wife Etheldreda which was Abbesse of Barking in Essex he gaue vp his royall dignitie and went to Rome EThelard kinsman on the fathers side to Ine succéeded in 726 the Kingdome notwithstanding Oswald a yong man of the Kings bloud did disturbe the beginning of his raigne Wil. Malme for he stirred vp Rebellion among the inhabitants but not long after he died and then Ethelard raigned quietly fouretéene yeares ENthrede his kinsman made warre on Ethelwald King of Mercia and against the Britaines and had of them the victorie In hys tyme there appeared two Blasing Starres rasting as it were burning brands towards the North. He Blasing Starres raigned sixtéene yeares The Englishmen buryed not the bodyes of their dead Antiqui Britan. Ecclesi Buriall in Church-yardes in Cities vntill the time of Cuthbert Archbishop of Canterburie who procured of the Pope that in Cities there should be poynted Church-yardes SIgebert was made King of the Weast Saxons He was cruell 757 W. Malme Scal. Croâ—â— and tirannous towards his subiects and chaÌ„ged antient Lawes and customes after his owne lust and pleasure and bycause a certayne noble man some deale sharply aduertised him to change his manners he put him to cruell death and for so muche as he continued in his malice and would not amend he was depriued of al kingly authoritie A Tirant came to a miserable end and shamefull death and lastly as a person forlorne wandring in woods and hiding himselfe in caues of wilde Beastes he was slayne in Andreds Walde by a Swineheard whose Lorde and mayster called Cumbra he had wrongfully put to death wheÌ„ he had not raigned one yeare KEnulphus of the bloud of Cerdicus appeased certayne 757 murmours and grudges that were amongst the people for the deposing of his predecessor Sigebert He founded the Bishops sea at VVelles founded Cathedrall Churche of Welles As he haunted a woman which he kept at Merton he was slayne by treason of one Olio the kinsman of Sigebert late King when he had raigned nine and twentie yeares and was buryed at Winchester BRithricus of the bloud of Cerdicus was made King of 786 Weast Saxons He maryed Eadburga the Daughter of Offa King of Mercia by whose power he expelled Egbert that was an vnder King in the Lordship of the Weast Saxons In his tyme it rayned blond whiche falling on mens Bloud rayned clothes appeared like Crosses In Anno 800. the Danes arriued in the I le called Portland The Danes first ariued in this land but by the puissance of Brithricus and other Kings of the Saxons they were ouercome at Donmouth driuen backe and compelled to auoyde the land Marianus The King poyfoned by his vvife Brithricus was poysoned by his wife Ethelburga when he had raigned seaueÌ„téene yeares was buryed at Warham For this déede the Nobles ordeyned that from thenceforth the Kings wiues should not be called Quéenes nor suffered to sitte with them in place of estate Eadburge with infinite treasure fled into France where offering a greate portion of hir Golde to King Charles of France he sayd vnto hir choose Eadburge whome thou wilte haue to thy Husband me or my sonne and she answered if choyse be granted me I choose your sonne bycause he is younger than you then quoth Charles if thou hadst chosen After a vvicked life follovved a miserable end to Queene Eadburge me thou shouldest haue had my sonne but bycause thou hast chosen my sonne thou shalt haue neyther him nor me and then gaue to hir a Monasterie wherein she professed hirselfe a Nunne and became their Abbesse a few yeares but afterwards
Abel Awgers Angenoun Archer Asperuile Amonerduilâ— Arey Akeny Albeny Asperemound Bertram Buttecourt Brahus Byseg Bardelf Basset Bygot Bohun Baylife Bondeuile Barbason Beer Bures Carta W. Regâ— de S. Martin â—â— gâ—â—â—dâ— Bonylayne Barbayon Berners Braybuf Brand. Bonuile Burgh Busshy Blundell Breton Belaâ—yse Bowser Bayons Bulmere Broune Beke Bowlers Banastre Belomy Belknape Beauchamp Bandy Broyleby Burnel Belot Beufort Baudewine Burdon Berteuylay Barre Busseuile Blunt Beawper Bret. Barret Bainard Barnevale Barry Bodyt Berteuile Bertine Belew Bushell Beleners Buffard Boteler Boteuile Brasard Belhelme Braunche Bolesur Blundel Burdet Bagot Beawpount Bools Belefroun Barchampe Camos Canuille Chawent Chauncy Couderay Coluyle Chamberlaine Chambernoune Cribet Corbine Corbet Coniers Chaundos Coucy Chaworthâ— Claremaus Clarell Camuine Chaunduyt Claruays Chantilowe Colet Cressy Courtenay Constable Chaucer Cholmelay Corneuile Champeney Carew Chawnos Claruaile Champaine Carbonell Charles Chereberge Chawnes Chawmont Cheyne Cursen Conell Chayters Cheynes Cateray Cherecourt Chaunuile Clereney Curly Clyfford Denauile Dercy Dine Dispencer Daniel Denyse Druell Deuaus Dauers Doningsels Daâ—el Delabere De la Pole De la Lind. De la Hill De la Wate De la Watche Dakeny Dauntre Desnye Dabernoune Damry Daueros De la Vere De Lee. De la Warde De la Planch Danway De Hewse Disard Durant Drury Estrange Escutauile Escriols Engayne Euers Esturney Foluile Fitz Water Fitz marmaduk Filberd Fitz Roger. Fitz Robert Fanecourt Fitz Phillip Fitz William Fitz Paine Fitz Alyne Fitz Raufe Fitz Browne Foke Freuile Faconbrige Frissel Fâ—lioll Fitz Thomas Fitz Morice Fitz Hughe Fitz Warren Faunuille Formay Formiband Frison Finer Fitz vrcy Furniuall Fitz Herbert Fitchet Fitz Iohn Gargraue Graunson Gracy Glaunuile Gouer. Gascoyne Gray Golofer Grauns Gurly Gurdon Gamages Gaunt Hansard Hastings Haulay Husie Herne Hamelyn Harewell Hardel Heckâ—t Hamound Harecord Iarden Iay. Ianuile Iasparuile Karre Karron Kyriell Le Strange Leuony Latomere Loueday Logenton Leuel Le Scrope Lemare Litterilâ— Lucy Lislay Longspes Longschampe Lastels LindSey Loterell Lindsey Longuaile Le Vawse Loy Laue. Le dispenser Marmilou Moribray Moruile Manley Malebranche Malemaine Muschampe Musgraue Mâ—nilebillers Mortmaine Muse Marteine Mountbocher Maleuile Mountney Maleherbe Musgros Musard Mautrauers Merke Murres Montague Mantalent Mandute Manle Malâ—ry Merny Muffet Menpincoy Mainard Morell Morley Mounrmartin Myners Mauley Mainwaring Mantell Mayel Morton Neuile Newmarche Norton Norbet Norece Newborough Neele Normanuile Otenell Olibef Olifaunt Oysell Oliford Oryoll Pigot Pery Perecount Pershale Power Paynel Peche Peuerell Perot Picard Pudsey Pimeray Pounsey Punchardon Pynchard Placy Patifine Pampilion Poterell Pekeney Peruinke Penicord Quincy Quintine Rose Ridle Rynel Rous. Russell Roâ—d Richmond Rocheford Reymond Seuche Seint Quintine Seint Omer Seint Amond Seint Leger Someruile Sanford Somerey Seint George Seint Les. Sauine Seint Clo. Seint Albine Seint Barbe Sandeuile Seint More Seint Scudemor Towrs Toget Talybois Tuchet Truslot Trusbut Traynel Taket Talboâ— Tanny Tibtote Trusell Turbeuile Turuile Totet Tauers Torel Tirell Totels Tauerner Valence Vancord Vauâ—sour Vender Verder Verdon Aubrie de Vere Vernoune Venables Venâ—ure Verlaud Verlay Vernoys Verny Vilan Vmframuile Vnket Vrnall Wake Walenger Warde Wardebus Waren Wate Wateline Wateuile Woly Wyuell THis yeare through the greate suite and labour of WilliaÌ„ the Norman then Bishoppe of London King William graÌ„ted the Charter and liberties to the same William Byshoppe VVherefore the Mayor and Citizens of LoÌ„don repayre to Poules and Godfrey Portgreue and al the Burgies of the Cittie of London in as large forme as they enioyed the same in the time of Saint Edwarde before the Conquest in rewarde whereof the Citizens haue fixed on hys graue being in the middest of the great West I le of Saint Paules Church in London this Epitaph following GVilielme viro sapieÌ„tia vitae sanctitate clarâ— qui primùm Epitaph of VVilliam Byshop of LondoÌ„ diuo Edwardo Regi Confessori familiaris nuper in Episcopum Londinensem erectus nec multò post apud inuictissimuÌ„ Principem Guilelmum Angliae regem eius nominis primum ob prudentiam fidemqúe singularem in consilium adhibitus amplissima huic vrbi celeberimae priuilegia abeodem impetrauit Senatus populusque Londinensis bene merenti posuit Sedit Episcopus annos 20. Decessit anno à Christo nato 1070. HAEc tibi clare pater posuerunt marmora ciues Praemia non meritis aequiparanda tuis Namque sibi populus te Londoniensis amicum Sensit huic vrbi non leue praesidium Reddita libertas duce te dotaque multis Te duce res fuerat publica muneribus Diuitias genus formam breuis opprimat hora Haec tua sed pietas benefacta manent Obijt anno 1070 Sedit Episcopus annos 20. The same in English TO William a man famous in wisedome and holynesse of life who first with Saint Edward the king and Confessour being familiar of late preferred to be Byshoppe of London and not long after for hys prudencie and sincere fidelitie admitted to be of counsel with the moste victorious Prince William king of Englande of that name the first who obteyned of the same great and large priuiledges to this famous Citie The Senate and Citizens of LoÌ„don to him hauing well deserued haue made this He continued Bishop xx yeares and died in the yere after Christ his natiuitie 1070. THese Marble monuments to thee thy Citizens assigne Rewardes O Father far vnfit to those deserts of thine Thee vnto them a faithfull friend thy London people founde And to thys towne of no small weyght a stay both sure and sounde Their liberties restorde to them by means of thee haue been Their publike weale by meanes of thee large gifts haue felte and seen Thy riches stocke and beautie braue one houre hathe them supprest Yet these thy vertues and good deedes with vs for euer reste KIng William leauing his brother Odo Byshop of Bayon Marianus Ypodigmâ— Neustriâ— and William Fitz Osberne whom he had made Earle of Hereforde to be Wardens of England retourned into Normandie which at that time was bent to shrink from him Hée toke with him Edgare Etheling Stigandus Archbishoppe of W. de Wâ—lum Canturburie Frederike Abbot of Saint Albons Egelnothus Abbot of Glastenburie Edwyne Duke of Mercia Morcarus duke of Northumberlande Walden Earle of Northampton and of Huntington Roger late Earle of Hertford Renulphe Earle of Cambridge Gospatrike Earle of Cumberlande Gualter the son of Siward and manye other nobles of England thinking they woulde be truer to him in a forraine Countrey than in their owne by theyr diligence he subdued the rebelling Normans When Winter was at hand King William retourned and set an importable tribute on the Englishmen After this going into Deuonshire he besieged Excester Excester besieged which the Citizens and other English men helde againste him The Countesse Githa mother of King Harolde and sister to Swanus king of Denmarke with manye other fléeing out of the Cittie escaped and got them ouer into Flaunders and the Citizens yéelded to the King Anno
reg 2. 1068 Ypodigma Mathild wife to King William came forth of Normandie and on Whitsonday was consecrated Quéene by Aldred Archebyshop of Yorke After this Marleswin Gospatricke and other noble menne of Northumberlande to auoyde king Williams roughe and boysterous dealings taking with them Edgar Etheling and his mother Agatha with his two sisters Margaret and Christian wente by sea into Scotlande where they were receiued and well entertayned of Malcoline king of Scottes who tooke Margaret the sister of Edgar to wife Iohn Rouse King William with his armye wente to Notingham and Castel at Notingham Yorke and Lincolne builded there builded a Castel he went to Yorke and made there two Castels and put in them garisons he coÌ„maunded also Castels to be made at Lincolne and other places This yere Henrie the kings sonne was borne in EnglaÌ„d T. Rudborne Earle of Northumberlande slaine for his eldest sons Robert and William Rufus were borne in Normandie before he Conquered England King William gaue to Robert Commin the Earledome Liber Dunelme Anno. reg 3. of Northumberland who entred by force into Duresme but for his outrages there done he and 900. of his men were slaine by the men of that Countrey in the Bishoppes palace that Sea Cro. had himselfe receyued him honourablye and king William came Afterward vpon them and slewe them euery one Agelricus bishop of Durham being accused of treason was 1069 imprisoned at Westminster And his brother Egelwine being made Bishop there was soone banished The Englishmen that were fledde out of Englande hauyng Edgar to be their Captaine returned out of Scotlande and sodainely set vpon the garisons that King William had sette at Yorke put them to flighte slewe them possessed the Citie and pronounced Edgar to be King but not long after King William came with a great armye and recouered thr Citie constrayning Edgar to retourne into Scollande Edgar seeing he coulde not make his partye good with king William adioyned vnto hym Canutus king of the Danes promising hym halfe of the kingdome Thus they entred Englande and came to Yorke The Normaines that were left to defende the Citie sette Yorke brent their suburbes on fire that their enimies shoulde haue no commoditie of it but the winde droue the fire on high and set all the Cittie on fire so that the garisons were forced to flée into their enimies hands In the â—kirmish were slaine 3000 Normans wherevppon all the North parte of England fell from William to Edgar When William had word of the slaughter of his men hée with great trauel came to Yorke where he fought with hys enimies and put them to flighte Canutus with a few Danes got to their shippes but Edgar and the Englishmen which escaped retourned into Scotland King William spoyled all the Countrey beyonde Humber Such a dearth was in England that men did eate horsses Anno reg 4. Mans flesh good meate Ioh Taxtor 1070 Monasteries rifled cattes dogges and mans flesh King William bereaued all the Monasteries and Abbayes in Englande of theyr golde and siluer sparing neyther chalice nor shrine appropriating the sayd Monasteries and Abbayes to himselfe he also brought vnder Knightes seruice all those Bishoprickes and Abbayes that held Baronies which had bin frée from all secular bondage appointing them howe many souldiours they should finde him and his successours in time of warre In a counsel at Winchester Stigand was deposed as an Ypodigma Stigand deposed Apostata Archebishop who for money got his Bishopricke and Lanfranke was chosen Archbishop of Canturburie Anno. reg 5. 1071 Edwine Earle of Mercia Marcherus Earle of NorthuÌ„berlande and Swardus an Earle with Egelwine Bishop of Durham and many other of the cleargie and laitie kéeping the Noble men fled wooddes for that they were not able to abyde the Kings displeasure at the last came into the I le of Elie Herewarde being their Captaine who sore afflicted that Countrey but king William besieging the I le they all sauing Herewarde submitted them to his plesure who committed some to perpetual prison some he put to death and some he ransomed but Hereward by strong hande broughte his men out of the I le and escaped The Castell of Ledes in Kent was builded by Creueken Anno. reg 6. Ex libro Norâ— Castel of Leder and of Oxforde builded Iohn Rouse 1072 Mathew Paris Yorke subiect to Canturburie Anno reg 7. 1073 Anno reg 8. and the Castel of Oxforde by Robert de Olly two noble men that came into England with William Conquerour In a Counsel holden at Windsore the primacie of y â— church of Canturburie ouer the Churche of Yorke being examined it was founde by good aucthoritie of olde writings that the Church of Yorke ought to be subiect to the Church of Canturburie and faithfully to obey the same King William with a great power inuaded Scotland and forced Malcoline to do him homage and fealtie King William with a greate power of Englishmen wente into Normandâ—e which rebelled and subdued it spoyling the Cities townes vineyardes corne c. Gregory the seauenth Pope excommunicated all committers 1074 Maried priestes remoued Ypodigma Mathew Paris of Simony and remoued maried Priestes from executing of deuine seruice whereof rose greate troubles in England Ranulph Erle of y e East-English by y â— counsel of the Erles Woltheopus Roger trauelled to expel K. WilliaÌ„ out of his kingdome The coÌ„spiracie was concluded at a mariage in y â— Conspiracie Citie of Norwich forthwith they sente to the King of Denmarke desiring his ayde and hauing confederated with the Walchmen euerye one where they came robbed the Kyngs townes King William came sodainly out of Normandie and toke the Earles committing them to prison but the Walchmen he caused to haue theyr eyes put out and some to be hanged Kanut the sonne of Swayne and Hacon the Earle came Anno reg 9. out of Denmarke with 200 saile but when they heard y â— theyr fautors were ouercome they tourned into Flaunders King William caused a castell to be builded at Dirham 1075 Ypodigma commaunded Waltheothus Earle of Northampton and of Huntindon son to Siward duke of Northumberland to be beheaded at Winchester who was buried at Crowland The king sayled into Brytaine and besieged the Castel of Dolens but preuayled not Walter Bishoppe of Durham bought of king William the Bisshop murdered Anno. reg 10 Earledome of Northumberlande wherin he vsed such cruelty that at the length the inhabitants slewe him and an hundred of his men by the riuer of Tine where the Bishop helde his courtes The Earth was harde frozen from the Calendes of Nouember 1076 T. Castleforde Iohn Leyland Anno. reg 11 till the middest of Aprill King William gaue the castel with the town of Pontfrait with land lying there about to Hilbert Lacy a Norman The castel town laÌ„ds about Pontfraite longed before y â— CoÌ„quest to
belonging An Earthquake in England Earthquake Henry Bloys Bishop of Winchester builded the Hospitall Liber canonitrinitatis of Saint Crosse neare vnto Winchester The same hadde béene a Hospitall in the Saxons time but after spoyled by the Danes There was greate darkenesse in England and the Sunne 1133 Anno reg 34. VVorcester brent became like the Moone in the thyrd quarter Worcester as it had oft before chaunced was sore defaced with fire Mawde the Empresse brought forth a sonne named Geffrey for which cause King Henrie went ouer into Normandie Robert Shorthose King Henries brother died in the Castel 1134 Anno reg 35 Robert Shortâ—ose died 1135 Anno reg 36 Death of King Henrie Mathew Paris of Cardife and was buried at Glocester King Henrie remayning in Normandie vpoÌ„ a day did eat Lampraies wherof he toke a surfeite and deceased the firste day of December Anno. 1135. when he had raigned 35. yeres 4. monthes his bowels braynes and eyes were buried at Roan the rest of his bodie was pondered with salt and wrapped in Bulles hydes bycause of the stincke which poysoned them that stood about him The Phisition which being hyred with a great reward to cleaue his heade to take out y e brain with the stinck therof died so that he enioyed not the reward that was couenaunted Thus among a gret many that king Henrie slew this Phisition was the last King Henrie was buried at Reding which he had foundeâ— He also founded the Priorie of Dunstable he conuerted a rich Colledge of Prebends in the Towne of Cirencester into an Abbay of Chanons regular he also builded â— Leyland there an Hospitall of Saint Iohn and newe builded the Castel of Windsor with a Colledge there ⸪ ¶ King Stephen STephen Earle of Morton Anno reg 1 W. Malme Floriacencis Gernasius Do. Ypodigma and of Boloigne sonne to the Earle of Bloys Adela William Conquerours daughter and nephew to king Henrie the firste claymed the kyngdome the seconde daye of December Anno. 1135. He comming into Englande was repulsed by them of Douer shutte out by them of Canturburie but receiued of y e Londoners and Péeres of the land admitted king and crowned at Westminster on Saint Stephens daye by William Archbishop of Canturburie This was a noble man and hardy of passing comely fauour and personage he excelled in martiall pollicie gentlenesse and liberalitie toward all men especially in the beginning and although he had continuall warre yet did he neuer burden his commons with exactions But vniustly and contrarye to his othe made to Mawde the Empresse daughter Fire at London to King Henrie he toke on him the crowne of England Fire which began in the house of one Ailward neare LoÌ„don Liber trinitatis London Thomas Wikes 1136 Excester besieged Ger. Dorobor stone consumed Eastward to Algate and Westwarde to Saint Erkenwalds shrine in Poules Church King Steuen assembling a great armye of Englishmen and Flemmings entred into Deuonshire and besieged the Castell of Excester a long time whiche Baldwine de Riuers helde against him but at length when they within the Castel wanted necessarie things to liue by they compounded Baldwine with hys wife and children are disherited and expulsed the lande A battayle was fought at Goher betwixte Normans and Walshmen where a hundred and. xvj persons on bothe sides Battaile against the vvalchmen were slaine whose bodies laye in the fieldes and were horribly torne and deuoured of Wolues After this was made greate eruptions by the Walchmen who destroyed Churches Townes Castels corne cattayle slewe men women and children riche and poore or solde theÌ„ in forraine countries In October a sore battayle was fought at Cardigan in the which such slaughter of men was made that the men except which were led awaye captiue there were of women taken and ledde away that there remayned to the tenth a thousaÌ„d their husbands with their small children partelye drowned partly brent partly slaine so that the bridge being broken ouer the riuer of Tinde there was a bridge made of mens bodies Anno reg 2. and horsses drowned In March King Steuen passed the Sea to subdue NormaÌ„die 1137 Ypodigma Rochester Richard Diuiensis where he toke many Cities and strong Castels The thirde of June Sainte Andrewe in Rochester was brent with all the Citie and the Bishoppes and Monkes houses The fourth of June Saint Peters the Archbishops sea in Saint Peters in Yorke Yorke Saint Maries without the wals and an Hospital whiche the Archbishoppe Thrustoâ— had builded with 39. other Churches also the Trinitie Church in the suburbes of the same Citie within a small time after were brent Also Saint Peters Church at Bathe and all the Citie the The Citie of Bath brent Liber Roff. Geruasius Dorâ— Floriacensis Anno. reg 3. 27. of June was brent And the same moneth the citie of Leogere was consumed with fire England began to fall into great troubles whych caused King Steuen to returne out of Normandy before he had finished his businesse there Kyng Stephen besieged Bedford and wonne it then he weÌ„t 1138 Bedford besieged Floriacencis Geruasius with a strong power into Northumberlande where he stayed not long but went to Glocester where the Citizens receyued him with greate reioycing Miles the Kings Conestable broughte him into the Kings Pallace there where all the Citizens were to him sworne From thence he wente to Hereford bicause that he heard the Castel was holdeÌ„ against him and on Whitsonday he sate crowned in the Churche of Hereford When they that kept the Castell sawe the Kyngs power to encrease they yéelded themselues The King tooke also the Castell of Webheleyge whych Geffrey Talbot hadde helde agaynste hym The same day that the Kyng departed Hereford brent out of Hereforde all beyond the Ryuer of Wye was brente by the saide Geffrey The King returned to Oxforde where he tooke Roger the Bishop of Sarum with the Byshop of Lincolne and his sonne Roger the Bishop of Eely escaping went to the Castell of Vies and kept it against the King but at lengthe it was deliuered The same time Robert Earle of Gloucester renounced his allegeaunce to King Stephen fortified Bristow and other Castells Also Miles the Kings Conestable reuolted Wherfore Bristovv besieged the Kyng besieged the Castell of Bristow but at length being wearyed he tourned to other of the Earles Castels and séeing hys enimyes still encreasing he called out of Flaunders Anno reg 4. Ypodigma men of warre wyth Wylliam de Ypers their leader whose counsell he chiefly followed The same yeare Roger Byshop of Salisbury a great builder Geruasius Doâ—o of Castelles and Houses departed this life There was founde in hys Coffers fortie thousande Markes of siluer besides much golde and dyuers Jewels that came to the kings hande so that he hadde gathered treasure but wist not for whom The Nobles sent for Mawd the Empresse promising hir
his tayle betwixte the Legate and the Archbyshop of Canturburie whiche Archbishop of Canturburie béeing lothe to remoue the other set his buttocke in his lappe but he had vnneath touched hym with his bumme when the Bishops and other of the Cleargie and Laytie stepte to hym pulled hym threwe hym to the grounde and beganne to lay on hym with fistes and battes so that the Archbishop of Canturburie yéelding good for euill was fayne to defende the other Archbishop who with his rent Coape gote vppe and away straight to the King with a greate complaynte but when the trueth of the matter was once knowen hée was well laughed at for hys remedye Richard Strangbow Earle of Chepstow deceassed and was Iohn Beuer. buryed at Dublin in Ireland William Earle of Arundell also deceassed and was buryed at Wimondham William Earle of Glocester bycause he had no sonne to Anno reg 23 Ypodigma inherite his landes and béeing loth to distribute them amongst his daughters he made Iohn the Kings sonne his successor A showre of bloud raigned in the Isle of Wighte two Cron. Tinmouth houres space The Church of secular Channons at Waltam was by 1177 Ypodigma Geruasius the Kings commandement newe builded and regular Channons placed there After the death of Rosamund the Faire daughter of Walter Rosamund Lord Clifford Concubine to Henry the second at Woodstoke he tooke priuily King Lewes daughter of France that was marryed to his sonne Richard Earle of Poytow for his Leman and had practised for a diuorce betwixt him and his Quéene Eleanor wherevpon followed great discord betwixt the Kings of England and France but méeting togither they agréed vpon peace for a time Richard Lucy the Kings Justiciar layde the foundation of the couentuall Church in the honor of Saint Thomas in 1178 a place which is called Westwood otherwise Lesnes in the territorie Lesnes Geruasius Walter Couen Gerua Tilberien of Rochester in the new Parish of Southfleete This Richard Lucy builded the Castell of Anger in Estsex in the diocesse of the Bishop of London The Citie of Yorke was brent On Christmas day at Oxenhall in the territorie of Derlington Anno reg 25. 1179 Cron. vinmouth in the Bishopricke of Duresme the earth lifted vp it selfe in the manner of an high Tower and so remayned from the spring of the day vnmoueable vntil the euening and then fell with so horrible a noyse that it feared the inhabitantes thereabout and the earth swallowed it vp and made there a déepe pitte which is séene vntill this day For a testimonie thereof Leyland sayth he saw the pittes there Iohn Leyland commonly called Helkettles The tenth day of Aprill the Church of Saint Andrewe in Rochester was consumed with fire Richard Lucy departed this life in the Abbey of Lesnes hauing changed his habite The Usurers in England were gréeuously punished for Anno reg 26 1180 Vsuters punished Gerua Dorâ— corrupting the Coyne the whiche besides other vexations were fettered two and two togither and carryed in Cartes to the Kings Court. A new Coyne was ordeyned in England Geffrey the Kings Bastarde sonne resigned the Byshopricke Anno reg 27 1181 of Lincolne and was made the Kings Chancellour This yeare Giraldus Cambrensis wrote his booke of the Itinerarium Cambriâ— Giraldi description of Wales wherein he noteth to haue happened in his time in the Prouince of Kemmeis a yong man borne in those partes to be persecuted with Toades as all within that Countrey had come crawling togither to vexe him A man deuoured by Toades and when innumerable numbers of them were killed by those that kept him and other of his friends and kinsmen Geruasius de mappa mundi yet came they still as if they had sprong like Hydraes head numberlesse at length when his friends were wéeried with watching they caused him in a Coffin to be hoysed vp into an high trée that was shred of all the boughes and made smooth but there was he not preserued from his venemous enemies which assaulted him créeping vp into the trée till they had eaten him to the bones that he dyed his name was Seisillus Elker her that is long legge Barnewell with the Priorie néere vnto Cambridge was fired Anno reg 28 1182 and brent Robert Harding a Burgesse of Bristow to whome King Henry gaue the Barony of Barkeley builded the Monasterie Saint Austins in Bristovv Anno reg 29 1183 of Saint Augustines in Bristow King Henry the elder went into France and there made his testament They of Aquitayne hated their Duke Richard for his crueltie and were minded to driue him out of the Earledome of Poytow and Dukedome of Aquitayne and to transpose those estates to his brother King Henry the yonger but when all men looked for victory to the yong King he King Henry the yonger deceassed Giraldus Cambr 〈…〉 1184 Gualterus Couen fell miserably sicke and dyed in the Castell of Limouicen about the beginning of June and was buryed at Roane King Henry returned into England and sent many men of warre into Wales for the Welchmen emboldned by the Kings absence had broken forth and slayne many Englishmen The Abbey of Glastenbury was brent with the Church of Glastenbury brent Saint Iulian. Heraclius Patriarch of Hierusalem came to King Henry Anno reg 31. desiring him of ayde agaynst the Turkes but the King bycause 1185 Heracâ—â—us the Patriarke Gerua Doro. of the crueltie of his sonnes was counselled not to leaue his Dominions in hazard and to goe so farre off wherefore he promised the Patriarke 50000. Markes of Siluer This Patriarke dedicated the new Temple then builded Nevv Temple in the West part of London King Henry sente his sonne Iohn into Ireland that he Iohn the kings sonne Lord of Ireland Ypodigma might be made Lorde thereof The Pope sente him a Crowne of Peacocks feathers brayded with Golde This yeare dyed Hugh Mortimere founder of Wigmorâ— Abbey Mawde the Empresse Mother to King Henry the second The Empresse deceased deceassed she founded the Abbey of Bordesley Geffrey Earle of Britayne the Kings sonne of England dyed Anno reg 32 1180 Geffrey Earle of Britayne dyeth Giral Cambr. Mathew Paris Roger Houeden Iohn Taxtor at Paris about the beginning of August and was there buryed He left issue two daughters which he had by Constance daughter to Conan Earle of Britaine who also at the time of his death was great with childe and after brought forth a sonne named Arthur A great Earthquake threw downe many buildings amongst the which the Cathedrall Church of Lincolne was rent in péeces the fiue and twentith of Aprill The Cathedrall Church of Chichester and all the whole Chichester brent Citie was brent the twentith of October Néere vnto Orford in Suffolke certayne Fishers of the Anno reg 33 1187 A Fish like a man Ralphe Cogshall Monument in Colchester Sea tooke in
taken and brought to London with greate numbers of men and women wondring vppon him he was lodged Adam Merimo in the house of William Delect a Citizen of London in Fanchurche stréete On the morrow being the euen of Sainte Tho. Delamore Bartholmew he was brought on horssebacke to Westminster Iohn Segraue and Geffrey Knights the Maior Sherifes Aldermen of London and many other both on horsseback and on foote accompanying him and in the gret hall at Westminster he being placed vppon the South benche crowned with Laurel for that he had sayd in times past y e he ought to bear a Crowne in that Hall as it was commonly reported and being appeched for a traytour by sir Peter Mallorie y e kings Justice he aunswered that he was neuer traytour to y e king of England but for other crimes whereof he was accused hée confessed them and was after headed and quartered There was opened to the K. a conspiracie wrought by the Archbishop of Canturburie and diuerse Earles and Barons against him at such time as he was in Flaunders The Earle Marshal being examined of this and being not able to purge himselfe made the king his heire and put him in possession of his landes to haue his grace and thus doing the Kyng gaue him again 1000. pound land by the yeare during hys life William cosine Reignalde Thunderle 28. of September Sherifs Custos Anno reg 34 Sir Iohn Bloud the. 28. of October Robert Bruce an Englishman presuming by the righte of his wife to vsurpe the Kingdome of ScotlaÌ„d called a Parliament of the nobles of Scotland within the Church of the Friers 1306 Minors in Domfries where he slewe Iohn Comin bycause he woulde not agrée to the treason and shortlye after to wit in the feast of the Anunciation of our Lady in the Abbay of Scone he caused himself to be solemnely crowned king by the Bishoppes of Glasco and Saint Andrewes firste and the third day after by the Countesse of Bowan bicause hir brother the Earle of Fife to whome by right of inheritaunce that office belonged was then absent in England In the feast of Penticost king Edward honored his eldest sonne Edward of Carnaruan with the degrée of Knighthoode and with him also moe than a hundred noble yong men at Westminster About the feast of the Natiuity of our Lady the king weÌ„t againe into Scotland with a great army hauing sent his son Edward with Ayner de Valence Earle of Penbroke Roberte Clifforde Henrie Lacy and many other noble knightes and gentlemen at Whitsontide before also he sente before hym his Justices of Trayle BastoÌ„ two and two togither into euery Citie and place into which he woulde come giuing theÌ„ power to kill traytours drawe and hang periured persons burn such as worke deceite destroy the wicked and set Englishmen in their places and there were taken by them in the space of two monthes by inquisition of Juries Hundreds Thousands breakers of peace and conspiratoures amongst the which Nigellus de Bruse brother to Robert de Bruse was drawne through Berwicke and hanged Moreouer Christopher and Iohn Seyton brethren wer hanged y â— Countesse of Bowan was closed in a Cage whose breadth length height depth was eight foote and hanged ouer the waâ—â— of Berwike the Bishop of Saint Andrews and of Glasco with the Abbot of Stone were sent to seuerall prisons in England King Edward besieged Simon Frisell in Lilyscho and tooke him and sent him to London Tower where he founde many Scottish Lordes in fetters of yron amongst whom was Thomas Morham with Herbert his sonne and Thomas Roy his Esquire who were all beheaded Simon Frisel was hanged drawne and quartered Earle Iohn de Athol bycause he was of the Kings bloud and an Englishman was not drawn but hanged and headed Sir Iohn Wallers was sente to the Tower of London and after hanged and headed Lawrence de Megos Esquire was taken at Douer there beheaded The Earle of Stratherne yéelded to king Edward who condemned him to remaine during his life in yron fetters in the Castel of Rochester At this time and long after King Edward had Scotland in such good obedience as he gaue of the landes thereof to hys Ex charta regia seruauntes and subiectes in England with Markets Fayres and Warrens amongst others I haue séen vnder the broade seale of the sayd king Edward a Manour called Ketnes in the Countie of Ferfare in Scotland and néere the furthest parte of the same nation Northwarde giuen to Iohn Evre and hys Lord Evre heires ancester to the Lord Eyre that now is for his seruice done in those partes with market euerye Monday fayre for thrée dayes euery yeare at the feast of Saint Michael and frée Warren for y e same dated at Lauercost the. 20. day of October Anno regni 34. Geffrey Cundute Simon Bylet 28. of September Sherifes Custos Sir Iohn Blound the. 28. of October This yere Margaret Quéene second wife to Edwarde the Registrum fâ—â—â—rum â—inorâ—m Anno reg 53 first began to builde the quire of the Churche of the Gray Friers in London to y e building wherof in hir life she gaue 2000. markes and. 100. marks by hir Testament Iohn of Brytaiâ— Earle of Richmond builded the body of the church Lady Marie Countesse of Penbroke Gilbert Clare Earle of Glocester Margaret Countesse Lady Elenor le Spencer and Lady Elizabeth de Brugh sisters to the Gilbert de Clare gaue greate summes of mony towards the same Richarde Whitington sometime Alderman and Maior of London founded the Librarie there in Anno. 1421. King Edward held his Christmasse at Carlile with a great multitude of English people in the month of January next Parliament at Carlile 1307 following he called a great Parliament to be holden at Carlile vpon the Octaues of S. Hillarie to treat of matters coÌ„cerning the state of Scotland wherevnto were somoned manye Lords both of the Spiritualtie TeÌ„poraltie who either appeared Parliament Records in person or else by proxie My self haue séene and red an auntient register of good authoritie contayning y e names of lxxxvij Erles and BaroÌ„s xx Bishops lxj Abbots viij Priors besides many Deanes Archdeacons other inferiour Clearks of y e Conuocation The maister of the Knights of the Temple of euery shire two Knightes of euerye Citie two Citizens and of euery borough two Burgesses c. Archbishop of Yorke Bishops Of Lincolne London Chichester Excester Hereford Salisburie Landaf S. Assafe Bangor S. Dauids Couentrie and Liâ—chfielde Bath and Wels. Norwich Rochester Durham Carlile Elie. Worcester Abbots Of S. Augustine in CaÌ„terbury Of Saint Edmunde Saint Albane Westminster Waltham Euesham Saint Marie at Yorke Peterborow Ramsey Winchcombe Glocester Bristow Malmesburie Glastonburie Selby Cyrcester Reding Furney Sawley Alnewike Saint Osith Barlyng Tupholme Byley Dale Newhâ—s Croxton Cokersande Saint Radegound Tichfield Torre Holmcolthram Welbecke Hales New Monasterie Iereual Fountaines
he fauoured the Londoners and Baldwin Radinton was constituted in his place In the meane time throughe sute of certaine Knightes but Anno reg 16 specially of the Duke of Glocester the King is somewhat pacified and by little and little abateth the rigor of his purpose calling to minde the diuerse honors and the greate giftes he had receyued of the Londoners wherevpon he determineth to deale more mildely with them and to call them to some hope of grace and pardon he sendeth commaundement to them to come to Windsore there to shewe their pryuiledges liberties and lawes whyche being there shewed some of them were ratifyed and some condemned but they could not obtaine the Kings full fauour till they had satisfied y e King of the iniuries whiche was sayd they had done the King at thys assembly at Windsor hadde got togither almost all the Lordes and so greate in army that the Londoners had cause to be afrayde thereof aboute the whiche preparation he was at greate charges for the whiche it was sure that the Londoners muste pay They therefore not ignoraunte that the ende of these things was a money matter submitted themselues to the Kings pleasure offering ten thousand pound They were yet dismissed home to returne againe vncertaine what satisfaction and sum they shoulde pay When the Citizens were returned and that the nobles and other were gone home the King hearing that the Londoners were in hauens and dismayde he sayde to his men I wil go sayth he to London and comforte the Citizens and will not that they any longer dispayre of my fauour which sentence was no sooner knowne in the Citie but al menne were filled with incredible ioy so that euery of them generally determined to méete him and to be as liberal in gifts as they were at his coronation The king therefore as hée came from Shine in Surrey to London with Quéene Anne his wife On the xxj of August the principall Citizens rode to méete them at Wandesworth and at Sainte Gorges Churche in Southwarke they were receyued with procession of Rob. Braybroke Bishop of London and all his Cleargie of the Citie who conuayed him through London the Citizens men women and children in order méeting the King and doing him honor attended on him to Westminster As he passed the Citie the stréetes were hanged with cloth of golde siluer and silke The Conduite in Chepe ran with red white Wine and by a childe Angel-like he was presented with a very costly crowne of golde and the Quéene with another A table of the Trinitie of gold was giuen to the King valued worth eight hundred pounde and another to the quéen of Saint Anne bycause hir name was Anne with diuerse other giftes as horsses trappers plate of golde and siluer clothes of gold silke veluets Basons and Ewers of gold also golde in coyne precious stones and iewels so rich excellent and beautifull that the value and price mighte not well be estéemed and so the Citizens recouered their auntient customes and liberties and then the kings Bench from Yorke and the Chauncerie from Notingham was returned to London And it was granted to them that they might choose them a Maior as before time they had done The Londoners beléeued y ◠by these giftes they had escaped all daunger and that from thenceforth they should be quiet but they wer deceiued for they wer cōpelled to giue the K. after this 10000 pound collected of the cōmons in gret bitternesse of minde and so the troubles of y ◠Citizens came to quietnesse which trouble the Dolphin in Thamis at Christmasse laste past did happily signifie a far off W. Caxton Robert Fabian report these troubles to happen through a fray in Fleetstreete about an horsse loafe taken out of a Bakers basket by a yeoman of the Bishop of Salisburies and that the same troubles were pacified and liberties again restored by meanes of Richard Grauesend Bishop of London in rewarde wherof the Citizēs repaire to the place of burial in the midle I le of Saint Pauls Church c. but all that is vntrue for at this time Rob. Brabroke was Bishop of London and Richard Grauesēd had bin Bishop and deceased in the time of Edward the first in Anno 1303 almost 90. yeares before this time Moreouer the place of burial in Saint Paules whervnto the Maior and Citizens of London haue repayred is of William who was Bishop of London in the time of William Conqueror who purchased the first Charter of the saide king William for y e same Citie as I haue before declared Gilbert Maghfelde Thomas Newington the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir William Stoudon Grocer the. 28. of October Albeit Vere was created Erle of Oxforde in a Parliamēt at Winchester and William Scrope Uizechamberlaine the same William Scrope bought of William Mountacute Erle of Salisburie the Ile of Man with the crowne for the Lorde of this I le is called king and it is lawful for him to be crowned 1393 with a crowne of Golde sir Iohn Euers Knighte Conestable of Douer and the Kings stewarde died sodainely and T. Percy brother to the E. of Northum was made the kings steward in his place y t was before the kings vnderchamberlaine T. Beamond was made Conestable of Douer Certain Anno reg 17 théeues brake into the Chappel of our Lady at the Pewe at Westminster toke out of it many iewels muche treasure Also shortly after y e same théeues brake into y e Churche of S. Iohn of Clerkenwel The dukes of Lanc. Glocester passed ouer into France to make somewhat of y e truce or to conclude a final peace betwixt y e kingdoms but it was not so brought to passe as it was wished by reason of the Frenche Kings sicknesse In September lightnings and thunders in manye places of England did much hurte but especiallye in Cambridgeshire the same brent houses and corne neare to Tolleworke in the towne it brent terribly Drewe Barentine Richard Whittington the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Hadley Grocer the. 28. of October Such aboundaunce of water fell in October that at Bury in Suffolke the Church was ful of Water and at Newmarket it bare down wals of houses so that men and women hardly escaped drowning The same yeare Lorde T. de Ros 1394 as he returned forth of the Holy Lande in the Citie of Paphos in the I le of Cipres through intemperauncie of the ayre departed this life there In the Octaues of S. Hillerie a Parliament was holden at London in whiche a subsidie was demaunded for the King that was minded to go into Irelande wherefore the Cleargie graunted to him a full tenth if he would passe thyther and if he went not they graunted him but halfe a tenth Certaine Lordes of Scotlande came into England to get worship by force of armes The erle of Marre challenged the Earle of Notingham to iust with him and so they rode
GentlewomeÌ„ riding on horses trapped with red veluet and their gownes and kirsâ—es likewise of red veluet after them followed two other Chariots couered with red sattin and the horses betrapped with the same certaine Gentlewomen betwéene euery of the said Chariots riding in Chrimson sattin their horses betrapped with the same the nuÌ„ber of the GentlewomeÌ„ so riding were xlvj besides them in the Chariots At Fenchurch was a costly Pageant made by the Genewayes at Grassechurch corner there was another Pageant made by the Easterlings At the vpper end of Grassestrâ—ete there was another Pageant made by the Florentines very high on the top whereof there stoode iiij pictures and in she midst of them and most highest there stood an Angell all in gréene with a Trompet in his hand and when the Trompetter who stood secretly in the pageant did sound his tromp the Angel did put his trâ—mp to his mouth as though it had bin the same that had sounded to the great maruelling of many ignorant persons this Pageant was made with iij. thorough faires or gates c. The Conduit in Cornehill ran wine and beneath y â— Conduit a Pageant made at the charges of the Citie and another at the great Conduit in Cheape and a fountaine by it running wine The Standard in Cheape new painted with the Waytes of the Citie aloft therof playing The Crosse in Cheape new washed burnished One other Pageant at the little Conduit in Cheape next to Paules made by the Citie where the Aldermen stoode and when y e Quéene came against them the Recorder made a short proposition to hir and then the ChaÌ„berlaine presented to hir in the name of the Maior and the Citie a â—â—râ—â— of cloth of gold and â— thousand marlies of â—â—lâ—in it then she rode forth and in Paules Church-yarde against the Schoole one Maister Heywod sate in a Pageant vnder a Uine and made to hir an Oration in Latine and English Then was there one Peter a Dutchman stoode on the weathercocke of Paules stéeple holding a streamer in his hand of fiue yards long and waning therof stoode sometime on the one foote and shooke the other and then knéeled on his knées to the greate maruell of all people He had made two Scaffoldes vnder him one aboue the crosse hauing torches and streamers set on it and one other ouer the bole of the crosse likewise set with streamers and torches which could not burne the wind was so great the said Peter had sixtéene pound thirtéene shillings fourpence giuen hym by the Citie for his costes and paynes and all his stuffe Then was there a Pageant made against the Deane of Paules gate where the Queresters of Paules playde on Uials and song Ludgate was newly repaired paynted and richly hanged with minstrels playing and singing there then was there another Pageant at the Conduit in Fléetestréete and the Temple barre was newly paynted and hanged And thus she passed to White hall at Westminster where she tooke hir leaue of the Lord Maior giuing hym greate thankes sor his paynes and the Citie for their cost On the morrow which was the first day of October the Quéene went by water to the old Pallace and there remayned till about eleuen of the clocke and then went on foote vpon blew cloath being rayled on eyther side vnto Saint Peters Church where she was solemnely crowned and a noynted by the Bishop of Winchester which Coronation and other ceremonies and solemnities then vsed according to the old custome was not fully ended till it was nigh foure of the clocke at night that she returned from the Church before whome was then borne thrée swords sheathed and one naked The great seruice that day done in Westminster hall at dinner by diuers noblemen would aske long time to write The Lorde Maior of London and twelve Citizens kept the high Cupbâ—â—rd of plate as Butlers and y e Quéenâ— gaue to the Maior for his fée a cuppe of gold with a couer waying seauentéene ounces The fifth of October the Parliament began at Westminster Parliament The fiue and twenty day of October the Barge of Graues end a Catch running vpon hir was ouerturned and fourtéene Graues end Barge ouerturned persons drowned and sixtéene saued by swimming Sir Thomas White Merchant Taylor the 28. of October Maior This Sir Thomas White a worthy patron and protector of poore Scholers and learning renued or rather erected a Charitable deedes of Sir Tho. VVhite Colledge in Oxford now called Saint Iohns Colledge before Bernard Colledge He also erected Schooles at Bristow and Reading Moreouer this worshipfull Citizen in his life time gaue to the Citie of Bristow two thousand pounds of ready money to purchase lands to the yearely value of 120. pound for the which it is decréed that the Maior Burgeses and Communaltye of Bristow in Anno. 1567. and so yearely during the tearme of ten yeares then next ensuing should cause to be payd at Bristow one hundred pound of lawfull money The first 800. pound to be lent to sixtéene poore yong men Clothiers and frée men of the same Towne for the space of tenne yeares fiftie pound the péece of them putting sufficient sureties for the same and at the end of ten yeares to be lent to other sixtéene at the discretion of the Maior Aldermen and foure of the common Counsell of the sayde Citie The other two hundred pound to be employed in the prouision of Corne for the reliefe of the poore of the same Citie for their ready money without gaine to be taken And after the end of tenne yeares on the feast day of Saint Barthelmew which shall be in Anno. 1577. at the Merchant taylors Hall in London vnto the Maior and communaltie of the Citie of Yorke or to their Attourney aucthorised an hundred and four pound to be lent vnto four yong men of the sayde Citie of Yorke fréemen and inhabitants Clothiers alway to be preferred viz. to euery of them fiue and twenty pound to haue and occupie the same for the terme of tenne yeares without paying any thing for the loane the four pound ouerplus of the 104. pound at the pleasure of the Maior and communaltie for their paines to be taken about the rescepts and paymentes of the sayd 100. pounde The like order in all poyntes is taken for the deliuerie of 104. pound in the yeare 1578. to the Citie of Canterbury In the yeare 1579. to Reading 1580. to the company of the Merchant Taylours 1581. to Glocester 1582. to Worcester 1583. to Excester 1584. to Salâ—sburie 1585. to Westchester 1586. to Norwich 1587. to South-hampton 1588. to Lincolne 1589. to Winchester 1590. to Oxford 1591. to Heriford East 1592. to Cambridge 1593. to Shrewsburie 1594. to Lin 1595. to Bathe 1596. to Derby 1597. to Ipswich 1598. to Colchester 1599. to Newcastell And then to begin againe at Bristow one 140. pound the next yeare to the Citie of Yorke and so foorth to euery of the sayd Cities
xxiiij of Nouember the Quéenes Maiestie had caused the sayd Earles of Northumberland The Earles of Northumberland VVestmerland proclaymed Traytors and Westmerland to be proclaymed Traytors with all their adherents and fauourers and forthwith prepared an army to be sent out of the South for their suppression The Lord Scrope warden of the West marches had called vnto him the Earle of Cumberland and other Gentlemen of the Countrey and they kepte the Citie of Carelile The Earle of Sussex the Quéenes maiesties Lieutenant generall The Earle of Sussex the Queenes Lieutenant generall in the North against the Rebels in the North had on the xvij of Nouember there published the like Proclamation in effect as after was published by hir Maiestie against the sayde Rebels and also sent out to all such Gentlemen as he knew to be hir Maiesties louing subiects vnder his rule who came vnto hym with such number of their friends as he was able in fyue dayes to make aboue fiue thousand horsemen and footemen and so being accompanyed with the Earle of Rutlande his Lieutenant the Lord Hunsdon general of his horsemen William Lord Eure who had the leading of the rereward of the footemen and Sir Ralph Sadler Treasurer who all came to Yorke with their seruants on Sonday the xj of December they marched from Yorke towards Topclife the xâ—j they tarryed at Sezay where Sir George Bowes with his power comming from Barnards Castell as is a foresayde mette him and was made Marshall of the Armye then they wente to Northalarton to Sâ—ictoâ— to Croftbridge and so to Actay on the which day the Rebels fledde from Durham hauing called their companye Christopher Neuill frent Hertlepoole who were fortifying there to Exham where they abode thrée dayes The Earle of Sâ—â—ssex Lieutenant with his power wente from Actay to Durham then to Newcastell and the twentith of December to Exham from whence the Rebels were gone the nighte before to Naworth where counsayling with Edwarde Dacres concerning theyr owne weakenesse as also how they were pursued by the Earle of Sussex and hys power of seauen thousande euen almoste at theyr héeles and moreouer that the Earle of Warwike the The Earle of VVarvvike sent against the Rebels Lorde Clinton Lorde Admirall of Englande and the Lorde Ferrers Uiscount Hereford with afarre greater armye of twelue thousande out of the South whereof the sayde Earle of Warwike was Generall was not farre behynde them at Borowbridge The nexte nighte the two Earles of Northumberlande and Westmerlande wyth sundry of their principall Gentlemen The Earles of Northumberland VVestmerland fledde vnknowne to theyr associates fledde to Herlaw in Scotlande the other Rebels were shortly after taken by the Earle of Sussex and hys power without any resistance The fourth and fifth of January did suffer at Durham Rebels executed at Durham to the number of thréescore and sixe Constables and other amongst whome an Alderman of the Towne and a Priest called Parson Plomâ—ree were the most notable then â—â—â—r Groâ—â—â— Bowes Marshall finding manye to bée faultors in the foresayde Rebellionâ— dyd sée them executed in euery Markette Towne and other places betwiete Nowcastell and Wetherby about thréescore miles in length and fortie miles in breadth The one and twentith of January a Prentise was hanged on a gibbet at the North end of Finke Lane in London to the ensample of other for that he y â— thirtéenth of December had striken hys mayster with a knife whereof hée dyed The two and twentith of February Leonard Dacre of Leonard Dacrâ—â—â—edde into Scotland Harlsey in the Countie of Yorke Esquire hauyng raysed a number of people the Lorde Hunsdon and other setting on hym with a companye of valiaunt Souldyers flewe manye of hys people and forced hym to flée into Scotlande On good Friday the seauen and twentith of March Simon 1570 Digby of Askewe Iohn Fulthorp of Isilbecke in the Countie of Yorke Esquires Robert Peneman of Stokesley Rebels executed at Yorke Thomas Bishop the yonger of Poklinton in the same Countie of Yorke Gentlemen were drawne from the Castell of Yorke to the place of execution called Knauestmire halfe a mile without the Citie of Yorke and there hanged headed and quartered their foure heads were set on the four principall gates of the Citie with foure of their quarters the other quarters were set in diuers places of the Countrey Oscolph Clesbe was with them drawne to the gallowes and returned agayne to the Castell William Earle of Pembroke Baron of Cardiffe Knighte The Earle of Pembroke deceassed of the Garter one of the priuie Counsell and Lord Stewarde of the Quéenes maiesties housholde deceassed the eyghtéenth of April and was buryed in Saint Paules Church at London The seauentéenth of Aprill the Earle of Sussex Lieutenant The Earle of Sussex made a iourney into Scotland generall in the North with the Lord Hunsdon Lorde gouernour of Barwike Warden of the East Marches and mayster William Drewry high Marshall of Barwike with all the garrison and power of the fame began a iourney into Scotlande and the same night came to Warke twelue miles from Barwike and so the next morrow entred into Tiuidale and marching in warlike order they breÌ„t ouerthrew rased spoyled all the Castels Townes villages of their enimies till they came to the Castell of Mosse standing in a stroÌ„g marish beloÌ„ging to the L. of Bucklugh which likewise was rased ouerthrowne and brent and so marched forward and brent the whole Countrey before them till they came to Craling The same day Sir Iohn Foster Warden of the Sir Iohn Foster vvith a garrison entred ScotlaÌ„d middle marches with the garrison and force of the same entred likewise into Tiuidale vpon Expes gate sixtéene mile from Warke where in like order they brent rased and spoyled the Countrey before them till they came to a strong Castell called Craling in the possession of the mother of the Lord Ferniherst which likewise they ouerthrew rased and brent There both the Armies mette and so marched by the Riuer of Tiuite rasing burning and spoyling Castels and pyles along the Riuer till they came to Gedworth where they both lodged and were curteously receyued The next day the Lorde Sesâ—ord Warden of the middle Marches of Scotlande came in with all the principall men of hys kinred to the Lorde Lieutenante and did submitte themselues and were assured for that they had not receyued the English Rebels ayding or assisting them neyther had made any inuasion into Englande The ninetéenth the Armie deuided into two partes the one parte whereof passed the Riuer of Teuite and brent the Castell of Ferniherst and all other Castels and Townes belonging to the Lorde of Ferniherst Huntill and Bedrell and so passed to Mint where both the Armyes mette agayne and so brente on bothe sides the Riuer till they came to a greate Towne called Hawicke where they intended to haue lodged but the Scottes had vnthatched the
the Archbishops Sea but afterwards transposed to Canterbury a Cittie in Kente placed in a soyle amiable and pleasaunt London standeth in Middlesex on the Northe side of the Thames That most excellent and goodly riuer hath first the name of Ise and beginneth in Coteswolde in Glocestershire about a mile from Titbery and as much from the high waye called Frosse and it taketh firste the name Tamis◠néere to Dorcester bridge where the riuer Tame and the forsayde I se méete and so with a maruellous quiet course it passeth by London and then breaketh into the French Ocean by maine tydes whiche twice in xxiiij houres space doeth ebbe and flow more than lx myles to the great commoditie of trauellers by whiche all kindes of Marchandice be easilye conueyed to London the principal store staple for al cōmodities within this realm Upō y e same riuer is placed a stone Lōdon Bridge bridge a work very rare and maruellous which bridge hath reckning y e draw bridge xx arches made of foursquare stone of height lx foote of bredth xxx foote distant one frō another xx foote compacte ioyned togither with vaults and cellers Uppon both sides be houses builded that it séemeth rather a continual stréete than a bridge The Oceā sea doth bound England the first part of Brytaine East South Wales Cornwal West The riuer of Twede deuideth England Scotland North. The length of the Iland beginneth at Portsmouth in y e South parte endeth at Twede in the North contayning 320. myles Thys Realme aboue other is moste fruitefull on thys syde Humbre for beyonde it is fuller of Mountaines And althoughe to the beholders of that Countrey a farre off it maye séeme playne yet it is full of manye hilles and those for the moste parte voyde of trées the valleyes whereof be verye delectable inhabited for the moste part by noble men who according to auntiente and old order desire not to dwel in Cities but neare vnto valleyes and riuers in seuerall villages for auoyding of vehement windes bicause that Iland naturally is stormie Humbre hath his beginning a little on this side Yorke by and by runneth Southward and then holdeth his course Eastward and so into the maine Sea greatlye encreased by the Riuers of Dune and Trent Trent beginneth a little from Stafforde running through Darbishyre and Leicestershire passing by Litchfielde Notingham on y e right hand Dune on the left hād so that both those riuers do make an Ileland whiche is called Auxolme and then ioyning togither on this side Kingstone vpon Hul a goodly marchaunt Towne they fall into Humbre by whiche riuer they may ariue out of Fraunce Germanie and Denmarke England is fruitefull of beastes and aboundeth with cattel wherby the inhabitants be rather for the most part grasiers than ploughmen bycause they giue themselues more to féeding than to tillage So that almoste the third part of the Countrey is employed to Cattell Déere red and fallowe Gotes wherof there be store in the North parts Conies for euery where there is iolly maintenaunce of those kindes of beastes bycause it is full of great woods where of there ryseth pastime of hunting gretly exercised specially by the Nobilitie and Gentlemen Andrew Bourd sayth there be moe Andrevv Bord Parkes in England than in all Europe beside Scotland an other part of Brytain wherof in this place I Scotland haue thought good to treate at large that no further mentiō of the situation therof might be made hereafter began sometime at the Hill called Grampius nowe called Grantsbeyn stretching to the furthest coaste Northwarde but after the ouerthrowe of the Pictes it began at the Riuer Twede and sometimes at the Riuer of Tyne the fortune of warres altering the same as it doth al other things Therfore the length of Scotland from Twede to the furthest coaste is estéemed to be 480. miles But as Scotland is longer than Englande so it is narrowe and endeth like a wedge For the mountayne Grampius is euil fauoured and craggie which Tacitus in the Cornelius Tacitus life of Iulius Agricola doth remember pearcing throughe the bowels of Scotland from the coast of the Germaine sea that is to say from the mouth of y e Riuer of Dee to the Irishe sea euen to the Laake of Lomunde whiche lyeth betwéene that Countrey and the same hil The riuer of Twede which springeth out of a little hyl not far beyond Roxborough is mingled with the Germaine Ocean ioyning Southward with that Countrey whiche is called the Marches being the east bounds betwéen England Scotland The said riuer of Twede separateth y e Marches from Northumberland the furthest Countrey of Englande hauing prospect to the Germaine Sea the chiefe town wherof is Barwicke nowe in possession of the English The Westerne limit of Scotlande whilom was Cumberlande whiche the Riuer of Solue deuideth from Annandale Betwéen these two Regions the Cheuiot Hils appere Next to the Marches Pictlande bordereth nowe tearmed Loughdean bounding vpō the East a very hillie Countrey barren almost of any trées The most famous townes of the same be Dunbar Hadington Leith Northberwik Edenborough the Kings seate where also is the Castel of Maydens a very strong and defensible place The same Citie the riuer of Forthea commōly called the Frith doth water and passe by whiche being caried into the Germaine Ocean maketh greate armes or meres commonly called the Scottish sea wherein besides other is the Iland of Saint Columbe by name called Aemonia The same riuer agayne deuideth from Loughdean a Countrey adioyning aboundant of all things called y e Fife in whych Country are many townes as Donfermile Cupre but the notable town of Saint Andrewe speciallye famous for the Uniuersitie and beautified with the sea of the Archbishoppe and primate of all Scotlande On the other side towardes the Irishe side Northwarde is Nidisdalia so called of the Riuer that passeth therby where bee the strong townes of Douglasse and Donfriese Upon the South adioyneth Galloway more aboundaunte of Fodder for Cattel than of Wheate wher is the Towne of Candida Casa now called Whitherne and the auntient tēple of Saint Ninian adourned also with an Episcopal Sea In those parts besides the towne of Wighton is a laake of a wonderfull nature bycause the one side in Winter doeth fréese and the other not By that standeth the Countrey of Caricta once renoumed wyth the towne Caricton whereof perchaunce it tooke the name Aboue Caricta towardes the West is Elgonia by which name Ptolome calleth the Countrey bordering vppon the Ocean wherein is the Laake Lomunde whiche is very brode and large contayning manye Ilandes situate at the foote of the mountaine Grantesbeyn eyght myles from the Castell of Donbriton besides the riuer Bodotria now named Leuinus entring into the riuer of Glota or Clude Here some do contende that the name of Bodotria is not well applyed to Leuinus bycause it appeareth by Cornel. Tacitus that
Brytain impeaching y t gouernement of Emperours and preferring the Senate whervpon Commodus being sharpned againste hym sente Iunius Seuerus to rule héere and shortly after Comodus was slaine slaine PErtinax then was chosen Emperour within iij. months 194 was slaine throughe the perâ—wations of Didius Iulianus who enioyed the Empire two monthes and the practice of Clodius Albinus which then returned into Brytain and as it séemeth recouered his former gouernement SEuerus after the death of Pertinax was saluted Emperor 194 he immediately slewe Didius Iulianus and bycause he feared Clodius Albinus with his Brytain legions he created him Caesar and partaker of the Empire and sente Heraclitus to gouerne this Ile but after he had subdued Niger who also vsurped the Empire he moued warre against Albinus who passing hence into Fraunce with the Brytish army encountered with Seuerus neare Lions and was there slaine Henceforthe Seuerus quietly enioyed the Romaine Empire made sharp wars into the Easterne partes of the world with great glorie But returning to Rome he vnderstoode of a war raysed in 209 Brytaine Wherefore he hasted hyther with his two sonnes Bassianus and Getaâ—at his arriuall peace was offered whithe he refused and leauing his yonger sonne Geta to gouerne the prouince being the hyther part of the Ile he with Bassianus hys eldest sonne entred into the Northe and passed y â— further parte of thys Ilande without any resistaunce yet by ambushes difficultie of the way other inconueniences he lost 50000. men and then returned enforcing the enemies to conclude a league and yéelde some parte of theyr Countrey At conclusion of which league when he and his sonne rid to treate with the Caledontans or Northern Brytains Bassianus his sonne drawing his sworde in the sighte of the enemie was ready to haue slaine him and had done it had not some of the company made an outcry yet this fault was remitted After this league the Brytaines of the North resorted to the Emperours Courte wher Iulia Seuerus wife obiected to a womaÌ„ of Brytaine the wife of Argentorix the Caledonian that the Brytish women accompanyed wyth men dishonestlye yeâ— quoth the Brytishe woman we satisfy the naturall luste in better sorte than you Romaynes for we accompanye our selues openly wyth the beste menne and you committe adulterie closely wyth moste vyle persons But after this league there was a generall reuolte of the Brytaynes againste the Romaines which yet was pacifyed with great slaughter and then he builte a Wall of Turfe to inhibite Sâ—uerus vvall the Northern Brytaines from whence when he retourned at the nexte lodging a blacke Moore that serued him a notable scoffer mette him wyth a Crowne of Cypres hée moued with the colour of the man and the Cypres whiche was then vsed at all burials as with signes of euill lucke commaunded the manne to be sente awaye wherewyth he cryed Thou haste bene all in all and hast banquished all and now of a couquerour be thou a GOD. Then commyng to the Citie of Yorke as it is supposed he was by Spartiaâ—â—â— mistaking brought to the Temple of Bellona blacke beasts also being ordayned for sacrifice followed him home to hys Pallace which things these then dyd accoÌ„pt to be ominons Shortly after he departed out of this life at Yorke partly through sicknesse and partly through griefe conceiued of hys sonnes euill demeanoure At his last gaspe he vttered these words I found the state troublesome euery where and leaue it quiet euen to the Brytaines Herodian writeth that in these wars of Seuerus against y e Herodian North Brytains he founde their Country full of watry Marishes by those marishes did the Britains swim and skirmish with their enemies being couered with water vp vnto the Nauell not caring that men saw the priuie partes of theyr naked bodyes Neyther dyd they knowe the vse of apparel but accustomed to compasse theyr bellyes and neckes onely w t Iron which they estéemed an ornament token of riches as other barbarous people supposed of Gold They paynted their bodyes with diuerse pictures and formes of beastes and therefore ware no garmente leaste the painting should be hidden being a nation very valiaunt and warlyke gréedy of slaughter and content only with a small target a speare and a skayne hanging by their naked sides ignoraunt of the vse of shyrtes of mayle and helmets for they reckned y e same comberous vnto them when they shoulde swimme ouer the lakes c. A gréetious disease came vpon Seuerus being sore appalled with age so that he was constrained to kéepe his chamber and sende Antonius vnto the warres but Antonie not regarding the businesse of Brytaine endeauoured by all meanes he coulde to winne the hartes of the souldiours vnto hym deprauing hys brother to the intente they shoulde only aide him to the attayning of the soueraintie The long maladie of his Father caused him to perswade Phisitions to rid the olde man out of the worlde vntil that Seuerus being consumed ended his life who was the moste famous of all Emperours in war like affayres For none other had obtayned so many victories and conquests either ciuil against his aduersaries or for rayne against the barbarous nations Thus deceased he after he had gouerned the Empire the space of xviij yeares leauing his sonnes for successours in the same vnto whom he left also greate aboundaunce of riches as none of his previcessours had before hym done When Antony had gotten the supreme authoritie he put to death the PhisitioÌ„s bycause they obeyed not his commaundemente in hastnyng hys Fathers deathe and slewe all his owne and brothers bringers vp and instructers for that they wente about to reconcile them leauing none aliue that was eyther of dignity or had reuerenced his Father The Captaines of the army he enticed to perswade the souldiours to proclayme him only Emperour imagining dayly manifold mischiefes against his brother but he could not win the souldiours good willes Wherefore Antony hauing taken truce with the Britans remoued towardes his mother and brother Their mother laboured to bring them to agréement wherein also manye prudente Counsellours earnestly trauelled Antony thereby was enduced rather of force than good will to counterfaite loue After which done the two brethren gouerning y â— Empire with equal honour launched out of Brytaine and sayled with the reliques of theyr Father toward Rome For when they had burned the bodye as was the custome of the Romaines they carryed the ashes intermedled with pleasaunt odours in a Boxe of Alabaster to Rome that it mighte be ther enterred amongst the monuments of other Princes Themselues led thus their army as conquerors of Brytain passed ouer y e Ocean vnto the next coaste of Fraunce and so hasted towards Rome When they were entred into Rome all the people crowned with Laurel receyued and the Senate welcomed them Formost roade the Emperors themselues clothed in Emperial purple And nexte vnto them followed the Consuls bearing the
all before thē whervpon Embassadors be sent again to Rome beséeching thē they would not suffer their miserable countrey to be vtterly destroyed Againe there is sent another legion which cōming vpon a suddaine made a great slaughter of y ◠enimies chased thē ouer into their own country Then y e Romanes told the Britaines y t it was not their ease to take any more such trauellous iourneys for their defence and therefore bade thē to practise their armoure themselues and learne to withstand their enimies They builded vp a Wall of hard stone from Sea to Sea right betwéene the two Cities whiche there were made to kéepe out the Enimie in the selfesame place where Seuerus before had cast his Trench with publike and priuate charges the Brytaines also putting too their helping handes they then builded it eyght foote broade and twelue foote high right as it were by a line from East to Weast as it doth to this day appeare which being perfected they giue the people straight warning to looke well to themselues they teach them to handle their weapen and instruct them in warlike feates Also by the Sea side Southward where their Shippes lay at harbor least their Enimies should land there aboutes they made vp Bulwarkes along one somewhat distant from another and this done bid them farewel Gildas Sapiens as minded no more to returne At this time almost all the treasure of Brytaine was hidde vnder ground or transported ouer into France As soone as they were gone the Scottes and Pictes hauing intelligence that they had made promise they woulde come no more they taking heart of grace returne agayne to their businesse and first all that was without the wall they tooke for their owne After that they giue assault vnto the wall where the Britaynes were with Graples pulled downe and otherwise so assaulted that they leauing both the Cities and the wall also were dispersed and put to flight the enimies following killed and slayed more cruelly than euer they did before wherevpon being driuen out of their owne houses and possessions they fall a robbing and spoyling one the other of them so farre foorth that all the whole Countrey was brought to that exigent that they had none other sustenance but that they gote by hunting and killing of wilde Beastes THeodosius the yonger sonne of Arcadius succéeded his 408 Uncle Honorius and appoynted Valentinianus his Cousin Emperour in the Weast partes At this time Timotheus héere in Brytaine vnder a pretence Sigebertus of Religion and great continencie drew many into a dangerous Heresie Chrisanthus the sonne of Byshop Martian a Consull of Socrates Lib. 7. Italy was made Uiceroy and Lord Deputie of Britayne he was afterward made Bishop of Constantinople Now the poore remnant of the Brytaines directed letters to Aetius whereof this was the beginning To Aetius thrice 446 Consull the mourning of the Brytaines In the processe of which Epistle they thus set foorth their pitifull estate The barbarous enimie driueth vs vpon the Sea the Sea agayne vpon the enimie betweene these twayne riseth two manner of deathes eyther we are killed or drowned And yet for all their suite they could obtayne no ayde of hym as he whiche had then both his hands full of businesse and battayle at home with Bleda and Attila Kings of the Hunnes The Pelagian Heresies being brought in by Agricola Pelagian Heresie the sonne of Seuerianus a Pelagian Bishop about this time did fore corrupt the faith of the Brytaines but the Brytaines béeing neither willing to receyue their lewde Doctrine as blasphenrous againste the grace of God neyther able to refute their wilie and wicked persuasions they deuised this wholsome counsell to séeke for ayde of the Bishops of France against these their spirituall enimies And they calling a common counsell consulted among themselues whome of them all it were best to send to help their neighbours fayth By the assent of them all there was chosen two woorthie Prelates Germanus Altisiodorensis and Lupus Bishop of the Citie Germanus and Lupus Trecassa whiche shoulde passe ouer into Britaine to confirme them in the Faith whiche with readie obedience accepting the commandement of the Sinode tooke shipping thitherward and had prosperous windes which set them ashore in place where they themselues desired Thither a great multitude of people being assembled receyued the Priestes of God and the word of God was preached by them not onely in their Churches but also in the open stréetes and in the Countrey in such sort that in all places both the sound and faithfull were confirmed and they that before swarued out of the right faith were amended The Authoures and head professors of this heretical error lay lurcking all this while and much spited to sée the people dayly to fall from them After long aduisement vsed they take vpon them to trie the matter by open disputation which being agréed vpon they come foorth richly appoynted gorgeously apparelled accompanyed with a number of flattering fauourers The people were present both to sée and iudge the matter The parties were farre vnlike of condition on the one side was the faith on the other mans presumption on the one side méekenesse on the other pride on the one side Pelagius on the other Christ First of all Germanus and Lupus gaue their aduersaries leaue to speake which vaynely occupyed both the tyme and eares of the people with naked words but after the reuerend Bishops poured out their words cōfirmed with scriptures out of the Gospels and Apostles Thus the vanitie of Heretikes was conuicted and falsehoode confuted so that at Pelagians Heresie confuted euery obiection they were forced to confesse their errour not being able to aunswere them but after their departure the Heresie began againe to reuiue Wherefore Germanus returned into Britaine with Seuerus banished the Heretiques with banishment and restored the faith The end of the Romaynes gouernement in Brytaine Brytaines and Saxons THe Brytaines continued in doubtfull Warre with the Scottes and Pictes sometime bearing away the victorie sometime leauing it to the enimie But considering the ambitious minds of men and fearing least some should vsurpe the Kingdome at home while they were deteyned with warres abroade thought good to appoynte ouer them some King and so with one consent they elected Vortiger VOrtiger raigned in Brytaines in whose time hunger more 447 Beade preuayling against the Brytaines droue many of them to yéeld themselues vnto the hands of their enimies Other there were which could neuer be brought therevnto but from the hils and brakes where they lurked many tymes inuaded their enimies as trusting so much the more in the help of God how muche the lesse hope they had of ayde of men and by such meanes first of all both resisted and ouerthrew them which many yeares togither had liued by the spoyle of the Countrey whereby for the time they drewe homeward with shame ynough contending not long after to
Bishop of Dunmock Falix Bishoppe of Donwich now called Donwich an auntiente Citie sometime of great fame gouerned by a Maior and thrée Baylifes nowe soare decayed and wasted by the Sea he satte Byshop xvij yeares and was buryed at Ramsey Sigebert renounced the world and became a Monck and left his Kingdome to his kinseman Egricke with whom hée being assaulted of Penda King of the Mercies ioyned himselfe in battayle and was slaine ANna the sonne of Guido succéeded Egrieks and was lykewise slaine by the furie of Penda Etheldred daughter to Anna founded the Churche of Saincte Peter in the Isle of Ely Minster founded Ely Anno. 674. Athelhere brother to Anna succéeded and bothe he and Penda were slaine by Oswinus Kyng of the Northumbers and that deseruedly bycause he hadde ayded Penda against his owne brother and his kinsman Adelwaldus hys brother succéeded hym with like fortune and left the Kingdom to Aldulfus Elohwoldus and Hisberna sonnes of the same Athelhore Etheredus succéeded him EThelbertus his sonne whome Offa Kyng of Mercies deceitfully 790 slewe he was buryed at Hereforde Uery few men of might did raigne after him in East-Angle by reason of the violence done by the Mercians vntill S. Edmond EDmonde raigned xv yeares in whose time Hinguar and 870 Hubba began Danes entring the Prouince of the Northumbers raged ouer all the same and made great spoiles Hinguar hauyng gotten a great pray left Hubba and wyth Asserius his nauy sayled into East-Angle arriued at a certaine Citie thereof vnawares to the Citizens sette it on fire and slue Albo Florica censis both man woman and childe This wicked Hinguar tooke Edmonde King of that Prouince in a Uillage then called Heglisdune neare to a Wood bearing the same name where this holy Edmond being constant in the Christian Faith was first by the Pagans beaten wyth battes then scourged King Bdmund cruelly martyred by the Danes with whips he still calling on the name of Iesus hys aduersaries in a rage shotte him ful of Shaftes and then smote off his heade after whiche time the Angles ceased to raigne in the East-Angle but the same was possessed by Danes til a fiftie yeares after that Edward the sonne of Etheldred did expulse the Danes and ioyned that Prouince and also the East-Saxons to hys Kingdome of the Weast-Saxons East-Saxons ESsex the fourth kingdome contayned Essex Midlesex and Hartfordshire being bouÌ„ded on the East with the Germaine Ocean on the South with the riuer Thamis on the Weast with Colme and on the North with Stowre which at this day parteth Suffolke from Essex it contayneth the diocesse of LoÌ„don ERchenwine the eighte from Woden from whome all the Saxons deriued their genealogies first erected this Countrey 527 to a Kingdome which neuerthelesse he held as Feodarieto the kings of Kent who were as yet the very soueraines of the whole country froÌ„ Thamis to Humber And as we haue specified Vortiger yéelded season to HeÌ„gest for his deliuery â—eade when y â— Péeres of the Brytains were slain on Salisburie playn and he taken prisoner SLedda the sonne of Erchenwine succéeded his father in the 587 gouernement and to establishe the state more sure married Ricula the daughter of Ermenrich King of Kent and enioyed hys gouernemente so quietly that he ministred small matter to Historiographers SEbert the sonne of Sledda by Ricula ruled this kingdome 602 after his father The seconde yeare of hys raigne by the perswasion of Ethelbert hys vncle and preaching of Miletus first Byshoppe of London he embraced Christianitie and was baptised by Miletus and immediately to shewe himselfe a Christian builte a Churche to the honour of Saint Peter on the West side of London in a place whiche bycause it was ouergrowen with Thornes and enuironed wyth Waters the Saxons at that time called it Thorney and VVestminster built nowe of the Monasterie and West scituation is called Westminster In this place long before was a Temple of Apollo as Sulcardus writeth whyche being ouerthrowne wyth an Earthquake Eucius builte a Churche for the Christians â—ulcardâ—â— Sebert when he had raigned thirtéene yeres dyed and was entombed in the Church which he builte with his wife Acthelgod whose bodies many yeares after in the the time T. Walsingham of Richarde the seconde were translated from the olde Churche to the newe at Westminster and there enterred SErred Sewarde and Sigbert sonnes of Sebarte ioyntly as it séemeth then ruled Eastsex men wickedly giuen irreligious 616 and deadely enemies to the Christian profession who presumed contemptuouslye to the Table of the Lords Supper beyng not Baptised and bycause Miletus woulde not permitte them to be partakers of the Christian Sacramente they expelled hym from his Sea at London but shortly after Serred encountring with the West Saxons was slaine with both his brethren by king Kinegls SIgebert surnamed the little sonne of Sewarde succéeded in this kingdome and lefte the same to Sigebert his kinsman SIgebert sonne to Sigebalde brother to Sebert then ruled in Eastsex he by the perswasion of Oswy King of Northumbers â—eade abandoned all superstition and became a Christian and toke an holye manne Ced wyth hym who did mightily beate down errours wan many by preaching the Christian religion in his Dominions wherevpon Ced was by Finan consecrated Bishoppe of the East Saxons and then procéeded with more authoritie in hys functioÌ„ ordering Priests and Deacons in all places of Essex but especially at Ithancester and Tilberie Thys Cittie of Ithancester stoode on the bancke of the riuer Pante that runneth by Maldune in the hundered of Dansey but now that Citie is drowned in Pante so y t nothing remaineth but the ruines of the Citie in the sayde riuer Tilbery standeth on the Thamis side Ralph Cogshal In y â— good procéedings of King SIGEBERT he was slain by a kinsman of his owne vpon none other occasion but for that he vsed too muche clemencie towardes his enimies as the murtherers themselues confessed Swidhelin sonne of Sexbald succéeded then in this regimeÌ„t who was baptized by Ced in Rendlesham in East-Englande Sigher then ruled with Sebba whyche Sebba became a Monke and is buried at Saint Paules in London Sigehard then raigned Erkenwald Bishop of Eastangle founded the Monasteries of Chartesey in Surrey and Barking in Essex Anno. 677. Seofride nexte successiuely of whome I finde nothyng recorded Offa the sonne of Sigher then ruled this Prouince he enlarged with building and enriched with landes the Church Rich Cicesâ—â— of Westminster and then forsaking hys wife landes kinne and Countrey he went to Rome with Kenrede King of Mercia and there in a Monkes coule ended this life leauing Selred to rule his Countrey SElred whom other call Colred peaceably after Offa raigned 718 Ri. Grincastri 748 in Essex thirty yeares and at length was slaine SVthred after Selred was slayne raigned in Eastsex but Egbert King of the Weast-Saxons
called Etheldred his wife would by no meanes accompany hir husband but continued a Uirgine and after she had bin maried twelue yeares tooke at the handes of Wilfride the vaile and habite of a Nunne and builte the Monasterie of Eely where she was Abbesse Egfride hir husband fought a battell with Edilfride King of Mercia but after they were reconciled by Theodore the Bishop Then turning his power against Ireland he sente Berte thither who miserably destroyed the séely people But the yeare following he marched against the Pictes contrarie to the good counsell of S. Cuthbert whome he made Bishop and was slayne by them in an ambush when he had raigned fiftene yeares ALfride bastard sonne of Oswine succéeded after his brother 685 Egfride He did repaire y â— decayed state of Northumberland but coulde not recouer all that Picts Scottes and Brytaines tooke froÌ„ the Northumbers at the death of his brother He raigned ninetéene yeares OSred his sonne a child of eyght yeares succéeded who 704 wheÌ„ he had wickedly raigned eleuen yeares was murthered by his kinsmen Kenred and Osricke KEnred when he had slaine Osred ruled Northumberland 715 two yeares OSricke obteyned the Kingdome after xj yeares and elected Ceolnulph brother of Kenred to be his successor CEolnulph raigned in this prouince with great pietie 728 victorie viij yeares then forsooke the estate of a King and tooke the habite of a Moncke in the holy Iland Benedict who firste broughte Masons Paynting and Glasing into this Realme to the Saxons flourished at this Glasing brought among the Saxons Bede famous time Beda also that famous learned man liued at this time who dedicated his Historie of the Church of England to the forenamed Ceolnulph EGbert cousin germane to Ceolnulph raigned in Northumberland 736 Wil. Malme twenty yeares peaceably and then forsaking the Worlde entred into Religion and became a Monke his brother bearing the same name was Archbishop of Yorke which Sea he greatly aduanced and founded there a most woorthy Librarie replenished with all good Librarie at Yorke Authours OSwulfe succéeded his Father who was slayne by the 757 people in the first yeare of his raigne MOllo then tooke the regiment and after eleuen yeares 758 was traytecously murthered by Alerede ALered raigned after him eleuen yeares and was enforced 76â— by the people to leaue the Countrey AThelred or Etheldred the sonne of Mollo was aduanced 780 to the regiment of Northumberland by the people and the fifth yeare after was by them depriued AELfwold then was proclaymed King of Northumberland 785 and when he had raigned eleuen yeares was slayne by his subiects he lyeth buryed at Haugustald OSredé the sonne of Aelerede then succéeded but the firste 796 yeare he was depriued AEThelred or Etheldred who was before deposed now receyued 797 the Kingdome and when he had ruled foure yeares was also miserably slayne After his death thys Kingdome decayed and was pitifully ransacked by ciuill sedition and foraigne inuasions for the space of 30. yeares in whiche space there ruled héere withoute title of Kings ¶ Eardulfe ¶ Alfwold ¶ Eandred Lib. Aâ—tonensis ¶ Ethelred ¶ Readulfe ¶ Osbert which two last were slaine at Yorke by the Danes in a place yet to this day called Elle Crafte This Osbert rauished a Lady of his Countrey wife to Bernebokard in reuenge whereof the same Bernebokard fléeing into Denmarke returned againe with the Danes Hinguer and Hubba and ariued in holy Iland and so came to Yorke and there slew King Osbright ¶ Egbert then obteyned Northumberland RIcsy then vsurped it and after him Cuthred froÌ„ whome Sitricke the Dane gote it vnto whome King Athelstane the Monarche gaue his daughter in mariage Weast Saxons THe seanenth Kingdome was of the Weast Saxons which conteyned the Countreys of Barkeshire South-hampton Wiltshire Dorcetshire Somersetshire Deuonshire and Cornewall and hath dioceses Bathe and Welles Sarisburie and Exester hauing on the East side Southsex on the North side Thames on the South and the Weast the Sea Ocean This Kingdome although it tooke beginning long after the first comming of the Saxons yet the same endured longest and ouercomming all the other Kingdomes broughte them againe to one Monarchy CErdic the tenth from Woden with his sonne Kenrike landed in Britaine at a place called Cerdike shore and slew Natanleod King of the Britaines and fiue thousand men of whose name the Countrey as farre as Cerdikes foorde was called by the name of Natanleod CErdike and Kenrite began to raigne as Kings and 519 the same yeare they fought with the Britaine 's in a place called Cerdikes foorde and departed vanquishers After that they fought with the Britaynes in a place called Cerdicks lege They tooke the I le of Wight and gaue the same to their Nephewes Stuffe and Withgare and slewe the Britaines in Wethgarbirg He raigned xvij yeares Withgare the Nephew of Cerdic was buried at Withgarbrig or the Citie of Withgar KEnrike the sonne of Cerdic fought with the Britaine 's at 5â—6 Searesberige and afterwards at Beranbrige and at both times put them to flight and raigned xxv yeares CEaulin the sonne of Kenrike tooke vpon him the Kingdome 560 of the West Saxons In the beginning of his raigne he discomfited Ethelbert King of Kent and slew his two Dukes Oslaue and Cnebban at Wibbandune Afterward his brother Cutholfe vanquished the Britaines at Bedford and wanne from them the townes of Liganburge Egelsburge Bensington and Eignesham Sixe yeres after Ceaulin slew thrée kings of the Britaines Commeaile Condidâ—n Fariemeile at Deorham and tooke thrée Cities from them Glocester Cirencester and Bathancester After he fought with the Britaine 's at Fethanleah in which Tho. Rudborne Leyland he had the victorie but lost his sonne Cutha for now his fortune changed and when he had raigned xxxiij yeares he was ouercome at Wodnesbeorhe or Wannes ditch in Wilshire and expelled out of his Kingdome by the Britaines CEalrike the sonne of Cutholfe ruled the West Saxons fiuâ— 591 yeares CEolnulfe son of Cutha before named succéeded who had 598 continuall warres either with the Englishmen with Britaines with the Scottes or with the Pictes and lastly moued warre against the South Saxons and there dyed when he had raigned fourtéene yeares KInegilsus the sonne of Ceolrike succéeded He brought his 611 Marian. Floria. Wâ—g host against the Britaines into Beandune and there â—lew of them two thousand xlvj He also fought with Penda King of Mercians néere vnto Cirencester and after made peace with him And shortly after VVestsex baptised in the yeare of Christ 635. by the preaching of Berinus King Kinegilsus and all his people receiued the Christian faith to whome King Oswald was Godfather at the Font of which Kings the said Berinus had granted to him the Citie of Dorchester and builded there an house of Canons for Vita Berini his Bishops Sea Kinegilsus raigned xxvij yeares
doth séeme to beginne in the yeare of our Lord. 591. which number being added do bring forth 905. Adhelwoldus King of the Pagans brought a great armye from Eastsex and the East English whiche robbed and spoyled through all Mercia and the Weaste Countrey vntill they came to Crickalde and there went ouer the Thamis and tooke great spoyles about Bradney King Edward gathered an army and went towarde the Danes but while he tarried his army out of Kent Adhelwolf King of the Danes came vpon him with a great power and badde him battayle wherein Cochricus Adelwolfe kings of the Pagans were slaine In the yeare 910. a battaile was fought at Wodnesfielde a mile North from Wolfrune Hampton in Staffordeshire where VVodnesfielde in Staffordshire VVlfrune Hampton Cowilfus Healidene kings of y â— Pagans with many Erles and Nobles were slaine but of the common people innumerable Aethered Earle of the Mercies dyed and king Edwarde toke into his Dominion London and Oxenforde and all the Countrey adioyning therevnto In the yeare 913. by the Kings commaundement at Hertforde betwixt the riuers of Memeran Benefician and Legian in the North side a Citie is builded In the yeare 914. the Pagans of Northumberlande and Leycester in the Countie of Oxforde toke spoyles and in the kings towne called Hokenorton and in manye other places they slew many people and retourned home againe another army of y â— Danes being horssemen were sent into Hartfordeshire towardes Legeton with whom the men of y â— Countrey encountered and slaying manye of them put the rest to â—â—ight taking theyr horsses and armour with a great praye King Edward leauing certaine to builde a Citie in y â— South Maldon iâ— Essex part of the riuer Lâ—gea with more parte of his armye wente into Essex and encamped at Mealdune where he tarried til a Towne was builded at Witham In the yeare 915. a great Nauie of Danes sayled aboute the West Countrey and landed in diuerse places taking gret prayes and went to their shippes againe The King for strengthning of the Countrey made a Castel at y â— mouth of the water of Auon and another at Buckingham the thirde fast by that is on eyther side of the riuers course one then wente into Northampton and Bedfordshires and subdued the Danes there with their leader called Turketils King Edward builded or new repayred the towns of Tocester Tocester VVigmore and Wigmore In the yeare 918. the Kentish Southrey and East Saxons besieged Colchester and wanne it by force and slew all therein Cogshal a fewe excepted that escaped by flight The same yeare king Colchester in Essex Edward wente to Colchester with an army repayred y â— wals and put a great garrison of souldiours into it The next yeare died the noble Princesse Elfleda wife to HeÌ„rie Bradshaw Reynulâ— Hygden Etheldredus Duke of Mercia and was buryed in the Monasterie of Saint Peter whiche hir Lorde and she before had builded in the Towne of Glocester whiche Monasterie was after throwen to the grounde by the Danes but Aeldredus Bishoppe of Yorke of Worcester made there another which is now the chiefest Church in the towne This noble woman Elfleda réedified the Cittie of Chester she repayred the towne of Tomworth beside Lichfielde Chester Tomvvorth Lichfielde Stafford VVarvvike Shrevvesburie VVatersburie Eldesburie Leycester repayred Runcorn tovvn and castell and Brimsbery vvith the bridge builded Stafford Warwicke Shrewesburie Watrisburie Eldisburie Legeceaster with a towne and Castell in the North ende of Mercia vpon the Riuer of Merse that is called Runcorne she builded a bridge ouer Seuerne called Brimesberie bridge c. When she had once assaied the paines that women suffer in trauayling with childe she euer after refused the embracing of hir husbande saying it was not séemely for any noble woman to vse such fleshly lyking whereof shoulde ensue so great sorrow and paine tamed the Walchmen and in diuerse battayles chased the Danes after whose death Edward helde that Prouince in hys owne hande King Edward builded a newe town against the old town of Notingham on the South side of the Riuer of Trent made Marianus Scotus Wil. Thorne Henrie Hunting Alredus Riual Thilvval built Manchester repayred a bridge ouer the sayde riuer betwéene the two townes he subdued the kings of Scotland Wales he builded a town in y t North end of Mercia by y â— riuer of Merse named it Thilwal and repayred the Towne of Manchester after al which déeds by him done he deceased at Faringdon and was buried at Winchester in the new Church whiche hys father Aâ—lfrede had builded when he had raygne xxiiij yeares A Delstane after the deathe of Edwarde Senior his father 924 Alfridus Beuerla Iohn Leyland Speculum histo Rich. Cirenc was Crowned at Kingstone by Athelmus Archbishoppe of Canturburie His corenation was celebrated in the market place vpon a stage erected on hic that the King mighte beÌ„e séene the better of the multitude He was a Prince of worthy memorie valiant and wise in all his actes and brought W. Malâ—â— thys lande into one Monarchie for he expelled vtterly the Danes and quieted the Walchmen He caused them to paye hym yearely tribute twentie pounde of golde 300. pounde of siluer and 2500. heade of Neate with houndes haukes to a certaine number And after that he had by battayle conquered Scotlande hée made one Constantine king of Scottes vnder him adding this Princely word that it was more honoure to hym to make a King than to be a King He made seuen coyning mintes at Canturburie foure for the King two for the Archbishoppe and one for the Abbot at Rochester iij. two for the king and one Canturb recordes for the Byshoppe besides these in London eight in Winchester W. Lâ—â—bâ—â—â— Sax. Lawes sixe in Lewes two in Hastings two in Chichester one in Hampton two in Warham two in Excester two in Shaftesburie two and in euery good towne one Coyner He founded Saint Germaines in Cornewal which was since T. Rudborn Girardus Coâ—â—ubi a Bishops sea he founded Saint Peâ—rocus at Bodmin he founded Pilton Priorie Midleton and Michelney In his time Guy Earle of Warwicke in acombate slewe Guy of VVarvvicke slevv Colbrond Colbrond the Danish Giant in Hide Meade neare vnto Winchester Athelstane raigned fiftéene yeares and was buried at Io. Lidgat Malmesburie EDmunde the brother of Adelstan tooke on him the gouernaunce 940 of thys realme whose shorte raigne tooke from him the renoume of moste hyghe prayses that should haue redounded to this posteritie for he was a maÌ„ disposed Marianus of nature to noblenesse and Justice hée toke out of the Danes handes the Townes of Lincolne Notingham Darbie Leicester and Stanforde and brought all Mercia to hys Dominion he expulsed the two kings Anlafus the sonne of Sithricus Io. Taxtor and Reginalde the sonne of Cuthberte out of Northumberlande and subdued the Countrey to
get the good wyll of the people who had conceyued an ill opinion of hym of thys arose ciuill warres within the Realme and often dissention and discordes as well of the Nobles as of the common sort Anno. 982. a great part of the Citie of London was brent Thomas Rudburn which Citie at this time had most building from Ludgate towarde Westminster and little or none where the harte of the Citie is nowe except in diuerse places was housing that stoode without order so that manye Cities as Canturburie Yorke and other in Englande passed London in building but after the Conquest it encreased and nowe passeth all other A disease not knowen in England in time past to witte Asser Flux of men c morraine of Cattaile Bishops Sea at Excester Feuers of men with the Flix and Morren of cattayle killed many Anno. 994. King Ethelred erected a Byshoppes sea at Excester The same yeare Anlafe Kyng of the Norwayes Sweyne King of Danes on the daye of the Natiuitie of our Lorde in xviij Galleys came vp to London whiche they attempted to breake into and to set on fire but they were repulsed not without their greate detriment and losse by the Citizens wherevppon they being driuen with furie leauing London set vpon Eastsex and Kent by the sea coastes brent Townes and wasted the fields without respect of sex or age killed al wasted with fire sword al what they may not carry away At length being pacified with a Tribute of 16000. pounds departed to theyr shyppes and Wintered at Southampton Anno. 995. a Comet apeared The Bishoprick of Lindâ—fer Bishops sea aâ— Durham or Holâ—e Iland was remoued to Durham In the yeare 1002. King Etheldred caused al the Danes in The Danes 〈…〉 thered Burton vpon Trent England to be slayne vpon the day of Saint Brice The same yeare Vlâ—ricus Spote founded a Monasterie at Burton vppon Trent In Anno. 100â— Swayn King of Denmark with agret army inuaded EngleÌ„d with fire and sword 1004 they fought a great battell at Theâ—forde against Vlfekettel Carle of East-Angle Asser The yere 1009. they fought another battel against Vlfekettel at Rengemore The yere 1011. they destroyed Canturburie for that y â— Archbishoppe Elfegus woulde not yéelde to them he was first imprisoned there after carried to Grenewiche and there stoned to deathe Christes Churche is spoyled and brent the Monkes with all other men are â—â—â—â—hed TiraÌ„ny of the Danes in Englande nine of euery ten being put to death the tenth suffered to liue in miserie the number of them that were left aliue was four Monkes and of lay people eight hundred so that y â— number slaine was 36. Monkes and. 8000. of the lay people In Anno. 1012. they toke tribute of 48000. poundes and Record eccle Caâ— Marianus Tloriacensis at the last after diuerse ouerthrowes giuen to the meÌ„ of this Iland they possessed the same and putte king Etheldred to flight constrayning him to liue in exile among the NormaÌ„s This Etheldred had two wiues Ethelgina an Englishe Ethelgina and Emma vviues to Etheldred Alured and Edvvard the sons of Etheldred woman and Emma a Norman of the first he had two childreÌ„ of which sauing of Edmonde who succéeded hym in the kingdome it were nothing to our purpose to speake Of the secoÌ„d that was Emma sister to Richard Duke of Normandie there were borne two sonnes to witte Edward and Alured And that I do here contrarie to that is commonly vsed set Edward before Alured as elder brother I am moued therevnto by no smal aucthoritie which I haue taken out of the historiographers W. Gemeticensis Encomium Emma of that age out of Gemeticensis a most diligeÌ„â— writer of Genealogies and one other author who in hys Commentarie written in praise of Emma the Quéene affirmeth that Edwarde was the elder brother whom I doe the better beléeue bycause it is not like that he séeing the things wyth his eyes shoulde mistake the matter especiallye writing to the Quéene who was mother to them both Swanus in the meane time subdued al Englande and the people for feare yelded vnto hym on euery side ouer whome most cruelly he tryumphed But not long after he departed this life at Geynesburge and left Canutus his sonne successour in the Kingdome Etheldrede hearing that Swanus was dead leauing in Normandie with Duke Richard his sisters sonne Emma his wife and the children that he hadde by hyr returned with al spéede into Englande with Edmunde his sonne by hys firste wife being then at maÌ„s state by the trustinesse of his own men and the ayde of the Normans moued warre against his enimie Canutus finding himselfe vnable to matche with him went into Denmarke minding to returne hither immediatly againe Etheldred being contrarie to his expectation thus restored to his kingdome shewed great crueltie vpon the Danes that remained in England sparing neither man nor woman yong nor old Therefore Canutus being very desirous to reuenge the same prepared a new armie and came into England against Etheldred with al spéede he could raging wide and side with fire and sword Etheldred in the meane season whether by sicknesse or for sorrow dyed when he had raigned â—o Taxtor Wil. Malme Alfredus Beuers lacensis eight and thirtie yeares and was buryed in the North I le of Paules Church in London aboue the high Aulter EDmond the sonne of Etheldred by his first wife succéeded 1016 Edmond Ironside W. Malme in the Kingdome who whether it were for the greate strength of his body or for that he alwayes vsed to go in armour was surnamed Ironside He had sixe battels against Canutus King of the Danes Leyland at Penham hard by Gillingham in Dorcetshire He put the Danes to flight after that at Shirestone He held euen hand with them in the field notwithstanding that the Englishmen at the first beganne to flée by the policie of Edricus Duke of Lincolne and of Merce who cryed Edrike a Traytor runne away wretches Edmond your King is slayne After this King Edmond came to London to deliuer the Citizens whome part of the enimies had beséeged as soone as he was gone from thence He had made a ditch also round about the Citie where Ditch about London the Riuer of Thamis doth not runne The Danes fléeing the King followed them and passing ouer Brentford he vanquished them with a notable victorie The rest of y e Danes which remayned with Cnute whiles London beseeged both by land and by vvater Edmond rested him and set his matters in order did againe beséege London both by water and by lande but the Citizens stoutely withstoode and repulsed them wherefore they shewed their anger vpon the Countrey of the Mercies spoyling Townes and Uillages with robbery burnings and murther and caryed their pray to the Shippes whiche they had gathered togither in the Riuer of Medway which runneth by Rochester from
10 Iohn Fleming 11 Oliuer Saint Iohn 12 WilliaÌ„ Easterling now for shortnes called Sâ—radling Thus was the Lordship of Glamorgan Morgannoke wonne out of the Welchmens hands whiche Lordship conteyned in length from Râ—mid bridge on the East side to Pallekinan in the West side 27. miles The breadth from the Hauen of Aberthaw on the South side to the confine of Breknokeshire about Morleys Castell is 22. miâ—â—â— In this Prouince are neath vpon a Riuer of the same name Pontfaine that is to say Stone bridge sometimes called Cowbridge Lantwid Wenny Dinwid Townes and Castels besides Caer Phili a most antient Castell fortresse which by reporte was erected by the Romanes and Caerdid the Humfrey Lâ—â—yd principall Towne of the Shire standing vpon the Riuer Tafe Englishmen tearme it Cardid or Gardife Also within the body of the said Lordship were eightene Castels and â—6 Knightes fées and a halfe that helde of the same Lordship by Knights seruice besides a great number of frée holders Also the saide Lordship being a Lordship Marcher or a Lordship Royall and holden of no other Lordship the Lordes thereof euer since the winning of the same owing their obedience only to the Crowne haue vsed therein Iura regalia with the triall of all actions as well reall as personall and pleas of Crowne with authoritie to pardon all offences Treason only excepted King William W 〈…〉 Northumberland where he repaired 1091 Nevv Castell Sarisburie Anno reg 5 such Castels as the Scottes had impayred and builded the newe Castell on Tine Osmond Bishop of Sarisburie founded the Cathedrall Church of old Sarisburie and on the morrow after the dedication thereof the Stéeple was fiered by lightning In England fell wonderfull abundance of rayne and after 1092 Great Frost Mathew Paris Wil. Malme ensued so great frost that horsses and cartes passed commonly ouer great Riuers which when it thawed the Yse brake downe many great bridges Hugh Lupus Earle of Chester sente into Normandy for Abbey of Chester Anselme by his counsell to builde an Abbey at Chester of Saint Werbridge King William lying sicke at Glocester for feare of death Mathew Paris promised to correct the wicked Lawes He gaue the Archbishoprike of Canturbury to Anselme Anselme Archbishop and to his Chancellour Robert Bloet the Bishoprike of Lincolne but when the King had recouered his health he was sorie that he had not sold the Bishoprike of Lincolne Malcolme King of Scottes comming into Englande was King of Scottes flayne met withall and sodeinly â—â—ayne with his sonne and heire also by Robert Mowbray Earle of Northumberland Iohn Bishop of Welles by noynting the Kings handes Bishopricke at Bathe Levves in Suffex Anno reg 6. 1093 Carelile repayred and the Castell builded Famine â—â— Beuerla Thomas Rudburn transposed his Bishops seate to Bathe William Waren first Earle of Surrey and Gundred his wife founded the Abbey of Lewes in Sussex King William builded againe the Citie of Carelile which was destroyed by the Danes 200. yeares before He also builded a Castell there and out of the South parts of England sent men to inhabit This yeare was a great famine and after so great a mortalitie that the quicke were scant able to bury the dead King William made great warres in Normandy against his brother Robert through the whiche both England and Normandy were fore oppressed with exactions Exactions VVâ—lâ—chmen vvon Angleâ—ey The Welchmen spoyled the Citie of Glocester with a part of Shrewsburie and woonne the Isâ—e of Anglesey The Bishopricke of Thetford was translated to Norwich Bishopricke at Norvvich Anno reg 7. 1094 Northumberland spoyled by Herbert Losing Bishop there King William sent his brother Henry into Northumberland with a great power bycause Robert Mowbrey Earle of that Countrey refused to come to the Kings Court the Countrey was spoyled the Earle was taken and many were disherited Some had their eyes put out c. King William with a great power entred Wales but not King VVilliam inuaded vvales being able to followe the Welchmen among the hilles he builded two Castels in the borders and returned Great preparation was made by the Christians to goe Anno reg 8. 1095 〈…〉 to Hierusalem against the Infidels at Hierusalem Peter the Hermite being their first leader and after Godfrey of Lorraine called Godfrey of Bolleine Robert Duke of Normandy tooke his iourney towards Anno reg 9. 1096 Normandy pavvned An. reg 10. 1097 Nice and Antioch vvoon Hierusalem and layde Normandy to gage to his brother King William for 6666. poundes of siluer The Dukes Godfrey Beamonde and Robert beséeged the Citie of Niece with 6000. horsemen and 10000. footemen and tooke the same with the wife of Soliman and his sonnes They also tooke the Citie of Antioch King William with an armie of horsemen and footemen wente the seconde time into Wales meaning to kill all the male kinde there but he could vnneth kill or take any one of them All the lands in Kent that sometime belonged to Earle Hector Boetius Godvvin sands Godwine by breaking in of the Sea were couered with Sands and therefore is yet called Godwine Sands King William was in Normandy and gaue himselfe to Exactions An. reg 11. 1098 An. reg 12. 1099 Hierusalem vvonne warres there so that with exactions and tributes he did not only shaue but flea the people of England Hugh Earle of Shrewsburie was slayne in Anglesey by the Irishmen The Christians tooke the Citie of Hierusalem and placed there a King and a Patriarche After King Wilham was come out of Normandy he kept his Courte at Westminster in the new Hall which he had then caused to be builded the length whereof is 270. foote VVestminster Hall P. Patauiensis and the breadth 74. foote and hearing men say it was too bigge he answered this Hall is not bigge ynough by the one halfe and that it was but a Chamber in comparison Io. Euersden of that he was about to make A diligent searcher might Mathew Paris Io. Rouse yet find out the foundation of the Hall which he had purposed to builde stretching from the Thames side vnto the common strééte King William being a hunting in the new Forest word was brought him that his people were beséeged in Mayne he forthwith tooke shipping though he were vehemently perswaded to the contrary for that there was at that time a great tempest to whome he answered he neuer heard that any King was drowned At this time he gote more honor VVord of VVilliam Rufus Mathew Paris than euer he did in all his life for he chased his enemies and returned with victory In this Sommer bloud sprang out of the earth at Finchamstede Anno reg 13 in Barkeshire King William on the morrow after Lammas day hunting 1100 There standeâ—â— a Chappell King VVilliam slayne Wil. Malme Mathew Paris Radulphus Niger in the new Forrest of Hampshire in a
place called Chorengham Sir Walter Tirell shooting at a Déere vnawares hitte the King in the brest that he fell downe starke dead and neuer spake worde his men specially that Knighte gate them away but some came backe agayne and layde his body vpon a Colyars Cart whiche one sillie leane beast did draw vnto the Citie of Winchester where he was Radul Cogshal buryed on the morow after his death at whose buryall men could not wéepe for ioy This King was taken out of the world in the middest of his vnrighteousnesse who being wicked to his owne people and to strangers was most wicked to himselfe The Countreys about him he prouoked with warres and England was so miserably oppressed vnder him that it Io. Rouse could not recouer for he and his trayne spoyled and subuerted all things He reigned twelue yeares and eleuen monethes lacking eyght dayes He gaue vnto the Monkes called De Charitate in Southwarke Register of Bernaâ—dsey the great newe Church of Saint Sauioure of Barmonds eye and also Barmonds eye it selfe He also founded of an olde Monasterie of Monkes a Ex Câ—â—â— goodly Hospitall in the Citie of Yorke called Saint Leonards for the sustentation and finding of the poore as well men as women He gaue the Churche of Saint Peeter in the Citie of Bathe to be a Bishops Sea and the mother Church of Somersetshire ¶ King Henry Beawclerke HEnry brother to William Anno reg 1. Io. Rouse Rufus and y â— first of that name for his learning called Beawclearke brought vp in the studie of the liberall artes at Cambridge chieflye through the trauell of Henrye Nowborough Earle of Warwike who appeased all debates of that time to the The. Râ—dborne W. Malme contrarie obteyned the dominion ouer this Realme of Englande and beganne his raigne the first day of August in the yeare oâ—â—ure Lorde 1100. and was crowned at Westminster on the fifth day of August by Mawrice Bishop of London bycause at that time Geâ—â—â— Dorâ— Anselme Archbishop of Canturburie was by persecution of William Rufus exiled This Henry borne at Selbe in Englande was a noble Prince strong and mightie of body high of stature and amiable of countenance He was excellent in wit eloquent and fortunate in battaile and for these thrée he had thrée notable vices couetousnesse crueltie and lecherie He maryed Mawde the daughter of Malcoline King of Scottes of whome he begate William and a daughter named Mawde At the beginning of his raigne he restored the state of the Cleargie aswaged the gréeuous payments reduced againe Saint Edwards lawes and amended them He put out of his Court all nice and wanton persons He reformed the olde vntrue measures and made a Measures reformed W. Malme Vlno novv called a yard W. Malme measure by the length of his owne arme whiche was then called Vlno an Elle and now the same is called a yarde or metewand c. He restored to his Subiects the vse of lights in the night Vse of light in the night permitted which lightes and also fire had him forbidden by his father to be vsed after the ringing of a Bell at eyght of the clocke at night Edgar King of Scottes did homage to this Henry This yeare Iordan Briset Baron the sonne of Raufe the Saint Iohns by Smithfielde sonne of Brian Briset founded the house of Saint Iohn of Hierusalem néere vnto London by Smithfield The same Iordan gaue fourtéene Acres of ground lying Clarken vvell Register of Clerken well Ex Carta in the field next adioyning vnto Clarken well to build therevpon a house of Nunnes wherein he with Murioll hys wife were both buryed in the Chapter house Robert Shorthose Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest 1101 Anno reg 2. brother whiche was nowe returned from Hierusalem made warre vpon his brother Henry for the Crowne of England who assembled a strong armie and landed at Portesmouth but by mediation a peace was made on condition that Tribute to Robert Shorthose VVinchester and Glocester brent Liber Glocestr Tevvkesbery builded Cronica de Theoksbery Henry should pay thrée thousand markes yearely to Duke Robert and if the one dyed without issue the longer liuer should inherit Winchester was brent the xvij of May and Glocester was brent the twentith of May Robert Fitzham who came with the Conquerour out of Normandy with Sibell his wife founded a new the Church of Theukesbery and was there buryed Robert de Belasine Earle of Shrewsburie eldest sonne to 1102 Robert de Belasme rebelled Wâ—l Malme Floriacensâ—s Roger Mountgomery strengthned the Towne and Castell of Shrewsbury so did he the Castels of Bridgenorth Tichile and Arundell with viâ—â—uals and armed men against King Henry but the King being warned thereof he gathereth his power and beséegeth Bridgenorth whiche Towne was yéelded vnto him And this being knowne to them of Arundell they forthwith submitted themselues with condition that their Lorde Robert de Belasme might be permitted fréely to passe into Normandy Also they of Shrewsbury sent the keyes of their Castell and pledges of their obeysance and then Robert with his brother Ernulfus and Roger of Poytiers abiured this land for euer The Cathedrall Churche of Norwich was founded by Minster of Norvviche Anno reg 3. Register of Saint Barthelmew Hospitall of S. Barthelmevv 1103 Anno reg 4. Herbert Bishop of Norwich The Priorie and Hospitall of Saint Barthelmewe in Smithfield was founded by a pleasant I ester or Minstrell of the Kings named Reior who became first Prior there Before this time Smithfield was a laystow of all drdure and filth and the place where fellons and other transgressors were put to execution Roberte Duke of Normandy comming into Englande through the subtelty of King Henry his yonger brother released The yonger brother begyleth the elder to him the tribute of thrée thousand Markes of Siluer Hugh Lacy founded the Monasterie of Saint Iohn at Ex libre Lanthony Mathew Paris Lanthony founded Chro. Donmow Lanthony the Chanons of which place were since translated by Miles high Connestable and Earle of Here ford to a place néere vnto Glocester then called Hide since called Lanthony Iuga Baynard Lady of little Donmow caused Maurice Bishop of London to dedicate the Church of Donmow which the Priorie of Donmovv in Essex founded by the VViddovv of Baynard that buylded Baynards Castell in London had founded and the same day she gaue to it halfe a hide of land This Lady Iuga was late wife to Baynard that firste buylded Baynards Castle in London Great malice was kindled betwéene the two bréthren 1104 Anno reg 5. Robert and Henry wherevpon deadly warre ensued There appeared about the Sunne foure circles and a blasing Starre King Henry remayned in Normandy making strong 1105 Anno reg 6. Saint Iohns in Colchester warres vpon his brother Robert and Rorsia his wife Eudo Dapifere or sewer to King Henry founded the Monasterie
Mathew Paris Geruasius Battaile of the standarde Cro. Hautenprice the possession of the realme according to their othe made to hir In the meane time Dauid king of Scots promising to recouer the crowne of England for the Empresse Mawde hys Néece in most cruell wise inuaded Northumberland where by Thrustone Archbishop of Yorke the Scottes had an ouerthrow at Conton more than foure myles Northweast from Alnertâ—â— and were slaine aboue x. thousand In the moneth of July Robert Earle of Glocester retourned 1139 The Empresse returned into England Geruasius into England with his sister the Empresse and a gret armie which arriued at Portesmouth The Empresse was receiued into Arundel castel by Adelize late wife to king Henry as then wife or Concubine to William Earle of Arundel Earle Robert wente to Wallingforde and thence to Glocester and raised those Countries The king helde his siege before Marleborough but aduertised Marleborough besieged of the Empresse arriuall he hasted towardes Arundel where being by faire spéech pacified he commanded his brother Bishoppe of Winchester to bring the Empresse vnto Bristowe and he himself followed Earle Robert with his army The Empresse stayed at Bristow till October and then went to Glocester hir comming thither being knowen Miles the high Conestable and many other nobles toke part with hyr against king Stephen The king besieged Wallingforde Castell but profited not VValingford castel besieged Floriacensis and therefore raysing a Tower of woodde before it stuffed it with men of warre and went to win the Castell of Malmesburie The armye of Earle Robert wanne the Citie of Worcester brent the moste part of it and laden with the spoyle departed thence The Shirife of that Citie in reuenge hereof destroyed the towne of Sudley and with the spoyle thereof retourned to Worcester After this the King with a great army came from Oxford to Worcester where he gaue the honour of high Conestableship Anno. reg 5. being taken from Miles of Glocester vnto William the sonne of Walter Beauchampe Shirife of Worcester and then retourned to Oxforde and so to Salisburie The King went to Reading and after with hys army towardes 1140 Notingham spoyled Geruasius Doro. Ely but the Bishoppe fledde to Gloucester to Earle Robert and the King wanne the Castell of Ely Robert Earle of Glocester with a gret power inuaded the towne of Notingham and spoyled it the townes men were taken slaine or brent in the Churches wherevnto they fled One of them more rich than the others was taken and led Anno. reg 6. NotinghaÌ„ brent to his owne house by his takers to shewe them where hys treasure lay he bringing them into a low seller whilest they were busie to break open lockes Coffers he conueyed him self away shutting the doores after him set sire on y e house and soothe théeues to the number of thirtie were brent and by reason of this fire all the towne was set a fire and brent Kyng Stephen besieged Lincolne againste Ranulph Earle of Chester but Roberte Earle of Glocester came with a great 1141 Lincolne besieged King Stephen taken power and rescued the same chased the Kyngs armye and tooke him prysoner on Candlemas day firste he was had to Glocester and after to Bristowe there committed to prison The Empresse reioycing at this hir good happe departed from Glocester and came to Ciceste r with Byshops Barons and other in greate number from thence she went to Winchester where mette hir Lordes spirituall and temporall in great number the Citie with the tower and Crowne of the Realme was deliuered into hir hands The Bishop of Winchester that was king Stephens brother The Empresse obtayneth thè Crovvne accursed al that stoode against the Empresse and blessed those that tooke hir part From thence she departed to Wilton where the Archbishoppe of Canturburie came and saluted hyr When Easter was paste she went to Reding where she was receiued with all the honour that mighte be thence she went to Oxforde where the Castell was deliuered vnto hyr by Robert de Olly then went she to Saint Albons and was receyued with all honour Here the Citizens of London came and yéelded their Citie to hir wherevpon she went to London and so to Westminster where she being receyued with procession remained certain dayes taking order for the state of the Realme King Steuens wife and many Péeres of the realm made Ypodigma Geruasius Do. Floriacensis suite to the Empresse to haue the King restored to libertye and not to the kingdome promising to perswade with hym to become a Monke but she woulde not heare The Bishop of Winchester requested hir to giue vnto Eustace his nephew King Steuens sonne his fathers Earledome but it woulde not be The Citizens of London required hir to restore Kyng Edwardes lawes but she being puffed vp with pride would not graunte theyr requeste wherevppon they conspired to take hir prisoner but she aduertised hereof fled with shame The Empresse fledde leauing behinde hir all hir furniture of housholde and apparell Henrie Bishop of Winchester casting which way to deliuer his brother perswaded the Londoners to ayde him The Empresse got hir to Oxforde and froÌ„ thence to Gloucester and Ypodigma Floriacences Geruasius theÌ„ with hir assured friend Miles again to Oxforde bycause she trusted most in him she to do him honour gaue him the Earledome of Heneforde and now hauing got a great army about Lammes wente againe to Winchester and lodged in the Castel there The Bishop abashed of hir sodayn coÌ„ming departed out at one gate as she came in at another he getting a great army with the help of the Londoners besieged the Citie and the seconde of August committed the Citie to the VVinchester brent Geruasius Floriacensis fire with the whiche the Nunry and houses of office with more than twentie Churches some write xl and a greate part of the Citie with the Monasterie of Saint Grimbald the houses thereto belonging were brought to ashes About the exaltation of the crosse the Empresse being wearied of long siege got hir to horssebacke with hir brother Reginalde Earle of Cornewal and many other Earle Robert followed with a great number of Lords knights but the Bishops men setting on them slewe tooke a great number The Empresse fled to the Castel of Lutegershal heauy and The Empresse fled almost deade for feare from thence she was brought to the Castell of Vies and from thence to Glocester bound in a horse-litter like a deade carcasse Earle Robert being pursued was taken at Stobbridge w e Earle of Gloster taken Erle Waren and many other and presented to the Quéene as then new entred into Winchester Earle Robert was deliuered to William de Ypers who put him in prison in the Castel of Rochester Myles Erle of Hereford hardly escaped and came to Glocester Earle of Hereforde fled almost naked The Bishops men brent the Monasterie of Nuns at
Gillemehelmach Ocadeci Ocaruell with other Princes and the Bishops submitting themselues and theirs to the King of Englande and his successors builded for him a greate Pallace at Dublin where he helde hys Christmas The Church of Norwich with the houses thereto belonging was brent and the Monkes were dispercled The King returned into England on Monday in the Easter 1172 wéeke about the Ascention tide sayled into Normandy At Andouer a Priest praying before the Altare was striken with thunder and slayne Likewise one Larke and his brother was brent to death with the lightning Cro. Colâ—estre King Henry the sonne with his wife the French Kings daughter were both togither Crowned at Winchester the seauen and twentith of August by the handes of Rotrod Archbishop of Roane King Henry the elder was assoyled of the death of Thomas Geruasius Anno reg 19. the Archbishop vpoÌ„ his oth made that he was not priuie to it King Henry married the eldest daughter of Hubert 117â— Ypodigma Earle of Morton vnto his sonne Iohn surnamed without land He also made Mary the sister of Thomas Becket Abbesse of Berking Henry the yonger rebelling in Normandy against King Henry the yonger rebelled Henry his father many Earles and Barons fledde ouer to him whereby diuers strong battayles were fought as well in England as in Normandy Poytow Guyen and Britaine There tooke part against the father Lewes King of France William King of Scottes Henry Geffrey and Iohn his sonnes Robert Earle of Leycester Hugh of Chester and others Robert Earle of Leycester with thrée thousand Flemings comming into England ariued at Walton and after were receyued by Earle Hugh into Framilingham Castell They brent the Castell of Hagoneth the Citie of Norwich c. but by Iohn Taxtor Anno reg 20 Richard de Lucy the Kings Justice both he his wife and as many Normans and Frenchmen as were with him were taken but the Flemings were all slayne or drowned This battayle was fought without the Towne of S. Edmondsburie néere to a place called S. Martins of Farneham William King of Scottes with many Flemings entring into England wan the Castels of Appleby Brough and Pridehoâ— King Henry the elder returning into England in shorte time subdued his Rebels The Citie of Leycester by his 1174 Leycester brent commandement was brent the walles and Castell raced and the inhabitants sparcled into other Cities Robert de Scoteuile Radulph de Mandeuile Barnard Bayllole of whome Baynards Castell tooke the name and William de Vescy came to Newcastell and after tooke King William King of Scottes taken prisoner Ger. Dorobor Baynardes Castell Sca. Cron. prisoner and sent him to London from whence King Henry tooke him and the Earle of Leycester with him into Normandy and there imprisoned them at Roane where King William compounded for his ransome and after was deliuered at Yorke for 4000. pound The Nobles of Scotlande came no néerer than Pembles in Scotland to méete with their King wherefore he tooke with him many of the yonger sonnes of noble men in England that bare him good wil and gaue them landes in Scotland which he tooke from suche as were Rebels to him there The names of those Gentlemen that he toke with him were Baylliol Brewle Soully Mowbrey Saintclere Hay Giffard Ramesey Lanudell Bisey Berkeley Wellegen Boys Montgomery Valx Celenille Friser Grame Gurlay and diuers other The v. day of September Christes Church in Canturburye Geruasius Doro. Wil. Thorne Canturbury brent was burned with certayne houses of Office in the court King Henry the sonne with his bréethren other were reconciled to King Henry the father The Archbishop of Canturbury held a Counsell in S. Peeters Anno reg 21 1175 at Westminster on Sunday before the Ascention day at which Counsell were present all the suffragan Bishops of his Prouince Worcester except that was sicke and so excused himselfe and y â— Bishop of Norwich which was deceased A brother of the Earle Ferrers was in the night priuily Roger Houed slayne at London which wheÌ„ the King vnderstoode he sware that he would be auenged on the Citizens for it was then a common practise in the Citie that an hundred or more in Night vvalkers in London did murther all they met a company of yong and old would make nightly inuasions vpon the houses of the wealthy to the intent to robbe them and if they found any man stirring in the Citie within the night they would presently murther him in so much that when night was come no man durst aduenture to walke in the Stréetes When this had continued long it fortuned that as a crew of yong and wealthy Citizens assembling togither in the night assaulted a stone house of a certayne rich man and breaking through the wall the good man of that house hauing prepared himselfe with other in a corner when he perceyued one of the Théeues named Andrew Bucquinte to leade the way with a burning brand in the one hand and a potte of coales in the other whiche he assayed to kindle with the brand he flew vpon him and smote off his right hande and then with a lowde voyce cryed Théeues at the hearing whereof the Théeues tooke their flight all sauing he that had lost his hande whome the good man in the next morning deliuered to Richarde de Lucy the Kings Justice This Théese vpon warrant of his life appeached his confederates of whome many were taken and many were fledde but among the rest that were apprehended a certayne Citizen of greate countenance credite and wealth surnamed Iohn the olde when he coulde not acquite himselfe by the waterdome offered the King for his life fiue hundred Markes but the King commaunded that he shoulde be hanged which was done Gualter Couen and the Citie became more quiet The Kings of England both father and sonne did eate Anno reg 22 1176 and drinke at one Table lay in one Chamber and wente togither to visite the Tombe of Thomas late Archbishop of Canturburie accomplishing indéede the peace whiche they had promised The King caused to be razed and ouerthrowne the Castels of Huntington Walton Groby Tutsburie Hay and Trest Castels razed with many other in reuenge of the harme the Lordes of them had done to him This yeare 1176 after the foundation of Saint Mary Redulphus de diceto Oueryes Church in Southwarke the stone bridge ouer the The stone bridge at London begon to bée buylded Ex recordis SaÌ„ctae Mariae de Southwarke Iohn Leyland Thamis at London was begonne to bée founded A Cardinall and the Archbishop of Canturburie gaue a thousande Markes toward the same foundation In March the King called a Conuocation of the Cleargie at London when the Popes Legate was set and the Archbishop of Canturbury on his right hande as primate of England the Archbishop of Yorke disdeyning to sitte on the lefte hande came and swapt him downe to haue thrust
â—aruus Iohn Taxtor Gerua Doro. Canturb recordes Gual Couent euill fauoured of shape but yet verye eloquent moued the common people to séeke libertie and fréedome and not to bée subiect to the rich and mightie by which meanes he drewe to him many great companies and with all his power defended the poore mens cause against the riche 52000. Londonors he allured to him to be at his deuotion and commandemeÌ„t The king being warned of this tumult coÌ„manded him to cease from those attemptes but the people still followed him as they before had done he made to them orations taking for his theame this sentence Haurietis aquas in gauâ—io de fontibus saluatoris whiche is to say Ye shal draw in ioy waters forth of the wels of your sauiour And to this he added I am sayd he y e sauiour of poore men yée be poore haue assayed long y e hard hands of rich meÌ„ Now draw yée holsome water forth of my Wels that w e ioy for the time of your visitatioÌ„ is come This WilliaÌ„ was coÌ„maunded to appeare before the kings counsell to aunsweare for himselfe in suche causes as shoulde be layde against him where he appeared but wyth 1196 such a multitude of people that the Lordes were afrayde and remitted him with pleasaunte wordes for the time appointing some priuliy when he was alone to apprehende him He sooke the stéeple of Bow Church in Chope and fortified it with munition and victuals The Archbishop of Canturburie then being at LondoÌ„ with other Iustices sent to him and willed him to come forth of the Church he should haue his life saued but he refused to come forth wherfore y â— Archebishop talking with the Citizens of London called togither a great number of armed area least any stur should be made The Saterdaye therefore being the Passion sondaye euen the stéeple and Church of Bowe were assaulted and William with his complices taken but not without bloudshed for hée was forced by fire and smoke to for sake the Churche he was brought to the Archbishop in the Towre where he was by y e Iudges condemned and by the héeles drawn from thence to a place called the Elmes and ther haÌ„ged with nine of his fellowes This counterfaite friende to the poore who named hymselfe A false accuser of his elder brother in the ende vvas hanged to be the sauiour perswading them against the riche was a man of an euil life a murderer who slew one manne with his owne handes a fornicatour who poluted Bowe church with his Concubine and amongst other his detestable facts one that hadde falsely accused his elder brother of treason whyche elder brother hadde in hys youthe Anno reg 8. broughte him vppe in learning and done manye things for his preferment Yet after the death of this wicked malefactor the simple people honoured him as a martyre in so much that they stale awaye the gibbet whereon he was hanged and pared away the Earth that was be-bled with hys bloude and kepte the same as holye reliques to heale sicke men King Richard graunted licence vnto Phillip Bishoppe of Durham to coyne mony in his Citie of Durham which libertie Roger Houeden none of his predicessours had enioyed of long tyme before Sherifes Gerard de Anteloch Robert Durant Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne The Walchmen brake forth and did muche hurt by spoyling 1197 of the Marches The Archbishop of Canturburie callyng togither an army hasted thyther besieged the Castel of Polie and toke it and chased the enimies established peace and returned Rise the Walch king departed this life King Richard and the Earle of Flaunders confedered togither Anno reg 9. The French King entring vnwarely into Flaunders was intercepted and taken by the Earle of Flaunders but giuing pledges vpon couenaunt to make peace he was suffered to depart The viij day of September they met at Liste where by mediation of the Archbishop of Canturburie they toke a truce The Archbishop of Roane returned from Rome where he had complayned on King Richard for taking from him a plot of ground whereon he builded a strong Castell but at the request of the Archbishop of Canturburie the Kyng gaue him in recompence the towne of Deep Sherifes Roger Blunt Nicholas Ducket Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne The Walchmen on the Marches toke booties did much 1198 Geruasius hurt but Hubert the Archbishop of Canturburie being Lorde thiefe Iustice Lieuetenaunt or Warden of England found meanes to resist them so that they being fought with were ouerthrowen and fiue thousand of them slaine The Archebishop hauing got this victorie returneth to London where calling togither a great number of the Nobles of the lande he resigned his office of being head ruler in whose place the Anno reg 10 Lord Geffrey Fitz Peter succéeded in August King Richard toke of euery Carucata plough land or hid of land through England fiue shillings The French king was intercepted by the army of King Richard so that with much adoe he escaped into Cipres his army was dispersed and almost an hundred Knightes taken beside other common soldiours without number The Charters which the king had Mathew Paris before made with his new seale were chaunged Sherifes Constantine Fitz Arnolde Robert de Beaw Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne Hubert Archebishop of Canturbnrie through the procurement of the Monks of Canturburie and by the coÌ„mandement of the Pope brake downe euen with the ground the Chapel Colledge at Lambeth or Colledge at Lambeth which his predecessors had founded and he had finished in the honor of Thomas Archbishoppe of Canturburie King Richard tourned his armye against the Barons of 119â— K. Richaad vvoÌ„ded to death Paulus Aemeleus Gualterus Couen Ralph Cogshal Poictow that rebelled against him he set their Cities towns on fire spoyled their Countrey flew many of his aduersaries cruelly at the laste came to the Dukedome of Aquitaine and besieged the Castel of Chalne and brought it to that that they within offered to yéeld vpon conditions but he woulde not so receiue them but would haue them by force whervpvn a certain yong man named Bertram de Gordon standing on y e Castel wall leuelled a quarell out of a crosse bowe and smote him with a venomed Darte which stripe the king little regarded but inuading the castel wan it and put the soldiours in prison Of this wounde aforesayde he dyed the sixth day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord. 1199. When he had raigned ix yeres and ix monthes and was buried at Fonteuerard at his fathers féete whom he confessed he had betrayed his heart was buried at Roane and his bowels at the foresayde Chalne ¶ King John IOHN brother to Richard aforenamed beganne his raigne ouer the Realme Anno reg 1 of Englande the vj. daye of April in the yeare of our Lord 1199. Of person he was indifferent but of melancholie and angrie complexion He being now in Normandie
suggestion The Barons sent Sayre de Quincy and other to Philip The Barons sent for Lodovvike King of France earnestly requesting him to send his sonne Lewes into this Realme promising to make him King thereof which the French King refused to do till the Barons had sente him 24. pledges of the best mens sonnes in the Kingdome and then he sent them ayde Gwalo the Legate 1216 was sent from the Pope into France to forbid Lewes to go into Englande but his persuasions nothing preuayled wherefore he excommunicated them Also the Abbot of Abbingdon renued the excommunication against the Barons the Citizens of London and the French which came to their ayde About Mid-lent the King beséeged the Castell of Colchester and after a few dayes it was deliuered to him by the Colchester taken Frenchmen that kept it with coÌ„dition that they might depart frée with all that belonged to them and that the Englishmen should be suffered to depart vpon reasonable ransome notwithstanding y e Englishmen he put in straight prison After the King had taken Hidingham Castell beloÌ„ging to Robert de Vere Earle of Oxford he made hast to beséege LondoÌ„ but y e Londoners set open theyr gates and were readie to méet with the King tenne miles of the Citie the king vnderstanding theyr boldnesse and multitude he withdrewe himselfe but Sauariâ— de Malione being sodainely set vpon by the Londoners loosing many of his men was sore beaten and wounded almost to death The Northren Lordes recouering their strength besieged Yorke besâ—eged Yorke at length receiuing aboue a thousand markes graÌ„ted truce to the Citizens till the Octaues of Pentecost The Londoners also toke a lxv ships of Pirates besids innumerable other that were drowned that had besieged the Anno reg 18 riuer of Thamis In the meane time the king hauing knowledge y â— Lewes ment to come into England he sent ouer to the French King y â— Bishop of Winchester William Marshal the elder and other to trie if they could perswade the French king to stay hys son from that iourney but they returned without audience The King therefore marching along the sea coast fortified his castels and getting pledges of the fiue Ports gathered a gret multitude of shippes of Yarmouth Linne Dunwich and other hauens fraught them with men of warre and determined to encounter the Frenchmen by sea when they came to arriue in Englande but by Tempest that arose from the North those ships were brused drowned or driuen into the South parts Levves arriued in England of the sea Lewes hauing all his power readie at Calaâ—s Graueling and Whitsande the Northeast winde comming aboute he set forward toward England and with some difficultie bycause it was a side winde he laÌ„ded at Stona in the I le of Thanet the xix day of May. King Iohn being then at Douer bycause his souldiours were straungers durst not go againste Lewes but fled towards Gilforde Lewes went straight to CaÌ„turburie where he receiued both Castell and Citie into hys subiection and after all the other Castels in Kent Douer only King Iohn flectâ—â— excepted then came he to London where he was honorablye receyued of the Nobles and Citizens who altogither sware fealtie to him and did him homage at Westminster after this taking the Castels of Rygate Guldforde and Ferneham he hasted forward to take the King who as he heard was at Winchester and had raised vp the standarde of the Dragon as he had meant to giue battel to Lewes if he came to offer it But when king Iohn heard that Lewes approched he layd down his Dragon set fire on foure parts of the Citie and fled The Douer Castel besieged Wâ—l Packington Citizens quickly quenched the fire and wente forth to méete Lewes receiuing him ioyfully into theyr Cittie and sware fealtie to him Here came to him in maner al the Erles and Barons of the realm then taking the Castel of Odiham and y e tower of London he returned into Kent the xxij of July he besieged the Castel of Douer and continued the same till the xiiij of October then Hubert de Brugh Gerard de Scoting being not able longer to abide the assaultes obtained truce that they might send to king Iohn for succor Whilest thys siege remained king Iohn went about the land consuming with fire and sword the possessions of the Barons Alexander king of Scots and the Barons of the Northe came to Canturburie vnto Lewes The king marched through Norffolke and Suffolke til he came to Lin and appointing Sauerice Radulphur Niger Ralphe Cogshall de Maulion to be Captaine there began to fortify the town but here as it is sayd filling his belly too much as he was thereto greatly giuen he got a surfeyt and therwithal fel into a laske after his laske left him he was let bloud at a towne in Lindsey called Lafforde belonging to the Bishop of Tho. Râ—dborne Lincolne Here also when the messengers of them that were besieged in Douer were come and had declared their case the disease with griefe conceyued thereat encreased moreouer The kings treasure drovvned great sorrow oppressed him for that in his iourney he hadde lost the ornamentes of his chapels with other treasure and cariages at the passage of Welstreame where manye of hys housholde seruauntes were drowned in the water and quicke sandes by reason they hadde vnaduisedlye entred Liber Bernewell K. Iohn dyed before the tyde was gone forth His disease encreasing within fewe dayes he dyed in Newerke Castell whiche belonged to the sayde Byshoppe of Lincolne on the xix of October Anno. 1216. His seruauntes spoyled al that he hadde there with him fled away leauing not so much as would couer his dead carkasse but the Captain of that Castel causing his Mathew Paris Flores HistoriaruÌ„ body to be bowelled by the Abbot of Croxton who had bin y â— kings Phisition both for the soule and body prouided for it so honorably as he might He was buried in the Cathedrall Church of Worcester The English Chronicle printed by W. Caxton Eulogiâ—â— William Caxton and other report that king Iohn was poysoned by a white Monke of Swinsteede Abbay in Lincolneshire for saying if he might liue halfe a yere he would make a half peny loafe worth twentie shillings To conclude howsoeuer he died certayne it is that hée raigned wyth trouble ynough as by y e preemisses may appere xvij yeres vj. months and odde dayes He had issue two sonnes Henrie Richard Issue of K. Iohn and thrée daughters Isabel y e Empresse Elianor Quéene of Scots and Iane he founded the Abbey of Boweley in the new forest in Southamptonshire he builded the Monasterie of Farendon and the Monasterie Farendon Hales Godstovv and Snaresbrough Ex charta regia 10. Rouse of Hales Owen in Shropshire he reedifyed Godstowe and Wroxhall and encreased the Chapel of Knarisborough ⸪ ¶ King Henrie the thirde
buried at Chester Through manye complaintes made against Hubert de Burgo chiefe Justice of Englande the sayde Hubert fled to the Chappel of Brendwood in Essex wher he was taken and the king sent him to the tower of London The morrow after Saint Martins day began Thunders very horrible which lasted xv dayes Greate harme was done in London by fire which began firste in the house of Dauid Ionet Lumbard Historia Aâ—rea Anno reg 17 Ela Countesse of Salisburie widowe founded the Monasterie of Chanons at Lacok in Wilshire for William Longspeye hyr late husbande and William theyr sonne and heyre Henrie of Edmonton Gerard Bat. the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Andrew Bokerel Peperer the 28. of October The King remoued all his officers and counsellers as 1233 Pictauians placed about the King Mathew Paris The likenesse of fiue Sunnes well Bishops as Erles and Barons and sent for Pictauians whome he retained into his seruice and committed to them the kéeping of the Castels and his treasures The vij of April there appeared as it were foure sunnes beside the naturall sunne of a red colour and a great Circle of Cristal colour from the sides whereof went out halfe cyrcles in the deuisions whereof the foure Suns wente forthe There followed that yeare greate warre and cruell bloudesheds and generally great disturbance throughout England Wales and Ireland In the moneth of June in the South part of Englande by Dragons the Sea cost were séene two great Dragons in the ayre flying and fighting togither an whole daye the one chasing the other to the déepe Sea and then were no more séene The King being at Oxforde Robert Bacon openly preached Robert an I Roger Bacon against Peter Byshoppe of Winchester for that he euilly counselled the king to spoyle the Realme with Pictauians Also Roger Bacon his brother both earnestlye and pithelye perswaded the king to leaue the counsell of the sayde Peter Also the Barons sent messengers to the king requesting y â— The Barons threat the King he woulde put from him Peter Bishop of Winchester and the Pictauians or else they wold depose him from his kingdome and create a newe The King builded a faire Church and many houses adioyning House of conuerts therevnto in the Citie of London not farre from the Olde Temple In the whiche house all the Jewes and Infidels that did conuert to the faith of Christe might haue vnder an honest rule of life sufficiente lyuing whereby it came to passe that in shorte tyme there was gathered a great number of Conuertes whiche were baptised and instructed in the lawes of Christ and did liue laudably vnder a learned man appointed to gouerne them He also builded Hospitall at Oxford Histo Aurea Anno reg 18 Io. Rouse the Hospitall of Saint Iohn without the East gate of Oxforde for sicke folke and straungers to be relieued in Simon Fitz Marie Roger Blunt the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Andrew Bokerell Peperer the. 28. of October Richard Marshal and Leolyne Prince of Northwales with a great force inuaded the Kings landes and destroyed the 1234 Salisburie brent same wyth fire and sword from the coastes of Wales to Salisburie which town also they set a fire By the perswasion of Edmunde Archbishop of Canturburie the king commaunded Peter Bishop of Winchester to go to his Bishopricke and also expulsed all the Pictauians into theyr owne Countrey and The Pictaulans expelled making peace with Richarde Marshall and Lewyn Prince of Walles he called againe his naturall subiectes and submitted himselfe to their counsel Richard Marshal in Ireland raising a warre there by Geffrey Nicholas Triuet de Marisco was slaine and buried at Kilkeny Gilbert his brother succéeded him in the Earledome This yere was a great dearth and pestilence so that many Mathew Paris Couetous Archbishop poore folke dyed for want of victuals and the rich menne were stricken with couetousnesse y â— they would not reticue them amongst whom is to be noted Walter Gray Archebishop of Yorke whose corne being fiue yeares olde doubtyng the same to be destroyed by vermine commanded to deliuer it to the husbande men that dwelte in hys manors vppon condition to paye as muche newe corne after haruest and would giue none to the poore for gods sake And it fortuned that when men came to a greate stacke of corne neygh the towne of Ripon belonging to the sayde Archbishoppe there Corne ful of vermine appeared in the sheues all ouer the heades of Wormes Serpentes and Toades and a voyce was hearde out of the Corne mowe saying laye no handes on the Corne for the Archebyshoppe and all that hée hathe is the Diuelles to be shorte the Baylifes were forced to builde an highe Wall rounde aboute the corne and then to sette it on fire leaste the venomous Wormes shoulde haue gonne out and poysoned the Corne in other Anno reg 19 places Ralph Ashwe Iohn Norman the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1235 Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October The Jewes at Norwich stale a boy and circumsised him minding to haue crucified him at Easter for the which facte they were conuicted both bodyes and goodes at the Kings pleasure Frederike the Emperour maried Isabell the kings sister Walter Brune a Citizen of London and Rosia his wife Saint Mary Spittell Anno reg 20 founded the Hospitall of our Lady without Bishops gate of London a house of suche greate reliefe to the néedie that there was found standing at the suppression 180. beddes for the poore Gerard Bat. Robert Hardell the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1236 Mathew Paris Histo Aurea Wil. Packington Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October King Henry tooke to wife Elianor daughter to Raymond Earle of Prouince she was maried at Canturburie and crowned at Westminster the twentith day of January To this Coronation resorted so great a number of all estates that the Citie of London was scarce able to receyue them The Citie was adorned with Silkes and in the night with Lampes Cressets other lightes without nuÌ„ber besides many Pagentes and strange deuises which were shewed The Citizens rode to méete the King and Quéene béeing clothed in long garments embrodered about with gold and silke of diuers couloures their Horses finely trapped in array to the number of 360. euery man bearing golden or siluer cuppes in their hands and the Kings Trumpetters before them sounding The Archbishop of Canturburie did execute the office of Coronation The Citizens of London The Citizens of London Butlers did minister Wine as Butlers The Citizens of Winchester tooke charge of the Kitchen and other Citizens attended their charges Ioane the Kings sister wife to Lewlin Prince of Wales died at Hauering in Essex and was buried at Tarent in Dorset About this time fell suche abundance of rayne the space High VVater of two monethes that the Thamis ouerflowed the banckes so that in the greate
out of Fraunce to the kings ayde Pope Vrbane sent a Legate and Cardinall the Bishop of Sabrine into Englande but they might not enter the realm the fiue Ports prohibiting them wherevpon they called certain English Bishops first to Amience and after to Bulloigne to whom he committed the sentence of excomunication to be pronounced against the Citie of London the fiue Portes and al those that troubled the King of EnglaÌ„ds peace but the Byshops dissembled the matter This yeare about the 20. of June a notable blasing starre appeared such a one as had not ben séene in that age which rising from the East with gret brightnesse vnto the midst of Blasing starre Nic. Triuet Rober of Glocester Anno reg 49 Sherifes 〈…〉 the Semisperie drew his streame it continued till after Michaelmas Gregory Rokesley Thomas of Deford the 28. of Septem 〈…〉 〈…〉 arose for that Simond not only kept the king other as prisoners The Earle of Glocester forsoke the Earle Leicester but also tooke to himself the reuenewes of the kingdome c. which should haue bene equally deuided amongst them so y â— Gilbert of Gloncester departing ioyned to him in league the noble Knights of the Marches whoÌ„ Erle Simond had commanded to auoyde the Realme but Iohn de Waren Earle of Surrey and Sussex William de ValeÌ„ce Erle of Penbroke had brought a great power by sea in the Weast parts of Wales and arriuing at Penbroke Earle Simon leading the king with him went to Hereforde where he gathered a great power to oppresse the sayd knights but while the Prelates laboured for peace Edward the kings son being in y e Castel of Hereford is permitted to exercise himselfe on horssebacke Edvvard the kings son taken from his keepers in a medowe without the Citie by his kéepers where after he had wearied diuerse horsses and mounting on a fresh appointed for that purpose he rode quite away and passing the riuer of Wey with two Knights and foure Esquires was folowed hard by his kéepers but when they were aduised of the standarts of Roger Mortimere and Roger Clifford comming to his reliefe they returned he escaped to Wigmore And this chaunced in the Whitson wéeke Lord Edward being thus escaped gathereth an army confederateth and submitteth to him the Countreys of Hereford Worcester Salop Chester with the townes Cities and Castelles he also winneth by force the Citie of Glocester whiche Earle Simon had lately fortifyed the townes men â—led to the Castel who xv dayes after yéelded it and departed The Earle of Leicester wan the Castle of Monmouth and layde it flat with the grounde and entring into the lande of the Earle of Glocester called Glomorgan méeting with the Prince of Wales Castel of Monmouth raced comming to his ayde they destroyed al with fire and sword Edwarde the Kings sonne hearing that manye of Earle Simonds partakers were come to the Castel of Kenilworthe takyng with him the Erle of Glocester he departed from Worcester and came vpon them at a sodaine where he toke the Earle of Oxford sir William Mountchalsie sir Adam Newmarch sir Walter de Solenle and other and Simon the sonne of Earle Simon hardly escaped in the Castell The Earle of Leicester hauing the King with him returned out of South-Wales and on Lammas daye came to Kemsey a place of the Bishop of Worcester and there tarried the next day Edwarde the Kings son returned from Kenelworth to Worcester whose returne being knowne Erle Simon departing from Kemsey by vnhappy chaunce stayed in the towne of Euesham for on y e morrow being the ij of August Edward the kings son departed from Worcester passing the riuer neare to the towne called Cliue closed vp the passage betwixt Earle Simon and Simon his son who was at Killingworth In the next mornyng Lord Edward approched néere to Euesham on the one side and Battaile of Euesham Gilbert Earle of Glocester on the other side and Roger Mortimer on the two other sides whereby Earle Simon was so enclosed that he must eyther fight or yéelde on Friday therfore was the fifth daye of Auguste theyr armies encountred ech other in a large fielde without the towne where the Earles part hadde the worste the Earle was killed in the fielde and Henrie sonne to Earle Simon Peter de Mountfort Hugh Dispencer Justice of England William de Mandeuile Ralph Basset Walter Greping William de Yorke Robert de Tregoze Thomas de Hostile Iohn de Beâ—â—ocampo Guido de Baylolle Roger de Roulens with sir Iohn de Saint Iohn sir William de Verence sir Iohn de Inde sir William Trossel sir Gilbert Einefielde and other of meaner sorte in great number especially of Walshmen for almost none of theÌ„ escaped thence but they were slain at Tewkesburie Lords taken Lords taken Liber Euesh at Euesham sir Vmfry de Boune sir Iohn Sainte Iohn sir Simons sonne sir Guy sir Baudwin Wake sir Iohn Vessy sir Henrie Hastings sir Nicholas Segraue sir Perce sir Roberte Mountfordes sons many other Simon de Mountfort y e son coÌ„ming too late to méete his Father at Euesham turned backe again to Kenilworth Castel the sixth of September he released King of Almain deliuered the King of Almain his mothers brother sir Reimond Fitz Pierce and many other A Parliament was holden at Winchester where all the A Parliament at VVinchester statutes made at Oxforde were disanulled and all the goods of them that were againste the king seased London was in great danger to haue bin destroyed by the king for displeasure he had conceyued against y e Citizens but the Citizens wholly submitted both liues and goods vnto him Eight persons carrying the same submission toward Windsor met Sir Roger Leyborne knight at Colbrooke who turned them backe againe and after they had discoursed the whole matter with him he willed them to deliuer to him their submission and he woulde moue the King in it whiche thing they did After sixe dayes thys Knight returned to the Citie and sayde the king had receyued their writings willing them first to take away all the chaines that were in the stréetes of the Citie and pull the postes out of the grounde that the same were fixed in and bring both chaynes and postes to the Tower of London then the Maior with fortie Citizens should the nexte day following attende vpon the king at Windsor to confirme theyr wryting and they shoulde goe and come safe in witnesse whereof he deliuered them the kings letter and seale for the space of foure dayes The next daye the Citizens being at Windsore attended at the gate vntill the king came from hunting at whiche time he woulde not once looke on them After the King was entred they woulde haue followed but they were forbidden shortly after they were called into the Castell where they were locked vp in a Towre with homely entertainment the nexte day the king gaue vnto Prince Edwarde the Maior and foure Aldermen y
Farrendon Nicholas Wiâ—ichester the 28. of Sep. Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October From Christmas till the purification of our Lady there was such great Frost and Snow as the olde men could not remember the like wherethrough fiue arches of London Bridge and all Rochester Bridge was borne downe and caryed away with many Bridges more Men passed ouer the Thamis betwéene Westminster and Lambeth and likewise ouer the Riuer of Medway betwéene Stroude and Rochester drishod Fishes in ponds and birds in woods died for want of foode Pirats of Zeland and Holland about Yarmouth and Donwich 1282 Io. Euersden Yermouth and Donvvich spoyled Sherifes Maior Anno reg 11 Corne sold by vveight did spoyle and robbe whosoeuer they met slew many men and caryed away not a few Shippes with all y e goodes in them William Mazelyuer Richard Chigwell the 28. of Sept. Henry de Waleis the 28. of October This yeare the Bakers of London were first drawne vppon Herdles by Henry Waleis Maior and Corne was then first sold by weight This Henry Waleis Maior of London caused to be erected The Toune in Cornehill Radul Baldoke a certayne house in one of the highest places of London which house was called the Tonne vpon Cornehill to be a prison for night walkers and other suspitious persons He also by the Kings licence caused to be builded an house called the Stockes on the North side of Saint Mary Wolchurch in The Stockes market Customes of Lon. London to be a market for flesh and fish in the midst of the Citie and certayne houses néere vnto Powles Church the profites therof to be receyued by the Maysters of the Bridge of London towards the maintenance of the same Bridge The King entred Wales with an army appoynting his Wil. Rishenger Wil. Packington footemen to occupy the enimies in fight whiles his horsemen in a wing set on the rere battayle himselfe with a power kept his place where he pight his golden Dragon vnto the which as to a Castell the wounded and wéerie might repaire but Dauid fléeing the King with his power followed and as he passed by a wood there issued out of the same a foure thousand Welchmen whiche inuading the Kings armie made great slaughter but at length the King marching through by strong hande entred the Castell of Oxe and tooke Anglesey where he lost William de Awdley Roger Clifford the yonger and twelue other of his chiefest Captaynes Iohn Peckham Archbishop of Canturburie sendeth commandement 1283 to the Bishop of London to destroy all the Sinagogues of the Iewes within his dioces After the Archbishop The Ievves Sinagogues destroyed writeth to him to tolerate them to build one Church in some open place in the Citie of London where the King should appoint so they bestow no great cost nor vse their fond ceremonies Ralph Blound Anketin de Beteuile the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 12 Tho. Walsing 1284 Wil. Rishang Nic. Bromfild Henry de Waleis the 28. of October Leolin Prince of Wales came downe from the Mountayne of Snowdon to Mountgomerie and was at length taken at Bwelth Castell where vsing reprochfull words againste the Englishmen Roger le Strange ranne vpon him with the Sword wherewith he was girt and cut off his head leauing his dead body on the grounde Sir Roger Mortimer caused the head of Lewlin to be set vpon the Tower of London crowned with Yuy King Edward founded the Abbey of Vale Royall in Cheshire Histo Auria Io. Rouse He also remoued the Abbey of Aberconwey to another place and there builded a strong Castell against the Welchmen He gaue diuers Castels of the Welchmen to Englishe Chr. of Dun. Wil. Pakenham Lords and after tooke Dauid Lewlins brother with his wife his two sonnes and seauen daughters at Saint Moris which Dauid was drawne hanged and quartered at Shrewsburie Iordane Godchepe Martin Box the 28. of September Henry Waleis the 28. of October Sherifes Maior Anno reg 13 Edward Prince of Wales borne at Carnaruan in Wales Laurence Ducket Goldsmith and Citizen of London gréeuously wounded one Ralph Crepin in Weast Cheape and then fled into Bow Church after that certaine euill disposed persons friendes to the sayde Ralph entred the Cron. of Dunsta Ducket hanged in bovv Church 1285 Church in the night time and slew the sayd Laurence lying in the Stéeple and then hanged him vp placing him so by the window as if he had hanged himselfe vpon the which déede enquirie being made it was presented that he had hanged himselfe for the which being drawne by the féete he was buryed in a ditch without the Citie but shortly after by relation of a boy who lay with the said Laurence at the time of his death and had hid him there for feare the truth of the matter was knowne for the which Alice a woman that was chiefe causer of the sayde mischiefe and xvj men Murtherers hanged Io. Euersden with hir were then put in prison and afterwardes more who all were drawne and hanged saue the woman who was burnt these were of the poorer sort but the rich of that malicious company escaped for money The Churche was Bovv Church interdicted interdicted by the Archbishop and the dore with the window was stopped vp with thornes then the said Laurence was taken vp and buryed in the Church-yard The great Conduit in Cheape was begon to be builded Stephen Cornehill Robert Rokesley the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 14 Liberties of London seased Gregory Rokesley till the feast of Peter and Paule and that day was the Citie seised into the Kings handes and Ralph Sandwich appoynted Custos vntill Candlemas and then was chosen Iohn Briton vntill Saint Margarets day A Justes was proclaymed at Boston in the faire time 1286 whereof one part came in the habite of Monckes the other in the suite of ChanoÌ„s who had couenaÌ„ted after the Justes Faire at Boston spoyled Histo Aurea Tho. Walsing to spoyle y e Faire For the atchieuing of their purpose they fired the Towne in thrée places It is said that streames of Gold Siluer and other mettall molten ranne into y e sea The Captayne of this confederacie was Robert Chamberlaine Esquier who was hanged but would neuer confesse his fellowes Wheate was solde for xvj pence xij pence y e Quarter Walter Blunt Iohn Wade the 28. of September Sherifes Custos Anno reg 15 Yermouth Donvvich and Ipsvvich perished Iohn Euersden Ralph Sandwich On Newyeares day at night as wel through y e vehemeÌ„cie of the wind as violence of y e Sea many Churches were ouerthrowne and destroyed not only at Yarmouth Donwich and Ipswich but also in diuers other places of Englande and other Regions adioyning to the Sea especially in that part 1287 of England which is called Meris land Al the whole prouince was for the most part turned into a standing poole so that intollerable
multitude of men were ouerflowed and destroyed with the water By reason of wrongs done by Paine Tiptot Rice ap Merideth rebelled in Wales and did much hurt against whome came Edmond the Kings brother and at the séege of Durselan Castel in vndermining of walles with the ruines were slaine William Mountchensey Gerard de Insula Banerers Mounsire Humfrey Hastings Bacheler and diuers other Thomas Croshe Walter Hauteyne the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Custos Anno reg 16 W. Packington Ralph Sandwich King Edward sayled to Burdeaux and from thence rode into France where he was honourably receyued of Phillip le Beaw King of France He banished all the Iewes out of Gascoigne and other his lands in France The Sommer was so excéeding hote that many men dyed through the extremitie thereof and yet wheate was Hot former and cheape Corne. 1288 solde at London for thrée Shillings four pence the Quarter and suche cheapenes of Beanes and Peace as the like had not bin heard of William Hereford Thomas Stanes the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Custos Anno reg 17 1289 Ralph Sandwich Great hayle â—eâ— in England and after ensued great raine that the yeare following wheate was raysed from thrée pence the bushell to sixtéene pence and so encreased yearely till it was lastly sold for twentie Shillings y e Quarter The Citie of Carelile the Abbey with all the houses belonging to the Friers Minors was consumed with fire William Betayne Iohn of Canterbury the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Custos Anno reg 18 Ralph Sandwich Which Ralph before Candelmas was deposed from the Constableshippe of the Tower of London and in his place was putte Ralph de Barneuers Knighte who was agayne remoued on the Custos of London Constables of the Tovver Monday after Candlemas daye from the custodie of the Citie and in his place was Sir Iohn de Briton Rice ap Merideth was by the Earle of Cornewall in the 1290 Kings absence taken drawne hanged quartered at Yorke William de Breosa called the senior deceased at Findâ—â— and was buryed in the Monasterie of Sele Falke of S. Edmond Salomon le Sotell the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Custos Anno reg 19 Sir Iohn Briton King Edward returning out of Gascoine where he had remayned thrée yeares two monethes and eleuen dayes was honourably receyued of the Londoners King Edward held a Parliament at Westminster where in the transgressions of diuers Justices was tryed out and Iustices punished Adam Meri Cro. Dun. Radul Baldoke Scala Croni Iohn Rouse punished accordingly some lost their goodes and then were banished some as well of the bench as of the assises were sent to the Tower which with great summes of money obteyned libertie Sir Thomas Weyland had all his goodes both moueable and vnmoueable confiscate and was banished Sir Ralph Hengham chiefe Justice of the higher bench offered 7000. markes Sir Iohn Loueter Justice of the lower bench 3000. markes Sir William Bromtone 1291 Justice 6000. markes Of their Clearkes for their redemption Of Robert Littelburie 1000. markes Of Roger Leycester 1000. markes Of Sir Salomon Rusx chiefe Justice of Assises 4000. markes Of Sir Richard Boylond 4000. markes Of Sir Thomas Sodentone 2000. markes Sir William Hopton 2000. markes Of Robert Preston 1000. markes Sir WilliaÌ„ Saham Justice 3000. markes Of a certayne Clearke of the Courtes called Adam de Stratton 32000. markes of olde money and newe beside iewelles without number and pretious vessels of siluer which were found in his house and a Kings Crowne which men sayde was King Iohns Moreouer the King constreyned the Justices to sweare that from thenceforth they shoulde take no pention fée or gifte of any man except only a breakefast or such like present He banished all the Iewes out of England giuing theÌ„ to beare their charges till they were out of his Realme the number of Iewes then expulsed were xv M. lx persons The Scottes by their Charter deliuered to King Edward Records the Kingdome of Scotland with the Castels rightes and customes the fourth day of June that vpon due discussing the matter it might be knowne who was lawfull heire therevnto Thomas Romaine William de Lier the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Custos Anno reg 20 1292 Iohn de Briton Who was about Saint Margarets day remoued from the custodie of London and Sir Ralph de Bernouers was remoued from the Constableship of the Tower and in their places put againe Ralph Sandwich Custos of the Citie and Connestable of the Tower Roger Bacon was buried on the eleuenth of June in the grey Friers Church in Oxford The wooll Staple was ordeyned to be kept at Sandwich Ralph Blunt Hamo Box the 28. of September Sherifes Custos Anno reg 21 Iohn Bayâ—â—oll did homage for Scotland Recordes Ralph Sandwich The eightenth of Nouember King Edward sate in his tribunall seate at Berwike and hauing heard the assertions of the competitoâ—â— of the Crowne of Scotland he adiudged Iohn Bailliol to be true heire of Scotland and therefore to enioy the same whole Kingdome with the appurtenances and assigned him to do him homage which was performed at Worham the twentith of Nouember and also on Saint Stephens day following at Newcastell Quéene Elianor dyed at Herdeby a Towne néere to Lincolne 1293 Queene deceassed Walte Hennig Radul Baldoke Charing Crosse Ghro Dun. hir bowels were buryed at Lincolne hir body was brought to Westminster and there buryed the King made at euery place where she stayed a costly Crosse with the Quéenes image vpon it Charing Crosse the Crosse in Weast Cheape of London Dunstable Saint Albons Waltam Crosse and others Great discord arose betwixt the Mariners of France and The Sinque Ports against the French them of Portesmouth and Yermouth wherethrough the Englishmen susteyned great losse but they complayning to the King obteyned licence to reuenge their owne wrongs and without ayde eyther of Wales Scotland or Ireland wente to the Sea with sixe hundred Shippes and set vpon their enimies and tooke two hundreth and fiftéene French Ships and droue them to the I le of Gernesey and after presented them to the King The ninth of July a great part of the Towne of Cambridge Cambridge brent Iohn Euersden with the Church of our Lady was consumed with fire The goodes as well Temporall as spirituall of all religious people in England were taxed to pay the tenth part to the King The Minories a Nunnerie without Aldgate of London The Minories Ex Carta Radul Baldoke was founded by Edmond Earle of Leycester brother to king Edward The same yeare the same Edmond and his wife and all the Englishmen were banished out of the French kings dominion Henry Bole Elias Russell the 28. of September Sherifes Custos Anno reg 22. First Alderman in London Ralph Sandwich Nicholas Farrengdon was the first Alderman Thrée men had their right haÌ„ds cut off in Weast Cheape for rescuing a Prisoner rested by an Officer
the King being wroth fortifyed Windsore Castell and beganne to build Towers and other strange things The Abbot of Saint Denis in France béeing sent Legate from the Pope to demaund the legacie that King Edwards father gaue to the holy land did earnestly request King Edward to remoue from him Peter Gauaston with whose conuersation all the world was as it were infected Then the King appoynted a Parliamente at North-hampton determining from thence to passe into Scotland the Barons came to this Parliament well furnished but the King sente them worde he woulde not come there yet at the last he came to Stony Stratford whither were sente to him by the Barons the Earles of Warwike and Clare who requested him to come for his owne profite and the commoditie of the Realme at length he went in the habite of a Squire and the Barons met him without armour and in the ende louingly embraced and were made friends and the voyage to Scotland was reiourned til another time After Michaelmas the Parliament was holden at London vnto the whiche Parliamente came Lewes the French Kings brother with the Bishop of Poytow from the Kyng of Fraunce to entrenie vnitie betwixt the King and his Lordes and there were diuers get ordinaunces made And once agayne though sore agaynst the Kings mind he caused Pierce to obiure with condition added by the Barons that if he were founde agayne in any lande subiecte to the Kings dominion he shoulde be taken as a common enimy and condempned This beyng doneâ— he passed into Flanders and from thence to other Countries séeking reste which he coulde not finde Iames of Saint Edmond Roger Palmer the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior 1310 Anno reg 4. Thomas Romaine the 28. of October Pierce of Gaueston conceyuing a trust in the friendshippe of the King and the Earle of Gloucester whose sister he had marryed taking with him many straungers returned into Englande And a little before Christmas he came to the Kyngs presence who foâ— ioy of his comming forgettyng all othes and promises receyued hym as a heauenly gift The King kept his Christmas at Windsore where Walter Langton Bishop of Chester and the Bishop of Saint Andrews in Scotland were released out of prison The seconde daye of September at night an horrible tempest of thunder happened so that Hedges and Trées loste their gréenenesse and the Church of Middleton in Dorcetsnire wyth the Stéeple Belles Ornamentes and all other monuments of that place were consumed wyth the lightning the Monkes being at Mattins Henry Lacy Earle of Lincolne and Conestable of Chester W. Shep. dyed at London and was buryed in the newe worke of Paules Simon de Coâ—pe Peter Blackney the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 10. Rouse Richard Râ—â—â—am Mercer the 28. of October Blâ—ckeney deceassed in whose place succeeded Iohn â—â— Combridge A Prouinciall Counsell was holden at London agaynste Templers condempned Thomas Dele the Templers in England vppon Heresie and other articles where of they were accused who denyed the facte sauing one or two of them â— notwithstanding all did confesse that they coulde not purge themselues and therefore were condempned to perpetuall penuance in seuerall Monasteries where they be haued themselues very well At Paris in Frauuoe liiij of the Templers were brent by 1311 iudgement of the French King Thomas who had maryed the daughter of Henry late Earle of Lancaster hel de in hys handes the Earledomes of Lancaster Lincolne Salisbury Leyoester Ferraâ—s the Libertie of Pickering and the Honoure of Cokermore besides greate landes in Wales and in the Earledome of Arthoys in France King Edwarde wyth Peter Gauaston hys companion went to Yorke where the King was lodged in the Palace of the Archebyshoppe and Peter in the Castle they caused the Citie to be fortified and the walles to be repayred and sent to Robert Bayliol of Scotlande for ayde againste his Lordes but Robert made answeare he woulde not forth of Scotland neyther woulde he disquiet any man the lyke aunsweare was made by the Welchmen The Earles assembled at Bedford Gilber Earle of Glocester being one of them they came to London and ordayned the Seas to be kept leaste straungers shoulde enter to ayde the Kyng After Easter the brother of Pierce of Gauaston was taken with greate treasure whiche he hadde conueyed oute of the Kyngs Treasurie his shippe beyng tossed wyth tempeste on the Sea was driuen where it was taken and the treasure was brought to London in Carles About this time King Edward for his recreation tooke the Sea leauing Peter of Gauaston at Yorke where vpon the Barous brought their power entred the citie of Yorke but Peter fled to Scarborough then the Barons besieged Scarborough where they took him and committed him to y e custody of Aymerde Valence Erle of Penbroke who brought him to the Manor of Dedington which is betwixt Oxford Warwike â— there left him to be kept sâ—fer but y e next day in y â— morning Guy Earle of Warwike with a company of armed men took him from thence and brought him to Warwike Castell after deliberation taken the Earles of Lancaster of Warwike and Iohn Treklow Pierce of Gauaston beheaded Anno reg 5. of Hereford caused in their presence in a place called Gauesice or Blacke Lowe the xix of June his head to be stricken off his body by the Frier Preachers was conuayed to Oxford and there kept more than two yeares till the King caused the same to be translated to his manor of Langley and there in the Friers Church which he had builded to be buryed Simon Merwood Richard Wilford the 28. of Septemb Sherifes Maior 1312 Tho. de la More The Roades vvonne by the Christians Sir Iohn Gisors Peperer the 28. of October Quéene Isabell was deliuered of hir first sonne named Edward at Windsore the xiij day of Nouember The Knightes of the order of Saint Iohn Baptist called Saint Iohn of Hierusdlem put the Turkes out of the Isle of Roades and after that wan vpon the sayde Turkes dayly for a long time after This Religion was greatly preferred by the fall of the Templers whose possession was giuen to them by a Counsell holden at Vienna Anno reg 6. Robert de Bruce gote againe almost all Scotland the Castels with munitions the English Garrisons being cast out he tooke agayne into his power This yeare therefore Tho. de la More Hugh Spencer the yonger by consent of the Prelates and certayne nobles Hugh SpeÌ„cer the sonne was appoynted the Kings Chamberlayne in place of Peter of Gaueston whome they the rather preferred bycause they knew the King hated him neuerthelesse not long after by his great diligence he brought himselfe into the Kings fauour The Father of this Hugh béeing olde was yet liuing a Knight of great vertue in counsell wiâ—e in armes valiant whose confusion and shamefull end he wanne vnto himselfe by naturall loue though disordinate towardes hys sonne who was
the towne of Beal Marchi on the right hand lodged before the Towne of the Archbishop of Anfer called Le Base On this day Richard Stafford brother vnto the Earle of Stafford led his men with his Antient towards y e towne on the next day being Tuesday y e town was yéelded vnto him bicause it beloÌ„ged to y e Church the Prince would not suffer any maÌ„ to enter into it excepting certain persons appointed of purpose for the deliuering of victuals On Wednesday they leauing y e faire town of Escamount on y e left haÌ„d they came before the noble towne of Merand belonging to y e Earle of Commege which was ful of armed souldiours the Prince lodged in the great Monastery of Bartons in y e which Abbey there was not so much as one liuing creature fouÌ„d On Thurseday they lay still doing no harme to the sayde Abbey On Friday they went out of the faire and rich CouÌ„trey of Arminake entred the CouÌ„trey of Austerike through the which the passage was very hard hilly and lodging at Saxaunt a towne they set it on fire contrarie to the coÌ„mandement of y e Prince Al that day and thrée dayes following they passed alongst by the high hilles of Aragon On Saterday they came to the towne of S. More where y e rereward of the army lodged in a great Monasterie of blacke Monkes which were all fled away the middleward at Vilfrankes and the vaward at Tremaine these villages being very rich and full of victualles had no man in theÌ„ for all the inhabitants were fledde Sonday the xxiiij of October they passed a certaine foord and entred into the lands of y e Earle of Comenge which reached vnto Tolouse but these CouÌ„treys wer wasted with fire sword and leauing on the left hand the Towne called Sannetere in Austrike they passed by the strong Citie of Winbers where Pope Iohn the 22. remouing the blacke Monkes erected a Bishops sea and they were lodged in a great rich towne called Sotanco beloÌ„ging to y e Earledome of Comenge where was a coueÌ„t of friers Minors burning this towne on Monday they passed through a goodly wide countrey very plaine so came to the townes of S. Foy and S. Litz On Tuesday they rested and on Wednesday being the feast of Simon Iude the armie passed through y e Riuer of GerouÌ„d being a water very fierce stony terrible again the same day through y e Riuer of Arage much more dangerous came vnto Tolouse before that time neuer durst any horsemaÌ„ passe ouer these waters wherefore y e people of this couÌ„trey being wonderfully made aferd could not tell what to do for being sodeinly takeÌ„ they could not flée that night the Prince lodged at Falgard a little towne one mile from Tolouse On Tuesday they came vnto the faire great town called Mount Gistard being parte of the inheritance of the Lord Almerike de la Fossad the which Towne the Frenche King had taken froÌ„ him bycause he was y e King of Englands féed man Fast by the sayde Towne were twelue Windmilles the which they set on fire all at once There were taken two espies that certified the Prince that the Earle of Arminake was at Tolouse and the Connestable of France at Mount Maban four leagues from Tolouse On Friday they passed on towards Auinion by the good towne of Basige and the towne called Franke and the whole armie lodged at the great Towne called Auionâ—t and the middleward and rereward lay in one side of the suburbes and the vaward lay on the other side of the Towne which the Townesmen perceiuing fled euery one There was about this Towne twenty Windmilles which they set on fire On Saterday the last of October they lodged in the great Towne called Clastalnannar where a Church of Chanons a coueÌ„t of Friers Minors and another of Carmelites with an Hospitall and a Uillage called Les mauns de Pucels with a couent of Friers Augustines were al coÌ„sumed with fire On Sonday the feast of All Saincts the armie rested out of the which army certaine going to take booties they tooke a little towne the inhabitants whereof to be spared from spoyling gaue them x. M. Florens of golde On monday they marched along by the Townes of S. Mathele Port and the great Towne called Vilkapinch and froÌ„ thence they entred the Countrey of Carkason and the Prince lodged at a little Uillage called Alse On Tuesday they came to Carkason a faire towne rich and well built bigger than London Within the walles betwixt the towne of Senburge and the Citie being double walled there ranne a goodly water which passed vnder a faire stone Bridge at the foote whereof were foure couents of Religions of y e which the Friers ran not away but the other fled into the Citie The whole armie was lodged in the towne which abounded with Muskadell and all other delicate victuals this day the sonnes of the Lord Libret and Mayster Basset with Rowland Daues and many other were made Knightes On Wednesday Thurseday the armie lying still in the Towne and hauing made a truce they parlied with them of the Citie concerning a peace the Citizens Carkason in France burned offering for sauing the Towne from burning 250000. of golden Souses the Prince answered he came not for gold but to take Cities and Townes togither with their inhabitantes and the nexte day commanded the Towne to bée brent On Friday the Towne being brent the army departed leauing on the left hand the Castell of Botenake vntouched passing through the champion Countrey burning Townes called La Rustican and all the Countrey thereabout On Saterday they trauayled through a great wind and dust leauing on the lefte hande a great poole of freshe water béeing in compasse aboute thirtie leagues and is called Casibon They came to a Towne called Silony whiche was yéelded to the Prince and therefore neuer touched and the Prince was lodged that night at a good Towne called Canet On Sonday the eyght of Nouember they passed the water of Sandey partly at the Foord called Chastel de Terre and partly ouer a Bridge and so trauayled betwixt high hilles vnto the great Citie of Narbon whereof that Countrey taking his name is called Gallia Narbonensis This Citie was very strong and well walled hauing in it a great Cathedrall Church also a notable Castell belonging to the Bishop and a very strong Tower for the Earle of the same Towne It had also a Suburbe called a Borough much bigger and better built than the Borough of Carkason In the Borough were foure Couents of Religious persons Betwixt the Borough and the Citie there runneth a water called Ande comming from Carkason and runneth into the Greekish Sea Betwixt the Citie and the Borough are two Bridges of stone and the third of timber built with storehouses for diuers Merchandises The Prince was lodged in the house of Carmelite Friers On Tuesday the Borough béeing
Paris Iohn Walcotte Iohn Loueney the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir William Vener Grocer the. 28. of October In the moneth of Nouember Iohn Duke of Lancaster came from the parties beyonde the seas into Englande after he had abidden in Spaine and Gascoigne thrée yeares space who in Spaine first tasted great misfortunes yet in the ende brought his matters to very good case not with the force of men but by the fauour of God for when he came firste to y t partes of Spaine with an armye sufficient ynoughe through wante of victualles they first dyed through hunger and after through flixe so that 1000. famous knightes of hys armye dyed miserably the residue leauing the Duke fled to the French army King Richard with his Quéene Anne held their Christmasse at Woodstocke and the Duke of Lancaster in the Castle of Hertforde The same time Iohn Hastings Earle of Penbroke as he was desirous to Just he was stroken about the priuie partes by the Knight that ranne against him called 1390 sir Iohn Saint Iohn where he dyed In a Parliamente at London it was ordayned that none shoulde purchase prouisions at the Popes hands ther was graunted to the King xl shillings of euery sack of wool and of the pound sixe pence Iohn Duke of Lancaster was made Duke of Aquitaine by the Rood and Bonet which the King gaue him and Edward the Duke of Yorkes sonne was made Earle of Rutlande to whom the king gaue the Castell of Okam Anno reg 14 A great Pestilence in the North parts of England so that in a little space a. 1100. were buried in the Citie of Yorke A Merchant of Dertmouth waged the Nauie of ships of the Ports of his own charges 34. ships laden with Wine to the summe of 1500. Tunne A wofull variaunce rose in Oxforde for the Welche and Southerne Schollers assaulted the Northerne whereby many murders were done on each side and a fielde was appointed but by helpe of the Duke of Glocester it was appeased and the Welch men bannished Iohn Francis Thomas Viuent the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Adam Bawme Goldsmith the. 28. of October The. x. xj and. xij of October the King helde a greate Courte at London in the Bishops Palace and a greate insting in Smithfield to the whyche Courte came many strangers forth of Fraunce Almain Zealand and many other parts bringing with them horsses and armour in which pastimes there was giuen first the Badge of the White Harte wyth golden chaines and crownes And vpon Saint Edwardes day the King helde his feaste in his Regalibus sitting crowned at masse with his Scepter c. and likewise the Quéen and they sat likewise at the table at Kenington crowned at which solemnitie were presente the Earle of Sainte Paule and hys wyfe sister to the Kyng of Englande and the Earle of Ostreuaunt who was made Knyghte of the Garter The Duke of Glocester toke hys iourney toward Spruys 1â—91 but being tossed with infortunate stormes driuen nowe hyther nowe thyther was so farre distant of hope that he dispayred of life and at length after he had passed the Barbarous coastes of Denmarke Norway and Scotlande he arriued in Northumberlande and came to the Castel of Tinmouth where hauing refreshed himself certain dayes he toke his iourney towards his maner of Plecy Such a mortalitie increased in Norffolke and many other Countries that it was not vnlike to the greate pestilence within Yorke there dyed a. xj thousand persons The Citizens of London toke out of the Orphans cheste Anno reg 15 2000. markes to buye victualles and the. xxiiij Aldermen eache of them layde out twentie pounde to like purpose of buying corne which was bestowed in diuerse places where the poore mighte buye it at an appointed price and suche as lacked money to pay downe put in suretie to pay in y t yeare following A Brewer that dwelt at the signe of the Cocke in Westcheape by the little Conduite neare vnto Powles gate was murdered in the night time by a théef that came in at a gutter windowe as it was knowne long after by the confession of the same théefe when he was at the Gallowes to bée hanged for fellonie but the Brewers wife was firste brente therefore and thrée of his men drawne to Tiborne and there hanged wrongfully Iohn Chadworth Henrie Vamer the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Hinde Draper the. 28. of October A Parliament began at London on the Friday next after the feast of Al Saintes wherin halfe a tenth by the Ceargie and halfe a fiftéenth by the Laitie was granted to the king which mony should serue for the treatie to be had for peace with the French men whiche treatie the Duke of Lancaster should prosecute King Richarde with Quéene Anne his wife foure Bishoppes as many Erles the Duke of Yorke many Lords and fiftéene Ladyes helde a royall Christmasse at Langley neare to Saint Albons The same Christmasse day a Dolphin came forth of the sea and playde himselfe in the Thamis at London to the Bridge for shewing hapily the tempests that were to follow within a wéeke after the which being séene of the Citizens and followed was with much difficultie intercepted and broughte againe to London shewing a spectacle to many of the height of his bodye for he was ten foote in length These Dolphins are fishes of the sea y t followe the voyces of men and reioyce in playing of instrumentes and are wont to gather themselues at musicke These when they play in riuers with hastie springings or leapings do signify Tempest to follow The seas containt nothing more swift nor nimble for oftentimes with theyr skippes they mount ouer the sayles of shippes The King sent to the Londoners requesting to borrowe of 1392 Tho. Walsing them one thousande pounde whiche they stoutely denyed and also euil entreated bette and néere hand slew a certain Lumbard that woulde haue lent the King the sayde suâ—â—me which when the King heard he was maruellously angried and calling togither almost all the nobles of the lande hée opened to them the malitiousnesse of the Londoners and coÌ„playned of theyr presumption the whyche noble men gaue counsell that their insolencie shoulde with spéede be oppressed and theyr pride abated By the Kings iudgement therefore was the Maior of London and the Sherifes with other of the best Citizens arrested the Maior was sente to Windsor Castel and the other to other prisons til the King with his counsell should determine what should be done with them and there it was determined that from thenceforth the Londoners shoulde not chose nor haue anye Maior but that the King shoulde appointe one of his Knightes to be ruler of the Citie their priuiledges were reuoked their liberties adnulled and their lawes abrogated The king then appointed to be Warden of the Citie a certayne Knighte called sir Edwarde de Dalingrige but he was quicklye deposed by the King bicause men said
might say The South windes warme did blow with heate pestiferous Pestilence And Pestilence did beare great rule in Cities populous For at London in short while it consumed aboue thirtie thousand men and women and in the Countrey Townes great mortalitie fell among the husbandmen so that great households dyed cleane vp and the houses were emptied About the fiftéenth day of August deceassed Sir Roberte Knowles Knight at his Manour of Sconethorp in Norffolke Sir Robert Knovvles Iohn Leyland he was brought to London and there honourably buried in the white Friers Church which he had newly reedifyed and builded This Sir Robert Knowles had bin a most valiant Captayne in the warres of France during the raigne of Edward the third and Richard the second whose force the Realme of France both felt and feared so did the Dukedome of Briteine Register of Bermondsey and all the people from hence to Spayne Of him in his life were made Uerses in Latin which may be englished thus O Robert Knowles most woorthy of fame Verses by thy prowesse France was made tame Thy manhoode made the Frenchmen to yeeld by dint of sword in towne and field This Sir Robert Knowles founded in the Towne of Colledge and Hospitall at Pontfract Pontfract a Colledge to the honor of the holy Trinitie with an Hospital ioyned therevnto In the which Colledge was placed a Mayster and 6. or 7. Priestes and in the Hospitall 13. poore men and women He was once minded to haue made this Colledge at his Manour of Sconethorp but at the request of Constance his wife a woman of meane birth and somtime of a dissolute life afore hir mariage he turned his purpose and made it in the very place of Pontfraite wher she was borne enduing the same with 180. pound lande by yeare He also builded the faire new greate bridge at Rochester ouer the riuer of Medeway with a Chappel and a chauntrie at the East end therof In the which chappel was sometime a table hanging wherein was noted the benefactours to that Bridge as followeth Sir Roberte Knoles founder of the Trinitie Chappell at Rochester Bridge Constaunce wife to Knowles Sir Iohn Cobham Lord principall benefactour to the making of Rochester Bridge Margaret wife to Cobham Thomas Boucher Cardinall Iohn Morton Archbishop Henrie Chicheley Archbishop Thomas Langley Bishop of Durham Iohn Langedon Bishop of Rochester Thomas Arundale Archbishop Sir Iohn Cornewal Lord Fanhap Richard Whittington William Cromer Geffrey Boleyne Maior of London Iohn Darby Draper Alderman of London William Midleton Mercer of London William Martin Justice Sir Willlam Nottingham chiefe Barron of the Exchequer William Wangforde Iohn Buckingham Bishop of Lincolne Iohn Kempe Bishop of London Sir William Richal Sir Iohn at Pole All these had giuen money or landes towards the building and repayring of the sayde Bridge Iohn Warner a Merchaunt of Rochester made the newe coping of Rochester Bridge and William Warham Archbyshop of Canter burie made the yron pikes and bars aboute the same coaping This sommer Henrie Prince of Wales besieged the Castel of Abrustwich but not long after Owen Glendouerdew Anno reg 9. Sherifes Maior entred into it and placed new kéepers Henrie Pontfract Henrie Halton the. 28. of September Sir William Stondon Grocer the. 28. of October In Nouember a Parliamente being called at London a taxe of money was leuied of the whole Realme This yeare was a sore and sharpe Winter and suche aboundance of Snow which continued December Januarie Februarie and March so that almoste all small Byrdes dyed through hunger and colde Whiles the King helde a great Counsell at London with the nobles of the Realme Henrie Earle of Northumberlande and Thomas Lorde Bardolfe came againe into England who after long iournying when they came to the Towne of Thriske they caused to bée proclaymed that who so woulde haue libertie shoulde take vp armour and weapon and follow them whervpon much people resorted to them but sir Thomas Rockley Sherife of Yorkeshire with other Knightes of that Countrey went against them and at Bramham Moore nere to Hasewold fought with them a great battayle and slew the Earle whose head was streyght wayes cutte off The Lord Bardolph was sore wounded and taken aliue but dyed shortly after This battayle was fought on the xviij day of February The Erles head was put on a stake and caryed openly through the Citie 1408 of London and set on London Bridge The Bishop of Bangor was taken with the Lordes but pardoned of his lyfe bycause he was not founde in armour The King wente to Yorke and there condemned such as transgressed confiscated their goods pacified the Countrey hanged the Abbot of Hayle who had bin in armour and returned to the South partes againe Upon the seuenth of September there were suche flouds of rayne as the olde men of that age had neuer séene before Edmunde Hollande Earle of Kent whilest he besieged the Castell of Briake in Brytaine he was wounded with an arrowe of a crossebowe in the heade notwithstanding he toke the Castel and destroied it to the ground and not long after his braines rotted and he died Anno reg 10 Sherifes Maior Thomas Ducke William Norton the. 28. of September Sir Drew Barentine Goldsmith the. 28. of October Aboute the feaste of Al Saintes the Cardinall of Burges came into Englande being sente from the Colledge of Cardinalles to informe the King and Cleargie of the vnconstaunte dealing of Pope Gregorie as also he had informed the Frenche King and his Cleargie and realme to the end that those two Kings might sette to theyr helping handes to induce the sayde Gregorie to obserue the othe he hadde made and that by the magnificence of those two Kings cōcorde mighte be made in the Church vnto the whiche businesse the Frenche Kyng hadde gladlye graunted and sente messengers vnto Pope Gregorie who notwythstandyng 1409 was obstinate The Kyng of Englande when hée vnderstoode the Cardinalles message hée commaunded that curtesie and gentle entertaymente shoulde be gyuen hym and offered to beare hys charges so long as hée woulde abyde in Englande After the feaste of the Epyphanye the Archebyshoppe of Canterburie caused to assemble at London all the Cleargye of the Realme to chose personages méete to go to the general counsel holdē at Pisa where vnto were chosen Roberte Holam Bishop of Salisburie Henrie Chiseley bishop of Saint Dauids and Thomas Chillingdon Prior of Christes Churche in Canterburie and the Kyng had sente before Iohn Coluile Knighte and mayster Nicholas Rixton Clearkes wyth letters to be giuen to thē And in y e letter to the Pope it was writtē most holy father c. if y e prouidēce of y e Apostolike sea wold vouchsafe to consider how gret harme and danger is sprong vp through out the whole worlde vnder pretence of Scisme and chiefly the destruction of Christian people whiche aboue the nūber as men say of 200000. are perished by the raging
the number of thréescore and foure The tenth of September Iohn Claydon Skinner and A Skinner a Baker brent Richard Gurmonfrench Baker in Lombardstreeâ—e of London were brent in Smithsield Iohn Michelâ— Thomas Allin the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Mooregate first made in the vvall of LoÌ„don Thomas Fawconar Mercer the 28. of October This Thomas Fawconar Maior caused to breake the wall of London néere to the ende of Colmanstreete and made there a Gate vpon the moore side where was none before He also caused the ditches of the Citie to be cleansed and a commâ—â— priuie that was on the moore without the wall to be taken downe and another to be made within the Citie vpon Walbrooke into the which brooke he caused the water of citie to be turned by grates of iron in diuers places Our Embassadors the Bishops of Durham Norwich returning now the second time out of France declared to the King that the Frenchmen did but vse fraude and deceiptes wherefore the King being stirred vp vnto anger determined to aâ—atâ— their â—â—â—rninâ—â—â— and to teach them to vnderstaÌ„d their fully in â—â—aking of a â—â—éeping Dogge and forth with the King commanded all the Preâ—â—tes and Nobles of the Realme to come to London there to intreate of waightâ— affaires coÌ„cerning y â— Realme at y â— which time the Archbishop of Canterbury held a great counsayle in y â— which were chosen 〈◊〉 of the Cleargie of England to go to the generall Counsell that should be holden at Constance a Citie of Germâ—â— and so there were sent the Bishops of Salisburie Bath and Hereford and with them the Abbot of Westminster and the Prior of Worcester and many other wise men in coâ—â—â—â—â—â— of the Earle of Warwike whose presence did theÌ„ much honour This yeare the order of Church seruice throughout Anno reg 3. 1415 Order of Church seruice in England altered England was changed from the vse of Saint Paule to the vse of Salisburie which was to the great disliking of many men in those dayes When King Henry perceyâ—ed that the Frenchmen had with deceite entreated him with fayned promises and faire words he gathered his â—aâ—y togither apointed his bowmeÌ„â— men of armes prepared his engins all things necessary â—or y â— warres coÌ„manding all y â— should go w e him to be ready against the feast of Saint Iohn Baptist and to mâ—eâ—e him at Hampton The eyghtenth day of â—â—â—e King Henry with many Lords and others rode from London toward South-hampton the Maior 〈◊〉 and Craftes of the Câ—tle 〈…〉 ing him on his â—â—â—y to â—he â—owne of Kingston vpon Thamis whileâ—â— the King 〈◊〉 â—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where he abode for his reliâ—â—â—â— and â—â—â—ffe â—â—nging to the warres On the last â—â— July was discouered a great conspiracie Conspiracy disclosed Tho. Wals Regist Maior against him by three 〈…〉 is 〈◊〉 of all the rest he pat greatest trust and confidâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 of them was Henry Scrope Lord Treasours the second Richard â—aâ—â—e of Cambridge brother â—o Edward Duke of Yorke and Sir Thomas Grey a Knight of the North these had made Edmond Earle of Maâ—â—h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vpon a Booke not to dâ—â—â—â—ose their counsell and then â—â—lâ—â— him that they thought to 〈◊〉 the King and to 〈◊〉 the sayd Edâ—â—oÌ„â—â— King the which â—â— he refused to take vpon him they would â—â—ey him where vppon the Earle prayse them to giue him one houâ—es spaâ—e to take â—â—uiseâ—ent what was best to doe whiche being granted the Earle went secretly and â—olâ— the Kingâ— therâ—â—â— who caused them forthwith â—o be apprehended and brought before him where they confessed the â—â—â—ason for the which on the sixth of August they were arâ—â—â—gned in y â— Kings presence and the same day all three beheaded The Earle was buried head and all buâ— the other heaâ—â— were â—eâ—â—â— the one to Yorke the other to Newcastell vpon Tine and there seâ— vp On the eleuenth of August the King tooke shipping and entred the Sea with a thousand Sayle Enguerant sayth King Henry sayled into Normandy Tho. Wâ—â—s Titus Liuius Enguerant 1600. Sayles and the third night after arriued at Kedecaâ—x in Normandy whiche is betwixte Hereflete and â—imflete of whose comming all the Cities and States of thâ—â—â— partes being aduertised were striken with great feare The King the Dukes of Clarence and of Glocester his bréethren the Duke of Yorke his Unkle the Earles Barons Knightes Gentlemen and Souldiours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 anâ—â—â—â— â— there and tooke land without any resistance and the King forthwith falling to the ground vpon his knées deuoutely prayde to God that to his honor he would giue him iustice of his enimies He had at his landing in his host sixe thousande Speares and xxiiij thousand footemen besides Gunners and other enginars artificers and labourers of whome the King had great abundance The King gaue to diuers Gentlemen the order of Titus Liuius Knighthoode and assigned the bearing of his Standarts and Banners to such meÌ„ as he knew to be of great strength and prowesse All thing being set in good order and array the King with all his host ascended to the toppe of an high hill there nigh and there he rested the next day On the sixtéenth day of August the Duke of Clarence leader of the foreward in good ordinance entred his iourney towarde a Towne called Herefleete distant from Kedecamp scarcely thrée leagues where he lodged his host in a field before the towne The King at his comming lodged himselfe nigh to the first warde not farre from the Towne The Earle of Suffolke Michaell at Poole Chiefetayne of the rereward lodged on the other side before the Towne Other noble men that had the conduct of the two wings lodged them one on the right haÌ„d the other on the left Forthwith were sent to the Towne men of armes in great number to sée the scituation thereof who shortly returned with a great pray of Cattell and enformed the King of all his demaundes Hereflete is the key of the sée of all Normandy and is scituate Enguerant Description of Herefleete vpon the Sea side by the Riuer of Seene betwixte two hilles and through the middle thereof runneth a Riuer whiche not farre from the same Towne entreth into the Seane and from thence both those Riuers in one descende into the Sea where as a great and goodly Hauen is belonging to the same Towne which Hauen is garnished with the defence of two faire and strong Towers and in the same Hauen a right great Nauie of Shippes may ride in safetie and if the inhabitants of this Towne enclose and képe within the Towne the course of the foresayd Riuer by their sluces as they may right well do then the Riuer riseth without the Towne so high that it forecloseth all entries to the walles so that no man may approch the towne on that part This Towne is also defended with high and thicke walles and towers and is also enuironed with broade
Towne of Mounâ—iour de Villers the towne of Ewe the Towne of Gurney the newe Castle and generallye all the places in that part This yere Quéene Iane the Kings stepmother being deâ—amed by certaine persons of some wicked practice by witch craft or 〈…〉 that she had deuised against the 〈…〉 the counsell of 〈…〉 dolph a Doctour of Diuinitie hir Confessor 〈…〉 ing all hir seruaunts put from hir was committed to the custody of Iohn Wellam who appoynted nine seruaunts to attend hir brought hir vnto the Castell of Pemsey to be gouerned vnder his prouidence Frier Randolph â—â—â— sent to the Tower where at length to wéete in Anno. 〈…〉 the fifte of June he was slaine by the Parson of the Tower falling out at wordes with him And after Quéene Ioane was deliuered Kyng Henry sente his brother Humfrey Duke of Gloucester accompanyed wyth the Earle Marshall and a greate power of armed men to laye siege afore the Towne and Castell of Yuory which Town after many assaâ—â—ts and battayles the Duke tooke by force But the Castel thereof was not yelded til the thirtéenth of May. The King also sent the Earle of Huntington wyth a power from Maunt to the Towne of Pontois by which if it were taken he might haue the more sure and easie passage to Paris Those whyche were sent at the entry of the night were come nygh vnto Pontois where in a Wood they lefte their horses and that done in the darkenesse of the night they went on foote to the ditches of the Towne whych then were drye where parte of them lay on the banks of the ditches with their Ladders in their handes ready to scale the walles when time shoulde serue and the residue hyd them in the Uines where they might be ready to enter the town at the opening of the gates At the breake of the daye they of the towne changed their Watche at the whych change the â—â—â—â—es were lefte without Watches for the time But the Englishmen séeyng time to accomplishe their intent â—aysed their Ladders and scaled the walles and by that meanes entred the Towne where some of them forthwyth brake the gate and made entry for the reste of their company whiche when the garrisons of the Town perceyued as meÌ„ amazed they turned themselues to flight But not long after they armed them and assayled their enimies but to the Englishmens great auayle the Earle of Huntingdon w t his company set spurres to theyr horsses and hasted them to the succour of their first company whereby the Frenchmen as al discouraged and in dispaire to saue the Towne at the sight of these newe rescues that came to the Englishmen leauing behinde them all their riches and substaunce endeanoured themselues to escape by flighte and so the towne of Pointois auoyded of all Frenchmenne was lefte frée to the English After these enterprises thus atchieued the king with all his company came to this Towne of Pointois where he aboade a certaine time from whence he sent the Duke of Clarence w t a chosen power of men to Paris to view y e scituation and strength thereof before which Citie when he had tarried certaine dayes and had séene all that him liked and that none of the Frenche men woulde issue out of the Citie to fight with him he returned to the King and assertayned him of al that he had séene On the. xviij of August King Henrie with all his hoste departed from Pointois And bycause the Castell of Bokinvillers Bokinvillers yeelded had done certaine inhumane cruelties to the Kings landes that bordered thereabout to the intente to represse theyr malice the King lodged himself not far from thence and sent certaine to assault the same Castle where both the inhabitants and garrisons feared so much the King that as men desperate of all succours they yéelded both Castel and goods And then all the townes Castels and holdes within a great circuite without abyding battaile yéelded them to the King but that strong and mightie town of Gysors wherof the Castel is much more defensible than the Town would not submit to the King wherefore on the last day of August the King with all his host toke his iourney thyther and enclosed the Towne with his pauilions and tentes Betwyxt him and them of the Towne were many sharpe battayles and cruell assaultes but at all times the Englishmen put the Frenchmen to flight wherfore the inhabitantes and garisons of the towne and Castel deliuered the same to the King in the xxiiij of September Richard Whitingham Iohn Butler the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Richard Whitington Mercer the. 28. of October King Henrie returned with his army to Maunt where he deuided his host into thrée battayles whereof he deliuered the one to the Duke of Glocester whome he sente to subdue the Towne of Saint Germaines which after manye battayles and assaultes in short time was yéelded to him the seconde battayle he sent to the Castell of Mount Oye which in like manner was yéelded with the thirde battayle the King in hys owne perfom went to besiege Mewlance which aboue al other was most strong The situation of this town was in a plenteous I le betwixte two armes of the sea c. notwithstanding when the inhabitauntes and Garisons sawe the great prouision of the King they yéelded the town on the last day of October from thence the Kyng returned againe to Maunt and sente the Duke of Excester to besiege the Castle of Gâ—â—â—arde whiche to him was yéelded the xx of December King Henrie kept his Christmasse in the Citie of Roane he sent the Earle of Salisburie to take the Towne of Fresvey which in shorte time he toke The Earle Marshal and the Earle of Huntington were sente by the Kyng to subdue the Prouince of Shenon where the Dolphin had deputed a Captaine with a strong power whiche Captaine mette the two Earles and gaue them battayle but the Englishmen remayned conquerors And thus those two Earles subdued the prouince of Shenon without any other great resistaunce Whilest these and many other victories wer atchieued the King continuing in the Citie of Roane the ambassadors of Charles the French King of the Duke of Burgoigne came to the King to treate of peace where of the King they were right honourably recoyued and sent with him to the French King and the Duke of Burgoigne hys ambassadours wyth full aucthority to conclude this long soughte peace the principall ambassadour was the Earle of Warwicke in company of certaine Bishops and other discrete men accompanyed with a strong power of armed men These ambassadors were first brought to the Duke of Burgoigne bycause hée was next vnto them and after they toke their iourney vntil they came to the Citie of Troys where they founde King Charles Anno reg 8. 1420 of Fraunce with the Quéene his wife and that beautifull Lady Katheren theyr daughter And entring into communication of peace with the Kings counsell of Fraunce the
passed ouer to Caleis and streight from thence to Lâ—â—â— in Artois and so into Henault making no outrage as he passed through Duke Phillips Countreys At their comming into Henault many townes obeyed theÌ„ and other refused â—â— to do likewise were y â— Nobles diuided The D. of Burgoigne hearing of this was sore offended for the iniurie done to his Cousin of Brabant the dishonor of his Cousin the Duchâ—â— Iaqueline and the euill dealing of the Duke of Glocester A third cause of the amitie to be broken betvvixt England and Burgoigne and the losse of many Tovvnes in France and therefore to ayde the Duke of Brabant he appoynted many of his Captaynes with xij C. fighting meÌ„ Pickards to go against the Duke of Glocester The Duke of Brabant was a man but of weake complexion and therefore by the Counsell of Brabant it was ordeyned that his yonger brother Philip Earle of Saint Pol should be chiefe Captayne of the warre against the Duke of Glocester He had a great Armye as the more part of the Nobles of Brabant of Henalt and of Burgoigne in all 50000. Piere de Luxenburge Earle of Conuarson his néere kinsman had the leading of the Armie for himselfe was but yong The Duke of Burgoigne had put of his men in garrison within the towne of Braine in the Countie of Henault who made sore warre to the Countrey about but the Earle of Saint Pol and Conuarson did come and beséege Braine continuing afore it twelue dayes before they within yéelded compounding to departe with bodyes and goodes saued these hauing wonne Braine destroyde it vtterly and that done tooke the Field with all puissance which was great and the Duke of Glocester likewise came into the fielde so that they approched néere togither and the vauntcurrers skirmished but the battayle ioyned not The Duke of Glocester had sent his Heraulte and Humfrey Duke of Glocester chalengeth the Combate vvith Phillip Duke of Burgoigne written to the Duke of Burgoigne calling him Traytor and disloyall to the King of England and France for that he had sente men in ayde against him and offered him the Combate wherevnto the Duke of Burgoine aunswered that hée would accept the Combate denying that euer he had fayled of his promise but that the Duke of Glocester had done great wrong to the Duke of Brabant to haue bereft him of his wife contrarye to the ordinance of God and of holye Church and for other wordes which the Duke had vttered against the Duke of Burgoignes honor he gaue him the lye and so farre the matter went in words betwixt them that the day was appoynted for the Combate and the Duke of Burgoigne chose for Iudge of the Combate the Emperour of Almayne and the Duke of Burgoigne sent the Duke of Glocester a safeconduct to departe safely into England to prepare himselfe of things necessarie for the Combate wherevpon both the Campes brake vp the Duke of Glocester wente to Mons in Henalt to the Duches his wife so tearmed gaue hir to vnderstand that he was desirous to trie the Combate with the Duke of Burgoigne and many other things he told hir which he performed not for within four dayes after he tooke all his power with him and returned into EnglaÌ„d and left the Duches in Mons smally accoÌ„panyed with y e people of that Countrey Shortly after his departure the Duke of Burgoigne sent the Lord Lilladam to the Towne of Mens to receyue Iaqueline the Duches who being deliuered vnto him he conueyed hir to Gaunt where the Duke and she made great semblance of ioy togither she promising to bée gouerned alwayes by his aduise but to goe to hir olde husband the Duke of Brabant she would not and when she espied hir time she stale away into hir Countrey of Holland where she was well receyued of many Lordes and began forthwith to mainteyne warre against Duke Philip of Burgoigne and sent to the Duke of Glocester for ayd who sente to hir a thousand fighting men vnder the conduct of the Lorde Fitzwaters The Duke of Burgoigne fearing least Iaqueline would deliuer the Countrey of Holland into the possessioÌ„ of the D. of Glocester he assembled his power and wente into Holland to put the CouÌ„trey into obeysance At his comming thither Iaqueline accompanyed with many Nobles of the Countrey and the Lord Fitzwaters woulde haue defended his landing but notwithstanding al the defence they could make he entred vpoÌ„ theÌ„ there néere to y e Towne of Brusseils they ioyned in battaile the D. of Burgoigne his people against the Englishmen Hollanders taking y e Duches Iaquelines part there was a fierce battayle on all sides but in the end the Hollanders and Englishmen were all discomfited and there dyed in that place aboue seauen or eight hundred besides those that were taken prisoners the Lord Fitzwater hardly escaped After this battell gote by the Duke of Burgoigne 1425 diuers Townes of the Countrey reuolted to him against Iaqueline the Duches as Dordrecht Sericzee and many other Shortly after the Duke of Burgoigne leauing garrisons in those Townes that obeyed him to make resistaÌ„ce against the Duches that lay in the Towne of Gaunt hée returned into his Countrey of Flanders and Artoyes there to prepare such abiliments as were necessary for him to vse at the Combate appoynted betwixt him and the Duke of Glocester The Duke of Glocester likewise in England made his pronision of his habilimentes and furniture but the Duke of Bedforde brother to the Duke of Glocester tooke greate paynes to make them friends and also the counsell of the yong King of England were nothing content with this variance doubting least it might be occasion that the Duke of Burgoigne mighte withdrawe himselfe from their amitie whereby their businesse in France should be hindered The Duke of Bedford therefore tooke hys iourney from Paris to Caleis and so into Englande to the ende to agrée the sayde Anno reg 4. Dukes he tooke with him the Duches his wife and not past a four or fiue hundred men About Michaelmasse the Prince of Portugale came into England and was honorably receyued and feasted by the Kings Uncles William Mildred Iohn Brokell the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Rob. Fabian Iohn Couentry Mercer the 28. of October The morrow after Simon and Iudes day when the Maior of London had bin at Westminster to take hys charge as Debate betvveene the Duke of Glocester and the Bishop of VVinchester the custome is at suche tyme as hée was holding hys greate dinner hée was by the Duke of Glocester Lord Protector sent for in spéedie manner when hée came to hys presence he gaue to hym commaundement to sée the Citie were surely watched in the night following and so it was done On y e next morrow about ix of the clock certain seruaÌ„ts of y â— Bishop of Winchester brother to y e said Protector would haue entred the Citie by the
Bridge but the warders or kéepers thereof kept them out by force as before they were commanded wherwith they being gréeuously discontented gathered to them a greater number of Archers and men of armes and assaulted the Gate with shot and other meanes of warre in so much that the commons of the Citie shut in their shoppes and spedde them thither in great number so that greate bloudshed woulde haue followed had not the wisedome of the Maior and Aldermen stayde the matter in time The Archbishop of Canterbury with the Prince of Portugale and other tooke great labour vpon them to pacifie this variance betwixt the two bréethren the Protector and the Bishop in so muche that they rode betwéene them eyght times ere they might bring them to any reasonable conformitie and lastly they agréed to stande to the rule of the Duke of Bedford Regent of France or of such as he would assigne wherevpon the Citie was set in more quiet and the Bishop of Winchester wrote a Letter to the Duke of Bedford Lord Regent as followeth RIght high and mighty Prince and right noble and after one leuest earthly Lorde I recommende me vnto your Grace with all my heart and as ye desire the welfare of the King our soueraigne Lorde and of his Realies of England and of France and your owne weale with all yours hast you hither for by my troth and ye tarrie long we shall put this Land in ieoperdy with a Field such a Brother yée haue héere God make him a good man For your wisedome knoweth well that the profite of France standeth in the welfare of England Written at London the last of October On the tenth day of January next ensuing the sayde Duke of Bedford wyth hys wife came vnto London with them also came the said Bishop of Winchester and the Maior and Citizens receyued him at Merton and â—onâ—ayde hym through the Citie vnto Westminster where he was lodged in the Kings Pallace and the Bishop of Winchester was lodged within the Abbots lodging On the morrow following the Maior presented the Regente with a paire of Basins of Siluer and ouer-gilt and in them a thousande Marke of gold The xxj of February began a great Counsayle at Saint Albons which was after reiorned to Northampton but for that no due conclusion mighte be made on the 1426 Parliament at Leycester xxv of March was called a Parliamente at Leycester the which endured till the xv day of June This was called the Parliamente of Battes bycause men being forbidden to bring Swords or other weapons brought great battes and staues on their neckes and wheÌ„ those weapons were inhibited theÌ„ they tooke stones and plomets of Leade During this Parliament the variance betwixt the two Lords was debated in so much that the Duke of Glocester put a Bill of complaynt against the Bishop conteyning sixe Articles all which Articles were by the Bishop sufficiently aunswered and finally by the counsell of the Lord Regent all the matters of variance betwéene the sayd two Lordes were put to the examination and iudgemente with the assistance of the Lordes of the Parliamente Henry Archbishop of Canterburie Thomas Duke of Excester Iohn Duke of Norffolke Thomas Bishop of Durham Philip Bishop of Worcester Iohn Bishop of Bath Humfrey Earle of Stafford Raulph Lord Cornewell and Maister William Alnewike then kéeper of the priuie Seale which Lordes made a decrée and awarde so that eyther party tooke other by the hande with friendly and louing words none hauing amends of other Upon Whitsonday following was a solemne feast holden at Leycester aforesayde where the Regente dubbed King Henry Knight and then forthwith the King dubbed Richard Duke of Yorke that after was father to King Edward the fourth and other to the number of fortie After the Parliamente the Kyng wente to Killingworth Castell Henry Chicheley Archbishop of Canterbury founded a Colledge at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire of eyght Colledge and Hospitall at Higham Ferrers fellowes foure Clearkes and sixe Choristers He also founded there an Hospitall for poore folke with many preferments to the sayd Towne which house for the poore his Anno reg 5. bréethren Robert and William Chichely Aidermen of London augmented with goodly legacies On Saterday the euen of Saint Michaell the Archangell Iohn Audley An Earthquake during tvvo houres in the morning before day betwixte the houres of one and two of the clocke began a terrible Earthquake with lightning and thunder whiche continued the space of two houres and was vniuersall through the world so that men had thought the world as then should haue ended and the generall dome to haue followed The vnreasonable Beasts rored and drew to the Townes with hideous noyse Also the Foules of the ayre likewise cryed out suche was the worke of God at that time to call his people to repentance Iohn Arnold Iohn Higham the 28. of September Sherifes Maior VVardes in London discharged of fifteenes Iohn Reynwell Fishmonger the 28. of October This Iohn Reynwell Maior of London gaue certayne Lands or tenements to the Citie of London for the whiche the same Citie is bound to pay for euer all such fiftéenes as shall be graunted to the King so that it passe not thrée fiftéenes in one yeare for thrée wardes in London to wéete Reignwels Testament Downegate warde Billingsgate warde and Aldgate warde This yeare the Tower at the Draw Bridge of London Tovver on LoÌ„don Bridge was begun by the same Maior of London On the Newyeares daye Thomas Beawford Duke of Excester deceassed at Greenewich and was buryed at Sainte Edmonds Burie in Suffolke About the Purification of our Lady the Duke of Bedford Regent of France with his wife and familie passed the seas vnto Caleis and so through Picardy into France but ere he departed from Caleis to wéete vpon the feast day of the Annuntiation 1427 of our Lady the Bishop of Winchester within the Church of our Lady of Caleis was created Cardinall and after the solemnitie done the Regente tooke him on hys righte hande and so conuayed hym vnto hys lodging This yeare was vnseasonable weathering for it reyned most part continually from Easter to Michaelmasse This yeare the Duke of Alanson that before was taken prisoner at the battayle of Vernole in Perch was deliuered for a raunsome of 200000. Scuttes of Golde whiche was Rob. Gagwin 50000. Markes sterling This yeare also the Earle of Salisburie accompanyed with the Earle of Suffolke the Lord Talbot and other layde Rob. Fabian a strong séege vnto the Citie of Orleance and hilde the Citiezens very streight and maugre the Duke of Orleance and the Marshall of France the Englishmen wanne from them diuers strong holdes adioyning to the Citie and forced them to bren a great part of their suburbes but one day as y e sayd Anno reg 6. Earle of Salisburie Thomas Mountagew rested him at a bay window a Gunne was leuelled out of the Citie which all
and she was conuicte of the sayde Articles then was it asked if she woulde saye anye thing agaynste the witnesses wherevnto she aunsweared nay but submitted hyr selfe The seauen and twentith daye of October she abiured the Articles and was adioyned to appeare again the ninth of Nouember In the meane time Thomas Southwel dyed in the Tower of London as himselfe had prophesied that hée shoulde neuer dye by Justice of the Law William Combis Richarde Riche the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Elianor CobhaÌ„ did penaunce Robert Clopton Draper the. 28. of October The ninth of Nouember Dame Elianor appeared béefore the Archbishoppe and other in the sayde Chappel and receyued hyr penaunce which she perfourmed On Monday the. xiij of Nouember she came froÌ„ Westminster by water and landed at the Temple Bridge from whence with a taper of waxe of two pounde in hir hande she went throughe Fleetestreete hoodlesse saue a kerchefe to Paules where she offered hyr Taper at the high Aulter On y e Wednesday next she landed at y e Swan in Thamis stréete then went through Bridgestreet Grace Church Streete streight to Leaden Hall and so to Christ Church by Aldegate On Fryday she landed at Queene Hiue and so went through Cheape to Saint Michels in Cornehil in fourme aforesayd at all which times the Maior Sherifes and Craftes of London receyued hir and accompanyed hir This being done she was committed to the ward of sir Thomas Stanley wherein she remayned duryng hyr life in the castel of Chester hauing yerely an hundred marks assigned for hyr finding whose pride false couetise and lecherie were cause of hir confusion The xviij of NoueÌ„ber Roger Bolingbroke with sir Iohn Hum Priest and William Woodham Esquire was arraigned in the Guild Hall of London where the sayde Iohn and William had their Charters but Roger Bolingbroke was condemned had iudgemeÌ„t of sir Iohn Hody chief Justice of the Kings Bench and the same day he was drawen froÌ„ the Tower to Tiborne there hanged and quartered when y e said Roger shold suffer he said y t he was neuer guilty of any treason against the kings person but he hadde presumed too far in his cunning whereof he cryed God mercie and the Justice that gaue on him iudgemente liued not long after Henrie Beauchampe succéeded in hys fathers inheritaÌ„ce who being kept two yeares in the Kings hands was restored to al his liuings with greate glory for he was crowned King of Wight by the kyngs owne handes and nominated chiefe Earle of England A challenge was done in Smithfield within listes before 1442 A Combat in Smithfielde the King by the Lorde Beawfe of Aragon and Iohn Ansley Esquire of the Kings house whiche Ansley hadde the fielde and at the Kings hande was made Knight and the Anno. reg 21 Lord Aragon offered his harneis at Windsor In the moneth of August was a great fray in Fleetstreete betwéene the yong Studentes of the Innes of Courte and the inhabitauntes of the same stréete whiche Fray began in the night and so continued the assaultes and bickeryngs till the next day in whiche season muche people of the Cytie was thyther gathered and diuerse men on both partes slaine and many hurte but lastly by the presence of the Maior and Sherifes this Fray was appeased of whiche was chiefe occasioner one of Cliffords Inne named Herbotel Thomas Beaumount Richard Norden the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Iohn Athirle Ironmonger the. 28. of October Iohn Beaufort Earle of Somerset was made Duke of Somerset and Lord Talbot Earle of Shrewesburie The stéeple of Waltham Holy Crosse in Essex was brente with lightning on Candlemasse day The Citizens of Norwiche rose against the Priour of 1443 Christes Churche wythin the same Citie and would haue fiered the priorie they kept the towne by strength againste the Duke of Norffolke and all his power wherefore the Kyng sente thyther the chiefe Judge Iohn Fortescue wyth the Earles of Stafforde and of Huntington who indicted many Citizens and the Priour also The Liberties of the Citie were seysed into the Kings hand and Sir Iohn Clifton made Captaine there and manye of the Citizens fledde ouer the seas c. Anno reg 22. Sherifes Maior Nicholas Wilforde Iohn Norman the. 28. of September Thomas Catworth Grocer the. 28. of October Iohn Earle of Huntington at Windsore was made Duke of Excester Iohn Beauforde Duke of Somerset deceased and was buryed at Wimborne The Earle of Stafforde was created Duke of Buckingham Henrie Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke Duke of Warwicke 1444 Cro. of â—ewx vnto whom the King gaue the Castell of Bristowe with all the appurtenances which King Iohn had kept in his haÌ„ds he gaue vnto him also the Isles of Garnsey and Iarnsey The Earle of Dorset was made Marques of Dorset and the Earle of Suffolke Marques of Suffolke King Henrie sent into Fraunce Ambassadours William de la Pole Marques of Suffolke Adam Molens Bishoppe of Chichester and kéeper of the priuie seale sir Roberte Roos and other to treat of a marriage betwéene King Henrie and Margaret the kings daughter of Scicil which was concluded in the Citie of Towres in Touraine Anno reg 13 Sherifes Maior Stephen Poster Hugh Wich the. 28. of September Henrie Frowike Mercer the 28. of October In the moneth of Nouember William de la Pole Marques of Suffolke with other went againe into Fraunce for to conduct the sayd Lady Margaret into England On Candlemasse euen in diuerse places of England was heard terrible thunders wyth lightning wherby the church of Baldoke in Hertfordshire the Churche of Walden in Essex diuerse other were sore shaken And the stéeple of Saint Pauls in London about two of the clocke in the after noone was set on fire in the middest of the shaft but by the labour of many well desposed people the same was quenched and no man perished The stéeple of Kingstone was likewise fiered by the same lightnings Ladie Margaret landing at Portchester went from thence 1445 by water to Hampton rested there in a place called Gods house from thence she went to the Abbay of Tychfielde and Quene Margaret crovvned was there wedded to King Henry y e xxij of April She was receyued at the Blackeheath by the Citizens of London ryding on horsebacke in blewe gownes with brodered sleues and red hoods the 28. of May and on the 30. of May she was crowned at Westminster hir badge was the Daysie With the fall of Kingstone steple one man was slaine Kingston steple fell An reg 24. Sherifes Maior Leaden hall in Lon. builded and many sore hurt Iohn Darby Godfrey Filding the 28. of September Simon Eyre draper the 28. of October This Simon Eyre builded the Leaden hall in London to be a store house for graine and fewell for the poore of the Citie also a beawtifull Chappel in the East end of y e same ouer the gate whereof he
credere quod dominus noster Iesus Christus post mortem descendit ad inferos Item quod non est de necessitate salutis credere in sanctorū communionem Item quod Ecclesia vniuersalis potest errare in hijs quae sunt fidei Item quod non est de necessitate salutis credere tenere illud quod consilium generale vniuersalis Ecclesia statuit approbat seu determinat in fauorem fidei ad salutē animarum est ab vniuersis Christi fidelibus approbandum tenendum Wherfore I miserable sinner which here before long time haue walked in darknesse now by the mercy and infinite goodnesse of God reduced into y ◠right way light of truth considering my selfe gréeuously haue sinned and wickedly haue enformed enfected the people of God returne come againe to the vnitie of our mother holy Church all heresies errors written conteined in my said bookes works writings here solemnly openly reuoke renounce which heresies errors all other spices of heresies I haue before this time before y e most Reuerēd father in God and my good Lord of Caunterbury in diuers and lawfull forme iudicially abiured submitting my selfe beyng then and also nowe at this time verye contrite and penitent sinner to the correction of the Churche and of my sayd Lorde of Caunterburie And ouer this exhorting and requiring in the name and vertue of almightie God in the saluation of your Soules and minde that no man hereafter giue fayth and credence to my sayd pernitious doctrines heresies and errors neyther my sayd Bookes kéepe holde or reade in any wise but that they all such Bookes workes and writings suspect of heresies delyuer in all goodly hast vnto my sayde Lorde of Caunterburie or to his Commissioners and Deputies in eschewing of many inconueniences great perils of soules the which else might be cause of the contrary And ouer this declaration of my conuersation and repentaunce I here openly assent that my sayde Bookes workes and writings for declaration and cause aboue rehearsed be deputed vnto the fire and openly brent in ensample and terrour of all other c. After this he was depriued of his Bishopricke hauing a certaine pencion assigned vnto him for to lyue on in an Abbey and soone after he dyed His Bookes were intituled 1. Of Christian Religion and a Booke perteyning therevnto 2. Of Matrimonie 3. Iust oppressing of holy Scripture deuided into three partes 4. The Donet of Christian Religion 5. The follower of the Donet 6. The Booke of Faith 7. The Booke filling the. 4. Tables 8. The Booke of Worshipping 9. The Prouoker of Christian men 10. The Booke of Councell In the moneth of Januarie dyed the Earle of Deuonshire in the Abbey of Abindon poysoned as men sayd being there at that tyme with Quéene Margaret to appease the malice betwéene the yong Lords whose fathers were slaine at Saint Albons and they that helde with the Duke of Yorke A méeting was appoynted by the King to be at London in obeying whose commaundement the Duke of Yorke came vnto London on the. xxvj day of Januarie and was lodged at Baynards Castle and afore him to wit the. xv of Januarie came the Earle of Salisburie and was lodged at his place called the Erber shortly after came the Dukes of Somerset Excester who were lodged without Temple Barre lykewise the Earle of Northumberland the Lord Egremond the yong Lord Clyfford were lodged in y e Suburbes And on the. xiiij day of Februarie came the Earle of Warwike from Calleis with a great band of men all arrayed in red Jaquets with white ragged staues vppon them who was lodged at the Grey Friers And the. xvij day of Marche the King Quéene with a great retinue came to London and were lodged in the Bishop of Londons Pallace And ye shall vnderstand that with these Lordes came great companies of men some had 600. some 500. and the least had 400. Wherefore the Maior had dayly in harnesse 5000. Citizens and rode dayly about the Citie and Suburbes of the same to sée the Kings peace were kept nightly 2000. men in harnesse to gyue attendance vpon iij. Aldermen which kept the night watch tyll vij of the clocke in the morning that the day watches were assembled by reason whereof good order and rule was kept and no man so hardie once to attempt the breaking of the Kings peace During this watch a great Coūsell was holden by the Lordes and a faygned agréement was made betwéen the King the Quéene and the Duke of Yorke with 1458 his retinue for ioy whereof the. xxv day of Marche a generall Procession was made in Saint Paules Church at London where the King in Royall habite with his Diademe on his head kept the state before whom went hand in hand y ◠duke of Somerset the Earle of Salisburie the Duke of Excester the Earle of Warwike and so one of the one faction an other of that other sort And behind the King the Duke of Yorke led the Quéene with great familiaritie to all mens sightes The. xiij of April there was a great fraye in Fletestreete The Queenes atturney slaine betwéene men of Courte and the inhabitantes of the same stréete in which fray the Quéenes Atturney was slaine For this facte the King committed the principall gouernours of Furniuals Clifforde and Barnardes Inne to prison in the Castle of Hertforde and William Taylour Alderman of that warde with many other were sent to Windsore Castle the vij of May. On Thursday in Whitson wéeke the Duke of Somerset Iusting in the Tovvre of London with Anthonie Riuers and other iiij kept Justes before the Quéene in the Towre of London agaynst thrée Esquiers of the Quéenes And in lyke manner at Greenewiche the Sonday following On the Trinitie Sonday or Munday following certaine The Earle of VVarvvike tooke Spanish Ships shippes appertayning to the Earle of Warwike met with a fléete of Spanyardes and after long and cruell fyght tooke vj. of their Shippes laden with Yron and other Marchandies drowned and chased to the number of xxvj not without shedding of bloud on both partes for of the Englishmen were slayne an hundred and many more wounded Anno reg 37 Sherifes Maior and sore hurt Ralph Ioseline Richard Medtham the 28. of September Thomas Scot Draper the 28. of October The King and Quéene beyng at Westminster the. ix day of Nouember fell a great debate betwéene Richard Earle of Warwike and them of the Kings house in so much that they woulde haue slayne the Earle and vnneth he escaped to his Barge and went after to Calleis for he was not long before made Captaine thereof by authoritie of the Parliament Soone after the young Duke of Somerset by stirring of them that hated the Earle of Warwike was made Captayne of Calleis and a Priuie Seale direct to the Earle for to discharge him of the
wherevnto we haue euer bene and will be as true as any of his subiectes aliue wherof we call God our Lady S. Marie and all the Saintes in heauen vnto witnesse and record In the meane time the Earle of Wilshire treasurer of England The Earle of VVilshire and other spoyled Nevvbery the Lorde Scales and the Lorde Hungerforde went to Newberie whiche longed to the Duke of Yorke and there made inquisition of all them that in any wise had fauoured the sayde Duke whereof some were founde guiltie and were drawen hanged and quartered and all the inhabitauntes of the Towne were spoyled of their goods From thence the Earle of Wilshire went to Southampton where vnder The Earle of VVilshire stale ouer the Seas colour to take the Earle of Warwicke he armed fiue gret Caraks of Iene with souldioures taking victuals of the Kings price without payment and put a great part of hys treasure into the sayde Caraks and after sayled about in the sea and at laste stale into Dutchlande sending backe againe hys souldiours into Englande Then were the Kings Priuie seales for money priuie seales directed to all Bishops Abbots Priours and other states to lende the Kyng money therewith to wage souldiours to kéepe the Sea coasts but the commons of KeÌ„t dreading the like vengeance to be taken vpon them as was done vpon them of Newberie sent priuily messangers to Caleis The men of Kent sent to Galeis for the Earles to the foresayde Earles beséeching them in all haste possible to come to theyr succour whervpon the said Erles sent ouer into Kent the lord Fawconbridge to know if their déedes woulde accorde with theyr wordes and anone the people of Kent and other shires adioyning resorted to the sayde Lorde Fawconbridge in greate number When the Earles knewe the wylling heartes of those people they prepared to come into thys lande againste whose comming a long Ballet was fixed vpoÌ„ the gates of Canterburie made in fauour of the Duke of Yorke and the sayde Earles beginning thus In the daye of fast and spirituall affliction The celestiall influence of bodies transitorie c The Erles of March Warwick and Salisburie arriued at Sandwich where met wyth them Thomas Bourcher Archebyshop of Canterburie The Earle entred into London who with hys crosse borne before him and a greate number of other people accompanyed them to London into the whiche Citie they entred on the seconde of Julye wyth them came the Popes legate to treate of peace if néed wer Thâ—n was a conuocation of the Clergie holden in S. Paules Church where the sayde Earles being present the Earle of Warwicke recited the cause of their comming into the lande with the misgouernements thereof and then made open othe vpon the crosse of Canterburie that they had euer borne true faith and alegiaunce to King Henry Then the Earles of March and Warwicke with the Lords Fauconbridge Clinton Borser Priour of Saint Iohns Audley Burgavennie Say and Scrope the Archbyshop the Popes legate the Bishops of Excester Ely Salisburie and Rochester addressed theÌ„ forth to the King at Northampton leauing the Earle of Salisbury to be gouernour of the Citie in their absence The Lorde Scales and Hungerforde that before the comming of the Earles were in the Citie of London and would haue had the gouernance thereof went to the Towre of London and with them the Lordes Vessy Louel Delaware Kendale a Gascoigne Knightes sir Edmond Hampden Thomas Brune Sherife of Kent Iohn Bruyn of Kent Geruayes Clyfton treasurer of the King house Thomas Tyrel the Dutchesse of Excestex many other Then was the Tower of London besieged both by water and lande that no victualles might come to them And they that were within the Towre cast wilde fire into the Citie and shotte manye small Gunnes whereby they brent and slew meÌ„ women and children in the stréets also they of the Citie layde greate Gunnes on the furtherside of the Thamis against the Tower and brake the Wals in diuerse places The King lying in the Friers at NorthaÌ„pton ordayned a strong and myghtie fielde in the Meddowes beside the Nunrie hauing the riuer at his backe The Earles with their power comming to Northampton sent certaine Byshops to the King beséeching him to admit y â— Erle of Warwicke to come to his presence to declare their innocencie which request being denyed by the Duke of Buckingham the Earles sent an Heralde of Armes desiring to haue hostages for his safe comming and going but he might not be heard The thirde time the Erle of Warwicke sent worde to the King that at two houres after noone he would speake with him or dye in y â— field The Bishop of Hereford a white Frier the kings Confessour incouraged the kings parte to fight wherfore after the battayle he was committed to the Castelf of Warwicke where he was long prisoner The teÌ„th of July at two of y â— clocke after nooâ—re y â— Earles of March Warwicke let cry through the field y â— no man should lay hand vpon the King â—e on y â— coÌ„mon people but on the Lordes Knights Espuiers then both hosts incountred foughte halfe an houre the Lord Grey that was the Kings vaward breake the fielde and came to the Earles partie and was a great helpe to them in obtayning the victorie many on the kings side were flayn many y â— fled were drowned in y e riuer y â— Duke of Buckingham the Erle of Shrowesburie y e Lorde Beaumont the Lord Egremont were slain by y â— Kings â—eÌ„t w t many Knights Esquires y e kings ordinaunce of Guns might not be shot there was so gret rayne that day When the field was done the Earles had the victorie they came to the King he being in his tent said in this wise Most noble prince displease you not though it haue pleased God of his grace to grant vs the victorie of our mortal enemies y â— which by their venemous malice haue vntxuely stirred moued your highnesse to exile vs out of your land woulde haue vs put to finall shame and confusion we come not to y â— intent for to vnquiet ne grieue your sayde highnesse but for to please your noble person desiring tenderly the high welfare prosperitie therof of al your realme and to be your true liegemen while our liues shall endure The King of these words was greatlye recomforted anone was led to Northampton with procession where he rested thrée dayes came to London the sixtéenth of July and was lodged in the Byshops Pallaice The nintéenth of Julye they that were in the Tower of London for lacke of victualles yéelded and came forth of the which afterward some were drawn and headed The Lorde Scales late in an euening entred a Wherry with thrée persons and rowing towarde Westminster there to haue taken Sanctuarie was descried by a woman and anone the Wherry men fel on him killed him
Thomas Harington Knighte Sir Thomas Neuil sonne to the Earle of Salisburie and Syr Henrie Ratforde Knight and other to the number of 2200. The Earle of Salisburie was taken aliue and ledde by the Duke of Somerset to the Castell of Pomfraite and had graunte of hys life for a greate summe of money but the common people of the Countrey whyche loued hym not toke hym out of the Castel by violence and smote off hys heade When the death of these Lordes was knowen â—â— the King he commaunded writs and commissions to be sent into the shires to the people and to goe againste the Rebelles into the Northe to suppresse them but they of the Northe came sodainelye downe to the Town of Dunstaple robbing all the Countrey and people as they came spoyling Abbayes Priories and Parish Churches bearing awaye Chalisses bookes ornamentes and other whatsoeuer was worth the carriage as thoughe they had bin Sarisens and no Christians againste whom the twelfth of Februarie the Duke of Norffolke and Suffolke the Erles of Warwicke and Arundale the Lord Bonuile and other with the King wente out of London towarde Saint Albons and when they heard that they of the Northe were so nyghe they tooke a fielde beside a little Towne called Sandriage not farre from Sainte Albons on Barnarde Heathe in a place called No mans Lande where the Kyng stoode and sawe hys menne slayne on bothe sydes tyll at the laste throughe the wythdrawyng manye of the Kentishmen with their Captaine Louelace that was the vaward King Henries parte lost the fielde the Lords fled and the King wente to Quéene Margaret that was come w t the Northerne men and hyr sonne Edwarde The Earle of Warwicke wente towarde the Earle of Marche that was comming towarde London out of Wales The Lord Bonuile woulde haue withdrawen him but the King assured hym to haue no bodylye harme neuerthelesse at the instance of the Quéene the Duke of Excester and the Earle of Deuonshire he was beheaded at Saint Albons and wyth hym Syr Thomas Kyriell of Kente This battayle was fought on Shroue Twesday the seauentéenth of February Exlibre Norwicensis in the whiche was slain 1916 persons The same day Thomas Thorpe Baron of the Exchequer was beheaded at High Gate by the commons of Kent Then the Citizens of London dreading the malice of the Quéene and the Duke of Somerset sente vnto them the Dutchesse of Buckingham with other to treate for to be beneuolent to the Citie for the which a summe of money was promised and that they shoulde come to the Citie wyth a certayne number of persons where vpon certayne speares and men of armes were sente to haue entred the Citie before the Dukes commyng whereof some were slayne some sore hurte and the remnaunte putte to flighte by the Commons who tooke the Keyes of the gates and manfully defended the Citie vntill the comming of Edwarde Earle of Marche where-throughe King Henrie wyth Quéene Margaret and the Northerne men were forced to return again Northwarde The thirde of Februarie Edwarde Earle of Marche foughte wyth the Welchmen beside Wigmore in Wales neare vnto Mortimers Crosse whose Captaynes were the Earle of Penbroke and the Earle of Wilshire where he put them to flight and slewe of the Welchemen aboute foure thousande Owen Tewther whome Iohn Leylande sayeth shoulde be called Meâ—â—dicke Father to the sayde Earle Penbroke whiche Owen hadde married Katherin mother to King Henrie the sixth was there taken and beheaded and afterward buried in the a Chapel of the Gray Friers Church in Hereforde the day before this battayle about tenne of the clocke before noone were séene thrée Suns in the firmameÌ„t shyning a like cleare which after closed togither all in one The eight and twentith of Februarie Edward Earle of March accompanied with the Erle of Warwicke a mightie power of Marchmen came vp to London where he was ioyfully receyued and on the seconde day of March being Sonday all hys hoste was mustered in Saint Iohns fielde where was redde among the people certaine Articles and pointes that King Henrie had offended in and then it was demanded of them whether the said Henrie were worthy to raigne still and the people cryed nay naye Then was it asked if they would haue the Erle of March to be theyr King and they sayde yea yea then certaine Captaynes were sente to Erle of March elected King the Earle of March at Baynardes Castel and tolde the Erle that the people had chosen him King whereof he thanked God and them and by the aduise of the Archbyshoppe of Canterburie the Byshoppe of Excester and the Earle of Warwicke wyth other hée tooke it vpon hym The Dutches of Yorke mother to Edwarde Earle of Marche fearing the fortune of the worlde sente hyr two yonger sonnes George and Richarde ouer the seas to the Citie of Vtricke in Almaine where they remayned tyll their elder brother had got the Crown Also Phillip Malpas Alderman of London Thomas Citizens of LoÌ„don fled Vaghan Esquire Maister William Atclife with many other fearing the Quéenes comming to London shypped them in a shippe of Antwerpe purposing to haue sayled thyther but by the way they were taken by a French shippe named the Colmapne and at length delyuered for greate raunsome Edwarde Earle of March being elected as is abouesaid Edvvard Erle of March toke on him the kingdome on the next morrowe went in procession at Paules and offered there and after Te Deum beyng sung he was with gret royaltie conueyed to Westminster and there in the Hall sette in the kings seate with Saint Edwards Scepter in his hand and then asked of the people if they would haue him King and they cryed yea yea Then after certaine homages by hym receyued he was with Procession conuayed into the Abbay there and sette in the Quire as King whyle Te Deum was singing that done he offered at Saint Edwardes Shryne and then returned by water vnto Saint Paules and was there lodged wythin the Bishops Pallaice Thus tooke he possession of the Realme vpon a Tuisday being the fourth of Marche and was proclaymed King of England by the name of Edward the fourthe when King Henrie hadde raigned thirtie yeares eight monthes and odde dayes ⸪ ¶ Edward Earle of March EDvvarde Earle of Marche borne at Roane sonne and heyre to Anno. reg 1 10. Rouse Richarde Duke of Yorke about the age of eightéene yeares began his raigne the fourth day of March by the name of Edward the fourth in the yeare 1460. he was a man of noble courage and greate wit but in his time was muche trouble vnquietnesse in the realme The twelfth of Marche Walter Walker a Grocer that VValter VValker beheaded dwelt in Cheape for words spoken touching King Edwarde was beheaded in Smithfield This Grocer is he whom Maister Hal mistaketh to be Burdet of whom ye shal finde in the xvij yeare of this King The same xij day of Marche in the afternoone
to haue distressed sir Iohn Neuil Lorde Mountacute was himselfe slaine with many other The. xv of May King Henries power beyng at Hexham the Lorde Mountacute with a power came thither and enclosed them round about There were taken slaine many Lords that were with King Henry but he himself was fled iiij dayes before into Lancashire where he and other liued in caues full hardly vnknowne more than a yéere On Trinitie Sonday King Edward made the Lord Mountacute Earle of Northumberland and warden of the Marches The Earles of Warwike and Northumberlande tooke Bambrugh Castle and beheaded sir Ralph Grey at Doncaster The Earle of Warwike was sent into Fraunce to conclude a mariage with the French Kings sisters daughter for K. Edward which he did K. Edvvard maried but in the meane while on the first of May King Edwarde tooke to wife Elizabeth Daughter to Iaquet Duches of Bedforde sister to the Earle of Saint Paule late wife to sir Iohn Grey slayne at Courton fielde on King Henries parte which mariage was kept secret almost halfe a yéere King Edward tooke the Chauncellorship from the Byshop of Excester brother to the Earle of Warwike and gaue it to the Byshop of Bathe In the moneth of May the Duke of Somerset the Lord Roos the Lord Molyns Talbois Earle of Kyme sir Philippe Wentworth sir Thomas Finderne gathered an hoste in the Duke of Somerset and other beheaded North Countrey sir Iohn Neuill Earle of Northumberland with x. thousand men came vpoÌ„ them whom the commons forsaking their Captaines were taken beheaded King Edward searing the Lord MouÌ„tacute the Earle of Warwike whom he had of late made Earle of Northumberland he caused the men of the Countrey to desire the rightfull heyre Percie sonne to Henrie y â— was slaine at Yorke fielde so Percie Earle of Northumberland made Marques Mountacute was restored and Mountacute was made a Marques his sonne Duke of Bedforde which shoulde wed the Kings eldest daughter which by possibilitie should be King of Englande Aboute Michaelmas the King held a Counsell at Reading where the Quéene was shewed openly and receiued as Coine enhauÌ„sed Quéene After this wedding knowne the Earle of Warwike and King Edward were neuer friends The King changed the Coyne both gold and siluer and ordained that y e newe Pestilence Grote waied scantly iij. d. and that the Noble of vj. sÌ„ viij d. should go for viij sÌ„ iiij d. c. A great Pestilence and the Thames ouer frosen In Michaelmas Terme were made Sergeantes at Lawe Thomas Young N. Geney Richard Serieants feast Regester of maiors Neale Thomas Brian Richard Pigot I. Grenefield I. Catesby and Gwy Fairfax which helde their feast in the Bishop of Eles place in Holborne to the which feast the Maior of London with the Aldermen Sherifes and Commons of diuers Craftes being bidden repayred but when the Maior looked to be set to kéepe the state in the Hall as it had béene vsed in all places of the Cittie liberties out of the Kings presence vnknowne to the Sergeauntes and against their willes as they sayd y â— Lord Grey of Ruthin then Treasurer The Maior of London departeth from the Serieants feast of England was there placed wherevpon the Maior Aldermen and Commons departed home and the Maior made all the Aldermen to dyne with him howbeit he and all the Citizens was greatly displeased that he was so delt with and the newe Sergeaunts and other were right sorie therfore and had leauer thâ—n much good it had not so happened This was then as my Recorde reporteth more at large recorded to be a president in time to come Iohn Tate Iohn Stone the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Nevv coyne Anno. reg 5. Ralph Iosseliâ— Draper the 28 of October A newe Coine was made a Rose Noble at x. shillings the halfe Noble fiue shillings the farthing two shillings sir pence an Angelet six shillings eight pence y e halfe thereof thrée shillings foure pence On the. xxvj of May Quéene Elizabeth was Crowned at 1465 Westminster beyng Trinitie Sonday against the which time King Edward made xxxix Knightes King Henrie was taken in Cletherwood beside Bungerley King Henrie taken Hyppingstons in Lancashire by Thomas Talbot sonne heire to sir Edward Talbot of Basshall and Iohn Talbot his cosyn of Colebry which deceiued him being at his dynner at Wadington Hall and brought him toward London with his legs bounde to the stirops where he was mette by the Earle of Wâ—rwike and arested at Esyldon Doctor Manning Deane of Windsore Doctor Bedle and yong Ellerton being in his companie with their féete bound vnder the horse bellyes were brought to the Towre of London A licence was grauÌ„ted to conuey certaine Coteswold shéepe Sheepe traÌ„sported ouet the seas Long piked Shone forbid into Spaine which haue since greatly multiplyed there It was proclaynied throughout England that the beakes or pikes of Shoone and Bootes should not passe ij ynches vpon paine of cursing by the Clergie and forfeting xx sÌ„ to be payde one Noble to the King one other to the Cordewayners of London and the thirde to the chamber of London and for other Cities and Townes the like order was takeÌ„ Before this time and since the yéere of our Lord. 1282. the pikes of shooes bootes were of such length that they were fayne to be tyed vp to their knées with chaynes of siluer and guilt or at the least with silke laces Henrie Wauer William Constantine the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Ralph Verney Mercer the 28. of October The. xj of Februarie Quéene Elizabeth was deliuered at Westminster of a Daughter also named Elizabeth who was long after married to King Henrie the seuenth whose Christening was done in the Abbey with y e most solemynitie that might be and the more because the King was assured by his Phisitions that the Quéene was conceyued with a Prince which proued otherwise as ye haue heard This yéere was the Lord Hungerford beheaded at Salisburie Anno. reg 6 1466 Also sir Thomas Hungerford Knight sonne to the Lord Hungerford and Henry Courteney of right Earle of DeuoÌ„shire were beheaded at Salisburie The Lord Stafford of Southwike procured the said Courteneys death to be made Earle of Deuonshire as in déede he was shortly after Iohn Browne Henrie Brice the 28. of September Sir Iohn Yong Grocer the 28. of October Sherifes Maior Iohn Stocton the 26. of Iune The. iij. of June beganne a Parliament at Westminster Anno. reg 7. 1467 All the Kings giftes reuoked wherin was resumed to y e Kings honor all maner of giftes that had bin giuen from the first day he tooke possession of y â— Realme to that time except certaine things then named On Thursday next after Corpus Christi Antonie Wooduile Iustes in Smithfielde Lorde Scales iusted in Smithfield with the Earle of the Roche called the Bastard of Burgoygne
after a Chappell was builded The morow after Easter day were y e bodyes of the Earle Iob. Rastall of Warwike and the Marques Mountacute layde naked in Paules Churche in London that all men might sée them King Henrie with the Archbyshop of Yorke were sent to the Towre of London At this time Quéene Margaret and Prince Edwarde hir sonne had lyne on y e sea xvtj. dayes letted with foule weather on Easter day at euen they landed with their Frenche Battell at Tevvkesburie Nauie at Weymouth and so came to Excester from thence to Tewkesburie and pitched his fielde by Seuerne Edwarde the fourth being come from London fought with Prince Edward Liber Tewx at Tewkesburie on the fourth of May tooke Quéene Margaret prisoner with Prince Edward hir sonne whom cruelly he smote on the face with his gawntlet and after his seruants slew him Edmond Duke of Somerset and sir Hugh Courteney fledde from Prince Edward and loste him the fielde There was slaine Courteney Earle of Deuonshire Lorde Iohn of Somerset Lorde Wenlocke sir Edmond Flamdene sir Robert Whittingham sir William Vaus sir Nicholas Haruie sir Iohn Deluis sir William Filding sir Thomas Fizhony sir Iohn Laukenor King Edward entring a Churche in Teweksburie with his sworde drawne a Priest brought the Sacrament against him and woulde not let him enter vntill he had graunted his pardon to these that followe the Duke of Somerset the Lorde of Saint Iohns sir Humfrey Audeley sir Geruis of Clifton sir William Crimeby sir William Carie sir Thomas Tresham sir William Newbrough Knightes Henrie Tresham Walter Courteney Iohn Florie Lewes Myles Robert Iackson Iames Gower Iames Deluis sonne and heire to sir Iohn Deluis all these where they might haue escaped tarryed in the Church trusting in the Kings pardon from Saterdaye tyll Mondaye when they were taken out and beheaded Aboute this time sir Walter Wroitile and sir Geffrey Thomas the Bastarde Gates Knightes gouernours of Caleis sente sir George Broke Knight from Caleis with 300. souldiours to Thomas the Bastarde Fauconbridge Captaine of the Earle of Warwickes Nauie willing him to raise the Countrey of Kente and to goe to London there to take King Henrie out of the Tower and then to goe against King Edwarde The fourtéenth day of May Thomas the Bastarde wyth a ryotous company of shipmen and other of Essex and Kent came to London where being denyed passage throughe the Citie he set vpon Bishops Gate Aldegate London bridge c. along the Thamis side shooting arrows and Gunnes into the Citie fiered the Suburbs and brent more than 60. houses wanne the Bulwarkes at Aldegate and entred the Citie but y e Parcolise being let downe suche as had entred were slaine and then the Citizens pursued the rest as farre as Stratforde and Blacke Wall slaying many and tooke manye prisoners Thomas the Bastarde went from London Weastwarde as farre as Kingstone vppon Thamis to prosecute King Edwarde but the Lorde Scales with Nicholas Faunte Maior of Canterburie by fayre wordes caused Fawconbridge to returne to Blacke Heath in Kent from whence in the night he stale from the hoste with sixe hundred horssemenne to Rochester and so to Sandwiche where he abode the Kyngs comming The one and twentith of May King Edwarde came to King Henrie murdered London with thirtie thousand men and the same nyght king Henrie was murdered in the Tower of London on the morrowe he was brought to Saint Paules Church in London in an open Cophen bare faced where he bled thēce he was carried to the Blacke Friers and there bled and thence to Chersey Abbay in a boate where he was then buryed but since remoued to Windsor where he resteth Thus ended the King his transitorie life hauing inioyed as great prosperity as fauourable fortune coulde aforde and as greate troubles on the other side as she frownyng coulde poure out yet in both states he was patiente and vertuous that he maye be a patterne of moste perfect vertue as he was a worthy example of Fortunes inconstancie he was plaine vpright far from fraude wholye giuen to prayer reading of Scriptures and almes-déedes of such integritie of lyfe that the Bishoppe whyche hadde bene hys Confessour tenne yeares auowched that hée had not all that tyme committed anye mortall cryme So continente as suspition of vnchaste life neuer touched hym and hauyng in Christmasse a shewe of yong womenne wyth theyr bare breastes layde out presented before hym he immediately departed wyth these wordes fie fie for shame forsooth you be to blame before his marryage he liked not that women shoulde enter into hys Courte and for thys respect he committed hys two brethren by the mothers side Iasper and Edmonde to moste honest and vertuous Prelates to bée broughte vppe so farre he was from couetousnesse that when the executors of hys vncle the Bishoppe of Winchester surnamed the rich Cardinall would haue giuen to him 2000. pounde he playnelye refused it willing them to discharge the will of the departed and woulde scarcely condescend at length to accept the same some of money towarde the endowing of his Colledges in Cambridge and Eaton he was religiously affected as the tyme then was that at principall holydayes he would were sackeclothe next his skinne Othe he vsed none but in moste earnest matters these wordes forsoothe and forsooth he was so pityfull that when hée sawe the quarter of a Traytour agaynste hys Crowne ouer Criple Gate hée willed it to be taken awaye wyth these wordes I wyll not haue anye Christian so cruellye handeled for my sake manye greate offences hée willinglye pardoned and receyuing at a tyme a greate blowe by a wicked manne whyche compassed hys deathe he onelye sayde forsooth forsooth yée doe fowelye to smite a Kyng annoynted so another also thruste him in the side wyth a sworde when hée was restoared to hys state and Kyngdome not long before hys death beyng demaunded why hée hadde so long helde the Crowne of Englande vniustlye he replyed my Father was Kyng of Englande quietlye enioying the Crowne all hys raigne and further my grandsire was Kyng of Englande and I euen a chylde in my Cradle was proclaymed and crowned King without anye interruption and so helde fortye yeares well neare all the states doing homage vnto me as to my antecessors Wherefore I may saye with King Dauid The lotte is fallen vnto me in a faire grounde yea I haue a goodlye heritage my helpe is from the Lorde whyche saueth the vprighte in hearte This good King of hymselfe alwayes naturally enclined The Kings Colledge in Cambridge to doe good and fearing leste he might séeme vnthankfull to almyghtye GOD for hys greate benefittes bestowed vppon hym since the tyme he firste tooke vppon hym the regimente of the Realme determyned aboute the sixe and twentith yeare of hys raygne for hys primer notable worke as by the wordes of hys wyll I finde expressed to erecte and founde two famous Colledges in the honoure and
well I knowe well you be wise Power strength to kéepe him if you list neyther lack ye of your self nor can lack helpe in this case And if ye can not else where then may you leaue him here But only one thing I beséeche you for the trust which his father put in you euer for the trust y e I put in you nowe y â— as far as ye thinke y â— I feare too much be you well ware that you feare not as far too little And therwithall the saide vnto the child farewel mine own swéete son God send you good kéeping let me kisse you yet once ere you go for God knoweth wheÌ„ we shall kisse together againe And therwith she kissed him blessed him turned hir back wept went hir way leauing y e child wéeping as fast When y â— Lord Cardinal those other Lords w t him had receiued this yong duke they brought him into y â— star Chamber where y â— Protector tooke him in his armes kissed him with these words now welcome my Lord euen w t al my very hart And he said in y â— of O dissimulation likelihood as he thought Thervpon forthwith they brought him vnto the King his brother into the Bishops Palace at Paules and from thence through the citie honorably into the Tower out of y e which after y â— day they neuer came abrode ¶ When the Protector had both y â— children in his hands This that is here betvveene this marke ¶ and this marke * vvas not vvritten by him in english but is translated out of this Historie vvhich he vvrote in Lattin he opened himself more boldly both to certaine other men also chiefly to y â— Duke of BuckinghaÌ„ Although I know y â— many thought y â— this Duke was priuie to al y â— Protectors couÌ„sel euen froÌ„ the beginning some of the Protectors friends said y â— the duke was the first mouer of the Protector to this matter sending a priuie messenger vnto him straight after K. Edwards death But other againe which knew better the subtil wit of y â— Protector denie y â— he euer opened his enterprise to y â— duke vntil he had brought to passe y â— things before rehearsed But wheÌ„ he had imprisoned y â— Quéens kinsfolks gotten both hir sonnes into his owne hands then he opened the rest of his purpose with lesse feare to them whom he thought méet for y â— matter specially to the Duke who being woon to his purpose he thought his strength more than half increased The matter was broken vnto y e duke by subtill folkes such as were their crafts masters in the handling of such wicked deuises who declared vnto him that the yong king was offended with him for his kinsfolks sake if he were euer able he would reuenge them Who woulde prick him forward thervnto if they escaped for they would remember their imprisonment or else if they were put to deathe without doubte the yong King woulde be carefull for their deathes whose imprisonment was grieuous vnto him And that with repenting the Duke should nothing auaile for there was no way left to redéeme his offence by benefites but he shoulde sooner destroy himselfe than saue the king who with his brother and his kinsfolkes he sawe in such places imprisoned as the Protector might wyth a beck destroy them all and that it were no doubt but he woulde doe it in déede if there were any new enterprise attempted And that it was lykely that as the Protector had prouided priuie garde for hymselfe so had he spyalles for the Duke and traynes to catche him if he shoulde be agaynst hym and that peraduenture from them whom he least suspected For the state of things and the dispositions of meÌ„ were then such that a man coulde not well tell whom he mighte trust or whom he might feare * These things and such lyke beyng beaten into the Dukes mynde brought him to that point that where he had repented the way that he had entred yet woulde he goe forthe in the same and since he had once begunne he woulde stoutely goe throughe And therefore to this wicked enterprise which he beléeued coulde not be voyded he bent hymselfe and went through and determined that since the common mischiefe could not be amended he would turne it as much as he might to his owne commoditie Then it was agréed that the Protector shoulde haue the Dukes aide to make him King and that the Protectors only lawfull sonne should marrie the Dukes daughter that the Protector should graunt him the quiet possession of the â—ledome of Hertford which he claimed as his inheritance and could neuer obtayne it in King Edwardes tyme. Besides these requests of y â— duke y â— Protector of his own minde promised hym a great quantitie of the kings treasure and of his housholde stuffe And when they were thus at a poynt betwéene themselues they went about to prepare for y â— Coronation of the yong king as they would haue it séeme And that they myght turne both the eyes and mindes of men froÌ„ perceiuing of their drifts other where the Lords being sent for from all partes of y â— Realme came thick to y â— solemnitie But the Protector the duke after that that they had sent y â— Lord Cardinal the Archbishop of Yorke then Lord Chauncellour y â— Bishop of Elie y â— Lord Stanley the lord Hastings then Lorde Chamberlaine w t many other noble men* to common deuise about the coronation in one place as fast were they in another place contriuing the contrarie and to make the Protector King To which CouÌ„cell albeit there were adhibited very few they were secret yet began there here there about some maner of muttering among y â— people as though all should not long be wel though they neyther wyst what they feared nor wherefore were it that before such great things mens hartes of a secret instinct of nature misgiue them As the sea without winde swelleth of himself somtime before a tempest or were it that some one man happily somewhat perceiuing filled many men with suspition though he shewed few men what he knew Howbeit somewhat the dealing it self made men to muse on the matter though the Councell were close For by little and little all folke withdrew from the Tower drew to Crosbies in Bishops gate streete where the Protector kept his houshold The Protector had the resort the King in manner desolate While some for their businesse made sute to them that had the doing some were by their friends secretly warned that it might happily turne them to no good to be too muche attendant about the King without the Protectors appointment which remoued also diuers of the Princes olde seruaunts from him and set new about him Thus many things coÌ„ming togither partly by chaunce partly of purpose caused at length not coÌ„mon people
ought to the King of Englande for their liberties and franchises It was further agréede that the yong Dolphin sonne and heyre to the French King shoulde marry wyth the Ladye Mary King Henries daughter of Englande if they bothe so lyked eche other when they came to age And then the Earle of Worcester with the Bishoppe of Ely and other were sente into Fraunce to make delyuery of the saide Citie of Tourney whyche was done on the tenth of February Iohn Allen Iames Spencer the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Thomas Mirfin Skinner the 28. of October The sixetéenth of Marche landed at Calleis sir Nicholas Vaux sir Edwarde Belknape sir William Sandes Knightes of the Garter Commissioners to ouer sée the making of a Pallaice before the Castell of Guisnes wherefore there was sente the Kings Mayster Mason Maister Carpenter and thrée hundred Masons and fiue hundred Carpenters one hundred Joyners many Paynters Glaziers Tylours Smiths and other Artificers both out of England and Flaunders to the number in all of two thousande and more The saide Pallaice was begunne the ninetéenth of Marche for the whyche tymber was boughte in Holand whyche tymber was so long that the same was bounden togyther and brought to Calleis wythout any shippe for no shippe myghte receiue it the other tymber and boorde was conueyed out of 1519 Englande And thus was there builded the goodlyest Pallaice of tymber that euer was wroughte and so curiously garnished wythin and wythout Then was prouision made in Englande and in Flaunders for victuall wine and all other thynges necessarie for the furniture of feasting and banqueting Then came into Englande Orleaunce Kyng of Armes in France made Proclamation at the Courte that the Kyng of England and the Frenche Kyng in campe betwéene Arde and Guisnes with eightéene aydes in June nexte ensuing should abide al commers being Gentlemen at the tylt tourney and at barriers And the like Proclamation was made in the Courte â—f Fraunce by Clarencius Kyng of Armes of Englande also in the Courte of Burgoigne in Almaine and Italie For the furnishing of those Justes there was deuised a tylt and all thyngs necessarie for that enterprice in a goodlye plaine betwéene Guisnes and Arde. Kyng Henrie being informed that his realme of Ireland was oute of order discharged the Earle of Kyldare of his office of Deputye and therevnto was appoynted the Earle of Surrey Thomas Howard Lorde Admirall wherefore the saide Earle in the beginning of April tooke leaue of the Kyng and the Duke of Norffolke his father and passed into Anno reg 11. Irelande with diuers Gentlemen or that hadde béene of the garrison of Tourney and hadde with hym one hundred Yeomen of the Kings Guarde and other to the number of one thousand men and there he continued two yeres and more in whiche space he had manye battels and skirmishes with the wilde Irishe Iohn Wilkinson Nicholas Partridge the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1520 Anno reg 12. Sir Iames Yarforde Mercer the 28. of October As King Henrie was at Canterburie with the Quéene in readinesse to haue passed the Sea he heard of the Emperor Charles his comming who arriued at Hith in Kent but landed at Douer on the sixe and twentith of May where he was mette by the Lorde Cardinall Wolsey who conducted him from the shoare of Douer to the Castel there where he was lodged On the nexte morning King Henrie came riding from Canterburie to the Castel of Douer where he saluted the Emperour And on Whitsonday earely in the morning these two noble Princes tooke their horses and rode to the Citie of Caunterburie not onelye to solempnise the feast of Pentecoste but also to sée the Quéene his aunte The noble personages of the realme of Englande and the Quéene with hir traine of Ladyes receyued and welcomed the Emperour to Caunterburie where he remayned tyll the Thursday nexte following whyche was the laste of Maye then he tooke hys leaue of the King and of all the Ladyes and so rode to Sandwich where he tooke hys Ships and sayled into Flaunders And the same daye the Kyng made sayle from the Porte of Douer and landed at Caleis aboute eleauen of the clocke and wyth him the Quéene and Ladyes and manye Nobles of the Realme The number of persons on the King and Quéenes side were 4334. and of horses 1637. besides the persons on the Frenche Quéenes and Duke of Suffolke hir husbandes and of the Cardinalles On the fourth of June the King wyth all hys Nobles as well the Quéene with hir traine of Ladies as other with the whole number of Nobles remoued froÌ„ Calleis to Guisnes into the moste noble and royall lodging before séene for it was a Pallaice made quadrant and euerye quadrant was 328. foote long whyche was in compasse 1312. foote aboute The seauenth of June the Kings of England and Fraunce met at the campe betwéene Guisnes and Arde wyth bothe their Swordes drawne and borne before them The tenth of June the King of Englande dyned with the Frenche Quéene in the towne of Arde and the Frenche Kyng dyned the same day wyth the Quéene of England in the new Pallaice made before the Castel of Guisnes which house was the moste sumptuous and costlye of Riches that hath béenâ— séene And after thys these two Kings mette euery daye after at Campe wyth diuers Lords and there iusted and turneyed fourtéene dayes and the two Quéenes met at Guisnes and at Arde dyuers tymes The foure and twentith of June these two Kings and Quéens with their retinues met at Camp where the Justs were kept there they banqueted dauÌ„ced with maskings and disguisings that the like had not bin lightly séene almost all the night following and then tooke their leaue and departed and on the xxv of June the King of England and the Quéene and all the Court remoued from Guisnes to the Towne of Caleis where they rested On the tenth of July the King with a goodly company rode to the Towne of Grauelin in Flanders and there mette with Charles the Emperour and on the next morrow the Emperour and the Lady Margaret the Emperours Aunt Duchesse of Sauoy with many other great Estates came with the King of England to the Towne of Caleis whereby all the Lords and states of England were displaced of their lodgings and for solace against their comming was builded Banqueting house in the Tovvne of Caleis Richard Turpin a Banqueting house eyght hundred foote compasse like a Theatre after a goodly deuise builded in such manner as I thinke was neuer séene with sixtéene principals made of great Mastes betwixt euery Mast four and twentie foote and all the outsides closed with boorde and canuas Ouer it and within round about by the sides were made thrée Scaffolds or loftes one aboue another for men and women to stand vpon and in the midst of the same Banqueting house was set vp a great piller of Timber made of eyght great
Mastes bound togither with iron bands for to holde them togither for it was an hundred and four and thirtie â—ote of length and cost sixe pound thirtéene shillings foure pence to set it vpright The Banqueting house was couered â—uer with Canuas fastned with ropes and iron as fast as might be deuised And within the sayd house was paynted the Heauens with Starres Sunne Moone and Clowdes with diuers other things made aboue ouer mens heads and ther were great Images of wickers couered and made like great men of diuers strange Nations and diuers reasons were written by them of the Countreys that they were likened to be off and the Armes of those Countreys hanging by them Also there was made as it were many ships vnder sayle and Windmilles going and about the high piller of timber that stoode vpright in the midst was made Stages of Timber for Organs and other instruments to stande on men to play on them and for other Musitions and Pageants to be playde when the King of England and the Emperour should be at their Banquet but in the morning of the same day the winde beganne to rise and at night blew off all the Canuas and all the elements with Banqueting house defaced by tempest the Starres Sunne Moone and Clowdes and the wind blew out aboue a thousand Torches and other lightes of waxe that were prepared to giue light to the Banquet and all the Kings seates that were made with great riches besides all other things were all dashed and lost The same night the King with fiftéene persons more were richly apparelled and in a Maske went to the Emperours lodging and in the Chamber of presence daunced and reuelled and then departed On the twelfth of July the Emperour and the Lady Margaret supped with the King and the Quéene at the Checker where the same night were eyght companyes of Maskers and euery company twelue persons all in Gold Siluer and Ueluet richly apparelled The fourtéenth of July the Emperour departed from Caleis toward Grauelin The eyghtéenth of July the King of Englande with the Quéene departed from Caleis towards Calbais Iohn Skeuington Mer. Taylor Iohn Kyeme the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Bruges Draper the 28. of October King Henry kepte his Christmas at his Manour of Greenewich with much noblenesse and open Court and the tenth day of February in his owne person iusted with all commers In this time Edward Duke of Buckingham was accused Duke of Buckingham accused 1521 of high Treason wherefore the King directed his letters to the sayd Duke béeing at hys Manour of Thornebury in Glocestershire that incontinent he should come to his presence which commandement the Duke obeyed and came vpto Anno reg 13 London where he was streightwayes arrested by Sir Henry Merney Captayne of the Gard and conuayde to the Tower of London on the sixtéenth of Aprill before whiche time the Dukes Chancellour was taken which had confessed matter of high Treason concerning the Kings person There was also attached a Monke of the order of the Carthusians being of Henton Priory and Iohn Delaker the Dukes Confessor all these were prisoners in the Tower Shortly after the Duke was arraigned at Westminster the Duke of Norffolke sitting as chiefe Judge There were brought foorth against him witnesses Sir Gilbert Perke his Chancellour Iohn de la Court his confessor Charles Kneuet Esquire and a Monke Prior of Henton which had diuers times sayde to the Duke that he should be King of England Diuers presumptions were layd to him by Charles Kneuet which he would fayne haue couered but in the ende he was found giltie and had iudgement to be drawne hanged and quartered and on the seauentéenth day of May about eleuen of the clocke the sayd Edward Duke of Duke of Buckingham beheaded Buckingham Earle of Hereford Stafford and Northampton was beheaded on the Tower hill and his body buryed in the Friers Augustines Church such is the ende of ambition the credite of false prophecies and of euill life This Duke had begonne a great and sumptuous building at his Manour of Thornebury but left the same vnfinished He made a faire Parke hard by the same building for the which he tooke in much faire and fruitefull ground Also another Parke at East wood one mile off he enlarged at two times to the compas of sixe miles for the whiche déede and suche like he had many a cursse of the poore tenants Iohn Leyland The seconde daye of August Cardinall Wolsey passed Thomas VVolsey Cardinall vvent Embassador ouer from Douer to Caleis to treate a peace betwixte the French King and the Emperour and returned agayne to Caleis in the latter end of Nouember and from thence tooke his iourney to Blechingly where the King welcomed him and gaue him thankes for his great paynes King Henry wrote a Booke against Luther in Germany King Henry vvrote againste Luther and therefore the Bishop of Rome Leo the tenth named him defender of the faith to which Booke Luther answered very sharply nothing sparing his authoritie or maiestie This yeare was a pestilence in this land especially at Pestilence London and a dearth of Corne for wheate was at London sold for twenty Shillings the quarter Iohn Britaine merchaÌ„t Taylor Th. Pargiter the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Milborne Draper the 28. of October This Sir Iohn Milborne builded certayne almes houses adioyning to the Crossed Friers in London wherein he placed thirtéene aged poore people who haue their dwelling â—entfrée and two shillings sixe pence the péece the firste day of euery moneth for euer The sixth of March the French King attached all Englishmens Frenchmen attached goodes at Burdeaux and deteyned the Kings tribute and the French Quéenes dower Also all Frenchmens bodies and goodes were attached at London This yeare betwéene Easter and Michaelmas was made a generall proscription of all the Realme of Englandâ— The twentith of May Cardinall Wolsey rode through London to Douer there to méete with the Emperour being 1522 accompanyed with two Earles sixe and thirtie Knightes an hundred Gentlemen eyght Bishops tenne Abbots Anno reg 14. Cardinall VVolsey thirtie Chapleins all in Ueluet Satten and 700. yomen Charles the fifth Emperour came into England and was honourably receyued into London by the Maior Aldermen The Emperour came to London and Commons of the Citie the sixth of June the King accompanying him xj Pageants were made in the Citie and the Crosse in Cheape new gilt From thence he wente to Windsore and sate in the Stall of the Garter After great feastes iustes and honourable entertainement he departed to Hampton and sayled from thence into Spayne During this time the Earle of Surrey Lord Admirall brent Morles in Briteine and then returned not long after he passed ouer to Caleis entred Picardy and brente diuers Townes and Castels He beséeged Hesding but bycause Winter was néere he raysed his séege
receyued by the Lorde Sandes then Capitaine there wyth all the retinue of the same And from thence he rode to Calleis where he tarryed the shipping of his stuffe horses and â—â—aine And in the meane time he stablished there a Marte â—or all nations These things and other for the weale of the Towne and Garrison by him perfecte he tooke shipping â—â—â—â—ued at Douer the xxiiij of September from whence he â—â—de to the Courte the King being in hys Progresse at sâ—â— Henrie Wiats house in Kent he wente immediately to hym with whome he hadde long talke and continued twoo or three dayes there in the Courte and then retourned to hys house at Westminster Such scarcitie of bread was in London and al England that Scarcitie of breads many dyed for default thereof the King of his goodnesse sent to the Citie of his own prouision 600. quarters or else for one wéeke there had bin little breade The bread cartes coÌ„ming froÌ„ Stratford toward London were met at y â— Myle â—nd by the Citizens so that the Maior and Sheriffes were forced to goe and rescue the same Eartes and to fée them broughte to the Markets appointed Wheate was then at fiftéene shillings the quarter but shortly after the Merchants of the Stiliarde broughte from Danske sâ—â—he store of Wheate and Rie that the same was better cheape to be solde in London than in any other part of the Realme besides Iohn Hardie William Hollis the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iames Spencer Vintner the 28. of October After the beginning of the Terme the Cardinall caused to be assembled in the Starre Chamber all the Noblemen Iudges and Iustices of Peace that were in Westminster hall at that tyme present and there made to them a long Oration Cardinal VVolsey in the Starre Chamber declareth vvhat an honorable peace he hadde concluded declaring the cause of his Embassade into Fraunce and of his procéedings there among the whyche he saide he had concluded such an amitie as neuer was heard in the realm before as well betwéen the Emperour and vs as betwéene the King our Soueraigne and the Frenche King with a perpetuall peace the whyche should be confirmed in writyng sealed in fine Golde affyrming further that the Kyng of Englande should receiue yearly his tribute by that name out of the Dutchie of Normandie wyth all the costes whyche hée had sustained in the warres And also where there was a restraint made in Fraunce of the Frenche Quéenes Dowrie whome the Duke of Suffolke had married for diuers yeres during the wars it was concluded that she should not onelye receiue it againe but also the arrerages that were â—â—payed This peace thus concluded there shoulde be suche an amitie betwéene the Gentlemen of eache realme and entercoâ—rse of Merchants that it shoulde séeme to al men both territories to be but one Monarchie c. The twentith of October were receyued into London certaine Embassadorâ— oute of Fraunce aboute eyghte in number of the moste noble and worthye Gentlemenne in all Fraunce they were lodged in the Bishops Pallaice in Paules Churchyard to whome diâ—ers Noblemen resorted and gaue them dyuers presents especially the Maior of the Citie of London Then they resorted vnto the Courte béeyng at Greenewiche where they were receiued by the King They hadde Commission to establishe the King in the order of Fraunce for whome they broughte for that intente a collar of fine Golde with the Michaell hanging thereat and Robes to the same order appertenant the whiche was of blewe Uelâ—et richly embrodered And the King to gratifie the French â—yng with the semblable he sent a noble man of the order here in Englande with Garter the Harrault into France to establishe the Frenche King in the order of the Garter with â—â—emblable collar wyth a Garter and Robes accordyng to the same The Embassadors remayning here vntil theyr returne â—â— things béeyng concluded concerning the perpetuall peace vppon solempne ceremonies and othes contained in certain Instruments touching the same whych was confirmed by receyuing of the Sacrament in Paules Churche of London by the King and the Graund Maister of France who represented the King his Maister and there the instrumentes were seâ—led with Golde and the King put his hande therevnto and the Graund Maister did the lyke betwéene whome the Cardinall diuided the Sacrament And that done they deâ—â—rted the King rode wyth the Cardinall to Westminster and there dyned wyth all the Frenche men passyng aâ— the day after with consultation of waightie matters touchyng the conclusion of the saide article of the perpetuall peace The King then depaâ—ted againe by water to Greenewich at whose departing it was concluded by the Kings deuice that al the Frenche men shoulde resorte to Richemonde and hunt in euerye one of the Parkes there and from thence to Hampton Courte and there to hunt and the Cardinall to make there a supper or banquet or both to them And from thence they should ryde to Windsore and there to hunt And after to returne to London so to Greenewich there to banquet with the King Then was there made preparation of all thyngs for this greate assemblye at Hampton Court the Cardinall called before him his principal Officers as Stewarde Treasorer Comptroller and Clearke of hys Kitchin to whome he declared his minde touchyng the entertainement of the Frenche men at Hampton Courte his pleasure to them knowne they sent out Caters Purueyors and other the Cookes wrought both night daye in suttleties the Yeomen and Grooms of the Wardrobes were busied in hanging of the Chambers and furnishing the same wyth beds of silke and other furniture there were prouided 280. beds furnished with all manner of furniture to them belonging The daye was come to the French men assigned and 1526 they ready assembled before the houre of their appointmeÌ„t wherefore the officers caused them to ryde to Haâ— orth a place and a Parke of the Kings wythin thrée myles there to hunt spenâ— the day vntill night at whyth time they returned againe to Hampton Courte euery of them conueyed to theyr seuerall Chambers hauing in them greate â—â—ers and wiâ—e for their comforte remayning there vntil the Supper was ready The Chambers where they supped and banqueted were ordered in this sort First the great wayting Chamber was hanged with rich Arras as none were Aâ—â—oreg 20 better than other and furnished with tall yeomen to serue There were sette Tables rounde aboute the Chamber banquet wise couered a Cupborde was there garnished with whyte siluer Plate hauing also in the same Chamber to giue the more light foure plates of siluer sette with greate lightes and a greate fire of wood and coales The nexte Chamber being the Chamber of Presence was hanged with verye riche arras and a sumptuous cloth of estate furnished with many goodly Gentlemen to serue the Tables ordered in maner as the other Chamber was sauing that the highe Table was remoued beneath the
into Englande Claude de Honne 〈…〉 highe Admirall of Fraunce who broughte with hym the Sacre of Deepe and twelue Galleis he landed at the Tower Admirall of France came to London Wharffe where he was honorably receiued and broughte to the Byshop of Londons Palaice where he lodged two nights and then â—ode to Hampton Courte where the King laye By the waye Prince Edwarde receiued him with a companye of 500. coates of Ueluet with one sléeue of cloth of Golde and halfe the coate embrodered with Golde there was in all to the number of 800. horses In September the water of Finsburie was brought to y e Condit in Loth burie Conduit at London wall Saint Stephens in Colmanstreete and Saint Margarets in Lothburie Richard Iaruis. Thomas Curteyse the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Duke of Norf. folke and Earle of Surrey sente to the Tovver Henry Hobrethorne Merchant Taylour the 28. of Octob. The twelfth of December Thomas Duke of Norffolke and Henry Earle of Surrey his son was sent to the Tower of London the one by water the other by lande The thirde of Januarye the Churche of the late Grey Friers in London was opened Masse sung there and that day preached at Paules Crosse the Bishop of Rochester who declared the Kings gifte to the Citie of London for the reléeuing King Henry his gift to the Citie of London of the poore people whiche was by Patent vnder hys greate Seale Saint Bartholomewe Spittle the Churche of the Grey Friers two Parish Churches the one of S. Nicholas in the Shambles the other Saint Ewine in Newgate Market all to be made one Parish Church of the Grey Friers Churche in lands he gaue for y e maintenance of the same 500. marke by yeare for euer and this Church to be named Christchurch founded by King Henrie the eight Henrie Howard Earle of Surrey was beheaded on the Tower Eatle of Surrey beheaded hill the xix of Januarie The xxviij of January king Henry deceased appointing King Henry deceassed his first son Prince Edward y e second Lady Mary his daughter by Quéen Katherine and the thirde Lady Elizabeth â—â— Quéene Anne Bolloine He deceassed when he had raignâ—â— 37. yeares 9. moneths and odde dayes and was buried â—â— Windsore ¶ Edward the sixt EDvvarde the sixt began his Anno reg 1. raigne the eyghte and twentith of Januarie Anno 1546. wheÌ„ he was but 9. yeares olde King Henrie his father by his will had appoynted for hys priuy councel Doctour Cranmer Archbishoppe of Canterburie Lord Wriothesly Lord chaÌ„ce celour Cuthbert Tonstall Byshop of Durham wyth other to the number of sixetéene The first of February the Earle of Hertford was nominate Earle of Hert forde made L. Protector elected and chosen by all the executors to be protector and chiefe Gouernor of the Kings person The sixt of February the Earle of Hertford Lord Protector King Edvvarde made Knight in the Tower of London endued King Edwarde with the order of Knighthoode and then immediatly the Kyng standing vp Henrie Hoblethorne Lorde Mayor of London was called who knéeling down the kyng tooke the Sword of the Lord Mayor of London made Knight Lorde Protectour and made hym Knight whiche was the firste that euer he made The fourtéenth of February the corps of King Henry the eighte was with great solempnitie and honor conueyed towardes Windsore and there buried in the Colledge The seauentéenth of February sir Edward Seimer Earle Duke and Lordes created of Hertforde and Lorde Protectour was created Duke of Somerset the Lorde Parre Earle of Essex was created Marques of Northampton sir Iohn Dudley Lorde Lisle Lorde Admiral was created Erle of Warwike and Lord Chamberlaine of Englande sir Thomas Wriothesley and Lorde Chauncelour was created Earle of Southampton sir Thomas Seymer was made Lorde of Sudley and highe Admirall sir Richard Riche was made Lord Rich sir William Willoughbey was made Lord Willoughbey of Parham sir Edmond Sheffeld was made Lorde Sheffielde of Buterwike King Ed. rode through y e citie of London towards Westminster and as he passed on the South side of Paules Churcheyarde an Argosine came from the Battlements of the Stéeple of Paules Churche vpon a Cable being made faste to an Paules steeple lay at ancker Ancker by the Deanes gate lying on his breast aiding himselfe neither with hande nor foote and after ascended to the middest of the Cable where he tumbled and played manye preasie toyes where at the King and the nobles hadde good pastime He was crowned at Westminster on the xx of February King Edvvarde crovvned The sixth of Marche the great Seale of Englande was taken 1547 from sir Thomas Wriothesley and on the morrowe the same was deliuered to the Lord Sent-Iohn Lord great Maister The fiftéenth of May Doctour Smith recanted at Paules Doctor Smith recanted Crosse The Lorde Protectour and the rest of the Councell sent Images forbiddeÌ„ Commissioners into all partes of the realme willing them to take all Images out of their Churches for the auoyding of Idolatrie wyth them were sent diuers Preachers to perswade the people from their beades and suche lyke ceremonies and at that time the going in Procession was forbidden Procesâ—ion forbidden to be vsed the Gospel and Epistle were read in English In the moneth of August Edwarde Duke of Somerset Lorde Protectour as Generall and Iohn Dudley Earle of Warwike Lorde Lieuetenant with a noble army were sente into Scotlande and neare to Edenborough at a place called Musclboroughe fielde Williom Patyn Muuscleborough the Englishemenne and Scottes mette where betwéene them the tenth of Septeptember was foughte a cruell battel The victorie whereof fell to the Englishmen and of the Scottes were slaine fouretéene thousande and taken prisoners fiftéene hundred whereof many were GentlemeÌ„ and not aboue thrée score Eeglishmen slaine The xxiiij of October Richarde Lorde Riche was made Lorde Rich L. Channcelor Lorde Chauncellour Thomas Whit Robert Chersey the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Free schoole at Holt. Sir Iohn Gresham Mercer the 28. of October This sir Iohn Gresham founded a Fréeschoole at Holt a Market towne in Norffolke Also at hys deceasse whiche was in Anno 1556. on the xxiij of October he gaue to euery warde in London ten pound to be distributed to the poore And to 60. poore men women euery one of them thrée yards of broade cloth of eight or nine shillings y e yard to be made in gowns readye to theyr backes He gaue also to Maides marriages and to the Hospitals in London aboue two hundred pounds in ready money The fourth of Nouember the Parliament beganne at Hestminster in the which was graunted to the King al ChaÌ„tries Chauntries and Chappels giuen to the King frée Chappels and Brotherhoodes and an acte was made for the receyuing of the Sacrament in both kindes of Breade and Wine Ther vij of Nouember was pulled
the streame and by the same carryed from the Conduit there towardes the Thamis wyth suche a swiftnesse that no man wyth staues or other wayes coulde staye hym tyll he came againste a Cart whéele that stoode in the water gate afore which time he was drowned and starke dead Thomas Blanke Anthony Gammage the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Iames Hawes Clothworker the 28. of October This Maior wente by water to Westminster and there tooke his othe as hathe bin accustomed he kepte no feast at No Maiors feaste at Guild hall the Guyld hall althoughe greate prouision hadde béene made for that purpose but dyned at his owne house wyth his brethren the Aldermen the Companies dined at theyr seueral Halles This was done by appointment of the Quéenes Maiesties Councell to auoide infection of the plague like to haue encreased by comming togither of such a multitude This wéeke from the two and twentith to the eighte and twentith of October deceassed in the Citie and Liberties contayning 108. parishes of al disseases 166. of the whiche number 75. were accompted to dye of the plague Michaelmasse Terme whyche hadde béene adiourned Terme adiorned by Proclamation began at Westminster on the sixth of Nouember The same sixth daye in the morning there hapned two greate Tydes at London in the Thamis the first by Tvvo tydes in one houre course the other within one houre after which ouerflowed the Marshes with many vaults sellers neare adioyning The fouretéenth of Nouember being Sundaye aboute midnight following diuers strange impressions of fire and smoke were séene in the ayre to procéede foorth of a blacke Cloude in the North towardes the South whych so continued till the nexte morning that it was day light The next night following the Heauens from all partes did séeme to burne maruellous ragingly and ouer our heads the flames from the Horizon rounde aboute rysing did méete and there double and roll one in an other as if it had béene in a cleare Fornace The eightéenth day at night were very stormy tempestuous Anno reg 17 of windes oute of the South I haue not knowne the like out of that quarter especially after midnight till the nexte morning that it was day light These are to be receyued as tokens of Gods wrath ready bente agaynste the worlde for sinne nowe aboundyng and also of his greate mercie who doeth but onely shewe the rod wherewith wée dayly deserue to be beaten Thys yeare at London after haruest the price of Wheate began by little and little to fall from seauen Shillings to thrée Shillings the bushell at which price it stayed little or nothing rising or falling all the yeare after but bay salte was raysed from thrée shillings to foure shillings fiue shillings Bay salt deare and sixe shillings the bushell the like whereof had neuer bin séene or heard within this Realme The four and twentith of February the feast of Saint Mathie Flyes in February the number strange on whiche day the faire was kepte at Tewkesburie a strange thing hapned there for after a floud which was not great but such as thereby the medowes néere adioyning were couered with water in the afternoone there came downe the Riuer of Seuerne greate numbers of flyes and béetels such as in Sommer euenings vse to strike men in the face in great heapes a foote thicke aboue the water so that to credible mens iudgement there were séene within a paire of butte lengths of those flies aboue a hundred quarters The milles thereaboutes were damned vp with them for the space of foure dayes after and then were cleansed by digging them out with shouels from whence they came is yet vnknowne but the day was cold and a hard frost The xxvj of February betwéene foure and sixe of the Earthquake clocke in the afternoone great Earthquakes happened in the Cities of Yorke Woorcester Glocester Bristow Hereford and in the Countreys about which caused the people to runne out of their houses for feare they should haue fallen on their heads In Tewkesburie Bredon and other places the dishes fell from the cupbords and the Bookes in mens studyes from the shelues In Norton Chappell the people béeing on their knées at euening prayer the ground moouing caused them to runne away in great feare that the dead bodyes woulde haue risen or the Chappell to haue fallen parte of Rythen Castell fell downe with certayne bricke chimneys in Gentlemens houses The bell in the Shiere hall of Denbigh was caused to toll twice by shaking of the hall c. On Easter day which was the third of Aprill about ix of the clocke in the forenoone was disclosed a congregation 1575 of Anabaptistes Dutchmen in a house without the barres of Aldgate at London whereof xxvij were taken and sent to Annabaptistes bare faggots at Paules Crosse prison and four of them bearing faggots recanted at Paules Crosse on the xv day of May in forme as followeth WHereas I. I. T. R. H. being seduced by the Diuell the spirit of errour and by false teachers his Ministers haue fallen into certayne most detestable and damnable heresies namely 1 That Christ tooke not flesh of the substance of the blessed virgin Mary 2 That infants of the faithfull ought not to be baptized 3 That a Christian man maye not be a Magistrate or beare the sword or office of aucthoritie 4 That it is not lawfull for a Christian to take an othe Now by the grace of God and through conference wyth good and learned Ministers of Christ his Church I do vnderstand and acknowledge the same to be most damnable and detestable heresies and do aske God héere before hys Church mercy for my sayd former errours and do forsake them recant and renounce them and abiure them from the bottom of my heart professing that I certaynely beléeue 1 That Christ tooke flesh of the substance of the blessed virgine Mary 2 That infants of the faithfull ought to be baptized 3 That a Christian man may be a Magistrate or beare the sword and office of aucthoritie 4 That it is lawfull for a Christian to take an othe And further I confesse that the whole Doctrine and Religion established and published in this Realme of England as also that which is receyued and preached in the Dutch Church héere in this Citie is sound true according to the word of God wherevnto in all things I submit my selfe and will most gladly be a member of the said Dutch church from henceforth vtterly abandoning and forsaking all and euerye Anabaptisticall errour This is my faith nowe in the whiche I do purpose and trust to stand firme and stedfast vnto the end that I may so doe I beséech you all to pray with me and for me to God the heauenlye father in the name of his sonne our sauiour Jesus Christ The like recantation was made by them afterwardes in the Dutch Church The xvij day of May about midnight folowing y
Mulmucius King Pag. 24 Muster of horssemen Pag. 1050. agayne Pag. 1052 Muster at Greenewich by Londoners Page 1112 Merchant Taylors freeschoole founded Page 1116 Mary Rose a Shippe drowned Pag. 1032 Men brent in the Hedgehog a Ship Pag. 1031 Mathew Hamont an Heretike brent Pag. 1195 Marmaduke Glouer hanged in Cheape Page 1209 Monstrous child Pag. 1212. 1213 Magdalen colledge in Cambridge Pag. 1220 Merton Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1221 Magdalen Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1217 Magdalen Hall in Oxford Pag. 1223 Mary Hall in Oxford Pag. 1223 Michaell house in Cambridge Pag. 1220 N. NOble men that came with William Conquerour Pag. 153 Names of Chantries taken Pag. 1006 Nero a Romaine Pag. 3â— Newcastell vpon Tine founded Pag. 172. the towne drowned Pag. 378 New Abbey by the Tower of London founded Pag. 407 Newgate of London builded Pag. 619. on fire Pag. 1100 New Testament first printed in english Page 967 Newman priest bare a fagot at Paules Crosse for singing Masse with good Ale Pag. 1010 New Coyne Pag. 1072 againe Pag. 1115. agayne Page 1117 Newhauen by Bolleine wonne by the French Pag. 1042 Nightwalkers in London did murther all they mette Pag. 209 Night as light as the day Pag. 1125 Norwich a Bishops see Pag. 173. brent Pag. 208. Pag. 294. citie walled Pag. 315. steeple brent Pag. 715. brent Pag. 890 Notingham brent Pag. 191. beseeged Pag. 198 Nonne Eaten founded Pag. 206 Northampton beseeged Pag. 282 Noble of gold Pag. 574 Newelme hospitall Pag. 652 Nunnes burnt in their Abbey Pag. 121 Nelson executed Pag. 1192 Newport towne ouerflowed Pag. 1209 New Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1217 New Inne in Oxford Pag. 1223 O. OCT auius Augustus a Romane Pag. 34 Order of the Garter founded at Windsore Pag. 415 Ocation made by the D. of BuckinghaÌ„ Pag. 811. the same Duke of Buckingham beheaded Pag. 845 Otto of Bromswike chalengeth combate with Iohn Duke of Lancaster Pag. 426 Owen Glendouerdew Pag. 551. Pag. 557. his sonne taken Pag. 563 Owen Tewther brake out of Newgate Pag. 640. beheaded Pag. 709 Oxford builded Pag. 20. an Vniuersitie Pag. 127. Castel builded Pag. 163. forsakeÌ„ Pag. 237. Orial Colledge in Oxforde Pag. 1221 Outâ—rier and Bell man for the daye Pag. 1123 Owes bridge borne downe Pag. 1126 P. PArkes Pag. 4 Policletus a Romaine Pag. 43 Pâ—te a riuer in Eastsex Pag. 99 ParliameÌ„t at Winchester Pag. 288. at Marleborow Pag. 293. at Westminster Pag. 297. at Barwicke Pag. 306. at Stepenâ—eth Pag. 309. at Carelile Pag. 319. at Northampton Pag. 326. at Yorke Pag. 343. at Northampton Pag. 358. at Salisburie Pag. 359. at Winchester Pag. 360. at Notingham Pag. 361. at Yorke Pag. 367. at Northampton Pag. 370. at London Pag. 372 Pag. 374. at Westminster Pag. 381. at London Pag. 386. at Westminster Pag. 387. Pag. 420. Pag. 427. Pag. 431. Pag. 458. Pag. 611. at London Pag. 619. Pag. 624. of Battes at Leycester Pag. 629. at Westminster Pag. 631. Pag. 636. at Bury Pag. 650. at Westminster Pag. 664. at London Pag. 679. at Couentrie Pag. 691. at Westminster Pag. 700. Pag. 713. Pag. 718. Pag. 738. Pag. 861. Pag. 86â— â—â—t the Blackefriers Pag. 932. 968 Paules Church in London founded Pag. 92. brent Pag. 166. repaired ibidem newe work Pag. 276. Pag. 335. weathercocke blowne downe Pag. 878. new Schole Pag. 894. steeple brent Pag. 1116. gates blowne open Pag. 1128. Parson of Saint Mildreds brent Pag. 859 Poultery prised Pag. 310 Pageants new made in London Pag. 930 Parishes in England Pag. 932. in London Page 1120 Paginton slayne with a gonne Pag. 1016 Pallace at Westminster brent Pag. 897 Patrike-Brumpton ouerturned Pag. 1188 Penisellus King Pag. 31 Petronius a Romayne Pag. 44 Pertinax Emperour Pag. 58 Peters Church in Cornehill a Bishops see Pag. 56 Pellagius a Britayne Pag. 73. an heretike Pag. 7â— confuted Pag. 78 Peterborow founded Pag. 101 Peterpence payd to Rome Pag. 116 Pestilence great in England Pag. 405 Pestilence Pag. 568 Saint Petroâ—us at Bodmin in Cornewall Pag. 131 Pestilence Pag. 271. Pag. 478. Pag. 510. Pag. 747. Pag. 166. Pag. 172 Peterborow burned Pag. 182 Peter of Pomfret Pag. 241. hanged Pag. 243 Peter Colledge Pag. 1216 Pierce Plowman his visions Pag. 387 Peterpence forbidden to be payd Pag. 461 Penbroke hall Pag. 1217 Pecocke Bishop of Chichester abiured Page 682 Perkin Werbecke Pag. 825. Pag. 868. Pag. 869. Pag. 871. hanged Pag. 873 Philip king of Castile landed in England Pag. 878 Pictes first inhabit the marches Pag. 28 Pickering builded Pag. 30 Pirthus king Pag. 31 Pilton priorie Pag. 131 Piked shoes forbidden Pag. 717 Pirates hanged Pag. 271 Priuiledges vnto Saint Edmondsbury Page 131 Priests married remoued Pag. 163 Priest at Masse slayne with thunder Pag. 208 Priests became theeues Pag. 460 Prisoners in Newgate and Ludgate dyed Page 586 Porchester builded Pag. 28 Porrex king Pag. 30 Portgreues of London Pag. 218 Porter of the Tower headed Pag. 586 Posterne by the Tower of London fell Page 642 Prodigious signes Pag. 31 Portesmouth Pag. 84 Popes authoritie abrogated Pag. 1003 Powled heads commanded Pag. 1004 Prouosts of London Pag. 218 Prouinciall counsell at Oxford Pag. 255 Proclamation againste the family of loue Pag. 1213 Prince of Wales the kings eldest son Pag. 311 Priuiledge to Clothworkers Pag. 373 Priorie and hospitall of Saint Bartholmew in Smithfield founded Pag. 178 Printing first Pag. 687 Preached at Paules Crosse Doctor Goddard Pag. 724 Prisoners of the Marshalsea brake out Pag. 877 Priests saying Masse apprehended Pag. 1177 Priories suppressed by Cardinall Wolsey Pag. 939 Prince Arthur married Pag. 874. deceassed ibidem Prisoner brake froÌ„ the sessioÌ„s house Pag. 959 Prince of Piamont came into England Page 1095 Prince of Orange conducted to the Tower of London Pag. 1095 Publicans whipped Pag. 203 Publicans with their bloudy procession Pag. 409 Plimmouth spoyled Pag. 556 Q. QVatbridge or Catwarbridge in Essex Pag. 126 Quaffing and drunkennes punished Pag. 133 Queeneheth in London Pag. 270 Queenes Attourney slayne Pag. 685 Queeneborough Castell builded Pag. 461 Queene tooke Sanctuary Pag. 724. 767 Queene of England chased Pag. 279 Queenes Colledge in Cambridge Pag. 1217 Queenes Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1221 R. RAmsey founded Pag. 133 Rampire builded at Caleis Pag. 401 Ralph Stafford slayne Pag. 498 Redargius King Pag. 31 Rebellion in Kent and Essex Pag. 480 Recorder of London Fitz William Pag. 817 Register booke in euery Church to bee kept Pag. 113 Religious houses graunted to the king Page 1015 Rimo King Pag. 30 Richborough Pag. 36 Riot and euill life the destruction of the Britaines Pag. 79 Ripendun or Ripon Pag. 122 Richarde the first King Pag. 216. tooke hys voyage to Hierusalem Pag. 220. taken prisoner Pag. 222. builded the walles of Vienna Pag. 223 Riot in London Pag. 292 Risebanke Castell builded Pag. 403 Rye spoyled Pag. 471 Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke rebelleth Pag. 563 beheaded Pag. 564 Richard the secoÌ„d made prince of Wales Pag. 468. crowned King Pag. 470. married Pag. 489. Pag. 518. entreth ScotlaÌ„d Pag.
Egbert who being assaulted oftentimes by Edrike the sonne of Egbert in a cruel 674 fight was shot through with a dart whereof he dyed vnder his Surgeons handes when he hadde raygned thirtéene yeares EDricke the sonne of Egbert within the space of two yeres 686 lost both life and Kingdome After his death y â— kingdome being sometime gouerned by vsurpers and sometime by forreners beganne to decay The Kentishmen by casting of fire did cruelly burne Moll the brother of Cedwal King of the West Saxons and twelue of his Knights with him wherewith Cedwal being moued to fury did miserably harry and spoyle all Kent so that by the space of sixe yeares there was no King in that Country VVIthredus the sonne of Egbert purchasing peace wyth 698 money was then established king in which state he behaued himselfe very honorably both in peace and warre He founded the Priory of Saint Martin at Douer and raigned xxxiâ—j yeres with whoÌ„ king Swebhearde raigned ioyntly in one part of his kingdome EDbert the sonne of Withred walked in his fathers ordinaunces 731 and had like successe and raigned thrée twentie yeare EDelbert his brother succéeded in whose time the Citie of 754 Canterbury as is to be thought was burned by chance he raigned xj yeares ALricke the thirde sonne of Withred ruled Kent after hys 765 brethren and was vanquished in a fought field againste the Mertians he raigned xxxiiij yeares EDelbert or Egbert otherwise called Pren theÌ„ vsurped the kingdome and leauyed warre against the Mertians by 799 whom he was taken prisoner and not long after resisted but the Kentishmen woulde not receiue him Cuthred then vsurped bare a title of a Kentish king for the space of viij yeares BAlbrede then toke on him Princely dignity but Egberte 807 Kyng of West Saxon so discomfited him in battayle that hée fled and forsoke hys Kingdome when he had raigned xx yeare whereby thys kingdome of Kent was vnited to the Kingdome of the West Saxons South Saxons SOuthsex the second Kingdome coÌ„tained the Counties of Southsex and Surrey which had on the Easte side Kent on the South side the Sea on the Weste side Hampshire and on the North the riuer of Thamys it con aineth the diocesses of Chichester and part of Winchester AEle the eight from Woden with his thrée sonnes CimeÌ„ 478 Plencing Cissa came into Brytaine with itj. ships landed in a place called Kimenesore there slew many of the Brytaines and forced the rest to make their flighte into a woodde whiche is called Andredsleage Afterwarde fighting wyth the Brytaines in a place néere vnto Marerodes burne slew many of them and put the reste to flight Then he and Cissa his sonne after long siege brake into the Citie of Andreds Cester and slewe the inhabitantes from the greatest to the smallest and so beganne the Kingdome of Southsex hée raigned xxxvj yeares CIssa hys sonne succéeded he builte the Citie of Chichester 514 and named it after hys owne name he raygned lxxvj yeares EThelwulfus whom Bede nameth Edelwach was christened 590 Eeade First Christened King in Southsex in the prouince of the Mercies in the presence and at the exhortation of King Wulfhere who also at the font was his godfather and in signe of that adoption gaue him two prouinces that is to saye the I le of Wight and the prouince of Manures in the West part of England Wilfride the Bishop came to the prouince of the South-Saxons vnto them did he minister the worde of Faith by the permission and gret reioysing of the King This Bishop Christened the chiefe Lordes and Knightes of the Countrey and the rest of the people at the same time or sone after were Christened by other Priestes The Quéene Ebba was christened in hir I le which was in the prouince of the Vicctans for she was the daughter of Eanfride who was Eanheres brother whiche were both Christian men and all their people But al the prouince of South Saxons had neuer before that time hearde of the name of God nor the faith This Wilfride preached the Gospell and not onelye deliuered the people from the perill of damnation but also from an horrible moraine of temporall death For in thrée yeares before it had not rayned in all those quarters whereby a famine destroyed the people by heapes in somuch that diuerse tymes fortye or fiftie in a companye béeing famished for hunger woulde goe togyther to some rocke or Sea bancke and caste themselues all downe eyther to be killed with the fal or drowned in the Sea but on the same day they receyued Baptisme and Faith there fell a plentifull shoure of rayne wherewith the Earth flourished againe Thys Bishop also taught the people there to get their sustenance by fishing Edilwach gaue vnto Byshoppe Wilfride the lande of fourscoure and seauen tenements where he might place his companye the name of the place was Seolesey In thys Selsee Monestarie in Southsex place he founded a Monasterye to be hys Episcopall Sea CEadwall a valiaunt yong manne of the Weaste Saxons being banished from hys Countrey came wyth an hoste of men and slewe King Edilwach wasted that prouince cruelly murdered and spoyled euery where Edilwach raigned xxv yeares And soone after Ceadwall was driuen out by two Captaines of the Kings Bertham and Anthun which from that tyme dyd holde and kéepe the Dominion of that prouince the chiefe of whyche two was afterwarde slayne of the same Ceadwall being then King of the Weast-Saxons and the prouince subdued and the latter was slaine by Ina. East Angles EAstangles the thirde Kingdome contayned the Countryes of Norffolk and Suffolk Cambridge and the I le of Ely which had on the East and North sids the sea on the West Saint Edmondes Dike with a part of Hertfordshyre and on the South side Essex It contayneth the diocesses of Norwich and Ely VFfa the eight froÌ„ Woden first king of East Angles raigned 492 vij yeares ¶ Titulus raigned xx yeares 499 REdwaldus the tenth from Woden as men write this is he that for the fauour of Edwin killed Edelfride king of 519 W. Malme NorthuÌ„berland The same Redwalde was by y â— perswasion of Edwyne baptised but after by his wiues couÌ„sel he fell froÌ„ the fayth agayn but his sonne Dorwaldus in pure and vncorrupted Christianitie was slaine by the heathen Rochbert Redwaldus raigned xxv yeares ¶ Gerpenwalde raigned xij yeares 554 566 East Angles baptised SIgebertus being broughte vp in Fraunce when he fled the enmitie of Redwald was there baptised wherevpon after his retourne comming to the Crowne of the East Angles and desiring to followe the godly order whiche he had séene in Fraunce set vp a Schole to bring vp children by the helpe and ayde of Byshop Felix whom he toke out of Kent for that purpose appointed them maisters and teachers after the manner of Kentishmen This Felix â—orne in Burgonia was made