of hys brotherne to come to gyue attendauÌ„ce vppon hym wyth certayne comeners of the cytye where when they were comâ—â— the kynge caused the game to be brought before them so y t they sawe course after course and many a derâ— bothe rede falowe to be slayne before them And after that goodly dâ—spoâ—tâ— was passyd the kynge commaunded hys offycers to brynge the mayre and hys company vnto a pleasauÌ„t lodge made all of grene bowys and garnysshed wyth tables other thynges necessary where they were set at dyner and serued wyth many deynty dysshes and of dyuers wynes good pleynty as whyte rede and claret and caused them to be set to dyner or he were seruyd of hys owne ouer that caused the lorde chamberlayn wyth other lordes to hym assygned to chere the sayde mayre and his company sondry tymes whyle they were at dyner at theyr departynge gaue vnto them of venyson greate pleynty And in y e moneth of August folowynge the kynge of hys greate bounte sente vnto the mayresse and her systers aldermennes wyfes two hartes and .vi. buckes wyth a tonne of wyne to drynke wyth the sayd venyson The whyche venyson wyne was hadde vnto the drapers halle to whych place at a day assygned the mayre desyred the aldermeÌ„ and theyr wyfes wyth sondry comoners and there the venyson wyth many other good dyshes were eryn and the sayd wyne merely dronken The cause of whyche bounty thus shewed by the kynge was as moste men toke it for that that the mayre was a marchauÌ„t of wonderous auentures into many and sondry countrees By reason wherof the kynge had yerely of hym notable summes of money for hys customes besyde other pleasures y t he hadde shewed to the kynge before tymes Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxiii  wyllyam whyte  Edmonde Shaa Goldsmyth  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Mathewe  THis yere that is to meane of y e mayre and begynnynge of the xxiii yere of the kynge at westmynster vppon the .ix. daye of Apryll dyed the noble prynce Edwarde the iiii late kynge of Englande whose corps was after conueyed wyth due solemnyte vnto wyndsore and there honourably buryed when he hadde reygned to reken hys begynnynge out of the lande with all other tyme full .xxii. yeres and as moch as from the .iiii. daye of Marche vnto the .ix. daye of Apryll leuynge after hym .ii. sonnes that is to say prynce Edward hys eldest sonne and Rycharde duke of yorke and .iii. doughters as Elysabeth that after was quene Cecyle and Katheryne Edwarde the .v. EDward the .v. of that name sonnÌ„ vnto Edwarde y e iiii beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of EnglaÌ„d y e .xi. day of Apryl in the beginnyng of the yere of our lord god M.iiii C.lxxxiii and the .xxiiii. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of Fraunce Anone as kynge Edward the .iiii. was dede grudge and vnkyndnesse beganne to take place bytwene the kynges and the quenes allye For y e lorde marquys of Dorset brother vnto the quene and other of hys affynytye hadde then the rule kepyng of thys yonge kynge whyche at the tyme of hys fathers deth was of the age of .xi. yere or there about and so beyng in hys guydyng in y e Marche of walys coÌ„ueyed hym toward London and there to make prouysyoÌ„ for hys coronacyon and for other necessary thynges for hys weale But the duke of Glouceter brother vnto Edward the .iiii. entendynge otherwyse as after shall appere wyth a competent noÌ„ber of gentylmeÌ„ of the North all clad in blacke met with y e kynge at Stonyngstratforde there after dyssymuled countenaunce made bytwene hym the forsayd Marquys dischargyd him of the rule of y e king and toke vpon hym the rule so froÌ„ thens beynge accompanyed with the duke of Buckyngham broughte the kynge with all honour toward LondoÌ„ wherof heryng quene Elysabeth moder vnto the kyng feryng the sequele of thys besynesse went or toke sentwary within westmynster wyth her yonger sonne Rycharde the duke of yorke And the kynge drawynge nere vnto the cytie vpon the .iiii. day of Maye was of the mayre and hys cytesyns mette at Harnesey parke y e mayre and hys bretherne beynge clothed in scarlet the cytesyns in vyolet to the noÌ„ber of .v. hondred horses and than from thens conueyed vnto the cytye the kynge beynge in blewe veluet and all hys lordes and seruauÌ„tes in blacke clothe and so after coÌ„ueyed vnto the byshoppes palays of London and there lodgyd And shortely after the sayd duke of Glouceter inueleged so the archbisshop of CauÌ„terbury named Bowchyer that he went wyth hym to the quene Elysabeth and there made suche assured promyse to the sayde quene that she vppon the sayd archbyshoppes promyse delyuered vnto them her yonger sonne duke of yorke And than the sayde duke caused the kynge to be remoued vnto the towre and hys brother with hym But the quene for all fayre promyses to her made kept her and her doughters wythin the foresayde seyntwary and the duke lodged hym selfe in Crosbyes place in Bysshoppesgate strete Than prouision was made for the kynges coronacyoÌ„ In whyche passe tyme the duke beynge admytted for lorde protectour caused syr Antony wydyuyle called lorde Scalys brother vnto y e quene a vertuous knight wyth the lorde Rycharde the quenes sonne syr Rycharde Hawte and syr Thomas UaghanÌ„ knyghtes to be beheded at Pountfreyt more of wyll than of iustyce Than the lorde Protectour in furtheryng of his purpose and cuyll entent sente for the more partie of the nobles of the laÌ„de and behaued hym so couertly in all hys matyers that fewe vnderstode hys wykked purpose And so dayely kepynge holdynge the lordes in counsayll and felynge theyr myndes sodaynly vppoÌ„ the .xiii. daye of Iuny beynge wythin the towre in the counsayll chambre wyth dyuerse lordes wyth hym as the duke of Bukkyngham the erle of Derby the lord Hastynges thaÌ„ lord ChaÌ„berlayne wyth dyuerse other an owte crye by hys assent of treason was made in the vtter chambre wherwyth the sayd lorde Protectour beyng warned roose vp and yode hym selfe to the chaumber dore and there receyued in such persones as he before had appoynted to execute hys malycious purpose The The whych incontynently set hande vpon the forenamed lord Chamberlayne and other In the whyche styrrynge the erle of Derby was hurt in the face and kept a whyle vnder the holde Than by coÌ„maundemente of the sayd lorde Protectour the sayde lord Chamberlayne in all haste was ladde in the court or playn where the chapell of the towre staÌ„deth there wythout iugemeÌ„t or loÌ„ge tyme of coÌ„fessyon or repentauÌ„ce vpoÌ„ an ende of a loÌ„ge great tymber logge whyche there laye wyth other for the repayrynge of the sayd towre caused hys hedde to be smyten of and all for he knewe well that he wolde nat assente vnto hys wycked entent whose body wyth the hed was after caryed vnto wyndesore
spere vpryghte in hys hande and that the kynge of Gothys shuld throwe or lay so mych syluer as shulde in processe couer the poynt of the sayd spere whyche sentence as testyfyeth mayster Robert Gagwyne the Gothis despysed sayenge that they had not suffycyent syluer wythin theyr land to perfourme the sayd sentence And for despyte of the same certeyne Gothys espyenge a prynce of FrauÌ„ce named Paterne beynge assocyate wyth some dyuerse Frenshmen in a lofte or chamber the whyche Paterne had ben solycytour for the Frenshe kynge in y e foresayd mater the sayde Gothys by crafty and false meanes caused the floorth of the sayd chamber to falle by whyche meane the sayde Paterne was greuously hurte and many of the other in lykewise some slayne wherof whan Clodoueus had wrytynge he beynge therwyth greatly amoued and also bycause y e Gothys dysobeyde the foresayd awarde he gadered shortly after a greate hoste And after certeyne offerynges done to saynt Martyn wyth also passyng the ryuer of Uian by myracle and ledynge of an harte he lastly came to the syghte of hys enemyes Thenne Clodoueus lodged hys hoost nere vnto the monastery of saint Hillary where in the nyght before y e batayle he receyued tokens of vyctory the whyche I passe ouer And vppon the morne he set hys people in araye and made towarde hys enemyes and mette wyth them in a felde called NoglodienÌ„ nere vnto y e ryuer of Cleue or Clyue where after sore and longe fyght he slewe the abouesayde Alaricus kynge of Gothys as sayth myne authour wyth hys owne hande But here shulde seme some discorde of tyme wyth other wryters For Cronica cronicarum Iacobus Philippus and other testyfye that thys Alaricus was dede many yeres before For he shulde be kynge of Gothys by theyr sayenge in the tyme y t Honorius brother vnto Archadius was emperour whyche was aboute the yere of our lord .iiii. huÌ„dred .ix. that he began hys empyre wherfore mayster Robert Gagwyne meaneth some other kynge of Gothys than Alaricê° For the sayd authours also affyrmen that this Alaricus dyed of sodayne sykenesse at a cytye named Cesancia whaÌ„ he had reygned after moste wryters .vi. yere Then it foloweth in y e story whan Clodoueus had thus opteyned vyctory of the Gothys and set the countre of Guyan in order he sped hym agayne into Fraunce And when he was comen into the countre of TuronÌ„ he was encouÌ„tred wyth embassadours of themperours Anastasius and presented from the sayd emperour wyth gyftes greate pryce and honour and also admytted for a consull of Rome whyche at that dayes was a dygnyte of moste honour whyche done he remytted the sayd embassade wyth great gyftes This sayenge is affyrmed of the other wryters the whych shewe this honour to hym to be done for as mych as he had ouercomen the Gothys enemyes of Crystes fayth But they name not the kynges name that then reygned ouer the Gothys Thys besynesse ouerpassed Clodoueus contynued hys iourney tyll he came to the monastery or chyrche of faynt Martyn where wyth great deuocyon accordyng to hys former promysse he offered his stede that he occupyed that iourney agayne the Gothys And after for that he entended to occupye the sayd hors yf he hadde lyke nede he redemed hym wyth a competent summe of golde But yet the hors myghte not be remoued Then y e kyng added to an hundreth pecys of golde which at those dayes were named golden shyllynges and so receyued hys stede wherfore the kynge sayd after in game that saynt Martyn was a good helper at nede but he was costelewe Thus thys noble and fyrste crysten prynce coÌ„tynued hys lyfe in noble and marcyall dedys in augmentynge hys kyngdome by knyghtly batayles and other worldy prouysyons and lastly dyed of goddes visytacyoÌ„ with all stedfastnes of fayth whan he hadde reygned .xxx. yeres leuyng after hym .iiii. sonnes of Clotylde hys wyfe that is to saye Clodomyrus Chyldebertus Theodoricus and Clotharius or after some Latarius and was buryed in y e monastery that he before nere vnto Parys hadde buylded wyth suche epytaphy or superscripcyon vppon hys tumbe as after shal be shewed But or I procede to the declaryng of the foresayd epitaphy for so mych as I haue hard dyuers hold an opynyon that the fayth of Cryste was receyued in Fraunce or it were receyued in this lande of Brytayne therfore I shall note here the tyme that this Clodoueus fyrst toke baptyme whyche was as Ranulphe monke other testyfye in the .xv. yere of hys reygne or nere about whyche was y e yere of our lord .iiii. C.lxxx .xix. wherby yt apperyth consyderynge the tyme of Luciê° fyrst crysteÌ„ prynce that euer was of Brytayne as before is shewed that Cristes fayth was by a longe tyme honoured in Brytayn or it were honoured in Fraunce excepte that suche as holde the forsayd opynyoÌ„ accompte the fyrste comyng of Crystes fayth into Brytayne at y e fyrste conuersyon of the Saxons whenne yt was prechyd by the holy monke saynt Augustyne and hys felowes whych is not to the purpose Than to the foresayde epitaphy or superscrypcyon as foloweth Diues opum virtute potens clarusque triumpho Condidit haue sedem rex Clodoueus idem Patricius magno subsimis fulsit honore Pfemis amore dei contempsit credere nusso Lumina qui varijs horrent potenta figuris Mox pur gatus aquis Christi fonte renatus Fragrantem gessit infulso crisinate crinem ExempluÌ„'que dedit sequitur quod plurima turâ—a Gentisis populi spretoque errore suorum Doctorem cultura deum verumque parentem Hijs felix meritis superauit gesta priorum Semper concilio castris bellisque tremendus Hortatu dux ipse bonus ac pectore fortis CoÌ„structas acies formauit in a gmine primus The whyche verses maye be thus expouned in our moder tuÌ„ge as here after foloweth Riche of goodes stronge in vertue in triumphe re shynynge Kyng Clodoueus this temple buyste of stone Fader of comon profete clad with his honour excellynge Replenyshed with goddes loue despysed hys olde foon And hys pagaun lawe wyth the straunge fygurs echone Purgid with holy water by cristes font born new And holy crisine enointed floured with vertue dew Example gyuyng hym foloweth many a man Forsakyng theyr errour and theyr fals goddes all And by his techynge honour but one god than Thus by his merytes he excelled his parentall And thorough his couÌ„sayle made citye and castell thrall He was a noble duke therwith of grete might And in front of batayle was euer the fyrst knyght Anglia THE C. CHAPITER VTer the laste or yongest sonne of CoÌ„stantyne and brother of Aurelius was made kyng of Britayn in the yere of our lorde .v. huudred euen and the .xvi. yere of Clodoueus than kynge of Fraunce Thys as before ys touched was surnamed PendragoÌ„ The cause therof was as wytnessyth y e Englysshe cronycle for so mych as Merlyn lykened hym
abbot and to haue the rule of so holy a charge and so he gaue vnto hym that benefyce wythout takynge any peny Thys kynge wyllyam vsed alway lemmans wherfore he dyed without yssue legyttymat when he had reyned as before is sayde fully .xii. yeres and odde dayes THE CCXXVI CHAPITER HEnry the .iii. son of wyllyam Cōquerour fyrste of y t name whyche for his connynge was surnamed beuclerk began hys reygne and domynyon as kynge of Englande the .v. daye of August in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred one and the .xliii. yere of the fyrste Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce was crowned at westmynster ryght shortly after of Thomas archebyshoppe of yorke and Morys byshoppe of London This Henry in his youth plyed him to such studye that he was instructe in the .vii. artes lyberall Anon he made holy chyrche free vsed saynt Edwardes lawes wyth the amendemēt of them He put out of his courte nyce and wāton men and closed Ranulphe byshoppe of Durham in the towre of Lōdon y e which as ye before haue harde was so great wyth wyllyam his brother and sent for Anselme archebyshoppe of Caunterburye whyche before was fledde fro the tyranny of wyllyam Rufus This Henry chastysed the olde vntrewe mesure and made a yerde of y e length of hys owne arme wyth dyuers other thynges reformyng that longe before his days had ben mysse vsed and abhorred excesse of metys and drynkes vsed to fyght more wyth coūsayll then wyth sworde In the seconde yere of his reygne Robert hys brother that by all thys season hadde ben occupyed in warres vppon Cristes enymyes hauyng worde of the deth of hys brother wyllyam and howe his brother Henry hadde taken vpon hym as kynge returned into Normandy and there made preparacyon for to come into Englande In this season also was brokē out of pryson Ranulfe byshoppe of Durham and comen to the sayde Robert into Normandy The whych excyted duke Robert in all that he myght to warre vppon hys brother Henry so that he assembled a stronge armye of knyghtes and toke shyppynge and landed in processe of tyme at Portysmouth But by medyacyon a peace was made and that in suche condycion that he shuld haue .iii. thousand markes yerely as before was promysed vnto hym by willyam Rufus his brother wyth other condycyons of successyon and other thynges the whyche I ouerpasse for length of tyme. Thus Robert beynge contented contrary to the myndes of his lordes after he a season hadde dysported hym in Englande retourned into Normandy where of his lordes he was for thys other dedes before done as after is shewed lytle or lesse and lesse setby For all be yt that by hys fathers lyfe he hadde vyctorye and vtterly dyspleased hym as some deale before ys touched yet by hys manhode and manfull dedes he fell into the fauoure of the people and dyd many and great notable actes and specyally at the wynnyng of the cytye of Acon vppon the myscreauntes and turkes For the whyche dedes yt apperyth by the sequele of the storye that he was also in the fauour of god For when the eleccyon shuld be made for the kynge of Hierusalem and certayne prynces and prynces peeres by ordynaunce made stode wyth theyr tapers abydynge the dyuyne purueyaunce that whose taper were fyrst wyth heuenly fyre lyghtened shulde be admytted for kynge the taper of thys duke Robert was fyrste onely wherfore by dyuyne purueyaunce he was then chosen kynge of Hierusalem The whyche he refused for the payne and trauayle that he shuld haue wyth all also for the couetyse of the crowne of Englande For as soone as he hadde knowlege of the deth of his brother willyam anon he parted the coūtrey and sped hym homewarde in all that he myght For the whych dede as affermeth myne authour he spedde the worse in all his dedes after Thys Robert was wyse in counsayll stronge in batayll and also ryght lyberall and in hys retourne from Hierusalem maryed the doughter of wyllyam de Auersana lorde of Apulia wyth whome he receyued grete sōmes of money for her dower the whych by meane of his liberalyte he spent shortly after Then fortune beganne to frowne vppon duke Robert and sette his owne lordes so agayn hym that they sent vnto kyng Henry hys brother wyllynge hym to come into Normandye and they wolde delyuer the coūtrey vnto him and holde hym for theyr chefe lorde and ruler wherunto as sayth the englyshe cronycle kynge Henry soone cōsented But or euer thys warre betwene the sayde duke Robert kyng Henry beganne thys Henry maryed Mawde or Molde the doughter of Malcolyne kyng of Scotlande and of Margarete hys wyfe doughter of Edwarde the outlawe as in the begynnyng of wyllyam Conqueroure is thouched Of the whyche Molde thys Henry receyuyd after some wryters two sonnes and .ii. doughters y t is to saye wyllyam and Rycharde Mawde Mary And also the sayd authour wyth other saye that Robert duke of Normandye came into Englande in the fourth yere of the reygne of kynge Henry and hadde good chere of his brother and syster For the which he at the request of his sayde syster released to his brother y e forenamed trybute of .iii. thousand markes But by yll tale tellers couetous of signory this broderly loue was after dissolued in such wise that the kynge with a strong army sayled into Normandy and held his broder Robert with so sharpe warre that he chased hym from one countrey to another and wanne from hym Roan Caan Faloys and all the good townes of Normandye and lastely constrayned hym to aske helpe of Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce after of the erle of Flaūdres but he fayled helpe of them both Then wyth such power as he could make he gaue batayll vnto his brother kynge Henry In the whyche he was taken and sent ouer into England and put into the castell of Cardyffe in walys where he remayned as prisoner whyle he lyued And when he was dede he was buryed at Glowcester In this tyme and season as it were in y e .iii. yere of kyng Henry y e chyrch of saynt Barthelmew in Smythfeld of London was begonne to be founded of a mynstrell of this kyng Henry named Rayer and after perfourmed and ended by good and well disposed cytezens of the citye of Lōdon This place of Smythfelde was at y e day a lay stowe of al ordure or fylth and the place where felons and other transgressours of the kynges lawes were put to execucyon THE CCXXVII CHAPITER SO as kynge Henry hadde fynyshed his warre in Normandye was returned into Englande Robert de Bolesyn which was the eldest sonne of Roger de mount Gomeryk erle of Shrewesburye arose agayne the kynge and manned his castellys of Shrewesbury of Brugg◠of Arundell and of Tekynhyll and incoraged the walshmen agayne the kyng But the kyng pursued so cruelly the sayd Robert y t wythin .xl. days he wan all thoses castellis
enfourmed and also of the peace bytwene the erle of Thoners and the Frenche kynge he by meanes of one Roberte a legate of Rome sought meanes of treaty and of peace so that in processe by dylygence of the sayde Robert and other a peace was concluded for .v. yeres whyche peace concluded and assured eyther kynge returned into theyr owne prouynces wythin short whyle after y e Frenche kyng was returned into FrauÌ„ce he called to mynde the great vyctory had of the Almayns wyth also one other whych Lewys his son about y e same tyme had agayne or of kynge IohnÌ„ in the countre of Aungeou at the castell of Moyne or Mayne For the whyche .ii. vyctoryes the kynge edyfyed a monastery besyde the cyty of Sayntles in the honour of saynt Uyctor and endowed it wyth fayre and ryche possessyons and named it the abbey of saynt Uyctor In the .xxxvi. yere of the reygne of thys Phylyppe Lewys hys sonne by procurynge and sturrynge of the lordes of Englande sayled into the sayde prouynces as more playnely shall be shewed in the .xvi. yere of the reygne of kynge IohnÌ„ Many mo storyes actes myght I brynge in and set in thys story of thys kynge Phylyppe yf I shulde folowe the Frenche boke For he maketh there a rehersayll that conteyneth .xxxix. greate leuys of parchemyne Of the whyche I haue taken out suche as to me semeth moste conuenyent and haue ouer passed the other for lengthe of the tyme. Than it foloweth thys Phylyp after these dayes drewe hym to more quyet and reste so that after thys peace or trewce coÌ„cluded wyth kyng IohnÌ„ of Englande the authour speketh not or myndeth of any noble dede by hym done So that in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .xxii whyche shulde be the yere of hys reygne .xliii the sayd authour begynneth and sayth that in that foresayd yere apered a greate eclypce of the son wherof the lyke hadde not ben seen in many yeres passed And in the yere folowynge dyed thys Phylyppe in the moneth of Iunii whan he hadde reygned vppon xliiii yeres Before whose deth apered a great comete or blasyng starre the whyche the Frenche men wyth also the foresayde eclypce they adiudged for pronostiquys and tokens of the kynges deth the whyche was buryed wyth excellent pompe in the monastery of saynt Denys in the yere of our lorde a thousand two hundred and .xxiii. and of hys age .lviii leuynge after hym the fore named Lewys whyche was enoynted kyng after hym Thys Phylyppe amonges other notable thynges ordeyned in hys testament be sette to the aydynge and wynnynge of the holy cytye of Hierusalem thre hundred thousande pownde of Parys money to the hospytall in Mount forte a hundred thousande pownde and to be dystrybuted amonges the poore comons of hys londe he gaue twenty thousande pownde But here is to be noted there is a great dyuersyte bytwene a pownd of Parys money and a pownde of sterlynge money For a pownde of Parys money is but two shyllynges and .vi. pence sterlynge or nere there about And so it foloweth that a thousande pownde of Parys is but a hundred fyue and twenty pownde sterlynge By whyche accompte it foloweth that thys kynge gaue to the ayde of the holy londe .xxxvii. thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge to the hospytall xii thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge and to the poore people two thousand fyue hundred pownde And thus here I make an ende of thys volume for cause and coÌ„syderacyon as after is shewed in the begynnynge of the nexte volume more manyfestely ¶ Lenuoye PRece forth rude volume and recoÌ„mende me To my derest frende experte in all scyence Praye hym at leysour the to ouerse And where in meter or prose he fyndeth offence Or congrewe englysshe or of perfyte sentence Humbly hym praye that he woll the correcte whyche in all hys faytes is so cyrcumspecte And shewe to hym forther hys meryt to encreace The seconde volume ys redy to hym dyght Praye hym he woll not therfore wyth the sursease Tyll that thy felow he haue by hys insyght And by hys scyence brought in so good plyght That to all readers it maye be delectable And to the herers frutefull and profytable And not to dysdayne my malapert rudenesse That to hys payne I shulde thus boldely sende Or hym to wyll to suche greate besynesse So rude a worke to correcte and amende But shew hym sothely that all that I entende Is for to enhaunce hys prayse and greaâ—e laude As he shall knowe I truste wythout frawde ¶ The seconde volume of Fabyans cronycle Conteynyng the cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce from the begynnyng of the reygne of king Rycharch the fyrste vntyll the begynnyng of the reyne of our moste redoubted souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. ⧠¶ Prentyd at London By wyllyam Rastell 1533 ⧠CVM PRIVILEGIO THE TABLE THere begynneth the table of the seconde volume whiche denounces and sheweth all the actes done in euery kynges dayes conteyned in the sayde volume and that euery acte folowes by letter and by the nouÌ„ber of y e lefe as in thys sayd table is expressed and begynneth at the wardes of London at kynge Rycharde the fyrste whose actes more at leÌ„gth in thys sayd volume shal be shewed wyth other kinges ensuyng by letter in this sayd table as fyrste A.B.C. and so forthe ACrys a stronge citye in the holy laÌ„d was wonne by the crysten as appereth fo iiii Actes of the great Cane of Tartaris folio xxiii Abbotte of waltham was accorded wyth the citesyns of LoÌ„don fo xxviii Accorde made betwene kyng Henry the .iii. and hys barons fo xxxviii Actes done in Hethenes by Lowys the Frenche kyng fo xlviii Acris or Acon abouenamed cytye woÌ„ne agayn by y â— Turkes fo lxix Accorde or agrement was made bytwene EnglaÌ„d ScotlaÌ„d fo xc Actes were made for weryng of sylk folio xci Actes in Fraunce done by the duke of Lancastre fo ciii Actes made by FreÌ„chmeÌ„ for the occupyeng of y e admissioÌ„ of y e enherytour of Fraunce folio cxxxvii Accorde made betwene the dukes of Orleaunce and of Burgoyne fo clx AccusacyoÌ„s by the duke of Burgoyn agayn the duke of Orleaunce fo clxi Accorde made betwene the sayde dukes folio clxi Acte made for gyuynge of lyuereys folio clxv Actes made agayn straungers se in folio clxxc Actes made for halowynge of the sondaye wythin the cytye of LondoÌ„ folio cxciâ—i Abbay of Bury was spoyled fo cxiii Adyme was graunted to kyng HeÌ„ry the fyft fo clxxvii A quyndecyme was grauÌ„ted to king Henry the .iii. fo xxi A letter deuysed by the baroÌ„s sente to kyng Henry the .iii. fo xxxvii A letter was sent by Rychard kynge of Romayns to the baroÌ„s fo xxxvii A quarter of where was solde for ii s. folio xc A fraye was made in Fletestrete vpoÌ„ a bakers seruaunt fo cxlv A fray made in Fletestrete by one Her bottell fo cxcii
shewed in folio clxxiiii Lorde Talbot was slayne as appereth fo cc Lorde Egremonde was commytted to Newgate as is shewed fo ccii Lorde wellys conspyred agayne the kynge folio ccxviii Lorde chamberlayne beheded as is shewed fo ccxx Losse of Normandy as is shewed folio cxcviii Lowys sonne vnto the French kyng warred in Englande fo xvii Lowys retourned into Fraunce as appereth fo xviii Lowys sayled into the holy lande folio xxv Lowys gaue sentence agayne the barons fo xxxvi Lowys the .ix. of that name and son̄ of Phylyp the seconde beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of oure lorde M.CC. and .xxiii and the .vi. yere of the thyrde kynge Henry than kyng of Englande and reygned yeres .iii. By thys kynge retourned the blode of Charles into y e possessyon of the crowne of Fraunce folio xlvi Lowys the .x. of that name a chylde of .xii. yeres and sonne of the abouenamed the .ix. Lowys whyche is named saynt Lowys began his reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.CC. and .xxvi and the .ix. yere of the iii. Henry than kinge of Englād and reygned yeres .xliii as appereth folio xlvii Lowys the .xi. by accompt and sonne of Phylyp the .iiii beganne to reygn ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.CCC and .xv and the .viii. yere of the seconde Edwarde than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .ii. folio lxxxiii Lowys the .xii. of y e name afte the accōpt of thys boke .x. after the frēche accōpt wherof y e cause is before shewed son̄ of the laste Charles begā to rule y e Frenchmē in y e yere of our lord M.iiii C. and .lviii .xxxvi. yere of Hēry the .vi. thā kyng of Englande reygned yeres .xxvi. fo ccix Lowys refused lordes company and counsayll fo ccix Lowys rescueth Parys fo ccx Losse of townes and castelles in Normandy folio cxxxvii MAruayles sene in the fyrmament folio xii Mayre of London presenment loke in folio xxvii Mayr and hys bretherne foūd gylty in hurtyng the cōmons fo xxix Mayre and cytezeyns agreed to the lordes fo xxxi Macys of syluer were fyrste graūted to offycers of London fo xci Men of Norwyche enraged fo xlv Manhode of Mathew de Roya foli liiii Marchaunte straungers encroched vpō the cytezyns of Lōdon and were punysshed fo lix Maddocke a walshman rebelled as it is shewed fo lxi Mariage of the .ii. Edward fo lxxiiii Malyce sprange amonge the lordes of Flaunders fo lxxxv marueylous heyle fylle fo lx Mychaell Tony mayre of London adiuged loke in fo lvi mortmayne was fyrst enacted fo lvi Mortymer was howgely auaunced folio lxxxvii Mortymer was put to deth as it is shewed fo lxxxviii money borowed of the cytye of London folio xcii Martyn Pysdo Parycyen was put to cruell deth fo cxxxv maner of cysme in the church of Rome loke in fo cxxxviii Maner of the metyng of the kynges of Englande of Fraunce fo cxlvii many knyghtes of the bathe made folio clxiii Maruayles of Thamys fo clxx masses ordeyned by kyng Henry the fyfte as it is shewed in folio clxxviii Maner of treaty betwene the landes of Englande and of Fraunce loke in folio clxxxviii maryage was dyspoynted fo cxcii Maryage concluded fo cxciii manhode of chalons fo cxcv Maximilian and the Frenche kynge dyscorden fo ccxxviii Margaret syster vnto Edwarde the iiii departed from London towarde the see fo ccxvii monycyon dyuyne was gyuen to the Frenche kynge fo clviii Mountague a noble man was slayn folio clx mummyng made for treason as is shewed fo clxv Murder was punysshed fo clxvii NOumbre of wardes in y e citye of London fo ii Names of twelfe perys of England folio xxx New tolle was brought vp fo xliiii Nycholas Brembre wyth other was put to deth fo cxliiii Nauye of Frenchemen dystressed as is shewed fo lv Newe coyne of syluer was stryken folio lvii New dyspleasure kynge Rycharde toke agayne y e cytye of London fo cl Newe coyne of golde smitten as appereth in fo clxx OCtoboon the popes legate was pursued of the clergy of Englande for causes shewed in fo xxii Occasyon of the fraye in Fletestrete folio cxlv Occasyon of dyspleasure betwene kynge Rycharde and the duke of Glouceter fo cxlix Of the chere and curious receyuyng of kyng Henry by the Frēnche kyng folio xxxii Offycers charged and dyscharged as it is shewed folio xxxiii Of kyng Iohn̄s pledges fo cviii Ordre of seruytoures in the tyme of quene Katherins coronaciō fo clxxvi Orleaunce that cytye was besyeged folio clxxxii Othes sworne by the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce for peace kefolio cvii Olyuer Dāman and Danyell sometyme chyef counsayllours of Lowys the Frenche kynge were hanged as appereth fo ccxxviii PReface of thys werke as apereth fo I Peace was taken betwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce folio xi Phylyp kynge of Fraunce warred vpon kyng Iohn̄ fo xi Phylyp brake the peace fo xii Pope Innocente sente vnto kynge Iohn̄ fo xiii Parlyamente holden at London folio xix Pyers of Pountfret for hys vertue put to deth fo xvii Parlyament holden at Mertone folio xxii Periurye was punysshed as appereth fo xxv Parlyament holden at Oxenforde as apereth fo xxx Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xxxi Parlyament holden at Oxenforde as is shewed fo xxxvi Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xxxviii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xlv Peace was made betwene the kynge and Gylbert de Clare as is shewed folio xliii Punysshement of Londoners as is shewed fo xl Phylyp the thyrde of that name and sonne of saynte Lowys was made kynge of Fraunce in the yere of our lorde M.CC.lxx and the .liii. yere of the thyrde Henry than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xv. fo li Phylyp the .iiii. of that name and son̄ of the .iii. Phylyp la beawe or fayre began to reygne ouer Fraunce in y e yere of our lorde a M.CC.lxxxvi the .xiiii. yere of the fyrste Edwarde than kyng of England and reygned yeres .xxxix. fo lxviii Phylyp the .v. of that name and surnamed the longe sonne of the fourth Philyppe and brother to Lowys the xi by accompt begā hys reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of grace a M.iii C. and .xvii the .x. yere of Edwarde the .ii. than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .v. fo lxxxiii Phylyppe de Ualoys erle of Ualoys and the sonne of Charlys de Ualoys brother to the fourthe Philippe was nat wythoute some stryfe chosen and ordeyned for protectoure of the lande of Fraunce and after kyng of the same the .ii. daye of February in the yere of oure lorde M.iii. C. and .xxviii and the .ii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. than kyng of Englande and reygned in greate trouble yeres .xxii. fo cxvi Phylyppes actes in Italye as appereth folio liiii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio lvi Plees remoued from London as is shewed fo lvi
chamber at hys maner of woodstoke entendynge to haue slayne the kynge But he was espyed by a woman and taken and so conueyed to Couentre and there arreygnyd of that dede where after lawfull prouys of hys malycyous entent made he for the same was there drawen hanged And in thys yere vppon the euen of saynte Botolphe or the xxvi daye of Iuny was borne at westmynster Edward that after was surnamed Longeshanke This after his father was kynge Anno domini M.CC.xxxix  Anno domini M.CC.xl.  Remonde Bengly  wyllyam Ioynour  Anno .xxiii.  Rafe Aschewy  IN this .xxiii. yere of kyng Henry before the tyme of the eleccyon of the shryues of London one Symōde fyz Mary whych before in the .xvii yere of the kynge had ben in that offyce had purchased a cōmaundement of the kynge dyrected to the mayre and rulers of the cytye y t they shulde cause hym to be electe to that offyce for that yere folowynge But the mayre wyth the heddes of the cytye consyderynge that commaundement to be a derogacyon vnto the lybertyes of y e cytye wythstode yt and chase the forenamed Rafe Ashwy put the sayde Symonde by for the whyche he complayned hym to the kynge Then the kynge sente for the mayre and the rulers of the city and hadde vnto theym many wordes of dyspleasure for the dysobeyenge of his cōmaundement and fardermore discharged willyam Ioynour which that yere was agayne chosen newely to be mayre for the yere folowynge and chargyd the cytesyns to procede to a newe eleccyon for theyr mayre whyche then to satysfye the kynges pleasure chase Gerarde Batte By whose meanys and good polycye the sayde mayr wyth the cytesyns demeaned theym so well to the kynge that they obteyned hys gracious fauour and causyd the forsayde Symonde to fayle of his purpose and was not after admyttyd to that offyce tyll he hadde submyttyd hym to the rule of the mayre and rulers of the same cytye The whyche Symonde behaued him so well after that he was admyttyd for an alderman But in short processe after he demeanyd him so yll and so contraryously vnto the weale and good order of the cytye that he was dyscharged of hys aldermanshyp and dyschargyd from all rule and counsayll of the cytye as in the .xxxiiii. yere of thys kynge folowynge is touched Anno domini M.CC.xl.  Anno domini M.CC.xli  Iohn̄ Gysors  Gerarde Batte  Anno .xxiiii.  Mychaell Tony.  IN thys .xxiiii. yere of kynge Henry saynte Paulys chyrch of London was newely halowyd And the great Chaan of Tartarys before in the seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ myndyd or touched of theyr begynnynge in thys yere after he had from the Turkys wonne myche of the Eest landes he sent an hoste into the lande of Hūgary the whych held the people of that countrey so shorte that as witnessyth the authour of Policronica and other they were constrayned of necessyte to ete theyr own chyldren and other vnlefull metys But the authoure of Cronica cronicarum sayth that this mysery fell to the peple of Hungary in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .xxi. whyche after that sayenge shulde be in the fyfte yere of thys kynge Anno domini M.CC.xli  Anno domini M.CC.xlii  Iohn̄ Uyoll  Remonde Bengley  Anno .xxv.  Thomas Duresyne  IN this .xxv. yere of kynge Henry Gerarde Batte was agayn chosen mayre for this present yere And after whose eleccyon he was by the worshipfull of the citye conueyed vnto woodstoke and presentyd after the custome vnto the kynge But the kynge enfourmed of hys laste yeres dealynge by suche as ought to hym no good wyll sayde that he wolde not admytte hym to that offyce tyll such tyme as he came to westmynster wyth whyche answere the sayde Gerarde wyth his companye returned vnto London It was not longe after or the kyng came to westmynster where accordynge to theyr dutye the cytesyns of London agayn awayted vppon the kynge to know his pleasure where the kynge callyd before hym the sayde mayre and after certayne questyons to hym put he caused hym to be sworne in his presence After whyche othe to hym geuen the kynge charged hym by vertue of the same that he shulde not take of the bakers and bruers and other vytellars of the cytye .xl. pounde whyche other of his predecessours and also he that laste yere hadde taken And also that he incontynently after hys commynge to London shuld restore vnto the sayd vytellars and other cytesyns all suche money as he hadde wyth wronge in that precedyng yere taken of the comynaltye of the citye But for the sayde Gerarde allegyd for hym certayne consideracyons be sechynge the kynge to pardon hym of that restytucyon the kynge in dyspleasure swore a great othe that he shulde not that yere be mayre nor at any tyme there after And so the commons certyfyed of the kynges pleasure chase in his place or stede Reyner de Bungaye And this yere the kynge yode into walys wherof herynge Dauid then prynce of walys mette wyth the kyng at Ruthlande and submyttyd hym to the kynges grace Also this yere the blessyd Edmunde archebyshoppe of Caunterbury beynge at Pountnay in the prouynce of Burgoyne dyed and there was buryed was after translatyd into y e same place within .x. yeres after his deth by commaundement of Innocent the fourthe then pope of Rome because of his manyfolde myracles whyche god shewyd for hym after hys deth All be yt in hys legende yt is shewyd that he dyed twentye myle from Pountnay called Soly and was after buryed and translated at Poūtnay Of this blessed man Polycronycon shewyth many vertuyes in the .xxxv. chapiter of his .vii. boke whyche here I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme. And thys yere one wyllyam of the Marshe was at London for treason drawen and hanged Thys yere also were alder men fyrste chosen wythin the cytye of London whyche then hadde the rule of the cytye and of the wardes of the same and were then yerely chaūgyd as now the shryues be chaūged Anno domini M.CC.xlii  Anno domini M.CC.xliii  Iohn̄ fyz Iohn̄  Remonde Bongley  Anno .xxvi.  Rafe Ashewy  IN this .xxvi. yere of kyng Henry Bonyface was sacryd archbyshoppe of Caunterbury And this yere the kyng wyth a fayre company saylyd into Normandy whyche vyage as sayth y e frenche cronycle was made by the styrynge of a Frenche man named erle of the Marche for so myche as y e sayd erle refusyd to do homage vnto Alphons brother vnto Lewys the .x. of that name and surnamed saynte Lewys then kynge of Fraunce Thys Lewys the yere before hadde maryed his sayde brother vnto the doughter of the erle of Tholouse and hadde gyuen to his sayde brother the erledome of Poyteau wyth all the landes of Aluerne By reason wherof he wold haue causyd the sayd erle of Marche to haue done
Mychaell Tony and Adam Basynge the whyche before were sente by the mayre to such frendes as they had in the courte to knowe the cause of the kynges hyghe dyspleasure The whych brought worde that the kyng was well mynded vnto the citye but he was in full purpose to haue suche persones chastised that hadde oppressyd the comynaltye of the same Uppon the morow folowynge came vnto y e Guyldhall IohnÌ„ Mansell wyth other of the kynges counsayll the whych to the people there assembled shewyd many fayre plesaunt wordes Amonge the whych he declared that the kynges mynde wyll was to correcte all suche persones as had oppressyd the comynaltye of that his deryste belouyd cytye and asked of the commons whyther they wolde be agreable vnto the same The whych incontynently many suche as knewe litle what the mater ment cryed with out dyscrecyon ye ye ye nothynge regardynge the lybertye of the cytye And after y e grauÌ„t thus had of the coÌ„mons the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell dyschargyd the mayre shryues chamberleyn of theyr offyces and delyueryd the custodye therof vnto the constable of the towre and putte in the rome of the shryues Mychaell Tony and IohnÌ„ Audryan And ouer that all rollys of tollys and tallages before made were delyueryd vnto the sayd IohnÌ„ MaÌ„sell the whych he there sealyd and redeliueryd them vnto the chamberleyne when the coÌ„mons hadde beholden all thys besynesse they retourned vnto theyr housys all confusyd This mater thus orderyd the sayd IohnÌ„ Mansell wyth dyuerse of the kynges counsayll kept theyr courtes dayly the sondayes excepte tyll the fyrste sondaye of lent the whych that yere was the .xxv. daye of February callyng before hym .xii. wardes of y e cytye Of the whyche .xii. wardes of eueryche of them was takeÌ„ thre men so â–ª that of those .xii. wardes .xxxvi. meÌ„ were impanellyd and sworne for to enquyre of the foresayd artycles and what personys of the cytye had offendyd in them This courte thus kept and holden at Guyldehall no man was callyd to answere nor no questyon put vnto any person by the sayd enquest or by any other Uppon the sayd sonday of lent the mayre aldermen and shryues wyth the sayd enqueste foure men of euery warde were chargyd to appere at westmynster before the kynge at whych apperaunce they were couÌ„termauÌ„dyd tyll vppon the nexte morowe At whyche season they commyng into the kynges exchekyr fonde syttyng there the erles of Glouceter and of warwyke IohnÌ„ Mansell Henry Baa iusticys the coÌ„stable of the towre the custos of the cytye and dyuers other of the kynges counsayll Then was callyd by name Rafe hardell that yere may â—e Nycholas Batte Nycholas fyz Iosne Mathew Bokerel IohnÌ„ Tolesham and IohnÌ„ le Mynoure aldermen Then sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell y t the kynge by his lawes and inquysycyon of the cytesyns of the cytye had founden theym culpable that they had wronged and hurte the comynaltye of hys cytye by dyuers meanes as by the sayde inquysycyons apperyd and forthwyth causyd yt to be redde before them And wheÌ„ the more parte therof was redde he sayd vnto theym thus may you se that the comynaltye of the sayde cytye hath ben by you greuously oppressyd and by your meanys and counsayll the common weale of the same dystroyed as by alterynge of the tollys and other good auncyent customys turnynge them to your synguler auauntage lucre All whyche maters the sayde Rafe and his company denyed and that the commons was not by any suche meanys by them nor none of them greuyd or hurte and that they offryd to be iustyfyed and iudged by the lawe and customys of the cytye Then Henry Baa iustyce askyd of them whyther they wolde byde the aduenture of the enquery that they hadde harde redde before or ellys stande vppon the sayeng of the other wardes that yet had not ben sworne but they kepte theym to theyr fyrste answere Then IohnÌ„ Mansell frayned of y e mayre what was theyr lawe and custome The mayre answered and sayde that for trespace of a cytesyn done agayne y e kynge he shulde defende hym by .xii. of the sayde cytesyns and for murder or sleynge of a man by .xxx. cytesyns for trespace agayn a straunger by the othe of .vi. and hym selfe Then after many reasons made by the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell and also by the mayre and his aldermen daye was gyuen to them to appere vppon the morow before the kynge and his counsell Uppon the day folowynge y e kyng wyth many of his lordes syttynge in the sayde exchekyr the foresayde inquysycyon was redde And that done the mayre and aldermen were called in by name and two aldermen more whyche before were not callyd that is to saye Arnolde Thedmare Henry walmode when Rafe Hardell had harde the kynge speke in the mater he toke suche fere that he and Nycholas Batte wythout farther answere put them in the kynges grace sauyd to theym theyr lybertyes and fraunchyses of the cytye But the other .vi. besought the kyng of his ryght wysenes that they myghte then be demyd after the lawes and customys of the cytye Then was layde vnto theyr charge that ouer many wronges by theym done to the kynge and the comynaltye of the cytye they had alteryd y e kynges beame and orderyd it to the aduauntage of them selfe and other ryche men of the cytye wherun to the partyes answeryd and sayde that the alteracion of the beame was not done by them onely but by y e aduyce and consente of .v. hundred of the beste of the cytye For where before tyme the weyer vsyd the lene hys draught towarde the marchaundyse so that the byar hadde by that meane x. or xii pounde in a draught to hys aduauntage and the seller so myche dysauauntage nowe for indyfferencye and egalytye of both personys or marchauÌ„tys was ordeyned that the beame shulde stand vpryght y e cleâ—â—e therof enclynynge to neyther partie as yt doth in weyenge of golde and syluer and the byer to haue alowed of the seller for all thynges .iiii. pouÌ„de onely in euery draught After these reasons and other by theym made the kynge commaunded that vpon the mornynge folowynge a folkmoot shulde be callyd at Paulys crosse so that courte was dyssoluyd and the mayre the other returned to London Uppon the morowe the folkmoot beynge at Pawles crosse assemblyd these .vi. aldermen heryng the murmuracion of the common people and knowynge that the aldermen nor the worshypfull of the city shuld haue litle or no sayeng in thys mater ferynge theyr cause yode into a chanons house of Powlys where at that tyme the sayde Iohan Mansel and other sent from the kynge taryed the assemblynge of the people and shewyd vnto theym that they entedyd not any lenger to plede wyth the kynge but were contentyd to put them fully in the kynges grace and mercy sauyng alway to them and all other cytesyns theyr lybertye and fraunchyse of the cyte After whyche agrement the sayde
Iohan Mansell wyth the other came vnto the courte of Folkmoot where vnto the people was rehersyd a fayre and a pleasaunt tale promysyng to them that theyr lybertyes shulde be hooly and inuyolatly preseruyd by y e kyng wyth many other thynges to y e great comforte of the common people And lastely was axyd of them wheter the law and custome were such as aboue is rehersyd or no. wherunto lyke vndyscret and vnlerned people they answeryd cryed rabbyshely nay nay nay not wythstādynge that the sayd law and custome hadde before tymes ben vsed tyme oute of mynde But to thys was nother mayre nor aldermen nor other of the great of the cytye that myghte impugne or make any reason for the vpholdynge of theyr auncyent lawys or customys And no wonder though the kynge were thus hedy or greuouse to the cytye for by suche euyll dysposyd and malycyouse people as he had aboute hym the lande was yll rulyd mych myschefe was vsyd wherof ensuyd myche sorow after as ye shall here in the sequele of the storye Then Iohn̄ Mansell callyd the mayre and aldermen before hym and chargyd them to be at westmynster the morowe folowynge to gyue attendaunce vppon the kynges grace Uppon the morow the mayre and aldermen taryenge the kynges commynge in the great hall at westmynster lastely the kynge came into saynte Stephaus chapell where a season he helde a coūsayll wyth his lordes and after yode into the chekyr chamber there sat hym downe and hys lordes aboute hym Anon after the mayre and aldermen were callyd into the sayde chamber and soone there after callyd by name and commaundyd to stande nere to the barre Then Henry Baa iustyce sayde vnto the mayre and the vii aldermen that for so myche as by fourme of the kynges lawes they were founde culpable in certayne articles touchynge trāsgressyon agayn the kynge therfore the courte awardyd that they shulde make fyne and raunsome after the dyscrecyon of the sayde courte But for they hadde put theym in the kynges grace and mercy the kynge hath commaundyd the fyne to be put in respyte that ye be not payned so greuously as ye haue deseruyd After whyche iudgement gyuen they kneled downe and then the mayre wyth wepynge terys thanked the kynge of his bountye goodnesse and besought hym to be good and gracyous lorde vnto the cytye and vnto them as hys faythfull subiectys whereunto the kynge made none answere but rose streyght vppe and so yode hys waye leuynge them there Anon as the kynge was departyd they were all arestyd and kepte there tyll they had founden suerty and eueryche alderman of theym dyscharged of his warde offyce y t they had wythin the cytye But shortly after they put in suertyes and so returnyd heuely to London And shortely after was wyllyam fyz Rycharde by the kynges commaundement made mayre and Thomas fyz Thomas and wyllyam Grappysgate shryues After this daye by daye the chamberlayn was callyd to accōpte before the sayde Iohn̄ Mansell of all suche tollys as were gadered in tyme of the mayraltie of Iohn̄ Tolesham and of Rafe Hardell beynge present to here the sayde accompte dyuerse of the comynaltie of the cytye but none of the heddys By the whyche accompt no defaute myght be arrectyd vnto any of the forenamed persones conuycte afore the kynge By reason wherof dyuerse of theym were admyttyd to the kynges fauour shortly after and restored to theyr offyces agayne but not wythout payeng of money wher of the certaynte is not knowen And in this yere whete was so scāte yt was solde at London for .xxiiii. s. a quarter And scanter shulde haue ben yf plenty hadde not come out of Almayne for in Fraunce and Normandye yt fayled in lykewyse By meane of this derth scarcytie mych poore people dyed for hunger and many of dyuerse countreys of Englande came vnto the citye and nere there aboute for comforte of vytayll for yt then was better chepe in London then in many shyres of England there aboute And soone after was the forenamed Iohn̄ Mansell made knyghte chefe iustyce of England IN thys .xli. yere also y e kynge about the feast of saynt Barna be in the moneth of Iuny kepte hys hyghe courte of parlyament at hys towne of Oxenforde Thys of some wryters is named insane parliamentum that is to meane the woode or madde parlyament For at this counsayll were made many actys agayne the kynges prerogatyue pleasure for the reformacion of the state of the lande whyche after prouyd to the cōfusyon and hurte of the lande deth and destruccyon of many noble men so that by occasyon therof began the famouse stryfe callyd at thys day the Barons warre wherof ensued mych myschefe as hereafter shal be shewyd and declared more at large Then as aboue is sayde to auoyde the enormytes and to refourme the euyll rule then vsyd in the lande by suche personys as dayly were about the kynge many and dyuerse ordynaunces were made wherof the tenoure is sette oute in the ende of this boke wherunto the kynge somdeale agayne hys wyll wyth syr Edwarde hys sonne and other agreed And for these actys shulde be holden ferme stable at thys parlyament was chosyn .xii. Perys whyche were named Douze Peris to whō authorite was gyuen by strength of this parliamēt to correcte all such as offendyd in brekynge of these ordinaūces and other by the sayd twelue Perys after to be deuysed and orderyd touchyng and cōcernynge y e same mater purpose Of whyche .xii. Perys the names ensue Fyrste the archebyshop of Caunterburye the byshoppe of worceter syr Roger Bygotte then erle of Norffolk and marshall of Englande syr Symonde de Moūtforde erle of Leyceter syr Rychard Clare erle of Glouceter syr Humfrey Bothum-erle of Herforde of warwyke and of Arundell syr Iohn̄ Mansell chefe iustyce of Englande syr Roger Mortymer syr Hugh Bygraue syr Petyr de Sauoy syr Iamys Audeley and syr Peter de Mountforde And for the kynges brother vppon the moders syde that is to saye syr Eym erle of wynchester syr wyllyam de Ualaūce syr Godfrey de Lindesey and syr Guyde Lyndesey wold not assente vnto the foresayde ordynaunces they wythdrew them toward the see syde wyth suche stuffe as they hadde and wold haue departyd y e land yf they myght then haue had shyppynge for lacke wherof they were fayne to retourne and so yode vnto wynchester But yt was not longe after that they were lycensyd to departe the lande wyth a certayne companye and a certayne summe of money to paye for theyr costys and theyr daye sette by Bartylmew tyde to auoyde vppon payne of prysonement whyche daye by them was kepte It was not longe after the fynysshynge of this parlyament but that stryfe and varyaūce began to kyndle betwene the kynge and the erlys of Leyceter and of Glouceter by meane of such offycers as the sayd erles had remouyd and put other in theyr romys Amonge the whyche Iohan Māsell
gathered a stronge power weÌ„t into y t prouince subdued y c sayd Lewelyn And after retourned ordeyned certayne newe lawes for y e welth of y c realme whych are to loÌ„ge here to reherce AmoÌ„g the whych one was y t bakers makinge brede lackyng the weyghte assygned after the pryce of corne shuld fyrst be punysshed by losse of hys brede and the seconde tyme by prysonemente and the thyrdly by the correccyon of the Pyllory and millers for steling of corne to be chastised by the tuÌ„brell And thys to be put in execucyon he gaue auctorytie to all mayres bayliffes and other offycers thorugh Englande and specyally to the mayre of London Anno domini M.CC.lxxiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CC.lxxv  Lucas Patencourt  Gregory Rokkisle  Anno .iii.  Henry Frowyke  IN the thyrde yere the kyng coÌ„fermed the lybertyes of y c cytie of London and graunted to theÌ„ som newe And thys yere he helde hys great court of parlyamente at westmynster and gaue monycyon to Lewelyn prynce of walys to come vnto the same the whyche presuÌ„ptuously that denyed wherfore the kyng after Easter entred agayue into walys so warred vppon Lewelyne that he was coÌ„streyned to submyt hym vnto the kynges grace and opteyned it wyth greate difficultye Then kyng Edwarde buylded the castel of Flynt and strenghthyd the castell of Rutlande and other with Englysshe men to kepe the walshemem in due obedyence and toke of theyr prynce a greate summe of money whych of some wryters is named .l. M. â—i and of some .l. M. marke of some other lasse so retourned into Englande In thys yere one water Haruy whych the fyrste yere of thys kynge after longe contrauersie and stryfe y t he had kept with y e aldermen of LoÌ„don at a folkmote kepte at Poules crosse was made mayre of London and so contynued to the hurte of the cytye that yere thys yere was he accused of dyuers periuries other detestable dedes coÌ„trary hys othe For the whyche for makynge of assembles of the commons whiche fauoured hym in hys yll dedes he was depryued of hys aldermanshyppe and counsayle of the cytye for euer fouÌ„de suertye of twelf honeste persones that he shulde be good of berynge for kepyng of y e kynges peas within the cytye for terme of hys lyfe after Anno domini .xii. C.lxxv  Anno domini M.CC.lxxvi  IohnÌ„ Horne  Gregory Rokkysle  Anno .iiii.  Rauffe Blount  IN thys .iiii. yere of kynge Edwarde Michael Tony whych in tyme of warre had wyth the walsh men demeaned hym otherwyse than stode with his trouth and alegeauÌ„ce was accused of treason and therof arreygned iuged and daÌ„pned after was drawen hanged quartered And thys yere was the statute of Mortmayne enacted fyrste whyche is to meane that no man shulde gyue into the chyrch any landes or reÌ„tes wythout a specyal lycence of y e kyng whyche acte syne that tyme hath ben more strongly enacted and deuysed wyth many addycyons thereunto augmented or annexyd Anno domini .xii. C.lxxvi  Anno domini M.CC.lxxvii  Robert Bracy  Gregory Rokkisle  Anno .v.  Rauffe Fenour  IN this .v. yere of the reygne of kyng Edwarde pope Nycholas the thyrde of that name made doctour Robert kylwarby than beynge archebysshop of Caunterbury a cardynal of Rome and admytted to that see a frere named doctour Iohan Pekham And in thys yere the kyng gaue vnto Dauyd brother to Lewelyne prynce of walys the lordshyppe of Froddesham The whyche Dauyd dwelled in the kynges court and dyd vnto hym plesaunte seruyce to the entent to spye the kynges secret couÌ„sayll And yf any thynge were spoken or done to the hurte of hys brother that he therof myghte gyue to hym warnynge as after by hys dede appered Anno dnÌ„i M.CC.lxxvii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CC.lxxviii  Iohan Adryan  Gregory Rokkysle  Anno .vi.  walter Langely  IN thys .vi. yere the kyng commaunded the courtes of his lawes as y e kniges beÌ„che y t chauÌ„cery y c comoÌ„ place the excheker to be remoued vnto Shrewysbury where Myghelmas terme was holdeÌ„ kept but agayne Hillary terme y t bokes officers was coÌ„termauÌ„ded agayn to west mynster to be there holdé In whych caryeng of y e recordes to fro they by reason of great pleÌ„te of rayne whiche in y t season fyl caught great hurt were fore defaced in so moche y t the bokes were greatly imperysshed y e clerkes had great laboure to brynge them to theyr former state Anno domini .xii. C.lxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CC.lxxix  Robert Basynge  Gregory Rokkysle  Anno .vii.  wyllyam Mazerer  IN this .vii. yere the kyng held hys parlyament at London whyche was chefely set for the reformacion of the kynges coygne which was clypped in suche wyse that yt was therby wonderfully mynyshed and empayred In the season of this parlyameÌ„t many of the Iewes of LoÌ„don and other places were taken and put in holde for money clyppyng And in December folowyng certayn enqÌ„stes were charged in LoÌ„don to enquyre of the sayd Iewes and other that so hadde blemyshed the kynges coygne By the whyche enquestes the Iewes of the cytye wyth dyuerse goldesmythes that kepte exchange of syluer were indyted And the mondaye folowynge the Purifycacion of our lady the mayre wyth dyuers iustices of the lande sat at London where before them was caste .ii. hundred .lxxx. and .xvii. persones Of the whych but .iii. englysh men and all the other were Iewes and Iewes borne all be yt that many of theym were borne in England and therfore of some wryters they be named Englyshe Iewes the whyche were all at sondry times places put in execucyon In this yere also began the foundacyon of the chyrche of the freer prechour or blacke freres by Ludgate by theyr founder And in this yere the town of Bosten was greatly blemyshed wyth fyre Anno domini M.CC.lxxix  Anno domini M.CC.lxxx  Thomas Box.  Gregory Rokkysle  Anno .viii.  Rauffe More  IN thys .viii. yere the kynge caused in syluer the halfe peny to be coygned where before tyme other coygnes of metall raÌ„ne among the people to theyr great noyaunce and losse and farthynges of syluer were also coygned the selfe tyme. And the wynter folowynge aboute the daye of saynte Denys or the .ix. daye of October fell suche plence of snowe that thereof ensued myche harme Anno domini M.CC.lxxx  Anno domini M.CC.lxxxi  wyllyam Faryngdon  Gregory Rokkysle  Anno .ix.  Nycholas wynchester  IN thys .ix. yere of kynge Edwarde Dauid the brother of Lewelyn prynce of walys the whych as ye before haue harde dwelled in the kynges courte to knowe the kyuges counsayll and therof enforme his brother wheÌ„ he had that he wayted for he secretly gat hym into walys to his brother and hym excyted agayn the kyng
Leycester whych after grewe to the great dysturbauÌ„ce of dyuers townes of Englande and specyally of the cytye of London as after some dele shall appere Anno domini M.CC.lxxxiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CC.lxxxv  Stephen CornÌ„hyll  Gregory Rokesle  Anno .xiii.  Robert Rokesby  IN thys .xiii. yere vpon the day of the conuersioÌ„ of saynt Paule or y e .xxv. day of Ianuarii y e kynge ceased the fraunchese and lybertyes into hys handes and discharged the mayre of London thaÌ„ beyng Gregory Rokkisle admytted for custos or gardeyn of the cytye StephaÌ„ SaÌ„dewyche The whyche contynued in that offyce tyll the moÌ„day folowyng the puryfycacyon of our Lady At whyche season the sayd StephaÌ„ was dyscharged and syr IohnÌ„ BretonÌ„ knyght charged for the resydue of y e yere The cause of thys dyspleasure that the kyng had vnto the cytye is nat shewed of no certaynte But in an olde panflete it appereth that the sayd Gregory Rokkisley toke certayne brybes of the bakers and suffered them to sell brede lackynge .vi. vnces or .vii. oz in a peny lofe for y e whyche the kynge shuld be sore dyspleased But yet to me it semeth no conuenyent cause to sease the lybertyes of the cytie for the offence of one man wherfore it is to presuppose y t it was for a more greuous cause And in this yere was fully fynisshed and ended the new werke of y e chyrch of westmynster vnto the ende of the quere begonne as before is shewed in the thyrde yere of the .iii. HeÌ„ry By whyche reason it shuld apere y t thys chyrche shuld be in edyfyenge vpon lxvi yeres Of the fyrste fundacyon of thys chyrche are dyuers opinioÌ„s For as before is shewed in y e thyrde Chapytre of the story of Carce and v. parte of thys werke thys chyrche was fyrste founded by a cytezeyne of LondoÌ„ and after reedyfyed by saynt Edwarde and lastly by kynge HeÌ„ry the .iii. But in the same abbey of west mynster where of lykelyhode y e most certaynte is to be had it is regystred that thys sayd chyrche was a temple of the Brytons longe or they receyued the fayth of Chryste And in the tyme of theyr crysten kynge Lucius it was hallowed of Augustyne hys felowes And secundaryly it was reedyfyed by Sebertus than kynge of Estsaxons or Essex aboute the tyme whan Ethelbert kyng of Kent buylded saynt Paules chyrch of LondoÌ„ whyche was after the tyme that Lucyus receyued the fayth of Chryste vppon .iiii. C. yeres Than thyrdly it was buylded by saynt Edwarde the confessoure whiche reygned vpon CCCC and .xl. yeres after the sayde Sebertus And fourthly or lastly by the foresayd Henry y e thyrde whiche began his reygne after the dethe of saynt Edwarde C.l. yeres Anno domini .xii. C.lxxxv  Anno domini M.CC.lxxxvi  walter Blount  Rauffe Sandewyche  Anno .xiiii.  Iohan wade  IN the .xiiii. yere of kynge Edwarde at a parliament holden at westmynster were made y t statutes called Additamenta Gloucestrie whiche is to meane addicioÌ„s of statutes made and put to suche as before tyme were made at y e parlyameÌ„t holdeÌ„ at Glouceter The which statutes were made to refourme suche ê‘sones as mysused the landes and tenementes commynge to them by reason of y e dower or landes of theyr wyues so that the the chyldren of the seconde husbande putt by y e ryghtfull enherytoures or suche as were nexte alyed vnto the fyrst donours By reason of whiche statutes and addicions now in this parliameÌ„t made suche mysorder was refourmed In this yere or nere there aboute in a towne of Almayne called Traiect many men and women as wytnesseth y e auctour of Cronica cronicarum were dauÌ„syng vpoÌ„ a brydge whiche lay ouer a ryuer called Moose In whiche tyme of theyr dysporte dauÌ„synge came by a preest berynge the sacrameÌ„t towarde a seke man wherof the sayd men and women beynge in reuell toke no regarde vnto the sacrament nor dyd to it any honour reuerence But were it by the wreche of god or otherwyse shortly after the preest was passed ouer the brydge brake by meanes wherof nere vnto the nombre of CC. persones were drowned And aboute this same season in the couÌ„tre called in Englysshe the Swetezers a woman was delyuered of a chylde that from y e nauyll vpwarde had .ii. complete bodyes as iiii armes and two hedes with two bodyes to the wast and downeward but .ii. legges the whiche with y e fore sayd armes be clypped eyther others body And an other woman bare a chylde or a monstre wherof the heed and the face was lyke vnto a man all the body lyke vnto a lyon with tayle and fete and all other fetures accordynge to the same In this yere also a cytezyn of London named Thomas Pywylesdon y t whiche in y e tyme of y e barons warre before in the story of kynge Henry shewed had ben a capytayne and a great styrrer of the commons of the sayd cytie for to maynteyne the barons partie agayne the kynge was newly accused that he with other of euyll dysposycyon shulde make conuentycles and assembles to the newe dystourbaunce of the cytie wherof reporte was made vnto the kynge the whiche remytted the enquery therof vnto syr Rauffe Sandewyche than custos or gardeyne of the cytie TheÌ„ the sayde Thomas with other was putte in sure kepynge tyll the mater were duly enquyred of After whiche inquysycyon made and founde reporte was made vnto the kynge Then the kyng sent downe a wrytte and commaunded it to be proclaymed shortly after within the boundes of the cytye wherof the effecte was thus that the sayde Thomas PywelysdoÌ„ wylyam de Heywoode Rycharde de Coundris Rycharde le Cofferre Robert de Derby Albyne de Darby wyllyam Mayo Mercer and Iuo Lyng Draper with diuers other to y e noÌ„bre of .l. persones shuld be banysshed out of y t cytye for euer And if any of the sayd .lviii. persones were at that tyme of the proclamacioÌ„ voyded y e cytye for fere or otherwyse that they shuld so remayne and nat to retourne vnto the cytie vpoÌ„ payne of lyfe losynge In thys yere also where as of olde tyme longe before thys season y e marchauntes strauÌ„gers commynge with theyr marchaundyse were lodged within cytezeyns of the cytye of London and solde all theyr marchaundyses by the procuryng of hys host for the whyche hys sayd hoost had a certayne of euery .li by meanes of the sayd marchauntes strauÌ„gers it was at thys daye brought to passe y t they myght hyre to theÌ„ houses for to dwel in and for stowage of theyr wares so that no cytezeyne shulde entermedle hym with the sayd strauÌ„gers nor yet theyr wares by meane whereof they vsed many disceytes bothe i vtterauÌ„ce of false wares and also by theyr weyghtes whyche they vsed in theyr owne houses to the great hurt of the hole realme of Englande wherfore sodaynly serche was made and
sore warreyd of the Frenche kynge in somoche that he hadde wonne the towne of Margquet and the countre theraboute And for to put the sayde Guy vnto the more trouble the sayd Frenche kynge caused Robert erle of Artoys to inuade the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„dres toward Pycardy encountred with y e sayd Guy nere vnto a towne called Furnes wher atwene y e said .ii. erles was foughteÌ„ a sharpe bataâ—l so that many men were slayne vpon bothe partyes After whiche fyght the Erle of Flaunders spedde hym towarde Gaunt where as kynde Edwarde than soiourned the erle of Artoys drewe hym towarde y e FreÌ„che kynge the whiche shortly after was receyued into the towne of Bruges In whiche tyme and season whyle y e sayd .ii. kynges laye thus at eyther towne a meane of peas was there treated of so that fynally a peas was coÌ„cluded atwene the .ii. kynges and atwene the Frenche kynge and Guy erle of FlauÌ„ders vnto the feest of all sayntes than next ensuenge And froÌ„ that day vnto the feast of all sayntes thaÌ„ .ii. yeres folowyng After whiche peas so stablysshed kynge Edwarde departed from the towne of Gaunte yode to Burdeaux And y e Frenche kynge retourned into Fraunce And prysoners were delyuered on bothe partyes In this tyme and season whyle kynge Edwarde was thus occupyed in FlauÌ„ders the Scottes by the entysement of the Frenche kynge to the entent to cause kynge Edwarde to kepe his countre that he shulde nat ayde the erle of Flaunders beganne to make warre vpon the kynges soudyours whiche y e kynge had lafte there in dyuers holdes And also entred vpon y e borders of NorthuÌ„berlande made sharpe warre vpon the inhabytauntes of that countre And for that syr IohnÌ„ Bayloll theyr kynge after some wryters was at y â— tyme prysoner in the towre of London or els voyded the couÌ„tre for fere of the kynge of Englande therfore the sayde Scottes made them a capytayne the whiche was named wyllyam waleys a man of vnknowen or lowe byrth to whom they obeyed as vnto theyr kynge Anone as y e kynge herde of the rebellyon of the Scottes which to hym was no great wonder consyderynge theyr greate vnstedfastnesse he wrote his letters vnto syr HeÌ„ry Persy erle of NorthuÌ„berlande to syr wyllyam Latymer and to syr Hugh Cressyngham than tresourer of Englande and to other that they in all goodly haste shulde make prouysyon to withstande the Scottes The whiche persones after receyte of the kynges letters spedde them all in spedy maner so that they entred Scotlande shortly after and coÌ„pelled y e Scottes to returne backe vnto a towne named Streuelyn where iÌ„ a skyrmyssh foughteÌ„ atwene the Englysshe and the Scottes syr Hugh Cressyngham forenamed with dyuers Englysshemen was slayne But yet the Scottes were holden so strayte of the Englysshe hoost that after that skyrmysshe they wolde nat of a certayne tyme come in playne felde but kepte theym within theyr castelles and stroÌ„ge holdes And this yere atwene Easter and wytsontyde certayne ê‘sones of LondoÌ„ brake vp the tunne in the warde of Cornhyll and toke out certayne persones that thyder were commytted by syr IohnÌ„ Bryton then custos or gardeyn of the cytie for nyght walkynge For y â— whiche ryot the sayde persones that is to meane Thomas Romayne and viii other were afterwarde greuously punysshed as fyrst by prysonmeÌ„t and after by fynes And this yere the kynge in y e moneth of October came into EnglaÌ„de and so to wynchester where the cytezyns of London made suche laboure vnto his grace that shortly after they opteyned graunte of theyr lyberties and fraunchyses that had in some parte be kepte from them by y e terme of .xii. yeres more So that vpon the daye of the translacyon of saynt Edwarde kynge and confessour next folowyng they chase them a mayre of them selfe where by all the foresayd tyme theyr custos or gardeyn was appoynted by y e kyng or by suche as y e kyng wold assygne But ye shall vnderstande that this was not redemed without great summes of money For after some wryters the cytezyns payde for it to the kynge .iii M. marke Also this yere kyng Edwarde put out of his proteccyon certayne Alyauntes whiche were rychely benefyced in England The cause was for the sayd alyauntes wolde nat ayde y e kynge with theyr goodes as y e other of his lande dyd but purchased an inibicyon of pope Boniface the .viii that they and theyr goodes shulde be fre from all the kynges dymes or taskys Therfore y e kyng ceased theyr temporaltyes and suffered theÌ„ with theyr spyritualtes tyl they were agreed with the kynge Anno domini M.CC.xcviii  Anno domini M.CC.xcix  Richarde Reffham  Henry waleys  Anno .xxvii.  Thomas Sely.  IN this .xxvi. yere after Chrystmasse certayne persones made a dyggyng and a serche in y e churche of saynt Martynes le grauÌ„de in LoÌ„don for certayne tresoure that there shulde be hydde as it was reported of a gardiner But theyr labour was in vayne for nothynge was there founde For the whiche dede y e deane of Poules the seconde sonday of lent folowynge denounced all theÌ„ accursed that were at that dede doynge or consentynge to the same In this yere aboute y e begynnyng of Aprell the kynge rode towarde Scotlande and appoynted his lordes with theyr companyes to mete with hym at yorke where with hym met a great hoost y t whiche he ladde into Scotlande and brent and spoyled the countre as he went and taryed a season at Barwyke And from thens he spedde hym in wynnynge of the townes and castelles as he went tyll he came nere to a towne named Fawkyrk or Fankyrk where vpon y e day of mary Magdaleyne or y e .xxii. day of Iulii met with hym y e power of Scotlande and gaue vnto hym a sore fyght But in the ende the vyctory fyll vnto the EnglysshmeÌ„ so that of the Scottes were slayne in y e felde as affyrme dyuers wryters ouer the nombre of .xxxii. M. and of Englysshmen but barely .xxviii. persones After whiche scomfyture the Scottes yelded to the kynge the more partye of the stronge holdes castelles that they tofore had holden agayne hym and made vnto hym newe othe and promysse and yelded them selfe vnto his grace and mercy And whan he had set that countre in an ordre and rule he thaÌ„ retourned into EnglaÌ„de and so to LoÌ„don where by y e aduyce of some of his counsayll he sodeynly daÌ„pned certayn coynes of money called pollardes crocardes rosaries caused theÌ„ to be broughte to newe coynage to his great aduauÌ„tage ye haue before herde in that other yere how that a truce or a peas was stablysshed at wene the kynge and y e kynge of Fraunce for the space of .ii. yeres and more the whiche fynally was concluded this yere that kynge Edwarde for a peas to be had bytwene both regyons shulde take vnto wyfe Margarete the suster of Philip
le Beawe then kynge of Fraūce The whyche Margarete whyle the kyng was in Scotlāde was brought vnto Douer and so vnto Caunterbury where the kyng spoused her in the moneth of Septembre as wytnesseth the Frenche cronycle and receyued of her in processe of tyme folowyng two sonnes named Thomas and Edmunde and a doughter named Margarete The fyrste of the sonnes was surnamed Thomas of Brothertō and the seconde Edmūde wodestoke Anno domini M.CC.xcix  Anno dn̄i M.CCC  Iohn̄ Armenter  Elys Russell  Anno .xxviii.  Henry Fryngeryth  IN thys .xxviii. yere the kynge herynge of the vntrowth and rebellyon of the scottes made the .iii. vyage into Scotlāde and bare hym so knyghtly that in shorte processe after hys commynge he subdued the more parte of the lande And after he sped hym vnto the castell of Estryuelyn wherin were many of the greate lordes of Scotlande and enuyroned the sayd castel with a strōg siege But he laye there somwhat oftyme without wynnynge of any great aduauntage or hurte doynge vnto the scottes wherfore of polycy he caused to be made .ii. payre of galowes in y e syght of the castell and after cōmaūded proclamacyons to be cryed that yf the scottes by a certayn day wolde yelde that castell to the kynge they shuld haue lyfe lym̄e And yf nat but that he wanne it by strength as many as were within the sayd castel shuld be hāged vpon those gybettes none astate nor persone to be excepted In processe of tyme whan y e scottes had well dygestyd thys proclamacyon and sawe the strength of theyr enemyes cōsydered theyr owne feblenes lak of socoure they assented fynally to yelde theym theyr castell vnto the kyng whyche shortly after was done wherof kyng Edwarde beyng possessed stuffed it with Englissh knyghtes after toke a newe othe of the lordes and capytaynes the whyche he founde closed within that castell of trewe feythfull allegeaūce after sufferyd them to go where theym lyked And whan wyllyam walys whych as before is sayd pretended the rule gouernaunce of Scotlande harde tell that the stronge castell of Estryuelyne was yelden vnto kynge Edwarde that lordes and knyghtes therin founden in whyche he moche affyed were sworne to the kynges allegeaunce he feryd sore leste y e sayd company wolde betray hym bring hym vnto y e kyng wherfore he with hys adherentes withdrewe hym into the mareyses other daūgerous places where he thoughte he was in suertye for pursuynge of the kynges hooste Then the poore commons of the lande presented theym by great companyes and put theym holy in the kynges grace mercy so that the kynge thought then that he was in peasyble possessyon or in a greate suertye of the lande wherfore after he had caused to be sworn vnto hym the rulers of dyuers borughes cytyes townes with other offycers of the lande he retourned vnto Berwyke so into Englande and lastly vnto westmynster In thys tyme season that y e kyng was thus occupyed aboute his warres in Scotlande the quene was cōueyed vnto London Agayne whom the cytezyns vpon the nombre of .vi. C. rode ī one lyuerey of rede whyte with the conysaunce of dyuers mysteryes brodered vpon theyr sleues and receyued her .iiii. myles without the cytie so conueyed her thorugh y ◠cytie whiche then was garnysshed and behanged with tapettes arras and other clothes of sylke and ryches in most goodly wyse vnto westmynster and there lodged whan the kynge this yere retourned out of Scotlande he caused shortly after an inquysycyon to be made thorugh his lande the whiche after was named Troilbaston̄ This was made vpon al offycers as mayres shyreffes baylyffes excheters many other that had mysborne them in theyr sayd offyces and had extorcioned or mystreated y e kynges lyege people otherwyse than was accordynge with the good ordre of theyr sayd offyces By meane of whiche inquisicyon many were accused and redemed theyr offyces by greuous fynes to the kynges great lucre and auauntage Other meanes were foūdē also as forfaites again y e crowne the whiche broughte great summes of money to the kynges cofers towarde the great charge of his warres y t he susteyned in wales Fraūce and Scotlande as before is shewed this yere also the kynge for cōplaynt that was brought vnto hym by mayster walter Langton bysshop of Chester of syr Edwarde his eldest sone for that he with Pyers of Gaueston̄ and other insolent persones had broken the sayde parke of the sayde bysshop ryottously destroyed y e game within it he therfore inprysoned the sayd syr Edwarde his son̄e with his complyces And in processe of tyme after when the kynge was thorughly enformed of y e lassiuyous wantō disposiciōs of the sayd Pyers of Gaueston̄ for that he shulde nat enduce the forenamed syr Edwarde to be of lyke dysposycyon he therfore banysshed the sayd Pyer of Gaueston̄ out of Englande for euer But after the dethe of kynge Edwarde y e banysshmente was soone denulled by Edward his sone wherof ensued moche harme and trouble as after shal be shewed Anno domini M.CCC  Anno dn̄i M.CCCi  Luke Hauerynge  Elys Russell  Anno .xxix.  Rycharde Champeis  IN this .xxix. yere of kynge Edwarde dyed Edmunde erle of Cornewayle the sonne of Rycharde somtyme erle of the sayd coūtre and kynge of Almayne without yssue wherfore that erledome retourned agayne to the crowne of Englande And in this yere the kynge gaue vnto syr Edwarde his sone the pryncypate of wales and ioyned there vnto the sayd erledome of Cornewayle Anno dn̄i M.CCC.i  Anno dn̄i M.iii. C.ii.  Robert Caller  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxx.  Peter Bosham  IN thys .xxx. yere the kyng helde hys greate counsayll of parlyamente at hys cytye of Caunterbury Anno domini M.CCC.ii  Anno domini M.CCC.iii  Hugh Pourt  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxi.  Symon Parys  Anno domini .xiii. C.iii.  Anno domini .xiii. C.iiii.  wyllam Combmartyn  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxii.  Iohn̄ de Burfforde  Anno domini M.CCC.iiii  Anno domini M.CCC.v.  Rogyer Parys  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxiii.  Iohn̄ Lyncoln̄  IN this .xxxiii. yere wyllyā waleys that vnto the kyng hadde done so many dyspleasures and treasons agayne the trouth and allegeaunce of hys othe as some deale before is shewed was takē at the town named saint Domynyk in Scotlād and sent vnto London and there arraygnyd and vpon the euyn of saynt Bartylmewe drawen hanged and quartered and hys hedde set vppon London brydge and hys .iiii. quarters sent into Scotlande there hāged vpon the gates of certayne townes of the lāde And at Myghelmas folowynge the kynge holdynge hys parlyament at westmynster thyder came out of Scotlande the bysshop of saint Andrewes Robert le Bruze syr Symon de Frysell erle of Dunbarre syr Iohn̄ of
and .iii. and iiii chapyters of the same was sonne vnto Charles brother of saynte Lowys kyng of Scicill And the forenamed kynge of AragoÌ„ that hym vppon the abouesayd coÌ„dicioÌ„s thus delyuered was sonne vnto Peter kyng of AragoÌ„ whych as before in the storye of y e foresayd thyrd Philip helde warre with hym with y e sayd Charles This prince of Salerne was also named Charles after the name of his father the whych after hys admyssioÌ„ of y e pope was crowned kyng of Scicil in y e cytie of Palermo soone after defended the laÌ„de knyghtly agayne the AragoÌ„s with helpe of the FreÌ„che men by the terme of .v. yeres after At whych termes ende AlphoÌ„s thaÌ„ kyng of AragoÌ„ dyed Iaques or Iames to whome the foresayd Alphons had be take the rule of Scicill held warre with the forenamed Charles was as brother next heyre vnto the crowne of AragoÌ„ admitted kynge of y e regyon After whych admissioÌ„ he shortly after coÌ„cluded a peas with y e sayde Charles redelyuered vnto hym all suche hostages pledges as hys brother AlphoÌ„s had before tyme of hym receyued for kepyng of the former coÌ„uencions And for a more stablysshemeÌ„t of the same peas y e sayd Iames toke to wyfe one of the doughters of the sayde Charles About the .vi. yere of the reygne of this Philip certayne sowdyours of Fraunce to the nombre of .xv. hondreth whyche were sent by the procurement of pope Nycholas the fourth vnto Acrys to fortifye that towne coÌ„trary the truce betwene the crysten the Sowdan before concluded for y e terme of .ii. yeres brake oute of the towne and castelles adioynant and spoyled and robbed suche Sarazyns as to that towne were dwelling nere and dyd vnto them all the sorowe shame that they myght wherof the Sowdan hauynge knowlege was therwith greatly amoued But yet or he wolde atteÌ„pte any warre agayn the crysten he sent vnto the captayne of the cytye of Acone wylled hym to sende vnto hym suche persones as had broken the peace and done that iniurye to hys people And yf he it refused he sente them worde he shulde nat blynne tyll he had dystroyed theÌ„ as lately before he had done the inhabytauntes of the cytye of Tryple But they sette hys manace at noughte for so moche as they thoughte them able to withstande hys malyce Upon whyche answere the Sowdan made great prouysyon to besiege the sayd cytye In whyche passe tyme in FrauÌ„ce was borne of dame IohaÌ„ne or Iane than quene of Fraunce Lowys the kynges eldest sonne that after his father was kyng of Fraunce when the Sowdan had prepared all thyng necessary for that iournay he sped hym wyth an innumerable multytude of Sarazyns towarde y e cytye of Acon or Acris In whyche iournay he was taken with so greuous sykenesse that he knew well he shulde shortly dye wherfore he callynge before hym hys admyralles charged a certayne of theym to kepe forthe theyr iourney towarde Acon whyle the remenaunt retourned into Egypt there to create hys sonne Sowdan After whyche creacyon he charged them that they shulde cause hys sayde sonne to haste hym vnto y e sayd siege soone after dyed Then all thynges was ordeyned as he before had deuysed and y e cytie was besegyd with a stronge hoost of Sarazyns the whyche assauted yt cruelly by the space of .vi. wekes In whyche season the crysten defended it so manfully that the Sarazyns myght therof gette none aduauÌ„tage At the ende of thys .vi. wekes came the yonge Sowdan wyth a fresshe hoost the whyche made such a dynne and noyse wyth theyr tabours hornys and other mynstrelsy that they at those dayes vsed that it was hydous ferefull to here And after they had rested theym .ii. dayes and prepared for the ryggynge of theyr ordenaunce they assauted the cytye xiiii dayes contynually In whyche season moche people was slayne vpoÌ„ bothe partyes but the more nombre of the cytye For by the vyolence of theyr ordenaunce they ouer threwe moche housynge within the cytye where with moche people were oppressed and slayne aswell maÌ„ as woman chylde At the ende of thys .xiiii. dayes when the rulers of the cytye had seen the harme that they had receyued by thys fyers and cruell assaute aswell in losse of theyr sowdyours as of the great enpeyrynge of theyr wallys other defences of theyr cytye they feryd sore for y â— whych they of one asseÌ„t coÌ„dysseÌ„ded sent soone after by theyr shyppes a great noÌ„bre of olde men womeÌ„ chyldren vnapt for y e warre with y e reliques treasours of y e cytie into Sicill It was nat loÌ„ge after or y e Sarazyns made a newe assaute y â— coÌ„tinued .iiii. days by meane wherof the cytye was sore defaced Then the kyng of Cyprys whych at y â— day was there as one of the chyef rulers in the cytye fayned hym lyke wherfore in y e nyght folowyng desyryng a knyght of the cytye to kepe hys watche he cowardly shamefully with .iiii. M. meÌ„ toke shipping sayled thens leuyng the cytye in all daunger Uppon the morowe whan the certaynte of thys was knoweÌ„ the patryarke of Hierusalem with other there laft to the noÌ„bre of .vii. M. or therupoÌ„ sent vnto y e SowdaÌ„ for a trewce for .ii. moneths But none they myghte purchase therfore they defendyd them in y e best maner they myght But shortly after for lak of defeÌ„ce vpon the wallys the Sarazyns fylled the dykes so soon after upoÌ„ the .xxv. day of May ê‘force entred in the cytye slewe such people therin as they there fouÌ„de Than the Sowdan gaue the pray of y e cytie vnto hys knyghtes after spoylyng of the same caused the wallys toures to be rased vnto the grouÌ„de the houses aswell churches temples all other were clerely breÌ„t distroyed And thus was y e noble cytie of Acris whych is also called Tholomayda subuerted the whyche was the chyef porte or hauyn towne for crysteÌ„ meÌ„ to lande at when any hoste or power of them shuld entre into the holy laÌ„de had coÌ„tynued for the more partye in the possessioÌ„ of cristeÌ„ meÌ„ by the terme of C.lx. yeres and aboue IN the .vii. yere of thys kynge Phylyp the erle of Armenake was accused of certayne poyntes of treason by syr Raymonde Barnade erle of Foyz where vpon a day of batayll betwene these .ii. erles was appoynted to be foughten at Gysours in the kynges presence and of hys barony But after by the great instauÌ„ce laboure made by syr Robert erle of Artoys y e batayll was fordone In the .vii. yere of hys reygne he gadered a great talke of his coÌ„moÌ„s And in the yere foresayde at a feaste holden at CoÌ„peyne he made aboue vi score knyghtes And in the .x. yere y e glorious confessoure saynt Lowys grandfather vnto this Philip was the day folowynge saynt Bartylmew the apostle
at his sendyng to come in all spedy wyse But so soone as the sayde syr Godfrey was nere vnto the towre a busshment of sawdyoures were sente out at a possterne the whiche closed hym and his Frenchemen vpon all sydes slewe of them many Amonge the whiche syr Henry de Boys knyght with syr Gautyer de Ualence and syr Robert of Beuuays knyghtes were slayne And the sayd syr Godfrey taken sore wounded and the lorde of Mountmorency escaped with great dauÌ„ger the whithe gaue warnynge vnto the other company and returned theym into Fraunce Than the sayd Godfrey de Charney was layde vpon aborde and so presented vnto kynge Edwarde the whiche had suche pyte of hym that he coÌ„maunded his owne surgyons to loke vnto hym and to cure hym in theyr best maner And whaÌ„ he was somdeale cured he was sente as a prysoner with other into Englande In this yere also the kynge caused to be coyned grotes halfe grotes the whiche lacked of the weyght of his former coyne .ii. s. vi d. in a li. Troy And aboute the ende of August sessed the mortalyte or dethe in London y e whiche was so vehemet and sharpe within y e sayd cytie that ouer the bodyes buried in churches and churcheyerdes monasteries and other accumed buryeng places was buryed that same yere in the charterhouse yerde of London .l. M. persones and aboue This yere also was y e yere of Iubile or clene remyssyon whiche is kept at Rome at euery .l. wynter ende lyke as the yere of Iubile or grace is contynued at Cauntorbury And thys yere by the laboure of two cardynalles sent from pope ClemeÌ„t the .vi was a peace coÌ„cluded bytwene the two kynges of Englande of FrauÌ„ce for a yere nere vnto the owne of Caleys wherefore the stablysshynge of the sayde peace for the sayde yere assembled the two sayde cardynalles And for the kynge of Englande the bysshoppe of Norwyche than treasourer and chyefe chanceller of the kynge with other vnto hym by the kynge assygned And for the Frenche kynge was there the bysshop of Laone and the abbot of saynt Denys wyth other And the .xxiii. daye of the moneth of Auguste In thys yere and yere of our lorde .xiii. hundreth and fyfthty dyed Phylyppe de Ualoyes kyng of Fraunce Anno domini M.CCC.xlix  Anno domini M.CCC.l.  IohnÌ„ Notte  Rycharde Kyllyngbury  Anno .xxv.  wyllyam worcestre  IN thys .xxv. yere about y e feast of the decollacyon of saynte IohnÌ„ Baptyste in the latter ende of August a noble man of Spayne called syr Charles to whome kynge Iohan of Fraunce had newely gyueÌ„ the erledome of Angolesme entendynge to wynne some honoure vpon the Englysshemen wyth a stronge nauy of Spaynardes entrede y e Englysshe stremys and dyd moche harme vnto kynge Edwardes frendes So that the kyng about the season abouesayde mette wyth the sayde nauy vpon the cooste of wynchelsee where betwene the kynge and them was a longe and mortall fyghte to y e greate losse of moche people vppon bothe partyes But in the ende god sente vnto the kyng vyctory so that he chased hys enemyes and wanne frome theym .xxii. of theyr shyppes after moost wryters wyth many prysoners And thys yere syr Thomas of Agorne whiche as in the .xxii. yere of thys kyngê reygne toke prysoner syr Charles de Bloys and other was slayne by chaunce medle of a knyght of Fraunce or Brytayne called syr Rauffe de Caours And thys yere were solempne messangers sente vnto Rome for to conclude and parfyte the peace betwene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce So that kynge Edward shulde resygne and gyue vp all hys tytle and clayme that he made vnto the crowne of Fraunce the French kynge shulde clerely gyue vnto hym all the duchye of Guyan wyth all suche landes as at any tyme before were taken by any of hys progenytoures from it And that kyng Edwarde and hys heyres kynges shuld freely holde and occupye the sayde duchye wythout doynge of homage to any Frenche kyng after that day But the conclusyon of thys matyer was so prolonged and deferred by y â— pope and such delayes as dayly ben vsed in the courte of Rome that the erle of Derby wyth other whyche were appoynted for the kynge of Englande retourned wythoute spede of theyr cause wherfore kynge Edwarde made new prouisyoÌ„s to warre vpon kyng IohnÌ„ of Fraunce Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.li  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lii  IohnÌ„ wrothe  Andrewe Awbry  Anno .xxvi.  GybbonÌ„ Stayndrope  IN thys .xxvi. yere the castel of Guynys was yolden vnto the Englysshmen dwellynge in Caleys whyche as testyfyeth the French cronicle was done by treason of a FreÌ„ch man named Guyllyam de BeaucoÌ„roy For the whyche treason the sayd Guyllyam was shortely after put in execucyon in the towne of Amyas And about the myddell of August vppon the euyn of our Lady assumpcyon syr Guy de Neale than marshall of Fraunce wyth a stronge coÌ„pany gaue bataylle vnto the Englysshemen than beynge in Brytayn in the whych the sayde syr Guy with the lord of Brykebet and the Chaste leyne of Beaunais with many other noble men were slayne many takeÌ„ prysoners Anno domini M.CCC.li  Anno domini M.CCC.lii  IohnÌ„ Peche  Adam Fraunceys  Anno .xxvii.  IohnÌ„ Stodeney  THe somer of thys .xxvii. yere was so dry that it was many yeres after called the drye somer For from the latter ende of Marche tyll the latter ende of Iuly fyll lytell rayne or none by reason wherof many inconuenyences ensued And one thynge whyche is specyally noted corne the yere folowynge was scante whereof the pryce thys yere began to enhaunce greatly and beuys and mottons were also dere for scantnesse of grasse and pasture and that aswell was expert in Fraunce as in the I le of EnglaÌ„de Anno domini M.CCC.lii  Anno domini M.CCC.liii  IohnÌ„ welde  Adam Fraunceys  Anno .xxviii.  IohnÌ„ Lytell  IN thys .xxviii. yere kynge Edwarde holdynge hys parlyament at westmynster amonge other thynges there enacted soone after Pentecoste created the erle of Derby duke of LaÌ„castre â—yr Rauffe Stafforde was created erle of Stafforde Than thys duke of Lancastre was sent agayne ouer the see wherein the ende of this yere as witnesseth IohnÌ„ Froysarde he was appealed of the duke of Bryswyke a duke of the couÌ„tre of Almayne of certayne wordes contrary hys honoure for the whych he waged batayll with the sayd duke in the court of the Frenche kyng Than thys Henry whych of some wryters is named Henry Bolyngbroke duke of Lancastre purchased hys sauffe conduyte of the Frenche kyng and kepte hys day appoynted for that bataylle in a felde called in Frenche La preauxclers where for them was ordeyned a place lyested and cloosed in goodly wyse kynge Iohan beynge presente wyth the more parte of hys nobles of FrauÌ„ce And there came in fyrst into that feld the
bothe hoostes of bothe prynces or suche coÌ„panyes as before either of them was appointed to bryng Here if I shuld brynge in the dyuers metynges of y e sayd princes and the curyous seruices that eyther caused other to be fed serued within eyther of theyr tentes or of theyr dalyaunce or pastymes continuynge the season of their metynges and the dyuersyte of the manifolde spices and wynes whiche there was ministred at y e said season with all y e ryche apparell of the sayde pauilyons cupbordes garnysshed with plate rich iewels it wold aske a loÌ„ge tracte of tyme. But who y t is desirous to knowe or here of the cyrcumstauÌ„ce of all y e premysses let him rede y e worke of maister IohnÌ„ Froysarde made in Frenche and there he shall se euery thynge touched in an ordre And here I shall shortly touch the giftes y t were gyuen of eyther of y e princes of their lordes And fyrst king Rychard gaue vnto y e Frenche kynge an hanap or basyn of golde with an ewer to y e same ThaÌ„ againwarde y e FreÌ„che king gaue vnto him iii. staÌ„ding cuppes of golde with couers garnisshed with perle stone a shippe of golde set vpon a bere rychely garnysshed with perle stone Than at theyr seconde meting king Rycharde gaue vnto him an ouche set with so fyne stones y t it was valued at .v. C. marke sterlynge where agayne the Frenche king gaue vnto him .ii. flaggons of golde a tablet of golde and therein an ymage of saint Mychaell rychely garnisshed Also a tablet of gold with a crucifixe therin well and rychely dyght Also a tablet of golde with an ymage of the Trynite rychely set with perle and stone Also a tablet of gold with an ymage of saynt George in likewise set with perle and stone whiche all were valued at the summe of .xv. C. marke Than king Richarde seyng y e bouÌ„te of the Frenche kinge gaue to hym a bauderyke or coler of golde set with greate dyamantes rubyes and balessys beyng valued at .v. M. mark the whiche for the preciosyte thereof that it was of such an excellency and fynesse of stuffe the Frenche kynge therfore ware it aboute his necke as often as the king and he mette together Than the Frenche kyng gaue vnto hym an ouche a spyce plate of golde of great weyght and valued at .ii. M. marke Many were the ryche gyftes that were receyued of lordes and ladyes of bothe prynces Amonge the whiche specially are noted .iii. giftes whiche kyng Richarde gaue vnto the duke of OrleauÌ„ce for the which he receyued agayne of the duke trebyll the value For where his were valued at a M. marke the dukes were valued at thre thousaÌ„de marke Finally whan y e said princes hadde thus eyther solaced with other concluded all maters concernynge the abouesayde maryage the Frenche kyng delyuered vnto kyng Rycharde dame Isabell his doughter sayenge these wordes folowynge Ryght dere beloued sonne I delyuer here to you the creature y t I most loue iÌ„ this worlde next my wife my sonne besechynge y e father in heuen that it may be to his pleasure and of the weale of you and youre realme and that the amyte atwene the .ii. realmes in auoydyng of effusyon of chrysten mens blode maye be kepte inuyolet for the terme atwene vs coÌ„cluded whiche terme was .xxx. wynter as expresseth the Frenche Cronycle After whiche wordes with many thankes giuen vpon eyther parties preparacyon was made of deê‘tinge And after kynge Rycharde had conueyed the Frenche kynge towarde Arde he toke his leaue and returned vnto his wyfe The which was immediatlye with great honoure conueyed vnto Caleys and there after to the kyng spoused as before to you I haue shewed After the which solempnisacion with al honour ended the kynge with his yonge wyfe toke shyppyng and so within short whyle landed at Douer and from thens sped hym towarde London wherof the cytezens beynge warned made out certayne horsemen well appointed in one lyuetye of coloure with a conysaunce brodered vpon theyr sleues whereby euery felyshyppe was knowen from other The whyche with the Mayre and hys bretherne clothed in scarlet met the kynge and the quene vpon the Blacke hethe after due salutacyon and reuerente welcomes vnto theim made by the mouthe of the recorder the sayd cytezens conueyed the kynge vpon his wey tyll he came to Newyngton where the kynge commaunded the Mayre with his company to returne to the cytie for he with hys lordes ladyes was appointed that nyght to lye at Kenyngton It was nat longe after but that she was from Kenington brought with great pompe vnto the Towre of London At whyche season was so exceding prece at London brydge that by reason therof certayne persones were thruste to deth amonge the whyche the pryoure of Typtre a place iÌ„ Essex was one And vpon the morowe folowynge she was conueyed throughe y e cytie with all honoure that myghte be deuysed vnto westmynster there crowned quene vpon the sonday beynge than the .viii. day of Ianuary In the somer folowynge the kynge by sinistre counsell delyuered vp by a poyntement the towne of Breste in Brytayne to the duke whiche was occasyon of displeasure atwene the kyng and y e duke of Gloucestre hys vncle as in the yere folowyng shal be more clerely shewed Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxvi  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCC.lxxxxvii Goldesmythe Thomas wylforde  Adam Bame  Anno. xx  wyllyam Parker  IN this .xx. yere of kynge Rycharde and moneth of February the kinge holdynge a sumptuous feest in westmynster halle many of the soudyours whiche were newely comen from the towne of Brest foresayd presed into the hall and kepte a rome together whiche companye whan the duke of Gloucestre hadde beholden and frayned and knowen what men they were and howe the sayde towne was gyuen vppe contrary his knowlege was therewith in his mynde sore discomforted In so moche that whan the kynge was entred hys chaumbre and fewe nere vnto hym he sayde vnto the kynge Syr haue ye nat sene the felawes y t satte in so great noumbre to daye in your halle at suche a table And the kynge answered yes and axed of the duke what coÌ„pany it was To whom the duke answered saide Sir these ben youre souldyours comen from Breste and as nowe haue nothynge to take to nor knowen at howe to shyfte for theyr lyuynge and the rather for that as I am enfourmed they haue benne before tyme euyll payed Than said y e king it is nat my will but y t they shulde be well payed And if any haue cause to coÌ„playne let them shewe it vnto our tresourer and they shal be resonably answered In resonynge of this mater farther the duke said vnto the kyng Syr ye ought to put your body to payne for to wynne a stroÌ„ge holde or towne by feate of warre or ye toke vpon you to sell or delyuer any towne
Huntyngedon the whiche than was created duke of Exeter Also of the erle of Somerset was made a marques of Dorset And for the erles fyrste the lorde of westmerlande named Dane Raâ—y Neuyll was made erle of westmerlande the lorde Tresorer syr wyllyaÌ„ Scrope was made eâ—le of wylshyre and syr IohnÌ„ de Mountague was made erle of Salesbury And whan this busines was fynisshed the parlyament was remoued vnto Shrewysbury vnto Hyllarye terme where it was fynysshed to many mennes dyspleasures dysherytynge of many trewe heyres Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxvii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCC.lxxxxviii Mercer wyllyam Askeham  Rycharde whyttyngton  Anno. xxi  IohnÌ„ wodecoke  IN this .xxi. yere of kynge Rycharde the people of the lande murmured and grudged sore againe the kynge his counsell for so moche as the goodes belongynge vnto the crowne were disperblyd gyuen to vnworthy persones by occasyon whereof dyuers charges and exaccyons were put vpon the people Also for that the chefe rulers aboute the prynce were of lowe byrthe and of small reputacyon and the men of honoure were kepte out of fauoure Also for that the duke of Glouceter was secretely murdred without processe of the lawe and many thynges elles mysordered by the laste parlyament whereof the wyte and blame was layed vnto the kynge and other persones after named as well for wrongefull dysherytynge of sondrye persones at the sayde parlyamente suche as were menyall seruauntes of the foresayde duke of Gloceter and of the erles of Arundell and of warwyke contrarye hys owne proclamacyons made concernynge suche maters Also that where dyuers patentes grauntes passyd the kynges great seale as well for pardons and other great maters yet for the kynges singuler auauntage suche fewe persones as bare the rule about hym many of theym were called agayne Also where for sheryffes and other offycers of all shyres of Englande were wonte to be named .iiii. by discrete ê‘sones as iuges other of y e whiche the kyng shulde assygne two for the yere folowynge he of his owne wylle pleasure wolde refuse them chose suche .ii. as hym lyked the which he knewe well wolde lene more to his weale than to the coÌ„men weale of this lande or of his subiectes Also that where before tymes y e kynges of Englande vsed to sende out commyssyons vnto burgeses of cyties townes to chose of theyr fre lybertie suche knyghtes of the shyre as they thought mooste wealefull for the comen weale of the sayde shyre lande nowe kyng Rycharde wolde appoynte the persones and wylle them for to chose such as than he named wherby his singuler causes were preferred and the commen causes put by Also kinge Rycharde thoroughe euyll counsell commaunded by his letters vnto the sheryffes of all shyres fewe excepted that all persones of honoure within theyr countyes as well spirytuall as temporall shulde make certayne othes in generall wordes and ouer that to wryte and seale certayne bondes for perfourmaunce of the sayde othes and also for blanke chartour which many men of substaunce were constrayned to seale to theyr great charges The people contynually murmured and grudgyd for these iniuryes and many mo whyche at the tyme of his deposynge were artyculed agayne hym in .xxxviii. sondry artycles with also the rumoure that ranne vpon hym that he had letten to ferme the reueneus of y e crowne to Busshey Bogot and Grene whiche caused as well the noble men of the realme to grudge agayn hym as other of the comon people Thus coÌ„tynuynge this mysorder within the lande dyed syr IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster at the bysshoppe of Elyes place in Holborne and from thens was caried vnto saint Pouls and there vppon the north syde of y e quyre honorably buryed At whose enterremente all the chefe lordes of Englande were present For whom after was fouÌ„dyd by dame BlauÌ„che hys wyfe an honorable anniuersary as before I haue shewed in y e .xliiii. yere of Edwarde the thyrde whiche of right ought to be set in this place This yere also aboute the feste of saynt Bartholomew fell discencyon discorde bytwene y e duke of Herforde the duke of Norfolke wherfore the duke of Herforde accused y e other that he hadde taken .iiii. thousande marke of the kynges of suche money as he shulde therwith haue waged certeyne sowdyours at Caleys whiche he lefte vndone toke the same money to hys owne vse But an other wryter sayth that as y e sayde two dukes rode vppon a tyme from the parlyament towarde theyr lodgynges y e duke of Norfolke sayd vnto that other Syr se you not how varyable the kyng is in his wordes and how shamefully he putteth his lordes and kynesfolkes to deth and other exileth and holdeth in pryson wherfore full necessary it is to take kepe and not for to truste myche in hys wordes For without dowte in tyme to come he wyll by suche lyke meanes brynge vs vnto lyke deth distruccyon Of whiche wordes the sayde duke of Herforde accused that other vnto the kynge wherfore eyther wagyd batayle with other before the kynge To whom daye of metynge was gyuen to eyther vpon the .xi. daye of September to fyghte within lystes at CoueÌ„tre where all thynge was ordeyned for At whiche place at y e day assygned thyder came the sayde two dukes and appered in the felde before the kynges presence redy to do theyr batayle But y e kyng anone forbad that fyght and forthwith exyled the duke of Herforde for x. yeres and the duke of Norfolk for euer whiche sentence was shortely after put in execucyon Thanne the duke of Herforde sayled into FrauÌ„ce and there taryed a season But for lacke of ayde and comforte he departed thens and came into Brytayne And the duke of Norfolke passed dyuers countreys and lastely came vnto the cytie of Uenyce and there endyd his lyfe And soone after thys was maister Roger walden a chapeleyne of the kynges made archebysshoppe of Caunterbury the whyche was a speciall louer vnto the citie of London and made great labour for them vnto the kynges grace y e greuously with them was of newe dyspleased for so moche as he was enfourmed of them y t they shulde counsell with other sheriffes to withstaÌ„de certayne actes made in the laste parlyament for y t which the comynaltie of the cytie was endyted with other sheryffes In redresse wherof by couÌ„sell of the sayd archebysshoppe of maister Robert Braybroke than bisshoppe of LoÌ„don the cytezens made a lamentable supplicacyon vnto the kinge whiche by ayde fauoure of the sayd two bysshoppes other louers of y e cytie y e kinges yre indignacyon by meane of that lowly supplicacyon was some parte appeased withdrawen But yet to contente a ê‘te of y e kinges mynde many blanke chartours were deuysed broughte into the cytie which many of y e most substancyall men of the same were fayne to seale to theyr payne and charge in conclusyon
y t whiche shortely after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englande Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCC.lxxxxix Goldesmythe IohnÌ„ wade  Drewe Barentyne  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ warner  IN this .xxii. yere of kynge Rycharde y e coÌ„mon fame ranne y t the kyng had letton to ferme y e realme of Englande vnto sir wyllyam Sâ—ope erle of wylshyre than treasourer of EnglaÌ„de to sir IohnÌ„ Busshey syr Iohn Bagot and syr Henry Grene knightes y e whyche returned shortly after to their great coÌ„fusyoÌ„s This yere also Thomas y e son and heyre of y e erle of Arundell lately beheded y e whiche Thomas nat all to his pleasure was kepte in y e house of the duke of Exceter passed y e see by y e meanes of one wyllyaÌ„ Scot mercer yode vnto his vncle y t archebisshop of CauÌ„terbury so contynued with him in the cytie of Colayne than beynge In this pastyme great purueyaunce was made for y e kynges iourney into IrelaÌ„de so y t whan all thinges necessarye to the honoure nede of the kynge his people was redy he set forthwarde vpon his iourney in the moneth of Apryll leauyng for his leutenaunt in Englange sir Edmonde of Langley his vncle duke of yorke and after toke shippyng at Brystowe and sayled with a mighty stronge hoste into Irelande where he had so prosperous spede that in processe of tyme with manhode and good polycie he subdued to him that couÌ„trey In the whiche voyage were it for acte that he dyd or of y e kynges bounte Henry sone and heyre of the duke of Herforde than exiled was of y e kyng made knyght This Henry was after his father crowned kynge of Englande named Henry the .v. Kynge Richarde thus beynge occupyed in Irelande and receyuynge of the capytaynes of the wylde Irysshe into his subieccyon and orderyng of that countrey to set in an ordre and rule Henry of Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde before exyled with the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and Thomas of Arundel and other landed with a small company at Rauyns spore in the Northe countrey in the moneth of August and vnder colour of the clayme of his ryghtfull enherytaunce ceysed the people as he wente to whome in short processe great multytude of the people drewe and gatherd Of this landyng king Rycharde beynge warned for hasty spede of returnyng into Englande left in IrelaÌ„de behynde hym moche ordenauÌ„ce and landed at Mylforde hauen in the begynnyng of Septembre begynnynge also of the .xxiii. yere of his reygne so yode vnto the castell of Flynte in wales and there rested him and his people and entended there to gather vnto hym more strength In the whiche meane tyme the foresayd Henry that than hadde proclaymed him selfe duke of Lancaster in the ryght of IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„te his father was comyn to Brystowe and there without resystence toke sir wyllyam Scrope erle of wylshyre treasourer of Englande syr IohnÌ„ Busshey and syr Henry Grene. Also there was taken sir IohnÌ„ Bagot but after he escaped and fledde into Irelande Than were the other thre there iuged put in execucyon And kinge Rycharde styll beynge at the castell of Flynte herynge of the great strengthe y t was about y e duke fearyd sore of him selfe And in lyke wyse so dyd all suche as were about hym wherfore syr Thomas Percye erle of worcetyr and than stewarde of the kynges housholde contrarye his allegeaunce brake openly the whyte rodde in the hall commaundyd euery man to shifte for him selfe By reason whereof the people voyded and the kynge lefte without coÌ„forte so that he was shortly after taken and presented vnto the duke The whyche put hym vnder safe kepynge shortly after spedde him toward LoÌ„don And whaÌ„ he came nere vnto y e cytie he sente king Rycharde with a secret coÌ„pany vnto y e Towre there to be safely kepte tyll his commyng wherof many euyll disposed persones of the cytie beyng warned assembled them in great noumbre entended to haue mette him without the towne there to haue taken him from such as ladde him so to haue slayne him for the great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed vnto the cytie But as god wolde the mayre rulers of the cytie were enfourmed of theyr malycyous purpose and gathered to theym the worshypfull commoners and sadde men by whose polycyes nat without great diffyculte they were reuoked frome theyr euyll purpose all be it that lastynge that rumoure they yode vnto westmynster and there toke mayster IohnÌ„ Slake deane of the kinges chapell and frome thens broughte him vnto Newgate and there caste on hym yrons Shortly after the duke came vnto London there by the consent of kyng Rycharde a ê‘lyament was begone vpon the .xiii. day of y e moneth of Septembre Endurynge whiche ê‘lyament many accusacyons artycles of mysrulynge of the lande were layed vnto the charge of thys noble prince kyng Rycharde whiche be engroced at length in .xxxviii. artycles For the which voluÌ„tarely as it shuld seme by y e copy of an instrumeÌ„t here after shewed he shulde renounce wylfullye be deposed from all kynglye mageste the monday beynge the xxix day of Septembre and the feest of saynt Myghell the archaungell in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon after the accomâ—te of the churche of Englande M. lxxxxix and the xxiiii yere of the raygne of the sayde Rycharde The copye of whiche instrumente here vnder ensueth THis present instrumente made the mondaye the .xxix. daye of Septembre and feeste of saynt Mychaell tharchaungell in the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxxx and xix and in the .xxiii. yere of kynge Rycharde the seconde wytnesseth that where by the auctoryte of the lordes spirytuall and temporall of this present parlyament and coÌ„mons of the same the ryght honorable and dyscrete ê‘sons here vnder named were by the sayde auctoryte assygned to go vnto the towre of London there to here and testifye suche questyons and answeres as than there shude be by the said honorable and discrete persones harde knowe all men to whome these presente letters shall come that we sir Richarde Scroope archebysshoppe of yorke IohnÌ„ bisshoppe of Herforde Henrye erle of Northumberlande Rafe erle of westmerlande Thomas lorde of Barkeley wyllyam abbot of westmynster IohnÌ„ pryour of Caunterbury wyllyam Thyrnynge and Hughe Burnell knyghtes IohnÌ„ Markeham Iustyce Thomas Stowe IohnÌ„ Burbage doctours of the lawe Cyuyle Thomas Feryby and Denys Lopham notaryes publyke the day yere abouesayd atwene the houres of .viii. .ix. of y e clocke before noone were present in the chyefe chaumber of the kynges lodgynge within the sayde place of the towre where was rehersed vnto the kynge by y e mouth of the forsayde erle of Northumberlande that beforetyme at Conwey in Northwalys the kynge beynge there at hys pleasure and lybertye promysed vnto the archebysshop of Caunterbury than Thomas of Arundell and vnto the
CCCC.xxxv  Thomas Bâ—rnwell  Robertr Oâ—lay grocer  Anno .xiii.  Symonde Eyre  IN this .xiii. yere and euen of saint Katheryne began a frost that endured vnto the feast of saynt Scolastica or the .x. daye of February the whiche frase the Thamys so feruently that shyp nor bote myght come with vytayle to London wherfore suche shyppes as came this yere to Thamys mouthe from Burdeux were dyscharged there and the wyne and other marchaundyse by theym brought caryed by laÌ„de to the cytie And in the latter ende of Decembre this yere ended the parlyamente holden at westmynster begon at Myghelmas terme before passed This yere also by meanes of the pope than Eugeny the .iiii at Aras in Pycardy was holden a great couÌ„sayle for to conclude an vnyon and peas atwene the two realmes of Englande and Fraunce To the whiche couÌ„sayle by the sayd popes coÌ„mauÌ„dment came as a persone indyfferent Nicholas cardynall of y e holy crosse with syxe Romayne bysshoppes to hym assygned And for the kynge of Englandes partye was there assygned the cardynall of wynchester the archebysshop of yorke the erles of HuntyngdonÌ„ and of Suffolke with dyuers other And for the Frenche kynge was there the duke of BurbonÌ„ the erle of Rychemount y e archebysshop of Raynys chaunceler than of FrauÌ„ce the deane of Patys with many other whiche I passe ouer There were also as fortherers of the matyer the cardynal of Cyprys And for the duke of BurgoynÌ„ was there the bysshop of Cambray and Nycholas Raulyn the sayd dukes chaunceler with dyuers erles and barons of that duchy And for the duke of Brytayne were ther the erles of Alenson and of Barre with other ouer and aboue dyuers oratoures appoynted for the countye of Flaundres At whiche assemble and counsayll thus holden as testifieth dyuers wryters many great offers by meane of y e aboue named cardynal of holy crosse or â—aiÌ„â— crosse to the Englysshe lordes were offered But as sayth Gaguinus the EnglysshemeÌ„ were so obstinately set on warre y e reason myght not coÌ„teÌ„t By reason of whiche obstinaci y e couÌ„sayll was deferred tyll an other day At whiche day the Englysshemen entendynge the coÌ„tinuaunce of warre absentyd theym selfe wherwith the sayd cardynall beynge dyscontented made meanes of an entreaty of peas atwene Charles that toke vpon hym as Frenche kynge and Phylyp duke of Burgoyn wherof the sayd Charles was so fayne y e for stablysshynge of the peas and to satysfye hym for y e murther of his father he gaue vnto hym all the vtter boundes of ChampeynÌ„ marching vpon Burgoin with dyuers cyties as seynt Quyntyne Corbie PeronÌ„ Abbeuyle and other with the countie of Poytyaw lordshyp of MaconÌ„ And as wytnesseth y e foresayde Gagwyne many mo thynges were vnto the duke by the sayde Charles ê“mysed whiche after theyr bothe dethes were broken and stode for nought After whiche peas thus atwene them confermed and proclaymed the sayd duke became vtter enemye to the kynge of Englande as after shall appere And soone after the sayd duke began his ordre of the lyle and the golden flese and ordeyned certayne knyghtes of that ordre and made therunto many statutes and ordenaunces wherof dyuers were lyke vnto the statutes of the garter And in the ende of this yere and .xiiii. day of Septembre at RoanÌ„ in Normandye died the noble prynce IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and regent of Fraunce and was after with great solempnytie buryed within the churche of notir Dame of the same cytie where for hym are founded wonderfull thynges after some meÌ„nes reporte But for I fynde therof in wrytynge nothynge I passe it ouer Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxv.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxvi  Thomas Catworth  Henry Frowyk mercer  Anno .xiiii.  Robert CloptonÌ„  IN the .xiiii. yere begynnynge of the same the duke of Barre accompanyed with BurgonyoÌ„s and Frenchemen wanne y e towne of Harflewe with dyuers other vyllages And in Apryll folowynge the sayde duke accompanyed with y e lorde Teruan and the mayster of the kynges chyualry toke the towne of saynt Denys and slewe therin aboue .iiii. C. Englysshemen toke prysoner Thomas Beleamounde theyr capytayne with many other And than y e FreÌ„che men assawted a towre therby called Ueuen and toke it by appoyntment ThaÌ„ one named Notyce a knyght of OrleauÌ„ce with a streÌ„gth of Knyghtes drewe hym nere the cytie of Parys and there at a house of relygyon of y e charterhouse ordre lodged hym beyonde saynt Denys ouer the water of SaynÌ„ and coÌ„federed with certayne cytezen of the cytie named Michaell Laylery Iohan Frountayne Thomas Pygacen Iohan de saynt Benoit Nicholas LorueynÌ„ and Iaques Bergery for to betraye the cytie to brynge it out of y e Englysshe possessyon The whiche persones beynge hedes of the cytie coÌ„ueyed theyr purpose in suche wyse that they turned the coÌ„mons of the cytie vpon the Englysshe men and sodeynly arose agayne them and by force slewe of them a great nombre and there they dyd take many prysoners And as the Englysshe men fledde or faughte by the stretes the women and other feble persones cast vpon them stones and hoâ—e lycoures to theyr great confusyon so y t the Englysshe men were in passynge mysery and desolacyon In this tyme of persecucion the bysshop of Morâ—â— whiche than was named chaunceler of Englysshe men in those partyes with other hardly escaped and toke the towre of saynt Denys whiche as yet rested in the Englysshe possessyon Than the other hoste of Frenchemen herynge of this rumour in the cytie anone drewe nere entred by saynt Iames gate without moche resystence and so enioyed the cytye at theyr pleasure Than the Englysshemen beynge in the towre of saynt Denys feryng that they myght not longe holde the sayd place agayne theyr enemies fyl to a treaty and coÌ„dyscended to passe fre with theyr lyues The which whaÌ„ they shuld passe vpon theyr iournay were diâ—ided and scorned of y e FreÌ„chenacyon out of all mesure And whan the cytye of Parys was thus subdued to the Frenche dominion anone y e Englyssh people that there abode vnder fyne and raunsom were sworne to Charles the seuenth than takynge vpon hym as Frenche kynge And anone after were wonne from y e Englyssh power the holdes named Creoll and saynt Germayne In whiche passe tyme and season for to streÌ„gthe and haue the gydynge of NormaÌ„dy the duke of yorke encompaned with the erle of Salysbury and the lorde of FawcouÌ„brydg sailed into FrauÌ„ce And the erle of MorteynÌ„ beynge thaÌ„ at Calays made a vyage into Flaundres and skyrmysshed with them y e bordred vpon Pycardy and slewe of them ouer CCCC and gate a great droue of beestes and brought them vnto Calays And for that certaynte was had that Phylyp duke of Burgoyn enteÌ„ded to lay his syege aboute Calays therfore London and all the good townes of EnglaÌ„de were charged to sende thyder certayne men wel and suffycyently
the southe syde of the quyer buryed full honorably This yere also was great derthe of corne in EnglaÌ„d also in FrauÌ„ce in somoche y t a busshell was solde at LoÌ„don for .iii. s. iii. s. iiii d. And in FrauÌ„ce iÌ„ Parys it was at lyke value And there also they dyed sore of the sekenesse of ipidimie For this scarcyte of whete in Englande in many places the people made them breed of fetches pesyn and benes And after some wryters for lacke of these foresayd graynes some poore people made them breed of Feâ—necotes But yet by the prouydence of Stephen Browne this yere Mayre many shippes were freyghte with rye out of Pruce and dyscharged at London that eased the people nere to the cytie greatly This of many wryters is named the seconde dere yere In this yere ended the counsayle or synode holdeÌ„ at Basyle begon as before is sayde in the .xi. yere of this kynge By auctoryte of whiche couÌ„sayle Eugeny the .iiii. was deposed Amedeus a duke and prynce of Sauoy was chosen for pope in the place of the forenamed Eugeny But yet he had suche ayde that he contynued in Rome as pope all his lyues tyme. And that other whiche was named of his ayders Felix the .v contynued his dygnyte in other places so that thaÌ„ arose a great scisme in y e churche whether of these .ii. was indubitat pope For some countrees vphelde y e one and some that other so that therwere alowed none of them both and that was called y e neutralytie This scysine contynued vpon .ix. yeres the terme whyle Eugeny lyued After whose dethe was chosen a cardynall named Thomas Sarazan and after was named Nycholas the .v. To whome the sayde Felix after that he was admitted for Peters successour of his owne good mynde renounced his dygnyte of papacy and submytted hym to the rule and obedyence of theÌ„ sayd .v. Nycholas thaÌ„ beynge indubitat pope And thus cessed y â— scysme in the churche whiche had contynued by the terme aboue specyfyed This Felix was a deuoute prynce sawe the sones of his sones and after lyued a deuoute and holi lyfe and lastly was chosen pope as before is shewed for the which he is of dyuers wryters accompted for happy But and he hadde not medled with the tytle of the churche and therwith blotted his olde age he had after the opynyon of other wryters be named or alowed moche more blessed happy And this yere in the moneth of August in LoÌ„don were two bawdes punysshed with werynge of ray hodes after .xl. dayes enprysonment they were banysshed the towne and dryuen out with most shame In this yere also the conduyte in Fletestrete was begonne by syr wyllyam Estfelde knyghte and late mayre and so fynysshed of his good disposicion without cost or charge to the cytie And he with syr Lewes and Iohan of Estsex were made knyghtes of the Bathe in the same yere And in this yere dyed Robert Chicheley grocer twyes mayre of London the whiche wylled in his testament that vpon his mynde daye a good and competent dyner shulde be ordeyned for .xxiiii. C. poore meÌ„ and that of houssholders of the cytye yf they myght be fouÌ„de And ouer that was xx.li destrybuted amoÌ„ge them whiche was to euery man two pens Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxxix  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xl  Robert Marchall  Robert Large mercer  Anno .xviii.  Phylyp Malpas  THis .xviii. yere vpon the daye of saynt Botolph or .xvii. day of Iuny a preste after he was degrated of his prestly dygnyte named syr Rycharde was brent for heresye at y e towre hyll how wel in his latter day he toke great repentaunce and dyed goddes man and in the faythe of the churche This for wordes spoken by his lyfe that the posterne of y e towre shulde synke as after it dyd other fantastycall dedes or wordes he of many lewde folkes was accompted for an holy man wherfore after his dethe they came to his place of execucyon and there made theyr oblacyoÌ„s and prayers and arered a great hepe of stones and pyght there a crosse by nyght so that â—i this meanes a great dysclaunder ran vpon the churche specially vpon suche as had put hym to dethe But to cease that rumoure coÌ„mauÌ„dment was sent from y e kynge to punysshe all suche as thyder went on pylgrymage By vertue whereof y e mayre and shyreffes dyd suche dylygeÌ„ce that shortly after all y e sekyng and offeryng was fordone and layde aparte This yere also y e shyreffes of London fette out of saynt Martynes legraunt .v. persones beynge there in sayntwary and ladde theym to the countre in bred strete where they remayned certayne dayes But those daies expired they were by y e kynges Iustyces restored vnto sayntwary In this passetyme the warre atwene Englande FrauÌ„ce endurynge in a wynter season whan the grouÌ„de was couered with a myghty snowe and therewith all a great frost hadde hardened the pondes and dyches the EnglysshmeÌ„ whiche laye in a stroÌ„ge holde nyghe vnto a towne called Pountlarge arayed them in whyte clothes ouer theyr harneys and so in great nombre approched the dykes and passed vpon the yse to y e walles and them scaled and the watche of y e towne slepynge toke the towne and distressed therin myche people From the whiche daunger escaped ryghte hardly .ii. capytaynes of that towne named Iohan de Uyllers and NarabonÌ„ a knyghte Burgonyon The countre aboute Parys was also sorevexed with y e rauyne of wolues that proclamacyon was made that euery grene or newe flayn skynÌ„e of a wolfe that was brought vnto Parys y e prouost shulde gyue to the brynger .xx. shelynges or .xx. sous of that countre money whiche amouÌ„teth to .ii. s. vi d. sterlynge It was not longe after or Charles the Frenche kynge layde vnto y e foresayd towne a stroÌ„g siege But it by y e duke of yorke the lorde Talbot was well and knyghtly defended in somoche y e one tyme they put the Frenchemen to rebuke and were lykely to haue takeÌ„ theyr kyng â—e had be the soner rescous Lastly y e duke of yorke and the sayd lord Talbot for vrgent causes departed theÌ„s to Roan and betoke the towne to y e rule of syr Gerueys of CliftoÌ„ knyght and other hauynge with them to the nombre of a thousande sowdyours But the thyrde daye after the dukes departynge the Frenche kynge so fyersly assayled the towne that in the ende he wanne it by strengthe and slewe therin many an Englyssh maÌ„ toke many prysoners And soone after was the townes of Meleon of Corbeyll and of the Ebreouse loste from the Englysshmen For ye shall vnderstande that sondry and many tymes y e townes holdes in FrauÌ„ce were lost and efte wonne But euer y e more losse turned to the Englysshe partye tyll all Normandy were lost and all other landes of Fraunce appartynynge to the kynge of
Theodalde Guyllyam Rychauyll knyghtes The whyche rescous nat wythstandynge the sayde lorde Talbot well maÌ„fully coÌ„tynued hys syege assawted the towne in ryght cruell maner so that they were fayne to call for more ayde whereof the lord Talbot beyng ware thynkynge that shortly the Frenchmen shuld be constrayned to gyue ouer the towne left the gydyng of the syege vnto syr wyllyam Poyton syr IohnÌ„ RyppelaÌ„d or Tryppelande knyght after departyd After whose departyng with in short whyle y e Dolphyn of UyeÌ„ne Lowys by name and sonne vnto the forenamed Charles Frenche kynge accompanyed wyth the erle of saynte Paule other to the nombre of .xvi. C. knyghtes came vnto the rescous of the sayd towne And after he had a day rested hym and hys sowdiours he sente the forenamed Theodalde wyth a strength of .iiii. C. men for to assayle the forsayde towre of tymbre but lytell hurt dyd they therunto Than the sayd Dolphyn sente an other strength of .vi. C. men to assayle it but the Englyshemen quyt theym so manfully that they slew .viii. score Frenchmen wouÌ„nded ouer .iii. C. wherwyth the Dolphyn beynge greuously amoued assembled the vttermost strength he myght make aswel of the towne and other and set vpon the Englysshe men whiche were â—ore brused with dayly fyght and fewe in nombre and fynally scomfited them and slewe of theym vpon CCC and toke y e rest prysoners Amonge y t whiche the foresayd two Englysshe capitaynes were taken and a kynnesmaÌ„ of the lorde Talbottes or more veryly one of his baste sones And thus was Depe rescowed the Englysshmen dyscomfyted after they had maÌ„fully maynteyned that syege by the space of .ix. wekes and odde dayes Also this yere in y e moneth of August was a great affray iÌ„ Fletestrete atwene the getters of the ynnes of courte and the inhabytauntes of the same strete whiche affray began in y e nyght and so contynued with assawtes and small by kerynges tyll y e next day In whiche season moche people of the cytie thyder was gadered and dyuers men of bothe partyes were slayne and many hurte But lastly by the presence dyscrecyon of y e mayer and shyreffes this affraye was appesed Of the whiche was chyfe occasyoner a man of Clyfforde ynne named Herbotell In this yere also by certayne ambassadoures y t were sente out of EnglaÌ„d into Guyon a maryage was coÌ„cluded in the begynnynge of the yere folowynge atwene the kynge and y e erles doughter of Armenak whiche conclusion was after dysalowed and put by by the meanes of the erle of Suffolke whiche kyndled a newe brande of brunynge enuy atwene y e lorde protectour and hym and toke fyre in suche wyse that it lefte not tyll bothe partyes with many other were consumed and slayne wherof ensued moche myschefe within the realme and losse of all Normandy as after to you shall appere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xlii.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C. xlili  Thomas Beaumount  IonÌ„ Athyrley Irenmonger  Anno .xxi.  Rycharde Nordon  IN thys .xxi. yere the foresayde erle of Suffolke whych as before is touched had fordon the coÌ„clusyon of the maryage takeÌ„ by the ambassadours betwene the kyng and y e erle of Armenakes doughter wente ouer hym selfe wyth other vnto hym assygned there in FrauÌ„ce concluded a mariage betwene the kyng and dame Margarete the kynges doughter of Cecyle and of Hierusalem as sayth the Englyshe cronycle And for that mariage to brynge about to the sayd kyng of Cecyle was deliuered y e duchye of Angeou and erledome of Mayne whych are called the keyes of Normandy But the FreÌ„che wryter Gaguyne sayth in hys latyne cronycle y t about thys tyme the erle of Suffolke came vnto Charles the Frenche kyng to a towne in Lorayn named Naunce or NauÌ„t axed of hym his doughter to be quene of England but he gyueth to her no name The whyche request of the sayd Charles to the sayde erle was grauÌ„ted Also he affermeth lytel tofore that season a peace betwene bothe realmes was concluded for the terme of .xxii. moneths whych peace endured but a whyle after And thys yere vpon Candelmas euyn the steple of sait Poules church in LondoÌ„ was set on fyre by tempest of lyghtnynge and lastly queÌ„ched by greate dylygence and laboure of many persones But of all that there laboured the morowe masse preeste of Bowe church in chepe was moste commended and noted Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliiii  Nycholas wyfforde  Thomas Catworthe Grocer  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Norman  THys .xxii. yere y e erle of Stafforde was made or created duke of Bukkyngham the erle of warwyke duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marques of Dorset and the erle of Suffolke marquys of Suffolke The whyche marquys of Suffolke soone after wyth hys wyfe and other honourable personages aswell of men as of women with great apparayl of chayres and other costyous ordenaunce for to conuey the forenamed lady Margarete into England sayled into FrauÌ„ce where they were honourably receyued and so taryed there all thys mayres yere In thys yere was also an acte made by auctoryte of the common couÌ„sayll of London that vppon the sondaye shuld no maner of thynge with in the fraunchyse of y e citie be bought or solde nother vytayll nor other thynge nor none artyfycer shulde brynge hys ware to any man to be worne or occupyed that daye as tayllours garmentes or cordewayners shoys and so in lykewyse of all other occupacyons The whyche ordenaunce helde but a whyle Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xlv  Stephyn Foster  Henry Frowyke Mercer  Anno .xxiii.  Hughe wyche  THys .xxiii. yere and moneth of the foresayd lady Margarete came ouer into EnglaÌ„d and in the moneth folowynge she was maryed vnto kyng HeÌ„ry at a towne called Sowthwyke in the countre of Hamshyre And froÌ„ thens she was honourably conueyed by the lordes and estates of thys laÌ„d whyche mette wyth her in sondry places wyth greate retynewe of men in sondry lyueryes wyth theyr sleuys browdered and som betyn wyth gold smythes werkes in moste costly maner And specyally the duke of Glouceter mette wyth her wyth fyue hundreth men in one lyuerey And so she was conueyed vnto Blacke heth where vppon the .xviii. day of May she was mette with the mayre aldermen and sheryfes of the cytye and the craftes of the same in brown blewe wyth brawderyd sleuys That is to meane euery mystery or crafte wyth conysaunce of hys mystery and red hoodes vppon eyther of theyr heddes and so the same daye broughte her vnto London where for her were ordeyned sumptuous and costly pageÌ„tes and resemblauÌ„ce of dyuerse olde hystoryes to y e great comforte of her and suche as came wyth her y e maner whereof I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. And so wyth great tryuÌ„phe she was broughte vnto westmynster where vppon the
nere vnto y e cytie So that vpon the fyrste day of Iuly he entred the bourgh of Southwarke beynge than wednesday lodged hym there that nyght for he myght not be suffered to entre the cytie And vpon the same day the commōs of Essex in great nombre pyght theym a felde vpon the playne at myles ende And vpon the seconde daye of the sayd moneth the mayre called a common counsayle at the Gyldhall for to puruey the withstandynge of these rebelles and other matyers In whiche assemble were dyuers opinions so that some thought good that the sayde rebelles shulde be receyued into the cytie and some otherwyse Amonge the whiche Roberte Horne stok fysshmonger than beynge an alderman spake sore agayne them that wolde haue them entre For y ◠whiche sayenges the cōmons were so amoued agayn hym that they ceased not tyll they had hym cōmytte to warde And the same afternoone aboute v. of the clok the capytayne with his people entred by y e brydge And whā he came vpon the drawe brydge he hewe the ropes y t drewe the brydge in sondre with his swerde and so passed into y e cytie and made in sondry places therof proclamacyons in the kynges name that no man in peyne of dethe shulde robbe or take ony thyng parforce without payeng therfore By reason wherof he wanne many hertes of the cōmons of the cytie but all was done to begyle with the people as after shall euydently appere For he rode thorough dyuers stretes of the cytie and as he came by London stone he strake it with his swerde and sayd now is Mortymer lorde of this cytie And whan he had thus shewed hymselfe in dyuers places of the cytie shewed his mynde to y e mayre for y e ordrynge of his people he returned into Southwarke and there abode as he before hadde done his people cōmynge goynge at lawfull houres whan they wolde Than vpon the morne beynge the thyrde daye of Iuly and frydaye the sayd capytayne entred agayne the cytie and caused the lorde Sey to be fet frome the tower and ladde vnto the Guyldhall where he was areygned before the mayre other of y e kynges iustyce In whiche passe tyme he entended to haue brought before y e sayd iustyces the foresayd Robert Horne But his wyfe and frendes made to hym suche instaūt labour that fynally for .v. C. marke he was set at his lybertye Than the lorde Sey beynge as before is sayde at Guyldhall desyred y t he myght be iudged by his peers wherof herynge the capytayne sent a company of his vnto the hall the whiche parforce toke hym from the offycers and so brought hym vnto the standarde in the Chepe where or he were halfe shryuen they strake of his hed y t done pyght it on a lōg pole so bare it aboute with them In this tyme and season had the capytayne caused a gentylman to be taken named Cromer whiche before had ben shyreffe of Kent and vsed as they sayde some extorcyons For which cause or for he had fauoured the lorde Sey by reason that he had maried his doughter he was haryed to Myles ende and there in y e capitaynes presence byheded And y e same tyme was ther also byheded a man called Baylly y e cause of whose dethe was this as I haue herd some men reporte This Baylly was of y e famylyer and olde acqueyntaunce of Iak Cade wherfore so soone as he espyed hym cōmynge to hym warde he cast in his mynde that he wolde dyscouer his lyuyng olde maners and shewe of his vyle kynne and lynage wherfore knowynge y t the sayd Baylly vsed to vere scrowes and prophecyes aboute hym shewyng to his cōpany y t he was an enchaunter and of yll dysposycion and y t they shulde well knowe by such bokes as he bare vpon hym and bad them serche and yf they founde not as he sayde y t thā they shuld put hym to dethe whiche all was doone accordynge to his cōmaundment whan they had thus be heded these .ii. men they toke the hede of Croumer pyght it vpon a pole and so entred the cytie with the hedes of the lorde Sey and of Croumer And as they passed the stretes they ioyned the poles togyder caused eyther deed mouthe to kysse other dyuers and many tymes And the capytayne the selfe same daye wente vnto the house of Phylyppe Malpas draper and and alderman and robbeb and spoyled his house and toke thens a great substaunce But he was before warned and therby conueyed moche of his money and plate or elles he had ben vndone At whiche spoylynge were present many poore men of the cytie whiche at suche tymes ben euer redy in all places to do harme where suche ryottes ben doone Thā towarde nyght he returned into Southwarke vpon y e morne reentred y e cytie and dyned that daye at a place ī saynt Margaret Patyns parysshe called Gherstys hous And whan he had dyned lyke an vncurteyse gest he robbed hym as the daye before he had Malpas For which .ii. robberyes all be it that the porayll nedy people drewe vnto hym were partyners of that yll the honest and thryfty comoners cast in theyr myndes the sequele of this matyer and fered leste they shulde be delte with in lyke maner by meane wherof he lost the peoples fauour and hertes For it was to be thought yf he had not executed that robbery he myghte haue gone ferre and brought his purpose to good effecte yf he hadde entended well But it is to deme and presuppose that the entent of hym was not good wherfore it myght not come to ony good conclusyon Than y e mayre and aldermen with assystence of the worshypfull comeners seynge this mysdeanour of y e capytayne in sauegardynge of themselfe and of the cytye toke theyr counsayles how they myght dryue the capytayne and his adherētes from y e cytie wherin theyr feare was the more for so moche as the kynge and his lordes with theyr powers were farre from theym But yet in aduoydynge of apparēt peryl they condyscended that they wolde withstande his any more entre into the cytie For the performaūce wher of y e mayre sent vnto the lorde Scales and Mathewe Gowgth than hauynge the tower in gydynge had of them assent to perfourme y e same Than vpon the .v. day of Iuly y e capytayne beynge in Southwarke caused a mā to be heded for cause of his dyspleasure to hym doone as the fame went so kepte hym in Southwarke all y e day How be it he myght haue entred the cytie yf he had wold And whan nyght was comynge the mayre and cytezyns with Mathewe Gowth lyke to theyr former appoynmtent kepte the passage of y e brydge beynge sonday and defended the Kentysshe mē whiche made great force to reenter the cytie Than the capytayne seynge this bykerynge begon yode to harneys and called his people aboute hym and set so
fyersly vpon the cytezyns that he draue theÌ„ backe from y e stulpes iÌ„ Southwarke or brydge fote vnto y e drawe brydge In defendynge wherof many a man was drowned and slayne Amonge y t whiche of men of name was Iohan Sutton aldermaÌ„ Mathewe Gouth gentylman and Roger Heysande cytezyn And thus contynued this skyrmysshe all nyght tyll .ix. of the clocke vpon the morne so that somtyme the cytezyns had the better thus soone the Kentysmen were vpon the better syde But euer they kepte them vpon the brydge so that the cytezyns passed neuer moche the bulwarke at the byrdge fote nor y e KentysshmeÌ„ moche ferther thaÌ„ the drawe brydge Thus coÌ„tynuyng the cruel fyght to the dystruccyon of moche people on bothe sydes lastly after the Kentysshmen were put to the worse a trewe was agreed for certayne houres Duryng the whiche trewe the archebysshop of Cantorbury than chaunceler of Englande sent a generall pardon to the capytayne for hymselfe and an other of hys peple By reason wherof he hys company departed the same nyght out of Southwarke so retourned euery man to hys owne But it was nat longe after that the capytayne wyth hys coÌ„pany was thus departed that proclamacyons were made in dyuers places of Kent of Southsex and Sowtherey that who myghte take the foresayde Iak Cade other on lyue or dede shulde haue a M. marke for hys trauayle After whych proclamacion thus publisshed a geÌ„tylmaÌ„ of KeÌ„t named Alexander IdenÌ„ awayted so hys tyme that he toke hym in a gardyn in Sussex where in the takyng of hym the sayd Iak was slayne so beynge dede was brought into Southwarke the daye of the moneth of there left in the kynges benche for that nyght And vpon y â— morowe the dede corps was drawen thorugh the hyghe stretes of the cytye vnto New gate there heded and quartered whose hede was than sent to LondoÌ„ brydge his .iiii. quarters were sent to .iiii sondry townes of Kent And thys done the kyng sent hys commissions into Kent rode after hym selfe and caused enquery to be made of thys riot in Caunterbury where for the same .viii. men were iuged put to deth And in other good townes of Kent Southsex dyuers other were put in execucyon for the same ryot In thys yere also in the west couÌ„tree was slayne the bisshop of Salysbury by the commons of that couÌ„tre wherfore after the kyng had sped his besynesse in Kent Sussex he rode thyder to se also those malefactours punysshed Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.l.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.li.  IohnÌ„ Myddylton  Nycholas wyfforde Grocer  Anno .xxix.  wyllyam Dere  IN thys .xxix. yere vpoÌ„ sait Leonardes daye or the .vi. daye of Nouembre began the parlyamente at westmynster And the fyrste day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng the duke of Somerset whyche newly was commyn out of Normandy was putte vnder arest and his goodes by the coÌ„mons were fowly dyspoyled borne a waye out of the blak fryers For at this season was moche people in the cytie by reason of the parlyament specially of lordes seruauntes whyche were awaytynge vppon theyr lordes and maysters in great multytude For ye shall vnderstande y e temporall lordê in those dayes kepte other maner of housholdes other maner of reteyndour of housholde seruauntes and other nombre ferre excedynge that the lordes at these dayes done wherefore at parlyament tymes and other great counsayles the cytyes or townes where they assembled were hougely stuffed wyth people Than after thys ryot thys commytted vpon the morowe folowynge proclamacyon was made thorugh the cytye that no man shulde spoyle or robbe vppon payne of dethe And the same day at the staÌ„darde in Chepe was a maÌ„ beheded for brekyng of the sayd proclamacioÌ„ And thus begoÌ„ rumour malyce to spryng betwene y e lordê of the laÌ„de And specially y e duke of Somerset other of y e quenes couÌ„sayll were had iÌ„ great hatered for y e losiÌ„g of NormaÌ„dy wherof y e chief citie of RoaÌ„ was lost or gyue vp by apointemeÌ„t y e yere precedyng as witnesseth Gaguynus vpon coÌ„dycyon that the duke of Somerset with his wyfe and Englyssh sowyours shulde with suche goodes as they myghte cary departe frely from y e cytie For whiche fre passage he shulde pay vnto y e Frenche kynge lvi M. scutes which amouÌ„te to .xiiii. M. marke sterlyng And also he was bounde to delyuer into the Frenche kynges possession all townes and castelles that at that daye were in the possessyon of Englysshemen within the duchy of Normandy For performaunce of whiche couenauntes the lorde Talbot was set for one of the pledges and so by one Floquet before named all the sayd townes and castelles were by hym to the Frenche kynges vse receyued Harflete onely excepted wherof y e capytayne named Cyrson or Curson denyed the delyuery with assystence of one named syr Thomas Auryngham The whiche in despyte of all the Frenche kynges power layde bothe by see and lande helde it from the begynnynge of Decembre tyll the moneth of Ianuary and than for lacke of rescouse gaue it vp by appoynment in y e begynnynge of this mayres yere For this yeldynge vp of Normandy moche dyspleasure grewe vnto the quene and her counceyll in so moche y t the duke of yorke father vnto kyng Edwarde the .iiii. with many lordes with hym allyed toke partye agayne hyr and her counsayll so that mortall warre therof ensued as here after in this story wall appere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.li.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lii  Mathewe Phylyp  wyllyam Gregory skynner  Anno .xxx.  Chrystofer warton  IN thys .xxx. yere .xvi. daye of February the kynge beyng accompanied with the duke of Somersette and many other lordes toke theyr iournay towarde the marchys of walys for so moche as he was credibly assertayned y t the duke of york assysted with dyuers other lordes meÌ„ of name had in those partyes gathered great strengthe of people and with them was entrynge the lande and so helde on his iourney towarde hym But whan y e duke had wytyng of the kynges great power he swaued the way from the kynges hoste and toke the way towarde London And for he had receyued knowlege from the cytie y t he myght not there be receyued to refresshe hym and his people he therwith went ouer Kyngstone brydge and so into Kente and there vpon an hethe called Brente heth he pyght his felde wherof the kynge houynge knowlege sped hym after and lastly came vnto Blacke hethe there pyght his felde where bothe hostes beynge thus enbatayled meidacioÌ„ was made of peace by twene both hostes For furtheraunce wherof to the duke were sente y e bysshoppes of wynchester and of Ely with the erles of Salysbury and of warwyke To whome it was answered by the sayd duke y t he nor none of the company entended none hurte vnto the kynges persone
of theyr wardes and toke the ledys of the towre and it defendyd a longe whyle agayne the sheryffes all theyr offycers in so myche that they were forced to call more ayde of the cytesyns of the cytye by whose ayde they lastly subdued them and put y e sayd prysoners in more streyghter kepyng Cronica cronicarū sayth that about thys tyme was suche an erthquake in y e prouynce of Naples that byforce therof there were perysshed ouer .xl. M. crysten soulys Of the abouesayde spoylynge of Sandwyche speketh Polycronycon and sayeth that syr Pyers de Bresy senes shall of Normandy wyth the capytayne of Depe and many other capytaynes of Fraunce came wyth a greate stronge nauy into the Downys by nyght and vpon the morowe came certeyne of them vnto Sandwych and there spoyled and robbed the towne and toke with them great prayes and many ryche prysoners wherby or by whych sayenge appereth some dyuersyte bytwene the Englysshe wryters and the Frenche Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lvii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lviii Mercer wyllyam Edwarde  Godfrey Boleyn  Anno .xxxvi.  Thomas Reyner  IN thys yere the thyrde daye of December Reynolde Pecoke than beynge bysshoppe of Chychester at Lambyth by the archebysshop and by a Cot of diuyns was abiured for an heretyke and hys bokes after brent at Poulys crosse hym selfe kepte in mewe euer whyle he lyued after And soone after for to appease thys rancoure and malyce bytwene the quene and the tother lorder a daye of metynge was appoynted by the kyng at London whyther the duke of yorke wyth the other lordes were commaunded to come by a certayne daye In obeynge of which commaundement the duke of yorke came vnto London the .xxvi. daye of Ianuary and was lodged at Baynardes castell And before hym the xv day of Ianuary came the erle of Salysbury to Londō was lodged at hys place called the Erber And soone after came vnto Lōdon the dukes of Somerset of Exetyr were lodged bothe without temple Barre And in lykewyse the erle of Northūberlande the lorde Egremonde the yōge lorde Clyfforde came vnto the cytye and were lodged in the subbarbes of the same And the .xiiii. daye of February came the erle of warwyke from Calays wyth a great bande of men all arayed in rede iakettes with whyte ragged staues vpon theym was lodged at y e gray freres And lastly that is to saye the .xvii. daye of Marche the kyng the quene wyth a great retynewe came vnto Londō and were lodged in the bysshoppe of Londōs palays And ye shall vnderstāde that wyth these foresayd lordes came greate companyes of mē in so moche that som had .vi. C. some .v. C the leest .iiii. C. wherfore the mayre for so longe as the kyng the lordes lay thus in the citie had dayly in harnesse .v. M. cytesyns and rode dayly about the citie subbarbes of y e same to se the kynges peace were kept And nyghtly prouyded for .ii. M. mē in harnesse to gyue attendaūce vpon iii. aldermen and they to kepe the nyghte watche tyll .vii. of the clocke vppon the morowe tyll the day watche were assembled By reason whereof good ordre and rule was kepte and no man so hardy ones to attempte the brekynge of the kynges peace Durynge thys watche a great counsayl was holdē by y e kyng and hys lordes By reason wherof a dyssymuled vnyte and concorde betwene them was concluded In token and for ioy wherof the king the quene and all y e sayd lordes vpon out Lady day annuciacion in lent at Poulys wente solemply in processyon and soone after euery lorde departed where hys pleasure was And in the moneth of folowynge was a greate fray in flete strete betwene the mē of courte and the inhabytauntes of the sayd strete in whyche fray a gentylman beyng y e quenes attourney was slayne Vpon the thursdaye in whytsonweke the duke of Somerset with Antony Ryuers and other .iiii kepte iustes of peace before the quene within the towre of London agayne thre esquyers of the quenes and in lyke maner at Grenewych the sonday folowynge And vpon Trynyty sonday or the monday folowynge certayne shyppes apperteynyng vnto the erle of warwyke mette wyth a floote of Spanyardes and after long cruel fyghte toke .vi. of theym laden wyth iron and other marchaundyse and drowned and chased to the noumber of .xxvi nat without shedyng of blod on bothe partyes for of the Englyshmen were slayne an C. and many mo wounded and sore hurt In thys yere after some auctours a marchaunte of Brystowe named Sturmyn whyche wyth hys shyppe had trauayled in dyuers partyes of Leuaunte and other partyes of the Gest for so moche as the same ranne vpon hym that he had gotten grene pepyr and other specys to haue sette and sowen in Englande as the fame wente therefore the Ianuayes wayted hym vppon the see and spoylyd hys shyppe and other But this is full lyke to be vntrew that the Ianuayes shulde spoyle hym for any suche cause for there is no nacyon in Englande that delyth so lytle wyth spycys But were it for thys cause or other trouth it is that by that nacyō an of fēce was done for the whyche all the marchauntes Ianuayes in London were arested and cōmytted to y e flete tyll they had found en suffycyent suer tye to answere to the premysses And fynally for the harmys whyche theyr nacyon had done to the sayde Sturmyn to thys realme vi M. marke was sette to theyr payne to paye But howe it was payed no mencyon I fynde In thys yere also was made an ordynaunce by auctorytie of y e kynge and hys counsayll for the orderynge of the seyntwary men wythin saynte Martyns the graunde whereof the artycles are at length sette oute in y e boke of K. wythin the chaumbre of guylde hall in the leefe CC.xcix wherof the execucyon of obseruynge were necessary to be vsed but more pyte it is fewe poyntes of it ben exercysed Anno. dn̄i M.iiii C.lviii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lix Draper Rafe Iosselyn  Thomas Scotte  Anno .xxxvii.  Rycharde Nedeham  THys yere aboute the feeste of Candelmasse the forsayd dissymulyd loueday hāgyng by a small threde betwene the quene and y t fore named lordes expressed in the precedynge yere the kynge and many lordes thanne beynge at westmynster a stray happened to fall betwene a seruaunt of the kynges a seruaunt of the erles of warwyke the which hurt the kynges seruaunt after escaped wherefore the kynges other meynial seruauntes seynge they myghte nat be auenged vpō the partye that thus had hurt theyr felowe as the sayde erle of warwyke was commynge frō the coūsayll was goynge towarde hys barge the kynges seruaūtes came vnwarely vppon hym so rabbysshely that the cookys with theyr spyttys other offycers wyth other wepyns came runnyng as madde men entendynge to haue slayne hym so y t he escaped wyth
them was fynally coÌ„cluded he y e sayd Lewys all suche as wyth hym were reteyned or allied were for thys offeÌ„ce by y e sayd Charles clerely pardoned one persone all only excepted named Iaket or Iakis by whose treason the castell of Maxente was loste and taken for whyche offence he was after drawen hanged also quartered ThaÌ„ in processe of tyme folowyng the flemynges of GauÌ„te rebelled agayne theyr duke or erle named Philyp The cause of whyche rebellyon was for that he areryd a greuouse taske vpoÌ„ salte put the people ther by to greuouse charge wherevppon dedely warre betwene the duke and hys subiectys arose to the dystruccioÌ„ of moche people vpoÌ„ bothe partyes wherof the cyrcumstauÌ„ce were loÌ„g to wryte Howe be it in the ende y e duke or erle by ayde of the FreÌ„che kynge was vyctour helde them of GauÌ„te so streyghte that they were compelled by force to bye theyr peace wyth great summes of money to theyr other many folde domages About the .xxxi. yere of thys sayde Charles came vnto hym from pope Nycholas the .v. of that name an ambassade for to requyre ayde agayne the Turkys for the defeÌ„ce of CoÌ„stantyne the noble whyche the Turkys purposed shortly after to assayle To whyche ambassade by the sayd Charlys it was answeryd that to hym it was right greuouse to here of the intollerable persecucyoÌ„ whych y e cristeÌ„ dayly susteyned of the Turkys But he was of y e Englysh nacyoÌ„ so vexed and warred that he myghte nat leue hys laÌ„de wythout an hedde to the coÌ„forte of other to lose hys owne But to the entent that he before tymes myght haue warred vppon the sayd Turkys he for that cause onely had offered vnto the kynge of Englande many reasonable offers And if of the Englysshe party any lyke offers myghte be to hym profered he wolde gladly theym accepte turne hys spere incoÌ„tyneÌ„tly agayn the fore named Turkes And ouer that he wolde for the furtherauÌ„ce of the matter sende wyth them vnto the kynge of EnglaÌ„de certayne ambassadours to se yf that as yet any reasonable peace myght be betwene them coÌ„cluded For accomplisshemeÌ„t wherof as testyfyeth myne auctour Gaguynus he sente the archebysshop of Raynes wyth other honorable persones The whych whan they to kyng Henry and hys counsayll hadde shewyd theyr legacyoÌ„ it was to them shortly answered that at suche season as the EnglysshemeÌ„ hadde wonne agayne so moche laÌ„de as the Frenchemen by cawtelys had woÌ„ne from theym thaÌ„ were it good tyme season to treate of accorde nat before By reason of whiche answere the popes ambassade retourned to Rome wythoute ayde or comforte And thus y e FreÌ„che wryters lay euer the charge froÌ„ theyr prynce put it vnto other But of thys ambassade or answere fynde I no memory of any Englysshe wryters Aboute the .xxxiiii. yere of y e reygn of thys Charlys Lewys hys sonne before named beynge a maÌ„ of greate lyberalitye and largesse thought his father departed nat wyth hym of his mouables possessyoÌ„s as he hadde cause to do For the whych by coÌ„fort of yoÌ„ge persones as he had aboute hym he rebelled thys seconde tyme agayne hys sayde father by reason of hys largesse lyberalyte drewe vnto hym moche waÌ„ton wylde people wyth theyr assystence warred vppoÌ„ hys fathers freÌ„des entendyd to depryue hys father of all gouernauÌ„ce of the realme wherof herynge hys father in all possyble haste gathered to hym greate strengthe and spedde hym towarde hys sayd sonnÌ„ But whaÌ„ Lewys was warned of the coÌ„myng of hys father wyth so great an hoste consydered hys quarell wekenesse he wyth a fewe persones fledde towarde Burgoyne whereof herynge the father sente in all â—haste people to kepe the passages and dyd that he myghte to haue stopped hym of hys waye But that prouysyon notwythstandynge the sayd Lewys escaped and came sauely vnto the presence of Phylyppe then duke of Burgoyne the whyche hym receyued wyth gladde chere and entreatyd hym accordyng to his estate and so kepte hym durynge his fathers lyfe Nowbeit he made for hym great sute and labour to wynne him to his fathers grace But all was in vayne For what by obstynacy of the same y t he wolde not submytte hym to his father and comme vnto hys presence when he was sente for for the great stomacke of the father that he wold not be condycyoned with of the son thys varyaunce contynued bytwene them as aboue is sayd y e terme of his fathers lyfe In the whyche passe tyme thys Charlys concluded a maryage bytwene hys doughter called Magdaleyne and Ladyslaus kyng of Beme Hungary and of Polayne But whyle the bryde wyth great apparayle and pompe was conueyed towarde her husbande to be maryed her sayde husbande was taken sodenly with sykenesse and dyed with in .xxiiii. houres after that he fyrste coÌ„playned hym whych was by force of poysone as most wryters agreen Of whych tydynges when Charlys was asserteyned he therwyth toke such a peÌ„syffenesse that he dyed shortely after whan he had ruled a parte and the hole realme to reken from y e deth of hys father .xxxvi. yeres How be it of Frenche wryters no certeyne terme of hys reygne to hym is assygned for so myche as kyng Henry the vi longe after the deth of hys father was alowyd in Parys and many other Cytyes of FrauÌ„ce for souerayne and kynge of that regyon Thys Charlys thus beynge dede lefte after hym two sonnes that is to saye Lewys that after hym was kynge and a yonger named Charlys wyth y e forenamed doughter named Magdaleyne or after some Margarete And after wyth greate pompe hys corps was conueyed vnto saynt Denys and there buryed Francia Lewys the .xi. LEwys the .xi. of y â— name after the accompte of thys boke and .x. after the Frenche accompte whereof y e cause is before shewed sonne to Charles last dede beganne his dominyon ouer the realme of Fraunce in the moneth of October in the yere of grace M.iiii hundreth and .lviii. and the .xxxvi. yere of Henry the .vi. than kynge of Englande This of Gaguinus is called the sturdy or fel Lewys The whiche at the tyme of his fathers deth beyng as aboue is sayd vnrecouÌ„syled in the prouynce of Burgoyne herynge of the deth of his father wyth ayde of the foresayd duke Phylyp shortly entred y e realm of Fraunce toke vpon hym y e rule in euery good cytie town as he passyd as kyng of y e same so y t many lordes hed offycers drewe vnto hym By meane wherof he was stronge put such vnto sylence as after y e wyll purpose of his father wolde haue preferred his yoÌ„ger son named Charlys Than this Lewys by strengthe of his frendes was shortely after at Raynes crowned kynge of Fraunce After whyche solempnyte fynysshed he repayred vnto Parys and there by consent of hys counceyll made a law y t no man of what degre
erle aregned at westmynster in the whyte hall and there endyted of treason and vpon the mōdaye folowyng adiuged that he shulde go frome the same place vnto the towre hylle and there to haue hys hede smytten of But as he was commynge from the sayde place of iugemente toward his execucyon the people presyd so inportunatly vpon hym for to se beholde hym that the sheryfes were fayne to tourne into the Flete and there to borowe gayoll for hym for that nyght And vpon the morowe after at afternoone beynge saynt Lukys day and xviii daye of Octobre he was ladde to the towre hylle where he toke his deth full paciently whose corps was after borne wyth the hedde vnto the blacke freres and there honourably buryed in a chapell standynge in the body of the churche whych he before tyme had founded And than was dayly awaytynge vpon the see syde for the landyng of quene Margaret and prynce Edwarde her sonne and also prouysyon made for the defence of landynge of kynge Edwarde and hys company Anno domini M.iiii C.lxx.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxi  Iohn̄ Crosby Anno Henrici .vi. primo Iohn̄ Stokton̄ mercer    Iohn̄ warde Anno Edwardi iiii.x IN thys yere whyche was in y e ende of the .x. yere of kyng Edwarde and beginnyng of the readopcion of kyng Henry that is to meane the thyrde daye of Nouembre quene Elizabeth beynge as before is sayde in westmynster seyntwary was lyghted of a fayre prynce And wythin the sayd place the sayd chylde wythout pōpe was after crystened whose godfathers were the abbot pryour of the sayd place the lady Scrope godmother And the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth folowyng began a parlyament frome thens proroged to Paulys where it cōtynued tyll Cristmas In the parlyamente syr Thomas Cooke before trowbeled as I haue shewed in the .vii. yere of kynge Edwarde put in a byll into the common house to be restored of the lorde Ryuers landes other occasyoners of hys trowble to the summe of .xxii. M. marke Of the whyche he hadde good comforte to haue ben allowed of kynge Henry if he had prospered and the rather for that that he was of the commō house and therwyth a man of great boldnesse in speche and well spoken syngulerly wytted well reasoned Than durynge thys parlyament kyng Edward was proclaymed vsurper of the crowne and the duke of Glouceter hys yonger brother traytour both attaynted by auctorytie of the sayd parlyament And vppon the .xiiii. daye of February came the duke of Exceter to London And the .xxvii. daye of y e sayde moneth rode the erle of warwyke thorugh y e citie toward Douer for to haue receyued quene Margarete but he was dyspoynted For the wynde was to her contrary that she laye at the see syde taryeng for a conuenyent wynde from Nouember tyl Apryll And so the sayde erle after he had longe taryed for her at the see syde was fayne to retourne without spede of hys purpose Thus duryng thys queysy seasō the mayre ferynge the retourne of kynge Edwarde fayned hym syke so kepte hys house a great season All whych tyme syr Thomas Cooke whyche than was admytted to hys former rome was sette in his place and allowed for hys deputye whych tourned after to hys greate trowble and sorowe Than fynally in the begynnynge of the moneth of Apryll kynge Edwarde landed in the north at a place called Rauynspore wyth a small cōpany of Flemynges and other so y t all hys company exceded nat the nōber of M. persones so drewe hym towarde yorke makyng hys proclamacyons as he wente in the name of kyng Henry and shewed to the people that he came for none entent but onely to clayme hys enherytaunce y ◠dukedome of yorke so passed the countres tyll he came to the cytye of yorke where the cytezyns helde hym oute tyll they knew hys entent And whan he had shewed vnto theym as he before had done vnto other confermed it by an othe he was there receyued and refresshed for a certayne tyme so departed helde his waye towarde London and passed by fauoure fayer wordes the daūger of the lorde Marquys Mountagu whyche in that costes laye than in awayte for hym purposely to stoppe hys way had people dowble of nōbre that kyng Edwarde had of fyghtynge men whā kyng Edwarde was thus passed the sayd Marquys and sawe that hys strength was greatly amended that also dayly the peple drewe to hym he than made proclamacyons in hys owne name as king of Englande so helde on hys iournay tyll he came vnto London In whyche passetyme that is to meane vpon sherethursdaye the archebysshoppe of yorke beynge than at Londō wyth kyng Henry to the entent to moue the peoples hertes towarde y e kyng rode about the towne wyth hī and shewed hym to the people the whyche rather withdrewe mēnes hertes than other wyse And in thys season also syr Thomas Cooke before-named auoyded the lande entēdyng to haue sayled into Fraunce But he was taken of a shyp of Flaunders hys sonne heyre wyth hym and so sette there in pryson many dayes lastly was delyuered vnto kyng Edwarde Than vpon sherethursdaye at after noone kynge Edwarde was receyued into the cytye and so rode to Poulys and there offered at y e roode of the north dore and that done yode incontynently into the bysshoppes palays where he fande kynge Henry almoste alone For all such lordes and other as in the mornynge were about hym whan they harde of king Edwardes commynge anone they fledde and euery man was fayne gladde to saue hym selfe Than king Edwarde lodged hym where kynge Henry laye put hym vnder safe kepynge and soo rested hym there tyll Easter euyn Upon the whyche euyn heryng of hys brothers cōmynge y e other lordes wyth hym wyth a strōg hoste vnto saynt Albonis sped hym thyderward lay that nyght at Barnet In whyche season the duke of Clarence contrary hys othe and promyse made vnto the Frenche kynge refused the tytle of kyng Henry and sodaynly wyth the strengthe that he hadde rode streyghte vnto hys brother kynge Edwarde wherwith the other lordes were somdeale abasshed The whyche not wythstandynge the sayd lordes by the specyall comforte and exortacyon of the erle of Oxenforde as it was sayde helde on theyr iournay toward Bernet the sayd erle of Oxenford beyng in the vawarde and so came vnto y e playne without Bernet and there pyght theyr felde Then vpon y e morowe beynge Easter daye the .xiiii. daye of Apryll very erly both hostes mette wherupō that one party were two knyges present as Hēry the .vi. whych kynge Edward had brought thyder with hym and kyng Edward the .iiii. And vpon that other partye was the duke of Exceter the lorde Marquys Mountagu and the two erlys of warwyke and of Oxenford wyth many other men of name There the sayd erle of Oxenforde
and his company quyt them so manfully that he bare ouer that parte of the feeld whyche he sette vppon so ferforthly y e tydynges came to London that kynge Edwarde had loste the felde And yf hys men had kepte theyr araye not fallen to ryfflyng lykely it hadde bene as it was after tolde that the vyctory hadde fallen to that partye But after longe and cruell fyght in conclusyon kyng Edwarde optayned the vpper hande slewe of hys ennemyes the marques Mountagu and the erle of warwyk hys brother wyth many other And vppon the kynges party was slayne the lorde Barnes And of the comōs vppon bothe partyes were slayne vpon .xv. C. men and mo Of the mystes and other impedymentes whyche fyll vpon the lordes party by reason of the incantacyons wrought by fryer Būgey as y e fame wēt me lyst not to wryte But trouth it is that after thys vyctory thus wonne by kynge Edwarde he sente the dede corps of the sayd Marquys and erle of warwyke vnto Poulys chyrche where they laye two dayes after naked in .ii. coffyns that euery man myghte beholde and se theym And the same after none came kyng Edwarde agayn vnto London and offered at y e roode of the North dore at Poulys and after rode vnto westmynster and there lodgyd hym And soone after that the kynge was thus passed tho ▪ ough the cyty was kyng Henry brought rydynge in a longe gowne of blewe veluet and so conueyed thoroughe Chepe vnto westmynster and frome thens vnto the Towre where he remayned as prysoner all hys lyues tyme after The repossessyon of Edwarde the .iiii. EDward the .iiii. before named began agayne his domynyon ouer the realme of England the .xiiii. daye of Apryll in y e begynnyng of the yere of our lord M.iiii C.lxxi the .xii. yere of Lewys the Frenche kynge and reposseded all thynges as he before hadde done And when the sayde two corps hadde lyen in Poules openly from the Sondaye tyll the Tuysdaye they were hadde from thens buryed where y e kynge wolde assygne them The kynge then beynge in authoryte made prouysyon for the defence of the landynge of quene Margaret and hyr sonne the whyche all thys whyle laye at the see syde taryenge the wynde and so lastely landed at and came with a strength of Frenchmē other as farre within thē lande as to a vyllage in called Tewkysbury where the kyng mette wyth her and hyr dystressyd chasyd her company and slewe many of them In the whyche batayle she was taken syr Edward her sonne and so brought vnto the kynge But after the kynge had questyoned with the sayd syr Edwarde and he hadde answered vnto hym cōtrary his pleasure he thenne strake hym wyth hys gauntelet vpon the face After whiche stroke so by hym receyued he was by the kynges seruauntes incōtynently slayne vpon the .iiii. daye of the moneth of May. whan kynge Edwarde had thus subdued hys enemyes anone he sent quene Margarete vnto London where she restyd a season and fynally she was sent home into her countre And the goodes of syr Thomas Cook were agayne ceasyd and hys wyfe put forth and commaunded to be kepte at the mayers Uppon the .xiiii. daye of May folowynge the bastarde of Fawconbrydge that vnto hym had gaderyd a ryottous and euyll dysposyd companye of shypmen and other wyth also the assystence of y e comons both of Essex and of Kent came in greate multytude vnto the cyty of London And after that the sayd cōpany was denyed passage thorough the cytye they set vpō dyuers partyes therof as Bysshoppes gate Algate Londō brydge and alonge the waters syde and shotte gonnes and arowes and fyred the gates wyth cruell malyce as Bysshops gate and Algate and faught so fyersly that they wanne y e bulwerkes at Algate and entred a certayne wythin the gate But the cytesyus wyth comfort and ayde of Robert Baset alderman assygned to the gate wythstode the sayd rebelles so manfully that they slewe all such as entred the gate and compellyd y e other to drawe a backe and forsoke the gate Uppon whom the cytesyns pursued and chased theym vnto the forther Stratforde and slewe toke many of them prysoners wherof herynge the other whyche assayled the other partes of the cytie fledde in lyke wyse whom the other cytesyns pursued as farre as Depforde in sleynge and takyng of them prysoners in great nomber and after them raunsomed as they hadde ben Frenchemen And the bastarde with hys shypmē were chasyd vnto theyr shyppes lyenge at Blackwall and there in the chase many slayne And the sayde bastarde the nyghte folowynge stale out hys shyppes out of y e ryuer and so departed and escaped for the tyme. Than vpon Assencyon euyn next ensuynge the corps of Henry the .vi. late kynge was brought vnreuerently from the tower thorough the high stretes of the cyty vnto Poulys chyrche and there lefte that nyght and vppon the morowe conueyed wyth gleyuys and other wepens as he before thyder was brought vnto Chertyssey and there was buryed Of the deth of this prince dyuers tales were tolde But the moste comon fame went that he was stycked wyth a dagger by the handes of the duke of Glouceter whyche after Edwarde the .iiii. vsurped the crowne and was kyng as after shall appere Than kyng Edwarde after thys victory thus hadde at Tewkesbury retourned vnto London and vpon the mondaye folowynge Assencyon daye he toke hys iournay into Kent hauyng with hym a strength of people and there sette hys iustyces and made inquysycyons of the ryot before done by the bastarde and hys accessaryes For the whyche at Caunterbury and other good townes in Kent dyuers were put in execucyon Of whom the hedes were sent vnto London and set vpon the brydge And in lyke maner inquysyciōs were made in Essex and some also of them put in execucyon Of whyche a capytayne named Spysynge was hanged and hys hede set vpon Algate And many of the ryche commons of Kent were set at greuous fynes both for them selfe and for theyr seruauntes And when the kyng hadde thus spedde his iournaye he retourned came to Londō vpon whytson euyn And that done soone after was bysshop Neuyll archebysshop of yorke sent vnto Guynes and there kepte as prysoner longe after Thys was brother to the lorde marquys Moūtagu and to the erle of warwycke Also in the ende of thys mayers yere was the forenamed bastarde of Fawconbrydge taken about Southamton and there put to execucyō whose hed was sent to London and pyght vpon London brydge among other Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxi  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxii  Iohn̄ Aleyn  wyllyam Edwarde Grocer  Anno .xi.  Iohn̄ Chelley  IN thys yere the erle of Oxenforde whych syn the season of Barnet felde hadde holden saynte Myghellys mounte was by an appoyntement taken thens and shortely after sente to the castell of Guynes where he remayned prysoner tyl the last yere of Rycharde
largesse was one as it appered by sondy gyftes which he gaue vnto sōdry straūgers which in his story somdeale I haue towchyd And also his bounty apperyd by a gyfte y t he gaue vnto y e lorde Hastynges than lord chāberlayn as xxiiii dosen of bollys wherof halfe were gylt half whyte which weyed vpō .xvii. nobles euery cup or more Thē to retourne vnto kynge Edward trouth it is y t after y e cōformacyon of y e foresayde peas kynge Edward returned to Calys there shypped so sped hym y t vpon the .xxviii. day of Septēber folowynge he was with great tryumghe receyued of the mayre cytesyns of Londō at Blakheth with all honour by them conueyed thorough the cytye vnto westmynster the mayre and aldermen beynge cladde in scarlet and the comoners to y e nomber of .v. C. in murrey Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxv  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxvi  Hugh Bryce  Rober Basset Salter  Anno .xv.  Robet Colwych  THys yere this mayre dyd sharp correccyon vppon bakers for makynge of lyght brede in so moch that he set dyuers vpon y e pyllory Amonge the whyche in the moneth of Iohn̄ Mondue baker was there punysshed And in the moneth of one named wyllyā Hubbard was also there shryned for lyke offence And a woman named Agnes Deynty was also there punisshed for selling false myngyd butter Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxvi  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxvii  Rycharde Rawson  Rauffe Iosselyn Draper  Anno .xvi.  wyllyam Horne  IN this yere the mayre hauyng a great mynde to haue the walles of the cytye repayred by a cōsente of the benche and of the comyn coūsayle caused the More felde to be serched and there prouyded for bryk lyme As fyrste caused the erthe to be dyggyd and tempred and then sette men or werke to moolde and thenne sent into the west countre and there purueyed wode for to bren it And that done sente into Kent and there purueyed chalke that shortely was brought into the sayde More felde And ryght there in a kylle whych he in that season hadde prouyded was brent and made lyme of a great fortheraunce of that werke The mayre then beynge purueyed of bryk and also of lyme the whyche was brent within the sayd more caused by consent of a comen counsayle to be graunted that in euery parysshe chyrche euery Sondaye euery parysshon shulde paye toward the charge .v. d. And for an ensample to other felysshyppes he caused his owne company to make as mych of the walle as strechyth frome the chyrche of Alhalowen wythin the sayde walle vnto Bysshoppes gate whyche presydent caused other worshypfull felysshyppes to make the other parter as now appereth newe made and the more part therof done in thys yere by hys procurynge and callynge vppon of hym whych was wonderfull that so myche shulde be spedde in one yere consyderynge the puruyaunce of the stuffe whych had ben suffycyent for some man to haue purueyed for in an hole yere Anno. dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxvii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxviii  Henry Colet  Humfrey Heyforde Goldsmyth  Anno .xvii.  Iohn̄ Stocker  IN thys yere that is to meane the .xvii. daye of February the duke of Clarence and seconde brother to the kynge thanne beynge prysoner in the towre was secretely put to deth and drowned in a barell of maluesye wythin the sayde towre And thys mayre thys yere pursued also the reparacyon of the wallys but not so dylygently as hys predecessour dyd wherfore it was not sped as it myghte haue bene And also he was a syke and feble man and had not so sharpe and quycke mynde as that other had And one other cause was whych ensueth of a generalyte that for the more partye one mayre wyll not fynysshe that thynge whych that other begynneth For then they thynke be the dede neuer so good and profytable that the honoure therof shal be ascrybed to the begynner and not to the fynyssher whyche lacke of charyte and desyre of veyn glory causeth many good actes and dedes to dye and growe out of mynde to y e greate decaye of the comon weale of the cytye Anno. dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxviii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxix  Robert Hardynge  Rycharde Gardyner Mercer  Anno .xviii.  Robert Byfelde  IN thys yere was great mortalyte and deth in London and many other partyes of thys realme the whyche began in the latter ende of Septēber in the precedynge yere and contynued in thys yere tyll the begynnynge of Nouember In the whyche passe tyme dyed innumerable people in the sayde cytye many places ellys where In this yere also the mayre beyng at Poules knelyng in hys deuocyōs at saynt Erkenwaldys shryne Robert Byfelde one of the shyryffes vnauysedly knelyd downe nyghe vnto the mayre wherof the mayre after resonyd hym layde it to hys charge But that other beynge somdele rude for lacke of connynge answered the mayre stubbernly and wolde not be aknowe of hys offence wherfore the mayre shewed hys behauour both of worde and dede vnto the benche by authoryte wherof after y e mater had ben there at length debated the sayd Robert was fyned at .l. pounde to be payed towarde the reparacion of the conduytes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxix  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxx  Thomas Ilam  Bartylmewe Iamys Draper  Anno .xix  Iohn̄ warde  IN this yere one called Robert Deynys for that that he presumed to mary an Orphan wythout lycence of y e mayre and aldermen was for that offence demyd to paye to the chamber as a fyne .xx. li. And in the yere and moneth of were .iiii. felowes hanged at the Towre hylle and incontynently theyr bodyes wyth the gybbet brent vnto asshes whych execucyon was for that they robbed a chyrche and entreated the sacramēt of the aulter inreuerently Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxx  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxxi  wyllyam Danyell  Iohn̄ Browne  Anno .xx.  wyllyam Bacon  THys yere kynge Edwarde requyred great sūmes of money to hym to be lent of y e cytesyns of London To whom after dyuers assembles they graūted to lende vnto hym .v. thousande marke For the leuyenge wherof a man was chosen of euery ward that is to meane .xxv. men The whych .xxv. persons assembled in the Guyldhalle sessyd all the cyty ouer wyth two persons of euery parysshe to them assygned whyche sayd .v. thousand marke was repayed in the yere folowynge Anno. dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxi  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxii  Robert Cate.  wyllyam Haryat Draper wyllyam wykyng Anno .xxi.  Rycharde Chawry  THys yere in the moneth of February or ende of Ianuary dyed wyllyam wykynge one of the sheryffes for whom was imedyately chosen Rycharde Chawry And in the moneth Iuly folowynge y e kyng rode on huntynge in to the forest of waltham where he commaūded the mayre wyth a certayne
thynkynge that the duke wolde haue assembled his people so to haue gyuen to hym batayle gathered to hym great strength and after toke his iournaye westwarde to haue mette wyth the sayd duke But whan the kyng was infourmed that he was fledde anone he made proclamacyons that who that myght take the sayd duke shulde haue for a rewarde M. li. of money and the value of an hundreth pounde in lande by yere to hym and to hys heyres for euer more wherof herynge the foresayd Banaster were it for mede of y e sayd reward or for the fere of losyng of hys lyfe and good dyscouered the duke vnto the sheryffe of the shyre and caused hym to be taken and so brought vnto Salysbury where the kynge than laye And all be it that that the sayde duke made inportune labour to haue commyn to the kynges presence yet that natwythstandynge he was beheded vpon the. daye of the moneth of wythout speche or syght of the kynge Than all suche gentylmen as had apoynted to mete wyth y e said duke were so dysmayde that they knewe nat what for to do but they that myghte fled the lande and some toke seyntwary places as they myghte wynne vnto theym But the kyng to the ende to let them of theyr purpose sente to the see costes and stopped theyr waye in that he myght And he wyth a certeyne strength rode vnto Exceter where about that season was takē syr Thomas Selenger knyght and .ii. gentylmen that one beyng named Thomas Ramme and that other The whyche .iii. persones were there shortly after beheded And soone after in Kent were takē syr George Browne knyghte Robert Clyfforde esquyer and brought vnto the towre of London And vpon the. daye of Octobre the sayd syr George and Roberte were drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hyll and there beheded And the same daye were .iiii. persones lately yomen of the crowne wyth kynge Edwarde the .iiii drawē out of Southwarke thorugh y e cytie vnto tyborne and there hanged And whan the kynge had sped hys iournay in the west coūtre he hasted him towarde London whereof the mayre the cytezyns hauynge knowlege made prouysyō to receyue him and vpon that made puruyaunce for horse with violet clothyng and other necessaryes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxiiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxv  Rychard Chester  Thomas Hylle Thomas Bretayne Anno. ili  Raffe Astry  IN the begynnyng of thys mayres yere and seconde yere of kyng Rycharde that is to meane vppon the .ix. daye of the moneth of Nouembre the mayer and hys brethern beyng cladde in scarlet the cytezyns to the nombre of .v. C. or mo in vyolet met the kynge beyonde Kenyngston in Sutherey so brought hym thorugh the cytye to the warde robe besyde the blacke fryers where for that tyme he was lodged And in short tyme after was syr Roger Clyfforde knyght taken aboute Southampton and from thens sente to the towre of Londō and after areygned iuged at westmynster frō thens vpon the. daye of drawē vnto the towre hylle But whan he came fore agayne saynt Martyns le Graūt by the helpe of a fryer whiche was hys cōfessour one of theym y t was next about him his cordes were so lowsed or cut that he put hym in deuoyr to haue entred y e seyntwary And lykely it had ben y t he shuld haue so done had nat ben the quycke helpe rescous of the sheryffes and theyr offycers The whyche constrayned hym to lye downe vppon the hardyll and newly band hym and so haryed hym to the sayde place of execucion where he was deuyded in two pecys and after hys body wyth the hede was conueyed to the fryeres Augustynes and there be buryed before saynte Katherynes aulter And in the moneth of February folowynge dyed Rycharde Chester one of the sheryfes For whome was immedyatly chosen Raffe Astry to contynue for that yere folowynge Kynge Rycharde than ledynge hys lyfe in great agony and doubte trustynge fewe of suche as were aboute hym spared nat to spende the greate treasour whych before kyng Edward the .iiii. hadde gadered in guynge of great large gyftes By meane wherof he alonly wasted nat y e great treasour of his sayd brother but also he was in suche daunger that he borowed many notable summes of money of ryche men of thys realme and specyally of the cytezyns of London wherof the leest summe was .xl. li. for suertye wherof he delyuered to them good suffycyent pledges In the whyche passetyme many sondry gentylmen and diuers sheryffes departed ouer the see into Fraūce and there allyed them wyth that vertuous prynce Henry sonne vnto the erle of Rychemonde dyscended lyneally from Henry the .iiii. lately kynge of thys realme and conuenaunted with hym that if he wolde mary Elizabeth y e eldest doughter of Edwarde the .iiii they wolde with goddes help strength hym to be kyng of England ayde hym in suche maner that he and also she were or myght be possessed of theyr ryghtfull enherytaunce Amonge the whyche gentylmen syr Iamys Blount than keper of the castell of Guynys was one which with hym conueyed the erle of Oxenford that longe tofore had ben prysoner wythin the sayd castell Upon whiche agrement thus concluded prouysion by them and theyr frendes was made to sayle into Englande And after all thynges prepared the sayd prynce wyth a small cōpany of Englysshe Frenche Brytons toke shyppynge in Fraunce or Brytayne and so landed lastly in the porte of Mylbourne in the moneth of August For whose defence of landynge kynge Rycharde for so moche as he fered him lytell made but smal prouision whyle these foresayde gentylmen of dyuers coostes of Englande escaped as is abouesayde ouer the see of that affynite was one named wyllyā Colyngbourne taken And after he had ben holden a season in pryson he wyth another gentylmā named Turbyruyle were brought vnto Guylde hall and there areygned But y e sayd Turbyruyle was repryed to pryson and that other was caste for sondry treasons for a tyme whyche was layde to hys charge that he shulde make in derysyō of the kyng and his counsayll as foloweth ¶ The catte the ratte and louell our dogge Ruleth all England vnder a hogge THe whych was ment that Catysby Ratclyffe and the lorde Louell ruled the land vnder y e kyng whych bare the whyte bore for his conysaunce For the whyche and other vppon the. day of he was put to y e most cruell deth at the towre hyll where for him were made a new payer of Galowes vpon the whych after he had hanged a shorte season he was cutte downe beynge a lyue and hys bowellys ryped out of hys bely cast into the fyre there by hym and lyued tyll the boucher put hys hand into the bulke of his body in so moche that the sayd in the same instāt O lord Iesu yet more trouble so dyed to the great compassyon of moche people