haue meat drinke lodging and cloth of the almes of the Citie On Christmas day in the afternoone when the Lord Maior and Aldermen rode to Pauls the children of Christs Hospitall stood from St. Laurence lane in Cheape towards Pauls all in russet cotton the masters of the hospitall formost next the Physitians and Surgeons which children were in number 340. King Edward kept his Christmas with open houshold at Gréenewich George Ferrers Gentleman being Lord of merry disports al the xii daies who so pleasantly and wisely behaued himselfe that the King had great delight in his pastimes On the fourth of Ianuary the saide Lord of merry disports came by water to the Tower where hee entred and after rode through Tower stréete where he was met and receiued by Sergeant Vaus Lord of misrule to master Iohn Mainard one of the Shriues of London so conducted thorow the Cittie with a great company of young Lords and Gentlemen to the house of sir George Barne Lord Maior where he with the chiefe of his company dined and at his departure the Lord Maior gaue him a standing Cuppe with a couer siluer and gilt of the value of x. pound the residue of his Gentlemen and seruants dined at other Aldermens houses and with the Shrieues In the Moneth of Ianuary the King fell sicke of a cough which grieuously increased and at the last ended in a consumption of the lights The first of March began a Parliament at Westminster and brake vp on the 31. of March then being Good-friday a subsidie was granted of 4. shillings the pound lands and two shillings eight pence goods The third of Aprill being Munday after Easter day the children of Christs Hospitall in London came from thence through the City to the sermon at saint Mary spittle all cloathed in plâ—nket coats with red caps and the mayden children in the same liuery with karchiefes all which were there placed on the scaffold of eight stages and there sate the Sermon time The tenth of Aprill the Lord Maior was sent for to the Court and at that time the King gaue to him for a workhouse for the poore and idle persons of the Citie of London his place of Bridewell and seuen hundred marks lands of the Sauoy rents with all the beds and bedding of the Hospitall of the Sauoy toward the maintenance of the said workehouse The 20. of May by the encouragement of one Sebastian Cabot thrée great ships well furnished were sent forth for the aduenture of the vnknown voiage to Muscouia and other east parts of the North seas King Edward being about the age of sixtéene yeares ended his life at Gréenewich on the sixt of Iuly when he had raigned 6. yeares 5. moneths and odde daies and was buried at Westminster The tenth of Iuly was proclamation made of the death of King Edward and how he had ordained that the Lady Iane daughter to Francis Dutchesse of Suffolke which Lady Iane was married to the Lord Gilford Dudley fourth sonne to the Duke of Northumberland should be heire to the Crowne of England The 11. of Iuly Gilbert Pot Drawer to Ninion Sanders Vintner dwelling at Saint Iohns head within Ludgate was set on the pillory in Cheape with both his eares nailed and cleane cut off for words speaking at the time of the Proclamation of the Lady Iane. Lady Mary eldest daughter to King Henry the eight fled into Framingham Castle in Suffolke where the people in the country almost wholly resorted to her In Oxford Sir Iohn Williams in Buckinghamshire Sir Edmond Pecham and in diuers other places many men of worship offering themselues as guides to the common people gathered great powers and with all spéede made toward Suffolke where Lady Mary was Also the 13. of Iuly by appointment of the Counsell the duke of Northumberland the Earle of Huntington the Lord Gray of Wilton and diuers other with a great number of men of armes set forward to fetch the Lady Marie by force and were on their way as farre as Bury The 19. of Iuly the Counsell assembled themselues at Baynards Castle where they commoned with the Earle of Pembrooke and immediately with the Maior of London certaine Aldermen and the Shriues Garter King of armes and a Trumpet came into Cheape where they proclaimed the Lady Mary daughter to King Henry the eight and Quéene Katherine Quéene of England France and Ireland The 20. of Iuly Iohn Duke of Northumberland being at Saint Edmonsbury and hauing sure knowledge that the Lady Mary was at London proclaimed Quéene returned backe againe to Cambridge and about fiue of the Clocke in the euening he came to the market crosse and caused the Lady Mary to be likewise proclaimed Quéene of England but shortly after he was arrested in the Kings Colledge And the 25. of Iuly hee with other was brought vp to the Tower of London vnder the conduct of Henry Earle of Arundell Thus was the matter ended without bloodshed which men feared would haue brought the death of many thousands Queene Mary MAry the eldest daughter to K. Henry the eight beganne her raigne the sixt of Iuly in the yeare 1553. she came to London and was receiued with great ioy entred the tower the third of August where Thomas Duke of Norffolke Doctor Gardiner late Bishop of Winchester and Edward Courtney sonne and heire to Henry Marquesse of Excester prisoners in the Tower discharged The fifth of August Edmond Bonner late Bishop of London prisoner in the Marshalsey and Cuthbert Tunstall Bishop of Durham prisoner in the Kings Bench were restored to their Seas shortly after all the Bishops which had béene depriued in the time of King Edward the sixt were restored to their Bishoprickes also all beneficed men that were married or would not forsake their opinion were put out of their liuings others set in the same The 11. of August certaine Gentlemen minding to passe vnder London bridge in a whirrie were there ouerturned and 6. of them drowned The 13. of August maister Bourne a Canon of Paules preaching at Pauls Crosse so offended sonne of the audience that they breaking silence cried pull him out and one threw a dagger at him whereupon master Bradford and Iohn Rogers two Preachers of King Edwards time with much labour conuaied the saide master Bourne out of the audience into Paules Schoole The 22. of August Iohn Duke of Northumberland Sir Iohn Gates sir Thomas Palmer knights were beheaded on the Tower hill The 4. of September was proclaimed certaine new coines a soueraine of gold of 30. s. the halfe soueraine 15. s. an Angell x. s. the halfe angell 5. s. Of siluer the great halfe groat and peny Also basâ— coines to be currant as before At the same day by proclamation was pardoned the Subsidie of foure shillings the pound lands and 2. s. 8. d. the pound of moueable goods granted in the last Parliament of King
the clocke at night by torch-light The first of February two Souldiers were set on the Pillory at the Leaden hall whereon they stood by the space of thrée houres the one had his eare nailed the other his tongue pierced with an aule which aule remained in his tongue till hee was taken from the Pillory for abusing their captaines and Gouernours with had spéeces The 4 of February began the Parliament at Westminster About this time Francis Ket M. of Art of Wimondham for holding diuers detestable opinions against Christ our Sauior was burnt néere to the city of Norwich The 5 of February two souldiers were hanged on trées at the Miles end for being mutinous The 29 of March being Easter Euen the Parliament brake vp at Westminster wherein was granted two subsidies of two shillings eight pence the pound the péece foure fiftéenes and a tenth The 14 of Aprill Philip Earle of Arundell was arraigned at Westminster of high treason and found guilty by his Péeres had iudgment accordingly The 18 of Aprill Sir Iohn Norris and Sir Francis Drake Generals with sixe of her Maiesties ships 20 ships of warre and â—00 fit for burden hauing in them a choice company of Knights Captaines Gentlememen and souldiers departed from Plimouth and the 23 of the same arriued at the Groine The 26 they tooke the lower Town with great store of ordinance victuals cables and other furniture for shipping About the 6 of May they fought with the Spaniards at Borges bridges where the enemies fled with the losse of 700 men The lower town of Groine was burned and the ninth of May our Fléet set saile the thirtéenth the Earle of Essex sir Philip Butler and sir Roger Williams met the said Fléet so that on the sixtéenth the whole Nauie arriued at Phinicha where they set a land and the same day wanne both Towne and Castle After this they diuided the Armie whereof part marched with Sir Iohn Norris by land to Lisborne the rest with Sir Francis Drake passed by Sea to Cascales The twenty fourth our men entred the suburbes of Lisborn where they obtayned rich spoyles and plenty of euery good thing The twenty seuenth the Army left Lisborne and came to Cascales without any great fight or skirmish where they tooke the castle and thence returned for England but landing at Vigo they tooke the towne and wasted the country The 21 of Iune sir Francis Drake arriued at Plimouth and the third of Iuly sir Iohn Norris with the rest of the Fléet arriued there also the two Generals being offended the one with the other The third of May deceased Martin Calthrope Lord Maior of London M. Richard Martin Alderman succeeded Richard Martin Goldsmith the 5 of May. The first of August at night was the greatest lightning and thunder about London that euer was séene or heard of any man liuing and yet but small hurt done thankes bee to God tharefere Sir Iohn Norris and sir Francis Drake being returned as you haue heard many of their sailers and souldiers shortly after their landing fell sicke and died of a stinch bred amongst them on shipbord othersome of them so rudely behaued themselues about the country and elsewhere that diuers of them being apprehended on the 27 of August one of them was hanged on the end of a signe at an Inne doore in Kingston vpon Thames for a terror to the rest and on the 29 of August two more of them were hanged in Smithfield two at the Tower-hill two besides Westminster and one at Tiburne It was now vsuall with sailers and others at their returne of such voyages to rob pilfer and mutiny at their arriuall In the moneth of September the Citizens of London furnished 1000 men to be sent ouer into France to the aiding of Henry late King of Nauarre then challenging the Crowne of France Richard Gurney Stephen Some The 21 of October Richard Martin Maior of London accompanied with his brethren the Alderman being inuited guests rode to the Serieants feast then holden in the new Temple hall and at the Temple gate the Lord Maior was by certaine young Gentlemen denied to enter with his sword before him whereupon he with his brethren returned home Sir Iohn Hart Grocer the 28 of October The 6 of Nouember Lodowicke Griuell of Warwickshire Esquire was brought from the Tower of London to Westminster and theâ—â— at the Kings bench barre for murther and other notorious trespasses wherewith he was charged arraigned and found guilty but standing mute had iudgement to bee pressed to death which iudgement was put to execution in the Iayle of the Kings bench in Southwarke on the 14 of Nouember on the which day for the same fact his man was hanged in the Palace court at Westminster In this moneth of Nouember the citizens of London were sundry times affrighted by casualtie of fire first on the 20 about 4 of the clocke in the morning on Fish-stréete hill where one large house was burned to the ground and some people in helping to quench were consumed and the houses next adioyning also the one side of Saint Leonards Church was sore spoiled On the 22 at night about 11 of the clocke one other house ouer against the first on the other side of the way was in great danger but soone slaked On the twenty sixt about one of the clocke in the morning one other house and some people were burnt on the backside of the first house burnt and other houses neere about were sore spoyled c. The 5 of Ianuary about fiue of the clocke in the euening before twelfth day began a great and terrible tempest of winde in the Southwest which continued with great vehemency till about eleuen of the clocke of the same night this in the city of London blew the Tiles off mens houses and caused them to feare the ouerthrow of their houses The lesser west gate of Saint Paules Church next to the Bishops Palace was broken both boltes barres and lockes so that the same was blown ouer In the countrey houses and barnes were borne ouer some blowne farre from the places wheron they had stood besides trees in great numbers blew vp by the roote On the seas no man can tell what harme was done At South-hampton the ships and barkes riding at anchor were driuen aland and sunke the like was neuer séene Sir Iohn Hart Knight Alderman of London builded a frée Schoole in Cuccold alias Coxold in Yorkeshire And endowed it with thirtie and fiue pounds a yéere for euer He likewise gaue fin to Sussex Sidney Colledge in Cambridge two Fellowships and four Schollarships viz. forty and fiue pounds a yéere for euer The 21 of February Ambrose Dudley Earle of Warwicke deceased and was buried at Warwicke This yeare 1589 was deuised and perfected the Art of knitting or weauing of silke stockings Wastcoteh Couerlets and diuers
Edward Thomas Ofley William Hewet Shriues The last of September Quéene Mary rode through the Citie of London to Westminster A Dutchman stood on the wethercocke of Pauls stéeple holding a streamer in his hand of fiue yardes long and bowing his knée when the Quéene rode by vnder him were two scaffolds one aboue the crosse and the other beneath the bowle of the crosse both set with streamers wauing and torches burning On the morrow the Quéene was crowned at Westminster by Doctor Gardiner Bishop of Winchester The 25. of October the Barge of Grauesend was ouerturned and 14. persons drowned Sir Thomas White Merchant Tailor Maior This Sir Thomas White a worthy Patron and protector of poore schollers and learning erected a Colledge in Oxford now called S. Iohns Colledge before Bernards Colledge he also erected S. Iohns hall sometime Glocester Colledge in Oxford for one hundred of schollars or more and adioyned it to his Colledge Hee also erected schooles at Bristow and Reading moreouer this worshipfull Cittizen in his life time gaue to the Cittie of Bristow two thousand pounds of ready money to purchase landes to the yearely value of 120. pound for the which it is agréed that the Maior Burgesses and commonaltie of Bristow in Anno 1567. and so yearely during the tearme of ten yeares then next ensuing should cause to be paide at Bristow an hundred pound of lawfull money The 800. pound to be lent to sixtéene poore young cloathiers and frée men of the same towne for the space of ten yeares fiftie pound the péece of them putting sufficient sureties for the same and at the end of tenne yeares to be lent to other sixtéene at the discretion of the Maior Aldermen and foure of the common counsell of the saide Cittie The other 200. l. to be imploied to y e prouision of corne for the reliefe of the poore of the same Citie for their ready money without gaine to betaken And after the end of 9. yeares on the feast of Saint Bartholmew which shall be in Ann. 1577. at the Marchant-tailors hall in London vnto the Maior and commonaltie of the Cittie of Yorke or to their Attorney authorised an hundred and foure pound to be lent vnto foure young men of the said Citie of Yorke frée men and inhabitants clothiers alwaies to bee preferred viz. to euery one 25. pound to haue and occupy the same for the tearme of tenne yeares without paying any thing for the loane of foure pound ouerplus of the 104 pound at the pleasure of the Maior and commonaltie for their paines to bee taken about the receits and paiments of the said 100. l. The like order in all points is taken for the deliuery of 104 pound in the yeare 1578. to the Cittie of Canterbury in the yeare 1579. to Reding 1580. to the company of the Marchant-tailors 1581. to Glocester 1582. to Worcester 1583. to Excester 1584. to Salisbury 1585. to Worcester 1586. to Norwich 1587. to Southhampton 1588. to Lincolne 1589. to Winchester 1590. to Oxford 1591. to Hereford Cast 1592. to Cambridge 1593. to Shrewsbury 1594. to Linne 1595. to Bathe 1596. to Darby 1597. to Ipswich 1598. to Colchester 1599. to Newcastle And then to begin againe at bristow 104. pound the next yéere to the Citie of Yorke and so forth to euery of the said Cities and townes in the like order as afore and thus to continue for euer More this Sir Thomas White gaue vnto the Maior and commonaltie of Couentry the summe of 1400. pound to purchase landes and tenements to the value of seuentie pound by the yeere which the said Maior and Communaltie did purchase by the onely procurement and aid of the said sir Thomas White for the reliefe and preferment of the Common-wealth of the said Citie of Couentry being then in great decay The rents and profits whereof he hath deuised to be yeerely conuerted as followeth First that twelue poore men Inhabitants of the foresaid Citie shall haue paid vnto them in free almes the summe of 24. pounds yeerely the same to be paid vnto them vpon the xi of March yeerely or within vi daies after viz. to euery of them xl s. a peere for euer Further hee hath deuised that for the space of tenne yeeres within one yeere after his decease to foure poore young men of the said City xl pound yeerely viz. ten pound to each of them for ix yeeres following the receit thereof in freelone And after those ix yeeres be expired to other iiii poore young men of the said Citie likewise for ix yeeres so from ix yeeres to ix yeeres for euer And after those ten yeeres be expired he doth deuise that the said Maior or Communaltie and Bailifes of Couentry for the space of thirty yeeres shall imploy the said xl l. yeerely to two yong men of the said Citie for nine yeeres in free lone for euer and so likewise after those nine yeers from nine yeeres to nine for euer And after those thirty yeeres bee expired the said summe of forty pound yeerely to be deliuered in free lone to one young man of the said Citie for nine yeeres and so likewise from nine yeeres to nine yeeres for euer And after that he doth deuise the said summe of fortie pound to bee paid and deliuered to the Towne of Northampton the same to be deliuered to one young man for nine yeeres in free lone and so from nine yeeres to nine yeeres for euer And then the next yeere after that to the Towne of Leicester as aforesaid And the next yeere after that to the Towne of Nottingham as aforesaid And the next yeere after that to the Towne of Warwicke as aforesaid And then againe to Couentry for one yeere and so to the other townes aforesaid one after another for euer And he doth deuise to the Master and Wardens of the Marchantaylors to see the said deuise truely executed and performed according to the couenants twenty s. yeerely for euer And to the Maior Recorder and tenne Aldermen of Couentry for their paines in putting foorth the said money sixe shillings eight pence to each of them for euer and to the Steward and towne Clerke for making of the Bonds continually without any charge to those that receiue the said mony twentie shillings yeerely for euer this is in the Records remayning in the Marchantaylors Hall And furthermore as I haue receiued from Saint Iohns Colledge in Oxford the same Sir Thomas White inlarged the gift of 1400. pound aforesaid to be deliuered to the Citie of Couentry to the summe of 2060. pound or thereabout towards the purchasing of lands within the City of Couentry or neere to the same the rents whereof to bee imployed as is before rehearsed with addition also to pay yearely fortie pound to the said Colledge of Saint Iohns in Oxford for annuitie for euer Cardinall Poole was sent for to returne to England The 12. of Nouember Doctor Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury Lady Iane that was
nose hée caused some of the fauourers of Leonicus to bée put to death sixe yeares after his reestablishment he sought to ruinate Chersena he was banquished in warre by Phyllippicus whom hee banished with his sonne Tiberius and lost his life and Empire after him succéeded Phyllippicus surnamed Bardanes Read Egnatius 2. Booke I will not speake chiefely of the West-Saxons because in the processe of time they subdued other Kings and brought this land againe to one Monarchy KEnwalcus surnamed Iew raigning among the west Saxons maintained such warre against the Kentish Saxons that he constrained them to séeke meanes of peace This man builded the Colledge of Wels and the Abbey of Glassenbury hee also paide the Peter pence first to Rome When hee had gouerned the west Saxons by the space of 7. yeares he gaue vp his royall power and went to Rome Anno 101. Ethelredus King of Mercia obtained a Bishops sea to bée in the Citty of Worcester Anno 711. Edilwach King of the south Saxons gaue to the Bishop Wilfride the Isle of Selsee wherein the saide Wilfride builded a Monastery and became the first Bishop of the Prouince And in the yeare 715. the Germanes were generally conuerted to the Christian faith EThelard was King of the West Saxons in whose time the reuerend Beda was famous Beda for his learning and good life was renowned in all the world he compiled 78. bookes Ethelrald raigned 14. yeares He died at 70. yeares of age Beda died the last of May 732. of age 72. CVthred was King of the west Saxons he raigned 16. yeares Slgibert being cruell towards his subiects was depriued of his kingly authoritie and wandring in a wood was slaine of a swineheard he raigned not one yeare About this time the Sarazens ouer-ran and spoiled all France KEnulphus appeased certaine murmurs that were among the people for the deposing of his predecessor Sigibert Hee founded the Cathedrall Church of Wels in Anno 766. As he haunted a woman which he kept at Merton he was slaine by a kinsman of Sigibert When he had raigned 29. yeares he was buried at Winchester About this time Charlemaine had forced the Saxons to become Christians BRithricus of the blood of Cerdicus was made King of the west Saxons and ruled 17. yeares In his time it rained blood which falling on mens cloathes appeared like crosses This yeare 793. the west country of Flanders began to bee an Earledome And 16. yeares before that Charlemaine of France sent choise schollers to Rome to learne to sing according to skill and Art The first Church that receiued and preferred skilfull melody was Mets in Lorrayne Till this time the Frenchmen had but small skill in Musicke but there were no Organs knowne in France vntill the yeare 826. Offa King of Mercia builded the Abbey of S. Albones hée chased the Britaine 's into Wales and the vtter bounds of Mercia which is now called Offa-dike The Danes ariued in the Isle called Portland but by the puissance of Bithricus and other Kings of the Saxons they were compelled to auoide the land Bithricus was poysoned by his wife Ethelbura for which deede the Nobles ordained that from thenceforth the Kings wiues should not bée called Quéenes nor suffered to sit with them in places of estate Kenulph King of Mercia builded the Abbey of Winchcombe EGbricus the Saxon obtained the gouernment of the west Saxons he tamed the Welshmen and vanquished Bertulphus King of middle England hée raigned 37. yeares and was buried at Winchester This yeare 812. being the 11. yeare of the Emperiall raigne of Charlemaigne hée founded an Arch-bishopricke in Hambro and ordained that the Arch-bishop and his successor should bée Metropolitan of Sclauonia Denmarke and other great Prouinces of the North Vpon enuy thereat the Danes and others being mighty in armes after the death of Charlemaigne assaulted Hambro and destroyed it cruelly Then within a while after was y e Bishopricke of Breme founded The Archbishop of Hābro sought to cōuert the Danes A Delnulphus the sonne of Egbricus began his raigne ouer the most part of England there came a great Army of the Pagan Danes with 550. shippes into the mouth of the Thames and so to London and spoled it Adelnulphus came against the foresaide Danes and had of them an honourable victory Adelnulphus sent his sonne Alfreed to Rome at which time Leo the fourth consecrated him King Adelnulphus did make the tenth part of his kingdome frée from all tribute and seruice to the King he raigned 18. yeares and was buried at Stonehing ADhelbalde raigned two yeares and a halfe he presumed to his fathers mariage bed and was buried at Shireburne AThelbrict brother to Adhelbald tooke vnder his dominian Kent Southery and Southsex In his time the Pagans spoiled the Citty of Winchester hee raigned 5. yeares and lyeth at Shireburne ETheldred brother to Atheldrict was slaine by the Danes when hee had raigned 5. yeares and was buried at Winborne About this time a furious heathen people came from Sweathland Denmarke and Norway and most despitefully possest that part of France which euer since hath béene called Normandy of whom it tooke the name William the Conqueror is descended of them Hinguar and Hubba ouercame the Prouince of the Northumbers Hinguar sailed into the east part of England tooke Edmond the King of that Prouince being constant in the faith of Christ who first beaten with bats then scourged with whips yet still called on the name of Iesus Christ his aduersaries shot his body full of shafts and stroke off his head Ebbe Abbesse of Coldingham cut off her nose and vpper lip and perswaded all her sisters to doe the like that they being odible to the Danes might the better kéepe their virgnitie in despite whereof the Danes burned the Abbey and Nunnes ALfreede the fourth sonne of Aethelwolph receiued the gouernment of the whole Realme and fought many sharpe battailes against the Pagans Hee restored and honourably repaired the Citty of London after it had béene amongst other Citties destroyed with fire and the people killed vp he made it habitable againe The twenty ninth yeare and fifth month of his raigne departed this life and is buried at Winchester in the Monastery of his foundation Hee founded a Monastery of Monkes at Ethelingsey and another for Nunnes at Shaftsbury hee ordained the hundreds and tenths hee ordained common Schooles of diuers Sciences in Oxford and turned the Saxons lawes into English with diuers other bookes Hee diuided the twenty foure houres of the day and night into thrée parts he spent eight houres in writing reading and praying eight in prouision for his body and eight in hearing and dispatching the matters of his subiects This yeare 930. the King of Norway was baptized and became a deuout Christian and his sonne Otto was Emperour his eldest
tooke many of the Noble men prisoners and brought Scotland into such obedience as he gaue of the lands therof to his subiects of England with Markets Faires Warrens Among other I haue séene vnder the broade seale of the said King Edward a Mannour called Retnes in the County of Forfaire in Scotland neare the furthest part of the same nation Northward giuen to Iohn Ewer and his heires auncestors to the Lord Ewer that now is for the seruice done in those parts with market euery munday Faire for 3. dayes euery yeare at Michaelmas and free warren for the same dated at Lauereost the xx day of October Anno Reg. 34. William Coser Shriue Reginald Thunderle Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior This yeare 1306. vpon sundry complaints of many of the Cleargy Nobilitie resorting to the city of London touching the great anoiance danger of contagion growing by reason of the french of burning sea-coale which diuers fire makers in Southwarke Wapping East Smithfield now vsed to make their common fires because of cheapnes hereof to forbeare the burning of bauin and fire coale the King expresly commanded the Maior and Shriues of London for with to make proclamation that all those fire-makers should cease their burning of sea-coale and make their fires of such fuell of wood and coale as had béene formerly vsed Reade the Record The great new Church of the gray Friers in London was begunne to bee builded by the Lady Margaret Quéene second wife to Edward the first Iohn of Briton Earle of Richmond builded the body of the church the residue was finished by the Lady Mary Countesse of Pembroke Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester Margaret Countesse of Glocester Elianor Spencer Elizabeth Bourgh sisters to Gilbert de Clare King Edward sent messengers into England commanded that all that ought him seruice should be ready at Carlile within 3. wéekes after the feast of S. Iohn Baptist But himselfe being vexed with a bloody flixe the 7. of Iuly departed this life at Burgh vpon the sands in the yeare of our Lord 1307. when he had raigned 34. yeares seuen moneths and odde daies his body was buried at Westminster vnto the which Church hee had giuen landes to the value of an hundred pound by yeare 20. pound thereof yearely to be distributed to the poore Edward of Carnaruan EDward the second sonne to the first Edward borne at Carnaruan began his raigne the 7. of Iuly in the yeare 1307. he was faire of body but vnstedfast of maners not regarding to gouerne his commonweale by discretion iustice which caused great variance betwéene him and the Lords Nicholas Pigot Shriue Nigellus Drurie Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior The King married Isabel the French Kings daughter The Lords enuying Pierce of Gauestone Earle of Cornwall a stranger borne banished him the land William Basing shriue Iames Borener shriue Nicholas Faringdon Goldsmith Maior The King sent for Pierce of Gaueston out of Ireland and gaue him the Earle of Glocesters sister in marriage which caused him againe to rise in pride scorning the Nobles of the realme The Barons therefore declared to the King that except he would expell the saide Pierce from his company they would rise against him as against a periured Prince whereupon once againe hee caused Pierce to abiure Iames of S. Edmond shriue Roger Palmer shriue Thomas Romane Maior Pierce of Gauestone returned into England and came to y e kings presence who forgetting al oaths and promises receiued him as a heauenly gift The Church of Middleton in Dorsetshire was consumed with lightning the Monkes being at mattens Simon de Corpe shriue Peter Blackney shriue Richard Reffam Mercer Maior Templars in England vpon heresie and other filthy Articles whereof they were accused were condemned to perpetuall penance in seuerall Monasteries The Barons of England being confederated against Pierce of Gauestone besieged him at the castle of Scarborough where they tooke him and brought him to Warwicke castle and caused his head to be stricken off Simon Mermood shriue Richard Gilford shriue Sir Iohn Gisors Pepperer Maior Quéene Isabel was deliuered of her first sonne named Edward at Windsor The Knights of the order of S. Iohn Baptist called S. Iohn of Ierusalem put the Turkes out of the Isle of Rhodes and after that wan vpon the saide Turkes daily for a long time Iohn Lambyn Shriue Richard Gilford Shriue Sir Iohn Gisors Pepperer Maior King Edward gathering a great power marched towards Scotland to breake the siege of the Castle of Streuelin where hee and his power encountred with Robert Bruce and the Scots in the end whereof the English men were discomfited and so eagerly pursued by the Scots that many of the Noble men were slaine This yeare 1313. according to the Chronicles of Germany Phillip king of France surnamed the Faire hauing his body full of venemous scabs manginesse caused all such of his subiects as well women as men both in France and Flaunders as had either the leaprosie or meazelrie to be burned The cause of this his tyrannous rigour was because he had beene informed that the saide lazar or pockey people had wilfully poysoned all the chiefe wels and standing waters Some say that this visitation was the diuine iustice of God vpon the King for suppressing the Knights Templars And in the yeare 1403. all the Iewes in Germany were burned because they had poisoned all the wels and standing waters It appeareth by forraine Chronicles that the Iewes had a generall purpose to poison the Christians for the Iewes in France did poyson the waters likewise and were seuerely punished Robert Gurdome Shriue Hugh Garton Shriue Nicholas Farendon Goldsmith Maior The King caused his writs to be published for victuals that no Oxe stalled or corne fed bee solde for more then 24. s. no grasse fed oxe for more then 16. s. a fat stalled cow at 12. s. another cow at 10. shillings A fat mutton corne fed or whose wooll is well growne at 20. pence another fat mutton shorne at 14. d. A fat hog of 2. yeares olde at 3. s. 4. d. A fat goose at 2. d. halfe peny in the city at 3 d. A fat Capon at 2. d. in the citty at 2. d. halfe peny A fat hen at one peny in the citty at one peny halfe peny Two chickins a peny in the citie on peny halfe peny Foure pigeons for one peny in the citty three pigeons for one peny 24. egges a peny in the citty 20. egges a peny c. Stephen Abingdon Shriue Hamond Chigwell Shriue Sir Iohn Gisors peppâ—rer Maior A Tanners son of Exceter named himselfe the sonne of Edward the first for the which hee was hanged at Northampton The deaâ—th increased through the abundance of raine that fell in haruest so y t a quarter of wheat or salt was sold for xl s. There followed this famine a grieuous mortalitie of people
y e Bow so that market people riding towards London hardly escaped but some were drowned also towards Lambeth in the high way people not on horsebacke were borne on mens backes and rowed in wherries in Saint Georges field Robert Earle of Essex and Charles Howard high Admirall of England imbarked with 150. good saile of ships on the first of Iune weighed anchor and hoised vp sailes outward their iourney from Plimmouth towards Spaine and wonne Cadiz and returned with great booties and spoiles The 22 of Iuly Henry Carey Lord Hunsdon and Lord Chamberlaine deceased at Somerset house without Temple barre and was honourably buried at Westminster about the same time also deceased Sir F. Knoles one of her Maiesties priuy Counsell Sunday the eight of August great triumph was made in London for the good successe of the Earle of Essex and his company in Spaine the winning sacking and burning of the famous Towne of Cadiz the ouerthrow and burning of the Spanish Nauie and other accidents A Serman of thanksgiuing was preached at Paules Crosse in the forenoone and bon-fires with great ioy In the yeare 528 and in the 2 yeare of Iustinian the Emperor he gaue charge that his first Cod◠should be composed of the Gregorian Theodosian and Hermoginean Code In the third yeare of this Emperour the first Code came forth In the fourth yeare he commanded the Digests to be composed In the seuenth yeare of his raigne the Institutions were set forth and within one moneth after them came forth the Digests In the eight yeare came forth the new Code of Iustinian In his ninth yeare which was in the yeare of our Lord 535 diuers nouell constitutions were published The 15 of August a new house of Timber not full finished in Fléetstréete sodenly fell downe and with it one old house adioyning by the fall whereof the good man with a man-seruant and a child were killed In the moneth of August began a new collection for so releeue the poore in this City so that besides their ordinary pensions in money giuen to them they also receiued wéekely two shillings bread ready baked euery lofe weighing 24 or 26 ounces the péece but this charity lasted but a while The 29 of August the Duke of Bolloine being arriued in England came to the Court at Greene-wich and there by oath for the King his Master confirmed the League of amity betwixt the two Realmes of England and France Shortly after souldiers were sent ouer to aide the French in their warres The 16 of September Gilbert Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury and sir Anthony Mildmay Knight Ambassadors with Lords Knights Gentlemen and other to the number of more then two hundred horse departed towards France arriued at Deepe on the twenty thrée had audience of the King who most princely welcomed them on the 7 of October the fidelity or oth of the league was solemnly taken the order of the Garter most royally performed and the Ambassadors returning with great honours arriued in the Downes on the 27 of October Richard Godard Iohn Wats 28 Septem Thomas Skinner Clothworker 28 Oct. Henry Billingsley 31 December Through the diligent carefulnesse of T. Skinner Maior prouision was made for corne to be brought from Danske other the Gaft Countries by our Merchants vnto whom was granted custome and stowage frée as also to make their owne price or transport to any part of this Realme whereupon it followed were the price neuer so high this City neuer wanted for their money This yeare like as in the moneths of August September October and Nouember fell great raines whereupon high waters followed wheat in meale was sold at London for ten shillings the bushell Rie sixe shillings and Oate-meale eight shillings The 17 of Nouember a day of great triumph for the long and prosperous raigne of her Maiesty at the Court the Earle of Cumberland Champion for the Quéene the Earle of Essex Bedford Southampton Sussex with other ranne at the tilt most brauely Sunday the fift of December great numbers of people being assembled in the Cathedrall Church of Wels in Somersetshire in the Sermon time before noone a sudden darkenesse fell among them and storme and tempest followed with lightening and thunder such as ouerthrew to the ground them that were in the body of the Church all which Church séemed to be on a light fire a loathsome stench following some stones were stricken out of the Bel tower the wires and irons of the Clocke were molten which tempest being ceased and the people come to themselues some of them were found to be marked with sundry figures on their bodies and their garments not perished nor any marked that were in the Chancell The 30. of December at night deceased Peter Hauton an Alderman of London and the same night also deceased Thomas Skinner Lord Maior of the same City Whereby was made frustrate the great hope that men had conceiued of his good gouerment to come And on the next morrow being the last of December Henry Billingsley Haberdather was elected Maior who being chiefe customer for her Maiesty on the twelth euen sate in the Custome house with the sword before him lying on the table The eleuenth of Ianuary he tooke his oath at the Tower of London In the moneth of May Souldiers were pressed in the city of London to the number of 550. with all the furniture at the charges of the Cittizens these were trained to the field out of which was picked 400. and the rest dismissed these and other picked men out of diuers Shires about the number of 6000. most brauely funished of all things necessary besides the supersfluities of voluntaries who spared for no cost namely in gold lace and feathers vnder conduct of Robert Earle of Essex were sent to the seas they set from the west coasts of England about the tenth of Iuly being Sunday on monday the same fléet was sailed out of sight from England but the 17. being Saturday hauing the winde against them as the like for thrée or foure daies before a tempest of lightning and thunder raine and darkenesse shooke and dispersed them wherevpon they returned Sir Water Rawley with forty saile came to Plimmouth and afterward the Earle and others to Falmouth some of their company wanting namely the Lord Thomas Howard the Lord Mountioy the Lord Rich and other the gallants or voluntaries came home againe but not with such iollity as they went out for many left their Feathers at sea About the twenty seauen of October was newes that the Earle of Essex was returned hauing before sent home thrée or foure ships very richly laden and lately taken he left the fléet to pursue the action in taking more This Summer arriued héere an Embassador from the King of Polonia and had audience the twenty fiue of Iuly whose Oration was presently answered by her Maiesty in Latine This yeare the