of manye greuous diseases thorowe the Charity therof In Maye was frier Forest hanged Frier forest suffered and brente in smithfelde for treason and heresy ¶ Anno dom M. ccccc.xxxviii an xxx Henrici octaui Syr Wyllyam Forman mayre Wyllyam wylkinson Nicholas Gibson shiriffes The marques of exetor beheded This yeare in Decembre was the Marques of Exceter the lorde Montacute and syr Edwarde Neuel beheaded for hygh treason duely proued A noble muster in London In May the Cytezyns of London mustred all in bryghte harnes and cotes of white sylke wyth whit cloth and chaynes of golde in thre greate battaylles to the great wōder of straungers ¶ Anno dom M. ccccc.xxxix anno xxxi Henrici octaui syr wyllyam Holleys mayre Iohn Fayre Thomas Huntlowe sheriffe This yeare in Nouembre 4. abbottēs put to death for treason the Abbot of Redynge Glastenbury Colchester were attaynted of hygh treason and lyke traytours put to deathe The .xxviii. daye of Iuly Thomas cromwell beheaded Thomas Crumwell late before created Earle of Essex and water Lorde Hungerford were beheaded at the Towre hyll for treason And the .xxx. daye were Barnes Garet and Hierom brent for heresye Also the same daye were Abell Powell and Fetherstone drawen hanged and quartered in Smyth felde for treason This Somer was a great heat and droughte so that in many places the people woulde haue gyuen one bushell for the grendyng of another An examinacion of byshopes Thys yeare was the Byshop of Chychester and Doctor wylson delyuered oute of the towre vpon the kynges pardon ¶ Anno. dom m. ccccc.xl an xxxxii Henrici octaui syr Wyllyam Roch mayre Wylliam Laxton syr Martyn Bowes shyryffes great pity Thys yeare the collection for the poore people seased In Decembre were Egerton Harman put to execucion for counterfetyng of the kinges great Seale This yere the kinges grace begā great buildīg at Calis Guynes In Apryl certaine preestes and laye men began a new commocion in yorkeshyre A new cōmocion in yorkeshire whiche were shortly taken and put to death in dyuerse places one Leghte and two other were put to deathe at London the xxvii daye of Maye and for that offēce was syr Iohn Neuel knight draune hanged and quartered Due execucion at yorke on corpus Christi euen and xxx handged for robbery This yeare the .vi. day of May there was a proclamacion that the Byble should be had in euery parysh Churche within this realme Goddes word set at lyberty redye for all sortes of people to reade and heare Goddes worde at conuenient tymes This yere the countesse of Salisburye was beheaded the .xxviii. day of maye The .ix. daye of Iune were two yemē of the kinges Garde Right iudgement hanged at Grenewitch for robberye in example of al other And the .x. day of Iune was sir Edmond Kneuet knighte arayned in the Kynges Hall there for geuynge a blow in the kinges house and shoulde haue loste his hand if the kinges maiestie had not extended hys mercy towardes him The .xxii. daye of Iulye there was another proclamaciō Abrogacions of holye dayes that no holy day shoulde be kepte excepte our ladies dayes the Apostles Euangelystes S. George S. Mary Magdalene And the S. Marke shal not be takē ne kept as a fastīg day nor S. Laurence euen Neyther that Chyldren shoulde be derked ne go aboute vpon saynt Nycholas saynt Katheryne saynt Clement the holy Innocentes suche lyke dayes Also the .xxviii. daye of Iuly was the lord Leonard Grey beheaded at Towre hill for diuers treasons done in Irelād while he was the kinges deputy there The same daye were thre Gentilmen called Mantell Roydon Frowes hanged at sayncte Thomas waterynges for comminge a shameful murther and making an vnlawfull assemble confirmed by a sedicious oth in Sussex A vnlawful assēble in May laste in the companye of the Lorde Dacres of the South which lorde Dacres was on s Peters daye folowing led frō the Towre through London by the Sheryffes on fote to Tyborne and there hanged And the first daye of Iuly was a Welchman drawen hanged and quartered for prophesyinge of the noble kinge Henrye the eyghtes deathe ¶ Anno domini M. ccccc.xli an xxxiiii henrici octaui Syr Mighell Dormer mayre Syr Rouland Hyl Henry Suckley shiriffes In this yeare the .x. daye of Marche there was a maide boyled in Smithfelde for poysonynge of diuers honest persons that she had dwelled wyth in the Citie of londō This yeare came in the Earle of Desmonde and the great Oneil oute of Irelande and did submyt theim to the kinges maiestie yrysh men called to honoure and after their submission the great Oneyll was created Earle of Tyron his sonne Baron of Doncannen ¶ Anno domini M. ccccc.xlii an xxxiiii Henrici octaui Iohn Cotes salter mayre Henry Hobelthorne Henry Amcotes sheriffes Lacke of wood in London In this yeare the Frost dured so longe that many of the poore people cried out for lacke of wode and coles that the mayre wente to the wood wharfes and sold to the pore people Byllet and Fagot by the peny worth And this yeare was an Acte of parliamente An act for wod cole in london for woode and cole to kepe the full syse after the purifycaciō of our Lady that shuld be in the yere of our lorde M. ccccc.xliii that no manne shuld bargayne sel bringe or conuaye to be vttered or solde vpon payne of forfiture This yeare the .xxviii. daye of Iulye was brente at winsore three persōs that is to say one sir Anthony parsō Preest and two seculer men the thyrd had the kinges pardon Also this yere was proclamed in the Citie of London the thirde day of August Opē war towarde fraunce open war betwene our soueraigne Lorde the kynge the Frenche kinge so the kynges hyghnes geuinge licence and aucthororitie to euery of his subiectes to vse the sayde Frenche kinge and al that depēded vpon him to their moste aduauntage and commoditie as his maiesties enemies hath in suche lyke case heretofore bene vsed and accustomed ¶ Anno domi M. ccccc.xliiii an xxxv Henrici octaui Syr Wyllyam Bower draper whiche deceased being mayre after him was chosē syr Raufe warren Iohn Rowles Richard Dobbes shiriffes This yere was a greate deathe in London A greate deathe whiche continued so longe that ther was no terme kept at Londō at Mighelmas but was remoued to saynt Albones there kepte A voiage into scotlande In the yere of our lord M. ccccc xliii and the .xxxvi. yere of our soueraygne lorde kinge Henry the .viii in the time of the mairaltie of syr Rafe Waren the kinges maiestie sente an army into Scotlande the iiii day of May and landed at lith and so wente burning and destroyinge the countrey about sparinge neyther Castell towne Pyle ne Village The boroughe and towne of Edenborough with the Abbey called Holy
cruell bataile the vyctory fell to the Englysh mē and wanne the towne where were slayne of the Scotes .xxv. M. and after warde the kynge of Scottes submitted him selfe to kynge Edwarde of England A battel at fankyrke In the .xxvi. yeare kynge Edward being in flaunders the Scottes rebelled and chose them a newe kynge called Wales and entred Northumberlande But the nexte yeare after kinge Edward gathered a great power and entred scotlande and at a place called Fankerke he mete with the Scottes where betwene them was foughte a cruell battayle but at the ende the Englyshmen had the victorye and slewe of the Scotes to the nōbre of .xxxii. M. and Walis theyr new chosen king fled in to the marysses and the common people yelded them to the kyng of England About the .xxxii. yeare Edward the kinges eldest sonne commytted dyuers ryots to the great dyspleasure of hys father wherefore the kynge enprysoned his sonne and other that were of his companye The king put his sō in prisons Also a bout the .xxxiii. yeare of kynge Edwarde the fyrste Wales the Scot was taken and brought to London and there put to death A bataile in scotlād Anone after many Lordes and bisshoppes of Scotlande came and yelded them selues to kynge Edwarde But Robert le Bruse contrary to his oth rebelled agaynste kinge Edwarde and shortlye after the kinge with a great hoste wente into Scotland where he met with Roberte le Bruse at a place nyghe saynte Iohns towne where was fought a cruell batayle the victory fell to the Englysh men and vii.m Scottes were slayne and Roberte le bruce fled to the kynge of Norwaye and dyuerse lordes were taken who were sent to London and there put to death The deth of kīg Edward the fyrste In the .xxxv. yeare kynge Edwarde fell syke and dyed the .vii. daye of Iulye in the yeare of christ M.ccc.vii and is buryed at Westminster ⚹ Edwarde the second EDwarde the second of that name and sonne of the fyrst Edwarde and prince of wales beganne his Raygne ouer England the .xxiiii. day of February the yere of Chryst M.ccc.vii and raygned xviii yeres thys edward was faire of body but vnstedfast of maners and disposed to lyghtnes For he refused the companye of hys Lordes and men of honoure and haunted a monge vylaynes and vyle persones he gaue him selfe also to ouer muche drynkinge and lyghtlye wold disclose thynges of great counsaile And besides that he was geuen to these vices of nature what yll counsayle maye doo he was much worse by the counsayle and famylyaritie of certayne euyll disposed personnes as Pierse of Ganeston Hughe the Spencers other whose wanton counsayle he folowing gaue him selfe to the appetyte and pleasure of the body no thyng ordering his common weale by sadnesse discresion and Iustice whiche thinge caused fyrste greate varience betwene him and hys nobles so that shortlye he became to them odible and in the ende was depriued of his kingdome This kinge in the second yeare of his raygne The king maryed went into fraunce maried Isabell doughter to Philip le Belle kynge of fraunce and after with her returned īto englād About this time Piers of Ganeston behaued hym selfe ylle againste the Lordes and waxed so proude that he would reuyle them wherfore they sodenly rose Piers of ganestō be headed and beseiged him in the castell of Scarbroughe and at the last wan it and toke Piers and broughte him to a place nere to Warwike and there stroke of his heade where with the kinge was greatly dyspleased About the .vi. yere of this king Robert le Bruse heryng of the deuision betwene the king and his lords came agayne in to Scotland and there was amytted kinge A batayle at banockes borne wherfore kinge Edwarde prepared a greate Armye and wente in to Scotlande and nere to a place called Banockysbourne he mete with the Scottes where was betwene them a cruell battayle but the Englyshmen lost the felde and many of the lordes and great men of England were slayne and taken and the kīg fledde wyth greate daunger into Barwyke In the .ix. yeare of kynge Edwarde the Scottes wan Barwike The scottes won barwike and shortly after they entered Northumberlande and slewe man woman and chyld Aboute this time there was a greate dearthe in Englande of all thinges Great plages in England and after folowed greate Pestilence yet all these mocions mended not the kynge of his yll liuinge In the .xi. A bataile of mitton yeare of this king the Scottes entred Englande at a place in yorke shire called Mitton was fought a cruell batayle where the English men lost the felde and much people of the countrey slaine But the kinge was all ruled by Hughe Spenser the father and the sonne and the commons had thē in great hatred In the .xii. yeare of thys kinge there was a Parliament holden at London Spēcers banished where by the entreatinge of the lordes Hugh Spencer the father and Hugh Spencer the sonne were banished the Realme But it was not longe after but the kynge contrary to that ordynaunce made in the Parlyamente sente for these Spencers agayne and set them in hyghe aucthorytie A batel at brough bryge Shortly after the Lordes rose agaynst the kynge and at broughe bryge the kynges Captayne called Andrew of Harkeley met wyth thē where many of the Barons of englande were slayne and taken and afterward that the Earle of Lancaster and dyuers other of the Barons and knyghtes were putte to deathe In the .xvii. yeare of thys king the quene fearinge the tyrannye of the Spensors The quen fled the lande fled wyth her yonge sonne Edwarde into Fraunce to her brother Charles where she and her sonne was gentlye receyued of her brother which made great promyse to ayde her agaynst the tyrany of the Spencers Shortly after Charles the frēch kynge fearyng the Manassyng of the byshoppe of Rome forsoke his systers quarell The quene and her sonne driuen out of fraunce and commaunded her to auoyde his lande In the .xix. The quene with her son entered the lande yeare of kyng Edwarde quene Isabel and her sonne by the ayde and helpe of syr Iohn of Heynalde with a small companye of Heynowayes retourned into England to whome the nobles and commons gathered in greate nombre and pursued the kinge the Spensers and other enemies so narowlye that shortlye after they toke them and kepte the kinge in prisō at kenelworth the Spensours the Earle of Arundell Robert baldocke and other Tyrantes whiche of longe tyme had greued the reame were put to deth ¶ Edward the thyrd Edward the third of that name and sonne to Edwarde the second and of Isabell onelye doughter of Phillip le Belle after the deposynge of his father was crowned kynge the second daye of February the yeare of Christ M.ccc.xxvi Of kinge Edwarde the thyrde whē he was but .xv. yeres of Age.
Rode house and the kinges Palice adioyned to the same were dystroyed The towne of Lyth also and the hauen and peyre destroied The castell village of Cragmyller the Abbey of Newbottelland parte of Muskel borow towne the Chapell of oure lady of Lawret Preeston towne and the castell Harintwone with the Freers and nunnery a castel of Oliuer Sācklers the towne of Dunbar Laurestone with the Graunge ¶ Drilaw Wester crag Enderlaugh The pyle the towne Broughton Chester felles Crawned Dudistone Stanhouse The Fycket Beuerton Tranent Shenstoue Markle Tarpren Kyrlande hyll Katherwike Belton East Barnes Howlande Buterden Quicwod Blacburne Raunton Byldy the towre And manye other townes and villages brente by the fleete vpon the sea syde A rode in to scotlād with a greate nombre of pyles and vilages which I can not name nor reherse which he destroyed and left desolate Kyncorne S. Myners the quenes Fery part of Peting waies and other diuers thinges done by the Earle of Herford lyuetenant to the kinges maiestye At Lythe in Scotlande were made fyue and forty knightes Also this yere the kinges maiesty prepared an army into fraūce and thither he wente his owne persone Buleine mutrel beseged beseiged the stronge towne of Bullen in Pycardy as here after ye shall here The .xiiii. day of Iuly the kinges maiestye departed from douer to Callys The .xv. daye of Iuly his maiestye remoued to Morgysen and there camped one night The xxvi day of Iuly his maiesty remoued to hie Bulleine and there camped on the Northest part of the towne The .xxvii. daye of Iulye my Lord of Suffolke layde syege vnto hyghe Bulleyn and there camped on the Easte parte of the towne The .xxviii. daye of Iulye the watche towre otherwyse called the Olde man was wonne The .xxix. daye of Iulye Base-Bullen was wonne The .xi. day of September was made a greate Larum and the castell was so shaken with gunpoudre that the stones whiche wayed xxx poūde wayght dyd flye twenty score of the which not lytell greued the inhabitours to theyr daily paines and tormentes The .xiii. daye of Septembre the towne was victoryouslye conquered by the mooste dreade souerayne Lord kinge Henry the eight kinge of Englande Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faith and in earthe supreme head of the church of Englande and Irelande Bolleyne cōquered which after the entreaty and humble peticion made of the French men gaue them licence to take bag and bagage with them and so departe The .xiiii. daye of Septembre at iii. of the cloke at after none the towne gate was opened and the people began to come out and they helde on vntyll .vii. of the clocke at nyghte And there were in nomber of men wemen and chyldren .iiii. M. and of them .xv. C. able men of warre The kynges beniuolence and they had with theim as muche as they could cary both mē women and children that was able to beare any thynge and theyr horses and kyne were loded with as much stuffe as they could beare away And they had .lxxv wagens laded with them what laude and prayse oughte they to geue vnto God what worthye salutacions ought they to render to such a mercifull and valiaunte Prynce O howe ought they to pray dayly for the prosperous reigne of this victorious and puyssaunt Prince which shewed them suche mercye and fauour with safegarde of their lifes The .xv. day of September the kinges maiestie entred into hyghe Bullen with the nobilitie of hys realme and trumpettes blowinge The king entred bullē like a conqueroure that it reioysed all the whole hoste to heare and woulde haue comforted all true Englishe mens hartes to haue hard and sene the victorye and conquest that was had by our mooste dread soueraygne ouer the mayden towne for the whiche honoure prayse and glorye be gyuen to almighty God grace and victorye frome god the father vnto the Kynge for euer Amen ¶ Anno domi M. ccccc.xliiii an xxxvi Henrici octaui Williā Laxton mayre Iohn wylford Andrew Iud sheriffes The fyrste day of Octobre the kinges grace departed from Bullen toward Douer And at his goynge he dubbed fowre knightes at the waters syde A brag of the french meane The .viii. daye of Octobre the Dolphin came with a great power out of highe Fraunce and camped at Morgysen and sent his trompet with .ii. C. horsemen and men of armes towarde Bullē and they marched on the Northeaste syde where the kinges grace camped and the trumpetter came to Bullen gate blewe his trumpet to come to my Lorde Deputie and taried at the gate from .ix. of the clocke before noone tyll .ii. of the clocke at afternoone and then he came into Bullen to my Lorde deputye and sayd the Dolphyn hys master had sente to somon the towne And my Lord deputie and the Counsell gaue answere to the Dolphin of defiaunce and then the trumpet and the bushment of horsmen marched backe toward Morgysen Shortly after besyde diuerse and many sharpe skimishes A skirmish at Bolleyne made by the Frenchemen at Bullen aswell by the Dolphyn with a great power whiche in the night season stale vpon Base Bullein takynge there a greate sorte of sycke persones and women in their beddes whome withoute mercy they slewe Howbe it so manfully the Englysh men whyche escaped oute of Base Bullein behaued them selfes gettynge weapons oute of the highe towne that they bet the Frenchemen agayne out of the Base towne and after with helpe of the hyghe towne they slewe a greate nomber of them and so agayne possessed quietly the sayde Base towne And the .x. day of Octobre the Dolphin sent his trumpetter to the Lord deputie of Bullein to knowe what capitaines men of Armes and other of his men the Englyshe men had taken The Lorde Deputye made answer and sayde he had but one Then the Dolphins trumpeter sayde that they lacked of theyr captaines men of armes and other of theyr fote men to the nombre of vii C. and mo And the Lorde deputie deliuered the french captaine and the Dolphin deliuered oures The .xi. day of Octobre came agreat nauy of French shyps right before Bullein and they remained in sighe two dayes and then sayled forth betwene Bullein and Calis to heare of their master the Dolphin This yeare was taken by the kinges shyppes of the West countrey and of the English costes the nombre of .ccc. Frēch ships more The .xxvi. day of Ianuary in the yeare of .xlv. there camped on the Weste syde of Bullen beyonde the hauē an army of frenchmen to the nombre of .xviii. M. and lay there the space of .x. dayes And the .vi. day of February they were all put to flight by the Erle of Harford the lord Admyral then beyng lord Deputie of Bullen with a smal cōpany of men without any bludsheding on the English side but dyuerse of them were slaine And they left al their ordinaunce with bag baggage behind