reporte of the coÌ„myn people in this kynges tyme dyuers great wonders were sene as y e deuyll apperyng in mannes lykenesse great wyndes tempest swellynge rysynge of waters And therfore the kynge was tolde by dyuers of his famylyers y t god was nat content w t his lyuynge but he was so wylfull proude of mynde y t he regardyd lyttell theyr sayeng This kynge wyllyam as is sayd wrytten of hym had great pleasure in huÌ„tynge in so moche y t he pulled downe distroyed dyuers houses of religyon to inlarge the newe forest of wyndesore for wylde dere but a knyght of his named water Tyrell by y e glaunsyng of his arowe vpon a braunche whan he shot at an harte in the sayd forest smote the kyng wouÌ„ded hym to dethe wherof shortely he dyed The fyrst day of August the yere of Chryst M.C. without any yssue of his body And he rayned .xii. yere .xi. monethes and .xii. dayes and is buryed at westmyster Dedyre son to y e doughter of Robert erle of FlauÌ„ders was next erle of FlauÌ„ders Henricus .j. Pascall Gelase ¶ Pascall was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C. he hylde the see .xviii. yere and more ¶ Gelase was nexte pope he hylde the see one yere ¶ Henry ¶ Henry the .v. son to henry the fourthe was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.C.vii he hylde the see .xx. yere Henry HEnry Beuclerke the fyrst of that name and the thyrde son of wyllyam Conquerour was crowned kynge of Englande the .v. day of August the yere of Chryst M.C. This Henry was called Beuclerke because he was so well lerned in the .vii. lyberall scyence he restored the holy churche to theyr lybertes and vsed the lawes of saynt Edwarde with the amendement of them he put out of his court all nyce and wanton people This henry reformed the olde vntrewe mesures and made a mesure of a yarde of the lengthe of his arme reformed dyuers thynges that were mys vsed before his tyme and abborred excesse of mete and drynke and vsed to venquysshe more with counsell than with swyrde Sone after that he was kynge he maryed Maude the doughter of Malcolyn kynge of Scotlande Margaret his wyfe doughter of Edwarde the outlawe of whome he receyued .ii. sonnes wyllyam Rycharde and .ii. doughters Maude Mary whiche Maude afterwarde was maryed to henry the .iiii. Emperour of Almayne ¶ In the seconde yere of his reygne Robert Courteyse his brother duke of Normandye whiche had ben longe tyme occupyed in warre agaynst Chrystes enemyes hauynge worde of the dethe of his brother wyllyam Rufus and that his brother henry had takyn vpon hym to be kynge of Englande made preparacyon in Normandye and came ouer into Englande with a great hoost to chalenge the crowne But by mediacyon of the lordes it was agreed that Robert shulde haue euery yere durynge his lyfe .iii. M. markes as was promysed hym before by kynge â—â—â—lyam his brother And who so euer lyued longest to be others heyre And sone after that thi◠〈◊〉 departed agayne into Normandye This Robert by his manhode dyd many notable 〈◊〉 and specially at the wynnynge of the citye of Acon vpon the myscreantes and Turkes waâ— chosyn kynge of Ierusalem whiche he refused to take vpon hym In this tyme began great warre in Normandye betwene kyng Henry kynge Philyp of FrauÌ„ce but kyng Philyp sone after dyed ¶ About the .iiii. yere of this kyng Robert Curteyse came into EnglaÌ„de agayne to his brother henry whiche made hym great there that before that Robert departed he released to his brother the forenamed trybute of .iii. M. markes and departed agayne into Normandye After this a great varyaunce fell betwene this Robert his lordes in Normandye that they sent vnto kyng henry his brother wyllynge for to come into NormaÌ„dye they wolde delyuer hym the contrey And also by the intyssement of yll tale tellers a great varyaunce fell betwene kynge henry and his brother Robert that the kynge with a great armye sayled into Normandye with the helpe of the lordes there chased his brother Robert from place to place and wanne from hym Roan Cane Faloys and all the good townes many castels But at the last this Robert gaue battell to kynge Henry in the whiche battelll this Robert was takyn and sent ouer into Englande and kept in prison in the castell of Cardyffe in walys by the space 〈◊〉 viii yere where he after dyed without yssue of his body and was buryed at Gloucester And when this Robert was takyn the kynge Henry seasyd all Normandye into his owne handes ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the great was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.C.ix. In his tyme Philyppe his eldyst son rydynge in Parys kylde a chylde in the strete with his horse wherfore the kynge beynge sore displeased caused his yonger son Lewys to be crownde kyng in his lyfe ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe sonne to Dedyre was nexte erle of Flaunders and dyed without yssue Calyste Honâ—â—e ¶ Calyste was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. yere and more ¶ Honore was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. yere Lothary ¶ Lothary was nexte Emperour he hylde the Empyre .xi. yere ¶ Henry ¶ whan this kynge Henry came into EnglaÌ„de about y e .vii. yere of his reyne he maryed Maude his doughter to Henry the Emperour of Almayne whiche henry themperour prisoned pope Pascall and dyuers of his Cardynals but after he resygned his dignyte to pope Calystus and lyued after a strayte lyfe Sone after this the erle of Shroysbury and the erle of Cornewall rebellyd and rose agaynst the kynge with helpe of the welchemen But the kynge gate the fauour of the welchemen and caused those lordes for feare to flee into Normandye wherfore the kynge sayled thyder and made sharpe warre vpon them and toke them bothe prisoners and than returned into Englande About this tyme the contrey of Flaunders was sore surroundyd and hurt with the see that the flemynges requyred the kynge to inhabyte in the Eest partes of the ryuer of twede whiche was to them graunted but after a certayne of yeres they were remouyd into west wales whiche after spredde all Englande ouer ¶ In the .xiii. yere of this kynge there were sene dyuers straunge thynges in the fyrmament as blasynge sterres and .ii. mones one in the Eest another in the west and a great erthe quake at Notyngham durynge from morne to euenynge and the ryuer of Trent drye in the somer that men went ouer a fote drye Sone after there folowed a harde wynter moreyn of cattell scarcyte of vyttell and great dethe of people ¶ About the .xv. yere of this kynge great warre began betwene Lewys kynge of Fraunce and kynge henry and Lewys with a great hoost enteryd into Normandy wanne many townes castels droue kyng henry from place to place But after that fortune turned y e many noble captaynes of the Frenche kynges dyed
Englande toke dyuers castels of the kinges as wyndesore Notyngham dyuers other And the frenche kynge made warre in NormaÌ„dye but the barons of Englande resysted so this IohnÌ„ the kynges brother that he was fayne to deê‘te to the kynge of Fraunce After whan kynge Rycharde came home into Englande he called a parlyment and set the realme in order exyâ—ed all the Iewes out of Englande saue onely a fewe whiche remayned in Norwyche but after that the Iewes were suffred to inhabyte agayne in dyuers places in Englande And than after he sayled into Normandye where his brother IohnÌ„ than was and made sharpe warre agaynst the Frenche kyng but after a truce peace was taken betwene them for a certayne tyme. And his brother IohnÌ„ was then reconsyled to the kyng whiche bothe to gyther returned into EnglaÌ„de But after when the day of truce was expyred kyng Rycharde sayled agayne into Normandye made newe warre agayne vpon the Frenche kyng In the whiche warre they sped dyuersly for the Frenche kynge toke dyuers of his holdes in Normandye kynge Rycharde toke dyuers of his holdes in Fraunce many great conflyctes was betwene them But at the last kynge Rycharde went to besege a castell called castyll Gayllarde and as he rode about the castell to aduyse it one marked hym with a quarell smote hym in the hede wherof anone after he dyed without yssue of his body the .vi. day of Apryll the yere of Chryst M. C·xCix and is buryed at Founteuerarde Iohannes Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C.xCviii in his tyme lyued saynt Fraunces and saynt Dominycke fyrst begynners of those orders he hylde the see .xviii. yere ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe was nexte Emperour the yere of Christ M.C.xCix he hylde the Empyre .x â–ª yeres he had great warre with Otton whiche was also chosyn Emperour this Philyppe was slayne in his chambre IohnÌ„ IOhan brother to the forenamed Richarde was crowned kynge the .xxvi. day of Iulij the yere of Chryst M.C.xCix Philyppe the kynge of Fraunce hylde a counsell in Cenomenia in Maturyn and made one Artur sonne to Geffrey Plantagenet neuewe to kynge Iohan duke of Bretayne whiche incontynent enteryd the contrey of Angeo kynge Philyppe entryd into Normandye and toke many holdes there Kynge Iohan herynge therof came into Normandye to resyste kynge Philyppe but by mediacyon of fryndes a peace was made betwene the two kynges And after that kynge Iohan was deuorced from his wyfe which was doughter to the erle of Glocester for nerenesse of blode and maryed in Fraunce to Isabell doughter to the erle of Engolesym ¶ About the .iii. yere of kynge Iohan his reyne there were sene in the fyrmament .v. mones also about the same tyme at a parlyment holdyn at Verdon it was concluded y t kynge IohnÌ„ shulde appere at Parys within .xv. dayes after Ester next folowynge to answere to suche questyons as then shulde be layde agaynst hym for the Duchye of Normandye and the contrey of Angeo And because he appered nat nor none for hym kynge Philyppe enteryd into Normandye toke there dyuers holdes gaue the countye of Angeo to the forsayd Artur And whan kynge IohnÌ„ harde therof he came from Englande to Normandye and there made warre and toke the sayd Artur prisoner and dyuers other and returned shortely into Englande but yet he wanne nat y e contrey as it was sayd In the same yere folowynge was great stormes of wynde and rayne and hayle as bygge as hennes egges sperytes sene in the eyre lyke foules berynge fyre in theyr bylles whiche set dyuers houses a fyre This kyng IohnÌ„ than asked an eyde of the clergye of Englande for the optaynynge of Normandye whiche was lost whiche they denyed to gyue And also the pryour and couent of Caunterbury had chosyn one Steuyn Langton bysshop agaynst the kyngê wyll whome the pope confyrmed wherfore kynge Iohan was nat content and droue the pryour and dyuers of the couent out of the realme and commaunded that no letter nor commaundement of the pope shulde be receyued in Englande nor wolde nat at the popes request receyue that bysshoppe so chosyn wherfore suche varyaunce fell betwene the pope and the kynge that the pope interdyted the lande whiche stode so interdyted .vii. yeres tyll that kynge Iohan was reconsyled But as it is sayd this interdytynge was nat so strayte but that chylderne were chrystened in euery place and deuyne seruyce sayd in many houses of religyon and other places by lycence purchased than and before and people houselyd anayled except suche ê‘sons as were except by name in the bull About this tyme in Sussex was taken a fysshe lyke a man whiche was kept a lyue .vi. monthes after vpon lande with rawe flesshe but by cause they coude haue no speche of it they cast it into the see agayne ¶ About the .vii. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the sayd Frenche kynge Philyppe wanne all the hole contrey of Normandye Some auctours say that the frenche kynge made all this warre agaynst kyng IohnÌ„ by excytynge of the pope for his contumacye agaynst the churche ¶ About this tyme the Irysshemen rebellyd and than kynge Iohan with a pusant armye went into Irelande and shortely subdued them set the contrey in a rule and there bylde many great townes castels ordayned his lawes there to be kept and returned agayne into Englande ¶ Sone after this kynge Iohan prepared a great hoost and sayled into Rochyll and when the Frenche kynge harde therof he prepared another stronge hoost so that bothe the hoostes were within lytell dystannce to haue mette but by mediacyon of fryndes the two kynges there toke a peace for .ii. yeres folowynge Also about the .x. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the pope sent .ii. legates Pandulfe and Durrant to kynge Iohan that he shulde receyue Steuyn to his Archebysshopryke and sent a newe commyssion wherby the curse of interdytynge if the kynge wolde nat agree therto was newely denounced ¶ Otton ¶ Otton was nexte Eyperour he was crowned by pope Innocent after accursed of the same pope and deposyd of his Empyre at a counsell holdyn at Rome he hylde the Empyre .iii. yeres ¶ Also he assoyled and acquyted all the lordes of Englande spirituall and temporall of all homage and fealte that they owed to the kyng to the intent that they shulde aryse agaynst hym but the kynge wolde nat be reconsyled wherfore the pope sent to the kynge of Fraunce in remyssion of his synnes that he shulde take with hym all the power that he myght and go into Englande to distroy kynge Iohan. ¶ Also about this tyme the Citezyns of London made suche sute to the kynge that they optayned that the kynge graunted them to chose of them selfe yerely a Mayre ii Sheryffes and the names of Baylyffes clerely to be voyded whose names of the Meyre and Sherystes were The fyrst Mayre Henry
the kynge set walys in an order and ordayned shyres and Sheryffes and other offycers as be in Englande ¶ Also in the .xiii. yere of this kynge the kynge seasyd the lybertes of London into his handes because the Mayre toke brybes of the bakers and suffred them to sell brede vnder the syse ¶ Also in the same yere in the contrey called y e Sweterers a woman was delyuerde of a chylde whiche from the nauyll vpwarde was .ii. complete bodyes s. two hedes and foure armes and .ii. bodyes downewarde but .ii. legges which with theyr armes beclyppe eche others body And another woman bare a chylde whiche had a face lyke to a man and all the body lyke a lyon with tayle and other fetures therto Also about this tyme the marchantes strauÌ„gers whiche longe before were wont to be lodged with englysshe hoostes whiche vttred theyr ware had gote them howses for the stowage of theyr wares and solde by theyr owne weyghtes to the disceyte of the people whiche were founde therwith and taken and sent to the Towre of London and sore prisoned and theyr weyghtes brent and payde therfore great fynes to the kynge ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe the thyrde sonne to saynt Lewys was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CC.lxx he had great warre agaynst the kynge of Castell he conquered Arogon Nicholas Martyn ¶ Nicholas was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yeres and more ¶ Martyn was nexte pope he hylde the see .iiii. yeres he accursed the kynge of Arrogon toke vpon hym to gyue that reaâ—me to whome so euer wolde conquere it Adulphe ¶ Adulphe was nexte Emperour he was slayne in battell by Albert sonne to his predecessour Radulphe ¶ Also in the .xv. yere of this kynge the somer was so hote that men dyed for heate But the next yere there were great stormes of hayle and rayne that sore distemperde the grounde y t there was a meruaylous great derthe of corne that whete rose to .xviii. d. a busshell yere by yere increased tyll it came to .xl. s. a quarter whiche was a great pryce for at that tyme .xx. d weyed alway one vnce of syluer whiche so contynued tyll the reygne of kynge Henry the .vi. whiche than was changed to .xxx. d an ounce and in the tyme of kyng Edwarde the .iiii. to .xl. d an ounce and in the tyme of kynge Henry the .viii. to .iii. s. viii d an ounce but the standarde of the ounce was euer at one stynt as is before rehersed in the .li. yere of kynge Henry the .iii. and as in the statute than made more playnly appereth ¶ About the .xvi. yere of this kynge one Ryse Merydocke rebelled agaynst the kinges gardeyn of his castels in wales but the kynge than beynge in Normandye coÌ„maunded the erle of Cornewalle the kynges leue tenant in Englande to arere an hoost to subdewe this Ryse so he dyd and went into wales and toke this Ryse brought him to yorke where he was drawne hanged and quartred ¶ In the .xviii. yere of this kynge dyuers of his Iustices were accused of dyuers offences as syr Thomas weylande Adam Stretton and other wherfore some of them were outlawed and lost theyr goodes and some imprisoned and some delyuered with payenge of great fynes ¶ Also about this tyme the wolle staple was ordayned to be kept at Sandewyche the Iewes were clerely banysshed Englande for the whiche the coÌ„mons gaue to the kynge a fyftene parte of theyr goodes Also sone after this by styrrynge of one Madocke the welchemen rebelled agayne wherfore the kynge came with a great power wanne from them the I le of Anglesey and bylded newe the towne of Beumarys and y e castell cut downe the woddes in the contrey and repayred and fortefyed so many castels that he compelled the welchemen to leaue theyr olde maner of rauenynge and stelynge that they were coÌ„pelled to fall to tyll the grounde to other occupacyons and to lyue after the maner of Englysshemen so that more and more the contrey grewe to rest and peace and Madocke after was taken drawne and hanged ¶ About the .xxiiii. yere of this kyng after the dethe of Alexander kynge of Scottes great varyance was amonge the Scottes whether IohnÌ„ Bayloffe that had maryed kynge Alexanders eldydst doughter or Rober le Bruse y t maryed his .ii. doughter or Hastynge y t maryed his .iii. doughter shulde be kynge but the Scottê put them all to kynge Edwardes iugement and the kynge the Scottê met all at Norham where y e kyng named admytted syr IohnÌ„ Baylolle for kyng of Scottê whiche in mediatly than dyd homage to kynge Edwarde yet anone after this ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe le Belle sonne to Philyppe the thyrde was nexte kynge of Fraunce he had great warre with the Flemynges and great battels betwene them he had a doughter called Isabell whiche was maryed to Edwarde the seconde kynge of Englande by whome he had issue Edwarde the thyrde whiche because all the sonnes of this Philyppe dyed without issue this Edwarde the thyrde claymed to be kynge of Fraunce Honore Nycholas ¶ Honore was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.CC.lxxxv he hylde the see .ii. yeres ¶ Nicholas hylde the see nexte .iiii. yeres Albert. ¶ Albert was nexte Emperour whiche was son to the fornamed emperour Radulphe he hylde the empyre .x. yere and was slayne by his syster sonne Baylolle rebelled wherfore kynge Edwarde with a great hoost layde sege to the towne of Berwyke but the Scottes defended it so brent some of theyr shyppes that the Englysshemen gaue backe wherfore the Scottes of pryde made this ryme what wenes kynge Edwarde with his longe shankes To haue won Berwyke all our vnthankes Gaas Pyâ—es hym And when he has it Gaas Dykes hym But kynge Edwarde than herynge of theyr pryde and scornefull ryme was moued greatly and so incurraged his men that fyrst they wanne the dyches and after the Bulwarkes and in the ende wanne the towne by force and slewe of the Scottes to the nombre of .xxv. M. and after sent a parte of his hoost to lay sege at Dunbarre to whome a great hoost of Scottes came to remoue the sege and fought with the Englysshemen a fyers battell but the Englysshemen had the victorye and slewe of the Scottes .xx M. and the englysshemen in reproche of the Scottes made this ryme The skaterande Scottes holde we for sottes of wrenches vnware Erly in a mornynge in a euyll tymynge came they to Dumbare and than Baylolle kynge of Scottes and many other lordes dyd put them in the kynges grace whiche than brought them to London and yet after that delyuered them agayne takynge their othes â–ª vpon the sacrament neuer to bere armes agaynste kynge Edwarde and than they were delyuered and so after that Baylolle went ouer into Fraunce and neuer came agayne whyle y e kynge was thus occupyed in Scotlande the englysshemen sustayned
many hurtes in Gascoyn and Guyan for the erle of Artoys skyrmysshed ofte tymes with the englysshemen and at the last toke syr IohnÌ„ saynt IohnÌ„ syr willyam Mortymer and dyuers other prisoners whiche were conueyed to Fraunce to dyuers prisons ¶ Also about this tyme the cyâ—ezens of London were restored to theyr lybertes whiche in some parte had ben kept from them by the space of .xii. yeres so that in stede of Mayres there were custodyes or gardayns whiche was because they mysordered the Iustyce of the citye But for this restorynge they payde .iii. M. markes ¶ In the .xxvi. yere kynge Edwarde went ouer into Flaunders to ayde Guy erle of Flaunders agaynst the Frenche kynge and the frenche kynge drewe towarde the kynge but by mediacyon of fryndes at y e last a peace was made betwene them all But in this whyle the Scottes herynge of the warre in Flaunders because theyr kynge was fled into FrauÌ„ce made them a newe kynge called walys and rose agayne and entred into NorthumberlaÌ„de but the kynge sent his letters to the lordes of Englande whiche by his coÌ„maundement gathered a great power and went into Scotlande where betwene them was skyrmysshes and many englysshemen slayne for the Scottes kept theyr holdes wolde nat come to no playne fylde But the nexte yere after kyng Edwarde gathered a great power and went hym selfe into ScotlaÌ„de where the Scottes with a great hoost met him at a place called Fankyrke where betwene them was fought a cruell battell but in the ende the Englysshemen had the victorye and slewe of the Scottes to y e nombre of .xxxii. M. and but fewe of the Englysshemen But yet the nexte yere after the kynge layde sege to the castell of Estreuelyn where at the last the Scottes that were therin yelded the castell and sware them selfes to the kynges â—legeaunce and walys herynge therof fledde into the mareyses for his suerte for feare of the kynges hoost kept hym so longe tyme that all the coÌ„mons of Scotlande presented them selfe to the kynge by great companyes put them into the kyngê grace and the rulers offycers of cityes townes boroughes were sworne to kynge Edwarde Celestyne Bonyface ¶ Celestyne hylde the see nexte .vi. monethes ¶ Bonyface hylde the see nexte .viii. yere he caused Celestyne to resygne his company to hym by fraude and after lyued lyke a lyon and dyed lyke a dodge ¶ Sone after this kynge Edwarde returned into Englande where many complayntes were made to hym of his offycers as of Mayres Sheryffes baylyffes exchetours and dyuers other wherfore he ordayned his Iustyce to make inquisicyons therof whiche after was called Trolbaston where by forfeytours fynes the kynge recouered innumerable treasour agaynst suche offenders and fylled his cofers agayne Neuertheâ—â—â—â—â— this kynge dyd great good within the realme of Englande for those offenders were well chastyced and were moche more meker and better and the pore coÌ„mons lyued in moche more rest and peace ¶ Also about this tyme syr Edwarde the kynges eldest sonne by the wanton counsell of Piers Ganeston brake the bysshop of Chesters parke and ryottuously distroyed his game wherfore the kynge imprysoned his sonne and other that were with hym and after banysshed the sayde Piers out of Englande ¶ Also about the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwarde walys the Scotte was taken and brought to London drawne hanged quartred and anone after that the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes Robert le Bruse syr Symon Frysell erle of Dumber syr IohnÌ„ Cambres erle of Atlas and syr IohnÌ„ Comyn with many other came to westmyster by theyr voluntarye wylles were sworne to be trewe to kynge Edwarde and to kepe Scotlande to his vse But sone after that Robert le Bruse contrarye to his othe gate a dispensacyon for his othe of pope Clement the .v. and toke vpon hym to be kynge of Scotlande slewe syr IohnÌ„ Comyn and his brother that counselled hym to the contrarye And sone after kynge Edwarde came into Scotlande agayne with a stronge power and Robert le Bruse met hym with a great nombre at a playne nyghe saynt Iohans towne where there was fought a cruell battell but the Scottê were discomfyt and .vii. thousande Scottes there slayne there were dyuers bysshoppes and abbottes taken dyuers other temporall lordes And Robert le Bruse fled vnto the kynge of Norwey and kynge Edwarde sent the bysshoppes and Abbottes that were taken in the fylde to the pope and sent the temperall lordes and other of the Scottes that were takyn vnto London where they were put to dethe ¶ Also in the .xxxv. yere of kyng Edwarde as he returned towarde EnglaÌ„de he fell sycke wherfore he sware his lordes to be trewe to Edwarde his eldyst son And also charded his sayd son vpon his blessynge that he shulde neuer suffer Piers of Ganeston to returne into Englande sware his lordes to stycke to the same and the kynges son and they all graunted therto and in y e vii day of Iulii in the yere of Chryst M.CCC.vii he dyed and is buryed at westmyster Edwardus .ij. ¶ Benedicte ¶ Benedicte was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.CCC.iii he hylde the see .ix. monethes Henry ¶ Henry was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.CCC.viii he hylde the Empyre .vi. yere Edwarde the seconde EDwarde the seconde of that name and son to Edwarde the fyrst borne at Carnaruan was crowned kynge the .xxiiii. day of February the yere of Chryst M.CCC.vii after the countynge of Englande This kynge was fayre stronge of body but vnstydfast of condicyons for he refused the company of his lordes and wyse men and haunted the company of vyle persons and gaue hym to great drynkyng and lyghtly wolde discouer thynges of great counsell whiche turned hym after to great hurte and the realme to great vnquietnesse This kynge as sone as his father was buryed sent for Piers of Ganeston his olde compyre and aduaunced hym to great honour contrary to the promyse that he made to his father This kynge in the seconde yere of his reyne went ouer into Fraunce and maryed Isabell doughter to Philyppe le Belle kynge of Fraunce and after with her returned into Englande This kynge for the displeasure done before to hym by y e bysshop of Chester put the sayd bysshop in the Towre in strayte prison but the lordes whiche y e kynges father in his dethbede sware to be trewe to his son came to the kynge and spake so to the kynge that contrary to the kynges mynde this Piers was banysshed into Irelande but the kynge secretely comforted hym with great gyftes and made hym chefe ruler of the contrey but after that for the auoydynge of grudge betwene y e kynge and the lordes the sayd Piers was suffered to come into Englande agayne and had the rule of all the kynges iewels and spende wasted moche of the kynges treasure that shortely after by y e labour of the lordes he
was exyled agayne into Flaunders to the kynges displeasure ¶ About this tyme the knightes of saynt Iohans wanne the citye of the Rodes from y e Turkes Also the Templers landes for that they vsed thyngê contrary to the faythe of Christ were gyuen to them of saynt Iohans and the Templers were distroyed thorowe out all Chrystendome and about this tyme the order of the Crossyd freres came fyrst into Englande This Piers of Ganeston was suffered to come agayne into Englande whiche than demeaned hym selfe moche wors than euer he dyd before and waxed proude and reuyled so the iordes that they were sore moued agaynst hym that sodaynly they rose and beseged hym in the Castell of Scarbrugh and at the last wanne it and toke it and brought hym to a place besyde warwyke and there stroke of his hede wherwith the kynge was greatly displeasyd ¶ About the .vi. yere of this kynge Robert le Bruse herynge of the dyuisyon betwene the kynge his lordes came agayne into Scotlande there was admytted as kynge wherfore kyng Edwarde prepared a great armye and went into ScotlaÌ„de agaynst whome came Robert le Bruse with a great power of Scottes they met at a place nyghe a ryuer called Bannokisborne where was fought a great batell but the Englysshemen lost the fylde and many of the lordes and great men of Englande were slayne and taken and the kynge with a fewe of his hoost fled and escaped with great daunger into Berwyke wherfore the Scottê were so inflamed with suche pryde that they made this eyme ye maydens of Englande nowe may ye morne For ye haue lost your â—emans at Bannokes borne with heue a lowe what weanes the kynge of Englande So sone to wonne Scotlande with rumbelowe ¶ In the .ix. yere of kynge Edwarde Robert le Bruse kynge of Scottes gatte Berwyke which was by treason as the fame went And the nexte yere after the Scottes entred NorthuÌ„berlande and brent and slewe man woman and chylde and the contrey therby greatly hurte And yet to ¶ Lewys Huten ¶ Lewys Huten son of Philyppe le belle was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xiiii he made the court of parlyament of Fraunce to be holden contynually in Parys he reyned .ii. yere and lafte his wyfe the quene with chylde ¶ IohnÌ„ son to Lewys was borne after his fathers dethe and reyned but .viii. dayes ¶ Robert ¶ Robert son to Guy countie of Flaunders was nexte erle of Flaunders Clement ¶ Clement was nexte pope he hylde the see in Auinyon .viii. yere and more â—his myschefe was ioyned another that vytell and corne was so scant that the people were fayne to eate hors flesshe dogges flesshe and some stale chylderne and ete them many for defaute of vytell dyed after insued great pestylence 〈◊〉 that the people of EnglaÌ„de wondersly decayde yet these monicyons mended nat the kynge of his yuell lyuynge ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of his reyne he assembled a great hoost of the Southe Eest partes of Englande came and beseged Berwyke wherfore the Scottes gathered a great company and came into Englande another way into the marches of yorke shyre there slewe moche people wherfore the Archebysshop of yorke and other Abbottes pryours clerkes withe husbandemen assembled a great companye gaue them battell at a place called Mytton where the Englysshemen were discomfyte and many of them slayne but the Archebysshop and the Abbot of Selby dyuers other there escaped But because there were so many spirituall men there slayne it was called therfore the whyte battell And whan kynge Edwarde harde therof because it was nyghe wynter he brake vp his sege and returned into yorke Also about this tyme there was nothynge done but by the aduyse of Hughe Spencer the father and Hughe Spencer the son the coÌ„mons had them in as great hateryd as they had Piers of Ganeston before ¶ Also in the .xii. yere of this kynge two Legates whiche came from Rome made great labour to conclude a peace betwene the kynge of EnglaÌ„de the Scottes but that auayled nat wherfore kynge Edwarde gatte a curse of pope IohnÌ„ to accurse Robert le Bruse all other that toke his parte that had hurte the reame of Englande that to stande in strength tyll they had recoÌ„pensed for all harmes done to Englande but it auayled nothynge but put Englande to great cost for the optaynynge therof Also when the barons of EnglaÌ„de sawe this mysterye that y e Spencers mysgouerned all the realme they assembled them to gether made a reâ—uest to the kyng that he shulde remoue the Spencers from his person wherfore there was a parlyment called at LoÌ„don the barons came thyder with a great company in iakettes of yelowe and grene and a bande of whyte cast ouerthwarte and therfore it was called the parlyment of whyte bandes At whiche parlyment bothe the Spencers were banysshed the lande for terme of theyr lyues and they toke shyppynge at Douer â—o voyded the lande But it was nat longe after but the kynge contrarye to that ordynance made in the parlyment sent for these Spencers agayne set them in hyghe auctorite ruled all thynge after theyr sensuall appetytes nothynge regardynge Iustyce nor the coÌ„men welthe wherfore the barons intendyng agayne to reforme these myschefe assembled their powers but the kyng made so hasty spede gathered his people so sone was stroÌ„ger than they and pursued them so in dyuers places that the barons euer fled that in the ende Thomas erle of LaÌ„caster was taken by one Andrewe of Harkeley whome the kynge sent w t a great power at y e battell of Borough brygge where many other of the barons were sâ—ayne and taken And after that the sayd erle of Lancaster and dyuers other of the barons and knyghtes were put to dethe after that the kynges power and the Spencers powers greatly increasyd the barons powers decayde by the space of .v. yere contenuynge In whiche tyme one Robert Baldocke whiche was a man of euyll fame was Chaunceler of Englande by whose meanes the kynge gatheryd many forfettes and fynes of his people contrary to good order of Iustyce ¶ In the .xv. yere of this kynge one Edwarde le Bruse brother to the kynge of Scottes with a great power entred into Irelande intendynge to haue wonne that lande but the people of Irelande quytte them so well that they venquysshed the Scottes and slewe Edwarde le Bruse many of the nobles of Scotlande and many other and droue the resydewe out of the contrey ¶ Also the .xvi. yere the kynge prepared a meruaylous great armye as some wryters reporte to the nombre of C.M. and inuaded Scotlande But the Scottes for fere of the great multytude drewe them to mouÌ„taynes other places y t the Englysshe hoost preuayled lyttell agaynst them wherfore the kynge returned agayne into Englande because many
Burgoyne came and gaue the kynge .xxx. M. â—i that he shulde do no hurt in that contrey wherfore he departed thens and went towarde Parys and his hoost lodged nyghe to Parys redy to gyue battell but y e bysshoppe of Beaux chauncellour of NormaÌ„dye with other toke a day of truse to conclude a peace at whiche day at a place within a myle of Charters the duke of Lanâ—aster the erle of warwyke and Northampton appered for kynge Edwarde for Charles than eldyst son to kynge IohnÌ„ whiche before was made Regent of Fraunce there appered the sayd bysshoppe of Beaux and dyuers other lordes whiche peace was thus concluded that kynge Edwarde shulde haue all the landes that he than had in Gascoyn and Guyan to hym and to his heyres without doynge for them any homage And that kynge Edwarde shulde gyue vp all his tytle y t he claymed to the crowne of Fraunce And also that the Frenche kynge shulde pay for his raunsome .iii. Millyons of Scutes whiche amount to .v. C.M. li. And also y t kynge Edwarde shulde nat alye hym with the Fâ—emynges nor ayde them agaynst kynge IohnÌ„ nor his heyres kynges of Fraunce ¶ After whiche treatye thus concluded kynge Edwarde returned into Englande and after kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan at Caleys were bothe â—worne to mayntayne y e sayd artycles and than kynge Iohan was delyuered and went into Fraunce whiche was .iiii. yere after that he was taken and kynge Edwarde had Iohan duke of Amoâ— and mayne whiche was kynge Iohans sonne and Iohan duke of Aluerne and .viii. other erles delyuered hym for hostages he with them than returned into Englande ¶ Also after this a companye of dyuers nacyons called the companyons assembled them in the contrey of Champayn wherof y e captayns were englysshemen agaynst whome the Frenche king sent .iii. erles to subdewe them with a great power with them but the Frenchemen were discomfyt and one of the erles was slayne and .ii. of them taken prisoners and these companye coÌ„tynued .iiii. yeres to the nombre of .lx. M. And in the same tyme a lyke company assembled in Italye whiche dyd moche hurt ¶ In the .xxxvii. yere of kynge Edwarde kyng Iohan of Fraunce came ouer agayne into Englande of his free wyll to sporte hym and had great chere But the nexte yere after he fell sycke at the Sauey and there dyed and then Charles his son was crowned kynge in Parys And in the same yere the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scottes came into Englande to speke with kynge Edwarde Also sone after this prince Edwarde sayled to Burdeux and receyued poscessyon of Guyan that his father had newely gyuen hym dyd homage therfore to his father And in y e same season there was a great battell in Brytteyn fought betwene Charles de Bloys syr IohnÌ„ Momforde for the tytle of that dukedome but by y e ayde of Englysshemen syr IohnÌ„ Momforde had the victory Charles was slayne sone after that Charles than beynge kynge of Fraunce toke an order that the dukedome of Bryttayen shulde remayne to syr IohnÌ„ Momforde and his heyres foreuer ¶ Also about the .xl. yere of kynge Edwarde Piers kynge of Castell was expulsed by the ayde of the Frenchemen by Henry his bastarde brother But this Peter by the ayde of prince Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put hym to flyght and slewe .v. M. of his men and restored Peter to dyuers cityes and holdes whiche he before had lost But after that his brother Henry entred into Castell agayne and in proces wan the contrey agayne and toke his brother Peter and beheded hym ¶ Also about the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde the erles of Armenake of Dalbret and of Perygot with dyuers other lordes of Guyan appelled prince Edwarde to Charles the Frenche kynge that prince Edwarde had broken y e peace made betwene the .ii. kinges kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan and one great cause that they layde agaynst prince Edwarde was because he leueyed a fowage in Guyan agaynst y e myndes of the lordes where the contrey ought to be free where vpon kynge charles sent his letters to prince Edwarde coÌ„maundynge hym to appere at Parys to answere there wherwith prince Edwarde was nat content ado sayde he wolde nat appere before hym but with his basenet on his hede and .lx. men of warre and sayd he receyued his lande of his father the kynge of Englande and yf any mysorder were it ought to be determyned before his father in Englande whervpon newe debate and varyaunce began betwene these .ii. kynges that kynge Edwarde sent ouer the duke of Lancaster â— whiche landed at Caleys with a stronge power and went to Turney and Ayre and wasted the contrey and after went towarde Harflete in Normandye after from thens to the contrey of Poyteou and the Frenche kynge sent the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Barre into the sayd contreys with a great power whiche toke many holdes and dyd great displeasure to the englysshemen there ¶ Also about this tyme there was a great pestylence in Englande and after a great derthe that whete was worthe .xl. d. a busshell ¶ Also after that syr Robert Knolles with the lorde fitz water and lorde Grauntson and with a great company of Soudyers entred saynt Omers and so to Aras and so to Parys whan they sawe that the frenchemen wolde gyue them no battell they returned towarde NormaÌ„dye and so to the erledome of Angeo But than varyance fell betwene syr Robert Knolles and the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson wherfore syr Robert Knolles with the floure of the Archers went into Brytten and than the Frenche kynge sent the marshall of FrauÌ„ce with a great power agaynst the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson and gaue vnto them a battell where the englysshemen were discomfyt the lorde Grauntson was there taken .iii. C. englysshemen slayne and the rest takyn prisoners and put to flyght ¶ Also in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edwarde the Frenche kynge contynued hys warre so sore in Guyan and many dyuers skyrmysshes were betwene the Frenchemen and the Englysshemen but most coÌ„menly alway the englysshemen were put to the wors and many holdes and townes were taken from them for the people of the contrey fauoured nat the englysshemen â–ª because of y e great Taskes that prince Edwarde had gathered there of them and the citye of Lymoge and other cityes rebelled agaynst prince Edwarde wherfore prince Edwarde perceyuynge all this and what for lacke of money what for syckenesse and maladyes that he had he departed into Englande leauynge behynde hym the duke of Lancaster and his brother the erle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyn but sone after that they came into Englande ¶ Also in the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edwarde the kynge sent the erle of Pembroke with a great companye to fortefye the towne of Rochell but he was met in
warwyke banysshed into the I le of man for euer and dyuers other persons coÌ„mytted to perpetuall prison And in this same parlyament all the actes made in the parlyament before the .xi. yere of kynge Rycharde were adnulled and in the same yere IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster dyed ¶ Also in the .xxi. yere the people of the lande greatly murmured and grudged at the mysorder of the kynge for dyuers causes one was for that he had leuyed many exaccyons and charges of the people and wasted it gyuen it to lyght persons And also for because that the duke of Glocester was secretly murdred without proces of the lawe And also for that he wolde chose Sheryffes and other offycers at his owne wyll and pleasure without aduyse of any discrete couÌ„sell Also another cause was that he wolde rebuke the Iudges yf they gaue any iugement contraâ—ye to his mynde wherfore they gaue many iugementes contrary to the order of the lawe And also that before his parlyament he wolde sende his letters to Sheryffes cityes and borowes commaundynge them to chose suche knyghtes of the shyre and suche citezyns and burgeses as he hym selfe wolde apoynt and name And also for that he coÌ„maunded the Sheriffes of his shyres and other offycers to cause the people to make certayne generall othes and to wrytte to seale certayne bondes and wrytynges for the performance of the same othes And also for y t he caused and compelled many men of great substaunce to seale certayne blanke charters and after put iÌ„ the soÌ„mes and wrote in them certayne clauses to the vtter vndoynge of them that sealed them And also an other rumour ranne vpon the kynge y t he had set Englande to ferme to .iii. ê‘sons that was syr IohnÌ„ Busshe syr IohnÌ„ Bagot and syr Henry Grene. ¶ Also sone after the forsayd parlyament a great discorde fell betwene the duke of Northfolke whiche before was erle of Notyngham and Henry Bolingbrake sonne to IohnÌ„ of Gaunt than duke of Herforde and the duke of Herforde accuseâ— the other that he had taken .iiii. M. markes of the kynges wherwith he shulde haue waged certayne Soudyers conuerted it to his owne vse vpon whiche tryall they shulde haue waged battell but at the last bothe these dukes were banysshed the lande And than the duke of Herforde sayled into Fraunce and there taryed and the duke of Northfolke went into Venyce and there dyed ¶ Also in the .xxii. yere of this kynge the kynge with a great armye sayled into Irelande and there conquered the lande and prospered marueylously and set the contrey in good order But than anone tythynges there came to the kynge that Henry Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde was landed in Englande at a place called Rauyns Sporre in the Northe contrey and proclaymed hym selfe duke of Lancaster and with that moche people resorted vnto hym wherfore the kyng in all hast came ouer into Englande with a small companye and lâ—fte moche of his ordynance behynde hym and came to the castell of Flynt and there rested hym to the intent to gather more strength But in the meane whyle the duke was coÌ„myn vnto Brystowe with a great companye and there toke syr willyam Scrope erle of wylshyre syr Iohan Busshy and syr IohnÌ„ Grene whiche .iii. anone had theyr hedes smytten of syr IohnÌ„ Bagot was taken there the same tyme but he escaped agayne and â—led into Irelande but after that he was taken agayne and brought vnto London and put into Newgate whan the kynge harde of the strength of the duke the kynge and all that euer were about hym feared sore wherfore one Thomas Percye erle of worcester stewarde of the kynges house contrary to his alegeaunce brake his whyte rodde openly in the kynges hall bad euery man shyfte for hymselfe wherby the kynges seruantes went away and there the kynge was lafte comfortles So that he was shortely after taken and brought to y e duke whiche in contynently brought hym to London and whan he was nyghe the citye he sent kynge Rycharde secretely to the Towre And dyuers wylde persons of the citye herynge therof assembled a great nombre to the intent to haue taken kynge Rycharde and to haue slayne hym or that he had coÌ„myn to the Towre for y e great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed to the citye But the Mayre and other discrete coÌ„myners herynge of theyr purpose gathered another companye and by good polecye but nat without great difficulte put those wylde felowes from theyr purpose Than anone after there was a parlyament called at westmyster where many of the artycles before rehersed were layde to the kynges charge that he had mysgouerned the realme and that he was nat worthy therfore to be the prince or gouernour of a realme whiche thynges he confessed hym selfe by his mouthe and renounced and resygned vp all his kyngly maieste all the tytle and ryght that he had to the crowne and further released to all lordes spirituall and temporall and to all other of euery degree all homage and fealte that euer they made or auowed to hym And than the kynge by the hole consent of all the lordes the coÌ„mons in the sayd parlyament was deposed of his kyngly dignyte all they by one assent chase the sayd Henry duke of Harforde for the great manhode and wysdome that they sawe in hym aboue all other to be kynge of Englande And thus this kynge Rycharde was deposed the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xCix the last day of SepteÌ„bre And he was fyrst buryed at Langley but he lyeth nowe at westmyster Henricus .iiij. Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.iiii he hylde the see .ii. yere Robert ¶ Robert was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.i he hylde the empyre .x. yere Henry the .iiii. HEnry the .iiii. son to Iohan of Gaunt the thyrde son of Edwarde the .iii. was crowned kynge of EnglaÌ„de the .xiii. day of October the yere of Chryst M. CCC.xC.ix and immedyatly after the sayd parlyament contynuynge all the actes made in the .xxi. yere of Rycharde the .ii. were adnulled And all the actes made in y e parlyament the .xi. yere of king Rycharde were agayne confyrmed ¶ Also in the fyrst yere of this kyng the duke of Awemarle came shewed the kynge than beynge at wyndesore that he and the duke of Surrey the duke of Excester and the erle of Salysburye and the erle of Glocester and other moo were accorded to make a mummynge on Twelfte day at nyght and that they purposed to sle the kyng wherfore the kynge sodaynly departed and came to London for socour and counsell wherfore these lordes when they knewe they were bewrayed they fledde shortely after they were taken all and beheded theyr hedes set vpon London brydge And in this whyle Rycharde late kyng was remoued from the castell of Ledys in Kent sent vnto Pomefret castell where sone after
he was put to dethe But of the maner of his dethe be dyuers opinyons for some sayd that he was famysshed and kept from mete .v. days wherfore he dyed for honger and some sayd that one syr Piers of Exton with .viii. of his company fell vpon this Rycharde late kynge slewe hym But as sone as they smote at hym he shortely recouere one of theyr axes and slewe .iiii. of them but at the last he was wonded to dethe by the handes of the sayd Piers. And when he was deed he was layde open vysaged in the minyster of Pountfret after that brought to the citye of London and layde agayne in Poules with open vysage to the intent that his dethe myght be openly knowen And after he was caryed vnto Langley and there buryed but after he was remoued by kynge Henry the .v. in the fyrst yere of his reyne and buryed in westmyster ¶ After the deposynge of this kynge Rycharde kyng Henry founde great treasour what in his treasourye what in other places in money iewels to the value of .vii. M. li But yet here ye must note that .xl. s in those dayes was better than .xl. s is at this present day whiche is nowe the .xxi. yere of kynge Henry the .viii. for at those dayes .v. grotes made an ounce and nowe at this day .xi. grotes maketh an ounce ¶ Also in the same yere the kynge sent Isabell late quene and wyfe to kynge Rycharde into FrauÌ„ce vnto her father the Frenche kynge with great ryches in discharge of all her dowery in Englande whiche was after maryed to one Charles son and heyre to the duke of Orlyaauce ¶ Also in the seconde yere of this kynge a knyght called Roger Claryngton his .ii. seruantes and the prior of Launde and .viii. freres Mynours or gray freres and some of them bachelers of dyuinyte were drawyn and hanged at Tyborne for treason In this tyme a discencyon fell betwene one Owen of Glendor a welcheman and the lorde Gray of Ruthyn whiche Owen toke the lorde Gray prisoner and compelled hym to marye his doughter and kept hym styll in wales tyll he dyed wherwith the kynge toke displeasure came into wales with a great power and Owen with his people fled into the mountaynes and there kept hym that the kynge cowde nat wyne vnto hym wherfore the kynge returned ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe duke of Burgoyne son to IohnÌ„ kynge of FrauÌ„ce maryed Margaryt doughter to Lewys erle of FlauÌ„ders and by her was erle of Flaunders Gregory Alexander ¶ Gregory was nexte pope but he was deposyd ¶ Alexander was nexte pope he hylde the see one monthe ¶ Also in the .iii. yere of this kynge a discencyon fell betwene the kynge syr Thomas Percye erle of worcester that the sayd erle and syr Henry Percye his neuewe son and heyre to the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande gaue the kynge a great battell at Shroysbury where the sayd erle was taken and syr Henry Percye slayne on the kynges parte Henry the kynges eldyst son beynge prnce was wounded and the erle of Stafforde was slayne many other noble men and other were slayne vpon bothe partes after the erle was beheded And sone after this the Duches of Bryttayne came into Englande and was maryed vnto the kynge Sone after this the Emperour of Rome called Robert came into Englande to se the contrey and to disporte hym and had great chere of the kynge ¶ Also about the .vi. yere of this kynge Rycharde Skrope archebysshop of Caunterburye and the lorde Mombray marshall of Englande with other to them alyed gathered great strength to the intent to haue put downe the kynge wherfore the kynge gathered his power and sodaynly mette w t them besyde yorke where at a skyrmysshe made betwene them they were bothe taken For whiche rebellyon they were there demyd to dethe and after they were bothe beheded ¶ Also in this kynges dayes and ofte tymes in the tyme of kynge Rycharde the seconde there were many chalenged other and appelled other for treason For the whiche they waged battell he y t was vanquesshed was put to dethe as a traytour whether he were appellant or defendaÌ„t ¶ Also about the .ix. yere of this kynge one Ryse Apdee a welcheman for fauour that he bare to Owen of Glendour rebelled agayne the kynge but at the last he was taken and brought vnto London and there drawne hanged and quartred ¶ Also sone after that about the .xii. yere of his reâ—â—â—e the kynge sent his sonnes Thomas duke of Clarence IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and Vmfrey duke of Glocester and dyuers other lordes with a great power into FrauÌ„ce to helpe the duke of Orlyaunce agayne the duke of Burgon whiche landed in Normandye and so forthe went to Burdeux and toke many holdes and many prisoners and after returned with them into Englande ¶ Also in the .xiiii. yere of his reyne kynge Henry intended to take a voyage to visyte the sepulture of our lorde at Ierusalem and made newe Galeys therfore because there was a Prophecy sayd that he shulde neuer dye tyll he had be at Ierusalem and in the preparynge of this he fell sodaynly sycke at saynt Edwardes shryne at westmyster wherfore they bare him into y e abbottes place there into a chambre And whan the kynge was somwhat come to hym selfe he asked where he was his seruantes tolde hym he was in the abbot of westmysters place in a chamber called Ierusalem and whan the kynge harde that the chambre was called Ierusalem he knewe well y t he shulde dye And therfore he made hym redy vnto god and there shortely after dyed in the .xx. day of Marche the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.xii And after was brought to Caunterburye and there buryed Henricus .v. Iohan. ¶ IohnÌ„ was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.x he hylde the see .x. yere and more and was deposed at the counsell of Constaunce Sygismounde ¶ Sygismounde was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.xi in his tyme were .ii. generall counsels at Constaunce and Basell Henry the fyfte HEnry the fyfte of that name and son to Henry the .iiii. was crowned kynge of Englande the .ix. day of August the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.xii he was borne at Monmouthe in wales and therfore he is called kynge Henry of Monmouthe This Henry before the dethe of his father applyed hym selfe to vyce and insolence and vsed ryotous wylde companye But after that he was admytted to gouerne y e lande he became a newe man and turned all his wyldenesse to sobernesse and his vyces to vertue And than he gaue sufficyent rewardes to all his olde wylde coÌ„pany that were his familyers charged all them vpon payne of theyr lyues that they shulde nat come within .x. myles of his presens And after his coronacyon he caused the corps of kynge Rycharde the .ii. to be taken vp at Langley with great solempnyte
captayne Iacke Cade drewe backe with his people and the kyng went to Grenewyche lefte parte of his hoost lyenge vpon blacke hethe and sent syr Vmfrey Stafforde and his brother with many other gentylmen with a great nombre of people to folowe them And than nyghe Senoke Iacke Cade with his people turned agayne and gaue them a great battell had the victorye where the sayd syr Vmfrey Sstafforde his brother were bothe slayne and moche other people of his parte the resydue fledde whan tydynges came to the kynge and his counsell of this harde tell that parte of his hoost wolde take parte with Iacke Cade the kynge remoued to Kynelworthe wherfore Iacke Cade with his people drewe nere to London and came in Sothwarke and after Entryd ouer the brydge into the citye and there made proclamacyon in the kynges name and that payne of dethe none of his people shulde take no vytell nor other thynge but they payde for it but Iacke Cade hym selfe was the fyrst that brake it Also this Iacke Cade toke the sayd lorde Say y t than was prisoner in the Towre and smote of his hede at the Standarde in Chepe wherby he gatte the fauour of the people of the citye and so contynued .iiii. or .v. dayes in the citye in the nyght lay in Sothwarke and in that whyle he put to dethe other persons whiche fauoured the lorde Say but at the last Iacke Cade hym selfe went vnto an Aldermans house called Philyppe Malpas and robbed and spoyled his house and after went to another mans house called Gyser and dyned in his house and after dynner robbed and spoyled his house of all that euer he had for whiche two robberyes the citezyns of London grudgyd meruaylous sore agaynst hym wherfore the Mayre the citezyns sent to the lorde Skalys one Mathewe Gough hauynge y e rule of the Towre prayenge them to haue theyr assystence to resyst the captayne which grauÌ„ted to them theyr good myndes and helpe And the nexte day whan the captayne Iacke Cade and his people wolde haue come ouer the brydge the Mayre and citezyns with the sayd Mathewe Gough kept the brydge but the captayne the Kentysshemen set so fersly vpon them that they droue them backe to the drawe brydge where betwene them was a cruell fyght and many men of London drowned and slayne for this skyrmysshe contynued all nyght longe tyll the morowe at .ix. of the clocke and at the last the Kentysshemen brent the brydge And after this the ChauÌ„cellour of Englande sent to the captayne a pardon generall for hym and all his meanye than they departed and went euery man to his owne And after that there were ê“clamacyons made that who so euer coude take the sayd Iacke Cade a lyue or deed shulde haue M. markes for his labour whervpon one Alexander Eden a gentylman of kent toke hym in a gardayne in which takynge the sayd Iacke Cade was slayne And after that the kynge came into Kent and caused his Iustyces to sytte vpon this ryot where many of them aswell in Kent as in Sussex were therfore put to dethe And also in the same yere the coÌ„mons in the west contrey arose and slewe the bysshoppe of Salysbury wherfore the kynge went thyther and punysshed those doers ¶ Also in the .xxix. yere there was a ê‘lyament at westmyster where the duke of Somercet that was lately come out of Normandy and had there lost the citye of Roan all that contrey was put vnder a rest for he and the quenes couÌ„sell therfore were had in great hatered and the duke of yorke and other to hym alyed toke parte agayne the quene and her couÌ„sell so that mortall warre therof insued ¶ Also in the .xxx. yere of this kynge Henry the kynge and the duke of Somercet with many other lordes went to the marched of wales and the duke of yorke assysted with dyuers lordes men of name gathered a great strengthe of people to the intent to refourme certayne nunryes and also to haue Iustyce vpon the duke of Somercet certayne lordes beynge about y e kynge and with his people came into a place in Kent called brenthethe and the kyng with a great hoost came into blacke hethe But by mediacyon of certayne bysshoppes lordes a poyntement was taken that the duke of Somercet shulde be coÌ„mytted to warde there to answere certayne artycles that the duke of yorke wolde lay to his charge the whiche the kynge promysed to do whervpon the duke of yorke brake vp his fylde came to the kyngê tent where contrary to the kinges promyse he sawe the duke of Somercet chefe about the kynge by his counsell the kynge commaunded the duke of yorke to ryde before hym into LoÌ„don holdynge him in maner as prisoner and shulde haue ben more strayter kept but y e tydynges came that Edwarde the duke of yorke his eldyst son erle of Marche was coÌ„mynge with a great power of welchemen whiche feared so the kynge the quene and the other about the kynge that the duke of yorke was set at lyberte And about this tyme the towne of Hartlete in Normandye was wonne agayne by Frenchemen and the towne of Bayons gyuen vp by appoyntement Also about thâ—s tyme was the quene delyuered of a son called Edwarde ¶ Also about this tyme the citye of Constantynople with all the hole Empyre was wonne by y e Turkes to the great losse of Chrystendome and the increase of Macomyttes lawe ¶ Also in the .xxxiii. yere of this kynge one Iohan Norman Mayre of London went to westmyster by barge to take his othe whiche before that tyme were euer wont to ryde be lande for whiche the watermen made a songe to his great prayse whiche began rowe thy bote Norman ¶ Also in the .xxxii. yere of this kynge the kynge by the counsell of the quene and other coÌ„trarye to the kynges promyse put the sayd duke of Somercet at his lyberte and made hym captayne of Caleys and he ruled the kynge and all his realme as he lyst wherfore the great lordes of the realme and the coÌ„mons were nat pleased for the coÌ„mons had sustayned many greuous imposicyon and charges wherfore the duke of yorke beynge in the marches of wales called to hym the erles of warwyke and of Salysbury and many other knyghtes and gentylmen and with a great people came towarde London the kynge gathered a great hoost and came out of London to saynt Albons where bothe the hoostes came one hoost lyenge in one ende of the towne and the other in the other ende where in the begynnynge a meanes of a treatye or peace was coÌ„moned but in the tyme of the intreatye the erle of warwyke with his marche men entryd the towne and fought agaynste the kynges people so began the battell whiche contynued a longe season but in conclusyon the duke of yorke and the erle of warwyke and that parte
realme he was than by all theyr assentes deposed and discharged of all kyngly honour and dignyte And than by the auctoryte of the sayd counsell agrement of all the coÌ„mons there present Edwarde erle of marche than the eldyst son of y e duke of yorke was elected and chosen for kynge of Englande After whiche admyssion the sayd Edwarde erle of Marche the .iiii. day of Marche the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.lx accompanyed with all the lordes and a great multytude of the coÌ„mons was brought into westmyster there toke possessyon of the realme syttynge in the seate royall in the great hail of westmyster with his septer in his hande a questyon was axed of all the people yf they wolde admytte hym to coÌ„tynue as kynge to the whiche with one voyce all the people cryed there ye And than there after the custome vsed he toke his othe and after that went into the abbey and there was receyued w t precessyon and conueyed vnto saynt Edwardes shryne and there offered as kynge and after that receyued homage fealte of all the lordes And vpon the morowe folowynge he was proclaymed in dyuers places of the citye of London Edwarde the .iiii. than kynge of Englande Sone after this this kynge Edwarde with his lordes and a great companye and bande of men toke his iourney Northwarde to subdue his enemyes met w t them at a place called Towton ix myles from yorke with whome he had than a cruell and mortall battell but kynge Edwarde had the victorye that in the fylde chase there were slayne aboue .xxx. M. men there was slayne the erle of Northumberlande the erle of westmyrlande the lorde Clyfforde the lorde Egremounde Andrewe Trollope and many other And in the same fylde was taken the erle of Deuonshyre the erle of wylkeshyre whiche erle of Deuonshyre was after at yorke beheded But kynge Henry and the quene the yonge duke of Somercet the lorde Rose other beynge than at yorke herynge of the losse of this fylde fled towarde Scotlande and vpon the morowe folowynge kynge Edwarde entered into yoâ—ke with his people and there hylde his estate And after that he 〈◊〉 the erle of wâ—rwyke in the Northe to see the guydynge therof and he hym selfe costed the contrey Southwarde and Eestwarde and so came towarde London Edwardus .iiij. Pius ¶ Pius was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.lviii he hylde the see .vi. yere Edwarde the .iiii. EDwarde the .iiii. son to Rycharde duke of yorke came to London and there was crowned kynge at westmyster the .viii. day of Iune the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.lx In the fyrst yere of his reyne the erle of Oxforde y e lorde Aubrey syr Thomas Todenham willyam Tyrell and IohnÌ„ Mongumery were beheded at the Towre hyll Also in the same yere Margarete late quene of Englande came out of Fraunce into Scotlande and from thens into Englande with a strength of Frenchemen and Scottes wherfore kynge Edwarde went towarde them w t a stronge hoost and than the quene perceyuynge she was nat able to resyst kynge Edwardes power returned toke the see and so went agayne into Scotlande And after that the yonge duke of Somercet other that toke the quenes parte submytted them to the kynges grace ¶ Also in the .ii. yere of kyng Edwarde the duke of Somercet herynge y t Henry late kynge was coÌ„mynge agayne into Englande forsoke kynge Edwardes parte returned vnto Henry late kynge whiche entered agayne and at a place called Exham in the Northe the lorde IohnÌ„ Montegue hauynge the rule of the northe contrey with a great power to hym gathered met with theÌ„ and skyrmysshed with them and had the victorye where the sayd duke of Somercet the lorde Hungerforde the lorde Roose were taken prisoners whiche .iii. lordes were sone after put to dethe and beheded and dyuers other that were there taken were after put to dethe ¶ Also in the .iiii. yere of kinge Edwarde secretely in a mornyng at Grastcon nyghe to Stonystretforde the kynge maryed Elysabeth whiche was late before wyfe to syr IohnÌ„ Gray knyght doughter to the lorde Ryuers where with the erle of warwyke was nat content but secretely in his mynde grudged there at Also in this yere Henry late kynge was taken in a woode in the northe contrey by one Cauntlowe and presented to kynge edwarde whiche sent him as prisoner to the Towre of London And anone after quene elysabeth was crowned at westmyster with a great solempnyte and sone after she was delyuered of her fyrst chylde called Elysabeth ¶ Also in the .vi. yere of this kyng the bastarde of Burgon chalenged the lorde Scalys for certayne feates of warre whiche were done in Smythfylde but the lorde Scalys had the victorye and honour ¶ Also in the .viii. yere of this kynge Margarete the kyngê suster was sent ouer the see honorably maryed to Charles the duke of Burgon ¶ Also in the .ix. yere of kynge edwarde the erle of warwyke absented hym selfe from the kyng and confetered vnto hym the duke of Clarence the kynges brother whiche before had maryed y e erle of warwykes doughter whervpon the coÌ„mons of Northumberlande began to rebelle and chase them a captayne called Robyn of Ryddysdale dyd many great feates but at the last this Robyn of Ryddysdale bare hym selfe so wysely that he all his companye were pardoned had no hurte but durynge that rumour and sterynge the Lyncolnshyre men toke the lorde Ryuers and syr IohnÌ„ his son at the mewys at Charynge crosse and brought them to Northamton and there beheded them anone after proclamacyons were made in London y t the kynge had pardoned all those ryottours aswell for the dethe of the lorde Ryuers as for all other displeasures ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys son of Charles was nexte frenche kynge the yere of Chryste M. CCCC.lxi he had great warre with Charles the duke of Burgon ¶ Charles ¶ Charles son to Philyppe was nexte duke of Burgon he had a doughter called Margarete whiche was maryed to Maximilyan that was electe emperour Paulus ¶ Paulus was nexte pope he hylde the see .vi. yere ¶ But sone after this a newe styrrynge began in Lyncolneshyre by meanes of the lorde welles for whome the kynge sent by feare meanes and as it was sayd promysed hym to come safe and goo safe but wheâ—her the kinge made to hym any suche promyse or nat yet he was shortely after beheded And also sone after this a concorde and vnyte was labored betwene kynge Edwarde and his brother the duke of Clarence and the erle of warwyke wherfore they met all at London at Baynardes castell where the duchesse of yorke theyr mother than lay But anone after y e erle of warwyke sodaynly departed to warwyke and there gathered a great strength And in this whyle syr Robert welles son to y e lorde welles before put to dethe assembled a great power purposynge to gyue kynge
of EnlgoÌ„d the yere of cryst ixC.xlxii In his tyme the danys rebellyd a gayn too â— the cyte of york but the kyng preparyd toward theÌ„ dystroyed a gret ê‘t of y â— coÌ„trey iÌ„ coÌ„clusioÌ„ he subduid yeÌ„ but not without losse of meÌ„ by appoyntmeÌ„t banyshyd theyr duke hircus ioynyd y t kingedome of Northumberlande to hys owne domynyons Lews Loyter ¶ Lewes soÌ„ to Charlis the simple was nexte kynge of frauÌ„ce the yere of cryste .ix. C.xxxiiii ¶ Loyter the eldyst soÌ„ of lews was next kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce Rollo WyllmÌ„ Rychard Rollo born iÌ„ norway with a grete coÌ„pany of norweys danis paneÌ„ mys infydels came iÌ„ to y e coÌ„trey of Neuster there toke y e cyte of roan and dyd in that contrey and other landis of fraunce grete cruelte distroyng the peple churchis of cristis feyth wherfore Charlis the siÌ„ple king of fraunce to make pease gaff hym the seyd contrey and his doughter gilda to wif and so be agrement Rollo was baptysyd and callyd Robert after y t chaÌ„chyd y e name of y t laÌ„d callyd hit normaÌ„dy so was furst duke of normaÌ„dy ¶ wilmÌ„ soÌ„ to Rollo callyd loÌ„ga spata was next duke of normandy he gouernyd that land with good Iustyce and after was slayn by the treson of Arnold yerle of flaunders ¶ Rychard callyd the hardy Sonne to wyllyam was nexte duke of Normandycand because kynge Loyter had wonne from hym the Cyte of bayon he by the help of Erard kyng of denmarke enteryd benet Leo. IohnÌ„ benet Donus ¶ Benet a romayn was next pope y e yere of cryste .ix. C.lxii y e emperour otton for varyance betwen them banyssyd hym in to Italye ¶ Leo a romayn hyld the see next .i. yere more ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayn hyld the see next vi· yere more ¶ Benet a romayn hyld the see next .i. yere more tyl that one Cyntheus a cytezyn of rome put hym in preson in the castell angell where he dyed for honger ¶ Donus a romayn hyld the see next .i. yere by pope IohnÌ„ he was emperour after the deth of his fader .x. yere more he made grete warr with Loyter kyng of Fraunce dyspoylyd the contrey cam to parys brent the subberbis of the cyte EdwiÌ„ Edgar ¶ Edwyn the eldest son of Edmond broder to Ethelstone was next kyng of Englond the yere of cryst ixC lvi he banysshyd seynt donstone for a season toke goodis Iewelis froÌ„ relygyus housê gaft them to alyantis straÌ„gers he was a vycyus man of lyuyng also a tyrrant to his subiectis y t in conclucions they depryuyd hym from all kyngly dygnyte honoure ¶ Edgar second son of Edmond broder to Edwyn was next kyng of Englond the yere of cryst .ix. C.lx. he kept so good Iustyce dyd so sharp execucyon that in his days was lytyl felony or robbery vsed he cawsyd ludwallus prynce or kyng of walys to yeld to hym yerely by way of trybute CCC· wolphis by reasoÌ„ whereof the wolphis in Englond walys were dystroyed this Edgar vsyd euery somer to skour the see with shyppys kept them stel all the yere euer redy for the same purpose with all aperrell belongyng to them by meanis whereof he kept his land froÌ„ outward enmyes Also in his tyme as well the danis as all other peple in Englond vsyd mych vyse of grete drynkyng y e kyng ther for rode thorough the realme dystroyd many alehousis wold suffer but one alchouse in a vilage or towne except it were a grete borough ordenyd certeyn cuppys with pynnys naylys made a law that who so euer drank past that mark at one draught shuld forfeyt a certeyn payn whereof the accuser shuld haue the one half the ruler of the town the other half â—he subdewd the bryttoÌ„s in walys spoylyd theyr coÌ„trey this Edgar was vycyous louyd feyr womeÌ„ slew Ethelwold a knyght of his for the loue he had to his feyr wyff Elfryda whom he after maryed Also this Edgar begat of one wylfryth a non a doughter but after that both the mother the doughter prouyd holy women but after this Edgar by the counsell of seynt donston toke repentaunce therfore byldyd repayryd many housys of relygyon he made gret warr vppon Rychard duke of normandy wan the cyte of bayon Baldewyn ¶ Baldewyn soÌ„ of arnold was next yerle of flanders he lyth at seiÌ„t bartyns in y e town of seiÌ„t omer in to fraunce spoylyng the countrey sleyng the peple with out pyte wherfore Loyter kyng of fraÌ„ce was compellyd to take pease to redelyuer to hym the cyte of bayon Boniface Benet IohnÌ„ IohnÌ„ ¶ Boneface was next pope the yeer of cryste .ix. C.lxxv He obteynyd the papacye by euyll ways and robbyd spoylyd the tresure of the church after dyed wrechydly ¶ Benet a romayn hyld the see next .viii. yere .vi. monethys ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayn heeld the see next .iii. monethis he dyed for honger in castell Angell ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayne heeld the see .vi. monethis he was hatyd of all folk he dyd noughte but made his kyn ryche of the goodys of the church Otton ¶ Otton was next emê‘our the yeer of cryste .ix. C.lxxxiiii he was crownyd by pope Gregory held the empyre .xix. yer and more Edward Egelredus· ¶ Edward the eldest son of Edgar was next kyng of Englond the yere of cryst .ix. C.lxxvii this Edward rydyng in a forest lost his people sodeÌ„ly cam to the castell of Corf where Elfryda his moder in law last wyfe to kyng Edgar lay whom when she had aspyed desyryd hym to drynk as the kynge drank a seruaunt of hers whom she had hyryd stroke the kyng to the hart with a dager so she causid hym to be sleyne because she wold haue Egelredus her son kyng which was second soÌ„ of kyng Edgar which kyng wheÌ„ he was thus strykyn wold haue fled toward his company but he bled so sore that he fell from his hors the one foot fast in the styrrop so was drawn with the hors till he cam to a certeyn place where that he was fouÌ„dyn dede all alone that the maner of his deth was vnknowyn long after It is seyd y t this Elfrida toke repentaunce therfoÌ„re byldyd two monestarys of nonnys Amesbury warwell in which warwell she after lyuyd a solytary lyfe after dyed ¶ Egelredus the son of Edgar of the seyd Elfrida was next kyng of Englond the yere of 〈◊〉 ·ix C.lxxxi This kyng was vngracyous in the begynnyng wretchyd in hys mydyll lyfe hatefull to his peopull in the end In his tyme the Danys rose agayn dyd great harm in dyuers placys in EngloÌ„d that the kyng was glad to graunt them gret soÌ„mys of money for pease to be had for the assuraunce of which pease Anlaff
Vrban was next pope the yere of Christ M.CCC.lxiii In his tyme were founde the hedes of saynt Peter and Poule kynges for a truse and a peas and then what by her intreatye and also for that that the kynges receyuers had disapoynted hym of money whiche he loked for kyynge Edwarde gaue vp lefte the sege and returned into Englande ¶ About the .xix. yere of this kynge he made a solempne feest at wyndesore and a great Iustes and turnament where he deuysed and perfyted substancyally the order of the knyghtes of the garter howe be it some afferme that this order began fyrst by kynge Rycharde Cure de lyon at the sege of y e citye of Acres wherin his great necessyte there were but .xxvi. knyghtê that fyrmely and surely abode by the kynge wherfore he caused all them to were thonges of blewe leyther about theyr legges And afterwarde they were called knyghtes of the blewe thonge ¶ In the .xxi. yere kynge Edwarde with .xi. C. sayles great and smalâ—e sayled into Normandye and there wanne dyuers townes and holdes and costed towarde Roan But Philyppe kyng of Fraunce had entred into Roan before and brake vp the brydges so that kynge Edwarde was fayne to leaue that way and costed towarde Parys tyll he came to a place of the Frenche kyngê called sayn Germayns and the Frenche kynge came as fast on the other syde towarde Parys but euer the water of Seyne was betwene them and so nygh they were ofte tymes that the one hoost myght see the other But because the Frenche kynge had broken vp the brydges the hoostê coude neuer mete wherfore the englysshemen sayd that the Frenche kynge brake vp the brydgê because he durst nat fyght with the englysshe hoost And the Frenchemen sayd that he brake vp the brydges to the intent that the englysshemen shulde nat escape his daunger and whan kynge Edwarde sawe that he myght nat well come to Parys for brekynge of the brydges he returned agayne to a towne called Poysy whiche towne before he had brent and there than repayred the brydge that kynge Philyppe had broken but in the repayrynge therof there came .ii. M. Frenchemen to let the sayd worke but the Archers kept them so of that many of them were slayne and y e worke was fynysshed Than kynge Edwarde entred the contrey of Pychardy at the last came to the water of SoÌ„me and passed the water and came to a forrest called Cressye wherefore kynge Philyppe with a great hoost came thyther and there fought with kynge Edwarde a great sharpe and a mortall battell where kynge Edwarde had the victorye and kynge Philyppe sore hurte fled and escaped with great daunger many of the lordes of the frenche parte were slayne That is to say the kynge of Beame sonne to Henry the Emperour the duke of Loreyn the erle of AlauÌ„son the erle of Bloys the erles of Flaunders Saucer and Harcourt and of Fyennys viii bysshappes and .xvii. other lordes of name and of banerettes knyghtes squyers .xvi. C. that in that battell was slayne the floure of all Fraunce and of coÌ„mons .viii. M. and aboue This battell was vpon the saterday and on the monday nexte there appered to them a newe hoost of Frenchemen and gaue them battell in whiche battell also kynge Edwarde had the victorye and slewe moo of the Frenchemen that day than was slayne y e saterday before After this victorye kynge Edwarde gaue thankes to god and within .iiii. dayes after went to Caleys and layde sege to that towne whiche contynued from the fyrst day of Septembre to the .iii. day of August than nexte folowynge and kept the see so surely that no vytell coude come vnto them Than in the later ende of Iuly kynge Philyppe came towardes Caleys with a stronge power to remoue the sege And some wryters say that he came to late for the towne was yelden before he came And some say y t when kynge Edwarde prepared to gyue hym battell a day appoynted betwene them to fyght y t kynge Philyppe cowardely in y e nyght before deê‘ted returned agayne into Fraunce than they of Caleys perceuynge that yelded vp the towne to kynge Edwarde ¶ Iohan. ¶ IohnÌ„ son of Philyppe de Valoys was nexte kynge of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.CCC.l. he gathered a disine of his clargye of his temperalte to pay his raunsome to kynge Edwarde of Englande to whome he was prisoner Gregory ¶ Gregory hylde the see nexte .vii. yeres he remoued his hole court from Auinyon to Rome ¶ Also in this meane whyle that kynge Edwarde was occupyed in the warres in FrauÌ„ce kyng Philyppe because that Bayloll kyng of Scottê was than dede sent Dauyd le Bruse somtyme kynge of Scottes into ScotlaÌ„de with a great armye of Frenchemen whiche anone recouered the crowne whiche Dauyd by the helpe of some lordes of Scotlande entered into Northumberlande and spoyled the contrey without pyte And than the Archebysshoppe of yorke with dyuers other lordes knyghtes reysed a great people met with the Scottes besyde Durham gaue them a great battell where the englysshemen had the victorye In whiche battell Dauyd le Bruse the kynge of Scottes syr willyam Duglas and many other lordes of ScotlaÌ„de were taken prisoners and brought to the Towre of London whiche Dauyd was afterwarde â—aunsomed at a C.M. markes Also in the same meane whyle one Charles de Bloys beseged a castell in Guyan called the roche of Aryan whiche the englysshemen kept But one Thomas Agorne capteyne of the castell issued out with his people and gaue the Frenchemen battell and had the victorye where many men of name of the frenche parte were slayne and the sayd Charles was taken prisoner and brought into Englande ¶ And sone after this there fell a great pestylence nat onely in FrauÌ„ce and Englande but also in all other contreys aswell in Christendome as in Hethenesse that people dyed innumerable and .l. M. persons were buryed in the churche yarde of the Charterhouse in London and vpon that folowed great derthe and scarcyte of corne and vyttell ¶ Also in the .xxiiii. yere a knyght of Burgoyne that was great with the Frenche kynge called Godfrey Clarney profered a Ianuay that had the kepynge of y e castell of Caleys vnder kâ—nge Edwarde a great some of money to helpe to delyuer to y e Frenche kynge the towne of Caleys whiche Ianuay sent secrete worde therof to the kyng and yet promysed this Godfrey to delyuer hym the towne whervpon kynge Edwarde came ouer secretly into Caleys y e fewe men within knewe therof and at the day of payment this Ianuay receyued his money and this syr Godfrey with his people came nyghe the towne came hym selfe ouer in a preuey brydge into y e towne and as sone as he was ouer the brydge was drawyn than the kynge came out with his sworde â—â—awyn shewed hym selfe cryed saynt Edwarde saynt George