of our moste gracyous and moste dâ—ad soueraygne lord Henry y e viii of that name as tyghtfull enherytour vnto the .ii. crownes of Englande and of Fraunce The whyche began hys moste gracyous reygne y e xxii day of Apryll in the yere of oure lord god M.v. C. and .ix. HEnry the .viii. of that name and second sonne of the forenamed excellente prynce Henry the seuith began his moste gracyous reygn ouer the realme of Englande the .xxii. daye of Apryll in the yere of our lord god M.v. C. and .ix. To whome by all honour reuereÌ„ce ioyfull contynauÌ„ce of prosperous reygn to the pleasure of god weale of thys hys realme Amen Thus endeth Fabyans cronycle Confederacy * Wycked punysshement Roma scotte * Iustyce and coÌ„tynence †Prestes wyues Thre thynges requysyte to fyght A kynges chasâ—yâ—e A pacyeÌ„t man OrnameÌ„tes of the chyrche folde Fyrst mayred â—â—yryffeâ— * Peter penâ— The grauÌ„t of warde maryage An erthquake Statute of Merton The 〈…〉 presence * Fyrst older men of London An appele from the pope * Scutage Singlaâ— profyte A â—eâ—ter sent by the 〈◊〉 to the kyng * Cruell and detestable Batayle Dâ—rf takyng ✚ Deâ—◠〈◊〉 of Rychard kynge of â—smayne A moÌ„ster The â—â—ome de Lyce To myche 〈◊〉 cause of repeÌ„tauÌ„ce Statute of Mâ—pâ—mayn Fâ—râ—â— coygnyng of half pens and farthynges Bew the beatiâ—â—emen wâ—re trapned from vanyn Crueltye 〈◊〉 Frenche 〈◊〉 * Inquiâ—â—cioÌ„ de Troylbasion Shamfull minder Victory agaynste the Scottes Byshoppes periured Aryght notable policy Boniface the viii pope The fyrste wynnyng of Rodyâ— Byrth of Edwarde the thyrde * Batayle of Estryuelyn Traiferous pâ—â—â—umâ—â—yd of a â—â—â—agn Berwyke loste Decasion â—â— morâ—aâ—◠〈◊〉 The parlyameÌ„t of Northamton * Byrth of Lyonell * The mansy coâ—rage of Edward the thyrde A letter sent by kyng Edward to the FreÌ„ch kyng Tincâ— Breche Clement the â—i pope kynge Edwardes Floryne ‡ Th order of the garter * Cane conquered AffeccyoÌ„ of Historiographers ‡ whaÌ„ Calys was goâ—â—e * A great 〈◊〉 in London Dethe of Pylyppe de Valoys ‡ Kynge Edwardes 〈◊〉 on the 〈◊〉 Delayes of the course of Rome Berwyke recouered The batayl of Poytiers Iustes holdeÌ„ in Smithfelde â—akyng of 〈◊〉 El moton of golde ‡ The forme of pâ—ace betwene Englande and Fraunce A peasyble kysse ‡ The secoÌ„d mortalyte ‡ The batayle of DaÌ„hey FouÌ„dacyoÌ„ of saynt Stephans chapell at Westmynster ‡ Byrth of 〈◊〉 the seconde Dethe of 〈◊〉 Phylyppe A taske â—eâ—ynge ‡ A mayres 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Aâ—hysme ‡ Dethe of kynge Edwarde the thyrde Phylyp de Valoys â—ioned kyng of Fraunce Discomfyte of the Flemyngeâ— Dâ—th of syr Robert of Artoys Iaques de Artyuese murdred At what age the heyre to the crown of FrauÌ„ce shuld be crowned â— A scysme â—â—gonne in the chyrche â—â— Rome ‡ A terryble my 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 execuâ—â—â—n Dethe of kyng Charles ‡ The 〈◊〉 of Couâ—tray Deth of Charles kynge of Nauerne CoronacioÌ„ of Henry y e fourth The batayle of Shrâ—wysbuâ—y ‡ A Byshop beheded A byll pâ—â— vppe in the parlyameÌ„t Dethe of kyng Henry the .iiii. A fraye on Eester day Syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell lorde Cobham put to dethe Byrthe of 〈◊〉 the fyâ—te Sonday Monday Tuysday wednysdaye Thursdaye Frydaye Saterdaye Quotidie Kyng Henry the .vi. crowned Kyng Henry the .vi. crowned in Parys ‡ Countyse of Basyse â–ª Bugeny y e pope Calys besyeged kynge of Scottes murdred A derthe Pope Eugeny deposed Dyfâ—rrcyoÌ„ of wolf †〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 InsurreccioÌ„ in Kent †Th ende of Iacke Cade Byshop of Salysbury sâ—ayne Constanty noble conquered of Turkes A good 〈◊〉 ‡ The 〈…〉 ‡ The bataâ—ll of saâ—â—te Albons ‡ Coronacyon of Edwarde the fourth ‡ La â—ucesse de dieu Th ende lapucelle de dieu The wordes of king Lewys dyenge to his sonne Printed by w Rastell fynysshed the laste daye of December in the yere of our lorde M.v. C. and XXXiii CVM PRIVILEGIO
versys folowynge Christe tui calicis praedo fit praeda caducis re breui reiecis qui tollit aera crucis Viscera Carleolum corpus fons seruat Ebardi Et cor Rothamagū magne Richarde tuum In terra diuiditur vnus quia plus fuit vno Non superest vno gratia tanta viro The which versys may be englysshyd as foloweth Cryste of the these whyche on the ryght hande was And axyd mercy to vs thou made a praye That we lyke wyse shulde for our trespasse Axe of the mercy and shewe no delay Nor for erthly thynges caste our self away For who of thy crosse accompteth lyttell store The meryte of thy passyon he losyth euermore Thys manfull knyghte thys prynce vyctoryouse whyche toke thy crosse on hym wyth great payne He folowed the thefe and axyd mercy thus For hys offence he warred thy foes agayne And shadde theyr blood on hyll and eke on playne And all for loue good lorde he hadde to the. wherfore swyte Iesu on hym thou haue pytye Of whom the bowellys at Carleyll and the trunke At fount Ebrarde full rychely ys dyght The harte at Roan into the erthe ys sunke Of the worthy Rycharde And so in thre is twyght That more than one whylom was in myght In erthe is separate that lyuynge more then one was and of grace founde lyke to hym none IOhn̄ brother of y e aboue named Rycharde yongeste son of Henry the seconde was ordeyned or proclamed kyng of England the tenth day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. .xix and the .xx. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce Thys Iohn̄ at the daye of his brothers deth was in Normandy where at Chynon as soon as his brother Rycharde was dyseasyd he possessyd hym of hys brothers treasour and sent Hubert archbyshoppe of Caunterbury into Englande to make prouisyon for his coronacyon And vppon Ester daye folowyng he was gyrde with the sworde of the duchy of Brytayne sayled soon after into Englād where he was crowned kynge at westmynster vppon holy thursday next folowynge of the forenamed Hubert After whyche solemnitye done he ordeyned the same Hubert chaunceller of Englande In thys whyle the Frenche kynge helde a counsayll at Cenomannia in Turon where to the derogacyon of kynge Iohn̄ Arture the son of Geffrey Plantagenet and neuewe to the sayde Iohn̄ was made duke of Brytayne whyche incontynently after wyth a great army entryd the countrey of Angeou and toke possessyon therof And kynge Phylyppe wyth hys people entryd the duchy of Normandy and layde syege to the cytye of Euroux and wanne yt wyth all the stronge holdes there about and stuffyd theym wyth vytayll strengthed them with his owne knyghtes and that done wasted spoyled the the countrey tyll he came to the cytye of Meaus where met wyth hym the forenamed Arture dyd to hym homage for the countrey of Angiers In the moneth of May Elyanour somtyme wyfe of Henry the seconde and mother to kyng Rycharde came into Fraunce and so to the kynge to Meaus foresayde and made to hym homage for the coūtrey of Poytiers as her enherytaunce And soone after the kinge retourned into Fraūce and the duke of Britayne wyth hym whyche as yet was within age Kynge Iohn̄ heryng of this warre in Normandy and losse of the countreys aboue named assembled a coūsayll and axid ayde of his lordes and cōmons to wynne agayne y e foresayd landes had it graunted after some wryters .iii. s. of euery plough land thorough Englande besyde y e subsydy of y e spyrytuall landes And when he hadde made redy for that belonged to hys voyage he about heruest sayled into Normandy where he taryed tyll Octobre folowynge spendynge the tyme to hys losse and dyshonoure Anno domini M.CC.  Anno domini M.CCi.  Arnolde fyz Arnolde  Balliui  Anno primo  Rycharde fyz Darty  AFter Mychelmas in the moneth of October and fyrste yere of the reygne of kynge Iohn̄ a trewce or peace was concluded betwene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce from that daye tyll mydsomer nexte folowynge and in lyke wyse betwene the French kyng and Baldwyne erle of Flaundres And thys yere was made a deuorce betwene kynge Iohn̄ and hys wyfe the erle of Glocetyrs doughter because of nerenesse of bloode And after was he maryed vnto Isabell the doughter of the erle of Engolesym in Fraunce and had by her two sonnys Henry and Rychard and .iii. doughters Isabell Elyanoure and Iane. Thys yere dyed at London blessyd Hugh byshop of Lyncoln̄ and was conueyed to his owne chyrch there enterryd For whom god hath shewyd many myracles so that at thys daye he ys authorysed by the chyrche for a saynte At mydlent after kyng Iohn̄ sayled agayne into Normandy And after Ester he mette with kynge Phylyppe betwene Uernon and the yle Audeley where the peace betwene both realmes was stablyshed and cōfermed for terme of theyr two lyues and the landes deuyded betwene the two kynges as eyther of them shuld holde theym contentyd for theyr lyues after And in shorte tyme after Lewys the eldest son of kynge Phylyppe maryed dame Blanch doughter to Alphons kynge of Castylle and neuewe to kynge Iohn̄ To the whyche Lewys kyng Iohn̄ for loue of that woman shewyd to hym great bountye and gaue vnto her many ryche gyftes In the moneth of Iuly folowyng kyng Iohn̄ rode into Fraūce where he was receyued of the Frēche kynge wyth myche honour and so cōueyed into saynte Denys where he was receyued wyth processyon And vppon the morow the Frenche kyng accompanyed hym vnto Parys where he was receyued of the cytezens wyth great reuerēce and presentyd by the prouoste of the towne in name of the hole cytye wyth ryche presentis And there kynge Phylyppe festyd hym in hys owne paleys gaue vnto hym and hys lordes and seruauntes many ryche gyftes and after conueyd hym forth of that citye and toke leue of hym in moste louynge wyse And when kynge Iohn̄ hadde spedde his maters in Normandy he then returned into Englande Anno domini M.CCi.  Anno domini M.CCii  Roger Desert  Balliui  Anno secun  Iamys fyz Barth  IN y e moneth of december and seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ Ranulphe erle of Chestre by the example afore shewed by kynge Iohn̄ lefte hys owne wyfe named Constaūce and countesse of Brytayne whych before he had maried by counsayll of kynge Henry the seconde wedded one Clemens One cronycle sayth he dyd so because he wolde haue yssue But the sayd authour sayth that after hys opynyon he dyspleased god so greatly that god wolde suffer hym to haue none yssue but the rather for that dede dyed wythout About thys tyme after opynyon of moste wryters the people or nacyon callyd Tartares beganne theyr domynyon These men dwellyd vnder the hyllys of Inde y t belonged to prester Iohn̄
such maner that he shuld haue occasyoÌ„ to disobey y t areste by reason wherof by chauÌ„ce medley he shuld be there slayn wherunto my couÌ„sayl thaÌ„ was y t the kyng shulde calle hys secrete couÌ„sayll yf they agreed thereunto I for my part wolde agree vnto y e same To which sayeng syr IohnÌ„ Bagot gaue none answere And vpoÌ„ saterday the sayd Bagot Halle were bothe broughte into the parlyament chauÌ„bre there examined and after couÌ„trymaunded to prysone And as soone as they were departed the lorde Fitz water stoode vp and sayde Moste redoughted souerayne lorde where as y e duke of Amnarle hath before tymes and nowe lately excused hym of the deth of the duke of Glouceter I saye and wyll iustyfye it that he was cause of hys deth and that I shall proue vpoÌ„ hys body yf your grace be so contented To the coÌ„trary whereof the duke wyth sharpe wordes answered so that gaugys of batayll were offered of bothe partyes and sealed and delyuered vnto the lorde Marshall Than partyes beganne to be taken amonge the lordes in so moche that the duke of Surrey toke partyâ— with the duke of Amnarle and sayde that all that by hym was done was done by constraynte of Rycharde thanne kynge and he hym selfe and other consented parforce to the same where agayne the sayde lorde Fytz water and other replyed wherfore sylence was commauÌ„ded and forthwyth the fore named Halle for that he hadde confessed before the lordes that he was one of theym that putte to deth the duke of Gloucetyr at Calays he therefore was iuged to be drawen frome the towre of London vnto tybourne and there to be hanged and quartered The whyche execucion was done vppon the mondaye folowynge Thus wyth these causes and many other thys parlyamente contynued tyll a newe mayre named Thomas Knolles grocer was admytted and sworne vppon the daye folowynge the feaste of Symonde and Iude. Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xcix  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC Grocer wyllyam walderne  Thomas Knolles  Anno .i.  wyllyam Hyde  IN this fyrst yere of king Henry the .iiii. yet lastinge the foresayd parlyament vpon the wednysdaye nexte folowyng the feest of Symonde and Iude the lorde Morley appealed the erle of Salesburye of treason caste his hoode for a gage to trye with him by batayle The whiche sayenge he replyed and caste from him his gloues for a gauge to proue his sayeng false and vntrewe whiche were there sealed and delyuered vnto y e lorde Marshall And vpon the monday passed an act that no lorde nor other persone of no degre shulde after that day laye for his excuse any constraynte or coartynge of hys prynce in executynge of any wronge iugemente or other crymynous and vnlefull dedes sayenge y t for feare they durste none otherwyse do for suche excuse after that daye shall stande hym in none effecte And also that all sheryffes may yelde accompte in the escheker vppon theyr othes and that they be chaunged in all shyres yerely And also that no lorde nor other man of myght gyue any gownes or lyuereys to any of theyr tenauntes or other persones excepte onely theyr housholde meynyall seruauÌ„tes And also than was enacted that all repyers and other fysshers from Rye and wynchylsee other coostes of the sees syde shulde sell it them selfe in Cornehyll chepe and other stretes of London to all men that wolde of theym bye it excepte fysshemongers and other that wolde bye the sayde fysshe to make sale of it agayne And vpon the wednysday folowynge was enacted that Rycharde late kynge of Englande shulde for hys mys gouernaunce of the realme be holdyn in suche prysone as the kynge wolde assygne durynge hys naturall lyfe And than the kynge graunted to all persones generall pardones so that they were fette out of the Chauncerye by Alhalownetyde nexte folowynge excepte suche persones as were present at the murder of the duke of Gloucester And in thys whyle was the archebysshop of Caunterbury restored to his churche of Caunterburye and doctour Roger whyche there was sette by kynge Rycharde was remoued and sette in the see of London with the whyche he was ryghte well contented And thanne was the erle of Arundelles sonne restored to all hys fathers laâ—des with dyuers other before by kynge Rycharde dysheryted And shortely after was the said parlyament dyssolued and euerye man had deycence to departe to hys owne And than was Rycharde late kynge had vnto the castell of Ledes in Kente aâ— there kepte And prouisyon was hade at wyndesore for the kynge to â—epe there hys Chrystmas In whiche pastyme the dukes of Amnate of Surrey and of Exetyr witâ— the erles of Salesburye and of Glocester with other of theyr affynyâ— made prouisyon for a dysguysynge or a mummynge to be sheweâ— to the king vpon Twelf the nyghtâ— and the tyme was nere at hande and all thynge redy for the same Upon the sayde .xii. daye came secreteâ—ye vnto the kynge the duke of Amnarle and shewed to hym that he with the other lordes afore named were appoynted to slee hym in the tyme of the foresayd dysguysyng shewynge wherfore he aduysed hym to proâ—yde for hys owne suretye At who'e warnynge the kynge secretelye dâ—parted frome wyndesore and came the same nyghte to London wherof the sayd lordes beynge ware and that theyr counsell was bewrayed fledde in all haste westwarde But the kynge caused hasty pursute to be made after theÌ„ so that shortely after the duke of Surrey the erle of Salysbury were taken at Syrcetyr where they were streyght behedyd and theyr heddes sent at London and sette vpon the brydge And at Oxenforde were taken syr Thomas Blont and sir Benet Sely knyghtes and Thomas wyntercell esquyre the whych were there hedyd and quarteryd and theyr hedes sent to London brydge And at Pytwell in Essex was taken syr IohnÌ„ Holland duke of Exetyr after brought to Plasshy a place faste â—y where he was behedyd and after â—ys hedde was sent to London and lette there wyth the other vppon 〈◊〉 brydge pyght vpon a stake And 〈◊〉 about the same tyme at Bryâ—oâ—e was taken the lorde Spencer than erle of Glouceter and there beâ—â—dyd and hys hede sent vnto London brydge And in the same yere sâ—â— Barnarde Brokeys syr IohnÌ„ Seâ— syr IohnÌ„ Maundeley and syr Iohi Fereby knyghtes and clerkes wee taken as prysoners in the towre of LondoÌ„ and soone after foriudged â—â—nged and 〈◊〉 and theyr heddes â—â—so set vppon London brydge In â—hyche passetyme Rycharde late kyng was remoued frome the castell of Ledys in Kent and sent vnto Pouâ—tfreyt castell In this yere also as before is towched in the .xix. yere of the .vii. Charlys kynge Henry sent vnto Câ—â—eys Isabell late quene of England and wyfe vnto Rycharde lately kynge and wyth hyr greate treasour and many ryce Iewellys as teâ—yfyeth the Englysshe cronycle and there receyued by the Frenchmen undersafe conduyte passynge and by them conueyed vnto hyr father into
of yorke beynge in the Marches of walys called to hym y t erlys of warwyke of Salysbury wyth other many honorable knyghtes and esquyres gathered a stroÌ„ge hoste of people and than in the moneth of Apryll toke his iourney towarde London the kynge there thaÌ„ beynge wyth a greate retynewe of lordes wherof when the quene and the lordes were aduertysed that the duke was comynge with so greate power anone they cast in theyr myndes that it was to none of theyr profytes And for y t in all possyble haste as they myght they gathered by the authoryte of the kynges coÌ„myssyons such strength as they coulde haue entended to haue conueyed the kyng westwarde and not to haue encountred the duke of yorke And for the execucyon of this purpose the kynge accoÌ„panyed with hym the dukes of Somerset of Buckyngham y e erlys of Stafforde of Northumberlande with the lorde Elyfforde and other many noble men of the realme departed vpon the .xx. daye of Maye from westmynster and so helde hys iourney towarde saynte Albonys Then the duke of yorke hauynge knowlege of the kynges departynge from London costed the countrees and came vnto the ende of saynt Albons vppon the .xxiii. daye of Maye foresayde then beyuge the thursday before whytsondaye where whyle meanes of treaty and peace were comonyd vppon that one party y e erle of warwyke wyth his Marche men entryd the towne vppon that other ende foughte egerly agayne y e kynges people so contynued the fyght a longe season But in conclusyon y e vyctory fell to the duke of yorke and his party in so myche that there was slayne that duke of Somerset the erle of Northumberlande and the lorde Clyfforde wyth many other honoâ—â—ble men of knyghtes esquyers whose names were tedious to write After whyche victory thus opteyned by the duke he with honour and reuerence vpon the morne folowynge conueyed the kynge agayne to London and there lodged hym in the bysshoppe of Londons palays And soone thereupon was called a parlyament and holden at westmynster by authoryte wherof y e duke of yorke was made protectour of Englande the erle of Salesbury chauncellour and the erle of warwyke capytayne of Caleys And all suche persons as before were in authoryte and nere aboute the kynge were clerely amoued and putte by and the quene and hyr counsayle that before dayes ruled all vtterly sette a parte concernynge the rule of the kynge and of y e lande whych contynued for a whyle as after shall apere In this yere also as affermeth the Frenche cronycle this mysery and vnkyndnesse thus reygnynge in Englande the lord Talbot than beyng in Normandy and in defendynge of the kynges GarysoÌ„s was beset with French men at a place named Castillyon and there strongely assayled where after longe and cruell fyghte he with hys sonne and to the nomber of .xl. men of name and .viii. huÌ„dreth of other Englysshe soudyours were myserably slayne and many mo taken prysoners Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.liiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lv.  IohnÌ„ Felde  Stephan Forster  Anno .xxxiii.  wyllyam Taylour  IN thys .xxxiii. yere of Henry y e vi certayne euyll dysposed persones beynge sentuary men within saynt Martens the graunde issued out of y e sayde place and frayed with some cytesyns and of them hurt and maymed and that done reentred the seintuary wherewyth the commons beyng amoued with certeyne rulers of the cytie entred the sayd sayntwary by force and pulled out the occasyoners of the sayde fraye and commytted them to prysone Of this mater by the deane of saynte Martens and suche as fauoured hym was a greuous complaynt made vnto the kynge and hys counsayle of y e mayre and the cytesyns For dyscharge wherof the recorder of the citie wyth certeyne aldermen to hym assygned were sente vnto the kyng then lyeng at y e castell of Egle in Herford shyre where after the mater duly debated before y e kynges couÌ„sayll they were with letter of commendacyon retournyd vnto the mayre wyllynge hym to kepe the sayde persons sauely tyll the kynges comynge to London at whyche season he entended to haue y e mater more clerely examyned Anno domin M.iiii C.lv.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lvi. Grocer IohnÌ„ yonge  wyllyam Marowe  Anno .xxxiiii.  Thomas Dulgraue  IN this yere moneth of May an Italyans seruaunt walked thorough Chepe wyth a dagger hangynge at hys gyrdell wherof a mercers seruaunt that before tyme had ben in Italy and there chalengyd or punysshed for werynge of a lyke wepen chalenged the straunger questioned with him how he was so bold to bere such a warrely wepyn consyderynge he was a straunger and out of his natyue countrey also knowynge that in his countre no straunger shuld be suffered to bere any lyke wepyn To whyche questyon suche answere was made by the Italyan that the mercer toke his dagger froÌ„ hym and brake it vppon his hede The strauÌ„ger thus beyng delte with complayned hym vnto the mayre y t whiche vpon the morowe folowyng kepynge a court at the Guyldhall sent for the yonge man and after his answere made vnto this complaynt by agrement of a full courte of alder men sent the sayde mercer vnto pryson And after thys court was fynysshed for rumour that he harde of to be amonge the seruauntes of y e mercery he with the two sheryffes toke his way homeward thorough chepe But whan he was nere vnto th ende of saint LawreÌ„ce lane toward chepe he was met wyth suche a multytude of mercers seruauÌ„tes and other that he coulde not passe for ought that he myghte do or speke tyll he hadde coÌ„trarye hys wylle and mynde delyuered the yonge man that before was commytted by hym and his brethern to warde and so was he forthwith delyuered Thys thus done rumour sprange therof lyghtely aboute the town in so mych that amonge many cytesyns it was construed that thys was done by the assent of the maysters and housholders of the mercery to y e enteÌ„t to haue the straungers punysshed for so myche as they toke from them greate lyuynge by reason of theyr vtteraunce of cloth of golde and sylkes to the estates and lordes of the realme But how so it was vnto men of honeste to vacaboÌ„des and other that loked for pylfry and ryfflynge it was a great occasyon and styrynge And that appered well for the same afternone sodeynly was assembled a multytude of rascall and poore people of the cytye whyche wythout hede or guyde ranne vnto certayne Italyans places and specyally vnto the Florentynes Lukessys and Uenicyans and toke and spoyled what they in theyr places myghte fynde and dyd greate hurte in sundry places but moste in .iiii. houses staÌ„dyng in Bredstrete ward wherof thre stode in saynt Barthelomewys parysshe the lytle and one in saynte Benettes parysshe and moch more wolde haue done had not bene the spedy ayde of the mayre and aldermen and worshypfull comoners
yere of Cutbert than kyng of westsaxons reygned yeres .x. Here endeth the lyne of Meroneus begynneth the lyne of Pepyn ca. c.xlix folio .lxxix. Sygebertus the neuewe of Cutbert began hys reygne ouer the westsaxoÌ„s in the yere of our lord .vii. C. xlv the .v. yere of Hyldericus the second than kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .ii. ca. c.l. fo lxxx Kenulphus of the blode lyne of Cerdicus begaÌ„ hys reygne ouer the westsaxoÌ„s in the yere of our lord .vii. C. .xlviii and y e .vii. yere of Hyldericus thaÌ„ king of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .xxxi. ca. c.li fo lxxxi Pipinus the secoÌ„d sonne of Charles Martellus was fyrst made king of FrauÌ„ce of y e blode in y e yere of our lord .vii. C. .l and the second yere of Kenulphus thaÌ„ kyng of westsaxoÌ„s reygned yeres .xviii. ca. c.liii fo lxxxi Carolomanus wyth Charlys surnamed y e great sonnes of Pepyn began to reygne ouer FrauÌ„ce in y e yere of our lord .v. C.lxviii the .xx. yere of Kenulphus and reygned yeres ioyntly and Charles alone .xlvii. This Charles was y e fyrst emperour of Romayns of the stok of the FreÌ„ch men and reygned .xiiii. yeres ca. c.liiii fo lxxxiii Brightricus of the forenamed blod of Cerdicus was made kyng of westsaxons in the yere of our lord .vii. C.lxxvii and y e .x. yere of Charles than king of FrauÌ„ce reygned yeres .xvii About the .ix. yere of thys kynge the Danes fyrste entred this ile as more playnly apereth in y e story folowyng ca. c.lvii fo lxxxvi Egbertus or after the Englysshe boke Edbryght the sonÌ„ of Alumundus begaÌ„ hys reygne ouer the westsaxoÌ„s in y e yere of our lord .vii. C.lxxx and .xv iÌ„ the. .xxvii. yere of Charles than kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .xxxviii. Thys kyng coÌ„maunded the SaxoÌ„s to be Anglys Brytayn to be named Anglia that in EnglaÌ„d ca. c.lviii fo lxxxvi Lodouicus the fyrste of y e name sonne of Charles the great beganne to reygne as emperour and kyng of FrauÌ„ce in the yere of our lord .viii. C and .xv y e .xx. yere of Egbertus thaÌ„ kyng of westsaxons and reygned yeres .xxvi. ca. c.lix fo lxxxvii Adeulphus or Ethelwolphus the sonne of Egbertus began hys reygn ouer the westsaxoÌ„s and other in the yere of our lord .viii. C. and .xxxii and the .xvi. yere of Lowys the fyrst than kyng of FrauÌ„ce reygned yeres .xxii ca. c.lxii fo xci Charles the second of that name yongest sonne of the fyrste Lowys surnamed Balled beganne to reygn ouer the west parte of Fraunce in the yere of our lord .viii. C. .xli the .ix. yere of Adeulphus and reygned yeres .xxxviii. The countre of Flaunders in thys Charles dayes began fyrste to bere name as after in the ende of hys story is shewed ca. c.lxiii fo xcii Ethelwaldus the eldest sonne of Adeulphus began hys reygne ouer the westsaxoÌ„s in the yere of our â—ord viii C. .lv and the .x. yere of Charles the Balled than kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned but one yere ca. c.lxvii folio .xcvi. Ethelbertus the seconde sonne of Adeulphus was auctorysed kynge of westsaxoÌ„s in the yere of our lorde viii C. and .lvi the .xi. yere of Charles the Ballyd yet kyng of Fraunce and reygned yeres .vi. In the tyme of thys kynges reygne the .vii. Iohan whyche was a womaÌ„ was admitted for pope aboute the yere of oure lorde .viii. C.lviii as sayth Iacobus Phylyppus ca. c.lxviii fo xcvi Etheldredus the thyrde sonne of Adeulphus was made kyng of westsaxons wyth other in the yere of our lorde .viii. C. .lxiii the .xviii. yere of Charles forenamed yet kynge of FrauÌ„ce reygned yeres .viii. In the tyme of thys kynges reygne saynte Edmond kynge of Eest Angles was martyred of the princys Danus and Martyrus ca. c.lxix fo xcvi Aluredus or Alphredus the .iiii. sonne of Adeulphus in y e yere of our lorde .viii. C.lxxii began hys reygne ouer the westsaxoÌ„s the .xxxi. yere of Charles forenamed yet kynge of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .xxviii. ca. clxxi fo xcviii Lowys Balbus the secoÌ„d of that name sonne of Chales the balled began hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in y e yere of grace .viii. C.lxviii and the .vi. yere of Alerude thaÌ„ kyng of westsaxons reygned yeres .ii. ca. c.lxxiiii fo ci Lowys Charles the sonnes of Lowys Balbus beganne to reygne ioyntly ouer y e FrenchmeÌ„ in the yere of our lord .viii. C. .lxxx the .viii. yere of Alurede than kyng of westsaxons and reygned yeres .v. ca. lxxv folio c.ii. Lowys the .iiii. of y e name sonne of Charles last remeÌ„bred began hys reygn ouer FrauÌ„ce in y e yere of grace viii C.lxxx and .vi the .xiiii. yere of Aluredus yet kyng of westsaxons reygned yeres viii ca. lxxvii fo c.iiii. Eudo or Oddo the sonÌ„ of Robert erle of Angeowe began hys reygne ouer the FreÌ„chmen in the yere of our lord .viii. C.lxxx .xv and the .xxiii. yere of Aluredus yet kyng of westsaxons and reygned yeres .ix. ca. lxxviii folio c.iiii. Edwarde surnamed the elder sonne of Alurede or Alphrede began hys reygne ouer the more part of Englande in the yere of our lorde .ix. C. and one the .vi. yere of Eudo than kynge of Fraunce reygned yeres xxiiii ca. c.lxxix fo c.iiii. Charles surnamed the Simple sonnÌ„ of the .iiii. Lowys beganen hys reygne ouer the realme of FrauÌ„ce in the yere of our lorde .ix. C.iiii y e .iii. yere of Edward than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xxiiii. ca. c.lxxxi fo c.vi Radulphus the sonne of Rychard duke of Burgoyne began his reygn ouer FrauÌ„ce in the yere of our lorde ix C. .xxii the .xxi. yere of Edward yet kyng of Englande reygned yeres .xii. ca. lxxxiii fo c.viii Ethelstanus the sonnÌ„ of Edward the elder begaÌ„ hys reygne ouer the more partye of England in y e yere of our lord .ix. C. .xxv. the thyrde yere of Rauffe thaÌ„ kyng of FrauÌ„ce reygned yeres .xvi. Thys kyng broughte Brytayne or EnglaÌ„de to one monarchy But yet after some wryters Alurede dyd it ca. c.lxxxiiii fo c.viii Lowys the .v. of that name and sonne of Charles the Symple begaÌ„ hys reygne ouer FrauÌ„ce in the yere of our lord .ix. C. .xxxiiii y e .ix. yere of Ethelstane thaÌ„ kyng of EnglaÌ„d reygned yeres .xxi. ca. c.lxxxvi fo c.x. EdmouÌ„d the brother of Ethelstane sonne of Edward the elder began hys reygne ouer EnglaÌ„d in the yere of our lord .ix. C. .xli. the .vii. yere of y e .v. Lowys than kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .vi. ca. c.lxxxviii folio c.xiii Edredus the brother of EdmouÌ„d begaÌ„ his reygne ouer EnglaÌ„d in the yere of our lorde .ix. .xlvii and y e .xiii yere of y e forenamed Lowys yet king of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .ix. ca. c.lxxxix
In this season was Caius Iuliê° the whyche is moste commonly called Iulius Cesar sente by the senate of Rome as felowe and consull wyth Lucius Bubulus into Gallia nowe called Fraunce for to subdue them vnto the empyre of Rome The whyche Iulius beyng vppon the see syde after he had ouercome the Gallis and beholdyng the whyte clyues or rockes of Brytayne enquyred of the countre and what people dwelled therin And when he was suffycyently enfourmed of all the commodytyes therof he had great wyll to brynge the sayde countre vnder the yocke of the Romaynes for so mych as at those dayes a great parte of the worlde was tributary to Rome But as sayth myne authour fyrste he exorted the Britons by writyng messagers to gyue trybute vnto Rome wherfore Cassybellan hauynge indygnacyon wrote vnto hym sharpe short answeres shewyng that he and euery noble man was bounde specyally to kepe his couÌ„tre from seruage and to kepe his subiectes that they myght enioy lybertye and franchise The whyche to obserue he wold do the vttermost of his power myght wyth the which answere Iulius beynge nothynge coÌ„tentyd in all hast made redy his nauy and people and sayled towarde Brytayne And wheÌ„ the Romaynes were comyn nere the land of Brytayne shuld haue landed y e Brytons pyght sharpe stakes and longe vppon the bankes which causyd theym to wynne lande wyth great daunger And not longe after theyr landynge Cassibellan wyth a stronge hoste of Britons encountred the Romaynes gyuynge or yeldyng to them suche fyght and batayll that they were fayne to resorte to theyr shyppes for theyr suertye Not wyth standyng y e as witnesseth Gaufride and other Iulius after he hadde renewed his knyghtes and also ryggyd his nauye he came agayne the seconde tyme entendynge to subdue the land to the empyre of Rome But as before tyme he was by the manhode of the kynge and his Brytons manfully and knyghtly wythstaÌ„den and chasyd so this seconde tyme he was in lyke wise ouercome and compelled to flee wythout honoure For whych vyctory thus twyes obteyned by the Brytons Cassibellan entendynge to gyue thanke vnto his goddes and rewarde to hys knyghtes in goodly haste caused an assemble to be made of his lordes knyghtes at the cytye of Caerlud or London where after dew obseruaunces done to theyr goddes after y e vse of theyr pagan lawes a great and solemne feste was holden by the kynge to all that wolde come wyth moste lyberalytye and plentye in all that was necessarye to such a feste And the more to encrease the kynges honoure and to the more comforte and dilectacion of his lordes and other there beynge present there was all maner kynê of games that at those dayes were exercysed and vsed Contynewynge whyche feste two noble and yonge knyghtes amonge other hapened to assey eyther other in wrastlyng wherof that one was neuew to kyng Cassibellan named Hirelda and y e other named Euelinus was allyed vnto Androgeus erle or duke of London By meane of this wrastlynge dyuysyon or vnfyttynge wordes fyll betwene the two yonge knyghtes y t after wordes ensued strokes by meane wherof partyes were takeÌ„ on eyther syde whyche ranne to gyder in great â—re and malyce so that on eyther part many and diuers were hurte wounded Among whome Hirelda neuew to the kynge was slayne whych caused great dysturbaunce in the courte and amonge the lordes when the knowlege of the deth of Hirelda was brought vnto y e kyng he was therwyth greatly amoued entendynge dewe iustice to be hadde mynystred by thaduyce of his Barons causyd the forenamed cosyn of Androgeus Euelinus to be sommoned for to appere before hym hys counsayll and there to acquyte hym of suche cryme as to hym was layde for the deth of Hirelda before slayne But Euelinus by couÌ„sayll of Androgeus wythstode that commaundement and shortly after the sayde Androgeus and Euelyne departed the courte wythoute takynge leue of the kynge The kynge dysdaynynge this demeanure of Androgeê° after dyuers monycyons to hym gyuen gathered his knightes and made warre vpon Androgeus wherfore he coÌ„syderyng after many ways meanes thought y t he was not of power to wythstand the kynges great indignacyon sent his letters vnto Caius Iuliê° Cesar shewynge to hym the circumstaunce of the mater and aduoydynge hym of all gylt besought and prayed him in moste humble wyse that he wolde shortly retourne wyth his army into Brytayne he wyth his hole power shuld be redy to ayde and helpe hym agayne the Brytons Of this message was Iulius very glad and in all haste made towarde Brytayne wyth a great power To whom y e wynde was so fauourable y t in short tyme after this message he drew nere y e land But as affermeth myne authour Gaufryde or he wold lande ferynge the treason of Androgeus he receyued froÌ„ hym in hostage his sonne named Scena wyth .xxx. other of the moste noble of his lordshyppe that done he landed wyth the helpe and ayde of Androgeus wherof when Cassibellan hadde warnynge in all haste he made towarde the Romaynes and in a valey nere vnto Dorobernia now named Canterbury there he fouÌ„de the hoste of y e said Iuliê° lodged with him Androgeê° with all his power After whych knowlege had eyther of other wyth theyr habyllemeÌ„tes of warre eyther greued other tyll at leÌ„gth both hostê mette hande for hand and faught vygerously in such wise that many fell on eyther partye But when the Brytons as sayth Gaufryde hadde longe foughten knyghtly defended the Romaynes Androgeê° with his peple came by a wynge of the Brytons and them so sharpely assayled that they were constreyned to forsake the feld and place y t they before had kepte The whiche flyght dyscoÌ„forted so the other that fynally all fledde and gaue place to the Romaynes the which pursued slewe them withoute pytye So that Cassibellan wyth his Brytons that were lefte were fayne to gette them to a place of suerty there to reste tyll they myght newly prouyde to wyth stande theyr enemyes But fynally as all wryters agre Iulius helde the kyng so shorte that for an vnytye and concorde he was fayne to become trybutary to the Romaynes and to paye to them yerely a certayne trybute whych Gaufryd affermeth to be .iii. thousande pouÌ„d And when the sayde trybute was set in a suertye so that the sayd Romaynes were wyth yt contented and Iulius hadde accomplyshed his wyll pleasure in thynges to hym thought necessary he with Androgeus departed the lande and so spedde hym towarde Rome where soone after he was agayn by the will of y e most of y e senatours made emperour And this tribute thus was grauÌ„ted when Cassibellan hadde reygned as kynge of Britayne fully .viii. yeres and more THE XLIX CHAPITER THis begynnynge of this trybute payde by Cassibellan vnto the Romayns shuld seme by most concordaunce of wryters to be vpon xl and .viii. yeres before Crystes incarnacyon or
called the Iaundyes that myche people therof dyed wherfore the sayde Sampson toke wyth hym the pall sayled into Armorita or lytell Brytayne and was there bysshoppe of Dolence or Dolences And from that tyme vnto the fyrst Henryâ—s tyme kyng of Englande hadde sytten at Menenia or saynte Dauids .xxi. byshoppes and all wythoute pall But whether yt were for lacke of connynge or ellys for pouerty it is not asserteyned Neuerthelesse alwaye from the tyme of the sayde Sampson vnto the foresayde Henry the fyrste tyme all the byshoppes of wales were sacred of y e byshoppe of Menenia or saynte Dauids And the archebyshop of Menenia was at all tymes sacred of y e bysshoppes of walys as of his suffragans and made no profession nor obieccyon to any other chyrche But after these dayes other byshoppes y t sat there were compelled to be sacred at Canterbury In token of whyche subieccyon Bonyface archbyshoppe of CauÌ„terbury legate of the crosse sange in euery cathedrall chyrche of walys a solemne masse whyche was done by the sayde Boniface in the tyme of Henry the seconde beynge kynge of Englande But now ye shall vnderstaÌ„de there ben but two prymates or archbysshoppes in all Englande and walys That one ys at Caunterburye and that other is at yorke To the prymate of Caunterburye ben subiecte xiii byshoppes in England and .iiii. in walys And the prymate of yorke hath but two suffragans in EnglaÌ„d which be the byshoppes of Caerleyll and Durham And who so wyll be further instructe of the order and chauÌ„ges of bysshoppes see of Englande lette hym rede ouer the lii.liii.lv.lvi and lvii chapyters of the fyrste boke of Polycronycon or a ê‘te of holy Bedys work whyche he compyled of the same mater called historia Anglicana and there he shall haue euery thyng sette out clerely and truely And for to contynewe my processe of Lucius as wytnessyth myne authoure Gaufride when he hadde as before ys sayde stablyssyd orderyd the foresayde archeflamyns and flamyns and that they were also confermed of the pope he then endowed them wyth such landes and possessyons as before tyme were occupyed or gyuen to the maynteynynge and vpholdynge of the pagan rytes and lawe vsyd before tyme. And the temples of idollys thorough his land he causyd to be dedycate to Iesu Criste and his sayntes honoured them wyth myche great and large gyftes And when he had done after moste accorde of wryters by y e terme of .xii. yeres he dyed and was buryed in y e cytye of Claudiocestre or Glouceter without heyre of his body the which after grewe to great damage of the Brytons as after shal be shewed Of this Lucius yt is shewed in a table hangynge vpon the wall of the north syde of the yle in the backe of the quere of saynte Paules chyrche in London that the sayde Lucius reygned ouer the Brytons .lxxvii. yeres And ouer that the authoure of cronica cronicarum testyfyeth that after Lucius had receyued the fayth he assembled a great hoste of Brytons and sayled ouer into Gallia or Fraunce and thens into other countres passynge by Becia and the cytye called Augusta there subdued many of the enymyes of Crystes fayth where after many vertuouse dedys he restyd in good peace And his suster called Emerita as sayth the said authour was also martyred for Cristes sake But of this sayeng other the doute is assoyled in the foresayde table in y e begynnyng of this worke where yt shall apere that he reygned but .xii. yeres as aboue is shewed And for so myche as in this Luciê° endeth for a tyme the lyne of BritoÌ„s and the lande after this daye was ruled some dele by the Romayns therfore I will here ende the thyrd parte of this worke And for y e good spede I haue hyderto had and to the ende to inpetre the more grace in accomplyshyng y e other dele of this worke I here salute our moste blessyd lady wyth the thyrd ioye of the foresayde vii ioyes whyche begynneth Gaude splendens vas virtutum c. Hayle and be glad thou vessell moste shynynge Of vertues and grace at whose commaundement The hole courte of heuen is euer and byddynge And thou also arte amonge them ment Moste benygne and happy to euery good entent As dygne moder of Iesu with moste excellence Honoured in glorye with all theyr assystence This thyrde parte to be accompted from the ende of the .ix. yere of Cassibellan to the laste yere of Lucius includeth of yeres two huÌ„dred .xli. TRouth yt is as affermyn all wryters that after the deth of the forenamed Luciê° for so mych as of his body remayned non heyre the Brytons amonge them selfe fyll at great dystaunce and warre The whyche warre and trouble endured to the greate dystourbaunce of the lande But howe longe the certayne is not sette out by any wryter that I haue seen excepte the englyshe cronycle sayth that yt endured .l. yeres The whych sayeng vnder correccyoÌ„ can not stande wyth the concordauÌ„ce of other writers as yt is more playnly declared in the foresayde table where also yt shall appere that the sayde dyscorde amonge the Britons contynued but onely .xv. yeres After whyche terme of .xv. yeres expyred as after more clerely shall be shewed Seuerus beynge theÌ„ emperour of Rome beganne his domynyon ouer this lande of Brytayne So that ye shall nowe vnderstande that y e laste yere of this discorde was the yere of our lorde two hundred vii By reason wherof yt foloweth that the sayde .xv. yeres ioyned vnto the foresayde thyrde parte that the thyrde part coÌ„teyneth and includeth of yeres .ii. hundred and .lvi. ¶ Thus endeth the thyrde parte THE FOVRTH PARTE THE LXI CHAPITER SEuerê° a Romayn at this daye emperour of Rome begane to rule this lande of Brytayn in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon .ii. huÌ„dred and viii The whych as wytnesseth Gaufryde was before tyme sent from the senate of Rome with two legyons of knyghtes into Brytayne to appease the warre and stryfe amonge them and also for to wythstaÌ„de the Pictes and other enymyes whych dayly inuaded the land For dyuers wryters agree that this Seuerê° was made emperoure the yere of Crystes incarnacyon a huÌ„dred .lxxx. and .xv and ruled the sayd empyre after the most wryters .xvi. yeres By whych rule yt shuld appere that he shuld be takeÌ„ for gouernour of this realme of Brytayne the .xii. yere of his empyre It is sayde of this man that after he had subdued the Parthis and the Arabis he was named Particus was sent as before is sayde of the senate of Rome into Brytayne where he causyd to be made at the coste of the commoute a walle of turues and great stakes of the length as wytnes syth Policronica of a hundred .xii. myles as in the .xviii. chapyter of his .iiii. boke apperyth This wall after the exposycyon of the sayde Polycronica began at the ryuer of Tyne and enduryd to the Scottyshe see
Geround is called Gallia Aquitania whych is Guyan and stretcheth out of the eest from the riuer of RoonÌ„ vnto the west Occean wherof the ouer parte therof hyght Celtica whyche is to meane Heuenly because that hyghe mountaynes be therin From the water of Gerounde to the see of middell eerth and to the MouÌ„taynes called moÌ„tes Pireni or great hylles of Spayne is clepyd Gallia Narbonensis And now a parte therof is called Gothia and some Uasconia whyche is to meane Gascoyne And so Gallia is closyd aboute wyth thre noble waters wyth the ryuer of Ryne in the north syde wyth the ryuer of Roone in the eest and wyth the Brytyshe occean in y e weste In Gallia or Fraunce ben many noble cytyes wherof Parys is hed and pryncypall whyche in the fyrst foundacyon was clepyd Parydes after Parides a Troyane that departed from Troy wyth Eneas and other as wytnessyth Carinus and other wryters of histories But the frenche cronycle sayth it was fyrst fouÌ„ded by y e Sycambris and named by them Lutecia before the incarnacyon of Cryste .iii. hundred .lxxx. and .xv. yeres And in the whyle that the forenamed Marcomyrus was as there chyefe hedde and gouernour for the more beauty of the name and also in mynde of Paris sonne of Pryame kynge of Troye of the whych he was lynyally descendyd he therfore chaunged the name and commaunded yt to be called Paris In Gallia also be these prouynces and lordshyppes folowynge Braban Flaundres Normandye Pycardye Brytayn the lesse Poytowe Gascoyne Guyan Tolowse Burgoyne Angeo and Mayne Prouynce Champayne and Aluerne All whyche sygnouries and lordeshippes belonged or apperteyned vnto the crowne of Fraunce all be yt that dyuers of theym hath ben gyuen oute by maryage or otherwyse So that the kynge of Fraunce claymeth to be chyef lorde of theym and at this daye hath the possessyon of them excepte Burgoyne Flaundres Braban and Normandye for the whyche he is trybutarye vnto the kynge of Englande Then yt folowyth when the sayde Gallis or Frenchmen hadde thus coÌ„quered these foresayde countres or the more parte of theym or at lesse made theym vnto the sayde Gallis trybutary then the forenamed Marcomyrus as theyr chyef hedde or gouernour closyd cytyes wyth stronge walles and buylded stronge holdes and castelles and after dyed leuyng after hym a sonne garnyshed wyth all knyghtly vertue named Pharamundus or Pharamonde Francio THE LXXVIII CHAPITER PHaramundê° the son of Marcomyrus beforenamed was after the deth of his said fader made or ordeyned the fyrst kyng of Frenchmen by the agrement of hystoryes also as affermeth mayster Robert Gagwyne and other in the yere of our lordes incarnacion foure huÌ„dred and .xx. And of the worlde or after y e creacyon of the fyrste Adam folowynge the accompte of thys worke as before is shewed fyue thousande vi hundred and .xix. After Brute beganne his domynyon in thys yle of Brytayne a thousande fyue huÌ„dred and .lvi. And the yere of mysery of the Brytons .xxvi. Of this Pharamundus is lytell thynge lefte in memory excepte that myne authoure Gagwyne testyfyfyeth that he made certayne lawes whyche longe tyme enduryd after But for the names of the lawes and vse of them be derke to englyshe vnderstandynge therfore I ouerpasse theym and folowe the story whych affermeth that when the sayde Pharamonde hadde ruled the FrenchmeÌ„ well and nobly by the space of .xi. yeres he dyed and lefte after hym a sonne named Clodio Crinitus or Capellatus THE LXXIX CHAPITER CLodio y e son of Pharamonde was made kyng of Fraunce in the yere of our lorde .iiii. huÌ„dred xxxi And the .xxxvii. yere of the foresayd mysery of Brytons The which as before is sayd was surnamed Crinitus and Capellatê° by reason wherof the kynges of Frenchmen longe tyme after were called Criniti This to augment hys lordshyppe made warre vpon a people called Turynges and by great sore fyght made them at leÌ„gth subiecte to hym which countre as sayth the freÌ„che cronycle is a parte of Almayne And at thys daye or tyme of this Clodio his reygne the Romaynes had no more of the land of Gallia or FrauÌ„ce in theyr rule then that whyche lyeth from y e ryuer of Leyr vnto y e ryuer of Ryne whyche is called Gallia Lugdunensis And when he hadde thus subdued the Turynges he then sent his espyes ouer the Ryne to se what strength they were of that inhabyted that countre And after reporte to hym brought of the sayde espyes that the countre was fertyll and ryche and the people therof but of small defence he with his army ouer spred the countre and after shortely beseged the cytyes of Cambrey and Turney and them wanne But in y e cytye of Turney was a certayn nomber of Romaynes whyche manfully defendyd the towne longe tyme. And when they ê‘ceyued that they myght no lenger holde the towne they then manfully issued out and gaue to the Frenchmen harde batayll But fortune was to theym frowarde so that they were dystressyd After whyche countres and townes thus goten by Clodio wyth other vyctoryous dedes by hym done he lastely dyed when he had ruled the freÌ„chmen .xix. yeres wythout issue of his body Anglia NOwe then lette vs retourne vnto tharchbyshop of LoÌ„don and the other Brytons beyng in Britayne the lesse the whych vppon the promyse before rehersed receyued of Albroenus kynge of lytell Brytayne his brother named Constantyne y e whych wyth a certayne nomber of knyghtes shortly after laÌ„ded at Totnesse in mych Brytayne gaderyd to them the floure of y e BrytoÌ„s whyche before they re landynge were hydde in dyuerse places of the lande By whose power marcyall knyghthod the enymyes of the lande were sheÌ„dfully chasyd and vtterly coÌ„founded whyche victorye thus by the BritoÌ„s obteyned they of one mynde conueyde theyr chefetayne Constantyne vnto the towne of Kaercegent nowe called Cicestre and there crowned hym accordynge to the promyse made vnto his brother kynge of this yle of the more Brytayne THE LXXX CHAPITER COnstantinus the brother of Aldroenus kynge of lytell Brytayn was crowned kyng of myche Brytayne in the yere of oure lorde foure hundred and .xxxiii and the thyrde yere of Clodio then kynge of Fraunce The whyche guyded the lande with suche manhode and polyce that he kepte yt from daunger of enymyes and for tyme of hys lyfe helde yt in god quyete reste Of thys CoÌ„stantyne is lytell mynde made or lefte in wrytynge excepte that he receyuyd of his wyfe thre sonnes the whyche he named Constante Aurely or CoÌ„stantius Aurelius Ambrosius and Uter whyche was surnamed Pendragon But for he sawe and perceyuyd that his eldest sonne named ConstaÌ„t was dull and insolent of wytte he therfore made hym a monke in the monasterye of saynte Amphyabyll of wynchester whyche monasterye at this daye is called saynte Suythynes abbey And to the other two bretherne he betoke vnto Guethelinus archbyshoppe to noryshe and brynge forth In the courte of this CoÌ„stantyne
Of whych meruayle all the housholde was greatly astonyed and yeldyd thankynge vnto almyghty god and to that holy byshoppe Uppon the morowe this holy bysshoppe toke wyth hym the herdman yode vnto the presence of y e kynge axed of hym in sharpe wyse why that ouer nyght he hadde denyed to hym lodgynge wherwyth the kyng was so abasâ—hed that he hadde no power to gyue vnto the holy man answere Then saynt Germayne sayde to hym I charge the in the name of my lorde god that thou and thyne departe from this paleys and resygne yt the rule of thy lande to hym that is more worthy this rome then thou arte The whyche all thyng by power diuyne was obserued done and the sayde herdman by the holy byshoppes authoryte was sette into y e same dygnyte Of whom after descendyd all the kynges of Brytayne THE LXXXIIII CHAPITER THys story is also confermed of Antoninê° archebysshoppe of Florence and at lengthe by hym shewyd in the .xvii. chapyter and .ix. day of the seconde part of hys worke called SomÌ„ Antonini But by whoÌ„ so euer thys story was fyrste wryten I thynke he was none that discended of the walshmen nor yet of theyr blode For they come all of Pryamys blode and not of an herdman excepte that they fetche theyr lyne from Dauyd the holy kynge prophete Thys storye semeth to be of more fame then of credence For other wryters tell thys story to be done in the region of Powys by Buly theyr kynge And also for so mych as the foresayd authour maketh no mencyon of the more Brytayne nor of the lesse it is doutefull whyther thys happe fyll in that one regyon or in that other All be yt in the lyfe of saynte Germayne it ys redde that the sayde saynte Germayne deposyd Uortiger enhaunced the herdman as before is declared as affermeth Polycronica Then it foloweth in y e story when saynte Germayne hadde restoryd some parte of Brytayne to the trewe fayth he retourned into Fraunce fro whens he was before comen But in thys sayde sayenge shuld appere dyscorde in Cronycles For as at this day was not the fayth of Cryste receyued in Fraunce as after more clerely shall appere wherfore no bysshoppe of Crystes fayth myghte then kepe any see in Fraunce And also as affermeth Iacobus Phylyppus and other holy Remigius was the fyrst y t tourned FrauÌ„ce to Crystes relygyon and that after moste concorde of wryters to be in the yere of our lorde .iiii. hundred lxxx and .xix. and the .xv. yere of the reygne of Clodoueus Lewys fyrste Crysten kyng of y e realme of FrauÌ„ce Then to furnysshe or perfourme the story of Uortiger nedefull it is or necessary to retourne to the mater where we before lefte And to shewe that for so moche as the Brytons wythdrewe them from Uortyger he was therfore constrayned to holde wyth hym the Saxons By whose counsayle he after sent for Octa the sonne of Hengyst y e whych brought wyth hym an other company of Saxons when the lordes of Britayne sawe and consyderyd the greate multytude of Saxons and theyr dayly repayre into thys lande they assembled them togyder and shewed to the kyng the inconuenience and ieopardy that myght ensue to hym and hys lande by reason of the greate power of these straungers and aduertysed hym in aduoydyng of greter daunger to expelle and put them out of hys realme or the more parte of them But all was in vayne for Uortyger bare suche a mynde to the Saxons by reason of hys wyfe that he preferred the loue of them before the loue of hys owne naturall kynnesmen and frendes wherfore the Brytons of one wyll and mynde crowned for theyr kynge Uortimerus the eldest sonne of Uortyger and depryued hym of all kyngly dygnyte wheÌ„ he hadde reygned after moste concorde of hystoryes .xvi. yeres THE LXXXV CHAPITER MEroneus next of allie vnto Clodio last kyng of FrauÌ„ce for so mych as of Clodeo remayned none issue was made kyng of FrauÌ„ce in y e yere of our lorde .iiii. hundred and .l and the seconde yere yere of Uortiger than kynge of Brytayne The whyche was stronge and marcyall in all hys dedes and there vnto ryght profytable for the realme And amonge other notable dedes by hym done he slewe in one day of Hunes the whyche by the commaundement of Attiâ—a inuadyd dystroyed dyuers countres as Italy Germany and other an hundreth and lxxx thousande as is wytnessyd of mayster Robert Gagwine compyler and gaderer of the actes and dedes of Frenshmen Thys forenamed Attila was kynge of Hunes and led in one hoost .ii. hundred thousand men of warre as testyfyeth Policronica And after dyuers baytayles by hym wonne he came into y e feldes called Catulyntes the whyche conteyned an hundred legys in length and .lxx. in brede wherof euery lege conteyneth .iii. Englysshe myles In the whyche feldes or playnes he was encountred wyth the power of the Romaynes in whose ayde was y e kyng of Fraunce Meroneus the kynge or duke of Burgoyne and other where after a longe fyghte was slayne on bothe sydes the foresayde hundred and .lxxx. thousand Of the whyche nomber the sayde kynge or duke of Burgoyne was one as is more playnly shewed in the .xxxiii. chapiter in the .iiii. boke of the sayd Polycronicon wyth other wonders whyche I ouerpasse Of thys Meroneus dyscendyd all the kynges of Frensshemen tyll the tyme of Pepyn the whyche was father vnto Charles the greate or emperour And fynally dyed thys Meroneus when he had reygned after moste wryters .x. yeres leuynge after hym a sonne named Chylderych or Hylderych THE LXXXVI CHAPITER CHyldericus or Hildericus the sonne of Meroneus was ordeyned kyng of Fraunce in the yere of oure lorde god .iiii. hundred .lx the .xii. yere of Uortiger than kyng of Brytayne The whiche ensued no thynge the warres of hys father but allyed hym wyth all vyce and cruelnesse in suche exterme wyse that he became odyble vnto hys subiectes wherfore the said Childerich perceyuyng the murmur grudge among the people and ferynge hys sodayne distruccyon couÌ„sayled wyth a frend and lorde of hys named Guynomadus or Guynemeus by whose counsayle in auoydynge greater paryll he auoyded secretely hys lande and yode vnto the kynge of Thurynges named Besygne of whom he was ioyously receyued But the at departynge of the kynge from y e sayd Guynemeus he toke a pece of golde and brake it in two peces wherof y e one pece he delyuered vnto the kynge that other pece he kepte to hym self sayenge to the kynge that whan so euer that he receyued from hym that pece of golde that he shulde be sure to be restored agayne to hys regally and dygnyte After the kynge was departed his lande the Frenshmen of one assent chase for theyr gouernour and hed a Romayne named Gylf whyche at that daye hadde a parte of Gallia or Fraunce in hys rule to the behofe of the Romaynes whyche parte
nere vnto a moore called Cole moore The whych was long and sore foughten by the Saxons by reason that the sayde moore closyd a parte of theyr hoste so strongly that the Brytons myght not winne vnto them for dauÌ„ger of theyr shot All be yt that fynally they were chasyd and many of theÌ„ of coÌ„straynt drowned and swalowed in the sayde moore And ouer and besyde these foure pryncypall bataylles Uortimerus had wyth the Saxons dyuers other conflictes as in Kent at Thetfoord in Northfolke and in Essex nere vnto Colchestre lefte not tyll he had byrafte from them the more parte of such possessyons as before tyme they had wonne and kepte them onely to the yle of Thanet the whych Uortymer ofteÌ„ greuyd by such nauy as he then hadde when that Ronowen doughter of Hengiste apperceyued the great myschyâ—f that her fader and the SaxoÌ„s were in by the mraciall knyghthode of Uortymer she sought suche meanes that shortly after as testyfyeth Gaufryde and other Uortimer was poysoned when he had ruled the Britons after moste concorde of wryters seuen yeres THE LXXXIX CHAPITER UOrtigernus fader of Uortymerus last dede was agayn restoryd to the kyngdome of myche Brytayne in the yere of oure lordes incarnacyon foure huÌ„dred .lxxi and the .xi. yere of Childericus then kyng of Fraunce the whyche all the tyme of the reygne of his sonne Uortimer had restyd hym in the couÌ„tre of Cambria or walys where in this passe tyme after some writers he buyldyd a stroÌ„ge castel in a place called GeneronÌ„ or Gwayneren in the west syde of walys nere vnto the riuer of Gwana in an hyll or vpon an hyll called Cloarcius But the olde cronycle before spoken of sayth y â— this Uortiger was kept somwhat vnder rule of certayne tutours to hym assygned in y e towne of Caerlegion or Chester and demeaned hym so well towarde hys sonne in aydynge of hym wyth hys counsayll and otherwyse that the Brytons for it cast to hym such a fauoure that they after the deth of Uortimer made hym agayne kynge It was not longe after that Uortiger was thus set in authoryte but that Hengistê° percyd this land with a great multytude of Saxons wherof herynge Uortyger in all haste assembled his Brytons and made towarde them And when Hengistus hadde experyence of the great hoste of Brytons he then ordeyned meanes of treaty and peas where lastly yt was concluded that a certayne noÌ„ber of Brytons and as many of Saxons shuld vpon a Maye day assemble vppon the playne of Ambrii now called Salesbury whyche daye certaynly prefyxyd Hengistus vsynge a new maner of treason chargyd all his Saxons by him appoynted that eche of them shulde putte secretely a longe knyfe in theyr hose at suche season as he gaue to theÌ„ this watche or by worde Nempnyth your sexis that eueryche of them shulde drawe hys knyfe and slee a Bryton not sparynge any one except Uortiger y e kyng And at y e day before appointed the kynge wyth a certayne of Brytons not ware of this purposed treason came in peasyble wyse to y e place before assygned where he fande redy Hengistus wyth hys Saxons The whyche after due obeysaunce made vnto the kynge receyued hym with a couÌ„tenauÌ„ce of all loue where after a tyme of coÌ„munycacyon had Hengiste beynge mynded to execute his former purposed treason shewed his watche word By reason wherof anon the Brytons were slayne as shepe amonge woluys hauynge no maner of wepyn to defeÌ„de them self excepte y t any of them myght by his manhode and strength get the knyfe of his enymye Amonge the nomber of these Brytons was an Erle called Edoll or Edolf erle of Caerlegion or Chestre y e whych seynge his felowes and frendes thus murdered as affermeth myne authoure Gaufryde and other he by his manhode wanne a stake in the hedge or ellys where wyth the whyche he knyghtly sauyd his owne lyfe and slewe of the Saxons .xvii and fledde to the cytye or towne of Ambry nowe named Salysburye After whyche treason thus executyd the kynge remayned wyth Hengistus as prysoner Of the takynge of Uortyger and sleynge of the lordes of Brytayne an authoure called Guillelmus de regibus sayth that Hengistê° agreed wyth Uortyger and hys Brytons and that he shulde enioye the castell by hym before made wyth a certayn of lande therunto adioynynge for hym and his SaxoÌ„s to dwell vpon And when the sayde agrement was suerly stablyshed this Hengiste entendynge treason desyred the kynge wyth a certayn nomber of his lordes to come to hym to dyner wythin his sayde castell The whych of y e kynge was graunted And at the daye assygned the kyng with his lordes came to the sayde Thongcastell to dyner where he wyth his was well and honourably receyued and also deyntely serued But when the kynge his lordes were in theyr moste myrth this Hengiste had commaunded before y t his owne knyghtes shuld falle at varyauÌ„ce among theÌ„ selfe whych so done the remenaunt of his Saxons as yt were in partynge of frayes shulde fall vppon the Britons slee theym all oute take onely the kynge The whyche was done lyke as ye haue before harde deuysed and the kynge was holden as prysoner THE XC CHAPITER HEngistus then hauynge the kynge as prysoner a great parte of the rulers of Britayne thus as before is sayd subdued was some deale exalted in pryde and compellyd the kynge to gyue vnto hym as wytnessyth Policronica thre prouynces in the eest parte of Brytayne whych thre prouynces shuld be KeÌ„t Southsaxon or Sussex and Eestanglys whych is to meane Norff. and Suff. as affermeth the authoure of the floure of hystoryes But Guydo de columna sayth that the foresayde thre prouynces was Kent Eestsaxon or Essex and Eestanglys which is Norff. and Suff. Of the whyche sayde prouynces when Hengist was possessyd he suffred the kynge to go at his lybertye And then Hengiste beganne his lordshyppe ouer the prouynce of Kent and sent other of his SaxoÌ„s to beweld the other two prouynces that is to saye Eestanglys and Eestsaxons tyll he hadde sente for other of his kynnesmen y t he enteÌ„dyd to gyue the sayd ê“uynces vnto The kyngdome of Kent here begynnyth THE XCI CHAPITER THus Hengistus beynge in the possessyon of this prouynce of Kent comaunded hys Saxons to call yt Hengistus lande wherof as some authours meane the hole lande of Brytayn toke his fyrst name of Englande But that sayeng shall appere coÌ„trary as shal be shewed hereafter in the storye of Egbert kynge of westsaxons The whych after he had subdued y e more parte of the kyngedomes of SaxoÌ„s made of all but one monarchye he then coÌ„maundyd this lande to be called Anglia his Saxons Anglys whych after by corrupcyon of speche was called Englande and the people Englyshemen This lordshyppe or kyngedome of Kent had his begynnyng vnder Hengiste in the yere of oure lorde after moste concordaunce of wryters and by reason of y e time
folowynge y e accompte shuld be in the yere of our lorde .iiii. hundred .lxxxii and in the seconde yere of Aurely then kynge of Brytayne This kyngdome or lordshippe had in the eestsyde Kent in the south the see and the yle of wyght in the west Hampsyre and in the northe Southrey and conteyned as wytnessyth Guydo Southampton Somersetshyre Deuenshyre and Cornewayl Of whyche sayde kyngdome Ethelbaldus or Ethelwaldê° was the .iiii. kynge and the fyrste crysten kynge Thys kyngdome endured shorteste season of all the other kyngdomes and passyd soonest into the other For yt endured not aboue an hundred and .xii. yeres vnder .v. or .vii. kynges at moste THE XCV CHAPITER THen to returne where we left Aurely whyche as before ye haue harde helde and occupyed the myddell parte of Brytayne wyth CaÌ„bria or walys dyd hys dylygence to repayre ruynous places as well temples as other and caused y e seruyce of god to be sayde and done whyche by meane of the Saxons was greatly decayde thorough all Brytayne And after this Aureliê° beseged y â— Saxons in y e hyll of Badon or Badowe where he slewe many of theym But dayly the Saxons encreasyd landed in myche Brytayn as after shall appere For shortely after a Saxon named Porth landed wyth his two soÌ„nes at an haueÌ„ in Southsex After whome as some authours meane y e haueÌ„ was after called Portismouth whyche kepeth the name at this day And in lykewyse they came to lande in dyuers places of Britayne so that Aurelius had wyth them many conflyctys and bataylles in the whych he spedde dyuersly for he was somtyme vyctour and some season ouer set It is wryteÌ„ of hym in y e englyshe cronicle and other that he by y e helpe of Merlyn shuld fetche the great stones now standynge vpon the playne of Salysburye and called the stone henge oute of Irlande and caused theym to be sette there as they nowe stande in remembraunce of the Brytons that there were slayne and buryed in the tyme of the communycacyon had with Hengiste and his Saxons as before in the storye of Uortiger is touchyd But Polycronica alledgyth y t honour vnto Uter Pendragon his brother In the tyme of this Aurelius as wytnessyth also y e sayde Policronica dyed Hengist in his bed when he had reygned ouer y e Kentysh Saxons .xxiiii. yeres After whose deth Octa or Osca his sonne ruled y e sayd kyngdome other .xxiiii. yeres All be yt that the brytyshe bokes and also the cronycles of Enlande sheweth that after that Aurelius had in batayll slayne Hengiste he toke vnto his grace Octa his son gaue vnto hym a dwellynge place in the countre of Galewey for hym his SaxoÌ„s then lefte on lyue which semeth not to be true for mater that shall after ensue and also for y â— that before is touchyd of the Pictes and Scottes in the tyme of the myserye of the Brytons Then yt foloweth this Octa nother augmented nor mynyshed his lordshyp but helde hym therwyth contented as his fader had to hym lefte yt Lastely in the ende of the reygne of Aurely Pascentius the yongest son of Uortiger whiche after y e deth of his fader was fledde into Irland for fere of Aurely purchasyd ayde of Guilamour kyng of IrlaÌ„de And wyth a great armye inuadyd thys lande of Brytayne by the countre of walys in takynge the cytye of Menenia and in wastynge the sayd couÌ„tre wyth iron and fyre In the which season and tyme Aureliê° laye syke in his cytye of Kaerguent or wynchester For whych cause he desyred hys brother Uter to gather an hoste of BritoÌ„s to appease y e malice of Pascencius his adhereÌ„tis The whych accordyngly preparyd his hoste at length ouercame the hoste of PasceÌ„cius and slewe hym and the forenamed Guillamour in the same fyght In this whyle and season that Uter was thus gone agayne Pascentius a Saxon or other strauÌ„ger feynynge hym a Bryton a connyng man in physyke by the intycemet of Pascencius came vnto Aurely where he lay syke by his subtyle false meanes purchasyd such fauour wyth those y t were nyghe vnto the prynce that he was put in truste to mynystre medycines vnto the kyng This is named of writers Coppa or of some Eoppa The whyche when he had espyed his tyme coÌ„uenyent to brynge about his false purpose he gaue to Aureliê° a pocyon enpoysoned by vyolence wherof he shortely after was dede when he hadde reygned after moste wryters vppon .xix. yeres The thyrde or fyfte THE XCVI CHAPITER IN the tyme of y e reygne of this Aurelius as wytnesseth the authour of Policronica other y e kyngdome of Eestanglis began vnder a Saxon named Uffa about the yere of our lorde .iiii. hundred .lxxx. and xii and the .xi. yere of Aurelius The whych kyngdome conteyned Norlf and Suff. nowe called This hadde in this eest and north sydes the see in the northweste Cambryge shyre and in the weste saynte Edmundes dytche and Hertfordshyre and in the southe Essex This lordshyppe was called fyrste Uffynys lordshyp and the kynges therof were named Uffynys or after some authoures the people But fynally they were named eest Anglys The fyrst cristen kyng of this pryncypate was Redwaldus the thyrde kynge but he was not so stedfaste as belonged to his relygyon His sonne named Corpwaldus was more stedfaste whyche after was slayne of a mysbyleuynge man and for Crystes fayth as some wryte But Guydo sayth that Sebertus was fyrste cristen kynge of this lordshyppe that he made saynt Poulys chyrch of LoÌ„don This vnder .xii. kynges endured tyll the martyrdome of blessyd saynte Edmunde laste kynge therof the whych was martyred nere about the yere of our lord .viii. huÌ„dred and lxix By the whyche reason yt shuld folowe that this kyngdome shulde endure by the terme of .iii. C.lxxvii yeres And of this lordshyp at that dayes was Elman or Thetforde the chyfe towne But after Guydo this lordeshyppe shulde begynne the yere of Grace .v. hundred .lxx then shuld yt endure but .ii. hundred .iiii. score and .xix. yeres Francia THE XCVII CHAPITER CLodoueus the sonne of Childericus or Hildericus before named was after the deth of his fader ordeyned kynge of Fraunce in y e yere of oure lorde .iiii. hundred .lxxx. and .iiii and the thyrde yere of Aurelius then kyng of Brytayne This of some wryters is named Clodoueê° Lowys The whyche shortely after that he of this realme was authorysyd for kynge heryng reporte of the beaute and grete vertue of Clotildis neuewe to Cundebald kynge or ruler of Burgoyne sente vnto hym a knyght named Aurelius to treat a maryage betwene the kynge and Clotyld or Crotild The which Cundebald more for fere then for loue assentyd The cause wherof as myn authour sayth was for y t thys Crotyld was enherytour vnto the sayde lande of Burgoyne and that she be reason of y t maryage shuld recouer her ryghte and put hym from the
the more honoure conferme her own childe And the quene trustyng her counsayle supposynge her counsayle hadde ben for the beste confermed her owne chylde THE CXIII CHAPITER IN this whyle the kynge wyth his brother occupyed in warre agayne y â— Suytzers or men of Sweuy bare them so knyghtly that they subdued theyr enymyes and after retourned into theyr countres wherof when Fredegunde was ware she in secrete maner mette with the kynge shewyd to hym all the demeanure of his wyfe but nothyng of her own crafty workyng wherewyth kyng was greuously dyscontente in shewynge of his outwarde contenaunce and sayd yf that were true she shuld from hym be deuorcyd and that she shulde be quene in her stede After this the kynge commynge to his paleys the quene to the enteÌ„t to be the more accepted in his presence not knowynge of the malicyous workynge of FredeguÌ„de brought in her armes the yonge baby to the whych she was moder bothe naturally and spirytually and welcommed y e kyng her lorde in ryght humble maner salutynge hym wyth wordes of all coÌ„forte But the kyng beynge warned of her symple demeanure as some authours wryte glad that he hadde occasyon to fynde mater to her of displeasure blamed her in greuous maner and commaunded her out of his presence for that tyme after by couÌ„sayle of spyrytuall men causyd her from hym to be deuorcyd her wyth her yonge doughter to be put into an house of relygyon to the whyche he gaue possessyons for the fyndyng of her and of her yonge doughter named Childeynda And when Chilpericê° hadde thus fynyshed this foresayde besynesse he shortely after toke to wyfe the fornamed FredeguÌ„d not without grudge of some of hys lordes and other It was not longe after this maryage that stryfe and discencyon fell betwene this Chilpericus and Sigebert hys brother the whyche grewe for certayne lande that Chilpericus claymed to haue of hys brother afore sayde Then Chilpericus assembled hys knyghtes and made warre vppon the lande of hys brother Sigebert the whyche then was besyed in lyke warre agayne a people called Hunes by reason wherof Chilpericê° hadde the more fordell and wan by strength the cytye of Reynys But yt was not longe after or Sigebert was warned of his brothers vnkyndnesse wherfore he after hys enymyes were by hym somdele subdued went wyth hys armye into the countre of Soysons belongynge to his brother Chilpericê° and warred in lykewyse in that lande as hys brother dyd in his and at length toke y e cytye of Soysons and therin the eldest son of Chilpericê° named Theodobert and helde hym as his prysoner Then Chilpericus herynge of the scomfyture of his people and takynge of his sonne was agayne hys brother more feruently amoued and caste in his mynde all wayes meanes howe he myghte reuenge hym vppon hys brother But yt was in vayne For his brother at that tyme had such auauntage of hym that he well apperceyuyd that he had no better meane then a treaty of peace by meane wherof he shortly after obteyned his sonne out of daunger wyth other thynges concernynge his profyte assurynge to hys sayde brother by solemne othe that after that daye he shuld neuer were armes nor yet warrey his brother This coÌ„corde and vnite in due maner fynyshed suffycyently by both counsayles stablysshed yet Chilpericus beynge alwayes mynded to be reuengyd vpon his brother Sigebert sent his yongest sonne named Clodoueus and caused hym to warre vpon a cytye called Burdeaux in the pronice of Neustria now called NormaÌ„ dye But by the manhode of a captayne of Sigebert named Singulphus the sayd Clodoueus was ouer comen and compelled to voyde the countre and so fledde to Paris For thys happe Chilpericus was fyryd with all malyce and in all hast commaunded hys forenamed sonne Theodobert wyth a great armye to inuade the sayd couÌ„trey of Neustria or Normandye The whyche accordynge to hys fathers commaundement spedde him thyder and there by hys extorte myghte and power toke many cytyes and stronge holdes not sparynge chyrches howses of relygyon as nunnes and other and robbed and spoyled the countre in moste cruell wyse Lastly this persecucion thus done a cheuetayne or duke named Gundoaldus of the erldome of Poitowe assembled a great power and wythstode Theodobert and fynally slew hym in playne batayll and a great parte of hys people wherof herynge Chilpericus gatheryd a great hoste and yode into the countrey of Champayne wastynge and destroyenge the countrey wyth fyre and iron to the vttermoste of hys power and at length toke the cytye of Reynes and spoylyd yt wythout mercy THE CXIIII CHAPITER SIgebertus aduertysynge and castynge in hys mynde the innaturall dysposycyoÌ„ of his brother perceyuyng well that he entendyd hys vtter destruccyon ê“uyded in his beste maner for to wythstande his malyce And for to brynge his continued malyce to a fynall ende he gatheryd to hym a puysant power and after sped hym towarde his sayd brother wherof Chilpericus beynge aduertysed by hys couert meanes sought ways of entreaty and peace in suche wyse that or the hostes mette a peace was concluded Then these two bretherne thus accordyd condescendyd in shorte tyme after to make warre vppon theyr brother Gunthranus then lorde of Orleaunce the whyche sygnory at that daye belonged to the countrey or prouynce of Burgoyne The cause of this warre is not expressyd except y t they enuyed theyr brother to haue so great lordshyp But by medyatours on both partes after great aray purueyed on all sydes a concorde and peace was concludyd in the temple of saynt Lowpe at y e cytye of Trois in Uyncent when this sayd peace was fynyshed the sayd .iii. brethern in syght departyd as frendes eyther of theym from other But as peace somtyme contentyth not saudyours specially such as delyte them in pyllage and robbery ryght so amonge the knightes of Sigebert was spronge a great rumoure sayeng that they were not coÌ„tente and rewardyd for theyr great laboure and trauayle accordynge to theyr desert and specyally for y e fyrst iourney of these .ii hadde agayne his brother Chilpericus thynkynge the peace wyth hym made was nothyng honorable consyderyng y e great doublenesse and vntrouth that in hym was prouyd For the whyche they excytyd Sygebert in all that in theym was to breke those bouÌ„des of peace and to make newe warre vpon hym And in lyke maner some euyll dysposyd persons were more agreable to warre then to peace vppon the party of Chilpericus and murmured in lykewise And for they thought to haue ben better rewarded of Sygebert then they were of theyr own maister they therfore lefte hym and yode to y e hoste of Sygeberte By whose eueytynge report Sygebert was more kyndelyd to sette vppon his brother Chilpericus hauynge notycyon of hys brothers purpose wyth also the murmoure and departynge of hys knyghtes and hauynge in the other somme mystruste he anon wyth his wyfe and chyldren and chefe
thys lande euery lordshyp was stablyshed for the tyme and sette THE CXLI CHAPITER IUe or Iewe discendyd of the blode of Saxons was ruler or kyng of westsaxons nexte after that y e forenamed Cadwaladyr had renounced the pompe of the worlde The whyche to folowe the opynyon of Policronicon began hys reygne the yere of grace .vi. hundred .lxxx. vii and the .xvi. yere of the seconde Theodoricus then kynge of Fraūce and ruled the westsaxons knyghtly and maynteyned such warre agayn the Kentyshe Saxons y t the men of Dorobernia or Caunterbury grauntyd vnto hym to haue peace And also for a recompensement of the deth of Mulkynge brother to Cadwaladyr before slayne as is shewed in the precedynge chapyter by the sayde Kentyshe Saxons they gaue vnto hym for the sayd consyderacyōs thre thousande pounde About y e yere of the reygne of Iue the holy man Cutlake about y e .xxiiii. yere of his age renouncyd the pōpe and pryde of this worlde and toke y e order of munkes in the abbay of Repyndon And the .iii. yere after he wēt to Crowlande and there lad for the whyle an holy Ankers lyfe and dyd there many myracles and there fynally was buryed In whyche yle and place of hys buryenge standeth nowe a fayre abbay the whyche for the greate resorte of gestes that thyther drawyth and for the good and frendely chere that gestes there receyue and take the sayd place hath purchasyd a surname and is named Crowlande the curteys the whyche is a place of good fame And there lyeth also the holy confessoure Neotus somtyme dyscyple of Erkenwalde byshoppe of London In the .xi. yere of the reygne of Iue befell the wounder and meruayle that ys tolde of Bryghtwaldus the whyche after he hadde ben a longe whyle ded was restoryd to lyfe agayne and tolde many thynges of great wonder to many men whereby he causyd great almys and many other dedes of charyte to be executyd And after the dysposycyon of hys owne goodes by the agremēt of his wyfe he went vnto y e abbay of Maylroos and there in great holynes contynued the resydue of his lyfe About the .xvi. yere of the reygne of Iue Etheldredus before mynded in the C. xxxv chapiter kyng of Mercia forsoke this wordly honour and became a munke at Bardeney when he hadde longe tyme rulyd the men of Mercia or myddell Anglys Hys brother Kenredus was kynge after hym the whych also after he had reygned fyue yeres lefte his kyngdome vnto Colredus the sonne of hys vncle and he wyth Offa the sonne of Iue now kynge of westsaxons and wyth Egwinus byshop of wykcies or of wyke whych see is now at worceter wyth thys forsayde companye this Kenredus yode vnto Rome in pilgrimage and there endyd his life And aboute the .xviii. yere of the reygne of Iue dyed the holy byshop Aldelme whyche fyrste was munke and abbot of Malmesbury and the laste byshoppe Of hym yt is writen that when he was styryd by his gostly enymy to the synne of the fleshe he to do the more torment to hym selfe and of hys body wolde holde within his bedde by hym a fayre mayden by so longe tyme as he myght say ouer the hole sauter all be yt that such holynesse is no artycle of saynt Benettis lore yor yet for dyuerse inconuenyence moste alowyd by holy doctours And amonge many of his vertuous holy dedys Ranulph mūke of Chester she with that for the same of hys holynes sprange wyde Sergius the fyrste of that name beynge pope sente for hym to Rome In whyche season of his there beynge the sayde Sergius was accusyd or defamed of the gettynge of a chylde the whyche the .ix. daye of the sayde chyldes age was brought to holy Aldelme to be crystyned By vertue of whose prayer the sayde chylde answered vnto certayn questyons and cleryd the pope of that cryme y t was before put vppon hym Nere about the .xxiii. yere of Iue Colredus then kynge of Mercia for cause of variaunce betwene him and Ine vnremembred of myn authour assembled hys knyghtes and began to warre vppon hym wherof y e other hauynge knowlege in lykewyse gatheryd his power and lastely met to both theyr harmes at a place called wodynsburgth where after longe fyght eyther of them sped so vnhappely that yt was not knowen whether hoste hadde moste domage And nere about y e .xxv. yere of Iue as wytnessyth holy Beda saynte Iohan of Beuerlay that then was bysshoppe of yorke dyed and was buryed in the porche of the mynster of Deyrwood or Beuerlay Thē Iewe or Iue callynge to mynde the counsayll of holy Aldelme y t beforetyme had coūsaylyd hym to buylde an abbay at Glastenbury began the sayd worke about the .xxxii. yere of his reygne and founded there an abbaye the whyche contynued prosperously tyll y e comynge of y e Danis by whose cruelty yt was then sore blemyshed But afterward by the helpe of saynt Dunstane in the tymes of Edmond and Edgare yt was agayne suffycyently repayred so cōtynued tyll the comyng of the Normās after which season yt was agayne besette wyth hard happes But now at this daye yt standeth a place of great welthe and honour Then yt folowyth when Iue had ruled the westsaxons nobly by the terme of .xxxvii. yeres by the assyduate labour of hys holy wyfe Ethelburga as she that longe had laboured hym to leue the world and coude not brynge about her purpose vpon a season when the kyng and she had restyd them in a fayre paleys rychely behanged and were vpon the morne thens departed she by her commaundement caused the sayd paleys to be replenysshyd wyth all kynd of fylth and dunge and hogges and vyle bestes there in to be layde as well in y e chambers as other houses of offyce And when she knewe that thys paleys was thus deformyd she besought the kynge to vysyte the sayde paleys And when she had broughte hym therunto she sayde to hym I praye you my lorde behold now this house where are now the ryche tappets and clothes of gold and of silke and other ryche apparell that we left here thys other daye And where be the delyces and plesaunt seruytours and costly dyshes that you and I lately were seruyd wyth Be not all these passyd and gone My lorde in lyke maner shall we passe and sodenly as ye se these worldely thynges ben passyd And oure bodyes whych now ben delycately kepyd shall fall and turne into fylth of y e erthe wherfore haue in mynde my wordes that before this tyme to you I haue often shewyd told and busy you to purchase that paleys y e euer shal endure in ioy wythout transmutacyon By meane of these wordes other the quene turnyd so y e kynges mynd that shortly after he resygned the gouernaunce of his kyngdome vnto Ethellardus his neuewe he for the loue of Cryste toke vpon hym the habyte of a poore man and settynge a parte
Brytons or walshemen the towne of Chester that they hadde kepte possessyon of tyll that daye For the whych vyctoryes thus by hym obteyned he shortely after called a counsayll of his lordes at wynchester and there by theyr aduysys crowned him kyng and chese lorde of this lande that to fore thys daye is called Brytayne and sente then oute into all costes of thys lande his commaundementes and commyssyons chargyng straytly that from that day forthward the Saxons shulde be called Anglys the lande Anglia About the .xxiiii. yere of the reygne of Egbert whyche shulde be the yere of our lord as meaneth Policronica viii hundred and .xix. Kenelmus before mynded the son of Kenwolfus was admytted for kynge of Mercia beynge then a chyld of the age of .vii yeres The whyche by treason of his syster Ouendreda was slayne in a thycke wood by a tyraunt callid Hesbertus and hys bodye after founde by a pyller of the sonne beame or of lyght dyuyne that shone from his bodye towarde heuen It ys also redde of hym that a coluer bare a scrowle wryten in englyshe then vsed and lette yt fall from hyr vppon the aulter of saynte Peter in Rome wherof the wordes were these At clense in Cowbacch Kenelme Kenebern lyeth vnder Thorne hewyd beweuyd whyche is to meane in englyshe now vsyd at Clent in Cow vale vnder a thorne lyeth Kenelmus hedlesse slayne by fraude when this holy body was founde and was borne towarde the place of his sepulture his forenamed syster entendynge some derysyon or other vylanye to be done to the corps lenyd oute of a wyndowe where by the corps shulde passe And to bryng her malycyouse purpose aboute I note by what sorcery she ment there she redde the psalme of the Sauter begynnynge Deus laudem bacward But what so her entente was she there incontynently fell blynde and her eyen dystylled dropes of blood that fell vppon the Sauter boke The which in token of goddes wretche in that boke remayne at thys daye to be sene Of the holynes of thys martyr of his vertue y e legēde of sayntes reportyth the surplusage In the .xxix. yere of the reygne of Egbert or after the englyshe cronycle Edbryght the Danys wyth a great hoste enteryd the seconde tyme thys londe and spoyled the yle of Shepey in Kent or nere to kent wherof herynge the kynge Egbert assembled hys people and met wyth theym at a place callyd Carrum But he wanne of that fyghte lytell worshyppe for the Danys compellyd him and his knyghtes to forsake the felde And by presumpcyon of y e vyctorye they drewe westwarde and made a confederey wyth weste Brytons that liued in seruage By whose power they assayllyd Egbertus landes and dyd myche harme in many placys of hys domynyon and ellys where so that after thys daye they were contynuallye abydynge in one place of the realme of Englande or other tyll y e tyme of harde Kynytus laste kynge of the Danys blood so that many of theym were maryed to Englishe women and many that nowe ben or in tyme passed were called englyshe men are dyscendyd of theym And all be yt that they were many and sondry tymes dryuen out of that lande and chasyd frō one countrey to a nother as after ye shall here yet that not wythstādyng they euer gaderyd newe strengthes and power so that they abode styll wythin the lande Of the kynge of these Danys and of what people they be dyscended dyuerse opynyons of wryters there be whych now I passe ouer for so mych as I entende to shewe somewhat of theym in this worke folowynge Then it folowyth in the storye the tyme contynuyng of the persecucion of these foresayd Paganys and Danes Egbert or Edbryght dyed whē he hadde well and nobly ruled the westsaxons and other the more parte of Englande by the terme after most wryters of .xxxvii. yeres and was buryed at wynchester as sayth Guydo and lefte after hym a sonne named Athenulphus Francia THE CLIX. CHAPITER LOdouicus y e fyrst of that name and sonne of Charlis the great began hys reygne ouer y e realme of Fraūce also his empyre ouer the Romaynes in the yere of grace .viii. hūdred and .xv and the .xx. yere of Egbertus then kynge of westsaxons Thys for his mekenesse was callyd Lewys the mylde or meke In tyme of hys fathers decease he was occupyed in Guyan the whych he before tyme hadde the rule and domynyon of by commaundement of his father But when he was aduertised of his faders deth he anon sped hym toward Aquisgrani so y t y e .xxx. day after hys departyng out of Guyan he came vnto the foresayde cytye where he was mette wyth all the nobles and barons of Fraūce And fyrst or he medled or toke vpon hym any cure or charge of hys owne besynes he with most deuocyon causyd great obseruaunces and myche dyuyne seruyce to be done aboute the sepulture of his father whyche obseruaunce prayers fynyshed and endyd y e sayde Lewes commaundyd to come before hym dyuerse ambassadours that frō dyuerse prynces were sent vnto hys father Charlis and to theym gaue answers concernyng theyr legacyōs and messagis and then proceded vnto the nedes of his realm for y e weale therof and of his people wherein he beynge besyed worde was brought to hym of an ambassad royall y t was comen from Michael the emperour of Constantyne the noble Agayne the whyche he sent certayne of hys lordes to receyue them and so wyth all honour to bryng thē vnto hys presence Of whose commynge the entente was to presente hym wyth certayne ryche gyftes and to desyre hym of his amyte and frendshyppe Also soone after came vnto hym messengers from the Beneuētanys offerynge vnto his magnyfycence obligacyons and bondes to be his true lyeges and to paye to hym yerely in way of trybute .vi. thousande ducates of gold A ducate is of sondry valuys but the leste in value is .iii. s. iii d. ob and the beste .iiii. s. vii d. Then the Soysons or Saxons that were so dyuerse of condycyon beganne to murmoure and rebell agayne this Lowys wherfore or he wolde assemble any people agayne theym he sent thyder certayne persones to know y e cause of theyr rebellyon And when he was enfourmed that yt was for the takynge awaye from them of certayne lādes and possessyons by hys father he then restored agayne the sayde landes and so recouncylyd the countrey to his subieccyon For this dede some of his lordes grudged and sayde such myldenes was not to be vsyd to people of suche obstynacy and sternesse but to haue forcyd them by dynte of sworde to haue lyued in due obedyence In thys passetyme dyed pope Stephan the fourth of that name after whose deth was elected to that dygnyte the fyrste Pascall wythout cōsente or knowlege of this Lowys somdeale to the dyscontentynge of his mynde pleasure But in shorte tyme after he receyued such wordes and presentes
to the emperoure that hys sonne Lothayre had greued y e chyrch of Rome and takyn from it certeyne possessyons wherewyth Lewys beynge before amoued sent vnto hys sonne cōmaundynge hym in sharpe wordes y t he shulde haue in mynde the othe before by hym made that he shulde in exchewynge his dyspleasure make restytucyō of all thynges that he before hadde taken from the chyrch the whyche cōmaundement Lothayre promysed to obey in all wyse And where Lewys was determyned to haue gone vnto Rome to haue sene y e sayd promesse fulfylled also to haue spoken wyth the pope for dyuers maters nedefull for the chyrche he was lette by occasyon of Danes or Normannes y t than had newly inuaded the lōdes of Fraūce the whyche he shortly after expellyd and droue out of hys londys And that done the emperour yode vnto Aquysgrany where by the frendes of Indith other of the nobles of Fraunce the emperour gaue vnto hys yongest sonne Charlis a porcyō of y e empyre whyche after shall more clerely appere And soone after at a counsayle holdyn at Cirycyake before namyd in the presence of his son Lewys he gaue to hym the order of knyghthode adournyd hym wyth kynges clothynge And ouer all thys in the presence of many lordes of Fraunce he gaue to the sayde Charlys the hole countrey of Neustria that now is named Normandye Of whyche honoure and gyftes though hys moder were ioyous and gladde yet hys brother Lewys was therewyth nothynge contentyd whyche of Indith and of hyr frendes was well apperceyuyd and knowen wherefore as she before tyme had done than of newe she made request vnto hyr lorde and husband that he wolde of hys moste especyall grace graunte vnto hyr that Lothayre myghte haue the gouernaunce of hyr sonne Charlys the whych of hym was the seconde tyme graunted Uppon whyche graunte thus to her made the emperour sent vnto hys son Lothayre pleasaūt letters wyllyng hym in all goodly hast to resorte vnto hys court The which obeyenge hys fathers commaundement retourned into Fraunce shortly after the receyte of the said letters and came vnto his father to the citye of Uernayse of whome he was ioyously receyued And after he hadde a season dwellyd with the emperour he gaue vnto hym the coūtrey of Austracy the whyche countrey as shall after be shewyd in thys Lotharius story was after his name named Lorayne But a parte of the sayde prouynce or countrey that stretchyd towarde Hungrye the sayde Lowys gaue vnto his yongest son Charlys And immedyatly after thys gyftes before many lordes confermyd the emperoure in presence of the sayd lordes toke Charlys by the hande and delyueryd hym vnto his brother Lothayre wyllynge and straytly chargynge hym that he shulde take hym vnto his cure and be to hym as curyouse as he wolde be vnto hys own chyld and to guyde hym and his possessyons as the father shulde guyde the chylde And to Charlys he commaunded that he shulde take obey hym as his father and loue and worshyppe hym as his brother y e whych vppon eyther partye was promysyd to be obseruyd And shortly after the sayd Lothayr with his brother Charlys toke congy of father and mother and returned agayn into Italy About this tyme dyed Pepyn the seconde sonne of Lewys and duke of Guyan the whych yf all shuld be expressyd putte his father to great trouble and vexacyon wherfore for hym was made the lesse mournynge This left after hym a son named Pepyn of whome somwhat the storye spekyth after But now I wyll retourne to Lewys the thyrde sonne of the emperoure THE CLXI CHAPITER TRouth yt is that whē the yonger brother Lewys sawe the bountye of his father so largely extende towarde his two brethern and to hym nothynge he was therwyth in his mynde greatly dyscontent all be yt that for the tyme he kepte yt secrete to hym selfe But when he was departyd from hys father and returnyd to his owne lordshyppe he gaderyd a myghty power and began to make warre vpon the dwellers nere about the Ryne wherfore the emperour wyth a conuenyent power approchyd vnto the citye of Dodayng and sent from thens vnto hys sayde sonne wordes of reconcylyacyon by meane wherof the sayde Lowes put hym holy in the grace of hys father and was to hym reconcyled without shedynge of mannys blood But whyle the emperour was besyde at the citye of Cleremoūt in the countye of Auerne to set a dyreccion amonge the Gascoynes for opynyons that were reryd amonge theym for the sonne of Pepyn there lately kynge or duke dyscessyd whyche son as aboue is sayde was also named Pepyn and there about had taken great payne and labour thyther to hym tydynges were newly brought that hys sayde sonne Lewys hadde wyth y e Saxons or Soysons with the Thorynges made alliaunce and was entryd into Germany and therin made warre in moste cruell wyse wyth whyche tydynges Lowis was so greuously passyoned that to hys great age was by meane of thys vnkynde anger fyxyd a sykenes that lefte hym not whyle he lyued After yet thys not wythstandyng he lyke a strong hartyd knyght shewyd forth a good and comfortable coūtenaunce And after he hadde in knyghtly wyse preparyd all thynge necessarye to the warre he spedde hym towarde Almayne and contynued hys iourney tyll he came vnto Thorynge where a season he restyd hym and his people tyll he myght be better assuryd where his sonne Lewys restyd hym But the sonne hauynge knowlege of the great power of hys father and also beynge in despayre of purchasynge of mercy consyderyng his many offences fled by the coūtrey of Sclauony and so by that costes retourned into Bayon or Bauery and so escapyd the daunger of hys father Then the emperoure beyng surely enformyd of the scape of hys sonne helde on his iourney tyll he came to Magoūce And after came vnto the cytye of Uermayse where he called a counsayle of his lordes spyrytuall and temporall and ordeyned there dyuerse thynges for the state of the empyre And more entendyd to haue done but sykenesse increasyd so sore in hym that by the space of .xl. days he toke no temporall sustenaunce But in that tyme he vsyd often to take the blessed sacrament the which as he often sayde strengthyd bothe the soule and the bodye Then he sent for Lothayre to come vnto hym the whyche wythoute taryenge obeyed his commaundemēt and abode styll wyth hym Of this Lewys Policronicon maketh a shorte rehersall and sayth y ◠by his fyrste wyfe named Hermyngarde he had .iii. sonnes Lothayre Pepyn and Lewys The fyrst beyng felowe with his father of the empyre was crowned of pope Pascall vpon an Ester daye and he was also kyng of Italy And Pepyn he made duke of Gascoyne and Guyan And Lewys was made ruler of Bauary And by his second wife named Indyth and doughter of y e duke of Bayon he hadde Charlis the Ballyd to whome he gaue the countrey of Burgoyn as the
sayd Policronica sayth And for this Lewys was mylde he was often troubled of hys own men and of other tyll he delte wyth them more sharpely and wysely and ruled the people more straytly It is there also shewyd that when this Lewys had promotyd a yonge man named Frederyke to the see of Utryke and to hym hadde gyuen sadde and good exhortacyon that he shuld folowe the stablenes of hys antecessours and that he shulde purpose the sothe and trouth wythoute excepcyon of persones and punyshe mysdoers as well the ryche as the poore the sayde byshoppe shulde answere to hym and saye I beseche thy magestye syr emperour to take in pacyence that I maye dysclose to the that thynge that hath long walowed turned in my mynde Say thy plesure sayd the emperour I praye thy syr emperour shewe me thy mynde whyther is more accordynge to attame thys fyshe here presente fyrste at the hedde or at the tayle The emperour answered shortely and sayd at the hedde the fyshe shall be fyrste attamyd So yt is lorde emperoure sayd the byshoppe that crysten fayth maye cause the to cease of thyne erroure that thy subiectes be not boldyd to folowe thy mysdoynge wherfore fyrste forsake thou thy vnlawefull wedloke that thou haste made wyth Indyth thy nere kynnes woman By meane of those wordes the kyng was reconcylyd and lefte the company of his wyfe tyll he hadde purchasyd a lycence of the pope And the emperour forgaue the sayde byshop all trespassys but the woman hyred two knyghtes that slewe hym in his vestymentes when he hadde ended hys masse After thys the empresse was falsely accused of wronge cryme and made a menchon But the same yere the emperoure delyueryd her from that habyte when he hadde suffycyently prouyd the sayde cryme to be false Then to retorne where I lefte whā this Lewys had longe lyen in thys agonyous sykenes and knewe well that he amendyd nothynge but feblyd more and more he commaundyd his iewellys to be broughte before hym wherof by hys owne hand he haue a parte vnto the chyrche of Rome and to Lotharius his sonne there presente he gaue his crowne his sworde commaundynge hym straytly vppon his blessynge that he shuld haue in honour hys moder Indith that to Charlis his brother he shulde owe true loue amyte that he shuld hym his lādes deffende to the vttermoste of his power Then the lordes spirituall and temporall and specyally the archebysshoppe of Meaws made a lamentable requeste to the emperoure for his sonne Lewys that he wolde accepte hym to his grace and mercye and to forgyue hym hys insolente and wanton wylde dedys wherof when the emperour harde he fell in suche wepynge that he myghte not speke of a good whyle after And when he hadde refrayned hym therof he remembryd to y e lordes the many and great benefytes y t he had done to hym and the innaturall vnkyndnes that the sayd Lewys had agayn shewyd vnto hym how often tymes he had perdoned his vnkynd sonnes trespasse And finally all this not wythstandyng he was at y e oure in perfyte charite wyth hym and forgaue hym as he trusted to be forgyuen prayenge the lordes there present and specyally chargynge y e sayd byshop that he wold shew vnto hys sayd son that great daunger that he was in agaynst god for the dyspleasures done to him and specially that he was a cause of the abrygement or shortynge of hys dayes Then to brynge this story to effect wherof yf I shuld declare the special tyes therof wolde aske a longe tyme for ye shall vnderstand that these .ii. storyes of the great Charlis and of this Lewys occupye in Frenche of leuys of great scantelyn ouer .lxiiii wherfore I conclude y t he dyed lyke a good crysten prynce when he had ben emperour of Rome and kynge of Fraunce by the terme of .xxvi. yeres and was buryed wyth great solemnyte at Meaws or at Mettis by hys mother Hyldegarde as sayth mayster Robert Gaguyne in the yere of hys age .lxiiii leuynge after hym the foresayde thre sonnes Lothayre Lewys and Charlys the Ballyd Anglia THE CLXII CHAPITER ADeulpus or Ethelwolphus the son of Egbertus beganne hys reygne ouer the westesaxons or Anglys in the yere of oure lordes incarnacyon .viii. hundred and .xxxii and the xvii yere of Lewys the mylde then kynge of Fraunce Thys in his youth was wyllynge to be a preste and was enteryd the order of subdeacon But there after by dyspensacyon of Pascall the fyrst of that name pope he was maryed to Osburga a woman of lowe byrthe By whome he hadde foure sonnes that is to meane Ethelwalde Ethelbert Etheldrede and Alurede the whyche after theyr father reygned as kynges of Englād that one after that other as after shall appere This Adeulphus after he hadde a certayne tyme ben kyng he went to Rome and toke wyth hym his yongest sonne Alurede or Alphrede and taryed there by the space of a yere In the whyche season he repayred the Saxon scole the whyche before tyme was there founden by Offa kynge of Mercia as Guydo sayeth and other but more veryly of Iue kynge of westsaxons as sayth the authoure of the Floure of historyes And for that he graunted of euery house of his kyngdome a peny as in his storye is before shewyd But thys scole was sore decayed and the house therof lately brent the whyche thys Adeulphus newely repayred and sette yt in better order then yt before was vsyd Thys kynge also to refourme the greuouse correccyons that he sawe there executyd to Englyshe men for spyrytuall offensys as in werynge of irons and guyues he graunted of euery fyre house of hys lande .i. d as Iue foresayde hadde done By the whyche sayenge yt shulde seme that by these two kynges shuld be grauntyd vnto Rome .ii. d. of euery fyre house thorough theyr lande But that maye not be so vnderstande for thys Rome scot ys gaderyd of euery house a peny wythout more wherfore yt muste folowe that yt is mysse taken of wryters that allege this dede to that one kynge for that other How be yt yt maye stande by reason that Iue made the fyrste graunte and this kynge after confermyd the same But the authoure of Cronica cronycarum sayth that thys Adeulphus graunted to saynte Peter these sayde Peter pens and spekyth no word of Iue nor of none other It is also shewyd of this kynge by Policronica that he shulde for the acquytynge of the chyrches of Englād of all maner of kynges trybute payed yerely to Rome thre hundred markes That ys to meane to saynte Peters chyrche a hundred markes to the lyghte of saynt Paule a hundred marke and to the popys treasorye a hundred marke And ouer all thys of hys pure deuocyon he offred to god to saynte Peter the .x. parte of hys moueable goodes And also one cronycler sayth that thys kynge founded fyrste the vnyuersytye of Oxynforde whyche was lykely to be
done by Offa kynge of Mercia for so myche as in his days flowred that famouse clerke Alcumus or Albinus the whych as sayth the frenche cronycle was fyrste fouÌ„der of the scole of Parys and of Papya as is before shewyd in y e story of Charlys the great in the thyrd chapyter of the sayde storye when Adeulphus hadde thus sped hys besynes and pylgrymage at Rome he retournyd by Fraunce where at that tyme was kyng of that lande Charlys the Ballyd of whom he was ioyouslye receyued And after he hadde dysportyd hym there a season he spousyd the doughter of the sayde Charlys in the .xx. yere of the reygne of the sayde Adeulphus as testyfyeth Policronica in the .xxx. chapiter of his .v. boke whych shuld be the yere of the reygne of the sayde Charlis the .xi. But of this mariage is nothynge touchyd in the frenche cronycle Then Adeulphus takynge leue of the kynge toke shyppynge and landed in Englande wyth his wyfe Indyth by name And for that he contrary the law made in y e tyme of Brigthricus sette his wyfe in the kynges trowne and magnyfyed her lyke a quene the lordes of his lande arose agayne hym and pullyd from hym a great parte of his domynyon and made his eldeste sonne ruler therof whyche all was done in reproche of Ethelburga whyche slew her lorde Brigthricus as before is shewyd Lastly the mater was appeasyd and he to his kyngly honour restoryd About this tyme Bertulphê° kyng of Mercia slewe wyckydly in the holy tyme of Penthecoste saynte wyl stone whose holy bodye was buryed at RepyngedoÌ„ And in y e place where thys holy wylstone was slayne stode a pyller of lyghte .xxx. dayes after And in the yere folowynge dyed the sayde Bertulphus After whose deth Burdredus was made kynge of Mercia or myddell Englande the whyche before tyme hadde spousyd the doughter of kynge Adeulphus In the later dayes of thys Adeulphus the Danys dyd myche harme in Lyndesey and also in kent and frome thens came to London and robbed and spoyled the cytye wherfore Adeulphus gaderyd his people and lastely mette wyth them in Southerey vppon a downe called Oclea and there dyscomfyted theym not wythoute shedynge of great plente of the Anglis blood and forsyd them to take the see so that after they landed in eest Anglia as after shall appere Then lastely dyed thys good kynge Adeulphus or Ethelwolphê° when he hadde ruled hys subictes nobly by accorde of moste wrytes fully .xxii. yere and was buryed at wynchester leuynge after hym four sonnys aforesayde Francia THE CLXIII CHAPITER CHarlys y e yongeste son of Lewys the mylde began hys reygne ouer the chefe part of FrauÌ„ce in y e yere of our lorde .ix. hundred .xli and the .ix. yere of Adeulphus then kynge of westsaxons the whyche as before is sayd was surnamed Ballyd Anon as his father was buryed his brother Lothayre to whome the father as ye fore behaue harde had coÌ„myttyd y e guydynge of this Charlys by the entysynge of his brother Lewys malygned agayn this Charlis and sought many wayes to put hym from such landes as his father had gyuen hym This sayd Lothayr was after the deth of his father emperour and Lewys the yonger brother was duke or knyght of Bayon But for Charlis was yongest and had to his parte the pryncypall porcyon of Fraunce whych was called myddell Fraunce therfore his .ii. bretherne specially Lewys malygned greuously agayne hym wherof this Charlis beynge somdeale infourmed bare hym so wysely so egally to his subiectes that he hadde theyr loues and fauours and trustyd alway by theyr good ayde that he shulde be of power to wythstande theyr vnkynde malyce And lyke as the hydde fyre in processe breketh oute and shewyth great lyght and flammy blase euen so dyd thys couerde malyce at the laste breke oute to great ire and opeÌ„ wrath For after foure yeres was passyd the sayde two bretherne with oute defyaunce or groundely cause of warre assygned or assembled a great hoste suche lyke before thys daye hadde not ben sene and entryd the lymyttes of kynge Charlys Then Charlis assembled in all y e haste hys lordes and requyred theyr aydes and counsayll to wythstande the malyce of hys bretherne And when he hadde knowelege of theyr good myndes anon theyr knyghtes were gaderyd and all thynge was redy to the fyghte Nowe in thys whyle the two bretherne wyth theyr peple were comen to a place callyd Fountayns or FouÌ„tanet where to Charlis spedde hym And when both hostes were nere eyther partye made prouysyon to subdue his enymye Then were the bataylles on bothe partyes orderyd assygned to theyr standardes and capytaynes and the wynges set to the moste auauntage what shuld I lenger processe of this ordynaunce make fynally the shote of arblasters beganne on both sydes whyche ouer threwe many an horse and man and specyally the fore rydars that putte theym selfe in prese wyth theyr longe and sharpe launcys to wynne the fyrste brunte of the felde Pytye yt was to beholde the goodly bryght armyd knyghtes lyeÌ„g and walowynge wyth theyr great stedys in the felde wyth dedly woundes gapynge agayne the son y t were slayne at the fyrst encountre But when the shote was spent and the speres to shateryd then both hostes ranne to gyther wyth Rowlandes songe so that in shorte whyle the grene felde was dyed into a perfyte redde For there was heddes armes legges trunkys of ded mennys bodyes lyenge as thycke as floures growe in tyme of maye in the floryshynge medowys myserable and pyteouse yt was to beholde the persones halfe lyuynge and halfe ded with theyr grysely woundes pyteously gronynge and cryenge wythoute comforte So that there was shewyd all rygoure wythoute mercy and all crueltyes wythout compassyon Thus duryd this mortall fyghte by a longe season that doutefull yt was to knowe whyche partye hadde thauauÌ„tage of other Howbeit Charlys was putte to an afterdeale by .ii. meanes The fyrste was for so mych as Charlis entendyd to haue forborne for the reuerence of the hygh feste as the daye of the ascensyon of oure lorde that daye not to haue foughten And the seconde was that he was farre lesse in nomber whyche two causes of dysauauÌ„tage not with standynge yet in the conclusyon he wanne the honoure of that iourney But not wythoute great losse of hys peple and many of the nobles of his lande where of the frenche boke rehersith the names But for they be to vs vnknowen I passe theym ouer And as yet is testyfyed of many wryters there was slayne that daye mo Frencheman then was slayn at any felde euer before that day wherof the nomber is not expressyd for yt was so great Then Lothayre was forced to take Aquisgrany for his safegard and Lewys ellys where But Charlys wyth a small coÌ„pany that to hym were lefte folowed his Bretherne and coÌ„strayned Lothayre to forsake y e citye thens to go vnto Lyon a cytye y e standeth at
story a marques of Italy For thys Barnarde wyth one Helberde had before tyme taken from the chyrche of Rome certeyne possessyons whyche by meane of thys Lewys the sentence of the chyrche denounced agayne them by the foresayd pope IohnÌ„ were agayn restored and the partyes also reconcyled But now of newe thys Barnarde rebelled agayne wherfore the pope as to Lewys for the defensour of the chyrch of Rome sent for ayde for as before I haue shewed you thys Lewys of the sayde pope IohnÌ„ was authorysed for emperoure But for he was not crowned at Rome wyth the imperyall dyademe he is not accoÌ„pted amonge y e emperours For thys newe rebellyon of Barnarde Lewys assembled hys armye at CoÌ„payne foresayd and froÌ„ thens rode to y e cytye of Troyes in UinceÌ„t where he was taken wyth sodayne malady of y e whyche he dyed shortly after and not wythout suspeccyon of venym whan he had ben kynge of Fraunce fully two yeres leuyng after hym two sonnes that is to saye Lewys and Charlys or after some wryters Charlemayne THE CLXXV CHAPITER LEwys and Charlys the sonnes of Lewys Balbus or Lewys y e stamerer began theyr reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of oure lordes incarnacion .viii. C.lxxx and the .viii. yere of y e reygne of Alurede than kynge of Englande The whyche for they were yonge of age were put vnder tuyssyoÌ„ and gydyng of Barnarde the erle of Auuergii to whom the father by hys lyfe had theÌ„ commytted wherfore the sayd Barnarde wyth other of hys affynyte assembled shortly after at Meaux in Lorayne thyder called vnto them the lordes of the lande to treate maters for the comon weale of y e same In those dayes was a man of grete myght in FrauÌ„ce named GosseleynÌ„ the whyche enuyed the foresayd erle Barnarde other for certayne harmes to hym by them done in tyme be fore passed In auengynge wherof the sayd GosseleynÌ„ intended to putte hym and other from the rule of the land whych he knew well they shuld occupye whyle the sayd two childern had rule of the same And thys euyll purpose to brynge to effecte he went vnto Conrade erle of Parys and shewed to hym moche of his wyll And amonge other thynges lette hym wytte that yf Lewys kynge of Germany myght with hys helpe be made kynge of FrauÌ„ce that he shulde by hym be greatly auaunced By whych meanes he caused the sayde Conrade to take hys parte so that he other of hys affynyte whan they came vnto the foresayde counsayle at Meaux sayde that Lewys kynge of Germany was more apte to rule the lande of FrauÌ„ce than any other was And also after some wryters these Lewis and Charlys afore sayde were not the legyttymate sonnes of the forenamed Lewis Balbê° but gotten in baste of a concubyne of the sayd Lewys Thys mater thus debated and argued amonges the couÌ„sayle lastly by moste in nomber it was agreed that Lewys kynge of Germanye shulde be by ambassade requyred to come and take vppon hym the rule of the lande of myddell Fraunce The whych wyth small request was agreable and in shorte tyme after came vnto the sayd cytye of Meaux and after to Uerdune But as soone as the knowlege was come to Barnarde and other of hys affynyte by counceyle of Hughe and Terry two nobles of Fraunce the bysshop of Orlyaunce with an erle and other were sent to Uerdune vnto the sayd kynge of Germany wyth thys message That yf he were contente to take vnto hym all suche parte of the prouynce of Lorayne as Charlys the Balled kepte from hys fader Lewys wythout more clayme of the lande or realme of Fraunce he shuld gladly haue it And yf nat he shulde abyde the iugement of Mars and hys batayle wyth whyche offer Lewys was well contented and beyng of it in a suertye departed agayne into Germanye Thorough that doynge the forenamed Gosselyne and Conrade with other of theyr freÌ„dê were with yt sore dyscoÌ„tentyd of the departure of Lewys forsayde But the sayd Bernarde with other of his syde in goodly hast after coÌ„ueyed the sayd two chyldren vnto the citye of Ferrer there crowned and proclaymed theym for kynges as wytnessyth mayster Robert Gaguyne But the forenamed Gosselyne and Conrade not leuynge so the mater sente messengers vnto y e quene of Germanye coÌ„playnynge theym vnto her of the vnstablenesse and tymerousnesse of her lorde wherby he had not alonely loste the possessyon of the realme of Fraunce but also he hadde put them and all theyr frendes in great fere and daunger wherof herynge the quene in her mynde was sore dyscontentyd wyth her lorde and husbande and as she durste shewyd yt to hym as his reproche and dyshonour And fynally to satysfye the myndes of the sayde GosselynÌ„ and Conrade she sent into Guyan her brother named Boso by whose aydes and assystence he was of that prouynce proclaymed kynge Endurynge whyche trouble 's the Danys entred the lande and came vnto the ryuer of Lyger and robbed and spoyled the countrey wythoute mercy wherfore the kynges assembled theyr people and gaue to them batayll nere vnto the ryuer of Uyen where they dystressyd the sayde Danys and slewe of them .ix. thousand and drowned of theÌ„ ouer that a grete multytude in the sayde ryuer After whyche vyctory by the kynges obteyned a new vexacyon trouble was to them ascertayned y t Lewys kyng of Germany with a great puysaunce was comen vnto a place called Ducy and to hym was gone the forenamed GosselynÌ„ and Conrade with all the power that they myghte make by theyr ledynge was from thens coÌ„ueyed vnto Rybemaunt But howe so yt was for lacke of performaunce of promyse made by the sayde two erles vnto the kyng of Germany not obserued he herynge of the kynges of Fraunce drawynge towarde hym wyth stronge hoste coÌ„cluded a peas and retourned into Germany And the two bretherne rode to gyder vnto the citye of Damens or Demeus where they deuyded the lande of Fraunce betwene theym So that Lewes held to hym the couÌ„trey nere about Parys with the prouince of Neustria or Normandye and Charles had vnto his part Burgoyn and Guyan with promyse made assured on eyther partye that eyther of them shulde ayde and assyste other THE CLXXVI CHAPITER AFter this partycyon betwene the two bretherne thus made by the meanes of Lewys kynge of Germany the foresayde erles GosselynÌ„ Conrade were vnto the sayde bretherne recouncyled and agreed And for to theym redy worde was brought y â— Bose before named kyng of Guyan hadde wonne the cytye of Uyen therin lefte his wyfe whyle that he occupyed y e hylles and mountaynes beynge there aboute they ioyntly assembled theyr knyghtes sped theÌ„ thyther layde theyr seage aboute the cytye But durynge this syege the Danis often wasted y e land of Fraunce wherfore Lewys the elder brother departed froÌ„ that syege leuynge there his brother Charlys But or the sayde Lewis myght wyn to
and fette there his aimes hys sayde wyfe then lyenge at the castell of warwyke not knowynge of any man what he was tyll lastely he was visited with so sore sykenes that he knew well that he shuld dye wherefore he sente hys weddynge rynge vnto hys wyfe requyrynge her in all haste to come and speke wyth hym whych she obeyed in humble wyse and sped her vnto the sayd Heremytage wyth all womanly dylygence and fande hym deed at her commynge whom she besprent with many a salt tere And as she was enfourmed of the messenger as he dyed she buryed hym ryghte there And more ouer as saith my sayd authour he monyshed her by the sayd messenger that she shulde prouyde for her selfe for she shuld also alter her mortall lyfe the .xv. day folowyng which also she obeyed and made suche prouisyon that she was in that place buryed by hym All whyche mater the sayde Dane Iohn̄ Lydgate affyrmeth that he toke out of the boke of Gerarde Cambres̄ whyche wrote mych of the dedes and storyes of the prynces of Englande as Policronica and other authour testyfyen and as the sayde Lydgate in the ende of his sayde treatyse wytnessyth as by the mater folowynge appereth For more authorite as of this mater This translacyon such as in sentēce Out of laten made by the cronycler Called of old Gerardus Cambrēce whyche wrote the dedes wyth great dylygence Of them that were in weste Saxon crowned kynges Greatly cōmendyd for theyr knyghtly excellence Guy of warwyke in hys famouse wrytynges AL whyche sayde treatyse is shewyd at length in meter of viii stauys after the maner of the precedentes by the dylygent labour of the sayde Dane Iohn̄ Lydgate The whyche I haue here sette in for so mych as yt concernyth mater that was done in the tyme of the reygne of thys Ethylstane The whyche after the accorde of moste wryters ▪ broughte thys lande agayne to one monarchye and reygned as kynge therof by the full terme of .xvi. yeres and was buryed at the monastery of Malmysbury leuynge after hym no chylde wherfore the rule of the land fyll vnto Edmunde his brother Francia THE CLXXXVI CHAPITER LEwys the sonne of Charlis y e symple beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchmen in y e yere of our lorde ix hundred and xxxiiii and the .ix yere of Ethelstane then kynge of Englande ye haue harde before in the ende of the storye of Charlys y e symple how Elgina the quene wyth Lewys her yonger sonne was fledde into England to her father Edward the elder wherfore y e lordes of Fraūce not knowynge where she with the Chylde was gone chose the forenamed Rauf for theyr kynge After whose deth the said lordes of Fraūce beynge ascertayned of the beynge of the sayd Lewys in England sent vnto hym the archbyshop of Senys Hughe surnamed le graunde desyrynge hym to restore into Fraunce and take therof possessyon Then Elgina herynge the message of the lordes and trustyng vnto thē by counsayll of her frendes made her redy wyth her son sayled shortly after into Fraunce where she was receyued wyth myche honour shortly after crowned her sonne Lewys kynge at the cytye of Laon̄ This Lewys is named y e .v. Lewys In the thyrde yere of whose reygne fyll a scarcytye of corne vytayll by reason wherof ensued a great famyn in so myche that people voyded the realme many dyed for defaut For as wytnesseth the frenche cronycle a quarter of whete was then worth .xx. poūde of y e money which is of value after sterlynge money .l. s. or there about This kyng beryng in mynd the murder and treason done agayn his father by Hebert as before in the storye of Charlis the symple is declared cast and ymagined in his mynde how he myght wythout shedynge of blood reuenge the deth of his fader and after many ymagynacyons and thought is reuolued in his mynde he lastely dyuysed a letter the whych he charged a seruaunt of his to brynge to hys presence when he was sette amonge his lordes in counsayll when kynge Lewys hadde compassed this in hys mynde he for nedes of hys realme called a great coūsayll of his barony at Laon̄ whyther amonges the other the sayde Heberte erle of Uermendoys was warned to come And when the kynge was ascertayned of theyr commynges he apoynted a secrete cōpanye in harnes to be in a secrete chamber nere vnto the place of the sayde counsayll and at conuenient tyme after yode vnto the same and all his lordes wyth hym And when he hadde a season commoned wyth hys lordes of suche maters as hym lyked sodeynly came one to hym and sayd that a man was cōmen wyth a letter dyrected to hys grace oute of Englande the whych he commaunded to be broughte vnto hys syghte when the kyng hadde vnfolde the letter and radde a parte therof he smyled whereof the lordes beynge ware purposed the kynge to haue receyued some iewyllys or ioyous nouellys oute of Englande whyle the kynge was aboute to delyuer this letter to his scribe or secretory one of hys lordes sayde vnto hym Syr we truste ye haue some iocande mery tydynges oute of Englāde that ye haue cause of smilyng I shall shewe the cause to you sayde the kyng There is dwellyngin England a kynnesman of myne named Harman the whych is a man of gret myghte and myne especyall frende He shewyth me by this letter that an husbandeman or a vyleyne badde or requyred hys lorde vnto his howse to dyner and vnder the coloure therof he slewe hys sayde lorde And for the sayde Harman thynketh the law of that lande to fauourable for such an haynous dede hetherfore writeth to me to haue myne aduyse in thys mater wherfore sens ye be all present I praye you shewe to me your opynyons in this mater whych with one voyce sayde y t the murderer was worthy to suffer the moste shamefull and cruell deth to be hanged and strangled in a rope But for y e kynge wolde be certaynely enfourmed of the consentes of theym all he began at the hygest and so pursued theym tyll he came to Hebert erle of Uermēdoys the whych alowed the sentēce as the other hadde done Then the kynge made a token to y e walshemen betwene hym them before appoynted so y e anon they were present sette sure hold vppon the sayde Hebert To whom the kynge sayd Hebert thou art the husbondman or vilayne y t I haue spoken of whych slew his lord vnder colour of byddynge or gestynge hym in hys house For traytoursly thou dydeste requyre my lorde and father vnder thyne house or castell of Peron̄ and there not remembrynge the kyndnes to the by hym before dayes shewyd nor thyne allegyauntes and trouthe that toward hym thou shuldest haue borne kept hym lyke a prysoner and lastely murderyd hym to the greate daunger agayne god to the world shame wherfore accordynge to thy desert and after thyne own sentence and iudgemēt take now
peas contynued durynge theyr lyues THE CXCI. CHAPITER LOthayre thus beyng in loue and amytye wyth the Normans caste in his mynde howe he myght wynne from his neuewe Otthon kynge of Germany y e prouynce of Austracy or Lorayn y t in tyme passed was belongynge to his progeny tours And this to brynge to effecte he gaderyd in right secret wyse a chosen host of Frenchemen with them passed the countrey in such wise that he was entred the cytye of Aquisgrani or any great fame or noyse were therof made wherwith Ottho beyng dysmade fledde for that season suffred the sayde Lothayr for that tyme to execute his pleasure so y t the sayd Lothayre spoyled the kynges paleys and other places to the great enrychinge of hym his hoste And when he hadde taryed there a certayne of tyme he retourned wythout batayll wyth great pompe into Fraunce It is shewyd before in the begynnyng of the story of Ethelstane kyng of England that Henry duke of Saxony the whyche is ment for Germany sent vnto the sayde Ethilstane to haue his suster Alunda to mary vnto his sonne Ottho or Otthon ye shall vnderstande this Henry is of some wryters admytted for emperour But his sonne Ottho forenamed was emperour in dede whose sonne this Ottho was abouenamed and called the seconde of that name and emperour after hys father and son of the forenamed Alunda suster to Ethilstane Then this second Ottho emperour kyng of Germany beyng thus as ye haue hard surprised of his neuew Lothayre kyng of west Fraunce gaderyd a stronge hoste and entred the realm of FrauÌ„ce And as wytnessyth Gerardus wryter of hystoryes destroyed the couÌ„trey of Soysons and lastly came vnto Paris and brent y e suburbes of that cytye and hadde a great parte of his wyll of the sayde Lothayre But the frenche cronycle varyeth from this saynge and sayth that Lothayr by the helpe of the duke of burgoyne and of Hugh Capet erle of Paris after y e sayd OtthoÌ„ had fyred the suburbes of the citye of Parys issued out of the towne faught wyth the emperoure and compelled him to gyue backe and fle whom the kynge pursued tyll he came to the ryuer of Isayr or Sue where eyther hoste encouÌ„tred wyth other faught cruelly But at length the emperour was forced to forsake y e feld mych of his people slayn and droned with in the said ryuer And so grete a nomber as affermeth the frenche storye that the course of the water was stopped and ouerflowed the feldes nere vnto the sayde ryuer But this victory not wythstaÌ„dyng as wytnessyth mayster Gagwyn the kynge coÌ„trary the mynde of the duke of Burgoyne and also of Hugh Capet releasyd vnto the emperour the tytle and ryghte of Lorayne The whyche was cause of couetynge of the realme by the sayde Hugh and vsurpynge of the same as affermeth the sayde authoure whyche agrement betwene the two princes stablisshed and ended eyther retourned into his own countrey After the which season no notable dede is put in memory of the sayde Lothayre so that he fynally sykened and dyed in the yere of our lorde .ix hundred .lxxx. vi when he had ruled his pryncypat vygurously by the full terme of .xxx. wynter and was buried in the mynster of saynte Remigius in the cytye of Raynes leuynge after hym a son named Lewys Anglia THE CXCII CHAPITER Edredus or Edwyne the eldeste son of Edmund brother of Ethil stane began his reygne ouer Englande in the yere of our lord .ix. hundred .lvi and the second yere of Lothayre then kynge of Fraunce This Edwyne was crowned kynge at Kyngistone or Kyngestowne besyde London of the archbyshoppe of Caunterbury The whych selfe daye of his ê“fessyon or coronacion broke sodeynly from his lordes entred a secrete chaÌ„ber there occupyed him selfe synfully wyth a nother mannes wyfe wherof saynt DuÌ„stane hauyng knowlege rebuked and blamed hym greuously caused the woman to be voyded from his bed and company whose husband as one authour testyfyeth he slew for to haue y e vnlawful vse of her beaute not coÌ„sideryng y e allyauÌ„ce of affynyte of kynred betwene them affermeth y e sayde authour Guydo writer of storyes sayth that Edwyn coÌ„trary y e lawes of y e chyrch held a woman as his coÌ„cubyne wherfore holy DuÌ„stane accused him vnto Oddo archbishop of CauÌ„terbury by whose power the kynge was causyd to refuse forsake the coÌ„pany of that woman For the which dede Edwyn bare great malice vnto the holy man Dunstane at length by his extorte power banyshed hym his lande and forced hym for a season to holde hym in Flaunders And for the malyce y e he bare towarde hym he dyd myche dyspleasure to all blacke munkes of Englande in so myche that at Malmysbury he put oute the moÌ„kes and set in seculer prestes in theyr stede It is rad of hym that he also toke from the chyrch what he myght and specyally from the blacke monkes In so myche that such precyouse iewellys as Ethylstane hadde before receyued from OthonÌ„ the emperour gyueÌ„ vnto wynchester and Malmysbury he toke theym thens and gaue theym vnto alyauntes and straungers And thus was not onely vnkynde to god but also he vsyd suche tyranny and other vnlefull meanes to hys subiectes that lastely they rebelled agayn hym and specyally the inhabytauÌ„tes of the countre of Mercia or myddell Englande and also of Northumbers and put hym clerely from all kyngely honour and dygnytye when he had reygned after most wryters the full terme of .iiii. yeres and was buryed after in y e cathedrall chyrche of wynchester leuynge none heyre of his body wherfore the rule of the lande fyll vnto Edgar his yonger brother Antoninus archebyshop of FloreÌ„ce in this worke often before mynded amonges many myracles and vertues actes which he in y e .vi. chapiter of y e .xvi. title of his boke called SmÌ„ Antonini reherseth of this holy man DunstanÌ„ sayth that when he had vnderstandynge of the deth of thys EdwynÌ„ by reuelacyon or otherwyse he made hys specyall prayer to god to know what state the soule of EdwynÌ„ was in To whome after thys prayer made apperyd to the sayde DuÌ„stane a great company of feÌ„des turmentynge the soule of the sayde Edwyn and ledynge yt vnto the places of peyne The whyche when this holy man hadde sene he fell to great wepynge and sorowe besechynge god with most deuocyon to haue pytye and compassyon of that soule And whyle he was occupied in his prayer the sayde coÌ„pany of fendes returned wyth yellynge and cryenge shewynge to hym that thorough hys prayer the angelles of god had byrafte from them the soule of Edwyn THE CXCIII CHAPITER EDgar the seconde sonne of Edmunde and brother of Edwyn laste kynge began hys reygne ouer the realme of Englande in the yere of our lorde .ix. hundred and .lx and the .v. yere of Lotharius then kynge of Fraunce The whyche of dyuers wryters is wytnessed to be
suche doynge for the ensample that therof myght ensewe The monkes sayde yetCryste alowed nother the olde dweller nor yet the persone But who so wolde take the crosse of penaunce vppon hym and folow Cryste in vertuous lyuynge he shulde be hys dyscyple For thys was holden a generall counsayle of bysshoppes and all the clergy of the land at wynchester where holy DuÌ„stane helde wyth the vertuous And whyle they were there in greate argument for thys mater as dyuers wryters testyfyeÌ„ a rode there beyng or standynge in the wall spake myraculously and sayd that Dunstanes wayes was good and trewe But for all thys the stryfe seased not In so mych that a new assemble of the clergye and other was appoynted after at a place called the strete of Calue where the counsayle was kept in an vpper lofte In thys counsayle DuÌ„stane was greuously despysed and rebuked of some vnskylfull meÌ„ But yet he kept hys opynyon grounded vpon iustyce and vertue And whyle they were there in thys greate dyuysyon and argument whyche waye shulde be admytted and alowed sodeynly the ioystes of the lofte fayled and the people fell downe so y t many were slayne greuously hurte But holy Dunstane escaped wyth fewe other that toke hys partye vnhurte This wonder with the other caused sylence amonges them that enteÌ„ded to maynteyne this foresayd quarell so that Dunstane had all hys wyll Thus passynge the tyme of the reygne of Edwarde the kynge he came vppon a season from huntyng in the forest or woode after some wryters nere to the castell of Corfe in y e west countre where he losynge hys company and seruauntes resorted vnto the castell before sayd where at that tyme hys moder with her sonne Egelredê° kept her housholde whan the quene was warned of hys commynge anone she called to a seruauÌ„t of hers whych she mych trusted and tolde to hym all her counsayle shewynge to hym forther how he shulde behaue hym in accomplysshynge of her wyll and mynde And that done she went towarde the kynge and receyued hym wyth all outwarde gladnesse and desyred hym to tary wyth her that nyght But he in curteyse maner excused hym selfe for spede desyred to drynke vpon hys horse syttyng y e whych was shortly brought And whyle the cuppe was at hys mouth the seruaunt before of the quene enfourmed strake hym to the herte wyth a sworde or a longe dagger sharpe on both sydes After whiche stroke by the kynge receyued he toke the horse wyth the spores and ranne towarde the place that he was comen fro or ellys suche waye as he supposed to mete of hys company But he bled so sore that for fayntnes he fyll from hys horse hys one fote beynge faste in the styrroppe By reason wherof he was drawen of y e horse ouer wayes and feldes tyll he came to a place named than Corysgate where he was founden dede And for y e maner of hys deth was vnknoweÌ„ â–ª and also he for kynge not knowen he was buryed vnworthely at the towne of warehmÌ„ and there rested by the terme of .iii. yeres after In whyche tyme and season god shewed for hym dyuers myracles as syghte to the blynde helthe to the syke and herynge to y e defe wyth dyuers other whyche I ouer passe wherof herynge hys stepmoder began to take repentaunce and entended to vysyte hym by way of pylgrymage But how or for what cause she entended inwardly I can nat saye but the horse or beest y t she rode vpon myght not nyghe y e place by a certayne space for betynge or any other thynge that to hym myght be done by man But after this by her meanes he was translated from theÌ„s to SeptonÌ„ that now is called Shaftesbury there buried with great honour But syn that tyme parte of his bodye was translated to the abbaye of Leof besyde Hereforde in the edge of walys and some parte therof to AbyndonÌ„ And yt is reported that at Shaftesbury remayne hys lunges and ben shewed in the place that is called Edwardysstowe For the murder of this blessed man yt is sayde as before is shewed in the story of Edgar that his stepmother fouÌ„ded two monasteryes of women y e one at Ambrisbury and that other at warwell In the whyche place of warwell in her latter dayes she refusynge the pompe of the worlde helde there a solytary and strayte lyfe and ended her lyfe wyth great penaunce and repentaunce and was there buryed when she dyed Thus as ye haue harde was this vertuous yonge kynge Edwarde martyred wheÌ„ he had reygned after most wryters .iiii. yeres leuyng none yssue wherfore the rule of the lande fyll to Egelredus his brother THE CXCVII CHAPITER EGelredus the sonne of Edgar and Alfrida or Estryld his last wyfe beganne his reygne ouer Englande in the yere of our lorde .ix huÌ„dred .lxxxi and the .xxvi. yere of Lothayre then kynge of Fraunce This is named of some wryters Etheldredus and in the englyshe cronycle Eldrede In whose begynnyng the grounde waxed bareyne and all myseryes before bodyd by the apperynge of the blasynge starre in the dayes of Edwarde the martyr nowe beganne to take place and encreace vppon the erth This as the other of his ê“genytours was crowned kyng at Kyngestone of the holy archbysshoppe Dunstane and of Oswalde archebyshop of yorke To whome as yt is redde in the lyfe of saynt Dunstane amonges his prophecyes that in the day of his coronacyon he sayd vnto the kynge for thou comest to this kingdome by the deth of thy brother in whose deth Englyshemen coÌ„spyred with thy wykked moder they shall not be wythout blood shedynge and sworde tyll there come people of vnknowen tunge and brynge them into thraldome And thys trespace shall not be clensyd wythoute longe vengeaunce Of this Egelredê° wryters agreen that he was goodly of shappe and of vysage but that was mynged wyth lechery and cruelty It is also redde that when holy Dunstane shuld crysten hym as he helde hym ouer the fonte he felyd the holy lyker wyth y e fruyte of his wombe wherfore holy Dunstane sware by god and by hys mother this shal be vnkynde to god and his chyrche whych fayled not in his forth goynge for he was vngracyous in his begynnynge wretched in y e myddell of his lyfe and hatefull to men in the ende therof In the seconde yere of his reygn a cloude was sene in Englande the whyche appered halfe lyke blood the other halfe lyke fyre and chaunged after into sundry colours dysaperyd at the laste In the thyrd yere of his reygn y e Danys aryued in sundry places of his lande as in the yle of Thanet besyde Kente in Cornewayll and Sussex and dyd in those costes myche harme And after some of theym came to London but there they were put of How be yt they destroyed a great part of Chestershyre And in the ende of the same yere a great parte of the cytye of London was wasted with fyre
whyche Rycharde was the thyrde duke of Normandy and the fyrste that name and also was surnamed Rycharde wythoute fere or the hardy as more of hym shall be shewyd in the storye of the .vi. Lewis kynge of Fraunce By reason of maryenge of this Emma whych in y e Frenche cronycle is named the flowre of Normandye thys Egelredus was greatly enhauÌ„ced in hys owne mynde By presumpcyon wherof he sent into all good burghes cytyes and townes of his lande secrete and strayte commyssyons chargynge the rulers that vppon a certayne day that is to say vppon the daye of saynte Bryce at an houre assygned in euery place of hys lande the Danys shulde be sodeynly slayne And so yt was done And as the coÌ„mon fame telleth y t this murder beganne at a lytell towne in Hertefordeshyre wythin xxiiii myles of London called welewynÌ„ or welwynÌ„ For the whyche dedeyt toke fyrst that name as who wolde wene that the we le of the couÌ„trey was there fyrste wonne But who that well coÌ„sydereth the sequell of thys storye shall fynde lytell wynnynge or weale ensuyenge of thys dede But or I procede further here I wyll touche somewhat of the pryde and abusyoÌ„ of y e Danis that they exercysed in Englande in some parte therof as I haue sene in an olde cronycle wherof the authoure ys vnknowen There it is shewyd that the Danys by strength caused husbande men to ere and sowe the lande and do all other vyle laboure that belonged to husbandrye and the Dane helde hys wyfe at hys pleasure with doughter and seruaunt And when the husbandeman came home he shulde scantly haue of hys owne as seruauÌ„tes had so that the Dane had all hys commaundement and ete and dranke hys fyll of the beste wheÌ„ the owner hadde scantely hys fyll of the worste And ouer that the comon people were so of theym oppressyd that for fere and drede they called theym in euery suche house as they hadde rule of Lorde Dane But in processe of tyme after the Danys were voyded the lande thys worde Lord Dane was in derysyon and despyte of the Danys turned by the Englyshemen into a name of opprobrye and called Lurdayne whyche to our dayes ys not forgotten But when one EnglyshemaÌ„ woll rebuke an other he woll for the more rebuke call hym Lurdayn Then to retourne to our fyrste mater Treuthe yt is that when the Danys were thus murdred thorugh Englande tydynges therof sprange into Denmarke whyche kyndeled in theym suche a fury that the kyng therof named Swanus assembled shortely a great hoste and nauye of Danys and in shorte processe after landed in Cornewayll And by treason of a Norman named Hugh whyche by fauoure of the quene Emma was made erle of Deuenshyre the sayd Swanus toke Exetour and after bette downe the wallys Then he entred further into the lande In whyche season the kynge sent vnto Edricê° chargyng hym to assemble the weste Saxons and to wythstande the further entre of the Danys The whyche accordynge to his commyssyon assembled the weste SaxoÌ„s and made good contenauÌ„ce to wythstand the sayd enymyes But when the hostes shulde ioyne were it for fere or for treason he fayned hym syke and fled from hys people The whych for lacke of an hed were fayn to gyue backe to theyr hurte and to theyr enimyes great auauntage and comforte wherfore the Danys resorted then to wyltonÌ„ and ShyrbornÌ„ and anon spoyled both those townes and there refresshed theym But for Swanus had wittynge that the kynge was coÌ„myng towarde hym wyth the power of his lande he therfore departed thens and retourned wyth great pyllage to his shyppes sayled aboute the lande and lastely landed in Norfolke where he wastynge and spoylynge the countrey came in processe vnto the cytye of Norwyche and robbed and spoyled yt and after yode to Thetforde and dyd lykewise to that towne and fyred yt and destroyed y e countrey nere there about But soone after a noble man of that countrey called duke Uskatell mette wyth the hoste of Danys and gaue vnto them an hard and sharpe batayll and slewe many of the enymyes and put them backe For this and for huÌ„ger that then assailed this lande Swanus returned ofte vnto his shyppes departed agayne into Denmarke taryed there all y e wynter folowynge In whyche season he made great prouysyon to reenter the lande of Englande THE CXCIX CHAPITER ABout the .xxvi. yere of the reygne of Egelredus the forenamed Swanus with a stronge army landed at Sandwyche and spoyled all the couÌ„trey nere vnto the see syde and rested hym there tyll he harde of an armye coÌ„mynge agayn hym And when he was ware therof he retourned to his shyppes agayne and herynge the kyng was farre westward he landed in Sussex and spoyled yt wonder sore And when he there was warned of the coÌ„mynge of a batayll of Englyshemen anon he toke shyppynge agayne So that when the englyshemen wende to haue met wyth them in one coste then wolde they sodaynly lande in a nother And when y e kyng prouyded to mete wyth theÌ„ vppon the see other they wold fayne to flee or ellys they shulde wyth gyftes blynde the admyrall of the kynges nauy By whyche subtylytye and crafty meanes they weryed and tyred the hoste of EnglyshmeÌ„ And where euer they went they slew brent and robbed wythout compassyon and pytye The kynge then beyng at Shrewesbury herynge of the great sleyght and cruelty of the Danys called his counsayll to rede what were beste to be done for y e defence of his enmyes where it was concluded that y e kyng to haue peace with the Danys shuld pay vnto them .xxx. thousande pouÌ„d But whyle this was in doynge the Danys destroyed a grete part of Baroke or Barkshyre when this peace was thus made Swanus wyth his company retourned into Denmarke And y e yere folowynge the kynge made Edricus forenamed duke of Mercia Thys Edricus was of lowe byrth ryche of tunge false and subtyll of wyt softe and eloqueÌ„t of speche vntrusty and false of thoughte and promyse as of hym somdeale before is shewyd and after more shall appere In the .xxvii. yere of Egelredus a prynce of Danys named Turkyllus landed in Kent The whyche so greuously warred in that couÌ„trey that the Kentyshemen were fayn to make theyr peace and so departed And yet the persecucyon of Danys seased not For in one countre of Englande or other they euer in whylys robbed pilled the Englishmen So y t all the couÌ„trey a longe the coste froÌ„ the Northe parte of Englande vnto the yle of wyghte was by theym destroyed or hugely sette a backe And when the kynge entended to make prouysyon for to wythstande theym euer Edricus wolde counsayll hym to the contrarye shewynge hym that he shulde spende hys treasour trauayle his people in vayne By mean wherof the Danys entred .l. myles wythin the lande and brent and robbed by dyuers tymes many vylages townes So that they
orderyd in his lande deuyded his sayd lande in foure partes That is to meane the fyrst princypall which at those dayes was westsaxon he helde vnder hys owne gydyng Eestenglande whych coÌ„teyned Norff. Suff. he betoke to the rule of y e erle Turkyllê° a Dane of whome somwhat is in the .iii. chapyter of y e story of Egelredê° Mercia he betoke to the subtell erle Edricus And the .iiii. Northumberlande vnto a Dane named Hircius But lyke as the man of Inde at no tyme chauÌ„ged his colour so this Edricus chauÌ„ged neuer his fals maners But not wythstandynge the great benefytes that he dayly receyued of his prynces there as he to other hadde ben false and dysceyuable in dayes past euen so nowe he demeaned hym agayne Canutus wherfore he beynge accused proued wyth defaute was commauÌ„ded of the kyng to haue iudgement The whyche was done immediatly his hedde for dyuerse causes smyten of and yt wyth the bodye for spyte caste into a fowle and fylthy place But Ranulf sayth that he was slayne by the kynges agrement wythin his paleys at London and his body wyth the hed throwne after into the towne dyche Thus wyth shame he ended that in falshode dyssymulacyoÌ„ had contynued myche of his lyfe Aboute the .ix. yere of his reygne Canutê° called a parliament at Oxenford where amonges other thynges yt was enacted that Englyshmen Danys shuld holde the lawes of Edgar lately kynge In this pastyme dyed Swanus brother to Canutus kynge of Denmarke wythout issue wherfore that lande fyll to Canutus For the which cause he wyth a stronge army sayled thyther to take the possessyon and to set the countrey in an order or after some wryters to apeas wythstande the wandelys y t then had perced that lande and done therin myche harme where GoodwynÌ„ the erle whose doughter Edwarde the confessour after maryed wyth a certayne nomber of Englyshmen fyll vpon y e wandalys by nyght dystressed theym in suche wyse that Canutus had of them his pleasure For this dede the kyng had erle GoodwynÌ„ euer after in good fauoure and loued Englyshmen more specyally And when he was returned into Englande he shortely after or before maryed Emma the wyfe lately of Egelredus Of the whych he receyued in processe of tyme a son named hym Hardicunitus or after some Hardykynitus after the Englyshe boke Hardyknough And aboute this tyme fyll voyde y â— see of Lyndesser or Durham to the whyche by dyuyne inspyracyon and knowlege receyued by a voyce from the tumbe of saynt Cuthbert blessed EdmuÌ„de after thre yere of vacacyon was electe to that see But ye shal vnderstande that thys was not saynte Edmunde of Ponteney For he was archbyshoppe of Caunterbury in the dayes of Henry the thyrde THE CXCVI. CHAPITER CAnutus about the .vii. yere of his reygne by exhortacyon of Egelnothus then archbishop of CauÌ„terbury translated the body of saynt Elphegus late archbyshoppe of the sayd see martyred by the Danys as before is shewed in the seconde chapiter of the storye of Egelredus and shryued hym in hys owne chyrche of Caunterbury foresayde In the tyme also of thys Canutus aboute the .xvi. yere of hys reygne the Scottes rebelled agayne hym wherfore he with a great army entred Scotlande at length ouercame the kynge of that lande named then Malcolyne and brought them agayne to hys subieccyon as is recorded in the bokes of Marianus the Scot. By reason of whych vyctory Canutus was then kynge of .iiii. kyngdoms of England of ScotlaÌ„d of Denmarke and Norwaye Then as wytnessyth dyuerse authours after he had betaken this lande of Englande to the gydynge of Leofricus Egelnothus and other he then returned into Denmarke And from theÌ„s he yode to Rome in the .xv. yere of his reygn made there great offerynges to saynte Peter and Poule redemed the scole of Saxons fre of all former trybute graunted as before in the storyes of Iue and Offa and other kynges of Saxons is som deale more touched whyche redempcyon of tribute as sayth Guydo was called Rome Scot. But it shall seme in that sayenge some douteth for so myche as at thys daye in dyuers places of EnglaÌ„d as in Northamptonshyre and other the peter pens are yet gaderyd Canutus also after he had in Rome accomplyshed his purpose he in hys returne towarde Englande executed wonderfull dedes of almes in releuynge of the poore and other goftly workes payde great good for raunsom of crysten prysoners amonges other of his dedes It is wytnessyd that he shulde agree with the pope that was called Benet the .viii. of that name pay to hym certayne summes of money that his archbyshoppes after y t daye myghte haue the pall wythoute payenge of money therfore And wheÌ„ he was comen in the citye of Papia in Italy in hys way home warde he there brought the arme of saynte Augustyne the doctour for a hundred pounde of syluer and a talent of golde And here is to be noted that there be thre maners of taleÌ„tes The fyrst and grettest is of y â— weyght of .vi. score pounde weyghte the seconde of the weyght of .lxxii pounde and the thyrde and leest of .l. pounde weyght Then yf we reken this talent with the leest in a pouÌ„de of gold after troye weyght is .xii. vuces and in .l. pounde is .vi. huÌ„dred vnces and euery vnce of fyne golde is worth xl s. By whyche reason this talent shulde be in value to the summe of xii hundred pounde This precyous relyque y e kyng gaue vnto his trusty frende Leofricus y e whych he myche loued and trusted and remayned at Couentre many yeres after whyle Canutus was occupyed in thys iourney coÌ„playnt was brought vnto hym of some mysse demeanurs and rule that were occupyed and exercysed in his absence wythin this realme wherfore he wrote home letters to the lordes chargynge theym straytely that all such defautes were redressed agayne hys coÌ„myng home Thys kynge as wythnesseth Guydo was of great magnyfycence and vsed suche iustyce and temperaunce that in his dayes in the weste partes of the worlde was no prynce of renowne as was Canutus And ouer that he was gretly beloued dradde of hys subiectes In the tyme of this Canutus as tessyfyeth Guillelmus de pontificibus a munke of GlasteÌ„bury named Bryghtwolde whyche was after bysshop of wylton beynge in hys contemplacyon and prayer bethoughte hym on the lynage of Englyshe kynges And in that thought fyll into a slumber in whyche tyme of his slepe he sawe saynte Peter the apostle standynge by hym and holdynge in hys hande Edwarde the sonne of Egelredus which then was in Normandy the whyche to his thynkynge he saw saynte Peter saker y e sayde Edward as kynge of Englande And shewed to hym farther how holy this Edwarde shulde be in hys lyuynge and how he shuld reygne as kynge .xxiii. yeres Then thys monke frayned saynt Peter of the ofsprynge of thys Edwarde and who shulde be
neuew vnto Edward the confessour as before is shewed beganne hys domynyon ouer thys realme of Englande the .xv. daye of October in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon a thousand .lxvii and y e ix yere of the fyrste Phylyppe then kyng of Fraunce and was crowned kynge of the same vppon Crystmas daye nexte folowynge of Aldredus archbyshoppe of yorke for so myche as at that tyme Stigandus archbysshoppe of Caunterbury was then absent or durste not come in the pÌ„sence of the kynge to whome he ought no great fauour as in the sequele shall appere when wyllyam had sette in quyet a great parte of thys lande he betoke the gydyng therof to his brother the byshop of Bayon and in lent folowynge sayled into Normandye and led wyth hym the chefe rulers of England for doute of sturryng in tyme of his absence Amonge the whyche the two erles Marcarê° and Edwyne rulers of Northumberlande Mercia were two wyth also Stigandus and Edgare Ethelynge To the why the Stigandus wyllyam shewed great reuerence and couÌ„tenaunce of fauoure But all proued to great dissymulacyon after as was shewed by the depryuynge of the sayd Stigandus and prysonment of hym in wynchester towne by a longe terme and season In the next wynter whan wyllyam had sped hys besynesse in Normandy he retourned into England wyth greate pompe and sette a greuous trybute vpon the Englyshmen By reason wherof some partyes of the lande rebelled agayne hym and specyally the cytye of Excetour the whyche defended hym for a certayne of tyme. But lastly by force he wanne the sayde cytye and punysshed the cytesyns greuously For thys and other sterne dedes of wyllyam Marcharus erle of Northumberlande wyth Edgare Athelynge and dyuers other as hys moder and two systers Margarete and Crystyan sayled into Scotlande But another cronycle telleth y t Edgare entendynge wyth Agatha hys moder and hys two systers to haue sayled into Almayne where he was borne was by tempest of the see dryuen into Scotlande where of Malcolyne than kynge of Scottes they were ioyously receyued And in processe of tyme the sayde Malcolyne caste suche loue vnto the sayd Margaret that he toke her to wyfe as before is touched in the fyrste chapyter of the story of Canutê° Of the which Margaret the sayde Malcolyne receyued .ii. doughters and .vi. sonnes wherof thre named Edgare AlexauÌ„der Dauyd were kynges of Scotlande nexte folowynge theyr fader And Molde one of y e foresayd doughters was after maryed vnto the fyrst Henry kynge of Englande And the other doughter Mary was maryed to Eustace erle of Bolongii Of Molde the fyrste doughter Henry receyued .ii. sonnes named wyllyam and Rychard the whych bothe dyed before theyr fader as after in y e story of the sayd Henry shall appere And he receyued also two doughters named Molde and Mary whych Molde or Mawde was maryed to y e fyfte Henry emperour of Almayne After whose deth she was agayne maryed to Godfrey of Geoffrey PlaÌ„tagenet erle of Aungeowe Of whom descended Henry surnamed shorte mantell and kynge of Englande called Henry the seconde And the other doughter Mary was maryed vnto the erle of Blaynes of whoÌ„ descended Molde or Mawde that was wyfe vnto kynge Stephen Than it foloweth that thys wyllyam after thys foresayd trybute so leuyed of the Englysshemen and knowynge of the depertynge of the lordes foresayde kepte the other the streyter But it was not longe after that Marcharus was reconsyled to the kynges grace and fayled agayn as folowynge shall be shewed For thys and other causes whyche were tedyous to shewe wyllyam exalted the Normans and gaue vnto them the chyefe possessyons of the lande so that they dayly encreased in great honour and welth and the Englysh men as faste decayed Kynge wyllyaÌ„ also made .iiii. stronge castels where of two be sette at yorke the thyrde at Lyndetyngham or Notynghm and manned them wyth Normans and the .iiii. at Lyncolne About the thyrde yere of his reygne Harolde Canutus sonnes of Swanus kynge of Denmarke came on lande in the North of Humber wyth a stronge nauy and in all haste drew them towarde yorke Than the Normans whyche hadde the rule of the towne and castelles feryng that the Englysshemen wolde ayde the Danys and wyth the houses of the suburbes of the towne haue fylled the towne dyches sette the suburbes on fyre wherof y e flame was so bygge and wyth the wynde so stronge that it toke into the cytye brent a parte therof wyth the mynster of saynt Peter In tyme wherof the Danys by fauour of some of the citesyns entred the cytye and slewe more than thre thousande of the Normans But it was not longe or kynge wyllyam chased the Danys to theyr shyppes and toke so greate dyspleasure wyth the inhabytauntes of that prouynce that he destroyed the land lyenge bytwene yorke and Durham in suche wyse that .ix. yeres after or there about the lande laye vnlabored vntylled onely out taken saynt IohnÌ„s lande of Beuerley the which was for borne by reason of a wreche done by dyuyne power vpon one of kynge wyllyams knyghtes The whych as he was besyed in wastyng and spoylynge of the sayde countre fyll sodeynly wyth hys horse so that hys horse brake hys necke and the knyghtes face was turned to his backe And of the famyne that the people of that countre susteyned wonders are reported that they shuld eate all maner of vermyn as cattes rattes dogges other so harde they were kepte by the warre of the kyng And in that yere also Molde or Mawde the wyfe of kynge wyllyaÌ„ was crowned quene of England of Aldredus archebysshop of yorke In the .iiii. yere of the reygne of thys kynge the Scottes with Malcolyne theyr kynge entred Northumberlande and wasted and destroyed sore that countre and slewe there in myche people and many they toke prysoners helde theÌ„ as bonde men But in the .vi. yere of hys kyngdome wyllyam made such warre vppon the Scottes that he lastely forced the sayde Malcolyne to swere to hym bothe homage and feauty as it is wytnessed of wyllyam of Malmesbery and other wryters THE CCXX CHAPITER Kynge willyam by counsayle of the erle of Hortford and other caused the abbeyes of Englande to be serched And what money in them at that season was founde he caused it to be brought to hys treasour For the whyche dede after the exposycyoÌ„ of some authours the sayd erle was punysshed as after shall be shewed Soone vpon thys in the tyme by twene Easter and wytsontyde was holden a solempne counsayle at wynchester of the clergy of Englande At the whyche counsayle were presente two cardynalles sent from y e second Alexaunder than pope In thys couÌ„sayle Stygandus archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury was depryued from his dygnytye and that for thre skylles The fyrste was for that he had holden wrongfully that bysshopryche whyle Robert the archebysshop was lyuynge The seconde cause was for that he hadde receyued the Paule
enfourmed and also of the peace bytwene the erle of Thoners and the Frenche kynge he by meanes of one Roberte a legate of Rome sought meanes of treaty and of peace so that in processe by dylygence of the sayde Robert and other a peace was concluded for .v. yeres whyche peace concluded and assured eyther kynge returned into theyr owne prouynces wythin short whyle after y e Frenche kyng was returned into FrauÌ„ce he called to mynde the great vyctory had of the Almayns wyth also one other whych Lewys his son about y e same tyme had agayne or of kynge IohnÌ„ in the countre of Aungeou at the castell of Moyne or Mayne For the whyche .ii. vyctoryes the kynge edyfyed a monastery besyde the cyty of Sayntles in the honour of saynt Uyctor and endowed it wyth fayre and ryche possessyons and named it the abbey of saynt Uyctor In the .xxxvi. yere of the reygne of thys Phylyppe Lewys hys sonne by procurynge and sturrynge of the lordes of Englande sayled into the sayde prouynces as more playnely shall be shewed in the .xvi. yere of the reygne of kynge IohnÌ„ Many mo storyes actes myght I brynge in and set in thys story of thys kynge Phylyppe yf I shulde folowe the Frenche boke For he maketh there a rehersayll that conteyneth .xxxix. greate leuys of parchemyne Of the whyche I haue taken out suche as to me semeth moste conuenyent and haue ouer passed the other for lengthe of the tyme. Than it foloweth thys Phylyp after these dayes drewe hym to more quyet and reste so that after thys peace or trewce coÌ„cluded wyth kyng IohnÌ„ of Englande the authour speketh not or myndeth of any noble dede by hym done So that in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .xxii whyche shulde be the yere of hys reygne .xliii the sayd authour begynneth and sayth that in that foresayd yere apered a greate eclypce of the son wherof the lyke hadde not ben seen in many yeres passed And in the yere folowynge dyed thys Phylyppe in the moneth of Iunii whan he hadde reygned vppon xliiii yeres Before whose deth apered a great comete or blasyng starre the whyche the Frenche men wyth also the foresayde eclypce they adiudged for pronostiquys and tokens of the kynges deth the whyche was buryed wyth excellent pompe in the monastery of saynt Denys in the yere of our lorde a thousand two hundred and .xxiii. and of hys age .lviii leuynge after hym the fore named Lewys whyche was enoynted kyng after hym Thys Phylyppe amonges other notable thynges ordeyned in hys testament be sette to the aydynge and wynnynge of the holy cytye of Hierusalem thre hundred thousande pownde of Parys money to the hospytall in Mount forte a hundred thousande pownde and to be dystrybuted amonges the poore comons of hys londe he gaue twenty thousande pownde But here is to be noted there is a great dyuersyte bytwene a pownd of Parys money and a pownde of sterlynge money For a pownde of Parys money is but two shyllynges and .vi. pence sterlynge or nere there about And so it foloweth that a thousande pownde of Parys is but a hundred fyue and twenty pownde sterlynge By whyche accompte it foloweth that thys kynge gaue to the ayde of the holy londe .xxxvii. thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge to the hospytall xii thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge and to the poore people two thousand fyue hundred pownde And thus here I make an ende of thys volume for cause and coÌ„syderacyon as after is shewed in the begynnynge of the nexte volume more manyfestely ¶ Lenuoye PRece forth rude volume and recoÌ„mende me To my derest frende experte in all scyence Praye hym at leysour the to ouerse And where in meter or prose he fyndeth offence Or congrewe englysshe or of perfyte sentence Humbly hym praye that he woll the correcte whyche in all hys faytes is so cyrcumspecte And shewe to hym forther hys meryt to encreace The seconde volume ys redy to hym dyght Praye hym he woll not therfore wyth the sursease Tyll that thy felow he haue by hys insyght And by hys scyence brought in so good plyght That to all readers it maye be delectable And to the herers frutefull and profytable And not to dysdayne my malapert rudenesse That to hys payne I shulde thus boldely sende Or hym to wyll to suche greate besynesse So rude a worke to correcte and amende But shew hym sothely that all that I entende Is for to enhaunce hys prayse and greaâ—e laude As he shall knowe I truste wythout frawde ¶ The seconde volume of Fabyans cronycle Conteynyng the cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce from the begynnyng of the reygne of king Rycharch the fyrste vntyll the begynnyng of the reyne of our moste redoubted souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. ⧠¶ Prentyd at London By wyllyam Rastell 1533 ⧠CVM PRIVILEGIO THE TABLE THere begynneth the table of the seconde volume whiche denounces and sheweth all the actes done in euery kynges dayes conteyned in the sayde volume and that euery acte folowes by letter and by the nouÌ„ber of y e lefe as in thys sayd table is expressed and begynneth at the wardes of London at kynge Rycharde the fyrste whose actes more at leÌ„gth in thys sayd volume shal be shewed wyth other kinges ensuyng by letter in this sayd table as fyrste A.B.C. and so forthe ACrys a stronge citye in the holy laÌ„d was wonne by the crysten as appereth fo iiii Actes of the great Cane of Tartaris folio xxiii Abbotte of waltham was accorded wyth the citesyns of LoÌ„don fo xxviii Accorde made betwene kyng Henry the .iii. and hys barons fo xxxviii Actes done in Hethenes by Lowys the Frenche kyng fo xlviii Acris or Acon abouenamed cytye woÌ„ne agayn by y â— Turkes fo lxix Accorde or agrement was made bytwene EnglaÌ„d ScotlaÌ„d fo xc Actes were made for weryng of sylk folio xci Actes in Fraunce done by the duke of Lancastre fo ciii Actes made by FreÌ„chmeÌ„ for the occupyeng of y e admissioÌ„ of y e enherytour of Fraunce folio cxxxvii Accorde made betwene the dukes of Orleaunce and of Burgoyne fo clx AccusacyoÌ„s by the duke of Burgoyn agayn the duke of Orleaunce fo clxi Accorde made betwene the sayde dukes folio clxi Acte made for gyuynge of lyuereys folio clxv Actes made agayn straungers se in folio clxxc Actes made for halowynge of the sondaye wythin the cytye of LondoÌ„ folio cxciâ—i Abbay of Bury was spoyled fo cxiii Adyme was graunted to kyng HeÌ„ry the fyft fo clxxvii A quyndecyme was grauÌ„ted to king Henry the .iii. fo xxi A letter deuysed by the baroÌ„s sente to kyng Henry the .iii. fo xxxvii A letter was sent by Rychard kynge of Romayns to the baroÌ„s fo xxxvii A quarter of where was solde for ii s. folio xc A fraye was made in Fletestrete vpoÌ„ a bakers seruaunt fo cxlv A fray made in Fletestrete by one Her bottell fo cxcii
hys reygne ouer England the xvii daye of Nouembre the morowe after saynt Edmond the archbisshop in the yere of our lorde M.CC lxxii the .ii. yere of the .iii. Phylype than kynge of Fraunce reygned nobly yeres .xxxiiii. fo lv Elyanoure mother to kyng Richard was enlarged fo iiii Edmounde Crouchbak was maried to the doughter of y e erle of Amnarle as apereth in fo xliiii EdmouÌ„d wodstocke wroughte treason fo lxxxviii Edward the sonne of Henry foresayd distressed the barons as it is shewed folio xxxix Edwarde forsayd dystressed the Barons the seconde tyme as is shewed folio xxxix Edwarde the holy kyng and confessour was translated as it shewed in folio xliiii Edwarde was crossed into the holy lande and of hys feates there done folio xlv Edwarde of Carnaruan as apereth folio lviii Edward the second called Edwarde Carnaruan the sonne of the fyrst Edwarde began hys domynyon ouer Englande in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lorde god M.iii. C. vii and the .xxi. yere of the .iiii. Phylyppe or Philip the fayre than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres full xix fo lxxiiii Edwarde the fyrst maryed to hys .ii. wyfe the Frenche kynges syster folio lxv Edwarde the .iii. of that name sonÌ„ of Edwarde the secoÌ„de and of dame Isabell the doughter of Philippe le Beawe or the .iiii. Phylyp late kyng of Fraunce whych Edwarde aboute the age of .xv. yeres began hys reygn ouer the realme of England the .xxv. daye of Ianuary in the yere of grace M.iii. C. .xxvi and the .iiii. yere of Charles the fayre thaÌ„ king of FrauÌ„ce the whyche reygned yeres .li. folio lxxxvi Edwarde Carnaruan was myserably slayne as is shewed fo lxxxvii Edwarde Bayloll was made kynge of Scottes fo lxxxviii Edwarde the .iii. sayled into Braban wyth hys wyfe loke in fo xci Edward the .iii. chaleÌ„ged y e hole kingdome of Fraunce fo xciii Edward the eldest sonÌ„ of the duke of yorke was electe for king of EnglaÌ„d loke in fo cc.vi. Edwarde the .iiii. of that name and eldest sone of Rychard duke of yorke whych was proclaymed heyre paraÌ„t to the crowne began hys domynyon ouer the realme of Englande in the iiii day of Marche in y e yere of grace M.iiii C.lx the .ii. yere of the .xi. Lowys than kyng of FrauÌ„ce reygned at that tyme .viii. monethes yeres viii fo cc.xiiii Edwarde the .iiii. beforenamed wan the felde of Barnet vpon Ester daye agayne kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. in the yere of grace M.iiii C.lxxi yere of Lowys the French kyng aforesayd and reygned after that day .x. monethes and yeres .xii. So that fyrste laste he reygned ouer .vii. monethes assygned to Henry the .vi. dayes .xxxvi. monethes yeres .xxi. or wyth the sayde monethes of Henry the .vi. set to Edwardes reygne make .xxii. yeres and odde dayes fo cc.xx. Edwarde the .v. of that name sonne of Edward the .iiii. of the age of .xiiii. yeres and lasse began to reygne as kyng of EnglaÌ„d the .x. daye of Apryll yere of our lord M. iiii.lxxxiii the xxxv yere of the .xi. Lowys thaÌ„ kyng of Fraunce and reygned tyll the .xx. day of Iuly next folowyng in which season passed dayes .lxxii. folio cc.xxiiii Elizabeth the holy womaÌ„ doughter of the kyng of Hungery fo xxi Eleanoure quene of her progenye loke in fo lxi Emperoure of Almayne came into England fo c.lxvii Emperour forsayd came agayn into thys lande fo c.lxxii Enuye of Frenchmen fo v Enguerram was put to deth folio lxxxiii Epytaphye of Rychard the fyrste as apereth in fo x Epytaphye of Frederyke the emperour fo xxv Epytaphye of Edward the fyrst loke in fo lxviii Epytaphye of Edward the .iii. folio cxvi Epytaphye of kyng Rycharde the .ii. loke in fo clxvi Erthquake fell in EnglaÌ„d fo xxv Erle of Penbroke was ouerset with Frenchmen other fo cxiii ExpressemeÌ„t of the grudges atwene kyng Rychard the fyrst the FreÌ„che kynge fo iiii Eugeny pope and of hys actes folio clxxxvii FAlse Cryst was crucyfyed as is shewed in fo xix False clerke of Oxenforde whych fayned hym selfe madde came to wodstocke enteÌ„dyng to haue slayne king Henry the .iii. fo xxii Faytes or actes of warre done at DoÌ„stable fo xcvi Fysshes wonderfull takeÌ„ in the .xxxv yere of kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. fo cci FlorenÌ„ of golde was made by kynge Edward the .iii. fo xcvii Fryers mynors came fyrst into Englande loke in fo xix Fryers Augustynes in the .xxxv. yere of kynge HeÌ„ry the .iii. buylded theyr house in a place in walys called wodhous as is shewed fo xxvi Fryers were put to deth loke in folio clix Frenche kyng sent for hys doughter that was kynge Rychardes wyfe folio clix FreÌ„ch nauy dyscoÌ„fyted fo clxxiiii Froste excedyng loke in fo clxviii GAscoynes make warre agaiÌ„st FrenchmeÌ„ borderers in kyng Charles the .v. days as is shewed in folio lxxxvi Gabell or taxe reysed vppon salte in Fraunce loke in fo cxix Guynes castell was yoldeÌ„ to Englishmen loke in fo ci Grudge betwene Baldwyn and his monkes fo vii Grudge arose betwene kyng IohnÌ„ hys lordes fo xvi Grudge and dyspleasure betwene y e bysshop of wynchester and the duke of Glouceter it is shewed in folio clxxxi Grudge and murmure toke place amonge the nobles of Fraunce as appereth fo cc.xxviii HArme done by thonder as appereth in fo cvii Hawâ—e wythout reuerence of the sacrament was slayne in the churche folio cxli Hastynges lord Chamberleyne was sodeynly put to deth fo ccxxiiii Henry the thyrd of that name sonnÌ„ of king IohnÌ„ a chyld of .x. yeres began to reygne ouer EnglaÌ„de in the moneth of Octobre and yere of oure lorde M.CC. .xvii and the .xxxvii. yere of Phylype thaÌ„ kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .lvi fo xviii Henry Bolyng broke y e .iiii. of y e name and sonne heyre of IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of LaÌ„castre the whyche IohnÌ„ was secoÌ„d sonne of Edwarde the .iii. lyuyng after theyr father or the .iii. sonne to rekyn prynce Edward this Henry after the deposicioÌ„ of Rychard in the ende of the moneth of SepteÌ„bre begaÌ„ to reygne ouer EnglaÌ„de in the yere of our lorde M.iii. C.lxxx xix and the .xix. yere of Charles y e .vii than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xiii. fo clxiii Henry the .vi. of that name sonnÌ„ of Henry the .v. of y e name sonne of HeÌ„ry the .iiii. began hys reygne ouer the realme of EnglaÌ„d vppon the morne after saynt Cuthbertys day or y e â—xi day of Marche in the ende of y e yere of grace M.iiii C. .xiii and y e â—xxii yere of Charles the .vii. than kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .ix. fo .clxx HeÌ„ry the .v. dame Kateryne doughter of Charles the .vi. or .vii. a chylde of halfe yere of age begaÌ„ hys reygne ouer EnglaÌ„d FrauÌ„ce in the ende of the moneth of Iuly and yere
Punysshement for murdre as appereth folio lviii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio lix Parlyament holden at London as apereth folio lxxv Peace concluded betwene Fraunce Flaundres fo lxxiii Parlyament holden at London as apereth fo lxxxviii Parlyament holden at westmynster as is shewed in fo xci Parlyament holden at NorthamptoÌ„ as is shewed folio xli Parlyament holdeÌ„ at yorke fo lxxix Parlyament holden at Northampton as appereth in fo lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Salysbury as appereth in folio lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Burye as is shewed folio cxciiii Parlyament holden at Couentre beholde in folio cciiii Parlyament holden at Leyceter as is shewed folio clxxi Parlyament holden at Leyceter called Battys as is shewed fo clxxxii Paulys steple sette on fyre fo cxciii Pagentes and other ordenaunces made by LoÌ„doners for the receyuyng of the kynge fo clxxxv Parys was loste by treason as it is shewed fo clxii Peace concluded betwene the regent and the kyng of Nauerne fo cxxxv Peter kynge of Castyle was beheded as is shewed in fo cxi Peryn was draweÌ„ out of the church and hanged as is shewed fo cxxix Plees put in exercyse for the countre of Arthoys folio cxvii Plees remoued frome London to yorke as is shewed in fo cxlvi Pryde of the Frenche kynge as it is shewed in fo lxxiii Prynce Edwarde maryed the erle of Henawdes doughter fo lxxxi QUene hythe was fyrste let to ferme to the cytesyns of London as appereth fo xxvi Quest passed betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye of LondoÌ„ as is shewed in fo xxxv Quene of Englande sayled into Fraunce for cause fo lxxxi Quene of Englande was proclaymed enemye fo lxxxi Quene foresayd landed in England by strength fo lxxxi Quene Anne was speciall good lady to the cytye of London fo cxlvi Quene Anne dyed fo cxlvii Quene Margarete was receyued of the Londoners fo cxciii Quene Margarete made a voyage into Englande fo ccxv Quene Margaret was taken as is shewed in fo ccxx RIcharde the fyrst of that name and sonne of HeÌ„ry the second began to reygne in Englande in the yere of our lorde M.C.xci the .xi. yere of the second Phylyp reygned yeres wyth odde monethes .x. In the fyrste yere of thys kynge the cytye of London was commytted to the rule of two baylyfes whyche so coÌ„tynued tyll the .x. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ as it is shewed in fo iii Rycharde the .ii. of that name sonnÌ„ of prynce Edwarde sonnÌ„ of Edward the .iii began hys reygne ouer Englande the .xii. daye of Iuny in y e yere of our lord M.iii. C.lxxvii the .xiii yere of the .v. Charles than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxii. folio cxlii Rycharde the .iii. of that name brother vnto Edwarde the .iiii. beynge duke of Glouceter and protectour of England began to vsurpe the .xxvi. daye of Iuny in the yere of our lord M.iiii C.lxxxiii yere of Lowis thaÌ„ kyng of Fraunce and so contynued yeres .ii. full as moche as from the xx day of Iuny to the .xxii. day of August by dayes .lvii. fo ccxxv Ranulphe erle of Chester and of hys doughters fo xxi Rayne excedyng fo lxxvii Resygnacyon of the duchye of Normandy folio xxxii Resygnacyon of kynge Rycharde folio clii Resygnacyon shewed in the parlyament folio cliii Robert Knollys knyghte and of hys feates folio ciiii Robert Knollys toke saynt Omiers and other holdes fo cxi SAuoye a place of honoure in London was brent by the coÌ„mons folio cxlii Saynt mary Oueryes in Southwerke was fyrste bylded fo xv SaiÌ„t Stephyns chapell of westmynster begonne fo cix Syege layde to saynte Omyers folio xciiii Syege layde to AmyaÌ„s fo cxxxiiii Scottysshe kynge dyd homage to kyng IohnÌ„ fo xi Scottes brekyng theyr othe fo lxiii Scottes were subdued fo lxiii Scottes had peace to theyr aduauntage fo lxxxvii Scottes were agayne ouerturned folio lxxxviii Scotisshe kynge taken prysoner folio cii Spensers were banysshed fo lxxviii Spensers bothe the father and the some were put to deth fo lxxxii SoÌ„ne was turned to the coloure of blode folio lxxx TAnner a vyllayne surmysed hym heyre to the crowne of Englande fo lxxvi Table of syluer was gyuen to kyng Rychard fo cxlvii Templers knyghtes of religyoÌ„ were dystroyed fo lxxâ—ii The sentence agayne kynge Iohan was denounced fo xiii The wardys of London were cessed folio xcii Thre fyftenes were graunted at one tyme. folio cxi Tytle or ryghte whyche the kyng of Englande hath vnto ScotlaÌ„de se in folio lxii Tytle of Edwarde the thyrde whych he hadde to the crowne of Fraunce folio cxvi Tytle of the duke of Glouceter had to the crowne was shewed at Paules crosse fo ccxxiiii WArdes and churches wythin LoÌ„don fo ii Uaryaunce began betwene the pope and kyng IohnÌ„ fo xii Uaryaunce betwene LondoÌ„ North ampton fo xxxiii warre betwene the kynge of EnglaÌ„d and of Fraunce fo xiii warre was concluded betwene the sayd landes fo cxxxiiii warre betwene kynge IohnÌ„ and hys lordes fo xvii warre was made in Normandy as appereth fo lxii warre made in Guyan wyth fortune therof fo lxxx warre betwene the Frenche kynge the kynge of Nauerne fo cxxiii warde and maryage of heyres was graunted to the kynge fo xx wyllyam walworthe slewe Iacke Strawe folio cxlii Usurers were punysshed as it appereth folio cxxi ☞ Here endeth the seconde Table THE PROLOGE NOw for as mych as we be comen to the tyme that officers were chosen and chargyd wyth the rule of the cytye of London yt is necessary that here we do shewe what offycers they were of the name that to them was admitted ad gyuen Then ye shall vnderstand that at the commynge of wyllyam coÌ„querour into thys lande as euydently apperyth by the charter of hym to the cytezens of London graunted that before those dayes and then the rulers of the sayde cytezens were named Port greuys whyche worde ys diriuate or made of .ii. saxon wordes as port and greue Port is to meane a town and greue is ment for a gardyen or ruler as who wolde meane gardeyn ruler or keper of the town These of olde tyme wyth the lawes and customys then vsyd within thys cytye were regystred in a boke called the Domysday in Saxon tunge then vsed But in later dayes when the sayde lawes and customes alteryd and chaunged and for consyderacyon also that the sayde boke was of small hande and sore defacyd yt was the lesse set by so that yt was enbefelyd or loste so that the remembraunce of suche rulers as were before the dayes of thys Rycharde the fyrst whose story shall next ensue are loste and forgoten wherfore nowe I shall begynne at the fyrste yere of the sayde fyrste Rycharde the whyche of some wryters is surnamed Cure de Lyon and so contynew the names of all offycers as well baylyuys mayres and shryues tyll the laste yeres of Rycharde the thyrde
many forfaytes escheatys For this gentylmen and men of honour malygned agayn hym But he had such coÌ„forte of the kynge that he kepte on his purpose Then the kynge beynge warned of the congregacyons that thys wyllyam made commauÌ„ded hym to cease of such doynges y t the people myght exercise theyr artes occupacyoÌ„s by reason wherof it was left for a while But it was not long or the people folowed hym as they before that tyme had done Then he made vnto them colacyons or exhortacyons and toke for hys anteteme Haurietis aquas in gaudio de fontibus saluatoris That is to mean ye shall drawe in ioye waters of the wellis of our sauyour And to this he added I am sayde he the sauyour of poore men ye be poore and haue assayed y e harde handes of riche men Now draw ye therfore holefull water of lore of my wellys that wyth ioy for the tyme of your vysytacyon is comen I shall sayde he departe waters from waters by waters I vnderstande the people Then shall I departe the people whychis good and meke from the people that ys wycked and prowde and I shall dysseuyr the good and the ylle as the lyght is departed from y e darkenes when thys came to the knowlege of the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury he by counsayll of the lordes of the spyrytualty sent vnto this wyllyam commaundynge hym to appere before the lordes of the kynges counsayll to answere vnto suche maters as there shulde be layde vnto hym At whyche daye thys wyllyam appered hauyng wyth hym a multytude of people in so myche that the lordes were of hym adrad For the whyche cause they remyttyd hym wyth plesaunt wordes for y e time commaundyd certayne persones in secrete maner to espye when he were voyde of hys company and then to take hym and to put hym in sure kepyng The whyche accordynge to the commaundement at tyme conuenyent as they thought sette vpon hym and to haue taken hym But he wyth an axe resysted theym and slewe one of theym and after fled to saynt Mary Bowe chyrche of Chepe and toke that for his sauegarde defendynge hym by strength and not by the suffrages of the chyrche for to hym drew shortley great multytude of people But in shorte processe by meane of the heddys and rulers of the cytye the people mynyshed so y t in shorte tyme he was lefte wyth few personys after by fyre coÌ„pellyd to forsake the chyrch and so was taken but not wythoute shedynge of blood After whyche takynge he was areygned before the iudges there wyth .ix. of his adhereÌ„tes caste and iudged to dye was hanged they wyth hym the day folowynge But yet the rumour seased not for y e coÌ„mon peple reysed a great cryme vpon the archbyshop of Caunterbury other and sayd y t by theyr meanes willyam whych was an innoceÌ„t of such crymes as were obiecte put agayne hym was a defendor of the poore people agayn extorcyoners wronge doers was by theym put wrongfully to deth approuyng him an holy maÌ„ martyr by this tale folowyng sayeng y t a man beyng syke of the feuers was cured by vertue of a cheyn whych this wyllyam was bounde wythin tyme of his dures of imprysonement which by a preste of the allye of the sayde wyllyam was openly declared preached wherby he brought the people in suche an errour that they gaue credence to hys wordes secretly in the nyght coÌ„ueyed away the iebet that he was haÌ„ged vppon scraped away y e blood that was shed of him when he was taken or ellys when he was hedded quarteryd so y t they made there an holow place by fetchyng away of that erth and sayde y t syke men women were cured of dyuerse sykenesse by vertue of that blood erth By these means and blowynge of fame y e place was the more vysyted by women vndyscrete ê‘sones of the whych some watched there the hole nyght in prayer so that the lenger thys coÌ„tynued the more dysclaunder was anotyd to the iustyces and to suche as put hym to deth Not wythstandyng in processe of tyme when hys actes were publysshed as the sleynge of a man wyth hys owne hande and vsynge of hys concubyne wythin saynte Mary chyrche in tyme of hys there beynge as he openly coÌ„fessed in the houre of hys dethe wyth other detestable crymes somwhat keled the great flame of the hasty pilgrymage But not clerely tyll the archebyshoppe of CauÌ„terbury accursed y e preste y t broughte vp the fyrste fable and also causyd that place to be watched that suche idolatry shuld there no more be used Anno domini M.C.xcviii  Anno domini M.C.xcix  Roger Blount  Balliui  Anno .ix.  Nycholas Duke  IN the moneth of Apryll and ix yere of kynge Rycharde when he had prouided to sende forth xx thousand pouÌ„de to the emperour for full payment of hys raunsome the pledges whyche had lyen for the same came sodeynly into England and shewed vnto the kyng that after his departynge the emperour sente them vnto the duke of Ostrych to remayne with him tyll the money were payde And forther there they shewed that the sayd duke was accursed of y e pope y t then was Innocent y e thyrde by reason of his wronge done to the kynge that his prouynce was greuyd wyth many myscheues And as the duke rode forth on a daye in hys disport beyng saynt Stephans day he hurte his fote in such wyse wyth a thorne or other venym whyche rancled grewe so sore y e lastly he shuld dye or cutte yt of But in hope of recouery he contynued tyll in the ende he was warned that he shulde dye Then he sent for his byshoppes and axyd to be assoyled of the sentence of the chyrche whyche he stode in The whyche was denyed hym excepte he wolde swere to stande and abyde the ordynauÌ„ce and dome of holy chyrch touchynge the wronge that he hadde done to kynge Rycharde The duke sware and was assoyled and shortly after the two byshoppes pledgys for y e money were delyuered at theyr lybertye Then kynge Rycharde callyng to mynde that the vttermost daye of the trewes takeÌ„ betwene hym and the Frenche kynge approched made hym redy and sayled into Normandye where before his commyng the Frenche kynge by occasyon of the Normannis as sayth the frenche boke was entred the couÌ„trey of Burgys towarde whom kyng Rycharde sped hym wyth all possyble spede so that both hostes laye partyd wyth a ryuer called Osson or Ossyne Then to folowe the sayenge of the frenche boke for so myche as the englyshe cronycle spekyth lytle or nothynge of thys acte lette wyse men that here thys cronycle constrew yt after theyr dyscrecyons For all be yt the Frencheman wrote yt to the honour of Frenchmen yet to other that shall rede or here yt because yt soundyth so nere vntrouth yt shal rather
redounde vnto theyr dyshonour For the Frenche cronicle sayth that these two hostes thus as aboue is sayde lyenge to gyther wythout skyrmshe or assaute kynge Rycharde contrary the opinyon and mynde of hys lordes wyth a few accompanyed and vnharnaysed shuld come to y e Frēche kynges tente and there in presence of hys lordes shulde do homage to the Frenche kynge for the duchye of Normandye and coūteys of Angeou and of Poytyers and there swore to the kynge to kepe peace duryng his lyfe and after .viii. dayes met agayn and fynyshed the sayde peace wyth assuryd othe vppon eyther partye and after departed as frendes eyther resortyng into theyr owne countrey But yt semed a feynte peace For within foure monethes or lesse folowynge kynge Rycharde wyth hys hoste entred the prouynce of Berry and layd syege to the castell of wyersoune and gate yt by strength and after yode to the castell of Noryncourte the whyche was delyueryd to hym by appoyntement when kyng Phylyppe harde of the wynnynge and ouerthrowe of the castell of wyersoun he in damagynge of kynge Rychard layde syege to the castell of Aubeuyle and yt assayled egerly Buy yt was so stronge and so well defendyd by the Normannys that the Frenche kynge was holden of when kynge Rycharde had garnyshed and fortifyed the castell of Noryncourte wyth all thynge necessarye to the warre he drewe hym towarde Aubeuyle to remoue kynge Phylyppe from that syege and fell vppon the Frenche men vnwarely But the Frenchemen quyt theym so knyghtly that they chased kyng Rycharde and hys people and toke a Norman knyghte named Guy de Thonars a man of great hardynes And then kynge Phylyppe returned to the castel and towne of Aubeuyle and assauted it more sharpely so that in the ende y e souldyours of the town yeldyd yt wyth the castell for a certayne summe of money And when he hadde possessyon of the towne he threw downe the castell playne wyth the ground and after strengthed the towne wyth Frenche men and then yode to the castell of Gysours and from thēs resorted to the forenamed castell of Noryncourte and assayled yt in so cruell maner that shortely he wanne yt and toke therin .xv. knyghtes and .xxiiii. yemen wyth plente of vytayll and armour In thys tyme and season kynge Richarde gadered newe strength and allyed hym wyth Baldwyn erle of Flaūdres and with Renolde erle of Dampmartyn and of Boleyne By whose meanes as wytnessyth the frenche boke kynge Rychard wasted sore the countrey of Fraunce and brent therin some townes and vyllages and toke therein many ryche prayes Anno domini M.C.xcix  Anno domini M.CC.  Constantyne fyz Arnolde  Balliui  Anno .x.  Robert le Beawe  ABout the begynnynge of the moneth of October and .x. yere of Rycharde the sayde Rycharde entryd the countrey of Unequecyne wyth a stronge hoste and made therin cruell warre in destroyenge of the countrey and assauted the castell of Gysours and threwe to grounde a stronge holde called Courcellys and brent there about many vyllages wherwyth kynge Phylyppe was so greuousely amouyd y t wyth a small noumber of knyghtes he percyd the hoste of Englyshemen and entryd the castell or towne of Gysours But of his men were taken a certayn nōber as Alayne de Russy Mathewe de Melly Guyllyam de Mello and many other wyth the whyche prysoners and many riche prayes kyng Richarde then departed leuynge the Frenche kynge wythin Gysours It was not longe after that kynge Rycharde was thus departed but that kyng Phylyp callyng to mynde the great losse and dishonour that he had receyued by that warre of kynge Rycharde assembled a great army and entred the duchy of Normandy and wasted the coūtrey from Nuesbourth to Beawmōt le Rogyer And that done he returned into Fraunce and lycēcyd hys knyghtes to go eche man into hys owne countrey when kynge Phylyppe hadde thus fynyshed hys warre in Normandye kynge Rycharde then wyth hys armye entred the forenamed countrey of Unequecyn and also Beawuoysyn and toke wythin theym as he before had done ryche many prayes and with theym departed whom the byshop of Beawuays beyng a good knyghte and hardy of his handes wyth a companye of knyghtes and other folowyd to haue rescowyd the prysoners that kynge Rycharde had taken But they were taken and a certayne of hys company slayne Then the erle of Flaundres by the ayde of the Englyshe men toke the towne of saynt Omer from y e Frēche men In this season Innocent the Pope before named sente a legate into Fraunce named Peter de Capys to refourme the warre betwene the two prynces The whyche at that tyme was in such dysioynte that he coulde not brynge yt to any frame and specyally as sayth the Frenche boke because kynge Richarde wolde not delyuer hostages gagys as y e Frēche kynge wolde Then kynge Rycharde after Cristmas besyeged a castel nere vnto Lymogys Thys castell in y e Frēche cronycle is called Chalons in the englyshe boke yt is named Gayllarde The cause of this syege as saith most wryters was for certayne ryche treasour founden wythin the lordshyppe or sygnyory of kynge Rycharde the whyche one wydomer vycounte of Lemonke hadde founden and wyth helde from kynge Rycharde and for hys sauegarde fledde vnto the forenamed castell and defendyd yt manfully from the fyrste weke of lent tyll the .vi. daye of Apryll Uppon the whyche daye kynge Rycharde walkynge vnwysely about the castell to espye the feblenes therof one named Betrāde Guedon markyd the kynge and wounded him in the hedde or after some writers in y e arme with a venemous quarell After which woūde receyued by the kynge he commaunded sharpe assaute to be made in the whyche assaute the castell was won Then he made enquery who yt was that so had wounded him the which was brought vnto the kynges presence and named hym self as aboue is sayde or after some writers Peter Basyle Then the kynge demaūded of him why he shuld so lye in a wayte to hurte hym rather then any of his felowys For thou slew my father my bretherne sayde he wherfore I entendyd to auenge theyr deth what someuer became of me Then y e kyng forgaue hym his offence and sufferyd him to go at lyberte And the other of y e soudyours taken in that castell the kynge commaunded to be hanged But Polycronycon sayth that after kynge Rycharde was dede the duke of Braban whych then was present causyd the sayde Bartrande to be taken and flayne quycke and after hanged Then kynge Rycharde dyed the .iii. daye after that is to say the ix daye of Apryll and was buryed at Fount Eborard at the fete of hys father Howe be yt some wryters say that his harte was buryed at Roan his body as before is sayde and hys bowellys at Carleyll in Englande when he hadde reygned .ix. yeres .ix. monethes and odde dayes leuynge after hym none yssue Of thys Rycharde a metrycyan made these
Caunterbury wyth the other exylys landed in Englande and after in processe of tyme met wyth the kynge at wynchester where the kyng receyuyd hym with a ioyouse coūtenaūce and after there was assoyled of the sayde archebyshop But yet was not the interdiccyon of the land releasyd for so myche as the kyng at that day hadde not made restitucyon vnto the archbyshope and other accordynge to the thyrde artycle before rehersyd For the whych as testyfyeth the Englyshe boke he payed vnto the archbyshoppe thre thousande marke and to the other by partyculers .xv. thousande marke After whyche thynges performed and done the interdyccyon was adnullyd and fordone in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lord xii hundred and .xii when yt had standen in force full .vi. yeres as mych as from the .xxvi. daye vnto the moneth of Iuly whyche is vppon .iii. monethes and odde dayes Anno domini M.CC.xiii  Anno domini M.CC.xiiii  Raufe Eylande  Henry fyz Alwyn  Anno .xiiii.  Constantyne le Iosne  IN thys .xiiii. yere of the kyng for that he wolde not holde the lawes of saynte Edwarde and also for displeasure that he bare to diuers of them for they wolde not fauoure hym agayne the pope and for other causes whyche here be not manyfestyd the kyng fell at dyssencyon with hys lordes in so mych that great people were reysyd on eyther partyes But for the kynges partye was the stronger the erle of Chester with the other lordes toke the cytye of London and helde them therin a certayn of tyme. The whych cronycle of Caxton wyth other sayen that a great parte of this varyaūce betwene kyng Iohn̄ and his barons was for because the kynge wolde wythout skylfull dome haue exyled the sayde erle of Chester whyche to hym hadde no cause but for so myche as before seasons he hadde often tymes aduysed the kynge to leue hys cruelnesse and his accustomed auowtry the whych he exercysyd wyth his brothers wyfe and other But by the meanes of the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelatys a peace was taken for a whyle In this yere vppon the daye of the translacyon of saynt Benet or y e .xi. day of Iuly a great parte of the Borough of Southwarke was brent And in the moneth of Auguste nexte folowynge was great and myche harme done in London by fyre Soone after to stablyshe the peace betwene the kynge and hys lordes an assemble was made on Berham downe where the kynge and the lordes mette wyth great strenght vpon eyther syde where a charter or wrytyng was dyuysed and made there sealyd by the kynge so that the baronye was wyth yt contentyd and departyd in peasyble wyse eueryche man into hys countrey Anno domini M.CC.xiiii  Anno domini M.CC.xv.  Martyne fyz Alys  Roger fyz Aleyn  Anno .xv.  Peter Batte  IN thys .xv. yere of the kynge the peace whych in the laste yere was betwene kyng Iohn̄ and his baronyes agreed was by the kynge vyolate and broken wherfore the lordes assembled to them great powers made sharpe cruell warre vppon the kynge in so myche that he was constrayned to sende into Normandye for ayde and socoure into other places Then shortely after came into Englande a Norman knyghte whyche brought wyth hym a companye of Normannes Flemmynges Pycardes This knyght or capitayn was named Foukes de Brent y e whiche wyth his company was so cruell that he destroyed as well relygyous houses as other and wrought mych harme to the lande and putte the lordes to the worse Then the kynge made Foukes and other of hys company wardeyns of castellys strūge holdes in Englād The lordes seyng the kynge perseuer in hys wronge and wolde in no wyse be enduced to holde his owne grauntes but to execute all thynge after pleasure and nothynge after lawe or iustyce cast in theyr myndes howe they myghte brynge the lande in a better rule or state and by one aduyse and consent wrote vnto Phylyp kyng of Fraūce that he wolde sende some noble man into Englande and they wolde rendre y e lande vnto hym In this whyle kyng Iohn̄ causid to be drawen and hangyd at London one Pyers of Pomfrette for the sayde Peter had monyshed dyuers mysse happes that shulde come to hym for his vycyous lyfe and also for he had often warned kynge Iohn̄ that he shuld reygn but .xiiii. yeres the whyche he ment wythout payenge of trybute For after he was become feodary to the pope he thought the pope reygned as pryncypall lorde of the land and not he For the whyche and for other malyce he putte that vertuous man to deth Of whom in y e .xxxiii. chapiter of the .vii. boke of Policronycon are many vertues shewed the which I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme. Anno domini M.CC.xv.  Anno domini M.CC.xvi.  Salomon Basynge  Roger fyz Aleyn  Anno .xvi.  Hugh Basynge  UPpon saynt Andrewes euen or the .xxix. daye of Nouember in the .xvi. yere of hys reygne kynge Iohn̄ after he had lyen a certayne of tyme wyth hys ordynaunce aboute the castell of Rouchester in Kent he wanne the sayde castell and toke therin certayne gentylmen that hadde conspyred agayne hym the whyche he sente to dyuers prysons And the barons helde theym to gyther at London abydynge the commynge of Lewys son to the Frenche kynge the whyche nere about ascencyon tyde landed in Englande wyth a stronge armye and so came to Rochester and layd syege to the castell and wāne yt wyth lytle payne for so mych as yt was greatly febled wyth the assaurys lately made by kynge Iohn̄ and syn that tyme not suffycyently repayred And when he had wonne the sayde castell he caused all the straungers therein taken to be hanged and after came to London where certayne allyaunces and couenauntes were stablished betwene the lordes hym and receyued of them homage as affermeth Policronicon And after theyr maters betwen them there fynyshed he with the lordes departed from London and gatte the castellys of Rygat of Gylforde and and of Frenham and from thens to wynchester where the cytye was yelden vnto them wyth all the holdes and castellys there about as wolnesey Odyham and Beawmere And about saynte Margaretes daye he wyth the lordes came agayne to London at whose commynge the towre of London was gyuen vp to theym by appoyntement And where Roger fyz Aleyn hadde tyll that tyme rulyd the cytye of London as mayre he for so myche as he was accusyd to the lordes to be fauorable to the kynges partye was then dyscarged of that offyce and one called Serle Mercer was chosen in hys place and so cōtynued tyll Mychelmas folowynge In thys passe tyme kynge Iohn̄ beynge thus ouer sette wyth hys lordes sent messengers to y e pope shewynge to hym the rebellyon of hys lordes and how they laboryd hys destruccyon wherfore the pope in all haste sent a legate
into Englande named Gualo or Swalo the whyche after hys commynge commaunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce and laboryd to the vttermost of his power to appease the kynge and hys baronye But all hys laboure was in vayne Anno domini M.CC.xvi.  Anno domini M. CC.vxii  IohnÌ„ Trauers  wyllyam Hardell  Anno .xvii.  Andrewe Newlande  IN thys .xvii. yere of kynge Iohan the warre betwene hym and his lordes styll contynuynge he dyed of the flyxe as testyfyeth Polylycronycon at the towne of Newerke vppon the daye of saynte Calyxte the pope or the .xiiii. day of October How be yt the Englyshe boke or cronycle sayeth that he dyed at Sebynyshede an abbay aboute LyncolnÌ„ by the impoysonynge of a munke of the same house the daye after saynte Luke or the .xviii. daye of October and was buryed at the cytye of wynchester But the authour of Policronycon sayth he was bowelled at Crongthon abbaye and buryed at worceter in the myddle of the quyer of munkes when he hadde reygned xvi yeres .vi. monethis .iiii. dayes leuynge after hym two sonnes Henry and Rycharde wyth sondry doughters Of thys IohnÌ„ yt is redde that he founded the abbay of Belewe in the new forest in recompensacyon of the paâ—ysh chyrches which he there ouer turnyd to enlarge that forest and an abbay of blacke munkes in the cytye of wynchester where after y e sayeng of the englyshe cronycle he shulde be buryed This kynge IohnÌ„ also after some wryters maryed one of hys doughters vnto Otto the fourth of y e name emperour of Almayne and duke of Saxony the whyche helde warre agayne kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce as in the .v. chapyter of the storye of the sayde Phylyp before is declared whyche Otto for hys rapyne and extorcyon done to the chyrch of Rome was accursyd and the sayd Phylyp and also kynge IohnÌ„ for theyr dysobedyence to the chyrche were also accursyd the whyche warred eyther wyth other so that eyther of theÌ„ greuyd and vexid other to the great hynderauÌ„cis of them and eyther of them For the whyche consyderacyon a metrycyan made these balades of them as foloweth O quam mirabilia good lorde thy workes been In punyshement of synners by thy myght wondersly As by old storyes yt is playnely seen One synner the other hath correcte vtterly As Alexander wyth Iulius Pompey and Tholomy And many other whych as thy scourgys were To punyshe synners and theym self also dere In lyke wyse nowe reader yf thou lyste take hyde And well reuolue in mynde thys hystorye Of these thre prynces and loke well on theyr dede Thou shalte conceyue that they dyd wyckydly I meane kynge IohnÌ„ Phylyppe and Ottony whyche vnto synne made them selfe so thrall That of pope Innocent they were accursyd all wherfore god sufferyd that one the other to greue And warre chase wyth dedely hate and stryfe Glad that one the other to mischeue Manassynge eche other wyth spere sworde and knyfe wyth cruell batayll durynge theyr synfull lyfe wherfore I maye conclude in factis horum That multa sunt flagella peccatoruÌ„ HEnry the thyrde of y e name eldest son of kyng IohnÌ„ a chylde of the age of .ix. yeres beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of Englande the .xx. daye of the moneth of October in the yere of our lorde M. two hundred and .xvi and the .xxxvi. yere of the seconde Phylyp yet kyng of Fraunce ye haue before harde of the cruell warre whyche Lewys son vnto the Frenche kynge wyth the ayde of the baronys of Englande maynteynyd agayne kynge IohnÌ„ The whyche after the deth of the sayde IohnÌ„ contynued for as mych as then some of the lordes that before hadde maynteyned the quarell of Lewis now forsoke hym toke parte with this Henry as theyr naturall and souerayne lorde wherof the chefe were the erles of Penbroke of Chester the whych wyth theyr retynewe helde sharpe warre wyth the sayde Lewys his affynyte the whych enteÌ„dyd to haue ben kynge of Englande by reason of couenauÌ„tes made wyth certayne lordes of the lande when he was fyrste sent for by them wherfore the forsayd erles wyth the other of theyr partye to make theyr partye the stroÌ„ger proclaymed the sayde Henry kynge of Englande vppon the foresayde .xx. daye of Octobre thorough the cytye of London and in all possyble haste after made prouysyon for hys coronacyon so that vppon the daye of Symonde and Iude next ensuynge he was crowned at Glouceter of Peter then byshoppe of wynchester Lewys the Frenche kynges son beynge then at Lyncolne In which yere stode styll as gouernoure of the cytye of London tyll Mychelmas nexte folowynge Anno domini M.CC.xvii  Anno domini M.CC.xviii  IohnÌ„ Trauers  wyllyam Hardell  Anno .i.  Andrewe Newlande  SO soone as the kynge was crowned coÌ„myssyons where sent ouer in his name into all places of Englande to gather strength of men to wythstand the forenamed Lewys to put hym wyth his Frenche men and other allyaunces out of the land whych then hadde vnder theyr rule and custodye the castellys of Berkhamsted of Hertford dyuers other And for thys Lewys wold not sease of hys warre and retourne into Fraunce therfore the foresayd Gwalo or Swalo the popys legate accursyd hym fyrste by name and after all such as hym maynteyned or fauored in thys warre agayne kynge Henry Then the forenamed erlys accompanyed wyth wyllyam erle Marshall of Englande wyllyam le Bruyz erle of Ferrys wyth many other yode to Lyncolne and wanne that town vppon the strauÌ„gers where was slayne a French man called erle of Perches wyth many other souldyours And there was takeÌ„ of EnglyshmeÌ„ Serle erle of wynchester and HuÌ„â—ryde Bohum erle of Herforde wyth dyuerse other of name And in thys whyle Lewelyn prynce of walis for that he ayded the partye of Lewys was accursyd and his lande enterdyted After the towne of Lyncolne was thus woÌ„ne from the Frenchmen Lewys wyth other parte of his souldyours drewe towarde London for so myche as word was brought to hym that his fader had sent to hym a new company of souldyours the whyche shulde lande in Englande shortely Trouth yt was that such an ayde of souldyours was made by the FreÌ„che kyng coÌ„myttyd to a capytayn whyche in the cronycle is named Eustace the muÌ„ke the whych was encouÌ„tryd vpon the see with a capytayn or mayster of the .v. portis called Hubert at Burgh gaue to hym batayll and scomfyght hym at length sent the hed of y e sayd Eustace vnto y e kynge when Lewys harde of these tydyuges and consydered howe dayly his strength mynyshed he was more inclynable vnto peace so y e in coÌ„clusion he toke money as sayth Policronica yelded vp his castellis strengthis which he held after was assoyled so returned into FrauÌ„ce But of this money y e Lewis receyued ben diuers opinyons for the englyshe boke namyth yt a thousande marke
and the frenche boke sayth .xv. M. marke Anno domini M.CC.xviii  Anno domini M.CC.xix  Thomas Bokerell  Robert Serle  Anno .ii.  Rafe Gylande  IN thys seconde yere of kynge Henry when the lande was voyded of the stranÌ„gers then inquysycyons were made to knowe what persones hadde fauored the partye of Lewys agayne the kynge of the whyche the kynge pardonyd many of the lay fee. But y e spyrytuall were put to suche fynes y e they were compellyd to laye that they myghte to pledge to please the kynge and ouer that to sue to Rome to be assoylyd And thys yere Ranulphe erle of Chester for consyderacyons hym mouynge toke hys iourney into the holy lande But one cronycle sayth he toke that iourney vppon hym for so myche as hadde contrarye hys allegeaunce made homage vnto Lewis aboue named and for malyce whych he bare towarde kynge IohnÌ„ entendyd at the tyme of that homage doynge to haue made the sayde Lewys kynge of Englande Anno domini M.CC.xix  Anno domini M.CC.xx.  Benetle Ceytur  Robert Serle  Anno .iii.  wyllyam Blounde  IN thys thyrde yere of kynge Henry a parlyament was holden at London by vertue wherof was graunted to the kynge .ii. s. of euery plough lande thorough England whych was for y e charge that he before had wyth Lewys warre Also this yere saynt Thomas of Caunterbury was traÌ„slated in the .vii. day of this moneth of Iuly the whyche was done wyth so great a charge vnto mayster Stephan Langton then archibishop of Caunterbury that the charge therof was not contented many yeres after y e deth of the said Stephan And thys yere as wytnessyth Polycronycon kynge Henry began the new worke of the chyrche of westmynster whyche after that sayenge shuld be in the .xii. yere of hys age Anno domini M.CC.xx.  Anno domini M.CC.xxi  IohnÌ„ wayle  Robert Serle  Anno .iiii.  Iosnele Spycer  IN thys yere Alexander kynge of Scottes maryed dame Iane or Iohan the syster of kynge Henry And this yere was great harme done in Englande by vyolence of a whyrlewynde and fyry dragons and spyrytys were sene fleynge in the ayer And this yere were proclamacyons made in London and thorough out Englande y e all straungers shuld auoyde the lande by Mychelmasse next folowyng except such as came wyth marchauÌ„dyse and to make sale of them vnder the kynges saufe coÌ„duyt which was chefely made to auoyde Foukes de Brent and his complycys whyche kepte the castell of Bedforde agayne the kynges wyll and pleasure And in thys yere was kynge Henry secondaryly crowned at westmynster the .xvii. daye of May. And thys yere the cytye called Damas in the holy land was by crysten men gotten from the Turkys And thys yere came out of the holy lande into Englande Ranulphe erle of Chester and beganne to buyld the castellys of Charteley of Bestone after he buylded the abbay of Delartesse of y e whyte oâ—der For charge and coste of whyche sayde castellys abbay he toke toll thorough all hys lordshyp of all such as passyd y e way wyth any chafire or marchaundyse Anno domini M.CC.xii.  Anno domini M.CC.xxii  Rycharde wymbeday  Robert Serle  Anno .v.  IohnÌ„ wayell  IN thys .v. yere of kynge Henry at Oxenforde was holden a generall couÌ„sayll of the byshoppes and clergye of thys lande In tyme of whyche counsayle a man was taken the whyche shewyd hym selfe to be Cryste and preached many thynges of errour whyche the clerkes at those dayes vsyd And to approue that he was Iesus the sonne of god and that he was comen to refourme those errours and other he shewyd the carectys and tokens of woundes in hys bodye handes and fete like to Iesus that was nayled on the crosse Then he was apposyd and approuyd a false dyssymuler wherfore by dome of y e counsayll he was iudgyd â—o be nayled to the crosse and so delyueryd to the executours the whyche at a place callyd Alburburye nayled hym to a crosse tyll he was dede Also this yere the kynge layde syege vnto the castell of Bedforde that Fowkys de Brent hadde so longe holden by strength Thys syege beganne vppon the euen of the Assencyon of our lorde and so contynued tyll our Lady daye assumpcyon In whyche passetyme many stronge assautys were made to the great losse of men on bothe partyes But fynally aboute thys foresayde daye of assumpcyon yt was taken by fyerse assaute wherein was taken the forenamed Fowkys de Brent and vpon the noÌ„ber of .lxxx. souldyours wherof the more parte were put to deth and the sayde Fowkys after he had lyen a certayne of tyme in pryson was for his fynaunce delyueryd and flemyd the lande And in this yere came the frere Mynors fyrst into Englande These are graye freres of the order of saynte Fraunces whych yf that be trewe they shulde come in to Englande vppon .vi yeres before the deth of saynt Fraunces For after affyrmaunce of the authoure of Cronica cronicarum Iacobus Philippus and other saynte Fraunces dyed in the yere of grace .xii. huÌ„dred and .xxvii. And that order was fyrst confyrmed of Honorius the thyrde of that name pope of Rome in the yere of grace .xii. hundred and .xxiiii. Thys order fyrste beganne vnder a fewe nomber of frerys at the cytye of Caunterbury and after came vnto London and restyd theym there tyll they hadde an house there foundyd by Isabell wyfe of Edwarde the seconde as after shall be shewyd in the storye of the sayde Edwarde all be yt the sayde house was begonne of Margarete the wyfe of Edwarde the fyrste Anno domini M.CC.xxii  Anno domini M.CC.xxiii  Rycharde Renger  Robert Serle  Anno .vi.  Ioseus le Iosne  IN thys .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Henry a conspyracy was made by one Constantyne the sonne of Arnulphe wythin the cytye of London for the whyche he was drawen and haÌ„ged the morow folowynge our Lady daye Assumpcyon This conspyracy was dysclosed by a cytezyn named walter Bokerell and was so heynous greuous to y e king that he was in mynde purpose to haue throwen downe y e wallys of the cytye But when he had well conceyued that the persones whych enteÌ„ded this coÌ„spiracy were but of the rascallys of the cytye that none of y e heddys or rulers of the same were therunto consentynge he aswagyd hys ire and greuouse dyspleasure whych he entendyd towarde the cytye Anno domini M.CC.xxiii  Anno domini M.CC.xxiiii  Rycharde Iyoner  Robert Serle  Anno .vii.  Thomas Lamberde  IN this seuenth yere Iohan kynge of Hierusalem came into Englande and requyred ayde of kyng Henry to wynne agayne that holy cytye but he retourned wyth small comforte And about this tyme IohnÌ„ the sonne of Dauid erle of Angwyshe in Scotland and nere kynnesman vnto Ranulphe of Chester
NoueÌ„ber they gaue vnto his grace iiii hundred marke and then were restoryd to theyr sayde lybertyes and the kynges vnder treasourer dischat â—yd the whych for y e tyme was made custos or keper of the cytye In the feast of saynte Scycyle or the .xxii. daye of nouember ensuynge were brought vnto westmynster .lxxx. and xxii Iewes from LyncolnÌ„ the which were also accusyd of the crucyfyenge of a chyld at Lyncolne in the despyte of Crystes relygyon whyche Iewes were after sent vnto y e towre of London Of the whyche in processe of tyme after xviii were conuycte and hangyd the tother remayned long after in pryson In the vygyll of saynt Andrew syr Edwarde the kynges sonne came to London from beyonde the see And the kyng of Scottys with the quene hys wyfe came in the somer season vnto the kynge to hys maner of woodstoke where he dysportyd hym a season and after returned into Scotlande leuynge his wyfe wyth her mother tyll she were lyghted of chylde And vppon y e day of the decollacyon of saynte IohnÌ„ the kynge the quene and the quene of Scottes came to London where they were honorably receyued and so conueyed vnto westmynster Anno domini M.CC.lv.  Anno domini M.CC.lvi  Mathew Bokerell  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xl.  IohnÌ„ Mynoure  IN thys .xl. yere entryd y e land dyuers lordes of Almayne the whych in Crystmas weke vppon the day of y e Innocentes made homage vnto syr Rychard erle of Cornewayl brother to the kynge the whych as then stoode kyng of Almayne and of Romayns And the thursdaye nexte folowynge he departed from the kynges courte and spedde hym wyth his wyfe and syr Henry his sonne vnto the see syde and after toke shyppyng in Iarnesay the .xxvii. day of Apryll and landed at Dordreth in Holande the fyrste daye of Maye nexte ensuynge And vppon assencyon day after he was crowned kynge of Romayns in the citye of Aquisgranum Thys yere vppon the fyrste daye of Auguste the kynge toke hys iourney towarde walys for to subdue Lewelyn the sonne of Gryffyth the whyche wyth his welshemen rebellyd agayne the kynge for so mych as syr Edwarde hys son to whom he hadde lytle before geueÌ„ the erledome of Chester wolde haue chaunged some of theyr skyttyshe condycyons And for to bryng hys purpose the better aboute he sente for an armye of souldiours into Irlande and taryed for theyr commynge at hys castell of Genocke But the yere passed farre on or hys people were gatheryd so that by the aduyse of hys lordes he strengthyd there a certayne castellys and returned for that yere into Englande And aboute the feaste of the Natyuyte of our ladye a concorde and a peace was coÌ„cluded betwene y e Londyners the abbot of the holy crosse of waltham the whych hadde ben in suyte many yeres before for certayne dystresses takeÌ„ by the abbottis offycers of the LoÌ„doners when they came wyth theyr mercymonyes vnto the fayre of waltham where as now yt is agreed that all suche dystressys shulde be restoryd and yf any were peryshed or loste for longe kepynge that then the abbot to contente and pay to the partyes the value in money of suche distressys so peryshed or loste and that the cytesyns shulde enioy the lybertyes of that fayre euer after wythoute payenge of any tollage or toll Anno domini M.CC.lvi  Anno domini M.CC.lvii  Rycharde Ewell  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xii.  wyllyam Ashewy  IN this .xli. yere begynnynge of the same was founden in the kynges warderobe at wyndesore a byll or rolle closyd in grene waxe and not knoweÌ„ from whens yt shuld come in the whyche rolle was coÌ„teyned dyuerse articles agayne y e mayre and rulers of the cytye of London and that by theym the comynaltye of the cytye was greuously tasked and wrongyd whyche byll was presentyd at length to the kynge wheruppon he anon sent IohnÌ„ Mancell one of his iustycys vnto London and there in the feaste of the conuersyon of saynt Paule by the kynges authoryte callyd at Paulys crosse a Folkmot beynge there presente syr Rycharde de Clare erle of Glouceter dyuerse other of the kynges counsayll where the sayde IohnÌ„ Mancell causyd the sayde rolle to be redde before the comynaltye of the cytye after shewyd to the people that y e kynges pleasure and mynde was that they shuld be rulyd with iustyce and that the lybertyes of the cytye shuld be maynteyned in euery poynte And yf the kynge myghte knowe those persones that so hadde wrongyd the cominaltye of the citye they shuld be greuously punyshed to the example of other And that done the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell chargyd the mayre that euery Alderman in hys warde shulde vppon the morowe folowyng assemble hys wardemote that all those wardemotys shuld assemble in one place and chuse of theym selfe wythout any counsayll or aduyse of any of theyr aldermeÌ„ .xxxvi. persons and them to present before the lordes and hym at the same houre of y e next day in the byshoppes paleys at Paulys Then vppon the morow all thynge was done accordynge to hys commaundement And when y e sayd xxxvi persones were presentyd before the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell Henry Baa iustycys other the sayd IohnÌ„ sayde vnto theym that they vppon theyr othe shuld certyfye all such persones as they knewe gylty in the artycles before vnto the comynaltye shewyd wherunto the sayde .xxxvi. cytesyns answeryd y t yt was contrary theyr lybertyes to be sworne so many for any mater of trespas betwene the kynge and any of hys cytezyns wherfore they requyred a sparynge wyth whych answere the sayd IohnÌ„ Mansell beynge dyscontentyd warnyd theym to appere before the kynges couÌ„sayll at y e Guyldehall vppon the morowe folowynge where they kepte theyr daye And thyther came the sayde iustycys IohnÌ„ Mansell Henry Baa syr Henry wengham chaunceller of Englande Phylyppe Louell vndertreasorer and dyuerse other of the kynges counsayll Then the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell exortyd the sayde personys to be sworne by many meanys as he the other daye hadde done But all was in vayne for they excusyd theym alway that yt was contrary theyr othe and lybertye of theyr cytye wherfore the kynges counsayll departed from the hall in partye dyscontentyd shewyd vnto the kynge the demeanour of the sayde cytesyns Uppon the euen of y e Purificacyon of our lady y t mayre beyng warned y t the kyng shuld come to westmynster he wyth the more parte of the Aldermen rode vnto Knyghtbrydge and houyd there to salute the kynge and to knowe his forther pleasure But when the kynge came nere that place and harde of theyr beynge there he sent vnto them a squyre of houshold and chargyd theym that they shulde not presume to come in hys syght wyth whyche message they beynge greatly dyscoÌ„fortyd retourned home to the cytye Afterwarde in the Octauys of the puryfycacyon of our Ladye returned from the courte
was dyscarged of his offyce and syr Hugh Bygotte then admytted for hym And for the foresayde Pyers harde of the murmure in the courte ferynge that the kynge shuld be aduertysed shortely to alter from his promyse therfore they enteÌ„dyng to make theyr partye the stroÌ„ger vppon the morowe folowynge Marye Magdaleyns daye the kyng beyng at westmynster the erle Marshall the erle of Leyceter wyth dyuerse other came vnto the Guyldehall of LoÌ„don where the mayre aldermen and comynaltye of the cytye were assembled where the sayd lordes shewyd an instrument or wrytynge at the whyche hynge many labellys wyth sealys as the kynges seale syr Edwarde hys sonnes seale wyth many other of the nobles of the lande the whyche was the contente of the artycles whych were ordeyned and made at Oxenforde wyllynge the mayre and aldermen cuÌ„syderynge the sayd actys were made to the honoure of god fydelyte vnto the kynge profyte of the realme that they wold also in vpholdynge of the same sette theyr common seale of the cytye After which requeste thus to the mayre and the cytesyns made after aduyse and counsayll amonge theym selfe taken they desyred a sparyng of the lordes tyll they myght speke wyth y e kyng and know his pleasure in that behafe But fynally no sparynge at that tyme myghte be graunted so that in the ende by the laboure that the lordes made wyth helpe of suche solycytoures as they hadde wythin the cytye the common seale was put to and the mayre and dyuerse of the cytye sworne to maynteyne the same theyr allegeaunce sauyd to the kyng wyth preseruacyon of the lybertyes and fraunchyses and so departed Then daye by daye after the sayd douze Perys assemblyd at the newe temple in where they kept theyr counsaylys and courtes for the reformacyon of the olde greuys and remoued from the kynge dyuerse of hys menyall of houselde and sette in theyr places and offycys suche as lyked theym And vppon the .ix. daye of August proclamacyon was made in dyuerse accustomyd places of the sayde cytye that none of the kynges takers shulde take any thynge wythin the cytye wythout the wyll of the owner excepte two tunne of wyne whyche the kyng accustomably hadde of euery shyppe commynge from Burdeaux payenge but .xl. s. for a tunne By meane of whyche proclamacyon nothynge was taken by the kynges offycers but yt were streyght payed fore wythin the cytye and lybertye of the same whyche vsaunce contynued but a whyle Anno domini M.CC.lvii  Anno domini M.CC.lviii Draper Thomas fyz Rycharde  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xlii.  Robert Catelyon  IN this .xlii. yere the kyng held one parlyameÌ„t at westmynster and a nother or ellys prorogyd the same to wynchester And in this yere syr Hugh Bygotte iustyce wyth Roger Turkelay and other kept his courte at saynte Sauyours and helde there the plees callyd Itinerii The wyche is to meane the trauaylynge or the waye plees For ye shall vnderstande that at those dayes they were kepte in dyuerse places of Englande whyche nowe ben holden at westmynster and iudgys ordeyned to kepe a cyrcuyte as now they kepe the syzys in tyme of vacacyoÌ„ At this sayde courte these iudges ponyshed sore baylyes and other oâ—ycers that before theym were conuycte for dyuers trespassys and specyally for takynge of merceamentes otherwyse then the lawe theym commaundyd For the whych the sayd chefe iustyce prysoned them and after sessyd them at greuous fynys Also he somonyd the cytesyns of London to come vnto the sayde courte for tollys that they hadde taken vppon the farther syde of the water But yt was answered that the tollys that they there toke were takeÌ„ lawfully as they were redy to proue in places and court coÌ„uenyent to the same whyche was wythin the precyncte of theyr lybertye But not wythstandynge that answere the sayde syr Hughe chargyd vppon queste .xii. knyghtes of Surey to enquyre of that mater and other the whych acquyted the sayde cytesyns and shewyd that the sayde tolle belongyd to them of ryghte In processe of tyme after the sayd syr Hugh wyth other came to Guyld hall and kepte hys courte and plees there wythout all order of lawe and contrarye to the lybertyes of the cytye and there punyshed the bakers for lacke of syze by the Tumberell where before tymes they were punysshed by the pyllory and orderyd many thynges at hys wyll more then by any good order of lawe Thys yere vppon Candelmasse euen came vnto LoÌ„don from beyonde the see Rycharde kynge of Almayne and erle of Cornewayll wyth hys wyfe and chyldren whyche had ben there and taken possessyon of that kyngedome as before is shewyd Agayne whose commynge the cytye of London was rychely haÌ„ged wyth clothes of sylke and aras ioyously he was receyuyd of the cytesyns Anno domini M.CC.lviii  Anno domini M.CC.lix Peperer IohnÌ„ Adryan  IohnÌ„ Gysours  Anno .xliii.  Robert Cornehyll  IN thys .xliii. yere the frydaye folowynge the feaste of Symonde and Iude in the parlyament holden at westmynster were radde in presence of all the lordes and comynaltye at sondry tymes all the actys and ordynauÌ„ces before made in y e parliament holden at Oxenforde wyth certayn other artycles by y e fore sayd xii Peers there vnto added After redyng of which articles there beynge reuested the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury wyth dyuerse other to the nomber of .ix. byshoppes besyde abbotes other denouncyd all them accursyd that attemptyd in worde or dede to breke the sayd actes or any of them In this parilameÌ„t also was graunted vnto the kynge a taske callyd the Scutage that is to meane xl s. of euery knyghtes fee thorough Englande the whyche extendyd to a great summe of money For after dyuerse writers there be in EnglaÌ„de in possessyon of the spyrytualtye and of the temporaltye or at that dayes were ouer beyonde .lx M. kynghtes fees whych after y â— rate shuld exteÌ„de vnto .vi. score M. li. more And yf it shuld be gadered of y e teÌ„poral meÌ„ onely than yt shulde not amounte ouer the summe of .lxiiii. thousande pounde The kynge vppon the daye of saynte Leonarde or the .vi. daye of Nouember came vnto Pawlys where by his commaundement was assembled the courte of Folkmoot where the kynge accordynge to the former ordynaunces made axyd lycence of the comynaltye of the cytye for to passe the see promysed there in the presence of a great multytude of people that he wolde be good and gracyous lorde vnto the cytye by the mouth of syr Hugh Bygotte hys chefe iustyce and to maynteyne theyr lybertyes vnhurte For y t whyche the people for ioye made an excedynge showte Uppon the .viii. day of Nouember the kynge rode thoroughe the citye towarde the see syde And vppon the daye of saynte Bryce or the .xiii. daye of Nouember he toke hys shyppe and so sayled vnto Burdeaux where when he had taryed a season he rode vnto the Frenche kynge then beyng
Guyldhall or other places symple and vndyscret persons shuld haue the voyce and the worshypfull meÌ„ lytell or nothyng regarded wherof ensuyd dayly myche vnhappynes and sorow as after shall appere The Barons then to obteyne the more fauour of y e cytye wyllyd them to shewe yf they hadde any of theyr libertyes wythdraweÌ„ that they myght agayne to theym be restored and also to dyuyse some new to theyr weale and profyte and they wolde laboure to the kynge that they myghte haue theym graunted For the whych comforte of the lordes the mayre called the commons to the Guyldhall and shewed to them the beneuoleÌ„ce of the sayd lordes willed them that euery ofâ—ycer for hys offyce to deuyse such thynges as myght be benefycyall for the cytye wheruppon they counsaylled to gyther and made a note in paper of dyuers statutes prouysyons and ordynaunces to be graunted whyche myght more properly be named abhomynacyons For they were deuysed to theyr synguler profyte to y e great hurt of all other marchauÌ„tes commynge to the citye and to all other fayres and markettes of Englande and also preiudycyall to the vnyuersall weale of the realme The whyche when they were ouersene by the heddes of the cytye yt was shewyd vnto the sayd coÌ„mons that theyr ordynaunces were not lefull nor charytable orderyd and therfore they knewe well they shulde not be admytted wyllyng theÌ„ to deuyse other But all was in vayne By meane wherof both those other that were ryght necessary for the coÌ„mon weale of the cytye were reiected put of Then y e Barons vpon the morowe folowynge saynt Iamys daye departed from London towarde wyndesore to se the gydynge of the castell where at theyr commynge they putte out the foresayde allyauntes before set in by syr Edward the kinges son the whyche assocyat wyth other yode vnto Fulham where the kynge then lay and shewyd to hym that the Barons had spoyled them of suche goodes as they hadde and that wythout cause But the kynge put them of for that season and warned them to sue to hym agayne about Mychelmasse when more of his couÌ„sayll was with hym then they shuld haue iustyce Uppon the second daye folowyng the feaste of saynte Mathew or the xxiii daye of september the kynge the quene with his sonnes and other nobles of thys land toke shyppyng and sayled into Fraunce to be present at the Frenche kynges parlyaament then holden at Bonony And the morow after the octabis of saynt Mychaell he landed agayne at Douer And the frydaye folowynge he came vnto London And vppon the tuesday folowyng passed a queste of .xii. knyghtes of Mydd sworne vpon a iury betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye for certayne pryuyleges that the cytesyns of London claymed wythin westmynster where by the sayde iurye it was founden before Gylbert of Prestone then chefe Baron of the kynges excheker that the sâ—ryues of London at those days myght lawfully enter into the town of westmynster and all other tenemeÌ„tes that the abbot then hadde wythin Myddelsex vnto the gate of the sayd abbay and there to make summons and dystrayne for lacke of apparaunce all and eueryche tenaunte of the sayde abbot About the quindena of saynt Mychaell the fourmer complaynt of the allyauntes and other whyche as aboue ye haue harde was shewed before the kyng and y e lordes in the parlyament holden at westmynster where lastely yt was sentencyd that the Barons shulde restore all suche goodes as they and theyr companye hadde taken from all suche persons before that daye as well to allyauntes as other both spyrytuall and temporall and also that suche menyall seruauntes as shulde be dayly in the kynges house and about his person shulde be suche as the kynge wolde chose and admyt hym selfe the whyche ii artycles the Barons vtterly denyed wherfore the olde rancoure toke place and dyssencyon kyndled his fyre of malyce agayn betwen the kynge and his lordes feruently Anno domini M.CC.lxii  Anno domini M.CC.lxiii  Robert Moumplere  Thomas fyz Thomas  Anno .xlvii.  Robert de Suff.  IN thys .xlvii. yere by procurement and styrynge of the Barons the commons of the cytye of London chase vnto theyr mayre for that yere Thomas fyz Thomas and wythout counsayll of the aldermen sware at Guyldehall vppon the day of Symon and Iude and made no presentement of hym vppon the morowe folowynge nother to the kyng nor yet to the Barons of the kynges excheker as they of ryght ought to haue done For the whych presumpcyon the kynge was greuously dyscontentyd agayne the cytye Soone after the kynge aduertysynge well y t the citye wolde take the Barons partye and causyd syr Edwarde his son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne wherof when he knewe that he was in possessyon the kynge erly in a mornynge a lytell to fore Crystemas departed from westmynster rode vnto the sayde castell whyther shortely after came also many of the lordes that were vppon the kynges partye And as faste the lordes and knyghtes whych helde wyth the erle of Leyceter drew them toward Lonlon so y t on eyther partye was mych people assembled In the whyche passe tyme some well dysposyd laboryd a concorde betwene the kynge hys lordes By whose meanes fynally yt was agreed by bothe partyes that all maters concernynge the fore sayde artycles of statutes and ordynauÌ„ces made at Oxenford and after by the .xii. Perys that the Frenche kynge shuld deme and iudge whych shulde be holden and whyche not And as he demyd both partyes promysed assuredly to abyde Upon whiche agrement copyes were made of the sayde statutes and wyth letters shewynge the effecte of the fourmer agrement sent vnto the sayde kynge of Fraunce then beynge saynt Lewys And in the Crystmas weke folowynge the kyng toke shyppynge with syr Edward his son and other of his counsayll and sayled into Fraunce for the foresayde cause And for the partye of the sayd Barons was sent ouer syr Peter de Mountforde and other Then before Lewys kynge of Fraunce those statutes were sore argued vppon both parties How be yt in the ende the Frenche kynge callynge before hym both parties vpon the day before y e conuersyon of saynt Paule or the .xxiiii. daye of Ianuary syttynge in iudgement gaue expresse sentence that all and eueryche of the sayde statutes and ordynaunces shulde be from y e daye foreward vtterly foredone and set at noughte and all suche bandes and promyses that the kyng or any other had made for the mayntenaunce of the same shulde be adnulled cancellyd and the kynge and all other for any mater concernynge those statutes set at lybertye After whyche sentence thus gyuen the kynge retourned into Englande so that he came to London the .xv. daye of Februarye But the Barons beynge sore amoued wyth this sentence notynge greate parcyaltye vnto the Frenche kynge departed from London westwarde so into the marchys of walys
lytell regarded for so mych as our lordê other our trusty frendes whyche dayly byde wyth vs ye veryn and greue and theym pursue to the vttermost of your powers and yet dayly enteÌ„de as ye by the reporte of your letters haue vs ascertayned we the greue of them admyt take for our owne specyally when they for theyr fydelyte whyche they to vs dayly impende stande and abyde by vs to oppresse your ifidelyte and vntrouthe wherfore of your fauoure or assuraunce we sette lyttell store but you as our enymyes we vtterly defye wytnesse our selfe at our towne of Lewys the .xii. daye of this moneth of May. And ouer this the kyng of Romaynes syr Edwarde the kynges sonne and the other lordes beyng theÌ„ with the kynge sente vnto them a nother letter wherof the tenour ensuyth RIcharde by the grace of god kynge of Romaynes alwaye Augustus and Edwarde the noble fyrst begotten son of the kyng of England all other Barons fermely standynge and abydynge wyth our souerayne lorde the kynge to Symonde be MouÌ„tford Gylbert de Clare and all other theyr false felowes By the letters whych ye sent vnto the kynge our moste souerayne lorde we vnder stande that we are defyed of you Neuerthelesse this worde of dyffyaunce apperyd vnto vs suffycyently before by the depredacyon and brennyng of our manours and carienge away of our goodes wherfore we wyll that ye vnderstande that we defye you as our mortall publyke enmyes And when so euer we may come to reueÌ„gement of the iniuryes y t ye to vs haue done we shal acquit it to y e vttermost of our powers And where ye put vppon vs that nother trewe nor good counsayll to our souerayne lorde the kynge we gyue ye therin say falsely and vntrewly And yf y e saieng ye syr Symonde de Mountforde and syr Gylbert de Clare wyll iustifye in the courte of our souerayne lord we are redy to purchase to you suerty safe commynge that there we may proue our trew and faythfull innocencye your false and traytorouse lyenge wytnessyd wyth y e seales of Rychard kynge of Romaynes syr Edwarde forenamed Gyuen at Lewys the .xii. daye of May. WHen the Baronys had receyued these letters from the kyng and his lordes they perceyued well that there was none other mean but defeÌ„de theyr cause by dynt of sword wherfore they puttyng theyr trust in god spedde theym forth toward the kynge And vppon a wednysday beynge then the .xxiiii. daye of May erly in the mornynge both hostes met where after the LoÌ„doners had gyuen the fyrst assaute they were betyn backe so that they began to draw from the sharpe shot and strokes to the discomforte of the Barons hoste But y e Barons encoraged and comforted theyr men in suche wyse that not alonely the freshe and lusty knyghtes fought egerly but also suche as before were scomfyted recoueryd theyr vertue strength fought wythout fere in so myche that the kynges vaward lost theyr places Then was the felde coueryd wyth dede bodyes gaspynge gronyng was hard on euery syde For eyther was desyrous for to bryng the other out of life And the fader sparyd not the son nor the son y t fader AllyauÌ„ce at y e tyme was turned vnto dyffyaunce and crysten blood that daye was shad wythoute pytie Thus duryng the cruell fyght by the more parte of y e day lastely the victory fyll to the Barons so y t there was taken the kynge the kynge of Romayns syr Edwarde the kynges son wyth many other noble men to the nomber of .xxv. Barons and Banerettes people slayn a great multytude ouer .xx. thousande as sayth myne authours when the Barons had thus obteyned vyctorye prouysyon was made for y e saufe kepyng of the prysoners so that all were sent vnto dyuers castellys and prysons except the kyng his brother the kynge of Almayne syr Edwarde his son the whych the Barons helde wyth theym tyll they came to London Then a new graunte was made by the kynge that the foresayd statutes shuld stande in strength And yf any were thought vnreasonable they to be corrected and amendyd by foure noble men of the realme that is to meane .ii. of the spyrytualtye and .ii. of the temporaltye And yf those .iiii. myght not agree that then the erle of Angeou and duke of Burgoyn to be iudges of that mater And this to be fermely holden and obeyed by the kynge and hys brother the kynges graunted that theyr sonnes heyres shuld remayne wyth the Barons as prysoners tyll all thynge were fynysshed accordynge to the former agrement And vppon thys was a parlyament appoynted to be holden at London at Penthecoste folowynge but that came neuer to purpose TheÌ„ the tuesday before the Assencyon day peace was proclaimed in London betwene the kynge and hys Barons And vppon the daye folowynge the kynge the Barons came vnto London with the kynge of Romayns syr Edwarde the kynge sonne Then syr Edward as pledge for the kyng and syr Henry sonne vnto the kynge of Almayn were sent vnto the toure and there lodged and from theÌ„s vnto Douer castell And the kyng was lodged in the byshoppes palays by Paules and the kynge of Almayne with dyuers other within the towre Then yt was agreed by the kynge that for his more suertye and for the weale of the lande that the erle of Leyceter shuld be ressyauÌ„t in the kynges courte Uppon the whyche agrement other many of the prysoners were set at large In this passe tyme before the felde of Lewys y e quene the kyng of Romayns had sent ouer y e see for souldy ours to ayde the kynge agayne the Barons whych now were comen in great nomber vnto Douer there houed in y e see to haue laÌ„ded wherof herynge the Barons sent the kyng of Romayns to the castell of Berkham stede as prisoner tyll the sayde allyauntes were retourned and caused kynge Henry wyth a great power to ryde thyder and force the sayde hoste of straungers to retourne into theyr owne countreys And when the kynge had returned the sayde straungers he shortly after wyth agrement of the barons sayled ouer into Fraunce and retourned agayne wythin short terme Anno domini M.CC.lxiii  Anno domini M.CC.lxiiii  Osbert wynter  Thomas fyz Thomas  Anno .xlviii.  Phylyppe Taylour  IN this .xlviii. yere the lordes of the marches about the feast of Crystmasse assembled theym in those costes and dyd myche harme vppon the lordeshyppes and manours of the erlys of Leyceter and of Glouceter standynge in the marches of walys wherfore the kynge rode shortely after to Glouceter and called there a counsayl of his lordes By authoryte of whych counsayll yt was enacted that as many of y e sayd lordes as came not in by the octauis of saynte Hyllary nexte folowynge yelded them vnto the kynges grace shuld be exyled And by the sayd couÌ„sayll was also agreed
that in y e sayd octaues shulde a parlyament be holdyn at westmynster At whyche daye the kyng wyth his lordes spyrytuall and temporall and commons of hys lande beganne his forsayde parlyament Durynge the whyche yt was there shewed the kynge beynge present that he nor syr Edward his son nor none of theym shulde after that daye greue or cause to be greuyd the erles of Leyceter and of Glouceter y e Barons Banerettes or knyghtes the citesyns of London and Barons of the .v. portes nor none other ê‘sons or persones of hyghe or low degree that was vpon the partye of the sayd erles for any mater of dyspleasure done agayne the kynge and the sayd syr Edwarde his sonne at any tyme before that day And that to vphold the kynge before hys lordes was sworne And after that was shewed and rad a charter of pardon concernynge the sayde cause and a confyrmacyon of the statutes of the foreste wyth many other actes and statutes before graunted of the kynge Then in the feaste of saynt Gregory folowynge or the .xii. daye of Marche syr Edwarde the kynges son y t beforne was also sworn to performe such promyses as the kyng had made before in the parliament was delyueryd at lyberte also syr Henry the kynges son of Almayne the whych had ben kept as pledge as ye before haue harde vppon the terme of .ix. monethes odde dayes vpon assurauÌ„ce made that y e sayd syr Edwarde shuld dwel and abyde in the kynges courte and not to departe from thens wythoute lycence of the kyng and of a certayne of the Barons After this many instrumentes bandes were made by the kynge and syr Edwarde his son for the performaunce of couenaunts paccyons made betwene the kynge and the Barons whyche shortly after came to small effecte In the season betwene Easter and Penthecoste for orderynge of the aforesaid statutes made at Oxenford fell deffencyon betwene the erles of Leyceter of Glouceter so that wordes of dyspleasure was vtteryd betweene them the kynge and they also beynge then at Glouceter Then the kynge and his Barons had laboure to set theym at vnyte and reste And vppon the see the Barons of the .v. portes robbed and spoyled all men that they myght take sparynge nother Englyshe marchauntes nor other Of whych prayes as y e coÌ„mon fame then went some of the Barons of the lande hadde good parte In the whytson weke folowynge y e kynge wyth the erle of Leyceter and syr Edwarde hys sonne wyth many other lordes beynge at Herforde in y e edge of walys the sayd syr Edward secretly and wythout lycence departed from the courte and yode vnto Chester where he accoÌ„panyed to him the erle of Glouceter and y e lordes of the Marches the erle of wareÌ„ne syr Roger Mortymer and other from thens went vnto Glouceter breking the brydges as he went to the entent that he were not folowed tyll he had assembled his power when knowlege of thys came vnto the erle of Leyceter he in al hast sent vnto syr SymoÌ„de his son y t he shuld gather his knyghtes vnto hym The which accordyng to y e coÌ„maundemeÌ„t assembled vnto hym myche people with them drew toward wynchester so that he came before the cytye vppon the euyn of the translacyon of saynte Swythyn or the .xiiii. daye of the moneth of Iulye where he was shyt out for so mych as the cytesyns knewe not whyther he came as the kynges frende or not And also lytell before they hadde receyued a letter from syr Edwarde wyllynge theym to holde theym out of the cytye For these causes the citesyns closed theyr gates agayn the sayd syr Symonde and hys companye But yt was not longe or the cytye was yelden Then they spoyled the town and slewe the more partye of the Iewes that dwellyd wythin the same And that done layd syege vnto the castell and assauted it But for tydynges were fayned of the coÌ„mynge of syr Edwarde with hys power they departyd shortely thens and so yode vnto Kenelworth Uppon the laste daye of Iuly syr Edwarde wyth hys hoste came vnto Kenelworth foresaid and fyll sodaynly vppon the hoste of the forenamed syr Symonde and wyth shedynge of lytell blood toke there prysoners the erle of Oxenforde wyllyam de mount Canyse Adam de Newmarket syr Balwyne wake and Hughe Neuyle wyth dyuers other and syr Symonde fledde into the castell and so escaped Then these forenamed prysoners were all sent vnto Glouceter and there putte in suer kepynge In this meane whyle syr Symonde erle of Leyceter toke leue of the kynge whyche then from Herforde passed the ryuer of Seuerne and so yode vnto worceter And y e erle with great payne passed the brydges before by syr Edwarde broken and passed the couÌ„treys in gaderynge of people as he went so y t in processe he had wyth hym stronge power wherof herynge syr Edwarde costed towarde hym and the .vi. daye of August met wyth hym at Euysham in worceter shyre where betwene theym was foughten a cruell fyght In y t whych at length was slayn the sayd syr Symonde and syr Henry his sonne and heyre syr Hughele Spenser syr Peter de Mountforde and many other noble men that helde vppon the Barons partye After whych scomfyture some malycyous dysposed persons in despyte of the erle cut of his hode his dimyssaryes and fastyned them vppon eyther syde of hys nose and after made a present therof vnto the wyfe of syr Roger Mortymer Hys fete also and his handes were cut from the body and sente to sondry places and the trunke of hys bodye buryed wythin the chyrch of Euysham Of this erle speketh Ranulphe muÌ„ke of Chester in his boke of Policronycon and calleth hym Symon the ryght wise sayynge that god wrought for hym myracles after his deth the whyche forfere of the kynge and syr Edwarde his sonne were kept close and secret so that no man durste speke of them Soone after this victory thus obteyned by syr Edward y e kyng he met by whose authorytyes all prysoners theÌ„ which were in hold in dyuers places by y â— coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of y e sayd syr Edward were set at lybertie many other dayly accused set in for them And about the natyuyte of our lady a parliameÌ„t was holdeÌ„ at winchester where by authoryte of y e same all statutes ordinauÌ„ces before made by y e Barons at Oxenforde in the .xli. yere of y e kyng were vtterly fordone set at nought and all bondes wrytynges made by the kyng or any other for the obseruynge of the same were cancellyd and broken Also at thys couÌ„sayll was ordeyned that all such as had fauoured the Barons were they in pryson or at large shulde be disherited And then y e kyng resumed into his hande all grauntes before made and gyuen to any person And for syr Symounde de Mountforde myght not agree wyth the kynge at the parlyament he was restored to the castel of Kenelworth as he
grew to makynge of partyes so that wyth the goldsmythes toke partye the felyshyp or craft of wyth the tayllours helde y e craft of stayners By meane of thys myche people nyghtly gaderyd in the stretes in harneys And at length as yt were prouyded y e thyrd nyght of the sayde partyes met vpon the nomber of .v. huÌ„dred men on both sydes and ran to gyther wyth such violence y t some were slayn and many wouÌ„ded Then outcrie was made so y t the shy reffes with strength of other coÌ„mons came to the ryddynge of theym and of theym toke certayn persones and sent them vnto dyuers prysons and vppon the morowe suche serche was made that the moste of the chefe causers of that fray were taken and put in warde Then vppon the freday folowyng saynt Katheryns day sessyons were kepte at Newgate by the mayre and LaureÌ„ce de Broke iustyce and other where .xxx. of the sayd persones were arregned of felony and .xiii. of them caste and hanged And for one Godfrey de Beuerlay holpe to arme one of the sayd persons he was also caste amonge the other In lent folowyng the kynge beyng at westmynster commauÌ„ded the mayre of London to present vnto hym .vi. persones such as were able to be shyriffes Of the whyche .vi. so presented y e kyng chase .ii. for to be shyreffes that is to say wyllyam de Durham and walter Henry and then caused theym to be sworne that they shulde gader the profytes of the cytye and to gyue a trewe accompte before the Barons of the excheker And the morow after saynt Iamis daye or the .xxvi. daye of Iuly the kynge dyscharged syr Aleyn Souch mayre and made StephaÌ„ Edworth constable of the toure and custos of the cytye of London Of these rulers of the cytye after the yere that Thomas fyz Thomas was mayre are dyuers oppynyons For after some writers from that yere whyche as the xlviii yere of kynge Henry tyll the lviii yere of hys reygne in the whyche yere Iohan Adryan draper was mayre were all custodyes and gardeyns and no mayres and who to y e was then constable of the towre of LoÌ„don was also custos of the cytye About this tyme also by medyacy on and meanes of syr Edwarde all suche dysheryted persones as kepte the yle of Ely were reconcyled vnto the kynge and all fortresses and defences therin by theym made plucked away and destroyed And in thys moneth of Iuly Octobonus the legat after he had made many good rules in the chyrche not wythoute great charge of dymes leuyed of the same toke his leue of the kynge and rode towarde the see syde with great treasour and so returned in processe of tyme to Rome where after Innocent the fyft about the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred .lxxvi. he was chosen and created pope and then named Adryan y t .v. of y t name and dyed wythin .l. dayes of his eleâ—yon This yere also for so myche as many of the cytesyns of London for the great imposycyon charge that they were sette at towarde the fyne of .xx. thousande marke forenamed wyth other charges voyde the cytye wyth theyr housholdes and goodes enhabited them in dyues places of the lande thynkynge therby to be acquited of the sayd sessyng or charge the other of the cytye whych remayned made instant laboure to y e kyng and had yt graunted that all suche as for the sayde cause hadde voyded theyr goodes out of the cytye shulde be distrayned by the shyryff of y e shyre where they then dwelled and forcyd to paye all suche summes as they before were assessyd at And in the moneth of September the forenamed .v. cytesyns whych remayned prysoners in the towre of wyndefore that is to saye Thomas fyz Thomas Mychaell Tony Stephan Buckerell Thomas Pywelysdon and IohnÌ„ de la Flete as before in the ende of the .xlviii. yere is expressyd made at thys season theyr ende wyth syr Edwarde the kynges sonne for great summes of money were delyueryd Anno domini M.CC.lxix  Anno domini M.CC.lxx  wyllyam Haddystoke  Thomas fiz Thomas  Anno .liiii.  Anketyll de Aluerne  IN this .liiii. yere beganne an harde froste about the feaste of saynt Andrew and enduryd tyll yt was nere vnto Candelmasse The whych was so feruent that Thamys aboue the bridge betwene London westmynster was so harde frosyn y e men and bestes passed ouer on fote from Lambhyth to westmynste and so vpward in dyuers places to Kyngstone and marchaundyse was caryed from Sandwych other hauens of the see vnto London by lande for that shyppes at y e season myghte not entre into the ryuer of Thamys And about the feaste of saynte Uedast fyll suche plent of water y e Thamys flowed and rose so hyghe y â— the lyke therof was not sene by men then lyuynge wherof ensued mych harme about London for the selers by the water syde were all drowned and in theym great plente of marchaundyse peryshed and loste In this yere in the begynnynge of lent y e kynge gaue vnto syr Edward his son the rule of the cytye of London with all reuenues and profytes to yt belongynge After whyche gyft y e sayd syr Edwarde made syr Hugh the son of Othon coÌ„stable of y e towre and custos of the cytye And vppon the .ix. daye of Apryll ensuynge syr Edmunde the kynges other sonne surnamed Crouch bake maryed at westminster the doughter of the erle of Aumarle For solempnyte wherof the kynge kept there in y e great hall a great honorable feaste the sondaye folowynge And vppon the daye of saynte Erkenwalde or the laste daye of Apryll nexte ensuynge syr Edwarde y e kynges sonne commaunded the citesyns of London to presente vnto hym .vi. persones able to be shyreffes of London Of the whyche he admytted to that offyce wyllyam de Hadestoke Anketyll de Aluerne sware them to be accomptauntes as theyr predecessours were And the .vi. daye of May folowyng pÌ„sentyd at y e Guyld hall and there chargyd of new At these dayes a newe custome or toll was vsed to be payed by the cytysyns of London vnto the kynge whych toll syr Edwarde then hadde letten so ferme to a marchaunt strauÌ„ger for .xx. marke by yere wherfore the cytesysn not wyllynge to be vnder the rule of a strauÌ„ger made grete suyte vnto the sayde syr Edwarde and lastely agreed wyth hym to bye the sayde tolle free for the summe of two hundred marke And in the ende of this yere that is to meane the .xiii. daye of October the kynge lette translate wyth great solemnytye the holy body of saynte Edwarde kynge and confessour that before laye in the syde of the quere where the monkes nowe synge into the chapell at the backe of the hyghe aulter of westmynster abbay there layde yt in a ryche shryne And in this yere the kynge hadde graunted vnto hym towarde his vyage purposyd by hym
his marchauÌ„tes myght vse theyr entercourse into FlauÌ„dres as they before tymes had done such lossis as before was by theym susteyned shulde be recompensyd And so soone after an amytye betwene the kynge and her was concluded In this yere about y e ende of Marche dyed Rychard kynge of Almayn and erle of Cornewayle brother to the kynge and was buryed at Haylys an abbaye of whyte monkes by hym before tymes buylded after he hadde ben kynge of Almayne by the terme of .xv. yeres But after the rehersall made before in the .xxx. yere of this kyng Henry he shuld reygne xvi yeres In the moneth of Iuny y e monastery of y e Trinite in y e citie of Norwiche was consumed wyth fyre by reason of a fraye made betwene seruauntes of the abbaye and some of the cytezeyns of the cytye whyche grewe to a great skyrmysshe For the pryour of the same and other of the monkes purueyed sowdyours and helde y e belfray and the chyrch by force of armys and threwe out stones dartes and shotte many arrowes by reason wherof many of y e towne were bothe wounded slayne whyche broughte the comons and yonge men in suche a furye and madnesse that they fyrid the gates and after forced the fyre with rede and drye woode that the chyrche wyth the bookes all other ornamentes of the same and all houses of offyce belongynge to the same abbey were clene brent and throwen downe so that nothynge was preserued excepte a lytell Chapell whaÌ„ tydynges of thys ryot came to y e kyngê knowlege he was therwith greuously dyspleased so that he rode thyder soone after and there commaunded questes to be charged of knyghtes esquyres that dwelled in the countre aboute and to endyte all suche persones as were occasyoners and executours of that dede By reason of whyche enquery fynally were caste and iuged vppon the nombre of .xxx. yonge men of the towne the whyche were after drawen to the place of execucyon and there hanged and brent to the great dyscomfyture sorowe of the cytezeyns For they thought y e pryour of the place was the occasyoner of all that myschyef whych was borne out defended by the bysshop of Norwyche than beyng named Roger And this yere were diuers prodygies strauÌ„ge tokens sene in dyuers places of Englande amoÌ„ge y e whych at Grenewyche besyde London a laÌ„be was yenyd hauynge .ii. perfyte bodyes wyth all membres and but one heed Anno domini M.C.lxxii  Anno domini M.CC.lxxiii  Rycharde Parys  Syr walter Henry  Anno .lvii.  IohnÌ„ Bedyll  IN thys .lvii. yere of kynge HeÌ„ry and begynnynge of the same the kynge sykened so that he was forcyd to kepe his bed at westminster where he called before hym syr Gylberte de Clare erle of Glouceter and caused hym to be newly sworne to kepe the peas of the lande to the behofe of Edwarde hys sonne and than dyed vppon the daye of saynte Edmunde the bysshoppe or the .xvi. day of Nouembre and was buryed vppon the southesyde of saynte Edwarde in westmynster whenne he had reygned .lvi. yeres .xxviii. days leuynge after hym syr Edwarde beforenamed for hys heyre EdmuÌ„de Crowchbak In a table haÌ„gyng vpoÌ„ the tombe of the sayd Henry are written these verses folowynge Tercius Henricus iacet hic pietatis amicus Ecclesiam strauit istam quam post renouauit Reddat ei munus qui regnat trinus vnus The whyche may be Englysshed as foloweth The frende of pyte and of almesse dede Henry the thyrde whylome of Englande kynge who thys chyrch brake after hys mede Agayn renewed into this fayre buyldynge Nowe resteth in here whyche dyd so great a thynge He yelde hys mede that lorde in deyite That as one god reygneth in persones thre Francia LOwys the .ix. of y e name and sonne vnto the seconde Phylyp begaÌ„ his reygne ouer the realme of FrauÌ„ce in the yere of our lorde .xii. C.xxiii and the .vii. yere of the thyrde HeÌ„ry then kynge of Englande Thys Lowys was crowned at Raynes vpon the daye of saynt Sixtus the pope or the .vi. day of August By the meane of thys Lowys as testifieth the freÌ„she cronycle retourned the blode of Pepyn to the enherytaunce of the crowne of Fraunce whose name was Isabell doughter of Bawdewyn erle of Henaut whych Bawdewyn was discendyd of Ermengaunte somtyme countesse of Namoure whyche was doughter to Charles duke of Lorayne the whyche Charles was lynyally dyscended of Charles the CoÌ„querour that was sonne of Charles Martellus the sonne of Pepyn whan thys Lowys had passed the solempnytye of hys coronacyon he made a vyage into y e countre of Poytiers and there wanne from the Englysshe men certayne castelles townes as before in the .x. yere of Henry the thyrde is touched The whyche vyage by hym fynysshed he at y e contemplacyon and prayer of kyng Iohan kynge of Hierusalem toke vpoÌ„ hym the crosse to warre vpoÌ„ the Turkes and after all thynges for that vyage made redy passed with hys hoost by Burgys Neuers and so to Lyon and from Lyon to Auygnd the whyche for dysobedyence to the chyrche of Rome had stande accursed vppon the terme of .vii. yeres But where as kynge Lowys supposed he shulde haue passed with hys people as he had passed the other cytyes y e cytezeyns closed the gates agayne hym wolde nat suffre hym nor hys to come within the cytye wherfore the kynge commaunded assaute to be made and so continued there hys siege tyll the myddell of August the whyche was begon aboute the ende of NoueÌ„bre and loste there many of hys men amoÌ„ge the whych Guy erle of saynte Paule a man of great fame was one with y e bysshop of Lemeryk and other to the noÌ„bre of .ii. M. or theraboute wherewith thys Lowys was so amoued that he made a solempne othe that he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had wonne the towne when that the rulers of the towne had knowlege of the kynges aâ—owe and promesse that he had made they toke aduysemente and shortly after sent vnto the kynge .ii. noble men of the cytye to entreate and common of peas But peas was to them vtterly denyed except they wolde submytte theym hooly to the correccyon of the pope For the offence done to god hys chyrch of Rome after to staÌ„de to the kynges dome for dyspleasure done agayne hym In the ende thoughe thys condycyon were greatly agayne theyr mynde it was lastly agreed vnto and the kynge with his people was receyued into the cytye And after he had restyd hym there a season that the cytezens had agreed theym with the popes legate and receyued of hym absolucioÌ„ with a new bysshop named Peter Corbio of the popes eleccyon than Gregory the .ix. with other thynges done accordinge to the sayd popes commaundement Then kynge Lowys commaunded fyrste the dyches of the towne to be fylled playne with the grounde And
that done he caused to be caste vnto the erthe .iii. C. of y e fayrest houses of the cytye And after certayne suÌ„mes of money by hym receyued towarde hys charge he departed thens towarde Tholowse there by aduyce of hys barony for so moche as wynter was towarde he retourned into Fraunce so sped hym on hys iourney that vppoÌ„ the euyn of all Saintes he came to a place called MouÌ„te Pauncer in the prouynce of Aluerne where he was takeÌ„ with stronge sykenesse and dyed within .iiii. dayes after whose corps with grete honour was conueyed vnto saynt Denys there buryed by hys father when he had reygned .iii. yeres leuynge after hym a sonne the whych is nowe named saint Lowys and was than of y e age of .xii. yeres or nere thereaboute LOwys the .x. of that name surnamed saint Lowys and son of the .ix. Lowys laste kynge began hys reygne ouer the lande of FrauÌ„ce in the moneth of Nouember and yere of grace .xii. C. .xxvi. and y e .x. yere of Henry the .iii. then kynge of Englande The whyche for hys tendernesse of youthe was thought insufficyent to take so greate a charge and specyally of y e duke of Brytayne thaÌ„ named Peter Mancler the whyche encensed and styred many noble men agayne the sayde Lowys But at length by prouysyon of quene Blanche hys mother and other lordes he subdued hys enemyes at Raynes was crowned in the moneth of DeceÌ„ber folowyng of the bysshop of Soy sons for so moche as at that tyme y e see of Raynes was voyde The .iiii. yere of hys reygne and of hys age .xvii. he buylded the house of relygyon called Royan mount settherin monkes of Cysteauxe ordre whyte monkes and endewed theym with ryche possessyons It was nat longe after that great varyaunce fyll betwene the vnyuersytye or studientes of Parys and the cytezeyns of the same in suche wyse that the studyentes were in purpose to haue lafte y e cytye to haue kepte theyr study ellys where Of y e whych stryfe the frenche boke expresseth nat the cause but saythe that the kynge made good spede to agree theym for so moche as kyng HeÌ„ry of Englande had made laboure to the sayde studyentes to come into hys countre to enhabyte theym there with many great pryueleges But in coÌ„clusion y e frenche kynge so entreated theÌ„ that they agreed to reste there styll And that of a congrueÌ„ce for they myghte dwell in no lande where they shulde more surely be defended For y e kyng of Fraunce bereth the floure de Lyce for one of that causes that is to saye for to defende the clergy And the fayth of Chryste betokeneth the myddle leef And the thyrde betokeneth Chyualry So that by the chyualry the clergy is defended whych mayâ—teyne the faythe of the holy chyrche Aboute thys season kynge Lowys maryed to hys fere Margarete the doughter of the erle of Prouynce Soone after y e matrymony was solepnysed Frederyk the secoÌ„de before in y e story of HeÌ„ry the .iii. mynded Emperour of Almayne set vnto Lowis requyrynge hi y e he wolde mete hym at a place called Ualcolour to y e ende that he myght commoÌ„ with hym whyche request kynge Lowys accepted with a goodly company kepte there hys daye of metynge But whan the Emperour was ware that he was commen thyder wyth suche a company he fayned hym syke and broke hys appoyntement wherfore the frenshmen construyed that yf the kynge had comen thyder with a small or weke company he wolde haue conueyed hym into hyghe Almayn and there to haue kepte hym tyll he had of hym hys pleasure concernynge the warre betwene kynge Henry and hym or in other thynges But when kynge Lowys espyed the delucyon of the Emperour he then retourned into Fraunce It was nat longe after that y e kynge was enfourmed of the obstynacy of the Albygensis the whyche of longe tyme had beÌ„ effected with dyuers poyntes of herysy and many tymes recoÌ„cyled by the kynges of Fraunce and other yet fallen agayne to the sayde errour wherfore the kynge sent vnto syr Iohan Beawmount the whych ioyned vnto theym chargynge hym to enuade that countre and to waste and distroy it tyll he had forced theym to restore to the chyrch suche goodes as they before had taken frome it and ouer that to cause theym to make amendes to the good chrysten people whyche they had harmed by meanes of theyr rapynes and exorcyoÌ„s UpoÌ„ whyche commaundement thus froÌ„ y e kynge receyued the sayde Iohan with a competent nombre of knyghtes entred the sayd couÌ„tre and layde syege to a stroÌ„g castell named MouÌ„t Royall And after many forte assautes wanne the sayd castell manned it with Frenchemen And than yode to an other stronge holde than named Saygos and there lykewyse ordered the same And after wastyng the countre wanÌ„e from theym many townes holdes so that in the ende he forced the chyefrules of that prouynce to obey theym to all hys hestê and delyuered to hym suertyes or hostagys for the perfourmaunce of the same So y t he retourned into FraÌ„ce with greate pompe and honour and receyued of the kyng at hys home coÌ„mynge great thanke with many ryche gyftes Aboute the .xv. yere of kynge Lowys the warre was quyckened betwene thys Lowys HeÌ„ry the .iii. than kynge of Englande for causes before shewed in the .xxvi. yere of the sayde Henry And after that warre as there is shewed ended the kynge whyche was towarde the cytye of Lyon to haue vysyted the pope Innocent the .iiii. whyche thyder was fled for fere of Frederik the fore named Emperour was taken with a sykenesse named dyssenterya of the flux wherwith he was so greuously vexed that he laye longe at a towne called Poyntoyse and was in great ieopardy of lyfe where lastly after many pylgrymages for hym done with prayers and other obseruaunces longe to accompt lastly it came to hys mynde that yf it pleased god to restore hym to hys helth he wolde make a vyage into the holy lande there warre vpon Chrystes enemyes After whyche promyse solemply auowed he mended dayly and was sone after restored vnto hys helthe whan the kynge was recouered and retorned vnto Parys he called a couÌ„sayll of spyrytuall and temporall there shewed vnto theym of the promesse whyche he had made requyryng theÌ„ of theyr assystence and ayde wherin he fonde hys lordes were agreable And in the tyme and season y t prouysyon was made for that iourney the kynge wyth a goodly company rode vnto the abbey of Cluny to vysyte the foresayd pope and he taryed with hym .xv. dayes And after hys matter with hym sped wyth playne remyssyon to hym graunted and all other that kept with hym that vyage he retourned into Fraunce And vpoÌ„ wytsondaye folowynge he kepte a great courte of hys landes at MeleoÌ„ where in presence of them he called before hym Beatryce doughter vnto the erle of Prouince and syster to
the more parte of theyr cōpany where thorugh that symple feleshyp whyche named them selfe Shepherdes was dysseuered sparkelyd whan thys blessed kyng Lowys was delyuered from the daūger of hys enemyes was broughte out of Egypte into Syrye he there executed many dedes of charyte and of mekenes and repayred the cytye of Ioppen and other standyng vpon the see syde and from thens went on pylgrymage vnto Nazareth and to the mount of Thabor And when he was retourned vnto Ioppen he receyued there tydynges of the deth of dame Blāch his mother where after dyuers obseruan̄ces prayers done for the soule of hys mother he toke there shyppynge and sayled towarde Fraunce And nat withoute trauayle and trouble of the see at the ende of xii wekes he landed in the Hauen of Marcyll or Martyll and so sped his iournay that he came to Parys in y e yere of our lorde .xii. C. and .liiii. and the .vi yere after that he toke vppon hym the voyage where of the cytezeyns he was receyued wyth mooste honoure and gladnes And there callynge a coūsayl he refourmed many thynges for the weale of hys realme made one lawe whych is specyally remēbred that is that no man beyng in auctorytye of any hygh offyce as Prouost Pretour or any lyke office shuld bye any landes or rētes within that lordshype y t he had rule of And for that cause that he shuld nat extort or wronge or bye suche landes y e better chepe by reason of hys myghte or power At thys day the Prouosty or chyef rule or offyce was in the handes of y e cytezeyns of Parys by reason of a seale therof made to theym by the kynges progenytours By meane wherof many iniuryes and wronges were done vnto the common people and many theuys and other transgressours by fauoure and money passed vnpunysshed wherof thys blessed kynge Lowys beyng enfourmed vpon suffycyent profe made dyscharged the cytezeyns therof and assygned a man named Stephan Boyle in that offyce assygnynge to hym yerely a certayne stipend for executyng of that office and ordeyned that euer after the Prouost of Parys shuld be named by the kynge and hys heyres kynges He also made ordenaunces to auoyde strumpettes out of the cytye and punysshement for all accustomable great swerers wyth many other good ordenaunces and lawes the whyche I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. In this tyme and season were abydynge in Fraunce in a place called saynt Nicholas de Boys .iii. chyldrē borne in Flaundres the whych were sent thyder to lern y e maner of fraūce also to teche y e chyldrē of a knyghte named syr Guyllm̄ de Brunz to shot These chyldrē vpon a season passed the boūdes of the abbey groūde entred the warrayn of a lord of Fraūce called Enguerran lorde of Coucy there chased and shote at Conyes for theyr disport The whych were there takē of the seruaūtes of the sayd Enguerran presented to theyr lorde y e whych of hasty cruelnesse caused the iii. chyldrē with out pyte to be hāged wherof heryng y e Abbot of saint Nycholas cōplayned hym with the assystēce of y e fornamed syr Guillm̄ vnto the kyng The whych incōtynētly sēt to the sayd Enguerrā charging hym to apere before hys barony to answere to such matters as there shuld be layd vnto his charge wher in y e ende after many reasōs for hym layde he by great instāce of hys frendes was pardoned of y t greuous offence wyth cōdicion folowyng that is to meane fyrst he shuld pay vnto the kynge .x. M. li. of Parys money whych is to meane .xii. C. .l. li. sterling And ouer that he shuld warre vpō goddes enemyes in Syria by the space of .iii. yeres contynually vpon hys owne cost and charge And thyrdely he shulde buylde a chapel wherin two preestes shuld synge for euer for the soules of the sayd infauntes Or after mayster Gagwyne with the forsayd .x. M. li. other ayde of the kynge the hospytall in Parys named y e house of god in Pontoyse with the frayter of the freer minors or gray freers in Paris were made and repayred Than after many dedes of charite done by this vertuous prince as makynge of dyuers houses of relygyon seruyng of the poore people with his owne handes with fastinges other infynyte dedes of pytye he lastly in the .xxxiii. yere of hys reygne honourably receyued Hēry the .iii. thā kyng of Englande and stablyshed with hym a peas as before in the .xliiii. yere of the reygne of the sayd Henry is declared And that done he in the .xxxvi. yere of hys reygne maryed hys eldest son Phylyp vnto Isabell the doughter of Iamys kyng of Aragon By reason of whyche maryage the frenshe kyng gaue ouer to the sayd Iamys all suche ryght as he had in the lordshyppes of Besac Dampierre Rousselion and Barsellon And the sayde Iamys acquyted gaue ouer to Lowys all suche ryghte and tytle as he had in the lordshypes of Carcasson of Bygorre and of Anilly And soone after he sente Charles hys brother at the request of the .iiii. Alexaundre than pope into Cicilia with a great power to withstande y e vyolence of Manfrede sonne of Frederyke the second than Emperoure the whych agayne ryghte withhelde that kyngdome frome the chyrche of Rome whome Charles after longe fyght at a place named Boneuente slewe in batayll and after was made kyng of the sayd countre by auctorytye of the sayde pope Alexaunder payenge yerely vnto the chyrche of Rome .xl. M. ducates which is moch lyke after the rate of sterlyng money viii M.vi C.lxvi li. xiii s. iiii d. euery ducat accōpted at .iiii. s. iiii d. IT fyll so after that in the .xlii. yere of kynge Lowys Pope Clement the .iiii. of that name sent a legate vnto Lowys requyryng hym to ayde the crysten whyche in Siria were greuously warred with y e Turkes and Sarazyns At whose request the kyng called a counsayll wherin it was agreed y t socour shuld be made wherfore the kynge with hys .iii. sonnes Phylyp Iohn Peter toke on them the crosse And in the fyrste day of May the yere of hys reygne .xliii he with hys sayde sonnes and many other lordes of Fraunce as well spirytuall as temporall departed from Parys and frome thens rode vnto Cluny where he rested hym .iiii. days And from thēs sped hys iourney tyll he came to the forenamed porte of y t deed see where mette with hym a cardynall and legate of Rome with dyuers other bysshoppes of Fraunce the kyng of Nauarne the dukes son of Brytayn Alphōs erle of Poytiers the erles of Artoys and of Flaūdres with many other And whyle the kynge wyth hys hoost laye at the sayde porte taryeng a conuenable wynde a dyssencyon fyll betwene the Catholeynes and the men of Prouynce so that amonge theym was foughten suche a skyrmysshe that betwene theym was slayne vpon a hondreth men and many mo wounded or the stryfe myght
be all seased Soone after the kynge wyth hys lordes toke shyppynge and sayled with great daunger of tempest tyll lastly he came to the I le of Sardynes where the crysten host rested theym a season and after kept theyr cours til they came to the porte of Thunys or Cartage the .xviii. day of the moneth of Iulii where they rested in theyr shyppes that nyght Upō the morne whan they shuld lande all the porte was beset with Turkes and infydeles whych shotte dartes and kast stones to the greuaunce of the crysten host so that they wanne lande wyth great dyffyculte payne whan the kynge was landed he lodged hys people and after sent to serche for fresshe water to refresshe with hys hooste In whyche meane whyle the Admyrall of the kynges nauy came vnto the kynge requyryng hī to haue a certayne of knyghtes assygned vnto hym trustynge in god to wyn shortly the towne And so sped hym and assauted the towne But anone as the capytayne of the towne was ware of theyr commyng he with a great company issued oute of the towne and forced the crysten hoost to gyue backe wherfore kynge Lowys sent the Marshal of hys host with a certayne nombre of knyghtes to socoure the sayd Admyrall and in tyme of the fyght gatte betwene the Sarazyns and the towne so that whyle some faught with the Turkes the other wanne the towne wherof the Turkes beynge ware fled soone after but nat without great slaughter of thē For after that fyght many of theym whyche escaped frō the batayll were after slayne in cauernys and holes where they hyd theym in the grounde whan the towne of Cartage or Thunis was by y e cristē thus wonne anone the kynge commaunded the dede bodyes to be caste out the towne to be clēsyd of all ordours and fylthes And when all was done as the kynge had commaunded he then entred the towne and lodged within as many as the towne wolde holde And y e other he fortyfyed with dyches and other strengthes to preserue them from theyr enemyes and so taryed there the cōmyng of Charles hys brother and kyng of Cycilia It was nat lōge after that the cytye or towne was wonne but y t the kyng of Thunys with a great host of Turkes came nere to the towne made showys offers but they abode not therby One day the erle of Artoys in one company and a knyghte called syr Peter Cabellane in an other companye gatte betwene the see and the Turkes that they were compelled to fyght so that betwene theym was a cruell fyghte many slayne vppō both sydes But in the ende the Turkes were scomfyted chaced to theyr shyppes In thys fyghte were slayne ii cristen knyghtes named le Chastelayn and syr Iohn̄ de Ronssoylyers After thys batayll or fyght the Sarazyns made no great assautes But thē by reason of the unholsomnes of that countre sykenes fyll amonge y e crysten hoost so that the people dyed faste And shortly after the kyng was takē with suche a flixe and therwith an agu that he kept hys bedde And after the ryghtes of the chryche takē and certayne monycyons gyuen to hys sonne Phylyp how he shulde behaue hym in gydynge of the realme of Fraunce knowynge the houre of dethe approched charged suche as were aboute hym that they shuld lay hym vpon a bed of asshes powdre where he so lyeng a season in prayer expyred the day folowyng saint Bartholomeus tholomeus day or the .xxv. day of August when he had reygned .xliiii. yeres lackynge .ii. monethes leuynge after hym the .iii. forenamed sonnes Phylyp Iohn̄ Peter Thē the Bowellys were buryed in Cecilia and the body enbawmed with ryche oyntementes was recaryed vnto saynte Denys of Fraūce therwith greate reuerence entered The whych after for hys myracles of y e .vii. Bonyface was sette amonge the nombre of sayntes PHylyp the thyrde of that name and sonne of saynt Lowys beganne his reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce the .xxvi. daye of y t moneth of September in the yere of our lord .xii. C.lxx. and the .liiii. yere of Henry the .iii. than kynge of Englande and began than as before is shewed in Affrica at the towne or cytye of Thunys or Cartage accōpanyed with Charles hys vncle kynge of Cycyll the whych came to y e porte of Thunys the same day that kynge Lowys dyed after taryed there had many conflictes wyth the Turkes and bare hym so manfully that in the ende he forced y e kynge of Thunys to seche to hym for a peas The which was cōcluded for .x. yeres with certayne condycyōs of payeng of certayne money for y e kynge of Fraūces costes and certayne trowages of old tyme due vnto the kyng of Cycyll ye rely to be payde with many other artycles concernynge the same peace whyche I passe ouer After whyce peas concluded and assured the kynges of Fraunce and Cycyll toke shyppynge at the sayde porte of Thunys sayled towarde theyr countrees with great daunger of tempest of the see in processe of tyme landed in Cycyll where Philip with greate reuerence obseruaūce in mount Royall buryed y e bowelles of his father And y t done he toke his iourney towarde Fraunce thorughe Italy In whyche iourney dyed Isabell hys wyfe y e kyng of Nauerne Mary hys wyfe with many other to the nombre of .iii. M. and mo Lastly the kyng came vnto the cyty of Uiterbe where the cardynalles other spyrytuall men were in counsayll for the chosyng of a newe pope For at y e tyme the see was voyde by the deth of Clement the .iiii. But that eleccion was so dyuers that .ii. yeres expyred or they myght agree vpon a new pastor And thā they agreed vpō Theobalde archidiacon of Landēsse named after the .x. Gregory Frō Uiterbe the kyng rode to the moūt of Flaston̄ so ouer to the coūtre of Tuscayne so to the mount of Bergue then to y e cytye of Florēce from thens to Boloyng le Greysse and frō thens to Cremoygū where y e kynges officers were nat all well entreated In recōpensement wherof y e mayre burgeyses of that towne presented the kyng with .vii. stedes trapped in cloth of sylke other presētes whych the kyng with curteys thākfull wordes refused Then frō thens the kyng departed to Milan from Milan to Annergeaux and so to Susane a cytye of Sauoy and after passed the moūtaygnes so into the valys of Moryen and frō thens tourned towarde the cytye of Lyōs vpon Rosne and so to the cytye of Mastō in Burgoyn̄ and passed y e coūtre tyl they came to the abbey of Cluny and frō thens into the coūtre of Chāpayn so to the city of Trois and frō thēs passed the countrees tyll he came to the lordshype of Parys and so into the cytye of Parys Here I passe ouer the great prouysyon made by the cytesyns of Parys for the receyuynge
of theyr pryncys y t is to mene the corps of Lewys and theyr naturall prynce Phylyppe hys son and of the obseruaunces done and great assembles of the lordes spirytuall and temporall to welcome theyr prynce and doynge of theyr duties euery man according to honour But after al these ceremonies in due order fynyshed prouysyon was made for the coronacyon of the kynge The whyche was crowned at the cytye of Raynes vppon the daye of the assumpcyon of our lady in the yere of grace .xii. hundred .lxxi. SHortely after that the solempnyte of this coronacyon was passed kynge Phylyppe for his recreacyon rode into the countrey of Uermendoyse where after he had derestyd hym a season Robert erle of Artoys requyred hym to vysyte hys countrey where he was receyuyd of the burgeysys of Artoys wyth great honour and gladnes and there was feastyd with all disport and gladnes by a certayne of tyme after The whiche expyryd he returned into FrauÌ„ce About the thryde yere of his reygne the erle of Foys contrary y e kynges pleasure toke partye agayn Getarde a knyght lorde of the castell of Casseboun or Tasseboun y e which before had slayn y e brother of the erle of Armenac specyall freÌ„d of the sayd erle of Foyz whyche sayde two erles to reuenge the deth of theyr sayd brother pursued the sayde Gerarde so narrowly that for his sauegarde he refused his owne castell and fled vnto a castell of the kynges and there helde hym wyth his wyfe chyldren and substauÌ„ce But when the two erles were ware therof they sped them thyder wyth theyr powers and layd syege to the castell and in the ende threwe it downe to the grounde and slewe all the souldyours that they there founde as well the kynges seruauntes as other hopynge to haue founde theyr enymye Gerarde the whyche was escapyd thens secretly when the rumour of this dede came vnto the kynge he dysdayned sore that dede and toke yt ryght grevously In so myche that he called hys lordes and by theyr counsayll assembled hys knyghtes and entred wyth force the prouince of the erle of Foyz The whyche herynge of the kynges great dyspleasure fortyfyed hys castell and there helde hym The which was so besette wyth rokkes of stone that the kynge myght not wynne to yt wyth ease wherfore the kynge coÌ„maunded the rokkes to be cutte with masons and other worke men made a solempne othe that he wold not depart thens or he hadde the erle and his castell at his pleasure when the erle hadde beholden the great power of his enymyes and the prouysyon of the kyng to wynne his castell wyth other ieopardyes he made meanes to the kynge for grace and fynally putte hym and his into his mercy Then the kynge commauÌ„ded hym to be bounde and so to be conueyed to the casrell of Beauquesu where he was imprysoned by an hole yere after And the kyngâ—â—eased all hys landes and set a certayne of hys knyghtes to kepe hys castell and caryed hys wyfe and chyldren wyth hym into Fraunce But after a yere runne the kynge was so laboured to by the frendes of the sayd erle that he was eularged from pryson and vppon suertye suffred to serue in the kynges courte where he bare hym so well y t fynally the kyng made hym knyght restored hym to all his laÌ„des But what fyll of y e erle of Armenac the story sheweth not Aboute the .vi. yere of his reygne kynge Phylyppe maryed Mary the doughter of the erle of Burbon or after some the doughter of Iohan the duke of Braban the whych he loued entyerly wherof Peter de Broshe then beynge lorde chamberlayne hauynge enuy and disdayn sought the wayes and meanes to mynyshe the great loue betwene her lord and her and fonde by his meane that a sonne of y e kynges named Lewys was prysoned the whyche dede he by subtyle secrete meanes as though yt had nothyng comen of hym layde yt to y e charge of the quene For this y e kyng made many maner of inquysycyons as well by sorcery as other But in al his workes he found his quene gyltlesse wherfore he sufferyd the mater to passe tyll he myght haue more assured profe in that mater Aboute thys season Ferdinandus kynge of Castyle that before tyme hadde maryed Blanche doughter of saynt Lewis dyed leuyng after hym two sonnes borne of y e sayd Blanch named Ferdinande and Alphons whych by couenaunt at the mariage made shulde be heyres vnto the kyngdome of Spayne and Castyle But the father of this Ferdinande so beynge dede contrary hys honour and promise wrote vnto the lordes of Castyle amonestynge theym that they shulde admytte for theyr kynge hys seconde son named SaÌ„xyon or Sanxio and swere to hym both feautye homage The whyche was all done accordyng to hys commaundement so that Blanche was dyspoynted of her dower and her chyldern of theyr ryght and enherytauÌ„ce For y e which kyng Phylyppe her brother was greuously dysconteÌ„tyd and for reforma cyon therof sente vnto the kynge of Spayn his chefe boteler wyth other desyryng hym to perfourme all such couenauÌ„tes as betwene hym and his fader were coÌ„cluded at the maryage of his syster Blanche or at the laste yf that he refusyd y t to do y t he wold sende hys sayde syster wyth her two chyldern sauely into Fraunce In coÌ„clusyon y e mother wyth her two chyldern were brought by the sayde boteler vnto the kynge wythoute other pleasure other in worde or in dede For the whyche he the yere folokyng gaderyd a stronge hoste and passed wyth theym by Poyteau and Gascoyne tyll he came vnto a towne ioynynge to the border of Spayne named Sainterre where the kyng met another party of his hoste There by counsayll of some of his lordes the kynge concluded to retourne into Fraunce for daunger of wynter that was coÌ„mynge and other hyd causes But the rumour in the hoste went y t some of the kynges counsayll hadde receyued rewardes of the kynge of Spayn By meane wherof the kyng loste that iourney and returned into Fraunce to his great dyshonour and damage In tyme of kynge Phylyppes returne into Fraunce tydynges were broughte to hym that Eustace de Beau Marche whom the kyng had appointed to haue the gydyng of the countrey or kyngdome of Nauarye was besyeged in the citye of Pampulyne wherfore y e kyng coÌ„maunded y e erle of Artoys to spede hym thyder to rescowe the sayde Eustace The whyche behauyd hym so manfully that he rescowed the sayde Eustace and chasyd Garsymerans chefe styrrer of that rebellion and brought the people of that countrey agayne to due subieccyon whyle the erle of Artoys was thus occcupyed in the sayd countrey messangers came to hym from the kynge of Spayne requyrynge hym sene that he was so nere that he was so nere y t he wold come disport him there for a season wher of y e erle of Artoys sent kyng Philip worde hauyng of hym
payd in one yere but by deuided porcions in .iii. yeres ensuyng And of the lay fee or temporall men of EnglaÌ„de he had grauÌ„ted to hym the .x. peny of theyr mouables the which was payd in .ii. yeres next ensuyng And thys yere in y e moneth of Marche was drawen hanged at London for treason done in Fraunce a knyghte called syr Thomas Turbeuyle And aboute y e tyme of Easter whan Charlys de Ualoys as ye before in that other yere haue harde had lyen longe at the castell of Ryon myght nothyng wynne vpoÌ„ the Englyshmen but dayly loste of the best of hys knyghtes he sent for more ayde and socoure At whyche tyme came vnto hym syr Rauffe Nele constable of Fraunce with a fressh company and thaÌ„ assawted it of new But whan they had lyen there a season sawe they preuayled nothynge agayn theyr enemys they yode vnto an holde there by named Poudency and it assauted for so moche as the more nombre of the sowdyours there were Normans and after .viii. days by appoyntemente or otherwyse gat the sayd holde so that all the Englisshemen had theyr lybertye goodes and the Normans taken as prysoners the whyche they brought after vnto the castell of Ryon and there in syghte of the sowdyours hanged al or the more partye of the sayde Normans whan the Gascoynes beynge wythin the towne and castell of Ryons sawe then theyr cosyns and couÌ„trey men hanged before theyr eyen they caste in theyr myndes that yt was done by treason of the Englysshmen and that they wolde at length deale wyth them in lyke maner By reason wherof stryfe and varyauÌ„ce arose betwene the EnglysshemeÌ„ and the Gascoygnes so that eyther of theym feryd the treason of the other For the whyche cause syr Iohan Seyn Iohan syr IohnÌ„ de Britayn syr Robert Typtoft syr Rauffe TaÌ„ny syr Hugh Bardolfe syr Adam Cretynge with dyuers other fledde by see and in that maner saued them selfe and soone after the sayd towne and castell of Ryons was wonne by the Frenchemen and the inhabytauÌ„tes of the same sworne vnto the freÌ„ch kynge ye haue harde before in the .xxii. yere of thys kynge howe after the dethe of Alexander kyng of Scottes many questyons fyll amonge y â— sayd scottes who by ryght of enherytauÌ„ce shulde be kynge of that lande consyderynge that the sayde Alexander had lefte after hym thre doughters the whyche lyuyng theyr father were maryed The fyrste to syr Iohan Bayloll the seconde to Roberte le Bruze and the thyrde to one named Hastynges Many of the lordes of Scotlande wolde haue crowned syr Iohan Bayloll by reason that he maryed the eldest of the doughters But the frendes of Robert le Bruze withstode it with all theyr power And other there were that heâ—de with Hastynges so that after greate stryfe and longe varyaunce the matter was broughte before kynge Edwarde as chyef lord and soueraygne of that lande promysinge to hym to abyde all suche determynacyon and iugemente as he shulde sette therin Than kynge Edwarde to the ende that the scottes shulde knowe perfytely that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de ought of ryghte to be there chyefe hede and soueraygne shewed vnto theym suche olde wrytynges as he lyttell tofore had caused to be serched and founde in the whyche it was conteyned by the auctorytye of olde cronycles and wryters as Maryanus y e scotte wyllyam of Malmesbury Roger of Huntyngdon and other that in the yere of our lorde .ix. C.xx kynge Edwarde the elder made subget vnto hym the kynges of Cumbrys and scottes Also in the yere of grace .ix. C. and xxi the foresayd scottes Cumbrys chase the sayd Edwarde the elder to be theyr chyefe lord and patron And in y e yere of our lord .ix. C.xxvi Ethelstane than kynge of Englande subdued constantyne than kyng of scottes and after admytted the sayd Constantyne to reygne as kynge vnder him by othe of obeysauÌ„s with feaute and homage Also Edredus brother to the sayde Ethelstane subdued of newe the scottes with the Northumbrys and receyued of them agayne othe and homage And ouer that it is founde in the sayd cronycles that Edgar ouercame Alphunius the son of Kynadus kynge of Scottes and receyued of hym feawty homage and helde hym vnder hys obeysauÌ„ce as he had done hys father Kynadus before tyme. Moreouer it is there wytnessed that Canutus in the .xvi. yere of hys reygne subdued Malcolyne than kyng of scottes and receyued of hym feawty and homage Furthermore wyllyam Conquerour in the .vi. yere of his reygne subdued Malcolyne kyng of Scotlande the whyche before tymes had receyued the sayde kyngdome of the gyfte of Edwarde kynge and confessoure And wyllyam the rede dyd in lykewyse vnto the sayde Malcolyne and vnto hys two sonnes that reygned in Scotlande the one after the other Also Dauyd kynge of scottes dyd homage vnto Stephane than kyng of Englande And wyllyam kynge of scottes dyd homage vnto Henry the thyrde at the tyme of hys coronacyon and after came vnto hys father Henry the seconde whan the forenamed HeÌ„ry was deed in Normandy made hys homage to hym agayne Thys Henry that was sonne vnto Henry the seconde is of many wryters named Henry the thyrd for so moche as he was the .iii. kyng that was crowned of that name But for he dyed before hys father hys dedes ben lytell spoken of so that of some wryters he is nothyng mynded And it foloweth in the story howe that AlexaÌ„dre kyng of Scottes in y t .xxxv. yere of HeÌ„ry the thyrd or son of kyng IohnÌ„ maryed at yorke Margarete doughter of the sayd Henry and dyd vnto hym homage for the realme of Scotlande and bouÌ„de hym and hys heyres kynges of Scotlande by hys letters patentes to be trewe vnto the sayd HeÌ„ry vnto his heyres kynges of Englande lyke as before tyme wyllyam kyng of Scottes had oblyged hym vnto the seconde Henry as before in the .xxii. yere of hys reygne is more manyfestly shewed And more to them was shewed y â— popes bulles the whych were sent before tymes into Scotlande by auctoryte wherof the kynges of ScotlaÌ„de were accursed for they wolde nat be obedyent to theyr lordes kynges of Englande WHan all these presedentes were sene by y e Scottes a day was assygned of metyng at NorhmÌ„ in the marches betwene Englande and Scotlande whyther vnto the kyng came the chief rulers of the Scottes where they excused them to be bouÌ„de vnto the kyng for the obseruynge of the kynges ordenaunce for so moche as they lacked a kynge an hede by whome all suche ordenaunces shuld be maynteyned and holdeÌ„ But after by aduyce of bothe parties agremeÌ„t was made by the scottes that they shuld be bounde to obey the kynges iugement wheruppon bondes were made vpon bothe partyes that is to meane the kyng was bounde to theÌ„ in an hondreth thousande pounde y t within .ii. monethes after he had receyued the possessyon of the lande he shulde gyue it vnto
Cambrees erle of Atles and syr IohnÌ„ Comyn with other the whyce voluntarylye were sworne in presence of the kynge and hys lordes that they shuld be trewe vnto the kynge of Englande kepe the lande of Scotlande to hys vse agayne all other persones And yf any rebell or other malycyous persone distourbed the laÌ„de or breke y e kynges peas they shulde cause hym to be taken and sent vnto the kynge wyth many other articles coÌ„cernyng theyr allegeaunce the whyche full falsely they brake and contraryed shortely after Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.v.  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.vi  Raynold Doderell  IohnÌ„ Blount  Anno .xxxiiii.  wyllyam Cansyn  IN thys .xxxiiii. yere Robert le Bruze contrary hys othe to kynge Edwarde before made assembled the lordes of Scotlande and by the couÌ„sayll of thabbot of Stone and other that fauoured hys vntrouthe he sent vnto the pope than Clement the .v for a dyspensacyoÌ„ of hys othe before made vnto kynge Edwarde and surmysed to hym that kyng Edwarde vexed and greuyd the realme of Scotlande wrongfully whereupoÌ„ the pope wrote vnto kyng Edwarde to leue of suche doynges And whyle thys matter was thus complayned on vnto the pope y e sayd Robert le Bruze made all the labour he myght vnto y e lordes of ScotlaÌ„de that he were admytted for kyng of y e regyon so that vpon the daye of the concepcyon of our Lady or the .viii. day of Decembre a great assemble of the lordes was made at the abbey of Stone And vpoÌ„ the day folowyng by the meanes of the abbot of y t place many of the sayd lordes assented to y e wyl of the sayd Robert except syr Iohan Comyn onely The whych in defence of hys trouthe and othe before sworne vnto kyng Edwarde many reasons excuses made and fynally sayd that he wolde nat false hys othe for no man For thys the sayd syr Iohan Comyn had great maugre of syr Robert le Bruze many of y e nobles of Scotlande But he helde hys oppynyon so fermely that other began to take hys parte that in that counsayll rose suche contrariete of opynyons and reasons that the sayd couÌ„sayll was dyssolued and a newe sette at the graye freers of Dunfrize after Candelmas next ensuyng At whych daye of assemble whenne the cause of theyr meting was by Robert le Bruze denouÌ„ced and shewed many of the great lordes of the land had grauÌ„ted to hym theyr aydes assistence the forenamed syr IohnÌ„ Comyn other sat styll and sayd no worde whyche Robert le Bruze marked well and to hym sayd And you syr IohnÌ„ I trust for defence and weale of thys realme ye wyll nat be behynde wherunto he answered syr I wolde that ye and al my lordes here present knowe well that for the weale and defence in the ryght of thys lande I wolde stande with it to the vttermost of my power But for I se that ye enteÌ„de rather the subuercyon than the weale therof I wyll therfore ye know I shal nother ayde you with counsayll nor yet with strength Some other also there were whose names the auctoure myndeth nat whyche allowed the sayenge of the sayde syr IohnÌ„ and in some wordes admytted hys sadde and trewe answere For the whyche Roberte le Bruze was so amoued that when syr IohnÌ„ Comyn with syr Rogyer hys brother was departed from the counsayll and was comyn into the chyrch of the freers Robert le Bruze hym folowyd and wounded to the deth with his swerde and after slew syr Rogier hys brother whyche wolde haue defended the foresayde syr IohnÌ„ After whose deth lytell or no resysteÌ„ce was made agayne the vntrewe meane dedes of the sayd Robert le Bruze so that he at saynte IohnÌ„s towne was crowned kynge shortly after It was nat longe after that kyng Edwarde was monysshed of all this vntrouth of the scottes wherfore he prepared hym to wende thyder And at Penthecoste he helde a great feaste of hys barony at westmyster durynge that feast made a greate noÌ„bre of knyghtes ouer CC. after mooste wryters And that feast ended he seÌ„t with a fayre company of knyghtes syr Aymer de Ualaunce erle of Penbroke and syr Henry Percy erle of Northumberlande into ScotlaÌ„de sped hym selfe wyth hys hoost soone after Than about the feast of the assuÌ„pcyon of our Lady the kyng faughte with the sayd Robert le Bruze and al the power of Scotlande in a playne nere vnto saynt IohnÌ„s towne And after loÌ„ge fyght and great slaughter of the scottes to y e nombre of .vii. M he chased the scottes In whyche chase syr Symon de Fryseyll erle of DuÌ„barre was takeÌ„ with also the bishoppes of saint Adrews and of Bastoon the abbot of Stoon or Scoon syr IohnÌ„ Chambres erle of Atles which bysshoppes and abbot kyng Edward sent after vnto innoceÌ„t the .v. thaÌ„ pope with reporte of theyr ê‘iury how they were taken armed in the felde to shede the blode of cristeÌ„ men And y e teÌ„porall lordes he sent into EnglaÌ„de so vnto the towre of LondoÌ„ And Robert le Bruze after thys scomfyture losse of hys chyef freÌ„des feryng lest y e scottes with suche Englysshmen as kyng Edward laft there wolde aryse agayne hym all comfortles fledde vnto the kynge of Norwaye there abode duryng whyle kyng Edwarde lyued whan thys noble prynce Edward had thus subdued y e scottes he yelded thankes to god of hys vyctorye And wheÌ„ he was ascertayned of the auoydyng of Robert le Bruze had set y e laÌ„de in a quiet ordre he retourned into Englande In thys passetyme were y e forenamed lordes of ScotlaÌ„de areygned at LondoÌ„ vpoÌ„ the euyn of the Natyuyte of our Lady put to deth theyr heddes after set vpoÌ„ LondoÌ„ brydge And shortly after was IohnÌ„ waleys brother vnto wyllyaÌ„ waleys whych for lyke treason was put to deth in y e preceding yere taken haÌ„ged quarteryd And some scottes that were taken as prysoners remayned loÌ„ge in EnglaÌ„de or they myght acquite theyr fynaunce Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.vi  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.vii.  Symon Bolet  IohnÌ„ Blount  Anno .xxxv.  Godfrey de la Conduyt  IN thys .xxxv. yere y e kynge for certayne causes hym mouyng retourned agayne into Scotlande Or after some wryters he taryed at Berwyke helde hys Crystmasse Easter in those partyes came nat into EnglaÌ„de after he had scoÌ„fyted y e scottes In the season of somer as he was retournyng into EnglaÌ„de a sykenes toke hym so ferueÌ„tly y e he knew wele he shuld dye wherfore he beyng at Burgthe vpoÌ„ the sande beyonde Carleyll called to hym syr Aymer de Ualance erle of PeÌ„broke syr Henry Percy erle of NorthuÌ„berlande syr HeÌ„ry Lacy erle of LyncolnÌ„ syr Robert Clyfforde baroÌ„ caused them to besworne before hym y t they shuld crowne hys sonne Edwarde in as conuenyent tyme after hys dethe as they myght and
lost foreuer and vnrypped the house in dyuers places that the rayne and other wederyng myghte entre as than fyll about y e tyme soone after Crystmas And thus contynuyng in theyr fury and rage after the dyspoylynge and defasyng of these foresayd houses as men nat knowynge what they than dyd yode streyght in greate nombre vnto the place of the templers there nere where at that season kyng Philyp with a certayn of hys barōs was than lodged there kept the entrees of that place in suche wyse that no man myghte yssue nor entre but at theyr pleasures and suche metes as were brought thyder to the kynges vse and hys housholde they cast it in the myre and fylth of the strete The kyng and his lordes seynge the rage of thys rude and vnresonable people sent vnto them the prouost of y e cytie with some of hys lordes the whyche gaue vnto them so pleasaunt comfortable wordes that at length he retourned theym in peasyble maner to theyr houses But vpon the morowe folowynge the kyng nat forgettyng thys rage and ryot of the people cōmaunded many of the sayde comons to be attached and to be sent vnto dyuers prysons And vpon Candelmasse euyn folowyng for the same ryot .xxviii. of thē were hanged at .iiii. entrees of y e cytie of Parys y e is to say .vii. at Louure vii towarde the partyes of saynt Antoyne .vii. at a place toward the roule other .vii. in a place towarde nostre Dame or notyr Dame whych execucyon caused the cominaltye of y e cytie to lyue longe after in great fere In the .xxi. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip whyche maketh the yere of our lorde .xiii. C. and .vii. all be it that other wryters affyrmeth it to be in the yere of grace .xiii. C. and .xi. all the templers in Fraunce were destroyed theyr goodes possessions thorugh crystendom gyuē by auctoryte of a synode kept by Clement the v. than pope at the cytye of Narbon in Fraunce vnto y e relygyō of knyghtes of saynte Iohn̄ Baptyst Thys ordre of templers was destroyed for theyr detestable heresy whereof they were cōuyct in .x. artycles expressed in the frenche cronycle at length which here I passe ouer for lengthe of the matter also for the rehersall therof is nat fruytefull to all herers or reders In the .xxiii. yere of his reygn this kyng Philippe for asmoche as he by some of the electours of the Empyre was chosen Emperoure he therfore with a great army sped hym toward Rome and passed thorugh Almayne tyll he came vnto the duchye of Qua rantayne Of whyche duchye the people receyued hym with all honoure And after he passed the mountaynes and so came vnto Padua where also he was ioyously receyued where he tarienge a season receyued from My layne ambassadours the whyche offered to hym that cytye with all couenable seruyce And after hys people was to hym more plenarli assembled be than departed from Padua yode vnto Mylayne whome the lordes of the cytye met vpon the waye conueyed hym vnto the mayster paleys of the cytye and there lodged hym within fewe days after brought hym with great solempnyte vnto the cathedrall churche and there crowned hym kyng of Lōbardy called hym Augustus Thā he departed from Mylayn and spedde hym to the cytye of Cremoyne layd siege to the same But it was to hym shortly yolde Frō thēs he passed to y e cyte of Bresse where he was holdē out a lōge whyle Thyder to hys ayde came many soudyours of y e towne of Pyze made there many sharpe assautes In whych assautes Guyde Namoure y t was marshal of the kynges hoost dyed of hurtes y t he there toke In pcesse of tyme shortly folowing y e rulers of Bres offered meanes of treaty But y e kyng was so amoued with y e dethe of hys marshall y t he wolde graūt to thē no cōdycional peas but to stāde at his grace mercy wherefore they fynally seyng no better meane offered vnto hym y e keys of the cytye Thā kyng Philip for othe before made or for some other excellēcy caused anone y e part of the towne dyche fore agayn hys pauiliō to be fylled the walle of y e cytye with as many houses as stode betwene the walle the mayster palays of the cytye to be throwyn downe y t he with hys hoost myght entre y e streyght waye so to go or ryde vnto the sayd palays And whē all thyng was ordered to hys deuyse he entred by y e way the cytye of Cremō therin taryed a certayn season toke hys counsayll with y e Gebellynys how he myghte the cytye of Rome wynne And whā he had fynys shed y e coūsayl he toke certayn hostages of thys cytye of Cremō y e whych he set vnto Pyze to be kept so sped hym towarde Rome gettyng many cyties other holdes by y e way lastly he came vnto y e cytie named Bowlon la Grasse whyther cam vnto hi a car dynall or legate sent frō pope Clemēt the .v to treate of y e state of y e empyre But how it was the cōtynuaūce or fyne of thys iournay tourned nat to the honour pleasure of the Frēchmē For after the metyng of the kynge thys legate y e matter is no more touched For the Frēch kyng was agayn in Fraūce or the legate myght bryng vnto hym any answere frō the pope Also it is the more suspect for of this matter speketh nothyng mayster Robert Gagwyne whyche leueth nothynge out of hys boke y e may soūde to the auauncemēt of the French nacyon In the .xxiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip was brent in dyuers places of Fraunce vpon .lx. templers for the heresy before rehersed And in the yere folowynge a new rebellyon began in Flaunders Of the whyche Robert erle of Flaūders was accused but he acquyt hym self after Guy hys sonne was attached for the same and sent to pryson Fro the whych he after escaped for fere of profe to haue ben iustyfyed agayne hym retourned vnto Gaunt where he was defēded fro hys aduersaries so that the Holanders Brabāders helde theyr partye agaynst the Frēch kyng also agayne theyr owne erle whych so contynued without any notary batayll tyll the .xxvi. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip. In the which yere vpon the euyn of mary Magdaleyn at the towne of Courtray in Brabande was by the bysshops and other spyrituall men of Fraunce and Flaundres a peace cōcluded wherof the condycyons were y t the Flemynges shuld haue pardō forgyuenesse of all theyr former rebellyon aswell agayne the kynge as theyr naturall duke And for thys they shuld paye a certayne summe of syluer wherof the summe is nat expressed ouer that they shulde at theyr proper costes expenses bete downe certayne strēgthes holdes as the Frēche kynges depute wolde to them
assygne begynnynge at Gaunt so to Bruges other places more ouer they shulde yelde vnto Robert theyr erle y e castell of Courtray with all abylemeÌ„tes of warre other necessaries theruÌ„to belongyng Al whych coÌ„dicions to obserue they shuld deliuer vnto y e kyng of FrauÌ„ce good hostages But al this came to small effect as after shal appere IN the .xxvii. yere of thys Phylyp Iacob the mayster of y e teÌ„plers with an other greate ruler of y e sayd ordre whych was named Uisytour of the same after longe prysonment were brent at Parys And in the same yere kynge Phylyp arrered a taxe thorugh Fraunce whyche before that dayes was neuer herde nor spoken of Thys was so greuous that al NormaÌ„dy Picardy Champeygne allied them togyder vtterly denayde the paymeÌ„t therof wherof heryng other countrees toke the same opynyon so that a greate rumour murmour was reysed thorugh out y e realme of FrauÌ„ce in such wyse that the kyng for pacyfyeng of the people was fayne to repeale the sayd taxe In the .xxviii. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip in y e weke of Easter the iii. wyfes of the .iii. sonnes of kynge Philip that is to say Margarete the wyfe of Lowys hys eldest sonne and kyng of Nauerne Iohanne or Ione the wyf of hys seconde sonne Philip erle of Poytyers and Blaunche the wyfe of hys thyrde sonne Charles erle of Marches were accused of spouse brekyng and sent froÌ„ a place of nunnes where they lay and conueyed vnto more streyghter kepyng y e whych .iii. wyfes were al .iii. doughters vnto the duke of Burgoyn ThaÌ„ vppon strayte examynacyon made Margaret and Iohanne were gyltye of that cryme fouÌ„d wherfore they were sent vnto the castell of Gaylard in NormaÌ„dy there to be kept as prysoners terme of theyr lyues And the forenamed Blanche for so moche as she was foundeÌ„ gyltles was agayn restored vnto her lorde Charles erle of the Marches And in shorte tyme after the two paramours of the sayd Margaret Iohanne that is to saye Philip DaÌ„noy and Gautyer DaÌ„noy or waltier Dannoy knyghtes men of fame and goodly personage bretherne at the kynges commaundement were fyrst brent in the vysage with hote ireÌ„s after draweÌ„ to the gybet at PoÌ„toyse there hanged whyche mysfortune the kynge toke so greuously that he reioysed neuer after About the feast of saynte Peter or the begynnyng of August the kynge herynge of the rebellyon of the Flemynges by Engwerram hys mooste secrete couÌ„saylour made an assemble of the cytezyns of Parys and by the mouth of the saynd Enguerram desyted a subsydye of the sayd cytezeyns to mayntayne hys warre agayne the Flemynges the whyche by StephaÌ„ Barbet in the name of the hole cytye was graunted By precideÌ„ce wherof all the great cyties good townes of FrauÌ„ce were charged in lyke maner whyche caused greate vnkyndnes grudge of the people towarde y e sayd Enguerram Than prouysyon was made for a newe iourney into Flaunders so that the kynge sent hys twoo sonnes and many other nobles of his lande in the moneth of Septembre folowynge into the sayd countre of FlauÌ„ders The whyche made good spede layde fyrste theyr siege to the castel of the I le and wanne it after that entred towarde other stroÌ„ge holdes But the flemynges put them of and gaue vnto the Frenche hoost so sharpe assautes that in processe they were constrayned to retourne into Fraunce wyth smal honoure wherof the great defaute was layde vpoÌ„ Enguerram and vpoÌ„ one of the sonnes of the erle of Flaundres whych lytel tofore by meanes of y e sayd EnguerraÌ„ was made erle of Neuers In the moneth of Nouembre folowyng kynge Phylyp beyng at fouÌ„tayne Beliaunt in the prouynce of Gastenoys was taken with suche sykenesse and dyed shortly after when he had reygned .xxviii. yeres and more and hys body after caryed vnto saynt Dionise and there buryed leuing after hym y e thre forenamed sonnes Lowys Philyp Charlys a doughter named Isabell whych before tyme was maryed vnto the seconde Edwarde thaÌ„ kyng of Englande Anglia EDwarde the seconde of y t name soÌ„ne of Edwarde the fyrst born at Carnaruan in a towne of walys beganne his reygne ouer Englande in the moneth of Iulii .viii. day of the sayd moneth in the yere of our lord .xiii. C. .vii the .xxi. yere of the .iiii. Phylip than kyng of Frauce The whych was crowned at westmynster the .xiiii. daye of Decembre after the oppinioÌ„ of dyuers wryters But Ranulph moÌ„ke of Chester in his boke of Policronicon sayth y t he was crowned in the forsayd monastery of the bisshop of wynchester the sonday in quinquagesima whych is the .xiiii. day after the closyng of Alleluya of the bisshoppe of wynchester for so moche as Robert than archebisshope of CauÌ„terbury was than out of Englande Thys Edwarde was fayre of body great of strengthe but vnsted faste of maners vyle in coÌ„dicions For he wolde refuse the company of lordes men of honour hauÌ„te hym with vylayns vyle ê‘sones He also gaue hym to great drynkyng lightly he wolde dyscouer thiÌ„ges of great couÌ„sayl with these many other disalowable condicions he was exercysed whych tourned hym to great dishonour hys lordes to great vnrest as by the sequele of thys hys story shall appere Anone as hys father was buryed and hys exequy scantly fynysshed he forgettynge the hyghe chargeable commauÌ„dement of hys sayd father sent in all haste for hys olde compere Pyers of Gauâ—stone The whych he receyued wyth all ioy gladnesse auaunced hym to moche honour And thus passed the season of y e olde mayre and shyreffes of London so y t at the feastes of Myghelmas Symon Iude folowyng y e olde mayre and shyreffes that is to meane syr Iohan Blount Symon Bolet Godfrey at the conduyt were dyscharged and the newe as vnder foloweth admytted Iuno domini M.CCC.vii  Anno domini M.CCC.viii  Nycholas Pygotte  Syr IohnÌ„ Blount  Anno primo  Myghell Drury  IN thys begynnynge of thys mayres yere and fyrst yere of y e kynge the sayd kynge Edwarde in the moneth of Decembre sayled into FrauÌ„ce and the .xv. day of Ianuarii folowynge at Boleyn in Pycardy maryed Isabell the doughter of Philyp le Beaw than kyng of Fraunce soon after retourned with her into Englande so vnto London where of the cytezeyns they were ioyously receyued and so conueyed vnto west mynster where as before is shewed vpon the sonday in quinquagesima they were bothe solemply crowned At whyche coronacyon was so excedynge prease that a knyghte called syr IohnÌ„ Bakwell was thrested to deth Than the kynge gaue shortely after vnto Pyers of Gauestone the erledome of Cornewayl and the lord shyp of wallyngford was ruled all by hys wanton counsayll folowed the appetite and pleasure of his body nothynge orderynge by sadnesse nor yet
by ordre of lawe or iustyce In thys yere also floured y e holy man called Robert a chanon of the house of Brydlyngtone the whyche of some wrytters is accompted for a prophete for verses that he made of thynges to come after in Englande whyche I passe ouer at thys tyme. Anno domini M.CCC.viii  Anno domini M.CCC.ix  wyllyam Basynge  Nycholas Faryngdone  Anno .ii.  Iohn̄ Butler  IN thys .ii. yere kyng Edward callynge to mynde the dyspleasure done vnto hym and to hys famulyer Pyers of Gauestone by the bysshoppe of Chester mayster walter Lanton as before is towched in the xxviii yere of the reygne of Edwarde hys father commaunded hym vnto the toure of London where he was streyghtely kepte many dayes after Than the lordes of the lande and specyally syr Henre Lacy syr Guy syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Lyncolne of warwyke of Penbroke to whome y e noble prince Edwarde y e .i. had gyuē so great charge y t Pyers of Gauestone shuld no more come into Englande sawe the rule of the lāde and howe the kynges treafoure by meane of the sayd pyers was wasted assembled them in counsayll of one assent with ayde of other lordes of y e realme spake so with the kynge that contrary hys pleasure he was auoyded the lande and banisshed into Irelande for that yere But the kynge sent vnto hym oftentymes secret messangers and comforted hym wyth many ryche gyftes or made hym hys chyef ruler of the countre Anno domini M.CCC.ix  Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Iamys of saynt Edmunde  Thomas Romayne  Anno .iii.  Roger Palmer  IN thys .iii. yere dyuers grudges began to moue sprynge betwene the kyng and his lordes for the exilynge of Pyers of Gauestone wherfore to contente amyte betwene hym them the sayd Pyers about y e feast of the natiuite of our Lady was fette home agayne and so contynued to the more myschyef of y e realme About thys tyme as testifyeth Cronica Cronicarum other the knyghtes of the ordre of saynte Iohn̄ Baptyste called saynt Iohn̄ of Hierusalē by theyr knyghtly manhode put out of the I le of Rodes or Rodhis y e Turkys and infidelis that to that day occupyed the sayd I le after that wanne vpon the sayd Turkys dayly and yerely so that at thys day they haue in theyr domynyon moche of the landes whyche at that day and longe after was in the power of the sayd Turkes Thys relygyō also was greatly preferryd by the fall of the templers whose possessyons and lādes were to them gyuen as it is before expressed in the thyrde chapytre and .xxi. yere of Phylyp the fayre Thys yere also after some wryters the crowched freres came fyrste into Englande Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Anno domini M.CCC.xi  Symon Croppe  Rycharde Roffham  Anno .iiii.  Petyr Blacnay  IN thys fourthe yere the rule and power of Pyers of Gaue stone more and more encreasynge in so moche that he hauynge the guydynge of all the kynges iewellys and treasoure yode vpon a day vnto west mynster and there out of the kynges iewell house toke a table a payre oftrestyllys of golde and conueyed them wyth other iewellys oute of the lande to the greate inpouerysshyng of the same and ouer that broughte the kynge by meane of hys wanton condycyons to manyfolde vyces as auoutry and other wherfore the foresayde lordes seynge the myschyefe that dayly encreased by occasyon of thys vnhappy man toke theyr counsayll togyther at Lyncolne and there concluded to voyde hym agayne out of Englande so that shortly after he was exyled into Flaunders to the kynges great dyspleasure Anno dn̄i M.CC.xi  Anno dn̄i M.CC.xii.  Symon Merwode  Iohn̄ Gysours  Anno .v.  Rycharde wylforde  IN thys .v. yere vpon the day of saynt Bryce or the .xiii. daye of Nouembre was borne at wyndesore the fyrst or eldest sonne of kyng Edwarde y t after hys father was kynge of Englande and named Edwarde the thyrde And this yere was agayn reuoked by the kynge Pyers of Gaueston out of Flaunders the whych after hys agayne commyng demeaned hym worse than he before dyd In so moche that he dysdayned the lordes of Englande and of them had many dyspytous and sclaunderouse wordes wherfore the lordes of one mynde assented to put this Pyers to deth soone after assembled theyr powers and besyeged hym in the castell of Scarburgh in proces wan that castell toke hym and brought hym vnto Gauersede besyde warwycke and there the .xix. daye of Iunu smote of hys hede wherof whan the kynge hadde knowlege he was greuously dyspleased agayne the sayd lordes and made hys auowe y e hys deth shuld be reuenged By meane of thys the rancoure that before betwene the kynge and hys lordes was kendeled now began further to sprede so that after thys day the kyng sought occasyō agayn hys lordes howe he myght put theym to greuaunce and dyspleasure In thys whyle dyed syr Henry Lacy erle of Lyncolne the whych lyeng vpon his dethe bedde requyred syr Thomas erle of Lācastre that had maryed hys doughter that he wolde stande with the other lordes in theyr defence for the weale of Englande The whyche request the sayd erle graunted and so fermely kepte or obserued it that at length he wyth many other loste theyr lyues as after in the story shall be shewed Anno dn̄i xiii C.xii.  Anno dn̄i xiii C.xiii.  Iohn̄ Lambyn  Iohn̄ Pontenay  Anno .vi.  Adam Lutekyn  IN thys .vi. yere the kyng held hys great court or counceyl of parlyamēt with the lordes spirituall temporall at London where by the aduyces of theym many good ordenaunces and statutes were made to oppresse the ryottouse and other myscheues that at those days were vsed Than the kyng was sworne to kepe those ordenaunces and after all his lordes to theyr powers After the whyche othe so takyn Robert archebysshope of Caunterbury blessed all theym that vphelde the sayde statutes and accursed all such as attēpted to breke any of the same It was nat longe after that worde was broughte vnto the kynge howe Robert le Bruze was retourned into Scotlande and hadde caused the Scottes to rebell of newe ye haue before harde in the .xxxiiii. yere of Edwarde the fyrste howe the sayd Edward chased the forenamed Roberte le Bruze oute of Scotland into Normandy But whenne he had harde of the mysguydynge of the realme of Englande and specially of the dyuysyon betwene the kynge and hys lordes he anone wyth a small ayde of the Norgans or Norwayes retourned into Scotlande where he demeaned hym in suche wyse to the lordes of Scotlāde that he in shorte processe was agayne made kynge of that realme and warred strongely vppon the kynges frēdes and wanne from theym castelles and strōge holdes and wrought vnto Englysshe men moche sorowe and
tene Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xiiii  Adam Burden  Nicholas Faryngdon  Anno .vii.  Hugh Gayton  IN this .vii. yere for to oppresse y e malice of y e Scottes y e kyng assembled a great power and by water entred the realme of Scotlande and destroyed suche vyllages townes as lay or stode in his waye wher of heryng Robert le Bruze with the power of Scotlande costed towarde the Englysshe men and vpon y e day of the natyuyte of saynt Iohan the Baptyst mette with kynge Edwarde his hoste at a place called of Estryuelyn nere vnto a FreÌ„che ryuer that than was called Bannockysbourne where atwene the Englysshe and the Scottes that daye was foughten a cruell batayle But in the ende the Englysshe men were constrayned to forsake the felde ThaÌ„ the Scottes chased so egerly the Englysshe men y e many of theÌ„ were drowned in the fore named ryuer and many a noble man of Englande that day was slayne in that batayll as syr Gylbert de Clare erle of Gloucestre syr Robert Clyfforde syr Edmunde of Maule the kynges stewarde with other lordes barones to the noumbre as wytnesseth Guido de Columpna of .xlii of knyghtes and baronettes to the noumbre of .lxvii ouer .xxii. meÌ„ of name which that day of the Scottes were taken prysoners And the kynge hym selfe from that batayll scaped with great dauÌ„ger so with a fewe of his hoste y t with hym escaped came vnto Berwyke and there rested hym a season Than the Scottes enflamed with pryde in derysyon of the Englysshe men made this ryme as foloweth Maydens of Englande sore may ye morne For your lemmans ye haue loste at Bannockysborne with heue a lowe what weneth the kynge of Englande So soone to haue wonne Scotlande with rumbylow THis songe was after many dayes songe in daunces in y e carolles of the maydens mynstrels of ScotlaÌ„de to y e reprofe dysdayne of Englysshe men with dyuers other whiche I ouerpasse And whan kyng Edwarde had a season taryed in Berwyke and sette that towne in suche suerty as he than myght he retourned with smal honour into EnglÌ„ade came secretely to westmynster vpon the daye of saynt Magne or the xix day of August Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xv  Stephan of Abyngdone  Iohan Gysours  Anno .viii.  Hamonde Chykwell  IN this .viii. yere of kynge Edwarde a vylayn called Iohan Tanner yode aboute in dyuers places of Englande named hymselfe to be the sonne of Edwarde the fyrst sayd y t by meane of a falce noryce he was stolne out of his cradell and Edward whiche was a carters sonne was layde in y e same cradel for hym he hym selfe was after hardly fostred and brought vp in the northe parâ—yes of walys But whan this by layne was layde for to be taken for fere he fled to the churche of the frere Carmes or the whyte freres of Oxynforde where he thynkynge to be in a suertye because kyng Edward y e fyrst was theyr founder rehersed agayne the former sayenge addynge more there vnto that it appered well that y e kynge was a carters sonne for his condycyons were accordynge to the same as by many famylier examples and customes in hym dayly were apparent whan he had thus contynued a season not without some rumoure in the lande lastely he was takeÌ„ out of that place caryed as a felon vnto Northampton and there reygned and iuged for his falsenes so drawen hanged The whiche at y e houre of dethe coÌ„fessed that he had a fende in his house in the symylytude of a catte the whiche amonge other promessys to hym made hadde assured hym that he shulde be kynge of Englande And Guydo sayth that he confessed that he had serued the fende .iii. yeres before to brynge his peruerse purpose aboute Thus kynge Edwarde beset with many aduersytes kepte a counsayll at London for reformacion of y e warre in Scotlande and other thynges for the welfare of EnglaÌ„de TheÌ„ was syr Peter Spaldynge knyght sente vnto Berwyke with a crewe of sowdiours for to fortyfye that towne for somoche as the kynge had certayne vnderstaÌ„dynge that Robert le Bruze entended hastly to laye his syege to that towne Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xv  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xvi  Hamonde Goodchepe  Stephan Abyndon  Anno .ix.  wyllyam Redynge  IN this .ix. yere vpon mydlente sonday was the towne castel of Berwyke yelden or loste by treason of the fore named Peter Spaldynge as the coÌ„mune fame went vnto Robert le Bruze kynge of Scottes This yere also the derth of corne that had encreasyd yerely more and more from the .xvi. yere of Edwarde the fyrste was this yere at London solde for .iiii. s. a busshell And therwith also fyll suche a morayne of bestes that al vytayle waxed scant and dere as after shull be shewed In this yere also .ii. cardynalles y t were sent into EnglaÌ„de from the .v. Clement than pope to set an vnyon a peace atwene the kynges of EnglaÌ„de and of Scottes were met with vpon the moore of wygylsdone in yorke shyre there robbed of suche stuffe and tresure as they with theym broughte For the whiche robberye great enquery was made so y e lastly a knyght callyd syr Robert Gylbert Myddelton was accused and sent to prison for that felony and after at London drawen and hanged for the same and his heed set vpon LondoÌ„ brydge But the cardynalles receyued of the kynge dowble the value of theyr harmes In this yere also fyl so excedynge rayne in the monethes of Iulii and August that husbandes myght not brynge in theyr lytle store of corne that than stode vpon the grounde so that where before was great scarcyte of whete now by this was more and beues and motons were at excedyng pryces by reason of the morayne before spoken of Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xvi  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xvii  wyllyam Caston  Iohan wengraue  Anno .x.  Raufe Palmer  IN this yere y e Scottes entred the borders of Northumberlande and robbed and brent the couÌ„trey moste cruelly in somoche y â— they brent the howses that women at that tyme laye in chylde bedde and spared nother man woman nor chylde nother relygyous nor other and dyd so great harme that y e countrey by it was greatly impouerysshed To this myschefe was ioyned another mysery For as before is sayd vytayll by reason of the morayne was so scante and dere and whete and other graynes so hyghe prysed that poore people ete horse flesshe dogges flesshe and many other vyle bestes whiche wonder is to byleue And yet for defaute dyed great multytude of people in sundry places of the laÌ„de And whete was solde this yere and y e next folowynge at LondoÌ„ for .iiii. marke a quarter and aboue And after this derthe scaresytye of vytayle ensued mortalytye of
his enemyes For subdie wherof the cytezyns of London were constrayned to fynde at theyr propre costes an hundred men of armys the whyche contrary theyr lybertyes with a condycyon that after that daye it shulde be no president they sent vnto Portchestre In thys season passe tyme the quene with syr Edwarde hyr son with a small company of Englysshemen and a crewe of Henawders of the whych syr IohnÌ„ of Henawde the erles brother was capytayne toke shyppynge in those partyes had y e wynde so fauorable vnto them that they landed in Englande at a porte called Orwell besyde Harwyche in Suffolke the .xxv. day of SepteÌ„bre without any resistens of meÌ„ of warre agayne hyr made To whome after hyr landyng the people of the couÌ„tre drewe by great companyes so sped hyr towarde London At thys tyme of the quenes thus laÌ„dyng the kyng was at hys cytye of LondoÌ„ But wheÌ„ he harde of the great people y t drewe to hyr out of all countres he fered wherfore in safegardyng of hym self he fled wyth a small companye towarde walys lefte mayster walter StapyltoÌ„ bisshop of Exceter behynd hym to haue the rule of the cytye of London It was nat longe after the kynges departyng that y e quene sent a letter vnto the mayre comynaltie of the cytye requyred of them ayde to subdue the oppressours of y e comoÌ„ weale of the realme But to that letter was made none answere Therefore she wrote the secoÌ„de tyme aduertysyng them of theyr landynge of the entent that she had to refourme y e enormytyes mysgouernauÌ„ce of the lande in admonestyng them of theyr ayde socoure as by the tenure of y e sayd letter more playnly appereth wherof the circumstauÌ„ce I haue left out of thys boke for so moche as I fynde varyaunce in the contentes thereof and also for the copyes there of ben sette oute in the cronycles of Englande and dyuers other bokes Than thys sayde letter was tacked vpon the crosse in Chepe whyche at that daye was called the newe crosse In the nyght before the day of saynt Denys or the .ix. day of October And other copyes of the same were fastened in dyuerse other places of y e cytye wherof one was fastened vpoÌ„ the mayres gate After whyche letter thus publysshed in the cytye the bisshop of Exceter to whome as before is sayd the kyng had commytted the rule of the cytye sent vnto the mayre to haue the keyes of the gates of the cytye by vertue of hys commission By the whych he stode so fermely vsed so sharpe wordes in the kynges name that varyaunce grew betwene hym the cytezyns so ferfourth that the commons of the cytye in theyr rage toke the sayd bysshop the .xiiii. day of Octobre and hym with .ii. of hys housholde esquyers beheded vnreuerently at y e standard in weschep And the same daye was taken for a spye a cytezyn called IohnÌ„ Marshal whych fauoured the Spensers ê‘tye in y e same place also beheded without processe of lawe And then the corps of y e sayde bysshop with hys .ii. seruauÌ„tes were haryed to Thamys syde where the sayd bysshop had begonne to edyfye a toure and there in the rubbusshe and sande of the same they buryed or conueyed these thre bodyes whyche dispyte to hym was done after some auctoures for so moche as he had vsurped of the comoÌ„ grounde of the cytie in settyng of the sayd toure But for what cause was he thus vngoodly vnreuerentely delte with no mencion is made And in thys passe tyme the quene easely a foote space folowed y e kyng which by thys season was coÌ„mâ— to Brystow hauyng with hym the SpeÌ„sers his dyffamed chauÌ„celler mayster Robert Baldocke syr IohnÌ„ erle of Arundell other where by theyr counsayls it was agreed that syr Hugh SpeÌ„ser the father shulde remayne there and haue the rule of the towne castell whyle the kynge with the other toke shyppynge sayled frome thens into walys to rayse the walshemen And so the kyng with syr Hugh Spenser the sonne the other toke shyppyng at Brystowe so sayled into waâ—ys when the certaynte therof came vnto the quene anone she sent to Brystow the erle of Kent the kynges brother syr IohnÌ„ of Henawde wyth dyuerse other for to take syr Hugh Spenser the father The whyche put them in suche deuour that they tooke the sayde syr Hugh and lefte a certayne to holde the towne castell tyll the quene with hyr power came thyther â–ª In the whyche tyme they sped them into walys and in processe tooke y e kynge hys chaunceller the erle of Arundell and syr Hughe Spenser the sonne and broughte them all to the towne of Hereforde And in thys whyle the cytezeyns of London wan the towre of LondoÌ„ and kept it vnto the quenes vse Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxv  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxvi  Gylbert Moordon  Rycharde Betayne  Anno .xix.  IohnÌ„ Cotton  IN thys .xix. yere and begynnynge of thys mayres charge vppon the morowe folowynge the feaste of Symon and Iude the same daye that the mayre rode to westmynster to take hys charge the same day at Brystow was syr Hugh Spenser the father putte to dethe and after buryed at wynchestre And vppon saynte Huys daye folowynge or the .xviii. daye of Nouembre was syr Hugh hys sonne draweÌ„ hanged and quartered at Herforde and hys hed sent to London and set amonge other vpon the brydge The comon fame of hym went that after he was taken he wolde take no maner sustenauÌ„ce wherfore he was the sooner put vnto deth Of this Hugh a versyfyer made these two verses folowynge Punis cum lignis a te miser ensis ignis Hugo securis equus abstulit omne decus whiche verses to them that vnder stande no latyne maye in thys wyse be expowned or englysshed wyth ropes were thou bounde and on the galowe honge And from thy body thyne hed wyth swerde was kytte Thy bowels in the fyre were throwe and burned longe Thy body in foure pecys eke wyth an axe was slytte wyth horse before drawyn fewe men pytyenge it Thus wyth these turmentys for thy synnes sake from y e wretched Hugh all wordly welthe was take In thys meane tyme and season the kynge was conueyed vnto the castell of Kenelworthe and there kepte vnder the garde of syr Henry of Lancaster or brother vnto the erle Thomas of Lancaster that was behedyd at Pounfrette And mayster Robert Baldoke the kynges chauncelloure was sent vnto London and put into the pryson of Newgate where after he dyed myserably The erle IohnÌ„ of Arundell was also put to deth at Herforde wythin foure dayes of syr Hugh the yonger Spenser Then y e quene wyth syr Edwarde hyr sonne and with a goodly company of lordes and gentylmen retourned vnto London and there of the cytesyns wyth greate honoure and ioye was receyued vppon the daye of saynte Barbara or the .iiii.
daye of December and so conueyed vnto westmynster where in the octauys of the Epyphanye of our lorde a parlyament was holden durynge the whych certayne soleÌ„pne messangers were sent vnto the kynge to the castell of Kenelworthe that is to saye thre bysshoppes thre erles two abbottes ii barons and two iustyces wyth the procuratoure of that parlyament syr wyllyam Trussell to depose hym of all kyngly dygnytye as before was agreed by all the lordes spyrytuall and temporall and comons of y e sayd parlyament and they to resygne vnto the kynge all homages and feautyes to hym before made in the name of all the barony of England Then the forenamed syr wyllyam Trussell vppon the daye of the conuersyon of saynte Poule or the .xxv. daye of Ianuary by the authoryte of hys offyce in the presence of the foresayd lordes hadde these wordes folowynge vnto the kynge I wyllyam Trussell in y e name of all men of this lande of England and procuratoure of this parlyament resygne to the Edwarde y e homage that was made to the somtyme and from thys tyme forth depryue the of all kyngly power And I shall neuer be attendaunt vnto y e as kynge after thys tyme. And thus was Edwarde the seconde deposyd and his sonne made kynge when he hadde reygned full .xviii. yeres .vi. monethes odde dayes Than Edwarde thus remaynynge in pryson as fyrst in the castell of Kenelworth after in the castell of Barkle toke greate repeÌ„tauÌ„ce of hys former lyfe and made a lamentable complaynte for that he hadde so greuously offended god â–ª wherof a parte I haue after set out but not all leste it shulde be tedyous to the reders or herers Dampnum mihi con tulit tempore brumali Fortuna satis aspera vehementis mali Nullus est tam sapiens mâ—tis aut formosus Tam prudens virtutibus ceterisque famosus Quin stultus reputabitur satis despectus Si fortuna prosperos aâ—ertat effectus These wyth many other after the same makynge I haue seen whyche are reported to be of hys owne makynge in the tyme of hys enprysonement The whych for length of tyme I haue lefte out of thys worke and shewd y e effecte of them in Englysh as foloweth Whan Saturne with his colde isy face The ground with hys frostys turnyth the grene to whyte The tyme of wynter which trees doth deface And causyth all verdure to auoyde quyte Than fortune which sharpe was with stormes not alyte Hath me assautyd with hyr frowarde wyll And me beclypped with daungers ryght yll What man in this worlde is so wyse or fayre So prudent so vertuese or famous vnder thayre But that for a foose and for a man dispised Shal be take whan fortune is from hym deuided Alas now I crye but no man doth me mooue For I sue to them that pytye of me haue none Many with gret honours I dyd whylom auauÌ„ce That nowe wyth dyshonoure done me stynge and launce And suche as somtyme dyd me greatly scere Me dispise and let not with sclauÌ„der me to deere O mercyfull god what loue they dyd me shewe And with detraccion they do me hacke and hewe Alas moste synfull wretche why shulde I thus complayne If god be please â— that I shulde thus susteyne For the great offence before by me doone wherfore to the good sorde I wyll retourne este soone And hooly coÌ„mytte me thy great mercy vntyll And take in pacience all that may be thy wyll And all onely the sâ—rue with all dysygence Alas that before this tyme I had not that cence But now good lord which aâ—â—e â—mnipotent Behold me moste wretched and greatly pâ—nitent And of my trespas forgyuenesse thou me graunt And by what sorow my carkes is now daunt Graunte it may be to my sowle remedy That the sooner I maye attayne it by For to the swete Iesu I yelde me sore wepynge And aske of the pardon for my greuous synnynge Moste blessed Iesu Roote of all vertue Graunte I maye the sue In all humylyte Sen thou for our good Lyste to shede thy blood And stretche the vpon y e roode For our iniquyte And thou most myld mother and virgin most pure That bareste swete Iesu the worlde redempture That shynyst and flouryshest as floure moste sine And lyke as nardus of his swete odoure Passyth all other so thou in all honoure Surmountes all sayntes by thy great excellence Wherfore to praye for my greuouse offence I the beseche Moste holsome leche That thou wylt seche For me suche grace That when my body vyle My soule shall cryle Thou brynge in short whyle It in reste and peace Francia LEwys the xâ— of y e name and sonne vnto Philyppe le Beawe or y e .iiii. Philyppe began his reygne ouer y e realme of FrauÌ„ce in the yere of our lorde M.iii. hundreth and .xv and the .viii. yere of the seconde Edward then kynge of Englande Anone as thys Lewys was crowned Enguer raâ— whyche as ye haue herde was chyefe and moste secrete counccyloure wyth Phylyppe the .iiii. laste kynge of Fraunce was called to accompte by the meane of Charles de Ualoys vncle vnto thys kynge And for so moche as the sayd Enguerram had gyuen sharpe and hastye wordes vnto the sayd Charles in affyrmyng that moche of the kynges treasoure remayned in the handes of the sayde Charles for thys he toke so great displeasure agayne the sayd EnguerraÌ„ and bare towarde hym suche raÌ„coure and malyce that he lefte nat tyll he had bereuyd hym of hys lyfe so that in processe he was accused of .xxxvi. artycles concerning treason iniury done unto kyng Philip foresayde vnto the realme of Fraunce y e which articles in ordre are set out in y e freÌ„ch cronicle whych I here overpasse By force wherof thys Enguerram was lastly conuycte and iuged vnto deth and for the same in the euyn of assencion of our Lorde hanged vppon the gybet of Parys Thys yere also fell greate scarcyte of corne and frute in Fraunce by meane of vnsesonable wederynge as was in Englande in the .ix. and .x. yeres before after of the reygne of Edward the seconde at thys day then kyng of Englande By reason wherof great famyne and deth of poore people fell in Fraunce as it then dyd in Englande ye haue before in the .xxvii. yere of Philip father vnto this Lewys hard howe the Flemynges agayne rebelled howe by the meane of Enguerram the Frenche hoste was then retourned with dishonour into FrauÌ„ce for reuengemeÌ„t wherof thys Lewys assembled a ryght stronge armye of the more partye of all the noble men of FrauÌ„ce in the moneth of SepteÌ„bre entred the countrey of FlauÌ„ders so came vnto y e towne or nere there vnto called Courtray lodged hys people nere vnto the ryuer of Lys or Lyse for so moche as y e brydges ouer that ryuer by the Flemynges were brokeÌ„ where the kyng with hys host so lyeÌ„ge the Flemynges vpoÌ„
be socoured kyng Edwarde for the same entent wyth a stronge power persed the realme of Scotlande after layde hys syege vnto the towne of Berwyke Uppon the .xix. daye of the foresayd moneth of Iuly the Scottes wyth a greate power purposyng to remoue y e sayde syege came towarde the sayd towne wherof kyng Edward beyng enfourmed made towarde theÌ„ ar a place called Halydone hyll gaue to y e sayd Scottes batayll of them had triuÌ„phaunte vyctorye in so moche that he slewe of them as testifyen dyuerse wryters viii erles ix huÌ„dreth knyghtes banerettes iiii C. esquyres and vpon .xxxii. M. of the comon people of Englysshe men were slayne but onely .xv. persones After whych victory thus by the kynge opteyned the capitayne of Berwyke vpoÌ„ y e morew folowynge beyng saynt Margarettes day yelded to the kyng the sayde towne with the castel And that done kyng Edward betoke the guydyng therof with all other castelles townes within that lande vnto the forenamed syr Edward Baylol as kyng of Scottes shortly after retourned into Englande Than Dauyd the sonne of Robert le Bruze beynge as before is sayd kyng of Scottes was constrayned with hys wyfe secretely to sayle into Fraunce thyder was brought by a Flemyng named Marcuell as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle where of Phylyppe de Ualoyes than Frenche kyng the sayd Dauyd with Iane of the towre his wyfe was receyued And for theyr comforte the sayde Frenche kyng gaue vnto them the castell of Gaylarde tyll fortune to them wolde be more frendelye Thys yere also as wytnesseth y e sayd frenche cronycle the Frenche kynge sente vnto the kynge of Englande y e bysshop of Beauuays and the hyghe constable of FrauÌ„ce whych shewed vnto kynge Edwarde that theyr soueraygne lorde entendyd a voyage into the holy laÌ„de and requyred hym of hys ayde and coÌ„pany for perfourmaunce of the sayd iournay whereunto the kynge gaue answere vnto that request than whan the Frenche kynge had perfourmed all suche condycions as he before tymes had promysed to do than he sayd he shuld be conteÌ„ted to gyue suche answere vnto y t request by theÌ„ in hys name made as theruÌ„to shulde be coÌ„uenient And more he added to the same y t he maruayled greatly that the sayd Frenche kynge entended any suche voyage tyll he had clerelye acquyted hym of the sayd promysse couenaunt with whyche answere the Frenche kynge was nothynge contented so that malyce and murmour grewe and encreased betwene them dayly after And an occasyon of thys sharpe answere was for so moche as kynge Edward was credyble enfourmed that the Frenche kynge had vytayll and manned .x. greate shyppes to haue saylled into Scotlande and there to haue warred the whyche by tempest were wedyr dryuen into Flaunders so sore betyn with the see that after they had sold moch of theyr stuffe at y e hauyn of Sluce they were coÌ„pelled of necessyte to retorne without worship into Fraunce Thys with other kyndelyd suche a dedely hate betwene these .ii. crysten prynces y â— moche crysten blode in ê“cesse of tyme folowing was for theyr quarelles shadde Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxxi  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxxii  Nycholas Pyke  IohnÌ„ Preston  Anno .vii.  IohnÌ„ Husbande  IN thys .vii. yere in the wynter season and as sayeth Guydo in the moneth of NoueÌ„bre the kynge yode agayne towarde ScotlaÌ„de and helde hys Crystmas at yorke And after the solempnytie of that hyghe feast ended he sped hym into ScotlaÌ„de where her layde siege vnto y e castel of Kylbrydge lastely wan it by strengthe set the countrey in some quyetnesse And after retourned vnto Newe castel vpon Tyne and taryed there a certayne of tyme and helde there hys feaste of Pentecoste wyth great royalte whyther within shorte space after came syr Edward Baylol kyng of Scottes and vpon the day of saint Geruasi Prothasi or y â— .xix. day of Iune made his homage vnto kynge Edwarde and in presence of many other noble meÌ„ of bothe laÌ„des sware vnto hym feawty or fydelyte And y e done he retourned into Scotlande kyng Edward vnto yorke so vnto wyndesore TheÌ„ were al such lordes of Englande as before tyme were in Edward the secondes dayes disseased of suche landes as they had in ScotlaÌ„d restored agayne to theyr sayd possessions for theym made theyr homage vnto y e kyng of Scottes sauynge theyr allegeaunce vnto theyr naturall soueraygne lorde Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxxii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxxiii  IohnÌ„ Hamonde  Iohan Ponteney  Anno .viii.  wyllyam Hansarde  IN thys eyghte yere certayne ambassadours were sent from Philip de Ualoyes kyng of FrauÌ„ce as the bysshop of Thuroyn and the lorde of Ferry and Peynguy for to coÌ„clude certayn artycles of variauÌ„ce betwene theyr lord the kyng of England But theyr purpose toke none effecte except that the kyng grauÌ„ted to sende vnto the FreÌ„ch kyng shortly after a certayn of hys lordes to haue forther comunycacion with hym towchyng the sayd artycles The whych promyse he fulfylled as appereth in he next yere ensuyng Anno domini M.CCC.xxxiii  Anno domini M.CCC.xxxiiii  Iohan. Hynkstone  Reynolde at Cunduyte  Anno .ix.  walter Turke  IN thys .ix. yere fell excedynge plente of rayne therupoÌ„ ensuyed great moreyne of beestes And in the moneth of Decembre the kyng entred agayne into Scotlande and helde hys Crystmas at the castell of Rokkysborough the whyche he caused to be newly repayred And after thynges there ordered to hys pleasure he retourned into Englande And soone after he sent the archebysshoppe of Cauntorbury syr Phylip de MouÌ„tague syr Geffrey Scrope vnto the Frenche kynge to the entent to haue concluded an amyte betwene hym and the sayd french kyng whych before was moued by y e freÌ„ch ambassade as before is shewed in the eyghte yere of hys reygne But whaÌ„ these sayde lordes were landed in Fraunce they were longe delayed or they myghte come to the kynges presence in so moche that they sayd playnly vnto suche lordes of FrauÌ„ce as were assygned by y e Frenche kyng to passe the tyme wyth theym that they supposed that it was nat the kynges pleasure to speke with them By meane of whyche wordes they were shortly after broughte vnto the kynges presence of whome they were receyued wyth ioyous countenaunce and so contynued by a certayne of tyme in furtheryng of theyr ambassade so y t in processe of tyme a conclusyoÌ„ of peas to be had betwene Englande and Fraunce was accorded and so ferfourth spedde that proclamacioÌ„ therof shuld haue beÌ„ made in Parys and the countrey there aboute vppon the morowe folowynge But how it came in y e kynges mynde the Englysshe ambassadoures were scantlye retourned to theyr lodgynges whan they were agayne sente fore and farther enfourmed thanne that the kynges pleasure and mynde was to haue Dauyd late kynge of Scottes to be included wythin the same peace
aboute Lammesse sayled into Braban and there helde hys couÌ„sayl with hys frendes and by theyr aduyces made clayme to y e hole crowne of Fraunce as hys ryghtefull enherytaunce for more auctorytye of the same entermedeled the armes of England with y e armys of FrauÌ„ce as ye se them at this daye Then kynge Phylyp beyng of these thynges warned gathered an howge hoste came with them to a towne called Uermendoys And kyng Edwarde with hys people entred y e couÌ„trey called Theresse breÌ„t wasted y e couÌ„trey before hym ThaÌ„ kyng Philip drew toward the Englisshe hoste and came vnto a place or towne called in freÌ„ch BuyroÌ„ Fosse where he entended as sayth y â— frenche boke to haue set vpon y e Englysshemen But by counsayl of hys lordes for dyuerse causes he was let to hys dyspleasure For after y e daye he myght fynde no conuenyent tyme for to assayle hys enemyes so that in conclusyon eyther hoste departed froÌ„ other without batayll or fyght and kynge Edwarde toke hys wey towarde Gaunt kyng Phylip retourned into Fraunce Than kynge Edwarde by meanes of hys frende Iaques de Artyuele had all hys pleasure of the towne of Gaunt receyued of them othe and homage And after dyuerse conclusioÌ„s with them and other takeÌ„ he leuyng there the quene after the testymony of some wryters retourned agayne into EnlaÌ„de left with the quene which thaÌ„ was great with chylde y e erles of Salysbury of Oxynforde whyche in y e kynges absence ayded well y e Flemynges agayne the FreÌ„ch kyng dyd dyuerse marcyall actes whyche I here passe ouer But iÌ„ ê“ces y e erle of Salysbury was takeÌ„ prysoner diuers englyssh men slayne at y e assaut of a towne called y e I le in FlauÌ„ders or of flauÌ„ders Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxxix  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xl  Adam Lucas  Andrewe Awbry  Anno .xv.  Bartholomewe Marres  IN thys .xv. yere whyle y e kyng was busyed in Englande to make prouysyoÌ„ for mete money to withstande the FreÌ„che kyng aswell for the warre that the sayde Frenche kyng made vpoÌ„ the Flemynges other beyng y e kynges frendes as for hys owne particuler causes y e quene as before is sayd beyng at the towne of Gaunt was deliuered of a sonne which after was named IohnÌ„ about Crystmas in the begynnynge of thys mayres yere ende of this .xiiii. yere This chyld whaÌ„ he came to mannes astate was surnamed IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t was fyrst erle of RychemouÌ„t after duke of LaÌ„caster also fast as kyng Edwarde ê“uyded for abylemeÌ„tes of warre in EnglaÌ„de so fast hasty prouysyoÌ„ made the FreÌ„ch kyng to withstande kyng Edward both by laÌ„de by water so y t he had a great stroÌ„ge nauy vpoÌ„ see Kyng Edward thaÌ„ in y e moneth of Iunii with .ii. C. sayles tooke shyppynge sayled towarde FlauÌ„ders vpoÌ„ the see met or came vnto hym syr Robert Morley with y e north nauye of EnglaÌ„de so y t he had in al aboue .iii. C. sayles And at myd somer vppon saynte IohnÌ„s euyn he fought with the freÌ„ch kynges nauy whyche lay in a wayte for hym nere to the towne called the Sluse Of thys nauy whyche were in noumber by the reporte of the freÌ„che boke vpoÌ„ iiii C. sayles wherof were chyefe admyralles syr Hugh Queret syr Nycholas Buchet one named Barbe Noyre or in Englysh Blacke berde the whych capytayns or admyralles anone as they espied y e englyssh flote they made towarde theÌ„ to begyn the fyght .iiii. galeys set vpoÌ„ a shyppe of auauÌ„tage which sayled before y e other named y e ryche Oliuer the which .iiii galeys the fore named Barbe Noyre had the cunduyt of assayled thys sayd shyppe on euery parte bet her with gunneshot her men with hayl shot excedyngely so that of the men within her were many slayn and mo wouÌ„ded lykely to haue ben shortly won ne had beÌ„ the rescous of her coÌ„pany thaÌ„ were the sayd foure galeys soone becleped with y e English nauy so cruelly assayled that they were borded or they myghte be rescowed Then approched the hole flote vpon bothe sydes with hydous ferefull dynne noyse of gunnes with terryble flamynge of wylde fyre other with thycke shot of quarelles arowes and crusshynge of shyppes y e hydous woÌ„derfull it was to beholde so that many a soule was there expelled from theyr bodies iÌ„ shorte whyle This mortall and cruell fyght coÌ„tynued as sayth the Frenche story by y e space of .viii. howres or more iÌ„ suche wyse y e harde it was to knowe whether parte had the better so many deed and wounded men were cast into the see that the water whiche was in cyrcuyte aboute them was coloured or dyed as reed But in y e ende by grace great maÌ„hode of y e kynge whiche there was sore wouÌ„ded And by his great conforte y e Frenchemen were chased and many of theyr shyppes bowged taken with many prysoners in them Amonge the whiche the forenamed admyralles or capytaynes syr Nycholas Buchet syr Hugh Queret were .ii the whiche in despyte of the Frenchemen were hanged vpon y e sayles of theyr shyppes which they were takeÌ„ in And amoÌ„ge the shyppes that were at this season taken were recouered the .ii. foresayd shyppes named the Edwarde and y e Crystofer the whiche before were taken by the Frenchemen as it before is shewed in y e .iii. yere of this kynge In this batayle also as is testyfyed of many and dyuerse wryters were slayne vpon the noumber of .xxx. M. Frenchemen al be it y e Frenche boke nameth so many to be slayne vpon bothe partyes excuse this mysfortune by the neglygence of syr Nycholas Buchet whiche kepte the FreÌ„che nauy so longe within the hauen that they were so closed in with the Englysh nauy y t a great nouÌ„bre of them myght neuer stryke stroke nor shote theyr ordenaunce but to the hurte of theyr owne company whaÌ„ kynge Edwarde had optayned this tryumphaunt vyctory of his enmyes he yelded great thaÌ„kes vnto god How be it he was fayne to tary a season with in his shyppe by reason of a wouÌ„de y e which he had receyued in his thyghe In whiche season y e quene his wyfe came to vysyte hym and retourned agayne vnto GauÌ„t And after a fewe dayes passed y e kynge departed from Swynne rode vnto our lady of Ardenbourghe sent his nauy in the nexte hauen to Brugys moche of his people vnto the towne of GauÌ„t And whaÌ„ he had accoÌ„plished his pylgrymage he rode vnto Brugys and from thense vnto GauÌ„t where of the dwellers he was ioyously receyued Than kynge Edwarde there called a great counsayle by the whiche it was determyned that he shulde prepare .ii. hostes wherof y t one shuld be of y e meÌ„ of GauÌ„t of y e townes there aboute of y e
whiche was repayred in so stronge wyse that he hys hoste passed there ouer withoute parell Howe be it that in the tyme of repayrynge of it the French kyng sent thyder .ii. M. men to let the sayde werke But the archers kept theym of wyth theyr shot in so sharpe maner that y e more partye of them was slayne and the werke ê‘fyghted as aboue is sayd Than kyng Edwarde entred the couÌ„trey of Pycardy the French kynge remoued frome saynte Denys vnto saiÌ„t Germains froÌ„ thens to a town called Aubeuyle in Poyteau from thens to Antoygne In thys whyle kyng Edward with baner dysplayed came vnto the cytye of Beauuayze assayled the towne But the towne was wel garnisshed with soudyours which defeÌ„ded theyr enemyes vygourously wherfore kynge Edwarde coÌ„syderynge he myghte nat lyghtely wynne that towne sette the bulwerkes on fyre and so departed thens yode vnto a place called in Frenche Soygnouile or BlaÌ„ke Tache where he passed the water of Sum vpon a frydaye the .xxv. daye of August and lodged hym hys people nere vnto a forest called Cressy or Crecy wherof whan the French kyng was ware anone he sped hym frome the fore named towne of Antoygne vnto Aubeuyle agayne where after he hadde refresshed hym and hys people he rode vnto an abbey faste by the forenamed towne of Cressy In thys passe tyme IohnÌ„ duke of Normandy and sonne of Phylyp de Ualoys whyche as in the precedyng yere is towched layd hys syege vnto the castell of Aguyllon herynge that hys father was thus warreyed wyth the kyng of Englande brake vp his syege and came with hys strengthe vnto hys father THese .ii. greate hostes thus lodged within lytle compasse nere vnto the forenamed towne of Cressy vpon the saterdaye folowyng the feaste of saynt Bartholmewe beynge the .xxvi. day of the monethe of August eyther cruelly assayled other and foughte there a mortall sharpe batayll whereof in the ende kynge Edwarde gloryouslye was victoure and chaced the Frenche kynge and slewe in that fyght after the sayenge of moste wryters the kynge of Bohemy or Beame sonne of Henry y e Emperoure vii or the. eyght the duke of Loreyne the erle of Alenson brother vnto the FreÌ„che kynge Charles erle of Bloys the erles of Flaunders of Sancer of Narcourt and of Fyennes wyth dyuerse other to the noumber of eyght bysshoppes and erles xvii lordes of name and of banerettes knyghtes and esquyers beyoÌ„de the noumber of .xvi. huÌ„dreth so that as concludeth the Frenche hystorye in that batayll was slayne the floure of the Chyualrye of Fraunce and of the coÌ„mons vpoÌ„ .viii. M. men that the realme of FrauÌ„ce that day susteyned such confusioÌ„ that the lyke therof had nat be sene many yeres passed and y t be people and men of no reputacyon as archers by the vyolence of theyr importune shot whych hors nor man myght stande agayne ThaÌ„ the Frenche kyng with a small company fledde sore hurte vnto a towne called Broy lodged there y e nyght folowynge And kyng Edwarde beynge warned that an other hoste of enemyes was commynge towarde hym abode styll in the same feelde set good watches made great fyres thorough the hoste and so coÌ„tynued tyll the monday folowynge Upon whyche day in the mornynge apered to them a new hoste of Frenche men to the whych they gaue batayle and slewe of them more in noumbre thaÌ„ was slayne vpoÌ„ the saterday before But of capytaynes or men of name the auctor reherseth none Than kyng Edwarde gaue great thankes vnto god of his tryumphaÌ„t vyctory and after departed froÌ„ that towne of Cressye and toke hys waye towarde Moustruell and from theÌ„s to Boleyne and lastlye to Caleys wherof than was capytayne vnder y e Frenche kyng a BurgonyoÌ„ knyght named syr IohnÌ„ de UyeÌ„ne to whom kyng Edwarde sent that he shuld delyuer vnto hym the sayde towne of Caleys But for the kynge receyued from hym no comfortable answere he immedyatly layde hys syege vnto the sayd towne whych was vpon the thyrde day of the moneth of SepteÌ„bre there abode a certayn of tyme in makynge of assautes to the same In whyche tyme and season the erle of Derby lyenge at Burdeaux and hauynge the rule of Gascoyne and Guyan wan dyuerse townes holdes from the Frenchemen as the townes called Sayntez in Poyteaw saynt IohnÌ„ de Angely and y e towne of Poytyers In the whyche he had excedyng treasoure and rychesse soo that he hys sowdyours were greatly enryched by the pyllage that they wan in those townes and couÌ„trey to them adioynaunt And whaÌ„ the sayd erle had spoyled the sayd townes brent a greate parte of the foresayde cytye of Poytyers and the kynges palays within the same he than at hys pleasure retourned vnto Burdeaux In thys passe tyme also the FreÌ„ch kyng to the entente to haste kyng Edwarde into Englande sent Dauyd le Bruze some tyme kynge of Scottes into y e lande with a stroÌ„ge army The which gathered vnto hym such lordes and knyghtes of Scotlande as before tymes fauoured hys party and with them entred the boundes of Northumberlande spoyled that countrey without pyte But it shall apere by other auctoures that thys Dauyd le Bruze at thys daye hadde recouered the crowne of Scotlande and that Edwarde de Bayloll was than dede whych before was kynge Than it foloweth whan the archebisshop of yorke with other lordes than lefte in Englande herde tell that the Scottes were thus entred the lande anone the sayd archebysshppe with syr Henry Perse syr Rafe Neuyle syr Gilbert Umfreyle knyghtes and other gentylmen aswell spyrytuall as other apparayled theyin in theyr best maner and sped them towarde y e Scottes so that they mette with theÌ„ and gaue vnto them batayll vpon y e euyn of saynt Luke or the .xvii. daye of Octobre in a place faste by DurhaÌ„ called at that daye Neuyles crosse where god shewed to the Englysshe men suche grace that they scoÌ„fyted y e Scottes and slew of them great foyson and toke prysoners the sayd Dauid le Bruze syr wyllyam Dowglas syr ThoÌ„lyn Fowkys with other of y e nobles of Scotlande the whyche shortely after were surely conueyed vnto the towre of London and there kepte as prysoners whaÌ„ kynge Edward from the .iii. day of Septembre as before is sayd hadde by sondry tymes assayled the towne of Caleys and sawe well he he might nat shortly wynne it he prouyded for hiÌ„ hys people to lye there all y e wynter folowynge so y t for the lodging of hym his hoste he made so many houses lodges that it semed an other Caleys wherfore in ê“ces of tyme duryng y t syege of the vytelers suche as dayly resorted vnto y e kynges hoste it was named newe Caleys where y e kyng in proper persone abode al the wynter folowyng the more parte of the next somer as after shall apere Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xlvi  Anno
townes and stronge holdes in Brytayne Anno domini M.CCC.lviii  Anno domini M.CCC.lix  Symonde wymondham  Symonde Doffelde  Anno .xxxiiii.  Iohn̄ Chychester  IN thys .xxxiiii. yere or more veryly in the moneth of Nouembre ende of the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwardes reygne he wyth prynce Edward and the duke of Lancastre wyth a puyssant army landed at Caleys and from thens passed by lande vnto Artoys by Uermendoys to y e cytye of Reynes and layde hys siege about that cytye and beclypped it in suche wyse that no man might entre or go out of the cytye without lycēce of the Englysshemen whan kynge Edwarde had lyen xl dayes at the siege of reynes without great dere or hurt vnto it doyng he remoued hys syege passed by the countre of Champayne tyll he came to a towne called Guyllone where y e kynge rested hym a season In which tyme came vnto hym certayne mē of the duchye of Burgoyne as lordes of dyuers holdes and townes within that duchery gaue vnto hym to y e entent he shuld nat molest or hurte y e countre ii C.M. floryns of golde whyche is to the value of sterlynge money of .xxxv. M. li. And ouer that the sayd Burgonyons couenaunted wyth hym that they wolde mynystre to hym and his hoste all such vytayles as was in y e countre plentuously for hys money And that done he departed frome thens yode vnto Neuers and passed there the ryuer of Dyon or Ion̄ and yode to Colāges vpon Ion̄ And from thens in the moneth of Marche and begynnynge of hys .xxxiiii. yere of his reygn he yode by the countre of Gastenoys toward the cytye of Parys And prynce Edwarde with hys company passed by Moret tyll he came to an hold which Englysshmē than kept called Tournelles or Cournelles before y e which towne or holde lay at that season certayne Frenchmen in a stronge bastyle assayled the Englyshmen dayly and remoued nat thens all be it they were monysshed of the prynces commynge They trusted so moche in the strength of theyr bastyle whyche thē disceyued for wythin .v. dayes of the princes commyng theyr bastyle was goten and many of them slayne and to the nombre of .xlvii. persones of y e company taken prysoners Amonge the whyche were .iiii. men of name y e is to saye the lorde of Bouyle or Bonile the lorde of Daygreuyle or of Aygreuyle syr Iohn̄ de Barres and syr wyllyam de Plassyes Thus kynge Edwarde wyth hys people spedyng hys iourney toward Parys vppon the tuysdaye beynge the laste daye of Marche in the weke before Easter came vnto a place called the hostell of Chastelon betwene Moūtlehery and Chastes lodged hym wyth a certayne of hys people there And y e prince with other lordes of hys hoste were lodged in the townes thereabout from thens vnto the towne of Corueyll an other towne called longe Iumell Thanne Charles eldest sonne of kynge Iohn̄ and that day regent of Fraunce made meanes of treaty whyche was laboured by a freer called Symonde de Langres prouyncyal of the freers Iacobynes legat of the pope By whose meanes a day of treaty was appoynted to be holdē vppon good fryday in the maledery of le longe Iumel where at the same daye and place apered for kynge Edwardes partye the duke of Lācastre the erles of warwyke of Northāpton wyth syr Iohan de Chande syr waltyer de Manuy and syr wyllyam Cheyny knyghtes And for the regēt apered there the lorde of Fewe than constable of Fraunce the lorde Bocy quant than marshall of Fraunce the lord of Sarancyers the lord of Uyg nay of the coūtre of Uyenne syr Symond Bucy syr Guychard of Auglye knyghtes whyche treaty came to none effecte wherfore kynge Edwarde vpon the tuysdaye folowynge Easter daye remoued frome the sayd hostell and lodged hym nere vnto Parys at a place named Chastellone nere vnto Mountrouge And the residue of his hoste was lodged at Uauuys at Uaugerart at Gētylly and other townes there about Thā vpō frydaye folowynge beynge the .x. daye of Apryl by meanes of y e abbot of Clugny which newly was sent from the pope Innocēt the .vi the forsayd lordes knyghtes agayne assembled at a place called the Bālyē to treate of an accorde betwene the kynge the regent But theyr labour was spent in vayne as it before had ben Uppon the sondaye nexte folowynge a parte of y e kynges hoste came before the towne of Parys and enbataylled theym in a felde faste by saint Marcelles and taryed there frome the mornynge tyll thre of the clocke at after noone to abyde batayle of the Frenchemen The whyche made none yssue oute of cytye natwithstandynge that as testifyeth the Frenche boke within Parys at that daye were greate plentye of Sowdyours ouer and besyde the greate foyson of the enhabytauntes of the same whanne the Englysshemen perceyued that they shulde haue no batayll of the Parysyens they aboute thre at after noone departed the feld and toke theyr waye towarde Chartres and so vnto Bōneuale nere vnto Chaceadon Than kynge Edwarde was lodged at a place calle Dones To the whych place came vnto hym out of Parys the byshoppe of Beauuayes than chauncellour of Normādye with other and so behaued them vnto the kynge that a new daye of treaty was appoynted to be holden at Bretynguy within a myle or lytell more of Chartres fore sayde vppon the fyrste day of May next ensuyng AT whyche daye of apoyntemente the foresayd duke of Lancaster wyth the sayde erles of warwyke and Northampton and other at the sayde place apperyd for kynge Edwarde And for the regent appered there the forenamed byshop wyth many other lordes and knyghtes and spyrytuall men to the nomber of .xxii. persons whose names I ouer passe for lengthynge of tyme. The whyche so dylygently behaued hym that in the space of .viii. dayes they agreed vpon an vnyte peace the whyche was comprysed in .xli. artycles as at length is rehersed in the Frenche cronycle wherof the effecte is thys Fyrste the kynge of England and hys heyres kynges wyth all the landes as he than hadde in Gascoyne Guyan shulde haue to hym and hys heyres for euer the cytye and castell of Poytyers wyth all the appertenaūces to that lordshyp belongyng Also the cytye of Lymoges wyth all the lādes of Lymosyne and all other theyr appertenaūces The cytye and castell of Perygorte wyth all the landes and reuenues to that lordshyppe belongynge The erledome of Bygorre wyth all thynges to that lordshyppe belongyng The erledome of Poytyau wyth all the appertenaunces The sygnorye of Beleuyle The lordshyp of Exanctys Exaucdoure and Exancon̄ The cytye of Agen the cytye of Agenoys the cyty of Caours and lordshyppe of Caoursyn The cytye of Tarbe the cytye and countre of Gaure Angoulesme of Rodes and of Rouern̄ The lordshyppe of Mostruell wyth all reuenues therunto belongynge The sygnorye of Caleys of Marquell of
Sandgate and Colyngn̄ The lordshyppe of Hammys of walys and of Ouye. And the erledome of Guynes wyth all profytes therunto belongynge All whyche lordshyppes honours castels towres cytyes and townes the kynge of Englange thā Edwarde the thyrde and hys heyres kynges of Englande shulde haue holde for euermore in as royall wyse and lyke maner as done the kynges of Fraunce without doyng for them any homage feawty or other duety And kynge Edwarde after that daye for hym and his heyres kynges of Englande shulde clerely renoūce and gyue ouer all hys tytle ryght and interest that he hadde vnto the crowne of Fraūce and specyally the name of kynge of Fraunce Also all hys ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the duchy of Normandye of Thorayne of Aniowe of Brytayne and of the souerayntye of the erledome of Flaunders and of all other lordshyppes cytyes castelles honours townes towres and manours that any kynge of Englande before that daye had any ryght vnto wythin the realme of Fraunce and to holde hym cōtente wyth the aboue named lordshyppes wythout any forther clayme Forthermore it was agreed that the Frenche kynge shulde paye for hys raūsome thre millions of scutes of gold wherof .ii. shuld alway make a noble Englysh ye shall vnderstād y e a million of scutes is .x. C. thousande of scutes whych extende after y e value of sterlyng money vnto the summe of .ii. C.l. M. marke And so thre milions amounte vnto .vii. hundreth .l. M. marke whych maketh iuste .v. hundreth thousande pounde of sterlynge money Of the whych .iii milliōs of scutes x. C.M. to be payd at Caleys by the fyrste daye of Iuny next folowynge the sayd treaty an other .x. C. thousande or milliō to be payde at the sayde towne of Caleys within .viii. monethes after y e Frēche kynge was commyn vnto Caleys the thyrde million to be payde at Lōdon in two yeres and an halfe That is to saye at Myghelmasse .xii. monethes after the agrement made .iiii. C. thousāde scutes at Mighelmas next after ensuyng .iiii. C.M. scutes and at Easter than nexte folowynge ii C. thousande scutes in ful paymēt of the thre milliōs or .xxx. C. thousād scutes And further it was agreed that after the Frenche kynge was comen vnto Caleys he shuld rest hym there iiii monethes wherof y e fyrst moneth shuld be at y e charg of kyng Edward the other .iii. monethes to be at the coste and charge of the sayde Frēche kynge to paye for eueryche of the sayde thre monethes yf he so longe taryed there for the perfourmaūce of the sayde accorde .x. thousande royal les of Fraūce whyche at that tyme were in value after y e rate of sterlyng money euery royall .xxi. d. or .xiiii. sous Parys so he shulde paye for a monethes charge eyghte hundreth lxxv pounde And ouer that it was accorded y e the Frēche kynge Iohn̄ for y e tyme beynge nor no kyng of Fraūce after hym shuld ayde or assist the Scottes agayne kynge Edward nor agayne hys heyres kynges of Englāde Nor kynge Edwarde nor hys heyres kynges shall allye theym with the Flemynges nor ayde nor assyste theym agayne the sayde kynge Iohan nor hys heyres kynges of Fraunce And for the tytle or ryghte of the duchye of Brytayne whyche was in questyō betwene the erles of Bloys and of Mountford it was accorded that bothe kynges beyng at Caleys the sayd partyes shulde be called before theym And yf a peace betwene theym by the two kynges myght nat be set thā the sayd kynges to assigne certayne indyfferent persons to agre the sayd erles and they to haue halfe a yere of respyte for to quyet the mater And yf the sayde persones so by the kynges assygned myghte nat agree the sayd erles by that terme y e than eyther of the sayd erles to make the beste puruyaunce for hym selfe y t eyther of them coude make wyth the helpe of hys frendes or otherwyse wherby they myght attayne to theyr ryght clayme of the sayd duchye Prouyded alwaye that nother of the sayd kynges nor any of theyr sōnes shulde ayde or assyste any of y e sayde erles by reason wherof the peace betweene theym accorded myghte be lowsed or broken Also prouyded y e to whether of the sayd two erles the sayd duchy shuld falle by sentence of man or otherwyse that the homage for it shall alwaye be done to y e kynge of Fraunce All whyche ordenaunces agrementes wyth many mo that wolde aske longe leysour to wryte were ratyfyed and confermed by the instrumentes seales of y e prynce of walys vpon the partye of kynge Edwarde for Englandes partye by Charles regent of Fraunce for that partie as by theyr letters patentes than sealed apered beryng date that one at Louuers in Normandye the .xvi. daye of May in the yere of grace .xiii. C. .lx that other at Parys the .x. daye of y e sayde moneth and yere And ouer that eyther of the sayde ii prynces that is to saye Edwarde prynce of walys was sworne in presence of .vi. Frenche knyghtes vpon the sacrament of the aulter after y e thyrde Agnus was sayd in tyme of a lowe masse at the foresayd Louuers songe or sayd that he to y e vttermoste of hy power shuld vpholde and kepe the foresayd peace in euery poynt as ferre as in hym was And in lyke maner was Charles thanne regente of Fraunce sworne in presence of syre Englysshe knyghtes to perfourme the same After whych treaty thus fynysshed ended kyng Edward with hys sōnes nobles of Englāde toke shyppyng at Hūflete in Normādy vpō the xx day of May sayled into Englād leuyng behynde hym the erle of warwyke for to gyde the Englysshemen that remayned in Guyan other places to se that the peace whyche thā was proclaymed thorough Fraunce were kept nat brokē by thē whyche endured nat lōge wythout vyolacyō as sayth the Frenche boke HEre I leue a parte the greate reioysyng and honourable receyuyng of the kyng by the cytezyns of Lōdō other ceromonyes which at thys season I spare to th entent I may the more substancyally shewe vnto you the fynall ende of thys accorde Than trouth it is that in thys season of y e kynges beyng in Fraūce kyng Iohn̄ for hys more consolacyō was remoued from Sauoy vnto the towre of London where after y e kynges retourne he fested the kynge hys lordes vpon the .xiiii. day of the moneth of Iunii And the .viii. daye of the moneth of Iule next ensuyng the Frenche kynge in the mornynge landed at Caleys and was lodged in the castell and there abode the commynge of kynge Edwarde Upon the .ix. day of Octobre kyng Edwarde arryued at Caleys went streyght vnto the castell for to vysite kynge Iohn̄ the whyche welcomed hym in a louynge and frendly coutenaunce And whan the kynge shulde depart to his lodgyng into y e towne the Frenche kynge requyred hym
y t he wyth hys sonnes shuld dyne with hym vpon the morowe folowynge whyche of the kynge was graunted to be vpon the monday folowynge y e xii daye of the moneth At which day kynge Edwarde was fyrst set kept the astate than secundaryly y e freÌ„ch kynge Thyrdly the prynce of walys and fourthly the duke of Lancastre without mo at y e table In the tyme of whych dyner came to y e castell the erle of Flaunders whome the FreÌ„ch kyng welcomed in moste louyng maner And whan the sayde dyner wyth all honour was ended .ii. of y e kynges sonnes of EnglaÌ„de two of y e Frech kynges toke leue of theyr fathers rode towarde BoleynÌ„ where at that tyme the regent of FrauÌ„ce was The whyche mette theym in the myd way betwene Caleys and BoleynÌ„ so coÌ„ueyed them vnto BoleynÌ„ and rested there wyth theym that nyghte vpoÌ„ the morowe lafte theym there and hym selfe came vnto Caleys fyrst to hys father and after hys father and he came bothe to the kynges palays to dyner whyche kynge Edwarde receuyed wyth moche ioye honoure and made vnto theym a sumptuous feaste Uppon the fourthtene daye of Octobre the sayde regente departed frome Caleys and retourned vnto BoleynÌ„ and the two sonnes of kyng Edwarde retourned from Boleyne to Caleys And vppon a saterdaye the .xxiiii. daye of the moneth of Octobre both kyngê beyng in .ii. trauersys in one chapell at Caleys a masse was sayde before them to the offeryng of which masse nother of theym came But whan the pax was borne fyrst to the French kynge and eft to kynge Edwarde eyther refused to kysse it fyrste the Frenche kynge rose vp came towarde kyng Edwarde wherof he beyng ware rose vp and mette wyth hym refused the pax and kyssed eyther other At the whyche masse eyther of them was solemply sworne to maynteyne the articles of the sayd peace And for more assuraunce of y e same many lordes vpon bothe partyes were also sworne to maynteyne the same to theyr powers ye shal also vnderstande that in thys season that the Frenche kynge soâ—ourned thus at Caleys bothe for the paymente of hys raunsome also for the deliuery of certayn holdes and townes which as yet were nat deliuered he putte in such suerties as foloweth The duke of Orliaunce the duke of Burgoyn the duke of Burbone the erles of Angeou of Poyteau of Bloys of Alenson of saynte Poule of Escamps of Ualentynoys of Brame of Ew of Longeuyle of CaÌ„caruyle of Ancerre of Dampmartyne of Uendature of Salysbruge and of Uendosme the vycountes of BaudemouÌ„t of Beawmount of Ancuerre the lordes of Craon of Deruall of Dabyguy of Cousy of Fyers of Preaux of saynt Uenant of Garancyers of Aluerne of Mountmorency and of Angest also the lord or wardeyne of the forestes and kynghtes syr wyllyam de Craon syr Lowys de Harcourt syr IohnÌ„ de Laguy and syr Galtyerde Donehame Of the whyche .xxxviii. persones dyuers of theym as before is touched were takeÌ„ prysoners at y e batayll of Poytyers For the whyche it was agreed that as many as had nat payde theyr fynaunce before the thyrde daye of Maye laste past shuld be acquited by the kynges fynaunce wyth dyuers other condycyoÌ„s which I passe ouer Than vpoÌ„ the morowe folowyng of the takynge of the foresayde othe by the two kynges that is to say son daye the xxv daye of Octobre the Frenche kyng was freely delyuered the which the sayd day before noone departed frome Caleys and rode towarde Boleyn whome kynge Edwarde conueyed a myle vppon hys waye At whyche myles ende they de parted with kyssynge and other louynge maner and prynce Edwarde kept on hys waye with kyng IohnÌ„ so conueyed hym to Boloyn where he taryed that nyghte And vpon the morowe the sayd prynce Edwarde Charles duke of Normandy wyth y e erle of Escamps and other noble meÌ„ there than beynge pÌ„sent were agayn sworne to maynteyne and holde the sayde peace wythout fraude colour or dysceyte And that done the sayde prynce takynge hys leue retourned that nyghte vnto Caleys And so yt now appereth vnto you that kynge IohnÌ„ stode as prysoner by the space of .iii. yeres and asmoche as frome the .xix. day of Septembre vnto .xxv. daye of Octobre And whan kynge Edwarde had sped his nedes at Caleys he after as shal be shewed in the yere folowynge sayled into Englande It is also to be noted y t thys yere whyle the kyng was occupyed in his warres in Fraunce as before is touched the erle of Seynpoule wyth an army of Frenchemen sayled aboute the borders of Kent and Sussex and laÌ„ded in sundry places as Rye wynchelsee and Hastynges and spoyled the townes and slew many of y e men and dyd moche harme to the poore fysshers Anno domini M.CCC.lix  Anno domini M.CCC.lx  IohnÌ„ Denys  IohnÌ„ wroth  Anno .xxxv.  walter Borney  UPon the euyn of saynt Quyn tyne or the .xxx. daye of Nouembre in the ende of the .xxxiiii. yere of kyng Edwarde and begynnynge of thys mayres yere the kynge toke shyppynge at Caleys and sayled towarde Englande bryngynge wyth hym certayne of hys hostages That is to saye Lowys the secoÌ„de sonne of kynge Iohan newely made duke of Aniou of Mayn which before was erle of Angeou IohnÌ„ hys brother newely made duke of Aluerne and of Berry which before was erle of Poytyers whyche erledome nowe belonged to kynge Edwarde by reason of the foresayde treaty He also hadde wyth hym syr Lowys duke of Brabant and the erles of Alenson and of Escampes whyche were nere of the Frenche kynges blode with eyghte other erles and lordes named in the Frenche cronycle with the which the kynge laÌ„ded at Douer shortly after and so came to London the .ix. day of Nouembre And in thys .xxxv. yere men and beastes were perysshed in Englande in dyuers places wyth thoÌ„dre lygh tenynge and the fende was sene in mannes lykenesse spake vnto men as they trauayled by the waye Anno domini M.CCC.lx  Anno domini M.CCC.lx  wyllyam Holbech  IohnÌ„ Pecche  Anno .xxxvi.  Iames Tame  IN thys .xxxvi. yere prynce Edwarde wedded the countesse of Kent whyche before was wyfe vnto syr Thomas Holande before that wyfe vnto the erle of Salesbury and deuorsed froÌ„ hym and maryed vnto the sayde syr Thomas In thys yere also was great mortalitie of men in England duryng the whyche the noble duke Henry of LaÌ„castre dyed Thys of wryters is named the seconde mortalitie For it was y e seconde that fylle in thys kynges dayes whan duke Henry was dede syr Iohan of Gaunt the kynges thyrde sonne whyche had maryed the sayde dukes doughter was made duke of that duchye In thys yere also were sene two castels in the ayre whereof that one appered in the south east and that other in the south west out of y e which at sondry
protectoure of the realme of FrauÌ„ce in the begynnynge of the moneth of February And vpoÌ„ Trynite sonday next ensuyng he with hys wyfe were crowned at Raynes in y e yere of our lord god a M.iii. C.xxviii the .ii. yere of kyng Edward the .iii. thaÌ„ beynge in possessioÌ„ of the crowne of Englande Betwene thys Philip the sayd Edward kyng of Englande as some deale before in the story .iiii. yere of Charles the .v. is towched great disputacions argumentes arose betwene theyr couÌ„sayles for the right tytle to the crowne of FrauÌ„ce For it was thought by the couÌ„sayl of EnglaÌ„de for so moche as Edwarde was cosyn to Philip le Beaw sonnÌ„ of y e sayd Philippes doughter which had no mo chylder but Edwardes mother that he shuld rather be kyng of FrauÌ„ce than Philip de Ualoys that was but cosyn germayn to Philip le Beaw sonne of hys brother Charles Of whych dispucioÌ„s argumentes the fynall coÌ„clusion was y â— for an olde decre law by auctoritye of parlyament loÌ„ge before made was enacted that no womaÌ„ shuld enheryte the crowne of FrauÌ„ce therfore y e tytle of Edward by myght of the FreÌ„chemen was put by thys Philip admytted to the gouernauÌ„ce of the same After whych direccioÌ„ thus takeÌ„ specially by y e meanes of syr Robert erle of Artoys thys Philip anone was proclamed regeÌ„t of FrauÌ„ce vnto such tyme as the quene wyfe of Charles the .v. whych thaÌ„ was wyth chylde were delyuered so receyued the rule of the lande as regeÌ„t In tyme wherof Peter Remy principall tresorer of kyng Charles last dede whyche Peter lyuyng the sayd Charles was accused of myspeÌ„dyng of y e kynges tresoure enrychyng of hym selfe coÌ„trary to ryght reason so y t his goodes shuld be estemed at .iiii. C.M. li. after Parys money wherof y e value is set out in diuers places before in this werke was takeÌ„ out of pryson areygned at Parys there conuict adiuged vpoÌ„ the .xxiiii. day of Marche draweÌ„ thorugh the cytie hanged vpon the comoÌ„ gybet at Parys And vpoÌ„ the fyrst day of Apryll folowyng the old quene wyfe of Charles laste kyng was lighted of chyld brought forth a doughter at Boys in UinceÌ„t which after was named Blanche wherfore where before the sayd Philip de Ualoys ruled before but as regeÌ„t nowe he was allowed takeÌ„ for kyng and crowned as before is sayd at the citie of Raynes with y e quene his wyfe vp on Trinite sonday And whaÌ„ y e soleÌ„pnyte of hys coronacioÌ„ was ended he then assembled before hym hys couÌ„sayll Lowys the erle of FlauÌ„dres receyued of hym homage for the sayd erledom And that done he besought the kyng of ayde to oppresse certayn townes of hys couÌ„tre whych rebelled agayne hym wherunto y e kyng grauÌ„ted by counsayll exortacion of syr Gautyer or walter de Crecy than coÌ„stable of Fraunce the kyng sent oute hys commyssioners chargynge hys lordes with theyr assygnes sowdyours to mete with hym in dyffeÌ„syble arraye at the cytie of Arras by mary Magdaleyne day next ensuyng At whyche day the kyng with his lordes and people there meting toke forewarde vpon hys iourney sped hym toward Cassyle a town of FlauÌ„dres where within lytell space of the towne he pyght hys pauylyons and teÌ„tes wasted and pylled the couÌ„tre thereabout But the Flemynges kepynge within the sayd towne fered nothyng the French kyng but in dyrision of hym and of hys lordes they caused a red cok to be paynted vpoÌ„ a whyte cloth wrote in greate letters in y e sayd clothe thys tyme folowynge haÌ„ged it out ouer the walles Quant ce quoc iâ—y chantera â—e roy troue ca entrera ¶ whych is thus to meane in our vulgare speche whan that thys cok lo here doth synge than shall thys founde kynge hys hoste in brynge WHaÌ„ thys was redde of the FreÌ„ch men and report made therof vnto the kynge he was therwyth sore amoued and specyally for that y t they named hym the foundeÌ„ kyng Therfore they assayled them stroÌ„gly vppon all partyes But they of the towne defended theym manfully so that theyr enemyes had of them none aduauntage Than the kynge sente syr Robert de Flaundres a knyghte of the erles with a certayne sowdyours commaundyng hym to assayle the Flemynges toward saint Omers And the erle he monysshed y t he with hys people shuld assayle theÌ„ towarde the yle Than the comoÌ„s of Bruges Ipre of Tourney of Fourneys and of all Cassyle assembled theym and prouyded that a certayne of theÌ„ shuld kepe the mount of Cassyle and another company shulde kepe the couÌ„tre towarde Tourney and the thyrde hoste shulde fortyfye the countre towarde the yle The whiche people ordered euery hoste hys lymit to hym assigned and dayly skyrmysshed wyth the Frenche men so that betwene them men were slayne vpon bothe partyes whan the kyng had thus lyen before the towne a certayn season the Flemynges nat feryng theyr enemyes issued oute of the towne and pyght theyr teÌ„tes vppon the mounte of Cassyle shewed them boldly vnto theyr enemyes thaÌ„ kyng Phylyp seynge the boldnesse of the Flemynges and howe lytell they fered hym toke couÌ„sayll of hys lordê how he myght cause them to dysceÌ„de the hylle for so longe as they kepte y e hyll it was iuperdous perylous to stye towarde theym Lastly it was agreed by the kynge and hys lordes that syr Robert de Flaundres wyth other shuld assayle an holde or town thereby called Terroner de Bergner by meane wherof the kyng thoughte that they wolde discende the mount to rescue the sayd towne which accordyng to y e kynges mynde was done and a bulwerke set vppon a fyre But the kynge had neuer the rather hys entent For they kepte them and theyr gates in so sure wyse that the French kyng for al hys great power myghte to theym do no scathe In so moche that the kynge consyderynge theyr strength was condyscended to famysshe them by hunger that they myght nat wynly streÌ„gth for that toke y e lesse watche or regarde to hys people but suffered them to play and dysport them out of theyr harneys eche of theÌ„ in others tente thynkyng hym sure of hys enemyes for any assaute or warre by theym to be procured or attempted agayne hym or hys lordes But whether it were that hys enemyes of this were warned or that of theyr owne courage and pryde they wolde assayle the frenche hoste vpon the .xxiiii. daye of Auguste towarde y e nyght the sayde hoste of Flemynges aualed the mount in as secrete wyse as men of watre myght drewe theÌ„ towarde the French men whych thaÌ„ were vnarmed and in theyr disportes of dysynge and playeng at the chesse other games Uppon whome the Flemynges came so sodaynly y t they slewe many of theyr enemyes and forced many to fle toward saynt Omers for theyr sauegarde And so the
For thys sentence arose mortall warre betwene the sayde syr Charles syr IohnÌ„ In the whych the .ii. kynges of Englande FrauÌ„ce toke partye so that kyng Edwarde ayded syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort kynge Philip hys neuew syr Charles Thanne syr Iohanne de Mountforte before the sentence gyuen feryng the sequell of the same departed froÌ„ the court and gat hym into a stroÌ„ge towne of Brytayne there held hym wherof kyng Philip beynge aduertised sente syr IohnÌ„ his sonne duke of NormaÌ„dy hys brother syr Charles erle of Alenson for to warre vpon y e sayd syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tsort The which sped theym with a noÌ„bre of people into BrytaynÌ„ besieged a stroÌ„ge castell staÌ„dyng in an yle by y e ryuer of Loyer And after the wynning therof they yode vnto y e citie of NauÌ„tes the which y e cytezyns yelded vnto theÌ„ without stroke And soon after as testifieth y e FreÌ„ch story vpoÌ„ certayne coÌ„dicioÌ„s couenaÌ„tes y e sayd syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort yelded hiÌ„ vnto y e duke of NormaÌ„dy y e whyche seÌ„t hym vnto y e kyng his father to Parys where by the sayd kynge he was imprysoned in the castell of Louure But how it was by fauour or otherwyse â–ª he escaped prysoÌ„ after .ii. yeres prysonemeÌ„t Or after some wryters he was after .ii. yeres deliuered vpon certayn coÌ„dicions wherof one was y t he shulde nat come in Brytayne nor any thynge medle or haue to do in y e couÌ„tre But thys prysonemente of syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort nat withstaÌ„ding the warre was maynteyned in BrytaynÌ„ by y e freÌ„des of the sayd syr IohnÌ„ many townê castelles therof was holdeÌ„ to the vse of y e sayde syr IohnÌ„ wherof to shew vnto you y e circuÌ„stauÌ„ce proces it wolde aske a loÌ„ge tyme. But y e coÌ„clusion fyne of this warre shal be shewed in y e story of y e .vi. Charles sonnÌ„ of kyng IohnÌ„ In the .xv. yere of this Philip the erle of Salysbury accoÌ„panied with syr Roberte of Artoys other noble meÌ„ entred Brytayn ayded the freÌ„des of syr IohnÌ„ de mouÌ„tfort in doyng great domage to y e couÌ„tre breÌ„t moche of y e French kynges nauy In assaylyng wherof syr Robert of Artoys was wouÌ„ded in the thygh with a gunne whereupoÌ„ he laye syke vpoÌ„ y e ensued a flux so therof dyed after coÌ„ueyed into EnglaÌ„de there buryed And soon after kyng Edward entred FrauÌ„ce wyth a stroÌ„g army But a peas was at wene hym the FreÌ„che kyng condiscended for a certayne terme by laboure of .ii. cardinales as before in y e .xvi. yere of kyng Edward is declared and in this yere kynge Philip arered a taske of his people called a Gabell in FreÌ„che This was prouyded y t no subiect of y e kynges nor other within hys laÌ„de shuld bye any salt but of the kynge at hys pryce And ouer that he arered lowed the coynes moneys of hys lande to the greate auauÌ„tage of hym selfe and enpouerisshyng of his sayd subiectes by meane wherof he fyll in great hatered of hys people In the .xvi. yere of hys reygne a great dyscencion grewe amonge the nobles of NormaÌ„dy by reason of partyes takyng some wyth IohnÌ„ of Harecourt and other wyth syr Roberte Barthran than Marshal of FrauÌ„ce for couenauÌ„tes of maryge apoynted betwene y e sonne of the sayde syr Robert vpoÌ„ that one partye y e doughter of syr Roger BaconÌ„ whose wyfe or maydes mother was than maryed vnto syr Godfrey de Harecourt brother of that aboue sayd syr IohnÌ„ vppon the other partye For varyauÌ„ce wherof greate warre was lykely to haue ensued yf the kynge the sooner had nat sent strayt commauÌ„dement that eyther partye shulde kepe hys peace to apere before hym and hys lordes at Parys and there to haue theyr greuauÌ„ce by hym hys lordes determyned At whyche day of apperaunce the sayde syr Godfrey appered nat nor none for hym but coÌ„trary the kyngê commauÌ„dement assyeged syr wyllin Berthran bysshop of BaynÌ„ and brother to the foresayd syr Roberte than beyng in a castell And whan he sawe he myght nat preuayll agayne hym he than drewe vnto the EnglysshmeÌ„ and ayded them agaynst the Frenche kynge In thys yere also kynge Phylype entendynge to releue the duchye of Burgoyn wyth whete whyche there than was scaÌ„t ordeyned that certayn quarters of whete shulde be gadered in the countrees of Terroner of Orleaunce Gastenoys so sent into Burgoyn But y e studyauÌ„tes of Orleaunce with the burgeyses comons of the cytie toke therwith such grefe that of one mynde they wente downe vnto the ryuer of Loyer where at y e season certayne shippes laye freyght wyth vytayll to be had vnto the sayd countre there fet out the grayen spoyled it in suche wyse that moche therof came neuer to good And that done many of that company beynge nedy and poore yode vnto vyllages there by and robbed y e people dyde moche harme whaÌ„ the prouost or ruler of OrleauÌ„ce behelde thys rage ryot of the people and coÌ„sydered the multytude of theym he forbare for a tyme tyll they were somdele asswaged And than wyth suche company as he had of hys offycers and other he toke a certayne of theym and put theym in sondrye prysons tyll he knew farther of the kynges pleasur But it was nat longe after that the other of that affynyte herynge of the enprysonement of theyr felowes asseÌ„bled theym of newe and lyke woode men ranne vnto the prysons nat a lonely delyuered theyr felowes but also many other whych laye there for great causes crymes some suche as were coÌ„dempned to deth for theyr transgressyons whan noticioÌ„ of this great outrage and ryot came vnto y e kyng anone he sent thyder .ii. knyghtes of hys court with a puyssaunt army chargyng them to take all suche as were occasyoners and begynners of thys Riot and as many as were founde culpable to be put vnto deth The whych knyghtes accordyng to theyr commission wyth ayde of y e prouost of OrleauÌ„ce toke suche as were dempte gylte of thys cryme haÌ„ged them vpon the common gybet or galous of the cytye amonge the whych were dyuers clerkes and one a deaken within orders And in the same yere and moneth of Auguste a noble knyght of Brytayne called syr Olyuer de ClyconÌ„ for treason y t he hadde conspyred agayne kyng Philippe or for he had fauoured kyng Edwardê partye was taken by a trayne at a iustes or tournameÌ„te holden for y e same cause at Parys and shortly after iudged to deth as fyrst drawen through the cytye vnto the place of iugement theruppon a scaffold purposely ordeyned was byheded and after hys body with chaynes hanged vpon the gybet hys hed standyng there ouer vpoÌ„ a stake or after an other auctour had vnto y e cytye of Nauntes in Brytayne there pyght vpon a gate of y e
a poore lyfe to y e whyche thys Gawyn resorted releued And lastely whaÌ„ne he thoughte he was somdele of hym assured he brake vnto hym hys mynde sayd if he wolde be ruled by hym he wolde restore hym to hys former prosperite welth wheruÌ„to thys Colyner grauÌ„ted ThaÌ„ anone thys Gawyn shewed hym a lettre wylled hym to bere it vnto y e kyng of EnglaÌ„d with certayn rewarde to hym gyuyng also promysyng of moch more with that y t he retourned to hym shortly to y e citie of Raynes with aÌ„swere of y e same whaÌ„ thys poore and indygeÌ„t man had receiued this lettre he cast many ê‘elles in hys mynde How be it fynally coÌ„trary his othe and promyse he toke hys waye towarde the French kyng and presented hym with y e letter in y e whych was expressed all the maner ordre how the sayd citie of LaoÌ„ shuld be betrayed whan the kyng was aduertysed of all the circumstaunce of thys treason he enfourmed this Colyner how he shuld behaue hym selfe in beryng of hys answere and prouyded hys tyme accordynge as though he had ben in EnglaÌ„d by conuenieÌ„t day came vnto hym to Raynys accordyng to the former appoyntmente In whych season the kynge had sent in secrete maner vnto the prouoste of Raynes that so soone as the sayd Colyner had shewed to the sayd Gawyn his answere y t the sayd Gawyn shuld be attached and had vnto pryson the whyche was accordyngly executed And in short processe folowynge for so moch as he was within ordres he was by the prouost sent vnto y e cytye of Laon and there put to the bisshoppes pryson But whan y e comoÌ„s of y e sayd cytye harde of suche a maÌ„ there beyng prysoner that wolde haue betrayed theyr cytie they assembled theÌ„ in great multitude wold haue broken the prysoÌ„ to y e ende to haue slayn hym But they were so paciently answered by the bysshoppes offycers y t they retourned vnto theyr houses Upon the morow folowyng to cease y e rumour of y e peple he was brought vnto his iugement there condempned for his dymeryte vnto perpetual pryson And more therunto was added y t for his more diffamy shame he shulde be sette in a tumbrel vpon hygh bareheded that of all people he myght be seen so with moste shamefull instrumentes lad throughe the hygh stretes of y e cytye and brought agayn vnto y e bisshopes pryson and there to remayne for terme of lyfe But he was nat fer in such maner coÌ„ueyed by y e offycers froÌ„ y e Gaole but the coÌ„mons fyl vpon hym with crye castyng of myre stones that or he were halfe way lad of hys circuyte or progresse he was stoned to deth and after his body buryed within a maroys nere vnto the sayd cytye And shortely after at Parys was done to cruell deth a cytezyn of y e sayd citie which enteÌ„ded to haue betrayed the sayd cytye of Parys For y e which treason he was fyrst dismeÌ„bred of legges armes and after haÌ„ged by the nek vpon the gybet of Parys In the same yere aboute y e feest of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst y e Englyshmen y t had holdeÌ„ the towne castell called the roch of Aryan in Brytayn by the terme of two yeres passed at this season they were besieged fiersly assauted by syr Charles de Bloys and his frendes in so furyous maner y t they rent wyth great ordenaunce dyuers places of the castell walles in processe threwe downe the rofe of a chaÌ„bre where the wyfe of the capytayne of the castell lay in her chyld bed so ferre put in fere that the rulers of the towne and castell grauÌ„ted to delyuer the towne castell to y e sayd syr Charles wyth that they myghte departe with theyr lyues goodes y e whyche offer to hys payne charge he refused For in short tyme after syr Thomas of AgornÌ„ an englysshe knyghte wyth a stroÌ„ge company of archers other sowdyours rescowed the sayd towne castell And after loÌ„ge fyght and great dauÌ„ger as by loÌ„ge proces is declared in the FreÌ„che story y e sayd syr Thomas toke the sayde Charles de Bloys prysoner and slewe many of hys lordes as before is shortely touched in the ende of the .xxii. yere of kyng Edwarde After whych victory thus opteyned hys prysoners put in suer kepynge he toke y e ordenauÌ„ce of the duke left in y e felde wyth other pyllage put it wythin the towne castell aforesayd And for y e vyllages and meÌ„ of the couÌ„tre there about had ayde the duke agayne the towne and castel therfore the sayd syr Thomas punysshed the sayd vyllages and ruralles by greuous fynes helde theÌ„ in great seruytude and daunger and ouer y e slewe many of theym many they helde as drudges captyues And thys done the Englysshmen repayred agayne the walles and suche other places as were before tyme beten downe by force of the sayd syege strengthed it in theyr best maner IT was nat longe after y e kyng Phylype at the requeste of the couÌ„tre sent thyder the lord of CaronÌ„ wyth a stronge army to whome also great multytude of the people of that countre resorted wyth whose aydes the sayd lorde assayled the sayd town castell by .ii. dayes contynuell But the EnglysshemeÌ„ deffended them selfe vygurously and threw vpoÌ„ theyr enemyes hote boylynge oyles and other gresys with fyre coles hote asshes wherwith they greued theyr enemies paynfully Thus coÌ„tynuyng the siege meanes of treaty were offered and coÌ„dyssended to yelde the towne with condicyoÌ„ that they mynght saufely depart with theyr lyues and goodes but the FreÌ„chemen and Brytons wolde nat to it be agreable Than the assaute began of new And the lord of CaronÌ„ to encourage hys sowdyours henge a purse and therein .l. scutes of golde vpon a sperys ende and cryed wyth lowde voyce that who that fyrste entred the towne shulde haue the sayde l. scutes of golde whan the ianuays or sowdyours of the cytye of Ieane and of the cytye of Italye harde the promyse of theyr cheuytayne a certayne of theym with longe pycaxses and sharpe approched theym vnto y e wallys and so demeaned them that in lesse than .v. houres they mynded so the wall that there fyll thereof as testyfyeth the sayde Frenche cronycle the lengthe of .l. fote By reason wherof entred fyrste the Ianuays after the hole hoste The whych with out compassyon or pyte slewe man woman chylde that came in theyr waye nat sparynge the chylder that souked vpon the mothers brestes spoyled and robbed the towne euery man gettynge what he myght to his owne aduauntage And whanne the FreÌ„chmeÌ„ and Brytons had thus miserably slayne many EnglysshmeÌ„ also BrytoÌ„s other inhabytauÌ„tes of the towne they than assayled the castel to y e which was fled vpoÌ„ .ii. C. .xl EnglyshmeÌ„ After dyuers assautes it was offered by the sowdyours
of the castell y t they wolde yelde the castell theyr lyues and goodes saued And finally it was agreed theyr bodies onely to departe to be cōueyed .x. miles vpon theyr waye towarde such place as they wolde appoynt vpō y e which appoyntement .ii. knyghtes Brytons y t is to saye syr Syluester de la Fulle and syr wyllm̄ de Stratton receyued them in theyr cotes and cōueyed thē with great payne nat without losse of some For theyr enemies of y e hoste caste stones at theym and bete them so with theyr staues that dyuers of theym dyed the remenaunt were broughte nere vnto a castell than in the power of Englysshemen named Quyntyne But whan the commōs of y e town there nere harde of the cōmynge of suche Englysshmen vnder saufe conduyt the whiche before in the batayl of the roche of Arian where syr Charles de Bloys was taken had slayne theyr lord that is to meane the lorde of Quyntyne anone they issued oute of the towne and for they fonde lytel resystence in theyr guydes they slew theym there excepte one whych was capytayne of the Englyshmē whych one of y e sayd knyghtes caused to be set vpon hys horse so fledde frō the peryll And whā the cruell Brytons had thus shamefully slayne the Englyshmen they gadered y e cariens vp on an hepe suffered theym there so to lye to y e ende that beastes foules myght deuoure them And in shorte tyme after y e erle of Flaūdres by meanes of the Frēch kyng left the doughter of kynge Edwarde and was maryed vnto the doughter of y e duke of Brabant In the .xx. yere of Phylyp y e town of Calays was goten lyke as the circumstaūce thereof is declared in the xxii yere of kyng Edward the thyrd And in the same yere the mortalite or sykenes whych after reygned in Englande reygned nowe feruentely in Fraunce and moste specially in the cytye of Auynyon by force wherof y e thyrde parte of the people of y e cytye dyed And frome thens it came vnto saint Denys and so vnto Parys In which coost it was so feruent y t there dyed in those .ii. townes ouer the nōbre of .lvi. M. within y e space of .xviii monethes And in thys yere the dolphyne of Uyen named syr ymberte solde hys dolphynage vnto the Frēch kyng became a freer at Lyon vpō the rosne of the ordre of the freer prechours or blacke freers In the .xxi. yere of thys Phylyp Charles the fyrste begotten sonne of Iohn̄ duke of Normādy eldest sonne of thys Phylip toke possession of the sayd dolphynage of Uyen And in the moneth of August folowyng dyed y e duchesse of Normādy and mother of the sayd Charles And in the moneth of Decembre folowynge dyed dame Iane quene of Fraūce doughter of Robert duke of Burgoyn And in thys yere was the treason wroughte by syr Godfrey de Charny to haue agayne wonne the towne of Calays lyke as I to you before haue shewed in the .xxiiii. yere of kyng Edward y e iii. And in y e moneth of Ianuary next ensuynge .ix. day of the same kyng Phylyp spoused hys .ii. wyfe Blaūche somtyme y e doughter of y e quene of Nauerne lately dyscesed whyche was syster vnto the erle of Foyze whyche espousayles were secretely done in the manour of Robert erle of Bray And so the sayde kyng Philip was wydowe frome the .xii. daye of Decembre to the nynthe daye of Ianuary whyche was by the space of xxviii dayes And vpon the .ix. day of the moneth of February Iohn̄ duke of Normandy eldeste sonne of thys Philippe spoused hys seconde wyfe Iohanne Countesse of Boloygne at a towne called Miriaux nere vnto Meulene And so he morned for hys wyfe whych was named y e good Duchesse of Normandy by the terme of vi moneths .ii. dayes lackynge In the .xxii. yere of kyng Philip moneth of Iuly syr Thomas de Agorne befornamed was by chaūce medly slayne of a Brytō knyght called syr Raufe de Cuours And vpon the .xxiii. daye of August folowynge dyed syr Phylyp de Ualoys kyng of Fraūce whā he had reygned ouer y e Frēchmen in great vexaciō trouble by the space of .xxii. yeres lackynge v. monethes odde dayes and was after enterred at saynt Denis by his fyrste wyfe left after hī Iohn̄ duke of Normandy for hys heyre ¶ Of kynge Iohn̄ IOhn̄ the fyrste of that name sonne of Phylype de Ualoys began to raygne ouer the Frenchmē in the moneth of August yere of our lord M.CCC and .l .xxiiii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. than kyng of Englande was crowned at Raynes the xxvi day of Septembre folowynge wyth dame Iohanne hys wyfe In tyme of the whych solempnite kyng Iohn̄ dubbed hys eldeste sonne dolphyne of Uyen and Lowys hys .ii. sonne erle of Alēson knyghtes with other noble men And vpon the .xvi. daye of Nouēbre folowynge syr Rauffe erle of Ew and cōstable of Guynes whā it was Frenche the whych was newly commen out of Englande where he had ben longe prysoner was accused of treason and so commaūded vnto pryson at Parys within whyche pryson he was shortly after byheded in y e presence of the duke of Burgoyne and other nobles In the thyrde yere of kyng Iohn̄ viii day of Ianuary Charles kyng of Nauerne caused to be slayne with in the towne of Aygle in Normandy syr Charles de Spayne cōstable of Fraūce For the whych murdre sourdyd great warre betwene kynge Iohan the sayde kynge of Nauerne whych contynued many yeres after natwithstādyng that the sayd kynge of Nauerne had maryed the doughter of y e sayd kyng Iohn̄ Thā by meditaciō of frendes a peas was dryuē betwene theym so that kyng Iohan shuld gyue vnto y e kyng of Nauerne for contētacyon of certayne summes of money yet owynge vnto hym for the dower of hys wyfe certayne landes within the duchy of Normandy and ouer that the Frēche kyng shuld pardone all suche persones as were consentynge to the deth of the constable before murdred After whych treaty thus concluded the kynge of Nauerne vnder assuraunce of hostage came vnto kyng Iohn̄s presence at Parys And after he had taried there a season he departed with dyssymulacion on eyther partye vsed as after shall appere In the .iiii. yere of kyng Iohn̄ syr Godfrey de Harecourt whych wyth hys sonne other hadde ben consentynge vnto the deth of the constable of Fraunce were reconsyled agayne to the kynge The whyche ensensed hym agayne the kynge of Nauerne by meanes of theyr sinister report so that the peace betwene theym before cōcluded was dysapoynted brokē And soone vpon thys syr Robert de Loryze that was chamberlayn vnto kynge Iohn̄ auoyded the courte for fere leste the sayde syr Godfrey hadde shewed of hym any thynge to the kynge and so yode vnto the kynge of Nauerne in Normandy After whose commyng the kynge of Nauerne departed
shewed in the .xxx. yere of kyng Edward the thyrde And in the .vii. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ begynnyng of the same was the batayll of Poytyers In y e whych kyng IohnÌ„ was taken prysoner of prynce Edwarde many of hys lordes takeÌ„ and slayne as before in the .xxx. yere of the foresayd Edwarde is declared at leÌ„ght After the which scomfyture the duke of Normandy whyche hardly escaped from the sayde batayl entred the cytye of Paryz the .xxix. daye of Septembre called there a great couÌ„sayll of y e thre astates of y e realme and the .xv. daye of Octobre next ensuynge there to be asseÌ„bled At which daye the sayde duke wyth the sayd .iii astates of the realme beyng in y e parlyament chambre Peter de la Forest archebysshop of Roan and chauÌ„celer of FrauÌ„ce declared there the greate mysfortune that to the lande was lately falleÌ„ by the takyng of theyr hed and prynce and exorted theym by a loÌ„ge oracioÌ„ to ayde assiste euery maÌ„ after hys power for the redeliuery of theyr prynce agayne whereunto it was answered for theyr clergy or spyrytual by the mouth of mayster IohnÌ„ de Carone thaÌ„ archebysshop of Raynes and for the nobles or y e Cheualty of FrauÌ„ce by the mouth of syr Phylype duke of Orleaunce and brother vnto kynge IohnÌ„ for the commoÌ„s of the good townes of FrauÌ„ce by the mouthe of Stepyn Martell burgeys of Parys and prouost of the same that eyther of them shulde helpe to the vttermost of theyr powers prayed that they myght haue conuenient leyser to couÌ„sayll and commoÌ„ for prouycioÌ„ of the the same the whyche to theym was graunted Than the sayde thre astates helde theyr couÌ„sayll at the fryer mynours or gray fryers in Parys by the space of .xv. dayes In whyche season they appoynted amonge theym to the noÌ„bre of .l. persones to take a vyew and make serche of certayne thynges thaÌ„ myslad and euyll gyded within the realme The whyche .l. persones whaÌ„ they had appoynted .vi. of them selfe to go vnto the duke they in y e names of y e other made request vnto y e duke that he wolde kepe secrete such thynges as they entended to shewe vnto hym which request he grauÌ„ted ThaÌ„ they shewed vnto the duke that the realme before tyme hadde ben mysseguyded by offycers and excepte that remedye for it were shortlye fouÌ„den it shulde staÌ„de in greate parell to be loste wherfore they besought hym to dyscharge all suche as they wolde name vnto hym ouer y t to forfayte theyr goodes vnto the kynges vse And fyrst they named mayster Peter de la Forest archebisshop of Roan chauÌ„celer of FrauÌ„ce syr SymoÌ„de de Bucy chyfe counceloure of the kyng and chyefe presydente of the parlyament syr Roberte de Loryze that before tyme was chaumberlayne vnto the kynge syr Nycholas Brake knyghte and mayster of the kynges paleys Engueram of the Celer Burioys of Parys and vndre tresourer of FrauÌ„ce IohnÌ„ Pryll burioys also soueraygn mayster of the money and mayster of thaccomptys of the kyng and IohnÌ„ ChaÌ„nean de Charters treasourer of the kynges warres All whyche offycers the sayde persones wolde that they shuld be dyscharged of all royall oâ—yces for euer Also the sayd constytuted persones wolde y t the kynge of Nauerne were delyuered free froÌ„ pryson also that he hym selfe wolde be coÌ„tented to be aduertysed and couÌ„ceyled by suche as they wolde appoynte vnto hym that is to saye .iiii. prelates xii knyghtes and xii burioys The whych .xxviii. persons shuâ—d shulde haue auctoryte to rule and ordeyne all thynges necessarye for the realme and to set in and put oute all offycers apperteynyng to the realm wyth dyuerse other requestes whych vnto the duke were nothyng agreable Upon the whyche requestes the duke gaue answere y t he wolde gladly fele the opynyon of hys couÌ„ceyll vpon that shape vnto them some reasonable answere But fyrste he desyred of them to knowe what ayde the iii. astates wolde gyue vnto hym for the delyuery of hys father wherunto it was answered that the clergy had grauÌ„ted a dyme a halfe to be payed in a yere wyth that that they maye haue licence of the pope and y e lordes asmoche to be leuyed of theyr laÌ„des and y e comoÌ„s the .x. peny of theyr mouable gooddes ThaÌ„ vpoÌ„ the morne folowynge within y e palays of Louure y e duke assembled hys couÌ„sayl there shewed vnto them the desyre requeste of the .iii. astates wherupon were made many reasons and many messages sent betwene the duke and them to refourme some parte of the sayde artycles But it was fermely answered by theym that excepte he wolde reforme the sayde defautes coÌ„ferme hym vnto theyr myndes for the comoÌ„ welth of all the lande they wolde nat ayde hym with theyr gooddes lyke as they had to hym shewed wherfore the duke by secrete meanes sent letters vnto his father shewyng vnto hym the circumstauÌ„ce of all hys matter the whyche wrote vnto hym agayne that in no wyse he shulde be agreable vnto the sayde requestes ThaÌ„ the duke to y e ende that he wolde nat y â— these maters shuld be towched in the open parlyameÌ„t sent for suche persones as were the chyefe rulers of the sayde .iii. astates so that to hym came for the clergy the archebysshoppes of Raynes and of LyoÌ„s and the bisshop of LaoÌ„ for the lordes came syr warayne de LuceÌ„bourgh syr Iohan de ComflaÌ„s Marshall of Champeyne and syr IohnÌ„ de Pygueny thaÌ„ ruler or gouernoure of Artoys for the comoÌ„s Stephan Martell than prouost of the marchauÌ„tes of Parys Charles Cusake with other of other good townes Than the duke shewed vnto them of certayne newes that he had lately receyued from the kynge hys father and that done he asked theyr aduices whether it were beste y e daye to shewe theyr requestes openly in the parliament chaumber or elles to deferre it for that daye And lastlye after many reasons made it was agreed that it shulde be deferred tyll the .iiii. daye after at the whyche .iiii. daye y e duke wyth the other assembled in the parlyament chambre At whyche season the duke sayd that he myght nat entende that day to here and argue the sayd requestes for certayn tydynges that he had lately receyued from his father and from his vncle the Emperour of Almayne of the which he thaÌ„ shewed some opeÌ„ly and after dyssolued for that daye the counsayll In the moneth of Octobre y e .iii. astates of the prouynce of Languedocke by the auctoryte of the erle of Armenake thaÌ„ lieutenauÌ„t for y e kyng assembled for to make an ayde for y e kynges delyuerauÌ„ce And fyrste they agreed to puruey at theyr propre costes .v. C. meÌ„ of armys wyth a seruyture to eueryche spere and ouer that a M. sowdyours on horsebacke and a M. of arblasters wyth .ii. M. of other called pauÌ„syers in Frenche all whiche to be waged for an hole yere The speres
Robert was capytayne and so contynued in doynge domage in dyuerse places aswell nere vnto Parys as elles where Durynge whyche warre thus made by the kynge of Nauerne and hys accessaries in the moneth of Septembre and begynnynge of the ix yere of kynge IohnÌ„ the foresayde syr IohnÌ„ de Piquegny layd his siege vnto the cytye of Amyas waÌ„ within the bulwerkes of the same so that the cytye was lyke to haue ben yeldeÌ„ vnto hym ne had ben the rescous of the erle of saynt Poule which draue the sayd IohnÌ„ hys people a backe But the sayd syr IohnÌ„ wyth ayde of the EnglysshemeÌ„ quytte hym so maÌ„fully that he had the domynyoÌ„ of all that couÌ„trey of beawuasyne so that wyne nor no marchaundyse myghte passe to Tournay nor other townes therabout without hys saufe coÌ„duyt or lyceÌ„ce And in lyke maner syr Robert knolles capytayne of the Englisshemen in Brytayne gatte there many holdes townes whyche I passe ouer Upon the .xxv. day of Octobre dyuers of the burgeysys rulers of the cytye of Parys as IohnÌ„ Guyffarde Nycholas Poret other to the nouÌ„bre of .xix. persones by the coÌ„maundement of the regeÌ„t were arested sent vnto pryson and so remayned by the space of .iiii. dayes wherfore the freÌ„des of the sayd prysoners yode vnto the prouoste of the marchauÌ„tes than named IohnÌ„ Culdoe and requyred hym to make labour with other vnto the regent than beyng at Louure for the delyuery of theyr freÌ„des or at the lest to knowe the cause of theyr inprysonement whyche requeste y e prouost and other executed It was answered to them by the regeÌ„t that vppon the morowe he wolde be at theyr commoÌ„ halle where before the comynaltye y t cause of theyr inprysonement shulde be shewed And yf than the cytezyns thoughte good to haue them sette at large he wolde therwyth holde hym contented At whyche houre apoynted the regente came vnto the sayde halle and there shewed that one named IohnÌ„ Damyens whyche hadde maryed the doughter of IohnÌ„ Restable one of the sayd prysoners hadde caused hys sayd father the other y t they had allyed theym with the kyng of Nauern coÌ„trary theyr allegeauÌ„ce wherfore he thought they had deserued to dye But for the fauoure that he owed vnto the cytye to them for they were of good substauÌ„ce he wold nat do any thynge to theym tyll they were enquered of by theyr neyghbours After the whyche declaracion thus made by the regeÌ„t euery man fered to speke any more for theym but suffered the lawe to haue hys course Howe be it in the ende they were acquyted of that treason and fynally delyuered by the ende of the nexte moneth UppoÌ„ the thyrde daye of DeceÌ„bre entred into Parys the cardinalles of Pierregort of Urgell to treate a coÌ„corde and peace betwene the regente the kyng of Nauerne But in coÌ„clusyon nothynge they sped of that they came for wherefore they retourned vnto Auynyon In whyche retourne they were robbed of great substauÌ„ce wherof Englyshmen bare the disclauÌ„der And thus thys grudge haÌ„gynge betwene the kyng the regeÌ„t many robberyes other harmes were done vnto dyuers townes in FrauÌ„ce to y e greate enpouerysshynge of the peple of that lande and to the greate enrychynge of suche EnglyshemeÌ„ as thaÌ„ were there abydynge in dayely warres bothe wyth the kynge of Nauerne also in Brytayne For shortely after thys the foresayde syr Roberte Knolles and other Englysshemen wanne the towne of Ancer and other lyke as in the thre and thyrty yere of kynge Edwarde is before more at lengthe declared In y e moneth of May .xix. day of the same y e regeÌ„t for tydynges which he had receyued from hys father out of England by the reporte of y e archebysshop of SeÌ„s other asseÌ„bled many of y e good townes at Paris But y e ways were so stopped by meÌ„ of warre he was fayne to tary tyll the .xxv. day of the sayd moneth folowynge At whyche season was shewed to y e people there assembled that the kyng of Englande to haue a fynall concorde with y e kyng of Fraunce wolde haue ouer and aboue hys raunsome y e duchy of Normandy y e duchy of GuyaÌ„ the duchy of Exanctes the cytye of Ageu the cytye of Carbe the cytye of Pierregort the cytye of Lymoges y e cytye of Caours with all the dyoces of the sayde cytyes beloÌ„gyng the erledomes of Bygorre of Poytyers of Aniowe and of Mayne of Thorayn of Bouloyne of Guynys of PouÌ„tesses or Pountyeu y e townes of MouÌ„struell of Calays of Marquet with all appertenauntes to the sayde duchys erledomes cytyes and townes belongynge them to enioye and holde wythout feawte or homage for them doynge with many other thynges to the kyng of Englandes great aduauntage whyche tydynges were ryght dyspleasaunt vnto all that coÌ„pany in so moch that they answered that the sayd treaty was neyther honorable nor profytable And rather thaÌ„ the kyng shuld bynde hym hys lande to suche inconuenience they wolde prepare to make sharpe warre agayne Englande wyth whyche answere the sayde assemble was dyssolued Upon the .xxviii. day of May the regent reassembled the sayde people where it was condyscended that the nobles of the realme with a certayne persones euery man after hys astate shuld serue the regent in hys warres by y e space of a moneth at theyr owne propre costes And the cytye of Parys grauÌ„ted to fynde to hym at theyr charge .vi. C. speres iiii C. archers a M. of other sowdyours And for so moche as y e other good townes wold nat grauÌ„t any subsydie tyll they had spokeÌ„ with theyr coÌ„mynaltyes therfore they were liceÌ„ced to deê‘te home and to brynge reporte agayn within xiiii dayes At whych season they shewed vnto y e regent y t theyr countreys were so pylled wasted by the kynge of Nauerne and Englyshemen y t the people myght nothyng ayde hym as they thought to haue done wherfore with moche payne they grauÌ„ted to hiÌ„ viii M. meÌ„ for .iii. monethes In the begynnyng of the moneth of Iuny y e regent with a stronge power sped hym towarde MeleoÌ„ where the kynge of Nauerne laye with hys people so that the kyng occupied the couÌ„trey toward Byeir and y e regent y â— couÌ„trey towarde Brye where both hostes thus lyenge withoute notary feate of warre a treatye of accorde was yet agayne moued at leÌ„gthe by agrement of y e Parysyens accorded moche lyke vnto the former accorde concluded at Parys So y t by mediacyoÌ„ of certayn teÌ„porall lordes of both hostes y t sayd princes agreed to mete at MeÌ„lane and there to coÌ„clude the sayd peace where about the .xx. daye of August wyth hostage delyuered vpon both partyes the sayd prynces mette after rode vnto Pountoyse where they were both lodged within the castell where bothe theyr couÌ„sayles were assygned to mete for the per fyghtyng of thys accorde But so it was y t for suche
laÌ„des as shuld be assygned vnto y e kyng they cowde nat agre wherfore y e regeÌ„t in coÌ„clusyoÌ„ seÌ„t vnto the erle of StaÌ„ps or Escamps chargyng hiÌ„ to say y t he to y e entent to haue his good wyl had offered vnto hym reasonable offers whyche yf he wolde accepte he wolde be fayne therof and yf nat he let hym vnderstaÌ„de y t he shulde haue no peace wyth hym whyle he lyued By reason of whyche message y e couÌ„sayles on bothe partyes conceyued none other but that this treaty shuld haue concluded no amyte nor peace But howe it was by counsayll or of hys owne lyberalyte whan the kyng had degested this mater in his mynd by all that nyght folowynge he on y e morowe sent for the counsayll of the regent wylled them to shewe vnto the regeÌ„t that he consydered well in hys mynde the great daunger mysery whyche the realme of Fraunce stode in wherfore he beyng of the naturall house of FrauÌ„ce and one of y e Flouredelyce ought to se y e mayntenaunce of the honour of the same And for that that no ruyne of the sayde realme shulde to hym yf any fell after be areâ—ted therfore he was coÌ„tented to set a parte all suche great offers promyses as to hym before tyme had ben offered promysed to holde hym onely contented wyth hys owne righte as he before tymes had enioyed And to y e ende that thys hys wyll pleasure myght to the people be knowen he wylled the regent that the people of that towne of PouÌ„toyse shuld be assembled in the court of that castell that he myghte declare it to them in propre persone The whych accordyng to his mynde was done All whyche rehersall he made before the regeÌ„t and comynalte of the towne promysyng there to delyuer out of hys possessioÌ„ all suche townes castelles and holdys as he had won syn he stode enemye to the crowne of FrauÌ„ce to become true subiecte vnto the kyng louyng neuewe and freÌ„de vnto y e regeÌ„t frome y t daye foreward wherof the regeÌ„t all the coÌ„mons were very glad ioyfull all be it that some trusted lytle to this accorde nor yet to y e coÌ„tinuauÌ„ce therof consyderynge the manyfolde accordes whych before tymes had ben betwene them coÌ„cluded After which accorde thus ended the kynge wyth hys people retourned to Mâ—iant y e regeÌ„t to Paris appoyntyng betwene them to meate at Parys the fyrst day of Septembre next folowyng ACcordyng to y e appoyntmeÌ„te made at Pountoyse betwene the kyng and y e regeÌ„t vpon the fyrste day of Septembre begynnyng of y e x. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ the sayd kynge regent met at Parys where atwen them was holden famylyer coÌ„pany and great kyndenesse shewed vppon eyther partye There also they counceyled how they shulde withstaÌ„de the kyng of Englande whych enteÌ„ded to entre Fraunce shortely after wyth a stroÌ„ge power And after many amytees and frendely dealynges betwen theÌ„ executed y e kyng rode to MeleoÌ„ to delyuer that towne and castel into the regentes possessyon as the story sheweth But whaÌ„ he was coÌ„myn thyther were it with hys wyl or coÌ„trary the sowdyours toke greuouse tolles of all wynes and other marchaundyses that passed that waye whyche after was knowen to be for y e wage sowde of the Nauaroys and Englisshemen whych helde the sayd towne and castell And so y t FrenchmeÌ„ were constrayned to paye the wages of theyr enemyes whyche greued them very sore consyderynge that manyfolde harmes and pyllages of theym before were receyued And after the kyng had auoyded the sayde sowdyours he departed rode vnto MauÌ„t leuyng Creyell in the possessioÌ„ of Englyshmen other And ouer these manyfolde myseryes and myschyeues thus fallyng in the realme of FrauÌ„ce there fell so great habundauÌ„ce of water in the Heruest season that y e corne was loste so that it rose to an hyghe pryce to the greate damage of the comon people And in the moneth of Nouembre folowyng the kynge of Englande with prynce Edwarde other many lordes with a stroÌ„ge power laÌ„ded at Calays so perced Fraunce by Artoys in Pycardy Uermendoys subdued the couÌ„trees before hym tyll he came to Reynes lyke as before is shewed in the .xxxiiii. .xxxv. yeres of kyng Edward where all thys mater wyth y e tenoure of the peace betwene the sayde kynges of Englande and of Fraunce is more at lengthe declared The laste daye of the moneth of Decembre one Marten of Pysdo burgeyse of Parys was draweÌ„ vnto the place of iugemeÌ„t there vpon a scaffolde had fyrste hys armes cutte of after hys legges by the thyes lastly hys hed than he was quartered hys .iiii. quarters sette vppon iiii pryncypall gates of the cytye hys hede sette vpoÌ„ the pyllory The cause of thys iugemente was for so moche as one called Denysot Palmer to whome he had discouered his couÌ„sayll and caused hym to be as an accessary in all hys workes had accused hym that the sayd Marten had agreed couenaunted with certayne offycers capytaynes of the kyng of NauernÌ„ that they at a tyme appoynted shuld haue entred the cytye of Parys to haue slayne the regente other to haue had the cytye at theyr rule and pleasure And so the season thaÌ„ of y e .x. yere tyl y t moneth of Iuly passed in the warres treaty before touched so that the .viii. day of Iuly the Frenche kyng laÌ„ded at Calays there taryed as prysoner tyl the .xxv. daye of Octobre folowynge as before in y e .xxxiiii. yere of kyng Edward is more playnly shewed Than vpon the .xxix. day of Octobre and begynnynge of hys .xi. yere kyng IohnÌ„ came to saynte Omers where he taryed tyll the fourth daye of Nouembre And the .xi. day of December he came vnto saynte Denys where vnto hym vpoÌ„ y e .xii. day came the kynge of Nauerne whyche had nat sene hym sen he was delyuered from pryson brought with hym certayne hostages whyche the Frenche kynge had sente vnto hym for hys saufegarde puttynge hym holy in y e FreÌ„che kynges grace mercy And vpon the morowe folowyng he was newly sworne vnto the kynge to be hys trew faythfull sonne subiect and the kyng agayn vnto hym to be hys kynde father good gracyous soueraygne lorde And forthe wyth were sworne the duke of Normandy Philip brother vnto the sayd kyng of Nauerne to maynteyne all couenauntes made to be made betwene the sayd .ii. kynges so that they were fynisshed coÌ„cluded by the .xviii. day of Ianuary nexte folowyng And soone after retourned the sayd kyng of Nauerne vnto Maunt. And kyng IohnÌ„ vpon the .xiiii. daye of December wyth great tryumphe was receyued into Parys And whanne he was comyn vnto hys palays the prouost of marchauntes wyth certayne burgeyses of the cytye in the name of the comynaltye of the same presented hym with a present
to the value of a M. marke sterlynge Upon a tuysdaye beyng the fyrste day of Iuly was foughten a batayll at Parys betwene two knyghtes wherof the appellaunte was named syr Foukes Dorciat and the defendauÌ„t syr Maugot Mawbert whych appellauÌ„t was sore vexed with a feuer quarteyne by reason wherof and of the great hete that y e day appered after longe fyght the sayd appellauÌ„t lyght from hys horse for hys refresshemeÌ„t wherfore hys frendes of hym were in great doute But his enemye was also so sore trauayled y t what for hete laboure he was also ouercome was lykely to haue fallen froÌ„ hys horse and or he myght be taken downe he swowned dyed whan syr Fowkes was ware of y e feblenesse of hys enemye anon as he might he dressed hym on fote toward hys aduersary fande hym starke dede whyche by lyceÌ„ce of the kynge was after had out of the feelde and secretlo buryed the sayde syr Fowkes for feblenesse was by hys freÌ„des ladde vnto hys lodgyng In the .xii. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ xxi day of Nouembre Phylyp duke of Burgoyn erle of Artoys of Aluerne and of Boloyngn a chylde of the age of .xiiii. yeres or lesse dyed at a town nere vnto Rome called GuyoÌ„ By reason of whose deth kyng IohnÌ„ as nexte heyre had after possession of al the sayd laÌ„des toke possioÌ„ therof shortly after In the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng IohnÌ„ thyrd day of Ianuary he for specyall causes hym mouyng as for the enlargyng of his sonne the duke of Orleaunce other yet pledges for hys rauÌ„some toke shyppyng at Boloyne so sayled into EnglaÌ„d and arryued at Douer the .vi day of the sayde moneth and after yode to Eltham and from theÌ„s was coÌ„ueyed vnto LoÌ„don as before is shewed in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edward In tyme of whose there beyng syr BarthraÌ„ de Glaycon made warre vpoÌ„ the kynge of Nauerne wan from hym the towne of Maunt in Normandy And by the duke of NormaÌ„dy soone after was wonne from the sayd kyng the towne of MeÌ„leÌ„ce within y e which were taken dyuers Parysyens that shortly after for theyr infidelite were put in execucioÌ„ at Parys And thus the warre betwene the kynges of FrauÌ„ce Nauerne was newly begoÌ„ Than kynge IohnÌ„ beyng as before is sayde in Englande a greuous malady toke hym in the begynnynge of Marche of the whyche he dyed at London vpoÌ„ the .viii. daye of Apryll folowynge so wyth great honoure and solempnyte coÌ„ueyed to the sees syde and there shypped thaÌ„ in processe caryed into Fraunce where vpon the .vii. day of May and yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii he was solempnely enterred in the monastery of saynt Denys whaÌ„ he had reygned .xiii. yeres .vii. monethes and odde dayes leuynge after hym thre sonnes that is to say Charles whych was kyng after hym Lewys and Phylyp CArolus or Charles y e .vi. of that name or .v. after som writers y e eldest sonne of kyng IohnÌ„ beganne hys reygne ouer the realme of FrauÌ„ce the .ix. day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii and the .xxviii. yere of Edwarde the the .iii. than kynge of Englande and was crowned with dame Iane hys wyfe at Raynes the .xix. day of May folowynge In thys fyrste yere syr Barthran de Glaycon lyeutenaunt of the sayde Charles in NormaÌ„dy fought with a capytayne of the kynge of Nauerne named le Captall de Bueffe nere vnto a place called Cocherell nere vnto the crosse of saynte Lyeffroy in whiche fyght the sayd Captall was scomfited and great noumbre of his people taken and slayne hym selfe chased taken for whome the frenche kynge gaue after vnto the sayde syr BarthraÌ„ the Erledam of Longeuyle And whaÌ„ he had receyued him he sent him vnto a stroÌ„ge pryson called the Merchy in Meaux At Myghelmas folowynge the duke of Brytayne syr Charlys de Bloyes and syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort sonne and heyre to the fore named sir IohnÌ„ Mountforde before dede whiche by a longe season bothe father the sonne had holden warre with the sayd syr Charles met in playne batayle in y â— which as before is shewed in the .xxxviii. yere of king Edwarde the sayde syr Charles was slayne dyuers noble men of Fraunce with him In the moneth of Iuny and seconde yere of this Charlys an other accorde was yet concluded atwene this Charles and the kynge of Nauerne By reason of whiche accorde the Captall of Bueffe was clerely delyuered and Maunt and Menlene agayne also to the kynge restored And ouer that to the kynge of Nauerne was geuyn for a recompensement the Erledome of Longeuyle whiche as aboue is sayd the frenche kyng had gyuen vnto syr Barthran de Glaycon for to haue the Captall to his prisoner And also to the sayde kynge of Nauerne was gyuen the lordshyppe of Mountpyller And in the moneth of February began the warre in Spayne where prince Edwarde ayded Peter kyng of y e lande as before is shewed iÌ„ the .xl. and .xlii. yeres of kynge Edwarde In the .iiii. yere the peace atwene the kynges of Englande of FrauÌ„ce began to breke by meanes of the erle of Armenake other as in the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde is before shewed And in the moneth of Decembre and the sayd yere the quene was lyghted of a man Chylde in the Hostell of saynt Paule the whiche was after christened with excedynge solempnyte ouer other before passed in the churche of saint Paule in Parys the .vi. day of Decembre of the cardinal of Parys To whome were godfathers the erles of Mountmerency and of Dampmartyn godmother Iane quene of Euroux and bare the name of Charlys after the erle of Mountmerency In the .v. yere of this Charlys he called his counsell of parlyament at Parys Durynge the whiche the appellacyons of the erle of armenake and other purposed ageyne prynce Edwarde were publysshed and radde the answeres of the said prince vpon the sayd appellacyons made whiche I ouerpasse for length of the mater But the conclusyon was that the prince had broken the peas and couenauntes of the same as they there demyd wherfore all suche townes holdes as the frenche kyng had gotten he shulde them retayne make warre vpon the kynge of Englande for the recouery of the other where vpon kynge Charles in the moneth of Iuly folowyng rode vnto Roan and there rygged his nauye entendynge as sayth the frenche historye to haue made warre vpon EnglaÌ„d and to haue sent thyther his yongest brother Philippe than duke of Burgoyne with a stronge armye But whyle he was there besyed about his purpose the duke of Lancastre arryued with a strong power at Caleys and so passed to Tyrwyn so vnto Ayr. wherfore kynge Charlys then chaunged his purpose and sent his sayde brother into those ê‘ties Then by that season that y e sayd duke was prepared with hys people the englysshemen were
comyn vnto Arde. And the frenche men spedde them in suche wyse that they logged theÌ„ the xxiiii day of Auguste vpon the mouÌ„tayne of Tournehawe nere vnto Arde so that both hoostes were lodgyd within an englysshe myle Atwene whom were dayly bekeringes and small skyrmysshes All whyche season the Frenche kyng taryed styll aboute Rowan Than the king of Nauerne whiche by a longe season had dwellyd in Nauerne came by shyppe into Constantyne and sent vnto kynge Charlys y t if he were so pleased he wolde gladly come vnto hym for to shewe to him his mynde wherfore the king sent vnto hym as hostagys the erle of Salebruge the deane of Parys with .ii. other noble men the whyche the kynge of Nauerne wolde nat accepte In the moneth of Septembre and vpon the .xii. day when the duke of Burgoyne had lyen as before is sayd nere vnto the englysshe hooste he that day remoued his people and so went vnto Hesden And the Englisshe hoost remoued to Caux other places as before I haue shewed to you in the .xliii. yere of kynge Edwarde with other thynges apperteyninge vnto the same mater And in the sayd moneth of Septembre kynge Charles manned and vitayled certayne galeys other shyppes and sent them into walys and so to haue entred into EnglaÌ„de But they retourned with lytle worshippe natwithstandynge that he had .ii. noble men of walys named Owan and Iames wynne whiche made to him faste promesse of great thynges by reason that they were enemyes vnto the kyng of Englande For this and for other charges the kynge called a conuocacyon of the temporalte and spiritualte at Parys where to mayntayne hys warres was graunted to hym of all thynge bought soâ—de excepte vitayle the .iiii. peny so that all thynge that was solde by retayle the seller shuld pay the exaccion and that whyche was solde by greate the byer shulde paye the sayd exaccion And the spiritualte graunted a dyme to be payed in .ii. halfe yeres And the lordes and gentylmen were stynted at a certaintye after the value of theyr landes In the moneth of February the kyng sent vnto the kynge of Nauerne than beynge at Chierbourgth certayne messyngers to perfyght an amyte atwene them leste he toke party agayne hym with the Englysshemen But thys treatye contynued a longe season so that iÌ„ the .vi. yere moneth of Iune the kynge of Nauerne hauyng sufficient hostages came to the frenche kynge to Uernon where in conclusion the kynge of Nauerne made his homage vnto the frenche kyng and became there his feodary wherof the Frenchemen made moche ioye After whiche accorde the sayde kynge of Nauerne the thirde day folowing toke his leaue of the kynge and so rode vnto Eureux All which season y e warre was coÌ„tynued by Englisshemen within the realme of Fraunce prouince of Brytayne as before is expressed in the xliiii.xlv.xlvi yeres of kynge Edwarde In the .vii. yere and moneth of Auguste the duke of Braban with many nobles of Fraunce mette in playne batayll with y e duke of Iuillers the duke of Guellre In which batayll after cruell fyght the duke of Braban was chased and vpoÌ„ his syde slayne the erle of saynt Poule with many other noble men whiche the story nameth nat And vpon the other syde was also slayne the duke of Guellre with many other vpon that partye IN the .xi. yere of kyng Charles moneth of Maye he assembled his great couÌ„sell of parlyament at Parys where amonge many actes made for y e weale of his realme he with assente of his lordes and coÌ„mons there assembled enacted for a lawe after that day to be contynued that al heyres to y e crowne of FrauÌ„ce theyr fathers beynge dede may be crowned as kynges of Fraunce so soone as they attayned vnto the age of .xiiii. yeres And in this yere was the treatye of peace laboured by the two cardynalles sent from the pope as before is shewed in the .xlix. yere of kynge Edwarde After whyche treatye nat concluded the kynge of Englande loste dayly of hys landes in Fraunce For in the moneth of August folowyng y e duke of Berry the duke of Angeo and many other lordes to them assygned in dyuers places as in Guyan Angeo and Mayne gate and wanne from the Englysshemen many couÌ„treys townes and castels as Pierregort Rouerge Caoursyn Bigorre Basyndas Berregart Daimet with many other townes and holdes whyche wolde aske a loÌ„ge leysour to reherce to the noumbre of .vi. score and .xiiii. what of townes castelles and other holdes whiche in shorte whyle were wonne frome the Englysshemen in the parties of Fraunce and Brytayne In the .xiii. yere of this Charles the Emperour of Rome Almayne named Charles the .iiii. of that name came into FrauÌ„ce by Cambray to do certayne pylgrymages at saint Denys and elles where and so was conueyed with honorable men as the lorde of Cousy and other vnto saynt Quintyne where he taryed Chrystmas daye And after he was conueyed to a towne called Eâ— of Ewe and from theÌ„ce to Noyen and than to Compeygne where he was mette with the duke of Burbon and other nobles Than he rode to Senlys where he was mette with the dukes of Berry and of Burgoyne bretherne of the Frenche kynge and many other as bisshoppes and other lordes And ye shall vnderstande that all suche as rode in the companyes of these forsayde dukes except bysshops and preestes rode in theyr lyuereys As the companye fyrste of the duke of Burbon brother vnto the quene to the noumbre of CCC men were all cladde in whyte and blewe The company of the .ii. other dukes the noumbre of .v. C. men in blacke and russet that is to meane the erles and other lordes in clothe of golde the knyghtes in veluet the gentylmen in damaske and sattyn and the yemen in clothe Thanne from Senlys he was brought vnto Louuris where mette with hym the duke of Barre with a companye of CC. horse and his company cladde in grene and redde And from thens he was had to saynte Denys vpon the thyrde day of Ianuary whither the king sent to him a chayre rychely garnysshed for so moche as he was vexed with the goute And the quene sente to hym an horse lytter with .ii. whyte palfreys where he was also mette with a great companye of bysshoppes and other spirituall men as abbottes priours and other and taryed there .ii. dayes Upon the .v. day of Ianuary beynge monday he rode towarde Parys But or he were halfe a myle froÌ„ saynte Denys he was mette with the prouoste of the marchauntes with a coÌ„pany of .xv. C. horse y t cytezens being cladde in whyte and violette and so rodde before hym tyll he came to Parys whan the kynge was warned that he was nere the citye he lepte vpon a whyte palfrey and accompanied with many lordes and other to the noumbre of a M. men all his housholde seruauntes beyng cladde iÌ„ one liuerey of browne blewe and darke
the sayde chappell and there cause theym solemply to be enterred Syxtly that all such goodes as the sayde persones so slayne hadde wythin the town or elles were spoyled by the sayde cytezeyns that it shulde be restored vnto the wyues or nexte kynnesfolkes of theym so dede whan the proclamacyon of this sentence was ended there was an exclamacyoÌ„ cryenge of mercy suche sorowe lameÌ„tyng made of y e peple that the noyse therof souÌ„ded to the heuens But to brynge thys tragedy to conclusyon fynally suche laboure was made vnto the duke aswell by exortacyoÌ„ of sermons other that al thynges were pardoned excepte the fouÌ„dacyon of the chapell execucyoÌ„ of certayne persones which were accused to be the occasyoners of thys myschiefe and also the costes of that iournay y e which were cessed at .xxiiii M. fraÌ„kys or .xxiiii. C. li. sterlynges After whych ende thus made the coÌ„sulatê of y e town were restored agayn to theyr habyte rule and to theym was admytted all former offices and rule of the towne except the offyce of bayly wyke In the moneth of Iuly began the inhabytauntes of GauÌ„t in FlauÌ„ders to rebell agayne theyr erle of newe y e cause wherof is nat shewed But they wyth ayde whych they had of Ipre Courtray and other townes made a great hoste yode streyghte vnto a towne in FlauÌ„ders called Dyxmew entendyng to haue takeÌ„ it But y e erle beyng warned therof wyth ayde of Bruges of FraÌ„k and other maÌ„ned out a company agayn the other and mette with them in playne felde and after a sharpe skyrmysshe put theym of GauÌ„t to flyght slewe of them dyuers toke of them certayne prysoners pursued them vnto the town of Ipre and layed syege to the same whan the heddes of the towne knew that the erle was there in propre parsone vnder a certayne apoyntement they opened the gates and receyued hym in But many of hys enemyes were fled vnto Courtray And whan the erle had rested hym in y â— towne .ii. dayes done there some execucyoÌ„ he departed theÌ„s and rode vnto Bruges and helde hym there In whyche season the other whych as aboue is sayd were fled vnto Courtray fell at varyaunce within theym selfe slewe theyr capytayne after fled y e towne shyfted euery man for hym selfe Than a knyght called syr Soyer of GauÌ„t came vnto the towne of Courtray and so exorted the rulers of the towne y t they promysed hym to take hys parte wherupon he gate a baner of the erles armes in hys hande and so rydynge aboute that towne cryed who that wolde take the erles party hys lette hym folowe that baner whome the people folowed in greate noumber And whaÌ„ y e erle was asserteyned of that dede howe the town of Courtray was tourned vnto hys party anone he assembled of other townes also of that and of Ipre so moche that hys hoste was estemed at lx M. meÌ„ wyth the whiche he spedde hym vnto Gaunte layed a stronge syege there about But by the deth of the French kyng whych dyed shortly after the erle was fayne to chaunge hys mynde to remoue hys syege or elles as some wryters reporte for strength of the sayde towne whyche myght nat lyghtly be gotteÌ„ for lacke of good vpon y e erles partye to maynteyne that syege ThaÌ„ in the moneth of Septembre and .xxvi. daye of the same kynge Charles dyed at his manoyr called playsance sur Marne was buryed by his wyfe in the monastery of saynt Denys whan he had reygned .xv. yeres and .vi. monethes wyth odde dayes leuynge after hym iii. sonnes Charles which was kyng after hym and Lewys that he hadde made erle of Ualoys and after duke of Angeowe and Phylyppe erle of Poytyers ¶ Anglia RIchard the second of that name and sonnÌ„ of prynce Edwarde eldest sonnÌ„ of Edwarde y e .iii a chyld of y e age of a .xi. yeres begaÌ„ne hys reygne ouer y e realme of England y e .xxii. day of Iuny in the yere of our lorde M.CCC.xxvii the .xiii. yere of the .vi. Charles than kyng of Fraunce This Rycharde was borne at Burdeaux of whose byrthe some wryters tell wonders the whyche I passe ouer And vpon the .xv. daye of Iuly in the yere abouesayd he was crowned at westmynster beyng the daye of the translacyon of saynt Swythyn In whyche tyme season stoode Mayre shryues of the cytye of LoÌ„don these persones folowynge Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxvii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxviii Grocer Andrewe Pykman  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. i.  Nycholas Twyfforde  THe whyche contynued so in theyr offyces that is to saye y e shryues tyll Myghelmas y e mayre tyl the feest of Symon and Iude. At whyche season were chosen admytted newe offycers Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxix Grocer IohnÌ„ Boseham  IohnÌ„ Phylpot  Anno. ii  Thomas Cornwaleys  IN the moneth of August begynnynge of the secoÌ„de yere of kyng Rychard for varyaunce which was betwene the lorde Latymer sir Rafe Ferrers vpoÌ„ that one partye syr Robert Hal Shakerley esquyer vpon that other partye for a prysoner taken beyoÌ„de the see in Spayne called the lorde of Dene whome the sayd esquyers helde in theyr possessioÌ„ contrary the wylles of the foresayde knyghtes for the sayde cause y e sayd knyghtes entred the churche of saint Petyr and there fyndyng y e sayd syr Robert knelynge at masse wythoute reuerence of the sacrament or place slewe hym in the churche at y e hyghe masse seasoÌ„ after that other named Shakerley was by theyr meanes arested and had to the towre of London where he was kepte as prysoner longe after Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxix  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxx Grocer IohnÌ„ Heylysdâ—ne  IohnÌ„ Hadley  Anno. iii.  wyllyam Baret  IN the moneth of May the later ende of the seconde yere of kynge Rycharde certayne Galeys and other shyppes sente by Charles the syxte than kynge of Fraunce of the whych was chefe patron or capytayne a knyghte named syr Olyuer de Clycon landed in dyuerse places of Englande and dyd moche harme lastly entred the ryuer of Thamis and so came to Grauysende where he spoyled the towne and brent a parte thereof and retourned into Fraunce with moche rychesse as affermeth the Frenche cronycle In this yere also was holden a parlyamente at westmynster in the which was graunted that all men women beynge of the age of .xiiii. yeres and aboue shulde paye vnto the kynge .iiii. d. By reason whereof great grudge and murmure grewe amonge the commons as after shall appere Than with y e money an armye was prepared and thereof was made chefe gouernoure syr Thomas of woodstoke erle of Cambrydge and vncle vnto y e kyng The whiche with a company of .vii. or .viii. M. as testifyeth the Frenche cronycle passed y e water of Summe in the begynnynge of Auguste and
syr Symonde Burley knyghte syr Iames Bernes and syr Robert Belknappe knyghtes and a sergeaunt of armes called IohnÌ„ Uske the whyche by auctoryte of the sayde parlyamente were conuycte of treason and for the same put to execucyon at Tybourne and at the Towre hyll And IohnÌ„ Holt IohnÌ„ Locton Richarde Gray willyam Burgth and Roberte Fulthorpe iustyce with the other foresayd lordes whiche as before is said voyded the lande were by auctoryte of the sayd court of parlyamente banysshed exyled the lande for euer Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxviii  Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxix Goldesmythe Thomas Austeyne  Syr Nycholas Twyfforde  Anno. xii  Adam Cathyll  IN the .xii. yere and moneth of Nouembre yet durynge the ê‘lyament was executed in Smythefylde of London a marcyall Iustes and tournement where as all suche persones as came in vpon y e kynges partye theyr armour and apparayle was garnysshed with whyte hertes crownes of golde about their neckes And of that shorte were .xxiiii. with .xxiiii. ladyes also apparayled as aboue is sayd ladde with .xxiiii. cheynes of golde the horses of them and so conueyed them thoroughe the cytie vnto Smythefelde frome the Towre of London where the king the quene and many other great estates beynge present after proclamacions by the herroddes made many goodly and marcyall actes of warre were there put in vre to the great recreacion and comforte of the kynge and quene and all other beholders of the same To this dysporte came many straungers Amonge the whiche the erle of saynt Poule the lorde Ostreuaunt sonne and heyre vnto y â— duke of HolaÌ„de and a yonger sonne of the erle of Ostryche were greatly commended And whan this Iustes had contynued by sondrye tymes by the space of .xxiiii. dayes to the great comforte and recreacyon of many yonge and lusty bachellers desyrous to wynne worshyppe and to the kinges great honoure that by all that season kepte open housholde for all honeste comers it was fynysshed the strauÌ„gers retourned to their couÌ„treys with many ryche gyftes Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxix  Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxx Grocer IohnÌ„ walcot  wyllyam Uenour  Anno. xiii  IohnÌ„ Loueneâ— Â IN thys .xiii. yere of kynge Rychard an esquier of y e prouince of Nauerne by Fraunce accused an Englysh esquyer called IohnÌ„ welshe of certayne poyntes of treason For the tryall wherof a day of fyght was betwene them taken to be foughten in the kynges palays at westmynster where eyther of theym kept hys daye fought there a stronge fyght But in the ende IohnÌ„ welshe was vyctoure and constrayned that other to yelde hym where after he was dyspoyled of hys armoure and drawen to tyburne and there haÌ„ged for hys vntrouthe Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xc  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xci  IohnÌ„ Fraunces  Adam Bamme  Anno. xiiii  Thomas vyuent  IN thys .xiiii. yere of kyng Rychard syr IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t duke of Lancastre wyth a goodly coÌ„pany of men of armes sayled into Spayn to clayme suche landes as he there shulde haue in the ryght of dame CoÌ„staunce hys wyfe whyche was the doughter of Peter ryghtfull kynge of Spayne as in the .xl. yere of kyng Edward the thyrde is more playnly declared whan the sayde duke was vpon that other syde of the see there came vnto hym the kynge of Portyngale wyth a stronge army and so entred the terrytory of Spayne But whether it were of the Englishe men longe or of the Portyngaleys moche harme was done to the Spanyardes in robbynge and pyllyng of the countrey whyche was cause of grudge betwene the kyng of Portyngale and the duke and caused many Spanyardes whyche oughte to theÌ„ good wyll to wythdrawe and depart from them In reformacyoÌ„ of which ille certayn persones aswel English as Portyngaleys that were founde gyltye of suche robbery were putte vnto deth by meane whereof the other fered so that where by that meane the kynge and the duke were before put to great afterdeale by reasoÌ„ of reformacyon of that ille they gat dayly vppon theyr enemyes so that in processe of tyme folowyng y e kyng of Spayne was dryuen of necessyte to treate wyth the duke of a peace concorde Of the whyche peace as wytnesseth Polycronycon in hys last boke and .vii. chapyter the condycioÌ„ was that fyrste for a fynall concorde the kynge of Spayne shuld marye y e duke eldest doughter name CoÌ„stauÌ„ce and that done he shulde gyue vnto y e duke in recoÌ„pensacyon of hys costes so many wedges of golde as shulde charge or lade .viii. charettes and ouer that yerely durynge the lyues of the sayde duke and hys wyfe he shuld at hys propre coste and charge delyuer to the dukes assygneys .x. M. marke of golde wythin y e towne of Bayon And after thys peace was stablysshed and suertyes taken for the perfourmaunce of the same the duke departed wyth the kynge of Portyngale To whome shortelye after he maryed hys second doughter named dame Anne In thys yere also for cruel warre whyche the Turkes made agayne the Ianueys or men of Ieane they requyred ayde of the kynges of Englande and Fraunce For whyche cause oute of Englande was sente a noble warryour called erle of Alby wyth two thousande of archers and out of Fraunce the duke of Burbon and the erle of Ewe wyth .xv. C. speres The whych kept theyr iournay tyll they came vnto a cytye in Barbary named Thunys somtyme belongynge to the sayde Ianuays where the sayd Englyshe Frenchemen bare them so manfully wyth the ayde of y e Ianuayes that in proces of tyme they wanne y e sayde cytye froÌ„ the Turkes and put y e Ianuayes agayne in possessyon therof toke of theym many prysoners the whyche were exchaunged for chrysten prysoners before taken and ouer that forsed the sayd Sarazyns to yelde vnto the Ianuayes .x. M. ducates of gold for confyrmacyon of a peace for a certayne tyme. But the French cronycle sayth that for so moche as the duke of Burbon hadde vnderstandynge y t the duke of Lancaster made warre vpon kyng IohnÌ„ of Spayn he therfore lefte thys iournay and ayded hiÌ„ agayne the sayde duke of Lancaster to hys lytle honour But howe so euer it was many of the EnglyshmeÌ„ were loste in those countreys by reason of the flyxe and other sykenesses Also Antoninus sayeth that the Sarazyns at thys iourney were nat dyspossessed of the cytye of Thunys but for a trewes to be hadde for two yeres they graunted vnto the chrysten men a certayne summe of money and restytucyon of many chrysten prysoners Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xci  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xcii  IohnÌ„ Chadworth  Draper   IohnÌ„ Heende  Anno. xv  Henry Uamere  IN thys .xv. yere of kynge Rycharde he kepynge hys Crystmas at hys manour of woodstocke the erle of Penbrooke beynge yonge of age was desirouse to lern to iuste and requyred a knyghte named syr IohnÌ„ saynte Iohan to renne wyth hym certayne courses At
golde garnysshed wyth stone perle vppon the kynges hede as he passed by And that done he rode to Paulys and there offered and so rode vnto westmynster where the mayre and hys company takyng theyr loue returned vnto London Uppon the morowe whyche was the fyftene daye of the moneth of the sayde mayre and hys bretherne yode vnto westmynster presented there y t kynge wyth two guylte basyns and in theym two thousande nobles of golde besechynge hym in moste humble wyse to be good and gracyouse lorde vnto the cytye The whyche he accepted ryghte fauourably and gaue vnto theym many comfortable wordes And the thyrde daye folowynge they receyued a newe confyrmacion of all theyr olde Fraunchyses and lybertyes wherfore by counsayll of theyr frendes they ordeyned an aulter table of syluer and ouer gylte therein ymagery grauen enameled moste curiously of the story of saynte Edwarde the whiche was valuyd at a M. marke presented that also gaue it vnto the kynge the which he shortely after offered to the shryne of saynte Edwarde wythin the abbay where yet it staÌ„des at thys daye And for the great zele loue whych y e fore sayde bysshop of LondoÌ„ ought vnto the cytye that by hys meanes theyr lybertyes were agayne restored they therfore of theyr owne goodly dysposycion after hys decease accustomed them and yet at thys daye done to go yerely vpoÌ„ the feestfull dayes folowynge y t is to say fyrst the morow after SymoÌ„de Iude whych daye the mayer taketh his charge at westmynster to Paulys there to saye in the west ende of y e churche where he lieth grauen Deprofundis for hys soule and all crysten in lyke maner vpoÌ„ Alhalowen daye Crystmasse daye ii the nexte days folowyng Newe yeres daye Twelf day and CaÌ„delmas day wyth also the morowe after Myghelmasse day vpon the whyche the shyryfes yerely takeÌ„ theyr charge at westmynster All whych .ix. days nat all onely the mayer hys bretherne vse thys progresse and kepe thys obsequy but also all the craftes of the cytye in theyr lyueryes vse the same yerely And whan the kyng had wythdrawen as aboue is sayde hys displeasure froÌ„ the cytye thanne at Hyllarye terme folowyng y e feest of Cristmas all the kynges courtes and plees of the crowne wytl other retourned froÌ„ yorke to westmynster Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xciii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xciiii Grocer Drewe Barentyne  IohnÌ„ Hadley  Anno. xvii  Rycharde whytyngton  IN thys mayers begynnyng xvii yere of kyng Rycharde y t is to meane the moneth of NoueÌ„bre certayn gentylmen of ScotlaÌ„de entendynge to wynne honoure chalenged certayne poyntes of armes As fyrste the lord Moryf chalenged the erle of Nothyngham marshall of Englande syr wyllyaÌ„ Darel knyght chaleÌ„ged syr Peter Courtnay knyght Cokborne esquyer chalenged syr Nycholas Hawberke knyght which feates of armes were done in smythfelde of London But Marse was so frendely vnto the Englyshmen that the honoure of y e iournay went wyth them in so moche that the erle marshall ouerthrewe hys appellaunte so brused hym that in his returne towarde Scotlande he dyed at yorke And syr wyllyam Darell refused his appellaÌ„t or they had ronne theyr full courses And the thyrde of them that is to wyt Cocborne was throwen at the secoÌ„d copyng to grouÌ„d horse and man And vpon the .vii. day of Iuny folowyng dyed y t gracyouse woman quene Anne and lieth now buryed at westmynster by hyr lorde kynge Rycharde vpoÌ„ y e southsyde of saynt Edward shryne to whose soul al cristeÌ„ our lord be mercyfull And thys yere in the moneth of Septembre as witnesseth the Frenche cronycle by meanes of the erle of Derby and other whych than were in Fraunce for the kynge of Englandes partye and the duke of Burbone the erle of Ewe vpon the French partye wyth other a trewes was concluded at saynte Omers for .iiii. yeres But nat wythstandyng that peace the Frenchmen and Englyshemen ranne togyther sundry tymes whanne the one espyed to haue any auauntage vppon that other Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xciiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xcv Mercer wyllyam Brampton  IohnÌ„ Frenshe  Anno. xviii  Thomas Knolles  THys .xviii. yere of kynge Rycharde he shortly after Crystmas wyth a strong army sayled into Ireland The whych iournay was more to hys charge than honoure For the maner wherof syn it souÌ„ded to no honoure of the prynce myne auctor therfore lyste nat in his boke to make any loÌ„ge processe of y e mater In this yere also or about this tyme began the heresy of IohnÌ„ wycclyffe to sprynge in Englande the whyche was greatly auaunced by meane of the scysme in the churche hangynge at those dayes betwene two popes sittynge at ones the whyche began as before is shewed in the .xxiiii. yere of Charles the .vi. thaÌ„ kyng of FrauÌ„ce Urban the .vi. and Clement the syxt contynued vnder Bonyface the .ix. and Benet the .xiii. Of whyche erronyouse oponyons of the sayd heresy who so is desyrouse to se the contentes of them let them serche cronica cronicarum and there he shall se theÌ„ brefely set out In thys yere also was wonderful teÌ„pest of wynde by the space of Iuly August specially SepteÌ„bre by violence wherof in sundry places of this lande greate and wonderfull hurte was done bothe of churches and houses Thys yere dyed Constance secoÌ„d wyfe to IohnÌ„ duke of LaÌ„castre and lyeth buryed at Leyceter Anno domini M.CCC.xcv  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCC.lxcvi Uyâ—tener Roger Elys  wyllyam more  Anno. xix  wyllyam Sheryngham  IN the begynnynge of thys mayres yere and .xix. yere of kynge Rycharde and .xviii. daye of Nouembre as affermeth y e Frenche cronycle kyng Rycharde beynge thaÌ„ at Calays spowsed or toke to wyfe wythin the churche of saynt Nycholas Isabel the doughter of Charles the .vi. than kyng of Fraunce whych lady Isabell as wytnesseth the sayde Frenche story at the day of hyr marryage was wythin .viii. yeres of age And as it is regestred in one of y e bokes of guyldehalle of London the Frenche kynge in propre persone came downe wyth a goodly companye of lordes and knyghtes vnto a towne called Arde whyche standeth vppon the vtter border of Pycardy where wythin hys owne domynyon a ryche and sumptuouse pauylyon was pyght And in lyke maner a litle beyonde Guynys wythin the english pale was another lyke pauylyon pyghte for kynge Rycharde so that betwene the two sayde pauylyons was a distaunce of .lxx. pace And in the mydway atwene bothe was ordained y e thyrde pauylion at y e which bothe kinges coÌ„ming from eyther of theyr tentes sondry tymes there met had communicacion eyther with other the wayes or distaunce atwene set with certayne persones apoynted standynge in arme .ii. and .ii the one syde beynge set with Englysshemen and that other with Frenche And a certeyne distauÌ„ce from eyther of the ii first sayde pauilyons stode
or stroÌ„ge holde gotten with great difficulte by maÌ„hode of your noble progenitours To this y e kyng with chauÌ„ged countenauÌ„ce answered sayd Uncle how say ye thoses wordes Than y e duke boldelye recyted y e foresayd wordes wherunto the king beynge more discontented said wene ye y t I be a marchauÌ„t or fole to sell my laÌ„de by saynt IohnÌ„ baptist nay But trothe it is y t our cosyn the duke of Brytaine hath rendred vnto vs al such suÌ„mes of money as our progenitours lente vnto him or his auncetours vpon the said towne of Brest For the whiche reason good conscience will y t he haue his towne restored agayne By meane of whiche wordes thus vttred by the duke suche rancoure and malyce kyndelyd atwene the kinge hym y t it ceased nat tyll the sayde duke was put to dethe by murdre vnlefully Than the duke apperceyuynge the kinges misledynge by certayne persones about him entendyng thereof reformacion for y e weale of the kinge and his realme called vnto him the abbot of saynte Albons the abbot pryour of westmynster and shewed to them his secrete mynde By whose counselles he made assemble shortely after at Arundell to which assemble came at the day appoynted dyuers lordes bothe spirituall temporall as him selfe the erle of Arundell and other Also thyther came the erle of Notyngham than marshall of Englande the erle of warwyke of spirituall lordes the archebisshoppe of Caunterbury the abbottes of saynte Albones and of westmynster with other After whyche assemble thus made and eueryche of theym to other sworne within the castell of Arundel the .viii. day of August they toke there theyr counsell and condiscended yts dyuers lordes about the king as the duke of Lancastre the duke of yorke and other shulde be putte from suche auctoryte and rule of the lande as they than bare and other offycers suche as were thought preiudicial vnto the weale of the lande shulde be dyscharged and punisshed for theyr demerytes whan this with many other thynges was amonge them concluded eueryche of theym departed tyll the tyme of an other metynge atwene theym appoynted But the erle of Notyngham contrarye his othe and promyse fearing the sequell of the matter yode shortely after vnto the kynge and dyscouered vnto hym all the premisses wherefore the kynge in all haste called a secrete counsell at London in the said erle of Notynghames place or after some at the place of the erle of Huntyngdone where it was concludyd y t the sayd erle of Huntyngdone other shulde by strengthe fetche vnto the king the erles of Arundell and of warwyke And in the meane whyle the kynge in propre ê‘sone arested his vncle syr Thomas of woodestoke at Plasshy in Essex as sayeth the Englysshe cronycle All be it an other wryter in laâ—yne saythe that kyng Rycharde in propre persone rode vnto the Manoure of Grenewyche in the nyghte tyme there toke hym in his bedde commauÌ„ded hym vnto the Towre of LoÌ„don whiche shortely after was conueyed vnto Calays and there pyteously murderyd And soone after were the foresayd erles of Arundell warwyke brought vnto the towre of London with also syr IohnÌ„ Cobham syr IohnÌ„ Cheynye knightes But the erle of Arundell was taken to bayle and wente at large vnder suertie tyll the begynnynge of the parlyament In whiche season dyuers other were brought to sondrye prysones Than the kynge sente out his commissyoners vnto the lordes of his realme for to come vnto hys parliament which began after vpon the .xvii. day of Septembre in the begynninge of the .xxi. yere of y e kynge and later ende of thys mayres yere Here it is to be noted that Adam Bame mayre dyed in the begynning of the moneth of Iune For whome was after chosen and admytted the viii day of y e sayd moneth for mayre Rycharde whytyngton to occupye the full of that yere that is to meane tyll the feest of Symonde and Iude. But vpon saynt Edwardes day folowyng whan the newe mayre is accustomed to be chosen Than was he electe agayne for that yere folowynge And so he stode in the offyce of mayraltye an hoole yere and .v. monethes Than to returne to our fyrst mater whan the kyng hadde assembled his lordes y t whiche came with so stronge and myghtie companyes that the cytie suffysed nat to lodge the people but were fayne to be lodgyd in small townes and vyllages nere vnto y e same within short tyme after the sayde parlyamente was begonne the erles of Arundell and of warwyke were broughte before the lordes of the parlyamente holden at westmynster and there fynally iudged as foloweth the erle of Arudell to be ladde on fote from westmynster and place of his iugemeÌ„t thoroughe the highe stretes of the cytie vnto the towre hylle where hys hede to be stryken of and the erle of warwyke was also iudged to dethe But for his great age by meane of hys frendes his iugemente was pardoned and altered to perpetuall prison where as the kyng wolde coÌ„maunde hym whiche after was had vnto y e Ile of Man in Lancasshyre where he consumed the resydue of hys olde dayes And the erle of Arundelle accordinge to the sentence vpon him gyuen vpon the morowe folowyng the feest of saynte Mathewe beynge saterday the .xxii. day of Septembre was ladde on fote vnto y e towre hyll beyng accompanyed with great strengthe of men for so moche as it was demyd y t he shuld haue ben rescued by the waye how be it none suche was attempted but peasably he was brought vnto the sayde place of execucyon and there pacientlye mekely toke his dethe whose body after was by the freres Augustynes borne vnto theyr place within the warde of Bradestrete of London there in the northe syde of the quyer solempnely buryed and after vpon his graue a sumptuous toumbe of marble stone sette and edifyed And by auctoryte of the said parlyament the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury was exyled the realme And vpon the monday folowynge beynge the xxiiii daye of Septembre syr IohnÌ„ lord Cobham and sir IohnÌ„ Cheyny knyght were iudged to be drawen hanged and quarteryd But by instaunce and labour of their frendes that iugement was chaunged vnto perpetuall prison And thys done y e kynge ordayned a royall feeste and helde open housholde for all honeste comers For as affirmeth Peter Pyctauyence a wryter of historyes this prynce kynge Rycharde passed all other of his progenytours in lyberalytie and bounâ—ie The whiche feest and also parlyament yet holdynge the kynge created .v. dukes a marques and .v. erles As fyrste the erle of Derby syr HeÌ„ry of Bolygbrooke sone and heyre of IohnÌ„ of Gaunte duke of LaÌ„castre was created duke of Herforde The secoÌ„de whiche was erle of Rutlande was created duke of Amnerle The thyrde beynge erle of Kent was created duke of Surrey The fourthe beynge erle of Notyngham was created duke of Norfolke And the fyfte was the erle of
y t whiche shortely after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englande Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCC.lxxxxix Goldesmythe IohnÌ„ wade  Drewe Barentyne  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ warner  IN this .xxii. yere of kynge Rycharde y e coÌ„mon fame ranne y t the kyng had letton to ferme y e realme of Englande vnto sir wyllyam Sâ—ope erle of wylshyre than treasourer of EnglaÌ„de to sir IohnÌ„ Busshey syr Iohn Bagot and syr Henry Grene knightes y e whyche returned shortly after to their great coÌ„fusyoÌ„s This yere also Thomas y e son and heyre of y e erle of Arundell lately beheded y e whiche Thomas nat all to his pleasure was kepte in y e house of the duke of Exceter passed y e see by y e meanes of one wyllyaÌ„ Scot mercer yode vnto his vncle y t archebisshop of CauÌ„terbury so contynued with him in the cytie of Colayne than beynge In this pastyme great purueyaunce was made for y e kynges iourney into IrelaÌ„de so y t whan all thinges necessarye to the honoure nede of the kynge his people was redy he set forthwarde vpon his iourney in the moneth of Apryll leauyng for his leutenaunt in Englange sir Edmonde of Langley his vncle duke of yorke and after toke shippyng at Brystowe and sayled with a mighty stronge hoste into Irelande where he had so prosperous spede that in processe of tyme with manhode and good polycie he subdued to him that couÌ„trey In the whiche voyage were it for acte that he dyd or of y e kynges bounte Henry sone and heyre of the duke of Herforde than exiled was of y e kyng made knyght This Henry was after his father crowned kynge of Englande named Henry the .v. Kynge Richarde thus beynge occupyed in Irelande and receyuynge of the capytaynes of the wylde Irysshe into his subieccyon and orderyng of that countrey to set in an ordre and rule Henry of Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde before exyled with the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and Thomas of Arundel and other landed with a small company at Rauyns spore in the Northe countrey in the moneth of August and vnder colour of the clayme of his ryghtfull enherytaunce ceysed the people as he wente to whome in short processe great multytude of the people drewe and gatherd Of this landyng king Rycharde beynge warned for hasty spede of returnyng into Englande left in IrelaÌ„de behynde hym moche ordenauÌ„ce and landed at Mylforde hauen in the begynnyng of Septembre begynnynge also of the .xxiii. yere of his reygne so yode vnto the castell of Flynte in wales and there rested him and his people and entended there to gather vnto hym more strength In the whiche meane tyme the foresayd Henry that than hadde proclaymed him selfe duke of Lancaster in the ryght of IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„te his father was comyn to Brystowe and there without resystence toke sir wyllyam Scrope erle of wylshyre treasourer of Englande syr IohnÌ„ Busshey and syr Henry Grene. Also there was taken sir IohnÌ„ Bagot but after he escaped and fledde into Irelande Than were the other thre there iuged put in execucyon And kinge Rycharde styll beynge at the castell of Flynte herynge of the great strengthe y t was about y e duke fearyd sore of him selfe And in lyke wyse so dyd all suche as were about hym wherfore syr Thomas Percye erle of worcetyr and than stewarde of the kynges housholde contrarye his allegeaunce brake openly the whyte rodde in the hall commaundyd euery man to shifte for him selfe By reason whereof the people voyded and the kynge lefte without coÌ„forte so that he was shortly after taken and presented vnto the duke The whyche put hym vnder safe kepynge shortly after spedde him toward LoÌ„don And whaÌ„ he came nere vnto y e cytie he sente king Rycharde with a secret coÌ„pany vnto y e Towre there to be safely kepte tyll his commyng wherof many euyll disposed persones of the cytie beyng warned assembled them in great noumbre entended to haue mette him without the towne there to haue taken him from such as ladde him so to haue slayne him for the great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed vnto the cytie But as god wolde the mayre rulers of the cytie were enfourmed of theyr malycyous purpose and gathered to theym the worshypfull commoners and sadde men by whose polycyes nat without great diffyculte they were reuoked frome theyr euyll purpose all be it that lastynge that rumoure they yode vnto westmynster and there toke mayster IohnÌ„ Slake deane of the kinges chapell and frome thens broughte him vnto Newgate and there caste on hym yrons Shortly after the duke came vnto London there by the consent of kyng Rycharde a ê‘lyament was begone vpon the .xiii. day of y e moneth of Septembre Endurynge whiche ê‘lyament many accusacyons artycles of mysrulynge of the lande were layed vnto the charge of thys noble prince kyng Rycharde whiche be engroced at length in .xxxviii. artycles For the which voluÌ„tarely as it shuld seme by y e copy of an instrumeÌ„t here after shewed he shulde renounce wylfullye be deposed from all kynglye mageste the monday beynge the xxix day of Septembre and the feest of saynt Myghell the archaungell in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon after the accomâ—te of the churche of Englande M. lxxxxix and the xxiiii yere of the raygne of the sayde Rycharde The copye of whiche instrumente here vnder ensueth THis present instrumente made the mondaye the .xxix. daye of Septembre and feeste of saynt Mychaell tharchaungell in the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxxx and xix and in the .xxiii. yere of kynge Rycharde the seconde wytnesseth that where by the auctoryte of the lordes spirytuall and temporall of this present parlyament and coÌ„mons of the same the ryght honorable and dyscrete ê‘sons here vnder named were by the sayde auctoryte assygned to go vnto the towre of London there to here and testifye suche questyons and answeres as than there shude be by the said honorable and discrete persones harde knowe all men to whome these presente letters shall come that we sir Richarde Scroope archebysshoppe of yorke IohnÌ„ bisshoppe of Herforde Henrye erle of Northumberlande Rafe erle of westmerlande Thomas lorde of Barkeley wyllyam abbot of westmynster IohnÌ„ pryour of Caunterbury wyllyam Thyrnynge and Hughe Burnell knyghtes IohnÌ„ Markeham Iustyce Thomas Stowe IohnÌ„ Burbage doctours of the lawe Cyuyle Thomas Feryby and Denys Lopham notaryes publyke the day yere abouesayd atwene the houres of .viii. .ix. of y e clocke before noone were present in the chyefe chaumber of the kynges lodgynge within the sayde place of the towre where was rehersed vnto the kynge by y e mouth of the forsayde erle of Northumberlande that beforetyme at Conwey in Northwalys the kynge beynge there at hys pleasure and lybertye promysed vnto the archebysshop of Caunterbury than Thomas of Arundell and vnto the
the as fre as lyberall as thy trewe subiectes By reason of whyche wordes y e duke was of hys ire towarde theym some what apeased But after theyr departyng from the duke or erles preseÌ„ce such yonge knyghtes as were of the erles hoste hadde vnto theym many hygh dysdaynous wordes sayeng that they were thrall vnto theyr erle and that theyr obstynacye shulde be to the vttermoste of theyr reproche correccyon and they by coaccion and constraynt forced to do theyr dutye By occasyoÌ„ of whyche wordes the GauÌ„teners retournyng to theyr former wylfulnesse kepte styl theyr former opynyoÌ„ defended the erle his people as they before hadde done wherfore the erle seynge he myghte nat by streÌ„ghte preuayle agayne hys enemyes studied the wayes meanes to famysshe theym by hunger so that by that meane he might draw the towne to hys subieccyoÌ„ And that to brynge to effecte he gyrde y e towne about wyth a stronge syege Than the GauÌ„teners supprysed wyth more obduracion of herte agayne theyr prynce made them a capytayne named Phylype Artyuele the sonne of Iakes de Artyuele before slayne of y e Flemynges lyke as to you I haue before shewed in the .xvii. yere of Philippe de Ualoys late kyng of FrauÌ„ce The whyche furnysshynge hys people wyth all habylymentes of warre made out of the towne pyghte hys feelde in a playne ioynynge vnto it where the erles people they fought a sharpe fyght longe But in y e ende fortune was vnto the erle or duke so frowarde that wyth losse of .v. M. of hys soudyours he was forced to take Bruges for hys suertye By reason of thys vyctory thys Artyuele beynge nat a lytle supprysed wyth pryde exorted in such wyse the dwellers wythin the towne of Gaunte and all suche as were nere neyghbours vnto them to set a parte all occupacyon aswell husbandry as other gyue theyr hole study vnto actes and feates of warre The erle thus beynge wythin y e town of Bruges a daye of greate solempnytie yerelye holden by them of Bruges approched whyche they wordshypped in the honoure of our lordes bloode To thys daye of solemptye vsed yerely to come all the inhabytauntes of the vyllages couÌ„trey there aboute whyche daye of feast Phylyp de Artiuele callynge to mynde appoyntyd vnto hiÌ„ .ii. M of his soudiours warned them wyth armoure beynge clad vnder theyr clothes to ascende by .ii by thre by foure lyke small companyes vnto thys feestfull solempnyte at such tyme as he gaue warnyng euery man to be redy wyth swerde in hande to make rome amoÌ„ge y e prese to the ende that they myght take the erle than of helpe destytute whyche cautele thus prepared for at the day comyn of thys sayde feeste the towne beynge replenysshed with people the sayde Artyuele vnsuspect of any persone with hys company in maner abouesayde entred the towne of Bruges And whaÌ„ he sawe his best tyme he sodeynly cryed asarmis asarmes wyth whyche sodeyn crye the erle beynge astonyed manfully for a whyle wythstode hys enemyes and encouraged the people agayne them But for that the Gaunteners were in armoure and the other vnarmed they of the erles party fled soone That seynge the erle wyth great diffyculte fledde so lepyng ieopardously into the house of an olde woman escaped went vnto Scluse there a whyle helde hym Than thys Artyuele sayeng that by the ayde of theym of Bruges he was dispoynted of the erles takyng felle vpon the inhabytauntes of the towne and slewe of theym a certayn and after wyth greate pompe pyllage retourned vnto Gaunt IN the .vii. yere of this Charles by procuryng of hys vncle Lewys duke of Angeou a taxe was efte axed of the comons of Fraunce The whych to bryng to effecte many frendes promoters were made aswell of cytezyns as other But anone as y e commons of Parys vnderstode of this they became wylde assembled in thycke companies nat regardyng the reasonable allegacions to theym layed and shewed by Petyr Dylet IohnÌ„ Matsyll though in them they had great affeccion truste but toke them to theyr affeccion mynde and made amonge them certayn capytaynes rulers and kept the watche by nyght as enemyes had lyen about y e cytye whyche insurreccyon rebellyon thus begon wythin the cytye of Parys the cytye of RoanÌ„ takynge therof exaumple arrered a lyke murmure and sensyd the cytye of Roane wyth lyke prouysyon made theym â— mamet of a fatte and vnweldy as a vylayne of the cytye caryed him about the towne in a cartâ— named hym in dyrysyoÌ„ of theyr prynce theyr kynge ceased nat to fall into many inconuenyences as robbyng of holy places and other nat wythoute shedynge of bloode wherof the cyrcumstaunce were longe to telle But as all operacioÌ„ of maÌ„ hath ende so thys foly and rebellyon of Frenchemen was ceased many for the trespasse therof caste in harde darke pryson Of the whyche the kynge entended to haue taken cruell correccyon ne hadde ben the great instaunt labour made by the rulers of the vnyuersyte of Parys and other suche as were nere aboute the kynge By whose meanes the multytude was pardoned and a fewe suche as were the begynners were put in execucyon And than as testyfyeth myn auctour mayster Robert Gagwyne for to appease the kynges hyghe dyspleasure to hiÌ„ was grauÌ„ted an huÌ„dreth thousande frankes whyche after sterlynge money amouÌ„teth the summe of .x. thousande li. ye haue before harde howe y e erle of FlauÌ„ders wyth great ieopardy escaped the haÌ„des of Phylyp de Artyuele capytayne of GauÌ„te howe he came to Scluse and there safegarded hym selfe where wyth all dylygence he gathered vnto hym hys people made a new reyse vpoÌ„ the sayd Artyuele The whyche to hym hadde assocyat as affermeth my sayd auctor xl M. meÌ„ so that betwene the erle hym was foughteÌ„ a cruell fyghte wherof in y e eÌ„de Artiuele was agayn vyctour coÌ„strayned the erle to forsake the feelde wyth losse of .x. M. of hys knyghtes he hym self escaped wyth great dauÌ„ger vnto they lande of 〈◊〉 and dyuers of hys people as FreÌ„chmeÌ„ and other in a good noumbre fledde vnto a towne called And werpe where a season they defeÌ„ded them agayne the malyce of theyr enemyes In whyche passe tyme this Artyuele coÌ„iecturyng in hys mynde that the Frenche kynge wolde take the erles pattyâ— sente vnto hym an ambassadâ—or message wyth letters besechynge hym nat to entremedle of thys warre betwene the erle and the GauÌ„teners whyche warre the erle had 〈◊〉 onely of tyranny and nat of iustyce enteÌ„dyng vtterly to distroy the auncyeÌ„te lybertye fraunchyse Shewyng also farther that yf he wolde nat as theyr coÌ„templacyon prâ—yer forbere to ayde theyr sayde erle that thaÌ„ to defende theyr lyberte ryght they wolde seke ayde of the kynge of EnglaÌ„de To the whych requeste none answere was made neyther by the kynge nor by hys
realme of Fraunce had at Egyncourte a tryumphant victory as in the sayde thyrde yere of HeÌ„ry the .v. is more at lengthe declared Than it foloweth in the story after many townes and stronge holdes by the englysshe men in sondry places of FrauÌ„ce opteined in y e .xxx. .viii. yere of this Charles a frenche man named y e lorde of the I le of Adam IohnÌ„ Uyllers in proper name gatheryng to hym a company of tyrauntes to the nombre of CCC or mo wherof many were old seruauÌ„tes of the kynges housholde than put out by y e Dolphyn other that than had the rule of the kynge by treason of a clerke opteyned the keyes of one of the Gates of Parys and so entred the cytie by nyght by a watche worde amonge them deuysed assocyate to them many Burgonyons and so beynge stronge yode where the kyng was and gate y e rule of his ê‘sone And that done all suche as they myght fynde that than bare any rule they slewe by one meane other so that vpon y e day folowyng was nombred of dede corfes wythin the cytie vpon .iiii. M. Amonge the whiche of noble men was Henry de Marle than Chaunceller of FrauÌ„ce Graunâ—pre with many other And for to haue the more assystence of the coÌ„mon people the sayd Uyllers set y e kyng vpon an horse and ladde hym about the cytie as he that had small reason to guyde hym selfe so ruled all thyng as he his coÌ„pany wolde wherfore the Dolphyn feryng to fall in the daunger of so wylde a coÌ„pany yode to Meldune or and there called to hym suche as then were lefte on lyne to withstaÌ„de these tyrauntes and y e duke of Burgoyne than beynge within the cytie compasser of all thys myschefe as some construed and demed After whyche company to hym gathered he returned to the cytie of Parys and assayled one of the gates But whanne he sawe y e cytezens toke partye agayne hym he thoughte his trauayle loste wherfore without great assaute makyng he called thence his knightes and so departed agayne to the place whiche he came fro and from thens vnto Thuron in appeasynge the countreys townes as he went whiche at those dayes were farre out of frame And than in the .xxxix. yere of the sayd Charles king Henry the .v. landed with a stroÌ„ge power at a place called Touke in Normandy and after layde syege to manye stronge holdes and townes them wanne as Cane Phaleys Roan and other as in the .vi. yere of the sayd Henrye folowynge is more at lengthe declared In tyme of whyche warre thus made by kynge Henry the Dolphyn and the duke of Burgoyne eyther of them prouyded to defende the malyce of the other in so moche that as testyfyeth the frenche cronycle the duke was aduysed to haue taken partie with the Englisshemen This sayeng as wytnesseth an auctour named Floure of hystoryes which toucheth in laten many gestes dedes done by kynges of EnglaÌ„de sayeth that the Frenche men bryng in that for to excuse theyr infortune cowerdyse by reason whereof they loste nat all onely theyr lande but also the honoure name of the same Than lastely the duke beynge of mynde by exortacyon of Phylyppe Iosquyne and IohnÌ„ de TolongnÌ„ with also a lady called the countesse of Grat the duke was reconsyled vnto the Dolphyne and a day of metynge apoynted at Monstruell where eyther of them shulde be accoÌ„panyed with .x. lordes onely without mo At whyche day the sayd prynces with theyr assygned lordes beynge assembled many reasons and argumeÌ„tes were layde and replyed vpon bothe sydes By occasyon wherof one of the Dolphyns company sodainly drewe hys knyfe and strake the duke vnto the harte so that he dyed soone after whyche murder was supposed to be done by a knyght called Tanguyde de Chastell whyche oftyme passed had ben famylyer seruaunt with the duke of OrleyauÌ„ce before slayne by meanes of the sayde duke of Burgoyne After whiche murder thus commytted the lande of Fraunce was broughte in moche more stryfe varyaunce in so moche that Phylyppe the sonne of the sayde IohnÌ„ duke of Burgoyne beynge than in Parys hauynge the rule of y e kynge and the cytie toke partie with the Englysshe men agayne y e Dolphyn By reason wherof as sondry wryters agre king Henryes ê‘tie was greatly augmented holpen so that fynally kynge Henry opteyned moche of his wyll shortly after maryed dame Katheryne doughter of Charles kynge in the .xli. yere of his reygne with assuraunce promyse of the inherytauÌ„ce of the realme of Fraunce to him and his heyres after the dethe of the said Charles as to you more plainly shal be shewed in the .viii. yere of the said Henry the fyfte After whyche maryage concluded and fynysshed yet y e Dolphyn ceased nat to make newe mocyons sterynges Durynge the whiche kynge Charles dyed in Octobre and was buryed at saynt Denys whan he had reygned in greate trouble vpoÌ„ the poynt of .xlii. yeres leauyng after hym as is affirmed by the forenamed auctour Gaguyne a sonne Dolphyn of Uyenne called Charles whiche after was kyng of Frenchemen and was named Charlys the .vii. or the .viii. after some wryters Henry the .iiii. Anglia HEnry the .iiii. of that name and sonne of IohnÌ„ of Gaunte late duke of LaÌ„caster toke possessyon of the domynion of y e realme of Englande as before in the ende of the story of the seconde Rycharde is shewed vpon the laste daye of Septembre in the yere of our lorde a M. CCC.lxxxxix and in the .xix. yere of Charles y e .vii. than kyng of FrauÌ„ce After whyche possessyon so by hym taken anone he made newe officers As the erle of Northumberlande he made Constable of Englande the erle of westmerlaÌ„de was made Marshall syr IohnÌ„ Serle Chaunceller IohnÌ„ Newebery esquyer tresorer and syr Rycharde Clyfforde knyght keper of y e priuey signet And y t done prouysyon was made for hys coronacyon agayne the day of translacyoÌ„ of saynt Edwarde the confessour nexte than commyng And the parlyament was prolonged tyll the tuysdaye folowynge the sayd daye of coronacyoÌ„ Than vpoÌ„ the euyn of the sayd daye of coronacyon the kynge wythin the towre of LondoÌ„ made .xli. knyghtes of the bate wherof .iii. were hys owne sonnes .iii. erles .v. lordes And vpon mondaye beynge the sayd daye of saynt Edwarde the .xiii. daye of October he was crowned at westmynster of the archebysshop of CauÌ„torbury After whych solempnyte fynysshed an honorable feest was holden wythin the greate halle of westmynster where the kyng beyng set in the mydde see of the table the archebisshop of CauÌ„torbury with .iii. other prelates were set at the same table vppon the ryght haÌ„de of the kyng the archebysshoppe of yorke wyth other iiii prelates was set vpoÌ„ that other haÌ„de of the kyng HeÌ„ry the kynges eldest sonne stoode vppoÌ„ the ryghte hande wyth a poyntlesse
FrauÌ„ce and after maryed vnto Charlys son and heyre to the duke of Orleaunce as before I haue shewed in the .xxii. yere of hyr sayde fathers reygne Than it foloweth in the story of kynge Henry whan he hadde fermely consydered the greate conspyracy agayne hym by the forenamed lordes and other persons entendyd and imagyned to hys distruccyon and releuynge of Rycharde late kynge he in auoydynge of lyke daunger prouyded to put the sayde Rycharde out of thys present lyfe and shortely after the opynyon of moste wryters he sente a knyghte named syr Pyers of Exton vnto Pountfreyte castell where he wyth .viii. other in hys companye fell vppon the sayde Rycharde late kynge and hym myserably in hys chaumber slewe but not wythout reuengemente of hys dethe For or he were felled to the grounde he slewe of the sayde .viii. foure men with an axe of theyr own But lastely he was wounded to deth by the hande of the sayde syr Pyers of Exton and so dyed After execucyon of whyche dedely dede the sayde syr Pyers toke great repentaunce in so myche that lamentably he sayde alas what haue we done we haue now put to deth hym that hath ben our souerayne drad lorde by the space of .xxii. yeres by reason wherof I shall be reproched of all honoure where so I after thys daye become and all men shall redounde thys dede to my dyshonour and shame Other opynyons of the dethe of thys noble prynce are lefte by wryters as by waye of famyne and other But thys of moste wryters is testyfyed and alleged whan the deth of this prynce was publyshed abrode he was after opeÌ„ vysaged layed in y e mynster of PouÌ„frayt so y t all men myght know and se that he was dede And the .xii. daye of Marche folowynge he was wyth great solempnyte brought thorough the cytye of London to Paules and there layed open vysaged agayne to the ende that hys deth myght be manyfestly knowen whyche was doutfull to many one specyally to suche as ought to hym fauoure And than after a fewe days the sayd corps was caryed vnto the freers of Langley there entred But after he was remoued by kynge HeÌ„ry the .v. in the fyrst yere of hys reygne wyth great honoure and solempnyte coÌ„ueyed vnto the monasterye of westmynster and there wythin the chapell of saynt Edwarde honourably buryed vppoÌ„ the south syde of saynt Edwardes Shryne wyth hys epytaphy vppon hys toumbe as foloweth Prudens mundus Richardus iure secundus Per fatum victus iacet hic sub marmore pictus Verax sermone fuit plenus ratione Corporae procerus auimo prudens vt omerus Ecclesiam fauit elatos subpeditauit Quemuis prostrauit regalia qui violauit ¶ whyche verses are thus to be vnderstande in our vulgare Englysh tonge as foloweth Parfyght and prudent Rycharde by ryghte the seconde Vaynquysshed by fortune lyeth here nowe grauen in stone Trewe of hys worde therto well resounde Semely of persone lyke to omer as one In wordely prudence euer the churche in câ—ie Vphelde fauoured castyng the proud to grouÌ„d And all that wolde hys royall state confounde But yet alas though that this metyr or ryme Thus doth enbelysshe this noble princes fame And that some clerke whiche fauoured hym some tyme Lyst by hys connynge thus to enhauÌ„ce his name â–ª Yet by his story apereth in hym some blame wherfore to princes is surest memory Theyr lyues to exercyse in vertuous constancy whanne thys mortall prynce was thus dede grauen kyng HeÌ„ry was inquyet possessyon of the realme and fande great rychesse y t before tyme to kynge Rycharde belonged For as wytnesseth Polycronycon he fande in kyng Rychardes tresoury .iii. hundreth thousande li. of redy coyne besyde iewelles and other ryche vessels whyche were as moche in value or more And ouer that he espyed in the kepyng of the tresourers haÌ„des an C. and .l. M. nobles and iewels and other stuffe that cuÌ„teruayled the sayd value And so it shulde seme y e kynge Rycharde was ryche whan hys money iewelles amuÌ„ted to .vii. C.M. li. And in the moneth of Octobre and ende of thys mayers yere was brent in smythfelde of LondoÌ„ a preest named syr wyllyam Sawtry for certayne poyntts of heresy Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.i Goldsmyth IohnÌ„ wakele  IohnÌ„ Fraunces  Anno .ii.  wyllyam Ebot  IN thys seconde yere of kynge Henry and moneth of Frebruary were drawen and hanged for treason a knyghte named syr Roger Claryngeton at tybourne wyth two of hys seruauntes the pryour of LaÌ„de and eyghte freres mynours of gray freres of the whyche some were bachelers of dyuynyte And in thys yere began a greate dyscencion in walys betwene y e lorde Gray Ryffyn a welsheman named Howen of Glendore whyche Howen gathered to hym greate strenghte of welshemen and dyd moche harme to that couÌ„trey nat sparynge the kynges lordshyppes nor hys people and lastlye toke the sayd lorde Gray prysoner helde hym prysoner tyll contrarye hys wyll he hadde maryed the sayde HoweÌ„s doughter After which matrymony fynysshed he helde the sayde lorde styl in walys tyll he died to the kynges great dyspleasure wherfore the kynge wyth a stroÌ„ge army spedde hym into walys for to subdue the sayde HowenÌ„ hys adherentes But whan the kyng wyth his power was entred y e couÌ„tre he with hys fawtours fledde in to the mountaynes helde hym there so that the kyng myght nat wynne to hym with out dystruccion of hys hoste wherefore fynally by the aduyce of hys lordes he retourned into Englande for that season In thys yere also whete other graynes beganne to fayle so that a quarter of whete was solde at London for .xvi. s derer shuld haue beÌ„ had nat ben the prouysyon of marchauÌ„tes that brought rye rye floure out of Spruce wherwyth thys laÌ„de was greatly susteyned and eased Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.i  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.ii  wyllyam Uenour  IohnÌ„ Shadworth  Anno .iii.  IohnÌ„ FremynghmÌ„  IN thys yere the coÌ„duyte standyng vpon cornhylle in London was begon to be made And in the somer folowynge syr Thomas Percy erle of worceter and syr HeÌ„ry Percy sonne heyre vnto the erle of Northumberlande gadered a greate power and vppoÌ„ the daye of saynte Praxede the vyrgyne or the .xxi. daye of Iuly mette wyth the kynge nere vnto Shrowysbury and there gaue vnto hiÌ„ a cruell batayll but to theyr owne confusion For in that fyght y e sayd syr Thomas Percy was taken and hys neuew the foresayde syr Henry wyth many a stronge man vppon theyr partye was there slayne And vpoÌ„ y e kynges partie the prynce was wouÌ„ded in the hed the erle of Stafforde wyth many other slayne And the .xxv. daye of Iuly folowynge at Shrowysbury the sayd syr Thomas Percy was beheded and after hys hed caried to London there set vpoÌ„ the brydge In thys
batayl was many a noble man slayne vpoÌ„ eyther partye And it was the more to be noted vengeable for there the father was slayn of the sonne the son of the father and brother of brother neuewe of neuewe And in the moneth of August folowynge the duchesse of Brytayne landed at Fulmouth in the prouince of Cornwayll from theÌ„s was conueyed to wynchester where in shorte tyme after kyng HeÌ„ry maryed her in the cathedrall churche of the sayde cytye And soone vpoÌ„ was the eldest doughter of kyng HeÌ„ry named dame BlaÌ„che maryed at Coleyn to the dukes sonne of Bayer Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.ii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.iii  Rycharde Merlewe  IohnÌ„ walcot Draper  Anno .iii.  Robert Chichele  IN this yere and .xiiii. day of the moneth of Septembre was y e foresayd duchesse of Brytayne and wyfe of y e kyng receyued wyth great honour into the cytye of London so by the mayre and the cytezyns conueyed vnto westmynster where vpoÌ„ the morowe folowyng she was crowned quene of Englande wyth greate honoure and solempnite the cyrcumstaunce wherof I passe ouer In this yere also Rupertus which after the deposynge of wessenselans was by the electours of the empyre and by auctoryte of Bonyface theâ—â—r â–ª than pope admytted for Emperoure of Rome and came into Englande wyth a goodly companye onely to se the countre and commodytyes of the same The whyche of the kynge was honourably receyued and fested and lastely conueyed by the kynge towarde the see syde where eyther departed from other wyth exchaunge of ryche and precious gyft For thys Rurpartus was named of wryters a man of excellente bounte and largesse And he gaue more lyberally for so moche as all the tyme of hys beynge in EnglaÌ„de he laye here at the kynges costes And whyle he was at LondoÌ„ he was lodged at the house of saynte Iohannâ—s in smythfelde Thys yere also vpoÌ„ saiÌ„t LaureÌ„ce euyn or the .ix. day of August a lorde of Brytayne named the lorde of Castyle in Frenche laÌ„ded within a myle of Plymmouth wyth a great coÌ„pany of NormaÌ„s and Brytons and came vnto the sayd town and lodged there all night and spoyled and robbed the sayd towne And vpon the day folowynge whan they had done what they wolde they retourned agayne to theyr shyppes with plente of pyllage and prysoners suche as they fande Anno domini M. CCCC.iii  Anno domini M. CCCC.iiii  Thomas Fawconer  wyllyam Askam  Anno .v.  Thomas Pooll  IN thys yere soone after CaÌ„delmasse the foresayd lorde of Castyle trustynge to wynne a lâ—ke enterpryse as in the yere passed he hadde done he beynge accompanyed wyth a stronge nauy of FreÌ„che men Brytons was encountred wyth the Englyshe floot within .ii. myles of Deermouth at a place called Blakâ—pooll â–ª where after loÌ„ge and cruell fyghte y e sayd lord was slayne wyth the more partye of the people and dyuers of hys shyppes takeÌ„ as wytnesseth the Englysshe cronycle wyth dyuers other Englysshe auctours But the FreÌ„che boke excuseth thys scomfyture of FreÌ„chmen and sayeth that by treason oâ— a Gascoyne named Peâ—yâ— or Perot de Languyle whyche shewed vnto the sayd lorde Castyle that he had espyed certayne Englysshe shyppes in a Greke lyghtly wythout resystence to be takeÌ„ caused the sayd lorde to make sayle towarde the sayd towne of Dartmouthe where after he had contynued a certayne tyme hys course he espyed the hotefloâ—e of Englyshe men whyche made toward hym and so at the sayde Blake pool encountâ—â—d and faughte and lastely escaped the daunger of hys enemyes as testyfyeth the sayde French cronycle â–ª but â—atte unhurt for he was so wouÌ„ded in that fyght that he dyed shortly after And the moneth of Apryll folowynge the duke of Clarence wyth the erle of KeÌ„t many other lordes toke shyppynge at Meregate so sayled vnto Scluce in FlauÌ„ders And after the sayde duke had there refresshed hym hys company he toke shyppynge agayne and holdynge hys course towarde SwynÌ„e he was encouÌ„tred wyth .iii. greate carykes of Ieane the whyche he assayled and after longe bekerynge them toke beynge laden wyth marchauÌ„dyse so wyth that pray retourned to Cambre before wynchelsee in the whyche hauen the sayd goodes were caÌ„ted and shared But how it was by varyauÌ„ce amonge them selfe or otherwyse one of the sayde carykes was sodeynly fyred so coÌ„sumed For restytucyon of whyche goodes shyppes y e marchauÌ„tes IanueÌ„ce made after great longe sute to the kyng his couÌ„sayl in whyche passetyme they borowed cloth wolle other marchaundyses amountyng vnto great and notable sommes of dyuers marchauntes of Englande And whanne they sawe that they myghte haue none hope of recouery of theyr loste they sodeynly auoyded the laÌ„de and lafte y e foresayde notable summes vnpayde to the great hynderaunce and vtter vndoynge of many Englysshe marchauntes In thys yere a yoman named wyllyam Serle somtyme yomaÌ„ of kyng Rychardes Robys was takeÌ„ in the marches of ScotlaÌ„de and broughte vnto LondoÌ„ there in the guildhall areygned for the murder of the duke of Glouceter at Calays UpoÌ„ which murder he was attaynt conuyct vppoÌ„ the .xx. daye of Octobre he was draweÌ„ from the towre vnto tyborne and there haÌ„ged and quartred hys hed was after set vpoÌ„ LondoÌ„ brydg hys .iiii. quarters were sent to .iiii. sondry good townes Anno domini M. CCCC.iiii  Anno domini M. CCCC.v  wyllyam Lowfte  IohnÌ„ Hyende Draper  Anno .vi.  Stephen Spylman  IN thys yere and moneth of Ianuary were certayne courses of warre ron in smythfelde betwene syr EdmuÌ„de erle of Kent the lorde Moryfa BaroÌ„ of ScotlaÌ„de vppoÌ„ y e chaleÌ„ge of the sayd scottysshe lorde But the erle of KeÌ„t bare hym so valy auntly that to hym was gyueÌ„ y e price of that iourney to hys great honour And in the same yere syr Rycharde Scrope than archebisshop of yorke and y e lorde Moubraye thaÌ„ marshal of EnglaÌ„d with other to them allied for grudge that they bare agayn the kynge gadered vnto theym greate streÌ„gth enteÌ„dyng to haue put downe the kynge as the â—ame than wente wherof the kyng beyng enfourmed in all haste sped towarde theym and met wyth them on thys syde yorke where after askyrmysshe by the sayd lordes made they were thaÌ„ takeÌ„ and after presented vnto y e king at yorke where they were bothe demed to suffre deth for theyr rebellyoÌ„ Than whan the bysshoppe came vnto the place of execucion he prayed y e bowcher to gyue to hym .v. strokes in the worshyp of christes fyue woundes for hys more penauÌ„ce At eueryche of whyche .v. strokes kynge Henry beynge in hys lodgyng had a stroke in hys necke in so moch that he demed that some persone there beynge with hym present hadde stryken him And forthwyth he was stryken wyth the plage of lepyr so that than he knewe it was the hande of god and
whyche thynge no man than lyuynge cowde remembre that lyke to be sene And in thys yere was the lorde Thomas sonne to the kynge created duke of Clarence And in thys yere the kynge at the requeste of the duke of Orleaunce sente ouer the forsayd duke his sonne to ayde the sayd duke of OrleauÌ„ce agayn the duke of Burgoyne Of whose actes and hys company I haue before made report in the story of Charles the .vii. kynge of Fraunce And in thys yere the kyng caused a newe coyne of nobles to be made whyche were of lesse value than the olde noble by .iiii. d. in a noble In thys yere also the kynge created IohnÌ„ hys son duke of Bedforde And hys other sonne Humfrey duke of Glounceter He made also syr Thomas Beauforde erle of Dorset and the duke of Anmarle he created duke of yorke Anno domini M. CCCC.xi  Anno domini M. CCCC.xii  Rauffe LeuenhmÌ„  wyllyam waldrenÌ„ Mercer  Anno .xiiii.  wyllyam Seuenok  IN thys yere and .xx. daye of the moneth of Nouembre was a great counsayll holden at the whyte freers of London By the whyche it was amonge other thynges concluded that for the kynges greate iournay that he entended to take in vysytyng of the holy sepulcre of our lord certayne Galeys of warre shulde be made and other purueaunce concernynge the same iournay whereupon all hasty possyble spede was made But after the feaste of Crystemasse whyle he was makynge hys prayers at saynte Edwardes shryne to take there hys leue and so to spede hym vpoÌ„ hys iournay he became so syke that suche as were aboute hym fered that he wolde haue dyed ryght there wherfore they for hys comforte bare hym into the abbottes place and lodged hym in a chambre and there vpoÌ„ a paylet layde hym before the fyre where he laye in greate agony a certayne of tyme. At length whaÌ„ he was commyn to hym selfe nat knowynge where he was he freyned of suche as than were aboute hym what place y t was The whych shewed to hym that it belonged vnto the abbot of westmynster and for he felte hym selfe so syke he commaunded to aske yf that chaÌ„bre had any speciall name where unto it was answered that it was named Hierusalem Than sayd y e kyng Louyng be to the father of heueÌ„ For nowe I knowe I shall dye in thys chambre accordynge to y e prophecye of me beforesayd that I shuld dye in HierusaleÌ„ And so after he made hym selfe redy dyed shortly after vppoÌ„ y e daye of saynt Cuthbert or the .xx. day of Marche whaÌ„ he had reygned .xiii. yeres v. monethes .xxi. dayes leuynge after hym .iiii. sonnes that is to meane HeÌ„ry that was kyng Thomas y e was duke of Clarence IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and HuÌ„frey duke of Glouceter and .ii. doughters that one beyng quene of Denmarke and that other duchesse of Barre as before is shewed whan kynge Henry was deed he was conueyed by water vnto Feuersham and from thens by lande vnto Caunterbury and there entered by y e shryne of saynt Thomas Anglia ¶ Henrici quinti. HEnry the .v â–ª of y e name and sonnÌ„ of Henry the .iiii begaÌ„ his reygne ouer this realm of England the xxi day of y e moneth of Marche In the yere of our lorde ende of the same .xiiii. C. xii And in the .xxxii. yere of Charles the .vii. yet kynge of FrauÌ„ce And the .ix. daye of Apryll folowynge whych was that yere passioÌ„ sondaye beyng a day of excedyng rayne he was crowned at westmynster Thys man before the deth of hys father applyed hym vnto all vyce insolency drewe vnto hym all riottours wyldly dysposed ê‘sones But after he was admytted to y e rule of the lande anon sodaynly he became a new maÌ„ tourned all that rage wyldnes into sobernes wyse sadnes the vyce into coÌ„staÌ„t vertue And for he wolde coÌ„tinewe y e vertue and nat to be reduced thereunto by the famylyarytye of hys olde nyse company he therfore after rewardes to them gyuen charged them vppon payne of theyr lyues that none of theÌ„ were so hardy to come wythin .x. myle of such place as he were lodged after a daye by hym assygned In thys begynnyng of thys kyng Henry the olde mayre and shryues continued theyr offices to the termes accustomed Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.ii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.iii  Rauffe Leuyngham  wyllyam waldern Mercer  Anno .i.  wyllyam Seuenok  ANone as kynge Henry was crowned and the solempnyte of the feest of Eester was passed he sent vnto the fryers of LaÌ„gley where the corps of kynge Rycharde was buryed and caused it to be takeÌ„ oute of the erth so wyth reuerence and solempnyte to be coÌ„ueyed vn to westmynster vppon the southe syde of saynt Edwardes shryne there honourably to be buryed by quene Anne his wyfe â–ª whyche there before tyme was enterred And after a solempne interment there holden he prouyded that .iiii. tapers shulde breÌ„ne day and nyght about hys graue whyle the world endureth and one daye in the weke a solempne Dirige and vppon the morowe a masse of Requiem by note after whyche masse ended to be gyuen wekely vnto poore people .xi. s. viii d. in pens And vpon the daye of hys annyuersary after y e sayd masse of Requiem is songe to be yerely destrybuted for his soule .xx. li. iii. d. And about Heruest tyme was syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell knyghte appreched for an heretyke coÌ„mitted to pryson But howe it was he escaped for that tyme out of the towre of LondoÌ„ and so yode into walys where he lyned ouer .iiii. yeres after Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiiii  IohnÌ„ SuttonÌ„  wyllmÌ„ Crowmer Draper  Anno .ii.  IohnÌ„ Mycoll  IN thys yere and moneth of Ianuary certayne adherentes of the forenamed syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell entendynge the dystruccion of thys lande subuercioÌ„ of the same assembled them in a felde nere vnto saynte Gyles in great nombre wherof the kynge beyng enfourmed toke y e felde before theym so toke a certayne of them Amonge the whyche was syr Roger ActonÌ„ knyghte syr IohnÌ„ Beuerley preest and a squyer called syr IohnÌ„ Browne The whyche wyth xxxvi mo in nombre were after conuycte of heresy and treason and for the same hanged and brent wythin y e sayd felde of saynt Gyles And in the same yere IohnÌ„ Claydon skynner Rycharde Turmyne baker were for heresy brente in Smythfelde And thys yere the kyng helde his parlyamente at Leyceter where amonge other thynges the foresayd bylle putte vp by the commons of the lande for the temporaltyes beynge in y e churche as it is before touched iÌ„ the .xi. yere of y e .iiii. HeÌ„ry was agayne mynded In fere wherof lest the kyng wolde thereunto gyue any coÌ„fortable audyence as testyfye some wrytters certayne bysshoppes and other hede men of the churche putte
y e kyng in mynde to clayme his right in Fraunce And for the exployte thereof they offcede vnto hym great and notable summes By reason whereof the sayde byll was agayne put by and the kynge set hys mynde for the recouery of the same so that soone after he sente hys letters vnto the Frenche kynge concernyng that mater and receyued frome hym answere of dirision as affermeth the Englysshe boke And Gaguynus sayeth in hys Frenche cronycle that kynge Henry sente hys oratours vnto Charles the vii thanne kynge of Fraunce for to haue dame Katheryne hys doughter in mariage with other requestes touchynge hys ryght and enherytaunce whereunto it was answered by the counsayll of Fraunce that the kyng hadde no leyser to entende suche idelnesse wherupon kynge Henry made quycke prouision for to warre vpon the Frenche kynge as after appereth In thys yere also by procuremeÌ„t of Sigismunde thanne Emperour a greate counsayll or synod of bysshoppes were assembled at a cytye in hygh Almayne called constaunce for the vnion of the churche And for to auoyde the Scisme whyche began in the .xiiii. yere of Charles the .vi as before in the sayde .xiiii. yere is touched In the sayd synode or generall counsayll was the .xxiii. IohnÌ„ than pope put downe or resygned by hys volunte And by auctoryte of y e same couÌ„sayll the opynyons and heresy of wyklyf were vtterly anulled dampned and two of hys disciples there presente named IohnÌ„ Hus or Husse and Ierom the herytyke were there brente And many notable actes for the we le of y e church there were enacted And fynally whan the sayde couÌ„sayl had endured nere vpon the terme of iiii yeres they there by an hole asset chase a newe pope and named hym the .v. Martyne whyche occupyed Peters chayre .xiiii. yeres and odde monethes as indubitat pope and so other after hym Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xv  IohnÌ„ Mychell  Thomas Fawcomer Mercer  Anno .iii.  Thomas Aleyn  IN thys yere after the kynge had made suffycient prouision for all thynges coÌ„cernyng his warre to be made vpon the Frenche kyng he wyth hys lordes honourably accoÌ„panyed rode thorugh London vpon the .xviii. daye of Iuny towarde the porte of SouthamtonÌ„ where he had appoynted hys hoste to mete wyth hym And whyle the kyng there was shyppynge of hys people dyuers of hys lordes that is to say syr Richard erle of Cambrydge and brother vnto y e duke of yorke whyche syr Rychard beryng the name of Langley hadde wedded dame Anne the doughter of syr Roger Mortymer erle of March and wolster by whome he had yssue Isabell whyche after was maryed vnto the lorde Boucher erle of Essex Rycharde whyche after was duke of yorke father to kynge Edward y e iiii To whome also wasasseÌ„tyng syr Rycharde Scrop than treasourer of Englande and syr Thomas Graye knyght were there arrestyd for treason and areygned and so examyned vppon the same that the .xxix. day of Iuly folowynge they were all thre behedyd After whyche execucyon so done the kynge vpon the morowe or shortely after wyth hys lordes toke shyppynge there landed at a place called Kydcaus in Normandy And the .xvi. daye of Auguste he sayde syege vnto the towne of Harflew assayled them by land and by water and contynued so hys syege vnto the xxii daye of September At whyche daye as sayth the French Gaguinê° it was delyuered by Albert thaÌ„ there capytayne vppon condycyon that kynge Henry myghte sauely wynne or passe to Calayes and so he beyng there the towne to be yolden vnto hym But the Frenche wryter Gaguinus vpholdeth the honour of the Frenchemen in all that he maye and boroweth of hys conscyence for sparynge the trouth in reporte of many thynges For after moste wryters y e sayde towne after sondry appoyntementes of rescouse was delyuered vnto the kynge wythout any condycyon the daye aboue sayde where after the kynge had ordeyned syr Thomas Beauforde hys vncle and erle of Dorser capytayne of that towne he spedde hym towarde Calays Than the dolphyn with other lordes of Fraunce whyche at that tyme hadde the realme of Fraunce in gouernaunce for so moche as the Frenche kynge was vysyted wyth suche malady as before I haue shewed brake the brydge to let y e kynge of his passage ouer y e water of Sum. wherfore he was coÌ„strayned to draw towarde Pycardy so passe by y e ryuer of PeronÌ„ wherfore the FreÌ„chmeÌ„ beynge ware assembled and lodged theÌ„ at certayne townes named Agyncourt Rolandcourt and Blangy wyth all the power of Fraunce And whan kyng Henry sawe that he was so besette wyth hys enemies he in the name of god saynt George pyght hys felde in a playne betwene the sayd townes of Agyncourte and BlaÌ„gy hauyng in hys companye of hoole men that myght fyght nat passyng the nombre of .vii. M. But at those dayes the yomen hadde theyr Lymmes at lybertye for theyr hosyn were than fastened wyth one poynt and theyr iackes were loÌ„ge easy to shote in so that they myghte drawe bowes of great strength shote arowes of a yerde longe besyde the hedde Than the kyng consyderynge the great nombre of hys enemyes that the acte of FrenchmeÌ„ standeth moch in ouer rydyng of theyr aduersaryes by force of speremeÌ„ he therfore charged euery boweman to ordeyne hym a sharpe stake to pytche it a slope before hym and whaÌ„ y e sperys came somdeale to drawe bak so to shote at the horsemen And at the proper requeste of the duke of yorke he ordeyned hym to haue y e vawewarde of y e felde And whaÌ„ kyng HeÌ„ry had thus prouydently ordered for hys batayll ouer night vpon the morowe beyng the .xxv. daye of Octobre and y e daye of the holy martyrs Cryspyne Cryspinian the kyng caused dyuers masses to be songen And where that nyghte before the Englysshe hoste was occupyed in prayer and confessyon he thanne caused the bysshoppes and other spyrytuall men to gyue vnto theym generall absolucyon And that done wyth a comfortable chere ordered hys people as they shuld fyght hauyng vnto theÌ„ good comfortable wordes so abode y e commynge of theyr enemyes whych of dyuers wryters were and are remembred to be about .xl. thousande fyghtynge men The whyche aboute .ix. of y e cloke in the mornynge wyth greate pryde set vppon the Englysshe hoste thynkynge to haue ouer ryden them shortely But the archers lyke as before they were taught pyght theyr sharpe stakes before them And whan they sawe the French galantes approche they a lytell yode backe receyued them as here after ensueth The batayll of Agyncourt THat is to meane they shotte at theym so feruently y t what wyth the shotte and goryng of theyr horses wyth the sharpe stakes they tumbeled one vpon an other so that he or they which ranne formest were the confusyon of hym or them that folowed so y t in a shorte
as some drowned .iii. of the grettest of theyr carykkes taken Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vi  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vii  Roberte wodtyngton  Henry Barton Skynner  Anno .v.  IohnÌ„ Couentre  THys yere the kynge holdynge hys parlyameÌ„t at westmynster to hym was graunted by auctoryt of the same a Fyftene And by a conuocacyon of the clergy was grauÌ„ted to hym a dyme for the mayntenaunce of hys warrys wheruppon newe prouysyon was made for hys seconde vyage into Fraunce By authoryte of this parlyament also Rycharde whyche was sonne heyre of y e erle of Cambrydge which erle was put to deth at Southampton was created duke of yorke whiche after was maryed vnto Cecyle y e doughter of Daraby erle of westmerlande by reason that he brought his wardshyp of the kynge By the whiche lady Cecyle he hadde Henry that dyed yonge Edward that after was kynge Edmunde erle of Rutlande Anne duchesse of Exceter Elyzabeth duchesse of Suffolke George duke of Clarence Rycharde duke of Glouceter and after kynge and Margaret duchesse of Burgoyne And whaÌ„ all thynge was redy for the kynges vyage he ordeyned IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde hys brother protectour of thys land in the tyme of his absence And that done he wyth hys lordes aboute wytsontyde toke hys shyppyng at SouthamptoÌ„ and so sayled into Normandye and landed vpon LaÌ„mas daye at a place called Toke or Towke And after he was wyth hys hoste there landed for so moche as he was warned of certayne shyppes of warre y e entendyd to do some harme in Englande beynge than vppon the see he therfore to wythstaÌ„de theyr malycyouse purpose sent the erle of Marche the erle of Huntyngdon wyth other to scowre the see The whyche encountred the sayde enemyes and after a loÌ„ge and cruell fyght them veÌ„quysshed ouercame whyche fyght was vpon the daye of saynt Romayne or the .ix. day of Auguste as hath the Frenche cronycle And of the French nauy was chyefe capytayne the vycount of Narbon whych in that fyght was taken with great pleÌ„ty of treasour For as sayth Gaguinus he with one Mountney an other capytayne to whom y e sowdyours wages was coÌ„mytted of one assent of theyr synguler lucre wythhelde the sayde wages By reason wherof whan they shuld ioyne in batayll many of them wyth theyr shyppes withdrew last theyr capitayns in the dauÌ„ger of theyr enemyes But this is lyke to be a fayned excuse of y e sayd Gagwyne to saue the honoure of the FreÌ„chmen as he many tymes semblably dothe in many places of hys boke Then to retourne vnto kyng Henry whan he was thus landed he sent vnto y e rulers of the town of Towke and had it vnto hym delyuered But the castell was defended agayn hym tyll saynt Laurence daye folowyng the whyche he gaue after vnto hys brother the duke of ClareÌ„ce wyth all the sygnory therunto belongynge And thys done the kynge spedde hym toward Cane layde his syege therunto vpon y e .xvii. day of the foresayd moneth of August The whych contynued tyll the feest of the Natyuyte of our lady than won vpon y e ê‘ty y t the duke of ClareÌ„ce assawted But the castel helde by apoyntemeÌ„t yf no rescouse were had tyll the .xiiii. day folowyng At whych day y e sayd castel was delyuered with other .xiiii stroÌ„ge holdes which had before takeÌ„ y e same apoyntmeÌ„t Than the kynge made the foresayd duke of Clarence capytayne of the sayd town castell And in this passetyme were dyuers other townes stroÌ„ge holdes goten by dyuers of y e kynges retynew as y e erle Marshall the erle of warwyke other y e which wan Louers Faloys Newelyn Cherburgth ArgeÌ„tyne Bayons the citye with many other stroÌ„ge abbays pilys ThaÌ„ the king helde there saynt Georges feest and dubbyd there .xv. knyghtê of y e Bath after coÌ„tynued his warres duryng this mayres yere in wynnyng vpon the FreÌ„chmen by apoyntementê and otherwyse wherof the cyrcumstauÌ„ce were very longe to declare in order In this yere also vpoÌ„ the festfull day of Ester tyll a chaunce in LoÌ„doÌ„ which to y e fere of all good crysteÌ„ men is necessary to be noted For vpoÌ„ the hygh soleÌ„pne day by excytyng of y e deuyll yll disposycioÌ„ of .ii. women that is to mene the wyfe of the lorde StrauÌ„ge y e wyfe of syr IohnÌ„ Trussell knyght such vnkyndnes fyll bytwene theyr two husbaÌ„des y t eyther wold haue slayne other within y e parysh chyrch of saynt DuÌ„stanes in the Eest In ê‘tyng of which persons dyuers men were hurt sore wouÌ„ded one named ThomÌ„ PetwardeÌ„ slayne out of hand which was a freeman fysshemoÌ„ger of the cyty Than lastly both frayers were takeÌ„ brought vnto the CouÌ„tour in y e Pultry And for the sayd lorde StrauÌ„ge was demed culpable of y e begiÌ„nyng of this fray he therfore vpoÌ„ the soÌ„day folowyng for suspendyng of the chyrche was denouÌ„ced acursyd at Poulys crosse in all parysshe chyrches of LondoÌ„ And fynally he was demed to open penaunce dyd it and made greate amendes vnto the wyfe of the sayde Thomas for the deth of her husbaÌ„d And in the ende of thys yere where at LoÌ„doÌ„ was sold for .ii. s. a busshell Anno domini M. CCCC.xvii  Anno domini M. CCCC.xviii  Henry Rede  Rycharde Merlowe Iremonger  Anno .vi.  IohnÌ„ Gedney  IN thys yere syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell lorde CobhmÌ„ the whyche as before is shewed in the ende of the fyrste yere of thys kynge escaped out of the Towre of London was in the moneth of sent vnto London by the lorde Powys out of walys The whyche syr IohnÌ„ for heresye treason was conuycte in the moneth of folowynge and for the same drawen vnto saynt Gyles feld where he was hanged vppon a newe peyre of galowes wyth chaynes and after consumed wyth fyre And about that season the person of wortham in Norfolke whyche longe tyme had haunted Newmarket heth and there robbed spoyled many of the kynges subgettes was nowe with his concubyne broughte vnto Newgate where he lastly dyed And kynge Henry beynge styll in Normandy deuyded hys people in thre partes wherof one he reserued vnto hym selfe the seconde he commytted to the rule of the duke of Clarence and the thyrde vnto the erle of warwyke whyche sayde duke erle employed theyr armes so well and valyauntly that eyther of theym encroched sore vppon the Frenchmen and wanne from them many stronge holdes and pyles And the kynge after longe syeges by hym contynued aboute Argentyne Cressy saynte Launde and other he then in y e ende of thys yere that is to saye vppon y e daye of the translacyon of saynt Edwarde or the .xiii. daye of October layde hys syege vnto the cytye of Roan and contynued the same tyll the .xii. daye of Ianuary folowynge In the whych passetyme the olde mayre was chaunged to a new
thynges concernynge his estate and to be lodged in notable places of his realme wher the people to hym shulde be moste obedyent After whiche artycles by the consentes of bothe prynces well and nobly ratysfyed and confermed and solempnyzacion of the foresayd maryage ended kyng Henry with his people sped hym towarde Parys where he was honorably receyued And whan he had with his newe wyfe rested hym there a season he than with the duke of Burgoyne and dyuers other lordes of Fraunce layde seyge vnto dyuers townes whiche helde vpon the Dolphyns partye them wanne by strengthe or by appoyntment and lastly layde syege and his ordenaunce aboute a stronge towne named Meldune or Meleon wherof was capytayne a noble warryour named Barbasan the whiche defended that towne manfully Than the kynge seynge the foresayde sternesse of y e capitayne beclipped that towne with a stronge syege lyenge hymselfe on that syde towarde the wood and the duke of Burgoyne vpon the other syde agayne the temple or monastery of saynt Peter whiche syege so conâ—â—ued durynge this mayres yere Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xix  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xx  Robert whytyngham  Richarde whytyngham Mercer  Anno .viii.  Iohan Butler  THis yere continued styll the former syege aboute Meleon tyll aboute the mydle of Nouembre At whiche tyme the fore named capytayne sore famysshed sought me anes of treaty By meane wherof it was agreed that he with all other shulde sauely auoyde by a daye lymyted excepte all suche persones as before tyme had ben consentynge vnto the dethe of IohnÌ„ lateli duke of Burgoyne For the whiche cryme the forenamed capytayne named Barbasan was after accused with many other and sent vnto Parys and there holden in pryson And that done kynge Henry layde his syege vnto a towne called Melden The whiche fynally was also gyuen vp by a lyke apoyntment wherin were founden certayne persones detected of y e foresayde murther for the whiche after due examynacyon made they were hanged vpon an elmen tree standynge by y e way ledynge vnto Parys whan kynge Henry had thus wrouthte moche of his wyll in Fraunce he toke leue of his father the Frenche kynge with the quene his wyfe sayled into Englande landed at Douer vpon Candelmas day leuynge in Fraunce for his deputye his brother the duke of Clarence Than the kynge sped hym on his iournay towarde London came thyder on the .xiiii. daye of February And the quene came thyder vpon the .xxi. day of y e same moneth But here for lengthe of tyme I wyl passe ouer the great and curyous ordynaunce prouyded by the cytezyns for the receyuynge of the kynge and quene aswell of theyr ordinate metynge wyth theym vpon horsebacke as the sumptuous and honourable dyuyses prepayred wythin the cytye to the kynges and quenes greate reâ—ioysynge And forthe I wyll procede to shewe vnto you some parte of the greate honour that was vsed and exercysed vppon the daye of the sayde quenes coronacyon whyche was after solempnysed in saynte Peters churche of westmynster vppon the daye of saynte Mathy the apostle or the foure twenty day of February After whyche solempnysacyoÌ„ in that chyrche endyd she was conueyed in to the greate halle of westmynster and there set to dyner Upon whose ryghte hand satte at the ende of the same table the archebysshop of CauÌ„torbury and Henry surnamed the ryche cardynall of wynchester And vppon the lefte hande of the quene satte the kynge of Scottes in hys astate the whyche was seruyd wyth coueryd messe lyke vnto the forenamed bysshoppes but after them And vppon the same hande and syde nere to the bordes ende satte the duchesse of yorke and the countesse of Huntyngdon The erle of y e Marche holdynge a ceptre in hys hande knelyd vppon the ryght syde The erle marshall in lyke maner knyled vppon the left hande of the quene The couÌ„tesse of Kente satte vnder the table at the ryght foote and the countesse Marshall at the left foote The duke of Glouceter syr Humfrey â—as that daye ouerloker and stode before the quene bare heded Syr Rychard Neuyll was that day caruer to y e quene y e erles brother of Suffolk cupberer syr IohnÌ„ Steward Sewar the lord Clyfford panterer in stede of the erle of warwyk the lord wyllughby boteler in stede of the erle of AruÌ„dell The lord Gray Ruthyn or Ryffyn naperer The lord of Awdeley amner in stede of the erle of Cambrydge The erle of worceter was that daye erle Marshall in absence of the erle Marshall the whyche rode about the hall vpon a great courser wyth a multytude of typped staues about hym to kepe the roume in the hall Of the which hall the barons of the .v. portes begaÌ„ the table vpon the ryght hande towarde saynt StepheÌ„s chapell beneth theÌ„ at the table sat the bowchyers of the chauncery And vpon the lefte hande next vnto the cupborde sat the mayre and hys bretherne aldermeÌ„ of LoÌ„doÌ„ The bysshops began the table foreagayne the barons of the .v. portes the ladies the table agayn the mayre Of whyche .ii. tables for the bysshoppes began y e bysshop of London and the bysshop of Durham and for the ladyes the countesse of Stafforde the couÌ„tesse of Marche And ye shall vnderstande that thys feast was all of fysshe And for the orderyng of the seruice therof were diuers lordes appoynted for hede offycers as stewarde controller surueyour and other honourable offyces For the whyche were appoynted the erles of Northumberlande of westmerland the lorde Fitz Hughe the lorde Furneuall the lorde Gray of wyltonÌ„ the lorde Ferers of Groby the lord Ponynges the lorde HaryngtonÌ„ y e lord Darcy the lorde Dacre and the lord Delaware The whyche wyth other orderyd the seruyce of the feest as foloweth thus for the fyrst course Brawne and mustarde Dedellys in Burneux Frument wyth Balien Pyke in Erbage Lamprey powderyd Trought Codlyng Playes fryed Marlyng fryed Crabbys Leche lumbarde florysshed Tartys And a sotyltye called a Pellycane syttyng on hys nest with her byrdes and an image of saynte Katheryne holdyng a boke and dysputyng with the doctours holdynge a reason in her ryghte hande saynge Madame le Royne and y e Pellycan as an answere Ce estia signe et du roy pur tenir ioy et a tout sa gent esse mete sa entent The seconde course Gely coloured wyth columbyne floures whyte potage or creme of almandes Breme of the see Counger Solys Cheuen Barbyll wyth Roche Fresshe Samon Halybut Gurnarde Rochet broyled Smelth fryed Creuys or lobster Leche Damask witw the kynges worde or prouerbe flourysshed Vne sanz plus Lamprey fresshe baken Flampeyne flourisshed wyth a scochonÌ„ royall and therin .iii. crownes of golde plantyd with floure delyce and floures of camemyll wroughte of confeccions And a sotyltye named a Panter wyth an image of saynte Katheryne wyth a whele in her hande a rolle wyth a reason in that other hande
they entended theyr diuyne seruyce praied more specyally for hym as they were bounde of duety whereunto it was after pardon requyred lastely by the sayde father answered that in conuenyent wyse they naturally might nat praye for hym and hys good spede consyderynge that he dayely warred vpon theyr fathers and kynnesmen and slewe of theym and spoyled theÌ„ dayly and enpouerysshed that laÌ„de whyche they of very kynde ought to loue and praye for After whyche answere thus by them made the kynge auoyded the hous of them and turned the lande thereof to suche vse as hym best lyked and suffred the hous to fall in ruyne And ouer thys great acte of fouÌ„dyng of these .ii. religious houses he ordeyned at westmynster to brenne perpetually wythoute extinccion iiii tapers of waxe vppon the sepulture of kyng Rychard and ouer that he ordeyned therto to be continued for euer one day in y e weke a solempne Dirige to be songe vppon the morowe a masse after which masse ended certayn money to be gyueÌ„ as before is expressed with other thynges in y e begynnyng of this kynges reygne And ouer thys his great besynesse in warre natwithstaÌ„dyng this most cristeÌ„ priÌ„ce by his lyfe chase his place of sepulture within the foresayd monastery there ordeyned for hym to be songe .iii. masses euery day in the weke whyle the world lasteth in maner and forme as by these verses folowyng doth appere Henrici missae quinti sunt hic tabulatae Quae successiue sunt per monachos celebratae ¶ Prima fit Assumptae de festo virginis almae Poscit pusiremam Christus de morte resur gens Dominica ¶ Prima salutate de festo virginis extat Nunciat angelicis laudem postrema choreis â—unc ¶ Esse deum natum de virgine prima fatetur Commemora natam sic vltima missa Mariam Martis ¶ Prima celebretur ad honorem neupmatis almi Vltima conceptam denunciat esse Mariam Mercurij ¶ Semper prima coli debet de corpore Christi Vltima fit fata de virgine purificata Iouis ¶ Concedet vt prima celebretur de cruce sancta Atque salutate fiet postrema Mariae Veneris ¶ Omnes ad sanctos est prima colenda supernos Vltima de requie pro defunctis petit esse Sabati ¶ Semper erit media de proprietate dei Omni die ¶ Missa Assumptionis Mâ—tiae Missa dnÌ„ieae resurrectionis 1 ¶ Missa salutationis Mariae Missa annuÌ„ciatioÌ„is Mariae 2 ¶ Missa natiuâ—tatis Christi Missa natiuitatis Mariae 3 ¶ Missa sancti spiritus Missa conceptionis 4 ¶ Missa corporis Christi Missa purificationis 5 ¶ Missa sanctÌ„ae crucis Missa salutationis Mariae 6 ¶ Missa omnium sanctorum Missa de requie 7 ¶ Missa diei quotidie ¶ whyche verses may thus to vnletteryd be englysshed Loo here is noted and put in memory That ouer these actes noble and Marcyall Thys excellent prynce thys fyfte kyng Henry Hys soule to endowe he was memoryall For wyth suffrages whyche euer laste shall Of masses thre that folowe ceryously At westmynster he ordeyned to be sayde dayly Upon sondaye the fyrste masse to begynne Deuoutly to be sayd of the Assumpcion Of our blessed Lady and nat thereafter blynne But than the latter of the resurreccion And on the mondaye of the Uisitacion The fyrste masse after ordeyned is Of the Annunciacion the latter masse sayd is Upon the tuysday to kepe the ordre iust The fyrste to be sayd of crystes Natiuite Than of our Lady byrth the latter folow muste On wednysdaye the holy ghost halowed to be And of the Concepcion the thyrd wylled he The thursday to synge the fyrste of Corpus xpÌ„i Of the Purificacion the laste of our Lady Upon the frydaye a masse of crystes crosse And of the Salutacion the latter for to synge And for of daye or tyme shuld be no losse Upon saterdaye the fyrste of that mornynge A masse of all sayntes to pray for the kynge Than masse of Requiem to be laste of all And euery day the day masse amyd these masses to fall ¶ Lenuoy ¶ O mercifull god what a prynce was this Whiche his short lyfe in marciall actes spent In honour of conquesi that wonder to me it is Howe he myght compasse suche dedys excellent And yet for that his mynde nothynge detent Alâ— ghostly helthe for his soule to prouide Cut of his world or he fatally shulde slyde So that though I had Tullyes eloquence Or of Sâ—â—ek the great moralyte Or of Salomon the perfyght sapience Or the swete dyties of dame Caliope Yet might I nat in prose or other dytte Accordyngly auaunce this princes fame And with due honour to enhaunce the same Consideringe his actes wherof percell appere In this rude wâ—rke with many mo left out The tyme also whiche was lesse than ten yere That he so shortly brought all thynge about By diuine grace forthryd without doute That myghtfull lorde he halâ—e his ghostly knyght With grace honour to passe this worldes sight And to haue rewarde dowble condigne And first for marciall actes by hym doone To be auaunced amonge the worthys Nyâ—e And for his vertues vsed by hym efte soone With many good dedes which he in erth had done Aboue the Hierarches he is I trust now stalled That was on erth kyng of kynges called Anglia ¶ Henry the syxte HEnry the .vi. of y e name and onely sonne of Henry the .v of quene Kathryn doughter of Charles y e seuenth kyng of Fraunce began hys reygne ouer the realme of Englande the fyrst day of September in the yere of our lorde M.iiii C. .xxii. and in the ende of the laste yere of the reygne of the foresayde .vii. Charles than kyng of Fraunce Thys Henry for the insufficience of hys age whyche as before ys shewed was but of .viii. monethes and odde days was commytted vnto the rule of hys vncles the dukes of Bedforde and of Glouceter The whyche durynge hys none age ruled the realmes of Englande of Fraunce honourably as the duke of Glouceter protectour of Englande and duke of Bedforde regent of Fraunce Than vpon the .xxi. day of October duryng thys mayres yere Robert Chyceley dyed at Parys the aboue named vii Charles kynge of Fraunce By reason of whose deth by force of appoyntemeÌ„t before made betwene HeÌ„ry the .v. and hym as before is towched in the seuenth yere of the sayde Henry the realme of Fraunce right thereof fylle vnto the yonge kynge Henry To whose vse the nobles of Fraunce excepte a fewe of suche as helde wyth the Dolphyne delyuered the possession therof vnto the duke of Bedforde as regent therof durynge that nonage of thys kynge Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxiii  wyllyam Estfeylde  wyllyam walderne  Anno primo  Robert Tatersale  IN the begynnyng of thys mayres yere and fyrste yere of the
Bathe of Salysbury of Norwyche of Ely of Rochestre the whiche so conueyed hym into the churche and there made his oblacyons And that done he toke agayne his stede at the west dore of Paules and so rode forth vnto westmynker where agayne he was of the abbot couent receyued with procession and by them coÌ„ueyed vnto saynt Edwardes shryne and there taryed a whyle Te deum was songe in the Quyer And that finysshed he was of his lordes conueyed vnto his palays And than the mayre with his cytezyns returned ioyusly to London Than vpon the saterday folowynge beynge the .xxiii. day of Februarii the mayre and aldermen yode vnto the kyng and presented hym with an hamper of golde therin a thousande pouÌ„de of fayre nobles for the whiche the kynge yelded vnto them louynge thankes This yere also by reason of y e sowdyours of Calays a restraynte was made there of the wolles for they were not coÌ„teÌ„t of theyr wages wherfore the regent of FrauÌ„ce beynge thaÌ„ Capytayne of Calays came downe thyder in the easter weke At whiche tyme beynge the wednesdaye in the sayde weke many sowdyoures were arested and put in warde And whan he had so done he rode to Tyrewyn there by the meanes of the bysshop of Tyrewyn he maried y e erle of saint Paules doughter and shortly after returned to Calays and caused the sayde sowdyours to be enquyred of and fynally .iiii. of them were demed to dye whiche .iiii. y t is to say Iohan Maddely Iohan Lundaye Thomas Palmer and Thomas Talbot were beheded at Calays the .xi. day of Iuny And an hundreth and .x. sowdyours were banysshed the towne ouer syr score banysshed before that tyme. And vpon mydsomer euen folowynge the sayd lorde regent with his newe spouse came vnto London and so taryed in Englande tyll the later ende of August Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxxii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxxiii  Iohan Olney  Iohan Parneys Fysshmonger  Anno .xi.  Iohan Paâ—dystey  IN this .xi. yere after some wryters was by the auctoryte of pope MartynÌ„ the .v. of that name y e couÌ„sayl of Basyle gadered Duryng the whiche the heretykes of Prage otherwyse called of Bohemy or Beme were somoned thyder The whiche vnder a suertye or saufe coÌ„duyte sent thyder for theÌ„ with other an Englysshe Clerke named mayster Peter a renegate The whiche defended so styfly theyr erronyous opynyons that they returned without reconsylyacyon Thus haÌ„gynge this couÌ„sayll pope Martyn dyed for hym wâ—schosen Eugeny the fourth The whiche beyng admytted demeaned hym so nycely in the begynnynge that he was put out of Rome dyuers prynces toke partye agayne hym in suche wyse that he was lykely to be deposed But after he bare hym so sadly y t he recouered such as he had loste contynued the see by the space of .xvi. yeres and ruled so that of some wryters he is called Eugeniê° gloriosus And that is of relygyous men for vnto theym he hadde a specyall zele and fauoure And vpon the eyhgte day of Iuly kynge Henry this yere beganne his parlyamet at westmynster and so contynued it tyll it was Lammas and than it was aiourned vnto saynt Edwardes daye And this yere in the southe weste appered a sterre whiche was lyke to a blasynge sterre and of some it is so named The erle of HuntyngdonÌ„ also this yere was sente into Fraunce with a warly company and dyd ther great feates as saythe the Englyssh cronycle But of y t is nothynge towched in the Frenche boke Anno dnÌ„i M.iii. C.xxxiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iii. C.xxxiiii  Thomas ChaltonÌ„  Iohan Brokley draper  Anno .xii.  Iohan Lynge  IN this .xii. yere and .ix. daye of Nouembre the terment of the erle of saynt Pawle father vnto the duchesse of Bedforde was solemply holdeÌ„ in Pawles churche of LondoÌ„ where the more partye of astates of this realme were present And the .ix. day of Marche folowynge the lorde Talbot with a goodly company passed thoroughe the cytye of London towarde the see into Fraunce where he wrought moche wo vnto y e FreÌ„ch men wherof the partyculers be not towched Contynuynge the foresayd warre in FrauÌ„ce the towne of saynt Denys which is within .ii. Englyssh myles of Parys was goten by treason or practyse of one named Iohan Notyce a knyght of OrleauÌ„ce from Mathew Gougth and Thomas Kyryell capytayns and slewe there many Englysshemen and many they toke prysoners But soone after the sayde capytaynes with strengthe taken to theym of the Parysyens and other layde suche a stronge syege rounde aboute the sayde towne of saynt Denys that fynally they agreed to redelyuer y e towne yf they were not rescowed of the Frenche kynge within fyftene dayes so that y e sayde dayes expyred it was retourned to the EnglysshemeÌ„ But this not with standynge the Frenchemen wanne dayly vpon the Englysshe men both in those partyes and also in NormaÌ„dy AmoÌ„g whiche gaynes y e FreÌ„che Gaguyne bryngeth in a matyer of game as he reherseth to y e mockage of Englysshemen and saythe that in this yere and feest of Myghelmas at a place called Fewgeri in Guyan a stronge fyghte was foughten bytwene the Englysshmen and the FreÌ„chemen Durynge the whiche one named Boosaprest a FreÌ„ch Knyght for fere fledde frome that fyghte and hydde hym in a couerte of busshes and there stoode styll tyll the fyghte was ended and the Englysshemen scomfyted and scared Of the whiche two of aduenture to sauegarde them selfe fledde to the sayd thycke busshe where the cowarde Frenche knyghte stode The whiche whan he hadde espyed and lerned of theym that the Frenche partye hadde wonne the felde he became so coragyous that he forced the sayde two Englysshemen to become his prysoners and so with theym entredde the hoste of the FrenchemeÌ„ and bare a countenauÌ„ce as he hadde wonne theym in the foresayd fyght But at lengthe whan all his demeanoure was knowen he was for his feate hadde in great derysyon and by his chefe capytayne named GuyllaÌ„ de saynt Albyne pryued of his prysones And in this season also the erle of Arundell whiche in Normandy had manly borne hym herynge that one Hyrus a Frenche capytayne hadde fortyfyed a stroÌ„ge castell named Gerborym before distroyed of Englysshe men toke with hym a certayn of sow dyoures and gyrde the castell with a stronge syege and assawted it by sondry tymes maÌ„fully as sayth the FreÌ„che cronycle But Gagwyne in his cronycle sayth that or the syege were fully layde or the castell were fully repayred the sayd Hyrus with his company yssued out of the castell gaue vnto y e sayd erle a cruell skyrmysshe in the whiche the sayde erle receyued a deedly wounde and dyed shortly after And that vyctory so by y e FreÌ„che men optayned that castell was to y e hurte of the Englysshemen reedyfyed and a place called DyeppÌ„ with other also wonne from them Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxxiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.
CCCC.xxxv  Thomas Bâ—rnwell  Robertr Oâ—lay grocer  Anno .xiii.  Symonde Eyre  IN this .xiii. yere and euen of saint Katheryne began a frost that endured vnto the feast of saynt Scolastica or the .x. daye of February the whiche frase the Thamys so feruently that shyp nor bote myght come with vytayle to London wherfore suche shyppes as came this yere to Thamys mouthe from Burdeux were dyscharged there and the wyne and other marchaundyse by theym brought caryed by laÌ„de to the cytie And in the latter ende of Decembre this yere ended the parlyamente holden at westmynster begon at Myghelmas terme before passed This yere also by meanes of the pope than Eugeny the .iiii at Aras in Pycardy was holden a great couÌ„sayle for to conclude an vnyon and peas atwene the two realmes of Englande and Fraunce To the whiche couÌ„sayle by the sayd popes coÌ„mauÌ„dment came as a persone indyfferent Nicholas cardynall of y e holy crosse with syxe Romayne bysshoppes to hym assygned And for the kynge of Englandes partye was there assygned the cardynall of wynchester the archebysshop of yorke the erles of HuntyngdonÌ„ and of Suffolke with dyuers other And for the Frenche kynge was there the duke of BurbonÌ„ the erle of Rychemount y e archebysshop of Raynys chaunceler than of FrauÌ„ce the deane of Patys with many other whiche I passe ouer There were also as fortherers of the matyer the cardynal of Cyprys And for the duke of BurgoynÌ„ was there the bysshop of Cambray and Nycholas Raulyn the sayd dukes chaunceler with dyuers erles and barons of that duchy And for the duke of Brytayne were ther the erles of Alenson and of Barre with other ouer and aboue dyuers oratoures appoynted for the countye of Flaundres At whiche assemble and counsayll thus holden as testifieth dyuers wryters many great offers by meane of y e aboue named cardynal of holy crosse or â—aiÌ„â— crosse to the Englysshe lordes were offered But as sayth Gaguinus the EnglysshemeÌ„ were so obstinately set on warre y e reason myght not coÌ„teÌ„t By reason of whiche obstinaci y e couÌ„sayll was deferred tyll an other day At whiche day the Englysshemen entendynge the coÌ„tinuaunce of warre absentyd theym selfe wherwith the sayd cardynall beynge dyscontented made meanes of an entreaty of peas atwene Charles that toke vpon hym as Frenche kynge and Phylyp duke of Burgoyn wherof the sayd Charles was so fayne y e for stablysshynge of the peas and to satysfye hym for y e murther of his father he gaue vnto hym all the vtter boundes of ChampeynÌ„ marching vpon Burgoin with dyuers cyties as seynt Quyntyne Corbie PeronÌ„ Abbeuyle and other with the countie of Poytyaw lordshyp of MaconÌ„ And as wytnesseth y e foresayde Gagwyne many mo thynges were vnto the duke by the sayde Charles ê“mysed whiche after theyr bothe dethes were broken and stode for nought After whiche peas thus atwene them confermed and proclaymed the sayd duke became vtter enemye to the kynge of Englande as after shall appere And soone after the sayd duke began his ordre of the lyle and the golden flese and ordeyned certayne knyghtes of that ordre and made therunto many statutes and ordenaunces wherof dyuers were lyke vnto the statutes of the garter And in the ende of this yere and .xiiii. day of Septembre at RoanÌ„ in Normandye died the noble prynce IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and regent of Fraunce and was after with great solempnytie buryed within the churche of notir Dame of the same cytie where for hym are founded wonderfull thynges after some meÌ„nes reporte But for I fynde therof in wrytynge nothynge I passe it ouer Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxv.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxvi  Thomas Catworth  Henry Frowyk mercer  Anno .xiiii.  Robert CloptonÌ„  IN the .xiiii. yere begynnynge of the same the duke of Barre accompanyed with BurgonyoÌ„s and Frenchemen wanne y e towne of Harflewe with dyuers other vyllages And in Apryll folowynge the sayde duke accompanyed with y e lorde Teruan and the mayster of the kynges chyualry toke the towne of saynt Denys and slewe therin aboue .iiii. C. Englysshemen toke prysoner Thomas Beleamounde theyr capytayne with many other And than y e FreÌ„che men assawted a towre therby called Ueuen and toke it by appoyntment ThaÌ„ one named Notyce a knyght of OrleauÌ„ce with a streÌ„gth of Knyghtes drewe hym nere the cytie of Parys and there at a house of relygyon of y e charterhouse ordre lodged hym beyonde saynt Denys ouer the water of SaynÌ„ and coÌ„federed with certayne cytezen of the cytie named Michaell Laylery Iohan Frountayne Thomas Pygacen Iohan de saynt Benoit Nicholas LorueynÌ„ and Iaques Bergery for to betraye the cytie to brynge it out of y e Englysshe possessyon The whiche persones beynge hedes of the cytie coÌ„ueyed theyr purpose in suche wyse that they turned the coÌ„mons of the cytie vpon the Englysshe men and sodeynly arose agayne them and by force slewe of them a great nombre and there they dyd take many prysoners And as the Englysshe men fledde or faughte by the stretes the women and other feble persones cast vpon them stones and hoâ—e lycoures to theyr great confusyon so y t the Englysshe men were in passynge mysery and desolacyon In this tyme of persecucion the bysshop of Morâ—â— whiche than was named chaunceler of Englysshe men in those partyes with other hardly escaped and toke the towre of saynt Denys whiche as yet rested in the Englysshe possessyon Than the other hoste of Frenchemen herynge of this rumour in the cytie anone drewe nere entred by saynt Iames gate without moche resystence and so enioyed the cytye at theyr pleasure Than the Englysshemen beynge in the towre of saynt Denys feryng that they myght not longe holde the sayd place agayne theyr enemies fyl to a treaty and coÌ„dyscended to passe fre with theyr lyues The which whaÌ„ they shuld passe vpon theyr iournay were diâ—ided and scorned of y e FreÌ„chenacyon out of all mesure And whan the cytye of Parys was thus subdued to the Frenche dominion anone y e Englyssh people that there abode vnder fyne and raunsom were sworne to Charles the seuenth than takynge vpon hym as Frenche kynge And anone after were wonne from y e Englyssh power the holdes named Creoll and saynt Germayne In whiche passe tyme and season for to streÌ„gthe and haue the gydynge of NormaÌ„dy the duke of yorke encompaned with the erle of Salysbury and the lorde of FawcouÌ„brydg sailed into FrauÌ„ce And the erle of MorteynÌ„ beynge thaÌ„ at Calays made a vyage into Flaundres and skyrmysshed with them y e bordred vpon Pycardy and slewe of them ouer CCCC and gate a great droue of beestes and brought them vnto Calays And for that certaynte was had that Phylyp duke of Burgoyn enteÌ„ded to lay his syege aboute Calays therfore London and all the good townes of EnglaÌ„de were charged to sende thyder certayne men wel and suffycyently
for the warre apparayled wherof London sente at theyr charge men Than vpon the .ix. daye of Iuyll the duke of Burgoyn with a great multytude of Burgonyons and Flemynges appered before Calays and there pyght his pauylyons and tentes so that euery towne of FlauÌ„dres had theyr tentes by themselfe At whiche season was Lyeutenaunt of Calays syr IohnÌ„ Ratclyf knyght of the castell was lieutenaunte the baron of Dudley And so that syege endured vpon .iii. wekes In whiche seson many knyghtly actes were done and exercysed vpon bothe partyes whiche for lengthynge of the tyme I passe Than vpon the seconde day of August the duke of Glouceter protectour of EnglaÌ„de with a company of .v. C. sayles as some writers haue landed at Calays and entended vpon the thyrde day folowynge to haue yssued out of the towne and to haue gyuen batayll to y e Flemynges But as testyfyeth all Englysshe wryters so soone as y e duke of Burgoyn was ware of the great power of the lorde protectour he toke with hym of his ordenauÌ„ce that he myght lyghtly cary and the other that were heuy and combrous he lefte behynde hym Amonge the whiche one was lefte before Guynes a great gunne of brasse named Dygon ouer dyuers serpentynes and other great gunnes And the Flemynges lefte behynde them a great quantyte of bere besyde wyne and floure and other vytayle But of this vyage wryteth otherwyse Gaguyne sayth that y e duke well and manfully as a valyaunte knyght iÌ„ his actes coÌ„tinued his syge before Calays ouer two monethes And there dyd many noble actes in assaylyng of his enemyes And after y e Flemynges by reason of theyr murmure and rebellion had refused hym and in maner lafte hym almost with out company yet not withstaÌ„dynge he dayly assayled his enemyes and after with suche small company as was laft hym whaÌ„ he sawe he myght not preuayle he returned into his couÌ„tre And so thus alway in all the sayd Gagwynus boke he wypeth from y e Englysshemen in all that he may the honoure and excuseth theyr enemyes to his power whan the duke with his host was thus fledde the lorde protectoure with his people folowed hym into the countre by the space of xi dayes In whiche season he brent but two townes whiche were named and yet be Poperynge and Bell and returned to Calays after into Englande And this yere was the castell or towne of Rokkesborouth in Scotlande besyeged of the kynge of Scottes But so soone as he had wyttyng that syr Rauffe Gray knyght was comynge with a competent nombre for to remoue that siege anone he departed leuynge some parte of his ordenaunce behynde hym to his great dyshonoure Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxxvi  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxxvii  Thomas Morsted  IohnÌ„ Mychell  Anno .xv.  wyllyam Gregory  IN this .xv. yere thyrde daye of Ianuarii quene Katheryne mother vnto Henry the syxte wyfe of Henry the fyfte dyed at Barmundissey in southwarke after with due solempnyte brought thorughe the cytie and so conueyed to westmynster and there buryed in y e myddes of our lady chapel vnder a toÌ„be of marbell But whan our soueraygne lorde HeÌ„ry the .vii. than beynge kyng caused the chapell to be taken downe buylded a newe without the lyke ther vnto as now to men dothe appere than the corps of y e excellent prynces was taken vp and set by the tombe of her lorde and husbande durynge y e tyme of the buyldynge of the sayde newe chapell and after buryed by her sayd lorde within the sayde chapell And y e xiiii day of y e sayd moneth fyll downe sodeynly the furthest gate towarde Southwarke with y e towre therupon and .ii. of the furthest arches of y e sayd brydge but as god wold no creature was therwith perysshed that is to meane of humayne persones And the .xxi. day of this same moneth of Ianuarii the kyng beganne his parlyament at westmynster whiche before was purposed to haue benholden at Cambrydge To this parlyament came y e bysshop of Turuyn and the counsayle of the erle of Armynak wherof I fynde not y e cause expressed And after easter was a day of dyot holdeÌ„ bytwene Grauenynge and Calays for maters touchynge y e kynge and the duke of Burgoyne where for the kynge appered the cardynall of Englande y e duke of Norffolke and the erle of Stafforde with dyuers other And for the dukes partye appered there the duchesse his wyfe with dyuers other of the sayde dukes counsayle where by meanes of the sayde persones an abstynence of warre was taken for a certayne tyme in the duchesse name For the kynge wolde take none appoyntmeÌ„t with the duke for somoche as he had gone from his truthe allegeaunce that before tyme he had made with y e kynge And vpon the seconde daye of Iuly this yere dyed quene Iane the whiche somtyme had ben the wyfe of kynge Henry the .iiii and before that the wyfe of the duke of Brytayne was caryed from Barmundessey to Cauntorbury and there buryed by her husbaÌ„de Henry the .iiii. And this yere fell a chaunce that had not ben sene many yeres before For all â—yons dyed in the towre the whiche had coÌ„tynued there a longe season In this yere also y e kyng of Scottes was trayterously murthered by seruauntes of his owne Of the whiche traytours the capytayne of them was named Robert Grame y â— which after was with other of his company taken and put vnto moost paynfull dethe This sayd kynge of Scottes had â—en prysoner fyftene yeres in Englande Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxvii  Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxviii  wyllyam Chapman  wyllyam Estfelde Mercer  Anno .xvi.  wyllyam Halys  IN this .xvi. yere and moneth of Nouembre kynge Henry caused to be kepte a solempne obyt or terment within the churche of Paules for Sygysmonde the emperour and knyght of y e garter This was a man of merueylous great worthy fame as by the auctour of Cronica Cronicarum is expressed After whose dethe the gydynge of y e empyre fyll to Albert that had maryed the onely doughter of y e sayd Sygysmonde Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxix  Hugh Dyke  Stephen Browne Grocer  Anno .xvii.  Nycholas yoo  IN this yere vpon newe yeres daye in the after noone a stake of woode fyll downe sodaynly at Baynardes castell vpon Thamys syde and slewe .iii. men and hurte dyuers other And at Bedford this yere at the kepynge of a shyre day by the fallynge of a steyer were .xviii. murthered slayne besyde many other sore hurte and maymed And the last day of Apryll dyed in Roan syr Rycharde Beauchamp called of comon fame y e good erle of warwyke This was lyeutenaunt of y e kynge in Normandy and demened hym there full well and manfully whose body was after brought vnto warwyke there in a newe chapell buylded vpon
the southe syde of the quyer buryed full honorably This yere also was great derthe of corne in EnglaÌ„d also in FrauÌ„ce in somoche y t a busshell was solde at LoÌ„don for .iii. s. iii. s. iiii d. And in FrauÌ„ce iÌ„ Parys it was at lyke value And there also they dyed sore of the sekenesse of ipidimie For this scarcyte of whete in Englande in many places the people made them breed of fetches pesyn and benes And after some wryters for lacke of these foresayd graynes some poore people made them breed of Feâ—necotes But yet by the prouydence of Stephen Browne this yere Mayre many shippes were freyghte with rye out of Pruce and dyscharged at London that eased the people nere to the cytie greatly This of many wryters is named the seconde dere yere In this yere ended the counsayle or synode holdeÌ„ at Basyle begon as before is sayde in the .xi. yere of this kynge By auctoryte of whiche couÌ„sayle Eugeny the .iiii. was deposed Amedeus a duke and prynce of Sauoy was chosen for pope in the place of the forenamed Eugeny But yet he had suche ayde that he contynued in Rome as pope all his lyues tyme. And that other whiche was named of his ayders Felix the .v contynued his dygnyte in other places so that thaÌ„ arose a great scisme in y e churche whether of these .ii. was indubitat pope For some countrees vphelde y e one and some that other so that therwere alowed none of them both and that was called y e neutralytie This scysine contynued vpon .ix. yeres the terme whyle Eugeny lyued After whose dethe was chosen a cardynall named Thomas Sarazan and after was named Nycholas the .v. To whome the sayde Felix after that he was admitted for Peters successour of his owne good mynde renounced his dygnyte of papacy and submytted hym to the rule and obedyence of theÌ„ sayd .v. Nycholas thaÌ„ beynge indubitat pope And thus cessed y â— scysme in the churche whiche had contynued by the terme aboue specyfyed This Felix was a deuoute prynce sawe the sones of his sones and after lyued a deuoute and holi lyfe and lastly was chosen pope as before is shewed for the which he is of dyuers wryters accompted for happy But and he hadde not medled with the tytle of the churche and therwith blotted his olde age he had after the opynyon of other wryters be named or alowed moche more blessed happy And this yere in the moneth of August in LoÌ„don were two bawdes punysshed with werynge of ray hodes after .xl. dayes enprysonment they were banysshed the towne and dryuen out with most shame In this yere also the conduyte in Fletestrete was begonne by syr wyllyam Estfelde knyghte and late mayre and so fynysshed of his good disposicion without cost or charge to the cytie And he with syr Lewes and Iohan of Estsex were made knyghtes of the Bathe in the same yere And in this yere dyed Robert Chicheley grocer twyes mayre of London the whiche wylled in his testament that vpon his mynde daye a good and competent dyner shulde be ordeyned for .xxiiii. C. poore meÌ„ and that of houssholders of the cytye yf they myght be fouÌ„de And ouer that was xx.li destrybuted amoÌ„ge them whiche was to euery man two pens Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxxix  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xl  Robert Marchall  Robert Large mercer  Anno .xviii.  Phylyp Malpas  THis .xviii. yere vpon the daye of saynt Botolph or .xvii. day of Iuny a preste after he was degrated of his prestly dygnyte named syr Rycharde was brent for heresye at y e towre hyll how wel in his latter day he toke great repentaunce and dyed goddes man and in the faythe of the churche This for wordes spoken by his lyfe that the posterne of y e towre shulde synke as after it dyd other fantastycall dedes or wordes he of many lewde folkes was accompted for an holy man wherfore after his dethe they came to his place of execucyon and there made theyr oblacyoÌ„s and prayers and arered a great hepe of stones and pyght there a crosse by nyght so that â—i this meanes a great dysclaunder ran vpon the churche specially vpon suche as had put hym to dethe But to cease that rumoure coÌ„mauÌ„dment was sent from y e kynge to punysshe all suche as thyder went on pylgrymage By vertue whereof y e mayre and shyreffes dyd suche dylygeÌ„ce that shortly after all y e sekyng and offeryng was fordone and layde aparte This yere also y e shyreffes of London fette out of saynt Martynes legraunt .v. persones beynge there in sayntwary and ladde theym to the countre in bred strete where they remayned certayne dayes But those daies expired they were by y e kynges Iustyces restored vnto sayntwary In this passetyme the warre atwene Englande FrauÌ„ce endurynge in a wynter season whan the grouÌ„de was couered with a myghty snowe and therewith all a great frost hadde hardened the pondes and dyches the EnglysshmeÌ„ whiche laye in a stroÌ„ge holde nyghe vnto a towne called Pountlarge arayed them in whyte clothes ouer theyr harneys and so in great nombre approched the dykes and passed vpon the yse to y e walles and them scaled and the watche of y e towne slepynge toke the towne and distressed therin myche people From the whiche daunger escaped ryghte hardly .ii. capytaynes of that towne named Iohan de Uyllers and NarabonÌ„ a knyghte Burgonyon The countre aboute Parys was also sorevexed with y e rauyne of wolues that proclamacyon was made that euery grene or newe flayn skynÌ„e of a wolfe that was brought vnto Parys y e prouost shulde gyue to the brynger .xx. shelynges or .xx. sous of that countre money whiche amouÌ„teth to .ii. s. vi d. sterlynge It was not longe after or Charles the Frenche kynge layde vnto y e foresayd towne a stroÌ„g siege But it by y e duke of yorke the lorde Talbot was well and knyghtly defended in somoche y e one tyme they put the Frenchemen to rebuke and were lykely to haue takeÌ„ theyr kyng â—e had be the soner rescous Lastly y e duke of yorke and the sayd lord Talbot for vrgent causes departed theÌ„s to Roan and betoke the towne to y e rule of syr Gerueys of CliftoÌ„ knyght and other hauynge with them to the nombre of a thousande sowdyours But the thyrde daye after the dukes departynge the Frenche kynge so fyersly assayled the towne that in the ende he wanne it by strengthe and slewe therin many an Englyssh maÌ„ toke many prysoners And soone after was the townes of Meleon of Corbeyll and of the Ebreouse loste from the Englysshmen For ye shall vnderstande that sondry and many tymes y e townes holdes in FrauÌ„ce were lost and efte wonne But euer y e more losse turned to the Englysshe partye tyll all Normandy were lost and all other landes of Fraunce appartynynge to the kynge of
Theodalde Guyllyam Rychauyll knyghtes The whyche rescous nat wythstandynge the sayde lorde Talbot well maÌ„fully coÌ„tynued hys syege assawted the towne in ryght cruell maner so that they were fayne to call for more ayde whereof the lord Talbot beyng ware thynkynge that shortly the Frenchmen shuld be constrayned to gyue ouer the towne left the gydyng of the syege vnto syr wyllyam Poyton syr IohnÌ„ RyppelaÌ„d or Tryppelande knyght after departyd After whose departyng with in short whyle y e Dolphyn of UyeÌ„ne Lowys by name and sonne vnto the forenamed Charles Frenche kynge accompanyed wyth the erle of saynte Paule other to the nombre of .xvi. C. knyghtes came vnto the rescous of the sayd towne And after he had a day rested hym and hys sowdiours he sente the forenamed Theodalde wyth a strength of .iiii. C. men for to assayle the forsayde towre of tymbre but lytell hurt dyd they therunto Than the sayd Dolphyn sente an other strength of .vi. C. men to assayle it but the Englyshemen quyt theym so manfully that they slew .viii. score Frenchmen wouÌ„nded ouer .iii. C. wherwyth the Dolphyn beynge greuously amoued assembled the vttermost strength he myght make aswel of the towne and other and set vpon the Englysshe men whiche were â—ore brused with dayly fyght and fewe in nombre and fynally scomfited them and slewe of theym vpon CCC and toke y e rest prysoners Amonge y t whiche the foresayd two Englysshe capitaynes were taken and a kynnesmaÌ„ of the lorde Talbottes or more veryly one of his baste sones And thus was Depe rescowed the Englysshmen dyscomfyted after they had maÌ„fully maynteyned that syege by the space of .ix. wekes and odde dayes Also this yere in y e moneth of August was a great affray iÌ„ Fletestrete atwene the getters of the ynnes of courte and the inhabytauntes of the same strete whiche affray began in y e nyght and so contynued with assawtes and small by kerynges tyll y e next day In whiche season moche people of the cytie thyder was gadered and dyuers men of bothe partyes were slayne and many hurte But lastly by the presence dyscrecyon of y e mayer and shyreffes this affraye was appesed Of the whiche was chyfe occasyoner a man of Clyfforde ynne named Herbotell In this yere also by certayne ambassadoures y t were sente out of EnglaÌ„d into Guyon a maryage was coÌ„cluded in the begynnynge of the yere folowynge atwene the kynge and y e erles doughter of Armenak whiche conclusion was after dysalowed and put by by the meanes of the erle of Suffolke whiche kyndled a newe brande of brunynge enuy atwene y e lorde protectour and hym and toke fyre in suche wyse that it lefte not tyll bothe partyes with many other were consumed and slayne wherof ensued moche myschefe within the realme and losse of all Normandy as after to you shall appere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xlii.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C. xlili  Thomas Beaumount  IonÌ„ Athyrley Irenmonger  Anno .xxi.  Rycharde Nordon  IN thys .xxi. yere the foresayde erle of Suffolke whych as before is touched had fordon the coÌ„clusyon of the maryage takeÌ„ by the ambassadours betwene the kyng and y e erle of Armenakes doughter wente ouer hym selfe wyth other vnto hym assygned there in FrauÌ„ce concluded a mariage betwene the kyng and dame Margarete the kynges doughter of Cecyle and of Hierusalem as sayth the Englyshe cronycle And for that mariage to brynge about to the sayd kyng of Cecyle was deliuered y e duchye of Angeou and erledome of Mayne whych are called the keyes of Normandy But the FreÌ„che wryter Gaguyne sayth in hys latyne cronycle y t about thys tyme the erle of Suffolke came vnto Charles the Frenche kyng to a towne in Lorayn named Naunce or NauÌ„t axed of hym his doughter to be quene of England but he gyueth to her no name The whyche request of the sayd Charles to the sayde erle was grauÌ„ted Also he affermeth lytel tofore that season a peace betwene bothe realmes was concluded for the terme of .xxii. moneths whych peace endured but a whyle after And thys yere vpon Candelmas euyn the steple of sait Poules church in LondoÌ„ was set on fyre by tempest of lyghtnynge and lastly queÌ„ched by greate dylygence and laboure of many persones But of all that there laboured the morowe masse preeste of Bowe church in chepe was moste commended and noted Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliiii  Nycholas wyfforde  Thomas Catworthe Grocer  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Norman  THys .xxii. yere y e erle of Stafforde was made or created duke of Bukkyngham the erle of warwyke duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marques of Dorset and the erle of Suffolke marquys of Suffolke The whyche marquys of Suffolke soone after wyth hys wyfe and other honourable personages aswell of men as of women with great apparayl of chayres and other costyous ordenaunce for to conuey the forenamed lady Margarete into England sayled into FrauÌ„ce where they were honourably receyued and so taryed there all thys mayres yere In thys yere was also an acte made by auctoryte of the common couÌ„sayll of London that vppon the sondaye shuld no maner of thynge with in the fraunchyse of y e citie be bought or solde nother vytayll nor other thynge nor none artyfycer shulde brynge hys ware to any man to be worne or occupyed that daye as tayllours garmentes or cordewayners shoys and so in lykewyse of all other occupacyons The whyche ordenaunce helde but a whyle Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xlv  Stephyn Foster  Henry Frowyke Mercer  Anno .xxiii.  Hughe wyche  THys .xxiii. yere and moneth of the foresayd lady Margarete came ouer into EnglaÌ„d and in the moneth folowynge she was maryed vnto kyng HeÌ„ry at a towne called Sowthwyke in the countre of Hamshyre And froÌ„ thens she was honourably conueyed by the lordes and estates of thys laÌ„d whyche mette wyth her in sondry places wyth greate retynewe of men in sondry lyueryes wyth theyr sleuys browdered and som betyn wyth gold smythes werkes in moste costly maner And specyally the duke of Glouceter mette wyth her wyth fyue hundreth men in one lyuerey And so she was conueyed vnto Blacke heth where vppon the .xviii. day of May she was mette with the mayre aldermen and sheryfes of the cytye and the craftes of the same in brown blewe wyth brawderyd sleuys That is to meane euery mystery or crafte wyth conysaunce of hys mystery and red hoodes vppon eyther of theyr heddes and so the same daye broughte her vnto London where for her were ordeyned sumptuous and costly pageÌ„tes and resemblauÌ„ce of dyuerse olde hystoryes to y e great comforte of her and suche as came wyth her y e maner whereof I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. And so wyth great tryuÌ„phe she was broughte vnto westmynster where vppon the
nere vnto y e cytie So that vpon the fyrste day of Iuly he entred the bourgh of Southwarke beynge than wednesday lodged hym there that nyght for he myght not be suffered to entre the cytie And vpon the same day the commōs of Essex in great nombre pyght theym a felde vpon the playne at myles ende And vpon the seconde daye of the sayd moneth the mayre called a common counsayle at the Gyldhall for to puruey the withstandynge of these rebelles and other matyers In whiche assemble were dyuers opinions so that some thought good that the sayde rebelles shulde be receyued into the cytie and some otherwyse Amonge the whiche Roberte Horne stok fysshmonger than beynge an alderman spake sore agayne them that wolde haue them entre For y ◠whiche sayenges the cōmons were so amoued agayn hym that they ceased not tyll they had hym cōmytte to warde And the same afternoone aboute v. of the clok the capytayne with his people entred by y e brydge And whā he came vpon the drawe brydge he hewe the ropes y t drewe the brydge in sondre with his swerde and so passed into y e cytie and made in sondry places therof proclamacyons in the kynges name that no man in peyne of dethe shulde robbe or take ony thyng parforce without payeng therfore By reason wherof he wanne many hertes of the cōmons of the cytie but all was done to begyle with the people as after shall euydently appere For he rode thorough dyuers stretes of the cytie and as he came by London stone he strake it with his swerde and sayd now is Mortymer lorde of this cytie And whan he had thus shewed hymselfe in dyuers places of the cytie shewed his mynde to y e mayre for y e ordrynge of his people he returned into Southwarke and there abode as he before hadde done his people cōmynge goynge at lawfull houres whan they wolde Than vpon the morne beynge the thyrde daye of Iuly and frydaye the sayd capytayne entred agayne the cytie and caused the lorde Sey to be fet frome the tower and ladde vnto the Guyldhall where he was areygned before the mayre other of y e kynges iustyce In whiche passe tyme he entended to haue brought before y e sayd iustyces the foresayd Robert Horne But his wyfe and frendes made to hym suche instaūt labour that fynally for .v. C. marke he was set at his lybertye Than the lorde Sey beynge as before is sayde at Guyldhall desyred y t he myght be iudged by his peers wherof herynge the capytayne sent a company of his vnto the hall the whiche parforce toke hym from the offycers and so brought hym vnto the standarde in the Chepe where or he were halfe shryuen they strake of his hed y t done pyght it on a lōg pole so bare it aboute with them In this tyme and season had the capytayne caused a gentylman to be taken named Cromer whiche before had ben shyreffe of Kent and vsed as they sayde some extorcyons For which cause or for he had fauoured the lorde Sey by reason that he had maried his doughter he was haryed to Myles ende and there in y e capitaynes presence byheded And y e same tyme was ther also byheded a man called Baylly y e cause of whose dethe was this as I haue herd some men reporte This Baylly was of y e famylyer and olde acqueyntaunce of Iak Cade wherfore so soone as he espyed hym cōmynge to hym warde he cast in his mynde that he wolde dyscouer his lyuyng olde maners and shewe of his vyle kynne and lynage wherfore knowynge y t the sayd Baylly vsed to vere scrowes and prophecyes aboute hym shewyng to his cōpany y t he was an enchaunter and of yll dysposycion and y t they shulde well knowe by such bokes as he bare vpon hym and bad them serche and yf they founde not as he sayde y t thā they shuld put hym to dethe whiche all was doone accordynge to his cōmaundment whan they had thus be heded these .ii. men they toke the hede of Croumer pyght it vpon a pole and so entred the cytie with the hedes of the lorde Sey and of Croumer And as they passed the stretes they ioyned the poles togyder caused eyther deed mouthe to kysse other dyuers and many tymes And the capytayne the selfe same daye wente vnto the house of Phylyppe Malpas draper and and alderman and robbeb and spoyled his house and toke thens a great substaunce But he was before warned and therby conueyed moche of his money and plate or elles he had ben vndone At whiche spoylynge were present many poore men of the cytie whiche at suche tymes ben euer redy in all places to do harme where suche ryottes ben doone Thā towarde nyght he returned into Southwarke vpon y e morne reentred y e cytie and dyned that daye at a place ī saynt Margaret Patyns parysshe called Gherstys hous And whan he had dyned lyke an vncurteyse gest he robbed hym as the daye before he had Malpas For which .ii. robberyes all be it that the porayll nedy people drewe vnto hym were partyners of that yll the honest and thryfty comoners cast in theyr myndes the sequele of this matyer and fered leste they shulde be delte with in lyke maner by meane wherof he lost the peoples fauour and hertes For it was to be thought yf he had not executed that robbery he myghte haue gone ferre and brought his purpose to good effecte yf he hadde entended well But it is to deme and presuppose that the entent of hym was not good wherfore it myght not come to ony good conclusyon Than y e mayre and aldermen with assystence of the worshypfull comeners seynge this mysdeanour of y e capytayne in sauegardynge of themselfe and of the cytye toke theyr counsayles how they myght dryue the capytayne and his adherētes from y e cytie wherin theyr feare was the more for so moche as the kynge and his lordes with theyr powers were farre from theym But yet in aduoydynge of apparēt peryl they condyscended that they wolde withstande his any more entre into the cytie For the performaūce wher of y e mayre sent vnto the lorde Scales and Mathewe Gowgth than hauynge the tower in gydynge had of them assent to perfourme y e same Than vpon the .v. day of Iuly y e capytayne beynge in Southwarke caused a mā to be heded for cause of his dyspleasure to hym doone as the fame went so kepte hym in Southwarke all y e day How be it he myght haue entred the cytie yf he had wold And whan nyght was comynge the mayre and cytezyns with Mathewe Gowth lyke to theyr former appoynmtent kepte the passage of y e brydge beynge sonday and defended the Kentysshe mē whiche made great force to reenter the cytie Than the capytayne seynge this bykerynge begon yode to harneys and called his people aboute hym and set so
fyersly vpon the cytezyns that he draue theÌ„ backe from y e stulpes iÌ„ Southwarke or brydge fote vnto y e drawe brydge In defendynge wherof many a man was drowned and slayne Amonge y t whiche of men of name was Iohan Sutton aldermaÌ„ Mathewe Gouth gentylman and Roger Heysande cytezyn And thus contynued this skyrmysshe all nyght tyll .ix. of the clocke vpon the morne so that somtyme the cytezyns had the better thus soone the Kentysmen were vpon the better syde But euer they kepte them vpon the brydge so that the cytezyns passed neuer moche the bulwarke at the byrdge fote nor y e KentysshmeÌ„ moche ferther thaÌ„ the drawe brydge Thus coÌ„tynuyng the cruel fyght to the dystruccyon of moche people on bothe sydes lastly after the Kentysshmen were put to the worse a trewe was agreed for certayne houres Duryng the whiche trewe the archebysshop of Cantorbury than chaunceler of Englande sent a generall pardon to the capytayne for hymselfe and an other of hys peple By reason wherof he hys company departed the same nyght out of Southwarke so retourned euery man to hys owne But it was nat longe after that the capytayne wyth hys coÌ„pany was thus departed that proclamacyons were made in dyuers places of Kent of Southsex and Sowtherey that who myghte take the foresayde Iak Cade other on lyue or dede shulde haue a M. marke for hys trauayle After whych proclamacion thus publisshed a geÌ„tylmaÌ„ of KeÌ„t named Alexander IdenÌ„ awayted so hys tyme that he toke hym in a gardyn in Sussex where in the takyng of hym the sayd Iak was slayne so beynge dede was brought into Southwarke the daye of the moneth of there left in the kynges benche for that nyght And vpon y â— morowe the dede corps was drawen thorugh the hyghe stretes of the cytye vnto New gate there heded and quartered whose hede was than sent to LondoÌ„ brydge his .iiii. quarters were sent to .iiii sondry townes of Kent And thys done the kyng sent hys commissions into Kent rode after hym selfe and caused enquery to be made of thys riot in Caunterbury where for the same .viii. men were iuged put to deth And in other good townes of Kent Southsex dyuers other were put in execucyon for the same ryot In thys yere also in the west couÌ„tree was slayne the bisshop of Salysbury by the commons of that couÌ„tre wherfore after the kyng had sped his besynesse in Kent Sussex he rode thyder to se also those malefactours punysshed Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.l.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.li.  IohnÌ„ Myddylton  Nycholas wyfforde Grocer  Anno .xxix.  wyllyam Dere  IN thys .xxix. yere vpoÌ„ sait Leonardes daye or the .vi. daye of Nouembre began the parlyamente at westmynster And the fyrste day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng the duke of Somerset whyche newly was commyn out of Normandy was putte vnder arest and his goodes by the coÌ„mons were fowly dyspoyled borne a waye out of the blak fryers For at this season was moche people in the cytie by reason of the parlyament specially of lordes seruauntes whyche were awaytynge vppon theyr lordes and maysters in great multytude For ye shall vnderstande y e temporall lordê in those dayes kepte other maner of housholdes other maner of reteyndour of housholde seruauntes and other nombre ferre excedynge that the lordes at these dayes done wherefore at parlyament tymes and other great counsayles the cytyes or townes where they assembled were hougely stuffed wyth people Than after thys ryot thys commytted vpon the morowe folowynge proclamacyon was made thorugh the cytye that no man shulde spoyle or robbe vppon payne of dethe And the same day at the staÌ„darde in Chepe was a maÌ„ beheded for brekyng of the sayd proclamacioÌ„ And thus begoÌ„ rumour malyce to spryng betwene y e lordê of the laÌ„de And specially y e duke of Somerset other of y e quenes couÌ„sayll were had iÌ„ great hatered for y e losiÌ„g of NormaÌ„dy wherof y e chief citie of RoaÌ„ was lost or gyue vp by apointemeÌ„t y e yere precedyng as witnesseth Gaguynus vpon coÌ„dycyon that the duke of Somerset with his wyfe and Englyssh sowyours shulde with suche goodes as they myghte cary departe frely from y e cytie For whiche fre passage he shulde pay vnto y e Frenche kynge lvi M. scutes which amouÌ„te to .xiiii. M. marke sterlyng And also he was bounde to delyuer into the Frenche kynges possession all townes and castelles that at that daye were in the possessyon of Englysshemen within the duchy of Normandy For performaunce of whiche couenauntes the lorde Talbot was set for one of the pledges and so by one Floquet before named all the sayd townes and castelles were by hym to the Frenche kynges vse receyued Harflete onely excepted wherof y e capytayne named Cyrson or Curson denyed the delyuery with assystence of one named syr Thomas Auryngham The whiche in despyte of all the Frenche kynges power layde bothe by see and lande helde it from the begynnynge of Decembre tyll the moneth of Ianuary and than for lacke of rescouse gaue it vp by appoynment in y e begynnynge of this mayres yere For this yeldynge vp of Normandy moche dyspleasure grewe vnto the quene and her counceyll in so moche y t the duke of yorke father vnto kyng Edwarde the .iiii. with many lordes with hym allyed toke partye agayne hyr and her counsayll so that mortall warre therof ensued as here after in this story wall appere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.li.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lii  Mathewe Phylyp  wyllyam Gregory skynner  Anno .xxx.  Chrystofer warton  IN thys .xxx. yere .xvi. daye of February the kynge beyng accompanied with the duke of Somersette and many other lordes toke theyr iournay towarde the marchys of walys for so moche as he was credibly assertayned y t the duke of york assysted with dyuers other lordes meÌ„ of name had in those partyes gathered great strengthe of people and with them was entrynge the lande and so helde on his iourney towarde hym But whan y e duke had wytyng of the kynges great power he swaued the way from the kynges hoste and toke the way towarde London And for he had receyued knowlege from the cytie y t he myght not there be receyued to refresshe hym and his people he therwith went ouer Kyngstone brydge and so into Kente and there vpon an hethe called Brente heth he pyght his felde wherof the kynge houynge knowlege sped hym after and lastly came vnto Blacke hethe there pyght his felde where bothe hostes beynge thus enbatayled meidacioÌ„ was made of peace by twene both hostes For furtheraunce wherof to the duke were sente y e bysshoppes of wynchester and of Ely with the erles of Salysbury and of warwyke To whome it was answered by the sayd duke y t he nor none of the company entended none hurte vnto the kynges persone
of the cytye whyche wyth all dylygence resysted them and of theÌ„ toke dyuers that robbed and sent theym to Newgate And fynally not wyth out shedyng of blode and maymyng of dyuers cytesyns the rumour and people were appeasyd whan the yonge man begynner of all thys busynesse sawe this inconuenyence ensue of hys wantonesse were it by counsayll or otherwyse feryng the sequell of the mater yode streyght vnto westmynster and there taried as a sayntwary man tyll all the mater were endyd It was not longe after or the duke of Buckyngham with iustyces and other noble men was sent down from the kynge into the cytye charged the mayre by vertue of a commyssyoÌ„ y t an enquery shulde be made of this ryot And so by vertue of the sayde coÌ„myssyon called an Oyer determyner a day was kepte at Guyldhall vpon the day of the moneth of where the sayde daye sat for iudges y e mayre as the kynges lyeutenauÌ„t y e duke of Buckyngham vpoÌ„ his ryght hande y e chyefe iustyce vppon y e lefte hande wyth many other men of name whyche I passe ouer whyle the mayre and the sayd lordes were callyng of the panels of the enquestes at y e Guyldhall the other comoners of the cytie not beyng coÌ„tent with the order many of theÌ„ secretely armed them in theyr houses and enteÌ„ded as the comon fame after went to haue ruÌ„ge Bow bell so to haue reysed gathered y e comynalty of the cytye and by force to haue delyuered such persons as before for y e robbery were commytted to warde But thys mater was so discretely handeled by the couÌ„sayll and labour of some dyscrete comoners whyche appeased theyr neyghbours in such wyse that all this fyry haste was quenchyd came to none effecte sauyng y e word was brought vnto the duke of Buckyngham that the comynalty of the cytye were in harnysse yf he taryed longe there he with the other lordes shuld be in great ieopardy with whyche vntrew tidinges he beyng fered hastely toke leue of y e mayre so deê‘â—ted vnto hys lodgyng and so ceasyd y e enquery for y e day UpoÌ„ the morow for so much as y e mayre had vnderstaÌ„dynge of y e secrete murmur he commauÌ„ded the comoÌ„ counsayle with all wardeyns of felysshyppys to apere vpoÌ„ the morow at Guyldhall where by the recorder in the kinges name the mayers as hys lyeutenaunt was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to euerych wardeins that in that after none folowynge eyther of them shuld assemble hys hoole felisshyp at theyr propre hallys there to gyue euery cytezyn streyght commaundemente that euery man see entende to see the kynges peace with in the cytye And yf they fynde any person that maketh any reasonynge wherby they myght coÌ„ceyue or espye that he fauoured any gatherynge of companyes or the delyuerey of suche persones as were in warde that the sayd wardeyns shuld with fayre wordes exorte hym to the beste and with out sygne or token therof shewynge secretly co bryng the name or names of hym or them vnto the mayre By meane of whych polycy good order the cytesyns were brought in suche a quyetnes that after that day the foresayd enquery was duely pursued iii. persones for the sayde ryot put in execucyon and hanged at tybourne whereof .ii. after some wryters were seyntwarye men of saynt Martyns and the thyrd was a shypmaÌ„ or boteman The quene wyth certeyne lordes whyche fauoured her partye dysdayned sore the rule whyche the duke of yorke bare and other specyally for that that the sayde duke bare y e name of protectour whych argued that the kynge was insuffycyent to gouerne the realme whyche as she thoughte was a great dyshonour to the kynge and to all the realme wherefore she made suche meanes and wan by hyr polycy such frendshyp of diuerse of y e lordes bothe spyrytuall and temporall that she caused y e duke of yorke to be dyscharged of hys protectourshyp the erle of Salysbury of hys chauncellershyp which was cause of newe warre as after shall appere Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lvi.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lvii Grocer IohnÌ„ Stewarde  Thomas Canynges  Anno .xxxv.  Raufe Uerney  IN thys yere and begynnynge of the same the quene suspectynge the cytye of London demyd it to be more fauourable vnto y e duke of yorkes partye than hyrs caused y e kynge to remoue from LoÌ„don vnto Couentre and there helde hym a loÌ„g season In whyche tyme the duke of yorke was sent for thyther by pryuey seale with also the erle of Salesbury the erle of warwyke where by couyne of the quene they were all .iii. in great daunger Howe be it by monys shemeÌ„t of theyr frendes they escaped And soone after the sayd duke or erle went into the Northe and the erle of warwyke wyth a goodly companye sayled vnto Calays And shortly after were taken at Eryth wythin .xii. myles of London .iiii woÌ„derfull fysshys whereof one was called Mors Maryne the secoÌ„de a Sword fisshe the other .ii. were whalys whyche after some exposytours were pronostycacyons of warre trouble to ensue soon after In this yere also was a great fray in the Northe countrey betwene the lord EgremoÌ„de and the sonnes of the erle of Salysbury and diuers meÌ„ maymed slayen betwene them But in the ende the lord Egremonde was taken howe it was by the dome of the kynges counsayll or otherwyse the sayd lorde EgremoÌ„de was founden in suche defaute that fynally he was condempned in great summes of money to be payed vnto the sayd erle of Salysbury For lack of payment whereof or of puttynge suertye for the same the sayde lorde Egremonde was coÌ„mytted to Newgyte where after he had contynued a certayne of tyme he brake the prysone and escapyd with thre other prysoners to the greate charge of the sheryffes It was not longe after that dyscencyon vnkyndnesse fell bytwene the yonge duke of Somerset and syr IohnÌ„ Neuyll sonne vnto the erle of Salysbury beynge than bothe lodged wythin the cytye wherof the mayre beyng warned ordeyned such watches and prouysyoÌ„s that yf they had any thynge styrred he was able to haue subdued bothe partyes and to haue put theÌ„ in warde tyll he had knoweÌ„ the kynges farther pleasure wherof the frendes of bothe partyes beynge ware laboured such meanes that they agreed them for that tyme. In thys also as testyfye the Englyshe cronycle and also the French a nauye or flote of Frenchemen landyd at Sandwyche and spoyled and robbed the towne excercysed there greate crueltye Of whych flote was capytayne a Frenche knyght named after the French boke syr Guyllyain de Pomyers And thys yere after the opynyon of dyuers wryters began in a cytye of Almayne named Magounce the crafte of enprentynge of bokes whyche sen that tyme hath had wonderfull encreace as experyence at thys daye proueth In this yere also the prysoners of Newgate by neglygence of theyr kepers brake out
of theyr wardes and toke the ledys of the towre and it defendyd a longe whyle agayne the sheryffes all theyr offycers in so myche that they were forced to call more ayde of the cytesyns of the cytye by whose ayde they lastly subdued them and put y e sayd prysoners in more streyghter kepyng Cronica cronicarū sayth that about thys tyme was suche an erthquake in y e prouynce of Naples that byforce therof there were perysshed ouer .xl. M. crysten soulys Of the abouesayde spoylynge of Sandwyche speketh Polycronycon and sayeth that syr Pyers de Bresy senes shall of Normandy wyth the capytayne of Depe and many other capytaynes of Fraunce came wyth a greate stronge nauy into the Downys by nyght and vpon the morowe came certeyne of them vnto Sandwych and there spoyled and robbed the towne and toke with them great prayes and many ryche prysoners wherby or by whych sayenge appereth some dyuersyte bytwene the Englysshe wryters and the Frenche Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lvii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lviii Mercer wyllyam Edwarde  Godfrey Boleyn  Anno .xxxvi.  Thomas Reyner  IN thys yere the thyrde daye of December Reynolde Pecoke than beynge bysshoppe of Chychester at Lambyth by the archebysshop and by a Cot of diuyns was abiured for an heretyke and hys bokes after brent at Poulys crosse hym selfe kepte in mewe euer whyle he lyued after And soone after for to appease thys rancoure and malyce bytwene the quene and the tother lorder a daye of metynge was appoynted by the kyng at London whyther the duke of yorke wyth the other lordes were commaunded to come by a certayne daye In obeynge of which commaundement the duke of yorke came vnto London the .xxvi. daye of Ianuary and was lodged at Baynardes castell And before hym the xv day of Ianuary came the erle of Salysbury to Londō was lodged at hys place called the Erber And soone after came vnto Lōdon the dukes of Somerset of Exetyr were lodged bothe without temple Barre And in lykewyse the erle of Northūberlande the lorde Egremonde the yōge lorde Clyfforde came vnto the cytye and were lodged in the subbarbes of the same And the .xiiii. daye of February came the erle of warwyke from Calays wyth a great bande of men all arayed in rede iakettes with whyte ragged staues vpon theym was lodged at y e gray freres And lastly that is to saye the .xvii. daye of Marche the kyng the quene wyth a great retynewe came vnto Londō and were lodged in the bysshoppe of Londōs palays And ye shall vnderstāde that wyth these foresayd lordes came greate companyes of mē in so moche that som had .vi. C. some .v. C the leest .iiii. C. wherfore the mayre for so longe as the kyng the lordes lay thus in the citie had dayly in harnesse .v. M. cytesyns and rode dayly about the citie subbarbes of y e same to se the kynges peace were kept And nyghtly prouyded for .ii. M. mē in harnesse to gyue attendaūce vpon iii. aldermen and they to kepe the nyghte watche tyll .vii. of the clocke vppon the morowe tyll the day watche were assembled By reason whereof good ordre and rule was kepte and no man so hardy ones to attempte the brekynge of the kynges peace Durynge thys watche a great counsayl was holdē by y e kyng and hys lordes By reason wherof a dyssymuled vnyte and concorde betwene them was concluded In token and for ioy wherof the king the quene and all y e sayd lordes vpon out Lady day annuciacion in lent at Poulys wente solemply in processyon and soone after euery lorde departed where hys pleasure was And in the moneth of folowynge was a greate fray in flete strete betwene the mē of courte and the inhabytauntes of the sayd strete in whyche fray a gentylman beyng y e quenes attourney was slayne Vpon the thursdaye in whytsonweke the duke of Somerset with Antony Ryuers and other .iiii kepte iustes of peace before the quene within the towre of London agayne thre esquyers of the quenes and in lyke maner at Grenewych the sonday folowynge And vpon Trynyty sonday or the monday folowynge certayne shyppes apperteynyng vnto the erle of warwyke mette wyth a floote of Spanyardes and after long cruel fyghte toke .vi. of theym laden wyth iron and other marchaundyse and drowned and chased to the noumber of .xxvi nat without shedyng of blod on bothe partyes for of the Englyshmen were slayne an C. and many mo wounded and sore hurt In thys yere after some auctours a marchaunte of Brystowe named Sturmyn whyche wyth hys shyppe had trauayled in dyuers partyes of Leuaunte and other partyes of the Gest for so moche as the same ranne vpon hym that he had gotten grene pepyr and other specys to haue sette and sowen in Englande as the fame wente therefore the Ianuayes wayted hym vppon the see and spoylyd hys shyppe and other But this is full lyke to be vntrew that the Ianuayes shulde spoyle hym for any suche cause for there is no nacyon in Englande that delyth so lytle wyth spycys But were it for thys cause or other trouth it is that by that nacyō an of fēce was done for the whyche all the marchauntes Ianuayes in London were arested and cōmytted to y e flete tyll they had found en suffycyent suer tye to answere to the premysses And fynally for the harmys whyche theyr nacyon had done to the sayde Sturmyn to thys realme vi M. marke was sette to theyr payne to paye But howe it was payed no mencyon I fynde In thys yere also was made an ordynaunce by auctorytie of y e kynge and hys counsayll for the orderynge of the seyntwary men wythin saynte Martyns the graunde whereof the artycles are at length sette oute in y e boke of K. wythin the chaumbre of guylde hall in the leefe CC.xcix wherof the execucyon of obseruynge were necessary to be vsed but more pyte it is fewe poyntes of it ben exercysed Anno. dn̄i M.iiii C.lviii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lix Draper Rafe Iosselyn  Thomas Scotte  Anno .xxxvii.  Rycharde Nedeham  THys yere aboute the feeste of Candelmasse the forsayd dissymulyd loueday hāgyng by a small threde betwene the quene and y t fore named lordes expressed in the precedynge yere the kynge and many lordes thanne beynge at westmynster a stray happened to fall betwene a seruaunt of the kynges a seruaunt of the erles of warwyke the which hurt the kynges seruaunt after escaped wherefore the kynges other meynial seruauntes seynge they myghte nat be auenged vpō the partye that thus had hurt theyr felowe as the sayde erle of warwyke was commynge frō the coūsayll was goynge towarde hys barge the kynges seruaūtes came vnwarely vppon hym so rabbysshely that the cookys with theyr spyttys other offycers wyth other wepyns came runnyng as madde men entendynge to haue slayne hym so y t he escaped wyth
greate daunger toke hys barge so in all haste rowed to London nat wythout great maymys hurtys receyued by many of hys seruauntes For thys the old raÌ„cour malyce whyche neuer was clerely cured anon begaÌ„ to breke oute in so moche that the quenes couÌ„sayll wolde haue had the sayd erle arested and committed vnto the towre wherfore he shortly after departed toward warwyke and by polycy purchased soone after a commyssioÌ„ of the kyng and so yode or sayled vnto Calays Thanne encreased thys olde malyce more more in so moche that where the quene and hyr couÌ„sayll sawe that they myght nat be auenged vppoÌ„ the erle that so vnto Calays was departed than they malygned agayne hys father the erle of Salysbury imagened how he myght be brought out of lyfe And in processe of tyme after as he was rydynge towarde Salysbury or after som from hys lodgyng towarde London the lorde Audeley wyth a stroÌ„g company was assygned to mete wyth hym as prysoner to bryng hym vnto LondoÌ„ whereof the sayde erle beynge warned gathered vnto hym the mo men kepyng hys iourney mette wyth the sayd lord Audeley at a place called Bloreheth where both companyes ran together had there a stroÌ„ge by keryng wherof in the ende the erle was vyctoure and slewe there the lorde Audeley many of hys retynew At thys skyrmys she were the .ii. sonnes of the sayd erle sore wouÌ„ded named sir Thomas and syr IohnÌ„ the whyche shortly after as they were goynge homeward were by some of the quenys party taken as prysoners sente vnto Chestry whan thys was knowen vnto y e duke of yorke and to the other lordes of hys party they knewe understode that yf they ê“uyded nat shortly for remedy for them selfe they shulde all be destroyed And for that they by one assent gathered to them a stroÌ„ge hoste of men as of Marche men and other in the moneth of Octobre y t was in the begynnyng of the .xxxviii yere of the reygne of kynge Henry the later ende of thys mayres yere they drewe them towarde the kynge to the entent to remoue froÌ„ hym such persones as they thought were enemyes vnto the commoÌ„ weale of Englande But the quene and hyr counsayll heryng of the entent strength of these lordes caused the kyng in all haste to sende forthe coÌ„myssyons to gather the people so that in shorte whyle the kyng was strongely accoÌ„panyed so spedde hym vppon hys iourney to warde the duke of yorke hys company wherof heryng y e sayd duke thaÌ„ beyng wyth hys peple nere vnto the towne of Ludlowe pyghte there a sure stroÌ„ge feelde that none of hys foes myght vppon any parte entre where he so lyeng came to him frome Calays the erle of warwyke wyth a stronge bande of meÌ„ amonge the whyche was Andrewe Trollop and many other of y e best souldiours of Calays The duke thus kepynge hys feelde vpon that one party and the kyng wyth hys people vpon that other vpon the nyght precedyng the daye that bothe hostes shulde haue met the forenamed Andrewe Trolloppe wyth all the chefe soudyours of Calays secretly departed frome y e dukes hoste and wente vnto the kynges where they were ioyously receyued whaÌ„ thys thynge to the duke and the other lordes was asserteyned they were therewhyth sore dysmayed and specyally for the sayd lordes had to the sayd Andrew shewed the hoole of theyr ententes whych thanne they knewe well shuld be clerelye dyscouered vnto theyr enemyes wherfore after couÌ„sayll for a remedye taken they concluded to flee to leue the feelde standyng as they had ben presente and styll abydyng And so incontynently the sayd duke wyth hys twoo sonnes a few other persones fledde towarde walys and from thens passed sauely into Irelande And the erles of Salysbury of Marche of warwyke and other wyth a secrete company also departed and toke the waye into Deuonshyre where a squyer named Iohan Dynham whyche after was a lorde and hyghe tresourer of Englande so lastlye in Henry the .vii. dayes and xvi yere of hys reygne dyed bought a shyp for a C. .x. markes or a leuen score nobles and in the same shyppe the sayd lordes went so sayled into Gerneley And whaÌ„ they had a seasoÌ„ there soiourned and refresshed them selfe they departed thens as in the begynnyng of the nexte mayres yere shal be clerely shewed Uppon the morowe whan all thys couyne was knowen to the kynge and the lordes vpon hys party there was sendynge and ruÌ„nynge wyth all spede towarde euery cooste to take these lordes but none myght be fouÌ„de And forthwith the kyng rode vnto Ludlowe dyspoyled the towne and castell sente the duchesse of yorke wyth hyr chyldren vnto the duchesse of BuckynghaÌ„ hyr syster where she rested loÌ„ge after Anno. dnÌ„i M. CCCC.lix  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.lx Fysshemonger HohnÌ„ Plummer  wyllyam Hulyn  Anno .xxxviii.  IohnÌ„ Stocker  THys yere that is to meane vppon the fryday next ensuyng Alhalowen day after the sayde erles of Salysbury of Marche of warwyke had as before is said refresshed them in the I le of Gernesey they vpoÌ„ the fryday foresayd laÌ„ded at Calays and there were at a posterne by theyr freÌ„des ioyously receyued ThaÌ„ anon vpon this these foresayd lordes were proclaymed rebellys traytours the yonge duke of Somerset was made capitayne of Calays wherfore in all haste he made purueyaunce saylyd thyther to take possessyon of y e town But he fayled of hys purpose for the foresayde erles there beynge kept so y e towne that there he myght haue no rule natwythstandyng that he shewed the kynges letter pateÌ„tys wyth many other strayght commauÌ„dementes of the kynge For whyche cause the sayd duke yode vnto Guynys and there helde hym for a seasoÌ„ And anone as the sayd duke was laÌ„ded some of the shypmen which had brought hym thyther for good wyll that they owed vnto the erle of warwyke coÌ„ueyed theyr shippes streyght into Calays hauen brought wyth them certayne persones named Genyn Fenbyll IohnÌ„ Felowe Kayles and Purser whyche were enemyes vnto the sayde erle of warwyke the whyche were presented vnto the lordes and soone after wythin the sayd towne of Calays they were beheded Thys rumoure thus contynuynge dayly came vnto these lordes greate socoure out of EnglaÌ„de And vppon that other partye the duke as before is sayd lyeng in the castel of Guynes gate vnto hym ayde and strengthe of souldyours made out and skyrmysshed wyth them of Calays many and sundry tymes In whych assautes many meÌ„ were slayen hurte vppon both partyes but moste wekyd the dukes partye For all be that the lordes lost many men yet they dayly came so thycke to them out of dyuers partyes of EnglaÌ„de that theyr losse was nat espyed so that they wantyd no meÌ„ but money to maynteynÌ„ theyr dayly charge with For remedy wher of they shyfted wyth the staple of
Calays for .xviii. M. li. whyche summes of money whan they had receyued y e sayd lordes of one assent made ouer y e forenamed mayster IohnÌ„ Dynham wyth a stronge company sent hym vnto Sandwyche to wynne y e kynges nauye than there lyenge and other thynges for theyr nedes necessary The whyche sped hym in suche wyse that he toke the lord Ryuers in hys bedde wanne the town toke the lord Scalys sonne vnto the sayd lord Riuers with other ryche prayes and after tooke of the kynges nauy what shyppes them lyked and after retourned vnto Calays nat without consent agremeÌ„t of many of y e mariners whych owyd theyr synguler fauours vnto the erle of warwyke In thys iourney was the sayde Iohan Dynham sore hurt that he was may med vpon the legge haltyd whyle he lyued after Than after this iourney thus acheuyd the sayd lordes by tayled and maÌ„ned the sayd shyppes sent wyth them as chefe capytayne the erle of warwyke into Irelande to speke wyth the duke of yorke and to haue hys counsayll for maters coÌ„cerning theyr charge as reentre into this lande and other where whaÌ„ he had happelye sped hys nedys he retourned towarde Calays bryngyng wyth hym hys mother the couÌ„tesse of Salysbury also kepte hys course tyll he came into the west couÌ„trey where at that tyme was the duke of Gretyr as admyrall of the see wyth a competeÌ„t nouÌ„ber of shyppes well maÌ„ned in so moche that the erle of warwyke prouyded to haue gyuen batayll vnto â—he sayd duke yf he hadde made any couÌ„tenaunce toward him But the duke harde suche murmure speche amoÌ„ge hys owne company whych fouÌ„ded vnto the erle of warwykes fauoure that he thoughte it was more vnto hys profyte to suffre hym to passe than to fight with him But were it for thys cause or for other which y e commoÌ„ fame ruÌ„neth vppoÌ„ which were loÌ„ge to wryte certayn trouth it is that the sayd erle passed wythout fyghte came in sauete to Calays In thys passe tyme a parliament or great couÌ„sayll was holdeÌ„ at Couentre By auctoryte whereof the duke of yorke and all the other foresayde lordes wyth many other were attaynted and theyr laÌ„des goodes seased to the kynges vse And for the more surer defeÌ„ce that they shuld nat efte lande in KeÌ„t prouisioÌ„ was made to defende the haueÌ„s portys vppon the sees syde And at Sandwyche was ordeyned a new streÌ„gthe wyth a capitayn named syr SymoÌ„de MouÌ„forde And ouer thys prouision was ordeyned that no marchauÌ„t passyng into the costys of FlauÌ„ders shulde passe or go by Calays for fere that any shuld come to y e ayde of the sayd lordes But thys prouysyon natwythstandyng comfort to them was sent dayly out of EnglaÌ„d Than these lordes herynge of all thys prouysyon made vppoÌ„ the sees syde to wythstaÌ„de theyr laÌ„dynge sent out an other company vnto SaÌ„dewyche the whych there skyrmysshed wyth the sayd syr SymoÌ„de Mountforde in the ende toke hym broughte hym vnto Ryse Banke there smote of hys hede The foresayd lordes than coÌ„syderynge the strengthe whych they had wyth them and manyfolde frendes hartys which they had in sundry places of EnglaÌ„d condysceÌ„ded for to sayle into Englande so to bryng about theyr enteÌ„t purpose whych was as the coÌ„mon fame went to put a parte frome the kynge all suche persones as were enemyes to the coÌ„mon weale of the laÌ„de And thys to bryng aboute after they had set the towne of Calays in an order sure kepyng they toke shyppynge so sayled into EnglaÌ„de landed at Douer and from theÌ„s helde on theyr iourney thorughe Kente so that they came to LondoÌ„ the .ii. daye of Iuly And after they had there refresshed theym and theyr people they departed thense sped theym towarde the kynge which at y e same tyme of theyr laÌ„dynge was at Couentry and there gathered his people so came vnto Northampton where he pyght hys felde wherof the sayd lordes beynge enfourmed sped them thytherward so that vpoÌ„ the .ix. day of Iuly bothe hostys there mette foughte there a cruell batayll But after long fyght the victory fell vnto the erle of Salysbury and the other lordes vpoÌ„ his partye the kynges hoste was sparcled chased many of hys noble men slayen AmoÌ„ge the whyche was the duke of Buckynghan the erle of Shrowsbury y e vycouÌ„t BeaumouÌ„d the lorde EgremoÌ„de wyth many other knyghtes and esquyers and the kyng taken in the felde After whych victory thus by these lordes opteyned they in goodly haste after retourned vnto LondoÌ„ and broughte wyth them the kynge kepyng hys estate lodged hym in the bysshop of LondoÌ„ palays And after spedye knowelege sent of all the premysses vnto y e duke of yorke yet beyng in IrelaÌ„de a parlyameÌ„t in the name of the kyng was than called holden at westmynster Durynge whych parlyament y e duke of yorke came vnto westmynster vpoÌ„ the frydaye before saynte Edwardes day or the .x. day of October and lodged hym in the kynges palays wherof anone arose a noyse thorugh the cytye that kynge Henry shuld be deposed the duke of yorke shulde be kynge UppoÌ„ thys this parlyamente thus contynuynge the duke came one daye into the parlyament chaumber there boldely beyng the lordes present sette hym downe in the kynges sete so there sittynge made a pretence and clayme vnto the crown affermyng it to be hys ryghtfull enherytauÌ„ce had there certayn bolde wordes in iustyfyenge of the same wherewyth all the lordes presente were greatly dysmayed For thys great many opynions were moued among the lordes Howe be it aswell dyuers of hys frendes as other were of the mynde that he shuld nat be admytted for kynge duryng the lyfe of kyng Henry For appeasynge wherof many great couÌ„sayles were kepte aswell at the blacke freres as at westmynster In all whych tyme and season the quene wyth suche lordes as were of hyr affynyte helde them in the north couÌ„trey assembled to theym greate strengthe in the kynges name to the ende to subdue as she sayde the kynges rebelles and enemyes Thus contynuynge thys vnkyndenesse betwene the kynge and the duke all be it that at that season bothe the kynge and he were bothe lodged within the palays of westmynster yet wolde he natte for prayer nor instaunce ones bysyte the kynge nor see hym tyll the counsayll were concluded vppon some fynall ende concernyug thys greate matter the whyche so continued the full terme of this mayres yere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lx.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxi. Grocer Rycharde Flemynge  Rycharde Lee.  Anno .xxxix.  IohnÌ„ Lambarde  THys yere whyche was in the begynnynge of the xxxlx yere of kyng Henryes reygne that is to meane vpoÌ„ the euyn of all sayntes or the laste day of October it was condyscended by the lordes spyrytuall temporall by the hole auctoryte of the sayd parliament that
kyng Hēry shuld cōtynue reygne as kynge durynge hys naturall lyfe after hys deth hys sonne prynce Edwarde to be sette a parte the duke of yorke hys heyres to be kynges incontynentely the duke to be admytted as protectour and regēt of the lāde And yf at any tyme after the kynge of hys owne free wyll and mynde were dysposed to resygne gyue vp the rule of the lāde that thā he shulde resigne vnto the duke yf he than lyued and to none other to hys heyres after hys dayes wyth many other maters and cōuencyōs whyche were tedious to wryte All whyche conclusyons as than by mannes wytte myght be assuryd for the parfourmaunce of theym whanne tyme requyred parfyghted the kynge wyth the duke many other lordes thā there present came that nyght to Poulys there harde euynsong vppon the morow came thyther agayn to masse where the kyng yode in procession crowned wyth great royalte so lay styll in y e bysshoppes palays a season after And vppon the saterdaye folowynge beyng the .ix. daye of Nouember the duke was proclaymed throughe the cytye heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englāde all hys progeny after hym Than for as moche as quene Margarete accompanyed with price Edwarde hyr sonn̄ the dukes of Somerset of Excetyr and diuers other lordes helde hyr in the northe as aboue is sayd and wolde nat come at the kynges sendyng for therefore it was agreed by the lordes thā at London presence that the duke of yorke shulde take wyth hym the erle of Salysbury wyth a certayne people to fetche in the sayde quene lordes abouesayde The whyche duke erle departed from Londō with theyr people vpon the secōde daye of December so spedde theym northwarde wherof the quene with hyr lordes beynge ware and hauyng wyth theym a greate strength of Northernemen mette wyth the duke of yorke vppon the .xxx. daye of December nere vnto a towne in the northe called wakelfeld were betwene them was foughten a sharpe fyght In the whych the duke of yorke was slayne wyth hys sonne called erle of Rutlande and syr Thomas Neuyll sonne vnto the erle of Salysbury wyth many other and the erle of Salysbury was there taken on lyue wyth dyuerse other whanne the lordes vppon the quenes partye had gotten thys vyctory anone they sente theyr prysoners vnto Pountfreyte the whyche were after there behedyd that is to meane the erle of Salysbury a man of London named Iohn̄ Narowe and an other capytayne named Hāson whose heddes were sente vnto yorke and there sette vppon the gates And whan the quene hadde opteynyd thys vyctory she wyth her retynewe drewe toward London where at that tyme duryng this troublous season greate watchys were kepte dayely and nyghtelye and dyuerse opynions were amonge the citesyns For the mayre and many of the chefe comoners helde vppon the quenes partye but the comynaltie was with the duke of yorke hys affynyte whanne tydynges were broughte vnto the cytye of the commynge of the quene wyth so greate an hoste of Northernemen anone suche as were of the contrary partye broughte vp a noyse thoroughe the cytye that she brought those Northernemen to the entente to ryfle and spoyle the citye where thoroughe she was encreasyd of enemyes But what so hyr entente was she wyth hyr people helde on hyr waye tyll she came to saynte Albons In the whyche meane tyme the erle of warwyke and the duke of Northfolke whyche by the duke of yorke were assygned to gyue attendaunce vppon the kynge by consent of the kynge gathered vnto theym strengthe of knyghtes and mette wyth the quenes hoste at saynt Albons foresayde where betwene them a strōge fyght was foughten vppon shroue tuysday in the mornyng At y t whych the duke of Northfolke the sayd erle in the endewere chased and kyng Henry takē efte vpō the felde brought vnto the quene And y e same after noone after some wryters he made his sonn̄ price Edward knyght whych than was of the age of .viii. yeres wyth other to the noubre of .xxx. persones whan quene Margaret was thus commen agayne to hyr aboue anon she sente vnto the mayre of London wyllyng commaundynge hym in y e kynges name that he shuld in all spedy wyse sende to saynt Albonys certayne cartes wyth lentyn stuffe for y e vytaylyng of her hoste whyche commaundement the mayre obeyed and wyth great dylygence made prouysyon for the sayd vytayll and sent it in cartys towarde Crepylgate for to haue passed to the quene where whā it was cōmyn the commons many there beynge whych had harde other tydynges of the erle of Marche as after shal be shewed of one mynde with stode the passage of the sayd cartes sayde it was nat behouefull to fede theyr enemyes whyche entended the robbyng of the cytye And nat wythstandynge that the mayre wyth hys bretherne exorted the people in theyr best maner shewyng to theym many great daungers whyche was lyke to ensue to the cytye yf the sayd dytayll went nat forthe yet myghte he nat tourne them from theyr obstynat errour but for a cōclusyon was fayne to apoynt the recorder wyth hym a certayne of aldermē to ryde vnto the kynges coūsayll to Barnet and to make requeste vnto theym that the Northē mē myght be retorned home for fere of robbynge of the cytye and ouerthys other secrete frendes were made vnto the quenes grace to be good gracyouse vnto the cytye Duryng whych treaty dyuers cytesyns auoyded the cytye and lande Amōge the whych Phylip Malpas whych as before is shewed in the .xx. and .viii. yere of thys kynge was robbed of Iacke Cade whyche Malpas other was mette vpō the see wyth a Frēchman named Columpne and of hym takē prysoner after payed .iiii M. marke for hys raunsome Thus passyng the tyme y e tydynges which before were secrete now were blowē abrode and openly was tolde that y e erles of Marche of warwyke were mette at Cottyswolde and had gathered vnto thē great strength of Marchemen were wel spedde vpō theyr waye to warde London For knowelege whereof the kynge and y e quene wyth theyr hoste were retourned Northwarde But or they departyd from saint Albonis there was beheded the lord Bonuyle syr Thomas Teryll knyghet whyche were taken in the forenamed felde Thā the duchesse of yorke beyng at Lōdon herynge the losse of thys felde sent hyr two yonger sonnes that is to meane George whyche after was duke of Clarēce and Rychard that after was duke of Glouceter into Utrych in Almayne where they remayned a whyle Thā the foresayd erles of March and of warwyke sped them towarde Londō in suche wyse that they came thydervpon the thursday in the fyrst weke of lent To whome resorted all the gētylmen for the more partye of the south eest partye of Englād And in thys whyle that they thus rested at London a great coūsayl was called
of all lordes spyrytuall temporall that than were there aboute By the whyche fynally after many argumentes made for so mothe as kynge Henry contrary hys honoure and promysse at the last parlyament made and assured and also for that y ◠he was reputed vnable and insuffycyent to rule the realme was than by theyr assentes deposed and dyscharged of all kyngely honoure and regally And incontinently by auctoryte of the sayde counsayll and agrement of the commons there present Edwarde the eldeste sonne vnto the duke of yorke thā was there elected and then chosen for kynge of Englande After whyche eleccyon and admyssyon the sayde erle of Marche gyuyng lawde and preyse vnto god vpō the .iiii. day of Marche accompanyed wyth all the foresayde lordes multytude of comons was cōueyed vnto westminster and there toke possessyon of the realme of Englāde And syttynge in hys astate royall in the great halle of the same wyth hys sceptre in hand a question was axed of the people than presente yf they wolde admytte hym for theyr kynge soueraygne lord the whyche wyth one voyce cryed ye ye And thā after y e accustumed vse to kynges to swere and after the othe takē he went into the abbey where he was of the abbot munkys mette wyth processyon conueyed vnto saint Edwardes shryne and there offered as kyng that done receyued homage feaute of all suche lordes as there than were present And vpō y e morowe folowynge were proclamacyōs made in accustomat places of the cytye in the name of Edwarde the .iiii. thanne kynge of Englande Vpō whych day the kyng came vnto the palays at Poulys there dyned and there restyd hym a season in makynge prouysyon to go Northwarde for to subdue hys enemyes Than vpon the saterdaye folowynge beyng the daye of Marche the erle of warwyke with a great puyssaunce of people departed oute of London northwarde And vppon wednysdaye folowynge the kynges fotemen wente towarde the same iourney And vppon frydaye nexte folowynge the kynge tooke hys voyage through the cytye wyth a great hāde of men and so rode forth at Bysshop pesgate In whych selfe same day whyche was the .xii. daye of Marche a grocer of London namyd walter walker for offence by hym done agayne the kynge was behedded in Smythfelde But hys wyfe whyche after was maryed to Iohn̄ Norlāde grocer lastely alderman had suche frendes aboute the kynge that hyr goodes were nat forfayted to y e kynges vse The kyng than so holdyng his iourney mette wyth his enemies at a vyllage .ix. myles on thys halfe yorke called Towtō or Shyreborn and vpon Palme sonday gaue vnto theym batayll The whyche was so cruell y t in the felde and chace were slayne vppō .xxx. thousande mē ouer the men of name of the whyche here after some ensue That is to saye the erle of Northumberlande the erle of westmerlande the lorde Clyfforde y e lorde Eyromonde syr Iohn̄ syr Andrewe Trollop and other to the noumber of .xi. or mo And among other at the same felde was taken the erle of Deuonshyre after the erle of wylshyre whych said erle of Deuonshyre was sente vnto yorke and there after beheded Hēry than whyche lately was kynge with the quene theyr sonne syr Edward the duke of Somerset the lord Rose and other beynge than at yorke herynge of the ouerthrowe of theyr people and greate losse of theyr men in all haste fledde towarde Scotlande And vppon the morowe folowynge the kynge wyth moche of hys people entred into yorke and there held hys Easter tyde And vpon Easter euyn tydynges were broughte vnto London of the wynnynge of thys felde wherfore at Poulys Te deum was songē wyth greate solempnyte so thorugh the cytye in all paryssh churches And thus thys goostly man kynge Hēry lost all whā he had reygned ful .xxxviii. yeres .vi. monethes odde days And y e noble moste boūteous princesse quene Margarete of whome many an vntrew surmyse was imagened tolde was fayne to flye comfortlesse and lost all that she had in Englāde for euer whan that kyng Edwarde with greate solempnyte had holden the feest of Easter at yorke he than remoued to Durham And after hys busynesse there fynysshed he retourned agayne Southwarde lefte in those partyes y e erle of warwyke to se the rule guydyng of that countrey Than the kyng coosted and vysyted the coūtreys Southwarde Eestwarde that about the begynnyng of the moneth of Iuny he came vnto hys manour of shene now called Rychemoūt In all whych pastyme purueyaūce was made for the kynges coronacyō In accōplysshyng whereof the kyng vpō the .xxvii. day of Iuny beyng fryday departed from y e sayde manour rode vnto the towre of Lōdon Upō whome gaue attēdaunce y t mayre hys bretherne all cladde in scarlet and to the noumbre of .iiii. C. cōmoners well horsed cladde all in grene And vpon the morne beynge saterday he made there .xxviii. knightes of the bath after that .iiii. moo And the same after noone he was wyth all honour cōueyed to westminster the sayd .xxxii. knyghtes rydyng before hym in blewe gownes hoodes vpon theyr shulders lyke to prestes with many other goodly and honourable ceremonyes y t whych were longe to reherse in due order And vpon the morne beyng sonday sait Peters day he was wyth great tryūphe of the archebysshop of Caunterbury crowned enoynted before the hygh aulter of saynt Peters churche of westmynster And after thys solēpnysacyon of the crownyng of y e kyng wyth also the sumptuous honorable feest holdē in westminster hall was fynysshed the kynge soone after created George hys brother duke of Clarence And in the moneth of Iuly folowynge at the stādarde in chepe y e hāde of a seruaunte of the kynges called Iohn̄ Dauy was stryken of for that he had stryken a man wythin the palays of westmynster Francia ¶ Carolus .viii CArolus or Charles the .vii. of y e name after the accompte of this boke or the vii after the Frēch hystory sonne of Charlys the .vii. or .vi beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchmē in the moneth of October in the yere of oure lorde M.iiii C. .xxii and in the begynnyng of Henry the .vi. than kyng of Englāde Of thys Charlys sundry wryters sunderly wryte in so moche as some afferme hym to be the naturall sonne of Charles the .vii some afferme hym to be the sonne of the duke of Orleaunce borne of the quene and some there ben that name hym the sonn̄ of Charles fore named gotten in the baste vppon hys mooste beauteous paramour named Agnes the whych as testyfyeth Gaguynus excelled all other women in feture beaute and for the same to be surnamed the fayer Agnes Thys in hyr myddell age dyed was so ryche y t hyr testamēt amoūted to .ix. M. scutes in golde the whyche in sterlynge money amoūteth to the summe of .x. M. li. Thā to
retourne to thys Charlys lykely it is that he was nat y e naturall sonne of the forenamed Charlys for as moche as hys sayd father ordeyned and wylled the realme of FrauÌ„ce vnto Katheryne hys doughter and wyfe vnto kynge HeÌ„ry the .v and agreed wyth the consente of the more parte of y e lordes of hys realme bothe spyrituall temporall that duryng hys lyfe the sayd kynge Henry shuld be regeÌ„t of FrauÌ„ce after hys deth to be kyng of the sayd regâ—oÌ„ as more at lengthe before I haue shewed vnto you in the .vii. yere of the sayd Henry the .v. But whether he be hys legyttymat sonne or nat where uppoÌ„ I purpose no leÌ„ger to stande trouth it is that he was by his father admitted made dolphyne of Uyen by reason wherof he was in a greate auctoryte wan to hym fauoure of som lordes of FrauÌ„ce whych stroÌ„gly maynteyned hys partye durynge the lyfe of kyng HeÌ„ry the .v after all y t season whyle the duke of Bedforde occupyed there as regent of that regyoÌ„ was of some parties of FrauÌ„ce reputed for kyng Howe be it he was neuer crowned so loÌ„ge as the sayde duke of Bedforde lyued Neuerthelesse he by meane of polycy hys freÌ„des so defended hym selfe that lytle by the EnglyshemeÌ„ was wonne vpoÌ„ hym of suche laÌ„des as he fyrste was in possessyon of But polytykely he defended theym lytle and lytle so preuayled agayne them that in the ende he all onely wanne nat to hym the possessioÌ„ of that prouince y t which is named FrauÌ„ce but also he wanne to hym in the ende the kynge of Englandes olde enherytaunce that is Normandy wyth all domynyons to the same apperteynynge The maner of wynnynge of them I woll nat in thys story speke of for so moche as in the former yeres of kynge Henry the .vi. I haue there expressed the maner of somme parte therof But that I shall speke of theÌ„ shal be of thynges done betwene hym other prynces And for that I before in the .viii. yere of HeÌ„ry the vi promysed in the .vi. yere of thys Charles to shewe vnto you som what of the maydeÌ„ or pucel which y e FreÌ„ch men named la pucelle de dieu her for a messenger from god to be sente reputed I shall here folow y e saying of Gaguyne whyche sayeth as foloweth In the .vi. yere or there aboute to rekyn from the deth of thys Charles father a weÌ„che or mayden beyng bred in a strete or vyllage called in latyne Ualli color in thys tyme beynge sproÌ„ge to the age of .xx. yeres or there about hauing to father a poore man named Iakes Delarch and hyr mother Isabell she also berynge the name of Iane or Iohan required by dyuers sundry tymes an vncle of hyrs beyng prefecte of the foresayde vyllage that he wolde presente hyr vnto the FreÌ„che kynge for thynges coÌ„cernyng greatly the weale of hym of hys realme whyche sayd prefect after many delayes for so moche as in hyr wordes he had lytle truste yet at leÌ„gthe hyr sayd vncle beynge named Robert Baudryncourt sent hyr wyth a coÌ„uenyent company vnto the kyng wyth letters certyfyenge hym of all the maner of thys mayde wherof the sayd Charles beynge asserteyned thought he wold vse som meane to knowe the vertue of thys wenche And for he had perfyghte experyence that before tymes thys woman had neuer sene hys persone he thoughte he wolde chaunge hys rome and habyte to se whether she by hyr vertue coulde knowe hym frome other and that done he standynge amonge other of his familiers as one of them she was called into the chaumber demaunded yf euer before tyme she had sene the kynge And after she hadde answered nay she was byddeÌ„ to espye oute the kynge whych there stode amonge that companye The whyche anone wythout dyfficulte him fande and saluted as king And all be it that he refused hyr reuereÌ„ce sayd y t she erred in hyr choyse yet she parseuered kneling at his fete and sayde that by goddes purueyauÌ„ce she was taught that he was hyr very soueraygn prince none other wherfore the kynge all hys lordes had in hyr the more affyauÌ„ce that by hyr the laÌ„de shulde be releuyd whych at that daye was in passyng mysery Than after dyuers questyoÌ„s to hyr made what was the cause of hyr thyther commynge she answered sayd that she was sent frome god to stablisshe the kynge in hys realme and that by hyr she beynge leder capytayne of hys people by dyuine grace onely the kynge shulde shortely subdue hys enemyes By reasoÌ„ of which wordes the kyng wyth hys lordes were somedeale comforted Upon thys armour sword was sought for this maydeÌ„ the whych as sayeth my sayd auctour was fouÌ„den myraculously wherof the processe to me appereth so darke faÌ„tastycall y t therewith me list nat to blot my boke but suffre it to passe by Than thys weÌ„che being purueyed of all thinges necessary to the warre a company of knyghtes soudyours to hyr by the kynge was assygned And so she rydynge as a man in maÌ„nes habyte contynued by the space of .ii. yeres more and dyd many wonderful feates and gat from the Englysshemen many stroÌ„ge townes and holdes wherefore amonge Frenchemen she was wordshypped for an auÌ„gell or a messynger sent frome god to releue theyr great myserye And as affermeth the sayd auctour she by hyr prouydence caused the sayd Charles as kynge of Fraunce to be crowned at Raynes in the yere of oure lord M. foure hundreth and .xxix. All be it nouther the Frenche cronycle nor other whyche I haue sene testyfyeth that but affermyn that he was nat crowned duryng the lyfe of the duke of Bedforde But almyghty god whyche for a season suffereth suche sorcery and deuelyssh ways to prospere reygne to the correccyon of synners lastely to shewe hys power and that good men shuld nat fall into any erroure he sheweth the clerenesse of suche mystycall thynges and so he dyd in thys For lastely she by a knyghte Burgonyon was taken after sent to Roan and there breÌ„t for her demerytes as in the .viii yere of Henry the .vi. is more at leÌ„gth shewed ThaÌ„ the tyme forth passyng and coÌ„tynuall warre betwene Englande FrauÌ„ce contynuyng among many trybulacions by thys Charles susteyned one that was hys owne sonnÌ„ named Lewys comforted and assysted by the dukes of BurboÌ„ and AleÌ„son wyth other meÌ„ of name rebelled agayne hys father and warred vppon hym and by strengthe wan frome hym certeyne townes strong holdes For remedy whereof the sayde Charles made warre vppon the forenamed duke of Burbon and wasted wyth iron and fyre the countreyes of the sayde duke of Burbon By meane whereof after thys vnkyndely warre hadde duryd by the space of syxe monethes or more a peace and vnyte betwene the father sonne was treated by meanes of the erle of Ewe a coÌ„corde vnite betwene
of Brye the cytyes of Melde Monstruell and Meldune therof to be excepted And vnto Charlys sonne of the duke of Burgoyne he was contented to gyue so myche money as he hadde spent in that iournay But all was refused And fynally for obstynacy of bothe partyes the daye of expyracyon of the trewe approchyd wythout hope of accord coÌ„cludyng wherfore prouysyon for warre vpon bothe partyes was deuysed Than begaÌ„ grudge and murmure bytwen the cytesyns and the kynges sowdyours wherthorough many of the comons hertes turned to the lordes so that for fere the surer and stronger watches were kepte to the kynges great charge Shortely after tydynges were brought vnto the kynge y t the castell of Gysons was of the lordes vesyeged and that also the prefecte of the kynges paleys in Roan was taken of the cytesyns and holden in prysone And the daye folowynge came an other messengare shewynge vnto the kynge that the duke of Burbone was by the posterne receyued into the castell of Roan and was lykely to haue shortely the rule of the cytye whyche came to effecte in shorte whyle after whan the lordes hadde gotten the castell and cyty of Roan whyche is hed cytye of Normandy as Parys is hed of Fraunce than in maner of derysyon they sent vnto y e kynge sayenge that nother with Champayne nor with Bry hys brother Charlys wold be contented but scantely wyth the hole duchy of Normandy Than kynge Lewys coÌ„syderyng the great auauÌ„tage which y e lordes had of him both by strength and fauour of hys comons whyche dayly drewe vnto them by sondry coÌ„panyes in auoydyng of more daunger concludyd a peas For perfourmauÌ„ce wherof he grauÌ„ted vnto Charlys his brother y e hole duchy of Normandy takyng to hym in exchauÌ„ge the county of Berry And to Charlis sonne to the duke of Burgoyne PeronÌ„ Roya a cytye or towne called in latyne MondideriuÌ„ and therwith he ioyned Gwynary and y e erledome of Boloyne which lordshyps y e sayd kynge Lewys hadde before tymes bought of duke Phylyp his father To IohnÌ„ of Calabre he grauÌ„ted all such suÌ„mes of money as he demaundyd to wage with soudiours to ayde his father agayne Fardynande then kyng of Aragon And to IohnÌ„ duke of Burbon y t which as before is said had maryed his syster he grauÌ„ted all such dowar as to hym was ê“mysed at y e tyme of maryage all such pencyon as he was wont yerely to take of the graunte of Charlys last kyng within the realme of FrauÌ„ce To the duke of Brytayne was restoryd the erledome of MouÌ„tferard with great suÌ„mes of money which the kyng had receyued of the sayd county And to y e erle of Dampmartyne was restored all suche landes as before by acte of parlyameÌ„t were forfayted to y e kyng To the erle of saynt Poule was restored the offyce of the constablerye of FrauÌ„ce to other meÌ„ of name other notable thynges which I passe ouer All whyche grauntes fermely and fastely assuryd proclamacyons were made of thys pease thoroughe the realme of Fraunce And after thys pease was thus concluded the kyng and hys lordes mette To whome he shewed greate semblaunt of kyndnesse and specyally vnto hys brother wherin appered great dyssymulacyon as here after shall appere For thys Lewys was of suche condycion that what he myght not ouer come wyth strength he wold wynne wyth dyssymulacyon and trechety After whyche peace thus concluded and the lordes departed the kynge festyd the rulers and consuls of the cytye of Parys and gaue vnto them due thankes for the greate trouth fydelyte whyche they bare towarde hym duryng that troubelous season and graunted vnto them suche thynges as then they wolde aske for the weale of that cytye IT was not longe after that dyssymulacyon fell bytwene Charlys duke of Normandye and IohnÌ„ foresayde sonne vnto the duke of Calabre and the erle of Dampmartyne wherof a parte of the cause was that the sayde Charlys after theyr thynkyng hadde not so bounteously rewarded them as they had deserued Of whyche dyscorde kyng Lewys was fayne and in spedy maner rode vnto a towne called Argentyne and there wyth the sayd IohnÌ„ than beynge duke of Calabre by reason of hys fathers deth helde wyth hym longe and great counsayll to y e entent to dyspossesse hys brother of the duchy of Normandye By reason of whych dyscorde bytwene the sayd two dukes kynge Lewys as ayder of the duke of Calabre made warre in the partyes of Normandye and in processe wanne therin dyuers castels and other stronge holdes and compelled hys brother to holde the cytye of Roan for hys refuge where he so beynge the kyng wanne dayly vppon hym in so myche that dyuers townes and stronge holdes submytted them to his grace wherof hering the cytesyns of Roan made an ambassade vnto the kynge for purchace of grace for theyr duke and for them selfe The whych when the duke vnderstode ferynge leste his owne cytesyns wolde betraye hym fled thens and so yode to Humflewe and from thens to Cadomy In whyche passe tyme y e kynge was wyth due honour receyued into y e cytie of Roan where he remoued many from theyr offices and of his seruauntes or such as lyked hym put in theyr places moch of the ordynaunce and of abylymentes of warre belongynge to y e towne he sent vnto Parys and the prouost of Roan named Gauyne Manuell he put to deth after hys body was cast into the ryuer and his hed sette vppon a pole dyuers of the colege wyth the deane of y e same place were put vnto deth And all whych tyrannye by the kynge executyd and the towne put in suertye by strength of soudyours he after spedde hym vnto Orleaunce where as sayth myne authour he puruayed an honorable ambassade and sent it vnto Edward the .iiii. then kynge of Englande In the .ix. yere of y e reygne of thys Lewys was so greate a mortalyte of men in Fraunce that in Parys dyed that yere ouer .xl. M. people And in thys yere began a grudge to growe bytwene this Lewys and Phylyppe duke of Burgoyne But it was kept vnkyndely duryng y e lyfe of y e duke which dyed shortely after To whom succedyd Charlys his sonne before named which in processe of tyme maryed dame Margarete syster vnto kynge Edward y e .iiii. as after shal be shewyd It was not longe after that thys Lewys assembled a great hoste of people to make warre vpon Charlys duke of Burgoyne Of whyche people he had coÌ„mytted the rule and charge vnto IohnÌ„ Balna whych at that daye was preste and cardynall and he as a teÌ„porall capytayne toke of them the mustyrs other orders where at the teÌ„porall lordes dysdaynynge the erle of DaÌ„pmartyne sayd in the names of them vnto the kyng Moste redouted souerayne lorde it hath pleased your hyghnesse to commytte vnto a spyrytuall maÌ„ y e charge of your puyssaunt hoste he not ferynge god hath taken vpon hym the cure
before hym all the cunnyng maysters of musyke wythin hys realme that by the melodyous souÌ„de of theyr instrumentes he myghte be eased of his peyne But whan he had assembled of the best an C. and .xx. in noumber a fewe shepardes pypes were to hym more solace than all the other or any parte of them y t whych he helde styll in hys court commauÌ„ded that euery day the sayd shepherdes shulde play a certeyn dystaunce from the place where he laye And ouer thys he sent for all ankers and other relygyous men that were famed for holy parfight men and for them ordeyned places within TuroÌ„ that by the meane of theyr prayers he myght be released of hys contynuall paynes And to haue lenger contynaunce of lyfe myne auctour sayeth y t thys Lewys had so greate a desyre to haue lengthe of lyfe for so moche as he knewe well that the realme of Fraunce shulde be in great trouble vexacyon shortly after But nat wythstandynge all these prouysyons and ordenaunces wyth many moo whyche longe were to wryte fynally thys Lewys dyed whaÌ„ he hadde ben kyng of FrauÌ„ce by the terme of .xxvi. yeres or there vppoÌ„ and after was buryed in the churche of our Lady of Raynes where before tyme he prouyded hys sepulture in tyme of hys sykenesse lâ—ye in it a certayne season whyle that certeyne orysons were ouer hym sayde Anglia ¶ Edwarde the .iiii. EDwarde the .iiii. of that name sonÌ„ of Rycharde duke of yorke as before is touched began hys reygne ouer y e realme of EnglaÌ„d the .iiii. daye of Marche in the ende of the yere of grace to reken after the churche of Englande M.iiii C. .lx and the .ii. yere of Lewys the .xii. thaÌ„ne kynge of Fraunce The whych Edwarde after hys possessyon takynge at westmynster gettyng of the feelde at ToutoÌ„ by yorke was crowned anoynted for kynge at westmynster foresayde the .xxix. daye of Iuny as before is shewyd in the ende of the laste yere of Henry the .vi. After whyche solempnyte fynysshed the kynge in August after rode to Cauntorbury frome theÌ„s he rode to Sandewyche and from thens a longe by the sees syde to SouthamptoÌ„ so into the march of walys retourned by Brystowe where he was wyth all honour receyued and after visited sundry parties of hys realme In whych season or soone after the tyme of Rychard Lee mayre of LoÌ„don expyred and Hughe wyche mercer was admytted for the yere folowynge Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxi.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxii.  IohnÌ„ Looke  Hughe wyche  Anno .i.  George Irelande  THis yere beyng the later ende of the fyrste yere of Edwarde the .iiii and the begynnynge of thys mayres yere that is to say the fourth daye of September a parlyamente was begonne at westmynster And vpon y e morow folowyng dyed IohnÌ„ duke of Northfolke the whyche had ben a speciall ayder of the kyng And vpoÌ„ Alhalowen daye before passed y e kyng created Rycharde hys yonger brother duke of Glouceter the lorde Bowchyer erle of Essex the lorde Fawcumbrydge erle of Kent vpon the .xii. day of February was the erle of Oxenforde wyth the lorde Aubry hys elder sonne syr Thomas TodeÌ„hamÌ„ willyaÌ„ Tyrell other brought vnto the towre of LoÌ„don And vpon the .xx. day of the sayd moneth y e sayd lorde Awbry was drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hylle there beheded And vpon the .xxiii. daye of the same moneth syr Thomas TodeÌ„ham wyllyaÌ„ Tyrell and IohnÌ„ MoÌ„gomory were also there beheded And vpon the fryday next ensuynge or the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth the erle of Oxenforde was ladde froÌ„ westmynster vpon hys feete to y e sayd place of there also beheded whose corps was after borne vnto y e frere Augustynes and there buryed wythin the quyer for that tyme. And in the later ende of the moneth of Iuly was the castell of Awnewyke yelden vnto the lorde Hastynges by appoyntement whan kynge Edwarde was thus stablysshed in this realme great sute and labour was made to hym for the repayment of the foresayd .xviii. M. li. to hym and other delyuered by the stapelers as before in y e .xxxviii. yere of Henry the .vi. to you I haue before shewed wherof was laborer were it by the agrement of the sayd stapelers or otherwyse one named Rycharde Heyron a marchaunt of pregnaunte wyt and of good maner and speche To whome at length was answered by the kynges counsayll that y e sayd xviii M. pounde wyth moch more the whyche was couertly kept frome the kynges knowlege belonged of ryght vnto y e erle of wylshyre which at the tyme of delyuery of the sayde goodes was hyghe tresourer of Englande and after for treason by him done agayne the kyng the sayd erles landes and goodes were forfayted vnto the kynge wherfore the kynge reteyned the sayde .xviii. M. li. as parceyll of hys forfayture wolde reteyne as hys owne Upon whych answere thys heyron seynge that of the kyng he myght haue no remedy and for so moche as moch of the sayd good belonged to hys charge he thaÌ„ resorted vnto the stapelers for conteÌ„tacyon of the sayd money But howe it was that there be faÌ„de no comfort he fynally sued the mayer of the staple and hys company and put them vnto greate vexacyon and trouble And in the ende fande suche fauoure in the courte of Rome that he denouÌ„ced all the merchauntes stapelers accursed Howe be it that soone after they purchased an absolucyon And he in conclusyon after longe beyng iÌ„ westmynster as a seyntwaryman wythoute recouery of hys costes or dutye dyed there beynge greatly endetted vnto many persones Anno domini M.iiii C.lxii.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxiii  wyllyam Hampton  Thomas Cooke  Anno .ii.  Barth Iamys  THys yere and begynnyge of y e moneth of Nouember Margaret late quene of EnglaÌ„d came out of FrauÌ„ce iÌ„to ScotlaÌ„d froÌ„ theÌ„s iÌ„to Englande wyth a strength of FreÌ„ch men Scottes wherfore the kynge sped hym into the north wyth a stroÌ„g hoste wherof herynge the quene brake hyr araye and fled and toke a caruyle therein entended to haue sayled into FrauÌ„ce But suche tempest fell vpon the see that she was coÌ„strayned to take a fysshers bote and by meane therof landed at Barwyke so drewe hyr vnto the Scottysshe kynge And shortly after her laÌ„dyng tydynges came to her that her sayde caruyll was drowned wythin the whyche she had greate treasoure and other rychesse And the same daye vpon .iiii. C. of the Frenchemen were dryuen vppon lande nere vnto Bambourth where they for so moche as they myght nat haue away theyr shyppes they fyred theÌ„ after for theyr sauegarde tooke an ilande wythin Northumberland where they were assayled of one called Maners wyth other in hys company of them slayne taken prisoners as many as there were whan y e kynge was ware of the quenes thus auoydynge
he entēded to haue folowed to haue made warre vpon the Scottes But he was than vysyted with the sykenes of pockes y t he was forced to leue that iournay In the weke of Crystemas folowynge the Scottes wyth a strōge power perced the lande entendynge to haue rescowed certayne castelles in the north But they retourned shortly wythout harme doynge And shortly after the duke of Somerset and syr Rauffe Percy submitted them to the kynges grace whanne the kynge was cured retourned southwarde the Scottes aboute the tyme of lent entred agayn into Englande layde a syege vnto Banbourth castell and wanne it wherfore the kynge in the moneth of Auguste folowynge rode agayne northewarde wyth hys power and ouer that vytayled certayne shyppes in the west countre manned them sent them thyder to make warre vppon the see coost And in the latter ende of this mayres yere the duke of Somerset herynge that kynge Henry was commynge into the lande wyth a newe strength departed secretly wente agayne to hym Anno. dn̄i M.iiii C.lxiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxiiii  Robert Basset  Mathewe Phylyp Goldsmyth  Anno .iii.  Thomas Muschampe  IN this yere moneth of May whyche was in the begynyng of the .iiii. yere of kyng Edwarde the lorde Iohn̄ of Mountagu hauynge than the rule in the northe partyes beynge warned of the commynge of Henry late kynge wyth a greate power out of Scotlande assembled the Northynmen and mette wyth hym about Exhm̄ and there skyrmysshed wyth y e Scottes at length wan y e vyctory of hys enemyes and chased Henry so nere that he wan from him certayne of hys folowers trapped wyth blewe veluet and hys bycoket garnysshed wyth two crownes of golde and fret wyth perle and ryche stone He also toke at the sayd iourney y e duke of Somerset the lorde Hungerforde the lorde Roos whych sayde duke was shortly after put to deth at the sayd towne of Exhm̄ the other ii lordes were soon after beheded at new castell And other whyche were after that fyght taken in a wood fast by as syr Phylyp wētworth syr Edmond Fiz knyghtes Blacke Iaquis Iohn̄ Bryce Thomas Hunt were also put to deth at Exhm̄ foresayd or Myddelham after some wryters syr Thomas Husey knyght was beheded at yorke And in the moneth of Iuly next folowyng the sayde lorde Mountagu wyth ayde of hys brother erle of warwyke wan by strēgth the forenamed castel of Bamburgth wherin as one of the said capitaynes was taken wyth other syr Rauffe Gray whyche shortly after at yorke was drawen hanged quartered In such passe tyme in moste secret maner vpon the fyrste daye of May kynge Edwarde spoused Elizabeth late the wyfe of syr Iohan Graye knyghte whyche before tyme was slayne at Toweton or yorke felde whych spousayles were solempnised erely in the mornynge at a towne named Graston nere vnto Stonyngestratforde At whyche maryage was no persones present but the spouse the spousesse the duches of Bedford her mother the preste two gentylwomen a yong mā to helpe the preeste synge After whyche spousayles ended he wēt to bedde so taried there vpon .iii. or .iiii. houres and after departed and rode agayne to Stonyng stratforde and came in maner as though he had ben on huntyng and there went to bedde agayne And wythin a daye or .ii. after he sente to Graston̄ to the lorde Ryuers father vnto hys wyfe shewyng to hym that he wolde come and lodge wyth hym a certayne season where he was receyued wyth all honoure so taryed there by the space of foure dayes In whyche season she nyghtely to hys bedde was brought in so secrete maner that almooste none but her mother was of counsayll And so thys maryage was a season kepte secrete after tyll nedely it muste be dyscouered dysclosed by meane of other whyche were offered vnto the kyng as the quene of Scottes other what oblyquy ran after of thys maryage howe the kyng was enchaunted by the duchesse of Beforde and howe after he wolde haue refused her wyth many other thynges concernynge thys matyer I here paūe it ouer And thys yere was kynge Henry taken in a wood in the north countre by one named Cantiowe and presented to the kynge and after sente to the towre where he remayned longe after Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxiiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxv.  Iohn̄ Tate  Rauffe Iosselyne Draper  Anno .iiii.  Iohn̄ Stone  IN this yere was a new coyne ordeyned by y e kyng y t whyche was named y e Royall was yet is in value of .x. s. the halfe royal .v. s the ferthyng .ii. s. vi d. And ouer y t he ordeyned y e secōd coyne of golde named it y e angel which was yet is in value of .vi. s. viii. d the half angel iii. s. iiii d. He ordeyned also a newe coyne of grotes halfe grotes pens whych were of lasse weyght than the olde grote was by .viii. d. in an vnce And thā was fyne gulde auaūsed frō s. to .xl. s an vnce other baser goldes after y e rate And syluer that before was at .viii. grotes and .xxx. d. an vunce was hyghed to .xl. d. an vunce and .iii. s. ii d. And in thys mayres yere and begynnyng of the .v. yere that is to say the .xxvi. day of May that yere whyt sonday quene Elizabeth was crowned at westmynster wyth great solēpnytie At the whyche season at the towre the nyghte before the coronacyon amonge many knyghtes of the bathe there made was as of that cōpany syr Thomas Cooke syr Mathewe Phylyp syr Rauffe Iosselyne and syr Henry wauyr cytezyns of Lōdon thanne and there made knyghtes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxv.  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxvi  Syr Henry wauyr  Rauffe Uerney Mercer  Anno .v.  wyllyam Constantyne  IN thys yere that is to saye the xi daye of the moneth of February was Elizabeth pryncesse and fyrste chylde of kyng Edward borne at westmynster whose crystenynge was done in the abbaye wyth moste solempnyte And the more bycause the kynge was assured of hys physycyons that the quene was conceyued wyth a prynce and specyally of one named mayster Dominyk by whose counsayll greate prouysyon was ordeyned for crystenynge of the sayde prynce wherfore it was after tolde that thys mayster Domynyk to the entente to haue greate thanke and rewarde of the kynge he stode in the second chamber where the quene trauayled that he myghte be the fyrste that shulde brynge tydynges to the kynge of the byrth of the prynce And lastly whan he harde the chyld crye he knocked or called secretly at y e chāber dore and frayned what the quene had To whome it was answered by one of the ladyes what so euer y e quenes grace hathe here wythin suer it is that a fole standeth there wythout And so confused wyth hys answere he departed wythoute saynge of the kynge for
that tyme. Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvi  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvii  Iohn̄ Browne  Syr Iohn̄ yonge Grocer Henry Bryce Anno .vi.  Iohn̄ Stokton  IN thys yere and moneth of dyed the forenamed Hēry Bryce and for hym was chosen immedyatly a sheryfe for thys yere Iohn̄ Stokton And in the moneth of Iuny folowynge were certayne actes and feates of warre doone in Smythfeld betwene syr Antony wy deuyle called lorde Scalys vpō that one partye and the bastarde of Burgoyne chalengour on that one partye Of whych the lord Scalys wan the honour for the sayd bastard was at the fyrste course rennynge wyth a sharpe sperys ouerthrowen horse man whyche was by the rage of the horse of the sayd bastarde and nat by violence of the strokē of hys enemy by a pyke of iron standyng vppon foreparte of the sadell of y e lord Scalys wherwyth the horse beyng blynd of the bastarde was stryken into the nose thrylles and for payne thereof mounted so hyghe vpon the hynder fete that he fyll bakwarde Upon the seconde daye they met there agayne vpon fote and faughte wyth theyr axes a fewe strokes But whan the kynge sawe that the lorde Scalys had auauntage of the bastarde as y e poynt of hys axe in the vysour of his enemyes helmet and by force therof was lykely to haue borne hym ouer the kyng in hast cryed to such as had the rule of the felde that they shulde departe them and for more spede of the same caste downe a warderer whych he than helde in hys hande so were they departed to the honour of the lorde Scalys for bothe dayes Upon the morow folowynge the other dayes were certayne actes of warre done betwene dyuers gentylmen of thys lande and certayne of the sayd bastardes seruauntes Of the whyche also the Englyshmen wan the honour In thys yere also one named Iohn̄ Derby alderman for so moche as he refused to cary or to paye for the caryage awaye of a dede dogge lyenge at hys dore for vnsittynge langage whyche he gaue vnto the mayre he was by a court of aldermen demed to a fyne of .l. poūde whyche he payde euery peny Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxvii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxviii  Humfrey Heyforde  Thomas Owlegraue  Anno .vii.  Thomas Stalbroke  IN thys yere of the mayre and in the begynnynge of the .viii. yere of thys kyng Edwarde that is to meane vpon saterday next ensuīg the feest of corpus christi dame Margarete syster vnto the kyng rode thorugh London towarde the sees syde to passe into Flaunders there to be maryed to Charlys duke of Burgoyne before named in the story of y ◠xi Lowys kyng of Fraūce After whose departure syr Thomas Cook late mayre which before was peched of treason by a seruaūt of the lordes wenlokkes called Hawkyns and at the request of the sayd lady Margarete vppon suertie suffered to go at large than was arrested sent vnto the towre his goodes seased by the lorde Ryuerse than tresourer of Englande and hys wyfe put oute of hys house and cōmytted to the charge of the mayer in whose place she laye a season after And after the sayde syr Thomas had lyen a tyme in y e towre he was brought vnto the Guyldhal and there areygned of the sayde treason and quyt by sondry enquestes after that commytted vnto the countour in Bradstrete and frome thens to the kynges bēche in Southwark where he laye wythin the sayd prysō tyll hys freendes agreed wyth syr Iohn̄ Brandon than kepar of y e sayd prysō to take hym home to hys place where to hys great charge he remayned as prysoner longe after In whych tyme and season he lost moch good for bothe hys places in the countre and also in London were vnder the gydynge of the sayde lordes Ryuers seruauntes and of the seruauntes of syr Iohn̄ Fogge than vndertresourer the whych spoyled dystroyed moche thynge And ouer that moche of hys iewelles and plate wyth great substaunce of the marchaundyse as cloth of sylkes and clothes of aras were dyscouered by suche persones as he hadde betaken the sayd goodes to kepe came to y e treasourers handes which to the sayd syr Thomas was a great enemye And fynally after many persecucyons and losses was compelled as for a fyne sette vppon hym for offence of mysprysyon to paye vnto the kynge .viii. thousand poūd And after he hadde thus agreed and was at large for the kynges interest he was thanne in newe trouble agayne the quene The whyche demaunded of hym as hys ryght for euery thousande .li. payde vnto the kyng by way of fyne an hundreth marke For the whiche he had after longe sute and greate charge and in conclusion was fayne to agre and to gyue to her a greate pleasure besyde many good gyftes that he gaue vnto her counsayll Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxviii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxix  Symonde Smyth  wyllyam Taylour Grocer  Anno .viii.  wyllyam Haryot  THys yere and .xxi. day of Nouēbre a seruaunt of the dukes of Exceter named Rychard Sterys after hys iugement was drawen thorugh the citie vnto the towre hyl and there parted in two pesys that is the hede from the body And vpon the daye folowynge two persones beyng named the one Poynys that other Alforde were drawē west ward to tyborne and there whā they shuld haue ben hanged there chartours were shewed and so preserued And about thys season or soon after was the erle of Oxenford which before tyme was taken by a surmyse in ielosy of treason awayted for and after deliuered In the latter ende of this mayres yere .ix. yere of y e king the marchauntes eesterlynges were condempned vnto the marchauntes auenturers Englyssh after longe sumptuous exspences in the lawe before the kynges counsayll in .xiii. M.v. C. and .xx. li. whereof the payment was kept secret frome wryters In thys yere the dyssymuled fauoure whiche betwene the kyng and the erle of warwyke had styll contynued syne the maryage of the quene beganne to appere in so moche that the erle wythdrewe hym frome the kynge and confedered vnto hym the duke of Clarence that before hadde maryed hys doughter whereupon the commons of the north beganne to rebell and chase theym a capytayne whome they had named Robyn of Ryddysdale The whyche dyd many feates and lastly bare hym so wysely that he hys cōpany were pardoned of the kyng In the which rumour and styrryng the lord Ryuers and syr Iohn̄ hys sonn̄ that before had maryed the old duchesse of Northfolke lyenge at a place by Charynge crosse called the Muys were taken by Lyncoln̄shyre men and brought vnto Northamtō and there beheded Anno domini M.iiii C.lxix  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxx.  Rycharde Gardyner  Rycharde Lee Grocer  Anno .ix.  Robert Drope  THys yere soone after Alhalowen tyde proclamaciōs were made
erle aregned at westmynster in the whyte hall and there endyted of treason and vpon the mōdaye folowyng adiuged that he shulde go frome the same place vnto the towre hylle and there to haue hys hede smytten of But as he was commynge from the sayde place of iugemente toward his execucyon the people presyd so inportunatly vpon hym for to se beholde hym that the sheryfes were fayne to tourne into the Flete and there to borowe gayoll for hym for that nyght And vpon the morowe after at afternoone beynge saynt Lukys day and xviii daye of Octobre he was ladde to the towre hylle where he toke his deth full paciently whose corps was after borne wyth the hedde vnto the blacke freres and there honourably buryed in a chapell standynge in the body of the churche whych he before tyme had founded And than was dayly awaytynge vpon the see syde for the landyng of quene Margaret and prynce Edwarde her sonne and also prouysyon made for the defence of landynge of kynge Edwarde and hys company Anno domini M.iiii C.lxx.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxi  Iohn̄ Crosby Anno Henrici .vi. primo Iohn̄ Stokton̄ mercer    Iohn̄ warde Anno Edwardi iiii.x IN thys yere whyche was in y e ende of the .x. yere of kyng Edwarde and beginnyng of the readopcion of kyng Henry that is to meane the thyrde daye of Nouembre quene Elizabeth beynge as before is sayde in westmynster seyntwary was lyghted of a fayre prynce And wythin the sayd place the sayd chylde wythout pōpe was after crystened whose godfathers were the abbot pryour of the sayd place the lady Scrope godmother And the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth folowyng began a parlyament frome thens proroged to Paulys where it cōtynued tyll Cristmas In the parlyamente syr Thomas Cooke before trowbeled as I haue shewed in the .vii. yere of kynge Edwarde put in a byll into the common house to be restored of the lorde Ryuers landes other occasyoners of hys trowble to the summe of .xxii. M. marke Of the whyche he hadde good comforte to haue ben allowed of kynge Henry if he had prospered and the rather for that that he was of the commō house and therwyth a man of great boldnesse in speche and well spoken syngulerly wytted well reasoned Than durynge thys parlyament kyng Edward was proclaymed vsurper of the crowne and the duke of Glouceter hys yonger brother traytour both attaynted by auctorytie of the sayd parlyament And vppon the .xiiii. daye of February came the duke of Exceter to London And the .xxvii. daye of y e sayde moneth rode the erle of warwyke thorugh y e citie toward Douer for to haue receyued quene Margarete but he was dyspoynted For the wynde was to her contrary that she laye at the see syde taryeng for a conuenyent wynde from Nouember tyl Apryll And so the sayde erle after he had longe taryed for her at the see syde was fayne to retourne without spede of hys purpose Thus duryng thys queysy seasō the mayre ferynge the retourne of kynge Edwarde fayned hym syke so kepte hys house a great season All whych tyme syr Thomas Cooke whyche than was admytted to hys former rome was sette in his place and allowed for hys deputye whych tourned after to hys greate trowble and sorowe Than fynally in the begynnynge of the moneth of Apryll kynge Edwarde landed in the north at a place called Rauynspore wyth a small cōpany of Flemynges and other so y t all hys company exceded nat the nōber of M. persones so drewe hym towarde yorke makyng hys proclamacyons as he wente in the name of kyng Henry and shewed to the people that he came for none entent but onely to clayme hys enherytaunce y ◠dukedome of yorke so passed the countres tyll he came to the cytye of yorke where the cytezyns helde hym oute tyll they knew hys entent And whan he had shewed vnto theym as he before had done vnto other confermed it by an othe he was there receyued and refresshed for a certayne tyme so departed helde his waye towarde London and passed by fauoure fayer wordes the daūger of the lorde Marquys Mountagu whyche in that costes laye than in awayte for hym purposely to stoppe hys way had people dowble of nōbre that kyng Edwarde had of fyghtynge men whā kyng Edwarde was thus passed the sayd Marquys and sawe that hys strength was greatly amended that also dayly the peple drewe to hym he than made proclamacyons in hys owne name as king of Englande so helde on hys iournay tyll he came vnto London In whyche passetyme that is to meane vpon sherethursdaye the archebysshoppe of yorke beynge than at Londō wyth kyng Henry to the entent to moue the peoples hertes towarde y e kyng rode about the towne wyth hī and shewed hym to the people the whyche rather withdrewe mēnes hertes than other wyse And in thys season also syr Thomas Cooke before-named auoyded the lande entēdyng to haue sayled into Fraunce But he was taken of a shyp of Flaunders hys sonne heyre wyth hym and so sette there in pryson many dayes lastly was delyuered vnto kyng Edwarde Than vpon sherethursdaye at after noone kynge Edwarde was receyued into the cytye and so rode to Poulys and there offered at y e roode of the north dore and that done yode incontynently into the bysshoppes palays where he fande kynge Henry almoste alone For all such lordes and other as in the mornynge were about hym whan they harde of king Edwardes commynge anone they fledde and euery man was fayne gladde to saue hym selfe Than king Edwarde lodged hym where kynge Henry laye put hym vnder safe kepynge and soo rested hym there tyll Easter euyn Upon the whyche euyn heryng of hys brothers cōmynge y e other lordes wyth hym wyth a strōg hoste vnto saynt Albonis sped hym thyderward lay that nyght at Barnet In whyche season the duke of Clarence contrary hys othe and promyse made vnto the Frenche kynge refused the tytle of kyng Henry and sodaynly wyth the strengthe that he hadde rode streyghte vnto hys brother kynge Edwarde wherwith the other lordes were somdeale abasshed The whyche not wythstandynge the sayd lordes by the specyall comforte and exortacyon of the erle of Oxenforde as it was sayde helde on theyr iournay toward Bernet the sayd erle of Oxenford beyng in the vawarde and so came vnto y e playne without Bernet and there pyght theyr felde Then vpon y e morowe beynge Easter daye the .xiiii. daye of Apryll very erly both hostes mette wherupō that one party were two knyges present as Hēry the .vi. whych kynge Edward had brought thyder with hym and kyng Edward the .iiii. And vpon that other partye was the duke of Exceter the lorde Marquys Mountagu and the two erlys of warwyke and of Oxenford wyth many other men of name There the sayd erle of Oxenforde
of hys brotherne to come to gyue attendauÌ„ce vppon hym wyth certayne comeners of the cytye where when they were comâ—â— the kynge caused the game to be brought before them so y t they sawe course after course and many a derâ— bothe rede falowe to be slayne before them And after that goodly dâ—spoâ—tâ— was passyd the kynge commaunded hys offycers to brynge the mayre and hys company vnto a pleasauÌ„t lodge made all of grene bowys and garnysshed wyth tables other thynges necessary where they were set at dyner and serued wyth many deynty dysshes and of dyuers wynes good pleynty as whyte rede and claret and caused them to be set to dyner or he were seruyd of hys owne ouer that caused the lorde chamberlayn wyth other lordes to hym assygned to chere the sayde mayre and his company sondry tymes whyle they were at dyner at theyr departynge gaue vnto them of venyson greate pleynty And in y e moneth of August folowynge the kynge of hys greate bounte sente vnto the mayresse and her systers aldermennes wyfes two hartes and .vi. buckes wyth a tonne of wyne to drynke wyth the sayd venyson The whyche venyson wyne was hadde vnto the drapers halle to whych place at a day assygned the mayre desyred the aldermeÌ„ and theyr wyfes wyth sondry comoners and there the venyson wyth many other good dyshes were eryn and the sayd wyne merely dronken The cause of whyche bounty thus shewed by the kynge was as moste men toke it for that that the mayre was a marchauÌ„t of wonderous auentures into many and sondry countrees By reason wherof the kynge had yerely of hym notable summes of money for hys customes besyde other pleasures y t he hadde shewed to the kynge before tymes Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxiii  wyllyam whyte  Edmonde Shaa Goldsmyth  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Mathewe  THis yere that is to meane of y e mayre and begynnynge of the xxiii yere of the kynge at westmynster vppon the .ix. daye of Apryll dyed the noble prynce Edwarde the iiii late kynge of Englande whose corps was after conueyed wyth due solemnyte vnto wyndsore and there honourably buryed when he hadde reygned to reken hys begynnynge out of the lande with all other tyme full .xxii. yeres and as moch as from the .iiii. daye of Marche vnto the .ix. daye of Apryll leuynge after hym .ii. sonnes that is to say prynce Edward hys eldest sonne and Rycharde duke of yorke and .iii. doughters as Elysabeth that after was quene Cecyle and Katheryne Edwarde the .v. EDward the .v. of that name sonnÌ„ vnto Edwarde y e iiii beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of EnglaÌ„d y e .xi. day of Apryl in the beginnyng of the yere of our lord god M.iiii C.lxxxiii and the .xxiiii. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of Fraunce Anone as kynge Edward the .iiii. was dede grudge and vnkyndnesse beganne to take place bytwene the kynges and the quenes allye For y e lorde marquys of Dorset brother vnto the quene and other of hys affynytye hadde then the rule kepyng of thys yonge kynge whyche at the tyme of hys fathers deth was of the age of .xi. yere or there about and so beyng in hys guydyng in y e Marche of walys coÌ„ueyed hym toward London and there to make prouysyoÌ„ for hys coronacyon and for other necessary thynges for hys weale But the duke of Glouceter brother vnto Edward the .iiii. entendynge otherwyse as after shall appere wyth a competent noÌ„ber of gentylmeÌ„ of the North all clad in blacke met with y e kynge at Stonyngstratforde there after dyssymuled countenaunce made bytwene hym the forsayd Marquys dischargyd him of the rule of y e king and toke vpon hym the rule so froÌ„ thens beynge accompanyed with the duke of Buckyngham broughte the kynge with all honour toward LondoÌ„ wherof heryng quene Elysabeth moder vnto the kyng feryng the sequele of thys besynesse went or toke sentwary within westmynster wyth her yonger sonne Rycharde the duke of yorke And the kynge drawynge nere vnto the cytie vpon the .iiii. day of Maye was of the mayre and hys cytesyns mette at Harnesey parke y e mayre and hys bretherne beynge clothed in scarlet the cytesyns in vyolet to the noÌ„ber of .v. hondred horses and than from thens conueyed vnto the cytye the kynge beynge in blewe veluet and all hys lordes and seruauÌ„tes in blacke clothe and so after coÌ„ueyed vnto the byshoppes palays of London and there lodgyd And shortely after the sayd duke of Glouceter inueleged so the archbisshop of CauÌ„terbury named Bowchyer that he went wyth hym to the quene Elysabeth and there made suche assured promyse to the sayde quene that she vppon the sayd archbyshoppes promyse delyuered vnto them her yonger sonne duke of yorke And than the sayde duke caused the kynge to be remoued vnto the towre and hys brother with hym But the quene for all fayre promyses to her made kept her and her doughters wythin the foresayde seyntwary and the duke lodged hym selfe in Crosbyes place in Bysshoppesgate strete Than prouision was made for the kynges coronacyoÌ„ In whyche passe tyme the duke beynge admytted for lorde protectour caused syr Antony wydyuyle called lorde Scalys brother vnto y e quene a vertuous knight wyth the lorde Rycharde the quenes sonne syr Rycharde Hawte and syr Thomas UaghanÌ„ knyghtes to be beheded at Pountfreyt more of wyll than of iustyce Than the lorde Protectour in furtheryng of his purpose and cuyll entent sente for the more partie of the nobles of the laÌ„de and behaued hym so couertly in all hys matyers that fewe vnderstode hys wykked purpose And so dayely kepynge holdynge the lordes in counsayll and felynge theyr myndes sodaynly vppoÌ„ the .xiii. daye of Iuny beynge wythin the towre in the counsayll chambre wyth dyuerse lordes wyth hym as the duke of Bukkyngham the erle of Derby the lord Hastynges thaÌ„ lord ChaÌ„berlayne wyth dyuerse other an owte crye by hys assent of treason was made in the vtter chambre wherwyth the sayd lorde Protectour beyng warned roose vp and yode hym selfe to the chaumber dore and there receyued in such persones as he before had appoynted to execute hys malycious purpose The The whych incontynently set hande vpon the forenamed lord Chamberlayne and other In the whyche styrrynge the erle of Derby was hurt in the face and kept a whyle vnder the holde Than by coÌ„maundemente of the sayd lorde Protectour the sayde lord Chamberlayne in all haste was ladde in the court or playn where the chapell of the towre staÌ„deth there wythout iugemeÌ„t or loÌ„ge tyme of coÌ„fessyon or repentauÌ„ce vpoÌ„ an ende of a loÌ„ge great tymber logge whyche there laye wyth other for the repayrynge of the sayd towre caused hys hedde to be smyten of and all for he knewe well that he wolde nat assente vnto hys wycked entent whose body wyth the hed was after caryed vnto wyndesore
and there buryed by the tombe of kyng Edwarde After whyche cruelte thus done he shortely after set in sure kepynge suche persones as he suspected to be agayne hym wherof the bysshoppes of yorke of Ely were .ii. as it is said And the erle of Derby for fere of hys sonne the lord Strange lest he shuld haue arered Chesshyre Lancastershyre agayne hym was set at large Than began the loÌ„ge couert dyssymulacion whyche of the lord Protectour had ben so craftly shadowed to breke out at large in so moche that vppoÌ„ the sondaye folowyng at Poules crosse hym selfe wyth the duke of Bukkyngham other lordes beyng present by the mouth of doctor Rafe Shaa in the tyme of hys sermon was there shewed openly that y e chylderne of kynge Edward the .iiii. were nat legytymat nor ryghtfull enheritours of the crowne wyth many dyslaunderous wordes in preferryng of the tytle of the sayd lord Protectour and in dysanullynge of the other to the greate abucion of all the audieÌ„ce excepte suche as fauoured the mater whyche were fewe in noumbre yf the trouth or playnesse myghte haue ben shewed Of the whyche declaracyon as the fame wente after the sayde doctour Shaa toke suche repentaunce that he lyued in lyttell prosperytie after And the more he was wondered of that he wolde take vppon hym suche a besynesse consyderynge that he was so famous a man bothe of hys lernynge and also of naturall wytte Than vppon the tuysdaye folowynge an assemble of the coÌ„mons of the cytye was appoynted at the Guyldhalle where beynge present the duke of BuckynghaÌ„ wyth other lordes sente downe frome the sayde lorde protectour and there in the presence of the mayre and comynaltye rehersed the ryght and tytle that the lorde Protectour hadde to be preferred before hys of hys brother kynge Edwarde to the ryght of the crowne of Englande The whyche processe was in so eloquent wyse shewed and vttred wythout any impedyment of spyttynge or other countenaunce and that of a longe whyle wyth so great sugred wordes of exhortacyon and accordynge sentence that many a wyse man that day merueyled and commended hym for the good orderynge of hys wordes but not for the entent and purpose the whyche theruppon ensued Uppon the Thursdaye than next ensuynge beynge the .xx. daye of Iuny the sayde Protectoure takynge then vppon hym as kynge and gouernour of the realme went wyth great pompe vnto westmynster and there toke possessyon of the same where he beynge sette in the greate halle in the See royall wyth y e duke of Norffolke before called the lorde Hawarde vppon the ryght hande the duke of Suffolke vppon the left hande after the royall othe there taken called before hym the iudges of the lawe gyuynge vnto them a long exhortacyon and streyght coÌ„maundemeÌ„t for y e mynystryng of hys lawes and to execute iustyce and that with out delaye After whyche possessyon takynge and other ceremonies there done he was conueyed vnto the kynges palays wythin westmynster and there lodgyd In whyche passe tyme the prynce or of ryght kynge Edwarde the .v. wyth hys brother the duke of yorke were put vnder suer kepynge wythin the towre in suche wyse that they neuer came abrode after And thus ended the reygne of Edwarde the .v when he had borne the name of a kynge by the space of two monethes and .xi. dayes And vppon the Frydaye beynge the .xxii. daye of Iuny was the sayd lord Protectour proclaymed thorough the cyty kyng of England by the name of Rychard the thyrde Then soone after for fere of the quenes blode and other whyche he had in ielousy he sent for a strength of men out of the North. The which came shortely to London a lytell before hys coronacyon and mustred in the More feldes well vppon .iiii. M. men in theyr beste iackes and rusty salattes wyth a fewe in whyte harneys not burnysshed to the sale and shortely after hys coronacyon were countermaunded home wyth suffycyent rewardes for theyr trauayll In whyche foresayd passe tyme y e Marquys of Dorset brother vnto quene Elysabeth y t before was fled escaped many wonderfull daungers bothe about London Ely and other places wherof â–ª to wryte the maner cyrcumstaunce wolde aske a longe and great leysour Rycharde the thyrde RIcharde y e thyrde of that name son to Rycharde late duke of yorke yongeste brother vnto Edwarde y e iiii late kynge began his domynyoÌ„ ouer the realme of Englande the .xx. day of mydsomer moneth in the yere of our lorde god M. CCCC.lxxxiii the .xxv. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of FrauÌ„ce Of whom tedyous it is to me to wryte the tragedyous hystory excepte that I remeÌ„ber that good it is to wryte and put in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce the punyshement of synners to the ende that other may exchew to fall in lyke daunger Than it foloweth anone as thys man had taken vpon hym he fyll in great hatred of the more party of the nobles of hys realm in so mych that suche as before loued and praysed hym and wolde haue ieoparted lyfe and good wyth hym yf he hadde remayned styll as ê“tectour now murmured and grudged agayne hym in suche wyse that fewe or none fauoured his partye except it were for drede or for the great gyftes that they receyued of hym By meane wherof he wanne dyuers to folow hys mynde the whiche after deceyued hym And after his coronacyon soleÌ„pnysed whyche was holden at westmynster the .vi. daye of Iuly where also y e same daye was crowned dame Anne hys wyfe he then in shorte processe folowynge rode Northward to pacyfye that countre and to redresse certayne ryottes there lately done In the passe tyme of which iournay he beynge at yorke created hys legyttymat sonne prynce of walys ouer that made hys bastarde sonne capytayne of Caleys whyche encreaced more grudge to hymwarde as after shall appere Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxiiii  Thomas Norland  Rober Byllysdon Haberdassher  Anno .ii.  wyllyam Martyn  IN this yere y e foresayd grudge encreasynge and the more for as myche as the comon fame wente that kynge Rycharde hadde within the towre put vnto secret deth y e two sonnes of hys brother Edwarde the iiii For the whych and other causes hadde within the breste of the duke of Buckyngham the sayde duke in secrete maner conspyred agayn hym and allyed hym with dyuers gentylmen to the ende to brynge hys purpose about But how it was his entente was espyed and shewed vnto the kynge and the kynge in all haste sent for to take hym he then beynge small accoÌ„panyed at hys manour of Brekenok in the Marche of walys wherof the sayd duke beynge ware in all hast he fled froÌ„ hys sayd manour of Brekenok vnto the house of a seruaunt of hys owne called Banaster and that in so secret maner that fewe or none of his housholde seruauntes knewe where he was become In the whyche passe tyme kynge Rycharde
thynkynge that the duke wolde haue assembled his people so to haue gyuen to hym batayle gathered to hym great strength and after toke his iournaye westwarde to haue mette wyth the sayd duke But whan the kyng was infourmed that he was fledde anone he made proclamacyons that who that myght take the sayd duke shulde haue for a rewarde M. li. of money and the value of an hundreth pounde in lande by yere to hym and to hys heyres for euer more wherof herynge the foresayd Banaster were it for mede of y e sayd reward or for the fere of losyng of hys lyfe and good dyscouered the duke vnto the sheryffe of the shyre and caused hym to be taken and so brought vnto Salysbury where the kynge than laye And all be it that that the sayde duke made inportune labour to haue commyn to the kynges presence yet that natwythstandynge he was beheded vpon the. daye of the moneth of wythout speche or syght of the kynge Than all suche gentylmen as had apoynted to mete wyth y e said duke were so dysmayde that they knewe nat what for to do but they that myghte fled the lande and some toke seyntwary places as they myghte wynne vnto theym But the kyng to the ende to let them of theyr purpose sente to the see costes and stopped theyr waye in that he myght And he wyth a certeyne strength rode vnto Exceter where about that season was takē syr Thomas Selenger knyght and .ii. gentylmen that one beyng named Thomas Ramme and that other The whyche .iii. persones were there shortly after beheded And soone after in Kent were takē syr George Browne knyghte Robert Clyfforde esquyer and brought vnto the towre of London And vpon the. daye of Octobre the sayd syr George and Roberte were drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hyll and there beheded And the same daye were .iiii. persones lately yomen of the crowne wyth kynge Edwarde the .iiii drawē out of Southwarke thorugh y e cytie vnto tyborne and there hanged And whan the kynge had sped hys iournay in the west coūtre he hasted him towarde London whereof the mayre the cytezyns hauynge knowlege made prouysyō to receyue him and vpon that made puruyaunce for horse with violet clothyng and other necessaryes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxiiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxv  Rychard Chester  Thomas Hylle Thomas Bretayne Anno. ili  Raffe Astry  IN the begynnyng of thys mayres yere and seconde yere of kyng Rycharde that is to meane vppon the .ix. daye of the moneth of Nouembre the mayer and hys brethern beyng cladde in scarlet the cytezyns to the nombre of .v. C. or mo in vyolet met the kynge beyonde Kenyngston in Sutherey so brought hym thorugh the cytye to the warde robe besyde the blacke fryers where for that tyme he was lodged And in short tyme after was syr Roger Clyfforde knyght taken aboute Southampton and from thens sente to the towre of Londō and after areygned iuged at westmynster frō thens vpon the. daye of drawē vnto the towre hylle But whan he came fore agayne saynt Martyns le Graūt by the helpe of a fryer whiche was hys cōfessour one of theym y t was next about him his cordes were so lowsed or cut that he put hym in deuoyr to haue entred y e seyntwary And lykely it had ben y t he shuld haue so done had nat ben the quycke helpe rescous of the sheryffes and theyr offycers The whyche constrayned hym to lye downe vppon the hardyll and newly band hym and so haryed hym to the sayde place of execucion where he was deuyded in two pecys and after hys body wyth the hede was conueyed to the fryeres Augustynes and there be buryed before saynte Katherynes aulter And in the moneth of February folowynge dyed Rycharde Chester one of the sheryfes For whome was immedyatly chosen Raffe Astry to contynue for that yere folowynge Kynge Rycharde than ledynge hys lyfe in great agony and doubte trustynge fewe of suche as were aboute hym spared nat to spende the greate treasour whych before kyng Edward the .iiii. hadde gadered in guynge of great large gyftes By meane wherof he alonly wasted nat y e great treasour of his sayd brother but also he was in suche daunger that he borowed many notable summes of money of ryche men of thys realme and specyally of the cytezyns of London wherof the leest summe was .xl. li. for suertye wherof he delyuered to them good suffycyent pledges In the whyche passetyme many sondry gentylmen and diuers sheryffes departed ouer the see into Fraūce and there allyed them wyth that vertuous prynce Henry sonne vnto the erle of Rychemonde dyscended lyneally from Henry the .iiii. lately kynge of thys realme and conuenaunted with hym that if he wolde mary Elizabeth y e eldest doughter of Edwarde the .iiii they wolde with goddes help strength hym to be kyng of England ayde hym in suche maner that he and also she were or myght be possessed of theyr ryghtfull enherytaunce Amonge the whyche gentylmen syr Iamys Blount than keper of the castell of Guynys was one which with hym conueyed the erle of Oxenford that longe tofore had ben prysoner wythin the sayd castell Upon whiche agrement thus concluded prouysion by them and theyr frendes was made to sayle into Englande And after all thynges prepared the sayd prynce wyth a small cōpany of Englysshe Frenche Brytons toke shyppynge in Fraunce or Brytayne and so landed lastly in the porte of Mylbourne in the moneth of August For whose defence of landynge kynge Rycharde for so moche as he fered him lytell made but smal prouision whyle these foresayde gentylmen of dyuers coostes of Englande escaped as is abouesayde ouer the see of that affynite was one named wyllyā Colyngbourne taken And after he had ben holden a season in pryson he wyth another gentylmā named Turbyruyle were brought vnto Guylde hall and there areygned But y e sayd Turbyruyle was repryed to pryson and that other was caste for sondry treasons for a tyme whyche was layde to hys charge that he shulde make in derysyō of the kyng and his counsayll as foloweth ¶ The catte the ratte and louell our dogge Ruleth all England vnder a hogge THe whych was ment that Catysby Ratclyffe and the lorde Louell ruled the land vnder y e kyng whych bare the whyte bore for his conysaunce For the whyche and other vppon the. day of he was put to y e most cruell deth at the towre hyll where for him were made a new payer of Galowes vpon the whych after he had hanged a shorte season he was cutte downe beynge a lyue and hys bowellys ryped out of hys bely cast into the fyre there by hym and lyued tyll the boucher put hys hand into the bulke of his body in so moche that the sayd in the same instāt O lord Iesu yet more trouble so dyed to the great compassyon of moche people
.vii. of y e name sonne vnto the erle of RichemouÌ„t began his domynyon ouer the realme of Englande the .xxii. daye of Auguste in y e yere of our lorde god M.iiii C.lxxxv and the secoÌ„de yere of the .viii. Charlys then kynge of FrauÌ„ce And the .xxx. daye of October folowynge with great solempnyte y e sayd Henry was crowned at westmynster And here accordynge to my fyrste sayenge in the begynnynge of thys rude worke I make an ende of the vii parte and hole worke the .vii. day of Nouember in the yere of our lord Iesu Crystes incarnacyon M.v. C. and .iiii and the .xx. yere of our moste crysten and drad soueraygne lorde kynge Henry after the conquest of y e name the .vii. For whyche expedycyoÌ„ and good exployt that I haue hadde in the accomplysshyg of thys work wherin is included to rekyn from the landynge of Brute in thys I le of Albyon vnto the fyrste yere or begynnyng of the reygne of our most dead sayd souerayne lord ii M.vi C. and xx yeres I here agayne salute and gyue thankes vnto that moste excellent vyrgyn our lady saynt Mary with the last and .vii. ioye of the foresayd vii ioyes begynnynge Gaude virgo mater pura c. Be ioyfull and glad virgyn and moder pure For ferme and stedfast thy ioye shall abyde And these .vii. ioyes shall euermore endure And neuer hereafter minishe by tyme nor by tyde But euer shall encreace â—â—oryâ—â—e and abyde By worldes all euer in one to laste Tyme to come tyme preseÌ„t tyme that is past And thus than endyth thys seuenth part the which from the fyrst yere of wyllyam Conquerour to y e laste yere of Rycharde the thyrde includeth iiii C.xvii yeres Lenuoy Limas adest praecessit opus ne liâ—idus assis Lector habent mendas denia presa suas Quoduis ingenium quadam vel parte redundat Vel ruduÌ„ vel mancuÌ„ est vel graue vel fluiduÌ„ Concio â—rebra tibi culpatur furta Maronis Est Cicero elumbis pes tibi naso ceser Non satis historiae Crispi praefatio quadrat Nil adeo cultum liuor iniquus habet Non minus hoc poterit tantillum capere morsor Laeserit illustres cum fera lingua viros Sed quid agas residem taxabit inertia mutum Scriptorem risor extenuabit inners Audendum tamen est spernendi mâ—lle latratus Occidet a busto murmur inuidia The whyche verses to them that ben vnlettered may be Englyshed in maner and fourme as foloweth An ende of thys boke or of thys rude warke Here is now fyned wherof the sence precedyth Thou that shall it rede be thou laye or clerke Be not enuyous consyder how it ledyth The reygne of prynces And where as mendement nedyth If thou experte be the fawtes therof amende And hym ascrybe no sclaunder that dyd but well entende Consyder euery scyence in parte that it is suche To rude or to curyous to breef or to longe Some blamyn Liuins for that he wrote so moche Some other Uyrgyle and Cicero amonge For he was to scarse Salust that dytyes songe So excelently yet is he not vnblamed So that to all men nothynge is duely framed Than syn the olde wryters whyche were so excellent Myghte not all men please wyth theyr famous wrytynge No maruayll though I whyche neuer connynge hâ—nt Myghte order thys mater to euery mannys lykynge And specyally to suche as haue theyr delyghtynge Euer wyth dysclaunder moste wryters to lacke And barke whyle they maye to sette good wryters a backe But though that ignoraunce and derysyon ben mette And reproue the maker in all that they can why shulde any good worke for theyr malyce be lette For though they grudge scorne yet euery wyse good man wyll take the entent and prayse the maker than And hym allow for hys laborous dede And requyre of god that he maye haue hys mede Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxxv  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxxvi  IohnÌ„ Tate  Hugh Bryce Goldsmyth  Anno .i.  IohnÌ„ Swan  IN thys yere a prest was made to the kynge of .ii. M. li of the whyche the mercers grocers drapers lent .ix. C.xxxvii li. and .vi. s. The coronacyoÌ„ was holden at westmynster the .xxx. day of October And this yere whete was at .iii. s. y e busshell baye salt at the same pryce Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxxvi  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxxvii  IohnÌ„ Percyuall  Syr Henry Colet  Anno .ii.  Hugh Clopton  In thys yere the kynge maryed kyng Edwardes eldest doughter named Elizabeth This yere was slayn at Stookfelde the erle of Lyncolne And in the moneth of SepteÌ„ber was borne prynce Arthur Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxxvii  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxxviii  IohnÌ„ Fenkyll  wyllyam Horne  Anno .iii.  wyllyam Remyngton  THys yere was the quene crowned at westmynster vpon saynt Katheryns daye And this yere was a prest of .iiii. M. li. wherof mercers grocers Drapers lent .xvi. C. .xvi. li. And thys yere was an other prest of two thousaÌ„d And thys yere IohnÌ„ Ashley wyth other two were putte in execucyon at the Towre hylle Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxix  wyllyam Isaak  Robert Tate Mercer  Anno .iiii.  Rafe Tynley  IN thys yere the comons of the North slewe the erle of Northumberlande and Chamberlayne theyr capytayne wyth dyuers other were after at yorke hanged Thys yere was the taske of the tenth peny of mennes landes and goodes This yere was the felde oÌ„f Dykysmew in Flaunders foughten by the lorde Dawbeney Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxix  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xc.  wyllyam Capell  wyllyam whyte  Anno .v.  IohnÌ„ Brook  IN this yere one named Roger Shauelok slew hym selfe For whose goodes was besynesse bytwen the kynges amner and the sheryffe But the amner optayned Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xc.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xci.  Henry Coot  IohnÌ„ Mathew Mercer Robert Reuell Anno .vi.  Hugh Pemberton  IN this yere dyed Robert Reuel shyryffe in his stede was chosen Hugh PeÌ„berton And in March syr Robert chaÌ„berlayne knyght was behedyd And thys yere was a great benyuolence graunted vnto y e kynge for his iournay into FrauÌ„ce where vnto the felysshyp of the Drapers graunted more than any other felysshyp of the cytye and euery aldermaÌ„ of London that tyme beynge payed volente nolente two hundreth pound Ouer whyche somme the comoners somme exteÌ„dyd to .ix. M.vi C.lxxxii li. xvii s. iiii d. And this yere was a busshell of whete at .xxii. d. Anno domini M.iiii C.xci.  Anno domini M.iiii C.xcii  Thomas wood  Hugh Clopton Mercer  Anno .vii.  wyllyam Browne  IN thys yere a yoman of the crowne named was put to deth at Tybourne for treason And in thys yere was the cytye of Garnad gotteÌ„ by y e kyng of Spayn And iÌ„ this
yere was syr Iamys Parker knyght slayne in iustynge at Rychemont with a gentylman named Hugh Uaghan Also in the moneth of September the kynge toke hys vyage towarde Fraunce Anno domini M.iiii C.xcii  Anno domini M.iiii C.xciii  wyllyam purchase  wyllyam Martyn Skynner  Anno .viii.  wyllyam welbek  IN thys yere vpon the .ix. daye of Nouember was red a letter in the Guyldhall y t shewed of a peas cōcluded bytwen the kynges of England of Fraūce And the .xvii. day of December folowynge the kynge landed at Douer And the saterdaye before Cristmas he came to westmynster Uppon the .xvii. daye of Maye were .iiii. men put to deth at Tyborn for treason And thys yere in the moneth of October and ende of thys mayres yere was the fray made vppon the Eesterlynges by the comons of the cytye and specyally mercers seruauntes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xciii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xciiii  Robert Fabyan  Rafe Astry Fysshemonger  Anno .ix.  Iohn̄ wyngar  IN this yere in y e beginnyng an enquery was made for y e ryot forenamed for the which many yong men were punysshed by long imprysonment Also vpō the .xxii. day of February were regnyd at y e Guyldhall iiii persons named Thomas Bagnall Iohn̄ Scotte Iohn̄ Heth and Iohn̄ Kenyngton which were taken out of saynte Martyns seyntwary wherof .iii. were put to deth at Tyborne Thomas Bagnall was had vnto the towre of London And the xxvi day of the sayd moneth with y e foresayd .iii. persons was put in execyon willyā Bulkley a yoman of the kynges chāber and a duche man Thys yere whete was at .vi. d. a busshell and bay salt at .iii. d. ob And thys yere doctor Hylle bysshop of Lōdon pursued greuously Persy than pryour of Crystes chyrch in Londō And in thys yere was the royall feste kept in westmynster halle by y e kyng This yere in the ende of Apryll was brent in Smithfelde an olde woman for heresye whych was called moder to the lady yonge And thys yere the xv day of August were reyned at the Guyldhalle one named Iohn̄ Norfolk an other named Iohn̄ white cōuict for baudry set vpō y e pillory Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xciiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xcv.  Nycholas Alwyn  Rycharde Chawry Salter  Anno .x.  Iohn̄ warner  THis yere the daye that y e mayre toke hys charge in y e afternone came thorugh the cytye Henry duke of yorke a chylde about .iiii. yeres of age towarde westmynster rydynge vppon a courser with many goodly gentylmen to conuey hym And vpon the .ix. daye of Nouember folowyng was holden a goodly iustyse within the paleys of westmynster wherof were chalengeours syr wyllyā de la Pool then duke of Suffolk therle of Essex syr Robert Curson Iohn̄ Pechy esquyre Also this yere about Cristmas sir Robert Clifford whych before was fled the land came agayne appechyd syr wyllyā Stanley than chamberlayne to the kynge of treason which syr wyllyam vpon the .xvi. day of February folowynge for the sayd treason was behedyd at the Tower hylle And y e same season was adiudged to deth at the Guyldhall the deane of Poulys a famous doctour precher the prouyncyall of the blak freres and y e pryour of Langley the person of saynt Stephyns in walbroke named doctour Sutton syr Thomas Thwatys knyght Robert Ratclyffe wyllyam Dawbeney willyā Cressener esquire with syr Simond Moūford knight mo other wherof y e more part was pardoned And this yere was whyte heryng at .xl. d. a barel And this yere began the fyrst trouble of syr wyllyā Capell alderman And in Iuly Perkyn with his rebelles ariued in Kent which named hym selfe Rychard seconde sonne of Edward the .iiii. And in y e same moneth was doctour Draper perforce borne out of Poulys so ladde to Lābehyth for varyaunce that than was bytwene the bysshoppes of Can̄terbury and Londō And soone after was hanged in sundry costes of Englande an C. and odde persons of the forenamed rebellys And thys yere was a perlyamente holden at westmnynster Also in the moneth of October was an excedynge thunder Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xcv.  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xcvi  Thomas Kneysworth  Syr Henry Colette Mercer  Anno .xi.  Henry Somyr  IN thys yere in the .xvi. daye of Nouēber was holden the sergeaūtes feste within the bysshop of Elyes place This yere was the body of Rychard Hakendyes wyfe takyn vp in saynt Mary hyll chyrche hole y t had lyen in the groūd ouer C. .xx. yeres And thys yere was great bysynesse for the entercourse bytwene England and Flaunders And this yere the kynge of Scottes made sharp warro vppon the marches And this yere many lollers stode wyth fagottes at Poulys crosse Anno domini M.iiii C.xxvi  Anno domini M.iiii C. cxvii  Iohn̄ Shaa  Iohn̄ Tate Mercer  Anno .xii.  Rycharde Haddon  THe latter ende of October by great coūsayll holden at westmynster was graunted to the kynge fer the defence of the Scottes C.xx M. li. The .xviii. daye of Nouember was Poulys chyrch suspendyd by a fraye of two yonge men And in the same moneth was graūted to y e kyng a prest of the cytye of .iiii. M. li. And the same moneth at Calys was behedyd the lord Fitzwater The .xxi. day of Ianuary a parlyament beganne wherby was graunted two dymes a halfe two aydes and two fyftenys to leuy the foresayd C.xx M. li. And in the moneth of Iuny and .xvii. day were the Cornyshmen dyscōfyted at Blakheth And vpon the .xxviii. daye of Iuny the Smyth a gentylman named Flāmok two capytaynes of y e sayd rebelles were put in execucyon at Tybourne And shortely after the lorde Audeley which was hed capytayne of the sayd rebelles was put to deth at y e Towre hylle And this yere was concluded a maryage bytwene my lorde prynce the kynges doughter of Spayne Thys yere also the kynge sent into Scotland an army vnder y e guydyng of the erle of Surrey and the lord Neuyle the whyche made sharpe warre vpon y e Scottes And ī y e moneth of October Perkyn landed in Cornwayle and assayled the towne of Exceter other townes But fynally he toke the seyntwary of Beawdely and after was pardoned of hys lyfe Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xcvii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xcviii  Bartholomewe Rede  wyllyam Purchace Mercer  Anno .xiii.  Thomas wyndowght  IN this yere vpō the .xxviii. day of Nouēber the sayd Parkyn was brought thorugh the cyty vnto the Towre there left as prysoner And with hym a tall yomā somtyme sergeaūt ferrour to the kyng whych ferrour one named Edwarde were shortely after put to deth at tibourn Upon saynte Nycholas daye was a proclamacyō made thorugh y e cytye of a peas bytwene the realmes of England
done wyth fyre in the paryshe of faynt Peters the pore And in the forenamed parlyameÌ„t was ordeyned a new coyne of syluer as grotes half grotes shyllynges with half faces And in the forsayde parlyameÌ„te was graunted to the kynge an ayde of xxxvi thousand .li. And a correccyon was dyuysed for clipped grotes Anno domini M.v. C.iiii.  Anno domini M.v. C.v. Grocer Roger Achylley  IohnÌ„ wyngar  Anno .xx.  wyllyam Browne  IN thys yere the cytezyns of LoÌ„don grauÌ„ted to the kyng .v. M marke for confermacioÌ„ of theyr lybertyes wherof a M. marke was payde in haÌ„de .iiii. M. mark in .iiii. yeres next ensuyng UpoÌ„ sat Georges day y e kyng went in procession in Poules church where was shewed a legge of saynt George closed in syluer whych was newly sent to the kyng And vppoÌ„ the .xxv. day of Apryll was a money maker one of the coyners of the towre draweÌ„ to tyborne there hanged And in y e later ende of thys yere came the thyrde cappe of mayntenaunce from the pope Anno domini M.v. C.v.  Anno domini M.v. C.vi Fysshemonger Rycharde Shore  Thomas Kneysworth  Anno .xxi.  Roger Groue  THys yere vppoÌ„ .xii. euyn the kinges chaÌ„ber at RychemouÌ„t was breÌ„t And vpoÌ„ the euyn of saynt Maury begaÌ„ an hidious wid which endured vppoÌ„ .xi. dayes folowynge more or lasse in coÌ„tynuall blowyng by meane whereof the wedercok of Poules was bloweÌ„ downe moche other harme done And by force of thys tempest the archeduke of Burgoyne was dryueÌ„ to laÌ„de in the west couÌ„tre And vpoÌ„ the second sonday of leÌ„t stood at Poules crosse the pryour of saynt Osyes .v. other heretykes And in y e ende of y e moneth of March syr EdmoÌ„d de la pool was conueyed through the citie vnto the towre and there left as prysoner And in Maye moneth was the lord of Burgeueny coÌ„mytteth to the towre for a certayn displeasure whych coÌ„cerned no treason Thys yere a new bylded galerey fyll in the nyght at RychemouÌ„t And thys yere in the ende of Iuly was a gracyous myracle shewed by oure Lady image of Barkyng by a mayden chylde that a carte laden wyth stone yode ouer Anno domini M.v. C.vi  Anno domini M.v. C.vii. mercer wyllyam Copynger  Syr Rychard Haddon Thomas IohnÌ„son Anno .xxii.  wyllyam Fytz wyllyam  IN thys yere about Crystmas was the bakers house in warwyke lane breÌ„t And thys yere was a wonderfull easy softe wynter with out stormys or frostes And this yere the kyng of hys goodnesse delyuered out of all prysons in LoÌ„doÌ„ as many prysoners as laye for .xl. s. vnder And this yere was Thomas Kneysworth late mayer hys .ii. shyreffes condeÌ„pned to the kyng in great sommes of money ouer paynfull prysonement by theym in the marshalsy susteyned Anno domini M.v. C.vii.  Anno domini M.v. C.viii. mercer wyllyam Butler  wyllyam Browne  Anno .xxiii.  IohnÌ„ Kyrkby  THys yere in the ende of April dyed the sayd wyllyam Browne and for hym was immedyatly chosen syr Laurence Aylemer for the resydue of that yere Anno supradicto  Anno supradicto Draper wyllyam Butler  Syr Laurence Aylemer  Anno predicto  IohnÌ„ Kyrkby  IN thys yere vpon the last daye of Iuny was an house in Southwarke nere vnto the brydge consumed wyth fyre And thys yere was syr wyllyam Capell agayne put in vexacyon by sute of the kynge for thynges done by hym in the tyme of hys mayralte Anno. dnÌ„i M.v. C.viii.  Anno dnÌ„i M.v. C.ix. Tayllour Thomas Exmew  Stephyn Ienyns  Anno .xxiiii.  Rychard Smyth  IN the begynnyng of the mayres tyme syr wyllyam Capell after his prysonement in the couÌ„tour shyreffes house was by the kynges counsayll commauÌ„ded to the towre where he remayned tyll the kynge dyed shortly after was delyuered wyth many other And in lykewyse was syr LaureÌ„ce Aylemer dalt with coÌ„mytted to the warde or house of Rychard Smyth shryfe there remayned as prisoner by y e space aboue sayd Thys yere vppoÌ„ the saterdaye next before saynt Georges day in the nyght whych saterdaye was the .xxi. daye of Apryll dyed the kynge oure soueraygne lorde at hys manour of Rychemount vpon whose soule and all chrysten Iesu haue mercy Amen And so thys foresayd noble prince reygned .xxiii. yeres and .vii. monethes and one daye therof lakkynge THys magnyfycent excellent prynce HeÌ„ry the .vii. thus payed to deth his dette of nature as before is sayd Of whome suffycient laude prayse can nat be put in wrytyng coÌ„syderyng y e coÌ„tynuall peace traÌ„quylete whyche he kept thys his lande comons in wyth also the subduynge of hys outwarde enymyes of the realmes of Fraunce Scotland by hys greate polycy wysedome more thaÌ„ by shedyng of cristeÌ„ bloode or cruell warre And euer ruled so myghtly hys subgectes mynystred to them suche iustyce y t nat allonely they loued and drad hym but all crysten prynces heryng of hys gloryous fame were desyrous to haue wyth hym amyte allyaunce And for that he in all teÌ„porall polycies prouisions exceded all prynces by hys tyme reygnynge dyuers popes as Alexander the syxte Pius the .iii Iulius the .ii. nowe beynge pope by theyr tymes eyther of theÌ„ sunderly wyth auctorytie coÌ„sent of theyr spyrytuall deuyne couÌ„sayll elected chase thys excellente prynce and admytted hym for chyefe defensour of Chrystes church before all other crysten prynces And for a confermacioÌ„ of the same sente vnto thys inuyncibyll prince by .iii. sundry famous ambassades thre swerdes with .iii. cappes of mayntenaunce what myght I wryte of the stedfaste contyneÌ„cy great iustyce mercyfull dealyng of thys prynce what myght I report of hys excelleÌ„te wysedome moste sugred eloquence or of hys inmouable pacience wonderfull dyscressyon Or what shuld I tell of his most beautyfull byldynges or excedyng charges of manifest reperacioÌ„s and ouer all thys of hys excedynge treasoure rychesse innumerabyll But as who wolde saye to consider in order all his notabyll actes which wolde aske a loÌ„ge tract of tyme with also the lyberall somptuous endowemeÌ„t of the monastery of westmynster other to wryte I myghte conclude y t hys actes passed all the noble actes of hys noble ê“genytours syne the conquest and may moste coÌ„gruly aboue all erthly prynces belykened vnto SalamoÌ„ kyng of y e Israelytes and be called the seconde Salomon for hys great sapience actes by him done hys lyuys tyme executed All whyche premysses tenderly considered euery naturall EnglysshmaÌ„ now lyuyng hath cause ought deuoutly to pray for the soule of this moste excellent prynce Henry the .vii that he maye atteyne that celestyall mansioÌ„ whych he and all trew crysten soules are enheritours vnto the which god hym graunt Amen And the rather because of the exelleÌ„t vertuous bryngyng and leuynge vnto vs by goddes ayde and prouysyon
y e other syde laye in howge nombre for to defende the passage of the Frenchmen In whyche tyme season fell suche plenty of rayne that the ways waxed noyous foule in all that countrey By reason whereof vytayll whyche thā was as aboue is sayd scant was than more scars And ouer y e the feelde where the hoste laye was so wete myry that men and beastes were to greuously noyed wherefore in conclusyō y e kyng consyderyng those great hynderaunces harmes to hys lordes comōs that he myght in no maner wynne ouer to hys enemyes he retourned as other before times had done with lytell honour into Fraūce to y e great losse of y e kynges ordenaūce other stuffe that myght nat be caryed thēs by reason of depenes of the way For whych cause causes the kyng was so soore displeased y t he made then a great othe that yf he myght lyue tyll the yere folowyng y t he shuld be sette so the Flemynges y t they shuld nat escape hys daūger y t he shuld neuer take treatye nor ende with thē except they wolde fully holy put thē in his grace mercy But in the yere folowynge about y e feest of Pentecoste whē the sayd Lewys had scantly reygned ii yeres he dyed at Boys in Uyncent the .vi. daye of Iunii honorablye was buryed at saynt Denyse leuyng after hym none issue male wherfore hys brother Phylype succeded hym in the kyngdome Francia PHylyp the .v. of that name and brother of the forenamed Lewys whyche for his heygth was surnamed Phylyp the longe began hys reygne ouer y e Frēchmē in y e yere of our lorde M.CCC and .xvii and the .x. yere of Edwarde the seconde than kynge of Englande But fyrste he reygned but as regent of Fraūce for so moche as Clemence the wyfe of kynge Lewys was left of her sayd husbande with chylde The whiche in processe of tyme was delyuered of a man chylde named Iohan that dyed shortly after After whose dethe y e sayd Phylyp was forthwith proclaymed kynge of Fraunce and crowned at Parys aboute Chrystmas folowynge al be it y t the duke of Burgoyn with other for a whyle with sayd that coronacyon and wolde haue preferred the doughter of Lewys last deed But other of the lordes and nobles of Fraunce wolde not be agreable y t a woman shulde enheryte so great a kyngdome By meane wherof vnkyndnes kyndled atwene the kynge and the sayd duke But by wyse medyatoures they were after acorded in suche wyse that the sayd duke maryed the eldest doughter of y e kynge In this passe tyme suche meanes were made by the Flemynges that an vnyte and accorde was stablysshed atwene Fraunce and them for y e tyme that it helde whiche peace as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle was laboured and ended by a cardynall named Iosselyn sent frome y e .xxii. Iohan than pope so that by medyacyon of the sayd cardynall the erle of Flaūdres was receyued vnto y e kynges grace and at Parys dyd vnto y e Frenche kynge his homage sware vnto hym feawtye In the thyrde yere of the reygne of this Phylyp the prouost of Parys hauyng in his pryson a Pycarde a man of great rychesse whiche for felony or lyke cryme was iudged to be hanged The sayd prouoste for great benefyte to hym doone and payment of great summes by y e sayd Pycarde toke an other poore innocent man put hym to dethe in stede of the sayd Pycarde Of the whiche offence whā due profe of it was made before the kynges counceyll the sayd prouoste for the same dede was put vnto lyke iudgment In the fyfth yere of the sayd Phylyp all the lazaryes of the countrey of Langadocke were brente for so moche as they were accused of theyr owne confessyon proued that they had poysoned and entended to haue poysoned all the welles of that countrey And for many Iewes were vnto them consentynge therfore many of them suffered lyke iudgment In this yere also for somoche as in those dayes in dyuers places of Fraunce a fonde prophecy was broughte vp amōge the comune people that shepherdes and herdes shulde wynne the holy lande Than they assembled thē selfe in dyuers places and companyes and lastly came togyder at Parys where they were so many in nombre by reason of other of the comune people that fell vnto them that the Prouost of Parys was not of power to withstande thē so that they brake prysones and toke out suche persones as them pleased and from thens wente beggynge and robbynge tyll they came into Langedocke where they fel vpon the Iewes and robbed theym of all suche mouables as they myght fynde and slewe of theym also wherfore the other of the Iewes ferynge the sayd comunes gathered them with theyr wyues chyldren to the noūbre of .v. C. into a towre and thought to defende them theyr wyues and chyldren from the sayd herdes But anone as they hadde wyttynge therof they assawted the sayd towre so egerly that in the ende seynge they myght not escape for very despyte they threwe theyr chyldren downe at theyr hedes after slewe eyther other for they shulde not fall in the handes of theyr enemyes or elles to auoyde y e peynes of the fyre whiche the herdes hadde begunne to fasten vpon the sayd towre whā the sayd Herdes hadde thus robbed and slayne y e Iewes of Langdocke they departed thens and yode towarde a a countrey called Carcasson entendynge lyke robbery as they before had vsed wherof y e countrey beynge warned stopped kepte so the passages withstode them with suche power and strengthe that they dysseuered thē selfe by small companyes so that many of them were taken and hanged the other fled in saue gardynge them selfe and so this folysshe prophecy was ended with synne and shame Kynge Phylyppe by meane of yll coūseyle sette a great taske vpon his comunes that is to meane the fyfth parte of theyr mouable goodes For the whiche consyderynge he had no charg of warres ī no place they murmured grudged wonder sore But how it was or this taxe was leuyed he fell in a feuer quarteyne a great flyx whiche sekenesse fell vpon hym by prayer of the comunes after the Frenche boke for leuyenge of y e sayd greuous taxe Than for hym was made many solempne processyons other prayers How be it in lōge processe he dyed whan he had languysshedde from the begynnynge of August tyl the .viii. day of Ianuary Upon whiche day he dyed whan he had reygned .iiii. yeres .vii. monethes odde dayes leuynge after hym none heyre male wherfore the crowne dyscēded vnto his brother Charles erle of the Marches Francia ¶ Charles the fyfth CArolus the fyfth or Charles the yongest of the thre bretherne or sonnes of Philyppe le Bewe begāne his reygne ouer y e Frenchmē in y e moneth of Ianuary yere of our lorde M.CCC and .xxii and the .xv. yere of
y e secōde Edwarde yet kynge of Englande was crowned at Raynes the .xii. day of February nexte ensuynge After whiche solempnyte fynysshed ended he in short proces of tyme after sent vnto the .xxii. Iohan than pope assertayned hym of y e gossyprede y t was atwene hym and Blanche his wyfe wherof the examynacyon by y e sayd pope was commytted vnto the bisshoppes of Paris of Beauuais mayster Godfrey de Blessys prothonotayr of the countre of Rome The whiche after due and perfyte examinacyon in that mater made they founde that Mawde countesse of Artoys and mother to the fore named quene Blanche was godmother vnto kynge Charles her husbande Of the whiche whan they had made reporte vnto the pope he gaue sentēce that the sayd matrymony was not legyttymat and cōmaunded a deuorce and a separacyon to be made atwene those .ii. persones The whiche was shortly after executed In the seconde yere of this Charles dyed Robert erle of Flaūdres without yssue wherfore the sayd erledam fell into y e Frenche kynges handes so that of it he was in processe by thagrement of the lordes of the same put in peasyble possessyon all be it the erle of Neuers made therunto a pretēce tytle And in this yere kynge Charles about the feest of saynt Mathewe in Septēbre maryed his seconde wyfe named Mary the syster of the kynge of Bohemy or Beme and doughter of Henry erle of Lucenbourgh and late emperoure of Almayne named in the lyne of the emperours Henry the .viii or after some wryters y e .vii. Also in y ◠sayd yere one named Iourdan of the I le a Gascoyne borne a man of noble lynage but lowe vyle of condycyons to whom the foresaid pope Iohn̄ in maryage hadde gyuen hys nyese for reuerence of his byrth thys season by the meane of his vyle condycyons and suche dyshoneste cōpanye as he drewe vntyll hym he fell into many sclaūderous vyces so that lastly he was accused of rape murder and of felony Of the whych he was at length in .xviii. artycles by due profe made cōuycte by the lawe and iudged to be hanged But the kynge at the request of the pope and for the honoure of hys blode graunted to hym a charter and pardoned hym of all former transgressyons But that not wythstandynge he in processe of tyme fell or retourned vnto hys olde accustomyd condicyons And among other greate crymes by hym executed he slewe a sergeaunt of armys belongynge to the kynge that to hym was sent in message For whyche murder and other detestable dedys he was newely accused and vppon that somonyd to apere at Parys before the kynge and hys counsayle At whych day of apparence he came to the sayde cytye wyth a great companye and some noble men whiche were to hym nere of kynne and excused him to the vttermost of theyr powers But agayne hym and to accuse hym came many other lordes barons Of the whyche the marques of Ampton or Dampton wyth hys sonne were chyefe that put causes of complaynt agayne hym The which made suche prouys and declaracyōs agayne the sayde Iourdan that he was cōmytted vnto the chastelet of Parys there to remayne as a prysoner And in processe of tyme suche maters and trespaces were prouyd vpon hym that he by authoryte of a parlyament holden at Compeyng was lastly iudged to dye And soone after that is to meane the .vii. day of Maye he was drawyn to the gybbet of Parys and there hanged In the thyrde yere of his reygne thys Charlys gaue vnto the erle of Neuers y t before tyme hadde made clayme to the erledome of Flaunders y ◠sayde erledom the whyche of the Flemynges and inhabytauntes of that coūtrey was wel and ioyously receyued Than he in shorte whyle after gaue vnto the townes of Gaunt Brugys Ipre and other dyuers pryuyleges and grauntes to theyr great auauntage profyte But it was not longe after that he wanne of them as mych grudge and hatred as he to fore had loue good wyll And all for a taxe y t he set vpon the dwellers of Brugys and the coūtrey nere there vnto and specyally of them that dwelled in the countrey For they thought y t theyr charge exceded farre the charge of y e dwellers within the towne wherfore by secrete meanys they appoynted a daye of assemble amonge them selfe and sodeynly well armed entred the towne of Brugys and slewe therin dyuers of the erles seruauntes and some of the borough maysters of the sayde towne suche as they suspected to be of counseyle of the leuyenge of the sayd taske In the .iiii. yere of his reygne thys Charlys after the dethe of Mary hys seconde wyfe by dyspensacion of the pope the .xxii. Iohn̄ he maryed Iane his cosyn Germayn the doughter of Lewys erle of Euroux and vncle vnto thys kynge Charlys or brother to hys father Phylyppe le Beawe IN this abouesayd .iiii. yere the quene of Englande and syster vnto thys kyng Charlys of Fraūce to treate an vnite and peace bytwene hyr lorde and hyr brother for the warre made in Gascoyne as before is towched in the .xv. yere of Edward the seconde hyr lorde and husbande and there taryed and retourned as aboue in the sayde yere is expressed In thys yere also the erle of Flaūders fore named for suspeccyon that he hadde to Robert of Flaūders hys vncle leste he for hys synguler auaūtage wold supplant hym of that erle dome he made letters vnto the gouernours of the towne where y e sayd Robert was resyaunt and abydyng that they shulde put hym to dethe But by the warnyng of his olde and trusty frende the erlys chaūcellour he was warned and so auoyded that towne For thys greate malyce and rancoure arose bytwene this Robert and the erle whyche was not shortly pacyfyed But it was not longe after that a nother taske or imposycyon was leuyed of the townes of Gaunt Brugys Ipre and other townys of Flaunders The whyche taske was leuyed in recompensemēt of suche warres made vpon Flaunders by Phylyp le Beawe or more dyrectely for paymēt of twelue thousand pownde awardyd by Ioselyn the cardynall as before is shewed in the seconde yere of the .v. Phylyppe that the Flemynges shulde paye to the French kyng for byenge of theyr peace Of thys taske to be leuyers or gaderers was assygned the pryncypall men of the sayde townes y t whiche by theyr demeanure in the leuyenge therof demeaned them in suche wyse that they ranne in great hatred of the comon people In so myche that they accusyd theym and sayde that they hadde leuyed or gatheryd moche more than the sayde taske amounted wherfore they desyred of the erlys counsayle that the sayde persons myghte be called to accoūpt But thys requeste myght not be opteyned whyche caused the comons to runne in further grudge and murmure An other thynge also caused suspeccyon for the erlys counsayle and the sayde collectours hadde so
prynce Humfrey duke of Glouceter Than of thys grudge ensued rebellyon of the coÌ„mons in so moche that they assembled theym in sondry places made of them selfe capytaynes and named them Blewe berde and other counter fayte names and so enteÌ„ded to haue gadered more company But anone as the kynges counsayll was thereof warnyd they were layde for and taken and putte to dethe Thanne the foresayde parlyamente was adiourned vnto Leyceter whether came the kynge and wyth hym the duke of Suffolke Than the commons of the common hous made requeste to the kyng that all suche persones as were consentynge and laboured for the gyuynge ouer the duchye of Angeou and erledome of MaynÌ„ myght be punisshed Of whiche offeÌ„ce to be gyltie they accused the foresayd duke of Suffolke the lorde Sey the bysshop of Salysbury and one Danyell a gentylman with Treuylyan other Than to appease the coÌ„mon hous the duke was exyled for .v. yeres and the lord Sey as tresorer of Englande and y e other were put a parte for a whyle were promysed to be sent vnto the kynges gayoll or warde Than the duke in obeynge y e sentence foresayde sped hym towarde y e sees syde in the moneth of Apryl and toke his shyppynge in Northfolke enteÌ„ding to haue sayled into FrauÌ„ce In kepyng of whiche course he was mette with a shyppe of warre named Nicholas of the Tower the whiche toke his shyp And whaÌ„ y e capytayne was ware of the duke anone he toke hym into his owne shyp and so kept his course towarde Douer And whaÌ„ he was comen vnto the rode anone he caused hym to be confessed of his owne chaplayne and that done shypmeÌ„ put hym in a shypbote and there vpon the syde of the bote one strake of his hed whiche hed with the body was soone after conueyed to the laÌ„de of Douer and there lefte vpon y e sandes and the sayd shypmen returned to the see agayne And thus one myschefe ensued vpon an other to the dystruccyon of the nobles of this laÌ„de And so vpon the fyrst daye of May was this deed corps fouÌ„de vpon Douer sandes and after conueyed to his restynge place to This yere also beynge the yere of our lordes in carnacyon .xiiii. C. and .l. was the Iubile or the plenary pardon at Rome whiche of Englysshmen is called the yere of grace And this yere a towne in NormaÌ„dy named Uernoyll was taken by y e treason of a Frenche baker the maner wherof were loÌ„ge to wryte But fynally it came to y e possession of Floquet before rehersed to the great dystruccyon of Englysshmen For now was y e trewes ended mortal warre was executed vpon both ê‘tyes the EnglysshmeÌ„ vnto y e FreÌ„che wrought moche myschyef dyuers wayes whiche were loÌ„ge to wryte But as to fore I haue shewed to you sondry tymes the most losse turned euer last warde vpon y e Englyssh ê‘tie For this seasoÌ„ also were y e townes of NogeÌ„t pouÌ„t Andenere wonne by the erle of saynt Paule other And in y e moneth of Iuny this yere y e coÌ„mons of Kent asseÌ„bled theÌ„ in great multitude chase to them a capitayee and named hym Mortymer and cosyn of the duke of york but of most he was named Iak Cade This kept y e people wonderously togyder made suche ordenauÌ„ces amonge theÌ„ y t he brought a great noÌ„bre of people of theÌ„ vnto y e Blak hethe where he deuysed a byll of peticioÌ„s to y e kyng y e couÌ„sayll shewed them what iniuryes oppressioÌ„s the poore coÌ„moÌ„s suffred by suche as were aboute y e kynge a fewe ê‘sones in noÌ„bre all vnder coloure to come to his aboue The kynges couÌ„sayll seynge this byll dysalowed it couÌ„sayled the kynge whiche by the .vii. day of Iuny had gathered to hiÌ„ a stroÌ„ge hoste of people to go agayne his rebelles to gyue vnto them batayll Than the kynge after the sayd rebelles had holdeÌ„ theyr felde vpon blak hethe .vii. dayes made towarde theÌ„ wherof heryng the capytayne drewe backe with his people to a vyllage called Seuenok there enbatayled â–ª theÌ„ ThaÌ„ it was agreed by y e kynges counsayll that syr Humfrey Stafforde knyght with wyllyam his brother and other certayne gentylmen shulde folowe the chase and the kyng with his lordes shuld retourne vnto Grenewyche wenynge to them that the rebelles were fledde gone But as before I have shewed whan syr Humfray with his coÌ„pany drewe nere vnto Seuenok he was wared of y e capytayne that there abode with his people And whan he had counsayledde with the other gentylmen lyke a manfull knyghte set vpon the rebelles and fought with them loÌ„ge But in the ende the capytayne slewe hym his brother with many other and caused the rest to gyue backe Al whiche season the kynges hoste laye styll vpon Blakhethe beyng amoÌ„ge them sondry opinions so that some and many fauoured the capytayne But fynally whan worde came of y e ouerthrowe of the Staffordes they sayd playnly and boldly that excepte the lorde Saye and other before rehersed were coÌ„mytted to warde they wolde take the capytaynes partye For the appeasynge of the whiche rumour the lorde Saye was put into y e tower but that other as thaÌ„ were not at hande Thanne the kynge hauynge knowlege of the scomfyture of his men and also of the rumour of his ostynge people remoued frome Grenewyche to London and there with his hoste rested hym a whyle And so soone as Iak Cade hadde thus ouercomen the Stafforde he anone apparayled hi with y e knyghtes apparayll and dyd on hym his bryganders set with gylte nayle and his salet and gylte spores And after he had refresshed his people he returned agayne to Blakhethe and there pyght agayne his feld as here tofore he had done and laye there from the nyne twenty daye of Iuny beynge saynte Peters daye tyll the fyrste day of Iuly In whiche season came vnto hym the archebysshop of Cantorbury and the duke of Bukkyngham with whome they had longe coÌ„munycacyon and fonde hym ryghte dyscrete in his answeres How be it they coude not cause hi to lay downe his people and to submyt hym vnto the kynges grace In this whyle the kynge and the quene herynge of the encreasynge of his rebelles and also the lordes ferynge theyr owne seruauÌ„tes lest they wolde take the capytaynes partie remoued frome London to Kyllyngworth leuynge y e cyte without ayde excepte onely the lorde Scales whiche was lefte to kepe the tower and with hym a manly warly man named Mathewe Fowth Than the capytayne of Kente thus houynge at Blakhethe to the ende to blynde the more the people and so brynge hym in fame that he kepte good iustyce be heded there a pety capytayne of his named Parys for so moch as he had offended agayne suche ordynauÌ„ce as he had stablysshed in his hoste herynge y t the kynge and all his lordes were thus departed drewe hym