yere Prince Edward of Englande departed out of this lyfe who was in his time the flowre of Chiualry and was buryed at Canterburye Also in the same yeare the .xxi. The deth of kinge Edward daye of Iune the yeare of Chryste a M.ccc.lxxvii kynge Edwarde dyed and is buryed at Westminster This king Edwarde when he dyed had .iiii. sonnes that is to say Lyonell Duke of Clarence Iohn of Gaunte Duke of Lancaster Edmonde of Langley Duke of yorke and Thomas of Wedstocke Earle of Cambrege ¶ Rychard the seconde RIchard the seconde of the name and son to Prince Edward eldest sonne to kyng Edward the thyrd beyng of .xi. yeres of age was crowned kynge of England the .xv. day of Iuly the yeare of Chryste a M ccc.lxxvii In the fyrst yeare of kyng Rychardes raygne the frenche kynge sente a great nauy to the sea The frēch men entered englād which entered in dyuers partes of thys realme and dyd moch harme wher they landed and at the laste came into Thames so to graues ende and brent parte of that towne and returned into fraunce agayne About this tyme the Earle of Cambrege the kynges vncle was sent into fraunce with .viii. M. A voiage īto fraūce mē and passed the water of Sōme and so forth to Troyse and wan it and so passed to the coūtre of Gascoine and so into Brytayne where syr Iohn of Mounford duke of Britayne gladly receyued them Iacke Strawe In the .v. yeare of this kynge the commons of Englande arose and specially in Estsex and Kente and made them capytaines of whō the chefe they called Iacke straw which came into the towre of London where the king was and there they toke the Archebyshop of Caūterbury the Lorde of saynt Iohns and a frere the kinges confessoure and at the towre hyll smot of theyr heades and slewe and robbed all straungers in Sothewarke and brente the Duke of Landcasters place called the Sauoy and dyd muche hurt and beynge assembled in Smithfeld vsed them selues verye proudely and vnreuerentlye against the kynge But by the manhode and wysdome of Wyllyam Waulworth mayre of London that rude company was disceuered and theyr Capitayne Iacke straw was slayne Iacke Strawe slayne Aboute thys tyme was a wonderfull great earthequake in Englande the lyke whereof was neuer sene before that day nor syns A greate erthquak In the .vii. yeare of kynge Rychard A voyage into flaunders Henry Spenser bishoppe of Norwitche wente into Flaunders at the commaundement of the bysshop of Rome with a great power and wan Dūkyrke and grauelyn and brente .xl. shyppes and muche goodes beyng within them but after there fell a disease of the flickes and other dyseases among his soudiers that he was fayne to returne into Englande The king maryed In the .viii. yeare kynge Rycharde Maryed the doughter of Viceslaus Emperour of Almaine A bataile on the sea In the .x. yeare of this king the earle of Arundell was sente into Guyan to strengthe the soudyers there but on the sea he met with a flote of Flemynges laden with Rochell wyne and set vpon them and toke them Amonge the which was taken the Admyral of fraunce Great variaūce betwene the king his Lordes commons In the .xi. yeare there was maruaylous greate trouble and dyscēcyon in Englande betwene the kinge and his counsayle and other nobles and prelates of the realme The commons by the ayde and comforte of the kinges vncles and other lordes of the realme that is to saye the Duke of Glocester the duke of yorke the earles of Darby of Arundell and of Notyngham put to death dyuers of the kynges counsel and chefe offycers and chased the duke of Ireland and other out of the realme for that they caused the kynge to burden his people with exactions and could make no iust accompt of the same when they were required In the .xv. The liberties of lōdon lost yeare there was a ryot in London wherfore the king seased the lybertye of the citie into his handes But shortlye after by the meanes of the quene doctor Grauesend bishop of London they were restored to theyr lybertyes In the .xviii. A voiage īto Irelād yeare king Richard made a voyage into Irelād which was more to his charge thē honor Hēry the iiii banyshed In the xxii yeare Henry Boling broke duke of Hareford and sonne to the Duke of Lancastre and the duke of Norfolke were banyshed out of the realme Shortly after Henry bolinbroke Duke of Herford Kinsh Rychard the ii deposed wich was banished into fraūce beyng sente for of the Lōdoners came into englande with a small power to whome the cōmons gathered in so gret multitude forsoke their Prince that not longe after at the castel of Flint they toke king Richard held hī as prisoner in the tower of Londō where he yelded vp resigned to the sayd Henrie duke of Hereforde all his power kingly title to the crowne of england fraunce knowleging that he was worthilye deposed for his demerites and misgouernynge of the common weale ¶ Henry the fourthe HEnry the fourthe sonne to Ihon of Gaunt late Duke of Lancaster and thirde sonne of Edwarde the thyrde toke possessiō of his realme of England the last daye of Septembre in the yere of oure Lorde a M. ccc.lxxxxix ¶ Anno dn̄i M.ccc.lxxxix Anno primo Henrici .iiii. Thomas knolles Grocer mayre William Hyde Ihon Walderne shyreffes In this yeare dyed kynge Rycharde the seconde In thys yere also certaine Dukes and Erles of England and other A cōspiraci againste the kyng were accorded to make a mūming on twelfe daye at nyghte trayterously to kyll the kynke than beynge at Wyndsore whiche beynge warned therof departed sodaynelye came to London made pursute after the sayd conspiratours which apprehended and taken were after by the lawe put to deathe In this yeare kyng Hēry sent syr Thomas Persy Erle of Worsiter with a goodly crue of soudiers into Aquitayne to ayde syr Robert knowlles leuetenaunte there A vyage into aquitayne and to parswad the people to theyr obeysaunce who dyd greatly stomacke the death of king Richard An act of Parliamente In this yeare was enacted by auctorite of Parliamente that no Lorde nor other man myght gyue anye gownes or lyueryes to anye of theyr tenaūtes or other persons onelye but to theyr household and menyall seruauntes In this yeare also was enacted that all repyers An other acte other fysshers from Rye Wynchelsee and other costes of the sea syde shoulde sell theyr fysshe theyr selfe in Cornehil Chepe other stretes of London to all men that woulde by theim Fysshemongers and all other that woulde bye the sayd fisshe to make sale agayne of it onely except ¶ Anno domini M. cccc an ii Hērici .iiii. Ihon Fraūces goldsmith mayre Ihon Wakele Wyllyam Ebot shyryffes In this yeare the French kyng sent Lorde Iames
to the Duke of Burgoine kynge edward fled flaūders After kynge Edwards fleing diuers of his frendes toke saynctuary Kynge edward the v. borne in sanctutuarye and in especially Quene Elisabeth who was porely deliuered in the sainctuary at Westminster of a sonne named Edward Then was Henry the .vi. set at large and agayne proclamed king by meanes of the Earle of Warwyke king henry restored to his kynglye estate and other and king Edward proclamed vsurper of the crowne but that contynued not longe ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxix anno nono Edwardi quarti Richarde Lee grocer mayre Robart Draper Rychard Gardener sheriffes ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxx anno decimo Edwardi quarti Iohn stocton mercer knyghte mayre Iohn Crosby Ihon Ward sheriffes In this yere also kyng Edwarde hauynge kynge Henri in his company met with the Earle of Warwyke on Esterdaye at Barnet .x. Barnet felde myles frō London where betwene them was fought a cruell battayle the victory fell on kynge Edwardes parte where were slayne Rycharde Neuel Earle of Warwike and the Marques moūtacute his brother with x.m men more Shortly after this bataile quene Margaret with her sonne landed at Waymouth in Dorsetshere and when she heard of the death of the Earle of Warwike she and her sonne toke saynctuary at Beweley in hamshyre vnto her resorted the Duke of Somerset and the Earle of Deuenshire with other A bataile at Tewkesburye who gathered a greate Army and kynge Edwarde with a greate Army met with them nere vnto Tewkesbury where was fought a cruel bataile but kynge Edward had the victorye where quene Margaret was taken prysoner and Prince Edward her sonne also who in the kynges presence was shamefully mourdered this batayle was foughte the iiii day of maye on a saterday and on the mondaye after was beheaded at Twekesburye Edmonde Duke of Somerset the Prior of saynct Iohns Ierusalem with dyuers other and the Quene sent prysoner to London who afterwarde was redemed by her father and after sent into fraunce After this the basterd Fauconbrydge who was made fese Admirall by the Earle of Warwike began a newe commocion with kentyshe men A new cōmocion and esexmen who shortlye was apprehendyd and put to deathe In this yeare also vpon the Ascencion euen nexte folowinge the dead corps of kynge Henri the .vi. was brought from the Tower of London to Poules where he laye all nyghte The deth of kynge henry the vi But howe this Prince came to his deathe there be dyuers sayinges but commonly it is said that Rychard Duke of Gloceter kynge Edwardes brother slewe hym wyth a dager ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxxi anno xi Edwardi quarti William Edward Grocer mayre Iohn Aleine Iohn Shelley shiriffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.lxxii anno xii Edwardi quarti William Hampton fyshmonger mayre Thomas Bledlow Iohn Browne sheriffes ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lxxiii an xiii Edwardi quarti Iohn Tate mercer mayre wylliam Stocker Robert Byllesdon shiriffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.lxxiiii an xiiii Edwardi quarti Roberte Drope draper mayre Edmond shaa Thomas Hyll shiriffes This yeare kynge Edwarde wyth a noble armye wente in to fraunce but afterward considering the vniustnes of the duke of Bourgone there was a peace concluded so that the french kyng should pay to kynge Edwarde .lxxv. M crownes A voyage into fraunce and yearly .l. M. crownes durynge kynge Edwardes lyfe ¶ Anno dom m. cccc.lxxv an xv Edwardi quarti Roberte Basset Salter mayre Roberte Colwyche Hugh Bryce shiriffes This yere were diuers Bakers of London sette vpon the Pillorye for makynge of lyghte weyghte of breade ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxxvi an xvi Edwardi quarti Raufe Iostelyn draper mayre Rychard Rauson Wylliam Horne sheryffes This yere from Crypylgate to Byshopisgate London wale was newlye repared ¶ Anno do m. cccc.lxxvii anno xvii Edwardi quarti Humfrey Heyforde goldsmyth mayre Henry Colet Iohn Stocker sheryffes Thys yeare George Duke of Clarens yonger brother to kynge Edwarde beynge prysoner in the tower of London was there drowned in a barell of Malmesy ¶ Anno domi m. cccc.lxxviii an xviii Edwardi quarti Rycharde Gardyner mercer Mayre Robert Harding Robert Bifelde sheryffes In this yeare was great mortalitie in London and throughout all England ¶ Anno domini m. cccc.lxxix an xix Edwardi quarti Bartilmewe Iames draper mayre Thomas Ilam Iohn warde shyryffes ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxxx anno xx Edwardi .iiii. Iohn Browne mayre wyllyam Bacon wyllyam Daniel shyryffes ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lxxxi an xxi Edwardi quarti Wyllyam Heriot draper knight mayre Robert Tate wyllyam wykyng Richard Caurie shiriffes The king made a feaste to the maire of Londō This yere in the moneth of Iulye the kynge sente for the mayre wyth certayne of his brethren and comeners of the cytye of London vnto the Forest of waltham and there cause the game to be brought before thē so that they sawe course after course and manye dere bothe redde and falowe slaine And after that the king commaunded his offycers to brynge the mayre and his company vnto a pleasaunte lodge made al of grene bowes and there set them to dyner and serued theim wyth manye denty dyshes and dyuers wynes good and plenty and ouer that caused the lorde Chamberlyn with other Lordes to chere the mayre and his companye sundrye tymes whyle they were at dyner and at theyr departynge gaue vnto them venyson greate plentye Thys yeare also the kynge sene vnto the mayresse of London and her systers the Aldermens wifes two hartes .vi. Buckes a Tonne of wyne to make theym merye wythall ¶ Anno do m. cccc.lxxxii an xxii Edwardi quarti Edmonde shaa goldsmith mayre Iohn Mathew William whyte shiriffes In the begynnynge of the .xxiii. yeare the .ix. day of Apryl dyed the noble kynge Edwarde the .iiii. at westminster and is buryed at winsor leuinge after him two sonnes that is to say Prince Edward his eldest sonne and Richard Duke of yorke .iii. doughters Elisabeth that after was Quene Cycili and Katherine ¶ Edward the fyft EDwarde the .v. beganne hys reygne ouer the realme of england the .xi. daye of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yeare of our Lorde M. cccc.lxxxiii the same Edwarde beynge of the age of .xi. yeares or there aboute this Edwarde was neuer crowned but shamefully murthered by the commaundemente of Rycharde the thyrd that after was kynge of englande ¶ Richard the .iii. RIchard the .iii. began hys domynion ouer the Realme of England the .xxi. day of Iune in the yeare of oure Lord M. cccc lxxxiii and the .vi. day of Iuly the nexte folowinge was crouned at Westeminster ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxxxiii an primo Richardi .iii. Robert billesdon haberdasher mayre Thomas Norlande Wyllyam Martyne shyryffes In thys yere was the Duke of Buchyngham beheaded at Salysburye The duke of bokingham beheaded ¶ Anno. do m. cccc.lxxxiiii anno secondo richardi .iii. Thomas Hyl mayre Thomas
bataile at wynchester at a feld foughten at winchester they ouercame the Empresse and she flede to Gloucester and Earle Roberte of Glocester was taken but shortlie after bothe the kynge and earle Roberte were delyuered out of prison by exchaunge Shortly after the kynge gathered a greate power To ēpresse beseged and the Empresse fled vnto Oxforde where the kynge dyd besege her but she fled awaye by nyghte and so wente to Walyngford and shortlye after with a smalle companye she wente into Normandy to her husbande Geffery Plantagenet Aboughte the .x. A childe crucified ī despyte of Christe yeare of kynge Steuens raygne the Iues that dwelt in England toke and crucified a chylde at Norwytch on Easter day in derision of Chryste and hys relygion In the .xi. The deth of Gefery Plantaginet yeare of kynge Steuen Geffery Plantagenet Erle of Aniowe and husbande to Maude the Empresse after he had wonne from kynge Steuen the Duchy of Normandy ended his life and Hēry his sonne succed in that dukedō Henry Duke of Normandy in the quarell of hys mother Maude the Empresse with a great pusaūce entred into Englande Henri the second entred engand and at the fyrst wan the Castell of Malmesbury then the Towre of London and afterwarde the towne of Notyngham with other holdes and Castels betwene hym and kynge Steuen were fought manye Battayles whereby thys realme was sore troubled A peace betwene the Empresse and kinge Steuen In the .xviii. yeare of kyng Steuen peace was agreed betwene Maude the Empresse her sonne kynge Stephen on thys condicion that Steuen should be kynge duryng hys life but for al this peace kynge Steuen toke suche thought and care that he died in the .xv. The deth of king Steuen day of Octobre nexte folowynge in the yeare of Chryste M.C.liiii for he was in warre and trouble all the terme of hys lyfe and he was buryed at Feuershame ⚹ Henry the second HEnry the seconde and sonne to Geffery Plantagenet erle of Angeo and maude the empresse was crowned king the .xx. daye of Decembre the yeare of Chryste M.c.lv Thys kyng was a noble man Henry the secōd gretly enlarged his kingdome and muche fortunate in warres greatlye enlarged his kyngdome But diuers wryters whiche more dyd fauoure the doynges of Thomas Becket then the truthe wryte that in his latter daies he was vnfortunat but by his great manhod and pollycy the syngnory of England was muche augmented with the addicions of Scotlande Irelande the yles Orcades Britaine Poytow Gyon and other prouinceces of fraunce wherfore it may be euydent to all men that hys good wyl was to reforme in his tyme the clargie but as then god had not apoynted it Defacing of castels In the seconde yeare of kynge Henry the seconde the kynge caste downe diuers castels whiche were set vp in the tyme of kynge Steuen to defende Maude the Empresse his mother After that he went into the north partes and receyued of the kynge of Scottes A voiage into the Northe countre Cumberland and Northumberland which they sayd wer geuen to them by Maude his mother and set an order in that coūtre A voiage ī to Wales In the .iii. yeare of kynge Henryes reigne he wente with a strong Armye into Wales and quietted that countrey and after buylded the stronge castel of Rutland About the .v. yere of this kinges reygne rose a greate Schisme at Rome for some of the Cardynals chose one octauian A schysme at Rome and other some woulde haue Alexander to be Byshop whyche Schisme continued xx yeares and muche trouble folowed In the .vii. The king of scottes taken prisoner yeare kynge Henry kepte such warre in to Scotlande that he toke kynge Wyllyam prisoner whiche afterward was delyuered and the kynge of Scottes dyd fealtie and homage to kynge Henrye In the .x. yeare of thys kynge Thomas Bocket archebyshop of Cantorbury whyche sediciouslye vnder pretence of defending the liberties of the churche as he sayde Thomas becket fled the realme spake and dyd manye thynges agaynste the kynges prorogatyue royall dyd flee out of the realme went to Rome to complayne vpon the kynge to the Byshop In the xvii yeare of kynge Hēry Thomas Becket by entreaty of the byshoppe of Rome Thomas becket slayne and Lewes the Frenche kynge was restored to his Byshopryke and not longe after by certeine gentilmē was slain more falshed of the byshop of Rome Kyng Henry in the .xviii. yeare of his reygne sent Ambassedoures to the byshop of Rome to pourge hym selfe of the false accusacion of the death of Thomas Becket but amonge other thinges it was enioyned the kinge in his penaunce that it shoulde be lawfull to all his subiectes as often as thē list to apeale to the sea of Rome and that no mā shoulde be accompted as king vntill such time as he were confirmed by the Romysh Bishop By thys all men may perceiue that the Bisshoppes of Rome alway desired to haue princes and kinges readye at their becke but this Eniuncion was neuer fulfiled of the kynge of Englande In thys yeare also kynge Henry went into Ireland and subdued it Irelande wonne and anexed Irelande to his kyngdome In the .xxii. The kynges eldest sonne crowned Kyng yeare of kinge Henry he caused Henry his eldest sonne to be crowned kynge and maryed Margeret the Frenche kynges doughter Shortlye after kynge Henry the sone at the settyng on of the french kynge and the kynge of of scottes warre betwene the father the sonne wyth dyuers other made warre agaynste kynge Henry his father where were betwene them dyuers stronge battayls but alwayes the father had the victorye and at the laste his sonne with his alyees wer constrayne to bende and desyre peace whiche he gentyly graunted and forgaue their tresspasse The king of scottes takē prysonner In thys warre Wylliam king of Scottes was taken prysoner and yelded for hys raunsome the cytie of Carlyle the castell of Bambroughe the newe castell vpon Tine and swore for euer to be trew to the kinge and aswel he to do homage as his successours as ofte as they should be requyred many Iues in englande About thys tyme were manye Iues in England which agaynst the feaste of Easter dyd vse to crucifie yonge chyldren in despyte of christian relygion In the .xxviii. yeare Henry the eldest sonne of Kynge Henrye of England ended his lyfe warre renewed in Fraunce Shortlye after began the warre in fraunce for kinge Philip of Fraunce desired homage to be done to hym for the landes of Poytow and other and for the castell of Gysours The deth of kīg henry the seconde In the .xxxiiii. yeare of kynge Henry the seconde Richard Earle of Poytow mayde warre a gaynst kynge Henry of England hys father and takynge parte wyth the frenche king wan from hys father many townes castels for sorowe wherof shortly after kynge
Henry ended his lyfe in the yeare of christ m.c.lxxxviii is beryed at founteuerarde in fraunce ¶ Rychard the fyrste RIchard the firste and second sonne of kynge Hēry the seconde was crowned kynge of Englande the iii. day of September the yere of Chryste M.c.lxxxix This man for hys valyantnesse and corage was called Curedde lion In the fyrst yeare of kyng Richarde the Londoners obtayned two offycers to gyde theyr cytie whiche were called baylyffes Two bayliffes gouerned lōdon The Iues spoiled at london About this time the Iues bare themselues very bolde in London in so muche that the people rose agaynste them and dyd robbe and kyll many of them without pytie But by cause the offendours were so manye they ascaped wythoute punyshment The king of scottes did hōage Also in this fyrst yeare Wyllyam king of Scottes came to Cantorbury and dyd homage to kynge Rycharde A preraraciō to recouer Hierusalem About this time the prynces of Christendom made great preparacyon to recouer Hierusalem and to ayde the Chrystyans in Asia In the thyrd yeare of king Richard the isle of cipres conquered he with a noble army toke his Iorney toward Hierusalem by the way he conquered the yle of Cypres and afterward he Ioyned wyth the french kynge in Asia and conquired Acon but shortlye after there fell great variaunce betwene kynge Richard of Englande and kynge Philyp of fraunce wherfor kinge Philip returne whome in to Fraunce and inuaded Normandy also he counsaled Iohn the brother to kynge Rychard to take vpon hym the kingdome of England in his bothers absence Shortly after kynge Rychard of England restored to the christians the citie of Ioppe The citie Ioppe wonne and in manye battayles put the Turkes to muche sorowe In the .iiii. The cruelty of the byshop of Elye yeare of kyng Richard and while he was in Assia william byshoppe of Elye to whome king Richarde had committed the gouernaunce of Englande practised muche crueltie as in depreuing of byshoppes and Abbottes and wolde ryde with a M. horses wherby he greued the place where he so iourned But at the last by strength the lordes put hym out of the land Kynge richard kīg of Hierusalem King Richard exchaūged Cipers with Guye of Lesingham for the kingdom of Hierusalem wherfore the kinge of Englande of a longe time after was called king of Hierusalem king Rychard takē prisōer In the .v. yeare king Richard hearing that king Philip of fraūce inuaded Normandy that Iohn his brother aspired to his kingdom toke peace with the Turkes for .iii. yeares and with a small company returned whomewarde by Thrace and there was trayterouslye taken prisoner by the Duke of Austrych and brought him to henry the Emperour and he was kept in streight prison a yeare and .v. monethes where it is said he slew a Lion and toke out his harte king Rychard deliuered out of prison In the .vi. yeare of kinge Rychardes raygne he payed his ransome whiche was a C.M. pounde and was deliuered and retorned to his countre and made sharpe warre vpon the frenche kynge and Iohn his brother at whiche tyme was fought diuers great batailes to the greate losse of both partyes In the .viii. peace betwene england and Fraunce yeare of kinge Rychardes reygne there was a peace concluded betwene Englande and fraunce for one yeare and Iohn submitted him selfe to his brother In the .x. Auriculen confecion first enuēted yeare of king Richards raygne Innocent the .iii. Byshop of Rome he firste compelled men to Auriculer confession and forbad the Sacrament to be ministred to the layetie vnder both kyndes Shortlye after the warre was newe arered betwene England and fraunce wherfore kinge Richarde sailed againe into Normandy and made newe warre vpon the french kynge in whiche warre they spede diuersly for some time the Frenche kinge wan holdes in Normandy and some time the kinge of Englande wan in Fraunce But at the last kinge Richard went to besege a Castell called Castell Gayllarde and as he rode aboute the Castell to auew it one marked him The deth of king richard the fyrste smot him with a Quarrell in the heade whereof anone after he dyed withoute yssue of his bodye in the yeare of Christ M.cc and in the .xii. yere of his reigne And is buried at Fountuerarde ¶ Kinge Iohn IOhn brother to the aboue named Richard was crowned king of England the xvii kīg Iohn cōtēyned the bishop of rome of a froward minde daye of Iuly the yeare aboue wrytten and reigne .xvii. yeares This kinge contemned the bishop of Romes aucthoryte whiche if he had done of conscience and for religions sake as he semed to do for couetousnes and of a frowarde minde vndoubtedlye he had bene worthy hye commendacion By his cowardnes and slothful necligence the signorye of Englande greatlye decayed In the first yere of kyng Iohns raygne kinge Philyp of Fraunce in the quarell of Arthur Duke of Brytaine whome sertaine of the lordes had named kinge of England made war vpon kinge Iohn and inuaded Normandy and toke from him diuers Castels and townes but after long Scirmishes warre begā betwen England Fraūce to the losse of both parties a peace was a greed which cōtinued not longe The king of scottes did hōage In this yere the king of Scottes came in to Englande and dyd homage and sware to be trewe leage man to king Iohn of of England In the second yere in yorkeshire wer sene v A sharpe wynter mones at ones in the element the next winter after was a sharpe winter hayle felle as byg as hennes Egges Arthur of Bretaine taken prisoner In the .iii. yere of kinge Iohns raygne kinge Philip of fraunce inuaded Normandy and toke diuers castels and townes which he gaue to Arthur Duke of Bretaine But shortly after the same Arther with many other noble men were taken prisoners by king Iohn and led in to Englande Englande enterdited In the .vi. yeare of this kinge the byshoppe of Rome demounced kinge Iohn with his whole realme accursed because he would not admit steuen Laughton to the bishoprike of Cantorbury But he lyttel regarded his curse nor obeyed hym nothing the rather Normandy loste In the .vii. yere of kyng Iohns Rayne kynge Philyp of Fraunce subdued to him the countre of Normandye which was not vnder the dominion of Fraunce in .ccc. yeares before Aboute thys tyme the Welchemen and Iryshmē rebelled whom kynge Iohn constrayned to redeme peace with greate sommes of money The welche men Irishe mē rebelled Aboute this time Philip Emperour of Almaine was murdered by the treason of the countye Palentyne The Emperoure murdered In the .ix The first mayre of London yere of kynge Iohns rayne was fyrste ordayned mayres and shyriffes in London and the fyrste mayers name was Henrye Fitz Alwyn and the fyrste shyriffes wer Peter Duke and Thomas
Nele Aboute the .xiii. kīg Iohn reconsiled to the byshoppe of Rome yeare of kinge Iohns rayne Philippe of fraunce made sharpe warre vpō England at the settynge on the Byshop of Rome Insomuch that kyng Iohn was fayne to submite him selfe to the Romish bishop who was boūde that aswell he as his ayres should hold the crowne of the byshoppe of Rome and should paye yearelye a M. Marke of syluer Iewes the frēch kinges sonne entred into englād In the .xvi. yeare of king Iohn great strife and varyaunce happened in England betwene the kyng and his Lordes and commons of his realme Insomuche that the kynge sente into flaunders for socoure and the nobles sent for Lewes the sonne of kinge Phylyppe of fraunce and him saluted as kinge mayntayned him in war against kynge Iohn to the great hurte of this realme of Englande Duryng the tyme of this warre King Iohn ended hys lyfe and died of the flixe at Newewarke vpon Trent the .xix daye of Octobre the yere of Chryst M.cc.xvi The deth of king Iohn But some Authors wryte that a Monke poysoned him at Swynested and is buryed at Worcester ¶ Henry the thirde HEnry the thyrd of of that name and eldest sonne to kīg Iohn by the ayde of certayne lordes of Englande was crowned kynge at .ix. yeares of his age whiche kinge wyth his aydes kepte sharpe warre whiche Lewes the frenche kynges sonne who by comnaunte of certayne Lordes of England claymed the crowne Iewes returned into fraūce but after certagne Skyrmyshes and battayles a peace was concluded so that Lewes shoulde departe into Fraunce and for his trauayle he had a m. Markes and so departed In the fyrst yeare of king henryes raygne were ordayned many lawes in Englande to the greate commoditie of his subiectes Magnacarta cōfirmed And the greate charter called Magnacarta was confirmed and diuerse articles added thereto In the forthe yeare Alexander kynge of Scottes maried Ioan the syster of kynge Henry of Englande The king of scottes maried In this yeare also there was a Proclamacion made througheoute Englande to auoyde straungers Straungers put out of the realme Because one Foukes de brent held the castell of Bedford against the kinges will The commīg in of the graye friers In the .v. yeare of kinge Henryes raygne the gray fryers of the order of Fraunces came fyrste into Englande A voiage into bretayne In the .xiii. yeare of kinge Hēry the thyrd he sailed into bretayne with a noble army agaynst Lewes kynge of Fraunce wher after spoylynge of the countre a peace was concluded betwene the .ii. yonge Prynces A varyaunce betwene the king his lordes In the .xvi. yeare of this Kinges raygne a variaunce kyndled betwene kyng Henry and hys lordes because he put frō his seruice Englyshe men and trusted straungers aswell in his counsell as other offices nere about him In the .xix. The king maried yeare kynge Henry toke to wyfe Elinour doughter of the Earle of Prouynce Aboute the .xxi. yere of king hēry the vniuersite of Parys concluded that no Preestes vnder paine of deadlye synne shoulde haue .ii. No preest ought to haue .ii. benefytes benefytes In the .xxxi. The liberties of lōdon loste yeare kynge Hēry seyased the Fraunchesse of the citie of London for a Iudgemente geuen a gaynste a Wydowe named Margaret vyell But shortly after they were restored In the .xxxviii. yere prynce Edwarde The fyrst prince of waies eldest sonne to kynge Henry maryed Elynour doughter to the kyng of Castell to whome king Henry gaue the principalitie of Wales and the gouernaunce of Gyen and Irelande whereof began fyrste that the kynges of England ordayned theyr sonnes prince of Wales The battaile at iewes In the .xlviii. yeare of Kynge Henryes raygne greate varyaunce was betwene the kynge and hys Lordes and commons In somuch that neare vnto Lewes kynge Hēry and his barons fought a cruell battayle where the kynge loste the felde where the kyng himselfe with Richarde his brother kyng of Romaines and syr Edward his sonne and other noble men to the nombre of .xxv. wer taken of the commons were slayne .xx. M. The king delyuered oute of prison The king and his brother wer deliuered vpon promyse made to performe certayne Actes made at Oxforde in the parliament before for suerty wherof Prynce Edward remayned as pledge Shortly after fell great varyaunce betwene the Earle of glocester and the Earle of Leyceter and Prynce Edwarde toke parte with the Earle of Glocester The battayle at killingworthe and at kyllyngworthe was foughte a cruell battayle the vyctory fell on prynce Edwardes parte Shortlye after syr Symonde mounford Earle of Leceter gathered a new army and mette Prynce Edward at Euesham where Syr Symonde the Earle was slayne dyuerse other that toke his parte The battayle at Euesham About the .liiii The liberties of lōdon loste yeare of kynge Henries raygne was such dyspleasure taken agaynst the Londoners that the kyng seased theyr liberties into his handes But after the citie by meanes of frendes payed a fine of .xx. M. Markes and so was restored to theyr lyberty In the .lv. A voyage into the holy land yeare of this kynge syr Edward the kinges sonne toke his iourney into the holy land and there he rescued the citie of Acres whiche was beseiged by the Soudan of surrey The deth of kinge henry the thyrde Duringe which voyage Prynce Edward beyng in the holy land kyng Henry hys father fell sycke at Westminster and dyed the .xvi. daye of Nouember the yeare of Christ M.cc.lxxiii and is buried at Westminster ¶ Edward the fyrst Edward the fyrst of that name and sonne to Henry the .iii. after he hard of the death of his father came from the holye lande And was crowned kynge at Westminster the .xix. The king of scottes did hōage to kynge Edward daye of August the yere of christ M.cc.lxxiii At which tyme Alexander kynge of Scottes was presente and did homage to kynge Edward Lewellyn of wales In the seconde yeare of kynge Edwarde the Kynge wente into Wales and subdued Lewellyn Princes of Wales which paied to the kynge for a fine l.m Markes In the .x. yeare of thys kinge Lewellyn Prince of Wales rebellyd A bataile in wales but after they pursued so the Welchemen that Lewellin and his brother Dauid fled but after Lewellyn was taken by syr Edmond Mortymer who smot of his heade and sent it to the kynge and after that his brother was hanged drawen and quartered In the .xiii. yeare of this kinge The liberties of lōdō seased the king seased the liberties of london into his handes because the Mayre toke brybes of the bakers And suffered them to sell breade vnder the syse In the .xxiiii. A bataile in scotlād yere of kinge Edwarde the Scottes dyuers tymes rebelled wherfore kynge Edwarde beseiged the towne of Barwyke where was fought a
cruell bataile the vyctory fell to the Englysh mē and wanne the towne where were slayne of the Scotes .xxv. M. and after warde the kynge of Scottes submitted him selfe to kynge Edwarde of England A battel at fankyrke In the .xxvi. yeare kynge Edward being in flaunders the Scottes rebelled and chose them a newe kynge called Wales and entred Northumberlande But the nexte yeare after kinge Edward gathered a great power and entred scotlande and at a place called Fankerke he mete with the Scottes where betwene them was foughte a cruell battayle but at the ende the Englyshmen had the victorye and slewe of the Scotes to the nōbre of .xxxii. M. and Walis theyr new chosen king fled in to the marysses and the common people yelded them to the kyng of England About the .xxxii. yeare Edward the kinges eldest sonne commytted dyuers ryots to the great dyspleasure of hys father wherefore the kynge enprysoned his sonne and other that were of his companye The king put his sō in prisons Also a bout the .xxxiii. yeare of kynge Edwarde the fyrste Wales the Scot was taken and brought to London and there put to death A bataile in scotlād Anone after many Lordes and bisshoppes of Scotlande came and yelded them selues to kynge Edwarde But Robert le Bruse contrary to his oth rebelled agaynste kinge Edwarde and shortlye after the kinge with a great hoste wente into Scotland where he met with Roberte le Bruse at a place nyghe saynte Iohns towne where was fought a cruell batayle the victory fell to the Englysh men and vii.m Scottes were slayne and Roberte le bruce fled to the kynge of Norwaye and dyuerse lordes were taken who were sent to London and there put to death The deth of kīg Edward the fyrste In the .xxxv. yeare kynge Edwarde fell syke and dyed the .vii. daye of Iulye in the yeare of christ M.ccc.vii and is buryed at Westminster ⚹ Edwarde the second EDwarde the second of that name and sonne of the fyrst Edwarde and prince of wales beganne his Raygne ouer England the .xxiiii. day of February the yere of Chryst M.ccc.vii and raygned xviii yeres thys edward was faire of body but vnstedfast of maners and disposed to lyghtnes For he refused the companye of hys Lordes and men of honoure and haunted a monge vylaynes and vyle persones he gaue him selfe also to ouer muche drynkinge and lyghtlye wold disclose thynges of great counsaile And besides that he was geuen to these vices of nature what yll counsayle maye doo he was much worse by the counsayle and famylyaritie of certayne euyll disposed personnes as Pierse of Ganeston Hughe the Spencers other whose wanton counsayle he folowing gaue him selfe to the appetyte and pleasure of the body no thyng ordering his common weale by sadnesse discresion and Iustice whiche thinge caused fyrste greate varience betwene him and hys nobles so that shortlye he became to them odible and in the ende was depriued of his kingdome This kinge in the second yeare of his raygne The king maryed went into fraunce maried Isabell doughter to Philip le Belle kynge of fraunce and after with her returned īto englād About this time Piers of Ganeston behaued hym selfe ylle againste the Lordes and waxed so proude that he would reuyle them wherfore they sodenly rose Piers of ganestō be headed and beseiged him in the castell of Scarbroughe and at the last wan it and toke Piers and broughte him to a place nere to Warwike and there stroke of his heade where with the kinge was greatly dyspleased About the .vi. yere of this king Robert le Bruse heryng of the deuision betwene the king and his lords came agayne in to Scotland and there was amytted kinge A batayle at banockes borne wherfore kinge Edwarde prepared a greate Armye and wente in to Scotlande and nere to a place called Banockysbourne he mete with the Scottes where was betwene them a cruell battayle but the Englyshmen lost the felde and many of the lordes and great men of England were slayne and taken and the kīg fledde wyth greate daunger into Barwyke In the .ix. yeare of kynge Edwarde the Scottes wan Barwike The scottes won barwike and shortly after they entered Northumberlande and slewe man woman and chyld Aboute this time there was a greate dearthe in Englande of all thinges Great plages in England and after folowed greate Pestilence yet all these mocions mended not the kynge of his yll liuinge In the .xi. A bataile of mitton yeare of this king the Scottes entred Englande at a place in yorke shire called Mitton was fought a cruell batayle where the English men lost the felde and much people of the countrey slaine But the kinge was all ruled by Hughe Spenser the father and the sonne and the commons had thē in great hatred In the .xii. yeare of thys kinge there was a Parliament holden at London Spēcers banished where by the entreatinge of the lordes Hugh Spencer the father and Hugh Spencer the sonne were banished the Realme But it was not longe after but the kynge contrary to that ordynaunce made in the Parlyamente sente for these Spencers agayne and set them in hyghe aucthorytie A batel at brough bryge Shortly after the Lordes rose agaynst the kynge and at broughe bryge the kynges Captayne called Andrew of Harkeley met wyth thē where many of the Barons of englande were slayne and taken and afterward that the Earle of Lancaster and dyuers other of the Barons and knyghtes were putte to deathe In the .xvii. yeare of thys king the quene fearinge the tyrannye of the Spensors The quen fled the lande fled wyth her yonge sonne Edwarde into Fraunce to her brother Charles where she and her sonne was gentlye receyued of her brother which made great promyse to ayde her agaynst the tyrany of the Spencers Shortly after Charles the frēch kynge fearyng the Manassyng of the byshoppe of Rome forsoke his systers quarell The quene and her sonne driuen out of fraunce and commaunded her to auoyde his lande In the .xix. The quene with her son entered the lande yeare of kyng Edwarde quene Isabel and her sonne by the ayde and helpe of syr Iohn of Heynalde with a small companye of Heynowayes retourned into England to whome the nobles and commons gathered in greate nombre and pursued the kinge the Spensers and other enemies so narowlye that shortlye after they toke them and kepte the kinge in prisō at kenelworth the Spensours the Earle of Arundell Robert baldocke and other Tyrantes whiche of longe tyme had greued the reame were put to deth ¶ Edward the thyrd Edward the third of that name and sonne to Edwarde the second and of Isabell onelye doughter of Phillip le Belle after the deposynge of his father was crowned kynge the second daye of February the yeare of Christ M.ccc.xxvi Of kinge Edwarde the thyrde whē he was but .xv. yeres of Age.
Edward The king of scottes taken prisoner In the tyme of the seige before Callys Dauid of Scotlande by the settinge on of the french kinge warred on the borders of England But the quene assembled a strong armye as well of preestes as laye men and nere to Durham toke in batayle the kinge of Scottes prysoner with manye of his greatest Lordes and earles and slew of the common soudiers .xv. M. About the .xxii. A greate derth thorough out all the worlde yeare of kynge Edward the .iii ther was a wonderful famyn and Pestilence raygned throughout all the world In Italye scant the .x. person of an .c. was lefte on lyue In the citie of parys in Fraunce died L.M. and in the citie of London besyde the bodies buried in churches and churcheyardes and monasteryes and other places of buriall there was buryed in the charterhouse churche yerde .l. M. persons and aboue as wryteth Fabian In thys yeare the Captayne of Callys conspyred to betraye it agayne to the Frenchemen calis like to betrayed the historye whereof declareth wonderfully the great manhode pollycie liberalytie gentylnesse of the noble kinge Edwarde reade Frosarde the .c. and .v. Chapter of his fyrste boke The tirany of the byshop of rome c. Aboute this time kinge Edward was elected to be Emperour But he consyderynge the trouble vnquietnesse of the byshop of Rome refused it And then they chose the Marques of Messena whiche also refused it Gines yelded to the englishmeÌ„ In the xxvii yere of king Edwardes raygne the towne and castel of Gines was yelded to the english meÌ„ A voyage into Gascoyne In the .xxix. yeare of kinge Edwardes raygne Prynce Edwarde of Wales with a stronge companye of Soudyers passed into Gascoyne where he made sore warre destroied Castelles and townes before hym with greate successe and toke the Castell towne of Rehemorentyne with other A voyage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Aboute this tyme king Edward sayled to Calys began to make war vpon frauÌ„ce but shortly after he returned because the Scottes rose inuaded the Englysh borders In the .xxx. The battaile of poytiers yeare of kynge Edwardes raygne prynce Edward of Wales nie to the citie of Poytiers ioyned batayle with king Iohn of fraunce on whome the prynce wan a noble victory In this conflycte kynge Iohn was taken wyth hys yonge sonne Phillippe The fifth king takeÌ„ prysoner there were taken .ix. earles the archebyshop of Sens and many other greate lordes Baronettes and knyghtes meÌ„ of name to the nombre of xvi.c and there were slayne the Duke of Burgoyne the Duke of Athens syr Iohn Cleremond Marshall of Fraunce with many lordes Baronetes knyghtes and menne of Armes to the nombre of xvii.c and iii. M of other meane persones And after this felde thus wonne the Prynce with his prysoners returned to Burdeaux And shortely after they sayled in to Englande where they were of kinge Edwarde noblely receyued In the xxxiii yeare kynge Edwarde with the Prynce his sonne wetne to Calys and so in to frauÌ„ce where he made sharpe warre A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce and burned and destroyed the countre without mercye But shortly after by great entreaty ther was a peace concluded on this condicion that kinge Edward should haue to his propre possession the countres of Gascoyne and Guyan Poyters Lymosyn Beleuile Exanctes Calys Guines and diuers other lordshyps townes Castels and all the landes to them belonging without knowledge of any souerainte The freÌ„ch king raunsomed obeysaunce homage or subiection for the same and that the french kyng shoulde paye for his raunsome .iii Myllons of Scutes whiche amounte to v.c M. li. and so kynge Iohn was delyuered In the .xxxvii. yeare of kinge Edwarde The deth of the freÌ„ch king kynge Iohn of fraunce came into englande of his fre wyll to sporte hym and had greate chere And shortly after dyed at the Sauoy at London In this yeare also Prynce Edwarde toke possessyon of the Duchie of Guyen and Acquitaine and did homage to his father for the same Prince edward made duke of Guyen About the .xl. yeare of king Edward Dampeter of Spayne was expulsed his realme by his basterd brother Henry wherfore he fled to Prynce Edward whych was then at Burdeaux A bataile iÌ„ Spaine But this Peter by the ayde of Prynce Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put him to flyghte and slue .v. M. of his men And restored Peter to dyuerse cities and holdes which he before had loste But not longe after the Prynce returned home and heÌ„ry repayred his army and warred vpon his brother so fearselye that in the end he vtterly vanquished hiÌ„ to deth and then without resistence possessed the kingdom of Spaine In the .xlii. yere of kyng Edward new variaÌ„ce begaÌ„ betwen EnglaÌ„d FrauÌ„ce A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce wherfore the duke of LaÌ„caster was sent with an army into frauÌ„ce nere vnto Arde the Duke of Burgoyne lodged within a mile of the Englysh armye the space of xviii dayes and neuer profered batayle but at the laste stole awaye pryuelye by nyghte and then entered the Duke further into fraunce as Froysar sheweth at large In the .xliii. yeare syr Roberte knolles entered the realme of frauÌ„ce with a stronge army and wasted destroyed the countrie and passed euen by Parys ranged in batayle and without any notable battayle returned About the xlv yeare the french men made sharpe warre in Gyen Great variaunce iÌ„ Gascoine and many dyuers skyrmyshes wer betwene the frenchmeÌ„ and the englysh men but most commonlye alwayes the englyshemen loste and the citie of Lymoge other cities rebelled against Prince Edward Wherfore Prynce Edwarde perceyuinge all this what for lacke of money and what for sykenes maladyes that he had he departed into England leuyng behynd him hys bretheren the Duke of Lancaster and the Earle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyne but sone after they came into Englande In the .xlvi. A baâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 yeare of kyng Edwardes raygne the Earle of Penbroke was sent with a great army to fortefye the towne of Rochell But he was met on the Sea wyth a companye of Spanyardes betwene whome there was a cruell fyghte but the Englishe men were discomfited and the earle of Penbroke was there taken wyth a .c.lx. mo prisoners and the most parte of his men slayne and drowned And sone after the towne of Rochel was yelded to the Frenchmen A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Also in the .xlvii. yere the duke of Lancaster landed at Calys with a myghtye armye passed throughe fraunce robbyng and spoylyng the countre eueÌ„ to Burdeaux and wer neuer fought with saue onelye at a scirmyshe they loste .l. Speres and xx archers In the .l. yeare of this kynge there was suche syckenes and mortalite A greate deathe as well in Italy as in England the innumerable of people died The deth of Prince Edwarde In the .li.
of Burbone with xii C. the frēch mē made a vyoage into Englande knyghtes squyres to ayd Owen Glendor a squyre of wales agaynst kynge Henry and landed at Plummouthe in Deuenshyre who shortly after to his great losse shame retired backe into Fraūce In thys yeare a Priour viii fryers were hāged at Tiburne for treason ¶ Anno do M. cccc.i anno tertio henrici quarti Ihon Shadworth Mayre Wyllyam Fremyngham Wylliam Venour shyreffes In this yeare was sene in Englande a blasing starre a comete or blasynge starre of a huge quantite ¶ Anno do m. cccc.ii anno quarto herici quarti Ihon Walcot mayre Robert Chicheley Richarde Matlowe shereffes In this yeare was the battayl of Shrowysbury ¶ Anno do m. cccc.iii an quinto henrici quarti Wyllyam Askam mayre Thomas Fawkener Thomas Pole shyreffes A cōmotiō in yorke shyre In this yeare began a cōmocion in Yorke shere but theyr entente was knowen and for that treason was apprehēded Richard Scrope Archebyshop of Yorke the Earle Marshall Syr Ihon Lampley and syr Robert Plumton who in whytson weke were beheaded at Yorke In this yere the king of Scottes sente hys sonne the Prynce into Fraunce The prīce of Scotland takē prysoner but by violence of wether was dreuen into Englande where he cōtynued prisoner many yeares after ¶ Anno do m. cccc.iiii an vi henrici iiii Ihon Hynd draper mayre William Louth Steuen Spilmā shyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.v an vii henrici quarti Ihon woodcoke mayre Henry Barton Wyllyam Crowner shyreffes ¶ Anno dom m. cccc.vi an octauo henrici quarti Rychard wittyngtō marcer mayre Nicolas Wotton Geffery Broke shyreffes ¶ An. do M. cccc.vii an ix hērici quarti William Sandon mayre Hēry Balton Hēry Pōfret shyref ¶ Anno do m. cccc.viii an x. henrici quarti Drewe Barētine goldsmythe Mayre Thomas Duke Wyllyam Norton sheryffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.ix an xi henrici quarti Rychard Marlow Yrinmōger mayre Ihon Law Wylliā Chichelye shyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xii anno hērici quarti Thomas knolles grocer Mayre Ihon Penne Thomas Pyke shyreffes This yeare was a byll put into the Parliament agaynst the spiritualtie for wasting of the tēporaltie ¶ Anno do m. cccc xi an xiii henrici quarti Robert Chichelye grocer mayre Ihon Reynwel Walter Cotton shyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xii an xiiii hērici quarti Wylliam Walderne marcer Mayre Raufe Leuynghā Wylliam Senenoke shyreffes In this yeare kynge Henry the fourth dyed the .xx. daye of march The deth of Kynge Hēry the fourthe In the yere of our lorde a thousād cccc xii And whan he had reygned xiii yeares fiue monethes and one and twenty dayes lyeth buryed at Cantorbury ¶ Henry the fyfte HEnry the fyfte began hys reigne the xxi day of march in the yeare of our lord next aboue mencioned And was crowned at westmynster the nynthe daye of Apryll folowynge In the yeare of oure lorde M. cccc and xiii In thys yeare was a generall counsel holden at Constance vpon the ryuer of Reyne a general counsell to the whyche councell was sente Rycharde Erle of warwike and iii. Bishopes with dyuers doctours knyghtes squiers to the nombre of viii C. horses In this coūsel were condempned to death for heresy Ihon Wicliffe Ihon Husse Ieram of Prage The lord cobhā accused of heresy In thys yeare syr Ihon Oldecastell lorde Cobham was accused to the Archebishop of Cantorbury for certeyne poyntes of heresy ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xiii an i. hērici quinti Wyllyam Walderne mayre Raufe Leuingham Williā Seuenoke sheyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xiiii an ii hērici quinti. Williā Crowner maire Ihon Suttō Ihon Michel shyre A parliament holdē at Leyceter In this yeare in Apryll was holden a Parliamente at Leyceter in the which Parliament were cōcluded many profitable lawes and amonge other thynges was a byll put into the Parliamente house agaynst thaccesse of the spiritualtye was lyke to take effecte but than the Bishoppes and Abbottes moued the kynge to make warre in to Fraūce for his title there so that in al his tyme after he had neuer leser to speake therof more And also towarde that voyage was graunted by the spiritualtie such a payment as had not bene payed before ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xv an tertio henrici quinti Thomas Fakener mercer mayre Ihon Mychel Thomas Alayne shyreffes This yere the kinge dyd prepare an armye into Fraunce of .xv. C. A cōspiracie agaīst the kyng shyppes the day before he sholde depart from Southhāton certaine lordes dyd cōspyre the kynges death for the whiche conspiracie was apprehended Rychard Erle of Cambrege the lord Scrope syr Thomas Gray knight who at the tyme of theyr executiō cōfessed that they were set a worke by the Frēch kyng And after theyr execution the king set forwarde on the vigill of the assūption of our Lady he with all hys nauy landed at Kyd Caux in Normandy The winnynge of Herflew And on the next daye he beseged the towne of Herflwe and the .xxxvii. daye after the sayd towne was yelded to the kyng The battell of agī courte In this yeare in Octobre was the battell of Agyn courte whiche victory by the onely prouision of god fell to the Englishemen for kynge Henry had in his bataile but onely two M. horsemen and xii M. fotemen of al sortes And on the Frēch partie were almost all the nobilitie of Fraunce with .lx. M. hortemen besyde fotemen There were slayne on the Frenche partie aboue .x. M. persones wherof were princes and nobles bering baners C.xxvi and all the remnaunt sauynge .xvi C. were knyghtes Esquires gentlemen And on the Englishe parte wer slaine Edward duke of yorke therle of Suffolke syr Rycharde Kykeley and Dauy gāme esquyre and of al other not aboue .v. or .vi C. persons ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xvi an iiii hērici quinti Nicolas wotton draper Mayre Wyllyam Cambridge Alayne Euarde shyreffes This yeare in Maye the Emperor Sigismond came into Englande to treate of a peace betwene kynge Henry and the French king and was nobely receyued but hys labour toke small effecte The Emperour came into Englāde This yere was Harflew beseged by the Frēchemen Harflew beseged both by water land but incōtinent the kyng sent his brother the Duke of Bedforde with a noble army A battell on the see on the sea encountered the French Nauy in nūbre .v. C. shyppes whiche were by the Englishemē dyscomfyted and almoste all taken or drowned and when the army by lande knew that the Nauy by sea was discomfited reysed theyr sege and departed ¶ An. do M. cccc.xvii an quinto henrici quinti Henry Bartō skinner Mayre Robert Whityngton Ihon Couentre shyreffes A voiage into Normandy This yeare in Iuly the kynge accompanied with his brethren the Dukes of Clarēce and Gloucester with a noble armie made
army of Frenchmen to the nombre of xxiii M. where was taken prisoners the Lorde Talbot the lorde Scales with other The lord talbot taken prisoner And of Englishemen were slayne xii C. persons to the great reioysynge of the Dolphin other of his facte In this yeare also after this victory the Dolphin reysed an army wan by cōposicion Troys in Chāpayne the cytie of Raynes with dyuers other townes and castelles whiche Dolphin had in his campe one Ione a stout Ramp whiche the Frenchemen dyd call La pusell de dwe Of Ione the witch the mayd of God And afterwarde in thys same yeare was the Dolphin sacred kynge of Fraunce at Raynes in the presense of all the noble men of his faction The sacred king at Raynes and the Dukes of Lorayne and Barre by the name of Charles the syxte The duke of Bedford pursueth the Dolphyn frō place to place And the Duke of Bedford Regēt of Fraunce beynge at Paris hard of this doinges of the French king with an noble army of Englishmē and Normans pursued him frome place to place tyl he came to senles in Berre where both armies might se other after bothe armyes had lyne in eche others syght .ii. dayes the Frenche kyng lyke a carpet capitayne in the dead of the nyghte brake vp his army fled to Braye which when the Regent perceyued mystrustynge the waueringe Parciās returned with his armi to paris In this yere by the procurement of the byshop of Rone Henry Benford Cardinall of Wynchester cōmonly called the ryche Cardinall Mē sente into fraūce was sent into Beame with iiii M. men to reuēge the bishop of Rome but whē he came to Douer he was countermaunded by the lorde protector went into Fraūce to helpe the Regent agaynst the Frēch kyng ¶ Anno domini M. cccc.xxx anno octauo Hērici sixti Williā Estfeld mercer Mayre Wyllyam Ruffe Raufe Holande shyreffes In this yere the Regēt of Fraūce lefte the gouernaunce of Paris to the Byshop of Ely Chaunceller of Fraunce A parliamente at Roan and the sayd Regent held Parliament at Roan animatynge the Normans to their obeysaunce to the Kynge of Englande .c. At which season the Frenche king sent the Duke of Alaunson and his soceres Ione the greate goddesse of the Frenche men to scale Paris A sealeng of parys from the which they were beaten to theyr great losse theyr capytayne Ione was throwne into the dykes had much worke to saue her lyfe In this eyght yeare kyng Henry the sixt was crowned at wistminster ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxi an nono Henrici syxti Nicolas Wauton Mayre Water Charsy Roberte Large shyreffes The order of the golden flece In this yeare did Phillip Duke of Borgon mary Lady Isabell doughter to Ihon kynge of Portingale and great aunt to the king of Englande at whiche maryage the sayd Duke ordeyned the order of the golden flece In this yeare in Decembre the Englyshmen beseged the towne of of Laigny in the whiche the pusell was capitayne with other who issued oute to skyrmyshe wyth the Englyshemen and Burgonyons at which skyrmishe Ione the puzel was taken and after was sente to the duke of Bedford to Roan wherafter long examinacion was brent to asshes Ione the puzel brēt at Roan ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxii an desimo Hērici sixti Ihon Welles grocer Mayre Ihon Aldryle Steuen Browne shyreffes In this ten yeare kynge Henry the syxte was crowned at Paris king hēry the syxte crowned Kynge of fraūce in Paris which is the chiefe cytie in all fraūce with great triumphe nobilitie After kyng Henry was crowned kynge of Fraunce he kepte a noble house fyrste at Paris and after at Roan in whiche tyme there was a peace concluded for vi yeares betwene the Englyshemen and the Frenchemen A peace cōcluded whiche peace within shorte tyme by the Frenchemē was broken ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxiii an xi Henrici sixti Ihon Perueis fyshemōger Maire Ihon Olney Ihon Paddisly shyreffes The peace brokē In this yere the peace in Fraūce was broken wherfore on both partyes were armyes set forthe townes fortefied and when the French men coulde not preuayle they sente forth theyr accostmed seruaūt called mayster Treasō and corrupted Piers Andebeuffe constable of the castle of Roan with mony that the Marcial of Fraūce with ii C. persons disgysed dyd entre the castell of Roan but they were sone espyed so some of them were slayne some hanged and some raūsomed at the Regentes pleasure ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxiiii anno xii Hērici sixti Ihon Brokely draper mayre Thomas Challō Ihon Lynge shyreffes In this yeare the commons of Normandy made insurrection by the settyng on of the Frenche kyng but thei were shortely suppressed The commons of normādy rebelled many of them slayne In this yeare was Ihon Duke of Burbon delyuered out of prysō whiche had bene prysoner in Englād syns the butayle of Agyncourt xviii yeres before The duke of Burbō delyuered out of prison paied for his roūsome xviii M. pound starling In this yeare also began a veriaunce betwene the Regēt of fraūce and the Duke of Burgoyne to the losse of Englande and no gayne to Burgony A variaūce betwene the Regent the Duke of burgoine ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xxxv anno xiii Henrici sixti Robert Ocley grocer Mayre Thomas Barnewel Symon Eyre shyreffes This yere was a great frost that endured from the feast of saint katheryne vnto the feast of saynt valentyne A greate froste so that neyther shyp might sayle nor botte be rowed on the riuer of Thames therfore all the vyntage was caryed to Londō by land in Cartes A peace betwene the Frēchkīg the duke of Burgoyne In this yeare was concluded a peace betwene the Frenche kyng the duke of Burgoyn to the great dyspleasure and losse of the Englyshemen The deth of the regente of Fraunce In this yere died the noble Duke of Bedforde Regent of Fraunce lyeth buried in our lady churche at Roan in whose sted was elected regente of Fraunce Richarde Duke of Yorke ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxvi an xiiii Henrici sixti Henry Frowyke mercer Mayre Thomas Catworthe Robert Clopton shyreffes paris lost In this yeare the Parissioners rebelled agaynst the Englishemen and so rendered vp the cytie of Paris in to the Frenchemens handes and slew many of the Englishmen that kept the cytie In this yeare the Duke of Burgoyne with an army of xl M. mē dyd laye seage to Calys Calis beseged And durynge this seage the Duke sent the lorde of Croy with a cōuenient army to laie sege to Gines Gines beseged who gote there but small gaynes Shortly after it was noysed in the campe of the Duke that the lord protector of England was shipped with a great army to come to calis
Feldyng mayre Richard Lee Richard Allay shyre A dissimuling peace This yeare was a metyng of a great hoost vpoÌ„ brent heth in kent betwene the Kynge and the Duke of Yorke and other noble menne whyche was appeased for a tyme and the malyce dissimuled Aquitaine was wonne by the french menne In this yeare was the countre of Aquitayne won by the frenchemen which had ben Englysh .iii c yeares and odde yeares and was wonne by Henri the thyrde ¶ Anno do m. cccc.liii anno xxxi Henrici .vi. Ihon Norman draper mayre Ihon Walden Thomas Coke shyryffes The batel of Chastelon In thys yeare the Lorde Talbot Erle of Shrewesbury recouered the cytye of Burdeaux and after conquered manye townes in Gascoyne And at the Batyle of Chastellon the saide noble Erle was slayne and his sonne also with dyuerse noble valyante Captaines of Englande and many taken prisoners Of this noble Earle of Shrewesbury serche Halles Cronycle and you shall perceyue hys vaylyaunt actes Thys yere Mahomet the great Turke wan Constantinoble with exceadynnge greate slaughter of Chrysten people Constantinople wonne by the greate Turke and vnto the aduauÌ„sment of the Turkysh empire ¶ Anno do M. cccc.liiii an xxxii Henrci sixti SteueÌ„ Foster mayre William taylont Iohn feld shir This yere the flambe of Enuie bruste oute betwene the Duke of Yorke who theÌ„ claimed the Crowne The fyrst bataile of saynete Albons and the Duke of Somerset who ruled the kynge and at Saynt Albans was fought a cruell batayle and vnto the Duke of Yorke fell the victorye on the kinges parte was slayne the Duke of Somerset the Earle of Northumberland the Lord Stafforde with .viii. M menne more After this bataile the duke of yorke with gret reuerence brought the king to London where the sayd Duke was made Protectoure of the realme ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lv an xxxiii Henrici .vi. Wyllyam Marlowe grocer mayre Iohn yonge Thomas oldgraue shiryffes The duke of yorke deposed of his protectorship By meanes of the quene and her counsell the Duke of Yorke was deposed of hys protectorshyp whiche thynge was cause of a new grodge and malys ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lvi an xxxiiii Henrici .vi. Thomas Chaninges mayre Ihon Stuard Raufe verney sheriffes A Riot in LondoÌ„ In this yeare was a great Riot committed in London againste the Lombardes and Italians because a Mercers seruaunte was caste in pryson for strykynge an Italyon ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lvii an xxxv Henrici sixti Godfrey bolayne mercer mayre William Edward Thomas Reynere sheriffes In this yeare the french menne perceyuynge the dyscorde in Englande sent .ii. nauies into englande one of them landed in the downes and they hauyng knowledge that the people of Sandwitch were fled the towne for death cam and spoyled the towne wyth great crueltye Sandwitch destroied by the frenchmen In the cytye of Mens in Germany was the scyence of Printing fyrst inuented by one named Iohanes faustius wheÌ„ and where the science of printinge was fouÌ„d ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lviii an xxxvi Henrici sixti Thomas Scot draper mayre Raufe Iosteline Rycharde Nedham sheryffes A fayned peace In this yeare was made a fayned peace betwene the kinge and the quene and theyr counsell on the one party and the Duke of Yorke with hys confederates on the other partie whiche agremente endured not longe ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lix an xxxvii Henrici sixiti Wyllyam Hull fyshmonger mayre Iohn Stocket Iohn Plummer shiriffes The batel on blor Heath In this yeare was the batayle on Blore heathe in Shropshyre betwene the Lorde Audeley on the Kynges partye and the Earle of Sallisbury on the Duke of yorkes partye where the victory fel to the Earle of Sallisburye and the Lorde Audley was slayne and his army dyscomfited ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lx an xxxviii Henrici sixti Richarde Lee grocer mayre Iohn Lambert Rycharde Fleminge Sheryffes In this yere the Duke of yorke assembled a great Army of northreÌ„ men and welchemen The duke of yorke flede and the Earle of Warwike came with a great noÌ„bre from Calis nere vnto Lodlawe in the Marches of Wales they pytched theyr felde towarde them came the Kynge accompanyed with the Dukes of Somerset and Exeter with a myghtye Army and the nyghte before the batayle Andrew Trollop fledde frome the Duke to the Kynge wherfore in the nyght the Duke hym selfe fled into Ireland and the Earles of Salisbury Marche and Warwyke fled into Deuinshere so to Calis After this departing the Duke of Yorke wyth hys confederates were proclamed traytours The duke of yorke ê“clamed traytour and the yonge Duke of Somerset was made Captayne of Calys but wheÌ„ he came there he could not be receyued bycause the erles was there before and so he was fayne to take Gynes The batayle of north haÌ„ton In this yere also the Earles of Marche and Warwicke came froÌ„ Calys and so landed at Sandewitch and so came to London and by the way met them dyuers noble men and so came to London wher they were gentlye receyued and after long consultinge the sayde Earles with an Army of .xxv. M. men set forward to mete the kynge who hadde prouyded an Army nere to NorthehamptoÌ„ where was fought a cruell battayle the victory fell to the Earle of March and his company where were slaine on the kinges partye the Duke of Bokyngham and the Earle of Shrewsbury with .x. M. tall Englyshmen the reste fled and lefte the kynge alone and the Duke of Somerset The king taken the Quene her sonne fled into the Bishopryke of Duram After thys felde the Earle of March conuaied the Kinge to LoÌ„don wher was a Parliament sommoned at whiche Parlyament the Duke of Yorke was made ayre apparent and all his progenye after hym The duke of yorke proclaymed ayre apparent In this yere Quene Margaret in greate hast gathered a great coÌ„pany of Northren meÌ„ and at wake feld in a cruell fyghte discomfited and slew the Duke of Yorke The batayle at wakefeld with his son the Earle of Rutland the earle of Salisbury was takeÌ„ prisoner who afterward was beheded at Pomfret his heade sent to yorke The Quene with her retinewe nere to saynte Albons discomfited the Earle of warwike and the Duke of Norfolke The second batayle at sainct Albons and delyuered Kynge Henry her husband in this battell was slayne xxiii.c men and not aboue of whome no noble men is remembred but syr Iohn Gray who the day before was made Knyght After thys battayle the kynge and the Quene heringe of the commyng of the Earle of Marche and Earle of Warke with a great nomber of Marchemen toke theyr iorney Norwarde and the sayd Earle came to London where Edwarde Earle of Marche by the consent of the nobylytie and commons was proclaymed Kinge the .iiii. daye of Marche in the yeare of our Lord M. cccc.lx by