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.
amonge menne so sharpe that tillage of the earthe was put of for that yeare whereby ensued greace hunger and scarcitie in the yeare folowinge Greate morallity Westminster hall builded Abought the xi yeare of the king he builded Westminster halle In this yeare also the christen men wan Ierusalē after they had beseged it xxxix Ierusalē wonne by the Christen men daies and Godfry the soueraine captaine of the christen men was proclaimed kinge of Ierusalem The deth of williā Rufus This kyng William had great pleasure in hunting insomuch that he pulled downe many houses of religion to enlarge the newe eorest of Winsore for wilde dere but a Frenche knyght of his named water Cerel by the glaunsynge of hys arowe vpon a braunche when he shote at a harte in the sayde forest smot the kynge and wounded hym to deathe whereof he shortlye dyed in the yeare of oure Lorde M.C. wythoute anye yssue of his bodye and he raygned .xii. yeare and .xi. monethes and is buried at westminster Henry the firste HEnry the brother of Wyllyam Rufus and fyrste of that name for hys learnynge callyd Beweclarke and thyrd sonne to Wylliam Conqueroure was crowned kynge of England the .v. day of August the yere of our Lord M.c. and .i. This Henry was a noble prince in the fyrst yeare of his raygne he reformed the measure in England whiche of longe time were corrupted he vsed the lawes of saynt Edwarde Mesures restored sone after he was kynge he toke to wyfe Maude the syster of Edgare kynge of Scottes Thys man fauoured nothynge the vsurped powre of the byshop of Rome The king relesed of his tribut In the .iiii. yeare of this kyng Roberd curtoyse the kynges brothere came into englande and was well entreated of the kynge and Quene and there the duke released the kynge of his tribute of .iii. M. markes but it was not longe after by meanes of tale bearers and yll reporters that great variaunce fell betwene the kynge Duke Robert takē prisoner and the Duke of Normandy hys brother and shortlye thereupon deadlye warre was arrered in th end wherof duke Roberd was taken and kepte in perpetuall pryson at cardyffe by his brother who immediatlye seased vpon the duchye of Normandy and helde it in possession In the .vi. A rebeliō ī england yeare of kynge henry the fyrst the Earle of shrewysbury and the Earle of Cornewall rebelled againste kynge henry and after were taken and kepte in pryson as longe as they lyued About this tyme also the kyng ordayned strayghte lawes agaynst theues and other that vsed vnlawful meanes whiche were punished Punishemente for transgressours some with death some with losse of their eyes of their stones and other membres of man as theyr trespas requyred By the meanes of Anselme byshop of Cantorbury the preestes of England were constrayned to forgo theyr wyues whiche before was lawfull to be maryed The preestes were cōstraned to forgo their wiues Aboute the .xiii. An earthequake yeare of kynge Henries raygne was a great earthquake at shrewsburye and the ryuer of Trent was so drye that men myght go ouer drye shode warre betwene england Fraunce In the .xvii. yeare of king henries raygne began great varyence betwene Lewes frenche kinge and kynge henry of Englande and at the last was fought betwene them a cruell battayle where the Englyshe menne optayned the victory and the frenche king fled but shortly after a peace was concluded and wylliam the eldest sonne of kynge henry dyd homage to the frenche king for the Duchy of Normandy The kinges two sonnes drowned In the .xx. yere of Henry the first Wyllyam duke of normandye the kinges eldest sonne and Richarde his brother and Mary theyr sister Richard Earle of chester with hys wyfe the kynges nece and other to the nombre of a .c. and .vi. persons passing from Normandy into Englande by ouer syghte of the shypmaister were drowned and none scaped but one man Aboute the .xxvi. A law ordaned for preestes yeare of thys kynge there was a counsell holden at london wher it was determined that the abominable vices of the prestes shoulde be punished by the kinges offiters In the .xxii. maude the empresse made aire of the Realme yeare of kyng henries raigne bycause he had none other issue male ordayned that hys doughter Maude which had bene Empresse shoulde succede him in the kyngdome A boughte the .xxviii. maude the empresse maryed yeare one Geffery Plantagenet Earle of Angeo maried the saide Maude and by her had issue henry whiche henry after kinge Steuen was kinge of Englande This kinge henry the firste beyng in Normandy in the .xxv. The deth of kīg henry the fyrste yere of his reigne the second day of December in the yere of Christe a M a .c.xxxv. dyed some say of a surfet and some writers saye it was by a fall of a horse And his bodye was brought into England and is buried in the Abbey of Reding Of King steuen STeuen Earle of Boloine the sonne of the earle of blois and Adela williā Cōquerours doughter and Nephew to Henry the first toke on hym the gouernaunce of this realme of England throughe the counsaile of manye Lordes of Englande contrarye to theyr othe made to Maude the Empresse and was crowned king vpon saint Steuens day the yeare of Christ M.c. and xxxv Variance ī england At this time there was greate variance in Englād for king Steuen was thoughte to be kinge vniustlye for manie of the Lordes of Englande fauoured Maude the Empresse and other fauored Steuen who was kinge of the whiche folowed greate warre This kinge steuen beseiged diuers castels that belonged to Bisshops and other lordes and toke them by forse Castelles beseged and fortified them with his owne knightes and seruauntes to thentente to withstand the empresse whose comminge he euer feared In the seconde yeare of kinge Steuen there rose a greate rumor in Englād that king Steuen was deade whiche tales rose much variaunce in England for diuers of the lordes got them to their holdes whiche after might scantly be pacefied or quieted yll talles doth much hurte Shortly after the kinge wente A viage to normandy into Normandye and kepte warre with the Earle of Aniowe the husband of Maude the Empresse which was righte aire to the Crowne of England and when he had quietted that prouince he made Eustace his sonne duke of normandy A bataile the king taken prysoner In the .vi. yeare of king Steuen Maude the Empresse came in to England by the comforte of the Earle of Glocester and the Earle of Chester and made strong warre vpon kinge Stephen in the ende whereof the kinges partie was ouer come and him selfe taken prisoner and was brought to the Empresse who sente him to Bristowe to prison Shortlye after this bataile the kentish men and londoners rose toke parte with the king A
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
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
Winchester was commaunded to the tower of london T is yeare was a great mortalitie in London then was a commaundement geuen to al Curates that they shoulde burye none a fore six of the cloke in the morning nor after sixe at night and that the bell shoulde ringe three quarters of an houre or more ¶ Anno domi m. ccccc.xlviii an seconde Edwardi sexti Henri Ampcotes fishmonger Mayre wylliam Locke Iohn Aylufe sheriffes In this yeare was images put downe in all churches thorowe Englande Idolatry forbedden This yere the mariage of preestes was graunted lawfullye by the lawes of God Laufull for prestes to be maryed This yeare doctoure Bonnar was deposed of his bishoppricke the first day of October In this moueth the Duke of Somerfet was committed to the Towre ¶ Anno domini M. ccccc.xlix an tercio Edwardi sexti Syr Roland Hyl knight Mayre Robert yorke Iohn Turke shiriffes A cōmocion in Deuenshyre This yeare was a rysynge in Deuenshire and Cornewale about the myddes of the yere which was domage to thē and other wherfore their chiefe captanies were taken and broughte to the tower of London and the .xxvi. day of Ianuary after was drawen hanged and quartered thre more at tydurne Also this yeare about the same time was an Insurrecciō in Norffolke and Suffolke A cōmocion in norfolke And theyr chefe Captaine captaine Kyte and his brothere were shortlye after taken and Iudged to bee hanged at Norwiche in chaynes Also in the yeare of oure Lorde God M. ccccc.l the .xix. day of Ianuary captayne Gābalde the captaine of the spainieardes an other captaine was slaine without New gate in an euenyng by a Fleming whiche was taken and hanged on the euen of S. Paule and iii. more with him in Smithfelde The .vi. day of February came the Duke of Somerset oute of the Towre In the same moneth went oute of Englande certayne Lordes of the counsayle to Bulleyne A peace cōcluded where certayne of the French counsel met with them and after longe consultacion had and diuers metynges betwene them there was a general peace concluded which peace was proclaymed the .xxix. day of march folowinge Also about the .xxv. day of Aprill folowinge Bullē geuen to the frenchmē the towne of Bulleine with the Fortresses therunto belonging was deliuered by the english men into the handes of the French menne In this yere the second day of Maye was a woman brente in Smithfeld callled Ioane Kenll otherwise called Ioane Bocher for the horrible herisie one brent for heresy that Christ toke no fleshe of the vyrgyn Mary and at her deathe dyd preache Mayster Iohn Scory a preacher of Cantor bury shewinge vnto the people her abhomynable opinions warnyng al mē to beware of thē such lyke About this tyme ther were certaine lighte personnes pretended a new commocion in Kente but they were apprehended and on the .xiii. day of Maye was for that trespas hanged at Asheford Richard Liō and Goddard Goram and the next day folowing was hanged at Cantorbury Richard Irelande for the same trespace ¶ Anno dom M. ccccc.l anno iiii Edwardi sexti Syr Andrew Iudskīner knight mayre Austen hinde Iohn Lyon shyryffes The .xxv. day of Maye was an erthquake in Sothery and in part of Medelsex An earthquake This yeare on S. Valentines daye at feuersham in Kent was comytted a shamefull mourther for one Arden a gentilman was by the consente of hys wyfe mourthered wherfore she was brent at Canterbury A shāfull murther and there was one hanged in Chaynes for that mourther and at Feuersham was .ii. hanged in chaynes and a woman brente and in smithfelde was hanged one Mosby and his syster for the same murther also This yeare was Steuen Gardener Bishop of Wynchester called to iustice at Lābeth before the kynges cōmyssioners and the .xvi. Steuen gardener deposed daye of February for his manyfest contempte and continuall disobedience or rather rebellion against the kynges maiesty wherof he was iustly depreued of his estate of the same Thys yeare was a duche man brent in Smithfelde for holdynge of the opinion of the Auryans ¶ Anno dom M. ccccc.li anno v Edwardi sexti Richarde Dobbes skinner mayre Iohn Lābert Iohn Coper shiryffes This yeare the seconde daye of Nouember the old quene of Scottes came to london which was honorably receiued and lodged in the Bishops palace A hie flod In this yeare the .xiii. daye of Ianuary the sea brake in at sandwitche insomuche that it did ouer flowe al the Marshes thereaboute and drowned muche cattell to the greate losse bothe of the towne and countre Finis Here I shoulde haue put in the notable waies from certaine cities to Londō but some of them be not marked truely wherefore I left them out till such tyme as I haue more knowlege in these waies ¶ Imprinted at Cantorbury in saynt Paules paryshe by Iohn Mychell