stoode by him I deliuer my selfe an vnworthie and grieuous sinner vnto you the ministers of God by this corde beseeching our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche pardoned the theefe confessing hys faultes on the Crosse that throughe your prayers and for his great mercyes sake it may please him to bee mercifull vnto my soule wherevnto they all answered Amen Then sayde he vnto them drawe me out of this bedde with this Corde and lay me in that bedde strewed with Ashes which he had of purpose prepared and as he commaunded so they did He is drawne out of his bed a thing vnlike to be true and they layde at his feete and at his heade two greate square stones And thus hee beeyng prepared to death he willed that his bodie after his deceasse shoulde be conueyed into Normandie and buryed at Rouen And so after he had receyued the Sacrament of the bodie and bloud of our Lorde hee departed this life as afore is sayde His death about the .xxviij. yeare of his age Thus dyed this yong King in hys flourishing youth to whome through hys owne iust desertes long lyfe was iustly denyed sithe hee delyghted to begynne his gouernement wyth vnlawfull attemptes as an other Absolon agaynste hys owne naturall Father seeking by wrongfull violence to pull the Scepter out of his hande Hee is not put in the number of Kings bycause he remayned forthe more parte vnder the gouernaunce of his father and was taken oute of this lyfe before hys father so that hee rather bare the name of king as appoynted to raigne than that he maye bee sayde to haue raigned in deede His body after his death was coÌ„ueyed towards Rouen there to be buried accordingly as hee had wylled Nic. Triuet but when those that had charge to conuey it thyther were come vnto the Citie of Mauns the Bishoppe there and the Cleargie would not suffer them to go any further wyth it but committed it to buryall in honourable wyfe within the Church of Saint Iulian. When the Citizens of Rouen were hereof aduertised they were sore offended with that doing streyght wayes sent vnto them of Mauns requyring to haue the corps dâ—…liuered threatning otherwise with manye earnest othes to fetche it from them by force King Henrie therefore to sette order in thys matter commaunded that the corps of his sonne the King shoulde bee deliuered vnto them of Rouen to be buryed in theyr Citie as he himselfe had willed before his death And so it was taken vp and conueyed to Rouen The bodie of the yong kiâ—â— lastly buried at Rouen where it was eftsoones there buryed in the Churche of oure Ladie King Henrie after his sonne the king was thus deade enforced hys power more earnestly than before to winne the Citie and Castell of Lymoges whiche hee hadde besieged â—…ymoges renâ—â—ed to king â—…enrie and at length had them bothe rendred ouer into hys handes with all other Castelles and places of strength kept by his enimies in those partyes of the which some he furnished with garnisons and some hee caused to bee razed flatte wyth the grounde There rose aboute the same tyme occasion of strife and variaunce betwixt king Henry and the Frenche King aboute the enioying of the Countrey lying about Gysors cleped Veulquesine â—…eulquesine on thys syde the Ryuer of Hept whiche was gyuen vnto King Henrie the Sonne in consideration of the maryage had betwixt hym and Queene Margaret the Frenche Kinges sister For the Frenche King nowe after the death of hys brother in lawe King Henrie the sonne requyred to haue the same restored vnto the Crowne of France but king Henrie was not willing to depart with it The kings of â—…ngland and â—…rance talke â—â—gither At length they mette betwixt Trie and Gysors to talke of the matter where they agreed that Queene Margaret the widow of the late deceassed king Henrie the sonne shoulde receyue yearely during hir lyfe .1750 poundes of Aniouyn money at Paris of king Henry the father and his heires in consideration whereof shee shoulde release and quiteclayme all hir right to those lands that were demaunded as Veulquesine and others Shortly after Geffrey Earle of Brytayne came to his father and submitting himselfe was reconciled to him and also to his brother Richard Earle of Poictou An. Reg. 30 Also I finde that king Henrie at an enteruiew had betwixt him and the French king at their accustomed place of meeting betwixt Trie and Gisors on Saint Nicholas day did his homage to the same French king for the lands which he held of him on that side the sea which to doe till then he had refused The same yeare king Henrie helde his Christmasse at the Citie of Mauns Also when the king had agreed the Frenche king and the Earle of Flaunders 1184 for the controuersie that chaunced betwixt them about the landes of Vermendoys he passed through the Earle of Flanders Countrey and comming to Wysande tooke shippe and sayled ouer into Englande landing at Douer the tenth day of Iune with his daughter the Duches of Saxonie The duchesse of Saxonie deâ—…iuered of a â—…onne the which was afterwardes deliuered of a sonne at Winchester and hir husbande the Duke of Saxonie came also this yeare into Englande and was ioyfully receyued and honourably interteyned of the king his father in lawe There died this yeare sundry honorable personages as Simon Erle of Huntington that was son to SimoÌ„ Erle of Northampton after whose decease the king gaue his erledome vnto his brother Dauid or as Radulfus de Diceto sayth Death of noble men bycause the said Simon died without issue the king gaue the Erledom of Huntingt vnto Wil. king of Scots son to Erle Henry that was son to K. Dauid Also the Erle of Warwik died this yere Thomas Fitz Bernard L. chiefe iustice of the Forests which roumth Alain de Neuill had enioyed before him But now after the death of this Tho. Fitz Bernard The gouernment of the forests deuided the k. diuided his forests into sundrie quarters to euerie quarter he appointed foure iustices two of y e spiritualtie two knights of the temporaltie beside two generall wardens that were of his owne-seruants to be as surueyers aboue all other Foresters of vert venison whose office was to see that no misorder nor spoyle were committed within any groundes of Warren coÌ„trarie to the assises of Forests There dyed this yeare also diuerse Prelates as foure Bishoppes to witte Gerald surnamed la Pucelle Bishop of Chester Walranne Bishop of Rochester Ioceline Bishop of Salisburie and Bartholmew bishop of Exeter There died also diuerse Abbots vpon the .xvj. of Febuarie died Richard Archbish of Canterburie in the .xj. yeare after his first entring into the gouernment of that sea His bodie was buried at Canterburie He was noted to be a man of euill life and wasted the goodes of that Churche inordinately It was reported that before his death
Ryuer they spoyled and wasted Kent Southerie Sussex Barksh Hāpshire and as is before sayd a great part of Wilshire 1111 The king and the peeres of the realme not knowing otherwise how to redresse the matter The king sendeth to the Danes Simon Dun. sent Ambassadors vnto the Danes offring them great summes of money to leaue off suche cruell wasting and spoyling of the lande Fabian ex Antonino The Danes exercised passing great crueltie in the winning of that Citie as by sundrie Authors it doth and may appeare The Archbishop Elphegus taken Hen. Hunt They slue of menne women and children aboue the number of .viij. thousand They tooke the Archbishop Elphegus with an other Bishop named Godwyn Also Abbot Lefwyn Alseword the kings Baylif there They spared no degree insomuch that they slue and tooke .900 priestes and other men of religion Antoninus Vincentius And when they had taken their pleasure of the Citie they set it on fire and so returned to their ships VVil L◅mb ex Asserio Meneuensi alijs There be that write that they tithed the people after an inuerted order slaying the whole nines through the whole multitude and reserued the tenth so that of all the Monkes there were but foure saued and of the lay people .4800 whereby it followeth that there dyed .43200 persons and hereof is gathered that the citie of Canterburie the Countrey thereabouts the people whereof belike fled thither for succor was at that time verie well inhabited so as there haue not wanted sayth Master Lambert which affyrme that it had then more people than London it selfe 1112 Hen. Hunt But now to our purpose In the yeare next ensuing vpon the Saterday in Easter weeke after that the Bishop Elphegus had bin kept prisoner with them the space of .vj. or .vij. monethes they cruelly in a rage led him fortb into the fields and dashed out his braynes with stones The Archbishop Alphegus murthered bycause he would not redeeme his libertie with three M. pound which they demaunded to haue bin leuied of his farmers and tenants This cruell murther was cōmitted at Grenewich foure miles distant from London the .xix. of Aprill where he lay a certaine time vnburied Myracles but at length through miracles shewed as they say for myracles are all wrought now by deade men and not by the liuing the Danes permitted that his bodie might be caried to London Elphegus buried in Lōdon there was it buried in the Church of S. Paule where it rested for the space of ten yeares till king Cnute or Knoght had the gouernment of this lande Translated to Canterburie by whose appoyntment it was remoued to Canterburie Turkillus the leader of those Danes by whom the Archbishop Elphegus was thus murthered helde Norffolke and Suffolke vnder his subiection VVil. Mal. Turkillus held Norffolk and Suffolke and so continued in those parties as chief L. and gouernor But the residue of the Danes at length xlviii thousād pound as sayth Simon Du. Mat. VVest compounding with the Englishmen for◅ tribute to be payed to them of .viij. M. pounde spred abrode in the countrey soiourning in cities townes and villages where they mighte finde most conuenient Harbrough Moreouer fortye of their Shippes H. Hunti◅ ▪ or rather as some write .xlv. were retayned to serue the king promising to defende the Realme with condition that the Souldiers and Mariners should haue prouision of meate and drinke with apparell found them at the kings charges As one Authour hath gathered Sweyne king of Denmarke was in England at the concluding of this peace which being cōfirmed with solemne othes and sufficient Hostages he departed into Denmarke Also the same Authour bringeth the generall slaughter of Danes vppon Saint Bry◅es daye Mat. VVest to haue chaunced in the yeare after the conclusion of this agreement that is to witte in the yeare .1012 at what tyme Gunthildis the sister of King Swaine was slaine Gunthildis the sister of K. Swaine murthered with hir husbande and sonne by the commaundement of the false traytour Edrike But bycause all other Authours agree that the same murther of Danes was executed aboute tenne yeares before thys supposed tyme wee haue made rehearsall thereof in that place Howbeeit for the death of Gunthilde it maye bee that shee became Hostage eyther in the yeare .1007 at what tyme King Egelred payed thirtie thousande pounde vnto king Swayne to haue peace as before you haue hearde or else myght shee bee delyuered in hostage in the yeare .1011 when the last agreement was made with the Danes as aboue is mētioned But when or at what time soeuer she became hostage this we finde of hir that she came hither into England with hir husband Palingus VVil. Mal. a mightie Earle and receyued baptisme here Wherevpon she earnestly trauailed in treatie of a peace betwixt hir brother king Egelred whiche being brought to passe chiefely by hir suyte shee was contented to become an Hostage for performaunce thereof as before is recyted And after by the commaundement of Earle Edricke shee was put to death pronouncing that the shedding of hir bloude woulde cause all England one day fore to rue She was a right beautifull Ladie and tooke hir death without all feare not once chaunging countenaunce though she saw hir husbande and hir onely sonne a yong Gentleman of much towardnesse first murthered before hir face Turkillus discloseth the secretes of the Realme to K. Swayne Turkillus in the meane tyme had aduertised king Swayne in what state things stoode here within the Realme howe King Egelred was negligent onely attending to the lustes and pleasures of the fleshe howe the Noble menne were vnfaythfull and the Commons weake and feeble through wante of good and trustye leaders Simon Dun. Some wryte yet that Turkyll as well as other of the Danes whiche remayned here in Englande was in league with King Egelred insomuche that he was wyth him in London to helpe to defend the Citie agaynst Sweyne when hee came to assault it as after shall appeare Whiche if it bee true a doubt may rise whether Sweine receyued any aduertisement from Turkill to moue him the rather to inuade the realme but suche aduertisements might come from him before that he was accorded with Egelred Swaine prepareth an armie to inuade Englande Swayne therefore as a valiaunt Prince desirous both to reuenge his sisters death and win honour prepared an huge armie and a greate number of Shippes with the whiche hee made towardes Englande and firste comming to Sandwiche taryed there a small while He landeth at Sandwich 1013 and taking eftsoones the Sea compassed aboute the coastes of the East Angles and arryuing in the mouth of Humber sayled vp the water and entring into the Ryuer of Trent he landed at Gaynesbourgh Gaynesbourgh purposing to inuade the Northumbers But they as men brought into great feare for that they
their coūtrey men there the other that could not make shift to get away were slain anon after by the English men that one of them was not to bee founde aliue within any of the English Dominions And such was the ende of the Pictes that fledde vnto the English men for succour In this meane tyme the Scottish king Donald being restored againe to his Countrey was receyued with more ioy and honour than hee had deserued in hope yet by this scourge of aduerse fortune that he woulde haue reformed his former abuses Neuerthelesse King Donald falleth to hys old vices againe he had not bin at home any long time but that he fell to his old vicious trade of life againe remouing from his companie suche honorable personages as wished the suretie of his estate with the aduācement of the cōmon welth to the reliefe and ease of his poore miserable subiects At length the nobles of the realm perceiuing the daunger that their countrey stoode in by reason of Donaldes insolent misorder vndiscrete rule and gouernment King Donalde is laid in prisō they found meanes to apprehend and commit him vnto safe keeping but the monstrous creature within a fewe dayes after he was thus put in ward He slaieth him selfe in prison 860. in great desperation slue himselfe in the sixt yeare after he began his infortunate raigne in the yeare of our saniour 860. The same yeare that the realme of Scotlande was brought vnto such miserable state by the puissant force of the English men and Brytains as aboue is rehearsed there were sundrie wonders heard of in the countrey A young babe giueth warning vnto hys mother as in Lothian a childe of one Moneth olde and a halfe admonished the mother to flie out of that countrey for it woulde come to passe that the enimies shoulde come and take that region out of the Scottish mens hands Beasts also as they were pasturing abrode in the fieldes there roaring after a straunge sort Beastes roaryng dyed sodenly dyed Fishes likewise in shape resembling the figure of man Fishes lyke in shape to men were founde deade in the sandes of the Scottish sea In Galloway there fell such abundance of Adders and Snakes out of the skie Adders snakes fell downe out of the sky that the ayre being corrupted with the sauour of them lying on the grounde both men and beastes dyed of certain diseases which they tooke through infection thereof Such as were accounted to be skilfull in diuination affyrmed that these things did signifie an infortunate raigne with an euill ende vnto king Donalde as afterwardes it happened The interpretation of the prodigious things who hauing made away himselfe in prison as before is expressed Constantine the sonne of king Kenneth was crowned king at Scone King Cōstantine Crowned in the Chayre of Marble there according to the maner as then vsed After his first entring into the estate he would gladly haue gone in hād with the warres against y e English mē He fain would recouer his predecessours losses to haue recouered out of their possessions those countreys which they had lately taken from the Scottes in his predecessors time but his counsell aduised him otherwise He was aduised otherwise by his counsel declaring that the estate of the common wealth was so decayed by the misgouernance of his sayde predecessour that till the same were refourmed and suche intestine discorde as through licencious libertie raigned amongst his subiects might be appeased and quieted there was no hope to atchieue anye worthie enterprise abrode agaynst forraine enimies Hereupon by theyr aduertisements and good aduice Misorders are redressed hee deuised a reformation of all such misorders as were growen vp in al partes of his realme and first for the spiritualtie he ordayned that Priestes should attende their cures Priestes should onely attende their vocation and not to intermeddle with any secular businesse but to be free from going forth to the warres neyther should they keepe horses hawkes or hounds And if any of them wer found negligent in doing his duetie apperteyning to his vocation A penaltie for not doing their dueties he should for the first fault forfeyt a peece of money but for the second he should lose his benefice Youth shoulde eate but one meale a day For the youth of his realme he tooke order to brydle them the better from wanton delites and sensuall lustes that none of them shoulde haue past one meale a day and that of no fine or daintie delicates and to abstaine from all such drinke as might distemper their brayne so that if anye yong person Drunkennes punished with death either man or woman were known to be dronken they should die for it He commaunded further that all the youth of his realme shoulde exercise running wrastling shooting throwing of the dart and bowle so to auoyde slouthfulnesse that their bodies myghte with such exercises be made the more able to endure paynes and trauaile and for the same purpose he tooke order that they shoulde lye vpon the bare bourdes with one mantell onely throwne vnder them Youth to be treined vp in hardnesse so that they should tast nothing neither by day nor night that might noozell them in any wanton delytes or effeminate pleasures Kepers of bāketting houses to be banished It was also ordeyned that all such as kept vitayling houses for banketting cheare should be banished the realme with those that kept brothell houses Thus were the Scottes by obseruing of these ordinances Scottes were made sober able to abyde hardnes made within short time of gluttons excessiue feeders sober and temperate men of delicate and easefull persons hard tough and able to abide any trauail or labour were the same neuer so painfull and hereof the state of the common wealth began to grow to good perfection so that Constantines administration was lyked of the most part of all his subiects The first that went about to disquiet the prosperous raigne of that worthie Prince was one Euan Euan disquieted the king and realme a man of an aūcient house borne in the Westerne Iles. Such hath bene the vnquiet nature of the Scottish men euen from the beginning The vnquiet nature of Scottish men neuer to liue contented any long tyme eyther with peace or warre for being once a wearied with the charges of the warres they straight wayes wishe for peace and hauing in time of peace heaped togither some wealth then can they not suffer the gouernment of their superiours but either are readie to fall out with some forraine enimie or else to raise some commotion amongst themselues This Euan therefore being the kings Lieutenant of his Castell of Dunstafage in Louchquhaber Euan Lieutenant of Dunstafage conspireth agaynst the king practised a conspiracie agaynst the king with a number of other light persons being gentlemen borne mislyking the administration of things onely
with all other moueable goodes of the partie that herein offendeth Suche as be appointed gouernours or as I may cal them captaines that buye within those limites Captaynes where their charges lie any lāds or possessions Bying of lāds shal lose both the land possessions money whiche they haue payde for the same And if any of the sayde captaines or gouernours mary their sonnes or daughters vnto any maner of person that dwelleth within the boūds of theyr roumes they shall lose their office neyther shall it be lawfull for any of theyr sonnes or coperceners to occupie the same office These and the like commendable lawes Makbethes counterfayte zeale and equitie Makbeth caused to be put as then in vse gouerning the realme for the space of tenne yeares in equall iustice But this was but a counterfayte zeale of equitie shewed by him partely against his naturall inclination to purchase thereby the fauour of the people Shortly after he beganne to shewe what he was in steede of equitie practising crueltie Makbeths giltie conscience For the pricke of conscience as it chaunceth euer in tyrantes and suche as attayne to any astate by vnrightuous meanes caused him euer to feare least he should be serued of the same cuppe as he had ministred to his predecessour The woordes also of the three weird sisters wold not out of his mind which as they promised him the kingdome so lykewise did they promise it at the same time vnto the posteritie of Banquho He willed therefore the same Banquho with his sonne named Fleaunce Makbethes deuise to slea Banquho and his sonne to come to a supper that he had prepared for them which was in deede as he had deuised present death at the handes of certaine murtherers whome he hyred to execute that deede appoynting them to meete with the same Banquho and his sonne without the palayce as they returned to theyr lodgings and there to slea thē so that he woulde not haue his house slaundered but that in time to come he might cleare himselfe if any thing were layde to his charge vpon any suspition that might arise It chaunced yet by the benefite of the darke night that though the father were slaine Banquho is slayne but his sonne escapeth the son yet by the helpe of almightie God reseruing him to better fortune escaped that daunger afterwardes hauing some inckling by the admonition of some frendes which he had in the courte howe his life was sought no lesse then his fathers who was slayne not by chaunce medley as by the hādling of the mater Makbeth would haue had it to appeare Fleaunce Banquhoes sonne fleeth into Wales but euen vpon a prepensed deuise wherevpon to auoyde further perill he fledde into Wales But here I thinke it shall not much make agaynst my purpose if according to the order which I find obserued in the Scottish historie I shall in fewe wordes here rehearse the originall line of those kings whiche haue discended from the foresayde Banquho that they The lyne of the Scottishe kings whiche haue enioyed the kingdome by so long continuaunce of discent from one to an other that euen vnto these our dayes may be knowen from whence they had theyr first beginning Fleaunce therfore as before is sayd fled into Wales where shortly after by his curteous and amiable behauiour he grew into such fauour and estimation with the prince of that countrey that he might vnneath haue wisshed any greater at length also he came into such familiar acquaintance with the sayd princes daughter Fleaunce defloureth the prince of Wales his daughter that she of courtesie in the ende suffred him to get hir with childe whiche being once vnderstood hyr father the prince conceyued such hatefull displeasure towardes Fleaunce Fleaunce is slayne that he finally slewe him and helde his daughter in moste vile estate of seruitude for that she had consented to be on this wise defloured by a straunger Walter the sonne of Fleaunce At the last yet she was deliuered of a sonne named Walter who within few yeares proued a man of greater courage and valiancie than any other had commonly bene founde although he had no better bringing vp than by his graūdfathers appointment amongst the baser sorte of people His bringing vp Howbeit he shewed euer euen frō his infancie The stoute stomake appearing in Walter from his childehood that there reigned in him a certaine stoutnesse of stomake ready to attēpt high enterprises It chaunced that falling out with one of his cōpanions after many taunting woordes which passed betwixt them the other to his reproch obiected that he was a bastard begottē in vnlawfull bed wherewith being sore kindled in his raging furie he ran vpō him slew him out of hād Walter fleeth into Scotland Then was he glad to flee out of Wales and cōming into Scotland to seeke some frendshippe there he happened into the cōpanie of suche Englishmen Saint Margaret as were come thither with Queene Margaret behaued himself so soberly in all his demeanour that within a while he was highly esteemed amongst them Not long after by such meanes atteyning to the degree of high reputation Walter sent with an army to dau◅at rebelles he was sent with a great power of men into the Westerne Isles into Galloway and other partes of the realme to deliuer the same of the tirannie and iniurious oppression there exercised by diuers misgouerned persons which enterpryse according to his commission he atchieued with such prudent policie manhoode that immediatly vpon his returne to the court Walter made Lorde Steward of Scotland he was made lord Steward of Scotland with assignemēt to receyue the kings rents dueties out of all the partes of the realme This Walter Stewarde had a sonne named Alane Steward Alane Stewarde who went after with Godfrey of Bullion duke of Lorraine and Robert duke of Normandy sonne to king William the basterd that conquered England into the holy lande at what time they with other westerne Princes made the great iourney thither The iourney into the holy lande Alexander Steward in the yere .1099 Alane had issue Alexander Steward that founded the abbay of Pasley of S. Benedictes order Walter Steward whose valiancie was wel notified at the batayle of Largis as hereafter shal be shewed was the sonne of the sayde Alexander Walter Steward The same Walter had issue .ij. sonnes Alexander steward the son of Walter the one named Alexander fought right valiantly in defence of his father at the foresayd batayle and the other named Robert Steward got the landes of Terbowtoun Robert steward and maried the heyre of Crukeistoun from whom descended the Earles of Leuenax and Dernly Moreouer the aboue mencioned Alexāder Steward that founded Pasley had diuers mo sonnes as Iohn Iames Iohn steward and Iames steward with sundry other Howbeit they tooke new
sonnes deathe and that neyther she nor any other durst breake the matter vnto hir husbande she deuised a shifte how to signifie that to hym by outwarde signes whyche by worde of mouth she was afrayde to expresse The policie of Thira to signifie to hir husband the death of theyr sonne Canute as thus She caused moorning apparell to be made for hir husbande and putting off hys royall robes cladde hym therewith and other thyngs apperteyning to moorners she also put about hym and prepared all suche furniture and necessaries as were vsed for funerall exequies witnessing the lamentable griefe conceyued for the losse of some friende with that kinde of mourning weede and funerall ceremonies Whiche when Gurmo perceyued Woe is mee saith hee you then signifie the death of my sonne Canute Wherevnto shee made aunswere that hee and not shee dyd discouer the trueth of that whiche was meante by those moorning garmentes and with that speeche ministred cause of hir husbandes deathe whereby shee became presently a Widdowe not openly moorning for hir sonne before shee mourned like wise for hir husbande for hee tooke suche griefe for Canutes deathe that immediately he dyed through sorowe and dolor Gurmo dyeth of sorowe so as Thyra was thus â—…riuen to lamente as well the deathe of hir sonne as of hir husbande both at once but nowe to the purpose of the Irish historie Yee haue thus partly hearde what the Danishe writers doe recorde in their histories touchyng the Conquestes whych theyr people made in Irelande but whether the same bee meante of that whyche goeth before or rather of that whiche followeth touchyng the trade whyche the Norwegian Merchauntes vsed 〈◊〉 or whether the Irishe writers haue passed these iourneys ouer with silence whiche the Danishe writers in forme as before is touched doe make mention of I cannot affirme But lykeâ—… is that as the Danes or Normans whether you will call them dyd inuade Irelande as well as England France and Scotlande in those days according to the reporte of theyr writers and that by way of open warre as well to conquere the countrey as to take prayes prisoners and booties and not for trade of Merchandise onely albeit that they myghte peraduenture so get entrie at the firste as by the Irish histories it should seeme they dyd shortly after the slaughter of Turgesius and afterwards when they saw theÌ„selues setled and perceyued that they beganne to growe to be enuyed of their Irishe neybors who therevpon woulde not sticke to molest them as occasions serued they saw no better meane to assure themselues against their aduersaries than to send vnto their couÌ„treymen which in those dayes roued abrode as before I haue said in euery quarter of this our west Ocean wayting for oportunitie to aduance their conquests in each countrey where any thing might be gotteÌ„ and so this may agree very well with the Irishe writers whome as I do not take vppon me to controll but rather to report the historie as I find it by them writteÌ„ I will proceede with the order whiche they followe After the countrey was deliuered of the tyrannie wherewith it was oppressed by the same Turgesius and his people Danes or NorwegiaÌ„s whether they were for so Cambrensis esteemeth them the Irishe deliuered of seruile bondage fell to their old wonted vomit in persecuting each other and hauing lately defaced theyr fortifyed Townes and Castels as receptacles couertes for the enimie all sides lay more open to receyue harme This beeing perceyued and throughly considered the Princes that in y e late rule of Turgesius had espied some towardnesse to wealth ease fell in hand to discourse the madnesse and folly of their auncestors whiche sawe not the vse of that which their enimies abused they begunne to loth their vnquiet trade of life to wish eyther lesse discord or more streÌ„gth in each mans dominion to cast the danger of naked countreys ready to call in the enimies as the strength of fortes and Castels was a meane to preserue them from losse Fayne would they haue prouided remedie in this case if they had knowne how The former subiection though it seemed intollerable yet they felt therein proceeding steppes towards grace The gayne that rose of MerchaÌ„dise rest and suretie to the whole estate of the Countrey For the differeÌ„ce was great betwixt the endeuors of the two nations Norwegians and Irish The first knew the way to thriue might they get some commodious seates and soyle The other had commodities plentie and cared not for them While the Princes and Potentates stayed vpon suche a good consideration certayne Merchants of Norway Denmarke of other those parties called 〈◊〉 or as in our vulgar laÌ„guage wee tearme them Easterlings bycause they lie East in respect of vs Easterlings began to trade into Irelande although indeede they are by other named properly Normans and partly Saxons obteyned licence safely to arriue here in Ireland with their wares and to vtter the same Herevpon the Irish through traffike and bartering with these Normans or Danes for so are they called also in our English Chronicle by exchanging of wares and money finding them ciuill and tractable and deliting also with gay concents brought into them by those MerchaÌ„ts such as till they sawe them they neuer esteemed needefull they began to enter into a desire that a trade mighte be open betwixt them and the other nations where vpon to allure other they licenced these MerchaÌ„t strangers to build They builde townes on the Sea coasts if they thought good hauen Townes in places most commodions this was no sooner graunted than begunne and with speede finished Then by the help and counsell of these men many Castels Fortes Steeples and Churches euery where were repaired And thus are the Irishe mingled also with the bloud of the Danes Norwegians or Normans who from thencefoorth continually flocked into Irelande to the greate commoditie of the inhabitants liuing amongst them obediently till welth pricked and moued them to reyse rebellion but they could not haue holden out had not the conquest ensuing determined both their quarrels The Merchant straÌ„gers moue Rebellion In the meane while they became Lordes of the hauens and burrowe townes planted men of warre in the same and oftentimes skirmished with their aduersaries but yet measured their fortune with indifferent gain and exept no higher than the same woulde gyue them leaue The fielde of Clontars onely a memorie is left of their fielde in Clontars where diuers of the Irishe nobilitie were slayne that lie buried before the Crosse of KylmaynaÌ„ These are by our author not without good iudgemeÌ„t reported to be Danes which people then beeing Paganes sore afflicted Englande and after that France from whence they came again into England with William Conqueror so that those people called Ostomanni Esterlings NormaÌ„s Danes NorwegiaÌ„s Suedeners are in effect al one nation borne in y t huge region called Scandinauia The seuerall names of
the banke of the Riuer of Sayne named Chateau Galiard Chasteau Galyard buylt which when it was finished he fell a iesting thereat and sayd behold is not thys a fayre daughter of one yeares growth The soile wher this Castel was builded belonged to the Archbishop of Rouen for whiche there followed greate strife betwixte the Kyng and the Archbyshoppe till the Pope tooke vp the matter as before ye haue heard After this he determined to chastise certayne persons in Poictou whiche during the warres betwixt him and the Frenche King had ayded the Frenchmen against him wherevpon with an army he passed forthe towards them but by the way he was enformed that one Widomer a Vicount in the countrey of Britayne Images of a Emperor an◅ of his vvyf◅ and children of fine gold◅ The Annal◅ of Aquitayn◅ hadde found a great treasure and therfore pretending a right therto by vertue of his prerogatiue hee sent for the Vicoūt who smelling out the matter and supposing the King woulde not be indifferent in parting the treasure fled into Lymosin where although the people were tributaries to the K. of England yet they tooke part with the French King Ther is a town in y e contrey called Chaluz Cheuerell Chalus Cheuerelle Rog. Houe◅ into whiche the sayde vicount retired for safegarde of himselfe and then gaue the townsemen a greate portion of treasure to the ende they should defend him and his quarel for the rest King Richarde still following him as one that coulde not auoyd his fatal ordinance hasted into the confines of Lymosin fully determining eyther to winne the towne by force if the inhabitants should make resistance or at the lest wise get into his hands the praie which he so earnestly pursewed At his first approch he gaue many fierce assautes to the Towne but they within hauing thoroughly prouided aforehande for to defende a siege so resisted his attempts King Richa◅ besiegeth C◅lus that within three dayes after his comming he ceassed to assaulte the towne meaning to vndermine the walles which otherwise he perceyued would very hardly be gotten considering the stoutenesse of them within and withall the naturall strengthe and situation of the place it self Herevpon therfore the .xxvj. of March whiles he together with capitayn Marchades goeth about vnaduisedly to view y e town the better to consider y e place which waye hee might conueye the course of his myne they came so farre within daunger He is vvo◅ that the king was striken in the left arme or as some write in the shulder where it ioyned to the necke Rad. Nig◅ wyth a quarrel enuenimed as is to be supposed by the sequele Being thus wounded he gat to his horse and rode home agayne to his lodgyng where hee caused the wounde to be searched and bounde vp and as a man nothing dismayde therewith hee continued his siege with such force and assurance that within twelue dayes after the mishappe the towne was yelded vnto hym althoughe verye little treasure to make any great accompt of was at that time founde therin In this meane season the king had committed the cure of his wounde vnto one of Marchades his surgeons who taking in hand to pluck out the quarrel drew forth only the shaft at the first and left the yron still within and afterwardes going about most vnskilfully to get forth y e head of the saide quarrel he vsed suche incisions and so mangled the kings arme ere he coulde cut it that he himselfe dispaired of all helpe and lenger life The king des◅ired of lyfe affirming flasly to such as stood about him that he could not long continue by reason of his but ◅herly handling To be short feling himself to waxe weaker and weaker and preparing his mind to death which he perceiued now to be at hand ◅e ordeyneth ◅s testament he ordeined his testament or rather reformed and added sundry thinges vnto the same which he before had made at the time of his going forth towards the holy land Vnto his brother Iohn he assigned the crowne of Englande and all other his lands and dominions causing the nobles ther presēt to swear fealtie vnto him His money his iewels and all other his goods mouable he willed to be diuided into .3 partes of the which Otho the emperor his sisters sonne to haue one ◅g Houedē his householde seruantes an other part and the third to be distributed to the poore Finally remmebring himself also of the place of his burial he cōmaunded that his body shuld be enterred at Fonreuerarde at his fathers feet but he willed his hart to be conueyed vnto Rouen Mat. Pa◅ and there buryed in testimonie of the loue whiche he had euer borne vnto that citie for the stedfaste faithe and tryed loyaltie at all tymes found in the citizēs there His bowels he ordeined to be buryed in Poictiers as in a place naturally vnthankefull and not worthy to reteine any of the more honorable partes of his bodye Moreouer he caused the Arcbalestar that had wounded him to be soughte out whose name was Barthram de Gurden ◅g Houed or as some write he named himselfe Peter Bafill who being broughte before him he demanded wherin he had so much offended him that he shoulde to ◅ye in awayse to slea him rather than Marchades who was then in his company and attendant on his person The other answered boldly again saying I purposed to kil thee bicause thou slewest my father and two of my brethren heretofore and wouldest also now haue slayn me if I had hapned to fall into thy hands Wherfore I entended to reuenge their deaths not caryng in the meane tyme what became of my self so that I might in any wyse obteyne my will of thee who in suche sort hast bereft me of my friendes The king herkning vnto his wordes and pondering his talke by good aduisement ◅at Paris he freely pardoned him and with all commaunded that he shoulde be sette at libertie and thereto haue an hundred shillings giuen hym in his purse and so to bee lette goe Moreouer he gaue straight chardge that no manne should hurte him or seeke anye reuenge for thys his deathe hereafter Thus the penitent prince not only forgaue but also rewarded his aduersarie Howbeit after his deceasse Marchades getting him into his hands he first caused the skinne to be stripped of his bodie and after hanged him on a gibet At length king Richard by force of sickenesse increased with anguish of the incurable wounde King Richard departed th◅ lyfe departed this lyfe on the tuisday before Palme-Sunday beyng the ninth of Apryll and the .xj. day after he was hurt in the yeare after the birth of our Sauior .1199 in the .xliij. yeare of his age and after he had reigned ix yeares .ix. monethes and odde dayes he lefte no issue behind him His stature and shape of body Gal. Vins◅ His disposition of mynde He was of stature tall
off in many yeres before It beganne about euensong time in the South A mighâ—… vvinde and that with suche force that it ouerthrewe blew down strong and mighty buildings as towers steeples houses and chimneis This outrageous winde continued thus for the space of sixe or seuen days whereby euen those buildyngs that were not ouerthrowen and broken downe were so shaken yet that they without repairing were not able long to stande After this followed a very wette season An. reg â—… namely in the Sommer time and haruest so that muche corne and hay was loste for want of seasonable weather to gather the same The Lorde Lionell the Kynges sonne went ouer into Irelande to be deputie to his father there and was created Duke of Clarence and his brother Eadmunde was created Erle of Cambridge Creations of the Kinges sonnes to degrees of 〈◊〉 Hen. Maâ—… Also Edwarde Prince of Wales was by his father Kyng Edwarde inuested Duke of Guyenue and did homage vnto his father for the same in lyke maner and forme as his father and other Kynges of Englande were accustomed to doe for the saide Duchie vnto the Kynges of Fraunce And afterwardes about the feaste of Candlemasse nexte ensuing the said Prince sayled into Gascoigne The Prince 〈◊〉 Wales pasâ—…eth ouer into Guyenne Tho. VVals â—…dditions to â—…d Merimuth 〈◊〉 â—…ustes in â—…hfielde The Staple of rolâ—…es remoâ—…ed to Caleis A parliament and arriued at Burdeaux taking vpon him the gouernement and rule of the countrey Moreouer this yeare the fiue firste dayes of May were kept royall Iustes in Smithfielde by London the King and Queene beeing presente with a great multitude of the nobles and GeÌ„tlemen of both the Realmes of England France at whiche time came hither Spanyards Cipriottes and Armenians requiring ayde of the K. against the Infidels that sore molested theyr coÌ„fynes The staple of woolles was this yeare remoued to Calais Also the sixteene of October a Parliament began that was called at Westminster whych coÌ„tinued til y e feast day of S. Brice on which day the K. that time fiftie yeres then past was borne wherevpon as it were in the yeare of his Iubilei he shewed himselfe the more gracious to his people A pardon granting pardon to offendors releassing prisoners and reuoking outlawes Moreouer it was ordeined in this ParliameÌ„t that no maner of person of what estate or degree so euer hee was 〈◊〉 statute aâ—…ainst pâ—…â—…yoâ—…rs the K. the Q. and Dukes onely excepted should haue any purueyers of vittailes nor should take vp any thing without ready paiment and those that from thencefoorth did contrary to this ordinance should bee extremely punished 〈◊〉 Subsidie There was granted to the K. in this Parliament .26 ss eight d of euery sacke of woolle y t was to be transported ouer to the Sea for three yeres next ensuing Furthermore at the sute of the commons it was ordeyned and established by an acte in thys Parliament deuised that meÌ„ of law shuld pleade their causes â—…awyers to â—…leade theyr â—…es in Englishe Caxton Scholemaisters to teache scholers to coÌ„strue their lessons in Englishe and write their actions and plaintes in the Englishe tong and not in the Frenche as they had bin accustomed to doe euer since the coÌ„querors time It was ordeined also that Scholemaisters should teache their scholers to construe their lessons in English and not in french as before they had bin vsed The king shewed so much courtesie to the french hostages that he permitted them to goe ouer to Calais and there being nere home to purchase friendshippe by oft calling on their friends for their deliuerance They were suffered to ryde too and fro about the marches of Calais for the space of foure dayes togyther so that on the fourth day before sunne setting they returned into Calais againe The Duke of Anion turning this libertie to serue his owne turne departed from thence went home into France w tout making his fellowes priuie to his purpose 1262 An. reg 37. 〈◊〉 VVals This yeare a Parliamente was called by the Kyng whiche began the ninth of October from the whiche none of the noble men could obteyne licence to be absent In this Parliament all riche ornamentes of golde and siluer vsed to be worne in knyues Addi to Adam Merimuth A statute of atay agaynste costly apparel girdles duches rings or otherwise to the settyng foorth of the body were prohibited except to suche as might dispende tenne pound by yeare Moreouer that none should weare any ryche clothes or furres except they myght dispende an hundred pound by yeare Moreouer it was enacted that labourers and husbandmeÌ„ should not vse any dayntie dishes or costly drinkes at their tables But these suche other actes as were deuised established at this Parliament toke non effect as after it appeared In this yeare Three kinges come into England aboute businesse with K. Edward there came into Englande to speake with Kyng Edwarde concerning theyr waightie affaires three Kyngs that is to witte the Kyng of Fraunce the Kyng of Scotlande and the Kyng of Cypres They were honorably receiued and highly feasted The K. of Scotlande and the K. of Cipres after they had dispatched theyr businesse for the which they came returned backe againe but the Frenche Kyng fell sicke and remayned heere till hee dyed as in the nexte yeare yee shall heare He arriued heere in Englande about the latter ende of this yeare and came to Eltham where King Edward as then lay on the four and twentith day of Ianuary and there dyned 1364 After dyner hee tooke his Horse and rode towarde London and vppon blacke heath the Citizens of London cladde in one kynde of liuerie and very well horsed met him and conueid him from thence thorough London vnto the Sauoy where his lodging was prepared About the beginning of Marche in this eight and thirtith yeare An. reg 38. the forenamed Frenche Kyng fell into a greuous sicknesse of the whiche he dyed the eight day of Aprill folowing The death of the French K. His corps was conueyed into Fraunce and there buryed at S. Denice his exequies were kepte heere in Englande in diuers places right solemnely Fabian by Kyng Edwards appoyntment This yere by reason of an extreme sore frost continuing from the seauen and twentith daye of September last passed vnto the beginning of Aprill in this eight and thirtith yeare or rather from the seauenth day of December till y t ninetenth day of Marche as Walsingham and other olde writers do write the ground lay vntilde to the greate hinderaunce and losse of all growing things on the earth This yeare on Michaelmas day The battayle of Aulroy before y e Castel of Aulroy not farre distant from the Citie of Vannes in Britaine a sore battell was foughte betwixt y e Lord Charles de Blois and the Lord Iohn of Mountford For when there coulde bee
and as it hath bin reported he enformed the king whether truly or not I haue not to say that the duke franâ—…ly confessed euery thing wherwith he was charged Wherevpon the King sent vnto Thomas Mowbray Erle Marshall and of Notingham to make the Duke secretly away The Earle prolonged tyme for the executing of the kings coÌ„mandement though the K. wold haue had it done with all expedition whereby the King conceiued no small displeasure and â—…rare that it should cost the Earle his life if he quickly obeyed not his commaundement The Earle thus as it seemed in 〈…〉 called 〈◊〉 the Duke at midnight as if he should haue taken shippe to passe ouer into England and there in the lodging called the Priâ—… on Iune he raâ—…sed his seruantes to cast fâ—…ther â—…des vpon hym â–ª and so to smoother him for death or otherwyse tâ—… strangle him with towels as some write This was the ende of that noble man â—…e of nature hastye wyfull and giuen more to warre than to peace and in this greatly to bee discoÌ„mended that he was euer repining against the king in all things whatsoeuer he wished to haue forward He was thus made away not so soon as the brute ran of his death but as it shuld appeare by some authors he remained alyue till the parliament that next ensued and then about the same time that the Erle of Arundell suffred he was dispatched as before ye haue heard His bodie was afterwardes with all funerall pompe conueyd into England and buryed at his owne manour of Plashy within the church there In a sepulchre whiche he in his life tyme had caused to he made and there erected The same euening that the K. departed from London towardes Plashye to apprehende the Duke of Gloucester The Earle of â—…all appreed the Erle of Rutlande and the Erle of Kent were sent with a greate number of men of armes archers to arrest the Erle of Arundell whiche was done easily inough by reason that the sayde Earle was trayned wyth fayre wordes at the kings handes till hee was within his daunger where otherwyse he mighte haue bin hable to haue saued hymselfe and deliuered his frendes The Earle of Warwike was taken and coÌ„mitted to the Tower the same day that the King hadde willed hym to dinner and shewed him verie good countenaunce There were also apprehended and committed to the Tower the same tyme the Lorde Iohn Cobham and sir Iohn Cheyny knightes The Earle of Arundell was sente to the Isle of Wight there to remayne as prisoner till the next parliament in the whiche he determined so to prouide that they shoulde bee all condemned and put to death And for doubt of some commotion that might aryse amoÌ„gst the commons he caused it by open proclamation to be signified that these noble men were not apprehended for any offence committed long agone but for newe trespasses agaynst the kyng as in the next ParliameÌ„t it shuld be manifestly declared proued Shortly after he procured them to be indited at Notingham suborning suche as should appeale them in parliament The â—…es of â—…e appeâ—…nts to wit Edward erle of Rutlande Thomas Mowbray Erle Marshal Thomas Holland erle of Kent Iohn Holland Erle of â—…ngton 〈…〉 Boâ—… Erle of â—…set Iohn 〈◊〉 Earle of Salisbury Thomas Lorde Speâ—… and the Lorde William Sâ—…ropâ—… Lorde Câ—…berlaine In the meane tyme the King â—…earing what mighte he attempted against 〈◊〉 by those tâ—… fauoured these noblemen thâ—… 〈…〉 sent forâ—… power of Cheshire 〈◊〉 that mighte day and nighte keepe watch 〈◊〉 warde about his person A garde of Cheshire men about the king They were aboute .ij. thousand archers payde weekely as by the Annales of Britayne 〈◊〉 appeareth The King had â—…ttle trust in any of the nobilitie except in hâ—… brother the eldâ—… of Huntington and the Earleâ—… of Rutlandâ—… son to the duke of Yorke and in the Earle of Salusburye in these onely he reposeâ—… a confidence and not in any other except a certain knightes and gentlemen of his priuie chamber In the meane tyme whyles thinges were thus in broyâ—…e before the beginning of the parliament diuers other besyde them whom we haue spoâ—… of were apprehended and put in sundry prisons The Parliament was summoned to begin at Westminster the xvij of September The lordes appoynted to come in vvarlike manner to the parliament and writtes therevpon directed to euery of the Lordes to appeare and to bring with them a sufficient nuÌ„ber of armed men and archers in their best aray for it was not knowen how the Dukes of Lancaster and Yorke would take the death of their brother nor howe other peares of the Realme would take the apprehension and imprisonment of their kynsemen the Earles of Arundell and Warwicke and of the other prisoners Surely the two Dukes when they heard that their brother was so sodainly made away Polidor they will not what to saye to the matter and beganne bothe to be sorowfull for his death and doubtefull of their owne states for sith they sawe howe the Kyng abused by the counsell of euill men absteyned not from suche an heynous acte they thought he would afterwardes attempte greater my sorders from tyme to tyme. Therefore they assembled in all haste greate numbers of theyr seruauntes frendes and tenauntes The Dukes of Lancaster and Yorke assemble their povvers to resiste the Kings dealings and commyng to London were receyued into the Citie For the Londoners were ryghte sorye for the death of the Duke of Gloucester who hadde euer sought their fauour in somuche that now they woulde haue bin contented to haue ioyned with the Dukes in seeking reuenge of so noble a mannes death procured and broughte to passe without lawe or reason as the common bruite then walked although peraduenture he was not as yet made awaye Heere the Dukes and other fell in counsell manie thinges were proponed some wold that they should by force reuenge the duke of Gloucesters death other thought it mere y t the Erles Marshall and Huntington and certaine others as chiefe authours of all the mischiefe shoulde be pursued and punished for their demerites hauing trayned vp the king in vice and euill customes euen from his youth But the dukes after their displeasure was somewhat assuaged determined to couer the stinges of their griefs for a tyme and if the king would amende his maners to forget also the iniuries past In the meane time the K. lay at Eltham Caxton Fabian Polidor and had got about him a greate power namely of those archers which he hadde sent for out of Cheshyre in whome he put a singular trust more than in any other There went messengers betwixt him and the Dukes whiche beeing men of honour did theyr endeuor to appease both parties The Kyng discharged himselfe of blame for the duke of Gloucesters death considering that he had gone about to breake the truce whiche he had taken with France and also stirred the people of
honorably enterteined vvith the french king and him honorably interteined in so much that he had by fauor obteyned in mariage the only daughter of y e duke of Berry vncle to the frenche K. if King Richard had not bin a let in that matter who being thereof certified sent the earle of Salisbury with all speede into France Froissart both to surmise by vntrue suggestion hainous offences against him and also to require the frenche King that in no wise hee woulde suffer his cousin to bee matched in mariage with him that was so manifest an offendor On Neweyeares day this yeare 1399 the riuer that passeth betwixte Suelleston or Snelston and Harewood twoo villages not farre from Bedforde sodeinly ceassed hir course so as the chanell remained drie by the space of three miles that any man might enter into and passe the same drie foote at his plesure This deuision whiche the water made in that place the one part seeming as it were not to come nere to the other was iudged to signifie the reuolting of the subiectes of this land from their naturall Prince althoughe it may be that the water of that riuer sanke into the ground and by some secrete passage or chanell tooke course till it came to the place where it might rise again as in other places is likewise seene Ye haue heard before howe the Archebishop of Canterbury Thomas Arundel was banished the Realme Fabian Roger Walden was made Archbishop of that see who was a greate fauourer of the citie of London the which was eftsoones about this season falne into the kings displeasure but by the diligente labour of this Archebishop and of Roberte Braybrooke then bishop of London vpon the humble supplication of the citizens the kings wrathe was pacified Blanke charters But yet to content the kings mind many blanke charters were deuised and brought into the citie which many of the substanciall welthie citizens were fayne to seale to their greate chardge as in the ende appeared And the like charters were sent abroad into al shires within the realme wherby greate grudge and murmuring arose among the people for when they were so sealed the kings officers wrote in the same what liked them as well for charging the parties with payment of money as otherwise The deathe of â—…e duke of Lancaster In this meane time the duke of Lancaster departed out of this life at the bishop of Elies place in Holborne and lieth buryed in the cathedrall churche of S. Paule in London on the North side of the highe Aulter by the Lady Blaunche his firste wife The death of this duke gaue occasion of encreasing more hatred in the people of this realm towarde the king for he seased into his handes all the goods that belonged to hym and also receyued all the rents and reuenues of his landes whiche ought to haue discended vnto the duke of Hereforde by lawfull inheritaunce in reuoking his letters patents which he had graunted to him before Thom VVal. by vertue wherof he might make his attorneis generall to sue liuery for hym of any maner of inheritaunces or possessions that myghte from thenceforthe fall vnto hym and that hys homage myghte bee respited wyth making reasonable fine wherby it was euident that the king ment his vtter vnâ—… 〈◊〉 Thys hards dealing was muche myâ—… of all the nobilitie and cried out against of the meaner sorte But namely the Duke of Yorke was therewyth sore amoued who before this time had borne things with so pacient a 〈◊〉 as he could though the same touched him 〈◊〉 neare as the death of his brother the Duke of Gloucester the banishment of hys nephâ—… the said duke of Hereford and other mo iniuries 〈◊〉 greate number which for the slippery youth of the king hee passed ouer for the tyme and did forget aswell as he might But now perceiuing that neither law 〈◊〉 nor equitie could take place where the kinges wilful wil was bent vpon any wrongfull purpose he considered that the glorie of the 〈◊〉 wealthe of his countrey must needes decay by reason o the king his lacke of witte and want of suche as would without flattery admonish hym of hys duty and therefore hee thought it the parte of a wise man to get hym in time to a resting place and to leaue the followyng of suche an vnaduised capitaine as wyth a leaders sworde would cut his owne throate Herevpon he wyth the duke of Aumarle his sonne went to his house at Langley The duke of York mistaketh the court and goeth 〈◊〉 reioicing that nothing had mishappened in the common wealthe throughe his deuise or consent The realme let to ferme by the Kyng The common brute â—…anne that the kyng had sette to ferme the realme of England vnto sir Wylliam Scrope Earle of Wiltshire and then treasourer of Englande to sir Iohn Bushy Syr Iohn Bagot and sir Henry Greene Knights Aboute the same time the Earle of Arundels sonne named Thomas whiche was kept in the duke of Exeters house escaped out of the realme by meanes of one Willyam Scot meecer and went to his vncle Thomas Arundell late Archbishop of Canterbury as then soiorning at Coleyn King Richarde beeing destitute of treasure to furnishe suche a Princely porte as he mainteined Tho. VVals borrowed greate summes of money of many of the greate Lordes and Peeres of hys realme both spiritual and temporall and likewise of other meane persones promysing them in good earnest by deliuering to them his letters patentes for assuraunce that hee woulde repay the money so borrowed at a day appointed which notwithstanding he neuer payd Moreoreouer Nevve â—…actionâ—… this yere he caused .xvij. shires of the realme by way of putting theÌ„ to their fines to pay no smal suÌ„mes of money for redeeming their offeÌ„ces that they had aided y e duke of Gloucester the erles of Arudel Warwik wheÌ„ theâ—… rose in armor against him The nobles gentlemeÌ„ and commons of those shires were enforced also to receiue a newe othe to assure the king of their fidelitie in time to come The 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 vvas 〈◊〉 plâ—…ce 〈◊〉 vvere to 〈◊〉 the King vvithall but the same displeâ—… many that vvas that conâ—…d to pay against their vvâ—…es and withall certaine prelates and other honorable persoâ—…ges were sent into the same shites to persuade men to this payment and to see thinges ordered at the pleasure of the Prince and surely the â—…nes whiche the nobles and other the meaner estates of those shires were constrayned to pay were not small but exceeding greate to the offence of many Moreouer the kings letters pâ—…coâ—…tes were sent into euery shire within this land by vertue whereof The people coÌ„â—… their othe 〈◊〉 alegeaâ—…nce by vvriting â—…ed an othe was demaunded of all the kings liege people for a further assuraunce of their due obedience and they were consterined to ratifie the same in writing vnder their handes and seales Moreouer they
no such myschaunce is towarde yet hath it beene of an olde ryte and custome obserued as a token oftentymes notably foregoyng some great misfortune Nowe this that followeth was no warning but an enuious skorne The same morning ere hee was vp came a knight vnto him as it were of courtesie to accompanie him to the Councell but of truth sent by the Protectour to hast him thitherwards with whom he was of secret confederacie in that purpose a meane man at that time and nowe of great authoritie This knight when it happed the Lord ChaÌ„berlayne by the way to stay his horse and commane a while wyth a Priest whome he mette in the Tower streete brake his tale and sayde merily to him what my Lord I pray you come on whereto talke you so long wyth that Priest you haue no neede of a Priest yet and therewyth hee laughed vpon him as though he would say ye shall haue soone But so little wyst the tother what he ment and so little mistrusted that he was neuer meryâ—…r nor neuer so â—…ll of good hope in his lyfe which selfe thing is 〈◊〉 a signe of chaunge But I shall rather set anye thing passe me than the vaine suretie of mannes minde so neare his death Vpon the verie Tower Wharfe so neare the place where his head was off soone after there met he with one Hastings a Pâ—…rseuaunt of his owne name And of theyr meeting in that place hee was put in remembraunce of another tyme in whiche it had happened them before to meete in like maner togither in the same place At which other time the Lorde chamberlaine had beene accused vnto King Edwarde by the Lorde Ryuers the Queenes brother in suche wise as hee was for the while but it lasted not long farre fallen into the kings indignation and stoode in great feare of himselfe And forasmuche as hee now met this Purseuaunt in the same place that ieopardie so well passed it gaue him great pleasure to talke with him thereof wyth whome he hadde before talked thereof in the same place while he was therein And therefore he sayd Ah Hastings art thou remembred when I met thee here once with an heauie heart Yea my Lorde quoth he that remember I well and thanked bee God they gat no good nor you no harme thereby Thou wouldest say so quoth hee if thou knewest as much as I knowe which few know else as yet and mo shall shortly That ment hee by the Lordes of the Queenes kyndred that were taken before and should that day be beheaded at Pomfret which he well wyst but nothing ware that the Axe hung ouer his owne heade In fayth man quoth he I was neuer so sorie nor neuer stoode in so greate dreade in my lyfe as I did when thou and I mette here And lo howe the worlde is turned nowe stand mine enimyes in the daunger as thou mayest happe to heare more hereafter and I neuer in my lyfe so mery nor neuer in so great suretie O good God the blindnesse of our mortal nature when he most feared he was in good suretie when hee reckened himselfe surest he lost his life and that within two houres after The discriptioÌ„ of the Lord Hastings Thus ended this honourable man a good Knight and a gentle of greate authoritie wyth his Prince of lyuing somewhat dissolute plaine and open to his enimie and secrete to hys friend easie to beguile as he that of good heart and courage forestudied no perilles a louyng man and passing well beloued verie faythfull and trustie ynough trusting too much Nowe flewe the fame of this Lordes death swiftly through the Citie and so foorth further about like a wynde in euerie mans eare But the Protector immediately after dinner entending to sette some colour vpon the matter sent in all the hast for many substantiall men out of the Citie into the Tower And at theyr comming himselfe with the Duke of Buckingham stoode harnessed in olde yll faring Bryganders suche as no man shoulde wene that they woulde vouchsafe to haue put vpon theyr backes except that some sodaine necessitie had constrayned theÌ„ And then the Protector shewed them that the Lorde Chamberlayne and other of his conspiracie had contriued to haue sodainly destroyed him and the Duke there the same day in the couÌ„cell And what they intended further was as yet not well knowne Of whiche their treason hee neuer had knowledge before tenne of the clocke the same forenoone whiche sodaine feare draâ—… them to put on for theyr defence such harnesse as came next to hande And so had God holpen theÌ„ that the mischiefe turned vpon them that would haue done it And this hee requyred them to report Euery man aunswered him fayre as though no man mistrusted the matter which of troth no man beleeued Yet for the further appeasing of-the peoples mynde hee sent immediately after dinner in all the haste one Heraulte of Armes The protecâ—… Proclaâ—… with a Proclamation to be made through the citie in the kings name conteyning that the Lord Hastings with diuers other of his traiterous purpose had before conspired the same day to haue slaine the Lorde Protectour and the Duke of Buckingham sitting in the Councell and after to haue taken vpon them to rule the king and the Realme at theyr pleasure and thereby to pill and spoyle whome they lyste vncontrolled And much matter there was in that proclamation deuised to the slaunder of the Lorde Chamberlain as that hee was an euill Counsailer to the kings father intising him to manye things highly redounding to the minishing of his honour and to the vniuersall hurt of his realme by his euil company sinister procuring vngracious ensample as well in many other things as in the vicious liuing and inordinate abusion of his bodie both with many other also specially with Shores wife which was one also of his most secret counsaile of this heynous treason with whome he lay nightly and namely the night last past next before his death so that it was the lesse maruaile if vngracious liuing brought him to an vnhappie ending which he was now put vnto by the most dread commaundement of the kings highnesse and of his honourable and faythfull counsayle both for his demerits being so openly taken in his falsly conceyued treason and also least the delaying of his extention myght haue encouraged other mischieuous persons partners of his conspiracie to gather and assemble themselues togither in making some greate commotion for his delyuerance whose hope now being by his well deserued death politikely repressed all the realme should by Gods grace rest in good quiet peace Now was this Proclamation made within two houres after that he was beheaded it was so curiously indited and so faire written in parâ—…hment in so wel a set hand therwith of it selfe so long a proces y t euery childe might well perceiue that it was prepared before For all the tyme betwene his death the
by some of theÌ„ be came thus to his ende At length the murtherer in deede was condemned at Banburie in Oxfordshyre to die for a felonie which he afterwardes committed and when hee came to the Gallowes on whiche hee suffered he confessed that he did this murther and till that tyme hee was neuer had in anye suspicion thereof The .xxix. of Marche were twelue of the Lincolneshyre Rebelles drawne to Tyborne and there hanged and quartered fiue of them were priestes the residue lay men One of the priestes was Doctour Makarell and another was the vicar of Louth About this season the maner of casting pipes of leade for the conueyaunce of water vnder the ground Grafton The inuention of casting pipes without occupying of sonder to the same was inuented by Robert Brocke Clearke then one of the kings Chaplaynes an inuention right necessarie for the sauing of expenses for two men and a boy will doe that in one day which before could not be done by many men in many dayes Robert Cowper Goldsmyth was the fyrst that made the instruments and put this inuention in practise An. reg 29. In the verie beginning of this yeare certaine Commissioners beeing sent into Somersetshyre to take vp corne the people beganne to make an Insurrection but by the wisedome and diligence of yong master Paulet and others the same was suppressed and the begynners therof to the number of .lx. were apprehended and condemned and xiiij of them were hanged and quartred One of the number being a woman The rest 〈◊〉 were saued by the kings mercifull pardon In Iune the Lorde Daâ—… and the Lorde Husey Execution were arraigned at Westmynster before the Marques of Exceter then high Stewarde where they were found guiltie and haâ—… iudgemeÌ„t as in cases of high treason Shortly after also were arraigned sir Robert Conestable sir Thomas Pâ—…roâ—…e Arraignmeâ—… sir Frances Bigot sir Stephen Hamilton sir Iohn Bâ—…lmeâ—… and his wife or 〈◊〉 her as some report his paramout also William Lomley Nicholas Tempest William Tâ—…t Abbot of Fountaynes Adam Sudburie Abbot of Ierueux William Wolde Prior of Birlington also the Abbot of Ryuers and Robert Aske They were all found guiltie of high treason al put to death Sir Robert Conestable was hanged in Chaâ—…s ouer Beuerley gate at Hul and Robert Aske was also hanged in chaynes on a tower at Yorke and Margaret Cheyuey sir Iohn Bulmers paramor burnt in Smithfield in London The other suffered at Tiborne In the latter end of Iune Execution was the lord Darcy beheaded at the tower hill shortly after the lord Husey was likewise beheaded at Lincolne This yeare at Saint Georges feast was the Lord Cromwell made knight of the Garter In October on Saint Edwardes euen The birth oâ—… king Edwâ—… the sixth which falleth on the twelfth of that Moneth at Hampton court the Queene was deliuered of hir sonne named Edward for whose byrth great ioy was made through the Realme with thankes giuing to almightie God who hadde sent suche a yong Prince to succeede his father in the Crowne of this Realme as afterwarde he did by the name of king Edward the sixt His Godfathers at the Font stone were the Archbishoppe of Canterburie and the Duke of Norffolke The Ladie Marie was his Godmother And at the Bishopping the Duke of Suffolke was his Godfather But as ioy is often myxed with sorrowe The death 〈◊〉 Queene Iaâ—… so at that tyme it came to passe by the death of his mother that noble vertuous Lady Queene Iane whiche departed out of thys lyfe the fourtenth day of this Month of October to the great grief of the whole realme but namely the king hir husband tooke it most grieuously of all other who remouing to Westminster there kept himselfe close a great while after The .viij. of NoueÌ„ber the corps of the Queene was caried to Winsore with great solemnitie there buried in the midst of the Quiere in the castell Church There was also a soleÌ„mn herse made for hir in Pauls church funeral exequies celebrate as well as in al other churches within the Citie of London The king held his Christmas at Greenewich and as well he as all the Court ware mourning apparell till the morow after Candlemasse day and then he and all other chaunged 1538 〈…〉 This yeare the vicount Beauchampe was created Earle of Hertfort and sir William Fitzwilliam Lorde high Admiral was created Earle of Southampton An. reg 30. 〈◊〉 Forest In May a Frier obseruant called Frier Forest was apprehended for that he was knowne in secrete confessions to haue declared to many of the Kings liege people that the king was not supreme heade of the Church where he had by hys othe neuerthelesse affyrmed him so to be Wherevpon in his examination that poynt beyng layde to hys charge he answered that hee tooke his othe with his outwarde man but hys inwarde man neuer consented therevnto But beeyng further accused of dyuerse hereticall and damnable opinions that he helde and mainteyned contrarie to the Scripture at length beyng not able to defende the same he submitted himself to the punishment of y e Church But wheÌ„ vpon thys hys submission hauing more libertie thaÌ„ before he had to talke with whom he would and other hauing libertie to talke with him he was inceÌ„sed by some such as had conference with him that the Frier when his abiuration was sent him to read peruse he vtterly refused it and obstinately stood to al his heresies treasons thervpon he was coÌ„demned and afterwardes on a paire of new gallowes prepared for him in Smithfield he was haÌ„ged by the middle and armholes al quicke and vnder the gallowes was made a fire wherewith hee was consumed and burnt to death 〈◊〉 Forrest 〈◊〉 There were diuers of the counsel present at his death ready to haue graunted him pardon if any spark of repentance would haue appeared in him There was also a Pulpet prepared in whiche that renowmed preacher Hugh Latimer then bishop of Worcester by manifest Scriptures confuted the Friers errors and with many godly exhortations moued him to repentance but hee would neither heare nor speake A little before the execution an huge and great Image was brought to the gallowes This Image was fetched out of Wales which y e Welch men had in great reuereÌ„ce It was named Daruell Gatherne A prophecie They had a prophesie in Wales that this Image shoulde set a whole Forrest on fire which prophecie was nowe thought to take effect for he set this Frier Forrest on fire and consumed him to nothing The Frier when he saw the fire come caught hold on the ladder which he would not let goe but in that sort vnpaciently tooke his death so as if one might iudge him by his outward man he appeared saith Hal to haue small knowledge of God and lesse trust in hym at his ending In Iuly was Edmonde Coningshie attainted of treason
Boucher Iohn redemed 1426.15 Bonnehomme Monkes order first seene and established in England 782.5 Boseham 277.100 Bourne doctor afterward Byshop of Bath is almost slaine as he preacheth 1721.40 Britaine Prouince lost and the tribute ceaseth 101.74 Britaines make slaughter of the Scots and Pictes 101.88 Britaine without any certaine gouernour 102.45 Britaines land into France for sound preachers against Pelagius heresie 119.50 Britaines receiue the grace of God offered in Baptisme 120.31 Britaine deliuered from Pelagius heresie 119.78 and 121.47 Britaines assist Aurelius Ambrose and Vter Pendragon agaynst Vortigernus 122.22 Britaines ouerthrowen by the Saxons at Dyorth 142.111 Britaines ouerthrowen by the Saxons at Fechanley 143.21 Britaine deuided into .vii. or 8. or .9 kingdoms 143.66 Britaines weakened through ciuil dissention 143.93 Britaines constrained to withdrawe into Wales 143.98 Britaine destroyed by Gurmund pitifully 144.27 Britaine deliuered wholy in possession to the Saxons 144.29 Britaine called by the name of Hengistland or England 144.33 Britaines driuen to keepe the possession of three prouinces in Britaine only 145.10 Britaines flie in Armorike Britaine to seeke dwellings 145.34 Britaines gouerned by three kings or tyrantes 145.46 Berennus and his Norwegians put to flight by Guilthdarus kyng of Denmarke 24.2 Brennus and his Norwegians arriuing in Albania are discomfited by Belinus 24.32 Berennus fleeth into Fraunce for succour 24.34 Berennus marrieth the prince of Allobroges Seguinus daughter 25.33 Berennus returneth with an armie into Britaine 25.52 Berennus and Belinus made freendes by intercession of their mother 52.60 Berennus and Belinus passing the seas togeather coquer a great part of Gallia Italy and Germany 25.72 Britaines fall into ciuile discord for the gouernment 75 115. Britaines conspire and rebel agaynst the Romanes 76.29 Britaines eftsoones rebell against the Romanes 76.55 Britaines beyond Adrians wal breake through and slay the Romanes 76.84 Britaines prepare to resist Iulius Cesar 35.27 Britaines readie to defend their countrey 35.80 Britaines put to flight by the Romanes 36.78 Britaines send Ambassadours vnto Cesar for peace 36.86 Britaines deliuer Hostagies vnto Cesar 37.17 Britaines ouerthrowne chased by the Romanes 38.50 Britaines sue the seconde time to Cesar for peace 38.56 British historie called also the new historie 38.72 British youth led foorth of the realme by Maximianus 95.67 British youth after the death of Maximianus withdraweth into Armorica 97.17 97.84 British souldiers of great puissaunce 97.26 99.37 British youth led foorth by sundry ouer the seas 99.31 Britaines send to Rome for aid against the Scots and Pictes 100.2 Britaines chased out of Kent by the Saxons 126.6 Britaines ouerthrowne by the Saxons in Kent 126.26 Britaines fall together by the eares among themselues 126.39 Britaines repulsed by Cerdicus and his people 126.112 Britaines vnder Nathaliod discomfited by the Saxons 127.84 British horsemen put to flyght by the Romane horsemen 40.99 Britaines what they call a towne 42.81 Britaines made tributaries to the Romanes 43.1 Britaines ouerthrowne by the Romanes in a vasley neere Cantorburie 43.83 Britaines at the second time of the Romanes comming refuse the Scottish mens ayde and are vanquished 44.66 Britaine deuided into sundrye estates 44.110 Britaines refuse to pay their couenanted tribute to Augustus Cesar 46.33 Britaines send Ambassadours to Augustus Cesar for peace 46.63 British Princes offer presentes in the Capitoll to y e Romane Gods 47.21 Britaines refuse to pay tribute to the Romanes and make open rebellion against them 47.55 Britaine afflicted by inuasion of barbarous nations 107.65 Britaine likely to be vtterly vanquished by the Scottes and Pictes 111.35 Britaines come against Cenwalch King of West Saxons with an army 176.74 Brute deuideth Britaine betweene his three sonnes 16.35 Britaine receyueth the fayth of Christ .75.1 Britaine the first of all other regions that openly receyueth the Gospell 75.28 Britaines expert in Magike 2.106 Britaines conspire to chase the Romanes out of the countrey 82.4 Bretaimous in Henaud held by Britaines 87.99 Britaine tasteth of Dioclesians crueltie against Christians 87.113 Britaines placed in a parte of Fraunce by Constantinus 92.65 Britaine numbred among the Prouinces that sent to the Sinode of Sardica 94.44 Britaine in Fraunce subdued by Maximianus 95.68 Britaine in Fraunce to hold of the greater Britaine and of the Kings thereof for euer 95.72 Britaines refuse to marry with the maydens of Fraunce 95.84 95.84 Britaines imitate the Romane pleasures and delicacies 69.67 Britaines which inhabite about Calender Wood set vppon the Romanes and are vanquished 70.65 Britaines gather a new power and receiue a great ouerthrowe at the Romanes handes 71.46 Brentford battayle fought by the Englishmen against the Danes 255.7 Brightrick succedeth Kenelwoulf in the kingdome of West Saxons 199.72 Brightrick departeth this life 200.39 Brightrick poysoned as some suppose 200.42 Britaines oppressed by y e Scots and Pictes 96.60 97.20 British and Celtike language all one 4.93 Brightrick King of West Saxons marryeth Ethelburga daughter to Offa. 195.32 Britaine left desolate for lacke of vittaile 183.72 British commons twice vanquished by the Nobilitie 101.21 Britaines disdaine to giue their daughters in marriage to the Pictes 67.53 Britaines discomfited slayne by the West Saxons 130.39 Britaines ouerthrowne by Wightgar and Stuff 130.47 Brute Greenesheâ—â—d bringeth al the realme of Fraunce vnder his subiection 18.37 Brinus conuerteth the West Saxons to y e Christian faith 168.115 Britaines cease to reigne in this land 187.65 Britaines vanquished chased by King Inas 187.100 Brute and Corineus ioyne theyr companyes together 13.80 Britaines vanquished slayne by the Englishmen 165.19 Britaines couenant to finde the Saxons prouision of vitailes 114.56 Britaine spoyled miserably by the Saxons from sea to sea 114.66 Epiford or Aglisthorpe Battaile against the Saxons 115.76 Britaines discomfited by the Saxons flye into the mountaines 117.23 Britaines slayne by treason of the Saxons 118.22 Britaines slaine by the Saxons at a Banket 118.66 Brennus and Belinus sonnes to Mulmucius raigne iointly as Kings in Britaine 23.80 Brutes prayer before the Oracle 12.37 Britaines vanquishe not the Saxons without the ayde of the Scots and Pictes 129.36 Britaines vanquished by Kenricus King of West Saxons and chased 142.53 Britaines weare houpes of yroÌ„ in steede of chaines of golde 79.48 Britaines paint their bodyes with sundry shapes of foules and beastes 79.51 Britaines hardnes in lodging and diet 79.68 Britaines in old time admitted as well women as men to publique gouernment 61.37 Broughton Thomas knight a man of no small power and aucthoritie in Lancashyre bydeth the Lord Louell 1448.17 conspireth against y e king 1429.42 is slaine in battell 1431.44 Britaines make no account of Christian religion in y e Englishmen 164.11 Britaines ouerthrowne by CeÌ„twyne King of the West Saxons 183. Britaines put to flight by King Iohn 585.55 Broughe Hubert Erle of Kent dyeth 705.32 Britaines begin a new rebellion against Seuerus the Emperour 80.42 Brigantes vanquished by the Romanes and their countrey for the most parte subdued 66.70 Brent Foulkes poysoned dyeth 625.50 Broc Robert accursed 417.27
of the Mers and Tiuidale 1603.42 sente ouer wyth a power to wythstande the enterprises of the Frenchmenne in Bolognois 1607.36 is hyghe Chamberlayne and one of the executers of the kings testamente and the gouernors of the yong Kyng 1611.32 is chosen Lorde Protector of King Edwarde and his dominions 1614.50 adorneth King Edward with the order of Knightehoode eadeÌ„ 4. is created D. of Somerset 1614.14 inuadeth Scotlande 1615.10 his aunswere to Huntiers chalenge 1621.10 sendeth an Epistle exhortatorie vnto the Scottes 1643.40 setteth foorthe a Proclamation for laying opeÌ„ of enclosures 1648. 26. fearing the conspiracie of the Lordes remoueth hastily in the nyghte tyme wyth the yong Kyng to Windsore Castell 1689.10 his letter to the Lorde priuie scale for ayde eadeÌ„ 27. hys letter to the Lords assembled 1699. 30. hath a Proclamation published agaynste hym eadem 50. is commytted to Warde in Beauchampe Tower 1701.10 is committed to the Tower of London eadem 20. hath articles obiected againste hym eadem 28. is restored vnto hys libertie but not his protectorshippe 1702.36 maried hys eldest daughter to Warwike hys eldest sonne 1703.30 is eftsoones committed to the Tower 1709.27 wel beloued of the people eadem 50. condemned of felonie ibidem is executed 1710.10 the two speaches which he vsed at his death eadem 54. is described 1711.52 Semer Thomas Knight is created Lorde Semer and high Admiral 1614 2â—… is atteynted beheaded 164â—… 26 Seneschascie of Fraunce auntiently belongeth to the Earles of Aniou 411.42 Seaâ—…to be passed ouer on foote 353.14 Seuerus the Emperoure seeketh the destruction of Clodius Albinus Lieutenant of Britaine 77.75 Seuerne a Riuer page 1414. col 2. line 38. page 1415. col 2. line 44. Seuerus the Emperoure discended from Androgeus King of Britaine 78.19 Seuerus the Emperoure beginneth to rule ouer Britaine as King 78.26 Seuerus leadeth an army of Romaynes and Britaine 's againste Fulgentius 78.28 Seuerus slaine by FulgeÌ„tius buried at Yorke 78.41 Seuerus the Emperoure prepareth to come into Britaine againste the enimie 78.91 Seuerus the Emperoure ariueth in Britain 79.20 Sebby King of East Saxons professeth himselfe a Monke 181.32 Sebby dyeth and is buried in Sainte Paules in London 181.34 SeruaÌ„ts to Sigeferd and Morcade going aboute to reuenge their masters death are burnt 251.58 Seufred and Sigharde Kings of East Saxons depart this life 190.36 Seille Peter kept in close prison 467.35 Sepulchre of the Lorde found out at Ierusalem by Helene the Empresse 91.106 Sewfred and Sigharde succeede Sebby their father in the Kingdome of the East Saxons 181.42 Seuerus Bishop of Trier commeth ouer with Germane into Britain 121.27 Seguinus or Seginus Duke of the allobroges 24.37 Seuerus the Emperoure maketh manye forreys vpon the Britaines and returneth alwayes conquetor 79.94 Seuerus the Emperoure falleth sicke in Britaine 80.26 Seuerus dyeth rather through sorrowe than sicknesse 80.66 Seuerus eyther restoreth Adrians wall or buyldeth another 81.3 Sempringham William founder of the order of Sempringham dyeth 469.63 Sensuall lust blindeth the vnderstandyng of the wise 113.61 Selred succeedeth Offa in the Kingdome of East Saxons 190.47 Secandone battayle fought by the Mercians against their owne Kyng Ethelbaldus 189.67 Sebby sonne to Suward and Sighere succeede Swidhelme in the kingdome of the East Saxons 179.3 Senators of Rome slayne by the Gaules 26.54 Seuerus Lord Steward to Valentinianus the Emperour sente to reforme matters in Britaine 103.101 Sea ceasseth ebbing and flowing three monethes 716.106 Sergeantes of the lawe created 1837.50 Seuen Bishops in Wales 75.20 Sea seemeth to burne 723.47 Sexburga wife to Lenwalch dyeth 180.72 Sexvulf consecrated Bishop of Mercia 181.12 Sermon made by Thomas Arundell Archbyshop of Cant. 1116.1 a Seuen articles proposed to K. Henry the seconde to amend 422.30 Sedrike made a Nunne in France 169.66 Seuerus Coronell of the footemen sente to ayde Nanncus 105.112 Segburg daughter to the Kyng of East angles wife to Earconberte 169.53 Segninus Duke of Allobroges dyeth 25.42 Seianes Horse whose ryder euer came to some euill ende 202.11 Christofer Seton hanged 242.46 b Selwood 214.80 Seyne the Riuer at Paris frosen 1858.22 Seintleger Anthonie deputie of IrelaÌ„d 1583.29 Seolesew Abbey in Sussex builded 182.83 Sea of a bloudy coloure 61.7 Seuerne Riuer 143.54 Shippe seene in the ayre 734 3â—… Sandall a Castell page 1328. col 2. line 43 Shippes of a strange fasshion and molde driuen by weather into certaine Hauens about Berwik 735.24 Seuerus returneth again into Fraunce 121.49 Seuall Archebishoppe of Yorke dyeth 750.70 Sens Citie in Normandy yeelded to He. 5. pag. 1190. col 1. line 20 Selred K. of East Saxons slayne 197 3â—… Seuerne deuideth Wales from England 16.42 Sem allotted vnto Asia 1.75 Secion cited 2.70 Seymer Iane married to King Henrye the eyght 1561. she dyeth 1570.44 Sheriffes of London their tente which they pay to the King 780.110 Robert Shirborne deane of Paules afterwarde Bishoppe of Chichester sent commissioner into Cornewall 1450.54 Sheriffes of the laÌ„d greeuously punished for their extortion 411.106 Shippe of fine workemanship sente to King Adelstane for a presente 227.31 Shirburne Richarde Bishop of Chichester praysed 1463.26 Shaftesburie or Mont Paladoure buylded 19. line 4 Shippe of greate value and ritchly fraught giuen to king Hardicnute 267.63 Shores wife page 1372. col 2. line 34. line 44. line 52. described spoyled of all that shee had page 1375. col 1. line 10. put to penuaunce line 28. wente on beggyng page 1376. col 1. line 20 Shippes of Normandie taken 876.50 b Sheriffes of the Shires instituted 303.47 Shippes of England taken 904.24 b Shippes of Fraunce breÌ„t 906.30 b Shirebourne Castel builded 371.70 Sheriffes fined thorough out all Englande 743.50 Shires in Englande wasted and destroyed by the Danes 245.80 Shippes taken by the EnglishmeÌ„ from the french Kyng manned and sent home into Englande laden 579.2 Sheene the Kinges manoure brente 1454. line 1 Shrewsburie towne fortified agaynst king Henry the first â—â— Sheepe transported intoo Spaine pag. 1317. col 1 lin 47 Sherifhuton a Manour Castell 1425.20 34 Shrewsburie pag. 1414. col 2. lin 49. pa. 1415. co 1. lin 8. pag. 1415. col 2. lin 44. Sherborne Robert Doctor Ambassadour to the Pope 1461.20 Sherifes first sworne in London 566.97 Shene defaced 1084.24 b Shrewsburie parte burnt 644.69 Shaftesburie Abbey builded 217.58 Shift for money pa. 1346. col 1. lin 40. Sherifes of London imprisoned 738.70 Shipwrack 920.34 b Shoreham 544.8 Shrewsburie castell 369.2 Shirewood forest 516.83 Sigibert baptized in fraÌ„ce and brought vppe in the fayth of Christ 171.98 Sigibert foundeth the Vniuersitie of Cambridge 171.106 Sigibert resigneth hys Kingdome and becommeth a Monke 172.12 Sigibert commeth duâ—…e of the Monasterie to go agaynst Penda 172.19 Sigibert Egricus slain and their army discomfited by Penda 172.28 Sigibert professed a monk in Cumbresburge Abbey 17â—… 40 Sigibert surnamed the little king of Eastsaxons 173.73 Sigibert sonne to Sigebalde succeedeth Sigibert the little in y e Kingdome of Eastsaxons 17376. Sigibert sonne and