done by Offa kynge of Mercia for so myche as in his days flowred that famouse clerke Alcumus or Albinus the whych as sayth the frenche cronycle was fyrste fouÌ„der of the scole of Parys and of Papya as is before shewyd in y e story of Charlys the great in the thyrd chapyter of the sayde storye when Adeulphus hadde thus sped hys besynes and pylgrymage at Rome he retournyd by Fraunce where at that tyme was kyng of that lande Charlys the Ballyd of whom he was ioyouslye receyued And after he hadde dysportyd hym there a season he spousyd the doughter of the sayde Charlys in the .xx. yere of the reygne of the sayde Adeulphus as testyfyeth Policronica in the .xxx. chapiter of his .v. boke whych shuld be the yere of the reygne of the sayde Charlis the .xi. But of this mariage is nothynge touchyd in the frenche cronycle Then Adeulphus takynge leue of the kynge toke shyppynge and landed in Englande wyth his wyfe Indyth by name And for that he contrary the law made in y e tyme of Brigthricus sette his wyfe in the kynges trowne and magnyfyed her lyke a quene the lordes of his lande arose agayne hym and pullyd from hym a great parte of his domynyon and made his eldeste sonne ruler therof whyche all was done in reproche of Ethelburga whyche slew her lorde Brigthricus as before is shewyd Lastly the mater was appeasyd and he to his kyngly honour restoryd About this tyme Bertulphê° kyng of Mercia slewe wyckydly in the holy tyme of Penthecoste saynte wyl stone whose holy bodye was buryed at RepyngedoÌ„ And in y e place where thys holy wylstone was slayne stode a pyller of lyghte .xxx. dayes after And in the yere folowynge dyed the sayde Bertulphus After whose deth Burdredus was made kynge of Mercia or myddell Englande the whyche before tyme hadde spousyd the doughter of kynge Adeulphus In the later dayes of thys Adeulphus the Danys dyd myche harme in Lyndesey and also in kent and frome thens came to London and robbed and spoyled the cytye wherfore Adeulphus gaderyd his people and lastely mette wyth them in Southerey vppon a downe called Oclea and there dyscomfyted theym not wythoute shedynge of great plente of the Anglis blood and forsyd them to take the see so that after they landed in eest Anglia as after shall appere Then lastely dyed thys good kynge Adeulphus or Ethelwolphê° when he hadde ruled hys subictes nobly by accorde of moste wrytes fully .xxii. yere and was buryed at wynchester leuynge after hym four sonnys aforesayde Francia THE CLXIII CHAPITER CHarlys y e yongeste son of Lewys the mylde began hys reygne ouer the chefe part of FrauÌ„ce in y e yere of our lorde .ix. hundred .xli and the .ix. yere of Adeulphus then kynge of westsaxons the whyche as before is sayd was surnamed Ballyd Anon as his father was buryed his brother Lothayre to whome the father as ye fore behaue harde had coÌ„myttyd y e guydynge of this Charlys by the entysynge of his brother Lewys malygned agayn this Charlis and sought many wayes to put hym from such landes as his father had gyuen hym This sayd Lothayr was after the deth of his father emperour and Lewys the yonger brother was duke or knyght of Bayon But for Charlis was yongest and had to his parte the pryncypall porcyon of Fraunce whych was called myddell Fraunce therfore his .ii. bretherne specially Lewys malygned greuously agayne hym wherof this Charlis beynge somdeale infourmed bare hym so wysely so egally to his subiectes that he hadde theyr loues and fauours and trustyd alway by theyr good ayde that he shulde be of power to wythstande theyr vnkynde malyce And lyke as the hydde fyre in processe breketh oute and shewyth great lyght and flammy blase euen so dyd thys couerde malyce at the laste breke oute to great ire and opeÌ„ wrath For after foure yeres was passyd the sayde two bretherne with oute defyaunce or groundely cause of warre assygned or assembled a great hoste suche lyke before thys daye hadde not ben sene and entryd the lymyttes of kynge Charlys Then Charlis assembled in all y e haste hys lordes and requyred theyr aydes and counsayll to wythstande the malyce of hys bretherne And when he hadde knowelege of theyr good myndes anon theyr knyghtes were gaderyd and all thynge was redy to the fyghte Nowe in thys whyle the two bretherne wyth theyr peple were comen to a place callyd Fountayns or FouÌ„tanet where to Charlis spedde hym And when both hostes were nere eyther partye made prouysyon to subdue his enymye Then were the bataylles on bothe partyes orderyd assygned to theyr standardes and capytaynes and the wynges set to the moste auauntage what shuld I lenger processe of this ordynaunce make fynally the shote of arblasters beganne on both sydes whyche ouer threwe many an horse and man and specyally the fore rydars that putte theym selfe in prese wyth theyr longe and sharpe launcys to wynne the fyrste brunte of the felde Pytye yt was to beholde the goodly bryght armyd knyghtes lyeÌ„g and walowynge wyth theyr great stedys in the felde wyth dedly woundes gapynge agayne the son y t were slayne at the fyrst encountre But when the shote was spent and the speres to shateryd then both hostes ranne to gyther wyth Rowlandes songe so that in shorte whyle the grene felde was dyed into a perfyte redde For there was heddes armes legges trunkys of ded mennys bodyes lyenge as thycke as floures growe in tyme of maye in the floryshynge medowys myserable and pyteouse yt was to beholde the persones halfe lyuynge and halfe ded with theyr grysely woundes pyteously gronynge and cryenge wythoute comforte So that there was shewyd all rygoure wythoute mercy and all crueltyes wythout compassyon Thus duryd this mortall fyghte by a longe season that doutefull yt was to knowe whyche partye hadde thauauÌ„tage of other Howbeit Charlys was putte to an afterdeale by .ii. meanes The fyrste was for so mych as Charlis entendyd to haue forborne for the reuerence of the hygh feste as the daye of the ascensyon of oure lorde that daye not to haue foughten And the seconde was that he was farre lesse in nomber whyche two causes of dysauauÌ„tage not with standynge yet in the conclusyon he wanne the honoure of that iourney But not wythoute great losse of hys peple and many of the nobles of his lande where of the frenche boke rehersith the names But for they be to vs vnknowen I passe theym ouer And as yet is testyfyed of many wryters there was slayne that daye mo Frencheman then was slayn at any felde euer before that day wherof the nomber is not expressyd for yt was so great Then Lothayre was forced to take Aquisgrany for his safegard and Lewys ellys where But Charlys wyth a small coÌ„pany that to hym were lefte folowed his Bretherne and coÌ„strayned Lothayre to forsake y e citye thens to go vnto Lyon a cytye y e standeth at
whyche Rycharde was the thyrde duke of Normandy and the fyrste that name and also was surnamed Rycharde wythoute fere or the hardy as more of hym shall be shewyd in the storye of the .vi. Lewis kynge of Fraunce By reason of maryenge of this Emma whych in y e Frenche cronycle is named the flowre of Normandye thys Egelredus was greatly enhauÌ„ced in hys owne mynde By presumpcyon wherof he sent into all good burghes cytyes and townes of his lande secrete and strayte commyssyons chargynge the rulers that vppon a certayne day that is to say vppon the daye of saynte Bryce at an houre assygned in euery place of hys lande the Danys shulde be sodeynly slayne And so yt was done And as the coÌ„mon fame telleth y t this murder beganne at a lytell towne in Hertefordeshyre wythin xxiiii myles of London called welewynÌ„ or welwynÌ„ For the whyche dedeyt toke fyrst that name as who wolde wene that the we le of the couÌ„trey was there fyrste wonne But who that well coÌ„sydereth the sequell of thys storye shall fynde lytell wynnynge or weale ensuyenge of thys dede But or I procede further here I wyll touche somewhat of the pryde and abusyoÌ„ of y e Danis that they exercysed in Englande in some parte therof as I haue sene in an olde cronycle wherof the authoure ys vnknowen There it is shewyd that the Danys by strength caused husbande men to ere and sowe the lande and do all other vyle laboure that belonged to husbandrye and the Dane helde hys wyfe at hys pleasure with doughter and seruaunt And when the husbandeman came home he shulde scantly haue of hys owne as seruauÌ„tes had so that the Dane had all hys commaundement and ete and dranke hys fyll of the beste wheÌ„ the owner hadde scantely hys fyll of the worste And ouer that the comon people were so of theym oppressyd that for fere and drede they called theym in euery suche house as they hadde rule of Lorde Dane But in processe of tyme after the Danys were voyded the lande thys worde Lord Dane was in derysyon and despyte of the Danys turned by the Englyshemen into a name of opprobrye and called Lurdayne whyche to our dayes ys not forgotten But when one EnglyshemaÌ„ woll rebuke an other he woll for the more rebuke call hym Lurdayn Then to retourne to our fyrste mater Treuthe yt is that when the Danys were thus murdred thorugh Englande tydynges therof sprange into Denmarke whyche kyndeled in theym suche a fury that the kyng therof named Swanus assembled shortely a great hoste and nauye of Danys and in shorte processe after landed in Cornewayll And by treason of a Norman named Hugh whyche by fauoure of the quene Emma was made erle of Deuenshyre the sayd Swanus toke Exetour and after bette downe the wallys Then he entred further into the lande In whyche season the kynge sent vnto Edricê° chargyng hym to assemble the weste Saxons and to wythstande the further entre of the Danys The whyche accordynge to his commyssyon assembled the weste SaxoÌ„s and made good contenauÌ„ce to wythstand the sayd enymyes But when the hostes shulde ioyne were it for fere or for treason he fayned hym syke and fled from hys people The whych for lacke of an hed were fayn to gyue backe to theyr hurte and to theyr enimyes great auauntage and comforte wherfore the Danys resorted then to wyltonÌ„ and ShyrbornÌ„ and anon spoyled both those townes and there refresshed theym But for Swanus had wittynge that the kynge was coÌ„myng towarde hym wyth the power of his lande he therfore departed thens and retourned wyth great pyllage to his shyppes sayled aboute the lande and lastely landed in Norfolke where he wastynge and spoylynge the countrey came in processe vnto the cytye of Norwyche and robbed and spoyled yt and after yode to Thetforde and dyd lykewise to that towne and fyred yt and destroyed y e countrey nere there about But soone after a noble man of that countrey called duke Uskatell mette wyth the hoste of Danys and gaue vnto them an hard and sharpe batayll and slewe many of the enymyes and put them backe For this and for huÌ„ger that then assailed this lande Swanus returned ofte vnto his shyppes departed agayne into Denmarke taryed there all y e wynter folowynge In whyche season he made great prouysyon to reenter the lande of Englande THE CXCIX CHAPITER ABout the .xxvi. yere of the reygne of Egelredus the forenamed Swanus with a stronge army landed at Sandwyche and spoyled all the couÌ„trey nere vnto the see syde and rested hym there tyll he harde of an armye coÌ„mynge agayn hym And when he was ware therof he retourned to his shyppes agayne and herynge the kyng was farre westward he landed in Sussex and spoyled yt wonder sore And when he there was warned of the coÌ„mynge of a batayll of Englyshemen anon he toke shyppynge agayne So that when the englyshemen wende to haue met wyth them in one coste then wolde they sodaynly lande in a nother And when y e kyng prouyded to mete wyth theÌ„ vppon the see other they wold fayne to flee or ellys they shulde wyth gyftes blynde the admyrall of the kynges nauy By whyche subtylytye and crafty meanes they weryed and tyred the hoste of EnglyshmeÌ„ And where euer they went they slew brent and robbed wythout compassyon and pytye The kynge then beyng at Shrewesbury herynge of the great sleyght and cruelty of the Danys called his counsayll to rede what were beste to be done for y e defence of his enmyes where it was concluded that y e kyng to haue peace with the Danys shuld pay vnto them .xxx. thousande pouÌ„d But whyle this was in doynge the Danys destroyed a grete part of Baroke or Barkshyre when this peace was thus made Swanus wyth his company retourned into Denmarke And y e yere folowynge the kynge made Edricus forenamed duke of Mercia Thys Edricus was of lowe byrth ryche of tunge false and subtyll of wyt softe and eloqueÌ„t of speche vntrusty and false of thoughte and promyse as of hym somdeale before is shewyd and after more shall appere In the .xxvii. yere of Egelredus a prynce of Danys named Turkyllus landed in Kent The whyche so greuously warred in that couÌ„trey that the Kentyshemen were fayn to make theyr peace and so departed And yet the persecucyon of Danys seased not For in one countre of Englande or other they euer in whylys robbed pilled the Englishmen So y t all the couÌ„trey a longe the coste froÌ„ the Northe parte of Englande vnto the yle of wyghte was by theym destroyed or hugely sette a backe And when the kynge entended to make prouysyon for to wythstande theym euer Edricus wolde counsayll hym to the contrarye shewynge hym that he shulde spende hys treasour trauayle his people in vayne By mean wherof the Danys entred .l. myles wythin the lande and brent and robbed by dyuers tymes many vylages townes So that they
the sayde two archebysshoppes was had in coÌ„munycacion For tryall wherof Bedaes story was brought forth â–ª where in it appered that from the fyrste Augu styns tyme to Bedaes last dayes vppon the season of a hundred .xxxix. yeres the archbysshop of Caunterbury had prymacy of all the bysshoppes of England thaÌ„ called Brytayn and of Irlande also and that the archbyshoppes of Caunterbury had kept couÌ„sayles nere vnto yorke and cleped therunto the bysshoppes of yorke and made some byshoppes depryued dyuers from theyr dygnytyes and to this were adioyned certayne pryuyleges that were graunted for this maner of doynge when Thomas had harde all the allegacyons he denyed all and layd for hym the pystle in the whych pope Gregorye demed that the chyrche of yorke and of London shulde be euen perys and neyther of theym subiecte to other To this was answered by Lamfrank that he was not byshop of LoÌ„don nor this questyon was not moued for the chyrche of London But Thomas sayde that Gregory had grauÌ„ted to Augustyne power to haue vnder hym all y e byshoppes of Englande and that London at y e day was the pryncypall see of all Englande All be yt y t the popes mynde was that betwene LoÌ„don and yorke shulde be no dyuersyte of honour because they were archeflamynes and that by theyr vnyte all other myghte lyâ—e vnder dewe obedyence And though Augustyne chaunged y e see from London to Caunterbury yet Gregory wolde not that Augustyne successours shuld be aboue the bysshoppes of yorke For he wolde then haue set in hys epystle these wordes folowynge I graunte to the Augustyne and to thy successours But for he wold y t no such power shuld stretche to his successours therefore he made no meÌ„cyon of his successours Lamfranke to this answered and sayd If that authoryte were graunted to Augustyne alone not to hys successours yt was a symple gyfte y t the pope gaue vnto Augustyne that was so famylyer wyth hym and namely whyle Augustine ordeyned nor sacred no byshoppe of yorke whyle he lyued For y e see was full durynge his lyfe by reason wherof he put not hys authoryte in execucyon But pryuyleges of popes confermeth this dignyte to Augustynes successours of Caunterbury and demeth that yt is skyll and good reason that all the chyrches of Englande shulde take lore and lyghte of that place For of that welle or place proceded fyrst the doctrine of Cristes fayth And where thou sayest Thomas that Gregory myght yf he had wolde haue confyrmed all thynge vndowtably wyth thys worde successours that is soth But yet the lackynge of this worde dothe no preiudyce to the chyrche of Caunterbury For when that Cryste sayde to Peter I shall gyue to the the kayes of the kingdome of heuen he myght haue also sayd yf he wold I graunt the same power to thy successours And though he sayde not so yet he ment the successours of Peter nothynge of reuerence nor yet of authoryte but the dyspensacyon of holy chyrche and offyce of the same was and is holy in theym whyche onely spryngeth by vertue of Cryste into Peter and from Peter into his successours And yf thou can dyscerne betwene false and soth loke what hath strength in all hath strength in the parte and what hath strength in the more hath also streÌ„gth in y e lesse The chyrche of Rome is as yt were all of all chyrches other chyrches ben as membres therof lyke as one man is the kynd of all synguler men and euery synguler man is the kynd of all mankynde so in some maner of wyfe the chyrch and the see of Rome is as yt were the kynde and conteyneth all in comparyson to other chyrches and yet in euery chyrch remayneth the full holenes of Crystes fayth And also the chyrche of Rome is greattest of all chirches and what hath strength in that chyrche shall haue streÌ„gth in lesse chyrches so that the power that is fyrste gyuen to euery chyrche shall sprynge into the successours of the same but yf yt be by some specyall thynge excepted out taken Therfore I coÌ„clude as Cryst sayde to Peter so he sayde to all the byshoppes of Rome and so consequeÌ„tly was sayde to Augustynes successours of Gregorye as was sayde vnto Augustyne wherfore yt muste appere that lyke as Caunterbury is subiecte to Rome so muste yorke be subiecte to Caunterbury whych sent to yorke prechours to teache and preache vnto them the ryghte fayth And where thou sayeste that Gregory wolde that Augustyne shuld haue his see at London yt may not stand wyth reason For who wolde trowe that so noble a discyple as Augustyn was wold wythstande or do agayn hys maysters wyll or agayne holy decrees And yf yt were so as thou haste alledged what is that to me that am not bishop of London as oft before I haue sayd Therfore yf this mater may thus sease wythout more stryfe so be yt ended And yf thou desyrest contynuaunce of plee I shall not fayle the but defende my ryghte and offyce gladly By these reasons other at length Thomas was ouercomen and grauÌ„ted gladly that the farther brynke of Humber shulde be the begynnyng of hys dioces And ouer y t yt was there demed that in all thynges concernynge the worshyppe of god and the fayth of holy chyrch the archbyshop of yorke shuld be subiecte to the archbyshoppe of Caunterburye So that yf the archebyshoppe of Caunterburye wolde call a couÌ„sayll in any parte of Englande the archebyshoppe of yorke shulde be therat wyth all the byshoppes of hys prouynce and be also obedieÌ„t vnto the lawfull hestes And at all seasons when the archbysshop of Caunterbury shuld be sacred the archebyshoppe of yorke with the byshoppes of y e chyrche shulde come to CauÌ„terbury and saker hym there And yf the archebyshoppe of yorke shuld be stalled or sacred theÌ„ shall he come to Caunterburye and ellys where in all Englande where the archebyshop of Caunterburye woll hym assygne and there to be sacred of hym and he shall make to hym an othe with professyon and obedyence when Lamfranke harde this iudgement gyuen thus he reioysed inwardely And for yt shulde remayne of recorde that his successours shuld not newely plede for that cause he caused yt to be regestred in moste substancyall wyse And ouer that sent a pystle for that cause to Alexander forenamed pope of all this doenge wyth the professyon of Thomas the archbyshop foresayd Of this Lamfrank is many notable thynges wryten of diuers writers And after some he is admytted for a saynte THE CCXXII CHAPITER ABoute the .x. yere of kynge wyllyams reygne Roger erle of Hereforde by whose counsayl the kynge as before ys sayde hadde serched all the abbayes of England whyche erle hadde wedded hys syster vnto Rauf erle of eest Angles that is to saye of Norf. and Suff agayne the kynges mynde he wyth the sayde Raufe made conspyracy agayne the kynge caused an other erle by theyr
and the frenche boke sayth .xv. M. marke Anno domini M.CC.xviii  Anno domini M.CC.xix  Thomas Bokerell  Robert Serle  Anno .ii.  Rafe Gylande  IN thys seconde yere of kynge Henry when the lande was voyded of the stranÌ„gers then inquysycyons were made to knowe what persones hadde fauored the partye of Lewys agayne the kynge of the whyche the kynge pardonyd many of the lay fee. But y e spyrytuall were put to suche fynes y e they were compellyd to laye that they myghte to pledge to please the kynge and ouer that to sue to Rome to be assoylyd And thys yere Ranulphe erle of Chester for consyderacyons hym mouynge toke hys iourney into the holy lande But one cronycle sayth he toke that iourney vppon hym for so myche as hadde contrarye hys allegeaunce made homage vnto Lewis aboue named and for malyce whych he bare towarde kynge IohnÌ„ entendyd at the tyme of that homage doynge to haue made the sayde Lewys kynge of Englande Anno domini M.CC.xix  Anno domini M.CC.xx.  Benetle Ceytur  Robert Serle  Anno .iii.  wyllyam Blounde  IN thys thyrde yere of kynge Henry a parlyament was holden at London by vertue wherof was graunted to the kynge .ii. s. of euery plough lande thorough England whych was for y e charge that he before had wyth Lewys warre Also this yere saynt Thomas of Caunterbury was traÌ„slated in the .vii. day of this moneth of Iuly the whyche was done wyth so great a charge vnto mayster Stephan Langton then archibishop of Caunterbury that the charge therof was not contented many yeres after y e deth of the said Stephan And thys yere as wytnessyth Polycronycon kynge Henry began the new worke of the chyrche of westmynster whyche after that sayenge shuld be in the .xii. yere of hys age Anno domini M.CC.xx.  Anno domini M.CC.xxi  IohnÌ„ wayle  Robert Serle  Anno .iiii.  Iosnele Spycer  IN thys yere Alexander kynge of Scottes maryed dame Iane or Iohan the syster of kynge Henry And this yere was great harme done in Englande by vyolence of a whyrlewynde and fyry dragons and spyrytys were sene fleynge in the ayer And this yere were proclamacyons made in London and thorough out Englande y e all straungers shuld auoyde the lande by Mychelmasse next folowyng except such as came wyth marchauÌ„dyse and to make sale of them vnder the kynges saufe coÌ„duyt which was chefely made to auoyde Foukes de Brent and his complycys whyche kepte the castell of Bedforde agayne the kynges wyll and pleasure And in thys yere was kynge Henry secondaryly crowned at westmynster the .xvii. daye of May. And thys yere the cytye called Damas in the holy land was by crysten men gotten from the Turkys And thys yere came out of the holy lande into Englande Ranulphe erle of Chester and beganne to buyld the castellys of Charteley of Bestone after he buylded the abbay of Delartesse of y e whyte oâ—der For charge and coste of whyche sayde castellys abbay he toke toll thorough all hys lordshyp of all such as passyd y e way wyth any chafire or marchaundyse Anno domini M.CC.xii.  Anno domini M.CC.xxii  Rycharde wymbeday  Robert Serle  Anno .v.  IohnÌ„ wayell  IN thys .v. yere of kynge Henry at Oxenforde was holden a generall couÌ„sayll of the byshoppes and clergye of thys lande In tyme of whyche counsayle a man was taken the whyche shewyd hym selfe to be Cryste and preached many thynges of errour whyche the clerkes at those dayes vsyd And to approue that he was Iesus the sonne of god and that he was comen to refourme those errours and other he shewyd the carectys and tokens of woundes in hys bodye handes and fete like to Iesus that was nayled on the crosse Then he was apposyd and approuyd a false dyssymuler wherfore by dome of y e counsayll he was iudgyd â—o be nayled to the crosse and so delyueryd to the executours the whyche at a place callyd Alburburye nayled hym to a crosse tyll he was dede Also this yere the kynge layde syege vnto the castell of Bedforde that Fowkys de Brent hadde so longe holden by strength Thys syege beganne vppon the euen of the Assencyon of our lorde and so contynued tyll our Lady daye assumpcyon In whyche passetyme many stronge assautys were made to the great losse of men on bothe partyes But fynally aboute thys foresayde daye of assumpcyon yt was taken by fyerse assaute wherein was taken the forenamed Fowkys de Brent and vpon the noÌ„ber of .lxxx. souldyours wherof the more parte were put to deth and the sayde Fowkys after he had lyen a certayne of tyme in pryson was for his fynaunce delyueryd and flemyd the lande And in this yere came the frere Mynors fyrst into Englande These are graye freres of the order of saynte Fraunces whych yf that be trewe they shulde come in to Englande vppon .vi yeres before the deth of saynt Fraunces For after affyrmaunce of the authoure of Cronica cronicarum Iacobus Philippus and other saynte Fraunces dyed in the yere of grace .xii. huÌ„dred and .xxvii. And that order was fyrst confyrmed of Honorius the thyrde of that name pope of Rome in the yere of grace .xii. hundred and .xxiiii. Thys order fyrste beganne vnder a fewe nomber of frerys at the cytye of Caunterbury and after came vnto London and restyd theym there tyll they hadde an house there foundyd by Isabell wyfe of Edwarde the seconde as after shall be shewyd in the storye of the sayde Edwarde all be yt the sayde house was begonne of Margarete the wyfe of Edwarde the fyrste Anno domini M.CC.xxii  Anno domini M.CC.xxiii  Rycharde Renger  Robert Serle  Anno .vi.  Ioseus le Iosne  IN thys .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Henry a conspyracy was made by one Constantyne the sonne of Arnulphe wythin the cytye of London for the whyche he was drawen and haÌ„ged the morow folowynge our Lady daye Assumpcyon This conspyracy was dysclosed by a cytezyn named walter Bokerell and was so heynous greuous to y e king that he was in mynde purpose to haue throwen downe y e wallys of the cytye But when he had well conceyued that the persones whych enteÌ„ded this coÌ„spiracy were but of the rascallys of the cytye that none of y e heddys or rulers of the same were therunto consentynge he aswagyd hys ire and greuouse dyspleasure whych he entendyd towarde the cytye Anno domini M.CC.xxiii  Anno domini M.CC.xxiiii  Rycharde Iyoner  Robert Serle  Anno .vii.  Thomas Lamberde  IN this seuenth yere Iohan kynge of Hierusalem came into Englande and requyred ayde of kyng Henry to wynne agayne that holy cytye but he retourned wyth small comforte And about this tyme IohnÌ„ the sonne of Dauid erle of Angwyshe in Scotland and nere kynnesman vnto Ranulphe of Chester
after smote hym wych hys crosse vpon the lefte syde Upon the morne after the pope was fouÌ„den dede and hys bedde all blody But of thys is nothynge in the cronycle or storye of Innocent After that sayenge of Polycronycon this byshoppe Grostehede shuld dye in the .xxxvii. yere of thys kynge Henry the whyche sayenge agreeth better with the storye except that the sayde pope lyued after the deth of the sayde byshoppe .vi. yere Anno domini M.CC.l.  Anno domini M.CC.li.  Humfrey Basse.  IohnÌ„ Norman  Anno .xxxiiii.  wyllyam fyz Rycharde  IN this .xxxiiii. yere was an excedynge wynde the whyche in sondry places of England dyd great harme whyche was in the begynnynge of this yere vppon the daye of Symon and Iude. About thys tyme in the duchy of Burgoyne as testyfyeth Fasciculus temporuÌ„ and other an hyll remouyd from hys proper place and glode by many a myle and lastely ioyned hym vnto other hyllys In the whyche glydynge or ronnynge the sayde hyll oppressyd or slewe v. thousande people And thys yere Symon fyz mary alderman of London for hys dysobedyence and euyll counsaill that he gaue vnto Margarete Uyell before in the xxxi yere of thys kynge touchyd wyth other secret labours and maters entendyd by hym to the hurte of the cytye was dyschargyd of hys aldermanshyppe and put oute of the counsayll of the cytye Anno domini M.CC.li.  Anno domini M.CC.lii  Laurence Frowyke  Adam Basynge  Anno .xxxv.  Nycholas Batte  IN thys .xxxv. yere of kynge Henry beganne the frere Augustynes to buylde or inhabyte them in walys in a place callyd woodhouse And in this yere maryed kyng Henry his doughter Mary or after some wryters Margarete vnto Alexander kynge of Scottys at the cytye of yorke and dyd receyue homage of the sayde Alexander for the kyngedome of Scottes or for the prouynce of Scotlande in lyke maner as many of his progenytours had done dyuerse and many tymes before as in this worke both before thys tyme and also after is shewyd Anno domini M.CC.li.  Anno domini M.CC.lii  wyllyam Durham  IohnÌ„ Toleson  Anno .xxxvi.  Thomas wymborne  IN thys .xxxvi. yere the kynge graunted vnto the shryues of London that they shulde yerely be alowyed of .vii. pounde for certayne pryuyleges or grounde belongynge to saynte Paules chyrche the whych at this daye is allowyd by the Barons of the kynges excheker to euerey shryue when they make theyr accompte in the offyce of the pype Also thys yere was grauÌ„ted by the kynge for the citesens more ease that where before tyme they vsyd yerely to present theyr mayre to y e kynges presence in any such place as he then were in Englande that nowe from thys tyme forthwarde they shulde for lacke of the kynges presence beynge at westmynster presente theyr mayre so chosen vnto the barons of hys Excheker and there to be sworne admyttyd as he before tymes was before the kynge Anno domini M.CC.lii  Anno domini M.CC.liii  IohnÌ„ Northampton  Nycholas Batte  Anno .xxxvii.  Rycharde Pycarde  IN thys .xxxvii. yere the water of the see aboute the daye of saynte Paulyn in the moneth of Ianuary rose of suche heyghte that yt drowned many vyllagys and housys nere vnto yt in dyuerse places of Englande And thys yere the kynge the quene and syr Edwarde his son wyth Bonyface archebyshoppe of Caunterburye and dyuerse other nobles of the realme sayled into Normandye and taryed at Burdeaux a certayne of tyme. But of theyr dedys or cause of theyr saylynge thyther is no mencyon made in the cronycle of England How be yt in the FreÌ„che boke yt is shewed y t the cause was to ioyne Edwarde the kynges sonne vnto the syster of y e kyng of Spayne by maryage This yere also the water of Thamys sprange so hygh that yt drowned many housys about the waters syde by meane wherof myche maâ—chaundyse was peryshed and loste And thys yere the cytezyns hadde graunted of the kynge that no cytesyns shulde paye scauage or tolle for any bestes by them brought as they before tymes hadde vsyd Anno domini M.CC.liii  Anno domini M.CC.liiii  Robert Belyngton  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xxxviii.  Ranfe Aschewye  IN thys .xxxviii. yere by procurement of syr Rycharde erle of Cornewayll for dyspleasure whyche he bare towarde y e citye for exchauÌ„ge of certayne grounde to the same belongynge the kynge vnder coloure that the mayre hadde not done due execucyon vppon the bakers for lackynge of theyr syzys seased the lybertyes of the cytye That ys to be vnderstanden that where the mayre and comynaltye of the cytye hadde by the kynges graunte the cytye to ferme wyth dyuerse customys and offyces for astynted and ascertayned summe of money now the kyng sette in offycers at hys pleasure the whiche were accomptable vnto hym for all reuenues and profytes that grew wythin the sayde cytye But wythin foure dayes folowynge the feste of saynte Edmunde the byshop or by the .xix. daye of Nouember the cytesyns agreed wyth the sayde erle for .vi. hundred marke After whych agrement wyth hym concluded they soone after were restoryd vnto theyr lybertyes This yere syr Edward the kynges sonne and heyre was maryed vnto Eleanour y e kinges sister of Spayn And in the Cristmas weke the kyng landed at Douer and y e quene wyth hym wyth many other lordes when the kynge was comen to London he was lodgyd in the towre where he sent for to come vnto hym the mayre and the shryues wyth whom he resoued greuously for the escape of one callyd IohnÌ„ Gate This IohnÌ„ had murderyd a pryour allyed vnto the kynge The mayre layde the charge of this mater from hym vnto y e shryues for so myche as to theym belonged the kepynge of all prysons wyth in the cytye so that the mayre returnyd home and the shriues remayned there as prisoners by y e space of a moneth after or more And in theyr places and for theym were chosen Steuen Oystergate Henry walmoode But how the old shryues passyd out of the kynges daunger I fynde not Anno domini M.CC.liiii  Anno domini M.CC.lv.  Stephan Oystergate  Rycharde Hader  Anno .xxxix.  Henry walmoode  IN this .xxxix. yere in the feaste of saynte Etheldrede dame Eleanour wyfe vnto the kynges son syr Edwarde came vnto London where she was honorably receued of the cytesyns and the cytye rychely curteyned and garnyshed wyth dyuerse ryche clothes where the kynge was present at her commynge And she was honorably coÌ„ueyed through the cytye to saynte IohnÌ„s wythoute Smythfelde and there lodgyd for a whyle But after she was remouyd vnto Sauoy It was not longe after y t the kyng seasyd the lybertyes of the cytye for certayne money whyche y e quene claymed for her ryght of the cytesyns so that about saynte Martyns tyde in
heyres kynges of Englande and that the gates of the cytye were kepte wyth armyd men as before by the kynge of Romaynes was dyuysyd This yere also at a fayre kept at Northampton varyaunce fell betwene the Lōdoners and men of the towne so that betwene the cytesyns and them contynued longe sute and plee for a mā of Northampton that then was slayne to the great vexacyon trouble of both partyes But in the ende the cytye had the better This yere also aboute Eester the Barons of the lande wyth the consente of the Perys dyschargyd syr Hugh le spencer and admyttyd for hym syr Phylyp Basset in his rome of chefe iustyce vnwittyng the kyng For whych cause and other grudge and dyspleasure beganne of newe to kyndle betwene the kynge and hys lordes whyche encreasyd more and more But by polycy of the kynge of Almayne and some prelatys of the land yt was set in quyet for a whyle hardely to the ende of that yere Anno domini M.CC.lx.  Anno domini M.CC.lxi  Iohn̄ Northampton  wyllyam fyz Rycharde  Anno .xlv.  Rycharde Pycarde  IN this .xlv. yere shortely after Alhalowyn daye the Barons admyttyd and made shryues of dyuerse shyres of Englande and dyschargyd suche as the kynge before had admyttyd and named them Gardayns and kepers of the countyes shyres And ouer that the Barons wolde not suffer the iustyce that the kynge hadde admyttyd to kepe the plees lawes callyd Itinerarii but suche as were of theyr admyssyon wherwith the kynge was greuously dyscontented in so mych y e after that season he laboured that he myght do dysanull the former ordynaunces statutes and to cause them to be broken in so myche that vppon the seconde sondaye of lent folowynge the kynge commaundyd to be redde at Paules crosse a bull of the graunte of pope Urban the .iiii. of that name as a confyrmacyō of an other bull before purchased of hys predecessoure Alexander the .iiii for to assoyle the kynge and all other that before had sworne to the mayntenaunce of the foresayde artycles made at Oxenforde and after causyd the sayde absolucyon to be shewyd thorough the realme of Englande walys and Irlande gyuynge streyghte charge to all his subiectys that none be so hardy to wythstāde nor dysobey the sayd absolucyon And yf any were foūden dysobedyent to his commaundemēt that he were streyght put in pryson and not to be raunsomyd nor delyueryd tyll y e kynges pleasure were forther knowen About the feast of saynt Albon in the moneth of Iuny the kynge of Almayne toke shyppyng and sayled into Almayne And the kynge at a folkmoot holden vppon the sonday after saynt Peters daye in y e moneth of Iuly hadde lycence to sayle into Fraunce And the morowe after he departyd from London towarde the sees syde wyth the quene and other lordes hys two sonnes syr Edward and syr Edmunde beynge at that season in Guyan when the kyng hadde ben a season in Fraunce he returnyd vnto Burdeaux where he fell syke by occasyon wherof he taryed in those partyes tyll saynte Nycholas tyde nexte folowynge And in thys yere dyed Rycharde Clare erle of Glowceter and syr Gylbert de Clare hys sonne was erle after hym To whom the father gaue great charge that he shulde vpholde the forenamed ordynaunces Anno domini M.CC.lxi  Anno domini M.CC.lxii  Phylyppe walbroke  Thomas fyz Thomas  Anno .xlvi.  Rycharde Tayloure  IN thys .xlvi. yere in the feaste of saynte Martyne or the .xi. day of Nouēber a Iew fell at varyaunce wyth a crysten man in Colchyrch in the warde of Chepe woūdyd the crysten man within the same chyrche wherfore the people of the citye in a fury pursued the sayd Iew to hys house and there slew hym after fell vpon the other Iewes and robbyd and slew many of them And the euen of saynte Thomas the apostle folowynge the kyng landed in Englande at Douer came to Lōdon the wednysdaye before .xii. day This yere y e froste began about saynt Nycholas daye and so contynued by y e space of a moneth more so feruently that Thamys was ouer froren that men passed ouer on horsbacke And in the same wynter y e kynges lytell halle at westmynster with other houses adioynyng to the same were peryshed wyth fyre by the neglygence of a seruaūt of the kynges In this yere also vnkyndnesse beganne to growe betwene the Londoners and the Constable of the towre for that he cōtrary the lybertye of the cytye toke certayne shyppes passyng by the towre wyth whete and other vytayll and toke yt into the sayde towre makynge the price at his pleasure wherfore great harme had ensued had not ben the polycy of wyse men whyche was shewyd vnto the kynges counsayll by whose dyreccy on the matter was cōmytyd vnto syr Phyllyppe Basset then chefe iustyce and other to set an order and rule betwene the sayde partyes Then before hym were brought all euydēces and pryuyleges for the aduauntage of both partyes where fynally after longe plee argument yt was fyrmely demyd and adiudgyd that yf the constable or any other offycer of the towre wold at any tyme take any whete or other vytayll to the vse of the kyng or of y e towre that he shuld come vnto the market holden wyth in the cytye and there to haue yt .ii. d in a quarter wythin y e mayres pryce and other vitayll after the same rate And if he or any of his offycers wold do contrarye to that ordynaūce that then the shryues shulde make report vnto the kynges counsayll and to wythstāde hym in all that he myght so that the kynges peace were kepte In this yere also many murmures and grudgis were tolde in many places of the land supposynge y e warre shulde in shorte processe haue ensued betwene the kyng and his lordes for the bull of dyspensacyon before in that other yere shewyd But by help and mediacyon of good wyse men these murmures grudges were so appeasyd that the kynge agreed agayn to the mayntenaūce of the sayd statutes sent hys wryttes wherin the sayde artycles were comprysed into all shyres of England gyuynge streyght commaūdement to all men to obserue and kepe the same and suche other as were to theym ioyned by the dyscrecyon of the erle marshall the erle of Leyceter syr Phylyp Basset syr Hugh Bygot and other the whyche shortely after was reuoked and denyed wheruppon the archbysshoppe of Caunterbury feryng that after myght ensue made hym an errande to Rome and so by lycence of the kyng and of the lordes departed the lande and so kepte hym out tyll the trouble was appeased and seased Then vppon mydlent sondaye the mayre and the commons beynge present at a folkemote holden at Paulys crosse before syr Philyppe Basset and other of the kynges counsayll the mayre was sworne to be trewe to the kynge and to his heyres kynges And
of y e bayly of the castell of wyndesore iiii onely except that is to saye Rycharde Bonauenture SymoÌ„ de Hadisstok wyllyam de Kent wyllyam de Grouceter all the other LoÌ„doners xxxiili sâ— noÌ„ber were delyuered came to erondon the Thursday folowynge the feast of saynte Luke in y e xxi day of Nouember the other .ix. were kepte styll in the toure of wyndesore Then dayly suyte laboure was made vnto y e kynge to haue hys gracyous fauour and to know hys pleasure what fyne he wolde haue of the cytye for theyr transgressyons displeasure by theym to hym done For the whyche the kynge asked .xl. M.li and fermely helde hym at .l. M. marke But the cytye layde for them that the poore commons of the cytye whereof many were auoyded were the trespassours and ouer that the best men of the cytye by these ryotous ê‘sones were spoyled and robbed and by the rouers also of the see as the wardeynes of y t .v. portes and other in thys troublous seasoÌ„ they had lost a great part of theyr substance For the whych coÌ„syderacyons and many other whyche were tedyous to wryt the cytezeyns besought the kynge of hys most gracious fauour and pyte and to take of theym as they myght bere Thys matter thus hangyng the kynge vppon seynt Nycholas euyn departed from westmynster towarde Northampton And lytell before hys departynge ordeyned syr IohnÌ„ lynd knyght and mayster IohnÌ„ waldren clerke to be gardeynes of the cytye toure the whyche were named in the kynges writtynge Senesshalles or stewardes of the cytye Uppon the daye folowynge that the kynge was ryden these .ii. forenamed stewardes sent for .xxiiii. of the mooste notable men of the cytye and warned theym to apere the day folowynge before y e kynges counsayle at westmynster where at theyr apparaunce was shewed vnto them by syr Roger Leyborne that the kynges mynde was that they shulde haue the rule of the cytye in hys absens vnder the foresaid Senesshalles for to se good rule kept wythin y e cytye they shuld be sworne there before hys counsayle The which there were then sworn countermaunded vnto the cytye And alwaye labour was made vnto the kynge for the fyne of the cytye so that in the Crystmas weke an ende was made wyth the kyng by labour of suche frendes as the cytye had about hym for the summe of .xx. M. marke for all transgressyons and offences by them before done certayne persones excepted whyche the kynge had gyueÌ„ to syr Edwarde hys sonne beynge as before is sayde in the tour of wynsore For the paymeÌ„t of which summe at dayes by agremeÌ„t set syr Roger Leyborne mayster Roberte wareyn clerke were assigned to take the suertyes for y e same After whych suertye by theym receyued and sente vnto the kynge to NorthamptoÌ„ the kynge sent immedyatly after vnto y e cytezeyns a charter vnder his brode seale whereof the effecte ensueth HEnry by the grace of god kiÌ„g of Englande lord of Irlande and duke of Guyan to al men helth Knowe ye that for the fyne of .xx. M. marke the whyche our cytezeyns of London to vs made for the redempcyon of the transgressions and trespaces to vs to our quene to our noble brother Rycharde kynge of Almayne and to Edward our fyrst begoteÌ„ sonne done we remytte and pardone for vs and for our heyres to the sayd cytezeyns and they re heyres as moche as in vs is so that they haue and enioye all they re former grauntes and lybertees rentes and profittes from the feste of Crystmas laste paste and also that the sayde cytezeyns haue to theym all forfaytes of all malefactours of y e cytye which in the parturbauÌ„ce before made were endyted or for the same be yet for to be endyted Excepte the goodes and catalles of theym of the whyche we haue gyuen the bodyes vnto our forsayd sonne Edwarde and except the rentes and tenemeÌ„tes of all those cytezeyns whyche now be and shal be our eschete by reason of the forsayde transgressyons And that all prysoners whyche now in our prysons remayne be freely delyuered excepte those ê‘sones whose bodyes we haue gyueÌ„ to Edwarde our sonne And y t the sayd cytezeyns be as fre as they before the sayd transgressyons were in all partes and costes of thys our landes In wytnes whereof we haue made these letters patentes wytnesseth my selfe at Northampton the .x. day of Ianuarii the yere of our reygne .xlix. After whyche pardone by the cytezeyns receyued all pledges for them beyng in the toure of LondoÌ„ And also .iiii. of them that were in the toure of wyndesore that is to say Rychard Bonauenture SymoÌ„ de Hadistoke wyllyam of Kente and wyllyam of Glouceter were delyuered Thanne also was dyscharged the forenamed stewardes syr IohnÌ„ Lynde mayster IohnÌ„ waldreÌ„ and the cytezeyns of them selfe chose for mayre wyllyaÌ„ Fyz Rychard and for shyreffes Thomas de la fourde Gregory de Rokkysley Than for leuyng of this fyne were set as well seruauntes couenaÌ„t men as housholders many refuced the lyberties of the cytye for to be quyt of that charge whyle the kynge lay thus at Northampton syr SymoÌ„ de Mountford put hym vpon the dome of the Popes legat Octobonus y t before was come into thys laÌ„de to refourme thinges in the chyrche of Englande and also to set vnyte reste betwene the kynge and hys lordes To whose do me also of the kynge of romayns the forsayde syr Symond had bounden hym to stande Upon whych promyse and bande he was lybertied to be at large in the kynges courte and so contynued a season But in y e ende when the kyng was commeÌ„ into LoÌ„don he departed sodaynly out of the courte rode vnto wynchelsee where he accompanyed hym with the rouers of the see and after some pryses taken departed from theym and so sayled into Fraunce and put hym in seruyce with holy Lowis than kyng of that prouynce Thys yere also vppon the euyn of saynt IohnÌ„ baptyst the kynge begaÌ„ hys syege about the castell of Kenelworth with a mighty power But syr HeÌ„ry Hastynges with suche as were within it defended it so stroÌ„gly that the kynge and all hys power myght nat wynne the sayde castell of a loÌ„ge tyme as after in the nexte yere shall appere It is before shewed howe y e quene by her purueiauÌ„s had caused an host of straungers to prepare them to come into Englande for to ayde her lorde the kynge agayn the barons She had also purchased a curse of y e Pope to acurse all the sayde barons and all they re ayders helpers and had commyssioÌ„s dyrected to certayn bysshoppes of Englande to execute the same as of London and of wynchester and of Chychester the which for fere of the barons than denyed deferred the execucyon and sentence of the sayd curse wherfore the quene made newe laboure to the pope than Urban the .iiii. and had it grauÌ„ted that the sayde
le Beawe then kynge of Fraūce The whyche Margarete whyle the kyng was in Scotlāde was brought vnto Douer and so vnto Caunterbury where the kyng spoused her in the moneth of Septembre as wytnesseth the Frenche cronycle and receyued of her in processe of tyme folowyng two sonnes named Thomas and Edmunde and a doughter named Margarete The fyrste of the sonnes was surnamed Thomas of Brothertō and the seconde Edmūde wodestoke Anno domini M.CC.xcix  Anno dn̄i M.CCC  Iohn̄ Armenter  Elys Russell  Anno .xxviii.  Henry Fryngeryth  IN thys .xxviii. yere the kynge herynge of the vntrowth and rebellyon of the scottes made the .iii. vyage into Scotlāde and bare hym so knyghtly that in shorte processe after hys commynge he subdued the more parte of the lande And after he sped hym vnto the castell of Estryuelyn wherin were many of the greate lordes of Scotlande and enuyroned the sayd castel with a strōg siege But he laye there somwhat oftyme without wynnynge of any great aduauntage or hurte doynge vnto the scottes wherfore of polycy he caused to be made .ii. payre of galowes in y e syght of the castell and after cōmaūded proclamacyons to be cryed that yf the scottes by a certayn day wolde yelde that castell to the kynge they shuld haue lyfe lym̄e And yf nat but that he wanne it by strength as many as were within the sayd castel shuld be hāged vpon those gybettes none astate nor persone to be excepted In processe of tyme whan y e scottes had well dygestyd thys proclamacyon and sawe the strength of theyr enemyes cōsydered theyr owne feblenes lak of socoure they assented fynally to yelde theym theyr castell vnto the kyng whyche shortly after was done wherof kyng Edwarde beyng possessed stuffed it with Englissh knyghtes after toke a newe othe of the lordes and capytaynes the whyche he founde closed within that castell of trewe feythfull allegeaūce after sufferyd them to go where theym lyked And whan wyllyam walys whych as before is sayd pretended the rule gouernaunce of Scotlande harde tell that the stronge castell of Estryuelyne was yelden vnto kynge Edwarde that lordes and knyghtes therin founden in whyche he moche affyed were sworne to the kynges allegeaunce he feryd sore leste y e sayd company wolde betray hym bring hym vnto y e kyng wherfore he with hys adherentes withdrewe hym into the mareyses other daūgerous places where he thoughte he was in suertye for pursuynge of the kynges hooste Then the poore commons of the lande presented theym by great companyes and put theym holy in the kynges grace mercy so that the kynge thought then that he was in peasyble possessyon or in a greate suertye of the lande wherfore after he had caused to be sworn vnto hym the rulers of dyuers borughes cytyes townes with other offycers of the lande he retourned vnto Berwyke so into Englande and lastly vnto westmynster In thys tyme season that y e kyng was thus occupyed aboute his warres in Scotlande the quene was cōueyed vnto London Agayne whom the cytezyns vpon the nombre of .vi. C. rode ī one lyuerey of rede whyte with the conysaunce of dyuers mysteryes brodered vpon theyr sleues and receyued her .iiii. myles without the cytie so conueyed her thorugh y ◠cytie whiche then was garnysshed and behanged with tapettes arras and other clothes of sylke and ryches in most goodly wyse vnto westmynster and there lodged whan the kynge this yere retourned out of Scotlande he caused shortly after an inquysycyon to be made thorugh his lande the whiche after was named Troilbaston̄ This was made vpon al offycers as mayres shyreffes baylyffes excheters many other that had mysborne them in theyr sayd offyces and had extorcioned or mystreated y e kynges lyege people otherwyse than was accordynge with the good ordre of theyr sayd offyces By meane of whiche inquisicyon many were accused and redemed theyr offyces by greuous fynes to the kynges great lucre and auauntage Other meanes were foūdē also as forfaites again y e crowne the whiche broughte great summes of money to the kynges cofers towarde the great charge of his warres y t he susteyned in wales Fraūce and Scotlande as before is shewed this yere also the kynge for cōplaynt that was brought vnto hym by mayster walter Langton bysshop of Chester of syr Edwarde his eldest sone for that he with Pyers of Gaueston̄ and other insolent persones had broken the sayde parke of the sayde bysshop ryottously destroyed y e game within it he therfore inprysoned the sayd syr Edwarde his son̄e with his complyces And in processe of tyme after when the kynge was thorughly enformed of y e lassiuyous wantō disposiciōs of the sayd Pyers of Gaueston̄ for that he shulde nat enduce the forenamed syr Edwarde to be of lyke dysposycyon he therfore banysshed the sayd Pyer of Gaueston̄ out of Englande for euer But after the dethe of kynge Edwarde y e banysshmente was soone denulled by Edward his sone wherof ensued moche harme and trouble as after shal be shewed Anno domini M.CCC  Anno dn̄i M.CCCi  Luke Hauerynge  Elys Russell  Anno .xxix.  Rycharde Champeis  IN this .xxix. yere of kynge Edwarde dyed Edmunde erle of Cornewayle the sonne of Rycharde somtyme erle of the sayd coūtre and kynge of Almayne without yssue wherfore that erledome retourned agayne to the crowne of Englande And in this yere the kynge gaue vnto syr Edwarde his sone the pryncypate of wales and ioyned there vnto the sayd erledome of Cornewayle Anno dn̄i M.CCC.i  Anno dn̄i M.iii. C.ii.  Robert Caller  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxx.  Peter Bosham  IN thys .xxx. yere the kyng helde hys greate counsayll of parlyamente at hys cytye of Caunterbury Anno domini M.CCC.ii  Anno domini M.CCC.iii  Hugh Pourt  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxi.  Symon Parys  Anno domini .xiii. C.iii.  Anno domini .xiii. C.iiii.  wyllam Combmartyn  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxii.  Iohn̄ de Burfforde  Anno domini M.CCC.iiii  Anno domini M.CCC.v.  Rogyer Parys  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxiii.  Iohn̄ Lyncoln̄  IN this .xxxiii. yere wyllyā waleys that vnto the kyng hadde done so many dyspleasures and treasons agayne the trouth and allegeaunce of hys othe as some deale before is shewed was takē at the town named saint Domynyk in Scotlād and sent vnto London and there arraygnyd and vpon the euyn of saynt Bartylmewe drawen hanged and quartered and hys hedde set vppon London brydge and hys .iiii. quarters sent into Scotlande there hāged vpon the gates of certayne townes of the lāde And at Myghelmas folowynge the kynge holdynge hys parlyament at westmynster thyder came out of Scotlande the bysshop of saint Andrewes Robert le Bruze syr Symon de Frysell erle of Dunbarre syr Iohn̄ of
than they by the fyrst metyng had auaūced thē self And yfayde of Guy de Namour sone vnto the erle of Flaunders had nat the soner been comyn vnto them the sayde erle of Artoys had that day wonne the renowne of the felde Thā the sayd Guy with a fresshe compapany of Almaynes and other bolde sowdyours coragyously entred the felde and bete downe y e Frenchemen egerly Than was the medle newe begon in so feruent wyse that men horse fyll downe to the grounde wondersly thycke And euer the erle of Artoys where so euer he wente he slewe moche people before hym But the Flemynges kept them so hole togyder y t he myght neuer dysseuer them and slewe of the nobles of Fraunce great plentye whiche mortalite thus contynuynge y e stremes of blode ran wonders to beholde And alway the Frenche partye weked more more Lastly the erles of saynt Poule and of Boleyn with Robert the sonne of this erle of Cleremounte and other with the nombre of .ii. M. horsemen seynge the rage and woodnes of the Flemynges whiche so cruelly slewe and bet downe the Frenche men settynge a parte all honour and knyght hode shamefully fled out of the feld leuyng the erle of Artoys in y e myddel of his enemyes whiche lyke vnto the lyon rampaunte contynued in one sleynge kyllynge the Flemynges without mercy or pyte But the Flemynges lyke wood tygres were so enraged vpon the Frenchemen y e they wolde neuer leue them tyll they by pure force draue them into theyr tentes where they slewe of theym a a great multytude In this batayll were slayne the foresayd erle of Artoys Godfray de Braban nere kynnesman to the sayd erle lorde of wyrson Adam the erle of Dabenmale Iohn̄ the sonne of y e erle of Henaut Rauf de Neell cōstable of Fraunce Guy his brother marshal of the hoste Renolde de Try Esmer chamberlayne of Cancaruyle Iaques y e sonne of Godfrey de Braban Pyers Floot Iohan Bruillis maister of y e arbalasters knyghtes many mo mē of name to the nombre of CC. and aboue besyde esquyers and other men of lower degrees as yomen gromes pages to the nōbre of .xii. M. The whiche after this vyctorye the Flemynges dyspoyled and suffred the caryns of them to lye in y e felde that all wylde bestes fowles myght them perysshe and deuoure whan this yonge knyght syr Guy hadde thus opteyned vyctorye of the Frenchmen he reioyced not a lytle and soone therafter layde syege vnto the I le or a castell soo named and gat it also were it by trecheri or other wyse Then the townes of Iper of Gaunt of Douaye and diuers other of that countre obeyed to hym and cōdyscended and agreed to take partye eyther of them with other agayne the Frenche kynge Than kynge Phylyp herynge of the great dysconfyture of his men made countenaunce of mournynge and specyally for his true knyght the erle of Artoys Kynge Phylyp then after for to reuenge the foresayd dyspleasure to hym doone by y e Flemynges assembled by our lady day Assumpsion next ensuynge an excedynge nombre of men of armes entendynge to haue entred Flaundres vtterly to haue destroyed a great parte of that countre so drewe towarde his enemyes so that he pyght y e tētes of his vanward within .ii. myles of his enemyes and there lay to his excedynge charge cōsiderynge the great multytude of his hoost by all y e moneth of Septēbre Of y e nōbre of this hoost I haue doubte to wryte For mayster Gagwyn sayth y e nōbre was so great y t it may nat be byleued y t sheweth wel by y e expressemēt of y e nōbre made by y e Frenche cronycle For he saythe they were an hūdreth tyme an C.M .xl. tymes .xl. M. By whiche sayeng somdele appereth how y e Frenchmē cā make men soūge But how it was for all this great excedynge nōbre of Frēchmē y e Flemynges laye styll vnhurte or assawted And fynally vp on a great substancyall cause as ye after shal here this great hoste was dissolued or returned euery mā to his awne kynge Phylyp with smal honour into Fraūce wherof y e Frēchmē sayth y e occasion or cause was thus Kynge Edward of Englāde whiche vnto y e Flemynges bare great affeccion cōsideryng y e great daunger they were in and he at y e tyme myght nat thē ayde nor socour of a pollicy cast in his mynde with an heuy or mornynge coūtenaūce shewed vnto y e quene syster vnto kyng Phylyp y e he was very heuy sorowfull for his brother hers y e kyng of Fraūce wherof whē wherfore she had frayned the cause he answered sayde y t he had certayne knowlege y t at suche tyme as the Flemynges he shulde mete in batayle that his lordes cōpany shulde leaue hym amonge his enemyes for he was solde vnto them before hande wherof whan y e quene was thus ascertayned anone in all possible hast she sent letters messangers vnto the Frenche kynge counfaylynge hym to be well ware of that treason and daunger To the whiche he gyuynge credence shortely after sente frome hym the sayd great company of people and he with a certayne as aboue is sayd retourned īto Fraunce After whyche departynge the flemynges were so bolde y ◠forthe wyth they entred into Pycardy the countre of Artoys and spoyled brent dyuers townes of the same But in the yere folowyng as testyfyeth the sayd frēche cronicle y e Flemynges of Bruges were foughten with of Otthon than duke of Burgoyn to whome by reason of maryage the Frenche kyng had gyuen the erledome of Artoys he of them slewe with the ayde of the Frenchemen .xv. thousande In thys .xvii. yere about mydsosomer Phylyp an other sonne of the erle of Flaundres whyche had by a certayn terme passed ben in the court of Charles de Ualoys by hym put in truste to receyue certayne summes of money in Scicill to y e vse of pope Bonyface the .viii sodaynely departed and with a stronge company of Almaynes came into Flaundres to ayde assiste his brother whome the Flemynges or Brabanders receyued with great ioy by the comforte of hym inuaded the borders landes of the Frenche kyng boldly assautyd the castell of saynt Omers But for they there gat none aduauntage but loste many of theyr men they forsoke that yode vnto a towne belongyng to the Frēche kyng called Thorouan Moryne the whyche in processe they wanne and spoyled About thys tyme dyed Bonyface the .viii. of that name than pope a man of euyll name and fame the whyche by hys trechery caused hys predecessour Celestyne the .v. that was a good holy man to resygne and leue his papacie And by thys meane when thys sayd Celestyne had syttē in Peters chayre a short tyme this Bonyface espyeng hys innocency whyche was all sette to the seruice of
of the Scottes by y e vntrouth treason of y e fornamed syr Andrew erle of Carleyl or Cardoyll sent a knyghte named syr Antony Lucy for to arest the sayd erle to brynge hym safely vnto y e kyngê preseÌ„ce The which syr Antony sped hym in suche wyse that vpon the daye of saynt Chadde or y e seconde daye of Marche the sayde erle was taken and so kepte in pryson loÌ„ge after tyl Octobre folowyng at whych seasoÌ„ as affermeth Geffrey of Monmouthe at Cardoyll in walys the sayd syr Andrew was arregned conuyete that he had takeÌ„ money of the Scottes to betray y e kyng hys naturall lorde For the whyche treason he was there or after other at westchester or at Shrowysbury drawen haÌ„ged and hys hede sente after to London and sette vpon the brydge In thys yere the warre begaÌ„ to Que kyn in Guyan betwene the Englissh men and the FreÌ„che wherof the occasyon was as sayth the Frenche boke for a bastyle or fortresse made by the lord of Mount Pesayne or Pesart a lord of Gascoyne vpon the Frenche kynges grounde as the Frenchemen sayd But the Gascoynes Englissh men iustyfyed it to be within the terrytorye of Guyan For thys fyrst began great wordes and after Maâ—asses But lastly mortall warre So y t the Gascoynes wyth ayde of y e kyngê stewarde of Englande slewe many Frenchemen that came to ouerturne the sayde bastyle whan Charles the v. or charles the fayre whych at that daye was kynge of Fraunce herde of the ouerthrow of the FrenchemeÌ„ and howe the Gascoynes fortyfyed the foresayd Bastyle within hys fygnory as he was enfourmed he sente in all spede wyth a stronge hoste hys vncle Charles de Ualoys the which made sharpe and cruell warre vpon the Gascoynys and wanne frome theym the townes of Angeou and Amyas wyth other and in processe came vnto the towne or cytye of Ryoll and laye hys syege vnto the same But the Englysshe wyth the Gascoynes issued out of the towne and gaue batayll vnto the Frenche men and put theym to the worse slewe vppon fourtene hundreth of theym Amonge the whyche a lord called the lorde of saynt Florentyne wyth other noble men of Fraunce were slayne the other constrayned to lye forther from the towne Nowe be it in conclusion the sayd towne by apoyntement was yelden to y e FreÌ„ch men vpon condycyon that all suche Englysshemen as were within that town shuld go frely with theyr good to Burdeaux or if they wold remayn there styll theÌ„ to be sworne to y e FreÌ„ch kyng and to dwell there as Frenche men After whych towne so yelden syr Edmunde of woodstoke y e kyngê brother than beyng at Burdeaux as the kynges deputye made suche resistens agayne the sayd Charles de Ualoys that a trewce was taken for y e yere Than about mydlent the kyng hauyng knowlege of thys warre in Guyan and how the Frenche kynge entended to sease all Gascoyne and Guyan for brekyng of certayn couenauntes before tyme betwene theym made nat by kynge Edwarde parfourmed sent ouer the quene hys wyfe the Frenche kynges syster to cutreate a concorde peace betwene theÌ„ And in the beginnyng of August folowynge syr Roger Mortymer of wygmore by meane of a slepynge poyson or drynke that he gaue vnto his kepers as the comon fame went escaped out of the toure of London and went to the quene into Fraunce And soone after were taken within y e castell of wallyngforde syr Iohan Goldyngton and syr Edmunde of y e Beche the which syr IohnÌ„ was sent vnto yorke there haÌ„ged and draweÌ„ for the barons quarell and hys hede sent vnto LondoÌ„ brydge And about the feast of y e natyuytie of our Lady the kyng sent ouer syr Edwarde hys sonne into FrauÌ„ce for to do homage vnto the Frenche kynge for y e duchie of Guyan whome the Frenche kyng Phylip le Beawe receyued ioyously caused hym to tary with the quene hys mother in the countre of PoÌ„tyen lenger than kynge Edwarde was pleased Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxv  Benet of Fulham  Hamon Chyckwell  Anno .xviii.  IohnÌ„ Canston  IN thys .xviii. yere kynge Edwarde beynge enfourmed that the Frenche kynge had gyuen vnto syr Edwarde his sonne the duchye of Guyan coÌ„trary hys mynde and pleasure that also the quene hys wyfe nor the sayde syr Edwarde made no spede into Englande nat wythstandyng hys often sendyng for theÌ„ was with hys sayd wyfe soÌ„ne greuously dyspleased in so moche that proclamacyons were made at London in y e moneth of Decembre y t yf the quene and her sonne entred nat the lande by the octauys of the Epyphany of our Lord next folowyng in peasyble wyse that they shuld be takeÌ„ for enemyes to the kyng hys realme of Englande But for the quene fered the trecherye of the SpeÌ„sers and other y t were nere vnto the kynge she abode styll in Fraunce wherfore kyng Edwarde after the expyracyon of y e foresayd day caused to be seased all such laÌ„des as to hys sayd wyfe and sonne belonged and the profyttes of them toke to hys owne vse when this rumour was knoweÌ„ through the more parte of Englande dyuerse men of name of the landes as syr wyllyam Trussell syr IohnÌ„ Cromewell wyth dyuerse other departed secretely out of Englande and saylled vnto the quene whan kynge Edwarde was ware of thys he sent vnto the FreÌ„ch kyng so sharpe and sore letters that he monysshed the quene out of hys lande and wolde nother ayde hys nor hyr company but as sayth IohnÌ„ Froyzarde y t made a compendyous werke in Frenche of the hole lyfe or story of the thyrde Edwarde and therwyth expressed many other storyes and cronycles as of Fraunce Flaunders other regions at thys tyme when y e quene was thus monisshed to auoyd out of FrauÌ„ce syr IohnÌ„ de Henawde brother to the erle of Henawde a maÌ„ of great fame was then in the FreÌ„che kynges court The whych hauynge coÌ„passyon of the quene of hyr yoÌ„ge sonne requyred her to go with hym vnto hys brothers court foresayde wherof the quene beyng fayne grauÌ„ted vnto hys request and spedde hyr thyther shortly after where she with hyr company was ioyously honorably receyued In the tyme season y t the quene with hyr sonne lay thus in the court or countrey of the erle of Henawde by meanes of suche as were about hyr a maryage was coÌ„cluded betwene syr Edwarde hyr sonne and Philip the sayd erles doughter vpoÌ„ certayne condyâ—â—oÌ„s wherof one was that the sayd erle shuld at his propre costes set ouer into Englande y e sayd syr Edward with a crew of CCCC men of armys For the whych prouysyon was made with all dylygence Of thys the fame sprange shortly in Englande wherfore the kynge in all haste made prouysyon to haue y e hauyns the portes of hys laÌ„de surely kept for to resyste the landyng of
aboute Lammesse sayled into Braban and there helde hys couÌ„sayl with hys frendes and by theyr aduyces made clayme to y e hole crowne of Fraunce as hys ryghtefull enherytaunce for more auctorytye of the same entermedeled the armes of England with y e armys of FrauÌ„ce as ye se them at this daye Then kynge Phylyp beyng of these thynges warned gathered an howge hoste came with them to a towne called Uermendoys And kyng Edwarde with hys people entred y e couÌ„trey called Theresse breÌ„t wasted y e couÌ„trey before hym ThaÌ„ kyng Philip drew toward the Englisshe hoste and came vnto a place or towne called in freÌ„ch BuyroÌ„ Fosse where he entended as sayth y â— frenche boke to haue set vpon y e Englysshemen But by counsayl of hys lordes for dyuerse causes he was let to hys dyspleasure For after y e daye he myght fynde no conuenyent tyme for to assayle hys enemyes so that in conclusyon eyther hoste departed froÌ„ other without batayll or fyght and kynge Edwarde toke hys wey towarde Gaunt kyng Phylip retourned into Fraunce Than kynge Edwarde by meanes of hys frende Iaques de Artyuele had all hys pleasure of the towne of Gaunt receyued of them othe and homage And after dyuerse conclusioÌ„s with them and other takeÌ„ he leuyng there the quene after the testymony of some wryters retourned agayne into EnlaÌ„de left with the quene which thaÌ„ was great with chylde y e erles of Salysbury of Oxynforde whyche in y e kynges absence ayded well y e Flemynges agayne the FreÌ„ch kyng dyd dyuerse marcyall actes whyche I here passe ouer But iÌ„ ê“ces y e erle of Salysbury was takeÌ„ prysoner diuers englyssh men slayne at y e assaut of a towne called y e I le in FlauÌ„ders or of flauÌ„ders Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxxix  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xl  Adam Lucas  Andrewe Awbry  Anno .xv.  Bartholomewe Marres  IN thys .xv. yere whyle y e kyng was busyed in Englande to make prouysyoÌ„ for mete money to withstande the FreÌ„che kyng aswell for the warre that the sayde Frenche kyng made vpoÌ„ the Flemynges other beyng y e kynges frendes as for hys owne particuler causes y e quene as before is sayd beyng at the towne of Gaunt was deliuered of a sonne which after was named IohnÌ„ about Crystmas in the begynnynge of thys mayres yere ende of this .xiiii. yere This chyld whaÌ„ he came to mannes astate was surnamed IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t was fyrst erle of RychemouÌ„t after duke of LaÌ„caster also fast as kyng Edwarde ê“uyded for abylemeÌ„tes of warre in EnglaÌ„de so fast hasty prouysyoÌ„ made the FreÌ„ch kyng to withstande kyng Edward both by laÌ„de by water so y t he had a great stroÌ„ge nauy vpoÌ„ see Kyng Edward thaÌ„ in y e moneth of Iunii with .ii. C. sayles tooke shyppynge sayled towarde FlauÌ„ders vpoÌ„ the see met or came vnto hym syr Robert Morley with y e north nauye of EnglaÌ„de so y t he had in al aboue .iii. C. sayles And at myd somer vppon saynte IohnÌ„s euyn he fought with the freÌ„ch kynges nauy whyche lay in a wayte for hym nere to the towne called the Sluse Of thys nauy whyche were in noumber by the reporte of the freÌ„che boke vpoÌ„ iiii C. sayles wherof were chyefe admyralles syr Hugh Queret syr Nycholas Buchet one named Barbe Noyre or in Englysh Blacke berde the whych capytayns or admyralles anone as they espied y e englyssh flote they made towarde theÌ„ to begyn the fyght .iiii. galeys set vpoÌ„ a shyppe of auauÌ„tage which sayled before y e other named y e ryche Oliuer the which .iiii galeys the fore named Barbe Noyre had the cunduyt of assayled thys sayd shyppe on euery parte bet her with gunneshot her men with hayl shot excedyngely so that of the men within her were many slayn and mo wouÌ„ded lykely to haue ben shortly won ne had beÌ„ the rescous of her coÌ„pany thaÌ„ were the sayd foure galeys soone becleped with y e English nauy so cruelly assayled that they were borded or they myghte be rescowed Then approched the hole flote vpon bothe sydes with hydous ferefull dynne noyse of gunnes with terryble flamynge of wylde fyre other with thycke shot of quarelles arowes and crusshynge of shyppes y e hydous woÌ„derfull it was to beholde so that many a soule was there expelled from theyr bodies iÌ„ shorte whyle This mortall and cruell fyght coÌ„tynued as sayth the Frenche story by y e space of .viii. howres or more iÌ„ suche wyse y e harde it was to knowe whether parte had the better so many deed and wounded men were cast into the see that the water whiche was in cyrcuyte aboute them was coloured or dyed as reed But in y e ende by grace great maÌ„hode of y e kynge whiche there was sore wouÌ„ded And by his great conforte y e Frenchemen were chased and many of theyr shyppes bowged taken with many prysoners in them Amonge the whiche the forenamed admyralles or capytaynes syr Nycholas Buchet syr Hugh Queret were .ii the whiche in despyte of the Frenchemen were hanged vpon y e sayles of theyr shyppes which they were takeÌ„ in And amoÌ„ge the shyppes that were at this season taken were recouered the .ii. foresayd shyppes named the Edwarde and y e Crystofer the whiche before were taken by the Frenchemen as it before is shewed in y e .iii. yere of this kynge In this batayle also as is testyfyed of many and dyuerse wryters were slayne vpon the noumber of .xxx. M. Frenchemen al be it y e Frenche boke nameth so many to be slayne vpon bothe partyes excuse this mysfortune by the neglygence of syr Nycholas Buchet whiche kepte the FreÌ„che nauy so longe within the hauen that they were so closed in with the Englysh nauy y t a great nouÌ„bre of them myght neuer stryke stroke nor shote theyr ordenaunce but to the hurte of theyr owne company whaÌ„ kynge Edwarde had optayned this tryumphaunt vyctory of his enmyes he yelded great thaÌ„kes vnto god How be it he was fayne to tary a season with in his shyppe by reason of a wouÌ„de y e which he had receyued in his thyghe In whiche season y e quene his wyfe came to vysyte hym and retourned agayne vnto GauÌ„t And after a fewe dayes passed y e kynge departed from Swynne rode vnto our lady of Ardenbourghe sent his nauy in the nexte hauen to Brugys moche of his people vnto the towne of GauÌ„t And whaÌ„ he had accoÌ„plished his pylgrymage he rode vnto Brugys and from thense vnto GauÌ„t where of the dwellers he was ioyously receyued Than kynge Edwarde there called a great counsayle by the whiche it was determyned that he shulde prepare .ii. hostes wherof y t one shuld be of y e meÌ„ of GauÌ„t of y e townes there aboute of y e
to the value of a M. marke sterlynge Upon a tuysdaye beyng the fyrste day of Iuly was foughten a batayll at Parys betwene two knyghtes wherof the appellaunte was named syr Foukes Dorciat and the defendauÌ„t syr Maugot Mawbert whych appellauÌ„t was sore vexed with a feuer quarteyne by reason wherof and of the great hete that y e day appered after longe fyght the sayd appellauÌ„t lyght from hys horse for hys refresshemeÌ„t wherfore hys frendes of hym were in great doute But his enemye was also so sore trauayled y t what for hete laboure he was also ouercome was lykely to haue fallen froÌ„ hys horse and or he myght be taken downe he swowned dyed whan syr Fowkes was ware of y e feblenesse of hys enemye anon as he might he dressed hym on fote toward hys aduersary fande hym starke dede whyche by lyceÌ„ce of the kynge was after had out of the feelde and secretlo buryed the sayde syr Fowkes for feblenesse was by hys freÌ„des ladde vnto hys lodgyng In the .xii. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ xxi day of Nouembre Phylyp duke of Burgoyn erle of Artoys of Aluerne and of Boloyngn a chylde of the age of .xiiii. yeres or lesse dyed at a town nere vnto Rome called GuyoÌ„ By reason of whose deth kyng IohnÌ„ as nexte heyre had after possession of al the sayd laÌ„des toke possioÌ„ therof shortly after In the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng IohnÌ„ thyrd day of Ianuary he for specyall causes hym mouyng as for the enlargyng of his sonne the duke of Orleaunce other yet pledges for hys rauÌ„some toke shyppyng at Boloyne so sayled into EnglaÌ„d and arryued at Douer the .vi day of the sayde moneth and after yode to Eltham and from theÌ„s was coÌ„ueyed vnto LoÌ„don as before is shewed in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edward In tyme of whose there beyng syr BarthraÌ„ de Glaycon made warre vpoÌ„ the kynge of Nauerne wan from hym the towne of Maunt in Normandy And by the duke of NormaÌ„dy soone after was wonne from the sayd kyng the towne of MeÌ„leÌ„ce within y e which were taken dyuers Parysyens that shortly after for theyr infidelite were put in execucioÌ„ at Parys And thus the warre betwene the kynges of FrauÌ„ce Nauerne was newly begoÌ„ Than kynge IohnÌ„ beyng as before is sayde in Englande a greuous malady toke hym in the begynnynge of Marche of the whyche he dyed at London vpoÌ„ the .viii. daye of Apryll folowynge so wyth great honoure and solempnyte coÌ„ueyed to the sees syde and there shypped thaÌ„ in processe caryed into Fraunce where vpon the .vii. day of May and yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii he was solempnely enterred in the monastery of saynt Denys whaÌ„ he had reygned .xiii. yeres .vii. monethes and odde dayes leuynge after hym thre sonnes that is to say Charles whych was kyng after hym Lewys and Phylyp CArolus or Charles y e .vi. of that name or .v. after som writers y e eldest sonne of kyng IohnÌ„ beganne hys reygne ouer the realme of FrauÌ„ce the .ix. day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii and the .xxviii. yere of Edwarde the the .iii. than kynge of Englande and was crowned with dame Iane hys wyfe at Raynes the .xix. day of May folowynge In thys fyrste yere syr Barthran de Glaycon lyeutenaunt of the sayde Charles in NormaÌ„dy fought with a capytayne of the kynge of Nauerne named le Captall de Bueffe nere vnto a place called Cocherell nere vnto the crosse of saynte Lyeffroy in whiche fyght the sayd Captall was scomfited and great noumbre of his people taken and slayne hym selfe chased taken for whome the frenche kynge gaue after vnto the sayde syr BarthraÌ„ the Erledam of Longeuyle And whaÌ„ he had receyued him he sent him vnto a stroÌ„ge pryson called the Merchy in Meaux At Myghelmas folowynge the duke of Brytayne syr Charlys de Bloyes and syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort sonne and heyre to the fore named sir IohnÌ„ Mountforde before dede whiche by a longe season bothe father the sonne had holden warre with the sayd syr Charles met in playne batayle in y â— which as before is shewed in the .xxxviii. yere of king Edwarde the sayde syr Charles was slayne dyuers noble men of Fraunce with him In the moneth of Iuny and seconde yere of this Charlys an other accorde was yet concluded atwene this Charles and the kynge of Nauerne By reason of whiche accorde the Captall of Bueffe was clerely delyuered and Maunt and Menlene agayne also to the kynge restored And ouer that to the kynge of Nauerne was geuyn for a recompensement the Erledome of Longeuyle whiche as aboue is sayd the frenche kyng had gyuen vnto syr Barthran de Glaycon for to haue the Captall to his prisoner And also to the sayde kynge of Nauerne was gyuen the lordshyppe of Mountpyller And in the moneth of February began the warre in Spayne where prince Edwarde ayded Peter kyng of y e lande as before is shewed iÌ„ the .xl. and .xlii. yeres of kynge Edwarde In the .iiii. yere the peace atwene the kynges of Englande of FrauÌ„ce began to breke by meanes of the erle of Armenake other as in the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde is before shewed And in the moneth of Decembre and the sayd yere the quene was lyghted of a man Chylde in the Hostell of saynt Paule the whiche was after christened with excedynge solempnyte ouer other before passed in the churche of saint Paule in Parys the .vi. day of Decembre of the cardinal of Parys To whome were godfathers the erles of Mountmerency and of Dampmartyn godmother Iane quene of Euroux and bare the name of Charlys after the erle of Mountmerency In the .v. yere of this Charlys he called his counsell of parlyament at Parys Durynge the whiche the appellacyons of the erle of armenake and other purposed ageyne prynce Edwarde were publysshed and radde the answeres of the said prince vpon the sayd appellacyons made whiche I ouerpasse for length of the mater But the conclusyon was that the prince had broken the peas and couenauntes of the same as they there demyd wherfore all suche townes holdes as the frenche kyng had gotten he shulde them retayne make warre vpon the kynge of Englande for the recouery of the other where vpon kynge Charles in the moneth of Iuly folowyng rode vnto Roan and there rygged his nauye entendynge as sayth the frenche historye to haue made warre vpon EnglaÌ„d and to haue sent thyther his yongest brother Philippe than duke of Burgoyne with a stronge armye But whyle he was there besyed about his purpose the duke of Lancastre arryued with a strong power at Caleys and so passed to Tyrwyn so vnto Ayr. wherfore kynge Charlys then chaunged his purpose and sent his sayde brother into those ê‘ties Then by that season that y e sayd duke was prepared with hys people the englysshemen were
about Dunkyrke they gaue vnto hym suche assaute that he was constrayned to gyue backe And for the said shippes and goodes shulde nat come vnto the possessyon of his enemyes he sette them on fyre within the hauen and so was wasted bothe shyppes and goodes And all be it that after this mysse happe he recouered his strengthe layed syege vnto y e towne of Ipre and wrought the flemynges moche care and trouble shortely after suche syckenesses fell amonge his people as the flyre and other that his souldyours dyed of them great noumbre for the whiche he was compelled to leaue hys iourney and to retourne into EnglaÌ„de In this yere also was a batayle or feates of armes done in the kynges palays of westmynster atwene one called Garton Appellaunt and syr IohnÌ„ Ansley knyght defendauÌ„t of whiche fyght at length the knight was vyctor and caused his enemye to yelde hym For the whiche the sayd Garton was from that place drawen vnto Tyburne and there hanged for his false accusacyon and surmyse Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxiiii Grocer Symonde wynchecombe  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. vii  IohnÌ„ more   Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxv  Nycholas Exton  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. viii  IohnÌ„ Frenshe  THis yere king Rycharde holdynge his Christmas at Eltham thyther came vnto hym the kynge of Ermony whiche was chased out of his lande by the Infydels and Turkes and required ayde of y e kynge to be restored vnto his dominyon The kynge fested and comforted him according to his honour after couÌ„sell taken with hys lordes concerninge that mater he gaue vnto him great sommes of money and other ryche gyftes with the whiche after he had taryed in Englande vpoÌ„ ii monethes he departed with glad countenaunce And soone after Ester the kynge with a greate armye yode towarde ScotlaÌ„de But whan he drewe nere vnto the borders such meanes were sought by the Scottes that a peace was concluded atwene bothe realmes for a certayne tyme. After whiche conclusion so taken the kynge returned vnto yorke and there restyd hym a season In which tyme varyaunce fell atwene IohnÌ„ HolaÌ„de brother to the erle of Kent and the erles sonne of Stafforde by reason of whiche varyaunce in conclusion y e sayd sonne of the erle was slayne of the hande of the same syr IohnÌ„ HolÌ„ade for the whiche dede the kynge was greuously amoued departed shortely after with his company toward London Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxv  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxvi Grocer IohnÌ„ Organ  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. ix  IohnÌ„ Chyrcheman  THis yere kynge Rycharde assembled at westmynster hys highe court of parliameÌ„t Durynge the whiche amonge other many actes in the same counsell concluded he created .ii. dukes a marques and .v. erles Of the whiche firste syr Edmonde of Langley the kynges vncle and erle of Cambrydge was created duke of yorke syr Thomas of woodstoke his other vncle erle of Buckyngham was create duke of Gloucester syr Lyonell Uere y t was erle of Oxenforde was made marques of Deuelyn sir Henry Bolingbrooke sonne and heyre of IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t duke of Lancastre was made erle of Derby syr Edwarde sonne heyre vnto the duke of yorke was made erle of Rutlande syr IohnÌ„ Holande brother to the erle of Kent was made erle of Huntyngdone syr Thomas Monbraye was made erle of Notyngham and Marshall of Englande and syr Mychaell de la Poole was made erle of Suffolke ChauÌ„celler of EnglaÌ„de And by auctoryte of the same parlyamente syr Roger Mortymer erle of the Marche and sonne and heyre vnto syr Edmonde Mortymer and of dame Philyppe eldest doughter and heyre vnto syr Lyonell y e seconde sonne of Edward the thyrde was soone after proclaymed heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englande The whiche sir Roger shortely after sayled into Irelande there to pacifye hys lordeshyppe of wulster whiche he was lorde of by his foresayde mother But whyle he was there occupyed aboute the same the wylde Irysshe came vpon hym in noumbre and slewe him and moche of his company This sir Roger hadde Issue Edmonde and Roger Anne Alys and Elynoure that was made a nunne The .ii. foresaid sonnes died without issue and Anne eldest doughter was maryed to Rycharde erle of Cambrydge whiche Rycharde was sonne vnto syr Edmonde of Langley before named The which Rycharde hadde issue by the sayde Anne Isabell ladye Bouchier Rycharde that after was duke of yorke father to kynge Edwarde the .iiii. whiche sayd Richarde erle of Cambridge was put to deth by Henry the .v. as after shall appere In this yere also syr HeÌ„ry Bolingbroke erle of Derby maryed the Countesse doughter of Herforde by whome he was lorde of that countrey And by her he had issue Henry that after him was kynge Blaunche duches of Barre and Philippe that was wedded to the kynge of Denmarke Also Thomas duke of Clarence IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde Humfrey duke of Gloucester Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxvi  Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxvii Goldesmythe wyllyam Stondon  Nycholas Exton  Anno. x.  wyllyam More  IN this .x. yere the erle of Arundell was sent into the duchye of Guyan for to strengthe suche soudyours as the king at that tyme had in those parties or after some wryters to scoure the see of rouers enemyes The whiche erle in kepynge his course or passage encountred a myghtye flote of Flemynges laden with Rochel wyne set vpon them and distressed them theyr shyppes and so broughte them vnto dyuers portes of EnglaÌ„de By reason wherof the sayde wyne was so plenteous in Englande that a tonne thereof was solde for a marke and .xx. s. the choyse And amonge other in that flote was taken the Admyralle of Flaunders whyche remayned here longe after as prysoner Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxvii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxviii Goldesmythe wyllyam Uenour  Nycholas Exton  Anno. xi  Hughe Fostalfe  THis .xi. yere of kyng Rycharde syr Thomas of woodstocke duke of Gloucester the erle of Arundell with the erles of warwyke of Derby and of Notyngham consyderynge howe the king and hys lande was mysse ladde by a fewe persones aboute the kynge entendyng reformacion of the same assembled them to haue a counsell at Radecoke brydge and after arrered great people so with a stronge power came to London there caused y e king to call a ê‘liament wherof herynge maister Alexander Neuyle than archebysshop of yorke sir Lyonell Uere marques of Deuelyn and syr Mychaell de la Poole Chaunceller and erle of Suffolke fearyng punisshement fledde the lande and so died in straunge countreys Than the kynge by counsell of the other aboue named lordes durynge the parlyament caused to be taken syr Roberte Treuylian chefe Iustyce of Englande syr Nycholas Brembre late mayre of the cytie of London sir IohnÌ„ Salysbury knyghte of housholde sâ—r IohnÌ„ BeauchaÌ„p stewarde also of the kynges house
thynges concernynge his estate and to be lodged in notable places of his realme wher the people to hym shulde be moste obedyent After whiche artycles by the consentes of bothe prynces well and nobly ratysfyed and confermed and solempnyzacion of the foresayd maryage ended kyng Henry with his people sped hym towarde Parys where he was honorably receyued And whan he had with his newe wyfe rested hym there a season he than with the duke of Burgoyne and dyuers other lordes of Fraunce layde seyge vnto dyuers townes whiche helde vpon the Dolphyns partye them wanne by strengthe or by appoyntment and lastly layde syege and his ordenaunce aboute a stronge towne named Meldune or Meleon wherof was capytayne a noble warryour named Barbasan the whiche defended that towne manfully Than the kynge seynge the foresayde sternesse of y e capitayne beclipped that towne with a stronge syege lyenge hymselfe on that syde towarde the wood and the duke of Burgoyne vpon the other syde agayne the temple or monastery of saynt Peter whiche syege so conâ—â—ued durynge this mayres yere Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xix  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xx  Robert whytyngham  Richarde whytyngham Mercer  Anno .viii.  Iohan Butler  THis yere continued styll the former syege aboute Meleon tyll aboute the mydle of Nouembre At whiche tyme the fore named capytayne sore famysshed sought me anes of treaty By meane wherof it was agreed that he with all other shulde sauely auoyde by a daye lymyted excepte all suche persones as before tyme had ben consentynge vnto the dethe of IohnÌ„ lateli duke of Burgoyne For the whiche cryme the forenamed capytayne named Barbasan was after accused with many other and sent vnto Parys and there holden in pryson And that done kynge Henry layde his syege vnto a towne called Melden The whiche fynally was also gyuen vp by a lyke apoyntment wherin were founden certayne persones detected of y e foresayde murther for the whiche after due examynacyon made they were hanged vpon an elmen tree standynge by y e way ledynge vnto Parys whan kynge Henry had thus wrouthte moche of his wyll in Fraunce he toke leue of his father the Frenche kynge with the quene his wyfe sayled into Englande landed at Douer vpon Candelmas day leuynge in Fraunce for his deputye his brother the duke of Clarence Than the kynge sped hym on his iournay towarde London came thyder on the .xiiii. daye of February And the quene came thyder vpon the .xxi. day of y e same moneth But here for lengthe of tyme I wyl passe ouer the great and curyous ordynaunce prouyded by the cytezyns for the receyuynge of the kynge and quene aswell of theyr ordinate metynge wyth theym vpon horsebacke as the sumptuous and honourable dyuyses prepayred wythin the cytye to the kynges and quenes greate reâ—ioysynge And forthe I wyll procede to shewe vnto you some parte of the greate honour that was vsed and exercysed vppon the daye of the sayde quenes coronacyon whyche was after solempnysed in saynte Peters churche of westmynster vppon the daye of saynte Mathy the apostle or the foure twenty day of February After whyche solempnysacyoÌ„ in that chyrche endyd she was conueyed in to the greate halle of westmynster and there set to dyner Upon whose ryghte hand satte at the ende of the same table the archebysshop of CauÌ„torbury and Henry surnamed the ryche cardynall of wynchester And vppon the lefte hande of the quene satte the kynge of Scottes in hys astate the whyche was seruyd wyth coueryd messe lyke vnto the forenamed bysshoppes but after them And vppon the same hande and syde nere to the bordes ende satte the duchesse of yorke and the countesse of Huntyngdon The erle of y e Marche holdynge a ceptre in hys hande knelyd vppon the ryght syde The erle marshall in lyke maner knyled vppon the left hande of the quene The couÌ„tesse of Kente satte vnder the table at the ryght foote and the countesse Marshall at the left foote The duke of Glouceter syr Humfrey â—as that daye ouerloker and stode before the quene bare heded Syr Rychard Neuyll was that day caruer to y e quene y e erles brother of Suffolk cupberer syr IohnÌ„ Steward Sewar the lord Clyfford panterer in stede of the erle of warwyk the lord wyllughby boteler in stede of the erle of AruÌ„dell The lord Gray Ruthyn or Ryffyn naperer The lord of Awdeley amner in stede of the erle of Cambrydge The erle of worceter was that daye erle Marshall in absence of the erle Marshall the whyche rode about the hall vpon a great courser wyth a multytude of typped staues about hym to kepe the roume in the hall Of the which hall the barons of the .v. portes begaÌ„ the table vpon the ryght hande towarde saynt StepheÌ„s chapell beneth theÌ„ at the table sat the bowchyers of the chauncery And vpon the lefte hande next vnto the cupborde sat the mayre and hys bretherne aldermeÌ„ of LoÌ„doÌ„ The bysshops began the table foreagayne the barons of the .v. portes the ladies the table agayn the mayre Of whyche .ii. tables for the bysshoppes began y e bysshop of London and the bysshop of Durham and for the ladyes the countesse of Stafforde the couÌ„tesse of Marche And ye shall vnderstande that thys feast was all of fysshe And for the orderyng of the seruice therof were diuers lordes appoynted for hede offycers as stewarde controller surueyour and other honourable offyces For the whyche were appoynted the erles of Northumberlande of westmerland the lorde Fitz Hughe the lorde Furneuall the lorde Gray of wyltonÌ„ the lorde Ferers of Groby the lord Ponynges the lorde HaryngtonÌ„ y e lord Darcy the lorde Dacre and the lord Delaware The whyche wyth other orderyd the seruyce of the feest as foloweth thus for the fyrst course Brawne and mustarde Dedellys in Burneux Frument wyth Balien Pyke in Erbage Lamprey powderyd Trought Codlyng Playes fryed Marlyng fryed Crabbys Leche lumbarde florysshed Tartys And a sotyltye called a Pellycane syttyng on hys nest with her byrdes and an image of saynte Katheryne holdyng a boke and dysputyng with the doctours holdynge a reason in her ryghte hande saynge Madame le Royne and y e Pellycan as an answere Ce estia signe et du roy pur tenir ioy et a tout sa gent esse mete sa entent The seconde course Gely coloured wyth columbyne floures whyte potage or creme of almandes Breme of the see Counger Solys Cheuen Barbyll wyth Roche Fresshe Samon Halybut Gurnarde Rochet broyled Smelth fryed Creuys or lobster Leche Damask witw the kynges worde or prouerbe flourysshed Vne sanz plus Lamprey fresshe baken Flampeyne flourisshed wyth a scochonÌ„ royall and therin .iii. crownes of golde plantyd with floure delyce and floures of camemyll wroughte of confeccions And a sotyltye named a Panter wyth an image of saynte Katheryne wyth a whele in her hande a rolle wyth a reason in that other hande
.xxx. daye of the moneth of Maye that was the sondaye after Trynyte sondaye she was solemply crowned After whyche feeste iustes were there holden by thre dayes continual within the seyntwary before y e abbey Of thys maryage are of dyuers wryters lefte dyuers remembraunces sayenge that thys maryage was vnprofytable for the realme dyuerse wayes For fyrste was gyuen vp for her oute of the kynges possession the duchye of Angeou and the erledome of Mayne And for the costes of her conueynge into thys lande was axed in playne parlyamente a fyftene and an halfe by the marquys of Suffolke By reason whereof he grewe in such hatered of the people that fynally it coste hym hys lyfe And ouer that it appered that god was nat pleased wyth that mariage For after thys day the fortune of the worlde beganne to fal from y e kyng so that he loste hys frendes in Englande and hys reuenewes in Fraūce For shortly after all was ruled by the quene and her counsayl to the great dysprofyte of the kyng hys realme and to the greate maugre and obloquy of the quene The whych as syn that tyme hath ben well prouyd had many a wrong and false reporte made of her whych were to longe to reherse All whyche mysery fyll for brekynge of the promyse made by the kyng vnto the erle of Armenakkys doughter as before in the .xx. yere of the kyng is touched as agreeth moste wryters whyche mysery in thys story shall somdeale appere as fyrst by the losyng of Normandy the deuisiō of the lordes within thys realme the rebelliō of y e cominaltye agayne theyr prynce soueraygne fynally the kynge deposed and the quene wyth the prynce fayne to fle the lande loste the rule thereof for euer Anno. dn̄i M.iiii C.xlvi  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xlvii  Robert Horne  Iohn̄ Olney Mercer  Anno .xxv.  Godfrey Boloyne  THys .xxv. yere was a parlyament holdē at saynt Edmondes Bury in Suffolke To y e whiche towne all the cōmons of that coūtre were warned to come in theyr moste defēcyble aray to gyue attendaunce vpō the kyng And so soone as thys parlyamēt was begō and the lordes assembled syr Hūfrey duke of Glouceter and vncle vnto y e kyng shortly after was arrested by the vycounte Beawmōde thā hygh cōstable of Englande whome accompanied y e duke of Bukkynghm̄ other And after this arest was executed all his owne seruaūtes were put from him .xxxii of the pryncypall of theym were also put vnder arest sente vnto dyuers prysons whereof arose a great murmour amonge the people Than thus cōtynuyng thys parlyament wythin .vi. dayes after the duke was arrested he was founde dede in hys bedde beynge the .xxiiii. daye of February Of whose murdre dyuers reportes at made whyche I passe ouer Than hys corps was layd opyn y t all mē myght se hym but no wonde was founde on hym Of the honourable fame of thys man a longe style I myght make of y e good rule that he kepte thys lande in durynge the none age of the kynge and of hys honourable housholde libertye which passed all other before hys tyme and trewe of hys allegeaunce that no mā coude with ryght accuse hī but malycyous persones whych hys glorious honour fame lafte nat to maligne agayne hym tyll he were put frome all wordly rule and specyally for it was thought that durynge hys lyfe he wolde withstāde the delyuery of Angeou Mayne before promysed Thys for hys honourable and lyberall demeanure was surnamed the good duke of Glouceter Than after he had lyen opyn a season y t all men myghte be assured of hys dethe the corps was honourably prouided for and so cōueyed vnto saynt Albonys there buryed nere vnto the shryne of saynt Albone to whose soule god be mercyfull Amen And whan this noble prynce was thus enteryd fyue persones of hys housholde that is to saye syr Roger Chamberlayne knyght Myddelton Herbarde Arthur esquyers one Rycharde Nedā yeman were sente vnto Londō there arayned and iuged to be drawē hāged and quartered Of the whych sentēce drawynge hāgynge were put in execuciō But whā they were cut downe to be quartered y e Marquys of Suffolke there beyng presēt shewed y e kynges chartour for thē so were deliuered to the great reioysyng of y e multytude of y e people there beyng present But for thys the grudge murmour of y e people ceased nat agayne the Marquys of Suffolke for the deth of the good duke of Glouceter of whose murdre he was specyally suspected Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xlvii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xlviii  Wyllyam Abraham  Iohn̄ Gedney Draper  Anno .xxvi.  Thomas Scot.  IN thys .xxvi. yere after concordaūce of moste wryters or nere there about y e .xxiii. scisme of y e church ceased that before had cōtynued betwene Eugeny the .iiii. Felix the .v. vpon .xvi. yeres Thys scisme as before is touched began by reason of the deposycyō of the sayde Eugeny at the coūsayll of Basile for that that he wolde nat obserue the decrees before made in the coūsayll of Cōstaūce other causes to hym layde But yet that deposyng natwythstandynge perforce he cōtynued pope by the terme of .xiiii. yeres after And the sayde Felix at the sayd coūsayll admitted in lyke maner cōtynued as pope by all that sayde season lyke as before to you I haue shewed in the .xvii. yere of thys kynge And as now by exortacyon of crysten prynces as the kynge of England whose messangers in y e behalfe were the bysshoppe of Norwyche and the lord of saint Iohn̄s other princes the sayd pope Felix to sette a perfyte vnyon in the churche in thys yere of hys owne volūte resigned hys auctorytie of papacy and submytted hym vnto the obediēce of Nicholas the .v. of that name nat wythstandynge that the sayde Felix was a man of great byrthe allied to the more partye of all crysten prynces And thys Nycholas a mā of lowe byrthe of vnknowē kynred wythin the cytie of Ieane Than was Felix made legate of Fraunce cardynal of Sauoye and lyued after a blessed holy lyfe so ended And as some wryters testifye god for hym hath shewed dyuers miracles syns he dyed And for thys scysme thus gracyously was ended a vercyfyer made thys verse folowynge ¶ Lux fussit mundo cessit Felix Nicholao The whych verse is thus to meane in Englyshe ¶ Lyght into the worlde now dothe sprynge and shyne ¶ For Felix vnto Nicholas all frely doth resyne Also as testifieth Gaguyne also some englyshe wryters y t trewys betwene Englād Fraūce cōtynuyng a knyght of y e Englysh partie named syr Fraūceys Arrogonoyse toke a town vpō the borders of Normādy belōgyng vnto y e duke of Brytayne For y t which he cōplayned hym vnto Charles the Frēch kyng he at the sayd dukes request sent
of yorke beynge in the Marches of walys called to hym y t erlys of warwyke of Salysbury wyth other many honorable knyghtes and esquyres gathered a stroÌ„ge hoste of people and than in the moneth of Apryll toke his iourney towarde London the kynge there thaÌ„ beynge wyth a greate retynewe of lordes wherof when the quene and the lordes were aduertysed that the duke was comynge with so greate power anone they cast in theyr myndes that it was to none of theyr profytes And for y t in all possyble haste as they myght they gathered by the authoryte of the kynges coÌ„myssyons such strength as they coulde haue entended to haue conueyed the kyng westwarde and not to haue encountred the duke of yorke And for the execucyon of this purpose the kynge accoÌ„panyed with hym the dukes of Somerset of Buckyngham y e erlys of Stafforde of Northumberlande with the lorde Elyfforde and other many noble men of the realme departed vpon the .xx. daye of Maye from westmynster and so helde hys iourney towarde saynte Albonys Then the duke of yorke hauynge knowlege of the kynges departynge from London costed the countrees and came vnto the ende of saynt Albons vppon the .xxiii. daye of Maye foresayde then beyuge the thursday before whytsondaye where whyle meanes of treaty and peace were comonyd vppon that one party y e erle of warwyke wyth his Marche men entryd the towne vppon that other ende foughte egerly agayne y e kynges people so contynued the fyght a longe season But in conclusyon y e vyctory fell to the duke of yorke and his party in so myche that there was slayne that duke of Somerset the erle of Northumberlande and the lorde Clyfforde wyth many other honoâ—â—ble men of knyghtes esquyers whose names were tedious to write After whyche victory thus opteyned by the duke he with honour and reuerence vpon the morne folowynge conueyed the kynge agayne to London and there lodged hym in the bysshoppe of Londons palays And soone thereupon was called a parlyament and holden at westmynster by authoryte wherof y e duke of yorke was made protectour of Englande the erle of Salesbury chauncellour and the erle of warwyke capytayne of Caleys And all suche persons as before were in authoryte and nere aboute the kynge were clerely amoued and putte by and the quene and hyr counsayle that before dayes ruled all vtterly sette a parte concernynge the rule of the kynge and of y e lande whych contynued for a whyle as after shall apere In this yere also as affermeth the Frenche cronycle this mysery and vnkyndnesse thus reygnynge in Englande the lord Talbot than beyng in Normandy and in defendynge of the kynges GarysoÌ„s was beset with French men at a place named Castillyon and there strongely assayled where after longe and cruell fyghte he with hys sonne and to the nomber of .xl. men of name and .viii. huÌ„dreth of other Englysshe soudyours were myserably slayne and many mo taken prysoners Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.liiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lv.  IohnÌ„ Felde  Stephan Forster  Anno .xxxiii.  wyllyam Taylour  IN thys .xxxiii. yere of Henry y e vi certayne euyll dysposed persones beynge sentuary men within saynt Martens the graunde issued out of y e sayde place and frayed with some cytesyns and of them hurt and maymed and that done reentred the seintuary wherewyth the commons beyng amoued with certeyne rulers of the cytie entred the sayd sayntwary by force and pulled out the occasyoners of the sayde fraye and commytted them to prysone Of this mater by the deane of saynte Martens and suche as fauoured hym was a greuous complaynt made vnto the kynge and hys counsayle of y e mayre and the cytesyns For dyscharge wherof the recorder of the citie wyth certeyne aldermen to hym assygned were sente vnto the kyng then lyeng at y e castell of Egle in Herford shyre where after the mater duly debated before y e kynges couÌ„sayll they were with letter of commendacyon retournyd vnto the mayre wyllynge hym to kepe the sayde persons sauely tyll the kynges comynge to London at whyche season he entended to haue y e mater more clerely examyned Anno domin M.iiii C.lv.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lvi. Grocer IohnÌ„ yonge  wyllyam Marowe  Anno .xxxiiii.  Thomas Dulgraue  IN this yere moneth of May an Italyans seruaunt walked thorough Chepe wyth a dagger hangynge at hys gyrdell wherof a mercers seruaunt that before tyme had ben in Italy and there chalengyd or punysshed for werynge of a lyke wepen chalenged the straunger questioned with him how he was so bold to bere such a warrely wepyn consyderynge he was a straunger and out of his natyue countrey also knowynge that in his countre no straunger shuld be suffered to bere any lyke wepyn To whyche questyon suche answere was made by the Italyan that the mercer toke his dagger froÌ„ hym and brake it vppon his hede The strauÌ„ger thus beyng delte with complayned hym vnto the mayre y t whiche vpon the morowe folowyng kepynge a court at the Guyldhall sent for the yonge man and after his answere made vnto this complaynt by agrement of a full courte of alder men sent the sayde mercer vnto pryson And after thys court was fynysshed for rumour that he harde of to be amonge the seruauntes of y e mercery he with the two sheryffes toke his way homeward thorough chepe But whan he was nere vnto th ende of saint LawreÌ„ce lane toward chepe he was met wyth suche a multytude of mercers seruauÌ„tes and other that he coulde not passe for ought that he myghte do or speke tyll he hadde coÌ„trarye hys wylle and mynde delyuered the yonge man that before was commytted by hym and his brethern to warde and so was he forthwith delyuered Thys thus done rumour sprange therof lyghtely aboute the town in so mych that amonge many cytesyns it was construed that thys was done by the assent of the maysters and housholders of the mercery to y e enteÌ„t to haue the straungers punysshed for so myche as they toke from them greate lyuynge by reason of theyr vtteraunce of cloth of golde and sylkes to the estates and lordes of the realme But how so it was vnto men of honeste to vacaboÌ„des and other that loked for pylfry and ryfflynge it was a great occasyon and styrynge And that appered well for the same afternone sodeynly was assembled a multytude of rascall and poore people of the cytye whyche wythout hede or guyde ranne vnto certayne Italyans places and specyally vnto the Florentynes Lukessys and Uenicyans and toke and spoyled what they in theyr places myghte fynde and dyd greate hurte in sundry places but moste in .iiii. houses staÌ„dyng in Bredstrete ward wherof thre stode in saynt Barthelomewys parysshe the lytle and one in saynte Benettes parysshe and moch more wolde haue done had not bene the spedy ayde of the mayre and aldermen and worshypfull comoners
greate daunger toke hys barge so in all haste rowed to London nat wythout great maymys hurtys receyued by many of hys seruauntes For thys the old raÌ„cour malyce whyche neuer was clerely cured anon begaÌ„ to breke oute in so moche that the quenes couÌ„sayll wolde haue had the sayd erle arested and committed vnto the towre wherfore he shortly after departed toward warwyke and by polycy purchased soone after a commyssioÌ„ of the kyng and so yode or sayled vnto Calays Thanne encreased thys olde malyce more more in so moche that where the quene and hyr couÌ„sayll sawe that they myght nat be auenged vppoÌ„ the erle that so vnto Calays was departed than they malygned agayne hys father the erle of Salysbury imagened how he myght be brought out of lyfe And in processe of tyme after as he was rydynge towarde Salysbury or after som from hys lodgyng towarde London the lorde Audeley wyth a stroÌ„g company was assygned to mete wyth hym as prysoner to bryng hym vnto LondoÌ„ whereof the sayde erle beynge warned gathered vnto hym the mo men kepyng hys iourney mette wyth the sayd lord Audeley at a place called Bloreheth where both companyes ran together had there a stroÌ„ge by keryng wherof in the ende the erle was vyctoure and slewe there the lorde Audeley many of hys retynew At thys skyrmys she were the .ii. sonnes of the sayd erle sore wouÌ„ded named sir Thomas and syr IohnÌ„ the whyche shortly after as they were goynge homeward were by some of the quenys party taken as prysoners sente vnto Chestry whan thys was knowen vnto y e duke of yorke and to the other lordes of hys party they knewe understode that yf they ê“uyded nat shortly for remedy for them selfe they shulde all be destroyed And for that they by one assent gathered to them a stroÌ„ge hoste of men as of Marche men and other in the moneth of Octobre y t was in the begynnyng of the .xxxviii yere of the reygne of kynge Henry the later ende of thys mayres yere they drewe them towarde the kynge to the entent to remoue froÌ„ hym such persones as they thought were enemyes vnto the commoÌ„ weale of Englande But the quene and hyr counsayll heryng of the entent strength of these lordes caused the kyng in all haste to sende forthe coÌ„myssyons to gather the people so that in shorte whyle the kyng was strongely accoÌ„panyed so spedde hym vppon hys iourney to warde the duke of yorke hys company wherof heryng y e sayd duke thaÌ„ beyng wyth hys peple nere vnto the towne of Ludlowe pyghte there a sure stroÌ„ge feelde that none of hys foes myght vppon any parte entre where he so lyeng came to him frome Calays the erle of warwyke wyth a stronge bande of meÌ„ amonge the whyche was Andrewe Trollop and many other of y e best souldiours of Calays The duke thus kepynge hys feelde vpon that one party and the kyng wyth hys people vpon that other vpon the nyght precedyng the daye that bothe hostes shulde haue met the forenamed Andrewe Trolloppe wyth all the chefe soudyours of Calays secretly departed frome y e dukes hoste and wente vnto the kynges where they were ioyously receyued whaÌ„ thys thynge to the duke and the other lordes was asserteyned they were therewhyth sore dysmayed and specyally for the sayd lordes had to the sayd Andrew shewed the hoole of theyr ententes whych thanne they knewe well shuld be clerelye dyscouered vnto theyr enemyes wherfore after couÌ„sayll for a remedye taken they concluded to flee to leue the feelde standyng as they had ben presente and styll abydyng And so incontynently the sayd duke wyth hys twoo sonnes a few other persones fledde towarde walys and from thens passed sauely into Irelande And the erles of Salysbury of Marche of warwyke and other wyth a secrete company also departed and toke the waye into Deuonshyre where a squyer named Iohan Dynham whyche after was a lorde and hyghe tresourer of Englande so lastlye in Henry the .vii. dayes and xvi yere of hys reygne dyed bought a shyp for a C. .x. markes or a leuen score nobles and in the same shyppe the sayd lordes went so sayled into Gerneley And whaÌ„ they had a seasoÌ„ there soiourned and refresshed them selfe they departed thens as in the begynnyng of the nexte mayres yere shal be clerely shewed Uppon the morowe whan all thys couyne was knowen to the kynge and the lordes vpon hys party there was sendynge and ruÌ„nynge wyth all spede towarde euery cooste to take these lordes but none myght be fouÌ„de And forthwith the kyng rode vnto Ludlowe dyspoyled the towne and castell sente the duchesse of yorke wyth hyr chyldren vnto the duchesse of BuckynghaÌ„ hyr syster where she rested loÌ„ge after Anno. dnÌ„i M. CCCC.lix  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.lx Fysshemonger HohnÌ„ Plummer  wyllyam Hulyn  Anno .xxxviii.  IohnÌ„ Stocker  THys yere that is to meane vppon the fryday next ensuyng Alhalowen day after the sayde erles of Salysbury of Marche of warwyke had as before is said refresshed them in the I le of Gernesey they vpoÌ„ the fryday foresayd laÌ„ded at Calays and there were at a posterne by theyr freÌ„des ioyously receyued ThaÌ„ anon vpon this these foresayd lordes were proclaymed rebellys traytours the yonge duke of Somerset was made capitayne of Calays wherfore in all haste he made purueyaunce saylyd thyther to take possessyon of y e town But he fayled of hys purpose for the foresayde erles there beynge kept so y e towne that there he myght haue no rule natwythstandyng that he shewed the kynges letter pateÌ„tys wyth many other strayght commauÌ„dementes of the kynge For whyche cause the sayd duke yode vnto Guynys and there helde hym for a seasoÌ„ And anone as the sayd duke was laÌ„ded some of the shypmen which had brought hym thyther for good wyll that they owed vnto the erle of warwyke coÌ„ueyed theyr shippes streyght into Calays hauen brought wyth them certayne persones named Genyn Fenbyll IohnÌ„ Felowe Kayles and Purser whyche were enemyes vnto the sayde erle of warwyke the whyche were presented vnto the lordes and soone after wythin the sayd towne of Calays they were beheded Thys rumoure thus contynuynge dayly came vnto these lordes greate socoure out of EnglaÌ„de And vppon that other partye the duke as before is sayd lyeng in the castel of Guynes gate vnto hym ayde and strengthe of souldyours made out and skyrmysshed wyth them of Calays many and sundry tymes In whych assautes many meÌ„ were slayen hurte vppon both partyes but moste wekyd the dukes partye For all be that the lordes lost many men yet they dayly came so thycke to them out of dyuers partyes of EnglaÌ„de that theyr losse was nat espyed so that they wantyd no meÌ„ but money to maynteynÌ„ theyr dayly charge with For remedy wher of they shyfted wyth the staple of
kyng Hēry shuld cōtynue reygne as kynge durynge hys naturall lyfe after hys deth hys sonne prynce Edwarde to be sette a parte the duke of yorke hys heyres to be kynges incontynentely the duke to be admytted as protectour and regēt of the lāde And yf at any tyme after the kynge of hys owne free wyll and mynde were dysposed to resygne gyue vp the rule of the lāde that thā he shulde resigne vnto the duke yf he than lyued and to none other to hys heyres after hys dayes wyth many other maters and cōuencyōs whyche were tedious to wryte All whyche conclusyons as than by mannes wytte myght be assuryd for the parfourmaunce of theym whanne tyme requyred parfyghted the kynge wyth the duke many other lordes thā there present came that nyght to Poulys there harde euynsong vppon the morow came thyther agayn to masse where the kyng yode in procession crowned wyth great royalte so lay styll in y e bysshoppes palays a season after And vppon the saterdaye folowynge beyng the .ix. daye of Nouember the duke was proclaymed throughe the cytye heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englāde all hys progeny after hym Than for as moche as quene Margarete accompanyed with price Edwarde hyr sonn̄ the dukes of Somerset of Excetyr and diuers other lordes helde hyr in the northe as aboue is sayd and wolde nat come at the kynges sendyng for therefore it was agreed by the lordes thā at London presence that the duke of yorke shulde take wyth hym the erle of Salysbury wyth a certayne people to fetche in the sayde quene lordes abouesayde The whyche duke erle departed from Londō with theyr people vpon the secōde daye of December so spedde theym northwarde wherof the quene with hyr lordes beynge ware and hauyng wyth theym a greate strength of Northernemen mette wyth the duke of yorke vppon the .xxx. daye of December nere vnto a towne in the northe called wakelfeld were betwene them was foughten a sharpe fyght In the whych the duke of yorke was slayne wyth hys sonne called erle of Rutlande and syr Thomas Neuyll sonne vnto the erle of Salysbury wyth many other and the erle of Salysbury was there taken on lyue wyth dyuerse other whanne the lordes vppon the quenes partye had gotten thys vyctory anone they sente theyr prysoners vnto Pountfreyte the whyche were after there behedyd that is to meane the erle of Salysbury a man of London named Iohn̄ Narowe and an other capytayne named Hāson whose heddes were sente vnto yorke and there sette vppon the gates And whan the quene hadde opteynyd thys vyctory she wyth her retynewe drewe toward London where at that tyme duryng this troublous season greate watchys were kepte dayely and nyghtelye and dyuerse opynions were amonge the citesyns For the mayre and many of the chefe comoners helde vppon the quenes partye but the comynaltie was with the duke of yorke hys affynyte whanne tydynges were broughte vnto the cytye of the commynge of the quene wyth so greate an hoste of Northernemen anone suche as were of the contrary partye broughte vp a noyse thoroughe the cytye that she brought those Northernemen to the entente to ryfle and spoyle the citye where thoroughe she was encreasyd of enemyes But what so hyr entente was she wyth hyr people helde on hyr waye tyll she came to saynte Albons In the whyche meane tyme the erle of warwyke and the duke of Northfolke whyche by the duke of yorke were assygned to gyue attendaunce vppon the kynge by consent of the kynge gathered vnto theym strengthe of knyghtes and mette wyth the quenes hoste at saynt Albons foresayde where betwene them a strōge fyght was foughten vppon shroue tuysday in the mornyng At y t whych the duke of Northfolke the sayd erle in the endewere chased and kyng Henry takē efte vpō the felde brought vnto the quene And y e same after noone after some wryters he made his sonn̄ price Edward knyght whych than was of the age of .viii. yeres wyth other to the noubre of .xxx. persones whan quene Margaret was thus commen agayne to hyr aboue anon she sente vnto the mayre of London wyllyng commaundynge hym in y e kynges name that he shuld in all spedy wyse sende to saynt Albonys certayne cartes wyth lentyn stuffe for y e vytaylyng of her hoste whyche commaundement the mayre obeyed and wyth great dylygence made prouysyon for the sayd vytayll and sent it in cartys towarde Crepylgate for to haue passed to the quene where whā it was cōmyn the commons many there beynge whych had harde other tydynges of the erle of Marche as after shal be shewed of one mynde with stode the passage of the sayd cartes sayde it was nat behouefull to fede theyr enemyes whyche entended the robbyng of the cytye And nat wythstandynge that the mayre wyth hys bretherne exorted the people in theyr best maner shewyng to theym many great daungers whyche was lyke to ensue to the cytye yf the sayd dytayll went nat forthe yet myghte he nat tourne them from theyr obstynat errour but for a cōclusyon was fayne to apoynt the recorder wyth hym a certayne of aldermē to ryde vnto the kynges coūsayll to Barnet and to make requeste vnto theym that the Northē mē myght be retorned home for fere of robbynge of the cytye and ouerthys other secrete frendes were made vnto the quenes grace to be good gracyouse vnto the cytye Duryng whych treaty dyuers cytesyns auoyded the cytye and lande Amōge the whych Phylip Malpas whych as before is shewed in the .xx. and .viii. yere of thys kynge was robbed of Iacke Cade whyche Malpas other was mette vpō the see wyth a Frēchman named Columpne and of hym takē prysoner after payed .iiii M. marke for hys raunsome Thus passyng the tyme y e tydynges which before were secrete now were blowē abrode and openly was tolde that y e erles of Marche of warwyke were mette at Cottyswolde and had gathered vnto thē great strength of Marchemen were wel spedde vpō theyr waye to warde London For knowelege whereof the kynge and y e quene wyth theyr hoste were retourned Northwarde But or they departyd from saint Albonis there was beheded the lord Bonuyle syr Thomas Teryll knyghet whyche were taken in the forenamed felde Thā the duchesse of yorke beyng at Lōdon herynge the losse of thys felde sent hyr two yonger sonnes that is to meane George whyche after was duke of Clarēce and Rychard that after was duke of Glouceter into Utrych in Almayne where they remayned a whyle Thā the foresayd erles of March and of warwyke sped them towarde Londō in suche wyse that they came thydervpon the thursday in the fyrst weke of lent To whome resorted all the gētylmen for the more partye of the south eest partye of Englād And in thys whyle that they thus rested at London a great coūsayl was called
before hym all the cunnyng maysters of musyke wythin hys realme that by the melodyous souÌ„de of theyr instrumentes he myghte be eased of his peyne But whan he had assembled of the best an C. and .xx. in noumber a fewe shepardes pypes were to hym more solace than all the other or any parte of them y t whych he helde styll in hys court commauÌ„ded that euery day the sayd shepherdes shulde play a certeyn dystaunce from the place where he laye And ouer thys he sent for all ankers and other relygyous men that were famed for holy parfight men and for them ordeyned places within TuroÌ„ that by the meane of theyr prayers he myght be released of hys contynuall paynes And to haue lenger contynaunce of lyfe myne auctour sayeth y t thys Lewys had so greate a desyre to haue lengthe of lyfe for so moche as he knewe well that the realme of Fraunce shulde be in great trouble vexacyon shortly after But nat wythstandynge all these prouysyons and ordenaunces wyth many moo whyche longe were to wryte fynally thys Lewys dyed whaÌ„ he hadde ben kyng of FrauÌ„ce by the terme of .xxvi. yeres or there vppoÌ„ and after was buryed in the churche of our Lady of Raynes where before tyme he prouyded hys sepulture in tyme of hys sykenesse lâ—ye in it a certayne season whyle that certeyne orysons were ouer hym sayde Anglia ¶ Edwarde the .iiii. EDwarde the .iiii. of that name sonÌ„ of Rycharde duke of yorke as before is touched began hys reygne ouer y e realme of EnglaÌ„d the .iiii. daye of Marche in the ende of the yere of grace to reken after the churche of Englande M.iiii C. .lx and the .ii. yere of Lewys the .xii. thaÌ„ne kynge of Fraunce The whych Edwarde after hys possessyon takynge at westmynster gettyng of the feelde at ToutoÌ„ by yorke was crowned anoynted for kynge at westmynster foresayde the .xxix. daye of Iuny as before is shewyd in the ende of the laste yere of Henry the .vi. After whyche solempnyte fynysshed the kynge in August after rode to Cauntorbury frome theÌ„s he rode to Sandewyche and from thens a longe by the sees syde to SouthamptoÌ„ so into the march of walys retourned by Brystowe where he was wyth all honour receyued and after visited sundry parties of hys realme In whych season or soone after the tyme of Rychard Lee mayre of LoÌ„don expyred and Hughe wyche mercer was admytted for the yere folowynge Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxi.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxii.  IohnÌ„ Looke  Hughe wyche  Anno .i.  George Irelande  THis yere beyng the later ende of the fyrste yere of Edwarde the .iiii and the begynnynge of thys mayres yere that is to say the fourth daye of September a parlyamente was begonne at westmynster And vpon y e morow folowyng dyed IohnÌ„ duke of Northfolke the whyche had ben a speciall ayder of the kyng And vpoÌ„ Alhalowen daye before passed y e kyng created Rycharde hys yonger brother duke of Glouceter the lorde Bowchyer erle of Essex the lorde Fawcumbrydge erle of Kent vpon the .xii. day of February was the erle of Oxenforde wyth the lorde Aubry hys elder sonne syr Thomas TodeÌ„hamÌ„ willyaÌ„ Tyrell other brought vnto the towre of LoÌ„don And vpon the .xx. day of the sayd moneth y e sayd lorde Awbry was drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hylle there beheded And vpon the .xxiii. daye of the same moneth syr Thomas TodeÌ„ham wyllyaÌ„ Tyrell and IohnÌ„ MoÌ„gomory were also there beheded And vpon the fryday next ensuynge or the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth the erle of Oxenforde was ladde froÌ„ westmynster vpon hys feete to y e sayd place of there also beheded whose corps was after borne vnto y e frere Augustynes and there buryed wythin the quyer for that tyme. And in the later ende of the moneth of Iuly was the castell of Awnewyke yelden vnto the lorde Hastynges by appoyntement whan kynge Edwarde was thus stablysshed in this realme great sute and labour was made to hym for the repayment of the foresayd .xviii. M. li. to hym and other delyuered by the stapelers as before in y e .xxxviii. yere of Henry the .vi. to you I haue before shewed wherof was laborer were it by the agrement of the sayd stapelers or otherwyse one named Rycharde Heyron a marchaunt of pregnaunte wyt and of good maner and speche To whome at length was answered by the kynges counsayll that y e sayd xviii M. pounde wyth moch more the whyche was couertly kept frome the kynges knowlege belonged of ryght vnto y e erle of wylshyre which at the tyme of delyuery of the sayde goodes was hyghe tresourer of Englande and after for treason by him done agayne the kyng the sayd erles landes and goodes were forfayted vnto the kynge wherfore the kynge reteyned the sayde .xviii. M. li. as parceyll of hys forfayture wolde reteyne as hys owne Upon whych answere thys heyron seynge that of the kyng he myght haue no remedy and for so moche as moch of the sayd good belonged to hys charge he thaÌ„ resorted vnto the stapelers for conteÌ„tacyon of the sayd money But howe it was that there be faÌ„de no comfort he fynally sued the mayer of the staple and hys company and put them vnto greate vexacyon and trouble And in the ende fande suche fauoure in the courte of Rome that he denouÌ„ced all the merchauntes stapelers accursed Howe be it that soone after they purchased an absolucyon And he in conclusyon after longe beyng iÌ„ westmynster as a seyntwaryman wythoute recouery of hys costes or dutye dyed there beynge greatly endetted vnto many persones Anno domini M.iiii C.lxii.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxiii  wyllyam Hampton  Thomas Cooke  Anno .ii.  Barth Iamys  THys yere and begynnyge of y e moneth of Nouember Margaret late quene of EnglaÌ„d came out of FrauÌ„ce iÌ„to ScotlaÌ„d froÌ„ theÌ„s iÌ„to Englande wyth a strength of FreÌ„ch men Scottes wherfore the kynge sped hym into the north wyth a stroÌ„g hoste wherof herynge the quene brake hyr araye and fled and toke a caruyle therein entended to haue sayled into FrauÌ„ce But suche tempest fell vpon the see that she was coÌ„strayned to take a fysshers bote and by meane therof landed at Barwyke so drewe hyr vnto the Scottysshe kynge And shortly after her laÌ„dyng tydynges came to her that her sayde caruyll was drowned wythin the whyche she had greate treasoure and other rychesse And the same daye vpon .iiii. C. of the Frenchemen were dryuen vppon lande nere vnto Bambourth where they for so moche as they myght nat haue away theyr shyppes they fyred theÌ„ after for theyr sauegarde tooke an ilande wythin Northumberland where they were assayled of one called Maners wyth other in hys company of them slayne taken prisoners as many as there were whan y e kynge was ware of the quenes thus auoydynge
Fabyans cronycle newly prynted wyth the cronycle actes and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour reuerēce and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme AMEN ¶ Prentyd at London By wyllyam Rastell 1533. ⧠CVM PRIVILEGIO MVSEVM BRITANNICVM The table of the fyrste volume of Fabyanes cronycle ALbyon and why thys ile of olde tyme so was called it apereth in the fourth lefe the fyrst chapytre Brute the sonne of Siluius and of hys orygynall and fyrste cōmyng into thys lande ca. ii folio iiii Brute of hys fyrst landynge ca. iii. fo v. Thys Brute the son̄ of Siluius Posthumus descended of the noble blode of Troyans entred fyrst y e ile of Albion which he after named Brytayne and now is called England in the yere of the worlde iiii thousande lxiii and before the incarnacyon of Chryst as in the begynnyng of this worke is more openly shewed reygned yeres .xxiiii. Troynuaunt or London of thys kynge was fyrst foūded ca. iiii fo v. Locrinus or Locryne the eldeste sonne of Brute beganne hys reygne ouer Brytayne in the countrye called Leogria or Logiers that after was named myddell Englande in y e yere of the worlde .iiii. thousande .lxxxvii. and reygned yeres .xx. capi v. folio vi Gwendoloena or Gwendoleyn y e wyfe of Locryne began to reygne as quene ouer the Brytons or countrey of Logiers in the yere of the worlde iiii thousande C.vii. and reygned yeres xv ca. vi fo vi Madan the sonne of Locrine and of the sayd Gwendolyne began hys reygne ouer the Brytons in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousande C. and xxii and reygned after the agrement of many wryters and moste yeres .xl. ca. vii fo vi In the seconde yere of thys kyng◠reygne ended the thyrde age of the world And Dauyd began to reygne ouer Israell Menpricus or Mempricius the sonne of Madan beganne hys rule ouer the Brytons in the yere of the world .iiii. M.C.lxii the yere before Chrystes incarnacyon and reygned yeres xx ca. viii folio vi Ebrancus or Ebrank the sonn̄ of Mempryce begā to rule the Brytōs in the yere of the worlde .iiii. M.C.lxxxii reygned yeres .xii. Thys kyng made the citie of yorke y e town of Acryncte the castelles of Dunbarre Eddynbourgh in Scotland ca. ix fo vii Brute vixii scutum or Brute Greneshelde sonne of Ebranke was made ruler of the Brytons in y e yere of the worlde .iiii. M.ii. C.xlii reygned yeres .xii. ca. x. fo vii Leylus or Leyr the sonne of the forenamed Brute beganne hys rule ouer Brytayn in the yere of y e world iiii M.ii. C.liiii and ruled yeres .xxv Thys kynge founded the towne of Carleyll ca. xi fo vii Lud Hurdibras or Rudibras the sonn̄ of Leyl begā hys dominiō ouer y e Brytōs in the yere of y e worlde iiii M.ii. C.lxxix ruled yeres .xxxix. This kyng made wynchester Caunterbury Septō now named Shaftysbury ca. xii fo vii Baldud the sonne of Lud began hys domynyon ouer the Brytaynes in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousād iii. C.xviii and reygned yeres .xx. Thys kynge founded the towne of Bathe and the bathes wythin the same after some wryters ca. xiii folio vii Leyr or Leyer the sonne of Baldud was made ruler ouer the Brytons in the yere of the worlde .iiii. M iii. C. and .xxxviii and ruled yeres .lx. Thys kynge made the towne of Leycestre ca. xiiii fo vii Cordeilla the yongeste doughter of the forenamed Leyer beganne to rule the Brytons in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousande .iii. C.xcviii ruled yeres .v. ca. xvi folio viii Cunedagius with Marganus his neuewes sonnes of the two sisters of Cordeilla beganne theyr dominyon ouer Brytayne in the yere of y e world iiii thousande .iiii. hundreth and .iii. cōtynued yeres .ii. ca. xvii fo viii This Cunedagius forenamed after that he in batayll hadde slayne Marganus beganne hys senyoury ouer the Brytons in the yere of the worlde .iiii. M.iiii C.v. and ruled after moste wryters yeres .xxxiii. ca. xviii fo ix Reynaldus or Rilalnus the sonn̄ of Cunedagius beganne to rule the Brytons in the yere of the world .iiii. thousande .iiii. C. and .xxxviii. reygned yeres .xlv. The .xxxii. yere of this kyng was Rome bylded of the twoo bretherne Remus and Romulus whyche was the yere of the worlde ca. xix fo ix Gurgustius Gurgusto or Gorbodian the sonne of Riuallus was made ruler of the Brytons in y e yere of the worlde .iiii. M.iiii C.lxxxiii and ruled yeres .xxxviii. ca. xx fo ix Sicillius or Siluius the brother or sonne of Gurgustus began hys domynyon ouer the Brytons in the yere of the world .iiii. thousand .v. C. and .xxi. and ruled yeres .xlix. ca. xxi folio ix Iago or Lago the neuewe of Gurgustius was made ruler of Brytayn in y e yere of the world .iiii. thousande v. hundreth .lxx. reygned yeres .xxv. ca. xxii fo ix Kinimacus the brother of Iago and after some wryters the sonne of Siluius began his seygnyorye ouer the Brytons in the yere of the world iiii thousand .v. C.xcv. ruled yeres .liiii. In the .xiiii. yere of thys kynge ended the .iiii. age the Iewes were captyued by the Babylons Also Isopus or Isoppe the feyner of fables in the latter days of thys Kinimacus in the countre of Grece florysshed fayned hys fables ca. xxiii fo ix Gorbodug whome Geffrey of Mōmouth nameth Grobodugo son̄ vnto Kinimacus began hys domynion ouer the Brytons in the yere of the world .iiii. thousande .vi. C.xlix ruled yeres .lxii. Aboute the .xxvi. yere of this kynges reygne was Holiferne slayne of Iudyth the wydow in the chamber of Papiliō As hath Iacobus Philippus ca. xxiiii fo ix Ferrex with hys brother Porrex sonnes of Gorbodug begā iointly to rule y e Brytōs in y e yere after Adam iiii M.vii C. .xi. ruled yeres .v. Here endeth the lyne or ofspryng of Brute ca. xxv fo x. The storys agre that after y e deth of the forsayd bretherne the Brytōs because there remayned no heyre of them were in great dyscorde a longe season were subdued vnder diuers kynges But bycause y e foresayd auctours do nat certyfye y e terme of this dyscorde and also do wryte dyuersly of the reygnes of the forsayd kynges so that some do assyne very few or no certayn yeres and some other many yeres so that in thaccomptyng of the yeres and of tymes there appereth a great alteracyō Therfore it is to be noted as affermeth Ranulph monke of Chester Guydo Galfryde and other that Cunedagius onely began to reygne in the yere of the world .iiii tyousande .iiii. hundreth and .v. And he reygned .xxxiii. yeres whyche maketh the yere of the worlde
and fette there his aimes hys sayde wyfe then lyenge at the castell of warwyke not knowynge of any man what he was tyll lastely he was visited with so sore sykenes that he knew well that he shuld dye wherefore he sente hys weddynge rynge vnto hys wyfe requyrynge her in all haste to come and speke wyth hym whych she obeyed in humble wyse and sped her vnto the sayd Heremytage wyth all womanly dylygence and fande hym deed at her commynge whom she besprent with many a salt tere And as she was enfourmed of the messenger as he dyed she buryed hym ryghte there And more ouer as saith my sayd authour he monyshed her by the sayd messenger that she shulde prouyde for her selfe for she shuld also alter her mortall lyfe the .xv. day folowyng which also she obeyed and made suche prouisyon that she was in that place buryed by hym All whyche mater the sayde Dane Iohn̄ Lydgate affyrmeth that he toke out of the boke of Gerarde Cambres̄ whyche wrote mych of the dedes and storyes of the prynces of Englande as Policronica and other authour testyfyen and as the sayde Lydgate in the ende of his sayde treatyse wytnessyth as by the mater folowynge appereth For more authorite as of this mater This translacyon such as in sentēce Out of laten made by the cronycler Called of old Gerardus Cambrēce whyche wrote the dedes wyth great dylygence Of them that were in weste Saxon crowned kynges Greatly cōmendyd for theyr knyghtly excellence Guy of warwyke in hys famouse wrytynges AL whyche sayde treatyse is shewyd at length in meter of viii stauys after the maner of the precedentes by the dylygent labour of the sayde Dane Iohn̄ Lydgate The whyche I haue here sette in for so mych as yt concernyth mater that was done in the tyme of the reygne of thys Ethylstane The whyche after the accorde of moste wryters ▪ broughte thys lande agayne to one monarchye and reygned as kynge therof by the full terme of .xvi. yeres and was buryed at the monastery of Malmysbury leuynge after hym no chylde wherfore the rule of the land fyll vnto Edmunde his brother Francia THE CLXXXVI CHAPITER LEwys the sonne of Charlis y e symple beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchmen in y e yere of our lorde ix hundred and xxxiiii and the .ix yere of Ethelstane then kynge of Englande ye haue harde before in the ende of the storye of Charlys y e symple how Elgina the quene wyth Lewys her yonger sonne was fledde into England to her father Edward the elder wherfore y e lordes of Fraūce not knowynge where she with the Chylde was gone chose the forenamed Rauf for theyr kynge After whose deth the said lordes of Fraūce beynge ascertayned of the beynge of the sayd Lewys in England sent vnto hym the archbyshop of Senys Hughe surnamed le graunde desyrynge hym to restore into Fraunce and take therof possessyon Then Elgina herynge the message of the lordes and trustyng vnto thē by counsayll of her frendes made her redy wyth her son sayled shortly after into Fraunce where she was receyued wyth myche honour shortly after crowned her sonne Lewys kynge at the cytye of Laon̄ This Lewys is named y e .v. Lewys In the thyrde yere of whose reygne fyll a scarcytye of corne vytayll by reason wherof ensued a great famyn in so myche that people voyded the realme many dyed for defaut For as wytnesseth the frenche cronycle a quarter of whete was then worth .xx. poūde of y e money which is of value after sterlynge money .l. s. or there about This kyng beryng in mynd the murder and treason done agayn his father by Hebert as before in the storye of Charlis the symple is declared cast and ymagined in his mynde how he myght wythout shedynge of blood reuenge the deth of his fader and after many ymagynacyons and thought is reuolued in his mynde he lastely dyuysed a letter the whych he charged a seruaunt of his to brynge to hys presence when he was sette amonge his lordes in counsayll when kynge Lewys hadde compassed this in hys mynde he for nedes of hys realme called a great coūsayll of his barony at Laon̄ whyther amonges the other the sayde Heberte erle of Uermendoys was warned to come And when the kynge was ascertayned of theyr commynges he apoynted a secrete cōpanye in harnes to be in a secrete chamber nere vnto the place of the sayde counsayll and at conuenient tyme after yode vnto the same and all his lordes wyth hym And when he hadde a season commoned wyth hys lordes of suche maters as hym lyked sodeynly came one to hym and sayd that a man was cōmen wyth a letter dyrected to hys grace oute of Englande the whych he commaunded to be broughte vnto hys syghte when the kyng hadde vnfolde the letter and radde a parte therof he smyled whereof the lordes beynge ware purposed the kynge to haue receyued some iewyllys or ioyous nouellys oute of Englande whyle the kynge was aboute to delyuer this letter to his scribe or secretory one of hys lordes sayde vnto hym Syr we truste ye haue some iocande mery tydynges oute of Englāde that ye haue cause of smilyng I shall shewe the cause to you sayde the kyng There is dwellyngin England a kynnesman of myne named Harman the whych is a man of gret myghte and myne especyall frende He shewyth me by this letter that an husbandeman or a vyleyne badde or requyred hys lorde vnto his howse to dyner and vnder the coloure therof he slewe hys sayde lorde And for the sayde Harman thynketh the law of that lande to fauourable for such an haynous dede hetherfore writeth to me to haue myne aduyse in thys mater wherfore sens ye be all present I praye you shewe to me your opynyons in this mater whych with one voyce sayde y t the murderer was worthy to suffer the moste shamefull and cruell deth to be hanged and strangled in a rope But for y e kynge wolde be certaynely enfourmed of the consentes of theym all he began at the hygest and so pursued theym tyll he came to Hebert erle of Uermēdoys the whych alowed the sentēce as the other hadde done Then the kynge made a token to y e walshemen betwene hym them before appoynted so y e anon they were present sette sure hold vppon the sayde Hebert To whom the kynge sayd Hebert thou art the husbondman or vilayne y t I haue spoken of whych slew his lord vnder colour of byddynge or gestynge hym in hys house For traytoursly thou dydeste requyre my lorde and father vnder thyne house or castell of Peron̄ and there not remembrynge the kyndnes to the by hym before dayes shewyd nor thyne allegyauntes and trouthe that toward hym thou shuldest haue borne kept hym lyke a prysoner and lastely murderyd hym to the greate daunger agayne god to the world shame wherfore accordynge to thy desert and after thyne own sentence and iudgemēt take now
hym in hys courte therfore Malcoline departed from the kynge in great dyspleasur For the whyche and other causes the warre bytwene England and Scotlande was reuyued so that vppon saynt Bricius daye folowyng Malcolyne wyth hys retynewe foughte wyth an erle named Robert and thā erle of Northumberlande and there was slayne wyth hys eldest sonne Edwarde For sorowe wherof Margaret quene of Scotlande and syster vnto Edgare Ethelynge as in the fyrste chapyter of the story of wyllyā Conqueroure is shewed dyed soone after Than the Scottes made Dunwalde brother of Malcolyne theyr kynge and put by hys sonnes But by the ayde of kynge wyllyam Edgare whyche of some wryters is named Dunkam was made kynge as eldest sonne of Malcolyne In the .vii. yere of the reygne of kynge wyllyam Auncelyne or Anselme that was archbyshop of yorke was remoued to Caunterbury as affermeth one cronycle But Polycronycon and Guydo sayen that Hugh erle of Chester beynge sycke and diseased in the .vi. yere of wyllyam Rufus sent into Normādy for Anselme than abbot of Barry for thre causes The fyrste to vysyte and se hym and to be reconcyled of hym as the man that he moste trusted The seconde cause was that he shuld releue some abbays of Englande that the kynge vexed wyth greuous trybutes And the thyrd cause was y t he shuld foūd an abbay at Chester whych place he after buylded made one Rycharde his chapleyne fyrst abbot of y e place and sone after he was made archbysshop of Caunterbury where by it appereth that the sayd see was voyde ouer the terme of thre yeres Thys sayd .vii. yere Englande Normandye were greued wyth trybute and moreyne of men so sharply that tyllynge of the erth was spared or putte of for that yere there after ensued great hūger Thys yere also y e Scottes slewe theyr kyng Edgar and restored agayn to the rule of the lande the forenamed Dunwalde And many grysly and vncouth syghtes were thys yere sene in England as hostes of men fightyng in y e skye and fyre lemys other And the holy bysshop wolstone of worceter dyed soone after of whom it is shewed y t he sondry tymes warned rebuked Englyshmen for theyr mysseliuyng and sayd for theyr offenses they were so punysshed of the Normans But the Englyshmen excused them selfe and sayde that the Normans were worse in lyuynge than they where vnto the byshop answered and sayd that god vsed the wyckednesse of thē in Englyshmen For by the wycked he punysshed y e wycked And so doth god suffer the deuyll to punysshe synners in hell he hym selfe is punysshed wyth them Of thys wolstone it is radde that kynge wyllyam wold haue put hym from hys see to the entente that he myghte put another into hys see wherof thys holy man beynge warned yode vnto the kynge and sayde to hym I am enfourmed that thou wylte take from me the whiche a better man thā thou arte gaue vnto me wherfore of whom that I receyued so noble a gyfte to hym wyll I gyue it agayn and than take it from hym yf thou may And whan he hadde so sayde to the kynge he yode to the sepulture of Edward the confessoure and after y t he had made his prayers there he pytched hys crosse in y e marble stone that laye vppon the graue But no man myghte plucke out the staffe tyll wolston came thyther hym selfe and pulled it out at the kynges cōmaundement wherfore the kynge seyng that maruayle suffred hym to enioye hys benefyce styll In the .x. yere of willyam Rufus stryfe and dyscencyon fell bytwene hym and Anselme bysshop of Caunterbury for Anselme myght nat call hys synodys nor correcte the byshoppes but as the kynge wolde The kynge also chalenged the inuestiture of bysshoppes and pylled the spyrytualtye and temporaltye with vnreasonable taskes trybutes the which he spent vpon the towre of London the makynge of westmynster hall And ouer that the kynges seruauntes greued and pylled englysshmen vnreasonably And to thys mysery was ioyned the vnsaceable couetous of Ranulphe that was somtyme chapelayne vnto wyllyam conquerour the whyche was at thys day the kynges procuratour and gadered hys taskes ouer all He was so couetous and so euyll dysposed that he wolde leuye .iii. taskys for two He pylled the ryche and bare downe the poore and caused many men to lose theyr landes for smal causes and therfore the kynge had hym in hys synguler fauoure And by hys meanes byshoprykes were boughte and solde as playnly as other marchaundyses For that tyme clerkes vsed busshed and brayded heddys longe tayled blasynge clothes shynynge golden gyrdels and rode wyth gylte spurres wyth vsynge of dyuers other enormytees All whyche vyces Anselme wolde haue corrected but he lacked assystence of hys bretherne y e bysshoppes For the whyche cause other he departed the londe wherewyth the kyng beynge mysse contented sente after hym suche persons as robbed and spoyled hym and entreted hym in most cruell maner For the whyche dede Raufe bysshoppe of Chychester blamed the kynge and also rebuked all such bysshoppes as had refused the partye of Anselme had fauoured the kynge in causes cōcernynge the foresayde varyaunce And forthermore he wythstode the kynge and hys offycers in takynge of fynes of prestes for cryme of fornicacyon For whyche causes the kyng wyth the sayd Raufe was sore amoued and dyscontented and opteyned such fauour that he suspēded many chyrches of hys dyoses But in the ende Raufe demeaned hym in suche wyse that he hadde hys owne wyll and his chyrches enlarged and freed that before were stopped wyth thornes And the kynge gaue vnto hym y e fynes of prestes within his dyosis and endued y e see of Chychester with many greate gyftes And vpon a tyme kynge wyllyam was rydynge towarde hys dysporte of huntynge and sodeynly a messenger came vnto hym and sayde that the cytye of Cenemonia in Normandye was beseyged wherfore he wythout longe taryenge or aduysement toke the streyght way to these syde and sent to hys lordes chargynge them to folow whan the sayd lordes came to hys presence they aduysed hym to tarye tyll his people were assembled But he wolde nothynge do after theyr counsayle but sayd such as hym loued he shortely wyste well wolde folowe hym and so yode to shyp settyng aparte all parels The mayster of the shyp was afrayde he sawe the weder so darke so clowdy and counceyled the kynge to tary tyll the wynde wolde blowe more fauorably But he commaunded hym to make all the spede that he cowde vpon hys lyfe sayenge that he neuer harde that euer any kyng was drowned And so he passed the see and landed in Normandy and gathered to hym there hys knyghtes whan the capytayne of the syege whose name was Helyas knewe of the kynges landyng he fered and anone began to breke the syege But by treason he was taken and brought to the kynges presence To whom the kynge shewed suche
Punysshement for murdre as appereth folio lviii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio lix Parlyament holden at London as apereth folio lxxv Peace concluded betwene Fraunce Flaundres fo lxxiii Parlyament holden at London as apereth fo lxxxviii Parlyament holden at westmynster as is shewed in fo xci Parlyament holden at NorthamptoÌ„ as is shewed folio xli Parlyament holdeÌ„ at yorke fo lxxix Parlyament holden at Northampton as appereth in fo lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Salysbury as appereth in folio lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Burye as is shewed folio cxciiii Parlyament holden at Couentre beholde in folio cciiii Parlyament holden at Leyceter as is shewed folio clxxi Parlyament holden at Leyceter called Battys as is shewed fo clxxxii Paulys steple sette on fyre fo cxciii Pagentes and other ordenaunces made by LoÌ„doners for the receyuyng of the kynge fo clxxxv Parys was loste by treason as it is shewed fo clxii Peace concluded betwene the regent and the kyng of Nauerne fo cxxxv Peter kynge of Castyle was beheded as is shewed in fo cxi Peryn was draweÌ„ out of the church and hanged as is shewed fo cxxix Plees put in exercyse for the countre of Arthoys folio cxvii Plees remoued frome London to yorke as is shewed in fo cxlvi Pryde of the Frenche kynge as it is shewed in fo lxxiii Prynce Edwarde maryed the erle of Henawdes doughter fo lxxxi QUene hythe was fyrste let to ferme to the cytesyns of London as appereth fo xxvi Quest passed betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye of LondoÌ„ as is shewed in fo xxxv Quene of Englande sayled into Fraunce for cause fo lxxxi Quene of Englande was proclaymed enemye fo lxxxi Quene foresayd landed in England by strength fo lxxxi Quene Anne was speciall good lady to the cytye of London fo cxlvi Quene Anne dyed fo cxlvii Quene Margarete was receyued of the Londoners fo cxciii Quene Margarete made a voyage into Englande fo ccxv Quene Margaret was taken as is shewed in fo ccxx RIcharde the fyrst of that name and sonne of HeÌ„ry the second began to reygne in Englande in the yere of our lorde M.C.xci the .xi. yere of the second Phylyp reygned yeres wyth odde monethes .x. In the fyrste yere of thys kynge the cytye of London was commytted to the rule of two baylyfes whyche so coÌ„tynued tyll the .x. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ as it is shewed in fo iii Rycharde the .ii. of that name sonnÌ„ of prynce Edwarde sonnÌ„ of Edward the .iii began hys reygne ouer Englande the .xii. daye of Iuny in y e yere of our lord M.iii. C.lxxvii the .xiii yere of the .v. Charles than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxii. folio cxlii Rycharde the .iii. of that name brother vnto Edwarde the .iiii. beynge duke of Glouceter and protectour of England began to vsurpe the .xxvi. daye of Iuny in the yere of our lord M.iiii C.lxxxiii yere of Lowis thaÌ„ kyng of Fraunce and so contynued yeres .ii. full as moche as from the xx day of Iuny to the .xxii. day of August by dayes .lvii. fo ccxxv Ranulphe erle of Chester and of hys doughters fo xxi Rayne excedyng fo lxxvii Resygnacyon of the duchye of Normandy folio xxxii Resygnacyon of kynge Rycharde folio clii Resygnacyon shewed in the parlyament folio cliii Robert Knollys knyghte and of hys feates folio ciiii Robert Knollys toke saynt Omiers and other holdes fo cxi SAuoye a place of honoure in London was brent by the coÌ„mons folio cxlii Saynt mary Oueryes in Southwerke was fyrste bylded fo xv SaiÌ„t Stephyns chapell of westmynster begonne fo cix Syege layde to saynte Omyers folio xciiii Syege layde to AmyaÌ„s fo cxxxiiii Scottysshe kynge dyd homage to kyng IohnÌ„ fo xi Scottes brekyng theyr othe fo lxiii Scottes were subdued fo lxiii Scottes had peace to theyr aduauntage fo lxxxvii Scottes were agayne ouerturned folio lxxxviii Scotisshe kynge taken prysoner folio cii Spensers were banysshed fo lxxviii Spensers bothe the father and the some were put to deth fo lxxxii SoÌ„ne was turned to the coloure of blode folio lxxx TAnner a vyllayne surmysed hym heyre to the crowne of Englande fo lxxvi Table of syluer was gyuen to kyng Rychard fo cxlvii Templers knyghtes of religyoÌ„ were dystroyed fo lxxâ—ii The sentence agayne kynge Iohan was denounced fo xiii The wardys of London were cessed folio xcii Thre fyftenes were graunted at one tyme. folio cxi Tytle or ryghte whyche the kyng of Englande hath vnto ScotlaÌ„de se in folio lxii Tytle of Edwarde the thyrde whych he hadde to the crowne of Fraunce folio cxvi Tytle of the duke of Glouceter had to the crowne was shewed at Paules crosse fo ccxxiiii WArdes and churches wythin LoÌ„don fo ii Uaryaunce began betwene the pope and kyng IohnÌ„ fo xii Uaryaunce betwene LondoÌ„ North ampton fo xxxiii warre betwene the kynge of EnglaÌ„d and of Fraunce fo xiii warre was concluded betwene the sayd landes fo cxxxiiii warre betwene kynge IohnÌ„ and hys lordes fo xvii warre was made in Normandy as appereth fo lxii warre made in Guyan wyth fortune therof fo lxxx warre betwene the Frenche kynge the kynge of Nauerne fo cxxiii warde and maryage of heyres was graunted to the kynge fo xx wyllyam walworthe slewe Iacke Strawe folio cxlii Usurers were punysshed as it appereth folio cxxi ☞ Here endeth the seconde Table THE PROLOGE NOw for as mych as we be comen to the tyme that officers were chosen and chargyd wyth the rule of the cytye of London yt is necessary that here we do shewe what offycers they were of the name that to them was admitted ad gyuen Then ye shall vnderstand that at the commynge of wyllyam coÌ„querour into thys lande as euydently apperyth by the charter of hym to the cytezens of London graunted that before those dayes and then the rulers of the sayde cytezens were named Port greuys whyche worde ys diriuate or made of .ii. saxon wordes as port and greue Port is to meane a town and greue is ment for a gardyen or ruler as who wolde meane gardeyn ruler or keper of the town These of olde tyme wyth the lawes and customys then vsyd within thys cytye were regystred in a boke called the Domysday in Saxon tunge then vsed But in later dayes when the sayde lawes and customes alteryd and chaunged and for consyderacyon also that the sayde boke was of small hande and sore defacyd yt was the lesse set by so that yt was enbefelyd or loste so that the remembraunce of suche rulers as were before the dayes of thys Rycharde the fyrst whose story shall next ensue are loste and forgoten wherfore nowe I shall begynne at the fyrste yere of the sayde fyrste Rycharde the whyche of some wryters is surnamed Cure de Lyon and so contynew the names of all offycers as well baylyuys mayres and shryues tyll the laste yeres of Rycharde the thyrde
that done he caused to be caste vnto the erthe .iii. C. of y e fayrest houses of the cytye And after certayne suÌ„mes of money by hym receyued towarde hys charge he departed thens towarde Tholowse there by aduyce of hys barony for so moche as wynter was towarde he retourned into Fraunce so sped hym on hys iourney that vppoÌ„ the euyn of all Saintes he came to a place called MouÌ„te Pauncer in the prouynce of Aluerne where he was takeÌ„ with stronge sykenesse and dyed within .iiii. dayes after whose corps with grete honour was conueyed vnto saynt Denys there buryed by hys father when he had reygned .iii. yeres leuynge after hym a sonne the whych is nowe named saint Lowys and was than of y e age of .xii. yeres or nere thereaboute LOwys the .x. of that name surnamed saint Lowys and son of the .ix. Lowys laste kynge began hys reygne ouer the lande of FrauÌ„ce in the moneth of Nouember and yere of grace .xii. C. .xxvi. and y e .x. yere of Henry the .iii. then kynge of Englande The whyche for hys tendernesse of youthe was thought insufficyent to take so greate a charge and specyally of y e duke of Brytayne thaÌ„ named Peter Mancler the whyche encensed and styred many noble men agayne the sayde Lowys But at length by prouysyon of quene Blanche hys mother and other lordes he subdued hys enemyes at Raynes was crowned in the moneth of DeceÌ„ber folowyng of the bysshop of Soy sons for so moche as at that tyme y e see of Raynes was voyde The .iiii. yere of hys reygne and of hys age .xvii. he buylded the house of relygyon called Royan mount settherin monkes of Cysteauxe ordre whyte monkes and endewed theym with ryche possessyons It was nat longe after that great varyaunce fyll betwene the vnyuersytye or studientes of Parys and the cytezeyns of the same in suche wyse that the studyentes were in purpose to haue lafte y e cytye to haue kepte theyr study ellys where Of y e whych stryfe the frenche boke expresseth nat the cause but saythe that the kynge made good spede to agree theym for so moche as kyng HeÌ„ry of Englande had made laboure to the sayde studyentes to come into hys countre to enhabyte theym there with many great pryueleges But in coÌ„clusion y e frenche kynge so entreated theÌ„ that they agreed to reste there styll And that of a congrueÌ„ce for they myghte dwell in no lande where they shulde more surely be defended For y e kyng of Fraunce bereth the floure de Lyce for one of that causes that is to saye for to defende the clergy And the fayth of Chryste betokeneth the myddle leef And the thyrde betokeneth Chyualry So that by the chyualry the clergy is defended whych mayâ—teyne the faythe of the holy chyrche Aboute thys season kynge Lowys maryed to hys fere Margarete the doughter of the erle of Prouynce Soone after y e matrymony was solepnysed Frederyk the secoÌ„de before in y e story of HeÌ„ry the .iii. mynded Emperour of Almayne set vnto Lowis requyrynge hi y e he wolde mete hym at a place called Ualcolour to y e ende that he myght commoÌ„ with hym whyche request kynge Lowys accepted with a goodly company kepte there hys daye of metynge But whan the Emperour was ware that he was commen thyder wyth suche a company he fayned hym syke and broke hys appoyntement wherfore the frenshmen construyed that yf the kynge had comen thyder with a small or weke company he wolde haue conueyed hym into hyghe Almayn and there to haue kepte hym tyll he had of hym hys pleasure concernynge the warre betwene kynge Henry and hym or in other thynges But when kynge Lowys espyed the delucyon of the Emperour he then retourned into Fraunce It was nat longe after that y e kynge was enfourmed of the obstynacy of the Albygensis the whyche of longe tyme had beÌ„ effected with dyuers poyntes of herysy and many tymes recoÌ„cyled by the kynges of Fraunce and other yet fallen agayne to the sayde errour wherfore the kynge sent vnto syr Iohan Beawmount the whych ioyned vnto theym chargynge hym to enuade that countre and to waste and distroy it tyll he had forced theym to restore to the chyrch suche goodes as they before had taken frome it and ouer that to cause theym to make amendes to the good chrysten people whyche they had harmed by meanes of theyr rapynes and exorcyoÌ„s UpoÌ„ whyche commaundement thus froÌ„ y e kynge receyued the sayde Iohan with a competent nombre of knyghtes entred the sayd couÌ„tre and layde syege to a stroÌ„g castell named MouÌ„t Royall And after many forte assautes wanne the sayd castell manned it with Frenchemen And than yode to an other stronge holde than named Saygos and there lykewyse ordered the same And after wastyng the countre wanÌ„e from theym many townes holdes so that in the ende he forced the chyefrules of that prouynce to obey theym to all hys hestê and delyuered to hym suertyes or hostagys for the perfourmaunce of the same So y t he retourned into FraÌ„ce with greate pompe and honour and receyued of the kyng at hys home coÌ„mynge great thanke with many ryche gyftes Aboute the .xv. yere of kynge Lowys the warre was quyckened betwene thys Lowys HeÌ„ry the .iii. than kynge of Englande for causes before shewed in the .xxvi. yere of the sayde Henry And after that warre as there is shewed ended the kynge whyche was towarde the cytye of Lyon to haue vysyted the pope Innocent the .iiii. whyche thyder was fled for fere of Frederik the fore named Emperour was taken with a sykenesse named dyssenterya of the flux wherwith he was so greuously vexed that he laye longe at a towne called Poyntoyse and was in great ieopardy of lyfe where lastly after many pylgrymages for hym done with prayers and other obseruaunces longe to accompt lastly it came to hys mynde that yf it pleased god to restore hym to hys helth he wolde make a vyage into the holy lande there warre vpon Chrystes enemyes After whyche promyse solemply auowed he mended dayly and was sone after restored vnto hys helthe whan the kynge was recouered and retorned vnto Parys he called a couÌ„sayll of spyrytuall and temporall there shewed vnto theym of the promesse whyche he had made requyryng theÌ„ of theyr assystence and ayde wherin he fonde hys lordes were agreable And in the tyme and season y t prouysyon was made for that iourney the kynge wyth a goodly company rode vnto the abbey of Cluny to vysyte the foresayd pope and he taryed with hym .xv. dayes And after hys matter with hym sped wyth playne remyssyon to hym graunted and all other that kept with hym that vyage he retourned into Fraunce And vpoÌ„ wytsondaye folowynge he kepte a great courte of hys landes at MeleoÌ„ where in presence of them he called before hym Beatryce doughter vnto the erle of Prouince and syster to
that conclusyon so there taken by the sayde counseyle the kynge sent his letters vnto the sayde barones commaundynge theym to come vnto the sayde parlyament The whiche at the day aboue sayde with a great hoste of men of armes came to London in a sute of iakettes of cotes of demy partye of yelowe and grene with a baÌ„de of whyte cast ouerthwarte For this skyll that parlyamente loÌ„ge after of the comune people was called the parlyament of whyte bandes Than for to se the kynges pease were substancyally kepte within the cytye of London the mayre caused dayly a thousande men well harnessed to watche in dyuers wardes and at dyuerse gates of y e cytye y e whiche began at foure of the clocke in the mornynge and so contynued tyll .vi. at nyghte At whiche season as many were ordeyned too take thanne the charge of the nyght watche and so to contynue tyll the houre of .v. in the mornynge And for thys nyghte watche shuld be surely kept two aldremeÌ„ nyghtly were assygned to ryde about the cytie with certayne officers of the towne to see the watchemen we le and dyscretly guyded And the gates were shyt at .ix. of the clocke opened agayne at .vii. on the morow euery cytezyn warned to haue hys harneys by hym that he myghte be redy with shorte warnynge when so euer he were called Thus in y e cytye the sayd watche coÌ„tynuyng the foresayde parlyamente was holden at westmynster where amonge other thynges for the weale of the lande as that counceyll than coulde thynke determyned one was that syr Hugh Spenser the father syr Hughe the sonne shuld be banysshed out of y t realme of England for terme of lyfe And soone after that banysshement was put in execucion so that they bothe were broughte vnto Douer there to take shyppynge where syr Hugh the father made woÌ„derfull great moone when he shulde take hys shyp and cursed hys sonne in presence of suche as had the Guydynge of theÌ„ sayng that by hys meanes he was banysshed from the flour of all landes cristened Than y e kyng dyssolued the parlyament and euery man retourned to hys owne But yt was nat longe after that worde was broughte vnto the kyng y t syr Hugh Spenser the sonne houyd vpon the cooste of Englande and toke prayes of all marchauÌ„tes that passed by hys course But the kyng let as he had knoweÌ„ of no suche thyng and suffered that wyth many mo euyl dedes to go vnpunysshed the whyche at lengthe he repented full soore and toke thereof great remors in conscyence as it appereth in the ende of hys reygne Anno domini M.CCC.xix  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xx  Symon Abyngdon  Hamonde Chykwell  Anno .xiii.  IohnÌ„ Preston  IN thys .xiii. yere the kynge reuoked the actes or withstoode them whyche were made at London in the laste parliament and called agayne into Englande the Spensers bothe the father sonne contrary the wyll of the barons and set theym in lyke auctoryte as they before had beÌ„ to the great dystourbaunce of all the realme And soon after vnder colour of a tytle made by the quene vnto the castell of Ledys in Kent whych than belonged vnto syr Barthen de Bladysmore knyght than beynge on the baronys partye the kynge besyeged the sayd castel and by helpe of the cytezyns of London lastly wanne it by strength and spoyled the mouables therof whych was to a greate value after the sayeng of some wryters In thys passetyme that the kyng hadde thus called agayne the Spensers ruled many thynges after hys sensuall apetyte and pleasure nothyng regardynge the comon weale of the realme the barons coÌ„syderyng well that the Spencers shuld in processe bryng the lande in great ruyne the kyng to great dyshonoure enteÌ„dyng to refourme the myschyef that therof myght ensu gadered vnto theÌ„ great power And whyle syr Thomas erle of Lancastre was gatheryng of hys people y e .ii. Mortymers y t is to say syr Roger Mortymer of werke syr Roger of wigmoore with other yode into the marche of walys toke by strengthe certayne cytyes townes belongynge to the Spencers pursuyd also some of the kynges seruauÌ„tes wherfore the kyng herynge of y t rebellyon of hys lordes made hasty spede and with a greate hoste came about by Shroysbury and was nere vnto them or they were ware so that for fere the sayd Mortymers yelded them vnto the kynges grace mercy the whiche forthwith were conueyed as prysoners vnto the towre of LoÌ„don Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xx  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxi  Reynolde at Conduyt  Hamonde Chykwell  Anno .xiiii.  wyllyam Prodham  IN thys .xiiii. yere whaÌ„ y e kyng had ordered the countre of the marchys foresayd after hys mynde had to hym gathered more strength about saynt Chaddys day or begynnynge of Marche the kyng with hys people came downe to Glowceter where with hym mette the SpeÌ„sers with theyr people And from thense he yode vnto Lychefeelde at whyche season the erles of Lancaster and of Herforde were at and the remenaunt of theyr hoste at BurtoÌ„ vppon Trent fortyfyed the brydge y t the kyng myght nat wynne ouer the sayde ryuer Than the kynge was brought vnto a foorde beganne to set ouer his knyghtes wherof heâ—â—ng the sayde erles forsooke the sayde towne of and yode toward the towne or cytye of But or they myght passe farre vppon theyr iournay they were encouÌ„tred of syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Penbroke with the Spensers and other of the kynges hoste vppon the .xii. daye of Marche and of them ouerset and coÌ„strayned to fle and so yode in proces of tyme to PouÌ„tfret In thys meane season the erle Thomas had sente a knyght of hys named Robert HolaÌ„d into Lancasshyre for to arere hys tenauntes But when the sayde syr Robert herde of that skyrmysshe and howe hys mayster was fled he than drewe hym to the kynge and presented hym with suche companye as he had thaÌ„ gathered And thus y e kyngê power dayly encreased and y e batons dyscreased ThaÌ„ the baronys heryng of the goyng of syr Robert Holande vnto the kynges pattye were with it sumdeale abasshed and tooke theyr counsayll in the freers of Pountfreâ— where after many opynyons reasons amonge them debated argued yt was fynally by them concluded y t they shuld goo vnto the castel of DuÌ„stanborough there to holde theÌ„ tyll they myght purchase the kynges grace And so spedyng theyr iournay thy derwarde with suche people as they than had they came in processe of tyme to a towne called Burgh brydge where they were encountred of syr Andrewe of Harkeley knyght wyth other that were come out of y e North with a stronge company The which there nere vnto the sayde towne sette vppon the barones and in the ende sconfited theÌ„ and chased theyr peple In the whyche fyght was slayne the erle of Herforde syr Roger Benefeld and syr wyllyam SullaÌ„de and
his enemyes For subdie wherof the cytezyns of London were constrayned to fynde at theyr propre costes an hundred men of armys the whyche contrary theyr lybertyes with a condycyon that after that daye it shulde be no president they sent vnto Portchestre In thys season passe tyme the quene with syr Edwarde hyr son with a small company of Englysshemen and a crewe of Henawders of the whych syr IohnÌ„ of Henawde the erles brother was capytayne toke shyppynge in those partyes had y e wynde so fauorable vnto them that they landed in Englande at a porte called Orwell besyde Harwyche in Suffolke the .xxv. day of SepteÌ„bre without any resistens of meÌ„ of warre agayne hyr made To whome after hyr landyng the people of the couÌ„tre drewe by great companyes so sped hyr towarde London At thys tyme of the quenes thus laÌ„dyng the kyng was at hys cytye of LondoÌ„ But wheÌ„ he harde of the great people y t drewe to hyr out of all countres he fered wherfore in safegardyng of hym self he fled wyth a small companye towarde walys lefte mayster walter StapyltoÌ„ bisshop of Exceter behynd hym to haue the rule of the cytye of London It was nat longe after the kynges departyng that y e quene sent a letter vnto the mayre comynaltie of the cytye requyred of them ayde to subdue the oppressours of y e comoÌ„ weale of the realme But to that letter was made none answere Therefore she wrote the secoÌ„de tyme aduertysyng them of theyr landynge of the entent that she had to refourme y e enormytyes mysgouernauÌ„ce of the lande in admonestyng them of theyr ayde socoure as by the tenure of y e sayd letter more playnly appereth wherof the circumstauÌ„ce I haue left out of thys boke for so moche as I fynde varyaunce in the contentes thereof and also for the copyes there of ben sette oute in the cronycles of Englande and dyuers other bokes Than thys sayde letter was tacked vpon the crosse in Chepe whyche at that daye was called the newe crosse In the nyght before the day of saynt Denys or the .ix. day of October And other copyes of the same were fastened in dyuerse other places of y e cytye wherof one was fastened vpoÌ„ the mayres gate After whyche letter thus publysshed in the cytye the bisshop of Exceter to whome as before is sayd the kyng had commytted the rule of the cytye sent vnto the mayre to haue the keyes of the gates of the cytye by vertue of hys commission By the whych he stode so fermely vsed so sharpe wordes in the kynges name that varyaunce grew betwene hym the cytezyns so ferfourth that the commons of the cytye in theyr rage toke the sayd bysshop the .xiiii. day of Octobre and hym with .ii. of hys housholde esquyers beheded vnreuerently at y e standard in weschep And the same daye was taken for a spye a cytezyn called IohnÌ„ Marshal whych fauoured the Spensers ê‘tye in y e same place also beheded without processe of lawe And then the corps of y e sayde bysshop with hys .ii. seruauÌ„tes were haryed to Thamys syde where the sayd bysshop had begonne to edyfye a toure and there in the rubbusshe and sande of the same they buryed or conueyed these thre bodyes whyche dispyte to hym was done after some auctoures for so moche as he had vsurped of the comoÌ„ grounde of the cytie in settyng of the sayd toure But for what cause was he thus vngoodly vnreuerentely delte with no mencion is made And in thys passe tyme the quene easely a foote space folowed y e kyng which by thys season was coÌ„mâ— to Brystow hauyng with hym the SpeÌ„sers his dyffamed chauÌ„celler mayster Robert Baldocke syr IohnÌ„ erle of Arundell other where by theyr counsayls it was agreed that syr Hugh SpeÌ„ser the father shulde remayne there and haue the rule of the towne castell whyle the kynge with the other toke shyppynge sayled frome thens into walys to rayse the walshemen And so the kyng with syr Hugh Spenser the sonne the other toke shyppyng at Brystowe so sayled into waâ—ys when the certaynte therof came vnto the quene anone she sent to Brystow the erle of Kent the kynges brother syr IohnÌ„ of Henawde wyth dyuerse other for to take syr Hugh Spenser the father The whyche put them in suche deuour that they tooke the sayde syr Hugh and lefte a certayne to holde the towne castell tyll the quene with hyr power came thyther â–ª In the whyche tyme they sped them into walys and in processe tooke y e kynge hys chaunceller the erle of Arundell and syr Hughe Spenser the sonne and broughte them all to the towne of Hereforde And in thys whyle the cytezeyns of London wan the towre of LondoÌ„ and kept it vnto the quenes vse Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxv  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxvi  Gylbert Moordon  Rycharde Betayne  Anno .xix.  IohnÌ„ Cotton  IN thys .xix. yere and begynnynge of thys mayres charge vppon the morowe folowynge the feaste of Symon and Iude the same daye that the mayre rode to westmynster to take hys charge the same day at Brystow was syr Hugh Spenser the father putte to dethe and after buryed at wynchestre And vppon saynte Huys daye folowynge or the .xviii. daye of Nouembre was syr Hugh hys sonne draweÌ„ hanged and quartered at Herforde and hys hed sent to London and set amonge other vpon the brydge The comon fame of hym went that after he was taken he wolde take no maner sustenauÌ„ce wherfore he was the sooner put vnto deth Of this Hugh a versyfyer made these two verses folowynge Punis cum lignis a te miser ensis ignis Hugo securis equus abstulit omne decus whiche verses to them that vnder stande no latyne maye in thys wyse be expowned or englysshed wyth ropes were thou bounde and on the galowe honge And from thy body thyne hed wyth swerde was kytte Thy bowels in the fyre were throwe and burned longe Thy body in foure pecys eke wyth an axe was slytte wyth horse before drawyn fewe men pytyenge it Thus wyth these turmentys for thy synnes sake from y e wretched Hugh all wordly welthe was take In thys meane tyme and season the kynge was conueyed vnto the castell of Kenelworthe and there kepte vnder the garde of syr Henry of Lancaster or brother vnto the erle Thomas of Lancaster that was behedyd at Pounfrette And mayster Robert Baldoke the kynges chauncelloure was sent vnto London and put into the pryson of Newgate where after he dyed myserably The erle IohnÌ„ of Arundell was also put to deth at Herforde wythin foure dayes of syr Hugh the yonger Spenser Then y e quene wyth syr Edwarde hyr sonne and with a goodly company of lordes and gentylmen retourned vnto London and there of the cytesyns wyth greate honoure and ioye was receyued vppon the daye of saynte Barbara or the .iiii.
of all lordes spyrytuall temporall that than were there aboute By the whyche fynally after many argumentes made for so mothe as kynge Henry contrary hys honoure and promysse at the last parlyament made and assured and also for that y ◠he was reputed vnable and insuffycyent to rule the realme was than by theyr assentes deposed and dyscharged of all kyngely honoure and regally And incontinently by auctoryte of the sayde counsayll and agrement of the commons there present Edwarde the eldeste sonne vnto the duke of yorke thā was there elected and then chosen for kynge of Englande After whyche eleccyon and admyssyon the sayde erle of Marche gyuyng lawde and preyse vnto god vpō the .iiii. day of Marche accompanyed wyth all the foresayde lordes multytude of comons was cōueyed vnto westminster and there toke possessyon of the realme of Englāde And syttynge in hys astate royall in the great halle of the same wyth hys sceptre in hand a question was axed of the people than presente yf they wolde admytte hym for theyr kynge soueraygne lord the whyche wyth one voyce cryed ye ye And thā after y e accustumed vse to kynges to swere and after the othe takē he went into the abbey where he was of the abbot munkys mette wyth processyon conueyed vnto saint Edwardes shryne and there offered as kyng that done receyued homage feaute of all suche lordes as there than were present And vpō y e morowe folowynge were proclamacyōs made in accustomat places of the cytye in the name of Edwarde the .iiii. thanne kynge of Englande Vpō whych day the kyng came vnto the palays at Poulys there dyned and there restyd hym a season in makynge prouysyon to go Northwarde for to subdue hys enemyes Than vpon the saterdaye folowynge beyng the daye of Marche the erle of warwyke with a great puyssaunce of people departed oute of London northwarde And vppon wednysdaye folowynge the kynges fotemen wente towarde the same iourney And vppon frydaye nexte folowynge the kynge tooke hys voyage through the cytye wyth a great hāde of men and so rode forth at Bysshop pesgate In whych selfe same day whyche was the .xii. daye of Marche a grocer of London namyd walter walker for offence by hym done agayne the kynge was behedded in Smythfelde But hys wyfe whyche after was maryed to Iohn̄ Norlāde grocer lastely alderman had suche frendes aboute the kynge that hyr goodes were nat forfayted to y e kynges vse The kyng than so holdyng his iourney mette wyth his enemies at a vyllage .ix. myles on thys halfe yorke called Towtō or Shyreborn and vpon Palme sonday gaue vnto theym batayll The whyche was so cruell y t in the felde and chace were slayne vppō .xxx. thousande mē ouer the men of name of the whyche here after some ensue That is to saye the erle of Northumberlande the erle of westmerlande the lorde Clyfforde y e lorde Eyromonde syr Iohn̄ syr Andrewe Trollop and other to the noumber of .xi. or mo And among other at the same felde was taken the erle of Deuonshyre after the erle of wylshyre whych said erle of Deuonshyre was sente vnto yorke and there after beheded Hēry than whyche lately was kynge with the quene theyr sonne syr Edward the duke of Somerset the lord Rose and other beynge than at yorke herynge of the ouerthrowe of theyr people and greate losse of theyr men in all haste fledde towarde Scotlande And vppon the morowe folowynge the kynge wyth moche of hys people entred into yorke and there held hys Easter tyde And vpon Easter euyn tydynges were broughte vnto London of the wynnynge of thys felde wherfore at Poulys Te deum was songē wyth greate solempnyte so thorugh the cytye in all paryssh churches And thus thys goostly man kynge Hēry lost all whā he had reygned ful .xxxviii. yeres .vi. monethes odde days And y e noble moste boūteous princesse quene Margarete of whome many an vntrew surmyse was imagened tolde was fayne to flye comfortlesse and lost all that she had in Englāde for euer whan that kyng Edwarde with greate solempnyte had holden the feest of Easter at yorke he than remoued to Durham And after hys busynesse there fynysshed he retourned agayne Southwarde lefte in those partyes y e erle of warwyke to se the rule guydyng of that countrey Than the kyng coosted and vysyted the coūtreys Southwarde Eestwarde that about the begynnyng of the moneth of Iuny he came vnto hys manour of shene now called Rychemoūt In all whych pastyme purueyaūce was made for the kynges coronacyō In accōplysshyng whereof the kyng vpō the .xxvii. day of Iuny beyng fryday departed from y e sayde manour rode vnto the towre of Lōdon Upō whome gaue attēdaunce y t mayre hys bretherne all cladde in scarlet and to the noumbre of .iiii. C. cōmoners well horsed cladde all in grene And vpon the morne beynge saterday he made there .xxviii. knightes of the bath after that .iiii. moo And the same after noone he was wyth all honour cōueyed to westminster the sayd .xxxii. knyghtes rydyng before hym in blewe gownes hoodes vpon theyr shulders lyke to prestes with many other goodly and honourable ceremonyes y t whych were longe to reherse in due order And vpon the morne beyng sonday sait Peters day he was wyth great tryūphe of the archebysshop of Caunterbury crowned enoynted before the hygh aulter of saynt Peters churche of westmynster And after thys solēpnysacyon of the crownyng of y e kyng wyth also the sumptuous honorable feest holdē in westminster hall was fynysshed the kynge soone after created George hys brother duke of Clarence And in the moneth of Iuly folowynge at the stādarde in chepe y e hāde of a seruaunte of the kynges called Iohn̄ Dauy was stryken of for that he had stryken a man wythin the palays of westmynster Francia ¶ Carolus .viii CArolus or Charles the .vii. of y e name after the accompte of this boke or the vii after the Frēch hystory sonne of Charlys the .vii. or .vi beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchmē in the moneth of October in the yere of oure lorde M.iiii C. .xxii and in the begynnyng of Henry the .vi. than kyng of Englāde Of thys Charlys sundry wryters sunderly wryte in so moche as some afferme hym to be the naturall sonne of Charles the .vii some afferme hym to be the sonne of the duke of Orleaunce borne of the quene and some there ben that name hym the sonn̄ of Charles fore named gotten in the baste vppon hys mooste beauteous paramour named Agnes the whych as testyfyeth Gaguynus excelled all other women in feture beaute and for the same to be surnamed the fayer Agnes Thys in hyr myddell age dyed was so ryche y t hyr testamēt amoūted to .ix. M. scutes in golde the whyche in sterlynge money amoūteth to the summe of .x. M. li. Thā to