Constantines sonne slew Engyst and droue the Sarazyns away reygned viii yere Vter pēdragō his brother xvii yere Arther his son reigned xxvi yere Cōstātine Arthers cosin xxiiii yere Guran for Constantyne had none heyre reygned xxx yere Tonagh his cosin xxiiii yere Syryke reygned xxv yeare Saint Ethelbert and Sebert that were conuerted by saint Austine his felowship reigned l. yere Elfrede and Cadwaller saint Oswalde and Cadwalyn reygned in this realme of Englande one after another lxxx yere Offa Sainte Oswaldes brother xlviii yere Alured the first in his time saynte Edmunde of Bury was slayne of hūger and Hubba the kynges brethren of Denmarke xxx yere Edward the first his son xxv yere Edmunde his brother xvii yere Adelstone xxv yere Eldred his brother x. yere Edwin his third brother iiii yere Edgar his sonne xvii yere S. Edward the martyr xii yere Swayne that was kinge of Denmarke reygned xv yere Eldred s Edwards brother .ix. yere Edmunde Irensyd and Knowe Swayne sonne reigned xx yere Harolde Harefote knowte sonne xiii yere Hardeknowt his brother xvi yere Saynt Edward the confessour Eldredes sonne reigned xxiii yere Harolde that was Godwyn sonne Earle of well sex reygned i. yere ¶ Here endeth al the kinges that raygned before the Conquest Wyllyam Conqueroure WIlliam Duke of Normandy called conquerour Of williā cōqueror duke of normādy Nephew vnto king Edward the confessoure began his dominion ouer this realme of Englande the .xv. daye of October in the yeare of oure Lorde M lxvii and reygned .xxi. yeares one moneth with greate cruelnes toward the Englyshmen chargynge them alwayes wyth greate exactions by meanes whereof he caused dyuers to flee oute of the lande he ordayned new lawes at hys owne pleasure profitable to him self and greuous and hurtful to the people In the second yere of thys kīges reygne the cyty of Exeter and Northumberland Exiter Rebelled rebelled which bothe were subdued and after greuously punyshed Kynge Wyllyam bylded certayne castels within thys realme and put normans to be gouerners in them who greatlye oppressed the Englyshe men The englysh men oppressed About thys time the kyng caused .ii. Bishops albotes deposed Cardynalles to come frome Rome where by meanes of the kynge they deposed certayne Bysshopes Albottes and Prioures Englyshemen and in theyr place put in Normans The countre aboue yorke destroyed In the .iii. yeare of Wyllyam Conqueroure the Danes inuaded the North countre and won yorke but shortlye after the kynge came and droue awaye the Danes and toke such displeasure wyth the enhabitauntes of that prouynce that he destroyed the lande from yorke to Durham that .ix. yeare after it laye vnlaboured and vntylled About thys tyme was a greate debate betwene Thomas Archebishop of yorke and Langfranke archbyshop of Canterbury for the Primacy of Englande A variaunce betwene the byshops for the primacy but the byshop of Cantorbury optained and the Byshop of yorke made to hym an othe of obeysaunce In the .x. A conspiracy against the kynge yeare of thys kynges raigne Roger Erle of Herford and Rafe Earle of Norfolke conspyred agaynste kynge Wyllyam he beynge in Normandy whych were bothe outelawed the realme and Earle Walrefe that vttered the conspiracy was beheaded About the .xv. A bataile ī normādy yere of his raigne Robert curteyse the kynges eldest sone wyth the helpe of Philip the French kinge made warre against his father in Normandye where kynge Wyllyam was sore hurte but afterwarde a peace was made betwene them Thys kynge wyllyam made the newe forest in hamshere and therefore he cast downe diuers churches by the space of xxx The makinge of new forest myles No englishe man bare office in englād In his time he kept the Englysh men so lowe that few of them bare any offyce of honour in England Also in the .xix. yeare of kynge Wyllyams reygne he beynge in Normandy raysed a great trybute in England and caused to be gathered of euery hyde of landes whych contayneeh .xx A greate tribute Acres .vi. s Shortly after the kinge made warre into Fraunce where he dyd muche hurte The deth of williā cōqueror but in this heate he toke suche a disease that it cost him his life in his sekenes he made his testamente and gaue to Wyllyam Rufus his second sonne the kyngdome of Englande and to Roberd Courteise his eldest sonne the Duchye of Normandy and vnto hēry hys thyrde sonne he gaue hys treasure thus he ended his lyfe in the moneth of Iuly and lyeth buryed at Cane in Normandy Wylliam Rufus WIllyam Rufus or willyam the Reed began his reygne ouer thys realme the .xvii. day of Septembre the yeare of Christ .m.lxxxix. Sone after willyam Rufus had taken vpon him the kyngdome hys brother Robert Courteise came out of Normandy and landed at hamptō to th entent to haue put out his brother frome the kyngdome but the kynge sente to him ambassadours Agremēt betwene williā rufus hys brother so at the last they were agreed that Wyllyam Rufus should be kynge payinge to his brother yearly .iii. M. Markes ech of them to be others aire A rebelliō againste the kinge In the second yere of thys king dyuers Lordes in England rebelled against the kynge and assayled dyuers townes but kyng wylliam vanquyshed the traitours and chased them out of hys realme war with the scotes In the .iii. yeare of Wyllyam Rufus the scottes warred on englande wherefore kynge Wyllyam prouided an armye and wente thether where after dyuers conflictes and scermyshes a peace was concluded so that Malcolyn kynge of Scottes was sworne to be trew to kynge Wyllyam A greate winde in England In the iiii yere of wyllyam Rufus there was a greate wynde in London that blew downe v.c. houses and the rofe of Bow churche and did greate hurte in vynchester and other places The king of wales slayne In this time also the Welchemen rebelled but they were subdued theyr duke or kinge called Ryse slayne whiche was accompted the laste kinge of Wales Also Malcolin kyng of Scottes rebelled and came with an army into Englande The king of scottes slayne but the Earle of Northumberlande encountred wyth him and there kinge Malcolyn was slaine In the .vi. a viage to Ierusalē yeare of William Rufus there was prepared throughe christendome a mightye army of thre .c. M. men to winne Ierusalē whose soueraygne capitayne was Godfrey duke of Loraine and his ii bretheren with many other noble men of Christendome At this time many noble menne Borowīg of money for this vyage laied their landes to morgage to prouide for the forenamed viage amonge whiche was Roberd Curtoyse Duke of normandy he layed his dukedome to pledge to his brother William kinge of Englande for a C.M. pounde Greate taxynge A bought the .viii yeare of william Rufus bothe Englande and Normandy were greuouslye taxed and also there was a great mortalitie
cruell bataile the vyctory fell to the Englysh mē and wanne the towne where were slayne of the Scotes .xxv. M. and after warde the kynge of Scottes submitted him selfe to kynge Edwarde of England A battel at fankyrke In the .xxvi. yeare kynge Edward being in flaunders the Scottes rebelled and chose them a newe kynge called Wales and entred Northumberlande But the nexte yeare after kinge Edward gathered a great power and entred scotlande and at a place called Fankerke he mete with the Scottes where betwene them was foughte a cruell battayle but at the ende the Englyshmen had the victorye and slewe of the Scotes to the nōbre of .xxxii. M. and Walis theyr new chosen king fled in to the marysses and the common people yelded them to the kyng of England About the .xxxii. yeare Edward the kinges eldest sonne commytted dyuers ryots to the great dyspleasure of hys father wherefore the kynge enprysoned his sonne and other that were of his companye The king put his sō in prisons Also a bout the .xxxiii. yeare of kynge Edwarde the fyrste Wales the Scot was taken and brought to London and there put to death A bataile in scotlād Anone after many Lordes and bisshoppes of Scotlande came and yelded them selues to kynge Edwarde But Robert le Bruse contrary to his oth rebelled agaynste kinge Edwarde and shortlye after the kinge with a great hoste wente into Scotland where he met with Roberte le Bruse at a place nyghe saynte Iohns towne where was fought a cruell batayle the victory fell to the Englysh men and vii.m Scottes were slayne and Roberte le bruce fled to the kynge of Norwaye and dyuerse lordes were taken who were sent to London and there put to death The deth of kīg Edward the fyrste In the .xxxv. yeare kynge Edwarde fell syke and dyed the .vii. daye of Iulye in the yeare of christ M.ccc.vii and is buryed at Westminster ⚹ Edwarde the second EDwarde the second of that name and sonne of the fyrst Edwarde and prince of wales beganne his Raygne ouer England the .xxiiii. day of February the yere of Chryst M.ccc.vii and raygned xviii yeres thys edward was faire of body but vnstedfast of maners and disposed to lyghtnes For he refused the companye of hys Lordes and men of honoure and haunted a monge vylaynes and vyle persones he gaue him selfe also to ouer muche drynkinge and lyghtlye wold disclose thynges of great counsaile And besides that he was geuen to these vices of nature what yll counsayle maye doo he was much worse by the counsayle and famylyaritie of certayne euyll disposed personnes as Pierse of Ganeston Hughe the Spencers other whose wanton counsayle he folowing gaue him selfe to the appetyte and pleasure of the body no thyng ordering his common weale by sadnesse discresion and Iustice whiche thinge caused fyrste greate varience betwene him and hys nobles so that shortlye he became to them odible and in the ende was depriued of his kingdome This kinge in the second yeare of his raygne The king maryed went into fraunce maried Isabell doughter to Philip le Belle kynge of fraunce and after with her returned īto englād About this time Piers of Ganeston behaued hym selfe ylle againste the Lordes and waxed so proude that he would reuyle them wherfore they sodenly rose Piers of ganestō be headed and beseiged him in the castell of Scarbroughe and at the last wan it and toke Piers and broughte him to a place nere to Warwike and there stroke of his heade where with the kinge was greatly dyspleased About the .vi. yere of this king Robert le Bruse heryng of the deuision betwene the king and his lords came agayne in to Scotland and there was amytted kinge A batayle at banockes borne wherfore kinge Edwarde prepared a greate Armye and wente in to Scotlande and nere to a place called Banockysbourne he mete with the Scottes where was betwene them a cruell battayle but the Englyshmen lost the felde and many of the lordes and great men of England were slayne and taken and the kīg fledde wyth greate daunger into Barwyke In the .ix. yeare of kynge Edwarde the Scottes wan Barwike The scottes won barwike and shortly after they entered Northumberlande and slewe man woman and chyld Aboute this time there was a greate dearthe in Englande of all thinges Great plages in England and after folowed greate Pestilence yet all these mocions mended not the kynge of his yll liuinge In the .xi. A bataile of mitton yeare of this king the Scottes entred Englande at a place in yorke shire called Mitton was fought a cruell batayle where the English men lost the felde and much people of the countrey slaine But the kinge was all ruled by Hughe Spenser the father and the sonne and the commons had thē in great hatred In the .xii. yeare of thys kinge there was a Parliament holden at London Spēcers banished where by the entreatinge of the lordes Hugh Spencer the father and Hugh Spencer the sonne were banished the Realme But it was not longe after but the kynge contrary to that ordynaunce made in the Parlyamente sente for these Spencers agayne and set them in hyghe aucthorytie A batel at brough bryge Shortly after the Lordes rose agaynst the kynge and at broughe bryge the kynges Captayne called Andrew of Harkeley met wyth thē where many of the Barons of englande were slayne and taken and afterward that the Earle of Lancaster and dyuers other of the Barons and knyghtes were putte to deathe In the .xvii. yeare of thys king the quene fearinge the tyrannye of the Spensors The quen fled the lande fled wyth her yonge sonne Edwarde into Fraunce to her brother Charles where she and her sonne was gentlye receyued of her brother which made great promyse to ayde her agaynst the tyrany of the Spencers Shortly after Charles the frēch kynge fearyng the Manassyng of the byshoppe of Rome forsoke his systers quarell The quene and her sonne driuen out of fraunce and commaunded her to auoyde his lande In the .xix. The quene with her son entered the lande yeare of kyng Edwarde quene Isabel and her sonne by the ayde and helpe of syr Iohn of Heynalde with a small companye of Heynowayes retourned into England to whome the nobles and commons gathered in greate nombre and pursued the kinge the Spensers and other enemies so narowlye that shortlye after they toke them and kepte the kinge in prisō at kenelworth the Spensours the Earle of Arundell Robert baldocke and other Tyrantes whiche of longe tyme had greued the reame were put to deth ¶ Edward the thyrd Edward the third of that name and sonne to Edwarde the second and of Isabell onelye doughter of Phillip le Belle after the deposynge of his father was crowned kynge the second daye of February the yeare of Christ M.ccc.xxvi Of kinge Edwarde the thyrde whē he was but .xv. yeres of Age.
yere Prince Edward of Englande departed out of this lyfe who was in his time the flowre of Chiualry and was buryed at Canterburye Also in the same yeare the .xxi. The deth of kinge Edward daye of Iune the yeare of Chryste a M.ccc.lxxvii kynge Edwarde dyed and is buryed at Westminster This king Edwarde when he dyed had .iiii. sonnes that is to say Lyonell Duke of Clarence Iohn of Gaunte Duke of Lancaster Edmonde of Langley Duke of yorke and Thomas of Wedstocke Earle of Cambrege ¶ Rychard the seconde RIchard the seconde of the name and son to Prince Edward eldest sonne to kyng Edward the thyrd beyng of .xi. yeres of age was crowned kynge of England the .xv. day of Iuly the yeare of Chryste a M ccc.lxxvii In the fyrst yeare of kyng Rychardes raygne the frenche kynge sente a great nauy to the sea The frēch men entered englād which entered in dyuers partes of thys realme and dyd moch harme wher they landed and at the laste came into Thames so to graues ende and brent parte of that towne and returned into fraunce agayne About this tyme the Earle of Cambrege the kynges vncle was sent into fraunce with .viii. M. A voiage īto fraūce mē and passed the water of Sōme and so forth to Troyse and wan it and so passed to the coūtre of Gascoine and so into Brytayne where syr Iohn of Mounford duke of Britayne gladly receyued them Iacke Strawe In the .v. yeare of this kynge the commons of Englande arose and specially in Estsex and Kente and made them capytaines of whō the chefe they called Iacke straw which came into the towre of London where the king was and there they toke the Archebyshop of Caūterbury the Lorde of saynt Iohns and a frere the kinges confessoure and at the towre hyll smot of theyr heades and slewe and robbed all straungers in Sothewarke and brente the Duke of Landcasters place called the Sauoy and dyd muche hurt and beynge assembled in Smithfeld vsed them selues verye proudely and vnreuerentlye against the kynge But by the manhode and wysdome of Wyllyam Waulworth mayre of London that rude company was disceuered and theyr Capitayne Iacke straw was slayne Iacke Strawe slayne Aboute thys tyme was a wonderfull great earthequake in Englande the lyke whereof was neuer sene before that day nor syns A greate erthquak In the .vii. yeare of kynge Rychard A voyage into flaunders Henry Spenser bishoppe of Norwitche wente into Flaunders at the commaundement of the bysshop of Rome with a great power and wan Dūkyrke and grauelyn and brente .xl. shyppes and muche goodes beyng within them but after there fell a disease of the flickes and other dyseases among his soudiers that he was fayne to returne into Englande The king maryed In the .viii. yeare kynge Rycharde Maryed the doughter of Viceslaus Emperour of Almaine A bataile on the sea In the .x. yeare of this king the earle of Arundell was sente into Guyan to strengthe the soudyers there but on the sea he met with a flote of Flemynges laden with Rochell wyne and set vpon them and toke them Amonge the which was taken the Admyral of fraunce Great variaūce betwene the king his Lordes commons In the .xi. yeare there was maruaylous greate trouble and dyscēcyon in Englande betwene the kinge and his counsayle and other nobles and prelates of the realme The commons by the ayde and comforte of the kinges vncles and other lordes of the realme that is to saye the Duke of Glocester the duke of yorke the earles of Darby of Arundell and of Notyngham put to death dyuers of the kynges counsel and chefe offycers and chased the duke of Ireland and other out of the realme for that they caused the kynge to burden his people with exactions and could make no iust accompt of the same when they were required In the .xv. The liberties of lōdon lost yeare there was a ryot in London wherfore the king seased the lybertye of the citie into his handes But shortlye after by the meanes of the quene doctor Grauesend bishop of London they were restored to theyr lybertyes In the .xviii. A voiage īto Irelād yeare king Richard made a voyage into Irelād which was more to his charge thē honor Hēry the iiii banyshed In the xxii yeare Henry Boling broke duke of Hareford and sonne to the Duke of Lancastre and the duke of Norfolke were banyshed out of the realme Shortly after Henry bolinbroke Duke of Herford Kinsh Rychard the ii deposed wich was banished into fraūce beyng sente for of the Lōdoners came into englande with a small power to whome the cōmons gathered in so gret multitude forsoke their Prince that not longe after at the castel of Flint they toke king Richard held hī as prisoner in the tower of Londō where he yelded vp resigned to the sayd Henrie duke of Hereforde all his power kingly title to the crowne of england fraunce knowleging that he was worthilye deposed for his demerites and misgouernynge of the common weale ¶ Henry the fourthe HEnry the fourthe sonne to Ihon of Gaunt late Duke of Lancaster and thirde sonne of Edwarde the thyrde toke possessiō of his realme of England the last daye of Septembre in the yere of oure Lorde a M. ccc.lxxxxix ¶ Anno dn̄i M.ccc.lxxxix Anno primo Henrici .iiii. Thomas knolles Grocer mayre William Hyde Ihon Walderne shyreffes In this yeare dyed kynge Rycharde the seconde In thys yere also certaine Dukes and Erles of England and other A cōspiraci againste the kyng were accorded to make a mūming on twelfe daye at nyghte trayterously to kyll the kynke than beynge at Wyndsore whiche beynge warned therof departed sodaynelye came to London made pursute after the sayd conspiratours which apprehended and taken were after by the lawe put to deathe In this yeare kyng Hēry sent syr Thomas Persy Erle of Worsiter with a goodly crue of soudiers into Aquitayne to ayde syr Robert knowlles leuetenaunte there A vyage into aquitayne and to parswad the people to theyr obeysaunce who dyd greatly stomacke the death of king Richard An act of Parliamente In this yeare was enacted by auctorite of Parliamente that no Lorde nor other man myght gyue anye gownes or lyueryes to anye of theyr tenaūtes or other persons onelye but to theyr household and menyall seruauntes In this yeare also was enacted that all repyers An other acte other fysshers from Rye Wynchelsee and other costes of the sea syde shoulde sell theyr fysshe theyr selfe in Cornehil Chepe other stretes of London to all men that woulde by theim Fysshemongers and all other that woulde bye the sayd fisshe to make sale agayne of it onely except ¶ Anno domini M. cccc an ii Hērici .iiii. Ihon Fraūces goldsmith mayre Ihon Wakele Wyllyam Ebot shyryffes In this yeare the French kyng sent Lorde Iames