pytye that he suffered hym to be at hys lybertye whyche after the opynyon of wyllyam de regibus was done more of pryde than of compassyon THE CCXXV. CHAPITER IN the .xi. yere of the reygne of thys wyllyam the rede at a towne called Fynchanster in the couÌ„trey of Barke shyre a welle caste out blode as before it hadde done water And after by the space of .xv. dayes great flames of fyre were sene in the elemeÌ„t in sundry places and tymes Thys yere also y e two erles of Shrewesbury and of Chester eyther named Hugh by the kynges commauÌ„dement entred wyth theyr knyghtes the I le of Man or Anglesaye slewe therin many welshemen and gelded many moo Amonge the whyche a preste named Kynredus was draweÌ„ out of a chyrch and serued of y e same wyse and also cut hys tunge out of hys hed and put out hys one eye But this preste was of such vertue that by myracle he was restored to helthe within .iii. dayes ensuynge In the whyche season and tyme the kynge of Northganys or Norwaye wan the iles called than Orcades and now Orkeys after came wyth hys strength into the foresayd ile of Man where at the same season were the sayde two erles Than bytwene them was mortall fyght in y e whyche Hugh erle of Shrewesbury was stryken with an arowe in y e eye and dyed wythin .viii. dayes after But as sayth Guydo the Danys were chased and the Englysshemen hadde the vyctory Kyng wylliam was mych in Normandye for so myche as Robert his brother was all thys season in the holy land of whose actes shall some deale be towched in y e story of Henry the fyrste And wyllyam had myche payne to rule the Normans for they rebelled often agayne hym In the .xii. yere of hys reygne he came out of Normandye and when he saw the hall of westmynster y t he had caused to be buylded he was therwyth dyscontented that it was so lytell wherfore as it is rehersed of some wryters he entended yf he had lyued to haue made a larger and y t to haue serued for a chaumber Robert Losaunge that somtyme had ben abbot of Ramsey and than bysshop of Thetforde by gyfte of a thousand pounde to the kyng repented hym after and bewept that vnskylfull dede and toke hys waye to Rome and dyd for it hys enioyned penaunce and after retorned into Englande and turned hys see from Thetforde to Norwyche founded there a fayre monastery of hys owne goodes not of the patrymony of crystes chyrch But therin is a dowt to consyder For he was fyrste an abbot and after a bysshop About thys tyme by the meanes of one Stephen Hardynge a munke of Sherbourne an Englyshman of y e order of Sisteaux or whyte muÌ„kes had hys begynnynge in the wyldernesse of Cystery within the prouynce of Burgoyne as wytnesseth Ranulf munke of Chester But other wryters as Jacobus Phylyppus the authour of Cronica cronicaruÌ„ Matheolus wyth other sayen that this Stephen was the second abbot of y e place y t it was fyrste fouÌ„ded by the meanes of one Robert abbot of MolyneÌ„se in the yere of grace M.xcviii whyche to folow theyr sayeng shuld be in the .ix. yere of the reygne of this kyng This order was after brought into Englande by one called walter Espeke that fouÌ„ded the fyrste abbay of that relygyon at Ryuall about y e yere of grace .xi. C.xxxi The whyche shulde be about the .xxxi. yere of the fyrste Henry than kyng of England Somwhat of theyr relygyon is towched in the .x. chapyter of the .viii. boke of Polycronycon After that kynge wyllyam as before is sayde was retourned out of Normandy many wonderfull prodygyes and tokyns were shewed in England as the swellyng or rysyng of y e water of Thamys in suche wyse that it drowned dyuers townes and dyd mych harme by out passyng his boundys in dyuers places about LoÌ„don and ellys where Also the deuyll was sene walke in mannes lykenesse wyth dyuers other thynges whyche I ouerpasse The kyng was warned of this and tolde by his famylyers y t god was not coÌ„tent with his lyuing But he set all at nought and made of it a scoffe or a iape In the .xiii. yere of his reygne and begynnynge thereof as the thyrde daye of Auguste after the sayenge of Ranulfe thys kyng wyllyam beyng at hys dysporte of huntynge wythin the newe forest by glaunsynge of an arowe shot of a knyght named walter Tyrell was wounded to the deth in the .xliiii. yere of hys age After whyche dede the sayde walter escaped and saued hym self for few there were that hym pursued And so the kynge thus wounded was layde vppon an horse lytter and so conueyed to wynchester where shortly after he dyed and was buryed Of this man myghte be made a myche lenger story yf all hys dedes shulde be towched The whych toke vpon hym great thynges and mych gretter enteÌ„ded yf he myght haue lyued The daye before he was slayne one axed of hym where he wold kepe hys Crystmasse At Poytiers sayde the kynge for the erle entendeth to go towarde Hierusalem and I woll assaye to haue hys erledome in morgage for well I knowe he must cheuyche for money to perfourme that iourney The day that wyllyaÌ„ dyed he helde in his haÌ„des the .iii. bysshopryches of CauÌ„terbury of winchester and of Salysbury and dyuers abbayes of the whyche he let some to terme Also he refrayned y â— money y â— of olde tyme was payed to Rome called Rome scotte Of this wyllyaÌ„ reportyth Henry of HuÌ„tyngdoÌ„ sayth y t though this maÌ„ were lyght of som thynges yet he was stedfast stable of his promyse so y t what he ê“mysed good or euyll shuld be ê‘formed And though he were named couetous yet it shuld seme y t he was liberall as sheweth by this narracyoÌ„ folowyng Upon a season when the abbot of a place in Englande was dede two munkes of the same place the which before hadde gatheryd money made theyr frendes to kynge willyam and offered large offers eyther of them to be promoted to that dygnyte There was also a thyrde munke the which of mekenesse of humylyte folowed the other two to the entent that vppon hym that the kynge had admytted for abbot he wolde haue gyuen attendaunce and as his chapelayn to haue wyth hym returned The kynge called before hym the .ii. munkys seuerally and eyther out profered other And as he caste hys eye asyde he espyed the thyrd the whych he demed hadde comen also for the same cause Then the kynge called hym and asked yf he wold geue any more then his bretherne had offered to be abbot But he answered to the kynge and sayde that he wolde nother offer nor yet gyue for yt one peny nor wold haue so great a charge by any meane wrongefull when the kynge had well vnderstanden thys thyrde munkes answere he sayde that he was best worthy to be
abbot and to haue the rule of so holy a charge and so he gaue vnto hym that benefyce wythout takynge any peny Thys kynge wyllyam vsed alway lemmans wherfore he dyed without yssue legyttymat when he had reyned as before is sayde fully .xii. yeres and odde dayes THE CCXXVI CHAPITER HEnry the .iii. son of wyllyam Cōquerour fyrste of y t name whyche for his connynge was surnamed beuclerk began hys reygne and domynyon as kynge of Englande the .v. daye of August in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred one and the .xliii. yere of the fyrste Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce was crowned at westmynster ryght shortly after of Thomas archebyshoppe of yorke and Morys byshoppe of London This Henry in his youth plyed him to such studye that he was instructe in the .vii. artes lyberall Anon he made holy chyrche free vsed saynt Edwardes lawes wyth the amendemēt of them He put out of his courte nyce and wāton men and closed Ranulphe byshoppe of Durham in the towre of Lōdon y e which as ye before haue harde was so great wyth wyllyam his brother and sent for Anselme archebyshoppe of Caunterburye whyche before was fledde fro the tyranny of wyllyam Rufus This Henry chastysed the olde vntrewe mesure and made a yerde of y e length of hys owne arme wyth dyuers other thynges reformyng that longe before his days had ben mysse vsed and abhorred excesse of metys and drynkes vsed to fyght more wyth coūsayll then wyth sworde In the seconde yere of his reygne Robert hys brother that by all thys season hadde ben occupyed in warres vppon Cristes enymyes hauyng worde of the deth of hys brother wyllyam and howe his brother Henry hadde taken vpon hym as kynge returned into Normandy and there made preparacyon for to come into Englande In this season also was brokē out of pryson Ranulfe byshoppe of Durham and comen to the sayde Robert into Normandy The whych excyted duke Robert in all that he myght to warre vppon hys brother Henry so that he assembled a stronge armye of knyghtes and toke shyppynge and landed in processe of tyme at Portysmouth But by medyacyon a peace was made and that in suche condycion that he shuld haue .iii. thousand markes yerely as before was promysed vnto hym by willyam Rufus his brother wyth other condycyons of successyon and other thynges the whyche I ouerpasse for length of tyme. Thus Robert beynge contented contrary to the myndes of his lordes after he a season hadde dysported hym in Englande retourned into Normandy where of his lordes he was for thys other dedes before done as after is shewed lytle or lesse and lesse setby For all be yt that by hys fathers lyfe he hadde vyctorye and vtterly dyspleased hym as some deale before ys touched yet by hys manhode and manfull dedes he fell into the fauoure of the people and dyd many and great notable actes and specyally at the wynnyng of the cytye of Acon vppon the myscreauntes and turkes For the whyche dedes yt apperyth by the sequele of the storye that he was also in the fauour of god For when the eleccyon shuld be made for the kynge of Hierusalem and certayne prynces and prynces peeres by ordynaunce made stode wyth theyr tapers abydynge the dyuyne purueyaunce that whose taper were fyrst wyth heuenly fyre lyghtened shulde be admytted for kynge the taper of thys duke Robert was fyrste onely wherfore by dyuyne purueyaunce he was then chosen kynge of Hierusalem The whyche he refused for the payne and trauayle that he shuld haue wyth all also for the couetyse of the crowne of Englande For as soone as he hadde knowlege of the deth of his brother willyam anon he parted the coūtrey and sped hym homewarde in all that he myght For the whych dede as affermeth myne authour he spedde the worse in all his dedes after Thys Robert was wyse in counsayll stronge in batayll and also ryght lyberall and in hys retourne from Hierusalem maryed the doughter of wyllyam de Auersana lorde of Apulia wyth whome he receyued grete sōmes of money for her dower the whych by meane of his liberalyte he spent shortly after Then fortune beganne to frowne vppon duke Robert and sette his owne lordes so agayn hym that they sent vnto kyng Henry hys brother wyllynge hym to come into Normandye and they wolde delyuer the coūtrey vnto him and holde hym for theyr chefe lorde and ruler wherunto as sayth the englyshe cronycle kynge Henry soone cōsented But or euer thys warre betwene the sayde duke Robert kyng Henry beganne thys Henry maryed Mawde or Molde the doughter of Malcolyne kyng of Scotlande and of Margarete hys wyfe doughter of Edwarde the outlawe as in the begynnyng of wyllyam Conqueroure is thouched Of the whyche Molde thys Henry receyuyd after some wryters two sonnes and .ii. doughters y t is to saye wyllyam and Rycharde Mawde Mary And also the sayd authour wyth other saye that Robert duke of Normandye came into Englande in the fourth yere of the reygne of kynge Henry and hadde good chere of his brother and syster For the which he at the request of his sayde syster released to his brother y e forenamed trybute of .iii. thousand markes But by yll tale tellers couetous of signory this broderly loue was after dissolued in such wise that the kynge with a strong army sayled into Normandy and held his broder Robert with so sharpe warre that he chased hym from one countrey to another and wanne from hym Roan Caan Faloys and all the good townes of Normandye and lastely constrayned hym to aske helpe of Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce after of the erle of Flaūdres but he fayled helpe of them both Then wyth such power as he could make he gaue batayll vnto his brother kynge Henry In the whyche he was taken and sent ouer into England and put into the castell of Cardyffe in walys where he remayned as prisoner whyle he lyued And when he was dede he was buryed at Glowcester In this tyme and season as it were in y e .iii. yere of kyng Henry y e chyrch of saynt Barthelmew in Smythfeld of London was begonne to be founded of a mynstrell of this kyng Henry named Rayer and after perfourmed and ended by good and well disposed cytezens of the citye of Lōdon This place of Smythfelde was at y e day a lay stowe of al ordure or fylth and the place where felons and other transgressours of the kynges lawes were put to execucyon THE CCXXVII CHAPITER SO as kynge Henry hadde fynyshed his warre in Normandye was returned into Englande Robert de Bolesyn which was the eldest sonne of Roger de mount Gomeryk erle of Shrewesburye arose agayne the kynge and manned his castellys of Shrewesbury of Brugg◠of Arundell and of Tekynhyll and incoraged the walshmen agayne the kyng But the kyng pursued so cruelly the sayd Robert y t wythin .xl. days he wan all thoses castellis
sayde warre contynued by the terme of two yeres In the ende of whych two yeres wyllyam the eldest sonne of kynge Henry beynge a chyld and wythin age contented so well the mynde of Lewys that he refrayned of hys warre for that tyme. In the .xiii. yere at Shrewesburye was a great erth quake and at Nothyngham from the morne to the vndertyde The ryuer of Trent was so fordryed in the moneth of June as sayth Guydo that men wente ouer drye And the starre called stella cometa or the blasynge sterre aperyde soone after Theruppon folowed an harde wynter great deth of the people and scarcete of vitayll by the great moreyn of bestes In thys yere also the kynge founded the abbay of Hyde wythoute the wallys of wynchester that of olde tyme was wythin the wallys THE CCXXVIII CHAPITER IN the .xv. yere of hys reygne y e kynge enteÌ„dyd to haue â—moted Faricus abbot of Abyndon vnto the see of Caunterburye But by a counsayll kept at wyndesoure of bysshoppes y e kynges mynde was chauÌ„ged and to that see was then admytted Raufe that was byshoppe of Rochester And the same yere one Thurstone was chosen archebyshoppe of yorke the whyche wythsayde hys professyon of obedience that he shuld owe to the see of Caunterbury wherfore at lengthe he was depryuyd of hys dygnyte But after by laboure that he made to Pascall the pope before named the sayde pope wrote vnto the kynge that he shulde restore Thurstone agayne to the see of yorke By whyche meane he was agayne restoryd but yet he disdayned to do hys lawefull obedyence vnto Raufe archebyshope of Caunterbury Then the stryfe was renewed which Lamfranke before as ye haue harde in the thyrde chapyter of wyllyam Conquerour dyd appeace and was brought in argument before the pope The whyche at the kynges request promysed y t he wolde nothyng do nor ordeyne that shuld be derogacion to the archbyshop of Caunterbury or to the dygnyte of his chyrche But in coÌ„clusion the pope gaue such a defuse sentence in thys mater that he lefte the stryfe vndetermyned and vnassoyled And when y e kynges procuratours wyth also the archbyshop of Caunterbury were absent were yt for nede or for fauour the pope was so bowed that he forsoke y e olde rule vsed before hys days and sacred the sayde Thurstone and gaue vnto hym the pawle For this dede y e kyng was sore dyscontented wyth Thurstone and warned hym the entre of his lande wherfore the pope wrote after shortely to the kynge wyllyng hym to suffer Thurstone to occupye his see peaseably or he shulde be accused and suspended by the dygnyte of the offyce of Caunterbury and so Thurstone enioyed his see In the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .xviii. as sayth the frenche cronicle whyche was the .xvii. yere of thys kyng Henry the fyrst the warre was agayn quyckened betwen kyng Henry and Lewys kynge of Fraunce wherof was the occasyon as sayth the sayde frenche cronycle Thybaude erle of Chartres whych Thybaude was greuyd by the Frenche kynge and for necessyte requyred kynge Henry of ayde and helpe to whome the kynge as to hys kynnesman sent ayde and socoure And afterwarde the kynge sayled ouer with a stronge armye and sente a nobleman named Stephan into the lordshyppe of Brye to defendeyt agayn the Frenche kynge when Lewys vnsterstode that kynge Henry was landed in Normandye wyth so great power he in all haste assembled a stronge power and drewe hym towarde the kynge But there were so stronge holdes mannyd wyth Normans also such depe and great ryuers that the Frenche kynge myght not wynne vnto kynge Henry Then lastely by a feate of warre whyche were longe to reherse he wan a town named Lyngues in Cause in the whyche towne was a brydge to passe the ryuer of Thee and so into Normandye when a certayne of the knyghtes of Lewes had thus wonne the foresayd towne the sayd Lewes wyth his people spedde hym shortly after and rescued his foresayde knightes then spoyled and robbed the towne the whyche was ryche for so myche as yt hadde ben in quyet and rest many yeres before He also slewe and toke prysoners all y e Normans there dwellyng put in theyr stede FrenchmeÌ„ And that done he sped hym towarde kynge Henry the which was at a castell called Male assyse there made purueyaunce for the defence of the Frenchmen And when he hadde garnyshed yt to hys pleasure he departed thens But not longe after the Frenche kynge came thyther wyth his hole hoste of Frenchmen and after many sore cruell assautys wan the sayde castell and bette yt downe euen wyth the grounde After whych season as sayth the sayd cronicle fell to the Frenche kynge many and dyuerse mysfortunes For shortely after amonge other myssechaunces a noble captayn of hys named Angueran de Chanmount the whyche had done myche harme in Normandye to kynge Henry and wonne there some castelles and other stronge holdes dyed sodeynly And in shorte tyme after Baldewyne erle of FlauÌ„dres a man of great streÌ„gth and puyssaunce as he beseaged a castell was wounded in the face and dyed wyth in .vi. dayes after Then Fauques erle of Aungeos in whom also this Lewys affyed mych and trusted maryed his doughter vnto willyam the eldest sonne of kynge Henry and refused the kynge of Fraunce parte and ayded and assysted kynge Henry in all that he myght so that dayly the power of kyng Henry encreased and the Frenche kynges mynyshed Lastely these two prynces met wyth theyr both hostes in playne feld and foughte a dedely and cruell batayll where in the ende the Frenche kynge was ouercomen and loste myche of his people and was coÌ„pelled to flee vnto a place called Audely for his sauegarde But thys ouerthrowe of Frenchemen is excused in the moste fayrest maner so y t they excuse them selfe and saye that kynge Henry set vppon kynge Lewys when he was not ware but hys knyghtes all oute of aray order and also kyng Henry had farre excedynge nomber of men ouer that theyr kyng had with other wordes of boste of them selfe slaunder of Englyshemen the whyche as to me appereth is an augmentacyon of theyr owne shame But Ranulfe the munke sayth shortely that kyng Henry ouercame the Frenche kynge royally in batayll Then yt foloweth in y e story fynally these sayde prynces were agreed and wyllyam the sonne of kyng Henry dyd homage vnto y e French kyng for the landes of Normandye by the agrement of his fader For the kyng thought hym selfe to good to be vnder the obeysauÌ„ce of y e Frenche kyng Then kynge Henry caused hys free men of Englande and of Normandy to do homage vnto his sonne wyllyam And soone after Fouques before named lefte hys erledome of Angeer or Angiers in guydyng of kynge Henry and yode hym selfe into the holy lande and wylled in his testament that yf he retourned not agayne that the sayde erledome shulde remayne vnto his sonne
in lawe wyllyam son of kynge Henry whyche hadde maryed hys doughter About the .xx. yere of the reygne of kyng Henry quene Molde or Mawde hys wyfe dyed in Normandy the whyche in her youthe was set by her father kyng of Scottes into a nunry and there ware vsed the vayle and habyte of a nunne For the whiche cause when kynge Henry was agreable to take her vnto wyfe thys mater fell in great despucyon Anselme then archebyshop of Caunterbury was sore agayne that maryage a season of tyme. But at length yt was suffycyeÌ„tly proued that she was there as a fygure a woman worynge that habyte wythoute professyon of order And this was thus ordered by her father to the ende to put by vnworthy wowers Thys of wryters was reputed for a blessyd and holy woman after the lyuynge of a worldly woman when kynge Henry had contynued in Normandy vppon the season and terme of .iii. yeres he toke shyppyng at Haterflete in Normandy and sayled happely into Englande the same day that is to meane y e .xxiiii. day of Nouember as sayth some wryters And shortly after willyaÌ„ duke of Normandy wyth Rycharde his brother Notha the countesse of Persye Rycharde erle of Chester with his wyfe the kynges nyce and the archdekyn of Herforde and other to the nomber of a hundred .lx. persones toke shyppynge at the sayde porte were all drowned a bocher onely excepte whyche mysfortune fell by the ouersyght of the maister and other which fell at a dyssencyon in the nyghte amonge them selfe by reason wherof they ranne vppon a rocke as shewed the foresayde bocher From this dauÌ„ger wyllyam duke of NormaÌ„dy was escaped and was in the shyppe bote nere vnto the lande But when he harde the lameÌ„table crye of the CouÌ„tesse Notha he commaunded the rowers to returne and saue the sayd Countesse whych done by what mysfortune I can not saye after she was receyued into the bote were it by tempeste or ouer chargynge of the bote or otherwise they were all swalowid of the see so that none of them was after fouÌ„de but ê‘te of theyr goodes Of this duke wyllyaÌ„ some desclaunderous wordes are lefte in memory both in the englyshe cronycle and also of other wryters the whyche I ouerpasse THE CCXXIX CHAPITER IN the .xxi. yere of hys reygne kynge Henry made y e parke of wodestoke be syde Oxenforde with other plesures to the same And Fouques erle of Angiers returned out of the holy land and maryed the syster of her that before he had maryed vnto wyllam duke of Normandye vnto the son of Robert Curthose and gaue wyth her the erledome of Conomanna And stryfe began to kyndell betwene kynge Henry the sayd Fouques for the wytholdyng of the dowre or ioynture of hys fyrste doughter maryed wnto wyllyam the kynges sonne In the .xxiii. yere of kynge Henry dyed Raufe archbyshoppe of Caunterbury and one named wyllyaÌ„ was set in y e see after hym And the kynge in thys yere beganne the foundacyon of y e abbay of Redyng And IohnÌ„ a cardynall of Rome was sente from Calyxte the seconde of that name theÌ„ beynge pope for certayne maters coÌ„cernynge the pope In the tyme of whyche hys so beynge here the cardynall made sharpe processe agayne prestes that norysshed Crysten moyles and rebuked them by open publyshement and otherwyse so that he wan hym here but small lytle fauoure But this dyssymuled doctour toke so great feruence in the correccyon of the iudgement of prestes of Englande that he forgate the lore and couÌ„sayll of his famous pope Caton whyche in the boke of his counsayll or of wysedome thus sayth Quae cuspare soses ea tu ne feceris ipse Turpe est doctori cum cuspa redarguit ipsum The whyche two verses maye be englyshed as foloweth Auyse y e well let reason be thy guyde when other folke thou arte aboute to blame That suche defaute in the be not espyed For yf there be then shalt thou haue the shame A mannes honoure suche thynges woll reclayme It ys full foule when that a man woll chese If that hys dede agayne hys wordes preche This couÌ„sayll was not remembred of the sayd Cardynall For in the euenynge after he had lewdely blowen his horne and sayde it was a detestable synne to aryse from the syde of a strumpet sacre the body of Cryste he was taken wyth a strumpet to his open shame and rebuke In the .xxv. yere of kynge Henry was called a counsayll at London where the spyrytualty condescended that the kynges offycers shulde punyshe prestes that cheryshed the foresayde mulys But the sayd offycers toke money and sufferyd the prestes to spurre theyr mulys at theyr pleasure whyche offyce at this daye is so clerely renouÌ„ced of al spyritual men y t neyther kyng nor bishop taketh for yt any synes nor yet correccyon necessarye to be done for the same In the .xxvii. yere of his reygne as reporteth an olde Cronycle the gray freres by procuryng of y e kyng came fyrste into Englande and had theyr fyrst house buylded at Caunterbury And aboute this tyme by moste accorde of writers dyed Henry the .iiii. emperour of that name whyche as before is touched maryed Molde the doughter of kyng Henry After whose deth the sayde empresse came vnto her father into Normandye when kyng Henry was ascertaynted of the deth of Henry the emperour for so myche as he hadde none heyre male he caused soone after the more party of hys lordes of England as well spirytuall as temporall to swere in his presence that they shuld kepe y e land of Englande to the vse of Mawde y e empresse yf he dyed wythoute yssue male and she then suruyued In the .xxviii. yere of kyng Henry Geffrey PlaÌ„tagenet erle of Angeou maryed Molde the empresse Of the whyche two descended Henry the second that after Stephan was kyng of Englande In this yere also the kynge had dyuers monycyons and vysyons For amonge other ferefull dremys he saw a great company of clerkys with dyuerse wepons whyche manassed hym for dette that he shuld owe vnto them And when they were passed he thought y t he was manassed to deth of his own knyghtes And lastely apperyd to hym a great company of byshoppes whych thretened hym and wolde haue smytten hym wyth theyr crosses By this monicyon he toke remorce in his conscyence and dyd great dedes of charyte in Normandye where he hadde sene these visyons And after his coÌ„myng then into Englande in satysfaccyon of wronges done to the chyrche as affermeth Guydo he then founded the abbay of Redynge before spoken of And ouer that he releasyd vnto Englyshe men the Dane gelt that was by his father his brother renewed In the .xxx. yere of this kyng Henry dyed the erle of Flaundres and kynge Henry as sayth Ranulfe was by agrement of Lewys the Frenche kyng made erle as next heyr enherytour to the sayde erledome But it is not there expressed by
abode her people the whyche was deuyded and scateryd And in thys whyle she sente vnto Dauyd kynge of Scottes and her vncle for to ayde her the whyche in all haste came vnto her and so yode to wynchester where she layde syege to the byshoppes towre the whyche the kynges brother at that tyme helde wyth strength Then the quene wyth ayde of her frendes of Kentyshemen and other made a stronge hoste wherof was capytayne a knyght named Guyllyam de Pre. wheÌ„ the empresse harde of y e great strength of the quene and saw that her owne mynyshed rather then encreasyd she fled secretely and escaped vnto Glouceter And erle Robert her brother was taken soone after and put in pryson Then Dauyd kynge of Scottes herynge of thys returned into Scotland Then meanes was made vpon eyther syde for deliuery and exchaunge of the prysoners so that fynally yt was agreed that the kynge shulde be delyueryd for erle Robert But or thys agrement were concluded myche sorowe was wroughte wythin thys realme For the empresse pylled and spoyled on hyr partye and the quene by promyses and manaces borowed toke vppoÌ„ y e other syde the soudyours stale and extorcyoned vpoÌ„ both partyes so that riche men were made nedy and the poore were oppressed In thys meane whyle the empresse retourned agayne to Oxynforde vytayled and manned yt in her beste maner Then lastely the kyng was delyuered vpon holy Roode day in haruest and soon after he becleped Oxynford wyth a stronge syege from the tyme of Mychelmasse vnto the season of Crystemas at whyche tyme and season the empresse vsed a new gyle for constraynte and necessyte of vytayle In that tyme was great plente of snow fallen vppon the grounde and the frost was therwyth so great that Thamys wyth other great ryuers were then frosen ouer so that man horse myghte passe y e water vppoÌ„ the yse The empresse then constrayned of nede as before is sayd apparayled her and her companye in whyte clothynge whych a farre of apered lyke the snow and so vpon a plumpe goyng to gyther as nere as they myght escaped the daunger of theyr fone so came to walyngforde And thens in processe of tyme she wyth a small companye departed and retourned fynally into Normandye vnto her husbande So soon as the empresse was thus departed from Oxenforde the town was yelden vnto y e kynge where the kyng had mich of the empresse stuâ—â—e as wel harnes as other stuffe of housholde TheÌ„ he entendyd to haue pursued her But tydyngê° were brought vnto hym y t Ranulfe erle of Chester wyth an hoste of walshmen was commyng towarde hym But by medyacyon of frendes thys Ranulfe in the ende to the kynge was reconcyled and was wyth hym agreed About this tyme and season as yt is testyfyed of dyuerse authours the Iewes vpon Ester euyn crucyfyed a chylde named wyllyam in the cytye of Norwyche And in the tyme of Henry the second about y e .vi. yere of his reygn as sayth Policronicon they crucified an other at Glouceter In the .xxii. yere of his reygn kyng Stephan was agayne crowned at Lyncolne And soon after he toke froÌ„ Ranulphe erle of Chester the castell of Lyncolne Robert erle of Glouceter made also newe warre vppon the kynge had the better of the kynge at wyltone so that the kynge was lyke to haue fallen in Robertys dauÌ„ger But yet the kynge escaped wyth myche payne And there was taken a baron of the kynges named syr willyam Martel for whose delyuery the kynge gaue after to the sayde erle the castell of Shyrbourne And that done y t sayd erle Robert began to fouÌ„de a stronge castell at Faryngdone wherof the kynge beynge enfourmed assembled his knyghtes and sped hym thytherwarde by meane wherof the worke was for that tyme empeached let In the .xv. yere of the reygne of kynge Stephan the ryuer of Thamys was so strongely ouerfrosen that horse and carte passed ouer vppon the yse In the .xvi. yere Ranulphe erle of Chester dyed that was surnamed Gercyous and was the .iiii. erle after the conqueste and his sonne Hughe was erle after hym which was a maÌ„ of great strength and vertue And in the same yere as wytnessyth Guydo and other dyed Geffrey Plantagenet husband of Molde the empresse After whose deth Henry short mantell that was the son of the sayde Geffrey and Molde was made duke of Angeous Normandye The which in few yeres after maryed Elyanour the doughter of the erle of Poytow the whych Elyanour was before maryed vnto Lewys kynge of FrauÌ„ce and from hym deuorced for nerenes of blood when he hadde receyued of her .ii. doughters named Mary and Alys as wytnessyth the frenche cronycle And so this Henry was erle of Angeous by his fader duke of Normandy by his mother erle of Poytowse by his wyfe It was not longe after that Eustace the sonne of kynge Stephan wyth ayde of the Frenche kyng warred vppon Henry duke of Normandye the whyche after some wryters was ymagyned by Stephan his father to the entent to let or stop hym y t he shuld not come into England to clayme his enherytaunce But duke Henry defended hym so knyghtly y t the sayde Eustace wanne therby lytle honour or profyte An old cronycle sheweth that kyng Stephan entended to haue crowned the sayde Eustace his sonne kyng of Englande by his dayes but the bysshoppes of Englande refused y e dede by coÌ„maundement of the pope In the .xxvii. yere the kynge layd syege vnto the castelles of Newebery of walyngforde and of warwyke or warwell the whyche hadde ben kepte by the empresse frendes from the tyme of her departyng vnto that daye and hoped of rescous by Henry duke of Normandy But y e kynge then wan the castellys of Newebery and of warwell and walyngforde defended the holders tyl the coÌ„myng of Henry the duke The whyche in the ende of y e sayde yere wyth a great armye entred Englande and fyrste wanne the castell of Malmysburye And thens he yode to London and wanne the towre as myche by Polycy and by fayre ê“myse as by streÌ„gth And suche stuffe of vytayle and armoure as he fande therin he sent to walyngforde And that done he weÌ„t to the towne of walyngforde wan such holdes as were there about Then kyng Stepan wyth his power drewe towarde the duke and fynally by meane of medyatours as Thybaude archbyshoppe of CauÌ„terbury and other both prynces to comon of peace met nere vnto y e water of Uryn or Urn. But as fast as some laboured to haue peace so fast other laboured to haue warre so that at that communacacyon the peace was not concluded After the kynge and the duke were departed the kynge yode towarde Epyswyche in Suff. And the duke toke the way to Srewesbury where he wan the castell of the sayde town From thens the duke wente to Nothyngham and wan the towne wherfore the soldyours that helde the castell seynge that the
abbot and munkes of the same wherfore the kynge spedde hym thyther in all haste But for theyr sauergarde the munkes were compelled to fortyfye the chyrche and to defende them by force of armys so that betwene them and the Burgonions many an arbalaster and stone was shot cast And for the kynge myght not so hastly furnyshe hym of his soldyours he therfore sent vnto the erle of Neuers by whose meane as to the kyng was shewed this ryot began commaundynge hym that he shuld se this ryot appeased and that the chyrch of Uerdeley were restored of suche harmys as to theym was done by the inhabytauntes of the towne But of thys cōmaundement the erle set but lytle so that the burgeses perseuered in theyr erroure wherfore the abbot sente agayne to the kynge besechyng hym of his moste gracyouse ayde and socoure Then the kynge herynge of the erles dysobedyence was therwyth greatly dyspleasyd and suspected y e erle to be partye in the cause sped hym y e faster thetherwarde But when the erle was enfourmed of the kynges cōmynge he somdeale feryd and mette wyth the kynge at a place called Moret and there demeaned hym in suche wyse that the kyng forgaue his offense Then he promysed that the kynges pleasure shulde be fullfylled in all thynge as he hadde before cōmaunded wyth more as yt lyked hym to dyuyse Uppon whych promyse so made he commaunded that the Burgonyons shulde fyrste refrayne theym of that rebellyon agayn the chyrch and that they shuld newly be sworne to be obedient vnto the abbot and vnto hys successours as theyr p̄decessours had ben ouer that for the hurtes harmys y t they had done to the place at that season they shulde paye to the sayde abbot and couēt .lx. thousand sous A sous is in value after sterlyng money i. d. ob so that .lx. thousand sous amounteth in sterlyng money .iii. hundred lxxv pounde After whych ende thus made the kynge retourned into Fraunce It was not longe after that y e kyng receyued of quene Alys hys wyfe a sonne and named yt Phylyppe But for y e kyng Lewys had made many pylgrymages and vsed many ways of charyte in gyuynge of almes and otherwyse for to haue a sonne to be his heyre therfore he surnamed this chylde A dieu done a chyld gyuen of god Then thys Lewys for the intollerable dedes of the Iewes whiche in these dayes had great inhabytynge wyth in the lande of Fraūce vsed vsery sleynge of Crysten chyldren he ponyshed many by deth and many he banyshed his lande but yet many remayned Of this Lewys dedes is lytle more cronacled excepte when his son Philyppe was of the age of .xiii. yeres his fader caused hym to be crowned and resygned to hym all the rule of the lande and dyed the yere folowynge at Parys in the moneth of October in the yere of grace .xi. hūdred and .lxxix. By whyche reason he reygned to reken from his faders deth to his owne vppon .xliii. yeres and was rychely enterred by y e meane of his last wife at the monastery of Barbell the whyche he founded in hys yonge days After whose deth y e sayd quene Alys adorned his sepulture in the moste rychest maner wyth gold syluer and precyous gemmys vppon whose tombe was grauen these two versis folowyng as a counsayll left vnto his sonne Phylyppe 〈◊〉 superos tu qui super es successor honoris Degener es si degeneris a laude prioris whyche versys are to be vnderstanden as after foloweth Nowe take good hede thou that doest ouer lyue Hym that in honoure and vertue dyd excelle Se thou alter not nor thy selfe depryue But folowe hym which was of honoure the well For yf thou do not men shall of the tell Thou arte degenerate and growen out of kynde Thy progenytours laude hauynge nothynge in mynde Anglia THE CCXXXVI CHAPITER HEnry the second of that named sonne of Geffrey Plātagenet erle of Angeou and of Molde y e empresse doughter of Henry y e first began hys reygn ouer the realme of England in the moneth of October the yere of our lorde god .xi. hundred and .lv and. y e xix yere of Lewys the viii then kynge of Fraunce Thys Henry was somdeale redde of face brode of breste shorte of body therwyth fatte the whych to aswage he toke the lesse of metes and drynkes and exercysed myche huntynge He was resonable of speche and well lettered orped and also noble in knyghthode wyse in counsayll and dred to myche distenyes He was also free and lyberall to straūgers and harde and holdynge from hys famylyers seruauntes And whome he loued enterely or hated harde it was to turne hym to the contrary He was slowe of answere vnstedfaste of promyse gylefull of dede open spouse breker hamour of holy chyrch and alwayes vnkynde to god He also loued reste and peace to the ende he myghte the more folowe hys delectacyon pleasure wyth mo vyces rehersed by Gyralde the whyche for length I passe ouer This Henry yet as wytnessyth Ranulfe was not all bareyn of vertues For he was of so gret courageousnes that he wolde often say that all the world suffysyth not to a coragyous harte And he encreasyd hys herytage so myghtyly that he wanne Irlande by strength and toke wyllyam kynge of Scottes and ioyned that kyngdome to his owne From the suthe Occean to the north ylandes of Orkeys he closed all the landes as yt were vnder one pryncypate and spradde so largely hys empyre that men rede not of none of hys progenytours that hadde so many prouynces and countreys vnder theyr domynyon and rule For besyde the realme of Englande he hadde in hys rule Normandy Gascoyn and Guyan Angeou and Chynon And he made subiecte to hym Aluerne and other landes And by hys wyfe he obteyned as her ryghte the mountes and hyllys of Spayne called montes Pyrany Of the whyche wyfe Elynoure by name deuorced as before ys sayde from the viii Lewys kynge of Fraunce he receyued .vi. sonnes and thre doughters Of the sonnes fyue were named wyllyam Henry Rycharde Godfrey and Iohn̄ The eldeste of the maydens hight Molde or Maude and was maryed to the duke of Saxon the seconde Elyanoure to the kynge of Spayne and the thyrd named Iane to wyllyam kynge of Scycyle Thys Henry was prosperouse in hys begynnynge and vnfortunate in hys ende and specyally in the last fyue yeres of hys reygne For in the fyrst of those fyue yeres his strength beganne to mynyshe the seconde yere he loste a vyage in Irlande the thyrde he loste Aluerne agayne the kynge of Fraunce the fourth yere he loste Butyrycan and the fyfte yere he loste the cytye of Cenomenea and Turon wyth many holdes to theym belongynge Thys Henry the seconde ascertayned of the deth of Stephan spedde hym into Englande and was crowned the sondaye before Crystemasse daye of Theobalde archbyshoppe of Caunterbury in westmynster chyrch
the .xviii yere of kyng Edwarde the .iii. as apereth fo xcvi Cytezyns of London are tolle free folio xx Cytezyns of Londn were arrested folio xxx Clerkes of Orleaunces wythstande the kynge of Fraunces commaundement fo cxix Churche or monastery of westmynster was ended of buyldyng as apereth fo lviii Condycions made by the borough-maysters of the towne of Burgys agaynst theyr erle fo lxxxvi Constable of Fraunce was murdred by the aduyse of Charles kyng of Nauerne fo cxxii Constable of the towre of London was drowned whose name was called syr Thomas Ramston̄ as appereth folio clxviii Constantynoble was wonne by the Turkys as it is shewed in folio cxcix Colacyon made by the archebysshop of Caunterbury to the lordes for the deposycyon of kyng Rycharde the .ii. folio cliiii Conclusyon of maryage by kynge Henry the .vi. fo cxcii Condycyons of kynge Lowys as is shewed fo ccxxii Commynge of the emperoure into Fraunce and of hys honourable receyte folio cxxxvii Composycyon was made betwene kynge Henry the syxte and the duke of yorke as appereth folio ccv Copy of a letter sent from Edwarde the .iii. vnto the Frenche kynge and answere to the same made loke in folio xcv Copy of an instrument made for deposyng of kyng Rycharde as is shewed folio cliii Copye of a byll put into the parlyament house for the temporaltees as is shewed fo clxix Copy of a letter sent by the bysshope of wynchester vnto the duke of Bedforde folio clxxxi Copy of a pardon made by the kyng vnto the cytezyns of London as apereth fo xli Correccyon of aduoutry as is shewed folio lxxiii Coronacion of quene Katheryne as appereth fo clxxvi Courses of seruyce for the feest of the sayd coronacyon fo clxxvi Corps of kynge Henry the .v. was with great solempnite brought vnto the monastery of westminster as apereth fo clxxi Countesse of Henawde laboured to make a peace betwene kyng Edward the thyrd kynge Phylyp of Fraūce folio xcv Couenauntes betwene the regente the kynge of Nauerne are expressed and shewed folio cxxxi Couenauntes of maryage betwene kynge Henry the .v. and the Frenche kyng beholde in fo clxxv Crossed treers came fyrste into Englāde in the .iii. yere of kyng Edward the .ii. folio lxxv Crucyfix of golde belongyng to sait Denys church in Fraunce was axed by the kyng of the monkes for ayde folio cxx DAme Blaunche was ayded by Phylip the French kynge as appereth folio lii Dame Elynour Cobham was arrested of treason as it is shewed in folio cxci Dauyd brother of Lewyn prynce of walys wrought treason as it is shewed in fo lvii Dauyd aforesayd was taken folio lviii Daunsynge wonderfull beholde folio lix Derthe of corne folio lx Dede knyght apered to one mayster Morres in walys fo xiii Derknesse intollerable fylle in Paulys churche the bysshoppe beynge at masse folio xxi Deuorce betwene Charlys y e French kynge and Blaūche as it is shewed folio lxxxiiii Dede corpsys what noumbre in one yere were buryed in London fo c Depe a towne in Normandy was strongly assayled by the lord Talbot folio cxcii Denham esquyer toke the lorde Ryuers at Sand wyche folio cciiii Dyscencyon amonge the lordes of Englande fo xxxii Dyscencion fyll amōge the lordes in Normandy fo cxix Dyscencion grewe betwene y e Frēche kynge and the kynge of Nauerne folio cxxii Dyscencyon fylle amonge the Frēch men for cessynge of an ayde folio cxxiii Dyscencyon grewe amonge the thre astates of the realme of Fraunce folio cxxvi Dyuers inconuenyences fyll in Englande and in Fraunce as is shewed folio c Dyuerse vysyons and meruayles were sene in the ayer as it is shewed folio cviii Duke of Ostryche dyed and the hostages of kynge Rycharde were free delyuered folio ix Duke of Lancasters actes folio ciii Duke Iohn̄ of Lācastre made warre in Fraunce folio cxi Duke of Lancastre passed thorugh Fraunce wythoute fyghte folio cxiii Duke of Burgoyn complayneth vppon syr Iohn̄ Chalous knyghte folio cxviii Duke of Normandy maketh hys oracion to the cytesyns of Parys folio cxxviii Duke foresayde was proclaymed regente of Fraunce as it is shewed folio cxxx Duke of Lancastre reentred Fraūce folio cxxxvi Duke of Lācastre warred in Spayn̄ folio cxlv Duke of Glouceter spake sharpe wordes to kyng Rycharde the secōd folio cxlix Duke of Glouceter was arested and murdered folio cxlix Dukes of Herforde and of Northfolke fyll at dyscencyon for cause shewed folio cl Duke of Lancastre claymed the crowne folio cliii Duke of Orleaunce laboured agaīst the vnyuersyte of Parys folio clx Duke of Orleaunce was slayne folio clx Dukes of Orleaunce of Burgoyn maketh new warre fo clx Duke of Burgoyne was slayne folio clxiii Dukes and barons were put to deth for treason folio clxv Duke of Clarence was slayn folio clxxvii Duke of Glouceter was made protectour of Englande in the fyrste yere of the reygne of kynge Henry the syxte and the duke of Bedforde regente of Fraunce as it is shewed in fo c.lxxix Duke of Bedforde wynneth holdes in Fraunce se in fo clxxx Duchesse of Holād was taken prysoner loke in fo clxxxi Duke of Alenson was delyuered for hys raunsom fo clxxxii Duke of Northfolke was in greate ieopardy of drownyng fo clxxxiii Duke of Burgoyne turned from the Englysshe partye to y e French partye as is shewed in fo clxxxviii Duke of Burgoyn layde syege to Calays fo clxxxix Dukes erles were created as apereth in fo cxciii Duke of Suffolke was arrested folio cxcv Duke of Somerset was arrested as sheweth in fo c.xcviii Duke of yorke gathered people as apereth in fo cxcviii Duke of yorke dyscharge of hys protectourshyp fo cci Duke of yorke and othe were attaynted as apereth in fo cciiii Duke of Bukkyngham many other were slayne fo cciiii Duke of yorke taketh the kynges royall see fo ccv Duke of yorke with other was slayn folio ccv Duke of Burgoyne assisteth y e Frēch kynges sonne agaynst hys father as is shewed in fo ccix Duke of Brytayn other conspyred agayne theyr kyng fo ccix Duke of Somerset wyth other put to deth fo ccxv Duke of Clarence wyth other lāded at Dartmouh fo ccxviii Duke of Exceter was founde dede in the see folio ccxxi Duke Clarence was drowned in wyne fo ccxxii Duke of Glouceter was made protectour fo ccxxiiii Duke of Bukkyngham sheweth the tytle of kyng Rychard fo ccxxv Duke of Glouceter taketh possessyō at westmynster as appereth folio ccxxv Duke of Bukkyngham cōspyreth agaynst kyng Rychard was taken beheded at Salysbury fo ccxxv Duke of Orleaūce was taken in batayll as is shewed fo ccxxviii Duke of Brytayne dyed whereby great warre foloweth as it is shewed fo ccxxviii EDwarde the fyrste of that name sonne of Henry y e thyrde surnamed Edwarde Longe shanke began
of our lord M.iiii C. .xxii and y e fyrst yere of Charles the .vii. or viii y e thaÌ„ne amonge the FrenchemeÌ„ was allowed for kyng and reygned yeres .xxxix. folio clxxix Henry of Derby wyth other landed at RaueÌ„spore as is shewed fo cli Henry the fyfte foresayd sayled into Fraunce loke in fo clxxii Henry Derby forenamed and of hys issue is shewed fo cxliiii Henry the .iiii. aforesayd maryed the duchesse of Brytayne fo clxvi Heresye of IohnÌ„ wyclyf apereth folio cxlvii Heretykes taken in saynt Gyles feld and after brent fo clxxi Homage done by lordes of Almayne to Rycharde erle of Cornewayll brother to kyng Henry the thyrde folio xxxviii Homage done by the kyng of Scottes to kyng E. the .iii. fo lxxxix Hughe holy bysshoppe of Lyncolne dyed fo xi IohnÌ„ brother to Rycharde the fyrste was ordeyned kynge of Englande in the moneth of Apryll yere of our lord M.C.xcix the .xx. yere of the second Phylyp than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yere .xvii. The interdiccion of thys lande begaÌ„ in the .vi. yere of thys kynge endured tyll the .xiii. yere Henry the sonne of Alwyn in the .x. yere of thys kynge was admytted for the fyrste mayre of LoÌ„doÌ„ And in the sayd .x. yere of king IohnÌ„ London brydge was begon to be made of stone fo x IohnÌ„ the fyrst in Fraunce of that name sonne of Phylyp de Ualoys began hys reygne ouer the lande of Fraunce in the moneth of August yere of our lord M.iii. C. .l and the xxxiiii yere of y e thyrd Edward kyng of England reygned yeres xiiii Thys kynge was taken prysoner of Edwarde the prynce of Englande at the batayll of Poytyers in FrauÌ„ce folio cxxiii Iaphet was gotten by kynge Rychard fo v Iakys de Artyuyle fauoured the Englysshe partye fo xciii Iacke Strawe wyll waw made an insurreccyon fo cxlii Iacke Sharpe was taken and putt to deth folio clxxxv Iacke Cade and hys felowes folio cxcvi Iacke Cade wroughte moche of hys wyll in London after robbed so slayne fo cxcvii Iewes were banysshed thys lande folio lx Iewes were spoyled slayne fo clv. IohnÌ„ brother of kyng Rychard was prowd fo iii IohnÌ„ reconcyled to hys brother apereth in fo viii IohnÌ„ duke of Lancaster dyed as is shewed fo c.l. IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde dyed folio clxxxviii Inquysycyons were made vpon the rulers of London as is shewed in folio xxix Iordan of the I le of Gascoyne grewe out of kynde fo lxxxv Inglysshe lordes wanne fyrst vppon Frenchmen fo xcviii Inglysshe soudyours slayne vnder safe conduyt fo cxxii Itenerarii plees were holden in South werke fo xxxi Ile of Ely holdeth banysshed men folio xlii Ile of Rodes fyrst wonne fo lxxv Isabell late wyfe vnto kynge Rycharde was maryed to the eldest sonÌ„ of the duke of Orleaunce fo clx Issue dyssent of syr Roger Mortymer fo cxliiii Iustyces or iuges punysshed fo lx Iustes holden in Smythfelde folio cxliiii KInge IohnÌ„ and hys laÌ„de was enterdyted fo x Kynge IohnÌ„ was reconcyled to the churche fo xvi Kyng Henry the .iii. sayled into Normandy fo xxiiii Kynge Henry the .iii. in proper ê‘sone sat in iugement fo xxix Kynge IohnÌ„s fury serche in fo xiiii Kynge IohnÌ„ of Fraunce was taken prysoner folio ciii Kyng IohnÌ„ was delyuered fo cvii Kyng IohnÌ„ dyed in Englande folio cviii Kyng Rychard sought many prouysyons folio iiii Kynge Rycharde sayled into y e holy lande folio iiii Kynge Rychard was takeÌ„ prysoner folio vi Kyng Rychard was delyuered folio vii Hynge Rycharde sayled into Normandy folio ix Kynge Rycharde assayled the castell of Gysors folio x Kynge Rycharde was slayne fo x Kynge Henry the thyrd frayneth couÌ„sayll of the mayre folio xxxiiii Kynge Henry sayled into Fraunce to be presente at the Frenche kynges parlyament folio xxxv Kynge Henry was taken of hys barons folio xxxvii Kynge Henry layd hys syege to London as it is shewed folio xliii Kynge Henry chosed shyrefes folio xliii Kynge Lowys toke vppon hym the crosse folio xlviii Kynge Edwarde the fyrst buylde castelles in walys folio lviii Kynge Edwarde sayled into FrauÌ„ce folio lix Kynge Edwarde the .ii. was taken also resygned the crowne fo lxxxii Kynge Edward the .iii. came secretly to London folio xcvi Kynge Edwarde warred sharply in Fraunce folio xcvii Kynge Edwarde chased the Spanyardes from the see fo ci Kynge Edwarde yode into Scotlande fo cii Kynge of Scottes was delyuered folio ciiii Kynge Edward spedde hym toward Parys fo cv Kynge of Nauerne was sodaynly taken as it is shewed fo cxxiii Kynge of Nauerne was set at large folio cxxvii Kynge Edwarde warred newly in Fraunce fo cxxxv Kynge Iohan was receyued into Fraunce fo cxxxv Kynge of Nauerne became feodory vnto the French kynge fo cxxxvi Kynge of Ermonye asked ayde of kynge Rycharde the .ii. fo cxliii Kyng Rychard ayded the Ianuayes folio cxlv Kyng Rychard maryed the Frenche kynges doughter fo cxlvii Kyng Richard sayled into Irelande folio cli Kyng Richarde was myserably put to dethe fo clxv Kyng Henry the .iiii. maryed the duchesse of Brytayne fo clx Kyng Henry the .v. sayled into Normandy fo clxxiii Kynge Henry maryed the Frenche kynges doughter fo clxxv Kynge Henry was receyued into LoÌ„don fo clxxvi Kyng Henry and hys wyfe sat crowned in Parys fo clxxvii Kyng Henry the .vi. shewed hys vertue beholde fo clxxix Kyng Henry was dubbed knyghte folio clxxxii Kinge HeÌ„ry was crowned fo clxxxiii Kynge Henry was crowned at Parys fo clxxxv Kynge of Scottes was murdered folio cxc Kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. was taken fo ccv Kyng Edward the .iiii. was receyued into London fo ccvii Kynge Edwarde ayded the duke of Burgoyne fo ccxiii Kyng Edwarde spoused dame Elizabeth Graye fo ccxvi Kynge Edwarde fledde thys lande folio ccxviii Kynge Henry was taken oute of the towre fo ccxviii Kynge Edwarde was proclaymed vsurper fo ccxix Kynge Edwarde landed at Rauynspore fo ccxix Kynge Edwarde repossessed as apereth folio ccxx Kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. dyed in the towre of London fo ccxx Kyng Edwardes chyldren were takeÌ„ out of seyntwary fo ccxxiiii LAzars of Languedok were brent fo lxxxiiii Letter sente by the barons to kynge Henry fo xxxvii Lewelyn prynce of walys rebelled folio lvi Lewelyn was slayne as appereth folio lvii Letter takked vpoÌ„ the crosse in chepe folio lxxxi Lordes assemble at Arundell as apereth folio cxlix Lordes put to deth fo clxxii Lordes fledde from Lodlowe feelde folio cciii Lordes proclaymed traytours as is shewed folio cciiii Lordes came to London fo cciiii Lordes of Fraunce warre vpoÌ„ theyr kynge fo ccx Lordes contynue theyr malyce as is shewed fo ccxi Lordes dyscorde wythin them selfe folio ccxii Lorde Morley appeled the erle of Salysbury as it is shewed in folio clxv Lorde Straunge and syr Iohanne Trussell fyghte in the churche for cause
shewed in folio clxxiiii Lorde Talbot was slayne as appereth fo cc Lorde Egremonde was commytted to Newgate as is shewed fo ccii Lorde wellys conspyred agayne the kynge folio ccxviii Lorde chamberlayne beheded as is shewed fo ccxx Losse of Normandy as is shewed folio cxcviii Lowys sonne vnto the French kyng warred in Englande fo xvii Lowys retourned into Fraunce as appereth fo xviii Lowys sayled into the holy lande folio xxv Lowys gaue sentence agayne the barons fo xxxvi Lowys the .ix. of that name and son̄ of Phylyp the seconde beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of oure lorde M.CC. and .xxiii and the .vi. yere of the thyrde kynge Henry than kyng of Englande and reygned yeres .iii. By thys kynge retourned the blode of Charles into y e possessyon of the crowne of Fraunce folio xlvi Lowys the .x. of that name a chylde of .xii. yeres and sonne of the abouenamed the .ix. Lowys whyche is named saynt Lowys began his reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.CC. and .xxvi and the .ix. yere of the iii. Henry than kinge of Englād and reygned yeres .xliii as appereth folio xlvii Lowys the .xi. by accompt and sonne of Phylyp the .iiii beganne to reygn ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.CCC and .xv and the .viii. yere of the seconde Edwarde than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .ii. folio lxxxiii Lowys the .xii. of y e name afte the accōpt of thys boke .x. after the frēche accōpt wherof y e cause is before shewed son̄ of the laste Charles begā to rule y e Frenchmē in y e yere of our lord M.iiii C. and .lviii .xxxvi. yere of Hēry the .vi. thā kyng of Englande reygned yeres .xxvi. fo ccix Lowys refused lordes company and counsayll fo ccix Lowys rescueth Parys fo ccx Losse of townes and castelles in Normandy folio cxxxvii MAruayles sene in the fyrmament folio xii Mayre of London presenment loke in folio xxvii Mayr and hys bretherne foūd gylty in hurtyng the cōmons fo xxix Mayre and cytezeyns agreed to the lordes fo xxxi Macys of syluer were fyrste graūted to offycers of London fo xci Men of Norwyche enraged fo xlv Manhode of Mathew de Roya foli liiii Marchaunte straungers encroched vpō the cytezyns of Lōdon and were punysshed fo lix Maddocke a walshman rebelled as it is shewed fo lxi Mariage of the .ii. Edward fo lxxiiii Malyce sprange amonge the lordes of Flaunders fo lxxxv marueylous heyle fylle fo lx Mychaell Tony mayre of London adiuged loke in fo lvi mortmayne was fyrst enacted fo lvi Mortymer was howgely auaunced folio lxxxvii Mortymer was put to deth as it is shewed fo lxxxviii money borowed of the cytye of London folio xcii Martyn Pysdo Parycyen was put to cruell deth fo cxxxv maner of cysme in the church of Rome loke in fo cxxxviii Maner of the metyng of the kynges of Englande of Fraunce fo cxlvii many knyghtes of the bathe made folio clxiii Maruayles of Thamys fo clxx masses ordeyned by kyng Henry the fyfte as it is shewed in folio clxxviii Maner of treaty betwene the landes of Englande and of Fraunce loke in folio clxxxviii maryage was dyspoynted fo cxcii Maryage concluded fo cxciii manhode of chalons fo cxcv Maximilian and the Frenche kynge dyscorden fo ccxxviii Margaret syster vnto Edwarde the iiii departed from London towarde the see fo ccxvii monycyon dyuyne was gyuen to the Frenche kynge fo clviii Mountague a noble man was slayn folio clx mummyng made for treason as is shewed fo clxv Murder was punysshed fo clxvii NOumbre of wardes in y e citye of London fo ii Names of twelfe perys of England folio xxx New tolle was brought vp fo xliiii Nycholas Brembre wyth other was put to deth fo cxliiii Nauye of Frenchemen dystressed as is shewed fo lv Newe coyne of syluer was stryken folio lvii New dyspleasure kynge Rycharde toke agayne y e cytye of London fo cl Newe coyne of golde smitten as appereth in fo clxx OCtoboon the popes legate was pursued of the clergy of Englande for causes shewed in fo xxii Occasyon of the fraye in Fletestrete folio cxlv Occasyon of dyspleasure betwene kynge Rycharde and the duke of Glouceter fo cxlix Of the chere and curious receyuyng of kyng Henry by the Frēnche kyng folio xxxii Offycers charged and dyscharged as it is shewed folio xxxiii Of kyng Iohn̄s pledges fo cviii Ordre of seruytoures in the tyme of quene Katherins coronaciō fo clxxvi Orleaunce that cytye was besyeged folio clxxxii Othes sworne by the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce for peace kefolio cvii Olyuer Dāman and Danyell sometyme chyef counsayllours of Lowys the Frenche kynge were hanged as appereth fo ccxxviii PReface of thys werke as apereth fo I Peace was taken betwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce folio xi Phylyp kynge of Fraunce warred vpon kyng Iohn̄ fo xi Phylyp brake the peace fo xii Pope Innocente sente vnto kynge Iohn̄ fo xiii Parlyamente holden at London folio xix Pyers of Pountfret for hys vertue put to deth fo xvii Parlyament holden at Mertone folio xxii Periurye was punysshed as appereth fo xxv Parlyament holden at Oxenforde as apereth fo xxx Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xxxi Parlyament holden at Oxenforde as is shewed fo xxxvi Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xxxviii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xlv Peace was made betwene the kynge and Gylbert de Clare as is shewed folio xliii Punysshement of Londoners as is shewed fo xl Phylyp the thyrde of that name and sonne of saynte Lowys was made kynge of Fraunce in the yere of our lorde M.CC.lxx and the .liii. yere of the thyrde Henry than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xv. fo li Phylyp the .iiii. of that name and son̄ of the .iii. Phylyp la beawe or fayre began to reygne ouer Fraunce in y e yere of our lorde a M.CC.lxxxvi the .xiiii. yere of the fyrste Edwarde than kyng of England and reygned yeres .xxxix. fo lxviii Phylyp the .v. of that name and surnamed the longe sonne of the fourth Philyppe and brother to Lowys the xi by accompt begā hys reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of grace a M.iii C. and .xvii the .x. yere of Edwarde the .ii. than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .v. fo lxxxiii Phylyppe de Ualoys erle of Ualoys and the sonne of Charlys de Ualoys brother to the fourthe Philippe was nat wythoute some stryfe chosen and ordeyned for protectoure of the lande of Fraunce and after kyng of the same the .ii. daye of February in the yere of oure lorde M.iii. C. and .xxviii and the .ii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. than kyng of Englande and reygned in greate trouble yeres .xxii. fo cxvi Phylyppes actes in Italye as appereth folio liiii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio lvi Plees remoued from London as is shewed fo lvi
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
Saynte Mychaell there Crepelgate warde xxv Saynte Mary magdaleyn in mylke strete Saynt Mary in Aldermanbury Saynt Mychaell in Hogynlane Saynt Albons in woodstrete Saynt Alphy by Crepulgate Saynt Olaff in Syluer strete Saynt Gylys wythout the gate The summe of the paryshe chyrches wythin London C.xiii. HEre after ensue the howsys of relygyon monasteryes colleges chapellys and other beynge no paryshe chyrches wythin the cytye The cathedrall chyrch of saynt Poule in the ende of Chepe The pryory of saynte Barthelmewe in Smythfelde The hospytall or spytyll a cell of the sayde pryory The charter house standyng wythin the warde of Crepulgate Elsynge spytall wythin the sayde warde The chapell of our Lady of Bedlem in Byshoppes gate warde The house of saynt Elyne in y e same warde of nunnys The pryory of Crystes chyrche with in Algate Saynte Anne abbaye wythin Portsokyn warde of whyte munkys The howse of y e Meneressys of close nunnys wythin the same warde The chapel of our lady of Barkyng in the towre warde An howse of crossed frerys in the same warde A colege of saynt Antony in y e warde of Bredstrete A colege of saynte Thomas called Acrys standynge in Chepe An house of frere Augustynes in Brode strete warde An house of gray frerys standyng in the warde Faryngedon wythin An house of blacke freres standynge by Ludgate within y e foresaid warde An house of whyte freres standynge in Flete strete A chyrche or college called the Temple standynge at Temple barre A chapel standyng in pardon chyrch yarde wythin Poulys A chapell standyng in y e chirch yarde at Poulys ouer the charnell house A chapell standynge wythin Crepell gate saynt Iamys in the wall A chapell called Pappey staÌ„dyng besyde Bishoppes gate founded by the prestes of that fraternyte A chapel of corpê° Cristi in y e Pultry A chapell of saynt Thomas of CauÌ„terbury staÌ„dyng vpon LoÌ„donbridge A chapell standynge in yelde Hall yarde of our Lady A colege of prestes standynge by Poulys called saynte Martyne le graunde The summe of housys of relygyon chapellys and other .xxvii. westmynster The abbbaye of westmynster The kynges newe chapell Saynte Stephans chapell Saynt Margaretes chyrche A chapell at Totehyll A chapell of saynt Anne in Totehyll strete Saynte Iamys in the felde A chapell at Rauncyuale A paryshe chyrche therby of saynte Martyne A chapell of our lady of Pewe Chyrches monasteryes chapellys and other housys wherin god is dayly seruyd standynge in the cyrcuyte of the cytye wythoute the wallys and fyrste wythoute Algate A paryshe chyrche of our ladye standynge wythoute the barrys called whyte chapell A colege of saynte Katheryne standynge on the eest ende of the towre of London A paryshe chyrch or chapell wythin the sayde towre of saynte Peter Southwarke The monastery of Bermundsey A paryshe chyrch of Mary Magdaleyne standynge faste by A paryshe chyrche of saynt George A paryshe chyrch of saynt Magaret An hospitall or college of saynt Thomas A paryshe chyrche of saynte Olas A monastery of chanoÌ„s callyd saynt Mary Ouereys and with a paryshe chyrche of saynt Mary Magdaleyn standynge faste thereby wythout the Temple barre A paryshe chyrch of saynte Clement A chapell of saynte Spyryte Saynte Ursula at strande wythoute Smythfelde The pryorye of saynte IohnÌ„ in Hierusalem A house of nuÌ„nys named ClerkeÌ„wel A a chapell in pardon chyrche yarde wythout Byshoppes gate Shordyche paryshe chyrche Saynte Mary spytell A house of nunnys callyd Halywell And of the dyuyne houses without the cytye .xxviii. The summe of all the dyuyne houses wythin the cytye and wythoute is a hundred and .lxviii. RIcharde the fyrst of that name and seconde sonne of Henry the second beganne hys reygne ouer EnglaÌ„d in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lorde .x. hundred .lxxx. and .x and the .xi. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce Thys Rycharde prouyded besely to sette good rule in NormaÌ„dy when he hadde harde of hys fathers deth and after spedde him into England where he was ioyously receyued in the moneth of September folowynge and thyrde daye he was crowned at westmynster of Baldwyn archbyshoppe of Caunterburye Uppon the whyche daye the Iewys of Englande and specyally suche as dwellyd within London and nere about assembled of them a certayn nomber and presumyd farther then requyred for theyr authoryte For whyche presumpcyon they were fyrste rebuked after one of theÌ„ strykeÌ„ which thyng sene of the coÌ„mon people supposyd that to be done by the kynges commaundement wherfore in a fury as those that they hated as the deuyll for theyr vsury other vnhappy condycyons they fell vppon theym and chased them to theyr houses them robbed and spoyled wythout pytye and brent some of theyr housis wher of the rumour ranne to westmynster to y e kynges audyeÌ„ce wherfore in all haste he sent downe gyuyng strayte coÌ„maundement that they shuld cease of that ryot But the people were in suche ire and wodenesse that they refrayned not for all the kinges sonde tyll they hadde executed the fyne of theyr malyce And all be yt that thys ryot was after greuously shewyd agayne the commons of the cytye yet yt passed vnpunyshed for the great nomber of the transgressours And the sayde daye of coronacyon all prysoners that lay in any pryson aboute London at the kynges sute or for other small or fayned accyons were frely delyueryd Soone after the kynge gaue many dygnytyes and to hys brother IohnÌ„ he gaue the prouynces of Notyngham Deuonshyre and Cornewall and creatyd hym erle of Lancaster And then the kynge ordeyned the cytye of London to be ruled by two baylyues whose names were as foloweth Anno domini M.C.xc.  Anno domini M.C.xci.  Henry of Cornehyll  Balliui  Anno primo  Rycharde fyz Ryuer  IT was not longe after that y e the kynge hadde thus exalted hys brother IohnÌ„ as before is shewwyd but that he also preferryd hym to the maryage of the erle of Glouceters doughter by reason wherof he was lorde of that erledome These great auauÌ„cementis made him after vnkynde to his broder and by pryde therof to coueyt afterwarde the hole kyngdome Thys yere kynge Rycharde was assoyled of the offence that he had vsyd in rebellyon agayne hys father In recompeÌ„sacyon wherof as testyfyeth the authour Guydo he voluntaryly toke vppon hym and promysed to warre vppon Crystes enymyes All be yt that other wryters shewe that yt was for that that hys father had so wylled hym by hys lyfe But for what cause so yt was preparacyon and prouysyon for that iourney was made from that daye forthwarde Thys yere also the kynge enlarged Elyanoure hys moder whyche long before at the commaundement of his father her husbande was as a prysoner kepte in secrete kepynge After whych enlargyng y e land was mych guydyd by her counsayll And thys yere as sayth Ranulfe kynge Rycharde gaue ouer the castellis of Barwyke and Rochysburghe to y e Scottyshe kyng for the summe
versys folowynge Christe tui calicis praedo fit praeda caducis re breui reiecis qui tollit aera crucis Viscera Carleolum corpus fons seruat Ebardi Et cor Rothamagū magne Richarde tuum In terra diuiditur vnus quia plus fuit vno Non superest vno gratia tanta viro The which versys may be englysshyd as foloweth Cryste of the these whyche on the ryght hande was And axyd mercy to vs thou made a praye That we lyke wyse shulde for our trespasse Axe of the mercy and shewe no delay Nor for erthly thynges caste our self away For who of thy crosse accompteth lyttell store The meryte of thy passyon he losyth euermore Thys manfull knyghte thys prynce vyctoryouse whyche toke thy crosse on hym wyth great payne He folowed the thefe and axyd mercy thus For hys offence he warred thy foes agayne And shadde theyr blood on hyll and eke on playne And all for loue good lorde he hadde to the. wherfore swyte Iesu on hym thou haue pytye Of whom the bowellys at Carleyll and the trunke At fount Ebrarde full rychely ys dyght The harte at Roan into the erthe ys sunke Of the worthy Rycharde And so in thre is twyght That more than one whylom was in myght In erthe is separate that lyuynge more then one was and of grace founde lyke to hym none IOhn̄ brother of y e aboue named Rycharde yongeste son of Henry the seconde was ordeyned or proclamed kyng of England the tenth day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. .xix and the .xx. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce Thys Iohn̄ at the daye of his brothers deth was in Normandy where at Chynon as soon as his brother Rycharde was dyseasyd he possessyd hym of hys brothers treasour and sent Hubert archbyshoppe of Caunterbury into Englande to make prouisyon for his coronacyon And vppon Ester daye folowyng he was gyrde with the sworde of the duchy of Brytayne sayled soon after into Englād where he was crowned kynge at westmynster vppon holy thursday next folowynge of the forenamed Hubert After whyche solemnitye done he ordeyned the same Hubert chaunceller of Englande In thys whyle the Frenche kynge helde a counsayll at Cenomannia in Turon where to the derogacyon of kynge Iohn̄ Arture the son of Geffrey Plantagenet and neuewe to the sayde Iohn̄ was made duke of Brytayne whyche incontynently after wyth a great army entryd the countrey of Angeou and toke possessyon therof And kynge Phylyppe wyth hys people entryd the duchy of Normandy and layde syege to the cytye of Euroux and wanne yt wyth all the stronge holdes there about and stuffyd theym wyth vytayll strengthed them with his owne knyghtes and that done wasted spoyled the the countrey tyll he came to the cytye of Meaus where met wyth hym the forenamed Arture dyd to hym homage for the countrey of Angiers In the moneth of May Elyanour somtyme wyfe of Henry the seconde and mother to kyng Rycharde came into Fraunce and so to the kynge to Meaus foresayde and made to hym homage for the coūtrey of Poytiers as her enherytaunce And soone after the kinge retourned into Fraūce and the duke of Britayne wyth hym whyche as yet was within age Kynge Iohn̄ heryng of this warre in Normandy and losse of the countreys aboue named assembled a coūsayll and axid ayde of his lordes and cōmons to wynne agayne y e foresayd landes had it graunted after some wryters .iii. s. of euery plough land thorough Englande besyde y e subsydy of y e spyrytuall landes And when he hadde made redy for that belonged to hys voyage he about heruest sayled into Normandy where he taryed tyll Octobre folowynge spendynge the tyme to hys losse and dyshonoure Anno domini M.CC.  Anno domini M.CCi.  Arnolde fyz Arnolde  Balliui  Anno primo  Rycharde fyz Darty  AFter Mychelmas in the moneth of October and fyrste yere of the reygne of kynge Iohn̄ a trewce or peace was concluded betwene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce from that daye tyll mydsomer nexte folowynge and in lyke wyse betwene the French kyng and Baldwyne erle of Flaundres And thys yere was made a deuorce betwene kynge Iohn̄ and hys wyfe the erle of Glocetyrs doughter because of nerenesse of bloode And after was he maryed vnto Isabell the doughter of the erle of Engolesym in Fraunce and had by her two sonnys Henry and Rychard and .iii. doughters Isabell Elyanoure and Iane. Thys yere dyed at London blessyd Hugh byshop of Lyncoln̄ and was conueyed to his owne chyrch there enterryd For whom god hath shewyd many myracles so that at thys daye he ys authorysed by the chyrche for a saynte At mydlent after kyng Iohn̄ sayled agayne into Normandy And after Ester he mette with kynge Phylyppe betwene Uernon and the yle Audeley where the peace betwene both realmes was stablyshed and cōfermed for terme of theyr two lyues and the landes deuyded betwene the two kynges as eyther of them shuld holde theym contentyd for theyr lyues after And in shorte tyme after Lewys the eldest son of kynge Phylyppe maryed dame Blanch doughter to Alphons kynge of Castylle and neuewe to kynge Iohn̄ To the whyche Lewys kyng Iohn̄ for loue of that woman shewyd to hym great bountye and gaue vnto her many ryche gyftes In the moneth of Iuly folowyng kyng Iohn̄ rode into Fraūce where he was receyued of the Frēche kynge wyth myche honour and so cōueyed into saynte Denys where he was receyued wyth processyon And vppon the morow the Frenche kyng accompanyed hym vnto Parys where he was receyued of the cytezens wyth great reuerēce and presentyd by the prouoste of the towne in name of the hole cytye wyth ryche presentis And there kynge Phylyppe festyd hym in hys owne paleys gaue vnto hym and hys lordes and seruauntes many ryche gyftes and after conueyd hym forth of that citye and toke leue of hym in moste louynge wyse And when kynge Iohn̄ hadde spedde his maters in Normandy he then returned into Englande Anno domini M.CCi.  Anno domini M.CCii  Roger Desert  Balliui  Anno secun  Iamys fyz Barth  IN y e moneth of december and seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ Ranulphe erle of Chestre by the example afore shewed by kynge Iohn̄ lefte hys owne wyfe named Constaūce and countesse of Brytayne whych before he had maried by counsayll of kynge Henry the seconde wedded one Clemens One cronycle sayth he dyd so because he wolde haue yssue But the sayd authour sayth that after hys opynyon he dyspleased god so greatly that god wolde suffer hym to haue none yssue but the rather for that dede dyed wythout About thys tyme after opynyon of moste wryters the people or nacyon callyd Tartares beganne theyr domynyon These men dwellyd vnder the hyllys of Inde y t belonged to prester Iohn̄
payd in one yere but by deuided porcions in .iii. yeres ensuyng And of the lay fee or temporall men of EnglaÌ„de he had grauÌ„ted to hym the .x. peny of theyr mouables the which was payd in .ii. yeres next ensuyng And thys yere in y e moneth of Marche was drawen hanged at London for treason done in Fraunce a knyghte called syr Thomas Turbeuyle And aboute y e tyme of Easter whan Charlys de Ualoys as ye before in that other yere haue harde had lyen longe at the castell of Ryon myght nothyng wynne vpoÌ„ the Englyshmen but dayly loste of the best of hys knyghtes he sent for more ayde and socoure At whyche tyme came vnto hym syr Rauffe Nele constable of Fraunce with a fressh company and thaÌ„ assawted it of new But whan they had lyen there a season sawe they preuayled nothynge agayn theyr enemys they yode vnto an holde there by named Poudency and it assauted for so moche as the more nombre of the sowdyours there were Normans and after .viii. days by appoyntemente or otherwyse gat the sayd holde so that all the Englisshemen had theyr lybertye goodes and the Normans taken as prysoners the whyche they brought after vnto the castell of Ryon and there in syghte of the sowdyours hanged al or the more partye of the sayde Normans whan the Gascoynes beynge wythin the towne and castell of Ryons sawe then theyr cosyns and couÌ„trey men hanged before theyr eyen they caste in theyr myndes that yt was done by treason of the Englysshmen and that they wolde at length deale wyth them in lyke maner By reason wherof stryfe and varyauÌ„ce arose betwene the EnglysshemeÌ„ and the Gascoygnes so that eyther of theym feryd the treason of the other For the whyche cause syr Iohan Seyn Iohan syr IohnÌ„ de Britayn syr Robert Typtoft syr Rauffe TaÌ„ny syr Hugh Bardolfe syr Adam Cretynge with dyuers other fledde by see and in that maner saued them selfe and soone after the sayd towne and castell of Ryons was wonne by the Frenchemen and the inhabytauÌ„tes of the same sworne vnto the freÌ„ch kynge ye haue harde before in the .xxii. yere of thys kynge howe after the dethe of Alexander kyng of Scottes many questyons fyll amonge y â— sayd scottes who by ryght of enherytauÌ„ce shulde be kynge of that lande consyderynge that the sayde Alexander had lefte after hym thre doughters the whyche lyuyng theyr father were maryed The fyrste to syr Iohan Bayloll the seconde to Roberte le Bruze and the thyrde to one named Hastynges Many of the lordes of Scotlande wolde haue crowned syr Iohan Bayloll by reason that he maryed the eldest of the doughters But the frendes of Robert le Bruze withstode it with all theyr power And other there were that heâ—de with Hastynges so that after greate stryfe and longe varyaunce the matter was broughte before kynge Edwarde as chyef lord and soueraygne of that lande promysinge to hym to abyde all suche determynacyon and iugemente as he shulde sette therin Than kynge Edwarde to the ende that the scottes shulde knowe perfytely that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de ought of ryghte to be there chyefe hede and soueraygne shewed vnto theym suche olde wrytynges as he lyttell tofore had caused to be serched and founde in the whyche it was conteyned by the auctorytye of olde cronycles and wryters as Maryanus y e scotte wyllyam of Malmesbury Roger of Huntyngdon and other that in the yere of our lorde .ix. C.xx kynge Edwarde the elder made subget vnto hym the kynges of Cumbrys and scottes Also in the yere of grace .ix. C. and xxi the foresayd scottes Cumbrys chase the sayd Edwarde the elder to be theyr chyefe lord and patron And in y e yere of our lord .ix. C.xxvi Ethelstane than kynge of Englande subdued constantyne than kyng of scottes and after admytted the sayd Constantyne to reygne as kynge vnder him by othe of obeysauÌ„s with feaute and homage Also Edredus brother to the sayde Ethelstane subdued of newe the scottes with the Northumbrys and receyued of them agayne othe and homage And ouer that it is founde in the sayd cronycles that Edgar ouercame Alphunius the son of Kynadus kynge of Scottes and receyued of hym feawty homage and helde hym vnder hys obeysauÌ„ce as he had done hys father Kynadus before tyme. Moreouer it is there wytnessed that Canutus in the .xvi. yere of hys reygne subdued Malcolyne than kyng of scottes and receyued of hym feawty and homage Furthermore wyllyam Conquerour in the .vi. yere of his reygne subdued Malcolyne kyng of Scotlande the whyche before tymes had receyued the sayde kyngdome of the gyfte of Edwarde kynge and confessoure And wyllyam the rede dyd in lykewyse vnto the sayde Malcolyne and vnto hys two sonnes that reygned in Scotlande the one after the other Also Dauyd kynge of scottes dyd homage vnto Stephane than kyng of Englande And wyllyam kynge of scottes dyd homage vnto Henry the thyrde at the tyme of hys coronacyon and after came vnto hys father Henry the seconde whan the forenamed HeÌ„ry was deed in Normandy made hys homage to hym agayne Thys Henry that was sonne vnto Henry the seconde is of many wryters named Henry the thyrd for so moche as he was the .iii. kyng that was crowned of that name But for he dyed before hys father hys dedes ben lytell spoken of so that of some wryters he is nothyng mynded And it foloweth in the story howe that AlexaÌ„dre kyng of Scottes in y t .xxxv. yere of HeÌ„ry the thyrd or son of kyng IohnÌ„ maryed at yorke Margarete doughter of the sayd Henry and dyd vnto hym homage for the realme of Scotlande and bouÌ„de hym and hys heyres kynges of Scotlande by hys letters patentes to be trewe vnto the sayd HeÌ„ry vnto his heyres kynges of Englande lyke as before tyme wyllyam kyng of Scottes had oblyged hym vnto the seconde Henry as before in the .xxii. yere of hys reygne is more manyfestly shewed And more to them was shewed y â— popes bulles the whych were sent before tymes into Scotlande by auctoryte wherof the kynges of ScotlaÌ„de were accursed for they wolde nat be obedyent to theyr lordes kynges of Englande WHan all these presedentes were sene by y e Scottes a day was assygned of metyng at NorhmÌ„ in the marches betwene Englande and Scotlande whyther vnto the kyng came the chief rulers of the Scottes where they excused them to be bouÌ„de vnto the kyng for the obseruynge of the kynges ordenaunce for so moche as they lacked a kynge an hede by whome all suche ordenaunces shuld be maynteyned and holdeÌ„ But after by aduyce of bothe parties agremeÌ„t was made by the scottes that they shuld be bounde to obey the kynges iugement wheruppon bondes were made vpon bothe partyes that is to meane the kyng was bounde to theÌ„ in an hondreth thousande pounde y t within .ii. monethes after he had receyued the possessyon of the lande he shulde gyue it vnto
retourne to thys Charlys lykely it is that he was nat y e naturall sonne of the forenamed Charlys for as moche as hys sayd father ordeyned and wylled the realme of FrauÌ„ce vnto Katheryne hys doughter and wyfe vnto kynge HeÌ„ry the .v and agreed wyth the consente of the more parte of y e lordes of hys realme bothe spyrituall temporall that duryng hys lyfe the sayd kynge Henry shuld be regeÌ„t of FrauÌ„ce after hys deth to be kyng of the sayd regâ—oÌ„ as more at lengthe before I haue shewed vnto you in the .vii. yere of the sayd Henry the .v. But whether he be hys legyttymat sonne or nat where uppoÌ„ I purpose no leÌ„ger to stande trouth it is that he was by his father admitted made dolphyne of Uyen by reason wherof he was in a greate auctoryte wan to hym fauoure of som lordes of FrauÌ„ce whych stroÌ„gly maynteyned hys partye durynge the lyfe of kyng HeÌ„ry the .v after all y t season whyle the duke of Bedforde occupyed there as regent of that regyoÌ„ was of some parties of FrauÌ„ce reputed for kyng Howe be it he was neuer crowned so loÌ„ge as the sayde duke of Bedforde lyued Neuerthelesse he by meane of polycy hys freÌ„des so defended hym selfe that lytle by the EnglyshemeÌ„ was wonne vpoÌ„ hym of suche laÌ„des as he fyrste was in possessyon of But polytykely he defended theym lytle and lytle so preuayled agayne them that in the ende he all onely wanne nat to hym the possessioÌ„ of that prouince y t which is named FrauÌ„ce but also he wanne to hym in the ende the kynge of Englandes olde enherytaunce that is Normandy wyth all domynyons to the same apperteynynge The maner of wynnynge of them I woll nat in thys story speke of for so moche as in the former yeres of kynge Henry the .vi. I haue there expressed the maner of somme parte therof But that I shall speke of theÌ„ shal be of thynges done betwene hym other prynces And for that I before in the .viii. yere of HeÌ„ry the vi promysed in the .vi. yere of thys Charles to shewe vnto you som what of the maydeÌ„ or pucel which y e FreÌ„ch men named la pucelle de dieu her for a messenger from god to be sente reputed I shall here folow y e saying of Gaguyne whyche sayeth as foloweth In the .vi. yere or there aboute to rekyn from the deth of thys Charles father a weÌ„che or mayden beyng bred in a strete or vyllage called in latyne Ualli color in thys tyme beynge sproÌ„ge to the age of .xx. yeres or there about hauing to father a poore man named Iakes Delarch and hyr mother Isabell she also berynge the name of Iane or Iohan required by dyuers sundry tymes an vncle of hyrs beyng prefecte of the foresayde vyllage that he wolde presente hyr vnto the FreÌ„che kynge for thynges coÌ„cernyng greatly the weale of hym of hys realme whyche sayd prefect after many delayes for so moche as in hyr wordes he had lytle truste yet at leÌ„gthe hyr sayd vncle beynge named Robert Baudryncourt sent hyr wyth a coÌ„uenyent company vnto the kyng wyth letters certyfyenge hym of all the maner of thys mayde wherof the sayd Charles beynge asserteyned thought he wold vse som meane to knowe the vertue of thys wenche And for he had perfyghte experyence that before tymes thys woman had neuer sene hys persone he thoughte he wolde chaunge hys rome and habyte to se whether she by hyr vertue coulde knowe hym frome other and that done he standynge amonge other of his familiers as one of them she was called into the chaumber demaunded yf euer before tyme she had sene the kynge And after she hadde answered nay she was byddeÌ„ to espye oute the kynge whych there stode amonge that companye The whyche anone wythout dyfficulte him fande and saluted as king And all be it that he refused hyr reuereÌ„ce sayd y t she erred in hyr choyse yet she parseuered kneling at his fete and sayde that by goddes purueyauÌ„ce she was taught that he was hyr very soueraygn prince none other wherfore the kynge all hys lordes had in hyr the more affyauÌ„ce that by hyr the laÌ„de shulde be releuyd whych at that daye was in passyng mysery Than after dyuers questyoÌ„s to hyr made what was the cause of hyr thyther commynge she answered sayd that she was sent frome god to stablisshe the kynge in hys realme and that by hyr she beynge leder capytayne of hys people by dyuine grace onely the kynge shulde shortely subdue hys enemyes By reasoÌ„ of which wordes the kyng wyth hys lordes were somedeale comforted Upon thys armour sword was sought for this maydeÌ„ the whych as sayeth my sayd auctour was fouÌ„den myraculously wherof the processe to me appereth so darke faÌ„tastycall y t therewith me list nat to blot my boke but suffre it to passe by Than thys weÌ„che being purueyed of all thinges necessary to the warre a company of knyghtes soudyours to hyr by the kynge was assygned And so she rydynge as a man in maÌ„nes habyte contynued by the space of .ii. yeres more and dyd many wonderful feates and gat from the Englysshemen many stroÌ„ge townes and holdes wherefore amonge Frenchemen she was wordshypped for an auÌ„gell or a messynger sent frome god to releue theyr great myserye And as affermeth the sayd auctour she by hyr prouydence caused the sayd Charles as kynge of Fraunce to be crowned at Raynes in the yere of oure lord M. foure hundreth and .xxix. All be it nouther the Frenche cronycle nor other whyche I haue sene testyfyeth that but affermyn that he was nat crowned duryng the lyfe of the duke of Bedforde But almyghty god whyche for a season suffereth suche sorcery and deuelyssh ways to prospere reygne to the correccyon of synners lastely to shewe hys power and that good men shuld nat fall into any erroure he sheweth the clerenesse of suche mystycall thynges and so he dyd in thys For lastely she by a knyghte Burgonyon was taken after sent to Roan and there breÌ„t for her demerytes as in the .viii yere of Henry the .vi. is more at leÌ„gth shewed ThaÌ„ the tyme forth passyng and coÌ„tynuall warre betwene Englande FrauÌ„ce contynuyng among many trybulacions by thys Charles susteyned one that was hys owne sonnÌ„ named Lewys comforted and assysted by the dukes of BurboÌ„ and AleÌ„son wyth other meÌ„ of name rebelled agayne hys father and warred vppon hym and by strengthe wan frome hym certeyne townes strong holdes For remedy whereof the sayde Charles made warre vppon the forenamed duke of Burbon and wasted wyth iron and fyre the countreyes of the sayde duke of Burbon By meane whereof after thys vnkyndely warre hadde duryd by the space of syxe monethes or more a peace and vnyte betwene the father sonne was treated by meanes of the erle of Ewe a coÌ„corde vnite betwene
fo c.xiiii Lotharius the eldest sonn̄ of y e .v. Lowis was anoīted king of Fraūce in the yere of our lord .ix. C. .xl and viii yere of Edwardus thā kynge of Englād reygned yeres after moste wryters .xxxix. ca. c.xc fo c.xiiii Edwynus y e eldest son̄ of Edmoūd brother of Ethelstane was enoynted kyng of Englāde in the yere of oure lord .ix. C.lvi the secōd yere of Lothayre thā kyng of Fraūce reygned yeres .iii. ca. c.xcii fo c.xvi Edgarus the secōd sonn̄ of Edmoūd brother of Edwyn begā to reygne ouer Englād in the yere of grace .ix. C. .lx y e .v. yere of Lotharius than kyng of Fraūce reygned yeres .xvi ca. c.xciii fo c.xvi Edward the son̄ of Edgare surnamed the Martyr begā hys reygne ouer the I le of Englād in the yere of our lorde .ix. C.lxxvii the .xxii. yere of Lothayre yet kyng of Fraūce and reygned yeres .iiii. ca. c.xcvi fo c.xix. Egelredus y e sonn̄ also of Edgare was made kyng of Englād in y e yere of grace .ix. C.lxxx one the .xxvi. yere of Lothayre yet king of Fraūce and reygned yeres .xxxvi. ca. xcvii folio c.xx. Lowys y e .vi. of y e name sonne of Lothayr begā his reygn ouer Fraūc in y e yere of our lord .ix. C.lxxxvi the v. yere of Egelbertus thā king of England reygned yeres .iii. In thys kyng endeth the lyne of Pepyn ca. cc.i. fo c.xxiiii Hugt Capet y e sonn̄ of Roberte y e tyraūt descended of Hugh le graūde begā to take vppō hym or vsurpe the crowne of Fraūce in the yere of oure lord .ix. C. .ix and y e .ix. yere of Egelrede and ruled yeres .ix. ca. cc.ii. folio c.xxvi Robert the sonn̄ of Hughe began to reygne ouer the Frēchmē in y e yere of our lord .ix. C.lxxx and .xviii. yere of Egelredus than kyng of Englād and reygned yeres .xxx. ca. cc.iii folio c.xxvii Edmoūde Ironsyde the sonne of Egelredus with also Canutus y e son̄ of Swanus begā to reygn ouer Englāde in the yere of our lord M. and xvii y e .xix. yere of Robert thā kinge of Fraūce reygned one yere ca. cc.iiii fo c.xxvii Kanutus which in y e Englysh boke is named Knougth begā after the deth of Edmoūd to reygn alone ouer Englād in the yere of grace M. and xix the .xx. yere of Robert thā kyng of Fraūce and reygned yeres .xix. ca. cc.v fo c.xxviii Hēry the sonn̄ of Robert begā hys domynyō ouer Fraūce in the yere of our lord M. .xxix the .x. yere of Canutus thā king of Englād reygned yeres .xxxi. ca. cc.vii fo c.xxx Harolde surnamed Harefote y e son̄ Canutus began to reygne ouer England in the yere of our lorde M. and xxxix the .x. yere of Henry thā kyng of Fraūce and ruled yeres .iii. ca. cc.viii fo c.xxxi Hardikynitus or Hardiknought y e son̄ of Canutus of Emma was made king of Englāde in the yere of our lord M. .xli the .xii. yere of Hēry thā kyng of Fraūce and reygned yeres .ii. In this kyng ended the line of the Danes that had cōtynued in thys lāde in great persecuciō aboue ii C.l. yeres ca. cc.ix. fo c.xxxii Edward the holy cōfessour son̄ of Egelredus and of Emma his laste wyfe begā hys reygn ouer the realm of Englād in the yere of oure lorde a M. and .xliii the .iiii. yere of Henry thā kyng of Fraūce and reygned in vertue and holynes yeres .xxiiii. In this kynges tyme the chapell of walsynghm̄ was fyrst bylded in y e yere of our lord M.lxi. ca. cc.x. fo c.xxxiii Philippe the fyrst of y e name and son̄ of Hēry begā to gouerne y e Frēch mē in the yere of our lord a M.lxviii and the .xvi. yere of Edward the confessour thā kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xlviii. Godfrey of Bulyō nat Boleyn̄ ī this Philippes tyme gat by strēgth the citie of Hierusalē was crowned king of y e same in the yere of our lord M.xcix. ca. cc.xv. fo c.xxxviii Harolde y e eldest son̄ of erle Goodwyn begā to reygn ouer Englyshmē in the yere of our lord M.lxvi and y e viii yere of Philippe than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .ix. ca. cc.xvi fo c.xxxviii Thus endeth the .vi. parte that conteyneth .iii. C.lxxxi yeres WIllyam duke of Normādy the bastarde sonne of Robert the .vi duke of the sayd prouynce begā hys reygne ouer the realme of Englande in the .xv. day of Octobre and yere of our lord M.lxvii y e .ix. yere of y e fyrst Philipe yet kyng of Fraūce reygned yere vpō .xxii. In the .xx. yere of thys kyng the church of saint Poule wyth a great parte of Lōdon was burned Thys kyns foūded the monasteryes of Batell and Barmūdesey ca. cc.xix fo c.xlii wyllyam surnamed the Rede and sonne of wyllyam Cōquerour began hys reygne ouer Englād in the moneth of Iuly yere of our lord a M.lxxx .ix .xxxi. yere of Philippe forenamed yet king of Fraūce reygned yeres .xii. ca. cc.xxiii fo c.xlvii Henry surnamed Beawclerke and thyrd son̄ of wyllyam Conqueroure begā hys reygne ouer Englād in the yere of our lord M.C. one and in the .xliii. yere of the foresayd Phylyp yet kyng of Fraūce reygned yeres xxxv ca. cc.xxvi fo c.l. Lowys surnamed the greate and sonn̄ of y e fyrst Philippe was enoynted king of Fraūce in y e yere our lord M.C. .vii and y e .vi. yere of the first Henry than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxix. capi cc.xxx folio c.lv. Stephan erle of Boloyng sonn̄ vnto the erle of Blesens of the wyues syster of Hēry the fyrst begā hys reygne ouer Englāde in the yere of grace M.C. .xxxvi and the last yere of Lowys the great reygned yeres xix ca. cc.xxxii fo c.lvii Lowys the .viii. of y e name and son̄ of Lowys the great begā his reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.C.xxxvi the fyrste yere of Stephan than kyng of England reygned yeres .xliii. ca. cc.xxxiiii folio c.lx. Henry the seconde of that name sonne of Geffrey Plantaginet and of molde the emperesse begā hys reygn in Englande in the yere of our lorde M.C. and .lv and the .xix. yere of Lowys the .viii. than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxxv. Saynt Edwarde the confessour was trāslated in the .ix. yere of thys kyng And about the .xvi. yere of hys reygne saīt Thomas of Caunterbury was martyred cap. cc.xxxvi folio c.lxii Philippe the second of that name surnamed a Deu don̄e sonne of the viii Lowys beganne hys reygne in Fraunce in the yere our lord a thousande C. and .lxxix and .xxiiii. yere of Henry the seconde than kyng of Englande and reygned yeres .xliii. ca. cc.xli fo c.lxviii Thus endeth the table of the fyrste volume FOR
called the Iaundyes that myche people therof dyed wherfore the sayde Sampson toke wyth hym the pall sayled into Armorita or lytell Brytayne and was there bysshoppe of Dolence or Dolences And from that tyme vnto the fyrst Henryâ—s tyme kyng of Englande hadde sytten at Menenia or saynte Dauids .xxi. byshoppes and all wythoute pall But whether yt were for lacke of connynge or ellys for pouerty it is not asserteyned Neuerthelesse alwaye from the tyme of the sayde Sampson vnto the foresayde Henry the fyrste tyme all the byshoppes of wales were sacred of y e byshoppe of Menenia or saynte Dauids And the archebyshop of Menenia was at all tymes sacred of y e bysshoppes of walys as of his suffragans and made no profession nor obieccyon to any other chyrche But after these dayes other byshoppes y t sat there were compelled to be sacred at Canterbury In token of whyche subieccyon Bonyface archbyshoppe of CauÌ„terbury legate of the crosse sange in euery cathedrall chyrche of walys a solemne masse whyche was done by the sayde Boniface in the tyme of Henry the seconde beynge kynge of Englande But now ye shall vnderstaÌ„de there ben but two prymates or archbysshoppes in all Englande and walys That one ys at Caunterburye and that other is at yorke To the prymate of Caunterburye ben subiecte xiii byshoppes in England and .iiii. in walys And the prymate of yorke hath but two suffragans in EnglaÌ„d which be the byshoppes of Caerleyll and Durham And who so wyll be further instructe of the order and chauÌ„ges of bysshoppes see of Englande lette hym rede ouer the lii.liii.lv.lvi and lvii chapyters of the fyrste boke of Polycronycon or a ê‘te of holy Bedys work whyche he compyled of the same mater called historia Anglicana and there he shall haue euery thyng sette out clerely and truely And for to contynewe my processe of Lucius as wytnessyth myne authoure Gaufride when he hadde as before ys sayde stablyssyd orderyd the foresayde archeflamyns and flamyns and that they were also confermed of the pope he then endowed them wyth such landes and possessyons as before tyme were occupyed or gyuen to the maynteynynge and vpholdynge of the pagan rytes and lawe vsyd before tyme. And the temples of idollys thorough his land he causyd to be dedycate to Iesu Criste and his sayntes honoured them wyth myche great and large gyftes And when he had done after moste accorde of wryters by y e terme of .xii. yeres he dyed and was buryed in y e cytye of Claudiocestre or Glouceter without heyre of his body the which after grewe to great damage of the Brytons as after shal be shewed Of this Lucius yt is shewed in a table hangynge vpon the wall of the north syde of the yle in the backe of the quere of saynte Paules chyrche in London that the sayde Lucius reygned ouer the Brytons .lxxvii. yeres And ouer that the authoure of cronica cronicarum testyfyeth that after Lucius had receyued the fayth he assembled a great hoste of Brytons and sayled ouer into Gallia or Fraunce and thens into other countres passynge by Becia and the cytye called Augusta there subdued many of the enymyes of Crystes fayth where after many vertuouse dedys he restyd in good peace And his suster called Emerita as sayth the said authour was also martyred for Cristes sake But of this sayeng other the doute is assoyled in the foresayde table in y e begynnyng of this worke where yt shall apere that he reygned but .xii. yeres as aboue is shewed And for so myche as in this Luciê° endeth for a tyme the lyne of BritoÌ„s and the lande after this daye was ruled some dele by the Romayns therfore I will here ende the thyrd parte of this worke And for y e good spede I haue hyderto had and to the ende to inpetre the more grace in accomplyshyng y e other dele of this worke I here salute our moste blessyd lady wyth the thyrd ioye of the foresayde vii ioyes whyche begynneth Gaude splendens vas virtutum c. Hayle and be glad thou vessell moste shynynge Of vertues and grace at whose commaundement The hole courte of heuen is euer and byddynge And thou also arte amonge them ment Moste benygne and happy to euery good entent As dygne moder of Iesu with moste excellence Honoured in glorye with all theyr assystence This thyrde parte to be accompted from the ende of the .ix. yere of Cassibellan to the laste yere of Lucius includeth of yeres two huÌ„dred .xli. TRouth yt is as affermyn all wryters that after the deth of the forenamed Luciê° for so mych as of his body remayned non heyre the Brytons amonge them selfe fyll at great dystaunce and warre The whyche warre and trouble endured to the greate dystourbaunce of the lande But howe longe the certayne is not sette out by any wryter that I haue seen excepte the englyshe cronycle sayth that yt endured .l. yeres The whych sayeng vnder correccyoÌ„ can not stande wyth the concordauÌ„ce of other writers as yt is more playnly declared in the foresayde table where also yt shall appere that the sayde dyscorde amonge the Britons contynued but onely .xv. yeres After whyche terme of .xv. yeres expyred as after more clerely shall be shewed Seuerus beynge theÌ„ emperour of Rome beganne his domynyon ouer this lande of Brytayne So that ye shall nowe vnderstande that y e laste yere of this discorde was the yere of our lorde two hundred vii By reason wherof yt foloweth that the sayde .xv. yeres ioyned vnto the foresayde thyrde parte that the thyrde part coÌ„teyneth and includeth of yeres .ii. hundred and .lvi. ¶ Thus endeth the thyrde parte THE FOVRTH PARTE THE LXI CHAPITER SEuerê° a Romayn at this daye emperour of Rome begane to rule this lande of Brytayn in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon .ii. huÌ„dred and viii The whych as wytnesseth Gaufryde was before tyme sent from the senate of Rome with two legyons of knyghtes into Brytayne to appease the warre and stryfe amonge them and also for to wythstaÌ„de the Pictes and other enymyes whych dayly inuaded the land For dyuers wryters agree that this Seuerê° was made emperoure the yere of Crystes incarnacyon a huÌ„dred .lxxx. and .xv and ruled the sayd empyre after the most wryters .xvi. yeres By whych rule yt shuld appere that he shuld be takeÌ„ for gouernour of this realme of Brytayne the .xii. yere of his empyre It is sayde of this man that after he had subdued the Parthis and the Arabis he was named Particus was sent as before is sayde of the senate of Rome into Brytayne where he causyd to be made at the coste of the commoute a walle of turues and great stakes of the length as wytnes syth Policronica of a hundred .xii. myles as in the .xviii. chapyter of his .iiii. boke apperyth This wall after the exposycyon of the sayde Polycronica began at the ryuer of Tyne and enduryd to the Scottyshe see
made one monarchye of all .vii. kyngdomes in which tyme dyd flowe or passe thre huÌ„dred lxxviii yeres THE CVI. CHAPITER NOwe then I wyl returne vnto Arthur the whych by a longe tyme dwelled in warre and mortall batayll wyth y e SaxoÌ„s by meane of theyr dayly repayre into this lande The whyche also alyed them with Pictes and other nacyons and made theyr partye the strenger by y e meane But yet Arthur by his marciall knyghthod brought theym in suche frame that he was accoÌ„pted for chyef lord of Brytayne Fynally when he hadde by a longe tyme maynteyned hys warres agayne the Saxons and specyally agayne Cerdicus or Childricus kyng of westesaxons he for a fynall concorde gaue vnto the sayde Cerdicus as testyfyeth Policronica in the .vi. chapyter of his .v. boke the two couÌ„tres of Hampshyre and Somerset And when he hadde sette hys lande in some quietnesse he betoke the rule therof vnto hys neuewe Mordred and wyth a chosyn armye sayled as sayth Gaufryde and other vnto FrauÌ„ce where by the reporte of Gaufryde he wrought wonders But the wryters of Frenche cronycles touche nothynge of suche notable dedes nor yet the wryters of Romaynes mynde nothynge of suche actes done agayne theyr consull or emperoure called by Gaufryde Lucius Hybertê° Therfore I wyll spare all that longe mater remyttyng the welshemen as touchynge y e processe vnto the sayd Gaufride And here I wyll folowe Policronicon where he sayth that for as mych as the forenamed Mordred was desyrous to be kynge feryd some dele the myght of Cerdicus kyng of westsaxons he therfore drewe to hym the sayde Cerdicus by great gyftes as of townes and castelles other meanes where thorough the sayd Cerdicus to hym assented so that Mordred was at London crowned kyng of Brytayn and Cerdicus after the vse of pagaÌ„s was at wynchester then called Kaerguent crowned kyng of westsaxons when relacyoÌ„ came to Arthur of all this treason wrought by his neuewe Mordred he in all haste made towarde Brytayn as yt is redde in the englyshe cronycle laÌ„ded at Sandwyche where he was mette of Mordred and hys people whych gaue vnto hym strong batayll in tyme of his landyng and loste there many of his knyghtes as the famouse knyghte Gawyne and other But yet this not withstandyng Arthur at leÌ„gth waÌ„ne the lande and chasyd his enymyes and after the enterynge of his cosyn Gawyn and other of his knyghtes there slayne he sette forwarde his hoste to pursue his enymyes Mordred thus beynge ouersette of his vncle at the see syde withdrewe hym to wynchester where he beynge furnysshed of newe soudyours gaue vnto Arthur as sayth Gaufryde y e secoÌ„de fyghte wherin also Mordred was put to the worse and constrayned to flee Thyrdely and lastely the sayde Mordred faught wyth his vncle Arthur besydes Glastynbury where after a longe and daungerouse fyght Mordred was slayn y e victorious Arthur wounded vnto the deth and after buryed in the vale of Aualon besyde Glastynbury beforesayde Of this laste ende and buryenge of Arthur in the brytyshe bokes are tolde many fables But to oppresse y e errours of Brytons y e thynke or byleue y t Arthur yet lyueth Policroniconshe with in his forenamed chapyter of his .v. boke y t in the secoÌ„de Henryes tyme kynge of Englande the bonys of the sayd Arthur and Gwaynour his wyfe were fouÌ„den and traÌ„slated into the forsayde chyrch of Glastynbury and there newe buryed in the yere of our lord .xi. hundred .lxxx. And more specially yt is noted in the xxiii chapyter of the .vii. boke of Policronicon aboue sayde wherfore to be at coÌ„clusyon of a fyne of this noble warryour he was as before is shewed slayne or wounded to deth when he hadde reygned ouer the Britons by y e terme of .xxvi. yeres wyllynge before his deth that Constantyne the son of Cador duke of Cornewayle for so mych as of his bodye remayned none heyre that he shulde be his heyre and enheryte the land of mych Britayn after his deth Anglia THE CVII CHAPITER CONstantinus the son of Cador duke of Cornewayle by assent of the Brytons was of them crowned kynge of myche Brytayne in the yere of Crystes incarnacyon fyue huÌ„dred .xliii and the .xix. yere of Lotharius then kynge of Fraunce This was nere kynnesman vnto Arthur and was by the two sonnes of Mordred greuously vexed for so myche as they claymed the lande by the ryghte or tytle of theyr father So y t betwene hym and them were foughten many and sondry bataylles wherof nother of place nor of tyme is left any conuenyent memorye nor yet of the names of the sayde two sonnes But as dyuerse authours agreen after these forsayde batayllys thus foughten fynylly the two sonnes of Mordred were constrayned of pure force to seche strong holdes for theyr refuge â–ª wherfore that one toke London and that other wynchester wherof Constantyne beynge warned lefte not tyll he had slayne that one wythin the monastery of saynte Amphiabilâ— at wynchester and that other wythin a temple or chyrche of London whych temple is named of Gaufryde an hous of freres But y e sayeng is doutefull for at that days yt is to be supposed that there was none hous of freres within London nor by a longe tyme after when Constantine hadde thus subdued his enymyes and thought hymselfe in a maner of suertye of his regyon then fortune as she hadde enuyed his glory arreryd agayne hym his owne kynnesman named Aurelius Conanus the whych agayn hym made mortall batayll and finally or at the last slewe hym in y e felde when he hadde reygned after most accorde of wryters .iii. yeres the whych was then huryed at Stone hyenge by the sepulture of Uter PeÌ„dragon wyth great solemnytye THE CVIII CHAPITER AUrelius Conanus the cosyn of Constantync last named was crowned kyng Brytayne in the yere of our lord .v. hundred .xlvi the .xxxii. yere of Lothariê° before named then kynge of Fraunce This was noble and lyberall But he was a man that cherysshed suche as loued stryfe and dyscencyon wyth in his lande and gaue lyghte credence to them y t accused other were yt ryght or wronge And as testyfyeth Gaufryde and other he toke by strength his vncle whyche of ryght shulde haue ben kyng and caste hym in a strong pryson and after sâ—ew tyrannously the .ii. sonnes of his sayd vncle But he reioysed his reygne but shorte whyle For as wytnessyth the sayde Gaufryde when he hadde reygned two yeres he dyed were yt of the sonde of god or otherwyse leuynge after him a sonne named Uortiporius as hath the authoure of the boke named Floure of hystoryes Of this Uortiporius speketh nothynge the englyshe cronycle but telleth of two kynges that shulde reygne nexte after Constantyne both at ones wherof that one he nameth Adelbryght and that other Edyll. wherunto none other writer agreeth except that he nameth them for some of the kynges of the Saxons For aboute
I haue exhorted you And all the other deale I shall suffer you to amende and refourme wythin your selfe but they wold not therof of Then saynt Augustyne sayde vnto them and warned them by maner of inspyracyon that syns they wold not receyue peace of theyr bretherne they shulde of other receyue warre wreche the whyche was after put in experyence by Ethelfrydus kynge of Northumberlande Longe yt were to tell the cyrcumstauÌ„ce of the lyfe of this blessyd man wherfore I passe ouer Lastly wheÌ„ he hadde in one daye crystyned .x. thousande of Saxons or Anglys in the weste ryuer that is called Swale besyde yorke and knewe that he shuld shortely dye after he ordeyned a successour named Laurence whyle he lyued for the state of holy chyrche in Brytayn was as yet but rude boystous But in y t doynge he folowed the ensample of Peter that was fyrst pope whyche made Clement by his lyfe helper and successour Also this Augustyne made Mellitus bysshop of London and of EestsaxoÌ„s whych after moste wryters were then newly entred the lande The ryuer of Thamys departed theym and Kent and after dyed and was buryed in y e monastery before rehersed wythoute the wallys of Dorobernia or Caunterburye THE CXX CHAPITER EThelbertus then confermyd in the fayth among other costly dedys beganne he foundacyon of Paulys chyrche wythin the cytye of London and ordeyned yt for the bysshoppes see of London For the archbyshoppes see that before tyme was at London was by Augustyne and Ethelbert at the prayer of y e cytezyns of Dorobernia traÌ„slated to the sayde cytye as in the .lix. chapyter of thys treatyse yt is more at length declared But of the buyldynge of thys chyrche of saynt Paule dyuerse opynyons ben For some wryters testyfye that yt was buylded or begonne to buylde by Sygebertus kynge of Eestanglys but more veryly kynge of EestsaxoÌ„s or Eestsex This Ethelbert also fouÌ„ded the chyrche of sayne Andrew in the cytye of Dorubres in Kent nowe called Rochester of the whyche Iustus was byshoppe ordeyned before of saynt Albane About y e tyme or a season after the forenamed Ethelfrydus whyche in the englyshe cronycle is named Elfryde foughte wyth the Brytons at the cytye of Legyscestre or Chestre slew of the Brytons a great nomber At whyche tyme and season a great nomber of the monkes of Bangor were also there assembled for to pray for the good spede of the Brytons wherof when Ethelfrydus was warned he fell also vppon theym and flewe of theym at that tyme as wytnessyth dyuers authours .xxi. huÌ„dred as yt is before shewyd in the C. and ix chapyter of this boke This forenamed Ethelbert excyted a dweller or cytezen of London to make a chyrche or chapell in the worshyp of saynte Peter in the west ende of London then called Thorney and now the towne of westmynster the whyche that tyme was forgrowen wyth bushes and bâ—eres excedyngly where the sayde cytezen be ganne and buylded the fyrst chyrche of westmynster in y e honour of saynt Peter whych was after by saynt Edwarde the coÌ„fessour enlarged or new buylded But of the thyrde Henry when he reygned as kynge of England yt was newe edyfyed made as yt now is a beauteous monastery and rychely endowed bothe wyth possessyon and relykes and ryche iewellys It is shewyd in the Englyshe cronycle of Englande that thys Ethelbert shulde be slayne in a fyghte betwene hym and Ethelfryde kynge of Northumberlande But Policronicon sayth that he dyed and went to heuen when he hadde reygned ouer the lordshyppe of Kent .lvi. yeres and the .xxi. yere after that he hadde receyuyd Crystendome The kyngdome of Eestsaxons THE CXXI CHAPITER DUrynge also the foresayde persecucyon of y e BrytoÌ„s or any ruler of theÌ„ were specyally named beganne the reygne of Eestsaxons as wytnessyth Policronicon vnder Sebertus theyr fyrste kynge nere about the yere of our lordes incarnacyon .vi. hundred and .xiiii. All be yt that Guydo de Columna sayth that yt beganne nere about the tyme and season when the kyngdome of Eestanglys beganne But I folowe Polycronicon for he leyeth holy Beda for his Authour in myche of his worke This kyngdome whych is to meane Essex hadde in the eest syde the see in the weste Myddelsex and London in the southe the cyuer of Thamys in the north Suffolke and endured after moste wryters by the terme of two hundred and odde yeres But by y â— sayeng of Policronica yt shuld not endure ouer two hundred yeres Neuerthelesse yt shulde appere by the storye of Edwarde the elder sonne of Aluredus y t yt shulde coÌ„tynue vnder the Danys and other wyse tyll the .viii. yere of his reygne And by that reason yt shulde endure two hundred .lxxx. .xiii. yeres The contynuauÌ„ce therof is more doutfull to be iustly determyned for so myche as wryters be of dyuers opynyons of the begynnyng therof All be it y e Polycronycon in the .li. chapyter of hys fyrste boke sayth that yt began vnder Sebertus and vnder .x. kynges tyll Egbertus kynge of westsaxons subdued yt and ioyned yt to his owne kyngedome The fyrste crysten kynge of thys lordshyppe was the forenamed Sebertus conuertyd by meanes of Mellitus byshoppe of London as sayth Guydo But after hys sayeng thys Sebertus shulde be the thyrd kynge of Essex All wryters agreen that the kynges of thys lordshyp were more comynly named vnder kynges and were more subiecte to other kynges and chefely vnto the kynges of Mercia or Mercheryke Then to retourne agayn vnto the Brytons whyche by all this season occupyed a parte of Cornewayl and the countres of Cambria as Uenedocia whyche now is called Northwalys ad Demecea whych now is called Southwalys and there held them in makynge assautes vpon the Saxons as before is touchyd some whyle in one coste and some whyle in that other vnder sondrye dukes as witnessyth Gaufryde and also the englysh cronycle The whych so contynued after moste accorde of tyme and to accorde thys hystorye wyth other by the terme of .xxiiii. yeres ouer and aboue thre yeres alowed for the reygne of Careticus aforesayd So that from the fyrste yere of Caretycus to the laste of these .xxiiii. yeres expyryd or flowyd .xxvii. yeres At whyche tyme the Brytons of one assent chase for theyr hedde or ruler y â— duke of Uenedocia or Southwalys named Cadwanus Francia THE CXXII CHAPITER CLotharius or Lotharius the sonne of Chilpericus second of y t name was made kynge of a parte of FrauÌ„ce in y e yere of oure lorde .v. hundred lxxx and .viii and the .ii. yere of Careticus then kynge of the Brytons Thys Clotharius by the reporte of mayster Robert Gagwyne is notyd to be descendyd of Clodoueê° Lowis fyrste crystened kynge of Fraunce not expressely to be the sonne of Chilpericus But for so myche as in the cronycle of Chilperych I haue shewed to you somwhat of the dedys of Fredegund wyfe of Chylperiche therfore I
kynges subieccyon Henry archbyshoppe of Huntyngdon that wrote myche of the cronycles of Englande in prayse of thys noble woman Elfleda made dyuers dytyes of the whyche some ben expressyd as foloweth Cesers tryuÌ„phes were not so myche to prayse As was of Elfleda that sheldes so ofte dyd rayse Agayne her enymyes this noble ven queresse Uirago and made whose vertue can I not expresse WHen Edwarde hadde reconciled these foresayde townes he then buylded a new towne for agayn the olde towne of Nothyngham on the south syde of the ryuer of Trent and made a brydge ouer the sayd ryuer betwene the sayd .ii. twones And as wytnessyth Policronica the yere folowynge in the sayde towne or cytye of Notyngham two kinges that is to saye of Scotlande and walys yeldyd them vnto kynge Edwarde The cause why nor of warre betwene theym to be contynued is not of hym expressyd How be yt dyuers bokes of writers of cronycles of Englande as of Marianê° the Scot wyllam of Malmesbury Henry of Huntyngdon other yt is shewyd that this Edwarde subdued the kynges of Scotlande and of CuÌ„brys aboute the .ix. yere of hys reygne And of the sayde authours yt is also testifyed that about the .xx. yere of the reygne of the sayde Edwarde these sayde kynges of Scottes and Cumbrys shulde chose this kynge Edwarde for theyr chefe lord and patrone whyche shuld be about this season before expressyd Then this noble prynce Edwarde after these thynges set by hym in an order he in the northe ende of Mercia by the ryuer of Merce buylded a cytye or towne and named yt Thylwall and strengthyd yt wyth knyghtes And after repayred the cytye of Maynchester that sore was defaced with warre of y e Danys After which notable dedis by y e puyssaunt prynce fynyshed wyth the maryage of hys chylder and many other whyche I omytte and passe ouer for length of tyme fynally this noble man dyed when he hadde reygned wyth great trauayle by the terme of .xxiiii. yeres at Faryngdon and from thens conueyed to wynchester and there enteryd in the monastery of saynt Swythyne leuyng after hym dyuers sonnes as before is shewed of the which Ethelstane was eldest Francia THE CLXXXI CHAPITER CHarlys surnamed the symple sonne of Lewys the .iiii. or Ryen Fayzand began hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon as wytnessyth Iacobê° Philippus and other .ix. hundred .iiii and the thyrde yere of Edwarde the elder than kynge of Englande In tyme of whose reygne the Danys whyche contynuelly ouer the terme of .l. wynters that is to saye from y e x. yere of Charlys the Ballyd somtyme kynge of Fraunce vnto y e sayd dayes had wasted and spoyled the lande not wythstandyng y e agrementes made bytwene Charlys the emperour and them as before in y e story of the .iiii. Lewys is shewed yet they wyth greate hostes aryued in the couÌ„tre of Neustria or Normandy robbed and spoyled the countre before them and slewe the people thereof wythout pytye and from cytye to cytye kepte on theyr iourney tyll they came vnto the cytye of Roan wherof the bysshop beynge in greate drede of subuersyon of the cytye and destruccyon of the crysten people wyth in the same delyuered the cytye by appoyntment that he wyth y e people myghte departe thens wythout bodely harme whyche vnto the sayde Danys was a greate strength and hurte to the lande of Fraunce Of thys hoste of Danys was ruler and leder a myscreaunt named Rollo the whyche was a man of lowe byrthe but he was of greate strength The whyche whan he had a season rested hym and hys hoste refresshed them wythin the cytye of Roan he than set forth hys waye coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hys vawnewarde to kepe theyr iourney towarde Parys And for y e more spede to be made he shypped hys Danis ryght there and one parte he sent by the ryuer of Sean the seconde by the ryuer of Lyger or Leyr and the thyrde by the water Geronde Than the Danys that passyd by the ryuer of Leyr came at length to the cyte of Nauntes and wan that cytye by strength and slewe therin moche people And the byshop of the same named Guymerte beynge at masse they slewe at the aulter And whan they had spoyled that cytye the countre there about than yode they to the cytye of Angiers brent and robbyd it most cruelly And that done they yode vnto Towres and layde syege to that cytye The which by the presens of the holy body of saynt Martyne whych at that tyme was wythin y e cytye it was a whyle preserued But soone after the munkes feryng the sworde of the Danys fled the cytye secretly and toke the body wyth them And soone after the Danes had the towne at theyr wyll and brent the abbay before the town or staÌ„dynge without the towne and spoyled and robbed the cytye townes thorough the countre of Guyan whan the Danys had thus subdued the more parte of Neustria or Normandy They wyth theyr duke Rollo by y e ryuer of SeynÌ„ drewe towarde Parys And fyrst entred the landes of Burgoyne and Auerne in effecte to Senons wherof heryng the monkes of the monastery of Flory where the body of saynte Benet than rested they toke that holy treasoure and bare it vnto Orlyaunce layde it in the chyrche of saynt Anyan tyll the persecucyon were ouer passed Of thys monastery was at that dayes lyuynge a defensour by promyse before made whose name in latyne is called Sigillosus in FreÌ„ch Sigillophes an erle whych was taken for patrone of the same abbaye To whom in the nyght folowynge that the monkes were fled as before is sayd saynt Benet appered blamed hym y t he none other wyse had defended y e place of hys Sepulture wyth whych visyon the sayd erle beynge feryd gaderyd vnto hym vpon the daye folowyng such small power as he than myghte make set vpon the Danys and draue them backe slewe of them a great nomber And y e prayes that he there wan he offered to god and saynte Benet by whose prayers he knewe well that he opteyned that vyctory In tyme y t the Danys thus persecuted the countre of Fraunce and the kynge was not of power them to resyst for so mych as Charles knew well that the bysshop of Roan named Franke was in good fauour of Rollo he therfore sent hym in ambassade to the sayd Rollo to requyre a trewe or trewse for thre monethes the whych was grauÌ„ted The which trewse ended the sayd Rollo beseged the cytye of Chartrys Duryng whiche syege the duke of Burgoyne named Richarde wyth hys retynue assayled the Danys In tyme of which fyght Ebalde erle of Poytowe was present and draue backe y e Danys wherwyth the bysshop of the cytye beynge encoraged toke wyth hym y e smocke of our lady whyche at those dayes was kepte there wyth greate reuerence and wyth the cytesyns other issued out of
Raynys whan he had reygned in great trouble .xxi. yeres leuynge for hys heyre a sonne named Lothayr Anglia THE CLXXXVIII CHAPITER EDmunde y e brother of EthelstanÌ„ and sonne of Edwarde the elder of Ethelwyda the thyrde wyfe of the sayd Edwarde begaÌ„ hys reygne ouer Englande in the yere of our lorde .ix. hundred and .xl and the .vii. yere of the .v. Lewys thaÌ„ kynge of Fraunce In the fyrste yere of hys reygne the Danys of Northumberland rebelled agayne hym And for to make theyr party the stroÌ„ger they sent for a prynce of Danys named Aulaffe than beynge in Irlande The which brought wyth hym an other prynce or ruler of Danys named Reygnald wyth a great hoste of Danys other strauÌ„ge nacyons and entred the foresayd countre and warred vppon the next borders in wastynge and spoylynge the inhabytauÌ„tes of the same wherof whan kyng Edmund was warned anone he assembled his people and sped hym toward y e countre and lastly faught wyth the two sayd prynces of the Danys or at the leest chaced them from towne to towne tyll he forsyd them wyth all theyr coÌ„pany of straunge nacyons to forsake vtterly that prouynce and bet down that countre of Cumberlande y t had mych fauoured and ayded the sayde enmyes agayne hym and toke therin greate prayes and deuyded them amoÌ„ges hys knyghtes And y e done other for the good seruyce that MalcolynÌ„ kynge of Scotlande hadde in thys vyage done vnto the kynge or for the trowth and allegyaunce that he in tyme folowyng shulde bere vnto hym or for bothe the kynge gaue there to the sayd MalcolynÌ„ the countre of Cumberlande and seased all y e resydue of the kyngdom or lordshyp of Northumberlande and ioyned it vnto hys owne kyngdome But yet y e Danys retorned agayn in the tyme of Edredus the nexte kynge as after shal be shewed so that as yet the fyne or ende of thys kyngdome is not accompted In thys Edmundus dayes the authour of Polycronyca sayth that whan Edmunde hadde ended hys iourney and set that countree in an order he toke wyth hym the bones of the holy abbot Colfrydus and of that holy abbesse Hylda brought theym vnto Glastenbury and there shryned theym This Colfryde was abbot of Bedas abbey or of the abbey of Gyrwye Hilda was abbesse of Stenshalt or whytby And as affermeth y e sayd authour both places ben in y e North partyes of England Thys kynge Edwarde had a noble woman to wyfe named Elgina of whom he receyued two sonnes named Edwyne and Edgar And as testyfyeth Henry archedekeÌ„ of Huntyngdon thys Edward had ofte warre wyth the Danes the whyche as he affermeth helde than many good townes in myddle England as LyncolnÌ„ NothinghmÌ„ Derby Stafforde Laycetour y e which by his knyghtly manhode he wanne from them And by the helpe of holy Dunstan he ameÌ„ded many thynges within his realm y t had beÌ„ loÌ„ge tyme misordered by meane of y e Danys Of the ende or fyne of thys Edmunde dyuers opynyons there be For Marianus the Scot sayth that whyle thys kynge Edmunde endeuered hym selfe to saue his sewer froÌ„ the dauÌ„ger of hys enemye that wold haue slayne hym at Pulkerchyrche the kynge in ryddynge of the fraye was wounded to the deth and dyed shortly after But wyllyam de regibus sayth that the kynge beynge at a feest at y e foresayd towne or place vppon the daye of saynte Augustyne espyed a felon syttyng in y e halle named Leof whych he before tyme for hys felony hadde exyled and lept ouer the table and plucked that thefe by the here of the hedde to the grounde In whych doynge the sayd felon wyth a knyfe wounded the kynge to the deth and also wyth the same knyfe wounded many other of the kynges seruauntes and at length was all to hewen dyed forthwyth If this be trewe it shulde seme that kynges at those dayes vsed not the honour that they nowe haue and exercyse But whych of these two meanes was vsed in the kynges deth by agreemeÌ„t of all wryters thys kynge dyed whan he had reygned .vi. yeres and more was buryed at Glastenbury the whyche before he hadde sumptuously repayred and lafte after hym two yonge sonnes as before is remembred Edwyne and Edgar But for they were to yonge to rule the lande therfore y e rule therof was coÌ„mytted to Edredê° theyr vncle brother to theyr fader THE CLXXXIX CHAPITER EDredus y e brother of EdmuÌ„de and sonne of Edwarde the elder and of Ethylswyda hys thyrde wyfe began his reygne ouer the realme of Englande in the yere of our lorde .ix. hundred and .lxvii and the xiii yere of the fyfte Lewys thaÌ„ kyng of Fraunce The whych as before is towched was admytted kyng by authoryte of hys barony For so myche as the two forenamed chylderne of Edmunde Edwyn and Edgar were thought to yonge and insuffycyent to take vpon them so great a charge The whyche Edrede was enoynted kynge of Oddo archbyshop of CauÌ„terbury in y e towne of Kyngestowne And soone after he warred vpon the Danys that then were reentred into Northumberland or after some wryters there dwellynge vnder trybute of the kynge subdued before of Edmunde hys brother and bette theym downe and caused theym to holde and obeye vnto theyr former couenauntes And the Scottes than began to varye which he also brought vnto due obedyence After a certayne terme y e Danys of Northumberlande whyche euer contynued full of gyle and dowblenesse not beyng content to holde the couenauÌ„tes before made promisses vnto Edredus the kynge called vnto theym theyr olde accessaryes and helpers and bereuyd from the kynges subiectes the cytye of yorke and other stronge townes and castelles to the great hurte of the couÌ„trey and vtter dyspleasure of the kynge wherfore he beynge therof aduertysed in goodly and conuenyent haste assembled hys people and spedde hym thyther and destroyed myche of the lande And in that fury brent the abbey of Rypon whyche the Danys kept for a fortresse and strength and wan from them myche of the strengthes that they to fore had woÌ„ne and broughte theym agayne vnder hys subieccyon when this kynge Edrede had thus spedde hys iourney and was retournynge into Englande nothynge suspectynge the sayde Danys a company of them by the excytyng of Hyrcus a kyng or prynce of the Danys theÌ„ folowyd the kinges hoste and on thys halfe yorke fyll vppon the kynges rerewarde and destroyed slew many a man For the whyche doyng the kynge was sore amoued tourned hys people agayne entendynge to haue destroyed y e countrey vtterly wherof the Danys beynge ware so lowely meked theym vnto hym gaue to hym suche gyftes that the kyng refrayned hym of the great yre that he had purposed to theym But amonges other articles y t he bounde them vnto one was that they shuld banyshe and vtterly refuse theyr fore sayde duke or kynge called Hyrcus whyche thynge with dyuers and many other graunted
kynge after hym To the whyche questyon was answered by Peter the kyngedome of Englyshemen is the kyngedome of god wherfore the kynges therof shall stande at goddes puruyaunce And also a nother doctour called Henry of Huntyngdon shewyd that an holy man warned Englyshe men y â— a lorde whyche they thought nothynge vppon shulde come out of Fraunce brynge them ryght lowe In the tyme also of thys Canutê° by agrement of many wryters fyll one thynge worthy mynde and memory In a town of Saxony named Calbis in y e dyocesys of Magburgh and parysshe of saynt Magii xviii men and .xv. women vppon the euen of the Natyuyte of our lorde began a daunce about the chyrche yarde of saynt Magu afore sayd the person or other prestes beyng than at masse wythin y e same chyrche which beyng troubled wyth the noyse of the mynstrellys also the dynne of the sayde men and women sent vnto them in monysshynge them to seace of that doynge But all was in vayne for they wolde not seace of theyr dysport for any commauÌ„dement y t to theÌ„ was gyuen wherwyth the preste beynge dyscontented that they none other wyse reuerenced y e sacrament noryed that solempne season besought god and saynte Magii that they shulde contynue theyr daunce by the space of an hole yere The whyche prayer was harde in suche wyse that they contynued the same songe daunce tyll that daye twelue monethes and neuer eate nor dranke nor rested theÌ„ in all y e season And moreouer dewe nor rayne fyll vppon them in all that yere nor garment nor no thyng that was about them was impayred shoo nor other At the yeres ende Horobertus archbysshop of that dyocesys came vnto y e sayde place and lowsed them of that bonde whych the preste had bounde them in and before the awlter of the chyrche them reconsyled Of the whyche a prestes doughter and two other dyed forth wyth and the remenaunt yode to reste and slepte by the space of .iii. dayes and iii. nyghtes folowynge where after some of them dyed and suche as lyued fell lame of theyr lymmes And one of the same .xviii. men beyng named Ubertus or Hupertus wrote thys wonder wyth hys owne hande for a more recorde of the trowth Then let vs retorne to Canutus of whom it is redde that after hys coÌ„myng from Rome he beganne somdele to presume in pryde set more by hym selfe than good wysdome wolde In tyme of whyche exaltacyoÌ„ of hys mynde he went vnto the Tamys syde and behelde howe the water swelled or flowed And so standynge nere the water the water touched hys fete Than he charged the water that he shuld flowe no hygher and that in no wyse he shulde to wche hys lordes clothes But the water kepte his course and wette at length the kynges thyes wherewyth y e kyng abasshed sterte backe and sayde all erthly kynges may know that theyr powers be vayne and that none is worthy to haue the name of a kynge but he that hath all thynges subiecte to hys hestes as here is shewed by worchynge of hys treature by thys water And for thys as wytnesseth Polycronycon and other he offered hys crowne to y e rode of wynchester and neuer bare it vpon his hed after It is also wytnessed of the sayde authour that Canutus maryed hys doughter hadde by hys laste wyfe vnto Henry sonne of Conradus the emperour the seconde of that name as also it is testyfyed of the authour of Cronica cronicarum And he repayred many monasteryes and specyally suche as before tyme were hurte or throwne downe in the tyme of hys fathers persecucyon And began and ended the monastery of saynt Edmundes Bury endowed it wyth ryche possessyons as before is towched And dyed fynally at Shaftesbury and was buryed at wynchester whan he hadde reygned .xix. yeres leuyng after hym two sonnes of hys wyues the eldest was named Harolde and the yonger Hardykynytus the whyche lyuyng hys fader was made kynge of Denmarke Francia THE CCVII. CHAPITER HEnry the sonne of Robert begaÌ„ hys domynyon ouer the French men in the yere of our lord M.xxix and the .x. yere of Canutus than kynge of Englande To the whyche Henry CoÌ„stantyne the moder was so vnkynde that she by her meanes wolde haue preferred her yonger sonne Roberte duke of Burgoyne to the rule of the lande before thys Henry so that by her meanes bothe cytyes and castels were wyth holden from hym and was by her suche other as toke her parte so ouer lad that he was forced to resorte to Robert than duke of Normandy for to aske helpe of hym to wythstande hys enemyes ye shall vnderstande that this Robert was the .vi. duke of Normandy and sonne of Richarde the seconde and also father vnto wyllyaÌ„ bastard that conquered Englande Thys Roberte was lyberall and noble of condycyon but defamed of y e deth of hys elder brother Rychard the thyrde For the whyche murder as wytnessyth dyuers authours the vii yere of hys dowchery he went to Iherusalem and dyd in that pylgre mage many honourable and liberall actes the whyche in good order ben remembred in the .xix. chapyter of the vi boke of Polycronicon This Robert receyued kyng Henry wyth all honour and gaue vnto hym greate and ryche gyftes sent for hys frendes and knyghtes so y e the kynge had by hys ayde a greate myghty hoste And retorned agayn into Fraunce and in short whyle after recouered from hys sayde moder bothe cytyes townes and castelles that she and her fautours from hym wythhelde And fynally agreed so wyth her that he and she contynued frendes theyr lyfe tymes enduryng After whyche accorde about the .v. yere of hys reygne he made warre vppon Eudo erle of Champayne vppon Baldewine erle of FlauÌ„ders and in processe of tyme wan froÌ„ them certayne cytyes and castelles the whyche Constance his moder hadde before tymes gyuen to them in tyme of dyscencyon In thys warre was slayne Eudo erle of Champayne wherfore hys .ii. sonnes Stephen Thybaud maynteyned the warre agayne the kynge but to theyr bothe harmes in y e ende For Stephen loste therby the cytyes of Chartres and towers and Thybaude y e cytyes of Troyes Maulx wyth other whan Henry hadde ended thys warre set hys lande in some quyetnesse he thaÌ„ buylded a monastery of saynt Martyne called Des ChaÌ„ps besyde Parys and set therin seculer prestes In thys passetyme Robert duke of Normandy moued in conscyence to vysyte the holy sepulture of oure lorde called before hym hys lordes of hys lande wyllynge and coÌ„maundynge them to owe theyr trewe allegaunce vnto hys yonger sonne wyllyam and to take hym for theyr lord and duke yf he retorne not agayne And to thys he caused to swere Robert than archbysshop of Roan with the other of hys lordes and after departed vppon the sayd iourney and dyed in the cytye of Bethenia as he was coÌ„mynge homewarde wherof y e lordes of Normandy beynge assertayned
Uincencius hystorialis Antoninus Iacobus Philippus and other wherfore it can not stande wyth reasoÌ„ y t they shulde slepe vpon y e other syde after y e tournyng .lxxiiii. yeres as is aboue sayd nor that they shulde sterue in y e tyme of thys holy kynge and confessoure For hys tyme of reygne was after y e tyme of Theodociê° aforesayd more than .vi. hundred yeres But yf it be ment by some other For there are vii other slepers spoken of in y e .xxvi. chapyter of the fyrste boke of Polycronycon that hath slepte in a nother caue many yeres wherfore I remytte thys vnto other and folowe the order of the story wherein it is founde that whan this blessed kyng Edwarde had receyued by dyuyne monycyon that he shulde chaunge thys transitory and bryckell lyfe for the lyfe euerlastynge he sykened in the Crystmasse weke In tyme of whych sykenesse was shewed to hym a vysyon that he after shewed vnto suche as were about hym and sayde two men of relygion came to me that I somtyme was famylyer wyth in Normandye and shewed that they were sent from god vnto me to gyue vnto me warynynge of such thynges as foloweth And fyrste they sayde that for the dukes bysshoppes and abbotes of Englande be not goddes seruauntes but the deuyllys god hath taken thys kyngdome into the handes of enemyes for a tyme and fendes shall walke and destroble the people Than I besought god that the people myghte haue warnynge and do penaunce and be delyuered as the people were of the cytye of Ninyue Nay sayde they for these men be so indurate of harte y e they shulde do no worthy penaunce nor to them god shall shewe hys mercy nor forgyuenesse Than I asked of them whaÌ„ myghte be hope of mercy and pardoÌ„ They answered whan a grene tree is hewen downe and a parte therof cut from the stocke and layde .iii. fourlonge from the stocke and wythout mannes helpe or hande shall retourne to his stocke or rote and take agayne hys shappe and than flouryshe and brynge forth fruyte whan thys is done than maye be hope of comforte and of remedy In the tyme that this blessyd man shewed thus thys vysyon was present there wyth other Stygandus archebysshoppe of Caunterbury The whyche sayde vnto the other that the kynge raued or ellys doted for age and sykenesse as olde men done and accompted these wordes for foly and vanyte But not longe after Englande felte and conceyued thys prophecye whan it was in subieccyon of straungers and alyauntes as after shall be shewed Than who that is desyrous to knowe the exposycion of the prophecye of the grene tree lette hym rede in the ende of the lyfe of thys gloryous kynge and confessoure translated by wyllyam Caxton in the boke called the Legende of sayntes and there he shall fynde it All be it that in other places I haue sene it otherwyse interpreted the whyche I remytte to them that haue experyence in suche facultye And to conclude thys storye trouth it is that this blessyd kynge dyed the .iiii. daye of Ianuary whan he hadde reygned .xxiii. yeres vii monethes and odde days and was buryed in the monastery of westmynster y â— whych he before had gretly augmeÌ„ted repayred but nat in that maner and fourme that it is nowe in For the chyrche that nowe there standeth was so reedyfyed and buylded newe of Henry the thyrde and sonne of kynge IohnÌ„ The whiche also after some wryters translated thys blessyd kynge Edwarde from the lower parte of y e chyrche and shryned hym there he now lyeth And this kynge Edwarde laft after hym no chylde for he was accompted for a vyrgyn whan he dyed Francia THE CCXV CHAPITER PHylyp the fyrst of that name son of Henry began his dominioÌ„ ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of our lorde M.lviii the .xvi. yere of Edwarde the confessour than kynge of Englande And of thys Phylyp it is radde that he maryed a wyfe named Berta the doughter of Baldewyne erle of Holland and of Fryce Of the whyche Berta this Philyp receyued a sonne and named hym Lewis and a doughter y e was called CunstauÌ„ce But in processe of tyme he haunted so myche the company of a woman named Bertande that he hated hys laufull wyfe and at length helde her in pryson and kept that other in her stede and gatte vppon the sayd Bertrande two sonnes named Phylyp Florys and a doughter which myne authour nameth not For thys aduoutry he was often monysshed of y e pope that he shulde leue the companye of that yll woman and take to hym hys lawfull wyfe y t he so longe had holden in pryson within hys castell of Monsfruell And for he wolde not be obedyent vnto the popes couÌ„sayll he was fynally accused of pope Urbane the seconde of that name By meane wherof he was reconcyled and restored agayne to his wyfe and refused hys concubyne And in the tyme of thys Phylyp Godfrey de BollioÌ„ with many other crysten prynces at the exortacyon of Peter the heremyte sayled into the holy lande and wanne the cytye of HierusaleÌ„ out of the Sarasyns handes whyche prynces lastly crowned the sayd Godfrey kynge of the sayde cytye And after it so contynued in possessyon of crysten men by y e terme of foure score and tenne yeres vnder ix crysten kinges and lenger myght haue endured hadde not discencyon fallen amonges them selfe And so by Antoninus Peter Disrey and other it is manyfestely shewed Thys vyage after moste accorde of wryters begaÌ„ in the yere of grace M.lxxxvi and the .xxvii. yere of thys Phylyp And the sayd Godfrey was crowned kynge of the sayde cytye of Hierusalem after the affyrmaunce of y e sayde wryters in the yere of grace a thousande and foure score and .xix. Of thys Phylyp lytell worthy memory is lefte in wrytynge For lyke as hys fader Henry made hym kyng by his lyfe and suffered hym to haue the rule of the lande ryght so thys Phylyp after a certayne of tyme coÌ„mytted the rule of the lande vnto Lewys his sonne And he sette hys mynde to huntynge and other dysportes and so ladde hys lyfe in all slowthe and idelnesse Than Lewys takynge vppon hym the charge of the realme subdued the erle of Mounte Merusy other that laboured to take from the chyrche of saynt Denys certayn preuyleges and also constrayned them to restore and satysfye all hurtes and harmes to the sayde chyrche by them done Thys Lewys as affermeth the Frenche cronycle maryed the doughter of Guy erle of Cotcheforde the whyche after for nerenesse of kynne was deforced from the sayde Lewys to the greate dyspleasour of the sayde erle Guy wherfore he moued warre agayne the sayd Lewys and toke from hym certayne holdes and castelles of the whyche the castell of Gurney was one But at length Lewys had y e better of that warre and recoueryd diuers of the sayd holdes And amonges other prysoners by hym and his knyghtes takeÌ„
monethes and odde dayes and was buryed at the monasterye of the holy crosse of waltham whyche he before hadde founded and set therin chanons and gaue vnto theym fayre possessyons And here endeth for a time y â— blood of Saxons the whych contynued to reken from Hengestus fyrste reygne by the space or tyme of .v. hundred and lxxxxi yeres And yf yt be rekened from the begynnyng of the west SaxoÌ„s then yt endureth by y e terme of .v. hundred .lxv. yeres whych coÌ„tynued as rulers kinges of this land all the sayd tyme onely except y â— that passed betwene the fyrst yeres Canutus and the laste yere of Hardekynitus In the whyche season passed or flowed vpon .xxiiii. yeres All be yt y t the persecucyon of the Danys lasted mych lenger as to fore I have shewed in y e story of y e forenamed Kynitê° THE CCXVIII CHAPITER THen for as myche that god of his vnknowen iudgementes to man and by his hygh hyd counsayll wolde suffer this duke to conquere so noble a lande and to be lord and souerayne ouer so many noble enherytours as were now be with in the same I thynke yt coÌ„uenyent to shew here the dyscent of the sayde duke and how nere of blood he was vnto the blessed kynge Edwarde the confessour wherfore as before to you I haue shewed in the storye of Charlys the Symple somtyme kynge of FrauÌ„ce a myscreaunt or a pagan named Rollo ê‘secuted sore the realm of FrauÌ„ce lastely wan by strength the citye of Roan the hed or chefe cytye of Normandy And in conclusyon for a fynall peace betwene the sayde kynge and Rollo to be had the sayde Rollo was crystened named Robert and maryed Silla the doughter of y e said Charlys To whom y e kyng gaue in waye of Dower y e hole duchy of Normandy The whych Robert after he was crystened ruled that dukedome as a good crysten man by the terme of .xiiii. yeres and receyued of y e sayd Silla a son and named hym wyllyam the whyche after was surnamed Longa spata as who wold saye wyllyam wyth a longe sworde This wyllyam was duke after his fader .xxv. yeres and lefte after hym a sonne named Rycharde whych as before is shewed in the storye of Lew es y e .vi. was named Richard y e hardy Then Rycharde the hardy was the thyrde duke and reygned .lii. yeres had by hys wyfe a son named Rycharde the good and Emma that was wyfe to Egelredus and mother to saynte Edwarde the confessoure After hym the Good Rycharde was duke and reygned .xxviii. yeres and lefte after hym two sonnes that is to say Rycharde and Robert The fyrste after two yeres was slayne by treason of hys brother Robert so that Robert was then duke and reygned .ix. yeres The whyche Robert as yt is before shewed in the storye of Henry kyng of Fraunce was father vnto this duke wyllyam And thys wyllyam was the .vii. duke of Normandye and ruled yt or he conquered Englande after moste wryters .xxx. yeres whereby yt appereth that Emma was aunte to duke Robert father of wyllyam Conquerour And saynte Edwarde and this duke wyllyam were by y e fathers syde cosyn â—armay nes remoued as sheweth by thys draught folowynge Th fyrste duke Rollo or Robert the fyrste duke The seconde duke Wyllyam longa â—pata sonne of Robert and the second duke The thyrde duke Rycharde the hardy the son of Wyllyam and .iii. duke Rycharde the â—ood and sonne of Rychard the fyrst Emma moder of Edward confes sour doughter of the sayd Richard The .iiii. duke Rycharde the .ii surnamed y e good a son of Rychard the fyrst .iiii. duke The fyft duke Rychard y e thyrd son of Richard .ii. and .v. duke Brethern The syxte duke Robertus the son of Rycharde ii and Brother of Rycharde .iii. vi duke Brethern Wyllyam the sonne of Robert the .vii. duke and noble conquerour ANd thus here an ende of the .vi. part of thys worke for so myche as the lande was here conquered and put vnder the rule of an other nacyon wherfore as before I haue vsed and done to gyue thankes vnto that moste blessyd vyrgyn our lady saynt Mary as furtherer and conductryce of thys worke so here agayn I salute and hayle her wyth the .vi. ioye of the fornamed vii ioyes thus begynnynge Gaude virgo mater Christi tu quae sola c. All hayle and be gladde moste noble and moder dere Of Iesu Chryste vyrgyne moste pure and clene Deseruynge onely by grace and lyuynge moste clere To be of that dygnyte thou celestyall quene To perce the heuens that beeth so serene And nexte to the trone of the hygh Trynyte Thou arte admytted for to holde thy see THys .vi. parte to be accompted from the fyrste yere of Iue vnto the laste daye of the reygne of Harolde or begynnynge of wyllyam Conqueroure includeth of yeres .iii. hundred and .lxxx. yeres and one ANd so thys lande was conquered after the fyrst commynge of Brute to folowe thaccoÌ„pte of thys worke by the force of thys duke wyllyam hys Normans ii thousande .ii. hundred and two yeres ¶ Thus endeth the syxt parte THE VII PARTE NOw shaketh my haÌ„de my pen waxeth dulle Forweried tyred seyng this worke so loÌ„g The authours so rawe so farre to culle Dymme derke straunge to vnderstond And farre out of tune to make trew songe The storyes and yeres to make accordaunte That yt to the reder myght shew trewe and plesaunt But vnder correccyon all thynge may be borne And so I remytte yt to suche as ben experte Prayenge to theym as I haue done beforne To fauour and correcte so that vnder couerte Of theyr proteccyon this may shewe a parte Holsome and playne fruytefull and profytable And to the reders and herers ioyous and delectable For were not that I dueste not farther wade The streme is so depe and therto so daungerous But one thynge there is that somwhat doth me glade The great daunger and storyes doughtous Ben ouer passed so that more bounteous The authours ben and more manyfestly The storyes folowynge they done certyfye wherfore as before to you I dyd promyse Thys .vii. parte nowe I wolde take in hande Besechynge alwayes in moste humble wyse The welle of bountye that flowre moste adorande By whose humylyte man fyrste comforte fande And was redemed from hys captyuyte This parte to fynyshe she wyll myne helper be And brynge to ende thys worke that I haue take On hande to wryte onely of entent To brynge to lyght and for yt shulde not shake The olde honoure that to Englande was ment Of famous wryters whyche haue theyr duytes sent Unto theyr folowers all vyces to subdue Honoure to maynteyne and to exalte vertue Here after folowyth the storye of duke wyllyam Conqueroure THE CCXIX. CHAPITER WIllyaÌ„ duke of Normandye surnamed Conquerour baste sonne of Robert y e vi duke of that said dukedome and
neuew vnto Edward the confessour as before is shewed beganne hys domynyon ouer thys realme of Englande the .xv. daye of October in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon a thousand .lxvii and y e ix yere of the fyrste Phylyppe then kyng of Fraunce and was crowned kynge of the same vppon Crystmas daye nexte folowynge of Aldredus archbyshoppe of yorke for so myche as at that tyme Stigandus archbysshoppe of Caunterbury was then absent or durste not come in the pÌ„sence of the kynge to whome he ought no great fauour as in the sequele shall appere when wyllyam had sette in quyet a great parte of thys lande he betoke the gydyng therof to his brother the byshop of Bayon and in lent folowynge sayled into Normandye and led wyth hym the chefe rulers of England for doute of sturryng in tyme of his absence Amonge the whyche the two erles Marcarê° and Edwyne rulers of Northumberlande Mercia were two wyth also Stigandus and Edgare Ethelynge To the why the Stigandus wyllyam shewed great reuerence and couÌ„tenaunce of fauoure But all proued to great dissymulacyon after as was shewed by the depryuynge of the sayd Stigandus and prysonment of hym in wynchester towne by a longe terme and season In the next wynter whan wyllyam had sped hys besynesse in Normandy he retourned into England wyth greate pompe and sette a greuous trybute vpon the Englyshmen By reason wherof some partyes of the lande rebelled agayne hym and specyally the cytye of Excetour the whyche defended hym for a certayne of tyme. But lastly by force he wanne the sayde cytye and punysshed the cytesyns greuously For thys and other sterne dedes of wyllyam Marcharus erle of Northumberlande wyth Edgare Athelynge and dyuers other as hys moder and two systers Margarete and Crystyan sayled into Scotlande But another cronycle telleth y t Edgare entendynge wyth Agatha hys moder and hys two systers to haue sayled into Almayne where he was borne was by tempest of the see dryuen into Scotlande where of Malcolyne than kynge of Scottes they were ioyously receyued And in processe of tyme the sayde Malcolyne caste suche loue vnto the sayd Margaret that he toke her to wyfe as before is touched in the fyrste chapyter of the story of Canutê° Of the which Margaret the sayde Malcolyne receyued .ii. doughters and .vi. sonnes wherof thre named Edgare AlexauÌ„der Dauyd were kynges of Scotlande nexte folowynge theyr fader And Molde one of y e foresayd doughters was after maryed vnto the fyrst Henry kynge of Englande And the other doughter Mary was maryed to Eustace erle of Bolongii Of Molde the fyrste doughter Henry receyued .ii. sonnes named wyllyam and Rychard the whych bothe dyed before theyr fader as after in y e story of the sayd Henry shall appere And he receyued also two doughters named Molde and Mary whych Molde or Mawde was maryed to y e fyfte Henry emperour of Almayne After whose deth she was agayne maryed to Godfrey of Geoffrey PlaÌ„tagenet erle of Aungeowe Of whom descended Henry surnamed shorte mantell and kynge of Englande called Henry the seconde And the other doughter Mary was maryed vnto the erle of Blaynes of whoÌ„ descended Molde or Mawde that was wyfe vnto kynge Stephen Than it foloweth that thys wyllyam after thys foresayd trybute so leuyed of the Englysshemen and knowynge of the depertynge of the lordes foresayde kepte the other the streyter But it was not longe after that Marcharus was reconsyled to the kynges grace and fayled agayn as folowynge shall be shewed For thys and other causes whyche were tedyous to shewe wyllyam exalted the Normans and gaue vnto them the chyefe possessyons of the lande so that they dayly encreased in great honour and welth and the Englysh men as faste decayed Kynge wyllyaÌ„ also made .iiii. stronge castels where of two be sette at yorke the thyrde at Lyndetyngham or Notynghm and manned them wyth Normans and the .iiii. at Lyncolne About the thyrde yere of his reygne Harolde Canutus sonnes of Swanus kynge of Denmarke came on lande in the North of Humber wyth a stronge nauy and in all haste drew them towarde yorke Than the Normans whyche hadde the rule of the towne and castelles feryng that the Englysshemen wolde ayde the Danys and wyth the houses of the suburbes of the towne haue fylled the towne dyches sette the suburbes on fyre wherof y e flame was so bygge and wyth the wynde so stronge that it toke into the cytye brent a parte therof wyth the mynster of saynt Peter In tyme wherof the Danys by fauour of some of the citesyns entred the cytye and slewe more than thre thousande of the Normans But it was not longe or kynge wyllyam chased the Danys to theyr shyppes and toke so greate dyspleasure wyth the inhabytauntes of that prouynce that he destroyed the land lyenge bytwene yorke and Durham in suche wyse that .ix. yeres after or there about the lande laye vnlabored vntylled onely out taken saynt IohnÌ„s lande of Beuerley the which was for borne by reason of a wreche done by dyuyne power vpon one of kynge wyllyams knyghtes The whych as he was besyed in wastyng and spoylynge of the sayde countre fyll sodeynly wyth hys horse so that hys horse brake hys necke and the knyghtes face was turned to his backe And of the famyne that the people of that countre susteyned wonders are reported that they shuld eate all maner of vermyn as cattes rattes dogges other so harde they were kepte by the warre of the kyng And in that yere also Molde or Mawde the wyfe of kynge wyllyaÌ„ was crowned quene of England of Aldredus archebysshop of yorke In the .iiii. yere of the reygne of thys kynge the Scottes with Malcolyne theyr kynge entred Northumberlande and wasted and destroyed sore that countre and slewe there in myche people and many they toke prysoners helde theÌ„ as bonde men But in the .vi. yere of hys kyngdome wyllyam made such warre vppon the Scottes that he lastely forced the sayde Malcolyne to swere to hym bothe homage and feauty as it is wytnessed of wyllyam of Malmesbery and other wryters THE CCXX CHAPITER Kynge willyam by counsayle of the erle of Hortford and other caused the abbeyes of Englande to be serched And what money in them at that season was founde he caused it to be brought to hys treasour For the whyche dede after the exposycyoÌ„ of some authours the sayd erle was punysshed as after shall be shewed Soone vpon thys in the tyme by twene Easter and wytsontyde was holden a solempne counsayle at wynchester of the clergy of Englande At the whyche counsayle were presente two cardynalles sent from y e second Alexaunder than pope In thys couÌ„sayle Stygandus archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury was depryued from his dygnytye and that for thre skylles The fyrste was for that he had holden wrongfully that bysshopryche whyle Robert the archebysshop was lyuynge The seconde cause was for that he hadde receyued the Paule
subtyle meanes to be agreable vnto theyr vntrouth whyche erle had to name walref But at length when thys erle walref hadde knowen the fyne of theyr entent he went vnto Lamfranke and shewed to hym the hole mater By whose counsayll he shortely after sayled vnto the kyng then beynge in Normandye and dysclosed the mater to hym and putte hym holy in hys grace and mercye when the kynge had harde of these tydynges he made good semblaunt vnto this erle walref and sped hym the faster into Englande But howe so yt was the forenamed two erles were warned of dysclosynge of this mater in such wyse y t they gaderyd to theym suche strength that y e kyng coude not haue them at his pleasure but as he was fayne by stronge haÌ„de to chase and outlawe theym And for he fayled of his purpose of them he emprysoned erle walref at wynchester and lastely caused hym to be hedded more of tyranny then of iustyce as affermeth myne authoure whose corps was buryed at the abbay of Crowlande In the .xi. yere was holden a great counsayll or synode of the clergye of the lande in saynt Paules chyrche of London where amoÌ„ges many thynges ordeyned for the rule of y e chyrch of England dyuers byshoppes sees were transported from one place to another as Selwey to Chychester KyrtonÌ„ to Exeter welles to Bathe Shyrbourne to Salysbury Dorchester to Lyncolne and the see of Lychefelde to Chester whyche thynges thus ordered wyth many other for the chyrche the sayde counsayll was dyssolued In the .xiii. yere of hys reygne after the deth of Herman byshoppe of Salysbury succeded OsmuÌ„de y e kynges chaunceller The whyche buylded there a new chyrch and brought thyther clerkes that were garnyshed wyth vertue and connynge And he hym self wrote bounde bokes that were occupyed in the dyuyne seruyce of the chyrche as the ordynall or consuetudynary the whyche at this daye is occupyed in the more partye of Englande wyth walys and Irlande and is nowe named Salysbury vse or the ordynary after Salysbury vse In the .xv. yere of his reygne Robert the eldest sonne of kynge wyllyam the whyche was surnamed Curthose or Shorthose and shorte bote also for he myght not haue the duchy of Normandy whych his father hadde somtyme assygned and gyuen vnto hym and after for hys wyldenesse hadde agayne resumed yt he wyth fauoure and ayde of y e French kynge Phylyppe and of Lewys hys sonne toke prays in that duchy and put hys father to myche trouble in so myche that at length the father the sonne met in playne felde with .ii. great hostes and eyther wyth other faught a cruell batayll It is radde that durynge thys batayll wyllyam was throweÌ„ from his horse and in great ieopardy of hys lyfe wherof hys sonne Robert beyng ware was so moued wyth pytye y t he rescowed his father and delyuered hym free from all daunger of his enymyes But howe so yt betyde of the kynge trouth yt is that many of his men were slayn his second son wyllyam the rede sore hurte so that in the ende kynge wylliam was fayn to refuse the felde and gatte at that tyme none aduauntage of his sayde sonne For the whiche dede and rebellyon thus made by the sonne y e fader accursed hym after the opynyon of some wryters whyle kyng wyllyam was thus occupyed in Normandy the Northumbers waxte sterne rebell and slewe in theyr rage walkerus the bishop of Durham but for what cause myne authour expressyth not Aboute thys tyme warynge erle of Shrewesbury made two abbayes in the worshyp of god and saynte Mylborgh wherof one was set in the suburbes of Shrewesbury and y e other at wenioke In the .xvii. yere of kyng wyllyam a cursed stryfe was arered betwene Thurstone abbot of Glastenbury a Norman and his munkes wherof a part of the cause was that the abbot despysed wold haue set a part such songe and offices as by pope Gregory and Augustyn his dyscyple of old tyme to them was assygned wolde haue compelled them to haue folowed the vse of one wyllyaÌ„ of FescampÌ„ And ouer that this Thurstone wasted and speÌ„ded the goodes of y e place inordynatly in lechery and by other insolent meanes and wythdrew froÌ„ the munkes theyr olde accustomed dyet For the whyche causes fyrst beganne great wordes wyth chydyng and after strokes and fyghtes so y t the abbot gat vnto hym armed men and fyll vppon hys munkes slewe two of them at y e hygh alter and wouÌ„ded of theym .xviii. And the munkes wyth fourmes and candelstyckes defended theym in suche wyse that they hurte many of the armed men Then the complaynte was brought before the kyng by whose iudgemeÌ„t Thurstone was agayne returned vnto Cadony froÌ„ wheÌ„s he was brought and the muÌ„kes were spredde abrode into dyuers houses thorough Englande But yt is sayde that in the tyme of wyllyaÌ„ the Rede this ThurstonÌ„ obteyned the rule of that abbay agayne for the pryce of .v. hundred pounde In the .xix. yere of his reygne kyng willyam then raysed a new maner of trybute For he caused to be gadered thorough England of euery hyde of lande .vi. sÌ„ An hyde of lande conteyneth .v. yerdes and euery yerde conteyneth foure acres And so an hyde of lande conteyneth .xx. acres an acre conteyneth .xl. perches in length and .iiii. in brede .iiii. acres make a yerde and .v. yerdes make an hyde and .viii. hydes make a knightes fee. By the whyche reason a knyghtes fee shuld welde a hundred .lx. acres and that is demed for a plough tyll a yere And not longe after he caused to be serchyd howe myche lande eche of hys barons helde how many knyghtes fees how many townes what nombre of men and of bestes were wyth in this lande wherof he commaunded a boke to be made whyche all was done For the whyche dede this lande was after greued wyth many sondry plages as after shall appere In the .xx. yere of the reygne of kynge wyllyam Canutus kynge of Denmarke wyth helpe of the Flemmynges to whome he was called wyth a great armye came towarde Englande But by the prouysyon of the kynge they were so fered that they were let of theyr iourney Then kyng wyllyam gaue vnto .iii. of his champyons .iii. byshopryches To Moryce he gaue London to willyam he gaue Thetforde and to Robert he gaue Chester whych Robert was after remoued to Couentre Of this Robert reporteth Ranulfe that he scraped froÌ„ one beme of his chirch in Couentre .v. huÌ„dred marke to fyll wyth y e hande of kyng wyllyam For erle Leofricus y t was duke of Mercia in the tyme of Edwarde the coÌ„fâ—ssour had adourned that chyrch with great ryches of golde syluer other precyous iewelles In thys yere Edgare Ethelynge whych was reconcyled vnto the kynges fauoure by lycence of the kynge sayled into Apulia Then beganne the forsayde plages to sprynge For greate morayne fell vppon the brute bestes and brennyng
slew many of his men and gat the fauour of the walshmen by gyftes and plesauÌ„t wordes and also compelled the sayd Robert to forsake EnglaÌ„d The whyche then sayled into a corner of NormaÌ„dye kept him there secretely tyll such tyme as to hym was thyther comen willyaÌ„ erle of Cornewall which wyllyam was also erle of Nortom in Normandye when these two erles were assocyat they gaderyd to them a great strength of Normans dyd great harme wythin the prouynce wherfore the kynge sayled thyther made sharpe warre vppon them In the whych he loste many of his men But in y e ende he put froÌ„ them theyr strength and toke theym both prysoners and so helde them y e terme of theyr lyues And that done he sette that couÌ„trey in good reste and peace and after retourned into Englande After whyche returne kynge Henry made sharpe lawes agayne theues and other that vsed vnleful meanes In whyche lawes was conteyned losynge of lyfe of eyes of stones and other members of man as the gylte requyred And soone after Anselme archbysshoppe of Caunterbury assembled a great couÌ„sayll at London of the clergy of England By authoryte of the which couÌ„sayll dyuers abbotes and other were put from theyr dygnytie for that they had taken before tyme theyr abbayes by vnlefull meanes And amoÌ„ges all other decrees one was y e prestes shulde forgo theyr wyues Then strife fell betwen y e kyng Anselme for that that he wold not sacre the prestes that hadde taken inuestyture of lewde mennys handes whyche before was forboden vppon payne of cursynge But Gyralde archebyshoppe of yorke for the pleasure of the kynge sacred suche bysshoppes wherfore Anselme beynge dyscoÌ„tent departed y e land and yode to Rome to shewe thys wyth other thynges to the pope whyche at that daye by moste accorde of wryters shulde be Pascall the seconde In the .vi. of the kynge the countrey of FlauÌ„dres was sore blemyshed and hurte by meane of the see so that the Flemynges yode aboute to haue socoure of dwellynge and requyred of the kyng to haue lycence that they might inhabyt them in the eest parte of the ryuer of Twede the whych to them was graunted But after a certayn of yeres they were remoued ito westwalys where they remayned a longe whyle but after they sprad all Englande ouer In the .vii. yere of thys kynge vppon a frydaye at nyghte in the fyrste weke of clene lent was sene an vncouth starre betwene y e south and the weste the whyche nyghtely appered at one howre and coÌ„tynued so by the space of .xxv. days And fore agaynst that oute of the eest parte appered a great leuyn or beme of bryghtnes whyche stretched towarde the sayde starre And vppon shere thursdaye nexte ensuynge were sene two monys that one in the eest and that other in the weste And in thys yere Anselme by the kynges agrement returned agayne from Rome and shortely after called a conuocacyon at London In the whyche by the popes authoryte yt was newely conformed and enacted that no temporall man after that daye shuld make inuesture with crosse or wyth rynge In the .viii. yere of the reygne of kynge Henry the fourth Henry emperour of Almayne the whyche had maryed Molde the eldeste doughter of kynge Henry when she was of the age of .v. yeres prysoned pope Pascall and dyuerse of the cardynallys This Henry also warred agayne his father Henry the .iii and lastely caste hym in stronge pryson For the whyche dede as assermeth Ranulphe he wylfully when he had ruled the empyre .xx. yere resygned hys dygnyte into the handes of Calixtus y e secoÌ„de of that name then pope after came secretely into England vnto Chester vnwyttynge hys wyfe or any of hys frendes where he lyued longe after a strayte lyfe and was buryed there at laste But to this sayeng dysagreeth the wryters of the storyes of emperours For of them yt is wytnessed that this Henry the emperour after he had ruled the empyre as before is sayd .xx. wynter he dyed at a place in Almayn called Spyre and there was buryed wyth this scrypture vppon his toumbe Filius hic pater hic auus hic preauus iacet hic whyche is to meane in our vulgare tunge as foloweth The son here lyeth with also y e fader The belsyre for y e great grauÌ„fader when Henry the emperour was thus dede as after yt shal be shewed when conuenyency of tyme requyreth what became of his wife it shall there be declared In the .ix. yere of y e reygne of kyng Henry the archebyshoppe Anselme professed Gerarde archbyshoppe of yorke to the yoke of hys obedyence as he was before taught by the lore of Lamfranke his predecessour And the .x. daye of Auguste folowynge he sacred .v. byshoppes at one tyme as of wynchester of Salysbury of Exeter of Herforde and of Glamurgan And kynge Henry ordeyned a byshoppes see at Ely and ordeyned there Henry that hadde ben bishoppe of Bangor and besette Cambrydgeâ—shyre to the see of Ely And to the bisshoppes see of Lyncolne he gaue his owne towne of Spaldynge for he hadde mynyshed that see by the preferment of Ely In the .x. yere dyed Anselme archbyshop of Caunterbury After whose deth that see was voyde .v. yeres the goodes of the chyrch spent to the kynges vse And wheÌ„ he was prayed to helpe y e chyrch that was wythout an hedde and a pastor he vsed to answere that his fader and also his brother had accustomed to set there the beste proued men y t they might fynd And to the entente that he myght do the same he toke the more tyme laysure wyth suche mylde answeres he so put of the tyme that be fylled hys cofers wyth the great sommes of y e benefyce And who that is desyrous to knowe of the great vertue of thys byshoppe Anselme lette hym rede in the .xiiii. chapyter of the .vii. boke of Polycronycon there he shall fynde a parte therof About this tyme as wytnesseth the frenche cronycle a coÌ„trauersy began betwene the kyng and Lewys kyng of Fraunce son to Phylyp the fyrste This Lewys was surnamed Lewis the great other for hys bygnesse of person or ellys for greatnesse of hys dedes This Lewys sent vnto kyng Henry beynge in Normandy gaue vnto hym monycyon of homage for the duchy of Normandy also that he shulde restore vnto hym or bete down to the grouÌ„de the castell of Gysours also to recompence and restore for hurtes and harmes that his Normans hadde done in those partes But all this of kyng Henry was denyed and shortely after skyrmysshes and cocke fyghtes beganne betwene the sayde two prynces kynge Henry lyenge at the sayde castell of Gysours and Lewys at a place called mounte Calue But thys encreased in suche wyse that after eyther prynce soughte more rome places whose knyghtes sundry tymes met But of any notable batayll I fynde no remembraunce all be yt that the
what maner of tytle or successyon In the .xxxii. yere of the kyng dyed Robert Curthose the kynges broder the whyche he hadde kept as prysoner in the castell of Cardyfe from the iiii yere of his reygn or there about whose corps as before is shewed was buryed at Glouceter before the hyghe alter And aboute this tyme was founded the pryorye of Norton in the prouynce of Chester by one wyllyam the sonne of Nychelle And the abbay of Combremer in the same prouynce was also founded aboute the same tyme. In the .xxxv. yere of kynge Henry was borne of Molde the empresse Henry shorte mantell or Henry the seconde The whyche as after shall be shewed was consentynge to the martyrdome of saynt Thomas of Caunterburye Kynge Henry beyng in Normandy after some writers fell from or wyth hys horse whereof he cought hys deth But Ranulphe sayth he toke a surfet by etynge of a lamprey ther of dyet when he hadde reygned full xxxv yeres and odde monethes Then y e kynges bowellys were drawen out of hys body and then salted wyth myche salte And for to auoyde the stenche whych hadde infected many men the body was lastely closed in a bulles skynne and yet yt was not all stynted He that clensed the hed dyed of the stenche of the brayn Then lastely the body was brought into England buryed in the abbay of Redynge that he had before founded Then y e fame of hym was blowen abrode as yt is blowen of other prynces and sayde y t he passed other men in .iii. thynges In wytte in eloquence and fortune of batayll And other sayde he was ouercomen wyth iii. vyces wyth couetyse wyth cruelty and wyth luste of lechery One other made these verys of hym as folowen Kynge Henry is dede bewte of the world for whom great dole Goddes now maken for theyr kynde brother For he is sole Mercurius in speche Marce in batayll harte stronge Appollo Iupiter in hest egall with Saturne and enymye to Cupido Kyng he was of right man of most myght and glorious in raynyng And when he left his crowne theÌ„ fell honour downe for mysse of suche a kynge Normandy than gan lowre for losse of theyr floure sange wel away Englande made mone Scotlande dyd grone for to se that daye Francia THE CCXXX CHAPITER LEwys the sonne of the fyrste Phylyp beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .vii. to reken his begynnynge from the deth of his father and the .vi. yere of the fyrste Henry then kyng of England This Lewys as before is touched was admytted to the rule of the land certayn yeres or hys father dyed and was surnamed Lewes the great for grossenesse of his body Anon as this Lewys had fynyshed the obsequy of the funerallys of hys father he wythoute taryenge called a counsayll of hys lordes spyrytuall and temporall at the cytye of Orleaunce where of the byshoppe of the same see wyth other adioynynge he was solemnly anoynted crowned But not wythout grudge of the archbyshoppe of Raynes for so mych as of custome the Frenche kynges vsed there to be crowned Soone after the coronacyon of Lewys Guy le Rous and Guy de Cressy his sonne whych before tyme hadde ben at debate and warre with Lewys and Lewys had from them taken y e castel of Gurnaye this Guy le Rous wyth hys sonne seynge they might not preuayle agayn the kyng awayted theyr tyme and season and espyed when Endo hys owne broder and erle of Corbueyll went forth on huntynge and toke hym as a prysoner kept hym in the castell of Bawdum whereof the cause was for so myche as the sayde Endo wolde not assyste nor ayde y e sayd Guyle Rous his brother agayne the kynge when thys was knowen anon the frendes and tenauntes of the sayde erle shewyd this mater vnto the kynge besechynge hym that he wolde ayde and assyste theym to recouer theyr naturall lorde wherunto the kynge granÌ„ted and forth wyth sent a knyght or captayn of his named Auncelyne accompanyed with .xl. horsmen before for so myche as yt was shewyd vnto the kyng y t such as had y e rule of the castell wolde receyue suche persones as were sent from hym and delyuer the castell wyth the prysoner vnto them Uppon whyche appoyntemeÌ„t thys Ancelyne as before is sayd was sent to entre this castell But all contrary to the former ê“mise made this Auncelyne was betrayed and taken and many of his men slayne hym selfe set in prison where the sayd erle of Corbuayll was wherof when the kynge was enfourmed he was passynge greuously dyscontent wherfore in all haste he sped him thyther compassed y e castell wyth a stronge syege and those that were wythin defended them manfully In the tyme of the whyche syege nother Guy the fader nor Guy hys sonne were with in the sayde castell of Baudum But Guy y e son as a lusty and iuperdous knyght put hym self in aduenture dyuers wayes and tymes to haue entred the sayde castell for comfort of his men but all was in vayn Fynally the kynge made so sore and cruell assautes that he wan the fyrst warde wyth great dyffycultye and after the hole and delyueryd the erle and Auncelyn his stewarde y e which were in great doute of theyr lyues And such as he toke prysoners of the soldyours some he put to deth and some he prisoned to theyr lyues ende to the terrour and fere of other In processe of tyme after at a place called the Roche of Guy whych one Guy of olde tyme had buylded dwel lyd at this daye one of that stocke named also Guy the whyche hadde to wyfe a fayre and good woman the doughter of one wyllyaÌ„ a Norman whyche wyllyam entendynge to dysheryte the sayde Guy and to be lord of that stronge place vppon a tyme when the sayde Guy was in y e chyrch or chapell to here his dyuyne seruyce entred the chyrche wyth a certayn of harnessed knightes vnder theyr man tellys and fell vppon hym and all to hewe hym wherof herynge the wyfe ranne as a madde woman and fell vppon her husbande to the enteÌ„t to saue hym from the strokes But the tyrauntes were so cruell y t they forbare nothynge of theyr cruel tye but wounded her wyth her husbande so that both were slayne and that done entred the castell and slew all suche as they found therin when this willyam fader to y e wife of Guy or broder to her as affermeth maister Robert Gagwyne was possessed of y e castell of Guyon he thought therby to rule all the countrey enuyron But the gentylles and commons he rynge of thys shamefull murder assembled theÌ„ to gither of one mynde whyle some of them yode to the kyng to enfurme hym of that cruell dede the other prepared abyllementes of warre and layde syege to the sayde castell The kynge Lewys herynge of this shamfull dede and the wynnynge of so stronge
an holde ferynge the rescue of Englishmen and Normans leste that castell by that meane myghte fall in theyr handes sent his commyssyon vnto the rulers of that countrey chargynge theym wyth all dylygence to assaute that place And yf they myght wynne yt to put the executours of that murder vnto moste shamefull deth whyche commaundement receyued from the kynge stronge assaute cruell was made manfully yt was defended But the losse ran to theym of the castell so that in processe of tyme when this willyam conceyued well that he myght not contynue the defence therof he began to treate agreed that yf he myghte haue free yssue for hym and hys assuraunce that he wyth his knyghtes myght go quyetly vnto a place that he wold chose he wold then delyuer the castell wyth all that was therin The whyche requeste of dyuerse of the hedde captaynes was graunted and sworne But so soone as the castell was delyuered and the Frenchemen entred the multytude not wythstandynge the former promyse and othe fell vppon the sayde wyllyam and his soudyours them put vnto deth by many cruell tormētes fynally caste all theyr careyns into the ryuer of Sayne vppon the brynke wherof the sayde roche and castell was standynge And shortely after this ensued the warre betwene this Lewys kynge Henry of Englande as yt is before shewyd in y e .x. yere of y e sayde Henry And after the warre ended betwene these two prynces Hugh Puyssake a man of great myght at those dayes in Fraunce rebelled agayne y e kyng and warred greuously vppon or agayn the countesse of Chartres and robbed and pylled the chyrches of y e countrey as well as other places so that the sayd coūtesse with her yonge sonne Thybaude were fayne to seke socoure of the kynge wherfore the kynge called a counsayll at hys citye of Meleyne where agayne the sayd Hugh many greuous complayntes were put But for so myche as y e sayd Hugh at that tyme was not present to make answere vnto such thynges as then was layde to his charge the kynge commaunded that the castell of Terry or of Thoree in all haste shulde be manned vytayled to the ende that by the comforte strength of that castell the kynge yf nede requyred myght lay syege to the castell of Puyssake for so mych as that one was nere adioynynge vnto y e other In whych passe tyme the sayd Hugh was somoned to appere before the kynge and his counsayll but he refused to appere when the kynge was enfourmed of the garnyshyng of y e castell of Thorre and of the disobedyence of Hugh he assembled a stronge hoste and cōpassed the castell of Puyssake with a syege and set Thybaude son of the countesse vppon that syde that stode towarde the prouynce of Chartres so that stronge assautes and cruell warre was made on euery parte what shulde I make longe processe to tell of the ferefull shot of the gonnys vppon bothe partyes or of the sharpe shot of Arowes the castynge of stonys or scalynge of the wallys or fyllynge of the dyches the fyryng of the gates or yet the mortall and cruell fyght on bothe partes nor of y e manyfold dede bodyes maymed by reason of y e sayd assautes or yet y e manasses or mockes or great bosus or crakes vsed of the souldyours durynge this syege But fynally after the kynge hadde lyen before the sayd castell a certayne of tyme he wanne yt by pure force and toke the sayde Hughe wyth hys accessaryes The whyche he commaunded to be kepte as prysoners in the castell of Thorre for a season Then the kynge caste downe the sayde castell of Puyssake to the grounde excepte a lytle towre made of tymber the whyche he reseruyd for a lodgynge And that done some of the forsayd prysoners he put to deth and some he dysherityd after the grefe of theyr offence And so this foresayd countesse of Charters with her sonne Thybaude was in quyete of theyr countrey and castell of Puyssake belongynge to the sayde erledome But howe yt was in processe of tyme folowynge thys Thybaude entended to haue reedyfyed there a newe castell wherby as the kinge was enformed he wold haue encroched thynges appertaynynge to the crowne of Fraunce wherfore the kynge wythstode yt For this a grudge fell betwene the kynge and erle Thybaude so that in processe dedely warre was made betwen thē The whyche contynued in such wise to theyr both damages that fynally the warre was agayne reuyued betwene kynge Lewys and kynge Henry as in the .xvii. yere of the reygne of the sayde Henry is declared by meane of thys warre betwene the kynge and this erle Thybaude wherof the cyrcumstaunce wold axe a longe leysure to reherse as yt is shewyd in the frenche storye But fynally this erle Thybaude loste none honour all be yt that the frenche cronycle wonderfully fauoreth y e party of the Frenche kynge that the reader maye well apperceyue Quis pin xit leonem THE CCXXXI CHAPITER THis Lewys also hadde great warre wyth Henry the fourth of that name emperour the whyche maryed Molde the doughter of Henry the fyrste kynge of England as before is shewed whefore the occasyon was as sayth the Frenche cronycle for so myche as the sayd Henry the emperour hadde before tyme ben accursed of Gelasius the seconde of that name then pope at Raynes a citye in Fraunce For the whych cause as there is surmytted the sayde emperoure assembled an huge hoste of Almaynes and Italyens and entred the lande of Fraunce and dyd therin myche harme But in the ende when he knew of the great prouisyon y e Lewis made to mete him of his great power he then as affermeth y e frēch cronycle wythdrewe hym and so auoyded the lande of Fraūce wythout stroke strykyng But of this speketh nothyng the authour that wrote the story of this Henry the emperour After this the erle of Flaundres named Charlys the systers sonne of kynge Lewys nexte duke after Baldewyn whych dyed as before is sayd in the thyrde chapyter of the story of kyng Henry of a woūde in his face this foresayd Charlys was sore hated of the prouoste of Brudgys The whyche to bryng his malyce to some effecte counsayled wyth hys adherentes how he myght slee the sayde Charlys By whose coūsayle a meane was founde to brynge the erle to Brudgys a towne of Flaundres for the we le of the sayde towne After whose commynge vppon a daye he beynge in a chyrche and herynge his dyuyne seruyce was slayne of y e sayd prouoste and his complycys wherof herynge kynge Lewys anon wyth a great army entred Flaundres and besyeged the town of Brudges and lastely toke the sayde prouoste The whyche fyrst was bounden to a post then his eyen wyth a reede stryken out of hys hed And then shot wyth arowes lastely set vppon a whele where he remayned tyl he dyed And a felowe of hys named Bartopus y e
towne toke ê‘tye wyth the duke brake out vppon the nyght and fyred the town and brent a great parte therof In this while dyed and was drowned Eustace the sonne of kynge Stephan and was buried at Feuersham in Kent in the abbay that his father before had buylded Thybaude archbyshop of Caunterbury left not to labour conclude y e peace betwene y e kyng the duke endeuored hym selfe therin so dylygently wyth the assystence of other that in the yere folowynge the peace was coÌ„cluded vppon dyurese condycyons wherof one was that y e kyng shulde contynue as kynge durynge his lyfe and immedyatly after y e conclusion of this peace the sayd Henry shuld be proclaymed in all the chefe cytyes and townes of Englande for heyr apparant be kynge after the deth of the sayde Stephan and that the kynge shulde take hym for hys son of adopcyon and ryghtefull heyr vnto the crowne To the whyche couenauÌ„tes iustly to be holden y e kyng was fyrste sworne and after his lordes spyrytuall and temporall and so yode bothe to London where they were royally receyued And when y e kyng had fested the duke and gyuen to hym ryche gyftes he toke leue of the kynge and so returned into Normandye as affyrmeth the sayde authour the Floure of historyes Howe be yt the cronycle of England sayth that the accorde was made vpon dyuysyon of the lande betwene theym that is to meane that both shuld reygne to gyther and eyther of them to enioye halfe the lande But how that dyuysyon was made or whych parte of the lande eueryche of them shulde hold no meÌ„cion therof is made And the former accorde shuld be as abue is sayde concluded .viii. days folowynge the Epyphanye of our lorde in the towne of Oxenford And y e kyng dyed in the moneth of October folowyng when he had reygned .xviii. yeres full and odde monethes and was enterred in theforsayde abbay of Feuyrsham Of dyuers authours as Ranulfe and other yt is recorded that thys Stephan lyued in great vexacyon and trouble all the terme of hys reygne It is sayde also that thys Stephan maryed Molde or Mawde the doughter of Mary the whyche was the doughter of Henry the fyrst and countesse of Boloyne by whome he claymed the tytle to be crowned as by the yonger doughter of Henry the fyrst and Henry shorte mantell claymed by the elder But after most certenty of wryters this Stephan was sonne of Eustace erle of Boloyne and of Mary syster vnto Molde that was maryed vnto Henry the fyrste whych Molde and Mary were doughters of Margarete wife of Malcolyn kyng of Scottes whyche Margaret was syster to Edgare Ethelynge and doughter of Edwarde the outlawe that was the sonne of Edmunde Ironsyde Then the eldest syster Molde bare Molde the empresse by Henry the fyrste And Molde y e empresse doughter of Henry the fyrst hadde by her second husbande Geffrey Plantagenet Henry the seconde And so by Henry shorte mantell or Henry the seconde returneth the bloode of the Saxons to the crowne of Englande and so it dyd by Stephan but moste conuenyently by Henry the fyrst as by the dyssent of his mother By whych reason yt foloweth that the blood of willyam conquerour continued but .lxx. yeres yf it be accompted from y e fyrst yere of wyllyam Conquerour vnto the laste yere of Henry the fyrste Thys kynge Stephan at the request of Molde hys wyfe buylded in the yere of grace .xi. hundred .xl y e abbey of Coggeshale in Essex and set therin whyte muÌ„kes Also about the same tyme he founded the abbay of Feuersham in Kent where he nowe corporally resteth And the thyrde he founded in Furneys in Lancashyre and all he garnyshed wyth munkys of Cysteaux order dyed as before is sayde wythout yssue of his body Francia THE CCXXXIIII CHAPITER LEwys the .viii. of that name son of Lewys y e great began his reygn ouer the Frenche men in y e yere of our lord .xi. hundred .xxxvi y e fyrst yere of Stephan then kyng of Englande This also is called the yonger Lewys in whose begynnynge Iohannes de teÌ„poribus dyed Thys IohnÌ„ was somtyme a squyer in the house of Charlys the conquerour the whyche lyued ouer .iii. hundred yeres for whyche cause he was named IohnÌ„ of tyme as he y t myght remeÌ„ber thinges done of longe tyme passed This Lewys at y e tyme of his fathers deth was in the countrey of Guyan for to receyue the dower of his wyfe Elyanour as before in the storye and seconde chapyter of kyng Stephan is touched But when he harde of y e deth of his father he sped hym into FrauÌ„ce where after the necessaryes for the weale of his realme ordeyned he maryed his wyues syster named Alys vnto Arnolde erle of Uermendoze After whyche maryage solempnysed tydynges were broughte vnto hym that the crysten people beynge in the holy lande as warryours vppon the Turkes and Sarasyns were dystressed and ouerthrowen and dyuerse stronge holdes from them taken and wonne wherfore by the exhortacyon of that holy muÌ„ke Bernarde whych at this day is called saynt Bernard y e sayd Lewys wyth also Conradus the .iii. of that name then emperour of Almayne wyth Alphon then kynge of Spayne wyth dyuerse other nobles of Fraunce other prouynces toke vpon them the crosse and prouyded for the expedycyon of that iourney in the .iiii. yere of hys reygne after some wryters But of the takyng of hys iourney dyuers writers holde diuers oppinyons so that the doute resteth betwene the yere of our lord .xi. hundred .xl and the yere of .xi. hundred and .l. when all thynges were redy for that iourney the kynge the quene wyth the floure of the chyualry of FrauÌ„ce set forthwarde vppon that iourney and came in processe of tyme vnto Constantyn the noble where he met wyth Conradus the emperour and Alphons kynge of Spayne whom the prynce Emanuell then emperour of Constantyne the noble receyued ioyusly and made to theym by his outwarde contenaunce louynge and frendely chere and promised vnto theym ayde in that iourney bothe of vitayll and also for guydes for the nexte and surest waye But he contrary to his promyse dyd dysapoynte theym and nothynge ayded theym For he delyueryd vnto theym meale myngeled wyth lyme wherof grewe myche harme to the crysten hoste after And also he assygned vnto them suche guydes as brought them into places and couÌ„treys of sterylyte and other daunger so that hastely the Frenche kyng wyth great dyffyculte and losse of his men came vnto the citye of Danas and becleped yt with a stronge syege the whych he assauted and enpayred very sore and was lykely to haue wonne yt yf he had assauted y e place styll where he began But by counsayll of some false crysten men the whyche as wytnesseth Peter Dysroye and other had taken mede of the Turkes the kynge by theyr counsayll remoued the ordynaunce from the weker place vnto y
The fyrste yere of hys reygne he subdued Irlande And soone after Thomas Beketh whyche after was byshoppe of Caunterbury was made chaunceller of Englonde This kynge caste downe dyuers castellys that before in tyme of kynge Stephan were buylded other for dyspleasure of the owners or ellys for the fere they shulde be strengthed agayne hym And also he banyshed many of the lordes and gentylmen that kynge Stephan hadde in hys fauoure Aboute the thyrde yere of hys reygne in the moneth of October were sene in the fyrmament two sunnys and in the mone was sene a redde crosse But of thys wonder sheweth the authoure of Cronica cronicaruÌ„ and sayth that aboute thys tyme in Italy in the moneth of Nouember appered thre sunnys by the space of thre owres in the weste and the yere folowynge appered thre monys whereof the myddle mone hadde a redde crosse ouerthwarte the face whyche there ys noted for a prodygy or a token of the scysme that after fell amonges the cardinallys for eleccyon of the pope AlexaÌ„der the thyrd whyche scysme by meane of the fyrste Frederyke then emperoure endured almoste .xx. yeres Also aboute this tyme Adryan the fourthe of that name was pope an Englysheman borne in the towne of saynte Albon of whome is more declared in the begynnynge of the .xxii. chapyter of the .vii. boke of Polycronycon Also in thys yere the kynge wente wyth a stronge armye into walys and after he hadde sette that countrey in an order and quyet he buyldyd a stronge castell at Rutlande and founded the abbaye of Basyngewerke In the .vi yere of hys reygne thys Henry maryed hys seconde son Henry vnto the kynges doughter of FrauÌ„ce that is to meane Lewys the viii whyche the sayde Lewys receyued of hys seconde wyfe named Constaunce the doughter of the kyng of Spayne as before ye haue harde in the seconde chapyter of y e story of the sayd Lewys This mayden was named Margaret By reason of whych maryage was appeased the warre that was begonne betwene Fraunce and Englande for the landes of Poyâ—owe and other the whyche kynge Henry helde by reason of hys wyfe In y e whych warre mych harme was done and more wolde haue ensued yf yt hadde not by thys meane haue ben agreed In the .vii. yere of his reygn Theobalde archbyshoppe of Caunterbury dyed and Thomas Beket chaunceller of Englande was archebysshoppe â–ª after hym of whome more shall folowe In the same yere kyng Henry with a stronge hoste yode to Scotlande and made so cruell warre vppon willyam kynge of that lande that lastely he was taken and dyd to the sayd Henry recompensacyon in yeldynge vnto hym the cytye of Carlell the castell of Bamburghe the newe castell vpon Tyne wyth dyuers other holdes and a great parte of Northumberlande the whyche he hadde wonne from the borderers And after fewtye and homage done by the sayde wyllyam vnto the kynge and a certayne summe of money by hym promysed wythin .ix. monethes folowynge the kynge suffred hym to go at large But an other authour sayth that the kynge of Scottys was not taken but strongely besyeged in a towne or castell so that fynally he was forced to agree to the foresayde couenauntes In the .viii. yere the cytye of CauÌ„terburye was fyred by neglygence a great part therof brente And in that season the archbyshoppe Thomas beganne to replye agayne y e kynges mynde for thynges that the kynge dyd exercyse agayn the liberties of the chyrche THE CCXXXVII CHAPITER IN the .ix. yere of hys reygne the kynge for dyuerse causes coÌ„cernyng y e nedes of his realme called a parliament at hys towne of Northampton Durynge whyche parlyament dyssencyon fell betwen the kynge and Thomas archbyshop of Caunterburye for dyuerse actes and ordinaunces that the kyng there procured to passe agayne the lybertyes of holy chyrch the whych Thomas gaynstode and denyed wherfore the kynge toke a great dyspleasure with Thomas in so myche that shortely after he was fayne to flee the lande and in processe of tyme spedde hym to Rome where he complayned hym to Alexaunder the .iii. of that name then pope and there contynued and in Fraunce and in other places in poore estate by terme of .vi. yeres and more when kynge Henry hadde certayne vnderstandynge that Thomas was thus departed out of hys lande he seased his maners and temporall landes into hys hande so that hys mouable goodes were spoyled and rauenyd amonge the kynges offycers In the .xiiii. yere of his reygne the kynge crowned Henry hys eldest sonne then lyuynge kynge of Englande at westmynster whyche was done to the derogacyon or harme of the archbyshoppe Thomas as yt is wytnessyd in hys legende and for that doynge Roger archbyshoppe of yorke whyche crowned hym was accursed But an other authour sayth that the kynge crowned Henry hys sonne to the ende he myght haue ful power and authoryte to rule thys lande and the people of the same whyle hys father was occupyed in Normandye and other countreys where hys landes laye In myche of thys season that thys blessyd man Thomas was thus banyshed the lande the kynge sente ouer byshoppes and proctours to complayne vppon hym to the pope for well nere all the bishoppes of Englande were agayne hym And yf any toke hys parte they durste not speke for the displeasure of theyr temporall lorde so that this blessed man defended the quarell of the chyrche alone In the .xvi. yere of y e reygne of kyng Henry Lewys the kynge of FrauÌ„ce agreed kynge Henry and the archbysshoppe the kynge then beynge in Normandye Uppon whyche agrement thys blessyd man came to hys owne chyrche of Caunterbury and there so restynge hym sente for such persones as had spoyled and taken perforce the goodes of the chyrche aduertysynge theym by fayre meanes to restore the sayde goodes and to be reconcyled to the chyrche as trewe crysten men shulde But when he sawe that he myght not reconcyle theym by fayre meanes he then vsed compulsaryes and denounced them accursed but if they restored the goodes of the chyrche by a certayne day wherewyth the partyes beynge agreued sayled ouer to the kynge into Normandye and shewyd vnto hym greuous complayntes and more greuouse then the cause or mater requyred For the whych the kynge which hadde not yet quenched the bronde of malyce in hys harte the whyche he bare agayne thys holy man gaue lyght credence vnto those complayntes and was sore ferueÌ„tly amoued agayne the holy man Thomas in so myche that vppon a daye herynge the complayntes of this blessyd mannes aduersaryes he sayd in oppeÌ„ audyence of hys knyghtes that yf he had any good knyghtes about hym he had ben adueÌ„ged of that traytour longe or that tyme. At the tyme of whyche wordes vtterynge was present syr wyllyam Bryton syr Hugh Moruyle syr wyllyam Tracy and syr Regnolde fytz Urle whych foure knyghtes thynkyng that they shuld to theyr mayster do a synguler pleasure yf they slewe thys blessyd man hastely takynge aduyse
solet The whythe versys to our vnderstandynge may thus as folowyth be englyshed and expowned The Rose of the worlde but not the clene floure Is here now grauen to whom bewtye was lent In thys graue full darke nowe ys her bowre That by her lyfe was swete and redolent But now y t she is frō this lyfeblente Though she were swete nowe fowly doth she stynke A myrrour good for all that on her thynke Longe tyme after the deth of the sayde Rosamounde in the sayde abbaye was shewed a cofer of the sayd wenches of the length of two fote in whych apperyd fyghtynge geaūtes stertlynge of bestes swymmynge of fyshes and flyenge of fowlys In the forsayde .xx. yere after the opynyon of Guydo the kynge had the seconde monicyon of mendynge of hys lyfe by an Iryshe man y t told vnto hym many secret tokens whyche the kynge supposyd no man had knowen but hym selfe But yet the kynge toke lytell hede therunto In the .xxii. yere of his reygne after the forsayde takynge of y e Scottyshe kynge and .ii. erlys the .xi. day before Septēber wyllyam kynge of Scottys by assent of the lordes spyrytuall and temporall dyd homage to kyng Henry at hys cytye of yorke where the sayde wyllyam graunted by hys letters patentys that he and his successours kynges of Scotland shuld make theyr homage and fydelyte vnto the kynges of Englande as often as they shal be necessaryly requyred And in sygne and token of that subieccyon the kyng of Scottes offered hys hatte his sadell vppon the aulter of saint Peter in y e chyrch of york whyche for a remembraunce of that dede the sayd hat sadell were there kepte many yeres after And ouer y t the lordes of Scotland swore that if theyr kynge at any tyme wold wythdrawe hym from allegeaunce they wold all aryse agayn hym and be to hym as enymyes tyll he were returned to his fayth kepyng of his promyse And for the more strēgth of the sayd cōposycyon the kynge of Scottis came after to y e kyng Henries parlyament holden at Northāpton and a nother season into Normandye Ranulfe munke of Chester sayth that Lewys the .viii. of that name kynge of Fraunce delyueryd vnto kynge Henry a doughter of hys to haue in guydynge and to haue ben maryed vnto Rycharde hys son the whyche after the deth of Rosamoūde he defloured of her vyrgynyte After whyche dede as affermyth the sayde authoure the kynge was in wyll to haue wedded that damoysell For expedicyon wherof he made great meanes ta Hugūcia a cardynall then beynge in his land that he wold make a dyuorce betwene hym and Elyanoure the quene And thys he dyd to the ende to haue the more fauoure of the Frenchemen that by theyr ayde he myghte the better dysheryte hys sonnes But he fayled of his purpose and also yt turned to hys owne harme For by this means he caused the sayde Rycharde hys sonne to shewe all hys demeanour vnto the Frenche kynge so that by hys informacyon vnkyndnesse kyndled betwene them two therof ensued mortall warre as sayth the englyshe cronycle and also Polycronycon But of thys warre speketh nothynge the frenche cronycle nor of none other durynge the lyfe of the sayd Lewys after this daye which dyed in the .xxiiii. yere of thys Henry But the warre that was betwen the two kynges of England and of Fraunce was betwene thys Henry and Phylyppe sonne of thys Lewys as after shal be shewed About the .xxiiii. yere of thys kyng as wytnessen dyuerse wryters fell wonderfull wederynge and tempest of thunder in myddewynter tyme in Hampshyre and other places by violence wherof a preste amonges other was slayn And in the somer folowynge about Mary Magdalene tyde fell hayle of suche bygnesse y t yt slew both men and bestes And about this tyme were the bonys of kynge Arture and his wyfe Gueynour founde in the vale of Aualon whose here of the hed of the sayde Gweynour was then hole and of freshe coloure but so soone as yt was touched yt fell in powder whyche bonys were translated and buryed wythin the chyrche of Glastenburye and were founden by a synger of gestis vnder an holow oke .xv. fote wythin the grounde whyche fyndynge and translatynge is an obiecte to y e fantastycall sayeng of the walshemen that afferme hys commynge agayne to reygne as he before dyd Then hadde kynge Henry the seconde monycyon by a knyghte called syr wyllyam Chesterby or Lyndesey the whyche warned hym specyally for the reformacyon of .vii. artycles The fyrste was that he shuld sette better dylygence to the defence of holy chyrche and maynteynynge of the same The seconde that he shulde se hys lawes executed wyth better iustice then at those days was vsed The thyrd was that he shuld surmyse no mater agayn ryche men and by that mean plucke from them theyr landes goodes The fourth that he shulde restore all suche landes and goodes gotten by suche vnlawfull meanes or by any other The fyfte that he shuld for no medetarye ryghtfull sentence but suffer the ryght to haue hys processe The vi that he shulde se to the payment of hys subiectes for suche stuffe as was dayly taken to his vse also to the payment of hys seruauntes and souldyours wages whych dayly fell to robbynge for defaute The .vii. and the laste was that he shulde in all haste voyde the Iewys of hys lande whyche dayly wrought great sorowe to his commons and to leue theym somwhat to spende in theyr iourney But as he toke the other monycyons so he toke thys and cōtynued hys lyfe as he before hadde done THE CCXXXIX CHAPITER IN the .xxviii. yere of his reygn after moste writers dyed Henry his eldeste sonne then lyuynge y e whych as before is sayde was crowned to the derogacyon of the martyr saynte Thomas And in thys yere whyche shulde be the .iiii. yere of Phylyppe the seconde or of Phylyppe surnamed Gyuen of god the warre beganne betwene kynge Henry and hym wherof was occasyon as testyfyeth the sayd Frenche cronycle the denyenge of the deferrynge of homage that shuld be done to the sayde Phylyppe of Rycharde then eldest sonne of kyng Henry for the lādes of Poytow An other cause also was that where certayne couenauntes were stablyshed and enrolled betwene kynge Henry and Lewys father of thys Phylyp at the maryage of Henry his sonne and Margarete syster of Phylyppe for certayne holdes and castellys wherof y e castell of Gysours was one whych were delyueryd in dower wyth the sayde Margarete vppon condycyon that yf the sayde Henry hadde yssue by y e sayde Margarete then the sayde castellys to remayne to the sayde heyres and yf the sayde yonge Henry dyed without yssue of y e sayde Margarete that then the sayde castellys and holdes to be reuerted vnto the crowne of Fraunce and for that kynge Henry denyed or deferred these two poyntes and wold not answere when he was called the Frenche kynge therfore entred the
harte After thys he loste more dayly so that hys enymyes preuayled strongely agayne hym It is rede of hym that he shulde be at so great an after deale in thys warre that hastely he shuld put hym in the kynge of Fraunces mercy his honoure and hys crowne reserued But this is doutefull of credeÌ„ce For sure I am yf the Frenche kyng had suche auauntage of hym yt shulde not haue fallen throughe the boke but haue ben regystred in the moste auauntynge maner where as in the frenche cronycle is touched no word of lyke mater But trowth yt ys that fortune was to him contrary in such wyse that wyth or for anger and impacyence he fell into a feuer wherof he lastely dyed in the castell of Conomeus or of Chynon in Normandye in the moneth of Iuly when he had reygned .xxxiiii. yeres and .viii. monethes wyth oddes dayes and was buryed at Fount Ebrade wyth thys epytaphy vppon his tombe Sufficit hic tumulus cui non sufficerat orbis Res breuis est ampla cui fuit ampla breuis Rex Henricus eram mihi plurima regna subegi Multiplicique modo duxque comesque sui Cui satis ad votum non essent omnia terrae Climita terrae modo sufficit octo pedunâ— Qui legis haec pensa discrimina mortis in me Humanae speculum conditionis habe Quod petis instante operare bonum quia mundus Transit incaâ—tos mors inopina rapit The whyche versys are thus myche to meane in sentence ¶ Suffysyth nowe this graue to whom all erthly thynge Syffysyd not my mynde so hyghe was sette Tyme that was shorte my name wyde dyd sprynge whyche fame by deth is into shortenesse fette Kynge Henry was I called no man I thought my bette whose mynde sometyme all erth not suffysed viii fote of ground now hath my bodye comprysed Thou that thys redest the parell of deth and in me Thou mayste beholde the course of euery wyght That erthely is wherfore prouyde and se That thou well maye do shortely do yt and tyght Defer not the tyme for I ascertayne the ryght The world is transytory and vnwarely men taketh Cruell deth from whome non estate escapeth Gerardus CambrensÌ„ whyche in hys boke of dystynccyons sette oute the lyfe of thys Henry sayth dredefull yt is to allege agayne hym that maye putte a man oute of lande and to descrybe hym wyth many wordes that may exyle a man wyth one worde wherfore yt were a notable dede to tell the sothe of a prynces dedys and offende the prynce in no meane But yet when the prynce ys passed and gone then men wyll talke without fere that before tyme they spared for fere Then to folow the sooth this kyng Henry noryshed stryfe amonge hys chyldern wyth all dylygeÌ„ce hopyng therby to lyue hym selfe in the more reste when men wolde aske of hym when he wolde leue his great dedes he vsed to answere that the worlde shulde fayle or a courageouse harte shulde sease of great dedes He was pereles in chyualry in warre and in lecherye He wedded Elyanoure wyfe of Lewys kynge of Fraunce contrary to the commaundement of hys father For he hadde shewed to hym that he hadde lyen by her when he was the sayde kynges stewarde He reygned .xxvi. yeres somdeale to hys wordely blysse and foure yeres somwhat to hys payne but the laste fyue yeres to hys great troweble and sorow Farthermore the sayd Gerarde descryueth the progenye of thys Henry whyche I ouer passe because yt is so common Rycharde hys sonne wolde often tell that wonder and vsed to saye no meruayle though they greued the peple that were comon of such kynd For of y e deuyll they came and to the dyuyll they shall It ys also redde of thys Henry that in a chaumber at wyndesore he caused to be paynted an egle wyth foure byrdes wherof thre of theym all rased the bodye of the olde egle and the fourth was cratchynge at the olde eglys eyen when the questyon was asked of hym what thyng that pycture shuld sygnyfye yt was answered by hym thys olde egle sayde he is my selfe and these .iiii. eglys betoken my foure sonnes the whyche sease not to pursue my deth And specyally my yongeste sonne IohnÌ„ whyche nowe I loue moste shall most specyally awayte and imagen my deth Francia THE CCXLI. CHAPITER PHylyp the seconde of that name surnamed Dyeu done or gyueÌ„ of god and sonne vnto y e viii Lewys beganne to reygne ouer the realme of Fraunce in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred and .lxxix and the .xxiii. yere of Henry the seconde than kynge of Englonde whyche sayde Phylyppe reygned somwhat of tyme by the lyfe of hys father which tyme is accompted vnto the reygne of hys father Thys in the fyrst yere of hys reygne for the great enormytyes that the Iewes vsed wythin the realme of Fraunce as crucyfyenge of chyldren and exercysynge of theyr detestable vsery he after due profe made put the malefactours to dethe and the other in auoydynge more daunger he exyled and put clere out of hys realme This Phylyp also as before in the story of Henry the seconde is towched excyted the sonnes of the sayde Henry to make warre vppon theyr father by whyche meane thys Phylyppe gate many holdes and townes from the sayde Henry wythin hys duchy of Guyon But after the deth of Henry thys Phylyppe gaue ouer all the sayde holdes and townes vnto Rycharde the eldeste sonne of the sayde Henry and receyued of hym homage for the same And as wytnessyth the French cronycle the sayd Rychard in token of obedyence was present at the coronacion of the sayd Phylyppe But ye shall vnderstande that than he was not kynge of Englande .x. yeres after But yf yt so were that he were present at the sayd coronacyon yet was he duke of Guyon onely Aboute the thyrde yere of hys reygne Eraclius patryarke of Hierusalem came into Fraunce and requyred ayde of thys kynge Phylyppe to wythstande the furye and persecucyon whyche Saladyne prynce of Turkes hadde excuted and dayly contynued in the countrey of Palestina agayne the Cristen to the great destruccyon of theym and vndoyng of the countrey and great ieoperdye of the losynge of the holy cytye of Hierusalem For thys the kynge assembled a great counsayll at hys cytye of Parys where the sayde Eraclius made requeste to the kynge as before he hadde done to Henry the seconde For he was in Fraunce in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. and two and in Englande he was in the yere of grace .xi. hundred .lxxx. and .vii. After whyche counsayll there so holden yt was agreed that the kynge wyth ayde of the byshoppes and other of the spyrytualtye shulde ayde the sayde patryarke the whyche where sette forthe in all possyble haste But after the reporte of Peter Dysroye whyche made a recule or lytle boke of the wynnynge and losyng of Hierusalem they with mo crysten prynces were dryuen by tempeste of the
see vnto the porte of Damas where vnder coloure of a fayned trewce they were taken and caste the moste parte of theym in pryson And when kynge Phylyppe hadde thus delyuered the patryarke he then gatheryd hys knyghtes and made an armye agayne Hugh duke of Burgoyne the whyche at that season and tyme hadde beclypped the castell of Uergye wyth a stronge syege and hadde promysed not to departe thens tyll such tyme as he had wonne that holde by appoytement or otherwyse And for the defence of rescouse that myghte be made for the same he hadde maÌ„ned foure castellys or towres there vnto adioynaunte wyth great strength of men of armys But after the kynge was thyder comen wyth hys hoste the sayde towrs were sone ouertourned and y e kynge wyth a certayne of hys people of Guy capytayne of the sayde castell of Uergy was ioyously into the same receyued and rendred to hym the castell and became hys lege man where wyth the sayde Hugh beynge â—ore amoued and dyscontented seynge there he was dyspoynted of his purpose departed thens wyth hys ordynaunce and people and robbed and spoyled the couÌ„tre there aboute sparynge nother chyrche nor howse of relygyoÌ„ in so cruell and greuous maner that the bysshoppes and abbottes of that partye of Burgoyne made pyteous request vnto the sayd Phylyp that he of his specyall grace wolde ayde and socoure them and theyr chyrches agayne the tyranny of the sayde duke Hugh The kynge beynge moued wyth thys pyteous requeste made sharpe warre vppon the sayde Hugh and at length wan from hym a stronge castell named Chastelone where wyth all the duke was put to suche a studyall and fere that he was forsed to seche meanes of treaty and of peace wherof the coÌ„clusyon was that he shulde paye vnto the chyrches before by hym hurted harmed .xxx. thousande pownd whyche conclusyon taken and surelye sette for the same the kynge retorned vnto Parys where the kyng so restynge hym a certeyne of tyme and hauynge experyence of the intollerable and foule stenches that dayly grewe by the fylthe of the erthe and myre in the stretes made prouysyon dylygently wyth ayde and helpe of the cytesens whyche as than hadde londe wythin the cytye that the stretes were shortely paued after And at thys tyme whanne the cytye was thus paued as affermen many authours the name of it was chaunged from Lutesse or Lewcesse vnto Parysse THE CCXLII. CHAPITER IN the .vii. yere of thys kynge Phylyp as sayth the FreÌ„che boke Margarete syster vnto thys Phylyp late wyfe vnto Henry late deceased and eldeste sonne of Henry the seconde kynge at this day of Englande was maryed vnto Belas kynge of Hungry In the .x. yere of thys kyng Phylyp the cytye of Hierusalem was taken of Saladyne prynce of Egypte and Guy de Lesyngnan laste crysten kynge of that cytye wyth the holy crosse was taken in the felde whych after that daye came neuer into crysten mennes possessyon Of thys sorowe heuynesse worde was broughte vnto kynge Phylyp wyth requeste of ayde to reskue certeyne cytyes as yet rested vnder the domynyon of the crysten as Tyre Tryple and Antioch wyth other small holdes For sauegarde wherof many nobles of Fraunce toke vpon them the crosse as the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Flaunders Theobalde erle of Bloyes the erle of Rochfoâ—d the erle of Champayne wyth many other noble knyghtes whyche for lengthe I passe ouer and also the reporte of theyr dedys for so myche as it coÌ„cernyth nothyng the mater that I haue promysed to speke of In this iourney also kynge Phylyppe enteÌ„ded to haue gone and for the same great taskes dymys were leuyed through oute his realme the whyche to this daye are called Saladynes dymes But the lette of this iourney as sayth the french cronycle was Rycharde duke of Guyan and after his father Henry the seconde that made warre vppon the Frenche kynge as before is touched in the storye of the sayd Henry Duryng whyche warre the sayde Henry dyed in the .xi yere of thys sayde Phylyppe About thys season and tyme the Iewes whych by meane of great gyftes had agayn purchased theyr dwellynge wythin the couÌ„trey of FrauÌ„ce wherof a wedowe was lady and mastresse called Branous in absence of the kynge toke a Crysten man surmysed agayne hym felonye and murder For the whyche by fauoure of the sayde lady the sayde Iewes set a crowne of thorne vppon the sayd crysten mannys hedde and after scourged hym and lastely in derysyon of Crystes relygyon and despyte of the same crucyfyed the same persone wherof when the kynge was enfourmed in all haste he sent into the sayd couÌ„trey or castell of Brayon and surprysed the sayde Iewys so sodaynly that none escaped and brent there of them to the nomber of .lxxx. for theyr malycyouse and abhomynable dede In the .xi yere of the reygne of thys Phylyppe dyed Isabell the quene of FrauÌ„ce his wyfe a womaÌ„ of good fame and of great vertue In the .xii. yere of his reygne as sayth the frenche boke thys Phylyp toke vppon hym the crosse hauynge promyse of kyng Rychard then newly crowned kyng of EnglaÌ„d to kepe company wyth hym in that iourney But he kept not promyse wherwith thys Phylyppe beynge dysconteÌ„ted sayled before and layde syege vnto the cytye of Acon or Acre From this sayenge varyeth Policronica and also Peter Desroy For Polycronycon sayth that after the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce hadde made suerty betwen them for performauÌ„ce of this iourney they both to gyther taryed at Turon in Fraunce for to abyde the somer tyde And at spryngynge of the yere they of one wyll purpose toke theyr vyage towarde the holy lande that ys to wytte that one by water and that other by land and mette agayne in Cecilia where the FreÌ„che kynge deê‘ted from hym and so sayled to the sayde cytye of Acone or Acre and layde hys syege there vnto In whych pastyme kyng Rycharde warred vppon the kynge of Sypres hym wyth his land subdued after came vnto AconÌ„ where the Frenche kyng had longe lyen at syege without gettynge of any great auauntage of his enymyes saynge vnto kynge Rycharde that he hadde spared the wynnynge of the towne tyll hys commynge to the ende that he at his commyng myght be parteyner as well of the honoure as of the wynnynge But how it was such vnkyndenesse fell betwene theym there after they hadde woonne the sayde towne as after in story of kynge Rycharde shal be shewed that this kyng Phylyppe retourned into Fraunce shortely after In the whych returne the sayde Phylyppe sykened and the duke of Burgoyne dyed And when kyng Phylyppe a season had soiourned in FrauÌ„ce he maryed Iugebert the doughter of the kynge of Denmarke The whyche maryage as sayth Ranulfe was desyred of the Frenche kynge to haue wyth her graunted the tytle whyche the Danes had vnto the crown of England wyth also .x. thousand markes of syluer for to wynne wyth y
enfourmed and also of the peace bytwene the erle of Thoners and the Frenche kynge he by meanes of one Roberte a legate of Rome sought meanes of treaty and of peace so that in processe by dylygence of the sayde Robert and other a peace was concluded for .v. yeres whyche peace concluded and assured eyther kynge returned into theyr owne prouynces wythin short whyle after y e Frenche kyng was returned into FrauÌ„ce he called to mynde the great vyctory had of the Almayns wyth also one other whych Lewys his son about y e same tyme had agayne or of kynge IohnÌ„ in the countre of Aungeou at the castell of Moyne or Mayne For the whyche .ii. vyctoryes the kynge edyfyed a monastery besyde the cyty of Sayntles in the honour of saynt Uyctor and endowed it wyth fayre and ryche possessyons and named it the abbey of saynt Uyctor In the .xxxvi. yere of the reygne of thys Phylyppe Lewys hys sonne by procurynge and sturrynge of the lordes of Englande sayled into the sayde prouynces as more playnely shall be shewed in the .xvi. yere of the reygne of kynge IohnÌ„ Many mo storyes actes myght I brynge in and set in thys story of thys kynge Phylyppe yf I shulde folowe the Frenche boke For he maketh there a rehersayll that conteyneth .xxxix. greate leuys of parchemyne Of the whyche I haue taken out suche as to me semeth moste conuenyent and haue ouer passed the other for lengthe of the tyme. Than it foloweth thys Phylyp after these dayes drewe hym to more quyet and reste so that after thys peace or trewce coÌ„cluded wyth kyng IohnÌ„ of Englande the authour speketh not or myndeth of any noble dede by hym done So that in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .xxii whyche shulde be the yere of hys reygne .xliii the sayd authour begynneth and sayth that in that foresayd yere apered a greate eclypce of the son wherof the lyke hadde not ben seen in many yeres passed And in the yere folowynge dyed thys Phylyppe in the moneth of Iunii whan he hadde reygned vppon xliiii yeres Before whose deth apered a great comete or blasyng starre the whyche the Frenche men wyth also the foresayde eclypce they adiudged for pronostiquys and tokens of the kynges deth the whyche was buryed wyth excellent pompe in the monastery of saynt Denys in the yere of our lorde a thousand two hundred and .xxiii. and of hys age .lviii leuynge after hym the fore named Lewys whyche was enoynted kyng after hym Thys Phylyppe amonges other notable thynges ordeyned in hys testament be sette to the aydynge and wynnynge of the holy cytye of Hierusalem thre hundred thousande pownde of Parys money to the hospytall in Mount forte a hundred thousande pownde and to be dystrybuted amonges the poore comons of hys londe he gaue twenty thousande pownde But here is to be noted there is a great dyuersyte bytwene a pownd of Parys money and a pownde of sterlynge money For a pownde of Parys money is but two shyllynges and .vi. pence sterlynge or nere there about And so it foloweth that a thousande pownde of Parys is but a hundred fyue and twenty pownde sterlynge By whyche accompte it foloweth that thys kynge gaue to the ayde of the holy londe .xxxvii. thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge to the hospytall xii thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge and to the poore people two thousand fyue hundred pownde And thus here I make an ende of thys volume for cause and coÌ„syderacyon as after is shewed in the begynnynge of the nexte volume more manyfestely ¶ Lenuoye PRece forth rude volume and recoÌ„mende me To my derest frende experte in all scyence Praye hym at leysour the to ouerse And where in meter or prose he fyndeth offence Or congrewe englysshe or of perfyte sentence Humbly hym praye that he woll the correcte whyche in all hys faytes is so cyrcumspecte And shewe to hym forther hys meryt to encreace The seconde volume ys redy to hym dyght Praye hym he woll not therfore wyth the sursease Tyll that thy felow he haue by hys insyght And by hys scyence brought in so good plyght That to all readers it maye be delectable And to the herers frutefull and profytable And not to dysdayne my malapert rudenesse That to hys payne I shulde thus boldely sende Or hym to wyll to suche greate besynesse So rude a worke to correcte and amende But shew hym sothely that all that I entende Is for to enhaunce hys prayse and greaâ—e laude As he shall knowe I truste wythout frawde ¶ The seconde volume of Fabyans cronycle Conteynyng the cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce from the begynnyng of the reygne of king Rycharch the fyrste vntyll the begynnyng of the reyne of our moste redoubted souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. ⧠¶ Prentyd at London By wyllyam Rastell 1533 ⧠CVM PRIVILEGIO THE TABLE THere begynneth the table of the seconde volume whiche denounces and sheweth all the actes done in euery kynges dayes conteyned in the sayde volume and that euery acte folowes by letter and by the nouÌ„ber of y e lefe as in thys sayd table is expressed and begynneth at the wardes of London at kynge Rycharde the fyrste whose actes more at leÌ„gth in thys sayd volume shal be shewed wyth other kinges ensuyng by letter in this sayd table as fyrste A.B.C. and so forthe ACrys a stronge citye in the holy laÌ„d was wonne by the crysten as appereth fo iiii Actes of the great Cane of Tartaris folio xxiii Abbotte of waltham was accorded wyth the citesyns of LoÌ„don fo xxviii Accorde made betwene kyng Henry the .iii. and hys barons fo xxxviii Actes done in Hethenes by Lowys the Frenche kyng fo xlviii Acris or Acon abouenamed cytye woÌ„ne agayn by y â— Turkes fo lxix Accorde or agrement was made bytwene EnglaÌ„d ScotlaÌ„d fo xc Actes were made for weryng of sylk folio xci Actes in Fraunce done by the duke of Lancastre fo ciii Actes made by FreÌ„chmeÌ„ for the occupyeng of y e admissioÌ„ of y e enherytour of Fraunce folio cxxxvii Accorde made betwene the dukes of Orleaunce and of Burgoyne fo clx AccusacyoÌ„s by the duke of Burgoyn agayn the duke of Orleaunce fo clxi Accorde made betwene the sayde dukes folio clxi Acte made for gyuynge of lyuereys folio clxv Actes made agayn straungers se in folio clxxc Actes made for halowynge of the sondaye wythin the cytye of LondoÌ„ folio cxciâ—i Abbay of Bury was spoyled fo cxiii Adyme was graunted to kyng HeÌ„ry the fyft fo clxxvii A quyndecyme was grauÌ„ted to king Henry the .iii. fo xxi A letter deuysed by the baroÌ„s sente to kyng Henry the .iii. fo xxxvii A letter was sent by Rychard kynge of Romayns to the baroÌ„s fo xxxvii A quarter of where was solde for ii s. folio xc A fraye was made in Fletestrete vpoÌ„ a bakers seruaunt fo cxlv A fray made in Fletestrete by one Her bottell fo cxcii
Andrewe Trollop dysceyued the lordes folio cciii A letter sent by Edward the .iii. vnto the kyng of Fraunce fo xciiii Agrement was made with the Scottes folio lxiii Answere made by the French kynge to kyng Edwardes letter fo xcv Answere made by the French kynge to kynge Henry fo clxxi Ambassade sent by the French kynge into Englande fo lxxxix Ambassade sent agayne by the sayde kynge folio lxxxix Ambassade sent into Fraūce fo lxxxix Ambassade sent frō the pope fo ccviii A parte of London brydge fylle into Thamys fo lxxxix Ayde graunted by kynge Iohan. folio cxxiii Ayde was graunted by the inhabytauntes of the countre of Languedok folio cxxiiii Archebysshoppe of Orleaunce was slayne fo lxx Archbysshop of Caunterbury was slayne folio cxlii Archebysshop of Caunterbury maketh a collacyon folio cliiii Archebysshop of yorke wyth other was taken in batayle fo clxvii Artycles of treason layde agayne syr Roger Mortymer fo lxxxviii Artycles of peace ratyfyed bytwene kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohn̄ folio cvi Artycles of dyspleasure shewed in wrytynge by the duke of Glocester agayne the bysshop of wynchester folio clxxx Archebysshop of yorke ouerturneth the Scottes folio xcix Artycles of peace concluded bytwen the erle of Flaunders and hys subiectes folio cxxxix Assembles made by lordes fo cxliiii Annyuersary honourable was foūden in Poulys chyrche fo cxi Auoutry was espyed fo ccxiii BArons warre began to grow in the .xli. yere of kyng Henry the thyrde folio xxx Barōs warre receyued and of newe kyndeled in the .xliiii. yere of Henry the thyrde folio xxxiii Barons assembled theyr companyes in the marches of wales in the .xlvi yere of the sayd kynge fo xxxiiii Barons entred the cytye of London folio xxxv Barōs dyscorded among them selfe folio xxxviii Barons were chasyd the .xiiii. yere of Edwarde the seconde fo lxxix Batayle of Lewys bytwene kynge Henry the .iii. the barons fo xxxvii Batayle called the whyte batayle loke in the .xi. yere of Edwarde the seconde folio lxxvii Batayle of Burbrydge bytwen king Edwarde the seconde and the barōs in hys .xiiii. yere fo lxxix Batayle very cruell agaynste the Scotte called Halydon fo lxxxix Batayle of Swyn or Sluce vppon the see bytwene the Frenchmen and Edwarde the thyrde in the .xv. yere of hys reygne fo xciii Batayle of Cressey in the .xxi. yere of Edwarde the thyrde fo xcviii Batayle of Potyers bytwene kynge Edwarde the thyrde and the French kynge folio ciii Batayle bytwene kynge Phylyp of Fraunce and the towne of Cassile in Flaunders fo cxvii Batayle of Shrowysbery in the .iii. yere of Henry the fourth fo clxvii Batayle at Blak pole in the .vi. yere of Henry the .iiii. fo clxvii Batayle of Agyncourt in the thyrde yere of Henry the .v. fo clxxii Batayle of saynte Albons fyrste the xxxiii yere of Henry the .vi. fo cc. Blore heth felde apperys in y e .xxxvii yere of kynge Henry the .vi. fo cciii Batayle of Ludlowe as it doth appere in folio cciii Batayle of Northamton as appereth in folio cciiii Batayle of wakefelde apperys and the batayle of sayn Albons fo ccv Batayle of yorke or Towton or Shyrborne fo ccvi Barnet felde fo ccxix Batayle of Tewkesbury fo ccxx Bartrā de Cleycō warred in Spayn and chasyd the kynge fo cix Blasynge sterre apperys in folio .xc. and fo cxviii and fo clix Blanke charters vses in Eng. fo cli Brekyng of peace bytwen England and Fraunce loke in the .xliii. yere of kynge Edwarde the .iii. fo cxi Brest a stronge towne of Brytayne besyeged fo cxiii Benyuolence was fyrste foūded and graūted in Edwarde the .iiii. dayes folio ccxxv Bysshop Groostehede and of his actes apperyth in y e .xxxiii. yere of kyng Henry the thyrde folio xxvi Bysshop of Exceter was beheded apperyth in the .xviii. yere of Edwarde the seconde folio lxxxii Bysshop of Norwyche made warre in Spayne by the popes cōmaundement in the .vi. yere of Rycharde the seconde folio cxliii Bysshop of London hath a memory of the cytesyns of London fo cxlvii Bysshop of wynchester lent to kyng Henry the fyfte .xx. thousand poūde folio clxxvii Bysshop of wynchester foresayd created cardynall folio clxxx Bysshop of Salysbury was slayne in the ende of .xxviii. of Henry the .vi. as more playnly is shewed fo cxcviii Bysshop of Chychester called Reynolde Pecok was abiured of heresye folio ccii Boke of prophecy was founden by a Iewe in Spayne folio xxiiii Blode of Cryste was broughte into westmynster by kynge Henry the .iii. folio xxv Bonifacius pope of hys cōdycyons folio lxxi Bull of the pope manyfested at Poulys crosse folio xxxiii Busshe Baggot and Grene and of theyr actes folio cli Brytōs resyst y e Frenchmē fo xxxix CHarles the .v. of that name surnamed the fayre and brother to Phylyp surnamed the longe sonne of the .iiii. Phylyp began hys reygne ouer the realme of Fraunce in the yere of grace M.iii. hundreth and .xxii and the .xv. yere of the secōd Edwarde kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .vi. folio lxxxiiii Cardynalles that were sent into Englande from the pope were robbed appereth in the .ix. yere of Edwarde the seconde folio lxxvi Caen a stronge towne in Normandye besyeged by kynge Edward the thyrde and won it folio xcviii Calys besyeged and gotten by kyng Edwarde the thyrde folio xcix Cardynall sent from the pope laboured for peas folio ciii Castell of Pount was yolden vp by appoyntement folio cxxv Careckes .iii. were taken by the duke of Clarence and the erle of Kente folio clxvii Charyte of kynge Lewys folio i. Charles de Ualoys brother to Phylyppe le Beawe vncle vnto Charles the .v. foresayd dyed folio lxxxvi Charles de Bloys was slayne in the batayle bytwene syr Iohn̄ Mountforte and the sayd Charlys fo cix Charles the .vi. of that name sonne of Iohn̄ bēganne to rule the French men in the yere of our lorde M.iii. C.lxiiii .xxxviii. yere of the thyrde Edwarde kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xvi. folio xxxvi Charles the .vii. of y e name a yonge chylde and sonne of the .vi. Charlys began hys reygne ouer Fraunce in the moneth of september and yere of our lorde a thousand .iii. hūdreth and lxxx and the thyrde yere of the secōde Rycharde then kyng of Englande reygned yeres .xlii. folio clv. Charles the .viii. of that name and sonne vnto Charles the .vi. as sayen the Frenche authours but the Englysshe wryters sheweth the cōtrary as in the story of thys Charles shall appere thys began to reygne ouer y e Frenchmen in the yere of our lorde thousande .iii. hūdreth and .xxii and the laste yere of Henry the .v. thenne kynge of England reygned yeres xxxvi folio ccvii Chauntryes foūded in Poulys churche in London fo cxi Cerymonyes for the coronacyon of kynge Henry the .iiii as appereth folio clxiii Creacyō of dukes by kyng Rychard the .ii. fo cxliii Clement pope dyspleased for that he myght gyue no bysshopryches withī the realme of Englande in
hys reygne ouer England the xvii daye of Nouembre the morowe after saynt Edmond the archbisshop in the yere of our lorde M.CC lxxii the .ii. yere of the .iii. Phylype than kynge of Fraunce reygned nobly yeres .xxxiiii. fo lv Elyanoure mother to kyng Richard was enlarged fo iiii Edmounde Crouchbak was maried to the doughter of y e erle of Amnarle as apereth in fo xliiii EdmouÌ„d wodstocke wroughte treason fo lxxxviii Edward the sonne of Henry foresayd distressed the barons as it is shewed folio xxxix Edwarde forsayd dystressed the Barons the seconde tyme as is shewed folio xxxix Edwarde the holy kyng and confessour was translated as it shewed in folio xliiii Edwarde was crossed into the holy lande and of hys feates there done folio xlv Edwarde of Carnaruan as apereth folio lviii Edward the second called Edwarde Carnaruan the sonne of the fyrst Edwarde began hys domynyon ouer Englande in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lorde god M.iii. C. vii and the .xxi. yere of the .iiii. Phylyppe or Philip the fayre than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres full xix fo lxxiiii Edwarde the fyrst maryed to hys .ii. wyfe the Frenche kynges syster folio lxv Edwarde the .iii. of that name sonÌ„ of Edwarde the secoÌ„de and of dame Isabell the doughter of Philippe le Beawe or the .iiii. Phylyp late kyng of Fraunce whych Edwarde aboute the age of .xv. yeres began hys reygn ouer the realme of England the .xxv. daye of Ianuary in the yere of grace M.iii. C. .xxvi and the .iiii. yere of Charles the fayre thaÌ„ king of FrauÌ„ce the whyche reygned yeres .li. folio lxxxvi Edwarde Carnaruan was myserably slayne as is shewed fo lxxxvii Edwarde Bayloll was made kynge of Scottes fo lxxxviii Edwarde the .iii. sayled into Braban wyth hys wyfe loke in fo xci Edward the .iii. chaleÌ„ged y e hole kingdome of Fraunce fo xciii Edward the eldest sonÌ„ of the duke of yorke was electe for king of EnglaÌ„d loke in fo cc.vi. Edwarde the .iiii. of that name and eldest sone of Rychard duke of yorke whych was proclaymed heyre paraÌ„t to the crowne began hys domynyon ouer the realme of Englande in the iiii day of Marche in y e yere of grace M.iiii C.lx the .ii. yere of the .xi. Lowys than kyng of FrauÌ„ce reygned at that tyme .viii. monethes yeres viii fo cc.xiiii Edwarde the .iiii. beforenamed wan the felde of Barnet vpon Ester daye agayne kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. in the yere of grace M.iiii C.lxxi yere of Lowys the French kyng aforesayd and reygned after that day .x. monethes and yeres .xii. So that fyrste laste he reygned ouer .vii. monethes assygned to Henry the .vi. dayes .xxxvi. monethes yeres .xxi. or wyth the sayde monethes of Henry the .vi. set to Edwardes reygne make .xxii. yeres and odde dayes fo cc.xx. Edwarde the .v. of that name sonne of Edward the .iiii. of the age of .xiiii. yeres and lasse began to reygne as kyng of EnglaÌ„d the .x. daye of Apryll yere of our lord M. iiii.lxxxiii the xxxv yere of the .xi. Lowys thaÌ„ kyng of Fraunce and reygned tyll the .xx. day of Iuly next folowyng in which season passed dayes .lxxii. folio cc.xxiiii Elizabeth the holy womaÌ„ doughter of the kyng of Hungery fo xxi Eleanoure quene of her progenye loke in fo lxi Emperoure of Almayne came into England fo c.lxvii Emperour forsayd came agayn into thys lande fo c.lxxii Enuye of Frenchmen fo v Enguerram was put to deth folio lxxxiii Epytaphye of Rychard the fyrste as apereth in fo x Epytaphye of Frederyke the emperour fo xxv Epytaphye of Edward the fyrst loke in fo lxviii Epytaphye of Edward the .iii. folio cxvi Epytaphye of kyng Rycharde the .ii. loke in fo clxvi Erthquake fell in EnglaÌ„d fo xxv Erle of Penbroke was ouerset with Frenchmen other fo cxiii ExpressemeÌ„t of the grudges atwene kyng Rychard the fyrst the FreÌ„che kynge fo iiii Eugeny pope and of hys actes folio clxxxvii FAlse Cryst was crucyfyed as is shewed in fo xix False clerke of Oxenforde whych fayned hym selfe madde came to wodstocke enteÌ„dyng to haue slayne king Henry the .iii. fo xxii Faytes or actes of warre done at DoÌ„stable fo xcvi Fysshes wonderfull takeÌ„ in the .xxxv yere of kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. fo cci FlorenÌ„ of golde was made by kynge Edward the .iii. fo xcvii Fryers mynors came fyrst into Englande loke in fo xix Fryers Augustynes in the .xxxv. yere of kynge HeÌ„ry the .iii. buylded theyr house in a place in walys called wodhous as is shewed fo xxvi Fryers were put to deth loke in folio clix Frenche kyng sent for hys doughter that was kynge Rychardes wyfe folio clix FreÌ„ch nauy dyscoÌ„fyted fo clxxiiii Froste excedyng loke in fo clxviii GAscoynes make warre agaiÌ„st FrenchmeÌ„ borderers in kyng Charles the .v. days as is shewed in folio lxxxvi Gabell or taxe reysed vppon salte in Fraunce loke in fo cxix Guynes castell was yoldeÌ„ to Englishmen loke in fo ci Grudge betwene Baldwyn and his monkes fo vii Grudge arose betwene kyng IohnÌ„ hys lordes fo xvi Grudge and dyspleasure betwene y e bysshop of wynchester and the duke of Glouceter it is shewed in folio clxxxi Grudge and murmure toke place amonge the nobles of Fraunce as appereth fo cc.xxviii HArme done by thonder as appereth in fo cvii Hawâ—e wythout reuerence of the sacrament was slayne in the churche folio cxli Hastynges lord Chamberleyne was sodeynly put to deth fo ccxxiiii Henry the thyrd of that name sonnÌ„ of king IohnÌ„ a chyld of .x. yeres began to reygne ouer EnglaÌ„de in the moneth of Octobre and yere of oure lorde M.CC. .xvii and the .xxxvii. yere of Phylype thaÌ„ kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .lvi fo xviii Henry Bolyng broke y e .iiii. of y e name and sonne heyre of IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of LaÌ„castre the whyche IohnÌ„ was secoÌ„d sonne of Edwarde the .iii. lyuyng after theyr father or the .iii. sonne to rekyn prynce Edward this Henry after the deposicioÌ„ of Rychard in the ende of the moneth of SepteÌ„bre begaÌ„ to reygne ouer EnglaÌ„de in the yere of our lorde M.iii. C.lxxx xix and the .xix. yere of Charles y e .vii than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xiii. fo clxiii Henry the .vi. of that name sonnÌ„ of Henry the .v. of y e name sonne of HeÌ„ry the .iiii. began hys reygne ouer the realme of EnglaÌ„d vppon the morne after saynt Cuthbertys day or y e â—xi day of Marche in the ende of y e yere of grace M.iiii C. .xiii and y e â—xxii yere of Charles the .vii. than kyng of FrauÌ„ce and reygned yeres .ix. fo .clxx HeÌ„ry the .v. dame Kateryne doughter of Charles the .vi. or .vii. a chylde of halfe yere of age begaÌ„ hys reygne ouer EnglaÌ„d FrauÌ„ce in the ende of the moneth of Iuly and yere
into Englande named Gualo or Swalo the whyche after hys commynge commaunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce and laboryd to the vttermost of his power to appease the kynge and hys baronye But all hys laboure was in vayne Anno domini M.CC.xvi.  Anno domini M. CC.vxii  IohnÌ„ Trauers  wyllyam Hardell  Anno .xvii.  Andrewe Newlande  IN thys .xvii. yere of kynge Iohan the warre betwene hym and his lordes styll contynuynge he dyed of the flyxe as testyfyeth Polylycronycon at the towne of Newerke vppon the daye of saynte Calyxte the pope or the .xiiii. day of October How be yt the Englyshe boke or cronycle sayeth that he dyed at Sebynyshede an abbay aboute LyncolnÌ„ by the impoysonynge of a munke of the same house the daye after saynte Luke or the .xviii. daye of October and was buryed at the cytye of wynchester But the authour of Policronycon sayth he was bowelled at Crongthon abbaye and buryed at worceter in the myddle of the quyer of munkes when he hadde reygned xvi yeres .vi. monethis .iiii. dayes leuynge after hym two sonnes Henry and Rycharde wyth sondry doughters Of thys IohnÌ„ yt is redde that he founded the abbay of Belewe in the new forest in recompensacyon of the paâ—ysh chyrches which he there ouer turnyd to enlarge that forest and an abbay of blacke munkes in the cytye of wynchester where after y e sayeng of the englyshe cronycle he shulde be buryed This kynge IohnÌ„ also after some wryters maryed one of hys doughters vnto Otto the fourth of y e name emperour of Almayne and duke of Saxony the whyche helde warre agayne kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce as in the .v. chapyter of the storye of the sayde Phylyp before is declared whyche Otto for hys rapyne and extorcyon done to the chyrch of Rome was accursyd and the sayd Phylyp and also kynge IohnÌ„ for theyr dysobedyence to the chyrche were also accursyd the whyche warred eyther wyth other so that eyther of theÌ„ greuyd and vexid other to the great hynderauÌ„cis of them and eyther of them For the whyche consyderacyon a metrycyan made these balades of them as foloweth O quam mirabilia good lorde thy workes been In punyshement of synners by thy myght wondersly As by old storyes yt is playnely seen One synner the other hath correcte vtterly As Alexander wyth Iulius Pompey and Tholomy And many other whych as thy scourgys were To punyshe synners and theym self also dere In lyke wyse nowe reader yf thou lyste take hyde And well reuolue in mynde thys hystorye Of these thre prynces and loke well on theyr dede Thou shalte conceyue that they dyd wyckydly I meane kynge IohnÌ„ Phylyppe and Ottony whyche vnto synne made them selfe so thrall That of pope Innocent they were accursyd all wherfore god sufferyd that one the other to greue And warre chase wyth dedely hate and stryfe Glad that one the other to mischeue Manassynge eche other wyth spere sworde and knyfe wyth cruell batayll durynge theyr synfull lyfe wherfore I maye conclude in factis horum That multa sunt flagella peccatoruÌ„ HEnry the thyrde of y e name eldest son of kyng IohnÌ„ a chylde of the age of .ix. yeres beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of Englande the .xx. daye of the moneth of October in the yere of our lorde M. two hundred and .xvi and the .xxxvi. yere of the seconde Phylyp yet kyng of Fraunce ye haue before harde of the cruell warre whyche Lewys son vnto the Frenche kynge wyth the ayde of the baronys of Englande maynteynyd agayne kynge IohnÌ„ The whyche after the deth of the sayde IohnÌ„ contynued for as mych as then some of the lordes that before hadde maynteyned the quarell of Lewis now forsoke hym toke parte with this Henry as theyr naturall and souerayne lorde wherof the chefe were the erles of Penbroke of Chester the whych wyth theyr retynewe helde sharpe warre wyth the sayde Lewys his affynyte the whych enteÌ„dyd to haue ben kynge of Englande by reason of couenauÌ„tes made wyth certayne lordes of the lande when he was fyrste sent for by them wherfore the forsayd erles wyth the other of theyr partye to make theyr partye the stroÌ„ger proclaymed the sayde Henry kynge of Englande vppon the foresayde .xx. daye of Octobre thorough the cytye of London and in all possyble haste after made prouysyon for hys coronacyon so that vppon the daye of Symonde and Iude next ensuynge he was crowned at Glouceter of Peter then byshoppe of wynchester Lewys the Frenche kynges son beynge then at Lyncolne In which yere stode styll as gouernoure of the cytye of London tyll Mychelmas nexte folowynge Anno domini M.CC.xvii  Anno domini M.CC.xviii  IohnÌ„ Trauers  wyllyam Hardell  Anno .i.  Andrewe Newlande  SO soone as the kynge was crowned coÌ„myssyons where sent ouer in his name into all places of Englande to gather strength of men to wythstand the forenamed Lewys to put hym wyth his Frenche men and other allyaunces out of the land whych then hadde vnder theyr rule and custodye the castellys of Berkhamsted of Hertford dyuers other And for thys Lewys wold not sease of hys warre and retourne into Fraunce therfore the foresayd Gwalo or Swalo the popys legate accursyd hym fyrste by name and after all such as hym maynteyned or fauored in thys warre agayne kynge Henry Then the forenamed erlys accompanyed wyth wyllyam erle Marshall of Englande wyllyam le Bruyz erle of Ferrys wyth many other yode to Lyncolne and wanne that town vppon the strauÌ„gers where was slayne a French man called erle of Perches wyth many other souldyours And there was takeÌ„ of EnglyshmeÌ„ Serle erle of wynchester and HuÌ„â—ryde Bohum erle of Herforde wyth dyuerse other of name And in thys whyle Lewelyn prynce of walis for that he ayded the partye of Lewys was accursyd and his lande enterdyted After the towne of Lyncolne was thus woÌ„ne from the Frenchmen Lewys wyth other parte of his souldyours drewe towarde London for so myche as word was brought to hym that his fader had sent to hym a new company of souldyours the whyche shulde lande in Englande shortely Trouth yt was that such an ayde of souldyours was made by the FreÌ„che kyng coÌ„myttyd to a capytayn whyche in the cronycle is named Eustace the muÌ„ke the whych was encouÌ„tryd vpon the see with a capytayn or mayster of the .v. portis called Hubert at Burgh gaue to hym batayll and scomfyght hym at length sent the hed of y e sayd Eustace vnto y e kynge when Lewys harde of these tydyuges and consydered howe dayly his strength mynyshed he was more inclynable vnto peace so y e in coÌ„clusion he toke money as sayth Policronica yelded vp his castellis strengthis which he held after was assoyled so returned into FrauÌ„ce But of this money y e Lewis receyued ben diuers opinyons for the englyshe boke namyth yt a thousande marke
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
homage vnto the sayde Alphōs for such landes as the sayd erle held of the sayde erledome of Poytyers But for y e sayd erle of Marche knew well that the ryght of Guyan belongyd to the kinge of England he therfore and for other allyaunces made bewene kynge Henry and hym refusyd the doynge of that homage and after came to kynge Henry and excytyd hym to make warre vppon the Frenche kynge By reason wherof the kynge made prouysyon and so landed with a stronge power at Burdeaux After the affyrmaunce of the frenche boke this erle of the Marchis had maryed the mother of kyng Henry Then it folowyth in this whyle the Frenche kynge warryd vppon y e landes of the erle of Marche and hadde wōne .ii. castellys of his named Foūteneys and Uyllers wyth dyuerse other whych I passe ouer And when he had beten downe some of them some storyd with new soudyours he then went vnto a castel named Maucoune and brake a brydge after him for so myche as he was warned that the kynge of Englande was nere vnto hym At the sayd brydge was a lyttell skyrmyshe but lytle harme was there done Then the Frenche kynge toke the way ouer the ryuer of Tharent towarde Taylbourgh wastyng and destroyenge the countrey as he went and so forth towarde the town callyd Saynces And kynge Henry wyth hys hoste made towarde hym in al that he myght In kepyng this course the vawarde of the kynge encountryd wyth the erle of Boleyne whyche was vppon the Frenche kyngys partye That season the erle of Saynces bare the banner of y e erle Marches beyng in y e vaward of the kynge Betwene these two erles was sore fyght so that many a man vppon both partyes was slayn among the whych the sayde erle of Saynces was slayne Then came on bothe strengthes vppon eyther syde so that both kynges fought in that batayll and great slaughter of men was vppon both sydes But in the ende the Frenche men were vyctours toke prysoners .xxii. men of name as knyghtes and of hygher degre and .iii. clerkes of great fame and ryches besyde other to the nomber of .v. hūdred of meane people as wytnessyth the frenche boke But of these men of name nor yet of the ryche clerkes none is named nor yet shewyd what good they payed for theyr raōsome wherfore me lyste to wryte no farther of this great victory all be it y t the sayd boke sayth farther that kyng Henry for fere tourned backe vnto Burdeaux and there made meanes to the kynge of Fraunce for a peace But of all thys fynde I no worde in the englyshe cronycles Then the erle of Marches by meane of his sonne was reconcyled vnto the Frenche kynge amd restoryd to hys landes excepte thre castellys whyche were named Mespyne Cretaye and Estardye the whyche the Frenche kynge retayned in his owne possessyon And soone after came vnto the Frenche kynge the lordes of the castellys of Myrabell of Mortaynge submyttynge theym also vnto the kynges grace besechyng hym of pardon that they hadde so to his hygh dyspleasure fauored hys enymy the kynge of Englande And after came in dyuerse other lordes capytaynes so that he was in possessyon of all the countrey of Guyan Poyteau vnto y e ryuer of Gyroūde I haue rehersyd the more of thys cronycle of Fraunce to the entente that the reders may well apperceyue the pryde and boste of the Frēchmen For in all theyr wrytynge when they come to any mater that soūdyth any thynge to theyr honour yt is wryten in the lengest and most shewyng maner to theyr honour and worshyppe But as I haue sayde before in the v. capyter of the storye of the .ii. Phylyppe kynge of Fraunce yf yt sound any thynge to theyr dyshonour then shall yt be abreuyatyd or hyd that the trouth shall not be knowen And that appereth well here by theyr own wrytynge For in y e .vii. yere of kyng Iohn̄ yt is shewyd howe Phylyppe the seconde then kynge of Fraunce had wonne all Normandy and Guyan And yet at thys daye thys kynge Lewys warryd agayne in the same countrey so that they euer tell of the wynnyng but they touche nothynge of the agayne losynge Then yt folowyth in the storye when kynge Henry hadde as before is sayde concludyd the foresayde peace of the which by myne authour is no terme sette the kynge retourned into Englande Anno domini M.CC.xliii  Anno domini M.CC.xliiii  Hugh Blount  Rafe Ashewy  Anno .xxvii.  Adam Basynge  IN this .xxvii. yere the kynge returned from Burdeaux into Englande And thys yere the plees of the crowne were kept in the towre of London And thys yere Gryffyth whych was sonne of Lewelyn lately prynce of walys entendyng to haue broken pryson fell ouer the wall of the inner warde of the towre of London and brake hys necke Anno domini M.CC.xliiii  Anno domini M.CC.xlv  Rafe Spycer  Mychael Tony.  Anno .xxviii.  Nycholas Batte  IN thys .xxviii. yere of kynge Henry as testyfyeth Polycronycon a Iew dygged the grounde in a place in Spayn called Tholeet to the entent to make him a more larger vyne yerde where in tyme of his dyggynge he fande a stone closyd on all partyes But for he perceyued yt to be holowe he brake the stone and founde therein a boke as bygge as a sawter wyth leuys all of tree This boke was wryte in nthre dyuers languagys in greke in ebrewe and in latyne and the mater therof was of thre worldes that shuld come Of the whyche he poyntyd the commynge of Cryste to the begynnynge of the thyrde worlde whyche was expressyd in thys maner of wyse In the begynnynge of the thyrde worlde goddes son shall be borne of a mayde when the Iewe had well beholden the contentys of the boke and sawe that yt conteyned so longe tyme as from Adam to Anticriste and shewyd many prophecyes that were fulfyllyd and paste he anon renouncyd hys iudaisme or Moysen lawe and was crystyned and lyued after as a crysten man Anno domini M.CC.xlv  Anno domini M.CC.xlvi  Robert Cornehyll  Iohn̄ Gysors  Anno .xxix.  Adam Bewly  IN thys .xxix. yere Nycholas Batte contrary the ordynaūce before in the .xiiii. yere of thys kynge made was agayne chosen shryue of London For the whych he was conuycte of periurye and so dyscharged and punyshed And for y t Mychaell Tony whych for this yere also was chosen mayre was by deposycyon of the Aldermen founde gyltye in the sayde cryme of periurye therfore he was deposyd from his offyce punisshed And for hym was chosen mayre Iohan Gysours and for Nicholas Batte was chosen shryue Robert of Cornhyll In this yere also as testyfyeth Ieffrey of Monmouth Robert Grosehed thē byshoppe of Lyncolne wyth other prelatys of y e land complayned theym vnto the kynge of the waste of the goodes and patry monye of the chyrche whyche dayly was
wasted and mysspent by the alyaunt byshoppes and clerkes of this lande Of the whych straungers one named mayster Martyne and nere kynnysman of Innocent the thyrde late pope was one The whyche the kynge by helpe of the Englyshe bysshoppes auoyded wyth other lyke offendours out thys realme Also in thys yere the patryarke of Hierusalem sente vnto the kynge a neume of bloode whych was kepte at saynt Thomas of Acris in LoÌ„don tyll the yere folowynge Anno domini M.CC.xlvi  Anno domini M.CC.xlvii  Symonde fyz Mary  IohnÌ„ Gysors  Anno .xxx.  Lawrence Frowyke  IN this yere theneume of blood sent before to the kynge was wyth moste solemne processyon the kynge wyth great noumber of hys lordes beynge presente conueyed from saynt Thomas fore sayd vnto westmynster in ryght solemne wyse wyth processyon other acccordyng obseruaunces to suche a relyke apperteynynge And in this yere dyed Frederike the emperour of Almayn whyche as before is touchyd in the xviii yere of this kyng maryed Isabell syster vnto the kynge The whyche for his rebellyon agayn y e chyrch of Rome was accursyd fyrste of the ix Gregory and lastely of InnoceÌ„t the .iiii. he was agayne cursyd and depryued of his imperyall dygnyte gyuynge commyssyon lyceÌ„ce to the electours of the emperoure to chose a new The whyche were of so many myndes in theyr eleccyon that some chase the duke of Thoryng some the erle of Holande and some chase the kynges brother Richarde erle of Cornewayll whyche causyd stryfe that enduryd longe after so that the onely emperoure of Almayne was not of all men alowyd tyll Radulphus duke or erle of Habspurghe in Almayne was chosen by one assente to that dygnyte and therunto admittyd by Gregory the .ix. of that name in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .lxxiii. And so that varyaunce enduryd vppon .xxvii. yeres to y e great impoueryshyng of Italy and the landes of the empyre Then as before is sayd this Frederyk dyed vnassoyled was buryed in a cytye called Ferenciola wyth thys superscrypcyon vppon hys toumbe Si probitas sensus virtutis gratia census Nobilitas orti possent refistere morte Non foret extinctus Fredericus qui iacet intus whyche versys are thus myche to meane in Englyshe If excellente of wytte or grace of good vertue Or nobylnesse of byrth myght vnto deth resyste Then shuld thys Frederyke mortall fate exchewe whych hym hath closyd here now in hys chyste But none of these maye erthly man assyste To stryue wyth deth but all muste pay hym dette Noble and innoble there nothynge maye lette An other versyfyoure made these .ii. versys folowynge of the interpretacyon of this name Frederyke Frefremit in mundo de deprimit alua profundo Re res rimatur cus cuspide cuncta minatur The whyche may in this maner of wyse be englyshed Fre fretyth thys worlde and de confoundyth all Hyghe thynges of honoure into depenesse darke Râ—sercheth besyly y e goodes generall Of thys worlde both of the laye and clerke Makynge no questyon in hys moste cruell werke And cus with sworde all thyng doth manace And thys is Frederyke all deuoyde of grace Anno domini M.CC.xlvii  Anno domini M.CC.xlviii  IohnÌ„ Uoyle  Pyers Aleyne  Anno .xxxi.  Nycholas Batte  IN thys .xxxi. yere of the reygn of kyng Henry Lewys which is surnamed saynt Lewis then kyng of Fraunce with a conuenyent hoste sayled into the holy lande and there warred vpon Crystes enymyes and wanne the cytye of Damas at hys fyrste landynge after taryed there froÌ„ y e begynnynge of y e moneth of Iuny to the .xxii. day of Nouember and after departyd thens towarde Babylon entendynge to haue layde syege to the cytye But fortune was to him so coÌ„trarye that by sykenesse other casueltyes he loste myche of his people and in the ende was hym selfe taken prisoner of the Turkis as more playnely shall be shewed in the story of the sayde Lewys folowynge And in this yere was a myghty erthquake in Englande that the lyke to yt was not sene many yeres before Also thys yere the kynge seasyd the fraunchyse of the cytye of London vppon the euen of saynte Bartholomew for a iudgement that was gyuen by the mayre and aldermen agayne a wedowe named Margaret Uyell and commyttyd the rule of the cytye to wyllyam Haueryll and Edwarde of westmynster tyll our ladye daye nexte folowynge At whyche season the mayre and shryues were agayne to theyr offyces admyttyd Anno domini M.CC.xlviii  Anno domini M.CC.xlix  Nycholas Ioy.  Mychaell Tony.  Anno .xxxii.  Geffrey wynton  IN thys .xxxii. yere of the kyng the wharfe of London callyd quene hythe was taken to ferme by the comynaltye of the cytye to paye yerely therefore .l. pounde The whyche was then commytted to the shryues charge and so hath contynuyd euer sen that tyme to thys daye whereof the profytys and tollys are so sore mynyshed that at thys daye yt is lytle worth ouer .xx. marke or xv pounde one yere wyth a nother And thys yere fell great dystemperaunce of wether in suche wyse that the grounde was bareyne vppon the same and other myshappys folowyd anon theurppon And thys yere when the mater aforenamed of Margarete Uyell wydow was well examyned the iudgement therof was founden good and trewe wherfore the cytezens enioyed the lybertyes wythoute interrupcyon all be yt the kynge was wyth theym some what agreuyd for so myche as they at his requeste wolde not exchaunge wyth the abbot of westmynster suche lybertyes as they hadde in Myddelsex of the kynges graunte for other to be hadde in other places Anno domini M.CC.xlix  Anno domini M.CC.l.  Rafe hardell  Roger fyz Roger.  Anno .xxxiii.  IohnÌ„ Tosalane  IN the .xxxiii. yere of kyng Henry in the moneth of October dyed Robert Grosthede byshoppe of Lyncolne He was the maker of the boke callyd Pety Caton and many other This Robert for so mich as y e .iiii. Innocent pope greuyd y e chyrch of EnglaÌ„de with taskis paymeÌ„tes agayn reason he therfore sente vnto hym a sharpe pystle This pope than gaue vnto a chylde a neuew of hys a chanonry whych fell voyde in the chyrch of Lyncolne and sent the chylde vnto the byshoppe chargynge hym to admytte the sayd chylde and to sette hym in hys place But thys bysshoppe boldely denyed the resceyt of the chyld wrote vnto the pope y t he wold not nor shuld receyue such to y e cure of soule y t could not rule the self Therfore this Robert was somoned to apere before y e pope therupon accursyd TheÌ„ he appealyd froÌ„ InnoceÌ„tis courte vnto Crystes owne trone Then after the deth of thys Robert as the pope laye in hys bedde at hys reste one aperyd to hym in clothyng of a byshoppe and sayde to hym aryse wretche and come to thy dome and
NoueÌ„ber they gaue vnto his grace iiii hundred marke and then were restoryd to theyr sayde lybertyes and the kynges vnder treasourer dischat â—yd the whych for y e tyme was made custos or keper of the cytye In the feast of saynte Scycyle or the .xxii. daye of nouember ensuynge were brought vnto westmynster .lxxx. and xxii Iewes from LyncolnÌ„ the which were also accusyd of the crucyfyenge of a chyld at Lyncolne in the despyte of Crystes relygyon whyche Iewes were after sent vnto y e towre of London Of the whyche in processe of tyme after xviii were conuycte and hangyd the tother remayned long after in pryson In the vygyll of saynt Andrew syr Edwarde the kynges sonne came to London from beyonde the see And the kyng of Scottys with the quene hys wyfe came in the somer season vnto the kynge to hys maner of woodstoke where he dysportyd hym a season and after returned into Scotlande leuynge his wyfe wyth her mother tyll she were lyghted of chylde And vppon y e day of the decollacyon of saynte IohnÌ„ the kynge the quene and the quene of Scottes came to London where they were honorably receyued and so conueyed vnto westmynster Anno domini M.CC.lv.  Anno domini M.CC.lvi  Mathew Bokerell  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xl.  IohnÌ„ Mynoure  IN thys .xl. yere entryd y e land dyuers lordes of Almayne the whych in Crystmas weke vppon the day of y e Innocentes made homage vnto syr Rychard erle of Cornewayl brother to the kynge the whych as then stoode kyng of Almayne and of Romayns And the thursdaye nexte folowynge he departed from the kynges courte and spedde hym wyth his wyfe and syr Henry his sonne vnto the see syde and after toke shyppyng in Iarnesay the .xxvii. day of Apryll and landed at Dordreth in Holande the fyrste daye of Maye nexte ensuynge And vppon assencyon day after he was crowned kynge of Romayns in the citye of Aquisgranum Thys yere vppon the fyrste daye of Auguste the kynge toke hys iourney towarde walys for to subdue Lewelyn the sonne of Gryffyth the whyche wyth his welshemen rebellyd agayne the kynge for so mych as syr Edwarde hys son to whom he hadde lytle before geueÌ„ the erledome of Chester wolde haue chaunged some of theyr skyttyshe condycyons And for to bryng hys purpose the better aboute he sente for an armye of souldiours into Irlande and taryed for theyr commynge at hys castell of Genocke But the yere passed farre on or hys people were gatheryd so that by the aduyse of hys lordes he strengthyd there a certayne castellys and returned for that yere into Englande And aboute the feaste of the Natyuyte of our ladye a concorde and a peace was coÌ„cluded betwene y e Londyners the abbot of the holy crosse of waltham the whych hadde ben in suyte many yeres before for certayne dystresses takeÌ„ by the abbottis offycers of the LoÌ„doners when they came wyth theyr mercymonyes vnto the fayre of waltham where as now yt is agreed that all suche dystressys shulde be restoryd and yf any were peryshed or loste for longe kepynge that then the abbot to contente and pay to the partyes the value in money of suche distressys so peryshed or loste and that the cytesyns shulde enioy the lybertyes of that fayre euer after wythoute payenge of any tollage or toll Anno domini M.CC.lvi  Anno domini M.CC.lvii  Rycharde Ewell  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xii.  wyllyam Ashewy  IN this .xli. yere begynnynge of the same was founden in the kynges warderobe at wyndesore a byll or rolle closyd in grene waxe and not knoweÌ„ from whens yt shuld come in the whyche rolle was coÌ„teyned dyuerse articles agayne y e mayre and rulers of the cytye of London and that by theym the comynaltye of the cytye was greuously tasked and wrongyd whyche byll was presentyd at length to the kynge wheruppon he anon sent IohnÌ„ Mancell one of his iustycys vnto London and there in the feaste of the conuersyon of saynt Paule by the kynges authoryte callyd at Paulys crosse a Folkmot beynge there presente syr Rycharde de Clare erle of Glouceter dyuerse other of the kynges counsayll where the sayde IohnÌ„ Mancell causyd the sayde rolle to be redde before the comynaltye of the cytye after shewyd to the people that y e kynges pleasure and mynde was that they shuld be rulyd with iustyce and that the lybertyes of the cytye shuld be maynteyned in euery poynte And yf the kynge myghte knowe those persones that so hadde wrongyd the cominaltye of the citye they shuld be greuously punyshed to the example of other And that done the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell chargyd the mayre that euery Alderman in hys warde shulde vppon the morowe folowyng assemble hys wardemote that all those wardemotys shuld assemble in one place and chuse of theym selfe wythout any counsayll or aduyse of any of theyr aldermeÌ„ .xxxvi. persons and them to present before the lordes and hym at the same houre of y e next day in the byshoppes paleys at Paulys Then vppon the morow all thynge was done accordynge to hys commaundement And when y e sayd xxxvi persones were presentyd before the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell Henry Baa iustycys other the sayd IohnÌ„ sayde vnto theym that they vppon theyr othe shuld certyfye all such persones as they knewe gylty in the artycles before vnto the comynaltye shewyd wherunto the sayde .xxxvi. cytesyns answeryd y t yt was contrary theyr lybertyes to be sworne so many for any mater of trespas betwene the kynge and any of hys cytezyns wherfore they requyred a sparynge wyth whych answere the sayd IohnÌ„ Mansell beynge dyscontentyd warnyd theym to appere before the kynges couÌ„sayll at y e Guyldehall vppon the morowe folowynge where they kepte theyr daye And thyther came the sayde iustycys IohnÌ„ Mansell Henry Baa syr Henry wengham chaunceller of Englande Phylyppe Louell vndertreasorer and dyuerse other of the kynges counsayll Then the sayde IohnÌ„ Mansell exortyd the sayde personys to be sworne by many meanys as he the other daye hadde done But all was in vayne for they excusyd theym alway that yt was contrary theyr othe and lybertye of theyr cytye wherfore the kynges counsayll departed from the hall in partye dyscontentyd shewyd vnto the kynge the demeanour of the sayde cytesyns Uppon the euen of y e Purificacyon of our lady y t mayre beyng warned y t the kyng shuld come to westmynster he wyth the more parte of the Aldermen rode vnto Knyghtbrydge and houyd there to salute the kynge and to knowe his forther pleasure But when the kynge came nere that place and harde of theyr beynge there he sent vnto them a squyre of houshold and chargyd theym that they shulde not presume to come in hys syght wyth whyche message they beynge greatly dyscoÌ„fortyd retourned home to the cytye Afterwarde in the Octauys of the puryfycacyon of our Ladye returned from the courte
holy Lewys or the tenth Lewys vnto Paris Of whom he was honorably receyued and lodged hym in his own paleys by y e space of an hole weke makynge to hym great feast gyuynge to hym and hys ryche many gyftes And from thens kynge Henry rode vnto saynte Denys where of the abbot and conuent he was receyued wyth processyon and taryed there by the space of a moneth In whyche season a maryage was concludyd betwene IohnÌ„ duke of Brytayne and one of his doughters And at hys departynge he gaue to the abbot a cuppe of golde a basyn wyth an ewer of syluer And for hys more consolacyon kyng Lewys assygned vnto hym a certayne lordes other noble men of Fraunce to gyue attendaunce vppon hym and to conuey hym and to shewe hym a parte of Fraunce wyth all dysporte and huntynge and haukynge and other many pleasures of the countrey In whych passe tyme the Frenche kyng assembled hys parlyament at Parys where he shewyd vnto hys lordes that hys conscyence was grudgyd wyth y e withholdyng of all such landes as Phylyppe the second wan from kynge IohnÌ„ in Normandye vpon y e whych he desyred theyr faythfull and frutefull counsayll where after many reasons and argumentes made yt was concludyd for a fynall concorde to be hadde betwene kynge Henry and hym that yf kyng Henry wyth the agremente of hys lordes wolde resygne into the Frenche kynges handes all suche tytle and ryghte as he hadde in the hole duchye of Normandye of Angeou poyteau and Mayne for hym and for his heyres for euer that then the Frenche kynge of his great bountye and grace shulde gyue vnto the kynge of Englande and to hys heyres kynges the lordshyppe of Guyan Angeou and Mayne and byryghtfull tytle callyd euer after duke of Guyan and ouer that he shulde be admyttyd for a Pere of Fraunce to all whyche condycyons as affyrmyth and wytnessyth the Frenche cronycle kynge Henry at hys retourne from hys dysporte was agreable and wyth consente of hys baronye and in theyr presence wyth also the baronye of Fraunce dyd hys homage vnto the sayde Lewys for the duchye of Guyan and after made hys othe accordynge to the same And after great gyftes receyued on eyther syde kynge Henry retourned vnto Burdeaux Of thys peace and concorde speketh a cronyculer named Guydo or Guy sayth that kyng Henry sayled into Fraunce and asked restytucyon of the forenamed Frenche kyng of all suche landes as hys ayle Phylyppe the seconde had wyth extorte power taken from kynge IohnÌ„ hys father But for he fande the Frenche kynge straunge in his answere also had lytle truste in hys lordes for to haue theyr ayde he fell to agrement wyth the Frenche kynge and solde to hym all his tytle that he had in Normandye Gascoyn and Guyan y â— whych extendyd to the yerely value of .xx. thousande pounde takynge for the same tytle .iii. huÌ„dred thousand pouÌ„d of small Turon money whereof a pounde is in value after sterlynge money but .ii. s. iii â— or there about so that he shulde after that rate haue for his sayde tytle after the value of sterlynge money .xxxiii. thousand seuen hundred and .l. pounde In the season and tyme that kyng Henry was thus occupyed in Fraunce dyssencyon fell in Englande betwene syr Edwarde the kynges son and syr Rycharde erle of Glouceter For appeasyng wherof a parleameÌ„t whyche is to meane a counsayll of hys lordes was callyd at westmynster whyche contynued by the space of .iii. wekes and more To the whyche counsayll the lordes came wyth greate companyes and specyally the sayde syr Edwarde and the erle of Glouceter the whyche entendyd to haue lodged within the city wherfore the mayre yode vnto the byshop of worceter and syr Hugh Bygotte and syr Phylyppe Basset to whome the kynge wyth the archbyshoppe of Caunterburye had taken the rule of the lande in hys absence the whyche all went vnto the kynge of Almayne to haue hys aduyse in that mater where it was concludyd that nother the sayde Edwarde nor the erle shuld come wythin the cytye then there to be lodgyd nor none that helde vppon eyther of that partyes And forther yt was prouyded that all suche wythin the cytye as were of the age of .xv. yeres and aboue shulde be in harnes to watche and kepe the cytye bothe daye and nyght and that the gates shulde be kept shyt vppon the daye and a certayne men in harneys to kepe euery gate of the cytye And soone after for the sauegarde of the cytye and sure kepynge of the peace wythin the same the kynge of Romaynes wyth the sayde syr Hughe and syr Phylyppe came into the cytye and there were lodged with theyr companyes and suche other as they wolde assygne to strength the cytye yf nede requyred Then aboute the feaste of saynte Marke the kynge came to London from beyonde the see and was lodgyd at the byshoppe of Londons paleys After whose commynge by his assygnement the erle of Glouceter was then lodged wythin the cytye and syr Edwarde hys sonne was lodgyd in hys owne palays at westmynster And soone after the kynge commaunded hym to be lodgyd at saynt IohnÌ„s and all the other lordes were lodgyd in other places wythoute the cytye And the kyng of Romayns remoued agayne to westmynster In whych tyme a direccyon was takeÌ„ betwene the sayd ê‘tyes a new assemble and parlyament assygned to be kept at westmynster in the quindena of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst And for that then all thynge myght not be sette in an order yt was prorogyd vnto the feast of saynt Edwarde at the which season all thyng was put at reste for a whyle In this yere also fell that happe of the Iewe of Tewkysbury whyche fell into a gonge vppon the saterdaye and wolde not for reuereÌ„ce of his sabbot day be plucked out wherof heryng the erle of Glouceter that the Iewe dyd so great reuerence to hys sabbot daye thought he wold do as myche to his holy daye whych was sondaye and so kept hym there tyll monday at which season he was founden dede Anno domini M.CC.lix  Anno domini M.CC.lx.  Adam Brownynge  wyllyam fyz Rycharde  Anno .xliiii.  Rycharde Couentre  IN this .xliiii. yere soone after the feast of Symonde and Iude the kynge kept a royall feaste at westmynster where he made dyuerse knyghtes Amonge the whych IohnÌ„ duke of Brytayne whyche had maryed one of the kynges doughters was there made knyght And soone after was syr Hughe spencer made chefe iustyce After y e feast of CaÌ„delmasse y e kyng commauÌ„dyd a folkmoot to be called at Paulys crosse where he in proper persone wyth the kynge of Almayn the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury and many other nobles came where the kynge commaundyd vnto the mayre that euery strypelynge of the age of .xii. yeres and aboue shuld be before his aldermaÌ„ be sworn the day folowynge to be trew to the kyng to hys
where they drew to them great power and warred vppon the landes and castellys of syr Roger Mortymer threw some of them vnto the grounde and spoyled of hys what they myghte fynde and ouer that brent of hys manours and houses In whose ayde syr Edwarde the kynges sonne commynge hys people were dystressyd and he almoste taken For redresse of whyche maters a newe parlyameÌ„t was appoynted to be holdeÌ„ at Oxenforde in the quindena of Eester nexte folowynge whyche came neuer to effecte All be yt an other cronicle sayth that from this parlyament then holden at Oxenforde the kynge and his lordes parted all dyscorded Then the barons drewe towarde London the kynge remayned at woodstok And then newe assuraunce by wrytynge endentyd was made betwene the comynaltye of the cytye and the Barons wythoute consent of many of the rulers of the sayde cytye wherfore the commons as men enraged made of theym self two capytaynes whych they named constables of the cytye y t is to say Thomas de Pyweldon Stephan Bukerel At whose commaundement by tollynge of the great belle of Paules all the cytye shulde be redy shortely in harnes to gyue attendaunce vppon theyr sayd capytaynes About the begynnynge of lent the constable of the towre syr Hughe le Spenser came wyth a fayre company of men of armys before hym into the cytye and desyred assystence of the forenamed constables The whyche commaunded the sayd belle to be â—olled By meane wherof the people shyt theyr shoppes and came out in harneys in great multytude The whyche after proclamacyon made that they shulde â—olowe theyr capytaynes wythout knowlege what to do or whyther to go folowed theyr sayde capytaynes and so yode vnto Thystelworth vppon two myles beyonde westmynster there spoyled the manour of the kynge of Romaynes and sette yt after vppon a fyre And that done hys water mylles other commodities that he there had put theym to vtter ruyne And after wyth great noyse and crye returned vnto London This dede as sayth myne authour was cause of the mortall warre folowynge For where before tyme the sayde kynge of Romaynes hadde ben for allyaunce that was betwene hym and the erle of Glouceter a treatye of peace to be hadde betwene the kynge and his Barons after that dede done he was enymy vnto them to the vttermoste of his power The kynge herynge of thys ryâ—â—gaderyd vnto him great power And for he harde that syr Peter de MouÌ„t forde was at Northampton gatherynge of people to strength the Barons partye he spedde hym thyder and wanne the towne vppon hym by force and slewe many of hys men and fynally toke hym syr Symon the son of the erle of Leyceter wyth dyuers other on lyue the which with many burgeyses of that towne that hadde take theyr partyes the kynge sent vnto dyuers prysons and some he closyd wythin the castell of y e same towne In thys passe tyme on Palmesondaye weke all the Iewes in London were spoyled and robbed the nomber of .v. huÌ„dred of them were slayn and dyuers of theyr mansyons brent and destroyed and suche as of them were saued were conueyed for great mede vnto the towre and there kept from the fury of the commons wherof the occasyon was for so myche as a Iewe wolde haue forced a crysten man to haue gyueÌ„ to hym more then ii d. for the vsure of .xx. s. for a weke For ye shall vnderstand that at those dayes by lycence graunted vnto the Iewes of the kynge they myght take by vsury of euery man y t of theym wolde borowe money .ii. d. of a pouÌ„d for a weke lendyng and so of greter of smaller summes after that rate And soon after the Iewes were thus punyshed many houses of relygyon wythin y e citye and nere there about were serched for goodes of alliauÌ„tis and myche founde wherof a parte was brought vnto the lordis but the more parte was stolen and brybed In whyche season the kynge passed by diuers couÌ„treys and lastely came into Southsex with a strong power wherof herynge the lordes made preparacyon to go towardes hym In all whyche tyme the wardeyns of the v. portes kepte the see wyth shyppes that no straungers shulde entre the lande to ayde the kynge agayne the Barons Then in the ende of Apryll the Barons wyth a multytude of the cytye whyche they put in vawarde departed from London takyng theyr iourney towarde the kynge And when they were well onwarde vpon they re way worde was brought vnto them that the kynge wyth an huge power was at Lewys wherfore they by an hole assent dyuysed a letter and sent yt in y e name of all the Barons vnto the kynge whose names here vnder folowe but not all Syr Symonde de Mounforde erle of Leyceter and hyghe stewarde of Englande Syr Gylbert de Clare erle of Glouceter Syr Robert Ferres erle of Derby Syr Hugh le Spenser chefe iustice and syr Henry de Mountford son and heyre to the erle of Leyceter Syr Rycharde Gray Syr Henry Hastynges Syr IohnÌ„ fyz IohnÌ„ Syr Robert de Uenpount Syr IohnÌ„ Gyuyle Syr Robert Roos Syr wyllyam Marmyon Baldwyne wake Syr Gylbert Gyfforde Syr Nycholas de Megraue Syr Godfrey de Lucy Syr IohnÌ„ de Ueysy Syr wyllyam de Mounthdesey whyche letter sealed wyth the seales of the sayde erle of Leycester and of Glouceter conteyned as foloweth TO the most excellent lord the kynge Henry by the grace of god kynge of Englande lorde of Irlande and duke of Gwyan the Barons other faythfull your seruauntes theyr fydelyte and othe to god and to you coueytynge to kepe sendyng to you due salutyng with all reuerence and honour vnder due obeysaunce Lyketh yt youre hyghnes to vnderstaÌ„de that many beyng about you haue before tymes shewyd vnto your lordshyppe of vs many euyll vntrewe reportes and haue founde suggestyons not alonely of vs but also of your selfe to brynge this your realme vnto subuersyon Know your excellency that we entende nothyng but helth and suerty to your person to the vttermoste of our powers and not onely to our enmyes but also to yours and of all this youre realme we entende vtter greuaunce and correccyon Besechynge your grace her after to gyue vnto theym lytell credeÌ„ce for ye shall fynde vs your trew and faythfull subiectes to the vtter moste of our powers And we erle of Leyceter and erle of Glouceter at the request of other and for our selfe haue put to our seales the .x. day of the moneth of May. The answere vnto this foresayde letter HEnry by y e grace of god kyng of Englande lorde of Irland and duke of Guyan to Symonde de Mountforde Gylbert de Clare theyr coÌ„plyces where as by warre generall ê‘turbauÌ„ce in this our realme by you begon contynued wyth also brennynges and other hurtes and enormytyes that euydently apperyth that your fydelyte to vs due ye haue not kept nor y e suerty of our person ye haue
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
his marchauÌ„tes myght vse theyr entercourse into FlauÌ„dres as they before tymes had done such lossis as before was by theym susteyned shulde be recompensyd And so soone after an amytye betwene the kynge and her was concluded In this yere about y e ende of Marche dyed Rychard kynge of Almayn and erle of Cornewayle brother to the kynge and was buryed at Haylys an abbaye of whyte monkes by hym before tymes buylded after he hadde ben kynge of Almayne by the terme of .xv. yeres But after the rehersall made before in the .xxx. yere of this kyng Henry he shuld reygne xvi yeres In the moneth of Iuny y e monastery of y e Trinite in y e citie of Norwiche was consumed wyth fyre by reason of a fraye made betwene seruauntes of the abbaye and some of the cytezeyns of the cytye whyche grewe to a great skyrmysshe For the pryour of the same and other of the monkes purueyed sowdyours and helde y e belfray and the chyrch by force of armys and threwe out stones dartes and shotte many arrowes by reason wherof many of y e towne were bothe wounded slayne whyche broughte the comons and yonge men in suche a furye and madnesse that they fyrid the gates and after forced the fyre with rede and drye woode that the chyrche wyth the bookes all other ornamentes of the same and all houses of offyce belongynge to the same abbey were clene brent and throwen downe so that nothynge was preserued excepte a lytell Chapell whaÌ„ tydynges of thys ryot came to y e kyngê knowlege he was therwith greuously dyspleased so that he rode thyder soone after and there commaunded questes to be charged of knyghtes esquyres that dwelled in the countre aboute and to endyte all suche persones as were occasyoners and executours of that dede By reason of whyche enquery fynally were caste and iuged vppon the nombre of .xxx. yonge men of the towne the whyche were after drawen to the place of execucyon and there hanged and brent to the great dyscomfyture sorowe of the cytezeyns For they thought y e pryour of the place was the occasyoner of all that myschyef whych was borne out defended by the bysshop of Norwyche than beyng named Roger And this yere were diuers prodygies strauÌ„ge tokens sene in dyuers places of Englande amoÌ„ge y e whych at Grenewyche besyde London a laÌ„be was yenyd hauynge .ii. perfyte bodyes wyth all membres and but one heed Anno domini M.C.lxxii  Anno domini M.CC.lxxiii  Rycharde Parys  Syr walter Henry  Anno .lvii.  IohnÌ„ Bedyll  IN thys .lvii. yere of kynge HeÌ„ry and begynnynge of the same the kynge sykened so that he was forcyd to kepe his bed at westminster where he called before hym syr Gylberte de Clare erle of Glouceter and caused hym to be newly sworne to kepe the peas of the lande to the behofe of Edwarde hys sonne and than dyed vppon the daye of saynte Edmunde the bysshoppe or the .xvi. day of Nouembre and was buryed vppon the southesyde of saynte Edwarde in westmynster whenne he had reygned .lvi. yeres .xxviii. days leuynge after hym syr Edwarde beforenamed for hys heyre EdmuÌ„de Crowchbak In a table haÌ„gyng vpoÌ„ the tombe of the sayd Henry are written these verses folowynge Tercius Henricus iacet hic pietatis amicus Ecclesiam strauit istam quam post renouauit Reddat ei munus qui regnat trinus vnus The whyche may be Englysshed as foloweth The frende of pyte and of almesse dede Henry the thyrde whylome of Englande kynge who thys chyrch brake after hys mede Agayn renewed into this fayre buyldynge Nowe resteth in here whyche dyd so great a thynge He yelde hys mede that lorde in deyite That as one god reygneth in persones thre Francia LOwys the .ix. of y e name and sonne vnto the seconde Phylyp begaÌ„ his reygne ouer the realme of FrauÌ„ce in the yere of our lorde .xii. C.xxiii and the .vii. yere of the thyrde HeÌ„ry then kynge of Englande Thys Lowys was crowned at Raynes vpon the daye of saynt Sixtus the pope or the .vi. day of August By the meane of thys Lowys as testifieth the freÌ„she cronycle retourned the blode of Pepyn to the enherytaunce of the crowne of Fraunce whose name was Isabell doughter of Bawdewyn erle of Henaut whych Bawdewyn was discendyd of Ermengaunte somtyme countesse of Namoure whyche was doughter to Charles duke of Lorayne the whyche Charles was lynyally dyscended of Charles the CoÌ„querour that was sonne of Charles Martellus the sonne of Pepyn whan thys Lowys had passed the solempnytye of hys coronacyon he made a vyage into y e countre of Poytiers and there wanne from the Englysshe men certayne castelles townes as before in the .x. yere of Henry the thyrde is touched The whyche vyage by hym fynysshed he at y e contemplacyon and prayer of kyng Iohan kynge of Hierusalem toke vpoÌ„ hym the crosse to warre vpoÌ„ the Turkes and after all thynges for that vyage made redy passed with hys hoost by Burgys Neuers and so to Lyon and from Lyon to Auygnd the whyche for dysobedyence to the chyrche of Rome had stande accursed vppon the terme of .vii. yeres But where as kynge Lowys supposed he shulde haue passed with hys people as he had passed the other cytyes y e cytezeyns closed the gates agayne hym wolde nat suffre hym nor hys to come within the cytye wherfore the kynge commaunded assaute to be made and so continued there hys siege tyll the myddell of August the whyche was begon aboute the ende of NoueÌ„bre and loste there many of hys men amoÌ„ge the whych Guy erle of saynte Paule a man of great fame was one with y e bysshop of Lemeryk and other to the noÌ„bre of .ii. M. or theraboute wherewith thys Lowys was so amoued that he made a solempne othe that he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had wonne the towne when that the rulers of the towne had knowlege of the kynges aâ—owe and promesse that he had made they toke aduysemente and shortly after sent vnto the kynge .ii. noble men of the cytye to entreate and common of peas But peas was to them vtterly denyed except they wolde submytte theym hooly to the correccyon of the pope For the offence done to god hys chyrch of Rome after to staÌ„de to the kynges dome for dyspleasure done agayne hym In the ende thoughe thys condycyon were greatly agayne theyr mynde it was lastly agreed vnto and the kynge with his people was receyued into the cytye And after he had restyd hym there a season that the cytezens had agreed theym with the popes legate and receyued of hym absolucioÌ„ with a new bysshop named Peter Corbio of the popes eleccyon than Gregory the .ix. with other thynges done accordinge to the sayd popes commaundement Then kynge Lowys commaunded fyrste the dyches of the towne to be fylled playne with the grounde And
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
the more parte of theyr cōpany where thorugh that symple feleshyp whyche named them selfe Shepherdes was dysseuered sparkelyd whan thys blessed kyng Lowys was delyuered from the daūger of hys enemyes was broughte out of Egypte into Syrye he there executed many dedes of charyte and of mekenes and repayred the cytye of Ioppen and other standyng vpon the see syde and from thens went on pylgrymage vnto Nazareth and to the mount of Thabor And when he was retourned vnto Ioppen he receyued there tydynges of the deth of dame Blāch his mother where after dyuers obseruan̄ces prayers done for the soule of hys mother he toke there shyppynge and sayled towarde Fraunce And nat withoute trauayle and trouble of the see at the ende of xii wekes he landed in the Hauen of Marcyll or Martyll and so sped his iournay that he came to Parys in y e yere of our lorde .xii. C. and .liiii. and the .vi yere after that he toke vppon hym the voyage where of the cytezeyns he was receyued wyth mooste honoure and gladnes And there callynge a coūsayl he refourmed many thynges for the weale of hys realme made one lawe whych is specyally remēbred that is that no man beyng in auctorytye of any hygh offyce as Prouost Pretour or any lyke office shuld bye any landes or rētes within that lordshype y t he had rule of And for that cause that he shuld nat extort or wronge or bye suche landes y e better chepe by reason of hys myghte or power At thys day the Prouosty or chyef rule or offyce was in the handes of y e cytezeyns of Parys by reason of a seale therof made to theym by the kynges progenytours By meane wherof many iniuryes and wronges were done vnto the common people and many theuys and other transgressours by fauoure and money passed vnpunysshed wherof thys blessed kynge Lowys beyng enfourmed vpon suffycyent profe made dyscharged the cytezeyns therof and assygned a man named Stephan Boyle in that offyce assygnynge to hym yerely a certayne stipend for executyng of that office and ordeyned that euer after the Prouost of Parys shuld be named by the kynge and hys heyres kynges He also made ordenaunces to auoyde strumpettes out of the cytye and punysshement for all accustomable great swerers wyth many other good ordenaunces and lawes the whyche I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. In this tyme and season were abydynge in Fraunce in a place called saynt Nicholas de Boys .iii. chyldrē borne in Flaundres the whych were sent thyder to lern y e maner of fraūce also to teche y e chyldrē of a knyghte named syr Guyllm̄ de Brunz to shot These chyldrē vpon a season passed the boūdes of the abbey groūde entred the warrayn of a lord of Fraūce called Enguerran lorde of Coucy there chased and shote at Conyes for theyr disport The whych were there takē of the seruaūtes of the sayd Enguerran presented to theyr lorde y e whych of hasty cruelnesse caused the iii. chyldrē with out pyte to be hāged wherof heryng y e Abbot of saint Nycholas cōplayned hym with the assystēce of y e fornamed syr Guillm̄ vnto the kyng The whych incōtynētly sēt to the sayd Enguerrā charging hym to apere before hys barony to answere to such matters as there shuld be layd vnto his charge wher in y e ende after many reasōs for hym layde he by great instāce of hys frendes was pardoned of y t greuous offence wyth cōdicion folowyng that is to meane fyrst he shuld pay vnto the kynge .x. M. li. of Parys money whych is to meane .xii. C. .l. li. sterling And ouer that he shuld warre vpō goddes enemyes in Syria by the space of .iii. yeres contynually vpon hys owne cost and charge And thyrdely he shulde buylde a chapel wherin two preestes shuld synge for euer for the soules of the sayd infauntes Or after mayster Gagwyne with the forsayd .x. M. li. other ayde of the kynge the hospytall in Parys named y e house of god in Pontoyse with the frayter of the freer minors or gray freers in Paris were made and repayred Than after many dedes of charite done by this vertuous prince as makynge of dyuers houses of relygyon seruyng of the poore people with his owne handes with fastinges other infynyte dedes of pytye he lastly in the .xxxiii. yere of hys reygne honourably receyued Hēry the .iii. thā kyng of Englande and stablyshed with hym a peas as before in the .xliiii. yere of the reygne of the sayd Henry is declared And that done he in the .xxxvi. yere of hys reygne maryed hys eldest son Phylyp vnto Isabell the doughter of Iamys kyng of Aragon By reason of whyche maryage the frenshe kyng gaue ouer to the sayd Iamys all suche ryght as he had in the lordshyppes of Besac Dampierre Rousselion and Barsellon And the sayde Iamys acquyted gaue ouer to Lowys all suche ryghte and tytle as he had in the lordshypes of Carcasson of Bygorre and of Anilly And soone after he sente Charles hys brother at the request of the .iiii. Alexaundre than pope into Cicilia with a great power to withstande y e vyolence of Manfrede sonne of Frederyke the second than Emperoure the whych agayne ryghte withhelde that kyngdome frome the chyrche of Rome whome Charles after longe fyght at a place named Boneuente slewe in batayll and after was made kyng of the sayd countre by auctorytye of the sayde pope Alexaunder payenge yerely vnto the chyrche of Rome .xl. M. ducates which is moch lyke after the rate of sterlyng money viii M.vi C.lxvi li. xiii s. iiii d. euery ducat accōpted at .iiii. s. iiii d. IT fyll so after that in the .xlii. yere of kynge Lowys Pope Clement the .iiii. of that name sent a legate vnto Lowys requyryng hym to ayde the crysten whyche in Siria were greuously warred with y e Turkes and Sarazyns At whose request the kyng called a counsayll wherin it was agreed y t socour shuld be made wherfore the kynge with hys .iii. sonnes Phylyp Iohn Peter toke on them the crosse And in the fyrste day of May the yere of hys reygne .xliii he with hys sayde sonnes and many other lordes of Fraunce as well spirytuall as temporall departed from Parys and frome thens rode vnto Cluny where he rested hym .iiii. days And from thēs sped hys iourney tyll he came to the forenamed porte of y t deed see where mette with hym a cardynall and legate of Rome with dyuers other bysshoppes of Fraunce the kyng of Nauarne the dukes son of Brytayn Alphōs erle of Poytiers the erles of Artoys and of Flaūdres with many other And whyle the kynge wyth hys hoost laye at the sayde porte taryeng a conuenable wynde a dyssencyon fyll betwene the Catholeynes and the men of Prouynce so that amonge theym was foughten suche a skyrmysshe that betwene theym was slayne vpon a hondreth men and many mo wounded or the stryfe myght
be all seased Soone after the kynge wyth hys lordes toke shyppynge and sayled with great daunger of tempest tyll lastly he came to the I le of Sardynes where the crysten host rested theym a season and after kept theyr cours til they came to the porte of Thunys or Cartage the .xviii. day of the moneth of Iulii where they rested in theyr shyppes that nyght Upō the morne whan they shuld lande all the porte was beset with Turkes and infydeles whych shotte dartes and kast stones to the greuaunce of the crysten host so that they wanne lande wyth great dyffyculte payne whan the kynge was landed he lodged hys people and after sent to serche for fresshe water to refresshe with hys hooste In whyche meane whyle the Admyrall of the kynges nauy came vnto the kynge requyryng hī to haue a certayne of knyghtes assygned vnto hym trustynge in god to wyn shortly the towne And so sped hym and assauted the towne But anone as the capytayne of the towne was ware of theyr commyng he with a great company issued oute of the towne and forced the crysten hoost to gyue backe wherfore kynge Lowys sent the Marshal of hys host with a certayne nombre of knyghtes to socoure the sayd Admyrall and in tyme of the fyght gatte betwene the Sarazyns and the towne so that whyle some faught with the Turkes the other wanne the towne wherof the Turkes beynge ware fled soone after but nat without great slaughter of thē For after that fyght many of theym whyche escaped frō the batayll were after slayne in cauernys and holes where they hyd theym in the grounde whan the towne of Cartage or Thunis was by y e cristē thus wonne anone the kynge commaunded the dede bodyes to be caste out the towne to be clēsyd of all ordours and fylthes And when all was done as the kynge had commaunded he then entred the towne and lodged within as many as the towne wolde holde And y e other he fortyfyed with dyches and other strengthes to preserue them from theyr enemyes and so taryed there the cōmyng of Charles hys brother and kyng of Cycilia It was nat lōge after that the cytye or towne was wonne but y t the kyng of Thunys with a great host of Turkes came nere to the towne made showys offers but they abode not therby One day the erle of Artoys in one company and a knyghte called syr Peter Cabellane in an other companye gatte betwene the see and the Turkes that they were compelled to fyght so that betwene theym was a cruell fyghte many slayne vppō both sydes But in the ende the Turkes were scomfyted chaced to theyr shyppes In thys fyghte were slayne ii cristen knyghtes named le Chastelayn and syr Iohn̄ de Ronssoylyers After thys batayll or fyght the Sarazyns made no great assautes But thē by reason of the unholsomnes of that countre sykenes fyll amonge y e crysten hoost so that the people dyed faste And shortly after the kyng was takē with suche a flixe and therwith an agu that he kept hys bedde And after the ryghtes of the chryche takē and certayne monycyons gyuen to hys sonne Phylyp how he shulde behaue hym in gydynge of the realme of Fraunce knowynge the houre of dethe approched charged suche as were aboute hym that they shuld lay hym vpon a bed of asshes powdre where he so lyeng a season in prayer expyred the day folowyng saint Bartholomeus tholomeus day or the .xxv. day of August when he had reygned .xliiii. yeres lackynge .ii. monethes leuynge after hym the .iii. forenamed sonnes Phylyp Iohn̄ Peter Thē the Bowellys were buryed in Cecilia and the body enbawmed with ryche oyntementes was recaryed vnto saynte Denys of Fraūce therwith greate reuerence entered The whych after for hys myracles of y e .vii. Bonyface was sette amonge the nombre of sayntes PHylyp the thyrde of that name and sonne of saynt Lowys beganne his reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce the .xxvi. daye of y t moneth of September in the yere of our lord .xii. C.lxx. and the .liiii. yere of Henry the .iii. than kynge of Englande and began than as before is shewed in Affrica at the towne or cytye of Thunys or Cartage accōpanyed with Charles hys vncle kynge of Cycyll the whych came to y e porte of Thunys the same day that kynge Lowys dyed after taryed there had many conflictes wyth the Turkes and bare hym so manfully that in the ende he forced y e kynge of Thunys to seche to hym for a peas The which was cōcluded for .x. yeres with certayne condycyōs of payeng of certayne money for y e kynge of Fraūces costes and certayne trowages of old tyme due vnto the kyng of Cycyll ye rely to be payde with many other artycles concernynge the same peace whyche I passe ouer After whyce peas concluded and assured the kynges of Fraunce and Cycyll toke shyppynge at the sayde porte of Thunys sayled towarde theyr countrees with great daunger of tempest of the see in processe of tyme landed in Cycyll where Philip with greate reuerence obseruaūce in mount Royall buryed y e bowelles of his father And y t done he toke his iourney towarde Fraunce thorughe Italy In whyche iourney dyed Isabell hys wyfe y e kyng of Nauerne Mary hys wyfe with many other to the nombre of .iii. M. and mo Lastly the kyng came vnto the cyty of Uiterbe where the cardynalles other spyrytuall men were in counsayll for the chosyng of a newe pope For at y e tyme the see was voyde by the deth of Clement the .iiii. But that eleccion was so dyuers that .ii. yeres expyred or they myght agree vpon a new pastor And thā they agreed vpō Theobalde archidiacon of Landēsse named after the .x. Gregory Frō Uiterbe the kyng rode to the moūt of Flaston̄ so ouer to the coūtre of Tuscayne so to the mount of Bergue then to y e cytye of Florēce from thens to Boloyng le Greysse and frō thens to Cremoygū where y e kynges officers were nat all well entreated In recōpensement wherof y e mayre burgeyses of that towne presented the kyng with .vii. stedes trapped in cloth of sylke other presētes whych the kyng with curteys thākfull wordes refused Then frō thens the kyng departed to Milan from Milan to Annergeaux and so to Susane a cytye of Sauoy and after passed the moūtaygnes so into the valys of Moryen and frō thens tourned towarde the cytye of Lyōs vpon Rosne and so to the cytye of Mastō in Burgoyn̄ and passed y e coūtre tyl they came to the abbey of Cluny and frō thens into the coūtre of Chāpayn so to the city of Trois and frō thēs passed the countrees tyll he came to the lordshype of Parys and so into the cytye of Parys Here I passe ouer the great prouysyon made by the cytesyns of Parys for the receyuynge
sore warreyd of the Frenche kynge in somoche that he hadde wonne the towne of Margquet and the countre theraboute And for to put the sayde Guy vnto the more trouble the sayd Frenche kynge caused Robert erle of Artoys to inuade the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„dres toward Pycardy encountred with y e sayd Guy nere vnto a towne called Furnes wher atwene y e said .ii. erles was foughteÌ„ a sharpe bataâ—l so that many men were slayne vpon bothe partyes After whiche fyght the Erle of Flaunders spedde hym towarde Gaunt where as kynde Edwarde than soiourned the erle of Artoys drewe hym towarde y e FreÌ„che kynge the whiche shortly after was receyued into the towne of Bruges In whiche tyme and season whyle y e sayd .ii. kynges laye thus at eyther towne a meane of peas was there treated of so that fynally a peas was coÌ„cluded atwene the .ii. kynges and atwene the Frenche kynge and Guy erle of FlauÌ„ders vnto the feest of all sayntes than next ensuenge And froÌ„ that day vnto the feast of all sayntes thaÌ„ .ii. yeres folowyng After whiche peas so stablysshed kynge Edwarde departed from the towne of Gaunte yode to Burdeaux And y e Frenche kynge retourned into Fraunce And prysoners were delyuered on bothe partyes In this tyme and season whyle kynge Edwarde was thus occupyed in FlauÌ„ders the Scottes by the entysement of the Frenche kynge to the entent to cause kynge Edwarde to kepe his countre that he shulde nat ayde the erle of Flaunders beganne to make warre vpon the kynges soudyours whiche y e kynge had lafte there in dyuers holdes And also entred vpon y e borders of NorthuÌ„berlande made sharpe warre vpon the inhabytauntes of that countre And for that syr IohnÌ„ Bayloll theyr kynge after some wryters was at y â— tyme prysoner in the towre of London or els voyded the couÌ„tre for fere of the kynge of Englande therfore the sayde Scottes made them a capytayne the whiche was named wyllyam waleys a man of vnknowen or lowe byrth to whom they obeyed as vnto theyr kynge Anone as y e kynge herde of the rebellyon of the Scottes which to hym was no great wonder consyderynge theyr greate vnstedfastnesse he wrote his letters vnto syr HeÌ„ry Persy erle of NorthuÌ„berlande to syr wyllyam Latymer and to syr Hugh Cressyngham than tresourer of Englande and to other that they in all goodly haste shulde make prouysyon to withstande the Scottes The whiche persones after receyte of the kynges letters spedde them all in spedy maner so that they entred Scotlande shortly after and coÌ„pelled y e Scottes to returne backe vnto a towne named Streuelyn where iÌ„ a skyrmyssh foughteÌ„ atwene the Englysshe and the Scottes syr Hugh Cressyngham forenamed with dyuers Englysshemen was slayne But yet the Scottes were holden so strayte of the Englysshe hoost that after that skyrmysshe they wolde nat of a certayne tyme come in playne felde but kepte theym within theyr castelles and stroÌ„ge holdes And this yere atwene Easter and wytsontyde certayne ê‘sones of LondoÌ„ brake vp the tunne in the warde of Cornhyll and toke out certayne persones that thyder were commytted by syr IohnÌ„ Bryton then custos or gardeyn of the cytie for nyght walkynge For y â— whiche ryot the sayde persones that is to meane Thomas Romayne and viii other were afterwarde greuously punysshed as fyrst by prysonmeÌ„t and after by fynes And this yere the kynge in y e moneth of October came into EnglaÌ„de and so to wynchester where the cytezyns of London made suche laboure vnto his grace that shortly after they opteyned graunte of theyr lyberties and fraunchyses that had in some parte be kepte from them by y e terme of .xii. yeres more So that vpon the daye of the translacyon of saynt Edwarde kynge and confessour next folowyng they chase them a mayre of them selfe where by all the foresayd tyme theyr custos or gardeyn was appoynted by y e kyng or by suche as y e kyng wold assygne But ye shall vnderstande that this was not redemed without great summes of money For after some wryters the cytezyns payde for it to the kynge .iii M. marke Also this yere kyng Edwarde put out of his proteccyon certayne Alyauntes whiche were rychely benefyced in England The cause was for the sayd alyauntes wolde nat ayde y e kynge with theyr goodes as y e other of his lande dyd but purchased an inibicyon of pope Boniface the .viii that they and theyr goodes shulde be fre from all the kynges dymes or taskys Therfore y e kyng ceased theyr temporaltyes and suffered theÌ„ with theyr spyritualtes tyl they were agreed with the kynge Anno domini M.CC.xcviii  Anno domini M.CC.xcix  Richarde Reffham  Henry waleys  Anno .xxvii.  Thomas Sely.  IN this .xxvi. yere after Chrystmasse certayne persones made a dyggyng and a serche in y e churche of saynt Martynes le grauÌ„de in LoÌ„don for certayne tresoure that there shulde be hydde as it was reported of a gardiner But theyr labour was in vayne for nothynge was there founde For the whiche dede y e deane of Poules the seconde sonday of lent folowynge denounced all theÌ„ accursed that were at that dede doynge or consentynge to the same In this yere aboute y e begynnyng of Aprell the kynge rode towarde Scotlande and appoynted his lordes with theyr companyes to mete with hym at yorke where with hym met a great hoost y t whiche he ladde into Scotlande and brent and spoyled the countre as he went and taryed a season at Barwyke And from thens he spedde hym in wynnynge of the townes and castelles as he went tyll he came nere to a towne named Fawkyrk or Fankyrk where vpon y e day of mary Magdaleyne or y e .xxii. day of Iulii met with hym y e power of Scotlande and gaue vnto hym a sore fyght But in the ende the vyctory fyll vnto the EnglysshmeÌ„ so that of the Scottes were slayne in y e felde as affyrme dyuers wryters ouer the nombre of .xxxii. M. and of Englysshmen but barely .xxviii. persones After whiche scomfyture the Scottes yelded to the kynge the more partye of the stronge holdes castelles that they tofore had holden agayne hym and made vnto hym newe othe and promysse and yelded them selfe vnto his grace and mercy And whan he had set that countre in an ordre and rule he thaÌ„ retourned into EnglaÌ„de and so to LoÌ„don where by y e aduyce of some of his counsayll he sodeynly daÌ„pned certayn coynes of money called pollardes crocardes rosaries caused theÌ„ to be broughte to newe coynage to his great aduauÌ„tage ye haue before herde in that other yere how that a truce or a peas was stablysshed at wene the kynge and y e kynge of Fraunce for the space of .ii. yeres and more the whiche fynally was concluded this yere that kynge Edwarde for a peas to be had bytwene both regyons shulde take vnto wyfe Margarete the suster of Philip
forenamed duke Appellaūte after thys noble duke of Lācastre to the great honour of all Englande And soone after dyuers obseruaūces accordyng to the law of armys done solempne othes taken eyther set in the rest to haue rōne the fyrst course But kynge Iohan of hys especyall grace ceased y e mater toke the quarell into hys handes so that eyther of theym departed the felde wythout any stroke strykynge and pacyfyed the appeale to the honoure of the duke of Lancastre as wytnesseth the Frenche boke nat wyth standynge he was the French kynges enemye And soone after the sayde duke of Lancastre wyth other nobles assygned to hym by the kyng of England wentte to Auynyon wyth the archebysshoppe of Roan than chaunceller of Fraunce and the duke of Burbō and other appoynted for the kynge of Fraunce to conclude efte a peace betwene theyr two prynces The whyche at the cytye beforesayd were harde at lengthe before the newe pope than named Innocente the .vi. whych also lyke to hys predecessour was a Frencheman and cardynall of Lymosyne in Normādy called by hys proper name Stephan Aubert In conclusyon after great argumēte made on eyther partye before the pope and hys counsayl fynally it was agreed that y e peace betwene the .ii. kynges shuld be kept holden inuiolate tyll mydsomer next folowynge Anno domini M.CCC.liii  Anno dn̄i M.CCC.liiii  wyllyam Tontynghm̄  Thomas Legge  Anno .xxix.  Rycharde Smert  IN thys .xxix. yere kynge Edward by the aduyce of hys coūsayll for so moche as the townes of Flaunders brake theyr promyse before tyme made and helde nat the bādes of amyte by theym promysed by the lyfe of Iaques de Artyuele but fauoured the Frēche kynges partye therefore he with drewe from theym the markettes and staples of wolles that in sondry townes of Flaunders had than lately by the prouycyon of the foresayd Iaques to theyr greate aduauntage vsed to be kept and ordeyned than the sayde staples to be holden in sondry good townes of Englande as westmynster Chychester Lyncolne Brystowe and Caunterbury And shortely after Easter the Frenche kynge sent hys eldest sonne Charles dolphyne of Uyenne into Normandy for to take the rule of y e countre and specially for to sease certayne landes castelles whyche at y e daye belonged vnto the kyng of Nauerne whyche than was oute of the Frenche kynges fauour for the deth of syr Charles of Spayne constable lately of Fraūce y t he had by his meanes murdered in a towne called the Aygle in Normandy vpō .ii. yeres before passed And whyle y e sayd dolphyne was thus besyed in Normādy he made suche meanes to y e rulers therof that they graūted vnto hym ayde of .iii. M. mē for .iii. moneths at theyr proper costes and charges Of thys soone after sprange suche tydinges y t the kyng of Englād was enfourmed that the Frēch kyng had gyuen to hys sonne Charles y e duchy of Normandy with all Gascoygne Guyan and howe y e Normānes had graūted vnto y e sayd Charles .iii. M. mē for .iii. moneths to warre at theyr costes vpō y e Englyshmē whych as y e Frēch boke testifieth was graūted to hym onely to defēde y e kyng of Nauerne y t came to Cōstātyne shortly after for to repossesse all such lādes as the sayd dolphyn of hys had there seased for that wyth a bygge armye made warre vpon the sayd dolphyn But were it thus or otherwyse trouth it is as diuers wryters agreē in the moneth of October and ende of thys yere prynce Edwarde wyth a great hoste entred Gascoyne and passed by Tholouse and passed the ryuer of Gerounde or Geron̄ and so passed by Carcassyon and brent the bulwerkes of that cytye and from thens he rode to Nerbon̄ in pyllyng spoylynge the countre as he went And in the same yere kynge Edwarde wyth his power landed at his towne of Caleys where he rested hī by all y e tyme of this mayres yere And in this yere was the house of the freres Augustynes of Londō fynysshed whyche was reedyfyed by syr Humfrey Bohum erle of Hertforde and Essex whose body lyeth buryed in the quere of the sayde house or chyrche before the hygh aulter Anno domini M.CCC.liiii  Anno domini M.CCC.lv  Thomas Forster  Symon Franceys  Anno .xxx.  Thomas Brandon  IN this .xxx. yere the kynge as ye before haue herde beyng at Caleys shortly after the feast of Alhalloyne toke his iournay towarde the Frenche kynge and contynued his iournay tyll he came to a towne named Hesden and brake there the Frenche kynges parke toke suche pleasures as hym there lyked In whiche season of his there beynge tydynges were brought vnto hym y t y e Scottes had gotē y e towne of Berwyke and how they made dayly assautes to wynne the castell wherfore the kyng made the more hasty spede and returned to Caleys and so into Englande For whiche cause sayth y e Frenche cronycle y t kynge Edwarde fled from the Frenche kynge y t than with a strōge power came from Amy as vnto saynt Omers Than kynge Edwarde sped hym into Scotlande so y t in the moneth of Ianuary and begynnynge of the xxx yere of his reygne and .xxvii. day of the sayd moneth he layd his syege to y e towne of Berwyke had it yolden vnto hym in shorte processe of tyme after And that doone he entred ferther into the lande and subdued y e cheyf townes holdes as he went pursued the Scottysshe kynge so narowly that in the ende he was fayne to submytte hym to y e kynges grace as prysoner and resygned his power into the kynges hande And whan kynge Edwarde had set that coūtre in a rule he returned with the Scottysshe kyng agayne into Englande and called his courte of parlyament at westmynster In y e whiche amōge other thynges to the kynges auauntage was graunted to the mayntenaunce of his warres .l. s. of a sacke of woll for y e terme of .vi. yeres But it contynued lenger though the marchaūtes staplers therat grutched Than let vs now retourne vnto that noble prynce Edward the fyrst begotten sonne of the kynge whych by all thys tyme warred vppon the Frenchmen as in y e precedynge yere is touchyd So that lastly he retourned to Burdeaux wyth many ryche prysoners and pyllages to the great honoure of hym selfe and the greate auauncement of hys soudyours And all be it that in that countrees whyche he then passed were the erles of Armenake and of Foyze of Poytyers and of Cleremount wyth syr Iames de Burbon̄ and many other knyghtes the whyche hadde dowble the people as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle that the prynce had yet passed he from Tholous to Nerbon̄ fro Nerbon̄ to Burdeaux wythout batayle And after the prynce hadde there a whyle rested hym and hys people and sent dyuers of hys prysoners in to Englande he wyth hys hoste entred the
necessyte was compelled to come to the cytye of Burdeaux for to haue aske ayde of prynce Edward Thys Peter was ryghtefull heyre vnto the crowne of of Castyle and Henry hys brother after moste wryters was bastarde But thys Peter was so vyle of condycyons that hys subgectes had to hym but lytell fauoure And so the warre contynued a season betwene hys brother and hym as after shall appere in the whych prynce Edward wyth hys archers toke partye wyth thys Peter and the Frenche kynge wyth hys speres tooke partye wyth Henry And in thys yere at the kynges coÌ„maundement Adam Bury thanne mayre of London was dyscharged y e xxviii daye of Ianuary and for hym electe and chosen mayre IohnÌ„ Loue kyn grocer And as wytnesseth Polycronicon other thys yere was coÌ„maunded by the kynge that Peter pens shulde no more be gadered in Englande nor payde vnto Rome as they of longe tyme had ben vsed and grauÌ„ted in the tyme of Iuo or Iewe somtyme kynge of west Saxons as before in hys story is shewed But howe so at that dayes it was than by the kynge forbodeÌ„ yet neuer thelesse at thys present tyme and season they be gadered in sondry shyres of Englande Anno domini M.CCC.lxv  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxvi  IohnÌ„ warde  IohnÌ„ Louekyn  Anno .xli.  wyllyam Dykman  IN thys .xli. yere was borne the secoÌ„de sonnÌ„ of prynce Edward at Burdeaux named Rychard in the moneth of Apryll and the thyrd daye of the sayd moneth The sayd prynce Edward wyth the kyng of Nauerne and the foresayd Peter kynge of Castyle mette wyth Henry Bastarde vsurper of the sayde kyngdome nere vnto a towne called Domyng wher betwene them was a cruell and long fyght Howe be it in the ende the victorye fyll vnto the Englysshemen Henry and hys men were chased In thys bataylle was taken syr Barthram de Glaycon syr Arnold Dodenhamme thanne Marshall of Fraunce wyth other aswell French as Brytaynes and slayne vppon fyue thousande men vpon the partie of the sayde Henry and vppon .xvi. hondreth vppon prynce Edwardes partye After whyche vyctory the prynce wyth the sayde Peter spedde theym vnto the cytye of Burgys whyche was yolden to theÌ„ shortly after theyr commynge and after holpe the sayd Peter to wynne other cytyes and holdes so that he taryed there tyll the moneth of August folowynge At whych season as sayth the cronicle of Fraunce he retourned vnto Burdeaux wythout paymente of wages for hys sowdyours that before was to hym by the sayde Peter promysed In thys season that prynce Edwarde was thus in Spayne Henry Bastarde fledde wyth hys wyfe into Fraunce abode in a place or couÌ„tre called Carcasson But so soone as he was warned that prynce Edwarde was retourned vnto Burdeaux he gadered to hym a new coÌ„pany passed by the mouÌ„taynes of the forestes so entred the sayd lande of Castile the .xxvii. daye of the moneth of Septembre folowynge had the citie called Calahore yolded vnto hym whervnto hym drewe moche people of the countre so that hys strengthe encreased hougely Than froÌ„ thens he yode vnto the cytye of Burgys where he was ioyously receyued behaued hym in suche wyse y t in short whyle after he had the hole rule of the laÌ„de of Castyle hys brother was fayne to auoyde the laÌ„de and to seche ayde of the Sarazyns as affermeth y e foresayde cronycle And in thys yere aboute the monethe of Iuny the company before mynded in the .xxxvi. yere of thys kynge entred the duchy of Guyan and there helde them in doyng moch harme to that countre lyke as they before hadde done in dyuers places of Fraunce by all that season of iiii yeres passed And in the moneth of Decembre they departed from thens and yode into the couÌ„trees of Auerne and Berry And in the moneth of February they passed the ryuer of Loyre and toke the waye towarde Marcyll and after entred the countre of Burgoyne And euer as they passed the countrees they raunsomed men and spoyled many townes as they wente And all be it that the French kyng appoynted dyuers of hys lordes and knyghtes to go agayne them yet at suche seasoÌ„s as they drewe nere vnto them they wolde suffre theym to departe wythout batayl For they were so many that they were nombred at lx M. But of theyr capytaynes is none named Howe be it there were Englyshmen Gascoynes Pycardes Frenchemen men of Nauerne and of many other nacyons whych the cronycle reherseth nat contynued in theyr force and strengthe longe after to the greate dammage of the countrees whyche they passed thorough as Normandy Gascoygne Guyan Burgoyne and all the chyef countrees of Fraunce and lyued by rauen and pyllage to the great enpoueryssynge of the sayde countrees and townes which they passed by or lodged in Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lxvi  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lxvii  IohnÌ„ Torgolde  Iames Andrewe  Anno .xlii.  wyllyam Dykman  IN thys .xlii. yere and moneth of Marche apered Stella cometa that is a blasynge sterre And in the moneth of Apryll next ensuynge that is to saye the syxt day of the sayde moneth Leonell y e sonne of thys kynge Edwarde entred the cytye of Parys where he was of the dukes of Berry and Burgoyne honourably receyued and so by theym coÌ„ueyed vnto theyr brother the kyng of Fraunce vnto Louure where he at that seasoÌ„ was lodged Of whome he was also ioyously receyued logged wythin the kynges palays dyned souped wyth the kynge at hys owne table And vppon the morowe folowynge he dyned wyth the quene at a place of the kynges nere to saint Poule where the quene thaÌ„ was lodged And whan after dyuer he had a whyle daunsed and passed the tyme wyth other dysportes he than wyth the sayd .ii. dukes was agayne conueyed vnto the kynge souped with hym agayne that nyght And vppon the mornynge beynge tuysdaye the sayd dukes fested the sayde syr Leonell at a place of theyrs in Parys named Artoys And vpoÌ„ the wednesdaye he dyned souped agayne wyth the quene And vpon the thursday morowe folowynge the sayde syr Leonell toke hys leue of the kyng quene the whyche gaue vnto hym gyftes to suche as were in hys coÌ„pany to y e value of .xx. M. floryns aboue was coÌ„ueyed wyth noble men as the erle of Cancaruyle other tyll he was comen to Sens wyth knyghtê tyll he came to the borders of FrauÌ„ce where he gaue vnto theym ryche gyftes wyth great thankes And after he contynued hys iourney tyll he came vnto y e cytie of Mylayne where shortly after he maryed the doughter of Galyace duke of the sayde cytye and couÌ„tre had by her greate possessyons by reason that her sayde father dyed shortely after And in the ende of thys yere the erles of Armenak of Bret and of Perygort wyth dyuers other nobles of the duchye of Guyan
appeled the prynce of walys in the Frenche kynges courte that he hadde broken the peace and wronged theym contrary the peace stablysshed betwene Englande FrauÌ„ce requyred the FreÌ„ch kyng y t the sayd appeale myght haue due processe agayne the sayd prynce The whyche as sayth the French cronicle kynge Charles deferred for certayne causes there towched whyche were to longe to reherce Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lxvii  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lxviii  Adam wymbynghmÌ„  Symon MordonÌ„  Anno .xlii.  Robert Gyrdeler  IN thys .xliii. yere or more certaynly in the ende of the precedynge yere one walter Bernes mercer was vpon the day of y e traÌ„slation of saynt Edwarde kyng and confessoure or the .xiii. daye of Octobre chosen by the mayre aldermen mayre of the cytye of London But howe it was for lacke of substaunce or by other impedymente which is nat noted the sayd walter vpon the daye of Symonde Iude folowynge whaÌ„ he shulde haue taken hys othe at Guylde halle apered nat wherfore in hys rome by eleccyon of the foresayde mayre and aldermen was admytted for that yere folowynge Symonde MordonÌ„ fysshmonger mayre of that cytye And in thys yere and moneth of Marche Peter kynge of Castyle whyche by the ayde of the Sarazyns dwellyng in the borders of Spayn hadde wonne and recouered somme parte of the lande of Castyle encountrede wyth hys bastarde brother Henry beforesayde and gaue vnto hym batayll nere to a towne called Sybylle where after longe fyght the sayde Peter was scomfyted and moche of hys people slayne and hym dryuen vnto a castell oute of the whyche he was shortly after by treason gotteÌ„ presented vnto hys brother forenamed by whose senteÌ„ce he was iÌ„medyatly byheded After whose deth the sayd Henry enioyed the hole lande of Castyle whych infortunytie myschauÌ„ce fylle to thys Peter after dyuers wryters for so moche as he cruelly slew hys owne wyfe y e doughter of the duke of BurbonÌ„ And in thys yere and moneth of Maye the kynge of Fraunce in hys hyghe court of parlyamente holdeÌ„ at Parys proceded in iugemente vpon the appellacyons before made by the erle of Armenak the lorde of Bret and erle of Perogort agayne prynce Edward as before is towched in the precedynge yere wherupon dyscorde and varyaunce began to take place betwene the .ii. kynges in so moche y t by meane of the sayd .iii. lordes natwythstandyng that they were before sworne to be to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de trewe lyege men dyuers townes of the countre of Poyteaw yelded them to the Frenche kynge as Albeuyle Rue the more partye of the sayde townes of the sayd countre wherupoÌ„ ambassades were sente vppon bothe partyes dyuers meanes of treaty were comoned whyche conteyneth a longe werke wyth resonynge made vpon the same But in conclusyoÌ„ all came to none effecte So that breche of the peace whych before betwene y e ii kynges was so substaÌ„cially concluded was brokeÌ„ eyther kyng for his partye made prouysioÌ„ for the warre In so moch y e kynge Charles spedde hym to Roan in Normandy there in y e moneth of Iuly rigged his nauy to set theym forewarde for to warre vpon Englande In whyche tyme season y e kyng Charles was thus occupyed in NormaÌ„dy the duke of LaÌ„castre laÌ„ded at Caleys with a stroÌ„ge company of archers other warryours froÌ„ thens passed to ThoroueÌ„ne so to Ayre in wastyng the countre with irne fyre as he went wherfore y e French kyng in defence of those partyes sente the duke of Burgoyne with a puyssaunt armye to withstaÌ„de the sayde duke of LaÌ„castre The whych duke of Burgoyne sped hym iÌ„ such wyse y t about y e .xxiiii. day of August he lodged hys hoste vpon the mouÌ„tayne of Turnehan nere vnto Arde. And the English hoste was lodged betwene Gygowne Arde so that y e frountes of both hostes were within a myle Betwene whome were dayly skyrmysshes and small bykerynges without any notarye batayll And whaÌ„ the sayd duke of BurgoynÌ„ had thus kept the sayde mount froÌ„ the .xxiiii. day of Auguste vnto the .xii. day of SepteÌ„bre he remoued hys hoste yode vnto HesdeÌ„ For the whych dede he was after blamed of kyng Charles hys brother After whych departure of the FreÌ„chemen the duke of Lancastre with hys hoste tooke y e waye towarde Caus or Caux passed the ryuer of SuÌ„me so rode toward Harflew entendynge as sayth the FreÌ„che boke to haue fyred the Frenche kynges nauy But at theyr coÌ„myng thyder y e towne was so stroÌ„gly maÌ„ned y t they dyd there lytell scathe wherfore the sayd duke departed shortly thens and spedde hym into the countrye of Poyteau and so came vnto the towne of Albeuyle where wythout the Frenchemen encountred hym and gaue vnto hym batayll In the whych was taken syr Hugh ChastelonÌ„ knyght with other knyghtes esquyres burgeyses of the towne and vpoÌ„ .xvi. score FreÌ„chmen slayne whyche sayde prysoners to the nombre of fyue fourty were sent vnto Caleys y e duke with hys company yode vnto Burdeaux in spoylyng of the FreÌ„chmeÌ„ as he went Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xlviii  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lix  IohnÌ„ Pyell  IohnÌ„ Chychester  Anno .xliiii.  Hugh Holdyche  IN thys .xliiii. yere and moneth of Ianuary dyed the erle of warwyke at Caleys after he was retourned from the duke of Lancastre whyche was a man of great fame And in y e moneth of August dyed that noble woman quene Phylype wyfe vnto Edwarde the thyrde The whyche was a greate benefactoure vnto the chanoÌ„s of saynt Stephans chapell at westmynster And soon after dyed dame BlauÌ„ch somtyme the wyfe of Henry duke of Lancastre was buryed at Poules vpon the noâ—thsyde of the hyghe aulter by her husbande where she ordeyned for hym and her .iiii. chauÌ„tres for euer an annyuersarye yerely to be kept At the whych ouer great thynges be set vnto the deane chanons of the churche she ordeyned that the mayre beynge presente at the masse shuld offre .i. d. and take vp .xx. s the shyryffes eyther of them a peny and to receyue eyther of them a marke y e chaÌ„berlayn of the cytie .x. s the sword berer .vi. s. .viii. d and euery officer of the mayres there present .xxii. d and to euery offycer to the nombre of .viii eyther of theym .viii. d. admytted for the shyreffes The whyche obyte at thys daye is holden But by reason that the lande is decayed these forenamed summes ben greately mynysshed so that the mayre at thys daye hath but .vi. s. viii.d bothe the shyreffes syxe s. eyghte d and other after that rate In thys yere also the kynge helde hys parlyament at westmynster In the whych was graunted vnto hym iii. fyftenes to be payde in .iii. yeres folowynge And by a conuocacyon of the clergye was also grauted vnto hym .iii. dysmes to be payde in lyke maner And in thys yere
certayn laÌ„des within that duchy The whych variaunce to apese the kyng toke therein somme payne But no direccion he myght set therein so y t the sayd duke and syr IohnÌ„ departed with wordes of dyffiauÌ„ce And shortly after y e sayd syr IohnÌ„ accompanyed with dyuers noble meÌ„ of Almayne entred y e duchy of Burgoyne and therin dyd moche harme to the couÌ„tre and people and gat certayne castelles and theÌ„ fortyfyed with Almaynes ThaÌ„ y e duke hauyng in his ayde y e kyng of Nauerne the duke of NormaÌ„dy â–ª with y e erle of EscaÌ„ps and of FlauÌ„dres â–ª assâ—eged y e castel of Chausy at y e ende of .vi. wekes wan y e same and after yode vnto the cytye of Besenson layd siege to it also But whaÌ„ he had leyne there a loÌ„ge season he was fayne to coÌ„clude a trewes his host was in such 〈◊〉 of vytayll By reason of whych peas or trewes y e hostes were deseuered the ende of y e warre vnparfyted But in the ende folowynge by meane of y e FreÌ„ch kyng a dyreccioÌ„ was takeÌ„ betwene the sayd ê‘tyes And thys yere kyng Philip sent certayne messeÌ„gers vnto kyng Edward vpoÌ„ certayn demauÌ„des for y e castel of yauÌ„tes other for y e which coÌ„trauersie fyrst begaÌ„ to kyndle betwene the sayde .ii. prynces as in y e .x. yere of Edward is touched with the other yeres folowyng In the .ix. yere of this Philip apered a blasyng sterre After the whych ensued greate mortalytye within the realme of FrauÌ„ce aswel of men as of beestes And in this yere a nother maÌ„ of y e prouynce of LaÌ„gedok named Arnolde of NormaÌ„dy was heded hanged vpoÌ„ y e coÌ„mon gybet of Parys for asmoch as by hys meanes it was proued that the EnglyshmeÌ„ had wonne the castell of Paracoll And in the .x. yere of kynge Philip kyng Edward of EnglaÌ„d sent syr Barnard de Bret into FlauÌ„dres for causes touched shewed in the .xii. yere of the sayd Edward And in y e .xi yere of this Philip kyng Edward sayled into BrabaÌ„t alyed hym wyth Lowys y e Empour And whyle the Frenche kyng taryed with hys hoste at saint Quyntyne in Uermandoys kyng Edward entred into Fraunce and spoyled and brent a parte of Treresse nat without some note or 〈◊〉 of Cowardyse arrected to the FreÌ„ch kyng and hys hoste of hys owne subgectes And in the same yere began the towne of GauÌ„te to rebell wyth other townes of FlauÌ„dres by the mocion of Iaques de Artyuyle as in the .xiiii. yere is shewed of kyng Edward the thyrde In the twelf yere of thys Philip whych y e FreÌ„ch boke calleth the yere of confusyon kynge Edwarde beynge retourned into Englande the Frenche kynge assembled a myghty hoste to go agayne the Henauders Flemynges Brytons came with the sayde hoste vnto Arras and sent from thens a part of hys people with hys sonne IohnÌ„ than duke of Normandy into Henaude for to warre vppon the countrey there whyche went streyght vnto Cambraye after layd siege to that castel called Esthandune And wythin .xv. dayes folowynge the Frenche kynge hys father came vnto the sayd syege wyth innumerable people The whiche castell at th ende of a moneth after the kynges coÌ„mynge was gyueÌ„ vp by apoyntement And that done y e kynge remoued hys siege to a castell of the bysshoppe of Cambray named Thune standynge vpon the ryuer of Lescaut â–ª where the kynge laye longe tyme withoute harme doynge vnto y e sayde castell At lengthe the duke of Brabant with the erle of Gerle with a stronge hoste of dyuers nacyons came for to remoue that siege so that the Frenche hoste lay vpon that one syde of the ryuer the Brabanders vpoÌ„ that other But by meane of .iiii. brydges whych were made ouer that ryuer bothe hostes at sondry tymes mette faughte dyuers sharpe skyrmysshes to the losse of people vppon bothe partyes But in the ende the castell was so betyn wyth gonnes y t the capytayne therof put all hys mouables in a shyp and after wyth such sowdyours as were lefte entred the sayde shyp sette the castell vppon a lyght fyre wherof whan the Frenche kynge was ware in all haste he caused the walles to be scaled and so entred stanched the fyre And the same nyght the hoste of Brabanders departed also whan the kynge haâ— thus wonâ—â— thys castell he than sente the dukes of Normandy of Burgoyn vnto a towne named Quesnoy And whan y e sayd dukes had brent a parte of that towne other vyllages there about they retourned agayne vnto y e FreÌ„ch hoste And shortly after the kynge retourned into Fraunce there made prouycyon to sende forthe hys nauy to mete wyth kyng Edwarde whych were to the nombre of .iiii. huÌ„dreth or aboue the whyche as in the .xv. yere of Edwarde the thyrde is before shewed mette the Englysshe nauy and there at a place called y e SwynÌ„ were ouercommen AFter thys great victory thus opteyned by the kynge of Englande the Frenche kynge wyth a great hoste herynge comfortable tydynges of the discomfiture of syr Roberte de Artoys before the towne of saynte Omers as before in the .xv. yere of kyng Edward is also shewed sped hym tyt he came to the pryory of saynte Andrew where he taryenge wyth hys people certayne lettres were sent to hym by kynge Edwarde â–ª wherof the tenour with the answere of the same are set out in the forsayd xv yere with other maters apparteynynge to the actes of bothe prynces whan the peace was concluded betwene the sayde kynges as in y e sayd xv yere is declared y e kyng of FrauÌ„ce retourned to hys owne And in y e .xiii yere of hys reygne dyed IohnÌ„ duke of Brytayne After whose deth Charles de Bloys IohnÌ„ de Mountfort claymed seuerally to be enherytours of that duchy whyche Charles was sonnÌ„ vnto the erle of Bloys neuew vnto the Frenche kynge by reason y â— Margareâ—â— hys syster was mother vnto the sayde Charles The whych Charles had maried the doughter of Guy de Brytayne vycount of Lymoges secoÌ„de brother of the forenamed IohnÌ„ duke of Brytayne And y â— sayd IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tforte was the thyrde brother vnto the forsayd IohnÌ„ duke of Brytayn now dede So that thys questyon of thys clayme rested vpon thys poynt whether the doughter of the secoÌ„d brother shuld enheryte y e duchy or y e yonger brother consideryng y t IohnÌ„ the eldest brother dyed without heyre of hys body and Guy the seconde brother without heyre male wherfore the thyrde brother IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort claymed to be duke of Brytayne whiche case and question was brought before y e FreÌ„ch kynge hys lordes there debated argued by a longe season But in y e ende sentence passed agayn syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort Charles de Bloys was put in possession of y e duchy by kyng Philip to whome the sayd Charles dyd hys homage for the same
shortly thens and sped hym towarde Auynyon It was nat longe after that the kyng of Nauerne was departed out of NormaÌ„dy but that kyng IohnÌ„ sped hym thider seased all the landes that the kyng of Nauerne had wythin that duchy and putte offycers and rulers in hys castelles townes suche as hym lyked and dyscharged the other excepte .vi. castelles that is to saye Euroux le PouÌ„t Audemer Chirebourt Ganeray Auranches Martaygn the whych were holden by the seruauÌ„tes of the kynge of Nauerne men of Nauerne borne In the moneth of Ianuary folowynge syr Robert de Loryze abouenamed vnder safe conduyte came vnto kyng IohnÌ„ to Parys and there was to hym in proces reconsyled And in thys yere were the artycles of peace betwene the kynges of EnglaÌ„de of FrauÌ„ce prolonged tyll the feaste of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst next ensuynge as before in y e ende of the .xxviii. yere of kyng Edwarde is more at length declared In thys .v. yere of kyng Iohan moneth of Apryl he sent syr Charles hys sonne dolphyne of Uyenne into Normandy to aske ayde of the Normannes agayne the kynge of Nauerne The whyche graunted vnto hym iii. M. men at theyr charge for .iii. monethes And in the moneth of August folowynge the kynge of Nauerne accompanyed with .ii. M. sowdiours came vnto the castell of ConstaÌ„tyne there taryed with the sayd people wyth whose coÌ„mynge the sowdiours of the forenamed .vi. castelles were so well comforted that they robbed and pylled al y e couÌ„tre about theÌ„ And som of the sayde sowdiours came vnto a castell of y e FreÌ„ch kynges named CoÌ„ket waÌ„ it by streÌ„gth after vytayled maÌ„ned it in moste warly wyse dyd many other thynges to y e FreÌ„che kyngs great displeasure The which warre thus coÌ„tynuyng by medyacioÌ„ of freÌ„des the kynge of NauarnÌ„ rode vnto y e dolphyn to a towne called the Uale de Rueyll where they metyng and eyther to other shewyng louyng couÌ„tenaunce vpoÌ„ y e .xviii. day of SepteÌ„bre they togyder toke theyr way toward Parys where the kyng of Nauarne was brought vnto the French kynges presence where he excused hym of all trespasses done agayn the kyng syne y e tyme of y e last accord besechyng y e kyng to be good and gracius lorde vnto hym and he shulde be to hym as a sonne oughte to be vnto the fader as a trew man vnto hys soueraygne lorde And after the kyng by y e meanes of y e duke of Athenesse forgaue vnto hym hys offeÌ„ces and promysed to staÌ„de hys good and gracyous lord and so eyther deê‘ted from other in louyng maner And soone after kyng IohnÌ„ gaue vnto y e dolphyn of Uyen syr Charles hys eldest sonnÌ„ y e duchy of NormaÌ„dy for y e whyche he dyd vnto hys father homage in y e house of mayster Martyn ChanoÌ„ of Parys in y e cloyster of the mynster called Noterdame And by auctoryte of a parlyameÌ„t holdeÌ„ in the citie of Parys was grauÌ„ted vnto kyng IohnÌ„ of the thre astates of hys realme y t is to meane the spiritualte the lordê and nobles and y e hedes or rulers of cytyes and good townes of hys realme that he shulde haue .xxx. M. meÌ„ waged for a yere for to defeÌ„de hys auncyent enemye the kynge of England For puruyauÌ„ce wherof certayne persones of the sayd .iii. astates asseÌ„bled shortly after to prouide for y e leuieng of that great suÌ„me of money After whyche prouysion or sessing agreed or concluded by the sayde persones and commyssyoners sente out to dyuers coostes and good townes for the leuyeng of the sayde money in the towne of Arras fyll a dissencyoÌ„ betwene the ryche the poore of that towne the poore sayeng that the ryche men had layde all the burthen vpon the poore men them self bare lytell charge or none For thys fyrst began great altercacion of wordes after enâ—uyed strokes stripes so that of the hâ—des and chyef burgeses of the towne were .xvii. men slayne And the day folowynge they slewe .iiii. mo banysshed dyuers y t at that tyme were absent out of the towne And so the towne of Arras rested as than in the gydynge of the poore artyfycers of that towne IN the .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Iohan and moneth of Marche â–ª he beynge accoÌ„panyed with a secret meny before y e daye departed from the towne of Manuyle rode streyghte he hys lordes beyng armed vnto the castell of Rouan entred sodaynly into the same where he fande in the chyefe hall of the castell syr Charles hys eldest sonne duke of Normandy Charles kynge of Nauerne syr IohnÌ„ erle of Harecourt y e lordes of Preaux and of Grauyle the lorde of CleremouÌ„t syr Lowys syr Guylliam de Harecourt brethern of the foresayd erle syr Fryquet de Fryquante the lorde of Tournebu syr Manbuc de Mamesmares with Colinet Doubliec and IohnÌ„ de PouÌ„talu esquyres The whych lordes and knyghtes the kyng toke at dyner within y e sayd halle them toke sodaynly diuers of them put vnder sure kepyng And as soone as the kyng had there takeÌ„ a small and short repaste he with his sonnes other nobles in hys coÌ„pany toke theyr horse rode into a felde vppon a baksyde of the castell whether shortly after were brought in bandes the foresayde erle of Harecourt the lorde of Grauyle y e foresayd syr MaÌ„bue and Colinet Doubliet whyche iiii were there beheded and after the bodyes of them drawen to the gybet of Roan there hanged and theyr heddes set ouer them vpon the same gybet At the whyche tyme of the execucion of hedyng of the sayd .iiii. persones the Frenche kyng as before is sayde was present in proper person After the whyche execucion y e kynge vpon the morowe folowynge delyuered many of the other prysoners so y t there remayned no mo as prysoners but .iii that is the kyng of Nauerne syr Fryquet de Fryquant IohnÌ„ de Pountalu the whych were sent vnto Parys where the kynge was kepte in the castel of Louure and the other ii in the chastelet In whiche tyme of hys inprysonemeÌ„t syr Phylype brother to the kynge wyth syr Godfrey de Harecourt vncle to the erle lately heded helde certayn castelles in Normandy and came with theyr powers into the countre of Constantyne and helde it maugre the Frenche kynges wyll and pleasure In the moneth of Apryll syr Arnolde de Denham than Marshall of FrauÌ„ce rode by y e kynges sond vnto Arras there without great distourbaunce of the towne toke vpoÌ„ an huÌ„dreth of suche as before had made y e former rebellion within the same And vpon the day folowyng he caused to be heded in the market place vpon .lx. of the same the remenauÌ„t he sent vnto pryson there to abyde y e kynges pleasure In thys tyme and season was the noble prynce Edwarde at Burdeaux warred vpon the Frenche kynges landes lyke as it is before to you
Robert was capytayne and so contynued in doynge domage in dyuerse places aswell nere vnto Parys as elles where Durynge whyche warre thus made by the kynge of Nauerne and hys accessaries in the moneth of Septembre and begynnynge of the ix yere of kynge IohnÌ„ the foresayde syr IohnÌ„ de Piquegny layd his siege vnto the cytye of Amyas waÌ„ within the bulwerkes of the same so that the cytye was lyke to haue ben yeldeÌ„ vnto hym ne had ben the rescous of the erle of saynt Poule which draue the sayd IohnÌ„ hys people a backe But the sayd syr IohnÌ„ wyth ayde of the EnglysshemeÌ„ quytte hym so maÌ„fully that he had the domynyoÌ„ of all that couÌ„trey of beawuasyne so that wyne nor no marchaundyse myghte passe to Tournay nor other townes therabout without hys saufe coÌ„duyt or lyceÌ„ce And in lyke maner syr Robert knolles capytayne of the Englisshemen in Brytayne gatte there many holdes townes whyche I passe ouer Upon the .xxv. day of Octobre dyuers of the burgeysys rulers of the cytye of Parys as IohnÌ„ Guyffarde Nycholas Poret other to the nouÌ„bre of .xix. persones by the coÌ„maundement of the regeÌ„t were arested sent vnto pryson and so remayned by the space of .iiii. dayes wherfore the freÌ„des of the sayd prysoners yode vnto the prouoste of the marchauÌ„tes than named IohnÌ„ Culdoe and requyred hym to make labour with other vnto the regent than beyng at Louure for the delyuery of theyr freÌ„des or at the lest to knowe the cause of theyr inprysonement whyche requeste y e prouost and other executed It was answered to them by the regeÌ„t that vppon the morowe he wolde be at theyr commoÌ„ halle where before the comynaltye y t cause of theyr inprysonement shulde be shewed And yf than the cytezyns thoughte good to haue them sette at large he wolde therwyth holde hym contented At whyche houre apoynted the regente came vnto the sayde halle and there shewed that one named IohnÌ„ Damyens whyche hadde maryed the doughter of IohnÌ„ Restable one of the sayd prysoners hadde caused hys sayd father the other y t they had allyed theym with the kyng of Nauern coÌ„trary theyr allegeauÌ„ce wherfore he thought they had deserued to dye But for the fauoure that he owed vnto the cytye to them for they were of good substauÌ„ce he wold nat do any thynge to theym tyll they were enquered of by theyr neyghbours After the whyche declaracion thus made by the regeÌ„t euery man fered to speke any more for theym but suffered the lawe to haue hys course Howe be it in the ende they were acquyted of that treason and fynally delyuered by the ende of the nexte moneth UppoÌ„ the thyrde daye of DeceÌ„bre entred into Parys the cardinalles of Pierregort of Urgell to treate a coÌ„corde and peace betwene the regente the kyng of Nauerne But in coÌ„clusyon nothynge they sped of that they came for wherefore they retourned vnto Auynyon In whyche retourne they were robbed of great substauÌ„ce wherof Englyshmen bare the disclauÌ„der And thus thys grudge haÌ„gynge betwene the kyng the regeÌ„t many robberyes other harmes were done vnto dyuers townes in FrauÌ„ce to y e greate enpouerysshynge of the peple of that lande and to the greate enrychynge of suche EnglyshemeÌ„ as thaÌ„ were there abydynge in dayely warres bothe wyth the kynge of Nauerne also in Brytayne For shortely after thys the foresayde syr Roberte Knolles and other Englysshemen wanne the towne of Ancer and other lyke as in the thre and thyrty yere of kynge Edwarde is before more at lengthe declared In y e moneth of May .xix. day of the same y e regeÌ„t for tydynges which he had receyued from hys father out of England by the reporte of y e archebysshop of SeÌ„s other asseÌ„bled many of y e good townes at Paris But y e ways were so stopped by meÌ„ of warre he was fayne to tary tyll the .xxv. day of the sayd moneth folowynge At whyche season was shewed to y e people there assembled that the kyng of Englande to haue a fynall concorde with y e kyng of Fraunce wolde haue ouer and aboue hys raunsome y e duchy of Normandy y e duchy of GuyaÌ„ the duchy of Exanctes the cytye of Ageu the cytye of Carbe the cytye of Pierregort the cytye of Lymoges y e cytye of Caours with all the dyoces of the sayde cytyes beloÌ„gyng the erledomes of Bygorre of Poytyers of Aniowe and of Mayne of Thorayn of Bouloyne of Guynys of PouÌ„tesses or Pountyeu y e townes of MouÌ„struell of Calays of Marquet with all appertenauntes to the sayde duchys erledomes cytyes and townes belongynge them to enioye and holde wythout feawte or homage for them doynge with many other thynges to the kyng of Englandes great aduauntage whyche tydynges were ryght dyspleasaunt vnto all that coÌ„pany in so moch that they answered that the sayd treaty was neyther honorable nor profytable And rather thaÌ„ the kyng shuld bynde hym hys lande to suche inconuenience they wolde prepare to make sharpe warre agayne Englande wyth whyche answere the sayde assemble was dyssolued Upon the .xxviii. day of May the regent reassembled the sayde people where it was condyscended that the nobles of the realme with a certayne persones euery man after hys astate shuld serue the regent in hys warres by y e space of a moneth at theyr owne propre costes And the cytye of Parys grauÌ„ted to fynde to hym at theyr charge .vi. C. speres iiii C. archers a M. of other sowdyours And for so moche as y e other good townes wold nat grauÌ„t any subsydie tyll they had spokeÌ„ with theyr coÌ„mynaltyes therfore they were liceÌ„ced to deê‘te home and to brynge reporte agayn within xiiii dayes At whych season they shewed vnto y e regent y t theyr countreys were so pylled wasted by the kynge of Nauerne and Englyshemen y t the people myght nothyng ayde hym as they thought to haue done wherfore with moche payne they grauÌ„ted to hiÌ„ viii M. meÌ„ for .iii. monethes In the begynnyng of the moneth of Iuny y e regent with a stronge power sped hym towarde MeleoÌ„ where the kynge of Nauerne laye with hys people so that the kyng occupied the couÌ„trey toward Byeir and y e regent y â— couÌ„trey towarde Brye where both hostes thus lyenge withoute notary feate of warre a treatye of accorde was yet agayne moued at leÌ„gthe by agrement of y e Parysyens accorded moche lyke vnto the former accorde concluded at Parys So y t by mediacyoÌ„ of certayn teÌ„porall lordes of both hostes y t sayd princes agreed to mete at MeÌ„lane and there to coÌ„clude the sayd peace where about the .xx. daye of August wyth hostage delyuered vpon both partyes the sayd prynces mette after rode vnto Pountoyse where they were both lodged within the castell where bothe theyr couÌ„sayles were assygned to mete for the per fyghtyng of thys accorde But so it was y t for suche
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
y t whiche shortely after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englande Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCC.lxxxxix Goldesmythe IohnÌ„ wade  Drewe Barentyne  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ warner  IN this .xxii. yere of kynge Rycharde y e coÌ„mon fame ranne y t the kyng had letton to ferme y e realme of Englande vnto sir wyllyam Sâ—ope erle of wylshyre than treasourer of EnglaÌ„de to sir IohnÌ„ Busshey syr Iohn Bagot and syr Henry Grene knightes y e whyche returned shortly after to their great coÌ„fusyoÌ„s This yere also Thomas y e son and heyre of y e erle of Arundell lately beheded y e whiche Thomas nat all to his pleasure was kepte in y e house of the duke of Exceter passed y e see by y e meanes of one wyllyaÌ„ Scot mercer yode vnto his vncle y t archebisshop of CauÌ„terbury so contynued with him in the cytie of Colayne than beynge In this pastyme great purueyaunce was made for y e kynges iourney into IrelaÌ„de so y t whan all thinges necessarye to the honoure nede of the kynge his people was redy he set forthwarde vpon his iourney in the moneth of Apryll leauyng for his leutenaunt in Englange sir Edmonde of Langley his vncle duke of yorke and after toke shippyng at Brystowe and sayled with a mighty stronge hoste into Irelande where he had so prosperous spede that in processe of tyme with manhode and good polycie he subdued to him that couÌ„trey In the whiche voyage were it for acte that he dyd or of y e kynges bounte Henry sone and heyre of the duke of Herforde than exiled was of y e kyng made knyght This Henry was after his father crowned kynge of Englande named Henry the .v. Kynge Richarde thus beynge occupyed in Irelande and receyuynge of the capytaynes of the wylde Irysshe into his subieccyon and orderyng of that countrey to set in an ordre and rule Henry of Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde before exyled with the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and Thomas of Arundel and other landed with a small company at Rauyns spore in the Northe countrey in the moneth of August and vnder colour of the clayme of his ryghtfull enherytaunce ceysed the people as he wente to whome in short processe great multytude of the people drewe and gatherd Of this landyng king Rycharde beynge warned for hasty spede of returnyng into Englande left in IrelaÌ„de behynde hym moche ordenauÌ„ce and landed at Mylforde hauen in the begynnyng of Septembre begynnynge also of the .xxiii. yere of his reygne so yode vnto the castell of Flynte in wales and there rested him and his people and entended there to gather vnto hym more strength In the whiche meane tyme the foresayd Henry that than hadde proclaymed him selfe duke of Lancaster in the ryght of IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„te his father was comyn to Brystowe and there without resystence toke sir wyllyam Scrope erle of wylshyre treasourer of Englande syr IohnÌ„ Busshey and syr Henry Grene. Also there was taken sir IohnÌ„ Bagot but after he escaped and fledde into Irelande Than were the other thre there iuged put in execucyon And kinge Rycharde styll beynge at the castell of Flynte herynge of the great strengthe y t was about y e duke fearyd sore of him selfe And in lyke wyse so dyd all suche as were about hym wherfore syr Thomas Percye erle of worcetyr and than stewarde of the kynges housholde contrarye his allegeaunce brake openly the whyte rodde in the hall commaundyd euery man to shifte for him selfe By reason whereof the people voyded and the kynge lefte without coÌ„forte so that he was shortly after taken and presented vnto the duke The whyche put hym vnder safe kepynge shortly after spedde him toward LoÌ„don And whaÌ„ he came nere vnto y e cytie he sente king Rycharde with a secret coÌ„pany vnto y e Towre there to be safely kepte tyll his commyng wherof many euyll disposed persones of the cytie beyng warned assembled them in great noumbre entended to haue mette him without the towne there to haue taken him from such as ladde him so to haue slayne him for the great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed vnto the cytie But as god wolde the mayre rulers of the cytie were enfourmed of theyr malycyous purpose and gathered to theym the worshypfull commoners and sadde men by whose polycyes nat without great diffyculte they were reuoked frome theyr euyll purpose all be it that lastynge that rumoure they yode vnto westmynster and there toke mayster IohnÌ„ Slake deane of the kinges chapell and frome thens broughte him vnto Newgate and there caste on hym yrons Shortly after the duke came vnto London there by the consent of kyng Rycharde a ê‘lyament was begone vpon the .xiii. day of y e moneth of Septembre Endurynge whiche ê‘lyament many accusacyons artycles of mysrulynge of the lande were layed vnto the charge of thys noble prince kyng Rycharde whiche be engroced at length in .xxxviii. artycles For the which voluÌ„tarely as it shuld seme by y e copy of an instrumeÌ„t here after shewed he shulde renounce wylfullye be deposed from all kynglye mageste the monday beynge the xxix day of Septembre and the feest of saynt Myghell the archaungell in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon after the accomâ—te of the churche of Englande M. lxxxxix and the xxiiii yere of the raygne of the sayde Rycharde The copye of whiche instrumente here vnder ensueth THis present instrumente made the mondaye the .xxix. daye of Septembre and feeste of saynt Mychaell tharchaungell in the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxxx and xix and in the .xxiii. yere of kynge Rycharde the seconde wytnesseth that where by the auctoryte of the lordes spirytuall and temporall of this present parlyament and coÌ„mons of the same the ryght honorable and dyscrete ê‘sons here vnder named were by the sayde auctoryte assygned to go vnto the towre of London there to here and testifye suche questyons and answeres as than there shude be by the said honorable and discrete persones harde knowe all men to whome these presente letters shall come that we sir Richarde Scroope archebysshoppe of yorke IohnÌ„ bisshoppe of Herforde Henrye erle of Northumberlande Rafe erle of westmerlande Thomas lorde of Barkeley wyllyam abbot of westmynster IohnÌ„ pryour of Caunterbury wyllyam Thyrnynge and Hughe Burnell knyghtes IohnÌ„ Markeham Iustyce Thomas Stowe IohnÌ„ Burbage doctours of the lawe Cyuyle Thomas Feryby and Denys Lopham notaryes publyke the day yere abouesayd atwene the houres of .viii. .ix. of y e clocke before noone were present in the chyefe chaumber of the kynges lodgynge within the sayde place of the towre where was rehersed vnto the kynge by y e mouth of the forsayde erle of Northumberlande that beforetyme at Conwey in Northwalys the kynge beynge there at hys pleasure and lybertye promysed vnto the archebysshop of Caunterbury than Thomas of Arundell and vnto the
waters whyche they myghte sonest attayne â—nto and so wyth greate dyffyculte saued theym selfe In meane tyme whereof the chauÌ„ber beynge wyth the same tyred grewe in so greate a flame that in shorte whyle the more parte of that lodgynge was consumed to y e great fere of y e kynge and other astates thaÌ„ there beynge presente and augmentynge agayne of his former sykenes so that certayne appoyntementes to be holdeÌ„ betwene hym and Rychard kynge of Englande were for that tyme put of IN the .xvi. yere of thys Charles the maryage of peace betwene bothe realmes was concluded and fynysshed at Calays as before I haue shewed to you in the .xix. yere of kyng Rycharde And that triumphe fynysshed Charles at the coÌ„templacyon and prayer of the kynge of Hungry sent vnto hym Phylyp erle of Arroys wyth dyuers other knyghtes in good noumber to ayde y e sayd kynge agayne the Turkys The whyche after that they hadde there a season warred the capytaynes the more party of the Frenchemen of the Turkys were dystressed slayne many taken prisoners to theyr great charge Thys Charles thus contynuyng hys lykenesse two freres of saynte Augustynes order beynge desyrous of money toke vppon theym to cure the kyng And after they had shauen hys hede and mynistred to hym medicyns the kynge dayly febled in suche wyse y t he was nye dede For whiche coÌ„syderacyon they examyned by phylosophers and doctours of physyke founden vncunnynge were degraded of theyr presthode after behedded To thys folye were these fretes broughte by the excytynge of the duke of Burgoyne as the common fame went In the .xix. yere of thys Charles the lande of Fraunce was greuously vexed wyth the plage of ipydymye of whyche sykenesse a greate multytude of people dyed And that yere was there also sene a blasynge starre of wonderfull bygnes wyth stremes apperynge to meÌ„nes syghte of moste feruent brennynge In thys yere also Charles herynge of y e subduyng of kynge Rycharde sente into Englande two of hys housholde knyghtes requyrynge kynge Henry the fourth than newelye made kynge to sende home hys doughter Isabell latelye maryed vnto kyng Rychard wyth suche do war as wyth hyr was promysed In doynge of whyche message kynge Henry toke such dyspleasure that as sayeth Gagwinus myne auctour he threwe the sayde twoo knightes in prysone where through one of theym named Blanchet dyed in Englande and that other called Henry after greate sykenesse retourned into Fraunce And shortely after kynge Henry sente the sayde dame Isabell vnto Calays where she was ioyously receyued of the Frenchemen and so conueyed vnto hyr sayde father whyche as yet was nat of hys sykenesse cured By reason whereof among the lordes of FrauÌ„ce eueryche of them coueytyng to haue rule great dyssencion malyce begaÌ„ to kendle and specyallye betwene the dukes of Orleaunce of Burgoyne and of Berry Than the duke of Orleaunce enteÌ„dyng to promote hys cause vnknowyng the other lordes allyed hym wyth y e duke of Geldre streÌ„ghthed hym wyth .v. C. men of hys so entred the feeldes of Parys And in lyke maner y e duke of Burgoyne wyth a stronge coÌ„pany kept an other cooste of y e countrey Natwythstandyng by meanes of other lordes these two dukes were kept a sunder at lenghte y t duke of Orleyaunce by the kynges comaundement that somewhat was than amended was ordayned regente of the realme The whiche anone as he was sette in auctoryte fell to all rauyne and oppressed the people with cotydyan taskes and tallages and y e spirituall men with dymes other exaccyons wherfore by reason of the studyentes of Parys he was at lengthe discharged of that dignyte and the duke of Burgoyne for hym put in auctoryte Than the duke of Orleyaunce beynge discontented yode vnto LuceÌ„bourgth a towne in highe Almayne sought agayne ayde of the duke of Geldre foresayd But by his frendes he was so aduertysed y t with his owne folkes he returned into Fraunce But yet the malyce and stryfe a twene hym and the duke of Burgoyne seased nat About this season or soone after dyed the duke of Brytayne And as affermeth the auctour afore named kyng Henry y e .iiii. maryed his wyfe wherof hering y e duke of Burgoyne with a company of .vi. M. knyghtes entred Brytayne there by strength toke from her her .iii. sonnes named IohnÌ„ Richard Arthure presented them vnto kynge Charles In y e xxii yere of this Charles was borne of Isabell hys wyfe a man chylde which also was named Charles the which after the deth of his father vnto y e great aduersyte of all the realme of FrauÌ„ce was king of that realme contrary the appointment taken a twene Henry the .v. after kynge of Englande and thys Charles the father nowe of Fraunce kynge as after shall more appere in the story of the sayde kynge Henry the fyfte In this yere also was dame Isabell somtyme wyfe of Rycharde latelye kynge of Englande maryed vnto Charles eldeste sonne of the duke of Orleyaunce And IohnÌ„ the eldyste of the .iii. forenamed sonnes of the duke of Brytayne lately dede toke to wyfe Margarete y e doughter of kynge Charles And Phylyppe duke of Burgoyne dyed soone after leauynge an heyre after hym named IohnÌ„ The whyche after he was gyrde with the swerde of the duchye of Burgoyne he anone by euyll entysynge and counsell areryd warre agayne the duke of Orleyaunce to the great dysturbaunce of all the realme For the sayde duke of Orleyaunce was a prynce of a wonderfull hyghe courage and desyrous of great honoure and after the sayenge of Gagwynus coueyted to be kynge of Fraunce The whyche went to Auyngnyon where as than sate the .xiii. Benet thaÌ„ pope duryng the scisme and admytted by some of the Cardynalles after the dethe of Clement y e .vi. To whiche Benet the said duke made great labour to depryue the Uniuersite of Parys from y e great auctoryte y t it at those dayes stode in whiche was of merueylous auctoryte than as sayeth the forenamed auctour In thys whyle thus endurynge the lande full of myseryes aduersites the quene which y t moche fauoured the dukes partie accompanyed with the sayd duke rode to take her dysporte of huntynge in to the countrey of Meldon To whiche place she sente letters vnto the Dolphyn by y e duke of Bauary her brother that he with hys wyfe whiche was doughter vnto the duke of Burgoyne shulde come for to dysporte theym whereof IohnÌ„ thanne duke of Burgoyne beynge warned suspected the quene that she wyth ayde of the duke wolde conueye the Dolphyn into Germanye and there to holde hym at theyr pleasures And to eâ—peche that purpose he iÌ„ all haâ—e sped him towarde y e Dolphyn and contrary the mynde of the duke of Bauarye whiche than was vpon his waye with the sayd Doulphyne towarde the quene retourned hym and lodged him in a stronge castell called Lupar whereof herynge the duke
wysedome the whych forecastynge the great shedynge of chrysten mannes blode with many other inconuenyences lykely to haue ensued of this varyaunce atwene these two dukes made suche affectuous labour that with great diffyculte he pacifyed them agayne for that tyme and brought them to personall communicacyon and lastely to amyable and frendely departynge After whiche concorde and amyte thus agayn concluded the duke of Burgoyne departed into Pycardy leauynge behynde him the fore named Peter Essayr to rule the cytie of Parys The whiche shortely after drewe to hym suche persones as before tyme had vexed and distourbed y e duke of Orleyaunce frendes seruauntes with in that cytie By whose meanes the sayd Peter sought fyrste occasyon agayne a knight named Uenyt Thorney and by false suggestyon smote fyrste of his hede and after dyd hys body to be hanged vpon the coÌ„mon gybet of Parys in dyspyte of y e sayd duke as testifyeth myne Auctoure wherwith y e duke beynge wondersly amoued resembled his knyghtes spedde hym towarde a towne named And for to strengthe another towne named he sente a certayne nombre of his knyghtes chargyng them with the dwellers to withstande the force of his enemies Of this hearynge the duke of Burgoyne anone gathered vnto him the noumbre of .xvi. M. flemynges and Pycardes and sped hym vnto the sayde towne of And so with his instrumentes of warre assayled the gate of the sayde towne whyche leadeth towarde saynt Quintyne y t in shorte space the sayde Flemynges wan the entre of the towne In whyche meane season the dwellers wyth the other soudyours by a backe way or water wherof the maner by thys auctoure is nat expressyd lefte the towne yode vnto the duke of Orleyaunce beynge as yet at the foresayde towne of whan the Flemynges were entered the towne fouÌ„de it deserte of people and pillage were it for that they lacked theyr praye or for other cause here nat shewed they toke suche vnkyndenes agayne the duke that for prayer nor yet for manasses they wolde nat with hym any lenger tary but returned them home in all hastely spede towarde theyr owne countrey So that the duke was fayne to withdrawe and for the more suretie to aske ayde and helpe of Englysshemen and so was holpen by the prynces comforte Henrye sonne of Henry the .iiii as after shall be touched in the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry IN the .xxxi. yere of thys kynge Charles whiche was the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry than kynge of Englande the duke of Orleyaunce seynge his enemye was turned from Parys caused suche Brydges as before by his said enemye were broken to be reedyfyed By the whyche he passed the ryuer tyll he came to saint Denys where as than he fande a capytayne a noble man named syr IohnÌ„ Cabylon of the dukes of Burgoyne there lefte by hym to strength the towne The whiche syr IohnÌ„ coÌ„sideryng y e wekenes of y e said towne with also his lacke of streÌ„gth yelded him the towne vnto the duke swerynge to him by solempne othe that after y e daye he shulde neuer bere armes agayne hym In this pastyme an other capytayne of the Burgonyons called Gancourt secretely by night wan vpon the frenche men the brydge of saynte Clodalde But nat longe after the duke of Orleaunce sent thyther certayne Brytons the whiche agayne recouered the sayde brydge helde it vnto y e sayd dukes vse In whyche tyme and season the duke of Burgoyne recouerynge hys strength passed the brydge of Melent so came vnto the cytie of Parys and the daye folowynge wyth helpe of the cytesyns recouered the abouesayd brydge of saynt Clodald and dystressed vpon a M. Brytons whyche had the warde of the same Then the duke of Orleaunce made out of saynte Denys ouer Sayne brydge towarde Parys wherof that other duke beynge warned refused the cytye and with the kynge than there beynge present remouyd wyth the Dolphyne to the towne called Stamps and sent y e erle of Marche named Iamys wyth a certeyne knyghtes to a towne named to strength it ageyne the duke of Orleaunce The whyche of the sayde dukes knyghtes was encountred with and taken and so sent to pryson wherof herynge the duke of Burgoyne in shorte processe after retourned vnto Parys wyth the kyng and dolphyne and the duke of OrleauÌ„ce yode to a towne called Seyntclowe And in the .xxxii. yere of thys sayd kynge Charles by counceyll of the duke of Berry and other seyng that the sayde cytye of Parys was so let agayne hym wyth also the kynge the dolphine sent a noble man of his hoste named Alberte vnto Henry the iiii yet kynge of Englande to requyre hym of ayde to withstande the tyrannye of the duke of Burgoyne that wyth hys complyces entendyd to subuerte the realme of Fraunce To this requeste kynge Henry gaue good eare and lastely graunted to hys petycyon sent thyder as sayth the Frenche cronycle Thomas hys sonne duke of Clarence also y e duke of yorke wyth IohnÌ„ erle of Cornewayle accompanyed wyth .viii. C. knyghtes and sowdyours a thousande archers The whych company when they were landed in Fraunce herde y t the French lordes were in treaty of peace no man to theÌ„ gaue wages as they tofore were ê“mysed fell vpon a towne called and it ryffled therin toke as prysoners the abbot of that monastery wyth other and coÌ„ueyed theÌ„ to Burdeaux and after into Englande where for theyr fynaunce other money due of olde by the Frenche kynge as affermeth Gagwyne they remayned many yeres after And that the Englysh men were thus departed albeit that in the Englysshe cronycle and .xiii. yere of the forenamed kynge Henry of them is other report made the lordes of Fraunce retourned to theyr olde disceÌ„cyon contynued in longe stryfe wherof the cyrcuÌ„staunce were longe and tedyouse to tell to shewe the vnstablynesse of them how some whyle the duke of Orleaunce was fauoured of the kynge and the dolphyne and there agayne the duke of Burgoyne cleyne out of conceyte The which coÌ„tencyoÌ„ thus enduryng kyng Henry y e iiii dyed and Henry his son y e .v. Henry was admitted for kyng of Englande after hym that shortly after sent his ambassadours vnto the Frenche kynge arynge of him his doughter Katheryne in maryage as affirmeth the frenche boke But dyuers other wryters shewe y t he asked the hoole landes due to him within the realme of FrauÌ„ce by reason of the composicion made in tyme passed atwene his progenytour Edwarde the thyrde IohnÌ„ than king of Fraunce And for he was dysdeynously answered he therfore made vpoÌ„ them sharpe warre as in the .iii. yere of y e sayd HeÌ„ry after some deale dothe appere By reason of whyche warre the cyuyle batayle or stryfe y e longe whyle had coÌ„tynued amonge the frenche men than dyd aswage For in the .iii. yere of this Henry whiche was the .xxxv. yere of this Charles the said Henry inuaded y e
realme of Fraunce had at Egyncourte a tryumphant victory as in the sayde thyrde yere of HeÌ„ry the .v. is more at lengthe declared Than it foloweth in the story after many townes and stronge holdes by the englysshe men in sondry places of FrauÌ„ce opteined in y e .xxx. .viii. yere of this Charles a frenche man named y e lorde of the I le of Adam IohnÌ„ Uyllers in proper name gatheryng to hym a company of tyrauntes to the nombre of CCC or mo wherof many were old seruauÌ„tes of the kynges housholde than put out by y e Dolphyn other that than had the rule of the kynge by treason of a clerke opteyned the keyes of one of the Gates of Parys and so entred the cytie by nyght by a watche worde amonge them deuysed assocyate to them many Burgonyons and so beynge stronge yode where the kyng was and gate y e rule of his ê‘sone And that done all suche as they myght fynde that than bare any rule they slewe by one meane other so that vpon y e day folowyng was nombred of dede corfes wythin the cytie vpon .iiii. M. Amonge the whiche of noble men was Henry de Marle than Chaunceller of FrauÌ„ce Graunâ—pre with many other And for to haue the more assystence of the coÌ„mon people the sayd Uyllers set y e kyng vpon an horse and ladde hym about the cytie as he that had small reason to guyde hym selfe so ruled all thyng as he his coÌ„pany wolde wherfore the Dolphyn feryng to fall in the daunger of so wylde a coÌ„pany yode to Meldune or and there called to hym suche as then were lefte on lyne to withstaÌ„de these tyrauntes and y e duke of Burgoyne than beynge within the cytie compasser of all thys myschefe as some construed and demed After whyche company to hym gathered he returned to the cytie of Parys and assayled one of the gates But whanne he sawe y e cytezens toke partye agayne hym he thoughte his trauayle loste wherfore without great assaute makyng he called thence his knightes and so departed agayne to the place whiche he came fro and from thens vnto Thuron in appeasynge the countreys townes as he went whiche at those dayes were farre out of frame And than in the .xxxix. yere of the sayd Charles king Henry the .v. landed with a stroÌ„ge power at a place called Touke in Normandy and after layde syege to manye stronge holdes and townes them wanne as Cane Phaleys Roan and other as in the .vi. yere of the sayd Henrye folowynge is more at lengthe declared In tyme of whyche warre thus made by kynge Henry the Dolphyn and the duke of Burgoyne eyther of them prouyded to defende the malyce of the other in so moche that as testyfyeth the frenche cronycle the duke was aduysed to haue taken partie with the Englisshemen This sayeng as wytnesseth an auctour named Floure of hystoryes which toucheth in laten many gestes dedes done by kynges of EnglaÌ„de sayeth that the Frenche men bryng in that for to excuse theyr infortune cowerdyse by reason whereof they loste nat all onely theyr lande but also the honoure name of the same Than lastely the duke beynge of mynde by exortacyon of Phylyppe Iosquyne and IohnÌ„ de TolongnÌ„ with also a lady called the countesse of Grat the duke was reconsyled vnto the Dolphyne and a day of metynge apoynted at Monstruell where eyther of them shulde be accoÌ„panyed with .x. lordes onely without mo At whyche day the sayd prynces with theyr assygned lordes beynge assembled many reasons and argumeÌ„tes were layde and replyed vpon bothe sydes By occasyon wherof one of the Dolphyns company sodainly drewe hys knyfe and strake the duke vnto the harte so that he dyed soone after whyche murder was supposed to be done by a knyght called Tanguyde de Chastell whyche oftyme passed had ben famylyer seruaunt with the duke of OrleyauÌ„ce before slayne by meanes of the sayde duke of Burgoyne After whiche murder thus commytted the lande of Fraunce was broughte in moche more stryfe varyaunce in so moche that Phylyppe the sonne of the sayde IohnÌ„ duke of Burgoyne beynge than in Parys hauynge the rule of y e kynge and the cytie toke partie with the Englysshe men agayne y e Dolphyn By reason wherof as sondry wryters agre king Henryes ê‘tie was greatly augmented holpen so that fynally kynge Henry opteyned moche of his wyll shortly after maryed dame Katheryne doughter of Charles kynge in the .xli. yere of his reygne with assuraunce promyse of the inherytauÌ„ce of the realme of Fraunce to him and his heyres after the dethe of the said Charles as to you more plainly shal be shewed in the .viii. yere of the said Henry the fyfte After whyche maryage concluded and fynysshed yet y e Dolphyn ceased nat to make newe mocyons sterynges Durynge the whiche kynge Charles dyed in Octobre and was buryed at saynt Denys whan he had reygned in greate trouble vpoÌ„ the poynt of .xlii. yeres leauyng after hym as is affirmed by the forenamed auctour Gaguyne a sonne Dolphyn of Uyenne called Charles whiche after was kyng of Frenchemen and was named Charlys the .vii. or the .viii. after some wryters Henry the .iiii. Anglia HEnry the .iiii. of that name and sonne of IohnÌ„ of Gaunte late duke of LaÌ„caster toke possessyon of the domynion of y e realme of Englande as before in the ende of the story of the seconde Rycharde is shewed vpon the laste daye of Septembre in the yere of our lorde a M. CCC.lxxxxix and in the .xix. yere of Charles y e .vii. than kyng of FrauÌ„ce After whyche possessyon so by hym taken anone he made newe officers As the erle of Northumberlande he made Constable of Englande the erle of westmerlaÌ„de was made Marshall syr IohnÌ„ Serle Chaunceller IohnÌ„ Newebery esquyer tresorer and syr Rycharde Clyfforde knyght keper of y e priuey signet And y t done prouysyon was made for hys coronacyon agayne the day of translacyoÌ„ of saynt Edwarde the confessour nexte than commyng And the parlyament was prolonged tyll the tuysdaye folowynge the sayd daye of coronacyoÌ„ Than vpoÌ„ the euyn of the sayd daye of coronacyon the kynge wythin the towre of LondoÌ„ made .xli. knyghtes of the bate wherof .iii. were hys owne sonnes .iii. erles .v. lordes And vpon mondaye beynge the sayd daye of saynt Edwarde the .xiii. daye of October he was crowned at westmynster of the archebysshop of CauÌ„torbury After whych solempnyte fynysshed an honorable feest was holden wythin the greate halle of westmynster where the kyng beyng set in the mydde see of the table the archebisshop of CauÌ„torbury with .iii. other prelates were set at the same table vppon the ryght haÌ„de of the kyng the archebysshoppe of yorke wyth other iiii prelates was set vpoÌ„ that other haÌ„de of the kyng HeÌ„ry the kynges eldest sonne stoode vppoÌ„ the ryghte hande wyth a poyntlesse
swerde holdyng vp ryght the erle of NorthhumberlaÌ„de newely made constable stode vpoÌ„ the left haÌ„de wyth a sharpe swerd holdeÌ„ vp ryght And by eyther of those swerdes stode .ii. other lordes holding .ii. scepters And before y e kyng stode all the dynerwhyle the dukes of Amnarle of Surrey of Exceter wyth other .ii. lordes And y e erle of westmerlaÌ„de thaÌ„ newly made Marshal rode about the halle with many typped staues aboute hym to se the roume of y e halle kepte that offycers myghte wyth ease serue the tables Of the whych tables the chyefe vpoÌ„ the ryghte syde of the halle was begunne wyth the Barons of the fyue portes at the table nexte the cupborde vppoÌ„ the lefte hande sate the mayre and hys bretherne the aldemeÌ„ of LondoÌ„ whych mayre than beynge Drewe Barentyne goldsmyth for seruice there by hym that daye done as other mayres at euery kynges quenes coronacion vse for to do had there a staÌ„dyng cuppe of golde ThaÌ„ after the seconde course was serued syr Thomas Dymmoke knyght beynge armed at all peaces syttynge vpoÌ„ a good stede rode to the hygher parte of the halle there before the kynge caused an herowde to make proclamacyon that what maÌ„ wolde saye that kynge HeÌ„ry was nat ryght full enherytoure of the crowne of England ryghtfully crowned he was there redy to wage wyth hym batayl than or suche tyme as it shuld please the kynge to assygne whyche proclamacyon he caused to be made after in iii. sundry places of the halle in Englyshe in Frenche wyth many mo obseruaunces at hys solemnyte exercysed done whyche were longe to reherse Than thys feest wyth all honour ended vpon the morne beyng tuysday the parliameÌ„t was agayne begunne And vpon wednysdaye syr Iohanne Cheyny that before that tyme had occupyed as speker of that parlyameÌ„t by hys owne labour for cause of such infyrmytyes as he than hadde was dyscharged and a squyer named wyllyam Durwarde was electe to that roume for hym And thanne was the parlyament and the actes thereof laste called by kynge Rycharde adnulled and sette at noughte and the parlyamente holden in the .xi. yere of hys reygne holden for ferme and stable And the same daye Henry the kynges eldeste sonne was chosen admytted prynce of walys and duke of Cornewalle and erle of Chester and heyre apparaunte to the crowne Uppon the thursdaye folowynge was putte into the comon house a byll deuysed by syr IohnÌ„ Bagot than prysonere in the Towre whereof the effecte was that the said sir IohnÌ„ confessed that he harde kynge Rycharde saye dyuers tymes and at sondry parlyamentes in hys tyme holden that he wolde haue hys entente and pleasure concernynge hys owne maters what so euer betyde of the resydue And yf any withstode hys wyll or mynde he wolde by one meane or other brynge hym out of lyfe Also he shewed farther that king Rycharde shulde shewe and saye to hym at Lychefelde in the .xxi. yere of hys reygne that he desyred no lenger to lyue than to see hys lordes commons to haue hym in as great awe and drede as euer they had of any of hys progenytours so that it myghte be cronycled of hym y t none passed hym of honour and dygnite with condycyon that he were deposed and put from his sayde dygnytie the morowe after And yf euer it came so to that he shulde resygne hys kyngelye magestye he sayde his mynde was to resygne to the duke of Herforde as to hym that was moste ableste to occupye that honoure But one thynge he feared leste he wolde do tyrannye agayne the churche More ouer he shewed by y e said byll that as the sayde syr IohnÌ„ Bagot rode behynde the duke of Norfolke towarde westmynster the sayd duke layed to hys charge that he with other of y e kynges counsell had murdred y e duke of Glocetyr y â— which at y e tyme to the said duke he denyed sayd at y e day he was on lyue But within .iii. wekes after the sayde syr IohnÌ„ by y e kynges coÌ„maundemente was sent with other ê‘sones vnto Calays where for fere of his owne lyfe he sawe y e said murdre put in execucion And farthermore he shewed y t there was no man of honour at that dayes more in fauour with king Rycharde thaÌ„ was y e duke of Amnarle that by his couÌ„sell he toke y e lordes wrought many other thinges after y e said dukes aduyce Also he shewed y t he harde the kynge beynge than at Chyltrynlangley swere many great othes y t the duke of Herforde nowe kyng shulde neuer returne into Englande and rather than he shulde agayne enheryte hys fathers landes he wolde gyue them vnto the heyres of the duke of Glocetyr and of the erles of Arundell and of warwyke at the laste parliament adiuged And farther he shewed that of all these matters he sent the said duke knowlege into Fraunce by one named Roger Smerte admonastynge hym to prouyde by his wysedome to wythstande the kynges malyce whyche shewed hym to be hys mortall enemye And lastelye he shewed in the sayde byll that he harde the duke of Amnarle say vnto sir IohnÌ„ Busshey and to syr Henry Grene I had leuer than xâ— thousande pound that thys man were dede And whan they had axed of him whyche man he said the duke of Herforde nat for drede that I haue of hys persone but for sorowe and rumours that he is lykely to make within this realme whiche bylt was than borne vnto the kynges parlyamente chaumbre there â—adde After redynge whereof the sayd duke of Amnarle stode vp and sayd as touchynge suche artycles as in that byll were putte agayne hym they were false and vntrewe that he wolde proue vpon hys body or otherwyse as the kynge wolde commaunde hym Upon fryday the said syr IohnÌ„ Bagot was brought into the sayd parlyament Chambre and examyned vpon euery artycle of his byll all the whych he there affermed Than it was axed of hym what he coulde saye y e duke of Exceter where unto he answered and sayed that he coulde laye nothyng to hys charge But there is he sayd a yomaÌ„ in Newgate called Halle y t can say somwhat of you Than sayd the duke what so euer he or ye can or lyste to say of me thys is trouthe that I shall here expresse Trouth it is that the last tyme that the kyng was at woodstoke the duke of Northfolke ye haue hadde me to you into the chapel and closed the dore vpon vs. And there ye made me to swere vpoÌ„ the sacrament there present to kepe suche counsayll as there ye shuld than shewe vnto me where after ye shewed to me that ye coulde neuer brynge your purpose about whyle syr IohnÌ„ of Gaunt late duke of LaÌ„castre lyued wherfore ye were aduysed for to haue shortely after a couÌ„sayll at Lychefelde by the whyche ye coÌ„discended y t the sayd syr IohnÌ„ shuld be arested in
such maner that he shuld haue occasyoÌ„ to disobey y t areste by reason wherof by chauÌ„ce medley he shuld be there slayn wherunto my couÌ„sayl thaÌ„ was y t the kyng shulde calle hys secrete couÌ„sayll yf they agreed thereunto I for my part wolde agree vnto y e same To which sayeng syr IohnÌ„ Bagot gaue none answere And vpoÌ„ saterday the sayd Bagot Halle were bothe broughte into the parlyament chauÌ„bre there examined and after couÌ„trymaunded to prysone And as soone as they were departed the lorde Fitz water stoode vp and sayde Moste redoughted souerayne lorde where as y e duke of Amnarle hath before tymes and nowe lately excused hym of the deth of the duke of Glouceter I saye and wyll iustyfye it that he was cause of hys deth and that I shall proue vpoÌ„ hys body yf your grace be so contented To the coÌ„trary whereof the duke wyth sharpe wordes answered so that gaugys of batayll were offered of bothe partyes and sealed and delyuered vnto the lorde Marshall Than partyes beganne to be taken amonge the lordes in so moche that the duke of Surrey toke partyâ— with the duke of Amnarle and sayde that all that by hym was done was done by constraynte of Rycharde thanne kynge and he hym selfe and other consented parforce to the same where agayne the sayde lorde Fytz water and other replyed wherfore sylence was commauÌ„ded and forthwyth the fore named Halle for that he hadde confessed before the lordes that he was one of theym that putte to deth the duke of Gloucetyr at Calays he therefore was iuged to be drawen frome the towre of London vnto tybourne and there to be hanged and quartered The whyche execucion was done vppon the mondaye folowynge Thus wyth these causes and many other thys parlyamente contynued tyll a newe mayre named Thomas Knolles grocer was admytted and sworne vppon the daye folowynge the feaste of Symonde and Iude. Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xcix  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC Grocer wyllyam walderne  Thomas Knolles  Anno .i.  wyllyam Hyde  IN this fyrst yere of king Henry the .iiii. yet lastinge the foresayd parlyament vpon the wednysdaye nexte folowyng the feest of Symonde and Iude the lorde Morley appealed the erle of Salesburye of treason caste his hoode for a gage to trye with him by batayle The whiche sayenge he replyed and caste from him his gloues for a gauge to proue his sayeng false and vntrewe whiche were there sealed and delyuered vnto y e lorde Marshall And vpon the monday passed an act that no lorde nor other persone of no degre shulde after that day laye for his excuse any constraynte or coartynge of hys prynce in executynge of any wronge iugemente or other crymynous and vnlefull dedes sayenge y t for feare they durste none otherwyse do for suche excuse after that daye shall stande hym in none effecte And also that all sheryffes may yelde accompte in the escheker vppon theyr othes and that they be chaunged in all shyres yerely And also that no lorde nor other man of myght gyue any gownes or lyuereys to any of theyr tenauntes or other persones excepte onely theyr housholde meynyall seruauÌ„tes And also than was enacted that all repyers and other fysshers from Rye and wynchylsee other coostes of the sees syde shulde sell it them selfe in Cornehyll chepe and other stretes of London to all men that wolde of theym bye it excepte fysshemongers and other that wolde bye the sayde fysshe to make sale of it agayne And vpon the wednysday folowynge was enacted that Rycharde late kynge of Englande shulde for hys mys gouernaunce of the realme be holdyn in suche prysone as the kynge wolde assygne durynge hys naturall lyfe And than the kynge graunted to all persones generall pardones so that they were fette out of the Chauncerye by Alhalownetyde nexte folowynge excepte suche persones as were present at the murder of the duke of Gloucester And in thys whyle was the archebysshop of Caunterbury restored to his churche of Caunterburye and doctour Roger whyche there was sette by kynge Rycharde was remoued and sette in the see of London with the whyche he was ryghte well contented And thanne was the erle of Arundelles sonne restored to all hys fathers laâ—des with dyuers other before by kynge Rycharde dysheryted And shortely after was the said parlyament dyssolued and euerye man had deycence to departe to hys owne And than was Rycharde late kynge had vnto the castell of Ledes in Kente aâ— there kepte And prouisyon was hade at wyndesore for the kynge to â—epe there hys Chrystmas In whiche pastyme the dukes of Amnate of Surrey and of Exetyr witâ— the erles of Salesburye and of Glocester with other of theyr affynyâ— made prouisyon for a dysguysynge or a mummynge to be sheweâ— to the king vpon Twelf the nyghtâ— and the tyme was nere at hande and all thynge redy for the same Upon the sayde .xii. daye came secreteâ—ye vnto the kynge the duke of Amnarle and shewed to hym that he with the other lordes afore named were appoynted to slee hym in the tyme of the foresayd dysguysyng shewynge wherfore he aduysed hym to proâ—yde for hys owne suretye At who'e warnynge the kynge secretelye dâ—parted frome wyndesore and came the same nyghte to London wherof the sayd lordes beynge ware and that theyr counsell was bewrayed fledde in all haste westwarde But the kynge caused hasty pursute to be made after theÌ„ so that shortely after the duke of Surrey the erle of Salysbury were taken at Syrcetyr where they were streyght behedyd and theyr heddes sent at London and sette vpon the brydge And at Oxenforde were taken syr Thomas Blont and sir Benet Sely knyghtes and Thomas wyntercell esquyre the whych were there hedyd and quarteryd and theyr hedes sent to London brydge And at Pytwell in Essex was taken syr IohnÌ„ Holland duke of Exetyr after brought to Plasshy a place faste â—y where he was behedyd and after â—ys hedde was sent to London and lette there wyth the other vppon 〈◊〉 brydge pyght vpon a stake And 〈◊〉 about the same tyme at Bryâ—oâ—e was taken the lorde Spencer than erle of Glouceter and there beâ—â—dyd and hys hede sent vnto London brydge And in the same yere sâ—â— Barnarde Brokeys syr IohnÌ„ Seâ— syr IohnÌ„ Maundeley and syr Iohi Fereby knyghtes and clerkes wee taken as prysoners in the towre of LondoÌ„ and soone after foriudged â—â—nged and 〈◊〉 and theyr heddes â—â—so set vppon London brydge In â—hyche passetyme Rycharde late kyng was remoued frome the castell of Ledys in Kent and sent vnto Pouâ—tfreyt castell In this yere also as before is towched in the .xix. yere of the .vii. Charlys kynge Henry sent vnto Câ—â—eys Isabell late quene of England and wyfe vnto Rycharde lately kynge and wyth hyr greate treasour and many ryce Iewellys as teâ—yfyeth the Englysshe cronycle and there receyued by the Frenchmen undersafe conduyte passynge and by them conueyed vnto hyr father into
repeÌ„ted hym of that hasty iugement without auctoryte of the churche And soone after god shewed many myracles for the sayde bysshop whyche called the kynge vnto the more repentaunce Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.v  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.vi  Henry BartonÌ„  IohnÌ„ woodcok Mercer  Anno .vii.  wyllyam Crowner  IN thys yere dame Lucye the duke of Myllanys syster came into Englande and was maryed vnto syr Edmunde Holande erle of Kent in the churche of saynte Mary ouerey in Southwarke vppon the xxiiii daye of Ianuary where the kyng was present and gaue her that daye vnto the preest And after the solempnyzacion of the maryage was fynysshed she was wyth greate honour conueyed vnto the bysshoppe of wynchesters palays there fast by where that daye for her was holden a sumptuous and pumpous feaste And in the same yere and moneth of May dame Phylyppe the yongeste doughter of kynge Henry accompanyed wyth dyuers lordes spyrytuall and temporall was shypped in the Northe and so conueyed into Denmarke where in a towne or cytye called London she was maryed vnto y e kynge of the sayde countre In thys yere also syr Thomas RamstonÌ„ than constable of y e towre by ouersyghte of hys botemen as he wold haue passed the brydge toward the sayde towre was drowned And in the same yere for the greuous coÌ„playntes that before tyme hadde ben shewed and euydently proued before the kynges counsayl and also before the mayre and hys bretherne of the great dystruccion of frye and yonge fysshe by reason of werys standynge in dyuers places of the ryuer of Thamys wherby the fysshe of the sayde ryuer was greately mynysshed and wasted and that also yf the sayd werys so contynued the sayde ryuer shuld in shorte processe be dystroyed wherfore the mayre hys bretherne the aldermen as conseruatours of y e ryuer made suche laboure vnto the kynge and hys counsayll that they opteyned commyssyon to pull vp all the werys that stode betwene LondoÌ„ and .vii. myles beyoÌ„de KynstonÌ„ and in lykewyse for suche other as stode betwene London and Grauysende aswell crekes or seuerall groundes and other the whyche commyssyon by the sayde mayre and hys offycers was thys yere putte in execucyon And in thys yere syr Robert Knolles knyght the whyche in Fraunce and Brytayne hadde before tyme done so many victorious actes as in y e .xxxiii yere of Edward the thyrde and other yeres of hys reygne is somdele towched made an ende of hys werke at Rochester brydge and chapell at the sayde brydge fote and dyed shortely after whanne he hadde newe reedyfyed the body of the whyte fryers churche standynge in Fletestrete done to that house many notable benefytes where after he was buryed in the body of the sayde churche whyche churche and place was fyrste founded by the auncetoures of the lorde Gray Cotnore Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vi  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vii  Nycholas wotton  Rycharde whytyngtonÌ„ Mercer  Anno. viii  Godfrey Brook  IN thys yere moneth of Nouembre one named the walche clerke apeched a knyghte called syr Perâ—yuall Sowdan of treason for tryall wherof daye was gyuen to theÌ„ to fyght in smythfylde the day aboue sayde At whych daye eyther apered and there faught a season But in the ende the clerke was recreauÌ„t wherefore immedyately he was spoyled of hys armour layde vpoÌ„ an hardyl and so drawen to tyborne and there hanged And in thys yere also syr Henry erle of Northumberlande the lorde Bardolf commyng out of ScotlaÌ„de wyth a stronge company to the dyspleasure hurt of the kynge as they entended were met and encountred wyth the gentylmen and comons of the northe and foughten wyth and dystressed and after strake of theyr heddes and sente theym to London whyche thanne were pyghte vppon the brydge amonge many other Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.viii.  Henry Ponfreyt  wyllyam StondonÌ„ Grocer  Anno. ix  Henry Halton  IN thys yere and moneth of Decembre begaÌ„ a frost the which contynued by the space of .xv. wekes after or therupoÌ„ so that byrdes were woÌ„derly famysshed and dystressed by violence of the same And in the same yere syr EdmoÌ„de of Holande erle of Kente was by the kynge made admyrall of the see The which scowred skymmed y e see ryght well and manfully lastly landed in the coost of Brytayne besieged there a castell named Briak and wan it by strength But in the wynnyng therof he was so dedely wounded wyth an arowe in the hede that he dyed shortly after And than hys corps was brought agayn into EnglaÌ„de buryed amoÌ„ge his auÌ„cetours And in the begynnyng of thys yere was slayne murdered the duke of OrleauÌ„ce in Parys lyke as before it is more at leÌ„gthe shewed in y e .xxviii. yere of Charles y e .vii. kyng of frauÌ„ce Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.viii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.ix.  Thomas Duke  Drewe Barentyne Goldsmyth  Anno. x.  wyllyam NortonÌ„  IN thys yere the seneshal of Henaude came into thys lande wyth a goodly companye of Henauders other straungers for to do parfourme certayne faytes of armes agayne dyuers nobles gentylmen of thys laÌ„de And fyrste the sayd Seneshall chalenged the erle of Somerset and other of hys company other geÌ„tylmen of thys laÌ„de as after shall apere For executyng of whyche dysporte the place of smythfelde by the kynge was appoynted and barred fensed for the same entent and daye set for euery maÌ„ to be redy by the .xi. daye of At whych daye the seneshall as chalenger entred y e felde pompously And after with a goodly company of men of honour was the erle of Somerset broughte into the same where they ranne togyder certayne courses and executed other faytes of armys wherof the pryse honour was gyuen by the herawdes vnto the erle so that he wanne that day great honour Than the seconde daye came in a knyght Henauder as Chalengeoure To whome as defendaunt came syr Rycharde of Arundell knyghte the whyche ranne certayne courses on horsebak after went togyder with axes on fote where syr Rychard was putte to the worse for the Henauder brought hym vpoÌ„ hys kne Than the thyrde daye came in an other knyght of Henaude ChaleÌ„ger To whome as defendaunte came in syr IohnÌ„ Cornewayl knyght and so well bare hym that he put the straunger to the worse Upon the .iiii. daye came into the felde an esquyre Henauder Agayne whome ranne the sonne of syr Iohan Cheyny The whych at the seconde course sette hys stroke so egerly that he ouer threw the Henauder horse and maÌ„ for whyche dede y e kyng dubbed hym forthwith knight Upon the .v. day played togyder an Henauder and a squyre called IohnÌ„ Stewarde whyche daye also the Englyssheman wan the worshyp Upon the .vi. daye skyrmysshed there togyder an Henauder and an Englysshe esquyer named wyllmÌ„ Porter the whyche gatte suche
as foloweth Upon the .ix. day of October dyed IohnÌ„ Bryan sheryfe and for hym was chosen to that offyce IohnÌ„ Parnes Draper Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xviii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xix  IohnÌ„ Bryan  wyllyam Seuenoke Grocer Rauffe Barton Anno .vii.  IohnÌ„ Parnesse  THys yere the foresayde syege aboute the cytye of Roan coÌ„tynuynge vpon the .xii. daye of Ianuary foresayde the Frenchmen offeryd to treate whych treaty y e kyng admytted vnto the erlys of warwike and Salysbury wyth other And for the Frenche party was appoynted the captayne of the cytye named syr Guy de Bocyer other By reason of whyche treaty it was agreed that y e sayd capitayne vpon the .xix. day of the sayd present moneth of Ianuary at such an houre as it shuld please y e kynge to assygne shulde delyuer vnto suche persons as the kynge wolde appoynte the cytye castell of Roan in all peasyble wyse excepte the sayd cytye and castell be rescowyd by the dolphyne of Fraunce before the sayd xix daye And the .xxii. daye of the sayd moneth the inhabytauntes of the sayde cytye to paye vnto the kynge .xv. C. scutes of golde wherof two shulde alwaye be worth and englysshe noble And other .xv. huÌ„dred of lyke scutes they shulde paye vpon the .xxiii. daye of February next folowynge whiche couenauntes with many and diuers other coÌ„prysed to .xxv. artycles were by the assuraunce of both partyes surely ratifyed and assured And for no rescouse by the sayde dolphyn or any other Frenchman was made by the daye aboue lymytted therfore y e said capytayne accordynge to hys bonde and promysse delyuered the sayd cytye and castell vppon the .xix. day of Ianuary afore sayde beyng the daye of saynt wolstan The wynnynge of thys cytye of Roan ascrybeth Gaguinus vnto y e ciuyle dyscord that was bytwene the cytesyns and theyr fyrste capytayne named erle of Danmale whom they expulsyd y e cyty with a strong power of Normans But yet as he affermeth the cytesyns helde the cyty tyll they were coÌ„strayned for lacke of vytayll to eate horses dogges cattes rattes and other vermyn whan kynge Henry had set y e cyty of Roan in an order he then passed y e countrees towarde Fraunce so that he subdued the cityes and townes as he rode And the .xx. daye of Maye he came to Troys in ChaÌ„payne where he was honourably receyued In whyche passetyme IohnÌ„ duke of Burgoyne that before tyme had ben the occasyon of the murder of the duke of Orleaunce was now slayne in the presence of the dolphyn lyke as before I haue shewed to you in y e xxxix yere of Charles the .vii. wherfore Phylyppe hys sonne and duke after hym refused the dolphyns partye and drewe hym vnto kynge Henry and delyuered to hym the possessyon of Charlys the Frenche kynge and dame Katheryne hys doughter as affermyth Gaguinus Then were meanes of concorde and vnyte soughte and laboured by the Frenchemen in so effectuall maner that shortely after for a fynall peas to be hadde bytwene both realmes kynge Henry at Troys in ChaÌ„payne forsayde by the meanes of the sayde Phylyppe duke of Burgoyn maryed the forenamed Katheryne vppon Trynite sondaye than beyng the .iii. daye of Iuny Before solempnysacyon of which maryage a treaty and conclusyon of a peas conteynyng .xxxvii. artycles bytwene bothe kynges was concluded wherof y e effecte was that kyng Henry shulde be admytted and named regent of Fraunce and y t Charles shulde be kynge for terme of hys lyfe and receyue the issues and profytes of the same and quene Isabell hys wyfe to enioye her dower for terme of her lyfe to quenes of FrauÌ„ce due and accustomed And quene Katheryne kynge Henryes wyfe to haue her dower in Englande to the value of .xl. thousande scutes whyche shulde be in value tenne thousande marke Englysshe And yf the ouerlyued kynge Henry then she to haue dower of the realme of Fraunce to y e value .xx. thousande frankes yerely to beleuyed of suche lordshyppes as Blaunche somtyme wyfe to Phylyple Beaw helde And after the dethe and tyme of the forsayde Charlys the crowne wyth all ryghtes belongynge to the same of the realme of Fraunce to remayne vnto kynge Henry and to hys heyres kynges Bâ—d for the sayde Charlys was vysyted wyth sykenesse the kynge as regent shulde haue the hole gouernaunce of the sayde realme and defence of the same specyally agayne the dolphyne whyche entended and dyd hys vttermost power to distourbe the sayde peas And that the lordes and nobles of Fraunce as well spyrytuall as temporall shall make othe vnto kynge Henry to be obedyent vnto his lefull commaundmentes concernynge the foresayd gouernaunce and defence and they with y e hedes and rulers of cytyes castelles and townes to mayntayne vphold the sayde peas to the vttermost of theyr powers and after the dethe of y e sayd Charles to become his trewe subiectes and lyege men And that al suche lordshyppes as after that daye shulde be be conquered or wonne fro the Dolphyn and other dysobedyentes that they shulde remayne to the vse of the sayd Charles durynge his naturall lyfe Prouyded that yf any were wonne within y e duchy of Normandy that they shulde incontynently remayne to kynge Henryes vse And that after the dyscease of the sayde Charles the duchy of NormaÌ„dy all other lordshyppes therunto belongynge to be as one monarchye vnder the crowne of FrauÌ„ce And also that durynge the lyfe of the sayde Charles kynge Henry shulde nat name or wryte hym selfe kynge of Fraunce And that the sayd Charles shulde in all his wrytynges name kynge Henry his moost derest sonne Henry kynge of Englande and enherytour of the crowne of FrauÌ„ce And that none imposycyon or taske shuld be put vpon the comons of Fraunce but to the necessary defeuce weale of the realme And that by the aduyce of bothe couÌ„sayles of the realmes of Englande and of Fraunce suche stablysshed ordynauÌ„ces myght be deuysed that when the sayde realme of Fraunce shulde fall to the possessyon of kynge Henry or his heyres that it myght with suche vnyte ioyne vnto the realme of EnglaÌ„de y e one kynge myght rule both kyngdomes as one monarchye reserued alwayes to eyther pryncypate or realme all ryghtes lybertyes fraÌ„chyses and lawes so that nother realme shulde be subiecre vnto other And that perpetuall amyte and frendshyp with all famylyer conuersacion aswell by byenge sellynge and all other lefull to be coÌ„tonued atwene bothe subiectes for euer all customes and pryuyleges to eyther realme to be payde and obeyed And that kynge Charles nor Phylyp duke of Burgoyne shulde make any concorde or peaâ— with the Dolphyn of Uyen without the assent agrement of kynge Henry Nor he in lykewyse without the consent of the sayde Charles and Phylyp And the sayd Charles duryng his lyfe shulde honorably be founde and entreated and to haue in his housholde and aboute hym noble men of his owne nacyon with all other
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
they entended theyr diuyne seruyce praied more specyally for hym as they were bounde of duety whereunto it was after pardon requyred lastely by the sayde father answered that in conuenyent wyse they naturally might nat praye for hym and hys good spede consyderynge that he dayely warred vpon theyr fathers and kynnesmen and slewe of theym and spoyled theÌ„ dayly and enpouerysshed that laÌ„de whyche they of very kynde ought to loue and praye for After whyche answere thus by them made the kynge auoyded the hous of them and turned the lande thereof to suche vse as hym best lyked and suffred the hous to fall in ruyne And ouer thys great acte of fouÌ„dyng of these .ii. religious houses he ordeyned at westmynster to brenne perpetually wythoute extinccion iiii tapers of waxe vppon the sepulture of kyng Rychard and ouer that he ordeyned therto to be continued for euer one day in y e weke a solempne Dirige to be songe vppon the morowe a masse after which masse ended certayn money to be gyueÌ„ as before is expressed with other thynges in y e begynnyng of this kynges reygne And ouer thys his great besynesse in warre natwithstaÌ„dyng this most cristeÌ„ priÌ„ce by his lyfe chase his place of sepulture within the foresayd monastery there ordeyned for hym to be songe .iii. masses euery day in the weke whyle the world lasteth in maner and forme as by these verses folowyng doth appere Henrici missae quinti sunt hic tabulatae Quae successiue sunt per monachos celebratae ¶ Prima fit Assumptae de festo virginis almae Poscit pusiremam Christus de morte resur gens Dominica ¶ Prima salutate de festo virginis extat Nunciat angelicis laudem postrema choreis â—unc ¶ Esse deum natum de virgine prima fatetur Commemora natam sic vltima missa Mariam Martis ¶ Prima celebretur ad honorem neupmatis almi Vltima conceptam denunciat esse Mariam Mercurij ¶ Semper prima coli debet de corpore Christi Vltima fit fata de virgine purificata Iouis ¶ Concedet vt prima celebretur de cruce sancta Atque salutate fiet postrema Mariae Veneris ¶ Omnes ad sanctos est prima colenda supernos Vltima de requie pro defunctis petit esse Sabati ¶ Semper erit media de proprietate dei Omni die ¶ Missa Assumptionis Mâ—tiae Missa dnÌ„ieae resurrectionis 1 ¶ Missa salutationis Mariae Missa annuÌ„ciatioÌ„is Mariae 2 ¶ Missa natiuâ—tatis Christi Missa natiuitatis Mariae 3 ¶ Missa sancti spiritus Missa conceptionis 4 ¶ Missa corporis Christi Missa purificationis 5 ¶ Missa sanctÌ„ae crucis Missa salutationis Mariae 6 ¶ Missa omnium sanctorum Missa de requie 7 ¶ Missa diei quotidie ¶ whyche verses may thus to vnletteryd be englysshed Loo here is noted and put in memory That ouer these actes noble and Marcyall Thys excellent prynce thys fyfte kyng Henry Hys soule to endowe he was memoryall For wyth suffrages whyche euer laste shall Of masses thre that folowe ceryously At westmynster he ordeyned to be sayde dayly Upon sondaye the fyrste masse to begynne Deuoutly to be sayd of the Assumpcion Of our blessed Lady and nat thereafter blynne But than the latter of the resurreccion And on the mondaye of the Uisitacion The fyrste masse after ordeyned is Of the Annunciacion the latter masse sayd is Upon the tuysday to kepe the ordre iust The fyrste to be sayd of crystes Natiuite Than of our Lady byrth the latter folow muste On wednysdaye the holy ghost halowed to be And of the Concepcion the thyrd wylled he The thursday to synge the fyrste of Corpus xpÌ„i Of the Purificacion the laste of our Lady Upon the frydaye a masse of crystes crosse And of the Salutacion the latter for to synge And for of daye or tyme shuld be no losse Upon saterdaye the fyrste of that mornynge A masse of all sayntes to pray for the kynge Than masse of Requiem to be laste of all And euery day the day masse amyd these masses to fall ¶ Lenuoy ¶ O mercifull god what a prynce was this Whiche his short lyfe in marciall actes spent In honour of conquesi that wonder to me it is Howe he myght compasse suche dedys excellent And yet for that his mynde nothynge detent Alâ— ghostly helthe for his soule to prouide Cut of his world or he fatally shulde slyde So that though I had Tullyes eloquence Or of Sâ—â—ek the great moralyte Or of Salomon the perfyght sapience Or the swete dyties of dame Caliope Yet might I nat in prose or other dytte Accordyngly auaunce this princes fame And with due honour to enhaunce the same Consideringe his actes wherof percell appere In this rude wâ—rke with many mo left out The tyme also whiche was lesse than ten yere That he so shortly brought all thynge about By diuine grace forthryd without doute That myghtfull lorde he halâ—e his ghostly knyght With grace honour to passe this worldes sight And to haue rewarde dowble condigne And first for marciall actes by hym doone To be auaunced amonge the worthys Nyâ—e And for his vertues vsed by hym efte soone With many good dedes which he in erth had done Aboue the Hierarches he is I trust now stalled That was on erth kyng of kynges called Anglia ¶ Henry the syxte HEnry the .vi. of y e name and onely sonne of Henry the .v of quene Kathryn doughter of Charles y e seuenth kyng of Fraunce began hys reygne ouer the realme of Englande the fyrst day of September in the yere of our lorde M.iiii C. .xxii. and in the ende of the laste yere of the reygne of the foresayde .vii. Charles than kyng of Fraunce Thys Henry for the insufficience of hys age whyche as before ys shewed was but of .viii. monethes and odde days was commytted vnto the rule of hys vncles the dukes of Bedforde and of Glouceter The whyche durynge hys none age ruled the realmes of Englande of Fraunce honourably as the duke of Glouceter protectour of Englande and duke of Bedforde regent of Fraunce Than vpon the .xxi. day of October duryng thys mayres yere Robert Chyceley dyed at Parys the aboue named vii Charles kynge of Fraunce By reason of whose deth by force of appoyntemeÌ„t before made betwene HeÌ„ry the .v. and hym as before is towched in the seuenth yere of the sayde Henry the realme of Fraunce right thereof fylle vnto the yonge kynge Henry To whose vse the nobles of Fraunce excepte a fewe of suche as helde wyth the Dolphyne delyuered the possession therof vnto the duke of Bedforde as regent therof durynge that nonage of thys kynge Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxiii  wyllyam Estfeylde  wyllyam walderne  Anno primo  Robert Tatersale  IN the begynnyng of thys mayres yere and fyrste yere of the
And the other .vii gaue vnto hym the .vii. gyftes of grace in maner as foloweth God the endowe with crowne of glory And with the ceptre of clennesse and pytye And with a swerde of myghte and victorye And with a mantell of prudence clad thou be A shylde of fayth for to defende the An helme of helthe wrought to thyne encreace Gyrte with a gyrdyll of loue and parfyte peace And after they had thus saluted the kynge anone they beganne thys roundell wyth an heuenly melodye and songe as foloweth Souerayne lorde welcome to your cytye Welcome our ioye and our hartes pleasaunce Welcome our gladnesse welcome our suffysaunce Welcome â–ª welcome ryghte welcome â—ut ye be Syngynge before thy royall mageste We saye with harte withouten varyaunce Souerayne lorde now welcome out of Fraunce The mayre and cytesyns with all the comynaltye Reioyse your comynge newly out of Fraunce Wherby this cytie and they rescuyd be Of all theyr sorow and former greuaunce Wherfore they saye and synge without greuance Welcome welcome welcome our hartes ioye Welcome you be vnto your owne newe Troye Than the kyng rode forth a softe pase tyll he came at the entre of Corn hylle where vpon y e hylle was ordeyned a tabernacle of curyous worke in the which stode dame Sapyence and about her the .vii. artes or scyences lyberall as fyrst gramer logike rhetoryke musyke arithmetyke geometry and astronomye euerych of them exercysynge theyr connynge facultye and the lady her selfe hadde thys speche to the kynge Lo I chyefe pryncesse dame Sapience Shewe vnto you this sentence of scripture Kynges that ben most of excellence By me they reygne and moste ioye endure For through my helpe and my besy cure To encrease theyr glory and theyr hygh renowne They shall of wysdome haue full possession Than the kynge passed on tyll he came to the conduyte in Cornehylle where was set a pageaÌ„t made cercle wyse in the summet or toppe therof was set a chyld of wonderfull beaute apparayled lyke a kyng UpoÌ„ whose ryght hand satte lady Mercy vpon the lefte hande lady Trouth and ouer them stode dame Clennese embrasyng the kynges trone Then before the kynge stode two iudges viii sergeauntes of the coyfe And dame Clennesse had thys speche to y e vi Henry the kynge Lo by the sentence of prudent Salomon Mercy and ryght preseruyn euery kynge And I Clennesse obserued by reason Kepe his trone from myschyefe and fassynge And maketh it stronge with longe abydynge So I conclude that we ladyes thre A kynge preserue in longe prosperite And Dauyd sayd the psalme beryth wytnesse Lorde god thy dome thou to the kynge And gyue to hym thy trouth and ryghtwysnesse The kynges sonne here on erth lyuynge And thus declared he by his wrytynge That kynges and prynces shuld about theÌ„ drawe Folke that ben trewe and well lerned in lawe After hys speche thus declared y e kynge rode forth a quycker pase tyll he came vnto the conduyt in Chepe where were ordeyned dyuers wellys as y e welle of mercy y e welle of grace and the welle of pyte And at euery welle a lady standynge that mynystred the water of euery welle to such as wold aske it and that water was turned into good wyne About these welles were sette dyuers trees wyth flouryshynge leues and fruytes as orenges almandes pomegarnardes olyues lymones dates pepys quynces blauÌ„derelles peches other more comon fruytes as costerdes wardeÌ„s pomewardoÌ„s rycardoÌ„s damysyns and pluÌ„mes wyth other fruytes longe to reherse y e which were so cuÌ„nyngly wrought that to many they appered naturall trees growynge In the bordour of thys delicious place whych was named Paradyse stode two forgrowen faders resemblynge Enocke and Hely the whych hadde thys sayenge to the kynge Ennok fyrste with a benygne chere Prayed god to vpholde his prosperite And that none enemyes haue of the power Nor that no chylde of false iniquyte Haue power to pertuâ—be thy feiycyte This olde Ennok to processe can well tell Prayed for the kynge as he rode by the welle After Helias with his sokkys hore Sayde well deuoutely sokynge on the kynge God conserue the and kepe euermore And make the blyssed here on erth lyuynge And preserue the in all maner thynge And specyall amonge kynges all In enemyes handes that thou neuer fall And that speche fynyshed y e kyng rode forthe a lytell forther And there was ordeyned a tower garnysshed wyth the armys of Englande and of Fraunce Thys tower was wonderfull to beholde for there was shewed in order the tytle whyche the kynge hadde vnto the crowne of Fraunce And vpryght by thys tower stode .ii. grene trees artifycyally wyth grene leuys garnysshed and wrought that one verynge the genelogy of saynte Edward and that other of saynt Lewys and garnyshed with leopardes and flourdelyces And ouer these .ii. foresayde trees was ordeyned the thyrde whyche was made the forthe spryng of Iesse wherin was shewed the genelogy of our blessed lady sette out in moste curyous wyse And vpoÌ„ the front of thys tower were wryten these verses folowynge By these .ij. trees whiche here grâ—we vpright From saynt Edwarde also sent I owys The rote I take palpable to eche syght Conueyed by syne from kynges of great pryce Whiche some bare Leopardes som flourdelice Armys excellent of honour haue no lacke Which the .vi. HeÌ„ry may now bere on his backe As in degre of iust successiowne As olde cronicles truely determine Vnto this kyng is now discended downe From eyther partye right as any syne Vpon whose hede now fresshesy doth shyne Two ryche crownes moche soueraygn pleasauÌ„ce To bringe in peas betwene Englande FrauÌ„ce Than from thys the kyng passed on tyll he came at the coÌ„duyt at Paulys gate where was pyghte a celestyall trone and therein was sette a personage of the Trinyte wyth a multytude of aungels playenge and syngynge vpon all instrumentes of musyk And vpon the front of y e sayd trone was wrytten these verses or balades folowynge the whych were spoken by the father vnto the kyng To you my aungels this precept ye assure This prince that is so yonge tender of age That ye entende do your besy cure To kepe saue hym from all maner damage In hys lyfe here duryng all his age That his renowne may sprede shyne ferre And of his two realmes to cease the mortal warre And I will ferther as I shewe to hym here Fulfyll hym with ioye worldly habundaunce And with lengthe of many a holsome yere I shall comfort helpe with all pleasaunce And of his lieges to haue faythfull obeysaunce And also multiply encrease his lyne And cause his nobles thorugh the worlde shyne ANd thys done he entred the churcheyarde where he was mette wyth processyon of the deane the chanoÌ„s of Paulys wyth whome also in pontificalibus came the archbysshop of Cauntorbury and chauÌ„celer of Englande with the bysshop of Lyncolne of
.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
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
them was fynally coÌ„cluded he y e sayd Lewys all suche as wyth hym were reteyned or allied were for thys offeÌ„ce by y e sayd Charles clerely pardoned one persone all only excepted named Iaket or Iakis by whose treason the castell of Maxente was loste and taken for whyche offence he was after drawen hanged also quartered ThaÌ„ in processe of tyme folowyng the flemynges of GauÌ„te rebelled agayne theyr duke or erle named Philyp The cause of whyche rebellyon was for that he areryd a greuouse taske vpoÌ„ salte put the people ther by to greuouse charge wherevppon dedely warre betwene the duke and hys subiectys arose to the dystruccioÌ„ of moche people vpoÌ„ bothe partyes wherof the cyrcumstauÌ„ce were loÌ„g to wryte Howe be it in the ende y e duke or erle by ayde of the FreÌ„che kynge was vyctour helde them of GauÌ„te so streyghte that they were compelled by force to bye theyr peace wyth great summes of money to theyr other many folde domages About the .xxxi. yere of thys sayde Charles came vnto hym from pope Nycholas the .v. of that name an ambassade for to requyre ayde agayne the Turkys for the defeÌ„ce of CoÌ„stantyne the noble whyche the Turkys purposed shortly after to assayle To whyche ambassade by the sayd Charlys it was answeryd that to hym it was right greuouse to here of the intollerable persecucyoÌ„ whych y e cristeÌ„ dayly susteyned of the Turkys But he was of y e Englysh nacyoÌ„ so vexed and warred that he myghte nat leue hys laÌ„de wythout an hedde to the coÌ„forte of other to lose hys owne But to the entent that he before tymes myght haue warred vppon the sayd Turkys he for that cause onely had offered vnto the kynge of Englande many reasonable offers And if of the Englysshe party any lyke offers myghte be to hym profered he wolde gladly theym accepte turne hys spere incoÌ„tyneÌ„tly agayn the fore named Turkes And ouer that he wolde for the furtherauÌ„ce of the matter sende wyth them vnto the kynge of EnglaÌ„de certayne ambassadours to se yf that as yet any reasonable peace myght be betwene them coÌ„cluded For accomplisshemeÌ„t wherof as testyfyeth myne auctour Gaguynus he sente the archebysshop of Raynes wyth other honorable persones The whych whan they to kyng Henry and hys counsayll hadde shewyd theyr legacyoÌ„ it was to them shortly answered that at suche season as the EnglysshemeÌ„ hadde wonne agayne so moche laÌ„de as the Frenchemen by cawtelys had woÌ„ne from theym thaÌ„ were it good tyme season to treate of accorde nat before By reason of whiche answere the popes ambassade retourned to Rome wythoute ayde or comforte And thus y e FreÌ„che wryters lay euer the charge froÌ„ theyr prynce put it vnto other But of thys ambassade or answere fynde I no memory of any Englysshe wryters Aboute the .xxxiiii. yere of y e reygn of thys Charlys Lewys hys sonne before named beynge a maÌ„ of greate lyberalitye and largesse thought his father departed nat wyth hym of his mouables possessyoÌ„s as he hadde cause to do For the whych by coÌ„fort of yoÌ„ge persones as he had aboute hym he rebelled thys seconde tyme agayne hys sayde father by reason of hys largesse lyberalyte drewe vnto hym moche waÌ„ton wylde people wyth theyr assystence warred vppoÌ„ hys fathers freÌ„des entendyd to depryue hys father of all gouernauÌ„ce of the realme wherof herynge hys father in all possyble haste gathered to hym greate strengthe and spedde hym towarde hys sayd sonnÌ„ But whaÌ„ Lewys was warned of the coÌ„myng of hys father wyth so great an hoste consydered hys quarell wekenesse he wyth a fewe persones fledde towarde Burgoyne whereof herynge the father sente in all â—haste people to kepe the passages and dyd that he myghte to haue stopped hym of hys waye But that prouysyon notwythstandynge the sayd Lewys escaped and came sauely vnto the presence of Phylyppe then duke of Burgoyne the whyche hym receyued wyth gladde chere and entreatyd hym accordyng to his estate and so kepte hym durynge his fathers lyfe Nowbeit he made for hym great sute and labour to wynne him to his fathers grace But all was in vayne For what by obstynacy of the same y t he wolde not submytte hym to his father and comme vnto hys presence when he was sente for for the great stomacke of the father that he wold not be condycyoned with of the son thys varyaunce contynued bytwene them as aboue is sayd y e terme of his fathers lyfe In the whyche passe tyme thys Charlys concluded a maryage bytwene hys doughter called Magdaleyne and Ladyslaus kyng of Beme Hungary and of Polayne But whyle the bryde wyth great apparayle and pompe was conueyed towarde her husbande to be maryed her sayde husbande was taken sodenly with sykenesse and dyed with in .xxiiii. houres after that he fyrste coÌ„playned hym whych was by force of poysone as most wryters agreen Of whych tydynges when Charlys was asserteyned he therwyth toke such a peÌ„syffenesse that he dyed shortely after whan he had ruled a parte and the hole realme to reken from y e deth of hys father .xxxvi. yeres How be it of Frenche wryters no certeyne terme of hys reygne to hym is assygned for so myche as kyng Henry the vi longe after the deth of hys father was alowyd in Parys and many other Cytyes of FrauÌ„ce for souerayne and kynge of that regyon Thys Charlys thus beynge dede lefte after hym two sonnes that is to saye Lewys that after hym was kynge and a yonger named Charlys wyth y e forenamed doughter named Magdaleyne or after some Margarete And after wyth greate pompe hys corps was conueyed vnto saynt Denys and there buryed Francia Lewys the .xi. LEwys the .xi. of y â— name after the accompte of thys boke and .x. after the Frenche accompte whereof y e cause is before shewed sonne to Charles last dede beganne his dominyon ouer the realme of Fraunce in the moneth of October in the yere of grace M.iiii hundreth and .lviii. and the .xxxvi. yere of Henry the .vi. than kynge of Englande This of Gaguinus is called the sturdy or fel Lewys The whiche at the tyme of his fathers deth beyng as aboue is sayd vnrecouÌ„syled in the prouynce of Burgoyne herynge of the deth of his father wyth ayde of the foresayd duke Phylyp shortly entred y e realm of Fraunce toke vpon hym y e rule in euery good cytie town as he passyd as kyng of y e same so y t many lordes hed offycers drewe vnto hym By meane wherof he was stronge put such vnto sylence as after y e wyll purpose of his father wolde haue preferred his yoÌ„ger son named Charlys Than this Lewys by strengthe of his frendes was shortely after at Raynes crowned kynge of Fraunce After whyche solempnyte fynysshed he repayred vnto Parys and there by consent of hys counceyll made a law y t no man of what degre
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
thorugh the cytye of London that the kynge hadde pardoned the NorthyrnmeÌ„ of theyr ryot aswell for the deth of the lorde Ryuers as all dyspleasures by them before that tyme done And soone vppon thys a new styrryng begaÌ„ in LyncolnÌ„ shyre whereof the occasyoner was the lorde wellys as the fame than went For whome the kynge sent by fayre meanes promysyng hym to go safe and come safe as it was sayd But trouth it is after hys commyng to the kyng had he before suche promyse or nat he was shortly after beheded Than in February folowyng by medyacyon of lordes a treatye of vnytie and concorde was laboured betwene the kyng hys brother and the erle of warwyke For whyche cause the sayd erle came thanne vnto London And shortly after came the sayd duke as vpon shrouesonday folowyng And vpon the thuysday folowyng the kynge the sayde duke mettte at Baynardes castell where y e duchesse of yorke theyr mother than laye In the whyche passetyme y e erle of warwyke was retourned to warwyke and there gadered to him such streÌ„gth as he myght make as it was reported And in LyncolnÌ„shyre syr Robert wellys sonne vnto the lorde wellys before put to deth in thys whyle had also assembled a greate bend of men purposed to gyue the kyng a felde Of all whyche tydynges whaÌ„ne the kynge was assertayned he wyth his sayd brother the duke spedhim north warde and in that whyle sente to the sayd syr Robert wellys wyllyng him to sende home hys people come to hym and he shulde haue hys grace But that other answered that by like promysse hys father was dysceyued and that shulde be hys example But in conclusyon whan the kynge wyth hys power drewe nere vnto hiÌ„ he toke suche fere that he fledde and soone after was taken and with him syr Thomas Dymmok knyght and other the whyche were shortly after put to deth In thys season was the duke of Clarence departed frome the kynge and was gone vnto the erle of warwyke to take hys parte To whome the kynge in lykewyse sente y t they shuld come to hys presence wythout fere where vnto they made a fayned answere And than consyderynge theyr lacke of power agayne y e kyng departed and wente to the see syde so sayled into Fraunce and requyred the .xi. Lowys than kyng of that regyon that he wolde ayde and assyste them to restore kynge Henry to hys ryghtfull enherytaunce wherof the sayd Lowys beyng gladde grauÌ„ted vnto them theyr requeste helde theÌ„ there whyle they wyth the counsayll of quene Margarete prouyded for theyr retourne into Englande whan the sayde lordes were thus departed the lande the kyng coÌ„mauÌ„ded them to be proclaymed as rebelles and traytours thorugh oute hys realm And in the Easter weke folowynge syr Geffrey Gate one named ClaphaÌ„ whyche entended at South ampton to haue taken shyppynge to haue sayled to the sayde lordes were there taken by the lorde Hawarde and sente vnto warde whych sayde Clapham was beheded soone after and the sayde syr Geffrey Gate fande suche frendshyp that lastly he escaped or was delyuered so that he yode after to seynt wary Thanne was the lorde of saynte IohnÌ„s arrested But at instaunce of the archebysshop of Caunterbury he went a season at large vnder suerty and was fynally commytted to the towre In whych passetyme the erle of Oxenforde gat ouer vnto the foresayd lordes Thus enduryng thys trouble a stirrynge was made in the north partyes by the lord Fitz Hugh wherfore the kyng sped hym thyderwarde But so soone as the sayd lord knewe of the kynges coÌ„myng anone he lefte hys peple fledde into Scotlande And the kyng whych thaÌ„ was commyn to yorke rested hym a season there and there about In the moneth of Septembre .x yere of the kyng the forsayd duke of Clarence accoÌ„panyed wyth the erles of warwyke of Penbroke of Oxenforde other many gentylmen landed at Dartmouth in Deuynshyre there made theyr proclamacyons in the name of kyng Henry the .vi and so drewe ferther into the laÌ„de wherof herynge the commons of that couÌ„tre other drewe vnto theym by greate companyes Than the Kentyshemen beganne to were wylde assembled theym in great companyes and so came vnto the out partyes of the cytye of London Radâ—lyffe saynte Katherynes and other places robbed and spoyled the Flemynges and all the bere houses there as they came ThaÌ„ the foresayde lordes holding on theyr iournaye drewe towarde y e kynge beyng in the northe as aboue is sayde wherof he beyng warned and hauyng wyth hym as than but small strength wherof some to hym were nat very trusty he wyth a secret company toke the next waye toward the wash in Lyncolneshyre and there passed ouer wyth great daunger nat wythout losse of dyuers of hys company and so passed the couÌ„trees into Flaunders and stynted nat tyll he came to Charles hys brother thanne duke of Burgoyne wyth whome he rested a season whaÌ„ the quene which than was in the towre harde of the kynges auoydynge anone she departed frome thens and yode vnto westmynster and there regystred her selfe for a seyntwary woman and in lyke wyse dyd many of kynge Edwardes frendes And than about the begynnynge of Octobre syr Geffrey Gate that till that tyme had holden the sayde seyntwary and other wyth hym wente vnto the prysons aboute London all suche as they had fauoure vnto toke them out and sette them at lybertye And than shypmen other euyll dysposed persones as than drewe to the sayd Geffrey Gate robbed agayn the berehouses set some of them in fyre and after resorted vnto the gates of the cytye there wolde haue entred by force But the cytezeyns wythstode theym wyth suche force that they were compelled to departe thens Upon the .xii. day of October the towre was gyueÌ„ vp by appoyntmeÌ„t kyng Henry was takeÌ„ from the lodgyng where he before laye and was than lodged in the kynges lodgyng wythin the sayde towre In whyche passetyme the duke the forsayd lordes drewe nere vnto the cytye And vpon saterday than nexte folowyng the sayd duke accompanied wyth y e erles of warwyke of Shrowysbury and the lord Stanley rode vnto the towre and there wyth all honour and reuerence fet out kynge Henry conueyed hym to Poulys there lodged hym in the bysshoppes palays so was thaÌ„ admytted taken for kyng thorugh all the lande Readoptio Henrici .vi. HEnri y e .vi. of that name before by Edwarde y e .iiii. put down was agayne restored to the crowne of Englande the. daye of Octobre in the yere of grace M.iiii C.lxix and the .x. yere of Edwarde y e iiii the .xii. yere of the .xii. Lowys than kynge of Fraunce In whose begynnyng of readopcyon the erle of worceter whych for hys cruelnesse was called the bochier of England was taken and putte in streyght pryson And vppon the xv daye of October was the sayde
and his company quyt them so manfully that he bare ouer that parte of the feeld whyche he sette vppon so ferforthly y e tydynges came to London that kynge Edwarde had loste the felde And yf hys men had kepte theyr araye not fallen to ryfflyng lykely it hadde bene as it was after tolde that the vyctory hadde fallen to that partye But after longe and cruell fyght in conclusyon kyng Edwarde optayned the vpper hande slewe of hys ennemyes the marques Mountagu and the erle of warwyk hys brother wyth many other And vppon the kynges party was slayne the lorde Barnes And of the comōs vppon bothe partyes were slayne vpon .xv. C. men and mo Of the mystes and other impedymentes whyche fyll vpon the lordes party by reason of the incantacyons wrought by fryer Būgey as y e fame wēt me lyst not to wryte But trouth it is that after thys vyctory thus wonne by kynge Edwarde he sente the dede corps of the sayd Marquys and erle of warwyke vnto Poulys chyrche where they laye two dayes after naked in .ii. coffyns that euery man myghte beholde and se theym And the same after none came kyng Edwarde agayn vnto London and offered at y e roode of the North dore at Poulys and after rode vnto westmynster and there lodgyd hym And soone after that the kynge was thus passed tho ▪ ough the cyty was kyng Henry brought rydynge in a longe gowne of blewe veluet and so conueyed thoroughe Chepe vnto westmynster and frome thens vnto the Towre where he remayned as prysoner all hys lyues tyme after The repossessyon of Edwarde the .iiii. EDward the .iiii. before named began agayne his domynyon ouer the realme of England the .xiiii. daye of Apryll in y e begynnyng of the yere of our lord M.iiii C.lxxi the .xii. yere of Lewys the Frenche kynge and reposseded all thynges as he before hadde done And when the sayde two corps hadde lyen in Poules openly from the Sondaye tyll the Tuysdaye they were hadde from thens buryed where y e kynge wolde assygne them The kynge then beynge in authoryte made prouysyon for the defence of the landynge of quene Margaret and hyr sonne the whyche all thys whyle laye at the see syde taryenge the wynde and so lastely landed at and came with a strength of Frenchmē other as farre within thē lande as to a vyllage in called Tewkysbury where the kyng mette wyth her and hyr dystressyd chasyd her company and slewe many of them In the whyche batayle she was taken syr Edward her sonne and so brought vnto the kynge But after the kynge had questyoned with the sayd syr Edwarde and he hadde answered vnto hym cōtrary his pleasure he thenne strake hym wyth hys gauntelet vpon the face After whiche stroke so by hym receyued he was by the kynges seruauntes incōtynently slayne vpon the .iiii. daye of the moneth of May. whan kynge Edwarde had thus subdued hys enemyes anone he sent quene Margarete vnto London where she restyd a season and fynally she was sent home into her countre And the goodes of syr Thomas Cook were agayne ceasyd and hys wyfe put forth and commaunded to be kepte at the mayers Uppon the .xiiii. daye of May folowynge the bastarde of Fawconbrydge that vnto hym had gaderyd a ryottous and euyll dysposyd companye of shypmen and other wyth also the assystence of y e comons both of Essex and of Kent came in greate multytude vnto the cyty of London And after that the sayd cōpany was denyed passage thorough the cytye they set vpō dyuers partyes therof as Bysshoppes gate Algate Londō brydge and alonge the waters syde and shotte gonnes and arowes and fyred the gates wyth cruell malyce as Bysshops gate and Algate and faught so fyersly that they wanne y e bulwerkes at Algate and entred a certayne wythin the gate But the cytesyus wyth comfort and ayde of Robert Baset alderman assygned to the gate wythstode the sayd rebelles so manfully that they slewe all such as entred the gate and compellyd y e other to drawe a backe and forsoke the gate Uppon whom the cytesyns pursued and chased theym vnto the forther Stratforde and slewe toke many of them prysoners wherof herynge the other whyche assayled the other partes of the cytie fledde in lyke wyse whom the other cytesyns pursued as farre as Depforde in sleynge and takyng of them prysoners in great nomber and after them raunsomed as they hadde ben Frenchemen And the bastarde with hys shypmē were chasyd vnto theyr shyppes lyenge at Blackwall and there in the chase many slayne And the sayde bastarde the nyghte folowynge stale out hys shyppes out of y e ryuer and so departed and escaped for the tyme. Than vpon Assencyon euyn next ensuynge the corps of Henry the .vi. late kynge was brought vnreuerently from the tower thorough the high stretes of the cyty vnto Poulys chyrche and there lefte that nyght and vppon the morowe conueyed wyth gleyuys and other wepens as he before thyder was brought vnto Chertyssey and there was buryed Of the deth of this prince dyuers tales were tolde But the moste comon fame went that he was stycked wyth a dagger by the handes of the duke of Glouceter whyche after Edwarde the .iiii. vsurped the crowne and was kyng as after shall appere Than kyng Edwarde after thys victory thus hadde at Tewkesbury retourned vnto London and vpon the mondaye folowynge Assencyon daye he toke hys iournay into Kent hauyng with hym a strength of people and there sette hys iustyces and made inquysycyons of the ryot before done by the bastarde and hys accessaryes For the whyche at Caunterbury and other good townes in Kent dyuers were put in execucyon Of whom the hedes were sent vnto London and set vpon the brydge And in lyke maner inquysyciōs were made in Essex and some also of them put in execucyon Of whyche a capytayne named Spysynge was hanged and hys hede set vpon Algate And many of the ryche commons of Kent were set at greuous fynes both for them selfe and for theyr seruauntes And when the kyng hadde thus spedde his iournaye he retourned came to Londō vpon whytson euyn And that done soone after was bysshop Neuyll archebysshop of yorke sent vnto Guynes and there kepte as prysoner longe after Thys was brother to the lorde marquys Moūtagu and to the erle of warwycke Also in the ende of thys mayers yere was the forenamed bastarde of Fawconbrydge taken about Southamton and there put to execucyō whose hed was sent to London and pyght vpon London brydge among other Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxi  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxii  Iohn̄ Aleyn  wyllyam Edwarde Grocer  Anno .xi.  Iohn̄ Chelley  IN thys yere the erle of Oxenforde whych syn the season of Barnet felde hadde holden saynte Myghellys mounte was by an appoyntement taken thens and shortely after sente to the castell of Guynes where he remayned prysoner tyl the last yere of Rycharde
thynkynge that the duke wolde haue assembled his people so to haue gyuen to hym batayle gathered to hym great strength and after toke his iournaye westwarde to haue mette wyth the sayd duke But whan the kyng was infourmed that he was fledde anone he made proclamacyons that who that myght take the sayd duke shulde haue for a rewarde M. li. of money and the value of an hundreth pounde in lande by yere to hym and to hys heyres for euer more wherof herynge the foresayd Banaster were it for mede of y e sayd reward or for the fere of losyng of hys lyfe and good dyscouered the duke vnto the sheryffe of the shyre and caused hym to be taken and so brought vnto Salysbury where the kynge than laye And all be it that that the sayde duke made inportune labour to haue commyn to the kynges presence yet that natwythstandynge he was beheded vpon the. daye of the moneth of wythout speche or syght of the kynge Than all suche gentylmen as had apoynted to mete wyth y e said duke were so dysmayde that they knewe nat what for to do but they that myghte fled the lande and some toke seyntwary places as they myghte wynne vnto theym But the kyng to the ende to let them of theyr purpose sente to the see costes and stopped theyr waye in that he myght And he wyth a certeyne strength rode vnto Exceter where about that season was takē syr Thomas Selenger knyght and .ii. gentylmen that one beyng named Thomas Ramme and that other The whyche .iii. persones were there shortly after beheded And soone after in Kent were takē syr George Browne knyghte Robert Clyfforde esquyer and brought vnto the towre of London And vpon the. daye of Octobre the sayd syr George and Roberte were drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hyll and there beheded And the same daye were .iiii. persones lately yomen of the crowne wyth kynge Edwarde the .iiii drawē out of Southwarke thorugh y e cytie vnto tyborne and there hanged And whan the kynge had sped hys iournay in the west coūtre he hasted him towarde London whereof the mayre the cytezyns hauynge knowlege made prouysyō to receyue him and vpon that made puruyaunce for horse with violet clothyng and other necessaryes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxiiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxv  Rychard Chester  Thomas Hylle Thomas Bretayne Anno. ili  Raffe Astry  IN the begynnyng of thys mayres yere and seconde yere of kyng Rycharde that is to meane vppon the .ix. daye of the moneth of Nouembre the mayer and hys brethern beyng cladde in scarlet the cytezyns to the nombre of .v. C. or mo in vyolet met the kynge beyonde Kenyngston in Sutherey so brought hym thorugh the cytye to the warde robe besyde the blacke fryers where for that tyme he was lodged And in short tyme after was syr Roger Clyfforde knyght taken aboute Southampton and from thens sente to the towre of Londō and after areygned iuged at westmynster frō thens vpon the. daye of drawē vnto the towre hylle But whan he came fore agayne saynt Martyns le Graūt by the helpe of a fryer whiche was hys cōfessour one of theym y t was next about him his cordes were so lowsed or cut that he put hym in deuoyr to haue entred y e seyntwary And lykely it had ben y t he shuld haue so done had nat ben the quycke helpe rescous of the sheryffes and theyr offycers The whyche constrayned hym to lye downe vppon the hardyll and newly band hym and so haryed hym to the sayde place of execucion where he was deuyded in two pecys and after hys body wyth the hede was conueyed to the fryeres Augustynes and there be buryed before saynte Katherynes aulter And in the moneth of February folowynge dyed Rycharde Chester one of the sheryfes For whome was immedyatly chosen Raffe Astry to contynue for that yere folowynge Kynge Rycharde than ledynge hys lyfe in great agony and doubte trustynge fewe of suche as were aboute hym spared nat to spende the greate treasour whych before kyng Edward the .iiii. hadde gadered in guynge of great large gyftes By meane wherof he alonly wasted nat y e great treasour of his sayd brother but also he was in suche daunger that he borowed many notable summes of money of ryche men of thys realme and specyally of the cytezyns of London wherof the leest summe was .xl. li. for suertye wherof he delyuered to them good suffycyent pledges In the whyche passetyme many sondry gentylmen and diuers sheryffes departed ouer the see into Fraūce and there allyed them wyth that vertuous prynce Henry sonne vnto the erle of Rychemonde dyscended lyneally from Henry the .iiii. lately kynge of thys realme and conuenaunted with hym that if he wolde mary Elizabeth y e eldest doughter of Edwarde the .iiii they wolde with goddes help strength hym to be kyng of England ayde hym in suche maner that he and also she were or myght be possessed of theyr ryghtfull enherytaunce Amonge the whyche gentylmen syr Iamys Blount than keper of the castell of Guynys was one which with hym conueyed the erle of Oxenford that longe tofore had ben prysoner wythin the sayd castell Upon whiche agrement thus concluded prouysion by them and theyr frendes was made to sayle into Englande And after all thynges prepared the sayd prynce wyth a small cōpany of Englysshe Frenche Brytons toke shyppynge in Fraunce or Brytayne and so landed lastly in the porte of Mylbourne in the moneth of August For whose defence of landynge kynge Rycharde for so moche as he fered him lytell made but smal prouision whyle these foresayde gentylmen of dyuers coostes of Englande escaped as is abouesayde ouer the see of that affynite was one named wyllyā Colyngbourne taken And after he had ben holden a season in pryson he wyth another gentylmā named Turbyruyle were brought vnto Guylde hall and there areygned But y e sayd Turbyruyle was repryed to pryson and that other was caste for sondry treasons for a tyme whyche was layde to hys charge that he shulde make in derysyō of the kyng and his counsayll as foloweth ¶ The catte the ratte and louell our dogge Ruleth all England vnder a hogge THe whych was ment that Catysby Ratclyffe and the lorde Louell ruled the land vnder y e kyng whych bare the whyte bore for his conysaunce For the whyche and other vppon the. day of he was put to y e most cruell deth at the towre hyll where for him were made a new payer of Galowes vpon the whych after he had hanged a shorte season he was cutte downe beynge a lyue and hys bowellys ryped out of hys bely cast into the fyre there by hym and lyued tyll the boucher put hys hand into the bulke of his body in so moche that the sayd in the same instāt O lord Iesu yet more trouble so dyed to the great compassyon of moche people
ryght well the state whan thou by meanes whyche were inordynat Put vnto deth many an innocent man By cruell malyce and well remembred than That of lowe byrth Flaundres thy mother the fledde And taught the a crafte the here well to shaue Lutecia that cytye where thou thy lyfe ledde wytnesseth the a seruaunt therin thy lyuynge to craue And for thy dayes an honest lyfe to haue But whan thou were in Lowys court vp brouht Than had thou no mynde that thou were come of nought But lyke the helle hounde thou waxed full furyous Expressynge thy malyce whan thou to honour styed Thynkynge for so moche as that prynce bounteuous Hys hed and berde to the he nought denyed And wyth all worldly pleasure he also the allyed The before hys prynces makynge hys gouernour Thy selfe thou blyndest wyth wordly vayne honour whyche made the so proude thou sonne of harde Neron That none myght lyue that thou accused of cryme No man was cursed nor none had punyssyon That wolde thy hande wyth golde of gyftes lyme And who that nat hys gyfte offred in tyme Other deth or exyle to hym was soone applyed For as iuge and hangman thou all thynge excercysed Thou reygned longe ynough but now are sprongeÌ„ newe Sterrys to the worlde and fled is nowe clerely The scelerat flokke wherfore thou barbour yet rewe Thyne odyous actes whyche haue the sodaynly Cast downe from welth in snares vytterly For also Daniell thy moste odyous fere Dampneth the of cryme whyche wyth the dyeth here I knowe nat what of the the vpper bodyes aboue Haue defyned whether by sworde or by gybet Thou shuld ende the lyfe But one thynge I approue The sentence hooly of the people is sette That on a galowe thou shuld paye deth hys dette Inwardly therfore bewayll so thyne offence That by thys deth to god thon mayste make recompence THus execucyon of thys Damman hys felowe ended and fynysshed to the lytell compassion of the people wythin fewe dayes after another of the affeccionat seruauÌ„tes of kyng Lowys named IohnÌ„ Doyacon for trespasse and hatered by hys occasyon and deserte vnto the common people was wyth all shame brought vnto y e market place of Parys there beraft of bothe hys erys After whych vylony to hym done he was there ryght banysshed the court for euer And thus two of the moste special and derest beloued seruauntes and counsayllours of kyng Lowys were shortly after hys deth broughte vnto confusyon By reason wherof as affermeth myne auctoure Gaguyne arose a prouerbe among the Frenche men sayeng Principibus obsequi haereditariuÌ„ non esâ—e The whyche is to meane the seruyce of princes is nat hereditable Thys tyme thus passed wyth many other matyers whych I ouer passe the season approched that variaunce and â—nny began to moue amoÌ„g some nobles of the laÌ„de in so moche that y e duke of Orleaunce dysdayned that Anne syster to the kynge wyth suche as she wolde call to counsayll hadde all the rule about the kyng wherfore he entendyng to haue the sayde rule for so moche as he had maryed that other doughter of Lowys gadered vnto hym strength of knyghtes purposely to remoue from the kyng such as he lyked and to sette aboute hym suche persones as he thought conuenyente But how it was for lacke of wyse orderynge of hys people or other neglygence at a place called saint Albynys he was taken of hys aduersaryes so by the kyng commaunded to pryson to the castel of ByturiceÌ„ce where he remayned loÌ„ge tyme after It was nat longe after that Marymylyan the whych had maryed duke Charles doughter of Burgoyne gathered hys soudyours to haue releued the foresayd duke of Orleaunce out of pryson but he preuayled nat Durynge whyche warre Fraunceys duke of Brytayn dyed whose doughter named Anne enherytour of that duchye Maxymylyan hadde before trouth plyted for hys lawfull wyfe wherfore he herynge of the deth of y e sayd Fraunceys shortely entred the terrytory of Brytayne and seased it for hys But Charles with his FreÌ„chmen wythstode hym by suche force y t he was constrayned to axe helpe of our soueraygne lord kynge Henry y e vii The whyche in moste bounteous maner ayded assysted hym bothe wyth men and money to the kynges excedyng great charge and coste Howe be in the ende the French kyng had his entent than maryed y e said Anne duchesse of Brytayne and refused Margarete y e doughter of Maâ—imylyan whyche he before had maryed at Ambasy as before I haue shewed to you in the ende of the story of hys father Lowys After whych vyctory thus opteyned by thys Charles in Brytayn he made clayme and pretence vnto the lande of Scicilia or Scicilie And by the exortacion and styrryng of the pope AlexaÌ„der the .vi. he wyth a strong hoste entred y e same bothe by lande and by water To whome was a great ayde the duke of Mylayne by whose meanes he shortly wan a stroÌ„ge citie or towne named Campania and diuers other townes and in processe Naples the chyef citie that belonged vnto the kyng of Naples In so moche that he constrayned Alphounce that than was kynge of Naples and of Scicile to forsake that countre and so had the dominioÌ„ of the more parte of bothe the sayde countrees The whyche when he had set in suche order as he thoughte conuenyent he toke hys iournaye home warde into FrauÌ„ce thorough Italy In whyche passage thys Charlys was beset of the Uenecyans other Italyans the whyche entendyd to haue stoppyd hys waye and metyng wyth hym at a place called in latyne Fornouiences gaue vnto hym batayle wherof as sayth myne authour he wan the vyctory to hys greate honour consyderynge his fewe sowdyours agayne theyr multytude and strength But to thys sayenge repugne the Italyans dwellyng in London and say that yf the sayd Charlys had not spedde hym fastly into Fraunce he had not comen there that yere But how so it was he eetourned home in sauete And soone after pope AlexaÌ„der foresayd toke such dyspleasure agayne y e sayd Charlys that he styrred almost all crysten prynces of the worlde agayne hym he hadde such hatred to the great honoure of y e FreÌ„che kynge as sayth myne authour Gagwyne y t whyche in all hys werkes extolleth the dedes of Frenchemen forther thaÌ„ maye be veryfyed in moch of his wrytynge But what so he wryte of the pope it is to be demyd that he wolde not take so great partye agayne this Charlys and exite other prynces to do the same excepte it hadde ben for great and vrgeÌ„t causes and not for malyce as he affermeth onely And thus the sayde Gagwyne endeth the story of the sayd Charlys in the yere of our lorde god M.iiii C. xcv and the .xi. yere of the reygne of the same Charlys thanne presently reygnynge and guydyng the realme of Fraunce whyche was the .x. yere of our most redoutyd prynce kynge Henry the .vii. Henry the seuenth HEnry the .vii. of y e name sonne vnto the erle of RichemouÌ„t began his domynyon ouer the realme of Englande the
whyche was consentyng to the same murder was hanged vppon a galos by the waste and armys and by hym amastyfe or great curre dogge the whyche as soon euer he was smytten bote vppon the sayde Bartopus so that in processe he all to rent hym dyd to hym so great payne that lastely he endyd his lyfe in great mysery In the time of y e reygn of this Lewys the bishop of Clermōde was voyded his see by the cruelnes of the erle of Auerne wherfore the kyng assembled his knyghtes and by strength set the byshoppe in hys place agayne maugry his enymyes And agayne the second tyme when he was eft put out by the sayde erle the kynge restoryd hym and toke suche pledges of the erle that he remayned after in good quyet In y e later dayes of this Lewys his eldest sonne named Phylyppe wyth a conuenyent company vppon a daye for his dysporte rode about certayne stretys of the cytye of Parys and as he rode an hogge sodeynly starte amonge the horse fete of the chylde wherwyth the horse beynge frayde lepte sodeynly and cast the chylde to the grounde wyth so great vyolence that he dyed y e nyght folowynge For this myssehappe the kynge toke great heuynesse so that he waxed dayly more feble And for he was vnweldly by reason of ouer ladynge of fleshe and myghte not well trauayll he therfore by the aduyce of hys lordes admytted hys seconde sonne named Lewys to the rule of the realme and hym he crowned by his lyfe tyme and also maryed hym vnto Elynoure the doughter of the duke of Guyan by whych he was inherytoure vnto her father And shortely after the kynge sykened and to hys great payne in an horse lytter was brought vnto saynt Denys where he lyenge a season syke and knew that the owre of deth was nere commaunded suche as were aboute hym that they shulde spredde a tapytte vppon the ground and then laye hym vppon the sayde tappette and vppon hym to be made a crosse of asshes whyche all was done accordynge to his commaundement And there he so laye tyll he dyed in the yere of hys reygne to reken from the deth of his father to his owne endynge daye .xxx. yeres so that he reygned .xxix yeres full and odde monethes and was buryed in the monastery of saynte Denys with great pompe wyth thys scrypture folowynge vppon his tombe Illustris genitor Lodouict rex Lodouicus Vir clemens Christi seruorum semper amicus Institui fecit pastorem canonicorum In sella veteri trans flumen Parisiorum Hane vir magnanimus asmi victoris amore Auro reliquijs ornauit rebus honore Sancti Dionysi qui seruas corpus humatum Martyr antisles Lodouici solue reatum whyche versys may be expowned in our vulgar as foloweth The noble father of Lewys Lewys the kynge To Crystes seruauntes ryght meke and louynge Caused to be made of chanons an howse In a selle of Paris where the streme flowes whyche this man myghty for loue of saynte Victor wyth golde an relyquys enorued with great honor wherfore saynte Denys whyche kepest hys body graued Martyr and bishoppe pray that his soule be saued Angsia THE CCXXXII CHAPITER STephan erle of Boloyn and son of the erle of Blesence and of the wyues syster of Henry the fyrst named Mary beganne his reygne ouer the realme of Englande in the yere of our lord .xi. C.xxxvi the first yere of Lewes y e .viii. of y t name then kyng of Fraunce This was a noble man and hardy But contrarye hys othe after the affyrmaunce of some wryters that he made to Molde the empresse he toke vpon hym y e crowne and was crowned vppon saynte Stephans daye in the Crystemasse weke at westmynster of the archbisshoppe of Caunterbury the whyche in lykewyse had made lyke othe vnto the sayde empresse in presence of her fader as before is touched In punyshment wherof as men denied the sayde archbyshoppe dyed shortly after And many other lordes whyche dyd accordyng lyke went not quyte wythout punyshement A great causer of this periurye as rehersyth one authour was this one Hugh Bygot stewarde somtyme wyth Henry the fyrste immedyatly after the deceace of the sayde Henry came vnto England and before the sayde archbysshop and other lordes of the lande toke wyllfully an othe sware that he was present a lytle before the kynges deth when kynge Henry admytted chase for hys heyre to be kynge after hym Stephan hys neuewe for so myche as Molde his doughter had dyscontented hym wher vnto the archbyshoppe wyth the other lordes gaue to hasty credence But this Hugh scaped not vnpunyshed for he dyed myserably in a shorte tyme after when kyng Stephan was crowned he sware before the lordes at Oxynforde that he wolde not holde in hys hand the benefyces that voyded and that he wold forgyue the Dane gelt as kyng Henry before hym had done wyth other thynges whyche I passe ouer And for this Stephan drad the cōmynge of the empresse he therfore gaue lycence vnto his lordes y t euery of them myght buylde a castell or strong fortres vpon his own groūd And soone after he agreed wyth Dauyd kynge of Scottes receyued of hym homage after he had from hym wonne some townes and holdes The towne of Exetoure rebellyd agayne the kynge in the seconde yere of hys reygne But he in the ende he subdued theym And wyllyam archbyshoppe of Caunterburye dyed the same yere whose benefyce was after gyuen to Thibaude abbot of Becco in Normandye About the fourth yere of his reygne Dauyd kynge of Scottys repentynge hym of hys former agrement made wyth the kynge entred of newe the boundes of Northumberlande aboute the ryuer of Theyse towarde the prouynce of yorke and brent and slewe the people in moste cruell wyse not sparynge man woman nor chylde Agayne whome Thurstone by the kynges cōmaundement was sent The whych wyth his power quytte hym so knyghtly that he ouer threwe the hoste of Scottes and slewe of theym a great nomber and compellyd theym to wythdrawe agayne into Scotlande In the which passetyme y e kyng layde syege to the castell of Bedforde and wanne yt And that done he then made a vyage into Scotlande where he dyd lytle to hys pleasure or profyte Then in his retourne homewarde he toke Alexaunder byshoppe of Lyncolne and helde hym in duresse tyll he hadde yelded or gyuen vnto hym the castell of Newerke And then he chased Nygellus byshop of Ely Also in thys furye he toke suche displeasure with his louynge frende Roger byshop of Salysburye that he caste hym in bondes tyll the sayde Roger hadde rendred vnto hym the two castellys of Uyes and Shyrburne For the whyche thys Roger in remembrynge the great ingratytude of the kynge toke such thought that he dyed shortely after and left in redy coyne .xl. thousande marke whyche after hys deth came to the kynges cofers One cronycle sayth that kynge Stephan obteyned these foresayde castellys
e stroÌ„ger where after dyuers assautes made the kyng conceyued well y t he was dysceyued A cause of this treason as sayth y e foresayde Peter was this The erle of FlauÌ„dres which by dyuerse experymeÌ„tes saw that the cytye was lyke to be goten made supplycacyon to the kynge and the lordes that he myghte haue the rule of the cytye at suche tyme as yt were wonne the which to hym was grauÌ„ted wherof beynge aduertysed dyuerse Suryons of y e couÌ„trey borne dysdayned that a straunger shuld be lorde of theyr enherytaunce and for that condesceÌ„ded and agreed to that treason by mean wherof the crysten prynces loste theyr trauell Then the crysten prynces seynge y t they were thus deluded toke theyr aduyce howe they myght contynewe theyr pylgrimage vnto the holy citye of Hierusalem But in this counsayl sourded and quykened so many opynyons that eche was contraryous vnto other By mean wherof the emperour was so dyscontented that he toke leue of the Frenche kynge and other and so returned into hys own countrey But the Frenche kynge taryed there in that costes a yere after and dyd there but lytle worthye any memory All be yt of this vyage the frenche boke maketh a great longe processe touchynge the wynnyng of the cytye of Anteoche wyth hys beynge and counsayllys kepynge wythin Hierusalem other thinges there rehersed But for I se the mater dysagreable to other wryters and also thynke that myche therof is fayned I therfore passe yt ouer howe be yt that to some persones suche fablys ben full pleasaunte to here wherfore all suche I remytte vnto the sayde french cronicle somwhat I shall folowe the authour Gyraldê° y t which wyth other testyfyen that Lewys in his returne towarde Fraunce waxed syke for y e long forberyng of his wife wherfore by thaduyce of phisycyons also of byshops he was couÌ„sayled to take a wenche because his wyfe was so farre from hym But y e kyng wythstode that counseyll and sayde that hym hadde bene leuer to be syke and dye of goddes hande then to lyue in spouse brekynge offende hys lawes And so the kyng put himselfe to the mercy of god and receyued helth shortly after Also it is told of hym that he vsed to faste euery frydaye brede and water and by his famylyers he was counsayled that he shulde leue that faste for wekynge of hym selfe fede a hundred of poore men euery frydaye the whyche vnto god shuld be myche more acceptable To this he answered and sayde we wold gladly fede so many poore men or mo but our fastynge woll we not breke For wythout the profyte that yt doth vnto the soule yt profyteth also right myche to the body For the purgacyon and reste of one daye helpeth myche to put of the superfluyte of the other and also yt maketh the sharper apetyte when Lewys was retourned into Fraunce for what happe yt is of the frenche cronycle made doutefull he was from Elyanour hys wyfe deuorced of the whych he hadde receyued before .ii. doughters as before is touched the whyche in processe of tyme folowynge was maried vnto Henry duke of Normandy whych maryage was a new occasyon of the warre betwene Englande and Fraunce For the landes of Poytowe wyth Gascoyne and Guyan Lewys claymed by his former possessyon Henry by reason of the maryag of y e sayd Elyanour as heyr to the sayde landes Of the whyche warre shal be shewed in the story of y e sayde Henry folowyng After whyche deuorce thus made kynge Lewys maryed the yongeste doughter of the kynge of Spayne that was named CuÌ„staunce and she dyed of her fyrst chylde Then for so myche as kynge Lewys hadde none heyr male by couÌ„sayll of his barony he maryed the thyrd wyfe the whych was the yongeste doughter of Thybaude erle of Bloys was named Alys This sayde erle dyed and left after hym .iiii. sonnes and .v. doughters The eldest sonne named Henry was erle of Troys the seconde named Thybaude was erle of Bloys the thyrd named Stephan was erle of Sancorum or Sauncorer and y e fourth named wyllyam was archbysshoppe of Raynes The eldeste of the doughters was duches of Burgoyne the seconde was countesse of Barre the thyrde was maryed fyrst to the duke of Puell and after to a knyght named syr william de Goer the fourth was countesse of Perche and the fyfte as before is sayd quene of FrauÌ„ce whych was a woman garnyshed wyth many vertues as the storye declareth THE CCXXXV CHAPITER IN processe of tyme after the solemnisacyon of this maryage complaynte was brought before the kynge of the erles of CleremouÌ„t and Puy or Puyll sonne of the duke before rehersyd and of the erle of Plomet that they shuld spoyle and wast the chyrches and landes to the sayde chyrches belongynge For the which dedys the kynge commaunded the sayd .iii. erlys to warde but not with out warre and shedynge of blood And after the subduynge of y e sayd thre erlys a knyght or great man of myght called wyllyam y e erle of Chalon wyth a company of tyrauntes assembled for to robbe and spoyle the chyrche of saynte Peter of Cluny in Burgoyne wherof herynge the prestes and mynysters of the chyrche to the entent to mytygate to appeace the cruelty of the sayde tyrauÌ„tes dyd vpon them the ornamentes of y e sayd chyrche and yode agayne them with processyon wyth a great companye them folowynge of the people of the towne and the countrey there about in peseable and charytable wyse But when the sayde tyrauntes approched vnto the sayde coÌ„pany with out compassyon and pyty as turkes ranne vppon crysten men or wyth lesse Pytye so ranne they vppon the prestes and other and spoyled them of all the sayde ornameÌ„tes and slew of that coÌ„pany to the nomber of .v. huÌ„dred or mo after spoyled the sayde chyrche of suche stuffe as was therin lefte It was not longe after or kynge Lewys had wyttynge of this cruell dede wherfore in auengynge the chyrche he gatheryd a conuenyent power and spedde hym thyther But the sayde wyllyam erle of Chalon herynge of the kynges coÌ„mynge fled y e couÌ„trey so y t the kyng myght haue no certayne knowlege where he became wherfore the kyng entred and seased his landes and gaue the moyty therof to y e duke of Burgoyn as chefe lorde of that soyle and that other halfe he gaue vnto the erle of Neuers to whose auncetry in tyme passed the sayd moyty apperteyned And that done he commaunded inquyry to be made of his accessaryes the prebensons or prebendars of the whyche he punyshed by dyuerse maner of tormentes and dethes to the great contentacyon of the countrey when the kynge hadde thus fynished this vyage and was returned into Fraunce soon after was knowlege brought vnto him that the Burgonyons men of the towne of Uerdeley rebelled agayne the hed chyrch or abbay of that towne and enteÌ„dyd to haue done some vylany to the
chase of them self a capitayn of low byrth called Dauid so wyth wyues and chyldren passed the next countreys wyth robbynge and spoylyng and grew shortly in great strength and after subdued the partes many other vycyne countreys and grewe lastely vnto great domynyon and lordshyppe in the eest partes of the worlde so that lately theyr prynce or souerayne ys called the great Cahan In this yere as wytnessyth Polycronycon the kynge of Scottys dyd homage to kynge IohnÌ„ at LyncolnÌ„ and sware vpon the crosse of Hubert archbishoppe of Caunterbury in the presence of a legate of Rome .xiii. byshoppes to be trew lyege man to hym and to hys heyres kynges And in this yere one Estate called abbot of Flay came into Englande and amonge other myracles by hym shewyd he blessed a well besyde the towne of wye in kent so y e men and women drynkyng of that water were curyd of dyuerse maladyes But lastly he dyspleasyd so the byshoppes of England y t he was glade to leue the lande after sayled into Normandy Anno domini M.CC.ii  Anno domini M.CC.iii  Arnolde  Balliui  Anno .iii.  Rycharde  About the moneth of December in y e thyrd yere of IohnÌ„s reygn in the prouynce of yorke were sene .v. moonys One in the Eest the seconde in the weste the thyrd in the North y e fourth in the South and the fyfte as it were set in the myddes of the other and yode .vi. tymes in compassynge the other as yt were by the space of an howre and vanyshed away soone after Thys yere in the moneth of February kynge Phylyp callyd a parliameÌ„t at Uerdon where yt was amonge other maters concluded that kynge IohnÌ„ as hys lyege man shulde appere at his parlyameÌ„t holdeÌ„ at Paris wythin .xv. dayes of Eester next folowynge But for so myche as kynge IohnÌ„ nor none for hym apperyd to shewe some lawfull impedymeÌ„t the Frenche kynge therfore entryd the duchy of Normandy and toke the castellys of Bounte of Gentelyne and Gurnay and seased into hys handes all suche landes as Hugh de Gurnay held gaue them vnto Arture foresayde duke of Brytayne And more ouer he gaue to the said Arture y e couÌ„tye of Angeou with two hundred prysoners and a certayne of money to defende the sayde countrey agayn kynge IohnÌ„ when kynge IohnÌ„ had vnderstandynge of all the cruell dealynge of kynge Phylyppe he callyd a counsayll and there asked ayde and was graunted a new ayde to wythstande the Frenche kynges malyce And about Lammasse after the kyng with a fayre coÌ„pany sayled into Normandye and so spedde hym into the countrey of Angeou for so myche as he was enfourmed that Arture hys neuew and duke of Brytayne warryd wythin the same and toke hym prysoner with certayne other knyghtes as syr Hugh le Bruns syr Godfrey de Losyngham wyth dyuerse other At whych tyme kynge Phylyppe lay at the syege of the castell of Arques and herynge of thys dyscomfyture brake vp hys syege to the entent to haue rescowyd the sayde duke But when he was warned that he shulde come to shorte he then chaunged his purpose and went vnto the cytye of Towrys and wanne yt by strength And after for that wynter drew nere he returned into Fraunce In which season also kynge IohnÌ„ retourned wyth his prysoners into Englande In this yere by counsayâ—l of the burgeysys of the cytye of London were chosen .xxxv. of the moste substancyall and wyseste myn whyche after some were called the counsayll of the cytye Of the whych yerely the bailyuys were chosen and after the mayre and shryues were taken of the same nomber Anno domini M.CC.iii  Anno domini M.CC.iiii Balliui Normand Blondell Anno .iiii.  IohnÌ„ of Ely  IN thys fourthe yere of kynge IohnÌ„ were sene many wonderfull tokens For ouer the wynter the whyche passyd in length and hardenesse many yeres before gone wonderfull wederynge as of excedynge lyghtenynges thunders and other stormes of wynde and rayne appetyd and therwyth hayle of the bygnesse of hennes egges the whyche perished frute and corne besydes other hurtes and harmes done vppon houses and yong catell goynge a brode Also spyrites were sene in the ayer in lykenesse of foulys berynge fyre in theyr bylles the whych sette on fyre dyuerse houses And soone there after dyed Hubert archbyshop of Caunterbury In whose place was chosen coÌ„trarye to the mynde of y e kynge by the more partye of the couent of CauÌ„terburye mayster Stephan Langton All be yt some there were that accordynge to the kynges pleasure named the byshoppe of Norwyche and some other For thys eleccyon the kynge was greuousely amouyd agayne the munkes and wolde in no wyse alowe or admyt theyr eleccyon wherfore they sent theyr eleccyon vnto pope Innocynt the thyrde y e whyche admytted the sayde mayster Stephan and refused the other and sacryd hym at Uyterb a citye of Italy and sent hym after with letters of comendacyon vnto kyng IohnÌ„ to take the possessyon and frutes of his benefyce Kynge IohnÌ„ wyth thys was sore amouyd in so myche y t he warned hym his lande and dyuers of the munkes of Caunterbury that fauored hys cause Aboute Ester kynge IohnÌ„ sayled into Normandye for the Frenche kynge had recommencyd his warre in the countye of Guyan and wanne therin dayly dyuerse stronge holdes and castellys and alleyd wyth hym the erle of Alenson and hadde great ayd of the Portuyns and Brytons And when he had brought that countrey vnder his subieccyon he then retourned by Normandye and wanne Conket the vale of Ruell and the yle of Audeley In this season the forenamed pope sente the abbot of Casmer into Fraunce to refourme these two prynces with whome was also accompanyed the abbot of Cressons the whyche endeuored theym so that they were nere agreed of a peace But for they wolde that the Frenche kynge shulde repayre and ameÌ„de suche houses of relygyon as he had hurte ouerthrowen in Guyan and other places belongynge to the crowne of Englande therfore he forsoke the peace not withstandyng that kynge IohnÌ„ in lyke wyse shuld haue repayred all lyke houses apperteynynge vnto y e crowne of Fraunce Then the Frenche kynge in the ende of Auguste layde syege to the castell of Raydepount assauted yt by the terme of .xv. dayes contynually But the soundyours wythin defendyd yt so manfully that they slewe many of theyr enymyes so y e kynge Phylyppe was fayne to gyue backe tyll he hadde deuysed newe engynes after the warre fassyon By reason wherof he lastely wanne the sayde castell and toke there .xx. knyghtes and an hundred and .vii. yomen and other and .xxi. arblasters And when he hadde fortefyed that castell wyth Frenche men he then yode to the castell of Gaylarde and layde hys ordynaunce to that as he hadde done to that other But he laye there a moneth or he myghte do to yt any hurte or harme In all whych season kyng IohnÌ„ warryd vppon
Henry the sonne of Alwyne was sworne charged as fyrst mayre of London and Peter duke wyth Thomas Neell sworn for shryues and the name of bayllyues was after this daye clerely auoyded wyth in the sayde cytye from that daye forewarde Also where before thys tyme the brydge ouer Thamys at LoÌ„don was made of tymber and was ruled guydyd or repayred by a fraternyte or college of prestes This yere by the great ayde of the cytesyns of London and other passyng that way the sayde brydge was begonne to be edyfyed of stone And in thys yere y e monastery of saynte Mary Ouereys in South warke was begonne of to be buylded And in thys yere the pope sente two legates or after some writers one legate named Pandulphus the whyche in the popys name had many sore wordes of monycyon of obedience to kynge IohnÌ„ and charged hym to suffre the archebyshoppe of Caunterburye wyth the pryour and munkes of the same to enioy theyr ryghtes and possessyons wythin Englande and taryed here a certayne of tyme to brynge hys purpose aboute But all was in vayne for he yode agayn to Rome wythout releasynge of the enterdytynge Of y e maner of this enterdyccyon of this lande haue I sene dyuerse opynyons As some there be y e saye that the lande was enterdyted thorouly and the chyrches and housys of relygyon closyd that no where was vsed masse nor dyuyne seruyce By which reason none of the .vii. sacrameÌ„tes in all this terme shulde be minystred or occupyed nor chylde crystenyd nor man confessyd nor maryed But yt was not so streyghte for there were dyuerse places in Englande whyche were occupyed wyth dyuyne seruyce all that season by lycence purchasyd then or before Also chyldren were crystyned thorough all the land and men houselyd and anelyd excepte suche persones as were excepted by name in the bull or knoweÌ„ for mayteyners of the kynges yll entent Anno domini M.CC.x.  Anno domini M.CC.xi  Peter yonge  Henry fyz Alwyn  Anno .xii.  wyllyam Elande  IN this yere whych was the .xi. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ after mydsomer or the terme of the trewce were fylly runne kynge Phylyppe wyth a stronge hoste entryd the countye of Guyan and made newe warre vpon the vycounte of Thonars and toke hys castell called Parteny wyth dyuerse other stronge holdes to y e sayd vycounte belongynge and mannyd theym wyth Frenche men and ordeyned one Guyllyam de Roches marshall of Fraunce chefe ruler of that countrey and after retourned into Fraunce But yt was not longe after the kynge was departed but that the sayd vycount of Thonars made sharpe warre vpon the Frenchemen with such power as he myght make and recoueryd a parte of hys lande But one daye when he hadde wonne a lytle holde and taken therin a certayne of prysoners in his retourne towarde hys holde where he lodged he was supprysed wyth the forenamed Guyllyam de Roches a great multytude of Frenchemen of y e whyche after longe fyght he was fynally taken wyth syr Hyugh Thonars hys brother syr Aymery de Lesyngnam sonne of the erle of Poytyers to the nomber of .l. persones of his coÌ„pany y e whyche were all as prysoners then sent vnto y e Frenche kyng Anno domini M.CC.xi  Anno domini M.CC.xii.  Adam whetley  Henry fyz Alwyne  Anno .xii.  Stephan le Graas  IN this .xii. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ the pope sente agayne Pandulphe his legate and monyshed the kynge in sharpe maner that he shuld receyue mayster Stephan Langton to hys benefyce of the see of Caunterbury and the pryour wyth hys munkes vnto theyr abbay Then y e kyng callynge to mynde the dauÌ„gers whiche he was wrappyd in both wythin hys owne realme and also in Normandy and the hurtes whyche dayly grew to hym by the same made a promyse by othe that he wold be obedyent vnto the courte of Rome and stande and obey all thynge that the same court woll adiudge hym Upon whyche promyse so made the legate sent knowlege vnto the pope had commaundement from hym that he shulde bynde the kynge to these artycles folowynge Fyrste that he shuld peasybly suffer y e forenamed mayster Stephan Langton to entre his land and to enioye the archebyshopryche of Caunterburye wyth all profytes and frutes belongynge to the same Secondaryly that he shulde in lyke maner and forme receyue the pryour of Caunterburye and hys munkys wyth all other before tyme exyled for the archbyshoppes cause and not at any tyme here after vex or punyshe any of the sayde persones spyrytuall or temporall for any of those causes Thyrdely that he shulde restore vnto the sayd archbyshop to all y e other all such goodes as were before tyme taken from any of them by hys offycers syn the tyme of thys varyance growynge And fourthly y â— he shulde yelde vp into the handes of the pope all his ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the crowne of Englande wyth all reueneus honoures and profytes belongyng to the same as well temporall as spyrytuall and to hold yt euer after both he and hys heyres of the pope his successours as feodaryes of the pope And when these artycles were graunted and the lordes of the lande sworne to the mayntenaunce of the same the kynge knelyng vpon hys knees toke the crown from hys hedde and sayde these wordes folowynge to the legate delyuerynge hym the crowne Here I resygne vp the crowne of the realme of Englande and Irlande into the popes handes Innocent the thyrd and put me holy in hys mercy and ordynaunce After rehersall of which wordes Pamdulphe toke the crowne of the kynge and kepte the possessyon therof .v. dayes after in token of possessyon of the sayde realme of England And wheÌ„ y e sayd .v. days were expyred the kyng resumyd y e crowne of Pandulphe by vertue of a band or instrument made vnto the pope y e whyche at length is sette out in the cronycle of Englande and other places wherof the effecte is y t the sayde kynge IohnÌ„ his heyres shuld euer after be feodaryes vnto the forenamyd pope Innocent and to hys lawfull successours popys of Rome and to pay yerely to the chyrche of Rome a thousande marke of syluer that ys to saye for Englande .vii. hâ—ndred marke and for Irlande .iii. hundred marke And yf he or hys heyr fayled or brake that paymeÌ„t that then they shulde fayle of theyr ryghte of the crowne But Polycronycon sayth vii huÌ„dred marke for Englande and two hundred marke for Irlande For the whyche summes after the affyrmaunce of that authour Guydo the money called Peter pens are at thys daye gatheryd in sondry places of Englande Anno domini M.CC.xii.  Anno domini M.CC.xiii  Iosne fyz Pet.  Henry fyz Aleyn  Anno .xiii.  IohnÌ„ Garlonde  IN this .xiii. yere of kyng IhonÌ„ and moneth of February mayster Stephan Langton archebyshop of
Caunterbury wyth the other exylys landed in Englande and after in processe of tyme met wyth the kynge at wynchester where the kyng receyuyd hym with a ioyouse coūtenaūce and after there was assoyled of the sayde archebyshop But yet was not the interdiccyon of the land releasyd for so myche as the kyng at that day hadde not made restitucyon vnto the archbyshope and other accordynge to the thyrde artycle before rehersyd For the whych as testyfyeth the Englyshe boke he payed vnto the archbyshoppe thre thousande marke and to the other by partyculers .xv. thousande marke After whyche thynges performed and done the interdyccyon was adnullyd and fordone in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lord xii hundred and .xii when yt had standen in force full .vi. yeres as mych as from the .xxvi. daye vnto the moneth of Iuly whyche is vppon .iii. monethes and odde dayes Anno domini M.CC.xiii  Anno domini M.CC.xiiii  Raufe Eylande  Henry fyz Alwyn  Anno .xiiii.  Constantyne le Iosne  IN thys .xiiii. yere of the kyng for that he wolde not holde the lawes of saynte Edwarde and also for displeasure that he bare to diuers of them for they wolde not fauoure hym agayne the pope and for other causes whyche here be not manyfestyd the kyng fell at dyssencyon with hys lordes in so mych that great people were reysyd on eyther partyes But for the kynges partye was the stronger the erle of Chester with the other lordes toke the cytye of London and helde them therin a certayn of tyme. The whych cronycle of Caxton wyth other sayen that a great parte of this varyaūce betwene kyng Iohn̄ and his barons was for because the kynge wolde wythout skylfull dome haue exyled the sayde erle of Chester whyche to hym hadde no cause but for so myche as before seasons he hadde often tymes aduysed the kynge to leue hys cruelnesse and his accustomed auowtry the whych he exercysyd wyth his brothers wyfe and other But by the meanes of the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelatys a peace was taken for a whyle In this yere vppon the daye of the translacyon of saynt Benet or y e .xi. day of Iuly a great parte of the Borough of Southwarke was brent And in the moneth of Auguste nexte folowynge was great and myche harme done in London by fyre Soone after to stablyshe the peace betwene the kynge and hys lordes an assemble was made on Berham downe where the kynge and the lordes mette wyth great strenght vpon eyther syde where a charter or wrytyng was dyuysed and made there sealyd by the kynge so that the baronye was wyth yt contentyd and departyd in peasyble wyse eueryche man into hys countrey Anno domini M.CC.xiiii  Anno domini M.CC.xv.  Martyne fyz Alys  Roger fyz Aleyn  Anno .xv.  Peter Batte  IN thys .xv. yere of the kynge the peace whych in the laste yere was betwene kyng Iohn̄ and his baronyes agreed was by the kynge vyolate and broken wherfore the lordes assembled to them great powers made sharpe cruell warre vppon the kynge in so myche that he was constrayned to sende into Normandye for ayde and socoure into other places Then shortely after came into Englande a Norman knyghte whyche brought wyth hym a companye of Normannes Flemmynges Pycardes This knyght or capitayn was named Foukes de Brent y e whiche wyth his company was so cruell that he destroyed as well relygyous houses as other and wrought mych harme to the lande and putte the lordes to the worse Then the kynge made Foukes and other of hys company wardeyns of castellys strūge holdes in Englād The lordes seyng the kynge perseuer in hys wronge and wolde in no wyse be enduced to holde his owne grauntes but to execute all thynge after pleasure and nothynge after lawe or iustyce cast in theyr myndes howe they myghte brynge the lande in a better rule or state and by one aduyse and consent wrote vnto Phylyp kyng of Fraūce that he wolde sende some noble man into Englande and they wolde rendre y e lande vnto hym In this whyle kyng Iohn̄ causid to be drawen and hangyd at London one Pyers of Pomfrette for the sayde Peter had monyshed dyuers mysse happes that shulde come to hym for his vycyous lyfe and also for he had often warned kynge Iohn̄ that he shuld reygn but .xiiii. yeres the whyche he ment wythout payenge of trybute For after he was become feodary to the pope he thought the pope reygned as pryncypall lorde of the land and not he For the whyche and for other malyce he putte that vertuous man to deth Of whom in y e .xxxiii. chapiter of the .vii. boke of Policronycon are many vertues shewed the which I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme. Anno domini M.CC.xv.  Anno domini M.CC.xvi.  Salomon Basynge  Roger fyz Aleyn  Anno .xvi.  Hugh Basynge  UPpon saynt Andrewes euen or the .xxix. daye of Nouember in the .xvi. yere of hys reygne kynge Iohn̄ after he had lyen a certayne of tyme wyth hys ordynaunce aboute the castell of Rouchester in Kent he wanne the sayde castell and toke therin certayne gentylmen that hadde conspyred agayne hym the whyche he sente to dyuers prysons And the barons helde theym to gyther at London abydynge the commynge of Lewys son to the Frenche kynge the whyche nere about ascencyon tyde landed in Englande wyth a stronge armye and so came to Rochester and layd syege to the castell and wāne yt wyth lytle payne for so mych as yt was greatly febled wyth the assaurys lately made by kynge Iohn̄ and syn that tyme not suffycyently repayred And when he had wonne the sayde castell he caused all the straungers therein taken to be hanged and after came to London where certayne allyaunces and couenauntes were stablished betwene the lordes hym and receyued of them homage as affermeth Policronicon And after theyr maters betwen them there fynyshed he with the lordes departed from London and gatte the castellys of Rygat of Gylforde and and of Frenham and from thens to wynchester where the cytye was yelden vnto them wyth all the holdes and castellys there about as wolnesey Odyham and Beawmere And about saynte Margaretes daye he wyth the lordes came agayne to London at whose commynge the towre of London was gyuen vp to theym by appoyntement And where Roger fyz Aleyn hadde tyll that tyme rulyd the cytye of London as mayre he for so myche as he was accusyd to the lordes to be fauorable to the kynges partye was then dyscarged of that offyce and one called Serle Mercer was chosen in hys place and so cōtynued tyll Mychelmas folowynge In thys passe tyme kynge Iohn̄ beynge thus ouer sette wyth hys lordes sent messengers to y e pope shewynge to hym the rebellyon of hys lordes and how they laboryd hys destruccyon wherfore the pope in all haste sent a legate
into the holy lande the xx peny of euery mannes substaunce mouable thorough out hys lande of the lay fee and of the spyrytualty by assent of y e .x. Gregorye then pope .iii. dysmes to be leuyed in thre yeres Anno domini M.CC.lxx  Anno domini M.CC.lxxi  walter Porter  IohnÌ„ Adryan Uyntyner  Anno .lv.  IohnÌ„ Taylour  IN thys .lv. yere the kynge of Romains coÌ„cludid a couenauÌ„t betwen y e kyng syr Gylbert de Clare erle of Glouceter for a vyage to be taken into the holy lande by the sayd erle for the kynge For the whych vyage the saide erle shuld haue toward his charge .viii thousand mark and at the takyng of his shyppyng other iiii thousande marke and to be redy by the fyrst daye of May next folowynge and yf the erle were not redy at the see syde at that day with his company to take his shyppynge he shuld then forfayte to y e kyng .ii. M. marke For suertie wherof y e sayde erle shuld delyuer into the kynges possessyon his castell of Henleger standynge vppon y e marche of walis But this cam after to no purpose wherfore y e cause is not shewyd But y e iourney was perfourmed by syr Edwarde the kynges sonne as after shall be to you declared In this passe tyme the cytesyns of London contentyd so well syr Edwardes mynde that he laboured so for them to the kynges grace that they had then theyr chartour so coÌ„fermyd that they shuld after theyr auncyent lybertyes chose of them self a mayre and two shryues and y e sayd shryues to haue the offyces therunto belongynge to ferme as they to fore hadde excepte that wheretofore they payde for the fee ferme .iii. hundred and l. punde nowe they shulde pay .iiii. hundred and .l. pouÌ„de After whyche confyrmacyon thus grauÌ„ted and passed by y e kynges brode seale the cytesyns vppon the .xiiii. daye of Iuly assembled at the Guyldhall chase for theyr mayre IohnÌ„ Adryan draper and for shyreffes walter Porter and IohnÌ„ Tayller And vppon y e xvi daye folowynge syr Edwarde beynge present presented them vnto y e king at westminster where they were admitted sworne And then was syr Hugh of Othon dyschargyd of that rule of the cytye Then the citesyns of theyr fre wyll gaue vnto the kynge an C. marke to syr Edwarde .v. huÌ„dred marke whyche gyft the kyng well accepted And soone after they receyued theyr chartour of confyrmacyon berynge date the .xxi. day of Iuly and yere of the kynges reygne .lv. And for the former conuencyon betwene the kyng and the erle of Glouceter was not holden syr Edwarde toke vppon hym the kynges crosse To whom the kynge gaue all suche money as was graunted of y e lay fee as before is shewyd then toke his leue of the kyng and after toke shyppynge at Douer the .xx. daye of August and so sayled to Burbeaux with his wyfe and other noble company And for that holy Lewys then kyng of Fraunce was gone he taryed at Burdeaux a certayne season and after sped hym with his forsayd company toward y e cytye of Thunys where y e Frenche kyng was But or he came thyder saynt Lewys was dede And y e peace coÌ„cluded betwene Phylyppe hys son and the kynge of Thunys wherfore syr Edwarde entendynge to greue goddes enmyes wyth some knygtes of Fraunce whych enteÌ„ded the same toke leue of the Frenche kynge and of syr Charlâ—s hys vncle then kynge of Scycyle sayled further into the holy lande and arryued at a porte of Acris or Acon For at y e daye in the holy lande was no mo cytyes in the possessyon of cristen men but that and the cytye of Tyre wyth certayne castellys wherunto the crysten fled often for socoure agayne the Sarazyns when syr Edwarde was comeÌ„ to y e cytye of Acon y e crysten knyghtes receyued hym with gret honour gladnesse and lodged hym in theyr beste maner where he taryed by the space of a yere after as aftermeth y e french cronycle For yt was not longe after his commynge thyder but that the Soudane of Sury the whych had wonne al the countreys there about came thyther wyth a great power of Sarazyns and assauted the towne vygurously But syr Edwarde with the ayde of crysten men bare hym so knyghtly that he defended the cytye and the castellys to the same belongynge terrytores of the same that the Soudane for all hys great multytude and power gate there lyteil honoure notwytstandynge that he hadde in hys hoste as affyrmeth the frenche cronycle ouer an hundred thousande Sarazyns And more affyrmeth the sayde cronycle that syr Edwarde in his polycyes and manfull actes so honorably behauyd him that he neuer dyd such acte in all his lyfe folowynge all be it that after he dyd many of grete honour But none that was lyke vnto the actes that he there accomplyshed and brought vnto ende By reason wherof his name amonge infidelys was had in memory many yeres after Of the honoure of thys marcyall knyght I haue shewed the lenger rehersall for so myche as I fynde yt testyfyed of the French men the which I knowe well by theyr other cronycles that they make of Englysh prynces must be of great authoryte or ellys by them yt shuld not so specyally haue ben noted And more ouer I am assured that yf a Frenche prynce had deseruyd suche a generall pryce yt shulde haue ben set out and artyculed euery acte thereof that yt shulde haue conteyned a large worke the specyaltyes therof declared to they re moste laude and honour Then thys noble prynce beynge thus in Acon and dayly puttynge the Suryens to shame and great damages they seynge they might not preuayle agayn hym by strength of vatayll cast how they myght destroy hym by treason and sente vnto hym a Sarazyne in name of a messanger the whyche in tellynge of hys fayned message wouÌ„ded hym wyth a knyfe enuenomyd of the whyche wounde he laye longe or he were therof cured But after confessyon made by the Sarazyn of all hys coÌ„passed treason he was put vnto cruell deth In thys yere also fyll downe the steple of saynt Mary Bow in Chepe of LoÌ„don slew women chyldren Anno domini M.CC.lxxi  Anno dnÌ„i M.CC.lxxii  Gregory Rokkysle  IohnÌ„ Adryan wyntener  Anno .lvi.  Henry waleys  IN this .lvi. yere in the moneth of Nouember at the parliameÌ„t holden at westmynster the marchauÌ„tes of LoÌ„don and other places of Englande complayned them to y e kyng that the countesse of Flaundres had taken from them certayne gooddes amountynge to a great summe Uppon whych complaynt the kyng sent to her to make restytucyon But for noâ—e was had the kyng coÌ„maunded that all men born in y e partyes in Englande shulde be arrested and they theyr goodes to be vnder suer kepynge By the whych meane in conclusyon she sent ouer embassadours and besought the kyng that
by ordre of lawe or iustyce In thys yere also floured y e holy man called Robert a chanon of the house of Brydlyngtone the whyche of some wrytters is accompted for a prophete for verses that he made of thynges to come after in Englande whyche I passe ouer at thys tyme. Anno domini M.CCC.viii  Anno domini M.CCC.ix  wyllyam Basynge  Nycholas Faryngdone  Anno .ii.  Iohn̄ Butler  IN thys .ii. yere kyng Edward callynge to mynde the dyspleasure done vnto hym and to hys famulyer Pyers of Gauestone by the bysshoppe of Chester mayster walter Lanton as before is towched in the xxviii yere of the reygne of Edwarde hys father commaunded hym vnto the toure of London where he was streyghtely kepte many dayes after Than the lordes of the lande and specyally syr Henre Lacy syr Guy syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Lyncolne of warwyke of Penbroke to whome y e noble prince Edwarde y e .i. had gyuē so great charge y t Pyers of Gauestone shuld no more come into Englande sawe the rule of the lāde and howe the kynges treafoure by meane of the sayd pyers was wasted assembled them in counsayll of one assent with ayde of other lordes of y e realme spake so with the kynge that contrary hys pleasure he was auoyded the lande and banisshed into Irelande for that yere But the kynge sent vnto hym oftentymes secret messangers and comforted hym wyth many ryche gyftes or made hym hys chyef ruler of the countre Anno domini M.CCC.ix  Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Iamys of saynt Edmunde  Thomas Romayne  Anno .iii.  Roger Palmer  IN thys .iii. yere dyuers grudges began to moue sprynge betwene the kyng and his lordes for the exilynge of Pyers of Gauestone wherfore to contente amyte betwene hym them the sayd Pyers about y e feast of the natiuite of our Lady was fette home agayne and so contynued to the more myschyef of y e realme About thys tyme as testifyeth Cronica Cronicarum other the knyghtes of the ordre of saynte Iohn̄ Baptyste called saynt Iohn̄ of Hierusalē by theyr knyghtly manhode put out of the I le of Rodes or Rodhis y e Turkys and infidelis that to that day occupyed the sayd I le after that wanne vpon the sayd Turkys dayly and yerely so that at thys day they haue in theyr domynyon moche of the landes whyche at that day and longe after was in the power of the sayd Turkes Thys relygyō also was greatly preferryd by the fall of the templers whose possessyons and lādes were to them gyuen as it is before expressed in the thyrde chapytre and .xxi. yere of Phylyp the fayre Thys yere also after some wryters the crowched freres came fyrste into Englande Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Anno domini M.CCC.xi  Symon Croppe  Rycharde Roffham  Anno .iiii.  Petyr Blacnay  IN thys fourthe yere the rule and power of Pyers of Gaue stone more and more encreasynge in so moche that he hauynge the guydynge of all the kynges iewellys and treasoure yode vpon a day vnto west mynster and there out of the kynges iewell house toke a table a payre oftrestyllys of golde and conueyed them wyth other iewellys oute of the lande to the greate inpouerysshyng of the same and ouer that broughte the kynge by meane of hys wanton condycyons to manyfolde vyces as auoutry and other wherfore the foresayde lordes seynge the myschyefe that dayly encreased by occasyon of thys vnhappy man toke theyr counsayll togyther at Lyncolne and there concluded to voyde hym agayne out of Englande so that shortly after he was exyled into Flaunders to the kynges great dyspleasure Anno dn̄i M.CC.xi  Anno dn̄i M.CC.xii.  Symon Merwode  Iohn̄ Gysours  Anno .v.  Rycharde wylforde  IN thys .v. yere vpon the day of saynt Bryce or the .xiii. daye of Nouembre was borne at wyndesore the fyrst or eldest sonne of kyng Edwarde y t after hys father was kynge of Englande and named Edwarde the thyrde And this yere was agayn reuoked by the kynge Pyers of Gaueston out of Flaunders the whych after hys agayne commyng demeaned hym worse than he before dyd In so moche that he dysdayned the lordes of Englande and of them had many dyspytous and sclaunderouse wordes wherfore the lordes of one mynde assented to put this Pyers to deth soone after assembled theyr powers and besyeged hym in the castell of Scarburgh in proces wan that castell toke hym and brought hym vnto Gauersede besyde warwycke and there the .xix. daye of Iunu smote of hys hede wherof whan the kynge hadde knowlege he was greuously dyspleased agayne the sayd lordes and made hys auowe y e hys deth shuld be reuenged By meane of thys the rancoure that before betwene the kynge and hys lordes was kendeled now began further to sprede so that after thys day the kyng sought occasyō agayn hys lordes howe he myght put theym to greuaunce and dyspleasure In thys whyle dyed syr Henry Lacy erle of Lyncolne the whych lyeng vpon his dethe bedde requyred syr Thomas erle of Lācastre that had maryed hys doughter that he wolde stande with the other lordes in theyr defence for the weale of Englande The whyche request the sayd erle graunted and so fermely kepte or obserued it that at length he wyth many other loste theyr lyues as after in the story shall be shewed Anno dn̄i xiii C.xii.  Anno dn̄i xiii C.xiii.  Iohn̄ Lambyn  Iohn̄ Pontenay  Anno .vi.  Adam Lutekyn  IN thys .vi. yere the kyng held hys great court or counceyl of parlyamēt with the lordes spirituall temporall at London where by the aduyces of theym many good ordenaunces and statutes were made to oppresse the ryottouse and other myscheues that at those days were vsed Than the kyng was sworne to kepe those ordenaunces and after all his lordes to theyr powers After the whyche othe so takyn Robert archebysshope of Caunterbury blessed all theym that vphelde the sayde statutes and accursed all such as attēpted to breke any of the same It was nat longe after that worde was broughte vnto the kynge howe Robert le Bruze was retourned into Scotlande and hadde caused the Scottes to rebell of newe ye haue before harde in the .xxxiiii. yere of Edwarde the fyrste howe the sayd Edward chased the forenamed Roberte le Bruze oute of Scotland into Normandy But whenne he had harde of the mysguydynge of the realme of Englande and specially of the dyuysyon betwene the kynge and hys lordes he anone wyth a small ayde of the Norgans or Norwayes retourned into Scotlande where he demeaned hym in suche wyse to the lordes of Scotlāde that he in shorte processe was agayne made kynge of that realme and warred strongely vppon the kynges frēdes and wanne from theym castelles and strōge holdes and wrought vnto Englysshe men moche sorowe and
shortly after was called a greate couÌ„sayll for maters whyche in the story of kynge Iohanne shall after be shewed whan the feelde was thus fynysshed prynce Edward after dewe thaÌ„kes and louynges gyuen to god and saynt George for thys tryuÌ„phauÌ„t vyctory he with his sayd prysoners sped hym toward Burdeaux where y e sayd kyng was kept tyll Easter after Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lv.  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lvi.  Rycharde NotynghmÌ„  Henry Pycharde  Anno .xxxi.  Thomas Dosell  IN thys .xxxi. yere that is to say the .xvi. daye of the moneth of Apryll y e noble prynce Edwarde thaÌ„ vppon the age of .xxviii. yeres toke shyppynge wyth hys prysoners at Burdeaux and arryued in EnglaÌ„de shortly after And the .xxiiii. daye of Maye he was with great honoure gladnesse receyued of the cytezyns of London and so conueyed vnto the kynges palays at westmynster wher the kynge syttynge in hys astate in westmynster hal receyued hym with due honour and after conueyed to a lodgynge for hym prouyded where he laye a certayne season And after was y e sayd French kyng had vnto a place called Sauoy whyche thanne was a pleasaunt palays fayre lodgynge belongynge that tyme vnto y e duke of Lancastre and after brente dystroyed by Iak Strawe and hys fawtours in the .iiii. yere of Rychard the seconde nexte kyng of Englande as in y e sayd yere after shal be shewed In whyche place the sayde Frenche kynge laye longe after And in the wynter folowyng were royall iustes holden in smythfelde of LondoÌ„ and many goodly knyghtly feates of armys doon to the great honoure of the kyng all his realm and gladdyng of all beholdours At the whych dysporte was present the kyng of Englande the FreÌ„ch kyng and y e kyng of Scottes wyth many noble astates of all the .iii. prouinces or kyngdomes wherof the more partye of the straungers were than prysoners Anno domini M.CCC.lvi  Anno domini M.CCC.lvii  Stephyn Caundysshe  IohnÌ„ Stody  Anno xxxii  Bartylmewe frostelynge  IN thys .xxxii. yere pope Innocent the syxte of that name sent into Englande twoo cardynalles to treat of a peace betwene y e two kyngê The whyche two cardinalles taryed the more parte of a yere in London other places of the lande to brynge theyr purpose to some effecte but they sped lytell of theyr cause And in thys yere after moste wryters Dauyd le Bruze kyng of Scottes was delyuered frome the castell of OdyhmÌ„ at hys lybertye whan he had put kynge Edwarde in a suerty of an hundreth thousande markes for hys raunsome Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lvii  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.lviii  IohnÌ„ Bernes  IohnÌ„ Luffyn  Anno .xxxiii.  IohnÌ„ Burys  IN thys .xxxiii. yere as wytnessyth the Frenche cronycle syr Robert Knollys syr Iames Pype with other of theyr retynewe warred in Brytayne And as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle in the moneth of Marche and x. daye of the sayd moneth the sayde capytaynes wyth one whyche the Frenche boke nameth Thomlyn Fowke came erely in the mornynge vnto a towne that was nere vnto Incerre called Kegennes beynge in the rule of Englysshmen where the sayde capytaynes takyng wyth theÌ„ more streÌ„gth yode streyght vnto the foresayde towne of Ancerre beyng wythin two Englyshe myles and scaled the walles wyth ladders and quyt them so maÌ„fully that they had the rule of the town or the sonne rysynge And in that castell was taken prysoner syr Guyllyam de Chalon the sonne of the erle of Ancerre hys wyfe and many other In takynge of whyche towne and castell fewe folkes were slayne how be it there were of armed men aboue two thousande as sowdyours to defende the towne Then the Englyshmen serched so nere that as the comoÌ„ fame wente they fande iewellys as they hadde ben preuy to the hydyng of theym and that of greate value Amonge the which as sayth the sayd cronycle they fande certayne skynnes the whyche were valued at .v. thousande motons of golde ye shall vnderstande that a moton is a coyne vsed in Fraunce and Brytayne and is of value after the rate of sterlynge money vppon .v. s. or there aboute whan the Englysshemen hadde pylled and spoyled the towne by the space of .viii. dayes and raunsomed suche as were of any substaunce then they shewed vnto the rulers of the towne that they wolde sette it vppon a fyre excepte that they wold gyue vnto theym a certayne summe of money For the whych after longe treaty of thys mater the rulers of y e towne to haue possessyon therof and to haue it preserued froÌ„ fyre agreed to gyue vnto the Englysshe capytaynes .xl. thousande motons and lx perlys valued at .x. thousande motons whyche .l. thousande motons shulde amounte after the rate of sterlynge money to .xii. thousand and .v. hundreth pownde or nere aboute So that what they fande wythin y e towne of any value they bare it with theym excepte the iewellys and ornamentes of the chyrch of saynt Germayne the whyche goodes and iewelles they toke for pledge of suche money as was vnpayde of the foresayd .xl. M. motons of golde for the rauÌ„some of the towne For y e whyche goodes the towne of Ancerre was bounde vnto the hedes of the chyrch to pay for or to redeme y e sayd goodê by the feastes of mydsomer nexte folowynge or ellys to paye yerely inperpetuyte to y e sayd chyrch in maner of quyte rent .iii. M. motoÌ„s wherof y e value is shewed in the fyrst chapyter of Phylyp the .iiii. And ouer all thys the dwellers of the towne agreed that y e Englyshmen shuld brenne the gates of y e towne and in dyuers partyes of the towne throw the wallys to the grounde Uppon .iiii. dayes folowynge the ende of the sayd agremente the foresayd syr Iames Pype and syr OthaÌ„ of Holande other to the nombre of xvi or .xviii. Englysshmen enteÌ„dyng to haue wonne some enterpryse were layd for by the sowdyours of a place called the great Semyre and by theÌ„ taken holden as prysoners And in the moneth of Apryll next ensuyng a towne called in Frenche Dabygny sur le Metre was by the Englysshemen gotten in lyke maner fourme as was the foresayd towne of Ancerre And the .ii. daye of Maye was wonne by syr Robert Knolles hys company a towne called Chasteleyn sur Lounayn and pylled it as they dyd the other And after wyth theyr pyllage and prysoners amoÌ„ge the whyche were many women and chyldren of .iiii. of fyue yeres of age the sayd EnglyshmeÌ„ yode to the new castell vpon Loyre And ye shall vnderstande that the partye of the Englysshemen was greately strengthed by the helpe of the kyng of Nauerne and of syr Phylyppe his brother and other as more playnely shal be shewed in the Frenche cronycle or story of kynge Iohan folowynge And thus the sayde syr Roberte Knolles wyth ayde of the kynges men of Nauerne dayly wanne many
Sandgate and Colyngn̄ The lordshyppe of Hammys of walys and of Ouye. And the erledome of Guynes wyth all profytes therunto belongynge All whyche lordshyppes honours castels towres cytyes and townes the kynge of Englange thā Edwarde the thyrde and hys heyres kynges of Englande shulde haue holde for euermore in as royall wyse and lyke maner as done the kynges of Fraunce without doyng for them any homage feawty or other duety And kynge Edwarde after that daye for hym and his heyres kynges of Englande shulde clerely renoūce and gyue ouer all hys tytle ryght and interest that he hadde vnto the crowne of Fraūce and specyally the name of kynge of Fraunce Also all hys ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the duchy of Normandye of Thorayne of Aniowe of Brytayne and of the souerayntye of the erledome of Flaunders and of all other lordshyppes cytyes castelles honours townes towres and manours that any kynge of Englande before that daye had any ryght vnto wythin the realme of Fraunce and to holde hym cōtente wyth the aboue named lordshyppes wythout any forther clayme Forthermore it was agreed that the Frenche kynge shulde paye for hys raūsome thre millions of scutes of gold wherof .ii. shuld alway make a noble Englysh ye shall vnderstād y e a million of scutes is .x. C. thousande of scutes whych extende after y e value of sterlyng money vnto the summe of .ii. C.l. M. marke And so thre milions amounte vnto .vii. hundreth .l. M. marke whych maketh iuste .v. hundreth thousande pounde of sterlynge money Of the whych .iii milliōs of scutes x. C.M. to be payd at Caleys by the fyrste daye of Iuny next folowynge the sayd treaty an other .x. C. thousande or milliō to be payde at the sayde towne of Caleys within .viii. monethes after y e Frēche kynge was commyn vnto Caleys the thyrde million to be payde at Lōdon in two yeres and an halfe That is to saye at Myghelmasse .xii. monethes after the agrement made .iiii. C. thousāde scutes at Mighelmas next after ensuyng .iiii. C.M. scutes and at Easter than nexte folowynge ii C. thousande scutes in ful paymēt of the thre milliōs or .xxx. C. thousād scutes And further it was agreed that after the Frenche kynge was comen vnto Caleys he shuld rest hym there iiii monethes wherof y e fyrst moneth shuld be at y e charg of kyng Edward the other .iii. monethes to be at the coste and charge of the sayde Frēche kynge to paye for eueryche of the sayde thre monethes yf he so longe taryed there for the perfourmaūce of the sayde accorde .x. thousande royal les of Fraūce whyche at that tyme were in value after y e rate of sterlyng money euery royall .xxi. d. or .xiiii. sous Parys so he shulde paye for a monethes charge eyghte hundreth lxxv pounde And ouer that it was accorded y e the Frēche kynge Iohn̄ for y e tyme beynge nor no kyng of Fraūce after hym shuld ayde or assist the Scottes agayne kynge Edward nor agayne hys heyres kynges of Englāde Nor kynge Edwarde nor hys heyres kynges shall allye theym with the Flemynges nor ayde nor assyste theym agayne the sayde kynge Iohan nor hys heyres kynges of Fraunce And for the tytle or ryghte of the duchye of Brytayne whyche was in questyō betwene the erles of Bloys and of Mountford it was accorded that bothe kynges beyng at Caleys the sayd partyes shulde be called before theym And yf a peace betwene theym by the two kynges myght nat be set thā the sayd kynges to assigne certayne indyfferent persons to agre the sayd erles and they to haue halfe a yere of respyte for to quyet the mater And yf the sayde persones so by the kynges assygned myghte nat agree the sayd erles by that terme y e than eyther of the sayd erles to make the beste puruyaunce for hym selfe y t eyther of them coude make wyth the helpe of hys frendes or otherwyse wherby they myght attayne to theyr ryght clayme of the sayd duchye Prouyded alwaye that nother of the sayd kynges nor any of theyr sōnes shulde ayde or assyste any of y e sayde erles by reason wherof the peace betweene theym accorded myghte be lowsed or broken Also prouyded y e to whether of the sayd two erles the sayd duchy shuld falle by sentence of man or otherwyse that the homage for it shall alwaye be done to y e kynge of Fraunce All whyche ordenaunces agrementes wyth many mo that wolde aske longe leysour to wryte were ratyfyed and confermed by the instrumentes seales of y e prynce of walys vpon the partye of kynge Edwarde for Englandes partye by Charles regent of Fraunce for that partie as by theyr letters patentes than sealed apered beryng date that one at Louuers in Normandye the .xvi. daye of May in the yere of grace .xiii. C. .lx that other at Parys the .x. daye of y e sayde moneth and yere And ouer that eyther of the sayde ii prynces that is to saye Edwarde prynce of walys was sworne in presence of .vi. Frenche knyghtes vpon the sacrament of the aulter after y e thyrde Agnus was sayd in tyme of a lowe masse at the foresayd Louuers songe or sayd that he to y e vttermoste of hy power shuld vpholde and kepe the foresayd peace in euery poynt as ferre as in hym was And in lyke maner was Charles thanne regente of Fraunce sworne in presence of syre Englysshe knyghtes to perfourme the same After whych treaty thus fynysshed ended kyng Edward with hys sōnes nobles of Englāde toke shyppyng at Hūflete in Normādy vpō the xx day of May sayled into Englād leuyng behynde hym the erle of warwyke for to gyde the Englysshemen that remayned in Guyan other places to se that the peace whyche thā was proclaymed thorough Fraunce were kept nat brokē by thē whyche endured nat lōge wythout vyolacyō as sayth the Frenche boke HEre I leue a parte the greate reioysyng and honourable receyuyng of the kyng by the cytezyns of Lōdō other ceromonyes which at thys season I spare to th entent I may the more substancyally shewe vnto you the fynall ende of thys accorde Than trouth it is that in thys season of y e kynges beyng in Fraūce kyng Iohn̄ for hys more consolacyō was remoued from Sauoy vnto the towre of London where after y e kynges retourne he fested the kynge hys lordes vpon the .xiiii. day of the moneth of Iunii And the .viii. daye of the moneth of Iule next ensuyng the Frenche kynge in the mornynge landed at Caleys and was lodged in the castell and there abode the commynge of kynge Edwarde Upon the .ix. day of Octobre kyng Edwarde arryued at Caleys went streyght vnto the castell for to vysite kynge Iohn̄ the whyche welcomed hym in a louynge and frendly coutenaunce And whan the kynge shulde depart to his lodgyng into y e towne the Frenche kynge requyred hym
admytted it were nedefull vnto the realme in auoydyng of all suspeccyon and surmyses of ylle dysposed persones to haue in wrytynge and regestred the manyfolde crymes and â—efautes before done by the sayd Rycharde late kynge of Englande to the ende that they myghte fyrste be openly shewed vnto the people and after to remayne of recorde amonge the kynges recordes The whyche were drawen and compyled as before is sayde in .xxxviii. artycles and there shewed redy to be radde But for other causes than more nedefull to be preferred the redynge of the said artycles at that season were diffâ—ered and put of whyche artycles for that that they wolde aske longe tyme to wryte also wolde to some reders â—e but small pleasure to rede I haue therfore lefte theym out here of thys worke which at lengthe are sette ouâ— in the boke of the Mayres and yere of Drewe Barentyne than mayre of London Than for so moche as the lordes of the parlyament hadde well consydered this voluntary renouncement of kynge Rycharde and that it was behouefull necessary for the weale of the realme to procede vnto the sentence of his deposayll they there appoynted by auctorytie of the states of the sayde parlyament the bisshop of saynte Asse the abbotte of Glastenburye the erle of Gloucester the lorde of Barkeley wyllyam Thyrnynge iustyce Thomas Erpyngham and Thomas Graye knightes that they shulde gyue and â—ere open sentence to the kynges deposicyon whervpon the sayde commyssyoners leynge there their hedes together by good delyberacion good couÌ„sell and auysement and of one assent agreed amonge them that the bishop of saint Asse shulde publisshe the sentence for theym and in their names as foloweth In the name of god Amen we IohnÌ„ bysshope of saynt Asse or Assenence IohnÌ„ abbot of Glastynbury Rycharde the erle of Glocester Thomas lorde of Berkeley wyllyam Thyrnynge Iustyce Thomas Erpyngham and Thomas Graye knyghtes chosen and deputed specyall commyssaryes by the thre estates of thys present parlyament representynge the hole bodye of the realme for all suche maters by the sayd astates to vs committed we vnderstandynge and considerynge the manyfolde crymes hurtes and harmes done by Rycharde king of EnglaÌ„de and mysgouernaunce of the same by a longe tyme to the great decaye of the sayde lande and vtter ruyne of the same shortly to haue ben ne had the especiall grace of our lorde god therevnto put y e soner remedy also furthermore auertysinge y t the sayde kinge Rycharde knowyng his owne insufficiencie hath of his owne mere volunte and fre wyll renounced and gyuen vp the rule and gouernaunce of this lande with all ryghtes and honoures vnto y e same belongynge and vtterly for his merytes hath iuged hym selfe nat vnworthy to be deposed of all kyngely mageste astate royall we the premysses well consyderynge by good and dilygente delyberacyon by the power name and auctoryte to vs as aboue is sayd coÌ„mytted pronounce discerne and declare the same kynge Rycharde before thys to haue be to be vnprofytable vnable vnsufficyent and vnworthy to the rule and gouernauÌ„ce of the foresayde realmes and lordeshyppes all other thappurtenaunces to the same belongynge And for the same causes we pryue him of all kyngely dygnyte and worshyppe of any kynglye worshyppe in him lefte And we depose him by our sentence â—ifynityfe forbyddynge expressely to all archebysshoppes bysshoppes all other prelates dukes marqueses erles barons and knyghtes to all other men of the foresayd kyngdome and lordeshyppes or of other places belongynge to the same realmes and lordeshippes subiectes and lyeges what so euer they be y t none of them from this tyme forthwarde to the foresaid Rycharde as kynge lorde of y e foresayde realmes lordeshyppes be neyther obedyeÌ„te nor attendaunt After whiche sentence thus openlye declared the said astates admytted forthwith the same persones for theyr procuratours to resygne and yelde vp vnto kynge Rycharde all theyr homage fealtie whyche they had made oughte vnto hym before tymes and for to shewe vnto hym if nede were all thynges before done that concernyd his deposynge The whych resygnacyon at that tyme was spared and put in respite tyll the morowe nexte folowynge And anone as thys sentence was in thys wyse passyd and that by reason therof the realme stode voyde without hede or gouernoure for the tyme the said duke of Lancaster rysing froÌ„ y e place where he before sate standing where all myght beholde hym he mekely makynge the sygne of the crosse vppon his forhede and vpon hys breste after sylence by an officer was commaunded sayd vnto the people there beyng these wordes folowyng In the name of the father sonne and holy ghoste I Henry of Lancastre clayme the realme of Englande and the crowne with all the appurtenaunces as I that am dyscended by ryght lyne of the bloode commynge from that good lorde kynge Henry the thyrde through y e ryght that god of hys grace hath sente to me wyth helpe of my kynne of my frendes to recouer the same y t which was in point to be vndone for defaut of good gouernaunce due iustyce After whyche wordes thus by hym vttered he retourned set him down in the place where he before had sytten Than the lordes apperceyuynge and herynge thys clayme thus made by thys noble man eyther of theym frayned of other what he thoughte And after a dystaunce or pauâ—e of tyme the archebysshope of Cauntorbury hauyng notycyon of the lordes myndes stode vp asked of the commons yf they wolde assente to the lordes whych in theyr myndes thoughte the clayme by the duke made to he ryghtefull and necessary for the welthe of the realme of them all wherunto with one voyce they cried ye ye ye After whyche answere the sayde archebysshop goynge vnto the duke settynge hym vpon hys kne had vnto hym a fewe wordes The whyche ended he rose takynge the duke by the ryght hande â–ª ladde hym vnto the kynges sete wyth greate reuerence sette hym therein after a certayne knelynge and orison made by the sayde duke or he were therein sette And whan the kynge was thus set in hys trone to the greate reioysynge of the people the archebysshoppe of Cauntorbury beganne there an oracion or colacyon in maner as after foloweth Uâ—â— dominabitur in populo primo ReguÌ„ capitulo .ix. These ben the wordes of the hygh and mooste myghty kynge spekynge to Samuel hys prophete techyng hym how he shuld chose and ordeyne a gouernoure of hys people of Israel whan the sayde people asked of hym a kynge to rule theym And nat wythout cause maye these wordes be sayde here of oure lorde the kynge that is For yf they be inwardely conceyued they shall gyue to vs mater of consolacion and comforte whan it is sayde that a maÌ„ shall haue lordeshyp and rule of the people nat a chylde For god threteneth nat vs as he sometyme thret the people by I saye sayenge
whyche thynge no man than lyuynge cowde remembre that lyke to be sene And in thys yere was the lorde Thomas sonne to the kynge created duke of Clarence And in thys yere the kynge at the requeste of the duke of Orleaunce sente ouer the forsayd duke his sonne to ayde the sayd duke of OrleauÌ„ce agayn the duke of Burgoyne Of whose actes and hys company I haue before made report in the story of Charles the .vii. kynge of Fraunce And in thys yere the kyng caused a newe coyne of nobles to be made whyche were of lesse value than the olde noble by .iiii. d. in a noble In thys yere also the kynge created IohnÌ„ hys son duke of Bedforde And hys other sonne Humfrey duke of Glounceter He made also syr Thomas Beauforde erle of Dorset and the duke of Anmarle he created duke of yorke Anno domini M. CCCC.xi  Anno domini M. CCCC.xii  Rauffe LeuenhmÌ„  wyllyam waldrenÌ„ Mercer  Anno .xiiii.  wyllyam Seuenok  IN thys yere and .xx. daye of the moneth of Nouembre was a great counsayll holden at the whyte freers of London By the whyche it was amonge other thynges concluded that for the kynges greate iournay that he entended to take in vysytyng of the holy sepulcre of our lord certayne Galeys of warre shulde be made and other purueaunce concernynge the same iournay whereupon all hasty possyble spede was made But after the feaste of Crystemasse whyle he was makynge hys prayers at saynte Edwardes shryne to take there hys leue and so to spede hym vpoÌ„ hys iournay he became so syke that suche as were aboute hym fered that he wolde haue dyed ryght there wherfore they for hys comforte bare hym into the abbottes place and lodged hym in a chambre and there vpoÌ„ a paylet layde hym before the fyre where he laye in greate agony a certayne of tyme. At length whaÌ„ he was commyn to hym selfe nat knowynge where he was he freyned of suche as than were aboute hym what place y t was The whych shewed to hym that it belonged vnto the abbot of westmynster and for he felte hym selfe so syke he commaunded to aske yf that chaÌ„bre had any speciall name where unto it was answered that it was named Hierusalem Than sayd y e kyng Louyng be to the father of heueÌ„ For nowe I knowe I shall dye in thys chambre accordynge to y e prophecye of me beforesayd that I shuld dye in HierusaleÌ„ And so after he made hym selfe redy dyed shortly after vppoÌ„ y e daye of saynt Cuthbert or the .xx. day of Marche whaÌ„ he had reygned .xiii. yeres v. monethes .xxi. dayes leuynge after hym .iiii. sonnes that is to meane HeÌ„ry that was kyng Thomas y e was duke of Clarence IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and HuÌ„frey duke of Glouceter and .ii. doughters that one beyng quene of Denmarke and that other duchesse of Barre as before is shewed whan kynge Henry was deed he was conueyed by water vnto Feuersham and from thens by lande vnto Caunterbury and there entered by y e shryne of saynt Thomas Anglia ¶ Henrici quinti. HEnry the .v â–ª of y e name and sonnÌ„ of Henry the .iiii begaÌ„ his reygne ouer this realm of England the xxi day of y e moneth of Marche In the yere of our lorde ende of the same .xiiii. C. xii And in the .xxxii. yere of Charles the .vii. yet kynge of FrauÌ„ce And the .ix. daye of Apryll folowynge whych was that yere passioÌ„ sondaye beyng a day of excedyng rayne he was crowned at westmynster Thys man before the deth of hys father applyed hym vnto all vyce insolency drewe vnto hym all riottours wyldly dysposed ê‘sones But after he was admytted to y e rule of the lande anon sodaynly he became a new maÌ„ tourned all that rage wyldnes into sobernes wyse sadnes the vyce into coÌ„staÌ„t vertue And for he wolde coÌ„tinewe y e vertue and nat to be reduced thereunto by the famylyarytye of hys olde nyse company he therfore after rewardes to them gyuen charged them vppon payne of theyr lyues that none of theÌ„ were so hardy to come wythin .x. myle of such place as he were lodged after a daye by hym assygned In thys begynnyng of thys kyng Henry the olde mayre and shryues continued theyr offices to the termes accustomed Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.ii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.iii  Rauffe Leuyngham  wyllyam waldern Mercer  Anno .i.  wyllyam Seuenok  ANone as kynge Henry was crowned and the solempnyte of the feest of Eester was passed he sent vnto the fryers of LaÌ„gley where the corps of kynge Rycharde was buryed and caused it to be takeÌ„ oute of the erth so wyth reuerence and solempnyte to be coÌ„ueyed vn to westmynster vppon the southe syde of saynt Edwardes shryne there honourably to be buryed by quene Anne his wyfe â–ª whyche there before tyme was enterred And after a solempne interment there holden he prouyded that .iiii. tapers shulde breÌ„ne day and nyght about hys graue whyle the world endureth and one daye in the weke a solempne Dirige and vppon the morowe a masse of Requiem by note after whyche masse ended to be gyuen wekely vnto poore people .xi. s. viii d. in pens And vpon the daye of hys annyuersary after y e sayd masse of Requiem is songe to be yerely destrybuted for his soule .xx. li. iii. d. And about Heruest tyme was syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell knyghte appreched for an heretyke coÌ„mitted to pryson But howe it was he escaped for that tyme out of the towre of LondoÌ„ and so yode into walys where he lyned ouer .iiii. yeres after Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiiii  IohnÌ„ SuttonÌ„  wyllmÌ„ Crowmer Draper  Anno .ii.  IohnÌ„ Mycoll  IN thys yere and moneth of Ianuary certayne adherentes of the forenamed syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell entendynge the dystruccion of thys lande subuercioÌ„ of the same assembled them in a felde nere vnto saynte Gyles in great nombre wherof the kynge beyng enfourmed toke y e felde before theym so toke a certayne of them Amonge the whyche was syr Roger ActonÌ„ knyghte syr IohnÌ„ Beuerley preest and a squyer called syr IohnÌ„ Browne The whyche wyth xxxvi mo in nombre were after conuycte of heresy and treason and for the same hanged and brent wythin y e sayd felde of saynt Gyles And in the same yere IohnÌ„ Claydon skynner Rycharde Turmyne baker were for heresy brente in Smythfelde And thys yere the kyng helde his parlyamente at Leyceter where amonge other thynges the foresayd bylle putte vp by the commons of the lande for the temporaltyes beynge in y e churche as it is before touched iÌ„ the .xi. yere of y e .iiii. HeÌ„ry was agayne mynded In fere wherof lest the kyng wolde thereunto gyue any coÌ„fortable audyence as testyfye some wrytters certayne bysshoppes and other hede men of the churche putte
saued And in the moneth of Iâ—ny folowynge the cardynall of wynchester with a warly company passed the see entendynge to haue made warre vpon the heretykes or lollers inhabyted in the countre of Prage But how it was for nede of men that the regeÌ„t hadde in FrauÌ„ce the cardynall chauÌ„ged his purpose and taryed there a season with the sayde regent After some wryters it was for to strengthe and replenysshe certayne holdes that weked by reason of a coÌ„flycte that the Englysshemen hadde with the Frenchemen At the whiche the lorde Talbot was taken prysoner and the lorde Scalys with many other to the nombre of .iii. M. Englysshe men were slayne and taken But after the opynyon of the FreÌ„che cronycle this vyctorye shulde be opteyned by Iane or Iohan called in Frenche la puzele de dieu in the .xi. yere of this kynge Of y e forsayd heretykes of Prage speketh somdeale the auctour of Cronica Cronicarum and sheweth that the chyef capytaynes of theym were named Procapius Saplicius and Lupus a preest with other bothe lerned and vnlerned And PolicronicoÌ„ sheweth in y e .xix. chapyter of his laste boke that in the twelfe yere of kynge Henry the foresayd thre capytaynes were slayne with one mayster Peter clerke beynge an Englyssheman taken on lyue with dyuers other and of y e sayd heretykes slayne at .ii. iournayes ouer two and twenty thousandes Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxix  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxx  wyllyam Ruffe  wyllyam Estfelde mercer  Anno .viii.  Raffe Holande  IN this eyght yere vpon y e day of saynt Leonarde the .vi. day of Nouembre kynge Henry beynge vpon the age of nyne yeres was solemply crowned iÌ„ saint Peters churche of westmynster At whose coronacyon were made syxe thyrty knyghtes of the bathe And after that solempnyzacyon in the sayde churche fynysshed an honorable feest in the great hal of westmynster was kepte where y e kynge syttyng in his astate was serued with .iii. courses as here vnder ensueth Frument wyth venyson Uyand royall planted losynges of golde Bore hedes in castelles of golde and enarmed Befe wyth motten boylyd Capon stewyd Sygnet rosted Heyron rosted Great pyke or luce A rede leche wyth lyons coruyn therein Custarde royall wyth a lyoparde of golde syttyng therin and holdyng a floure delyce Frytour of sunne facyon wyth a floure delyce therein A sotyltye of saynt Edwarde and saynt Louys armyd vppon eyther hys cote armoure holdyng betwene them a fygure lyke vnto kyng HeÌ„ry standynge also in hys cote armoure and a scrypture passyng from theym both sayeng beholde .ii. parfight kynges vnder one cote armour And vnder the fete of the sayde sayntes was wryten thys balade Holy sayntes Edwarde and saint Lowice Conserue this braunche borne of your blessed blode Lyue amonge cristen moste soueraygne of price Enheritour of the flouredelice so gode This sixt Henry to reygne and to be wyse God graunt he may to be your mode And that he may resemble your knightehude and vertue Pray ye hertely vnto our lord Jesu Uiand blank barred wyth golde Gely party wryten noted wyth Te deum laudamus Pygge endored Crane rosted Byttore Conyes Chekyns Partryche Pecok enhakyll Great Breme A whyte leche planted wyth a rede antelop wyth a crowne aboute hys necke wyth a chayne of golde Flampayne powdered wyth leopardes floure delyce of golde A frytoure garnysshed wyth a leopardes hede .ii. Estryth feders A sotyltie an emperour a kynge arayed in maÌ„telles of garters which fygured SigismuÌ„de y e emperour and HeÌ„ry the .v. And a fygure lyke vnto kyng HeÌ„ry y e .vi knelyng tofore them wyth this balade takkyd by hym Agayne miscreauÌ„tes the emperour SigismuÌ„de Hath shewed his myght which is imperiall And Henry the .v. a noble knyght was founde For Christes cause in actes marciall Cherysshed the churche to lossers gaue a fall Gyuyng example to kynges that succede And to theyr braunche here in especiall Whyle he doth reygne to loue god drede Quynces in compost BlauÌ„d sure powderyd wyth quarter foyles gylt Uenyson Egrettes Curlew Cok and partryche Plouer Quayles Snytes Great byrdes Larkys Carpe Crabbe Leche of .iii. colours A bake meate lyke shylde quartered red whyte set wyth losynges gylt floures of borage A frytour cryspyd A sotyltie of oure Lady syttynge wyth her chylde in her lappe and she holding a crowne in her haÌ„de Saint George saynt Denys knelynge on eyther syde pÌ„sented to her kyng Henryes fygure beryng in haÌ„de thys balade as foloweth O Blessed lady Christes mother dere And thou saynt George that called art her knight Holy saint Denys o marter moste entere The sixt Henry here present in your syght Shedeth of your grace on hym your heueÌ„ly lighte His tender youth with vertue doth auaunce Borne by discent by title of right Iustly to reygne in Englande in Fraunce THis soleÌ„pne coronacyon with all honour and ioye finysshed prouycyon was made for the kynges iournay into Fraunce In whyche passetyme that is to meane vpon y e xxiii daye of Ianuary an heretyke was brent in Smythfelde And vpon the morowe next folowynge was in that felde foughten a stronge fyght betwene IohnÌ„ UptonÌ„ Appellant IohnÌ„ Downe Defendant But for they quyt theym bothe so manfully the kynge at length relesed theyr quarell and pardoned theÌ„ of theyr trespas Than vppon saynt Georges day folowyng or the .xxiii. day of Apryll the kynge toke shyppynge at Douer and landed the same daye at Calays hauynge in hys company .ii. dukes of yorke and Northfolke thre bysshoppes of Bathe Ely and Rochester eyght erles that is to meane of Huntyngdon Stafforde warwyke Orenforde Deuynshyre Morteyne of Ewe and of Urmund and .xi. barons that is to saye lord Bowchier Beawmounde Typtost Fytzwater Roos Arundell Awdeley Fawcunbrydge Gray Codnoor the lorde Scroope and the lorde wellys In thys tyme and season that the kynge laye thus at Calays many skyrmysshes were foughten betwene the Englysshemen and the Frenchemen in dyuers partyes of Fraunce And greately the Frenchemen preuayled by y e helpe of a woman which they as before is touched named the Mayden of god So that lastly she wyth her company came to a towne called Compeyne to the entent to remoue the syege layde thereunto by y e duke of Burgoyne and other of the Englysshe capytaynes And theruppon the .xxiii. daye of May she gaue batayll vnto Englysshmen and Burgonyons and faughte wyth theym longe tyme. But in the ende by the manhode of a Burgonyon knyghte named syr IohnÌ„ Luxemburghe she was taken on lyue and her company dystressed and she caryed to the citie of Roan and there kept a season for so moch as she feyned her with child But whanne the contrary of it was knowen she was there foriuged and brente Of thys woman Gaguynus maketh a great processe of her parenty and of her fyrste takynge vppon her whereof a parte I entende to shewe after in the .vi. yere of Charles nexte folowynge kynge of
Theodalde Guyllyam Rychauyll knyghtes The whyche rescous nat wythstandynge the sayde lorde Talbot well maÌ„fully coÌ„tynued hys syege assawted the towne in ryght cruell maner so that they were fayne to call for more ayde whereof the lord Talbot beyng ware thynkynge that shortly the Frenchmen shuld be constrayned to gyue ouer the towne left the gydyng of the syege vnto syr wyllyam Poyton syr IohnÌ„ RyppelaÌ„d or Tryppelande knyght after departyd After whose departyng with in short whyle y e Dolphyn of UyeÌ„ne Lowys by name and sonne vnto the forenamed Charles Frenche kynge accompanyed wyth the erle of saynte Paule other to the nombre of .xvi. C. knyghtes came vnto the rescous of the sayd towne And after he had a day rested hym and hys sowdiours he sente the forenamed Theodalde wyth a strength of .iiii. C. men for to assayle the forsayde towre of tymbre but lytell hurt dyd they therunto Than the sayd Dolphyn sente an other strength of .vi. C. men to assayle it but the Englyshemen quyt theym so manfully that they slew .viii. score Frenchmen wouÌ„nded ouer .iii. C. wherwyth the Dolphyn beynge greuously amoued assembled the vttermost strength he myght make aswel of the towne and other and set vpon the Englysshe men whiche were â—ore brused with dayly fyght and fewe in nombre and fynally scomfited them and slewe of theym vpon CCC and toke y e rest prysoners Amonge y t whiche the foresayd two Englysshe capitaynes were taken and a kynnesmaÌ„ of the lorde Talbottes or more veryly one of his baste sones And thus was Depe rescowed the Englysshmen dyscomfyted after they had maÌ„fully maynteyned that syege by the space of .ix. wekes and odde dayes Also this yere in y e moneth of August was a great affray iÌ„ Fletestrete atwene the getters of the ynnes of courte and the inhabytauntes of the same strete whiche affray began in y e nyght and so contynued with assawtes and small by kerynges tyll y e next day In whiche season moche people of the cytie thyder was gadered and dyuers men of bothe partyes were slayne and many hurte But lastly by the presence dyscrecyon of y e mayer and shyreffes this affraye was appesed Of the whiche was chyfe occasyoner a man of Clyfforde ynne named Herbotell In this yere also by certayne ambassadoures y t were sente out of EnglaÌ„d into Guyon a maryage was coÌ„cluded in the begynnynge of the yere folowynge atwene the kynge and y e erles doughter of Armenak whiche conclusion was after dysalowed and put by by the meanes of the erle of Suffolke whiche kyndled a newe brande of brunynge enuy atwene y e lorde protectour and hym and toke fyre in suche wyse that it lefte not tyll bothe partyes with many other were consumed and slayne wherof ensued moche myschefe within the realme and losse of all Normandy as after to you shall appere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xlii.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C. xlili  Thomas Beaumount  IonÌ„ Athyrley Irenmonger  Anno .xxi.  Rycharde Nordon  IN thys .xxi. yere the foresayde erle of Suffolke whych as before is touched had fordon the coÌ„clusyon of the maryage takeÌ„ by the ambassadours betwene the kyng and y e erle of Armenakes doughter wente ouer hym selfe wyth other vnto hym assygned there in FrauÌ„ce concluded a mariage betwene the kyng and dame Margarete the kynges doughter of Cecyle and of Hierusalem as sayth the Englyshe cronycle And for that mariage to brynge about to the sayd kyng of Cecyle was deliuered y e duchye of Angeou and erledome of Mayne whych are called the keyes of Normandy But the FreÌ„che wryter Gaguyne sayth in hys latyne cronycle y t about thys tyme the erle of Suffolke came vnto Charles the Frenche kyng to a towne in Lorayn named Naunce or NauÌ„t axed of hym his doughter to be quene of England but he gyueth to her no name The whyche request of the sayd Charles to the sayde erle was grauÌ„ted Also he affermeth lytel tofore that season a peace betwene bothe realmes was concluded for the terme of .xxii. moneths whych peace endured but a whyle after And thys yere vpon Candelmas euyn the steple of sait Poules church in LondoÌ„ was set on fyre by tempest of lyghtnynge and lastly queÌ„ched by greate dylygence and laboure of many persones But of all that there laboured the morowe masse preeste of Bowe church in chepe was moste commended and noted Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliiii  Nycholas wyfforde  Thomas Catworthe Grocer  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Norman  THys .xxii. yere y e erle of Stafforde was made or created duke of Bukkyngham the erle of warwyke duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marques of Dorset and the erle of Suffolke marquys of Suffolke The whyche marquys of Suffolke soone after wyth hys wyfe and other honourable personages aswell of men as of women with great apparayl of chayres and other costyous ordenaunce for to conuey the forenamed lady Margarete into England sayled into FrauÌ„ce where they were honourably receyued and so taryed there all thys mayres yere In thys yere was also an acte made by auctoryte of the common couÌ„sayll of London that vppon the sondaye shuld no maner of thynge with in the fraunchyse of y e citie be bought or solde nother vytayll nor other thynge nor none artyfycer shulde brynge hys ware to any man to be worne or occupyed that daye as tayllours garmentes or cordewayners shoys and so in lykewyse of all other occupacyons The whyche ordenaunce helde but a whyle Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xlv  Stephyn Foster  Henry Frowyke Mercer  Anno .xxiii.  Hughe wyche  THys .xxiii. yere and moneth of the foresayd lady Margarete came ouer into EnglaÌ„d and in the moneth folowynge she was maryed vnto kyng HeÌ„ry at a towne called Sowthwyke in the countre of Hamshyre And froÌ„ thens she was honourably conueyed by the lordes and estates of thys laÌ„d whyche mette wyth her in sondry places wyth greate retynewe of men in sondry lyueryes wyth theyr sleuys browdered and som betyn wyth gold smythes werkes in moste costly maner And specyally the duke of Glouceter mette wyth her wyth fyue hundreth men in one lyuerey And so she was conueyed vnto Blacke heth where vppon the .xviii. day of May she was mette with the mayre aldermen and sheryfes of the cytye and the craftes of the same in brown blewe wyth brawderyd sleuys That is to meane euery mystery or crafte wyth conysaunce of hys mystery and red hoodes vppon eyther of theyr heddes and so the same daye broughte her vnto London where for her were ordeyned sumptuous and costly pageÌ„tes and resemblauÌ„ce of dyuerse olde hystoryes to y e great comforte of her and suche as came wyth her y e maner whereof I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. And so wyth great tryuÌ„phe she was broughte vnto westmynster where vppon the
of our moste gracyous and moste dâ—ad soueraygne lord Henry y e viii of that name as tyghtfull enherytour vnto the .ii. crownes of Englande and of Fraunce The whyche began hys moste gracyous reygne y e xxii day of Apryll in the yere of oure lord god M.v. C. and .ix. HEnry the .viii. of that name and second sonne of the forenamed excellente prynce Henry the seuith began his moste gracyous reygn ouer the realme of Englande the .xxii. daye of Apryll in the yere of our lord god M.v. C. and .ix. To whome by all honour reuereÌ„ce ioyfull contynauÌ„ce of prosperous reygn to the pleasure of god weale of thys hys realme Amen Thus endeth Fabyans cronycle Confederacy * Wycked punysshement Roma scotte * Iustyce and coÌ„tynence †Prestes wyues Thre thynges requysyte to fyght A kynges chasâ—yâ—e A pacyeÌ„t man OrnameÌ„tes of the chyrche folde Fyrst mayred â—â—yryffeâ— * Peter penâ— The grauÌ„t of warde maryage An erthquake Statute of Merton The 〈…〉 presence * Fyrst older men of London An appele from the pope * Scutage Singlaâ— profyte A â—eâ—ter sent by the 〈◊〉 to the kyng * Cruell and detestable Batayle Dâ—rf takyng ✚ Deâ—◠〈◊〉 of Rychard kynge of â—smayne A moÌ„ster The â—â—ome de Lyce To myche 〈◊〉 cause of repeÌ„tauÌ„ce Statute of Mâ—pâ—mayn Fâ—râ—â— coygnyng of half pens and farthynges Bew the beatiâ—â—emen wâ—re trapned from vanyn Crueltye 〈◊〉 Frenche 〈◊〉 * Inquiâ—â—cioÌ„ de Troylbasion Shamfull minder Victory agaynste the Scottes Byshoppes periured Aryght notable policy Boniface the viii pope The fyrste wynnyng of Rodyâ— Byrth of Edwarde the thyrde * Batayle of Estryuelyn Traiferous pâ—â—â—umâ—â—yd of a â—â—â—agn Berwyke loste Decasion â—â— morâ—aâ—◠〈◊〉 The parlyameÌ„t of Northamton * Byrth of Lyonell * The mansy coâ—rage of Edward the thyrde A letter sent by kyng Edward to the FreÌ„ch kyng Tincâ— Breche Clement the â—i pope kynge Edwardes Floryne ‡ Th order of the garter * Cane conquered AffeccyoÌ„ of Historiographers ‡ whaÌ„ Calys was goâ—â—e * A great 〈◊〉 in London Dethe of Pylyppe de Valoys ‡ Kynge Edwardes 〈◊〉 on the 〈◊〉 Delayes of the course of Rome Berwyke recouered The batayl of Poytiers Iustes holdeÌ„ in Smithfelde â—akyng of 〈◊〉 El moton of golde ‡ The forme of pâ—ace betwene Englande and Fraunce A peasyble kysse ‡ The secoÌ„d mortalyte ‡ The batayle of DaÌ„hey FouÌ„dacyoÌ„ of saynt Stephans chapell at Westmynster ‡ Byrth of 〈◊〉 the seconde Dethe of 〈◊〉 Phylyppe A taske â—eâ—ynge ‡ A mayres 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Aâ—hysme ‡ Dethe of kynge Edwarde the thyrde Phylyp de Valoys â—ioned kyng of Fraunce Discomfyte of the Flemyngeâ— Dâ—th of syr Robert of Artoys Iaques de Artyuese murdred At what age the heyre to the crown of FrauÌ„ce shuld be crowned â— A scysme â—â—gonne in the chyrche â—â— Rome ‡ A terryble my 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 execuâ—â—â—n Dethe of kyng Charles ‡ The 〈◊〉 of Couâ—tray Deth of Charles kynge of Nauerne CoronacioÌ„ of Henry y e fourth The batayle of Shrâ—wysbuâ—y ‡ A Byshop beheded A byll pâ—â— vppe in the parlyameÌ„t Dethe of kyng Henry the .iiii. A fraye on Eester day Syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell lorde Cobham put to dethe Byrthe of 〈◊〉 the fyâ—te Sonday Monday Tuysday wednysdaye Thursdaye Frydaye Saterdaye Quotidie Kyng Henry the .vi. crowned Kyng Henry the .vi. crowned in Parys ‡ Countyse of Basyse â–ª Bugeny y e pope Calys besyeged kynge of Scottes murdred A derthe Pope Eugeny deposed Dyfâ—rrcyoÌ„ of wolf †〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 InsurreccioÌ„ in Kent †Th ende of Iacke Cade Byshop of Salysbury sâ—ayne Constanty noble conquered of Turkes A good 〈◊〉 ‡ The 〈…〉 ‡ The bataâ—ll of saâ—â—te Albons ‡ Coronacyon of Edwarde the fourth ‡ La â—ucesse de dieu Th ende lapucelle de dieu The wordes of king Lewys dyenge to his sonne Printed by w Rastell fynysshed the laste daye of December in the yere of our lorde M.v. C. and XXXiii CVM PRIVILEGIO
so sharpely that he was constrayned to leue the countrey and sayled into Fraunce and lefte the nuÌ„ne behynde hym the whych the kynge caused to be restoryd agayn to the house y t she was taken fro The nexte yere folowyng the sayd Clito wyth his coÌ„pany landed in eest Englande gaderyd to hym y e Danys of that countrey and with theyr ayde destroyed and pylled the countrey about Crekynforde Criklade And then passed y e ryuer of Thamis spoyled the land to Bradenestoke and so froÌ„ thens retourned into eest Anglia y t is Norffolke Suffolke The kynge folowed his enymyes and spoyled of theyr landes whyche they helde by composycyon from the ryuer of Owse to the bordure of saynte Edmundus lande commaundynge hys knyghtes of hys hoste that none shulde dragge or tarye after hys hoste for fere that they were not beclyppyd of theyr enmyes But the Kentyshe men whych trusted to myche in theyr owne strength dysobeyed that commaundement wherfore the Danys awaytynge theyr praye fyll vppon them by bushementes and slewe the more partye of theym wherwyth the kyng was sore dyscontentyd Soone after bothe hostes mette where after longe fyght Clyto wyth many of the Danys was slayne and the remenaunt constrayned to seche peace the whyche was graunted vppon certayne condycyons that they shulde holde theym wythin the boundes to theym lymytted and ouer that paye yerely a certayne money in waye of trybute After whyche peace wyth them stablyshed he repayred cytyes townes and castellys that by the sayde Danys were shatered and broken And about the .viii. yere of his reygne kynge Edwarde repayred the wallys and also the cytye of Kaerlyon that now is called Chester To the whych were great helpers Etheldredê° duke of Mercia Elfleda his wyfe doughter of Alurede as before is shewyd suster of this kynge Edwarde And that done the kynge buylded a stronge castell at Herforde in y e egge of walys And he enlarged so greatly y e walles of Chester y t the castell whych before tyme was wyth out the wall is now wythin And the .ix. yere of his reygn Etheldredê° duke of Mercia by couÌ„sayll of his wyfe traÌ„slated y e bones of y e holy kyng Oswald froÌ„ Bradony to Gloucestre there buylded a fayre monastery in the worshyp of saynt Peter In the .xii. yere of kyng Edwardes reygne the Danes repentynge them of theyr couenauntes before made myndyng enteÌ„dyng y e breche of the same asseÌ„bled an hoste met with y e kynge in Staffordeshyre at a place called Toten halle and soone after at wodenesseylde At whyche .ii. places the kynge slew two kynges two erlys and many thousandes of the Danys that then occupyed the countrey of Northumberlande And soon after dyed the noble man Etheldredus duke or erle of Mercia or myddell Englande After whose deth the kynge for so myche as he hadde often prouyd her wysedome he toke the rule of that countrey to hys wyfe Elfleda London alonely exceptyd the whyche he toke vnder his onwe rule THE CLXXX CHAPITER OF this noble woman Elfleda yf I shulde shewe all the vertues yt shuld aske a long tyme and leasure But amonges other of her noble dedes she buylded and newly repayred many townes cytyes and castellys as Tomworth besyde Lychefeld Stafforde warwyke Shrowesbury watrysbury Eldysbury in the forest besyde Chester that nowe is ouer tourned and destroyed Also she buylded a cytye wyth a castell in the Northe ende of Mercia vpon y t ryuer Merce that in those dayes was named RuncofanÌ„ but now yt is called RuncornÌ„ And she also buylded a brydge ouer the ryuer of SeuernÌ„ whyche is or was named Brymmysburye brydge This stronge virago fauour of cytezeyns and fere of enymyes halpe myche the kyng her brother in gyuynge of counsayll buyldynge of cytyes Of her is told that when she hadde ones assayed the wo and sorowe that women fele and suffer in berynge of a chylde she hated the enbrasynge of her husband euer and toke wytnesse of god and sayde that yt was not coÌ„uenyent or semely to a kinges doughter to vse such flesshely lykynge wherof suche sorowe shuld ensue or folowe In the .xiii. yere of the reygne of this Edwarde a great nauy of Danys whych in tyme of Alurede were driuen into Fraunce now retourned agayn and sayled about the west couÌ„trey and landed in dyuers places toke prayes and went to theyr shyppes agayn And at one time amoÌ„ges other they robbed and spoyled at a place called Irchynfeylde and toke a Brytyshe byshop and caryed hym to theyr shyppes and fynally raunsomed hym at .xl. pounde But as soone as kynge Edwarde had knowlege of theyr beyng he assembled his knyghtes and sped hym westwarde by lande and sent a nother hoste by shyppe to encounter the Danys vppon the see wherof heryng the sayd Danys fledde into Irlande and by that course voyded the land and handes of the kynge Then the kynge for strengthynge of the countrey made a castell at the mouth of the water of Auene and a nother castell at Bokyngham and the thyrd faste therby y t is to meane vpon eyther syde of y e ryuer of Owseone And after retourned into Northamtonshyre and Bedfordshyre faughte there wyth the Danys of these couÌ„tres and at length subdued theâ— wyth theyr leder or duke called Turketyllus About the .xvii. yere of this kynges reygned Elfleda lady of Mercia before mynded gaderyd her knightes And where the Brytons or walshe men brake into the lande about Brekenoke she wyth her people wythstode theym and amonge other prysoners prayes toke there the quene of walshemen And the yere folowynge kynge Edwarde buylded or newly reedyfyed the townes of Towsetour and wygmore and destroyed the castell that the Danys hadde made at Temesforde And that yere the noble Elfleda wanne the towne of Derby from the power of the Danys where they put her in such adueÌ„ture that foure knyghtes whyche were called Gardeyns of her corps were slayne faste by her And y e .xviii. yere of his reygne dyed that noble pryncesse Elfleda in the moneth of Iune and was buryed in the monastery of saynt Peter which her lorde and she before tyme hadde buylded wythin the towne of Gloucetour as aboue is touched ouer the bones of that holy kynge saynte Oswalde whyche monastery was after throwen to grounde by the Danys But Aldredus byshop both of yorke of worcetour made there an other whyche is now chefe house or abbay of that towne or cytye when Elfleda was deed her doughter named Elswyna helde the lordeshyppe of Mercia a season But for the kynge coÌ„sydered yt to be to great a thynge for her to rule he therfore dyscharged her therof and ioyned it to his kyngedome but not all wythout stryfe For dyuers townes kepte of the kyng for a tyme as Snotyngham or Nothyngam Tomworth Derbye and other supposynge the doughter wold haue defended them as the mother by her lyfe had done But finally they came to the