was at Church hauing raigned ten yeares Reade the supplement of Chronicles The Dukedome of Ferrara for want of heires male returned to the Church againe about the yeare 1596. and Pope Clement the 8. tooke possession thereof and conuerted it to a commonwealth retaining the regall power thereof vnto himselfe and his successors The Scots were ouerthrowne at Hallidon Hill Earle Dowglas was taken many other there were drowned in the riuer of Twéed about 500. Richard Marlew Shriue Robert Chicheley Shriue Iohn Walcot Draper Maior A great battell was fought neare vnto Shrewesbury betwéene King Henry and Henry Percy the yonger vnto whom was ioyned sir Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester vncle to the said Henry almost all the Gentlemen of Ches-shire Sir Henry Percy was slaine sir Thomas Percy taken and beheaded and of the commons on both sides about 5000. slaine The town of Plimouth was burnt by y e Britons Thomas Falconer shriue Thomas Poole shriue William Askam Fishmonger Maior The Frenchmen came to the Isle of Wight but those of the Isle rising against them they were glad to depart The Lord of Cassels in Britain arriued at Black poole 2. mile out of Dartmouth with a great Nauy Where of the rusticall people hee was slaine and xvii ships were taken fraught with wines William Louth Shriue Stephen Spilman Shriue Iohn Hinde Draper Maior The sonne of Owen Glendouerdew was taken and 150. with him were taken and slaine Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke and Thomas Monbray Earle Marshall imagined diuers articles against the King because he had put downe King Richard offering themselues for those articles to liue and die which caused great numbers of people to resort to them but they were taken and presented to the King at Yorke where they were both beheaded Henry Berton Shriue William Cromer Shriue Iohn Woodstocke Mercer Maior Iames the sonne of Robert King of Scots being nine yeares old sayling towards France was by tempest of weather driuen vpon the coast of England where being taken he was presented to the King and remained prisoner till the second yeare of Henry the sixth Nicholas Wotton shriue Geffery Brooke shriue Richard Whittington Maior A pestilence consumed in the Citty of London about 30000. Sir Robert Knowles Knight deceased he builded anew the bridge of Rochester hee reedified the Church of the white Friars at London where hée was buried he founded a colledge at Pomfret c. Henry Pomfret Shriue William Hallon Shriue William Stonden Grocer Maior A frost lasted 15. wéekes Henry Earle of Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph came into England with a great company pretending by proclaimation to deliuer the people from the great suppression that they well burdned with but by sir Thomas Rokeby Shriue of Yorkeshire he was encounted at Bramhaunnor there slaine the Lord Bardolph was wounded to death Thomas Dacke Shriue William Norton Shriue Drew Barentine Goldsmith Maior This yeare was a great play at Skinners well neare vnto Clarken well besides London was of matter from y e creation of the world there were to behold the same the most part of Nobles and Gentiles in England and forthwith after began a royall Iousting in Smithfield betwéene the Hânowayes and our English Lords Iohn Law shriue William Chichely shriue Richard Marlow Irenmonger Maior Vpon the euen of S. Iohn Baptist Iohn the Kings son being in East Cheape after midnight a great debate happened betwéene his men men of the Court till the Maior with other Citizens ceased the same K. Henry founded a Colledge at Battlefield in Shropshire where he ouercame Sir Henry Percy and other Iohn Penne shriue Thomas Pike shriue Thomas Knowles Grocer Maior The guild Hall in London was began to be made newly by the foresaid Maior AldermeÌ A squier of Wales named Rice ap Dee which had long time rebelled against the King was brought to London and there drawne hanged and quartered Iohn Rainewill Shriue William Cotton Shriue Robert Chichely Grocer Maior The K. caused a new coine of nobles to be made which were of lesse value then the old by 4. d. in a Noble King Henry founded the Colledge of Fadringhey in Northamptonshire Ralph Leuenhinde shriue William Seuenoke shriue William Waldren Mercer Maiorâ After the fortunate chances happened to K. Henry being deliuered of all ciuill diuision he was taken with sicknesse yéelded to God his spirit the 10. of March Anno 1412. when he had raigned 13 yeares 6. moneths and odde daies he was buried at Canterbury Hââry the fifth began his raigne the 20. of March in the yeare 1412. This Prince excéeded the meane stature of men he was beautious of visage his neck long body slender and leane and his bones smal neuertheles he was of maruellous great strength and passing swift in running Sir Iohn Old Castle for diuers points touching the Sacrament before the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishop of London Winchester and other was conuict and committed to the Tower of London out of the which he brake Iohn Stotton Shriue Iohn Michael Shriue William Cromer Draper Maior Certaine adherents of Sir Iohn Olde Castle assembled them in Thickets field neare vnto the citie of London but the King being warned tooke the field afore them and so took of them such numbers that all the prisoners about London were âââled diuers of them were after executed Iohn Nâanset Esquire with 9. of his men slew Iohn Tibbey Clarke Chancellour to the Quéene for the which déed the said Esquier and foure of his men fled to S. Anns Church within Aldersgate and after for swore the land Iohn Michael Shriue Thomas Allin Shriue Thomas Fawconer Mercer Maior This Thomas Fawconer caused to breake the wall of London neare vnto Colman stréet and there to make a gate vpon the moore side where was none before He also caused the ditch to be cleansed The King rode to Southhampton where was discouered a great conspiracy against him by Richard Earle of Cambridge sir Thomas Gray and Henry Scrope with other who were executed at Southhampton The King entred the sea with 1000. saile and the third night after arriued in Normandy He laid siege to Hartflew which was yéelded to him Hee sought the battell at Agincourt where hee had a maruellous victory About this time Philip the French King began to set a custome or impost vpon Salt which was neuer before William Cambridge Shriue Allen Euerard Shriue Nicholas Wotton Draper Maior K. Henry arriued at Douer The Maior of London with the Aldermen and crafts riding in red with hoods red and white met with the King on blacke Richard Whittington Shriue Iohn Couentry Shriue Henry Barton Skinner Maior This yeare it was decréed by a court of common counsaile that a lantherne candle light should be hanged out at euery doore in the city in the winter On Easter day at a Sermon in S.
Haddon Mercer was also Mââ by the Kings commandement Sir Richard Haddon Mercer Maior About Christmas was a Bakers house in wââwicke lane burnt with the mistresse of the hoââ and two women seruants In Lent the King deliuered all prisoners London which lay for xl s. or vnder William Butler Shriue Iohn Kerkeby Shriue William Browne Mercer Maior Who deceased the 22. of March and forthwith Laurence Ailmer Draper was elected and âorne he tooke his oath at the Tower and kept ãâã feast This yeare Sir William Caple was commaunââd to ward by Empson and Dudley and put in âit by the King for things by him done in his maâaltie for that he was charged that false moây had come to his sight and had not done due âunishment vpon the party that to him was acâused to be the coyner of it but were this true or not for that he would fall to no agréement he was by Darby and Sympson and other of their compaââ whereof there was a Iury bound to the ââdles of Dudley and Empson indited and afââr by Dudley put in prison some while in the ââunter some time in the Shriues house while William Butler was Shriue and then deliuered vnto Thomas Exmew and forasmuch as he would not agrée to pay the King 2000. li. was commanded to the Tower where he lay till at length hee was let goe free Also Thomas Knesworth that had béene Maior and his Shriues Robert Shore and Roger Groue were sent to the Kings Bench vnder the custodie ãâã Sir Thomas Brandon where they were put to their fine of 2000. pound The Citty of Norwich was sore perished and neare consumed with fire for as some haue wriââten there was more then 160. houses consumed with most part of their goods Stephen Genings Maior Marchant tailour by the Kings letters for his election Thomas Exmew Shriue Richard Smith Shriue This Stephen Genings founded a free Graââmer Schoole at Woluerhampton in Staââshire c. This yeare was finished the goodly Hospitall of the Sauoy néere vnto Charing Crosse whiââ was a notable foundation for the poore done by King Henry the seuenth vnto the which bee purâchased lands for the relieuing of 100. poore people More by Indenture septipartite dated the 19. yeare of his raigne he established thrée Monkes Doctors or Batchelors of Diuinitie to sing and to preach in Westminster Church diuers feaââ and euery Sonday for euer An anniuersary yearly of 20. li. to be distributed to the poore by 2. ãâã péece to 13. poore men and 3. poore women founded by him in an almes house for the same poore men women prouided in the saide Monastery 12. d. a yeare Also a wéekely obit and each of thââ to giue to 140. poore people each one a peny Eigââ brethren conuerses to bee found meate drinkâ cloathing lodging for euer Thrée schollers ãâã kept at the Vniuersitie 10. li. the yeare to each ãâã euer The 13. poore men one to bee a Priest agââ 45. yeares a good Gramarian the other 12. to ãâã aged 50. yeares euery Saturday the Priest ãâã receiue of the Abbot or Prior foure pence the day and each other two pence halfe peny the day for euer for their sustenance and euery yeare to each ââe a gowne and a hood ready made and to 3. women to dresse their meate and kéepe them in their ãâã each to haue euery Saturday 16. d. and âuery yeare a gowne ready made more to the 13 ââre men yearely 80. quarters of coales 1000. ãâã good fagots to the vse of their hall and kitchin ãâã their mansion A discréete Monke to be ouerséer to them to haue 40. s. the yeare c. And to this ãâã Abbot and Prior to be sworne King Henry died at Richmond the 22. of Aprill âhen he had raigned 23. yeares and 8. moneths ând was buried at Westminster in the new chappell which he caused to be builded Hee left issue Henry Prince of Wales which succéeded in the kingdome Lady Margaret Quéene of Scots and lady Mary promised to Charles King of Castile Henry the eight HEnry the eight at the age of eightéene yeares began his raigne the two and twentieth of Aprill Anno 1509. Of personage hee was tall and mighty in wit memory excellent The 3. of Iune he married laây Katherine his first wife who had béene late wife ãâã Prince Arthur deceased On midsomer day the âing Quéene were crowned at Westminster George Monex shriue Iohn Dogget shriue Thomas Bradbury Mercer the 18. of October Sir William Capell Draper the 12. of Ianuarie Maiors Sir Richard Emson Knight and Edmond Dudley Esquire who had bene great Counsellors to Henry the seuenth were beheaded on Tower hill thâ 18. of August This Edmond Dudley in time of his imprisonment compiled a Booke intituled the ãâã of Common wealth Iohn Milborne shriue Iohn Rest shriue Henry Kebel Grocer Maior This Henry Kebel builded Aldermary Church in London and did many other workes of charitiâ in his life Henry the Kings first sonne was borne on Neâ yeares day but died on S. Matthewes day nâ following Nicholas Shelton shriue Thomas Mirfyn shriue Roger Acheley Draper Maior The Nauies of England and France méeâ at Britaine Bay fought a cruell battell in whâââ the Regent of England and a Caricke of Fraââ being grappeled together were burned and the Captaines with their men all drowned the Engâlish Captaine was Sir Thomas Kneuet whoâ with him 700. men In the French Carike ãâã Sir Piers Morgan with xi hundred men Iohn Collet Deane of Paules erected one ãâã Schoole in Pauls Churchyard in the yearâ 1512 for poore mens children to be taught frée c. Robert Holdernes shriue Robert Fenrother shriue William Copinger Fishmonger Maior Sir Richard Haddon Mercer Maior The stéeple and the lanterne on Bow Church in Cheape was this yeare finished In Iune the King with a great army in person went into France and there conquered Turwin the 22. of August and tooke the Citie of Turney by appointment the 29. of of September In this time Iames king of Scots inuaded this land with a mighty army but by the diligence of the Quéene with the policy and manhood of the Earle of Surrey the Kings Lieuetenant he was himselfe slaine at Bramstone with 3. Bishops 3. Abbots 12. Earles 18. Lords besides Knights Gentlemen eightéene thousand Scots and all the ordinance stuffe taken the 9. of September Iohn Dawes Iohn Bridges Shriue Roger Basford Shriue William Browne Mercer Maior Sohn Tate Mercer Maior The seuenth of August peace was proclaimed betwéene the King of England France during their liues All the hedges within one mile of London euery way were pulled downe and the ditches filled vp in a morning by a number of yong men Citizens of London because those inclosers had béene hinderance to their shooting In October a marriage was made betwéene Lewis the 12. King of France and Lady
William Forman shriue Thomas Kitson shriue Sir Christopher Asken Draper Maior A great fish was taken at Blacke wall which was brought to Westminster to the King The 20. of Aprill Elizabeth Barton a Nunne professed at S. Sepulchres in Canterbury Edward Bocking and Iohn Deering two Monkes of Christs Church in Canterbury Hugh-Rich Warden of the Friars obseruants in Canterbury and Richard Risby of the same house Richard Maister Parson of Aldington in Kent and Henry Gold Priest were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiborne and there hanged and headed c. for sundry conspiracies in the matter of diuorse betwéene the Kings Maiestie and Quéene Katherine All the Priests through England called to bée sworne to the King and Quéene Anne and their heires before the Archbishop of Canterbury and all men through England were sworne in their shires and townes where they dwelled for refusall thereof Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester Sir Thomas Moore late Lord Chancellour were sent to the tower of London diuers other Priests religious and lay men were sent to other prisons The xv of May was a great fire at Salters hall in Bredstreet The xi of Iuly Lord Dacres of the North was arraigned at Westminster of high treason where hee so wittily confuted his accusers that to their great shame he was not found guiltie The second of August was all the places of the obseruant Fryars as Greenewich Canterbury Richmount Newarke and Newcastle put downe The fouretéenth of August was a great fire at Temple barre the sixteenth of August was burned the Kings stable at Charing Crosse wherein were burned many great horses and great store of hay Nicholas Luesââ Shriue William Denham Shriue Sir Iohn Champneis Shinner Maior In a Parliament at Westminster the Pope with all his authoritie was banished this realme the King to be reputed and taken as supreme head of the Church of England hauing full authoritie to reforme all errours heresies and abuses in the same Also the first fruits and tenths of all spirituall dignities and promotions were granted the King with a subsidie of the laity of twelue pence in the pound The Prior of the Charterhouse at London the Prior of Beuall the Prior of Exham Reinolds a brother of Simon and Iohn haile Vicar of Thisleworth were all condemned drawne hanged and quartered at Tiborne the fourth of May. The K. coÌmanded all about his Court to poll their heads and caused his owne head to be polled The 25. of May was in Saint Pauls Church at London examined 19. men and 6. women borne in Holland 14. of them were condemned a man and a woman of thâm were burnt in Smithfield the other twelue sent to other townes there to bee burnt This yeare 1537. died Francis Sforce the second of that name this Francis Sforce was the ninth and last Tuke of Millaine he was the son of Lewis Sforce called the Moâre hee obteined his Dukedome by meanes of Prospero Colonno generall of the Campe of the league betwéene the Emperour Carolus Quintus and Pope Leo the tenth but with great difficulty he married Christierna daughter to the King of Denmark he was crowned Duke Ann 1523. he raigned with great troubles and vexations by reason the Emperour had the greater hold and stronger faction in his country and was forced to flie for griefe whereof to sée his subiects and friends become vassals to the Emperour and his treasure giuen to strangers he fell into a great sicknesse with extreame paine in one of his eyes and thereof died being opened his heart was found all drie and yet notwithstanding his heart was swolne In his time the Mylaneses expelled quite all the French garisons with their chiefe captaine Monsieur Lawtrec out of their territories because of sundrie vile practises and misdemeanours wherewith the French grieued them Presently vpon the death of the Duke his countrey became a pray to many gouernors and his wife Christians returned into Denmarke and was afterward married vnto Anthony Duke of Lorraine Shée was highly honoured of all Princes for her accomplished vertues especiall for her singular patience in her vnfortunate marriage with her first husband and her incessant paines and kindenesse which shee performed in his extreame miseries and long sicknesse The 18. of Iune 3. Monkes of the Charter-house of London Exmew Middlemore and Niâigate were drawn to Tiborne and there hanged ãâã quartered The 22. of Iune Doctor Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester was beheaded on the tower hill The 6. of Iuly Sir Thomas Moore was beheaded on the tower hill The King sent Doctor Lee to visite the Abbeyes Priories and Nunneries in England who put foorth all Religious persons that would goe and all that were vnder the age of 24. yeares Humphrey Monmouth Shriue Iohn Cotes Shriue Iir Iohn Allen Mercer Maior This Sir Iohn Allen gaue to the Citty of London a rich collar of Gold to bee worne by the Maior The eight of Ianuary dyed Lady Katherine Dowager at Kimbalton and was buried at Peterborow In a Parliament was granted to the King and his heires all religious houses of the value of 200 pound and vnder with all lands goods to them belonging On May day King Henry being at a Iuâ at Gréenewich sodainely departed to Weâminster The next day Lady Anne Quéene was had tâ the Tower there for things laide to her charââ shortly after beheaded The 19. of May the Lord Rochford brother to the said Quéene Henry Nâris Marke Smeton William Brierton and Franciâ Weston all of the Kings priuy chamber aâbout matters touching the Quéene were put tâ death The 20. of May the King married Lady Iane daughter to Sir Iohn Seimer which at Whitsontide was openly shewed as Quéene and on the Tuesday in the Whitson wéeke Sir Edward Seimer was created Vicount Beuchampe The eight of Iune beganne a Parliament and the Cleargy held a conuocation in Pauls Church where they published a Booke intituled Articles deuised by the Kings highnesse The nine and twentieth of Iune the King held a great iusting at Westminster Thomas Cromwell Secretary to the King and master of the Rolles was made L. Kéeper of the priuy seale and Vicar generall ouer the spiritualitie vnder the King and sate diuers times in the conuocation among Bishops as head ouer them The 22. of Iuly Henry Duke of Richmond and Somerset Earle of Northampton a bastard sonne of king Henry died and was buried at Thetford L. Cromwell Lord priuie Seale and vicegerent sent out vnder the Kings spirituall seale certaine iniunctions to the Prelates and Cleargy of the Realme charging Curates to teach their Parishioners the Pater Noster Aue Creede and commandements in English In the beginning of October at an assize for the Kings subsidie kept in Lincolnshire the people made an insurrection and gathered nine twentie thousand persons Against those the King did send the Duke of
in England named Knights of the Rhodes was dissolued whose reuenewes were wondrous great In May was sent to the Tower Doctor Wilson and Doctor Sampson Bishop of Chicester for relieuing certaine prisoners which dânied the kings supremacy For the same offence Richard Farmer Grocer of London a wealthy man was committed to the Marshalsey attainted in the premunire and lost all his goods The 9. of Iuly Thomas Lord Cromwell Earle of Essex committed to the Tower of London the 28. of Iuly hee was beheaded on the Tower hillwith the Lord Walter Hungerford King Henry was diuorced from Lady Anne of Cleue The 30. of Iuly Robert Barnes Thomas Gerard William Ierome Priestes were burned in Smithfield The same day Thomas Abell Edward Powell and Richard Fetherstone were hanged and quartered for denying the Kings supremacy The fourth of August were drawne to Tiburne sixe persons one led Laurence Cooke Prior of Doncaster William Horne a lay brother of the Charterhouse Giles Horne Gentleman Clement Philpot Edmond Bromham Darby Kenham Robert Birde Geruace Carrow all put to death for denying the supremacie The eight of August Lady Katherine Howard was shewed openly as Queene at Hampton Court Great drought and a great death of hote burning agues and flixes The salt water flowed aboue London bridge William Laxton Martin Bowes Sir William Roch Draper Ralph Egerton and Thomas Harman put to death for counterfaiting the Kings great scale In Aprill certaine persons began a new rebellion in Yorkeshire which were shortly taken and put to execution in diuers places of which Leigh Tatersall and Thronton were put to death at London Sir Iohn Neuell Knight and ten persons more were put to death at Yorke Barbarossa the King of Argier his mother was a Christian and in his youth through extreame pouertie was constrained to wander like a pedler carrying chéeses and other like meane commodities into Spaine to get a poore liuing and after that he gaue himselfe to Piracy vpon the sea by which theft he enriched himselfe and then consorted with other strong théeues and robbers by meanes whereof hee grew very strong and well furnished with many exiles and wicked persons and then hee assailed and surprised Argier which is in Mauritania otherwise called Barbaria then he ioyned with the great Turke and made fierce warres by sea wherein hee was wondrous fortunate he did very great damage vnto Spaine and chased Foratine Muleasem the king of Tunis out of his kingdome but not being able to Maintaine his fortunes against the Emperour Carolus quintus the King of Tunis and others by reason hée wanted money and skilfull warriours the forenamed Muleasem in the yeare 1535. was by Carolus quintus reestablished in his Kingdome of Tunis for which kindnesse Muleasem permitted the preaching of the Christian faith and in the yeare 1541. Carolus and Muleasem made a strong attempt either to take or to extirpe the forenamed Barbarosso out of his Kingdome of Argier but it tooke no effect yet neuerthelesse forasmuch as they had crost the sea to that intent they meant to continue the siege which they had already planted before his chiefe city bordering vpon the Sea but vpon the sudden there arose a most great and terrible tempest with fierce showers of haile and raine which did the assailants extreame annoyance which the Argierians well perceiuing issued forth with great courage made as great slaughter of their enemies who were in a manner beaââ and almost ouercome with the fury of the tempest this was done about the beginning of October the yeare last mentioned the Emperour hereupon was constrained instantly to retire with mighty losse of men ships and gallies Read Guaââ and Paulus Iouius The Countesse of Sarisbury was beheaded in the tower of London Damport and Chapman two of the Kings guard were hanged at Greenewich in robbery The 28. of Iune Lord Leonard Gray Deputie ãâã Ireland was beheaded on the Tower hill The ââme day were hanged at Saint Thomas Waââings Mantile Royden and Frowds Gentlemen for spoile and murther they had done in Nicholas Pelhams Parke the Lord of Dacres of the South being in company and on St. Peters day the Lord Dacres led led from the Tower to Tiburne and there hanged In August the King tooke his Progresse towards Yorke Rowland Hill Henry Sucley Sir Mâchaell Dormer Mercer On Christmas euen at night began a great fire in the house called Elsing spittle nigh Cripplegate in London which at that time was the house of Sir Iohn Williams Master of the Kings Iewels where many of those Iewels were burnt more imbezeled The Lady Katherine Howard whom the King had married for her vnchast liuing committed with Thomas Culpeper and Francis Deââham was by Parliament attainted Câlpeper and Derham were put to death at Tiburne The 2â of Ianuary the King was proclaimed king of Ireland The 13. of February were beheaded withââ the Tower the Lady Howard otherwise called Queene Katherine and the Lady Rochford The 17. of March Margaret Dauie was boilââ in Smithfield for poysoning thrée housholds thâ she had dwelled in In the moneth of August Iames Earle of Desâmond in Ireland submitted himselfe to the King The first of October the great Onele of Ireland was created Earle of Tiron and his base ãâã Mathewe Onele Barron of Dongaman ãâã Duke of Northfolke entred Scotland the 21. ãâã October burning wasting all the Marches and there tarried till the midst of Nouember Sir Henry Hublethorne Henry Amcots Iohn Coates Salter The King of Scots made a Roade into England and did much harme but at the last Sir Thomas Wharton sir William Musgraue with a few of the borderers met the Scots where they being in number 15000. were ouerthrowne in which conââict was taken the Lord Maxwell the Earles of âlencarne and Sassilles with all the Captaines of the Army on St. Thomas euen were brought into the Tower of London At new-yeares-tide they were sent home againe The third of Iune the Obrine a Lord in Ireland and diuers of the wild Irish submitted them to King Henry the said Obrine was created Earle of Clawdicard The 12. of Iuly King Henry married Lady Katherine Parre late wife to the Lord Latimer King Henry sent ouer 6000. men to Landersey âhither also came the Emperour with a great army and shortly after came downe the French K. with a great Army and offered to giue battaile to the Emperour by reason whereof the siege was raised Anthony Person Robert Testwood and Henry Filâer were burnt at Windsor A great pestilence was at London and thereââre Michaelmas terme was adiourned to Saint Albons Iohn Towles Richard Dobs Shriues Sir William Bowyer Draper Sir Ra. Warren At Hallontide a roade was made into Scotland by the Garrison there who burned 60. villages and tooke great preyes This yeare chanced foure Eclipses one of the Sunne the 24.
of Ianuary thrée of the Moone Edward Seymer Earle of Hertford was made Lieutenant of the North and sent thither with an army Germaine Gardiner and Larke Parson of Chealsey were executed at Tiburne for denying the Kings supremacy with them was executed one Singleton and shortly after Ashby The third of Aprill a Gunpowder house in east Smithfield was blowne vp and therein burned 5. men a boy and a woman Sir Iohn Dudley Vicount Lisle high Admirall of England arriued with his Fléet of 200. saile in the Frith of Scotland where he landed diuers of his men he landed the residue at Lieth and from thence marched in three great battailes whereof the said Lord Admirall led the vaward the Earââ of Shrewsbury the rereward and Edward Seâmer Earle of Hertford Lieutenant generall of the battaile Hâere they found the Scots to the number of 6000. horsemen besides many footmen râââdy to haue stopped their passage but after certaine shotte on both sides they suddenly leauing their artillerie fledde towards Edenbrough then the Englishmen entred the town of Lieth where thâ found such riches as they thought had not been in any towne of Scotland The next day our arâmy went towards Edenbrough where they beat the Scots from their Ordinance and so entred the Canigate and there slew a great number of the Scots and set fire on the towne The Letany or Procession was by the King commanded to be vsed in English in euery Parish Church Proclamation was made for the inhaunsing of gold to 48. shillings and siluer to foure shillings the ounce Also the King caused to be coined base monies After Whitsontide the Duke of Norffolke and the Lord Priuie seale with a great armie tooke their voyage toward France and besieged Mutterell The Duke of Suffolke with many other Noble men passed the seas and encamped before Boloin on the east side The 13. of Iuly King Henry with a goodly company passed into France and incamped on the North side of Boloine after whose comming the towne was so sore battered with Gunshot that after a moneths siege the Captaine sent word to the King that they would yéeld the Towne vpon condition that all which were within might depart with bagge and baggage and the Bulloiners departed to the number of foure thousand foure hundred fifty and foure The 25. of September the K. with his Nobilitie entred into high Boloine after turned from thence landed at Douer the first of October Iohn Wilford Andrew Iudde Sir William Laxton Grocer This William Laxton founded a frée Schoole at Dundale in Northampton-shire he also builded there certaine almeshouses for seuen poore almes men This yeare was taken by the Kings ships of the English cost the number of 300. French ships and more so that the Gray Friars Church in London was laide full of wine the Austen Friars blacke Friars were laid full of herring other fish that were taken going into France The king demanded a beneuolence towards his Wars in France and Scotland The Lord Chancellour the Duke of Suffolke other of the kings Counsell sate at Baynards Castle where they first called before them the Maior and Aldermen c. And because Richard Read Alderman would not agrée to pay as they set him hée was commanded vpon paine of death forthwith to serue the K. in his warres of Scotland who departed from London the 23. of Ianuary Also sir William Roche Alderman for words of displeasure taken by the Kings Counsell was by them sent to the Fléete where he remained till passion Sunday A Priest did penance at Pauls Crosse there confessed that himselfe saying Masse prickeâ his finger and be bled the Corporas and Altar cloth meaning to haue made the people belieue that the miraculous host had bled which hee had consecrated The 13. of February a Priest was set on the pillory in Cheape and burnt in both cheekes with the letters F. and A. a paper on his head wherein was written For false Accusing which iudgement was giuen by the Lord Chancellour in the Starre Chamber A notable example of Iustice In the beginning of March a rode was made into Scotland by the English men who went so far that a great Army of Scots be set them with thrée battailes where the English men for the most part were slaine and taken at Panyer hough among whom Sir Ralph Eure Lord Warden of the Cast Marches was slaine and Richard Reade Alâoman of London with others taken prisoners by the Scots Trinity Tearme was adiourned because of the Warres The French kings Nauy comming out of New ââuen and Deepe arriued in Sussex afore bright Hââsted where they set certaine of their Souldiers a land but the beacons were fired and the men came downe so thicke that the French men ãâã The 19. of Iuly by misfortune of shooting off a ââne in one of the Hedgehogges a shippe before Westminster a firken of gunpowder fired slew ââen men and the eight was drowned The 20. of Iuly the king being at Portsmouth a goodly shippe called the Marie Rose with Sir George Carrow the Captaine and many other Gentlemen was drowned in the midst of the haâen The 21. of Iuly the French Gallies came afore âorâhmouth hauen and landed certaine of their ââây in the Isle of Wight and there burned and incamped about two thousaÌd men but they went soone driuen away with losse of their Captaine and many souldiers Within few dayes after the whole fléete remoued from the Wight vnto a place in Sussex called New hauen and there landed many captaines and souldiers who by the valiantnesse of the gentlemen and yeomen were slaine and drowned and the rest hardly recouered their Ships and Gallies In August the Earle of Hertford was sent into Scotland with an Army of 12000. men when he destroied diuers townes The 9. of September sir Iohn Dudley Lord Admirall of England landed with sixe thousand men at Treyport in Normandy and there burnt the towne and Abbie and thirtie ships with a barââ that lay in the hauen The 12. of September the Church of S. Gilen without Creplegate of London was burnt George Barne Ralph Alley Sir Martin Bowes Goldsmith A Subsidie of two shillings eight pence in the pound of goods and foure shillings of land All Colledges frée Chappels Chantries aâ hospitals were committed to the Kings order The Stewes in Southwarke was put dowââ The 27. of Aprill being Wednesday in Eaââ wéeke W. Foxley Pot-maker for the mint in thâ Tower of London fell a sléepe who could not bâ wakned with pricking cramping or otherwisâ till the first day of the next tearme which was ãâã 14. daies 15. nights The cause of his thus slââping could not be knowne though the same were diligently searched for by the Kings Physitians and other learned men yea the King himselfe examining the said
Gallies and Brigantines 230 there were slaine of the Turkes more then thirty thousand beside a great number of prisoners taken and about 12000 Christians that had béene slaues with the Turkes were set at liberty The 13 of Ianuary deceased sir William Peter knight who had béene Secretary and of the priuy Councell to foure Kings and Quéens in this Realm and seuen times L. Ambassadour abroad in forraine lands he augmented Excester Colledge in Oxford with lands to the value of one hundred pounds by yeare The 16 of Ianuary Thomas Duke of Norffolke was arraigned in Westminster Hall and there by his Péeres found guilty of high Treason The 11 of February Kenelme Barne and Edmond Mather were drawne from the Tower of London and Henry Rolfe from the Marshalsée in Southwarke all thrée to Tiburne and there hanged bowelled and quartered Barncy and Mather for conspiracy and Rolfe for counterfeiting the Quéenes hand The 12 of February was proclamation made for the sharpe punishment of such as conuaied bels lead and other Church goods out of the Parish Churches or Chappels The tenth of March deceased sir William Pawlet knight Lord Saint Iohn Earle of Wilshire Marques of Winchester knight of the Garter one of the Quéenes Maiesties priuie Counsell and Lord high Treasurer of England He was borne in the yeare of our Lord 1483 he serued Henry the 7 Henry the 8 Edward the 6 Quéene Mary and Quéene Elizabeth Himselfe did sée the children of his childrens children growing to the number of 103. The 25 of March by the commandement of the Counsel the Citizens of London assembling at their seuerall halles the master collected the most actiue persons of euery their companies to the number of 3 thousand whom they appointed to be pikemen and shotte the pikemen were forthwith armed in faire corslets the gunners had euery of them his Callieuer with the furniture To these were appointed diuers captaines who to traine them vp in warlike feats mustered them thrice euery wéeke sometime in the artillery yard teaching the gunners to handle their péeces sometime at the miles end in Saint Georges field teaching them to skirmish On May day they mustred at Gréenewich before the Quéenes maiestie where they showed many warlike feats but were much hindred by the weather all day showring It was enacted that all persons aboue the age of fouretéene yeares being taken vagrant and wandring misorderly should be apprehended whipped and burnt through the right eare with a hot iron for the first time so taken the second time to be hanged This yeare 1572 was the Massacar in Paris The 2 of Iune Thomas Duke of Norffolk was beheaded on tower hill Francis Duke of Memorency and Betraude de Saligners Knights of the order of Saint Michaell Ambassadours for Charles king of France arriued at Douer The 15 of Iune they repaired to the White hall and there in her Graces chappell about one of the clocke in the after noone the Articles of treaty league or confederacy and sure friendship concluded at Bloys the ninetéenth of Aprill betwéen the Quéenes maiesty and the French King being read the same was by her maiesty and his Ambassadours confirmes to be obserued and kept The 22 of August Thomas Percie Earle of Northumberland now brought out of Scotland whither he had fled was beheaded at York In the moneth of August sir Thomas Smith one of the Quéens Maiesties priuie Counsell sent his sonne Thomas Smith Esquire into Ireland with a Colony or habitation of English men to inhabite the Ardes in Vlster Richard Pype Nicholas Woodroffe Sir Lionell Ducket mercer The 18 of Nouember was séene a star Northward very bright and cleare in the contestation of Cassiopeia which with thrée chiefe fixed stars of the said constellation made a Geometicall figure lozengewise of the learned men called Rombus this starre in bignesse at the flrst appearing séemed bigger then Iupiter and much lesse then Venus when she séemed greatest also the said star neuer changing his place was carried about with the daily motion of heauen as all fixed stars commonly are and so continued almost sixe moneths The same starre was found to be in place celestiall farre aboue the Moone otherwise than euer any comet hath béene séene or naturally can appeare therefore it is supposed that the signification thereof is directed purposely and specially to some matter not naturall but celestiall or rather supercelestiall so strange as from the beginning of the world neuer was the like The 14 of Nouember Edward Earle of Darby Lord Stanley and Strange L. and Gouernor of the Isle of Man knight of the noble Order of the Garter and one of the Quéenes Maiesties Priuie Counsell deceased His life and death deseruing commendation and crauing memory to be imitated was such as followeth His fidelity to two Kings and two Quéenes in dangerous times and great rebellions in which time alwaies as cause serued he was Lieutenant of Lancashire and Cheshire His godly disposition to his tenants neuer forcing any seruice at their hands but due payment of their rent His liberality to strangers his famous houskéeping his féeding of aged persons twice a day forty and odde besides all commers thrice a wéeke appointed for his dealing daies and euery good Friday 35 yeares relieued one with another 2700 with meate drinke and mony worth His cunning in setting bones disioynted or brake his chirurgery desire to helpe the poore his deliuery of his George and seale of the Lord Strange with exhortation that he might kéepe it so vnspotted in fidelity to his Prince as he had and his hope that he died in the Quéenes fauour his ioyfull parting this world his taking leaue of all his seruants by shaking of hands and his remembrance to the last day The 18 of Ianuary William Lord Herbert Earle of Worcester began his iourney toward France to the christning of the Kings daughter there in stead of the Quéenes maiesty of England The said Earle with many of his company were robbed vpon the sea of much of their baggage and thrée or foure of their men slaine In the moneth of February through sundry hainous complaints brought to the Quéenes Maiesty and her Counsell of Pirats that kept the narrow Seas doing many robberies as also the robbing of the Earle of Worcester it pleased her Maiesty to send one of her Ships named the Swallow vnder the charge of William Holstocke Esquire controller of her highnesse shippes who had with him the Gillian the Barke Garet and the Barke of Yarmouth and 306 able Marriners Gunners and Souldiers in the said three shippes and one Barke which scoured the narrow Sea from the North forland as farre Westward as Falmouth in Cornwall and tooke twenty ships and Barkes of sundry nations viz. English French and Flemmings but all Pirats and in fashion of warre He apprehended in those ships and Barkes to the number of 900 men of
Earle of Essex and the Lord Thomas Howard the Earle of Southampton sir Water Rawleigh other braue Commanders with 18. of the Quéenes ships many English Marchants ships and 12. Hollanders shippes made a warlike voiage to the Isles of Terceres In the moneth of August the price of Wheate in the Markets of London fell from thirtéene shillings the bushell to ten shillings Rie from nine shillings to sixe shillings and so to thrée shillings but then rose againe to the old greatest price This yeare also Arnold Whitefield Chancellor of Denmarke Ambassador and Christian Barnkun his assistant from the King of Denmarke arriued héere these had audience at the Court then at Tibols on the seuenth of September and were answered by her Maiesty without pawse to euery point of their ambassage and feasted Henry Roe Iohn Moore 28 September Richard Saltonstall Skinner 28 October Monday the 3 of Octob. began the reading of the Diuinity lecture in Sir Tho. Greshams Colledge by him founded in Bishops-gate stréet The 23 of October the honourable Lord Charles Howard Lord high Admirall of England was created Earle of Notingham at Westminster A Parliament began at Westminster on the 24 of October on the which day diuers people were smuldered and crushed to death pressing betwéene White-hall and the Colledge Church to haue séene her Maiesty and Nobility ryding in their Robes to the said Parliament This yeare Pepper was sold for eight shillings the pound The 25 of Ianuary one named Ainger was hanged at Tiburne for wilfully and secretly murdering of his owne Father a Gentleman and a Counsellor at the Law at Graies Inne in his chamber there The ninth of February the Parliament hauing granted thrée Subsidies of foure shillings the pound lands and two shillings eight pence the pound goods and sixe fiftéenes was dissolued and brake vp On the third of Aprill Twiford Towne in Deuonshire was burnt by casuality of fire beginning in a poore cottage a woman there frying pancakes with straw the same fired the house and so to the Towne about one of the clocke in the afternoone the rage of which fire lasting one houre and a halfe consumed 400 houses burned downe one hundred and fifty thousand pounds consumed in money Plate Marchandise houshold stuffe and houses fifty persons men women and children consumed an Almes-house preserued with poore men therein in the midst of the flames two thousand pounds wéekely was bestowed there in the market on Mondaies in Deuonshire Carsies nine thousand people maintained by the cloathing of that town in Cornwall and Sommersetshire It was the Earle of Deuonshires chiefe seate where yet standeth his castle or court place Thus much certified to her Maiesty On the first of May Sir Robert Cicil and other Ambassadors returned out of France and came to the Court. The 12 of Iuly one Iohannes alias Buckley a Priest made beyond the Seas hauing béene arraigned in the King Bench on the third of Iuly and there condemned of Treason for comming into this Realme contrary to a Statute was drawne to Saint Thomas a Waterings and there hanged and quartered his head set on the pillory in Southwarke his quarters in the high-wayes towards Newinton Lambeth c. On the fourth of August Sir William Cicil Knight of the Order Lord Burleigh Master of the Wardes and Liueries Lord high Treasurer of England a famous Counseller to the Quéene Maiesty during all her raigne and likewise had béene to King Edward the sixt who for his singular wisedome was renowned throughout all Europe departed this mortall life at his house by the Strand his body was conuaied to Westminster with solemne funerall and from thence secretly to Stanford and there buried among his Ancesters The third of September died Philip the second of that name King of Spaine at Madrill at 72 yeares of age his sonne Philip succeeded him This yeere 1598 the 12 of the moneth of Nouember William Cotton Doctor of diuinity sometimes Cannon of Paules was consecrated Lord Bishop of Excester He strongly maintained the Rites and Gouernement of the Church And liued so long that hee saw the change of Bishops throughout all the Bishoprickes of England and Wales The first of September in the afternoone thunder and lightning at London two great cracks as it had béene the shooting of great Ordinance some men smitten at the Posterne by the Tower of London and one man slaine at the Bridge-house in Southwarke ouer against the Tower Edward Holmdon Robert Hampson the 28 of September Sir Stephen Some Grocer the 28 of October The second of October arriued the Earle of Comberland being returned from the seas and hauing made spoyle of the strong Towne and Castle of Saint Iohn de Portarico c. The 9 of Nouember Squire of Gréenwich was arraigned at Westminster condemned of high Treason and on the thirteenth drawn from the Tower to Tiburne and there hanged and quartered The 14 of Nouember the Quéenes Maiesty came to Westminster and was there most royally receiued by the Maior of London Aldermen and Shrieues in scarlet and a great number of wealthy Citizens in Veluet coates and chaines of gold all on horse backe in the euening by Torch-light In the moneth of December great frosts the Thames nigh ouer-frozen at London In the beginning of the moneth of Ianuary souldiers in diuers shires as also in the City of London were pressed and furnished of all things necessary for the warres and were sent into the Low countries there to serue in place of old souldiers from thence to bee transported into Ireland The subsidy men in the city were seased at eight pence the pound goods or lands toward this charge Also in this moneth great lones of money were demanded and granted by the citizens of London The moneth of February a fiftéene was granted and paid by the citizens of London for the setting forth of more souldiers into Ireland The 27 of March about two of the clocke in the afternoone Robert Deuereux Earle of Essex Lieutenant Generall Lord high Marshall c. departed from his house in Seding lane through Fenchurch stréet Grace-street Cornehill Cheape c. toward Iseldone High-gate and rode that night to Saint Albons towardes Ireland he had a great traine of Noblemen and Gentlemen on horsebacke before him to accompany him on his iourney his coaches followed him he had also by the pleasure of God a great showre or twaine of rain and haile with some great claps of thunder as he rode through Islington The moneths of March Aprill and May cold and dry but on Whitsonday great haile and high waters the like of long time had not béene séene the extreame violence of this Tempest made London stréetes more fresh and faire then euer was séene before In the Moneth of August by the Quéenes appointment politickly to preuent daungerous annoiance of her
a Councell to him and taking order for setting all things in his realme of Scotland began his voyage towards England King IAMES PResently vpon the death of Queene Elizabeth of famous memory the Nobilitie of this Land and Priuy Counsellors of Estate vnto the said Queene acknowledged the immediate right of Iames the sixt then King of Scots and within sixe houres after her death the said Lords and Counsellors gaue full satisfaction vnto the people by three Proclamations the first at the Court gate the second at the high Crosse in Cheape and the third at the Tower by the name of Iames the 1. King of England Scotland France and Ireland defendor of the Faith c. The King being then full 36 yeares of age and crowned King of Scots in his infancy began his raigne ouer the great Isle of Britaine the 24 of March 1602. The Nobility and State aforesaid with all speed sent Sir Charles Pearcy and Master Thomas Sommerset with letters vnto the King signifying the death of the Queene and tender of all their duties loue and allegiance but Sir Robert Cary rid poste and brought the first newes to the King and as he rode gaue knowledge vnto his brother Sir Iohn Cary then Gouernor of Barwicke This calme and discréet course of the English Lords in proclaiming the King and quiet setling the whole Estate without faction or interruption was as plausible vnto all his Highnesse Subiects as admited of all forraine nations The 5. of Aprill the King came from Edenborough to Dunglasse and the next day to Barwicke and vpon the morrow after came newes of many disordered persons that were in Armes in the borders whereat the King was somewhat troubled and forthwith there was power sent to suppresse them and after that when the King came to London he with the aduice of the Lords of his Counsell set all the parts of the northborders in as good condition as any other part of his dominions The 8. of Aprill the King went from Barwicke to Wytherington and then to Newcastle and from thence to Durham to Yorke to Grimstone to Dancester to Newarke vpon Trent to Beuercastle to Burleigh to Hinchingbrooke to Godmanchester to Royston to Standon to Theobalos where the Lords and ether of the Priuie Councell and many other of the Nobility attended his comming and did their homage vnto his Maiesty And here the King made of his Priuie Councell the Lord Henry Howard the L. Tho. Howard who was also made L. Chamberlaine and the L. Mountioy there the King made 28 knights The 10 of Aprill diuers prisoners were discharged out of the Tower among whom the Earle of Southamton was the chiefest The 27 of Aprill there were thirtéene persons slaine and blowne in peeces by misfortune at the Gunpowder mill at Redriffe The 7 of May his Maiesty came from Theobalds to London against which time Master Iames Pemberton and Master Iohn Swinnarton shrieues of London and Middlesexe had furnished themselues with 80 men on horse backe in faire Liueries but Master Pemberton being sicke M. Swinnarton with the whole traine attended at Waltham to receiue his Maiesty as the shrieues of other CouÌties had formerly done in all the Kings progresse from Scotland And at Stanford hill three miles from London the L. Maior Aldermen in scarlet robes accompanied with the chiefe officers councellors of the City 500. graue Citizens in veluet coats and chains of gold wel mouÌted atteÌded his Maiesty there met him also diuers his Highnes officers as Sergeants at armes Heralds TruÌpeters euery one in due place y e Duke of Lenox bare the sword the L. Tho. Howard receiued his Maiesty into the Charterhouse where he staied 4 daies made 80 knights you shall vnderstand y e whilst the King was in his iourney many prisoners were released out of diuers prisons the MauÌdy very solemnly performed And the 28 of Aprill at Westminster a very Royall obsequy for the late Quéene Elizabeth according to the Kings appointment by his letters to the Lords of the Priuy Councell all auncient English rites and customes were fully obserued except only the feast of Saint George which his Maiesty deferred vntill his personall comming vnto some of his owne palaces The 7 of May proclamation was made for suppression of all manner of former Monopolies that hindered commerce and protections that impeached mens suits in Law and against the annoyance and oppressions done by y e Salt-peter men Purueyors and Cardmakers The 11 of May the King rode priuately from the Charterhouse to White-hall and went from thence by water to the Tower of London and there the 13 of the same he made Barons viz. Robert Lord Cecill Baren of Essenden Robert Lord Sydney Baron of Penshurst William Lord Knowles Baron of Graies Edward Lord Wotton Baron of Marley he also made xi knights The 16 of May Proclamation was made to prohibite all manner of persons from killing of Déere and all wilde foule according to the Tenour of diuers statutes for preseruation of the Kings game of hunting and hawking The 19 of May proclamation was made for the suppression of disordered persons in the North-borders and for the mutuall peace and amity of both Kingdomes The 20 of May the King made Knights sir Iulius Caesar sir Roger Wilbram masters of the requests sir William Waad sir Thomas Smith sir Thomas Edmonds clerks of the priuy Councell and sir Thomas Lake Clerke of the Signet The twenty two of May the King knighteâ sir Robert Lee Maior of London sir Iohn Crooke Recorder and sir Edward Cooke his Highnes Atturney generall And that day the King made a great feast and was serued with great state and at night sundry fire-workes vpon the Thames the Court being at Gréenewich In the last yéere and last terme of Quéene Elizabeth there was a call of Sergeants at Law viz. Thomas Couentrie Robert Houghton Laurence Tanfield I. Crooke Thomas Foster Edward Philips Thomas Harris Iames Altham Henry Hubert Augustine Nichols and Robert Barker these receiued writs from the Quéene de statu gradu seruientum ad legem suscipiendi returnable tres Pascae next following being the second returne in Easter terme but the Quéene dying in the meane time their Writtes abated which notwithstanding the King being aduertised thereof in Scotland from the Councell of England of their late election gaue order for the rest of their procéedings according to their ancient laudable customes so far forth as that they procéed by new Writs in his name returnable the day aforesaid and added vnto their number thrée others viz. Iohn Sherly George Snig and Richard Hutton these fouretéene vpon Tuesday the seuenth of May being the next day after the returne of their writs made their appearance before sir Thomas Egerton Lord Kéeper of the great Seale in the high Court of Chancerie and were then sworne Sergeants at Law and vpon Tuesday
that name King of Spaine and Albertus and Isabella Archdukes of Austria on the one part and the generall Estates of Holland Zealand and Frizeland on the other part In this truce were included all the newter Townes Forts and Cities This was done after either side had tried their vtmost fortunes and felt the bitter sting and cruell miserie of almost fiftie yeares bloudy wars to the great damage of all Christendome and aduantage of the vnreconcileable common enemy the Turke The last yeare and this spring according to his Maiesties expresse order vpon apparant reason and great likelihood of future good vtilitie to the common subiects of this land there were many thousands of young Mulbery trées brought hither out of France by Monsieur Francis Vertron alias Forest of Verton in Pycardie Esquire who had a Patent for the same for two yeares which were likewise by order sent into diuers shires and there planted for the féeding of Silkewormes to make silke like as it is made in France The last yeare at Gréenwich he kept great store of English Silkewormes the which the King with great pleasure came often to sée them worke and of their silke the King caused a peece of Taffata to be made It is but twenty yeares since the first generall making of silke in France And the like generall planting of Mulbery trées there who vntill then could not make Silke All which notwithstanding for many yeares past héere in England haue béene diuers ingenious and industrious English gentlemen who haue planted Mulberies made many trials taken great paines and béene at expences to bréede and féed their wormes and to make silke whereof they brought some to good perfection Amongst whom of most note is William Stallendge Esquier who at this time and before by his proper practise had bred great store of wormes to good perfection and thereof made good silke in London viz. 13 yeardes of Taffata and diuers payres of Stockings of suÌdry colours which he presented vnto his Maiesty and vnto the Quéene and Prince and vnto many others the other yeare This Stallendge about thrée yeares past had a Pattent for seuen yeares to bring in Mulbery séeds and this yere according to the kings direction he and the forenamed Forrest planted Mulbery trées in most shires of England viz. M. Stallendge furnished the Westerne parts and M. Forest the Northen part the King planted Mulbery trées neere Saint Iames Parke The beautifull building in the Strand neare Durham house was begunne the tenth of Iune last past and was fully finished in Nouember following at the proper charges of Robert Earl of Salisburie Lord high Treasurer of England and vpon Tuesday the tenth of Aprill this yeare 1609 many of the vpper shops were richly furnished with wares and the next day after that the King Quéene and Prince the Lady Elizabeth and the Duke of Yorke with many great Lords and chiefe Ladies came thither and then the King gaue it a name and called it Britaine Burse The 8 of May the King by his Proclamation prohibited all forraine Nations that after August next they should not fish vpon any the coasts of England Scotland or Ireland nor the Isles adiacent without speciall licence from the Commissioners in that behalfe ordained viz. to haue licence from the Commissioners in London for Fishing neare England and Ireland and from the Commissioners in Edenbrough to fish in the Scottish seas and the Isles adiacent The first second and third of Iune the king in person royall heard the differences betwéene the ecclesiasticall and the temporall Iudges argued touching prohibitions out of the Kings Bench and Common Pleas. The 8.9 and 10. of Iune his Maiesty also in proper person accompanied with the L. Treasurer the Lord Priuy Seal the Lord Admirall the Lord Chamberlaine and others heard the manifold complaints of the abuses of the officers of his Nauy royall The 23 of Iune y e King Quéen and Prince with diuers great Lords and many others came to the Tower to make triall of the Lions single valour and to haue the Lions kill a great fierce Bare which had kild a child but the Lions being tried by one and one at a time and lastly by two together which were bred in that open yard where the Bare was put loose for combat yet would none of them assaile him but sled from him and sought to returne into their dens After the first Lyon was put forth then was there a stone horse put into the Bare and Lyon who when he had gased vpon them a little he fell to grasing standing in the midst betwéene them both and whereas at first there was but two mastifes let in who boldly sought with the Lyon there was now 6 dogges let in who flue all vpon the horse being most in their fight at their first entrance and would soone haue woried the horse to death but that sodainely euen as the King wisht there entered in 3 stout Bearwards who wondrous valiantly rescued the horse and brought away the dogges whilest the Lyon and Bare stood staring vpon them And the fift of Iuly this Bare according to the Kings expresse commaundement was bayted to death with dogs vpon a Stage and the mother of the murthered child had twenty pound giuen her out of the mony giuen by the people to see the death of the Bare About two yeares past viz. at Christmas 1607. the King borrowed of Francis Iones and Nicholas Salter and their partners being Farmers of the Custome house one hundred and twenty thousand pound for one whole yeare which said summe his Maiesty very gratiously and carefull repayed at Christmas 1608. with full royall consideration for the same In the moneth of March the last yeare 1608. the King borrowed of certaine other Citizens the sum of thréescore and thrée thousand pound for fiftéene months and this Midsomer day 1609 the King not onely repayed them all the said sum but allowed them likewise their full interest for the same viz. seauen thousand and fiue hundred pround as a royall recompence the King sent them word that hee had money ready for them and that if they would they should receiue their money before their day but they refused it Of late yeares certaine ingenious and industrious persons deuised and found out the making of Allome within the Kings Dominions viz. in Deuonshire and Ireland and lastly at Gysborrow and other places in Yorkeshire where the sayd Allom by this time was brought to full perfection by the Lord Sheffield and Sir Thomas Challoner Sir Dauid Fowllis Sir Iohn Bowrchier Knights and William Turner Nicholas Cryspe Elias Cryspe Abraham Chamberlaine Citizens of London to the great vse profit of the common wealth whereupon the first of Iuly the King by his Proclamation prohibited the bringing in of any Allome from beyond the seas into any part of his Maiesties dominions vpon pain of confiscation The King likewise
Lady Elizabeth daughter to our Soueraign the Lady Arabella the Countesse of Arondel the Countes of Darby the Countes of Essex the Countes of Dorset the Countes of Mountgomery the Viscounts of Haddington the Lady Elizabeth Gray the Lady Elizabeth Guilford the Lady Katherine Peter the Lady Winter and the Lady Winsor and vpon Wednesday in the afternoon in the Tilt-yard there were diuers Earles Barons and others being in rich and glorious armour and hauing most costly caparisons wondrous curiously imbrodered with pearle gold and siluer the like rich abiliments for horses were neuer séene before presented their seuerall ingenious Trophies before the King Quéene and Prince and then ran at Tilt where there was a world of people assembled to behold their trophies and that night there were other triumphes vpon the water with ships of warre and Gallies fighting one against an other and against a great Castle builded vpon the water and after these battailes then for an houres space there were many strange and variable fire workes in the castle and in all the ships and gallies The Knights of the Bath The Earle of Oxford The Lord Gourdon The Lord Clifford The Lord Fitzwalter The Lord Fitzwarren The Lord Hay The Lord Erskine The Lord Winsor The Lord Wentworth Sir Charles Somerset Sir Edward Somerset Sir Francis Stewart Sir Ferdinando Dudley Sir Henry Cary. Sir Oliuer Saint Iohn Sir Gilbert Gerrard Sir Charles Stanhope Sir Edward Bruce Sir William Stewart Sir Robert Sydney Sir Ferdinando Tuchet Sir Peregrine Bartye Sir Henry Rich. Sir Edward Sheffield Sir William Cauendish The 4 of Iune Proclamation was made commanding all Roman Priests Iesuits and Seminaries to depart this Kingdome by the 4 day of Iuly next and not to returne vpon paine of the seuerity of the law also by this proclamation the King straightly commaunds all Recusants to returne home to their dwellings and not to remaine in London nor to come within ten miles of the Court without especiall licence but to depart from London and the Court by the last day of this moneth and to remaine confined according to the tenor of the statute in that behalfe prouided Presently after that the oth of allegiance was ministred vnto all officers atturneyes Clerks belonging to any of the Courts of Westminster hall and the Exchequer and vnto all Aduocats and Proctors of the spirituall Courts This oth was also ministred vnto all Lawyers and Students in the Innes of Court and Chancerie and vnto all Studients and Schollers in both the Vniuersities The 25 of Iuly 1610. the Lord Henry Clifford sonne to Frances Earle of Cumberland maried the Lady Francis Cecill daughter to Robert Earle of Salisbury Lord high Treasurer of England This yeare the King builded a most stately ship for war the Kéele whereof was an hundred and 14 foot long and the crosse beame was forty and foure foot long she will beare 64 péeces of great Ordnance and is of the burthen of 1400 tunne This royall ship is double built and is most sumptuously adorned both within and without with all manner of curious caruing painting and rich gilding being in all respects the greatest and goodliest shippe that euer was builded in England and this glorious ship the King gaue vnto his sonne Henry Prince of Wales and the 24 of September the King the Quéene the Prince of Wales the Duke of Yorke and the Lady Elizabeth with many great Lords went to Wollwich to sée it lanched but because of the narrownesse of the Docke it could not then be launched whereupon the Prince came the next morning by thrée a clocke and then at the launching thereof the Prince named it after his owne dignity and called it the Prince Master Phynyes Pet. was Warden and chiefe worke master in building this ship The King sent the Lord Wotton Ambassador into France to take the oath of the young King and of the Quéene Regent his mother for performance of a league newly made betwéene the two Kingdomes he arriued at Callis the 28 of August and came to Paris the 7 of September and the King was sworne the 12 of the same moneth And the Ambassador returned into England the 7 of October And the French King viz. Lewis the 13. was crowned the sixth of October at Reynes in Champaigne Sunday the 21 of October by Commission from the King to the Lord Bishop of London the Lord Bishop of Elye the Lord Bishop of Worcester and to the Lord Bishop of Rochester they did consecrate in the Chappell of the Lord Bishop of London Master Iohn Spottyswod Archbishop of Glasco Master Gawen Hamelton Bishop of Galloway and M. Andrew Lambe Bishop of Breachyn which consecration was performed mutatis mutandis according to the forme of the Church of England Richard Pyot Francis Ihones Shreeues Sir William Crauen Merchantaylor Maior The Triumphes Trophies and pleasant deuices at this time in honour of the Lord Maior and Citie of London were extraordinarie great being in a manner twice so much as hath béene vsuall within the Citie and so likewise were the stately shewes and ingenious deuices vpon the water at the charges of the Company of Marchantaylors Notwithstanding the Citie of Londons former plentifull prouision of sundry Granaries and other Storehouses for the generall seruice thereof and for preuention of sudden famine yet such is the late vnspeakeable increase of people within and about the City as well of strangers as Natiues so as the Magistrates in their prouidence for preuention of famine and for prouision for the poore very carefully about two yeares past beganne to build a Bridewell twelue new faire Granaries being sufficient to kéepe sixe thousand quarters of Corne and two store houses for sea-coale for the poore which will keepe foure thousand loade of coales These necessary houses were not finished vntill this time Master Alderman Leman vsed great paines and diligence in the contriuing and accomplishing of this memorable worke This last Summer there were warres in Cleueland and the vnited protestant Princes with their seuerall forces aided the Marquesse of Brandenberg in his claime to that Dukedome and the Dukedome of Gulich in which wars and at the taking the Citie of Gulich Christianus Prince of Anhalt was chiefe Generall of all the vnited forces and sir Edward Cecyll otherwise called Colonell Cecyll was then Lord Generall of the English and Scottish Army This Prince Christanus arriued of late at Douer and came to sée the King who entertained and feasted him and all his traine very roially He tooke great pleasure to view the Citie of London he beheld the pleasant triumphs vpon the water and within the City which were then extraordinary in honor of the Lord Maior and Citizens and that day this Prince with all his German traine were feasted in the Guild hall where he manifested his princely former admiration touching the greatnesse scituation state and wealth of the City and then he also admired
Iuly 1616. were created Barons viz. Sir Iohn Hollis Knight was created Baron of Hawghton and Sir Iohn Roper Knght was created Baron Tynchham of Tyncham in Kent Tuesday the 16 of Iuly 1616. the Earle of Arondell was sworne a Priuie Counsellor The 20 of Iuly the Lord Carew was sworne a Priuie Counsellor At Woodstocke vpon Tuesday the 27 of August 1616. Sir George Villers Knight of the Garter and Master of the Horse was created Viscont Villers and Baron of Whaddon By vertue of a speciall Commission from his Maiesty and from the Citie of London bearing date the fifteenth of May this yeare 1616. Peter Proby Alderman of London and Gouernour for the new plantation of the Prouince of Vlster in Ireland accompanied with Master Mathias Springham Merchantailor and Master Clement Mosse Solyciter for London with others did there establish such Lawes and constitutions for the City of London Derie and the Borough of Colerame as should thenceforth be obserued and kept according to the Tenor of the Kings Charter granted to the City of London in that behalfe The sayd Alderman Proby by vertue of the Kings Commission did there also Minister oath vnto all officers and others for the well gouernment and making of true accompts He caried ouer thither with him two rich swords the one whereof he deliuered to Sir Iohn Vawghan Knight Maior of Lonon Dery and the other to Trystram Beryfford Esquire Maior of Coleraine for that time being and to be borne before them and their successors for euer There was also sent vnto the Maior of London Dery a great gilded Man being sent him from the Gouernors and Assistants for that plantation Alderman Proby with his company went from London the eight and twenty of May last and returned to London the 28 of August 1616. what is more to be said touching this businesse I must referre you to my larger booke Sonday being Michaelmas day Doctor Androwes Bishop of Ely was sworne a Priuy Counsellor at Hampton Court The fourth of October Doctor Mountague was translated from Bathe and Wells to Winchester and forthwith he expelled all Inmates out of Winchester house on the Banke-side reduced diuers parts thereof from fowle noysomnesse vnto swéetnesse and comlinesse he repayred the whole house throughout and builded some part new and enclosed a great part of the wharfe and made a new faire paire of staires into the Thames he spent almost thrée thousand pound in the repaire and beautifying this ancient house which for a long time had béene suffred to run to ruin Allan Cotton Cutbert Hacket Shrieues Sir Iohn Leman Knight Fishmonger a batcheler Maior In his Maioralty the old ruinous Gate called Aldersgate was quite taken downe and fairely new builded from the foundation The riuer of Thames cleared of shelues in all parts and the Hauen of Quéene Hyth cleansed and likewise the making of the great wharse on the South-side of the riuer by the Willowes and also the new strict order for the passage of Cars and Carts in the stréets for the preseruation of all passengers Thursday the last of October 1616. viz. Alhollond Eue Prince Charls came in great state by Barge from Barne Elmes to White-hall accompanied attended by diuers great Lords and others of honorable rancke and quallity besides his owne traine and was most ioyfully met at Chelsey by the Lord Maior Aldermen and Citizens of London each Company in a seuerall Barge and distinguished by their seuerall Armes in their rich Banners and stately Streamers besides the Royal sound of Drum and Trumpet and great variety of excellent Musique besides all which and the infinit number of people vpon the shore and in Boates and Barges to behold this ioyfull daie there was also at the Cities charge in honour of his Highnesse creation more particular pleasant Trophies and Ingenious deuices met him vpon the water then euer was at any former creation of any Prince of Wales And vpon Monday the fourth of Nouember at White-hall where the Kings Maiesty inuested crowned Prince Charles Prince of Wales at this solemne creation were present most of the Nobility of the Land The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and diuers other Bishops and reuerend Prelaâs all the Iudges of the Law sir Edward Cooke onely excepted there were present also the Lord Maior and Aldermen of London in their scarlet Robes as were the Iudges In honour of this ioyfull creation there were made fiue and twenty Knights of the Bath who performed all their Ceremonies in the vpper Parliament house and the next Sonday withall Magnifisence being lustily mounted they rode to White-hall and were there Knighted by his Maiesty Iames Lord Maltreuers Algernon Lord Percy Iames Lord Wryothesley Edward Lord Clynton Edward Lord Beauchamp Lord Barkley Lord Mordant Sir Alexander Erskin Sir Henry Howard Sir Edward Sackuill Sir William Howard Sir Edward Howard Sir Montague Barty Sir William Stourton Sir Henry Parker Sir Dudley North. Sir Spencer Compton Sir William Spencer Sir William Seymor Sir Rowland Saint Iohn Sir Iohn Candish Sir Thomas Neuill Sir Iohn Roper Sir Iohn North. Sir Henry Carey In honour of this ioyfull creation there were solemne Tryumphs performed at Lowdon in the County of Salop the fourth of Nouember and published by Master Daniell Powel Gentleman Also in honour of this creation there were forty young gentlemen selected out of the foure Iunes of Court who fought at Barriers viz. the one halfe against the other Thursday the seuenth of Nouember Thomas Elsmer Lord Chancellor of England was created Viscont Brackley And William Lord Knowles was created Viscont Wallingford and Sir Philip Stanhope Knight was created Baron of Shelford and vpon the next Satterday the Lord Maior feasted the Knights of the Bath Satterday the 16 of Nouember 1616. Sir Edward Cooke Knight was discharged from his Office viz. from being Lord Chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench. Monday the 18 of Nouember Sir Henry Montague Knight the Kings Sergeant at Law was sworne Lord chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench. This Sommer and haruest was so dry that passengers were anoyde with dust in the high-waies the 20 of Nouember Sonday the 8 of December 1616. Arthur Lake Doctor of Diuinity was consecrated Bishop of Bathe and Wells Lewis Bayly Doctor of Diuinity was consecrated Bishop of Bangor Monday the 16 of December 1616. Marcus Anthonius de Domynis Archbishop of Spalato in the Territory of Venice was very honorably entertained and receiued at Lambeth by the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury with whom he remained and writ a briefe declaration of his Reasons for leauing that Prelacy and forsaking his Natiue Country which Booke was presently published in eight Languages and disperst through Europe and in Sommer following he printed in London the first foure of his ten bookes intituled of the Common-weale of the Church Monday the two and twentith of December Sir Thomas Edmonds Knight
then were not known by any name Sir Edw. Cooke Lord chief Iustice of the common pleas A Tombe for Queen Elizabeth A monstrous mother The King of Denmarke arriueth in EnglaÌd Sir William Wade The King of Denmarke returneth Prince Dolphin of France christned Churches repaired Morefield otherwise called the new walks A truce betweene the Emperour of Germany and the great Turke Shrieues Maior The Lord Hay maried Great flouds A Seminary executed Reconciliation between the Graue of Emden his Subiects An. reg 5. 1607 The King manifesteth his minde to both houses Great flouds in diuers houses Prince Ienuile came into England Vnlawfull assemblies to lay opeÌ inclosures Doctor Rauis lord Bishop of London The King dineth with the Lord Maior and made free of the Cloath-workers His Maiestie paieth 600000. l. which was lent vnto Elizabeth Ambassadors from the States Sir Thomas Kneuit made Baron A Parliament Sir Iulius Caesar made a Priuie CouÌsellor The King Prince feasted at Merchantailors hall Prince Henry made free of the Merchantailors Strangers NoblemeÌ Knights The new Master Wardens of the Merchantailers The Earle of Arundels eldest sonne The Earle of Tyrone and other Irish lords fled out of Ireland The King of Spaines second son borne The death of the Ladie Mary Sir Iaruais Clyfton made baroÌ The Lord Awbignye maried Inmates increase of building forbidden by proclamation Also the preseruation of timber vniformity of building throughout London commanded by proclamation Contemners censured in the Star-chamber The old rotteÌ Banquetting house of timber taken down and a new builded of bricke and stone Prouision for such Preachers as shall preach at Pauls Crosse Shrieues Maior The discouerie of the Earle of Tyrons treason The Lord Maxwell brake out of prison Sir Thomas Parry sworne a Priuie Counsellor of Estate A great frost All the Hartichokes in gardens about London were kild with this frost Viscount HadingtoÌ maried Allgate new builded An. reg 6. 1608 A Seminarie executed S. EdmoÌds Bury spoiled by a sudden fire The King was very forward to do them any fauor Doctor Mountague Lord Bishop of Bath and Wels. The Earle of Dorset dieth The oth of allegiance ministred vnto suspitious persons The Earle of Northampton made L. Priuie Seale The Earle of Salisbury made Lord high Treasurer of England The Earls of Dunbar Montgomery made Knights of the Garter Francis Earle of Comberland is the other lord Lieutenant Sir Alexander Hay knighted A Iesuite executed The corps of the lord Marquesse Dorset taken vp whole hauing been 78 yeares enterred Doctor Neyle Lord Bishop of Rochester Shrieues Maior The Viscount of Cramburne maried Consorts of pirats within the Streights and in the maine sea This Sir Francis Verney did turne vpon hope of aduaÌcement but hee became extreame poore and miserable Pirats executed Strange shifting of the tides The yong Earle of Dorset maried and the Earle of Hertfords grandchild maried An. reg 7. 1609 A general truce in the Netherlands for twelue yeares The first generall planting of Mulbery trees in England In Dawpheny other parts of France there was silke made a good while before but not thorowout the whole kingdome vntill of late yeres M. Nicholas Ieffe many others had put it in practise long before Britaine Burse builded They were there entertained with pleasant ingenious speeches gifts and deuises Al forrain nations forbidden to fish vpon the coasts of England Scotland Ireland without speciall licence The King heareth the Bishops and secular Iudges The King heareth the complaints touching his nauie A triall of fight between a Lyon a Horse and a Bare The parents of the childe had as much as âaw and reason could afford Kingly paiments beyond president There was neuer the like royall payment made by any King to the coÌmon subiects The first making of Allome in England An ancient duty Let al that are pardoned note this for example His hand was nailed at the Gybet end before his face The originall and foundation of the East India Company Shrieues Maior Translation and consecration of Bishops Prince Henry his first feats of Armes The first discouery and plantation of Virginea The Lord La Warre goeth to Virginea The Parliament adiorned The plantation of the North of Ireland by the Citizens of London An. reg 3. 1610 The king of France murdered Prince Henry created Prince of Wales Knights of the Bath A proclamation touching Iesuits and Recusants The oath of allegiance ministred The Lord Clifford maried The King buildeth the greatest and goodliest ship of war that euer was built in EnglaÌd The Lord Wotton sent to take the oth of the French King Three Bishops consecrated Shrieues Maior The Citie of LondoÌ buildeth new granaries and store houses The prince of Anhalt commeth to see the King Sir Edward Cecill Lord Generall of all the English and Sots forces in CleuelaÌd and Gulich A Monke and a Seminary executed M. Palyns bounty The Prince of Wales setleth his houshold The Parliament dissolued by Proclamation dated the 31 of December The Prince of Wales his maske at Whitehall A speciall Ambassador froÌ the FreÌch King M. Teasdale his bounty Dunbar deceased Viscont Fenton a Priuie Counsellor Sir Marmaduke Dorrell buildeth a Parrish Church Sir Henry Montegue made Sergeant An. reg 9. 1611 Visconâ Rochester created Doctor Abbot L. Archbishop of Canterbury Sir Thomas Dale and sir Thomas Gates sent with supplies to Virginia Sir Thomas Ouerbury The King in person commeth into the Star-chaÌber to see the triall of his Pixe Proclamation against the transportation of gold siluer and the quoin aduanced The Duke of Yorke the Earle of Arundell and the Viscont Rochester made knights of the Garter Doctor Buckeridge B. of Rochester The yong Landgraue of Hesson arriueth in England The oath of Alleageance ministred ProclamatioÌ against al encrease of buildings with in LondoÌ and the Suburbs and 20 miles therof Doctor King Lord Bishop of London France Spaine match togither The Earle of Pembrooke a Priuie Counseller Shrieues Maior Two Heretiques burned An. reg 10 1612 Viscont Rochester a Priuie Counsellor Two Seminaries executed The Lord Sanquire executed Lotteries in LondoÌ Roger Earle of Rutland deceast The King buildeth a royall Toombe for his mother translateth her corps from Peterborow to Westminster Great windes shipwrack An Ambassador from the King of Persia to the King of Great Brittaine Hicks-hall builded Sir Baptist Hicks his farther bouÌtie Lent strictly kept Shrieues Maior The Palsgraue aââueth in England Henry Prince of Wales deceased The Palsgraue and Graue Mawâice made Knights of the Garter The Lady Elizabeth married vnto the Palsgraue A present from London Prince Charles bishopped An. reg 11 1613 The Palsgraue and the Lady Elizabeth set forward for Heydelberg A Ianus borne shipwrack great flames fiers The Globe burnt The Millitaây exercisâ of Armes in the Artillâây Garden again pât in practise Sir Peeksall Brocas doth penance at Paules Crosse Sir Iohn Merick sent Lord Ambassador
tooke many of the Noble men prisoners and brought Scotland into such obedience as he gaue of the lands therof to his subiects of England with Markets Faires Warrens Among other I haue séene vnder the broade seale of the said King Edward a Mannour called Retnes in the County of Forfaire in Scotland neare the furthest part of the same nation Northward giuen to Iohn Ewer and his heires auncestors to the Lord Ewer that now is for the seruice done in those parts with market euery munday Faire for 3. dayes euery yeare at Michaelmas and free warren for the same dated at Lauereost the xx day of October Anno Reg. 34. William Coser Shriue Reginald Thunderle Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior This yeare 1306. vpon sundry complaints of many of the Cleargy Nobilitie resorting to the city of London touching the great anoiance danger of contagion growing by reason of the french of burning sea-coale which diuers fire makers in Southwarke Wapping East Smithfield now vsed to make their common fires because of cheapnes hereof to forbeare the burning of bauin and fire coale the King expresly commanded the Maior and Shriues of London for with to make proclamation that all those fire-makers should cease their burning of sea-coale and make their fires of such fuell of wood and coale as had béene formerly vsed Reade the Record The great new Church of the gray Friers in London was begunne to bee builded by the Lady Margaret Quéene second wife to Edward the first Iohn of Briton Earle of Richmond builded the body of the church the residue was finished by the Lady Mary Countesse of Pembroke Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester Margaret Countesse of Glocester Elianor Spencer Elizabeth Bourgh sisters to Gilbert de Clare King Edward sent messengers into England commanded that all that ought him seruice should be ready at Carlile within 3. wéekes after the feast of S. Iohn Baptist But himselfe being vexed with a bloody flixe the 7. of Iuly departed this life at Burgh vpon the sands in the yeare of our Lord 1307. when he had raigned 34. yeares seuen moneths and odde daies his body was buried at Westminster vnto the which Church hee had giuen landes to the value of an hundred pound by yeare 20. pound thereof yearely to be distributed to the poore Edward of Carnaruan EDward the second sonne to the first Edward borne at Carnaruan began his raigne the 7. of Iuly in the yeare 1307. he was faire of body but vnstedfast of maners not regarding to gouerne his commonweale by discretion iustice which caused great variance betwéene him and the Lords Nicholas Pigot Shriue Nigellus Drurie Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior The King married Isabel the French Kings daughter The Lords enuying Pierce of Gauestone Earle of Cornwall a stranger borne banished him the land William Basing shriue Iames Borener shriue Nicholas Faringdon Goldsmith Maior The King sent for Pierce of Gaueston out of Ireland and gaue him the Earle of Glocesters sister in marriage which caused him againe to rise in pride scorning the Nobles of the realme The Barons therefore declared to the King that except he would expell the saide Pierce from his company they would rise against him as against a periured Prince whereupon once againe hee caused Pierce to abiure Iames of S. Edmond shriue Roger Palmer shriue Thomas Romane Maior Pierce of Gauestone returned into England and came to y e kings presence who forgetting al oaths and promises receiued him as a heauenly gift The Church of Middleton in Dorsetshire was consumed with lightning the Monkes being at mattens Simon de Corpe shriue Peter Blackney shriue Richard Reffam Mercer Maior Templars in England vpon heresie and other filthy Articles whereof they were accused were condemned to perpetuall penance in seuerall Monasteries The Barons of England being confederated against Pierce of Gauestone besieged him at the castle of Scarborough where they tooke him and brought him to Warwicke castle and caused his head to be stricken off Simon Mermood shriue Richard Gilford shriue Sir Iohn Gisors Pepperer Maior Quéene Isabel was deliuered of her first sonne named Edward at Windsor The Knights of the order of S. Iohn Baptist called S. Iohn of Ierusalem put the Turkes out of the Isle of Rhodes and after that wan vpon the saide Turkes daily for a long time Iohn Lambyn Shriue Richard Gilford Shriue Sir Iohn Gisors Pepperer Maior King Edward gathering a great power marched towards Scotland to breake the siege of the Castle of Streuelin where hee and his power encountred with Robert Bruce and the Scots in the end whereof the English men were discomfited and so eagerly pursued by the Scots that many of the Noble men were slaine This yeare 1313. according to the Chronicles of Germany Phillip king of France surnamed the Faire hauing his body full of venemous scabs manginesse caused all such of his subiects as well women as men both in France and Flaunders as had either the leaprosie or meazelrie to be burned The cause of this his tyrannous rigour was because he had beene informed that the saide lazar or pockey people had wilfully poysoned all the chiefe wels and standing waters Some say that this visitation was the diuine iustice of God vpon the King for suppressing the Knights Templars And in the yeare 1403. all the Iewes in Germany were burned because they had poisoned all the wels and standing waters It appeareth by forraine Chronicles that the Iewes had a generall purpose to poison the Christians for the Iewes in France did poyson the waters likewise and were seuerely punished Robert Gurdome Shriue Hugh Garton Shriue Nicholas Farendon Goldsmith Maior The King caused his writs to be published for victuals that no Oxe stalled or corne fed bee solde for more then 24. s. no grasse fed oxe for more then 16. s. a fat stalled cow at 12. s. another cow at 10. shillings A fat mutton corne fed or whose wooll is well growne at 20. pence another fat mutton shorne at 14. d. A fat hog of 2. yeares olde at 3. s. 4. d. A fat goose at 2. d. halfe peny in the city at 3 d. A fat Capon at 2. d. in the citty at 2. d. halfe peny A fat hen at one peny in the citty at one peny halfe peny Two chickins a peny in the citie on peny halfe peny Foure pigeons for one peny in the citty three pigeons for one peny 24. egges a peny in the citty 20. egges a peny c. Stephen Abingdon Shriue Hamond Chigwell Shriue Sir Iohn Gisors peppârer Maior A Tanners son of Exceter named himselfe the sonne of Edward the first for the which hee was hanged at Northampton The deaâth increased through the abundance of raine that fell in haruest so y t a quarter of wheat or salt was sold for xl s. There followed this famine a grieuous mortalitie of people
so that the quicke might vnneth bury the dead The beasts cattel also by the corruptnesse of the grasse whereof they fed died horse-flesh was counted great delicates the poore stole fat dogs to eate some in hid places did eate the flesh of their owne children The Théeues that were in prison did plucke in péeces those that were newly brought amongst them and gréedily deuoured them halfe aliue Hamond Goodcheape Shriue William Bodele Shriue Stephen Abingdon Maior There arriued in England two Cardinals to make peace betwéene England Scotland and to reconcile vnto the K. Thomas Earle of Lancaster When they came neare vnto the towne of Derlington certaine robbers Gilbert Middleton and Walter Selbie being their Captaines suddenly set vpon the family of the Cardinals robbed them of their treasure but the Cardinals came to Dirham where they tarried a few daies for answere of the Scots and so returned to Yorke Gilbert Middleton was taken carried to London and there drawne and hanged Sir Iosseline Denuile his brother Robert with 220. in the habite of Friers did many notable robberies they spoyled the Bishop of Dirhams pallaces leauing in them nothing but bare wals for the which they were hanged at Yorke William Causton Shriue Ralph Ballancers Shriue Iohn Wengraue Maior The new worke of the Chappell on the South side of the Church of S. Paul in London being begunne there were found in the foundation more then 100. heades of Oxen and Kine which then confirmed greatly the opinion of those who haue reported that of olde time it had béene the Temple of Iupiter and that there was the sacrifice of beasts Edward de Bruse the king of Scots brother who by the space of 3. yeares had assaulted Ireland and had crowned himselfe King was taken by English men and beheaded at Dundalke Iohn Brior shriue William Furneis shriue Iohn Wengraue Maior The towne of Barwicke was betraied to the Scots through the treason of Peter Spalding A great murrain of kine happened dogs rauens eating of the kine were poysoned and did swell to death so that no man durst eate any béefe Iohn Pounting Shriue Iohn Dalling Shriue Iohn Wengraue Maior The king being at Yorke the Scots entred England came to Yorke and burnt the suburbs of the citty tooke sir Iohn of Britaine Earle of Richmond prisoner with many other Many herdsmen certaine women of England would goe séeke the holy land to kill the enemies of Christ as they saide but because they should not passe ouer the great sea they slew many Iewes in the parts of Tolose and Gascoine wherefore many of them were taken and put to death Simon Abingdon shriue Iohn Preston shriue Hamond Chickwell pepperer Maior Thomas Earle of Lancaster with many Earles and Barons came to Sherborn and from thence with baners displaied to S. Albones from thence they sent to the King being at London requiring him to banish the two Hugh Spencers At length the King granted to their petition so that Hugh Spencer the elder was banished but the yonger Hugh could not be taken Reginald at Conduit Shriue William Prodom Shriue Nicholas Farendon Goldsmith Maior Certaine leapers who had couenanted with the Iewes to poison all the Christians in Europe laid poyson in Iewels springs and pits for the which many were burnt Roger Mortimer the Earles of Richmond and Arundell submitting themselues to the King were sent to the Tower of London After this when the Kings Army and the Army of the Barons met neare vnto Burton vpon Trent the Earle of Lancaster fled and the King pursuing them to Burbrige Thomas Earle of Lancaster was taken and beheaded at Pomfret Richard Constantine Shriue Richard Harkeny Shriue Hamond Chickwell pepperer Maior Andrew Harkeley Earle of Carleil was charged with treason for making peace with the Scots for which he was sent to Yorke hanged headed and quartered Iohn Grantham Shriue Richard of Ely Shriue Hamond Chickewell pepperer Maior Roger Mortimer Lord of Wigmore gaue his kéepers a sléepy drinke escaped through all the watches of the Tower and passed into France Adam of Sarisbury Shriue Iohn of Oxford Shriue Nicholas Farendon Goldsmith Maior King Edward sent the Quéene his wife vnto her brother the French King to establish the peace who went ouer with a small company by her mediation a peace was fully finished whereupon Edward the Kings sonne went ouer Bennet of Fulsham Shriue Iohn Cawson Shriue Hamond Chickwell pepperer Maior Whiles the Quéene with her sonne remained in France longer then the Kings pleasure was would not come againe without Roger Mortimer and other Noble men that were fled out of England the King banished them both and all oâââr that tooke their parts Gilbert Morden shriue Iohn Cotten shriue Richard Britaine Goldsmith Maior Isabell the Queene with her sonne Edward Edmond of Woodstooke the Kings brother Roger Mortimer and many other Noble men that were fled out of England arriued at Orwell besides Harwich in Essex immediately the Earle Marshall the Earle of Leicester the Bishops of Lincolne Hereford Diuelin and Ely being ioyned to the Quéene made a great army The Cittizens of London beheaded such as they tooke to be the Quéenes enemies they tooke also Walter Stapleton Bishop of Exceter and beheaded him and two of his seruants because hee gathered a great army to withstand the Quéene Richard Rothing shriue Roger Chanticle shriue Richard Britaine Goldsmith Maior This Richard Rothing Sheriffe builded ãâã Parrish Church of Saint Iames at Garlick ãâã in London The Quéene besieged Bristow whââ was seene rendred and the morrow after her cââming Hugh Spencer the elder was drawne ãâã hanged The King Hugh Spencer the younger and Robert Baldocke determined to flye into ãâã Isle of Lombardy but being in great danger ãâã the sea at last arriued in Wales where they ãâã taken the King was committed to Henry ãâã of Lancaster his kinsman Hugh Spencer was condemned at Hereforâ where he was drawne hanged headed and quartered Simon Reading was drawne and hanged Robert Baldocke died in Newgate The Quéene with her sonne Edward Roger Mortimer and other went to Wallingford Castle and before the twelfth day came to London where they were ioyfully receiued On the morrow after they held a Parliament where by common decrée they deposed the King and elected Edward his eldest sonne He was thus deposed when he had raigned ninetéene yeares sixe moneths and odde dayes Edward the third EDward the third about the age of fourtéene yeares beganne his raigne the twenty fiue of Ianuary in the yeare of our Lord. 1326. In feates of Armes he was very expert At the beginning of his raigne hee was chiefely ordered by his Mother Isabell The inhabitants of the Towne of Bury besieged the Abbey burnt the gates wounded the Monkes bare out all the gold and siluer ornaments bookes charters the assay to their coine stamps and all
other things appertaining to their mint c. The King confirmed the liberties of the Citty of London The 22. of September at night King Edward the second was cruelly murthered in the Castle oâ Barkeley by the practise of the Quéene his wife the Lord Mortimer and the Bishop of Hereforâ He was buried at Glocester Henry Darcy Shriue Iohn Hauten Shriue Hamond Chickwell Grocer Maior Peace was made betwixt the Englishmen and Scots so that Dauid the sonne of Robert Brce married Ioane of the Tower King Edwards sister By procurement of the old Quéene and Rogeâ Mortimer Edmond of Woodstocke Earle of Kent the Kings Vncle was beheaded at Winchester Richard Lazâr Shriue Henry Gisors Shriue Iohn Stanland Maior Roger Mortimer was taken by William Mââtacute and sent to London where he was condemâned and hanged The 15. day of Iune was borne Edward ãâã blacke Prince Robert of Ely Shriue Thomas Whoorwood Shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior This Sir Iohn Pultney builded the Colledge ãâã London called Saint Laurence Pultney and ââtle Alhalowes a Parish Church in Thaââ stréete and also the Carmelite Fryars Church ãâã Couentry Iohn Motking Shriue Andrew Aubury Shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior Henry Earle of Lancaster and of Leicester founded the new Hospitall by the Castle of Leicester wherein were an hundred poore impotent persons The King of England with force came before Berwicke where they that kept the Castle and Towne vsed many deceitfull treaties Nicholas Pike Shriue Iohn Husband Shriue Iohn Preston Draper Maior The Scots came with great multitudes minding to dissolue the siege of Berwicke whom the King couragiously met and slewe of them eight Earles 1300. horsemen and of the common souldiers 35000. neare vnto Halidon The townsemen of Berwicke yéelded to the King of England both the castle the towne who placing garisons there he sent Edward Baliol and other Nobles to kéepe the Realme of Scotland Iohn Haman Shriue William Hansard Shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior Edward Baliol king of Scots did homage to king Edward at âew Castle vpon Tyne and shortly after he receiued homage of the Duke of Britaine or his Earledome of Richmond Iohn Kingstone Shriue Walter Turke Shriue Reginald at Conduit Vintner Maior Part of the Vniuersitie of Oxford went tâ Stamford because of a variance that fell be wéeâ the Northerne and Southerne Schollers The Sea bankes brake in through all England but specially in the Thames so that all the casâ and beasts neare thereunto were drowned Walter Morden Shriue Richard Vpton Shriue Richard Wotton Maior King Edward made his eldest sonne Edââ Earle of Chester and Duke of Cornewall It was enacted that no wool should be conuaiâ out of the Realme Iohn Clarke shriue William Curtis shriue Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior The Towne of Southampton was burnt ãâã the French Kings Galleys It was enacted that whatsoeuer Clothworâ of Flanders or of other countries would dââ and inhabite in England should come quietly ãâã the most conuenient places should bee asigned ãâã them with great liberties and priuiledges This yeare 1338. as saith the French Chroâââcle there happened in Auignon so strange teâble mortalitie that brooks riuers were red ãâã bloud And that from the graues and sepulchââ of the dead there issued streames of bloud ãâã vnheard of mortalitie was foretold the Frenâ by father Robert a Iacobin Frier who hearâ bewailed the sinnes and wickednesse of this Cââty and other places for the which hee often prâthed vnto them that God would surely visite them vnlesse they speedily repented but they obeyed not his doctrine This sickenesse continued a long time and dispersed into Germany and other nations many a yeare after Also it was enacted that none should weare any cloth made without the realme the K. the Quéen and their children onely excepted The king caused to confiscate all the goods of the Lumbards and also all the Monks of the order of Clume and Citiaux through the whole Realme Walter Beale shriue Nicholas Craine shriue Henry Darcy Maior King Edward with Quéene Phillip his wife and a great army passed the Seas into Flanders and so to Colleine where he made friendship with the Emperour and was made his vicegerent Hee quartered the armes of England and France William of Pomfret Shriue Hugh Marberell Shriue Henry Darcy Maior A sudden inundation of water at New Castle âpon Tine bare downe a péece of the Towne âall where an hundred and twenty men and woâen were drowned The King appointed himselfe to be called King of England and of France William Thorney Shriue Roger Fresham Shriue Andrew Aubery Grocer Maior The King gathered a Nauy of two hundred and sailed towards Flanders where hee fought with the enemies a most cruell battell by sea in the which the Frenchmen were ouercome and slaine of them 30000. men There was taâen 200 ships and the rest fled By the assistance of the Duke of Brabant and the Earle of Hainalt with them of Gaunt and Cypres he entred the North parts of France and besieged the Citty of Turney In the meane season the Earle of Henalt Sir Walter Manny and Reignold Cobham burnt 300. Townes great and small taking preyes Adam Lucas Shriue Bartholomew Maris Shriue Andrew Aubury Grocer Maior Two Cardinals were sent from the Pope who demanded a truce for thrée yeares betwixt the two Kings in which space the title that the King of England pretended might be discussed Richard of Barking shriue Iohn of Rokesley shriue Iohn of Oxford Vintener Maior King Edward sailed ouer into Britaine when he tooke diuers castles and other strong holds that resisted him After this he besieged Vannes and though Phillip de Valois came downe with a great multitude of people yet a truce was taken and Vannes remained to the King of England Iohn Loukin Shriue Richard Keslinbury Shriue Simon Frances Mercer Maior King Edward commanded florences of Gold to be made the penny of the value of vi s. viii pence the halpeny and farthing after the rate William Mountacute Earle of Salisbury conquered the Isle of Man from the Scots which Isle Edward the third gaue the same Earle and caused him to be crowned King of Man Iohn Steward shriue Iohn Alisham shriue Iohn Hamond Maior King Edward held a solemne feast at his Castle at Windsor where he established the most honourable order of the Garter to the number of 26. Knights which were chosen of the most noble and valiant persons of this Realme He also augmented the Cappell which his progenitors Kings of England had before erected with 8. Canons in the Castle of Windsor adding a Deane and 15. Canons more 24. poore knights with other Ministers Geffery Wickingham shriue Thomas Legge shriue Iohn Hamond Maior The Scots to the number of 30000. William Dowglas being their leader entred into Westmerland and burnt Carlile and
Scotland besieged Barwicke which was shortly rendred vnto him Edward Prince of Wales returned into England with Iohn King of France and Phillip his son Roial Iusts were holden in Smithfield before the Kings of England France and Scotland Stephen Candish Shriue Bartholomew Frostling Shriue Sir Iohn Stodie Vintner Maior This Sir Iohn Stody gaue vnto the Vintners of London all the quadrant wherein the Vintners hal now staÌdeth with the tenements round about where he founded 13. houses for 13. poore people which are there kept of charitie rent-free Dauid le Bruce King of Scots was deliuered from the long imprisonment he had béene in his ransome being set at 100000. markes to be paaid the next 10. yeares following Iohn Barnes Shriue Iohn Buris Shriue Iohn Loukin Stock fishmonger Maior King Edward with a Nauy of ships passed the sea to Calice so into Burgundy In the meane season the Normans with a smal Nauy arriued at Winchelsea partly burnt the town slewe such as did withstand them wherefore the Prelates of England assembled in armor but the french were gone Simond of Benington shriue Iohn Chichester shriue Simon Dolfeby Grocer Maior A finall peace was concluded King Edward came into England and straight to the Tower to sée the French King where hee appointed his ransome to be thrée millions of Florences and so deliuered him out of all imprisonment Iohn Penis Shriue Walter Berney Shriue Iohn Wroth Fishmonger Maior Men and beasts perished in England in diuers places with thunder and lightning Friends were séene and spake vnto men as they trauelled William Holbech shriue Iames Tame shriue Iohn Peach Fishmonger Maior A great death pestilence in England in which died Henry Duke of Lancaster who was buried at Leicester King Edward commanded all Pleas to be made in English and not in French This time was granted to the K. for 3. yeares 26. shillings 8. pence of euery sacke of wooll Iohn of S. Albons Shriue Iames Andrew Shriue Stephen Candish Draper Maior A great winde in England ouerturned many stéeples and townes The French King the King of Cypres and the king of Scotland came all into England to speake with King Edward who receiued them with great honour and gaue them great gifts A frost in England lasted from the mids of September to the moneth of Aprill Richard Croydon Shriue Iohn Hiltofte Shriue Iohn Notte Pepperer Maior The ix day of Aprill died Iohn King of France at the Sauoy beside Westminster his corps was honourably conueyed to Saint Denis in France Iohn de Mitford Shriue Simon de Mordon Shriue Adam of Bury Skinner Maior Ingram Lord of Cowsey married Lady Isabell the Kings daughter Iohn Buckleworth Shriue Thomas Ireland Shriue Iohn Loukin Fishmonger Maior The King commaunded that peter-pence should no more be paide to Rome The 3. day of Aprill was borne at Burdeaux Richard son to Edward the blacke Prince who was after King of England Iohn Ward Shriue Thomas Attalie Shriue Iohn Loukin Fishmonger Maior This Iohn Loukin stockfishmonger foure times Maior of London builded a chappell called Magdalenes at Kingston vpon Thames to the which he ioyned an hospitall wherein was a master two Priests and certaine poore men he builded the parish Church of S. Michael in crooked lane Edward Prince of Wales taking compassion vpon Peter K. of Spaine who was driuen out of his Kingdome by Henry his bastard brother entered Spaine with a great puissance and in a battell at Nazers put to flight the foresaid bastard he restored the foresaide Peter to his former dignity but not long after Henry the bastard whiles K. Peter sate at a table suddenly thrust him through with a speare Robert Girdler Shriue Adam Wimondhom Shriue Simon Mordin stock fishmonger Maior The third pestilence was this yeare a bushell of wheat at London sold for 2. s. 6. d. Iohn Piel Shriue Hugh Holditch Shriue Iohn Chichester Goldsmith Maior A great part of Gascoine fell from the Prince because of y e exactions he laid vpon them also sicknes increasing vpon him he returned into England William Walworth shriue Robert Gayron shriue Iohn Barnes Mercer Maior This Iohn Barnes gaue a chest with 3. lockes 1000. Markes to be lent to yong men vpon sufficient gage The King demanded of the Cleargie and coÌmonaltie a subsidie of 10000 pounds The Bishops were remoued from the Chancelor treasurer priuy scale Lay men put in their stead Robert Hatfield Shriue Adam Staple Shriue Iohn Barnes Mercer Maior The Frenchmen besieged Rochell to the remouing whereof was sent the Earle of Pembroke with a number of men of armes vpon whom fell the Spanish Nauy who slew and tooke the Englishmen and burnt their Nauy the Earle and many Noble men were carried into Spaine Iohn Philpots shriue Nicholas Brember shriue Iohn Piel Mercer Maior Iohn Duke of Lancaster entred France with a strong power passed through y e realme without battell but in the deserts and mountaines of Aluerne for lack of victuals many of his army died Iohn Awbry shriue Iohn Fished shriue Adam of Bury Skinner Maior This yeare 1374. died the most famous learned Poet Francis Petrarch borne in Tuscany he was of singular iudgement in al acts sciences a great Philosopher and an excellent Poet Orator hee was very religious and vertuous he despised the worlds vain-glory he died in his hermitage neare Pauia And about the same time died the renowned Iohn Boccace This Boccace was a famous Poet borne in Florence he wrote many excellent eloquent histories in diuers languages Iohn Duke of Lancaster with Simon de Sudbury and other assembled at Brudges to treate of peace betwéene the realms of England France This treaty continued almost two yeares and ended without conclusion of peace Richard Lyons Shriue William Woodhouse Shriue William Walworth Fishmonger Maior Iohn hastings Earle of Pembroke comming into England after hee had ransomed himselfe for a great masse of mony which he neuer paied died Iohn Hadle Shriues William Newport Shriue Iohn Ware Grocer Maior Richard Lions Adam of Bury citizens of London were accused by the Commoners of diuers frauds deceits which they had done to the King Richard Lions for mony did wisely compound and escaped the other conueied himselfe into Flanders Prince Edward departed out of this life was buried at Canterbury and then king Edward created Richard sonne of Prince Edward Earle of Chester Duke of Cornwall Prince of Wales and because the King waxed féeble and sickly hee betooke the rule of the land to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster Iohn Northampton shriue Robert Laund shriue Adam Staple Mercer Maior King Edward ended his life at his manour of Shene the 21. day of Iune in y e yeare 1377. when he had raigned 50. yeares 4. moneths od daies whose body was buried at Westminster He builded
Nottingham considering how this land was misgouerned by a few persons about the K. intending reformation of the same assembled at Radcote Bridge with a power of forty thousand came to London and pitched in the fields neare to the tower where the King kept his Christmas Shortly after they caused the King to call a parliament whereof hearing Alexander Neuell Archbishop of Yorke Robert Ver Duke of Ireland and Michael de la Poole Earle of Suffolke fled the land died in strange countries The king by the counsell of the aboue named Lords caused to be taken Sir Robert Tresilian chiefe Iustice of England sir Nicholas Brember late Maior of London sir Iohn Salisbury knight sir Iohn Beauchamp sir Simon Burghley sir Iames Barnes knight Iohn Vske a Serieant at Armes which by the authoritie of the said Parliament were conuict of treason and put to death Robert Belknap Iohn holt Iohn Locton Richard Gray William Burgh and Robert Fulthrope Iustices with the Lords which before had voided the land were banished for euer Thomas Austen shriue Adam Carlohul shriue Nicholas Twyford Goldsmith Maior Statutes made of the Staple to bee brought from Middleborow to Calice Iohn Walcot Shriue Iohn Louely Shriue William Venour Grocer Maior In Oxford the Welsh and Southerne schollers assailed the Northerne whereby many murders were done on each side Iohn Francis shriue Thomas Viuent shriue Adam Bawne Goldsmith Maior This Adam Bawne prouided that from parts beyond the seas was corne brought to London plentifully to the furtherance of which good work the Maior and Citizens tooke out of the Orphans chest in their Guild-hall 2000. markes to buy corne and the Aldermen laid out each of them 20. pound to the like purpose The good man of the Cock in Cheape at the litle conduit was murdered in y e night time by a thiefe that came in at a gutter window as it was known long after by the same thiefe when he was at the Gallowes to be hanged for fellony but his wife was burnt therefore and thrée of his men drawne to Tyborne and there hanged wrongfully Iohn Chadworth Shriue Henry Venor Shriue Iohn Hinde Draper Maior Vpon Christmas day a Dolphin came vp the riuer of Thames to London bridge foreshewing the tempests that followed shortly after or else the disturbance of the Citizens which through y e Kings displeasure they came into because the Londoners had denied the lending of 1000. pound which the king demanded of them Hee caused the Maior Shriues Aldermen to be summoned to a Counsell at Nottingham there imprisoned them disanulling all their liberties and made sir Edward Dalengrige Warden of London Gilbert Maghfield Shriue Thomas Newington Shriue William Stondon Grocer Maior When the King saw the Londoners sore repent their trespasses he came to London where the citizens receiued him with so great glory as might haue séemed to receiue an Emperour in his triumph with such gifts did honour him that the worth thereof could not bee estéemed By this meanes the King became more tractable to grant them their liberties and then the Kings Bench from Yorke and the Chancery from Nottinghââ were returned to London Drew Barentine shriue Richard Whitingâon shriue Iohn Hatley Grocer Maior Qéene Anne died at Shene in Southery and was buried at Westminster William Brumstone Shriue Thomas Knowles Shriue Iohn Froshie Mercer Maior King Richard made a chargeable voyage into Ireland which came to small effect Roger Ellis Shriue William Skirrington Shriue William Moore Vintner Maior The Kings of England and of France met besides Calice and there concluded a peace King Richard tooke to his wife Isabell daughter to the French King Thomas Wilford Shriue William Parker Shriue Adam Bawne Goldsmith and Richard Whittington Mercer Maiors This yeare 1397. Tamberlaine being Lord of a a certaine wast countrey and rude people in the East who not long before had assembled great numbers of strangers vnto his aid ouerthrown the Persians vnderstanding that Baiazeth the Turkish Emperour had won diuers kingdomes and many strong Citties from the Christians as also discomfited the Christian Emperiall army which consisted of Gréekes Italians Germanes Hungarions Seruians Myssians Frenchmen and others and that he still persisted in extreame pride of his inuincible strength fortune with a mightie hoast had besieged Constantinople eight yeares being fully perswaded that there was no power vpon earth that could redéeme the Cittie out of his hands because he knew the Princes of Christendome to bee at dissention among themselues And therupon secured himselfe y t if Europ could not preuaile against him there was no other power that durst encounter him And whilest hée thus thought the saide Tamberlaine the yeare alone written came vpon him with a very mighty hoast in a set battell vpon Mount Stella where Pompey fought with Mithridates hee ouercame this Baiazeth being the fourth of that name flew two hundred thousand Turkes tooke him prisoner put him in an iron cage and so carried him in triumph from place to place This Baiazeth was crowned in the yeare 1373. Amurah the second was crowned 1414. he was the first that ordained the Emperiall Band or guarde of renegate Christians commonly called Ianezaries And in the yeare 1447. Constantine the 7. was crowned Emperour of Constantinople being before that K. of Morea he was surnamed the Dragon for his cruelty which he exercised vpon the Turkes for reuenge whereof other ancient grudges Mahomet sonne of Amurat the 2. in the yeare 1452. after hee had done great spoiles and damage vpon Gréece hee also conquered their chiefe Citie Constantinople tooke Constantine the Christian Emperour prisoner then coÌmanded his head to be cut-off and with great derision caused his head to bee showne throughout all the Turkish campe And among other things of worthy note and obseruation you shall vnderstand that whereas the famous Citie Constantinople was at first dignified reedified enriched aduanced by a Constantine whose mothers name was S. Helen the same Citie was lost subiugated vnto Turkish slauery by a Constantine whose mothers name was likewise Helen This Mahomet was the second of that name and the eight in ranke of Turkish Emperours was the first that arrogated to his title the name of Great whose successors euer since haue béene called the great Turke or grand Signor Therefore Baiazeth the fourth by reason of sundry his victories against the Christians and cruell murthers which he had performed on his kindred friendes was surnamed the whirlwinde or thunderbolt of heauen And Tamberlaine after his conquest calling to minde all his fortunes considering how many mighty Princes he had subdued surnamed himselfe the scourge of God Thomas Duke of Glocester King Richards Vncle was murdered at Calice The Earle of Arundell and many other were put to death for that they rebuked the King in certaine matters somewhat liberally Richard Askam Shriue Iohn Woodcocke Shriue Richard
Mary the Kings sister of England Iames Yerford Shriue Iohn Mundaâ Shriue George Monox Draper Maior This George Monox repaired the parish Church of Waltham-stowe in the County of Essex and founded there an almes house for the poore men and women and a frée schoole for children Richard Hunne a Marchant Tailor of S. Margarets parish in Brigestréete who had béene put in the Lollards Tower about the ende of October was now the 5. of December found hanged in the said Tower and after burned in Smithfield On New yeares Euen died the French K. Lewis the 12. And the 9. of Aprill a nâw peace was concluded betwéene the King of England and Frances the new King of France In the moneth of May Charles Duke of Suffolke ââdded the Lady Mary the kings sister late Quéene of France Henry Worley Shriue Richard Gray W. Baily Shriue William Butler Grocer Maior Lady Mary King Henries daughter was borne at Gréenewich on the xi of February Margaret Quéene of Scots King Henries eldest sister who had after the death of her first husband Iames King of Scots slaine at Bramston married Archibald Douglas Earle of Anguish fled into England and lay at Harbottle where shee was deliuered of a child called Margaret Thomas Seimer Shriue Iohn Thââston Shriue Iohn Rost Grocer Maior The Thames was frozen that men with horse and carts might passe betwixt Westminster and Lambeth On May euen was an insurrection of young persons and apprentises of London against Aliens of the which diuers were hanged with their Captaine Iohn Lincolne a Broker the residue to the number of 400. men and 11. women tied in ropes all along one after another in their shirts came to Westminster hall with halters about their neckes and were pardoned Margaret Quéene of Scots returned into Scotland to the Earle of Anguish her husband Thomas Baldry Shriue Ralph Simon Shriue Sir Thomas Exmew Goldsmith Maior Many dyed in Eâgland of the sweating sicknesse especially about London wherefore Trinitie tearme was one day at Oxford and then adiourned to Westminster The Cittie of Turney was deliuered to the French King Iohn Allân shriue Iames Spencer shriue Thomas Mirsine Skinner Maior The Earle of Surrey was sent into Ireland as ãâã there and the Earle of Kildare was ãâ¦ã of that office In Iuly Cardinall Campaius came into England from the Pope to exhort King Henry to make warres on the Turkes Iohn Wilkinson Shriue Nicolas Partridge Shriue Sir Iames Yarfords Mercer Maior As K. Henry was at Canterbury with the Quéene in readinesse to haue passed the sea he heard of the Emperour Charles coÌming with whom he met at Douer accompanied him to Canterbury where after the Emperour had saluted the Quéene his aunt hee tooke shipping into Flanders The last day of May King Henry passed ouer to Calice and met with Francis the French King at the Campe betwéene Arde and Guines where were many great triumphs and goodly sights Imediately after hee met with the Emperour with whom hee went to Grauelin and the Emperour returned with him to Calice where he had great cheare Iohn Skenington shriue Iohn Kyeme shriue Sir Iohn Burges Draper Maior The 27. of May was Edward Duke of Buckingham beheaded King Henry wrote a booke against Luther and therefore the Bishop of Rome named him defender of the Faith Iohn Britane Shriue Thomas Pergetter Shriue Sir Iohn Milborne Draper Maior This sir Iohn Milborne builded certaine almes houses adioyning to the Crotched friers church in London wherein he placed 14. aged poore people The 6. of March the French King attached all Englishmens goods And all Frenchmens bodies and goods were attached at London Charles the 5. Emperour came into England was honorably receiued into London by y e Maior Aldermen commons of the City the 6. of Iune the King accompanying him from thence he went to Windsor and sate in the Stall of the Garter After great feasts iustes and honourable entertainment hee departed to Hampton and sailed from thence into Spaine During this time the Earle of Surrey Lord Admirall burnt Morles in Britaine not long after entred Picardy burnt diuers towns castles Iohn Rudstone Shriue Iohn Champneis Shriue Sir Iohn Munday Goldsmith Maior The Lord Rosse the Lord Dacres of the North burned the towne of Kelsey in Scotland with 80. villages and ouerthrew 18. Towers of stone The Emperour Charles King Henry Ferdinando Duke of Austrich the Pope the Cittie of Venice and diuers others in Italy were confederate against the Frenchmen The Turks besieged the I le of Rhodes on Christmas day tooke it to the rebuke of Christendome for their dissention and negligence The Earle of Surrey burned 37. villages in Scotland dispoiled the Countrey from the East Marches to the West A Parliament at the Blacke Friars in London wherein was granted a great Subsidy Christâen King of Denmarke and his Quéenâ arriued at Douer the 22. of Iune came to London and were lodged in the Bishop of Batheâ place The Duke of Suffolke was sent into France with an army of 10000. men who passing the water of Some without battaile tooke diuer Townes and Castles Michael English shriue Nicholas Ienings shriue Sir Thomas Baldry Mercer Maior In December at the Citty of Couentry Fraââcis Philip Christopher Pickering and Anthonâ Mainyle intended to haue taken the Kings treaâsure of his subsidie as the same came towardâ London therwith to haue raised men and to haue taken the castle of Killingworth and then to hâââ made battell against the King for the which they were drawen hanged and quartered at Tiborne the other of their conspiracy were executed at Couentry Ralph Dodmer Shriue William Roch Shriue Sir William Baoly Draper Maior The 9. of March was great triumph made in England for the taking of the French King before the Citty oââauie Cardinall Wolsey obtained licence of the Pope to surprâsie certaine small Priories to the intent to erect two Colledges at Oxford and Ipswich The Tower of Greenwich was builded A truce betweene England and France Iohn Caunton shriue Christopher âskew shriue Sir Iohn Allen Mercer Maior The xi of February foure Marchants of the Stilyard did penance at Paules Doctor Barnes bare a fagot This yeare 1526. Charles the sonne of Gilbârt Earle of Mounâpensier who not long before had married the Lady Iane sole heire to the Dutchy of Burbon in whose right hee was Duke of Burbon vpon priuate discontent reuolted from his King Charles the 8. and then serued vnder the Emperour the King of England and after that the said Duke the yeare aforesaid besieged Rome sackt it did great spoiles extremities vnto the Cleargy forced the Pope to flie into Castle-Angelo but himselfe was there slaine by a Friar with the shot of a Caliuer The 6. of September was proclamation for gold the French Crowne 4. s. 6. d. The Angell 7.
s. 6. d. The Royall 11. s. 3. d. c. Stephen Pecocke Shriue Nicholas Lambert Shriue Sir Thomas Seymer Mercer Maior In Nouember December Ianuary fell such raine that thereof ensued great floods which destroied corne fields pasture beasts Then was it dry till the 12. of April from that nime it rained euery day and night till the 3. of Iune Such scarsitie of bread was at London and all England that many died for default thereof The bread carts comming from Stratford towards London were met at the Miles end by the citizens so that the Maior Shriues were forced to goe rescue the same to sée them brought to the markets appointed Wheate was then at xv s. the quarter Shortly after the Marchants of the Stilyard brought from Danske such store of wheate rye that it was better cheape at London then in any other part of the Realme Iohn Hardie Shriue William Hollis Shriue Sir Iames Spencer Vintner Maior A French Craer of 30. tun being manned with 38. Frenchmen and a Flemish Craer of 27. tun and 24. Flemings méeting at Margate the one chased the other along the Riuer of Thames to the Tower-wharfe of London where Sir Edmond Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower staied them and tooke their Captaines and men The xvii of Iune the terme was adiourned till Michaelmas because of the sweating sicknes that then reigned there was no such watch in London at Midsomer as before had béen accustomed Ralph Warren Shriue Iohn Long. Shriue Sir Iohn Rudstone Draper Maior In April May Iune Iuly Cardinal Campaius with Cardinal Woolsey sate at the Blacke friars in London where before them was brought in question the kings mariage with Quéene Katherine as to be vnlawfull but they long time protracted the conclusion of the matter which delay King Henry tooke very displeasantly Cardinal Campaius departed towards Rome and shortly after Cardinall Woolsey was discharged of the Chancellorship and the king seised all his goods with his palace at Westminster called Yorke palace into his hands Sir Thomas Moore was made Chancellor of England Michael Dormer Shriues Walter Champion Shriue Sir Ralph Dodmer Mercer Maior William Tindall translated the new Testament into English printed the same beyond the seas A peace was agreed betwéene King Henry of England the Emperour the Frence King the King of Boheme and Hungary In the moneth of October the King came to the blacke Friars and began there a Parliament King Henry commanded the Bishops to call in Tindals translation of the new Testament and to sée another truly translated to be set forth King Henry vpon occasion of delay made by the Pope in his controuersie of diuorsment caused proclamatioÌ to be made forbidding all his subiects to purchase any thing from the Court of Rome The plague of pest being hot in the Cittie of London blew crosses called Per signum Tau were commanded to bee set ouer the doores of houses infected It was proclaimed that no Gascoine wine should be retailed aboue 8. d. the Galon Also that taules calued betwixt the first of Ianury and the first of May should not be killed but reared vp William Dancy Shriue Richard Choping Shriue Sir Thomas Pargetor Salter Maior The Cardinall being conuict of a premunire was arested by the Earle of Northumberland deliuered to the Earle of Shrewsbury and brought to Leicester Abbey where he deceased the 29. of Nouember and was there buried The whole Cleargy of England being iudged to be in the premunire in their conuocation concluded a submission wherein they called the King supreame head of the Church of England and were contented to giue the King 100000. pound to pardon their offence Richard Rise a Cooke was boiled in Smithfield for poysoning diuers persons at the Bishop of Rochesters place The xi of Aprill vii men with their horses and a Ferriman were all drowned at Lambeth Thomas Bilney was burned at Norwich Richard Gressam Shriue Edward Altam Shriue Sir Nicholas Lambert Grocer Maior In the moneth of Nouember a Serieants feast was held at Ely house in Holborne Looke more in the Suruey of London The 25. of May was taken betwéene London and Gréenewich two great Fishes called Hurlâpooles The oath which the Clergy had vsed to make to the Bishop of Rome was made voide by statute and a new oath confirmed wherein they confessed the King to be supreame head Sir Thomas Moore after suite made was discharged of the Chancellorship Thomas Audley Knight made Lord Chancellor Fiue men were hanged and quartered at Tower hill for coyning and clipping This yeare 1532. Alexander sonne of Lawrence of Medicis Duke of Vrban was by the speciall sauour of his vncle Pope Clement the 7. made the first Duke of Florence By the aduice of his vncle he gouerned his countrey and exercised great iustice vpon his people sate personally in the seate of iudgement and gaue sentence whereby he gained high estimation hee married the Emperours daughter and had no issue but in the end hee inclined to lust offered violence vnto modest Ladies And for his reward his kinsman Lawrence slew him by treason Anno. 1537. After him succéeded Gosmo de Medicis who tooke waâning by the others folly and gouerned his people very peaceably and did many acts worthy of memory he builded a colledge in Pisa for the aduancement of poore mens children The King suppressed the Priory of Christchurch in London and gaue their Church place lands to Sir Thomas Audley The xix of August William Warham Archbishop of Canterbury deceased The King repaired the Tower of London Lady Anne Bullein was made Marchiones of Pembroke King Henry went to Calice and so to Bulletin where hee met with the French King R. Rainold N. Pichon Shriue Iohn Martin Shriue Sir Stephen Pecocke Haberdasher Maior The 12. of Aprill being Easter euen the Lady Anne Bolein who had béene priuily married to K. Henry was proclaimed Quéene of England and on Whitsonday with solemnitie crowned at westminster The 5. of Iuly Quéene Katherine was proclaimed Prince Arthurs widow It was enacted that Butchers should sell their béefe and mutton by waight béefe for an halfe peny the pound and mutton thrée farthings at that time fat oxen were sold for 26. s. 8. d. the péece fat weathers for 3 s. 4. d. the péece fat Calues the like price a fat lambe for twelue pence The Butchers of London sold peny péeces of béefe for the reliefe of the poore euery péece two pound and a halfe sometime thrée pound for a peny and 13. sometime 14. of those péeces for twelue pence mutton 8. d. the quarter and an hundred weight of béefe for 4. s. 8. d. The 7. of September betwéene the houres of 3. 4. of the clocke in the afternoone was the Lady Elizabeth daughter to K. Henry borne at Gréenwich and there christened in the Fryars Church
before proclaimed Quéene and the Lord Gilford her husband were araigned at Guild hall of London and condemned of Treason In the beginning of the month of Ianuary the Emperour sent a Noble man called Ecmondine and certaine other Ambassadors into England to conclude a mariage betweene King Phillip his son and Quéene Mary The 21. of December began the Church seruice to be done in Latine as the same had béene left in the last yeare of King Henry the eight The 25. of Ianuary Sir Iohn Gage Chamberlaine certified the Lord Maior of London that Sir T. Wiat with certaine other rebels were vp ãâã Kent whereupon great watch was kept and that night the Lord Maior rode about to peruse the same and euery night after two Aldermen did the like in the day time the gates of the Citie warded by substantiall Citizens The 27. of Ianuary the Lord Treasurer came to Guild-hall from the Counsell to request the citizens to prepare 500. footemen well harnished to goe against the said Wiat which was granted and on the morrowe were sent to Grauesend by water The 29. of Ianuary the Duke of Norfolke with the Captaine of the guard other souldiers and the Captaine and souldiers that were sent for London minded to assault Rochester Castle where Wiat and his company lay but the Captaines of the Cittie and their souldiers fled ouer Rochester bridge to Wiat so that the Duke was faine to returne againe to London with great feare of his life Thus Wiats number being strengthned with the Quéenes ordinance and treasure the 30. of Ianuary he remooued to Blacke heath Henry Duke of Suffolke father to Lady Iane flying into Leicester-shire and Warwicke-shire made proclamation against the Quéenes Marriage with the Prince of Spaine c. But the people inclined not to him The first of February the commons of the Citie assembled in their Liueries at the Guild hall whither the Quéene with her Lords came riding from Westminster and there after vehement wordes against Wiat declared that shée ment not otherwise to marry then the Counsell should thinke both honourable and commodious to the Realme and therefore willing them truely to assist her in oppressing such as contrary to their duties rebelled Shée appointed Lord William Howard Lieutenant of the Citie and the Earle of Pembroke Generall of the field which both prepared all things necessary Wiat entred Southwarke the third of February wherefore the draw-bridge was broken downe Ordinance bent to that part general pardon proclaimed to all that would giue ouer and forsake their rebels After Wiat had laine thrée dayes in Southwarke hée turned his iourney to Kingstone on Shrouetuesday in the morning being the sixt of February where he passed ouer the Thames and purposed to haue come to London in the night but by meanes that the carriage of his chiefe ordinance brake he could not come before it was faire day The same Shrouetnesday in the afternoone were two men hanged in Paules Church-yard one late Shriue of Leicester the other a Baker On the morrow early in the morning the Earle of Pembrooke and diuers other were in St. Iames fields with a great power and their Ordinance so bent that Wiat was faine to leaue the common way and with a small company came vnder St. Iames wall from the danger of the Ordinance and so went by Charing Crosse vnto the Bel Sauage nigh vnto Ludgate without resistance in at the which gate hée thought to haue béene receiued but perceiuing that he was defeated of his purpose he fled backe againe and at Temple bât was taken and brought by water to the Tower of London The tenth day of February the Duke of Suffolke which was taken in Leicestershire was brought to the citty of London by the Earle of Huntington and one of his brethren with him and so had to the Tower The 12. of February Lady Iane and her husband Lord Gilford were beheaded The 14. and 15. of February about the number of 50. of Wiats faction were hanged on twentie pairs of Gallowes in diuers places about the Cittie The 17. of February was proclamation made that all strangers should auoid the Realme within 14. daies next ensuing vpon pain of their goods to be confiscate all frée Denizens Marchants and Embassadors excepted The 22. of February certaine of Wiats faction to the number of 400. and more were led to Westminster coupled together with halters about their neckes and there in the Tiltyard the Quéene who looked foorth of her Gallery pardoned them The 24. of February H. Gray Duke of Suffolke was beheaded on the Tower hill The 11. of Aprill Sir Thomas Wiat was beheaded on the Tower hill and after quartered his quarters were set vp in diuers places and his head on the Gallowes at Hay hill neare Hide Parke from whence it was after shortly stollen The 27. of Aprill Lord Thomas Gray was beheaded William Thomas Gentleman for conspiring Quéene Maries death was drawne to Tiburne and there hanged and quartered the 18. of May. The tenth of Iune Doctor Pendleton Preached at Paules Crosso at whom a Gun was shot the pellet whereof lighted on the Church wall but the shooter could not be found The 22. of Iune was proclamation made forbidding the shooting in hand Gunnes and bearing of weapons The 15. of Iuly Edward Croft about the age of 18. yeares stood on a scaffold at Paules Crosse all the sermon time where shee confessed that shee being moued by diuers lewde persons thereunto had vpon the 14. of March last before passed counterfeited certaine spéeches in an house without Aldersgate of London through the which the people of the whole Cittie were wonderfully molested The 19. of Iuly the Prince of Spaine arriued at Southampton after hee came to Winchester and there going to Church was honourably receiued of the Bishop and a great number of Nables On St. Iames day the marriage was solemnized betwéene him and Quéene Mary Shortly after they came to London where with great prouision they were receiued of the Citizens the 18. of August Dauid Woodrofe William Chester The 26. of October a Spaniard was hanged at Charing-crosse for killing of an Englishman in fight Sir Iohn Lion Grocer the 28. of October The 24. of Nouember Cardinall Poole came into England was by a Parliament restored to his old dignitie and shortly after came into the Parliament house where the King and Quéene and other States being present hée exhorted them to returne to the communion of the Church The next day the whole Court of Parliament desired the King and Quéene and cardinall that by their meanes they might be restored to the sea of Rome The 18. of Nouember the Lord Maior of London with the Aldermen in Scarlet and the commons in their best Liueries assembled in Paules Church where Doctor Chadsey one of the Prebends Preached hée read them a letter sent from
Stuart Lord Darly and Marie King and Quéene of Scots was borne in Edenborough Castle the ninetéenth of Iune last past and the eightéenth of December solemnely christened at Sterling whose Godfathers at the Christning were Charles King of France and Philibert Duke of Sauoy and the Quéenes Maiestie of England was the Godmother who gaue a fount of gold curiously wrought and inameled waighing 333. ounces The 10. of February in the morning H Stuart Lord of Darly before named King of Scots by Scots in Scotland was traiterously murdered the reuenge whereof remaineth in the mightie hands of God The 22. of February the Lady Margaret Dowglas Countesse of Linoux mother to the said King of Scots was discharged out of the Tower of London Within the space of ten moneths last past died seuen Aldermen of London The 22. of Aprill by great misfortune of fire in the towne of Ossestry in Wales to the number of two hundred houses besides cloth corne cattel c. were consumed The 17. of May in the towne of Milnall in Suffolke 37. houses besides barnes stables and such like were consumed with fire in the space of two houres Shan Onele who had rebelled against the Quéens Maiesty in Ireland was this yéere with his great losse manfully repelled from the siege of Dundalke by the Garrison thereof and afterward through the valiancy of Sir Henry Sidney Lord Deputie of Ireland he was so discomfited in sundry conflicts that now hee determined to put a collar about his necke and penitently to require his pardon But Neile Mackener his Secretary perswaded him first to trie the friendship of certaine wild Scots that then lay encamped in Clan Iboy under the conducting of Alexander Oge and Mac Gilliam Buske whose father and vncle Shan Onele had lately killed neuerthelesse hée went to the saide Campe the second of Iune where after a dissembled entertainment Gilliam Busk ministred quaârelling talke and made a fray vpon Oneiles men and then gathering together his Scots hewed in péeces Shan Onele his Secretary and all his company On Saint Iohns Euen at night was the like standing watch in London as had béene on Saint Peters Euen two yeares before passed this order of watch is still continued The 29. of Iuly Charles Iames the yong Prince of Scotland after a Sermon made by Iohn Knokes was crowned King of Scots at Sterling Church and at that time the Quéene of Scots was prisoner at Loughleuen Sir Nicholas Throgmorton hauing talked with the Quéene of Scots at Loughleuen returned out of Scotland in the moneth of August Thomas Ramsey William Bond Shriues Sir Roger Martin Mercer Maior After a dry Sommer there followed a sharpe winter with such a scarcity of fodder and hay that in diuers places the same was sold by the waight for fiue pence the stone there followed also a great death of Cattell In the moneth of Ianuary the Quéenes Maiestie sent into the narrow seas thrée of her Ships named the Antilope the Swallow and the Aid and one Barke named the Phenix the which were manned with 500. men her Highnesse appointed the charge of those Ships and men to William Holstocke Esquire Controwler of her Ships who had commaundement to stay the subiects of King Phillip and according to his charge he vsed such diligence that on the eleuenth of March next following hee was with eleuen saile of Flemish Hoies vpon Boloine which came from Roan and in them foure hundred and odde Tunnes of Gascoine and French wines which they intended to haue conuaied into Flanders but William Holstock staied all the said Hoyes and sent them to London where they made their discharge More on the 28. of March the saide W. Holstocke seruing in the Antilope as Admirall in his Company W. Winter the younger being Vice-admirall seruing in the Aide and Iohn Basing Captaine of the Swallow and Thomas Gauerley Captaine of the Phenix met in the narrow Seas 14. saile of great Hulkes which were come out of Portingale and bound to Flanders their chiefe lading being Portingale salt and they had good store of Spanish Rials of plate also great store of spices the which 14. Hulkes did maintain their fight for the space of two houres but the said William Holstocke and his company tooke the same Hulkes whereof sixe were sent into the riuer of Thames and the Admirall and Viceadmirall of the said Hulkes being two great ships which William Holstocke himselfe did take were conuaied to Harwich and there discharged The 28. of March through vehement rage and tempest of winds many vessels on the Thames with two Tiltboates before Grauesend were drowned The 16. of May Mary Q. of Scots after her escape made out of Loughleuen where shee had béene long imprisoned arriued at Werkington in England hauing in her company to the number of 16. persons besides 4. water-men where she was staied and conuaied to Carlile and from thence to Bolton castle belonging to the L. Scrope who with sir Ralph Sadler sent downe for that purpose had the custody of her till she was committed to the Earle of Shrewsbury The 26. of Iune deceased Thomas Young Archbishop of Yorke at Shefield and was buried at Yorke The great hall and Pallace whereof hee had pulled downe and destroied Iohn Aleph Richard Harding Salter Iames Bacon Shriues The eleuenth of October were taken in Suffolke at Downam Bridge 17. monstrous fishes some of them 27. foote in length 2. miles from Ipswich Sir Thomas Roe Marchant tailor Maior At the cost and charges of the Citizens of London a new Conduit was builded at Walbrooke corner neare to Dowgate the water whereof is conuaied out of the Thames The 22. of December was the first day that the Marchants left their méeting in Lombard stréete and came into the Burse in Cornhill builded for that purpose The 27. of Ianuary a Frenchman two Englishmen were drawne from Newgate to tiburne and there hanged the French man quartered who had coined gold counterfaite the Englishmen the one had clipped siluer the other cast toââons of Tin William Herbert Earle of Pembrooke deceased the 17. of March buried in Paules Church The 28. of March the Pentioners were appointed in armour on horsebacke mustered before the Quéene in Hide Parke beside Westminster A great Lottery of 400000. lots euery lot 10. s. being holden at London in Paules Churchyard at the West doore was begun to bee drawne the 11. of Ianuary and continued day and night till the sixt of May. The 17. of August an Ambassador from Musconie landed at Tower-wharfe and was there receiued by the Lord Maior of London Aldermen ââd Shriues in Scarlet with the Marchants aduenturers in coates of blacke veluet all on horsebacke The plague of pestilence somewhat raigning Michaelmas Tearme was adiourned vnto Hillary Tearme Henry Bechar William Dane Shriues This William Dane by his Testament and also Margaret Dane his wife gaue great
Legacies to the poore The 11. of October Thomas Duke of Norffolke was brought to the Tower prisoner Sir Alexander Anenon Ironmonger Maior This Maior went by water to Westminster and there tooke his oath but kept no feast at Guild-hall lest through comming together of a multitude infection of the pestilence might haue encreased The 24. of Nouember the Quéenes Maiestie caused the Earles of Northumberland and Westmerland who rebelled in the north to be proclaimed traitors and forthwith prepared an Army for their suppression The Earle of Sussex the Quéenes Lieutenant generall in the North had on the 17. of Nouember there published the like proclamation against the said rebels and also sent out to all such Gentlemen as he knew to be of her Maiesties louing subiects vnder his rule which came vnto him with such a number as he was able to make aboue fiue thousand horsemen and footemen and so being accompanied with the Earle of Rutland his Lieutenant the Lord Hunsden Generall of his Horsemen William Lord Eure who had the leading of the rereward of the footmen and Sir Ralph Sadler treasurer who all came to Yorke the 11. of December they marched from Yorke toward Topcliffe the 12. sir G. Bowes comming from Bernards Castle met him and was made Marshall of the Army then they went to Northalerton to Smoeton to Crofebridge and so to Aclay on the which day the Rebels fled from Durham to Exham The Earle of Sussex went from Aclay to Durham then to Newcastle and the 20. of December to Exham from whence the rebels were gone the night before to Naworth where counselling with Edward Dakers concerning their owne weakenes as also how they were pursued by the Earle of Sussex and his power of 7. thousand And moreouer that the Earle of Warwicke the Lord Clinton Lord Admirall of England and Lord Vicount Hereford with an Army of 12. thousand out of the South whereof the said Earle of Warwicke was generall not farre behind them at Browne bridge The next night the two Earles of Northumberland and Westmerland with sundry of the principall Gentlemen fled to Hetlaw in Scotland The other rebels were shortly after taken by the Earle of Sussex The fourth and fifth of Ianuary did suffer at Durham to the number of sixtie sixe Constables and other amongst whom an Alderman of the towne and a Priest called Parson Plomtree were the most notable Then George Bowes Marshall finding many to be factors in the aforesaide rebellion did sée them executed in euery market to ãâã and other places betwixt Newcastle and Wâtherby about 60. miles in length and 40. mileâ in breadth The 22. of February Leonard Dacre hauing raised a number of people the L. Hunsdân and other setting on him with a company of valiant souldiers slue many of his people and forced him to flye into Scotland On Goodfriday the twentie seuen of March Simon Digby Iohn Fulthroppe Esquire Robert Pâââman Thomas Bishop the yonger Gentleman wâre drawne from the Castle of Yorke to Knauesmire without the Cittie of Yorke and there hanged headed and quartered The 17. of Aprill the Earle of Sussex with the Lord Hunsdon master William Drewry high Marshall of Barwicke with all the garrison power of the same began a iourney into Scotland and entred into Tiuidale burnt ouerthrew and spoiled all the Castles townes and villages before them till they came to Craling The same day sir Iohn Foster Warden of the Middle Marches with the Garrison of the same entred into Tiuidale vpon Expas gate sixtéenâ miles from Warke where in like order they burnt razed and spoiled their country before them till they came to Castle Craling which likewise they ouerthrew razed and burnt There both the Armies met and so marched by the Riuer of Tiwit razing burning and spoiling Castles and piles along the Riuer till they came to Godworth The Lieutenant returned to Barwicke the 22 of Aprill The Lord Scrope Warden of the West Marches entred Scotland the 18. of Aprill burnt and spoiled almost the Doinfrées tooke many prisoners and returned safely The Marches of England were so guarded by the Lord Eure sir George Bowes and other of the Bishopricke that not one house was burned nor one cowe taken out of England There were razed and ouerthrown and burnt in this iourney aboue fiftie strong Castles and piles and aboue 3. thousand townes and villages The 26. the Lieutenant accompanied with the Lord Gouernour the Marshall and diuers lusty Gentlemen Captaines and souldiers to the number of thrée thousand set forward to Yorke and so to Hewme Castle which Castle was yéelded the Lord Gouernour the Lord Marshall and other expelled the Scots to the number of 160. persons among whom were two Englishmen which were carried to Barwicke and there executed The L. Lieutenant placed in the Castle Captaine Wood and Captaine Pikeman with two hundred souldiers and so returned to Barwicke The fourth of May hee sent master Drewry Marshall with the number of 2000. to take Faust castle which at the first comming was deliuered to the Marshall who expelled the Scots and so returned to Barwicke Sir William Drewry set forward toward Edenborough with diuers Scottish bands to ioine with the Earles of Lineaur Morton Glencarne and Marre with other of the Kings power of Scotland in pursuing of the English rebels and such as supported them They came to Edenborough the 14. of May and from thence to Lithcoe where the Regent was slaine The 17. the footemen marched to Fankirke and Sir William Drewry with the horsemen marched to Sterling to sée the King The 18. they departed to the foote bands and so together Marched by Glasco where the Lord Hambletoâ ad besieged a house of the Lungs but hearing of their comming they fled The 23. our Generall with the whole Army marched towards the Castles of Hamleton and there had parley with Arthur Hamleton but hée would not deliuer the Castle from thence accompanied with the Earle of Lenox and Mortaine with the horsemen marched to a faire house of the Abbots of Kelwing which house they burned with 17. houses more whereof one was the Lord Lanhaps The 27. of May Thomas Norton and Christopher Norton of Yorkeshire were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiburne and there hanged headed and quartered The 28. of May the Castle of Hamleton was yéelded to sir William Drewry and by him presently spoiled and burnt A conspiracy was made by certaine Gentlemen and other in the country of Norffolke whose purpose was on Midsomer day at Harlestone faire with sound of Trumpet to haue raised a number and then to proclaime their pretence against strangers and others This matter was vttered by T. Kete vnto I. Kensey who forthwith sent the same Kete to the next Iustice before whom hee opened the whole matter whereupon Master D. Drewry immediately apprehended Iohn Throgmorton and after him many Gentlemen of the Citty of Norwich and
being opened there were found about him diuellish bookes of coniuration and abominable practices a picture of a man hauing thrée dice in his hand and this writing Chance dice fortunately and diuers papers of such like matters as hee had dealt in for men such as are mentioned in Leuiticus the 20 chapter the 6 verse If any soule turne himselfe after such as worke with spirits and after southsayers to go awhooring saith the Lord I will put my face against that soule and will cut him off from among my people The 3 of February Iohn Nelson for denying the Quéenes supremacy was drawen to Tiburne and there hanged and quartered The 10 of March deceased the Lady Margaret Countesse of Lineaux and was buried at Westminster The 31 of May Martine Frobisher with fiftéene saile of good ships well appointed departed from Harwich in Essex on his third voyage towards Cathay The 31 of Iuly after many attempts and sundry times being put backe by Ilands of Ice in his straites he came to anker in the Ilands now by her Maiesty named Meta incognita wheras in the yere before they fraght their shippes with the like Ore and then on the last of August returning thence arriued safely in England about the first of October George Bond Thomas Starky Sir Richard Pipe Draper The 22 of Ianuary about 7 of the clocke at night Iohn Cassimere Count Palatine of the Rhene and Duke of Bauaria landing at the Tower of London was there by diuers Noble men and others honorably receiued and conueyed by cresset-light and torch-light to Sir Thomas Gressams house in Bishops-gate stréet where hee was feasted and lodged till Sunday next and then by the Nobility brought to the court at Westminster and after lodged in Sommerset-house On the eight of February he was made Knight of the Garter and on the fourtéenth of February departed from London homewards with great rewards giuen by the Quéenes Maiesty the Nobility and men of honour The fourth of February and the night following fell such abundance of snow that on the fift in the morning the same was found at London to be two foot déepe in the shallowest and otherwise being driuen by the winde very boistrous in the Northeast on bankes an ell or yard and a halfe déepe in the which drifts of snow in the countries many cattell and some men and women were ouer-whelmed and lost it snowed till the eight day and fréezed till the tenth When following a thaw with continuall raine a long time after which caused such high floods that the Marshes and low grounds being drowned the water rose so high in Westminster hall that after the fall thereof some fishes were found there to remaine The 20 of February deceased sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Kéeper of the great Seale of England who was honourably buried vnder a sumptuous monument in Pauls Church of London the 9 of March. The 25 of Aprill sir Thomas Bromley knight was made Lord Chancellor of England The 14 of Aprill Matthew Hamont of Hithersey thrée miles from Norwich plough-wright for denying Christ to be our Sauiour and publishing diuers other horrible heresies was conuented before the Bishop of Norwich condemned in the consistorie and deliuered to the Shrieues of Norwich to bée executed but because he had spoken words of blasphemy against the Quéenes Maiesty and other of her Counsell he was by the Maior Sir Robert Wood and Sergeant Windam Recorder condemned to lose his eares which were cut off the thirtéenth of May in the Market place of Norwich and on the 20 of May he was burnt in the Castle ditch there This yeare Marke Scalior Blackesmith of London for triall of his workemanship made one hanging locke of Iron stéele and brasse of eleuen seuerall péeces and a pipe key all cleane wrought which waied but one graine of gold He also at the same time made a chaine of gold of forty thrée linkes to which chaine the locke and key being fastned and put about a fleas necke she drew the same with ease All which locke and key chaine and flea wayed but one graine and a halfe a thing most incredible but that I my selfe haue séene it The 17. of Iuly the Quéenes Maiesty being on the riuer of Thames betwixt her Mannor of Gréenwich and Depford in her priuy barge accompanied with the French Ambassadour the Earle of Lincolne and others it chanced that one Thomas Appletree seruingman in the company of others rowing vp and downe the Thames hauing a Calliuer charged with a bullet shooting at randon by misfortune shot one of the watermen the second next vnto the bales of the said barge which sate within sixe foote of her Highnesse cleane through both armes for the which fact the said Thomas was on the 21 of Iuly brought to the water side where was a Gibbet set vp and when the hangman had put the rope about his necke he was by the Quéenes pardon deliuered from execution This years Iohn Foxe of Woodbridge William Wicnor Robert Moore Englishmen hauing béene prisoners in Turkey about the space of thirtéene yeares with more than 260 other Christians of diuers nations by killing of their kéeper meruailously escaped and returned to their natiue countries In the month of September and October fell great winds and raging floods in sundry places of this Realme where through many men cattle houses were drowned In y e town of Newport the cottages were borne downe and the corne lost pasture ground ouerwhelmed cattell drowned In the towne of Bedford the water came vp into the Market place where cubbords chests and formes swam about the houses their fuell corne and hay was wract and borne away Also the towne of Saint Edes in Huntingtonshire was ouerflowed suddenly in the night when all men were at rest the waters brake in with such force that the towne was all defaced the Swannes swam downe the Market place and all the towne about the boates did floate Gormanchester was suddenly supprest their houses full of water and their cattell destroied Martin Calthorpe Iohn Hart. Sir Nicholas Woodroofe Haberdasher On the 21 of September Sir Thomas Gresham knight agent to the Quéene who had builded the Royall exchange in London deceased suddenly at his house in Bishops gate stéets of London and was buried in the parish Church of S. Elen there The 6 of Aprill being Wednesday in Easter weeke about sixe of the clocke towards the euening a sudden earthquake happened at London and generally throughout England by violence whereof the great clocke bell at Westminster strooke against the hammers as diuers clocks and bells against their hammers and clappers both in the City and country did the like In London a péece of the Temple Church fell downe In the late dissolued Church of the Gray Friars now called Christs Church in the Sermon time one falling from the top killed a
other things by ingines or stéele Loomes by William Lee somtime Master of Arts of Saint Iohns colledge of Cambridge and sixtéen yéeres after this he went into France and taught it to the French because he was not regarded in England The 5 of March a Wench was burned in Saint Georges field without Southwarke for poysoning her Mistris and other This yeare 1589 Henry Duke of Guise and his brother the Cardinall Guise were both slaine by commaundement of the French King Henry the third This Duke was wonderously beloued of the Clergy and of the Peeres and commons of France he was also very highly estéemed of the Conclaue and of many other forraine Princes The manner of his death was taken very grieuously especially by such as had combinde themselues in league to suppresse the Protestants and preferre the Romane Catholike Religion Within a while after the said King Henry the third was also slaine by a Frier in reuenge of the death of the two brethren before named and the Frier himselfe was instantly slaine by such as were about the King who slew him with the said enuenomed knife wherewith hee stabd the King This Henry the third was the last of the house of Valois And presently vpon his death Henry of Burbon King of Nauarre laid iust claime to the crowne who with great difficultie and almost eight yeares sharpe warres with the Leagers he got peaceable possession of the whole Kingdome But at the first the Leagers droue him into diuers extremities and forced him to flie into Déepe where he was ready to haue embarked for England if the Quéene had not spéedily sent a resolute Armie vnto him vnder command of the Lord Willowby And from that time the Quéene ayded him with diuers Armies vnder the commaund of the Earle of Essex Generall Norris sir Roger Williams and many others besides incessant supplies vpon sudden occasions from London Kent Essex Suffolke Surrey Sussex and Hamhshire both of horse men and munition The next yeare following the great and ancient Citie of Paris was besieged by their new King Henry the fourth which City vntill their day of visitation was a glorious and a flourishing City and the most populous of all the cities in Europe vntill for their better defence they were constrained to pull downe all their suburbes and albeit the siege held not full fiue moneths yet such was the extremitie of famine vnto all the inhabitants as it may well be said to be greater and more miserable then either the siege of Samaria or Ierusalem for after they had eaten vp all manner of herbage and carrian and all manner of moist leather with whatsoeuer else they could get to eate they did eate many children concerning which and many other memorable and capitall Accidents you may reade more at large in my larger Chronicle Yet sith I haue speken thus much of France I will also for thy further delight giue thee a touch of some of the chiefe ancient Kings thereof Faramond was the first King of France in the yeere 431 and raigned 11 yéeres Clodouius alias Clouis was the fift King of France in the yeare 485 he was the first King of France that was christened he was baptized by S. Remy Arch-bishop of Reynes after diuers victories vpon his enemies and had enlarged his territories Pope Anastasius sent him the name and title of Patrician and Consull with a crowne of gold richly adorned with precious stones At this time the Arrian heresie much troubled Christendome Clotarius alias Cotane the first seueÌth King of France his son Cranus w t a strong faction rebelled against him whoÌ he ouerthrew in battaile tooke him prisoner burned him his wife and children and the chiefe of his seruants Pepinus alias Pepin the Briefe began in the yeere 750. He instituted the Parliament at Paris Carolus Magnus alias Charles le Maine so called for his many noble Acts which he did for the generall good of Christendome beganne his raigne in the yéere 800 hee was King of France forty six yeares and Emperor thirtéene yeares and died at 71 yeares of age On Wednesday in Easter wéeke by shooting of a Gunne in the Towne of Vlfringhampton in Staffordshire about the number of 80 houses were burned In the moneth of April 3000 footmen were sent from hence into Britaine in France vnder the conduct of Sir Iohn Norris Knight to ioyne with the Prince sonne of the Duke Mountpoinsier and Generall of the French Kings forces in the Prouince which company were often since supplied About this time as I am informed Robert Iohnson a zealous Minister Preacher and Parson of Northlumffingham in the County of Rutland finding the poore of those quarters to be vnprouided for and no Grammer Schoole erected in that country for edification of youth at his owne proper costs and charges caused two faire free Gramer Schools to be builded in Okam and Vppingham the two market townes of that shire and in each of them prouided a Schoolemaster and an Vsher more he caused Hospitals to be builded in the said Towns both called Christs Hospitall in euery of which may be placed twenty foure poore people and for their maintenance héere he bought and procured lands of the Quéen with a corporation mortmaine for the same This man hath left a good example to the other Ministers and Preachers to the glory of God for hee preached both by word and life not to inrich himselfe but was bountifull to the poore both in his own Parish where he was maried and kéepeth a good house and also in the Towne of Stamford where hee was borne in which Towne for many yeares together hee caused forty poore mens children to be taught at his charges The 21 of September being the Feast of Saint Mathew in the afternoone was a great stir at Lincolnes Inne by Prentisrs and others against young Gentlemen students at Law there for some rude demeanore late before by them done against the inhabitants of Chancerie Lane which had like to haue growne to great mischiefe had not the same béene by wise Magistrats soone appeased for the vprore grew great and violent suddenly Nicholas Mosley Robert Brooke Sir Iohn Allot Fishmonger the 28 of Oct Hee deceased in the moneth of September next following and sir Rowland Heyward clothworker serued out the rest of that yéere In the moneth of Ianuarie one Nichols a Purueyer for conuerting to his owne vse certaine prouision taken for her Maiesty was hanged for example to other the like purueyers The 16 of Iuly Edmond Copinger and Henry Artington Gentlemen came into Cheap and there in a carre proclaimed newes from heauen as they said to wit that one William Hacket Yeoman represented Christ by partaking his glorified body by his principall spirit and that they were two Prophets the one of mercie the other of Iudgment called and sent of God to assist him in his great work
y e Bow so that market people riding towards London hardly escaped but some were drowned also towards Lambeth in the high way people not on horsebacke were borne on mens backes and rowed in wherries in Saint Georges field Robert Earle of Essex and Charles Howard high Admirall of England imbarked with 150. good saile of ships on the first of Iune weighed anchor and hoised vp sailes outward their iourney from Plimmouth towards Spaine and wonne Cadiz and returned with great booties and spoiles The 22 of Iuly Henry Carey Lord Hunsdon and Lord Chamberlaine deceased at Somerset house without Temple barre and was honourably buried at Westminster about the same time also deceased Sir F. Knoles one of her Maiesties priuy Counsell Sunday the eight of August great triumph was made in London for the good successe of the Earle of Essex and his company in Spaine the winning sacking and burning of the famous Towne of Cadiz the ouerthrow and burning of the Spanish Nauie and other accidents A Serman of thanksgiuing was preached at Paules Crosse in the forenoone and bon-fires with great ioy In the yeare 528 and in the 2 yeare of Iustinian the Emperor he gaue charge that his first Codâ should be composed of the Gregorian Theodosian and Hermoginean Code In the third yeare of this Emperour the first Code came forth In the fourth yeare he commanded the Digests to be composed In the seuenth yeare of his raigne the Institutions were set forth and within one moneth after them came forth the Digests In the eight yeare came forth the new Code of Iustinian In his ninth yeare which was in the yeare of our Lord 535 diuers nouell constitutions were published The 15 of August a new house of Timber not full finished in Fléetstréete sodenly fell downe and with it one old house adioyning by the fall whereof the good man with a man-seruant and a child were killed In the moneth of August began a new collection for so releeue the poore in this City so that besides their ordinary pensions in money giuen to them they also receiued wéekely two shillings bread ready baked euery lofe weighing 24 or 26 ounces the péece but this charity lasted but a while The 29 of August the Duke of Bolloine being arriued in England came to the Court at Greene-wich and there by oath for the King his Master confirmed the League of amity betwixt the two Realmes of England and France Shortly after souldiers were sent ouer to aide the French in their warres The 16 of September Gilbert Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury and sir Anthony Mildmay Knight Ambassadors with Lords Knights Gentlemen and other to the number of more then two hundred horse departed towards France arriued at Deepe on the twenty thrée had audience of the King who most princely welcomed them on the 7 of October the fidelity or oth of the league was solemnly taken the order of the Garter most royally performed and the Ambassadors returning with great honours arriued in the Downes on the 27 of October Richard Godard Iohn Wats 28 Septem Thomas Skinner Clothworker 28 Oct. Henry Billingsley 31 December Through the diligent carefulnesse of T. Skinner Maior prouision was made for corne to be brought from Danske other the Gaft Countries by our Merchants vnto whom was granted custome and stowage frée as also to make their owne price or transport to any part of this Realme whereupon it followed were the price neuer so high this City neuer wanted for their money This yeare like as in the moneths of August September October and Nouember fell great raines whereupon high waters followed wheat in meale was sold at London for ten shillings the bushell Rie sixe shillings and Oate-meale eight shillings The 17 of Nouember a day of great triumph for the long and prosperous raigne of her Maiesty at the Court the Earle of Cumberland Champion for the Quéene the Earle of Essex Bedford Southampton Sussex with other ranne at the tilt most brauely Sunday the fift of December great numbers of people being assembled in the Cathedrall Church of Wels in Somersetshire in the Sermon time before noone a sudden darkenesse fell among them and storme and tempest followed with lightening and thunder such as ouerthrew to the ground them that were in the body of the Church all which Church séemed to be on a light fire a loathsome stench following some stones were stricken out of the Bel tower the wires and irons of the Clocke were molten which tempest being ceased and the people come to themselues some of them were found to be marked with sundry figures on their bodies and their garments not perished nor any marked that were in the Chancell The 30. of December at night deceased Peter Hauton an Alderman of London and the same night also deceased Thomas Skinner Lord Maior of the same City Whereby was made frustrate the great hope that men had conceiued of his good gouerment to come And on the next morrow being the last of December Henry Billingsley Haberdather was elected Maior who being chiefe customer for her Maiesty on the twelth euen sate in the Custome house with the sword before him lying on the table The eleuenth of Ianuary he tooke his oath at the Tower of London In the moneth of May Souldiers were pressed in the city of London to the number of 550. with all the furniture at the charges of the Cittizens these were trained to the field out of which was picked 400. and the rest dismissed these and other picked men out of diuers Shires about the number of 6000. most brauely funished of all things necessary besides the supersfluities of voluntaries who spared for no cost namely in gold lace and feathers vnder conduct of Robert Earle of Essex were sent to the seas they set from the west coasts of England about the tenth of Iuly being Sunday on monday the same fléet was sailed out of sight from England but the 17. being Saturday hauing the winde against them as the like for thrée or foure daies before a tempest of lightning and thunder raine and darkenesse shooke and dispersed them wherevpon they returned Sir Water Rawley with forty saile came to Plimmouth and afterward the Earle and others to Falmouth some of their company wanting namely the Lord Thomas Howard the Lord Mountioy the Lord Rich and other the gallants or voluntaries came home againe but not with such iollity as they went out for many left their Feathers at sea About the twenty seauen of October was newes that the Earle of Essex was returned hauing before sent home thrée or foure ships very richly laden and lately taken he left the fléet to pursue the action in taking more This Summer arriued héere an Embassador from the King of Polonia and had audience the twenty fiue of Iuly whose Oration was presently answered by her Maiesty in Latine This yeare the
Ambassador Leger in France was sworne a Priuie Counsellor and made Comptroller of the Kings houshold and the Lord Wotton was made Treasurer of the Kings houshold Sonday the fifth of Ianuary the Lord Viscont Villers was created Earle of Buckingham at White-hall Twesday the fourth of February 1616. the Earle of Buckingham was sworne a Priuie Counsellor Twesday the 13 of February the King in person sate in the Star-chamber and made an excellent Oration to the Lords and to the Iudges vnto whom hee gaue a charge and direction how they should proceed in the Circuits Shroue Twesday the 4 of March many disordred persons of sondry kindes amongst whom were very many young boyes and laddes that assembled themselues in Lincolnes Inne field Finsbury field in Ratliffe and Stepney field where in ryotous manner they did beate downe the walls and windowes of many victualling houses and of all other houses which they suspected to bee bawdie houses And that after-noone they spoyl'd a new Play-house and did likewise more hurt in diuers other places in pulling downe walles and windowes and spoyling of house-hold-stuffe and were so headâstrong that they dispightfully vsed and resisted the Shrieffes of London and the Constables and Iustices of Middlesex Whereupon the Lords of the Counsell by the Kings appointment ordained diuers of the Chiefe Iustices of Middlesex to be Prouost Marshals and to execute Marshall Law if the like occation should happen Shroue-twesday the fourth of March this yeare 1616. the Queene feasted the King at her Palace in the Strand formerly called Somerset-house and then the King commanded it should no more be so called but that it should from henceforth be called Denmarke-house which said Denmarke-house the Queene had many waies repaired beautified new builded and enlarged and brought to it a pipe of conduit water from Hyde-parke The seuenth of March the Great Seale of England was deliuered to Sir Francis Bacon Knight the Kings Atturney and was then made Lord Kéeper and the next day toward Euening died the Lord Elismer late Lord Chancellor and the fourth of Ianuary following Sir Francis Bacon Lord Keeper was made Lord Chauncelor When Sir Francis Bacon was made Lord Kéeper then was sir Henry Yeluerton Knight the Kings Soliciter made the Kings Atturney and Master Thomas Couentry Esquire Recorder of London was made the Kings Soliciter and was Knighted the 16 of March Friday the fouretéenth of March 1616. the King being accompanied with the Queene and Prince Charles and many of the Chiefe Nobility and others went from White-hall to Theobalds and from thence the King with his appointed traine set forward toward Edenborough the next Monday being Saint Patricks day And vpon his Maiesties returne to London viz. the 15 of September next following the King came from Windsor to London and was met at Hyde-parke by the Lord Maior and Aldermen and aboue foure hundreth of the chiefe Citizens with chaines of gold and well mounted the Lord Maior presented the King with a purse and in it fiue hundreth péeces of gold called the Vnity and there the King Knighted sir Anthony Ben Recorder of London The 20 of March 1616. the Lord Hay was sworne a Priuie Counsellor at Hynching-brooke Sonday the 23 of March 1616. at Burley on the hill in Rutland-shire sir Edward Noell Knight and Baronet was created Lord Noell of Rydlington At this time neere Wapping in the Parish of White-chappell was new builded a very faire large Chappell and a Church-yard to it which were consecrated the 7 of Iuly 1617. by the Lord Bishop of London Vpon Michaelmas day Doctor Montague Lord Bishop of Winchester was sworne a Priuie Counsellor at Hampton Court and that day at that place Sir Iohn Villers maried Frances the daughter of Sir Edward Cooke Knight William Hallyday Robert Iohnson Shrieues Sir George Bolles Knight Grocer Maior Twesday the fourth of Nouember here ariued Stephen Euanowich Lieutenant of Rasco and Marke Euanozin Posdieof of one of the thrée Chancellors of Russia from the late mentioned Michaell Pheodorowich Emperour of Russia they had audience the next Sonday and vpon Now yeares day the King feasted them and their chiefe followers and attendants at Whitehall being fifty in number their whole Traine was 75. Thursday the 6 of Nouember the Lord Hay married the Lady Luce daughter to the Earle of Northumberland Sonday the last of Nouember 1617. the Lord Archbishop of Spalato preached at the Marcers Chappell in the Italian tongue there were present the L. Archbishop of Canterbury the L. Chancellor the Earles of Arondell Pembroke Lord Zowch the Lord Compton and many others of great note he preached there againe vpon Sonday the ninetéenth of Aprill 1618. Sonday the foureteenth of December at âââbeth were two Bishops consecrated viz. ãâã Felton Master of Pembroke-hall was consecrated Lord Bishop or Bristow and Doctor Montaigne Deane of Westminster was consecrated Lord Bishop of Lincolne at this Consecration were present and assistant at the imposition of hands with the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord Archbishop of Spalato the Bishops of London Ely Rochester and Lichfield Monday the foure and twenty of December 1617. was borne Charles Lodowick at Heydelberg about foure a clocke in the morning and was christened in March following Prince Charles was out of his Godfathers At this time the Appothecaries of London obtained a corporation for themselues and their successors for euer and by Letters pattented were made a Body Pollitique and Corporate and that all such as vse and professe the Apt and Mistery of Appothecaries within London and the Suburbs thereof and within seuen miles compasse thereof shall be ordred and gouerned by the Master Wardens and socitie of the Art and Misterie of the Appothecaries Edmond Philips was the Master Stephen Hyggines and Thomas Fanes were the first Wardens New yeares day being Thursday 1617. George Earle of Buckingham was created Marquesse of Buckingham at White-hall Thursday the eight of Ianuary 1617. Sir Robert Manton Knight was sworne the Kings Secretary At the end of February this yeare 1617. the Company of the East India Merchants sent nine braue goodly ships well appointed to the East Iudies And Sir Thomas Dale Knight went Generall this was the first fléet of the second ioynt stock At the beginning of this month of Aprill 1618. the Lord De la Ware with about eight score persons viz. men women went y e second time to Virginea to make good the plantation the Lord De la Ware at his first being in Virginia through extreamity of sicknesse was constrained to returne for England about sixe yeares past and could not recouer his perfect health vntill the last yeare in which he builded a very faire shippe and went now in it himselfe and after him went Captaine Henry Spilman with thirty persons this Captaine Spilman had béene formerly
pounds the yeare beside bookes and places William Wickham also founded a colledge in the citie of Winchester by the like name of New Colledge in Anno 1389. Lincolne Colledge was founded in the time of King Henry the fifth by Richard Fleming Bishop of Lincolne 1440. And augmented in Richard the thirde time Thomas Rotheram Bishop of Lincolne in the ãâã 1479. All Soules Colledge was founded in the time King Henry the sixth by Henry Archbishop of Canturbury in the yeare 1437. King Henry the ãâã gaue it to soure Priors alians to wit Alââerbury in Salope Runmey in Kent Languaâth in Southwales Wedon Pinkney in Northamptonshire and therefore is he in the âââord called the founder of that colledge Chichley also founded Bernard Colledge in Oxford since suppressed by Henry the 8. and now re-edified by Sir Thomas White and by him called Saint Iohns Colledge More he founded a colledge at Higham ferris with Almesâouses there Diuinity Schoole was founded in the raigne of Henry the sixth by Humfrey Duke of Glocester 1447. He gaue 129 bookes to the Library there Magdalen Colledge was founded in the time of King Henry the sixth by William Wamflet Bishop of Winchester 1459. He builded a good part of Eaton Colledge begun by King Henry the sixth He builded a frée-schoole at Wamflet in Lincolneshire Brasen-nose Colledge was founded in the raigne of King Henry the seuenth by William âmith Bishop of Lincolne He deceased in the yeare 1513. Corpus Christi Colledge was founded in the raigne of King Henry the seuenth by Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester in the yeare 1516. Christ Church was founded in the time of Henry the 8. by Thomas Wolsey Cardinall and Archbishop of Yorke in the yeare of Christ 1539. And finished by the same King Henry the eight in the yeare 1549. Canterbury Colledge in Oxford founded by Simon Islip Archbishop of Canterbury in the yeare of our Lord 1353. And lately suppressed in the 31 yeare of King Henry the eight was ioyned to Christs-churchââ in Oxford Trinity colledge was founded and so named in the time of Quéen Mary by S. Thomas Pope Knight in Anno 1556. which colledge was first founded in the time of King Edward the third by Thomas Hatfield Bishop of Durham and by him named Durham colledge for eight Monks and seuen clarks admitted by the Prior of Durham there to study Anno 1370. Robert Walworth Prior of Durham indowed it with 3 âânates of land c. in Readington and Clarton â the adnowsion of y e church of Readington which colledge at the suppression by King Henry the eight might dispend land as the same was theâ valued by the Visitors 115 pounds foure shillings foure pence Saint Iohns Colledge was founded and is named in the time of Quéene Mary by Sir Thomas White Merchantailor Anno 1557. which Colledge sometime called Bernards Colledge being amongst other suppressed in the time of King Henry the eight and greatly ruinated the same Sir Thomas White purchased and after bestowed large summes of money in building thereof and did lay the same Colledge in very good land neare to the Vniuersity of Oxford to the yearely value of 500 pounds which he purchased with his money and hath left order to make it dispend sixe hundred pounds the yeare Also the same sir Thomas White founded a hall for students by him called Saint Iohns Hall sometime Glocester Colledge founded by Iohn Glifford for Monkes which Colledge being suppressed he redeemed from spoyle and wast with his money placing there a Principall and Schollers to the number of an hundred persons or more made great reparations of the house and adioyned it to his sayd Colledge of Saint Iohn Wadham colledge was founded in the yeare 1613. by Nicholas Wadham of the county of Sommerset Esquire and Dorothy his wife sister to the right honorable Iohn Lord Peter of Writle Oxford hath Halls Brodegate Hall Heart Hall Magdalene Hall Alborne Hall Saint Mary Hall White Hall New Inne Edmond Hall In the Vniuersities of England saith Erasmas Roterodam there be certaine colledges in the which there is so much Religion so strait Discipline and such integrity of life that if you did sée it you would neglect in comparison of them all Monkish rules and ceremonies All y e cities in England many market towns and some villages haue frée Grammer schooles erected in them for the further increase of learning and vertue Vertuous men haue to the perpetuall registring of their good names done these good déeds learned men haue not béene all the doers Some therefore for the supply in other of that which wanted in themselues haue done wisely all to this purpose that vertue and learning vnited and knit together might in this curage make a learned vertuous world haue done godly It were much there are so many in a small roome to comprehend them but the chiefe and worthy patterns of the rest are Eaton Schoole Henry the 6. 1443 Westminster Queene Elizabeth  Winchester W. Wickham Bishop of Winchester 1387 Paules Schoole in London Iohn Collet 1510 Saint Antonies in London by Iohn Tate Merchantailors schoole in London by the Merchantailors 1560 How a man may iourney from any notable towne in England to the City of London or from London to any notable Towne in the Realme The way from Walsingham to London FRom Walsingham to Picknam xii mile From Picknam to BrandoÌ fery x. mile From Brandon fery to Newmarket x. mile From Newmarket to Braban x. mile From Braban to Barkeway x. mile From Barkeway to Puckrich vii mile From Puckrich to Ware v. mile From Ware to Waltham viii mile From Waltham to London xii mile From Barwicke to Yorke and also to London FRom Barwicke to Belford xii mile From Belford to Anwick xii mile From Anwicke to Morpit xii mile From Morpit to Newcastle xii mile From Newcastle to Durham xii mile From Durham to Darington xiii mile From Darington to Northalerton xiiii mile From Northalerton to Topcliffe vii mile From Topliffe to Yorke xvi mile From Yorke to Tadcaster xvi mile From Tadcaster to Wentbridge xii mile From Wentbridge to Doncaster viii mile From Doncaster to Tutford xviii mile From Tutford to Newarke x. mile From Newarke to Grantham x. mile From Grantham to Stamford xvi mile From Stamford to Stilton xii mile From Stilton to Huntington ix mile From Huntington to Roysten xv mile From Royston to Ware xii mile From Ware to Waltham viii mile From Waltham to London xii mile From Carlile to Doncaster and so to London FRom Carlile to Hasket yate viii mile From Hasket yate to Pirath viii mile From Pirath hardby to Apelbie x. mile From Apelby to Burghley vi mile From Burghley to the Spittle viii mile From the Spittle to the Bowes viii mile From the Bowes to Grethaw bridge iiii mile From Grethaw Bridge to Catrike Bridge x. mile From Catrike bridge to Limon vi mile From
of his predecessors H. Billingsley Maior 1597. Souldiers trained sent to the sea The IslaÌds voiage Ambassadors from Denmark Shrieues Maior Lectures read in Sir Thomas Greshams Colledge Earle of NotinghaÌ created ParliameÌt at Westm The cause of this spoyle of the people was the indiscreet behauiour of the inferiour Marshals An. reg 40 Price of Pepper Pety treason A Parliament 1958. Twiford Towne burnt Sir Robert Cicil returneth out of France A Iesuite executed Lord treasurer deceased The King of Spaine dieth Doctor Cotton Bishop of Excester Thunder and lightning Shrieues Maior Earle of Comberland returned from the seas Squire executed for high Treason The Qu. receiued An. reg 41 Great frosts Souldiers sent into Ireland Souldiers into Ireland 1599. Earle of Essex rode towards Ireland Ships sent to the seas and men trained for the warres Shrieues Maior Note Earle of Essex returned out of Ireland The people ignorantly muttered many things The Archdukes enstalled An. reg 42 Twenty prisoners sent to Wisbich Castle L. Mountioy sent into Ireland 1600. Execution of Seminaries Souldiers sent into Ireland The Bishop of London Ambassadour to Emden The Earle of Essex suspended from his office Conspiracie against the King of Scots Meanes for an intreaty of peace to be had Ambassadors from Barbary Right Turkish charity Ambassadors from Russia Earle of Essex set at liberty They were sent home at the Q. charges They were sent home at the Qu. charges Souldirs sent into Ireland run awaies punished Ambassadors from Russia and Muscouia Hospital in Croydon founded Shrieues Maior An. reg 43 Iusts at Westminster Tempest Drumlers made in great hast to little purpose Gallies made by the Citizens of London and giuen to the Queene Earle of Essex his rising A Seminarie executed The Earls of Essex SouthaÌpton arraigned The Earle of Essex beheaded ExecutioÌ of Seminaries A Gentlewoman hanged One hanged for libelling Ambassadors from Scotland Merike and Cuffe executed Danuers and Blunt executed 1601 Bold offeÌders seuerely punished The Earle of Shrewsburie and Worcester of couÌsel Souldiers sent to the Low couÌtries Desmond brought out of Ireland Marshall Biron of France Shrieues Maior Lady Ramsey An. reg 44 17 poore people murdered ParliameÌt dissolued Lightning thunder earthquake at Christmas Victors in Ireland Bonefires for victory in Ireland Windsor boat cast away 1682 ExecutioÌ Seminaries executed Great leuying of souldiers to aid Holland ProclamatioÌ against late building and Inmates but neuer the better Seditious persons punished Tempest of thunder and haile Souldiers to Ireland Shrieues Maior An. reg 45 Seminaries executed Staight watches kept Queene Elizabeth deceased King Iames proclaimed There were 37 Earles Barons Bishops dined that day with Master Shrieue PembertoÌ besides Iudges chiefe geÌtry that dined with Master Shrieue SwinartoÌ An. reg 1. 1603. The King Beginneth his iorney for England The kings iorney froÌ Barwicke to London Prisoners discharged Diuers slaine by Gunpowder The Lord Maior Shrieues and chiefe Citizens ride to receiue the King Prisoners released Funerall for Queen Elizabeth Proclamation Barons Created Proclamations Knights made The Lord Maior of London knighted Sergeants feast Note Presumption punished Valentine Thomas executed for high treason Ambassadour The Earle of Rutland Ambassador into Denmark The great Ladies of England doe their homage to the queen Knights of the Garter Proclamations The Lord Cobham and the Lord Grey and Sir Walter Rawleigh apprehended Cration of Earles and Barons Sir Thomas Edmonds Ambassadour Knights of the Bath Coronation The Aldermen of London knighted The 5 of August to be kept holy day A holy decree Faires forbidden Terme at Winchester No Maiors feast at Guild hall Inmates suppressed Rogues banished Shrieues Maior The Lord Spencer sent Ambassadour to the Duke of Wytenberge Prisoners carried from the Tower vnto Winchester Arraignement at Winchester ExecutioÌ The great Plague in London The whole land visited with sicknes except London Archbishop of Canterbury deceased Proclamation Creation of Earles The King Queene Prince with al the Nobility ride in state through London The secoÌd Pegeant was set vp at the charges of the Italians the third at the charges of the Netherlanders A Parliament Sir Edw. Denny Baron of Waltham 1604. An. reg 2. Ambassador to Russia The King granteth a Corporation vnto the Felt-makers of London Peace with Spain proclaymed Ostend besieged 3 yeares 3 months The Lord Robert Cecil created Viscount CraÌborn The Customes of merchandise let to farme K. Iames proclaymed King of Great Brittaine Shrieues Maior D. Bancroft archbishop of Canterbury D. Vaughan Bishop of LondoÌ Sir Philip Harbert married Knights of the Bath The Duke of Yorke created Lyons whelped in the Tower All Iesuites Seminaries banished by Proclamation A Proclamation for establishing the Episcopall authority the booke of commoÌ prayer An. reg 3. 1605. The Lord Admirall sent to the King of Spaine to take his oath The Earle of Hertford goeth to take the oath of the Archduke A charitable deed The Prince of Spaine borne The Lady Mary borne 3 Popes in sixe weekes Knights of the Garter elected Creation of Earles Barons The Lady Mary christned The pretended sleeping preacher The Qu. churched Master Leptons swift iourney betweene London Yorke Duke Vlrich returneth to Denmark The King maketh speciall prouision for the breeding of Lyons in the Tower Thomas Dowglasse sent prisoner out of Germany and after that condemned executed for his treason An vnlawfull assembly of Ministers A speciall Ambassador from the Emperour of Almaine A proclamation against Pirats and peace-breakers Shiriffe Iones died and a new shiriffe chosen in his place The Lord Anderson deceased A proclamation for continuance of things giuen to charitable vses A cruell homicide The kings progresse to Oxford The WoodmoÌgers and Carmen of London made a corporation A speciall Ambassador from the King of Denmarke The Archbishop of Canterbury sworne a priuy Counsellor Sir Tho. Smith returneth from Mosco Demetrius came out of Poland and was brought vp there The practise of the blowing vp of the Parliment house The discouery of the gunpowder treason Shrieues Maior The Lord Maior triumphés The Lord Knowles married A present from the King of Spaine Sir Georg Carew Ambassador in France A great Whale came vp as hie as Wolwich Three entire Subsidies and six fifteens giuen by the teÌporalty and foure Subsidies giueÌ by the Clergy The 5 of Nouember ordayned holy day Arraignement of Traytors at Westminster Execution in LondoÌ and Westminster A terrible rumor that the King was slaine An. reg 4. Henry Garret arraigned 1606 Garnet executed Great winds and flouds and shipwrack A speciall Ambassador from Spaine Presents from the Queene of Spaine vnto the Queen of Great Britaine Knights of the Garter made Lords brought from the Tower censured in the Star chamber A proclamation against all Iesuits Seminaries The Lady Sophia borne The Earle of NorthuÌberland conuicted in the Star chamber Ambassador from Venice The Originall and State of Venice These Islands vntill
to Russia Shrieues Maior Viscont Rochester made Earl of Somerset L. Cooke a Priuie Counsellor Earle of Somerset maried Prince Henry Frederick borne at Heydelberg An. reg 12 1614 Sir Ralph Winwood made Secretary Sir Thomas Lake a Priuie Counsellor Henry Earle of Northamton deceast Christianus King of Denmarke his second comming into England The Earle of Suffolk Lord Treasurer The Earle of Somerset Lord Chamberlaine A call of Sergeants A new Counsell Chamber for the L. Maior of London A general muster trayning The Thames cleered of Piles Stops and Weyres Master MiddletoÌ bringeth a riuer to London Shrieues Maior Two Hospitalls founded Great frosts snow and great flouds The King is entertained at Cambridge An. reg 13 1815 Proclamation against transportation of children of gold and siluer Sir George Villers Knighted Iesuits Seminaries sent to Wisbidge Two Knights of the Garter The Lord Hay made a Baron Sir Robert Dormer made Baron Doctor Milburne Bishop Proclamation against encrease of building about London Bishop of Winchester a Priuie Counsellor A house of correction builded for the Countie of Middlesex Smithfield paued all ouer The high-cawses in London taken downe made leuell The Lady Arbella deceast Shrieues Maior Sir Iohn Iolles his bounty Weston executed Mistresse Turner executed The Lieutenant of the Tower executed Franckline executed The second Lottery Captaine Beniamin Ioseph goeth to the East Indies D. Abbot B. of Sallisbury The Earle of Pemb. made L. Chamberlaine The Earle of Worcester L. Priuy Seale Sir Georg Villers Maister of the horse Sir Iohn Digby made a Prime Counsellor 1616 An reg 14 Master William Iones his Bounty Sea-coale and Pit-coale make glasse and melt Mettels Sir Frances Bacon a Priuie Counsellor The King maketh an oration in the Star-chamber A Seminary hanged and a woman burned The Lord Maior in person surueieth the bouÌds of the Riuer of Thames and reformeth all maner of anoyances Master Rock Doctor Morton Bishop of Chester Knights of the Garter made Two barons created The Earle of Arondell sworn a Priuie Counsellor The Lord Carew a Priuie Counsellor Viscont Villers created The Citie of LondoÌ sendeth Alderman Proby into Ireland to reforme abuses to ratifie good lawes and constitutions in the Prouince of Vlster viz. Londons plantation The Bishop of Flie a Priuy Counsellor Shrieues Maior Aldersgate new builded Prince Charles created Prince of Wales The Earle of Arondell was then Earle Marshall 26 Knights of the Bath made Knights of the Bath Barons created The Lord Chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench put from his place Sir Henry Montague Lord chief Iustice of the Kings Bench. A dry Sommer Two Bishops consecrated The Archbishop of Spalato ariueth in England Sir Thomas Edmonds a Priuie Counsellor Earle of Buckingham created Earle of Buckingham a Priuy Counsellor The King sitteth in the Star-chamber Disordered youths Denmark house Sir Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor Sir Henry Yeluerton the Kings Atturney The King rydeth into Scotland The King returneth from Scotland The Lord Hay a Priuy Counsellor Lord Noell created A new Chappell of ease builded The Bishop of Winchester a Priuie Counsellor Shrieues Maior Ambassadors from Russia The L. Hay maried The L. Archbishop of Spalato preacheth in London Two Bishops Consecrated The second son of the Lady Elizabeth born at Heydelberg The Appothecaries London made a particular Company Marques of Buckingham created Sir Robert Manton Secretary This yeares fleet to the East Indies An. reg 16 1618 The Lord De La Warre his second going to Virginia Captaine Spilman The Pallace of Paris burned Chagford in Deuonshire Sol and Mars were in coninuction at that time Doctor Fotherby Bishop of Salisbury Sir Dudley Digs sent Ambassador to the Emperor of Russia The vpper part of Paules new glassed and repaired Peter Colledge Clare-hal Pembroke hall Corpus Christi Colledge Trinitie Hall Gunuile and Caius Colledge Kings Colledge Queenes Colledge Katherine Hall Iesus Colledge Christs Colledge S. Iohns Colledge Magdalen Colledge Trinity Colledge Michael house Emmanuel Colledge Sussex Sydney Colledge founded Vniuersitie Colledge Baliol Colledge Merton Colledge Excester Colledge Orial Colledge Queenes Colledge New Colledge Lincolne Colledge All Soules Colledge Diuinitie Schoole Magdalen Colledge Brasen-nose Colledge Corpus Christi Colledge Christ Church Canterbury Colledge Trinity Colledge sometime Durham Colledge S. Iohns Colledge sometime Bernard Colledge Wadham Colledge founded Walter Stapleton William Wanstock * See the Records in the Roles
God shewed him a speciall grace that hee liued not to see the desolation of that Citty whereof he was then Bishop viz. Hyppo The end of the Romanes gouernment in Britaine which had continued 483. yeares AFter this the Britaines continuing a while in doubtfull war with the Picts and Scots elected Vortiger VOrtiger being king such a plenty of corne and fruit happened as the like had not ben séene in many yeares which plentie caused idlenesse gluttony and letchery There followed such a great pestilence that the liuing scantly sufficed to bury the dead Also the Scots and Picts in most cruell wise spoiled the land where through Vortiger was forced to send for aide of forraine lands And in thrée large shippes there came out of Germany thrée sorts of people Englishmen Saxons and Getes Hengist and Horsus two brethren being their Captaines vnto whom was giuen the Isle of Thanet to inhabite By their manhood in many battailes Vortiger vanquished and droue backe the Pictes and other enemies whereby Hengist came in such fauour that Vortigâ married his daughter Rowan a maide of wonderfull beauty for whose sake the King was diuorced from his lawfull wife after which time the Saxons daily increased and the Christian faith decaied The Britaines considering the daily repaire of the Saxons shewed to their King the ieâpardy that might thereof insue but all was in vaine wherfore they depriued him when he had raigned 7. yeares and ordained to their King his eldest sonne Vortimer VOrtimer pursued the Saxons and vanquished them Vntill at length hée was poysoned by his Step mother after hée had raigned sixe yeares VOrtiger obtained againe the Kingdome and shortly after Hengistus entred the land with a number of Saxons but when hée heard of the great assembly that the Britaine 's made against him he treated for peace shortly after the Saxons traiterously slew on the plaine of Sarisbury CCCClx Barons and Earles and tooke the King prisoner constrained him to grant vnto them Kent Sussex Suffolke and Norfolke Then Hengist began his dominion ouer Kent and sending fore moe Saxons made warre vpon the Britaines Aurelius Ambrose and Viher made warre vpon Vortiger and burned him in his Castle when he had secondly raigned 6. yeares AVrolius Ambrose second sonne to Constantine hasted him with an army towards Yorke against Occa sonne of Hengist where hee discomfited and tooke prisoner the saide Occa. He caused the great stones to be set vpon the plaine of Sarisbury in remembrance of the Britaines that were slaine there A Saxon subdued the countries of Southery Somerset Deuonshire and Cornwall which after was called the Kingdome of South Saxons The kingdome of the east Saxons began vnder Duke Vffa which contained Norfolke and Sâffolke Aurelius died of poyson when he had raigned 32. yeares VTher Pendragon was crowned King He was enamored vpon Igreene the Dukes wife of Cornwall and on her hée begate Arthur Hee raigned eightéene yeares and was buried at Stonehing ARthur the sonne of Vther Pendragon was crowned King of Britaine He fought twelue battailes against the Saxons he constituted the order of the round Table to which order he onely receiued such of the nobilitie as were most renowned for vertue and chiualry While Arthur was ocupied in his warres beyond the seas Mordred to whom he had committed the gouernment of Britaine confederating himselfe with Cerdicus King of the West Saxons traiterously vsurped the Kingdome of which treason when relation came to Arthur he spéedily returned pursuing him into Cornewall gaue him battaile where Mordred was slaine and Arthur being deadly wounded was conueied to Glassenbury where he died and is buried after he had raigned 16. yeares COnstantine kinsman to Arthur was ordained King AVrelius a Britaine raising mortall warre against Constantine slue him when he had raigned 3. yeares He was buried at Stonehing This yeare 544. there was an vniuersall earthquake AVrelius Gonaxus King of Britaine imprisoned his vncle which was right heire to the crown He raigned 33. yeares The kingdome of Northumberland began vnder a Saxon named Ida. This prouince was first diuided into two kingdomes the one was called Deyra the which contained the land from Humber to Tine the other Brenicia which included the countrey from Tine to the Scottish sea VOrtiporus the sonne of Conanus was ordained King of Britaine a victorious King and cruell tyrant who put from him his wife and kept her daughter for his concubine in diuers battailes he discomfited the Saxons He raigned 4. yeares MAlgo Conanus gouerned the Britaines slue his first wife and tooke his brothers daughter EThelbert King of the Saxons in Kent gaue battell to Ceanlinus King of the west Saxons in which fight were slaine two Dukes of Ethelberts and himselfe with his people chased CAreticus ruled the Britaines his subiects moued the Saxons with Gurmundus King of Ireland to make warre vpon Careticus in such wise that he was faine to take the towne of Cicester where they assaulted him so sore that he with his men fled from thence into Wales When he had raigned 3. yeares Gurmund builded Gurmondchester EThelridus gouerned Northumberland who made such continual war vpon the Britaines that it is thought he slue more of them then all the other Saxons By this cruelty the faith of Christ was almost vtterly extinguished in Britaine many were chased out of the Iland the rest remained in Wales and the Saxons obtained the whole dominion of the Island sauing a part of Scotland and was subiect to the Picts and Scots This yeare 616. being the fourth yeare of Hyraclius the Emperour of the Romanes in the moneth of August in France and other places there happened a great earthquake and presently followed a great pestilence with such hideous scabs and botches as they could not discerne nor know one man from another This pestlience was very fierce and infectious 596. S. Gregory sent Augustine Melitus Iustus and Iohn to preach the Christian faith to the Angles which were first receiued of Ethelbert King of England whom they conuerted to the faith with diuers of his people This Ethelbert began to build Saint Augustines in Canterbury Pauls Church in London and S. Adrewes in Rochester Sibertus King of the east Saxons builded Westminster MAhomet of the stocke of Ismael an Orphan of poore parentage of an excellent wit and great strength borne in Arabia in his youth taken and sold to a rich Marchant who imployed him in his affaires his maister died then he married Cadiga his Mistresse of 50. yeares of age by whom hee had much wealth which hee in few yeares increased mightily as well in Treasure Camels Munition as other commodities hee gaue great entertainment in his house and was liberall vnto the poore hée was very skilfull in Magicke and learned many deceits of the Egyptians for the which hee was
thâ for the space of more then thirty miles good proâfitable corne ground was turned into a chase ãâã wilde beastes Remingus Bishop of Dorchesteâ remoued his sea to Lincolne where hee builded new Church There was a great water flood so that hils weââ made soft and consumed and with their fall ouerâwhelmed many villages King William builded Battell Abbey in Sâsex another at Selby in Yorkeshire the thââ at Caen in Normandy in which hee was buriâed He gaue great priuiledges to Saint Marthââle graund in London Pauls Church in London burnt In a prouince of Wales called Rose ãâã found the Sepulchre of Gawen vpon the Seââshore who was sisters sonne of Arthur the great King of Britaine being in length fourtéene so King William being at Roan in Normandâ went with a great Army into France spoyliâ all things as he passed Last of all hée burned ãâã Citty of Meaur with our Lady Church aâ two Anchorits that was inclosed there The Kiââ cheared his men to féede the fire and came hiâ selfe so neare that with the heate of his harneâ he got a disease Also the Kings horse leaping oâuer a ditch did burst the inner parts of the King with the paine whereof hee was sore afflictââ and returned to Roan where shortly after ãâã ended his life the ninth day of September ãâã the yeare of our Lord 1087. When hee had raigâned twenty yeares eight moneths and sixtéene dayes Hee was buried at Caen in Normandy and had issue by Matild his wife daughter to Baldwin Earle of Flanders Robert Curthose vnto whom hee gaue Normandy Richard that died young William Rufus to whom he gaue England and Henry to whom hee gaue his wiues inheritance and treasure Daughters Cicely Abbesse of Caen Constance wife to Stephen Earle of Bloys Margaret promised to Harold King of England and Elienor betrothed to Alfonso King of Galicia WILLIAM Rufus WIlliam Rufus the third sonne of William Conquerour beganne his raigne the ninth day of September in the yeare of our Lord 1087. He was variable inconstant couetous and cruell he burdened his people with vnreasonable taxes and what he thus got he prodigally spent in great banquetting and sumptuous apparrell Otho Bishop of Bayon and Earle of Kent with his brother Robert Earle of Mortaine and Hereford and almost all the Nobles of England raised warre against King William would haue had Robert his eldest brother to be King but William by faire wordes pacifying some of the principall conspirators besieged the residue in the Caâstell of Rochester And lastly ouercame them Lanfranke Archbishop of Canterbury deceaâsed hee renewed the great Church of Canterbury hee repaired the walles of that Citty buiââded two Hospitals the one of Saint Iohn thâ other at Harbaldowne He restored the Churcâ of Rochester King William Making warre against his broâther Robert Duke of Normandy at length agréââment was made betwéene them that if one ãâã them died without issue the other should succeââ in the inheritance Malcolme King of Scots did homage to King William A great tempest fell on Saint Lukes day specially in Winchcombe where a great part of the Stéeple was ouerthrowne And in London the winde ouerturned 606. houses and the roofeâ Bow Church in Cheape wherwith some persons were slaine King William builded the new Castle vpon Tine Osmond Bishop of Sarisbury founded the Cathedrall Church of Sarisbury In England fell a wonderfull aboundance ãâã raine and after insued so great frost that Horses and Carts passed commonly ouer great Riuers which when it thawed the Ice brake downe many great bridges Malcolme the King of Scots coÌming into England was sodainely slaine with his sonne and heire by Robert Mowbrey Earle of Northumberland Iohn Bishop of Welles by nointing the Kings hands transposed the Bishops sea to Bath King William builded againe the cittie of Carlile which was destroyed by the Danes 200. yeares before he also builded a castle there and out of the South parts of England sent men to inhabite there This yeare was a great famine and so great a mortality that the quick were scant able to bury the dead The Welshmen spoiled the citty of Glocester with a part of Shrewesbury and won the Isle of Anglesey The Bishopricke of Thetford was translated to Norwich King William with a great power entred Wales not being able to follow the Welchmen amongst the hils hee builded two Castles in the borders and returned Great preparation was made by the Christians to goe against the infidels at Ierusalem Peter the Hermite being their first leader and after Godfrey of Bullen Robert Duke of Normandy tooke his iourney towards Ierusalem and laide Normandy to gage to his brother King William for 6666. pound of siluer All the land that sometime belonged to Earle Goodwin by breaking in of the sea was couered with sandes and there is yet called Goodwin sands King William in Normandy gaue himselfe to warres so that with exactions and tributes he did not onely shaue but flea the people of England The Christians tooke the Cittie of Ierusalem placing there a King and a Patriarch THe fiftéenth of Iuly 1098. after thirty sixe dayes siege the Cittie of Ierusalem was yéelded vnto Godfrey of Bollen Duke of Lorane chiefe leader of the Christian Army against the Sarazens to recouer the Holy land hee was accompanied with thrée Kings and diuers other Christian Princes namely Robert Duke of Normandy eldest sonne vnto William the Conquerour hee had an hundred thousand Souldiers all of them marked with the signe of the Crosse This renowned and victorious Prince before hee entred into Armes morgaged his Dukedome vnto the Bishop of Liege for great summes of money wherewith hee furnished himselfe in this expedition he was chosen King of Ierusalem but would not bee crowned with a Crowne of gold because our Sauiour Christ was crowned with a crowne of thornes This Christian Conquest was performed about fiue hundreth yeares after the Persians had got possession of Ierusalem and the Holy land Peter the Hermite who had seene and felt the Turkish outrages tooke great paines in going to all Christian Princes to contract them vnto this seruice Pope Vrban the second in the Councell of Cleremount was also very forward in this businesse King Godfrey dyed of a feuer hauing raigned one yeare and was buried neare vnto the holy Sepulchre after him succéeded his brother Baldwine and raigned eighteene yeares hee made great wars vpon the enemies of our faith After the death of King Godfrey Ierusalem continued fourescore and eight yeares vnder Christian obedience and then became subiect vnto Turkish tyranny After King William was come out of Normandy he kept his Court at Westminster in the new Hall and hearing men say it was too bigge he answered This Hall is not bigge enough by one halfe King William being a hunting word was brought him that his people were besieged in Maine
Angiou and Duke of Normandy deceased and left his sonne Henââ his heire About this time died Gratianus hee composââ the great Decretals Henry Duke of Normandy married Elionââ whom Lewis King of France had diuorced from him and had by her a sonne named William Quéene Maude deceased and was buriedâ Feuersham The King commanded the Nobles to méete aâ Winchester where the Duke being receiueâ with great ioy the King in sight of all men adopted him his sonne and confirmed to him the principalitie of England The Duke receiued him in place of a father granting to him all the dayes of his life to enioy the name and seate of the King Duke Henry came with the King to Oxford where the Earles and Barons by the Kings commandement sware fealty to Duke Henry sauing the Kings honour so long as he liued King Stephen died the 25. of October when he had raigned eighteene yeares ten moneths and odde daies He founded the Abbeies of Cogshall in Essex of Furnes in Lancastershire and Feuersham in Kent where his body was buried Henry the second HEnry the sonne of Ieffery Plantagenet and Maude the Empresse began his raigne ouer this Realme of England the 17. day of December and was crowned the the same day in the yeare of our Lord 1154. he was somewhat red of face short of body and therewith fat well learned noble in chiualry wise in counsell stedfast of promise and a wedlocke breaker William of Ipres and all the Flemings that had flocked into England fearing the indignation of the new king departed the land and the castles that had béene builded to pill the rich and spoile the poore were by the Kings Commandement throwne downe Quéene Elianor did beare a sonne called Henry after his father King Henry went into Normandy where with long siege he tooke diuers Castles King Henry with an Army went against the Welshmen where he felled their woods fortified the Castle of Rutland and reedified the Castle ãâã Basingwirke Quéene Elianor brought foorth a sonne named Ieffery A new coine was made in England King Henry tooke escuage of the Englishmen the sum whereof grewe to 124. thousand pounds of siluer Henry the Kings sonne not seuen yeares olde married Margarât the French Kings daughter not two yeares old Thomas the Kings Chancellour was electâ Archbishop of Canterbury There came into England thirty Germanes as well men as women who called themseluââ Publicanes they denied Matrimony Baptism and the Lords Supper Being apprehended thâ King caused they should bee marked with an hoââ Iron in the forehead and whipped them anâ that no man should succour them Thus being whipped and thrust out in the winter they diâ for cold London bridge was new made of timber ãâã Peter a Priest of Colchurch Malcolme the Scottish King and Kefus Prince of Southwales did homage to King Henry and his sonne Henry A Councell was holden at Claringdon in presence of the King and the Archbishops Bishops Lords Barons c. wherein was by their oathes confirmed many ordinances Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury being sworne to the same shortly after sore repented and fled the Realme A great earthquake in Ely Norfolke and Suffolke so that it ouerthrew them that stood vpon their féete and caused the bels to ring Quéene Elianor brought foorth a sonne named Iohn The warre was receiued betwixt the King of England and the French King for the Citty of Tholouse Conan Earle of little Britaine died and left his heire a daughter named Constance which hee had by the King of Scots sister which Constance King Henry married to his sonne Geffery Robert de Boscue Earle of Leicester founded the Monasteries of Gerendon of Monkes of Leiceister of Canons regular and Eaton of Nunnes was founded by Amicia his wife King Henry caused his sonne Henry to be crowned as hee thought to the quietnesse of himselfe and his realme but it proued otherwise Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury the eightéenth day of December was slaine by William Tracie Reignold Fitzs Vrse Hugh Moruil and Richard Briton Knights Nicholas Breeâespeare an Englishman who was chosen Pope by the name of Adrian the 4. He graunted the Regiment of Ireland to the King of England whereupon King Henry tooke ship at Pembroke and sailed thither King Henry the son with his wife the French Kings daughter were both together crowned at Winchester King Henry the elder was assoiled of the death of Thomas the Archbishop vpon his oath made that he was not priuy to it King Henry married the eldest daughter of Heâbert Earle Morton vnto his sonne Iohn King Henry the elder returning into England in short time subdued his rebels The citie of Leicester by his commandement was burnt the wals and castle rased and the inhabitants dispersed into other cities The King of Scots was taken by King Henry led into Normandy where he compounded for his ransome Christs Church in Canterbury was burned King Henry the sonne with his brethren and others were reconciled to King Henry the Father The Kings of England both father and sonne went together to visite the tombe of Thomas late Archbishop of Canterbury The stone bridge ouer the Thames at London was began to be fouÌded A Cardinall and the Archbishop of Canterbury gaue 1000. Marks towards the same foundation There chanced some discord betwixt the Kings of England and France about the marriage of Richard Earle of Poitow with the French Kings daughter Richard Lucie the Kings Iusticiar layed the foundation of the conuentuall Church in a place which is called Lesnes in the Territorie of Rochester The Citie of Yorke was burned The Church of St. Andrew in Rochester was consumed with fire The Vsurers of England grieuously punished Geffery the Kings bastard sonne resigned the Bishopricke of Lincolne was made the Kings Chancellour Robert Harding a Burges of Bristow to whom king Henry gaue the Barony of Barkeley builded the Monasterie of Saint Augustines in Bristow They of Aquitane hated their Duke Richard for his crueltie and were minded to driue him out of his Earledome of Poitow and Dukedome of Aquitane and transpose those estates to his brother King Henry the younger but all men looking for victory to the young King hee fell miserably sicke and died and was buried at Roan King Henry sent many men of warre into Wales for the Welshmen emboldened by the Kings absence had slaine Many Englishmen The Abbey of Glastenbury burnt Heraclius Patriarch of Ierusalem came to king Henry desiring him of aide against the Turke but the King because of the cruelty of his sonnes was counselled not to leaue his dominion in hazard and to goe farre off This Patriarch dedicated the new Temple then builded in the west part of London This yeare 1186. The citty of Paris was paued whose stréetes vntill this
time lay as rudely as London stréetes which were not all paued in foure hundred yeares after and the north Church-yard of Paules otherwise called the Close and diuers other stréetes in London were not paued vntill the raigne of Quéene Elizabeth In the yeare 1246. the Citty of Luberke was quite consumed with fire whose misfortune made Paris London and other Citties to couer their houses with tile or slate especially if they stood close together and not to vse any thatch which vntill then was vsuall Maude the Empresse mother to King Henry the second deceased shee founded the Abbey of Bordesley Geffery Earle of Britaine the Kings son died and was buried at Paris he left issue two daughters which he had by Constance daughter of Conan Earle of Britaine who also at this time of his death was great with child and after brought a sonne named Arthur A great earthquake threwe downe many buildings among the which the Cathedrall Church at Lincolne was rent in pieces Chichester Cittie was burnt Neare vnto Orford in Suffolke certaine Fishers tooke in their nets a fish hauing the shape of a man which fish was kept by Barthelmew de Glanuile Custos of the Castell of Orford in the same Castell by the space of sixe moneths and more for a wonder he spake not a word all maner of meats he gladly did eate but most greedily raw fish At length he stole away to the sea The towne of Beuerly with the Church of St. Iohn there was burnt Phillip the French King required that his sister which had ben kept in England 22. yeares might be restored vnto Earle Richard as his wife and Earle Richard desired the same but King Henry denied this request and so they got them to armour The French King and Earle Richard pursued the King of England so hard that he was forced to yéeld all the requests as well of the French King as of his sonne Richard This was done at Gisors and so departing came to Zafe where he fell sicke and departed this life the sixth day of Iuly in the yeare of our Lord 1189. when hee had raigned 24. yeares 7. moneths lacking 11. dayes and was buried at Fonteuerald in the Monastery of Nunnes by him founded Richard Coeurdelyon RIchard the first for his valiantnesse surnamed Coeurdelion second sonne to Henry the second began his raigne and was crowned the third of September 1186. He was bigge of stature with a merry countenance he commanded that no Iewes nor women should be at his Coronation for feare of inchantments For breaking of which commandement many were slaine Elianor the old who at the commandement of her husband had béene long kept close prisoner was now set at libertie King Richard gaue ouer the castles of Berwick and Rokesburgh to the Scottish King for the sum of ten thousand pound he also sold to the Bishop of Durham his owne Prouince for a great péece of money and created him Earle of the same He also faigned to haue lost his signet then caused to be proclaimed that whosoeuer would safely enioy those things which before time they had inrolled should come to the new seale He gaue his brother Iohn the Prouinces of Nottingham Deuonshire and Cornewall In this time were many Robbers and Outlawes among whom Robert Hood and little Iohn remained in the woods despoiling and robbing the goods of the rich The saide Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good Archers with such spoiles as he got vpon whoÌ foure hundred men were they neuer so strong durst not giue the onset Poore mens goods hée spared aboundantly relieuing them with that which hee got from Abbies and houses of rich Earles This yeare the Cittizens of London obtained to be gouerned by two Bayliffes or Shriues and a Maior Henry Cornhill Shriue Richard Reynery Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Fitz Leostane Maior King Richard betooke the guiding of this land to William Longshanke Bishop of Ely Chancellour of England and transported ouer into Normandy The two Kings of England and of France met at Towers and from thence set forward on their iourney towards Ierusalem The Iewes of Norwich Saint Edmonsbury Lincolne Stamford and Linne were robbed And at Yorke to the number of fiue hundred beside women and children entred a tower of the castle which the people assailing the Iewes cut the throats of their wiues and children and cast them ouer the walles on the Christians heads the residue they locked vp and burnt both the house and themselues William Bishop of Ely builded the outer wall about the Tower of London and caused a déepe ditch to be made Iohn Herlion Shriue Roger Duke Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Fitz Leostane Maior King Richard subdued the Isle of Cipres and then ioyned his power with Phillip y e French king in Asia conquered Acon where there grewe betwéene the two Kings a grieuous displeasure for which cause Phillip shortly departed thence and comming into France inuaded Normandy Iohn brother to king Richard tooke on him the kingdome of England King Richard restored to the Christians the citty of Ioppa The bones of king Arthur were found at Glastenbury William Hauerall Shirues Iohn Bucknot Shirues Henry Fitz Alwine fitz Leostane Maior William Bishop of Ely withstood the kings brother who said he wist not if his brother were aliue or not To whom the Bishop answered If King Richard be yet liuing it were vniust to take from him the crowne If he be dead Arthur the elder brothers sonne must enioy the same Nicholas Duke Shriue Peter Newlay Shriue Henry Fitz Alwine fitz Leostane Maior King Richard hauing knowledge that Phillip of France inuaded Normandy and that Iohn his brother had made himselfe King ouer England made peace with the Saladine for thrée yeares with a small company returning homeward he was taken by Leopold Duke of Austria who kept him in straight prison a yeare and fiue moneths Roger Duke Shriue Richard Fitz Alwine Shriue Henry Fitz Alwine fitz Leostane Maior The Kings friends intreating for his deliuerance his ransome was set at 100000. l. wherevpon coÌmandement was directed from the Kings Iustices that all Bishops Prelates Earles Barons Abbots and Priors should bring in the 4. part of their reuenewes towards the Kings ransome and besides this the Cleargy brought in their golden and siluer Chalices and fléeced their Shriues all which was coined in mony Iohn the kings brother when he heard of the imprisonment of his brother made great war within the realme and tooke by strength the castles of Windsor Nottingham and others The king was deliuered landed at Sandwich on the 12. of March he was againe solemnly crowned After this hee called into his hands all such things as he had either giuen or sold by patents or otherwise by which meanes he got a great sum of mony and sailed into Normandy where shortly after peace was taken betwéene the two kings Also by
meanes of Elionar the old Quéene Earle Iohn was reconciled to his brother William fitz Isable Shriue William fitz Arnold Shriue Henry fitz Alwine Maior K. Richard sent messengers to the Pope complaining vpon the Duke of Austrich for misusing of him his as they came by distresse of weather through his country whereupon the Pope excommunicated the Duke inioined him to release the couenants that be constrained the King to make Robert Beasaunt Shriue Iokt Ieiouse Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Fitz Leostane Maior William with the beard mooued the common people to séeke their libertie not to be subiect to the rich and mightie by which meanes he drew to him many great companies The King being warned of this tumult commanded him to cease from those attempts but the people still followed him He was taken in Bow Church in Cheape but not without shedding of blood for he was forced by fire and smoake to forsake the Church Hée with nine of his adherents had sentence of death and were hanged This counterfeit friend to the poore slew one man with his own hands polluted Bow Church with his Concubine and amongst other his detestable facts one was hee falsely accused his elder brother of treason which elder brother had in his youth brought him vp in learning and done many things for his preferment Gerard de Antiloch Shriue Robert Durant Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior King Richard and the Earle of Flaunders confederated together Roger Blunt Shriue Nicholas Duket Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior King Richard âooke of euery hide of land through England 5. s. The French King was intercepted by the army of King Richard so that with much a doe he escaped into Cipres Constantine Fitz Arnold Shriue Robert de Beaw Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior King Richard turned his armes against the Barons of Poictow that rebelled against him he set their Cities Townes on fire spoiled their country slew many of his aduersaries cruelly at the last came to the Dukedome of Aquitane and besieged the Castle of Chalne where one Bertraine de Gordon smote him with a venowmed dart which stripe the king litle regarded but inuading the Castle wan it and put the souldiers in prison of this wound aforesaide hee died the 6. day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord 1199. when he had raigned 9. yeares 7. moneths and was buried at Founteuerard his heart was buried at Roan and his bowels at the aforesaid Chalne King Iohn IOhn brother to Richard began his raigne the 26. day of May in the yeare of our Lord 1199. Of person he was indifferent but of melancholy complexion Phillip king of France in a quarrell of Arthur the sonne of Ieffery Iohns eldest brother Duke of Britaine made warre vpon King Iohn in Normandy and tooke from him diuers Castles and Townes K. Iohn granted the Shrifewick of London and Middlesex to the Citizens thereof for 300. pound yearely to be paide as of ancient time Arnold Fitz Arnold Shriue Richard Fitz Barthelmew Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior King Iohn required of euery Plow land 3. s. The king being diuorced from his wife Isabel the Earle of Glocesters daughter he passed ouer the sea paied forty thousand markes to the French King and returned into England with Isabel his wife daughter to the Earle of Angolesme Roger Dormer Shriue Iames Bartilmew Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior K. Iohn weÌt to Lincolne where he met with William king of Scots Rotlond Lord of Gallowy and many other noble men which did to him homage Walter Fitz Alis Shriue Simon de Aldermanbury Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior Arthur Earle of Britaine being made Knight by the French King whose yonger daughter he had fianced besieged the Castle of Mirable in which Quéene Elianor was inclosed but King Iohn came with a power and deliuered his mother from danger he tooke there his Nephew Arthur William de Brawsa Hugh Brune and many others Haile as bigge as hens egges c. Normand Brundel Shriue Iohn de Ely Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior Arthur Earle of Britaine from Falaise was brought to Roan and put in the Tower vnder the custody of Robert de Veypont where shortly after he was dispatched of his life The King of France tooke Lisie Dandely with the castle and vale de Ruell in which were Robert Fitz Water Sayer de Quincie and many others hée tooke the strong Castle vpon Seyne builded by King Richard Water Browne Shriue William Chamberlaine Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior Normandy Angiou Britaine Maine Poitow and Touraine were within a short time deliuered to King Phillip King Iohn married Iane his bastard daughter to Lewelin Prince of Wales and gaue with her the castle and Lordship of Elinsmore in the Marches of South Wales Thomas Hauarell Shriue Hamond Brond Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior The 14. of Ianuary began a frost which continued till the 22. day of March so that the ground could not be tilled whereof it came to passe that in Summer following a quarter of wheat was sold for a Marke which in the dayes of Henry the second was sold for twelue pence Iohn Walgraue Shriue Richard Winchester Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior Great thunders and lightnings were séene so that many men and women were destroied beâsides cattell and houses ouerthrowne and burneâ corne in the fieldes was beaten downe with haiââ stones as bigge as goose egges Iohn Holland Shriue Edmond Fitz Garrard Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior King Iohn tooke the 13. part of all mouable goods both of Lay Religious throughout England The Monkes of Canterbury elected Stephen Langton to be their Archbishop The Pope sent letters to King Iohn humbly exhorting him to receiue the saide Stephen being thereunto canonically elected the rather because he was an Englishman borne and a Doctor of Diuinitie c. but king Iohn being greatly offended with the promâting of the said Stephen sent men in armour to expell the Monkes of Canterbury and condemned them of treason At this time began the kingdome of Tartars in Tartaria Quéene Isabel was deliuered of her first sonne named Henry Roger Winchester Shriue Edmond Hardwell Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior W. B. of London and E B. of Ely and M. B. of Winchester by the Popes commaundement executed the interdiction vpon the whole realme and they ceased through all England to ministring of Ecclesiasticall Sacraments sauing of them that were in perill of death and Baptisme to children The King set all the Bishoprickes and Abbies in the Realme into the custodie of Lay-men and commanded all Ecclesiastical reuenewes to be confiscated This yeare was granted to the citizens of London by the kings letters patents that they should yearely choose to them a Maior Peter Duke Shriue Thomas Neale Shriue Hen Fitz Alwin Maior The Exchequer was remoued to Northampton by the Kings commandement hee also gathered a
great Army and went towards Scotland as farre as the castle at Northampton where the King of Scots came to them and treated peace for which he gaue 11000. Markes of siluer and deliuered his two daughters for a pledge After this he tooke homage of all fréeholders and swore all men to his allegiance The Arches and Stone bridge ouer the Thames at London was this yeare finished by Serle Mercer and William Alman then Procurators or Maisters of the Bridgeworkes Peter le Losne Shriue William Blund Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior The King commanded all the Iewes both men and women to bee imprisoned because hee would haue their money The king brought Ireland vnder his subiection hee caused the lawes of England to bee execuâââ there and money to be coined he raised a grââ tax vpon all the Religious in England whom ãâã caused to pay such a ransome that the sum caââ to 100000. pound besides 40000. pounds of thâ white Monkes William de Brawse was chased out of England and his wife and children murdered at Winâââ Adam Wetley Shriue Stephen la Grace Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior The King went into Wales with a great forââ subdued all the Princes Nobles tooke 28. plages for their subiection and returned There ãâã him messengers from the Pope which came ãâã make an vnitie betwixt the King the Bishope Canterbury with the Monkes which were baniâshed but the Ambassadors returned without ãâã end concluded After this the king tooke of euery knight whiââ was not with him in Wales two markes of âuer of euery shield Iohn Fitz Peter Shriue Iohn Garland Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior The Welshmen tooke diuers Castles of the King of England cut off the heads of all the souldiers burned many Townes and with a great prey returned The King caused the 28. pledges that thâ Welshmen deliuered him to be hanged An Hermit in Yorkshire named Peter prophesieâ openly to King Iohn and said that vpon Ascention day next comming he should bee no King but the Crowne should bee transposed to another This Peter was apprehended and put in prison The 10. of Iuly at night the cittie of London vpon the South side of the riuer of Thames with the Church of our Lady of the Canons in Southwarke being a fire and an excéeding great multitude of the people passing the bridge sodainly the North part by blowing of the South winde was also set on fire and the people which were euen now passing the bridg perceiuing the same would haue returned but were stopped with fire and it came to passe that as they protracted time the South end was fired so that people thronging themselues betwixt the two fires there came to aide them many Shippes and vessels into the which the multitude so vndiscreetely pressed that the Shippes being drowned it was saide that there were destroyed about thrée thousand persons Randolph Eland Shriue Constantine Iosue Shriue Henry Fitz Alwin Maior Pandulph the Legate admonished the King to restore Stephen Langton to his Sea of Canterbury and the Monkes vnto their Abbey The King calling to minde the manifold dangers hee was in made promise by oath to bee obedient to the Court of Rome Pandulph with the nobles of the realme came together at Douer vpon Ascention euen where the king did resigne his Crowne with the realme of England and Ireland into the Popes hands When the Ascention day was past Peter the Hermite bound to a horse taile was drawne through the stréetes of Warham and there both he and his sonne were hanged Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury and the other that were banished arriued at Douer and went to Winchester to the King and absolued him Richard Priâââ of Bermonsey builded an house against the wall of the said house of Bermonsey called the Almorâ of Hospitall of Conuerts of S. Thomas Henry Fitz Alwin Maior of London deceased who had continued Maior of London foure and twentie yeares Martin Fitz Alis Shriue Peter Bate Shriue Roger Fitz Alwine Maior The ditch without the walles of London 200. foot broad was begun Pope Innocent sent Nicholas Bishop of Tusâââlane to release the interdiction which had continued 6. yeares 3. moneths and 14. dayes Salomon Basing Shriue Hugh Basing Shriue Searle Mercer Maior S. Edmondsbury was consumed with fire The King met with the Barons in a medow betwixt Stanes and Windsor and there granted the liberties of England without any difficultie the Charter whereof is dated giuen by our hand in Rimming mead betwixt Stanes Windsore the 16. day of Iune the 17. yeare of our raigne vnto which all the whole realme was sworne The King sent vnto the realmes next adioyning to procure him Souldiers promising them large possessions By meanes of Pandulph the Pope disanulled the aforesaid charter liberties granted and also excommunicated the Barons By the other messengers were procured a great number of men of war which landing at Douer the King forthwith besieged Rochester and tooke it Iohn Trauers Shriue Andrew Newland Shriue William Hardel Maior The Pope excoÌmunicated the Barons by their peculiar names but they notwithstanding sent to Phillip King of France requiring him to send his son Lewis into this realme promising to make him King which the French King refused to doe till the Barons had sent him 24. pledges Gwallâ a Legate was sent from the Pope into France to forbid the going of Lewis into EnglaÌd bât his perswasions nothing preuailed he charged them vpon paine of excommunication This notwithstanding Lewis with a great army arriued in the Isle of Thanet King Iohn being then at Douer fled towards Gilford Lewis subdued all the Castles in Kent Douer onely excepted then came he to London where he was honourably receiued of the Nobles Citizens The King marched through Norfolke Suffolke till he came to Linne and appointing Sauarice de Manlion to bée Captaine there began to fortifie the towne but here filling his belly too much he got a surfet and therewith fell into a laske and when the messengers of them that were besieged in Douer were come and had declared their case the disease with griefe conceiued thereat increased Moreouer great sorrow oppressed him for that in his iourney hee had lost the ornaments of his chappel with other treasure carriages at the passage of Welstreame where many of his houshold seruants were drowned in y e water quicksands he died in the castle of Newarke on the 19. of October 1216. where the Captaine of the castle causing his body to be bowelled the same was conueied to Worcester and there honourably buried when he had raigned 17. yeares 5. moneths lacking 8. daies He had issue two sons Henry and Richard and thrée daughters Isabel Elianor and Iane. He founded the Abbey of Bowley in a new forrest of Southampton He builded the Monasteries of Farendon and Hales
Owen he reedified the castle of Godstow and Wroxal and encreased the chappell of Knarisbrough Henry of Winchester HEnry the eldest son of Iohn of the age of 9. yeares began his raigne the 19. of October in the yeare 1216. hee was crowned at Glocester in the presence of Wallow the Legate He remained in the custody of William Marshall Earle of Pembrooke Bennet Seinturer Shriue William Bluntiuers Shriue Iames Alderman Maior When Lewis heard this hee wist not what to doe whereupon compelled by necessitie he sued for peace and returned into France Thomas Boxerell Shriue Raph Eiland Shriue Serle Mercer Maior Ranulph Earle of Chester Saer de Quincie Earle of Winchester with others tooke their iourney towards Ierusalem Iohn de Viel Shriue Iohn le Spicer Shriue Serle Mercer Maior W. Marshall died and was buried at London in the new Temple after whose death the King was gouerned by Peter Bishop of Winchester Richard Wimbleton Shriue Iohn Viel Shriue Serle Mercer Maior King Henry was crowned at Westminster by Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury The new worke of our Lady Chappell at Westminster was begun by King Henry Ranulph Earle of Chester builded the Castles of Chartley Bestone and the Abbey of Delacresse Richard Renger Shriue Iohn Viel Shriue Serle Mercer Maior K. Henry subdued the Welshmen which rebelled The Nobles granted to the king two markes of euery hide of land William Earle of Arundell died buried at Wimondham a Priory of his foundation Richard Renger Shriue Thomas Lambert Shriue Serle Mercer Maior A young man was brought before the Archbishop of Canterbury who willed himselfe to bee crucified and to be called Iesus And the old woman that had bewitched the young man to such madnesse and procured herselfe to be called Mary the mother of Christ They were both closed vp betwéene two walles of stone where they ended their liues in misery The citizens of London falling out with the Bailise of Westminster and the men of the suburbs at a game of wrastling made a great tumult against the Abbot of Westminster for the which their Captaine Constantine with other were hanged the other that were culpable had their féete and hands cut off Richard Renger Shriue Thomas Lambert Shriue Serle Mercer Maior Iohn de Brennes King of Ierusalem and chiefe maister of the Hospitall there came into England and required aid to win Ierusalem but returned with small comfort Iohn Trauers shriue Andrew Bokerel shriue Richard Renger Maior The Friars minours first ariued at Douer 9. in number 5. of them remained at Canterbury did there build the first couent of friars minours that euer was in England the other 4. came to London and hired an house in Cornehill of Iohn Trenars they were by the Citizens remoued to a place in St. Nicholas shambles which Iohn Iwyn Cittizen and Mercer of London appropriated vnto the Communaltie of the Citie to the vse of the saide Friars The whole Church was builded at that time by diuers Citizens The King granted to the Commonaltie of the Citty of London to haue a common seale Iohn Trauers shriues Andrew Bokerel shriue Richard Renger Maior The 15. part of all mens goods moueable within the realme as well of the Clergy as of the Laitie was granted to the King and the King granted to the Barons and people the libertie which they long time had sued for Roger Duke shriues Martin Fitz William shriue Richard Renger Maior The King granted to the Citizens of London frée warren that is to say frée libertie to hunt a certaine circuite about the city And also that the Citizens of London should passe tol-frée throughout all England and that all weares in Thames should be destroyed for euer Roger Duke shriue Martin Fitz William shriue Richard Renger Maior The king made all the Charters of the liberties and forrests to be frustrate alleadging that they were granted whiles he was vnder ward of other so it followed that who so would enioy the liberties afore granted must renew their Charters of the Kings new seale Stephen Boxerell Shriue Henry Cocham Shriue Roger Duke Maior The king corrected the measures and weights Great thunder and lightning burnt many houses and slew both men add beasts William Winchester Shriue Robert Fitz Iohn Shriue Roger Duke Maior Robert Bingham Bishop of Sarisbury by the kings helpe prosecuted the building of the new Church at Sarisbury which his predecessor Richard did translate Stephen Bokerell Shirues Henry Cocham Shirues Roger Duke Maior Vpon the day of Saint Paul when Roger Niger Bishop of London was at Masse in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul suddenly the weather waxed darke and an horrible thunder-clay lighted on the Church the same was shaken as though it would haue fallen out of a darke cloud came such lightning that all the Church séemed to be on fire all men thought they should haue died thousands of men and women ran out of the Church and being astonished fell vpon the ground void of all vnderstanding none of all the multitude tarried in the Church saue the Bishop and one Deacon which stood still at the high Altar Richard Walter Shrieues Iohn Woborne Shrieues Roger Duke Maior Richard the kings brother married Isabel Countesse of Glocester late wife to Gilbert Earle of Glocester late wife to William Marshall Earle of Pembrooke and the marriage being scantly finished the said William dyed and was buried in the new Temple in London Michael of S. Helen Shriue Walter de Russel Shriue Andrew Bokerel Pepperer Maior The morrow after S. Martins day began thunders very horrible which lasted 15. daies Henry Edmonton Shriue Gerard Bar Shriue Andrew Bokerell Pepperer Maior The 7. of Aprill there appeared as it were foure Suns beside the naturall Sun of a red colour and a great circle of Christall colour The king builded a faire Church many houses adioyning therunto in the city of London not farre from the new Temple In which house all the Iewes and Infidels that did conuert to the faith of Christ might haue vnder an honest rule of life sufficient liuing whereby it came to passe that in short time there was gathered a great number of Conuerts which were baptized and instructed in the lawes of Christ He also builded the hospitall of S. Iohn without the East gate of Oxford for sicke and strangers to be receiued in Simon Fitz Mary Shriue Roger Blunt Shriue Andrew Bokerel Pepperer Maior Richard Marshall and Leolyne Prince of Northwales with a great force inuaded the kings lande and destroyed the same with fire and sword from the coasts of Wales to Salisbury which towâ also they set on fire This yeare was a great dearth and pestilence so that many poore folks died for want of victuals Ralph Ashy Shriue Iohn Norman Shriue Andrew Bokerell Pepperer Maior The Iewes at Norwich stole a boy and circumcised him meaning to
haue crucified him at Easter for which fact they were conuicted Walter Brune a Citizen of London and Rosia his wife founded the Hospitall of our Lady without Bishops-gate of London Gerard Bate Shriue Robert Hardell Shriue Andrew Bakerell Pepperer Maior K. Henry tooke to wife Elianor daughter to Raymond Earle of Prouince The Thames ouerflowed the banks so that in the great Palace of Westminster men did rowe with wherries in the midst of the Hall A Parliament at Marton wherein was made the statutes of Marton Henry Cocham Shriue Iordan of Couentry Shriue Andrew Bokerell Pepperer Maior Octobon a Cardinall came into England as a Legate from the Pope This yeare passed stormy and troublesome weather and very vnhealthfull Iohn Toloson Shriues Geruas the Cordwaiuer Shriue Andrew Bokerell Pepperer Maior Octobon being lodged in the Abbey of Osney the scollers of Oxford slew his master Cooke the Legate for feare got him into the stéeple of the church where he held him till the kings Officers coÌming from Abingdon conueied him to Wallingford where hee accursed the misdoers Otho de Kilkeuney a standard bearer to the schollers was taken with 12. other cast into prison long after went from S. Pauls Church in London to the Legates house bare footed bare headed where they asked him forgiuenes A Scholer of Oxford enterprised to haue slaine the King in his chamber at Woodstocke was taken and pulled in péeces with horses Iohn Coders Shriue Iohn de Wilchale Shriue Richard Renger Maior The K. gaue the Earledome of Lecester to Simon Mountford The Tower of London was fortified which the citizens feared lest it were done to their detriment Roger Bongry shriue Ralph Ashy shriue William Ioyner Maior The stone gate bulwarke which the king caused to be builded by the tower of London was shaken with an earthquake fel down but the king commaunded the same to bee builded againe Many strange fishes came a shore wherof 40. were Seabuls and one of a huge bignes passed through the bridge of London vnhurt til he came as farre as kings house at Mortlacke where he was killed Aldermen of London which had the rule of the wards of the Citty were euery yeare changed Iohn Gisers Shriue Michael Tony. Shriue Gerard Bat Maior The Iewes were constrained to pay 2000. markes at two tearmes in the yeare or else to be kept in perpetuall prison The walles and bulwarkes that were newly builded about the tower of London were againe throwne downe as it were with an earthquake Iohn Viel Shriue Thomas Duresme Shriue Reginald Bongey Maior K. Henry with a great army sailed into Normandy purposing to recouer Poiters Guien and other countries but after many bickerings to the losse of Englishmen he treated peace Iohn Fitz Iohn Shriue Ralph Asswaie Shriue Reginald Bongey Maior The Thames ouerflowed the bankes about Lambeth drowned houses and fields the spaâ of 6. miles and in the great hall at Westminster men tooke their horses backes Hugh Blunt Shriue Adam Basing Shriue Ralph Ashwie Pepperer Maior Griffin the eldest son of Leoline prince of Northwales which was kept prisoner in the Tower of London made of y e hangings shéets towels c. a long line put himselfe downe from the top of the tower but being a very big man the rope brake and he fell on his necke Robert Grosted Bishop of Lincolne with other Prelates complained to the king of the waste made of the Church goods by alian Bishops and Clearkes Ralph Foster Shriue Nicholas Bat Shriue Michiael Tony. Maior The King enlarged the Church of S. Peters in Westminster pulling downe the old walles and stéeple and caused them to be made more comely Robert of Cornehill Shriue Adam of Bentley Shriue Iohn Gisers Pepperer Maior The Church of S. Mildred in Canterbury and a great part of the Citie was burnt Simon Fitz Marie shriue Laurence Froike shriue Iohn Gisers Pepperer Maior King Henry let to fârme the Quéene-hiue in London to Iohn Gisors then Maior and his successors and coÌminalty of London for euer for the summe of 50. pounds the yeare A great plague was in England Iohn Viell shriues Nicholas Bat shriue Peter Fitz Alwin Maior By reason of the embasing of the coine a great penury followed The towne of Newcastle vpon Tine was burned bridge and all By a strange earthquake the toppes of houses were throwne downe wals did cleaue the heade of chimneyes and towers were shaken Nicholas Fitz Iosey shriue Geffery Winchester shriue Michael Toney Maior The King made a Mart at Westminster to laââ 15. daies which the citizens were faine to redéeme with 1000. pounds Richard Hardell Shriue Iohn Tolason Shriue Roger Fitz Roger Maior In October the sea flowing twise without ebbe made so horrible a noise that it was heard a great way into England beside this in a darke night the sea séemed to be on a light fire and the waâs to fight one with another so that the Marriners were not able to saue their ships And at Wincheââsea besides cottages for salt fishermens houses bridges mils aboue 300. houses in that towne with certaine Churches through the violent rising of the sea were drowned Humfrey Beas shriue William Fitz Richard shriue Iohn Norman Maior K. Henry granted that where before the citizens of London did preseÌt their Maior before the king wheresoeuer he were and so to be admitted now should come only before y e Barons of y e Exchequer Lawrence Froicke shriue Nicholas Bat shriue Adam Basing Maior A great drought from Easter to Michaelmas The shepheards of France England took their iourney towards the holy land to the number of 30000. but their number vanished in short time William Durham shriue Thomas Wimborn shriue Iohn Toloson Draper Maior The liberties of London were seized by y e means of Richard Earle of Cornwall who charged the Maior that hee looked not to the Bakers for their âses of bread so that the citty was forced to please the Earle with 600. Markes and were restored Iohn Northampton shriue Richard Pickard shriue Richard Hardell Draper Maior Edward the kings son wedded Elianor the kings daughter of Spaine his father gaue him y e Earledome of Chester the gouernance of Gwien and Ireland Ralph Ashy shriue Robert of Limon shriue Richard Hardell Druper Maior 142. Iewes were brought to Westminster which were accused of crucifying a child at Lincolne 18. of them were hanged the rest remained long prisoners Stephen Do shriue Henry Walmond shriue Richard Hardell Draper Maior The Maior and diuers Aldermen of London and the Sherifes were depriued of their offices the gouernance of the Cittie committed to other Michael Bokerell Shriue Iohn the Minor Shriue Richard Hardel Draper Maior Hugh Bigot chiefe Iustice of England Rogâ Turkleby kept their Courts in the Guild hall
losse of 25000. of his men and of Christians there were slaine 5000. besides 240. Knights of the order Laurence Ducket Goldsmith grieuously wounded one Ralph Crepin in West Cheape and then sled into Bow Church after that certaine euill disposed persons friends to the said Ralph entred the Church in the night time and slewe the saide Laurence lying in the stéeple and then hanged him vp placing him as though he had hanged himselfe But shortly after by relation of a boy the truth of the matter was known for the which a woman and sixtéene men were put in prison and afterward more who all were drawn and hanged saue the woman who was burnt The great Conduit in Cheape was begun to be builded Stephen Cornehill shriue Robert Rokesley shriue Gregory Rokesley Maior A Iustes was proclaimed at Boston in the faire time whereof one part came in y e habit of Monks another in the sute of Canons who had couenanted after the Iusts to spoile the faire for the atchiuing of their purposes they fired the towne in 3. places Walter Blunt Shriue Iohn Wade Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior On New yeares day at night as well through vehemencie of the winde as violence of the seâ many Churches were ouerthrowne and destroied not onely at Yarmouth Dunwich and Ipswich but also in diuers other places of England Thomas Crosh Shriue Walter Hautaine Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior The Summer was so excéeding hot that many men died through the extremitie thereof and yet wheate was sold at London for 3. s. 4. d. the quarter and such cheapnes of beanes and pease as the like had not béene heard of William Hereford Shriue Thomas Stanes Shriue Ralph Sandwich Custos Great haile fell in England after insued great raine that the yeare following wheate was raised from 5. d. the bushell to 16. d. so increased yearely till it was lastly sold for 20. s. the quarter William Betaine Shriue Iohn of Canterbury Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior Rice ap Meredith was by the Earle of Cornwall taken drawen hanged and quartered Falke of S. Edmond Shriue Salomon le Stotell Shriue Sir Iohn Briton Custes The transgressions of diuers Iustices was tried out punished accordingly some lost their goods and then were banished some as wel of the Bench as of the Assises were sent to the Tower The King banished all y e Iews out of England giuing them to beare their charges till they were out of the realme the number of Iewes then expulsed were 15. M. 9. persons Thomas Romain Shriue William de Lier Shriue Iohn de Breton Custos The wool staple was ordained to be at Sandwich Ralph Blunt Shriues Hamond Boxe Shriue Ralph Sandwich Custos King Edward adiudged Iohn Ballioll to bee true heire of Scotland Quéene Elianor died at Herdby a towne neare to Lincolne she was brought to Westminster and there buried The king made at euery place where she staied a costly crosse with the Queenes image vpon it Charing Crosse and the Crosse in West Cheape of London were two of them The Minoresse a Nunnery without Algate of London was founded by Edmond Earle of Leicester brother to King Edward Henry Bole Shriue Elias Russel Shriue Ralph Sandwich Custos Thrée men had their right hands cut off in west Cheape for rescuing a prisoner rested by an Officer in the Cittie of London Robert Rokesly Shriue Martin Aunsbresby Shriue Ralph Sandwich Maior The water of Thames ouerflowed the bankes and made a breach at Rotherheth beside London the low ground about Bermondsey and Tothâ was ouerflowed Henry Boxe Shriue Richard Glocester Shriue Sir Ralph Sandwich Maior The King passing with an armie against the Welshmen builded the Castle of Beawmarish in the Isle of Anglesey The Welshmen were consumed by famine their woods were felled and many castles fortified Rice ap Meredith was brought to London The Frenchmen arriued at Douer and spoiled the towne Iohn of Dunstable Shriue Adam de Halingbery Shriue Sir Iohn Breton Maior Iohn Baliol King of Scots contrary to his allegiance rebelled King Edward won the Castles ãâã Barwicke and Dunbarre hee slew of Scots 25. thousand he conquered Edenborough where he found the regall ensignes of Scotland Thomas Suffolke Shriue Adam Fulham Shriue Sir Iohn Breton Maior The King increased the tribute of the woolles tasking for euery sacke 40. s. where before thâ time they paid but halfe a marke The Scots by instigation of W. Waleâs âebelled and put the Englishmen to much trouble Iohn de Stortford shriue W. de Stortford shriue Sir Iohn Breton Maior Fire being kindled in the lesser hall of y e pallace at Westminster the flame therof being driuen with winde fired the building of the Monastery next adioyning which with the pallace were both consumed S. Martins Church in the Vintry at London was now builded by the Executors of Mathew de Calumbaris Richard Rotham Shriue Thomas Sâly Shriue Henry Waleis Maior This realme was troubled with false money called Crockden and Pollard coined in parts beyond the seas and vttered for sterling K. Edward tooke to wife Margaret sister to Philliple Beaw then King of France Iohn de Aâmentiers Shriue Henry de Fingrie Shriue Henry Waleis Maior K Edward made his voiage against the Scots wherein he subdued a great part of the land tooke the castle of Estreueliue with other and made the Lords sweare to him fealty Lucas Hauering shriue Richard Campes shriue Elias Russell Maior The K. gaue to Edward his son the Princedome of Wales and ioyned there unto the Dukedome of Cornewall and the Earledome of Chester Robert Colleuer shriue Peter de Boscube shriue Elias Russel Maior The Scots rebelling made William Waleis their leader wherefore the king hauing his army ready passed ouer y e whole land none offring him battel Hugh Port Shriue Simon Paris Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior Richard Grauesend Bishop of London deceased who is reported to haue purchased the Charters liberties of the Cittie of London in the yeare of our Lord 1392. in the 16. of Richard the second The vntruth whereof I haue thought good thus much to note The K. returning out of Scotland coÌmanded the courts of the Kings bench and the Exchequer which had now remained at Yorke seuen yeares to be remoued to their old places at London W. de Combematin Shriue I. de Bereford Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior K. Edw. ordained Iustices of TirelebastoÌ against intruders into other mens lands truce breakers extortioners murtherers and such like offenders W. Waleis which had oftentimes set Scotland in great trouble was taken brought to London where he was hanged headed and quartered Roger Paris Shriue Iohn Lincolne Shriue Sir Iohn Blunt Maior Robert Bruce caused himselfe to bee crowned King of Scots wherof when King Edward heard he went with hast into Scotland where he chased the said Robert Bruce and
Penreth with many other townes wherefore the Bishop of Carlile with Thomas Lucy Robert Ogle and a great number compassed them in the night season and with lights and noises so disquieted them that they neither durst goe out for victuals nor giue their bodies to sléepe but at the last Alexander Stragon stoutly prepared to goe out for victuals whom the Bishop and Robert Ogle met and with a speare thrust him through the body so that the Scots were ouercome and slaine Edmond Hemenball shriue Iohn of Glocester shriue Richard Leger Maior King Edward tooke shipping and arriued at Hogges in Normandy from thence hee went to Caen in which iourney he burned the ships in all the hauens round about hee spoiled Caen to the bare wals and tooke many prisoners Hee besieged Calice Dauid le Bruce with all his power entred the borders of NorthumberlaÌd came to Bere Parke by Neuels crosse nigh Durham spoyling and killing all that met them then William Souch Archbishop of Yorke the Lords Percy Mânbray Ralph Neuell gaue them a sharpe battell wherein the Englishmen had the victory the Scots put to slight In the chase were taken Dauid le Bruce the Earles of Meney of Stradermes of Fife with others Iohn Croyden Shriue William Clopton Shriue Geffery Witchingham Maior When King Edward had long time besieged Calice the French King came to breake the seege but when he saw he could not fulfill his desire hee set fire in the tents and went his way which wheÌ the men of Calice perceiued they yéelded the town and Castle This yeare 1347. Lewis the fourth Emperour of that name fell from his horse and died thereof And in the yeare 1390. Iohn King of Spaine as he was hunting a hart fell from his horse brake his neck In the yeare 1395. in diuers parts were seene one great starre and fiue little starres which séemed to fight with the great starre and to pursue it by the space of an hower and after that there were diuers voyces heard in the aire like cryes and after that a man was séene in the aire like copper holding a launce in his hand and hee threw fire after the starre and suddenly all these sights vanished In some places there were heard loud voices and great sounds of men fighting and ratling of Armour wherewith the people were much astonished These prodigies came before a great battell which was fought this yeare in Hungary where the Hungarians at this time had the victory slew of their enemies the Sarazens almost an hundred thousand but the next yeare following the Turkes Sarazens had a mighty victory vpon Sigismond King of Hungary and vpon the rest of the Christian army Which discomfiture of the Christians the French Chronicles very honestly records to be long of the proud disordered Princes and Gentry of France who obstinately inclined more to their seuerall losses and riotous desires then to their obedience in this speciall seruice of God It happned this yeare also being the yeare 1396. that the King of Arragon riding after a Hart fel from his horse brake his necke and not long after this King Richard came to vntimely death And in the 400. the Duke of Brunswicke was murthered by a Knight And this yeare in france there were hailestones as big as goose egs About this time was that Vniuersitie of Lypsicke founded K. Edward was by the Princes Electors chosen Emperour but he refusing it attended the wars in France Adam Broson Shriue Richard Bas Shriue Thomas Leggy skinner Maior Gualter Many founded the Charterhouse besides London neare to Smithfield and was there buried The pestilence beganne in England about Lammas so that very many that were whole in the morning died before noone In one day there was 20.40.60 and many times more dead bodies buried in one pit About the feast of all Saints it came to London and increased so much that from Candlemas vntill Easter in the Charterhouse Churchyard neare vnto Smithfield more then 200. dead corps besides the bodies that were buried in other Churchyards where there euery day buried Henry Pichard Shriue Simon Dolseby Shriue Iohn Loukin Fishmonger Maior More then 120. persons of Zealand and Holland comming out of Flanders to London sometime in the Church of S. Paul sometime in othââ places of the Cittie twise in the day in the sight of the people from the loines to the héeles couered with linnen cloath euery one in their hand a whip with thrée cordes beat themselues on their bodies going in procession 4. of them singing in their own language all the other answering them Adam of Bury Shriue Ralph of Linne Shriue Walter Turke Fishmonger Maior In Oxfordshire neare to Chippingnorton was found a Serpent hauing two heads and two faces like women one face attired of the new fashion of womens attire the other face like the old array and had wings like a bat King Edward met the Spaniards vpon the Sea by Winchelsea Romney and slew them and tooke 26. great shippes Iohn Notte Shriue William Worcester Shriue Richard Killingbury Maior A new coine called a groate and halfe groate were coyned but these were of lesse waight then the Easterlings by reason whereof victuals and marchandise became the dearer Iohn Wroth Shriue Gilbert Stinesthorpe Shriue Andrew Aubery Grocer Maior The Castle of Guines was yéelded to the Englishmen dwelling in Callis Iohn Peach Shriue Iohn Stotley Shriue Adam Frances Maior King Edward altered the Chappell which his progenitours before time had founded of S. Stephens at Westminster into a Colledge of xii secular Canons xii vicars other ministers accordingly This sommer was called the dry sommer William Wolde Shriue Iohn Little Shriue Adam Frances Mercer Maior The staple of wooll was remoued from Flanders and established sundry places of England to wit at Westminster Canterbury Chichester Bristow Lincolne and Hull William Totingham shriue Richard Smelt shriue Thomas Leggy Skinner Maior A great dissension fell in Oxford betwéene a scholler a vintner for a quart of wine so that the scholler powred the wine vpon the vintners head and brake his head with the pot by reason wherof a great conflict was made betwéene the schollers and the Lay people of the Towne Walter Frost shriue Thomas Brandon shriue Simon Frances Mercer Maior Edward Prince of Wales nigh to the Citty of Poytiers ioyned battell with K. Iohn of France of whom the Prince by his martiall policy won a noble victory In this conflict King Iohn was taken with his young son and many of his Nobles Richard Notingham shriue Thomas Dolsel shriue Henry Pichard Vintner Maior This Henry Pichard Vintner Maior of London in one day sumptuously feasted Edward King of England Iohn king of France the King of Cipres then arriued in England Dauid King of Scots Edward Prince of Wales with many other Noble men c. The King taking his iourney towards
Whittington Mereer Maior Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury was banished the Realme The King caused the great hall at Westminster to be repaired with a maruellous costly worke Henry Duke of Hereford accused Thomas Duke of Norfolke of certaine words by him spoken tending to the reproach of the kings person which the Duke of Norfolke vtterly denied whereupon a combat was granted them but the king taking vp the quarrell banished the Duke of Hereford for 10. yeares and the Duke of Norfolke for euer Iohn Wade Shriue Iohn Warnar Shriue Drew Barentine Goldsmith Maior Ihon of Gaunt D. of Lancaster deceased was honourably buried in S. Pauls Church at London The King exacted great sums of money of xvii shires of the realme and laid to their charges that they had béene against him with the Duke of Glocester the Earles of Arundell and Warwicke wherefore he sent to induce the Lords both spirituall and temporall to make a submission by writing acknowledging themselues to be traitors to the King though they neuer offended him Moreouer he compelled them to set their hands to blankes to the ende that so often as it pleased him he might oppresse them About Whitsontide King Richard sailed towards Ireland In the meane season Henry Duke of Hereford of Lancaster arriued in Yorkeshire demanding the inheritance due to him by the death of his Father There came to him Henry Percie Earle of Northumberland Ralph Neuill Earle of Westmerland and many other Lords with their powers and went to Bristow and besieged the Castle where they tooke W. Scrope Iohn Bushy and Thomas Greene and beheaded them King Richard hearing of the Dukes arriuall forthwith tooke shipping and arriued at Milford hauen but when hee vnderstood what preparation the Duke had made he placed himselfe in the castle of Conway desiring to talke with T. Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury and the Earle of Northumberland which being granted he came to the castle of flint where hee had a briefe communication with the Duke of Lancaster They tooke horse that night came to y e castle of Chester from thence to Westminster and from thence the King was sent to the tower of London where he remained till the next Parliament which was begun the morrow after Michaelmas day at which time hee resigned to Henry Duke of Hereford and Lancaster all his power knightly title to the Crowne of England and France when hee had raigned 22. yeares 3. moneths and odde daies HEnry the fourth son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was ordained king of England more by force then by lawful succession or election He began his raigne the 29. of September in the yeare 1399. William Walden Shriue William Hide Shriue Thomas Knowles Grocer Maior The King caused the blancke charters made to King Richard to be burnt Iohn Holland late Duke of Exceter Thomas Holland Duke of Surrey Edward Duke of Awmarle Iohn Montacute Earle of Salisbury Thomas Spencer Sir Ralph Lumley Sir Thomas Blunt Sir Benedict Cely Knights with others conspired against King Henry and appointed priuily to murder him but their treason being disclosed they were all put to death King Richard being in Pomfret castle died the 14. day of February his body was brought to London so through the Citie to Pauls C. bare faced where he stood 3. daies for all beholders froÌ thence he was carried to Langley there buried The Welshmen rebell by the setting on of Owen Glendouerdew whereof the King being certified went into Wales but the Welshmen fled Iohn Wakell Shriue William Ebot Shriue Iohn Frances Goldsmith Maior This time was vsed exceeding pride in garments gownes with déepe and broad sléeues commonly called peake sléeues whereof some hung downe to the féete and at least to the knées ful of cuts and iagges William Venor Shriue Iohn Eremingham Shriue Iohn Chadworth Mercer Maior The Conduit vpon Gornehill in London was made Certaine men affirmed King Richard to be aliue for the which a Priest was taken at Warwicke who was drawne hanged and quartered Walter Waldocke Prior of Land was likewise hanged and headed Certaine grey Friars were taken of the which one Richard Fresby Doctour of Diuinitie was drawne and hanged Sir Roger Clarindon Knight a Squire and a Yeoman were beheaded eight gray friars hanged and beheaded at London and two at Leicester all which had published King Richard to be aliue Owen Glendouerdew inuaded all the shires that bordered neare vnto him The K. went with a great power into Wales where he profited nothing This yeare 1402. died Iohn Galias of Galiaso the first Duke of Millaine being at first but viscount of Millaine as his auncestors had béene before him he was created Duke by Wencessaus the Emperour for ayding him with a great army against Robert of Bauiere otherwise called Rupert Duke of Bauaria Compotior vnto the Emperiall dignitie Wencessaus was despised of many and his lose gouernment generally misliked euen of his own brother Sigismond with whom he had sharpe warres and was by him taken and kept prisoner vntill he died of an Apoplexie After his death Robert became sole Emperour in the yeare 1400. who with all expedition fury as well in respect of his owne particular malice as in pretence of a speciall fauour towards his olde tryed friends the Florentines he came into Italy with a very stroÌg army with full purpose to vanquish and be auenged of Galeaso the new Duke of Millaine but the Duke so stoutly resisted the Emperour and all his adherents as hée caused him to retire into Germany Notwithstanding the importunate sute of the Florentines vnto the Emperor that he should not depart out of Italy and leaue them in all apparence of extreame daunger of their enemies whom they had so many wayes vexed in reuenge whereof the said Iohn Galeazo entred into armes but first slewe his Vncle Barnabas then posiest himselfe of his vncles wealth and authority and conquered Verona Vincentia Padua Parma many other Italian Cities territories he made a large Parke for all sorts of beastes and in the middle thereof he builded a stately Monastery He was very faire learned eloquent but how long he raigned is vncertaine because the Archbishop of Florence and the supplement of Chronicles and Paulus Iouius differ about the beginning of his raigne the Archbishop saith hee began in the yeare 1385. the Supplement saith in the yeare 1382. and Iouius saith in the yeare 1378. He raigned 24. yeares died at 55. yeares of age his son Iohn Maria being very yong succéeded him in the yeare 1402. and was in his minority brought vp by his mother after that he became tyrannous he put to death many honest vertuous people and caused many of his enemies to bee eaten by dogs he imprisoned his kind mother where he constrained her to end her daies with great misery he was slaine by his owne seruants as he
Dunstons in the East of London a great fray happened wherethrough many people were sore wounded Thomas Petwarden Fishmonger slaine out of hand The beginners of the fray which was the Lord Strange sir Iohn Russel knight through the quarrell of their two wiues were brought to the counter in the Poultry excoÌmunicated at P. Crosse King Henry sailed into Normandy and tooke the Castle of Tonke and shortly after get Caen Beyonx and many other Townes and Castles Henry Read shriue Iohn Gedney shriue Richard Marlow Ironmonger Maior Sir Iohn Oldcastle was sent vnto London by the Lord Powes out of Wales which sir Iohn was conuict by Parliament drawne to S. Giles field hanged and consumed with fire The Parson of Wrotham in Norfolke which had haunted New-Market-heath and there robbed and spoiled many was with his concubine brought to Newgate of London where he died Iohn Brian Ralph Barton Brian deceased Shriue Iohn Pernesse succeeded Shriue William Seuenoke Grocer Maior This William Seuenoke founded in the towne of Seuenocke in Kent where hee had béene nourished a frée schoole and xii almes houses King Henry besieged the Citty of Roan halfe a yeare and more which was yéelded to him Richard Whitingham shriue Iohn Butler shriue Richard Whittington Mercer Maior This Richard Whittington builded the library in the Gray Friars Church in London his Excecutors of his goods builded Whittington Colledge they repaired S. Bartholomews Hospitall in Smithfield they bare some charges to the pauing and glazing of the Guildhall and also of the library there they new builded the West gate of London of old time called Newgate K. Henry was made Regent of France wedded Lady Katherine the Kings daughter of France at Troys in Champaine the feast being finished the King besieged and won many townes in France Iohn Burler Shriue Iohn Welles Shriue William Cambrige Grocer Maior The King suppressed the French houses of religious Monks Friars and such like in England A Subsidie was demaunded but the Bishop of Winchester lent the King 20000. pound to ââay the matter The King sailed into France Richard Goslin Shriue William Weston Shriue Robert Chichely Grocer Maior This Robert Chichely wâlled in his testament that vpon his mind day a competent dinner shuld be ordained for 2420. poore men housholders of the Citty and 20. pound in money to distribute amongst them which was to euery man two pence At this time such was the generall capital command sway of the King of England in France as her own Chronicles testifie that in the Court of Chancery in Paris all things were sealed with the seale of King Henry of England and the great seale of England was there new made and vsed wherein was the Armes of France England and as the King sate in his chaire of state he held two Scepters in his hands that is to say in his right hand was a scepter smooth plaine only the proportion of the French coine commonly called a French crowne in his left hand he held a scepter full of curious arts carued and wrought with the armes of England as is vsed in the English mony and on the top thereof a Crosse Presently vpon this the french were so vexed with the english gouernmeÌt that they practised al meanes to extirp the English as well by praiers as otherwise and neuer ceased vntill they had obtained their desire Calice onely excepted which was English many yeares after Henry the Kings sonne was borne at Windsor on the 6. day of December K. Henry being at Boys S. Vincent waxed sicke died the last of August in the yeare 1422. when he had raigned 9. yeares 5. moneths odde daies hee founded two Monasteries vpon the Thames the one of the Religion of the Carthusians which he named Bethlem the other of religious men women of S. Briget which he named Sion Hee founded Garter principall King of Armes He lieth buried at Westminster Henry of Windsor HEnry the 6. being an infant of 8. moneths olde began his raigne the last of August in the yeare 1422. the gouernance of the Realme was committed to the Duke of Glocester and the guard of his person to the Duke of Exceter to the Duke of Bedford was giuen the the regiment of France William Eastfield Shriue Robert Tatarsall Shriue William Walderne Mercer Maior The xxi of October died Charles King of France by reason whereof the kingdome of France should come to King Henry and the Nobles of France except a few that held with the Dolphine deliuered the possession thereof to the Duke of Bedford to the vse of King Henry A subsidy was granted for thrée yeares fiue nobles for euery sacke of woolle that should passe out of the land This yeare the West gate of London called Newgate was new builded by the Excecutors of Richard Whittington Nicholas Iames Shriue Thomas VVadford Shriue VVilliam Cromer Draper Maior Iames the yong King of Scots who was taken by the Englishmen in the 8. yeare of Henry the 4. and had remained in England prisoner till this time was now deliuered and maried in S. Mary Oueries in Southwarke to the Lady Iane daughter the Earle of Somerset The battell at Vernoill in Perch betwéene the Duke of Bedford Regent of France and the Arminakes but the English party preuailed Simon Seman shriue Iohn Bywater shriue Iohn Michael Stockefishmonger Maior By a Parliament was granted to the King for 3. yeares to helpe him in his warres a subsidie of 12. d. the pound of all Marchandise brought in or carried out of the Realme and 3. s. of euery tun of wine which was called tonage or poundage but since it hath béene renewed at sundry Parliaments and now called custome It was enacted that all the Marchant strangers should be lodged with English hosts and within 40. dayes to make sale of all they brought or else what remained to be forfeit to the King William Mâldred shriue Iohn Brokââll shriue Iohn Couentry Mercer Maior The morrow after Simon Iudes day the Maior caused a great watch to be kept with most part of the citizens in armor to stand by the duke of Glocester against the Bishop of Winchester who lay in Southwark with a great power of Lancashire and Cheshire men but the matter was appeased by the Archbishop of Canterbury The 28. of September was an earthquake which continued the space of two houres Iohn Arnold Shriue Iohn Higham Shriue Iohn Rainwell Fishmonger Maior This Iohn Rainwell gaue certaine tenements to the citie of London for the which the same citie is bound to pay foreuer such Fifteenes as well bee granted to the K. for Downgate Billângsgate and Algate ward c. This yeare the tower of the drawbridge of London was begun by the same Maior Henry Frowicke shriue Robert Otley shriue Iohn Godney Draper Maior From the beginning of Aprill vnto Hallontide
was so great aboundance of raine that not onely hay but corne also was destroyed Thomas Duthouse shriue Iohn Abbot shriue Henry Barton Skinner Maior The Duke of Norfolke passing through London bridge his barge ouerwhelmed so that 30. persons were drowned and the Duke with other that escaped were drawne vp with ropes A Britaine murthered a widow in white chappel parish without Algate of London bare away her goods but being pursued he took succour of the Church of S. George in Southwark from whence he was taken forswore the land But as he happened to come by the place where hee had done the murder y e women of the parish withstones shéeps hornes and kennell dung made an end of him William Russo Shriue Ralph Holland Shriue William Eastfield Maior Before the towne of Champaine was taken a woman armed the Frenchmen called her La Pucella de Dieu through whom the Dolphin trusted to haue conquered all France Walter Chartsey Shriue Robert Large Shriue Nicholas Wotton Draper Maior Francis Sforce son to Sforce of Cutygnola was by his father Viscount Philip Maria adopted for his heire caused him to beare the serpent in his Scutchion which was the ancient Armes of the said Viscount And in the yeare 1430 died Phillip Maria the yeare following y e forenamed Francis Sforce by reason of his singular vertue valour was made Duke of Millaine he was called Sforce because his father was so called who was so surnamed for his valour Noble acts of chiualry for albeit at the first hee was but of meane and lowe place yet by his owne merit he attained by degrées the highest place in Campe making all men to obey serue him by force and was thereupon surnamed Sforce which name hath descended vnto his heires euer since This Francis had many victories against Pope Eugenius and against the Florentines Venetians and Mylaneseys he had almost extirped the Gwelphes and Ghibelines he was feared and honoured of all Italy he made peace with Venice other cities he reedified the great Castle of Millaine and builded a faire hospitall within the Citie and gaue thereunto large reuenewes onely for the vse of the poore hée was at great charges in building the Church of Saint Ambrose he raigned 16. yeares his soune Galease Maria succéeded him who banished his owne mother and abounded in all vices he was slain in S. Stephens Church hauing raigned 9. yeares hée left behind him 4. children Read the Supplement of Chronicles At Abington began an insurrection of certaine lewde persons y e intended to haue wrought much mischiefe but the chiefe authour being Balifâe of the towne named VVilliam Mundeuile a Weauor with others were put to death Iohn Adorley Shriue Stephen Browne Shriue Iohn VVels Grocer Maior This Iohn Welles caused the Conduit called the Standard in Cheape to be new builded This yeare 1431. King Henry of England being but 12. yeares of age was triumphantly crowned King of France in our Lady Church in Paris in the presence of the English and French Cleargie and Nobilitie and was with great honour generally receiued as King The Frenchmen euer after called him little Harry as appeareth by their Chronicles to this day King Henry after he was crowned at Paris in France shortly after returned into England and came to London where hee was royally receiued of all the Crafts men riding in gownes of white and red hoods imbrodered richly Iohn Oluey shriue Iohn Paddesley shriue Iohn Perney Fishmonger Maior Foure Souldiers of Calice beheaded and an hundred and ten banished and before that time was banished an hundred and twenty Thomas Chalton Shriue Iohn King Shriue Iohn Brokeley Draper Maior The Earle of Huntington was sent with a company of Souldiers into France where hee atchieued many enterprises Thomas Barnewell Shriue Simon Eyre Shriue Roger Otely Grocer Maior The Thames was frozen that the Marchandise which came to the Thames mouth was carried to London by land Thomas Catworth shriue Robert Clopton shriue Henry Frowicke Maior Charles of France recouered the citty of Paris the towne of Hartflew and S. Denis Thomas Morsted Shriue William Gregory Shriue Iohn Michael Fishmonger Maior The gate on London bridge with the tower vpon it next to Southwarke fell downe the 2. furtheâ arches of the saide bridge and no man perished King Henry put downe the Maior of Norwich sent the Aldermen some to Lyn some to Canterbury tooke their Franchises into his hand and appointed Iohn Wels sometime Maior of London to be Warden of Norwich All the Lions in the Tower of London died William Hales Shriue William Chapman Shriue VVilliam Eastfield Mercer Maior This VVilliam Eastfield builded the water conduit in Fléetstréete Owen Theodor fowly hurting his kéeper brake out of Newgate but was again taken afterward This Owen as was saide had priuily married Quéene Katherne late wife to Henry the fifth and had foure children by her Hugh Diker shriue Nicholas Yoo shriue Stephen Browne Grocer Maior A great minde in London almost blewe downe one side of the stréete called the old Change A stack of wood fell downe at Bainards Castle killed 3. men By the fall of a staire at Bedford where the shiâe day was kept 18. persons were slain Many strumpets were set on the pillory and banished the city except they wore their ray hoods Philip Malpas Shriue Roger Marshall Shriue Robert large Mercer Maior It was ordained that all Marchant strangers should go to host with Englishmen to make sale of their Marchandises and buy againe what they would within the space of 6. months giuing their host for euery 20. s. worth 2. d. except the Easterlings Also that euery housholder that was an aliant should pay to the King xvi pence the yeare and euery seruant aliant vi pence Sir Rich VVich Vicar of Hermetsworth in Essex was burnt on Tower-hill the 17 of Iune The 18. of Iuly the posterne of London by East-smithfield against the Tower of London sanke by night Iohn Sutton Shriue William Wettinhall Shriue Iohn Paddesley Goldsmith Maior A combate was fought at Tote hill betwéene two theeues the appealer had the field of the defendant Roger Bolingbrooke with Thomas Southwell were taken as conspirators of the kings death for it was said that the same Roger should labour to consume the Kings person by way of necremancy Elianor Cobham Dutchesse of Glocester was cited to appeare before Henry Chichely Archbishop of Canterbury to answer certaine matters of necromancy witchcraft sorcery heresie and treason where when she appeared the foresaid Roger was brought forth to witnes against her and said that she was the cause first stirred him to labour in that art Then she was committed to the ward of Sir Iohn Steward Knight Then was taken also Margerie Gurdmain a witch of Ely whose sorcery and witchcraft the said Elianor had long time vsed wherefore the same witch
ordained a number of chosen archers to giue daily attendance on his person whom he named Yeomen of the Guard King Henry sent vnto the Lord Maior of London requiring him and his Citizens of a prest of 6000. markes Wherefore the Maior with his Brethren and Commons granted 2000. pound which prest was repaied againe the next yeare following Wheate was sold for 3. s. the bushell and bay salt at the like price The Crosse in Cheape was new builded Iohn Perciuall Shriue Hugh Clopton Shriue Henry Collet Mercer Maior Iohn Perciuall being the Maiors Caruer was by Hugh Brice late Maior chosen Shriue of London for the yeare following The king married Elizabeth the eldest daughter al Edward the fourth by which meanes the two families of Yorke and Lancaster were vnited Francis Louel and Humphrey Stafford rebelled in the North which commotion was quieted by the Duke of Bedford there was slaine Iohn Earle of Lincolne the Lord Louell Martine Swart and other there aboue foure thousand This battel was sought high to a village called Stoke On the twenty one of September Quéene Elizabeth brought foorth her first sonne named Arthur Iohn Fenkill Shriue William Remington Shriue William Horne Salter Maior King Henry comming to London made W. Horne Maior of London and Iohn Perciuall Alderman Knights betwixt Hornsey and Iseldon A prest for the King in the Citie of London of 4000. pound and shortly after was another prest of 2000. pound which were both repaied againe the next yeare William Isaake Shriue Ralph Tinleâ Shriue Robert Taâe Mercer Maior A taske of the tenth peny of all mens goods and lands was granted to K. Henry to aide the Duke of Britaine against the French King through which taske the commons of the North made all insurrection and slew the Earle of Northemberland wherefore Iohn Achamber their Captaine with other were hanged at Yorke William Capel Shriue Iohn Brooke Shriue William White Draper Maâor Roger Shauelocke a Taylor within Ludgate of London being a maâ of great wealth flew himselfe for whose goods was great busines betwéene the Kings Almâer and the Shriues of London H. Coote â Reuil Shriue Hugh Pemberton Shriue Iohn Mathew Mercer Maior King Henry required a beneuolence which was granted towards his iourney into France Henry the Kings second sonne borne at Gréenwich the 22. of Iune The Conduit in Grace stréet was begun to bee builded by the Excecutors of Thomas Hill late Maior Wheate was sold at London for twentie pence the bushell Thomas Wood Shriue William Browne Shriue Hugh Clopton Mercer Maior This Hugh Clopton during his life a Batcheler builded a stone bridge at Stratford vpon Anon. King Henry tooke his voyage into France with a great Army to aide the Britons against the French King William Purchase Shriue William Welbecke Shriue William Martin Skinner Maior King Henry returned into England Two Pardone âs were set on the Pillory in Cornehill thrée market dayes for forging of false pardons and for that one of them had fained himselfe to be a Priest he was sent to Newgate where he died the other was driuen out of London with shame enough A riot made vpon the Easterlings or Stilliard men by Mercers seruants and others of the City of London for the which many of them were sore punished Robert Fabian shriue Iohn Winger shriue Sir Ralph Austrie Fishmonger Maior This Ralph Austrie roofed with timber couered with lead the Parish Church of S. Martin in the Vintry and also glazed the same Church c. King Henry holding his roial feast at Christmas at Westminster on the twelfth day feasted the Maior of London Ralph Austry and his brethren the Aldermen Commoners after dinner he dubbed the Maior Knight and caused him his brethren to tary behold the disguisings other disports in the night following shewed in the great hall hanged with arras staged all along on both sides which disports being ended the K. Quéene and Ambassadors and other States being set at a Table of stone 60. Knights Esquires serued 60 dishes to the Kings messe and as many to the Quéenes neither fish nor flesh the Maior with 24. dishes to his messe of the same maner seruice with sundry wines in most plenteous wise Finally the King and Quéene being conueied into the Pallace the Maior with his company in barges returned and came to London by the breake of the next day Wheat was sold at London at 6. d. the bushell bay salt for 3. d. halfe peny Nantwich salt for sixe pence the bushell white herring for 6. s. the barrell red herring at 3. s. the cade red sprats 6. d. the Cade and Gascoine wine at 6. l. the tun Nicholas Alwine Shriue Iohn Warner Shriue Richard Chaurie Salter Maior Sir William Stanley was beheaded on tower hill White herring being good were sold for 3. s. 4. d. the barrell at London Perkin Warbecke arriued at Deale in Kent where when hee and his company saw they could haue no comfort of the country they withdrewe to their ships againe but the Maior of Sandwich with certaine commons of the countrey vickered with the residue that were vpon the land and tooke aliue of them 169. persons who were hanged in Kent Essex Sussex and Norfolke Thomas Knesworth Shriue Henry Somer Shriue Sir Henry Coliet Mercer Maior The 16. of Nouember was holden the Serieants feast at the Bishops place of Ely in Holborne where dined the King Quéene and all the chiefe Lords of England In Aprill was concluded an amitie and entercourse betwéene this land and the countrey of Flanders c. The Scots entred England and by the setting on of Perkin Warbecke did much harme Iohn Shaw Shriue Richard Haddon Shriue Sir Iohn Tate Mercer Maior This Iohn Tate newly builded and enlarged S. Anthonies Church in London a Colledge of a goodly foundation with a frée Schoole and certaine almes houses for âoore men Sir Reignald Bray with others of the Kings Counsell declared to the Maior of London that the K. desired to borrow of the Citizens 10000. li. The Maior desired respite till the 5. day following at which time was assembled at the Guild-hall the common counsell thither came the forenamed sir Reignald Bray with other of the Kings Councel at which day with great submission and praier made vnto them to bee good meanes for the Citty vnto the Kings Grace the commons lastly granted to lend vnto the King 4000. li. which of his Grace was well and thankfully accepted and truly repaied By meanes of a Parliament that was granted to the King a commotion was made by the Commons of Cornewall which vnder the leading of Iames Lord Audley with Michel a Blacksmith and other came to Blacke-heath where the King met with them discomfited and tooke their Captaines there was slaine of the rebels about 300. and taken about 1500. The Lord Audley was beheaded on the Towerhill the
W. Foxley and hée was in all points found as hee had slept but one night and was liuing till the yéere of our Lord 1587. The 13. of Iune being Whitsunday a peace was proclaimed betwéene the Kings of England and of France The 16. of Iuly were burned in Smithfield for the Sacrament Anne Askewe Iohn Lassels Nicholas Ouerden Priest Iohn Adlam Tailor and Doctor Shaxton sometime Bishop of Salisburie preached at the same fire and there recanted perswading them to doe the like but they would not The 21. of August came into England Flaud high Admirall of France who brought with him the Sacre of Déepe and 12. Gallies he landed at the Tower wharse where he was honourably receiued brought to the Bishop of Londons Pallace where he lodged two nights and then rode to Hampton Court where the king lay By the way Prince Edward receiued him with a company of 500. coates of veluet with one sléeue of cloath of gold halfe the coate imbrodered with gold there was in all to the number of eight hundred horses In September the water of Finsburie was brought to the Conduits at London wall Saint Stephens in Colemanstréete and Saint Margarets in Lothburie Richard Geruace Thomas Cortese Henry Huberthorne Marchant Tailor The 12. of December Thomas Duke of Norfolke and Henry Earle of Surrey his sonne was sent to the Tower The third of Ianuary the Church of the late Gray Friars in London was opened And that day preached at Pauls Crosse the Bishop of Rochester who declared the Kings gift to the Ciââie of London for the relieuing of the poore people to wit S. Bartholmew Spittle the Church of the Gray Friars and two Parish Churches the one of Saint Nicholas in the shambles the other St. Edwine in Newgate market all to bee made one Parish Church of the Gray Friars Church and in lands he gaue for the maintenance of the same fiue hundred markes by the yeare for ouer to maintaine a Quire of Singing-men viz. eight in number Henry Howard Earle of Surrey was beheaded on the Tower kill the 19. of Ianuary The 28. of Ianuary King Henry deceased appointed his first heirs to his son Prince Edward the second Lady Mary his daughter by Quéene Katharine and the third Lady Elizabeth by the Quéene Anne Bolein Hee deceased when hee had raigned 37. yeares nine moneths and odde daies and was buried at Windsor Edward the sixt Edward the sixt beganne his Raigne the 24. of Ianuary 1546. when hee was but nine yeares old King Henry his father by his will had appointed for his Priuy Counsell the Archbishop of Canterbury the Chancellor the Bishop of Durham with other to the number of sixtéene The first of February the Earle of Hertford was elected to be Protector of the Kings person The 6. of February the L. Protector in the tower of London endued K. Edward with the order of Knighthood and then Henry Hoblethorne L. Maior of London knéeling downe the King made him Knight The 17. of February sir Edward Seimer Earle of Hertford and L. Protector was created Duke of Somerset the L. Parre Earle of Essex Marques of Northampton Sir Iohn Dudley Lord Lisle Lord Admirall Earle of Warwicke Sir Thomas Wriothesley Lord Chancellor Earle of Southampton sir Thomas Seimer was made Lord of Sudley and high Admirall Sir Richard Rich was made Lord Rich Sir William Willowby Lord Willowby Sir Edmond Sheiffield Lord Sheiffield King Edward was Crowned at Westminster on the 20. of Februarie The 15. of May Doctor Smith recanted at Pauls Crosse The Lord Protector and the rest of the Counsell sent Commissioners into all parts of the Realme willing them to take all Images out of their Churches for the auoiding of Idolatry with them were sent diuers Preachers to perswade the people from their beades and at that time Procession was forbidden Edward Duke of Somerset and Iohn Earle of Warwicke with a Noble Armie were sent into Scotland and at a place called Muskleborough the English men and Scots met where betwéene them the 10. of September was fought a cruell battaile the victorie whereof fell to the Englishmen and of the Scots were slaine 1400 and taken prisoners 1500. Richard Lord Rich was made Lord Chancellour Thomas VVhite Robert Chersey Sir Iohn Gresham Mercer This Sir Iohn Gresham gaue to euery ward in London ten pound to the poore and to sixe score poore men and women euery of them thrée yards of cloth for a gowne of eight or nine shillings the yard he gaue also to maidens marriages and to the Hospitals in London about 200. pounds in money He founded a frée schoole at Holt a market towne in Norfolke All Colledges Chauntries frée Chappels Hospitals Fraternities Brotherhoods and Guildes were granted to the King and an Act made for the receiuing of the Sacrament in both kinds The Church seruice was sung in English The watch in London at Midsomer was now againe vsed both on the Euen of Saint Iohn and Saint Peter in as comely order as it had béene accustomed which watch was greatly beautified by the number of more then thrée hundred dimilances and light horsemen that were prepared by the Citizens to bee sent to the rescue of the towne of Haddington in Scotland On Saint Peters day Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester preached before the King for the which he was sent to the Towre The seuenth of Iuly a Priest was hanged and quartered in Smithfield for that he had slaine M. Body one of the Kings coÌmissioners others of his societie were put to death in other places A great pestilence was in London wherefore commandement was giuen to all Curates and other that no corps should be buried before sixe of the clocke in the morning nor after sixe at night and that there should at the buriall of euery corps be rung one Bell at the least by the space of thrée quarters of an houre William Lock Iohn Ailife Knights Shriues Sir Henry Amcots Fishmonger Maior The 16. of September S. Annes Church within in Aldersgate was burnt The 16. of Ianuary Thomas Seimer Lord Admirall brother to the Lord Protector was sent to the tower of London and the 20. of March beheaded on the Tower hill The 23. of Aprill sixe houses at Broken wharfe were burnt In May by meanes of a Proclamation for enclosures the commons of Somersetshire and Lincolneshire made a commotion and brake vp certaine Parkes of sir W. Harbardes and Lord Sturtons but sir William Harbarde flewe and executed many of those rebels In Iuly the Commons of Essex and Kent Suffolke and Norfolke rose against inclosures and pulled downe diuers parks and hooses Also the Commons of Cornewall and Deuonshire required not onely that the inclosures might be disparked but also to haue their old Religion these besieged the Cittie of Excester which was valiantly defended Iohn
haue meat drinke lodging and cloth of the almes of the Citie On Christmas day in the afternoone when the Lord Maior and Aldermen rode to Pauls the children of Christs Hospitall stood from St. Laurence lane in Cheape towards Pauls all in russet cotton the masters of the hospitall formost next the Physitians and Surgeons which children were in number 340. King Edward kept his Christmas with open houshold at Gréenewich George Ferrers Gentleman being Lord of merry disports al the xii daies who so pleasantly and wisely behaued himselfe that the King had great delight in his pastimes On the fourth of Ianuary the saide Lord of merry disports came by water to the Tower where hee entred and after rode through Tower stréete where he was met and receiued by Sergeant Vaus Lord of misrule to master Iohn Mainard one of the Shriues of London so conducted thorow the Cittie with a great company of young Lords and Gentlemen to the house of sir George Barne Lord Maior where he with the chiefe of his company dined and at his departure the Lord Maior gaue him a standing Cuppe with a couer siluer and gilt of the value of x. pound the residue of his Gentlemen and seruants dined at other Aldermens houses and with the Shrieues In the Moneth of Ianuary the King fell sicke of a cough which grieuously increased and at the last ended in a consumption of the lights The first of March began a Parliament at Westminster and brake vp on the 31. of March then being Good-friday a subsidie was granted of 4. shillings the pound lands and two shillings eight pence goods The third of Aprill being Munday after Easter day the children of Christs Hospitall in London came from thence through the City to the sermon at saint Mary spittle all cloathed in plânket coats with red caps and the mayden children in the same liuery with karchiefes all which were there placed on the scaffold of eight stages and there sate the Sermon time The tenth of Aprill the Lord Maior was sent for to the Court and at that time the King gaue to him for a workhouse for the poore and idle persons of the Citie of London his place of Bridewell and seuen hundred marks lands of the Sauoy rents with all the beds and bedding of the Hospitall of the Sauoy toward the maintenance of the said workehouse The 20. of May by the encouragement of one Sebastian Cabot thrée great ships well furnished were sent forth for the aduenture of the vnknown voiage to Muscouia and other east parts of the North seas King Edward being about the age of sixtéene yeares ended his life at Gréenewich on the sixt of Iuly when he had raigned 6. yeares 5. moneths and odde daies and was buried at Westminster The tenth of Iuly was proclamation made of the death of King Edward and how he had ordained that the Lady Iane daughter to Francis Dutchesse of Suffolke which Lady Iane was married to the Lord Gilford Dudley fourth sonne to the Duke of Northumberland should be heire to the Crowne of England The 11. of Iuly Gilbert Pot Drawer to Ninion Sanders Vintner dwelling at Saint Iohns head within Ludgate was set on the pillory in Cheape with both his eares nailed and cleane cut off for words speaking at the time of the Proclamation of the Lady Iane. Lady Mary eldest daughter to King Henry the eight fled into Framingham Castle in Suffolke where the people in the country almost wholly resorted to her In Oxford Sir Iohn Williams in Buckinghamshire Sir Edmond Pecham and in diuers other places many men of worship offering themselues as guides to the common people gathered great powers and with all spéede made toward Suffolke where Lady Mary was Also the 13. of Iuly by appointment of the Counsell the duke of Northumberland the Earle of Huntington the Lord Gray of Wilton and diuers other with a great number of men of armes set forward to fetch the Lady Marie by force and were on their way as farre as Bury The 19. of Iuly the Counsell assembled themselues at Baynards Castle where they commoned with the Earle of Pembrooke and immediately with the Maior of London certaine Aldermen and the Shriues Garter King of armes and a Trumpet came into Cheape where they proclaimed the Lady Mary daughter to King Henry the eight and Quéene Katherine Quéene of England France and Ireland The 20. of Iuly Iohn Duke of Northumberland being at Saint Edmonsbury and hauing sure knowledge that the Lady Mary was at London proclaimed Quéene returned backe againe to Cambridge and about fiue of the Clocke in the euening he came to the market crosse and caused the Lady Mary to be likewise proclaimed Quéene of England but shortly after he was arrested in the Kings Colledge And the 25. of Iuly hee with other was brought vp to the Tower of London vnder the conduct of Henry Earle of Arundell Thus was the matter ended without bloodshed which men feared would haue brought the death of many thousands Queene Mary MAry the eldest daughter to K. Henry the eight beganne her raigne the sixt of Iuly in the yeare 1553. she came to London and was receiued with great ioy entred the tower the third of August where Thomas Duke of Norffolke Doctor Gardiner late Bishop of Winchester and Edward Courtney sonne and heire to Henry Marquesse of Excester prisoners in the Tower discharged The fifth of August Edmond Bonner late Bishop of London prisoner in the Marshalsey and Cuthbert Tunstall Bishop of Durham prisoner in the Kings Bench were restored to their Seas shortly after all the Bishops which had béene depriued in the time of King Edward the sixt were restored to their Bishoprickes also all beneficed men that were married or would not forsake their opinion were put out of their liuings others set in the same The 11. of August certaine Gentlemen minding to passe vnder London bridge in a whirrie were there ouerturned and 6. of them drowned The 13. of August maister Bourne a Canon of Paules preaching at Pauls Crosse so offended sonne of the audience that they breaking silence cried pull him out and one threw a dagger at him whereupon master Bradford and Iohn Rogers two Preachers of King Edwards time with much labour conuaied the saide master Bourne out of the audience into Paules Schoole The 22. of August Iohn Duke of Northumberland Sir Iohn Gates sir Thomas Palmer knights were beheaded on the Tower hill The 4. of September was proclaimed certaine new coines a soueraine of gold of 30. s. the halfe soueraine 15. s. an Angell x. s. the halfe angell 5. s. Of siluer the great halfe groat and peny Also basâ coines to be currant as before At the same day by proclamation was pardoned the Subsidie of foure shillings the pound lands and 2. s. 8. d. the pound of moueable goods granted in the last Parliament of King
coine made in the raigne of Henry the eight and Edward the sixt were forbidden to be any longer currant in England but to be onely currant in Ireland William Harper Iohn White Shriues Sir Thomas Ofley Merchant-tailor Maior The 21. of Nouember a man was brought from Westminster with a paper on his head riding his face toward the horse taile to the standard in Cheape and there set on the Pillory and after burned in both the chéekes with the letters F. and A. for falsely accusing one of the Court of the Common Pleas in Westminster of treason The 16. of December a stranger borne was arraigned for making keies to Newgate to haue murdered the Kéeper and let foorth the prisoners at which time at his arraignement hée thrust a knife into the side of his fellow prisoner that had giuen witnesse against him so that he was in perill of death thereby for the which fact he was immediately taken from the barre into the stréete before the Iustice hall where his hand being first stricken off he was then hanged on a gibit The kéeper of Newgate was arraigned and indited for that the saide prisoner had a weapon about him and his hands loose The fourth of Ianuary a ship before Greenewich the Court being there shot off her Ordinance one péece being charged with a bullet which passed through the Court and did no more hurt The seuen and twentie of February an Ambassadour came from the Emperour of Muscouy who was receiued at Totenham by the Merchants aduenturers of London riding in veluet coates and chaines of gold and by them conuaied through the Citie vnto Fanchuâch stréete where he lodged vntill the twelfth of May and then returned The Lord Sturton murthered this men for the which he was conuaied from the tower of London to Salisbury and there hanged with foure of his seruants the 6. of March A blazing Starre was séene at all times of the night the 6.7.8.9 and 10. of March King Philip returned into England and the 12. of March passed through London with the Quéen and the Nobles of the Realmes The 23. of Aprill Thomas Stafford and other so the number of 32. persons coÌming out of France tooke the Castle of Scarborough which they enioyed two dayes and then were taken brought to London The 28. of May T. Stafford was beheaded on the tower hill on the morrow thrée of his companions were drawne to tiborne and there hanged and quartered The 7. of Iune open warre was proclaimed against the French King The sixt of Iuly the King passed ouer to Calleis and so into Flanders where hée made great prouision of Warre against the French King the Quéene sent ouer an Army of one thousand horsemen foure thousand footmen and two thousand Pioners to aide King Phillip whereof the Earle of Pembrooke was generall The fift of Iuly died the Lady Anne of Cleaue and was buried at Westminster The 18. of August the Towne of Saint Quintaines was taken by King Phillip with the helpe of Englishmen which much vexed the French This yeare before haruest wheate was sold for foure marke the quarter malt at 44. shillings the quarter beanes and Rie at 40. shillings the quarter and pease at 46. shillings 8. pence But after haruest wheate was sold for 5. shillings the quarter malt 6. shillings eight pence Rie at thrée shillings and 4. pence In the Country wheate was sold for 4. shillings the quarter malt 4. shillings eight pence and in the same places a Bushell of Rie for a pound of Candles which was foure pence Richard Malerie Iames Altham Shriues Sir Thomas Curteis Fishmonger Maior The first of Ianuary the French men came to Calice with a great army and within foure daies were masters thereof and shortly after won all the péeces on that side of the sea The French King also inuaded Flanders spoiled and burnt Dunkirke before King Phillip could come to the rescue The 7. of Iuly within a mile of Nottingham a tempest of thunder as it came through 2. townes beat downe all the houses and Churches the bels were cast to the out side of the Churchyards and some webbes of lead 400 foote in the field writhen like a paire of gloues the riuer of Trent running betwéene the two townes the water with the mud was carried a quarter of a mile and cast against trées the trees were pulled vp by the roots and cast twelue score off A child was taken forth of a mans hands and carried a hundred foote and then let fall so died fiue or sixe men were slaine there fell some hailestones that were fiftéene inches about c. The quartaine agues continued more vehemently then the last yeare passed whereof died many old people especially Priests so that a great number of Parishes were vnserued Iohn Halse Richard Champion Shriues Sir Thomas Leigh Mercer Maior King Phillip being absent out of the Realme Quéene Marie ended her life the 17. of Nouember in the yeare 1558. when she had raigned 5. yeares foure moneths and odde daies The same day deceased Cardinall Poole and a little before two of her Physitians beside diuers Bishops and Noble men Quéene Mary was buried at Westminster and Cardinall Poole at Canterbury Queene Elizabeth THe 17. of Nouember 1558 came certaine newes vnto the Parliament house of the death of Quéene Mary wherat many reioyced and many lamented and forthwith her death being generally knowne they proclaimed the Lady Elizabeth second daughter to King Henry the eight Quéene of England France and Ireland defender of the faith c. In London Westminster the Quéene was then at Bishops hatfield but not proclaimed there vntill two dayes after The Quéene came shortly after from Hatfield to the Charterhouse at London and all the Bishops met her by the way at Highgate and knéeling acknowledged their allegiance The Quéene remained at Charterhouse vntill the time of her Coronation and the 14. of Ianuary she rode in triumph through London to the pallace of Westminster and the next day was crowned by Doctor Oglethrop Bishop of Carleite The 20. of Ianuary began a parliament wherin the first fruits tenths and the supremacy were reserued and connexed to the Crowne in this parliament time the Quéene granted licence for a frée disputation to bee held in Westminster Church concerning some different points in Religion but it came to no effect The 24. of Iune the booke of common Prayer was established and the Masse cleane suppressed in all Churches The 11. of Iuly the Citizens made a shew before the Quéene of armed men of halberdiers pikemen and muskatiers In the foresaide moneth the Quéene began to put in practise the oath of Sâpremacie vpon Bishops and other chiefe officers which diuers refused and were depriued and by authority of this parliament all such Religious houses as were erected by Quéene Mary
were now quite suppressed In August following all auncient Church reliques and new made Images in Queene Maries raigne were beaten downe and burned in the open streetes The eight of September a solemne obsequie was kept in Pauls Church for the French King Henry the second who died of a wound which hee receiued in running at tilt in Paris Thomas Lodge Roger Martin Shriues Sir William Hewet Clothworker Maior The Duke of Norffolke is sent towards Scotland to encounter with the French faction which at this time was growne very strong in diuers parts of Scotland In Aprill the Lord Gray entred Scotland with ten thousand men and besieged Leeth where betwéene the French and the English were many hot skirmishes and many slaine on either part In May a noble man of France vpon his earnest sute obtained of the Quéene to send sir William Cecill her principall Secretary and Doctor Wotton to treat with the French men in Scotland by whose wisedome the Scottish faction preuailed and the French agreed to depart The 5. of Iuly through shooting of a Gun in a house in crooked lane a barrell of powder was set on fire which blew vp foure houses shattered diuers others slew twenty persons outright and hurt as many besides great damage to houses and goods This yeare the Quéene by consent of her councell made Proclamation for the vtter abolishing and suppression of all manner of base copper monies which vntill this time had béene currant throughout the Realme in diuers Kings raignes and after this publication there was not any base mettall coined in England Christopher Draper Thomas Roo Shriues Sir William Chester Draper Maior The 21. of March the wardens and assistants of the Marchant-tailors in London founded the famous frée schoole in the Parrish of S. Laurence Pounteney and M. Richard Hâls of the same company gaue 500. l. towards the purchase wherein the saide Schoole is kept The x. of Aprill W Geffery was whipped from the Marshalsey vnto Bedlam for publishing that one Iohn Moore was Iesus Christ which said Iohn Moore after he had béene well whipped confessed himselfe a cosening knaue The 4. of Iune betwéene 4. and 5. a clock in the after noone there chanced a terrible tempest of thunder and lightning and chiefly about London where amongst many harmes it fired the loftie spire of Pauls stéeple and began about the toppe thereof which was two hundred foote hie from the top of the stone battlemenes the fire ceased not vntill it came down to the roofe of the Church and consumed all the bels lead and timber worke Alexander Auenon Humfrey Baskeruile Sir william Harper Marchant-tailor This Sir William Harpes founded a frée Schoole in the towne of Bedford where he was borne The 15. of Nouember the Quéenes Maiestie published a Proclamation wherein the restored to the Realme diuers small péeces of siluer money as the péece of sixe pence foure pence thrée pence two pence and a peny thrée halfe pence and thrée farthings and also forbad all forraine coines In March a Mare brought forth a foale with one body and two heads and a long taile growing out betwéene the two heads A Sow forrowed a Pigge with foure legges like to the armes of a man child with hands and fingers c. In Aprill a Sow farrowed a Pigge with two bodies eight feete and but one head many calues and lambs were monstrous some with collers of skin about their neckes like to the double cuffes of shirts and neckerchiefes then vsed The 14. of May a man child was borne at Châchester in Sussex the head armes and legs whereof were like an Anatomie the brest and belly big from the nauill a long string hanging about the necke a coller of flesh like the ruffe of a nekerchiefe comming vp about the eares The Quéenes Maiestie in September addressed a band of her subiects to the towne of Newhauen in Normandy vpon whose arriual the towns men and inhabitants ioyfully surrendred themselues and their townes which was kept by Englishmen from September 1562. to the twentie nine of Iuly 1563. The gouernour of which band was the Earle of Warwicke who with the Captaines seruing there souldiers trained by them to knowledge of seruice together with part of the old approued garrison of Barwicke and at that time both manfully defend the place and valiantly encountred by sundry skirmishes with Countie Ringraue and his band the most part wherof were atchieued to the great ouerthrows of the aduersaries part and singular commendations of ours William Allin Richard Chamberlaine Shriues Sir Thomas Lodge Grocer Maior The 16. of Ianuary great tempest of wind and thunder happened in the towne of Leicester which vncouered 411. baies of houses and ouerturned many When the Frenchmen with huge Armies assembled out of all parts of France to recouer the place of passage the stopping whereof by our power was the double woe of their common wealth there bred through the season of the yeare and putrification of the aire a miserable plague among our men which maruellously increased with the death of diuers of the best Captaines and Souldiers wherewithall there followed a cruell quicke siege whereat was present the young King himselfe the Constable and the best tried number of warlike Souldiers within the whole Country The Cannons were placed the Castle and walles were battered and sundry breaches made beyond expectation howbeit they were rewarded by our Sunners our Captaines and souldiers in couragious order standing at seuerall breaches ready to defend their assaults which perceiued by the enemy they caused their trumpeters to sound the blast of emparle that composition might be made wherein both parties concluded the towne was deliuered the 29. of Iuly The plague of pestilence being in the towne of Newhauen through the number of souldiers that returned into England the infection thereof spred into diuers parts of this realme but especially the Citie of London was so infected that in the same whole yeare that is to say from the first of Ianuary 1562. vntil the last of December in An. 1563 the whole number of all that died of all diseases as well within the city liberties as in all out parishes was 23660 of theÌ there died of the plague twentie thousand one hundred thirty sixe The 8. of Iuly happened a great tempest of lightning and thunder where-through a woman and thrée kine were slaine in the Couent garden neare Charing Crosse in Essex a man was torne in péeces his barne borne downe and his hay burnt There was no tearme kept at Michaelmas An Earthquake in the moneth of Seytember specially in Lincolne and Northampton shires Edward Bankes Rowland Hayward Shriues Sir Iohn Whight Grocer Maior The new Maior kept his feast at Guildhall and tooke his oath at the outermost gate of the Tower of London From the first of December to the twelfth was such continuall
the Country of Norffolke and at the next Sessions of goale deliuery at the Castle of Norwich ten of them were endifed of high treason thrée of them were hanged bowelled quartered which were I. Throgmorton Thomas Brooke and George Dedman The 4. of August the Duke of Norffolke was remoued to the Charterhouse neare vnto Smithfield The same day was arraigned I. Felton for hanging a Bull at the gate of the Bishop of Londons Pallace and also two young men for coyning and clipping who all were found guiltie of high treason The 8. of August I. Felton was drawne from Newgate into Pauls Churchyard there hanged before the Bishops Pallace gate and being cut downe aliue was bowelled and quartered The Shriues returned to tiburne with two yong men which were there executed for coyning and clipping The 22. of August the Earle of Sussex and the Lord Scrope marched from Carlile with the Quéeâ Army and force of the North into Scotland passing ouer the Riuer of Eske Leuin and Sarke so to Dornocke wood and then to Annonna a strong house of the L. Harris which they razed ouerthrew with others thereabouts from thence to Hodhim which they blewe vp from thence to Kennell which they burnt from thence to Domfrées which they sackeâ and ouerthrew a sumptuous house belonging to the Quéene of Scots then passing the riuer of Longher they burnt and spoiled Cowhilles and Powtracke and returned to Domfrées and so to the towne of Bankende which they burnt with another house pertaining to William Maxwell and so to the Castle of Calauoracke which castle they blew vp and returned The 28. of August they marched towards Carlile where by the way they burnt two houses the one being Arthur Greames the other Rich George Francis Barnam William Box Shriues The fift of October happned a terrible tempest of wind and raine by meanes wherof many ships and other vessels were drowned the waters ouerflowing drowned many townes villages cattell houses and goods beside many men women and children drowned in their beds Sir Rowland Hayward Clothworker Maior In the moneth of December the money sent out of Spaine to the Duke of Alua then Gouernour in the Low Countries therewith to haue paied his Souldiers was taken by the Quéene of Englands ships on the west vasts brought a land there and so to the Tower of London Also a proclamation was published of the causes why the same money was so staied here The 23. of Ianuary the Quéenes Maiesty accompanied with her Nobilitie came to sir Thomas Gresham in Bishops gate stréete of London where âhe dined and after returning through Cornehill entred the Burse which place shee caused by an Heralde to bee proclaimed the Royall Exchange The 17. of February at Kingstone neare Marclech in the County of Hereford was séene the ground to open and certaine rockes with a péece of ground remooued and went forward the space of foure daies It remooued it selfe betwéene sixe of the clocke in the euening and seuen the next morrow fortie paces carrying great trées shéep-coates some with thréescore shéepe in them The depth of the hole where it first brake out is thirty foot the breadth of the breach is eightscore yards and in length aboue twentie score yards it ouerthrew Rinnastone Chappell Also two high waies bâ remoued nigh an hundred yards with the trées of the hedgerowes The ground in all is 26. acres and where tillage ground was there is pasture left in place and where was pasture there is tillage ground gone vpon it The second of Aprill a Parliament beganne at Westminster wherein was granted by the Clergy a subsidy of sixe shillings in the pound and by the temporalitie two Fiftéenes with a Subsidy of 20. s. 8. d. in the pound The first of Iune Iohn Story a Doctor of the Canon law who before had béene condemned of high treason was drawne from the tower of London to Tiburne and there hanged and quartered The 18. of Iune there was a combat appointed to haue béene fought for a certaine Manour and demaine lands in the Isle of Harty in Kent Simon Low and Iohn Ryme plaintifes had brought a writ of right against Thomas Paramour who offered to defend his right by bataile and the plaintifes aforesaid accepted to answere his challenge Hereupon the said Paramour brought before the Iudges of the coÌmon Pleas at Westminster one George Thorne and the plaintifes brought Henry Naylor Master of defence Thorne cast downe a gauntlet which Naylor tooke vp vpon the sunday before the battaile should be tried on the next morrow the matter was staied and the parties agréed that Paramour being in possession should haue the land It was thought good that for Paramours assurance the order should be kept touching the combat and that the Plaintifes should make default of appearance and that the Court should fit in Tuthill fieldes where was prepared one plot of ground one and twenty yards square double railed for the combat without the West square a stage being set for the Iudges representing the Court of common pleas About ten of the clocke the Court of common pleas came to the place prepared when the Lord chiefe Iustice with two other his associats were set then Low was called to come in or else loose his writ of right Then the sureties of Henry Naylor were called to bring in the sayd Naylor champion of Simon Low and shortly thereupon Sir Ierome Bowes leading Naylor entred the lists bringing him downe till he came against the Iudges and there making curtesie Naylor put off his nether stocks and so bare footed and bare legged and his dublet sléeues tied vp to the elbow bare headed came in as aforesaid Then were called the sureties of George Thorn and immediately sir Henry Cheiney entring vsed the like order as Naylor had After all this the Lord chiefe Iustice rehearsing the manner of bringing y e Writ of right by Simon Low of the answere made by Paramour and how Paramour had challenged to defend his right by his champion and of the accepting the triall by law with his champion then for default of appearance in Low he iudged the Land to Paramour and dismissed the Champions The 16 of Iuly Rebecca Chamber of Heriettesham for poysoning T. Chambers her husband was burnt at Maidstone in Kent The 7 of September the Duke of Norffolke was remoued from the Charter house to the Tower of London The twenty two of September deceased Iohn Iewell Bishop of Salisbury in his life a most eloquent and diligent preacher but a farre more painefull and studious writer as his workes remaining witnesse Henry Milles Iohn Branch Sir William Allen Mercer The 9 of Nouember great reioycing was made at London for the late come newes of a maruellous victorie obtained by the Christian army by sea against the Turkes the sixt of October last passed wherein was taken and sunke of the Turkes
all nations and sent them to Sandwich Douer Wight and Portsmouth whereof three of them that rebbed the Earle of Worcester were shortly after executed at Wight Also the said William Holstocke did rescue and take from the abouesaid Pirats xv other merchants shippes laden with merchandises y t were their prises being of sundry nations and set at liberty the said fifteene merchants shippes and goods which done hee returned The 25 of March being Wednesday in Easter weeke George Browne cruell murdered neare to Shooters-hill in Kent a wealthy merchant of London named George Sanders Iohn Beane of Wolwich which murder was committed by the procurement of mistresse Sanders wife to the said George Sanders for the which fact George Browne was hanged in Smithfield in London the 20 day of Aprill and after hanged in chaines neare vnto the place where hee had done the fact Mistris Anne Sanders mistris Anne Drewry and trusty Roger mistris Druries man were al as accessary hanged in Smithfield on the 13 of May. Not long after Anthony Browne brother to the forenamed George Browne was for notable felonies conueied from Newgate to Yorke and there hanged This yeare the Quéene of England being moued by the Regent of Scotland sent a power of 1500 Englishmen to the siege of Edenborow Castle sir William Drewry knight Marshall of Barwicke to be generall of her forces there who with his Captaines and souldiers marched thitherward from Barwicke to Léeth and from thence on the 25 of Aprill to Edenborough entred the towne the same day summoned the Castle raised mounts began the siege in fiue places continuing the same so hote y e on the 28 of May the Castle was surrendred into his hands his ensigne was set vp and afterwards spred in sundry places of the Castle and afterwards by him it was deliuered vnto the vse of the K. of Scots part of the spoile was giuen to the souldiers the Canons and artillery with certaine other instruments left to the King more you may reade in my Annales The second of Iune a great tempest of raine happened at Tocester in Northhampton shire where-through sixe houses of that Towne were borne downe and fourtéene more sore perished the haile-stones were sixe inches about one child was there drowned and many shéepe with other cattell The sixtéenth of Iune T. Woodhouse Priest was arraigned in the Guild hall of London and condemned of high Treason who had iudgment to be hanged and quartered and was executed at Tiburne the 19 of Iune The sixtéenth of August Walter Earle of Essex accompanied with the Lord Rich and diuers other Gentlemen embarked themselues in seuerall ships at Lerpoole and tooke their voyage towards Ireland The Earle after many and great dangers on the Sea landed at Knockfergus The Lord Rich with the like dangers landed at Castle Kilcliffe where being met by Captaine Malby master Smith and master Moore was conductdd to master Malbies house where he had in readines on the morrow morning 150 horsemen for their safegard to Knockfergus beside 50 kernes Sir Brian Makephelin on the 6 of September came to Knockfergus to the Earle of Essex and there made his submission After him Ferdorough Macgillasticke Roze Oge Macwilline did the like and diuers others sent their messengers to the Earle to signifie that they were at his disposition as the Baron of Dongarrow Condonell Odonell and the Captaine Kylulto The Earle of Essex hauing the country of Clanyboy and other the Quéenes Maiesty directed her Letters to the Lord Deputie of Ireland willing him to make the Essex Captaine generall of the Irish Nation in the Prouince of Vlster and to diuide the country won Clanyboy and else-where c. Iames Haruey Thomas Pullison Sir Iohn Riuers Grocer The 6 of Iuly in the Isle of Thanet a monstrous fish of the sea did shut himselfe on shore where for want of water beating himself on the sands he died The length of this fish was twenty two yards the nether iaw 12 foote the opening the thicknes from the back whereon helay to the top of his belly was 14 foote his taile of the same bredth betwéen the eyes 12 foote some of the ribs were 16 foot long his tongue was fiftéene foot long The 7 of August a solemne Obsequie was kept in Pauls Church in London for Charles the 9. King of France The 15 of August being Sunday Agnes Bridges a maid about the age of 20 yeares and Rachel Pinder a wench about 12 yeres old who both of them had counterfeited to be possessed by the diuell stood at Pauls Crosse where they acknowledged their hypocriticall counterfeiting requiring forgiuenesse of God the world for they had made the people beléeue many things The 4 of September in the afternoone such a forme of raine hapned at London as the like of long time could not be remeÌbred wherethrough the chanels of the City suddenly ran with a forcible course that a lad about the age of 18 yéeres néere vnto Dowgate was borne ouer with the streame and by the same carried from the conduit there towardes the Thames with such a swiftnes that no man with staues or otherwise could stay him till hee came against the cart whéele that stood in the water gate afore which time he was drowned and found starke-dead Thomas Blanke Antony Gammage Iames Hawes Hawes Cloathworker This Maior kept no feast at the Guild hall but diued at his owne house with his brethren the Aldermen the companies dined at their seuerall halles Michaelmas Tearme which had bin adiourned by Proclamation beganne at Westminster on the sixt of Nouember The same sixt day in the morning there happened two great tides in the Riuer of Thames the first by course the other within an houre after which ouer-flowed the marshes The 14 of Nouember about midnight diners strange impressions of fire and smoake were séene in the Aire to procéede forth of a black cloud in the North towards the South which so continued til the next morning The next day following the heauens from ãâã parts did séeme to burne and ouer our heads ãâã flames from the Horizon round about rising ãâã meete The foure and twentieth of February ãâã Tewkesbury a strange thing happened after ãâã flood which was not great In the afternoonâ there came downe the riuer of Auen great number of Flies and Béetles such as in Sommer euenings vse to strike men on the face in great heapes a foot thicke vpon the water so that to credible mens iudgement there were within a paire of buts length of those flies about a hundred quarters The milles there-about weââ dammed vp with them for the space of foure dayes after and then were cleansed by digging them out with shouels from whence they came as yet vnknowne but the day was colde and a hard frost The 16 of February betweene foure and fiue of the clocke in the
the clocke at night by torch-light The first of February two Souldiers were set on the Pillory at the Leaden hall whereon they stood by the space of thrée houres the one had his eare nailed the other his tongue pierced with an aule which aule remained in his tongue till hee was taken from the Pillory for abusing their captaines and Gouernours with had spéeces The 4 of February began the Parliament at Westminster About this time Francis Ket M. of Art of Wimondham for holding diuers detestable opinions against Christ our Sauior was burnt néere to the city of Norwich The 5 of February two souldiers were hanged on trées at the Miles end for being mutinous The 29 of March being Easter Euen the Parliament brake vp at Westminster wherein was granted two subsidies of two shillings eight pence the pound the péece foure fiftéenes and a tenth The 14 of Aprill Philip Earle of Arundell was arraigned at Westminster of high treason and found guilty by his Péeres had iudgment accordingly The 18 of Aprill Sir Iohn Norris and Sir Francis Drake Generals with sixe of her Maiesties ships 20 ships of warre and â00 fit for burden hauing in them a choice company of Knights Captaines Gentlememen and souldiers departed from Plimouth and the 23 of the same arriued at the Groine The 26 they tooke the lower Town with great store of ordinance victuals cables and other furniture for shipping About the 6 of May they fought with the Spaniards at Borges bridges where the enemies fled with the losse of 700 men The lower town of Groine was burned and the ninth of May our Fléet set saile the thirtéenth the Earle of Essex sir Philip Butler and sir Roger Williams met the said Fléet so that on the sixtéenth the whole Nauie arriued at Phinicha where they set a land and the same day wanne both Towne and Castle After this they diuided the Armie whereof part marched with Sir Iohn Norris by land to Lisborne the rest with Sir Francis Drake passed by Sea to Cascales The twenty fourth our men entred the suburbes of Lisborn where they obtayned rich spoyles and plenty of euery good thing The twenty seuenth the Army left Lisborne and came to Cascales without any great fight or skirmish where they tooke the castle and thence returned for England but landing at Vigo they tooke the towne and wasted the country The 21 of Iune sir Francis Drake arriued at Plimouth and the third of Iuly sir Iohn Norris with the rest of the Fléet arriued there also the two Generals being offended the one with the other The third of May deceased Martin Calthrope Lord Maior of London M. Richard Martin Alderman succeeded Richard Martin Goldsmith the 5 of May. The first of August at night was the greatest lightning and thunder about London that euer was séene or heard of any man liuing and yet but small hurt done thankes bee to God tharefere Sir Iohn Norris and sir Francis Drake being returned as you haue heard many of their sailers and souldiers shortly after their landing fell sicke and died of a stinch bred amongst them on shipbord othersome of them so rudely behaued themselues about the country and elsewhere that diuers of them being apprehended on the 27 of August one of them was hanged on the end of a signe at an Inne doore in Kingston vpon Thames for a terror to the rest and on the 29 of August two more of them were hanged in Smithfield two at the Tower-hill two besides Westminster and one at Tiburne It was now vsuall with sailers and others at their returne of such voyages to rob pilfer and mutiny at their arriuall In the moneth of September the Citizens of London furnished 1000 men to be sent ouer into France to the aiding of Henry late King of Nauarre then challenging the Crowne of France Richard Gurney Stephen Some The 21 of October Richard Martin Maior of London accompanied with his brethren the Alderman being inuited guests rode to the Serieants feast then holden in the new Temple hall and at the Temple gate the Lord Maior was by certaine young Gentlemen denied to enter with his sword before him whereupon he with his brethren returned home Sir Iohn Hart Grocer the 28 of October The 6 of Nouember Lodowicke Griuell of Warwickshire Esquire was brought from the Tower of London to Westminster and theââ at the Kings bench barre for murther and other notorious trespasses wherewith he was charged arraigned and found guilty but standing mute had iudgement to bee pressed to death which iudgement was put to execution in the Iayle of the Kings bench in Southwarke on the 14 of Nouember on the which day for the same fact his man was hanged in the Palace court at Westminster In this moneth of Nouember the citizens of London were sundry times affrighted by casualtie of fire first on the 20 about 4 of the clocke in the morning on Fish-stréete hill where one large house was burned to the ground and some people in helping to quench were consumed and the houses next adioyning also the one side of Saint Leonards Church was sore spoiled On the 22 at night about 11 of the clocke one other house ouer against the first on the other side of the way was in great danger but soone slaked On the twenty sixt about one of the clocke in the morning one other house and some people were burnt on the backside of the first house burnt and other houses neere about were sore spoyled c. The 5 of Ianuary about fiue of the clocke in the euening before twelfth day began a great and terrible tempest of winde in the Southwest which continued with great vehemency till about eleuen of the clocke of the same night this in the city of London blew the Tiles off mens houses and caused them to feare the ouerthrow of their houses The lesser west gate of Saint Paules Church next to the Bishops Palace was broken both boltes barres and lockes so that the same was blown ouer In the countrey houses and barnes were borne ouer some blowne farre from the places wheron they had stood besides trees in great numbers blew vp by the roote On the seas no man can tell what harme was done At South-hampton the ships and barkes riding at anchor were driuen aland and sunke the like was neuer séene Sir Iohn Hart Knight Alderman of London builded a frée Schoole in Cuccold alias Coxold in Yorkeshire And endowed it with thirtie and fiue pounds a yéere for euer He likewise gaue fin to Sussex Sidney Colledge in Cambridge two Fellowships and four Schollarships viz. forty and fiue pounds a yéere for euer The 21 of February Ambrose Dudley Earle of Warwicke deceased and was buried at Warwicke This yeare 1589 was deuised and perfected the Art of knitting or weauing of silke stockings Wastcoteh Couerlets and diuers
following being the 24 of May they were admitted to the Common pleis barre and the same day kept their solemne feast in the middle Temple hall At this feast Sir E. Philips was chosen the Kings Sergeant you shall vnderstand that albeit some of the Sergeants were knighted yet amongst themselues they had no precedence but euery man held his place according to his antiquity The 1 of Iune there was one whipped through London for presuming to come to the Court hauing his house infected The 4 of Iune Valentine Thomas hauing béene many yéeres prisoner in the Tower was arraigned at the Kings Bench Barre and there condemned of high treason for conspiracy against our late Quéene and some of her Councell and the 7 of Iune about sixe of the clocke he was drawne from the Kings Bench in Southwarke to S. Thomas Waterings and there hanged and quartered About this time came Ambassadors from many forraine Princes namely Monsieur Rosney from the French King Don Iohn de Tassis from the King of Spaine others came from the Archduke from the King of Poland the Signory of Venice the Duke of Florence and the States of Holland The twenty one of Iune Roger Earle of Rutland was sent Ambassador vnto Christianus the fourth King of Denmarke to solemnise the Baptisme of his sonne and to present him with the Garter being attended by W. Segar Norroy King of Armes he returned into England the thirtieth of Iuly The 2. of Iuly the King solemnized the feast of S. George at Windsor and enstalled Prince Henry Knight of the Garter and there the chiefe Ladies of England did their homage vnto the Quéene There were also made Knights of the Garter with Prince Henry the Duke of Lenox the Earle of Southampton the Earle of Marre and the Earle of Pembrooke Within few daies after were made diuers Proclamations for the apprehension of Anthony Copley Sir Griphin Markham Knight and William Watson and William Clearke Priests and about the same time were apprehended as traytors the Lord Cobham and his brother the Lord Grey sir Walter Rawleigh and others The 21. of Iuly at Hampton Court Henry Wriââhesley Earle of Southampton was created and restored the Lord Thomas Howard created Earle of Suffolke Charles Lord Montioy created Earle of Deuonshire Sir Thomas Egerton Baron of Elesmire sir William Russell Baron of Thornehaugh sir Henry Grey Baron of Grooby sir Iohn Peter Baron of Writtle sir Iohn Harington Baron of Exton sir Henry Danuers Baron of Dawnsey sir Thomas Garrerd Baron of Gerrardes Bromley sir Robert Spencer Baron of Wormeleighton sir Thomas Edmonds is sent Ambassadour Lieger to the Arch-duke The twenty thrée of Iuly the King made sixty and one Knights of the Bath Against this time of Coronation the citizens had made wondrous great prouision but through the terrible encrease of pestilence in the City and Suburbes their sumptuous Pageants and other triumphant entertainments stood like ruines being not yet finished and the King constrained to omit his former determination in ryding through London as Kings haue accustomed and all Londoners prohibited by Proclamation from comming at Court there died that wéeke of all diseases eleuen hundred and thrée the twenty fiue of Iuly being Munday and the feast of Saint Iames the Apostle King Iames the first of that name King of England and the most noble Lady Quéene Anne his wife were both crowned and anointed at Westminster by the most reuerend Father in GOD Iohn Whitgift L. Archbishop of Canterbury in presence of all the Nobility and diuers others namely Sir Robert Lee Maior of London in a Robe of crimson Veluet all the Aldermen in scarlet gownes and twelue Citizens admitted to attend them The twenty sixt of Iuly the King sent for all the Aldermen of London to Westminster and knighted them and the same day the King knighted sir Christopher Parkens Doctor of the Law Master of the Requests and Deane of Carlilâ At this time the Bishops commanded the 5 of August to be held as a Holy-day with prayers preaching and thanksgiuing to God for the Kings escape from being murthered by Earle Gowry in Scotland The plague encreased still most grieuously in London and thereupon it was ordayned that euery Wednesday there should be a generall fasting and prayer with preaching throughout the land to draw the people vnto humble and hearty repentance of their sinnes This yeare Bartholmew Fayre was forbidden and Michaelmas tearme adiorned vnto Mensem Michaelis and to be kept at Westminster but by reason of the sicknes it was afterward held at Winchester and the Lord Maiors triumphs and great feast at Guild hall was this yéere omitted At this time there was a strict Proclamation against Inmates and diuers new built houses and sheds standing noysomely châaking the stréetes or other places all which were by expresse order beaten downe there was also great care and prouision for the banishing of Rogues and Vagabonds according to the tenour of the Statutes in that behalfe Sir William Rumney Sir Thomas Middleton Shrieues Sir Thomas Bennet Mercer Maior The 8 of October Robert Lord Spencer was sent by his Maiestie vnto Fredericke Duke of Wytenberge to inuest him Knight and Companion of the most noble Order of the Garter and returned before Christmas The 4 of Nouember the Lord Cobham the Lord Grey of Wilton were conueied from London Tower vnto Winchester to be arraigned and to that purpose the 19 of Nouember were also conueyed from the Tower to Winchester Sir Walter Rawleigh Sir Griffin Markham Knights George Brooke brother to the Lord Cobham Anthony Copley Gentleman William Watson and William Clearke Priests and the same day out of the Gate-house at Westminster went Sir Edward Parham Knight and Brooksby Esquire of Leycester-shire they were all condemned of high treason saue onely sir Edward Parham who was acquitted by the Iury. The 29 of Nouember were executed the two Priests and sixe dayes after was George Brooke hanged and the ninth of December sir Griffin Markham and the two Barons after they had bin seuerally brought vpon the scaffold in the Castle of Winchester and had made their confessions and prepared themselues likewise seuerally to die vpon the sudden the Kings warrant written with his owne hand was there deliuered to sir Beniamin Tichborne high Shiriffe of Hamshire commanding him to stay execution these thrée and sir Walter Rawleigh were returned prisoners to the Tower the 15 of December From the 23 of December 1602 vnto the 22 of December 1603 there died of all diseases within London and the Liberties thirty eight thousand two hundred and forty foure whereof the plague thirty thousand fiue hundred seuenty eight and the next yéere following London was cleare of that infection and then were all the shires in England grieuously visited note the worke of God The 29 of February died the most renowned and reuerend Father
in God D. Whitgift Archbishop of Canterbury he was a holy mercifull man The 5 of March was Proclamation made for the authorizing the Booke of Common prayer The thirtéenth of March the Lord Henry Howard was created Baron of Marnehill and Earle of North-hampton and Thomas Lord Buckhurst was created Earle of Dorset This yeare sir William Rumney sir Thomas Middleton shriues of LondoÌ through their great paine and diligence cleansed the City of Rogues and lewd people which at that time swarmed excéedingly The 15 of March the King Quéene and Prince with the Lords spirituall and temporall the Gentry and all Officers aswell of honor and armes as otherwise passed most triumphantly from the Tower through the high stréetes of his Highnesse Royall Chamber of London to Westminster and all the way hee went euen from his first entrance into the City vntill he came to Temple barre his Maiesty was receiued and attended by the Lord Maior in a Robe of crimson Veluet bearing a golden Scepter in his hand and the graue Citizens of euery Company in their Liueries standing in their stalles with great state hauing their banners and bannerets displayed on the one side of the streetes and the other side very strongly rayled to giue frée passage and kéepe backe the violent pressing of the multitudes of people which at that time excéeded as well in houses as otherwise and at this time the former gates of Pageants being seuen in number were all most sumptuously beautified and adorned with solemne orations melodious harmony and diuers ingenious deuices the first Pageant stood in Fan-church street the second in Gracious street the third in Corn-hill the fourth at the East end of Cheape side and at the East side of the high Crosse in Cheape was erected a low Gallery wherein stood the Aldermen the Chamberlaine the Towne Clerke with the Counsell of the City where Sir Henry Mountegue Recorder of London after his Oration in the behalfe of the Lord Maior and the whole body of the City presented thrée Cups of gold one for the King the second for the Quéene and the third for the Prince The fift Pageant stood at the West end of Cheape the sixt in Fléet-stréete and the seuenth at Temple Barre at this time all the chiefe Conduites ran Claret wine there was an other Pageant erected in the Strand at the charges of the inhabitants there-abouts The 19 of March beganne the Parliament at Westminster and continued vntill the 7 of Iuly and was there proroged vntill the 7 of February next after Sir Edward Denny was made Baron of Waltham by writ and sate in his Robes in the Parliament house the day wherein the Parliament was adiourned Sir Thomas Smith late Alderman of London is sent Ambassador vnto Borris Pheodorwich Emperor of Russia This yéere his Maiesty by his Letters Pattents incorporated the Felt-makers of London by the name of Master Wardens and Communalty of the Art or Mysterie of Felt-makers of London graunting vnto them thereby diuers priuiledges and liberties for the good gouernment of the same corporation this was the first Company that the King incorporated and was obtained by the humble and earnest suite of Richard Banister Iohn Sands Hugh Philips Robert Browne others Felt-makers of London The 5 of August arriued Don Iohn de Velasco Constable of Castile being sent from Philip the third King of Spaine to take the oath of the King of England for ratification of the Articles of Peace then agreed vpon by certaine English Lords authorized by the King and by former Commissioners sent the last yeere from Spaine and the Arch-duke which said Don Iohn with all the Commissioners vpon Sunday the 19 of August were most royally entertained and feasted at Whitehall and the same forenoone the King in his owne Chappell was sworne vnto the foresaid Articles and in the afternoon the Peace was proclaimed with Spain and the Arch-duke at the Court and in London And this moneth the Arch-duke wonne the strong Town of Ostend in Flanders after it had béene besieged with all extremity 3 yéeres and 3 moneths The 20 of August the Lord Robert Cecill Baron of Essenden was created Viscount Cranborne In October the Customes of Merchandise were raised both inward and outward and were then let to farme The 24 of October with great state by a King at Armes and Heralds and two Sergeants at Armes assisted by the L. Maior and Aldermen K. Iames was proclaimed in London King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defendor of the faith c. Sir Thomas Hayes Knight Sir Roger Iones Knight Sir Thomas Low Knight Haberdasher The 10 of December the most reuerend Father in GOD Richard Bancroft Doctor of Diuinity late Lord Bishop of London was translated to the Archbishoprick of Canterbury The 24 of December Richard Vaughan Doctor of Diuinity late L. Bishop of Westchester was by his Deputy installed Bishop of London in Pauls Church The 4 of Ianuary at Whitehall sir Philip Harbert brother to the Earle of Pembrooke maried the Lady Susan Vere yongest daughter to the Earle of Oxford the King himselfe gaue her in mariage The 6 of Ianuary in the afternoone Charles D. of Albany second son to K. Iames Robert L. Willoughby the L. Chandois William L. Compton the Lord Norris William Cecill son and heire to the L. Viscount Cranborne Allaine Percy brother to the Earle of Northumberland Thomas Somerset second sonne to the Earle of Worcester Francis Manners brother to Roger Earle of Rutland Ftancis Clifford brother to the Earle of Cumberland Thomas Howard second sonne to the Earle of Suffolke and Iohn Harington Sonne and Heyre to the Lord Harington All these were made Knights of the Bath and two dayes after that they performed all appropriate Rites and Ceremonies And the same time the fore-named Duke Charles was also created Duke of Yorke being not full foure yéeres of age the Earles of Oxford and Essex were his esquires The twenty sixt of February was a Lyon whelped in the Tower which whelpe was taken from the Damme and brought vp by hand as the King had commaunded by reason that the same Lyonesse in August last had whelped a Lyon and spoyled it by carrying it in her mouth vp and downe the denne to hide it this yong Lyon liued but sixtéene dayes after this the King caused a conuenient place to bee made néere to the Lyons Denne for the Lyonesse to bréede in and the same Lyonesse afterward brought foorth two Lyons at one litter and they liued and became as lusty as any other in the Tower these foure were the first that ouer were whelped in the Tower The 22 of February 1604 Proclamation was made against all Iesuites and Seminaries and that they should forthwith depart out of the kingdome The 5 of March Proclamation was made for confirmation of the Ecclesiasticall gouernment
of the Church of England and the Booke of Common prayer as it hath béene vsed in the time of Queene Elizabeth c. The 28 of March 1605 the Earle of Nottingham Lord high Admirall of England imbarked for Spaine to take the Kings oath for confirmation of the Articles of Peace lately agréed vpon returned the ninetéenth of Iune he left sir Charles Cornwallis Ambassador Lieger in Spaine The 19 of Aprill Edward Earle of Hertford was likewise sent Commissioner into Flanders to the Archduke and Dutchesse to take their oathes for confirmation of the said Peace and returned the 20 of May. At this time Ro. Doue of London Marchant-taylor gaue competent maintenance for euer for the tolling of a Bell in Saints Sepulchres Church to cause good people to pray for such prisoners as are to be executed out of Newgate and to cease when they are executed this Bell doth begin to toll at sixe of the clocke in the morning the same is made knowne vnto the prisoners that the said Bell is to put them in mind to prepare themselues for death c. The 29 of March was borne Philip Prince of Spaine son to Philip the 3 of that name At Gréenwich the 8 of Aprill was borne the Lady Mary Daughter to our Soueraigne Lord the King betwéene 11 and 12 a clocke at night The twenty one of February last died Clement the eight Pope of Rome after hee had raigned full thirtéene yéeres after him succéeded Leo the eleuenth who dyed within fourtéene dayes after his instalment and after him came Paul the fift The Feast of Saint George was kept at Gréenewich where the King elected the Duke Vlricke brother to our most gracious Quéene Anne and Henry Earle of North-hampton knights of the Garter At Gréenewich the fourth of May the King made Earles and Barons viz. Sir Robert Cecill Viscount Cranborne Baron of Essenden-was created Earle of Salisburie Thomas Cecil Lord Burghley elder brother to sir Robert Cecil was created Earle of Excester Sir Philip Harbert younger brother to the Earle of Pembrooke was created Baron of Shurland and Earle of Montgomery Rober Sidney Baron of Penhurst was created Viscount Lisie Sir Iohn Stanhope was created L. Stanhope of Harington Sir George Carew was created Lord Caâew of Clopton M. Thomas Arondell was created Lord Arondell of Wardour and M. William Cauendish was created Lord Cauendish of Hardywicke The next day after being Sonday the Lady Mary was christned Vpon May day last Richard Haydocke a Physition asked forgiuenesse of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for deluding the King and many others vnder pretence of being inspired and to preach in his sléepe by night with which deceite he had so strongly possest the vulgar as it was hard to remoue them although he confessed the abuse The 19 of May the Quéene was churched and two dayes afterâ the King made twelue Knights In this moneth Iohn Lepton of Kepwicke in the County of Yorke Esquire a Gentleman of an ancient Family there and of good reputation his Maiesties seruant and one of the Groomes of his most honourable Priuy Chamber performed so memorable a iourney as I may not omit to record the same to future ages the rather for that I did heare sundry Gentlemen who were good horsemen and likewise many good Physicions affirme it was impossible to bee done without daunger of his life Hee vndertooke to ride fiue seuerall times betwixt London and Yorke in sixe dayes to be taken in one wéeke betwixt Monday morning and Saturday following he began his iourney vpon Monday being the 20 day of May betwixt two and thrée of the clocke in the morning forth of S. Martins néere Aldersgate within the City of London and came into Yorke the same day betwixt the houres of 5 and 6 in the afternoone where he rested that night the next morning being Tuesday about 3 of the clock he tooke his iourny forth of York and came to his lodging in S. Martins aforesaid betwixt the houres of 6 7 in the afternoon where he rested that night the next morning being wednesday betwixt 2 and 3 of the clocke he tooke his iourney forth of London and came into Yorke about seuen of the clocke the same day where he rested that night the next morning being Thursday betwixt two and thrée of the clocke he took his iourney foorth of York and came to London the same day betwixt 7 and 8 of the clocke where he rested that night the next morning being Friday betwixt two and thrée of the clocke he took his iourney towards Yorke and came thither the same day betwixt the houres of 7 and 8 in the afternoone so as he finished his appointed iourney to the admiration of all men in fiue dayes according to his promise and vpon Monday the 27 of this moneth he went from Yorke and came to the Court at Gréenwich vpon Tuesday the 28 to his Maiesty in as fresh and chearefull maner as when he first began The first of Iune Prince Vlricke Duke of Holstaine c. embarked for Denmarke About this time the King caused a conuenient place to be made on the backe part of the Lyons Denne for the Lyons to bréed in which tooke good effect reade my large Booke concerning the Tryall and Conclusions with the Lyons touching their Instinct of Nature in not fearing the Cocke nor greedy deuouring the Lambe as also the vndaunted Courage of the English Masties against the fiercest Lyon in the Tower The 15 of Iune Thomas Dowglasse was committed to the Tower who arriued in England but thrée daies before being then sent prisoner by the County Palatine of the Rheine the 26 of Iune the said Thomas Dowglasse was brought to the Sessions house at Newgate and there condemned of high treason viz. for counterfeiting the Kings Priuie signet and for counterfeiting the Kings hand vnto Letters of his owne deuising vnto diuers Princes of Germany c. and the next day after his triall he was drawne hanged and quartered in Smithfield The second of Iuly 1605 seauentéene Scottish Ministers contrary to the Kings former expresse commandement held a solemne assembly at Aberdine in Scotland who being conuented for the same before the Councell of Scotland vtterly denied not onely their Lordships authority in that behalfe but the kings also saying that in matters Ecclesiasticall they neither owe nor ought to knowledge themselues in any subiection either to the King or to any temporall Counsell and that all spirituall differences should be tried and determined by the Church as competent Iudges c. Iustifying their voluntary méeting to be good and warrantable by the word of God alleadging the seuerall assemblies of the Apostles without knowledge or consent of any temporall estate c. for which riot and for denying the Kings supremacy in causes Ecclesiasticall sixe of the chiefe of them the tenth of Ianuary following at Blackenéese were
and the Lady Arbella were the other gossips About the beginning of September there fled out of Ireland into the parts beyond the Seas Hugh Earle of Tirone Terconnel Hugh Baron of Don Gannon Caffer Oge Odonnel brother to the Earle of Terconnel Orto Oge Oneale Nephew to the Earle of Tyrone the Countesse of Tyrone and two of the younger sonnes of Tyrone and the sonne and heire of the Earle of Terconnel being an infant of one yeare of age or thereabout with diuers other their seruants and followers they imbarked at Lughswillie The seuenth of September was borne Duke Charles second sonne to the King of Spaine Wednesday the 16 of September died the Lady Mary daughter to our Soueraigne Lord the King and was solemnly interred at Westminster the twenty thrée of the same in a vaut of the same Chappell and in the same manner as was her sister the Lady Sophia Sir Ieruais Clyfton of Layton Bromeswold Knight was made Baron by writ by the title of Baron of Layton Bromeswold and sate in his roabes with the Lords in the Parliament house the 16 of Nouember being the day of the adiornment of the Parliament And the twentith day of Iuly following the Lord Esme Stewart Lord of Awbigny in France gentleman of his Maiesties Bedchamber in England and sole brother vnto Lodouicus Duke of Lenox maried Katherin in the onely daughter and heire of the said Lord Clyfton The first day of March in the second yeare of his Maiesties raigne proclamation was made straitly prohibiting all increase of buildings within the city of London and one mile thereof and expresly commanding all persons to build all the fore front and windowes of al their new buildings either of bricke or stone but it tooke small effect whereupon the 12 of October this present yere 1607 Proclamation was made again to the same effect commanding them to build all their vtter wals windowes either ãâã brick or stone And y e 16 of October there were 2 censured in the the star Chamber for building contrarie to the tenour of his Maiesties firsâ Proclamation This yeare the King new builded the statelie Banquetting-house with increase of many faire lodgings at Whitehall Doctor Ailmer late L. Bishop of London and the right honourable Elizabeth Countesse Donger of Shrewsbury haue giuen certaine sums of money for the better maintenance of sermon hereafter at Pauls Crosse and Thomas Russell Draper hath likewise giuen ten pound a yeare for euer to be giuen vnto such vnbeneficed Preachers as shall preach at Pauls Crosse whereupon the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen for the due imployment of the foresaid summes and encrease of the same haue further prouided for the said Preachers so as euery oâ them being vnbeneficed shall not onely receiue a grauitie in money but also euery one that shall preach there shall at his pleasure be fréely entertained for fiue daies space with swéet conuenient lodgings fire candle and all other necessarie viz. from thursday before their appointed day of preaching vntill tuesday morning following Geffrey Elwes Nicholas Style Sir Henry Row Mercer Maior The 16 of Nouember proclamation was made concerning the Earle of Tyrone Terconnell and others of Ireland signifying their purpose and practise to extirpe the English nation out of Ireland and to conferre and yéeld the kingdome of Ireland vnto the Pope and Tyrones soliciting forraigne Princes to attempt the conquest thereof The 20 of December proclamation was made to apprehend the Lord Maxwell who wounded the Porter and so brake prison out of Edenbrough Castle This Lord Maxwell aided Iames Macdonell to escape likewise The 24 of December sir Thomas Parry Knight Chancellor of the Dutchie was sworne a Priuie Counsellor of Estate The 8 of December began a hard frost continued vntill the 15 of the same and then thawed and the 22 of December it began againe to fréeze violently so as diuers persons went halfe way ouer the Thames vpon the Ice and the 30 of December at euery ebbe many people went quite ouer the Thames in diuers places and so continued from that day vntill the third of Ianuary the people past daily betwéene London and y e Banke-side at euery halfe ebbe for the floud remooued the Ice and forced the people daily to tread new paths except onely betwéene Lambeth and the ferry at Westminster the which by incessant treading became very firme and frée passage vntill the great thaw and from Sunday the tenth of Ianuary vntill the fiftéenth of the same the frost grew extream so as the Ice became firme and remoued not then all sorts of men women and children went boldly vpon the Ice in most parts some shot at prickes others bowled and danced with other variable pastimes by reason of which concourse of people there were many that set vp boothes and standings vpon the Ice as Fruit sellers Victuallers that sold béere and wine Shoomakers a Barbers tent c. Euery of them had fire néere their beings The 15 of Ianuary it began somewhat to thaw and so continued 4 daies together yet neuerthelesse the great Ice vpon the Thames held firme and passable and became somewhat smooth like as in the last great frost in the yeare 1564. which till then were very craggy and vncertaine The 19 of Ianuary the frost began againe but not violently vntill Sunday the 24 of Ianuary and then held on vntill the 30 of the same The 1 of February the Ice began to breake by little and little and the next day in the afternoone all the Ice was quite dissolued and cleane gone so as no signe remained thereof many bridges were spoiled by this frost and much fowle perished especially smal birds which in many places were found frozen to death this frost was more grieuous in Ireland and France then in England The 9 of February sir Iohn Ramsey knight Baron of Barnes Viscount Hadington maried Elizabeth the eldest daughter of Robert Earle of Sussex the King gaue her in mariage and at dinner the King dranke to the bride and bridegrome in a faire cup of gold which he gaue him And with it a patent of 600 pound yearely pension out of the Exchequer to the longest liuer of them both this the King did to reward his faithfull seruice against the dangerous treason of Earle Gowry in Scotland The 10 of March was laid the first stone for the new building of Algate but it was not fully finished vntill the end of the next yeare after this old gate was taken downe and new builded at the charges of the Citizens The eleuenth of Aprill George Ieruas a Seminarie was drawne to Tiburne and there executed The eleuenth of Aprill being Monday thâ quarter Sessions was held at Saint Edmondsbury and by negligence an out malt-house was set on fire from whence in most strange and sudden manner through fierce windes the fire
the goodly vniforme order rich habit of the citizens and said that there was no State nor citie in the world that did elect their Magistrates with such magnificence except the citie of Venice vnto which the city of London commeth very neere c. The 7 of December Iohn Roberts a Benedict Monke somtime prouinciall of the Benedictans in England and Thomas Somers a Seminary were condemned at Newgate executed at Tiburn they hauing bin before sundry times takeÌ and banished yet presumed to returne againe and here to practise against the King and State George Palyn Citizen and Girdler of London at this time gaue ad pios vsus 3600. pound that is to say twelue hundreth pound vnto the two Vniuersities and nine hundreth pound for an Almes-house and the rest he bequeathed vnto other godly and charitable purposes in which legacies he bestowed the better part of all his wealth This month of December 1610. Henry Prince of Wales kept his Court at Saint Iames néere Charing Crosse setled his house and ordained his Officers as well the Officers of his Highnesse Reuenewes as those of his houshold the names of the chiefe whereof follow Of his Highnesse Reuenewes Sir Edward Philips Chancellor Master Adam Newton Secretary Sir George Moore Receiuer Generall Sir Willi. Fleetwood Suruaier generall Sir Augustine Nichols Sergeant M. Thomas Stephens Atturney M. Richard Cunnock Auditor Of his Highnesse Houshold Sir Thomas Challoner Chamberlaine Sir Charles Cornewalleys Treasurer Sir Iohn Hollis Comptroller Sir Dauid Fowllis Cofferer Sir Dauid Murrey Gentleman of the Bed-chamber Whereas the Kings most Excellent Maiestie hath continued this Parliament together longer then hath beene vsuall or might well haue stood either with his important affaires of State or with the publike businesse of three whole Termes spent in the two last Sessions or with the occasions of the Countrey where the seruice and Hospitality of many Persons of quality hath beene missing and diuers Shires Cities and Burrough Townes haue beene burdened with allowances made to the Knights and Burgesses whom they imployed besides the particular expence of the nobility and others attending that seruice And all this in expectation of a good conclusion of some of those weightie causes which haue béene therein deliberated not onely for the supply of the necessities of his Maiesties estate but for the ease and fréedome of his subiects in many things proposed by his Maiestie in Parliament farre differing surpassing the fauors and graces of former times both in nature and value His Maiestie hath now resolued for preuenting of further trouble of all those that would prepare themselues to be here against the time limited by the last prorogation to declare by these presents that they shall not néed to giue their attendance at the day appointed for any seruice to be done as members of this Parliament because his Maiestie for many good considerations knowne to himselfe hath now determined to dissolue this Parliament by his Commission vnder the great Seale of England Vpon New yéeres night the Prince of Wales being accompanied with twelue others viz. two Earles thrée Barons fiue Knights two Esquires they performed a very stately maske in which was an excellent Sceane ingenious spéeches and rare songs and with great variety of most delicate musique The French King sent Monsieur de la Verdyne one of the Marshals of France Gouernor of Maine accompanied and attended with sixescore persons all in mourning habit He and his whole traine came to Lambeth the 16 of Ianuary and were lodged in the Archbishops palace which the King caused to be very roially furnished and during their abode they were also entertained at the Kings charge The Ambassador had audience vpon Sunday the 20 of Ianuary and the next Sunday the King tooke his oath for performance of a league lately made betwéene the two Kingdomes Thomas Teasdale of Glymton in Oxfordshire-Gentleman at this time gaue fiue thousand pound to purchase land for perpetual maintenance of seuen Fellowes and six Schollers to bee placed in Bailyoll Colledge in Oxford and to be chosen thither from time to time out of the Free-schoole of Abingdon in Backshire He also gaue lands for perpetuall maintenance for an Vsher in that Schoole besides many other charitable legacies He deceased the 13 of Iune 1610. The 30 of Ianuary 1610. died the Earle of Dunbar and the 18 of Aprill next following viz. 1611 his funerall was very honorably performed at Westminster The 31 of Ianuary 1610 the Lord Viscont Fenton captaine of the Guard was sworne a Priuy Counsellor About this time sir Marmaduke Dorell knight then Master of the Kings houshold but was afterward cofferer of the kings houshold buildeâ a very faire new Parish Church in the Town of Fulmer in Buckingham-shire neere Vxbridge this church was consecrated by Doctor Barlow Lord Bishop of Lincolne and within fiue yeres after this time most of the Churches within and about London with their steeples were either newly enlarged or repaired or beautified as also about 3 yeares after there were diuers Chappels new builded and consecrat as a Chappell builded by Baron Altham at Oxhey a Chappell builded in the Strand by sir Iulius Caesar Knight Master of the Roles as also diuers Church-yards ordained and consecrated y e last whereof was that at White-chappel néere Mile-end-gréene and at this time Bow-stéeple in Cheap-side was well repaired and the faire Dial set vp The 11 of February 1610. sir Henry Montegue Knight recorder of London was made Sergeant at Law and presently after he was made the Kings Sergeant so remained Recorder of London vntill the 18 of Nouember 1610. and then was made L. Chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench the next day road to Westminster-hall with great state being very honorably accoÌpained attended Vpon our Lady-day being theÌ Easter-day the King created Sir Robert Car Knight L. Viscont of Rochester at White-hall The 9 of Aprill 1611. the most reuerend Father in God George Abbot Doctor of Deuinity Lord Bishop of London was transferred vnto the Archbishoprick of Canterbury and vpon Sonday the 23 of Iune he was sworne a Priuy Counseller at Gréenewich About the middle of March last Sir Thomas Dale Knight Marshall of Virginia was sent thither with thrée ships and three hundreth men and all things necessary for the Colony and also twelue Kine twenty Goates besides Coneies Pigeons and Pullen and toward the end of May following Sir Thomas Gates Knight Lieutenant Generall of Virginia was sent with thrée ships and thrée Caruells and two hundreth and fourescore men and twenty women and two hundreth kine and as many swine with other necessaries And the next spring were sent thither more supplies besides a particular supply for the English in the Bermodes The 20 of Aprill 1611 Sir Thomas Ouerbury was committed to the Tower and died there the 15 of September next following Thursday
they had wel considered what name that house should beare then with one consent they all agreed it should be called Hicks-hall after the name of the Founder and then the Founder gaue it freely to them and their Successors for euer Vntill this time the Iustices of Middlesex held their County Court or méetings in a rude common Inne called the Castle néere Smithfield-bars anoyde with Carriers and many other sorts of people The said Sir Baptist Hicks hath also builded a very faire Hospitall of frée stone at Camden in Gloucester-shire for sixe poore men and six women allowing them competent mainetenance for euer he also repaired the Parrish Church and gaue them a Bell. This yeare vpon sondry apparant reasons of present ensuing famine the Fast of Lent was straightly commanded to bée strickly kept and that all persons should vtterly abstaine from killing and eating of all manner of Butchers flesh which course tooke good effect as you read at large Edw. Rotherham Allexander Prescot Shrieues Sir Ioh. Swynarton knight MerchaÌtaillor Maior Friday the 16 of October 1612. at 11 a clock at night arriued at Graues-end the most illustrious young Prince Frederick the fifth of that name Count Palatine of the Reyne c. being very Princely accompanied and attended he was receiued by Sir Lewis Lewkenor Knight Master of the Ceremonies whom the King had sent thither before to attend the comming of the Prince vpon knowledge of his ariuall the King sent spéedily the Duke of Lenox with other Earles and Barons to signifie his hearty welcome and the next Sonday they accompanied the Palsgraue by Barge from Graues-end to White-hall where Prince Charles Duke of Yorke receiued and entertained him at his first landing and brought him vp into the great Banqueting-house where he was likewise entertained by the King Queene Henry Prince of Wales and the Lady Elizabeth The 29 of October the Palsgraue dined at the Guild-hall and was accompanied with the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Lenox being the great Feast day of the Lord Maior after dinner the Lord Maior in the behalfe of the City and himselfe in signe of loue and hearty welcome presented the Palsgraue with a Bason and Eure and two faire Liuerie pots curiously wrought and richly gilded and in euery of them was engrauen Ciuitas London Friday the sixt of October died the most Noble and hopefull Prince Henry Prince of Walâs hée was Royally buried in the Chappell Royall at Westminster the seuenth of December Spon Saint Thomas day the Palsgraue and Graue Mawrice were elected Knights of the Garter and vpon Sonday the 7 of February the Palsgraue in person was enstalled at Windsor and Graue Mawrice was enstalled by his Deputy and kinsman Count Lodowicke of Nassaw The 14 of February being Shroue Sunday the Lady Elizabeth was married vnto the Palsgraue In honour whereof there were sundry warlike Tryumphs and Trophies vpon the Thames thrée daies before the daie of marriage and vpon the wedding day there was Tilting and other Royall entertainements of Time and that night there was a Maske of Lords and Ladies and two nights after that there were two seuerall Maskes performed by the Gentlemen of the foure Innes of Court all which were set out and adorned with more sundry propperties speeches and ingenious deuices then euer was any before in this Kingdome and the Lord Maior and Aldermen of London in the behalfe of the citie and themselues presented the Bride with a very faire chaine of Orientall pearle Vpon Easter day the King the Palsgraue and the Lady Elizabeth receiued the Sacrament in the Chappell of White-hall and the next day Prince Charles was confirmed or Bishopped in the same Chappell by the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury in the presence of the King and Quéene the Prince hauing beene formerly conferred withall by the Lord Archbishoppe and the Lord Bishop of Bathe and Wells touching the principles of Religion vnto whom hee manifested such princely vnderstanding and forwardnesse and there withall vpon the sodaine gaue such ready answeres and reasons of his Faith as draue them and all the rest that heard him into great admiration the Prince being then but twelue yeares of age the 19 of February last Satterday the tenth of Aprill 1613. the Palsgraue and the Lady Elizabeth set forward on their iourney for Heydelberge being accompanied with the King and Quéene and Prince Charles and went by barge from White-hall to Gréenewich and vpon Twesday they all in like manner went by Coach to Rochester where the next morning the Palsgraue and the Lady Elizabeth tooke their leaue of the King Quéene and Prince and then rode to Canterbury and from thence to Margate where the Lord Admirall of England with nine ships and pinaces attended their comming and receiued them and their traine and with them there went to conduct them the Duke of Lenox the Earle of Arundell the Viscont Lisle and the Lord Harrington all these were imbarked the 23 of Aprill but through contrary windes it was the 25 of Aprill before they arriued at Flushing and from thence passed through the vnited Prouinces and through the Dukedome of Cleaueland Gulych and through the Bishopricks of Collen and Tayer and through part of Hessia in all which places they were most kindly entertained and presented with many princely presents and being arriued at Heydelberge they were likewise as ioyfully receiued and welcomed by the Princes Electors and others with great Tryumphs and royall entertainements The Palsgraue during his abode in England demeand himselfe so Nobly that he won the hearts of the whole Nation and at his departure hee exprest his Princely bounty in guifts and rewards The 17 of Aprill 1613. at Alington in Lancashiâe was borne a maiden child hauing foure Legges foure Armes two Bellies ioynde to one backe one head with two faces the one before and the other behinde and this yeare likewise was great Ship-wracke by violent tempests there happened also sundrie Inundations and strange accidents and much dammage done by fire in diuers places and vpon Saint Peters day the Globe on the banckside was burned The practise of Armes and Millitary discipline in the Artillery Garden by the Citizens of London formerly mentioned in the yeare 1586. being for the space of almost foure and twentie yeares quite neglected and in a manner forgotten beganne this yeare 1613. to be practised in farre more excellent manner then formerlie and shortly after vpon the example of this warlike exercise of the Citizens of London then the young Gentlemen of the Innes of Court and Middlesex and others beganne the like practise of Armes in a place called the Couent Garden and after that they made themselues a more conuenient place in a field betwéene Saint Iames and Saint Gyles The 24 of October sir Pecksall Brocas knight did penance at Paules Crosse for standing conuicted before the high Commissioners for secret and notorious
Mart at Onay in Buckinghamshire at Drifield in Yorkeshire On Twesday in Easter weeke at Longner at Couentry at Hitchin And a fourtnight faire begins the Twesday in Easter wéeke and continueth euery Twesday fortnight vntill Christmas being great faires of cattle the Tuesday and Wednesday at Brailes at Sandbatoth at Rochford at Northslect On the Wednesday in Easter wéeke at Wellingborough euery Wednesday betweene Easter and Michaelmas a faire of cattle at Beuerley On Friday in Easter wéeke at Skipton in Crauen On Low-sunday at Bicklesworth in Buckinghamshire The Monday after Low-sunday at Enlome The third Sunday after Easter at Lowth in Lincolnshire Rogation wéeke all the wéeke is for retayling at Beuerley at Inglefield in Lancashire at Rech Holy Thursday or Ascention day at Litterworth at Hallaton in Leicestershire at Rippon at Brunningham at Wigham at Bishop Stratford at Newcastle at Middlewich at Burton vpon Trent at Chapplefrith at Stapport in Cheshire at Yarne at the Vizes at Brastead in Kent at Sudmaster in Essex at Darkin at Grantham at Beuerley The Sunday after Ascention day at Tharstead at Burâington in Yorkeshire On Whitson euen at Skipton in Crauen at Wisbitch On Whitsonday at Ratisdale at Leutham at Kerby Steuen in Westmerland at Ryhill at Cribby On Whitson-monday at Darrington in the North at Burton at Midlome at Harsl-gréene in Lancashire at Oundle in Northamptonshire at Whitchurch at Biclesworth at Saint Iues at Sléeforth in Lincolneshire at Cokermouth in the North at Salforth at Exceter at Easdome at Apleby at Rygate at Sitingbridge at Bradford at Amerson at Dryfield in Yorkeshire at Yorke at Agmonham at Stokechéere On Whitson-tuesday at Melton Mowbray at Longuer in Staffordshire at Ashby at de la zouch in Leicestershire at Higher Knotsford in Cheshire at Oringstoke at Laighton Buzzard at Farringdon in Barkshire at Perith in Cornewall at Long-guilford at Canterburie at Rothford in Essex at Lewis in Sussex at Chipping at Daintry in Northamptonshire On Wednesday in Whitson wéeke at Léeke in Staffordshire at Sandborow at Royston at Newarks vpon Trent On Thursday in Whitson wéeke at Kingstone vpon Thames at Cockfield On Friday in Whitson wéeke at Darby at Cockfall On Trinity euen at Skipton in Crauon at Punfract at Rowell in Northamptonshire for sixe daies On Trinity Sunday at Southcane in Yorkeshire at Kendall at Hounslow at Stokesley at Saint Mary Awke at Tunbridge On Trinity Monday at VVatford at Spilby at Ray in Essex On Corpus Christi day at Couentry at Stamford at Banbury at Stopport at Prescoate at Saint Néedes at Hallaton at Newberie at Saint Annes at Hemptstead at Bishop Stratford at Rosse The Sunday next after Trinity-Sunday at Belton On the Eue and on the Feast or day of Apostles Peter Paul at Greys Thorreck in Essex On Relique Sunday which is the sunday fortnight after Midsommer at Fodringay The sunday after the third of Iuly at Hauerhull The sunday after Saint Bartholomew at Sandbitch in Cheshire The Twesday after Michaelmas at Salisburie The Thursday after Michaelmas at Banburie FINIS A Table of These Particular Notes following GAllen page 15 The first Emperiall crowne of gold page 17 The originall of the Patriarchy of Constantinople pag. 17 The death of Saint Ierome pag. 17 Saint Patrique pag. 18 Rome spoyled by the Gothes pag. 18 The death of Saint Augustine pag. 18 A strange pestilence pag. 23 The life and death of the false Prophet Mahomet pag. 24 Clocks and Dials appointed pag. 26 The tyranny of Iustinian the Emperor pag. 28 France spoiled by the Saracens pag. 31 Germany conuerted pag. 30 Saxonie conuerted pag. 31 The Originall of Flanders pag. 31 Solemne musicke in Churches pag. 31 The Bishopricks of Hambro and Bream founded pag. 32 The originall of Normandy pag. 33 The Danes and Norweys conuerted pag. 35 The translation of the Empire p. 36 The Gamoth inuented p. 37 The end of the race of Charlemaigne and the beginning of Hugh Capet p. 38 Lubeck founded p. 40 Frost fiue months together in England p. 44 Goodwynsands p. 49 The conquest of Ierusalem by Godfrey of Bolloigne p. 50 The Story of Lybussa and Velasca with her Army of Ladies p. 56 Iohannes de Temporibus p. 60 Gratianus p. 62 London Bridge built of timber p. 64 Yorke burned p. 67 Paris streetes and London streetes paued p. 68 A fish like a man p. 69 The Iewes commit great outrages p. 71 The first Kingdome of Tartars p. 78 London Bridge built of stone p. 79 Three thousand persons spoiled vpon London Bridge p. 81 Winchellea destroied by a strange inundation p. 94 The Shepheards of England and France go a pilgrimage p. 95 The twelue Peeres of France ordained All the youth of London sworne p. 96 The Saracens attempt to spoile Christendome with other things of note p. 97 Strange tempest the first great rot of sheepe p. 102 The originall of the Knights Templers Knights of Rhodes and Malta p. 104 Iustices punished fifteene thousand Iewes banished p. 109 Sea-coale forbidden to be burned nere London p. 113 The French King burneth infected persons p. 116 The Iewes in Germany burned ibid. A terrible mortality with other things of note p. 118 119. and 100.126 The most honourable order of Knights of the Garter p. 129 The misfortune of fiue great Princes p. 131 A serpent in England with two heads p. 133 The staple of wooll remoued p. 143 A wondrous mortality in England of great note p. 136 The famous Poets Francis Petrarch and Iohn Boccace p. 139 Tamberlayne taketh Baiazeth rescueth Constantinople p. 149 The first Duke of Millaine with other things of note p. 154 The first impost of salt in France p. 161 The King of Englands Seale vsed in Paris with other things of note p. 163 Francis Sforce made Duke of Millaine p. 167 The King of England crowned in Paris p. 169 George Scanderbeg p. 174 The originall of Printing p. 178 An admirable sudden pestilence in Paris Rome taken and sacked by the Duke of Burbon vide in Anno 1526. The first Duke of Florence p. 219 The last Duke of Millaine p. 222 Barbarosso King of Argier p. 232 The house of Ferneze made Dukes of Parma p. 250 The last fall of base mony in England p. 282 The Archbishop of Collen expulsed for marying a wife p. 341 The Prince of Orenge slaine p. 340 Antwerpe besieged p. 348 Captaines of the Artillery Garden p. 359 The Patriarch of Greece selleth his dignity pag. 371 The Duke of Guyse slaine and the French King slaine being the last of the house of Valois the house of Nauarre succeedeth him the miserie of Paris during the siege and a briefe touch of some of the chiefe ancient Kings of France p. 379 The Ciuill Law reduced into order p. 398 The originall and State of Venice p. 464 FINIS Scotland another part of Britaine Wales the third part of Britain 4 Bishops in Wales Cornwall 1108. 1084 How Humber tooke that name Seuerne 1604 Guendoline a Queene The King deuoured
Ambassa-into Denmarke The Lecture of Surgery first founded A strange misfortune of gunpowder on Galley key A strange tempest in Norffolke Shrieues Maior Terme kept at Hartford Thames Water brought into the high strets of LondoÌ Ground remoued in Docetshire An. reg 25 A gratious admonition to keepe the Sabbaoth 1583. The Prince of Orenge slaine Note The Arch bishop of ColleÌ expulsed for marrying a wife A house blowne vp with gunpowder in Fetter-lane Alasco of Poland Archbish of Canterbury deceased Iustice Randolph his charity of 900 pounds At this time Pyrats and great Rouers troubled the Seas Sea Rouers apprehended and executed An heretick burned at Norwich Palatine of Siradia in Poland returned Doctor Whitgift Archbish of Canterbury Shrieues Maior A monstrous fish An. reg 26 Players Desmonds head set on LondoÌ bridge Nantwich in Cheshire burnt Someruile Arden others arraigned Someruile strangled himselfe Arden executed Carter executed for printing of trayterous books Fiue executed for treason 1584. Throgmorton executed Antwerpe besieged yeelded to the Duke of Parma Citizens become resolute souldiers Shrieues Maior An. reg 27 Earle of Lincolne deceased Seminaries and massing Priests banished Earle of Darby Ambassadour into France W. Parry executed Emanuel Colledge founded 1585. ParliameÌt dissolued Citizens of London trained vp with shot Earle of Arundell sent to the Tower The soueraignty of the Low Countries presented to her Maiesty and a pedigree drawne to proue the Q' title to those prouinces by descent Awfild Welby executed Earle of Bedford deceased Souldiers transported into the Low Countries by commission Ground and trees sunke Seminary Priests banished Shrieues Maior An. reg 28 The Earle of Leicester Lieutenant generall of the Low countries Desmond in Ireland peopled of the English natioÌ Order for plantation in Ireland Archbish· of Canterbury called ro be of the priuy Coun T. L. lost his eares for treacherously practising to enioy the goods and lands of his naturall kinsmen A notable praise-worthy ensample of Iustice Strange sicknes at Excester A strange worme found in the heart of a horse 1586. Seminary Priests executed Sir Henry Sidney deceased Ambassadors from the K. of Denmark The Earle of Arundel censured in the Star-chamber League with the King of Scots Captains of the artillery garden other wise called London Captaines Elkes executed for counterfeiting the Q. signe manuell A lottery at LondoÌ for rich armour Tho. Candish his voiage Great reioicing in London for apprehension of traitors Traitors indicted Traitors executed Sir Philip Sidney wounded and died thereof Seminary Priests executed Shrieues Maior Ludgate at LondoÌ new builded ParliameÌt at West ParliameÌt against the Queene of Scots Proclamation against the Queene of Scots Queen of Scots after 19 yeeres imprisonment in Scotland EnglaÌd was beheaded ParliameÌt at Westminster A man reuiued after he had beene executed The first making of great rouÌd Globes Eaâle of Rutland deceased Sir Christopher Hatton L. Chancellour Clothes to be transported generally A strange backward spring Shrieues Maior An. reg 30 Blackwell hall 1588 Campe at Tilbury Her maiesty went to the Campe at Tilbury Sermon of thanksgiuing Seminaries others executed The transferring of the Greek patriarke from Greece into Russia Earle of Leicester deceased Banners taken froÌ the Spaniards shewed at Pauls Crosse Shrieues Maior Seminary Priests executed Stable and horses burnt An. reg 32 The Qu. Maiesty came to Palus Great winde The Qu. receiued into Westminster Souldiers punished for abusing their Captains A Parliament An Heretick burned Marshall Law 1589. ParliameÌt dissolued Earle of Arundell arraigned Voiage to Portugall Norris Drake returne froÌ Portugall L. Maior deceased Maior Lightning and thunder Sailers souldiers executed Souldiers sent into France Shrieues Serieants feast Maior Lodowick Griuel pressed to death An. reg 32. Citizens of LondoÌ frighted by fire Tempest of winde A doore of Pauls blowne ouer Sir Iohn Harts bountie A new kinde of weauing A Wench burnt The Duke of Guise slaine The FreÌch K. slaine Paris besieged The first K. of FraÌce Disobedience seuerely punished Vlfringhampton burnt Souldiers transported Free Schooles and hospitals founded Shrieues Maior An. reg 33 A purueier hanged Bold impostures that distracted the people Hacket hanged Copinger died in Bridewel Shrieues Maior Proclamation against Iesuites and Seminaries Bren O Royrke apprehended An. reg 34 Lord ChaÌcellor deceased Seminaries others executed Captaine Cosby executed A Seminary executed in Paules Church-yard Souldiers sent into France 1592. Tiltboat drowned New Lord Keeper ExecutioÌ in Smithfield for poisoning Almes houses founded by the Marchant Taylors A woman burnt in Smitfield The riuer of Thames seemed to be almost voide of water and many things were fouÌd by diuers as they walked vp on the low sands Shrieues Maior No Maiors feast Tearme kept at Hartford An. reg 35 A butchers daughter sayd she was daughter to King Philip and Queene Mary ParliameÌt at Westminster Barrow Greenewood hanged ParliameÌt dissolued Penry apprehended and hanged Court of Assises kept in S. Georges field No Bartholmew faire at London Shriues Maior An. reg 36 Number of the plague died in London Prince Henry borne A Seminary executed Lopez arraigned 1594. Great wind ouer turned trees Great raine A woman burnt for pety Treson Great flouds Serieants dinner Bishop of London deceased D. Lopez others executed Maior of London deceased Sir Richard Martin Maior Ships set out by the Citizens of London Souldiers set out by the Londoners Great raine Bridges at CaÌbridge and at Wareborn downe Thames water connaied into London A siluer Mine fouÌd Shrieues Maior An. reg 37 A woman burnt in Smithfield Bishop of London elected Earle of Darby married Yorke and Williamsâ executed 1595 A Iesuit executed Great dearth of corne and other victuals Disodered youthes punished Coiner and a cunning cosoner punished Vnruly youths on the tower hill apprehended for being ther assembled to do violence to the Lord Maior and to make insurrection Vnruly youths executed on the Tower hill they died penitent Sir Tho. Wilford Prouost Marshall within LondoÌ hâ behaued himselfe very mildly and discreetly Shriues Maior Two marshals in London at one time An. reg 38 Notorious knaues A Pinnace made in the LeadeÌ Hall by a Land Carpenter being neuer taught nor vsed to make any Ships or Boats 1596. Souldiers pressed discharged Souldiers pressed The Spaniards win Callis Souldiers sent to Callis L. Keeper deceased Soldiers to the sea New L. Keeper Water flouds These inundations were very strange terrible Cadize voyage L. Chamberlaine deceased Triumph in LondoÌ for victory in Spaine The Ciuil Lawes reduced into order A warning to Carpenâers Too good to last long Duke of Bolloine came into England Souldiers sent into France Earle of Shrewsbury Ambassador into France Shrieues Maior Prouision made for grain froÌ beyond the seas Great laÌd waters Dearth An. reg 39 Great triumph for the prosperous raigne of her Maiesty Tempests in the City of Wels. T. Skinner Maior deceased he spent more of his time then any
lightning and thunder that the like had not béene séene nor heard by any man liuing In the moneth of December was driuen on the shore at Grunsby in Lincolneshire a monstrous fish in length xix yards his taile xv foote broad and vi yards betwéene his eyes Hillary Tearme kept at Hertford Castle Peace proclaimed betwéene England France Through sute of the Armorers there was on the vigile of Saint Peter a watch in the Citie of London which did onely stand in the high streete in Cheape Cornehill and so forth to Aâdgate The fift of August the Quéenes Maiesty in her progresse came to the Vniuersity of Cambridge was of all the Students most honourably receiued in the Kings Colledge She made within S. Maries Church a notable Oration in Latine in the presence of the whole learned Vniuersitie to the Students great comfort The next day shee went forward to Fincinbrooke The 30. day of August was enacted by a common Counsell of the City of London that all such Citizens as from thenceforth should bee constrained to sell household stuffe should first cause the same to bée cried thorow the City by a man with a bell and then to be sold by the common outcrier appointed for that purpose The 20. of September rose great floods in the riuer of Thames where through the Marshes were ouerflowed and many cattell drowned Edward Iackeman Lionell Ducket Shriues The second of October was an obsequie at Pauls for Faroinando late Emperour The seuenth of October at night all the North parts of the Element séemed to bée couered with flames of fire procéeding from the Northeast and Northwest toward the midst of the firmament and discended West Sir Richard Mallorie Mercer Maior The 21. of December began a frost which continued so extreamely that on Newyeares euen people went ouer and along the thames on the yee from London bridge to Westminster some plaied at the footeball diuers of the Court being then at Westminster shot at pricks set vpon the thames And people both men and women went on the thames in greater number then in any stréete of the Citty On the third day of Ianuary at night it began to thaw on the fift day was no yee to be seene betwéene London bridge and Lambeth which sudden thaw caused great floods and high waters that bare downe bridges and houses and drowned many people in England especially in Yorkshire Owes bridge was born away The third day of February Henry Steuart Lord Darly eldest sonne to Matthew Earle of Linneaux tooke his iourney toward Scotland and in sommer following married Mary Quéene of Scotland The 22. of Aprill the Lady Margaret Countesse of Linneaux was commanded to kéepe her chamber at the White hall where she remained till the two and twentieth of Iune and then by sir Frances Knowles and the guard conuaied her to the Tower of London by water The 16. of Iuly about nine of the clocke at night began a tempest of lightning and thunder with showres of haile which continued till thrée of the clocke in the next morning so terrible that at Chelmisford in Essex 500. acres of corne was destroied the glasse windowes on the East side of the towne and on the West and South sides of the Church were beaten downe with all the tiles of their houses besides diuers barnes chimnies and the battlements of the Church which were ouerthrowne The like harme was done in many other places as at Léedes Crainebrooke Douer c. Christopher Prince and Margraue of Baden with Cicely his wife sister to the King of Swethland in September landed at Douer and the xi day of the same they came to London and were lodged at the Earle of Bedfoords place where within foure dayes after shée trauelled and was deliuered of a man childe which child was christened in the Quéenes Chappell of White Hall the Quéenes Maiestie being Godmother gaue the child to name Edward Fortunatus This yeare by commaundement of the Counsell diuers musters of light horsemen in sundry dayes and in seuerall places about the Citie of London were taken by the Maior and other commissioners for that purpose by which meanes it happened on the eight of October that Sir Richard Mallorie riding through Tower stréet toward the tower hill there to haue taken muster as was appointed he was met by Sir Francis Iobson then Lieutenant of the Tower and by him forbidden to enter the hill with the sword before him whereunto no answers by the Maior could be heard but the sword was violently seased on by the Lieutenant and his men and defended by the officers of the Maior so that the Lieutenant called for more assistance out of the Tower and the Maiors Officers were minded to haue raised tower stréet and so more of the Citie whereof was like to haue bin a great tumult but the Lord Maior caused Proclamation to be made that no man should draw weapon or strike any stroke but euery man to depart horsemen and all till they were againe warned to appeare which was on the same day seuen night being likewise monday and the xv of October that they did there muster before the Maior in that very place on the tower hill before appointed where by the Counsels appointment the Maior had the sword peaceably borne before him as he had béene accustomed Iohn Riuers Iames Hawes Shriues Sir Richard Champion Draper Maior The 24. of December there rose a great storme of wind by whose rage the Thames and Seas ouerwhelmed many persons and the great gates at the West end of Saint Pauls Church in London were through the force of the winde then in the westerne part of the world blowne open The Marques of Caden and the Lady Cicely his wife sister to the King of Swethen now in the moneth of Aprill departed the land Certaine houses in Cornehill being first purchased by the Citizens of London and cost them more then 3532. pound were afterward sold to such as should carry them from thence and then the ground being made plaine possession thereof was giuen to Sir Thom. Gresham Knight there to build a place for Marchants to assemble in at his owne proper charges who on the 7. of Iune laide the first stone of the foundation and forthwith the workemen followed with such diligence that by the moneth of Nouember in Ann. 1567. the same was couered with slate The 31. of August the Quéenes Maiesty in her Progresse came to the Vniuersity of Oxford and was of all the Students honourably receiued The 5. of September after disputations the Quéene at the humble suit of certaine of her Nobilitie made a briefe Oration in Latine to the Vniuersitie and the 6. her Maiestie bade them farewell and rode to Ricote Richard Lambart Ambrose Nicholas Iohn Langley The 4. of Aprill Sir Christopher Draper Ironmonger Charles Iames the sixt of that name sonne to Henry
gentlewoman by the Councels commandement was whipped through the City of London for affirming her selfe to be the daughter to Philip king of Spaine as she had béene perswaded by some accounted Sooth-saiers after proued liers for she was knowne to be a Butchers daughter in Eastcheape The 19 of February the Parliament began at Westminster The 21 of March Henry Barrow gentleman Iohn Greenewood Clarke Daniel Studley Girdler Sapio Bislot gentleman Robert Bowley Fishmonger were indicted of felony the said Barrow and Greenewood for writing sundry seditious bookes tending to the slaughter of the Quéen and State Studley Billot and Bowley for publishing and setting forth the same Bookes and on the 23 they were all arraigned found guilty and had iudgement on the last of March Henry Barrow and Iohn Greenewood were brought to Tiburne and there hanged on the 6 of Aprill The tenth of Aprill the Parliament at Westminster brake vp for a time wherein was granted thrée Subsidies of two shillings eight pence the pound goods foure shillings lands and 6 fifteenes About the same time Penry a principall penner and publisher of bookes intituled Martin Marre prelate was apprehended at Stebbenheth by the Vicar there and committed to prison In the moneth of May he was arraigned at the Kings Bench Barre condemned of Felony and afterward conuaied from the Goale of the Kings Bench to Saint Thomas Waterings and there hanged this pernitious booke much troubled the people The 19 of Iuly the Court of Assise for Surrey was holden and kept in S. Georges field in a Tent there set vp for that purpose many prisoners were there arraigned ninetéene were burnt in the hand but none executed This Assise was ended the same day which was thought would haue lasted thrée daies but the Iustices all duties being paid made hast away for feare of being infected with the pestilence This yeare was no Bartholmew faire kept at London for the auoiding of concurse of people whereby the infection of the pestilence might haue increased Paul Banning Peter Hawghton Sir Cuthbert Buckle Vintner For part of y e yeare sir Rich. Martin goldsmth The whole number this yeare buried within the Citie of London the suburbes and other places adioyning as well of the plague as of the other diseases from the 29 of December in the yeare 1592 vntill the 20 of December 1593 was as followeth Within the walls of all diseases 8598 whereof the plague 5390 without the walles in the liberties 9295. the plague 5285. so that within the City and Liberties of all diseases 17863. whereof the Plague was 10675. The 19 of February 1593. at Edenburght in Scotland was borne Prince Henry the eldest sonne of King Iames the 6. King of Scots The 18 of February Harington a Seminary was drawne from Newgate to Tiborne and there hanged cut downe aliue strugled with the hangman but was quartered The last of February Rodoricke Lopeza a Portugal as it was said professing Physicke was arraigned in the Guild-hall of London found guily and had iudgement of high Treason for conspiring her maiesties destruction by poyson In this moneth of March were many great stormes of winde which ouerturned trées stéeples houses barnes c. namely in Worcester-shire in Beaudley forrest many Oakes were ouerthrowne In Horton wood of the said shire more then one thousand fiue hundred Oakes were ouerthrowne in one day namely on the Thursday next before Palmesunday In Stafford-shire the shaft of the stéeple in Stafford Towne was rent in péeces along through the midst and throwne vpon the Church wherewith the said roofe is broken 1000 pounds will not make it good Houses and Barnes were ouerthrowne in most places of those shires In Canke wood more then 3000 trées were ouerthrowne many stéeples more or lesse aboue 50. in Stafford-shire were perished or blowne downe The 11. of Aprill was a great raine which continued more then 24 houres long and withall a great North winde The 14 of Aprill a woman was burnt in Smithfield for killing of her husband The 16 of Aprill Ferdinando Earle of Darby deceased at Latham in a very strange manner The second of May came downe great flouds by reason of sodaine showres of haile and raine that had fallen which bare downe houses Iron milles the prouision of coles prepared for the said mils it bare away cattle c. The second of May the new Serieants of the Law in number ten held their dinner in the Temple The third of Iune deceased Iohn Aylmer Bishop of London at Fulham and on the 26 of Iune was solemnly interred in his Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule in London The 7 of Iune Doctor Lopez and two other Portugals were drawne from the Kings Bench in Southwarke to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered The first of Iuly deceased Sir Cuthbert Buckle Lord Maior of London and on the next morrow was elected Sir Richard Martin to be Maior for the rest of that yeare on the third of Iuly he tooke his oath at the Tower of London The fiftéene of Iuly by a common Counsell in the Guild hall was graunted according to a precept from her Maiesty that sixe ships and two pinnaces should be set forth at the charges of the City the same to be ready with men munition and victuals for thrée moneths by the last of Iuly More on the 17 of Iuly the same Common Councell according to another precept granted 450 men on foote to be likewise set out by the citizens towards the charges whereof a fifteenth was seized and paid This yeare in the moneth of May fell many great raines but in the moneth of Iune and Iuly much more for it commonly rained day and night till Saint Iames Eue on Saint Iames day in the afternoone it began againe and continued for two daies together notwithstanding there followed a faire haruest in the month of August but in September great raines raised high waters such as staied the carriages and bare downe bridges as at Cambridge Ware and elsewhere Also graine grew to be of a great price as a strike or bushell of Rie 5 s a bushell of wheat 6 7 or 8 s c. which dearth happened more by meane of ouermuch transporting by our Merchants then the vnseasonablenes of the weather passed This yeare Beuis Bulmar an ingenious Gentleman made an engine at Broken wharfe thereby from thence to conuay Thames water vp into the Citie sufficient to serue the whole West part thereof being conuaied into mens houses by pipes of lead The same Gentleman on the 18 of October gaue vnto sir Richard Martin then Lord Maior of the City of London and to the Citie for euer one cuppe of siluer with a couer weighing 137 ounces of fine better then the Sterling the siluer of which cup with other he said was digged out of the mine in England in
the moneth of August last before passed Robert Lee Thomas Benet Sir Iohn Spencer Clothworker The 30 of December a woman was burnt in Smithfield for coyning of money The same day D. Fletcher B. of Worcester was elected B. of London The 26 of Ianuary William Earle of Darby married the Earle of Oxfords daughter at the Court at Gréenewich The tenth of February two souldiers or Captaines named Yorke and Williams were executed at Tiburne for fellony The 10 of February Southwell a Iesuite that long time had laine in the Tower of London was arraigned at the Kings Bench barre he was condemned and on the next morrow drawne from Newgate to Tiburne and there hanged bowelled and quartered This yeare by meanes of the late transportation of graine into forraine Countries the same was here growne to an excessiue price as in some parts of this Realme from fourtéene shillings to 4 markes the quarter On the 27 of Iune certaine yong men apprentises and other were punished by whipping setting on the Pillory c. for taking of butter from the maket women in Southwarke after the rate of three pence the pound whereas the sellers price was 5 pence the pound they would be their owne caruers Certaine men for coyning were hanged and also a Scriuener in Holborne was hanged and quartered for taking the great seale of England from the olde patent and putting the same to a new On the 29 of Iune being Sonday in the afternoone a number of vnruly youths on the Tower hill being blamed by the Warders of Towerstreete-ward to seuer themselues and depart from thence threw at them stones and draue them backe into Tower stréete and were heartned thereunto by a late Souldier sounding of a trumpet but the trumpeter and many other of them being taken by the shrieues of London and committed to prison About 7 of the clocke the same night sir Iohn Spencer Lord Maior rode to the Tower hill attended by his officers and others to sée the hill cleared of all tumultuous persons where about the middle of the hill some warders of the Tower or Lieutenants men told sir Iohn that the sword ought not to be borne vp there and two or thée catching hold thereof some bickering was there and she sword bearer hurt but the Lord Maior séeing the hill cleared of all trouble rode backe the sword bearer bearing vp the sword The two twenty of Iuly in presence of the Earle of Essex and other sent from the Queene were arraigned in the Guild-hall of London fine of those vnruly youths that were on the Tower hill apprehended they were condemned and had iudgement to be drawne hanged and quartered and were on the twenty foure of the same month drawne from Newgate to the Tower hill and there executed accordingly Sir Thomas Wilford knight Prouost Marshall for the time in the City of London rode about and through the city of London daily with a number of men well mounted on horsebacke armed with cases of pistols c. This Marshall apprehended many vagrant and idle people brought them to the Iustices who committed them c. Thomas Low Leonard Haliday Sir Stephen Slany Skinner This yeare in February 1595. the Lord Maior and Aldermen as well for expelling vagrant people out of the City reforming of common abuses to be aiding to Clarks of the Market for redresse of forrainers false waights and measures as to be assistant vnto all Constables and other ciuill officers for the more spéedy suppression of any distemperature that may arise by youth or otherwaies they ordained two Marshals viz. Master Reade and Master Simson and after them Master Roger Walrond was admitted alone The 20 of February fiue men for couzonage and counterfeiting of Commissions c. were set on the Pillory in West Cheape some of them had their eares nailed and cut off others that had before lost their eares were burnt in their cheekes and forehead This yeare a certaine Pinnace was made by a House-carpenter in the Gréene-yeard of Leaden hall in London it was about some 5 tun to be taken a sunder and set together with vices the same was finished and launched out of Leaden hall on the 12. of March in the night and drawne by strength of men and horses on a sléed with wheels made for that purpose towards Algate where about the parish Church of S. Catherine Christs Church the wheeles taking fire on the Axeltrées were broken about one of the clocke in the morning where it staied till the next night and then was drawne to the Tower hill where the same was calked and pitched and on the xx of March drawne and lanched into the riuer of Thames at the water gate by the Tower and from thence by water drawne to Ratcliffe and there tackled The ninth of Aprill being good Friday in the afternoone the Lord Maior and Aldermen were sent from the Sermon in Paules Church-yeard and forthwith vpon precept from the Councell pressed 1000. men which was done by eight of the clocke the same night and before the next morning they were purueied of all manner of furniture for the warres ready to haue gone towards Douer and so to the aid of Callis against the Spaniards but in the afternoone of the same day they were all discharged And on the 11. of Aprill being Easter day about tenne of the clocke came a new charge so that all men being in the parish Churches ready to haue receiued the CoÌmunion the Aldermen their deputies and Constables were faine to close vp the Churchdoores till they had pressed so many to be souldiers that by 12. of the Clocke they had in the whole City 1000. men and they were forthwith furnished of armour and weapons c. And they were for the most part that night and the rest on the next morning sent away to Douer as the like out of other parts of the Realme but returned againe about a wéeke after for the French had lost Callis c. And in Iune 1598. the towne of Callis was quietly restored backe to the French The last of Aprill at night deceased Sir Iohn Puckering L. kéeper of the great Seale he died of a great palsie wherewith he had béene taken on the 26 of Aprill at night On May day proclamation was made that all souldiers appointed to sea should in all hast passe to Portesmouth c. to the Earle of Essex and other the Nobility there The 6 of May sir Thomas Egerton Master of the Rolles was made Lord Kéeper and had deliuered vnto him the great Seale The 11. he rode accompanied of the Nobility and others in great number to Westminster and there tooke his place In this moneth of May as afore fell continually raines euery day or night whereby the waters grew déepe brake ouer the high waies namely betwixt Ilford and Stradford