Punysshement for murdre as appereth folio lviii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio lix Parlyament holden at London as apereth folio lxxv Peace concluded betwene Fraunce Flaundres fo lxxiii Parlyament holden at London as apereth fo lxxxviii Parlyament holden at westmynster as is shewed in fo xci Parlyament holden at NorthamptoÌ„ as is shewed folio xli Parlyament holdeÌ„ at yorke fo lxxix Parlyament holden at Northampton as appereth in fo lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Salysbury as appereth in folio lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Burye as is shewed folio cxciiii Parlyament holden at Couentre beholde in folio cciiii Parlyament holden at Leyceter as is shewed folio clxxi Parlyament holden at Leyceter called Battys as is shewed fo clxxxii Paulys steple sette on fyre fo cxciii Pagentes and other ordenaunces made by LoÌ„doners for the receyuyng of the kynge fo clxxxv Parys was loste by treason as it is shewed fo clxii Peace concluded betwene the regent and the kyng of Nauerne fo cxxxv Peter kynge of Castyle was beheded as is shewed in fo cxi Peryn was draweÌ„ out of the church and hanged as is shewed fo cxxix Plees put in exercyse for the countre of Arthoys folio cxvii Plees remoued frome London to yorke as is shewed in fo cxlvi Pryde of the Frenche kynge as it is shewed in fo lxxiii Prynce Edwarde maryed the erle of Henawdes doughter fo lxxxi QUene hythe was fyrste let to ferme to the cytesyns of London as appereth fo xxvi Quest passed betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye of LondoÌ„ as is shewed in fo xxxv Quene of Englande sayled into Fraunce for cause fo lxxxi Quene of Englande was proclaymed enemye fo lxxxi Quene foresayd landed in England by strength fo lxxxi Quene Anne was speciall good lady to the cytye of London fo cxlvi Quene Anne dyed fo cxlvii Quene Margarete was receyued of the Londoners fo cxciii Quene Margarete made a voyage into Englande fo ccxv Quene Margaret was taken as is shewed in fo ccxx RIcharde the fyrst of that name and sonne of HeÌ„ry the second began to reygne in Englande in the yere of our lorde M.C.xci the .xi. yere of the second Phylyp reygned yeres wyth odde monethes .x. In the fyrste yere of thys kynge the cytye of London was commytted to the rule of two baylyfes whyche so coÌ„tynued tyll the .x. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ as it is shewed in fo iii Rycharde the .ii. of that name sonnÌ„ of prynce Edwarde sonnÌ„ of Edward the .iii began hys reygne ouer Englande the .xii. daye of Iuny in y e yere of our lord M.iii. C.lxxvii the .xiii yere of the .v. Charles than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxii. folio cxlii Rycharde the .iii. of that name brother vnto Edwarde the .iiii. beynge duke of Glouceter and protectour of England began to vsurpe the .xxvi. daye of Iuny in the yere of our lord M.iiii C.lxxxiii yere of Lowis thaÌ„ kyng of Fraunce and so contynued yeres .ii. full as moche as from the xx day of Iuny to the .xxii. day of August by dayes .lvii. fo ccxxv Ranulphe erle of Chester and of hys doughters fo xxi Rayne excedyng fo lxxvii Resygnacyon of the duchye of Normandy folio xxxii Resygnacyon of kynge Rycharde folio clii Resygnacyon shewed in the parlyament folio cliii Robert Knollys knyghte and of hys feates folio ciiii Robert Knollys toke saynt Omiers and other holdes fo cxi SAuoye a place of honoure in London was brent by the coÌ„mons folio cxlii Saynt mary Oueryes in Southwerke was fyrste bylded fo xv SaiÌ„t Stephyns chapell of westmynster begonne fo cix Syege layde to saynte Omyers folio xciiii Syege layde to AmyaÌ„s fo cxxxiiii Scottysshe kynge dyd homage to kyng IohnÌ„ fo xi Scottes brekyng theyr othe fo lxiii Scottes were subdued fo lxiii Scottes had peace to theyr aduauntage fo lxxxvii Scottes were agayne ouerturned folio lxxxviii Scotisshe kynge taken prysoner folio cii Spensers were banysshed fo lxxviii Spensers bothe the father and the some were put to deth fo lxxxii SoÌ„ne was turned to the coloure of blode folio lxxx TAnner a vyllayne surmysed hym heyre to the crowne of Englande fo lxxvi Table of syluer was gyuen to kyng Rychard fo cxlvii Templers knyghtes of religyoÌ„ were dystroyed fo lxxâ—ii The sentence agayne kynge Iohan was denounced fo xiii The wardys of London were cessed folio xcii Thre fyftenes were graunted at one tyme. folio cxi Tytle or ryghte whyche the kyng of Englande hath vnto ScotlaÌ„de se in folio lxii Tytle of Edwarde the thyrde whych he hadde to the crowne of Fraunce folio cxvi Tytle of the duke of Glouceter had to the crowne was shewed at Paules crosse fo ccxxiiii WArdes and churches wythin LoÌ„don fo ii Uaryaunce began betwene the pope and kyng IohnÌ„ fo xii Uaryaunce betwene LondoÌ„ North ampton fo xxxiii warre betwene the kynge of EnglaÌ„d and of Fraunce fo xiii warre was concluded betwene the sayd landes fo cxxxiiii warre betwene kynge IohnÌ„ and hys lordes fo xvii warre was made in Normandy as appereth fo lxii warre made in Guyan wyth fortune therof fo lxxx warre betwene the Frenche kynge the kynge of Nauerne fo cxxiii warde and maryage of heyres was graunted to the kynge fo xx wyllyam walworthe slewe Iacke Strawe folio cxlii Usurers were punysshed as it appereth folio cxxi ☞ Here endeth the seconde Table THE PROLOGE NOw for as mych as we be comen to the tyme that officers were chosen and chargyd wyth the rule of the cytye of London yt is necessary that here we do shewe what offycers they were of the name that to them was admitted ad gyuen Then ye shall vnderstand that at the commynge of wyllyam coÌ„querour into thys lande as euydently apperyth by the charter of hym to the cytezens of London graunted that before those dayes and then the rulers of the sayde cytezens were named Port greuys whyche worde ys diriuate or made of .ii. saxon wordes as port and greue Port is to meane a town and greue is ment for a gardyen or ruler as who wolde meane gardeyn ruler or keper of the town These of olde tyme wyth the lawes and customys then vsyd within thys cytye were regystred in a boke called the Domysday in Saxon tunge then vsed But in later dayes when the sayde lawes and customes alteryd and chaunged and for consyderacyon also that the sayde boke was of small hande and sore defacyd yt was the lesse set by so that yt was enbefelyd or loste so that the remembraunce of suche rulers as were before the dayes of thys Rycharde the fyrst whose story shall next ensue are loste and forgoten wherfore nowe I shall begynne at the fyrste yere of the sayde fyrste Rycharde the whyche of some wryters is surnamed Cure de Lyon and so contynew the names of all offycers as well baylyuys mayres and shryues tyll the laste yeres of Rycharde the thyrde
before hym all the cunnyng maysters of musyke wythin hys realme that by the melodyous souÌ„de of theyr instrumentes he myghte be eased of his peyne But whan he had assembled of the best an C. and .xx. in noumber a fewe shepardes pypes were to hym more solace than all the other or any parte of them y t whych he helde styll in hys court commauÌ„ded that euery day the sayd shepherdes shulde play a certeyn dystaunce from the place where he laye And ouer thys he sent for all ankers and other relygyous men that were famed for holy parfight men and for them ordeyned places within TuroÌ„ that by the meane of theyr prayers he myght be released of hys contynuall paynes And to haue lenger contynaunce of lyfe myne auctour sayeth y t thys Lewys had so greate a desyre to haue lengthe of lyfe for so moche as he knewe well that the realme of Fraunce shulde be in great trouble vexacyon shortly after But nat wythstandynge all these prouysyons and ordenaunces wyth many moo whyche longe were to wryte fynally thys Lewys dyed whaÌ„ he hadde ben kyng of FrauÌ„ce by the terme of .xxvi. yeres or there vppoÌ„ and after was buryed in the churche of our Lady of Raynes where before tyme he prouyded hys sepulture in tyme of hys sykenesse lâ—ye in it a certayne season whyle that certeyne orysons were ouer hym sayde Anglia ¶ Edwarde the .iiii. EDwarde the .iiii. of that name sonÌ„ of Rycharde duke of yorke as before is touched began hys reygne ouer y e realme of EnglaÌ„d the .iiii. daye of Marche in the ende of the yere of grace to reken after the churche of Englande M.iiii C. .lx and the .ii. yere of Lewys the .xii. thaÌ„ne kynge of Fraunce The whych Edwarde after hys possessyon takynge at westmynster gettyng of the feelde at ToutoÌ„ by yorke was crowned anoynted for kynge at westmynster foresayde the .xxix. daye of Iuny as before is shewyd in the ende of the laste yere of Henry the .vi. After whyche solempnyte fynysshed the kynge in August after rode to Cauntorbury frome theÌ„s he rode to Sandewyche and from thens a longe by the sees syde to SouthamptoÌ„ so into the march of walys retourned by Brystowe where he was wyth all honour receyued and after visited sundry parties of hys realme In whych season or soone after the tyme of Rychard Lee mayre of LoÌ„don expyred and Hughe wyche mercer was admytted for the yere folowynge Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxi.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxii.  IohnÌ„ Looke  Hughe wyche  Anno .i.  George Irelande  THis yere beyng the later ende of the fyrste yere of Edwarde the .iiii and the begynnynge of thys mayres yere that is to say the fourth daye of September a parlyamente was begonne at westmynster And vpon y e morow folowyng dyed IohnÌ„ duke of Northfolke the whyche had ben a speciall ayder of the kyng And vpoÌ„ Alhalowen daye before passed y e kyng created Rycharde hys yonger brother duke of Glouceter the lorde Bowchyer erle of Essex the lorde Fawcumbrydge erle of Kent vpon the .xii. day of February was the erle of Oxenforde wyth the lorde Aubry hys elder sonne syr Thomas TodeÌ„hamÌ„ willyaÌ„ Tyrell other brought vnto the towre of LoÌ„don And vpon the .xx. day of the sayd moneth y e sayd lorde Awbry was drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hylle there beheded And vpon the .xxiii. daye of the same moneth syr Thomas TodeÌ„ham wyllyaÌ„ Tyrell and IohnÌ„ MoÌ„gomory were also there beheded And vpon the fryday next ensuynge or the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth the erle of Oxenforde was ladde froÌ„ westmynster vpon hys feete to y e sayd place of there also beheded whose corps was after borne vnto y e frere Augustynes and there buryed wythin the quyer for that tyme. And in the later ende of the moneth of Iuly was the castell of Awnewyke yelden vnto the lorde Hastynges by appoyntement whan kynge Edwarde was thus stablysshed in this realme great sute and labour was made to hym for the repayment of the foresayd .xviii. M. li. to hym and other delyuered by the stapelers as before in y e .xxxviii. yere of Henry the .vi. to you I haue before shewed wherof was laborer were it by the agrement of the sayd stapelers or otherwyse one named Rycharde Heyron a marchaunt of pregnaunte wyt and of good maner and speche To whome at length was answered by the kynges counsayll that y e sayd xviii M. pounde wyth moch more the whyche was couertly kept frome the kynges knowlege belonged of ryght vnto y e erle of wylshyre which at the tyme of delyuery of the sayde goodes was hyghe tresourer of Englande and after for treason by him done agayne the kyng the sayd erles landes and goodes were forfayted vnto the kynge wherfore the kynge reteyned the sayde .xviii. M. li. as parceyll of hys forfayture wolde reteyne as hys owne Upon whych answere thys heyron seynge that of the kyng he myght haue no remedy and for so moche as moch of the sayd good belonged to hys charge he thaÌ„ resorted vnto the stapelers for conteÌ„tacyon of the sayd money But howe it was that there be faÌ„de no comfort he fynally sued the mayer of the staple and hys company and put them vnto greate vexacyon and trouble And in the ende fande suche fauoure in the courte of Rome that he denouÌ„ced all the merchauntes stapelers accursed Howe be it that soone after they purchased an absolucyon And he in conclusyon after longe beyng iÌ„ westmynster as a seyntwaryman wythoute recouery of hys costes or dutye dyed there beynge greatly endetted vnto many persones Anno domini M.iiii C.lxii.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxiii  wyllyam Hampton  Thomas Cooke  Anno .ii.  Barth Iamys  THys yere and begynnyge of y e moneth of Nouember Margaret late quene of EnglaÌ„d came out of FrauÌ„ce iÌ„to ScotlaÌ„d froÌ„ theÌ„s iÌ„to Englande wyth a strength of FreÌ„ch men Scottes wherfore the kynge sped hym into the north wyth a stroÌ„g hoste wherof herynge the quene brake hyr araye and fled and toke a caruyle therein entended to haue sayled into FrauÌ„ce But suche tempest fell vpon the see that she was coÌ„strayned to take a fysshers bote and by meane therof landed at Barwyke so drewe hyr vnto the Scottysshe kynge And shortly after her laÌ„dyng tydynges came to her that her sayde caruyll was drowned wythin the whyche she had greate treasoure and other rychesse And the same daye vpon .iiii. C. of the Frenchemen were dryuen vppon lande nere vnto Bambourth where they for so moche as they myght nat haue away theyr shyppes they fyred theÌ„ after for theyr sauegarde tooke an ilande wythin Northumberland where they were assayled of one called Maners wyth other in hys company of them slayne taken prisoners as many as there were whan y e kynge was ware of the quenes thus auoydynge
whyche serche they demeaned theym so vndyscretely that they slewe a cytezyne of Douer By meane wherof the people arose and in the questyonynge of thys mannes deth ran at length vppon the erles company and slewe .xx. of hys men and wounded many mo Hastely the erle apperyd and toke his mennys parte But in conclusyon he was fayne to wythdrawe hym selfe with a few persons and rode vnto the kynge then beyng at Glouceter and made vnto hym a greuous complaynte of the men of Douer Then erle Goodwyne for so moch as to hym was commytted the rule of Kente was charged to ryde thyther and to take wreche of the inhabytauÌ„tes of that towne But he with sayde that commaundement and counsayled the kyng to sende for the wardeyns of the castell of Douer and rulers of the towne for to answere to suche maters as were layde agayne them and yf they were gylty to punyshe them and ellys not This answere of GoodwynÌ„ pleased nothynge the kynge nor suche as were aboute hym wherfore many mo lordes were sent for Amonge the which Leofricus erle of Chester and Sewarde erle of Northumberland of myne authour ben named After whych assemble of y e lordê erle Goodwyne had suche monycyon of some of y e counsayll y t he wythdrewe hym from the courte and gadered to hym strength of knyghtes out of dyuers shyres as west Saxon Kent and houed at BeuerstonÌ„ tyl his sonnes came vnto him with more peple Soone after came vnto hym his eldest son named Swanus brought wyth hym a fayre companye that he hadde arreyred in Oxenfordeshyre Gloucetershyre and Harolde hys other sonne wyth a feleshyppe that he had assembled in eest Englande and HuntyngdonÌ„shyre so that of these people was made a great hoste Then GoodwynÌ„ to the kyng was accused for gaderynge of so great an hoste But he excused hym and sayde yt was done to wythstand the walyshmen The whyche contrary proued he was coÌ„maunded to sende awaye the people and to come wyth a certayne nomber vnto the courte But that he refused Then the kyng wyth hys counsayll beynge at London Goodwyn and Harold was eft sent for and charged to come to the courte wyth .xii. persones wythoute mo and to render into the kynges handes all knightes fees that he and Harolde his sonne hadde wythin Englande To thys by theym was answered that they myghte not come to the counsayll of treachours and gylefull men and that also wyth so fewe men in nomber they mygthe not wythoute parell or shame passe by the countrey In thys whyle a parte of Goodwyns knyghtes wythdrewe theym and hys power beganne to mynyshe and the kynge in thys whyle hadde gaderyd a stronge hoste Then proclamacyons were made that Goodwyne shuld come to the courte as before is sayd or auoyde the land with in fyue dayes wherfore Goodwyne consyderyng the ieopardy y t he was in toke wyth hym .iii. of his sonnes that is to meane Swanus Tosty Gurthe and sayled into Flaundres â–ª where he was receyued of the erle Baldwyn after some wryters whose doughter Swanus his sonne hadde before spoused was named Iudeth And Harolde and Leofricus two of his other sonnes with a few shyppes sayled out froÌ„ Brystow into Irland when the kynge was ascertayned that erle Goodwyne wyth hys fyue sonnes was in thys maner departed oute of his lande he shortly after called a parlyament and by authoryte of the same outlowed Goodwyne hys .iii. sonnes that were gone wyth hym And that done he put his owne wyfe and doughter of GoodwynÌ„ into the abbaye of warwell wyth one mayden as sayth Marianus And so GoodwynÌ„ and hys sayde sonnes contynued two yeres outlawed In the whyche season he or hys retynue toke dyuers tymes prayes in y e marches of Englande and in the ende drewe to hym suche strength that he was purposed to haue entred the lande wyth force and to haue warred vppon the kynge But by medyatours that fauoured erle Goodwyn a peace was made betwene y e kynge and hym so that in processe he was receyued to grace wyth hys sonnes hys doughter restored to her fyrste and former honoure And for thys peace to be contynued for Goodwyns parte was delyueryd for pledkes a sonne of hys called wylnotus and a sonne of Swanus named Hacum or Hacun The whyche .ii. pledges kynge Edwarde sent vnto wyllyam duke of Normandy to be kept And Algarus the sonne of Leofricê° erle of Chester to whbme the kynge had gyuen the erledome of Harold ruled yt dyscretely in tyme of his absence at hys returne delyuered yt to him again gladly without grudge THE CCXII. CHAPITER DUrynge the tyme of this out lauwry of Goodwyne wyllyam bastarde duke of Normandye came with a goodly coÌ„pany into this land and was honorably receyued to whom the kyng made great chere And after he hadde taryed here a certayne of tyme to his agrement and pleasure he retourned to hys owne wyth great gyftes pleasures And Emma the kinges moder dyed shortly after and was buryed a wynchester And Swanus the eldest sonne of Goodwyne went to Hierusalem and from thens towarde Lycia and dyed by the waye of colde that he had taken of goynge barefote Then the Normans that had gyuen to the kynge euyll counsaylles agayne Englyshemen were by Goodwyne and his frendes exyled Among the whyche Robert archebyshop af Caunterbury that hadde spoken sore agayne theym was one whych after went to Rome to complayn to the pope then LeonÌ„ the .ix. or Uyctour the seconde And wheÌ„ he had receyued letters of y e pope directed to y e kyng he returned to his abbay of Gemeticum in Normandye where he somtyme had ben munke and abbot and there dyed After hym Stigandus was made his successoure the whyche as sayth Policronicon had before tyme lefte the byshopryche of Shyrborne and toke the see of wynchester by streÌ„gth He also vsed fayres of holy chyrche thynges and was a lewde or vnlettred man as the more part of the bysshoppes of Englande at those dayes were And ouer that he passed other in ryches and dyssymulacyon But yet he neuer had y e palle from Rome though there be great sale that maketh many maystryes Then was openly spoken that he was not worthy a byshopryche that coude vse y e bragge or pompe of the worlde the vse of voluptuosyte of glotony and Lechery the shynynge araye of clothynge the countenaunce of knyghtes and the gaderynge of horsemen and thynketh full lytell on the profyte of soules And yf men sayde to theym that a byshoppe shulde be chosen for holynesse of lyuyng and for hys good clergye and not for couetyse of money they wold answere as foloweth Nunc aliud tempus alii pro teÌ„pore mores The whyche verse maye be englyshed in thys maner As tyme requyreth so men done theym vse In wynter warme clothes in somer lyght and lesse In tyme of sadnesse men done gamys refuse And in myrthe tyme men myrthes theym
neuew vnto Edward the confessour as before is shewed beganne hys domynyon ouer thys realme of Englande the .xv. daye of October in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon a thousand .lxvii and y e ix yere of the fyrste Phylyppe then kyng of Fraunce and was crowned kynge of the same vppon Crystmas daye nexte folowynge of Aldredus archbyshoppe of yorke for so myche as at that tyme Stigandus archbysshoppe of Caunterbury was then absent or durste not come in the pÌ„sence of the kynge to whome he ought no great fauour as in the sequele shall appere when wyllyam had sette in quyet a great parte of thys lande he betoke the gydyng therof to his brother the byshop of Bayon and in lent folowynge sayled into Normandye and led wyth hym the chefe rulers of England for doute of sturryng in tyme of his absence Amonge the whyche the two erles Marcarê° and Edwyne rulers of Northumberlande Mercia were two wyth also Stigandus and Edgare Ethelynge To the why the Stigandus wyllyam shewed great reuerence and couÌ„tenaunce of fauoure But all proued to great dissymulacyon after as was shewed by the depryuynge of the sayd Stigandus and prysonment of hym in wynchester towne by a longe terme and season In the next wynter whan wyllyam had sped hys besynesse in Normandy he retourned into England wyth greate pompe and sette a greuous trybute vpon the Englyshmen By reason wherof some partyes of the lande rebelled agayne hym and specyally the cytye of Excetour the whyche defended hym for a certayne of tyme. But lastly by force he wanne the sayde cytye and punysshed the cytesyns greuously For thys and other sterne dedes of wyllyam Marcharus erle of Northumberlande wyth Edgare Athelynge and dyuers other as hys moder and two systers Margarete and Crystyan sayled into Scotlande But another cronycle telleth y t Edgare entendynge wyth Agatha hys moder and hys two systers to haue sayled into Almayne where he was borne was by tempest of the see dryuen into Scotlande where of Malcolyne than kynge of Scottes they were ioyously receyued And in processe of tyme the sayde Malcolyne caste suche loue vnto the sayd Margaret that he toke her to wyfe as before is touched in the fyrste chapyter of the story of Canutê° Of the which Margaret the sayde Malcolyne receyued .ii. doughters and .vi. sonnes wherof thre named Edgare AlexauÌ„der Dauyd were kynges of Scotlande nexte folowynge theyr fader And Molde one of y e foresayd doughters was after maryed vnto the fyrst Henry kynge of Englande And the other doughter Mary was maryed to Eustace erle of Bolongii Of Molde the fyrste doughter Henry receyued .ii. sonnes named wyllyam and Rychard the whych bothe dyed before theyr fader as after in y e story of the sayd Henry shall appere And he receyued also two doughters named Molde and Mary whych Molde or Mawde was maryed to y e fyfte Henry emperour of Almayne After whose deth she was agayne maryed to Godfrey of Geoffrey PlaÌ„tagenet erle of Aungeowe Of whom descended Henry surnamed shorte mantell and kynge of Englande called Henry the seconde And the other doughter Mary was maryed vnto the erle of Blaynes of whoÌ„ descended Molde or Mawde that was wyfe vnto kynge Stephen Than it foloweth that thys wyllyam after thys foresayd trybute so leuyed of the Englysshemen and knowynge of the depertynge of the lordes foresayde kepte the other the streyter But it was not longe after that Marcharus was reconsyled to the kynges grace and fayled agayn as folowynge shall be shewed For thys and other causes whyche were tedyous to shewe wyllyam exalted the Normans and gaue vnto them the chyefe possessyons of the lande so that they dayly encreased in great honour and welth and the Englysh men as faste decayed Kynge wyllyaÌ„ also made .iiii. stronge castels where of two be sette at yorke the thyrde at Lyndetyngham or Notynghm and manned them wyth Normans and the .iiii. at Lyncolne About the thyrde yere of his reygne Harolde Canutus sonnes of Swanus kynge of Denmarke came on lande in the North of Humber wyth a stronge nauy and in all haste drew them towarde yorke Than the Normans whyche hadde the rule of the towne and castelles feryng that the Englysshemen wolde ayde the Danys and wyth the houses of the suburbes of the towne haue fylled the towne dyches sette the suburbes on fyre wherof y e flame was so bygge and wyth the wynde so stronge that it toke into the cytye brent a parte therof wyth the mynster of saynt Peter In tyme wherof the Danys by fauour of some of the citesyns entred the cytye and slewe more than thre thousande of the Normans But it was not longe or kynge wyllyam chased the Danys to theyr shyppes and toke so greate dyspleasure wyth the inhabytauntes of that prouynce that he destroyed the land lyenge bytwene yorke and Durham in suche wyse that .ix. yeres after or there about the lande laye vnlabored vntylled onely out taken saynt IohnÌ„s lande of Beuerley the which was for borne by reason of a wreche done by dyuyne power vpon one of kynge wyllyams knyghtes The whych as he was besyed in wastyng and spoylynge of the sayde countre fyll sodeynly wyth hys horse so that hys horse brake hys necke and the knyghtes face was turned to his backe And of the famyne that the people of that countre susteyned wonders are reported that they shuld eate all maner of vermyn as cattes rattes dogges other so harde they were kepte by the warre of the kyng And in that yere also Molde or Mawde the wyfe of kynge wyllyaÌ„ was crowned quene of England of Aldredus archebysshop of yorke In the .iiii. yere of the reygne of thys kynge the Scottes with Malcolyne theyr kynge entred Northumberlande and wasted and destroyed sore that countre and slewe there in myche people and many they toke prysoners helde theÌ„ as bonde men But in the .vi. yere of hys kyngdome wyllyam made such warre vppon the Scottes that he lastely forced the sayde Malcolyne to swere to hym bothe homage and feauty as it is wytnessed of wyllyam of Malmesbery and other wryters THE CCXX CHAPITER Kynge willyam by counsayle of the erle of Hortford and other caused the abbeyes of Englande to be serched And what money in them at that season was founde he caused it to be brought to hys treasour For the whyche dede after the exposycyoÌ„ of some authours the sayd erle was punysshed as after shall be shewed Soone vpon thys in the tyme by twene Easter and wytsontyde was holden a solempne counsayle at wynchester of the clergy of Englande At the whyche counsayle were presente two cardynalles sent from y e second Alexaunder than pope In thys couÌ„sayle Stygandus archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury was depryued from his dygnytye and that for thre skylles The fyrste was for that he had holden wrongfully that bysshopryche whyle Robert the archebysshop was lyuynge The seconde cause was for that he hadde receyued the Paule
an holde ferynge the rescue of Englishmen and Normans leste that castell by that meane myghte fall in theyr handes sent his commyssyon vnto the rulers of that countrey chargynge theym wyth all dylygence to assaute that place And yf they myght wynne yt to put the executours of that murder vnto moste shamefull deth whyche commaundement receyued from the kynge stronge assaute cruell was made manfully yt was defended But the losse ran to theym of the castell so that in processe of tyme when this willyam conceyued well that he myght not contynue the defence therof he began to treate agreed that yf he myghte haue free yssue for hym and hys assuraunce that he wyth his knyghtes myght go quyetly vnto a place that he wold chose he wold then delyuer the castell wyth all that was therin The whyche requeste of dyuerse of the hedde captaynes was graunted and sworne But so soone as the castell was delyuered and the Frenchemen entred the multytude not wythstandynge the former promyse and othe fell vppon the sayde wyllyam and his soudyours them put vnto deth by many cruell tormētes fynally caste all theyr careyns into the ryuer of Sayne vppon the brynke wherof the sayde roche and castell was standynge And shortely after this ensued the warre betwene this Lewys kynge Henry of Englande as yt is before shewyd in y e .x. yere of y e sayde Henry And after the warre ended betwene these two prynces Hugh Puyssake a man of great myght at those dayes in Fraunce rebelled agayne y e kyng and warred greuously vppon or agayn the countesse of Chartres and robbed and pylled the chyrches of y e countrey as well as other places so that the sayd coūtesse with her yonge sonne Thybaude were fayne to seke socoure of the kynge wherfore the kynge called a counsayll at hys citye of Meleyne where agayne the sayd Hugh many greuous complayntes were put But for so myche as y e sayd Hugh at that tyme was not present to make answere vnto such thynges as then was layde to his charge the kynge commaunded that the castell of Terry or of Thoree in all haste shulde be manned vytayled to the ende that by the comforte strength of that castell the kynge yf nede requyred myght lay syege to the castell of Puyssake for so mych as that one was nere adioynynge vnto y e other In whych passe tyme the sayd Hugh was somoned to appere before the kynge and his counsayll but he refused to appere when the kynge was enfourmed of the garnyshyng of y e castell of Thorre and of the disobedyence of Hugh he assembled a stronge hoste and cōpassed the castell of Puyssake with a syege and set Thybaude son of the countesse vppon that syde that stode towarde the prouynce of Chartres so that stronge assautes and cruell warre was made on euery parte what shulde I make longe processe to tell of the ferefull shot of the gonnys vppon bothe partyes or of the sharpe shot of Arowes the castynge of stonys or scalynge of the wallys or fyllynge of the dyches the fyryng of the gates or yet the mortall and cruell fyght on bothe partes nor of y e manyfold dede bodyes maymed by reason of y e sayd assautes or yet y e manasses or mockes or great bosus or crakes vsed of the souldyours durynge this syege But fynally after the kynge hadde lyen before the sayd castell a certayne of tyme he wanne yt by pure force and toke the sayde Hughe wyth hys accessaryes The whyche he commaunded to be kepte as prysoners in the castell of Thorre for a season Then the kynge caste downe the sayde castell of Puyssake to the grounde excepte a lytle towre made of tymber the whyche he reseruyd for a lodgynge And that done some of the forsayd prysoners he put to deth and some he dysherityd after the grefe of theyr offence And so this foresayd countesse of Charters with her sonne Thybaude was in quyete of theyr countrey and castell of Puyssake belongynge to the sayde erledome But howe yt was in processe of tyme folowynge thys Thybaude entended to haue reedyfyed there a newe castell wherby as the kinge was enformed he wold haue encroched thynges appertaynynge to the crowne of Fraunce wherfore the kynge wythstode yt For this a grudge fell betwene the kynge and erle Thybaude so that in processe dedely warre was made betwen thē The whyche contynued in such wise to theyr both damages that fynally the warre was agayne reuyued betwene kynge Lewys and kynge Henry as in the .xvii. yere of the reygne of the sayde Henry is declared by meane of thys warre betwene the kynge and this erle Thybaude wherof the cyrcumstaunce wold axe a longe leysure to reherse as yt is shewyd in the frenche storye But fynally this erle Thybaude loste none honour all be yt that the frenche cronycle wonderfully fauoreth y e party of the Frenche kynge that the reader maye well apperceyue Quis pin xit leonem THE CCXXXI CHAPITER THis Lewys also hadde great warre wyth Henry the fourth of that name emperour the whyche maryed Molde the doughter of Henry the fyrste kynge of England as before is shewed whefore the occasyon was as sayth the Frenche cronycle for so myche as the sayd Henry the emperour hadde before tyme ben accursed of Gelasius the seconde of that name then pope at Raynes a citye in Fraunce For the whych cause as there is surmytted the sayde emperoure assembled an huge hoste of Almaynes and Italyens and entred the lande of Fraunce and dyd therin myche harme But in the ende when he knew of the great prouisyon y e Lewis made to mete him of his great power he then as affermeth y e frēch cronycle wythdrewe hym and so auoyded the lande of Fraūce wythout stroke strykyng But of this speketh nothyng the authour that wrote the story of this Henry the emperour After this the erle of Flaundres named Charlys the systers sonne of kynge Lewys nexte duke after Baldewyn whych dyed as before is sayd in the thyrde chapyter of the story of kyng Henry of a woūde in his face this foresayd Charlys was sore hated of the prouoste of Brudgys The whyche to bryng his malyce to some effecte counsayled wyth hys adherentes how he myght slee the sayde Charlys By whose coūsayle a meane was founde to brynge the erle to Brudgys a towne of Flaundres for the we le of the sayde towne After whose commynge vppon a daye he beynge in a chyrche and herynge his dyuyne seruyce was slayne of y e sayd prouoste and his complycys wherof herynge kynge Lewys anon wyth a great army entred Flaundres and besyeged the town of Brudges and lastely toke the sayde prouoste The whyche fyrst was bounden to a post then his eyen wyth a reede stryken out of hys hed And then shot wyth arowes lastely set vppon a whele where he remayned tyl he dyed And a felowe of hys named Bartopus y e
The fyrste yere of hys reygne he subdued Irlande And soone after Thomas Beketh whyche after was byshoppe of Caunterbury was made chaunceller of Englonde This kynge caste downe dyuers castellys that before in tyme of kynge Stephan were buylded other for dyspleasure of the owners or ellys for the fere they shulde be strengthed agayne hym And also he banyshed many of the lordes and gentylmen that kynge Stephan hadde in hys fauoure Aboute the thyrde yere of hys reygne in the moneth of October were sene in the fyrmament two sunnys and in the mone was sene a redde crosse But of thys wonder sheweth the authoure of Cronica cronicaruÌ„ and sayth that aboute thys tyme in Italy in the moneth of Nouember appered thre sunnys by the space of thre owres in the weste and the yere folowynge appered thre monys whereof the myddle mone hadde a redde crosse ouerthwarte the face whyche there ys noted for a prodygy or a token of the scysme that after fell amonges the cardinallys for eleccyon of the pope AlexaÌ„der the thyrd whyche scysme by meane of the fyrste Frederyke then emperoure endured almoste .xx. yeres Also aboute this tyme Adryan the fourthe of that name was pope an Englysheman borne in the towne of saynte Albon of whome is more declared in the begynnynge of the .xxii. chapyter of the .vii. boke of Polycronycon Also in thys yere the kynge wente wyth a stronge armye into walys and after he hadde sette that countrey in an order and quyet he buyldyd a stronge castell at Rutlande and founded the abbaye of Basyngewerke In the .vi yere of hys reygne thys Henry maryed hys seconde son Henry vnto the kynges doughter of FrauÌ„ce that is to meane Lewys the viii whyche the sayde Lewys receyued of hys seconde wyfe named Constaunce the doughter of the kyng of Spayne as before ye haue harde in the seconde chapyter of y e story of the sayd Lewys This mayden was named Margaret By reason of whych maryage was appeased the warre that was begonne betwene Fraunce and Englande for the landes of Poyâ—owe and other the whyche kynge Henry helde by reason of hys wyfe In y e whych warre mych harme was done and more wolde haue ensued yf yt hadde not by thys meane haue ben agreed In the .vii. yere of his reygn Theobalde archbyshoppe of Caunterbury dyed and Thomas Beket chaunceller of Englande was archebysshoppe â–ª after hym of whome more shall folowe In the same yere kyng Henry with a stronge hoste yode to Scotlande and made so cruell warre vppon willyam kynge of that lande that lastely he was taken and dyd to the sayd Henry recompensacyon in yeldynge vnto hym the cytye of Carlell the castell of Bamburghe the newe castell vpon Tyne wyth dyuers other holdes and a great parte of Northumberlande the whyche he hadde wonne from the borderers And after fewtye and homage done by the sayde wyllyam vnto the kynge and a certayne summe of money by hym promysed wythin .ix. monethes folowynge the kynge suffred hym to go at large But an other authour sayth that the kynge of Scottys was not taken but strongely besyeged in a towne or castell so that fynally he was forced to agree to the foresayde couenauntes In the .viii. yere the cytye of CauÌ„terburye was fyred by neglygence a great part therof brente And in that season the archbyshoppe Thomas beganne to replye agayne y e kynges mynde for thynges that the kynge dyd exercyse agayn the liberties of the chyrche THE CCXXXVII CHAPITER IN the .ix. yere of hys reygne the kynge for dyuerse causes coÌ„cernyng y e nedes of his realme called a parliament at hys towne of Northampton Durynge whyche parlyament dyssencyon fell betwen the kynge and Thomas archbyshop of Caunterburye for dyuerse actes and ordinaunces that the kyng there procured to passe agayne the lybertyes of holy chyrch the whych Thomas gaynstode and denyed wherfore the kynge toke a great dyspleasure with Thomas in so myche that shortely after he was fayne to flee the lande and in processe of tyme spedde hym to Rome where he complayned hym to Alexaunder the .iii. of that name then pope and there contynued and in Fraunce and in other places in poore estate by terme of .vi. yeres and more when kynge Henry hadde certayne vnderstandynge that Thomas was thus departed out of hys lande he seased his maners and temporall landes into hys hande so that hys mouable goodes were spoyled and rauenyd amonge the kynges offycers In the .xiiii. yere of his reygne the kynge crowned Henry hys eldest sonne then lyuynge kynge of Englande at westmynster whyche was done to the derogacyon or harme of the archbyshoppe Thomas as yt is wytnessyd in hys legende and for that doynge Roger archbyshoppe of yorke whyche crowned hym was accursed But an other authour sayth that the kynge crowned Henry hys sonne to the ende he myght haue ful power and authoryte to rule thys lande and the people of the same whyle hys father was occupyed in Normandye and other countreys where hys landes laye In myche of thys season that thys blessyd man Thomas was thus banyshed the lande the kynge sente ouer byshoppes and proctours to complayne vppon hym to the pope for well nere all the bishoppes of Englande were agayne hym And yf any toke hys parte they durste not speke for the displeasure of theyr temporall lorde so that this blessed man defended the quarell of the chyrche alone In the .xvi. yere of y e reygne of kyng Henry Lewys the kynge of FrauÌ„ce agreed kynge Henry and the archbysshoppe the kynge then beynge in Normandye Uppon whyche agrement thys blessyd man came to hys owne chyrche of Caunterbury and there so restynge hym sente for such persones as had spoyled and taken perforce the goodes of the chyrche aduertysynge theym by fayre meanes to restore the sayde goodes and to be reconcyled to the chyrche as trewe crysten men shulde But when he sawe that he myght not reconcyle theym by fayre meanes he then vsed compulsaryes and denounced them accursed but if they restored the goodes of the chyrche by a certayne day wherewyth the partyes beynge agreued sayled ouer to the kynge into Normandye and shewyd vnto hym greuous complayntes and more greuouse then the cause or mater requyred For the whych the kynge which hadde not yet quenched the bronde of malyce in hys harte the whyche he bare agayne thys holy man gaue lyght credence vnto those complayntes and was sore ferueÌ„tly amoued agayne the holy man Thomas in so myche that vppon a daye herynge the complayntes of this blessyd mannes aduersaryes he sayd in oppeÌ„ audyence of hys knyghtes that yf he had any good knyghtes about hym he had ben adueÌ„ged of that traytour longe or that tyme. At the tyme of whyche wordes vtterynge was present syr wyllyam Bryton syr Hugh Moruyle syr wyllyam Tracy and syr Regnolde fytz Urle whych foure knyghtes thynkyng that they shuld to theyr mayster do a synguler pleasure yf they slewe thys blessyd man hastely takynge aduyse
erledome of Aungeou and two hundred knyghtes prysones of Normans and Englyshe wyth a great summe of money It was not longe after that the duke of Brytayne was departyd from the kynge but that he wyth suche power as he myght make entred the countrey of Aungeou to take therof possessyon where in shorte space he was encountred of kynge John̄ and fought to geder a cruell batell In the whyche in the ende the duke was put to the worse for the more parte of hys people were slayne and hym selfe wyth Hugh le Bruns Godfrey de Lesygnan and many other nobles of Fraunce and also of Brytayne were taken prysoners wyth whyche tydynges the Frenche kyng was greuously dyscontentyd And where as at that tyme he had becleped y e castell of Arches wyth a strong syege he remoued from thens and and yode to the citye of Towres and brent a part therof But as testifyeth the frenche cronycle he taryed not the commynge of kynge Iohn̄ But for that wynter was commynge towarde he ceasyd of hys warrys for that yere and so drewe hym into Fraunce ⸫ In the yere folowynge whyche was the yere of this Phylyp .xxiiii of kynge Iohn̄ the .iiii. yere y e warre newely began whyche I ouer passe for as mych as yt shall be shewyd in the storye of kynge Iohn̄ In the .xxvi. yere thys Phylyppe Almaricus a studyent of Paris held certayne opynyons of heresye Of the whyche when he was abiured he toke suche thought that he dyed shortely after It was not longe after but that other clerkys and studyauntys helde an other erronyous opynyon cōcernynge y e vnyon of the trynyte Of the whyche nomber Peter byshoppe of Parys and one Garyne a man of great connynge were two the whyche were degraded after cōsumyd wyth fyre and the body of the forenamed Almaricus was agayne taken oute of the erthe and after brent Nere about the .xxx. yere of the reygne of thys Phylyppe for consyderacyon as sayth the frenche boke that Iohn̄ kynge of Englande had exylyd dyuerse of hys byshoppes and taken from them theyr possessyons and goodes the whyche to this kynge Phylyp were comen for ayde and socour he therfore mouyd with pytye assembled a great hoste and entendyd to haue sayled into Englande to haue refourmed these maters wyth the whyche hoste he passed tyll he came to Grauenynge by lande where he appoynted hys nauey to mete wyth hym And to the same place also Ferrande then erle of Flaundres had affermely promysyd to come wyth the ayde of hys Flemynges where the kynge for hym taryed a certayne of tyme. But shortely after the kynge was ascertayned that the sayde erle was alyed wyth kynge Iohn̄ hys enymye and purposed to ayde hys partye in all that he myghte wherof the occasyon was as affermeth the sayde Frenche cronycle for so myche as Lewys eldest sonne of kynge Phylyppe helde from the sayde Farrande two castellys or townes named saynte Omer and Are. when kynge Phylyppe apperceyued that he was thus of the erle dyspoynted he by coūsayll of his Baronye putte by hys iourney into Englande and assayled the countrey of Flaundres and so yode vnto Cassyle a lytell from Grauelynge wyth sharpe assaute wanne the sayd towne and so from thens to Brugys and commaunded hys nauy to be brought vnto the hauē of Sluse whyche is wythin shorte waye of Brugys And when he hadde executed hys pleasure at Brugys leuyng a certayn of his peple for to strength hys Nauy he yode vnto Gaunte and there rested hym and hys people In whyche season Regnolde erle of Boleyne Guyllyam longe Espe or Guyllyam wyth the longe sworde wyth a crewe of Englyshe men aryued in Flaundres to whom shortely drewe Ferraunde the erle wyth a great power of Flemynges The whyche shypped theym in small caruyles and barkes and other shyppys of aduaūtage and wyth a fyerse corage sette vppon the Frenche kynges nauey lyenge at Sluse as before is shewed where was foughten a stronge and cruell batayll But in the ende the Flemynges hadde the vyctorye and hadde the rule of all the frenche flote the whyche in nomber as testyfyeth the sayd frenche cronycle were a thousande ten sayle The whyche for nomber and greatnesse myghte not all lye wythin the hauyn but spradde a great parte of the ryuer besyde whyche so lyenge wythout the hauen the Flemynges conueyed thens and after layde ordinaunce to the towne of Sluse and assyeged yt Kynge Phylyppe herynge of the losse of hys nauye and of the assautynge of the towne of Sluse in all haste spedde hym thyther and there in suche wyse resysted hys enymyes that he slew of them vpon two thousande and toke of theym dyuerse prysoners and rescued the towne But for he sawe he myght not recouer hys shyppes beynge wythin the hauyn he causyd theym to be dyscharged of vytell and other necessaryes and after set them on fyre and the towne also and that done toke certayne hostages of Brugis of Gaunte and of Ipre and so retourned into Fraunce THE CCXLV CHAPITER WHen kynge Phylippe was returned into Fraunce yt was not longe after that by the meanes of some well dysposyd persones he was reconcyled and toke to hym his lawfull wyfe Ingeberta or Ingebert doughter of the kynge of Denmarke whyche was great comforte to all hys people And thys yt nowe apperyth that the sayde Ingebert was from her lorde or husbande by the terme of .xvi. yeres and more as before yt is touched in the seconde chapyter of thys storye In the yere of grace .xii. hūdred .xiiii. as sayth the frenche boke whyche maketh the yere of the reygne of this Philyppe .xxxv Otho the .iiii. of that name and duke of Saxony whyche of some of the electours was chosen for emperour in the quarell of kyng Iohn̄ intred y e prouince of Henaude and there beynge accompanyed with Reygnolde erle of Boleyne Farraunde erle of Flaundres and dyuerse other nobles as well of Englande Saxonye and other places made prouysyon to fyght wyth kynge Phylyppe whyche then warred in Flaūdres so that the Frenche kynge was at the castell of Peron and Otho was at the castell of Ualensyens or Ualenseus About Mary Madgdaleyns tyde the Frenche kynge in wastyng y e coūtrey of Flaūdres came vnto the town of Turney and Otho returned from the foresayde castell and came vnto the castell or towne named Mortenge the whyche was but .vi. myle from Turney wherof herynge the kynge entendyd to haue set in shorte tyme vppon hys enymyes But by the aduyse of hys barons he was letted for so myche as the wayes and places were streyghte and narowe towarde hys enymyes For the whyche consyderacyon by counsayll of hys sayde barones he was letted and retourned towarde Henawde for to haue more larger playnes So that after saynte Iamys daye he retourned purposynge that nyghte to haue lyen and also his hoste at the castell called Lylly But he was letted of hys purpose For Otho whych was warned of hys remouynge demed
shewed in folio clxxiiii Lorde Talbot was slayne as appereth fo cc Lorde Egremonde was commytted to Newgate as is shewed fo ccii Lorde wellys conspyred agayne the kynge folio ccxviii Lorde chamberlayne beheded as is shewed fo ccxx Losse of Normandy as is shewed folio cxcviii Lowys sonne vnto the French kyng warred in Englande fo xvii Lowys retourned into Fraunce as appereth fo xviii Lowys sayled into the holy lande folio xxv Lowys gaue sentence agayne the barons fo xxxvi Lowys the .ix. of that name and son̄ of Phylyp the seconde beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of oure lorde M.CC. and .xxiii and the .vi. yere of the thyrde kynge Henry than kyng of Englande and reygned yeres .iii. By thys kynge retourned the blode of Charles into y e possessyon of the crowne of Fraunce folio xlvi Lowys the .x. of that name a chylde of .xii. yeres and sonne of the abouenamed the .ix. Lowys whyche is named saynt Lowys began his reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.CC. and .xxvi and the .ix. yere of the iii. Henry than kinge of Englād and reygned yeres .xliii as appereth folio xlvii Lowys the .xi. by accompt and sonne of Phylyp the .iiii beganne to reygn ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.CCC and .xv and the .viii. yere of the seconde Edwarde than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .ii. folio lxxxiii Lowys the .xii. of y e name afte the accōpt of thys boke .x. after the frēche accōpt wherof y e cause is before shewed son̄ of the laste Charles begā to rule y e Frenchmē in y e yere of our lord M.iiii C. and .lviii .xxxvi. yere of Hēry the .vi. thā kyng of Englande reygned yeres .xxvi. fo ccix Lowys refused lordes company and counsayll fo ccix Lowys rescueth Parys fo ccx Losse of townes and castelles in Normandy folio cxxxvii MAruayles sene in the fyrmament folio xii Mayre of London presenment loke in folio xxvii Mayr and hys bretherne foūd gylty in hurtyng the cōmons fo xxix Mayre and cytezeyns agreed to the lordes fo xxxi Macys of syluer were fyrste graūted to offycers of London fo xci Men of Norwyche enraged fo xlv Manhode of Mathew de Roya foli liiii Marchaunte straungers encroched vpō the cytezyns of Lōdon and were punysshed fo lix Maddocke a walshman rebelled as it is shewed fo lxi Mariage of the .ii. Edward fo lxxiiii Malyce sprange amonge the lordes of Flaunders fo lxxxv marueylous heyle fylle fo lx Mychaell Tony mayre of London adiuged loke in fo lvi mortmayne was fyrst enacted fo lvi Mortymer was howgely auaunced folio lxxxvii Mortymer was put to deth as it is shewed fo lxxxviii money borowed of the cytye of London folio xcii Martyn Pysdo Parycyen was put to cruell deth fo cxxxv maner of cysme in the church of Rome loke in fo cxxxviii Maner of the metyng of the kynges of Englande of Fraunce fo cxlvii many knyghtes of the bathe made folio clxiii Maruayles of Thamys fo clxx masses ordeyned by kyng Henry the fyfte as it is shewed in folio clxxviii Maner of treaty betwene the landes of Englande and of Fraunce loke in folio clxxxviii maryage was dyspoynted fo cxcii Maryage concluded fo cxciii manhode of chalons fo cxcv Maximilian and the Frenche kynge dyscorden fo ccxxviii Margaret syster vnto Edwarde the iiii departed from London towarde the see fo ccxvii monycyon dyuyne was gyuen to the Frenche kynge fo clviii Mountague a noble man was slayn folio clx mummyng made for treason as is shewed fo clxv Murder was punysshed fo clxvii NOumbre of wardes in y e citye of London fo ii Names of twelfe perys of England folio xxx New tolle was brought vp fo xliiii Nycholas Brembre wyth other was put to deth fo cxliiii Nauye of Frenchemen dystressed as is shewed fo lv Newe coyne of syluer was stryken folio lvii New dyspleasure kynge Rycharde toke agayne y e cytye of London fo cl Newe coyne of golde smitten as appereth in fo clxx OCtoboon the popes legate was pursued of the clergy of Englande for causes shewed in fo xxii Occasyon of the fraye in Fletestrete folio cxlv Occasyon of dyspleasure betwene kynge Rycharde and the duke of Glouceter fo cxlix Of the chere and curious receyuyng of kyng Henry by the Frēnche kyng folio xxxii Offycers charged and dyscharged as it is shewed folio xxxiii Of kyng Iohn̄s pledges fo cviii Ordre of seruytoures in the tyme of quene Katherins coronaciō fo clxxvi Orleaunce that cytye was besyeged folio clxxxii Othes sworne by the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce for peace kefolio cvii Olyuer Dāman and Danyell sometyme chyef counsayllours of Lowys the Frenche kynge were hanged as appereth fo ccxxviii PReface of thys werke as apereth fo I Peace was taken betwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce folio xi Phylyp kynge of Fraunce warred vpon kyng Iohn̄ fo xi Phylyp brake the peace fo xii Pope Innocente sente vnto kynge Iohn̄ fo xiii Parlyamente holden at London folio xix Pyers of Pountfret for hys vertue put to deth fo xvii Parlyament holden at Mertone folio xxii Periurye was punysshed as appereth fo xxv Parlyament holden at Oxenforde as apereth fo xxx Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xxxi Parlyament holden at Oxenforde as is shewed fo xxxvi Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xxxviii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio xlv Peace was made betwene the kynge and Gylbert de Clare as is shewed folio xliii Punysshement of Londoners as is shewed fo xl Phylyp the thyrde of that name and sonne of saynte Lowys was made kynge of Fraunce in the yere of our lorde M.CC.lxx and the .liii. yere of the thyrde Henry than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xv. fo li Phylyp the .iiii. of that name and son̄ of the .iii. Phylyp la beawe or fayre began to reygne ouer Fraunce in y e yere of our lorde a M.CC.lxxxvi the .xiiii. yere of the fyrste Edwarde than kyng of England and reygned yeres .xxxix. fo lxviii Phylyp the .v. of that name and surnamed the longe sonne of the fourth Philyppe and brother to Lowys the xi by accompt begā hys reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of grace a M.iii C. and .xvii the .x. yere of Edwarde the .ii. than kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .v. fo lxxxiii Phylyppe de Ualoys erle of Ualoys and the sonne of Charlys de Ualoys brother to the fourthe Philippe was nat wythoute some stryfe chosen and ordeyned for protectoure of the lande of Fraunce and after kyng of the same the .ii. daye of February in the yere of oure lorde M.iii. C. and .xxviii and the .ii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. than kyng of Englande and reygned in greate trouble yeres .xxii. fo cxvi Phylyppes actes in Italye as appereth folio liiii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio lvi Plees remoued from London as is shewed fo lvi
there in hys owne persone they were the more egre vppon the Aragons to the entente to haue taken or siayne theyr kynge So that fynally they compelled theym to forsake the felde to saue them selfe by flyght by reason wherof the kynge with the more parte of his knyghtes were saued from the daūger of theyr enemyes But in this fyght Peter kyuge of Aragone was so hurte that he dyed shortly after whan these foresayd knyghtes with theyr prysoners were returned vnto the Frenche kynge had shewed vnto hym of that vyctory he reioyced therof greatly more wolde haue done yf he had knowen how sore his enemy Peter was woūded But to brynge to fyne his purpose he dayly more and more assauted the towne In y e tyme that Gereonde or Gyrōde was thus besyeged of y e Frēche kynge the erle of Foyz that to the capytayne of the towne ought great fauour many tymes by lycence of y e kynge yode into the towne and had dyuers comunycacyons with hym so that he lastly knowynge the sayde towne to be bare of vytayle shewed to the kynge that he wolde laboure the sayde capytayne named syr Raymōde de Cerdon y t the towne myght be gyuē vp into the kynges handes so that soone after y t sayde capytayne desyred a respyte of .viii. dayes to send vnto y e king of Aragō to knowe whether he wolde rescowe the towne or nat Upon y ◠whiche graūte made the messangers were sente and returned with a certaynte of the kynges dethe Upon whiche knowledge had the sayde capytayne agreed to delyuer the towne vpon cōdicion to haue with thē suche mouables as he with y e cytezyns sowdyours had within the towne All whiche condicions assured the kynge receyued the towne of Geronde into his possessyon The whiche whan he had manned with knyghtes of his owne he the by cousayle whiche tourned after to his harme diuided his nauy and sente a parte of them into Fraunce and the other into Tholous wher the kynge entended to tary the wynter folowynge But so spone as his nauy was thus deuyded the Aragons mette with them that rested in the hauen of Russilian and gaue to them suche batayle that they toke many of them and slewe the kynges admyrall and many other noble men of Fraunce and helde the Frenchemen so shorte that for so moche as they wolde nat that so good shyppes shulde come to the handes of theyr enemyes they set fyre vpon the remenaūt brent thē and after resorted vnto the kynge whē kynge Phylyp was ascertayned of the losse of his nauy he toke it greuously in somoche that for that and other thynges that he myght not brynge to his purpose he fyll into a feuer was therwith greatly anoyed Than for strengthe of his enemyes whiche kepte the passage of the mountaynes called in latyn Mōtes Pireni and for wekyng of hym selfe by reason of his sekenesse he passed by the strayte places tyll he came to Parpynyan where his sekenes encreased so sore that he dyed in shorte tyme of his thyder cōmynge in y t moneth of October whā he had regned xv yeres lackynge certayne dayes whose bowelles were buried at Nerbon and his body at saynt Denys This Phylyp had .ii. wyues By the fyrst Isabel by name and doughter of the kynge of Aragon Iaques or Iames by name he had .iii. sōnes Lewes whiche was poysoned Phylyp whiche for his beaute and fayre shappe was named Phylyp le Beau or Phylyp the fayre Charles the Ualoys And by Mary his wyfe and doughter of the duke of Braban he had Lewes Margaret Blaūche whiche Margarete was after maryed to Edwarde the fyrste than kynge of Englande Thus endeth Phylyp the .iii. of Fraunce Anglia EDwarde y e fyrst of that name sone of Henry y e thyrde surnamed lōge shāke begā his reygne ouer Englāde in the moneth of Nouember and .xvii. day of y e same and the yere of our lorde .xii. C.lxxii seconde yere of the thyrde Phylyp than kynge of Fraunce This Edwarde as before is shewed in the .lv. yere of his father was in y e holy lāde whan his father dyed there at the cytie of Acon or Acris he dyd many feates of warre wherof the cronycle maketh certayne mencyon where he beynge so exercysed in Marciall actes tidīges was brought vnto hym that his father was deed wherfore in all hast he spedde hym into Englād so that he came to London the secōde day of August and was crowned at westmynster the .xiiii. day of December folowyuge whiche was in the begynnynge of the seconde yere of his reygne Anno dn̄i M.CC.lxxii  Anno dn̄i M.CC.lxxiii  Iohan Horne  Syr walter Heruy  Anno primo  walter Potter  IN this fyrst yere of kynge Edwarde the fyrst vpon the daye of Symon and Iude were certayne attemptes made by some of the cytyzyns to haue made suche a mayre as they had lysted but for they were dyspoynted of theyr accessaryes they let for that tyme whiche in the yere folowyng vpon the same day toke further effecte as in the begynnynge of the nexte yere shal be towched In y e ende of this yere and seconde day of Auguste kynge Edwarde came to London from his great iourney of y e holy lande where of the cytezyns he was receyued with all ioy honour and so conueyed vnto westmynster where he kepte great obseruaunces for his father by a certayne tyme after Anno dn̄i M.CC.lxxiii  Anno dn̄i M.CC.lxxiiii  Nicholas wynchester  Henry waleys  Anno .ii.  Henry Couentre  IN thys seconde yere of this kynge and daye of Symon Iude whan Phylyp le Tayloure which before was chose to be mayre shulde as that daye haue taken his charge in the Guyldehall of Londō dyuers cytezyns put hym besyde the mayres seet and set therin syr walter Heruy that the yere before had been mayre For the whiche great rumour and grudge arose amonge the cytezyns wherfore the mater was after brought before the kyng the whiche herynge the reasons of bothe partyes for somoche as he coude not agre theym he putte bothe the sayde syr walter and the sayd Phylyp asyde and chase Henry Forwyk for custos of the cytye the whych so contynued tyll Cādelmas after At whych tyme by dyscrete and wyse peasyble meanes the forenamed syr walter Heruy was set in auctorite as mayre and so contynued the full of the yere after Thys yere vppon the .xiiii. daye of Decembre was the kynge crowned at westmynster of mayster Roberte kylwarby than archebisshop of Caūterbury For Bonyface hys predecessour dyed the yere that kynge Henry dyed At thys coronaciō was present Alexandre kynge of Scottes the whyche vpon the morowe folowyng dyd homage to kyng Edward for the kyngdome of Scotlande After the Solempnytie of the coronacyon was ended the kyng heryng of the rebellyon of Lewelyne prynce of walys that dysdayned to come to hys coronacyon anone
translated into a ryche shryne in the monastery of saynt Denys y e whych the yere before of Bonyface the .viii. thaÌ„ pope for hys great myracles was wrytten in the Cathologe or nombre of sayntes In the .xi. yere of hys reygne syr Robert of Artoys entred the towne of saynt Omers toke therin many Burgonions other as prysoners soone after mette wyth Guy duke of Burgoyne at a towne called Furnes where betwene theym was foughten a stronge fyghte and many men slayne vppon eyther syde But lastly the victorye fyll to syr Robert of Artoys so that he put the duke to flight toke there prysoners Henry erle of Dabencourt syr Guyllyam de Uyllers other After whyche vyctorye by hym thus opteyned y e sayd towne of Furnes was yolden vnto hym a greate parte of the vale of Cassyle In thys yere also the warre betwene thys kynge Phylyp and Edwarde the fyrste than kynge of Englande was put in vre for so moche as the sayde Edwarde toke partye wyth the sayde duke or erle of Flaundres as it is at length sette out in the xxii xxiiii.xxvi yeres of the sayde Edwarde wherefore here nowe I passe it over In the .xiii. yere of thys Phylyp whaÌ„ the trewce before sette betwene kyng Edwarde hym and the erle of FlauÌ„dres was expired he seÌ„t syr Charles de Ualoys his brother with great power into FlauÌ„dres y e whych made sharpe warre vppon the Flemynges and toke from theym the townes of Douay and Bethune after yode towarde the haueÌ„ towne of Dam or Dan \ where he was encouÌ„tred of Robert sonne vnto y e erle where atwene them was foughten a cruell fyght to the great scathe of bothe partyes for eyther departed from other without great auaunte or bost ThaÌ„ the sayd Robert with his company drewe towarde Gaunt and the sayd syr Charles after the departynge of the sayde Robert layd hys syege vnto the foresayd towne of DaÌ„me In this passe tyme the archebysshop of Orleaunce was slayne by a knyghte called syr Gautier for somoch as the sayd bysshop as y e fame than went had dyfflorysshed a mayden and doughter of y e sayd syr Gautier And for hym was chosen to that dygnyte mayster BarthraÌ„de doctour of diuinyte Than to retourne where we lafte of the foresayd warre of Flaundres the sayd syr Charles so sharpely assauted the towne of Dam y t in short proces after it was yoldeÌ„ vnto hym And than he prepared hym to lay his syege aboute the forenamed towne of Gaunt wherof whan Guy erle of Flaunders was ware consyderynge he myght nat shortly be ayded of the kynge of Englande whiche thaÌ„ warred vpon the Scottes as iÌ„ the .xxvii. yere of Edwarde the fyrst it doth appere he than made meanes vnto the sayd syr Charles de Ualoys that he woldc be a meane to the kynge that he myght be accepted vnto his grace and mercy So that by his meanes the sayde syr Guy with Roberte his sonne vpon certayne conuencyons in shorte tyme after was reconcyled vnto the Frenche kynge But whyle these conuencyoÌ„s were perfourmed the sayde erle with his sonne Robert were kepte in a lyberall pryson And the countye of Flaundres by the assygment af the kynge for the whyle was commytted vnto the rule of Iaques de saynt Paule knyghte The whiche entreated y e coÌ„munes of that laÌ„de sternly oppressed theÌ„ with imposycyons taskes in so moche y t in y e .xvi. yere of the kynge a certayne of y e towne of Courtray in Flaundres after certayn skyrmysshes loueday made the coÌ„mune people in a nyghte slewe y e foresayd syr Iaques and as many FreÌ„chmeÌ„ as they myght fynde within the towne After whiche murder was knowen in Brugys and in other townes of FlauÌ„dres anone by yll couÌ„sayll they also chased al suche FreÌ„chemeÌ„ as by y e foresayde Iaques were put in dyuers offyces within y e sayd townes made them stroÌ„ge to make defence agayne y e FreÌ„ch kyng wherof whaÌ„ y e FreÌ„che kynge was ascertayned he sente thyder with a stronge companye the erle of saynt Poule the erle of Boleygne syr Robert erle of Artoys Robert y e sonne of the erle of Cleremount with dyuers other noble meÌ„ of FrauÌ„ce The whiche sped theÌ„ towarde Brugys in y e playnes atwene Courtray and Brugys pyght there pauylyons and tentes For they myght not come no nere vnto Brugys for so moche as y e Flemynges had brokeÌ„ y e brydge ouer the ryuer y t there ruÌ„neth the whiche lastly nat without great slaughter of meÌ„ of both partyes was by y e FreÌ„che meÌ„ reedified made so y t the FreÌ„che hoste passed y e ryuer layde theyr or denauce nere to y e towne of Brugys But the Flemynges had so garnysshed theyr towne with defence of sowdyours that they fered the Frenche men lytell or nothynge And of one thynge they bare theym the bolder for soo moche as they hadde within the towne one of the sonnes of Guy theyr erle the whiche before was scaped from y e FreÌ„che kynges prysoÌ„ Thus the Frenchemen lyenge before the towne many frayes and bykerynges were made atwene the Flemynges and them to theyr both paynes Lastly a day of batayll by y e prouocacyon and dyspyteous wordes of the FrenchmeÌ„ was appoynted to be holden atwene them vpon the wednysday beynge than the .vii. day of y e moneth of Iulii At whiche daye the Flemynges beynge confessed and reconciled to god as they shulde forthwith haue deê‘ted out of this worlde in sober wyse grouÌ„dynge them vpon a ryghtfull and good quarel that day to lyue and dye for the defence ryght of theyr countre yssued out of y e town in good ordre beryng before them certayne relyques of sayntes in the whiche they had great truste allyance Anone as the nobles of Fraunce behelde the countenauÌ„ce of theyr enemyes dysdaynynge them as vylaynes artyfycers trustynge so moche in theyr streÌ„gthes that they thought shortly to ouer ryde theym bere theÌ„ downe with streÌ„gthe of theyr horses and without ordre ran with great ire vpon theyr enemyes thynkynge to haue oppressed them at y e fyrst broÌ„te But the Flemynges with theyr arbalasters and theyr longe mareys pykes set aslope before them wounded so theyr horses that they lay tumbelynge one in the others necke so that they were the letters of the other whiche were on fote that they myght not exercyse theyr feat of armes And also the shotte that was shotte on the Frenche partye dyd asmoche harme to those horse meÌ„ as it dyd vnto theyr enemyes So that in shorte whyle y e felde was all spred with slayne horses and clene armed men wherof syr Roberte Erle of Artoys beyng ware and seynge these noble speres thus slayne vpon the felde auauÌ„ced hym with his company and slewe wouÌ„ded of the Fleminges great nombre so y t they fledde before hym as shepe before the wolfe put further backe that hoost of Flemynges
by ordre of lawe or iustyce In thys yere also floured y e holy man called Robert a chanon of the house of Brydlyngtone the whyche of some wrytters is accompted for a prophete for verses that he made of thynges to come after in Englande whyche I passe ouer at thys tyme. Anno domini M.CCC.viii  Anno domini M.CCC.ix  wyllyam Basynge  Nycholas Faryngdone  Anno .ii.  Iohn̄ Butler  IN thys .ii. yere kyng Edward callynge to mynde the dyspleasure done vnto hym and to hys famulyer Pyers of Gauestone by the bysshoppe of Chester mayster walter Lanton as before is towched in the xxviii yere of the reygne of Edwarde hys father commaunded hym vnto the toure of London where he was streyghtely kepte many dayes after Than the lordes of the lande and specyally syr Henre Lacy syr Guy syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Lyncolne of warwyke of Penbroke to whome y e noble prince Edwarde y e .i. had gyuē so great charge y t Pyers of Gauestone shuld no more come into Englande sawe the rule of the lāde and howe the kynges treafoure by meane of the sayd pyers was wasted assembled them in counsayll of one assent with ayde of other lordes of y e realme spake so with the kynge that contrary hys pleasure he was auoyded the lande and banisshed into Irelande for that yere But the kynge sent vnto hym oftentymes secret messangers and comforted hym wyth many ryche gyftes or made hym hys chyef ruler of the countre Anno domini M.CCC.ix  Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Iamys of saynt Edmunde  Thomas Romayne  Anno .iii.  Roger Palmer  IN thys .iii. yere dyuers grudges began to moue sprynge betwene the kyng and his lordes for the exilynge of Pyers of Gauestone wherfore to contente amyte betwene hym them the sayd Pyers about y e feast of the natiuite of our Lady was fette home agayne and so contynued to the more myschyef of y e realme About thys tyme as testifyeth Cronica Cronicarum other the knyghtes of the ordre of saynte Iohn̄ Baptyste called saynt Iohn̄ of Hierusalē by theyr knyghtly manhode put out of the I le of Rodes or Rodhis y e Turkys and infidelis that to that day occupyed the sayd I le after that wanne vpon the sayd Turkys dayly and yerely so that at thys day they haue in theyr domynyon moche of the landes whyche at that day and longe after was in the power of the sayd Turkes Thys relygyō also was greatly preferryd by the fall of the templers whose possessyons and lādes were to them gyuen as it is before expressed in the thyrde chapytre and .xxi. yere of Phylyp the fayre Thys yere also after some wryters the crowched freres came fyrste into Englande Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Anno domini M.CCC.xi  Symon Croppe  Rycharde Roffham  Anno .iiii.  Petyr Blacnay  IN thys fourthe yere the rule and power of Pyers of Gaue stone more and more encreasynge in so moche that he hauynge the guydynge of all the kynges iewellys and treasoure yode vpon a day vnto west mynster and there out of the kynges iewell house toke a table a payre oftrestyllys of golde and conueyed them wyth other iewellys oute of the lande to the greate inpouerysshyng of the same and ouer that broughte the kynge by meane of hys wanton condycyons to manyfolde vyces as auoutry and other wherfore the foresayde lordes seynge the myschyefe that dayly encreased by occasyon of thys vnhappy man toke theyr counsayll togyther at Lyncolne and there concluded to voyde hym agayne out of Englande so that shortly after he was exyled into Flaunders to the kynges great dyspleasure Anno dn̄i M.CC.xi  Anno dn̄i M.CC.xii.  Symon Merwode  Iohn̄ Gysours  Anno .v.  Rycharde wylforde  IN thys .v. yere vpon the day of saynt Bryce or the .xiii. daye of Nouembre was borne at wyndesore the fyrst or eldest sonne of kyng Edwarde y t after hys father was kynge of Englande and named Edwarde the thyrde And this yere was agayn reuoked by the kynge Pyers of Gaueston out of Flaunders the whych after hys agayne commyng demeaned hym worse than he before dyd In so moche that he dysdayned the lordes of Englande and of them had many dyspytous and sclaunderouse wordes wherfore the lordes of one mynde assented to put this Pyers to deth soone after assembled theyr powers and besyeged hym in the castell of Scarburgh in proces wan that castell toke hym and brought hym vnto Gauersede besyde warwycke and there the .xix. daye of Iunu smote of hys hede wherof whan the kynge hadde knowlege he was greuously dyspleased agayne the sayd lordes and made hys auowe y e hys deth shuld be reuenged By meane of thys the rancoure that before betwene the kynge and hys lordes was kendeled now began further to sprede so that after thys day the kyng sought occasyō agayn hys lordes howe he myght put theym to greuaunce and dyspleasure In thys whyle dyed syr Henry Lacy erle of Lyncolne the whych lyeng vpon his dethe bedde requyred syr Thomas erle of Lācastre that had maryed hys doughter that he wolde stande with the other lordes in theyr defence for the weale of Englande The whyche request the sayd erle graunted and so fermely kepte or obserued it that at length he wyth many other loste theyr lyues as after in the story shall be shewed Anno dn̄i xiii C.xii.  Anno dn̄i xiii C.xiii.  Iohn̄ Lambyn  Iohn̄ Pontenay  Anno .vi.  Adam Lutekyn  IN thys .vi. yere the kyng held hys great court or counceyl of parlyamēt with the lordes spirituall temporall at London where by the aduyces of theym many good ordenaunces and statutes were made to oppresse the ryottouse and other myscheues that at those days were vsed Than the kyng was sworne to kepe those ordenaunces and after all his lordes to theyr powers After the whyche othe so takyn Robert archebysshope of Caunterbury blessed all theym that vphelde the sayde statutes and accursed all such as attēpted to breke any of the same It was nat longe after that worde was broughte vnto the kynge howe Robert le Bruze was retourned into Scotlande and hadde caused the Scottes to rebell of newe ye haue before harde in the .xxxiiii. yere of Edwarde the fyrste howe the sayd Edward chased the forenamed Roberte le Bruze oute of Scotland into Normandy But whenne he had harde of the mysguydynge of the realme of Englande and specially of the dyuysyon betwene the kynge and hys lordes he anone wyth a small ayde of the Norgans or Norwayes retourned into Scotlande where he demeaned hym in suche wyse to the lordes of Scotlāde that he in shorte processe was agayne made kynge of that realme and warred strongely vppon the kynges frēdes and wanne from theym castelles and strōge holdes and wrought vnto Englysshe men moche sorowe and
retourne to thys Charlys lykely it is that he was nat y e naturall sonne of the forenamed Charlys for as moche as hys sayd father ordeyned and wylled the realme of FrauÌ„ce vnto Katheryne hys doughter and wyfe vnto kynge HeÌ„ry the .v and agreed wyth the consente of the more parte of y e lordes of hys realme bothe spyrituall temporall that duryng hys lyfe the sayd kynge Henry shuld be regeÌ„t of FrauÌ„ce after hys deth to be kyng of the sayd regâ—oÌ„ as more at lengthe before I haue shewed vnto you in the .vii. yere of the sayd Henry the .v. But whether he be hys legyttymat sonne or nat where uppoÌ„ I purpose no leÌ„ger to stande trouth it is that he was by his father admitted made dolphyne of Uyen by reason wherof he was in a greate auctoryte wan to hym fauoure of som lordes of FrauÌ„ce whych stroÌ„gly maynteyned hys partye durynge the lyfe of kyng HeÌ„ry the .v after all y t season whyle the duke of Bedforde occupyed there as regent of that regyoÌ„ was of some parties of FrauÌ„ce reputed for kyng Howe be it he was neuer crowned so loÌ„ge as the sayde duke of Bedforde lyued Neuerthelesse he by meane of polycy hys freÌ„des so defended hym selfe that lytle by the EnglyshemeÌ„ was wonne vpoÌ„ hym of suche laÌ„des as he fyrste was in possessyon of But polytykely he defended theym lytle and lytle so preuayled agayne them that in the ende he all onely wanne nat to hym the possessioÌ„ of that prouince y t which is named FrauÌ„ce but also he wanne to hym in the ende the kynge of Englandes olde enherytaunce that is Normandy wyth all domynyons to the same apperteynynge The maner of wynnynge of them I woll nat in thys story speke of for so moche as in the former yeres of kynge Henry the .vi. I haue there expressed the maner of somme parte therof But that I shall speke of theÌ„ shal be of thynges done betwene hym other prynces And for that I before in the .viii. yere of HeÌ„ry the vi promysed in the .vi. yere of thys Charles to shewe vnto you som what of the maydeÌ„ or pucel which y e FreÌ„ch men named la pucelle de dieu her for a messenger from god to be sente reputed I shall here folow y e saying of Gaguyne whyche sayeth as foloweth In the .vi. yere or there aboute to rekyn from the deth of thys Charles father a weÌ„che or mayden beyng bred in a strete or vyllage called in latyne Ualli color in thys tyme beynge sproÌ„ge to the age of .xx. yeres or there about hauing to father a poore man named Iakes Delarch and hyr mother Isabell she also berynge the name of Iane or Iohan required by dyuers sundry tymes an vncle of hyrs beyng prefecte of the foresayde vyllage that he wolde presente hyr vnto the FreÌ„che kynge for thynges coÌ„cernyng greatly the weale of hym of hys realme whyche sayd prefect after many delayes for so moche as in hyr wordes he had lytle truste yet at leÌ„gthe hyr sayd vncle beynge named Robert Baudryncourt sent hyr wyth a coÌ„uenyent company vnto the kyng wyth letters certyfyenge hym of all the maner of thys mayde wherof the sayd Charles beynge asserteyned thought he wold vse som meane to knowe the vertue of thys wenche And for he had perfyghte experyence that before tymes thys woman had neuer sene hys persone he thoughte he wolde chaunge hys rome and habyte to se whether she by hyr vertue coulde knowe hym frome other and that done he standynge amonge other of his familiers as one of them she was called into the chaumber demaunded yf euer before tyme she had sene the kynge And after she hadde answered nay she was byddeÌ„ to espye oute the kynge whych there stode amonge that companye The whyche anone wythout dyfficulte him fande and saluted as king And all be it that he refused hyr reuereÌ„ce sayd y t she erred in hyr choyse yet she parseuered kneling at his fete and sayde that by goddes purueyauÌ„ce she was taught that he was hyr very soueraygn prince none other wherfore the kynge all hys lordes had in hyr the more affyauÌ„ce that by hyr the laÌ„de shulde be releuyd whych at that daye was in passyng mysery Than after dyuers questyoÌ„s to hyr made what was the cause of hyr thyther commynge she answered sayd that she was sent frome god to stablisshe the kynge in hys realme and that by hyr she beynge leder capytayne of hys people by dyuine grace onely the kynge shulde shortely subdue hys enemyes By reasoÌ„ of which wordes the kyng wyth hys lordes were somedeale comforted Upon thys armour sword was sought for this maydeÌ„ the whych as sayeth my sayd auctour was fouÌ„den myraculously wherof the processe to me appereth so darke faÌ„tastycall y t therewith me list nat to blot my boke but suffre it to passe by Than thys weÌ„che being purueyed of all thinges necessary to the warre a company of knyghtes soudyours to hyr by the kynge was assygned And so she rydynge as a man in maÌ„nes habyte contynued by the space of .ii. yeres more and dyd many wonderful feates and gat from the Englysshemen many stroÌ„ge townes and holdes wherefore amonge Frenchemen she was wordshypped for an auÌ„gell or a messynger sent frome god to releue theyr great myserye And as affermeth the sayd auctour she by hyr prouydence caused the sayd Charles as kynge of Fraunce to be crowned at Raynes in the yere of oure lord M. foure hundreth and .xxix. All be it nouther the Frenche cronycle nor other whyche I haue sene testyfyeth that but affermyn that he was nat crowned duryng the lyfe of the duke of Bedforde But almyghty god whyche for a season suffereth suche sorcery and deuelyssh ways to prospere reygne to the correccyon of synners lastely to shewe hys power and that good men shuld nat fall into any erroure he sheweth the clerenesse of suche mystycall thynges and so he dyd in thys For lastely she by a knyghte Burgonyon was taken after sent to Roan and there breÌ„t for her demerytes as in the .viii yere of Henry the .vi. is more at leÌ„gth shewed ThaÌ„ the tyme forth passyng and coÌ„tynuall warre betwene Englande FrauÌ„ce contynuyng among many trybulacions by thys Charles susteyned one that was hys owne sonnÌ„ named Lewys comforted and assysted by the dukes of BurboÌ„ and AleÌ„son wyth other meÌ„ of name rebelled agayne hys father and warred vppon hym and by strengthe wan frome hym certeyne townes strong holdes For remedy whereof the sayde Charles made warre vppon the forenamed duke of Burbon and wasted wyth iron and fyre the countreyes of the sayde duke of Burbon By meane whereof after thys vnkyndely warre hadde duryd by the space of syxe monethes or more a peace and vnyte betwene the father sonne was treated by meanes of the erle of Ewe a coÌ„corde vnite betwene
Guyldhall or other places symple and vndyscret persons shuld haue the voyce and the worshypfull meÌ„ lytell or nothyng regarded wherof ensuyd dayly myche vnhappynes and sorow as after shall appere The Barons then to obteyne the more fauour of y e cytye wyllyd them to shewe yf they hadde any of theyr libertyes wythdraweÌ„ that they myght agayne to theym be restored and also to dyuyse some new to theyr weale and profyte and they wolde laboure to the kynge that they myghte haue theym graunted For the whych comforte of the lordes the mayre called the commons to the Guyldhall and shewed to them the beneuoleÌ„ce of the sayd lordes willed them that euery ofâ—ycer for hys offyce to deuyse such thynges as myght be benefycyall for the cytye wheruppon they counsaylled to gyther and made a note in paper of dyuers statutes prouysyons and ordynaunces to be graunted whyche myght more properly be named abhomynacyons For they were deuysed to theyr synguler profyte to y e great hurt of all other marchauÌ„tes commynge to the citye and to all other fayres and markettes of Englande and also preiudycyall to the vnyuersall weale of the realme The whyche when they were ouersene by the heddes of the cytye yt was shewyd vnto the sayd coÌ„mons that theyr ordynaunces were not lefull nor charytable orderyd and therfore they knewe well they shulde not be admytted wyllyng theÌ„ to deuyse other But all was in vayne By meane wherof both those other that were ryght necessary for the coÌ„mon weale of the cytye were reiected put of Then y e Barons vpon the morowe folowynge saynt Iamys daye departed from London towarde wyndesore to se the gydynge of the castell where at theyr commynge they putte out the foresayde allyauntes before set in by syr Edward the kinges son the whyche assocyat wyth other yode vnto Fulham where the kynge then lay and shewyd to hym that the Barons had spoyled them of suche goodes as they hadde and that wythout cause But the kynge put them of for that season and warned them to sue to hym agayne about Mychelmasse when more of his couÌ„sayll was with hym then they shuld haue iustyce Uppon the second daye folowyng the feaste of saynte Mathew or the xxiii daye of september the kynge the quene with his sonnes and other nobles of thys land toke shyppyng and sayled into Fraunce to be present at the Frenche kynges parlyaament then holden at Bonony And the morow after the octabis of saynt Mychaell he landed agayne at Douer And the frydaye folowynge he came vnto London And vppon the tuesday folowyng passed a queste of .xii. knyghtes of Mydd sworne vpon a iury betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye for certayne pryuyleges that the cytesyns of London claymed wythin westmynster where by the sayde iurye it was founden before Gylbert of Prestone then chefe Baron of the kynges excheker that the sâ—ryues of London at those days myght lawfully enter into the town of westmynster and all other tenemeÌ„tes that the abbot then hadde wythin Myddelsex vnto the gate of the sayd abbay and there to make summons and dystrayne for lacke of apparaunce all and eueryche tenaunte of the sayde abbot About the quindena of saynt Mychaell the fourmer complaynt of the allyauntes and other whyche as aboue ye haue harde was shewed before the kyng and y e lordes in the parlyament holden at westmynster where lastely yt was sentencyd that the Barons shulde restore all suche goodes as they and theyr companye hadde taken from all suche persons before that daye as well to allyauntes as other both spyrytuall and temporall and also that suche menyall seruauntes as shulde be dayly in the kynges house and about his person shulde be suche as the kynge wolde chose and admyt hym selfe the whyche ii artycles the Barons vtterly denyed wherfore the olde rancoure toke place and dyssencyon kyndled his fyre of malyce agayn betwen the kynge and his lordes feruently Anno domini M.CC.lxii  Anno domini M.CC.lxiii  Robert Moumplere  Thomas fyz Thomas  Anno .xlvii.  Robert de Suff.  IN thys .xlvii. yere by procurement and styrynge of the Barons the commons of the cytye of London chase vnto theyr mayre for that yere Thomas fyz Thomas and wythout counsayll of the aldermen sware at Guyldehall vppon the day of Symon and Iude and made no presentement of hym vppon the morowe folowynge nother to the kyng nor yet to the Barons of the kynges excheker as they of ryght ought to haue done For the whych presumpcyon the kynge was greuously dyscontentyd agayne the cytye Soone after the kynge aduertysynge well y t the citye wolde take the Barons partye and causyd syr Edwarde his son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne wherof when he knewe that he was in possessyon the kynge erly in a mornynge a lytell to fore Crystemas departed from westmynster rode vnto the sayde castell whyther shortely after came also many of the lordes that were vppon the kynges partye And as faste the lordes and knyghtes whych helde wyth the erle of Leyceter drew them toward Lonlon so y t on eyther partye was mych people assembled In the whyche passe tyme some well dysposyd laboryd a concorde betwene the kynge hys lordes By whose meanes fynally yt was agreed by bothe partyes that all maters concernynge the fore sayde artycles of statutes and ordynauÌ„ces made at Oxenford and after by the .xii. Perys that the Frenche kynge shuld deme and iudge whych shulde be holden and whyche not And as he demyd both partyes promysed assuredly to abyde Upon whiche agrement copyes were made of the sayde statutes and wyth letters shewynge the effecte of the fourmer agrement sent vnto the sayde kynge of Fraunce then beynge saynt Lewys And in the Crystmas weke folowynge the kyng toke shyppynge with syr Edward his son and other of his counsayll and sayled into Fraunce for the foresayde cause And for the partye of the sayd Barons was sent ouer syr Peter de Mountforde and other Then before Lewys kynge of Fraunce those statutes were sore argued vppon both parties How be yt in the ende the Frenche kynge callynge before hym both parties vpon the day before y e conuersyon of saynt Paule or the .xxiiii. daye of Ianuary syttynge in iudgement gaue expresse sentence that all and eueryche of the sayde statutes and ordynaunces shulde be from y e daye foreward vtterly foredone and set at noughte and all suche bandes and promyses that the kyng or any other had made for the mayntenaunce of the same shulde be adnulled cancellyd and the kynge and all other for any mater concernynge those statutes set at lybertye After whyche sentence thus gyuen the kynge retourned into Englande so that he came to London the .xv. daye of Februarye But the Barons beynge sore amoued wyth this sentence notynge greate parcyaltye vnto the Frenche kynge departed from London westwarde so into the marchys of walys
where they drew to them great power and warred vppon the landes and castellys of syr Roger Mortymer threw some of them vnto the grounde and spoyled of hys what they myghte fynde and ouer that brent of hys manours and houses In whose ayde syr Edwarde the kynges sonne commynge hys people were dystressyd and he almoste taken For redresse of whyche maters a newe parlyameÌ„t was appoynted to be holdeÌ„ at Oxenforde in the quindena of Eester nexte folowynge whyche came neuer to effecte All be yt an other cronicle sayth that from this parlyament then holden at Oxenforde the kynge and his lordes parted all dyscorded Then the barons drewe towarde London the kynge remayned at woodstok And then newe assuraunce by wrytynge endentyd was made betwene the comynaltye of the cytye and the Barons wythoute consent of many of the rulers of the sayde cytye wherfore the commons as men enraged made of theym self two capytaynes whych they named constables of the cytye y t is to say Thomas de Pyweldon Stephan Bukerel At whose commaundement by tollynge of the great belle of Paules all the cytye shulde be redy shortely in harnes to gyue attendaunce vppon theyr sayd capytaynes About the begynnynge of lent the constable of the towre syr Hughe le Spenser came wyth a fayre company of men of armys before hym into the cytye and desyred assystence of the forenamed constables The whyche commaunded the sayd belle to be â—olled By meane wherof the people shyt theyr shoppes and came out in harneys in great multytude The whyche after proclamacyon made that they shulde â—olowe theyr capytaynes wythout knowlege what to do or whyther to go folowed theyr sayde capytaynes and so yode vnto Thystelworth vppon two myles beyonde westmynster there spoyled the manour of the kynge of Romaynes and sette yt after vppon a fyre And that done hys water mylles other commodities that he there had put theym to vtter ruyne And after wyth great noyse and crye returned vnto London This dede as sayth myne authour was cause of the mortall warre folowynge For where before tyme the sayde kynge of Romaynes hadde ben for allyaunce that was betwene hym and the erle of Glouceter a treatye of peace to be hadde betwene the kynge and his Barons after that dede done he was enymy vnto them to the vttermoste of his power The kynge herynge of thys ryâ—â—gaderyd vnto him great power And for he harde that syr Peter de MouÌ„t forde was at Northampton gatherynge of people to strength the Barons partye he spedde hym thyder and wanne the towne vppon hym by force and slewe many of hys men and fynally toke hym syr Symon the son of the erle of Leyceter wyth dyuers other on lyue the which with many burgeyses of that towne that hadde take theyr partyes the kynge sent vnto dyuers prysons and some he closyd wythin the castell of y e same towne In thys passe tyme on Palmesondaye weke all the Iewes in London were spoyled and robbed the nomber of .v. huÌ„dred of them were slayn and dyuers of theyr mansyons brent and destroyed and suche as of them were saued were conueyed for great mede vnto the towre and there kept from the fury of the commons wherof the occasyon was for so myche as a Iewe wolde haue forced a crysten man to haue gyueÌ„ to hym more then ii d. for the vsure of .xx. s. for a weke For ye shall vnderstand that at those dayes by lycence graunted vnto the Iewes of the kynge they myght take by vsury of euery man y t of theym wolde borowe money .ii. d. of a pouÌ„d for a weke lendyng and so of greter of smaller summes after that rate And soon after the Iewes were thus punyshed many houses of relygyon wythin y e citye and nere there about were serched for goodes of alliauÌ„tis and myche founde wherof a parte was brought vnto the lordis but the more parte was stolen and brybed In whyche season the kynge passed by diuers couÌ„treys and lastely came into Southsex with a strong power wherof herynge the lordes made preparacyon to go towardes hym In all whyche tyme the wardeyns of the v. portes kepte the see wyth shyppes that no straungers shulde entre the lande to ayde the kynge agayne the Barons Then in the ende of Apryll the Barons wyth a multytude of the cytye whyche they put in vawarde departed from London takyng theyr iourney towarde the kynge And when they were well onwarde vpon they re way worde was brought vnto them that the kynge wyth an huge power was at Lewys wherfore they by an hole assent dyuysed a letter and sent yt in y e name of all the Barons vnto the kynge whose names here vnder folowe but not all Syr Symonde de Mounforde erle of Leyceter and hyghe stewarde of Englande Syr Gylbert de Clare erle of Glouceter Syr Robert Ferres erle of Derby Syr Hugh le Spenser chefe iustice and syr Henry de Mountford son and heyre to the erle of Leyceter Syr Rycharde Gray Syr Henry Hastynges Syr IohnÌ„ fyz IohnÌ„ Syr Robert de Uenpount Syr IohnÌ„ Gyuyle Syr Robert Roos Syr wyllyam Marmyon Baldwyne wake Syr Gylbert Gyfforde Syr Nycholas de Megraue Syr Godfrey de Lucy Syr IohnÌ„ de Ueysy Syr wyllyam de Mounthdesey whyche letter sealed wyth the seales of the sayde erle of Leycester and of Glouceter conteyned as foloweth TO the most excellent lord the kynge Henry by the grace of god kynge of Englande lorde of Irlande and duke of Gwyan the Barons other faythfull your seruauntes theyr fydelyte and othe to god and to you coueytynge to kepe sendyng to you due salutyng with all reuerence and honour vnder due obeysaunce Lyketh yt youre hyghnes to vnderstaÌ„de that many beyng about you haue before tymes shewyd vnto your lordshyppe of vs many euyll vntrewe reportes and haue founde suggestyons not alonely of vs but also of your selfe to brynge this your realme vnto subuersyon Know your excellency that we entende nothyng but helth and suerty to your person to the vttermoste of our powers and not onely to our enmyes but also to yours and of all this youre realme we entende vtter greuaunce and correccyon Besechynge your grace her after to gyue vnto theym lytell credeÌ„ce for ye shall fynde vs your trew and faythfull subiectes to the vtter moste of our powers And we erle of Leyceter and erle of Glouceter at the request of other and for our selfe haue put to our seales the .x. day of the moneth of May. The answere vnto this foresayde letter HEnry by y e grace of god kyng of Englande lorde of Irland and duke of Guyan to Symonde de Mountforde Gylbert de Clare theyr coÌ„plyces where as by warre generall ê‘turbauÌ„ce in this our realme by you begon contynued wyth also brennynges and other hurtes and enormytyes that euydently apperyth that your fydelyte to vs due ye haue not kept nor y e suerty of our person ye haue