.xij. ss of money then currant This yeare about the feast of Pentecost An. Reâ—… Polidor Mat. Paâ—… King Iohn prepareâ—… 〈◊〉 armie to 〈◊〉 into Frâ—… the king by the aduice of his Counsell assembled at Northampton prepared a nauie of shippes mustred souldiers and shewed great tokens that hee woulde renue the warre and seeke to be reuenged of his enimie the French king The Nobles of the realme endeuoured themselues also to matche the diligence of the king in this preparation vpon an ernest desire to reuenge the iniuries lately done to the common wealth And when all things were readie and the shippes fraught with vittayles armour and al other provisions necessarie the King came to Porchester there to take the Sea purposing verily to passe ouer into Fraunce in hope of suche fayre promises as his friendes of Normandie and Poictou had made in sending oftentymes to him to procure him wyth speede to come to theyr succours But nowe euen as the king was readie to enter a Shipbourde Raufe Coâ—… The Archâ—…shop of Câ—…terburie 〈◊〉 the Earle of Pembrokeâ—… swade the 〈◊〉 to stay at home Hubert Archbyshop of Canterburie and William Marshall Earle of Pembrooke came to hym and with many greate reasons went aboute to perswade him to staye hys iourney And although he was very loath to follow theyr counsaile yet they put forth so manye doubtes and daungers that myght follow of his departing the Realme at that present to the hazarding of the whole state that in the ende sore to his griefe hee was ouercome by theyr importunate perswasions and so dismissing the moste part of his armie he appoynted his brother the Earle of Salisburie with a certaine number of knights and men of armes to passe ouer into Rochell whither was gone before hym the Lorde Geffrey the Kings base Sonne wyth many other Knightes also and men of armes The Lordes and other that were dismissed tooke it verie euill considering the great preparation that had bin made for that iourney But specially the Mariners were sore offended cursing the Archbishop and the sayde Earle of Pembrooke that were knowne to bee Authours of so naughtie counsayle as they tooke this to be At his comming backe as some write hee charged certaine of the Nobilitie wyth treason bycause they did not follow him wherevppon shortly after he punished them ryght grieuously and peraduenture not withoute some grounde of iust cause For likelye it is that some greater matter there was that forced him to breake vp his iourney than appeareth in our wryters although Raufe Cogheshall setteth downe some reasons alledged by the Archbishoppe Hubert and Earle Marshall to perswade him not to depart the Realme But peraduenture other causes there were also of farre more importaunce that constreyned hym so greatly agaynste hys mynde and full resolution both at the first and nowe at thys seconde tyme to returne Verily to vtter my coniecture it maye bee that vppon hys laste determination to goe ouer hee gaue newe commaundement to hys Lordes to followe hym and they peraduenture vsed not suche diligence in accomplishing hys pleasure therein as hee looked they shoulde haue done or it may be when the armie was once discharged the Souldiers made suche haste homewardes eche man towardes hys Countrey that it was no easie matter to bryng them backe againe in anye conuenient time But howsoeuer it was as it had beene vppon a chaunge of purpose hee came backe agayne as before yee haue hearde The .xiij. of Iuly Hubert Archbishoppe of Canterburie departed this life at Tenham The death of the archbishop of Canterbury Mat. Par. Polidore the king not beeing greatlye sorie for his death as some haue wrytten bycause hee gathered some suspition that hee bare too muche good will towardes the French king In verye deede as some wryte the Archebishop repented himselfe of nothing so muche as for that he hadde commended King Iohn vnto the Noble menne and Peeres of the Realme sith hee prooued an other manner manne than hee looked to haue founde hym Thys Archebishoppe hadde gouerned the See of Canterburie eleuen yeares right monethes and sixe dayes Moreouer after that the French king had won Loches Hubert de Burgh a valiant Captaine he went to Chiuon within the whiche Hubert de Burgh was Captaine a right valiant maÌ„ of war as was any wher to be fouÌ„d who hauing prepared all things necessarie for defence manfully repulsed y e Frenchmen which inforced theÌ„selues to win y e town with coÌ„tinuall assaults alarmes not suffring them within to rest neyther day nor night who yet for certaine dayes togyther by the valiant encouragement of theyr captain defended the towne with greate slaughter of the Frenchmen But neuerthelesse at length beginning to despayre by reason of their incessant trauaile certaine of theÌ„ that were somwhat faint hearted stale ouer the walles in the night ranne to the French men and for safegard of theyr liues instructed them of the whole estate of the towne The Frenche vnderstanding that they wythin were in no small feare of themselues with suche violence came vnto the walles and renued the assault vpon all sides Polidor Chinon taken by force of assault that streight wayes they entred by force A great number of Englishmen were taken and amongst other their Captain the foresayd Hubert de Burgh This chaunced on the vigâ—…ll of S. Iohn Baptist After this King Philip tooke diuerse other townes Castels in that Country of the which some hee razed and some he fortified and stuffed with garnisons of his souldiers This done hee passed ouer the Riuer of Loyr and wan a castell situate neare vnto a promontorie or heade of land called GrapelituÌ„ which was wont to bee a great succor to the Englishmen arriuing on that coast The occasion why he made warres thus to the Brytaines was as some write for that Guy Duke of Brytayne who had maried the Duches Constance and succeeded in the Duchie after hir sonne Arthure without regarde to reuenge the death of the same Arthure was ioyned in league with K. Iohn togither with Sauare de Manleon and Almerick de Lusignian Lords of great honor power and stoutnesse of stomacke â—…es Annales de â—…rance â—…olidor Finally he entred into Aniou and comming to the Citie of Angiers appoynted certain bands of his footmen and al his light horsemen to compasse the towne about whylest he with the residue of the footemen and all the men of armes did goe to assaulte the gates Which enterprise with fyre and sworde he so manfully executed that the Gates being in a moment broken open King Iohn â—…anne the city â—…f Angiers by â—…ault the Citie was entred and delyuered to the Souldiers for a pray The Citizens were some taken and some killed and the walles of the Citie beaten flatte to the grounde This done he went abrode into the Countrey and put all things that came in his way to the like destruction So that the people of the Countreyes
into Ireland to his lordship of Vlster wherof he was owner by right of his saide mother but whilest he remained there to pacifie the rebellions of the wild Irishe The Earle of Marche 〈◊〉 by the vvâ—… Irishe a great number of them togither assembled came vpon him and slew him togither with the moste part of his companie This Roger erle of Marche had issue Edmunde and Roger Anne Ales and Eleanore The 〈◊〉 of the 〈…〉 of Marche whiche Eleanor was made a Nunne The .ij. sonnes died without issue and Anne the eldest of the daughters was married to Richarde erle of Cambridge son vnto Edmunde of Langlie before remembred The which Richard had issue by the saide Anne a sonne called Richard that was after Duke of Yorke and father to king Edwarde the fourth also a daughter named Isabell afterwardes married to the lorde Bourcher This Richard Erle of Cambridge was put to deathe by Henry the fifth as after ye shall heare Moreouer in this yeare Henry of Bullingbrooke Earle of Darbie married a daughter heir of HuÌ„frey Bohun erle of Hereford in whose right he was after made duke of Herford by hir he had issue Henry that after hym was K. of this realme the Ladie BlaÌ„che Duches of Bar and the Ladie Phillip married to the king of Denmarke also Thomas Duke of Clarence Iohn Duke of Bedforde Humfrey duke of Gloucester The Gauntiners still mainteined warre againste the Earle of FlauÌ„ders during his life and after his deceasse against Phillip duke of Burgoin by such aide and comfort as they had from time to time of the king of Englande till finally this yeare aboute the eighteenth day of December a peace was concluded betwixt the saide duke and the towne of Gaont 〈…〉 and sir Iohn Bourchier that had laine a long season there as Captain vnder Kyng of Englande and Pâ—…ter de Boys one of the chiefe captaines of the Gauntiners before the concluding of this peace were safely conducted to Caleis by vertue of the duke of Buâ—…goigne his safe conduit and so they came ouer into Englande and the king gaue vnto Peter de Bois a pencion of an hundreth markes sterlyng yearely to be paide to him out of the staples of the woolles in London The king of Arâ—… commeth 〈◊〉 Englande 〈…〉 against â—…e Turkes This yere K. Richarde holding his Christmasse at Eltham thither came to him Leo king of Armeny whose countrey and realm beyng in daunger to be conquered of the Turkes he was come into those Weste partes of Christendome for aide and succour at the handes of the christian princes here The king honourably receiued him and after he had takeÌ„ counsell touching his request he gaue to him great suâ—… of money and other riche giftes with a stipende as some write of a M. poundes yerely to be paide to him during his life Tho. VVals After he had remained here a twoo Moneths space he tooke leaue of the king and departed The chiefest point of his errand was to haue procured a peace betwixt the two kings of England and Fraunce but destiny woulde not permit so good a purpose to take effect for the hatred which either nation bare to other woulde not suffer theyr loftye myndes to yeld in any one point further than semed good in their owne opinions Tâ—… VVal. Froissart Iâ—… Meâ—… 1â—…86 The duke of Lancaster goth 〈◊〉 Spayne vvith an armie In this nynthe yeare of Kyng Richarde though by other writers it shoulde seeme to bee rather in the yere folowing the Duke of Lancaster with a greate power of men of warre wente into Spain and ledde with hym thither his wife the Ladye Constance and a daughter whiche he had by hir named Katherin and two other daughters whiche hee hadde by hys former wife He hadde bene aboute the preparing of an armye and all furniture necessarie for thys iourneye a twoo or three yeares before and therefore hauing nowe a seuen galleis and eighteene shippes sente to hym out of Portingale whiche arriued at Bristowe he caused all such vesselles as be hadde prouided to resorte likewise thither where making his generall assemble when all his men of warre were come togyther he bestowed them aboorde wyth all their horses and purueyaunces and causing sailes to bee hoisted vp set foreward on his long wished iorney This was in the Moneth of Maye when the seas were calme the ayre swete the winds plesant and agreeable to his purpose He apointed for Admirall of his whole fleet sir Thomas Percie sir Iohn Holland that was after created erle of Huntington and had maried one of his daughters was ordeined Constable of the hoste and Sir Thomas Moreaux hauing married his bastard daughter was one of his Marshalles There were that attended him in 〈◊〉 iourney many other Lordes and Knights of honor as the Lorde Lucie the Lord Valâ—…at the lord Basset the Lorde Willonghby the Lorde Fitz Walter the lord Poinings the lord Bradston y e L. of Pommiers a Gascoigne the L. Yâ—…e Fitz Warien Henry Lorde Beaumont William Lorde Beauchampe Sir Richard Burley that was another of the Marshalles of the armye Sir Hughe Spenser Sir Wyllyam Windesor sir Iohn Daubreticourte sir Hugh Hastings sir Wyllyam Fartington sir Thomas Worceter sir Thomas TreshaÌ„ sir Mauburin de â—…iâ—…iers sir Thomas Worceter Syr Iohn Sowtrey sir Roberte Clinton sir Phillippe Tirell sir Lewes Rochester Huguelin Caluerley Dauid Holgâ—…ue Thomas Alerie Hobequin Beaucester and diuers other they were in all to the number of fifteene hundreth men of armes whereof a thousande at the least were Knightes and Esquiers besides a foure thousande Archers and other men of warre so perfectly appointed and arrayed as coulde bee thought meete and conuenient Tho. VVals The duke of Lancaster landeth at Breste and vvinnethe tvvo Bastides froÌ„ the frenchemenne As they passed by Britaine they landed at Breste the captaine whereof at that time named Sir Iohn Roche finding himselfe greatly annoyed by the frenchmen that were lodged in two Bastides erected before the Castell declared to the Duke in what state he stoode Wherevppon he caused the saide Bastides to be assailed which was done by the lorde Fitz Walter others who bare theÌ„selues so manfully that the Bastides were won broken downe a great praye with prisoners obteyned although not without losse of diuers valiant personages And thus were they within Brest castell deliuered of their vnfrendly neighboures by the duke of Lancaster and his people An. reg 10. The Duke of Lancaster landeth at Groigne Froissart Le Groigne 〈◊〉 Coronâ—… Who hauing done their feat tooke the seas and sailed forth till they came on the coastes of Gallice where on S. Laurence euen they arriued in the haueÌ„ of Groigne otherwise called Corun and there they vnshipped al their prouisions determining to inuade the country on that side After the duke had remained theâ—… a moneth he went to Copostella and there so iorned for a season during the which
first sent vnto Saint Colmes Ins Put in prison and from thence to Dunfermling and lastly to Lochleuin where he dyed and was buried in S. Sarffis I le in Lochleuin 1479 William Schewes is coÌ„secrated Archbishop The sayd William Schewes was consecrate Archbishop of Sainte Androwes on passion Sunday in Lente within Holy Roode house the king being present many of the nobles of the Realm And there y e sayde Archbishop receiued y e pall as a signe of his Archbishops dignitie so was coÌ„firmed primate legate of y e Realm notwithstaÌ„ding y e impediment made against Graham before by the Bishops about y e same This yere also The Duke of Albany imprisoned Alexander Duke of Albany was committed to prison by the king his brother within y e Castel of Edenburgh through euil counsel but he brake out escaped to DuÌ„bar wher he caused the Castel to be furnished with al necessaries leauing his seruants within it He escaped passed himself into France was there of y e king honorably receyued and louingly intreated Edenburgh besieged In the beginning of May following the king besieged y e Castel by his Lieutenant the Erle of Auâ—…ndale who lost at that siege .3 good knights the Lord of Lute sir Iohn Schaw of Sauche the Lorde of Cragiwallace with y e shot of a gun Iohn RaÌ„say was slain with a stone cast by haÌ„d WheÌ„ thei within saw they could not loÌ„g endure they left y e Castel fled away by sea the Erle of Auandale entred found it void of al things wherof any accoÌ„pt was to be made Doctor Ireland sent vnto the king of Scottes Doctor IrelaÌ„d being graduat in diuinitie at Paris was sent from y e FreÌ„ch king vnto y e king of Scottes to perswade him to make war into EnglaÌ„d to y e end y t king Edward shuld not aid y e Duke of Burgundy And moreouer he had in charge to moue for the Pardon of y e Duke of Albany and shortly after returned with answer 1480 Iohn Steward a prisoner The Erle of Mar called Iohn Steward y e kings yoÌ„ger brother this yeere in the moneth of December was taken in the nighte within hys owne house conueyed vnto Cragunster where he was kept as prisoner by the kings commaundement and after was conuict of conspiracie for witchcraft which he shuld practise against y e king hervpon in Cannogate beside Edenburgh Was put to death hys vaynes were cut so he bled to death Ther were many diuers Witches sorcerers aswil men as women coÌ„uicted of y e crime burnt for y e same at EdeÌ„b The K. sent Ambassadors into EnglaÌ„d to make suite to haue the Lady Cicill daughter to king Edward â—…ariage coÌ„ ded ioyned in mariage with his sonne Iames y e Prince which was graÌ„ted and y e mariage concluded to be solemnizate when y e prince of Scotland should come to perfect age as in the English historie it more playnely appeareth Doctor Irelande with a knight and another religious man came againe to king Iames from the French king to perswade him to make warre against England and at length King Iames his nobles coÌ„discended to breake the peace wherewith Thomas Spens Bishop of Abirdene that was full tenderly beloued of king Edwarde 〈◊〉 Spenâ—…ed and had bin euer a mediator for peace betwixte the kings of England France and ScotlaÌ„d and the Duke of Burgongne when he heard that warre would folow he dyed through griefe of mind and melancoly at Edenburgh in the moneth of Aprill 1481 〈◊〉 Iames a ambasâ—…o king 〈◊〉 The king sente two Heraldes vnto King Edwarde requesting him not to ayde the Duke of Burgongne nor any other against y e King of France for if he did hee must needes supporte the Frenchmen by reason of y e league betwixt France Scotland but king Edward would not admit those Heraldes to his presence â—…ing Edward 〈◊〉 nauie 〈◊〉 Scotland but kept them still without answer till he had sent foorth a nauie of Ships into y e Forth before Lieth Kingorne and Pettenwenne theÌ„ were the Heralds licensed to returne 〈◊〉 taken 〈◊〉 The Englishe fleete entring the Forth tooke eight great shippes which they found in that riuer and landing at Blacknesse brent y e towne and a great Barge that lay there at rode and so returned â—…he of king â—…and preâ—…d an army The king assembled an army from all partes of the Realme and amongst other y e Lord of the Iles came with a great coÌ„pany and nowe the king being ready to enter into England there came to him a messenger of king Edward sente from a Cardinall Legate that was residente as then in England Legate inâ—… him commanding king Iames by authoritie apostolike not to proceede any further in his purposed iourney to the ende that peace being obserued all Christian Princes might bende their powers againste the Turke and Infidels This commaundemente did king Iames obey and so discharged his army notwithstandyng that king Edwarde sent foorth his nauie agayne into the Forth 〈◊〉 naâ—… into â—…and vnto the I le of Ins Keith but they did no hurt for the countreymen kept them off The Scottish borderers inuaded y e Englishe marches destroyed townes and led many prisoners away with them into Scotland â—…ke assieâ—… an arâ—… of England â—…en The king of Englande caused Berwike to be assieged both by sea and lande all the winter season and ouerthrew a wall that was newly made about it for defence thereof but the Scottes within it defended the towne for that time so stoutly that the enimies might not winne it from them 1482 The Duke of Albany after his wife was dead which he had married in France perceyuing him selfe not so well entreated as before came ouer into Englande The Duke of Albany commeth into England where king Edwarde receyued him righte honorably promising as some haue written to make him king of Scotlande therevpon assembled an army of thirtie thousand meÌ„ with a great nauie by Sea to inuade Scotland and appoynted Captaynes and leaders of the army by land his owne brother y e Duke of Glowcester the Duke of Albany and others The king of Scotâ—…tes hearing of their approche to inuade his Realme reised a puissant army to resist them and came forward with the same vnto y e town of Lowder where beeing encamped the principall nobles of his Realme as Archembalde Earle of Angus George Erle of Huntley The presumptuous demeanor of the Scottish nobilitie Iohn Erle of Lenox Iames Erle of BuchquhaÌ„ Androw sord Grey Robert Lord Lile and diuers other beeing armed entred the kings lodging where they accused him of diuers things done and practised by him contrary to his honor the common weale of his Realme and specially bycause he vsed yoÌ„g counsell of lewde persons vnworthy and base of birth suche as
slue Thomas Maureuar baron of Serin English men slaine there were taken prisoners Christofer Fleming Iohn Dardis diuers other beside many y t were slain Iohn Lorde Talbot of Sherfield On Saint Martins euen sir Iohn Talbot of Holomshire Lorde Furniuale landed at Dalkey the kings lieutenaunt in Irelande a man of great honour In the yeare .1415 in NoueÌ„ber Robert Talbot a right noble man 1415 Robert Talbot deceaseth that walled the Suburbs of Kilkenny departed this life Also Patrike Baret Bishop of Fernis deceased and was buried among the Canons at Kenlis 1416 This yeare in the feast day of Geruasius and Prothasius which falleth on the .xix. of Iune the Lord lieutenants wife the Ladie Furniuall was brought to bed at Finglasse of a sonne named Thomas The Archbishop of Ardmagh deceaâ—…eth About the same time also Stephen Fleming Archbishop of Ardmach departed thys life after whoÌ„ succeded Iohn Suanig On y e day of S. Laurence the Lord Furniuals sonne Tho. Talbot that was borne at Finglasse in NoueÌ„ber last past departed this life and was buried in the Quier of the frier preachers church in Dublyn About the same time the Irish fel vpoÌ„ y e Englishmen and slue many of them among other Thomas Balimore of Baliquelan was one â—…he Parliaâ—…ent remoued 〈◊〉 Trim. The Parliament which the last yeare had bene called and holden at Dublyn was this yeare remoued to Trim and there began the .xj. of May where it continued for the space of xj dayes in the which was graunted to the lord lieutenant a subsidie in monie subsedie 1417 〈◊〉 Archbiâ—â—â—p of Dublin â—â—â—eased In the yeare following the Archebishop of Dublyn passed ouer into England and deceassed at Faringdon but his bodie was buried in the new Colledge at Oxforde This man is greatly praysed for his liberalitie 〈◊〉 prayse hee was a good almes man a great Clearke a Doctor of Diuinitie an excellent preacher a great buylder beautifull tall of stature and sanguine of complexion He was lxxx yeares of age when he died and had gouerned the Church of Dublyn in good quiet by the space of twentie yeares This yeare shortly after Easter the Lord deputie spoyled the tenants of Henrie Crus 1418 and Henrie Bethat Also at Olane on the feast day of Saint Iohn and Saint Paule the Erle of Kildare six Christofer Preston and sir Iohn Bedlow were arrested and committed to warde within the Castell of Trim bycause they sought to commune wyth the Prior of Kilmaynam The xxix of Iuly Mathew Husee Baron of Galtrim deceased and was buried at the Friers preachers of Trim. In the yeare .1419 a counsell royall was holden at Naas 1419 A counsell or Parliament holden where was graunted to the Lorde Lieutenant a subsedie in money The same yeare vpon Cene Thursday Othoel tooke .400 kine y t belonged vnto Balimore so breaking the peace contrarie to his othe The fourth Ides of May Mac Mourch Mac Murche taken prisoner chief captain of his nation and of all the Irish in Leynister was taken prisoner and the same day was sir Hugh Cokesey made knight The last of May the Lord lieutenant and the Archebishop of Dublin with the Maior razed the Castel of Kenini The morow after the feast day of Processus and Martinianus that is the .xx. of Iune the lord William de Burgh other Englishmen slue .v. C. Irish men and tooke Okelly Okelly taken On the feast of Marie Magdalene the Lorde lieutenaÌ„t Talbot returned into EnglaÌ„d leauing his deputie there the Archbishop of Dublin This yeare about Saint Laurence day dyuerse went forth of Irelande to serue the king in his warres of Normandie The Prior of Kilmaynam went to serue the king 〈◊〉 Fraunce as Thomas Butler that was Prior of Kilmaynam and many other Iohn Fitz Henry succeded the said Butler in gouernment of the Priorie of Kilmaynam The Archbishop of Dublin that remayned as Lorde Deputie fiue .xxx. Irish men neare vnto Rodiston Also the .xiij. of Februarie Iohn Fitz Henry Prior of Kilmaynam departed this life WilliaÌ„ Fitz Thomas was chosen to succeede in his place and was confirmed the morrow after Saint Valentines day 1420 Iames Butler Earle of Ormond Lorde Lieutenant Iames Butler Erle of Ormond appointed the kings lieutenant in Ireland in place of Iohn L. Talbot Furniual landed at Waterford about the .iiij Ides of Aprill and shortly after his comming ouer caused a combat to be fought betwixt two of his cousins of whoÌ„ the one was slain in y e place and the other caried away sore wounded On Saint Georges day A Parliament sommoned he held a counsell in Dublin and summoned a Parliament to begin there the .vij. of Iune In the meane while he fetched great booties out of the Countreys of the Irish Lordes Oraly Mac Mahun Magynoys But first ere we go further to shew what Marlb hath noted of the doings whilest this Erle of Ormond gouerned as the kings lieutenant in Irelande we haue thought good to set downe what Campion also writeth thereof as thus The morrow after the feast of Simon and Iude The Castell of Colmolin the Castell of Colmolyn was taken by Thomas Fitz Geralde And on Saint Katherins euen The Earle of Ormondes son and heyre borne the sonne and heyre of the Erle of Ormond Lord Lieutenant was borne for the which there was great reioysing In the Parliament begon againe at Dublin the Monday after Saint Andrews day an other subsidie of CCC markes was graunted vnto the Lord Lieutenant And after they had sit .xiij. dayes it was eftsoones adiourned till the Monday after Saint Ambrose day Then rumors were spred abrode that Thomas Fitz Iohn Erle of Desmond was departed this life at Paris vppon Saint Laurence day after whome succeded his vncle Iames Fitz Gerald whom he had three seueral times renouÌ„ced as one that was a waster of his patrimonie both in England and Ireland and not like to come to any good proufe 1421 A Parliament In the yeare .1421 the Parliament began againe vpon the last prorogation the Monday after Saint Ambrose day in which Parliament it was ordeyned that certaine persons should be sent to the king to sue that a reformation might bee had in matters touching the state of the land The chiefe of those that were thus sent were the Archbishop of Ardmagh sir Christopher Preston knight The Bishop of Casshell accused Moreouer Richard Ohedian bishop of Casshell was accused by Iohn Gese Bishop of Lismore and Waterford who layd .xxx. Articles to his charge Amongst other one was for that he loued none of the English nation and that he bestowed not one benefice vpon any English man and counselled other bishops that they should not bestow any within their Dioces vpon any English man Moreouer an other Article was for counterfeyting the kings seale and an other for that he went about to make himself K. of
after submitted himselfe Oconour submitteth himselfe to the Lorde Iustice and sent his sonne Cormacke to the Lorde Iustice as hostage for his future obedience and loyaltie to the king his highnesse Sir Anthonie Sentleger Lord deputie Sir VVilliam Brereton Lord high Marshall After this iourney was ended sir Anthonie Sentleger knight of the order was constituted Lord Deputie and sir William Brereton lord high Marshal who within one halfe yeare after he was preferred to be Marshall trauayling by the Lord Deputie his appointment to Limmerick to bring in Iames Erle of Desmond who stood vpon certaine tickle poyntes with the gouernor He dyeth ended his life in that iourney and lyeth entumbed at Kilkenny in the Chore of Saint Kenny his Church 1542 In the .xxxiij. yeare of the raigne of Henry the eight there was a Parliament holden at Dublin before sir Anthony Sentleger in which there passed An Act That the king and hys successors to be kings of Ireland For gray marchantes That the plaintife may abridge his plaint in assise That consanguinitie or affinitie being not within y e fifth degree shall be no principall chalenge That maketh it felony to any man to run away with his master his casket For the adnihilating of precōtracts in mariage For al Lordes to distreyn vpon the lands of them holden to make their auowrie not naming the tenant but their land For capacities For seruants wages For Iointenantes For recouerie in auoyding leases For Tythes For attournements This Parliament was proroged vntill the xv of Feb. after was continued at Limmerick before the said deputie at which time there past An Act For the adiournement of the Parliament and the place to holde the same and what persons shall bee chosen Knightes and Burgeses For the election of the L. Iustice Touching mispleading and ieoyfailes For landes giuen by the king For the suppression of Kilmainam and other religious houses This Parliament was likewise proroged and after was continued and holden before the sayde gouernour at Dublin 1543 the sixthe daye of Nouember in the .xxxiiij. yeare of the raigne of king Henry the eight wherein there passed An Act For the deuision of Meth into two shires For persons standing bounde in any Court for theyr apparaunce and being in seruice to bee discharged by writ This Parliament was further proroged vntill the .xvij. of Aprill and at that time before the sayd Gouernour it was holden and ended in which there passed an Act touching the manour and Castle of Dongaruan to be vnited and annexed to the crowne for euer To thys Parliament resorted dyuerse of the Irishe Lordes who submytting themselues to the Deputie hys mercy returned peaceably to their Countreyes But Iames Erle of Desmond sayled into Englande Iames ' Earle o◅ Desmonde and before the King and Counsayle purged himselfe of all suche Articles of treason as were falsly layd to his charge whose cleare purgation and humble submission the king accepted very gratefully Shortly after Desmond his returne homewarde Oneale Earle Tyron the great Oneale was created Earle of Tyron and his base sonne Mathewe Oneale Baron of Dongaruan For in those days Iohn Oneale commonly called Shane Oneale the onely sonne lawfully of his bodie begotten was little or nothing esteemed Oneale hauing returned to Irelande wyth this honour and the king his fauour Obreyne with certaine other Irishe Lordes sayled into Englande submitting theyr lyues and landes to the king his mercie This Obreyne was at that tyme created Earle of Clincare Obreyne created Earle of Clincare in which honour his posteritie hitherto resteth Shortly after the returne of these Lordes to their Countrey 1544 The Irish sent for to the fi◅st◅ of Bollongne King Henrie being fully resolued to besiege Bollongne gaue commaundement to sir Anthonie Sentleger deputie to leuie an armie of Irish men and with all expedition to sende them to England To these were appoynted Captaynes the Lord Power who after was dubt knight Surlock and Finglasse with diuerse others They mustred in Saint Iames his Parke seuen hundred In the siege of Bollongne they stoode the armye in verye good steade For they were not onely contented to burne and spoyle all the villages thereto adioyning but also they would raunge twentie or thirtie miles into the maine lande ◅heir policie in ◅eying for armie and hauing taken a Bull they vsed to tie him to a stake and scorching hym with fagottes they woulde force him to roare so as all the Cattell in the Countrey woulde make towardes the Bull all which they woulde lightly leade away and furnish the campe with store of b◅efe If they tooke anye Frenche man prysoner least they shoulde bee accounted couetous in snatching wyth them hys intyre bodye hys onelye raunsome shoulde bee no more but hys heade The French wyth this extraordinarie kind of warfarring astonyed sent an Ambassadour to King Henrie to learne whether he brought meane wyth hym or Diuelles that coulde neyther bee woonne wyth rewardes nor pacifyed by pitie whiche when the King had turned to a ◅east the French menne euer after if they coulde take anye of the Irishe scattering from the companie vsed fyrst to cutte off theyr genitours and after to tormente them with as greate and as lingring paine as they could deuise French cha◅ger vanqui◅ed After that Bollongne was surrendred to the King there encamped on the West syde of the Towne beyonde the Hauen an armye of French menne among whome there was a Thrasonicall Golias that departed from the armye and came to the brincke of the Hauen and there in letting and daring wise chalenged anye one of the Englishe armye that durst be so hardie as to bicker with him hand to hande And albecit the distaunce of the place the depth of the Hauen the nearnesse of hys companie emboldned him to thys chalenge more than any great valour or pithe that rested in him to indure a combate yet all this notwithstanding an Irishe manne named Nicholl Welshe Nichol VVelsh who after reteyned to the Earle of Kyldare loathing and disdeyning his prowde bragges flung into the water and swamme ouer the Ryuer fought wyth the chalenger stroke him for dead and returned backe to Bollongne wyth the Frenchman his heade in hys mouth before the armie coulde ouertake hym For which exployte as hee was of all his companie highly commended so by the Lieutenant he was bountifully rewarded 1545 The Earle of Lennox as◅ied by king Henrie Much aboute this tyme the Earle of Lennox verie wrongfully inquieted in Scotlande and forced to forsake his Countrey became humble peticioner to King Henrie as well to relieue him in his distressed calamitie as to cōpasse the meanes how he might bee restored to his landes and liuing The King his highnesse mooued wyth compassion posted the Earle ouer to Irelande with letters of especiall trust commaunding sir Anthonie Sentleger then Deputie to assist and further the Scottish outcast with as puissant an
those townes which yet remayned vnder his obeysaunce for he putte no greate confidence in the people of that countrey the whiche of custome beeing vexed with continuall warre were constrained not by will but by the change of tymes one whyle to holde on the Frenche syde and an other while of the Englishe In deede the Townes namely those that hadde their situation vppon the Sea coastes were so destroyed and decayed in theyr walles and fortifications that they coulde not long bee anye greate ayde to eyther parte and therefore beyng not of force to holde oute they were compelled to obeye one or an other where by their willes they wold haue doone otherwyse And this was the cause that the king of Englande oftentymes vppon truste of these townes whiche for the moste were readie to receyue hym was broughte into some hope to recouer his losses and chiefly for that he was so manye tymes procured to attempte his fortune there at the requeste of the fickle mynded Poyctouins who whylest they dydde seeke styll to purge theyr offences to the one Kyng or to the other they dayely by newe treasons defamed theyr credit and so by suche meanes the king of Englande oftentymes with small aduantage or none at all made warre against the French Kyng in truste of theyr ayde that coulde or vppon the least occasion conceyued quickely woulde doe little to his furtheraunce And so therby Kyng Henry aswell as his father Kyng Iohn was oftentymes deceyued of his vaine conceyued hope In this seuen and twentith yeare of Kyng Henryes raygne dyuers noble personages departed this lyfe ◅eath of noble ◅n and firste aboute the beginning of Ianuarye deceassed the Lord Richard de Burghe a man of greate honoure and estimation in Irelande where he helde many faire possessions by conqueste of that noble Gentleman his worthye father Also that valiaunt warriour Hughe Lacye ◅gh Lacy. who had conquered in hys tyme a greate parte of Irelande Also the same yeare the seuenth of Maye Hughe de Albeney Earle of Arundell departed this life in the middest of his youthfull yeares and was buried in the Priorie of Wimundham whiche his auncetores had founded After his deceasse that noble heritage was deuided by partition amongest foure sisters Also aboute the same tyme to wit on the twelfthe daye of Maye Hubert de Broughe Earle of Kent departed this life at his Manor of Banslude and his bodye was conueyed to London and there buryed in the Churche of the Friers preachers vnto the whiche Fryers he had bene verie beneficiall And amongest other things hee gaue vnto them his goodlye Pallace at Westminster adioyning neare to the Pallace of the Earle of Cornewall whyche the Archebishoppe of Yorke afterwardes purchased ◅ Fabian The Monkes of the Cisteaux were this yeare somewhat vexed by the Kyng bycause they had refused to aide hym with money towardes his iourney made into Gascoyne ◅ath Paris Also the pleas of the Crowne were kepte and holden in the Towre of London And in the nighte of the sixe and twentyth daye of Iuly starres were seene fall from the skye after a maruellous sort ◅arres fallen ◅er a straunge ◅ner not after the common maner but thyrtye or fortye at once so faste one after an other and glaunsing to and fro that if ther had fallen so many verye starres in deed there woulde none haue bene lefte in the firmament An. reg 28. ◅he ◅ountesse Pro◅ance ◅other to the ◅eene com◅nouer into ◅glande In the eighte and twentye yeare of Kyng Henryes raygne the Quenes mother the Ladye Beatrice Countesse of Prouaunce arryued at Douer on the fourteenthe daye of Nouember bringing with hir the Ladye Sancta her daughter and in the octaues of saint Martine they were receyued into London in moste solemne wise the streetes beeing hanged wyth ryche clothes as the maner is at the coronations of Princes On Saint Clementes daye Rycharde Earle of Cornewall the Kings brother marryed the saide Ladie Sanctia The Earle of Cornvvall maried to the Lady Sanctia whych mariage was solemnised in moste royall wise and with suche sumptuous feastes and banquetings as greater coulde not be deuised Finally the Quenes mother the Countesse of Prouance being a righte notable and worthie Lady was honored in euery degree of hir sonne in lawe king Henry in most curteous and sumptuous manner and at hir departure out of the realme which was after Christmasse she was wyth moste riche and Princely gyftes honorably rewarded Aboute the same tyme also VVilliā Ralegh bishop of Norvviche where as William de Ralegh was requested to remoue from the sea of Norwyche vnto Wynchester and consentyng therevnto without the Kyngs lycence obtained his confirmation of the Pope The king was highly displeased therwith He is consecrated bishop of VVinchester by the Pope bycause he ment it to an other Whervpon when the sayde Wyllyam Ralegh was retourned from Rome to be installed the Kyng sente commaundement to the Mayor and Citizens of Winchester that they shoulde not suffer him to enter the Citie Wherevppon hee beeing so kept out accursed bothe the Citie and the Cathedrall Churche with all the Monkes and others that fauoured the Prior whiche had intruded himselfe onely by the Kyngs aucthoritie and not by lawefull election and meanes as was supposed At length the sayde Bishoppe vpon griefe conceyued that the Kyng shoulde bee so heauy Lorde vnto him got into a shippe at London 1244. and stale awaye into Fraunce where of the Frenche Kyng hee was well receyued He stealeth out of the realme and greatly cherished Also he found suche meanes that the Pope in fauour of his cause wrote letters bothe to the Kyng and to the Quene namyng hir hys cosin but whyche waye that kinred should come aboute as yet it was neuer knowen The Bishoppe to shewe hym selfe not vnthankefull for suche friendeshyppe He giueth to the Pope 6000 markes gaue to the Pope aboue sixe thousande Markes as is saide and the Pope bycause he woulde not be accompted a disdainefull person turned not backe one pennye of that whiche was so gently offred hym At lengthe partely at contemplation of the Popes letters and partly by reason the Bishoppe humbled himselfe in aunswering the articles whyche the Kyng had obiected agaynste hym in cause of the controuersie beetwixte them he graunted hym his peace and receyued hym into the lande restoryng to hym all that had bin taken and deteyned from hym Moreouer in this meane while the Pope trusting more than inoughe vpon the Kyngs simplicitie and patience who in deede durste not in any case seeme to displease him had sente an other Collector of money into Englande named Martin Martine the Popes Collectour not adorned wyth power Legantine but furnished wyth suche auctorities and faculties as had not bene heard of He was lodged in the Temple where he shewed what commyssion hee had to gather vp the Popes reuenues and to exacte money by sundry
speake thereof Wee therfore commaund you that you deliuer vp vnto the sayde Iohn Ballioll or to his attourneys that shall bring with them these our present letters the seysine of the sayde Castell of Barwike with all the appurtenances togither with all other things to you by Indenture deliuered accordingly as you did receyue the same with the custodie of the sayde Castle to you committed and this without delay Witnesse our selfe at Berwike vpon Tweed the .xix. day of Nouember in the .xx. yeare of our raigne In the same forme of wordes were writtes awarded forth to all and euery other the keepers of Castels and Manors belonging to the crowne of Scotlande and being at that time in king Edwards handes the names of places and the persons that had them in custodie onely chaunged 〈◊〉 Seale â—…ken The same day also in the Castel of Berwike was the Seale broken which had bene appoynted to the gouernors during the time that the realme was vacant of a king It was broken into foure partes and put into a purse to bee reserued in the treasurie of the king of Englande in further and more full token of his superioritie and direct supreme dominion ouer the Realme of Scotland Which things were done in presence of the sayd Iohn Balliol then king of Scotland Iohn Archbishop of Dublin Iohn Bishoppe of Winchester Anthonie Bishoppe of Duresme William Bishop of Ely Iohn Bishop of Carleil William Bishop of Saint Andrewes Robert Bishop of Glasgo Marke Bishop of Man and Henrie Bishop of Aberdene with diuerse other Bishoppes besides Abbottes and Priors of both Realmes Henrie Earle of Lyncolne Humfrey Earle of Hereforde Roger Erle of Norffolke Iohn Erle of Buchquane Douenalde Earle of Mar Gylbert Earle of Angus Patrike Earle of Marche and Malisius Earle of Stratherne with the .xxiiij. Auditors of Englande and the .lxxx. Auditors of Scotland chaplaynes Also Henrie de Newmarke Deane of Yorke Iohn Lacie Chancellour of Chichester William de Grenefielde Chanon of Yorke and Iohn Ercurie Notarie and many other Iohn Ballioll beeing thus created King of Scotlande on the .xx. day of Nouember in the Castell of Norham did fealtie vnto king Edwarde for the kingdome of Scotlande in maner as followeth This heare you my Lorde Edward king of Englande The forme of the fealtie of Iohn Ballioll soueraigne Lorde of the Realme of Scotlande that I Iohn de Ballioll K. of Scotlande which I holde and clayme to hold of you that I shall be faythfull and loyall and owe faith and loyaltie to you I shal beare of life and member and of earthly honor agaynst all people and lawfully I shal acknowledge and do the seruices which I owe to doe to you for the Realme of Scotlande aforesayde So god me helpe and his holy Euangelists Hereof also hee made letters patents witnessing that he had thus done fealtie vnto king Edwarde which letters hee sealed and deliuered in presence of William bishop of Saint Andrews Robert bishop of Glasgo Iohn Erle of Bouchquane William Earle of Ros Patrike Earle of Marche Walter Earle of Menâ—…eth Iames lord Stewarde of Scotlande Alexander de Ergay Alexander de Ballioll Lorde of Caures Patrike de Graham and William de Saintclere This done king Edwarde appoynted Anthonie Bishop of Duresme and the lord Iohn Saint Iohn to passe with the Ballioll into Scotlande and there to put him into the corporall possession of the same realme of Scotlande whiche they did An. reg 21. Iohn Ballioll crowned king of Scotland and so hee was crowned at Scone vppon Saint Andrewes day being placed in the Marble chaire within the Abbay Church there The solemnitie of which coronation beeing ended he returned into Englande and comming to Neweastell vpon Tiâ—…e where king Edward that yeare kept his Christmasse he there did homage vpon Saint Stephens day vnto the sayde king Edwarde in fourme of wordes as followeth My Lorde The forme of the king of Scots homage Lorde Edwarde king of Englande superior Lorde of Scotlande I Iohn de Balliol king of Scotlande do acknowledge and recognise mee to be your liegeman of the whole Realme of Scotlande with all the appurtenances and whatsoeuer belongeth thereto the which kingdome I hold and ought of right and clâ—…me to holde dy inheritance of you and your heires kings of Englande and I shall beare fayth and loyaltie to you and to your heires kings of England of life of member and earthly honor against all men which may liue and die This homage in forme aforesayde did king Edwarde receyue his owne and others right saued Then did the king of Englande without delay 1293 restore vnto the sayd Iohn Balliol the kingdome of Scotlande with all the appurtenances Richarde Bagley This yere as one Richard Bagley an officer of the Sherifes of London led a prisoner towards the gayle three persons reseued the sayde prisoner and tooke him from the officer the which were pursued taken and by iudgement of lawe theÌ„ vsed The offenders lost their haÌ„ds were brought into west Cheape there had their hands striken off by the wrestes A great snow and tempest of winde in May. The .xiiij. day of May fell a wonderfull snow and therwith blew such an exceeding winde that great harme was done thereby in sundrie places of Englande The Archbi of Canterbury deceaseth The same yeare died Frier Iohn Pecham Archbishop of Canterbury and then was Robert of Winchelsey elected Archbishop the .xlviij. in number that had ruled that sea About the middle of September following the Erle of Bar a Frenchman The kings daughter maried to the Erle of Bar. maried the ladie Elenore the kings daughter in y e towne of Bristow This yeare wheate was solde at London for two shillings a bushel This yeare also the warre was begonne betwene the kings of England and Fraunce War betwixt England and Fraunce For whereas king Edwarde had furnished forth sixe shippes of warre and sent them vnto Burdeaux for defence of the coastes thereaboutes two of them as they sayled alongest the coast of Normandie Two Englishe ships taken and fearing no burt by enimies were taken by the Norman fleet and diuerse of the Mariners hanged The Lorde Robert Tiptost that was Admirall of the English fleete aduertised hereof got togither a great number of shippes and directed his course with them streight towardes Normandie and finding no ships of the Normans abrode in the seas The Lord admiraâ—…l of England setteth vpon the Norman shippes vpon a desire to be reuenged entred the mouth of the ryuer of Same and set vpon the Norman shippes that lay there at anere fiue many of the Mariners and tooke sixe ships away with him and so returning to the Sea againe cast ancre not farre off from the landâ—… prouoke the Frenchmen to come forth withâ—… fleete to giue battail And as he lay there at anâ—… it chaunced that certaine Norman Shippâ—… fraught with Wine came that wayes as they
to sende them into Flanders there to remaine as pledges for money that he there ought or if they refused to go thither then to keepe them prisoners in the towne But when the Bishop of Chichester declared to him the danger of the Canon established agaynst such as imprysoned Byshoppes hee suffered them to departe but the Iudges to witte Iohn de Stonore Richard de Willoughby Wil. de Shoreshull Iudges and other officers command 〈◊〉 the towâ—… and also Nicholas or as other haue Math. de la Beche which was before gardian of his son lieutenant of the tower also Iohn de Pultney William de Poole Merchants and the chiefe Clearkes of y e Chancerie Iohn de Saint Paule Michaell de Wath Henry de Stretforde and Robert de Chikewel and of the Eschecker Iohn de Thorpe and many other were committed to diuers prisons but yet bycause they were committed but only vppon commaundements they were within a while after deliuered The Lorde Wake was also committed but shortly after â—…ewe officers â—…ade in place 〈◊〉 other that â—…re discharâ—…ed he was deliuered to his great honor as Walsingham writeth Robert de Bourchier was made Lorde Chancellor and Richarde de Sadington Lorde Treasorer all the Sherifes of Shires and other officers also were remoued and other putte in their places and Iustices appoynted in euery Shire to enquire vppon the defaultes of collectors and other officers so that few or none escaped unpunished howsoeuer they had demeaned themselues so straitely those iustices proceeded in their commissions The King indeede was sore offended with those whome he had put in trust to leuie money and to see it conueyd ouer to him into the lowe countrey bycause that for want thereof in tyme of neede hee was constreyned to take truce with his aduersarie the French King and leaue off his enterprise which he was in good forwardnesse to haue gone through with if he had not bin disappoynted of treasure whiche he had commaunded to be sente ouer vnto him whiche was not done but kepte backe â—…he K. offenâ—…d vvith the â—…chbishop of â—…nterbury in whomsoeuer the fault rested There were some of his Secretaries namely sir William Killesby which stirred him to take no small displeasure against the Archbishop of Canterbury Iohn Stratford who therevppon withdrewe him into the Priorie of Christes Churche at Caunterbury and there remayning for a season wrote his mind to the King 1341 The Archbis â—…iteth to the â—…ing exhorting hym not to giue too light credite vnto suche as shoulde counsell him to haue those in contempt that were faithfull and true to him for in so doing he might happely lose the loue and good will of his people Neuerthelesse hee wished that he should trie out in whose hands the wolles and money remained which was taken vp to his vse and that vppon a iust accomptes had at their handes it mighte appeare who were in faulte that he had not money broughte to hym whylest hee lay at siege before Tourney as he had appoynted and that when the trueth was knowen they that were in faulte might be worthely punished And as for his own cause he signified that hee was ready to be tryed by his peeres sauing alwayes the estate of holye Churche and of his order c. Further he besought the King not to thynke euill of him and of other good men till the trueth might be tried for otherwise if iudgement should be pronounced without admitting the partie to come to his aunswere as well the giltlesse as the giltie might be condemned The King neuerthelesse still offended towards the Archbishoppe An. reg 15. A letter sent to the Deane of Paules caused Adam Bishop of Winchester to endite a letter againste him directed froÌ„ the King to the Deane and Chapiter of Paules openly to be published by them the effect whereof was to burden the Archbyshoppe with vnthankfulnesse and forgetting of his bounden duetie towards his soueraigne Lorde and louing master namely in that where he promised the Kyng to see him throughly furnished with money towardes the maintenance of his warres when it came to passe none woulde be had which turned not onely to the hinderance of the Kings whole proceedings but also to his great discredite and causing him to runne greatly in debt by interest through borrowing of money for the paymente of the wages of his men of warre when through the Archbyshops negligence who had the chiefe rule of the lande the collectors and other officers slacked their duetie wherby there was no money sent ouer according to that was appoynted and whereas now sith his comming ouer he had sent to the Archbishop to come vnto him that by hys information he might the better learne who they were that had neglected their duety hee disobediently refused to come pretending some feare of bodily harme through the malice of some y t were about the King Wherevpon when Raufe Lord Stafforde Lord Stewarde of the Kings house was sente with a safeconduit for him to come in all safetie to the Court he flatly made aunswere that hee woulde not come The Archebishop refuseth to come to the courte except in full Parliament Many other misdemeanors was the Archbyshop charged with towardes the King in that letter as malitiously slaundering the King for vniust oppression of the people confounding the Cleargie and greeuing the Church with exactions leuies of money tolles and tallages therefore sith he went about so to slaunder the Kyngs royall authoritie to defame hys seruauntes to stirre Rebellion among the people and to withdraw the deuotion and loue of the Erles Lords and greate men of the lande from the Kyng hys highnesse declared that hee meante to prouide for the integritie and preseruation of his good name and to meete with the Archbyshops malice and heerewith diuers things were rehersed to y e Archbishops reproche which he should do procure and suffer to be done by his euill and sinister counsell whilest hee hadde the rule of the Realme in hys handes vnder the Kyng wherein he had shewed hymselfe not only an acceptor of giftes but also of persons in gratifying dyuers that nothing had deserued sundry wayes forthe and presuming to doe rashly many other things to the detrimente of the Kynges royall state and hurte of hys regall dignitie and to no small damage of the people abusing the authoritie and office to hym committed so that if hee persisted in his obstinate wilfulnesse and rebellious conâ—…umacie the King by those his letters signifyed that he meant to declare it more apparantly in due time and place and therefore commaunded the sayd Deane and Chapiter of Paules to publishe all those thyngs openly in places where they thought conuenieÌ„t according to their wisedome giuen to them by God so as hee mighte haue cause to commende therein their carefull diligence This letter was dated at Westminster the tenth of February in the fifteenth yeare of hys raigne ouer Englande and seconde ouer
of Elie certaine persons whiche being armed mette the Bishoppe of Rochester Lorde Tresourer deliueryng to hym Letters from the Pope the contentes of the whiche were not knowen and foorthwith they shranke awaye but the Kinges seruauntes made suche pursute after them that some of them they tooke and bringing them before the Kynges Iustices Suche as deliuered the Pope letters hanged vppon their arreignement they were condempned and suffred deathe on the gallowes Great discorde rose also aboute thys time Dyscorde betvvixt Priestes and Friers or rather afore betwixte the Clergie and the foure orders of Friers as in the booke of Actes and Monumentes sette foorthe by master Foxe yet maye reade more at large In this yeare Iohn of Gaunt Earle of Richemont sonne to the Kyng Tho. VVals Iohn fo Gau◅ married 1359 An. reg 33. the nineteenth daye of Maye married the Ladie Blaunche daughter to Henrye Duke of Lancaster at Reading and bicause they were cousins within the degrees of consanguinitie forbidden by the Churche Lawes to marrie a dispensation was procured of the Pope to remoue that obstacle and lette This yeare the Kyng sette workemenne in hande to take downe muche olde buildings belonging to the Castel of Windsor VVinsor castell repared Additions to Triuet and caused diuers other faire and sumptuous workes to bee erected and sette vp in and aboute the same Castell so that almoste all the Masons and Carpenters that were of any accompte within this lande were sente for and employed aboute the same workes the ouerseer wherof was Wyllyam Wickham the Kyngs Chaplein by whose aduice the Kyng tooke in hande to repaire that place the rather in deede bycause hee was borne there and therefore hee tooke greate pleasure to bestowe coste in beautifying it with suche buildings as maye appeare euen vnto this daye Moreouer this yeare in the Rogation weeke was a solempne Iustes enterprised at London for the Maior A solempne Iustes at London and his four and twentie brethren as chalengers did appoint to aunswere all co◅ers in whose name and steede the Kyng wyth hys four sonnes Edwarde Caxton The king vvith his four ◅onnes are of the chalengers parte Lionell Iohn and Edmunde and nineteene other greate Lordes in secrete manner came and helde the fielde with honour to the great pleasure of the citizens that behelde the same Yee haue hearde howe the Frenchemen refused the peace whiche was accorded betwixte King Edwarde and theyr King as then prisoner here in Englande Wherevppon King Edwarde determined to make suche warre againste the Realme of Fraunce that the Frenchemen shoulde bee gladde to condiscende and agree to reason and firste hee commaunded all manner of Frenchemenne other than suche as were prisoners to auoide out of Englande The Frenche King remoued He departed from Hertfourt the .xxix. of Iulie Hee also appointed the Frenche King to bee remoued from the Castell of Hertforde where hee then remained vnto the Castell of Somerton in Lincolneshire vnder the garde and conduct of the lord William Deincourte Polidore beeyng allowed fourtie shillyngs the daye for the wages of twoo and twentie men at armes twentie archers and twoo watchemenne as thus for himselfe and Sir Iohn Kirketon Banerettes eyther of them foure shillings the daye for three Knightes Sir Wyllyam Collevill in place of the Lorde Roberte Collevill that coulde not trauayle hymselfe by reason of sickenesse Sir Iohn Deincourte and Syr Saer de Rocheforte eche of them twoo shillings the daye seuenteene Esquiers eche of them twelue pence the daye eight archers on horse backe euery of them sixe pence the daye and twelue archers on foote three pence and the twoo watchemen eyther of them sixe pence the daye whiche amounteth in the whole vnto nyne and thirtie shillings the daye and the odde twelue pence was allowed to the saide Lorde Deincourte to make vp the summe of fortie shillings This haue I noted the rather to giue a lighte to the reader to consider howe chargeable the reteining of men of warre is in these dayes in respect of the former times But now to our purpose The King prepareth to make a iourney into Fraunce Froissart The Duke of Lancaster The King meanyng to passe ouer hymselfe in person into Fraunce he caused a mightie army to bee mustered and put in a redinesse and sente beefore hym the Duke of Lancaster ouer to Callais with foure hundreth speares and twoo thousande Archers where the saide Duke ioyned with suche strangers as were alreadye comme to Callais in greate numbers and togyther with them entred into the Frenche dominious and passing by Saincte Omers and Bethune came to Mount sainct Eloy a goodly Abbey and a rich a two leagues distant from Arras and there the hoste tarried foure dayes and when they hadde robbed wasted all the Countrey thereaboute Bray ass◅l◅d they rode to Bray and there made a greet assaulte at the which a Baneret of England was slain with diuers other When the Englishemenne sawe they coulde winne nothing there they departed and followyng the water of Some came to a town called Che◅sye where they passed the riuer and there ◅ried Allhallowen daye and the night following The same daye the Duke of Lancaster was aduertised The Kyng◅ arri◅ C◅e that the Kyng was arriued at Callais the seuenteenth daye of October Froissart commaunding hym by letters to drawe towardes him with all his companye The Duke according to the Kings commaundement obeyed and so retourned towarde Callais The King beeyng there arriued with all his power tooke counsell whiche way he shulde take Polidor Some aduised him first to inuade Flaunders and to reuenge the iniurious dealing of the Earle and the Flemings but hee woulde not agree to that motion for hee purposed fully eyther by plaine force to make a conqueste of Fraunce or else vtterlye to destroye and waste the countrey throughoute with fire and sworde Herevppon hee sette forewarde the fourthe of Nouember and passing throughe the countreys of Arthois and Vermendois hee came before the Citie of Reimes There wente ouer with him in this iourney and with the Duke of Lancaster Froissart his foure sonnes Edwarde Prince of Wales Lionell Earle of Vlster Iohn Earle of Richemond and the Lorde Edmunde his yongest sonne Also ther was Hēry y e said Duke of Lancaster with the Earles of Marche Warwike Suffolke Herford who also was Earle of Northampton Salisburie Stafford and Oxford the Byshoppes of Lincolne and Durham the Lords Percie Nevyll Spēcer Kirdistō Rosse Manny Cobhā Moubrey de la Ware Willoughbie Felton Basset Fitz Water Charleton Audeley Burwasche and others beside Knyghtes and Esquiers as Sir Iohn Chandos Sir Stephan Goussanton Sir Nowell Loring sir Hugh Hastings sir Iohn Lisle Sir Richarde Pembruge and others The siege was layde before Reimes aboute Sainct Andrewes tide Rei◅s ◅sieged and continued more than seuen weekes but the Citie was so well defended by the Bishop and the earle
subiectes that hee meante to steale ouer into Fraunce vnto the French King hauyng promised to deliuer vp into hys handes the Towne of Calais with the Castell of Guynes and all the fortresses whyche hys predecessors had possessed in those parties eyther by right from their auncestors or by warlike conquest but his iourney to Caunterbury was suddaynely stayed vppon knowledge had of the gathering togither of the Lords in Haringey Parke wherwith the Kyng beeyng sore amased called togyther such as he trusted to vnderstande what their opinion was of the matter and vnderstandyng that the purposed intention of the Lordes for whiche they were so assembled was to this ende as they pretended to bring hym vnto a better trade of life and more profitable order of gouernment hee was straighte striken with no small feare demaunding of them their aduice Counsell taken how to deale againste the Lordes what was best for hym to doe in suche troublesome state of things Some were of this minde that it shoulde bee best to seeke to appease the Lordes with faire promises assuring them that they should haue their desires Other thought it better to assemble the Kings friendes and ioyning them with the Londoners to goe foorth and trie the hazard of battayle with the Lordes Among them that were of thys mynde the Archbyshop of Yorke was the chiefest But other that were thought to vnderstande more of the worlde than he did iudged it not wisedome so to doe considering that if the Kyng lost the fielde then shoulde great harme and dishonor followe and if the victory fell to his syde yet could he gaine naughte but lose a great number of his subiectes Thys was in Nouember at what time the King vppon his returning from Caunterbury meante to haue holden a Parliamente but through those sturres neyther hys iourney to Caunterbury nor the Parliamente wente forwarde hee caused yet order to be giuen that no Citizen of London shoulde fell to the Duke of Gloucester the Earle of Arundell or anye other of the Lordes anye armour bowes arrowes or other munition or matter that myghte tende to the furniture of warre vpon a great payne But notwithstanding the Lordes went forwarde with their businesse The Lordes send messengers to the King and before they approched the Citie of London they sente to the Kyng the Archbyshop of Caunterburie the lord Iohn Louell the Lorde Cobham and the Lorde Iohn Deuerour requiring to haue deliuered vnto them suche as were aboute hym that were Traytors and seducers both of hym and the Realme that sought nothing else but to trouble both poore and riche and to sowe discorde and variance betwixte the Kyng and his Nobles And further they declared that theyr commyng was for the honor and wealthe both of the King and Realme But the Kyng beeyng ruled altogither by the Duke of IrelaÌ„d the Erle of Suffolke and two or three other was fully perswaded that the Lordes intended to bryng him vnder their gouernement and therefore hee was counselled to make the Frenche Kyng hys sure friend in all vrgent necessities and to be assured of him it was reported that those Eâ—…inâ—…ors aduised him to render vp into the Frenche Kynges handes the Towne of Caleis 〈◊〉 all that hee hadde else in possession on the further syde the Sea But howsoeuer this matter went troth it is that the Kyng sente for the Maior of London requiring to know of hym how many able men they thoughte the Citie coulde make A rashe answer of the Maior of London the Maior aunswered that hee thought verily the Citizens might make in time of neede fiftie thousand meÌ„ within an houres respit well sayd the King then I besiech you goe and prooue what will be done but when the Maior began to attempt the matter The LoÌ„doners refuse to fight agaynst the Lordes he was answered generally that they would neuer fight agaynst the Kyngs friendes and defendours of the Realme as indeede they tooke the Lordes to be but against the enimies of the king and Realme they woulde alwayes be ready to fyghte and shewe what resistaunce they were able This aunswere the Maior reported to the Kyng The same time there was about the Kyng the Lorde Raufe Basset who sayde thus to the King flatly and playnely Sir I haue bin and euer will bee youre true liege man and my body and goodes shall euer be at your graces commaÌ„dement The Earle of Northumberlands and the L. Bassets wordes to the K. in the behalfe of the lordes in all iustice and trueth But neuerthelesse heereof I assure you that if my happe bee to come into the field I will without fayle alwayes followe the true parte and it is not I that will aduenture to haue my head broken for the Duke of Irelandes pleasure Likewise the Earle of Northumberland being at that time in the Court spake these wordes to the K. Sir there is no doubt but these Lordes whiche nowe be in the field alwayes haue beene youre true and faithfull subiects and yet are not intending to attempte anye thing against youre state wealth and honor Neuerthelesse they feele themselues fore molested and disquieted by the wicked deuises of certaine persons about you that seeke to oppresse them and verily without fayle all your Realm is sore greeued therewith both great and small as well Lords as coÌ„mons and I see not the contrary but they mind to aduenture their liues with the Lords that are thus in armes specially in this case which they recon to be yours and your realmes and sir now ye bee in the chiefe place of your Realme and in y e place of your coronation order your selfe now therfore wisely and like a King send to them so come before your presence in some publique place where they maye declare vnto you the intente 〈…〉 â—…pose of theyr commyng 〈…〉 accompanyed 〈…〉 greate a number of people into these pâ—… 〈…〉 I beleeue it verily they will shewe suche 〈…〉 that you will holde them excused The Archbyshoppe of Caunterbury and the Lord â—…cessor Byshoppe of Elie and other of the â—…shoppes also there presente affirmed the 〈◊〉 aduice to bee good 〈…〉 and the Kyng 〈◊〉 wisely the case as it stoode beganne to bee â—…sed and accorded to follow theyr aduice 〈◊〉 the Archebyshop of Caunterbury and the â—…shoppe of Elie to aduertise them of his 〈◊〉 whiche was that hee willed them to câ—… 〈◊〉 hym to Westminster on Sonday then 〈◊〉 following and so they repayring to the 〈◊〉 made reporte to them of the Kyngs myâ—… 〈◊〉 purpose But the Duke of Gloucestâ—… 〈…〉 and â—…ther Lordes were so fully â—…ente in theyr 〈◊〉 on that they swore all whole togither 〈◊〉 woulde neuer giue ouer their enterprise to 〈◊〉 as they hadde a penny to spende in 〈◊〉 â—…naunce of theyr cause and if it chanced 〈…〉 them to departe thys lyfe the ouerlyuers 〈…〉 persist therein vntill the time that they 〈◊〉 broughte theyr purpose to some good effect 〈◊〉
him and as it were couenaunting with him by an interchangeable othe that if euer he might vnderstand that he did violate and breake that oth he should die for it a most shamefull death This yeare the Danes that lay rouing on the Seas did much hurt to the English Merchants taking and robbing many English Shippes when the hauen townes alongst the Coastes of Northfolke made forth a number of Shippes The Danes robbe the English marchâ—… on the seas ventured to fighte with those Pirats they were vanquished by the Danes so that manye were slayne and manye taken prisoners whiche were constreined to pay great ransomes The enimies also found in ransacking the Englishe Shippes Great prises wonne by thâ—… Daâ—…lâ—…hâ—…peâ—… 〈◊〉 of the english men twentie M. poundes which the Englishe Merchants had aboorde with theÌ„ to buy wares with in place whither they were bound to goe The same yere Wil. Courtney Archb. of Canterbury hauing more regard to his own priuate coÌ„modity thaÌ„ to the discoÌ„modity of others purchased a Bull of the Pope whereby hee was authorised to leauie through his whole prouince four pence of the pound of all Ecclesiastical promotions as well in places exempt as not exeÌ„pt no true nor lawfull cause being shewed or pretended why he ought so to doe and to see y e execution of this Bull put in practise the Archbyshop of York the Bishop of London were named appoynted many that feared y t censures of suche high executioners chose rather to paye the money forthwith than to goe to the lawe and be compelled happely maugre their good willes Some there were that appealed to the Sea of Rome meaning to defende their cause and to procure that so vnlawfull an exaction myghte be reuoked Specially the prebendaries of Lincolne stoode most stiffely againste those Byshops but the death of the Archbyshop that chanced shortly after made an ende of those so passing great troubles This yeare Iohn Waltham Byshoppe of Salisburie Waltham bishop of Salisbury buried at Westminster amongst the kings and Lorde Treasorer of Englande departed this life and by King Richarde hys appoyntmente hadde the honor to haue his bodye enterred at Westminster among the Kings After his deceasse Roger Walden that before was Secretarie to the Kyng and Treasorer of Calais was now made Lord Treasorer An. reg 19. Ye haue hearde that in the yeare .1392 Robert Veer Duke of Ireland departed this life in Loname in Brabant King Richarde therefore thys yeare in Nouember caused his corps being embaulmed to be conueyed into Englande and so to the Priorie of Colney in Essex The Duke of Irelandes corps â—…eyed froÌ„ Iâ—…yn into Englande and 〈◊〉 royally â—…red appoynting him to bee layde in a Coffine of Cypres and to be adorned with princely garmentes hauyng a chayne of golde about his necke and riche ryngs on his fingers And to shew what loue and assertion hee bare vnto him in his life time the Kyng caused the Coffine to bee opened that hee mighte beholde his face bared and touche him with hys hands he honored his funerall exequies with hys presence accompanyed with the Countesse of Oxforde mother to the sayde Duke the Archbyshop of Canterburie and many other Byshops Abbots and Priors but of noble men there were very few for they had not yet disgested the enuie and hatred whiche they hadde conceyued against hym Froisart In this meane whyle the Duke of Lancaster was in Gascoigne treating with the Lordes of the Countrey and the inhabitantes of the good Townes whiche vtterly refused to receyue hym otherwise than as a Lieutenaunte or substitute to the Kyng of England and in the ende addressed messengers into Englande to signifie to the Kyng that they hadde bin accustomed to be gouerned by Kings The Gascoyns â—…de vnto K. Rich signify 〈◊〉 vnto hym 〈◊〉 ought 〈◊〉 to be deâ—…ed from 〈◊〉 â—…wne and meant not now to become subiectes to any other contrary to all reason sith the King could not sauing his othe alyene them from the Crowne The Duke of Lancaster vsed all wayes hee mighte deuise howe to winne theyr good willes and hadde sente also certayne of his trustie counsellors ouer hither into Englande as Sir William Perreer Sir Peter Clifton two clearkes learned in the lawe the one called master Iohn Hucch and the other master Iohn Richardes a Chanon of Leycester to pleade and solicite hys cause but to bee briefe suche reasons were shewed and suche matter vnfolded by the Gascoignes why they ought not bee separated from the Crowne of England that finally notwithstanding the Duke of Gloucester and certayne other were againste them it was decreed that the Countrey and Duchie of Aquitayne shoulde remayne still in demayne of the Crowne of Englande The graunt of the duchie of Aquitayne to the duke of Lancaster reuoked least that by thys transportyng thereof it myghte fortune in tyme that the heritage thereof shoulde fall into the handes of some straunger and enimie to the Englishe nation so that then the homage and soueraignetie mighte perhappes be lost for euer Indeede the Duke of Gloucester beeyng a Prince of an hygh minde and loth to haue the Duke of Lancaster at home being so hyghly in the Kyngs fauoure coulde haue beene well pleased that hee shoulde haue enioyed hys gifte for that hee thoughte thereby to haue borne all the rule about the Kyng for the Duke of Yorke was a man rather coueting to lyue in pleasure than to deale with muche businesse and the weightie affayres of the Realme Aboute the same tyme or somewhat before the Kyng sente an Ambassade to the Frenche Kyng the Archebyshoppe of Dublin the Earle of Rutlande the Earle Marshall Ambassadours sente into France to treat a mariage betvvene K. Richarde and the French kings daughter the Lorde Beaumonde the Lorde Spencer the Lorde Clifforde named Lewes and twentie knightes with fortie Esquiers The cause of theyr going ouer was to intreate of a marriage to be had betwixt hym and the Lady Isabell daughter to the French king shee beeyng as then not past an eighte yeares of age whiche before hadde beene promised vnto the Duke of Britaignes sonne but in consideration of the greate benefite that was lykely to ensue by thys communication and alliance with Englande there was a meane founde to vndoe that knotte though not presently These Englishe Lordes at their comming to Paris were ioyfully receyued and so courteously entertayned banqueted feasted and cherished and that in most honorable sorte as nothyng coulde bee more all their charges and expenses were borne by the Frenche Kyng and when they shoulde departe they receyued for aunswere of theyr message very comfortable wordes and so with hope to haue their matter spedde they returned But nowe when the Duke of Lancaster had by laying foorthe an inestimable masse of treasure purchased in a manner the good willes of them of Aquitayne Tho. VVals and compassed hys whole desire hee was suddaynely
these Townes simply clothed in one sute of raymente and yet hee was in his tyme exceeding sumptuous in apparrell in so muche as hee had one coate whiche he caused to be made for him of golde and stone K. Richarde sâ—… 〈◊〉 apparell valued at 30000. markes The King was nowe broughte vnto Westminster the next way and the Duke was receyued with all the ioy and pompe that myghte bee of the Londoners and was lodged in the Byshops Palace by Poules Churche It was a wonder to see what great concourse of people The dukes receyuing into London what number of Horses came to hym on the way as he thus passed the Countreys tyll his comming to London where vpoÌ„ his approch to the Citie the Maior rode foorthe to receyue hym and a great number of other Citizens Also the Cleargie mette him with procession suche ioy appeared in the countenaunces of the people vttering the same also with words as the lyke had not lightly bin seene for in euery towne and village where he passed children reioyced womeÌ„ clapped their handes and men cryed out for ioy But to speake of the greate numbers of people that flocked togither in the fieldes and streetes of London at his comming I heere omitte neyther wil I speake of the presents welcommings landes and gratifications made to him by the Citizens and communaltie But now to the purpose The next day after his comming to London the King from Westminster was had to the Tower The king coÌ„mited to the Tower and there committed to safe custodie Many euill disposed persons assembling themselues togither in greate numbers intended to haue met with him and to haue taken him from suche as had the conueying of him that they might haue slayne him but the Maior and Aldermen gathered to them the worshipfull Commoners and graue Citizens by whose policie and not without much adoe y e other were reuoked from their euill purpose albeit before they might be pacified they comming to Westminster tooke maister Iohn Sclake Deane of the Kings Chappell and from thence brought him to Newgate and there layde hym fast in irons A Parliament in the kinges â—…e After this was a Parliamente called by the Duke of Lancaster vsing the name of King Richard in the writtes directed foorth to the Lordes and other states for theyr sommonaunce This Parliamente began the thirtenth day of September in the which many haynous pointes of misgouernaunce and iniurious dealings in the administration of his kingly office were layd to the charge of this noble Prince king Richard the whiche to the ende the commons myghte bee perswaded that he was an vnprofitable Prince to the common wealthe and worthy to be deposed were engrossed vp in .33 solemne Articles heynous to the eares of all men and to some almost incredible the very effect of whiche Articles heere ensue according to the copie whyche I haue seene and is abridged by master Hall as followeth The Articles obiected to king Richard Firste that Kyng Richarde wastfully spente the treasure of the Realme and had giuen y e possessions of the Crowne to menne vnworthy by reason wherof new charges more and more were laide in the neckes of the poore communalty And where diuers Lords as well Spiritual as Temporall were appoynted by the high Courte of Parliament to commune and treate of dyuers matters concerning the common wealthe of the Realme which being busie about the same commission he with other of his affinitie went about to empeach and by force and menacing compelled the iustices of y e Realme at Shrewesburie to condiscend to his opinion for the destruction of y e said Lords in so much y t he began to raise warre against Iohn Duke of Lancaster Richard Erle of Arundell Thomas Erle of Warwike other Lordes contrary to his honor and promise Item that hee caused his Vncle the Duke of Gloucester to be arrested without lawe and sente him to Calais and there withoute iudgemente murthered him and although the Earle of AruÌ„dell vpon his arreignement pleaded his Chartor of pardon he could not be heard but was in most vile shamefull maner suddainely put to deathe Item hee assembled certaine Lancashire and Chesshire men to the intente to make warre on the same Lordes and suffered them to robbe and pill without correction or reprieue Item although the King flateringly and with greate dissimulation made proclamation thorough out the Realme that the Lords before named were not attached of anye crime of treason but only for extortions oppressioÌ„s done in this realme yet he layde to them in the Parliament rebellion and manifest treason Item he hathe compelled diuers of the sayde Lordes seruauntes and friends by menace and extreame paynes to make greate fines to their vtter vndoing and notwithstanding hys pardon yet he made them fyne of newe Item where diuers were appoynted to commune of the state of the Realme and the common wealthe thereof the same King caused all the rolles and recordes to bee kept from them coÌ„trarie to promise made in the Parliamente to his open dishonor Item he vncharitably commaunded that no man vpon paine of losse of life and goodes should once intreate him for the returne of Henry nowe Duke of Lancaster Item where this Realme is holden of God and not of the Pope or other Prince the sayde King Richard after hee hadde obteyned dyuers Actes of Parliament for his owne peculiar profit and pleasure then hee obteyned Bulles and extreame censures from Rome to compell all men straightly to keepe the same contrary to the honour and auntiente priuiledges of thys Realme Item although the Duke of Lancaster hadde done his deuoyre againste Thomas Duke of Northfolke in proofe of his quarrell yet the sayde King without reason or ground banished hym the Realme for tenne yeares contrarye to all equitie Item before the Dukes departure hee vnder hys broade scale â—…nced him to maâ—…e atturneys to prosecute and defende his causes the fayde King after his departure woulde suffer none attourney to appeare for him but did wyth his at his pleasure Item the same king put oute diuers Sheriffes lawfully elected and put in their â—…oomthes diuers other of his owne subuerting the lawe contrary to his othe and honor Item he borowed great summes of money bound him vnder his letters patents for the repaymente of the same yet not one peny payde Item hee taxed men at the will of hym and his vnhappie counsayle and the same treasure spent in folly not paying poore men for their vittayle and viande Item hee sayde that the lawes of the Realme were in his head and sometimes in hys brest by reason of whych fantasticall opinion he destroyed noble menne and empouerished the poore commons Item the Parliamente setting and enacting diuers notable statutes for the profit and aduauncemente of the common wealthe hee by hys priuie friendes and solicitors caused to be enactect that no Acte then enacted shoulde bee more preiudiciall
of EnglaÌ„d and Irelande the Supremehead he beyng yet but nyne yeares and odde Monethes of age Hee was thus proclaymed the .xxviij. of Ianuarie 1547 in the yeare of the worlde .5513 and after the birth of our Lord .1547 accordyng to the accompt of them that beginne the yeare at Christmasse but after the accompte of the Churche of England in the yere .1546 about the xxix yere of the Emperor Charles the fift the .xxxiij. of Frauncis the firste of that name king of Fraunce and in the fifthe yeare of the reigne of Mary Queene of Scotland Shortely herevpon the Earle of Hertforde with other of the Lordes resorted to Hatfield where the yong King thou laye from whence they conducted him with a great and right honorable companie to the Tower of London During the tyme of hys aboade there for the good gouernement of the realme the honoure and suertie of his Maiesties person his Vncle Edward Earle of Hertforde was by order of the Counsell The Earle of Hereford chosen protector and the assente of hys Maiestie as one moste meetest to occupye that roomthe appoynted gouernoure of hys royall persone and protectour of his realmes dominions and subiectes and so proclaymed the fyrste of Februarye by an Heraulte at armes and sounde of Trumpette thorough the Citie of London in the vsuall places thereof as it was thoughte expediente The sixthe daye of Februarie the Earle of Hertforde Lord Protectour adorned king Edwarde with the order of knighthoode remayning then in the Tower and therewyth the Kyng standing vp called for Henry Hubblethorne Lorde Maior of the Citie of London who commyng before hys presence the Kyng tooke the sworde of the Lorde Protectour and dubbed the sayd Hubblethorne knight he being the fyrst that euer be made The .xvij. of Februarie the Lorde Protectour was created Duke of Somerset the erle of Essex was created Marques of Northampton The Lorde Lisle high Admirall of Englande was created Earle of Warwike and hygh Chamberlayne of Englande Sir Thomas Wriothesley Lorde Chauncellour was created Erle of Southampton â–ª Syr Thomas Seymer was aduaunced to the honoure of Lorde of Sudley and high Admirall of Englande whyche office the Earle of Warwike then resigned Syr Rychard Riche was made Lorde Riche Syr William Willoughby was created Lord Willoughby of Parrham Sir Edmund Sheffield was made lord Sheffield of Butterwike The same tyme greate preparation was made for the Kynges Coronation The Kyng rydeth through London to VVestminster and so the foure and twentieth of Februarie next ensewing his maiestie came from the Tower and so rode thoroughe London vnto Westminster with as greate royaltie as myght be the streetes beyng hoong and Pageantes in dyuers places erected to testifye the good willes of the Citizens reioycing that it had pleased God to deale so fauourably with the Englishe nation to graunt them suche a towardly yong Prince to their king and soueraigne thus to succede in place of his noble father The morrowe after being Shroue Sunday and .xxv. of February King Edvvard crovvned his coronation was solemnized in due forme and order wyth all the royaltie and honoure whyche therevnto appertayned Shortly after the Coronation to witte the sixte of Marche the Earle of Southampton Lorde Chauncellour of Englande for his too muche repugnancie as was reported in matters of counsell to the residue of the Counsellours about the Kyng The L. Chancellor discharged of his roomth was not onely depriued of hys office of Chancellour but also remoued from his place and authoritie in counsell and the custodie of the greate Seale was taken from him and deliuered vnto Sir William Paulet Lord Saint Iohn that was lord great maister of the kings housholde 〈…〉 Also shortly after his Coronation the kinges Maiestie by the aduice of hys Vncle the Lorde Protectoure and other of hys pryuie counsell myndyng fyrste of all to seeke Gods honour and glorie and thervpon intending a reformation did not only set foorth by certain Commissioners sundrye Iniunctions for the remouyng of Images out of all Churches to the suppressing and auoydyng of Idolatry and superstition within his realmes and dominions â—…lies but also caused certayne Homilies or Sermons to bee drawen by sundrye godly learned men that the same myght bee redde in Churches to the people whythe were afterwardes by certayne of these Commissioners sent forth as visitours accompanyed with certayn Preachers throughout the Realm for the better instruction of the people published and putte in vre At Easter nexte followyng he sette out also an order thorough all the Realme The comâ—…â—… in bothe sides that the Supper of the Lord should be ministred to the lay people in both kindes These thinges done the Lorde Protectour and the reste of the Counsell calling to mynde the euill dealyng and craflye dissimulation of the Scottes concerning the matter of marriage beetwixte the Kynges Maiestye and the Queene of Scotlande whyche marryage as ye haue hearde in the fyue and thirtith yeare of King Henry the eygthe was by authoritie of Parliamente in Scotlande fully concluded thought it not to stande wyth the Kings honour to be in suche manner by them deluded and withall considering howe greatly it shuld tourne to the quietnesse and safetie of bothe Realmes to haue these two Princes conioyned in Matrimonie they dydde deuise sundry wayes and meanes howe the same myghte bee brought to passe Grafton and the rather as some doe write for that Kyng Henry before his death hadde giuen them in speciall charge by all indeuours to procure that the sayde marriage myghte take place but the Lordes of Scotlande were so inueygled and corrupted by the French Kyng and abused by Cardinall Beton Archebishoppe of Saincte Andrews and other of theyr Clergie that they not onely shranke from that whyche they hadde promysed but also sought to destroye those that fauoured the kyng of Englandes parte wherevppon a great and puissaunt armye was now prepared to passe by lande into Scotland and lykewyse a Nauie to passe by sea to attende vppon the same Whereof the greate Galeye and foure and twentie tall shippes were thorougly furnyshed with menne and munitions for the warre besides many merchantes shippes and other smaller vesselles whiche serued for carrynge of victualles and other necessities But nowe to shewe what noble men and other were ordeyned officers and assigned to haue the conduction as well of the ariuye by lande as of the fleete by sea Ye shall vnderstande Chieftaynes in the armye the firste the Duke of Somersette Lorde Protectour tooke vpon hym to goe him selfe in persone as generall of the whole Armie and Capitayne also of the battayle or middle warde wherein were foure thousande footemenne The Marsiall Earle of Warwike appoynted Lorde Lieutenaunt of the same army ledde the foreward conteyning three thousande footemenne The Lord Dacres gouerned in the rereward wherin were other three thousande footmenne The Lorde Grey of Wilton was ordeyned hyghe Marshall of the sayde armye and
Anthonies it deuydeth it selfe into twoo armes wherof one goeth toward Colchester the other toward Maldon Into the Colne or Colunus whereof Lelande thinketh Colchester to take hys name and not a Colonia Romanorum doe run many salt créekes beneth Fingering ho whose names sith I doe not knowe nor whether they be serued with any backwaters or not I gyue ouer to intreat any farther of theyr positions Into that of Malden runneth many faire waters wherof I will say so much as I knowe to be true by experience There is a prety water that beginneth nere vnto Gwinbache or Wimbech church in Essex the very limits of Dunmow Deanery which runneth directly froÌ„ thence vnto Radwinter a parcell of your Lorships possessyons in those parts and within thrée quarters of a mile of the aforesaid church By the way also it is increased with sundry prety springs wherof Pantwell is the chiefe and to say the truth hath manye a leasing fathered on the same there is likewise another in a pasture belonging to the graunge now belongyng to Henry Browne Esquier soiournyng therevpon The third commeth out of the yarde of one of your Lordships Manour there called Radwinter hall The fourth froÌ„ Iohn Cockswettes house named the Rotherwell which running vnder Rothers bridge méeteth with y e Gwin on the northwest ende of Ferraunts meade southeast of Radwinter church wherof I haue the charge by your honors fauorable prefermeÌ„t Froshwell The next is named Froshwel and of this Spring doth the whole Hundred beare the name and also the Ryuer it selfe whereinto it falleth from by north so far as I remember Certes all these sauing y e first and second are within your Lordships towne aforesayd The streame therfore running froÌ„ hence and now called Froshwell of Froshe which signifieth a frog hasteth immediately vnto olde Sandford then thorow new Sandforde parke and afterward with full streame to Shalford Bocking Stisted Paswijc and so to blackwater where the name of Froshwel ceaseth the water being from henceforth as I here called Blackwater vntyll it come to Maldon From Blackwater therefore it goeth to Coxall Easterforde Braxsted and Wickham Barus where it méeteth wyth the Barus and so goyng togyther descende to Heybridge and finally into the saltwater aforesayde As for the Barus it ryseth in a stately parke of Essex called Bardfeld belonging to the crowne from whence it goeth to olde Salyng Brainctrée receyuing a ryllet by waye comming from Raine blacke Notley white Notley Falkeburne Wittham and falleth into the blacke water beneath Braxsted on the south Beside thys the sayde ryuer receyueth also the Chelme or Chelmer Chelmer which aryseth in Wymbeche aforesayde where it hath two heads wherof the one is not farre from Brodockes where Thomas Wiseman Esquier dwelleth the other nigh vnto a farme called Highams and ioyning ere long in one Chanell they hye them toward Thaxsted meting in the way also with a Ryll commyng from Boyton ende Beyng past Thaxsted it goeth by Tiltey and soone after receyueth one Ril which ryseth on the north side of Lindsell Lindis and falleth into y e Chelmer by north east at Tiltey aforesayde and another comming from southwest and rysing southeast from Lindseâ—… at moche Eiston From thence then holding on styll wyth the course it goeth to Moche Dunmowe little Dunmow Felsted Lies both Waltams Springfield so to Chelmeresforde Here vppon the south side I finde the issue of a water that riseth 5. miles or thereaboutes south and by west of the sayde towne from whence it goeth to Munasing Buttesbury there receiuyng a Rill from by west to Ingat stone Marget Inge Wilforde bridge Writtle bridge and so to Chelmeresforde crossing also y e second water that descendeth from Roxforde southwest of Writtle by the way wherof let this suffice 〈◊〉 From hence the Chelmer goeth directly towarde Mauldon by Badow Owting Woodhamwater Byly and so to Blackwater northwest of Maldon receyuing neuerthelesse ere it come fullye thither a becke also that goeth froÌ„ Lée parke to little Lées great Lées Hatfield Peueryll Lée Owting and so into Blackwater whereof I spake before as Maldon waters doth a ryll from by south ouer against S. Osithes and also another by Bradwell The Burne ryseth somewhere about Ronwell and thence goeth to Hull bridge 〈◊〉 south Fambridge Kirkeshot fery and so to Foulnesse as this is the short course of that ryuer so it brauncheth and the south arme therof receiueth a water comming from Haukewell to great Stanbridge and beneth Pakesham doth méete by South wyth the sayde arme and so finishe vp his course as we doe our voyage also about the coast of Englande Thus haue I finished the description of such ryuers and streames as fall into the Ocean according to my purpose although not in so precise an order and maner of handling as I might if information promysed had bene accordingly performed howbeit thys wyll I say of that which is already done that from the hauen of Southampton by south vnto the Twede that parteth England and scotland by north if you go backward contrary to the course of my description you shall finde it so exacte as beside a fewe bye ryuers to be touched hereafter you shall not néede to vse any further aduise for the finding and falles of y e aforesayd streames For such hath béene my helpe and conference wyth other men about these that I dare pronounce them to be perfite and exact In the reast I followed Leland in maner worde for worde what he hath sayd therefore of them that haue I examplyfied published herein Such was his dealing â—â—so in hys bookes that he sought not to be câ—…rious and precise in those descriptions that hée made but thought it sufficient to say somewhat and more of thinges then any maÌ„ had done before hym In the next booke therfore I will in thrée chapiters run ouer these matters agayne and as I haue already borowed somewhat of the same in settyng downe such braunches as fâ—…l into the mayne streames at large so will I there agayne remember such great riuers as I haue here eyther omitted or not so orderly handled as their dignities do require In reading therefore of the one refuse not I beséeche your honor withall to haue conference with the other for what this wanteth that other shall supply and y t which is briefly touched in this shal there be opened at large the onely occasion of this deuision growyng vpon hope of instruction to come in tyme whereof when I had most néede and the lefe vnder the presse I was left destitute and without hope of all reliefe It is possible that some curious head may finde carpyng worke inough in y e courses of these streames but if such a one wyll enterprise the lyke and try what one man can doe by reading onely for I sayled about my country within the compasse of my study therunto remember how many wais through many mens iudge
ecclesiasticall thorough Christendome conferred the whole clergy of Scotland accordyng to the olde lawes vnder the iurisdiction of the Archbishop of Yorke In the yeare of our Lord 1185. in the month of August at Cairleil Roulande Talnante lord of Galway did homage and fealty to the said king Henry with all that held of hym In the 22. yeare of the raigne of king Henry the 2. Gilbert sonne of Ferguse prince of Galway did homage and fealtie to the sayd king Henry and left Dunecan his sonne in hostage for conseruation of peace Richard surnamed Coeur de Lyon sonne of this Henry was next king of england to whoÌ„ the same William king of Scottes dyd homage at Caunterbury for the kyngdome of Scotland This king Richard was taken prisoner by the Duke of Ostrich for whose redemptioÌ„ the whole realme was taxed at great summes of money vnto the which this William king of Scots as a subiect was contributory and payed two M. markes sterlyng In the yere of our Lord 1199. Iohn kyng of england sent to William king of Scottes to come do his homage which William came to Lincolne in the moneth of December the same yeare and did his homage there vpon an hill in the presence of Hubert Archbishop of Caunterbury and of all the people there assembleâ—… and there was sworne vpon the crosse of the said Hubert Also he grâ—â—â—ted by his charter conâ—â—â—â—ed that he should haue the mariage of Alexander hys 〈◊〉 as hys liegeman alwayes to hold of the king of england promising moreâ—â—er that he the sayde king William his soâ—…e Alexander should kepe and hold faith and allegeance to Henry 〈◊〉 of the sayd king Iohn as to their chiefe Lord against all maner of men Also where as William king of Scots had put Iohn Bishoppe of s Andrewe out of his Bishopricke Pope Clemente wrote to Henry kyng of englande that he shoulde 〈◊〉 and indure the same William and if néede were requyre by hys Royall power compell hym to leaue his rancour agaynst y e sayd Bishop and suffer him to haue and occupye his sayde Bishopricke againe In the yeare of our Lorde 1216. and fiue and twenty of y e reign of king Henry sonne to king Iohn the same king Henry and the Quéene were at Yorke at y e feast of Christmasse for the solemnization of a marryage made in the feast of s Stephane the Martir the same yeare betwéene Alexander king of Scottes Margarete the kings daughter and there the sayde Alexander dyd homage to Henry king of Englande In Buls of diuers Popes were admonitions geueÌ„ to the kings of Scottes that they should obserue truly kéepe all such appointments as had ben made betwéene the kings of england and Scotland And that the kings of Scotland should holde the realme of Scotlande of the kings of englande vpon payne of curse and interditing After the deathe of Alexander kyng of Scottes Alexander his sonne beyng nyne yeres of age was by the lawes of Edgar inwarde to king Henry the 3. and by the nobles of Scotland brought to Yorke and there deliuered to him During whose minoritie king Henry gouerned Scotland and to subdue a commocion in this realme vsed the ayde of v. M. Scottishmen but king Henry dyed during the nonage of this Alexander whereby he receiued not his homage which by reason and law was respited vntil his full age of xxj yeares Edward the first after the conquest sonne of this Henry was next king of england immediately after whose coronation AlexaÌ„der king of Scottes being then of ful age did homage to hym for Scotlande at Westminster swearyng as all the reast did after this maner I.D.N. king of Scottes shal be true and faithfull vnto you Lorde E. by the grace of God king of England the noble and superior lord of the kingdome of Scotland and vnto you I make my fidelitie for the same kingdome the which I hold and claime to hold of you And I shall beare you my faith and fidelitie of lyfe and limme and worldly honour against all meÌ„ faithfully I shall knowledge and shall doe you seruice due vnto you of the kingdom of Scotland aforesayde as God me so helpe and these holy Euangelies This Alexander king of Scottes died leauing one only daughter called Margaret for his heire who before had maried Hanygo sonne to Magnus king of Norway which daughter also shortly after died leauyng one onely daughter her heire of the age of two yeares whose custody and mariage by the lawes of king Edgar and Edward the confessour belonged to Edward the first whervpon the nobles of Scotland were commauÌ„ded by our king Edward to send into Norway to conuey this yong Quéene into England to him whom he entended to haue maried to his soÌ„ne Edward and so to haue made a perfite vnion betwéene bothe Realmes Hereuppon their nobles at that tyme considering the same tranquillitie that many of them haue sithens refused stoode not vpon shiftes and delayes of minoritie nor conteÌ„pt but most gladly consented and therupon sent two noble men of Scotlande into Norway for hir to be brought to this king Edwarde but she died before their comming thither therefore they required nothing but to enioye the lawful liberties that they had quietly possessed in the last king Alexander his tyme. After the death of this Margaret the Scots were destitute of any heire to the crown from this Alexander their last king at which time this Edwarde discended from the bodye of Mawde daughter of Malcolme sometyme king of Scottes beyng then in the greatest broile of his warres with Fraunce mynded not to take the possession of that kingdome in his own right but was contented to establish Balioll to be king therof the weake title betwene him Bruse Hastings being by the humble peticion of all the realme of Scotland committed to the determination of this king Edward wherin by autentique writing they confessed the superioritie of the realme to remaine in king Edward sealed with the seales of iiij Bishops vij earles and xij barons of Scotland which shortly after was by the whole assent of y e thrée estates of Scotland in their solemne Parliament confessed and enacted accordingly as most euidently doth appeare The Balioll in this wise made kyng of ScotlaÌ„d did immediately make hys homage and fealty at Newcastle vpon saint Freâ—â—â—â— day as 〈◊〉 likewise all the Lordes of Scotland â—â—he one setting his hand to the compoâ—â—â—ion in writing to king Edward of England for the kingdom of Scotland but shortly after defrauding the benigne goodnesse 〈◊〉 this king Edward he rebelled and did 〈◊〉 much hurt in englande Hereupon king Edward inuaded Scotland seaâ—â—d into his haÌ„dâ—… the greater part of the countrey and tooke all the strengthes thereof whereuppon Baliol king of Scottes came vnto king Edwarde at Mauntrosse in Scotland with a white 〈◊〉 in his hand and there resigned the crownâ—… of Scotland with all his right title and interest to the same into the
out the Monkes placing secular Priests in their roomes as namely at Malmesbury where yet the house was not empayred but rather enriched in landes and ornamentes by the kings liberalitie and the industrious meanes of the same Priestes whyche toke vp the bones of Saint Alderlme and put the same in a shrine Rebellion raised againste K. Edred At length the inhabitantes of y e middle parte of England euen from Humber to Thames rebelled againste him Sim. Dun. and elected hys brother Edgar to haue the gouernemente ouer them wherewith King Edwine tooke such griefe for that he saw no meane at hand how to remedy the matter that shortly after when he had raigned somewhat more than four yeres Edred departeth this life he departed this life His body was buried at Winchester in the new Abbey there Edgar Osborne and Capgrauehold that she was not his wyfe but a Nunne VV. Mal. In this meane time Alfred the wife of Kyng Edgare as some saye or rather as other write his concubine dyed of whome he had begote a son named Edward The death of this woman occasioned the K. to committe an heynous offence For albeit the same time the fame weÌ„t that Horgerius Duke of Cornewal Orgar or rather Deuonshire had a daughter named Alfred a Damosell of excellent beautie whome Edgar minding to haue in marriage appointed one of his noble men called Earle Ethelwolde to goe with al speede into Cornewall or Deuonshire to see if the yong Ladyes beautie aunswered the report that wente of hir then hee to breake the matter to hir father in his behalfe Ethelwold being a yong iolly Gentleman tooke his iourney into Cornewall Erle Ethelwold suppâ—â—ted the king of his wyfe comming to y e Duke was well receiued had a sight of his daughter w t whose beautie he was straight rauished so farre in loue that not regarding the kings pleasure which had sent him thither he begaÌ„ to purchase the good will of both father daughter for himselfe and did so much that he obteyned the same indeede Heerevpon returning to the K. hee enformed him that the Damosell was not of such beautie and comely personage as mighte hee thought worthy to matche in marriage with hys Maiestie And shortly after perceyuing the kyngs mind by his wrongfull misreport to be turned nothing bent that way he began to sue to hym y t hee mighte with his fauour marry the same Damosell which the K. graunted as one that cared not for hir bicause of the credite whiche he gaue to Ethelwolds words And so by this means Ethelwold obteined Alfrid in marriage which was to his owne destruction as the case fell out For wheÌ„ the fame of hir passing beautie did spred ouer all y e Realme now that she was married came more abroade in sight of the people the K. chanced to heare therof and desirous to see hir deuised vnder colour of hunting to come vnto the house of Ethelwolde and so did Where he had no sooner set his eye vpon hir but he was so farre wrapped in y e chaine of burning concupiscence King Edgar seeketh the destruction of earle Ethelwold that to obteine his purpose he shortly after contriued Ethelwolds death married his wife Some say that the woman kindled the brand of purpose for where it was knowen that the K. would see hir Ethelwold willed hir in no wise to trimme vp hir selfe but rather to disfigure hir in foule garmeÌ„ts some euill fauored attire that hir natiue beautie should not appeare but shee perceiuing howe the matter went of spight set foorthe hir selfe to y e vttermost so that y e K. vpon the first sight of hir became so farre enamored of hir beautie that taking hir husbande foorthe with him on hunting into a forrest or wood called then Werlewood King Edgar a murtherer and after Horewood not shewing that hee meante hym any hurt till at length hee had gote him within y e thicke of the woode where hee suddaynely stroke him through with his darte and as his bastarde son came to y e place the K. asked hym how he liked y e maner of hunting wherevnto he answered very wel if it like your grace for y t that liketh you ought not to displease me w t which answer y e K. was so pacified y t he indeuored by pretendyng his fauor towards the sonne to alleuiate the tyrannicall murder of the father Then did the K. marry the Countesse Alfred of hir begat two sons Edmond which died yoÌ„g Etheldred or Egelthred Besides this cruell acte wrought by king Edgar for the satisfying of his fleshly lust hee also played another part greatly to the stayne of hys honour mooued also by wanton loue wyth a yong Damsel named Wilfrid for after y t she had to auoyde the daunger of him eyther professed hir selfe a Nunne or else for a colour as the most part of wryters agree got hir selfe into a Nunrie and clad hir in Nunnes weede he tooke hir forth of hir Cloyster and lay by hir sundrie tymes and begat on hir a daughter named Edith who comming to conuenient age was made a Nunne His licencious life and incontinencie A thirde example of his incontinencie is written by Authours and that is this It chaunced on a time that he lodged one night at Andauer and hauing a minde to a Lordes daughter there he commaunded that she should be brought to his bed but the mother of the Gentlewoman woulde not that hir daughter shoulde be defloured and therefore in the darke of the night brought one of hir mayd seruants and layde hir in the kings bed she being both fayre proper and pleasant In the morning when the day beganne to appeare shee made haste to arise and being asked of the king why she so hasted that I may goe to my dayes worke if it please your grace quoth she Herewith she being stayed by the king as it were against hir will shee fell downe on hir knees and requyred of him that she might be made free in guerdon of hir nights worke For sayth she it is not for your honour that the woman whiche hath tasted the pleasure of the kings bodie should any more suffer seruitude vnder the rule and appoyntment of a sharpe and rough mistres The King then being moued in his spirites laughed at the matter though not from the heart as he that tooke great indignation at the doings of the Duchesse and pitied the case of the poore wenche But yet in fine turning the matter to a bourd he pardoned all the parties and aduaunced the wenche to high honour farre aboue those that had rule of hir afore so that shee ruled them willed they nilled they for he vsed hir as his paramour till time y t he maryed the foresaid Alfrede For these youthfull partes and namely for the rauishing of Wilfrida which though she were no Nunne yet the offence seemed right haynous for that he shoulde
were vsed in those dayes he was highly rewarded at the kings handes and euer after named Skrimgeour Skrimgeour that is to meane an hardie fighter He had also his armes encreased with a rampaunt Lion holding a crooked sword as is to be seene in the armes of his posteritie vnto this day Other there be that say he got the surname of Skrimgeour bycause he slue an English man in a singular combate The principall of this surname in our time helde the Constableship of Dundee bearing in hys armes a crooked Sworde in fashion of an hooke After that king Alexander had appeased the intestine commotions thus within his Realme The Abbey of Scone he set in hande to repayre the Abbey of Scone wherein he placed regular Chanons dedicating the Church in the honour of the Trinitie and Saint Michael Not long after this also he chaunced to come into Saint Colmes Inche Saint Colmes ynche where he was constrayned to abide three dayes togither through violent rage of weather and tempestes and bycause he founde some reliefe of meate and drinke by meanes of an hermit that dwelled within the same Inche and kept a Chappell there dedicate to Saint Colme he made of that Chappell an Abbey of regular Chanons The Abbey of Saint Colm◅ ynch builded in the honor of saint Colme endowing it with sundrie landes and tents for the maintenance of the Abbot and conuent of that house He also gaue vnto the Church of Saint Androwes the landes called the Boarrinke Landes named the Boarrink so named for that a great Boare was slain vpon the sayde grounde that had done much hurt in the Countrey thereabout Boare tuskes The tuskes of this Boare doe hang in Chaynes vppon the stalles of the Quier in Saint Androwes Church afore the high aulter and are a .xvj. ynches in length and foure ynches in thicknesse Moreouer the Abbey of Dunfirmling was finished by king Alexāder The Abbey of Dunfirmling and endowed with sundrie landes and possessions Whilest king Alexander was thus occupied in buylding and repayring of religious houses Dauid brother to king Alexander his brother Dauid liued in Englande with hys sister Queene Maulde and through fauor which the king hir husbande bare towardes him he obteyned in maryage one Maulde Woldosius Earle of Northumberland Huntingtō daughter vnto Woldosius or rather Waltheof Earle of Huntington and Northumberland begot of his wife the ladie Iudith that was neece vnto king William y e Conquerour for y t the sayd Woldosius or Waltheof had no other issue to inherite his lands Dauid in right of his wife Mauld enioyed the same The landes of Huntington and Northumberland annexed to the crowne of Scotland and was made Earle of Huntington Northumberland had issue by his wife a sonne named Henrie by whom the lands of Huntington some part of Northūberland were annexed vnto the crown of Scotlād as after shal appeare Mauld the daughter of king Henrie Beauclerke was maried vnto Henrie the Emperor the fourth of that name William Richard Eufeme the residue of y e issue which the same Henry had by his wife surnamed for hir singular bounteousnesse the good Queene Matilde in comming forth of France to repasse into England perished in the sea by a tempest to the great dolour of the king their father and to all other his subiects of eche estate and degree The death of king Alexander Their mother the sayde Maulde was before that time departed out of this life It was not long after but that Alexander deceassed also and was buryed in Dunfermling bysydes hys fathers sepulture in the .xvij. yeare of his raigne complete and from the incarnation of Christ 1125. 1124. H.B. yeares In the dayes of this king Alexander the kynred of the Cummings The beginning of the Cummings had their beginning by one Iohn Cumming a man of great prowes and valiancie obteyning of the king in respect thereof certaine small portions of landes in Scotlande The house of these Cummings rose in proces of time thus from a small beginning to highe honour and puissance by reason of the great possessions and ample reuenues which they afterwardes atteyned At length as often happeneth the importable height of this lynage was the onely cause of the decay and finall ruine thereof as in the sequell of this Hystorie ye may at full perceyue Knightes of the Rodes Also in the dayes of king Alexander the order of knights of the Rodes had their beginning and likewise the order of white Monkes White Monks the authour whereof was one Nodobert Richard de sancto Victore About the same time liued that holye man Richard de Sancto Victore a Scottish man borne but dwelling for the more part of his time at Paris in Fraunce where he dyed and was buryed within the Cloyster of the Abbey of Saint Victor being a brother of the same house This Dauid according to the ensample of his noble Parents set his whole care about the due ministring of Iustice to the honour of almightie God and the weale of his realme He had no trouble by warres with any forraine enimies so long as king Henrie Beauclerke liued Therefore hauing oportunitie of such a quiet time he rode about all the parties of his realme and vsed to sit in hearing of iudgement himselfe specially cōcerning poore mens causes and matters The care of king Dauid for the poore but the controuersies of the Lordes and barrons he referred to the hearing of other Iudges If he vnderstoode that any man were endomaged by any wrongful iudgement he recōpensed the partie wronged A rightuous iudge according to the value of his losse hinderance with the goods of the iudge that pronounced the iudgement Thus in the first yeares of his raigne hee did many things to the aduauncement of the common welth Banketting cheare banished and banished such banketting cheare as was vsed amongst his people after the ensample of the Englishe men perceyuing the same to breede a great weakning and decay of the auncient stoutnesse of stomacke that was wont to remaine in the Scottish nation He buylded the number of .xv. Abbeyes King Dauid built .xv. Abbeyes part of them in the beginning of his raigne before the warres were begon which he had with the Englishe men and part after the same warres were ended The names of those Abbeyes are as followeth Holy Roode house Kelso Iedburgh The names of the Abbeys buylded by king Dauid Melrosse Newbottell Holmecultrane Dundranane Cambuskenneth Kynlois Dunfirmling Holme in Cumberland also two Nunries the one at Carleil the other at north Barwike with two Abbays beside Newcastel y e one of S. Benedicts order and the other of white Monks He erected also foure Bishoprikes within his Realme Rosse Brechin Dunkeld Foure Bishops seas erected in Scotland and Dublane endowing them with riche rentes fayre landes and sundrie
before there came into Scotland sent by Saint Dominicke The first comming of black Friers into Scotlande certaine blacke Friers of whiche order the same Dominicke was the first author These men that were first sent by him lyued according to his institution more perfectly than such as followed for as it often happeneth all things commonly from a good beginning fall into worse estate so that the successors of those men declined from al good religion into most insolent abuses and misorders and so continuing in vicious liuing the space of three hundred yeares at length were perfectly reformed into a better rule Iohn Adamson by a Frier named Iohn Adamson that proceeded doctor in the profession of diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Abyrdene at the same time that Hector Boetius the Scottishe Chronographer proceeded there in the same facultie On the same maner The first comming of friers minors aboute the selfe same time were sent into Scotlande aswell as into all other partes of the christian world Friers minors of Saint Frances his order Many of them also after his deceasse fell to dissolute liuing keeping no such strayte rules as both he prescribed and also obserued But now to returne to the residue of the Hystorie the Scottish people enioyed peace a long time after the appeasing of the trouble in Cathnes The death of Alane Lord of Galloway till time that Alane Lorde of Galloway and Conestable of Scotland departed out of this life and for that hee had deuided his landes before his death amongst his three daughters hys bastard sonne gathered an army of ten thousande men His Bastarde sonne rayseth a commotion in hope to attaine the possession of Galloway by force of armes but at length after hee had wrought much scaith in the countrey by his violent inuasion he was slaine with fiue thousande of those that tooke his part The Earle of March by the Earle of Marche and Walter Stewarde of Dunewalde whiche was sent agaynste him wyth a power The eldest daughter of the aboue mentioned Alane of Galloway was giuen in maryage vnto Roger Quincie Earle of Winchester Roger Quincy Earle of Winchester Conestable of Scotlande who after his father in lawe his deceasse was made Conestable of Scotland which office continued in the handes of his succession till king Robert the seconde his dayes In whose time this Roger of Quyneyes posteritie was disinherited and extinguished for certaine offences commytted agaynst the kings maiestie and then afterwardes the office of the Conestable was giuen to the Hayes of Arroll The seconde daughter of the foresayde Alane The deuision of the lande of Galloway was maryed vnto Iohn Ballyol and the thirde to the Earle of Albemarle Thus was the Lordship of Galloway deuided into three by reason whereof the inhabitants of that Countrey taking displeasure therewith cleaued vnto the aboue mentioned bastard till he was vanquished and slaine as before yee haue heard This trouble being appeased thus within the realme king Alexander was aduertised of great diuision rising betwixt king Henrie of England and his Nobles K. Alexander goeth into Englande and therefore to helpe towardes an agreement betwixt them he went to London with his wife Queene Iane Isabell his sister Through his earnest diligence all the debates and quarelles were remoued and the parties throughly accorded Isabell the sister of king Alexander maryed to the earle of Norffolke Iane Queene of Scotlande deceasseth Which beeing done hee maryed Isabell his sister vnto the Earle of Norffolke and in the meane tyme hys wyfe Queene Iane asceassed wythoute leauing any issue behinde hir whiche chaunce caused the King hir husbande to returne with great griefe and lamentation into Scotlande In the yeare next following which was after the incarnation 1239 1239. king Alexander bycause he had no succession of his body begot matyed at Rockesbourgh the daughter of Ingelram Lord of Coucie K. Alexander marieth the daughter of the Lord of Coucie a virgin of excellent beautie named Mary on whom he got a sonne named Alexander which succeeded after his deceasse in the gouernment of the realme Aboute the same tyme Iohn Cumyn Earle of Angus being sent in Ambassade to Lewes the French king Iohn Cumyn Earle of Angus departeth this life dyed by the way Also at Hadynton was holden a royal tournament where Knightes and Squiers aduaunced themselues by valiant prowes to winne honor Neuerthelesse the ende of all that pleasure and pastime ended in sorow for Patrike Cumyn Earle of Atholl was slaine within his lodging in the nyght Patrike Earle of Athol murthered and the house set on fyre and burned ouer-hym to the intente no suspition shoulde rise but that it happened by some euill misfortune and negligence of fyre Iohn Byssart suspected But yet was Iohn Byssart with Walter Byssart his vncle shrewdly suspected for the matter insomuch that though no euident proufe coulde be had agaynst them yet were they banished the Realme and lost all theyr goodes by confiscation to the kings vse A conuocation of the cleargie at Saint Iohns towne After these things were thus passed a conuocation was called of the Cleargie at Saint Iohns towne In the which were diuers prouinciall ordinances and statutes made by consent of the King and Nobles of the Realme which were obserued in the Church of Scotland vnto these late dayes About the same time also Somerleid Thane of Argile rebelleth one Sommerleid Thane of Argyle the sonne of that Somerleyd of whome ye haue hearde before following his fathers steppes rebelled agaynst the King sore endomaging by rodes and forages the partyes bordering vpon the confines of his Countrey of Argile Somerleides humble submission till at length the Earle of March brought him to the termes of such extreeme necessitie that he was faine to yeelde himself with a corde abou◅ his necke in token of submission and beeyng so brought before the king obteyned pardon of his heynous offence In the same season Henrie King of Englande prouoked by the setting on of some sedecious persons remayning in his Court as trusted by warres to aduaunce theyr priuate gaine during whiche time lawe and iustice haue no place beganne to buylde a Castell for aneynst Barwike A Castell begonne to be builded by K. Henry aneynst Barwike in the same place where the other was begunne afore by King Richarde which as before is shewed was razed and throwne downe by King William Mathew Paris disagreeth frō the Scottishe writers rouching the occasion of this warre as in the English chronicles ye may reade by the articles of agreement with couenant that it should neuer be buylded vp againe This attempt of the Englishe men had ministred sufficient occasion of warre if the Nobles of Englande considering that the buylding vp of this Castell was contrary to theyr bande and promysed fayth had not slayed the worke and so therevppon that begynning of newe trouble betwixt
coÌ„ference by the vvay vvith the Quene dovvager .459.9 his conueying of hir avvaye from Lithgevv vnto Sterling .459 44. hâ—…s disappointment of hys purpose his displeasure his sending to the French king he renouÌ„ceth his seruice to the FreÌ„ch king he ioyneth vvith the English Lordes agaynst the Gouernour 460.19 he seaseth vpoÌ„ the French shippes money and â—…nition to his ovvn vse .460.66 he rayseth an army of men and goeth against the gouernor 460.74 he commeth to the gouernor to EdeÌ„burgh they both go togither to Lithquo he stealeth secretelye avvaye from the gouernor fortifieth the Castell and steeple of Glasquo and so vvythdravveth hymselfe into Dunbretayne .460.28 hee sendeth too the King of Englande offereth his seruice and requesteth the Ladye Margaret Dovvglas the Kings â—…ece in mariage 461.3 Lennox Earle goeth intoo Englande accompanyed vvyth dyuerse Noble men and Gentlemen 462.34 he maryeth the Ladie Margaret Dovvglas 462.43 hee returneth againe into Scotlande vvith ayde out of Englande from the King 462.50 the daunger hee vvas in to bee betrayed and taken at Dunbretaine Castell .462.95 hee landeth at Dinnune encountereth vvith the Earle of Argile putteth Argyle too flight burneth the Tovvne of Dinnune spoyleth the Church and returneth too Shipboorde in safetie .463.16 and after many other enterprises atchieued hee returneth tovvardes England 463.64 Lennox Earle forfalted by Parliament his goodes and landes giuen avvay and annexed too the Crovvne .464.100 he procureth them of the Iles of Scotland to serue the King of England 464.110 Leo vsurper of Constantinople 109. 96 Letters sent by the Brytaynes to Etius for ayde 105.94 Levves sonne to the French king commeth vvith an army intoo Englande too ayde the Barons agaynst king Iohn 282.8 Levves and Alexander King of Scotland accursed by the Pope 282. 36 Lavves returneth into Fraunce 282. 64 Levves King of Fraunce sendeth to king Alexander for ayde in his iourney tovvardes the holy lande 286.83 Leâ—…ingston Lorde Capitaine of Eithquo Castell 457.31 Laeis to loose their svvorde and be banished all mens company 1â—…1 2 Liberall artes professed in Scotlande 18.39 Lickon Henrie Bishop of Abircene 387.37 Leith fortified by the Frenchmen 475. 208 Liborne Iohn Knight taken prisoner by the Scots 357.43 Line of Robert Bruce 298.56 Line of Iohn Baâ—…tioll 498.63 Linlithgevv 437.103 Linage and friendes of Edgar proscribed out of Englande 254. 41 Linage and great alliance of the Dovvglasses 392.30 Lions had in great honour at Florence 164.29 Lion Iohn Chauncellour of Scotlande slaine 358.49 Lion Dauid conuicted of treason and hanged 444.30 Lithquo Castell vvhere Marie Quene of Scotland vvas borne 457. 30 Little Iohn and Robin hoodes time 294.51 Liuings appoynted to professours of Artes and Sciences 18. 40 Lochmaben in Annandale 320. 41 Lochquhaber vvhereof so named 99. 77 London recouered by the Saxons 126. 63 London recouered from the Saxons 127.12 Lordane vvhereof it sprang and vvhat it signifieth 229 76 Lordes and Barons not too contract matrimonie vvhose landes lie neare togither 246.45 Lords offended at Donalus death 14. 52 Lordes and Gentlemen of Fiffe and Louthian sent too defende Betvvike agaynst the English men 300.80 Lordes and Barons of Scotland doe homage to king Edvvarde 302. 24 Lord of the Iles slaine in his bed 349. 78 Lord of Thorneton beheaded for killing his vvife 413.66 Lorde of Dobigny looke Stevvarde Bernard Lorde of Fastcastell serueth the Turke 415.88 Lord of Drumvveydy slain 416.91 Lorde of Stravven in Athole beheaded 427.26 Lord Maxvvell slayd brought intoo England by the Earle of Hertford 462.14 Lorison Tvvinam sent into FraÌ„ce vnto Edvvarde Balliol to persvvade him to claym the crovvn of Scotland 333.2 Lorison Tvvinam a Gentleman fleeth into England 332.103 Loth king of Pictes 121.2 Loth sendeth Ambassadors to dissvvade Vter from making Arthure his heyre 124.26 Loth taketh part vvith Occa against Vter 124.35 Loth contrarie to his othe of credence ayded the Brytaines against the Saxons 125.14 Loth requireth the crovvne of Brytaine as due vnto him 126. 81 Loth dyeth 132.93 Lothian or Louthian vvhy so called 132.96 Lothian a countrey in Pictlande vvhy so named 177.106 Loue of the people tovvardes the name of the Dovvglasses 592. 40 Louthian VVilliam Priest degraded and beheaded 441.53 Lovvder Fortresse besieged .480.53 yeelded vpon conclusion of peace 480.66 Lucius king of Brytain 67.43 Lucius king of Britain receyueth the Christian faith 70.18 Lucius dieth 71. â—…4 Lugthake K. of Scots 59.39 Lugthakes beastly incontinencie 59. 48 Lugthakes disordred gouernment 59. 54 Lugthake murthered vvith his adherents 59.70 Lugthake a rebell crovvned king of Scotland 253.31 Lugthake slaine and his army discomfited 253.36 Lunfannain 251.99 Lutterell Iohn taken prisoner 480. 45 M. MAc Clevvd of the Lavves a principal Clan 445 Mac Clevvde presenteth himselfe too King Iames the fifth 445.15 Maclane a Captaine of the Iles. 445. 26 Maconile Iames a captaine of the Iles. 445.26 Maconiles 445.20 Maconell Iames. 463.44 Machonell appoynted to be lord of the Iles .465 5. he is a Pencioner to the King of England 465. 10 Macferlane VValter of Tirhat 463. 54 Madman sleaeth a Ladie 429.69 Magnus King of Norvvay inuadeth the vvesterne Iles. 260.42 Magnus sonne too Acho succeedeth his father in the crovvne of Norvvay 293.6 Magnus sonne too Olane made King of Man and the other Iles 293.88 Magnus King of Norvvay releaseth the VVesterne Iles to the Scottes 294.13 Magnus vvith the red Mane Generall of the English armie agaynst the Scots 389.56 Magnus vvith his armie inuadeth Scotlande 389 Magnus slaine in the fielde and his armie putte too flight 390. 53 Magnus Iohn sent Ambassadour into Scotland 436.53 Magnentius Emperour of Rome 91. 91 Magdalene daughter to the King of Fraunce maried to Iames the fifth King of Scotland .443.57 falleth sicke of a Feuer and dyeth 444.21 Mahesbell 121.68 Maior of Yorke slaine 321.92 Mainus chosen King of Scotland 12. 38 Mainus mainteyned iustice at quietnesse 12.55 Mainus himself determined great matters in controuersie 12.64 Mainus dieth 13 14 Makbeth and Banquo sent vvith an armie agaynst the rebelles in Lochquhaber 240 36 Makbeth reuiled by the Ilande men 240.70 Makbeth made Thane of Cavvder 244.12 Makbeth findyeth hovve too inuade the Kingdome by force 244. 40 Makbeth slayeth King Duncane 244. 56 Makbeth inuested king of Scotland 244.63 Makbethes policie to apprehende offenders 245.14 Makbeth ministreth instice vvithout respect of persons 245.40 Makbethes deuise too stay Banquho and his sonne 146. â—… Makbeth sore offended vvyth Makduffe 249.13 Makbeth pulleth great coÌ„fidence in VVisards 249.34 Makbeth fleeth 25â—… 97 Makbeth slaine 251.115 MakulÈen and Makbent captains of rebelles and theeues in the VVesterne Iles. 276.107 MakulÈen and Makbein taken and put to death on the vvhele 277. 3 Makpender Earle of Marnes 260. 22 Makglane captaine of the rebels in Gallovvay 256.6 Makduncane capitaine of the rebels in Murrey lande 256.22 Makdonalde and his povver put to flight by the Kings armie 158. 37 Makdonalde and his povver slain euerie mothers sonne 158.66 Makdonalde gouernour of the Iles rebelleth
of the Englishe nobilitie were slayne Eustace Fitz Iohn and Robert de Curâ—…y and amongst other Eustace Fitz Iohn and Robert de Curey men of great honor and reputation and namely the sayde Eustace Those that escaped in returning backe not knowing how the King was got through y e straites without daunger declared to theyr fellowes that followed and were approching to the straightes that so farre as they knew the Kyng and all the residue were lost These newes so discomforted the companies Henry of Essex that Henry of Essex whiche bare the Kings standerd by right of inheritaÌ„ce threw downe the same staÌ„derd and fledde which dishonorable doing was afterward layd to his charge by one Roberte de Mountfort Math. VVest VVi. Paruus A combate betwixt Henry de Essex and Robert de Montford with whome by order taken of the King hee fought a combate in triall of the quarrell and was ouercome but yet the K. qualifying the rigor of the Iudgement by mercy pardoned him of life and appoynted hym to be shorne a Monke Mat. VVest and put into the Abbey of Reading taking his landes and possessions into his handes as forfeyted but this Combate was not tried till about the ninth yeare of thys Kyng Henries raigne The king hearing that his army was thus discomforted came to his men shewing himselfe to them with open visage greatly reioyced the whole multitude and then proceding foorth against the enimies his people were afterwardes more ware in looking to themselues and so at length when the King prepared to inuade the Welchmen both by water land The Welchmen submit themselues they sought to him for peace and wholly submitted theÌ„selues vnto his grace and mercy The Castell of Rutland and Basingwerke built Math. Paris About the same time King Henry builded the Castell of Rutland and also the Castell of Basingwerke and one house also of Templers In the moneth of September this yeare the Kyngs thirde sonne was borne at Oxeforde and named Richard An. Reg. 4. Thomas Becket Lorde Chauncellour 1158 Math. Paris Also the same yeare was Thomas Becket preferred to be the Kings Chauncellour The K. holding his Christmas at Worceter in great royaltie sate in the Church at seruice with his Crowne on his head as the Kings vsed in those dayes on solemne feastes but as soone as Masse was ended The King layeth hys Crowne on the Aulter hee tooke his Crowne besydes his head and set it downe vpoÌ„ the Aulter in signe of humblenesse so that hee neuer after passed for the wearing of a Crowne The same yeare also the King altered his Coyne Coine altred abrogating certaine peeces called Basels To conclude they would in no wise renounce theyr opinions The Vallâ—â—s conâ—â—â—ned so that they were condemned brenned in the forehead with an hote iron and in the colde season of winter stripped naked from the girdle steede vp and so whipped out of y e Town with proclamation made that no man shoulde be so hardie as to receyue them into anye house relieue them with meate They are forbidden meate and drinke They are sterueÌ„ to death drinke or by any other kynd of wayes or meanes and so they were staruen to deathe through colde and hunger and yet in suche their affliction they seemed to reioyce in that they suffered for Gods cause as they accompted of it The same yeare Mathew sonne to the Earle of Flaunders married the Lady Mary the Abbesse of Ramsey daughter to King Stephen Nic. Triuet and with hir had the Countie of Bolongne The first falling out betwixt the king and Thomas Becket Anno reg Mat. Par. Math. VVesâ—… 1161 and about this marriage chaunced the firste falling out betwixte the King and his Chauncellor Thomas Becket as some haue written but chiefly the saide Mathewe was much offended with the sayd Chancellor bycause he was so sore agaynst the sayd contract Kyng Henry shortly after the marriage consummate betwixt his sonne and the French Kings daughter got into hys handes the Castell of Gisors with two other Castels situate vppon the Riuer of Eata in the confynes of Normandy and Fraunce For it was accorded betwixt the two Kings that when the marriage should be consummate King Henry should haue those three Castels bycause they apperteyned to Normandy and in the meane time the same Castels were delyuered into the handes of Roberte de Poyron Tostes de Saint Omer and Roberte Hastings three Knightes templers Rob. Houed the whiche vpon the consummation hadde of the marriages as before is sayd and according to the trust committed to them surrendred the possession of the saide Castels into the handes of Kyng Henry But y e French King was not a little moued for that King Henry had seysed vpon them withoute his licence in so muche that hee reysed a power of menne and sente them into Normandie where they fought one cruell conflict aboue the rest with the Normans till the nyghte parted them in sunder Gaguinus The Frenche and Normans fight by meane whereof the Frenchemen withdrew to Chaumount and the Romains vnto Gysours The next daye as the Frenchmen came forth again purposing to haue wonne Gisors they were beaten back by y e Normans which came forth of y e towne to skyâ—…ish with them N. Triuet Thus was the warre begon agayne betwixt thiese two Princes and by the seâ—â—ingâ—…on of Theobalde Erle of Bloys the matter grewe to that point that the 〈◊〉 French powers comming forth with into the fielde and marching one against an other they were almost approched so neare together that battayle was presently looked for first in Veulgessyne and after in the territorie of Dune but yet in the end a means was made and concluded betwixt them so their armies brake vp Thre knightes Templers Rog. Houed The .iij. Templers also ranne in displeasure of the French king for the deliuerie of the castels before they knew his mynde so that he banished them the realm of France for euermoâ—â— but K. Henry receiued them and gaue them honorable entertaynement Some write that there were but two Castels Gisors and Meall whiche wer thus put into their haÌ„ds M. Paris by them dâ—â—â—uered as before is mentioned The death of Theobald Archebishop of Canterbury But to proceed â–ª About this time Theobald Archbish of Canterbury departed this lyfe after he had gouerned that sea the space of .22 yeares which Theobald at his going to Rome and receipt of the Pall of Pope Innocent the second was also created Legate of the sea Apostolike which office he exercised so diligently and so much to the auaile of the church there that the dignitie of Legateship remayned euerafter to the Archbishop of Canterbury by a special decree The povver Legantine annexed to Cant. VV. Paruus so that they were entitled Legati nati that is to say born Legates as myne author doth report This Theobald fauored
think and wold not sticke to saye that they were oppressed by the rule of many kinges in steede of one king The Bishop of Durham The bishop of VVinchester Hee dydde depriue also Hughe the Bishoppe of Durham of al his honour and dignitie and putte the Byshoppe of Winchester to greate trouble Moreouer doubting least the Nobles of the realme wold rise against him and put him out of his place he soughte to keepe them lowe and spoyled them of theyr money and substaunce The Lorde Chancellours meanyng to keepe Earle Iohn lovve Likewise pretending a colour of doubte leaste Earle Iohn the kings broher shoulde attempt any thing against this brother the kinge nowe in his absence hee soughte also to keepe hym vnder To be brief he played in all points the right parts of a tirant till at length the king receiuing aduertisemeÌ„t froÌ„ his mother Quene Elenor of his demeanor and that there was great likelihood of some commotion to ensue if speedy remedy were not in time prouided he being as then in Sicile VValter the Archbishop of Rouen sent into England sent Walter the Archebishop of Rouen into Englande with Commission to ioyne in administration of the kingdome with his Chancellor the sayde Bishop of Elie. But the Archebishop coÌ„ming into England was so slenderly entertayned of the Chauncellor and in effect so litle regarded He is little regarded of the Lorde Chauncellour that notwithstanding his commission and instructions brought from the king he could not be permitted to beare any rule the chauncellor deteining the same wholly in hys handes ordering all thyngs at his pleasure wythout makyng the Archebishoppe of Rouen or any other of counsel with him except suche as it pleased hym to admitte for the seruing of his owne turne He certeinely beleeued as many other did that king Richarde woulde neuer returne with life into England agayne which caused hym to attempt so many vnlawfull enterprises and therfore he got into his handes all the Castels and fortresses belongyng to the Crowne and furnished them with garnisons of souldiers as he thought necessarye depriuyng suche Captaines of their roomthes as he suspected not to fauout his proceedings One Gerarde de Camville had bought of the king the keeping of the Castell of Lincolne vnto whome also the Sherifwike of the Shire was commytted for a tyme but the Lorde Chauncellor perceiuing that he bare more good will vnto Earle Iohn the kyngs brother than vnto him which Iohn he most suspected tooke from hym the Sherifwike and demaunded also to haue the castell of Lincolne delyuered into his handes whiche Gerard refused to deliuer and perceiuing that the Chancellor wold practise to haue it by force he fledde vnto Earle Iohn requiring him of syde and succour The Chancellor on the other parte perceyuing what hatred diuers of the nobles bare vnto hym he thought good to prouyde for his owne suertye the beste that hee coulde and therefore he sent for a power of men from the partyes of beyonde the sea but bicause he thought it to long to staye till they came he commeth to Lincolne The Lord Câ—…cellour besiegeth the casteâ—… of Lincolne with suche power as he coulde make and besieged the Castell Earle Iohn vvâ—…neth the castels of Notingham and Tickuil Earle Iohn the Kyngs brother aduertised hereof reysed suche numbers of men as he might make of hys frendes seruauntes and tenauntes and wyth smalle a doe wanne the Castelles of Nottyngham and Tickhill within two dayes space This done hee sendeth to the Lorde Chauncellour commaundyng hym eyther to breake vp his siege or else to prepare for battaile The Chancellour considering wyth hym selfe that there was small truste to bee put in diuers of those Lordes that were with him bearing good will to Earle Iohn and but hollowe hartes towardes hym The Chauncellour rayseth his siege vvith dishonour reysed his siege and departed wyth dyshonour Not long after one of hys hornes was broken off by the deathe of Pope Clement wherby his power Legantine cessed and herewith being somwhat abashed he commeth to a coÌ„munication wyth Earle Iohn and vpon certayne conditions maketh peace wyth him The Lorde Chauncellour and earle Iohn are agreed Shortly after the souldyers which he had sent for doe arryue in Englande and then hee began to goe from the agreemente made wyth Earle Iohn affyrmyng that he woulde eyther dryue the same Earle out of Englande or else shulde Earle Iohn doe the like to hym The Chauncellour breaketh the agreement For it was not of largenesse sufficient to holde them bothe Yet shortelye after peace was eftesoones concluded betwixte them The lord ChaÌ„cellor and erle â—…ohn make an other agrement with condition that if it chaunced kyng Rycharde to departe this life before his retourne into Englande not leauing any issue of hys bodie begotten that then the Chancellour renouncyng the ordinaunce made by king Richarde who had instituted his Nephew Arthur Duke of Britayne to be his heyre and successour shoulde consent to admit Earle Iohn for king of Englande contrarye to the sayde ordynaunce But in the meane time it was agreed that Earle Iohn shulde deliuer vp the castels of Notingham and Tickhyll Notyngham to the handes of Wyllyam Marshall and Tickhil to the handes of Wyllyam Wendenall they to keepe the same vnto the vse and behoofe of king Richarde that vpon his retourne he might doe wyth them as shulde please him but if it so chaunced that hee shulde dye before he coulde retourne from his voyage or that the Chancellour wente from the agreement nowe taken then immediatlye shulde the foresayd castelles of Notingham and Tickhill be restored vnto Earle Iohn Moreouer the other castels of suche honours as wer assigned to Earle Iohn by the king his brother were commytted vnto the custodye of certayne persons of great trust and loyalty as the castell of Wallingforde to the Archebishop of Rouen the castell of Bristowe to the bishop of Lincolne the castel of the Peake to the Bishoppe of Couentry the castell of Bolesofres vnto Richard del Peake or if he refused then shoulde the bishop of Couentrey haue it in keping the castell of Eye was comitted to Walter Fitz Roberte the castell of Herford to Roger Bigot and to Richard Revel the castels of Exceter and Launston These persons to whoÌ„ these castels were thus coÌ„mitted to be kept receiued also an othe y t they shuld faithfully kepe them to the kings behoofe if he chanced to die before he shulde retourne then the same should be deliuered vnto Earle Iohns handes Also there were .iij. castelles that pertayned to the crowne delyuered Castels deliâ—…red in trust as the keeping 〈◊〉 certain perâ—… lykewyse in truste as the castell of Winsor vnto the Earle of Arundell the castell of Winchester vnto Gilbert de Lacye and the castell of Northampton vnto Simon de Pateshulle It was also agreed that Bishoppes Abbots Earles and Barons Valuasores and Freehoulders shoulde not bee disseysed
purpose He was the .xlj. Archbishop that gouerned that Sea for although Reginald Bishop of Bath was elected before him yet bycause he dyed ere he was installed he is not put in the number The king being now put in good hope of hys speedie deliuerance sent into Englande willing his mother Queene Elenor the Archbishop of Rouen and others to come ouer vnto him into Almain â—…bert Archâ—…hop of CaÌ„â—…burie Lord â—…efe iustice and in the meane tyme he ordeyned Hubert the Archbishop of Canterburie to remaine at home as Lorde chiefe Iustice After this the Emperour with the aduice of the Princes of the Empyre hee assigned a daye to King Rycharde in whiche hee shoulde be delyuered oute of captiuitie which was the Mondaye nexte after the twentieth day of Christmasse Wherevpon King Richarde wrote vnto Hubert Archbyshop of Canterburie in forme as followeth 〈◊〉 tenor of kings â—…rs RIchardus dei gratia rex Anlgiae dux Normaniae Aquitaniae comes Andigauiae venirabili patri nostro in Christo amico charissimo Huberto eadem gratia Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo salutem sincere dilectionis plenitudinem Quoniam certiores sumus quòd liberationem nostram plurimùm desideratis quòd liberatis nostra admodum vos laetificat scripto volumus quòd latitiae nostrae participes firis Inde est quòd dilectioni vestrae dignum duximus significare dominuÌ„ Imperatorem certum dieÌ„ liberationis nostrae nobis praefixisse in die lunae proxima post vicissimaÌ„ die Natiuitatis domini die dominica proxima sequente covonabimur dé regno prouinclae quod nobis dedito Vnde mittimus in Angliae literas domini Imperatoris super hijs patetes vâ—…bis caeteris amiois nostris beneuolis Vos ante interim pro omni posse vestro quos scitis nos diligere coÌ„solare velitis quos scitis promotionem nostram desiderare Teste meipso apud Spiram .xxij. die Decembris The Emperor also signified by his letters to the Lordes of England his resolute determination in this matter as followeth HEnricus dei gratia Romanorum Imperator The tenor of the Emperors letters semper Augustus dilectis suis Archiep. Epispis Comitibus Baronibus militibus et vniuersis alijs fidelibus Richardi illustris regis AngloruÌ„ gratiam suam omne bonuÌ„ Vniuersitati vestrae duximus intimanduÌ„ quòd dilecto amico nostro Richarde illustri regi AngloruÌ„ domino vestro certuÌ„ die liberationis suae statuimus à secunda feria post die natiuitatis domini in tres septimanas apud Spiram siue apud BerenatiaÌ„ inde in septeÌ„ dies posuimus ei dieÌ„ coronationis suae de regno Prouinciae quod ei promisimus hoc certuÌ„ habeatis indubitatuÌ„ nostri siquideÌ„ propositi est et voluntatis praefatum dominuÌ„ vestruÌ„ specialeÌ„ promouere sicut amicuÌ„ nostrum magnificentius honorare Datum apud Theallusam vigilia beati Thomae Apostoli Before this K. Richard had sent the Bishop of Ely into France vnto his brother Erle Iohn the which did so much with him that he returned into Normandie and there sware feaultie vnto his brother king Richard and so was contented to forsake the French king But where as king Richard commaunded that all such Castels and honors as he had giuen to him afore time shoulde now be restored to him againe as well those in England as the other on the further side the sea The kings commaundement not obeyed such as had the same Castels in keeping woulde not obey the kings commaundement herein refusing to make restitution of those places according to the tenor purport of the kings writ vnto y e said Earle of Mortaigne by reason of which refusall he returned again to the French king and stuck to him whervpoÌ„ the French king gaue vnto him y e castels of Dreincourt Arques the which ought to haue bin deliuered vnto y e Archb. of Reimes as in pledge who had trauelled as a meane betwixt y e French K. to whoÌ„ he was vncle the K. of England to whoÌ„ he was cousin procuring a meting for agreement to be had betwixt them at a certain place betwixt Vaucolour and Tulle in the borders of Lorraine But notwithstanding all that he coulde doe matters were so farre out of frame and suche mistrust was entred into the myndes of the partyes that no conclusion helde So that all the hope which king Richard had was by payment of hys raunsome to redeme his libertie and then to shift wyth things as hee myght And so finally when the money was once redie 1194 or rather a sufficient portion thereof the same was conueyed ouer into Germany and payment made to the Emperour of the more parte of the Kings raunsome and sufficient pledges left with him for the rest as the Archebishoppe of Rouen the Bishoppe of Bath Rog. Houed King Richard released out of captiuitie Barlowyn Wac and other which were of late come oute of Englande to see and salute the king Rog. Houed The offers of the French K. and Erle Iohn to haue the K. of Englande kept still in prison Some write that those Ambassadours sent from the Frenche King with other from Earle Iohn came to the Emperor before king Richard was deliuered offring in the French kings name fiftie thousand markes of siluer and in the name of Earle Iohn thirtie thousande vpon condition that king Richard might remain stil in captiuitie vntill the feast of S. Michaell next ensuing or else if it might so please him he shoulde receyue a thousand pound of siluer for euery month whilest king Richard should bee deteyned in hys prison or otherwise fiftie thousand markes of siluer more thaÌ„ the first offer at one entier payment if he woulde delyuer him into their handes or at the leastwise to keepe him prisoner by the tearme of one whole yeare The Emperor hearing of such large offers and yet hoping for more contrarie to his promise and letters patents therefore graunted proroged the day in which king Rychard should haue bene set at libertie till Candlemasse after at which day hee was brought from Haguenaw vnto Spiers where the Emperour had called a Councell to intreate further of the matter touching his redemption Here the Emperor shewed the letters which he had receiued from the French king and Earle Iohn vnto king Richarde who vpon sight and perusing of the same was maruellously amased and began to dispaire of all speedy deliuerance In deed the Emperour sought delayes vpon a couetous desire of the money offred by the French king and Erle Iohn but yet such princes and great Lordes as had vndertaken for the Emperour The prinâ—… that had vnâ—…taken fortâ—… Emperor 〈◊〉 performe 〈◊〉 couenant that the couenants and articles on his part agreed vpoÌ„ in the accord passed betwixt him and king Richarde should bee in eche behalfe performed that is to wit the Archbishops of Mens Colen Saltzburg the Bishops of Wormes
so hardly with them was for that they refused to help him with money when before hys last going ouer into Normandy he demaunded it of them towardes the paymente of the thirtie thousande pounde whiche hee hadde couenaunted to pay to the Frenche Kyng to liue in rest and peace which he coueted to haue done for reliefe of hys people and hys owne suretie knowing what enimies he had that lay in waite to destroy him and agayne what discommodities had chaunced to his father and brethren by the often and continuall warres But nowe to proceede with other doings Immediately after the solemnization of the Queenes Coronation ended An ambassade sent vnto the K. of Scottes hee sente Phillippe Bishoppe of Duresme Roger Bigot Earle of Northfolke and Henry de Bolmn Earle of Hereford Nephew to William King of Scotland and Dauid Earle of Huntington brother to the same King and Roger de Lacy Conestable of Chester the Lorde William de Vescy and the Lord Robert de Ros which had married two of the daughters of y e sayd K. and Robert Fitz Roger Sherife of NorthumberlaÌ„d as Ambassadorâ—… from him vnto y e foresaid William K. of Scotland with letters patents conteining a safe conduit for him to come into England The King of Scottes came to the Kyng of Englande at Lincolne Math. Paris Ran. Higd. Rog. Houed Polidor and to meete with K. Iohn at Lincolne on the morrowe after the feast of S. Edmunde who gladly graunted therevnto and so according to that appoyntmeÌ„t both y e kings met at Lincolne the .21 day of Nouember And on the morrow after K. Iohn weÌ„t to the Cathedrall Church and offered there vppon the high Alter a chalice of golde And y e same day vppon a hill without the Citie the Kyng of Scottes did homage vnto K. Iohn in y e presence and sight of a great multitude of people swearing fealtie of life limme and worldly honor vnto K. Iohn whiche othe hee made vppon the Crosse of Hubert Archb. of Caunterbury There were present at that time beside other noble menne three Archbyshops Caunterbury Yorke and Raguse with other Bishops to the number of thirtene as Duresme London Rochester Elie Bath Salisbury Winchester Hereford Norwich Saint Andrews in Scotland Landafe and Bangor in Wales and Meth in IrelaÌ„d beside a great multitude of Earles Barons and other noble men When the K. of Scottes had thus done his homage hee required restitution of Northumberland Cumberland and Westmerland whych he claymed as his right and lawfull heritage Much talke was hadde touching this matter but they coulde not agree and therefore King Iohn asked respite to consider of it till the feast of Pentecost next ensuing which being graunted the Kyng of Scottes the nexte morrow being the .23 of Nouember returned homewardes and was conducted backe agayne into his countrey by the same noble men that brought him to Lincolne This Hugh was a French man by nation borne at Granople a man of a pregnant witte and skilfull both in science of holy Scripture and humane knowledge He was first a regular Chanon and after became a Cartusian Monke K. Henry the seconde moued with the fame of hys vertue and godly lyfe sent the Byshop of Bath to bryng hym into Englande and after he was come made hym fyrste Abbot of Whithing in the diocesse of Welles and after created hym Byshoppe of Lincolne Hee was noted to bee of a very perfit and sound lyfe namely bycause hee woulde not sticke to reprooue menne of theyr faultes playnely and frankely not regardyng the fauoure or disfauoure of anye manne in so muche that hee woulde not feare to pronounce them accursed which being the Kynges officers woulde take vpon them the punishmente of any person within orders of the Churche for huntyng and kylling of the Kynges game within hys Parkes Forrestes and chases yea and that which is more A presenâ—…ous part 〈◊〉 Bishop hee woulde denye paymentes of suche subsedies and taxes as hee was assessed to pay to the vses of Kyng Rycharde and Kyng Iohn towardes the mayntenaunce of theyr warres and dyd oftentymes accurse by hys ecclesiasticall authoritie such Sherifes Collectors or other officers as dyd distrayne vppon hys landes and goodes for to satisfye these Kyngs of their demands alledging openly that hee woulde not pay any money towards the maintenance of wars whiche one Christian Prince vpoÌ„ priuate displeasure and grudge made againste another Prince of the same Religion This was his reason and when he came before the King to make aunswere to his disobedience shewed heerein hee woulde so handle the matter partly with gentle admonishments partly with sharp reproofes and sometyme mixing merie and pleasant speeche amongst his serious arguments that ofttimes hee would so qualifie y e kings moode that beyng driuen from anger he could not but laugh and smile at the Bishops pleasaunte talke and merie conceytes And this manner hee vsed not only with the King alone but with the father and the two sonnes That is to say Henry the secoÌ„d Richard and Iohn in whose tyme he liued and gouerned the See of Lincolne He was after his decesse for the opinion which men conceyued of his holynes and vertues admitted into the number of the Saintes Yee haue heard howe K. Iohn had conceyued no small displeasure againste the Monkes of the white order for that they would not depart with any money excusing themselues that they might not do it without consente of a generall chapiter of their order Wherevpon the King had caused them diuers wayes to be molested but chiefly in restreyning them of libertie to haue any Horses or other cattell goyng to pasture within his forrests They therefore takyng aduice togyther chose foorthe twelue Abbots amongst them of that order the which in all their names went to Lincolne there to make sute to the King comming thither at this time to meete the King of Scottes that it would please him to remitte hys displeasure conceyued agaynst them and to take them agayne into his protection This sute was so followed although with some difficultie that at length to witte the sunday after that the King of Scottes had done his homage through the help and furtherance of the Archbishop of Canterbury they came to y e kings speeche and obteyned so much as they in reason might desire for he pardoned them of all his passed displeasure receyued them againe into his fauoure tooke them into his protection and commaunded that all iniuries greeuaunces and molestations shoulde bee reformed redressed and amended whiche in respect of his indignation had bin offered and done to them by any manner of meanes and to see the same accomplished writtes were directed vnto the Sherifes of the counties bearing date from Lincolne the .27 of Nouember And thus were those Monkes for y e time restored to the Kings fauour to their great commoditie and comfort 〈◊〉 Moones Aboute the moneth of December there were seene in the prouince of Yorke fyue Moones
one in the East the seconde in the West the thyrde in the North the fourth in the South and the fifthe as it were set in the middes of the other hauing many Starres aboute it and went fiue or sixe tymes in compassing the other as it were the space of one houre and shortly after vanished away The Winter after was extreamely colde more than the naturall course had bin aforetime And in the Spring time came a great glutting and continuall rayne causing the Riuers to rise with hygher flouds than they hadde bene accustomed In the yere .1201 1201 Kyng Iohn held his Christmas at Guildforde and there gaue to his seruauntes many faire lyueries Mat. Par. An. reg 3. and sutes of apparell The Archbyshoppe of Caunterbury dyd also the lyke at Caunterbury seemyng in deede to striue with the Kyng whyche of them shoulde passe the other in suche sumptuous apparrellyng of their men whereat the Kyng and not without good cause was greatly moued to indignation agaynste hym although for a time hee couloured the same going presently into the North where he gathered of the countrey there no small summes of money as it were by way of fyning them for theyr transgressions committed in hys forrestes From thence he returned and came to Canterbury where he held his Easter which fell that yeare on the day of the Annunciation of our Lady in the which feast he sate Crowned togyther with hys wife Queene Isabell the Archbyshop of Caunterbury bearing the charges of them and their traynes whilest they remayned there At the feast of the Ascention nexte ensuing Kyng Iohn set out a proclamation at Tewkesbury that all the Earles and Barons of the Realme and also all other that helde of him by Knightes seruice shoulde be ready in the feast of Pentecost nexte ensuyng with Horse and armour at Portesmouth to passe ouer with him into Normandy who made their apperance accordingly Howbeeit a great number of them in the ende gate licence to tarry at home paying for euery Knightes fee two markes of siluer for a fyne which then was a great matter But he sent before him into Normandy William Marshall Earle of Striguill with an hundred Knights Rog. Houed or men of armes which he had hired and Roger de Lacye with an other hundred men of armes to defende the confynes of Normandy againste the enimies and to his ChaÌ„berlain Hubert de Burgh hee delyuered the like number of Knyghtes or men of armes also to keepe the marches betwixt England Wales as Warden of y e same This done he pardoned his brother y e Archb. of York The Archb. of York restored restored him to al his dignities possessioÌ„s liberties coÌ„firming y e same vnto him in as ful large manner as euer Roger late Archbishop of y e See had and enioyed the same for the whiche confirmation his sayd brother vndertooke to pay to the King within the tearme of one yeare the summe of a thousand pounds sterling and for the assurance thereof engaged his barony to the King in pledge Moreouer about the same time the Kyng sent Geffrey Bishoppe of Chester Ambassadors sent into Scotlande and Richarde Malebisse with Henry de Poysy vnto William King of Scotlande requiring him that the tyme appoynted for him to make aunswere touchyng his demaund of Northumberland might be proroged vntill the feast of Saint Michael the Archangell next ensuing whiche was obteyned and then the King and Quene being come to Portsmouth on the Monday in Whitson weeke tooke the Sea to passe ouer into Normandy The King passeth ouer into Normandy but not both in one Ship so that the Queene with a prosperous gale of winde arriued there at hir owne desire but the Kyng was driuen by reason of a pirry to take laÌ„d in y e Isle of Wight and so was slayed ther for a time howbeit within a few days after he tooke ship again at Portsmouth so passed ouer into Normandy wher shortly after hys arriuall in those parties he came to an enteruewe with y e K. of FraÌ„ce He commeth to talke with the Kyng of Fraunce nere to Lisle Donely where comming a loÌ„g time togither alone they agreede so wel y t within three days after K. Iohn at the FreÌ„ch kings request went into France and was receiued of him with much honor first at S. Dinise with ProcessioÌ„ of y e Cleargie and there lodging one night King Iohn entreth into Paris vpon y e morrow the FreÌ„ch K. accompanied him vnto Paris where he was receyued of y e CitizeÌ„s with great reuereÌ„ce the Prouost presenting vnto him in y e name of y e whole Citie many riche giftes to his welcome K. Phillip feasted him also in his owne Palace and for his part gaue vnto him to his Lords and seruantes many great princely giftes Moreouer the league at this time was renued betwixt them The league renued Mat. Pâ—… Rog. Houed put in writing with this caution that whether of them first brake the couenaunts such Lords on his parte as were become sureties for performaÌ„ce shuld be released of their allegiance which they ought to him y t so shuld breake that they might therevpoÌ„ frely become subiects to y e other prince These things done at length after that K. Iohn had remayned at Paris with greate mirth and solace certayne days y e French K. brought him forth of the Citie toke leane of him in very louing wise After this K. Iohn went to Chinon froÌ„ thence into Normandy About whiche time there chanced some troubles in Ireland for where Walter Lacy vnder pretence of a communication that was appoynted betwixt him and Iohn de Curcy Lorde of Vlnester Walter Lacy 〈…〉 meante to haue taken the sayd Curcy and for the accomplishment of his purpose set vppon him slew many of his menne and for hys safegard constreyned Curcy in the end to take a Castell which belonged vnto Hugh Lacy vppon fayre promises made to him by the same Hugh to be preserued out of all danger it came to passe that when he was once gote in he might no more be suffred to depart For y e Lacies thought to haue deliuered him to K. Iohn but the seruaunts and friends of the sayd Curcy made such cruell warre in wasting and destroying the lands possessioÌ„s that belonged vnto the said Walter Hugh Lacyes that finally they were constreined to set him againe at libertie whether they woulde or no. At the same time also Polidor Ayde againâ—… the Turâ—… and Infideâ—… the kings of Fraunce England gaue large money towards the maintenaÌ„ce of y e army which at this present went forth vnder the leading of the Earle of Flanders and other to war against the enimies of y e Christian faith Mat. Pâ—… at y e instance of Pope Innocent There was furthermore graunted vnto theÌ„ the fortith part of all the reuenewes belonging to
numbers so that in one Village there were buryed an hundred corpses in one day Also the daye before Christmas euen there chaunced a great winde with thunder and raine in suche extreame wise that manye buyldings were shaken and ouerthrowen 1237 In a Parliament holden at Westminster about the Octaues of the Epiphany the King required a subsedie of his subiects the which request was not very well taken but yet at length vpon promise that he would be good Lord vnto them and not seeke to infringe and disanull the grants which he hadde made by pretence of want of the Popes coifyrmatioÌ„ as it was thought he meant to doe A subsedie they agreed to giue him the thirtith part of all mouable goodes as well of the spiritualtie as the temporaltie reseruing yet to euery man his ready coine with Horse and armoure to bee employed for the profit of the common wealthe In consideration of which graunt the Kyng beyng of perfect age and in his owne rule and full gouernaunce of his free and meere good will at the request and by the councell of the Lordes of hys Realme eftsoones graunted and confirmed the liberties and customes conteyned in the two charters the one called Magna charta The confirmation of the charters and the other carta de Foresta with this addition in the ende Nunc autem concessimus hac praesenti charta coÌ„firmanimiss omnibus praedictis de regno nostro omnes libertates liberas consuetudines contentas in cartis nostris quas eis fidelibus nostris fieri fecimus cùm in minori essemus aetate scilicet tam in Magna carta nostra quam in carta de Foresta Et volumus pro nobis haeredibus nostris quòd praefati fideles nostri successores haeredes eorum habeant teneant imperpetuum omnes libertates liberas consuetudines praedictas non obstante quòd praedictae cartae coÌ„fectae fuerint cùm minoris essemus aetatis vt praedictuÌ„ est hijs testibus Edmonde Cant. Archiepiscopo omnibus alijs in Magna carta nominatis Dat. per manum venerabilis patris Cicestriensis episcopi cancellarij nostri 28. die Ianuarij Anno Regni nostri 21. Mat. Paris Beside the confirmation of these charters the King further to winne the fauoure of his people was conteÌ„ted to remoue and sequestre from him diuers of hys Counsellers that were thought not to be well minded towardes the aduauncemente of the common wealth and in their places to admitte the Earle of Waren William de Ferrers and Iohn Fitz Geffrey who were sworne to giue to the King faithfull councell and in no wise to goe out of the right way for any respect that might otherwise moue them Nowe sith the Earles of Chester I meane those of the line of Hugh Lupus tooke end in thys Iohn Scot. For the honor of so noble a lignage I haue thought it not impertinent to set downe the discente of the same Earles beginning at the foresayd Hugh the firste that gouerned after the CoÌ„quest as I haue seene the same collected forth of auntient recordes according to their true succession in seuen discents one after another as here followeth The Legate also in reuenge of the iniurie in this wise to him done The lâ—… câ—…seâ—… pronounced the curse agaynste the mysdoers and handled the matter in suche wise that the regentes and maisters of the Vniuersitie were at length constreyned to come vnto LondoÌ„ The 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 fiue aâ—… Polidâ—… and there to goe bare footed through Cheape side vnto the Churche of Saint Paule in suche wise to aske hym forgiuenesse and so with muche adoe they obteyned absolution This Legate among other thynges demanded soone after the tenth parte of all spirituall mens yearely reuenewes towardes the mayntenaunce of the warres againste the Sarazens in Asia Moreouer the Emperour of Constantinople Math. 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 of Coâ—…â—…ople â—…methâ—… Englâ—… Baldwine sonne to Peeter Earle of Ausserre being expelled foorth of his Empire came this yeare into England to sue for ayde but at his first arriuall at Douer he was told that he had not done well to come so presumptuously into the lande of an other Prince without his safecoÌ„duit but wheÌ„ the sayd Emperour seemed to be sorie for hys offence and to excuse his innocencie and sincere meaning the king was pacified and willed him to come to London where at his commyng thither being the .22 of Aprill he was honorably receyued at his departure with rich gifts highly honored so that he had away with him to the valewe of about seauen hundred markes as was reported About this time also The Câ—… of Peâ—… sister 〈◊〉 King 〈◊〉 to Siâ—… Mâ—… Eleanor the kings sister that was sometime wife vnto William Marshall Earle of Pembroke was nowe by the Kyngs meanes married the seconde time vnto Simon Mountforth a man of high parentage and noble prowes This Simon was endowed with suche vertue good councell courteous discretion and other amiable qualities that hee was highly fauoured as was supposed both of God and man He was yet banished out of Fraunce vppon displeasure which Blanch the Queene mother conceyued against him But now comming into Englande hee was ioyfully receyued of King Henry who not only gaue vnto him as aboue is mentioned his sister in marriage with the Erledome of Leicester in name of a dower but also aduanced him vnto offices of greatest honor within the Realme of Englande â—…chbyâ—…â—…f Caunâ—…y disâ—… with â—…arriage Howbeit this marriage was very displeasant vnto Edmond the Archbyshoppe of Caunterbury bycause that the foresaid Eleanor after y e death of hir first husband had vowed perpetuall chastitie and betaken hir as was saide to the mantel and the ring And as the Prelate was not pleased with this match so the King was as highly offended with the Archbishop for not fauouring the cause in somuch that the Archbishop went soone after to Rome â—…eth to 〈◊〉 to comâ—… of the 〈◊〉 where he not only coÌ„plaineth of certayne iniuries receyued lately at the Kings hands but also signifieth the estate of this marriage to procure a diuorce In lyke manner â—…arle of â—…wall is â—…fended â—…e same â—…ge Paris Richard the Kings brother found great faulte with the King for the same matter but chiefly for that he stroke it vp without makyng hym and other of the nobles of councell therein To be short it was not loÌ„g ere this grudge grew so farre that ciuill warre was very likely to haue followed therevppon But when the Kyng sawe that all the Lordes leaned to his brother he sought to pacifie the matter by curteous meanes â–ª and so by mediation of the Legate the Kyng and hys brother were reconciled to the greate griefe of the Lordes whych hadde brought the matter nowe to that poynte that the Kyng coulde not haue so resisted theyr force but that they were in good hope to haue deliuered the Realme out
the Lords to Pope Innocent TO our holy father in Christ I. by the grace of God the hyghest Bishoppe Alexander by the same grace Kyng of Scotlande Erle Patricke the Earle of Stratherne the Earle of Leuenox the Erle of Angus the Earle of Mar the Earle of Athole the Earle of Râ—… the Earle of Catnesse the Erle of Buch Roger de Mombeay Laurence de Ahirneâ—… Peter de Manuere Richarde Cumyn William de Veypont Roberte de Brus Roger Auenel Nicholas de Souleys William de Murray de Dunfel William de Murray de Petin Iohn Biset the yonger Willyam de Lyndesey Iohn de Valeys Dauid de Liâ—…dsey William Giffarde Duncan de Ergyle Iohn de Matreuers Eymere his sonne Roger Earle of Winchester Hugh Earle of Oxforde William de Vesey Richard Siwâ—… William de Ros Roger de Clere Henrye Fitz Conte de Breffere Eustace de Stoâ—…teville Earle Malcolme of Fife the Earle of Mentethshire Walter Fitz Alayne Wallet Olyfarde Bernarde Fraser Henry de Balllioâ—… Dauid Cumyn Dauid Mareschall Dauid Fitz Randulf William de Fortere Iohn de Baistiol and Roberte Ros sende greetyng and due reuerence with all honoure We doe signifye vnto your holynesse that we haue receyued a corporall othe before the reuerend father Otho deacon Cardinall of Sainct Nicholas in carcere Tulliano Legate to the Sea Apostolike in Englande Scotland and Irelande and haue made our Charter or died whyche beginneth thus Sciant praesentes c. Whyche Charter or deed indented and sealed remaineth with the Kyng of Englande and with vs. Also an other deed or writing that beginneth thus Ad omnium vestrum notitiam volumus peruenire Wheras therfore by the foâ—… of our precedent deedes obligatorie wee haue submitted our selues to your iurisdiction that you may brydle and restrayn vs our helâ—…s â—…y the Ecclesiastical censures if at any time we go against the sayd peace And if it happen at any time that any of vs all or one of vs shall fortune to presume rashly and vnaduisedly to got against it or be aboute or hereafter shall de about so to presume therby may procure 〈◊〉 perill as well to the soules of our owne selues as of our heires and no small danger may also be redy through the same our default to â—…ight vpon our bodies and goodes we beseeche your holy fatherhood that you will giue in coÌ„mandement vnto some of the Suffraganes of the Archbishop of Canterbury that he do compeâ—… vs and oure heires vnto the obseruing of the same peace accordingly as in the instruments therof more fully it is conteined or else so order by your authoritie vppon the same peace that which shal be agreable to the Châ—… 〈◊〉 And to the performaunce of this our petition wee haue to this present writing set our seales When all things were throughly concluded and order taken in what sorte the assuraunces of this accorde shuld passe the king of Scottes retourned into the inner partes of his Realme and the King of Englande likewise retourned to London â—…e VVelchâ—… sâ—…orre â—…les At the same time also the Welchmen wer very busy for hearing that the Kings of Englande and Scotland were agreed they doubted leaste all the burthen of the warre woulde be turned agaynste them Wherefore as it were to preuente the matter they began to waste the englishe confines On saint Hughs day died the Countesse of Penbroke Margaret the widowe of Gilbert Marshall late Earle of Penbroke and sister to the Kyng of Scottes and shortely after the bishoppe of Exeter WilliaÌ„ de Brewer likewise deceased as yet beeing in his florishing age a man in manners parentage and knowledge right honorable and highely commended On the daye of Saint Marcellus was the Queene deliuered of a man childe whyche at the fonte stone was named Edmonde In the Lent folowing nere to the Castell of Mountgomerye in Wales three hundred Welchemen were slayne by them that laye in garison there by a pollycie of the Capitayne whyche faining a counterfeted flight drew the Welchemen wythin daunger of an Ambushe whiche hee had layde to surprise them vnwares as it came euen to passe acording to his deuise Dauid king or prince of VVales Dauid that tooke himselfe for Kyng of Wales coueting to be auenged of this displeasure cessed not daye nor night to make incursions and to exploite enterprises to the domage of the marchers the whiche valyantly resisted the ennemies and droue them oftentimes into the mountaines woodes bogs and other places of refuge and oftentimes the enimies hauing the aduantage of place did much displeasure to the Englishmen It chaunced that aboute this time a poste commyng from the Pope with Letters to his â—…uncâ—…o maister Martin The Popes leâ—…s stayed conteyning instructions how he shoulde proceede for the gathering of money was staied at Douer by the practise of suche noble men as were greeued to see any suche summes of money to be conueyed out of the realm in sort as was vsed He was had into the castell his letters taken from him wherin suche secrets were conteyned for the getting of money as ought not to haue bin reueled M. Martin hearing that the poste was thus stayed and imprisoned made a greiuouse complaint vnto the K. so that the post was set at libertie had his letters to him restored so came vnto master Martin and deliuered them vnto hym that he mighte vnderstande the Popes pleasure which others to his grief vnderstoode nowe as well as himselfe The King this yeare caused inquisition to be made thorough euery countye within the realme to vnderstande the true valuation of all suche benefices spirituall promotions as were in the hands of any incumbents that were straÌ„gers borne The vaâ—… of beneâ—…â—…ken that pâ—…tained to â—…geâ—… and suche as had bene preferred by the Courte of Rome and the whole summe of all their reuenues was found to be sixty thousande markes On Whitsondaye the K. made the Earle of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare knight This Gilbert vvas 〈◊〉 Gloucester Hereforâ—… 〈◊〉 Lord of 〈◊〉 and xl other yong gentlmen that attended vpon him And perceyuing by the late inquisition what great reuenues y e beneficed strangers had possessed w tin the realm again coÌ„sidering the exceding great sums of money which the court of Rome had recouered of his subiects he begaÌ„ to detest such couetous deling And herupoÌ„ was a letter deuised by the whole body of the Realme wherein were conteyned the sundry extortions and many folde exactions of the Popes Legates and other of his Chaplaynes whiche vnder coulour of his authoritie they had vsed â—…assadors â—…o the â—…al Counâ—… There were appoynted also to goe with these letters vnto the generall Counsell certayne honorable and discret personages as Roger Bigod Earle of Northfolke â—…e were 〈◊〉 Iohn Fitz Geffrey William de Cantlow Phillip Basset and Raulfe Fitz Nicholas with other the which presenting the same letters vnto the sayde assembly should declare the griefe
and hearing that the now Archebishop of Canterburie doctor Robert Wynchelsey being returned from Rome where of Pope oâ—…â—…eâ—…e be had receyued his Pall was coÌ„ming towards hind 〈◊〉 one of his Chaplaines 〈◊〉 Iohn â—…tewike with a power of souldiers to conduct him safely vnto his presence And 〈◊〉 the Archebishoppe had done this dealtie to the King accordingly as of dutie and custome hee was bound he was liceÌ„ced to returne with great honor shewed vnto him at the kings handes Vpon the day of the circumcision of our Lord Baâ—…â—…ded to 〈◊〉 Engliâ—… was the Citie of Bayon rendred vnto the Lorde Iohn Saint Iohn the which the day before had beene taken by the mariners by force of assaulte Many of the Citizens which were knowne to be thiefe enimies vnto the king of Englande were apprehended and sent into Englande The Castell was then besieged â—…e Castell of â—…e won and after eight dayes taken The Lorde of Aspermont with diuerse other that helde it â—…o French â—…ys taken were coÌ„mitted to prison There were also taken two Galleys which the French King had caused to bee made and appoynted to bee remaining there vppon defence of that Citie â—…t Iohn de â—…des Shortly after the towne of Saint Iohn de Sordes was deliuered vnto the Englishe men who wan many other townes fortresses some by surrender of their owne accord some by force and violence The Englishe army greatly encreased within a while after the deceyte of the Frenchmen once appeared â—…e Gasâ—…nes ayde 〈◊〉 Englishe 〈◊〉 for the Gascoigns returned vnto the English obedience in such wife that foure thousand footmen and two C. horsemen came to ayde the English captaines â—…e king enâ—…th into â—…ales In the meane time the king of England passing ouer the riuer of CoÌ„wey with part of his army to go further into Wales towardes Snowdone lost many cartes and other cariages which were taken by the Welchmen being loden with the prouisions of vittayles so that hee with hys people indured great penurie and was constrayned to drink water mixt with honie and eat such course breade and salt flesh as he could get til the other part of the army came vnto him â—…hingdon There was a smal quantitie of wine amongst them which they woulde haue reserued onely for the king but he refused saying that in time of necessitie all things ought to be common and all men to be contented wyth lyke dyeâ—… For as touching him being the cause and procurer of theyr want he woulde not bee preferred vnto anye of them in his meates and drinkes The Welchemen compassed him aboute in hope to distresse him for that the water was so rysen that the residue of his armie coulde not get to hym But shortly after when the water fell they came ouer to hys ayde and therewith the aduersaryes fled The Earle of Warwike hearing that a great number of Welchmen was assembled togyther The Earle of Warwike Nic. Triuet and lodged in a valley betwixt two wooddes he chose out a number of horsemen with certayne Crosbowes and Archers and comming vpon the Welchemen in the night compassed them rounde about the which pytching the endes of their Speares in the grounde and turning the poyntes agaynst theyr enimies stoode at defence so to keepe off the horsmen But the Earle hauing placed his battaile so that euer betwixt two horsemen there stoode a Crosbowe a great parte of the Welchmen which stoode at defence in maner aforesayde with theyr Speares were ouerthrowne and broken with the shotte of the quarels The Welche men ouerthrowne by the Earle of Warwike and then the Earle charged the residue with a troupe of horsemen and bare them downe with such slaughter as they had not susteyned the like losse of people as was thought at any one time before In the meane while king Edwarde to restrayne the rebellious attempts of those Welchmen 〈◊〉 woods in â—…les cut â—…nâ—… caused the wooddes of Wales to bee cutte downe wherein before tyme the Welchmen were accustomed to hyde themselues in time of daunger He also repaired the Castels and holdes in that Countrey and buylded some new as the Citie and Castell of Bewmarise with other Beanmares buylt so that the Welchmen constrained through huÌ„ger famine were enforced within a while to come to the kings peace Also at length aboute the feast of Saint Laurence the Welcheman Madocke that tooke himselfe for Prince of Wales was taken prisoner Madock taken prisoner Abingdon and being brought to London was committed to perpetuall prison By some wryters it shoulde appeare that Madocke was not taken but rather after many aduentures and sundrie conflictes when the Welch men were brought to an issue of greate extremitie the sayde Madocke came in and submitted himselfe to the kings peace and was receyued vpon condition that he shoulde persue Morgan till hee had taken him and brought him to the kings prison which was done and so all things in those parties were set in rest and peace and many hostages of the chiefest amongest the Welch nobilitie were deliuered to the king Welchmen imprisoned who sent them to diuerse castels in EnglaÌ„d where they were safely kept almost to the end of the warres that folowed with ScotlaÌ„d Polidor About the same time Charles de Valoys brother to the French king being sent with an army into Gascoigne and comming vpon the sodaine found the English men wandring abrode in the Countrey out of order by reason whereof taking them at that aduantage he caused them to leaue theyr booties behinde them Charles de Vâ—…loys chaseth the English men fiue part of them and chased the residue the which fled to theyr shippes or to such hauen townes as were in their possession The Captaines of y e Englishmen as Iohn de Britaine Earle of Richmond The Earle of Richmond and the Lorde Iohn Saint Iohn after they had gotte togither their souldiers whiche had bene thus chased sent two bandes vnto Pontesey to defend that towne agaynst the enimies also other two handes vnto Saint Seuere and they themselues went to Rion to fortifie that place Charles de Valoys aduertised hereof thought he would not giue theÌ„ long respyte to make themselues strong by gathering any newe power and therefore appoynted the Conestable Sir Raufe de Neale who hadde woonne the Citie of Burdeaux from the English men lately before to goe vnto Poâ—…sey and besiege that towne whilest hee wâ—… vnto Ryon 〈◊〉 which he besieged and fiercely assaulted But the English men and Gascoignes due not onely defende the Towne stoutely but also make an issue forth vppon their enimies though as it happened the smaller number was not able to sustaine the force of the greater multitude and so were the English men beaten backe into the towne agayne Whilest they trie their manhood thus at Rion Pontesey the Conestable winneth Pontesey or Pontsâ—… vpon Dordone and commeth to ioyne with
his brother K. Peter as in y e history of Spayne it may appeare which for that it apperteineth not to this historie of England I do heere passe ouer This yeare in the moneth of Marche 1368 An. reg â—â— A blasing Starre Polichâ—… Polidor appeared a blasing starre betwixte the North West whose beames stretched towards France as was then marked threatning as might be thoughte y t within a small time after it shoulde againe bee wrapped and set on fire with newe troubles of warre and euen then that countrey was not in quiet but harried in diuers partes by such souldiers as had bin with the Prince in Spaine 〈◊〉 now out of wages The leaders of which people Froissart were for the more part Englishmenne and Gascoignes as sir Roberte Briquet sir Iohn Tresmelle Roberte Ceny Sir Gaollard Vigier the Bourg of Bertveill the bourg Camoys or Cominges as Denice Sauage thinketh the bourge of Lespare Nandon or Nawdon of Barâ—â—rant Bernard de la Salle Ortigo 〈…〉 many other In this .43 The Duke of Clarence â—…eth into 〈◊〉 yeare of K. Edwards raigne his second sonne the Lorde Lionell Duke of Clarence and Earle of Vlster passed the 〈◊〉 with a noble company of Lordes Knightes and Gentlemen The Lady Violant and wente through Fraunce into Lombardie there to marrie the Lady Violant daughter to the Duke of Millane He was hâ—…rably receiued in all places where heâ—… caâ—… and specially at Paris by the Dukes of Berry and Burgoigne the Lord Coucy and other the whiche brought him to the Court where hee dyued and supped with the King and lodged within y e pallace On y e next day he was had to a place where y e Q. lodged and dined with hir and after was conueyed to y e court again supped y t night with y e K. and on the morrow following he toke his leaue of the K. and Q. the which gaue to him great gifts likewise to y e noble meÌ„ of England y t came ouer with him to y e valew of .xx. M. floreus aboue he was conueyed froÌ„ place to place with certaine of y e french nobilitie till he came to y e bordures of the Realme and then entring into Sauoy His entertainment in Sauoy he came to Chamberie where y e Earle of Sauoy was ready to receiue him and there he remained four days being highly feasted amongst the Ladies damosels then he departed and y e Earle of Sauoy brought him to Millane to doe him the more honor His receyuing into Millan for his sister was mother to y e bride which y e Duke should marrie To speake of y e honorable receyuing of him into the Citie of Millane and of the great feast triumph and baÌ„quetting what an assemble there was in Millane of high estates at the solemnising of y e marriage Corio in the historie of Millayne betwixt him and the said Lady Violant it were two long a processe to remember The gifts that the father of the bride the Lord Galeas gaue vnto suche honorable personages as were there presente amounted in valewe to an inestimable summe The writers of the Mylanese histories affirme that this marriage was celebrate on the fifteenth day of Iune in the yere .1367 which being true â—…a Meir Froissort Caxton the same chanced in the .41 yere of thys kings raigne and not in this .42 yere though other authors agree that it was in the yere .1368 But to returne to other doings where we left Ye haue heard how the Prince of Wales coulde get no money of the K. of Spaine Froissart for the wages of his men of warre which he had reteined to serue him in the reducing of the saide King home into his countrey wherfore the Prince hauing bin at great charges in that iourney was neyther able to satisfie them nor mainteine his owne estate without some great aide of his subiectes therefore he was counsailed to reise a subsedie called a fowage The Prince of Wales conâ—…â—…o but â—…yâ—… his subâ—…ctâ—… with a â—…re subsidie through al the countrey of Aquitayne to runne only for the space of fiue yeares To thys payment euery chimney or fier must haue bene contributorie paying yerely one frank the rich to haue borne out the pore And to haue this paimeÌ„t granted al the estates of the countrey were called togither at Niort the Poictouins and they of Xainctonge Limosin Rouergue and of Rochel agreed to the Princes requeste â—…oyne not to 〈◊〉 enchaunced 〈◊〉 abaled with condition that he should keepe the course of his coigne stable for the tearme of seauen yeares but dyuers of y e other parties of GuyeÌ„ne refused that ordinaÌ„ce as the Earles of Arminarke and Gominges the Vicount of Carmaigne the Lords Dalbret de la Barde Cande Pincornet and diuers other great Barons but yet to depart quietly from the assemble they required a time to take better aduice and so they repaired into their countreys determining neither to returne againe accordyng to their promises nor to suffer anye fowage to runne amongest them at all The demaund of this fowage the cause of the Gascoynes reuolting to the French K. and were so muche offended with the motion that they soughte occasions foorthwith to reuolt from the English obeysance And therefore dyuers Lordes of them went to the French king and there exhibited into the chamber of the Peares of France their complaynts of the greeuous impositions and wronges which the Prince went aboute to laye vpon them affirming that their resorte ought to be to the crowne of Fraunce and to the kyng there as to their Lord Peramount The Frenche kyng who woulde not seeme to break the peace betwene him and the king of England dissimuled the matter and told them that hee woulde pervse the tenor of the Charters and letters of the peace and so farrefoorth as he might by permission of the same he would be glad to do them good The Erles of Arminack Perigourd Gominges and the Lorde Dalbret with other that were come thither about this matter were contented with this aunswere and so stayed in Fraunce till they might vnderstand further both of the french kings mind of y e Princes doings This yeare in October was Simon Langham Archb. of Canterbury elected to the dignitie of a Cardinall and then William Witlesley Byshoppe of Worceter was remoued vnto the Sea of Canterbury Aboute the same time The Earle of Saint Paule the Earle of Saincte Paule one of the hostages in Englande stale froÌ„ hence without taking anye leaue or saying farewell At his comming into Fraunce he greatly furthered the sute of the Lordes of Gascoigne and finally so muche was done on theyr behalfe that the Frenche Kyng was contented that the Prince of Wales shoulde be appealed 1369. The prince of Wales appealed to appeare and sommoned to appeare before the Frenche K. as Iudge in that poynt for
to bring with them The othe of the tvvo kings The two kyngs before their meeting receyued a solemne othe for assurance of their faithfull and true meaning to obserue the sacred lawes of amitie one towarde an other in that their enterviewe so as no damage violence molestation arrest disturbance or other inconuenience should be practised by them or their frendes and subiectes and that if any disorder rose thorough any myshappe arrogancie or strife moued by anye person the same shoulde be reformed promising in the wordes of Princes to assist one an other in suppressing the malice of suche as should presume to doe or attempt any thyng that myghte founde to the breache of freendly amitie during the tyme of that assemble eight dayes before and seuen dayes after The .xxvj. of October the King of Englande remoued from Caleys towarde the Castell of Guysnes and with him the duke of Berry who was seate to take his othe The morrow after being the euen of Symon and Iude the Kings mette and the Lordes of Fraunce to witte the duke of Berry Burgundie Orleans and Bourbon the Earle of Sauoy the Vicounte of Meaux and others conueyed the Kyng of Englande and from hym were sente to conduct the Frenche kyng dyuers of the Englishe Lordes as the two Dukes of Lancaster and Gloucester foure Earles to wit of Derbye Rutlande Notingham and Northumberlande After the two kinges were come together into the tent for that purpose prepared it was fyrst accorded betwixt them that in the same place where they thus mette The Chappell of our Lady of peace shoulde be buylded of both their costs a chapell for a perpetuall memorie which should be called the chapell of our Ladie of peace On the Saterday being the feast daye of the Apostles Simon and Iude the kings talked togither of certayn articles touching the treasie of peace and hauing concluded vpon the same they receyued eyther of them an othe vpon the holye Euangelistes to obserue and keepe all the couenantes accorded vppon On the Mondaye the French king came to the king of Englande his pauillion The french K. giueth his daughter to king Richarde in marriage and the same tyme was brought thyther the young Queene Isabell daughter to the Frenche King who there deliuered hir vnto K. Richarde whiche taking hir by the hande kissed hir and gaue to hir Father great thanks for that so honourable and gracious a gifte openly protesting that vpon the conditions concluded betwixt them he did receyue hir that by suche affinitie both realmes might continue in quietnes and come to a good ende and perfecte conclusion of a perpetuall peace The Queene was committed vnto the duchesses of Lancaster Gloucester to the Countesses of Huntington Stafforde to the Marchionesse of Dublyn daughter to the Lord Couey to the Ladies of Namure Poignings and others whyche wyth a noble trayne of men and horsses conueyed hir to Caleys for there were .xij. chareis ful of ladies and gentlewomen This done the kings came togither into the king of Englāds pauilion to diner The French K. sat on the right side of the hal The order of the frenche Kings seruice at table was royally serued after the maner of his coūtrey that is to wit of al maner of meates apointed to be serued at the first course in one mightie large dish or platter likewise after the same sort at the second course But the K. of Englād was serued after the english maner Whē the cables wer taken vp that they had made an end of diner the kings kissed eche other and tooke theyr horses The K. of England brought the French K. on his way at length they toke leaue either of other in shakyng handes and embracing on horsebacke The French king rode to Arde and the king of England returned to Caleys We haue omitted as things superfluous to speake of all the honorable demeanor curteous entertainment vsed shewed betwixt these princes noble men on both parts their sundry feastings bākettings what rich apparel place and other furniture of cupbords tables the princely gifts rich iewels which were presented frō one to an other striuing as it might seem who shuld shew himself most bounteous liberal beside the giftes which the King of Englande gaue vnto the French king and to the nobles of his realme whyche amounted aboue the summe of tenne thousande markes the king of England spent at this tyme as the fame went aboue .iij. C. thousande markes The expences of K. Richard at this enterv◅evve After the kyngs returne to Caleys on Wednesday next ensuyng The marriage solempnised at Callais being Allhallon day in solemne wise he maryed the sayd Ladye Isabell in the Church of S. Nicholas the Archebishop of Canterburie doing the office of the minister The Thursday after the dukes of Orleance and Bourbon came to Caleys to see the Kyng and the Queene And on the Fridaye they tooke their leaue and departed and rode to S. Omers to the Frenche kyng And the same daye in the morning the King and the Queene tooke theyr shippe and hadde faire passage for within three houres they arriued at Douer from whence they sped them towardes London wherof the Citizens being warned made out certaine horsemen well appoynted in one liuerie of colour with a deuise embroudered on their sleeues that euery companie mighte bee knowne from other the whiche with the Mayre and his brethren The Maior of London and the citizens meete the king and the Quene on Blackheath clothed in skarlet met the king and Queen on black Heath and there doing their dueties with humble reuerence attended vpon their maiesties tyll they came to Newington where the King cōmaunded the Mayre with his companie to returne for that hee was appoynted to lodge that nyght at Kenington Shortly after to witte the .xiij. of Nouember the young Queene was conueyed from thence with greate pompe vnto the Tower at whiche tyme there was suche preasse on London bridge Certaine thrust to deathe in the preasse on Londō bridge Iohn Stow. that by reason thereof certayn persones were thruste to death among the whiche the Prior of Tiptree a place in Essex was one and a worshipfull matrone in Cornehill an other The Queenes coronation The Morrowe after she was conueyed to Westminster with the honour that aright be deuised 1397 and finally there crowned Queene vppon the Sunday being then the .vij. of Ianuarie The Duke of Lancaster his bastardes made legittimate by Parliament The .xxij. of Ianuarie was a parliament begon at Westminster in whiche the duke of Lancaster caused to bee legittimated the issue whiche he had begotte of Katherin Swinfort before she was his wife the same time Thomas Beauforte sonne to the sayde Duke by the sayde Katherin was created Earle of Sommerset There was an ordinaunce made in the same Parliament that Iustices shoulde not haue any to sit wyth
the realme to rebellion and further hadde soughte the destruction and losse of his lyfe that was his soueraigne Lorde and lawfull kyng Contrarily the Dukes affirmed that their brother was wrongfully put to death The Kyng and the Dukes recoÌ„ciled hauing done nothing worthy of death At length by the intercession and meanes of those noble menne that went to and fro betwixt them they were accorded and the kyng promysed from thenceforth to doe nothyng but by the assent of the dukes but he kept small promise in this behalf as after wel appeared Caxton When the tyme came that the Parliamente should be holden at Westminster according to the tâ—…nour of the summonance the Lordes repaired thither furnished with great retinues both of armed men and archers as the Erle of Darbie the Erle Marshall the Erle of Rutland the Lorde Spenser the Erle of Northumberlande with his sonne the Lorde Henry Percie and the Lord Thomas Priâ—…ie the sayde Erles brother also the Lord Scrope Tâ—…asourer of Englande and dyuers other All the whiche Earles and Lordes brought with them a great and strong power euery of them in their best aray as it wer to strengthen the king against his enimies The dukes of Lancaster and Yorke were likewyse there giuing their attendance on the king with lyke furniture of men of armes archers There was not half lodging sufficient within the Citie and suburbes of London for suche companies of men The greate Parliament as the Lordes brought wyth them to this ParliameÌ„t called the great Parliament insomuche that they were constrayned to lye in villages abrode .x. or .xij. myles on ech side the Citie The Kinges greâ—…aâ—…ces opened in this Parliament In the beginning of this Parliament the K. greatly complayned of the mysdemeanour of the peeres and lordes of his realme as 〈…〉 â—…ges done against his will and pleasâ—… 〈…〉 was yong as for the â—…ruite dealyng 〈…〉 had shewed towards the Queene who was 〈◊〉 houres at one time on her knees before 〈◊〉 Arundell for one of hiâ—… esquires named Ioâ—… 〈◊〉 who neuerthelesse had his head smile 〈◊〉 his sâ—…oulders al the answere that she could gâ—… was this Madame pray for your selfe and yâ—… husbande for that is beste and lette this â—…ite alone Those that set foorth the kings greâ—… â–ª as prolocutors in this Parliamente were these Thom. VVâ—… Iohn Bâ—…e VVâ—…am â—…got Tâ—… Greeâ—…e Iohn Bushy WilliaÌ„ Bagot Thoâ—… 〈◊〉 The king had caused a large house of 〈◊〉 to be made within the Palaice at Westminstre A nevve â—…e made vvith the Pallace of VVestminstres for the â—…ment of the Lordes 〈◊〉 whiche was called an Hall couered aboue heade with tyles and was open at the endes that all men myght see thorough it This house was of so great a compasse that vnâ—…th it mighte 〈◊〉 within the roomth of the palaice In this 〈◊〉 was made an high throne for the Kyng and a large place for all estates besides to 〈◊〉 in There were places also made for the appellanteâ—… to stande on the one syde and the defendants on the other and a lyke roomth was 〈◊〉 behynde for the knights and burgesses of the Parliament Additions to Policrâ—… There was a place deuised for the speaker named Sir Iohn Bushy a knight of Lincolneshire Sir Ioh. Bushy speaker accompted to be an exceeding euill man ambicious and couetous beyond measure â–ª Immediatly after eche man being placed in his roomth the cause of assembling that parliamente was shewed as that the kyng had called it for reformation of diuers transgressions and oppressions committed against the peace of hys lande by the Duke of Gloucester the Earles of Arundell Warwicke and others Then sir Io. Bushy stepte foorth and made request on the behalfe of the communaltie that it myghte pleasâ—… the kings highnesse for their heinous acts attempted against his lawes and royal maiestie to appoint them punishment according to their deseruings and specially to the Archb. of Canterbury The archebishop of Canterburie sitting in parliament is accused of treason by the speaker who then sat nexte the K. whom he accused of high treson for that he had euil couÌ„selled his maiesty inducing him to grauÌ„t his letters of pardon to his brother the Erle of Arundel being a ranke traytor When the Archbishop began to answer in his own defence the K. willed him to sit downe again and to hold his peace for al shuld be well Herewith sir Io. Bushy besought the Kyng that the Archebishoppe shoulde not bee admitted to make his answer which if he did by reason of his great wit good vtteraÌ„ce he feared least he shuld lead men away to beleue him so y e Archb. might be heard no further Sir Iohn Bushy in all his talke when hee proponed any matter vnto the King did not attribute to him titles of honour due and accustomed but inuented vnvsed toâ—…nâ—…s and such strange names as were rather agreable to the diuine maiestie of God Impudent flatâ—…e than to any â—…ly potentate The Prince being desirous â—…ough of all honour and more ambitious that was â—…quisite seemed to like wel of his speech and gaue good care to his talke Thus when the Archbish was constrained to kepe silence sir Iohn Bushy procured in his purpose requiring on the behalf of the coÌ„mons that the Charters of pardons graunted vnto the traitors to witte the Duke of Gloucester and the Earles of Arundel and Warwike should be reuoked by consent of all the estates nowe in parliament assembled The King also for his parte protested that those pardons were not voluntarily grauÌ„ted by him but rather extorted by compulsion and therfore he besought them that euery man wold shew foorth their opinions what they thought thereof There were two other persons of greate credite with the King besides sir Iohn Bushy Tho. VVals that were as before yon haue heard very earnest to haue those Charters of pardon reuoked and made voyde to witte sir William Bagot and sir Thomas Greene. But bicause this matter semed to require good deliberation it was first put to the Bishops who with small adoe gaue sentence that the sayde Charters were reuocable and might wel inough be called in yet the Archbishop of Canterburye in his answere herevnto sayde that the K. from whome those pardons came was so hygh an estate that he durst not say that any suche charters by him granted might be reuoked notwithstanding his brethren the bishops thought otherwyse not considering sayth Thomas Wals that such reuoking of the kings Charters of pardon shoulde sound highly to the kings dishonor â–ª forsomuche as mercie and pardoning transgressions is accompted to bee the confirmation and establishing of the kings seate and royall estate The temporal lords perceiuing what the Bishops had done did likewise giue their consents to reuoke the same pardons but the iudges with those that were toward the law were not of this opinion but finally the Bishops pretendyng a
neuer enter in league with him bycause he had broken his promise oth and writing sealed to him and to his father Other imagined this to bee done of a cautell to cast a mist before the Frenche Kings eyes to the intent hee should beleeue that this feate was wroughte by the Duchesse without assente or knowledge of the Duke or his counsell Thus may yee see that Princes sometyme with suche vayne gloses and scornefull expositions will hide theyr doyngs and cloke their purposes to the intent they woulde not eyther be espyed or else that they maye plucke their heads out of the coller at their pleasure 1437 About this season Queene Catherin mother to the king of England departed out of this life and was buried by hir husband in the minster of Westminster Catherin mother to Kyng Henry maried Owen Ten◅ This woman after the death of kyng Henry the fifth hir husband beyng yong and lustie following more hir owne wanton appetite than friendly counsel and regarding more priuate affection than hir princelyke honour tooke to husband priuily a goodly Gentleman and a ryght beautyfull person endued with manye goodlye giftes bothe of nature and grace called Owen Tenther a man descended and come of the noble lynage and auncient lyne of Cadwallader last king of the Britons by whom she conceyued and brought forth three goodly sonnes Edmund Iasper an other which was a Monke in Westminster and liued a small time also a daughter which in hir youth departed out of this transitorie life King Henrye after the death of his mother bycause they were his breethren of one wombe descended created Edmond Earle of Richmōd and Iasper Earle of Pembroke which Edmōd engendred of Margaret daughter and sole heire to Iohn Duke of Somerset Henry which after was King of this Realme called Henry the seauenth of whome yee shall heare more in place conuenient This Owen after the death of the Queene his wife was apprehended and committed to warde bycause that contrarie to the statute made in the sixte yeare of this King hee presumptuously had married the Queene without the Kings especiall assent out of whiche prison he escaped ◅d let out other with him and was againe apprehended and after escaped agayne Likewise the Duchesse of Bedforde sister to Lewes Earle of Saint Paule minding also to marrie rather for pleasure than for honor without counsel of hir friends maried a lusty knight called Sir Richarde Woduile to the great displeasure of hir Vncle the Bishop of Tyrwine and the Earle hir brother This Sir Richarde was made Baron of Riuers and after Earle and had by this Lady many noble sonnes and faire daughters of the which one was y e Lady Elizabeth after Quene of Englande by reason shee was married vnto Edward the fourth as heereafter shall appeare Whilest this marriage was a celebratyng Iane late Queene of England and before Duchesse of Britaine daughter to the King of Nauerre and wife to King Henrie the fourth dyed at the manor of Hauering and was buryed by hir husband at Canterburie And about the same time deceassed also the Countesse of Warwike and Henrie Archbyshop of Yorke In this yeare also the Duke of Somerset accompanyed with y e Lords of Fancombridge Talbot Sir Francis Surien the Arragonnois Mathewe Gough Thomas Paulet Thomas Harington Walter Limbrike Iohn Gedding William Watton Esquiers and Thomas Hilton Bailife of Roane with a great cōpanie of the Englishe partie Harflew besieged won by the Englishmen besieged the Towne of Harflew lately before gotten by the Frenchmē both by water and lande the Captayne within the towne was one Sir Iohn d'Estouteuille hauing his brother Robert with him and a fixe hundred good fighting men The assailants cast trenches and so fortifyed themselues in their campe and lodgings that when the Earles of Ewe and Dunois ▪ the valiant basterd of Bourbon the Lord Gawcourt and other famous Captaines with a four thousand mē sent to the rescue of them within came before the Towne they coulde not succour theyr frendes nor annoy their enimies by any meanes they could deuise and so for feare to lose honour they returned backe again with much trauaile and little profite The Capitaines within the towne perceiuing they could not bee ayded did shortly after render the town to the duke of Somerset who after cōmitted it to the keepyng of Thomas Paulet William Lymbrik Christofor Barker and George saint George whiche many yeres til the deuision began in England manfully and valiantly defended both the town and hauen But afterward when this Duke of Somerset was Regent and gouernour of Normandie he not only lost this towne of Harflew but also the citie of Roan and the whole duchie of Normandie where as nowe being but a deputie he got it to his high prayse and glorie Iames king of Scottes murthered In this yeare was Iames kyng of Scottes murthered by certaine traitours of his own subiectes The Lord Talbot besieged Tankerville and after four moneths had it simply to him rēdred This towne was no great gayne to the Englishmen for in the meane season the Frenche king in his own person besieged the strong town of Monstreau on fault Yōne whereof Thomas Gerarde being capitayne more for desire of reward than for feare of enimies sold the Towne to the French King and had of him great gifts and good cheere as afterwards was opēly knowen This Towne had bin rescued or the Frenche King fought withall if one chance had not happened for the Duke of Yorke about that tyme was discharged of his office The Earle of Warw◅k made Regent of Fraunce and the Earle of Warwike preferred to the same so that the duke of Yorke lying as then at Roan woulde haue gladly rescued the Towne if his authoritie had not surceassed the Erle of Warwike could not come in time for y e wind was contrarie to him This presente yeare was a Parliament holden at Westminster in the whiche manye good and profitable actes for the preseruation of concord at home and defence against the enimies abroade were ordeyned and deuised Arthur of Britaigne Connestable of France and Iohn Duke of Alanson were sente by the Frenche King into Normandie with a greate army to besiege the towne of Auranches standing vpon the knoppe of an hill where after they had layen a certayne space without gayne the Lord Talbot with a valiant company of men came thither and offered the enimies battaile which when they at all hands refused the Lorde Talbot perceyuing theyr faint harts reysed his field and in the open sight of them all entred into the Towne and the next day issued out and finding the Frenchmen riding abroade to destroy the playne Countrey he compassed them about and slewe many of them and tooke diuers prisoners Although the Frenchmen gote neyther honor nor profit by this iourney yet they enterprised a greater matter as the winning of Roan in so much that Pothon de Santreiles and the
much marueyling at hir constancie as hee that had not beene woont else where to be so stiffely sayde nay so much esteemed hir continencie and chastitie that he set hir vertue in the stead of possession and ryches and thus taking counsaile of his desire determined in all possible hast to mary hir And after hee was thus appoynted and had betwene them twaine ensured hir then asked he counsaile of his other friendes and that in suche maner as they might then perceiue it booted not greatly to say nay The Kinges Mother Notwithstanding the Duches of Yorke his mother was so sore moued therwith that she disswaded the mariage asmuch as she possible might alledging y t it was his honour profite and suretie also to marie in a noble progeney out of his realme wherevpon depended greate strength to his estate by the affinitie and greate posibilitie of encrease of his possession And that he coulde not well otherwise doe standing that the Earle of Warwike had so farre moued alreadie which were not likely to take it well if all his voyage were in such wise frustrate and his appoyntments deluded And she sayde also that it was not Princely to marie his owne subiect no great occasion leading therevnto no possessions or other commodities depending therevpon but onely as it were a riche man that would marie his mayd only for a little wanton dotage vppon hir person In which mariage many mo coÌ„mend the maidens fortune than the masters wisdome And yet therein she saide was more honestie than honor in this mariage Forasmuch as there is betwene no marchant and his own mayd so great difference as betwene the king and this widow In whose person albeit there was nothing to be mislyked yet was there she sayd nothing so excelleÌ„t but that it might be found in diuerse other that were more meetly quoth she for your estate and maydens also whereas the only wydowheade of Elizabeth Gray though shee were in all other things conuenient for you should yet suffice as me seemeth to refrayne you from hir mariage sithe it is an vnsitting thing a verie blemish and highe disparagement to the sacred maiestie of a Prince that ought as nigh to approche priesthoode in cleannesse as he doth in dignitie to bee defouled with Bigamie in hys first mariage The Kinges Answere to his mother The king when his mother had sayde made hir answere part in earnest part in play merily as he that wyst himselfe out of hir rule And albeit hee woulde gladly that she should take it well yet was at a poynt in his owne minde tooke shee it well or otherwise Howbeit somewhat to satisfie hir he sayde that albeit maryage beeyng a spirituall thing ought rather to bee made for the respect of God where his grace enclineth the parties to loue togither as he trusted it was in hys than for the regarde of any temporall aduauntage yet naythelesse him seemed that this mariage euen worldly considered was not 〈◊〉 â—…table For he reckened y e amity of no earthly â—…tion so necessarie for him as the friendship of his owne whiche he thought likely to beateâ—… 〈…〉 much the more haetie fauour in that he disâ—…ned not to mariâ—… with one of his owne lande And yet if outwarde alliance ware thought to requisite he woulde finde the meanes to â—…nteâ—… therevnto much better by other of his kinde where all the partyes could be contented then to mary himself whom he should happely neuer loue and for the possibilitie of more possessions lease the fruite and pleasure of this that hee had alreadie For small pleasure taketh a man of all that euer he hath beside if he be wined agaynst his appetite And I doubt not quoth he but there be as yee say other that be in euery poynt comparable with hir And therefore I let not them that like them to wedde them No more is it reason that it mistyke any man that I mary whereit lyketh me And I am sure that my cousin of Warwike neither loueth me so litle to grudge at that I loue nor is to vnreasonable to looke that I shoulde in choyse of a wife rather be ruled by his rie than by mine own as though I were a warde that were bounde to marie by the appoyntment of a Gardaine I woulde not bee a King wyth that condition to forbeare mine owne libertie in choyse of myne owne maryage As for possibilitie of more inheritaunce by newe affinitie in straunge lands is oft the occasion of more trouble than profite And we haue alredie tytle by that meanes to so much as sufficeth to get and keepe well in one mannes dayes That she is a Widow and hath already childreÌ„ by Gods blessed Ladie I am a Bacheler and haue some to and so eche of vs hath a proufe that neither of vs is like to bee barraine And therefore Madame I pray you bee content I trust in God she shall bring forth a yong Prince that shall please you And as for y e Bygamye let the Bishoppe hardly lay it in my way when I come to take orders For I vnderstande it is forbidden a Priest but I neuer wyst it yet that it was forbidden a Prince The Duches with these wordes nothing appeased and seeing the King so set thereon that shee coulde not pull him backe so highly she disdeyned it that vnder pretext of hir duetie to godwarde she deuised to disturbe this mariage and rather to helpe that hee shoulde marie one dame Elizabeth Lucie whome the King had also not long before gotten with child Wherfore y e kings mother openly obiected agaynst his maryage as it were in discharge of hir conscience that the Kyng was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy and hir husband before God Elizabeth Lucy By reason of which wordes such obstacle was made in the matter that eyther the Bishops durst not or the King woulde not proceede to the solemnization of this wedding till these same were clearly purged and the troth well and openly testified Wherevpon dame Elizabeth Lucy was sent for And albeit that she was by the kings mother and many other put in good comfort to affirme that shee was ensured vnto the king yet when shee was solemnly sworne to say the troth shee confessed that they were neuer ensured Howbeit shee sayde his grace spake so louing wordes vnto hir that she verily hoped hee woulde haue maryed hir And that if it had not beene for such kinde wordes shee woulde neuer haue shewed suche kindnesse to him to let him so kindly get hir with childe This examination solemnly taken when it was clearly perceyued that there was none impediment The kinges marriage the king with great feast and honourable solemnitie maried dame Elizabeth Gray and hir crowned Queene that was his enimyes wife and many time had prayed full heartily for his losse in which God loued hir better than to graunt hir hir bone But when the Erle of Warwike vnderstood of this mariage he toke
you the very coÌ„clusion to the which I am both bent and set my minde is and my power and purse shall help that the Erle of Richmond very heire of the house of Lancaster in the quarrell of the which linage both my father and Graundfather lost their lyues in battayle shall take to wife Lady Elizabeth eldest daughter to King Edward by the which marriage both the houses of Yorke and Lancaster maye bee ioyned and vnited in one to the cleere stablishmente of the title to the Crowne of this noble Realme To which conclusion if the mothers of both parties and especially the Earle himselfe and the Lady will agree I doubt not but the bragging Bore which with his tuskes rayseth euery mans skinne shall not only be brought to confusion as he hath deserued but that this empire shall euer be certaine of an vndubitate heire and then shall all ciuile and intestine warre cease whiche so long hathe continued to the paring of many meÌ„s crownes and this Realme shall be reduced againe to quietnesse renoune and glory This inuentioÌ„ of the Duke manye menne thoughte after that it was more imagined for the inwarde hatred that we bare to King Richard than for any 〈◊〉 that he bare to the Earle of Richmond But of suche doubtfull matter it is not best to iudge for â—…ng to farre from the minde and intent of the auctor But whatsoeuer hee entended this deuice once opened to King Richard was the very occasion that he was rounded shorter by the whole head without attainder or iudgemente When the Duke hadde said the Bishop whiche fauoured euer the house of Lancaster was wonderous ioyfull and muche reioysed to heare this deuice for nowe came the winde about euen as hee woulde haue it for all his imaginacion tended to thys effect to haue King Richarde subdued and to haue the lines of king Edward and King Henry the sixth agayne raised and aduaunced But Lorde howe hee reioyced to thinke howe that by this marriage the linages of Yorke and Lancaster should be conioyned in one to the very stedfastnesse of the publique wealth of this Realme And least the Dukes courage shoulde swage or his mynde should againe alter as it did often before as you may easily perceyue by his owne tale He thought to set vp all the sayles that hee hadde to the intent that the ship of his pretensed purpose myghte come shortely to some sure port And sayde to the duke My Lorde sith by Gods prouision and youre incomparable wysedome and policie this noble coniunction is firste moued nowe is it conuenient yea necessary to consider what personages what frends we shal first make priuie of this high deuice and politike coÌ„clusioÌ„ By my truth quod the duke we wil begin w t the ladie RichmoÌ„d y e erles mother which knoweth where he is eyther in captiuitie or at large in Britayn For I heard say y t the duke of Britayn restored him to libertie immediatly after the death of king Edward by whose meanes hee was restreyned Sith you will begin that way said the Bishop I haue an old friend with the Countesse a man sober secret and well witted called Reignold Bray whose prudente policie I haue knowen to haue coÌ„passed thyngs of greate importance for whome I shall secretely send if it be your pleasure and I doubte not hee will gladly come and that with a good will So with a little diligence the Byshop wrote a letter to Reignold Bray requiring him to come to Brecknocke with speede for great and vrgent causes touching his mistresse and no other thing was declared in the letter So the messenger rode into Lancashire where Bray was with the Countesse and Lord Thomas Stanley hir husband and deliuered the letter which when he had red he tooke it as a signe or presage of some good fortune to come and so with the messenger he came to the Castell of Brecknock where the Duke and the Byshop declared what thing was deuised both for to set the realme in aquires stedfastnesse as also for the high prefermente of the Erle of Richmond son to his Lady mistresse willing hir firste to compasse how to obteyne the good will of Q. Elizabeth and also of hir eldest daughter hearing the same name after feâ—…ely to send to hir son into Britaine to declare what high honor was prepared for him if hee woulde sweare to marrie the Lady Elizabeth assume as he was K. in royall possession of the Realme Reignold Bray with a glad hearte forgettyng nothing giuen to him in charge in greate hast with good speede returned to y e countesse his Lady mistresse WheÌ„ Bray was departed thys great doubtful vessel once set abroche y e Byshop thirsting for nothing more thaÌ„ for libertie wheÌ„ he saw y e D. pleasant wel minded toward him he told y e Duke that if hee were in his yle of Ely he could make many frieÌ„ds to further their enterprise if he were there had but foure dayes warning he little regarded the malice of K. Richard his countrey was so stroÌ„g The D. knew well al this to be true but yet loth hee was that the B. shoulde departe for he knew well that us long as the B. was with him he was sure of politique aduise sage counsayle and circumspect proceeding And so he gaue the B. faire wordes saying that hee shoulde shortly depart and that wel accompanyed for feare of enimies The B. being as wittie as the D. was wilie did not tarrie till the Dukes company were assembled but secretly disguised in a night departed to y e dukes great displeasure came to his see of Ely where he found mony and friends so sailed into FlaÌ„ders where hee did the Earle of Richmond good seruice and neuer returned agayne till the Earle of Richmond after beeing K. sente for him and shortly promoted him to the sea of Canterburye Thus the B. wound himselfe from the D. when he had most neede of his aide for if he had taryed stil the D. had not made so many blabbes of his counsaile nor put so much coÌ„fideÌ„ce in y e WelchmeÌ„ nor yet so temerariously set forward without knowledge of his friendes as hee did whyche things were his suddayne ouerthrowe as they that knew it did report When Reignold Bray had declared his message priuie instruction to the couÌ„tesse of Richmond his mistresse no maruell though she were ioyous and glad both of the good newes and also for the obteining of suche a high friende in hir sonnes cause as the D. was wherefore she willing not to slepe this matter but to farther it to the vttermost of hir power and abilitie deuised a meanes how to breake this matter to Q. Elizabeth then beeing in Sanctuarie at West And theâ—… she hauing in hir family at that time for the preseruatioÌ„ of hâ—…r health a certain Welshman called Lewes learned in phisicke which for his grauitie and experience was well knowen and
with a goodly bande of Welchmen which making an oth and promise to the Earle submitted himselfe wholy to his order and commaundement For the Earle of Richmond two days before made to him promise that if he wold sweare to take his part and be obedient to him he wold make him chief gouernor of Wales which part as hee faythfully promised and graunted so after that hee had obteyned and possesâ—…d the realme and Diademe hee liberally perfourmed and accomplished the same In the meane time the Messengers that were sent diligently executed theyr charge and hiden with rewardes of them so whom they were sent returned to him the same day that hee entred into Shrewsburie and made relatioÌ„s to him that his friends were readie in all poynts to do all things for him which eyther they ought or might 〈◊〉 The Erle Henrie brought in good hope with his pleasant message continued forth his intended iourney and came to a little Towne called Newporte and pytching hys Campe on a little hyll adioyning reposed himselfe there that night In the Euening the same day came to him sir Gylbert Talbot with the whole power of the yong Earle of Shrewsbury than being in ward whiche were accounted to the number of two thousande men And thus his power encreasing he arryued at the Towne of Stafforde and there pawsed To whome came sir William Stanley accompanied with a fewe persons and after that the Earle and hee had communed no long time togither he reuerted to his Souldiers which he had assembled togither to serue the erle which froÌ„ theÌ„ce departed to Lichfield lay without the walles in his campe all the night The next morning he entred into the towne and was with all honor like a prince receyued A day or two before the Lorde Stanley hauing in his hande almost fiue thousand men lodged in the same towne but hearing that the erle of Richmonde was marching thitherward gaue to him place dislodging him and his and repayred to a towne called Aderstone there abiding the comming of the Earle and this wilye Foxe did this acte to auoyde all suspition being afrayde least if he should be seene openly to bee a faâ—…our or ayder to the Earle his sonne in lawe before the day of the battayle that king Richard which yet did not vtterly putte in him diffidence and nustrust woulde put to some cruell death hys son and heyre apparant George Lord Strange whome King Richarde as you haue hearde before kept wyth him as a pledge or hostage to the intent that the Lorde Stanley hys father shoulde attempt nothing preiudiciall to him King Richarde at this season keeping hys house in the Castell of Notingham was informed that the Earle of Richmonde with such banished men as fled out of Englande to him were nowe arryued in Wales and that all things necessary to his enterprice were vnprouided vnpurueyed and verie weake nothing meete to withstande the power of suche as the King had appoynted 〈…〉 〈…〉 when he came to that poynte that he shoulde 〈◊〉 compelled to sight agaynst his wyth 〈…〉 should be apprehended aliue or else by a â—…elyhâ—…dâ—… he shoulde of â—…ecessitie come to 〈…〉 confusion and that he cruelled to bee shortly 〈◊〉 by sir Waâ—… Herbeâ—…t and Rice ap Thomas which then â—…uled Wales with â—…gall power and like authoritie Bâ—… yet he reuoluing and â—…g in his minde that 〈…〉 warre begonne and winked at had not regarded may earn to a great broyle and 〈◊〉 and that it was prudent policie not to coâ—… and disdaine the little small power and weakenesse of the 〈◊〉 â—…e it neuer so small thought it necessarie to prouâ—… for afterclaps that myght 〈◊〉 and chaunce Wherfore hee sent to Iohn Duke of Norffolke Henry Garlâ—… of Northamberlande Thomas Earle of Surrey and to other of his especiall and trustie friendes of the Nobilitie which he iudged more to preferre and 〈◊〉 his wilth and honor than theyr owne ryches and pryuate commoditie wyllyng them to master and view all theyr seruantes and tenants and â—…o elect and choose the most couragious and actiue persons of the whole number and with them to repayre to his presence with all speede and diligence Also hee wrote to Robert Brukenburie Lieutenant of the Tower commaunding him with his power to come to his armie and to bring with him as fellowes in armes Sir Thomas Bourchier and sir Walter Hungerford and diuerse other knights esquiers in whom be cast no small suspiâ—…ion While he was thus ordering his affayres â—…ydings came that the Earle of Richmonde was passed Seuerne and come to Shrewsburie without any deâ—…nt or encomâ—… At which message he was sore mooued and broyled wyth Melancholie and â—…olour and cryed out asking vengeance of them that contrarie to theyr othe and promise had so deceyued him For whiche cause he began to haue diffidence in other insomuch that he determined himselfe oute of hande the same day to meete with and resist hys aduersaries And in all haste sente out espialles to view and espie what waye his enimies kept and passed They diligentlye doing theyr duetie shortly after returned declaring to the king that the Earle was encamped at the towne of Lichfielde When hee had perfite knowledge where the Earle with his armie was so â—…oiourning be hauing continuall repayre of his subiectes to him began incontinently without delay to marshal and put in order his battayles like a valiaunt Captayne and politike leader and first he made his battails to set forward fiue and fiue in a ranke marching towarde that way where his enimies as was to him reported entended to passe In the middle part of the 〈◊〉 â—…ee appoynted the â—…eaâ—…e and cariage apperteyning to the enimie Then he enuironed wyth hys Garde with a frowning countenaunce and cruell vysage mountes on a greate whyte Courser and followed with his footesmenne the wings of Horsemen coasting and raunging on euerie syde and keeping this array hee with great pompe entred the Towne of Leycester after the Sunne set The Earle of Richmonde raysed his campe and departed from Lichfielde to the Towne of Tamworth thereto neare adioyning and in the midde way passing there saluted him sir Walter Hungerforde and sir Thomas â—…ouerchier knightes and dyuerse other whiche yeelded and submitted them to his pleasure For they beeing aduertised that king Richarde had theÌ„ in suspitioÌ„ and ieaolousie little beyonde stonie Stratforde left and forsooke priuily their Captaine Robert Brakenburie and in wandring by night and in maner by vnknowne pathes vncertaine wayes searching at the last come to Erle Henrie A straunge chaunce that happened to the Earle of Richmonde Diuerse other noble personages which inwardly hated king Richard worse than a Toad or a Serpent did likewise resort to him with all their power and strength There happened in this progression to the erle of Richmond a strange â—…ance worthie to be noted for albeit he was a man of valiant courage and that his armie encreased and dayly more and more be
the dayes of this vsurper and hys nephew king Edward the fyfth these we fynde recorded by Iohn Bale fieste Iohn Penketh an Augusâ—… Frier of Warlington in Lancoâ—…hire a right sâ—…tle fellow in disputation folowing the footesteppes of his Maister Iohn Dunâ—… whom he chiefly studied He wrote diuers treatifes and made that infamous sermon at Poules mâ—…st in fauour of the Duke of Gloucester then protector to the disenheriting of Edward the fifth his 〈◊〉 following and gouernour Iohn Kent or Cayleâ—…â—…ne in Southwales George Riplay first a Chanâ—…e of Bridlington and after a Caâ—…lite Frier in Boston a greate Matheâ—…atician Rhetorician and Poet Iohn Spyne a Carmelite Frier of Bristowe that proceeded Doctour of diuinitie in Cambridge and suche lyke King Henry the seuenth Henry the .vij. Anno. re 1. KIng HeÌ„ry hauing thus got the victorie at Bosworth slayn his mortal enemie there in field he sente before his departure from Leycester sir Rob. Willoughby knighte to the manour of Sheriffehuton in the couÌ„tie of York for Edward Plantagenet Earle of Warwik son and heire to George duke of Clarence then being of the age of xv yeares whom king Richard had kept there as prisoner during the tyme of his vsurped reigne Sir Robert Willoughby receyuing the yong Earle of the Constable of that Castel conueyed him to London wher he was shut vp in the Tower The Earle of Warvvicke set and heare to George duke at Clarence conuerted to â—…e Tovver for doubt least some vnquiet and euill disposed persons might inuent some occasion of newe trouble by this yong Gentleman and therefore king Henry thought good to haue him sure There was beside him in the castell of Sheriffehut in the Ladye Elizabeth eldest daughter to Kyng Edward the fourth whome Kyng Rycharde as yee haue hearde meant to haue marryed but God otherwyse ordeyned for hir and preserued hir from that vnlawfull copulation and incestuous bedde Shortly after she being accompanyed with a greate number as wel of noble men as honorable matrones was wyth good speed conueyed to London and brought to hir mother In the meane season kyng Henry remoued forwarde by soft iourneys toward London the people commyng in from all sides to behold him and exceedingly reioycing at his presence King Henrye â—…reth to London as by their voyces and gestures it well appeared At his approching nere to the citie the Mayre and his brethren with other worshipfull Citizens being cloathed in violet met him at Shordiche and reuerently saluted hym and so wyth greate pompe and triumph he rode through the citie to the cathedrall Churche of Saint Paule where he offred three standards In the one was the image of Saint George in an other was a red fyerie dragon beaten vpon white and greene sarcenet and in the third was paynted a Dunne cowe vpon yealow tarterne After his prayers sayd and Te deum song he departed to the Bishops palaice and there soiorned a season Anon after he assembled togither y e sage counsellors of the realme in which counsel lyke a Prince of iust fayth and true of promise to anoyde all ciuile discorde he apointed a day to ioyne in mariage with the Lady Elizabeth heire of the house of York with his noble personage heire to the liue of Lancaster whiche thing not onely reioyced the heartes of the nobles and Gentlemen of the realme but also gayned the fauours and good willes of all the commons After this with great pompe he rowed vnto Westminster and there the thirtith day of October was with all ceremonies accustomed anoynted and crowned king by the whole assent as well of the commons as of the nobilitie Henry the seuenth crovvned King and cleped Henry the seuenth of that name whiche was in the yeare of the worlde .5452 and after the birth of our Lorde .1485 in the .xlvj. yeare of Frederike the thirde then Emperour of Almayne Maximilian his sonne being newly elected K. of Romaines 1485 in the seconde yeare of Charles the eyght then king of Fraunce and in the .xxv. of king Iames then ruling the realm of Scotland For the establishing of all things as well touching the preseruation of his owne estate as the commendable administration of iustice and preferrement of the common wealth of his realme he called his hygh court of Parliament at Westminster the seuenth day of Nouember A Parliament at VVestmivster and a generall Pardoâ—… wherein was attainted Richarde late Duke of Gloucester calling and namyng himselfe by vsurpation King Richard the thirde likewise there was attainted as chiefe ayders and assistants to him in the battayle at Bosworth auaunced againste the present Kyng Iohn late Duke of Norffolke Thomas Earle of Surrey Francis Louell knyght Vicont Louell Water Deuereux knight late lorde Ferrers Iohn lorde Souche Robert Harrington Richarde Charleton Richard Ratcliffe William Barkley of Weley Robert Midleton Iames Harrington Roberte BrakeÌ„bury Thomas Pilkinton Walter Hopton William Catesby Roger Wake WilliaÌ„ Sapcote of the countie of Huntington Humfrey Stafforde William Clerke of Wenlocke Geoffrey Sainte Germaine Richarde Watkyns Herraulde of Armes Rycharde Reuell of Darbyshire Thomas Pulter of the countie of Kente Iohn Walche otherwyse called Hastynges Iohn Kendall late Secretarie of the sayde Richarde late Duke of Gloucester Iohn Bucke Andrewe Rat and Willyam Brampton of Burforde in whiche atteynder neuerthelesse there were dyuers clauses and Prouisos for the benefyte of their wiues and other persons that hadde or myghte clayme any ryghte title or interest lawfully vnto any castels manours lordships townes townships honors lands tenementes rentes seruices fee fermes annuities knightes fees aduousons reuersions remainders and other hereditaments wherof the said persons atteynted were possessed or seysed to the vses of suche other persons with a speciall prouiso also that the sayd atteynder should not be preiudiciall to Iohn Catesby knight Tho. Reuell and William Ashby esquiers in of and vpon the manor of Kirkeby vpon Wretheke in the Countie of Leycester nor in of and vppon any other landes and tenementes in Kirkby aforesayde Melton Somerby Thropâ—…eghfield and Godeby whiche they had of the gift feoffement of Tho. Dauuers and Iohn Lye And further notwithstanding this attainder dyuers of the sayde persons afterwardes were not only by the Kig pardoned but also restored to their lands liuings and moreouer in this presente Parliamente hee caused poclamation to be made that al meÌ„ were pardoned and acquited of their offences whiche woulde submit themselues to his mercy and receiue an othe to be true and faithfull vnto hym whervpon many that came out of Sainctuaries and other places were receiued to grace and admitted for his subiectes After this hee began to remember his especiall frends of whom some he aduaunced to honor and dignitie and some hee enriched with goodes and possessions euery man according to his deserts and merites And to begin his vncle Iasper erle of Pembroke he created duke of Bedford Tho. lorde Stanley was created erle of Darby the L.
The enemies herewyth dischardged their ordynaunce and ouershotte them The Almaines kept ouer the ditche with their moris pikes The Englishemenne in the forefront waded the ditche and were holpen vp by the Almaines and set on their enemies tooke many prisoners The other Englishmen hasted by the causey to enter in at the Northe gate of the campe The Lorde Morley slaine where the Lord Morley being on horsebacke in a riche coate was slayne wyth a gunne When his deathe was knowen euery man killed his prisoner and slewe all suche as didde wythstande them to the number of eight thousande men in so muche that of twoo thousande that came ot of Bruges as the Flēmish chronicle reporteth there came not home one hundreth On the Englishe parte was slayne the Lorde Morley and not an hundreth mo The Englishemen tooke their ordinaunce and sent it to Newporte wyth all the spoile and greate horses And by the way hearing certaine frēchmen to be at Ostend they made thither warde but the Frenchemen fled so they burned parte of the towne and came againe to Newporte where the Lord Daubney left al y e Englishmen that were hurte and returned to Calais where he buried the body of the Lord Morley The Englishemen got greate riches at this fielde for they that went forthe in clothe came home in silke and those that went out on foote came home on great horses The Lord Cordes being at Ipre with twenty thousand men was sore displeased wyth this ouerthrow therfore thinking to be reuenged Nevvport besieged by the Frenchemen besieged the towne of Newport right strongly and shot daily at the walles breaking them in many places But the Englishmen that were hurte at Dixemew field before and might eyther stande or drawe bowe neuer came frō the walles One day the frenchmenne gaue a greate assault to a Towes and perforce entred it and set vp the banner of the Lorde Cordes but see the chaunce during the time of the assaulte there arriued a backe wyth foure score freshe English archers which came straight to the Tower and did so muche that what wyth the helpe of suche as beefore were wounded and hurtemen and of the couragious hartes of the newe come archers encouraged greatly by the women of the town crying Englishe archers shoote Englishmen shoote the Tower was regaigned out of the Frenchemens handes and the banner of the Lorde Cordes rent in peeces and implace therof the penon of Saint George set vp Then the Frenchmen supposing a great aide of Englishemen to haue bene come to the towne by sea lefte the assault And the night folowing the enuious Lord Cordes whiche so sore longed for Calais that hee woulde commonly saye that hee coulde be content to lye seuen yeares in Hell so that Calais were in possession of the Frenchmen brake vp his siege and retourned to Heldyng wyth shame And the Englishmen glad of this victorie returned to Calais Iames king of Scottes slaine by his ovvne Subiectes This yeare Iames the thirde of that name King of Scots was slaine by his owne Subiectes after they had vanquished hym in a pight fielde Aboute the same time one Adrian an Italian was sente in Ambassade from Pope Innocent the eight into Scotland Adrian an Italian made Bishoppe of Herforde after of Bathe and VVell◅ to haue taken vp the variaunce betwixte the King there and his people But being arriued here in Englād he was enformed that king Iames was slaine and the refore taryed here certaine Monethes for that hee was a man of excellent learnyng vertue and humanitie i the Archebishoppe of Canterbury Iohn Morton so commended him to the King that he made him firste Bishoppe of Hereforde and shortely after that resigned and giuen ouer hee promoted him to the Bishopricke of Welles and Bathe 1490 And after that wyth these honours he was retourned to Rome hee was aduaunced by all the degrees of Spirituall dignities into the Colledge of the Cardinalles and worthie sure he was of great preferrement for by hys meanes learned men were moued to seeke out the vse of eloquent writyng and speaking in the latine tongue he being the firste in the tyme of our fathers that taught the trade to choose and vse apte wordes and fitte termes In the sixte yeare of King Henries raigne there came Ambassadors to him frō the frenche king the lord Fraūcis of Lutzenburg An. reg 6. Charles Mariguane and Robert Gaguine Minister of the Bonnehommes of the Trinitie The effect of their comming was to haue concluded a peace with King Henrye and that with good will the French King might dispose of the mariage of the yong Dutchesse of Britaine as he shoulde thinke good and to make void the contract and former mariage which by proxie the deputie of Maximilian king of Romains had before time contracted and made with hir But thereto woulde not King Henry giue his consent euer harping on this string that the maidē being once lawfully combined in matrimonye with Maximilian ought not to be compelled againste hir will and promisse yea and contrary to all lawe right and equitie to take any other person than him to hir spouse and husbande In deede Kyng Henry was lothe that the Frenche King shoulde marry the Dutchesse of Britaine hymselfe as he perceued his meaning was and so ioyne the Dutchie of Britayne to the Crowne of Fraunce and therefore hee did what he coulde to hinder that bargaine At lengthe yet it was agreede that a forme of a league should be drawen with conditions clauses and couenauntes and for the full concludyng of the same it was thought expedient that the King of Englande shoulde send Ambassadours to the Frenche Kyng to finyshe all matters beetwyxte them Wherevppon the Frenche Ambassadours beyng dismissed wyth great rewardes straight waies Thomas earle of Ormonde and Thomas Goldenston Prior of Christes Churche in Canterbury were appointed by the king to folow them into France instructed fully in all things that he wold haue on his behalfe either moued or determyned Lionel Bishop of Concordia In this meane space Lionell the Bishop of Concordia was sente as Oratour from Pope Alexander the sixte to the Frenche Kyng for certaine matters and amongst other things he hadde in chardge to conclude a peace and vnitye betwixte the Frenche Kyng and the King of Englande Hee mouyng thys matter to the Frenche King founde hym nothyng strange to encline to his motion Whervpon the Bishop of Concordia conceyuyng good hope and therwith desyrous as became hym beste bearyng that title to set an attonement beetwixte those two Kings tooke his iourney towardes Englande to the intent he might moue King Henry to bee agreable therevnto and so comming to Calais found the Englishe Ambassadours there beeing so farre on their way towards the Frenche King and being honourably receiued of them into that Towne after they had communed togither the Bishoppe took the sea and was trāsported
goe on land which being trayned foorth a pretie way frō their ships were sodainly compassed about beset of y e Kentishmen Perkin men ◅fated and at one stroke vanquished driuen backe to their ships of whom ther wer taken prisoners an C.lx. persons Perkins Cap◅nes taken and executed whereof fiue Montfort Corbet White Belt Quintine or otherwise Genin being captaines were brought to Londō by sir Iohn Pechy sheriffe of Kent railed in ropes like Horses drawing in a cart and after vpon their arrainment cōfessed their offēce were executed some at London other in the townes adioining to y e sea coast Perkin retu◅eth into Flāders And thus Perkyn missing of his purpose fled backe into Flāders In this very seson departed to God Cicilie Duches of Yorke mother to K. Edward y e .iiij. at hir castel of Berkhāstere a womā of smal stature The death of Cicely Duches of Yorke but of much honor high parentage was buried by hir husbād in y e colledge of Fodringey The K. being aduertised y e his enimies were landed leauing off hys progresse purposed to haue returned to London but being certified the next day of y e lucky speede of his faithfull subiects cōtinued his progresse sent sir Rich. Guylford both to cōmend the fidelitie manhod of the Kentishmen also to rēder to thē most harty thāks for y e same He also caused order to be takē for y e erecting of beacons and watching of them Perkin then perceiuing that hee shoulde not bee receiued in Englande sailed into Ireland trusting there to augment his nūbers and then to returne towards y e coast of England again and to take land in the West coūtrey if occasion serued but if not Perkin saileth into Irelande thē he determined to saile straight into Scotl. to seeke friēdship ther. After he had therfore stayed a while in Irelād and perceiued y t the hope of victory consisted not in y e Irish nation being naked people w tout furniture of armour or weapon he tooke y e sea againe at Corffe sailed into Scotlande where cōming to the presence of K. Iames he forged suche a painted processe to moue him to beleeue that he was the very sonne of K. Edward that the Scottishe King whether blinded by error or vsing dissimulatiō y t he mighte vnder a coulourable pretext make war against England begā to haue Perkin in great honour and caused him openly to bee called Duke of Yorke And to perswade y e world y t so he was indeede Katherine daughter to the Earle of Huntlay maried to Perkin 1496 he caused the Lady Katherine daughter to Alexander Erle of Huntley his nigh kinsmā to be espoused to him And shortly after hauing this Perkin with him in cōpany he entred into England with a puissant army caused proclamation to be made The Scottishe K. inuideth England with a great army in Perkin his behalfe to spare al those y t would submit thēselfs vnto Richarde D. of Yorke heerewith they began the war in most cruel maner w t slaughter of men brenning of Townes spoiling of houses and committing of all other detestable enormities so that all the Countrey of Northumberlande was by them in manner wasted and destroyed At length when the souldiers were ladē with spoile and saciate with bloud perceiuing that no succoures came out of Englād vnto the new inuented Duke contrary to that whiche he had made them to beleeue would come to passe they determined to returne rather with assured gaine than to tarrie y e vncertaine victorie of that counterfaite Duke and so therevpon they withdrew backe into Scotland enriched with prayes and booties It is saide that Perkin Warbecke beeyng retourned into Scotlande with the Kyng of Scottes vnder a cloked pretence should sore lamente the greate slaughter spoyle and domage which had bin done at this last roade made into Englande and therefore as one that bare a naturall loue towarde his natiue Countrey besoughte the King of Scottes that from thenceforth hee woulde no more so deface his naturall Realme and destroy his subiects with suche terrible fire flame and hauocke as who should say he beeing ouercome now with compassion dyd bewayle the cruell destruction of his naturall Countrey of England But the Scottish King told him that he seemed to take thought for that which appeared to be none of his sith that not so much as one Gentleman or yeoman for ought that he coulde see would once shewe themselues ready to ayde hym in the warre begunne for his cause and in his name within that realme whiche he pretended so cleerely to apperteine to him The Kyng of Englande beeing certyfied of this inuasion prepared an armye with all diligence to haue resisted the Scots but they were returned ere the Englishe power could assemble togither An. reg 12. When the King was truely certified that the Scottishe King was returned home hee stayed all the preparations made at that time to goe against him but yet meaning to bee reuenged of the wrongs done to hym by King Iames and his people he first called a Parliament and in that assemblie of the three estates of his Realm he declared the cause of the instant warre how necessarie it should be for the suretie and welth of the realme of England to haue that war pursued against those enimies that had begon it To this motion all the nobilitie wholly agreed And to the maintenance of that warre a subsidie was by whole assent of the parliament freely giuen and graunted Which payment though it was not great yet manie of the cōmon people sore grudged to pay y e same as they that euer abhorre such taxes exactions At the same parliament were diuers acts statutes made necessarie and expedient as was thought for the publike weale of the realm 1497 In the meane season the K. of Scots perceyuing that the Englishmen would shortly goe about to reuēge the iniuries done to them by him and his people assembled eftsoons a puissant armie that he might either defende his realme against the English power attempting to inuade his countrey or else a fresh to enter into the English borders And thus these two mightie princes mynded nothing more than the one to endomage the other But the king of England wold not deferre one houre by his good will til he were reuenged and therfore prepared a mightie army to inuade Scotland and ordeyned for chieftayn therof y e lord Daubeney But as this army was assembled and that the lord Daubeney was forward on his iourney towards Scotland he was sodainly stayed and called backe again by reason of a new commotion begon by the Cornishmen for the paimēt of the Subsidie which was granted at the last parliament A Rebellion in Cornewall for the payment of a subsedie These vnruly people the Cornishmen inhabiting in a bareyn country and vnfruitful at the firste sore repined that
the Turke By this meanes the Pope got a great masse of money and yet nothing done agaynste the Turke which in the meane season did much hurt to the Christians but God amende all that is amisse About this time died three Bishops in England Iohn Morton Archbishop of Canterburye Thomas Langton Bisshop of Wynchester and Thomas Rotheram Archbishop of Yorke After him succeeded Thomas Sauage Bishop of LoÌ„don a man of great honour and worthinesse in whose place succeeded William Warham of whoÌ„ before is made mention And Henry Deane Bishop of Salisburie was made Archbishop of Canterburie and Richarde Foxe was remoued from Durham to the sea of Winchester Also this yeare two notable mariages were concluded but not consummate till afterwards as you shall heare in place conuenient For king Henrie graunted his daughter Ladie Margaret to Iames the fourth king of Scottes 1301 〈…〉 to â—…d Spaine And 〈◊〉 to Arâ—… Prince â—…es And Ferdinando king of Spaine gaue his daughter Ladie Katherine to Arthure Prince of Wales son and heyre apparaunt to the king of England Among other articles of the maryage concluded with the Scottish king this was one that no English men shoulde be receyued into ScotlaÌ„d without letters coÌ„mendatorie of their soueraigne Lord or safeconduct of his Wardaine of the Marches and the same prohibition was in like maner giuen to the Scottes This yeare the Ladie Katherine of Spaine was sent by hir father King Ferdinando with a puissant nauie of shippes into Englande An. reg 17. The fourth of October as Stow hath noted where she arriued in the HaueÌ„ of Plimmouth the second day of October then being Saterday Vpon the .xij. of Nouember she was conueyed from Lambeth through London with all tryumph and honour that myght be deuised to the Bishops Palaice the streetes beeing hanged and Pageants erected after the maner as is vsed at a coronation Whilest this Ladie soiourned for hir recreation in the Bishops Palaice of London being in the meane time visited of the king the Queene and the kings mother there was erected in the bodie of S. Pauls Church a long bridge made of Tymber extending from the West doore of the Churche to the steppe at the entring into the Queere which was sixe foote from the grounde On the sayd bridge or stage euen directly before the coÌ„sistorie of the church was a place raised like a Mount for eight persons to stand vpon coÌ„passed round about with steps to ascend and descend which was couered with fine red worsted and in like wise were all the rayles of the sayd stage On the north side of this mount was a place decked trymmed for the King and Queene and such other as they appoynted to haue On the South-side the same Mounte stoode the Maior and the Magistrates of the Citie When all things were prepared and set in order vpon the .xiiij. of Nouember then being Sunday the foresayde Ladie was ledde to the sayde Mounte The solemnization of the mariage betwene Arthur prince of Wales Katherin daughter to the king of Spaine and there Prince Arthur openly espoused hir both being clad in White both lustie and amorous he of the age of fiftene and more and she of the age of .xviij. or thereaboutes the King and Queene standing priuilye on theyr stage After the matrimonie celebrate the prince and his wife went vp into the Quere and there heard a solemne Masse sung by the Archbishop of Canterbury associate with .xix. Prelates mytred And after the Masse finished the Bryde was ledde homewardes to the Bishoppes Palayce by the Duke of Yorke being then a goodly yong prince and the Legate of Spaine Next after followed the Ladie Cicile sister to the Queene supporting the trayne of the spouse But to speake of all the solemne pompe noble companie of Lordes and Ladies and what a sumptuous feast and plentifull was kept with dauncing and disguisings woordes myght sooner fayle than matter worthye of rehearsall But euery day endeth and nyght ensueth and so when nyght was come the Prince and his beautifull Bride were brought and ioyned togyther in one bedde where they lay as man and wife all that night During the time of these iustes and triumphs were receyued into London an erle a bishop and diuerse noble personages sente from the king of Scots into England for conclusion of the mariage betwene the Lady Margaret and him which Erle by proxie in the name of king Iames hys maister Margaret eldest daughter to king Henry affied to Iames king of Scots 1502 affyed and contracted the sayde Ladie Which affiance was published at Paules crosse the day of the conuersion of Saint Paule in reioycing whereof Te Deum was soong and great fiers made through the Citie of London These things being accomplished the Ambassadours as well as Spaine as Scotland tooke their leaue of the King and not without great rewardes returned into their countreys When the Ambassadours were departed he sent his son Prince Arthur again into Wales to keepe that Country in good order appoynting to him wise and expert Counsaylers as sir Rycharde Poole his kinsman which was his chiefe Chamberlayne also sir Henrie Vernon sir Rycharde Croftes sir Dauid Philip sir William Vdall sir Thomas Englefield sir Peter Newton knightes Iohn Walleston Henry Marion and Doctor William Smith president of his counsaile and doctor Charles of the which two doctors the one was after Bishop of Lincolne and the other Bishop of Hereford A few monethes before the maryage of prince Arthur Edmonde de la Poole Earle of Suffolke sonne to Iohn Duke of Suffolke and Ladie Elizabeth sister to king Edward the fourth beeing balde and cashe withall was indyted of murther for sleaing of a meane person in his rage and furie and although the king pardoned him whom hee might iustly haue put to death for that offence yet bycause he was brought to the barre afore the kings Bench Edmonde Erle of Sâ—… flieth into flaunders and arraigned which fact he tooke as a greate maime and blemishe to hys honour shortly after vpon that displeasure hee fledde into Flaunders vnto his Aunte the Ladie Margaret the king not being priuie to his going ouer Neuerthelesse whether he was perswaded by his friends therevnto whom the king hadde wylled to deale with hym therein or whether vpon trust of his innocencie true it is that he returned againe and excused himselfe to the king so that he thought hym to be guiltlesse of anye cryme that myght bee obiected agaynst him But when the maryage betwixt the prince and the Ladie Katherin of Spaine was kept at London this Erle eyther for that he had passed hys compasse in excessiue charges and sumptuousnesse at that great tryumph and solemnitie and by reason thereof was farre run into debt eyther else through the procurement of his aunt the foresayd Lady Margaret or pricked with some priuie enuie which could not paciently with open eyes behold king Henry being of the aduerse faction to
Knightes of the Bath by the King according to the ceremonies thereto belonging the Marques Dorset Knightes of the Bath the Erle of Derby the Lorde Clifforde the Lorde Fitz Water the Lord Hastings the L. Mont egle Sir Iohn Mordant the Lord Vaux Sir Henry Parker Sir William Winsor Sir Francis Weston Sir Thomas Arondell Sir Iohn Huddleston Sir Thomas Poynings Sir Henrye Sauell Sir George Fitz William Sir Iohn Tindall Sir Thomas Iermey The same daye the Queene passed through London to Westminster in suche solemne wise as is vsed the Citie beeing prepared and the streetes garnished with Pageants in places accustomed the houses on euerye side richely hanged with clothes of great value and great melodie made with instruments appoynted in places conuenient On the morrowe after beeing Whitsonday Queene Anne crowned and the first of Iune she was crowned at Westminster with all suche ceremonies solemnitie and honour as in suche a case apperteyned nothing was lette passe or forgotten that mighte aduaunce the estimation of that high and royall feast euerye man clayming to exercise suche office and seruice as by way of anye tenure graunte or prescription hee coulde proue to be belongyng vnto hym at such a coronation On Monday were the Iustes holden at the Tylt but there were but fewe slaues broken bycause theyr horses would not cope On Mydsommer day after dyed the French Queene then wife to the duke of Suffolke Queene Eliza◅eth ◅ne The seuenth of September being Sunday betweene three and foure of the clocke in the after noone the Queene was deliuered of a fayre yong Ladie on which day the Duke of Norffolk came home to the Christening which was appoynted on the Wednesday next following and was accordingly accomplished on the same day with all such solemne ceremonies as were thought conuenient The Godfather at the Font was the Lorde Archbishop of Canterburie the Godmothers the olde Duches of Norffolke and the olde Marchionesse Dorcet wydow at the confyrmation the Marcionesse of Exceter was Godmother The childe was named Elizabeth whiche after with great felicitie and ioy of all English heartes atteyned to the Crowne of this Realme and now reigneth ouer the same whose heart the lord direct in his wayes and long preserue hir in lyfe to his godly will and pleasure and the comfort of all hir true and faythfull subiects Elizabeth Barton About this season the craftie practises of one Elizabeth Barton named the holy Mayde of Kent came to light and were discouered so that shee and hir adherentes in Nouember following were brought to the Starre Chamber and there before the Kings Counsayle confessed their feyned hypocrisie and dissimuled holinesse traiterous purposes and intents The names of those hir adherents whiche were presented with hir before the Lordes in the Starre Chamber were as followeth Richarde Master priest parson of Aldington in Kent Edwarde Bocking doctor in Diuinitie a Monke of Canterburie Richarde Dering Monke also of Canterburie Edwarde Twayres Gentleman Thomas Laurence regyster to y e Archdeacon of Canterburie Henrie Golde parson of Aldermary Batchler of Diuinitie Hugh Rich Frier Obseruant Richarde Risby and Thomas Gold gentleman They were adiudged vpon their confession aforesayde to stande at Poules Crosse in the sermon time where they with their owne handes shoulde seuerally deliuer eche of them to the preacher that shoulde be appoynted a Byll declaring theyr subtile craftie and superstitious doings Which thing they did the Sunday nexte following standing vpon a stage at the crosse erected for that purpose But for their treasons committed the order was respited till the Parliament next following in the which they were atteynted and suffred as after ye shall heare In this meane time the Scottes were not quiet The Scottes moue warre but still robbed the kings subiectes both by sea and lande wherevpon the king caused them to be requited not onely by the borderers and other to them associate which entring by the marches burnt many of their strong piles but also he set forth certaine shippes which entred into theyr streames and fetched out many of those pryses whiche they had taken out of theyr hauens and creekes mawgre of their heades Yet was there no warre proclaymed and still Commissioners set and comuned of agreement and aniendes to be made on either part But in the ende when the Scottes had much demaunded and little or nothing granted they for that time being wearie of war desired peace which was cōcluded to endure both the kings liues And so the .xx. day of May in the yeare next following it was openly proclaymed to the comfort of all them that delyted in peace and godly quietnesse At the suyte of the Ladie Katherin Dowager a cursse was sent from the Pope A curse procured from the Pope which accursed both the King and the Realme This cursse was set vp in the towne of Dunkyrke in Flaunders for the bringer thereof durst no nearer approche where it was taken downe by one William Locke a Mercer of London Bycause it was knowne that the Ladie Katherin Dowager had procured this curse of the Pope all the order of hir Court was broken for the Duke of Suffolke beeing sent to hir as then lying at Bugden beside Huntingdon according to that he had in commaundement discharged a great sort of hir householde seruants and yet left a conueniēt number to serue hir like a Princesse which were sworne to serue hir not as Queene but as Princesse Dowager Such as toke that othe she vtterly refused and would none of theyr seruice so that she remayned with the lesse number of seruants about hir After Christmasse the Parliament beganne 1534 Elizabeth Barton attaynted wherein the forenamed Elizabeth Barton and other hir complices were attaynted of treason for sundry practized deuises tales by them aduanced put in vre and told sounding to the vtter reproch perill and destruction of the kings person his honor fame and dignitie for they had of a diuelish intent put in the heades of manye of the kings subiects that to the sayde Elizabeth Barton was giuen knowledge by reuelation from God and his Saints that if the King proceeded to the diuorse and maried another he should not be king of this Realme one Moneth after and in the reputation of God not one daye nor houre This Elizabeth first through sicknesse being oftentymes brought as it were into a traunce whereby hir visage and countenaunce became maruellously altered at those times whē she was so vexed at length by the encouraging procurement and information of y e forenamed Richard Master person of Aldington she learned to counterfaite such maner of traunses after she came to perfect health as in hir sickenesse by force of the disease she hadde bin aquainted with so that shee practised vsed and shewed vnto the people diuers maruellous and sundry alterations of the sensible partes of hir body craftely vttering in hir sayde feygned and false traunces diuers many counterfaite vertuous and holy
grace who elighted out of hir 〈…〉 the which shee had rid al hir long iourney and with courteous demeanor and louing countenaunce gaue to theÌ„ harty thaÌ„ks kissed theÌ„ 〈…〉 couÌ„sailers officers kissed hir haÌ„d 〈…〉 she with al the ladies entred the tents and there warmed them a space When the king knewe that she was arryued in hir Tent he with all diligence set oute through the Parke And first issued the Kings Trumpets then the Kings officers sworne of his Counsayle next after came the Gentlemen of his priuie Chamber after them followed Barons the yongest fyrst and sir William Hollis Lorde Maior of London rode with the Lorde Par that was the yongest Baron Then followed the Bishoppes and immediately after them the Earles and then the Duke of Baâ—…re and Countie Palatine of the Rhyne wyth the liuerey of the Toyson or golden street about his necke Then came the Ambassadours of the French king and Emperour next to whome followed the Lorde prime Seale Lorde Cromwell and the Lorde Chaâ—… 〈◊〉 then â—…arâ—… King at armes and the other officers and Sergeantes of armes gaue their attendaunce on eche side the Lordes The Lorde Marques Dorset bare the sword of estate and after him a good distance folowed the Kings highnesse mounted on a goodly Courser To speake of the riche and gorgeous apparell that was there to bee seene that daye I haue thought it not greatly necessarie sithe eche man may well thinke it was right sumptuous and as the time then serued very fayre and costly as they that are desirous to vnderstande the same maye reade in Maister Halles Chronicle more at large which in this part I haue thought good to abridge After the King followed the Lord Chamberlayne then came sir Anthonie Browne maister of his horse a goodly gentleman and of personage very seemely richly mounted and leading the kings horse of estate by a long reyne of Gold Then followed his Pages of honour ryding on great Coursers and lastly followed sir Anthony Wingfielde Captaine of the Garde and then the Garde well horsed and in their rich coates In this order roade the king till hee came to the last ende of the ranke of the Pencioners and there euery person that came with him placed him selfe on the one syde or the other the King standing in the middest When hir Grace vnderstoode that the King was come she came forth of hir Tent and at the doore thereof being set on a fayre and beautifull horse richly trapped road forth towards the king who perceyuing hir to approch came forwarde somewhat beyonde the Crosse on Blackheath and there stayed tyll shee came nearer and then putting of his cap he made forwarde to hir and with most louing countenance and princely behauiour The meeting of the king the lady Anne of Cleue on Blackheath saluted welcomed and imbraced hir to the great reioysing of the beholders and the likewise not forgetting hir dutie with most amiable aspect and womanly behauior receiued him with many apt wordes and thankes as was most to purpose Whilest they were thus talking togyther the 50. Pencioners with the gard departed to furnish the hall at Greenwich After the king had talked with his armie while he put hir on his right haÌ„d and so wish their footmen they road togither and with then compâ—…es being thus â—…t returned in this maner through the rankes of the knightes and Esquiers which stood still all this while and remoued not First hir Trumpet see forwarde being .xij. in number beside two 〈◊〉 drummes on horseback Then followed the Kings Trumpellers then the Kings Counsaylers then the Gentlemen of the prince Chamber after them the Gentlemen of hir Graces Countrey in coates of Velueâ—… and all on great horses Then the Maior of London with the yongest baron then all the Barons next them the Bishops then the Erles with whoÌ„ road the Earles of Ouersteyne and Walâ—…er hir Countrymen then the dukes of Norffolke and Suffolk and the Archbishop of Canterbury and duke Philip of Bauier next folowed the Ambassadors then the Lorde priuie seale and the Lorde Chancellor then the Lord Marques Dorcet that bare the sword next folowed the king himselfe equally riding with the Lady Anne and behinde hir roade sir Anthonie Browne with the Kings horse of estate as ye haue hearde and behinde him road sir Iohn Dudley maister of hir horses leading hir spare horse trapped in rich tissue down to the ground After them followed Heuxmen and pages of honor Then followed the Lady Margaret Dowglas the Lady Marques Dorcet the duchesses of Richmont Suffolke the countesses of Rutland Hertford and other couÌ„tesses TheÌ„ came hir chariot in which she had rid all hir iourney wel carued gylt with the armes of hir couÌ„try curiously wrought and couered with cloth of gold al the horses were trapped with blacke veluet and on them roade pages of honor in which chariot rode two ancient Ladies of hir countrey next after the chariot folowed six ladies gentlewomen of hir countrey very beautiful and richly apparelled with them roade six ladies of Englande Then folowed an other chariot gilt furnished like to the other then came .x. Englishe Ladies next theÌ„ an other chariot couered wyth black cloth therin rode foure gentlewomen that were hir chamberers Then folowed all the remnant of the Ladies gentlewomen damosels in great nuÌ„ber and last of all came an other chariot al blacke with three lauÌ„ders apperteyning to hir grace next after followed an borslitter of cloth of glold and crimosen veluet vpoÌ„ veluet paled with horses trapt accordingly which the king had sent to hir TheÌ„ folowed the seruingmeÌ„ of hir train all clothed in black mouÌ„ted on great horses In this order they road through the rankes and through the Parke till they came at the late Friers wall where all menne alighted excepte the King the two masters of hir horse and the Heurmen whiche rode to the Hall dore and the Ladyes rode to the Court gate and as they passed they might beholde on the Wharfe how the Citizens of London were rowing vp and downe on the Thomas righte before them euery crafte with his Borge garnished with baners flagges streamers pancels and targets painted and beaten with the kings armes some with hir armes and some with y e armes of their craft mistarie There was also a Barge called the Batchelers barke richly deched on the which wayted a â—…st that shot greate peeres of artillerie and in euerye Barge was great store of instruments of diuers sorts and men and children singing and playing altogither as the K. and the Lady Anne possed by on the Wharfe When the K. and she were within the vtter court they alighted from theyr horses The King â—…eth 〈◊〉 Greeneâ—…he and the K. louingly embrased hir kyssed hir and bade hir welcome to hir owne leadyng hir by the left arme through the Hall which was furnished beneath the harth with the garde
the pioners was done though with some trauayle by reason the walles were so thicke the foundation so deepe and therto set vpon so craggy a plotte Tewsday the sixth of September the armye dislodged and marched forwarde In the way as they shoulde goe a myle and an halfe from Dunglas Northwarde were two pyles or holdes Thorneton Anderwike Thornton and Anderwike set both on craggy fouÌ„datioÌ„s deuided a stones cast asunder by a deepe gut wherin ran a little riuer Thorneton belonged to the Lord Hume and was kepte by one Thom Trotter Thom Trotter who vppon sommonance giuen to render the house locke vp a sixteene poore soules lyke the Souldiers of Dunglas fast within the house tooke the keys with him commaundyng them to defende the place till hys returne whiche shoulde bee on the morrowe with munition and reliefe and thys done he and his prickers pricke as sayth maister Paten quite their wayes The Lorde of Hambleton Anderwike perteined to the Lord of Hambleton and was kepte by his son and heire whome of custome they call the maister of Hambleton and eyghte more Gentlemen for the most parte as was reported The Lorde Protector at his commyng nye sent vnto both these places which vpon somâ—…onance refusing to render were straight assayled Thorneton by baterie of four great peeces of ordinance and certayne of Sir Peter Mewtas Hackbuttets and Anderwike by a sorte of the same hackbutters who so well besturred them that where these keepers had rammed vp heyr outer dores cloyed and stopt their staires within and kept themselues for defence of their house about the battlementes the hackbutters gote in and fyered them vnderneath whereby beeyng greatly troubled with smoke The pile of Anderwike 〈◊〉 they cryed for mercy whych the Lord Protector meant to graunt them but â—…re the messenger came the hackbutters were gote vp to them and killed eyghte of them aloft one lept ouer the walles and running more than a furlong after was slayne without in a water All this 〈◊〉 Thorneton was the assaile on the Englishe parte and the defence by them within stoutely continued but at length when they perceyued in what daunger they stoode and how little able they were to help themselues or to annoy the assailants they pâ—â— in a banner whiche they hadde hung forth in token of defyance and put forth a white linnen cloue tyed to a stickes ende crying all with one tune for mercye but hauyng aunswere by the whole voyces of the assayles that they were stay this and that it was too late they plucke in theyr sticke and sette vppe agaynâ—… theyr banner of defyance and shotte off 〈◊〉 stones and dyd what else they could with great courage of theyr slue and smal hurt of the 〈◊〉 Wherefore perceyuyng that they could not long keepe out being on the one side battâ—…ed and 〈◊〉 on the other kepte in with hackbutters on each side and some of the Englishmen beeing gote into the house belowe for they hauing shâ—…pâ—… vp themselues also in the highest of their house plucke in againe theyr banner and creyed eftsoones for mercy but being aunswered generally by the assaâ—â—â—s that they should neuer looke for in they â—…ell to 〈◊〉 thys put it son that if they shoulde needes â—â—â— they myghte rather suffer by hanging and so reconcile themselues to God than to â—…yâ—… in master with so great daunger of theyr soules This â—…ulte was so furthered to the Dukes grace by Sir Miles Partrige Sir Miles Partrige Thorneton yeelded shall was neere at hand when they made this suite that it was graunt â—…o and they comming for the humbled themselues and without more hurt they were but commaunded to the prouost Marshall who kept them for a time and wife after releaâ—…ed The house was shortly after so blowen with podder that more than the one halfe of it The pilâ—…s of Thorneton and other defaced fell straight downe to dust 〈◊〉 the rest stood all to shaken with riâ—â—es and 〈◊〉 This done about noone the army marched and passing by Dunbar the Castell sente them diuers shottes of Artillerie but all in vayne The Scottish prickers shewed themselues in the field with proffer of skirmish but to no great purpose one of theÌ„ beeing killed w t a shot of one of Bartenilles men an hackbutter on horseback The army hauing marched y e day a ten mile lodged at nighte nere to TaÌ„tallon Tantallon had a blind alarme Marching y e next morning a .ii. miles they came to a riuer called Lin where there is a stone bridge Linton bridge named LintoÌ„ bridge of a towne thereby on the right hand as y e army marched staÌ„ding Eastward vpoÌ„ the same riuer y e horsemeÌ„ cariages past through the water for it was not very deepe y e footeman ouer the bridge The passage was straight for an army and therefore y e loÌ„ger in setting ouer Beyonde this bridge about a myle Westward vppon the same riuer on the South side Hayles Castel staÌ„ds a proper Castel called Hayles perteining to the Erle of Bothwell but kepte as then by the gouernours appointment who helde the Erle in prison Out of this Castell as the L. Protector passed forwarde in following the fore ward there were roundly shot off but withoute hurt sixe of seauen peeces the which before that though some of the armye had bin very nye yet kepte they all couert In the meane time rose a thicke mist which caused great disorder in y e rere warde by reason they could not see about them The Erle of Warwike therefore doubting least the enimies who had bin pricking vp downe neere to the army and offered skirmish the same morning should now by occasion of the mist attempt some feate to the annoyance of the Englishmen in their passage his Lordshippe hymselfe scant with sixeteene horse whereof Barteuille and Iohn de Riband Frenchmen were two seuen or eight light horsemen moe and the rest being his owne seruants returned towarde y e passage to see the array again The Scottish horsemen perceiuing our horsemen to haue past on before and thinking as the troâ—…th was that some Captaine of honor dyd stay for the looking to the order of this rere warde they keeping the South side of the riuer A subtile practise of the Scottes did call ouer to some of the army to know whether there were any noble man nye there They were askt why they askt one of them aunswered that he was such a man whose name the Englishmen knew to be honorable among the Scottes and woulde come in to the Dukes grace so that he might be sure to come in safetie Some yong Souldyers nothing suspecting the craftie falsehood of the Scottes told him that the Earle of Warwike was nie there by whose tuition hee should be safely broughte to my L. Protectors presence they had canâ—… theyr lesson and fell to their practise which was thys hauyng comen ouer the water
six myles further vnto Sterling Sterlinâ—… where they saw the yong King The next day the .xviij. of May sir Robert Conestable Sergeant Maior with the rest of the Captaynes of the twelue hundred Englishe footemen and two hundred Scottes footemen the which were most part shoâ—â—e marched along iourney â—â—ey come to 〈◊〉 and came to lodge that nyght at Glasco and the Generall 〈◊〉 William Drurie came to them with the Horsemen and the moste parte of the Noble men of Scotlande that were on the Kings syde which â—â—â—red the towne and lodged in the same with many horsmen and footemen The Duke of Chastell 〈◊〉 as yâ—â— haue heard had â—…erue â—…spans besiegâ—â— the â—â—stell that belonged to the king but he 〈◊〉 of the English mennes comming two dayes before theyr approching thither 〈…〉 siege and departed thence with the losse of 〈◊〉 of his men The .xix. of May Sir William Drurie Generall of the Englishe power beyng determined afore hande on a iourney towardes Dunbreton sent foorth that morning before certaine vauntâ—… 〈…〉 on horsebacke to stay 〈◊〉 such as they found vpon the way The Generall â—â—â—eth to view â—â—nbreton This done hee tooke with him certaine Gentlemen and some shotte and roade foorth towardes Dunbreton to view the straytes and situation of that Castell within the whiche were at that present the Lorde Fleming â–ª that tooke vpon him as Captaine thereof the Archbishop of Saint Andrewes and other theyr adherents frendes to the duke of Chastellereault and enimies to the Lords that were aboute the King After Sir William Drury had viewed the Castell and taken the plotte of the situation thereof hee sent his Trumpet to knowe who were wythin it and to whose vse they kept it â–ª They within the Castell requyred to knowe what he was that sent to knowe the same It was aunswered that it was the Queene of Englandes Generall of hir forces there in Scotlande that made the demaunde wherevnto aunswere was returned that they knewe well hee was not so ignoraunt as hee seemed as in deede hee was not but that hee did well knowe that this Castell was and of long time had beene kepte by the Lorde Fleming and that accordinglye by hym hys friendes and seruauntes it was nowe mainteyned whiche aunswere beeyng reported to the Generall hee sente agayne hys Trumpettour to knowe if the Lorde Fleming woulde come forth and parley vppon assuraunce of honour to returne safely The Lord Fleming is required to come to parley with the generall Wherevnto the Lorde Fleming consented although not meaning so to doe but by a subtile practise as was thought intended to wynde him wythin daunger for there were some Harquebusiers secretly couched in coneâ—…t wythin whose reache when the Generall was come himselfe alone on horsebacke moste dishonestly hys Trumpâ—… 〈…〉 returned tâ—… 〈…〉 meanyng 〈◊〉 haue kylled hym wythoute any reâ—… 〈…〉 of God The dishonorable dealing of the Lorde Fleming but thâ—… 〈…〉 of the Lorde 〈…〉 Knight receyued no â—â—dily hurte but perteyâ—…ing tâ—… 〈…〉 courage hee bestowed 〈…〉 at them as they did thâ—… 〈…〉 him 〈◊〉 so returned to hys companie â—â—cke agayne 〈◊〉 safetie yeelding to God dâ—… 〈…〉 his mercifull deliâ—â—â—â—nce from 〈…〉 Vpon 〈…〉 incâ—…ling Sir William Drurie goeth again towards Dunbreton the .xxj. of Maâ—â— Sir William Drurie accompanyed wyth the sayde Gentlemen and horsemen 〈◊〉 agayne towardes Dunbreton 〈◊〉 parley 〈…〉 the Lorde Fleming vppon hys fâ—… 〈…〉 that hee 〈◊〉 meete hym three myles from the sayd castell whervpon the sayde Sir William Drurie 〈◊〉 Englishe man and a Scottishmâ—â— to view the grounde whiche shoulde bee appoynted foorth for theyr meeting He sendeth to view the grouÌ„d wher he shuld meet with the L. Fleming which they founde to bee so neare to the Castell as was subiect to all theyr shotte both great and small and clâ—â—â—e contrarye to the promises and so they declaâ—â—d to the Captayne named Iohn Fleming that was sente foorth of the Castell to appoynt the same howe it was neyther indifferent nor â—â—ecte for â—â—che a purpose The captain answered that his maister was a man of honour and stoode vpon the same and therefore woulde not 〈◊〉 himselfe among horsemen wholy without the daunger of the peece wherevnto the messengerâ—… replied that the Lorde Fleming for his 〈…〉 was not to bee credited in this 〈◊〉 neythâ—â— comparable to the generall of the English armie for he was therefor the Queene of Englande â–ª and further theâ—â—â—de â–ª that forsomuch as they had of lâ—… 〈…〉 the law of armes and thereby so greatly 〈◊〉 their creditâ—… 〈…〉 and honour they could 〈◊〉 wish that their general â—â—ould be well aduiseâ—… 〈◊〉 hee did hazarde himselfe any more within their daunger vpon their slipperie promises except they would appoint â—â—me other place of parley as might be thoughâ—… indifferent according to their former offers â–ª which woulde not be graunted and so they departed Immediatly wherevpon to shew some peece of their double dealings and vnfaithfull practises towardes the Englishmen the Scottes within the castell presently sent after the Messengers a Câ—…luering shot for a farewell Sir William Drurie then peâ—…teyning that the meaning of the Lord Fleming was not to deale simplye in this matter â—…ching a conference to be had betwixt theÌ„ returned to Glasco where sir George Carie being â—…uellously inflamed with that vnhonest dealing of the Lorde Fleming made earnest suyte to the Generall Sir George Caries suyte that hee myght sende to him and offer him the Combaâ—… in tryall of thys quarell sith it was more requisite that a Gentleman souldiour shoulde stande in those questions Churchyard than a Generall considering his calling and office The Generall thanked Sir George very courteously but yet sayde that it stoode him vpon to searche out these matters to the vttermoste as hee woulde haue done in deede were not hys Commission and charge as was well knowne to bee otherwyse employed yet quoth hee sith your suyte is so reasonable and the whole companie and lawe of Armes alloweth of it I graunt your request and therein doe as best shall seeme to your byrth and estimation Herevpon Sir George Carie streight wayes deuised a letter of chalenge and deliuered it to an Heraulde to beare from him vnto the sayde Lorde Fleming the tenour whereof here ensueth Sir George Caries letter to the Lorde Fleming LOrd Fleming if eyther your byrth or bringing vp had wrought in you a noble mind or estimation of credite hardly woulde you haue so much forgotten and stayned your honour as in a parleâ—… of late with our general you did At whom vilely and vnhonourably shooting you falsed that assurance of warre whiche souldiours submit themselues vnto and trayned him to your treason vnder trust a thing heretofore not accustomed nor presently to bee allowed of He assuredly pretending your owne and your friends good commoditie to your couÌ„trey and quietnesse to the state twice abased and submitted himselfe comming to conferre
col 1. line 41. to Fraunce pag. 1186. col 1. line 32. from fraunce pag. 1202. col 2. line 16. page 1203. col 1. line 2. line 41. to the Frenche pag. 1203. col 2. lin 15. from the Duke of Burgongne page 1345. col 2. line 58. from Scotland pag. 1352. col 1. lin 9. Archbyshop of Cantorbury his Oration pag. 1168. col 2. lin 11. Ambassadours sent to forrasne Princes pag. 1125. col 2. lin 30. sent from the French king pa. 1131. col 1. lin 15. Ambassadours sent into Brittaine pa. 1135. col 2. lin 41. to the Councel at Pisa pag. 1155. col 1. lin 20. Ammond a king of the Danes 212.19 Amboys castle pa. 1323. col 2. line 50. Ambassadours out of France 794.43 a. Ambassadours into Germany 109.7 b. Ambassadours into Fraunce 874.58.875.50 a. 897.46 b. Ambassadours from Fraunce 1078.1 b. Ambassadours from the Pope 924.40 a. Ambassadours sent to the Pope 921.28 a. Ambassadours from Scotland 890.38 b. Ambassadours from Fraunce 897.40 a. Ambassadours sent by the king of Scotland into Normandie to king Iohn 542.95 Ambassadours not suffered to passe through England from Scotland into Normandie to king Iohn 543.5 Ambassadours sent from king Iohn to the Pope 583.74 Amphibalus martired at Redburne for the faith of Christ 90.53 Annates forbidden to be paid 1557.16 Ambassadours from the Pope 949.47 a. Ambassadours to the Duke of Britayne pag. 1407. col 1. lin 38. lin 51. col 2. lin 11. Ambassadours from the Scottishe king to king Iohn 545.60 Ambassade sent by king Iohn to y e king of Scots 549.67 Ambassadours sent into Scotland by king Iohn 552.7 Amboys castle assured to Theo. bald Earle of Bloys 427.20 Ambassadors sent to y e Pope cōcernyng a peace 946.20 a. Ambitious minde of Seuerus the Emperour 78.91 Amphibalus a zelous Christian in Britayne 88.6 Ambassadours into Scotland 817.43 b. Anne sister to Wylliam Duke of Cleue betrothed to Henry the 8.1574.26 is reccaued with great honor Ead. 46. is maried vnto the king 1577.34 is deuorsed 1579.40 Angussel slayne 134.27 Angussel buried in Scotland 134.36 Anselme complayneth to the Pope of king William Rufus 333.31 Anselme sent for into England out of Normandie 336.26 Anselme reuoked out of exile 337.40 Anselme denieth to do homage to the king 338.27 Anselme disobeyeth the kinges letters concerning Thomas the elect of Yorke 349.33 Anselme endeth his lyfe 349.81 Anselme an Italian borne in Piemont 349.84 Auncient custome of Englishe men was to weare long beardes 529.30 Auelina daughter to the Earle of Aumarle married to lord Edmund sonne to king Henry the third 780.75 Antigonus brother to Pandrasus taken prisoner by Brute 11.41 Angles come ouer out of Germanie into Britaine 113.1 Anteus slayne by Hercules in Mauritania 5.107 Antwerpe receaueth the Englishe marchantes with procession 449.29 Andrewe nominated Archbyshop of Cantorburie is preuented by death 178.12 Anglesey inuaded by the Romanes 59.83 Anthonie Wooduile pa. 1298 col 1. lin 4. Androgeus Earle of London disobeyeth the summonance of Cassibelsane 43.66 Andragatius Admirall of the seas perteyning to the Empire 97.38 Andates the British Goddesse of victorie 64.47 Angiers Citie worme by kyng Iohn 563.15 and destroyed by him 563.19 Androgeus sendeth into Frāce for Cesar and ioyneth with him agaynst Cassibellane 43.82 Androgeus departeth into France with Cesar 44.17 Augustus Cesar comming towardes Britaine with an armie turneth another way 46.53 Andredeswald wood 194.12 Angli all one people with the Thuringi 113.45 Angli one of y e twelue nations of the Germanes 113.40 Answere of Lewir iii. daughters concerning y e loue they bare vnto him 19.70 Anabaptistes discouered of whomsome recanting beare fagottes 1871.54 some are whipped and banished 1872.12 two are burnt 1872.29 Anglesey yeelded to Iulius Agricola 68.111 Angles receiued by the Britaines 545.97 Anglesey woonne by the Romanes 59.114 Anne daughter to Ed. 4. married to Thomas lorde Howard pag. 1356. col 1. lin 43. Anacletus taken prisoner by Brute 11.76 Antony lord Wooduile 1316. col 2. lin 28. Earle Riuers beheaded pag. 1321. col 1. lin 4. Aulus Didius looke Didius Aniou wasted by Queene Elianor 543.78 Antony bastard of Burgongne pag. 1317. col 2. lin 16. chalenged the lorde Scales lin 44. Angles and their ofspring in Britaine 113.29 Answere of y e Oracle to Brutes prayer 12.67 Anna slayne by Penda and his armie discomfited 172.55 Anlafe king of Norway baptised and receiueth the fayth 241.7 Anne sister to vter Pendragon maried to Loth king of Pictes 132. Anglesey I le spoyled by the Frenchemen 714.40 Annius cited 3.110 and. 4.67 and. 5.6 Anne wyfe to Richarde 2. dyeth 1084.17 b Andredeswold in Sussex 125.60 Andell riuer in Normandie 385.31 Andresey I le 208.16 Auncient lawes of Englande abrogated and newe instituted 303.56 Anastasius Empe. 127.33 Antoninus cited 2.93 Andredescester Citie besieged 126.56 Andredecester Citie ouerthrowen 125.87 and. 126.71 Antoninus sonne to Seuerus the Empe. looke Bassianus Andredesley wood with the length and breadth 215.77 Aulafe entring into the Englishe campe is with his armie chased and his men slaine 226.53 Aniow inhabitantes take part with king Henry the fyrst against Robart Duke of Normandie 344.22 Anthony Bek made Patriarch of Hierusalem 843.38 b. contendeth with the Prior of Darham 844.1 a. Andrew Harcley created Earle of Caerlile 869.3 a. conspireth agaynst the king and is executed 871.55 a. Andrew Trollop pag. 1296. col 1. lin 33. pag. 1297. col 1.27 slayne pag. 1312. col 1. lin 38. Auberoch besieged by y e French men 927.53 a. Aubrey de Veer created Earle of Oxford 1083.7 a. Antony Woduile Lord Riuers brother to Elizabeth wyfe to Ed. 4. pag. 1360. col 1. lin 11. put in ward pa. 1361 co 2. li. 3. beheaded at Pomfret pag. 1362. col 1. lin 36 Anselme made the Popes Legate in England 355.37 Answere of an Heathen byshop concerning heathenish religion 161.40 Anselme restored returneth into England 346.10 Angolesme surrendred to the Earle of Derby 927.55 b recouered 928.35 b. Anne sister to the Emperour commeth to Douer 1037. 53. b. married to king Ri. the. 2.1038.10 a. Anne of Cleue dyeth 1769.4 Anne wyfe to Ri. the 3. crowned Queene pa. 1389. col 1 lin 1. sodaynely dyeth pag. 1411. col 1. lin 28. Anne de la Poole daughter to Iohn Duke of Suffolke pa. 1406. col 2. lin 44. Ambreuilliers castle taken by the Earle of Salisburie pa. 1187. col 2. lin 6. Angiers citie repaired agayne by king Iohn 564.10 Anselme refuseth to consecrate the Byshops inuested by the king 341.105 Anselme out of fauour with king Henri the first 342.11 Anselme trauayleth to Rome in defence of his priuiledges agaynst the king 342.27 Anselme banished and his possessions seased into the kings handes 342.92 Anglesey I le 787.12 b. won 791.4 b. Annius of Viterbo cited 1.63 and. 2.68 and. 2.89 and. 3 16. and. 3.46 a. Anna sonne to Enus succeedeth Egricus in the kyngdome of the Eastangles 172.53 Anselme created Archbyshop of Canterburie 323.91 Andauer 233.17 Anandale
the firmament 351.45 Courtney Williā Lord Courtney and sonne to the Erle of Denonshire marieth Ratharin daughter to Edward the fourthe committed to the tower 1457.30 Courtney Henry Marques of Exceter commeth wyth a great power against the rebels of the North. 1568.14 Lord Steward of England at the arreignment of the Lord Dercy Hussey 1570. 5. is condemned of treason 1572.10 is executed ibidē Courtney Edward Earle of Deuonshire succoureth Excester and is hurt 1450.40 47. Colonie sent to inhabite the Ardes in Ireland 1864.35 Conanus looke Aurelius Conanus Combat at Westmin 1016.45 a. Constable Robert Knight putto death 1570.10 Combat for land appointed but not fought and the manner therof 1858.52 Counterfeyters of the Virgin Mary and of Mary Magdalen apprehended and condemned 620.27 Cobham William Knight hys prowesse 1640.30 Colledges all geuen vnto the king 1634.8 Conspiracie made by Kineard against Kinelwulf 198.3 Conrade Emperour 262.1 Commons submit themselues to King Henry the thyrd 614.63 Constantinus a Britaine chosen Emperour 98.4 Copsius made gouernour ouer the Northumbers 312.17 Copsius slayne by Osulf 312.25 Contention between Thur◅an Abbot of Glastenburie the Monkes of that house 313.1 Cōstantinus Pagonatus Emperour 183.54 Cornwall Edmund knight sent into Britaine 1434.10 Contibald Iames Ambassador from Maxumlian Duke of Burgoine 1438.45 Comete appeareth 739.46 Comius kept as prisoner by the Britaines set at libertie 36.91 Colchester castle surrendred to Lewes 610.35 Coyne of Copper the value imbased 1709.10 Comius gouernour of Artois sent by Cesar into Britaine 35.37 Cornhill mistaken for Thorney 75.51 Contention betwixt the Archbyshop of Cantorburie the Erle of Kent 637.1 Colchester castle besieged and wonne by King Iohn 598.24 Constance refuseth her husband and maryeth a new 547.41 Conuocation at Powles pag. 1155. col 1. lin 12. Coilus dyeth 88.72 Commotion raysed by Roger Acton pag. 1166. col 2. lin 34. Conspiracie moued by Byshop Odo aganist King William Rufus 318.28 Couentrie Abbey by whom buylded 277.15 Conyers Roger knight made captayne of the Tower of Durham 449.47 Colesey taken and spoyled by the Danes 244.35 Controuersie betweene the Priestes and Monkes ended by Myracles 236.34 Constantinus deceasseth at Nicomedia in Asia 94.23 Corne blasted and burnt vp by lightning 270 7. Colchester supposed to bee in olde tyme Cannilodunum 54.55 .74 Coyne throughout the realme broken or slit 363.112 Conspiracie moued by y e kings of Scotland and Wales against king Adelstane 225.18 Conan Meridock made king of Britaine in Fraunce 95.71 Conan Meridock sendeth into great Britaine for wyues for his people 95.87 Couetous practise of Carausius to enritche himself 83.4 Courtchuse William sonne to Duke Robert made Earle of Flaunders 360.68 Courtchuse William Earle of Faunders dyeth of a wound 361.33 Contractes without witnesse concerning mariage may be denyed 341.18 Constantius begynneth hys reigne ouer Britaine 89.5 Constantinus the sonne of Constantius borne 89.15 Constantius his birth and Nobilitie 89. Conspiracie of the Britaines to reiect the Romane bondage 60.10 Constantinus gathereth an armie and passeth ouer into Fraunce therwith 98.23 Conspiracie against Elidurus by his brethren 31.83 Contention betweene two brethren Earle Harold Earle Tostie 278.75 Counsell holden at Oxford by the Lordes that take parte wich King Henry the thyrd 610.28 Cole Moore battaile agaynst the Saxons 116.16 Corineus captaine of a Troyan ofspring 13.75 Corineus Brute ioyne their companies together 13.80 Corineus and Brute arryue in Fraunce 13.84 Corineus wrestieth wich Gogmagog 15.83 Commissioners sent from the Parliament to king Richard the second 1113.24 a. Constable Iohn knight 1448.49 Collect deuised in honour of Archbyshop Thomas Becket 425 25. Courtney Walter 1450.34 Contention betweene Anselme Archbyshop of Cantorburie and Thomas the electe of Yorke 348.11 The Colledge of Iesus founded 1462.52 A Colledge erected at Ipswich 1533.54 Coyne of copper embased 1818.10 called all in eadem 31. Coyne forteine all except the Frenche Flemish crownes forbydden 1816.7 Coyne new made 1816.38 Counstance mother to Arthur 543.40 Constance committeth Arthur her sonne to the trust of the French King 543.47 Coronation of King Iohn 544.76 Courtney Edward sonne to Henry Marques of Excester set at libertie 1720.45 made Earle of Deuonshire 1721.1 is committed to the towre 1734.36 delyuered out of the towre committed to the sure keepin on Sir Thomas Eresham 1755.8 is set at libertie and obteyneth licence to passe the seas where he dyeth 1763.30 is described and his frowarde fortune ibidem Counsell holden at Oxford by the Archbyshop of Cantorburie 620.2 Comentarius Alexander a deuine preacher to King Iohn 569.8 his opinions in matters of Religion and according to the aucthoritie of the Pope in temporall possessions 569.33 Iohn Comyn murdred by Robert Brus. 841.43 b. Compton Henry knight made Lord of Comptō in the Hole 1862.54 Constances citie wonne by the Frenchmen and recouered againe 351.60 Cono the Popes Legate in Fraunce 351.115 Conspiratours against Kyng William Rufus in y e North sodeinly surprised 329.3 Coffins of Gold and siluer full of dead mens bones 327.35 Couragiousnes of king William Rufus declared in hys dealing towardes Helias 329.93 Commodus Emperour of Rome 76.82 Condhere seruant to Oswyn slayne 170.56 Contention for superioritie betweene Henry Byshop of Winchester Legate Theobald archbyshop of Cātorburie Primate of Englande 378.59 Cornwall giuen to Corineus 15.98 Cornelius Tacitus cited 45.44 46.34 53.42 and 58.30 Collingham William a valiant Gentleman of Sussex enemie to the Frenchmen 601.7 Constantinus brother to Aldroenus King of little Brytaine sent with an armie into Britaine 102.39 Constance wyfe to Prince Eustace sent home with her dowrie 388.72 Colledge of Saint Michael in Cambridge founded 872.26 a. Cornelius Tacitus cited 113. Cowchete wonne by the Lord Talbot pag. 1267. col 2. lin 22. Couentrey church ioyned to the Sea of Chester 336.3 Colledge of Fodringey 1445.5 Counsell holden at Westminster by Hubert Arcybyshop of Cantorbury concerning ecclesiasticall matters 549.17 Colde Winter 551.65 Constantinus borne in Bythynia 88.90 Congreshall Lord Congreshall captaine of Perkin Warbeckes gard 1441.33 Conan meridock Duke of Cornwall 93.34 Constantinus first peopled Armorica with Britaines 97.8 Constantia Posthumia wyfe to Gracianus the Emperour 97.43 Colledge of Brasen Nose in Oxford founded 1463.22 Cordilla slayeth her self 20.86 Cogheshal Raufe cited 560.2 Contention betweene the Byshops and Monkes of Cantorburie about the Election of an Archbyshop 561.84 Coggeshall Abbey in Esser founded 394.27 Coiff Edwines heathen Byshop 161.39 Cornishmen subdued by Kyng Adelstane 226.94 Cornishmen rydde quite out of Exeter 226.98 Confederates with Henry the sonne inuade the dominious of King Henry the .ii. 427.56 Counsels holden concerning the restitution of secular Priests to their Colledges and y e remouing of Monkes 235.108 Constans slayne at Vienna by treason 98.81 Cōstantinus Capronimos Emperour 197.79 Conuocation at Powles pag. 1166. col 1. lin 36. The Colledge of Christes churche in Oxford erected 1533 54. Composition betwixt Henrye the fourth and hys brother 630.58 Couentrey made
Veer executed pag 1313. col 1. lin 20. Earconbert succeedeth hys father Eadbald in y e kingdome of Kent 169.44 Easter with the weeke before and after commaunded to be kept holy 91.94 East Saxons eftsoones receiue the Christian fayth 173.63 Earthquake at S. Albōs 724.3 Eartongatha daughter to Earcopbert professed a Nunne 169.55 Eadhidus ordeyned Byshop of Lindesey 182.16 Earle of Rendal pag. 1272. col 1. lin 21. 29. pag. 1284. col 2. lin 58. pag. 1285. col 2. lin 1. page 1298. col 2. lin 46. Earthquake at London 716.97 Earthquake about Bathe and Welles 128.28 Eadbectus one of the Byshops of the East Angles 192.1 Eata ordeyned Byshop of Lindesferne 182.15 Earthquake generally throughout al England 309 44. Eausled mother to Elfled departeth this lyfe 176.3 East Angles submit themselues to the West Saxons 203.65 Earle of Huntington Dauid sworne to King Iohn 542.81 Earle of Huntington Dauid sent into Scotland 543.7 Earle Riuers beheaded pag. 1321. col 1. lin 6. Earle Riuers landed at Pole pag. 1327. col 2. lin 3. Eastangles possessed by the Saxons 131.24 Earthquake 1833.57 Eata Riuer 398.20 Eadulfus Archbishop of Litchfeilde adorned with y e Pall. 195.7 Eadulfus Byshop of Dorchester 195.12 Eaton Colledge pag. 1344. col 1. lin 53. Eating of horses fleshe forludden 198.111 Eadwynes Cliue battayle fought by King Molle◅ agaynst Earle Oswin 195.115 Earle of Tholouze commeth in to England and rendreth the Citie of Tholouze to Kyng Iohn 582.55 Earle of Guisnes landes wasted by King Iohns Souldiers 584.6 Earthquake about Huntington towne 644.12 Eaubald Archbyshop of Yorke 198.70 Dunstanborough Castle pag. 1315. col 1. lin 36. Earthquake 1871.36 Earledome of Kent yeelded vp to King William 292.36 Eadbald King of Kent departeth this life 169.42 Earthquake maruellous in Northfolke Suffolke 407.116 Ealhere Duke 207.9 Earthquake 786.9 a. 786.1 b. Earthquake 1039.40 b. Ealhere slayne by the Danes 207.30 Earthquake in England at the making of the new Forrest 313.95 Eadsride sonne to Edwine baptised 161.115 Earle of Rutland slayne pag. 1304. col 1. lin 16. Ebrancke sonne to Mempricius begynneth to raigne ouer Britaine 17.94 Ebranke sendeth his thyrtie daughters into Italy 17.104 Ebranke first after Brute inuadeth France 17.110 Ebrankes sonnes vnder conduct of Affaracus one of their eldest brethren inuade Germanie 18.3 Ebrankes sonnes aided by king Alba of Italy plant them selues in Germanie 17.7 Ebusa and Occa sent for to come into Britaine 114.13 Ebusa and Occa arriue in the North and settle them selues there 114.18 Ebranke dyeth and is buryed at Yorke 18.22 Ecgfride sendeth an army into Ireland 185.10 Ecgfride leadeth an army against the Pictes 185.27 Ecgfride slayne with the most part of his army 155.30 Ecgbert kyng of Northumberland expelled out of his kyngdome 219.20 Ecgbert departeth this lyfe 219.24 Ecgbert succeedeth Rigsig in y e kyngdome of Northumberland 219.34 Ecgfride sonne to Oswy in hostage with Queene Cimisse 175.55 Ecgfride and his armye ouerthrowen in battayle by Edilred 182.98 Ecgfride and Edilred made friendes 182.102 Ecgfride succeedeth his father Oswy in the kyngdome of Northumberland 179.77 Etbearne Abbey in Luidsey builded 179.52 Eclipse of the Sunne 893.7 b. Ecclesall in Stafford shyre pa. 1295. col 1. lin 21. Edgar succeedeth his brother in the kyngdome of England 231.20 Edgar a great fauorer of monkes and studious of peace 231.43 Edgars diligence to preserue his Realme from inuasion of strangers 231.51 Edgar rowed in a Barge by kyngs 231.89 Edgar a fauorer of the Danes 231.103 Edward sonne to kyng Henry the thyrd goeth with a power of men against the Welchmen 761.36 breaketh vp the treasurie of the Temple for money 761.91 besieged in the castle of Bristow and deliuered 763.90 escapeth out of captiuitie 770 85. and. 772.17 receiueth the Crosse of the Legate Othoban 780.16 Edward departeth this lyfe is buryed at Westminster 279.32 Edwardes maners and dispoposition of mynde described 279.39 Edward enspired with the gyft of prophesie and of healyng 279.81 Edwarde warned of his death before he dyeth 279.89 Edward canonized for a saint and called Edward the Confessor 179.97 Edwyn succeedeth Edredus in the kingdome of England 230.62 Edwyn committeth iurest with his neere kinswoman vppon the day of his Coronation 230.81 Edwyn keepeth both mother daughter to Concubine 230.90 Edwyn deposed for anguish departeth this lyfe 131.16 Edward ruled altogether by Normans 274.44 Edward gathereth all the Englishe lawes into one summarie called y e Common lawes 274.88 Edward sonne to King Edmond Ironside sent for into England 276.3 Edward surnamed the Outlaw ordeined heire apparant to the crowne of England dyeth 276.5 Edmetus disciple to Ansoline and in what tyme he lyued 3.57.42 Edmerus elected Archbyshop of S. Androwes in Scotland 357.51 Edmerus receiueth his staffe from an aultas 357.75 Edmerus returneth out of scotland to Cantorbury 357.86 Edward sonne to King Henrye the thyrde returneth home towardes England from the Holy land 781.87 holdeth Iustes and Turneis in Burgongne and winneth the honour 782.74 Editha daughter to kyng Edward maryed to Sithaike king of Northumbers 224.48 Edenborough Abbey in Scotland buylded 208.22 Edmond kyng of Eastangles cruelly slayne by the Danes 209.109 and .211.29 Edgina another daughter of kyng Edwardes maryed to Lewes king of Aquitayne 223.29 Edwarde seiseth the cities of London and Oxford into his handes 220.68 Edmond kyng of east Angles goeth againste the Danes with an army 211.22 Edmond bishop of Shireboure slaine 210.40 Edanton battaile fought by the Englishe men againste the Danes 214.84 Edward sonne to kyng Egelre dus sent into Englande to trie the peoples constancie to his father 250.17 Edwyn fleeth into Scotland 298.62 Edmond succeedeth his brother Adelslane in the gouernment of the most part of Englād 227.43 Edmond leadeth an armye agaynst Aulafe and encountreth with hym at Leycester 227.60 Edmondes Lawes founde and translated into Latine 228 50. Edmond miserably slaine by a theefe 228.61 and .228 80. Edmondes death signified before hand to Dunstan 228.91 Edward sonne to king Egelredus chosen to succeede kyng Hardicnute in the kingdome of England 268.36 Edward commeth into England with a cōuenient traine of Normans 268.50 Edgar pretely deceiued of his fleshly purpose by a Ladye 233.22 Edgar put to penance kept from the Crowne for his youthful lasciuiousnes 233.52 Edgar sacred king at Bath 233.61 Edgar recrefied with a dreame restoreth the spoyle of Glamorgan 233.98 Edgar departeth this life and is buryed at Glastenbury 233.107 Edgar exceeding beneficial to Monkes 233.112 Edward slayne in battaile by Godfrey and Aulafe 224.100 Edrodus brother to Edmond begynneth his reigne ouer the Realme of England 229 20. Edredus leadeth an armye against the Northumbers Scots 229.40 Edgar Edeling sayleth into Puglia with a power of mē 314.40 Edgar murdeteth Ethelwold and marieth Alfred his wife 232.108 Edethere succeedeth his brother Anna in the kingdome of east Angles 172.59 Edelhere slaine by Oswy 172 60. and .175.67 Edward commeth into Englande to visite king Hardienute his brother and Emma his mother
murdred 1092.30 a. Glanuille Bartholmew knight 559.71 Erle of Gloucester warreth on the Welchmen 792.2 a. driuen out of Glamorgan 810.27 b. Duke of Gloucester and hys confiderates ryse against the kyng 1063.6 a. Gluuy Duke of Demetia founder of Gloucester 51.54 Glorious Maiestie of y e English kingdome falleth wyth kyng Edmond Ironside 258.54 Glastenburie Abbey erected 53.18 Gleuy Riuer 162.12 Glocester pag. 1422. col 1. lin 26. Gorbonianus dyeth 30.55 Godfrey of Bologne afterward kyng of Hierusalem 270.78 Gospatrick depriued of hys Earledome 307.69 Goldenston Th◅mes Prior of Christes Churche in Cantorburie sent Ambassadour into Fraunce 1437.30 Godwyn commeth vp the Thames with his Nauie passeth throughe London bridge 273.71 Godwyn wel friended by the Londoners 273.68 Godwyn deliuereth pledges to kyng Edward for assurance of his loyaltie 273.93 Godwyn dyeth suddeinly at the table 274.107 Godwyn flaundered bycause of his great aucthoritie in the common wealth 275.15 Godwynes issue 275.32 Gonild neece to king Swanus banished the Realme 269 11. Gouernaunce of the churche of England dependeth chiefely vpon the kings 223.78 God a sister to king Edwarde maried to Eustace Earle of Bologne 270.82 Godwyn charged with the murder of Alured purgeth hym selfe therof 267.51 Godwyns ritche gyfte giuen to king Hardicnute 267.63 Godwyn myndeth to mary his daughter to one of king Hardicnutes brethren 267.76 Godwin and king Edward being ready to ioyne in battel vpon the sea are seuered by a Myst 273.20 Godwin restored to his former honor fauor liuyngs 273 28. Godwin arriueth with his Nauie at Sandwich 273.66 Gonorilla Leirs eldest daughter maried to Henninus Duke of Cornewal 19.93 Gogmagog a grant of great estimation in Britaine 15 82. Gogmagog slaine 15.90 Godfrey and Aulefe succeede their father Sithrike in the kingdome of Northumberland 224.55 Godfrey and Aulafe mekynge warre vpon king Adelstane are driuen out of their countrey 224.59 Godfrey father to king Reynold 224.61 Godfrey inuadeth Northumberland with an army of Scots 225.50 Goffarius Pictus king of Poicton 13.87 Goffarius raiseth an armye against the Troians 14.23 Goffarius and his army discōfited by the Troians 14.26 Goffarius with newe ayde distresseth the Troians 14.48 Godwyn offended wyth kyng Edward for too much fauouring straungers 271.10 Godwyn standeth stoutly in defence of his countreymen of Kent 271.12 Godwyn and his sonnes refuse to come to the assembly of Lordes at Glocester 271.34 Godwyn requyreth the Erle of Bologne and other French men and Normans to be delyuered vnto him whych is denayed 271.74 Godwynes army departeth away priuily and he also fleeth away in the night 271.105 Godwyn and his sonnes flee the Realme 272.9 Godbald kyng of Orkeney slayne 163.60 Godwyn sonne to kyng Harold 299.25 Gospel of Saint Iohn translated into Englishe by Beda 192.99 Godwyn and Edmond y e great landing in Somersetshyre spoyle the countrey and returne into Irelād with great booties 299.25 Gospatrick reconcyled made Earle of Northumberland is sent against the Scottes wyth an armie 306.118 and .312.31 Gorbod an called also Gurgust us 21.80 Gothlois a treacherous British captaine 127.86 Gouernment of Britaine committed vnto Plautius 49.85 Goseth William dyeth in hys iourney towardes the holye land 411.56 Godwyn Earle captaine of the Englishmen against y e Vandales and his noble seruice 260.80 Godwyns treason against Alured 264.22 .265.61 Godstow Nunrie beside Oxford 472.113 Godwyn and his sonnes proclaymed outlawes 272.21 Godwyn and his sonnes goyng a rouing vpon the coastes take prayes out of Kent and Suffer 272.50 Godrun a kyng of the Danes 212.18 Good lawes put to silence among the clinking of armor 217.14 Gospatrickes familie and discent 312.31 Gospatricke fleeth into Scotland 298.65 Gotmandin Gaham in Yorkeshyre 161.91 Goda Earle of Deuonshyre slayne by the Danes 239.43 Gourney Hugh reuolteth from king Iohn 557.25 ◅nnor married to Richard he second Duke of Normandie 289. ◅3 Gorolus Duke of Cornwall slayne 128.35 Gonzaga Ferdenand Ambassadour from the Emperour 1591.20 Gorbomans eldest Son to Morindus succeedeth his father in the kingdome of Britaine 30.30 Gourin brother to Duke Rollo of Normandie slayn 288.97 Gomer obtaineth the kingdome of Italie 1.98 Godfray of Bullongue elected king of Hierusalem 338.64 Godfray of Bullongue leader of an armie into the holy land 327.13 Godaroule Walter defendeth the Castle of Hartforde and at length yeeldeth it vp to Lewes 609.41 Godwyn byshop taken by the Danes 246.16 Godwyn gardian to K. Cnute children by Queene Emma 263.52 Gourney Hugh owner of Fert Castle 385.40 Gospatrick 278.105 Gorolus Duke of Cornwall 128.34 Gorloyes looke Gorolus Gouernment of spirituall matters appertaineth to the lawful auctoritie of the temporal prince 263.14 Gosefoorde towne 382.108 Gorbodug dieth and to buried at London 22.30 Gods face king William Rufus vsual othe 332.24 Godwyn Earle of Kent standeth agaynst Harold for the kingdome of England 263.35 Good men measure other mens manners by their own 196.98 Greene Thomas of Greenes Norton knyght committed to the towre 1460.21 Grotes and halfe grotes coined 1459.16 Griff◅n and Ryse Princes of Wales subdued 270 45. Grotes and halfe grotes fyrst coyned 947.7 a. Greeks and other nations receyued their learning fyrst from the Celte 266. Greeke Charecters deriued out of the Phenecian letters 2.60 Greeke letters first brought to Athenes from the Druides 3.80 Grossemond Castle in Wales 643.25 Grantchester decayed and now a village 30.89 Granta the old name of Cambridge 30.63 Grantchester so called by the Saxons otherwise ◅a◅rgrant 30.85 Grosted Robert made bishop of Lincolne 647.10 Granbodian looke Gorboniamus Grantham towne builded 30.48 Gray Lord Gray of Wilton Marshall of the armie and generall of the horsmen at Musklebrough fielde 1615 20. giueth a valiant charge on the Scottes 1624. 50. is hurt eadem 53. Lieutenant of the North partes fortifieth Haddington 1634. 40. winneth Yester Castle eadem 1. wa◅eth .xx. miles in Scotland 1641.31 his great damages iustayned at Haddington Chase 1637. 11. goeth agaynste the Rebels in Deuonshyre 1651. 14. is Marshall of the armie in the iourney of S. Quintins 1767.22 his prowesse during all the siege of Guisnes and namely his couragious vneppaled speech 1776.8 is taken prisoner and payeth for his ransome 22000. Crownes 1777. 4. knyght of the garter governour of Barwicke and warden of the East Marches dyeth 1821.40 Gray Walter made lord Chaūcellor to king Iohn 567.50 Gray Iohn bishop of Norwich made Lord deputie of Ireland by king Iohn 570 52. Gratianus the Emperour slain 96.10 Gratianus Funarius father to Valentinus and grandfather to Gratianus the Emperour 96.86 Gratianus Funarius generall of the Romane armie in Britaine 96.95 Gratianus Funarius goodes confiscated 96.99 Gratianus the Emperour slain by treason 97 55. Gratianus a Britaine made Emperour and shortly after slayne 97.112 Gratianus maketh himself king of Britaine 99.69 Gratianus slayne by the Brytaynes 99 86. Gray Thomas So◅ne to Thomas Gray the first Marques Dorset is chief◅ defendor at the Iustes held at the marriage of prince Arthur 1456. 26. is sent with an
daughter eadem 20. his great gyftes to the Frenche Ambassador 1609. a. 57. commaundeth one thing by letter and the contrarie by worde of mouth 1609. b. 40. maketh his Testament ordayning his Executors to gouerne the realme during the minoritie of hys sonne 1611. a. 44. dyeth eadeÌ„ b. 54. is buried at Windsor 1612. a. 8. is described Henry Earle of Richmond sendeth for Edward Earle of Warwicke from Sherifehuton Castle and puts him prisoner in the towre of London 1425. a. 26. Henry Earle of Richmond sendeth for Elizabeth eldest daughter of king Edward y e fourth from Sherifhuton castle and conueigheth her vnto her mother at London 1425.33 a. Henry Earle of Richmonde commeth to London and is there honorably receyued 1425.43 offreth vp three flaÌ„ders ead 54. promiseth to mary the Ladie Elizabeth 1425. b. 8. is crowned king and proclaimed Henry the seuenth 1425. b. summoneth a Parlament wherin are attainted the chiefest aydors of king Richard 1425. b. 36. aduaunceth diuers of his friendes vnto honour 1426. a. 30. hath the Crowne confirmed by Parlament to him and his heires eadem 50. redeemeth his hostages left beyond the Seas eadem b. 34. marieth the Ladie Elizabeth eadem 28. first ordayned Yeoman of the garde eadem 36. borroweth money of the Londoners and repayeth it 1427. a. 40. summoneth a Parlament eadem 51. maketh a progresse into the North partes eadem b. 1. publisheth a pardon of all crimes 1429. a. 32. discomfiteth in battaile the Earle of Lincolne and other rebels his Complices 1431. a. 42 holdeth solemne processions three dayes for his victorye eadem 46. taketh truce with the Scottes 1432. a. 20. trauaileth in vayne to make atonement betweene the French king and the Duke of Britayne eadem b. 40. and. 1433. a. 10. summoneth a Parlament eadem b. 18. aydeth the Duke of Britayne 1434. a. 7. borroweth money of the Citie of London and repayeth it eadem 54. rydeth to Yorke to represse a rebellion 1435. a. 12. aideth Maximilian Duke of Burgongue eadem b. 30. is loth the French king should marie the heire of Brytayne 1437. a. 18. summoneth a Parlament eadem b. 22. enacteth great summes of money by way of a beneuolence eadem 40. inuadeth France 1439. a. 41. Besiegeth Bolongne eadem b. 47. concludeth peace with the French king 1440. a. 3. the conditions thereof eadem b. 3. returneth into England eadem 25. sendeth certeyne into Flaunders to learne ouâ—… the true progenie of the counterfeit Duke of Yorke 1442 b. 7. sendeth spies into FlauÌ„ders to learne the counsels of the conspirators 1443. a. 10. forbiddeth flemiâ—â— wares and trafique with Flemings eadem b. 3. remoueth the Mart to Calice eadem 8. sendeth an armie into IrelaÌ„d 1444. b. 31. summoneth a Parlament and leuieth a subsidie 1446. a. 30. sendeth an armie to succor Norrham Castle and then inuadeth Scotland 1448. a. 31. releaseth the restraint into Flaunders 1448. b. 20. taketh truce with the king of Scots eadem 31. buildeth Richmond house 1454. b. 20. sayleth with the Queene vnto Calice eadem 24. meeteth with Phillippe Duke of Bourgogne eadem 42. returneth into England 1455 a. 6. concludeth peace with y e king of Scottes betroughthing vnto him his eldest daughter and his eldest Son vnto Katheren the daughter of the kyng of Hispayne eadem b. 47. buildeth our Ladie Chappell within Westminster 1457. b. 36. reneweth the olde league amitie with Maximilian the Emperour 1558. a. 58. summoneth a Parlament and leuieth a subsidie eadem b. 32. erecteth a Court for the execution of penall statutes eadem 41. ordeyneth a newe coyne of Siluer 1559. a. 15 willeth by his Testament violentâ—â— all money exacted for forfeytures to be repayed eadem 40. reneweth league and amitie with Phillippe Duke of Bourgongne 1460 a. 12. publisheth a generall pardon 1461. b. 23. his charitable deedes eadem 26. dieth ead 36. is buried ead 40. his age and yeares of his reigne ead 43. is described eadem 48. left great ryches behinde him 1464. b. 1. Henry Fitzempresse proclaimed and crowned king of England 395.1 Henry the second borne in Fraunce 395.2 Henry the second contrary to his othe right law and equitie depriueth his brother Geffrey of the Earledome of Aniou 396.65 Henrye de Essex Standerd bearer to the kyng by inheritance 397.54 Henrye de Essex throweth downe his Standerd and dishonorably runneth away 397.55 Henrye de essex vanquished in a combat by Râ—…bert de Mountfort 397.59 â—… Henry â—…f Essex pardoned his lyfe and shorne a Monke 397. â—…2 Henry the second entreth into Gascoigne with an army 399.5 Henry the second offreth 〈◊〉 to the Emperour againste the Pope 410.95 Henry sonne to king Henry the second dooth homage to the French king for the County of Aniou 411.39 Henry Earle of Aniou made Seneschal of France 411.41 Henry eldest sonne to king Henry the second proclaymed fellowe with his father in the kingdome 412.21 Henry eldest sonne to king Henry the second crowned kyng of England by commaundement of his father 412.26 Henry the seconde serueth his sonne Henry at the table 412 44. Henry Fitzempresse thought to be bastard sonne to king Stephen 392.14 Henrye Fitzempresse appoynted to be slaine by treason escapeth 392.76 Henry Fitzempresse saileth into Normandy after the treason practised against hym 393 13. Henry Fitzempresse his puissance and honours 393.31 Henry de Bloys alias the Sully Abbot of Glastenbury 134 46. Henry the second why he caused king Arthurs graue to be searched 136.1 Hect. Boet. cited 127.50 and. 128.27 and. 129.66 and. 129.71 and. 129.78 Hengist and Horsus with their army of Saxons arriue in Britaine 111.66 and. 112 7. Hengist deuiseth how to plant hymselfe in Britaine 112.53 Hengist and Horsus Pedigree to Woden 113.19 Henry sonne to king Henry the second begynneth new practises against his father 446 68. Henry the seconde begynneth wantonly to fancie the Lady Alice his daughter in lawe 450.82 Henry Fitzempresse commeth into England to see his mother 379 4â—… Hercules Lybiens sonne to Osyris 5.96 Henry Fitzempresse returneth agayne into England 383.54 Henrye Fitzempresse made knight 383.72 Hereford towne spoyled and burnt 276.32 Hereford Minster set on fyre 276. Henrye Emperour departeth this lyfe 360.9 Henry the first inuadeth France with an army 361.26 Hereford shyre wasted by Edrik Syluaticus 297.28 Hereward escapeth into the I le of Ely 306.93 Hereward fleeth out of the I le of Ely into Scotland 306 105. Herford shyre wasted by the Welchmen 272.59 Hereford Castle 272.62 Henry the third sonne to kyng William borne in England 299.21 Henry Earle of Britaine arriueth in England 633.72 Henry the third marieth the Lady Eleanor 647.68 Henry the thyrd euil spoken of for louyng strangers 704 70. Henry the third goeth toward Scotlande with an army 708.50 Henry the thyrd sweareth against the Pope 73.100 Heraclius Patriarch of Hierusalem commeth into England for aide against the Sarasins 460.54 Heraclius Patriarch of Hierusalem departeth comfortles greatly discoÌ„teÌ„ted in mind 461.7 his reprochful
65. Heuenfield where Oswaldes crosse was erected 165.22 Henry the third Emperor 266 91. Henry the sixt Emperour diswadeth king Richarde the first from making peace with Philip the Frenche king 527.10 Henry Plantagenet proclaimed king of England pag. 1119 col 1. lin 12. crowned pag. 1121. col 1. lin 34. he slewe in one battaile with his own handes .xxxvi. persons pag. 1140. col 1. lin 1. Henry the second his large offers to his sonnes vpon treatise of peace 430.54 Henry the sixt fled to Berwicke and to Scotland pa. 1312 col 1. lin 51. pag. 1314. col col 2. lin 27. taken and imprisoned in the Towre pag. 1315. col 2.20 deliuered pag. 1325. col 1. lin 54. Henry Bourchier Eale of Essex pag. 1313. col 1. lin 38. Henry Duke of Somerset submytteth hym self to Edward the fourth pag. 1313. col 2. lin 8. fled to Henry the sixt pag. 1314. col 1. lin 10. Hewet Andrew burnt 1563 1. Henry the sixt his speach of Henry of Richmont after Henry the seuenth pa. 1326 col 2. lin 30. shewed in London pag. 1332. col 1. lin 28 deliuered to Edwarde the fourth pag. 1332. col 2. lin 28. taken prisoner pa. 1335 col 1. lin 45. murdred pa. 1343. col 2. lin 38. Henry Percy Earle of Northūberland pag. 1119. col 2. li. 16. Henry sonne to Hēry the fourth created Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall and Earle of Chester pag. 1121. col 2. lin 35. Duke of Aquitaine pag. 1125. col 1. lin 37. was accused to his father pag. 1159. col 2. lin 30. came to the Court. lin 57. his apparell pag. 1160. col 1. lin 3. was reconciled Henry Courtney Earle of Deuonshyre cousin germane to the king created Marques of Excetir 1526.10 Henry Earle of Northumberland and the Lord Bardolfe rebel 1153. col 1. lin 44. beheaded eadē col 2. lin 45 Henry Earle of Northumberland slaine at S. Albons pa. 1288. col 1. lin 4. Henry sonne to the Lorde Fitz Hugh pag. 1319. col 2. lin 12. Henry Neuille knight sonne to the Lord Latimer pa. 1319 col 2. lin 13. Henry the thyrd kept out of Douer Castle 764.7 defieth the Barons 768.25 ouerthrowen by the Barons at Lewes 769.3 concludeth a peace with the Barons 769.43 is arayed in the coate armor of the Earle of Leicester at the battaile of Euesham 773.7 ▪ deliuered out of the handes of his enemyes 773 78. dyeth and is buried at Westminster 783.18 Hēry Bewfort Bishop of Winchester made Cardinal pag. 1235. col 1. lin 30. went into Boheme pa. 1244. col 2. lin 17. deceased pa. 1274 col 1. lin 20. Henry the fourth inuadeth Scotland pag. 1131. col 2. lin 35. Henry the fourth entred Wales with an army pag. 1132. col 2. lin 4. pag. 1134. co 2 lin 52. in great danger to haue beene destroyed pag. 1133. col 2 lin 16. Hermite Peter of Yorke a man in great estimation 580.31 hanged together with his sonne by commaundement of king Iohn 580.52 Hey honour confirmed to Mathew earle of Boloigne 427 17. Henry Chicheley Archbishop of Cantorbury deceassed pa. 1271. col 1. lin 17. Henry the first Emperour 224 2. Herrericus nephew to king Edwyn 183.24 Henry Greene knight beheaded 1106.14 b. Helatherne battaile against Ethelbert 196.42 Henry of Hereford murdred thorow treason of the Welchmē 440.8 Herford West pag. 1413. col 2. lin 41. Herbert Bishop of Thetfoord depriued of his Bishopricke and why 325.38 Herflew besieged by the french pag. 8275. col 2. lin 56. yelded pag. 1276. col 1. lin 10. Heraclitus appoynted Lieutenant of Britaine 78.8 Helias de Brantfield sent to Rome by king Iohn 561.80 Henricus de Erphordia cited 75.108 Herculanilla wife to Claudius the Emperour forsaken by diuorcement 51.68 Hector Boetius reproued of errour 55.17 Hector Boetius errour of the Silures and Brigantes 59.9 Herthew Monasterie 175.79 Hengist beginneth to raygne as absolute Lorde in Britayne 118.76 Hexham Abbey spoyled 819.58 a. Herts Hal in Oxford founded 882.20 b. Henalt inuaded by the Duke of Normandie 908.13 b. Hengist departeth this lyfe by course of nature 126.41 Henrie the second negligent in ayding the Christians against the Sarasins 473.17 Henrie the fourth entered Wales pag 1149. col 2. lin 37. Henrie the French king slaine 1802.42 Henrie the fifth made knyght 1104.8 a. imprisoned at Trym 1106.40 b. Hereford battaile fought by Cuthred king of West Sarons against Ethelbaldus king of Mercia 193.84 Hereford castle 371.20 Henrie the sixt described pag. 1272. col 2. lin 6. vanquished by the Duke of Yorke at Saint Albons pag. 1288. col 1. Lin. ◅6 discomfited pag. 1299. col 2. lin 48. taken lin 52. Heron bastard slaine 1532.40 Henrie the thyrde horne 565.91 Hector Boetius cyted 111.74 Henry Lord Bourcher Earle of Eu. pag. 1299. col 1. lin 12 Herene flourisheth 21.67 Herefoord Churche endowed with great reuenewes 195.51 Henricus Huntington cyted 116.52 Henrie the seconde surnamed Claudius Emperour 254.1 Heming a Dane banished the Realme 269.14 Henrie the first taketh example of the Emperour to deale concerning the inuestitures of Byshops 348.36 Hanslap Castle taken 596.28 Hengist taken and beheaded 122.97 Henry Duke of Somerset pag. 1289. col 1. lin 48. Captaine of Calais pa. 1297. co 2. lin 37. fled 1300. co 1. li. 6 Hertfordshire commons sworne to the king 1035.40 b. Hec. Boet cyted 137.40 Henry Pay pag. 1152. col 1. lin 14. Henrie Earle of Northumland pag. 14.13 col 2. lin 2. pag. 1415. col 2. lin 26. Henrie the thyrde feareth the enterditing of the land 716 42. Henry the fourthe dyed pag. 1162. col 2. li. 3. hys stature pag. 1163. col 2. lin 5. Hedgecote fielde pag. 1320. col 1. lin 26. Hereford recouered and fortified 276.48 Hesding castle besieged 1522.53 Henious ordinance of the Pope 747.20 Heron Iohn Banrupt Mercer counseller to Perkin Warbecke 1449.57 Hypermnestra deteined in prison by her father Danaus 7.89 Hypermnestra set at libertie by her husband 8.26 Hirke or Hericus made kyng of the Northumbers 229.56 Hirick desposed frō his kingdōe by y e Northumbers 229.71 Hinke Hugh Archbyshop of Dublin 1525.28 Hirilda and Eweline fal at variance 43.50 Hirilda slayne by Eweline 43.59 Higwald Byshop of Lindesferne 199.2 Hith claymed to belong perticularly to y e Seignorie of the See of Cantorburie 401.102 Hydingham Castle besieged surrendred to kyng Lewes 610.34 Higanius and Petitur looke Vigenius and Peredurus 31. Hypermnestra one of Danaus daughters saueth her husbandes lyfe 7.76 Hilton Raufe knight sent into Britaine 1434.10 Hillarius Bishop of Chichester sent Ambassadour to y e Pope 406.59 Hidingham Castle wonne by king Iohn 598.46 Hillarius Byshop of Poictiers cyted 90.47 Hylarie Byshop of Chichester 382.53 Hyde of land how many acres it containeth 312.100 Hilda Abbesse of Whitby departeth this life 183.21 Hikenelstreete where it beginneth and endeth 25.13 Hilda Abbesse of Herthew Monasterie 175.80 Hypres William regent of Flaunders 361.47 Hildeltha a Nunne 181.25 Higinus cited 5.17 and. 8.73 Higilbald slayne
Northumberland 312.48 Mutterel besieged 1594. the siege broken vp 1590.40 Murder committed at Oxford vppon a woman by a Priest 568.58 Murther in Westmin Church 1010.12 b. Murtherers to suffer death by hanging 472.59 Murtherers of king Constantius strangled 109.98 Merkam chiefe Iustice lost his office pag. 1381. col 1. lin 16. A Muster of Horsemen 1712.14 Mulinucius looke Dunwallo Mulinucius lawes 23.34 Murcherdach King of Ireland 326.70 Murreine among cattel 314.27 Earle of Murrey taken prisoner 898.20 b. Murton Byshop of Elie committed to warde pag. 1387. col 1. lin 8. N. Nathaliod a Britaine neyther of ancient house nor of skyll in the warres 127.67 Nathaliod and his army discomfited by the Saxons 127.84 Nazaleod king of Britaines maketh warre vpon the west Saxons 130.14 Nazaleod with his armye discomfited and slaine 130.39 Nazaleod nowe called Certicestshore 131.18 Nailes wherewith Christ was fastned to the crosse found what was done with them 91.115 and. 92.19 Nanneus sent to defend the inuasion of the Saxons 105 102. Nayles set in cuppes to measure draughtes 231.112 Nathaliod made general of the British army against y e Saxons 127.67 Names of the Bishops and Nobilitie present at the homage done by the Scottish kyng to kyng Iohn 550.14 Name of this land generally to be called England 204.45 Names and line of the kings of the seuen kingdomes of England 281.1 King of Naples disswadeth the French king from battaile 905.18 a. Nauntes citie vnliuered to K. Henry the second 398.43 Narcissus sent into Gallia to perswade the souldiers to go into Britaine 48.72 Narcissus in great credit with Claudius the Emperour 52 42. Nambre Earle Henry taken by the French 546.41 Nations neare to Britaine are subiect to the Romans 86 88. Names of the most valiant captaines and soldiers whose fame is moste renoumed for their noble deedes in the holy land against the Sarasins 504.3 Nauie alway in a readines to defend the coastes from Pyrates 266.51 Names of British kings which reigned from Elidurus to Lud. 32.65 and. 32.100 and. 33.40 King of Nauer commeth into England 991.41 a Names of the Peeres sworne to king Iohn 542.79 Names of the bishops present at the Coronation of kyng Iohn 545.10 Names of the nobilitie at the coronation of kyng Iohn 545.29 Names of the Bishops that accursed king Iohn and the Realme and afterward fled out of the Realme 566.24 Names of the sureties sworne to keepe the league made betweene king Iohn and Regiginald Earle of Boloigne 572.41 Names of the noblemen that continued vnto king Iohn 573.50 Names of British people which submyt them selues to Cesar 42.74 Names of foure kings in Kent at Cesars commyng 42.97 Nauie sent out by king Egelredus against the Danes 240.10 Nauie of Spaniards French discomfited by the Englishe men 1020.53 a Nantes besieged by the Englishmen 1021.54 a Names of learned men flourishing in the tyme of king Henry the thyrd 783.64 Names of the Barons that tooke part against king Henry the thyrd 726.19 Names of the Barons whiche tooke part with king Henry the thyrd against the other nobles of the Realme 726 35. Names of the Lords that banded them selues against kyng Iohn 588.45 Nauarre wonne by Ferdinand the kyng of Hispaine 1473 50. Nauie of Frenchmen 908.44 a. Robert de Namur serueth king Edward the third 940.45 b. Earle of Namur taken by the Scots 898.50 a Nauclerus cited 75.107 Names of writers that liued in king Iohns dayes 607.36 Names of the Lords that at the first went not against kyng Iohn but afterwardes ioyned with the other Barons at London 589.32 Names of the parties that sate to make the agreement betwene king Iohn and the Barons 589.75 Names of those elected to see the agreement betweene K. Iohn and his Barons performed 590.25 Names of the noble men and captaynes that came from beyond the seas to ayde king Iohn against the Barons 592.80 Names of the chiefe prisoners taken by king Iohn in the castle of Rochester 593.34 Names of the captaines of that part of the armye that Kyng Iohn left about London and of the other parte that went with hym Northward 595 7.14 Names of the Barons accursed by the Pope 596.77 Names of the chiefe captaynes vnder whom ayde came out of Fraunce to the Barons against king Iohn 597.72 Names of the noble men reuolting from king Iohn to Lewes 600.34 Names of Castles wonne by Lewes 600.78 Neotus an Abbot motioner of the founding of the vniuersitie of Oxford 217.63 Neuille George Lorde of Burgeyny cōmitted to the towre but deliuered againe 1460 20. New supply of Saxons sent for to come into Britaine 102.70 Neuill Alexander his Heptarchie cited 205.35 Newmerch and Vernon restored to the Duke of Normandie 393.47 Newcastle otherwise called Drincouet besieged woon 429.30 Newport a litle towne 1415 co 1. lin 13. Henry Newarke made archbishop of Yorke 815.32 a. dieth 835.58 a Newe mynster in Winchester builded 217.57 Newgate set on fire 1765.40 Newe eractions 1102.52 b. New historie which is the British historie 38.72 Newbourgh 194.66 Neuile Edward knight beheaded 1572.5 Newton slayeth Hamilton in combat 1634.30 Alexander Neuil Archbshop of Yorke fleeth 1070.36 a. attaynted 1071.25 New Forrest made by king William 313.85 Newcastle towne recouered from the Scottes 397.6 Lord Neuil sent into Britaine 993.7 b. Guy de Nealle Marshal of Fraunce slayne 947.10 b. Neal Bruce taken 842.50 a. executed 843.17.6 Neuil Iohn knight executed 1581.2 Newmerch Castle besieged and deliuered to the Frenchmen 385.20 Newark pag. 1329. col 1. lin 28. Newbourgh Abbey founded 394 28. Nefle Castle yeelded to the Frenchmen 510.40 Neuil Raufe Byshop of Cicester dyeth 611.42 Newburge Robert a man of great honour 398.32 Nennius a Britayne cited 7.14 Newburie Castle wonne by king Stephan 386.42 Raufe Lord Neuil created Earle of Westmerland 1097.30 b. Neuil Hugh high Iustice of the Forrestes 549.44 Newcastle pag. 1315. col 1. lin 13. Newcastle in olde tyme called Monkaster 307.100 Neomagus a Citie in Britaine by whom builded 2.95 Newton Peter knight Counsellour to Prince Arthur 1456.54 Newarke Castle builded 371.75 Newcastle taken by the Scots 366.80 Newcastle vpon Tyne brent by casual fire 728.16 Newarke Castle restored to the Byshop of Lincolne 105. Newcastle towne and Castle founded 311.8 Neglecting of Iustice is cause of greater mischiefes 311.82 Newburne Churh 312.26 Neuil Raufe elected Archbyshop hf Canterburie and the election made voyde by the Pope 637.27 Neuer as yet any king drowned 329.76 Neuille Alane accursed by Archbishop Thomas Becket 409.63 Nennius getteth away Cesars swoord in fyght 39.16 Nenuius dyeth of the hurte which Cesar gaue him 39.20 Neptunus called Nepthuin 5.4 Neptunus parentage 5.5 Neptunus called king and God of the seas 5.19 Newburgh brent by Earle Iohn 538.4 Nectaridus Earle of the Sea coast in Britayne slayne 103.95 Neuil Charles Erle of Westmerland rebelleth 1839.38 fleeth into Scotland 1841.12 Nicholas Burdet knight pag. 1227. col 1. lin 32. lin 56. col 2. lin 10. pa. 1237 co 2. lin 30. pag.
knightes templers receyued and enterteyned by King Henrie the seconde 401.23 Theobalde Archbishop of Canterburie for feare of King Stephen and his son fleeth the realme 386.3 Thorney Abbey establyshed 234.9 Thomas depriued of hys Archbishoprike and why 30â—… 29 Theodore ordeyned Archbishop of Canterburie 178 35. Thamar an Englishman ordeined Bishop of Rochester 170.36 Three knightes templers banished France for deliuering vp certaine castels to king Henrye the second 401.22 Theft punished 23.65 Theophilus cited 2.10 and 4.70 Thanes that is to say gentlemen of honor 272.76 Theomantius yongest son to Lud created king of Britaine 45.90 Theodora daughter in law to Herculeus Maximianus maryed to Constantius 89.30 Theobald Erle of Champaigne maketh war vpon the Frenchmen 354.108 Theodosius the Emperour fleath Maximanus in Italie 96.14 Theodosius sent into Britayne wyth an armye 103.110 Theodosius putteth the enimies to flight and restoreth the land of Brytain to quietnesse 104.37 Theodosius returneth out of Brytaine to the Emperours Court 105.79 Theodosius made maister of the horse 105.82 Theodosius called to be associate with Gracianus in the Empire 105. â—…3 Thomas Chaplayne too King Henrie the first made Archbishoppe of Yorke â—…48 12 Thomas refuseth to come too Canterburie too bee consecrated 348.65 Thomas suspended from exercising all pastorall function 348.52 Thom. son to Samson Bi. of worceter 350.21 Thrustain succeedeth Th. in the Archbishoprike of Yorke 352.9 Thrustain contendeth with Raufe Archbishoppe of Canterburie aboute the right and title of the Primacie 352.12 Thom. consecrated Archb. of Yorke 350.65 Thomas receyueth the pal at Yorke 350.101 Thunnir a cruell murtherer in Kent 180.102 Thomas Archb. of yorke departeth out of this traÌ„sitorie life 341.115 Three Monks come to restore religion in NorthuÌ„berland 307.95 Thomas Archbishoppe of Yorke 336.55 Thomas Chanon of Bayeux made Archbishop of Yorke 305.11 Theodoretus cited 53.21 and. 90.48 Theis riuer 128.65 Thurstane Abbot of Glastenburie 313.1 Thurstane depriued for his great disorder 313.25 Thurstane restored againe by king Rufus for money 313.33 Thanks giuen publikely at Rome for the reconciliatioÌ„ of the English Churche vntoo the Churche of Rome 1â—…6â—… 1 Theobald Archb. of Canterburie departeth ouer sea without licence of the king 382 1â—… Theobald Archb. constrayned by the king to depart the realme 382 Thirlbie Bishop of Elie sent Ambassador vntoo Rome 1763.40 Three horses slaine vnder duke william of NormaÌ„die in the battaile at Hasting 287.28 Thomas succeedeth Felix in the Bishoprike of the Eastangles 171.45 Thomas B. of the Eastangles dieth 172.47 Thrustane created Archebishoppe by the Popes owne handes 355 9â—… Thrustane restored vntoo his Archbishoprike vpon condition 358.44 Tholous countrey spoyled by king Henrie the second 199.33 Theeues vtterly abolished 162.86 Theodore Archb. of Canterburie dieth 187.26 Theobalde Archbishop of Canterburie departeth this life 401.27 Three circles seene aboute the Sunne 402.14 Theis riuer 518.31 Thom. son to K. Edwarde the third borne 949.22 a Theodorus Erle of Flanders going to Ierusalem coÌ„mitteth his son lands to the custodie of Henrie the second king of Englande 397. â—…5 Thom. a Bourgh knight 1321.56.1329.16 Thomas Dimocke knight tooke Sanctuarie 1322. 7. beheaded col 2.6 Thomas de Laund knight taken 1322.38 Thomas Lorde Stanley 1222.54 Thomas Coniers recorder of Yorke 1328.48 Thames ouerfloweth by meanes of great raine doth much harme within the citie of LoÌ„doÌ„ 780.46 Tholous erledom engaged and forfeited to Reimond erle of S. Giles 398.77 Tholous Earledome giuen in dowery with Constance to Eustace sonne to king Stephen 398.96 Thetforde taken by the Danes 211.20 Thamworth town 222.37 Theodbaldus brother too Egelfred slaine 153.44 Thurst william Abbot of Fountaines put to death 1â—…76 13 Thorsbye Iohn made Archb. of Yorke 944.1 a Tilwall towne builded 222.75 Three hundred Markes yearely too bee sent too Rome 207.55 Thomas Mountgomerie knight pa. 13â—…9 co 1. li. 17 Thomas Courtney Earle of Deuonshire pag. 133â—… co 2. lin 38. slain pa. 1339 col 2. lin â—…4 Theisedale wasted by the Scottes â—…06 115 Thomas Triuet knight slaine with a fall 1074. 44. a. Thames so lowe that men might wade through LoÌ„don bridge 353.24 Thunder bolt lighteth betwene the kings of England and France as they be talking 471.11 ThrockmortoÌ„ executed for treason 1766. â—… Thankes giuen publikely to God for the battail of Stoke 1431.45 and for the victorie of the King of Spaine gotten of the Sarasins 1438.30 Thanes toroughly 〈◊〉 out of the Realme of Englande 316. â—â— Thomas Neuill Knight Lord Furniual pa. 1119 col 2. lin 56. Thom. Erpingham knight Lord great chamberlain pa. 1119. col 2. lin 34. Thomas Dimocke champion at Coronation pag. 1120. col 1. lin 44. Thomas Percie Earle of worcester pag. 11â—…5 col 2. li. 34. sent into Gascoin pag. 1130. col 2. lin 52. Thomas Gray knight pa. 1125. col 2. lin 43. Thomas Mowbrey duke of Norffolk died at Venice pa. 1125. co 2. lin 53 Thomas Holland Erle of Kent beheaded at Circiter pag. 1128. col 2. li. 33 Thomas Rainston knight taken by French pa. 1152 col 1. lin 43. drowned pag. ibid. col 2. lin 55. Thomas Beauchamp erle of warwike pag. 1119. col 2. lin 43. Thomas erle of Arundell pag. 1120. col 1. lin 2â—… The Tressham knight beheaded pa. 1340. co 2. li. 21 Thom. Oâ—…uill bastarde son to Th. lord FaucoÌ„bridge bringeth an armye before LoÌ„doÌ„ pa. 1341. col 1. li. 47. Thomas Rotheram archbishop of York pag. â—â—45 col 1. lin 54. Thomas Vaughan knight beheaded at Pomfroc pa. 1362. col 1. lin 36. Tho. lord Stanley wounded pa. 1375. col 1. lin â—â— Thom. Cooke Aldeâ—â—â— pag. 1381. col 1. lin 21. Thomas Fitz william recorder of London pag. 1383. col 1. lin 14. Thomas Lorde Marques Dorset the Neâ—â— son pag. 1358 col 2. lin 4â—… Thom. lord Haward created duke of Norffolke pa. 1â—â—â— col 1 lin â—…4 Tho. Haward knight created Erle of Surrey pag. 1386. co 2. lin â—…5 pa. 1415 co 2. li. 27. p. 147. c â—â—â— 1415 Thomas Lorde Stanley pag. 1411. col 2. lin â—… pa. 141â—… col 1. lin 42. Thom. Seâ—â—eger knight maryed the Dutches of Exeter executed pag. 1405. col 2. lin 5. Thomas Ram executed at Exceter pag. 1405. col 2 lin 7. Tho. Rotheram Archb. of Yorke pag. 1387. co 1. li. 7 pag. 1410. col 2. lin 48 Thomas Marques Dorset 1401 col 2. li. 43. pag. 1402. col 2. li. 18. pa. 1410 co 1. li. 36. pag. 14012. co 2 li. 39 p. 1413. co 1. li 22 Thomas Louell knight pag. 1401. col 2. lin 40. Thomas Southwel priest 1262. co 1. li. 55. co 2. li. 14 Thomas Kitiel knight pa. 1276. col 1. lin 23. beheaded pa. 135. col 2. lin 4. Tho. Burselier Archdi of Cant. pa. 1290 col 2. lin 4 Thom. Thorpe lord chiefe baron pa. 1288. col 1. li. 27 committed too the tower 1300. col 1. li. 26. beheaded pag. 1305. Th. Neuil knight pa. 1292 col 2. lin 31. wounded and appreheÌ„ded 1295. co 2. li. 58