Lacy Lorde of Meth departed this life in Englande he left two daughters behinde hym that were hys heires Margaret maried to the Lord Verdon The Lorde Verdon Geffrey GeÌ„neuille and Mathild wife to Geffrey Genneuille King Henry in the .xxxvj. yeere of his raigne gaue to Edward his eldest sonne Gascoigne Irelande 1252 and the county of Chester In the yeere following 1253 Hugh Lacy Earle of Vlster departed this life was buried at Cragfergus in the Church of the Friers Minors leauing a daughter behind him that was his heire whome Walter de Burgh or Bourke married and in right of hir was created Earle of Vlster as after shall appeare Morice Fitz Gerald Lord Iustice of Ireland being requested by this Prince to come and assist him with a power of men againste the Welche Rebels left a sufficiente garrison of menne in the Castell of Scligath which he had lately builded The Castell of Scligath and then came ouer with Phelin Ochonher and a lusty bande of Souldiers and meeting the Prince at Chepstow behaued themselues so valiantly that returning with victory they greatly encreased the fauoure of the Kyng and Prince towardes them and vppon theyr returne into Irelande they ioyned with Cormacke Mack Dermote Mack Rori and made a notable iourney againste Odonil the Irishe enimie Odonil that when Lacie was once dead inuaded and sore anoyed the Kings subiectes of Vlster Odonil being vanquished the Lord Iustice forced pledges and tribute of Oneale to keepe the Kings peace and diuers other exploytes prayseworthy dyd he during the time of his gouernement as Flatsberie hath gathered in his notes for the Lorde Gerald Fitz Gerald Earle of Kildare in the yeere 1517. Iohn Fitz Geffrey Lorde Iustice Alayne de la Zâ—…uch Lorde Iustice Stephan de long Espee After Morice Fitz Gerald succeeded in office of Lord Iustice Iohn Fitz Geffrey Knight and after him Alayne de la Zouch whome â—…he Earle of Surrey Fitz Warren slew And after de la Zouch in the yeere .1258 being the .42 of Henry the third his raigne was Stephan de loÌ„g Espee sent to supply that roome who slew Oneil with .352 of his men in the streetes of Doâ—â—ne shortly after departed this life then WilliaÌ„ Dene was made Lorde Iustice William Dene Lord Iustice Greene Castel destroyed Mac Carey 1261 Sir Richarde Capell Lorde iustice Greene Castell was destroyed Also Mac Carey played the Deuill in Desmonde In the yeere .1261 Sir William Dene Lord Iustice of Irelande deceassed and Sir Richarde Rochell or Capell as some copies haue was sent to be Lord Iustice after him who greatly enuyed the familie of the Giraldines during his gouernemente Lord Iohn Fitz Thomas slayne the Lorde Iohn Fitz Thomas and the Lord Morice his sonne were slayne In the yere .1264 Walter de burgh was made Earle of Vlster The Lorde iustice taken and Morice Fitz Morice tooke y e Lord Iustice of IrelaÌ„d togither with Theobald Butler Miles Cogan and diuers other greate Lordes at Tristildermot on S. Nicholas day And so was Irelande full of warres betwixt the Burghes and Giraldines 1266 In the yeere .1266 there chanced an Earthquake in Ireland 1267 In the yeere following King Henry tooke vp the variance that was in Ireland betwixt y e parties and discharging Dene appoynted Dauid Barry Lord Iustice in his place Dauid Barry Lord iustice who tamed the insolent dealings of Morice Fitz Morice cousin Germane to Fitz Gerald. In the yeere .1268 1268 Conhur Obren was slaine by Dermote Mack Monerd and Morice Fitz Gerald Earle of Desmond was drowned in the Sea Robert Vffert betwixt Wales and Ireland And Roberte Vffort was sente ouer to remayne Lord Iustice of Ireland and Barry was discharged who coÌ„tinued till the yeere .1269 Richard de Exceter 1270 1271 and then was Richarde de Exceter made Lord Iustice And in the yeere following was the Lorde Iames Audley made Lord Iustice Richard Verdon and Iohn Verdon were slayne and Fulke Archbishop of Dublin deceassed Also the Castels of Aldleck Roscoman and Scheligagh were destroyed The same yeere was a greate dearth and mortalitie in Irelande The Lord Audley In the yere .1272 the Lorde Iames Audley was slayne by a fal from his horse in ThomouÌ„d and then was Morice Fitz Morice made Lorde Iustice of Irelande Randon and the Castell of Randon was destroyed In the yeere .1272 The decesse of king Henry the thirde King Henry the thirde departed this life and the Lorde Walter Genuille lately returned home from his iourney into the holy land was sent into Ireland 1272 Walter Genâ—…ille and made Lord Iustice there In the yeere .1275 1275 the Castell of Roscoman was eftsoones repaired and fortifyed 1276 An ouerthrow at Glenburry In the yeere .1276 there was an ouerthrowe giuen at Glenbury where William Fitz Roger Prior of the Knightes Hospitallers many other with him were taken prisoners and a greate number of other were slayne The same yere Iohn de Verdon departed this world and Thomas de Clare married y e daughter of Morice Fitz Morice In the yeere following Robert Vffort was appointed to supply y e roomth of Genuille being called home and so was this Vffort the seconde time ordeyned Lord Iustice of Irelande He haâ—…ing occasion to passe into Englande made hys substitute Fulborne Bishop of Waterford til his returne and then resumed the gouernemente into his owne handes agayne In the yeere .1277 Thomas de Clare slewe Obrencoth King of Tholethmoâ—â— 1277 and yet after this the Irish closed him vp in 〈◊〉 whaâ—â—â— togither with Maurice Fitz Maurice so that they gâ—â—e hostages to escape and the Castell of Roscoman was wonne In the yeere next ensuing was Iohn de â—…erlington coÌ„â—â—crated Archbishop of Dublin 1278 â—…here was also a Councell holden at Grenok Macke Dermot slewe Cathguâ—… O Conthir King of Connagh In the yeere .1279 Robert Vffort vpon ocâ—…asion of businesse came ouer into Englande and left Friar Fulborne Bishoppe oâ—… Waterforde to supply his roomth and Raufe Piphard and O Haulen chased Onâ—â—l in a battell In the yeere 128â—… Roberte Vffort came the third time to occupie the roomth of Lorde chiefe Iustice in Irelande resuming that roomth into his hands againe In the yeere following 1281 the Bishop of Waterford was established by the King of England Lord Iustice of Irelande Adam Cusack y e yonger slewe William Barret and many other in Connagh And in the nexte yeere to witte .1282 Pâ—…uqueit slew Murertagh and his brother Arte Mac Murch at Athlone Also the Lorde Iames de Brimmingham and Peers de Euyt departed this life Also the Archbishop Derlington deceassed And about the same time the Citie of Dublin was defaced by fire the Steeple of Christs Church vtterly destroyed Christ Church repaired The Citizens before they wente about to repaire their owne priuate buildings agreed togither to
it to king Edwarde who in recompence gaue to him and his heyres Males Birmingham made Erle of Louth the Earledome of Louth and the Baronie of Ardich and Athenrie to him and his heyres generall for euer Shortly after sir Richard de Clare with foure other knightes of name Sir Richard de Clare slaine 1319 and many other men of warre were slaine in Thomond the Lord Roger Mortimer came againe into Ireland to gouerne as Lorde iustice there nowe the second time and the townes of Athessell and Plebs were brent by the Lorde Fitz Thomas brother to the Lorde Maurice Fitz Thomas And about this season the bridge of Kilcolyn was buylded by Maurice Iakis 1320 The Earle of Kildare Lord Iustice In the yeare following to wit .1320 which was the .xiiij. of king Edwards raigne Thomas Fitz Iohn Erle of Kildare was made Lord Iustice of Irelande Here is to be remembred An Vniuersitie erected at Dublyn that about this time also Alexander Bignore Archbishop of Dublyn sent to Pope Iohn the .xxij. for a priuiledge to institute an Vniuersitie within the citie of Dublyn and his suite tooke effect And the first three Doctors of Diuinitie did the sayde Archbishop himselfe create William Hardity a Frier preacher Henrie Cogie a Frier minor and Frier Edmond Bernerden and beside these one Doctor of Canon to wit Richard Archdeacon of S. Patrikes that was Chauncellor of the same Vniuersitie who kept their termes and Cōmencements solemnly neyther was this vniuersitie at any time since disfranchised but onely through chaunge of tymes discontinued and now since the dissoluing of Monasteries vtterly decayed A motion was made as Campion hath noted in a Parliament holden there whilest sir Henrie Sidney was the Queenes Lieutenant to haue it againe erected by way of contributions to be layd togyther the sayde sir Henry offring .xx. pounde landes and an hundred pound in money Other there were also that according to their abilities and deuotions followed with their offers The name was deuised A worthie Plantation of Plantagenet and Bulleigne But while they disputed of a cōuenient place for it of other circumstances they let fall the principall 1321 In the yeare .1321 there was a great slaughter made of the Oconhurs at Balibagan by y e English of Leynister Meth. And Iohn Birminghā Earle of Louth was made L. iustice of Irelande Vnto this man whilest he was Lord iustice Rec. Turris the king wrote cōmaunding him to be with him at Carleil in the Octaues of the Trinitie in the .xv. yeare of his raigne with three C. men of armes one M. hobellares and sixe M. footemen eche of them armed with an aketon a sallet and gloues of Male which number was to be leuied in that land beside three C. mē of armes which the Erle of Vlster was appoynted to serue with in that iourney which the king at that time intended to make against the Scottes The date of the letter was the third of Aprill In the yere .1322 diuerse nobles in Ireland departed this life 1322 as the Lord Richard Birminghā the Lord Edmond Butler the Lorde Thomas Perceuale Moreouer the L. Andrew Birminghā sir Richard de la Lōd were slain by Onolā In the .xviij. yeare of King Edward y e second his raigne 1323 Iohn Darcie Lord iustice the L. Iohn Darcie came into Irelād to be L. Iustice and the kings lieutenant there The Ladie Alice Kettle accused of sorcerie In these dayes liued in the Dioces of Ossorie the Ladie Alice Ketell whom the Bishop ascited to purge hirselfe of the fame of inchantment and witchcraft imposed vnto hir to one Petronille and Basill hir complices She was charged to haue nightly cōference with a spirit called Robin Artisson to whō she sacrificed in the high way .ix. red cockes .ix. peacocks eies Also that she swept the streetes of Kilkenny betwene Cōpleine twilight raking al the filth towardes the doores of hir son William Outlaw murmuring these words To the house of VVilliam my sonne Hie all the wealth of Kilkenny towne At the first conuiction they abiured and did penance but shorly after they were found in relapse and then was Petronille burnt at Kilkenny the other twaine might not be heard of She at the houre of hir death accused the sayd William as priuie to their sorceries whome the Bishop helde in duraunce .ix. weekes forbidding his keepers to eate or to drinke with him or to speake to him more than once in the day But at length through the suite and instance of Arnold le Poer then Seneshall of Kilkenny he was delyuered and after corrupted with brybes the Seneshal to persecute the Bishop so that he thrust him into prison for three Monethes In rifeling the closet of the ladie they found a Wafer of sacramentall bread hauing the diuels name stamped thereon in stead of Iesus Christ and a Pipe of oyntment wherewith she greased a staffe vpō the which she ambled and galloped through thick and thin when and in what maner she listed This businesse about these witches troubled al the state of Ireland the more for that the Ladie was supported by certaine of the nobilitie lastly conueyed ouer into England since which time it could neuer be vnderstood what became of hir In the yeare .1326 and last of king Edwarde the secondes raigne Richard Burgh Erle of Vlster departed this life Edward the third In the yeare folowing the lord Thomas Fitz Iohn Earle of Kildare and the Lorde Arnolde Poer and William Erle of Vlster wer sent ouer into Ireland and Roger Outlaw prior of saint Iohns of Ierusalem in Ireland commonly called the prior of Kilmaynam was made Lorde Iustice The Prior of Kilmaynam Lord iustice This man by reason of variaunce that chaunced to rise betwixt the Giraldines the Butlers and Birminghams on the one side and the Poers and Burghes on the other for terming the Earle of Kildare a rimor to pacifie the parties called a Parliament wherin he himselfe was fain to make his purgation of a slaunder imposed to him as suspected of Heresie Arnald Poer accused of heresie The Bishop of Ossorie had giuen an information agaynste Arnalde le Poer conuented and conuicted in his Consistorie of certaine hereticall opinions but bycause the beginning of Poers accusation concerned the Iustices kinsman and the Bishop was mistrusted to prosecute his own wrong and the person of the man rather than the fault a day was limitted for the iustifying of the byll the partie being apprehended and respited therevnto This dealing the Bishop who durst not styrre out of Kilkenny to prosecute his accusation was reputed partiall and when by meanes hereof the matter hanged in suspence he infamed the sayde Prior as an abettor and fauourer of Arnolds heresie The Prior submitted himselfe to the tryal and thervpon were seueral Proclamations made in Court that it shoulde bee lawfull to any man to come into the Court and to
inferre accuse and declare what euidence he coulde agaynst the Lorde Iustice but none came Then passed a decree by the Counsaile commaunding all Bishops Abbots Priors the Maiors of Dublyn Corke Lymerike Waterford and Droghdagh the Shirifes Knightes and Seneshals of euerie shire to appeare at Dublin From amongst all these they appointed .vj. inquisitors which examining the bishops other persons aforesayd singularly one by one found that with an vniuersal cōsent they deposed for the Prior affyrming that to their iudgments he was a zealous and a faithfull childe of the Catholike Church In the meane time Arnold le Poer the prisoner deceased in the Castel and bycause he stoode vnpurged long hee lay vnburied In the yeare .1329 1329 The Earle of Louth slaine Iohn de Birmingham Erle of Louth and his brother Peter with many other of that surname and Richard Talbot of Malahide were slain on Whitson euen at Balibragan by men of the Countrey The Lorde Butler slaine Also the Lord Thomas Butler and diuerse other noble men were slaine by Mac Gogoghdan and other Irish mē neare to Molinger for the Irish aswell in Leynister as in Meth made insurrections in that season and so likewise did they in Moūster vnder the leading of Obren whom William Erle of Vlster and Iames Erle of Ormond vanquished So outragious were the Leynister Irish that in one Church they brunt foure score innocent soules asking no more but the life of their priest thē at Masse whō they notwithstāding sticked with their Iauelins spurned the host wasted al with fire neither forced they of y e Popes interdictiō nor any ecclesiasticall censures denoūced against thē matters of no smal cōsideratiō amōg thē namely in those days but maliciously perseuered in y e course of their furious rage till the citizens of Wexford somwhat tamed thē slue .400 of thē in one skirmish y e rest fleeing were all drenched in the water of Slane In the yeare .1330 1330 the Earle of Vlster with a great army made a iourney agaynst Obren The Prior of Kilmaynam Lord Iustice and the prior of Kilmaynā Lord iustice put Maurice Fitz Thomas Erle of Desmond in prison in the Marshalsee out of the which he freely escaped and the Lord Hugh Lacie returned into Ireland and obteyned the kings peace and fauour In the yeare .1331 1331 the Earle of Vlster passed ouer into Englande and great slaughter was made vpon the Irish in Okensly Also the castell of Arclo was taken by the Irish men and great slaughter made of the Englishe in the Cowlagh by Otothell and other Also the Lorde Anthonie Lucie was sent ouer Lorde Iustice into Irelande Anthony Lucy Lord Iustice and great slaughter was made of the Irish at Thurlis by the knightes of the Countrey and at Finnath in Meth there were manye of them slaine by the English but yet was the Castell of Fernis taken and burnt by the Irish On the feast day of the Assumption of our Ladie which falleth on the .xv. of August The Earle of Desmond apprehended Maurice Fitz Thomas Erle of Desmond was apprehended at Limerike by the Lorde Iustice and sent vnto the Castell of Dublyn Moreouer the Lord Iustice tooke sir William Birmingham at Clomell by a wile whilest hee was sicke in his bed and sent him togither with his sonne Walter Birmingham vnto the Castel of Dublyn the .xxx. of Aprill 1332 William Birmingham executed In the yeare .1332 the sayde sir William was hanged at Dublin but Walter was deliuered by reason he was within orders Campion Campion following suche notes as he hath seene writeth that the death of this William Birmingham chaunced in time of the gouernment of William Outlaw Prior of Kilmaynā being lieutenant vnto Iohn Lorde Darcie that was made Lorde Iustice as the sayd Campion hath noted in the yeare .1329 Although Marleburgh affyrmeth that hee came thither to beare that office in the yeare .1332 after the Lord Lucie was discharged as hereafter shall be recyted But whensoeuer or vnder whom soeuer Birmingham was executed hee was accounted an odde Knight and suche one as for his valiancie hys matche was not lyghtly to bee any where founde Also Henry de Mandeuile was taken and sent prisoner to be safely kept in Dublyn Likewise Walter Burgh with two of hys brethren were taken in Connagh by the Earle of Vlster and sent to the Castell of Norburgh This yeare the Lord Antonie Lucie was discharged of his rowmth by the king and so returned with his wife and children into Englande The Lorde Darcie iustice and the Lorde Iohn Darcie was sent ouer Lord Iustice in Lucies place and great slaughter was made vpon Bren Obren and Mac Carthi in Mounster by the English of that Countrey This Iohn Darcie as shoulde appeare by gyftes bestowed vpon him by the King was in singular fauour wyth him Amongest other things which hee had of the kings gyft we fynde that hee had the Manours of Louth and Baliogarie and other landes in Irelande which belonged to the Earle of Ew The Earle of Ew and for that the sayd Earle was a French man and tooke part wyth Philip de Valois the kings enimie they were seysed into the kings hande The Earle of Desmonde vpon sureties was set at libertie 1333 A Parliament and by the Parliament holden at Dublyn in this yeare .1333 was sent ouer into Englande vnto the King and William Earle of Vlster a yong Gentleman of twentie yeares of age in goyng towardes Knocfergus the .vij. of Iune The Earle of Vlster slaine was slaine neare to the fourdes in Vlster by his owne people but hys wyfe and daughter escaped into Englande and the daughter was after maryed vnto the Lorde Lionell the kings sonne She deceassed afterwards at Dublyn and left a daughter behind hir that was hir heyre maryed to Roger Mortimer Earle of March and Lorde of Trym This murther was procured by Robert Fitz Martine Mandeuile who was the first that presumed to giue to the Earle any wounde To reuenge the death of this Erle of Vlster slaine as ye haue heard beside Knocfergus the Lorde Iustice Darcie with a great power went into Vlster to pursue those that through Mandeuiles seditious tumultes had so trayterously murthered their Lord. At his setting forward Sir Thomas Burgh the saide Iustice Darcie appoynted sir Tho. Burgh Treasurer to gouerne as lieutenant to him in his absence When the Lorde Iustice had punished the trayters in Vlster The Lorde Iustice inuadeth Scotland hee passed ouer into Scotlande there to make warre agaynste the Scottes that were enimies at that present to the king of England and on the feast day of Saint Margaret greate slaughter was made of the Scots by the Irish men and so what by the king in one part and the Lorde Iustice of Irelande in another Scotland was in maner wholy conquered and Edwarde Ballioll was established king of Scotland The Lord
Iustice might haue possessed the Iles if they had bene worth the keeping into the which Iles except the sayd Darcy the Earle of Sussex late Lieutenant of Irelande no gouernor at any time yet aduentured At Darcyes comming backe into Irelande and exercising the office of Lorde Iustice he deliuered Walter Birmingham out of the Castell of Dublin Howe a Realme of warre might bee gouerned by one both vnskilfull and vnable in all warlike seruice Articles or questions How an officer vnder the king that entred very poore might in one yeare grow to more excessiue wealth than men of great patrimonie and liuelode in many yeares Howe it chaunced that sithe they were all called Lordes of theyr owne that the soueraigne Lord of them all was not a pennie the rycher for them The chiefe of them that thus seemed to repine with the present gouernment was Thomas Fitz Maurice Erle of Desmonde through whose maintenance and bearing out of the matter the Countrey was in great trouble so as it had not lightly beene seene that suche contrarietie in myndes and dislyking had appeared amongest those of the English race in that realme at any time before Herewith Raufe Vffort was sent ouer Lord Iustice who bringing hys wyfe wyth him 1343 Raufe Vffort Lord iustice the Countesse of Vlster arryued about the .xiij. of Iulie Thys man was verye rygorous and through perswasion as was sayde of his wyfe he was more extreeme and couetous than otherwyse hee woulde haue beene a matter not to bee forgotten The Countesse of Vlster for if thys Ladie had beene as readie to moue hir husbande to haue shewed hymselfe gentle and mylde in his gouernment as she was bent to pricke him forwarde vnto sharpe dealing and rygorous proceedings shee had beene nowe aswell reported of as shee is infamed by theyr pennes that haue regystred the doyngs of those tymes And whilest hee yet remayned in Mounster he deuised wayes how to haue the Earle of Desmonde apprehended whiche being brought to passe hee afterwarde deliuered him vpon mainprise of these sureties whose names ensue Sureties for the Earle of Desmonde William de Burgh Earle of Vlster Iames Butler Earle of Ormonde Rycharde Tuyt Nicholas Verdon Maurice Rochefort Eustace le Power Geralde de Rochefort Iohn Fitz Robert Power Robert Barry Maurice Fitz Girald Iohn Wellesley Walter le Fant Richard Rokelley Henrie Traherne Roger Power Iohn Lenfaunt Roger Power Mathew Fitz Henrie Richarde Walleys Edmonde Burgh sonne to the Earle of Vlster knightes Dauid Barry William Fitz Gerald Foulke de Fraxinus Robert Fitz Maurice Henry Fitz Berkley Iohn Fitz George de Roche Thomas de Lees de Burgh These as ye haue heard were bounde for the Earle and bycause hee made default the Lorde Iustice verily tooke the aduauntage of the bonde agaynst the mainpernours foure of them onely excepted the two Earles and two knightes Vffort euill spoken of The lord Iustice is charged with strayte dealing by wryters in this behalfe for that the same persons had assisted him in his warres agaynste Desmond but truly if we shal consider the matter with indifferencie he did no more than law reason required For if euery surety vpō forfeyture of his bonde shoulde be forborne that otherwyse doth his duetie what care woulde men haue eyther to procure sureties or to become suretyes themselues But such is the affection of wryters specicially when they haue conceyued any mislyking towardes those of whome they take occasion to speake so as many a worthie man hath bene defamed and with slaunder greatly defaced in things wherein he rather hath deserued singular commendation But howsoeuer this matter was handled touching the Earle of Desmonde Ioy conceyued for the death of the lord Iustice Vffort vpon the death of the Lord Iustice whiche ensued the nexte yeare Bonfyres were made and greate ioye shewed through all the Realme of Irelande His Ladie verily as shoulde appeare was but a miserable woman procuring him to extortion and bryberie Much he abridged the prerogatiues of the Churche and was so hated that euen in the sight of the Countrey he was robbed without rescue by Mac Cartie notwithstanding he gathered power and dispersed those Rebels of Vlster Robert Darcy was ordeyned Iustice by the Counsell 1346 Robert Darcie Lord iustice till the kings letters came to sir Iohn Fitz Morice who released Fitz Thomas Earle of Kildare left in durance by Vfford at his death Iohn Fitz Morice Iustice Fitz Morice continued not long but was discharged and the Lorde Walter Birmingham elect to succeede in that rowmth Lord Birmingham Iustice who procured a safeconduct for Desmonde to pleade his cause before the King by whome he was liberally entreated and allowed towarde his expences there twentie shillings a day at the Princes charge in consideration of whiche curtesie shewed to hys Kinnesman the Earle of Kildare accompanied with dyuerse Lordes Knightes and chosen Horsemen serued the King at Calyce a towne thought impregnable and returned after the winning thereof in greate pompe and ioylitie 1347 ◅ecord Tur. Wee finde that Thomas Lorde Berkeley and Reignalde Lord C◅bham and Sir Morice Berckley became main◅ernours for the sayde Earle of Desmonde that hee shoulde come into England and abide such tryall as the law would awarde 1348 The Prior of Kilmaynam Baron Carew Iustice Sir Thomas Rokesby Iustice Record Tur. Iohn Archer Prior of Kylmaynam was substituted Lieutenaunt to the Lorde Iustice To whome succeeded Baron Carew and after Carewe followed Sir Thomas Rokesbye Knight vnto whome was assigned aboue his ordinarie retinew of twentie men of armes a supplie of tenne men of armes and twentie Archers on Horsebacke so long as it should bee thought needfull Greate mortalitie chaunced this yeare as in other partes of the worlde so especially in places aboute the Sea coastes of Englande and Irelande 1349 In the yeare following departed this life Alexander Bignor Archbishop of Dublin Iohn de Saint Paule Archbishop of Dublin And the same yeare was Iohn de Saint Paule consecrated Archbishop of that sea This yeare deceased Kemwryke Shereman sometime Maior of Dublin 1350 Kenwrike Shereman a great benefactor to euery Churche and religious house within .xx. myles rounde aboute the Citie His legacies to the poore and other besides his liberalitie shewed in his lyfe tyme amounted to three thousande Markes Sir Robert Sauage In this season dwelled in Vlster a wealthie knight one sir Robert Sauage who the rather to preserue his owne began to wall and fortifie his Manor houses with Castelles and pyles against the Irish enimie exhorting his heyre Henrie Sauage to applie that worke so beneficiall for himselfe and his posteritie Father quoth yong Sauage I remember the prouerbe Better a Castell of bones than of stones where strēgth courage of valiant men are prest to helpe vs neuer will I by the grace of God comber my selfe with dead walles My fort shall bee where soeuer yong blouds be
the Lordes of the land chose the Earle of Ormond to be Lord Iustice The Erle of Ormond Loâ—… iustice In the fift yeare of Henrie the fourth Iohn Colton Archbishop of Ardmagh the .xxvij. 1404 The Archbishop of Ardmagh deceassed of Aprill departed this life vnto whome Nicholas Stoning succeeded The same yeare on the day of Saint Vitale the martir the parliameÌ„t of Dublin began before the Erle of Ormond then lord Iustice of IrelaÌ„d where the statutes of Kilkenny and Dublin were confirmed and likewise the charter of Ireland 1405 In the sixt yeare of Henry the fourth in the Month of May three Scottish barks were takeÌ„ two at greene castell and one at Alkey with captaine Macgolagh The same yeare the Marchants of Drodagh entred Scotland and tooke prayes and pledges Also on the euen of the feast day of the .vij. brethren Oghgard was burnt by the Irish And in Iune Syr Stephen Scrope that was come again into Ireland returned eftsoones into Englande leauing the Earle of Ormonde Lorde Iustice of Irelande About the same time they of Dublin entred Scotland at Saint Ninian The Citizens of Dublin inuade Scotland and valiantly behaued themselues agaynste the enimies and after crossing the Seas directed theyr course into Wales and did muche hurt to the Welchmen They inuade Wales bringing from thence the shrine of Saint Cubins and placed it in the Churche of the Trinitie in Dublin The Erle of Ormond deceaseth Iames Butler Earle of Ormonde dyed at Baligam whilest he was Lorde Iustice vnto whome succeeded Geralde Earle of Kildare The same yeare the Prior of Conall in the plaine of Kildare fought manfully with the Irish and vanquished two hundred that were wel armed sleaing part of them and chasing the residue out of the field and the Prior had not wyth him past the number of .xx. H. Marl. English men but god as saith mine Author assisted those that put their trust in him The same yeare after Michaelmas Stephen Scrope Deputie Iustice to the Lorde Thomas of Lancaster the kings sonne and his lieutenant of Ireland A Parliament at Dublin came againe ouer into Irelande and in the feast of Saint Hillarie was a Parliament holden at Dublyn which in Lent after was ended at Trim. And Meiller de Brimmingham slue Cathole Oconhur aboute the ende of Februarie In the yere .1407 a certain false and heathnish wretch 1407 an Irish man named Mac Adam Mac Gilmore that had caused .xl. Churches to be destroyed Corbi what it is signifieth as be that was neuer christened and therfore called Corbi chaunced to take prisoner one Patrike Sauage and receyued for his raunsome two M. Markes though afterwardes hee slue him togither with his brother Richard The same yere in the feast of the exaltation of the Crosse Stephen Scrope deputie to the Lorde Thomas of Lancaster with the Earles of Ormonde and Desmond and the Prior of Kilmaynam and diuerse other captaynes and men of warre of Meith set from Dublin and inuaded the lande of Mac Murche where the Irish came into the field and skirmished with them so as in the former part of the day they put the English power to the worse but at length the Irishe were vanquished chased so that Onolan with his sonne and diuerse other were taken prisoners But the English captaines aduertised here y t the Burkeyns Okerol in the countie of Kilkenny had for the space of two days togither done much mischief they rode with al speed vnto the town of CallaÌ„ there encountring with the aduersaries manfully put theÌ„ to flight slue Okerol .viij. C. Okeroll slaâ—â— others There went a tale and belieued of many that the Sunne stood stil for a space that day tyll the Englishmen had ridden sixe myles so muche was it thoughte that GOD fauoured the Englishe part in this enterprise if wee shall beleeue it The same yeare the Lorde Stephan Scrope passed once againe ouer into Englande and Iames Butler Erle of Ormonde was elected by the countrey Lord Iustice of Ireland In the dayes of this king Henry the fourth the Inhabitants of Corke beeing sore afflicted with perpetual oppressions of their Irish neighbors coÌ„plained themselues in a generall writing directed to the lord of Rutland Corke the kings deputie there to the counsell of the realme then assembled at Dublin which letter bycause it openeth a window to behold the state of those parties and of the whole realme of Ireland in those dayes we haue thought good to set down here as it hath bin entred by Campion according to the copie deliuered to him by Francis Agard Esquire one of y e Queenes Maiesties priuie counsell in Ireland A letter from Corke out of an old recorde that beareth no daâ—…e IT may please your wisedomes to haue pity on vs the kings poore subiects within y e couÌ„tie of Cork or else we are cast away for euer For where there are in this couÌ„ty these lords by name beside knights esquiers gentlemen yeomen to a great number that might dispend yerely .viij. C. poundes .vj. C. poundes .iiij. C. poundes two C. an hundred pounds an hundred Marks twentie pounds .xx. marks ten pounds some more some lesse to a great number beside these Lordes First the Lorde Marques Caro his yearely reuenues was besyde Dorzey hauen and other creekes two M. two C. pounds sterling The Lord Barneuale of Beerhauen his yerely reuenues was beside Bodre hauen and other creekes M. vj. C. pounds sterling â—…hinke rather greene castell The Lorde Vggan of the great Castell hys yearely reuenue beside his hauens and creekes xiij thousand poundes The Lord Balram of Enfort his yearely reuenues beside hauens and creekes M. CCC pound sterling The Lorde Curcy of Kelbretton his yearely reuenues beside hauens and creekes a thousande two hundred pound sterling The Lorde Mandeuile of Barenstelly his yearely reuenues beside hauens and creekes M. two hundred pound sterling The Lorde Arundell of the Strand his yearely reuenues beside haueÌ„s and creekes a thousand fiue hundred pounds sterling The Lord Barod of the gard his yearely reuenue beside haueÌ„s creekes M. C. pouÌ„ds sterling The Lord Steyney of Baltmore his yearely reuenue besides hauens creekes .viij. C. lb sterl The Lord Roch of Poole castell his yearly reuenues besyde hauâ—…ns and creekes ten thousande poundes sterling The kings Maiestie hath the landes of the late yong Barry by forfeyture the yearely reuenue wherof beside two riuers and creekes and al other casualties is M. viij C. pound sterling And that at the ende of this Parliament your Lordship with the kings most noble couÌ„sell may come to Corke call before you al these Lords other Irish men and bind them in pain of losse of life lands goods that neuer one of them do make warre vpon an other withoute licence or commaundement of you my lord deputie the kings counsel for the vtter destruction of these partes is that
rawe in these latter yeares were like to bee verie vnripe in rehearsing matters that happened many yeared past These and the like reasons reclaymed mee from perfecting at this present the Irish Historie requesting thee gentle Reader friendly to accepte what is alreadie written which I craue as one that wisheth thee rather pleasure in the reading than regardeth hys owne payne in the pennyng of the sayde Treatise FINIS The yeares of our Lorde The names of the Gouernors Lieutenants Lord Iustices and Deputies of Ireland since the conquest thereof by king Henrie the second 1174 RIchard S◅rangbow Erle of Pembroke gouernor hauing Reymond le Grace ioyned in commission with him 1177 Reymond le Grace Lieutenant by himselfe William Fitz Aldelme lieutenant hauing Iohn de Curcy Robert Fitz Stephans and Miles Cogan ioyned in commission with him Hugh Lacie Lieutenant 1182 Iohn La◅y Conestable of Chester Gouernors Richard de Peche Gouernors Hugh Lacie againe Lieatenant Hugh Lacie the yonger Lorde Iustice 1227 Henry Loandoris Archb. of Dublin L. Iustice 1228 Morice Fitz Girald Lord chiefe Iustice 1253 Iohn Fitz Geoffrey knight Lorde Iustice Alain de la Zouch Lorde Iustice 1258 Stephen de Long Espe Lord Iustice William Deane Lorde Iustice 1261 Sir Richard Rochell or Capell Lord Iustice 1267 Dauid Barry Lorde Iustice 1268 Robert Vfforde Lord Iustice 1269 Richarde de Exeter Lord Iustice 1270 Iames Lorde Audley Lorde Iustice 1272 Morice Fitz Morice Lorde Iustice Walter Lorde Genuille Lord Iustice Robert Vfforde againe Lord Iustice 1281 Fulborne Bishop of Waterford Lord Iustice Iohn Samford Archbishop of Dublin L. Iustice William Vesci Lorde Iustice 1295 William Dodingsels Lorde Iustice Thomas Fitz Morice Lorde Iustice 1298 Iohn Wogan Lorde Iustice 1314 Theobald Verdon Lorde Iustice 1315 Edmond Butler Lorde Iustice 1317 Roger Lorde Mortimer Lorde Iustice Alexander Bignor Archb. of Dublin L. Iustice 1319 Roger Lord Mortimer second tyme L. Iustice 1320 Thomas Fitz Iohn Erle of Kildare L. Iustice 1321 Iohn Birmingham Erle of Louth L. Iustice 1323 Iohn lorde Darcie Lord Iustice 1327 Roger Outlaw Prior of Kilmaynan L. Iustice Anthonie Lord Lucie Lord Iustice 1332 Iohn Lord Darcy second time Lord Iustice 1337 Iohn Lord Charleton Lord Iustice 1338 Thomas Bishop of Hereford Lord Iustice 1339 Iohn lord Darcy ordeyned Lord Iustice by patent during his life by Edward the thirde Raufe Vfford Lord Iustice 1346 Robert Darcy Lord Iustice Iohn Fitz Morice Lorde Iustice Walter lord Bermingham Lord Iustice his deputies were Iohn Archer prior of Kilmaynan Baron Carew and sir Thomas Rokesby Maurice Fitz Thomas Earle of Desmond had the office of Lorde Iustice for terme of his life of king Edward the third his graunt 1355 Thomas Rokesby knight Lord Iustice 1357 Almerich de Saint Amand appointed L. I. by turnes Iohn Butler Erle of Ormond appointed L. I. by turnes Maurice Fitz Th. erle of Kild appointed L. I. by turnes 1361 Lionel duke of Clarence Lord Iustice 1367 Gerald Fitzmaurice Erle of Desmond L. I. 1369 Williā L. Winsor the fi◅st lieutenant in Ireland 1772 Richard Ashton Lord Iustice 1381 Roger Mortimer Iustices lieutenāts speciallye recorded in Richard the seconds dayes Philip Courtney Iustices lieutenāts speciallye recorded in Richard the seconds dayes Iames erle of Orm Iustices lieutenāts speciallye recorded in Richard the seconds dayes Robert Vere Earle of Oxforde Marques of Dublin created duke of Irelande 1394 Roger Mortimer Erle of March Lieutenant Roger Mortimer erle of March Vister lieut Roger Gray Lorde Iustice Iohn Stanley knight Lorde Lieutenant 1401 Thomas of Lancaster brother to king Henry the fourth Lord Lieutenant whose Deputies at sundrie tymes were Alexander Bi. of Meth Stephen Scrope knight and the Prior of Kilmaynam 1403 Iames Butler Erle of Ormond Lord Iustice Girald Erle of Kildare Lord Iustice 1407 Iames Butler Erle of Ormonde sonne to the foresayd Iames Lord Iustice 1413 Iohn Stanley againe Lord Lieutenant Thomas Crauley Arch. of Dublin lord Iustice 1414 Iohn Lord Talbot of Shieyfield Lieutenant 1420 Iames Butler erle of Ormond the second time Lieutenant Edmond Erle of March Iames Erle of Ormond his deputie Lieutenātes to king H. the sixt Iohn Sutton L. Dudley sir Th. Straunge knight his deputie Lieutenātes to king H. the sixt Sir Thomas Stanley sir Christopher ◅lunket his deputie Lieutenātes to king H. the sixt Lion Lorde Welles the Earle of Ormond his deputie Lieutenātes to king H. the sixt Iames erle of Ormōd by himself Lieutenātes to king H. the sixt Iohn Earle of Shrewsburie the Archbishop of Dublin in his absence Lorde Iustice Lieutenātes to king H. the sixt Richard Plantagenet duke of Yorke father to king Edwarde the fourth had the office of Lieutenant by king Henrie the sixt his letters patents for ten yeares His deputies at sundry times were The Baron of Deluin Richard Fitz Gustace knight Iames erle of Ormond Thomas Fitz Morice erle of Kildare Thomas Fitz Morice Erle of Kildare Lord Iustice in king Edward the fourth his dayes vntill the third yeare of his raigne After which George duke of Clarence brother to the King had the office of Lieutenant during his life made his deputies by sundrie tymes these Thomas Erle of Desmonde Deputies to the duke of Clarence Iohn Tiptoft erle of Worceter Deputies to the duke of Clarence Thomas Erle of Kildare Deputies to the duke of Clarence Henry Lord Gray of Ruthine Deputies to the duke of Clarence 1470 Sir Rouland Eustace Lord Deputie Richard duke of Yorke yonger son to king Edward the fourth Lieutenant Edward son to Richarde the third Lieutenant his deputie was Gerald Erle of Kildare Iasper duke of Bedford and Erle of Pembroke Lieut. his deputy was Walter Archb. of Dub. 1494 Edward Poynings knight Lord deputie 1501 Henrie duke of Yorke after king by the name of Henrie the eight Lieutenant his deputie Girald Erle of Kildare Girald Fitz Girald Erle of Kildare L. deputie 1520 Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey after duke of Norffolke Lieutenant 1523 Piers Butler Earle of Ossorie Lord deputie Girald Fitz Girald erle of Kildare again L. dep The Baron of Deluin Lord deputie 1529 Piers Butler Erle of Ossorie again L. deputie William Skeffington knight Lord deputie Girald Fitz Girald erle of Kildare again L. dep William Skeffington again Lord deputie 1534 Leonard Lord Gray Lord deputie 1540 Sir William Brereton knight Lord Iustice 1541 Sir Anthonie Sentleger knight Lord deputie A TABLE EXACTLY DRAVVEN for the Historie of Irelande A. ABbay de castro dei founded 28 Adam de Hereford an English captaine vanquisheth the Irish in a daungerous battail 33 Alayn de la Zouch Lorde Iustice slaine by the Erle of Surrey 45 Albius an Irish bishop 11 Aldlecke castle destroyed 45 Alen Iohn Archbishop of Dublin enimie to the Giraldines 90. flieth to the castel of Dublin 91. is apprehended by the rebelles and shamefully murdered 92 Alen Iohn knight 90. Alice Kettle a witch 58 Alma earle Strangbow his daughter maried to William eldest son to Maurice Fitz Girald 34
kings presence the king with y e lords knights esquiers not a little reioysed at the comming of those armed men and streightwayes cōpassed the commons about as they had bin a flock of sheepe that should haue bin closed within some folde till it pleased the sheepheard to appoynt forth whiche should be thrust into pasture which taken to go to the shambels There was to be seene a maruellous chaunge of the right hand of the lord to beholde how they throwing downe stanes billes axes swordes The rebels quite discoraged threw downe their weapons at th◅ comming of the Londoner◅ in ayde of the King bowes arrowes humbly began to sue for pardon which a little before gloried to haue the lyfe of the king and his seruaunts wholy and altogither in their handes power and disposition The poore wretches sought to hide themselues in the corne that grew in the fields in ditches hedges and dennes and wheresoeuer they might get out of the way so to safegard their liues The knights that were with the king would gladly haue beene doing with them and requested licence of him to strike off the heades of some one or two hundred of them that it might bee a witnesse in time to come that the force of the order of knighthoode was able to do somewhat agaynst the Carters ploughmen but the king woulde not suffer them alledging that many of them were come thither by compulsion and not of their owne accord and therefore it might come to passe that those should die for it that had nothing offended but he commaūded that there should be proclamation made in Lōdon that the Citizens should haue no dealings with them nor suffer any of them to come within the Citie that night but to cause them to lie without doores but yet the charter which they had requested faire written and sealed to auoyd a greater mischiefe he commaunded for a time to deliuer vnto them knowing that Essex Kent The forme of the kings Charter of Manumission were not so pacified but that if they were not the sooner cōtented and that partly after their minds they would vp againe The tenor of the charter which was got thus by force of the K. was this RIchardus dei gratia rex Angliae Franciae The like there was graunted to them of other Countries aswel to these of Herfordshire in the same forme the names of the counties changed dominus Hiberniae omnibus balliuis fidelibus suis ad quos praesentes litterae peruenerint salutē Sciatis quod de gratia nostra speciali manumisimus vniuersos ligeos singulos subditos nostros et alios comitatus Hertfordiae ipsos et eorū quēlibet ab omni bondagio exuimus quietos facimus per praesentes ac etiā perdonamus eisde ligeis ac subditis nostris omnimodas felonias proditiones trāsgressiones extortiones per ipsos vel aliquem eorū qualitercūque factas siue perpetratas ac etiā vtlagariam vtlagarias si qua vel quae in ipsos vel aliquē ipsorum fuerint vel fuerint hijs occasionibus promulgata vel promulgatae summā pacem nostram eis eorū cuilibit inde concedimus In cuius rei testimonium hac litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes Teste meipso apud London .xv. die Iunij Anno regni nostro quarto The commons hauing obteyned this charter departed home but ceassed not from their riotous demeanour in sundrie partes of the realme The townesmē of S. Albōs not yet quieted especially at S. Albons where after the townesmen were returned home they kept such a coile against the Abbot and Monkes to haue certaine auncient Charters deliuered them that concerned theyr lyberties to haue such newe made deliuered to them as might serue theyr purpose that bycause such olde Charters as they requested were not to be had the Abbot and Monkes looked euery houre when their houses shoulde be set on fire and burnt ouer their heades The Prior and certaine other as well Monks as lay men that were seruantes to the Abbot fled for feare of the rage of those misgouerned people knowing that they hated them deadly and therefore loked for no courtesey at their handes They had obteyned the kings letters vnto the Abbot commaunding him to deliuer vnto them suche Charters as they had gyuen information to be remayning in his hands so that vnder color therof they called for those wrytings in most importunate wise threatning sore if they were not brought to lyght vtterly to destroy the house by setting it on fire But to speake of all the vnrulye partes of those vnruly people it were to long a processe yet at length after they vnderstoode howe theyr grande Captaine and cheife ringleader Watte Tyler was slaine they began somewhat to asswage theyr presumptuous attemptes the rather for that there came a knight with the kings letter of protection in behalf of the Abbot and his house and yet they were not so calmed but that they continued in requyring to haue charters made to them by the Abbot of the like forme and effect to that which the king had made cōcerning the infranchising them frō bondage whereby they that obteyned such charters tooke themselues to be discharged of all seruices and accustomed labors so that they ment not to do any further workes nor yeeld suche customes as before time they vsually had bin accustomed to doe and yeelde vnto their Landlordes Neither did the townesmen of S. Albones and the tenants of other townes villages theral out that belonged to the Abbey of S. Albones thus outragiously misdemeane themselues but euery where else the cōmons kept such like stur so that it was rightly called the hurling time The hurling tyme. there were such hurly burlyes kept in euery place to y e great daunger of ouerthrowing the whole state of all good gouernmēt in this land for euen the selfsame Saterday after corpus Christi day in Suffolke there were got togither to the number of fiftie M. men by the setting on of Iohn Wraw a naughtie lewd priest that had bene first among the Essex men at London The outragious dealings of the suffolke rebels and was sent downe in all post hast from Wat Tyler to stirre the cōmons in those partes to commit the like mischiefe as he had seene begon about London These fellowes therefore after they were assembled togither fell to y t destroying of the manors houses of mē of law such lawyers as they caught they slue Sir Iohn Cauendish l. chief iustice ◅ded beheaded sir Iohn Cauendish lord chief Iustice of England and set his head vpon the pillorie in the Market place in S. Edmōdsburie Also sir Iohn of Cambridge the Prior of S. Edmondsbury The prior of S. Edmond◅◅ry slayne as he would haue fled from them was taken not far from Mildenhale and likewise beheadded his bodie being left naked in the open
field and no man presuming to burie it during the space of fiue dayes for feare of the cruell commons His heade was set vpon a pole caried before Iohn Wraw and other of those wicked people the which comming to Burie and entring the towne in maner of a Procession when they came into the Market place where the Pillorie stood as it were in a taken of the olde friendship betwixt the Lord chiefe Iustice and the sayd Prior they made sport with their heades making them somtime as it were to kisse otherwhiles to sounde in either others eare After they had taken their pastime ynough herewith they set both the heads againe aloft vpon the Pillorie After this they beheaded an other Monke called Dan Iohn de Lakinghuyth whose head was likewise set by the other two vpon the Pillorie Moreouer they caused the Monkes to come forth and bring vnto them all suche obligations in which the townesmen stoode bounde vnto the Monasterie for their good abearing likewise such charters of liberties of the towne of Burie which king Knute the founder of the sayde Monasterie and his successors had graunted vnto the same which writings wheÌ„ they had brought forth and protested that they knew of no more the coÌ„mons would scarcely beleue them therefore called the townesmen forth bad them see if y t there were al such writings as they thought stood with their aduaÌ„tage to haue brought to light The townesmen feigned as though they had beene sorie to see such rule kept against the Monkes where in deed they had set the commons in hande with al these things To conclude the Commons tooke thys order with the Monkes that if the townesmen might not obteyne their auncient liberties by the hauing of those writings they shoulde declare what the same liberties were which they were wont to enioy and the Abbot of Burie This Edmond Brounfield commiâ—… 〈◊〉 prisoÌ„ by the 〈◊〉 for his peâ—…tuous inâ—… into the â—…baâ—…ye of 〈◊〉 Edmond Brounfield being then in prison at Notingham whom they purposed to deliuer so that he should celebrat diuine seruice in his Monastery on Midsommer day next within .xl. dayes after his comming home should confirme with his seale such Charter as was to be deuised and made concerning the same liberties of the saide townesmen the Couent should likewise put thervnto their coÌ„mon seale They constreyned the Monkes further to delyuer vnto the townesmen a Crosse and a Chalice of fine golde and other Iewels that beloÌ„ged to the Abbey being in value aboue y e worth of a thousand pounds in mony the which was to remaine in the handes of the townesmen vpon this condition that if Edmonde Brounfield being deliuered out of prison enioyed the dignitie of Abbot there and with all put his seale togither with the Couent seale within the tyme limitted vnto a wryting that should conteine the liberties of the towne that then the same Crosse Chalice and other Iewels shoulde bee restored vnto the Monasterie or else the same to remaine for euer to the Townesmen as forfeyted suche were the doings of those Rebels in and about the towne of Burie and the like disorders and breach of peace followed by the Commotions of the Commons in Cambridgeshire and in the I le of Elie resembling the others in slaughters of men destroying of houses and all other sortes of mischiefe In like maner in Norffolke there was assembled an huge number of those vnruly Countrey people whiche vnder the guiding of a dier of cloth Iohn Lyttester certaine of the Norfolk rebels coÌ„monly called Iohn Littester that had dwelt in Norwiche attempted and did all such vngracious seates as they had heard that other did in other parts of the realme yea and greater also putting forth their handes vnto rapine robbery And whereas they were wholy conspired togither and bent to commit all kind of mischiefe yet esteeming their own authoritie to bee small they purposed to haue brought William Vfford Erle of Suffolke into their felowship The Early of Suffolke escapeth from the rebels y t if afterwards they might happily be impeached hereafter for such their naughty most wicked doings they might haue had some shadow or color as if were throgh him why they had delt in such vnruly sort But the Erle aduertised of their intention sodenly rose from supper and got him away by vnknowne wayes stil fleeing from the Commons till at length hee got to Saint Albones and so from thence to the king The commons missing of their purpose for the hauing of him The Norffolk rebels compel the noblemen and gentlemen to be sworne to them layd hold vpon al such knights and other gentlemen as came in their way and and were found at home in their houses compelling them to be sworne to them and to ride with them through the Country as the Lord Scales William Lord Morley sir Iohn Brewes sir Stephen Hales sir Robert Saâ—… slayne by 〈◊〉 of his own villeyn and sir Robert Salle which sir Robert continued not long aliue among them for he could not dissemble as the residue but begaÌ„ to reproue openly their naughty doings for the which he had his braynes dasht out by a CouÌ„trey Clowne one that was his bondman and so hee ended his life who if he might haue come to haue tryed his manhoode and strength with them in plaine battaile had bene able to haue put a thousande of those villaynes in feare his valiancie and prowes was such The residue taught by hys example that they must either dissemble or die for it were glad to curry fauor praysing or dispraysing all things as they sawe the Commons affected The captaine of the Norfolke rebels forceth the noble men and gentlemen to serue him as the table and so comming into credite with their chieftaine Iohn Littester that named himself king of the coÌ„moÌ„s they were preferred to serue him at the table in taking the assay of his meates and drinkes and doing other seruice with kneling humbly before him as hee sate at meate as sir Stephen Hales who was appoynted his carner others had other offices assigned them At length when those Commons beganne to waxe wearie of taking paynes in euill doings they tooke counsaile togither and agreed to sende two knights to wit the lord Morley and sir Iohn Brewes three of the Commons in whom they put great confidence vnto the king to obtaine theyr charter of manumissioÌ„ enfranchising to haue the same charter more larger thaÌ„ those that were granted to other couÌ„treys they deliuered great summes of money vnto those whoÌ„ they sent to bestow the same for the obteining of pardon and such graunts as they sued for which money they had gotte by force of the Citizens of Norwich to saue the Citie from fire and sacking These knights as they were on their iourney A warlike Bishop at Ichingham not farre distant from Newmarket not looking for any such thing mette with
to him than it was to anye of hys predecessors through whyche prouiso hee dyd often as hee listed and not as the Lawe did meane Item for to serue his purpose hee woulde suffer the Sherifes of the Shire to remayne aboue one yeare or two Item at the summonance of y e Parliament when Knightes and burgesses should be elected that the election hadde beene full proceeded hee putte out dyuers persons elected and putte other in theyr places to serue hys will and appetite Item hee hadde priuie espials in euery Shire to heare who hadde of hym anye communication and if hee communed of hys laseiuios lyuing or outrageous doyngs hee straighte-wayes was apprehended and put to a greeuous fyne Item the Spiritualtie alledged against hym that he at hys goyng into Irelande exacted many notable summes of money beside plate and iewels without lawe or custome contrary to his othe taken at his coronation Item where dyuers Lordes and Iustices were sworne to saye the troth of dyuers thyngs to them committed in charge both for the honor of the Realme and profite of the Kyng the sayde King so menaced them with sore threatnings that no man woulde or durst saye the righte Item that without the assente of the nobilitie he carried the iewelles plate and Treasure ouer into Ireland to the great empouerishmente of the Realme and all the good recordes for the common wealthe and againste hys extorcions hee caused priuily to be embesyled and conueyed away Item in all leagues and letters to be concluded or sent to the See of Rome or other regions his writing was so subtill and darke that no other Prince once beleeued him nor yet his owne subiectes Item hee most tyrannously and vnprincely sayde that the lyues and goodes of all his subiectes were in his handes and at hys disposition Item that contrarye to the greate Charâ—… of Englande hee caused diuers iustie menne to appeale dyuers olde menne vpon matters determinable at the common lawe in the Court Maâ—…all bycause that there is no tryall but onely by battayle wherevppon the sayde aged persons fearyng the sequele of the matter submitted theÌ„selues to his mercie whome hee fyned and raunsomed vnreasonably at his pleasure Item he craftely deuised certaine priuie othes contrary to the lawe and caused diuers of hys subiectes firste to be sworne to obserue the same and after bounde them in bondes for keeping of the same to the greate vndoing of manye honest men Item where the Chancellor according to the lawe would in no wise graunt a prohibition to a certayne person the King graunted it vnto the same vnder his priuie seale with greate threatenings if it shoulde be disobeyed Item hee banished the Bishoppe of Caunterburie without cause or Iudgement and kepte hym in the Parliamente chamber with men of armes Item the Byshoppes goodes hee graunted to hys successor vppon condition that he shoulde mayneteyne all his Statutes made at Shrewesburie Anno .21 and the Statutes made Anno 22. at Couentrie Item vppon the accusation of the sayde Byshoppe the Kyng craftely perswaded hym to make no aunswere for hee woulde bee his warrante and aduised hym not to come to the Parliamente and so withoute aunswere hee was condemned and exiled and hys goodes seased These bee all the Articles of any effecte whych were layde agaynste hym sauing foure other whyche touched onely the Archebyshoppes matter whose working wroughte Kyng Richarde at length from hys crowne Then for as muche as these Articles and other haynous and detestable accusations were layde agaynste hym in open Parliament it was thought by the most parte that hee was worthy to bee deposed of all Kingly honor and princely gouernemente and to bring the matter without slaunder the better to passe dyuers of the Kyngs seruauntes whyche by licence had arcesse to hys person comforted hym beyng with sorrowe almost consumed and in manner halfe dead in the best wise they coulde exhorting hym to regarde his health and saue his life And fyrst they aduised hym willingly to suffer hymselfe to bee deposed The King is persâ—…â—…a resigne the Crowne to the Duke and to resigne hys righte of hys owne accorde so that the Duke of Lancaster myghte withoute murther or battaile obteyne the Scepter and Diademe after which they well perceyued hee gaped by meane whereof they thought hee might be in perfect assurance of his life long to continue Whether thys their perswasion proceeded by the suborning of the Duke of Lancaster and his fauourers or of a sincere affection which they bare to the K. as supposing it most surest in such an extremity it is vncertain but yet the effect followed not howsoeuer their meaning was notwithstaÌ„ding the K. being now in the hands of his enimies vtterly dispayring of all comforte was easily perswaded to renounce his Crowne and princely preheminence so that in hope of life only he agreed to all things that were of him demaunded Fabian And so as it should seeme by the Copie of an Instrument hereafter following he renounced and voluntarily was deposed from his royal Crowne and kingly dignitie the Monday being the .xxix. day of September and feast of Saint Michaell the Archangell in the yeare of our Lorde .1399 and in the .xxiij. yeare of his raigne The Copie of which Instrument here ensueth A copy of the instrument making the deâ—…ation of the â—…issiâ—…e 〈◊〉 the estates in Parliament vnto K. Richard THis present Indenture made the .xxix. day of September and feast of Saint Michaell in the yeare of our Lorde .1399 and the .xxiij. yeare of king Richarde the seconde Witnesseth that where by the authoritie of the Lordes spirituall and temporall of this present Parliament and Commons of the same the right honourable and discrete persons herevnder named were by the sayde authoritie assigned to go to the Tower of London there to heare and testifie such questions and answeres as then and there shoulde be by the sayde honourable and discrete persones hearde Know al men to whom these present letters shall come that we sir Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke Iohn Bishop of Hereforde Henrie Earle of Northumberlande Raufe Earle of Westmerlande Thomas Lorde Berkeley William Abbot of Westminster Iohn Prior of Canterburie William Thyrning Hugh Burnell knights Iohn Markham Iustice Thomas Stow and Iohn Buchage doctors of the Law ciuill Thomas Erpingham and Thomas Grey knightes Thomas Fereby and Denis Lopeham notaries publike the day and yere abouesayd betwene the houres of eight and nine of the clock before 〈◊〉 were present in the chiefe Chamber of the Kings lodging within the sayde place of the Tower where was rehearsed vnto the king by the mouth of the foresayde Earle of Northumberlande that before time at Conway in Northwales This promise he made at 〈◊〉 rather theÌ„ at CoÌ„uey as by tâ—… which goeth before it may be partly coniectured the â—…g being there at his pleasure and libertie promised vnto the Archbishop of Canterburie then Thomas Arundell and vnto the sayde
sent the Bishop of Imola to treate of peace betwixt Richarde King of Englande and Iames king of ScotlaÌ„d Iames king of Scottes hauing not long before made diuers incursions roades into England and that to his profite hee sewed therevpon for a truce which came to passe euen as king Richarde wished so that condiscending to haue a communication Commissioners appoynted on the behalfe of the king of England and Scotlande to treatâ—… for a peace at Notingham commissioners were appoynted for both partes to meete at Notyngham y e seuenth day of September nexte ensuing For the King of Scottes there appeared Colin Earle of Argile the Lorde Cambell and the Lord Chancellor of ScotlaÌ„d William Bishop of Abirdene Robert Lord Lyle Laurence Lord Oliphant Iohn Drummound of Stubhall Archybald Duytelaw Archdeacon of Lawden and Secretary to king Iames Lyon king of armes and Duncan Dundas For king Richard there came Richard Bishop of S. Assaph Iohn Duke of Norfolke Henry Erle of Northumberlande Thomas Lord Stanley George Stanley Lord Straunge Iohn Gray Lord Powes Richarde Lord Fitzhugh Iohn Gunthorpe keeper of the Kings priuie seale Thomas Barrow master of the Rolles sir Thomas Bryan chiefe iustice of y e common place Sir Richarde Ratclife Knighte William Catesby Richard Salkeld Esquires These counsellers in the latter end of September after sundry meetings and communications had togither concluded as followeth a peace to bee had betwixt both the Realmes for y e space of three yeres â—…â—…eaâ—…e conâ—â—d for â—…re yeeres the same to begin at the rising of the sunne on the .29 of September in the yeere .1484 and to continue vnto the setting of the sunne on the .29 of September in the yeere .1487 during whyche tearme it was agreed that not onely all hostilitie and warre shuld ceasse betwixt y e two Realmes but that also al ayde and abaitement of enimies should be auoided and by no colorable meanes or way in any case vsed The towne and Castell of Barwike to remayne in the Englishmens haÌ„ds for the space of the sayde tearme with the same boundes as the Englishmen possessed it at that season when it was deliuered to the ScottishmeÌ„ by king Henry the sixt It was likewise condiscended that all other Castels holdes and fortresses during the tearme of the sayde three yeeres should abide in the hands of those that held them at that present the Castell of DuÌ„bar only excepted The Castell of Dunbar in the Englishmens hands â—…n article for the Castell of Dunbar This Castell of Dunbar was deliuered vnto the Englishmen by the Duke of Albany when he fled into France and so remained in their haÌ„ds at that time of concluding this truce Herevppon by reason the Scottish commissioners had not authoritie to conclude any ful agreement for that Castell vnlesse the same might be restored vnto y e king their masters hands it was accorded that if the king of Scots within the space of .40 dayes next ensewing did intimate his resolute refusall to be agreeable that the sayd Castell shoulde remayne in the Englishmens hands aboue y e space of sixe moneths that then during that tearme of sixe moneths those that kepte the Castell for the Englishmen should remayne in quiet and not be troubled nor molested by any kind of meanes by the sayde King of Scottes or any other by hys procurement so that they within y e Castell likewise absteyned from making any issues or reisses vpon the Scottishe people And if after that the sayd tearme of sixe moneths were once expired it should chance that any warre arose for defending or recouering the sayd Castell yet the truce shuld endure for all other rightes and possessions notwithstaÌ„ding that it might be lawfull to do what lay in any of their powers eyther for winning or defending the foresaid Castel as though no truce had bene concluded It was further agreed An article for Traytors that no traytor of eyther Realme shoulde be receyued by y e Prince of y e other Realm and if any traytor or Rebell chanced to arriue in eyther Realme the Prince thereof to deliuer him vpoÌ„ demauÌ„d made An article for Scottishmen already being in England Scottes already abiding in England sworne to the king there may remain stil so their names be certified to y e Scottish King within .40 days An article for the Wardens of the marches If any Warden of eyther Realm shuld inuade y e others subiects he to whome such WardeÌ„ is subiect shal within sixe days proclaime him traytor certifie the other Prince thereof within .2 days A clause to be put in safeconducts An article for such as should serue eyther Princes in warre And in euery safeconduct this clause shoulde be conteyned Prouided alwayes that the 〈◊〉 nor of this safeconduct be no traytor If any of the subiects of eyther Prince do presume to aide 〈◊〉 mainteyne or serue any other Prince against any of the contractors of this truce then it shall be lawfull to him to whome hee shewed himselfe enimie to apprehende and attach the sayd subiect going comming or tarying within any of hys dominions Colleagues comprised in the truce Colleagues comprised in this truce if they woulde assente thereto on the Englishe part were these the king of Castell and Leon the king of Arragone y e king of Portingale y e Archduke of Austrich and Burgoine and the Duke of Britaine On the Scottishe parte Charles the French king Iohn King of Denmarke Norway the Duke of GelderlaÌ„d the Duke of Britayne Lorne and Lunday excepted The Lordship of Lorne in the Realme of Scotland and the Iland of Lunday lying in the riuer of Seuerne in the Realme of Englande were not comprehended in this agreement This concord peace and amitie thus concluded was appoynted to be published y e first day of October in the most notable cities and townes of both the Realmes For y e sure obseruation keeping performance of this truce and league there were appointed for conseruators on y e Scottish side Dauid Earle of Crawford Lord Lindsey George Erle of Huntley Lord Gordon and Badzenath Iohn Lord Darnlye Iohn Lord Kenedy Robert Lord Lâ—…e Patrick Lord Haleene Laurence Lord Oliphant William Lorde Borthwike sir Iohn Rosse of Halâ—…herâ—… sir Gilbert Iohnson of Elphyâ—…ston sir Iohn Lundy sir Iohn Ogâ—â—â—y of Arly sir Robert Hamilton of Fâ—…galton Sir WillaÌ„ BalÈe of Lamington sir Iohn Kenedy of Blarqbone sir Iohn Wenâ—…es sir W. Rochwen Edward Stochton of Kirke paty Iohn Dâ—â—as Iohn Rosse of Mountgrenan Esquires It was further agreed Commissioners appointed to meete at Loughmaâ—…an that Commissioners shoulde meete at Loughmaâ—…an the eyghteene day of Nouember aswell for redresse of certayne offences done on the West marches as also for declaring and publishing the peace On y e English part the Lord Dacres the Lord Fitzbugh sir Richard Ratcliffe sir Christopher Moreshye sir Richard Salkeild or three of theÌ„ For y e Scots
hir sight Hir beauty of kinde hir vertues from aboue Happy is he that can obteyne hir loue The corrupt Orthography that diuers vse in writing this name doth incorporate it to houses thereto linked in no kinrede and consequeÌ„tly blemisheth diuers worthy exploites atchieued as well in England and Irelande as in forreine countreis and dominioÌ„s Some write Gerolde sundry Geralde diuers very corruptly Gerrot others Gerarde But the true Orthography is Giralde as may appeare both by Giraldus Cambriense and the Italian authors that make mention of the family As for Gerrot it differeth statte from Giralde yet there be some in Irelande that name and write themselues Gerrottes notwithstanding they be Giraldines wherof diuers gentlemen are in Méeth But there is a sept of the Gerrots in IrelaÌ„d and they séeme forsooth by threatning kyndnesse and kinrede of the true Giraldines to fetch their petit degrees from their auncestours but they are so néere of bloud one to the other that two bushels of beanes woulde scantly counte theyr degrées An other reason why diuers estrange houses haue bene shuffled in among this familie was for that sundry gentlemeÌ„ at the christenyng of their children would haue them named Giraldes and yet their surnames were of other houses and if after it happened that Girald had issue Thomas Iohn Robert or such lyke then would they beare the surname of Girald as Thomas fitz Girald and thus takyng the name of their auncestors for their surname within two or thrée discantes they shooue themselues among the kinrede of the Giraldines This is a generall faulte in Ireland and Wales and a great confusion and extinguishment of houses This noble auncient family of the Giraldines haue in sundrye ages flourished in the most renoumed countries of Europe Warring fitz Giralde was one in great credite with king Iohn Matth. pari in vita Ioh. pag. 316. verl 40. I finde an other Giraldine Archiepiscopus Burdegalensis who flourished in king Henry the thirde his tyme. There was an other Giraldine Patriarch of Ierusalem 1234. in the yeare 1229. as witnesseth Mattheus ParisieÌ„sis There was one Girald of Berueyl an excelleÌ„t Poet in the Italian tongue pag. 480. an other named Baptist Girald was a famous citizen of Ferrara of the baron of Ophaly whereas the contrary ought to be inferd that if a pryuate person can tame the Irish what may theÌ„ the publique Magistrate doe that hath the Princes pay But in deede it is harde to take Hares with Foxes You must not thinke master Vescy that you were sent gouernour into Ireland to dandle your trulles to penne your selfe vp within a towne or citie to giue rebels the gaze to pill the subiects to animate traytors to fil your cofers to make your selfe by marring true men to gather the birdes whilest other beate the bushes after to impeach the nobilitie of such treasons as you onely haue committed But for as much as our mutual complaints stande vpon the one his Yea and the other hys Nay and that you would be taken for a champion and I am knowen to be no cowarde let vs in Gods name leaue lying for varlettes berdyng for ruffians facing for crakers chatting for twatlers scoldyng for callets bookyng for scriueners pleadyng for Lawyers and lette vs try with the dynt of swoorde as become martiall men to doe our mutuall quarrelles Wherfore to iustifie that I am a true subiect and that thou Vescy art an archetraytor to God and to my King here in the presence of hys highnesse and in the hearyng of this honourable assembly I challenge the combat The combat chalenged Whereat all the auditory shouted Nowe in good fayth quoth Vescye with a right good will Wherevpon bothe the parties beyng dismist vntill the Kings pleasure were further knowne it was agreed at length by the counsayle that the fittest tryal should haue bene by battayle Wherefore the parties beyng as well thereof aduertised as the day by the King appoynted no small prouision was made for so eager a combat as that was presupposed to haue bene But when the prefixed day approched neere Vescy turnyng his great boaste to small rost beganne to crye creake and secretely sayled into Fraunce â—…escye fledâ—…ed France â—…dare bestowed on the Lord Giâ—…d King Edwarde thereof aduertised bestowed Vescyes Lordships of Kyldare and Rathymgan on the Baron of Ophaly saying that albeit Vescy conueyed hys person into Fraunce yet he left his lands behind him in Ireland The firste Earle of â—…dare creâ—…ed 1â—…15 The Baron returned to Irelande with the gratulation of all his friendes and was created Earle of Kildare in the ix yeere of Edward the second his raigne the xiiij of May. He deceased at Laraghbrine a village neere to Maynooth in the yeare 1316. and was buried at Kildare so that he was Erle but one yeare The nuÌ„bers 〈◊〉 the Erles of kyldare The house of Kildare among diuers giftes wherewith God hath aboundauntly endued it is for one singuler pointe greatly to bee admired that notwithstandyng the seuerall assaults of diuers enimies in sundry ages yet this Earle that now liueth is the tenth Earle of Kildare to whom from Iohn the first Earle there hath alwayes continued a lineall descent from father to sonne which truely in mine opinion is a great blessing of God And for as much as this Erle now liuyng as his Auncesters before him haue bene shrewdly shooued at by his euill willers saying that he is able but not willyng to profite hys countrey the Poesie that is framed for him runneth in this wise Quid possim iactant quid vellem scire recusant Vtraque Reginae sint rogo nota meae His eldest sonne is Lorde Giralde L. Girald Baron of Ophaly for whom these verses are made Te pulchrum natura facit fortuna potentem Te faciat Christi norma Giralde bonum Syr Thomas Butler Erle of Ormond and Ossery Earle of Ormond The Butlers were auncient English gentlemen and worthy seruitors in all ages Theobald Butler Lorde of Carrick 1247. The Butlers as I am enformed ar fouÌ„d by auncient recordes too haue bene Earles of the Larrick 1299. Iohn Cogan were Lorde Iustices of Ireland This Butler died in the Castle of Arckelow in the yeare 1285. The Lord Theobald Butler the yonger and Sonne to the elder Theobald was sente for by Edwarde the first to serue against the Scots This noble man deceased at Turny and his body was conneighed to Wency a towne in the countie of Lymmericke Sir Edmund Butler a wise and valiaunt noble man 1309. was dubbed knight at London by Edward the second This man beyng appoynted lieuetenant of Irelande vppon the repayre of Iohn Wogan who before was Lorde Iustice to Englande 1312. besieged the Obrenies in Glyndalory and were it not that they submitted themselues to the Kyng and the Lieuetenantes mercy they had not bene onely for a season vanquisshed but also vtterly by him extirped This
in pitch of body like a Giant K. Iohn demāded Curcy Curcies answer to king Iohn whether he could be content to fighte in his quarrel not for thee said y e Erle whose person I esteme vnworthy y e aduēture of my bloud but for y e crowne and dignitie of the Realme He taketh vpon him to defende the chalenge in which many a good man liueth against thy will I shall be content to hazard my life These words were not construed in the worst part as proceeding from an offended mind of him that was therein esteemed more playne thā wise Therefore being cherished and muche made of he was fedde so wōderfully nowe he came to large allowaunce in dyet after harde keeping that the Frenche chalenger tooke him for a Monster and fearing to deale with him priuily stale away into Spayne It is further reported that the French King being desirous to see Curcy requested K. Iohn that he might come before them and shewe of what strength hee was by striking a blowe at an helmet Herevpon forth he was broughte and presented before the Kings where was an Helmet set vpon a blocke Curcy taking a swoorde in his hande and with a sterne frowning countenance cast vpon the Kings gaue such a stroke to the helmet that cleauing it in sunder the swoorde sticked so fast in the logge that no mā there was able to plucke it foorthe excepte Curcy him selfe When he therefore had plucked foorth the sword the Kings asked him what he meant to looke vppon them with such a grimme and froward coūtenance before he gaue the blowe to the helmet he aunswered that if he had missed in his stroke he would haue killed all the whole company as well the Kings as other Then was he released of bondes and crossing the Seas towards Ireland whether he was boune Curcy departeth this life The description of Curcy was fifteene times beaten backe agayne to the Englishe shore and going into France to change the coast dyed there This Curcy was whyte of colour mightie of limmes with large bones and strong of synews tall and broade in proportion of body so as hys strength was thought to exceede of boldnesse incomparable and a warriour euen from his youth the formost in the front of euery battell where hee came and euer ready to hazard himselfe in place of most daunger so foreward in fight that oftentimes forgetting the office of a Captaine he toke in hande the part of a Souldiour pressing foorthe with the formost so that with his ouer rash violence and desire of victory he might seeme to put all in daunger But although he was thus hastie and hote in the field against his enimies yet was hee in conuersation modest and sober and very religious hauing Churchmen in great reuerence ascribing all to the goodnesse of God when he had atchieued any prayseworthy enterprise yeelding thankes to his diuine Maiestie accordingly But as seldome times any one man is founde perfecte in all things so these vertues were spotted with some vices namely too much nigardnesse in sparing and inconstancie He maried the daughter of Godred King of Man and after many conflicts and battayles had against the Irishe he conquered as before ye haue heard the countrey of Vlster and building diuers strong Castels therein he established the same vnder his quiet rule and gouernement till he and Lacy fell out as before is expressed After Curcies decesse bicause he left no heires the Earledome of Vlster was giuen vnto Hugh Lacie in recompence of his good seruice There was one of the Curcies remayning in Irelande that was Lorde of Rathermy and Kilbarrocke whome as an espiall of all their practises and informer thereof to the Kyng Walter and Hugh the sonnes of Hugh Lacy slew by reason wherof great trouble and disquietnesse ensued those Lacies bearing themselues nowe after the decesse of their father for gouernors out of checke To set the Realme in quiet king Iohn wēt into Ireland King Iohn was fayne to passe thither himselfe in person with a mayne army banished the Lacies subdued the residue of the countrey yet not conquered tooke pledges punished malefactors See more here of in England established the execution of English lawes coyned money of like valew currant sterling in both Realmes The two Lacies repenting their misdemeanors They fled into Fraunce fledde into Fraunce disguised in poore apparell and serued there in an Abbey as gardiners vntill the Abbot by their countenaunce and behauiour began to gesse their estates and apposed them so farre that they disclosed what they were beseeching the Abbot to keepe their counsels who commending their repentant humblenesse aduised thē yet to make sute for their princes fauor if it mighte be hadde promising to doe what he could in the matter and so tooke vppon him to bee a sutor for them vnto the King that was his godcept and well acquainted with him He trauelled so earnestly herein that at length he obteyned their pardons But yet they were fined Walter at four thousand They are pardoned and put to their fynes and Hugh at fiue and twentie hundred markes and herevpon Walter was restored vnto y e Lordship of Meth Hugh to the Earledome of Vlster In the yeere .1216 King Iohn departed thys life In his dayes diuers monasteries were builte in Ireland as beside those that before are mentioned in the fourth yeere of his raigne the Abbey of Dowish was founded in the sixt the Abbey of Wetherham in y e countie of Limerike by Theobald le Butler Lorde of Caeracky and in the twelfth yeere Richard Oute builded the Monasterie of Grenard Henry the third Warres betwixt Lacy and Marshall In the dayes of Henry y e thirde that succeeded his father K. Iohn great warres were reysed in Ireland betwixt Hugh Lacy and William Marshal so that the countrey of Meth was greeuously afflicted In the yeere .1228 after the death of Loundoris Archbishop of Dublin 1228 that was Lord chiefe Iustice King Henry the third vnderstanding the good seruice done by the Giraldines euer sith their first comming into Irelande The Geraldines though by wrong reportes the same had bin to their preiudice for a time sinisterly misconstrued so as the Gentlemē had still bin kept backe and not rewarded according to their good desertes The King nowe enformed of the troth made Morice Fitz Geralde Morice Fitz Geralde the sonne of Morice aforesaid Lord chiefe iustice of Ireland Lucas succeeded Loundoris in the Archbishops See Lucas Archbishop and was cōsecrated in the yere 1230. Richarde Marshall was taken prisoner in battell at Kildare Some write 1230 y t he was wounded there 1234 and within fewe dayes after died of the hurt at Kilkenny and was buried there in the quier of the Churche of the Friars Preachers neere to the place where his brother William was enterred who departed this life in the yeere 1231. In the yeere .1241 1241 Walter
make a collection for repayring the ruines of that auntient building first begun by the Danes and continued by Citrius Prince of Dublin at the instaunce of Donate sometime Bishop of that Citie and dedicated to the blessed Trinitie Donaâ—… Bishop of Dublin At length Strangbow Erle of Pembroke Fitz Stephans and LaureÌ„ce that for his vertue was called S. LaureÌ„ce Archbishop of Dublin and his foure successors Iohn of Euesham Henry Scorchbill and Lucas and last of all Iohn de Saint Paule finished it This notable building sith the time that it was thus defaced by fire hath bin beautifyed in diuers sorts by many zealous Citizens Strangbowes tombe defaced by the fall of the roofe of the Church Strangbowes tombe restored by Henry Sidney Sir Henry Sidney when he was Lord Deputy restored and likewise did cost vpon the Earle of Kildares Chappell for an ornament to the quier ouer the which he left also a monumente of Captayne Randolfe Captayne Randol late Coronell of the Englishe bandes of footemen in Vlster that dyed there valiantly fighting in his Princes seruice as after shall appeare In the yeere .1283 Furmund Chancellor of Ireland and Richarde Tute departed this life and Friar Stephan Fulborne was made Lorde Iustice of Irelande Moreouer at Rathode the Lord Geffrey GeÌ„uille fled and sir Gerard Doget and Raufe Petiâ—… were slayne with a great number of other The Norwagh Ardscoll with other townes and villages were brente by Philip Stanton the xvj day of Nouember in the yeere .1286 Also Calwagh was taken at Kildare In the yeere .1287 diuers nobles in Irelande deceassed as Richard Deceter Gerald Fitz Morice Thomas de Clare Richard Taffy and Nicolas Teling Knightes The yeere next ensuing 1288 Samfort Archbishop of Dublin Lorde Iustice deceassed Friar Fulborne Lord Iustice of Ireland and Iohn SaÌ„fort Archbishop of Dublin was aduaunced to y e roomth of Lorde Iustice Also Richard Burgh Erle of Vlster besieged Theobald Verdon in the Castell of Athlone and came with a great power vnto Trim by the working of Walter Lacie 1290 In the yeere .1290 was the chase or discomfiture of Offali and diuers Englishmen slayne Also Mack Coghlan slewe O Molaghelin King of Meth and William Burgh was discoÌ„fited at Deluin by Mac Coghlan The same yeere .1290 William Vescy Lorde Iustice William Vescy was made Lord Iustice of Irelande and entred into that office on Saint Martins daye Vnto thys Iustice Edward Ballioll King of Scotland did homage for an Erledome which he helde in Ireland in like manner as he did to king Edwarde for the Crowne of Scotland In the yere .1292 a fiftenth was graunted to the King of all the temporall goodes in Ireland whilest Vescy was as yet Lord Iustice This Vescy was a sterne manne and full of courage 1294 he called Iohn Earle of Kildare before him charging him with riots foule misdemeanors for that he ranged abroade and soughte reuenge vpon priuate displeasures out of all order and not for any aduauncemente of the publike wealth or seruice of his soueraigne William Dodâ—â—gsels Lord Iustice William Dodingsels being this yere made Lord Iustice of Irelande after Vescy dyed in the yeere next following 1295 that is .1295 and .23 of King Edwarde the firste After hym succeeded in that roomth the Lorde Thomas Fitz Maurice Thomas Fitz Morice Lorde Iustice In the yeere .1296 Friar William de Bothum was consecrated Archbishop of Dublin 1296 1298 In the yeere .1298 and .xxvj. of Edwarde the first the Lorde Thomas Fitz Maurice departed this life and an agreement was made Record Turris betwixte the Earle of Vlster and the Lorde Iohn Fitz Thomas Earle of Kildare by Iohn Wogan that was ordeyned Lorde Iustice of Irelande In the yeere .1299 1299 William Archbishop of Dublin departed thys life and Richarde de Fringis was consecrated Archbishop in hys place The King wente vnto Iohn Wogan Lorde Iustice commaunding hym to gyue sommâ—…naunce vnto the nobles of Irelande to prepare themselues with Horse and armour to come in theyr best aray for the warre to serue hym againste the Scottes and withall wrote vnto the same Nobles as to Richarde de Burgh Earle of Vlster Geffrey de Genuill Iohn Fitz Thomas Thomas Fitz Maurice Theobalde Lorde Butler Theobalde Lorde Verdon Piers Lorde Brimingham of Thetemoy Eâ—…stace Lorde Power Hugh Lorde Purcel Iohn de Cogan Iohn de Barry William de Barry Walter de Lastice Richarde de Exeter Iohn Pipurd Walter Lenfante Iohn of Oxforde Adam de Stantoun Symon de Pheybe William Cadell Iohn de Vale Maurice de Carre George de la Roche Maurice de Rochford and Maurice Fitz Thomas de Kerto commaunding them to bee with him at Withwelaun the first of March Such a precept I remember I haue redde registred in a close rolle among y e recordes of the Tower but where Marleburrow sayeth that the sayde Iohn Wegan Lord Iustice of IrelaÌ„d and the Lord Iohn Fitz Thomas with many other came to King Edward into Scotland in the .xxix. yeare of Kyng Edwards raigne Campion noteth it to be in the yeare .1299 which fell in the .xxvij. of the raigne of King Edward and if my remembrance fayle me not the close rolle aforementioned beareth date of the .xxiiij. yere of King Edwards raygne all which notes may bee true for it is very lyke that in those warres against the Scottes y e King sent diuers times to the Irish Lordes to come to serue him as it behoued them to do by theyr tenures and not only he sent into Ireland to haue the seruices of men but also for prouision of vittayles as in close rolles I remember I haue also seene recorded of the .xxvij. and .xxx. yeere of y e sayd King Edward the first his raigne For this we finde in a certaine abstract of the Irish Chronicles Chr. Pembrig whiche shoulde seeme to be collected out of Flatsburie whome Campion so much followed that in the yeere .1301 1â—…01 the Lorde Iohn Wogan Lorde Iustice Iohn Fitz Thomas Peter Bermingham Irishmen inuade Scotland and diuers other went into Scotland in ayde of King Edward in whiche yeere also a great part of y e Citie of Dublin with the Church of Saint Werburgh was brente in the nighte of the frast daye of Sainte Colme Also the Lorde Genuille married the daughter of Iohn de MoÌ„tfert and the Lorde Iohn Mortimer married the daughter and heire of Peter Genuille also the Lord Theobald de Verdon married the daughter of the Lorde Roger Mortimer The same yeere in the winter season the Irishe of Leynister reysed warre against y e townes of Wicklow and Rathdon doing muche hurte by brenning in the countrey all about but they were chastised for their wickednesse losing the most part of their prouision and Cattell and in the Lent season the more parte of them had bin vtterly destroyed if discorde and variance had not risen among the Englishmen to the impeachmente of
vnto and the groundes manured to the most profit and to cause the bodies of the templers attached to be so deteyned in al safetie as that they be not yet cōmitted to Irons nor to streyght prison but to remayne in some conuenient place other than their owne houses and to be found of the goods so seazed accordingly as falleth for their estates till he haue otherwise in commaundemente from the King and what is done herein to certifie into the Escheker the morrowe after the Purification The date of this seconde writte was from Biflet the twentith of December There was lykewise a writte directed to Iohn Wogan Lorde Iustice of Irelande signifying vnto him what should be done in England touching the apprehēsion of the Templers and seazure of their lāds and goodes commaunding him to proceede in Temblable manner against them in Irelande but the day and place when the Sherifes should there assemble was lefte to the discretion of the sayde Iustice and Treasorer of the Escheker there but so as the same might be done before any rumour of this thing coulde be brought ouer out of England thither Also a like commaundemente was sent vnto Iohn de Britaigne Erle of Richmōd Lorde Warden of Scotlande and to Eustace Cotesbache Chamberlayne of Scotland Also to Walter de Pederton Lorde Iustice of West Wales to Hugh Aldigheleygh Alias Auderley Lord Iustice of North Wales and to Roberte Holland Lord Iustice of Chester Thus muche for the Templers But now to other doings in Irelande In the yeere .1308 the .xij. of April 1308 deceassed Peter de Birmingham a noble warriour and one that had bin no small scourge to the Irish The eleuenth of May the Castell of Kennun was brente and dyuers of them that hadde it in keeping were slayne by William Macbalther This Macbalther was after hanged at Dublin The Lord Iustice discomfited 1308 and other of the Irishe and likewise the towne of Courcouly was brente by the same malefactors And the sixth of Iune Iohn Lorde Wogan Lorde Iustice was discomfited neere to Glindelorie where Iohn de Saint Hogelin Iohn Norton Iohn Breton and many other were slayne The sixteenth of Iune Dunlouan Tobir and many other Townes were brent by the Irish Rebels About thys season Iohn Decer Maior of Dublin builded the highe Pipe there Iohn Decer Maior of Dublin and the bridge ouer the Liffie towardes Saint Vlstons and a Chappell of our Ladie at the Friers Minors where he was buried repaired the Churche of the Friers Preachers and euery Friday tabled the Friers at his owne coastes Iohn Wogan hauing occasion to passe into England Burgh William Burgh supplied his roomth vnto whome Kyng Edwarde recommended Peers de Gaueston Piers Gaueston sent into Irelande when contrary to the kings minde he was banished by the Lordes of Englande and about the Natiuitie of oure Lady hee came ouer into Irelande beeyng sente thyther by the King with many Iewels and beside the letters which he brought of recommendation from the King he had assigned to him the commodities royall of that Realme whiche bredde some trouble and bickerings there betwixte Richarde Burgh Earle of Vlster and the sayd Gaueston who notwithstanding bought the good willes of the Souldiers with his liberalitie slew Dermot Odempcy subdued Obren edifyed sundry Castels Causeys and bridges but the next yeere he was reuoked home by the King as in the history of England it may appeare In the vigill of Simon and Iude Lord Roger Mortimer the Lorde Roger Mortimer landed in Irelande with hys wife righte heire to the Seigneurie of Meth as daughter to Piers Genuille that was sonne vnto the Lord Geffrey Genuille whiche Geffrey became a Frier at Trym of the order of y e Preachers by reason whereof the Lorde Mortimer and his wife entred into possession of the landes of Meth. In the yeere .1309 on Candlemas day 1309 Lord Iohn Bonneuille slayne the Lorde Iohn Bonneuill was slayne neere to the towne of Ardscoll by the Lorde Arnold Power and his complices his body was buried at Athy in the Church of the Friers Preachers 1310 In the yeere following at a Parliamente holden at Kildare the Lord Arnold Power was acquit of that slaughter for that it was prooued it was done in his owne defence Shortly after Rowland Ioice the Primate stale by night in his Pontificals from Howthe to the Priory of Grace dieu where the Bishops seruants met him and with force chased him out of the diocesse This Bishop was named Iohn a Leekes and was consecrated not long before hee kept this sturre Richard Earle of Vlster with a greate armie came to Bonrath in Thothmond Sir Richarde de Clare where Sir Roberte or rather sir Richard de Clare discomfited his power tooke Sir William de Burgh prisoner or as some bookes haue the Earle hymselfe Iohn Lacie the sonne of Walter Lacie Iohn Lacy slayne diuers other were slayne The .xij. of Nouēber this yere Richard de Clare slewe .600 of the Galagheghas Iohn Margoghedan was slaine by Omolmoy Also Donat Obrene was murthered by his owne men in Tothemonde 1312 Robert Verdō reyseth a riotous tumulte Iohn Wogan Lord iustice The one and twentie of Februarie beganne a riot in Vrgile by Roberte Verdon for the appeasing whereof an Army was ledde thither by Iohn Wogan Lord chiefe Iustice in the beginning of Iuly but the same was discomfited and diuers men of accompt slayne as Sir Nicholas Auenell Patricke de Roch and other At length yet the sayde Roberte Verdon and many of hys complices came and submitted themselues to prison within the Castell of Dublin abidyng there the Kings mercie The Lord Edmond Butler was made deputie Iustice vnder the Lorde Iohn Wogan who in the lent next ensuing besieged the Obrenes in Glindelowe and compelled them to yeelde themselues to the Kings peace Also in the yeere abouesayde .1312 Maurice Fitz Thomas married the Ladye Katherine daughter to the Earle of Vlster at Greene Castell and Thomas Fitz Iohn married an other of the sayd Earles daughters in the same place but not on the same day for the first of those two marriages was celebrated the morrow after S. Dominikes day and this seconde marriage was kept the morrow after the feast of the assumption of our Lady Also Robert de Bruce ouerthrew the Castell of Man and tooke the Lorde Donegan Odowil on Saint Barnabies day In the yeere .1313 Iohn a Leekes Archbishop of Dublin departed this life 1313 Campion After whose decease were elected in scisme and deuision of sides two Successors Walter Thorneburie Lord Chancellor and Alexander Bignor Tresurer of Ireland The Chancellor to strengthen his election hastily went to sea and togither with .156 other persons perished by Shipwracke The other submitting his cause to the proces of lawe tarried at home and spedde The Earle of Vlsters sonne and heire deceasseth Moreouer the Lorde Iohn de Burgh sonne and heire vnto
the Earle of Vlster deceassed at Galby on the feast day of Sainte Marcell and Marcellian Also the Lord Edmond Butler created .xxx. Knightes in the Castell of Dublin 1314 on Sainte Michaels day being Sunday The Knightes Hospitallers or of Sainte Iohns as they were called were inuested in the lāds of the Templers in Ireland The same yeere was the Lorde Theobalde Verdon sent Lord Iustice into Irelande In the ninth yeere of King Edwards raigne 1315 Edward Bruce inuadeth Irelande Edward Bruce brother to Robert Bruce King of Scottes entred the Northe part of Irelande with sixe thousand men There were with hym diuers Captaynes of high renowne among the Scottishe Nation of whome the chiefe were these the Earles of Murrey and Menteth Captaynes of name with Bruce the Lord Iohn Stewarde the Lord Iohn Cambell the Lorde Thomas Randolfe Fergus de Andressan Iohn Wood and Iohn Bisset They landed neere to Crag Fergus in Vlster the fiue and twentith of May and ioyning with the Irish conquered the Earledome of Vlster and gaue y e English there diuers great ouerthrowes tooke the towne of Dundalke spoyled and brente it with a greate parte of Vrgile Dundalke taken and brent they brente Churches and Abbeyes with the people whome they founde in the same sparing neyther manne woman nor childe Then was the Lord Edmonde Butler chosen Lorde Iustice Edmonde Butler Lord iustice who made the Earle of Vlster and y e Giraldines friends and reconciled himselfe with Sir Iohn Mandeuill thus seeking to preserue the residue of the Realme which Edwarde Bruce meant wholly to conquere hauing caused himselfe to be crowned K. of Ireland The Lord Iustice assembled a great power out of Mounster and Leynister and other parties thereaboutes and the Earle of Vlster with an other armie came vnto him neere vnto Dundalke where they consulted togyther how to deale in defending the countrey agaynste the enimies but hearing the Scottes were withdrawen backe the Erle of Vlster followed them and fighting with them at Coyners hee lost the fielde Thus may wee see that those Lordes and Knightes whiche had giuen pledges for theyr loyaltie to the King of Englande sought by all wayes and meanes howe to beate backe the enimies whiche they mighte haue done with more ease if the Irish had not assisted the Scottes and presuming of theyr ayde rebelled in sundry parts of the countrey who neuerthelesse were oftentimes well chastised for their disloyall dealings as partly we haue touched although wee omitte diuers small ouerthrowes and other particuler matters sith otherwise wee should encrease thys Booke further than our firste purposed intente woulde permitte Campion 1316 Whilest the Scottes were thus holden vp in Irelande that they could not in all things worke theyr willes Roberte le Brews King of Scots came ouer himselfe The King of Scottes in Irelande landed at Cragfergus to the ayde of his brother whose Souldiers most wickedly entred into Churches spoyling and defacing the same of all suche tombes monumentes plate Copes and other ornamentes whiche they founde and myghte lay handes vppon The Castell of Cragfergus after it had bene straightly beseeged a long time Cragfergus deliuered vp to the Scottes was surrendred to the Scottes by them that had kept it till they for want of other vittayles were driuen to eate lether Men e◅ten and eyght Scottes as some write whiche they had taken prisoners The Lorde Thomas sonne to the Earle of Vlster departed this life And on the Sunday next after y e Natiuitie of our Lady Iohn Fitz Thomas the first Earle of Kildare deceasseth y e Lord Iohn Fitz Thomas deceassed at Laragh Brine neere to Maynoth was buried at Kildare in the Church of y e Friers Preachers This Iohn Fitz Thomas a little before his deathe was created Earle of Kildare after whome succeeded his sonne Thomas Fitz Iohn a right wise and prudent personage The fourteenth of September Conhor Mackele and fiue hundred Irishmen were slayne by the Lord William de Burgh and Lord Richard Birmingham in Connagh Also on y e Monday after the feast of all Saintes Scottes ouerthrowen Iohn Loggan and Sir Hugh Bisset slewe a great nūber of Scots among the whiche were .100 with double armours and .200 with single armours so that of their men of armes there dyed three hundred beside footemen The fifteenth of Nouember chanced a mighty tempest of wynde and rayne A great tēpest whiche threwe downe many houses with the Steeple of the Trinitie Church in Dublin and did much other hurt both by land and water The fifth of December Sir Alane Stewarde that had bin taken prisoner in Vlster by Iohn Loggan and Sir Iohn Sandale was brought to the Castell of Dublin 1317 After Candlemas the Lacies came to Dublin and procured an inquest to be impanelled to inquire of their demeanor for that they were accused to haue procured the Scottes to come into Irelande but by that inquest they were discharged and therewith tooke an oth to keepe the kings peace and to destroy the Scots to the vttermost of theyr power In the beginning of Lent the Scottes came in secret wise vnto Slane with twētie thousand armed mē and with them came the army of Vlster destroying all the countrey before them Moreouer on Monday before the Feast of S. Mathias the Apostle the Earle of Vlster lying in the Abbey of Sainte Mary neere to Dublin Robert Notingham Maire of that Citie with the communaltie of the same went thither tooke the Earle The Earle of Vlster apprehended and put him in prison within the Castell of Dublin slew .vij. of his men and spoyled the Abbey The same weeke Edwarde Bruce marched towardes Dublin but heerewith turning to the Castell of Cnocke Hugh Tyrrell taken by the Scottes he entred the same and tooke Hugh Tyrrell the Lorde thereof togither with his wife and raunsommed them for a summe of money The Citizens of Dublin brent all theyr suburbes for feare of a siege and made the best purueyance they coulde to defende their Citie if the Bruce had come to haue besieged them but he turning another way went vnto the towne of Naas and was guided thither by the Lacies cōtrary to their othe From thence he passed vnto Tristeldermot and so to Baliganam and to Callan at length he came to Lymerike and there remayned till after Easter They of Vlster sent to the Lorde Iustice lamentable informations of suche crueltie as the enimies practised in those partes besieching hym to take some order for their reliefe in that theyr so miserable estate The Lorde Iustice deliuered to them the Kings power with his standerd The Kings standerd deliuered to them of Vlster wherewith vnder pretence to expell the Scottes they gote vp in armour and raunging through the countrey did more vexe and molest the subiectes than did the strangers The Scots proceeded and spoyled Casshels and wheresoeuer they lyghte vpon the Butlers lands they brente
and spoyled them vnmercifully In this meane while had the Lord Iustice and Thomas Fitz Iohn Earle of Kildare Richard de Clare and Arnold le Power Baron of Donnoill leuied an armie of thirtie thousande men readie to goe againste the enimies and to giue them battayle but no good was done for about the same time the Lord Roger Mortimer was sent into Irelande as Lord Iustice Roger Mortimer iustice of Irelande and lāding at Yoghall wrote his letters vnto the Lord Butler and to the other Captaynes willing thē not to fighte till he came with such power as he had brought ouer with him Whereof the Bruce being warned retired first towardes Kildare but yet after this he came w tin four miles of Trym where he lay in a wood and lost many of his men through famine and so at length about the beginning of May he returned into Vlster The Lorde Edmonde Butler made greate slaughter of the Irishe neere to Tristledermot Slaughter of Irishmen and likewise at Balitehan hee hadde a good hande of Omorche and slewe manye of hys men 1317 The Lorde Mortimer pacifyed the displeasure and variance betwixt Richarde Earle of Vlster and the Nobles that had put the sayde Earle vnder safekeping within y e Castell of Dublin The Earle of Vlster deliuered out of prison accusing him of certaine riots committed to the preiudice and losse of the Kings subiectes whereby the Scottes increased in strength and courage whose spoyling of the countrey caused such horrible scarcitie in Vlster Scarcitie of vittayles in Vlster that the Souldiers which the yeere before abused the Kings authoritie to puruay themselues of ouer fine diet surfetted with fleshe and Aqua vite all the Lente long prolled pilled insatiably wheresoeuer they came without neede and withoute regarde of the poore people whose onely prouision they deuoured These people nowe liuing in slauerie vnder the Bruce s◅erued for hunger hauing fyrst experienced many lamentable shiftes euen to the eating of dead carcasses The Earle of Vlster deliuered The Earle of Vlster was deliuered by maine price and vpon his oth by the whiche hee vndertooke neuer to seeke reuenge of hys apprehension otherwise than by order of lawe and so had daye giuen him vnto the feast of Natiuitie of Sainte Iohn Baptist but he kept not his day whether for that hee mistrusted to stande in triall of hys cause or through some other reasonable let I can not tell Great dearth A great dearth this yeere afflicted the Irishe people for a measure of Wheate called a chronecke was sold at foure and twentie Shillings and a cronecke of otes at sixteene Shillings and all other vittayles likewise were solde accordyng to the same rate for all the whole countrey was sore wasted by the Scottes and them of Vlster in so muche that no small number of people perished through famine About the feast of Pentecost the Lord Iustice Mortimer tooke his iourney towards Droghda and sent to the Lacies commaunding them to come vnto him but they refused so to do Sir Hugh Crofts slayne wherevppon he sente Sir Hugh Croftes vnto them to talke with them about some agreement of peace but they slew the messenger for whome greate lamentation was made for that he was reputed and knowne to be a right worthy knighte The Lord Iustice sore offended herewith gathereth an army and goeth againste the Lacies whome he chased out of Connagh so that Hugh Lacie withdrewe into Vlster The Lacyes reuolt to the Scottes and there ioyned himselfe with Edward Bruce Wherevpon on the Thursday nexte before the feast of Sainte Margaret the said Hugh Lacie and also Walter Lacie were proclaymed Traytours This yeere passed very troublesome vnto the whole Realm of Irelād as wel through slaughter betwixt the parties enimies one to another as by dearth and other misfortunes Hugh Cannon the Kyngs Iustice of hys bench was slayne by Andrew Bermingham 1318 betwixt the towne of Naas and Castell Marten After Easter Walter Islep Treasurer of Ireland Walter Islep tre◅sorer of Irelande was sent ouer into y e Realme who brought letters to the Lorde Mortimer commaundyng hym to returne into England vnto y e king which he dyd and departing forth of Ireland remayned indebted to y e Citizens of Dublin for his prouisiō of vittayl◅s in the summe of a thousand pounds wherof he payde not one farthing so that many a bitter curse he carried with him to the sea leauing William Archbishop of Casshell Lord Chancellor gouernor of the lande in his place so by this meane was the sayd Archbishop both Chancellor and Iustice and so continued till the feast of S. Michael at what time Alexander Bignor Archbishop of Dublin arriued at Yoghall beeing constituted Lorde Iustice and came to Dublin on Saint Dionise day being y e seuenth of October But here is to be remembred y t a little before the departure of the Lord Mortimer forth of Ireland to witte the fifth of May the Lord Richard de Clare with foure Knightes sir Henry Capell The Lord Richard de Clare slayne Sir Thomas de Naas Sir Iames Caunton and Sir Iohn Caunton Also Adam Apilgard and other to the number of fourescore persons were slayne by Obrene and Maccarthy It was sayde that the enimies in despite caused the Lorde Richardes bodie to bee cut in peeces so to satisfye their malicious stomackes but the same peeces were yet afterwardes buried in the Churche of the Friers Minors at Limerike Also before the Lorde Mortimers returne into Englande Iohn Lacye was hadde foorthe of the Castell of Dublin and carryed to Trim where hee was arreygned and adiudged to be pressed to death and so he died in prison But now to returne vnto the doings in time of Bignors gouernment The Lord Birmingham and other captaines agaynst the Scottes Immediatly vpon his arriuall the Lorde Iohn Birmingham being generall of the fielde and hauing with him diuerse Captaines of worthie fame namely sir Richarde Tute sir Miles Verdon sir Hugh Trippetton sir Herbert Sutton sir Iohn Cusacke sir Edmōd Birmingham sir William Birmingham Walter Birmingham the primate of Ardmagh sir Walter de la Pulle and Iohn Maupas ledde forth the kings power to the number of .1324 able men against Edward Bruce who being accompanied with the Lord Philip Mowbray the lord Walter de Soules the Lorde Alaine Stewarde with his three brethren sir Walter and sir Hugh sir Robert and sir Aymerie Lacies and others was encamped not past two miles from Dundalke with three thousande men there abyding the Englishmen to fight with them if they came forward which they did with all cōuenient speed being as desirous to giue battaile as the Scottes were to receyue it The Primate of Ardmagh The victorie thus obteyned vpon Saint Calixtus day made an end of the Scottish kingdom in Irelande and Lorde Birmingham sending the head of Bruce into Englande or as Marleburgh hath being the messenger himselfe presented
styrring and where I finde rowmth to fight The father in a fume let 〈◊〉 the buylding and forsware to goe any further forwarde in it But yet the want therof and such like hath beene the decay as well of the Sauages as of all the Englishe Gentlemen in Vlster â—â— the lacke also of walled Townes is one of the principall occasions of the rude wildenesse in other partes of Irelande This Sauage hauing prepared 〈◊〉 armie agaynst the Irishe allowed to euerie Souldier before they should buckle with the enimie 〈◊〉 draught of Aqua vite Wine or olde Ale and killed in prouision for their returne Biâ—â—e Vrâ—â—son and fowle great plentie which doing diuers of his captaines misliked bycause they considered the successe of warre to be vncertaine and therefore esteemed it better policie to poyson the cates or to do them away than to keepe the same and happely to feed a sort of rogues with such 〈◊〉 foode if ought shoulde happen to themselues in this aduenture of so fewe agaynste so manye Hereat smyled the Gentleman and sayde 〈◊〉 â–ª ye are too full of enuie This worlde is but 〈◊〉 Anne to the which ye haue no speciall interest but are onely tenants at will of the Lorde 〈◊〉 please him to commaunde vs from it as it were from our lodging and to set other good fellowes in our rowmthes what hurt shall it be for vs to leaue them some meate for their suppers let them hardly winne it and weare it If they enter our dwellings good maner woulde no lesse but to welcome them with such fare as the Countrey breedeth and with all my heart much good may it do them Notwithstanding I presume so farre vpoÌ„ your noble corages that verily my mind giueth me we shal returne at night baÌ„ket our selues with our owne store and so they did hauing slain three M. Irishmen In the yere .1355 deceased Maurice Fitz Thomas Erle of Desmond L. iustice of Ireland 1355 The Earle of Desmond lord iustice deceasseth that had that office of the kings grant for terme of life After him succeeded in y e rowmth Thomas de Rokesby a knight sincere vpright of conscience Thomas Rokesby Lorde iustice His saying who being coÌ„trolled for suffring himself to be serued in treen cups answered those homely cups dishes pay truly for that they coÌ„tein I had rather drinke out of treen cups pay gold siluer than drink out of golde and make woodden payment This yeare began great controuersie betwixt Richard Raufe Primate of Ardmagh 1357 Dissention betwixt the Primate of Ardmagh and the foure orders of Friers and the foure orders of begging Friers which ended at length by the deaths of the sayd Richarde Raufe and Richarde Kilminton in the yeare .1266 Raufe deceassing in the Popes Court and Kilminton in England Almerike de Saint Amand Iohn Three Lorde Iustices or as other haue Iames Butler Erle of OrmoÌ„d and Maurice Fitz Thomas Erle of Kildare were appointed Lord Iustices of Ireland by turâ—…es In Ormonds time and in the .xxxiij. yere of king Edward the thirds raigne Record Tur. order was taken that the Irish Lordes should remaine dwell in their houses vpon the marches to defend the subiects from inuasions of enimies And further proclamation went forth that no mere Irish borne should be made Maior Bailife porter officer or minister in any towne or place within the English dominioÌ„s nor that any Archbishop Bishop Abbot prior or any other being of the kings allegiance vpon forfeyture of al that he might forfeit should aduance any that was mere Irish borne to the rowmth of a Canon or to haue any other ecclesiasticall benefice that lay among the Englishe subiects To Maurice Thomas Erle of Kildare when he was ordeyned Lord Iustice The Earle of Kildare Lorde iustice the kings letters assigned in yearely fee for his office fiue hundred poundes with condition that the sayde gouernor should find .xx. great horses to serue in the field he himself to be the twentith man in going agaynst the enimie whiche alowance and conditions in those dayes so farre as I can gesse should seeme to be ordinarie to the office Lionell Duke of Clarence Lionell Duke of Clarence sonne to king Edward the third came ouer into Ireland to be lord Iustice there He was in right of his wife Erle of Vlster He published an inhibition to all of the Irish birth not once to approch his army nor to be in any wise imployed in seruice of the warres He vanquished Obren but yet sodenly no man vnderstaÌ„ding how an hundred of his souldiers were wanting as they lay in garison the losse of whoÌ„ was thought to be occasioned by that displeasant decree afore rehearsed wherevpon he tooke better aduise and receiued the Irish into like fauor as other lieutenants had them in before that present shewing a tender loue towards them all so euer after prospered in his affayres He created diuerse knights as Preston now knowne by the name of the familie of Gormaunston Holywood Talbot Eâ—…sar De la Hide Patrike Robert and Iohn de Fraxinis All these being Gentlemen of worthie fame in chiualrie The Eschequer he remoued to Catherlagh bestowed in furnishing that towne .v. C. pounds In the yeare .1362 1362 Iohn de Saint Paul Archbishop of Dublin departed this life the fifth Ides of September And in the yeare following was Tho. Minot consecrated Archbishop of y t place 1367 The Lorde Winforde lieutenant Gerald Fitz Maurice Erle of Desmond was appoynted Lord iustice vntil the comming of the Lord William Winsore the first lieutenant in Ireland who came ouer in the yeare .1369 This Winsore called a Parliament at Kilkenny 1369 Record Turris A Parliament A Subsidie in the which was graunted to the king a subsedie of three thousand poundes to be leuyed of the people subiects to the king in that land and in an other Parliament holden by him at Balydoill they graunted two thousande poundes to be likewise leuyed Which sayde summes were graunted of the mere and free good willes of the Nobles and Communaltie of the lande towardes the maintenaunce of the Kings expences in his warres Yet the King in the .xliij. yeare of hys raigne directing his letters vnto the sayde Lorde Wynsore commaunded him to succease from leuying the foresayde money although afterwardes he commaunded againe that the arrerages should be leuyed and payde to his lieutenant the sayde Winsore The third pestilence in Ireland made away a great number of people in the yeare .1370 Mortalitie of people 1370 The Lord Gerald Fitz Morice Earle of Desmond and the Lord Iohn Fitz Richard and the Lorde Iohn Fitz Iohn and many other noble men were slaine by Obren Conhur and Mac Conmâ—â—d of Thomond in the moneth of Iuly In the yeare .1372 1372 Sir Richarde Ashton lorde iustice sir Richarde Ashton was sent ouer to be Lorde Iustice in Irelande In the yeare following
MouÌ„ster and had taken a ring from the Image of S. Patrike which the Erle of Desmond had offred and giuen it to his lemman Many other crymes were layd to him by the sayd Bishop of Lismore and Waterford which he exhibited in writing Also in the same Parliament there rose coÌ„tention betwixt Adam Pain bishop of Clone an other prelate whose church he would haue annexed vnto his see At length after the Parliament had continued for the space of xviij days it brake vp Herewith came newes of y e slaughter of the Lord Tho. of LaÌ„caster duke of Clarence y t had bin L. The Duke of Clarence slaine in Fraunce lieutenant of Ireland vpoÌ„ the .vij. of May certaine of the Erle of Ormondes men were ouerthrown by the Irish nere to the Abbey of Leys xxvij Englishmen were slain there of whom the chief were two geÌ„tlemeÌ„ the one named Purcel the other Grant Also .x. were takeÌ„ prisoners and two C. escaped to the foresayde Abbey so sauing themselues About the same time Mac Mahun Mac Mahun an Irish lord did much hurt within the couÌ„try of Vrgile by burning and wasting all afore him Also vpon the morrow after Midsommer day the Erle of Ormond Lord lieutenant entred into the Countrey about Leys vpon Omordris for the space of foure dayes togither did muche hurt in sleaing and spoyling the people till the Irish were glad to sue for peace ¶ Henrie the sixt LIeutenants to Henrie the sixt ouer the realme of Irelande were these Edmonde Earle of March and Iames Erle of Ormond his deputy Iohn Sutton Lord Dudley sir Tho. Strange knight his deputie Sir Thomas Stanley and sir Christofer Plunket his deputie Henry Marleâ—… Thys sir Thomas Stanley on Michaelmasse day Here endeth Marleburgh and all that foloweth is taken out of Campion in the twelfth yeare of King Henrye the sixth wyth all the Knightes of Methe and Irrell fought agaynste the Irishe slue a greate number and tooke Neill Odonell prisoner Lion Lord Welles the Earle of Ormonde his deputie Iames Earle of Ormonde by hym selfe Iohn Erle of Shrewesburie and the Archbishop of Dublin Lorde Iustice in his absence Richard Plantagenet Duke of Yorke father to King Edwarde the fourth and Earle of Vlster had the office of Lieutenaunte by the Kings letters patents during the tearme of tenne yeeres who appoynted to rule vnder him as his deputies at sundry times the Baron of Deluin Richarde Fitz Eustace Knight Iames Earle of OrmoÌ„d and Thomas Fitz Morice Erle of Kildare To this Richard Duke of Yorke and Vlster then resident in Dublin Campion out of the Records of Christs Church George Duke of Clarence borne at Dublin Iacke Cade was borne within the Castell there his secoÌ„d sonne the Lord George that was after Duke of Clarence his Godfathers at the fontestone were the Erles of Ormond and Dismonde Whether the commotion of Iacke Cade an Irishman borne naming himself Mortimer and so pretending cosinage to diuers noble houses in this land proceeded from some intelligeÌ„ce with the Dukes friends here in Ireland it is vncertayne but surely the Duke was vehemently suspected and immediately after began the troubles whiche through him were reysed Whyche broyles being couched for a time the Duke helde himselfe in Ireland being lately by Parliamente ordeyned protector of the Realme of Englande he left his agent in the Court his brother y e Erle of Salisburie Lord Chancellor to whom he declared the troth of the troubles then towarde in Ireland which letter exemplyfyed by Sir Henry Sidney Lorde Deputie a greate searcher and preseruer of antiquities as it came to Campions hands and by hym set downe we haue thoughte good likewise to present it here to your viewe To the right worshipfull and with all mine hart intierly beloued brother the Earle of Salisburie The copie of a letter RIght Worshipfull and with all my harte intierly beloued brother I recommende me vnto you as hartily as I can And like it you to witte sith I wrote last vnto the King our Soueraigne Lorde his highnesse the Irish enemie y t is to say Magoghigam and with him three or foure Irishe Captaynes associate with a greate felowship of English Rebells notwithstandyng that they were within the King our Soueraygne Lord his peace of greate malice and againste all truth haue maligned against their legiance and vengeably haue brent a great towne of myne inheritance in Meth called Ramore and other villages thereaboutes and murthered and breÌ„t both men womeÌ„ and children withouten mercy the whiche enimies be yet assembled in Woods and fortes aweighting to do the hurt and greeuance to the Kings subiects that they can thinke or imagine For whiche cause I write at this tyme vnto the Kings highnesse and beseeche his good Grace for to hasten my payment for this lande â—â—rding vnto his letters of warrant nowe late directed vnto the Treasorer of Englande to the intente I may wage men in sufficiente number for to resist the malice of the same enimies and punish them in such wise that other which wolde do the same for lacke of resistance in time maye take example For doubtlesse but if my paymente be had in all hast for to haue men of warre in defence and safegard of this land my power caÌ„not stretch to keepe it in the â—…ings obeysance and very necessitie will compell me to come into England to liue there vpon my poore liuelyhood for I had leuer be dead than any inconuenience â—â—oulde fall therevnto in my default for it shall neuer bee chronicled nor remayne in Scripture by y e grace of God that Ireland was lost by my negligeÌ„ce And therefore I beseeche you right Worshipfull brother that you will holde to your handes instantly that my paymente may bee had at thys time in eschewing all inconueniences For I haue example in other places more pitie it is for to dread shame and for to acquit my troth vnto the Kings highnesse as my duetie is And thys I pray and exhort you good brother to shewe vnto his good grace and that you will be so good that this language may bee enacted at this presente ParliameÌ„t for mine excuse in time to come Roger Roe and that you will be good to my seruant Roger Roe the bearer of these and to my other seruaunts in such things as they shall pursew vnto the kings highnesse and to giue full faith and credence vnto the report of the said Roger touching the sayde matters Right worshipful and with all my hart intierly beloued brother our blessed Lorde God preserue and keepe you in all honor prosperous estate and felicitie and graunte you righte good life long WritteÌ„ at Dublin y e .15 day of Iune Your faithfull true brother Richarde Yorke Of suche power was Magoghigam in those dayes who as he wan and kept it by the sworde Magoghigam his power so nowe his successors in that state liue but as meane
yeares and nowe I am resolued day by day to learne rather howe to die in the feare of god than to liue in the pompe of the worlde I thinke you will not be so braine-sicke as to stabbe your selfe through the body only to skarrifie my skinne with the poynt of your blade Wherefore my sonne consider that it is easie to raze and harde to buylde and in all your affayres be schwled by this boorde that for wisedome is able and for the intier affection it beareth your house will be founde willing to lesson you with sounde and sage aduise For albeeit in authoritie you rule them yet in counsaile they must rule you My sonne you know that my late maimes stirffeth my talke otherwise I would haue grated longer on this matter For a good tale may be twise tolde and a sounde aduise eftsoones iterated taketh the deeper impression in the attentiue hearet his minde But although my fatherly affection requireth my discourse to be longer yet I trust your good inclination asketh it to be shorter and vpon that assurance here in the presence of this honourable assembly I delyuer you thys sworde Thus he spake for his last farewell with trickling teares and hauing ended he stoode Kildare sayleth into Englande embraced the Counsaile committed them to God and immediately after he was embarked But although with his graue exhortation the frozen heartes of his aduersaries for a short spirt thawed yet notwithstanding they turned soone after all this gay Gloria patri to a further fetche His oration misconstrued saying that this was nothing else but to dazell their eyes with some lugling knacke to the ende they shoulde aduertise the king of his loyall speeches adding further that he was too too euill that coulde not speake well And to force the prepensed treasons they layde to his charge with further surmises they certified the counsaile of Englande that the Erle before his departure He is accused for taking the king his artillerie furnished his owne Piles and fortes with the King his Artillerie and Munition taken forth of the Castel of Dublin The Erle being examined vpon that article before the Counsaile although he answered that the fewe potte Gunnes and Chambers hee tooke from thence were placed in his Castell to strengthen the borders agaynst the inroades of the Irish enimie and that if he intēded any treason he was not so foolish as to fortifie walles and stones and to commit his naked bones into their hands yet notwithstanding he deliuered his speeches by reason of his Palsey in such staggering and maffling wise that such of the Counsailes as were not his friends perswading the rest that he had sunke in his owne tale by imputing his lisping and dragging answere rather to the guilt of conscience than to the infirmitie of his late maime Kildare committed had him committed vntill the king his pleasure were further knowne But before we wade any further in this matter for the better opening of the whole ground it woulde be noted that the Earle of Kildare among diuerse hidden aduersaries Kildare his chiefe enimies had in these his later troubles foure principall enimies that were the Belweathers and Caterpyllers of his ouerthrow as in those dayes it was commonly bruted Iohn Alen Archbishop of Dublin The first was Iohn Alen Archebishoppe of Dublin a Gentleman of a good house Chanlayne to Cardinall Woolsey and after by the Cardinall his meanes constituted Archbishop of Dublin a learned Prelate a singular good Cānonist a good householder of the people indifferently beloued and more woulde haue bene had he not ouerbusied himself in supplanting the house of Kildare And although it were knowne that his firste grudge towards the Giraldines proceeded from the great affection he bare his Lorde and maister the Cardinall insomuch as he would not sticke were he able for the pleasuring of the one to vndoe the other yet suche occasions of greater hatred after ensued namely for that hee was displaced from beeyng Lorde Chauncellour and Croomer the Primate of Armache by Kildare his driftes setled in the office as notwithstanding the Cardinall his combe were cut in England yet did hee persist in pursuing his woonted malice toward that seat Sir Iohn Alen knight The seconde that was lynked to this confederacie was sir Iohn Alen Knight first Secretarie to this Archbishop after became mayster of the Rolles lastly Lorde Chauncellor And although sir Iohn Alen were not of kinne too the Archebishop but onely of the name yet notwithstandyng the Archebishop made so greate reckenyng of him as well for his forecaste in matters of weyght as for hys faythfulnesse in affayres of trust as what soeuer exployte were executed by the one was foorthwith deemed to haue bene diuised by the other Thomas Cannon The thirde of this crewe was Thomas Canon Secretarie to Skeffington who thinkyng to be reuenged on Kildare for puttyng his Lord and maister beside the Cushen as hee surmysed was very willyng to haue an Oare in that Boate. The fourth that was suspected to make vp the muster Robert Cowly was Robert Cowly first Baylife in Dublin after seruaunt to the Ladie Margaret Fitz Giralde Countesse of Ormond and Ossorie lastly maister of the Rolles in Ireland and finally hee deceassed at London This Gentleman for his wisedome and policy was very inwarde with the Lady Margaret Countesse of Ossory as one by whose aduise shee was in all hir affayres directed Whervpon some suspicious persones were perswaded and brought in mynde that hee was the sower of all the discorde that rested betweene the twoo bretherne Kyldare and Ossory as though her coulde not hee rooted in the fauour of the one but that hee must haue professed open hatred to the other These foure as byrdes of one feather were supposed to bee open enimies to the house of Kyldare bearyng that sway in the common wealth as they were not occasioned as they thought eyther to craue the friendshippe of the Giraldines or greatly to feare theyr hatred and enmitie There were beside them diuerse other secrete vnderminers who wrought so cunningly vnder the thumbe by holdyng with the Hare and runnyng with the Hounde as if Kyldare had prospered they were assured theyr malice would not haue bene in maner suspected but if hee had bene in hys affayres stabled then theyr fine deuises for theyr further credite shoulde haue bene apparented Wherefore the beauyng of hys backe friendes not onely furnished but also manifested by Kildare the Lorde Thomas being Lorde Iustice or vice Deputie The L. Thomas enkindleth the Alens agaynst him in his father hys absence fetcht both the Alens so roundly ouer the hippes as well by secrete driftes as open tauntes as they were the more egerly spurrde to compasse his cōfusion For the Lord Iustice and the Counsayle with diuerse of the Nobilitie at a solemne banquet discoursing of the auncientie of houses and of theyr armes sir Iohn Alen spake to the Lorde Iustice these
Ambition setteth one brother agaynst another 3. 5 Anninus 3. Antragh 78 Ardscollburnt 46 Articles agreed vpon in the counsel at Casshil 10 Arthur Mac Murrow ouercome by Iames erle of Ormond 71 Arthure king of Brytaine had the Irish in subiection and tooke tribute of them 5 Articles of agreement betweene Rotherick Monarke of Ireland and Dermote king of Lunster 23 Arundell Lord of the Stand his yerely reuenues in Henrie the fourth his dayes 68 Athessell burnt 57. Athione castell burnt 53 Aylmer Girald chiefe Iustice 99. his conference with king Henrie the eight of the disorder of Irelande 106 B. BAlimore burnt 49 Ballioll Edw. king of Scots doth homage 46 Balram Lord of Enford his yearely reuenues in Henrie the fourth his dayes 68 Banchor 12 Barnevale of Beerehauen his yearely reuenues in Henrie the fourth his dayes 68 Barnewell Lorde of Trinieston surrendereth the sword to sir William Skeffington 97 Barod Lord of the garde his yearely reuenues in Henrie the fourth his dayes 68 Barby Thomas Maior of Dublin 85 Barre Philip. 39 Barre Robert a valiant Gentleman 23 Bard de Nelan an Irish Richmour 93 Bartolenus 1. Barre Robert 23 Bath William of Dollardestowne his wordes 96 Battail of Ardineigh 57. Battail of Knoctone 75 Battaile agaynst the Giants 2 Bedlow Iohn 65. Bedlow of the Roche 80 Bonneuille Iohn 51. Beterley Walter 66 Bignort Alexander Archbishoppe of Dublin â–ª 56. erecteth an Vniuersitie 57 Birmingham Walter his notable act 65 Birmingham Iohn vanquisheth the Scottes 57 is made erle of Louth 57 is made L. iustice 58 Birmingham Peter 50 Birminghams famous captaines 57 Bisset Hugh 55 Bishops how they were elected 20. maryed Byshops 13 Bithi one of the first finders out of Ireland 1 Blanchfield a Citizen of Dublin slaine 7â—… Blake Iohn Maior of Dublin 75 Boice his wordes to the Erle of Kildare 7â—… Bothum William Archbishop of Dublin 47 Boureate castle 60. Bounaght 74 Brennus king of Brytaine called into Ireland 4 Brewse Philip. 31. Bren Obren 60 Brendan Abbot 12 Brereton William knight landeth with his souldiours 90. sommoneth the castell of Maynoth scaleth the walles and aduaunceth his standarâ—… on the highest turret 97. hee is left to defende Dublyn against the rebels 99. skirmisheth with the rebelles 100 Brytayne Iohn Erle of Richmonde Lord Warden of Scotlande 50 Britons when first they entred Ireland 4 Bride Saint hir life 11 Broughtâ—…n Thomas knight 75 Bruce Edwarde brother to the king of Scottes inuadeth Irelande and causeth himselfe to bee crowned king 52. his actes there 53.55 slaine at the battaile of Ardmagh 57 Bruce Robert king of Scottes landeth in Irelande â—…4 Bruce Robert 52 Burgh William 70 Burgh Thomas 60.65 Burghes and Birminghams 54 Burgh William 51.55 Burgh Rich. erle of Vlster besiegeth Athlone 46. is taken prisoner 47. inuadeth Scotland 48 Burkeyns 67 Burnell Iohn of Balgriffin 9â—… executed at Tyburne 99 Butler Iames eldest sonne to the Erle of Ossory his letter to the Lorde Fitz Gâ—…ralde 91. hee is wounded by the rebels 93 Butler Iames Earle of Ormonde marcheth to Dublin with a great power 77. is pursued by the Citizens into Saint Patrickes church 78 his description ibid. Butler Iames Lorde of Ormonde vanquisheth Omore and his horrible armie 71. his famous exploytes 7â—… Butlers fauourers of the house of Lancaster 4 Butler Piers Erle of Ossorie marieth Margaret sister to the erle of Kildare 79. slayeth Iames a bastard Butler ibid. is appoynted Lord deputie 80. accuseth the erle of Kildare 83 Butler Edmonde his exploytes 52.55 Butler Thomas 59 Butler Walter made Erle of Vlster 44.45 Butler Theobalde 44 Butler Iames knight Lord Treasorer â—…5 C. CAlfe Henrie 49 Caltropes straweâ—… by the Irish to annoy the Danes at their landing 17 Cannon Thomas 90 Carew .63 the Marques Caro his yearely reuenues 68 Cardinals sent to king Henrie the seconde â—â— Carausius 8 Caraticus king of Britaine 14 Cashels spoyled by the Scottes 55 Cotesbach Eustace Chamberlaine of ScotlaÌ„d 50 Catholicus Archbishop of Thomond 30 Catherlaghe 64 Cathgur Oconthir king of Connagh 45 Cantreb what it is and by whome inuâ—…aded 3 Canute slaine at the siege of Dublin 18 Caâ—…nton Dauid knight 4â—… Caucocke Thomas L. Chancellour of Irelande coÌ„secrated vi of Imaley kepeth a great feast 49 Celestine 9 Celsus bishop of Ardmagh 12 Cenanus first a man of warre then a bishop 12 Cesara nece to Noe first finder out of Ireland 1 Charter of Ireland confirmed by Parliament 67 Christian bishop of Lismore summoneth a prouinciall counsaile in Ireland 20 Christ church steeple in Dublin quite burnt 46 Citrius Prince of Dublin 46 Clare Thomas sine Obrenroth king of Tholethmond 45. dyeth 46 Clare Richard discomfiteth Richard earle of Vlster with a great armye 51. slayeth 600. of the Galagheghas ibid is slaine 56 Clergie denounceth cursing agaynst the breakers of their allegiance to the king of England 35 Clentars field 19. Cocherings 74 Cogan Miles a valiant knight captaine of Dublin repulseth the enimies from the siege thereof 26. his good seruice in the ciuill warres agaynst king Henrie the seconde 37. is ioyned in commission with William Fitz Aldelme lieutenant of Ireland ibid. trayterously slaine 39 Cogan Richard 39. Cokesey Hugh 70 Colton Iohn Archbishop of Ardmagh 66 Colmolm castel taken 72. Commissioners sent into Irelande to examine the controuersies betweene the Earles of Kildare and Ossorie 81 Commissioners sent into Irelande by king Henrie the second 35 Combat 71 Comyn Iordayne slayeth Maritagh Oconguir king of Offalie 48 Combat chalenged by certain French knights 42 Commissioners sent into Ireland â–ª to examin such as were suspected with the Lord Fitz Giralde his rebellion 104 Contention for preheminence of churches 40.51 Con Oneale beareth the sworde before the Lorde deputie 81 Conereth a sauage people of Ireland 12 Conthurus 23 Conway Iohn knight president of Vlster 11 Corbi what it signifieth 67 Corke the reuenues of the Baronies within the same 68. wasted by Reymond le Grace with the English armie 36 Cormacke Mack Dermote Mack Rori ioyneth with the Lorde Iustice and vanquisheth Odonill the Irish enimie 44 Councell at Grenocke 45 Councell of the cleargie holden at Cashill 30 Countesse of Vlster a cruell woman 61 Cowes belly 100 Cowly Robert Baylife of Dublin after maister of the Rolles in Ireland 90 Crauley Thomas Archbishop of Dublin a great benefactor his death and description 70 Cragfergus besieged by the Scottes and yelded to them 55 Cromuder primate of Ardmagh 85. his description 91. his good exhortation to the Lorde Fitz Girald at his reuolting 92 Crauly Thomas Archbishop of Dublin chosen Lord Iustice 69 Crathlinth king of Scottes 8 Croftes Hugh 56 Cumin Archbishoppe of Dublin 40. buildeth the kings castell there 44. he foundeth S. Patricks church 44 Curcy Iohn conquereth Vlster 38. his fiue battails ibid he rebelleth and is taken 42. his stout answere to king Iohn ibid. his act before king Iohn the French k. his death descriptioÌ„ 43 Curcy Lord of Kelbretton his reuenues 68 Cusacke
Iohn 57. Cusacke Adam 45 D. DArcy Iohn L. Iustice inuadeth ScotlaÌ„d 6 Daris 11 Dearth great 47 Deceter Richard 4 Decer Iohn maior of Dub. a great benefactor 51 Delahide Iohn 93 Delahide Walter knight and the lady Genet Eustace his wife 99.100 Delahide Iames principall counsaylor to the lord Fitz Girald in his rebellion 91.93 flieth into Scotland and there dieth 101 Dela a Grecian his fiue sonnes with a power coÌ„quere Ireland 3 Dermote king of Cork submitteth himself to HeÌ„rie the seconde 2.29 Derwarth castell buylded 41 Dermote king of Desmonde with a great power is discomfited in battail 33. is expelled out of his countrey by his sonne and restored by Reymond le Grace 36 Donate Bishop of Dublin 46 Donald prince of the vpper Ossorie 23.26 Donald prince of ThomoÌ„d besiegeth Limerick 35 playeth the periured traytour 3â—… Doubrothy Abbay founded 39 Donalde prince of Limericke submitteth himselfe to Henrie the second 29. discomfiteth the Dublinians 33. rebelleth and is subdued 38 Donate Obren 52. Donegan Odowill 52 Dowdall Iohn sherif of Louth slaine 66 Downe 11 Dowish Abbay founded 44 Dradargh y e marchaÌ„ts thereof inuade ScotlaÌ„d 67 Drake Iohn Maior of Dublin his worthie exployte 66 Dublin fired by a policie and so won by the Danes 16. againe won and rifled by the Danes 17. taken by siege againe by the Danes ibid. againe wonne by the Danes 18. founded by Iuorus an Easterling 19. subdued by the Englishe armye vnder the leading of Maurice Fitz Girald 24. taken by Dermote king of Lemster by assault 26. assaulted by the Norwegians but defended ibid. besieged by an huge power of Irishmen 27 assaulted by Ororicke king of Meth. 28. defaced by fire 45. a great part burnt 4â—… indicted by the Popes Legate 79. besieged by Thomas Lorde Fitz Girald and his rebels 94. the Maioraltie and officers of the citie 60 Dublinians inuade Scotland and Wales 67. slay and take a great nuÌ„ber within Obren his countrey 65. rushe into Saint Patrikes churche in warlike maner 78. are discomfited by Fitz Girald and his rebels 91. their youth are takeÌ„ prisoners by the rebels 95. they vanquish the Rebelles 95 Dubtactus Saint Brides father 11 Duffe Adam an heretike burnt 58 Dundenolfe 25 Dundalke taken and burnt by the Scots 52 Dunlouan burnt 51 E. EAsterlings trade into Ireland 19. build diuers townes ibid. what they are ibid. Earthquake 45 Edward the first writeth to the Irish Lords 47 Edward the second writeth to the Lorde Iustice of Ireland 58 EnglishmeÌ„ reuoked forth of Ireland by Edict 26 Eschequer remoued 64 Eustace of Ballicutlan 92.96 Eustace Ienet 99 Eustace Rowland knight 74 F. FIeld Iames of Luske 93 Field Thomas of Paynestowne 95 Fernes fouÌ„ded 12. Ferrando William 25 Ferguse king of Scottes drowned 8 Fernis castell taken and burnt 57 Fergusius 3. Fiftenth graunted 45 Finean 1.12 Fingall spoyled 91 Fitz Girald Thomas eldest sonne to the erle of Kildare Lord deputie to his father 89. his answere to sir Iohn Aleyns taunt 90 the occasion of his rebellion and his procedings 91.92.93.94.95.96 his stratagemes 99. he is executed 101. his description ibid. Fitz Giralde Marie 102 Fitz Girald Elenor. 102 Fitz Thomas Morice Erle of Kildare his seruice at the siege of Calais 63. his allowance being Lord Iustice what it was 64 Fitz Morice Girald erle of DesmoÌ„d slain 64 Fitzgiralde Girald restored to the Erledome of Kildar 102. his adueÌ„tures in his youth in France Flaunders and Italy 102.103 Fitz Giralde Richarde his prophecye of the Cowes bely 100 Fitz Giralde Maurice one of the chiefe conquerors of Irelande his pedegree 22. hee sayleth into Ireland with a power 24. his dealings ibid. and. 31. his death 38 Fitz Giralde Morice his sonne 44.45 Fitz Giralde Morice Earle of Desmonde drowned 45 Fitz Roger William Prior of the knightes hospitallers taken 45 Fitz Stephens Raufe trayterously murthered 39 Fitz Stephens Robert one of the chief conquerors of Irelande his pedegree 22. passeth into IrelaÌ„d with a power 23. his proceedings there 27. 28. his description 38 Fitz Aldelme Lord Deputie his description 37. his dealings 38 Finglasse chiefe baron 91 Fitz Simons Iohn Mutor of Dublin his good seruice in repulsing the Moores 80. his answere to the Bishop of Meth. â—…5 he vittayleth the castell of Dublin 92 Fitz Simons Patricke his woorthie exployte 80.91 Fitz Simons Tho. recorder of Dublin 84 Fitz Giralde Margaret hir doings and description 79.81 Fitz Girald of Lexlip 81 Fitz Thomas Iohn the first Earle of Kildare 55. falleth out with Vescie Lord Iustice c. 44 Fitz Thomas Morice Earle of Desmonde his troubles 39.60.62.63 Fitz Morice Morice 45 Fitz Giralde Bartholomow 92 Fitz Giralde Iohn knight 92 Fitz Girald Olmer 92 Fitz Girald Iames Walter Oliuer Iohn Richarde apprehended 100. executed 101 Fitz William Iohn 65 Fitz Thomas Morice captaine of the Irish at Stoke battaile 75 Fitz Giralde Giralde Erle of Kildare Lord Deputie to Edwarde King Richarde the thirde his sonne 74. and to Henrie duke of Yorke 75. a fauorer of Lambart and Parkyn warbecke ibid. vanquisheth the Irish at Knoctowe fielde ibid. his aunswere to Boice one of his Gentlemen 78. his aunswere at his examinatioÌ„ before Henrie the seuenth 78. his death and description 79.78 Fitz Girald Giralde his sonne Earle of Kildare Lorde deputie his victories agaynst the Tooles and Ocorell c. 79. his accusations examinations and aunsweres before the Counsaile 82.83.84.85 his exhortation to his sonne 89. hee dyeth in the Tower 101. his wish before his death his attainder 105 Flerings Richard Archbishop of Dublin 49 Forthred castell buylded 40 Fraxinis Iohn 64 Frecell gouernour of Waterford slaine 34 Fridley king of Denmark inuadeth IrelaÌ„d and winneth Dublin by a policie 16 Frotho king of Denmarke hys voyage into Irelande 17 G. GAlas Primate of Ardmagh 31 Galloghlasses 98 Gandius 3 Garbaneles 3 Gathelus a Grecian arriueth with his people in Irelande 4 Gaueston Peirs sent into Irelande 51. his proceedings there ibid. Gegathus 17 Geischell Castell razed 49 Genandus 3 George duke of Clarence his byrth 73 Geffrey Monmouth 7 Gernon Iames. 93 Giantes 2. are vanquished in battaile 3. they preuaile ibid. are vtterlye rooted oute of Irelande ibid. Gillemeholmoche 29 Giraldus Cambrensis his first coÌ„ming into Ireland 39.40 Giraldines fauourers of the house of Yorke 74.44 Glenbury ouerthrow 45 Goderius king of Limster 2 Gormaunston family whence 64 Gregorie king of Scottes â—… Griffin 31 Gurguntius king of Brytaine 4.5 Gurmundus 14.16 Guâ—â—o K. of Denmark dyeth for sorow 18 H. HAco a Danish Captaine 17 Hamertons Captaynes of the Englishe footemen flame 96 Harolde the king of Denmarks son and his brother Knought inuade Irelande 18 Hastings Philip. 51 Hastulfe with an armye of Norwegians assaulteth Dublyn 26. is taken prisoner and for hys intemperate talke beheaded 27 Hauerings Richard Archb. of Dublin 49 Hector Boetius the Scot excused 7 Henrie the seconde obteyneth Pope Adrians licence to attempt the coÌ„quest of Irelande 21. hee sayleth into
Irelande 29. Roderick the Monarke and all the Princes of the whole Ilande they of Vlster onely excepted acknowledge him supreme Prince of all and become his liegemen 30 he feasteth al the Irish princes and calleth a Sinode of the Cleargie ibid. he appoynteth Captaines for the safe keeping of the countrey and returneth into England 31 Herbert Francis Alderman of Dublin sent to king Henrie 92 Hermion slayeth his brother Hiberus 5 Heruie de Monte Mauriseo rewarded by Dermote king of Lemster 23. taketh vpon him to lead the souldiours 33. enuieth Reymonde le Grace and styrreth king Henrie agaynst him 35. his description 37 foundeth the Abbey of DoÌ„brothy and becommeth a Monke 39 Hibernia why so called 5 Hiberus the Spaniard his arryuall in Irelande 22 Holland Robert lord Iustice of Chester 50 Holywood 64 Hollande sent Captaine to maister Salisburie 97 Hostages deliuered to be kept within the castel of Dublin by the lords of Ireland for their loyaltie to king Henry the second 53 Howard Thomas erle of Surrey and after duke of Norffolk is appoynted lieutenant 80. repulseth the Moores readie to inuade the Englishe pale ibid. his prayse ibid. is bound for the Erle of Kildare 83 Hussey Iohn a trustie and a valiant esquire his worthie exploit 54. his successors made Barons of Galirim ibid. I. IAcke Cade 73. Iohn a Leekes 5â—… Iohn sonne to king Henrie the second after king of Englande sent into Irelande 40.41 slayeth hir nephew 42. his voyage into Irelande 43. or his surrender thereof into the Popes handes 44 Iohn be in Mare 47. Iohn of Guesham 47 Iohn de Saint Paule 46 Ioiâ—…e Rowlande 51 Irelande by whome first inhabited â—… 3 conquered by the Grecians and 〈◊〉 by them 3. inuaded and spoyled by the Sâ—…ithians 4. how it was named ibid. conquered by the Spaniards 5. subiect to Arthur king of Britayn ibid. deuided by the Spaniards ibid. inuaded and conquered by the Norwegians 14. inuaded by the Danes .16 againe inuaded by the Danes 17. again inuaded by the Danes ibid. again by them ibid. againe by them 18. subiect to Henry the second 29. giueÌ„ by him to his son Iohn after king 40. giuen to Edwarde sonne to Henrie the third 44. inuaded and wasted by the Scottes 5â—… Irish franklings their behauiours 40 Irishe their outrages in time of Parliaments 70 Irish borne 64. Iâ—…p waker 56 Iuorus an Easterling fouÌ„der of Dublin 1â—… K. KArreck castell built by Fitz StepheÌ„s 24 Kemwrike Shereman Maior of Dublin a great benefactor 63 Kemun Castell burne 50 Kemni castell razed by the L. lieutenant 70 Kormacke Oletham sonne to the Prince of Desmonde committeth his father to prison 36 Keruill gouernour of the Irish men slain 〈◊〉 battaile by the Danes 17 Kettle Alice a Witch 58 Kildare Castel taken 47 Kilkenny the Suburbes walled by Robert Talbot 70 Knocâ—…ow field 75. Knights created 47.52 Knought sonne to Gurino king of Denmark slaine at the siege of Dublin 18 L. LAcy Iohn 51 Lacy Hugh 31. buildeth diuerse fortresses 39. and. 41. his good gouernment and descriptioÌ„ 40. is trayterously murthred 41 Lacy Richard made Lord deputie buyldeth dyuarse Castels 40 Lacye Huge the yonger rewarded with the Erledome of Vlster his acres 43. dyeth without issue male 44 Lacy Walter Lorde of Meth dyeth 44 Lacies their behauiour enquired of by an inquest impanelled 55. their traiterous practises with the Scottes ibid. proclaymed traytors 56 Laigria 1 Lambert the counterfeit erle of Warwike 75 Languinna 2. Laogerius 5.11 Laurence Archbishop of Dublin 26.46 Lech Iohn 49. Legate from Rome 79 Lemster Irish their outragious actes 59 Lenrouse Thomas 102.103 Letters from the Duke of Yorke to the erle of Salisburie 73 Letters of priuate seale 79 Letters from the Lorde Butler to Thomas Fitz Giralde 91 Ley towne burnt 49 Liberties called in what proceeded therof 61 Limerick by whoÌ„ founded 19. takeÌ„ by Reymond le grace 35. besieged 36 burnt ibid. Lionell duke of Clarence his mariage 60 he commeth into Irelande 64. his dealings there ibid. Lismore spoyled 33. Liuery 74 Loggan Iohn 55. Lorde Louell 75 Lordes of Ireland deliuer hostages 53 Luttrell chiefe Iustice of the coÌ„mon place 92 M. MAc Adam Mac Gilmore 67 Mac Nèmorre 75 Mac William 75. Mac Mourche 70 Mac Mahun 72. Macgolagh 67 Machelan 29. Machalther 50 Macgilinor Hugh slaine in a Church 68 Mac Coghlan 46 Macbuayn 10 Mac Carey 45. Madock 12 Maginors 69. Maggohigam 73 Maynoth Castell fortified by the rebels 96 besieged by Skeffington Lorde Deputie and betrayed 97 Maureuar Thom. baron of Serin slaine 70 Malachias 13.12 Malchus 13 Mandeuile Lorde of Barenselly his yearely reuenues in Henrie the fourth his dayes what 68 Mandueuile Iohn 52.53 Mandeuile Thomas knight 54 Maurius king of Britaine 6 Maritagh Oconghuir K. of Offaly slain 48 Mariges made for y e increase of amity 34.69 Martyrs of Ireland 12 Maurice de Prendelgast 22 Maupas Iohn 57 Meiller his valiancy 23.28 one of the chiefe conguerours of Irelande 37. his description ivid Kildare giuen to him 40 Melbrick king of Ireland slaine 17 Melingus 12 Mellesunt Abbey founded 24 Men eaten for want of vittailes 55 Marlyn his prophecie fulfilled 30 Meth. why so called 3. spoyled by Dermotè king of Lemster 26. giuen to Hugh Lacy 31. spoiled by Radericke K. of CoÌ„nagh 32 Metropolitane Seas in Irelande which 20 Miles of Saint Dauid 35 Minot Thomas Archbishop of Dublin 64 Molossian hound 8 Monark of Ireland how he was reputed 20 Moores inuade the English pale 20 Morice king of Meth his wife abused 21 Morice Archbishop of Castell his answere touching the martyres of Irelande 12 Mortimer Roger Lorde of Meth. 51. is discomfited by the Scots 53. is made Lorde Iustice 55. chaseth the Lacies out of CoÌ„nagh 56. is slaine by the Irish 65 Mount Salanga 2. Muridus 9 N. NAuiculeri littus 1. Neale 4 Neal the great Monarch of Ireland 9 Neil Odonel takeÌ„ prisoner by six Thomas Stanley Lord Lieutenant 72 Nemodus wyth his foure sonnes sent into Irelande 3 Nigelius 12 Nobles of IrelaÌ„d in king Edward the first his dayes 47 Norwegians inuade Irelande 14. are expulsed 15 Norwagth burnt by Philip Stanton 46 Notingham Robert Maior of Dublin apprehendeth the Erle of Vlster and spoyleth y e Abbey of S. Mary nere to Dub. 55 O. OBren king of Thomond slaine 49 Obren 64 Obrenroth king of Thomond slaine 45 Oconghur king of Connagh 54 Ocaruell 29 Oconther his victories 69.70 Odempsi 71.49 Odoles 69 Offali chase 46. Oghgard burnt 67 Ohedian Rich. Bishop of Cashel accused 72 Okeroll 67. Okely 54.70 Oleyn Edmond 99. Omachealewy 29 Omalaghlilen King of Meth his policie to saue his daughters chastitie 14 Omalaghlen king of Ossorie 29 Omolinoy 51. Oinore 17 Onalan Castell buylded 40 Oneale 45 Oneale Con. 81. his rebellions 83.85.106 Onolan 67. Ophelan 29 Oration of the Lord Fitz Giralde at his reuolting 91 Oration of a Scithian Prince to the king of Irelande 6 Oration of Omalaghlilen 15 Oration of Crommer Lord Chancelor 92 Originall
of nations vncertaine 1 Orlasius 13 Ororicke king of Meth assaulteth Dublin 29. is slaine 32 Oscheles 49. Otadhesi 29 Othurtheli 29. Otothell 59 Othaell breaketh his othe 70 Oute Richard 44 Outlaw Roger Prior of Kilinaynam Lord Iustice accused of heresie 58. maketh his purgation 59 P. PAladius 10 Parese Christopher betrayeth Maynoth 97. is beheaded 91 Parliament at Kildare 51. at Kilkenny ibi at Dublin 60.61.62 at Kilkenny 64. at Balidoill ibid. at Dublin 66 c. Patricke Saint his whole life 10 Patricius 20. Pederton Walter 50 Poet what it is 11 Perkin Warbecke 75 Pestilence great whereof it came 3. agayne 64. againe ibid. Peter pens 38. Phelanes 41 Phelin Oconher 44 Picts arriue in Ireland 6. plant themselues in the Bles of Orkeney 7. When they first came to inhabite Brytaine ibid. their couenants with the Irishe for the succession of their kings ibid. they fall out with the Scottes 8 Piphard Raufe 45. Plebs towne burut 57 Poetes fables how they haue bene taken ◅ Poole Cardinall 103 Power Dominicke sent to the Emperour Charles the first 101 Power 39. Power Walter 48 Power Eustace his voiage into Scotlād 48 Preston 64 Prior of Kilmaynain 71.69 Prior of Conall 67 Prouinciall Councell 20 Pulle Walter 57 Q. QVestions propounded by the Nobles of Ireland to king Edward the third 61 Quinio and Liuerey 74 R. RAndon Castle destroyed 45. burnt 5◅ Randoll Coronell of the English bands his monument 46 Rebellion when first attempted in Ireland 19. moued by marchaunt straungers ibid. the ende thereof 92. moued by Thomas Fitz Girald 91 Reguli or Reges what they are taken to bee amongst the Irish 20 Reynold Charles sent to the Pope from the Lorde Fitz Giralde 101 Reymond le Grace is sent ouer into Irelād from Erle Strangbow with a power 25. buildeth a fort at Dundenolf is resisted by the Citizens of Waterforde and discomfiteth them ibid. is sent into France to king Henry the seconde 26 is infierly beloued of the souldiour 33. discomfiteth the king of Desmond ibid. as ioyned in commission with Erle Strangbow in the gouernment of Ireland 32. returneth into Walts 33. is sent for into Irelande by Earle Strangbow and marieth the Ladie Basil sister to the Earle 34. subdueth Donalde King of Limericke and taketh the Citie 35. is enuied for his glorious victories and suspected of king Henry ibid. rayseth the prince of Thomond frō the siege of Limerick 36 is made Lieutenaunt of Ireland his description 37 Richard the seconde king of Englande goeth ouer into Irelande 65. taketh homage of diuerse Lords and Princes of Vlster ibi returneth into Englande ibid. passeth the second time ouer into Irelād with a great nauy 65 commeth to Dublin ibid. returneth ibid. Richard Archbishop of Dublin resigneth by reason of a vision he saw in his sleepe 50 Richarde Duke of Yorke his Letter to the Erle of Salisburie 73 Roche Lord of Poole Castell his yearely reuenues in Henry the fourth his dayes 68. Rodorick a Scithiā prince arriued with his people in Ireland 6. his oration to the K. of Ireland ibid. he sayleth with his people into Scotland and is there slaine ibid. Roe Roger. 73 ◅okesbye Thomas Lorde Iustice his worthy saying 63 ◅osglas Abbey founded 39 Roscoman castell destroyed 45. repayred and fortified ibid. won by the Irish ibid. Rothericke Ochonor king of Connagh and Monarke of Irelande 21. his agreement with King Dermote 23. he causeth Dermotes sonnes head to bee striken off 26. hee submitteth himselfe to Henrie the seconde 30. hee ouerrunneth Meth and razeth the Castels 36 Roukes Edward a Captaine rebell 93. taketh and English Barke 96. is hanged 99. Ruanus how long he liued 3 Rutheranius 3 Ruthurgus Bartolenus his sonne the first finder out of Ireland 2 Ruthurgi stagnum Ruthargus his Poole 2 S. SAgandus 3 Saint Bride and saint Colme 11 Saint Patrikes in Dublin founded 40 Saint Dominicks hill 2 S. Marie Abbey beside Dublin erected 24 Saints in Ireland 11.12 Saint Patricke his life 10 Sayling vnknowne before Noes floud 1 Salanus one of the first finders out of Irelande 2. Salisburie Captaine 96 Sanforde Iohn Archbishop of Dublin 46 Sauage Robert his prayseworthie answers and exploytes 63 Sauage Patricke 67 Scithians lande in Ireland and with great outrage spoyle the Countrey 4 Scligath Castel builded 44. destroyed 45 Scorch William whereof it came 44 Scottes inuade Irelande 52. they are vanquished in battaile 57 Scottes when they first entred Brytayne 7 expulsed thence 9 Scotland inuaded by the Citizens of Dublin 67. by the marchants of Drodagh and prayes and pledges taken ibid. by the Irish 48. by Darcie Lord Iustice 61 Scotia maior and Scotia minor 9 Scrope Stephen Lorde Deputie to Thomas of Lancaster lieutenant 66. his wiues vow and his good chaunge therevpon ibi inuadeth Mac Murches land 67. dieth 69 Saint Paule Iohn Archb. of Dublin 63 Sidney Henry knight Lorde deputie repayreth Erle Strangbowes tombe and erecteth a monument for captaine Randoll 46 Silken Thomas 83. Simond Ric. priest 74 Sketffington William knight L. deputie his answer to the Recorder of Dublin his Oration 34. discharged and againe made lord Deputie 96. besiegeth the castell of Maynoth kept by the rebels winneth it 97. dyeth at Kilmaynam 100 Slanius the first Monarke of Ireland 3 Slane destroyed by the Scottes 55 Suibdanus 17 Sunne is thought to stande still 67. another time 71 Spaniardes first arriuall in Ireland 4. they conquer it 5 Stanton Philip. 46 Stanton Dick his good seruice when the rebels besieged Dublin 95 Stercater a Giaunt with the Danes inuadeth Ireland 17 Starius 3 Staples Edward Bishop of Meth. 84 Statutes of Kilkenny and Dublin confyrmed by Parliament 67.68 Steney Lord of Baltmore his yerely reuenues in Henrie the fourth his dayes 68 Stephē de LOng Espee Lord Iustice 45 Stoning Nicholas Archb of Ardmagh 66 Stragnus 2 Strangbow Rich. Erle of Pembroke one of the chief conquerors of Ireland his couenants with Dermot K. of Lemster 22. his request to Henry the second 24. his voyage itno Ireland with an army and his victories and proceedings there 25.26.27.28 is made the first Lord deputie of Ireland 32 his death and description 33 Subsidies graunted 64.70.71.72 Sutton Gilbert steward of Wexfor slain by the Irish 48 Sutton Herbert knight a worthy captain 57 T. TAffy Richard 46. Talbot 64 Talbot Iohn Lord Furniuall 70 Talbot Richarde Alderman of Dublyn deliuered to the rebels for an hostage 96 Talbot Robert a right noble man walleth the suburbes of Kilkenny 70. 70 Talbot Robert of Belgard 81 Teling Nicholas 46 Teling Iohn a captaine rebell 92.93 Temples when they beganne and how they were suppressed 50 Tenthes of the spirituall liuings in Ireland damaunded by the Pope 4◅ Tardienatus Monarke of Ireland 20 Thira Q. of Denmark hir policy in discouering to the King the death of his sonne 13 Thomas of Lancaster son to K. Henrie the fourth cōmeth into Irelād 69. putteth the erle of Kildare vnder arrest ibi is woūded and hardly
escapeth with life ibi is slain 72 Thomas erle of Desmond attainted of treason and beheaded 74 Thornebury Walter L. Chancelour elected Archbishop of Dublin drowned 52 Tirrel Hugh L. of Enocke castell with his wife taken by the Scots raunsomed 55 Tresteidermote castell builded 40 Trippitton Hugh knight 57 Tuesday fortunate to the coÌ„querors of Irelande 35.36 TurgouÌ„us with his Norwegians subdue Ireland 14. is slaine by a policie 14.15 Tute Richarde 57 V. VAriance betweene the Giraldines Butlers and Birminghams on the one side and the Powers and Burghes on the other 58 Variance betweene Kildare and Ormonde whence it proceded 77 VariaÌ„ce betwene y e Scots picts for a dog 8 Verdon Miles a valiant captaine 57 Verdon Robert raiseth a riot in Vrgile discomfiteth an army led thither by the Lord Iustice submitteth himself to prison 52 Verdon marieth Margareth one of y e daughters of Walter Lacie Lord of Meth. 44 Vesey Wil. L. Iustice appeacheth Iohn erle of Kildare of felony flieth into France is disenherited of all his lands in Kildare 47 Vesta 22 Vffert Raufe made L. Iustice 62. his rigorous dealings 62. is euill spoken of ibid. is excused ibid. Victorie too cruelly vsed 3 Vlster the reuenues thereof in K. Edwarde the thirds days 9. conquered by Curcy 38 giueÌ„ to Hugh Lacy the yonger 43. the inhabitants therof vpon the Scots inuasion of Ireland vex the subiects worse than the enimie 55. wholy possessed by the Irish 75 Vniuersitie of Dublin 57 Vriell inuaded by Oneale 85 Waffer Nicholas a Captain rebell 92.93 Wales inuaded by the Citizens of Dublin 67 Waldeley Robert Archbishop of Dublin 64 Walles townes lack occasioÌ„ of the rude wildnesse in Ireland 63 Walshe Walter Robert Walsh and Maurice Walshe captaine rebels 93 Walshe Robert 102.103 Warres betwixt Lacy and Marshall 44 Warres betwixt the Englishe of Meth and Offerolle 64 Warres betwixt the Burghs Giraldius 45 Waterford founded by Amilanus on Easterling 19. the Citizens resist Reymonde le Grace but are viscomsited and drowned 25 assaulted won by earle Strangbow ibi Welchmen their valiancie 22.23 Wetherham Abbey founded 44 Wexford besieged by Dermote king of Lemster and yeelded to him 23. giuen by him to Fitz Stephens and Fitz Girald 23. burnt 28. giuen to Erle Stangbow by Henrie the second 32. the Citizens kill 400. of the Irish rebels 59 White Iohn Conestable of Dublin Castell his good seruice 91 White Robert rayseth an vprore in Dubl 85 Wikeford Robert Archbishop of Dublin 64 William Erle Marshall marieth the daughter and heyre of Erle Strangbow 37 William Erle of Vlster murthered 60 Winter very tempestuous 31 Witches 58 Wolsey Cardinall an enimie to the Giraldines 81. hee chargeth the Erle of Kildare with treasoÌ„s 82. he sendeth a mandatum to the Lieutenant of the Tower to execute the Erle 84 FINIS Faultes and ouersightes escaped in the printing of the Hystorie of Scotlande Page .2 line .7 for .30 rede 36. 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vniuersitas vestrae quòd nos recipimus in protectione custodia nostra totam terram Henrici Regis Angliae charissimi fratris nostri in cismarinis partibus sitam si contigerit eum in Angliam transfretare vel peregrê proficisci Itae plane vt quando balliui sui de terra transmâ—…rina nos requifierent bona fide sine malo tagenio eâ—… consilium auxilium prastabimuâ—… 〈◊〉 euisdem terrae defâ—â—siâ—â—em protectionem Actâ—â— apud Niciâ—â—â—…as The Englishe whereof is thus Lewis King of Fraunce to all those to whom these present letters shall come Knowe all you that we haue receyued into our protection and custody all the landes of Henry K. of Englande our deere brother set and being in these parties of this side the sea if it chance him to passe ouer into England or to goe any way forth from home so that when his Bailifes of his lands on this hither side the Sea shall require vs wee shall help them and councell them faithfully and withoute male engine for defence and protection of the same laÌ„ds Giuen at Nicens Shortly after King Henry returned into Englande from Normandy and at Woodstocke made his sonne Geffrey Knighte This yeare Pope Alexander sente into all partes Legates to summon the Bishops and Prelates to a generall Counsell to be holden at Rome in the beginning of the Lent in the yeare next following A general couÌ„sel summoned at Rome There came therefore two Legates into England the one named Albert de Suma who had in commission to summon them of EnglaÌ„de and Normandy and the other was cleped Pietro di Santa Agatha appoynted to summon them of Scotland Ireland and the Iles about y e same wherevpon obteyning licence to passe through the King of Englands dominions he was constreyned to sweare vpon the holy Euangelists that hee shoulde not attempt any thing in his Legateship that might be hurtfull to the King or his Realm and that he should come and visit the King again as hee returned homewards This yeare on the sunday before the natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist being the eighteenth of Iune Gerua Dorâ—… after the setting of the Sunne there appeared a maruellous sighte in the aire vnto certaine persons that beheld the same For whereas the newe Moone shone foorth very faire with his horns towardes the east A strange sight about the Moone straighte wayes the vpper horne was deuided into two out of the middes of whiche deuision a brenning brand sprang vp caâ—…ting from it a farre off coales and sparkes as it had bin of fire The body of the Moone in the meanetime that was beneath â–ª seemed to wrast and writh in resemblance like to an adder or snake that had bin beaten and anone after it came to the olde state agayne This chanced aboue a dosen times and at length from horne to horne it became halfe blacke In September following the Moone beyng about seuen and twentith dayes olde at sixe of the clocke the Sunne was eclipsed not vniuersally A straÌ„ge eclips of the Sunne but particularly for y e body thereof appeared as it wer horned shoting y e hornes towards y e West as the moone doth being twentie dayes olde The residue of the compasse of it was couered with a blacke roundell whiche comming downe by little and little threw about the horned brightnesse that remained til both the hornes came to hang down on eyther side to the earthwards and as the blacke roundell went by little and little forwardes the hornes at length were turned towards the West and so the blacknes passing away the sunne receiued hir brightnesse againe In the meane time the aire being ful of cloudes of diuers coulours as red yellow greene and pale holp y e peoples sight with more ease to discerne the maner of it An. Reg. 25. Rog. Houe 1179 A strange wonder The K. thys yeare held his Christmas at Winchester at whiche time newes came abroade of a great wonder that hadde chaunced at a place called Oxenhale within y e Lordship of Derlington in which place a part of the earth lifted it selfe vp on height in apparance like to a mighty Tower and so it remained from nine of the clocke in the morning till the euen tyde and then it fell downe with an horrible noise so that all suche as were neighbours thereabout were put in great feare That peece of earth with the fall was swallowed vp leauing a greate deepe pitte in the place as was to bee seene many yeares after Laurence Archbishop of Dublin and Catholicus the Archbishoppe Tuamon with fiue or sixe other Irish Bishops and diuers both Byshoppes and Abbots of Scotlande passed through England towardes the generall counsell and withall tooke their oth that they shoulde not procure anye domage to the Kyng or Realme of Englande There went but only foure Bishops out of England to witte Hugh Putsey or Pudsey Byshop of Durham Iohn Bishop of Norwich Reignald Bishop of Bath and Robert Bishop of Hereford beside Abbots for the English Bishoppes firmely stoode in it that there ought but four Bishops only to goe foorth of England to any generall councell called by the Pope Richard de Lucy Lord chiefe Iustice of Englande deceasseth This yeare after Richard de Lucy Lord chiefe Iustice of England gaue ouer his office and became a Chanon in the Abbey of Westwood or Lesnos which he had founded built vppon his owne ground endowing it with great reuenewes and in Iuly after he dyed there A Parliament at Windsoâ—â— After whose decesse King Henry the father called a Parliamente at Windsore at the whiche was present King Henry the sonne and a greate number of Lords Earles and Barons At this Parliament order was taken for pertition of y e Realm so that it was deuided into foure partes certayne sage personages being alotted vnto euery part to gouerne the same Ranulfe de Glanuille but not by the name of Iustices albeit that Ranulfe de Glanuille was made ruler of Yorkshire and authorised Iustice there as he that best vnderstood in those dayes the auncient lawes and customes of the Realme The eighteene day of August the Moone was eclipsed The Moone eclipsed The French K. commeth a madding to visit the Archbishop Beckets tombe which was seene of King Henry and hys company as he rode all that night towards Douer there to meete the Frenche King that was coÌ„mâ—…ng towards England to visit the tombe of the Archbishop Thomas Becket as hee hadde before time vowed He landed at Douer the .22 daye of August There came ouer with him Henry Duke of Louayne Philip Earle of Flaunders Baldwine Earle of Guines Erle William de Mandeuille and dyuers other Earles Lordes Barons and Knightes King Henry was ready to receyue him at the water side and the morrowe after broughte hym with greate honor vnto Canterbury where they were with due reuerence and vnspeakeable ioy receiued of the Archbishop Richard and diuers
ouer vnto Caleys wher he found Philippe Earle of Flaunders readie to receyue hym who attended vppon him tyll he came into Normandie where the kyng helde his Christmasse at Burun immediately he came to an enterviewe with the French king at Eue S. Remye 1190. Vadum sancti Remigit A league betvvixt the kinges of England and Fraunce where they concluded a peace together to bee kepte betwixte them and their countreys on eche parte the whiche was put in writyng and confirmed with their othes and seales in the feast of Saincte Hillarye And furthermore aboute the Purification of our Ladye Eleanor the Queene mother and the Lady Alice sister to the French kyng Rog. Houede Baldwyne the Archebishop of Canterbury Iohn bishoppe of Norwiche Hugh Bishop of Durham Geffrey Byshoppe of Wynchester Reginalde Bishoppe of Bathe William Bishoppe of Elye Huberte Bishoppe of Salisburye and Hugh Bishoppe of Chester with Geffreye the electe of Yorke and Iohn Earle of Mortaigne the kynges two bretherne by commaundement of the Kyng passed ouer into Normandye to commen with him before his setting forwarde Some write that nowe at this presente the Kyng shoulde ordeyne or rather confirme the Bishoppe of Elye his Chauncellour to be Lorde chiefe Iustice ouer all Englande and the bishop of Durham to bee Lorde Iustice from Trente Northwardes But when soeuer they were thus aduaunced to suche dignities Contētion betvvixte tvvo ambitious Byshops true it is that immediatly thervpon stryfe and discorde did aryse betwixt them contending which of them shuld bearemost rule authoritie in so muche y t what soeuer seemed good to the one the other mislyked therof as in cases where parteners in authoritie are equall it often hapneth But those controuersies are nowe decided and all matters betweene them lykely hereafter to moue contention appeased by the king Moreouer at the same time he caused his two brethren Earle Iohn and the Electe Archbishop of Yorke Geffrey to take an othe not to return into England during the terme of .iij. yeres next ensuing without his consent licence first had This he didde foreseeing what myghte happen prouiding as it were agaynste suche practises as his brethren might haply attempt against him But yet his mother Queene Eleanor procured him to reuoke that decree immediatly least it myght seeme to the world that hir sons should stande in feare one of an other Earle Iohn licenced to returne into Englande And so the Erle of Mortaigne was licenced to returne into England at his pleasure swearing an othe at his departure to obey the kings pleasure and truly to serue hym accordyng to the duetie of a good and loyal subiect The Bishop of Ely lord Chauncellor and chiefe Iustice of Englande was also sent back hyther into this realme to set forward thyngs behouefull for the kings iourney And in like maner the king sent to Rome to obteyn that the said bishop of Ely mighte be constituted the Popes Legate through bothe the Prouinces of Canterbury and Yorke The bishop of of Elye returneth and likewyse thorough Wales and Ireland Which was soone granted by the bulles of Pope Clement the third bearing date the .v. of Iune For the which office the Bishops gaue him .1500 markes to the greate offence of the king as he shewed afterward to Cardinal Octauiā y e came to visit him when he arriued in the riuer of Tyber being vpon his iorney towards Messina as after may appere But in y e mean time calling togither y e lords peeres of those his dominions on y e side the sea to wit Polidor Normādie Britain Aniou Poytou Guyen he cōsulteth with them what number of soldiors and howe many shippes it should bee conuenient for hym to take with hym and furnishe into Asia and herewith he dothe commaunde them also to obey Robert Earle of Leycester whome he appointed to remayn amongst them as his Lieutenaunt or vicegerent of those parties during his absence But here to leaue king Richard in consultation for matters apertayning to his iourney and shewe briefly what happened by the way to the Iewes whiche as then dwelt here in Englande after that king Richarde was passed ouer into Normandie Ye haue hearde alreadie howe after the ryotte committed againste them at London VVil. Paruus when the king was crowned the king toke order that they should remayn in peace vnder his protection and commaunded that no person shoulde in any wise molest them But nowe after that he was gone ouer and that the Souldiours whiche prepared themselues to follow him beganne to assemble in routes the heades of the common people began to waxe wylde The hatred borne to the Ievves and fayne would they haue had some occasion of reysing a newe tumulte agaynst the Iewes whome for theyr vnmercyfull vsurye practised to the vndoyng of many an honest man they moste deadly hated wyshing most earnestly their expulsion out of Englande Herevpon by reason of a riot committed lately against them at the towne of Linne in Norfolke where many of them were slayne other people in other partyes of the Realme takyng occasion hereof as if they hadde bin called vp by the sounde of a bell or Trumpette arose agaynst them in those Townes where they had any habitations and robbed and bet them after a disordered and most riottous manner On the morowe those that were saued called out to the people and not onely shewed how and after what sorte their fellowes were dispatched but also offred to bee baptysed and forsake theyr Iudaisme if they myght haue theyr liues saued from the imminent and present daunger wherein they sawe themselues to be wrapped thorough the furie of the people To be short thys thyng was graunted and they came foorthe howbrit they were no sooner entred into the prease but they were all slayne and not one man of them preserued After this also the people ranne to the Cathedrall Churche and broke into those places where theyr bondes and oblygations laye by the whyche they hadde dyuers of the Kynges subiectes bounde vnto them in moste vnconscionable sorte and for suche detestable vsurye as if the Authours that wryte therof were not of credite would hardly be beleeued All whyche Euydences or bondes they solemnely burned in the myddest of the Churche After whyche eche went his way the Souldiours to the king and the commons to their houses and so was the Citie quieted This hapned at Yorke on Palmsunday men being the .xvij. of Marche and vpon the .xv. of that moneth those that inhabited in the towne of Saint Edmunds Burye in Suffolke were sette vppon and manie of them slayne The residue that escaped thorough the procuremense of the Abbotte then named Sampson were expulsed so that they neuer had anye dwellings there since that tyme. Thus were the Iewes vnmercyfully dealte with in all places in maner through this realme the first beginning wherof chaunced at London as before ye haue heard and the next at
of the Erle of S. Giles wherein is to be noted y t with the precinct of the premisses thus graunted to king Richard v. Archbishops seas and. xxxiij Bishops seas are included Howbeit the truth is that the Emperour neuer had possession of these countreys cities and townes himselfe neither would the inhabitants receyue any person so by him appoynted to theyr Lorde and gouernour wherefore the king made smal account of that his so large graunt But after that he once vnderstood the certaintie of the summe that he shuld pay for his raunsome which businesse he most attended he dispatched one with letters by and by and in great hast into Englande to his treasorers Polidor requiring them with all conuenient speede to prouide money and to sende it to him by a day that hee might be set at libertie with speede Rog. Houed Order taken for leuying money to pay the kings raunsome These letters being come to the Queene mother and other that had charge in gouernaunce of the realme tooke order that al maner of persons as well spirituall as temporall should giue y e fourth part of their whole reuenues to theÌ„ for that yeare accrewing and as much more of their moueable goodes and that of euery knights fee there should be leuied the summe of xx s. Also that religious houses of the order of the Cisteaux Sempringham shoulde giue all their woolles for that yeare towards the kings raunsome and those that had coÌ„mission to leuie this mony The hard dealing of officers in the collection vsed much straightnesse in exacting it not onely leuying it to the vttermost value and extent of mens landes goodes and possessions but after their owne willes and pleasures so that vnder colour of the kings coÌ„mission and letters to them directed there seemed not a tribute or subsedie to be raysed but by some publike proclamation all the goodes and substance of the people to be appoynted as a pray to the kings officers Church iewels whereby it came to passe that not onely priuate mens goodes but also the Chalices Iewels and vessels belonging to the church were turned into money a farre greater summe made than was at the first commaunded a great part of the ouerplus being conuerted to the vse of those through whose handes the receipt passed There was no priuiledge nor freedome allowed to exempt any person or place for beeing contributorie towardes the payment of thys money The order of Cisteaux that were neuer charged with any payment before were now assessed more deeplye than the rest The Bishop of Norwich lamenting the iniurious dealings of the petty officers The 〈◊〉 Norwiâ—… â–ª and pitying the people of the Church collected halfe the value of all the Chalices within his Diocesse himselfe and to make vp the other halfe of the whole sume he spared not to giue a great portion of his owne treasure The Abbot of Saint Albones acquit all those Churches within the compasse of his iurisdiction The Alâ—… Saint Alâ—… by the gyft of an hundred Markes The Biâ—… Chester But the Bishop of Chester had very yll lucke with his collections for hauing gathered a great summe of money to the kings vse he was spoyled thereof in one night as he lodged neare vnto Canterburie being on his iourney towards the king Mathewâ—… Clere. bycause Mathew de Cleere that lay in the Castel of Douer was knowne to ayde those that robbed the sayd Bishop the Archbishop of Canterburie pronounced him accursed About this tyme and on the morrow after the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist Rog. Hâ—… The Biâ—… of Elie. the Byshop of Ely Lord Chancellour arryued in Englande not shewing himselfe in any statelyke port for hee tooke vppon him neyther the dignitie of Chancellor nor Legate nor yet of Iustice but onely as a simple Bishoppe and Messenger sent from the king The Queene mother the Archbishop of Rouen and suche other as had gouernment of the lande hearing of his comming mette hym at Saint Albones where hee shewed to them the Emperours letters conteyning the agreement made betwixt him and king Richarde and withall appoynted certaine Lordes and Barons to goe with him at his returne backe to the king as Gilbert Bishop of Rochester Sifrid Bishop of Chichester Bennet Abbot of Peterborow Rychard Earle of Clare Roger Bigotte Earle of Norffolke Geffrey de Saye and dyuerse other It was also ordeyned at this same tyme that the money gathered towarde the payment of the kings raunsome shoulde remaine in custodie of Hubert Bishop of Salisburie Richarde Bishop of London William Earle of Arundell Hamelyne Earle of Warrenne and of the Maior of London vnder the seales of the Queene mother and of the Archbishop of Rouen but see the happe of things whilest eche one was thus occupied about the aforesayde money it chaunced Anno â—… VVil. Pâ—… that king Richarde was at poynt to haue beene deliuered into the handes of his deadly aduersarie the French king after this maner The Emperour vpon displeasure conceyued against the Bishop of Liege which lately had atteyned to that benefice coÌ„trarie to the Emperors pleasure who wished the same rather to an other person hyred certayne naughtie fellowes to goe into Fraunce where the Bishop remayned for feare of the Emperors malice and there to finde meanes trayterously to slea him The bishop of â—…iege murâ—…hered which they accordingly did by reason wherof the Duke of Lonaigne that was brother to the Bishop and other of his kinsmen vpon knowledge had therof ment to haue made the Emperour warre in reuenge of that murther Insomuche that the Emperour to haue the Frenche Kings ayde agaynste them was mynded to haue delyuered king Rycharde vnto him howbeit after that the matter was taken vp and a concorde made betwixt the Emperour and his nobles he chaunged his purpose also touching the deliuering ouer the King Richarde who perceyuing that tyll his raunsome were payde which woulde amounte to the summe of an hundred fiftie thousand Markes he should not get libertie and putting greate confidence in the dexteritie and diligence of Hubert bishop of Salisburie whome hee sent as yee haue heard into England to deal for the leuying of the same he thought good to aduaunce the same Bishop to the Metropolitane Sea of Canterburie which had bene vacant euer sith the decease of the Archbishop Baldwin that died as ye haue heard in the holy land â—…Vil Paruus Herevpon wryting to the Byshops of the realme and to the Monkes of Canterburie he required them to proceede to the election of an Archbishop for that Sea and withall commended vnto them the foresayde Hubert as a man most sufficient and meet for that roumth He wrote likewise to the Queene to further that matter â—…ubert Bishop Salisburie â—…cted Arch-â—…ishop of Canterburie and easily hereby obteyned his desire For shortly after the same Hubert was elected by the Bishops and Monkes which assembled togither for that
of graund assises that were of an hundred Shillings lande or vnder and of defaultes and of dyuers other things the Iurates were charged to enquire and present the same Also the Iustices were appointed to cause the manours fermes and laÌ„ds which the King held in demayne or by wardes and escheates to bee surueyed by a substantiall Iurie and to take order for the conuerting of them to suche vse as the Kyng myght be aunswered of the gaynes rysing by the same at the Fermers handes Also the Iewes were appoynted to enrolle all their debtes pledges lands houses Iewes rentes and possessions Moreouer Iustices Sherifes and other officeâ—… there was inquisition taken of Iustices Sherifes Bailifes Connestables Foresters and other officers belonging to the Kyng to vnderstande in what manner they hadde behaued theÌ„selues in takyng and seasing of things into their handes and of all suche goodes giftes and promises hadde and receyued by occasion of seasure made of the landes of Earle Iohn and his fautors and who receyued y e same Hubert Arâ—…bishop of Canterbâ—… Lorde chieâ—… Iustice and what delay was graunted by commaundemente of Huberte Archbishoppe of Caunterbury then Lorde chiefe Iustice In this meane tyme whylest these inquisitions were thus taken in Englande King Rycharde comming foorth of Poictow into Anion Officers 〈◊〉 to fine for their officeâ—… The King offended 〈◊〉 the Lorde Chauncellâ—… caused all the Baylifes and officers of that countrey and also of Mayne to fyne with hym for theyr offices and after this when hee came downe into Normandy he seemed in apparance to bee offended with his Chauncellour the Byshoppe of Elie about concludyng of the truce with the Frenche Kyng where as ye haue heard hee was chiefe commissioner misliking greatly all that was done therein and therefore hee tooke the seale from him and caused a newe Seale to bee made commaunding to be proclaymed thorough all his dominions that whatsoeuer hadde bin sealed with the olde Seale shoulde stande in no force both for that his Chauncelloure hadde wroughte more vndiscretely than was conueniente and agayne bycause the same seale was lost when Roger Malus Catulus hys vice-chauncelloure was drowned who perished amongst other by Shipwracke A new seale neere to the Isle of Cipres before the Kyng arriued there beeyng as then on hys iourney into the holye lande Therefore all menne hadde commaundemente to come to this new seale that would haue theyr charters and writings confirmed Furthermore whilest the truce yet lasted king Richard sayled ouer into England Mat. Paris The king returneth into Englande He graunteth the englishe men liâ—…ence â—…o turney where he caused turneys to bee exercised in dyuers places for the better trayning of men of armes in feates of warre that they might atteyne to be more skilfull and perfect in the same when they shoulde come to the triall of their forces whereby hee raysed no small summes of money for graunting licence to his subiectes so to tourney Euery Earle that woulde tourney payde to hym for hys licence twentie markes Rog. Houedeâ—… Fynes payde not licence to exercise turâ—…mentes euery Baron tenne markes and euery Knighte hauyng landes dyd gyue foure markes and those that hadde no landes two markes The charter of this graunte was delyuered by the Kyng vnto William Earle of Salisburie to haue the keeping thereof but Huberte Walter the Archbishoppe of Caunterbury and Lorde chiefe Iustice made his brother Theobald Walter collector of the money The tenor of the charter was as followeth RIcharde by the grace of God Kyng of Englande Duke of Normandy and Aquitayne and Earle of Aniou to the reuerende father in Christ Hubert Archbishop of Caunterbury and priuate of all England sendeth greeting Know ye that we haue graunted that tournaments may be kept in Englande in fiue steedes to witte betwixte Sarisburie and Wilton betwixt Warwike and Kenelworth betwixte Stanforde and Warmeford betwixt Brackeley and Nixburgh betwixte Blie and Tickhill so that the peace of our land be not broken nor our Iusticiers authoritie deminished nor anye domage done to oure Forrestes and that Earle that will turney there shall giue to vs twentie markes and a Baron tenne markes and a Knighte that bathe landes shall gyue foure markes and hee that hathe no lands shall gyue two markes Moreouer no straunger shall hee admitted to tourney there wherevpon wee commaunde you that at the day of the turneying ye haue ther two Clarkes and two of oure Knightes to receyue the othe of the Earles and Barons whyche shall satisfye vs of the sayde summes of money before the turneying begin and that they suffer none to turney til before they haue made payment and haue caused to be entred how much and of whom they haue receyued and yee shall take tenne markes for thys charter to oure vse whereof the Earle of Salisbury and the Earle of Clare and the Earle of Warren are pledges witnesse my selfe at Ville Leuesche Bishops town the two and twentith of August Thus as yee haue heard for feare of y e Censures of the Churche were the pledges restored and the residue of the money behynde releassed Thys thyng was to King Richarde bothe pleasaunt and also profitable for his soule healthe as may bee thoughte bycause hee tooke occasion thereof to amend his owne former life by considering how muche hee myghte bee reprehended for his sundry faultes committed both agaynste God and man A maruellous matter to heare howe greatly from thencefoorth he reformed hys passed trade of liuing into a better forme and order White Monks Moreouer the Emperour gaue to the Cisteaux Monkes three thousand markes of siluer percell of King Richards raunsome to make syluer senseâ—…s in euery Church through out where they had any houses but the Abbots of the same order refused the gifte being a portion of so wrongfull and vngodly a gayne At which thing when it came to the knowlege of King Richard he greatly maruelled at the first but after commended the Abbots in their doings but chiefly for shewyng that they were voyde of the accustomed greedinesse of hauing whiche most men supposed them to be much infected with Rog. HouedeÌ„ Hugh Nouant Bishop of Couentrie restored to his See King Richarde this yeare pardoned Hugh Nouant Bishop of Couentrie of all his wrathe and displeasure conceyued towarde hym and restored to him his Bishopricke for fiue thousande markes of siluer but Roberte Nouant the same Byshops brother dyed in the Kyngs prison at Douer The Archb. of Yorke Also whereas the Archbishop of Yorke hadde offended Kyng Richard hee pardoned him and receyued him againe into fauoure with the kisse of peace wherevppon the Archbishoppe waxed so proude that vsing the King reprochfully hee lost both his Archbishopricke and the rule of Yorkeshire whyche hee hadde in gouernemente as Sherife Pope Celestine The Archb. of Caunterbury is made the Popes Legate Moreouer through the Kings request Pope Celestine this yeare made the Archbyshoppe of
it began soone after that vnketh sight whereof ensued suche effecte as I haue alreadye rehearsed King Iohn K. Iohn IOHN the yongest sonne of Henrye the second was proclaimed King of Englande beginning his raigne the .vj. day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord 1199. An. Reg. 1. the firste of Philip Emperor of Rome and the .xx. of Philip king of France King WilliaÌ„ as yet liuing in gouernement ouer the Scots Rog. Houed So soone as his brother Richard was deceassed hee sendeth Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury and William Marshall Earle of Stregill otherwise called Chepstow into Englande both to proclaime him king and also to see his peace kepte togither with Geffrey Fitz Peter Lorde chiefe iustice and diuers other Barons of the Realme whilest be himselfe went to Chinon where his brothers trasure laye whiche was forthwith deliuered to hym by Robert de Turnham and therewithal at the Castel of Chinon and Sawmer and diuerse other places Mat. Paris Chinon Robert de Turnham Saumur Rog. Houeden Thomas de Furnes whiche were in the custody of the foresaide Robert But Thomas de Nurnes nephue to the saide Robert de Turnham deliuered the Citie and Castell of Angiers vnto Arthur Duke of Britaine For by generall consent of the nobles and peeres of the countries of Anion Maine and Touraine Arthur was receiued as the liege and soueraine Lorde of the same countreys For euen at this present Strife amongst the English subiects on the other syde of the sea and so soone as it was knowen that king Richard was deceassed diuers cities and townes on that side of the sea belonging to the saide Richarde whilest hee liued fell at oddes among themselues some of them endeuouring to preferre King Iohn other labouring rather to bee vnder the gouernaunce of Arthur Duke of Britaine considering that he seemed by moste righte to be their chiefe Lorde forasmuche as hee was sonne to Geffrey elder brother to Iohn And thus began the broyle in those quarters whereof in processe of time ensued great inconuenience and finally the death of the saide Arthur as shall be shewed hereafter Now whilest king Iohn was thus occupied in recouering hys brothers treasure and trauelling with his subiectes to reduce them to his obedience Queene Eleanor his mother by the helpe of Hubert archebishoppe of Canterburye and other of the noble menne and barons of the lande trauayled as diligentlye to procure the englishe people to receiue their othe of allegiance to be true to King Iohn for the sayde archbishoppe and William Marshall Earle of Striguill being sente ouer into Englande as before you haue hearde to proclaime him king and to kepe the lande in quite assembled the estates of the Realme at Northampton Mat. Pâ—… The â—…sembled 〈◊〉 Northampâ—… where Geffrey Fitz Peter Lorde chiefe Iustice was presente with other of the nobles afore whome those lordes whose fidelities were earst suspected wyllingly toke their othes of obedience to the newe King and were assured by the same Lordes on his behalfe that they shoulde finde him a liberal a noble and a righteous Prince and suche â—…oâ—… as woulde see that euery man shoulde â—…y hys owne and suche as were knowen to bee notorious transgressors should be sure to receiue their condigne punishment â—…tace â—…sent 〈◊〉 lande They sent also Eustace de Vescye vnto William King of Scotlande to signifie to him that king Iohn vppon his arriuall into Englande woulde satisfie him of all suche right as hee pretended to haue within the English dominions And thus was King Iohn accompted and proclaimed King of Englande by the generall consente of all the Lordes and barons of the same The names of the chiefe of those peeres that were sworne as you haue hearde are as foloweth Dauid Earle of Huntingdon brother vnto William king of Scots Richarde Earle of Clare Ranulph Earle of Chester William Earle of Tutebury or rather Ferrers Wâ—…lran Erle of Warwik Roger Lacye constable of Chester and WilliaÌ„ de Mombray with diuers other whose names I heere omit bicause I wold not be tedious irkesome to the readers Nowe the king of Scotlande being enformed by the Lord Eustace Vescy who had maried his daughter that there was some hope to bee bad on his parte for the recouerie of such seignories as hee and his predecessors sometime helde in Englande doth forth w t rispatche sundrie Ambassadours with ful purpose to sende them ouer into Normandie vnto Kyng Iohn there to require restitution of the countryes of Northumberlande and Cumberlande wyth their appurtinaunces and he promised also by hys letters that if the same might be graunted vnto him in as ample manner as they had beene in time past vnto his ancetors hee woulde gladly do his homage to King Iohn as to the true and lawefull king of Englande and furthermore yeelde to him his faithefull seruice against all men so often as he shuld be required therevnto Howbeit when the archebishoppe of Canterburie and the rest of the counsell vnderstood that these ambassadors shuld passe thorow England they would not suffer them so to do but speedyly sent Dauid Earle of Huntington into Scotland vnto the king his brother requiring him earnestly y t he wold not send any ambassadors ouer as yet but rather tarie and take pacience a while til the king should come ouer into England which as they sayd he purposed to doe very shortly In the meane season king Iohn hauing sette some stay in his businesse on the further side of the sea he left his mother stil in Guienne to defend that countrey against the enimies and taking the sea â—…g Iohn coÌ„â—…th ouer into â—…glande came ouer himself into England landing at ShorehaÌ„ the .xxv. day of May. On the next day being y e Ascention euen he cant to London there to receyue the crowne On the morow after being the Ascention day wheÌ„ the nobilitie and coÌ„mons were assembled and the king broughte into the Churche of S. Peter at Westmin there to receiue his diademe Hubert Archebishop of Canterbury being chief in authoritie and honor both for his age and calling spake these words or the like in substance before the whole assemblie â—…e Archbiâ—…p of Canâ—…buries oraâ—…n Most honorable Lordes of the spiritualtie and most graue and politike peeres and barons of the temporaltie you are come hither this day to choose you a king and suche a one as if need should require may be able of himselfe to take suche a charge vpon him and hauing taken it vpon him to execute that which he shal think to be expedieÌ„t for the profit of his subiects we haue therfore one present here amoÌ„g vs vpon whom the hartes and good willes of high lowe riche and poore do generally depend a man I doubt not but that for his owne parte will applye all his whole endeuour studie and thoughte vnto that only ende whiche he shall perceyue to bee most profitable for the common wealth as knowing himself
said Erles brother c. But now to returne after that the Earle of Bullongne was expulsed out of Fraunce as before ye haue heard he came ouer vnto K. Iohn and was of him ioyfully receiued hauing three C. lb. of reuenewes in land to him assigned within EnglaÌ„d for y e which he did homage and fealtie vnto him also Shortly after this also died William de Breuse the elder which fledde from the face of K. Iohn out of Irelande into Fraunce and departing this lyfe at Corbell was buried at Paris in the Abey of S. Victor Polidor In y e meane time Pope Innocent after y e returne of his Legates out of England perceyuing y e K. Iohn would not be ordred by him determined with the consent of his Cardinals and other couÌ„sellors also at the instant sute of y e English Bishops other Prelates being ther with him to depriue Kyng Iohn of his kingly estate and so firste assoyled all his subiects and vassals of theyr othes of allegiaÌ„ce made vnto the same King and after depriued him by solomne protestation of his Kingly administration and dignitie and lastly signifieth vnto the French King and other Christian Princes of that his depriuation admonishing them to pursue King Iohn being thus depriued forsaken and condemned as a common enimie to God and his Church Hee ordeyned furthermore that whosoeuer employed goodes or other ayde to vanquish and ouercome that disobedient Prince should remaine assured in peace of the Church as well as those whiche wente to visit the Sepulchre of our Lord not only in their goodes and persons but also in suffrages for sauing of their soules But yet that it might appere to al men that nothing could be more ioyfull vnto his holinesse than to haue K. Iohn to repente his trespasses committed and to aske forgiuenes for the same â—…dulfe sent â—…o Fraunce â—…ractise â—…h the FreÌ„ch â—…or K. Iohn destructioÌ„ hee appointed Pandulph whiche lately before was returned to Rome with a great number of English exiles to goe into Fraunce togither with Stephen the Archbishop of Caunterbury and the other English Bishops giuing him in commandement that repayring vnto the French K. he shoulde communicate with him all that which he had appoynted to be done agaynst K. Iohn and to exhorte the Frenche K. to make war vpon him as a person for his wickednes excommunicate Moreouer this Pandulph was commaunded by the Pope if he saw cause to goe ouer into England and to deliuer vnto K. Iohn suche letters as the Pope had written for his better instruction and to seeke by al meanes possible to draw him from his naughty opinion In the meane time when it was bruted through the Realme of England that the Pope had releassed the people and assoyled them of their oth of fidelitie to the K. and that he was depriued of his gouernement by the Popes sentence by little and little a great number both of Souldiers CitizeÌ„s Burgesses Captaines and CoÌ„nestables of Castels leauing their charges and Bishops with a great multitude of Priests reuolting from him and auoiding his company and presence secretely stale away â—…ath VVest â—…at Paris and gote ouer into Fraunce Notwithstanding that diuers in respect of the Popes curse and other coÌ„siderations them mouing vtterly refused in this maner to obey K. Iohn yet there were many others that did take his parte and maynteyne his quarrell right earnestly â—…e names of 〈◊〉 noble men â—…t continued â—…e vnto king â—…n as his brother William Earle of Salisbury Albericke de Veer Earle of Oxforde Geffrey Fitz Peter Lord chiefe Iustice of England also three Bishops Durham Winchester and Norwich Richarde Marish Lord ChaÌ„cellor Hugh Deuill chiefe forrester William de Wrothing Lord Warden of the portes Roberte Veipount and his brother Yuan Brian de Lisle Geffrey de Lucy Hugh Balliole and his brother Barnard William de Cantlow and his sonne William Foulke de Cantlow Reginalde de Cornehull Sherife of Kent Robert Braybrooke and his son Harry Phillip de Louecotes Iohn de Bassingborne Phillippe March Chatelaine of Nottingham Peter de Maulley Robert de Gangy Gerard de Athie and his Nephewe Ingelrand William Brewer Peter Fitz Hubert Thomas Basset and Foulks de Breant a Norman with many other too long here to reherse who as fautors and counsellers vnto him sought to defende him in all causes notwithstanding the censures of the Churche so cruelly pronounced agaynste hym The same yeare King Iohn held his Christmas at Windsor and in the Lent following 1212 on midlent Sunday beeing at London hee honored the Lorde Alexander sonne and heire to the Kyng of Scottes with y e high order of Knighthoode And as I fynde it mentioned by some writers Bernewell whereas he vnderstoode how there were dyuers in Scotlande that conteinning their naturall Lorde and Kyng by reason of his great age King Iohn wente thither with an army to represse the Rebels and being come thither hee sendeth his men of warre into the inner parts of the Countrey who scouring the coastes tooke Guthred Macwilliam Capitaine of them that moued the sedition whome Kyng Iohn caused to be hanged on a paire of Gallowes This Guthred was discended of the line of the auncient Scottishe Kynges and beeing assisted with the Irishmen and Scottes that fauoured not y e race of the Kyngs that presently raigned wrought theÌ„ muche trouble as his father named Donald hadde done before him sometime secretly vnder hande and sometime agayne by way of open Rebellion Shortly after the Welchmen began to sturre also and rushing foorthe of their owne confynes The Welshmen moue Rebellion Mat. Par. fell vppon their next neigbours within the Englishe marches wasted the countrey and ouerthrew diuers Castels flatte to the grouÌ„d Whervpon the King hauing knowledge therof An. reg 14. assembled a mighty army out of hande and commyng to Nottingham King Iohn hangeth the Welsh pledges he hanged vp the Welsh hostages whiche the last yeare hee had receyued to the number of eight and tweÌ„tie yong striplings and by reason he was now set in a maruellous chafe he roughly proceded against all those whome hee knew not to fauour his cause some he dischargeth of their offices other hee depriueth of their Captayneshippes and other roomes and reuoketh certaine priuiledges and immunities graunted to Monkes Priests and meÌ„ of Religion And now hauing his army redy to haue gone into Wales hee receyued letters the same time both from the K. of Scottes and from his daughter the wife of Leoline Prince of Wales conteyning in effecte the aduertisement of one selfe matter which was to let him vnderstand that if he went forward on his iourney he should eyther through treason bee slayne of his owne Lords or else bee deliuered to be destroyed of his enimies Mat. Paris King Iohn breaketh vp his army The K. iudging no lesse but that the tenor of the letters conteyned a truth brake vp his army and returned
possession of his Sec. and then tooke possession of hys See beeing the two and fortith Archbyshoppe that hande ruled the same In the meane tyme the Kyng repayred to Portesmouth there to take the Sea to sayle ouer into Poictowe committing the rule of the Realme vnto Geffrey Fitz Peter or Fitz Peers Lorde chiefe Iustice and to the Byshoppe of Winchester commaunding them to vse the councell and aduice of the Archbyshoppe of Canterbury in gouerning thyngs touching the common wealthe Herewith there came also to the Kyng a great multitude of men of warre alledging that they had spent in staying for him and his going ouer sea all their money The Lorde refuse to follow the King into Fraunce so that hee must now needes giue them wages if he would haue them to passe ouer with him into Fraunce The whiche when hee refused to do hee was constreyned to take the water with his owne seruauntes arriuing about a three dayes after at the Isle of Iersey but perceyuing that none of his Lordes followed hym according to his commaundement as one disappoynted of ayde hee returned backe againe into Englande there to take further order for thys theyr misdemeanor Whylest these thynges were thus in doyng Geffrey Fitz Peeter and the Byshoppe of Winchester were come to S. Albons togither with the Archbishoppe of Caunterbury and other Bishops and peerer of the Realme where the Kyngs peace being proclaymed to all men it was on his behalfe straitly commaunded King HeÌ„ry the first his lawes that the lawes of Kyng Henry his Grandfather shoulde be obserued vniuersally within his Realme and that all vniust lawes and ordinances should be abrogated It was also commaunded that no Sherife no forrester nor other minister of the Kynges should vpon paine of life and limme take violeÌ„tly any thing of any man by way of extortion nor presume to wrong any man or to fyne any man as they had afore time bin accustomed to doe After this the King beeing come backe from his iourney which he purposed to haue made into Poictow hee assembled an army and meante to haue gone against those Lordes which had refused to goe with him but the Archbishop of Canterbury coming to him at NorthamptoÌ„ sought to appease his moode and to cause him to stay but yet in his furious rage he went forwarde till he came to Nottingham and there with muche adde The Archb. menaceth to excommunicate those that assist the king the Archbishop following him with threatning to excommunicate all those that should aid him procured him to leaue off his enterprice After thys the Archbyshoppe aboute the fyue and twentith day of August came to London there to take aduice for the reformation of things touching the good gouernemente of the common wealthe But heere whylest the Archbyshoppe with other peeres of y e Realm deuised orders very necessary as was thought for the state of the coÌ„mon wealthe the King doubting least the same should be a bridle for him to restrayne his authoritie royall from doyng thyngs to his pleasure he beganne to fynde fault and seemed as though hee hadde repented hymselfe of his large promises made for his reconciliation but the Archbyshoppe of Caunterbury so assuaged his moode and perswaded him by opening vnto him what daunger woulde ensue both to him and to hys Realme if hee wente from the agreemente that he was glad to be quiet for feare of further trouble In thys hurly burly also the Lordes and peeres of the Realme by the setting on of the Archbyshoppe were earnestly bente to haue the Kyng to restore and confirme the graunt which hys Graundfather Kyng Henry the firste hadde by his charter graunted and confirmed to his subiectes whiche to doe Kyng Iohn thoughte greatly preiudiciall to hys royall estate and dignitie â—…ufe Cog. â—…arle of â—…uze The Earle of Tholouze hauing lost all hys possessions the Citie of Tholouze onely excepâ—… or me ouer into Englande and rendred the sayde Citie into the handes of King Iohn and receyued at his departure the summe of tenne thousande markes as was reported by the bountifull gifte of Kyng Iohn The second of October Geffrey Fitz Peter Mat. Pâ—… Geffrey Fâ—… Peere or 〈◊〉 Peter depâ—…teth this 〈◊〉 Erle of Essex and Lord chiefe Iustice of England departed this life a man of great power and authoritie in whose politique direction and gouernemente the order of things perteining to the common wealth chiefly consisted Hee was of a noble mind experte in knowledge of the lawes of the land riche in possessions and ioyned in bloud or affinitie with the more parte of all the Nobles of the Realme so that his deathe was no small losse to the common wealthe for through hym and the Archbishop Hubert the King was oftentimes â—…oked froÌ„ such wilfull purposes as nowe and their he was determined to haue put in practise in so much that the King as was reported but how truely I cannot tell seemed to reioyce for his death bycause hee might now worke hys will without any to comptroll him The same time to witte aboute the feast of Saint Michaell came Nicholas A Câ—… sent 〈◊〉 lande the Cardinall of Tusculane into Englande sente from the Pope to take away the interdiction if the King woulde stande to that agreemente whyche hee hadde made and promised by his oth to performe Kyng Iohn receyued this Cardinall in most honorable wise and gladly heard him in all things that he had to say Thys Legate at his comming to Westminster reposed the Abbot of that place named William from hys roome for that hee was accused both of wasting the reuenewes of the house and also of not able incontinencie Moreouer The bâ—… of Oxfoâ—… quire aâ—…tion the Burgesses of the Towne of Oxforde came vnto hym to obteyne absolution of their offence in that through their presumption the three scollers of whome ye haue heard before were hanged there to the greate terror of all the residue To be shorte they were assoyled and pennance enioyned them that they should stripe them out of their apparell at euery Churche in the Towne and going barefooted with scourges in their handes they shoulde require the benefite of absolution of euery the Parish Prieste within their Towne saying the Psalme of Miserere After this A coâ—… called bâ—… Cardinaâ—… the saide Cardinall called a counsell or conuocation of the Cleargie to reforme such things touching the state of the Churche as should be thought requisite And though he handled not thys matter with suche fauour and vprightnesse as the Bishoppes wished on their behalfes yet hee caused King Iohn to restore the most parte of all those goodes that remayned vnspente and also the valewe of halfe of those that were consumed and made away vnto those persons as well spiritual as temporal from whome they had bin taken in time of the discord betwixt him and the Pope But before all things coulde bee thus quieted and set in order betwixte the King
Earthquake An Earthquake to the great feare of the Inhabitantes of the towne of Huntington â—…eÌ„ other places thereabout A death After this came a great death amongest the people beeing commonlye euer a companion to great famin and death The nexte day Richarde Marshall hauing thus got the victorie destroyed certaine houses and Lordshippes there in the Marches which belonged to the sayde Iohn of Monmouth About the selfe time also Richard Sward with other outlawes destroyed the possessions belonging to the Erle of Cornwal beside Brehull Mat. Par. and also there burned a place called Segrane where Stephen de Segraue the lord chiefe Iustice was borne and likewise a village belonging to the Bishop of Winchester not farre from Segraue aforesayde This was the maner of those outlawes that they burnt no person but onely those counsaylers about the king by whome they were exiled We find also that the Bishop of Winchester and his son or kinsman as some haue called him Peter de Riuales had procured the king to send commission vnder his seale vnto the foresayd noble men in Ireland that if the said Erle of Pembroke Richard Marshall chaunced to come thyther they should do their best to take him and in reward of their paynes they should enioy all his lands and possessions which he held in that countrey But after his death and when the king had remoued those his Counsailers from him he confessed he had put his seale to a wryting but that he vnderstood what were the contents thereof hee vtterly denied Finally such was the end of this worthie Erle of Pembroke Richard Marshall a man worthie to be highly renowned for his approued valiancie His death surely was greatly bewayled of king Henrie openly protesting that he had lost the worthiest captain that then liued After this the Lordes that had remayned in Wales by safecoÌ„duct came to y e king through the diligent trauaile of the Archbishop of Canterburie he receyued them into fauour Amongest them were these men of name Gilbert Marshall the brother of the foresayde Richarde Marshall Polidor Mat. Par. Hubert Earle of Kent Gilbert Basset and Rychard Sward beside diuerse other Vnto Gilbert Marshall he deliuered his brothers inheritaunce and vpon Whiesunday made him knight giuing vnto him the Rodde of the office of Marshall of his Court Gilbert Marshall Earle of Pembrooke according to the maâ—… to vse and exercise as his anncesters had done before hym And herewyth the Earle of Kent Gyâ—… Bossâ—… and Richarde Swarde were receyued againe into the Court and admitted to be of the kings 〈◊〉 Counsaile â—…ne after this Peter de Rinâ—… Stephen â—…aue and Robert Passelew were called to accountes that it might appeare howe the â—…ngs treâ—…e was spent and how they had vsed themselues with the kings seale Officers called to accountes The two last remembred kept themselues out of the waye and coulde not bee founde Stephen Segraâ—…e â—…eowdyng himselfe in secrete within the Abbay of â—…eycoster and Robert Passeâ—…ew feyning himselfe sicke held him secret within the new Temple at London Peter de Rinales also with his father the Bishop of Winchester tooke sanctuarie at Winchester for they were afrayde least their bodies shuld not be in safetie if they came abrode bicause they vnderstoode that their manors grange places were spoyled and burnt by those that bare theÌ„ displeasure At length yet vnder the protection of the Archbishop of Canterburie they came to their answere and were sore charged for their â—…st â—…ing trayterous practice great faâ—…d vsed in â—…me of their bearing office and as it appeareth by wrâ—…s they could but sorily cleare theÌ„selues in most matters wherewith they were charged but put by reason of their protection they were restoreâ—… to the places froÌ„ whence they came or else otherwise shifted of the matter for the time so that vâ—…e â—…d not of any great bodily punishmeÌ„t which they should receyue as then And at length also were pardoned and reconciled vnto the kings fauour vpon paiment of such fines as were assessed vpon them This yeare bycause the truce ended betwixt the Kings of Englande and Fraunce The truce ended King Henrie sent ouer to ayde the Earle of Brytayne Welcâ—… sent 〈◊〉 the ayâ—… the Earlâ—… Bryâ—… threescore knightes and two thousande Welche men the which wheÌ„ the French king came with his armie to enter and inuade Brytayne did cut off and take his cariage laden with vittailes armour and other prouision ouerthrowing also no smal number of the French men and taking from them their horses returned backe in safetie without hurt or notable damage receyued Yet after this the French king enforcing againe his power waxed too strong for the Earle of Brytayne so that he was constrayned to take a truce to endure till the feast of all Saintes that hee mighte in the meane tyme vnderstande if the King of Englande woulde come ouer with some puyssant armie to hys ayde or no but bycause it was perceyued in the ende that the sayde Earle of Brytayne sought nothing else but how to get money out of King Henries Coffers and to doe him no pleasure for it bycause he was in maner at an other agreement alreadie with the King of Fraunce King Henrie refused to satisfie his requestes at such time at hee came ouer vnto him after the taking of that truce for more money Herewith also the sayd Erle being offended got him back into his own country The Earâ—… Brytayâ—…â—…mittâ—… selfe to â—… French â—… shortly after apparantly submitted himself to the French K. which as the report went he had done before in secrete These things being thus brought to passe An. reâ—… 123â—… Polidoâ—… Fabian and all troubles quieted the king as theÌ„ being at LoÌ„don there was brought before him by one Tolie a coÌ„plaint exhibited agaynst the Iewes of Norwich which had stolen a yong childe being not past a .xij. monthes olde and secretly kept him an whole yeare togither to the ende that hee myght when Easter came crucifie him in despite of our sauiour Iesus Christ and the christian religion the matter as it happened fel out well for the lad for within a fewe dayes before that those cursed murtherers purposed to haue shed this innocents bloud they were accused conuicted and punished whereby he escaped their cruell handes â—…at Paris About the same tyme to witte the seuenth of Februarie died Hugh de Welles Bishop of Lincolne a great enimie to Monkes and Religious men Robert Grosted was then preferred to hys roumth a man of great learning and trayned vp in scholes euen from his infancle This yeare the Bishop of London pronounced the sentence of excommunication against certaine vsurers called Caorsini Math Paris â—…surers called Câ—…orsini But bycause the same vsurers shadowed themselues vnder the pretext of the Popes marchants as they named theÌ„selues they did so much by the fauor of the court of Rome that the sayde Bishop being sicke
Citie the gates whereof were by the Maiors appointment closed and kept with watche and warde doth day and night Soone after also for the more safegarde of the Citie and sure keeping of the peace the king of Almaine with the sayd sir Hugh and sir Philip came and lodged in the Citie with their companies and suche other as they woulde assigne to strengthen the citie if need required Shortly after the king returned out of France The king â—…turneth in England and about the feast of S. Marke came to London and lodged in the Bishops Palace Bycause of tumors that were spred abroade sounding to some euill meaning whiche Prince Edward should haue agaynst his father the king brought ouer with him a great power of men of armes straungers howbeit he brought them not into the Citie but left them beyond the bridge â—…n the parties of Surrey but he being entred y e citie so kept the gates entries that none was permitted to enter but such as came in by his sufferance The Erle of Gloucester by his appoyntment also was lodged within the Citie and the Prince 〈◊〉 the Palace at Westminster And shortly after by the kings commaundement hee remoued to S. Iohns all the other Lordes were lodged without the citie and the king of Almaines remoued againe to Westminster In which time a direction was taken betweene the sayde partyes and a newe assembly and Parliament assigned to bee kept in the quindene of Saint Iohn Baptyst and after deferred or proroged tyll the feast of Saint Edwarde at the which tyme al things were pacifyed for a tyme but so as the Earle of Gloucester was put besyde the rowmth whiche hee had amongest other the Peeres The Eâ—… Glocesâ—… federâ—… self wâ—… Earle of â—…cester and so then hee ioyned in friendshippe with the Earle of Leycester as it were by way of confederacie against the residue and yet in this last contention the sayde Earle of Leycester tooke parte wyth the Prince agaynst the Erle of Gloucester This yeare the Lorde William de Beauchampe the elder deceased Chrâ—… The Lorde Edwarde the kings sonne with a fayre companie of knightes and other men of armes passed the Seas to exercise himselfe in Iustes but hee hymselfe and his menne were euill entreated in manye places so that they lost horse armour and all other things to hys great griefe and dislyking as may be esteemed yet as some write he returned home with victorie in the Iustes Mat. VVest â—…w at Teuâ—…uâ—…ie falâ—… into a â—…s This yeare at Teukesburye a Iew falling by chaunce into a Iakes vppon the Saterday in reuerence of his Sabboth woulde not suffer anye manne to plucke hym forth whereof the Erle of Gloucester beeyng aduertised thoughte the Christians should doe as much reuerence to their Sabboth which is Sunday and therfore woulde suffer no man to go about to take him forth that day and so lying styll till Monday he was there founde deade â—…t VVest â—…th of noâ—…men Diuerse noble men departed this life in this yeare as the Erle of Albemaâ—…e the Lord William Beauchampe Stephen de Longespee Lorde chiefe Iustice of Irelande and Roger de Turkby one of the kings chief counsellers Iustices of the land William de Rickham B. of Durham and Iohn de Crakehale treasurer of England a spiritual man 〈◊〉 rather but rich beyond measure Also HeÌ„rie de Ba another of the kings Iustices of the Berâ—…he â—…t VVest 〈◊〉 reg 45. 〈◊〉 king of â—…s coÌ„meth â—…ondon In the .xlv. yeare of king Henries raigne Alexander king of Scotland came vnto LoÌ„don anon after the feast of S. Edwarde with a fayre companie of Scottishmen and shortly after his wife the Queene of Scottes came thyther also Moreouer K. Henrie kept a royal feast at Westminster â—…t VVest where he made to the number of .lxxx. knightes amongst the which Iohn sonne to the Erle of Britain who had maried the Lady Beatrice one of the kings daughters was there made knight And shortly after was sir Hugh Spencer made Lorde chief Iustice 1261 〈◊〉 Dun. After Christmasse the king comming into the tower of London fortified it greatly and caused the gates of the Citie to be warded sending forth commaundement to his Lordes that they should come to the tower there to holde a Parliament but they denied â—…atly so to do sending 〈◊〉 word that if it pleased 〈◊〉 they would come to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 usually the Parliament had beene kept and not to any other place wherevpon there rose 〈◊〉 betwixt him and the Barons After the feast of the â—…acation Fabian A Folkmote holden at Pauls crosse at a Folkmote holden at Paules Crosse where the King was present in person with the king of Almaine the Archbishop of Canterburie and diuerse other of the nobles commaundement was giuen to the Maior that euery stripling of the age of .xij. y e â—…tes and aboue An othe to be true to the king should before his Alderman de sworne to bee true to the king his heyres kings of England and that the gates of the Citie shuld be kept with armed men as before by the king of Romaines was deuised About Easter the Barons of the lande with coÌ„sent of the Peeres The L. Spencer discharged of his office discharged sir Hugh Spencer of his office of chiefe Iustice and places in hys rowmth sir Philip Basset without the kings assent hee beeing not made priuie therevnto Wherevpon a newe occasion of displeasure was ministred to kindle debate betwixt the king and his Lordes but by the policie of the king of Almaine and some Prelates the matter was quieted for a time till after at Hallowentide next ensuing which was the .xlvj. yeare of king Henries raigne At that time the Barons tooke vppon them to discharge such Sherifes as the king had elected and named Gardeyns of the Countreys and Shires and in theyr places putte other Sherifes 2 An. reg 46. The presumptuous proceedings of the Barons against the king And besydes that woulde not suffer the Iustice whiche the King had admytted to doe hys office in keeping hys cyrâ—…uise but appoynted suche to doe it as it pleased them to appoynte wherwith the king was somuch offended that he laboured by all meanes to him possible about the disanulling of the ordinances made at Oxforde and vpon the second Sunday in Lent he caused to be read at Paules Crosse a Bull 1262 A Bull read at Pauls crosse obteyned of Pope Vrbane the fourth as a consâ—… of an other Bull before purchased of his predecessour Pope Alexander for the assoyling of the King and all other that were sworne to the maintenances of the Articles agreed vpon at Oxforde This absolution hee caused to bee shewed through the Reaâ—… of England Wales and Ireâ—… giuing straight charge that if any person 〈…〉 that woulde disobey this absolution â–ª the same shoulde be committed to pryson there to remaine till the kings pleasure
bycause he would not lose time in warring w t y e mouÌ„tains â—…sods marâ—â—es places of refuge for y e WelchmeÌ„ in those days wheÌ„ they waÌ„ted power to abide bataile keepe the fieldes About the same time the kiâ—… gaue vnto Dauid theâ—…rother of Llowellin the lordship of Frodeshaâ—… in Câ—…hire and made hym Knight Moreouer this yeare the King helde parliameÌ„t â—…he statute of â—…ortmayne in which the statute of Mortâ—… in was established Frier Iohn Pecchaut whome the Pope had alreadye consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury being the xlvij in number that had gouerned in that sea came this yere ouer into England to supplie the roomth Also Walter Giâ—…forde Archebishop of Yorke departed this life in whose place suceeded Willyam Wick waâ—… the .xxxvij. Archbishop there â—… Synode at â—…ading The archbishop of Canterbury held a Synode at Reding about the latter ende of Iuly in the whiche he renued the constitutioÌ„s of the general couÌ„sell as thus That no ecclesiasticall person shuld haue aboue one benefice to the which beloÌ„ged cure of soule and agayne that all those that were promoted to any ecclesiasticall liuing shoulde receyue the order of priesthoode wythin one yeare after his being promoted therto Moreouer this yere the Kyng tooke order for the amending of his money and coyne which in that season was fouly clipped washed couÌ„terfeted by those noughty men the Iews and other as before you haue partely hearde The King therefore in the octaues of the Trinitie sente forth commaundement to all the sherifes within the lande that suche mony as was couÌ„terfeted clipped or washed shoulde not be currant from thenceforth and furthermore hee sente of his owne treasure good mony and not clipped vnto certaine cities and to thus in the realme that exchange might he made wyth the same till newe money were stumpâ—… And about the thirde day of August the 〈◊〉 exchange was made of the newe money 〈…〉 â—…ings but yet the olde money went all this yeare togyther wyth the newe then was the olde wyne generally forbidden 〈…〉 â—…dement giuen by publike proclamation 〈…〉 thenceforth it should no more be allow to 〈◊〉 â—…anâ—… and here with also half pence 〈◊〉 had â—…ne stamped in the meane time he gâ—…e to come abroade the same daye 〈…〉 money was thus prohibited The 〈◊〉 Roger â—…rline kept a great feast at 〈…〉 iustes and triumphes of an 〈◊〉 Knyghts and as many Ladyes to the 〈…〉 Lords Knyghtes and gentlemen from dyuers coâ—…yâ—… and â—…andes to shew prose of their 〈◊〉 practise of warâ—…â—…tates and â—…erises In the meane season king Edward standing in need of money An. reg 8. 1280. Nic. Triuet Polidore Abingdon A shift to get money deuised a newe shâ—… to serue his iourne as this whereas he was chiefe Lorde of many Lordeshippes â—…ours possessions and renementes he well vnderstoode that partely by length and praies of one partly by â—…ties during the troubles of the 〈◊〉 warres many mens euidences as theyr charters deedes copies other wrâ—…gs were lost wasted and made awaye hee therefore â—…nder colour to put the statute of quâ—…â—…ranâ—…o in execucion whiche was ordeyned this were in the parliameÌ„t holden at Gloucester in August last passe as some write did 〈◊〉 â—…nde by publike proclamation that all suche as helde any landes or tenementes of hym shuld come and shew by what â—…ghâ—… and title they helde the fame that by suche meanes their possessions might returne vnto him by esâ—…e as chiefe Lord of the same and so to be solde or redeemed agayne at his handes Ordinances for money This was thought to be a sore proclamation that a more greuous had not lightly bâ—… herd of MeÌ„ in euery part made complaint and shewed theÌ„selues greuously offended so that the Kyng by meanes thereof came into great hatred of his people but the meane sort of men though they stoode in defence of theyr right yet it auayled them but litle bycause they had no euidence to shew so that they were constrained to be quiet wyth losse rather than to striue agaynste the streame Many were thus called to answere till at lengthe the Lorde Iohn Warren Earle of Surrey a maÌ„ greatly beloued of the people perceyuing the Kyng to haue caste his net for a praye and that there was not one whyche spake against him determined to stand against those so bitter and cruell proceedings and therfore being called afore the Iustices aboute this matter he appeared and being asked by what right he held his landes He sodenly drawing forth an olde rusty sworde The saying of the Earle of Surrey By this instrument sayde he doe I holde my landes and by the same I entende to defende them Our auncestours comming into this Realme with William Conquerour conquered theyr lands with the sworde and wyth the same will I defende me from all those that shall be about to take them from me he did not make a conqueste of this Realme alone our progenitoâ—… were with him as participators and helpers with him The Kyng vnderstoode into what hatred of his people by this meanes hee was fallen and therefore to auoyde ciuill dissention and war that mighte thereby ensue he left off his begun practise so that the thing which generally shuld haue touched and bene hurtfull to all men was nowe sodeinly stayed by the manhood and conragiouse stoutnesse only of one man the forsaid Earle A Synode at Lambeth The archebishoppe of Canterbury helde an other Synode at Lamâ—…heth in the whiche hee receyued and confirmed the orders and constitutions decreed and establyshed by the Legates Otho and Othohone in councels by them kept here within this Realme adding diuers other of his owne and in the same councell hee went aboute to adnihilate certayne Liberties belonging to the crowne as the taking knowledge of the right of Patronages and the Kings prohibitions In placitu de catallu and suche like which seemed merely to touche the spiritualtie but the Kyng by some in that counâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…ode the Archebishoppe openly and wyâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…es stay to hym from concluding any 〈◊〉 that mighte preâ—… his â—…oyall liberties 〈◊〉 prerogatiues A pâ—… Kyng Edward helde a Parliament at London in the which he â—…ded a fifteenâ—… of the Clergie why the 〈◊〉 before he has got of the temporaâ—… Thâ—… 〈◊〉 The â—…bishoppe of Yorke was consent at the 〈◊〉 it graâ—…e this fifteenth to bee payde of the â—…gie wythin his diocesse in twoo year 〈◊〉 the Archebyshoppe of Canterbury helde of and required respite and the nexte pâ—… 〈◊〉 to â—…e houlden after Gâ—…ster The â—…â—…hop of â—…terâ—… and then has gâ—… vnto the Kyng the disâ—…es of all his Clergie for three yeares that at some poynt hee might be different from the Archebishoppe of Yorke In the ninthe yeare of Kyng Edward raigne An. reg â—… 128â—… The 〈…〉 VVaâ—… Dauid 〈◊〉 thâ—… of 〈…〉 and 〈◊〉 coâ—…â—…bell the feaste of the rounde table was kept at Warwike wyth greate and sumpâ—…
a chayre at the tyme of their Coronation whyche Kyng Edwarde caused nowe to be transferred to Westminster and there placed to serue for a Chayre for the Priest to sit in at the Aulter The Kyng comming to Berwike called thither vnto a Parliament all the Nobles of Scotlande and there receiued of them their homages The 〈◊〉 of Scoâ—… feâ—…â—…selues 〈◊〉 King the whyche in perpetuall witnesse of the thyng made letters patents thereof written in French and sealed with their seales as the tenor him followeth A Touz ceux que cestes lettres verront uront c. TO all those that these present letters shall see or heare we Iohn Comin of Badenaw The iâ—…meâ—… of 〈◊〉 homâ—… the lanâ—… Scotlandâ—… K. Eâ—… c. Bycause that wee at the faithe and will of the most noble Prince and our dearest Lorde Edwarde by the grace of God Kyng of England Lorde of Irelande and Duke of Aquitaine doe vowe and promise for vs and our heires vppon payne of body and goodes and of all that wee may haue that wee shall serue him well and truly against all men whiche maye liue and die at all tymes when we shall bee required or warned by our said Lord the Kyng of Englande or hys heires and that wee shall not know of any hurte to bee done to them but the same wee shall lette and impeach with all our power and giue them warning thereof and those things to holde and keepe wee binde vs our heires and al our goodes and further receyue an oth thereof vpon the holy Euangelistes and after all wee and euery of vs haue done homage vnto oure soueraigne Lorde the King of Englande in wordes as followeth I become your liegeman of life members The sâ—… their lâ—… and earthly honor against all men which maye lyue and die And the same oure soueraigne Lorde the King receyued this homage vnder thys forme of wordes The 〈◊〉 King 〈◊〉 accepâ—… We receyue it for the land of the whiche you bee nowe seased the righte of vs or other saued and excepte the landes whiche Iohn Ballioll sometime Kyng of Scotland graunted vnto vs after that we did deliuer vnto him y e kingdome of Scotlande if happely hee hathe giuen to you any suche landes Moreouer all wee and euery of vs by hymselfe haue done fealtie to oure saide soueraigne Lord the Kyng in these wordes I as a faythfull and liege man shall keepe faith and loyaltie vnto Edward Kyng of England and to his heires of life member and earthly honor againste all men whiche may liue and die and shall neuer for anye person beare armour nor shall be of councell nor in ayde with anye person againste hym or hys heyres in any case that maye chaunce but shall faithfully acknowledge and doe the seruice that belongeth to the tenementes the which I claime to holde of hym as God me helpe and all hys Saintes I witnesse whereof these letters pattentes are made and sygned with our seales Yeuen at Warke the foure and twentith of Marche in the yeare of the reigne of oure sayde Lord the Kyng of Englande â—…ficers apâ—…ynted in â—…tlande by â—…ng Iohn Then was Iohn Warren Earle of Surrey and Sussex made by Kyng Edward warden of Scotlande Hugh Cressingham Threaforer and William Ormesdy high Iustice whome the King commaunded that hee shoulde call all those before him whyche helde any landes of the Crowne and to reteyne oâ—… them in hys name theyr homages and fealties Iohn Ballioll the late Kyng of Scotlande was sent to London Iohn Ballioll sent to London and had a conâ—…nt company of seruauntes appoynted to aâ—…de hym hauyng licence to goe anye whether abroade to that hee kepte hym selfe wâ—…hâ—… the 〈◊〉 of twentie miles neere to London Iohn Câ—… of Badenaw and Iohn Edmni of Lowan and diuers otheâ—… nobles of Scotlande were brought into Englande on the South side of Ticut being warned vpoÌ„ payne of death not to returne into Scotlande till the King â—…d made an ende of his warres with Fraunce The Cleargie by reason of a coÌ„stitution ordeyned and constituted the same yeare by Pope Boniface â—…e pretenâ—… excuse of 〈◊〉 Cleargie prohibiting vpon payne of excommunication that no â—…asages nor other exactions should beleiued or exalted of the Cleargie in any manner of wise by secular Princes or to be paid to them of things that perteyned to the Church vtterly refused to graunte any manner of ayde to the King towardes the manie gâ—…aunce of hys warres Wherevppon the Kyng to the intent they shoulde haue tyme to study for a better aunswer deferred the matter to an other Parliamente to bee holden on the morrowe after the feast of Saint Hillarie This yeare after the feast of the Epiphany An. reg 25. 1297. The Earle of Holland married Elizabeth the kings daughter Elizabeth the Kings daughter was married vnto Iohn Earle of Holland Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Essex was sente to conuey them into Hollande there to take possession of the Earledome as then discended vnto the said Iohn by the death of his father lately before slayne by his owne â—…usheâ—…s by cause he woulde haue disinherited this Iohn and made a bastarde sonne whiche hee hadde to be his heire The daye appoynted for the Parliamente to bee holden at London bring coâ—…e and the Cleargie continuing in their deâ—…an to graunt anye subsedy the King exluded them out of his protection for the redeeming whereof many by themselues and many by mediators did afterwardes giue vnto the King truth parte of all their goodes The Archbishop of Caunterbury being found stiffe in the matter the Kyng seased all his landes and commaunded all suche debtes as were founde of his in the rolles of the Exchequer to bee leuied with all speede of his goodes and cattayle Abingdon The Archbyshoppe his wordes Some write that when the Archbishop of Caunterburie in name of all the residue hadde declared to them whome the Kyng had appoynted commissioners to receyue the aunswere that whereas they of the Cleargie hadde two soueraigne Lordes and gouernoures the one in spirituall matters and the other in temporall they ought yet rather to obey theyr Spirituall gouernoure than their Temporall Neuerthelesse to satisfye the Kynges pleasure they woulde of theyr owne charges sende to the Pope that by hys licence and permission they myghte graunte the Kyng some aide or else receyue some aunswere from hym what to doe therein for sayeth the Archbyshoppe wee beleeue that the Kyng feareth the sentence of excommunicatioÌ„ and would be as glad to auoyde it as we When the Commissioners hearde this aunswere they required that they woulde appoynte some of theyr owne company to beare this message vnto the Kyng for they durst not reporte it vnto hym which being done as the Commissioners had required the Kyng in his furie proceeded agaynste them in suche rigorous manner as yee haue hearde The declaration of the Lord chiefe Iustice in so muche that
the Lorde chiefe Iustice sitting vppon the benche spake openly these wordes You sirs that be attorneys of my Lords the Archbishoppes Byshops Abbots Priors and all other the Cleargie declare vnto youre masters and tell them that from hencefoorthe there shall no Iustice be done vnto them in the Kyngs courte for anye manner of thing although neuer so heynous wrong be done vnto them but iustice shall be hadde agaynste them to euery one that will complayne and require to haue it The Clearkely handling of the matter by the Archbyshop of Yorke his suffraganes The elect Bishoppe of Yorke Henry de Newarke with the Bishops of Durham Elie and Salisburie with certayne other fearing the Kynges indignation thus kindled against them ordeyned to lay downe in the Churches a fifte parte as yee haue hearde of all theyr goodes towardes the defence of the Realme and mayntenaunce of the Kynges warres in suche time of great necessitie and so the King receyuing it they were restored to the Kinges protection agayne The Friendes of the Byshoppe of Lincolne founde meanes that the Sherife of the Shire leuied and tooke the fifth parte of all his goodes and restored to him agayne hys landes and possessions Also all the Monasteries within his diocesse and within the whole prouince of Caunterbury were seased into the Kings handes and warâ—… appoynted whiche only ministred necessary â—…ding vnto the Monkes and other religious persons and conuerted the ouerplus vnto the kings vse Wherevpon the Abbots and Priors were glad to followe the Courte and such to redeâ—… not their sinnes but their goodes with giuing of a fourth parte thereof The Cleargie suffered many iniuries in that season for religious men were spoyled and robbed in the Kynges hygh way and could not haue anye restitution nor remedie againste them that thus euill intreated them till they had redeemed the Kyngs protection Persons and Vicars The 〈◊〉 of Câ—… and other of the Cleargie when they rode soorthe any whether were gladde to apparell themselues in lay mens garmentes so to passe through the Countrey in safetie The Archbyshoppe of Caunterbury lost all the goodes that hee hadde The 〈◊〉 shop of â—…terâ—… goâ—…â—…cale for hee woulde neyther agree to giue anye thing nor to lay any thyng downe in the Churche that the Kyng myghte receyue it Wherevpon he was brought to such extreame miserie that all his seruauntes wente from hym and commaundemente was giuen foorthe that no man shoulde receyue him neyther within Monasterie nor without and so not hauing anye one place of all hys Byshopricke where to laye hys head hee remayned 〈◊〉 the house of a poore person onely with one Pâ—…eâ—… The 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 â—â—rbury and one Clearke yet he stiffely stoode in the matter affirming certaynely that all those whyche graunted anye thing eyther to the Kyng or to any other temporall person withoute the Popes leaue ranne withoute doubte into the daunger of the sentence pronounced in the Canon Aboute the feast of Saint Mathewe in Februarie A Parâ—… at Saâ—… the Kyng called a Parliamente of hys nobles not admitting thereto any of the Cleargie at Salisburie and there required certayne of hys Nobles to passe ouer into Gascoigne but euery of them seemed to excuse hymselfe whereat the Kyng beeyng moued threatned that they shoulde eyther goe or hee woulde gyâ—… theyr landes to other that woulde goe with whyche wordes many of them were greeuously offended in so muche that the Earles of Hereforde and Marshall Humfrey Bohun and Roger Bigod declared that they woulde bee ready to goe with the Kyng if hee wente himselfe or else not And when the Earle Marshall was eftsoones required to goe hee aunswered I will willingly goe with the King and marche before hym in the fore warde as by righte of inheritance I am â—…unden Yea sayeth the Kyng and you shall goe with other though I goe not I am not 〈◊〉 bounde sayth the Earle neyther doe I purpose to take the iourneye in hande with you The king then in a greate chafe burst out and sware By God sir Earle eyther thou shalt goe or hange and I swane fayth the Erle the same othe that I will neyther goe nor hang and so departed from the Kyng without leaue taking 〈◊〉 disloyall demeanour of â—…he tvvo erles And immediatly herevpon those two Erles assembled many noble men and other of their frendes togither to the number of thirtie Banâ—…rettes and aboue so that in all they were founde to be xv C men of armes appoynted and ready for battayle and herewith they withdrew into their countreys and kepte suche sturre there that they woulde not permitte the kyngs Officers to take neyther Woolles leather nor any thing againste the owners wyl but forbad them on pain of loosing theyr heads to come within theyr coâ—…thes and wythall prepared them selues to resyste if neede were They hadde â—…th them six â—…eedmen 〈◊〉 armes and 〈◊〉 thousande â—…otmen as Aâ—…ngdon hath In this meane tyme the warre was prosecuted in Gascoyne The thursdaye before the Purification of our Lady Henry Earle 〈◊〉 Lyncolne and the lord Iohn Saint Iohn departing from Bayonne towardes Bellegard a place besieged as then by the Earle of Arthoys to succour them within the same with victuals wherof they stoode in neede as they approched to a wood distant from the fortresse a three miles they deuided themselues into two seuerall battailes the Lord Iohn Saint Iohn leadyng the fyrst and the Earle of Lyncolne the seconde â—…tayle beâ—…ixt the erle 〈◊〉 Lincoln and â—…e Erle of Arâ—… vvho had â—…n him .1500 〈◊〉 of armies as â—…bingdoÌ„ hath The Lord Saint Iohn therfore hauyng passed the wood with his battayle and entryng into the playne fieldes was encountred by the Earle of Arthoys who tarried there for hym wyth a greate power where immediatly at the first ioynyng of the battayles the Earle of Lincolne retyred backe so that the Lorde Iohn Saint Iohn and his companye ouersette with preasse of enimies were vanquished and the said Lorde Saint Iohn with Syr William de Mortymer Sir William Burmengham and other to the number of eyght Knyghtes and diuers Esquires were taken the whiche were sente to Parys as Prisoners Abingdon Other wryte somewhat otherwyse f thys battayle as that vppon the firste encounter the Englishmen droue backe one regimente of the Earle of Arthoys hys men of armes whome hee deuided into foure partes but when they once ioyned wyth the seconde regiment to the whyche they were beaten backe forewarde they come agayne and so chargyng the Englishemenne with helpe of theyr thyrde squadrone whiche was nowe come to them also they easily put the Englishmen oppressed with multitude vnto flyghte and followe them in chase After thys came the Englyshemen whyche were in the rerewarde and encountryng wyth the fourthe squadrone or regiment of the Frenchemenne streyghte wayes brake the same Heerewith was the nyghte come vppon them so so that one coulde not knowe an other a friende
and followed it no farther The king goeth into Scotlande The â—…ice betwixte the Kyng and the Scottes beeyng once expired the Kyng assembled hys armye and wente into Scotlande aboute the feaste of Sainct Iohn Baptist and tarrying there all the sommer and winter following his souldiors loste many of their greate horses for lacke of forrage whiche coulde not bee gotten in the colde winter season An. reg 30. 1302. Hee kept his Christmasse at Lithko and at length at the request of his brother in lawe the Frenche Kyng A truce graunted to the Scots he graunted eftsoones a truce to the Scottishemen till the feast of all Saintes nexte ensuing Then hauing ordered his busines for that time in Scotlande The king returneth into Englande hee retourned into Englande and aboute Midlent called a parliament at London Also this yeare Pope Boniface vpon displesure coÌ„ceiued against the French K. sent vnto king Edward exhorting hym to make warres againste the same Frenche Kyng The Pope exhorteth the K. of Englande to make vvarre against Fraunce and to perswade hym the more easily therevnto hee promised him great aide but the King of England hauing proued the said Pope not the surest man in frendship towards him he forebare to attempt any forcible exploite against the French King trusting by some other meanes to recouer his righte The decease of the Earle of Hereforde This yere departed out of this world Humfrey Bohun Earle of Hereforde after whome succeded his sonne Humfrey the whiche afterwardes married the Kynges daughter Elizabeth Countesse of Hollande after that hir â—…e husbande was deade Tourneyes iâ—…stes barriers other waâ—…e exercises Re. Tâ—… Tourâ—… 〈◊〉 whiche yong Lordes and gentlemen had appoynted to exercise for theyr pastime 〈◊〉 diuers partes of the Realme were forbidden by the Kyngs proclamations sent downe to be published by the Sheriffes in euerye countye abrode in the Realme the teste of the writ was from Westminster the sixteenth of Iuly The citizens of Burdeaux could not beare the yoke of the Frenche bondage An. reg â—… 1302 and therefore this yere aboute Christmasse expulsed them out of theyr Citie Shortly after the Frenche King doubting leaste the Kyng of Englande by the setting on of the Pope shoulde make warres agaynste hym for the wrongfull deteyning of Gascoigne to purchase his fauour Tovvâ—…â—…red to the 〈◊〉 in Gasâ—… restored vnto hym all that whiche hee helde in Gascoigne and so then they of Burdeaux also submitted themselues to the Kyng of Englande of theyr owne accorde I remember howe the Scottish Chronicles conteine muche more of this enterprise greatly to their glorye and more haply than is true as by coÌ„ferring the place where they entreat of it with this that I haue here exeÌ„plified out of our writers it may well apeare The erle Marshall hauing spent largely whilest he stood in conteÌ„tion against the king who was now earnestly called vpon to repay suche sums of money as he had borowed of his brother Iohn Bigot 〈◊〉 Triuet â—…e Earle â—…hall resigâ—… his landes to the king who was very riche by reason of such benefices and spirituall liuings as he had in his handes the erle bicause he had no childreÌ„ to whoÌ„ he might leaue his landes ment to haue left theÌ„ vnto his saide brother but when he saw hym so importunate in calling for the debtes which he ought hym he tooke such displeasure therwith that to obtaine the Kynges fauour and to disappoint his brother of the inheritaunce he gaue vnto y e Kyng all his possessions vpon condition that the Kyng adding thereto other landes in value worthe a M. markes by yeare shoulde restore theÌ„ to him again to enioy during his life the remainder after his decesse to come vnto y e K. and further the kyng should pay and discharge him of all his debts A Subsidie King Edward being aduertised of the losse whiche his men had susteined in Scotlaned streight wayes called a parliameÌ„t wherin by assent of the states a subsidie was graunted towardes the mainteinaunce of his warres and theÌ„ the same being leuied he asseÌ„bled his people The king goth in person into Scotlande shortly after about Whitsontide entred into Scotlande to reuenge the death of his men The Scottes hearing of the Kynges comming fled into the mountaines mosses and marishe groundes not once shewing any countenance to fight any set battaile with the English hoste Cathnesse so that the king in maner without resistance passed throughe the couÌ„tey euen vnto Cathnes which is y e furthest part of all ScotlaÌ„d many of the Scots perceyuing theyr lack of power to resist y e english puissaÌ„ce The Scots submitte themselues to the king came to king Edward submitted themselues wyth condition y t they should enioye their laÌ„ds whiche he had giuen awaye to his lordes they redeming y e same with conuenieÌ„t fines Abyngdon VVill. VVallace which was grauÌ„ted But WilliaÌ„ Walleis with certen other keping themselues in places where no army could come to pursue them would neuer giue eare to any conditions of agreement Polidore so that neither with feare Hec. Boetius neither with offer of rewardes coulde this Walleis be induced to folowe or beholde the Englishe King ruling the Realme of Scotland Io. Maior K. Edward retourning backe came to the castel of Striueling which the Scottishmen helde against hym besieged it An. reg 32. Striuelyâ—… castel besieged Abingdon The King hymselfe lay at Dunferling the moste parte of the winter and whilest he lay there the Queene which had lyen a long time at Tinmouth came to him and when the winter was once paste 1304. the king himselfe commeth to the siege and caused certain engins of wood to be reised vp against the castell Engins to cast stones which shot off stones of .ij or .iij. C. weight but yet woulde not they within once talke of any surrender where the Englishemen filled the ditches with wood and boughs of trees they set the same on fire and brent them to ashes at length the diâ—…hes were filled with stones and earthe so that then the Scotts within perceyuing themselues in euident perill to lose the castell on saint Margarets daye they yelded themselues simply into the Kynges handes as the englishe writers affirme thoughe the Scottishe writers recorde the contrary Finally when the Kyng had ordered all his businesse in Scotland at his pleasure he retourned into Englande leauing in Scotland for warden the lord Iohn Segraue Polidore or as other writers haue sir Aymer de Valfce Erle of Pembroke The VVals The Earle of Pembroke lord vvarden of Scotlande N. Triuet Polidore At his comming to Yorke he caused the Iustices of his benche and the barons of the Exchequer to remoue with their courtes and all theyr Clerkes and officers togither with the Lord ChauÌ„cellor and his court vnto London that the Termes myght be kept there as
inquiri Et quod omnes illos quos per inquisitioneÌ„ culpabiles inuenire contigerit et quos vos is sic liberaueritis à nobis recipiaÌ„tur et qucruÌ„ nomina eis scire faciatis assuÌ„pto secuÌ„ sufficieÌ„ti posse comitatus praedicti sine dilatione arrestari in prisona nostra saluo securè custodire faciat in forma praedicta communitati dicti comitatus quod simul cum vicecomite praedicto vobis quocienscunque opus fuerit in praemissis pareat assistat intendat prout eis iniungetis ex parte nostra In cuius rei testimonium c. Heerevnto were annexed certaine articles by way of instructions of what pointes they should enquire as partly aboue is noted out of the addition to Mathewe West but not so fully as in the said Chronicle of Abingdon is found expressed 〈◊〉 reg 33. â—…305 â—…ce Edâ—… coÌ„mitâ—… ward â—…on â—…an and heere for breefenesse omitted In the 33. yere of his raigne K. Edward putte his son Prince Edward in prison bycause y t hee had riotously brokeÌ„ the parke of Walter Langton B. of Chester and bycause the Prince hadde done this dede by the procurement of a lewd and wanton person one Peers Gauaston an Esquire of Gascoigne the K. banished him the Realme least the prince who delited much in his company might by his euil wanton counsel fall to 〈◊〉 and naughty rule Moreouer the same yere William Walace taken and put to deathe Ri. South Wil. Walace was taken deliuered vnto K. Edwarde who caused him to be brought to LoÌ„don where on S. Bartholmewes euen hee was conueyed through the streetes vnto Westminster there arreigned of his treasons condemned therevppon hanged drawen quartered his head was set ouer LondoÌ„ bridge his right side ouer the bridge at New-castell vppon Tine his left side was sent to â—…erwike and there set vp his right legge was sent to S. Iohns Towne and his left vnto Aberden in which places the same were set vp for an example of terror to others Also about the same time the K. of Fraunce required the K. of Englande by messengers and letters sent vnto him that he would banish al the Flemings out of his Realme Nich. Triuet in like manner as at his instance he had lately before banished al the ScottishmeÌ„ out of France The K. of Englande was coÌ„tented so to doe and by that meanes Flemings banished the land at contemplation of the Kyng of Fraunce Abingdon The Archbyshop of Caunterbury accused by the K. Nich Triuet He is suspended were all the Flemings auoided out of this laÌ„d at y e season but shortly after they returned againe King Edward accused Robert Archbishop of Canterbury vnto the Pope for y t he should goe aboute to trouble the quiet state of the Realme to defende and succour rebellious persons wherevppon the said Archb. beeing cited to the Popes consistory was suspended from executing his office till hee shoulde purge himselfe by order of lawe of suche crimes as were laid obiected againste him The K. also obteined an absolution of the Pope of the othe which against his will he had taken for the obseruing of the liberties exacted by force of him by the Erles and Barons of his Realm namely touching disforrestings to be made This yere Robert Bruce contriuing wayes how to make himself K. of Scotland An. reg 34. 1306 Iohn Lorde Comin flayne by Roberte Bruce the 29. day of Ianuarie slew y t Lord Iohn Comin at DuÌ„frice whilest the Kinges Iustices were sitting in iudgemeÌ„t within the Castell there and vpon the day of the annunciation of our Lady caused him self to be Crowned K. of Scotlande at Scone where the Countesse of Boughan that was secretely departed from hir husbande the Earle of Boghan had taken with hir The Countes of Boughan set the Crowne on Roberte Bruce his head all his greate horses was ready to set the Crowne vpon the Bruces head in absence of hir brother y e Erle of Fife to whom being then in England soiourning at his manor of Whitwike in Leicestershire y e office of right apperteined She is taken This Countesse beyng afterwardes taken the same yeare by the Englishmen where other woulde haue had hir put to death the King woulde not grant therevnto but commanded that he shuld be put in a cage made of wood Hir punishment whiche was set vppon the walles of the Castell of Berwike that all suche as passed by might behold hir There were present at his Coronation four bishops fiue Erles a great multitude of people of the lande Immediately vppon y e newes brought to the K. of Bruces coronatioÌ„ he sente forthe a power of men An army sent into Scotland vnder the conduit of the Erle of Pembroke and of the Lord Henry Perey the Lord Robert Clifford and others to resist the attemptes of the Scottes now ready to worke some mischiefe through the encouragement of y e new King Prince Edward made Knight Edward Prince of Wales was made knight this yeare at LondoÌ„ vpoÌ„ Whitsonday Thre hundred hath M. West a great number of other yong bachelers with him 297. as Abingdon writeth the whyche were sent straightwayes with y e saide Prince towards ScotlaÌ„d to ioyne with the Earle of PeÌ„broke to resist the attemptes of the new K. Robert le Bruce and his complices Prince Edward sent into Scotland K. Edwarde himselfe followed The general assemblie of y e army was appointed at Careleill a fifteene dayes after the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist froÌ„ theÌ„ce to marche forth vnder the guiding of the Prince into ScotlaÌ„d Robert Bruce In the meane time Roberte le Bruce went abroade in the countreys of Scotlande receyued the homages of many Scottishmenne and got togither an army of men with the whiche he approched neere to S. Iohns Towne into the which the Earle of Pembroke was alittle before entred to defende it Abingdon with three hundred menne of armes beside footemen The Bruce sent vnto the Erle to come out giue battell y e Erle sent vnto him word againe that he would not fight y e day being sunday It was the next sunday after Midsomer day but vpoÌ„ the next morow he would satisfie his request Robert Bruce herevpoÌ„ withdrew a mile backe froÌ„ the towne determining to rest himselfe and his people that night About euening tide coÌ„meth the Earle foorth of the towne with his people in order of battell and assayling his enimies vpon a suddaine Robert Bruce put to flight by the Earle of Pembroke slew diuers ere they could get their armour on their backes Roberte Bruce and others that hadde some space to arme theÌ„selues made some resistance for a while but at length the English meÌ„ put them to the worse so that they were constreyned to flee Robert Bruce fled into Cantir The Earle following y e chase pursued theÌ„ eueÌ„
substanciall persons Knightes or other men of good accompt to be afore them at certayne places within their gouernementes named in the same writtes on the sunday the morrowe after the Epiphanie then neere ensuing and that the sayde Sherifes fayle not to be there the same daye in their owne persons to execute that whiche in other writtes to them directed and after to be sent should be conteyned The date of this writte was the fiftenth of December The second writ was sent by certaine Chaplaynes in whiche the Sherifes were commaunded vppon the opening of the same forthwith to receyue an othe in presence of the sayde Chaplaynes to put in execution all that was therein conteyned and not to disclose the contents to any man till they had executed the same with all expedition and therewith to take the like othe of those persons whome by vertue of y e first writte they had summoned to appeare afore them In other writte there was also framed and sente by the same Chaplaines by the which the said Sherifes wer coÌ„manded to attach by their bodies al y e templers within y e precinct of their gouernemeÌ„ts to seise al their lands and goodes into the Kings haÌ„ds togither with their writings charters dedes and miniments to make thereof a true Inuentorie Indenture in presence of the warden of y e place whether he were brother of that order or any other in presence of honest men being neyghbors of which IndeÌ„ture one part to remain in y e custody of the sayd Warden the other with the Sherife vnder his seale that should so make seasure of the sayd goodes and further that the sayde goodes and chatels should be put in safe custody and that the quicke goodes and cattaile should be kept and found of the premisses as shoulde seeme most expediente and that their landes and possesioÌ„s should be manured and tilled to y e most coÌ„moditie Further that the persons of the sayde Templers being attached in manner as before is said shoulde bee safely kepte in some competent place out of theyr owne houses but not in straight prison but in such order as the Sherifes might bee sure of them to bring them foorth when he should be coÌ„manded to be found in y e meane time according to their estate of their owne goodes so seised and hereof to make a true certificate vnto y e treasorer BaroÌ„s of y e eschecker what they had done coÌ„cerning y e premisses declaring how many of y e said teÌ„plers they had atached w t their names and what lands and goodes they had seased by vertue of this precept the date of these two last writtes was from Bislet the .xx. of December and the returne thereof to be made vnto the Exchequer was the morrow after the Purification â–ª There were writtes also directed into Irelande as wee haue there made meÌ„tion and likewise vnto Iohn de Brytaine Earle of Richmonde Lorde Warden of Scotlande and to Eustace de Cotesbache Chamberlaine of Scotlande to Walten de Pâ—…derton Iustice of west Wales and to Hugh Aldighâ—…e alias Audley Iustice of north Wales to Robert Hollande Iustice of Chester vnder like fourme and maner as in Irelande wee haue expressed The malice whiche the Lordes had conceyued agaynst the Earle of Cornewal still encreased the more in deede through the high bearing of him being now aduaunced to honour For being a goodly gentleman and a stoute he woulde not once yeelde an ynche to any of them which worthily procured him great enuie amongst the chiefest Peeres of all the realme as sir Henrie Lacie Earle of Lyncolne sir Guy Earle of Warwike and sir Aymer de Valence Earle of Pembroke the Earles of Gloucester Hereforde Arundell and others which vpon such wrath and displeasure as they had conceyued against him thought it not conuenient to suffer the same any longer in hope that the kings minde might happely hee altered into a better purpose being not altogither conuerted into a venemous disposition but so that it might be cured if the corrupter therof were once banished from him Herevpon they assemble togither in the Parliament time â—… VVels â—…inuation â—…ime at the new Temple on Saterday next before the feast of Saint Dunstan and there ordeyned that the sayde Pierce shoulde abiure the realme and depart the same on the morrow after the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist at the furthest and not to returne into the same againe at any tyme then after to come To this ordinance the king although against his will bycause he sawe himselfe and Realme in daunger gaue his consent and made his letters Patents to the sayde Earles and Lordes to witnesse the same The tenour of which letters here ensueth NOtum vobis facimus per praesentes quòd amodo vsque ad diem dominus Petrus de Gaueston regnum nostrum est abiuratus exiturus videlicet in crastino Natiuitatis Sancti Iohannis Baptistae proximo sequenti Nos in quantum nobis est nihil faciemus nec aliquid fieri permittemus per quod exilium dicti domini Petri in aliquo poterit impedui vel protelari quin secundum formaÌ„ à pral t is comitibus baronibus regni nostri ordinatam per nos libero consensu confirmatam plenariè perficiatur In cuius rei testimonium has lateras nostras fieri fecimus patentes Datum apud VVestm xvij die Maij. Anno regni nostri primo These letters were read heard and allowed in the presence of all the Noble men of this lande the day and yeare abouesayd The Archbishop of Canterburie being lately returned from Rome where he had remayned in exile in the late deceassed kings dayes for a certaine time did pronounce the sayd Pierce accursed if he taried within the Realme longer than the appoynted tyme and likewise all those that shoulde ayde helpe or mainteyne him and lykewise if he shoulde at any time hereafter returne againe into the lande To conclude this matter was so followed An. Reg. 2. The Earle of Cornwal banished the Realme that at length he was constrayned to withdrawe himselfe to Bristow and so by sea as a banished man to saile into Ireland The king being sore offended herewith as he that fauored the Erle more than that he could be without his companie The kings fauor towardes the Earle of Cornewall threatned the Lords to be reuenged for this displeasure and ceassed not to sende into Irelande vnto Pierce comforting him both with friendly messages and rich presentes Polidor and as it were to shewe that hee ment to reteyne him still in his fauour Fabian The Earle of Cornwal deputie of Ireland Hen Marle he made him ruler of Irelande as his deputie there The Lordes perceyuing the kings affectioÌ„ and that the treasure was spent as lauishly as before thought with themselues that it might be that the king woulde both amende his passed trade of life and that Pierce being restored home woulde rather aduise hym
to the Queene his mother Some bookes haue thre thousande pound she hauing assigned to hir a thousand poundes by yeare for the maintenaunce of hir estate being appointed to remayne in a certayne place and not to goe else where abroade yet the King to comforte hir woulde lyghtely euerye 〈◊〉 once come to visite hir After that the Earle of Marche was â—…ted as ye haue hearde dyuers noble men that were departed the Realme bycause they coulde not abyde the pride and presumption of the sayd Earle Adam Merâ—…uth howe returned Aâ—… the sonne and heyre of the Earle of Arundell the Lorde Thomas Waâ—…e the Lorde Henry Beaumont sir Thomas de Rosselyn Sir Foulâ—…e Fitz Wâ—…reyne Sir Gryffyn de la â—…oole and 〈…〉 other 1331 An. reg 3. Edvvard â—…alâ—… commeth â—…to Englande In the fifth yeare of King Edwardes 〈◊〉 Edward 〈…〉 came 〈◊〉 of Fraunce 〈◊〉 Englande and obteyned suche 〈◊〉 for our the assistance of the Lorde Henrye Beaumont the Lord Dauid of Scrabogy Earle of 〈◊〉 the Lorde Geffrey de Mowbray the lord Walter Câ—…yâ—… and other that king Edward granted hym licence to make his prouision in Englande to passe into Scotlande wyth an 〈◊〉 of men to attempte the recouerie of his right to the crowne of Scotlande with condition that if he recouered it he shoulde acknowledge to holde it of the kyng of Englande as superiour Lorde of Scotlande The commyng awaye of Edwarde Balliolie oute of Fraunce is dyuerselye reported by writers Caxton some saye that hee was ayded by the French king whose sister he had maryed and other saye â—…ohn Barnabie that he being in prison in Fraunce for the escape of an Englishman one Iohn Barnabye Esquier which had slaine a Frenchman by chance of quarelling in the town of Dampierre where the same Barnabie dwelled with the saide Edwarde Balliol it so came to passe that the Lord Henrie Beaumont hauing occasion of busynesse wyth the Frenche Kyng The Lorde Beaumont that fauoured him wâ—…ll came ouer into Fraunce and there vnder standing of Balliols imprisonement procured his deliueraunce and brought him ouer into Englande and caused him to remayne in seâ—… wise at the Manor of â—…all vppon 〈◊〉 Yorkeshire with the Ladie â—…esâ—…ie till hee had purchased the Kinges graunt for him to make his promisâ—… of men of warre and ships within the Englishe dominions In the â—…te yeare of King Edwards raigne Reignolde Erle o Gelderland maried the Ladie Eleanor sâ—…er to this King Edwarde the thirde 1332. An. reg 6. Croxden The Earle of Gelderlande who gaue vnto the sayde Earle wyth hir for hir portion fifteene thousande poundes sterlyng Isabell the kinges daughter was borne also this yeare at Woodstocke After that Edwarde Balliol had prepared and made readâ—… his purueyances for his iourney and that his men of warre wer assembled come togither being in al not paste 〈…〉 of armes and about twoo thousande archers and other footemen hee tooke thoseâ—… at Rauenspurgh in Yorkeshire and 〈◊〉 thence directing his course Northewarde he arriued at lengthe in Scotland Edvvard Ballioll crovvned K. of Scotland wher he atchieuing gâ—…t victâ—…es as in the Scottish chronicle yee may reade more at large was finally crowned king of that Realme It may seeme a wonder to many â—… that the king of Englande woulde persuit Edwarde Balliol to make his prouision thus in Englande and to suffer his people to aide him againste his brother in lawe Kyng Dauid that had married his sister as before yee haue heard In deede at the firste hee was not â—…erie readâ—… to graunt theyr sute that moued it The cause that moued K. Edvvarde to ayd the Ballioll but at lengthe hee was contented to dissemble the matter in hope that if Edwarde Balliol had good successe hee shoulde then recouer that againe whiche by the conclusion of peace during his minoritie hee had throughe euill counsel resigned out of his handes The Scot â—…neuerthelesse in December chased theyr newe Kyng Edwarde Balliol out of Scotlande so that hee was faine to retire into Englande and celebrated the feaste of the Natiuitie at Carleil in the house of the Friers minors and the morrows after beeing Sainct Stephens daye hee wente into Westmerlande where of the lorde Clifforde hee was right honourably receyued Ro. Southwell Edvvard Ballâ—…oll chased out of Scotlande 1333 to whome hee then graunted Douglas Dale in Scotlande whiche had bene graunted to the saide lord Cliffords grandfather in the dayes of Kyng Edwarde the first if hee might at any time recouer the Realme of Scotlande out of his aduersaries handes After thys he went and lay a tyme with the Ladie of Gynes An. reg 7. that was his kinsewoman Finally about the .x. day of Marche hauing assembled a power of Englishemen and Scottishmen he entred Scotlande Borvvike besieged and besieged the towne of Berwike duryng the whyche siege many enterprises were attempted by the parties and amongest other the Scottes entred Englande by Carleile doing muche mischiefe in Gillestande by brennyng killyng robbing and spoylyng The king aduertised hereof thought himselfe discharged of the agreement concluded betwixte him and Dauid Bruce the sonne of Rob. Bruce that had married hys syster and therfore tooke it to be lawfull for hym to ayde his cousin Edw. Ballioll the lawfull king of Scottes The Scottish writers confesse that the Scottishemen lost to the number of .xiiij. thousande Bervvike deliuered On the morrowe folowing being S. Margarets day the towne of Berwike was rendred vnto king Edward with the Castell as in the Scottishe Chronicle ye maye reade with more matter touchyng the siege and battaile aforesayde and therefore here in fewe words I passe it ouer King Edward hauing thus spâ—… his busines left a power of men with Edward Balliole The lord Richard Talbot vnder the conduct of the lord Richard Talbot and returned himselfe backe into Englande appoynting the Lorde Percye to bee gouernoure of the Towne of Berâ—…re and sir Thomas Greye knight his lieutenant The Lord Iohn Daroy lorde chiefe Iustice of Ireland The Lorde Iustice of Ireland commeth into Scotlande leauyng the Lord Thomas Burgh his deputie in that countrey paâ—…d ouer wyth an armye into Scotlande to ayde the Kyng who as ye haue hearde was there the same tyme in person And so by the kyng on one syde and by the Irishmenne on an other Scotlande was subdued and restored vnto Balliole who the morrowe after the Octaues of the Natiuitie of our Ladie helde a Parliament at Sainct Iohns towne in the whiche he reuoked made voyde all actes whyche the late King of Scots Roberte Bruce hadde enacted or made and further ordeyned that all suche landes and possessions as the sayde Bruce hadde giuen to any manner of person should bee taken from them and restored to the former and true inherytoure Thys yere about the twelfth of October Simon Mepham Archbish of Canterbury departed this life in whose place succeded Iohn Steet
that it stood neither with his safetie nor honor so lightly to agree to depart froÌ„ the tower vnto such place as the Lordes had thus appoynted him to serue more for their purpose thaÌ„ for suretie of his person When the Lords therefore vnderstood that he would not keepe promise with them they were greatly offended insomuch as they sent him flat word that if he woulde not come according to promise they would surely choose an other king that would and ought to obey the faythful counsaile of his Lordes The king with this message being touched to the quicke The K. is compelled to condiscend to the lords requests to satisfie their mindes and to auoyde further perill remoued the nexte morning vnto Westminster where the Lords comming before his presence after a little other talke they declared vnto him that aswel in respect of his own honour as the commoditie and wealth of his kingdome it was behouefull that such traytors most wicked and slanderous persons as were nothing profitable but hurtful to him and his louing subiects should be remoued out of his court and that other that both could and would serue him more honorably and faythfully were placed in theyr rowmthes The king although sore agaynst his minde when he sawe how the Lordes were bent and that he wanted power to withstande theyr pleasures condiscended to doe what they woulde haue him And so when he had graunted thereto they iudged that Alexander Neuill Archbishop of Yorke Iohn Fourdham Bishop of Durham Lord Treasorer Thomas Rushoke a Frier of the order of the Preachers Bishop of Chichester and confessor to the king were worthie to bee auoyded the Court But the Archbishop 〈…〉 and the Bi. of Chichester would 〈…〉 â—…nings but got them out of the way 〈…〉 was not knowne whither The Lordes expâ—…sed also out of 〈…〉 Lord Zouche of Haringworth Câ—… 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 the L. Bâ—… the Lord Beaumont Albrey de Vter Bâ—…in de Bereford Richard Aâ—…burie Iohn Worth Thomas Clyfford and Iohn Loâ—…ell â—…ightes These were dismissed out of the Court and remoued from the king but not discharged for they were constreyned to put in sureties â—…o appâ—… the nâ—…t Parliament There were also certaine Ladies 〈…〉 Court Câ—… 〈◊〉 expulsed the Court. as those that were thought to doe 〈…〉 harme about the K. to wit the Ladie Pâ—…ynings wife to Iohn Worth of Mowen and 〈…〉 Moulinge with others which also 〈…〉 to answere at the next Parliament 〈…〉 things as might be obiected agaynst 〈◊〉 Moreouer there were arrested 〈…〉 seuerall prisons sir Simon Burley The 〈…〉 those that 〈◊〉 câ—…mâ—…ed 〈◊〉 prison by the Lords Wil. â—…mham Iohn Beauchampe of Hoâ—… steward of the kings house sir Iohn Salisburie sir Thâ—… Tauet sir Iames Barneis sir Nichol. Dagworth sir Nicolas Brambre knights Also Richarde Clifford Iohn Lincolne Ric. Mitford the kings chaplains Nic. Sclake deaue of the kings chapel whose worde might doe much in the Court There was also appreheÌ„ded Iohn Blaâ—… apprentice of the law al which persons were kept to strait ward till the next ParliameÌ„t in which they were appointed to staÌ„d vnto their trial answers Shortly after to witte the morrow after the Purification of our lady the Parliament begâ—…n The parâ—… that wrought wonders the which was named the ParliameÌ„t y t wrought wonders The king would gladly haue proroged the time of this ParliameÌ„t if by any meanes he might Grafton Grafton Tho. VVal. The Lordes came to the same Parliament with a sufficieÌ„t armie for their owne safeties The first day of this Parliament were arested as they sate in their places Grafton all the Iustices except sir William Skipworth as sir Roger Fulthrop sir Robert Belknap The Iustices a â—…ed and sent to the tower sir Iohn Carey sir Iohn Holt sir William Brooke Iohn Alocton the kings Sergeant at law all the whiche were sent to the Tower and there kept in seuerall places The cause why they were thus appreheÌ„ded was for that where in the last Parliament diuerse Lordes were made gouerners of the realme both by the assent of the same Parliament Why the Iustices were apprehended and also by the aduise couÌ„sail of all the Iustices then being and Indentuces tripertite thereof made of the which one part remayned with the king an other with the Lordes so chosen to gouerne the realme and the thirde part with the Iustices and yet notwithstanding the sayde Iustices at a Councell holden at Notingham as ye haue heard before didde goe contrarie to that agreement Wherevpon it was nowe determyned that they shoulde make answere to theyr doings Moreouer in the beginning of this Parliament The Duke of 〈◊〉 and his â—…ates attayned of treason by this parliament were openly called Robert Veer Duke of Ireland Alexander Neuill Archbishop of York Michaell de la Poole Earle of Suffolke sir Robert Trisilian Lorde chiefe Iustice of Englande to answere Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Gloucester Rycharde Earle of Arundell Henrie Earle of Darbie and Thomas Earle of Notingham vpon certaine articles of high treason which these Lordes did charge them with and forasmuche as none of these appeared it was ordeyned by the whole assent of the Parliament that they shoulde be banished for euer and theyr landes and goodes moueable and vnmoueable to be forfeyt and seysed into the kings handes theyr landes entayled onely excepted Shortly after was the Lorde chiefe Iustice Robert Tresilian founde founde in a Pothecaries house at Westminster lurking there Tresilian chief iustice discried by his own maÌ„ is executed at Tiburn to vnderstande by spyes dayly what was done in the Parliament he was discried by one of his owne men and so taken and brought to the Duke of Gloucester who caused him forthwith the same day to be had to the Tower and from thence drawne to Tyburne and there hanged The morrow after sir Nicholas Brambre that sometime had beene Maior of London was brought forth to iudgement and condemned although he had many friendes that made suyte to saue his life This man had done many oppressions within the Citie of London as was reported In his Mayraltie he caused great and monstruous Stoks to be made to imprison men therin and also a common Axe to strike off the heades of them whiche shoulde resist hys wyll and pleasure for hee was so highly in the kings fauour that he might doe what he woulde And the report went that hee had caused eight thousande or more to be indited which before had taken part with the Lordes intending to haue put theÌ„ all to death if God had not shortned his days Many other euill fauoured reportes went abrode of him as that hee ment to haue chaunged the name of London and to haue named it little Troy of which citie baptised with y e new name he purposed to bee intituled Duke But these were forged rumors deuised and spred abrode in those dayes as many other were partly by
the table next to the king on his right hand in the hall the day of his coronation and for their fees to haue the foresayde Canapie of golde with the belles and staues notwithstanding the Abbot of Westminster claymed the same Edmond Chambers claymed and obteyned the office of principall Larderer for him and his Deputies by reason of his manour of Skulton Edmond Chambers otherwise called Burdellebin SkultoÌ„ in the couÌ„tie of Norffolke Thus was euery man appoynted to exercise such office as to him of right apperteyned or at the least was thought requisite for the time present On the Monday then next ensuing when the states were assembled in Parliament order was taken that by reason of such preparation as was to be made for the coronation they shoulde sit no more till the morow after Saint Edwards day On the Sunday following being the euen of Saint Edwarde the newe King lodged in the Tower and there made xivj knightes of the Bathe to witte Three of his sonnes Knightes of the Bath The Earle of Arundell The Earle of Warwickes sonne The Earle of Stafforde Two of the Earle of Deuonshires sonne The Lorde Beaumont The Lorde Willoughbies brother The Earle of Staffordes brother The Lorde Camois his sonne The Lorde of Maule Thomas Beauchampe Thomas Pelham Iohn Luttrell Iohn Listey William Hankeford Iustice William Brinchley Iustice Bartholmew Racheforde Giles Danbeney William Butler Iohn Ashton Richarde Sanape Iohn Tiptost Richard Frances Henrie Percy Iohn Arundell William Stralle Iohn Turpington Aylmere Saint Edwarde Hastings Iohn Greissley Gerard Satill Iohn Arden Robert Chalons Thomas Dymocke Hungerforde Gibethorpe Newporte and dyuerse other to the number of .xlvj. The L. Maior of London On the Morrowe beeing Saint Edwardes day and .xiij. of October the Lord Maior of LoÌ„don road towards the Tower to atteÌ„d the king with diuerse worshipfull Citizens clothed all in red and from the Tower the king ridde through the Citie vnto Westminster where he was sacred annoynted and crowned king by the Archbishop of Canterburie with all ceremonies and royall solemnitie as was due and requisite The Earle of 〈◊〉 carried â—…ngs preâ—… Though all other reioysed at his aduauncement yet surely Edmonde Mortimer Earle of March which was cousin and heyre to Lionell duke of Clarence the thirde begotten sonne of king Edwarde the thirde and Richard Earle of Cambridge sonne to Edmonde duke of Yorke whiche had maried Anne sister to the same Edmond were with these doings neither pleased nor contented Insomuch that now the deuision once begon the one linage ceassed not to persecute the other till the heyres males of both the lynes were clearly destroyed and extinct At the day of the coronation to the intent hee shoulde not seeme to take vpon him the crowne scepter royall by plaine extort power and iniurious intrusion Edward erle 〈◊〉 â—…er vn â—…ly faâ—…d 〈◊〉 â—…amed â—…ack he was aduised to make his tytle as heyre to Edmond surnamed or vntruly feyned Crouchbacke sonne to king Henry the third and to say that the said Edmond was elder brother to king Edward the first and for his deformitie put by from the crowne to whoÌ„ by his mother Blanch daughter sole heyre to Henry duke of Lancaster he was next of bloud and vndoubted heyre But bycause not only his friends but also his priuie enimies knew that this was but a forged title considering they were surely enformed not onely that the sayde Edmonde was yonger son to king Henrie the thirde but also had true knowledge that EdmoÌ„d was neither crooke backed nor a deformed persoÌ„ but a goodly gentleman a valiant captain so much fauored of his louing father that he to preferre him in mariage to the Queene Dowager of Nauarre hauing a great liuelode gaue to him the countie Palatine of Lancaster with many notable honours high seigniories and large priuiledges Therefore they aduised him to publish it that hee chalenged the realme not onely by conquest but also bycause he was by king Richarde adopted as beyre and declared by resignation as his lawfull successor being next heyremale to him of the bloud royall But to proceede to other doings the solemnitie of the coronation being ended the morrow after being Tuesday the ParliameÌ„t began again Sir Iohn Cheny speaker of the parliameÌ„t dismissed and Wil. Durward admitted and y e next day sir Iohn Cheyny that was speaker excusing himselfe by reason of his infirmitie sicknesse not to be able to exercise that roumth was dismissed and one William Durward esquire was admitted herewith were the acts established in the Parliament of the .xxj. yere of king Richardes raigne repealed and made voyde Acts repealed and the ordinances deuised in the Parliament holden the .xj. yeare of the same king confirmed Acts coÌ„firmed againe established for good and profitable The same day the kings eldest sonne the Lord Henrie by assent of all the states in the Parliament was created Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall and Erle of Chester then being of the age of .xij. yeares Vpon the Thursday the commons came and rehersed all the errors of the last Parliament holden in the .xxj. yeare of king Richard and namely in cetaine fiue of them First that where the king that nowe is was readie to arraigne an appeale agaynst the Duke of Norffolke he doing what apperteyned to hys dutie in that behalf was yet banished afterwards without any reasonable cause Secondly the Archbishop of Canterburie Metropolitane of the Realme was foreiudged without answere Thirdly the duke of Gloucester was murthered and after foreiudged Fourthly where the Earle of Arundell alledged his Charter of pardon the same might not be allowed Fifthly that all the power of that euill Parliament was graunted and assigned ouer to certaine persons and sithe that such heynous errors coulde not be coÌ„mitted as was thought without the assent and aduice of them that were of the late kings counsaile they made sure that they might be put vnder arrest and committed to safe keping till order might be further taken for them Thus much adoe there was in this Parliament specially about them that were thought to be guiltie of the duke of Gloucesters death and of the condemning of the other Lords that were adiudged traytors in the foresayde late Parliament holden in the sayde .xxj. yeare of king Richardes raigne Fabian Sir Iohn bagot discloseth secretes Sir Iohn Bagot knight then prisoner in the tower disclosed many secrets vnto the which he was priuie and being brought one day to the barre a bill was read in Englishe whiche hee had made conteyning certaine euill practises of king Richard and further what great affection y e same king bare to the duke of Aumarle insomuch that he heard him say that if he shuld renounce the gouernment of the kingdom he wished to leaue it to the said duke as to the most able maÌ„ for wisdome and manhood of all other for though he could like better of the duke of
at the Buclerâ—… and a great mâ—…ny of yong men looking on them for the coÌ„â—…̄dement was then scarce knowne he commaunded them to leaue off and for that one of them asked him why hee woulde haue hadde into the Counter Then all the yong prentisâ—… stept to and resisted the Alderman taking the yong fellow from him and cryed prentises and clubbes Then out at euery doore came clubbes and weapons The Alderman fled and was in great daunger Then more people arose oute of euery quarter and forth came seruing men watermen courtiers and other so that by 〈◊〉 of the clocke there were in Cheape sir or seuen C. and out of Pauls Church yeard came three C. which knew not of the other So out of all places they gathered and brake vp the counters tooke out the prisoners that the Maior had thither committed for hurting the straungers and came to Newgate and tooke out Studley and Petit committed thither for that cause The Maior and Sherifes were present there and made proclamation in the kings name but nothing was obeyed Herewith being gathered in plumpes they ran through S. Nicholas Shambles and at Saint Martines gate there mette with them sir Thomas More and other desiring them to go to their lodgings And as they were thus eâ—…mating and had almoste perswaded the people to departe they within Saint Martyns threw out stones and â—…attes so that they hurt diuerse honest persons that were ther with sir Thomas Moore perswading the rebellious persons to crasse insomuche as at length one Nicholas Downes a Sergeant of armes being there with the sayde sir Thomas Moore and sore hurt amongst other in a furie cryed downe with them and then all the misruled persons ranne to the doores and windowes of the houses within saint Martines and spoiled all that they found After that they ran headlong into Cornehil and there likewise spoiled diuerse houses of FreÌ„ch men that dwelled within y e gate of master Mewtas house called greene gate This master Mewtas was a Picard borne and repâ—…ed to be a great bearer of Frenchmen in their occupyings trades contrarie to the lawes of the Citie If the people had found him they would surely haue striken off his head but when they found hym not the watermen and cortaine yong priestes that were there fell to ryfling and some ranne to Blanchchapelton brake vp the straungers houses and spoyled them Thus from tenne or eleuen of the clocke these ryotous people continued in theyr outragious doings tyll aboute thâ—…e of the clocke at what tyme they beganne to withâ—…e and wâ—…t to theyr places of resort as 〈◊〉 the way they were taken by the Maior and the handes of the Citie and sent same of theÌ„ to the tower some to Newgate and soâ—… to the Court 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 of three C. Many fled and specially the watermen priests and â—…ing men but the premises wâ—… caught by the backe and had to prison In the meane time whilest the hotest of this â—…fling lasted the Cardinall was aduertised thereof by sir Thomas Naâ—… whervpon the Cardinal strengâ—… thened his house with men and ordinance and sir Thomas Paâ—…e rode in all hast to Richmonde where the king lay and enâ—…med him of the matter who incontinently sent forth hastilye the London to vnderst and the state of the Citie and was truly aduertised howe the ryot was crased and many of the myâ—…ders apprehended The Lieuetenant of the Tower sir Roger Cholmeley during the time of this hâ—…ling then off certaine peeces of 〈◊〉 â—…gayntâ—… the Câ—…tie and though they did us great â—…e yet hee wanne muche euill will 〈◊〉 his hastie doing bycause men thought he did it of malice rather theâ—… of any discration About fiue of the clocke the Erles of Shrewsburie and Suâ—…ey Thomas Doâ—…erey Lorde of Saint Iohns George Neuill Lorde of Burgeyny and other which had heard of thys ryot come to London with suche strength as they coulde make vpon that sodaine and so 〈◊〉 the Iâ—…s of Court but before they tanâ—… whether with feare of the bruyte of theyr coâ—…ing or of her wyfe 〈◊〉 ryotous assemble was broken vp and manye of the misdoers taken as ye haue heard Then to the the prisoners examined and the Sermon of Doctour Bele called to remembrance and he taken and sent to the Tower Herewith was a Commission of Oyre and determiner directed to the duke of Norffolkes A Commissiâ—… of Oier add determiner and to diuerse other Lordes to the Lorde Maior of London and the Alderbury and to all the Iustices of Englande for punishment of this insurrection whervpon all the Iustices with 〈◊〉 the kings Counsaile learned in the lawes asseâ—… at the house of sir Iohn Fineux Lorde chiefe Iustice of Englande neare to S. Brides by Fleetestreete to take aduice and conclude vpon the order which they shoulde follow in this matter and first there was read the Staâ—…tâ—… of the thirde of Henrie the fifth the effect whereof ensueth in these wordes following The statute quinto of H. the fifth bycause that dyuerse â—…aâ—…ons comprised within the â—…es concluded as well by oâ—…er soâ—…aigne Lorde the King that nowe is as by his ryght noble father 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 â—…ne robbed and spoyled by 〈◊〉 Kings Liâ—…ges ofâ—… subiectes as well on the mayne Seas as wyth 〈◊〉 the portes and coastes of Englande Irelande and Wales by reason whereof the truses and safeconductes haue beene broken and violated to the domage dishonour and flaunder of the king and agaynst hys dignitie and the mansleyers spoylers robbers and violaters of the same truses and safeconductes as before is declared haue beene recetted procured counsayled vpholden and mainteined by diuerse of the kings liege people vpon the coastes our sayde soueraigne Lorde the king by the aduice and assent abouesayde and at the prayer of the sayd Commons hath ordeyned and established that all such manslears robbers spoylers breakers of truses and safecoÌ„ducts graunted by the king and the wilfull recetters abetters procurers counsaylers susteyners and mainteyners of such persons hereafter in time to come being any of the lieges and subiectes of thys Realme of Englande Irelande and Wales are to be adiudged and determined as guiltie of high treason cowmitted agaynste the Crowne and dignitie of the king And further in euerie Hauen and port of the sea there shall be from henceforth made and assigned by the king by his letters patents one lawfull officer named a conseruator of truses and safeconducts graunted by the king which officer shall dispend at the least tenne pound in land by yeare c as in the statute more at large is expressed The which statute being read and well considered of bycause there were diuerse leagues of truses betwixt the king and diuerse other princes as one betwixt him the French king an other betwixt him and the Archeduke of Burgongne and an other betwixt him and the king of Spain all the which truces were violated by the sayd insurrection it was determined by
cleane rased Wherat the king taking great ioy presently called to certain of the Lordes of the counsel that were by and sayd How say you my Lords Chatillons garden the new forte is layd as flat as this floore One streight amongst them gaue iudgement That he â—…as had done it was worthy to lose his headâ—… The king streight replyed he had rather lost a dozen such he 〈◊〉 as his was thaâ—… so iudged 〈…〉 such seruants as had done it And herew t he coÌ„manded y t the L. Greys pardon shuld â—…ly be made y e which with a letter of great â—…kes and promise of rewarde was returned by the sayd sir Thomas Palmer to the sayd Lord Grey but the reward fayled the king not continuyng long after in lyfe the like happeÌ„ wherof had oftentymes happened vnto diuers of his worthie auncestors vpon their due desertes to haue bin considered of and therfore the cafe the lesse straunge This haue I set downe the more willyngly for that I haue receiued it from them which haue herd it reported not only by the L. Greys owne mouthe but also by the relation of Syr Thomas Palmer and others that were present The same not tendyng so muche to the Lord Greys owne prayse as to the betokening of the kings noble courage and the great secret trust which he worthyly reposed in the sayde Lord Grey Here is to be noted also least any man shuld mistake the matter as if the K. dealt indirectly herein that his Maiestie knowyng howe the Frenchmen in goyng about to buyld this fort did more than they might by the couenaÌ„ts of y e peace therfore was resolued at the first aduertisement thereof to haue it rased But yet for y t it might haply haue bin signified ouer vnto the freÌ„chmen before my L. Grey could haue accoÌ„plished the feate he therfore wisely wrote one thing in his letters whervnto many might be priuie sent secrete knowledge by words contrarie to the contents of the same letters so as if the messenger were trustye hys pleasure mighte not bee discouered to the hinderance or disappointing of the same but nowe to oure purpose The French king after this bycause as yet he woulde not seeme to breake the peace commaunded the trenches and newe fortifications made aboute thys fortresse called Chatillons Garden thus cast down to be filled by his own people and so it rested during the lyfe of king Henry but afterwardes it was begon againe and finished as after ye shall heare The Duke was atteynted by Parliament and the Atteynder after reuersed in the fyrste yeare of Queene Mary The euill hap as well of the father as of the sonne was greately lamented of many not onely for the good seruice which the Duke had done in his dayes in defence of this realme but also for that the Erle was a Gentleman well learned and knowne to haue an excellent witte if he had bin thankfull to God for the same and other suche good giftes as he had endued him with The king maketh his Testament The King now lying at the point of death made his last wil and testament wherin he not onely yelded himselfe to Almightie God but also tooke order that during the minoritie of his sonne Prince Edward his executors shuld be counsellors and ayders to him in all things as well concerning priuate as publike affairs They wer .xvj. in number whose names were as here foloweth His executors Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Canterbury Thomas Wrioshlley Lord Chancellor Sir William Paulet knight of the order lord Saint Iohn great maister of y e houshold Sir Edward Seimer knight of the order erle of Herâ—…ford high ChaÌ„berlain of England Sir Iohn Russell knighte of the order Lorde Priuie seale Sir Iohn Dudley knighte of the order â—â—rout Lisle and baron of Manpas high Admirall of Englande Cutbert Tunstall bishop of Durham Sir Anthony Brown knight of the order and maister of the horsse Sir Edmund Montacute knight chiefe Iustice of the common place Sir Thomas Bromeley knighte one of the Iustices of the kings benche Sir Edward North knighte Chauncellour of the Augmentation Sir William Paget knight of the order Sir Anthonie Denny knight Sir William Herbert knight Sir Edwarde Wotton knighte Treasourer of Caleys The deceasse of king Henry the eyght Nicholas Wotton deane of Canterburye and Yorke So soone as the sayde noble King had finished his laste wyll and testamente as afore is sayde he shortly thervpon yelded vp his spirite to Almightie God departing this world the xxviij daye of Ianuarie in the thirtie and eyghte yeare of his reigne and in the yeare of our lord 1546. after the accompt of the churche of England but after the accompt whiche we follow here in this booke .1547 begynning our yeare the first of Ianuarie He reigned .xxxvij. yeares .ix. monethes and odde days His body according to his wil in that behalf was conueyd to Wyndsoxe with all funerall pompe and in the Colledge there enterred This noble Prince was ryght fortunate in all his dooings so that coÌ„monly what soeuer he attempted had good successe as well in matters of peace as of warres Of personage hee was tall and mightie in his latter dayes somewhat grosse or as we terme it bourly in wit memorie verie perfect of suche maiestie tempered with humanitie ' as best became so noble high an estate a great fauorer of learning as he that was not ignorant of good letters himselfe and for his greate magnificence and liberalitie his renoune was spread through the whole world Of learned men that lyued in the dayes of this moste famous prince we fynde many as first Iohn Colet deane of Paules and founder of the Schoole there he was borne in London of honest parentes William Lillie borne in the towne of Odiham in Hampshire was the first Schoolemaister of Paules Schoole after it was erected Tho. Linacer or rather Linaker borne in Derbyshire a learned Physitian and well seen in the toungs Iohn Skelton a pleasant Poet Richard Pace that succeded Iohn Colet in the roome of Deane of Poules Iohn Fisher Bishoppe of Rochester of whome yee haue herd before Tho. More born in London of whom likewise meÌ„tion is made in the life of this kyng Will. Horman born in Salisburie viceprouost of Eaton Colledge a lerned man as by his woorkes it appeareth Iohn Frith borne in London William Tyndall of whiche two persons ye haue hearde lykewyse in the historie of this King Roberte Wakefield excellently seene in the toungs Iohn Rastell a citizen and Stacioner of London Christofer Saint German an excellente Lawyer Roberte Barnes of whome also wee haue made mention beefore Syr Thomas Eliot knight Edward Lee Archebishop of Yorke Iohn Lerlande a diligente searcher of Antiquities Anne Askewe wrote certayne treatises concernyng hir examinations Sir Iohn Bourchier knyght Lorde Berners translated the Chronicles of sir Iohn Froissarte out of Frenche into Englishe William Chubb es Henry Standyshe a Frier Minor
wel declare to you his maiestie an we of his counsaile here do not a little meruaile that you stay still with you the said master Secretarie and haue not as it were vouchsafed to send answer to his Maiestie neither by him nor yet any other And for our selues we do much more maruel and are sorie as both we and you haue good cause to be to see the maner of your doings beÌ„t with force of violence to bring the Kings Maiestie and vs to these extremities Which as we do intende if you wil take no other way but violence â—â—de hiâ—… sent 〈◊〉 Lordes 〈◊〉 Proâ—… what â—…ey required 〈◊〉 to do to defend as nature and allegiance doth binde vs to extremitie of death and to put all to Gods hande who giueth victorie as it pleaseth him so if that any reasonable conditions and offers would take place as hitherto none hath bin signified vnto vs from you nor wee doe not vnderstande what you do require or seeke or what your do meane and that you do seeke no hurt to the kings Maiesties person as touching all other priuate matters to auoyd the effusion of christian bloud to preserue the kings Maiesties person his realme subiects you shall And vs agreed is to any reasonable conditions that you wil require For we do esteeme the kings wealth and tranquilltey of the realm more than al other worldly things yea thaÌ„ our own life Thus praying you to send as your determinate answere bâ—â—â—n by 〈◊〉 or Secretarie Peter or if you wil not let him go by this beater we beseech God to giue both you and vs greate to determinat this matter as may be to gods honor the preseruation of the king the quiet of vs all which mayâ—â— if the fault be not in you And so we bid you most hartily farewel FroÌ„ the kings Maiesties castel of Winsor the .vij. of October .1459 Your Lordships louing friend Edward Somerset After the recept of these letters the lords seeming not greatly to regard the offers conteyned therin persisted in their intended purpose and coÌ„tinuing still in London coÌ„ferred with the Maior of London and his brethren first willing them to cause a good and substanciall watch by night and a good ward by day to be kept for the safegard of the Citie and the portes and gates thereof which was consented vnto and the companies of London in their turnes warned to watch and warde accordingly Then the said lords counsaylors demauÌ„ded of the Lord Maior and his brethren fiue C. men to ayde them to fetch the Lorde Protector out of Windsore from the king But thervnto the Maior answered that he could graunt no ayde without the assent of the coÌ„mon counsaile of the citie whervpon the next day a common counsail was sommoned to the Guildhall in London But in this meane time the said Lords of the counsaile assembled themselues at the L. Maiors house in London who then was sir Henry Amcotes Fishmonger and Iohn York and Richard Turke Sherifes of the said Citie A proclamatioÌ„ published against the lord Protector And there the said counsaile agreed and published forthwith a Proclamation against the L. Protector the effect of which Proclamation was as followeth First that the Lorde Protector by his malicious and euill gouernment was the occasion of all the sedition that of late had happened within the realme The losse of the kings peeces in France That he was ambicious and fought his owne glory as appeared by his building of most sumptuous and costly buildings specially in the time of the kings warres the kings soldiers vnpaid That he esteemed nothing the graue counsaile of the Counsaylers That he sowed sedition betweene the nobles the gentlemen and commons That the Nobles assembled themselues togyther at London for none other purpose but to haue caused the Protectour to haue liued within his limits to haue put such order for the kings Maiestie as apperteyned whatsoeuer the Protectors doings were which as they sayde were vnnaturall ingrate and trayterous That the Protector slaundered the counsaile to the king and did that in him lay to cause variance betwene the king and his nobles That he was a great traytor and therfore the Lords desired the Citie and commons to ayd theÌ„ to take him from the king And in witnesse testimonie of the contents of the said proclamation the Lords subscribed their names and tytles as followeth The Lord Riche Lorde Chancellor The Lord S. Iohn Lorde great maister and president of the Counsaile The Lord Marques of Northamton The erle of Warwike L. great chamberlaine The Erle of Arundel Lord Chamberlaine The Erle of Shrewsburie The Erle of Southamton Wriothesley Sir Tho. Cheyny knight treasurer of y e kings house and Lord wardâ—…n of the cinque portes Sir Iohn Gage knight conestable of y e tower Sir William Peter knight Secretarie Sir Edward North knight Sir Edward Montagew chiefe Iustice of the common place Sir Raufe Sadler Sir Iohn Baker Sir Edward Wootton Doctor Wootton deane of Canterburie Sir Richarde Southwell After the foresayd Proclamation was proclaimed the Lords or the most part of them continuing and lying in London came the next day to the Guildhal during y e time that the L. Maior and his brethren sat in their court or inuer chamber entred and comuned a long while with theÌ„ and at the last the Maior and his brethren came forth vnto the coÌ„mon counsaile The kings letter read to the Citizens where was read the kings letter sent vnto the Maior Citizens commaunding them to ayd him with a thousand men as hath master For and to send the same to his castel at Winsore and to the same letter was adioyned the kings band the Lord Protectors On the other side by the mouth of the Recorder it was requested that the Citizens would graunt their ayd rather vnto the Lords for that the protector had abused both the kings Maiestie and the whole Realme and without that he were taken from the king and made to vnderst and his folly this realme was in a great hazard and therefore required that the Citizens would willingly assent to ayde the Lords with slue hundred men herevnto was none other aunswere made but silence But the Recorder who at that time was a worthie gentleman called maister Broode still cryed vpon them for answere At the last steppes vp a wise good Citizen The saying George Stadlow named as maister Fox saith George Stadlow and sayde thus In this case it is good for vs to thinke of things past to auoyde the daunger of things to come I remember sayth he in storie writer in Fabian Chronicle of the warre betwene the king and his barons whiche was in the time of king Henrie the third and the same time the barons as out lords do now commauÌ„ded ayd of the Maior Citie of London that in a rightfull cause for the common weale which was for the executioÌ„ of
Scotlande Stowe A Bull from Rome hanged on the Byshop of Londons gate the .xxv. of May in the morning was found hanging at the Bishoppe of Londons palace gate in Paules Church-yard a Bull whiche lately had bin sente from Rome conteyning diuers horrible treasons against the Queenes Maiestie for the whyche one Iohn Felton was shortly after apprehended and committed to the Tower of London The .xxvij. of May Tho. Nortō The Nortons executed Christopher Nortō of Yorkeshire being both condēned of high treason for y e late rebellion in y e North were drawen from the Tower of London to Tiburne and there hanged headed and quartered A conspiracie was made by certaine Gentlemen and other in the Countrey of Norffolke Conspiracy in Norffolke whose purpose was on Midsomer daye at Harlestone faire with sounde of Trumpet and drumme to haue raysed a number and then to proclayme their diuelish pretence against strangers and other Thys matter was vttered by Thomas Kete one of the conspiracy vnto Iohn Kensey who forthwith sente the same Kete wyth a Constable to the next Iustice before whome and other Iustices he opened the whole matter wherevpon maister Drewghe Drewry immediately apprehended Iohn Throckmorton and after him many Gentlemē of the Citie of Norwiche and the Countye of Norffolke who wer all committed to prison and at the nexte sessiōs of gaile deliuery at the Castell of Norwich the 17. of Iuly before sir Roberte Catlin Knyghte Lord chief Iustice Gilbert Gerard y e Queenes attourney generall and other Iustices tenne of them was indicted of high treason and some others of contempt diuers of them were condemned and had iudgement the one and twentith of August and afterward three of them were hanged bowelled and quartred whiche were Iohn Throckmorton of Norwiche Gentleman who stoode mute at his arraignement but at the gallowes confessed him selfe to be the chiefe conspiratour and that none had deserued to die but he for that he had procured thē With him was executed Thomas Brooke of Rolsby Gentleman the thirtith of August And George Dedman of Cringeleford Gentleman was likewise executed the second of September The Duke of Norffolke remoued The fourth of August the Duke of Northfolke was remoued from the Tower of London to the Charterhouse nere vnto Smithfield Felton araigned The same daye was araigned at the Guilde hal of Londō Iohn Felton for hanging a Bull at the gate of the Bishop of Londons palace And also two yong men for coyning and clipping of coyne who all were found giltie of high treason and had iudgement to be drawne hanged and quartered The eyght of August Felton and others executed Iohn Felton was drawen frō Newgate into Paules Churchyarde and there hanged on a gallowes new set vp that morning before the Byshoppes palace gate and being cut downe aliue he was bowelled and quartred After this y e same morning the Sheriffes returned to Newgate and so to Tiburne with two yong men which were there executed for coyning and clipping as is aforesayd The eyght of August they marched towards Carelile where by the way they brente and ouerthrewe two houses the one beeing Arthur Greames alias Carlil the other Riche George two not able Theenes The same day at night Knightes made by the Erle of Sussex after the L. Lieutenāts comming to Carlile he made Knightes Sir Edwarde Hastings Sir Francis Russell Sir Valentine Browne Sir William Hilton Sir Robert Stapleton Sir Henry Curwen Sir Simon Musgraue This yeare the fifth of October chaunced a terrible tempest of wind and rayne both by Sea and lande by meanes whereof many Shyppes perished and much hurt done in diuers partes of the Realme as by a little Pamphlet sette forthe therof by Thomas Knel Minister may appear The effect whereof ensueth Bedforde Tho. Knel Aboute midnighte the water ouerflowed so much that mē were fayne to forsake theyr beds and one woman drowned where also were lost a great number of Sheepe Oxen Kine Horse and other Cattell Amōgst other there one maister Cartwright Gentleman hauing his house enclosed round about the water came in so muche that a Carte beeing laden with thornes did swimme aboute the ground Hee lost by the same floud Sheepe and other Cattell to the value of an hundred poundes The same Gentleman had a close gate by the high wayes side where the water ranne ouer so extreamely that at the fall thereof it made suche an hole that it was fortie foote deepe so that no mā could passe that way without great daunger To the filling vp of the saide hole or pitte was cast in by the men of the sayd Towne fiue and twenty lodes of faggots and twenty lodes of Horsedong whiche saide faggots and Horsedong filled not the hole Also one maister Lee at the Friers in Bedforde hauing a faire yarde wherein was greate store of elme trees wherof threscore wer blowē downe with the rootes pulled cleane out of the grounde Also hee had a close of Connies that were cleane destroyed In the County of Norffolke The Sea brake in betweene Wisbiche and Walsockenne and at the crosse keyes drowning Tilney and olde Linne Sainct Mary Teding Sainte Mary Tid Sainte Iohns Wawple Walton and Walsocken Emney Iarmans and Stowe brigge all beeing the space of tenne myles At the crosse keyes the good man of the Inne had builte an house with a strong foundation ioyning vnto another house being olde and not so strong wherein were certaine guestes and when the water came in so violently the good man of the house beeing in the stronger house called the men out of the olde house and they woulde haue gone downe the staires but the water was so high that they coulde not come downe wherefore they went backe againe and brake an hole into the other house where they went thorough and the last man was no sooner in but the olde house fell downe The walles of y e houses were broken downe and the Horses that were tyed at the manger which was made fast in y e groūd did swimme in the water when the stable was cleane carried away vntill the waters were asswaged and were saued aliue and the people were constreyned to gette vppe to the hyghest partes of the house and to be carried away in boates At Yarmouth a great part of the bridge was caried away The house vpon the Hauen called the Hauē house wherein was one Nicholas Iossellin the Hauen man and his sonne with all theyr tooles was carried into the marishes sixe myles from the Hauen where it stoode vpright where they continued long tyme withoute meate or drinke Item at Iermans Brigstreete was verye muche hurte done by extreame flouds that were there Item one Thomas Smith of Yarmouth lost a Shyppe and seauen menne and a boy in it Item at Newarke by Yarmouth were lost twelue sayle Item a great Houlke laden with oyle and pitche was lost at Worrey sande and aboute twenty men lost therein and thirtie saued by the
Legate sent into England 359.86 Cremensis Iohannes extreme agaynst incontinencie in others is hym selfe taken in bed with a strumpet 359.97 Cremensis Iohannes defamed getteth hym backe to Rome without effect 360.3 Crueltie of the Scots towarde the inhabitants of Northumberland 368.34 Crueltie of the Britaine 's in the tyme of their victorie 64.33 Crucifix ouerthrowen by thunder and lightnyng 3.22.3 Croftes Richard knight counseller to prince Arthur 1456 52. Creations pag. 1313. col 1. lin 31. Creyford battayle looke Crekenfourd Creation of Noblemen 1050.53 a. Cramner Thomas Archbish of Canterbury one of the executours to king Henry the eight 1661.30 is attainted 1723.40 disputeth openly at Oxford 1735.14 is condemned for heresie disgraded recanteth and repenpenteth yet is burnt 1765.30 Croftes Iames knight captein of Haddington is commended 1640.26 Cranmer Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury godfather to Edward sonne to Henry the eight 1570.39 Crispine William taken prisoner 356.5 Cruel dealing of the Scots towardes the Englishe men 307.10 Crispus brother to the Emperour Claudius 89.24 Crueltie of Tostie toward his brother Haroldes seruantes 278.84 Crimes obiected to the Earle of Northumberland by the Duke of Lancaster 1037.50 a. Crossing bringeth sight of Diuels and driueth them also away 228. Cranmers castle besieged and rased 387.51 Cride Abbey brent by Henry the thyrd 632.3 Creation of noble men 1157. col 2. lin 50. Cressenor Thomas 1443.38 Crykelade 220.24 Crueltie of the Danes exercised at Cantorburie 246.10 Hugh Cressinghās pryde 829.13 a. Creation pag. 1268. col 2. lin 33. pag. 1270. col 1. lin 14. pag. 1286. col 1. lin 10. Crosse erected for an ensigne of victorie 164.111 Crosse with a Crucifix seene in the ayre 469.74 Crosse whereon Christ suffred found out at Ierusalem by Helene the Empresse 91.115 Crosses of bloud fall from heauen 200.8 Crida King of Mercia dyeth 145.87 Creation of Earles by Kyng Iohn 545.37 Cridiorus King of Albania 39.9 Crouch hauen in Ireland 419.50 Cuthred leadeth an armye against Ethelbaldus King of Mercia 193.83 Cuthred falleth sicke and dyeth 193.99 Cumbra Earle cruelly put to death 194.3 Cutbert aduaunced to the byshopricke of Lindesferne 185.35 Cumberland wasted and spoyled by the Englishmen 228.4 Cumberland giuē to y e Scots to hold the same by fealtie of the Kyngs of England 228.13 Custome of saying prayers at the shutting of doores and windowes begun in England 298.32 Custome to rake vp the fire and to ring curfue in Englande instituted 299.7 Cumberland recouered from the Scots 397.3 Cumin Robert sent with an armie against the Northren rebels 299.37 Cumin Robert and his people slayne by the rebelles in the North. 299.65 Cumdagins and Margan deuide Britaine between them 20.94 Siger de Curtrey put to death 903.9 a. Cumdagius vanquisheth and slayeth his cousin Margan 21.24 Cumdagins becommeth sole ruler of Britaine 21.33 Cutha brother to Cheuting ouerthroweth the Britaines at Bedford 142.103 Custome of y e Saxons to seeke newe habitations 112.35 Cunedagius and Margan rebel against Cordilla 20.81 Cumberland giuen by free graunt to the Scots 367.10 Cumbald Archbyshop of Yorke 201.58 Customes of best Churches most to be followed 149.23 Curson Robert a man excellently learned made a Cardinall 783. Custome of the Kings of England to offer their crownes to S. Edmond 250.53 Cuneueshore in Sussex 125.58 Cumberland wasted and destroyed by the Englishmen 307.2 Curcy Iohn Lord chief Iustice of Ireland 448.8 Cumdagius dyeth and is buried at Troynouant 21.39 Cutwyn slayne and his Englishmen chased by the Brytaines 143.19 Cunecester called also Chester in the streete 241.20 Cumbresourg Abbey buylded 172.39 Curthuze Robert founder of Newcastle 311.6 Cutwine brother to Ceauline King of West Saxons 184.7 Cuthred King of West Saxons 189.62 193.41 Cunburg 201.41 Curcy Robert slayne 367.46 Curtana the Kings sworde 1119. col 2. lin 10. Curcy Iohn Lord of Vluester 552.55 Curtayling of horses forbydden 198.111 Curson Robert Captaine of Guisnes a espie in Flaūders 1457.8 is cursed at Powles eadem 18. Culpepper Thomas lyueth incontinently with the Queene 1582.32 suffereth therfore 1583.13 Custome of Wolle raysed 826.13 a. D. Danes sweare an othe to depart the countrey and breake it 212.44 Danes sayling from Warham toward Excester are cast away at Swanewick 212.47 Danes deliuer pledges for performance of Couenantes 212.56 Danes march towards Abingdon with an armie 213.8 Danes and Englishmen conclude a peace vppon conditions 213.42 Danes soiourne the winter season at London 213.47 Danes breake both the peace and their faith together 213.76 Danes slayne in great number by the Englishmen 214.54 Danes arriuing in y e kingdome of West Sarons are slayne by the Deuonshiremen 214.61 Danes chased at Edanton by the Englishmen deliuer hostages for their departure 214.86 Danish nobilitie part baptised 214.99 Danes winter at Cirencester 215.35 Danes enter into East Angle and deuiding it begun to inhabite the same 215.41 Danes besiege Rochester and are repulsed from thence 215.47 Danes ouercome in fight vpon the sea by the Englishmen 215.54 Danes returne out of Fraunce and arriue in East Kent 215 75. Danes constrained to cate their horses 216.44 Danes ouerthrowne and slaine by the Londoners 216.61 Danish shippes taken and burnt by the Londoners 216.79 Danish maigne armie deuided into three partes and sent abrode 216.88 Danes come oft a land to rob spoyle the West Saxons coūtrey 216.94 Danes take halfe the kingdome of Mercia into their owne handes 218.102 Danes settle themselues in Northumberland 219.37 Danes despised by the Englishmen 220.15 Danes slayne in Northumberland and the countrey wasted by the Englishmen 220.53 Danes slayne in huge multitudes in Mercia by the Englishmen 220.61 Danes with a fleete arriue in Wales and spoyle the countrey 221.18 Danes discomfited and chased by the Englishmen 221.27 Dauid Prince of Wales couertly shadoweth him vnder the Popes winges by submissiō to the preiudice of the crowne of England 706.110 Dauid Prince of wales procureth Alexander king of Scots to moue war against Henry the third thorow his lying forged tales 707.25 Dauid Prince of Wales dieth 715.26 Danaus and his genealogie discribed 7.18 Danaus driuen out of his coūtrey by his brother Egiptus 7.37 Danaus with his 50. daughters arriuing in Greece obtayneth the kingdome there 7.43 Danaus 50. daughters maryed to Egiptus 50. sonnes 7.64 Donaus daughters slaye theyr husbandes on the first nyght of the wedding 7.72 Danaus daughters offered in mariage and refused 7.99 Danaus daughters bestowed in mariage 7.114 Danaus slayne by Lyncens 8.26 Danaus daughters shipped without mariners 8.36 Danaus daughters arriue in Albion 8.44 Danaus daughters names 8.73 Dancastre or Madam Caistre by whom buylded 17.60 Danes inuade England on ech side and spoyle it 239.33 Danish armie vanquished and driuen out of the field by the Englishmen 239.44 Danegylt and why so called 239.70 Danes inuade England as sem blably they had done before 240.4 Danish ship taken by the Englishmen and the men slayne 240.32 Danish fleete vanquished and chased by the Englishmen 240.30 Danes stragling
William 299.35 Exeter yeelded vnto King William 299.47 Exmouth Castle assaulted by the Danes 241.65 Example of rare brotherly loue 31.52 Exeter made a Byshops See 309.65 Excheker court instituted 303 50. Exceter Citie besieged by the Danes and deliuered 216.29 Eylmer a Monke of Malmesburie 280.41 Ewe countie in Normandie 321.71 Eweline and Hirilda fall at variance 43.50 F. Faleife yeeldeth to Chastillon 1824.40 Fabian Robert 1463.7 Faleys besieged by Henry the fift pag. 1190. col 2. lin 30. rendered to him pag. 1191. col 1. lin 54. Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ onely king 262.52 Famine and dearth in the kingdome of South Saxons 182.57 Falaise yeelded to the French pag. 1277. col 1. lin 4. Faruham Castle rased by the frendes of Kyng Henry the third 611.67 Falayse towne in Normandye won by the french K. 558.42 Farnham Castle builded 377.53 Farindon Castle builded 381.18 Fabian cited 166.72 Farribridge pag. 1310. col 2 lin 7. False protestation horribly punished 274.110 Fabian cited 32. 96. and. 44 97. and .74.30 and .75 106. and .93.18 Fausta daughter to Maximinianus married to Constantinus 91.7 Fabian cited 93.57 and .95 41. and 102.50 and .117 59. and .125.19 Feryngdon high Abbot of Reding executed for denying the supremacie 1574.30 Ferdinande the Emperour dieth and his Obsequies 1834.36 Felton Iohn hāged for bāging vp a Romish Bull. 1853.2 Ferrers George a Burgesse of the Parlament house arrested vppon an execution and deliuered by the Parlament 1584.20 Fredericke the Emperour sendeth a power to represse the rebellious Flemings 1431 40. Fermherst Castle won 1529.44 Fescampe in Normandie 321.72 Ferentine Iohn a Leagate frō the Pope cōmeth into England in visitation and spedely departeth againe 563.64 Fescampe William 313.7 Fert Castle burnt 385.41 Felixa Burgunian Byshop of Dunwich 30.92 Fechamley battell fought by the Saxons against the Britaynes 143.18 Fetherston hanged for the supremacie 1580.40 Feigned friendship betweene King Henry the second of Englande and Lewes of Fraunce 398.69 Ferdinando Archduke of Austrich made Knight of the Garter 1531.18 Feuexshame Abbey builded 383.46 Felix Bishop of the parties of Burgoigne commeth into Britaine 162.52 Felix conuerteth the Eastangles to the fayth of Christ 162.59 Felix dieth at Dūwich 162.61 Ferrers Georg Lord of misrule in the Court 1711.45 Fetherston William naming himselfe K. Edward the sixt is whipped and afterward for saying king Edward was liuin ga◅d that he spake with him is hanged 1763.46 Sir Raufe Ferrors accused of treason 1022.41 b. Ferrex and Porter sonnes to Gorbedug beginto reigne ouer Britaine 22.36 Ferrex fleeth into Fraunce for aide agaynst his brother 22.50 Ferrex and his people slayne 22 56. Ferreys William taken prisoner 345.27 Feader a Collectour slayne 267.24 Ferreys Robert Earle of Darbie 435.20 Ferdomachus Bishop of Leynister in Ireland 328.28 A fyfteen graunted 1557.30 Fysher Iohn Bishop of Rochester is of counsel with the Queene in her matter of diuorce 1551.6 refuseth the oth of succession 1563.17 is beheadded 1563.56 had been elected Cardinal 1567.3 Fits Williams William Knight Captaine of Guisnes 1531.17 Fits Roy Henry Duke of Richmond dyeth 1565.30 Fits Garett Thomas Lord rebellethin Ireland and committeth great outrages 1563.17 is taken prisoner 1564.24 is executed with his fiue Vncles 1569.5 Fits Williams Williā knight Treasurer of the kings houshold 1536.1 Fits Williams William knight landeth with a Nauie at Treyport 1526.40 Fines Thomas Lorde Dacres of the South hanged 1580.35 Fits Williams William Knyght vice Admiral receyued the Emperour on the Sea 1509.16 Fines Lord Clinton Admiral of the Nauie at Muskleborough field 1615. his prowesse at Blackenesse 1629. 20. wynneth Broughty crag 1630.1 Colonel of y e footemen in the iourney of Saint Quintins 1767.26 hygh Admyral goeth forth wyth a great fleete 1779.26 burneth Conquest and other places adioyning 1781.16 is sent into the North against the rebels with an armie ioyntly with the Earle of Warwicke 1840.37 is created Earle of Lincolne 1862.48 goeth Ambassadour into Fraunce 1863.24 Shelley Edward his Vallor death 1624.32 Fitzwilliams William made knight 1487.28 Fitz Iocelyne Reginald made Byshop of Bath 432.54 Fitz Miles Roger Earle of Hereford 396.16 Fitz Roy Henry base sonne of Henry the eyght created Earle of Notingham and afterward y e same daye Duke of Richmond and Somerset 1526.10 Fiue shillings leuied of euery hyde of land 535.62 Iohn Fitz Thomas created Earle of Kildare 855.54 b Fitz Iames Richard created Byshop of London 1458. 38. maketh an Oration consolatory to the kyng 1458.36 Fitz Miles walter succeedeth his brother Roger in the Earldome of Hereford 396 19. Fitz Iohn Eustace slayn 397 45. Fitz Scrope Richard inuadeth and spoyleth the landes of Edrick Siluaticus 297.20 Finan succeedeth Aydan in the Bishoprick of Northumberland 171 20. Fyue Moones seene in Yorke shyre 551.56 First falling out betweene king Henry the second and Thomas Becket 400.53 First inhabitants of Brytayne not certainely knowne 1.10 First inhabitantes of Brytaine why called Giantes 6.80 Fitz Peter Geffrey made chief Iustice of England 535.90 Fitz Peter Geffrey created Earle of Essex and gyrded wyth the sworde of the same 545.39 First battaile betweene the Saxons one against another in Britaine 142.97 Fitz Peter Geffrey dieth 582 62. what he was 582.64 Fitz Walter Robert appoynted general for the Barons of England agaynst king Iohn 588.12 Fitz Walter Robert 556.57 Fyre brasteth out of certayne ryftes of the earthe 362.112 Fyre seene in the ayre 558.1 Finchamsteede in Barkeshyre 329.29 Fitz Hamon Robert 334.1 Fines sea◅ed by Henry the .iii. on his officers for falshood 646.38 Fitz Iohn Eustace 369.1 Fitz Alain William 369.1 Fitzvize Richard taken prisoner 376.36 Fyrst Mayor of London 566.92 Fitziames Byshop of London dyeth 1518.45 Fitz Peter Geffrey Lord chief Iustice of England 542.18 Fitz Bernard Thomas accursed by Archbyshop Thomas Becket 409.80 Fitz Vrse Reignold knight 415.62 Fitz Aldeline William Sewer to king Henry the seconde 419.55 Fitzbarhard Robert sent ouer into Ireland 419.55 Fitz Bernhard Robert made keeper of Waterfoord and Wessefoord cities in Ireland 421.42 Fitz Radulfe William Lorde Steward of Normandie interdicted 508.49 Fitz Osoert William called otherwise William wyth the long beard 528.100 Fitz Williams William Erle of Southampton Lord Priuie seale dyeth at Newcastle in his iourney towardes Scotland yet his standard is borne in the foreward al this iourney 1595.14 Fitz Williams Williā knight Lord Admyral is created Earle of Southampton 1571.5 Fitz Williams William hurt 1477.35 Fifteene payed 786.53 a. 840 30. a. Flint Castle builded 789.6 a. Fifteenes graunted pa. 1144. col 1. lin 36. pag. 1150. col 2. lin 28. pag. 1156. col 1. lin 45. Fitz waren Lorde Fitz waren created Erle of Bath 1565 22. Fitz Baldrick Hugh Shyrife of Yorkeshyre 307.99 Fishmongers of Lōdon disquieted 1039.24 b. Fish like to a man taken in the sea 559.56 Fishes fight vpon the land 471 101. Fitzaldelme William ordeyned Lord chiefe Iustice of Ireland 444.76 Fishes die in the waters thorowe sharpnes of a froste 447
second daughter to Leir 19.96 Maglanus Duke of Albania discomfited and slayne 20.55 Maudes Castle in Wales 537.74 Mary the daughter of Henry the second French Queene and Duches of Suffolke dyeth 1561.4 Maximilian the Emperour weareth a crosse of Saint George 1484.36 Maxentius Emperour hated for his tyrannie 90.93 Marentius sonne to Maximianus Herculeus the Emperour 91.6 Margaret countesse of Salisburie executed 1581.4 Mandeuyle William loseth his standerd 610.1 Mallorie Iohn 1462.11 Marshal Richard Earle of Penbroke sayleth into Ireland 645.30 is taken prisoner 645.37 dieth of a wound 645.48 Marshal Gilbert made Earle of Penbroke and Marshal of Henry the thyrds house 646 2. Manchester towne repayred 222.72 Magna Carta confirmed by Henry the third 626.50 Martan Nunrie founded 726 36. Maximianus and Dioclesianus renounce the rule of the Empire 89.34 Marshal William Earle of Penbroke dieth 617 16. Matthew Earle of Bullongne slayne 429.34 Magus expert in the course of the Starres 2.57 Makarel Doctor hanged 1570.36 Malmesbury Abbey founded 190.19 Monkes of Couentrie displaced and secular Canons set in their roumthes 494.89 Manlius Valeus and his Legion vanquished by the Britanes 51.50 Marcharus fleeth into Scotland 298.62 Marisch William executed 703.76 Marcus the Lieutenant slayne in a tumult 97.119 Matthew of Westminstr deceyued 141.49 Magistrates of the Citie of London deposed by Henry the third 621.34 Margret sister to Edward the fourth pag. 1317. col 2. lin 11. Maximinus vaÌ„quished at Tarsus and eaten with lice 91.67 Mamertinus cited 33.42 Mandeuile Iohn cited 227.24 Margaret countesse of Lisle deceaseth 730.68 Malmesburie builded 23.51 Mauus looke Aruiragus Mackbeth slayne 275.63 Maldon 221.2 Marcellinus cited 3.80 Mauus deliuered to king Iohn 547.30 Mary Queene of man 803.50 b. Martin de la Mare pag. 1328 col 1. lin 1. Masse abrogated and forbidden 1640.32 is restored 1722.56 is eftsons abrogated 1797.27 Mather Edmond executed for treason 1861.37 Margret sister to Edgar Edeling married to Malcolme the fourth king of Scottes 298.74 Marlebourgh Castle besieged and rendred to the Bishop of Durham 516.42 Maydes sent ouer into litle Britayne for wiues to the inhabitantes 95. Malta assigned to the knightes of the Rhodes 1554.58 Malchus consecrated Byshop of Waterfoord in Ireland 328.35 Earle of March dieth in France 967.12 b. Malmesburie Castle builded 371.71 Manduit Robert drowned 357.112 Margret daughter to king Edward the third borne 943.40 a. Marham Iustice 1123. col 2. lin 40. Mary daughter vnto Henry the right is dishinherited by the will of king Edward 1714.20 Her letter vnto the Councell after the discease of her brother 1716. their answere vnto it 1717.10 fleeth to the Castle of fremingham whither forces repaire vnto her from all partes 1717.50 is proclaimed Quene 1718.40 entering the towre releaseth dyuers prisoners 1720.35 restoreth to thir sees all the Bishoppes depriued in the reigne of King Edward and remoueth all Bishoppes made in those dayes 1721.10 Crowned 1722.40 â–ª publisheth a pardoÌ„ with many exceptions ead 50. assigneth Commissioners to take order with men excepted out of the pardon and other eadem 10. holdeth a Parliament eadem 28. sendeth for Cardinall Poole 1723.5 commaundeth a publique disputation to be holden eadem 41. is espoused vnto Philip prince of Hispaine 1724.4 her Oration in the Guildhal 1728.26 her stout courage 1731.40 pardoneth two hundred and twenty rebels 1734.53 holdeth a Parlament 1735.4 is maried to Philip prince of Hispaine 1756.55 the conditions of the mariage eadem 46. holdeth a Parlament 1759.34 setteth at libertye diuers prisoners in the towre 1763.17 sendeth ambassadours vnto Rome 1763.40 holdeth a parliament 1765 10. releaseth the first fruits and tenthes 1764.16 constantly supposed to be with child 1764.40 proclaymeth warre against y e french king and sendeth an armye into France 1767.40 taketh the losse of Calice at the hart 1782.40 dyeth eadeÌ„ 50. is honourably buryed 1785.22 Maximus king of Britain looke Maximianus Maude queene sueth to Maud Empresse to release Kyng Stephen and is repulsed 377.4 Maximianus Dioclesianus felowes in gouerment of the Empire 83.16 Marius sonne to Aruiragus begynneth to raigne ouer Britaine 66.108 Maximilian the Emperour dieth 2506.50 The Mary Rose drowned 1602.40 MauÌ„t citie burnt by king William 314.47 Maude wife to king Stephen departeth this lyfe 386.11 Mary queene of Hungary dieth 1786.11 Marcus Papyrius smiteth a Gual on the head is therefore slaine 26.49 Margaret sister to Hugh Lupus Earle of Chester maryed to Iohn Bohun 323.65 Maudes Castle repayred by Henry the third 638.63 Manrishe Geffrey Lord chiefe Iustice of Ireland 636.19 Mary the Scottish queene maryed vnto Fraunces Dolphin of Fraunce 1778.51 Mack William a Burgh created Earle of Clarickford 1590.11 Marentius the Emperor slain by Constantinus 91.70 Margaret Countesse of Richmond her wisedome in aduising her nephewe Henry the eight 1464.40 Malmesbury Abbey fleeced of possessions 195.28 Marton Colledge founded 794.53 a Marshal William Earle of Pembroke appoynted gouernor to Henry the third 609 5. Magus the second king of Celtica 2.84 Magi from whence deriued 2.104 Magus or Magi what it signifieth 2.108 Martias gouernmeÌ„t â—â—mmended 29.40 Malbanke Pierce Baron of Nantwich 323.45 Margaret Countesse of Salisbury daughter to Edward Duke of Clarence pa. 1350 col 2. lin 42. Marshal William sent into Normandy with men of armes 551.104 Mac Mur principal rebel of Ireland 1103.57 b. offreth to parlee with the king 1104.43 a Mauleon Sauery reuolteth to the French king 624.41 Mathew Paris cited 325.74 and. 329.18 Matthâ—…us Westmonasteriensis cited 22.61 and. 28.31 and. 29.78 Marshal William Earle of Pembroke vanquisheth his enemyes 614.20 Maud Empresse confesseth her selfe to haue bene naught of her body 392.15 Marcharus imprisoned againe by king William Rufus 317.36 Margaret Countesse of Richmond and Darby mother to Henry the seuenth pa. 1326 co 1. lin 15. Mackbeth vsurper of y e crowne of Scotland put to flight by Earle Siward 275.59 Masters of the Vniuersitie of Oxford summoned to be at the Parlament 745.60 Mattheus Westmonasteriensis cited 240.23 and. 240 35. and. 261.19 and. 284 82. Mary daughter to Henrye the eight borne 1498.51 Marc a Celtike word 4.102 Marianus Scotus cited 116 53. Magnus elected king of the Norwegians after the death of king Cnute 266.76 Margaret Countesse of MouÌ„tfourts valiaÌ„tnes 916.30 a Myls borne downe with yee 324.25 Melun besieged by the Englishe pag. 1209. col 2. li. 16. yeelded pa. 1210. col 2. li. 6 Memorancie of Fraunce aydeth Owen Glendour pag. 1149. col 2. lin 50. Meschines Randulfe Earle of Chester 323.18 Medwal Henry 1463.16 Mekins Richard a buye burnt 1581.22 Menlane yeelded to the Englishe pag. 1202. col 2. lin 37. Meaur deliuered to the french pag. 1263. col 1. lin 48. Merton Abbey founded by Gilbert a Norman 649.16 Messengers from the Frenche king 873.48 a. Mercia rebelleth against Oswy 176.46 Mercies recouer both theyr confines and libertie 176.51 Mercia annexed to kyng Edwardes dominions 221.105 Mercie riuer 222.6 Meidhamsted Abbey builded 181.11 Meidhamstede now called Peterborough 181.11 Meanuari a
affianced to Richard sonne to kyng Henry the second 398 59. Ranulfe Earle of Chester departeth this lyfe 387.102 Raufe accursed by the Pope 358.35 Raufe departeth this life 359 35. Raufe Archdeacon of Landaffe 420.99 Ranulfe Bishop of Chichester taketh part with Archbishop Anselme agaynst king William Rufus 333.38 Ranulfe of Chester cited 333 88. Ranulphe Earle of Chester taketh his wyfe the Duchesse of Britaine prisoner 531.15 Raynulphe Earle of Chester Lincolne dyeth 640 Ratcliffe Iohn Lord Fitzwater fauoureth Perkin Warbeck 1443.31 is pardoned but afterward beheaded eadem 50. Ratcliffe Robert fauoreth Perkin Warbecke and leeseth his head 1443.38 Ranulphe Earle of Chester is sent with an armye into the Holy land to ayd the Christians 617.2 Raucin Geffrey owner of Tailbourgh fortresse 453.103 Raufe Poole Iustice pa. 1292 co 2. lin 28. Raufe Verney Sheriffe of London pag. 1292. col 2. lin 43. Raufe Byshop of Salisburye murdred pag. 1281. co 1. lin 16. Raufe Stanley pa. 1304. co 1. lin 14. beheaded co 2. lin 13. Rad Pont besieged and wonne 557.9 Rayneth not in Sussex y e space of three yeeres 182 Raufe Willoughby Esquyre slayne pag. 1288. co 1. lin 16. Raufe translated from the Byshoprick of Rochester to Cantorbury 351.96 Raufe goeth to Rome about the controuersie betweene hym and Thâ—…ustaine 355.43 Raymond Earle of Tholouse marryeth Constance Sister to kyng Lewes of Fraunce 372.66 Raucin Geffrey dyeth 521.64 Rauesteine Lord Rauesteine reuolteth 1435.54 Taketh the townes of Ipre and Scluse ibidem spoyleth al shyppes passyng to Antwerp 1438.1 is forced to yeelde the towne castle of Scluse eadem 15. Ramsey Abbey buylded 234 24. Rafe Earle of Hereford 271.32 Rayer founder of Saint Bartholomewes by Smythfield and first Priour therof 341 54. Raufe Bishop of Durham commytted to the Towre 337 52. Raymond Earle of Prouance dyeth 714.20 Ranulphe Earle of Chester returneth from the Holy lande 617.60 Rat Andrew 1425.55 Raucin Geffrey styrreth a rebellion in Guien 521.54 Raufe Percie knight submytted to Edward the fourth pag. 1313. co 2. lin 10. fledde to Henry the sixt pa. 1314. col 1. lin 12. slayne pag. 1314. co 2. lin 1. Raufe Gray Captayne of Banborough Castle pag. 1314 co 1. lin 8. pag. 1315. co 1. lin 7. beheaded pa. 1315 co 1. lin 42. Ratcliffe Iohn knight 1448.50 Raufe Collector to king Wylliam Rufus both malicious and couetous 330.19 Raufe breaketh prison and escapeth out of the Towre 3â—…8 99 Raymond Earle of Tholouse maryeth with Ioan Queene of Sicil sister to Richarde the first 532.102 Ratcliffe Richarde attaynted 1425.43 Ratcliffe Viscount Fitzwater created Earle of Sussex 1553.11 Ratcliffe Robert Lord Fitzwater created Viscount Fitzwater 1536.18 Raufe Iosseline Alderman of London pag. 1343. co 1. lin 32. Ragman Rowle 891.57 a. Raufe Earle of Westmerland pag. 1119. co 2. lin 28. Randol a Fryer prisoner in the Towre of London pa 1198. co 1. lin 51. Rayne 943.30 b. and. 971 10 b. Rayneth bloud 786.6 b Rayne 854.9 a. and. 893.10 b. and. 903.50 b Rayne exceedyng great high floudes 324.18 Ragged Staffe pa. 1326. co 1 lin 57. Rokesburgh yeelded to the English men 820.42 b Raufes wyfe besieged in the citie of Norwich yeeldeth the same vpon conditions 309.12 Rome taken by Brennus and Belinus 25.74 Romanes encounter with the Gaules and are vanquished 26.18 Rome sacked by the Gaules 26.59 Romanes compound wyth the Gaules for their libertie with money 27.6 Romanes passe ouer into Britaine 35.72 Romanes distressed by the Britaynes in the water 36.3 Romanes recouer land and put the Britaines to flyght 36.78 Romane shyppes sore distressed and dispersed by a tempest 37.29 Romanes put to the worst by the Britaines are succoured by Cesar 38.16 Romanes ouerthrowne and chased by the Britaines 39.60 Romanes flee to sea leauing the spoyle and cariage behinde them 40.9 Romanes hindered by reason of their heauie armour 41.74 Romanes passe ouer the Thames on foote 42.24 Romane souldiers vnwilling to go into Britaine 48.69 Romanes put to the woorse by the Britaines at Porchester 50.60 Romanes put to flight by Aruiragus 50.72 Romanes fal to intreatie of Concord and composition with the Britaines 51.39 Robert Archbyshop of Cantorburie banished the realme 274.27 Robert Archbyshop of Cantorburie comming from Rome dyeth by the way 274.30 Robert Earle of Northumberland conspireth against King William Rufus 325.104 Robert with his wife and children fleeth into Banbourgh Castle 326.7 Robert taken and committed to prison 326.22 Robert arriueth at Portesmouth wyth an armie 339. Robertes gentlenes wynneth the peoples heartes 339.9 Robert returneth with contentment into Normandie 339.49 Roger Archbyshop of Yorke forbydden the vse of the Sacramentes 412.37 Roger Archbyshop of Yoke restored to the administration of hys office agayne 414.85 Roger Archbyshop of Yorke sent Ambassadour to y e Pope 406.57 Roger Byshop of Worcester sent Ambassadour to the Pope 406.59 Rockesborough fortifyed by the Duke of Somerset 1631.20 Robert Brakenbery Knyght Constable of the Towre pag. 1390. col 1. lin 20. pa. 1415. col 2. lin 36. pag. 1416. col 1. lin 28. slayne pag. 1422. col 1. lin 17. Robert Hilliard pag. 1321. co 1. lin 1. Robyn of Riddesdale pa. 1321. col 1. lin 2. Lord Wells slayne pag. 1312. co 1. lin 38. Robert Horne pag. 1298. co 2. lin 38. Rochfort fortresse delyuered to the Englishmen 399.62 Robert Earle of Leicester made Lieutenaunt of Normandie 481.115 taken prisoner by the Frenchmen 521.17 Roger apprehended and beheaded 308.50 Robert Earle of Gloucester craftily taken at Northampton 381.36 Robert Earle of Gloucester departeth this lyfe 381.57 Robert Earle of Gloucester his Oration to hys souldiours 374.51 Robert Earle of Gloucester hys armye vanquished and hymselfe taken prisoner 377 85. Robert Earle of Gloucester exchaunged prisoner for king Stephan 378.15 Robert Earle of Gloucester maketh a conspiracie against king Stephan with the Nobilitie and commons 368.47 Roufe Iohn of Warwike cyted 7.3 Roe Thomas maketh a newe place of Buriall 1839.51 Robert Earle of Mellent entreth Normandie wyth fire and sword 359.65 Robert Earle of Mellent taken prisoner in an ambush 359.72 Roderike King of Pictes roueth with a fleete vpon the Oceane and arriueth in Irelande to seeke seates 67.23 Roderike King of Pictes slayne and his armie vanquished 67.45 Romane power sent to subdue Ireland 51.115 Romanes receyue a great oouerthrowe in Britaine in the raygne of Domicianus Nero the Emperour 59.50 Romanes vanquished and slaine at Camulodunum by the Britaines 63.91 Romanes driuen out of Spaine by barbarous Nations 98.65 Romanes mynding to ayde the Britaines no more byd them farewel 100.69 Romanes souldiours fall at variance among themselues 76.23 and. 77.18 Romane souldiours go to Rome to complaine on Perhennis 77.20 Romane souldiours slaye theyr owne weake fellows 80.9 Romanes chased by the Britaine 's to the citie of London 82.13 Rochester besieged and deliuered to king William Rufus 320.21 Rochester Churche aduanced from foure secular Clerkes to fiftie Monkes 320.65 Robert Duke of Normandy returneth out of
sold for what will most be giuen 320.112 Spiritualtie fleeced both in England and Fraunce to mainteyne the warres 522.16 Spencer Edwarde Lorde dyeth 996.6 b Sporta daughter to Hubert Erle of Senlis maried to William Long espee 288.113 Soke of Kirkton in Lindsey confirmed too Mathew Erle of Bollongne 427.15 Sophronius putriarke of Ierusalem cited 53.27 Somerset George knight his prowes 1591.46 Southrey brought vnder subiection of the westsaxons 203.64 Souldiours arriue at Douer to ayde King Iohn 592.76 Sommerton besieged and wonne 189.56 Sorcerie pa. 1268. co 2. li. 6 Southwarke nighe London 271.105 Somerset shire wasted by the Danes 252.9 Southamton why so called 51.9 Spirituall persons not to meddle with temporall functions 340.55 Springs and Iron dishes appoynted for trauaylers 162.94 Spencer Hugh Earle of Gloucester executed 881 10. a. Spencer Lord created erle of Gloucester 1097.30 b Spencer Hugh father and sonne 852.8 a Sparcianus cited 78.9 Spiritualtie restrayned 717.3 Spaine inuaded by barbarous nations 98.62 Sparatinum taken by Brute and his power 11.50 Spot Thomas cited and what time he liued 293. 47. Spalding towne giuen too the sea of Lincolne 349. 98. Spiritualtie accused of all kinde of dissolutenesse 402.30 Spencer Hugh Lord chief Iustice of England 759. 35. he is discharged of his office 759.60 Spiritualitie mislyketh of Henrie the thirde for diuerse causes 747.8 Sparatinum a towne in Grece 11.28 Sparatinum besieged by Pandrasus 11.63 Spanish fleete vanquished by King Edwarde the thirde 945.30 b Spencers banishment reuoked 862.34 a. theyr iudgement reuersed by Parliament 868.50 b Spencer Iohn Knight made Lorde chiefe Iustice and keeper of the Tower 763.69 Stafford Edwarde Duke of Buckingham chiefe chalenger in the Iustes 1476.26 Stafforde Humfrey fleeth intoo the Sanctuarie at Colneham 20. taken oute from thence and executed ibid. Stafforde Thomas pardoned 1428.30 Stephen entreth into scotlande with an army burning and destroyng the south parts of the realm 368.47 Statutes of Eltham 1536 37. Straunge sightes in the ayre 632.32 Straungers preferred in office before Englishmen 642.44 Stormes and rage of windes stirred by the malice of witches and wicked spirites 119.68 Stafforde Humfrey and Stafford Thomas brothers depart out of the sanctuary at Colchester and made a rebellion in worcestershire 1427.12 Stafford Humfrey attainted 1425.48 Stafford Edward Duke of Buckingham his costly gowne all of goldsmithes worke 1465.15 is pardoned and released 1466.36 Stafforde Henrie Lorde brother too the Duke of Buckingham committed to the Tower 1464.18 Stafford Edwarde Duke of Buckingham offended with the enteruiew betweene the Englishe and French kings 170◅ 20. stou◅acketh and speaketh reprochfull wordes by the Cardinall 1508. ead 32. is endited of treason and his indirement 1501.33 is condemned and beheaded 1516.22 Stewarde Mathew Erle of Lennox goeth intoo scotlande 1846.18 Stafford Thomas taketh the Castell of Skarborough 1767.2 is taken prisoner executed ibid. Stanhop Michael knight committed to the tower 1709.30 is beheaded 1712.6 Stewarde Henrie Lorde Darley maryeth Mary the Queene of scottes 1835.20 is murthered 1837. Stanley Edward knight of the Garter and Earle of Darby dyeth 1864. 44. his commendations ibid. Stratforde Iohn made Archbishop of Canterburie 896.32 b. writeth to the king 913.40 a refuseth too come too the Court. 913.30 b. dieth 943.50 b. Sturton Lord hanged for murther 1766.20 Strangbow Richard erle of Struguile alias Chepstow sent for to be gouernour of the English men in Irelande 418.70 Strangbowe Rycharde through rebellion and riot forfeyteth his lands and runneth intoo debt 418.76 Strangbow Richarde taketh the sea and arryueth in Ireland 418.96 Strangbow Richard maried to the King of Irelandes daughter 419.13 Strangbow Richard confined the realme and his landes forfeyted too the king 419.19 Strangbow Richard pardoned restored and ordeyned high stewarde of Ireland 419.31 Stephen leadeth forth an army into the North against the scots 366.71 Stephen sicke of Litargy and recouereth 367.30 Stephen saileth into Normandie with a great armye agaynste Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Aniou 367.96 Stephen maketh agreement with hys brother Theobald erle of Blois and with Geffray Plantagenet Earle of Aniou for yearly pēsiōs 367.111 Strabo cited 4.7 and. 47. 17. Storme of hayle verye straunge 735.73 Starres falling straungely from heauen 705.50 Stanley William knight beheaded 1444.4 Streaneshall nowe called whithy 179. ◅1 Streaneshall Monasterie buylded 17◅ 82 Statutes of westminster 1. fol 786.30 a Statutes of Gloucester fol. 788.27 b. Statute of Mortmaine 789.28 a. Statutes of westminster 2.795.2 b. Statute made by the scots in fauour of Englande 899.56 b. Statute of apparell 900. 16. b. Strawe Iacke executed 1032.46 b. Storie Iohn Doctor executed 1858.54 Strayte dealings with the welshmen causeth them to rebell 744.30 Stephen entreth into Lincolne with his crowne on his head 881.71 Stephen and all his dominions interdyted by Theobalde Archbishop of Canterburie 482.112 Stanhope parke 890.57 a Striuelin Castell builded 899.16 b. Statute agaynst transporting of wolles 900.40 b Storme of weather 966.44 a. Straw Iack alias Iohn Tiler captaine of rebels 1024.40 b. Statute of Premunire part repelled 1722.37 Stirpiney Castell burnt 385.39 Stephen leadeth an armye into Scotlande and wasteth the countrey 371.37 Stephen taken prisoner and kept at Bristow and his armie ouerthrowne 376.8 Stephen commaunded too bee kept loaden with Irons 377.37 Stephen exchaunged prisoner for Robert Erle of Gloucester 378.15 Stephen beginneth too incline his minde too peace 389.8 Stephen goeth too Douer to meete with the Earle of Flaunders 393.70 Stephen departeth thys life 393.78 Stephen stature and qualities 394.10 Stuffe and wightgar arriue at Certicestshore ouerthrow the Britains 130.44 Straunge sightes seene aboute the newe Moone 451.99 Strife amongest the English subiectes on the other side of the sea concerning king Iohn and Arthur of Britaine 542. 36. Straungers put out of office and Englishmen rereceyued againe 645.10 Straunge sightes seene in the North. 648 50 Stephen and Duke Fitzempresse fall to an agreement 387.77 and. 389.27 Stone Abbey buylded 277 31. Stamford towne taken by Henrie Fitzempresse 388.11 Stamford Castell besieged by Henrie Fitzempresse 388.13 Strowde men in Kent reprochfully cut off Archbishop Thomas Becket his horse tayle 415.56 Stuteuile William hath charge of Northumberland and Cumberlande 546.9 Straungers commaunded to depart out of the realm 395.57 Stephen Earle of Bullongne comming into Englande taketh vpon him the gouernment of the Realme 36◅ 8 Stigande succeedeth Robert in the Archbishoprike of Canterburie 274 53. Stigande an intruder of himselfe into Bishoprikes 274.54 Stigande infamed for simonie and vnlearned 274.61 Stafforde Edward Duke of Buckingham a prince of great towardlinesse leuyeth power agaynste Perkin Warbecke 1450. 10. Stephen Earle of Bloys marieth Adila sister too king Henry the first 354 112. Stephen Earle of Morton made Earle of Bollongne 360.22 Stephen Earle of Bollongne taketh an othe to be true subiect to Maud the Empresse 360.25 Staffordshire wasted by rebels 339.73 Stigande a lewde person and a naughtie liuer 291 85. Stanley Humfrey knight 1447.4 Stephen waxeth cruell towardes them that
shée was deade and gone did name the Mertian statutes Who turned them into latine as yet I doe not read howbeit as I said before of the lawes of Mulmutius so the same Alfrede caused those of thys excellently well learned Lady whome dyuers coÌ„mende also for hir great knowledge in the Gréeke tong to bée turned into hys owne language wherevpon it came to passe that they were dailye executed among hys subiectes afterwarde allowed of among the rest by the Normans and finally remaine in vse in these dayes notwithstanding that we can not disseuer them very redily from the other The 7. alteratioÌ„ of lawes was practised by the Saxons for I ouerpasse the lawes made by the Romaines whose order do partly remaine in publike notice vnder y e names of the mercian â—…ercian 〈◊〉 â—…xon 〈◊〉 â—…ne law and the Saxon Lawe Beside these also I reade of the Danelawe so that the people of middle england were ruled by the first the west Saxons by the seconde as Essex Norffolke Suffolke Cambridgshire and part of Herford shyre were by the third of al the rest the most inequal intollerable Among other things also vsed in the time of y e Saxons it shal not be amysse to set downe the forme of their Ordalian law which they brought hither with them from beyonde the Seas and vsed onely in the tryall of giltye and vngiltinesse Certes it conteyned not an ordinary procéeding by dayes and termes as in the Ciuile and common lawe we sée practised in these dayes but a shorte dispatch and tryall of the matter by fyre or water whereof at this present I wil deliuer the circumstance as I haue faithfully translated it out of an auncient volume and conferred wyth a prynted coppie lately published by M. Lambert nowe extaunt to be redde The Ordalian saith the aforesayd authour was a certaine maner of purgation vsed two wayes whereof the one was by fire the other by water In th execution of that which was done by fire the party accused shoulde go a certaine number of paces with an hote péece of yron in his hande or else bare footed vpon certaine plough shares redde hotte according to the maner This Iron was sometime of one pounde weight and then was it called single Ordalium sometimes of three then named treble Ordalium and whosoeuer did beare or treade on the same without hurt of his body he was adiudged giltlesse otherwyse if his skin were scorched he was foorthwith condemned as gylty of the trespasse wherof he was accused There were in lyke sorte two kinds of triall by y e water that is to say either by hote or colde in this tryall the partye thought culpeable was eyther tumbled into some pond or huge vessel of colde water wherein if he continued for a season without wrestling or strugling for lyfe he was foorthwyth acquited as giltlesse of the facte whereof hée was accused but if he beganne to plunge labor once for breath immediately vpon his falling into that lyqour he was by and by condemned as gilty of the crime Or else he did thurst his arme vp to the shoulder into a leade copper or Caldron of séething water from whence if he withdrewe the same without any maner of damage he was discharged of farder molestation otherwyse hée was taken for a trespasser and punished accordingly The fiery maner of purgation belonged onely to noble men and women and such as were frée borne but the husbandmen and villaines were tryed by water whereof to shewe the vnlearned dealing and blynde ignoraunce of those times it shall not bée impertiment to set foorth the whole maner which continued here in England vntill the time of King Iohn who séeyng the manifold subtilties in the same did extinguish it altogither as flat lewdenesse and bouerye The Rubrik of y e treatize entereth thus Here beginneth y e execution of Iustice whereby the giltie or vngiltie are tried by hote Iron TheÌ„ it followeth After accusatioÌ„ lawfully made and thrée dayes spent in fasting and prayer the Priest being cladde in all his holly vestâ—…es sauing his vestiment shall take the Iron layde before the alter with a payre of tongues and singing the himme of the thrée children that is to saye O all yée wookes of God the Lorde and in latine Benedicite omnia opera c. he shall cary it solemly to y e fire already made for y e purpose first say these words ouer the place where y e fire is kindled wherby this purgation shall bée made in latin as insueth Benedic domine deus locum istum vt sit nobis in eo sanitas sanctitas castitas virtê° et victoria et sanctimonia humilitas bonitas lenitas et plenitudo Legis et obedieÌ„tia deo patri et filio etspiritui sancto Hec Benedictio sit super hunc locum et super omnes habitantes in eo in English Blesse thou O Lorde this place that it may be to vs health holynesse chastity vertue and victory purenesse humilitie goodnesse gentlenesse and fulnesse of the lawe and obedience to God the father the sonne the holy ghost This blessing be vpon this place and all that dwel in it Then followeth the blessing of the fire Domine deus pater omnipotens lumen indeficiens exaudi nos quia tu es conditor omnium luminum Benedic domine hoc lumen quod aute sanctificatum est qui illuminasti omneÌ„ hominem venientem in hunc munduÌ„ vel mundum vt ab eo lumine accedamur igne claritatis tuae sicut igne illuminasti Mosen ita nunc illumina corda nostra et sensus nostros vt ad vitam eternam mereamur peruenire per christum c. Lord God father almightie light euerlasting heare vs sith y u art the maker of all lyghtes Blesse O Lord this light y t is already sanctified in thy sight which hast lightned all men that come into the worlde or the whole worlde to the ende that by the same lyght we may be lightned wyth the shining of thy brightnesse As thou diddest lighten Moyses so nowe illuminate our hearts and our senses that we may deserue to come to euerlasting lyfe thorowe Christ our c. Thys beyng ended let him saye the pater noster c. then these wordes Saluum fac seruum c. Mitte ei auxilium deus c. De Sion tuere eum c. Dominus vobiscuÌ„ c that is O Lorde saue thy seruant c. Sende him helpe O God froÌ„ thy holy place defende him out of Syon c. Lorde here c. The Lorde be with you c. The prayer Benedic domine sancte pater omnipotens deus per inuocationem sanctissimi nominis tui et per aduentum fihj tui atque per donum spiritus paracleti ad manifestaÌ„dum verum iudicium tuum hoc genus metalli vt sit sanctificatum et omni demonum falsitate procul remota veritas veri iudicij tui fidelibus
The Gordons are imprisoned were chardged to enter into warde About the same time the Erle of Bothwell The Earle Bothwell escaped out of prison who vpon displeasure conceyued againste hym aboute a quarrell betwixte hym and the Earle of Arrane hadde bin committed to prison in Easter weeke last before past escaped out of Dauids Tower in Edenburgh at a window In October the Earle of Huntley came with an armye to Cornethie in Mar The Earle of Huntley slayne where hee was slaine and Iohn Gordon hys sonne taken prisoner and broughte to Aberdene the nine and twentith daye of October Greate Summes of money were taken and leuied of them for that trespasse The Lorde Gordon was taken by the duke of Chatellerault hys father in lawe The Lorde Gordon is taken prisoner at Cumernoul and brought to Edenburghe where hee was putte in the Castell and after by a iurye conuicte forfalted and condempned to dye and sente to Dunbarre Castel there to remayne in warde where hee continued till the yeare of God .1565 1563 â—… Parliament The Queene helde a Parliament in Edenburgh where the Earle of Huntleys dead body was broughte presente before the estates in the Talbuith and forfalted The acte of â—…ion ratiâ—… The Earle of Sutherland was forfalted also and diuers other of their friendes and in thys Parliamente the acte of obliuion was ratified and approued and dyuers other newe actes made The Queene â—…th a Progresse This yeare in August the Queene wente a progresse into Argile This yeare deceassed diuers counsellors or Senators of the Colledge of Iustice as maister Iohn StephaÌ„son Chancellor of Glasquho and the Prouost of Corstrophine In place of the firste Maister Iohn Leslie officiall of Aberdene â—…e Offiâ—…a was promoted and in the Prouosts place Maister Iames Baulfour succeeded 1564 Ambassadors 〈◊〉 Sweden There came an Ambassador from the king of Sweden to treate of marriage to bee contracted with the Queene but his message was not regarded The seconde of Iuly Henrye Sinclar Byshoppe of Rosse shipped at Leith to passe into France The Bishoppe 〈◊〉 Rose went 〈◊〉 Fraunce to procure some helpe of his disease He was cut of the stone in Paris and dyed the second of Ianuary next after There succeded to that Bishopricke of Rosse Maister Iohn Leslie Person of Ouen beeing then one of the Senatours of the session and Colledge of Iustice In the moneth of August the Queene past into Atholl in Progresse The Queenes â—…esse and from thence to Badzenocht to Inuernes and to the Chanonrie of Rosse and returned through Murrey to Gartley Aberdene Dumâ—…oter and so to Edenburgh where shee remayned the nexte Winter The Earle of Lennox came into Scotland In the moneth of October the Earle of Lennox came into Scotland and for his cause there was a Parliamente holden in December in which he was restored to all his landes honors and dignities within that Realme A Progresse In Ianuary y e Queene tooke hir iourney through Fiffe and in manye Gentlemens places was banquetted in whiche time Henry Stewarde Lorde Darneley Lord Darnley came into Scotland a goodly man of personage and sonne to the Earle of Lennox came into Scotlande where hee came to the Queenes presence in the Weames the ninth day of February The Queene so well liked him 1565 A Parliament that she assembled all the temporall Lordes togyther at Striueling in the moneth of Aprill and there obteyned of them their consents that she might marrie the sayd Lord Darneley After this he was made Earle of Rosse Lord Darneley iâ—… made earle of Rosse In the meane time the Queene of England sent Sir Nicholas Throckmorton into Scotlande The Queene of Englande diswaded that marriage to vnderstande the proceedings in the Queenes marriage with the Lord Darneley and for other affaires who came to the assemble at Striueling to that effect The Queene of Scottes sent maister Iohn Hay Abbot of Balmerinoch into Englande to the Queene to mitigate hir displeasure towards the Lorde Darnlie and to obtaine hir consent to the marriage who aunswered Ambassage sente into Englande that she ment to send an Ambassador of hir owne into Scotlande for that and other causes and according to hir promise shee sente one Shortly after certaine captaines and men of warre in Saint Andrews Dundee The Earle of Murrey a sulter vnto the Queene and saint Iohns towne receyued money about the same time of the earle of Murrey to take parte wyth hym for the which they were after punished After the assemble at Striueling the Queene seemed not to like of the Earle of Murrey so well as shee had done beefore wherevppon hee departed the Courte and repaired vnto Sainct Androws where throughe the counsell of certayne persons hee soughte wayes to stoppe the marriage The Queene neuerthelesse sente the Byshoppe of Dunblane to Rome for a dispensation to marrie wyth the Lorde Darnelie Dispensation hadde from Rome for to marrye beeyng hir cousin in the seconde degree of coÌ„sanguinitie whiche hee obtayned and sente it home shortely after The Queene was then principally counselled by the Erles of Atholl and Lennox the Lord Ruthuen and their friends In the meane time the Earle of Murrey perswaded the Duke of Chatelleraulte Consultation to stoppe the marriage the Earle of Argile and sundrye other to meete at Striueling where they made a bande to stoppe the marriage alledging the same to bee made for mayntenance of the Religion The Queene aduertised thereof releassed the Lorde Gordon forthe of prison Gordon is created Earle of Huntley wherein hee hadde bene kepte within the Castell of Dunbar and restoring hym to hys fathers landes created hym Earle of Huntley She also sent for the Erle of Bothwel to returne home Bothwell is sent for who was vanished and was then in Fraunce Lord Darneley is made Duke of Albany In the moneth of Iuly the Lord Darnely Earle of Rosse was made Duke of Albany and on Saterday at euen the eyght and twentith daye of the same moneth before the marriage Lord Darneley is proclaymed King he was proclaymed King by y e Queenes commaundemente at the Market crosse of Edenburgh and on the nine and twentith daye of the same moneth The Queene is married he was married to y e Queene in the Chappell of Holy Roode house at fiue of the clocke in the morning Shortly after the Duke of Chatellerault the Earles of Argile Certaine lords refuse to appeare before the Queene Murrey and their complices were sommoned to appeare before the Queene and hir Counsell within sixe dayes and bycause they refused so to do they were put to the Horne The Queene assembled an army and wente to Glasquo to pursue them An army gathered against them and the Duke and Erles with other of their company came to Edenburgh where the Castell shotte off at them and therefore they departed towards Dunfreis
only cause And once all the Irish men the kings enimies were driueÌ„ into a great valley called Clane onighte betwixt two great mountains called Maccort or the leprous Iland and there they liued loÌ„g many yeres w t their white meat till at the last these English lords fell at variance among theÌ„selues theÌ„ the weakest part tooke certain Irish men to take their part so vanquished their enimies And thus fell the English lordes at warre among themselues till the Irish men were stronger than they draue theÌ„ away now haue the cuntry whole vnder theÌ„ but y t the lord Roch the lord Barry the lord Curcy only remaine w t the least part of their ancesters possessions yong Barry is there vpoÌ„ the kings portion paying his grace neuer a penny rent wherfore we the kings poore subiects of the Citie of Corke Kinsale and Yoghal desire your Lordship to sende hither two good Iustices to see this matter ordred and some English captains with .xx. EnglishmeÌ„ that may be captains ouer vs all and we will rise with theÌ„ to redresse these enormities all at our own costes And if you will not come nor send we will sende ouer to our liege lorde the king and complaine on you all Thus farre that letter And as saith Campion The Citie of Corke at this day the citie of Cork is so encombred with vnquiet neighbors of great power y t they are forced to gard their gates continually to kepe theÌ„ shut at seruice times at meales from sunne setting to sunne rising not suffring any stranger to enter the towne with his weapoÌ„ but to leaue y e same at a lodge appointed They dare vneth at any time walke abrode farre from the towne for their recreation except at seasons and then with strength of men furnished with armour and weapon for their safegarde They match in wedlocke among themselues so that well neare the whole Citie is allied and ioyned togither in consanguinitie But nowe to returne vnto the doings of the Erle of Ormonde that was placed Lord Iustice in Scropes rowmth We find y t in the yere .1408 1408 A Parliament at Dublin he called a Parliament at Dublin in which the statutes of Kilkenny and Dublin were eftsoones reuiued and certain ordinances established vnder the great seale of England against purueyors The Lorde Scrope deceaseth On the day of S. Marcel the Martyr deceassed y e lord StephaÌ„ Scrope at Tristeldermot The same yeare also was the Lord Thomas of Lancaster at Kilmaynam wounded I knowe not howe and vneth escaped with life and after caused sommonance to be giueÌ„ by proclamation that all such as ought by their tenures to serue the king should assemble at Rosse And after the feast of S. Hillarie he helde a Parliament at Kilkenny for a tallage to be graunted And after the .xiij. of March The lorde Thomas returneth into England he returned into England leauing the Prior of Kylmaynam for his Deputie in Irelande This yere also Hugh Macgilmore was slaine in Cragfergus within the Church of the Friers Minors which Church hee had before destroyed and broken downe the glasse Windowes to haue the Iron barres through which his enimies the Sauages entred vpon him 1409 Iames de Artoys This yeare beeing in the tenth of Henrie the fourth in Iune Ianico de Artoys with the English men slue .80 of the Irish in Vlster This yere king Henrie gaue the sword to the citie of Dublin The sworde giuen to the citie of Dublin which citie was first gouerned as appeareth by their ancient seale called SignuÌ„ praepositurae by a Prouost And in the .xiij. of Henrie the thirde by a Maior and two Baylifes whiche Baylifes were chaunged into Shrifes Baylifes changed into Shirifes by Charter graunted by Edward the sixt .1547 This Maioralitie both for state and charge of office and for bountifull hospitalitie exceedeth any citi in England London excepted In the yeare following the .xxj. day of May 1410 a Parliament beganne at Dublin whiche lasted three weekes the Prior of Kilmaynam sitting as Lorde Iustice The same yeare the .xxij. day of Iune the same Iustice tooke the Castels of Mibraclide Oferol and de la Mare Irelande this yeare was sore afflicted for want of corne The Lorde Iustice entred into the lande of Obren with .1500 Kernes A iourney made by the lorde iustice of which number .800 reuolted to the Irish so that if the power of Dublyn had not beene there it had gone euill with the Lorde Iustice and yet he escaped not without losse for Iohn Derpatrike was slaine there In the yeare .1411 before Shroue Sunday 1411 Mariages mariages were celebrated among the nobilitie in Irelande William Preston maryed the daughter of Edwarde Paris and Iohn Wogan matched with the eldest daughter of Christofer Preston and Walter de la Hide with the seconde daughter of the same Christofer In the yeare .1412 about the feast of Tiburtius and Valerianus which falleth on the .x. 1412 Oconthir of April Oconthir did much mischiefe in Meth and tooke 160. English men The same yeare Odoles a knight Thomas Fitz Morice fought togither either slue other The .xxiiij. of May The Bishop oâ—… Meth deceaseth Robert Mountain Bishop of Meth departed this life to whom succeded Edwarde de Audisey sometime Archdeacon of Cornewall The death oâ—… king Henrie the fourth This yeare on Saint Cutberts day king Henry the fourth departed this life ¶ Henrie the fift IN the firste yere of this king the .xxv. of Sept. 1413 Iohn Stanley the kings lieâ—â—tenant in Irelande landed in IrelaÌ„d at Clawcarf Iohn Stanley the kings lieutenant of that lande He departed this life the .xviij. of Ianuarie next ensuing at Athirde in Latine called Atrium deâ—… After his decease Tho. Craule Archbishop Dublin Thomas Crauley Archbishop of Dublin was chosen L. iustice of Ireland Ianico de Artoys ledde forth a power agaynste Magynors a great Lord of Ireland but neare to a place called Inor many Englishmen were slaine A Parliament The morrow after S. Mathias day a Parliament began againe at Dublin which continued for the space of .xv. dayes in which meane tyme the Irishe did muche hurt by inuasions made into the English pale and burning vp all the houses afore them that stoode in theyr way as their vsuall custome was in tymes of other Parliaments wherevpon a tallage was demaunded but not graunted 1414 In the yeare .1414 the English men fought with the Irish neare to Kilka and slue an hundred of the enimies whilest the Archbishop being Lord Iustice in Tristel Dermote went in procession with his Cleargie praying for the good speede of his men and other of the Countrey that were gone forth to fight with the aduersaries In the feast of S. Gordian and Epimachus to wit the .x. of May were the English of Meth discomfited by Oconther his Irish where they
of theyr landes goodes or catailes otherwise than by order of the Iustices or officers of the king so that they shulde be iudged in the kings courtes according to the lawfull customes and ordynaunces of the Realme and lykewyse Earle Iohn shoulde cause the same orders to be obserued throughe all his landes and if any man attempted to doe otherwise vpon supporte or mainteinaunce of the Earle Iohn hee shoulde stande to be refourmed by the Archebishoppe of Rouen if he chaunced then to be in Englande and by the kings Iustices and by those that hadde sworne to obserue this peace and also Earle Iohn him selfe at theyr request shoulde see suche reformation to bee hadde All those Castels that had bene buylte or begunne to bee buylded sith the Kinges passage ouer towards his iourney should be rased and no new made or fortifyed tyll hys retourne excepte in Manours perteyning to the Kyngs demayne if neede required or by hys speciall commaundemente eyther by Letters or sufficiente messengers The Sheriffwike of Lincolne which the Lord Chancellor had assigned vnto William de Stuteville should be restored vnto Gerarde de Camville who had day apointed hym to apere in the kings court to hear what might be layd against him if suche matter coulde be proued for y e which he ought to lose y e sayd sheriffwike the castell of Lincolne then he should depart froÌ„ them by iudgemeÌ„t of y e court or else not Neither shuld erle Iohn maintain him against y t iudgemeÌ„t of y t court nor shuld receyue any outlaws or such as were notoriously knowen for enimies to the king and so named nor shuld suffer theÌ„ to be recepted within precinct of his liberties to hold maintein obserue this peace The said earle ChaÌ„cellor sware in the hand of y e Archb. of Rouen w t .7 barons on either part On the part of earle Iohn these were the names of them that receued y t othe StephaÌ„ Ridell his Chancellor William de la Mare Rob. de la Mare Philip de Turechester WilliaÌ„ de Kahennes Gilbert Basset WilliaÌ„ de Montacute On the ChaÌ„cellors part y e erles of Arundell and Salisbury Earle Roger Bigot and the Earle of Clare with Walter Fitz Robert WilliaÌ„ de Breuse and Roger Fitz Ramfray These things were concluded in this sorte the authoritie and commaundement of the king yet in all things saued and reserued but so that if before his returne hee shoulde signifie his pleasure to the contrary of the ordinances aboue meÌ„tioned then should the Castels of Nottingham and Tickhill be restored vnto Earle Iohn notwithstanding whatsoeuer the King should commaund touching the same An. Reg. 3. Math. VVest â—…olidor Geffrey the Archbishop 〈◊〉 Yorke â—…g Houed Thus was the peace concluded eftsoones betwixt Earle Iohn and the Chauncellour In this meane while the elect Archbyshop of Yorke Geffrey after long sute and many delaies contriued specially by the Chauncellor obteyned his Pall being consecrated by the Archbyshop of Tours by vertue of Bulles obteined from Pope Celestine The newes of whose enprisonement was anon bruted thorough the realme wherwith the nobles fretted and the commons curssed finally all men detested such tyrannie in the Chauncellour But namely the Kings brother Earle Iohn stormed at the matter and with all spede assembled an armie out of those places where he bare rule encreasing the number with a power of Welchemen There came to him the bishop of Winchester with many Earles and barons also the bishop of Bathe and Chester whyche lately before hadde bene chiefe fauourers of the Chauncellour in all his doings but nowe that the worlde was chaunged they shewed themselues the most earnest enimies hee had as well in wordes as actes After hee was thus retired into the Tower of London Earle Iohn the Archbishoppe of Rouen and the other Bishops Earles and Barons associate togither againste hym followe him at the heeles enter the Citie and besiege the Tower on each side And on the morrowe after being the fourth day after the Octaues of Sainte Michaell they come togither into Poules church yarde where they publikely declare the iniurious wrongs done and practised by the Chauncellour A declaâ—… made agaâ—… the Lorde Chancelâ—… namely against the Archbishop of Yorke and the Bishop of Durham Those also that had bin appointed as associates with him accused hym in that he had taken vpon him to rule and gouerne all things after his owne selfe will not vouching saue to haue their aduice or councell in suche sorte as had bin conuenient The Archbishop of Rouen and William Marshall Earle of Pembroke shewed there afore all the people the Kyngs letters which he hadde sent from Messina The teâ—… this letter he reaâ—… appearâ—… appoynting that they shoulde bee associate with hym in gouernement of the Kingdome and that without the councell and aduice of them and others assigned thereto hee shoulde not meddle with the rule of the land and that if hee shoulde doe anye thing to the hinderaunce of the common wealthe or seeke to meddle with the affayres of the Realme withoute theyr good aduice that then he should be deposed Heerevppon it seemed good to Earle Iohn and to all the Bishoppes Earles and Barons of the Realme and to the Citizens of London there assembled that the sayd Chancellour should bee deposed and so they proceeded and deposed him indeede appoynting the Archbishoppe of Rouen in his place who woulde not take vppon him to do anye thing touching the rule of the land without consent of his associates assigned to him and the Barons of the Eschecker The same day Earle Iohn and the Archbishop of Rouen and other of the Kings Iustices â—…e Citizens London graunted to the Citizens of London the priuiledge of their communaltie and the sayde Earle and Archbishop and in manner all the Byshops Earles and Barons of the Realme sware to mainteyne the sayd priuiledge firme and stable so long as should please their soueraigne Lorde And the Citizens of LondoÌ„ sware to be true and to do their faithfull seruice vnto Kyng Richarde and his heires and if hee chanced to die withoute issue then to receyue Earle Iohn the brother of Kyng Richarde for their King and soueraigne Lord and therevpon sware fealty to him against all men sauing that whiche they owed vnto hys brother Kyng Richard The Chancellor perceyuing the multitude to be suche whiche hee hadde with him in the Tower as the place was not able to hold them any long tyme after he had remayned within it one night he came foorth vnto Earle Iohn and to the other that were thus entred the Citie and now ready to besiege hym of whome hee getteth licence for them that were enclosed within the Tower to departe withoute domage â—…e Chaunâ—…lor yeelâ—…th vp the â—…wer and therewith delyuered vp the Tower vnto the handes of the Archbishoppe of Rouen with the Castell of Windsor and certayne other Castels which he held within the
sayled again into NormaÌ„dy bycause the variaÌ„ce stil depended betwene him the king of Fraunce And finally vpon y e Ascention day in this second yere of his raigne they came eftsones to a coÌ„munication betwixte the Townes of Vernon and Lisle Dandely where finally they concluded an agreement A peace concluded with a marriage with a marriage to be hadde betwixt Lewis y e son of K. Phillip the Lady Blanch daughter to Alfonso K. of Castell the eyght of y e name Math. Paris and neece to K. Iohn by his sister Eleanor In consideration whereof K. Iohn besides y e summe of thirtie thousand markes in siluer as in respect of dower assigned to his sayd neece resigned his title to y e Citie of Eureux also vnto all those Townes which y e French K. had by warre taken from him the Citie of Angiers only excepted which Citie he receiued againe by couenants of the same agreement Raufe Niger The Frenche K. restored also to Kyng Iohn as Raufe Niger writeth the Citie of Tours and all the Castels and fortresses which he had takeÌ„ within Touraine And moreouer receiued of King Iohn his homage for al the lands fees tenements which at any tyme his brother K. Richarde or his father K. Henry had holden of him the said K. Lewis or any hys predecessors y e quite claymes and marriages always excepted The K. of England likewise dyd homage vnto y e French King for Britayne and againe as after ye shal heare he receyued homage for the same countrey for the countie of Richmont of his nephewe Arthur Hee also gaue the Erledome of Glowcester vnto the Earle of Eureux as it were by way of exchange for that hee resigned to the Frenche King all right title and clayme that might be pretended vnto the countie of Eureux And thus by this conclusion of marriage betwixt the saide Lewis and Blanche the right of K. Iohn went away which he lawfully before pretended vnto the Citie of Eureux and vnto those Townes in the confynes of Berry Chateau Roux or Raoul Cressy Isoldune likewise vnto the countrey of Veuxin or Veulquessine Polidor whiche is a parte of the territory of Gisours the right of all whych lands Townes and countreys was releassed to the Kyng of Fraunce by Kyng Iohn who supposed that by this affinitie and resignation of hys ryghte to those places the peace nowe made woulde haue continued for euer And in consideration thereof hee procured furthermore The K. commeth backe againe into Englande that the foresayd Blanche shoulde be conueyed into Fraunce to hir husband with all speede And that done he returned again into Englande Certes this peace was displeasant to many but namely to the Erle of Flanders who herevpoÌ„ making no accompt of K. Iohns amitie coÌ„cluded a peace with K. Philip shortly after ment to make war against the infidels in the east parties But by the chronicles of Flaunders it appereth Iaco. Meâ—… that the Erle of Flanders coÌ„cluded a peace with the Frenche King in Februarie last past before that king Iohn and the French king fell to any composition But such was the malice of writers in times past which they bare towards K. Iohn that whatsoeuer was done in preiudice of him or his subiects it was stil interpreted to chaÌ„ce through his defalt so as the blame still was imputed to him in so much that although many things he did peraduenture in matters of gouernemeÌ„t for y e which he may be hardly excused yet to thinke that he deserueth the .x. parte of the blame wherewith writers charge him it might seme a great lack of aduised consideration in them that so shuld take it But now to proceed with our purpose King Iohn being now in rest from warres with foreyn enimies began to make war with his subiects pursses at home emptying them by subsidies taxes and tallages to fill his coffers which alienated the mindes of a great number of them from his loue obedience At length also when he had got togither a great masse of money he went ouer again into Normandie where by Helias Archbishop of Burdeaux the bishop of Poictiers and Scone Rog. Hoâ—… K. Iohn is deuoted Mat. VVâ—… Mat. Paâ—… Rogl Hoâ—… he was diuorsed from his wife Isabel y t was the daughter of Robert erle of Gloucester bicause of the nerenesse of bloud as touching hir in the third degree And after he maried Isabel the daughter of Amery Earle of Angolesme by whome he had two sonnes Henry and Richard .iij. daughters Isabell Eleanor and Iane. Moreouer about this time Mat. Paâ—… Geffrey 〈◊〉 of Yorke â—…priued Geffrey Archbyshoppe of Yorke was depriued of al his manors lands and possessions by the kings commandemeÌ„t directed to y e Sherife of Yorkshire for diuers causes for that he would not permitte y e same sherife to leuie y e duty called Charugage that was three Shillings of euery plough lande within his diocesse rated appointed to be leuied to the Kyngs vse throughout all parties of the Realme Againe for that the same Archbyshoppe refused to goe ouer with the Kyng into NormaÌ„dy to helpe to make the marriage betwixte the Frenche Kyngs sonne and hys neece Thyrdly bycause hee had excommunicated the same Sherife and al the prouince of Yorke wherevpon the Kyng tooke displeasure against hym and not only spoyled him as I sayde of his goodes but also banished him out of the Court not suffering hym to come in his presence for the space of twelue monethes after Rog. Houed A counsell called at West-minster by the Archbishop of Caunterbury â—…thur Duke â—…rytayne â—…n homage â—…ne king of â—…glande About the same time King Iohn and Phillip King of France met togither neere to the towne of Vernon where Arthur Duke of Brytayne as vassall to his vncle Kyng Iohn did his homage vnto him for the Duchie of Brytayne and those other places whiche he helde of him on thys syde and beyonde the riuer of Loyr and afterwarde still mistrusting his Vncles curtesie he returned backe againe with the French Kyng and would not committe hymselfe to hys saide Vncle who as he supposed did beare him litle good wil. These things being thus performed â—…g Iohn reâ—…eth into â—…lande 〈◊〉 Queene is â—…wned King Iohn returned into Englande and there caused his newe married wife Isabell to be Crowned on y e Sunday before the feast of Sainte Dionise the eyght of October The same time hee gaue commaundemente vnto Hugh Neuill hygh Iustice of his forrests that hee should awarde his preceptes vnto al forresters within the Realme to giue warning to al the white Monkes that before the Quindene of Saint Michaell they shoulde remoue out of hys forrestes all their horses of Haraz and other cattel vnder the penaltie to forfeit so many of them as after that daye chaunced to be founde within the same forrestes The cause that moued the K. to deale
requiryng hys ayde that Griffyn myghte bee delyuered out of hys brothers handes promysing him greate helpe and furtherance with large condytions of submissyon and assuraunce furthirmore to bee at his commaundement and to receyue him for their true and soueraigne lorde King Henrye goeth into VVales vvith an armye Kyng Henrye vnderstandyng all theyr doings and intentes thought that this contention betwene the two brethren for the title of Wales would serue verie well for his purpose and therfore he hasted foorth wyth a speedye army of men into that countrey purposing to reduce the same vnder his obeysaunce And herewith Senena or Guenhera the wyfe of Griffyn and other of the Welche Nobilitie that tooke parte wyth hir conclude a league with Kyng Henry vppon certayne conditions as the same are conteyned in an instrumente or Charter the tenour wherof beginneth as followeth See Math. Par. in the printed boke pag. 840. Conuenit inter dominum regem Henrieum regem Angliae c. And for the performance of the articles in this instrument or writing conteyned the said Lady in name of hir husbande procured dyuers noble men to becom suerties or pledges that is to wit Raufe de Mortimer Walter de Clifforde Roger de Monthault Seneshall of Chester Mailgun ap Mailgun Meredoc ap Robert Griffin ap Maddoc of Bromefield Houwell and Meredoc brethren Griffin ap Wenuwen which persones vndertooke for the saide Lady that the couenauntes on hir parte should be perfourmed and therof they also bounde themselues by their writings vnto the saide Kyng Giuen on the Mondaye next before the Assumption of our Lady in the fiue and twentye yeare of the same Kynges reigne as in Mathewe Paris yee may finde the same recorded Pag. 840.841 and .843 in the printed copie Dauid driuen to his vvittes ende But nowe to oure purpose When Dauid vnderstoode of the kyngs approche wyth so puissaunt an armye he was brought into great perplexitie the more in deede not onely bicause there chaunced the same yere for the space of four monethes togither a greate drouthe so that the marishes and bogges were dried vp and made passable for the kyngs people but also for y t many of the Welch nobilitie as chiefly Griffin Madock and others sought his destruction in fauour of his brother Griffin whose deliueraunce they earnestlye wished and for that he stoode excommunicate by the Pope All whiche things well considered caused him to doubt of a further mischiefe to hang ouer his head Whervpon he sent to the king signifying that he would delyuer his brother Griffyn freely into his hands but letting him withall to wit by many good reasons that if he did set him at libertie he shuld minister many newe occasions of continuall warres Moreouer this couenaunt Dauid required at the kyngs handes that the kyng should reserue him so to his peace vnder the bonde of Fidelitie and hostages that he should not disinherite 〈◊〉 which when the king courteously granted Dauid sent vnto hym his brother Gryffin to dispose of hym as he should thinke requisite Dauid â—…reth 〈…〉 The Kyng receiuing him sent him to London vnder the coÌ„duct of sir Iohn de Lerinton togither with other â—…o whom hee had receiued as hostages bothe of Dauid and others the nobles of Wales appointing them to be kept in safetie wythin the Tower there There was also a Charter or deede made by the same Dauid vnto King Henrie contayning the Articles couenauntes and grauntes made betwixt the sayd Prince and the forsayde Dauid beginning thus Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes litera c. And after this that is to say See 〈◊〉 pag. 842. within .viij. dayes after the sayd feast of Saint Mychael the foresayde Dauid came to London Dauid the pâ—… of 〈…〉 â—…ge and there dyd homage to the Kyng and sware feaultie and after returned in peace backe agayne vnto hys countrey About the same time there chanced a controuersie to ryse betwixt the king and the Bishop of Lincolne for the bestowing of the benefice of Thame 〈…〉 the which Iohn Mansel the kings chapleyne hadde gotten in possession by the Kinges fauor through prouision graunted of the Pope where the Bishoppe alledgyng priuiledges to the contrary had graunted it to an other At length the Kyng hauing his fathers trouble before his eies and doubting the Bishoppes woordes threatning some euill myshappe to folowe if he shoulde stande long in the matter agaynste the sayde Bishoppe gaue ouer hys â—…nute and therewythall prouyded Iohn Maunsell of a farre more â—…yehe benefice that is to â—…ye of the personage of Maydstone whereinto the Bishoppe speedyly inuested hym Thys yeare many noble men ended theyr lyues Death of â—…ble men as well suche as were gone with the Erles of Cornewall and Leycester into the holye lande and others remaynyng still at home Amongest whyche number were these Wylliam Forz Earle of Albemarle Walter Lacy Lacye lâ—… issue 〈…〉 kinde 〈◊〉 that 〈…〉 inheâ—… his landes one of the chiefest nobles in all Irelande Stephen de Segraue Gilberte de Basset and hys sonne and heire named also Gilberte Moreouer Iohn Biset hygh Iustice of the Foâ—…estes and Peter de Mallow Hughe Wak Roberte Marmion Peter de Bruys Guysâ—… aâ—… Laidec Eustace Stoutville Eudo Hamon surnamed Peccham Baldwyn de Beâ—…un Iohn Fitz Iohn Stewarde of householde to Earle Richarde Iohn de Beau lieu Gerarde de Furniuall There dyed also the Ladye Eleanore the Countesse of Brytayne wyfe vnto Geffrey that was somtyme Earle of Britayn whyche Countesse hadde beene long kepte prysoner at Brystowe wyth dyuers other Moreouer there dyed thys yeare Roger Bishop of London and Hughe Bishoppe of Chester Also Gilberte Marshall Earle of Pembrooke in a Tornaye whyche he had attempted at Hereforde agaynst the kinges licence was by an vnruly horse caste and so hurte that immediatly he dyed thereof Neyther was thys yeare onely mournefull to Englande for the losse of suche hygh Estates but also in other places many notable personages departed out of this transitorie lyfe As two Popes Gregorie the ninthe and his successour Celestine the fourthe besydes Cardinalles â—…inall Soâ—…ote an enâ—…an amongst the whiche Robert Somercote an Englishe man was one Aboute the later ende of this .xxv. yeare the sixth daye of October Eclipse there appeared a righte sore Eclypse of the Sunne verie straunge to the beholders â—…n Reg. 26. 〈◊〉 death of Empresse â—…ell 1242 â—…rres reâ—…d betvvixt 〈◊〉 kinges of â—…lande and â—…nce In the .xxvj. yeare dyed the Empresse Isabell wyfe vnto Fredericke the Emperoure In which yeare also beganne the warres agayn betwixte Kyng Henrye and Lewes the kyng of France for the quarell of Hugh Erle of Mâ—…he who refused to do homage vnto Alfonse thâ—… brother of kyng Lewes whyche Alfonse had maryed the onely daughter and heyre of Raymund Earle of Tholouze and therefore shoulde succeede the same Earle in his estate and inheritaunce His brother kyng Lewes had also gyuen
handes a greate portion of treasure whyche was broughte thither to bee transported ouer to the Poictouins that were so fledde the Realme Also there was founde a greate quantitie of treasure in the newe Temple at London whych they had gathered and hoorded vp there the which also was seased to the Kings vse But nowe to returne vnto the doings in the Parliamente holden at Oxford Mat. VVest It was ordeyned as some write that the Kyng shoulde choose foorthe twelue persons of the Realme and the communaltie of the land shoulde choose foorth other twelue the which hauing Regall authoritie in their hande Foâ—… and twenty 〈…〉 myghte take in charge the gouernaunce of the Realme vpon them and should from yeare to yeare prouide for the due election of Iustices Chauncellors Treasorers and other officers and see for y e safe keeping of the Castels which belonged to the Crowne These foure and twentie gouernours appointed as prouiders for the good gouernement of the Realme began to order all things at theyr pleasure in y e mean time not forgetting to vse things chiefly to their owne aduantages as well in prouiding efchetes and wardes for their sonnes and kinsfolkes as also in bestowing patronages of Churches belonging to the kings gift at theyr pleasures so that these prouiders seemed to prouide all for themselues in so muche The abâ—… of those 〈…〉 that neyther Kyng nor Christ coulde receyue ought amongst them There be that write how there were but twelue of these gouernours chosen Fabian whose names were as followe First the Archbyshop of Caunterbury the Byshoppe of Worcetor Roger Bigod Earle of Northfolke and Marshal of Englande Simon de Montforde Earle of Leicester Richard de Clare Earle of Gloucester Humfrey Bohun Earle of Hereford the Earles of Warwike and Arundell Sir Iohn Mansell chiefe Iustice of Englande Sir Roger Lorde Mortimer Sir Hugh Bigod Sir Peter de Sauoy Sir Iames Audeley and Sir Peter de Montforte To these was authoritie only giuen to punish and correct al such as offended in breaking of any the ordinaÌ„ces at this Parliament established It was not long after the finishing of thys Parliament but that stryfe and variaunce beganne to kindle betweene the King and the Earles of Leycester and Gloucester â—…ntention be â—…ixt the â—…les of Leyâ—…ster and â—…oucester by reason of such officers as the sayde Earles hadde remoued and put other in theyr rowmes Among the whiche Iohn Mansell was discharged of his office and sir Hugh Bygod brother to the Earle Marshall admitted in his rowmth Also bycause the foresayde gouernours had knowledge that the king minded not to performe the ordinaunces established at Oxforde they thought to make theyr part as stroÌ„g as was possible for them to doe and therefore vpon the morrow after the feast of Marie Magdalene â—…e Lordes â—…me to the â—…ildehall to â—…e their orâ—…ances conâ—…ed the king as then being at Westminster the Earle Marshall the Earle of Leycester and dyuerse other came to the Guyldhall of London where the Maior and Aldermen with the Commons of the Citie were assembled and there the Lordes shewed the Instrument or wryting sealed wyth the kings Seale and with the Seales of hys sonne Prince Edwarde and of many other Lordes of the lande conteyning the Articles of those ordinances whiche had beene concluded at Oxforde wylling the Maior and Aldermen to set also therevnto theyr common Seale of the Citie The Maior and Aldermen vppon aduice amongst them taken required respyte till they might knowe the kings pleasure therein but the Lordes were so earnest in the matter and made such instance that no resort coulde be had so that in the ende the common Seale of the Citie was put to that writing and the Maior and diuerse of the Citie sworne to mainteyne the same their allegiance saued to the king with their liberties franchises according to the accustomed maner Vpon the .ix. day of August A Proclamation agaynst purueyers Proclamation was made in dyuerse places of the Citie that none of the kings takers shoulde take any thing within the Citie without the will of the owner except two tunnes of Wine which the king accustomably had of euery shippe comming from Burdeaux paying but .xl. shillings for the tun By meanes of this Proclamation nothing was taken by the kings officers within the Citie and liberties of the same except readie payment were made in hande which vse continued not long â—…lifes and â—…er officers â—…nished The foresayde Iudges sitting on that maner at Saint Sauiours punished Baylifes and other officers very extreemely which were conuict afore them for diuerse trespasses and specially for taking of merciaments otherwise than law gaue them After this the same sir Hugh came vnto the Guyldhall and there sat in iudgement and kepte plees without order of law Bakers punished and contrarie to the liberties of the Citie Hee punished Bakers for lacke of true syze by the Tumbrell where before they were punished by the Pillorie Math. Paris The Poictouins suspected to haue poysoned the English Lordes and many other things he vsed after such maner more by wil than by any good order of law There was a bruyte raysed whether of truth or otherwise we leaue to the credit of the authors that the Poictouins had practised to poyson the most part of the English nobilitie In deede diuerse of them were grieuously tormented with a certaine disease of swelling and breaking oute some dyed and othersome right hardly escaped of which number the Earle of Gloucester was one who lay sicke a long time at Sonninge a place besydes Reading At length hee recouered but his brother William died of the same disease and vpon his deathbed layde the faulte to one Walter Scotenye as the occasioner of his death which afterwardes cost the sayde Walter hys lyfe For although he was one of the chiefe Counsaylours and Stewarde also to the sayde Earle of Gloucester yet beeing had in suspition and therevpon apprehended and charged wyth that cryme when in the yeare next following in Iune hee came to be arraigned at Winchester and put him selfe to bee tryed by a Iury Wiâ—…â—…ney 〈◊〉 and câ—… the same pronounced him guyltie and when those that were empaneled vpon that Iurie were asked by the Iudges howe they vnderstoode that hee shoulde bee guiltie they answered bycause that where the sayde Walter was neuer indebted that they could heare of eyther to William de Valence or to any of his brethren they were fully certified that he had of late receyued no small summe of money of the sayde de Valence for to poyson both his maister and other of the English nobilitie as was to be thought sithe there was no other apparant cause why he shoulde receyue such gyft at the handes of their enimie the sayde William de Valence He sâ—… and so was the sayde Walter executed at Winchester aforesayde 〈…〉 haâ—… 〈◊〉 The Haruest was very lace this yeare so
Hugh Spencer the yonger executed Then was his heade striken off his bowels taken out of his bodie and burnt and hys bodie deuided in quarters His head was sent to London and set vpon the bridge with other and his quarters were sent to foure seuerall partes of the Realme and there pight vpon polles to bee seene of the people He was drawne in his owne coate armour about the which there were letters embrodered plaine to bee read conteyning a parcell of the Psalme Psal 52. Quid gloriaris in ma◅ vnto the verse ◅go autem vt ◅liua c. Simon de Reding executed The same day was Simō de Reding drawne and hanged on the same Gallowes but ten foote lower them the other This Reding being Marshall of the kings house had vsed the Queene verie vncurteously giuing hir many reprothfull wordes which now were remembred and therefore may serue for an example how daungerous a thing it is to speake euill of the higher powers Caxton The cōmon fame went that after this Hugh Spencer the sonne was taken he woulde receyue no s◅snance wherefore he was the sente put to death or else had he beene conueyed to London there to haue suffred The Earle of Armdell takē Iohn Earle of Armdell was taken on Saint Hughes day in the parties about S◅rewes◅e and the same day s◅oun◅ght before the execution of the Earle of Gloucester Hugh Spencer the yonger as well the sayde Earle who had beene euer a great friend to both the Spencers Tho. VVals ◅xecution as also Iohn Daniell and Thomas de Micheldeure were put to death at Hereforde by procurement of the Lorde Mortimer of Wigmore that ha◅ed them extremely ◅ofiuour in which the lord Mortimer was ◅ith the Queene by reason whereof they were not like to speede much better for what he willed the same was done and without him the Queene in all these matters did nothing The Chancellor Robert de Baldocke being committed to the custodie of Adam de Torleton Bishop of Hereforde remayned at Hereforde in safe keeping till Candlemasse next and then the Bishop being at London appoynted him to bee brought vp where not without the Bishops consent as was thought he was taken out of hys house by violence and layde in Newgate where shortly after through inward sorow and extreme griefe of minde he ended his life Robert Baldoe ended his life Thus the Queene and hir companie hauing compassed their businesse in to happie maner as they could wish she with hir sonne and a greate companie of Lordes and Gentlemen repayred to Wallingford where they kept Christmasse togither with great ioy and triumph the king in the meane while remayning as ye haue hearde at Kenilwoorth in a kinde of honourable estate although he was prisoner After Christmasse 1327 the Queene with hir sonne and such Lordes as were then with them remoued to London where at their comming thither which was before the feast of the Epiphanie they were receyued with great ioy triumph and large giftes and so brought to Westminster where the morrow after the same feast the Parliament which before hand had bene summ◅ned began in which it was concluded and fully agreed by at the estates for none durst speake to the contrarie that for diuerse artreses which were put vp agaynst the king he was not worthie longer to raigne A Parliament and therefore should be deposed and withall they willed to haue his sonne Edwarde duke of Aquitan to raigne in his place This ordinance was openly pronounces in the great hall at Westminster by one of the lords The king is deposed by act of Parliament on the feast day of S. Hillarie being Tuesday to the which all the people consented The Archbishop of Canterburie preacheth The Archbishop of Canterburie taking his theme Vox populi vti◅tes made a Sermon exhorting the people to pray to God to bestow of his grace vppon the new king And so when the Sermon was ended euery man departed to his lodging But the Duke of Aquitaine when hee perceyued that his mother tooke the matter heauily in appearance for that hir husband should be thus depriued of the crown he protested that he would neuer take it vpō him without his fathers consent and so therevpon it was concluded that certaine solemne Messengers should goe to Kenilworth to moue the king to make resignation of his Crowne and tytle to the kingdome vnto his sonne Thom. de la More Tho. VVals There were sent on this message as some write three or as other haue but two Bishops two Erles two Abbots two or as de la More Walsingham haue four Barons and for euerie Countie Citie Burrough and likewise for the cinque portes certain knights and burgesses The Bishops that were sent were these as de la More noteth Iohn de Stratford Bishop of Winchester Adam de Torleton Bishop of Hereford and Henrie Bishop of Lyncolne The two Earles as Southwell hath were Lancaster and Warwike the two Barons Rose and Courtney beside these as he sayth there were two Abbots two Priors two Iustices two Friers of the order of Preachers two of the Carmelites two knights for the Commons on the North syde of Trent and two for the other on the South syde of the same Ryuer two Citizens for London two Burgesses for the cinque Portes so as in all there were that went of this message as Southwell hath xxiij or rather .xxiiij. persones of one degree and other None of the Frier Minors went bycause they woulde not bee the bringers of so heauie tydings sithe he had euer borne them great good will The Bishoppes Winchester and Lyncolne went before and comming to Kenilworth associated with them the Earle of Leycester of some called the Earle of Lancaster that had the King in keeping And hauing secrete conference with the king they sought to frame his minde so as be might be contented to resigne the crowne to his sonne bearing hym in hande that if he refused so to doe the people in respect of the euil will whiche they had conceyued agaynste hym woulde not fayle but proceede to the election of some other that shoulde happely not touche hym in lynage And sithe this was the onely meane to bring the lande in quiet they wylled hym to consider how muche he was bounde in conscience to take that way that shoulde bee so beneficiall to the whole Realme The King being sore troubled to heare suche displeasant newes was brought into a marueylous agonie but in the ende for the quyet of the Realme and doubt of further daunger to hymselfe he determyned to follow theyr aduice and so when the other Commissioners were come and that the Bishop of Hereford had declared the cause wherefore they were sent the King in presence of them all notwithstanding his outward countenaunce discouered howe muche it inwardly grieued him yet after he was come to himself he answered that he knew that he was
wardship of all Pupils and Orphanes wythin the same towne beside diuerse other liberties Moreouer they were in like maner constreyned to seale three seuerall obligations in which the Abbot and Conuent were bound to the sayde Inhabitantes as to a communaltie of a corporation in .vij. M. pounds as in two M. by one obligation and in two M. by another and in three M. by the thirde obligation and further they were driuen to seale a letter of release of all trespasses and other things that myght bee demaunded agaynste the sayde Inhabitauntes with a generall acquittaunce of all debts Beside this the sayde riotous persons tooke the same tyme forth of the Abbey great ryches as well in plate Armor Bookes apparell as in other things They also brake downe two houses or Messuages that belonged to the Abbey and situate within the towne of Burie they also destroyed his fish pondes and tooke out such store of fish as they found in the same they cut downe also .lx. Ashes there growing on the soyle that belonged to the sayde Abbot and did many other great outrages and enormities so that it was founde by the inquest that the Abbot was damnifyed to the value of other fortye thousande poundes These ryottes may seeme grieuous and verie straunge The châ—… but yet the same were not so heynously taken as an other whiche the sayde Inhabitants of Burie attempted agaynst the sayde Abbey in maner of a plaine commotion vpon S. Lukes day in the same yeare at what time as by the Recordes of that Abbey it shoulde appeare both the Abbot and his house were in the kinges speciall protection and the sayde Inhabitantes prohibited by his letters to attempt any iniurie agaynst hym or hys Conuent But neuerthelesse we fynde that not onely the Inhabitants of Burie but also a great number of other misgouerned persons that resorted to them from places there about arrayed and furnished with horse armour and weapon after the maner of warre came and assaulted the Abbey Gates sette fyre on them and burned them wyth dyuerse other Houses neare adioyning that belonged to the Abbay and continued in that theyr ryotous enterpryse all that daye and nyght following The same night also they burnt a Manor of y e Abbots called Holdernes barn The Mâ—… Holdâ—… bâ—…ne w t .ij. other manors called the Aunianers berne and Haberdone also the Grangles that stoode withoute the South gate The Manour 〈◊〉 Westley â—…ne and the Manour of Westley in which places they burned in corne and graine to the value of a thousande pounde The nexte day they entered into the Abbey Court and burnt all the houses on the north side as stables Brewhouses Bâ—…houses Gray â—…is and other such houses of offices and on the other side the Court they burnt certaine houses belonging to the Aumenerie On the next day they burned the More hall and Bradford hall with the new hall and diuerse chambers and sollers to the same halles annexed with the Chapell of S. Laurence at the ende of the hospitall hall Also the Manor of Eldhall the Maner of Horninger with all the corne grain within and about the same The next day they burnt the soller of y e Sollerer with a chapel there also the kytchen the larder and a part of the Farmarie On the Thursday they burnt the residue of the Farmarie and the lodging called the blacke lodging with a Chapell of S. Andrew therein In executing of all these riotous disorders one Geffrey Moreman was an ayder who wyth diuerse other persons vnknowne departed forth of the towne of Burie The Manour 〈◊〉 Fornham â—…n by the assent of the other his complices he burnt the Manor of Fornham The same day also other of their companie as William the sonne of Iames Neketon Raufe Grubbe Richard Rery and a great number of other persones vnknowne by the assent and abbetment of the other that committed the sayd disorders burnt two Manors belonging also to the sayde Abbey in great Berton with all the corne and graine there founde Vpon knowledge had of these great riots and perillous commotions there was a commission directed from the king vnto Thomas Earle of Norfolk high Marshall of EnglaÌ„d to Thomas Bardinâ—… Robert Morley Peter Wedall Iohn Howard and Iohn Walkfare authorising them with y e power of the counties of Suffolk Norffolke to apprehend trie and punish such lewde disordered persons rebellious malefactors which had committed such felonious enterprices to the breach of the kings peace daungerous disquieting of his subiects but the said Commissioners proceeded not according to the effect of their CoÌ„mission in triall of any felonies by the same persons committed and done but onely caused them to be indited of trespas albert Robert Walkfare and Iohn Clauer with their associates Iustices of peace in their Sessions holden at Elueden the Tuesday next after the feast of the Apostles Simon and Iude in the sayd first yeare of this king Edward the third proceeded in such wise against the sayd Malefactors y e Iohn de Berton Cordwayner Robert Forton and a great number of other were indyted of felonie for the mysdemeanours afore mentioned and the Indytements so founde were after sent and presented vnto Iohn Stonore Walter de Friskeney Robert Malberthorpe and Iohn Bousser who by vertue of the kings Commission of Oier Determiner to theÌ„ directed sat at S. Edmundsbury the Wednesday next after the feast of Saint Lucie the virgin and then and there sent forth precepts to the Sherife commaunding him to apprehende the sayd Berton Forton and others that were indyted of the foresayde felonies and also to returne a sufficient Iurie to trie vpon theyr arraignment the sayde Malefactors by order of law the Fryday next after the sayde feast of Saint Lucie Herevpon Alane de Latoner and Robert Dalling with .xvij. others being arraigned were founde guiltie and suffered death according to the order appoynted for felons One Adam Miniot stoode muet and refused to be tryed by his countrey and so was pressed to death as the law in such case appoynteth Diuerse other were saued by their bookes according io the order of Clerkes conuict as Alexander Brid person of Hogesete Iohn Rugham person of little Welnetham Iohn Berton Cordwayner and diuers other Some were repriued as one woman named Iulian Barbor who being big bellied was respited till she were deliuered of child Benedict Sio and Robert Russell were repriued and committed to the safe keeping of the Sherife as triers or appeachers as we terme them of other offenders and bycause there was not anye as yet attached by theyr appeales they were commaunded againe to prison One Robert de Creswell was saued by the kings letters of special pardon which he had there readie to shew As for Robert Foxton Adam Cokefielde and a great number of other whome the Sherife was commaunded to apprehende hee returned that he coulde not heare of them within the precinct of his Baylifewike wherevpon
exigentes were awarded agaynst them the Sherif was coÌ„maunded that if he might come to attach them he should not fayle but so to do and to haue theyr bodies there at Burie before the sayde Iustices the Thursday in Whitsunweeke next ensuing Diuerse also were arraigned the same time of the sayd felonies and therof acquited as Michael Scabaille Raufe Smeremonger and others Indeed those that were founde guiltie The common people often deceyued by lewde informations and suffred were the chiefe authours and procurors of the coÌ„motion bearing others in hande that the Abbot had in his custodie a certaine Charter wherin the king should grant to the inhabitants of the town of Burie certaine liberties whereby it might appeare that they were free and discharged from the payment of dyuerse customes exactions whervpon the ignorant multitude easily giuing credit to such surmised tales were the sooner induced to attempt such disorders as before are mentioned Thus haue ye heard all in effect that was done in this first yeare of king Edward the thirde hys raigne by and agaynst those offenders But bycause wee will not interrupt matters of other yeares with that which followed further of this businesse we haue thought good to put the whole that wee intende to write thereof here in thys place Ye shall therefore vnderstand that diuerse of those agaynst whome exigentes were awarded came in and yeelded their bodies to the Sherifes prison before they were called the fifth Countie day Albeit a great meinie there were that came not and so were outlawed Robert Foxton got the kings pardon Robert 〈◊〉 pardoned and so purchasing forth 〈◊〉 persedias the sute therevpon agaynst him 〈◊〉 stayed The Sherife therefore in Whitsuâ—… the seconde yeare of this kings raigne made his returne touching Benedict Sio Robert Russell and Iulian Barbor that hee delyuered them vnto the Baylifes of the libertie of the Abbot of Burie by reason of an auncient priuiledge A priuiledge which the Abbot claymed to belong to hys house The Baylifes confessed they had receyued the sayde prisoners but forsomuch as they had bene arraigned at a Portmane mote Portmanâ—â— which was vsed to be kept euery three weekes and vpon their arraignment were found guiltie of certaine other fellonies by them committed within the towne of Burie and therevpon were put to execution The Abbâ—… officers has â—…med Adam FinchmaÌ„ the kings Attourney there tooke it verie euill and layde it grieuously to the change of the Abbots officers for their hastie presumptuous proceeding agaynst the sayde prisoners namely bycause the sayde Sio and Russell were repriued to the ende that by their vtterance many heynous offences might haue beene brought to light The same day that is to wit Thursday in Whitsunweeke the foresayde Robert Foxton diuerse other came in and were attached by the Sherif to answere the Abbot to his action of impasse which he brought against theÌ„ and putting the matter to the triall of an Inquest A condeâ—…tion they were condemned in .lx. M. pounds to be leuied of theyr goods and cattalles to the vse of the Abbot and in the meane time they were committed to prison but firste they made sute that they might bee put to their fines for their offences committed agaynst the kings peace their request in that behalf was graunted so that vpon putting in sufficient sureties for their good abearing their fines were assessed as some at more and some at lesse as the case was thought to require Thus rested the matter for a long season after till the fifth yere of this kings raigne in which the Thursday next after the feast of the blessed Trinitie the king being himselfe in person at S. Edmondsburie aforesaid An agreemeâ—… a finall agreement and coÌ„cord was concluded betwixt the said Abbot and his conuent on the one party and Richard Drayton and other the Inhabitants of that towne on the other party before the right reuerend father in God Iohn Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England and the kings Iustices Iohn Stonore and Iohn Cambridge sitting there the same time by the kings commaundement The effect of which agreement was as followeth First where as the sayd Abbot had recouered The Arriâ—… of the agreâ—…ment by iudgement before the sayde Iohn Stonore and other his associates iustices of Oier and Determiner in the said towne of Bury the summe of vij score thousand poundes for trespasses to him and his house coÌ„mitted and done by the said Richard Drayton and other the inhabitaÌ„ts of Burye nowe at the desyre of the sayde Kyng and for other good respectes hym mouyng her pardoned and released vnto the sayde Rycharde Drayton and to other the inhabitantes of Burie to their heires executours and assignees the sum of 12â—…333 pounds .viij. ss 8. d of the saide total sum of .140000 pounds And further the said Abbotte and Conuent graunted and agreed for them and theyr successours that if the sayd Richarde Drayton and other the inhabitantes of the sayd towne of Bury or any of them their heyres executours or assignees should paye to the sayd Abbot and Conuent or their successors within twentie yeares next ensuyng the date of that present agreement two thousande markes that is to saye one hundred markes yearely at the feastes of Saincte Michaell and Easter by euen portions that then the sayde Richarde and other the inhabitauntes of the Towne of Bury shoulde bee acquited and discharged of foure thousand markes parcell of .17666 pounds .xiij. ss .iiij. d residue behynde for euer Moreouer wheras the said Abbot conuent and the said Abbot by himself sith the .xix. yeare of the reigne of king Edwarde the seconde vnto that present tyme had sealed certayne charters deedes and writinges as well with the proper seale of the Abbot as with the common scale of the Abbot and conuent if the sayd Richard the inhabitants of the said town of Bury did restore vnto the said abbot conuent all the same writings or take suche order that neither the Abbotte nor conuent be impleaded or in any wyse hindred endamaged nor molested by force of the same further if neither the said Richard nor any the inhabitantes of the sayde towne nor their heires executors nor assignes shall goe about to reuerse the iudgemeÌ„nts against them at the suite of the said Abbot nor shall seeke to impeache the executions of the same iudgements by any false or forged acquitaÌ„ces or releases nor implead nor molest any of the Iurie by whome they wer coÌ„uict y t then they their heires executors assigns shal be acquited discharged of .x. M. lb parcel of the said .17666 lb .xiij. ss iiij. d. And furthermore if y e said Richard other the inhabitaÌ„ts of y e said towne of Bury do not hereafter maliciously rise against the said Abbot or conuente nor seeke to vexe them by any conspiracie confederacie or by some other secrete vniust cause nor lykewyse euill
sea Cōmissioners sent to Montreull whither came from the king of England sir Richard Dangle a Poictouin sir Richard Stan Geffrey Chaucer From the French king there appeared the Lord Coucy and other These Commissioners treated a long season concerning the mariage and when they had vnderstanding and felt eche others meaning they departed and made reporte of the same to theyr maisters The trewce eftsoones prolonged The truce was againe prolonged to first day of May. And in the meane time the Erle of Salisburie the Bishop of Saint Dauie Lorde Chancellour of Englande and the Bishop of Hereforde went ouer to Calais Sir Hugh Caluerley lieutenant of Calais In like case the Lord of Coucy and sir William Dorman Chauncellor of Fraunce came to Montreull But they durst not meete at any indifferent place on the frontiers for the doubt that eyther partie had of the other for anye thing that the Legates coulde say or do Thus these Commissioners abode in that estate till the truce was expired And when the warre was open then Sir Hugh Caluerley was sent ouer to Calais to remaine vpon the safe keeping of that towne as deputie there The Earle of Salisburie and the other Commissioners returned into Englande and with them the Duke of Brytayne Tho. VVals Fabian Sir Iohn Minsterworth beheaded On the .xij. day of Aprill this yeare one Sir Iohn Minsterworth knight was drawn hāged headed and quartered at Tiburne being first condemned and adiudged to suffer that execution before the Maior of London and other the kings Iustices in the Guilde hall for treason by hym commytted in defrauding Souldiers of theyr wages for where he had receyued great summes of money to make payment thereof to them hee reteyned the same to his owne vse Moreouer as in the .xliiij. Tho. VVas yeare of this King ye haue hearde hee was the chiefe procurer and setter forwarde of the dissention that tose in the armye whiche vnder the leading of sir Robert Knolles was sent into France And when in that iourney he had lost most of his men and was escaped himselfe into Englande hee layde all the blame on sir Robert Knolles accusing him to the king of heynous treason so as the King tooke no small displeasure agaynste the sayde Sir Robert insomuche that hee durste not returne into Englande tyll he had pacified the kings wrath with money and that the knowne Fidelitie of the man hadde warranted him agaynst the malicious and vntrue suggestions of hys enimies Wherevpon the sayde Mynsterworth perceyuing hys crafte to wante the wished successe he fledde to the Frenche King and conspyring with him to annoy the Realme of England by bringing the Spanishe nauie to inuade the same at length he was taken in the towne of Pampilona in Nauarre and brought backe into Englande where he tasted the deserued fruite of hys contryued treason as before yee haue hearde About this season there rose in the vniuersitie of Oxforde a learned man Iohn Wiclife Tho. VVal. Iohn W◅ borne in the North partes and being a secular priest and a student in diuinitie began to propone certaine conclusions greatly contrary to the doctrine of the Church in those dayes established specially he argued agaynst Monkes and other men of religion that enioyed greate riches and large possessions There were diuerse that gaue good care to him insomuch that sundrie learned men of that vniuersitie preached and set forth the doctrine that he taught Amongst other articles which they helde The chiefest articles preached by Wiclife these were the chiefe that the Sacrament of the Aulter after consecration was not the bodie of christ but a figure thereof Also that the Church of Rome was no more heade of the vniuersall church than any one other nor more authoritie was giuen by Christ vnto Peter than to any other of the Apostles and that y e Pope had no power in y e keyes of the Churche than any other Priest whatsoeuer Also that temporall Lordes might both lawfully and meritoriously take the temporall goodes and reuenues from the Church if it offended and if anye temporall Lorde knewe the Churche to offende hee was bounde vnder payne of damnaption to take from it the temporalties Also that the Gospell is sufficient in this life to direct by rule euery Christian manne And that all other rules of Sainctes vnder the obseruing whereof diuerse religious doe liue adde no more perfection to the Gospel than washing ouer with lyme doth the wall Also that the Pope nor any other Prelate of the Church ought to haue any prisons wherin to punish offenders Those and many other opinions these men helde and mainteyned and diuerse Lordes and great men of the lande fauoured their cause But when these conclusions were brought before the Pope hee condemned the number of .xxiij. of those articles as vaine and hereticall directing his Bulles to the Archbishop of Canterburie and to the Bishop of London that they shoulde cause the sayde Wiclife to bee apprehended and examined vpon the sayde conclusions whiche they did in presence of the Duke of Lancaster and the Lorde Percy and hearing his declaration commaunded him to silence and in no wise to deale with those matters from thenceforth so that for a tyme both hee and hys fellowes kepte silence Wiclif and his felowes maintained by certaine Lordes But after at the contemplation of dyuerse of the Temporall Lordes they preached and set forth theyr doctrine agayne The same day that Wiclyfe was conuented thus at London before the Bishoppes and other Lordes throughe a worde spoken in reproche by the Duke of Lancaster to the Byshoppe of London The Duke of Lancaster in danger by the Londoners streyght wayes the Londoners gettyng them to armour meante to haue slaine the Duke and if the Byshoppe had not stayed them they hadde surely sette fyre on the Dukes house at the Sauoy and wyth much a doe myght the Bishop quiet them Amongest other reprochefull partes which in despyte of the Duke they committed they caused his armes in the publique streete to be reuersed as if he had beene a traytour or some notorious offender The Lord Percy The Duke and the Lorde Henrie Percye whome the Citizens sought in his owne house to haue slaine him if he hadde beene founde hearing of this ryotous sturre and rebellious commotion forsooke theyr dynner and fledde to Kenington where the Lorde Richarde sonne to the Prince togyther wyth hys mother then remayned exhibiting before theyr presence a grieuous complaynte of the opprobrious iniuries done vnto them by the wylfull outrage of the Londoners For thys and other causes the Citizens were sore hated of the Duke insomuche that hee caused the Maior and Aldermen that then ruled to bee discharged of their rowmthes and other to be put in their places The king being more grieuously vexed wyth sickenesse from day to day eyther encreasing by the course thereof or renued by some newe surfeyte finally this yeare departed
till the Monday following This man hadde bin a Preacher the space of twentie yeres and bycause his doctrine was not according to the religion then by the Bishoppes mainteined he was firste prohibited to preache in any churche or chappell and when he ceassed not for all that but set forth his doctrine in the streets and fieldes where he mighte haue audience at length hee was committed to prison Iohn Ball his prophecie out of the whiche he prophecied that he shoulde be deliuered with the force of twentie thousand men and euen so it came to passe in time of the rebellion of the commons IOhn Scheepe Saint Marie Priest of Yorke and nowe of Colchester greeteth well Iohn namelesse and Iohn the Miller and Iohn Carter and biddeth them that they beware of guyle in Bourrough and stande togither in Goddes name and biddeth Piers Plowman goe to hys worke and chastise well Hob the robber and take with you Iohn Trewman and all his fellowes and no moe Iohn the Miller y ground small small small the Kyngs sonne of heauen shall pay for all Beware or yee bee woe knowe your friend from youre foe haue ynough and say whoe and do well and better flee synne and seeke peace and holde you therein and so biddeth Iohn Trewman and all his fellowes This letter he confessed himself to haue written as Thomas Wals affirmeth with many other things which he had done and committed to the disquieting of the Realme for the whiche hee was drawen Iohn Ball excuted at S. Albons hanged and beheaded at Saincte Albons the fifteenth of Iuly being Monday in this fifth yeare of King Richards raigne The same day the Kings Iustice sir Roberte Trisilian sate vpon the Rebels of Saint Albōs and other of the Countrey of Hertforde afore whome by suche policie as he vsed there were a great number endited and diuers being arreigned were found giltie as William Grindecobbe William Cadindon Iohn Barbor and certaine others which were hanged and drawen to the number of fifteene persons in all diuers chiefe men of the Towne were committed to prison as Richard Wallingforde Iohn Garleeke William Berewill Thomas Putor and others of the Countrey about There were committed to prison to the number of fourescore persons the which neuerthelesse by the Kyngs pardon were releassed and dismissed The hatred which the Townesmen had conceyued againste the Abbot and couent of Saincte Albons was surely greate and manye deuises they had to haue saued those that were executed And where as well the Townesmen as other of the Abbots and conuēts tenauntes both of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire had gotten of the Abbot and Conuent letters of discharge from doing any bound seruice the King directed hys letters vnto certaine Commissioners as to Iohn Ludowicke Iohn Westwicombe Iohn Kenting Richarde Perers Walter Saunforde Richard Gifforde Thomas Eydon The Kyng calleth in by proclamation all such letters of manumission as the Abbot of saint Albons had graunted to his bondmen and to William Eccleshal commaunding them to cause proclamation to bee made in all suche townes and places as were thought necessarie through the whole countreys of Buckingham and Hertford that all and euery person and persons that ought and hadde bin accustomed to doe or yeelde anye maner of seruices customes or dueties whether they were bound men or free vnto the sayde Abbot and Couente of Saint Albons shoulde doe and yeelde the same seruices customes and dueties in suche like forme and manner as they had bin vsed to doe before the time of the late troubles and not to chalenge or clayme any libertie or priuiledge whiche they enioyed not before the same troubles vpon their faith and allegiance in whiche they stoode bound to him and vpō payne to forfaite all that they might forfait and in case any were founde to doe contrary therevnto the same commissioners hadde authoritie and were commaunded to arrest and emprison them till for their further punishment order mighte be taken On Saint Margarets day the Kyng beyng ready to take his iourney to Berkhamsteede in the greate Court of the Abbey of Saint Albons The commōs of Hertfordshire sworne to the Kyng had all the commons of the countie of Hertforde before him that had summons there to appeare all that were betwixt fifteene and threescore yeres of age where they tooke an othe togither from thenceforth to be faithfull subiects vnto him and neuer to rise or make any commotion to the disturbance of his peace and rather to die than to consente vnto anye rebellious persons whome they shoulde to the vttermost of their powers doe their best to apprehende and deliuer them to the Kings prison that they mighte he foorthe comming After they had receyued this othe they were licenced to depart and the King rode to Berkhamsteede where hee remained for a time and after went to Esthamsteede to recreate himselfe with hunting where hee was enformed that those whiche were hanged at Saint Albons were taken from the gallowes and remoued a good way from the same with whiche presamption he was so stirred that he sent forthwith his letters to the Baylifes of the Towne of Saint Albons commaunding them vppon the sighte of the same to cause cheynes to be made and to bring the sayde bodyes backe vnto the gallowes and to hang them in those chaynes vpon the same gallowes there to remayne so long as one peece myghte sticke to an other according to the forme of the iudgement giuen The teste of this writ thus directed to the Baylifes of Saint Albons was at Esthamsteede the thirde of August in the fifth yeare of this kings raigne The Townesmen of S. Albons durst not disobey the kings commandement and so hanged vp againe in cheynes the dead bodies of their neighbours greatly to theyr shame and reproch when they could get none other for anye wages to come neere the stincking carcasses but that they were constreyned themselues to take in hande so vile an office And such was the ende of the tumultes at Saint Albons where as well as in other places the vnruly cōmons had played their partes To conclude and make an ende of these diuelish troubles to y e ende it may appeare in what daunger as well the K. as whole state of the Realme stoode by the mischeuous attemptes of the vnruly people I haue thoughte good to declare the confession of Iacke Strawe one of their chiefe Captaynes and next in reputation amongst them vnto Watte Tyler when he came to be executed in London The confessiō of Iacke Straw at the time of his death The same time said he that we were assembled vpon Blackeheath and hadde sente to the king to come vnto vs our purpose was to haue slayne al suche Knightes Esquiers and Gentlemen as should haue giuen their attendance thither vppon hym and as for the King we woulde haue kepte hym amongst vs to the ende that the people myghte more boldly haue repaired to vs sith they shoulde haue
therefore was the more circumspect for his owne safetie and studyed howe by some meanes he mighte dispatche the Duke of Gloucester out of the way as the man whome he most feared least his life shoulde be his destruction by one meanes or other Easter was nowe past the tyme as yee haue hearde appoynted before the which the Duke of Irelande should haue transported ouer into Irelande and yet was hee not set forward but least somewhat myght be thought in the matter and for feare of some sturre to be raysed by the Lords of the Realme that wished him gone accordyng to the order prescribed at the last Parliament Dissention betwixt the Kyng and the nobles the King as it were to bring hym to the water side wente with him into Wales where beeyng out of the way they myghte deuise how to dispatche the Duke of Gloucester the Earles of Arundell Warwike Darbye and Nottingham with others of that faction There were with the King besyde the Duke of Ireland Michael de la Pole Earle of Suffolke Roberte Trisilian Lorde chiefe Iustice and diuers other whiche doubtfull of theyr owne safegardes dyd what they coulde as writers reporte to moue the King forwarde to the destruction of those noble men After the Kyng had remayned in those parties a good while hee returned An. reg â—… and broughte the Duke of Irelande backe with him agayne so that it semed hys boyage into Ireland was now quite forgotten Addition to Paâ—… Memorand that the fiue and twentith daye of August in the eleuenth yeare of the raigne of King Richard the second at the Castell of Nottingham aforesayde Roberte Trisilian Lorde chiefe Iustice of Englande Roberte Belknap Lord chiefe Iustice of the common pleas Iohn Holte Roger Fulthorp and WilliaÌ„ Borough Knightes and associates of the sayde Roberte Belknap and Iohn Lockton one of the Kyngs sergeants at the lawe beeing personally required in presence of the Lordes and other witnesses vnder written by our sayd soueraigne Lorde the Kyng in that faith and allegiance in whiche to him they were bounden that they shoulde truely aunswere to certayne questions vnderwritten and vpon the same by their discretions to say the lawe Firste it was asked of them whether the newe statute Question in laws demided 〈◊〉 the Iustice ordinaunce and commission made in the last Parliament holden at Westminster bee hurtfull to the kings prerogatiue Wherevnto all of one minde aunswered that they were hurtfull and specially bycause they bee agaynste the kings will Item it was enquired of them howe they oughte to bee punished that procured the sayde Statute ordinance and Comission to be made Wherevnto with one assent they answered that they deserued death except the King of his grace would pardon them Item it was enquired how they ought to be punished whiche moued the King to consente to the making of the said statute ordinance and coÌ„mission Wherevnto they aunswered that vnlesse the King woulde giue them his pardon they ought to lose their liues Item it was enquired of them what punishment they deserued that compelled the Kyng to the making of that statute ordinance and commission Wherevnto they gaue aunswere that they ought to suffer as Traytors Item it was demaunded of them howe they ought to bee punished that interrupted the Kyng so that hee myghte not exercise those things that apperteyned to his regaltie and prerogatiue Wherevnto aunswere was made that they ought to be punished as Traytors Item it was enquired of them whether that after the affayres of the Realme and the cause of the callyng togither the states to the Parliamente were once by the Kyngs commaundemente declared and opened and other articles on the Kyngs behalfe limitted vppon whyche the Lordes and commons of the Realme ought to intreate and proceede if the Lordes neuerthelesse woulde proceede vpon other articles and not meddle with those articles which the Kyng hadde limited till time the King hadde aunswered the Articles proponed by them notwithstanding the Kyng enioyned them to the contrarie Whether in this case the Kyng myghte rule the Parliament and cause them to proceede vppon the Articles by hym limited before they proceede any further To whyche question it was aunswered that the Kyng shoulde haue in thys parte the rule for order of all suche articles to be prosecuted vntill the ende of the Parliamente And if any presumed to goe contrary to this rule he was to be punished as a traytor Item it was asked whether the King when so euer it pleased hym myghte not dissolue the Parliamente and commaunde the Lordes and commons to depart from thence or not Wherevnto it was aunswered that hee might Item it was inquired that for asmuche as it was in the Kyng to remoue suche Iustices and officers as offende and to punishe them for theyr offences Whether the Lordes and commons myghte without the Kings wil impeache the same officers and Iustices vpoÌ„ their offences in Parliament or not To this aunswere was made that they myghte not and hee that attempted contrarye was to suffer as a Traytor Item it was enquired howe hee is to bee punished that moued in the Parliamente that the statute wherein Edwarde the sonne of Kyng Edwarde greate grandfather to the Kyng that nowe is was endited in Parliamente myght be sente for by inspection of whyche Statute the sayde newe statute or ordinaunce and commission were conceyued and deuised in the Parliament To whiche question with one accorde as in all the residue they aunswered that as well hee that so summoned as the other whyche by force of the same motion broughte the sayde Statute into the Parliamente house be as publique offendors and Traytors to bee punished Item it was enquired of them whether the Iudgemente giuen in the Parliament agaynste Michael de la Pole Earle of Suffolke were erronious and reuocable or not To which question likewise with one assente they sayd that if the same iudgement were nowe to bee giuen the Iustices and Sergeaunte aforesayde woulde not gyue the same bycause it seemed to them that the sayde iudgemente is reuocable and erronious in euery part In witnesse whereof the Iustices and Sergeaunte aforesayde to these presentes haue set there seales these beeing witnesses Alexander Archbyshop of Yorke Roberte Archbyshoppe of Dublin Iohn Byshop of Durham Thomas Byshop of Chester Iohn Byshoppe of Bangor Robert Duke of Irelande Mighell Earle of Suffolke Iohn Rypon Clearke and Iohn Blake Tho. VVals Now beside these Iustices and Sergeaunte there were called at that presente vnto Notingham all other Iustices of the Realme and the Sherifes Also diuers of the Citie of London which the King knewe would encline to his will the rather for that some of them hauing aforetime confessed treason against the King by them imagined and obteyning pardon for the same were ready at his commaundemente to recompence suche fauoure in the accomplishmente of what soeuer they knewe myghte stand with hys pleasure Heerevppon they beeing enpanelled to enquire
this it was then declared that notwithstanding the foresayde renouncing so by the Lords and Commons admitted and confirmēd it were necessarie in auoyding of all suspitions and surmises of euill disposed persons to haue in wryting and registred the manifolde crymes and defaults before done by K. Ri. to y e ende that they might first bee openly declared to the people and after to remaine of recorde amongst other of the kings recordes for euer which was done accordingly for the articles which before ye haue heard were drawne and engrossed vp and there shewed ready to be read but for other causes more needful as thē to be preferred the reading of those articles at that season was deferred Then forasmuch as the Lordes of the Parliament had well considered the voluntarie resignation of king Richarde and that it was behouefull and as they thought necessary for the weale of the realme to proceede vnto the sentence of his deposing there were appoynted by the authoritie of al the estates there in Parliamēt assembled the Bishop of Saint Asaph the Abbot of Glastenburie the Erle of Gloucester the Lorde Berkley William Thirning iustice and Tho. Expingham Th. Gray knights y t they shuld giue pronoūce the opē sentence of the deposing of king Richarde Wherevpon the sayde Commissioners taking counsaile togither by good and deliberate aduise therein had with one assent agreed that the B. of S. Asaph shoulde publish the sentence for them and in their names as followeth IN the name of God Amen We Iohn B. of S. Asaph The publica◅io◅ of King Richards deposing Iohn Abbot of Glastenburie Thomas erle of Gloucester Thomas L. Barkley Wil. Thirninge Iustice Thomas Erpingham and Thomas Gray knights chosē deputed speciall cōmissaries by the thre estates of thys present Parliament representing the whole body of the realme for all such matters by the sayde estates to vs committed we vnderstanding considering the manifold crymes hurts and harmes done by Richarde king of England and misgouernance of the same by a long time to the great decay of the sayd land and vtter ruine of the same shortly to haue bin had not the speciall grace of our God therevnto put the sooner remedie and also furthermore aduerting that the sayd king Richard by acknowledging his own insufficiencie hath of his owne mere volunte and free will renounced and giuen ouer the rule and gouernance of this lande with all rights and honors vnto the same belonging and vtterly for his merites hath iudged himselfe not vnworthily to be deposed of all kingly Maiestie and estate roial We the premisses well considering by good and diligent deliberation by the power name and authoritie to vs as aboue is said committed pronounce discern and declare the same king Richard before this to haue bin and to be vnprofitable vnable vnsufficient vnworthy to the rule and gouernaunce of the foresayde realmes and Lordships and of all rights and other the appurtenances to the same belonging And for the same causes we depriue him of al kingly dignitie and worship and of any kingly worship in himself And we depose him by our sentence definitiue forbidding expresly to all Archbishops Bishops all other prelates dukes Marquesses Erles Barons and Knights and al other men of the foresayde kingdome and Lordships subiects and lieges whatsoeuer they be that none of them from this day forward to the foresayd Richard as K. lord of the foresaid realmes and lordships be neither obedient nor attendant After which sentence thus openly declared the said estates admitted forthwith the forenamed cōmissioners for their procurators to resigne and yeeld vp vnto king Richard al their homage and fealty which in times past they had made ought vnto him and also for to declare vnto him if need were all thinges before done that concerned the purpose and cause of his deposing the which resignation was respited till the morow folowing Immediatly as the sentence was in this wise passed that by reason therof the realm stood void without head or gouernor for the time the Duke of Lancaster rising from the place where he before sate and standing where all those in the house might behold him in reuerent maner made a sign of the crosse on his forehed likewise on his brest after silence by an officer cōmaūded said vnto y e people there being present these words following IN the name of the father and of the son The Duke of Lancaster claymeth the Crowne and of the holy ghost I Henrie of Lancaster clayme the realme of England and the crowne with all the appurtenances as I that am discended by right line of the bloud cōming frō that good Lord king Henrie the thirde and through the right that God of his grace hath sent to me with the helpe of my kyn and of my friends to recouer the same which was in poynt to be vndone for default of good gouernance and due iustice After whiche words thus by him vttered he returned and sate him down in the place where before he had sitten After the Archbishop had ended wishing that it might so come to passe the people answered Amen The wordes of the elected king The king then standing on his feet said vnto the Lordes and Cōmons there present I thanke you my Lordes both spirituall and temporal and all the states of this lande and doe you to witte that it is not my will that any man thinke that I by the way of conquest would disinherite any man of his heritage franches or other ryghtes that him ought to haue of right nor for to putte him out of that which he now enioyeth and hath had before time by custome of good law of thys realme except such priuate persons as haue beene against the good purpose and the common profit of the realme When hee had thus ended then all the Sherifes and other officers were put in their authorities againe to exercise the same as before whiche they could not doe whilest the kings royal throne was voyde Tho. VVals Moreouer a Proclamation was made that the states shoulde assemble againe in Parliament on Monday then next ensuing beeing the feast day of S. Fayth whiche is the sixt of October and that the Monday then next following being the .xiij. of the same Moneth and the feast day of Saint Edward the king The coronatiō proclaymed and Confessor the coronation should be solemnised and that al such as had to clayme any seruice to be done by them at the same by any tenure they shoulde come to the white Hall in the kings Palace afore the steward Marshall and Conestable of Englande on Saterday next before the same day of y e Parliamēt The parliamēt and presenting their petitions that were due and rightfull they should obteyne that to them apperteyned Excuse was also made on the kings behalfe for calling a Parliament vpon so short a warning so as the knights and Burgesses were not chaunged but
men and Frenchmen but when after greate instance and labour made betwene the parties hee sawe their obstinate and frowarde myndes nothing enclined to any agreement he wan so much at theyr handes by earnest sute 〈…〉 for vl â—…es that a truce was graunted to endure for six yeares to come but as the same was hardly graunted so was it of the Frenchmen soone and lightly broken For the bastard of Orleans newly made Erle of Dunoys tooke by treason the towne of Chartres from the English men â—…es takeÌ„â—…y treason affyrming by the lawe of armes that stealing or buying a towne withoute inuasion or assault was no breach of league amitie or truce In which towne he slue the Bishop bycause he was a Burgonian Hereby did new malice encrease and mortal warre beganne eftsoones to be put in vre Whilest these things were doing in France the Cardinal of Winchester was come backe againe into Englande to appease certaine commotions and sturres attempted by certaine persons vnder colour of religion but after that William Maundeuille and Iohn Sharpe the chiefe authors therof were appreheÌ„ded and executed by the gouernour and the kings Iustices the residue yeelded and confessed their offences whereof two articles were these as some write that Priestes should haue no possessions and that all things by the order of charitie among christian people shuld be in common Other ther be that haue thought how their opinions were not so farre disagreeing from the scripture as to mainteyne any suche errors but that their enimies contriued to spread abrode such rumors of them to make them more odious to the people After that their conspiracie was thus by diligent inquirie therof had â—…ene â—…ed by the of Gloucesâ—… the k. being France clearly quenched a Parliament was called by the Duke of Gloucester in the which money was assigned to be leuied and men appoynted whiche shoulde passe ouer into Fraunce to the ayde of the Duke of Bedford for the better maintenance of the warres bycause it was suspected that the truce woulde not long continue During this Parliament A peace concluded with the Scots Iames the king of Scots sent Ambassadors to coÌ„clude a peace with the Duke of Gloucester who bycause the King was abseÌ„t referred theÌ„ matter to y e three estates After long consultation not without great argumentes a peace was concluded When the Parliament was ended the Cardinall well furnished with men and money departed out of England and came to Roan to the king to whom also resorted the duke of Bedford from Paris to consult of things not vnlikely to follow Herevpon a great counsaile was kept in the Castell of Roan and many doubtes moued and few weightie things out of hande concluded At length after great disputation with many arguments ended the dukes of Bedford and York and Edmond late Erle of Motaigne and nowe by y e death of Iohn Duke of Sommerset which dyed wythout heyre Male leauing behinde him a sole daughter called Margaret after Countesse of Richâ—…onde receyued to the name and tytle of Duke of Sommersetie lyked and approued the Argument and reason of those that helde how it was expedient to haue an aâ—…iâ—…e in a readinesse for defence least the Frenchmen sodainly shoulde attempt any enterpryse to the daunger of the Englishmen and losse of those townes and Countreys which were vnder their rule and dominion When all things were agreed King Henry departed to Calays and from thence to Douer 1432 K. Henry returneth out of France into England and so by easie iourneyes hee came the .xxj. day of Februarie to the Citie of London where he was both triumphantly receiued and richly presented as in the Chronicle of Robert Fabian it maye at large appeare After that the King was departed forth of Fraunce into Englande the Duke of Bedforde Regent of Fraunce and Captaine of Calays taryed behynde in the Marches of Pichardie where hee was enfourmed that certaine Souldiours of Calays grudging at the restraynte of Woolles beganne to murmure agaynst the king and his Counsaile so that the towne was like to haue stand in scopardie The Duke therefore foreseeing the mischiefe that might ensue and thinking it wisedome to withstande the first motion caused the chiefe doers to be apprehended and vpon due examination had diuerse were put to death and many banished that towne and marches for euer In the meane tyme the Ladie Anne Duchesse of Bedforde departed thys lyfe at Paris The Duches of Bedford sister to the Duke of Burgoigne deceased by whose death the assured loue and faythfull friendship betwixt the Duke of Bedford and his brother in law the duke of Burgoigne began to decay Shortly after to wit about the beginning of the next yeare .1433 the sayde Duke of Bedforde being thus a wydower through the perswasion of the Lorde Lewes of Lutzenbourgh Bishop of Tyrwinne and Ely and Chancellor of France for king Henrie The Duke of Bedford maryeth with the Erle of Saint Pol his daughter agreed to marry the Lady Iaquet daughter to Peter Earle of Saint Pol and neede to the sayde Bishoppe and to the Lorde Iohn of Lutzenbourgh The maryage was solemnized at Tyrwinne with greate triumph After which solemne feast ended the Duke of Bedforde returned wyth hys newe spouse being aboute the age of .xvij. yeres vnto Calays and so into Englande where hee remayned vntill August next and then returned againe to Paris The Duke of Burgoigne was nothing pleased with this new alliance contracted by the duke of Bedford with the house of Lutzenbourgh but the mariage was consummate ere he coulde finde any remedie to binder it Whilest these things were a doing in other places the French souldiers lacking wages began priuilye as the tyme serued to take both Englishmenne and Burgonians raunsoming and spoyling them at theyr pleasure The Englishmen herewith moued to displeasure prepared for warre after sixe Monethes that the truce had beene taken So by suche meanes was the warre againe renued The FrenchmeÌ„ breake the truce and take the towne of Saint Valerie The Frenchmen as open trucebreakers raysed a crew of men sodenly tooke the town of S. Valerie standing in Normandie neare to the mouth of the Riuer of Somme and an other army vnder the leading of Sir Ambrose de Lore wasted and destroyed al the country about Caen. The Duke of Bedforde not mynding to bee ydle on his part sent the Earle of Arundell the Earle of Warwikes sonne the Lord Lisle Adam marshall of Fraunce for king Henrie and .xij. C. men of warre with ordinance and munitions to besiege the towne of Laigny vpon the Riuer of Marne Laigny besieged The Earle with shot of Canon brake the arche of the bridge and got from the Frenche men theyr Bulwarke and set it on fire Diuerse assaultes were attempted but the towne was wel defended for there were within it an .viij. hundred men of armes beside other meane souldiers The Duke of Bedforde hereof
Whervpon the wiser men perceyuing suche a number of weapons and that great perill was not vnlike to ensue by suche apparance of late not accustomed woulde not bee present at the Sermon by reason whereof there was left a small auditorie Wherefore afterwarde there was a commaundement giuen by the Lorde Maior that the auncients of the companies shoulde be present at the nexte Sermon in their liueries and so they were whereby all became quiet The xviij of August next folowing The Duke of Northumberland arreigned the Duke of Northumberlande the Lorde Marques of Northampton and the Earle of Warwicke sonne and heire to the sayd Duke were brought into Westminster hall and there arreygned of highe treason before Thomas Duke of Norfolke high Stewarde of Englande The Duke of Northumberland at his comming to the barre vsed great reuerence towards the Iudges and protesting his faith and allegiance to the Queenes maiestie whome he confessed grieuously to haue offended he sayde that he ment not to speake any thing in defence of his facte but woulde first vnderstande the opinion of the Court in two points first whether a man doing any act by authoritie of the Princes counsayle and by warrant of the great seale of Englande and doing nothing without the same maye be charged with treason for anye thing which he might do by warrant therof Secondly whether any suche persons as were equallye culpable in that crime and those by whose letters and commaundementes he was directed in all his doings might be his iudges or passe vppon his triall as his peeres Wherevnto was answered that as concerning the first the great seale which he layde for his warrant was not the seale of the lawfull queene of the Realme nor passed by authoritie but the seale of an vsurper and therefore coulde be no warrant to him As to the seconde it was alledged that if any were as deepely to be touched in that case as himselfe yet so long as no atteyndor were of recorde against them they were neuerthelesse persons able in lawe to passe vpon any triall and not to be chalenged therefore but at the Princes pleasure After whiche aunswere the Duke vsing a fewe wordes declaring his earnest repentaunce in the case for he sawe that to stande vpon vttering any reasonable matter as might seeme woulde little preuayle he moued the Duke of Norffolke to bee a meane to the Queene for mercie without further answere confessed the inditement by whose example the other prisoners arreygned with him did likewise confesse the inditementes produced against them and therevpon had iudgement The xix of August Sir Andrewe Dudley Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Henrie Gates brethren and Sir Thomas Palmer Knightes were arreygned at Westminster and confessing their inditements had iudgemēt which was pronounced by the Marques of Winchester high Treasurer of Englande that sate that day as chiefe Iustice The Duke of Northumberland beheaded The xxij of the sayde moneth of August the sayde Duke Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer were executed at the tower hill and all the rest shortlye after had their pardons graunted by the Queene who as it was thought coulde also haue bene contented to haue pardoned the Duke as well as the other for the speciall fauour that she had borne to him afore time The Archbishop of Canterburie committed to the tower Soone after this Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterburie and late before of King Edwards priuie Counsayle was committed to the tower of London being charged of treason not onely for giuing aduise to the dishinheriting of Queene Marie but also for ayding the D. of Northumberlande with certayne horse and men against the Queene in the quarrell of the Ladie Iane of Suffolke The last day of September next following the Queene passed from the tower through the Citie of London vnto Westminster Queene Marie crowned and the next daye being the first of October shee was crowned at Westminster by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester for the Archbishops of Caunterburie and Yorke were then prisoners in the tower as before yee haue hearde at the time of whose coronation there was published a generall pardon in hir name being interlaced with so manye exceptions A pardon with exceptions as they they needed the same most tooke smallest benefite thereby In which were excepted by name no smal number not onely of Bishops and other of the Clergie namely the Archbishops of Caunterburie and Yorke the Bishop of London but also many Lordes Knightes and Gentlemenne of the laytie beside the two chiefe Iustices of Englande called Sir Edwarde Mountague and Sir Roger Cholmeley and some other learned men in the lawe for counsayling or at the least consenting to the depriuation of Queene Marie and ayding of the foresayde Duke of Northumberlande in the pretensed right of the afore named Ladie Iane the names of whiche persons so being excepted I haue omitted for shortnesse sake Assoone as this pardon was publyshed and the solemnitie of the feast of the Coronation ended Commissioners there were certayne Commissioners assigned to take order with all such persons as were excepted out of the pardon and others to compounde with the Queene for their seuerall offences which Commissioners sate at the Deane of Paules his house at the west ende of Paules Church and there called afore them the sayde persons apart and from some they tooke their fees and offices graunted before by King Edwarde the sixth and yet neuerthelesse putting them to their fines and some they committed to warde depriuing them of their states and liuings so that for the time to those that tasted thereof it seemed verye grieuous God deliuer vs from incurring the lyke daunger of lawe agayne The v. daye of October next following A Parliament the Queene helde hir highe Court of Parliament at Westminster which continued vntill the xxj day of the sayde moneth In the first session of whiche Parliament there passed no more Actes but one and that was to declare Queene Marie lawfull heire in discent to the crowne of Englande by the common lawes next after hir brother king Edwarde Treason Felonie Premunire and to repeale certaine causes of treason felonie and premunire contayned in diuerse former Statutes the whiche acte of Repeale was for that Cardinall Poole was especiallye looked for as after ye shall heare for the reducing of the Church of Englande to the Popes obedience and to the ende that the sayde Cardinall nowe called into Englande from Rome might holde his Courtes Legantine withoute the daunger of the Statutes of the Premunire made in that case wherevnto Cardinall Wolsey when he was Legate had incurred to his no small losse and to the charge of all the Clergie of Englande for exercising the like power the which acte being once passed forthwith the Queene repayred to the Parliament house The Parliament proroged and gaue therevnto hir royall assent and then proroged the Parliament vnto the xxiiij day of the sayde Moneth In
woordes My Lorde your house giueth the Marmoset whose propertie is to eate his owne tayle The propertie of the Marmoset Meanyng thereby as the Lorde Thomas supposed that Kildare did vse to pill and poll hys friendes tenants and reteyners These wordes were no sooner spoken than the Lorde Thomas strikyng the ball to Alen agayne answered as one that was somewhat slipper tongued in this wise You say truth sir in deede I heard some say that the Marmoset eateth his owne tayle But although you haue bene fedde by your tayle yet I woulde aduise you to beware that your tayle eate not you Shortly after this quippyng gamegall the Lord Iustice and the Counsaile road to Drogheda where hauyng for the space of three or foure daies soiourned it happened that the Coūsaylours awayted in the Counsayle Chamber the gouernour his commyng vntill it was hard vpon the stroke of .xij. The Archbishop of Dublyn rawly digestyng the Vice deputie his long absence sayde My Lordes is it not a pretie matter that all wee shall stay thus long for a boy As he vttered these speeches the Lorde Iustice vnluckily was commyng vp the Stayres and at hys entrie taking the wordes hoate from the Bishop his mouth and iterating them very coldly hee sayde The Archbishop his taūt My Lordes I am heartily sory that you stayed thus long for a boy Whereat the Prelate was appalled to see how vnhappily he was galde with his owne caltrop These and the like cuttyng speeches enkindled suche coales in both theyr stomackes as the flame coulde not any longer be smouldered but at one clift or other must haue fumed The enimies conspire the ouerthrow of the Giraldines The enimies therefore hauing well nighe knedded the dough that should haue beene baked for the Giraldines bane deuised that secrete rumors should sprinckle to and fro that the Earle of Kildare his execution was intended in Englande and that vpon his death the Lorde Thomas and all his bloud should haue bene apprehended in Irelande The occasion of Thomas Fitz Giralde his rebellion As this false muttering flewe abrode it was holpen forwarde by Thomas Cannon and other of Skeffington hys seruauntes who sticked not to write to certayne of theyr friends as it were very secrete letters howe that the Earle of Kyldare theyr mayster hys secrete enimie so they tooke hym bycause hee gotte the gouernment ouer hys heade was already cut shorter as his issue presently shoulde bee and nowe they trusted to see theyr mayster in hys gouernment after whiche they sore longed as for a preferment that woulde in shorte space aduauntage them Suche a letter came to the handes of a simple Priest no perfect Englishman who for haste hurled it among other Papers in the Chimneys ende of hys Chamber meaning to peruse it better at more leysure The same very night a Gentleman retayning to the Lord Thomas the lord Iustice or Vicedeputie as is before specified tooke vp his lodgyng with the Priest and raught in the morning when he rose for some Paper to drawe on his strayte stockings and as the Diuell would he hit vpon the letter bare it away in the heele of his stocke no earthly thyng misdeeming At night againe he founde the Paper vnfretted and musing thereof he beganne to poare on the writing which notified the Earle his death and the apprehension of the Lorde Thomas To horse goeth he in all hast Iames Delahide brought the letter to Iames Delahide who was a principall counsaylour to the Lorde Thomas in all his doings Delahide hauing scantly ouerread the letter making more hast than good speede posted to the Lorde Thomas imparted him that letter and withall putting fire to flaxe before hee diued to the bottome of this treacherie hee was contented to swim on the skum and froth thereof as well by foothing vp the tenour of the letter as by inciting the Lorde Thomas to open rebellion cloaking the odious name of treason with the zealous reuengement of his fathers wrongfull execution and with the warie defence of his owne person The Lorde Thomas being youthfull rash and headlong and assuryng himselfe that the knot of all the force of Ireland was twisted vnder his gyrdle was by Delahide his Counsaile so farre caryed as he was resolued to cast all on sixe and seuen Wherefore hauing confedered with Oneale Oconor and other Irish Potentates he road on Saint Barnabies day accompanied with seuenscore horsemē in their shirtes of Maile through the Citie of Dublin to the Dam his gate crost ouer the water to Saint Marie Abbey where the Counsayle accordyng to appoyntment awayted his comming not being priuie to his intent onely Croommer the Lord Chauncellour excepted who was secretly aduertised of his reuolt and therefore was very well prouided for him as hereafter shall be declared This Croommer was a graue Prelate Croomer L. Chancellor and a learned well spoken milde of nature nothing wedded to factions yet a well willer of the Giraldines as those by whose meanes he was aduaunced to that dignitie When the Lord Thomas was set in counsaile his horsemen and seruants rusht in to the counsaile Chamber armed and weaponed turning their secrete conference to an open parlet The Counsaile hereof amazed and silence with securitie commaunded the Lorde Thomas in this wise spake Howsoeuer iniuriously wee be handled and forced to defend our selues in armes Thomas Fitz Girald his rebellious Oration whē neither our seruice nor our good meaning towardes our prince his Crowne auayleth yet say not hereafter but in this open hostilitie which here we professe and proclayme we haue shewed our selues no villaynes nor churles but warriours and Gentlemen This sworde of estate is yours and not mine I receyued it with an othe and haue vsed it to your benefite I should desteyne mine honour if I turned the same to your annoyance Nowe haue I neede of mine owne sword which I dare trust As for the common sword it flattereth me with a painted scabberde but hath in deed a pestilent edge already bathed in the Giraldines bloud now is newly whetted in hope of a further destruction Therefore saue your selues from vs as from open enimies I am none of Henrie his Deputie I am his fo I haue more mind to conquer than to gouerne to meete him in the field than to serue him in office If al the hearts of England and Ireland that haue cause thereto would ioine in this quarell as I hope they wil then should he soone aby as I trust he shal for his crueltie and tyranny for which the age to come may lawfully score him vp among the auncient Tyrants of most abhominable and hatefull memorie Hauing added to this shamefull Oration many other slaunderous foule tearmes which for diuerse respects I spare to pen he would haue surrendered the sword to the Lord Chancellor who as I sayd before being armed for the Lord Thomas his cōming and also being loath that his slacknesse should seeme disloyall