bataile at wynchester at a feld foughten at winchester they ouercame the Empresse and she flede to Gloucester and Earle Roberte of Glocester was taken but shortlie after bothe the kynge and earle Roberte were delyuered out of prison by exchaunge Shortly after the kynge gathered a greate power To ēpresse beseged and the Empresse fled vnto Oxforde where the kynge dyd besege her but she fled awaye by nyghte and so wente to Walyngford and shortlye after with a smalle companye she wente into Normandy to her husbande Geffery Plantagenet Aboughte the .x. A childe crucified ī despyte of Christe yeare of kynge Steuens raygne the Iues that dwelt in England toke and crucified a chylde at Norwytch on Easter day in derision of Chryste and hys relygion In the .xi. The deth of Gefery Plantaginet yeare of kynge Steuen Geffery Plantagenet Erle of Aniowe and husbande to Maude the Empresse after he had wonne from kynge Steuen the Duchy of Normandy ended his life and Hēry his sonne succed in that dukedō Henry Duke of Normandy in the quarell of hys mother Maude the Empresse with a great pusaūce entred into Englande Henri the second entred engand and at the fyrst wan the Castell of Malmesbury then the Towre of London and afterwarde the towne of Notyngham with other holdes and Castels betwene hym and kynge Steuen were fought manye Battayles whereby thys realme was sore troubled A peace betwene the Empresse and kinge Steuen In the .xviii. yeare of kyng Steuen peace was agreed betwene Maude the Empresse her sonne kynge Stephen on thys condicion that Steuen should be kynge duryng hys life but for al this peace kynge Steuen toke suche thought and care that he died in the .xv. The deth of king Steuen day of Octobre nexte folowynge in the yeare of Chryste M.C.liiii for he was in warre and trouble all the terme of hys lyfe and he was buryed at Feuershame ⚹ Henry the second HEnry the seconde and sonne to Geffery Plantagenet erle of Angeo and maude the empresse was crowned king the .xx. daye of Decembre the yeare of Chryste M.c.lv Thys kyng was a noble man Henry the secōd gretly enlarged his kingdome and muche fortunate in warres greatlye enlarged his kyngdome But diuers wryters whiche more dyd fauoure the doynges of Thomas Becket then the truthe wryte that in his latter daies he was vnfortunat but by his great manhod and pollycy the syngnory of England was muche augmented with the addicions of Scotlande Irelande the yles Orcades Britaine Poytow Gyon and other prouinceces of fraunce wherfore it may be euydent to all men that hys good wyl was to reforme in his tyme the clargie but as then god had not apoynted it Defacing of castels In the seconde yeare of kynge Henry the seconde the kynge caste downe diuers castels whiche were set vp in the tyme of kynge Steuen to defende Maude the Empresse his mother After that he went into the north partes and receyued of the kynge of Scottes A voiage into the Northe countre Cumberland and Northumberland which they sayd wer geuen to them by Maude his mother and set an order in that coūtre A voiage ī to Wales In the .iii. yeare of kynge Henryes reigne he wente with a strong Armye into Wales and quietted that countrey and after buylded the stronge castel of Rutland About the .v. yere of this kinges reygne rose a greate Schisme at Rome for some of the Cardynals chose one octauian A schysme at Rome and other some woulde haue Alexander to be Byshop whyche Schisme continued xx yeares and muche trouble folowed In the .vii. The king of scottes taken prisoner yeare kynge Henry kepte such warre in to Scotlande that he toke kynge Wyllyam prisoner whiche afterward was delyuered and the kynge of Scottes dyd fealtie and homage to kynge Henrye In the .x. yeare of thys kynge Thomas Bocket archebyshop of Cantorbury whyche sediciouslye vnder pretence of defending the liberties of the churche as he sayde Thomas becket fled the realme spake and dyd manye thynges agaynste the kynges prorogatyue royall dyd flee out of the realme went to Rome to complayne vpon the kynge to the Byshop In the xvii yeare of kynge Hēry Thomas Becket by entreaty of the byshoppe of Rome Thomas becket slayne and Lewes the Frenche kynge was restored to his Byshopryke and not longe after by certeine gentilmē was slain more falshed of the byshop of Rome Kyng Henry in the .xviii. yeare of his reygne sent Ambassedoures to the byshop of Rome to pourge hym selfe of the false accusacion of the death of Thomas Becket but amonge other thinges it was enioyned the kinge in his penaunce that it shoulde be lawfull to all his subiectes as often as thē list to apeale to the sea of Rome and that no mā shoulde be accompted as king vntill such time as he were confirmed by the Romysh Bishop By thys all men may perceiue that the Bisshoppes of Rome alway desired to haue princes and kinges readye at their becke but this Eniuncion was neuer fulfiled of the kynge of Englande In thys yeare also kynge Henry went into Ireland and subdued it Irelande wonne and anexed Irelande to his kyngdome In the .xxii. The kynges eldest sonne crowned Kyng yeare of kinge Henry he caused Henry his eldest sonne to be crowned kynge and maryed Margeret the Frenche kynges doughter Shortlye after kynge Henry the sone at the settyng on of the french kynge and the kynge of of scottes warre betwene the father the sonne wyth dyuers other made warre agaynste kynge Henry his father where were betwene them dyuers stronge battayls but alwayes the father had the victorye and at the laste his sonne with his alyees wer constrayne to bende and desyre peace whiche he gentyly graunted and forgaue their tresspasse The king of scottes takē prysonner In thys warre Wylliam king of Scottes was taken prysoner and yelded for hys raunsome the cytie of Carlyle the castell of Bambroughe the newe castell vpon Tine and swore for euer to be trew to the kinge and aswel he to do homage as his successours as ofte as they should be requyred many Iues in englande About thys tyme were manye Iues in England which agaynst the feaste of Easter dyd vse to crucifie yonge chyldren in despyte of christian relygion In the .xxviii. yeare Henry the eldest sonne of Kynge Henrye of England ended his lyfe warre renewed in Fraunce Shortlye after began the warre in fraunce for kinge Philip of Fraunce desired homage to be done to hym for the landes of Poytow and other and for the castell of Gysours The deth of kīg henry the seconde In the .xxxiiii. yeare of kynge Henry the seconde Richard Earle of Poytow mayde warre a gaynst kynge Henry of England hys father and takynge parte wyth the frenche king wan from hys father many townes castels for sorowe wherof shortly after kynge
the name of kynge Edwarde the fourth kynge Edward proclamed kynge Immediatlye after kynge Edwarde was proclaymed kynge he pursued Kynge Henry towarde yorke and met wyth King Henries Armye at a place called Towton wyth whome he had then a cruell The battayle at towton battaile but Kynge Edwarde had the victory In the feld were slaine xxxvi M. and vii.c persones and all Englyshemen Also there was slaine the Earles of Northomberlande and Westtmerlande the Lorde Clyfford and diuerse other and Kynge Henri lost all and was fayne to flee the lande after he had raigned .xxxviii. yeares and .vi. monethes After this cruel batayle kinge Henry fledde into Scotlande and Quene Margeret with the yonge Prynce fled to her father the duke of Anges king HeÌ„ry fled into scotlaÌ„d ¶ Edwarde the .iiii. ANno dommini M. cccc.lxi anno primo Edwardi quarti Hugh Wiche mayre George Ireland Iohn Locke sherisses The cronation of king Edwarde This yere the .xxix. daye of Iune was kinge Edwarde the .iiii. wyth great tryumphe crowned at Westmynster ¶ Anno do M. cccc.lxii anno secondo Edwardi quarti Thomas Coke mayre Bartilmewe Iames Wylliam Hampton sheryffes A bataile at ExhaÌ„ In thys yeare Kynge Henry and Quene Margaret hys wyfe came out of ScotlaÌ„d with a great Army of Frenchemen and Scottes and in Exam shyre the Lorde Mountacute gouernoure of the Northe countre mete hym with a noble armye where Kynge Henry was discomfyted and fled and the Duke of Somerset who a litle before forsoke Kynge Edward was taken in the chase wyth dyuers other who afterward wer beheaded ¶ Anno domini M. cccc.lxiii an tercio Edwardi quarti Mathewe Philip gold smith maire Thomas Muscham Robert bassed shiriffes In this yeare kyng Henry came out of Scotlande into Englande by what meanes I haue not read Kyng henry taken prysoner but I thyncke not well stablyshed in his wit but boldly he entred the Realme and assone as he was entred he was knowen and taken by one Cantlow and brought toward the kyng whome the Earle of Warwyke met on the way by the kynges commaundement brought hym throughe London to the Towre there he was layed in sure holde And Quene Margret her sonne departed out of ScotlaÌ„d and sayled into fraunce where she remayned with Duke Rayner her father tyll she toke her infortunate iourney into Englande agayne ¶ Anno do m. cccc.lxiiii an quarto Edwardi quarti Raufe Iostelyne draper mayre Iohn Tate Iohn stone shiriffes Kyng Edward maryed This yere the Earle of Warwyke was sent into frauÌ„ce to treat of a Mariage betwene the Lady Bona doughter to Lewes Duke of Sauoy and syster to the French Quene which mariage was a greed vnto but in meane season kyng Edward maryed preuely at Grafton the Lady Elizabeth late wyfe of Syr Iohn Graye for whyche mariage rose greate varience betwene the kynge and the Earle of Warwycke hys chiefe frende and maynteynoure ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxv anno quinto Edwardi quarto Raufe Freney mercer mayre The quene delyuered of a doughter Henry Waner Wyllyam Constantine shyrif In this yere the Quene was delyuered of a fayre Ladye and was named Elyzabeth whyche afterward was wife to the noble prince kynge Henry the .vii. and mother to kynge Henry the .viii. Also in thys yeare was graunted a licence that certaine cotsehold shepe shoulde be transported into Spayne A lycence graunted to carye shepe into spayne whych haue so ther multiplied encreased that it hath turned the commoditie of Englande muche to the spanishe profyte ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxvi anno sexto Edwardi quarti Iohn yong grocer knight mayre Iohn Brice Iohn Browne Iohn stotton shyr In thys yere the Bastard of Burgon came into Englande to treate for a mariage betwne the earle Chareloyse yeyre of Borgoyne â—châ—â—â— betwen tâ—◠〈◊〉 sâ—erâ—e of burgoynâ— the Lord Scales kyng Edwardes syster whyche mariage was concluded At whych tyme the sayde basterd chalenged the Lorde Scales for certayne feates of war whiche were done in Smethfelde but the lord scales had the victory ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxvii an septimo Edwardi quarti Thomas Owlgraue mayre Humfrey heyford Thomas stalbroke shiriffes ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.lxviii an octauo Edwardi quarti Willyam Taylour grocer mayre Symon smith Wyllyam Heriot shyryffes In thys yere began the Earle of Warke to Rebel agaynst kinge Edward and procured to hys part the Duke of Clarens brother to the kynge The earle of warwike rebeâ—eld the Archebishop of yorke the Marques Mountacute hys brethren whiche Earle with the Duke of Clarence wente to Calys where the sayde Duke maried the Earles doughter of warwike Banbury helde In thys yeare also the commons of yorkeshyre made insurrection at the settynge on of the Earle of Warwyke and hys adherentes and made them a Captaine called Robyn of Ryddesdale and nere vnto Banbury the Lord Harbert Earle of Penbroke and hys brother syr Richarde harbert wyth an Army of vii.m Welchmen met the Northren men betwyxt whome was a cruell Battel where the northren men optayned the victorye the Earle of Penbroke his brother Richard taken and beheaded and v.m Welchmen slaine After thys victory the NorthreÌ„ men wente to Warwyke where the Earle King Edward taken prisoner and the Duke of Clarence had gathered a greate Army and kyng Edward wyth his puissauÌ„ce came agaynst them but sodenly in the nyght the Earle set on the kynges campe so that kynge Edward was there taken prysoner and so sent to Middelham castel in yorke shyre to be kept wyth the Archbisshop of yorke the Earles brother Shortely after kinge Edward hauynge frendship of his kepers was suffered certayne dayes in the weke to ryde a huntyng and by the meanes of syr wyllyam stanley king Edward deliuered oute of pryson syr Thomas of Borogh and dyuers other hys freÌ„des with a great bond of men was rescued from his kepers and so delyuered oute of Pryson Losecotefelde Kynge Edwarde after he was come to LondoÌ„ gathered together hys Army and so met wyth the Lorde Welles with a great army the victory fel on the kynges parte where were slayne x.m men at the least where were taken and beheaded the Lorde welles syr Roberd Welles his sonne The lord welles beheaded syr Roberd Democke wyth dyuers other thys batayle was called Losecotefelde because the Lyncolne shyre men dyd worle away theyr cotes and ranne awaye This yere the Earle of Warwyke with the Duke of Clarence perceyuyng theyr partie weakened fled into fraunce for socoure where they taryed not past .vi. monethes Th erle of warwike fled into Fraunce The Duke of Clarence Th erle of warwike landed the Earles of Warwyke Penbroke and Oxforthe landed at dertmoth to whome by meanes of proclamacions made in kynge Henries name the commons gathered to them in greate nombre so that kynge Edward fearynge hys parte fled into FlauÌ„ders
A breuiat Cronicle contaynynge all the Kinges from brute to this daye and manye notable actes gathered oute of diuers Cronicles frō Willyam Conquerour vnto the yere of christ a. M. v.c.lii ¶ Prynted at Canterbury in Saynt Paules parysh by Iohn Mychell Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ¶ To the righte worshipful knight syr Antony Anchor master of the Kinges Iuel house Iohn mychell boke Prynter wisheth helthe and prosperitie THe knowledge of histories and cronicles ryght worshipfull syr Antonye howe pleasaunte and necessarye it is although part lye I perceue my selfe and learned men declare the same at large the common vse and worldlye practise sheweth euidently and that it is the recorde of oure forefathers lyfes without readinge and knowledge wherof we walke in darcknes and liue like children newe come into the world But histories and Cronicles faithfully wrytten set before our face as presently to loke vpon all ages all times all chaunges all states and all doinges euen from the beginninge of the worlde to our owne time yea without that we knowe of no world before oure beinge Much prayse therfore and great thankes haue they deserued which hath truly trauailed in that sorte of laboure as dyd that noble clarke Eusebius and our worshipfull Contry manne master Beade whose worthye doinges I woulde some wittie learned man would at this time folowe for an exsample We had in our English tonge a litell short Cronicle notinge manye thinges worthy of memory whiche boke I haue by my poore laboure sumwhat augmēted and enlarged with more matter but oh good Lord nothing to the purpose of my good will if I had as much knowledge as I haue desire of furtheraunce and because right worshipful syr Antony I know your good minde toward the a vauncemente of all honest learninge I dedicate this mine endeuor and laboure to youre mastershippe moste hartelie desiringe your fauourable helpe againste the nexte Printinge of the same by your owne examinacion or els by the diligence of some other by youre mastershippe to the same assigned Requiring also and hartelye prayinge my frences and brothers of the occupacyon of prīting to suffer me quietlye to enioye the benefite of these mine owne labours and to haue the aduantage of myne owne inuencion as I shal gladly suffer euery of thē to enioye the cōmodities of his thē we shal brotherlike liue in concorde one by another this wishinge you good life and longe I byd you fare wel At Cantorbury c. ¶ To know certayne whē the .iiii. termes of the yeare concernynge the lawe begynne and ende ¶ The terme next after the Natiuitie of our Lorde beginneth the xxiiii day of Ianuary and endeth the .xii. daye of February ¶ Easter Terme begynneth the the .xviii. daye after Easter rekeninge Easter daye for one and endeth the fourth daie after the Ascencion of our Lorde ¶ Trinitie Terme beginneth the morowe after Corpus Christi day and endeth the wednesdaye fortnighte after ¶ Mighelmas Terme beginneth the ninth day of Octobre and enthe .xxviii. day of Nouember ¶ The Escheker is open alwaye viii dayes before the begynninge of euery Terme ¶ A true and perfect rekenīg of the yeres and time from Adam vnto Christ gathered out of the holy scripture FRom Adam vnto Noes floud are M. vi.c.lxxxxv From Noes flude vnto the departinge of Abrahā oute of Chalde are .ccc.lxiii. and .x. daies From the departing out of Chalde vnto the departinge of the children of Israell out of Egipte are cccc xxx yeares From the departing of the children of Israell out of Egipt vnto the fyrste buyldinge of the Temple or elles vnto the fourthe yeare of the raygne of Salomō are cccc.lxxx yeares From the fyrste building of the Temple vnto the captiuite of Babylon are cccc.xix yeares and vi moneths From the captiuite of Babylon vnto the newe buildinge againe of Ierusalem are .c.xliii. yeres Frome that time vnto Christe are cccc.lxxxiii yeare ¶ These ben the kynges that haue bene syth Brute came in to this lande fyrste BRute came in to thys lande after the makynge of the worlde iiii M.lxxvii yeare And he lyued in the lande or he were crowned .lx. yeare And after he was crowned .xx. yere Lotrine his sonne reigned .v. yere Madan his sonne xxx yere Ebranke his sonne xl yere Leyly his sonne ix yere Bladud his sonne xxi yere Guentolin his wyfe xv yere Memps his sonne xxiiii yere Brute bremenshull xxx yere Ludebras xiii yere Lyre his sonne xlviii yere Credell his doughter v. yere Conodage her sister son xxxiii yere Reynolde his sonne xx yere Gorbodyan his sonne xv yere Denobaud wan the realme by conquest and reygned xl yere Bellyn hys sonne xi yere Cornabatrus his son xxv yere Guentolem his sonne xxv yere Scisille his sonne xv yere Kymore his sonne xix yere Morwyche his sonne ix yere Grandobodyan his sonne xi yere Protegayle his sonne xvi yere Petitur his brother v. yere Esydur his brother xiiii yere ¶ And after this Esydur reigned xxxiii kynges eche after other in peace The fyrst king of tho xxxiii was Borgodyan and he reygned xii yere Morgan i. yere Cighnus vi yere Io walam ⚹ viii yere Rohugo xi yere Voghen xiii yere Catyll xv yere Porrex ii yere Cheryn xviii yere Coyll ⚹ xii yere Sulgenis xiii yere Esdad xx yere Audragie ⚹ ⚹ xvii yere Vrian v. yere Eliud ii yere Eldadan xv yere Claten ⚹ xii yere Ouirgunde viii yere Mortan vi yere Bledagh iiii yere Caph ⚹ i. yeare Gen ii yeare Seyfell and kyng Bled xxii yere Gabreth xx yere Archinall xiiii yere Croyll xxx yere Rodyngir ⚹ ⚹ xxxii yere Hectir v. yere Harpir vi yere Carpour vii yere Dygneyll iii. yere Samuel xxiiii yere Rede ⚹ ii yere Ely vii monthes Ludde the laste kynges sonne of the .xxxiii. reygned xi yere Cassibalan his brother xxvii yere Androgē Luddes first son viii yere Kembalyn before the Incarnacion of Cryste reigned ii yere ¶ The hole summe from the comynge of Brute tyll the Incarnacion of Christ M.C.xxii yere Grynder and Armog hys .ii. sonnes xliiii yere Koyse Armog sonne xli yere Lucy his sonne reygned an Hethē man .xi. yere a christen mā ii yere And afterwarde was so greate debate in the lande that the realme was without a kynge l. yere Coyle that made Colchester was king then and reigned xiii yere Constantine the Romayne that wedded Sayncte Elyn Coyles doughter xv yere Constantine that was Emperour his sonne regned xx yere Octauian reygned after that Constantyne was gone to Rome to be crowned Emperour xv yere Maximian wedded Octauians doughter and reigned xxviii yere In his time saint Albō was slaine Constantine cosyn to the kynge of litel Brytayne regned xii yere Constantine his sonne that was a monke at wīchester reigned v. yere Forteger that was Earle of Essex reygned xi yere Fortymar his sonne xiiii yere Engist of Saxony in the lande of Germany that was a Sarazyn wan the land and reygned v. yere Aurilambros
Nele Aboute the .xiii. kīg Iohn reconsiled to the byshoppe of Rome yeare of kinge Iohns rayne Philippe of fraunce made sharpe warre vpō England at the settynge on the Byshop of Rome Insomuch that kyng Iohn was fayne to submite him selfe to the Romish bishop who was boūde that aswell he as his ayres should hold the crowne of the byshoppe of Rome and should paye yearelye a M. Marke of syluer Iewes the frēch kinges sonne entred into englād In the .xvi. yeare of king Iohn great strife and varyaunce happened in England betwene the kyng and his Lordes and commons of his realme Insomuche that the kynge sente into flaunders for socoure and the nobles sent for Lewes the sonne of kinge Phylyppe of fraunce and him saluted as kinge mayntayned him in war against kynge Iohn to the great hurte of this realme of Englande Duryng the tyme of this warre King Iohn ended hys lyfe and died of the flixe at Newewarke vpon Trent the .xix daye of Octobre the yere of Chryst M.cc.xvi The deth of king Iohn But some Authors wryte that a Monke poysoned him at Swynested and is buryed at Worcester ¶ Henry the thirde HEnry the thyrd of of that name and eldest sonne to kīg Iohn by the ayde of certayne lordes of Englande was crowned kynge at .ix. yeares of his age whiche kinge wyth his aydes kepte sharpe warre whiche Lewes the frenche kynges sonne who by comnaunte of certayne Lordes of England claymed the crowne Iewes returned into fraūce but after certagne Skyrmyshes and battayles a peace was concluded so that Lewes shoulde departe into Fraunce and for his trauayle he had a m. Markes and so departed In the fyrst yeare of king henryes raygne were ordayned many lawes in Englande to the greate commoditie of his subiectes Magnacarta cōfirmed And the greate charter called Magnacarta was confirmed and diuerse articles added thereto In the forthe yeare Alexander kynge of Scottes maried Ioan the syster of kynge Henry of Englande The king of scottes maried In this yeare also there was a Proclamacion made througheoute Englande to auoyde straungers Straungers put out of the realme Because one Foukes de brent held the castell of Bedford against the kinges will The commīg in of the graye friers In the .v. yeare of kinge Henryes raygne the gray fryers of the order of Fraunces came fyrste into Englande A voiage into bretayne In the .xiii. yeare of kinge Hēry the thyrd he sailed into bretayne with a noble army agaynst Lewes kynge of Fraunce wher after spoylynge of the countre a peace was concluded betwene the .ii. yonge Prynces A varyaunce betwene the king his lordes In the .xvi. yeare of this Kinges raygne a variaunce kyndled betwene kyng Henry and hys lordes because he put frō his seruice Englyshe men and trusted straungers aswell in his counsell as other offices nere about him In the .xix. The king maried yeare kynge Henry toke to wyfe Elinour doughter of the Earle of Prouynce Aboute the .xxi. yere of king hēry the vniuersite of Parys concluded that no Preestes vnder paine of deadlye synne shoulde haue .ii. No preest ought to haue .ii. benefytes benefytes In the .xxxi. The liberties of lōdon loste yeare kynge Hēry seyased the Fraunchesse of the citie of London for a Iudgemente geuen a gaynste a Wydowe named Margaret vyell But shortly after they were restored In the .xxxviii. yere prynce Edwarde The fyrst prince of waies eldest sonne to kynge Henry maryed Elynour doughter to the kyng of Castell to whome king Henry gaue the principalitie of Wales and the gouernaunce of Gyen and Irelande whereof began fyrste that the kynges of England ordayned theyr sonnes prince of Wales The battaile at iewes In the .xlviii. yeare of Kynge Henryes raygne greate varyaunce was betwene the kynge and hys Lordes and commons In somuch that neare vnto Lewes kynge Hēry and his barons fought a cruell battayle where the kynge loste the felde where the kyng himselfe with Richarde his brother kyng of Romaines and syr Edward his sonne and other noble men to the nombre of .xxv. wer taken of the commons were slayne .xx. M. The king delyuered oute of prison The king and his brother wer deliuered vpon promyse made to performe certayne Actes made at Oxforde in the parliament before for suerty wherof Prynce Edward remayned as pledge Shortly after fell great varyaunce betwene the Earle of glocester and the Earle of Leyceter and Prynce Edwarde toke parte with the Earle of Glocester The battayle at killingworthe and at kyllyngworthe was foughte a cruell battayle the vyctory fell on prynce Edwardes parte Shortlye after syr Symonde mounford Earle of Leceter gathered a new army and mette Prynce Edward at Euesham where Syr Symonde the Earle was slayne dyuerse other that toke his parte The battayle at Euesham About the .liiii The liberties of lōdon loste yeare of kynge Henries raygne was such dyspleasure taken agaynst the Londoners that the kyng seased theyr liberties into his handes But after the citie by meanes of frendes payed a fine of .xx. M. Markes and so was restored to theyr lyberty In the .lv. A voyage into the holy land yeare of this kynge syr Edward the kinges sonne toke his iourney into the holy land and there he rescued the citie of Acres whiche was beseiged by the Soudan of surrey The deth of kinge henry the thyrde Duringe which voyage Prynce Edward beyng in the holy land kyng Henry hys father fell sycke at Westminster and dyed the .xvi. daye of Nouember the yeare of Christ M.cc.lxxiii and is buried at Westminster ¶ Edward the fyrst Edward the fyrst of that name and sonne to Henry the .iii. after he hard of the death of his father came from the holye lande And was crowned kynge at Westminster the .xix. The king of scottes did hōage to kynge Edward daye of August the yere of christ M.cc.lxxiii At which tyme Alexander kynge of Scottes was presente and did homage to kynge Edward Lewellyn of wales In the seconde yeare of kynge Edwarde the Kynge wente into Wales and subdued Lewellyn Princes of Wales which paied to the kynge for a fine l.m Markes In the .x. yeare of thys kinge Lewellyn Prince of Wales rebellyd A bataile in wales but after they pursued so the Welchemen that Lewellin and his brother Dauid fled but after Lewellyn was taken by syr Edmond Mortymer who smot of his heade and sent it to the kynge and after that his brother was hanged drawen and quartered In the .xiii. yeare of this kinge The liberties of lōdō seased the king seased the liberties of london into his handes because the Mayre toke brybes of the bakers And suffered them to sell breade vnder the syse In the .xxiiii. A bataile in scotlād yere of kinge Edwarde the Scottes dyuers tymes rebelled wherfore kynge Edwarde beseiged the towne of Barwyke where was fought a
cruell bataile the vyctory fell to the Englysh mē and wanne the towne where were slayne of the Scotes .xxv. M. and after warde the kynge of Scottes submitted him selfe to kynge Edwarde of England A battel at fankyrke In the .xxvi. yeare kynge Edward being in flaunders the Scottes rebelled and chose them a newe kynge called Wales and entred Northumberlande But the nexte yeare after kinge Edward gathered a great power and entred scotlande and at a place called Fankerke he mete with the Scottes where betwene them was foughte a cruell battayle but at the ende the Englyshmen had the victorye and slewe of the Scotes to the nōbre of .xxxii. M. and Walis theyr new chosen king fled in to the marysses and the common people yelded them to the kyng of England About the .xxxii. yeare Edward the kinges eldest sonne commytted dyuers ryots to the great dyspleasure of hys father wherefore the kynge enprysoned his sonne and other that were of his companye The king put his sō in prisons Also a bout the .xxxiii. yeare of kynge Edwarde the fyrste Wales the Scot was taken and brought to London and there put to death A bataile in scotlād Anone after many Lordes and bisshoppes of Scotlande came and yelded them selues to kynge Edwarde But Robert le Bruse contrary to his oth rebelled agaynste kinge Edwarde and shortlye after the kinge with a great hoste wente into Scotland where he met with Roberte le Bruse at a place nyghe saynte Iohns towne where was fought a cruell batayle the victory fell to the Englysh men and vii.m Scottes were slayne and Roberte le bruce fled to the kynge of Norwaye and dyuerse lordes were taken who were sent to London and there put to death The deth of kīg Edward the fyrste In the .xxxv. yeare kynge Edwarde fell syke and dyed the .vii. daye of Iulye in the yeare of christ M.ccc.vii and is buryed at Westminster ⚹ Edwarde the second EDwarde the second of that name and sonne of the fyrst Edwarde and prince of wales beganne his Raygne ouer England the .xxiiii. day of February the yere of Chryst M.ccc.vii and raygned xviii yeres thys edward was faire of body but vnstedfast of maners and disposed to lyghtnes For he refused the companye of hys Lordes and men of honoure and haunted a monge vylaynes and vyle persones he gaue him selfe also to ouer muche drynkinge and lyghtlye wold disclose thynges of great counsaile And besides that he was geuen to these vices of nature what yll counsayle maye doo he was much worse by the counsayle and famylyaritie of certayne euyll disposed personnes as Pierse of Ganeston Hughe the Spencers other whose wanton counsayle he folowing gaue him selfe to the appetyte and pleasure of the body no thyng ordering his common weale by sadnesse discresion and Iustice whiche thinge caused fyrste greate varience betwene him and hys nobles so that shortlye he became to them odible and in the ende was depriued of his kingdome This kinge in the second yeare of his raygne The king maryed went into fraunce maried Isabell doughter to Philip le Belle kynge of fraunce and after with her returned īto englād About this time Piers of Ganeston behaued hym selfe ylle againste the Lordes and waxed so proude that he would reuyle them wherfore they sodenly rose Piers of ganestō be headed and beseiged him in the castell of Scarbroughe and at the last wan it and toke Piers and broughte him to a place nere to Warwike and there stroke of his heade where with the kinge was greatly dyspleased About the .vi. yere of this king Robert le Bruse heryng of the deuision betwene the king and his lords came agayne in to Scotland and there was amytted kinge A batayle at banockes borne wherfore kinge Edwarde prepared a greate Armye and wente in to Scotlande and nere to a place called Banockysbourne he mete with the Scottes where was betwene them a cruell battayle but the Englyshmen lost the felde and many of the lordes and great men of England were slayne and taken and the kīg fledde wyth greate daunger into Barwyke In the .ix. yeare of kynge Edwarde the Scottes wan Barwike The scottes won barwike and shortly after they entered Northumberlande and slewe man woman and chyld Aboute this time there was a greate dearthe in Englande of all thinges Great plages in England and after folowed greate Pestilence yet all these mocions mended not the kynge of his yll liuinge In the .xi. A bataile of mitton yeare of this king the Scottes entred Englande at a place in yorke shire called Mitton was fought a cruell batayle where the English men lost the felde and much people of the countrey slaine But the kinge was all ruled by Hughe Spenser the father and the sonne and the commons had thē in great hatred In the .xii. yeare of thys kinge there was a Parliament holden at London Spēcers banished where by the entreatinge of the lordes Hugh Spencer the father and Hugh Spencer the sonne were banished the Realme But it was not longe after but the kynge contrary to that ordynaunce made in the Parlyamente sente for these Spencers agayne and set them in hyghe aucthorytie A batel at brough bryge Shortly after the Lordes rose agaynst the kynge and at broughe bryge the kynges Captayne called Andrew of Harkeley met wyth thē where many of the Barons of englande were slayne and taken and afterward that the Earle of Lancaster and dyuers other of the Barons and knyghtes were putte to deathe In the .xvii. yeare of thys king the quene fearinge the tyrannye of the Spensors The quen fled the lande fled wyth her yonge sonne Edwarde into Fraunce to her brother Charles where she and her sonne was gentlye receyued of her brother which made great promyse to ayde her agaynst the tyrany of the Spencers Shortly after Charles the frēch kynge fearyng the Manassyng of the byshoppe of Rome forsoke his systers quarell The quene and her sonne driuen out of fraunce and commaunded her to auoyde his lande In the .xix. The quene with her son entered the lande yeare of kyng Edwarde quene Isabel and her sonne by the ayde and helpe of syr Iohn of Heynalde with a small companye of Heynowayes retourned into England to whome the nobles and commons gathered in greate nombre and pursued the kinge the Spensers and other enemies so narowlye that shortlye after they toke them and kepte the kinge in prisō at kenelworth the Spensours the Earle of Arundell Robert baldocke and other Tyrantes whiche of longe tyme had greued the reame were put to deth ¶ Edward the thyrd Edward the third of that name and sonne to Edwarde the second and of Isabell onelye doughter of Phillip le Belle after the deposynge of his father was crowned kynge the second daye of February the yeare of Christ M.ccc.xxvi Of kinge Edwarde the thyrde whē he was but .xv. yeres of Age.
of Burbone with xii C. the frēch mē made a vyoage into Englande knyghtes squyres to ayd Owen Glendor a squyre of wales agaynst kynge Henry and landed at Plummouthe in Deuenshyre who shortly after to his great losse shame retired backe into Fraūce In thys yeare a Priour viii fryers were hāged at Tiburne for treason ¶ Anno do M. cccc.i anno tertio henrici quarti Ihon Shadworth Mayre Wyllyam Fremyngham Wylliam Venour shyreffes In this yeare was sene in Englande a blasing starre a comete or blasynge starre of a huge quantite ¶ Anno do m. cccc.ii anno quarto herici quarti Ihon Walcot mayre Robert Chicheley Richarde Matlowe shereffes In this yeare was the battayl of Shrowysbury ¶ Anno do m. cccc.iii an quinto henrici quarti Wyllyam Askam mayre Thomas Fawkener Thomas Pole shyreffes A cōmotiō in yorke shyre In this yeare began a cōmocion in Yorke shere but theyr entente was knowen and for that treason was apprehēded Richard Scrope Archebyshop of Yorke the Earle Marshall Syr Ihon Lampley and syr Robert Plumton who in whytson weke were beheaded at Yorke In this yere the king of Scottes sente hys sonne the Prynce into Fraunce The prīce of Scotland takē prysoner but by violence of wether was dreuen into Englande where he cōtynued prisoner many yeares after ¶ Anno do m. cccc.iiii an vi henrici iiii Ihon Hynd draper mayre William Louth Steuen Spilmā shyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.v an vii henrici quarti Ihon woodcoke mayre Henry Barton Wyllyam Crowner shyreffes ¶ Anno dom m. cccc.vi an octauo henrici quarti Rychard wittyngtō marcer mayre Nicolas Wotton Geffery Broke shyreffes ¶ An. do M. cccc.vii an ix hērici quarti William Sandon mayre Hēry Balton Hēry Pōfret shyref ¶ Anno do m. cccc.viii an x. henrici quarti Drewe Barētine goldsmythe Mayre Thomas Duke Wyllyam Norton sheryffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.ix an xi henrici quarti Rychard Marlow Yrinmōger mayre Ihon Law Wylliā Chichelye shyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xii anno hērici quarti Thomas knolles grocer Mayre Ihon Penne Thomas Pyke shyreffes This yeare was a byll put into the Parliament agaynst the spiritualtie for wasting of the tēporaltie ¶ Anno do m. cccc xi an xiii henrici quarti Robert Chichelye grocer mayre Ihon Reynwel Walter Cotton shyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xii an xiiii hērici quarti Wylliam Walderne marcer Mayre Raufe Leuynghā Wylliam Senenoke shyreffes In this yeare kynge Henry the fourth dyed the .xx. daye of march The deth of Kynge Hēry the fourthe In the yere of our lorde a thousād cccc xii And whan he had reygned xiii yeares fiue monethes and one and twenty dayes lyeth buryed at Cantorbury ¶ Henry the fyfte HEnry the fyfte began hys reigne the xxi day of march in the yeare of our lord next aboue mencioned And was crowned at westmynster the nynthe daye of Apryll folowynge In the yeare of oure lorde M. cccc and xiii In thys yeare was a generall counsel holden at Constance vpon the ryuer of Reyne a general counsell to the whyche councell was sente Rycharde Erle of warwike and iii. Bishopes with dyuers doctours knyghtes squiers to the nombre of viii C. horses In this coūsel were condempned to death for heresy Ihon Wicliffe Ihon Husse Ieram of Prage The lord cobhā accused of heresy In thys yeare syr Ihon Oldecastell lorde Cobham was accused to the Archebishop of Cantorbury for certeyne poyntes of heresy ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xiii an i. hērici quinti Wyllyam Walderne mayre Raufe Leuingham Williā Seuenoke sheyreffes ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xiiii an ii hērici quinti. Williā Crowner maire Ihon Suttō Ihon Michel shyre A parliament holdē at Leyceter In this yeare in Apryll was holden a Parliamente at Leyceter in the which Parliament were cōcluded many profitable lawes and amonge other thynges was a byll put into the Parliamente house agaynst thaccesse of the spiritualtye was lyke to take effecte but than the Bishoppes and Abbottes moued the kynge to make warre in to Fraūce for his title there so that in al his tyme after he had neuer leser to speake therof more And also towarde that voyage was graunted by the spiritualtie such a payment as had not bene payed before ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xv an tertio henrici quinti Thomas Fakener mercer mayre Ihon Mychel Thomas Alayne shyreffes This yere the kinge dyd prepare an armye into Fraunce of .xv. C. A cōspiracie agaīst the kyng shyppes the day before he sholde depart from Southhāton certaine lordes dyd cōspyre the kynges death for the whiche conspiracie was apprehended Rychard Erle of Cambrege the lord Scrope syr Thomas Gray knight who at the tyme of theyr executiō cōfessed that they were set a worke by the Frēch kyng And after theyr execution the king set forwarde on the vigill of the assūption of our Lady he with all hys nauy landed at Kyd Caux in Normandy The winnynge of Herflew And on the next daye he beseged the towne of Herflwe and the .xxxvii. daye after the sayd towne was yelded to the kyng The battell of agī courte In this yeare in Octobre was the battell of Agyn courte whiche victory by the onely prouision of god fell to the Englishemen for kynge Henry had in his bataile but onely two M. horsemen and xii M. fotemen of al sortes And on the Frēch partie were almost all the nobilitie of Fraunce with .lx. M. hortemen besyde fotemen There were slayne on the Frenche partie aboue .x. M. persones wherof were princes and nobles bering baners C.xxvi and all the remnaunt sauynge .xvi C. were knyghtes Esquires gentlemen And on the Englishe parte wer slaine Edward duke of yorke therle of Suffolke syr Rycharde Kykeley and Dauy gāme esquyre and of al other not aboue .v. or .vi C. persons ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xvi an iiii hērici quinti Nicolas wotton draper Mayre Wyllyam Cambridge Alayne Euarde shyreffes This yeare in Maye the Emperor Sigismond came into Englande to treate of a peace betwene kynge Henry and the French king and was nobely receyued but hys labour toke small effecte The Emperour came into Englāde This yere was Harflew beseged by the Frēchemen Harflew beseged both by water land but incōtinent the kyng sent his brother the Duke of Bedforde with a noble army A battell on the see on the sea encountered the French Nauy in nūbre .v. C. shyppes whiche were by the Englishemē dyscomfyted and almoste all taken or drowned and when the army by lande knew that the Nauy by sea was discomfited reysed theyr sege and departed ¶ An. do M. cccc.xvii an quinto henrici quinti Henry Bartō skinner Mayre Robert Whityngton Ihon Couentre shyreffes A voiage into Normandy This yeare in Iuly the kynge accompanied with his brethren the Dukes of Clarēce and Gloucester with a noble armie made
Constantines sonne slew Engyst and droue the Sarazyns away reygned viii yere Vter pēdragō his brother xvii yere Arther his son reigned xxvi yere Cōstātine Arthers cosin xxiiii yere Guran for Constantyne had none heyre reygned xxx yere Tonagh his cosin xxiiii yere Syryke reygned xxv yeare Saint Ethelbert and Sebert that were conuerted by saint Austine his felowship reigned l. yere Elfrede and Cadwaller saint Oswalde and Cadwalyn reygned in this realme of Englande one after another lxxx yere Offa Sainte Oswaldes brother xlviii yere Alured the first in his time saynte Edmunde of Bury was slayne of hūger and Hubba the kynges brethren of Denmarke xxx yere Edward the first his son xxv yere Edmunde his brother xvii yere Adelstone xxv yere Eldred his brother x. yere Edwin his third brother iiii yere Edgar his sonne xvii yere S. Edward the martyr xii yere Swayne that was kinge of Denmarke reygned xv yere Eldred s Edwards brother .ix. yere Edmunde Irensyd and Knowe Swayne sonne reigned xx yere Harolde Harefote knowte sonne xiii yere Hardeknowt his brother xvi yere Saynt Edward the confessour Eldredes sonne reigned xxiii yere Harolde that was Godwyn sonne Earle of well sex reygned i. yere ¶ Here endeth al the kinges that raygned before the Conquest Wyllyam Conqueroure WIlliam Duke of Normandy called conquerour Of williā cōqueror duke of normādy Nephew vnto king Edward the confessoure began his dominion ouer this realme of Englande the .xv. daye of October in the yeare of oure Lorde M lxvii and reygned .xxi. yeares one moneth with greate cruelnes toward the Englyshmen chargynge them alwayes wyth greate exactions by meanes whereof he caused dyuers to flee oute of the lande he ordayned new lawes at hys owne pleasure profitable to him self and greuous and hurtful to the people In the second yere of thys kīges reygne the cyty of Exeter and Northumberland Exiter Rebelled rebelled which bothe were subdued and after greuously punyshed Kynge Wyllyam bylded certayne castels within thys realme and put normans to be gouerners in them who greatlye oppressed the Englyshe men The englysh men oppressed About thys time the kyng caused .ii. Bishops albotes deposed Cardynalles to come frome Rome where by meanes of the kynge they deposed certayne Bysshopes Albottes and Prioures Englyshemen and in theyr place put in Normans The countre aboue yorke destroyed In the .iii. yeare of Wyllyam Conqueroure the Danes inuaded the North countre and won yorke but shortlye after the kynge came and droue awaye the Danes and toke such displeasure wyth the enhabitauntes of that prouynce that he destroyed the lande from yorke to Durham that .ix. yeare after it laye vnlaboured and vntylled About thys tyme was a greate debate betwene Thomas Archebishop of yorke and Langfranke archbyshop of Canterbury for the Primacy of Englande A variaunce betwene the byshops for the primacy but the byshop of Cantorbury optained and the Byshop of yorke made to hym an othe of obeysaunce In the .x. A conspiracy against the kynge yeare of thys kynges raigne Roger Erle of Herford and Rafe Earle of Norfolke conspyred agaynste kynge Wyllyam he beynge in Normandy whych were bothe outelawed the realme and Earle Walrefe that vttered the conspiracy was beheaded About the .xv. A bataile ī normādy yere of his raigne Robert curteyse the kynges eldest sone wyth the helpe of Philip the French kinge made warre against his father in Normandye where kynge Wyllyam was sore hurte but afterwarde a peace was made betwene them Thys kynge wyllyam made the newe forest in hamshere and therefore he cast downe diuers churches by the space of xxx The makinge of new forest myles No englishe man bare office in englād In his time he kept the Englysh men so lowe that few of them bare any offyce of honour in England Also in the .xix. yeare of kynge Wyllyams reygne he beynge in Normandy raysed a great trybute in England and caused to be gathered of euery hyde of landes whych contayneeh .xx A greate tribute Acres .vi. s Shortly after the kinge made warre into Fraunce where he dyd muche hurte The deth of williā cōqueror but in this heate he toke suche a disease that it cost him his life in his sekenes he made his testamente and gaue to Wyllyam Rufus his second sonne the kyngdome of Englande and to Roberd Courteise his eldest sonne the Duchye of Normandy and vnto hēry hys thyrde sonne he gaue hys treasure thus he ended his lyfe in the moneth of Iuly and lyeth buryed at Cane in Normandy Wylliam Rufus WIllyam Rufus or willyam the Reed began his reygne ouer thys realme the .xvii. day of Septembre the yeare of Christ .m.lxxxix. Sone after willyam Rufus had taken vpon him the kyngdome hys brother Robert Courteise came out of Normandy and landed at hamptō to th entent to haue put out his brother frome the kyngdome but the kynge sente to him ambassadours Agremēt betwene williā rufus hys brother so at the last they were agreed that Wyllyam Rufus should be kynge payinge to his brother yearly .iii. M. Markes ech of them to be others aire A rebelliō againste the kinge In the second yere of thys king dyuers Lordes in England rebelled against the kynge and assayled dyuers townes but kyng wylliam vanquyshed the traitours and chased them out of hys realme war with the scotes In the .iii. yeare of Wyllyam Rufus the scottes warred on englande wherefore kynge Wyllyam prouided an armye and wente thether where after dyuers conflictes and scermyshes a peace was concluded so that Malcolyn kynge of Scottes was sworne to be trew to kynge Wyllyam A greate winde in England In the iiii yere of wyllyam Rufus there was a greate wynde in London that blew downe v.c. houses and the rofe of Bow churche and did greate hurte in vynchester and other places The king of wales slayne In this time also the Welchemen rebelled but they were subdued theyr duke or kinge called Ryse slayne whiche was accompted the laste kinge of Wales Also Malcolin kyng of Scottes rebelled and came with an army into Englande The king of scottes slayne but the Earle of Northumberlande encountred wyth him and there kinge Malcolyn was slaine In the .vi. a viage to Ierusalē yeare of William Rufus there was prepared throughe christendome a mightye army of thre .c. M. men to winne Ierusalē whose soueraygne capitayne was Godfrey duke of Loraine and his ii bretheren with many other noble men of Christendome At this time many noble menne Borowīg of money for this vyage laied their landes to morgage to prouide for the forenamed viage amonge whiche was Roberd Curtoyse Duke of normandy he layed his dukedome to pledge to his brother William kinge of Englande for a C.M. pounde Greate taxynge A bought the .viii yeare of william Rufus bothe Englande and Normandy were greuouslye taxed and also there was a great mortalitie
Henry ended his lyfe in the yeare of christ m.c.lxxxviii is beryed at founteuerarde in fraunce ¶ Rychard the fyrste RIchard the firste and second sonne of kynge Hēry the seconde was crowned kynge of Englande the iii. day of September the yere of Chryste M.c.lxxxix This man for hys valyantnesse and corage was called Curedde lion In the fyrst yeare of kyng Richarde the Londoners obtayned two offycers to gyde theyr cytie whiche were called baylyffes Two bayliffes gouerned lōdon The Iues spoiled at london About this time the Iues bare themselues very bolde in London in so muche that the people rose agaynste them and dyd robbe and kyll many of them without pytie But by cause the offendours were so manye they ascaped wythoute punyshment The king of scottes did hōage Also in this fyrst yeare Wyllyam king of Scottes came to Cantorbury and dyd homage to kynge Rycharde A preraraciō to recouer Hierusalem About this time the prynces of Christendom made great preparacyon to recouer Hierusalem and to ayde the Chrystyans in Asia In the thyrd yeare of king Richard the isle of cipres conquered he with a noble army toke his Iorney toward Hierusalem by the way he conquered the yle of Cypres and afterward he Ioyned wyth the french kynge in Asia and conquired Acon but shortlye after there fell great variaunce betwene kynge Richard of Englande and kynge Philyp of fraunce wherfor kinge Philip returne whome in to Fraunce and inuaded Normandy also he counsaled Iohn the brother to kynge Rychard to take vpon hym the kingdome of England in his bothers absence Shortly after kynge Rychard of England restored to the christians the citie of Ioppe The citie Ioppe wonne and in manye battayles put the Turkes to muche sorowe In the .iiii. The cruelty of the byshop of Elye yeare of kyng Richard and while he was in Assia william byshoppe of Elye to whome king Richarde had committed the gouernaunce of Englande practised muche crueltie as in depreuing of byshoppes and Abbottes and wolde ryde with a M. horses wherby he greued the place where he so iourned But at the last by strength the lordes put hym out of the land Kynge richard kīg of Hierusalem King Richard exchaūged Cipers with Guye of Lesingham for the kingdom of Hierusalem wherfore the kinge of Englande of a longe time after was called king of Hierusalem king Rychard takē prisōer In the .v. yeare king Richard hearing that king Philip of fraūce inuaded Normandy that Iohn his brother aspired to his kingdom toke peace with the Turkes for .iii. yeares and with a small company returned whomewarde by Thrace and there was trayterouslye taken prisoner by the Duke of Austrych and brought him to henry the Emperour and he was kept in streight prison a yeare and .v. monethes where it is said he slew a Lion and toke out his harte king Rychard deliuered out of prison In the .vi. yeare of kinge Rychardes raygne he payed his ransome whiche was a C.M. pounde and was deliuered and retorned to his countre and made sharpe warre vpon the frenche kynge and Iohn his brother at whiche tyme was fought diuers great batailes to the greate losse of both partyes In the .viii. peace betwene england and Fraunce yeare of kinge Rychardes reygne there was a peace concluded betwene Englande and fraunce for one yeare and Iohn submitted him selfe to his brother In the .x. Auriculen confecion first enuēted yeare of king Richards raygne Innocent the .iii. Byshop of Rome he firste compelled men to Auriculer confession and forbad the Sacrament to be ministred to the layetie vnder both kyndes Shortlye after the warre was newe arered betwene England and fraunce wherfore kinge Richarde sailed againe into Normandy and made newe warre vpon the french kynge in whiche warre they spede diuersly for some time the Frenche kinge wan holdes in Normandy and some time the kinge of Englande wan in Fraunce But at the last kinge Richard went to besege a Castell called Castell Gayllarde and as he rode aboute the Castell to auew it one marked him The deth of king richard the fyrste smot him with a Quarrell in the heade whereof anone after he dyed withoute yssue of his bodye in the yeare of Christ M.cc and in the .xii. yere of his reigne And is buried at Fountuerarde ¶ Kinge Iohn IOhn brother to the aboue named Richard was crowned king of England the xvii kīg Iohn cōtēyned the bishop of rome of a froward minde daye of Iuly the yeare aboue wrytten and reigne .xvii. yeares This kinge contemned the bishop of Romes aucthoryte whiche if he had done of conscience and for religions sake as he semed to do for couetousnes and of a frowarde minde vndoubtedlye he had bene worthy hye commendacion By his cowardnes and slothful necligence the signorye of Englande greatlye decayed In the first yere of kyng Iohns raygne kinge Philyp of Fraunce in the quarell of Arthur Duke of Brytaine whome sertaine of the lordes had named kinge of England made war vpon kinge Iohn and inuaded Normandy and toke from him diuers Castels and townes but after long Scirmishes warre begā betwen England Fraūce to the losse of both parties a peace was a greed which cōtinued not longe The king of scottes did hōage In this yere the king of Scottes came in to Englande and dyd homage and sware to be trewe leage man to king Iohn of of England In the second yere in yorkeshire wer sene v A sharpe wynter mones at ones in the element the next winter after was a sharpe winter hayle felle as byg as hennes Egges Arthur of Bretaine taken prisoner In the .iii. yere of kinge Iohns raygne kinge Philip of fraunce inuaded Normandy and toke diuers castels and townes which he gaue to Arthur Duke of Bretaine But shortly after the same Arther with many other noble men were taken prisoners by king Iohn and led in to Englande Englande enterdited In the .vi. yeare of this kinge the byshoppe of Rome demounced kinge Iohn with his whole realme accursed because he would not admit steuen Laughton to the bishoprike of Cantorbury But he lyttel regarded his curse nor obeyed hym nothing the rather Normandy loste In the .vii. yere of kyng Iohns Rayne kynge Philyp of Fraunce subdued to him the countre of Normandye which was not vnder the dominion of Fraunce in .ccc. yeares before Aboute thys tyme the Welchemen and Iryshmē rebelled whom kynge Iohn constrayned to redeme peace with greate sommes of money The welche men Irishe mē rebelled Aboute this time Philip Emperour of Almaine was murdered by the treason of the countye Palentyne The Emperoure murdered In the .ix The first mayre of London yere of kynge Iohns rayne was fyrste ordayned mayres and shyriffes in London and the fyrste mayers name was Henrye Fitz Alwyn and the fyrste shyriffes wer Peter Duke and Thomas
He was a man of excellent modestie and temperaunce and aduaunced suche parsons to hyghe dignities as dyd moste passe other in integrytye and innocencie of lyfe In feates of armes he was verye experte as the noble Prowes by him atchiued do well declare as Froysart and other wryters do declare at large Of his lyberality and clemency he shewed many gret examples brefelye in all Pryncely vertues he was so excellente that few noble men before his time maye be to hym compared At his begynnynge he was chefelye ordered by syr Roger Mortimer and his mother Isabell In the fyrst yere of his reygne The scottes entered englād the Scottes entered into England and the kynge with a greate powre came to them at the Parke of stanhope and beset them rounde about but by the treason of Syr Roger Mortimer the Scottes escaped without battayle wherby the king lost that voyage al his charges Shortly after at yorke the kinge maryed Phyllip the earles doughter of Henaude The king maryed Then the kynge made peace with the Scottes and released to them theyr homage and delyuered vnto them their charter or indenture called Ragman Peace with the Scottes as it was sayde by the counsel of the old Quene and syr Roger Mortymer which anone after was made Earle of Marche And the old quene he toke vpon them the rule of the whole realme whereby manye thynges grewe oute of order Th erle of kente beheaded About the thyrde yeare of this kynge the Earle of Kente the olde kynges brother supposyng his brother had bene alyue deuysed certayne letters for the deliueraunce of his brother wherfore he was accused and by aucthoryte of parlyament condempned and therefore was beheaded Prince edwarde borne In this yere was borne at Wedstocke Prynce Edwarde whiche in processe of tyme grewe to a noble and famous man and was in his dayes counted the floure of Chiualry throughoute all the worlde Syr Roger mortimer beheaded In the fourthe yeare of kinge Edwardes raigne syr Roger Mortymer was accused for dyuerse poyntes of treason and namelye that he was ouer famylyar with the olde quene Isabell the kynges mother for whiche accusacions he was shortly after beheaded In the .vi. A voiage into scotlande yeare king Edward went into Scotlande with a great power and at a place called Haldowne hyll gaue the Scottes batayle wherin he optayned a tryumphant victory So that he slewe of them .viii. Earles ix.c knyghtes and baronettes cccc esquiers and xxxiii m cōmon soudyers And of the Englishe men were slayne onelye .xv. persons at the same voyage he wan the towne of Edenbrough and Barwycke with manye other castels and gaue the gouernaunce of Scotland to Edwarde Baylol betwene whome and the Scottes were foughten manye batayles with greate dyuersite and chaunge of fortune After this time the Scottes so often rebelled Scotland suffered muche penury that kynge Edward made .iii. voyages into that lande within the space of .iiii. yeares And with great manhode alwaye vanqueshed his enemies and caused them to swere to him feautlie and homage In these battayles were slayne wel nere all the nobylyty of Scotlande with infinite nombre of the common people Warre betwene englande and Fraunce In the .x. yere king Edward claymed tytle to the crowne of fraunce wherfore open warre was proclaymed betwene Englād and fraunce good they vitels in England Aboute this time as Fabyan wryteth by reason of scarsite of Mony was such plentie of vitayles in Englande that the lyke had not bene sene For a quarter of wheat was solde for .ii. s. a fat gose for .ii. d. a pygge for a peny a fate Oxe for .vi. s. viii d. a fat shepe for vi d. or .viii. d. vi Pygions a peny In the .xii. yeare king Edward prepared stronglye to make warre in to Fraunce King Edward wēt to Antwarpe where he was proclaymed vicar generall of the empire and for sure stablishmente of Amite betwene hym and the Holenders Selanders Erabanders sayled to Antwarpe wher he concluded the matter with hys alies and by the consent of the Emperour Lewes was proclaymed vicer geneneral of the Empyre In the .xiii. The king held a parliamente yeare kynge Edward returned into England and called his parliament at Westminster and there by the aduyce of the whole realme toke vpon hym the tytle to be kynge of Fraunce and ioyned the armes of Englande to the armes of Fraunce and bare thē quarterlye as they yet continue at which parliamente was graunted greate sommes of mony to mayntayne hym in his warres In the .xiiii. A batel on the sea yeare of king Edwardes raygne he saylyng toward Flaunders nye to the hauen of Scluce met with the French kynges nauye where was foughte a cruell batayle whereof the kyng of England had the victory and the frenche fleete that was in nombre cccc sayle was wel nere all destroyed and the Soudiers taken slaine and drowned so that of .xxxiii. M. there escaped not one A yeare for one yeare Shortlye after kynge Henry with a myghty army both of Englande and of the Empyre entered fraunce and beseiged Torney but shorlty after by the meanes of the countes of Henand mother to the Quene of Englande and syster to the french kyng a peace was made for .xii. monethes and kynge Edward returned into England The scottes trobeled Englande In this tyme the Scottes by the settynge on of the frenche men recouered a great part of that land and in moste cruell wyse vexed the Englyshe garysons In the .xviii. yeare The order of the garter fyrste ordained kinge Edwarde enuented and ordained first the order of the garter at Winsoure Aboute this time the Earle of Darby was sente into Gascoyne where he wonne dyuers townes Castels Gascoine wonne and before Anberoche the Earle of Darby by polecy of syr Walter of Manni with a M. englishemen discomfited and slewe .x. M. frenchmē and Gascoines and toke prysoner the Earle of Lay their chefe capitayne with dyuers other nobles subdued the coūtre In the .xx. yeare king Edward with his sonne Prynce Edwarde sayled into Normandy and ouerrode and spoyled the countre euen to Paris and gathered wonderful rychesse and prayes which he sente into Englande Shortlye after he encountred the Frenche kynge nye to the forest of Cressy The battayle of Cressy wher betwen them was foughte a cruel batayle and kinge Edwarde obtayned the victorye In that battayle was slayne the floure of the Chiualrye of Fraūce That is to say the king of Boheme with ten other greate Princes foure score barons xii.c knyghtes and mo than .xxx. M. of the common Soudiers Callys wonne After thys victorye the kynge wente towarde Calys and beseged the towne the space of .xi. monethes during which sege the french kyng came to rayse the sege but shortlye after he departed without battaile wherfore they of Callys yelded vp the towne to kinge
Edward The king of scottes taken prisoner In the tyme of the seige before Callys Dauid of Scotlande by the settinge on of the french kinge warred on the borders of England But the quene assembled a strong armye as well of preestes as laye men and nere to Durham toke in batayle the kinge of Scottes prysoner with manye of his greatest Lordes and earles and slew of the common soudiers .xv. M. About the .xxii. A greate derth thorough out all the worlde yeare of kynge Edward the .iii ther was a wonderful famyn and Pestilence raygned throughout all the world In Italye scant the .x. person of an .c. was lefte on lyue In the citie of parys in Fraunce died L.M. and in the citie of London besyde the bodies buried in churches and churcheyardes and monasteryes and other places of buriall there was buryed in the charterhouse churche yerde .l. M. persons and aboue as wryteth Fabian In thys yeare the Captayne of Callys conspyred to betraye it agayne to the Frenchemen calis like to betrayed the historye whereof declareth wonderfully the great manhode pollycie liberalytie gentylnesse of the noble kinge Edwarde reade Frosarde the .c. and .v. Chapter of his fyrste boke The tirany of the byshop of rome c. Aboute this time kinge Edward was elected to be Emperour But he consyderynge the trouble vnquietnesse of the byshop of Rome refused it And then they chose the Marques of Messena whiche also refused it Gines yelded to the englishmeÌ„ In the xxvii yere of king Edwardes raygne the towne and castel of Gines was yelded to the english meÌ„ A voyage into Gascoyne In the .xxix. yeare of kinge Edwardes raygne Prynce Edwarde of Wales with a stronge companye of Soudyers passed into Gascoyne where he made sore warre destroied Castelles and townes before hym with greate successe and toke the Castell towne of Rehemorentyne with other A voyage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Aboute this tyme king Edward sayled to Calys began to make war vpon frauÌ„ce but shortly after he returned because the Scottes rose inuaded the Englysh borders In the .xxx. The battaile of poytiers yeare of kynge Edwardes raygne prynce Edward of Wales nie to the citie of Poytiers ioyned batayle with king Iohn of fraunce on whome the prynce wan a noble victory In this conflycte kynge Iohn was taken wyth hys yonge sonne Phillippe The fifth king takeÌ„ prysoner there were taken .ix. earles the archebyshop of Sens and many other greate lordes Baronettes and knyghtes meÌ„ of name to the nombre of xvi.c and there were slayne the Duke of Burgoyne the Duke of Athens syr Iohn Cleremond Marshall of Fraunce with many lordes Baronetes knyghtes and menne of Armes to the nombre of xvii.c and iii. M of other meane persones And after this felde thus wonne the Prynce with his prysoners returned to Burdeaux And shortely after they sayled in to Englande where they were of kinge Edwarde noblely receyued In the xxxiii yeare kynge Edwarde with the Prynce his sonne wetne to Calys and so in to frauÌ„ce where he made sharpe warre A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce and burned and destroyed the countre without mercye But shortly after by great entreaty ther was a peace concluded on this condicion that kinge Edward should haue to his propre possession the countres of Gascoyne and Guyan Poyters Lymosyn Beleuile Exanctes Calys Guines and diuers other lordshyps townes Castels and all the landes to them belonging without knowledge of any souerainte The freÌ„ch king raunsomed obeysaunce homage or subiection for the same and that the french kyng shoulde paye for his raunsome .iii Myllons of Scutes whiche amounte to v.c M. li. and so kynge Iohn was delyuered In the .xxxvii. yeare of kinge Edwarde The deth of the freÌ„ch king kynge Iohn of fraunce came into englande of his fre wyll to sporte hym and had greate chere And shortly after dyed at the Sauoy at London In this yeare also Prynce Edwarde toke possessyon of the Duchie of Guyen and Acquitaine and did homage to his father for the same Prince edward made duke of Guyen About the .xl. yeare of king Edward Dampeter of Spayne was expulsed his realme by his basterd brother Henry wherfore he fled to Prynce Edward whych was then at Burdeaux A bataile iÌ„ Spaine But this Peter by the ayde of Prynce Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put him to flyghte and slue .v. M. of his men And restored Peter to dyuerse cities and holdes which he before had loste But not longe after the Prynce returned home and heÌ„ry repayred his army and warred vpon his brother so fearselye that in the end he vtterly vanquished hiÌ„ to deth and then without resistence possessed the kingdom of Spaine In the .xlii. yere of kyng Edward new variaÌ„ce begaÌ„ betwen EnglaÌ„d FrauÌ„ce A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce wherfore the duke of LaÌ„caster was sent with an army into frauÌ„ce nere vnto Arde the Duke of Burgoyne lodged within a mile of the Englysh armye the space of xviii dayes and neuer profered batayle but at the laste stole awaye pryuelye by nyghte and then entered the Duke further into fraunce as Froysar sheweth at large In the .xliii. yeare syr Roberte knolles entered the realme of frauÌ„ce with a stronge army and wasted destroyed the countrie and passed euen by Parys ranged in batayle and without any notable battayle returned About the xlv yeare the french men made sharpe warre in Gyen Great variaunce iÌ„ Gascoine and many dyuers skyrmyshes wer betwene the frenchmeÌ„ and the englysh men but most commonlye alwayes the englyshemen loste and the citie of Lymoge other cities rebelled against Prince Edward Wherfore Prynce Edwarde perceyuinge all this what for lacke of money and what for sykenes maladyes that he had he departed into England leuyng behynd him hys bretheren the Duke of Lancaster and the Earle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyne but sone after they came into Englande In the .xlvi. A baâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 yeare of kyng Edwardes raygne the Earle of Penbroke was sent with a great army to fortefye the towne of Rochell But he was met on the Sea wyth a companye of Spanyardes betwene whome there was a cruell fyghte but the Englishe men were discomfited and the earle of Penbroke was there taken wyth a .c.lx. mo prisoners and the most parte of his men slayne and drowned And sone after the towne of Rochel was yelded to the Frenchmen A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Also in the .xlvii. yere the duke of Lancaster landed at Calys with a myghtye armye passed throughe fraunce robbyng and spoylyng the countre eueÌ„ to Burdeaux and wer neuer fought with saue onelye at a scirmyshe they loste .l. Speres and xx archers In the .l. yeare of this kynge there was suche syckenes and mortalite A greate deathe as well in Italy as in England the innumerable of people died The deth of Prince Edwarde In the .li.
a voyag into Normandy and wonne Caen with the castell and in conclusyon what by force rendering vp wan almost all the holdes in Normandy ¶ Anno domi M. cccc.xviii anno vi henrici quinti Richarde Morlowe yremōger mayre Hēry Rede Ihon Gedney shyrefes In this yere syr Ihon Oldcastel knyght lorde Cobham was hāged in cheines and after brente In this yeare the laste daye of Iuly the cytie of Roan was beseged bothe by water and by lande The citie of Roan beseged insomoche that by reason of famin they were cōpelled to fall to treatie and so the xix daye of Ianuary the cytie was yelded to the kynge And immeniatly after all Normandy yelded them selues also ¶ An. do M. cccc.xix an septimo henrici quinti Wylliā Seuenoke grocer mayre Ihon Parues Rauf Barton Ihon Bryan shyreffes In the tyme of thys warre in Fraunce there was great variaūce betwene the nobles of Fraūce and specially betwene the Dolphin variaūce betwene the lordes of fraūce the Duke of Burgon and the Duke of Orliaunce with other and there was a place appoynted to mete to treate for a peace and thether came the Dolphin the Duke of Burgonne and the sayd Duke kneling on his knees tellyng his tale to the Dolphin one Tavagny du chastel smote the Duke on the heed with a hachet so moste shamefully was mordered A communycatyon for a peace In this yeare there was a communycatyon for a peace betwene England and Fraunce but it toke small efecte wherfore the Kynge went forward with his conquest sent an armie to Ponthoyse with forse wanne it Pōthoise wonne to the great feare of the parisience and all Fraunce ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xx anno viii henrici quinti Richard whitinghā mercer mayre Robert whitingham Ihon Butler shyreffes A peace concluded betwene Fraūce England In this yeare in Maye was cōcluded a peace betwene the Kynge of Englande and the French kyng so that king Henry did mary lady Katheryne the Frenche kynges doughter at Troye in Chāpaigne after which mariage kynge Henry was proclamed heyre and regente of Fraunce In this yeare at Christmas the kyng of Englād kept such a noble house in Roan as Regē of Fraūce that to his courte all men resorted and fewe to the Frenche kynges courte and after Christmas he ordeaned his brother the Duke of Clarence his leuetenaūt generall both of Fraunce Normandy and on the morow after candelmas daye the kynge and the quene toke shippyng at Calis landed at Douer and on saynte Mathues daye folowynge the quene was crowned at westminster the kynge returned into Englande ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xxi an ix henrici quinti Wylliam Cambrydge grocer mayre Ihon Butler William weston shyreffes In this yere the Duke of Clarence made a rode into Aniowe where by a lūbard he was betraied and so was slayne with dyuers noble men more the death of the duke of clarence A voiage into fraūce Also in this yeare in Maye the kynge passed the sea with a noble army into Fraūce and pursued the dolphin on such wyse that he coude scant fynde any place to hyde himselfe in In this yeare the kyng beseged the cytie of Meaux in brye during whiche syege was borne at Wynsore the kynges sōne named Hēry the byrth of Kynge Hēry the syxte ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xxii an x. henrici quinti Robart Chychelye grocer mayre Rychard Iostlyn williā weston shyreffes The deth of Kynge Hēry the fyfte In this yeare kynge Henry the fyfte dyed the xxi daye of August In the yeare of oure Lorde next aboue mencioned whan he had reigned .ix. yeares and fyue monethes and xxiiii dayes and lyeth buryed at Westmynster ¶ Henry the syxt HEnry the vi began his reigne the fyrst day of Septembre in the yere of our lorde next aboue mencioned was crowne at Westmynster in the eyght yeare of hys reygne all whiche tyme before for insufficiency of age he was admitted to the rule of his vncles the Duke of Bedforde and Glocester he was of the age of viii monethes odde dayes and not aboue ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.xxxiii anno primo Henrici sixti Wyllyam walderne mayre William Estfeld Robert Tatersale shyreffes Thys yeare was the Duke of Glocester made protectour of Englande and the Duke of Bedforde regēt of Fraūce which Regent like a noble capitayne maytayned the warre against the Dolphin so longe as he lyued ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxiiii anno secondo Henrici sixti Wyllyam Crowner drapen Mayre Nicolas Iames Thomas wadford shyref In this yere the Duke of Bedford Regēt of Fraūce The battayle of vernoyle made warre vpon the Dolphyn of Fraūce and vnto Englishemen fell the victory at the battayle of vernoyle where were viii M. Frenchmen slayne Also in this yeare was Iames Steward kynge of scottes delyuered which was prisoner in Englād long time before The king of scottes deliuered who for the realme of Scotlād did omage to the king of Englande and maryed the lady Iane doughter to the Erle of Somerset and cosyn to the kynge ¶ Anno domini M.ccc.xxv an tercio Henrici sixti Ihon Michell Mayre Symon Seman Ihon Bythwater shyreffes In this yeare the Duke of Glocester protecter of Englande sente vnto hys brother the Regente of Fraunce .x. M. men to mayntayne warre agaynst the Dolphin A voiage into fraūce In this yeare also was a battayle at vernoyle in perch betwene the Regēt the Duke of Alaūson The battayle of Vernocle in Perch the victory fell to the Englshe men where were slayne of Frenchmen Scottes .ix. thousand and vii C. and of Englyshemen xvi C. ¶ Anno domini M. cccc.xxvi anno quarto Ihon couentre marcer Mayre Wyllyam Mylted Ihon Brokeley shyreffes In thys yeare began a greate variaunce in Englande betwene the noble men of the realme for the Byshop of wynchester dyd enuye Of a noble prelat the lorde protector in so moch that the Lorde Regent of Fraunce was fayne to come into England to set theim at one ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxvii anno quinto Henrici sixti Ihon Raynwell fyshmonger Mayre Roberte Arnold Ihon Heygham shyrefes ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxviii anno sixto Henrici sixti Ihon Godney draper Mayre Robert Ocle Hēry Frowyke shyreffes Orliance beseged In thys yeare was Orlyaunce beseged by the thenglyshe men and as syr Ihon Fastolfe wente frome Parys towarde the army with vytales ther met him an army of frēchemen where after longe conflicte the Englysh men optained the victory where were .xxv. C. Frenchmē slayne and .xii. C. taken prisoners ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxix anno septimo Henrici sixti Henry Berton skiner Maire Thomas Dushous Raufe Holande shyreffes In this yeare the seage brake vp before Orliaunce and wan many townes as Geneuile Meū Fort with diuers other and as the lorde Talbot was coming to Meū with v. M. men he was incountered with an
army of Frenchmen to the nombre of xxiii M. where was taken prisoners the Lorde Talbot the lorde Scales with other The lord talbot taken prisoner And of Englishemen were slayne xii C. persons to the great reioysynge of the Dolphin other of his facte In this yeare also after this victory the Dolphin reysed an army wan by cōposicion Troys in Chāpayne the cytie of Raynes with dyuers other townes and castelles whiche Dolphin had in his campe one Ione a stout Ramp whiche the Frenchemen dyd call La pusell de dwe Of Ione the witch the mayd of God And afterwarde in thys same yeare was the Dolphin sacred kynge of Fraunce at Raynes in the presense of all the noble men of his faction The sacred king at Raynes and the Dukes of Lorayne and Barre by the name of Charles the syxte The duke of Bedford pursueth the Dolphyn frō place to place And the Duke of Bedford Regēt of Fraunce beynge at Paris hard of this doinges of the French king with an noble army of Englishmē and Normans pursued him frome place to place tyl he came to senles in Berre where both armies might se other after bothe armyes had lyne in eche others syght .ii. dayes the Frenche kyng lyke a carpet capitayne in the dead of the nyghte brake vp his army fled to Braye which when the Regent perceyued mystrustynge the waueringe Parciās returned with his armi to paris In this yere by the procurement of the byshop of Rone Henry Benford Cardinall of Wynchester cōmonly called the ryche Cardinall Mē sente into fraūce was sent into Beame with iiii M. men to reuēge the bishop of Rome but whē he came to Douer he was countermaunded by the lorde protector went into Fraūce to helpe the Regent agaynst the Frēch kyng ¶ Anno domini M. cccc.xxx anno octauo Hērici sixti Williā Estfeld mercer Mayre Wyllyam Ruffe Raufe Holande shyreffes In this yere the Regēt of Fraūce lefte the gouernaunce of Paris to the Byshop of Ely Chaunceller of Fraunce A parliamente at Roan and the sayd Regent held Parliament at Roan animatynge the Normans to their obeysaunce to the Kynge of Englande .c. At which season the Frenche king sent the Duke of Alaunson and his soceres Ione the greate goddesse of the Frenche men to scale Paris A sealeng of parys from the which they were beaten to theyr great losse theyr capytayne Ione was throwne into the dykes had much worke to saue her lyfe In this eyght yeare kyng Henry the sixt was crowned at wistminster ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxi an nono Henrici syxti Nicolas Wauton Mayre Water Charsy Roberte Large shyreffes The order of the golden flece In this yeare did Phillip Duke of Borgon mary Lady Isabell doughter to Ihon kynge of Portingale and great aunt to the king of Englande at whiche maryage the sayd Duke ordeyned the order of the golden flece In this yeare in Decembre the Englyshmen beseged the towne of of Laigny in the whiche the pusell was capitayne with other who issued oute to skyrmyshe wyth the Englyshemen and Burgonyons at which skyrmishe Ione the puzel was taken and after was sente to the duke of Bedford to Roan wherafter long examinacion was brent to asshes Ione the puzel brēt at Roan ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxii an desimo Hērici sixti Ihon Welles grocer Mayre Ihon Aldryle Steuen Browne shyreffes In this ten yeare kynge Henry the syxte was crowned at Paris king hēry the syxte crowned Kynge of fraūce in Paris which is the chiefe cytie in all fraūce with great triumphe nobilitie After kyng Henry was crowned kynge of Fraunce he kepte a noble house fyrste at Paris and after at Roan in whiche tyme there was a peace concluded for vi yeares betwene the Englyshemen and the Frenchemen A peace cōcluded whiche peace within shorte tyme by the Frenchemē was broken ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxiii an xi Henrici sixti Ihon Perueis fyshemōger Maire Ihon Olney Ihon Paddisly shyreffes The peace brokē In this yere the peace in Fraūce was broken wherfore on both partyes were armyes set forthe townes fortefied and when the French men coulde not preuayle they sente forth theyr accostmed seruaūt called mayster Treasō and corrupted Piers Andebeuffe constable of the castle of Roan with mony that the Marcial of Fraūce with ii C. persons disgysed dyd entre the castell of Roan but they were sone espyed so some of them were slayne some hanged and some raūsomed at the Regentes pleasure ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxiiii anno xii Hērici sixti Ihon Brokely draper mayre Thomas Challō Ihon Lynge shyreffes In this yeare the commons of Normandy made insurrection by the settyng on of the Frenche kyng but thei were shortely suppressed The commons of normādy rebelled many of them slayne In this yeare was Ihon Duke of Burbon delyuered out of prysō whiche had bene prysoner in Englād syns the butayle of Agyncourt xviii yeres before The duke of Burbō delyuered out of prison paied for his roūsome xviii M. pound starling In this yeare also began a veriaunce betwene the Regēt of fraūce and the Duke of Burgoyne to the losse of Englande and no gayne to Burgony A variaūce betwene the Regent the Duke of burgoine ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xxxv anno xiii Henrici sixti Robert Ocley grocer Mayre Thomas Barnewel Symon Eyre shyreffes This yere was a great frost that endured from the feast of saint katheryne vnto the feast of saynt valentyne A greate froste so that neyther shyp might sayle nor botte be rowed on the riuer of Thames therfore all the vyntage was caryed to Londō by land in Cartes A peace betwene the Frēchkīg the duke of Burgoyne In this yeare was concluded a peace betwene the Frenche kyng the duke of Burgoyn to the great dyspleasure and losse of the Englyshemen The deth of the regente of Fraunce In this yere died the noble Duke of Bedforde Regent of Fraunce lyeth buried in our lady churche at Roan in whose sted was elected regente of Fraunce Richarde Duke of Yorke ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxxvi an xiiii Henrici sixti Henry Frowyke mercer Mayre Thomas Catworthe Robert Clopton shyreffes paris lost In this yeare the Parissioners rebelled agaynst the Englishemen and so rendered vp the cytie of Paris in to the Frenchemens handes and slew many of the Englishmen that kept the cytie In this yeare the Duke of Burgoyne with an army of xl M. mē dyd laye seage to Calys Calis beseged And durynge this seage the Duke sent the lorde of Croy with a cōuenient army to laie sege to Gines Gines beseged who gote there but small gaynes Shortly after it was noysed in the campe of the Duke that the lord protector of England was shipped with a great army to come to calis