Dioclecyan kyng of Sirye as in the englyshe cronycle is affermyd For in all olde storyes or cronycles is not founde that any suche kynge of that name reygned ouer the Syriens or yet Assyriens nor yet any suche storye that his .xxx. doughters shuld slee theyr .xxx. husbandes as there is surmysed was put in writynge whyche yf eny such wonder hadde ben there wrought shulde not haue ben vnremembred of the wryters auctours of that partyes consyderynge that many lesse wonders are put in writynge by the sayde wryters wherfore it ys more apparant y t yt toke that fyrst name of Albyon as aboue is sayde then of Albyne doughter of the sayde Dioclecyon And as to the GeauÌ„tes that Brute founde in this yle at his arryuayll they myght be brought into this laÌ„de by some meane of shyppes or other wyse rather then to be borne of those women as there also is imagyned Of this yle the auctours Alpherd and Beda tell many wonders which in the fyrst boke of Policronycon are suffycieÌ„tly towched where it is sayd y t this yle is called an other worlde For as sayth Solinus the edge of the Frenche cliffe shuld be the ende of the world yf this yland ne were not Many other thynges ben there specyfyed the whyche I passe ouer Thys yle is closyd on all sydes with y e see stretcheth in length out of the sowth into the north hauynge in the sowthest syde Fraunce in the south y e land of Spayne in the north y e couÌ„tre of Norway in y e weste the couÌ„tre of Irland And hath in length from Totnesse to Catenessey .xv. myles beyonde Mychell Stowe in Cornewayle vpon .viii. hundred myles And to reken the brede from saynte Dauyds lande in walys called Menema to Douer clyffes it coÌ„teyneth after moste wryters .iii. hundred myles And yf yt be rekened from y e sayd place in walys vnto parmouthe in Norfolk not so much but lesse by .lx. myles after some wryters And Beda saith it coÌ„teineth ouer CC. miles And this I le was fyrste as aboue ys sayde named Albyon and secundaryly Britayne after Brute thyrde 〈…〉 of Anglis by coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„t of Egberte kynge of Anglys and of westsaxons all be yt that after some wryters yt was called Anglia after the name of the quene of this lande name Anglia albe it that therof is founde lytell authoryte This ile was fyrst coÌ„queryd by y e Romayns and so contynued vnto them as trybutary and vnder theyr rule as after in the ende of the story of Gracianus shall appere ouer .iiii. huÌ„dred yeres secondely by the SaxoÌ„s thyrdely by y e Danys fourthly by the Normans and was deuyded fyrst by Brute in thre partes as in the storie shall appere folowynge THE II. CHAPITER BRute of the auncyent and noble blode of Troyans dyscendyd of Eneas a Troyan and of the doughter of Pryame kynge of the Troyans whyche Eneas receyued of his sayde wyfe a sonne named Ascanius the whych was kynge of the countre of Italye nexte after hys father Eneas For so yt was that after the foresayde cytye of Troy was as before is sayde by the Grekes subuertyd Eneas whyche entendyd to haue sauyd from dethe the fayre Polixena doughter of kynge Pryam was for that dede by Agamemnon duke or chyefe leder of the Grekes exyled froÌ„ Troy the whyche accoÌ„panyed wyth a great nomber of Troyans wythin iii. yeres after his departynge from Troye landed in y e couÌ„tre of Italye And there after dyuerse conflyctys and bataylles hadde wyth Latynus then kynge of Italye he maryed by the agrement of the sayde Latinus hys doughter named Lauina Uppon y e which he gatte a sonne and named hym Syluius Posthumus of the whych after some wryters descendyd Brutus fyrste kynge of Albyon But for a more concordaunce of this worke and conuenyencye of yeres As testyfyeth Policronia Guydo de ColuÌ„na wryter of storyes other Ascanius the fyrste sonne of Eneas gotten vppon hys fyrste wyfe hadde a sonne named Siluius whyche after some wryters is named Siluius Eneas this Siluius Eneas was father to Brute Of this is dyuers opinyons whereof some are manyfestly shewed in the .xxvii. chapyter of the seconde boke of Polycronycon Then yt foloweth in y e story this Brute beyng of the age of .xv. yeres slewe his father in shotyng at a wyld beste And as some authours haue he slewe also hys moder in tyme of his byrth But for the laste dede by agrement of all wryters he was banyshed the countre and after by fortune landed wyth his conpanye in a prouynce of Grece where at y e tyme reygned a kyng named Pandrasus or after some wryters Pandarus y e whyche kynge as affermyth Geffrey of Monmouth was lynyally descendyd of the blode of Achylles In this prouynce Brute founde many Troyans as captiuys thrall to the Grekes wyth the whyche he conspyred faughte wyth y e Grekes sondry tymes lastely for a fynall concorde toke to wyfe the doughter of the sayd Pandrasus name Ignogen After whyche maryage solemnysyd the sayde Brute by couÌ„sayle of y e Troyans with a certayne of shyppes well vytaylled departed out of Grece and soughte his aduenture whyche after many daungers of the passed he landed wyth his company in a parte or yle of Affrica named as sayth Guydo and other Lergesia wythin whyche yle at those dayes stode an old temple dedycate in y e honoure of Diua or Diana a goddesse of mysbyleued people The whyche temple when Brute had apê‘ceyuyd anon he yode into yt where knelyng before the aulter wyth great deuocyon sayde these versys folowynge Diua potens nemorum terror syluestribus apris Cui licet amfractus ire per aethereos Infernasque domos terestria iura resolue Et dic quas terras nos habitare velis Dic certam sedem qua te venerabor in aemon Qua tibi virgineis templa dicabo choris The whyche versys are to be vnderstanden in our moder tonge as after is expowned Celestyall goddesse that weldest fryth a woode The wylde bore bestes thou feryst by thy myght Guyder of shypmen passynge the ragyone flode The infernall howses for and the erth of ryght Beholde and serche and shewe where I shall fyght Tell the certayne place where euerlastyngly A temple of virgyne to the Iâ—Balledyfpe After whyche prayer obseruaunces after y e pagan ryte with great deuocyon done and exercysed aboute y e auter of y e sayd goddesse or idolle in those days vsed Brute fill in a slepe In tyme of whyche slepe apperyd to hym the sayd goddesse and sayd to hym in maner forme as foloweth Brute sub occasum solis trans Gallica regna Insula in oceano est vndeque clausa mari Insula in oceano est habitata gigantibus olins Nunc deserta quidem gentibus apta tuit Hic de prose tua reges nascentur ipsis Totius terrae subditus orbis erit Hanc pete nanque tibi sedes erit in illa
aboute Lammesse sayled into Braban and there helde hys couÌ„sayl with hys frendes and by theyr aduyces made clayme to y e hole crowne of Fraunce as hys ryghtefull enherytaunce for more auctorytye of the same entermedeled the armes of England with y e armys of FrauÌ„ce as ye se them at this daye Then kynge Phylyp beyng of these thynges warned gathered an howge hoste came with them to a towne called Uermendoys And kyng Edwarde with hys people entred y e couÌ„trey called Theresse breÌ„t wasted y e couÌ„trey before hym ThaÌ„ kyng Philip drew toward the Englisshe hoste and came vnto a place or towne called in freÌ„ch BuyroÌ„ Fosse where he entended as sayth y â— frenche boke to haue set vpon y e Englysshemen But by counsayl of hys lordes for dyuerse causes he was let to hys dyspleasure For after y e daye he myght fynde no conuenyent tyme for to assayle hys enemyes so that in conclusyon eyther hoste departed froÌ„ other without batayll or fyght and kynge Edwarde toke hys wey towarde Gaunt kyng Phylip retourned into Fraunce Than kynge Edwarde by meanes of hys frende Iaques de Artyuele had all hys pleasure of the towne of Gaunt receyued of them othe and homage And after dyuerse conclusioÌ„s with them and other takeÌ„ he leuyng there the quene after the testymony of some wryters retourned agayne into EnlaÌ„de left with the quene which thaÌ„ was great with chylde y e erles of Salysbury of Oxynforde whyche in y e kynges absence ayded well y e Flemynges agayne the FreÌ„ch kyng dyd dyuerse marcyall actes whyche I here passe ouer But iÌ„ ê“ces y e erle of Salysbury was takeÌ„ prysoner diuers englyssh men slayne at y e assaut of a towne called y e I le in FlauÌ„ders or of flauÌ„ders Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxxix  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xl  Adam Lucas  Andrewe Awbry  Anno .xv.  Bartholomewe Marres  IN thys .xv. yere whyle y e kyng was busyed in Englande to make prouysyoÌ„ for mete money to withstande the FreÌ„che kyng aswell for the warre that the sayde Frenche kyng made vpoÌ„ the Flemynges other beyng y e kynges frendes as for hys owne particuler causes y e quene as before is sayd beyng at the towne of Gaunt was deliuered of a sonne which after was named IohnÌ„ about Crystmas in the begynnynge of thys mayres yere ende of this .xiiii. yere This chyld whaÌ„ he came to mannes astate was surnamed IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t was fyrst erle of RychemouÌ„t after duke of LaÌ„caster also fast as kyng Edwarde ê“uyded for abylemeÌ„tes of warre in EnglaÌ„de so fast hasty prouysyoÌ„ made the FreÌ„ch kyng to withstande kyng Edward both by laÌ„de by water so y t he had a great stroÌ„ge nauy vpoÌ„ see Kyng Edward thaÌ„ in y e moneth of Iunii with .ii. C. sayles tooke shyppynge sayled towarde FlauÌ„ders vpoÌ„ the see met or came vnto hym syr Robert Morley with y e north nauye of EnglaÌ„de so y t he had in al aboue .iii. C. sayles And at myd somer vppon saynte IohnÌ„s euyn he fought with the freÌ„ch kynges nauy whyche lay in a wayte for hym nere to the towne called the Sluse Of thys nauy whyche were in noumber by the reporte of the freÌ„che boke vpoÌ„ iiii C. sayles wherof were chyefe admyralles syr Hugh Queret syr Nycholas Buchet one named Barbe Noyre or in Englysh Blacke berde the whych capytayns or admyralles anone as they espied y e englyssh flote they made towarde theÌ„ to begyn the fyght .iiii. galeys set vpoÌ„ a shyppe of auauÌ„tage which sayled before y e other named y e ryche Oliuer the which .iiii galeys the fore named Barbe Noyre had the cunduyt of assayled thys sayd shyppe on euery parte bet her with gunneshot her men with hayl shot excedyngely so that of the men within her were many slayn and mo wouÌ„ded lykely to haue ben shortly won ne had beÌ„ the rescous of her coÌ„pany thaÌ„ were the sayd foure galeys soone becleped with y e English nauy so cruelly assayled that they were borded or they myghte be rescowed Then approched the hole flote vpon bothe sydes with hydous ferefull dynne noyse of gunnes with terryble flamynge of wylde fyre other with thycke shot of quarelles arowes and crusshynge of shyppes y e hydous woÌ„derfull it was to beholde so that many a soule was there expelled from theyr bodies iÌ„ shorte whyle This mortall and cruell fyght coÌ„tynued as sayth the Frenche story by y e space of .viii. howres or more iÌ„ suche wyse y e harde it was to knowe whether parte had the better so many deed and wounded men were cast into the see that the water whiche was in cyrcuyte aboute them was coloured or dyed as reed But in y e ende by grace great maÌ„hode of y e kynge whiche there was sore wouÌ„ded And by his great conforte y e Frenchemen were chased and many of theyr shyppes bowged taken with many prysoners in them Amonge the whiche the forenamed admyralles or capytaynes syr Nycholas Buchet syr Hugh Queret were .ii the whiche in despyte of the Frenchemen were hanged vpon y e sayles of theyr shyppes which they were takeÌ„ in And amoÌ„ge the shyppes that were at this season taken were recouered the .ii. foresayd shyppes named the Edwarde and y e Crystofer the whiche before were taken by the Frenchemen as it before is shewed in y e .iii. yere of this kynge In this batayle also as is testyfyed of many and dyuerse wryters were slayne vpon the noumber of .xxx. M. Frenchemen al be it y e Frenche boke nameth so many to be slayne vpon bothe partyes excuse this mysfortune by the neglygence of syr Nycholas Buchet whiche kepte the FreÌ„che nauy so longe within the hauen that they were so closed in with the Englysh nauy y t a great nouÌ„bre of them myght neuer stryke stroke nor shote theyr ordenaunce but to the hurte of theyr owne company whaÌ„ kynge Edwarde had optayned this tryumphaunt vyctory of his enmyes he yelded great thaÌ„kes vnto god How be it he was fayne to tary a season with in his shyppe by reason of a wouÌ„de y e which he had receyued in his thyghe In whiche season y e quene his wyfe came to vysyte hym and retourned agayne vnto GauÌ„t And after a fewe dayes passed y e kynge departed from Swynne rode vnto our lady of Ardenbourghe sent his nauy in the nexte hauen to Brugys moche of his people vnto the towne of GauÌ„t And whaÌ„ he had accoÌ„plished his pylgrymage he rode vnto Brugys and from thense vnto GauÌ„t where of the dwellers he was ioyously receyued Than kynge Edwarde there called a great counsayle by the whiche it was determyned that he shulde prepare .ii. hostes wherof y t one shuld be of y e meÌ„ of GauÌ„t of y e townes there aboute of y e
Gaufryde and beraft hym the gouernaunce of the land vppon certayne coÌ„dycyons to be contynued for terme of lyfe the whyche in processe of tyme more and more were minyshyd as well by Maglaunus as by HeÌ„ninus husbaÌ„des of the forenamed Gonorild Ragan But moste dyspleased Leyr the vnkyndnesse of his two doughters consyderynge theyr wordes to hym before spoken and sworne and now founde prouyd them all contrarye For the whyche he beyng of necessyte constrayned fledde his lande sayled into Gallia for to be comforted of his doughter Cordeilla wherof she hauyng knowlege of naturall kyndnesse coÌ„forted hiÌ„ after shewynge all the maner to her husbande by his agrement receyuyd hym his to her lordes courte where he was cherished after her beste maner Longe yt were to shew vnto you y e circumstaunce of y e vtterans of the vnkyndnesse of his two doughters and of the wordes of comfort gyuen to hym by Aganippus and Cordeilla or of the couÌ„saile and purueyauÌ„ce made by the sayde Aganippus his lordes for restorynge of Leyr agayn to his dominyoÌ„ But fynally he was by the helpe of the sayde Aganippus restored agayne to his lordshyp and so possessed lyued as ruler gouernour therof by the space of .iii. yeres after In whych season dyed Aganippus And when this Leyr had ruled this lande by the terme of .xl. yeres as affermeth dyuerse cronycles he dyed and was buryed at his towne of Caerleir or Leycestre leuynge after hym for to inheryte the lande his doughter Cordeilla THE XVI CHAPITER COrdeilla the yongeste doughter of Leyr was by assente of the Brytons made lady of Brytayn in the yere of y e world .iiii. thousande iii. hundred lxxxxviii the whyche guyded the lande full wysely by the tyme or space of .v. yeres complete The whyche tyme expyred and roÌ„ne her .ii. neuewes called Margan and Cunedagiê° sonnes of her .ii. susters came vpon her land and made therin great waste and destruccyon and at the laste toke her and cast her into a stronge pryson where she beynge dyspayred of y e recouery of her estate as testyfyeth Gaufryde slewe her selfe whenne she hadde reygned as before is declared by the terme of fyue yeres THE XVII CHAPITER CUnedagius and Marganus neuewes as before is sayde of Cordeilla departyd this lande of Brytayne betwene them in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousand .iiii. hundred and .iii. That is to wyt the couÌ„trey ouer and beyond Humber fyll to Margan towarde Catenessey and the other parte of the lande towarde weste as reherseth Gaufride fyll to Cunedagius After two yeres were ronne ended some euyll dysposyd came vnto Margan and sayde that to hym yt was great reproche and dyshonour consyderynge that he was comen of Gonorilla the elder suster of Maglaunus her husbande Cunedag was descended of Ragan the yonger and Hemnius her husbande that he had not y e rule of all y e land to which sedycyous ê‘sons Margan gyuynge credence was supprysed with pryde and couetyse and anon by theyr couÌ„sayle assembled a great hoste made warre vpon his sayde brother brennynge and destroyeng his land with out mercy wherof Cunedag beynge ware in all hast gaderyd his people after certayne message sent to hym of the reconcylyacyon seynge there was no peace to be made but by the iudgement of batayll he mette wyth his brother in playne felde where y e goddes were to hym so fauourable that he slewe myche of the people of his brother and coÌ„pellyd hym to fle After whyche vyctory thus had he pursued Margan from couÌ„tre to couÌ„tre tyll he came wythin the countre or prouynce of Cambria or walys in the whyche couÌ„tre the sayde Margan gaue one other batayll vnto his brother Cunedag but for he was farre the weker he there was ouercomen and slayne in the felde whyche felde or couÌ„tre where the sayd Margan fought was slayne is to thys daye called Glaumargan whych is to meane in our vulgare tung Margan lande And thus was Margan slayne whan he hadde regned wyth his brother two yeres THE XVIII CHAPITER CUnedagius before named the sonne of Hemnius and Ragan yoÌ„ger doughter or myddell doughter of Leyr was made ruler and lorde of all Brytayne in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousande .iiii. hundred .v. Of the whyche is nothyng worthy memorye lefte in wrytyng but that he guyded y e lande after the deth of his brother well and honorably by the terme of .xxxiii. yeres After which terme ended he dyed and was buryed at Troynouant or London leuynge for his heyre a sonne as testyfyeth Gaufryde named Riuallo or Rinallo or after some wryters Reyngnolde THE XIX CHAPITER BIuallus the sonne of Cunedagius was made gouernoure of the Brytons in the yere of the world .iiii. thousand .iiii. hundred and .xxxviii the whyche of wryters is called fortunat and restfull This Riuallus ruled y e BrytoÌ„s with great sobernesse kepte the lande in great welthe and prosperyte all be yt that of hym is lefte no specyall memorye of acte done in his tyme except myn authour sayth that in y e tyme of his reygne yt reyned blood by the space of .iii. days contynually wythin the lande of Brytayne After the whych reyne ensued so great excedynge noÌ„ber of multitude of flyes the which were to the people so noyous and coÌ„tagyous that they slewe myche people And after that as sayth an olde authour whose name is vnknoweÌ„ ensued great sykenesse and mortallytie to the great desolacyon of thys sayde lande Then yt foloweth in the story wheÌ„ this Riuallus hadde reygned after moste coÌ„cordaunce of writers by the terme of .xlvi. yeres he dyed was buryed as testyfyeth the sayde olde authour at Caerbrank or yorke leuynge after hym a sonne as wytnessyth Gaufride named Gurgustius In the tyme of the reygne of thys kynge after moste concorde of wryters y e famous cytye of Rome shuld be buylded as is shewed more playnly in the treatyse in the begynnyng of this warke THE XX. CHAPITER GUrgustius the sonne of y e fore named Riuallus was made ruler of Brytayne in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousane .iiii. hundred lxxxiii This in y e cronicle of EnglaÌ„d is named Gorbodiam sonne of Reygnold Of the which is lytell memory made other of his regne or of his dedes by any authours or wryters of y e hystorye of Brytayne excepte the aboue named olde authoure and the authoure called the floure of hystoryes wytnessyth that he reygned xxxviii yeres leuynge after hym none heyre of his bodye begotten and lastely dyed and was buryed by his fader at Caerbrank or yorke Rome as aboue ys towched was fyrst buylded edyfyed in the tyme of Riuallus and after moste writers In the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousande .iiii. hundred .lxx after the buyldyng of TroynouaÌ„t or London .iiii. huÌ„dred .vii. yeres whych folowyng that accompte shulde be in the .xxxii. yere of the forsayde Riuallus THE XXI CHAPITER SIsillius or after
Moste virgynall floure of all moste excellent Persynge of angelles the hyest Hierarchy Ioye and be glad for god omnipotent Hath the lyft vp and sette moste worthily Aboue the nomber and gloryous company Of his blessyd sayntes wyth moste hye dignite Nexte after hym moste honoured to be This fyrst parte to be accompted from the fyrste yere of Brute vnto the laste yere of the foresayde dyscorde or vnto the fyrste yere of Mulmutius includyth of yeres .vii. hundred and foure ¶ Thus endeth the fyrste parte THE SECONDE PARTE THE XXVIII CHAPITER MUlmutius Dunuallo or as some haue Dunuallo Mulmutius the sonne of ClotenÌ„ as testyfyeth the englyshe boke also Gaufride was venquesshour of y e other dukes or rulers and began his reygn ouer the hole monarchy of Brytayne in the yere of the worlde .iiii. thousand vii hundred .xlviii. This is named in the englyshe cronycle Donebant the whyche was a noble man causyd to be made wythin the cytye of Troynouant a temple and named it the temple of peace The whyche after some opynyons is that place or feld where y e market of wollen cloth is holden called or named Blakwelhall He also made many good laws the which were long after vsed called Mulmutiê° lawes These lawes holy Gyldas wrote wyth great dylygence out of the brettishe speche into latyne And longe tyme here after y e Aluredus kynge of England turned those lawes oute of latyne into englyshe He also gaue pryuylege to temples to plowghes cytyes and to the wayes ledynge to y e same And as some authours wytnesse he beganne the foure hye wayes of Brytayne the whych were fynyshed and perfyted of Belinus his sonne as after at length shall be declared The olde cronycle testyfyeth y t this Mulmutius whyche he in his boke nameth Molle made the two townes of Malmesbury and Uyes And all other writers afferme that this Mulmutius after he hadde stablyshyd his lande and sette his Brytons in good and conuenyent order by the aduyce of his lordes he ordeyned hym a crowne or dyademe of gold caused hym selfe to be crowned wyth great solempnyte after the vsaunce of pagane lawe then vsed And for this cause after the opynyon of some wryters he is named the fyrste kyng of Britayn And all y e other before rehersyd are named rulers dukes or gouernours Then yt foloweth in the storye when Mulmutiê° had guyded y e land well and honorably by the terme of xl yeres he dyed and was buryed in the foresayde temple of peace within Troynouant or LoÌ„don leuynge after hym two sonnes named Belinus and Brennus THE XXIX CHAPITER BElinus and Brennê° the two sonnes of Mulmutius beganne to raygne ioyntly as kynges of Brytayne in the yere of the world iiii thousande .viii. C. viii so that Belinus held to hym Loegria or Logiers walys and Cornewayll and Brennus held to his parte all y e land ouer beyonde Humber with which partycyon eyther of them was coÌ„tentyd pleasyd as testyfyeth Polycronica by the terme of .v. yeres After the whyche terme endyd and expired Brennus entendynge to haue more lande or all arose agaynste his brother Belyne and made vppon hym mortall warre In the whych warre Brennus was ouersette and was coÌ„pelled to flye the land and sayle vnto Armorica now named lytell Britayn or as sayth Gaufryde into a countre called Allebrog as after shal be more playnely declared and there allyed hym after the foresayde terme as before is sayd of .v. yeres was expyryd as affermeth Policronica For Gaufryde sayeth in his boke made of the hystory of Brytons y t after y e terme of .v. yeres afore sayde were expyred and runne Brennus by sterynge of yonge and euyll counsayll enteÌ„dyng as before is sayde sayled vnwetyng his brother into Norway and there maryed the doughter of Elfunge or Elfynge then ruler or duke of Norwaye when this was shewed vnto Belyn consyderynge the sodayne departyng in all haste he seasyd Albania and all the other lande apperteynyng to Brenne into his owne hand and strengthed the cytyes and other stronge places wyth his owne sowdyours wherof when Brenne was warned he in all possyble haste assembled a great people of the Norwayes and toke hys shyppynge to sayle into Brytayne And as he was kepynge his course vpon the see he was encountred wyth Guilthdacus kynge of Denmarke the whych had lyen in awayte for hym for loue of y e wenche y t Brennus had maryed for before tyme he had requyred her of Elfungeher fader wheÌ„ those .ii. flotê were mette strong shotte and fyght was vppon both partyes But fynally the Danes ouercame the Norwayes or Norganys and toke the shyppe by strength whych the weÌ„che was in y t whych anone was brought vnto the shyppe of Guilthdake and Brenne wyth a fewe of his shyppes lefte was fayne to sauegarde hym selfe by flyght when Guilthdake hadde thus obteyned y e vyctorye entendynge to haue sayled towarde Denmarke in shorte whyle after y e tempestes came so hydous vppon the see that hys nauye was deuyded and scatered that one frome the other in suche wyse that he was in fere to haue ben drowned And at the ende of fyue dayes not wetynge where he was wyth fewe shyppes landed in the couÌ„tre of Northumberlande where at that tyme was Belyn prouydyng defence agayne his brothers coÌ„myng wherof when word was brought vnto Belyn of the landynge of the fore sayde Danoys prynce wyth a small company he reioysed yt and coÌ„mauÌ„ded hym wyth his shyppes company to be put in sure holde kepynge It was not long after but BreÌ„ne hadde reculyd and gaderyd to gyder the more parte of hys nauye before as ye haue harde chased And when he hadde theym newely ryggyd and vytayled he herynge of the aryuayll of Guilthdacus in NorththuÌ„berlaÌ„d with his wife sent wordê of manace vnto his brother Belyn wyllyng hym to sende vnto hym his wyfe wroÌ„gfully rauyshed by Guilthdacus also to restore vnto him his land patrymony or ellys he wold shorthely inuade his lande yt for to waste his enymy to destroye The whych desyre or request of Belynus was playnely and shortely denyed whych knowlege had Brennê° shortly after landed in a parte of Albania and made towarde his brother and his brother towarde hym so y t theyr hostes met nere vnto a wood named at that day Calater or Calaterium where betwene them was a mortall batayll in so myche that mych people fyll vpon both partyes But lastly the Brytons wanne the felde and chasyd the Norganys or Norways vnto theyr shyppes chasynge sleyenge them without pyty And as affermeth myne authour y e fyght was so cruell and sharpe that there was slayne to the nomber of .xl. M. men After this dyscumfyture Brenne was constrayned to flee and wyth fewe in nomber recoueryd the lande of Gallia Belinus hauyng thus victorye of his enemyes after thankes and oblacyons made vnto his goddes after the pagane law he then assembled his lordes
at Caerbrank or yorke to haue theyr aduyse what he shuld do wyth the prynce of Denmark In y e whych counsayle yt was concludyd that the foresayd Guylthdacê° shulde holde and do homage to the kynge of Britayn for the land of DeÌ„mark and yerely bere to hym a certayne tribute whyche done wyth suerty and hostages taken the sayde Guylthdacus wyth his loue was sette at lybertye and leue to retourne into his owne countre whych yerely tribute as testyfyeth the englyshe cronycle was a thousande pounde THE XXX CHAPITER Then yt foloweth in y e hystory when Belyn hadde thus vyctory of this enemyes and was alone possessoure of this realme of Brytayne the lawes before made by his father he coÌ„fermed and ordeyned iustyce to be mynystred thorough the lande And for so myche as the .iiii. wayes begon by his fader were not perfyghtyd and endyd he therfore causyd workmen to be called and set theym to paue wyth stone the sayde wayes that they myght suffycyently be knowen of all waygoers or traueyllers of the countres as hereafter ensuyth The fyrst of these .iiii. wayes was named Fosse the whyche stretchyd oute of the southe into the north and begynneth or at that dayes beganne at the corner of Totnesse in Cornewayle and passed forth by Deuynshyre Somersetshyre so forth by Tutbury vpon Cotteswolde besyde CoueÌ„tre vnto Leycestre from thennes by wylde playnes towarde Newerke and endyth at the cytye of LyncolnÌ„ The second waye was named watlyngstrete the which stretcheth ouer thwarte y e wayes of Fosse out of the southest into the northest This beganne at Douer and passeth by the myddell of Kente ouer Thamys besyde London by weste of westmynster and so forth by saynte Albanys in the weste syde of Dunstable of Stratford of Towceter and of we don by south Kyllyngburne of KyllebournÌ„ by AthicstonÌ„ vnto Gylbertes hyll that now is named wrekyn and so forth by SeuarnÌ„ passynge besyde wrokceter forth vnto StrattonÌ„ to the myddell of walys vnto a place called Cardycan at y e Irysh se. The thyrde waye was named Ermyngstrete The whyche stretcheth out of the weste northweste vnto the eest southeest bygynneth at Menema the whych is in saynt Dauies lande in weste walys and so stretcheth forth vnto south HamptonÌ„ The fourth and last waye is called or was called Kykenyldis strete The which stretcheth forth by worceter by wycombe by Birmyngham by Lychefyld by Derby by Chesterfyeld by yorke And so forth vnto Tymmouth y e whych was suffycyeÌ„tly made He grauÌ„ted confermed theÌ„ all suche priuyleges as before were grauÌ„ted by DuÌ„uallo his fader The whych priuyleges with other lawes by hym made who y t is desyrous to know let hym rede ouer y e traÌ„slacyon y e holy Gildas made of Mulmutius lawes out of Brytyshe speche in to latyne and there he shall se the circumstaunce of euery thynge In this whyle that Belyn was thus occupyed aboute the nedes of his land his brother Brenne beyng as before is sayde in a prouynce of Gallia takynge sore to mynde hys expulsyon from his naturall couÌ„tre not hauynge any comforte how he myght attayn to his former dignite lastely resorted wyth .xii. persones onely accompanyed vnto the duke or ruler of that prouynce or countre For ye shall vnderstande that at those dayes as testyfyeth Eutropiê° and other wryters the Gallis occupyed dyuers countres And therfore Titus Liuius whych wrote y e actes and dedes of the Romayns made disstynccyon of the Gallis and nameth them that BreÌ„ne ladde when he beseigyd the cytye of Rome and after y e capitoyll Cenonenses Galli which is to name the Gallis of that couÌ„tre where the cytye of Cena than stode yet doth as testyfyeth the authour of cronica cronicaruÌ„ and other in a countre of Italy named at this day Etruria The whiche cytye as affermen the sayde authours was fyrste buylded of the foresayde Gallis in y e tyme of Brenne beyng theyr duke or leder before the commynge or incarnacyon of Cryste .iii. hundred .lxxx. vi yeres whyche maketh the yere of the worlde folowynge the accompte of this worke .iiii. thousand .viii. hundred and .xiii. yeres Then yt foloweth in y e story when Brenne was comen to the presence of the duke named by myne authour Gaufride Seginê° duke of Alebrog the whyche is to vnderstande duke of Armorica now named lytell Brytayne as by Policronica and the englyshe cronycle is suffycyently declared and shewed vnto hym his aduersyte trouble y e sayd duke receyued hym into his courte And for he was personable well maneryd hauyng great experyence in hawkynge and huntynge and other propertyes apperteynynge to a gentylman he had hym in shorte whyle in especyall fauour before any noble man of hys courte By meane wherof he lastly maryed his doughter vpon condycyon that yf he dyed wythout Issue-male that he then shuld be ruler of y e countre And yf yt happened hym to haue an heyre male that then yt not withstaÌ„dyng to ayde and helpe hym to recouer his lande before loste The whych condycyons well and suerly vpon the dukes partye by the assent of y e nobles of his laÌ„de assured the said duke within coÌ„pas of y e same yere dyed After whose deth when by a conuenyent terme yt was knowen that the duchesse his wyfe was not wyth chyld all the lordes to BreÌ„ne dyd homage became his men To the whych lordes the more to wynne theyr loues he departed mych of his tresour and shortly after with theyr assente gadered a great armye and so in all hast sayled into Britayne to make new warre vppon his brother Belyne after a certayn tyme there landed Of whose landyng when Belyne was enfourmed he in all haste gaderyd his Brytons in great nomber made towarde hym as to hys mortall enemye But the moder of the two brethern named CoÌ„nuueÌ„na or after the englysh boke Cornewey consyderynge y e mortall hateryd attwene her two chylder and in partye of theyr both persones of a moderly and naturall pyty went attwene her two sonnes and vsyd her in such dyscrete maner and moderly coÌ„passyon as shewyng her brestes and other demeanures that at length she accorded them After whych accorde both bretherne with theyr lordes and frendes sped them vnto Troynouant or London and there after many thynges orderyd and made for the weale of y e land they coÌ„descended agreed to lede theyr both hostes into Gallia for to subdue to them the sayde countre And in as goodly haste as they might pÌ„pare for y e iourney they toke shyppyng so sayled into a parte of Gallia brennyng wastynge y e conntre without pyty And as wytnessyth myn authour Gaufryde in a shorte whyle they subdued a great parte of Gallia Italy and Germania But here I entend to leue the farther ê“cesse of myn authour Gaufrid for so myche as here he varieth from other writers of authority as Eutropius Titus Liuiê° other that dyd great dilygence in writynge
e pope and he shulde be by hym restoryd to perfytte helthe whyche was done and he heled as the legende of sayntes bereth wytnesse Thus haue I shewed to you a part of the dedys of Constantyne whych yf I shulde coÌ„tynue the hole processe of his reygne that endured as emperoure by the space of .xxx. yeres I shulde therof make a large volume But it concernyth nothynge of th entent of this worke as touchynge the lande of Brytayne therfore I woll retourne my style to Octauius from whom I haue made a loÌ„g digressyoÌ„ THE LXX CHAPITER IN this passetyme whyle Constantyne occupyed hym in nedes of th empyre as aboue is shewed Octauius beynge lieutenant in the lande of Brytayne vnder Constantyne ruled the lande to the pleasure of the Brytons a certayne of tyme. But when he perceyued that he was in fauoure of them and that Constantyne was farre from hym castynge also in his mynde that y e sayd Constantyne beyng then emperour wold or myght not lyghtly retourne into Britayn he therfore with helpe of his affynyte and freÌ„des withstode the Romaynes lefte in Brytayne of Constantyne and vsurpyd the rule domynyon of y e lande wherof wheÌ„ certayntie came to y e knowlege of CoÌ„stantyne he in all hast sent into Brytayne a duke named TrahernÌ„ the whyche was vncle vnto Heleyne moder of Constantyne when this TrahernÌ„ was arryued in Brytayne with iii. legions of knyghtes anon Octauius made towarde hym wyth hys Brytons and wyth hym mette nere the citye then called Kaerperis now called Porte chestre or Porchestre but more verely in a felde nere vnto the cytye of Kaerguent that now ys called wynchester whych felde then was named Maesurian The .ii. hostes mette wyth great ire and fough ten longe whyle But in y e ende TrahernÌ„ was compelled to forsake the felde and after drewe wyth his Romaynes towarde Albania or Scotlande wherof Octauius beyng warned folowed hym and in the countre of westmerlande gaue vnto hym the seconde batayll where then Octauius was chasyd TrahernÌ„ was vyctour the whych pursued Octauius so egerly that he coÌ„pelled hym to forsake the lande of Britayne and to sayle into the countre of Norway for his sauegarde But yt was not longe after that the sayde Octauius gaderyd a newe people of Brytons Norways and was redy to retourne agayn into Britayne In whych tyme as testyfyeth myne authour Gaufryde an erle of Brytayne that entyerly loued Octauius by treason slewe the sayd TrahernÌ„ a lytell before the landynge of the sayde Octauius whyche shortly subdued the Romaynes and y e lande to his owne vse This shuld be after moste concordaunce of wryters wheÌ„ Constantyne wyth also the ayde of TrahernÌ„ hadde ruled this lande of Brytayne by the terme of .x. yeres THE LXXI CHAPITER OCtauiê° duke of y e Iessis otherwyse westsaxons beganne his reygne ouer the Brytons in the yere of our lorde .iii. hundred .xxix. This in the englyshe boke is called Octauian the whych as testyfyeth Gaufryde gaderyd in shorte whyle after so great plentye of treasoure and rychesse that he feryd no man and ruled this lande in peasyble wyse So that of hym or of his actes is left lytell memorye excepte that when he was fallen into age by the counsayll of Brytons he sent vnto Rome for a noble yonge man of the aliy of Heleyne moder vnto Constantyne called Maximianê° as after more playnly shal be shewed all be yt that some aduysed hym to make one Conan Meryadok his cosyne kynge after hym But by the instaÌ„t labour of Caradok then duke of Cornewayll Octauius lastly sent vnto Rome Mauryce the sonne of the forenamed Caradok to brynge or conuey the sayd Maximianus into Brytayne for to mary the onely doughter of Octauius and by reason therof to enioy y e realme of Brytayne This Maximianê° is of some auctour named Maximius the whych as wytnessyth Gaufride was the sonne of Leonyne brother to Heleyne and vncle vnto CoÌ„stantyne the great whych saynge affermeth also Iacobus Philippê° authour of a boke called Supplementum cronicarum wherin he nameth the sayde Maximianus a knyght of the Bryton blood Then it foloweth when the forenamed Maurice had spedde his nedes so y t he came to the presence of Maximianê° shewed theffecte of his Message the sayd Maximianus to hym graunted in all haste prepared for his voyage into Brytayne shortly after with coÌ„uenient cuÌ„pany landed at Southampton wherof beynge warned Conan Meryadok he wyth a certayne of knyghtes of his affinytye was purposed to haue frayed with the sayd Maximianê° to haue destressed hym for so mych as he wel knewe that by hym he shuld be puâ— from the rule of the lande But thys purpose was let by the commaundement of the kynge or otherwyse so y t the sayd Maximianus was coÌ„ueyed safely to the kynges presence shortly after wyth consent of the more partye of his lordes gaue his doughter vnto the sayde Maximianus wyth possessyon of this yle of Brytayne The whyche mariage solemnysed endyd the sayde Octauiê° dyed shortly after But howe long he reygned none of the foresayde authours testystye excepte dyuers of them agre y t he contynued his reygne tyll y e tyme that Gracyan and Ualentinyan ruled the empyre the whyche beganne to reygne the yere of our lorde .iii. huÌ„dred .lxxx. and .ii. By whyche reason yt muste folowe that the sayd Octauius reygned at the leest .liiii. yeres THE LXXII CHAPITER MAximianê° or Maximiê° y e son of Leonine cosyn Germayn of Constantyne the great was made kynge of Bryton in the yere of oure lorde .iii. hundred .lxxx. and .ii. Thys in the englyshe boke is named Maximian the whych as testyfyeth Gaufryde and other was stalworth and myghty of his handes But for he was cruell and pursued somdele the cristen he therfore of all wryters is called Maximianê° the tyrant Attwene this Conan before named was stryfe and debate and dyuers conflyctes attwene theÌ„ was foughten in the whyche eyther of them spedde dyuersly all be yt that lastely they were made frendes So that Maximianê° reygned a season in quyete and gaderyd rychesse treasour not all wyth out grudge Lastely he was moued exyted to warre vpon the Galles thorow whych couÌ„cell he wyth a great hoste of BrytoÌ„s sayled into Armorica that now is called lytell Brytayne and bare hym so knyghtly that he subdued that countre vnto his lordshyp after gaue the sayde countre to Conan Meryadok to hold of hym and of the kyngeê of great Brytayn for euer And then commaunded the sayde lande to be called lytell Brytayne For this vyctory his knyghtes proclamed hym emperour where thorough he beynge the more exaltyd in pryde passed farther in the landes of the emprye vyctoryously subdued a great parte of Gallia or Fraunce and all Germania For thys dede dyuers authours accompt hym false and periuryd wherfore yt shulde seme that before his departynge froÌ„ Rome he was sworne vnto Gracian and Ualentynyane emperours
made one monarchye of all .vii. kyngdomes in which tyme dyd flowe or passe thre huÌ„dred lxxviii yeres THE CVI. CHAPITER NOwe then I wyl returne vnto Arthur the whych by a longe tyme dwelled in warre and mortall batayll wyth y e SaxoÌ„s by meane of theyr dayly repayre into this lande The whyche also alyed them with Pictes and other nacyons and made theyr partye the strenger by y e meane But yet Arthur by his marciall knyghthod brought theym in suche frame that he was accoÌ„pted for chyef lord of Brytayne Fynally when he hadde by a longe tyme maynteyned hys warres agayne the Saxons and specyally agayne Cerdicus or Childricus kyng of westesaxons he for a fynall concorde gaue vnto the sayde Cerdicus as testyfyeth Policronica in the .vi. chapyter of his .v. boke the two couÌ„tres of Hampshyre and Somerset And when he hadde sette hys lande in some quietnesse he betoke the rule therof vnto hys neuewe Mordred and wyth a chosyn armye sayled as sayth Gaufryde and other vnto FrauÌ„ce where by the reporte of Gaufryde he wrought wonders But the wryters of Frenche cronycles touche nothynge of suche notable dedes nor yet the wryters of Romaynes mynde nothynge of suche actes done agayne theyr consull or emperoure called by Gaufryde Lucius Hybertê° Therfore I wyll spare all that longe mater remyttyng the welshemen as touchynge y e processe vnto the sayd Gaufride And here I wyll folowe Policronicon where he sayth that for as mych as the forenamed Mordred was desyrous to be kynge feryd some dele the myght of Cerdicus kyng of westsaxons he therfore drewe to hym the sayde Cerdicus by great gyftes as of townes and castelles other meanes where thorough the sayd Cerdicus to hym assented so that Mordred was at London crowned kyng of Brytayn and Cerdicus after the vse of pagaÌ„s was at wynchester then called Kaerguent crowned kyng of westsaxons when relacyoÌ„ came to Arthur of all this treason wrought by his neuewe Mordred he in all haste made towarde Brytayn as yt is redde in the englyshe cronycle laÌ„ded at Sandwyche where he was mette of Mordred and hys people whych gaue vnto hym strong batayll in tyme of his landyng and loste there many of his knyghtes as the famouse knyghte Gawyne and other But yet this not withstandyng Arthur at leÌ„gth waÌ„ne the lande and chasyd his enymyes and after the enterynge of his cosyn Gawyn and other of his knyghtes there slayne he sette forwarde his hoste to pursue his enymyes Mordred thus beynge ouersette of his vncle at the see syde withdrewe hym to wynchester where he beynge furnysshed of newe soudyours gaue vnto Arthur as sayth Gaufryde y e secoÌ„de fyghte wherin also Mordred was put to the worse and constrayned to flee Thyrdely and lastely the sayde Mordred faught wyth his vncle Arthur besydes Glastynbury where after a longe and daungerouse fyght Mordred was slayn y e victorious Arthur wounded vnto the deth and after buryed in the vale of Aualon besyde Glastynbury beforesayde Of this laste ende and buryenge of Arthur in the brytyshe bokes are tolde many fables But to oppresse y e errours of Brytons y e thynke or byleue y t Arthur yet lyueth Policroniconshe with in his forenamed chapyter of his .v. boke y t in the secoÌ„de Henryes tyme kynge of Englande the bonys of the sayd Arthur and Gwaynour his wyfe were fouÌ„den and traÌ„slated into the forsayde chyrch of Glastynbury and there newe buryed in the yere of our lord .xi. hundred .lxxx. And more specially yt is noted in the xxiii chapyter of the .vii. boke of Policronicon aboue sayde wherfore to be at coÌ„clusyon of a fyne of this noble warryour he was as before is shewed slayne or wounded to deth when he hadde reygned ouer the Britons by y e terme of .xxvi. yeres wyllynge before his deth that Constantyne the son of Cador duke of Cornewayle for so mych as of his bodye remayned none heyre that he shulde be his heyre and enheryte the land of mych Britayn after his deth Anglia THE CVII CHAPITER CONstantinus the son of Cador duke of Cornewayle by assent of the Brytons was of them crowned kynge of myche Brytayne in the yere of Crystes incarnacyon fyue huÌ„dred .xliii and the .xix. yere of Lotharius then kynge of Fraunce This was nere kynnesman vnto Arthur and was by the two sonnes of Mordred greuously vexed for so myche as they claymed the lande by the ryghte or tytle of theyr father So y t betwene hym and them were foughten many and sondry bataylles wherof nother of place nor of tyme is left any conuenyent memorye nor yet of the names of the sayde two sonnes But as dyuerse authours agreen after these forsayde batayllys thus foughten fynylly the two sonnes of Mordred were constrayned of pure force to seche strong holdes for theyr refuge â–ª wherfore that one toke London and that other wynchester wherof Constantyne beynge warned lefte not tyll he had slayne that one wythin the monastery of saynte Amphiabilâ— at wynchester and that other wythin a temple or chyrche of London whych temple is named of Gaufryde an hous of freres But y e sayeng is doutefull for at that days yt is to be supposed that there was none hous of freres within London nor by a longe tyme after when Constantine hadde thus subdued his enymyes and thought hymselfe in a maner of suertye of his regyon then fortune as she hadde enuyed his glory arreryd agayne hym his owne kynnesman named Aurelius Conanus the whych agayn hym made mortall batayll and finally or at the last slewe hym in y e felde when he hadde reygned after most accorde of wryters .iii. yeres the whych was then huryed at Stone hyenge by the sepulture of Uter PeÌ„dragon wyth great solemnytye THE CVIII CHAPITER AUrelius Conanus the cosyn of Constantync last named was crowned kyng Brytayne in the yere of our lord .v. hundred .xlvi the .xxxii. yere of Lothariê° before named then kynge of Fraunce This was noble and lyberall But he was a man that cherysshed suche as loued stryfe and dyscencyon wyth in his lande and gaue lyghte credence to them y t accused other were yt ryght or wronge And as testyfyeth Gaufryde and other he toke by strength his vncle whyche of ryght shulde haue ben kyng and caste hym in a strong pryson and after sâ—ew tyrannously the .ii. sonnes of his sayd vncle But he reioysed his reygne but shorte whyle For as wytnessyth the sayde Gaufryde when he hadde reygned two yeres he dyed were yt of the sonde of god or otherwyse leuynge after him a sonne named Uortiporius as hath the authoure of the boke named Floure of hystoryes Of this Uortiporius speketh nothynge the englyshe cronycle but telleth of two kynges that shulde reygne nexte after Constantyne both at ones wherof that one he nameth Adelbryght and that other Edyll. wherunto none other writer agreeth except that he nameth them for some of the kynges of the Saxons For aboute
beatus Carne tenet tumulum mentis honore posunt Vir cui dura nihil nocuerunt fata sepulchri Viuit enim nam mors quam tulit ipsa timet Creuit ad hue pocius iustus post funera nam quâ— Fictile vas fucrat gemma superba micat Huius opeÌ„ ac merituÌ„ mutis data verba loquuÌ„tur Redditus caecis praedicatore dies Nunc vir apostolicus rapiens de carne tropheum Iure triumphale confidet arce throni The whych verses in our mother tunge maye thus be expounded in meters as foloweth Myrrour to the chyrche and of the countrey the strength Compassyon of gylty to them shewynge mercy A fader and a leche an herde and louer at length Of hys people cosyn to vertue and of allye In fayth and in herte and eke in mouth holy Of whom the flesshe now holdyth thys sepulture But the spyryte is in heuen euer to endure To thys nothynge noyed nor faute of sepulture He lyueth southly for deth whyche he not drede Hath hym hense tane But yet he hoped sure Thys ryghtwyse man though somtyme he were ladde As a bryttell vessell whych myth the erth was cladde And somewhyle felle yet ofte he rose anone Wherfore he now shyneth as doth an Orient stone By helpe and meryte now hath the dumbe hys speche Of thys blessyd man and to the blynde hys syghte Restoryd of god as thys daye doth vs teche And he of the flesshe hath gotten now the fyght And vpperhande wyth a tryumphant myght By vertue wherof he lyke a conquerour Of the hygh heuyn nowe fytteth in the tower Thus maye ye well apperceyue and knowe that as erthly men fauoure so woll they wryte as nowe shewyth by thys superscrypcyoÌ„ But to god all thyng is manyfestyd and knowen and nothynge to hym hyd whatsoeuer erthly man wryteth or demyth to whom all the premysses I remytte Anglia THE CXVIII CHAPITER CAreticus or Lareticus after y t wrytynge of Guydo of whom nother y t progeny nor yet other addicyon of honour is of wryters of hym remeÌ„bred began to rule the Brytons the yere of our lord .v. hundred .iiii. score and .vi. as the sayde authour recordyth and y e .xxii. yere of Chylperyche than kynge of Fraunce and also the ix yere of Ceawlmus then kynge of westsaxons Thys as wytnessyth all wryters was a louer of cyuyle batayle was worst of all men so y t he was odible to god and his subiectes in suche wyse that they excyted the Saxons to warre vpon hym as testyfyeth Guydo chasyd hym from cytye to cytye towne to towne tyll they had berafte hym the mostâ— parte of suche lande as hys predeces soure Malgo had holdeÌ„ before hym But PolycronycoÌ„ Gaufryde and other adde more there vnto sayen y t for as mych as the Saxons knew of the discensyon betwene Careticus and hys Brytons they in all haste sent into Irelande for the kynge called Gurmundus Affricanê° y e which of some wryters are named two persons as GurmuÌ„dus and Affricanê° But by the rehersall that Ranulfe monke of Chester maketh in y e .xxiii. chapyter of hys fyrste boke of PolycronycoÌ„ it shulde seme that he shuld be named Gurmundus the whyche by hys meanynge shulde warre in Brytayne and Fraunce whyle hys brother Turgecius regned as kyng in Irelande as in the sayd chapyter is more at lengthe declared whyche fayd Gurmundus with the strength of y e Saxons warred so sore agayne the BrytoÌ„s that lastly the sayd Careticus was fayne to take the towne of Kaersegent now called Sichester therein besegyd hym wyth hys Brytons by a certeyne of tyme where by dayly skyrmysshes and assautes he loste mych of hys people when Careticus had a season assayed and prouyd the strength of his enemyes and sawe that they encreasyd and hys knyghtes lassed mynysshed he sodenly lefte that towne and with a certeyne of Brytons toke ouer Seuarne water and so into walys then callyd CaÌ„bria whych shuld be after moste accorde of wryters y e iii. yere of y e reygne of this Careticê° About thys tyme as meaneth Antoninus the great Gregory then beyuge a monke and after pope sawe at Rome childyrn of Anglis or Saxons to sell at Rome And wheÌ„ he had aryd of them what couÌ„trey they were of and it was answered to hym that they were named Anglis he sayde y e Alleluya shulde be songe in that couÌ„tree that so fayre chylderne were borne in Alleluya before in the .iiii. score and .viii. chapyter rehersyd ys there takeÌ„ after y e exposycyoÌ„ of saynt Austayne for ayde and helpe of god But here it is ment for louynge and praysynge of god as to hym y e laude and thankes shulde be gyuen vnto that sendyth to men so fayre frewte wherfore as after shal be shewyd the sayd Gregory beynge Pope sent y t holy man Austayne wyth other for to preache to the sayde Anglis the fayth of Cryste Then to retourne to Careticus whom the Englysh cronycle nameth Cortife Trouth it is that after he wyth his Brytons were dryuen into Cambria or walis yet he lefte not contynually to make reyses and assautes vppon the Saxons nexte to hym adioynaunte In thys tyme or soone after ruled Ethelfridus the north Saxons For as wytnesseth the foresayde authour Guydo he began the reygne of Deira and Brenicia in the yere of oure lorde .v. C.lxxx .xiii. This is Ethelfridus son of Ethelricus y e pursued so sore the Brytons slewe so great a nomber of y e monkes of the towne of Bangor as is before rehersyd in the C. and .ix. chapyter of this worke The whyche dayly warred vpon the Brytons the Brytons vpon hym so y â— he destroyed or subuerted myche of Crystes fayth wyth the helpe of y e foresayd Gurmunde thorough Loegria or myddle England in so mych that the bysshoppes of London and yorke wyth other mynysters of the chyrche wyth such goodes relykes as they myght cary fled into dyuerse countrees so that theyr chyrchdores were shytte after them or ellys occupyed in worship of theyr fals goddes Thus the fayth that had endured in Brytayne from the tyme of Luciê° fyrst crysten kynge in Brytayne tyll thys daye nere vppon the season of iiii C. yeres and odde was well nere extyncte thorough all the lande And when y e forenamed GurmuÌ„de had fynysshed hys tyrannye wythin the land of Brytayne he then sayled into Fraunce where he was after slayne as wytnessyth PolycronycoÌ„ all be it y e french cronycle speketh nothyng of any such man duryng thys persecucyon as wytnessyth Guydo The chyrche or monastery before buylded in Uerolamy nowe called saynte Albanes was by the sayde myscreauntes beten downe whyche there was buylded of the BrytoÌ„s in the honoure of y e holy prothomartyr saynt AlboÌ„ with diuerse many other the whyche are loste out of memory Duryng also this trouble bytwene the Saxons BrytoÌ„s the lordshyp or kyngdome of Eest Saxon
hoste and chasyd Kynwalcus out of his kyngdome kept hym thens .iii. yeres By whyche season was Anna kynge of Eestanglis there conuertyd to the feyth of Cryste cristyned of Felix aforenamed then byshoppe of DuÌ„wyke or Thetforde and after he recoueryd hys kyngdome by the ayde and assystence of the sayde Anna when Kenwalcus was restoryd to hys lande he made a byshoppes see at Kaerguent or wynchestre and ordeyned there a byshop named Agilbert a frenche man of byrthe but he was called out of IrlaÌ„d The which when he had sytten there a certayn of tyme he was put theÌ„s I ne wote for what cause and in his place was set an other named wyn Of this wyn as sayeth Policronicon the towne of wynchester toke y e name as he declaryth in y e .liii. chapyter of his fyrst boke as yt were wynnes cytye But he was also putthens and then was Leutherius byshop and after Leutherius succedyd Cedda And after Theodorus the archbyshop of Caunterbury ordeyned two byshoppes to that prouynce of westsaxoÌ„ That one at wynchester to that was subiecte two couÌ„treys Southrey and South hampshyre And that other see he ordeyned at Shyreborne to the which were subiecte .vi. couÌ„treys that is to saye Berkshyre wyltshyre Somersetshyre Dorsetshyre Deuenshyre Cornewayll But in wyllyam the coÌ„querours tyme y e see of Shyreborne was tourned to Salysbury with the see of RaÌ„mysburye It was not longe after that Kenwalcus was warreyd with the kyng of Brytons the whyche fought with hym at a place called wyght Gosneborough and were of him there ouercomyn Then Cadwall assembled a newe hoste of Brytons and mette wyth Kenwalcus at a place called the hyll of Pent where after longe fyghte the Brytons were putte to flyghte YE haue harde before how that blessyd man Oswall the son of Ethelfryde was ordeyned kynge of Northumberlande the whyche contynued hys lyfe in iustyce and vertue as kynge by the terme of .ix. yeres But Penda kynge of Mercia that to hym to all crysten men had great disdayne and enuye about the ix yere of Cadwall made warre vppon Oswald and slew hym in a feld callyd Meserfeld where after hys deth god shewed for hym many myracles But after one yere of his deth Oswy his yonger brother recoueryd the kyngdome and buryed his hed in the chyrcheyarde of Lyndesar for the bodye was conueyed by the Pagans and deuyded in sundry peces But yt is sayde that the hed is nowe at Durham betwene saynt Cutberttus armes And the other parte of y e bodye whyche was longe after founden was had to the abbay of Burdeaux by Ostrida doughter of Oswy quene of Mercia where strauÌ„gnesse was made by the ruler of that hous for the receyte of those relykes tyll a myracle or dyuyne token there was shewyd But after the sayde bodye bones were brought to Glowceter to an hous of chanoÌ„s and one of hys armes is at Peterboroughe hole of fleshe fell as some haue and tellen whan Oswy had a season rulyd hys kyngdome he fande vnlefull meanes to slee Oswyn that was kynge of Deyra This Oswyn was the son of Eaufrycus eldest brother of Oswalde whyche Oswyn was good of condycyon and there wyth both meke and mylde when thys Oswyn was slayn by the consent of his neuewe Oswy then Oswy toke to hym as felow of that kyngdome his broders sonne Odylwaldus the son of Oswalde Thys Oswalde gaue vnto Cedda byshoppe of whynchester before named a grouÌ„de in a place of the North couÌ„trey in the hygh hylles called Lastyngaye for to buylde vpon an abbay which he there buyldyd after there taught his brother Chymbyllus how he shuld rule that place PeÌ„da kynge of Mercia which forgate not the strengthynge and fauourynge that Anna kynge of Eestanglys had shewyd to Kenwalchus hys doughters husband and his enymye gaderyd a power of knyghtes and yode agayne the sayde Anna slewe hym in playne batayll And the same yere one Botulphus buyldyd an abbay besyde Lindecolne or Lincolne in a place that hyght I canno And as wytnessyth Beda in the .iiii. chapiter of his thyrd boke thys yere whych shuld be the .xxi. yere of y e reygne of Cadwall Penda that of thys former vyctory was supprysyd wyth great pryde came wyth hys hoste into the boundes of Northumland entendynge to slee Oswy as before he had slayne his brother Oswalde wherof wheÌ„ Oswy was ware he assemblyd hys knyghtes made towarde hym And for affynyte of maryage y e was betwene theyr chyldren as after shall be shewed and other causes Oswy offeryd to hym many great offers to the entente to haue had hym refused that batayll to haue hadde peace with hym when Oswy perceyued the obstynacye and pryde of PeÌ„da and saw that by no reasonable offers he myghte of hym wynne no peace he sayde sens thys paynym can not receyue our gyftes and proffers that we haue offeryd to hym we shall offer theÌ„ to hym that can receyue theym And anon he made hys auowe vnto god that yf he myght haue vyctory of his enymyes he shuld offer his doughter Elfleda to hym wyth suffycyent possessyons for to buylde .xii. abbayes and after ioyned in batayll with the sayde Penda in the couÌ„trey of Ledis not farre from yorke which was so sore foughten y t the lyke therof was not seen many yeres beforne But fynally Penda was slayne and xxx of his chefe captayns with hym and yet he had thryes the people that Oswy hadde And those that scaped the shot and the swerde were for the more partye drowned in the ryuer of wynwed whyche was nere vnto the place of that batayll And among the prysoners that were taken at this felde the wyfe of Penda was one and her sonnes vncle named Egfridus was an other Then Oswy yelded hys thankes to god and accordynge to hys former promyse he offryd hys doughter Elfleda or Enfleda of the age of .iii. yeres vnto god and toke her to the lore of Hylda abbesse of Hertsey or Hertis iland And after that the sayde Hylda remoued to the abbaye of Stremshalte in the vale of whitby .xxx. myle from yorke where she was after abbesse y e sayd Elfleda also And Oswy as he had promysed gaue landes and rentes to buyld .xii. abbeys wherof .vi. were in the prouynce of BreÌ„nicia and .vi. in the prouynce of Deyra This fornamed Penda hadde dyuerse sonnes by accorde of wryters that is to meane wolferê° weda and Egfridus besyde other not mynded To this seconde sonne weda Oswy had beforetyme maryed a doughter of his by coÌ„sent of Penda his fader The whyche weda by helpe of Oswy was made kynge of south Mercia the whyche lordshyp is seueryd from the northe Mercia by the ryuer of Trent and conteyned by recorde of holy Beda fyue thousande housholdes This weda also promysed when he maryed the sayd doughter of Oswy that he shulde become a crysten man the whyche he perfourmyd
whyche Rycharde was the thyrde duke of Normandy and the fyrste that name and also was surnamed Rycharde wythoute fere or the hardy as more of hym shall be shewyd in the storye of the .vi. Lewis kynge of Fraunce By reason of maryenge of this Emma whych in y e Frenche cronycle is named the flowre of Normandye thys Egelredus was greatly enhauÌ„ced in hys owne mynde By presumpcyon wherof he sent into all good burghes cytyes and townes of his lande secrete and strayte commyssyons chargynge the rulers that vppon a certayne day that is to say vppon the daye of saynte Bryce at an houre assygned in euery place of hys lande the Danys shulde be sodeynly slayne And so yt was done And as the coÌ„mon fame telleth y t this murder beganne at a lytell towne in Hertefordeshyre wythin xxiiii myles of London called welewynÌ„ or welwynÌ„ For the whyche dedeyt toke fyrst that name as who wolde wene that the we le of the couÌ„trey was there fyrste wonne But who that well coÌ„sydereth the sequell of thys storye shall fynde lytell wynnynge or weale ensuyenge of thys dede But or I procede further here I wyll touche somewhat of the pryde and abusyoÌ„ of y e Danis that they exercysed in Englande in some parte therof as I haue sene in an olde cronycle wherof the authoure ys vnknowen There it is shewyd that the Danys by strength caused husbande men to ere and sowe the lande and do all other vyle laboure that belonged to husbandrye and the Dane helde hys wyfe at hys pleasure with doughter and seruaunt And when the husbandeman came home he shulde scantly haue of hys owne as seruauÌ„tes had so that the Dane had all hys commaundement and ete and dranke hys fyll of the beste wheÌ„ the owner hadde scantely hys fyll of the worste And ouer that the comon people were so of theym oppressyd that for fere and drede they called theym in euery suche house as they hadde rule of Lorde Dane But in processe of tyme after the Danys were voyded the lande thys worde Lord Dane was in derysyon and despyte of the Danys turned by the Englyshemen into a name of opprobrye and called Lurdayne whyche to our dayes ys not forgotten But when one EnglyshemaÌ„ woll rebuke an other he woll for the more rebuke call hym Lurdayn Then to retourne to our fyrste mater Treuthe yt is that when the Danys were thus murdred thorugh Englande tydynges therof sprange into Denmarke whyche kyndeled in theym suche a fury that the kyng therof named Swanus assembled shortely a great hoste and nauye of Danys and in shorte processe after landed in Cornewayll And by treason of a Norman named Hugh whyche by fauoure of the quene Emma was made erle of Deuenshyre the sayd Swanus toke Exetour and after bette downe the wallys Then he entred further into the lande In whyche season the kynge sent vnto Edricê° chargyng hym to assemble the weste Saxons and to wythstande the further entre of the Danys The whyche accordynge to his commyssyon assembled the weste SaxoÌ„s and made good contenauÌ„ce to wythstand the sayd enymyes But when the hostes shulde ioyne were it for fere or for treason he fayned hym syke and fled from hys people The whych for lacke of an hed were fayn to gyue backe to theyr hurte and to theyr enimyes great auauntage and comforte wherfore the Danys resorted then to wyltonÌ„ and ShyrbornÌ„ and anon spoyled both those townes and there refresshed theym But for Swanus had wittynge that the kynge was coÌ„myng towarde hym wyth the power of his lande he therfore departed thens and retourned wyth great pyllage to his shyppes sayled aboute the lande and lastely landed in Norfolke where he wastynge and spoylynge the countrey came in processe vnto the cytye of Norwyche and robbed and spoyled yt and after yode to Thetforde and dyd lykewise to that towne and fyred yt and destroyed y e countrey nere there about But soone after a noble man of that countrey called duke Uskatell mette wyth the hoste of Danys and gaue vnto them an hard and sharpe batayll and slewe many of the enymyes and put them backe For this and for huÌ„ger that then assailed this lande Swanus returned ofte vnto his shyppes departed agayne into Denmarke taryed there all y e wynter folowynge In whyche season he made great prouysyon to reenter the lande of Englande THE CXCIX CHAPITER ABout the .xxvi. yere of the reygne of Egelredus the forenamed Swanus with a stronge army landed at Sandwyche and spoyled all the couÌ„trey nere vnto the see syde and rested hym there tyll he harde of an armye coÌ„mynge agayn hym And when he was ware therof he retourned to his shyppes agayne and herynge the kyng was farre westward he landed in Sussex and spoyled yt wonder sore And when he there was warned of the coÌ„mynge of a batayll of Englyshemen anon he toke shyppynge agayne So that when the englyshemen wende to haue met wyth them in one coste then wolde they sodaynly lande in a nother And when y e kyng prouyded to mete wyth theÌ„ vppon the see other they wold fayne to flee or ellys they shulde wyth gyftes blynde the admyrall of the kynges nauy By whyche subtylytye and crafty meanes they weryed and tyred the hoste of EnglyshmeÌ„ And where euer they went they slew brent and robbed wythout compassyon and pytye The kynge then beyng at Shrewesbury herynge of the great sleyght and cruelty of the Danys called his counsayll to rede what were beste to be done for y e defence of his enmyes where it was concluded that y e kyng to haue peace with the Danys shuld pay vnto them .xxx. thousande pouÌ„d But whyle this was in doynge the Danys destroyed a grete part of Baroke or Barkshyre when this peace was thus made Swanus wyth his company retourned into Denmarke And y e yere folowynge the kynge made Edricus forenamed duke of Mercia Thys Edricus was of lowe byrth ryche of tunge false and subtyll of wyt softe and eloqueÌ„t of speche vntrusty and false of thoughte and promyse as of hym somdeale before is shewyd and after more shall appere In the .xxvii. yere of Egelredus a prynce of Danys named Turkyllus landed in Kent The whyche so greuously warred in that couÌ„trey that the Kentyshemen were fayn to make theyr peace and so departed And yet the persecucyon of Danys seased not For in one countre of Englande or other they euer in whylys robbed pilled the Englishmen So y t all the couÌ„trey a longe the coste froÌ„ the Northe parte of Englande vnto the yle of wyghte was by theym destroyed or hugely sette a backe And when the kynge entended to make prouysyon for to wythstande theym euer Edricus wolde counsayll hym to the contrarye shewynge hym that he shulde spende hys treasour trauayle his people in vayne By mean wherof the Danys entred .l. myles wythin the lande and brent and robbed by dyuers tymes many vylages townes So that they
encreased waxed passynge ryche and the Enlyshemen nedy bare poore Thus contynuynge this mysery Swanus or after the englyshe Swayne then beyng in Denmarke and heryng of the encreace of his people within Englande repented hym of his former couenauntes and thought y t the hole domynyon of EnglaÌ„d shulde belong to hym of ryght For the whyche he prepared his armye nauy in moste defensyble wyse and sped hym into England to the ryuer of Humber and landed in Northumberlande where the erle or ruler of that countrey wyth all the rulers of the same sware feaute vnto the sayde Swanus and promysed to kepe that countrey vnto hys vse And when he had done hys wyll in that coste he entred agayne the water and by the ryuer of Trent he passed to Gaynysburghe and so by North watlyngstrete and subdued the inhabytauntes of that couÌ„trey and forced theym to gyue vnto hym pledges whyche pledges wyth also his nauy he betoke vnto Canutus his sonne whyle he wente farther into the lande And that done he wyth his â–ª people kepte on his iourney tyl he â–ª came into Mercia kyllynge and slayeng the men of that prouynce And reserued the women to vnclene lyuynge as well the relygyous as other and toke by strength wynchester and Oxenford and dyd in them what he lyked And after he hadde thus passed the lande he drewe the nexte waye towarde London But in passynge the ryuer of Thames he loste some parte of hys people other for lacke of a brydge or for ieopardynge theyr passage vnauysely And so in processe he came vnto London where at that tyme kynge Egelredus was wherfore Swanus lefte the cytye and drewe into Kente and so towarde Caunterbury wythoute lette weldynge the countrey at hys wyll and lastely beseged that cytye The whyche manfully defended theyr enymyes by the space of .xx. dayes whyche syege beganne vpon the day of saynte Mathewe in the moneth of September and endured as is aboue sayde and then taken by the treason of a deken named Almaricus the whyche beforetyme blessed Elphegus then archebyshop of that see hadde preserued from deth Then the Danys fyred the cytye when they before had spoyled it and toke the archebyshop and put him in strayte pryson And the monkes of saynt Augustynes abbey they tythed that is to meane they slew .ix. by cruel torment and the tenth they kepte a lyue the whych after was solde and sette to all seruyle laboure And as wytnessyth Antoninus or Uyncent hystoryall they slewe and broughte in seruage ouer the summe of .ix. hundred persones of relygyon they slew of men women chyldren beyonde the noÌ„ber of .viii. thousand As with myche more cruelty yt is shewyd in the .vii. chapyter of the .xvi. tytle of the worke of the sayde Antoninus And fynally for this blessed man Elphegus wolde not condescende to gyue vnto them as sayth Policronica .iii. thousande pounde after they had kept hym in harde pryson by the space of .vii. monethes vppon an Ester eueÌ„ they after many vylanyes to hym done at Grenewyche wythin thre myles of London they stoned hym to deth where he lay in the feld vnburyed a certayne of tyme and after caryed to London and buryed reuereÌ„tly in the chyrch of saynt Paule But afterward in tyme of Canutus he was taken vp agayne and caryed to his owne chyrche Of this blyssed Elphegus Antoninus and also Policronicon shewen many vertues and myracles the whyche I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. THE CC. CHAPITER IN this pastyme kynge Egelredus ferynge the ende of thys persecucyon sent Emma the quene wyth her two sonnes Alphrede and Edwarde vnto Rycharde the second of y e name then fourth duke of Normandy whych was brother vnto the sayde Emma wyth whome also he sent the byshoppe of London About the .xxxiiii. yere of the reygne of Egelredus the Danis when they hadde wonne a great part of the couÌ„trey of westsaxon retorned agayn towarde London wherof herynge the Londoners sent vnto theym certayn gyftes and pledges In all thys season myne authoure maketh no mynde that euer the king gaue vnto the Denys any notable batayll but kepte hym in holdes or places for his owne sauegarde and lytell fruyte or profyte to his lande At the laste he was chaced vnto the yle of wyghte where wyth a secrete companye he helde a great parte of the wynter and fynally wythout catall or comforte sayled ouer to hys wyfe into NormaÌ„dy and there held hym a certayne of tyme. whan Swanus was ascertayned of the departynge of Egelredus out of the lande he was enflamed wyth excedynge pryde so that he arrered excedynge imposycyons of the people and greued them wonderfully And amonges other of his tyraÌ„nyes he asked a great summe of money of saynt Edmundes landes whych the rulers denayed for so myche as they claymed to be free of all kynges trybute For thys he entred the terytory of saynte Edmunde and wasted and spoyled the countrey and ouer that despysed that holy martyr wyth manassyng of the place of his sepulture wherfore the men of that countrey ferynge this tyraunt gaue them to fastynge and prayer so that shortly after he was stycked in an euenynge amonges his knyghtes with y e sword of saynte Edmunde in the towne of Shetforde as sayth Guydo but after Policronicon other in the town of Gaynesborugh where he dyed wyth yellynge and cryenge the thyrd daye after In fere wherof Canutus hys son after that he was kynge closed in y e land of that holy martyr with a depe dyche and graunted to the inhabytauntes therof great fredam quyt them of all kyngly taske or trybute And after buylded a chyrch ouer the place of his sepulture and ordeyned there an house of munkes endued them wyth fayre possessyons And after yt was vsed that kynges of England when they were crowned sent for an offerynge theyr crownes vnto saynte Edmundes shryne and redemed them aftewardes wyth a condygne pryce when Egelredus hadde wrytynge of the deth of Swanus by procurement of his frendes he made meanes to retourne to hys owne By whose meanes he was sent for wyth condycyon that he shulde refourme his olde condycyons Ad for perfourmauÌ„ce of the same he sent his son Edwarde into Englande before hym And in the lent folowynge the kyng came hym selfe and wyth his people sped hym towarde Lyndesey where Canutus was at that tyme resseauÌ„t not prouyded of the kynges so hasty commynge wherfore he beynge not purueyed to wythstande the kynge fledde into Sandewyche in Kente And for he there proued suche persones as before tyme his fader and he hadde taken pledges of fande them not perseueraunt in theyr ê“misses he made to be cutte of all the noses and haÌ„des of the sayd Englyshe people and sayled into Denmarke when he had do and retourned the nexte yere wyth a great nauy and sayled about y e land and toke prayes in the South countrey wherof the kynges eldest sonne named Edmunde
orderyd in his lande deuyded his sayd lande in foure partes That is to meane the fyrst princypall which at those dayes was westsaxon he helde vnder hys owne gydyng Eestenglande whych coÌ„teyned Norff. Suff. he betoke to the rule of y e erle Turkyllê° a Dane of whome somwhat is in the .iii. chapyter of y e story of Egelredê° Mercia he betoke to the subtell erle Edricus And the .iiii. Northumberlande vnto a Dane named Hircius But lyke as the man of Inde at no tyme chauÌ„ged his colour so this Edricus chauÌ„ged neuer his fals maners But not wythstandynge the great benefytes that he dayly receyued of his prynces there as he to other hadde ben false and dysceyuable in dayes past euen so nowe he demeaned hym agayne Canutus wherfore he beynge accused proued wyth defaute was commauÌ„ded of the kyng to haue iudgement The whyche was done immediatly his hedde for dyuerse causes smyten of and yt wyth the bodye for spyte caste into a fowle and fylthy place But Ranulf sayth that he was slayne by the kynges agrement wythin his paleys at London and his body wyth the hed throwne after into the towne dyche Thus wyth shame he ended that in falshode dyssymulacyoÌ„ had contynued myche of his lyfe Aboute the .ix. yere of his reygne Canutê° called a parliament at Oxenford where amonges other thynges yt was enacted that Englyshmen Danys shuld holde the lawes of Edgar lately kynge In this pastyme dyed Swanus brother to Canutus kynge of Denmarke wythout issue wherfore that lande fyll to Canutus For the which cause he wyth a stronge army sayled thyther to take the possessyon and to set the countrey in an order or after some wryters to apeas wythstande the wandelys y t then had perced that lande and done therin myche harme where GoodwynÌ„ the erle whose doughter Edwarde the confessour after maryed wyth a certayne nomber of Englyshmen fyll vpon y e wandalys by nyght dystressed theym in suche wyse that Canutus had of them his pleasure For this dede the kyng had erle GoodwynÌ„ euer after in good fauoure and loued Englyshmen more specyally And when he was returned into Englande he shortely after or before maryed Emma the wyfe lately of Egelredus Of the whych he receyued in processe of tyme a son named hym Hardicunitus or after some Hardykynitus after the Englyshe boke Hardyknough And aboute this tyme fyll voyde y â— see of Lyndesser or Durham to the whyche by dyuyne inspyracyon and knowlege receyued by a voyce from the tumbe of saynt Cuthbert blessed EdmuÌ„de after thre yere of vacacyon was electe to that see But ye shal vnderstande that thys was not saynte Edmunde of Ponteney For he was archbyshoppe of Caunterbury in the dayes of Henry the thyrde THE CXCVI. CHAPITER CAnutus about the .vii. yere of his reygne by exhortacyon of Egelnothus then archbishop of CauÌ„terbury translated the body of saynt Elphegus late archbyshoppe of the sayd see martyred by the Danys as before is shewed in the seconde chapiter of the storye of Egelredus and shryued hym in hys owne chyrche of Caunterbury foresayde In the tyme also of thys Canutus aboute the .xvi. yere of hys reygne the Scottes rebelled agayne hym wherfore he with a great army entred Scotlande at length ouercame the kynge of that lande named then Malcolyne and brought them agayne to hys subieccyon as is recorded in the bokes of Marianus the Scot. By reason of whych vyctory Canutus was then kynge of .iiii. kyngdoms of England of ScotlaÌ„d of Denmarke and Norwaye Then as wytnessyth dyuerse authours after he had betaken this lande of Englande to the gydynge of Leofricus Egelnothus and other he then returned into Denmarke And from theÌ„s he yode to Rome in the .xv. yere of his reygn made there great offerynges to saynte Peter and Poule redemed the scole of Saxons fre of all former trybute graunted as before in the storyes of Iue and Offa and other kynges of Saxons is som deale more touched whyche redempcyon of tribute as sayth Guydo was called Rome Scot. But it shall seme in that sayenge some douteth for so myche as at thys daye in dyuers places of EnglaÌ„d as in Northamptonshyre and other the peter pens are yet gaderyd Canutus also after he had in Rome accomplyshed his purpose he in hys returne towarde Englande executed wonderfull dedes of almes in releuynge of the poore and other goftly workes payde great good for raunsom of crysten prysoners amonges other of his dedes It is wytnessyd that he shulde agree with the pope that was called Benet the .viii. of that name pay to hym certayne summes of money that his archbyshoppes after y t daye myghte haue the pall wythoute payenge of money therfore And wheÌ„ he was comen in the citye of Papia in Italy in hys way home warde he there brought the arme of saynte Augustyne the doctour for a hundred pounde of syluer and a talent of golde And here is to be noted that there be thre maners of taleÌ„tes The fyrst and grettest is of y â— weyght of .vi. score pounde weyghte the seconde of the weyght of .lxxii pounde and the thyrde and leest of .l. pounde weyght Then yf we reken this talent with the leest in a pouÌ„de of gold after troye weyght is .xii. vuces and in .l. pounde is .vi. huÌ„dred vnces and euery vnce of fyne golde is worth xl s. By whyche reason this talent shulde be in value to the summe of xii hundred pounde This precyous relyque y e kyng gaue vnto his trusty frende Leofricus y e whych he myche loued and trusted and remayned at Couentre many yeres after whyle Canutus was occupyed in thys iourney coÌ„playnt was brought vnto hym of some mysse demeanurs and rule that were occupyed and exercysed in his absence wythin this realme wherfore he wrote home letters to the lordes chargynge theym straytely that all such defautes were redressed agayne hys coÌ„myng home Thys kynge as wythnesseth Guydo was of great magnyfycence and vsed suche iustyce and temperaunce that in his dayes in the weste partes of the worlde was no prynce of renowne as was Canutus And ouer that he was gretly beloued dradde of hys subiectes In the tyme of this Canutus as tessyfyeth Guillelmus de pontificibus a munke of GlasteÌ„bury named Bryghtwolde whyche was after bysshop of wylton beynge in hys contemplacyon and prayer bethoughte hym on the lynage of Englyshe kynges And in that thought fyll into a slumber in whyche tyme of his slepe he sawe saynte Peter the apostle standynge by hym and holdynge in hys hande Edwarde the sonne of Egelredus which then was in Normandy the whyche to his thynkynge he saw saynte Peter saker y e sayde Edward as kynge of Englande And shewed to hym farther how holy this Edwarde shulde be in hys lyuynge and how he shuld reygne as kynge .xxiii. yeres Then thys monke frayned saynt Peter of the ofsprynge of thys Edwarde and who shulde be
whyche serche they demeaned theym so vndyscretely that they slewe a cytezyne of Douer By meane wherof the people arose and in the questyonynge of thys mannes deth ran at length vppon the erles company and slewe .xx. of hys men and wounded many mo Hastely the erle apperyd and toke his mennys parte But in conclusyon he was fayne to wythdrawe hym selfe with a few persons and rode vnto the kynge then beyng at Glouceter and made vnto hym a greuous complaynte of the men of Douer Then erle Goodwyne for so moch as to hym was commytted the rule of Kente was charged to ryde thyther and to take wreche of the inhabytauÌ„tes of that towne But he with sayde that commaundement and counsayled the kyng to sende for the wardeyns of the castell of Douer and rulers of the towne for to answere to suche maters as were layde agayne them and yf they were gylty to punyshe them and ellys not This answere of GoodwynÌ„ pleased nothynge the kynge nor suche as were aboute hym wherfore many mo lordes were sent for Amonge the which Leofricus erle of Chester and Sewarde erle of Northumberland of myne authour ben named After whych assemble of y e lordê erle Goodwyne had suche monycyon of some of y e counsayll y t he wythdrewe hym from the courte and gadered to hym strength of knyghtes out of dyuers shyres as west Saxon Kent and houed at BeuerstonÌ„ tyl his sonnes came vnto him with more peple Soone after came vnto hym his eldest son named Swanus brought wyth hym a fayre companye that he hadde arreyred in Oxenfordeshyre Gloucetershyre and Harolde hys other sonne wyth a feleshyppe that he had assembled in eest Englande and HuntyngdonÌ„shyre so that of these people was made a great hoste Then GoodwynÌ„ to the kyng was accused for gaderynge of so great an hoste But he excused hym and sayde yt was done to wythstand the walyshmen The whyche contrary proued he was coÌ„maunded to sende awaye the people and to come wyth a certayne nomber vnto the courte But that he refused Then the kyng wyth hys counsayll beynge at London Goodwyn and Harold was eft sent for and charged to come to the courte wyth .xii. persones wythoute mo and to render into the kynges handes all knightes fees that he and Harolde his sonne hadde wythin Englande To thys by theym was answered that they myghte not come to the counsayll of treachours and gylefull men and that also wyth so fewe men in nomber they mygthe not wythoute parell or shame passe by the countrey In thys whyle a parte of Goodwyns knyghtes wythdrewe theym and hys power beganne to mynyshe and the kynge in thys whyle hadde gaderyd a stronge hoste Then proclamacyons were made that Goodwyne shuld come to the courte as before is sayd or auoyde the land with in fyue dayes wherfore Goodwyne consyderyng the ieopardy y t he was in toke wyth hym .iii. of his sonnes that is to meane Swanus Tosty Gurthe and sayled into Flaundres â–ª where he was receyued of the erle Baldwyn after some wryters whose doughter Swanus his sonne hadde before spoused was named Iudeth And Harolde and Leofricus two of his other sonnes with a few shyppes sayled out froÌ„ Brystow into Irland when the kynge was ascertayned that erle Goodwyne wyth hys fyue sonnes was in thys maner departed oute of his lande he shortly after called a parlyament and by authoryte of the same outlowed Goodwyne hys .iii. sonnes that were gone wyth hym And that done he put his owne wyfe and doughter of GoodwynÌ„ into the abbaye of warwell wyth one mayden as sayth Marianus And so GoodwynÌ„ and hys sayde sonnes contynued two yeres outlawed In the whyche season he or hys retynue toke dyuers tymes prayes in y e marches of Englande and in the ende drewe to hym suche strength that he was purposed to haue entred the lande wyth force and to haue warred vppon the kynge But by medyatours that fauoured erle Goodwyn a peace was made betwene y e kynge and hym so that in processe he was receyued to grace wyth hys sonnes hys doughter restored to her fyrste and former honoure And for thys peace to be contynued for Goodwyns parte was delyueryd for pledkes a sonne of hys called wylnotus and a sonne of Swanus named Hacum or Hacun The whyche .ii. pledges kynge Edwarde sent vnto wyllyam duke of Normandy to be kept And Algarus the sonne of Leofricê° erle of Chester to whbme the kynge had gyuen the erledome of Harold ruled yt dyscretely in tyme of his absence at hys returne delyuered yt to him again gladly without grudge THE CCXII. CHAPITER DUrynge the tyme of this out lauwry of Goodwyne wyllyam bastarde duke of Normandye came with a goodly coÌ„pany into this land and was honorably receyued to whom the kyng made great chere And after he hadde taryed here a certayne of tyme to his agrement and pleasure he retourned to hys owne wyth great gyftes pleasures And Emma the kinges moder dyed shortly after and was buryed a wynchester And Swanus the eldest sonne of Goodwyne went to Hierusalem and from thens towarde Lycia and dyed by the waye of colde that he had taken of goynge barefote Then the Normans that had gyuen to the kynge euyll counsaylles agayne Englyshemen were by Goodwyne and his frendes exyled Among the whyche Robert archebyshop af Caunterbury that hadde spoken sore agayne theym was one whych after went to Rome to complayn to the pope then LeonÌ„ the .ix. or Uyctour the seconde And wheÌ„ he had receyued letters of y e pope directed to y e kyng he returned to his abbay of Gemeticum in Normandye where he somtyme had ben munke and abbot and there dyed After hym Stigandus was made his successoure the whyche as sayth Policronicon had before tyme lefte the byshopryche of Shyrborne and toke the see of wynchester by streÌ„gth He also vsed fayres of holy chyrche thynges and was a lewde or vnlettred man as the more part of the bysshoppes of Englande at those dayes were And ouer that he passed other in ryches and dyssymulacyon But yet he neuer had y e palle from Rome though there be great sale that maketh many maystryes Then was openly spoken that he was not worthy a byshopryche that coude vse y e bragge or pompe of the worlde the vse of voluptuosyte of glotony and Lechery the shynynge araye of clothynge the countenaunce of knyghtes and the gaderynge of horsemen and thynketh full lytell on the profyte of soules And yf men sayde to theym that a byshoppe shulde be chosen for holynesse of lyuyng and for hys good clergye and not for couetyse of money they wold answere as foloweth Nunc aliud tempus alii pro teÌ„pore mores The whyche verse maye be englyshed in thys maner As tyme requyreth so men done theym vse In wynter warme clothes in somer lyght and lesse In tyme of sadnesse men done gamys refuse And in myrthe tyme men myrthes theym
neuew vnto Edward the confessour as before is shewed beganne hys domynyon ouer thys realme of Englande the .xv. daye of October in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon a thousand .lxvii and y e ix yere of the fyrste Phylyppe then kyng of Fraunce and was crowned kynge of the same vppon Crystmas daye nexte folowynge of Aldredus archbyshoppe of yorke for so myche as at that tyme Stigandus archbysshoppe of Caunterbury was then absent or durste not come in the pÌ„sence of the kynge to whome he ought no great fauour as in the sequele shall appere when wyllyam had sette in quyet a great parte of thys lande he betoke the gydyng therof to his brother the byshop of Bayon and in lent folowynge sayled into Normandye and led wyth hym the chefe rulers of England for doute of sturryng in tyme of his absence Amonge the whyche the two erles Marcarê° and Edwyne rulers of Northumberlande Mercia were two wyth also Stigandus and Edgare Ethelynge To the why the Stigandus wyllyam shewed great reuerence and couÌ„tenaunce of fauoure But all proued to great dissymulacyon after as was shewed by the depryuynge of the sayd Stigandus and prysonment of hym in wynchester towne by a longe terme and season In the next wynter whan wyllyam had sped hys besynesse in Normandy he retourned into England wyth greate pompe and sette a greuous trybute vpon the Englyshmen By reason wherof some partyes of the lande rebelled agayne hym and specyally the cytye of Excetour the whyche defended hym for a certayne of tyme. But lastly by force he wanne the sayde cytye and punysshed the cytesyns greuously For thys and other sterne dedes of wyllyam Marcharus erle of Northumberlande wyth Edgare Athelynge and dyuers other as hys moder and two systers Margarete and Crystyan sayled into Scotlande But another cronycle telleth y t Edgare entendynge wyth Agatha hys moder and hys two systers to haue sayled into Almayne where he was borne was by tempest of the see dryuen into Scotlande where of Malcolyne than kynge of Scottes they were ioyously receyued And in processe of tyme the sayde Malcolyne caste suche loue vnto the sayd Margaret that he toke her to wyfe as before is touched in the fyrste chapyter of the story of Canutê° Of the which Margaret the sayde Malcolyne receyued .ii. doughters and .vi. sonnes wherof thre named Edgare AlexauÌ„der Dauyd were kynges of Scotlande nexte folowynge theyr fader And Molde one of y e foresayd doughters was after maryed vnto the fyrst Henry kynge of Englande And the other doughter Mary was maryed to Eustace erle of Bolongii Of Molde the fyrste doughter Henry receyued .ii. sonnes named wyllyam and Rychard the whych bothe dyed before theyr fader as after in y e story of the sayd Henry shall appere And he receyued also two doughters named Molde and Mary whych Molde or Mawde was maryed to y e fyfte Henry emperour of Almayne After whose deth she was agayne maryed to Godfrey of Geoffrey PlaÌ„tagenet erle of Aungeowe Of whom descended Henry surnamed shorte mantell and kynge of Englande called Henry the seconde And the other doughter Mary was maryed vnto the erle of Blaynes of whoÌ„ descended Molde or Mawde that was wyfe vnto kynge Stephen Than it foloweth that thys wyllyam after thys foresayd trybute so leuyed of the Englysshemen and knowynge of the depertynge of the lordes foresayde kepte the other the streyter But it was not longe after that Marcharus was reconsyled to the kynges grace and fayled agayn as folowynge shall be shewed For thys and other causes whyche were tedyous to shewe wyllyam exalted the Normans and gaue vnto them the chyefe possessyons of the lande so that they dayly encreased in great honour and welth and the Englysh men as faste decayed Kynge wyllyaÌ„ also made .iiii. stronge castels where of two be sette at yorke the thyrde at Lyndetyngham or Notynghm and manned them wyth Normans and the .iiii. at Lyncolne About the thyrde yere of his reygne Harolde Canutus sonnes of Swanus kynge of Denmarke came on lande in the North of Humber wyth a stronge nauy and in all haste drew them towarde yorke Than the Normans whyche hadde the rule of the towne and castelles feryng that the Englysshemen wolde ayde the Danys and wyth the houses of the suburbes of the towne haue fylled the towne dyches sette the suburbes on fyre wherof y e flame was so bygge and wyth the wynde so stronge that it toke into the cytye brent a parte therof wyth the mynster of saynt Peter In tyme wherof the Danys by fauour of some of the citesyns entred the cytye and slewe more than thre thousande of the Normans But it was not longe or kynge wyllyam chased the Danys to theyr shyppes and toke so greate dyspleasure wyth the inhabytauntes of that prouynce that he destroyed the land lyenge bytwene yorke and Durham in suche wyse that .ix. yeres after or there about the lande laye vnlabored vntylled onely out taken saynt IohnÌ„s lande of Beuerley the which was for borne by reason of a wreche done by dyuyne power vpon one of kynge wyllyams knyghtes The whych as he was besyed in wastyng and spoylynge of the sayde countre fyll sodeynly wyth hys horse so that hys horse brake hys necke and the knyghtes face was turned to his backe And of the famyne that the people of that countre susteyned wonders are reported that they shuld eate all maner of vermyn as cattes rattes dogges other so harde they were kepte by the warre of the kyng And in that yere also Molde or Mawde the wyfe of kynge wyllyaÌ„ was crowned quene of England of Aldredus archebysshop of yorke In the .iiii. yere of the reygne of thys kynge the Scottes with Malcolyne theyr kynge entred Northumberlande and wasted and destroyed sore that countre and slewe there in myche people and many they toke prysoners helde theÌ„ as bonde men But in the .vi. yere of hys kyngdome wyllyam made such warre vppon the Scottes that he lastely forced the sayde Malcolyne to swere to hym bothe homage and feauty as it is wytnessed of wyllyam of Malmesbery and other wryters THE CCXX CHAPITER Kynge willyam by counsayle of the erle of Hortford and other caused the abbeyes of Englande to be serched And what money in them at that season was founde he caused it to be brought to hys treasour For the whyche dede after the exposycyoÌ„ of some authours the sayd erle was punysshed as after shall be shewed Soone vpon thys in the tyme by twene Easter and wytsontyde was holden a solempne counsayle at wynchester of the clergy of Englande At the whyche counsayle were presente two cardynalles sent from y e second Alexaunder than pope In thys couÌ„sayle Stygandus archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury was depryued from his dygnytye and that for thre skylles The fyrste was for that he had holden wrongfully that bysshopryche whyle Robert the archebysshop was lyuynge The seconde cause was for that he hadde receyued the Paule
land of Barry wyth great strength and wasted the countrey of Guyan wythout mercy wherof kynge Henry beynge warned in all haste assembled hys people then beynge in Normandye and dâ—ew hym towarde the Frenche kynge whyche then hadde layde syege vnto the castell called in frenche Raoull or the castell of Roaull when both hostes were nere and lykely to haue ioyned medyatours were sente vppon bothe partyes to treate a peace By meane wherof in processe a trewce was taken for a certayne terme so that eyther hoste departed wythoute strykynge of stroke at that season About thys tyme dyed Rycharde archebyshoppe of Caunterbury Of hym yt is redde that a voyce or vysyon was shewed to hym saynge to hym in the mouthe of Cryste For thou haste wasted the goodes of my chyrch I shal rote the out of y e erthe with which wordes he was so frayd that he dyed shortly after Then was Baldewyn byshoppe of worceter admytted to that see though the munkys of Caunterburye wythsayde yt wyth all theyr power In the .xxx. yere of the kynge Heraclius patryarke of Hierusalem came in to England to haue ayde agayne the Sarazyns that had wonne great parte of the landes that Cristen men had in the holy lande and for to defende the holy cytye whyche by Saladyne prynce of Surey was wonne shortely after For by the reporte of Peter Dysroy whyche made a boke in frenche of the wynnynge and losynge of the sayde cytye yt appereth that yt was woÌ„ne by Godfrey de Bulyon in the yere of Crystes incarnacyon a thousande .lxxx. and .xix and so coÌ„tynued vnder the rule of .ix. crysten kynges tyll the laste kynge named Guyde Lesyngham or Lesynguam loste yt wyth the holy crosse in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred lxxx and .ix. whych maketh the yere of the reygn of thys kyng Henry the xxxiiii Then yt foloweth in the story this Heraclius made besy request vnto the kynge for ayde and profered to hym the keys of the cytye and of our lordes graue and letters of Luciê° y e thyrd of y t name then pope chargyng him that he shuld take vppon hym y e iourney to haue mynde of the othe y t he before time had made The kyng deferred this answere and Baldwyne the archbyshop preached exhorted men to take y e crosse by whose meanes many there were y e auowed that iourney Lastely the kynge gaue answere and sayde that he myghte not leue hys lande wythoute kepynge nor yet leue yt to the praye and robbory of Frenchemen But he wolde gyue largely of hys owne to suche as wolde take vppon theym that vyage wyth thys answere the patryarke was dyscontent and sayde we seke a man and not money welnere euery crysten regyon sendyth vnto vs money but no lande sendyth to vs a prynce Therfore we aske a prynce that nedeth money and not money that nedeth a prynce But the kynge layde for hym suche excuses that the patryarke departed from hym dyscontentyd and comfortelesse wherof the kynge beynge aduertysed entendynge somwhat to recomforte hym wyth pleasaunte wordes folowed hym vnto the see syde But the more the kynge thought to satysfye hym wyth hys fayre speche the more the patryarke was dyscontented in so myche that at the laste he sayde vnto hym Hytherto thou haste reygned gloryously But here after thou shalt be forsaken of him y t thou at thys tyme forsakeste Thynke on hym what he hath gyuen to the and what thou haste yelden to hym agayne Howe fyrste thou were false vnto the kyng of Fraunce and after slewe that holy man Thomas of Caunterburye and lastely thou forsakeste the proteccyon of Crystes fayth The kyng was amoued wyth these wordes sayde vnto the patriarke Though all the men of my lande were one bodye and spake wyth one mouth they durste not speke to me such wordys No wonder sayde the patryarke for they loue thyne and not the. That ys to meane they loue thy goodes temporall and fere the for losse of promocyon but they loue not thy soule And when he hadde so sayde he offeryd hys hedde to the kynge sayenge Do by me ryghte as thou dyddest by that blessyd man Thomas of Caunterburye For I hadde leuer to be slayne of the then of y e Sarasyns For thou arte worse then any Sarasyn and thy people folowyth praye and not a man But the kynge kepte hys pacyence and sayde I maye not wende oute of my lande for myne owne sonnes wyll arryse agayne me when I were absent No wonder sayde the patryarke For of the deuyll they coÌ„me and to the deuyll they shall and so departyd from the kynge in great ire After the patryarke was thus departyd the kynge sente JohnÌ„ his seconde sonne into Irlande In the whyche vyage he spente the kynge great goodys and dyd lytle profyte or none In the .xxxi. yere of kynge Henry the Iewes crucyfyed a chylde in the towne of Burye in Suff. named Robert for whome god shewyd after many myracles And the .xxxii. yere the kynge made a vyage into Irlande to redresse thynges there oute of order But fortune was to hym so contrarye that he loste hys trauayle lyke as the yere before hys sonne IohnÌ„ had done In the .xxxiii. yere of thys kynge Henry at Dunstable in the ayre was sene a crucyfyxe and Cryste nayled theron whyche apperyd vysybly to many a mannys syghte And in thys yere the kynge loste the countrey of Aluerne when he hadde spente great goodes aboute the defence of the same Howe be yt of this warre speketh nothynge the frenche cronycle THE CCXI. CHAPITER IN the .xxxiiii. yere of the kynge Rycharde the erle of Poytowe arrered warre agayn king Henry hys father toke party with the Frenche kynge By meane of the whyche warre all suche summys of money as were before gatheryd by dymys and otherwyse for the helpynge of the croysye to be made into the holy lande by the sayde Rycharde and by many other nobles of the lande were spente in the same innaturall warre wherfore the kynge sayled into Normandy with a stroÌ„ge armye But or the kynge were there landed the sayde Rycharde by helpe of the Frenchemen hadde wonne the cytyes of Towres of Meaus and also the castellys of Raoull and Gysours wyth other At the laste the Frenche kyng Phylyppe the second wyth the sayde Rycharde came vnto the cytye of Cenomanna entendyng to laye syege vnto the same wherof kynge Henry beynge warned sette the suburbes on fyre bycause hys enmyes shuld in theÌ„ haue no socour But the flame of the fyre was by the wynde dryuen into the cytye so sharpely that the kyng was compelled to forsake yt wherwyth y e kynge was so amoued that in hys departynge from the cytye he sayde these wordes For thou haste taken from me thys daye the cytye that I moste loued in the worlde I shall acquyte the for after thys tyme I shall bynome the that thynge y t shuld most haue pleased the in me whych ys myne
see vnto the porte of Damas where vnder coloure of a fayned trewce they were taken and caste the moste parte of theym in pryson And when kynge Phylyppe hadde thus delyuered the patryarke he then gatheryd hys knyghtes and made an armye agayne Hugh duke of Burgoyne the whyche at that season and tyme hadde beclypped the castell of Uergye wyth a stronge syege and hadde promysed not to departe thens tyll such tyme as he had wonne that holde by appoytement or otherwyse And for the defence of rescouse that myghte be made for the same he hadde maÌ„ned foure castellys or towres there vnto adioynaunte wyth great strength of men of armys But after the kynge was thyder comen wyth hys hoste the sayde towrs were sone ouertourned and y e kynge wyth a certayne of hys people of Guy capytayne of the sayde castell of Uergy was ioyously into the same receyued and rendred to hym the castell and became hys lege man where wyth the sayde Hugh beynge â—ore amoued and dyscontented seynge there he was dyspoynted of his purpose departed thens wyth hys ordynaunce and people and robbed and spoyled the couÌ„tre there aboute sparynge nother chyrche nor howse of relygyoÌ„ in so cruell and greuous maner that the bysshoppes and abbottes of that partye of Burgoyne made pyteous request vnto the sayd Phylyp that he of his specyall grace wolde ayde and socoure them and theyr chyrches agayne the tyranny of the sayde duke Hugh The kynge beynge moued wyth thys pyteous requeste made sharpe warre vppon the sayde Hugh and at length wan from hym a stronge castell named Chastelone where wyth all the duke was put to suche a studyall and fere that he was forsed to seche meanes of treaty and of peace wherof the coÌ„clusyon was that he shulde paye vnto the chyrches before by hym hurted harmed .xxx. thousande pownd whyche conclusyon taken and surelye sette for the same the kynge retorned vnto Parys where the kyng so restynge hym a certeyne of tyme and hauynge experyence of the intollerable and foule stenches that dayly grewe by the fylthe of the erthe and myre in the stretes made prouysyon dylygently wyth ayde and helpe of the cytesens whyche as than hadde londe wythin the cytye that the stretes were shortely paued after And at thys tyme whanne the cytye was thus paued as affermen many authours the name of it was chaunged from Lutesse or Lewcesse vnto Parysse THE CCXLII. CHAPITER IN the .vii. yere of thys kynge Phylyp as sayth the FreÌ„che boke Margarete syster vnto thys Phylyp late wyfe vnto Henry late deceased and eldeste sonne of Henry the seconde kynge at this day of Englande was maryed vnto Belas kynge of Hungry In the .x. yere of thys kyng Phylyp the cytye of Hierusalem was taken of Saladyne prynce of Egypte and Guy de Lesyngnan laste crysten kynge of that cytye wyth the holy crosse was taken in the felde whych after that daye came neuer into crysten mennes possessyon Of thys sorowe heuynesse worde was broughte vnto kynge Phylyp wyth requeste of ayde to reskue certeyne cytyes as yet rested vnder the domynyon of the crysten as Tyre Tryple and Antioch wyth other small holdes For sauegarde wherof many nobles of Fraunce toke vpon them the crosse as the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Flaunders Theobalde erle of Bloyes the erle of Rochfoâ—d the erle of Champayne wyth many other noble knyghtes whyche for lengthe I passe ouer and also the reporte of theyr dedys for so myche as it coÌ„cernyth nothyng the mater that I haue promysed to speke of In this iourney also kynge Phylyppe enteÌ„ded to haue gone and for the same great taskes dymys were leuyed through oute his realme the whyche to this daye are called Saladynes dymes But the lette of this iourney as sayth the french cronycle was Rycharde duke of Guyan and after his father Henry the seconde that made warre vppon the Frenche kynge as before is touched in the storye of the sayd Henry Duryng whyche warre the sayde Henry dyed in the .xi yere of thys sayde Phylyppe About thys season and tyme the Iewes whych by meane of great gyftes had agayn purchased theyr dwellynge wythin the couÌ„trey of FrauÌ„ce wherof a wedowe was lady and mastresse called Branous in absence of the kynge toke a Crysten man surmysed agayne hym felonye and murder For the whyche by fauoure of the sayde lady the sayde Iewes set a crowne of thorne vppon the sayd crysten mannys hedde and after scourged hym and lastely in derysyon of Crystes relygyon and despyte of the same crucyfyed the same persone wherof when the kynge was enfourmed in all haste he sent into the sayd couÌ„trey or castell of Brayon and surprysed the sayde Iewys so sodaynly that none escaped and brent there of them to the nomber of .lxxx. for theyr malycyouse and abhomynable dede In the .xi yere of the reygne of thys Phylyppe dyed Isabell the quene of FrauÌ„ce his wyfe a womaÌ„ of good fame and of great vertue In the .xii. yere of his reygne as sayth the frenche boke thys Phylyp toke vppon hym the crosse hauynge promyse of kyng Rychard then newly crowned kyng of EnglaÌ„d to kepe company wyth hym in that iourney But he kept not promyse wherwith thys Phylyppe beynge dysconteÌ„ted sayled before and layde syege vnto the cytye of Acon or Acre From this sayenge varyeth Policronica and also Peter Desroy For Polycronycon sayth that after the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce hadde made suerty betwen them for performauÌ„ce of this iourney they both to gyther taryed at Turon in Fraunce for to abyde the somer tyde And at spryngynge of the yere they of one wyll purpose toke theyr vyage towarde the holy lande that ys to wytte that one by water and that other by land and mette agayne in Cecilia where the FreÌ„che kynge deê‘ted from hym and so sayled to the sayde cytye of Acone or Acre and layde hys syege there vnto In whych pastyme kyng Rycharde warred vppon the kynge of Sypres hym wyth his land subdued after came vnto AconÌ„ where the Frenche kyng had longe lyen at syege without gettynge of any great auauntage of his enymyes saynge vnto kynge Rycharde that he hadde spared the wynnynge of the towne tyll hys commynge to the ende that he at his commyng myght be parteyner as well of the honoure as of the wynnynge But how it was such vnkyndenesse fell betwene theym there after they hadde woonne the sayde towne as after in story of kynge Rycharde shal be shewed that this kyng Phylyppe retourned into Fraunce shortely after In the whych returne the sayde Phylyppe sykened and the duke of Burgoyne dyed And when kyng Phylyppe a season had soiourned in FrauÌ„ce he maryed Iugebert the doughter of the kynge of Denmarke The whyche maryage as sayth Ranulfe was desyred of the Frenche kynge to haue wyth her graunted the tytle whyche the Danes had vnto the crown of England wyth also .x. thousand markes of syluer for to wynne wyth y
of our lord M.iiii C. .xxii and y e fyrst yere of Charles the .vii. or viii y e thaÌ„ne amonge the FrenchemeÌ„ was allowed for kyng and reygned yeres .xxxix. folio clxxix Henry of Derby wyth other landed at RaueÌ„spore as is shewed fo cli Henry the fyfte foresayd sayled into Fraunce loke in fo clxxii Henry Derby forenamed and of hys issue is shewed fo cxliiii Henry the .iiii. aforesayd maryed the duchesse of Brytayne fo clxvi Heresye of IohnÌ„ wyclyf apereth folio cxlvii Heretykes taken in saynt Gyles feld and after brent fo clxxi Homage done by lordes of Almayne to Rycharde erle of Cornewayll brother to kyng Henry the thyrde folio xxxviii Homage done by the kyng of Scottes to kyng E. the .iii. fo lxxxix Hughe holy bysshoppe of Lyncolne dyed fo xi IohnÌ„ brother to Rycharde the fyrste was ordeyned kynge of Englande in the moneth of Apryll yere of our lord M.C.xcix the .xx. yere of the second Phylyp than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yere .xvii. The interdiccion of thys lande begaÌ„ in the .vi. yere of thys kynge endured tyll the .xiii. yere Henry the sonne of Alwyn in the .x. yere of thys kynge was admytted for the fyrste mayre of LoÌ„doÌ„ And in the sayd .x. yere of king IohnÌ„ London brydge was begon to be made of stone fo x IohnÌ„ the fyrst in Fraunce of that name sonne of Phylyp de Ualoys began hys reygne ouer the lande of Fraunce in the moneth of August yere of our lord M.iii. C. .l and the xxxiiii yere of y e thyrd Edward kyng of England reygned yeres xiiii Thys kynge was taken prysoner of Edwarde the prynce of Englande at the batayll of Poytyers in FrauÌ„ce folio cxxiii Iaphet was gotten by kynge Rychard fo v Iakys de Artyuyle fauoured the Englysshe partye fo xciii Iacke Strawe wyll waw made an insurreccyon fo cxlii Iacke Sharpe was taken and putt to deth folio clxxxv Iacke Cade and hys felowes folio cxcvi Iacke Cade wroughte moche of hys wyll in London after robbed so slayne fo cxcvii Iewes were banysshed thys lande folio lx Iewes were spoyled slayne fo clv. IohnÌ„ brother of kyng Rychard was prowd fo iii IohnÌ„ reconcyled to hys brother apereth in fo viii IohnÌ„ duke of Lancaster dyed as is shewed fo c.l. IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde dyed folio clxxxviii Inquysycyons were made vpon the rulers of London as is shewed in folio xxix Iordan of the I le of Gascoyne grewe out of kynde fo lxxxv Inglysshe lordes wanne fyrst vppon Frenchmen fo xcviii Inglysshe soudyours slayne vnder safe conduyt fo cxxii Itenerarii plees were holden in South werke fo xxxi Ile of Ely holdeth banysshed men folio xlii Ile of Rodes fyrst wonne fo lxxv Isabell late wyfe vnto kynge Rycharde was maryed to the eldest sonÌ„ of the duke of Orleaunce fo clx Issue dyssent of syr Roger Mortymer fo cxliiii Iustyces or iuges punysshed fo lx Iustes holden in Smythfelde folio cxliiii KInge IohnÌ„ and hys laÌ„de was enterdyted fo x Kynge IohnÌ„ was reconcyled to the churche fo xvi Kyng Henry the .iii. sayled into Normandy fo xxiiii Kynge Henry the .iii. in proper ê‘sone sat in iugement fo xxix Kynge IohnÌ„s fury serche in fo xiiii Kynge IohnÌ„ of Fraunce was taken prysoner folio ciii Kyng IohnÌ„ was delyuered fo cvii Kyng IohnÌ„ dyed in Englande folio cviii Kyng Rychard sought many prouysyons folio iiii Kynge Rycharde sayled into y e holy lande folio iiii Kynge Rychard was takeÌ„ prysoner folio vi Kyng Rychard was delyuered folio vii Hynge Rycharde sayled into Normandy folio ix Kynge Rycharde assayled the castell of Gysors folio x Kynge Rycharde was slayne fo x Kynge Henry the thyrd frayneth couÌ„sayll of the mayre folio xxxiiii Kynge Henry sayled into Fraunce to be presente at the Frenche kynges parlyament folio xxxv Kynge Henry was taken of hys barons folio xxxvii Kynge Henry layd hys syege to London as it is shewed folio xliii Kynge Henry chosed shyrefes folio xliii Kynge Lowys toke vppon hym the crosse folio xlviii Kynge Edwarde the fyrst buylde castelles in walys folio lviii Kynge Edwarde sayled into FrauÌ„ce folio lix Kynge Edwarde the .ii. was taken also resygned the crowne fo lxxxii Kynge Edward the .iii. came secretly to London folio xcvi Kynge Edwarde warred sharply in Fraunce folio xcvii Kynge Edwarde chased the Spanyardes from the see fo ci Kynge Edwarde yode into Scotlande fo cii Kynge of Scottes was delyuered folio ciiii Kynge Edward spedde hym toward Parys fo cv Kynge of Nauerne was sodaynly taken as it is shewed fo cxxiii Kynge of Nauerne was set at large folio cxxvii Kynge Edwarde warred newly in Fraunce fo cxxxv Kynge Iohan was receyued into Fraunce fo cxxxv Kynge of Nauerne became feodory vnto the French kynge fo cxxxvi Kynge of Ermonye asked ayde of kynge Rycharde the .ii. fo cxliii Kyng Rychard ayded the Ianuayes folio cxlv Kyng Rychard maryed the Frenche kynges doughter fo cxlvii Kyng Richard sayled into Irelande folio cli Kyng Richarde was myserably put to dethe fo clxv Kyng Henry the .iiii. maryed the duchesse of Brytayne fo clx Kyng Henry the .v. sayled into Normandy fo clxxiii Kynge Henry maryed the Frenche kynges doughter fo clxxv Kynge Henry was receyued into LoÌ„don fo clxxvi Kyng Henry and hys wyfe sat crowned in Parys fo clxxvii Kyng Henry the .vi. shewed hys vertue beholde fo clxxix Kyng Henry was dubbed knyghte folio clxxxii Kinge HeÌ„ry was crowned fo clxxxiii Kynge Henry was crowned at Parys fo clxxxv Kynge of Scottes was murdered folio cxc Kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. was taken fo ccv Kyng Edward the .iiii. was receyued into London fo ccvii Kynge Edwarde ayded the duke of Burgoyne fo ccxiii Kyng Edwarde spoused dame Elizabeth Graye fo ccxvi Kynge Edwarde fledde thys lande folio ccxviii Kynge Henry was taken oute of the towre fo ccxviii Kynge Edwarde was proclaymed vsurper fo ccxix Kynge Edwarde landed at Rauynspore fo ccxix Kynge Edwarde repossessed as apereth folio ccxx Kyng HeÌ„ry the .vi. dyed in the towre of London fo ccxx Kyng Edwardes chyldren were takeÌ„ out of seyntwary fo ccxxiiii LAzars of Languedok were brent fo lxxxiiii Letter sente by the barons to kynge Henry fo xxxvii Lewelyn prynce of walys rebelled folio lvi Lewelyn was slayne as appereth folio lvii Letter takked vpoÌ„ the crosse in chepe folio lxxxi Lordes assemble at Arundell as apereth folio cxlix Lordes put to deth fo clxxii Lordes fledde from Lodlowe feelde folio cciii Lordes proclaymed traytours as is shewed folio cciiii Lordes came to London fo cciiii Lordes of Fraunce warre vpoÌ„ theyr kynge fo ccx Lordes contynue theyr malyce as is shewed fo ccxi Lordes dyscorde wythin them selfe folio ccxii Lorde Morley appeled the erle of Salysbury as it is shewed in folio clxv Lorde Straunge and syr Iohanne Trussell fyghte in the churche for cause
of .x. thousande pounde for the exployte of his voyage And farther more he sold to the olde byshoppe of Durham hys owne prouynce for a great summe of money and creatyd hym erle of the same wherfore the kynge sayde after in game I am a wonders crafty man for I haue made a new erle of an old byshop By suche meanes the kyng emptyed many byshoppes and ryche prestys bagges and fylled hys cofers And ouer that he graunted oute annuytyes and fees oute of the crowne as though he roughte nothynge of hys retournynge For this dede some of hys famylyers as they durste blamed hym But he sayde to thē y t in tyme of nede it was good polycy for a man to ayde hym wyth his owne And more ouer he ioyned ther to that yf London were hys at that tyme of nede he wolde sell yt yf he myght gete a conuenyent marchaūt that for yt were able to paye An other waye he hadde also to gather money for he hadde lycence of pope Innocent the thyrd of that name to dyspence wyth suche as hym lyked wythin his realme for takyng vppon theym the crosse Anno domini M.C.xci.  Anno domini M.C.xcii  Iohn̄ Herlyon  Balliui  Anno secundo  Roger duke  IN the seconde yere in the moneth of October kynge Rycharde betoke the guydynge of the lande vnto the byshoppe of Ely then chaunceller of Englande and sayled into Normandye where settynge the coūtrey vnder sadde guydyng shortly after mette with the Frenche kyng Phylyp the second the whych ioyntly yode to Turon and there ouer passyd the shortnesse of wynter In whyche passe tyme makynge eyther wyth other assuraunce for contynuaunce of so great a iourney at the sprynge of y e yere these two princes toke theyr voyage towarde the holy lande that is to meane kyng Rycharde by y e see and knnge Phylyppe by the lande and appoynted to mete agayn in the land of Scicilia or Scycyll In this meane tyme in England the Iewes in dyuers places of y e realme as Lyncolne Staunforde and Lynne were robbed and spoyled and at yorke to the nomber of foure hundred mo cutte theyr mayster veynes and bled to deth The two kynges accordynge to theyr appoyntemēt met in Scycyll where grudge beganne to kyndle betwene theym for correccyon of theyr souldyours Then the French kyng departyd agayne from kynge Rycharde the whyche there made certayne ordynaunces for warre as a towre or castell of tymber whyche he named Mategryffons and also prouyded for vytayll for both hostes In thys tyme also the kynge of Cyprys hadde taken two shyppes of kynge Rycharde and denyed the delyuery of theym wherfore the sayde Rycharde entryd the land of Cypris makynge therin sharpe warre chasyd so the kynge from cytye to cytye that lastely he yelded him vnto kyng Rycharde vppon condicyon that he shulde not be throwen in bondes of iron wherof kynge Rycharde in kepynge of hys promyse caste hym in bondes of syluer when kynge Rycharde hadde dwellyd there vppon two monethes and hadde taken his pleasure of that coūtrey and taken amendes at his own wyll for hys shyppes then he departed from the sayde yle of Cypris and sayled towarde Acon or Acris In whyche course so kepynge towarde Acris he encountred a great shyppe of the Soudans of Sury fraughte wyth great ryches and toke yt and so came at length to y e cytye of Acris where at that tyme lay before y e sayd towne the Frenche kynge wyth hys hoste and had lost a lytle before two thousande of hys men whyche were partyd from hys hoste to haue done an enterpryse vppon the Turkes but they were layde for dystressed Then as testyfyeth Peter Dysroy kynge Rycharde was ioyously receyued of the Frenche kynge After whose commynge yt was not longe that the sayd cytye was gyuen vp by appoyntement as foloweth and as affermeth the sayde Peter and also the cronycle of Fraunce Fyrste that the Sarasyns shulde departe out of the cytye leuynge behynde theym horse harneys vytayll and all other thynge belongynge to warre Also they shulde cause to be restoryd all such prysoners of crystē men as they had vnder theyr kepyng wyth other couenauntes whyche I passe ouer And thus was the cytye of Acris yelden into the crysten mennes handes in the moneth of Auguste the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. and xii But when yt came to the partyng of the praye of the cytye there beganne malyce to kyndle hys bronde whych was not lyghtly after quenchyd Of thys varyance betwene these two kynges of England of Fraūce dyuers maners are shewyd For Polycronica sayth that yt beganne by reason that kynge Rycharde denyed vnto kynge Phylyp halfe hys wynnynges in Cypris accordyng to the couenauntis betwene theym assured at Turon But kyng Rychard sayd that the cōuencyon there made stretched no forther then to suche goodes as was wonne wythin the lymytes or boundes of the holy lande Another grudge was by reason that the French kyng ayded not y e erle of Champeyne beynge in dystresse of nede wherfore the sayde erle beynge discontent sayde to the Frēche kyng Syr hytherto I haue done accordynge to my dutye but hereafter I shall do as I am compellyd be nede For your grace hath hytherto cherysshed me but for myn but now I shal go to hym y t is more redy to gyue thē to take and so departed to kyng Rycharde of the whyche he had all hys pleasure The thyrde cause was as sayth Ranulph for as mych as kyng Rycharde at hys begynnyng in Scycyll maryed the syster of the kynge of Nauerne where before he hadde promysed to mary the syster of the sayde kynge Phylyppe But of these artycles speketh nothyng the french cronycle all be it he layeth greate defaute vnto kynge Rycharde sayeng in sedycyous and vyle wordys that kyng Rycharde falsly brake hys appoyntmentes and kepte no promesse that by hym was made Moreouer the sayd cronycle sayth that he solde the ile of Cyprys vnto the Templers for .xxx. thousande marke and after toke it agayne frō them by strength and delyuered it vnto Guy de Lesygnan that was the laste crystened kynge of Hierusalem And ouer this the sayde frenche cronycle sayth that he toke from a knyght of the duke of Ostrych the sayd dukes banner and in despyte of the sayde duke trade it vnderfote and dyd vnto it all the despyte he myghte And ouer all thys where as Conradus Markes of Tyre was traytorously slayn by two of his owne seruauntes that kyng Rycharde shulde laye the charge therof vnto the frenche kynge For these grudges and sykenesse wyth also fere of treason to be wrought bytwene Saladyne the Soudā and kynge Rycharde as affermeth or allegeth the foresayde authoure kynge Phylyppe wyth a small company of shyppes departed from Acō or Acris sayled to Puyll or Poyll and there restynge hym a season cōtynued hys iourney vnto Rome and so lastely into hys owne prouynce of Fraunce
sharpnes of Baldwyne had somdeale greued theym And though thys Baldwyne were a good man holy in his lyuynge yet one thyng he dyd to the derogacyon of the munkes of Caunterburye for he purposyd to put the prerogatiue of the eleccyon of the archbishoppe from the munkes And because therof he beganne to buylde great houses nere vnto the munkes chyrche by fauour of the kynge Henry the seconde but not wythout shedynge of blood and there entendyd to haue set in secular chanons with prebendys and suffraganes of bysshoppes for to treate wyth the sayde chanons of the foresayde eleccyon to put by the mūkes clerely But the munkes when they sawe they myght no lenger resyst Baldwyn they then appealed to the pope Innocent the thyrde by whose cōmaundemēt that worke ceasyd and so stode vnfynysshed tyll the sayde Baldwyne was dede After whose deth the munkes made that worke playne wyth the grounde Treuisa translatoure of Policronycon sayth yt was wonder that Baldwyn wolde in that maner deale wyth the munkes consyderyng he was fyrst archdeacon then white munke and then abbot after byshop of worceter and last archbysshoppe to brynge men of more imperfyte lyfe into y e place of men more perfyte to chaunge religyous men for seculer men But yet the sayde Treuisa allowyth Baldwynes dede or entent for good For he sayth that Criste was the hedde of holy chyrch and callid and made his apostles bysshoppes but none of them was munke or yet frere wherfore Baldwyne dyd better to preferre the relygyon whyche Cryste made then the relygyon whyche was instytuted and ordeyned by man Anno domini M.C.xcvii  Anno domini M.C.xcviii  Gerarde de Antiloche  Balliui  Anno .viii.  Robert Duraunt  IN in the moneth of Ianuary and .viii. yere of the reygne of kynge Rycharde when the sayde Rycharde had sufferyd harde prysonement vppon the terme of a yere and thre monethes he was deliuered out of Pryson for the summe of an hundred thousande pounde of sterlynge money For pledge wherof he lefte in the kepynge of the emperoure the bysshoppes of Roan and of Bathe But not for all for a great parte was payed or the kynge were delyueryd For payment of whyche raunsom all the wolle of whyte munkes chanons was taken and solde rynges and crosses of prelates wyth vessels and chalyces of all chyrches thorough y e land ouer that .xxvii. shrynes were scraped or spoylyd of y e gold syluer that vppon theym before tyme was layd for no pryuylege of holy chyrch nor other persone at that season was sparyd Then kynge Rycharde came vnto Swyne in Flaūdres and taryed there two monethes other to abyde the wynde or ellys to make prouysyon for thynges whych he neded There the emperours men had almost taken him agayn So the emperour forthought y e deliuery of king Rychard as Pharao forthought the delyuery of the chyldren of Israel Then the kyng toke shippyng and lāded in y e ende of Marche at Sandwyche from thens came streyghte vnto Lōdon where he was receyued wyth all ioye and honour And when he had a season rested hym there he wyth a certayn nomber of knyghtes rode to Nothyngam wan y e castell and after the castell of Tykhyll by force of armes and set the wardeyns of theym in warde And that done he called a counsayll of hys lordes at wynchester where by authoryte of the sayd coūsayll he depryued Iohn̄ hys brother then beynge in Fraunce of all honour and toke from hym al suche landes as he before had gyuen to hym crowned hym soone after agayn kyng of England in the sayd cytye of wynchester After the whych coronacyon he called a parlyament by vertue wherof he resumyd all parētes and annuytees fees and other grauntes before hys voyage by hym solde and graunted and caused the partyes to be contentyd wyth such reuenous and profytes as they had receyued of the sayde offyces or landes in tyme of hys absence and sparyd not any persone for any sufficience of wrytyng y t to hym before was made when kynge Rycharde hadde by these foresayd meanes gaderyd some money he then in the moneth of Iuly sayled into Fraunce and besegyd a castell callyd Arques and spedde there as wytnessyth Polycronyca dyuersly whyche worde dyuersly may well here be spoken For who so redyth the frenche cronycle he shall fynde that the Frenche kynge was vyctor But and he rede the englyshe boke than shall he fynde kynge Rycharde vyctour wherfore me thynketh Ranulphe sayde well when he sayde they spedde dyuersely For yt is so dyuerse by the reporte of wryters that the certayntie to whom the honoure shulde be gyuen is harde to be knowen All be yt that in the countrey of Bloys as wytnessyth y e sayde frenche cronycle kynge Rycharde scaryd the Frenche hoste and toke the kynges somer horse wyth parte of hys treasour But in shorte whyle after a trewce was concludyd betwene these two kynges for a yere Then Iohn̄ whyche hadde tourned to the Frenche kyng agayne his owne brother seynge that the fame and honoure of hys brother feblenesse of his own power made meanes to Elyanoure hys mother by whose medyacyon he was recōcyled to hys brother the kynge after became hys trew knyght when the kynge and hys brother Iohn̄ were thus agreed they rode ouer the lande to vysyte y e countreys and se howe they were guyded by the offycers of the kynge Amonge other two there were whyche shewyd that they wolde do many thynges to the kynges profyte the one was abbot of Cadonence wythin Normandye and that other was named wyllyam wyth the longe berde The abbot warned the kynge of the fraude of hys offycers wherby he thought by the ponyshement of hys offycers he shulde wynne great fauoure of the people Then thys abbot gate a warrant of the kynge and at London callyd dyuerse offycers before hym for to yelde to hym theyr accompte But he dyed shortly so that hys purpose came to small effecte And wyllyam wyth the longe berde shewyd to the kynge the outrage of the ryche men whych as he sayd sparyd theyr owne and pyllyd the poore people It is sayd that this willyam was borne in London purchasyd that name by vse of hys berde He was sharpe of wytte and somedeale lettred a bold man of speche and sadde of countenaunce and toke vppon hym greatter dedes then he coulde welde and some he vsyd cruelly as apperyth in appechynge of hys own brother of treason the whyche was a Burges of London and to hym hadde shewed great kyndnesse in his youthe This willyam styred and excyted the cōmon peple to desyre loue fredom̄ and lybertye and blamed the excesse and outrage of ryche men By suche meanys he drew to hym many great companyes and wyth all hys power defended the poore mennys cause agayne the ryche and accused dyuers to the kynge shewyng that by theyr meanys the kynge loste
versys folowynge Christe tui calicis praedo fit praeda caducis re breui reiecis qui tollit aera crucis Viscera Carleolum corpus fons seruat Ebardi Et cor Rothamagū magne Richarde tuum In terra diuiditur vnus quia plus fuit vno Non superest vno gratia tanta viro The which versys may be englysshyd as foloweth Cryste of the these whyche on the ryght hande was And axyd mercy to vs thou made a praye That we lyke wyse shulde for our trespasse Axe of the mercy and shewe no delay Nor for erthly thynges caste our self away For who of thy crosse accompteth lyttell store The meryte of thy passyon he losyth euermore Thys manfull knyghte thys prynce vyctoryouse whyche toke thy crosse on hym wyth great payne He folowed the thefe and axyd mercy thus For hys offence he warred thy foes agayne And shadde theyr blood on hyll and eke on playne And all for loue good lorde he hadde to the. wherfore swyte Iesu on hym thou haue pytye Of whom the bowellys at Carleyll and the trunke At fount Ebrarde full rychely ys dyght The harte at Roan into the erthe ys sunke Of the worthy Rycharde And so in thre is twyght That more than one whylom was in myght In erthe is separate that lyuynge more then one was and of grace founde lyke to hym none IOhn̄ brother of y e aboue named Rycharde yongeste son of Henry the seconde was ordeyned or proclamed kyng of England the tenth day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. .xix and the .xx. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce Thys Iohn̄ at the daye of his brothers deth was in Normandy where at Chynon as soon as his brother Rycharde was dyseasyd he possessyd hym of hys brothers treasour and sent Hubert archbyshoppe of Caunterbury into Englande to make prouisyon for his coronacyon And vppon Ester daye folowyng he was gyrde with the sworde of the duchy of Brytayne sayled soon after into Englād where he was crowned kynge at westmynster vppon holy thursday next folowynge of the forenamed Hubert After whyche solemnitye done he ordeyned the same Hubert chaunceller of Englande In thys whyle the Frenche kynge helde a counsayll at Cenomannia in Turon where to the derogacyon of kynge Iohn̄ Arture the son of Geffrey Plantagenet and neuewe to the sayde Iohn̄ was made duke of Brytayne whyche incontynently after wyth a great army entryd the countrey of Angeou and toke possessyon therof And kynge Phylyppe wyth hys people entryd the duchy of Normandy and layde syege to the cytye of Euroux and wanne yt wyth all the stronge holdes there about and stuffyd theym wyth vytayll strengthed them with his owne knyghtes and that done wasted spoyled the the countrey tyll he came to the cytye of Meaus where met wyth hym the forenamed Arture dyd to hym homage for the countrey of Angiers In the moneth of May Elyanour somtyme wyfe of Henry the seconde and mother to kyng Rycharde came into Fraunce and so to the kynge to Meaus foresayde and made to hym homage for the coūtrey of Poytiers as her enherytaunce And soone after the kinge retourned into Fraūce and the duke of Britayne wyth hym whyche as yet was within age Kynge Iohn̄ heryng of this warre in Normandy and losse of the countreys aboue named assembled a coūsayll and axid ayde of his lordes and cōmons to wynne agayne y e foresayd landes had it graunted after some wryters .iii. s. of euery plough land thorough Englande besyde y e subsydy of y e spyrytuall landes And when he hadde made redy for that belonged to hys voyage he about heruest sayled into Normandy where he taryed tyll Octobre folowynge spendynge the tyme to hys losse and dyshonoure Anno domini M.CC.  Anno domini M.CCi.  Arnolde fyz Arnolde  Balliui  Anno primo  Rycharde fyz Darty  AFter Mychelmas in the moneth of October and fyrste yere of the reygne of kynge Iohn̄ a trewce or peace was concluded betwene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce from that daye tyll mydsomer nexte folowynge and in lyke wyse betwene the French kyng and Baldwyne erle of Flaundres And thys yere was made a deuorce betwene kynge Iohn̄ and hys wyfe the erle of Glocetyrs doughter because of nerenesse of bloode And after was he maryed vnto Isabell the doughter of the erle of Engolesym in Fraunce and had by her two sonnys Henry and Rychard and .iii. doughters Isabell Elyanoure and Iane. Thys yere dyed at London blessyd Hugh byshop of Lyncoln̄ and was conueyed to his owne chyrch there enterryd For whom god hath shewyd many myracles so that at thys daye he ys authorysed by the chyrche for a saynte At mydlent after kyng Iohn̄ sayled agayne into Normandy And after Ester he mette with kynge Phylyppe betwene Uernon and the yle Audeley where the peace betwene both realmes was stablyshed and cōfermed for terme of theyr two lyues and the landes deuyded betwene the two kynges as eyther of them shuld holde theym contentyd for theyr lyues after And in shorte tyme after Lewys the eldest son of kynge Phylyppe maryed dame Blanch doughter to Alphons kynge of Castylle and neuewe to kynge Iohn̄ To the whyche Lewys kyng Iohn̄ for loue of that woman shewyd to hym great bountye and gaue vnto her many ryche gyftes In the moneth of Iuly folowyng kyng Iohn̄ rode into Fraūce where he was receyued of the Frēche kynge wyth myche honour and so cōueyed into saynte Denys where he was receyued wyth processyon And vppon the morow the Frenche kyng accompanyed hym vnto Parys where he was receyued of the cytezens wyth great reuerēce and presentyd by the prouoste of the towne in name of the hole cytye wyth ryche presentis And there kynge Phylyppe festyd hym in hys owne paleys gaue vnto hym and hys lordes and seruauntes many ryche gyftes and after conueyd hym forth of that citye and toke leue of hym in moste louynge wyse And when kynge Iohn̄ hadde spedde his maters in Normandy he then returned into Englande Anno domini M.CCi.  Anno domini M.CCii  Roger Desert  Balliui  Anno secun  Iamys fyz Barth  IN y e moneth of december and seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ Ranulphe erle of Chestre by the example afore shewed by kynge Iohn̄ lefte hys owne wyfe named Constaūce and countesse of Brytayne whych before he had maried by counsayll of kynge Henry the seconde wedded one Clemens One cronycle sayth he dyd so because he wolde haue yssue But the sayd authour sayth that after hys opynyon he dyspleased god so greatly that god wolde suffer hym to haue none yssue but the rather for that dede dyed wythout About thys tyme after opynyon of moste wryters the people or nacyon callyd Tartares beganne theyr domynyon These men dwellyd vnder the hyllys of Inde y t belonged to prester Iohn̄
chase of them self a capitayn of low byrth called Dauid so wyth wyues and chyldren passed the next countreys wyth robbynge and spoylyng and grew shortly in great strength and after subdued the partes many other vycyne countreys and grewe lastely vnto great domynyon and lordshyppe in the eest partes of the worlde so that lately theyr prynce or souerayne ys called the great Cahan In this yere as wytnessyth Polycronycon the kynge of Scottys dyd homage to kynge IohnÌ„ at LyncolnÌ„ and sware vpon the crosse of Hubert archbishoppe of Caunterbury in the presence of a legate of Rome .xiii. byshoppes to be trew lyege man to hym and to hys heyres kynges And in this yere one Estate called abbot of Flay came into Englande and amonge other myracles by hym shewyd he blessed a well besyde the towne of wye in kent so y e men and women drynkyng of that water were curyd of dyuerse maladyes But lastly he dyspleasyd so the byshoppes of England y t he was glade to leue the lande after sayled into Normandy Anno domini M.CC.ii  Anno domini M.CC.iii  Arnolde  Balliui  Anno .iii.  Rycharde  About the moneth of December in y e thyrd yere of IohnÌ„s reygn in the prouynce of yorke were sene .v. moonys One in the Eest the seconde in the weste the thyrd in the North y e fourth in the South and the fyfte as it were set in the myddes of the other and yode .vi. tymes in compassynge the other as yt were by the space of an howre and vanyshed away soone after Thys yere in the moneth of February kynge Phylyp callyd a parliameÌ„t at Uerdon where yt was amonge other maters concluded that kynge IohnÌ„ as hys lyege man shulde appere at his parlyameÌ„t holdeÌ„ at Paris wythin .xv. dayes of Eester next folowynge But for so myche as kynge IohnÌ„ nor none for hym apperyd to shewe some lawfull impedymeÌ„t the Frenche kynge therfore entryd the duchy of Normandy and toke the castellys of Bounte of Gentelyne and Gurnay and seased into hys handes all suche landes as Hugh de Gurnay held gaue them vnto Arture foresayde duke of Brytayne And more ouer he gaue to the said Arture y e couÌ„tye of Angeou with two hundred prysoners and a certayne of money to defende the sayde countrey agayn kynge IohnÌ„ when kynge IohnÌ„ had vnderstandynge of all the cruell dealynge of kynge Phylyppe he callyd a counsayll and there asked ayde and was graunted a new ayde to wythstande the Frenche kynges malyce And about Lammasse after the kyng with a fayre coÌ„pany sayled into Normandye and so spedde hym into the countrey of Angeou for so myche as he was enfourmed that Arture hys neuew and duke of Brytayne warryd wythin the same and toke hym prysoner with certayne other knyghtes as syr Hugh le Bruns syr Godfrey de Losyngham wyth dyuerse other At whych tyme kynge Phylyppe lay at the syege of the castell of Arques and herynge of thys dyscomfyture brake vp hys syege to the entent to haue rescowyd the sayde duke But when he was warned that he shulde come to shorte he then chaunged his purpose and went vnto the cytye of Towrys and wanne yt by strength And after for that wynter drew nere he returned into Fraunce In which season also kynge IohnÌ„ retourned wyth his prysoners into Englande In this yere by counsayâ—l of the burgeysys of the cytye of London were chosen .xxxv. of the moste substancyall and wyseste myn whyche after some were called the counsayll of the cytye Of the whych yerely the bailyuys were chosen and after the mayre and shryues were taken of the same nomber Anno domini M.CC.iii  Anno domini M.CC.iiii Balliui Normand Blondell Anno .iiii.  IohnÌ„ of Ely  IN thys fourthe yere of kynge IohnÌ„ were sene many wonderfull tokens For ouer the wynter the whyche passyd in length and hardenesse many yeres before gone wonderfull wederynge as of excedynge lyghtenynges thunders and other stormes of wynde and rayne appetyd and therwyth hayle of the bygnesse of hennes egges the whyche perished frute and corne besydes other hurtes and harmes done vppon houses and yong catell goynge a brode Also spyrites were sene in the ayer in lykenesse of foulys berynge fyre in theyr bylles the whych sette on fyre dyuerse houses And soone there after dyed Hubert archbyshop of Caunterbury In whose place was chosen coÌ„trarye to the mynde of y e kynge by the more partye of the couent of CauÌ„terburye mayster Stephan Langton All be yt some there were that accordynge to the kynges pleasure named the byshoppe of Norwyche and some other For thys eleccyon the kynge was greuousely amouyd agayne the munkes and wolde in no wyse alowe or admyt theyr eleccyon wherfore they sent theyr eleccyon vnto pope Innocynt the thyrde y e whyche admytted the sayde mayster Stephan and refused the other and sacryd hym at Uyterb a citye of Italy and sent hym after with letters of comendacyon vnto kyng IohnÌ„ to take the possessyon and frutes of his benefyce Kynge IohnÌ„ wyth thys was sore amouyd in so myche y t he warned hym his lande and dyuers of the munkes of Caunterbury that fauored hys cause Aboute Ester kynge IohnÌ„ sayled into Normandye for the Frenche kynge had recommencyd his warre in the countye of Guyan and wanne therin dayly dyuerse stronge holdes and castellys and alleyd wyth hym the erle of Alenson and hadde great ayd of the Portuyns and Brytons And when he had brought that countrey vnder his subieccyon he then retourned by Normandye and wanne Conket the vale of Ruell and the yle of Audeley In this season the forenamed pope sente the abbot of Casmer into Fraunce to refourme these two prynces with whome was also accompanyed the abbot of Cressons the whyche endeuored theym so that they were nere agreed of a peace But for they wolde that the Frenche kynge shulde repayre and ameÌ„de suche houses of relygyon as he had hurte ouerthrowen in Guyan and other places belongynge to the crowne of Englande therfore he forsoke the peace not withstandyng that kynge IohnÌ„ in lyke wyse shuld haue repayred all lyke houses apperteynynge vnto y e crowne of Fraunce Then the Frenche kynge in the ende of Auguste layde syege to the castell of Raydepount assauted yt by the terme of .xv. dayes contynually But the soundyours wythin defendyd yt so manfully that they slewe many of theyr enymyes so y e kynge Phylyppe was fayne to gyue backe tyll he hadde deuysed newe engynes after the warre fassyon By reason wherof he lastely wanne the sayde castell and toke there .xx. knyghtes and an hundred and .vii. yomen and other and .xxi. arblasters And when he hadde fortefyed that castell wyth Frenche men he then yode to the castell of Gaylarde and layde hys ordynaunce to that as he hadde done to that other But he laye there a moneth or he myghte do to yt any hurte or harme In all whych season kyng IohnÌ„ warryd vppon
the Borderers of Fraunce but of hys vyctoryes I fynde lytle wryten Anno domini M.CC.iiii  Anno domini M.CC.v.  water Browne  Balliui  Anno .v.  wyllyam Chaumberleyn  IN this yere that is to saye the .v. yere of kynge Iohn̄ by reason of the vnreasonable wederynge that in the last yere fell whete was solde for .xv. s. a quarter Kyng Iohn̄ in the somer folowyng maryed hys bastarde doughter vnto Lewelin prīce of walys gaue with her the castell and lorshippe of Elyngesmere beynge in the marches of South walys In Morgans land in walys soon after a knyght apered after his deth to one callid master Moris to whom by hys lyues tyme he hadde ben specyall louer and frende The whyche knyght by his dayes was well letteryd and vsyd for hys recreacyon to make versys wyth this mayster Morys so that the one shulde begynne the metyr and the other shulde ende yt At whyche tyme of his apperaūce the knyght sayde to mayster Moris mayster Morys I woll y t thou ende thys verse Destruet hee regnum rex regum Nay sayd mayster Moris ende thou yt for thou haste all moste made the hole thy selfe Then sayd the knyght for that I se now thou arte olde and slow I wyll ende yt my sefe Destruct hoc regnum rex regum dupliciplage The whyche verse maye be englysshed as foloweth The kynge of kynges that lorde that ruleth all And in whose power all thynges is conteyned Thys realme for synne he destroye shall wyth dowble plage be therof ascertayned Excepte the people here after be refrayned From synne and them to vertuous lyfe alye And vyce before vsyd utterly renye Thys yere the pope sente letters of recommendacyon vnto kynge Iohan shewynge that he hadde fauorablye harde hys proctours for all suche maters as they hadde layde agayne the archebyshoppe of Caunterburye and some of hys munkys that he shulde not of ryght be admyttyd to that see But for the sayde maters of obieccyon were by hym and hys courte thoughte insuffycyent he therefore exorted and wyllyd hym to accepte the sayde archebyshopppe to hys grace and suffre hym to enioye the frutes of hys benefyce and the munkes by hym exyled to retourne vnto theyr proper abbay But the more hys lordes and frendes aduysed hym to folowe the popes mynde the more was he mouyd to the contrarye in suche maner that the popes messengers returned wythoute spede of theyr message yet haue ye harde before how the Frenche kynge laye about the castell of Gayllarde and myght not wynne yt by the space of a moneth wherfore he after sente for newe ordynaunce and assayled yt so fyersly that wythin .xx. dayes after he wanne the sayd castell to the great losse of men on partyes and toke prysoners there wythin .xxxvi. knyghtes besyde the other nomber of yomen and arblasters and that done seasyd the countrey there about and strengthed the sayde castell wyth hys owne men and then wyth great pryde returned into Fraunce Anno domini M.CC.v.  Anno domini M.CC.vi.  Thomas Haueryll  Balliui  Anno .vi.  Hamonde Bronde  ABout that season after Mychelmas in the vi yere of the reygn of kyng Iohn̄ came downe a streyght commaundement from the pope that excepte the kynge wolde peasybly suffer the archbyshoppe of Caunterbury to occupy hys see and the munkes theyr abbay thay y e land shulde be enterdyted chargynge these foure bishoppes folowyng that is to saye wyllyam then byshoppe of London Eustace byshoppe of Ely walter byshoppe of wynchester and Gylys byshoppe of Herforde to denounce the kynge and his lande accursyd yf he y e cumaundement dysobeyed Then these foure byshops wyth other to thē assocyate made instaunte labour to the kynge for the obseruynge of the popes commaundement and to exchewe the sensours of the chyrche But all was in vayne wherefore the .iiii. sayed bysshoppes accordyng to the popes wrytynge to them sent the morow folowynge our ladye day annūcyacyon or the .xxvi. daye of Marche denouncyd kynge Iohn̄ wyth his realme of Englande accursyd and shyt faste the dores of the chyrches and other places where dyuyne seruyce before was vsyd fyrste in London and after in all placys as they wente thorough the lande The kyng for thys dede was so amouyd wyth the sayde foure byshoppes that he seased all the temporalties to them belongyng into hys handes and put theym in such fere that they forsoke this land and sayled to the archbyshop of Caūterburye In thys yere at Oxēforde in Suff. was taken a fyshe in y e see of forme lyke to a man and was kepte .vi. monethes after vpon lande wyth rawe fleshe and fyshe and after for they coude haue no speche of yt they caste yt into the see agayne Anno domini M.CC.vi.  Anno domini M.CC.vii  Iohn̄ walgraue  Balliui  Anno .vii.  Rycharde of wynchester  IN the moneth of nouēber and vii yere of the kynge one named Hugh Oysell for treason at Lon was drawen and hanged And thys yere in y e moneth of May the French kynge entryd into Normandy wyth a strōge power and wanne there the castellys of Faloys and Dafyount or Danffrount and after seasyd all the landes to the sayde castell belongynge and so tyll he came to a place called saynte Mychaell in the parell of the see when the Normannes sawe that kynge Phylyppe thus subdued the stronge holdes of Normandye and that kynge Iohn̄ to the countrarye made no defence y e capytayns of Cōstaunce of Bayoux or Bayon of Lyseux of Anreuches and Enroux yelded them all to the French kyng and became hys lyege men so that he was in possessyon of the substaūce of the duchye of Normandye excepte Roan and other few castellys Then kynge Phylyppe seynge these stronge holdes thus yeldyd vnto hym layed hys syege to the cyty of Roan where after he hadde lyen a season the capytayne of the towne desyred a respyte of .xxx. days gyuynge pledges and hostages that yf the cytye were not by kynge Iohn̄ or hys assygnes rescwyd wyth in the foresayde terme they wolde yelde the cytye vnto the French kynge And in lyke wyse was appoyntement taken for the castellys named Arquys and Uermeyll In whyche tyme for that no socoure came both cytye and castellys were delyueryd into the Frenche kynges handes And thus hadde thys seconde Phylyppe the possessyon of Normandye whyche no Frenche kynge hadde sen the tyme of Charlys the symple whyche gaue the same duchye to Rollo leder of the Normannys wyth Gylla hys doughter in maryge synne the whyche tyme hadde passed ouer iii. hundred yeres when the Frenche kynge had thus brought into his subiccyon y e duchye of Normandye he then about saynt Laurence tyde yode into the countye of Guyan and wanne there the cytye of Poytyers wyth all the castellys and townes to the sayde cytye belongynge and when he hadde sette that countrey in an order and rule he spedde hym into
Guyldhall or other places symple and vndyscret persons shuld haue the voyce and the worshypfull meÌ„ lytell or nothyng regarded wherof ensuyd dayly myche vnhappynes and sorow as after shall appere The Barons then to obteyne the more fauour of y e cytye wyllyd them to shewe yf they hadde any of theyr libertyes wythdraweÌ„ that they myght agayne to theym be restored and also to dyuyse some new to theyr weale and profyte and they wolde laboure to the kynge that they myghte haue theym graunted For the whych comforte of the lordes the mayre called the commons to the Guyldhall and shewed to them the beneuoleÌ„ce of the sayd lordes willed them that euery ofâ—ycer for hys offyce to deuyse such thynges as myght be benefycyall for the cytye wheruppon they counsaylled to gyther and made a note in paper of dyuers statutes prouysyons and ordynaunces to be graunted whyche myght more properly be named abhomynacyons For they were deuysed to theyr synguler profyte to y e great hurt of all other marchauÌ„tes commynge to the citye and to all other fayres and markettes of Englande and also preiudycyall to the vnyuersall weale of the realme The whyche when they were ouersene by the heddes of the cytye yt was shewyd vnto the sayd coÌ„mons that theyr ordynaunces were not lefull nor charytable orderyd and therfore they knewe well they shulde not be admytted wyllyng theÌ„ to deuyse other But all was in vayne By meane wherof both those other that were ryght necessary for the coÌ„mon weale of the cytye were reiected put of Then y e Barons vpon the morowe folowynge saynt Iamys daye departed from London towarde wyndesore to se the gydynge of the castell where at theyr commynge they putte out the foresayde allyauntes before set in by syr Edward the kinges son the whyche assocyat wyth other yode vnto Fulham where the kynge then lay and shewyd to hym that the Barons had spoyled them of suche goodes as they hadde and that wythout cause But the kynge put them of for that season and warned them to sue to hym agayne about Mychelmasse when more of his couÌ„sayll was with hym then they shuld haue iustyce Uppon the second daye folowyng the feaste of saynte Mathew or the xxiii daye of september the kynge the quene with his sonnes and other nobles of thys land toke shyppyng and sayled into Fraunce to be present at the Frenche kynges parlyaament then holden at Bonony And the morow after the octabis of saynt Mychaell he landed agayne at Douer And the frydaye folowynge he came vnto London And vppon the tuesday folowyng passed a queste of .xii. knyghtes of Mydd sworne vpon a iury betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye for certayne pryuyleges that the cytesyns of London claymed wythin westmynster where by the sayde iurye it was founden before Gylbert of Prestone then chefe Baron of the kynges excheker that the sâ—ryues of London at those days myght lawfully enter into the town of westmynster and all other tenemeÌ„tes that the abbot then hadde wythin Myddelsex vnto the gate of the sayd abbay and there to make summons and dystrayne for lacke of apparaunce all and eueryche tenaunte of the sayde abbot About the quindena of saynt Mychaell the fourmer complaynt of the allyauntes and other whyche as aboue ye haue harde was shewed before the kyng and y e lordes in the parlyament holden at westmynster where lastely yt was sentencyd that the Barons shulde restore all suche goodes as they and theyr companye hadde taken from all suche persons before that daye as well to allyauntes as other both spyrytuall and temporall and also that suche menyall seruauntes as shulde be dayly in the kynges house and about his person shulde be suche as the kynge wolde chose and admyt hym selfe the whyche ii artycles the Barons vtterly denyed wherfore the olde rancoure toke place and dyssencyon kyndled his fyre of malyce agayn betwen the kynge and his lordes feruently Anno domini M.CC.lxii  Anno domini M.CC.lxiii  Robert Moumplere  Thomas fyz Thomas  Anno .xlvii.  Robert de Suff.  IN thys .xlvii. yere by procurement and styrynge of the Barons the commons of the cytye of London chase vnto theyr mayre for that yere Thomas fyz Thomas and wythout counsayll of the aldermen sware at Guyldehall vppon the day of Symon and Iude and made no presentement of hym vppon the morowe folowynge nother to the kyng nor yet to the Barons of the kynges excheker as they of ryght ought to haue done For the whych presumpcyon the kynge was greuously dyscontentyd agayne the cytye Soone after the kynge aduertysynge well y t the citye wolde take the Barons partye and causyd syr Edwarde his son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne wherof when he knewe that he was in possessyon the kynge erly in a mornynge a lytell to fore Crystemas departed from westmynster rode vnto the sayde castell whyther shortely after came also many of the lordes that were vppon the kynges partye And as faste the lordes and knyghtes whych helde wyth the erle of Leyceter drew them toward Lonlon so y t on eyther partye was mych people assembled In the whyche passe tyme some well dysposyd laboryd a concorde betwene the kynge hys lordes By whose meanes fynally yt was agreed by bothe partyes that all maters concernynge the fore sayde artycles of statutes and ordynauÌ„ces made at Oxenford and after by the .xii. Perys that the Frenche kynge shuld deme and iudge whych shulde be holden and whyche not And as he demyd both partyes promysed assuredly to abyde Upon whiche agrement copyes were made of the sayde statutes and wyth letters shewynge the effecte of the fourmer agrement sent vnto the sayde kynge of Fraunce then beynge saynt Lewys And in the Crystmas weke folowynge the kyng toke shyppynge with syr Edward his son and other of his counsayll and sayled into Fraunce for the foresayde cause And for the partye of the sayd Barons was sent ouer syr Peter de Mountforde and other Then before Lewys kynge of Fraunce those statutes were sore argued vppon both parties How be yt in the ende the Frenche kynge callynge before hym both parties vpon the day before y e conuersyon of saynt Paule or the .xxiiii. daye of Ianuary syttynge in iudgement gaue expresse sentence that all and eueryche of the sayde statutes and ordynaunces shulde be from y e daye foreward vtterly foredone and set at noughte and all suche bandes and promyses that the kyng or any other had made for the mayntenaunce of the same shulde be adnulled cancellyd and the kynge and all other for any mater concernynge those statutes set at lybertye After whyche sentence thus gyuen the kynge retourned into Englande so that he came to London the .xv. daye of Februarye But the Barons beynge sore amoued wyth this sentence notynge greate parcyaltye vnto the Frenche kynge departed from London westwarde so into the marchys of walys
the kynges presence the whyche assured y t kyng to gyde him away into Aragon with out the daunger of his enymyes wherof the kynge beynge glad promysed to the sayde Russylyan fredome and lybertye with other great rewardes whyche then stode as prysoner to the Frenche men After whych promyse made the kyng put hym the more parte of his hoste vnder the ledynge of the sayd Russylyan And for to blynde y e more his enymyes he sent a parte of his hoste towarde the mountaynes to make a shewe as though all the hoste hadde passed the same waye when kynge Phylyp had orderyd all thynge after his mynde he cōmaunded the forewade of hys people to folowe the sayd Russilyan the whyche brought theym a strayte and narrow way all to growen with wood busshes to the kynges great trauayle and all hys But fynally he brought them into the playns where theyr enmyes lay so that they made prouysyon in orderynge of theyr people to set vppon the Aragons wherof the Aragons beynge ware supposynge the Frenche men myght not so lyghtly haue wonne vnto theym beynge then oute of aray and dyspurueyed to fyght fled vnto the next holdes leuyng to y e Frenche men mych of theyr vytayll and harneys when kynge Phylyp had sene that his enmyes had forsaken theyr feld he restyd him there a season after his trauayle and after yode to a towne named Pyerlaat and besyeged yt wherof the soudyours after they had a season defended that towne in the deade of the night fyred y ◠sayd town And departed when they had done But the Frenche men wan shortely into the town and quenched the fyre and after the kyng had manned and vytaylled yt he then went to a town named Goron and layde his syege there about where he lay long after YE haue harde in the precedynge yere howe Charles kynge of Scycyll laye in the playnes of saynte Martyne there abydynge the commynge of his son the prynce of Salerne whyther lastely cam vnto him his sayde son the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Alanson Peter brother to kyng Phylyp Robert erle of Artoys the erles of Dampmartyne of Bolygygne wyth the lorde of Mounte Morency and many other nobles of Fraunce and Burgoyne After commyng of which lordes Charles with baner dysplayed sped hym towarde his enymyes and so passed the lande of Calabre wythout fyght and sente his son to Naples with a part of his hoste and hym selfe kept on his iourney tyll he came vnto Prouynce where he heryng of the great purueyaūce that Peter kyng of Aragon had made of shyppes to sayle toward the lande of Naples sent certayn letters vnto the prynce his sonne that in no wise he shuld set vppon his enmyes but kepe hym within the cytye of Naples tyll he sent vnto hym such shyppes and galeys as he then had redy māned to be sent vnto hym from the hauen of Marcylle whych messanger letters were taken wyth y e Aragons by reason wherof they knewe myche of kynge Charles consayll It was not longe after or the nauaye of the kynge of Aragons wyth great tryumphe and pryde came vnto Naples prouokyd so y e Frenche men to fyght that lastely the prynce wyth suche shyppes and companye as he myght make made out vppon them and fought wyth them a long fyghte But in the ende the Frenche men were betyn and ouercomen and the prynce wyth the more partye of his shyppes taken and sent to Constance quene of Aragon and remayned longe after vndelyueryd wyth many other prysoners wythin a short season after this scōfiture Charlys cam vnto Naples by whych tyme myche of the town was tourned agayn hym so that the most parte of the French soudyours were slayne and fled the towne wherfore after that Charlys was entred he punyshed them ryght cruelly by diuers maner of tourmentes And when he hadde done there his wyll he retourned into Calabre where mette wyth hym Robert erle of Artoys where they toke theyr counsayll howe they might passe the water of Phaar and to laye theyr syege vnto the cytye of Messene But for dyuers causes he was counsayled to the contrarye so that he toke shyppynge at an hauen called Brandyse But or hys people were all shyppyd such a sykenesse toke hym that he was hadde agayn to lande and dyed shortely after not wythoute suspeccyon of venyme whose corps was then conueyed to Naples and there buried in the yere of our lorde .xxii. hundred .lxxxiiii and the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of Phylyppe his neuewe then kynge of Fraunce Of whyche tydynges Peter kynge of Aragon reioysed not a lytell when word therof to hym was broughte the whyche before that tyme had betaken the rule of the lande of Scycyll to Constaunce hys wyfe then beynge in the citye of Palermo And he hym selfe wyth a stronge nauye sayled into Aragon for to rescow the cytye of Geron whych was besyeged of kynge Phylyppe as ye before haue harde And when he wyth hys people were there landid he toke his counsayll how he myght most greue the Frenche hoste Fynally he concluded that he wolde make a busshemēt wyth a certayne nomber of his knyghtes and lye in awayte to take the vytayll that was brought to the host from the porte of Russylyan whyche porte was foure myles frō the Frēch hoste Uppon whyche conclusyon so taken he wyth two thousande chosen mē lodged them where the pray shulde passe and was espyed of the Frenche men wherof beynge warned the constable of Fraūce syr Iohon Harcourt thē marshal of y e hoste toke wyth them the erle of Marches wyth dyuers other knyghtes to the nomber of .v. hundred speres wyth a certayne of fotemen and went towarde theyr enmyes But when they came nere vnto theym and saw they were so many in nomber they feryd to set forthwarde tyll they were comforted by the wordes of a knyghte in theyr companye called Mathew de Roya sayeng as foloweth O ye noble knyghtes beholde in your syghtes the enymyes whych ye haue farre sought Lette vs now remember that thys is the daye of the assumpcyon of our blessed Lady and truste we in her that she wyll help vs agayne them y t ben putte out of holy chyrche by cursyng For lyke meryte shall to vs grow to reuenge y e iniuries done vnto the chyrche as though we faught agayn the enmyes of Crystes fayth By meane of whyche wordes they were so encouraged that wythoute fere they sette vppon theyr enymyes so that betwene them was cōmensed a sore and cruell fyght cōtynuyng a longe season or yt myght be knowen whyche parte hadde the auaūtage of the other At the laste the kyng was drawen from his horse and cōstrayned to fyghte wyth the other on fote so that he was in great ieoperdye to haue ben taken But by his owne knighthode good helpe of his men he recoueryd his horse agayne when y t French men were ware y e the kyng was
be socoured kyng Edwarde for the same entent wyth a stronge power persed the realme of Scotlande after layde hys syege vnto the towne of Berwyke Uppon the .xix. daye of the foresayd moneth of Iuly the Scottes wyth a greate power purposyng to remoue y e sayde syege came towarde the sayd towne wherof kyng Edward beyng enfourmed made towarde theÌ„ ar a place called Halydone hyll gaue to y e sayd Scottes batayll of them had triuÌ„phaunte vyctorye in so moche that he slewe of them as testifyen dyuerse wryters viii erles ix huÌ„dreth knyghtes banerettes iiii C. esquyres and vpon .xxxii. M. of the comon people of Englysshe men were slayne but onely .xv. persones After whych victory thus by the kynge opteyned the capitayne of Berwyke vpoÌ„ y e morew folowynge beyng saynt Margarettes day yelded to the kyng the sayde towne with the castel And that done kyng Edward betoke the guydyng therof with all other castelles townes within that lande vnto the forenamed syr Edward Baylol as kyng of Scottes shortly after retourned into Englande Than Dauyd the sonne of Robert le Bruze beynge as before is sayd kyng of Scottes was constrayned with hys wyfe secretely to sayle into Fraunce thyder was brought by a Flemyng named Marcuell as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle where of Phylyppe de Ualoyes than Frenche kyng the sayd Dauyd with Iane of the towre his wyfe was receyued And for theyr comforte the sayde Frenche kyng gaue vnto them the castell of Gaylarde tyll fortune to them wolde be more frendelye Thys yere also as wytnesseth y e sayd frenche cronycle the Frenche kynge sente vnto the kynge of Englande y e bysshop of Beauuays and the hyghe constable of FrauÌ„ce whych shewed vnto kynge Edwarde that theyr soueraygne lorde entendyd a voyage into the holy laÌ„de and requyred hym of hys ayde and coÌ„pany for perfourmaunce of the sayd iournay whereunto the kynge gaue answere vnto that request than whan the Frenche kynge had perfourmed all suche condycions as he before tymes had promysed to do than he sayd he shuld be conteÌ„ted to gyue suche answere vnto y t request by theÌ„ in hys name made as theruÌ„to shulde be coÌ„uenient And more he added to the same y t he maruayled greatly that the sayd Frenche kynge entended any suche voyage tyll he had clerelye acquyted hym of the sayd promysse couenaunt with whyche answere the Frenche kynge was nothynge contented so that malyce and murmour grewe and encreased betwene them dayly after And an occasyon of thys sharpe answere was for so moche as kynge Edward was credyble enfourmed that the Frenche kynge had vytayll and manned .x. greate shyppes to haue saylled into Scotlande and there to haue warred the whyche by tempest were wedyr dryuen into Flaunders so sore betyn with the see that after they had sold moch of theyr stuffe at y e hauyn of Sluce they were coÌ„pelled of necessyte to retorne without worship into Fraunce Thys with other kyndelyd suche a dedely hate betwene these .ii. crysten prynces y â— moche crysten blode in ê“cesse of tyme folowing was for theyr quarelles shadde Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxxi  Anno dnÌ„i xiii C.xxxii  Nycholas Pyke  IohnÌ„ Preston  Anno .vii.  IohnÌ„ Husbande  IN thys .vii. yere in the wynter season and as sayeth Guydo in the moneth of NoueÌ„bre the kynge yode agayne towarde ScotlaÌ„de and helde hys Crystmas at yorke And after the solempnytie of that hyghe feast ended he sped hym into ScotlaÌ„de where her layde siege vnto y e castel of Kylbrydge lastely wan it by strengthe set the countrey in some quyetnesse And after retourned vnto Newe castel vpon Tyne and taryed there a certayne of tyme and helde there hys feaste of Pentecoste wyth great royalte whyther within shorte space after came syr Edward Baylol kyng of Scottes and vpon the day of saint Geruasi Prothasi or y â— .xix. day of Iune made his homage vnto kynge Edwarde and in presence of many other noble meÌ„ of bothe laÌ„des sware vnto hym feawty or fydelyte And y e done he retourned into Scotlande kyng Edward vnto yorke so vnto wyndesore TheÌ„ were al such lordes of Englande as before tyme were in Edward the secondes dayes disseased of suche landes as they had in ScotlaÌ„d restored agayne to theyr sayd possessions for theym made theyr homage vnto y e kyng of Scottes sauynge theyr allegeaunce vnto theyr naturall soueraygne lorde Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxxii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxxiii  IohnÌ„ Hamonde  Iohan Ponteney  Anno .viii.  wyllyam Hansarde  IN thys eyghte yere certayne ambassadours were sent from Philip de Ualoyes kyng of FrauÌ„ce as the bysshop of Thuroyn and the lorde of Ferry and Peynguy for to coÌ„clude certayn artycles of variauÌ„ce betwene theyr lord the kyng of England But theyr purpose toke none effecte except that the kyng grauÌ„ted to sende vnto the FreÌ„ch kyng shortly after a certayn of hys lordes to haue forther comunycacion with hym towchyng the sayd artycles The whych promyse he fulfylled as appereth in he next yere ensuyng Anno domini M.CCC.xxxiii  Anno domini M.CCC.xxxiiii  Iohan. Hynkstone  Reynolde at Cunduyte  Anno .ix.  walter Turke  IN thys .ix. yere fell excedynge plente of rayne therupoÌ„ ensuyed great moreyne of beestes And in the moneth of Decembre the kyng entred agayne into Scotlande and helde hys Crystmas at the castell of Rokkysborough the whyche he caused to be newly repayred And after thynges there ordered to hys pleasure he retourned into Englande And soone after he sent the archebysshoppe of Cauntorbury syr Phylip de MouÌ„tague syr Geffrey Scrope vnto the Frenche kynge to the entent to haue concluded an amyte betwene hym and the sayd french kyng whych before was moued by y e freÌ„ch ambassade as before is shewed in the eyghte yere of hys reygne But whaÌ„ these sayde lordes were landed in Fraunce they were longe delayed or they myghte come to the kynges presence in so moche that they sayd playnly vnto suche lordes of FrauÌ„ce as were assygned by y e Frenche kyng to passe the tyme wyth theym that they supposed that it was nat the kynges pleasure to speke with them By meane of whyche wordes they were shortly after broughte vnto the kynges presence of whome they were receyued wyth ioyous countenaunce and so contynued by a certayne of tyme in furtheryng of theyr ambassade so y t in processe of tyme a conclusyoÌ„ of peas to be had betwene Englande and Fraunce was accorded and so ferfourth spedde that proclamacioÌ„ therof shuld haue beÌ„ made in Parys and the countrey there aboute vppon the morowe folowynge But how it came in y e kynges mynde the Englysshe ambassadoures were scantlye retourned to theyr lodgynges whan they were agayne sente fore and farther enfourmed thanne that the kynges pleasure and mynde was to haue Dauyd late kynge of Scottes to be included wythin the same peace
Derbye and of Northampton wyth other and for the Frenche kynge the dukes of Burbon of Burgoyne with other for hys party But thys agremente stoode to lytle effecte For it nat wyth standynge the warre betwene these two kynges was contynued so that eyther fortyfyed theyr frendes and allyes And soone after happened that where Iohan duke of Brytayn dyed wythout issu variaunce fel betwene Charles de Bloys and IohnÌ„ erle of Mountforde for the tytle of that dukedome so that betwene theÌ„ mortall warre was exercysed as in the story of Phylyppe de Ualoyes shall after more playnly be declared whyche warre so contynuynge the kynge of EnglaÌ„de ayded y e party of the erle of Mountforde and the FreÌ„ch king ayded Charles de Bloys And ouer that duryng the terme of y e sayde treuce the French kyng made warre vpon the Gascoynes as after shall apere And in Scotlande some styrynge was made thys yere by excytynge of the Frenche kynge in so mych that the kynge was fayne to sende thyder a crewe of soudiours to strength suche holdes as he there helde And in thys yere was y e quene delyuered of a man chyld at y e towne of Langeley the whyche after was named Edmunde and surnamed Edmunde of Langley Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xli  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xlii  IohnÌ„ Luskyn  Symond Fraunces  Anno .xvii.  Rycharde Kyslyngbury  IN thys .xvii. yere kynge Edwarde at the request of dyuers of hys yonge lordes and knyghtes suffered to be exercysed certayn poyntes and feates of warre as iustys turnamentes and other whych were executyd at Dunstable where the kynge and the quene were present wyth the more partye of the lordes and ladyes of the lande Thys yere dyed the forenamed IohnÌ„ duke of Brytayne by reason of whose deth the warre as in the precedynge yere is touchyd grewe bytwene the sayde Charlys de Bloyes and the erle of Mountforde Thys Charlys de Bloyes made his claym to that duchery by tytle of his wyfe that was doughter of Guy vycount of Lymogys and seconde brother of the foresayde IohnÌ„ duke of Brytayne And IohnÌ„ erle of Mountfort claymed by the tytle that he was thyrde brother vnto the forenamed duke But of thys mater I entende to shewe more playnely and of the ende therof in the story of Phylyp de Ualoys as before I haue sayde and rather there than here bycause the fayte therof was not done in Englande but in Brytayne wherof the sayde Phylyppe pretendyd rule and chyefe sygnory Anno domini M.CCC.xlii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliii  IohnÌ„ Stewarde  IohnÌ„ Hamonde  Anno .xviii.  IohnÌ„ AyleshmÌ„  IN thys .xviii. yere the kynge shortely after Easter callyd a parlyament at westmynster In tyme wherof Edwarde hys eldeste sonne was creatyd prynce of walys And many ordynauÌ„ces for the weale of y e lande there were enactyd whych for length I passe ouer In thys yere also Clement the .vi. of y e name whyche newly was made pope toke vpon hym to gyue dyuers bysshopryches and benefyces which then fell voyde in Englande wherwyth the kynge was nothynge contented in so mych that he sent out coÌ„myssyons and strayte commaundementes that no man in tyme folowynge shulde present or inducte any suche persone or persones that so by the pope were promoted wythout y e agremente of the kynge as farre as towchyd hys prerogatyue The sayd pope Clement was fyrste archebysshoppe of Roan and munke of saynt Benettes order a Frencheman of byrth and before called Peter a man of excellent cunnyng but a waster of goddes patrymony promoted to y e dygnyte by instaunt laboure of the Frenche kyng which sent hys sonne IohnÌ„ duke of Normandy the duke of Burgoyn vnto the cytye of Auynyon or AuygnoÌ„ to procure and further the eleccyon By meane wherof he was there chosen pope aboute the vii day of May and tronysed in the sayd moneth of May in the begynnynge of the yere of grace after thaccompte of the chyrche of Englande M.CCC .xliii. By meanes and fauoure of whyche pope the Frenche kynges causes and maters betwene kynge Edwarde and hym were some deale promoted For as testyfieth the Frenche boke the French kyng thys yere put to deth one mayster HeÌ„ry de Malestrete a graduat man and brother vnto syr Godfrey de Malestrete knyght lately also put to deth by the sayde Frenche kynge for theyr fydelyte whyche they bare towarde kyng Edward as hys feodaryes wherof kynge Edwarde made hys coÌ„playnt vnto the pope of thys and other thynges to be done contrary the constytucyons of the former peace concluded by the two cardynalles and had therof no remedye In thys yere also kynge Edwarde made a coyne of fyne golde and named it the Floryne that is to say the peny of the value of syxe s. viii d. the halfe peny of the value of thre s. iiii d and the far thynge of the value of .xx. d. whyche coyne was ordeyned for hys warres in Fraunce for the golde therof was nat so fyne as was the noble whyche he before in hys fourthen yere of hys reygne had caused to be coyned Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliiii  Geffrey wychyngham  Iohan Hamonde  Anno .xix.  Thomas Legge  IN thys .xix. yere the kyng held a solempne feaste at hys castell of wyndsore where betwene Candel masse and lent were holden or executed many marcyall actes as iustes tournamentes with diuerse other at the whyche were present many strauÌ„gers of other landes And in y e ende therof he there deuysed the order of the garter and after stablisshed it as at thys daye it is contynued In this yere about midsomer kyng Edward wyth a stronge armye sayled vnto Sluse and so into lytle Brytayne But for he was dyspoynted of the ayde of the Flemynges by reason of the deth of hys trusty frende Iaques de Artyuele whyche than was slayn of the Flemynges of Gaunt by a coÌ„spyracy that they made agayne hym by suche as fauoured the partye of y e French kyng he tourned home into Englande agayne the same yere leuynge behynde hym the erle of Salysbury with a stronge company to ayde IohnÌ„ erle of MouÌ„tforde agayn syr Charles de Bloys The whyche IohnÌ„ by the ayde of the EnglysshmeÌ„ wan diuerse townes holdes in Brytayne vpoÌ„ the sayd syr Charles his FrenchmeÌ„ But in the ende of thys yere he was taken with such sykenes y t he dyed in a towne called Corentyne After whose deth the sayd Charles posseded the more parte of the duchye of Brytayne Thys yere the kyng sent y e erle of Derby with a stroÌ„g army into GuyaÌ„ for to ayde the erle of NorthaÌ„pton whome y e kynge before had left there at Burdeaux to streÌ„gth that couÌ„trey agayne the French men To whome after the dethe of the forenamed syr IohnÌ„ erle of Mountforde drewe many of the soudyours that were on his partye Anno domini M.CCC.xliiii Â
to the value of a M. marke sterlynge Upon a tuysdaye beyng the fyrste day of Iuly was foughten a batayll at Parys betwene two knyghtes wherof the appellaunte was named syr Foukes Dorciat and the defendauÌ„t syr Maugot Mawbert whych appellauÌ„t was sore vexed with a feuer quarteyne by reason wherof and of the great hete that y e day appered after longe fyght the sayd appellauÌ„t lyght from hys horse for hys refresshemeÌ„t wherfore hys frendes of hym were in great doute But his enemye was also so sore trauayled y t what for hete laboure he was also ouercome was lykely to haue fallen froÌ„ hys horse and or he myght be taken downe he swowned dyed whan syr Fowkes was ware of y e feblenesse of hys enemye anon as he might he dressed hym on fote toward hys aduersary fande hym starke dede whyche by lyceÌ„ce of the kynge was after had out of the feelde and secretlo buryed the sayde syr Fowkes for feblenesse was by hys freÌ„des ladde vnto hys lodgyng In the .xii. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ xxi day of Nouembre Phylyp duke of Burgoyn erle of Artoys of Aluerne and of Boloyngn a chylde of the age of .xiiii. yeres or lesse dyed at a town nere vnto Rome called GuyoÌ„ By reason of whose deth kyng IohnÌ„ as nexte heyre had after possession of al the sayd laÌ„des toke possioÌ„ therof shortly after In the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng IohnÌ„ thyrd day of Ianuary he for specyall causes hym mouyng as for the enlargyng of his sonne the duke of Orleaunce other yet pledges for hys rauÌ„some toke shyppyng at Boloyne so sayled into EnglaÌ„d and arryued at Douer the .vi day of the sayde moneth and after yode to Eltham and from theÌ„s was coÌ„ueyed vnto LoÌ„don as before is shewed in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edward In tyme of whose there beyng syr BarthraÌ„ de Glaycon made warre vpoÌ„ the kynge of Nauerne wan from hym the towne of Maunt in Normandy And by the duke of NormaÌ„dy soone after was wonne from the sayd kyng the towne of MeÌ„leÌ„ce within y e which were taken dyuers Parysyens that shortly after for theyr infidelite were put in execucioÌ„ at Parys And thus the warre betwene the kynges of FrauÌ„ce Nauerne was newly begoÌ„ Than kynge IohnÌ„ beyng as before is sayde in Englande a greuous malady toke hym in the begynnynge of Marche of the whyche he dyed at London vpoÌ„ the .viii. daye of Apryll folowynge so wyth great honoure and solempnyte coÌ„ueyed to the sees syde and there shypped thaÌ„ in processe caryed into Fraunce where vpon the .vii. day of May and yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii he was solempnely enterred in the monastery of saynt Denys whaÌ„ he had reygned .xiii. yeres .vii. monethes and odde dayes leuynge after hym thre sonnes that is to say Charles whych was kyng after hym Lewys and Phylyp CArolus or Charles y e .vi. of that name or .v. after som writers y e eldest sonne of kyng IohnÌ„ beganne hys reygne ouer the realme of FrauÌ„ce the .ix. day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii and the .xxviii. yere of Edwarde the the .iii. than kynge of Englande and was crowned with dame Iane hys wyfe at Raynes the .xix. day of May folowynge In thys fyrste yere syr Barthran de Glaycon lyeutenaunt of the sayde Charles in NormaÌ„dy fought with a capytayne of the kynge of Nauerne named le Captall de Bueffe nere vnto a place called Cocherell nere vnto the crosse of saynte Lyeffroy in whiche fyght the sayd Captall was scomfited and great noumbre of his people taken and slayne hym selfe chased taken for whome the frenche kynge gaue after vnto the sayde syr BarthraÌ„ the Erledam of Longeuyle And whaÌ„ he had receyued him he sent him vnto a stroÌ„ge pryson called the Merchy in Meaux At Myghelmas folowynge the duke of Brytayne syr Charlys de Bloyes and syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tfort sonne and heyre to the fore named sir IohnÌ„ Mountforde before dede whiche by a longe season bothe father the sonne had holden warre with the sayd syr Charles met in playne batayle in y â— which as before is shewed in the .xxxviii. yere of king Edwarde the sayde syr Charles was slayne dyuers noble men of Fraunce with him In the moneth of Iuny and seconde yere of this Charlys an other accorde was yet concluded atwene this Charles and the kynge of Nauerne By reason of whiche accorde the Captall of Bueffe was clerely delyuered and Maunt and Menlene agayne also to the kynge restored And ouer that to the kynge of Nauerne was geuyn for a recompensement the Erledome of Longeuyle whiche as aboue is sayd the frenche kyng had gyuen vnto syr Barthran de Glaycon for to haue the Captall to his prisoner And also to the sayde kynge of Nauerne was gyuen the lordshyppe of Mountpyller And in the moneth of February began the warre in Spayne where prince Edwarde ayded Peter kyng of y e lande as before is shewed iÌ„ the .xl. and .xlii. yeres of kynge Edwarde In the .iiii. yere the peace atwene the kynges of Englande of FrauÌ„ce began to breke by meanes of the erle of Armenake other as in the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde is before shewed And in the moneth of Decembre and the sayd yere the quene was lyghted of a man Chylde in the Hostell of saynt Paule the whiche was after christened with excedynge solempnyte ouer other before passed in the churche of saint Paule in Parys the .vi. day of Decembre of the cardinal of Parys To whome were godfathers the erles of Mountmerency and of Dampmartyn godmother Iane quene of Euroux and bare the name of Charlys after the erle of Mountmerency In the .v. yere of this Charlys he called his counsell of parlyament at Parys Durynge the whiche the appellacyons of the erle of armenake and other purposed ageyne prynce Edwarde were publysshed and radde the answeres of the said prince vpon the sayd appellacyons made whiche I ouerpasse for length of the mater But the conclusyon was that the prince had broken the peas and couenauntes of the same as they there demyd wherfore all suche townes holdes as the frenche kyng had gotten he shulde them retayne make warre vpon the kynge of Englande for the recouery of the other where vpon kynge Charles in the moneth of Iuly folowyng rode vnto Roan and there rygged his nauye entendynge as sayth the frenche historye to haue made warre vpon EnglaÌ„d and to haue sent thyther his yongest brother Philippe than duke of Burgoyne with a stronge armye But whyle he was there besyed about his purpose the duke of Lancastre arryued with a strong power at Caleys and so passed to Tyrwyn so vnto Ayr. wherfore kynge Charlys then chaunged his purpose and sent his sayde brother into those ê‘ties Then by that season that y e sayd duke was prepared with hys people the englysshemen were
as some drowned .iii. of the grettest of theyr carykkes taken Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vi  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vii  Roberte wodtyngton  Henry Barton Skynner  Anno .v.  IohnÌ„ Couentre  THys yere the kynge holdynge hys parlyameÌ„t at westmynster to hym was graunted by auctoryt of the same a Fyftene And by a conuocacyon of the clergy was grauÌ„ted to hym a dyme for the mayntenaunce of hys warrys wheruppon newe prouysyon was made for hys seconde vyage into Fraunce By authoryte of this parlyament also Rycharde whyche was sonne heyre of y e erle of Cambrydge which erle was put to deth at Southampton was created duke of yorke whiche after was maryed vnto Cecyle y e doughter of Daraby erle of westmerlande by reason that he brought his wardshyp of the kynge By the whiche lady Cecyle he hadde Henry that dyed yonge Edward that after was kynge Edmunde erle of Rutlande Anne duchesse of Exceter Elyzabeth duchesse of Suffolke George duke of Clarence Rycharde duke of Glouceter and after kynge and Margaret duchesse of Burgoyne And whaÌ„ all thynge was redy for the kynges vyage he ordeyned IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde hys brother protectour of thys land in the tyme of his absence And that done he wyth hys lordes aboute wytsontyde toke hys shyppyng at SouthamptoÌ„ and so sayled into Normandye and landed vpon LaÌ„mas daye at a place called Toke or Towke And after he was wyth hys hoste there landed for so moche as he was warned of certayne shyppes of warre y e entendyd to do some harme in Englande beynge than vppon the see he therfore to wythstaÌ„de theyr malycyouse purpose sent the erle of Marche the erle of Huntyngdon wyth other to scowre the see The whyche encountred the sayde enemyes and after a loÌ„ge and cruell fyght them veÌ„quysshed ouercame whyche fyght was vpon the daye of saynt Romayne or the .ix. day of Auguste as hath the Frenche cronycle And of the French nauy was chyefe capytayne the vycount of Narbon whych in that fyght was taken with great pleÌ„ty of treasour For as sayth Gaguinus he with one Mountney an other capytayne to whom y e sowdyours wages was coÌ„mytted of one assent of theyr synguler lucre wythhelde the sayde wages By reason wherof whan they shuld ioyne in batayll many of them wyth theyr shyppes withdrew last theyr capitayns in the dauÌ„ger of theyr enemyes But this is lyke to be a fayned excuse of y e sayd Gagwyne to saue the honoure of the FreÌ„chmen as he many tymes semblably dothe in many places of hys boke Then to retourne vnto kyng Henry whan he was thus landed he sent vnto y e rulers of the town of Towke and had it vnto hym delyuered But the castell was defended agayn hym tyll saynt Laurence daye folowyng the whyche he gaue after vnto hys brother the duke of ClareÌ„ce wyth all the sygnory therunto belongynge And thys done the kynge spedde hym toward Cane layde his syege therunto vpon y e .xvii. day of the foresayd moneth of August The whych contynued tyll the feest of the Natyuyte of our lady than won vpon y e ê‘ty y t the duke of ClareÌ„ce assawted But the castel helde by apoyntemeÌ„t yf no rescouse were had tyll the .xiiii. day folowyng At whych day y e sayd castel was delyuered with other .xiiii stroÌ„ge holdes which had before takeÌ„ y e same apoyntmeÌ„t Than the kynge made the foresayd duke of Clarence capytayne of the sayd town castell And in this passetyme were dyuers other townes stroÌ„ge holdes goten by dyuers of y e kynges retynew as y e erle Marshall the erle of warwyke other y e which wan Louers Faloys Newelyn Cherburgth ArgeÌ„tyne Bayons the citye with many other stroÌ„ge abbays pilys ThaÌ„ the king helde there saynt Georges feest and dubbyd there .xv. knyghtê of y e Bath after coÌ„tynued his warres duryng this mayres yere in wynnyng vpon the FreÌ„chmen by apoyntementê and otherwyse wherof the cyrcumstauÌ„ce were very longe to declare in order In this yere also vpoÌ„ the festfull day of Ester tyll a chaunce in LoÌ„doÌ„ which to y e fere of all good crysteÌ„ men is necessary to be noted For vpoÌ„ the hygh soleÌ„pne day by excytyng of y e deuyll yll disposycioÌ„ of .ii. women that is to mene the wyfe of the lorde StrauÌ„ge y e wyfe of syr IohnÌ„ Trussell knyght such vnkyndnes fyll bytwene theyr two husbaÌ„des y t eyther wold haue slayne other within y e parysh chyrch of saynt DuÌ„stanes in the Eest In ê‘tyng of which persons dyuers men were hurt sore wouÌ„ded one named ThomÌ„ PetwardeÌ„ slayne out of hand which was a freeman fysshemoÌ„ger of the cyty Than lastly both frayers were takeÌ„ brought vnto the CouÌ„tour in y e Pultry And for the sayd lorde StrauÌ„ge was demed culpable of y e begiÌ„nyng of this fray he therfore vpoÌ„ the soÌ„day folowyng for suspendyng of the chyrche was denouÌ„ced acursyd at Poulys crosse in all parysshe chyrches of LondoÌ„ And fynally he was demed to open penaunce dyd it and made greate amendes vnto the wyfe of the sayde Thomas for the deth of her husbaÌ„d And in the ende of thys yere where at LoÌ„doÌ„ was sold for .ii. s. a busshell Anno domini M. CCCC.xvii  Anno domini M. CCCC.xviii  Henry Rede  Rycharde Merlowe Iremonger  Anno .vi.  IohnÌ„ Gedney  IN thys yere syr IohnÌ„ Oldcastell lorde CobhmÌ„ the whyche as before is shewed in the ende of the fyrste yere of thys kynge escaped out of the Towre of London was in the moneth of sent vnto London by the lorde Powys out of walys The whyche syr IohnÌ„ for heresye treason was conuycte in the moneth of folowynge and for the same drawen vnto saynt Gyles feld where he was hanged vppon a newe peyre of galowes wyth chaynes and after consumed wyth fyre And about that season the person of wortham in Norfolke whyche longe tyme had haunted Newmarket heth and there robbed spoyled many of the kynges subgettes was nowe with his concubyne broughte vnto Newgate where he lastly dyed And kynge Henry beynge styll in Normandy deuyded hys people in thre partes wherof one he reserued vnto hym selfe the seconde he commytted to the rule of the duke of Clarence and the thyrde vnto the erle of warwyke whyche sayde duke erle employed theyr armes so well and valyauntly that eyther of theym encroched sore vppon the Frenchmen and wanne from them many stronge holdes and pyles And the kynge after longe syeges by hym contynued aboute Argentyne Cressy saynte Launde and other he then in y e ende of thys yere that is to saye vppon y e daye of the translacyon of saynt Edwarde or the .xiii. daye of October layde hys syege vnto the cytye of Roan and contynued the same tyll the .xii. daye of Ianuary folowynge In the whych passetyme the olde mayre was chaunged to a new
kyng that is to say the .vii. daye of y e moneth of Nouembre the corps of y e excellent prynce kyng Henry the fyft was wyth great solempnyte and honour brought vnto the monastery of westmynster and there at the fete of saynt Edward wyth due reuereÌ„ce enterred to whose soule Iesus be mercyfull And vpon the .ix. day of y e sayd moneth was a parlyament called at westmynster By reason whereof the kynges gouernaunce durynge hys nonage was prouyded for wyth all the rule of bothe realmes of EnglaÌ„d and of Fraunce And by auctoryte of the same the duke of Glouceter syr Humfrey was ordeyned protectoure of England and duke IohnÌ„ of Bedforde regent of Fraunce And durynge the parlyament was grauÌ„ted vnto y e kyng for a subsydie for .iii. yeres v. nobles of euery sacke of wolle that shulde passe out of the lande And the fyrste daye of Marche after was of hys preestehode deregraded and heretyke named wyllyam Tayllour and breÌ„t to asshes in smythfeld whose opynyons for the herynge of them shulde be tedious and vnfrutefull I therfore wyll nat wyth theym blot my boke In thys moneth of Marche also was the town of PouÌ„t Melane deliuered by apoyntmente vnto the regent of Fraunce Of the whych apoyntemeÌ„t one artycle was that all horses abylmeÌ„tes of warre harneys and other shulde be lefte within the sayd place and also golde and syluer and other iewelles there to remayne hooly And yf that any persone were within y e holde founde whiche before tyme had ben gylty or consentynge to the dethe of the duke of Burgoyne that he shulde be delyuered to the regent and not to take any benefyte or pryuylege by that appoyntment And this yere the west gate of the cytye called Newgate was newly buylded and repayred by the executours of Rycharde whytyngton late mayre of LondoÌ„ And this yere after mydsomer fyll great water or rayne so that for the more party euery daye atwene the begynnynge of Iuly and ende of Septembre it rayned lytell or moche and yet that not withstandynge that yere was coÌ„uenyent plentye of al grayne so that whete passed not eyght shyllynges at LoÌ„don and malte fyue shyllynges Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xxiiii  Nycholas Iames.  wyllyam Crowmer draper  Anno .ii.  Thomas wadeforde  THis yere that is to meane in the begynnge of this mayres yere and .xiii. day of Nouembre the kynge and the quene his mother remoued from wyndesore towarde LoÌ„don and came that nyght vnto Stanys and on the moâ—owe beynge sonday whan he was borne towarde his mothers chare he shyrled and cryed so feruently that the noryce with her brestes nor nothynge elles that the quene coude deuyse myght contente hym wherfore the quene beyng fered that he had ben dyseased retourned agayne to her chambre where anone he was in good rest and quyet This of some wryters is noted for a dyuyne monycyon y t he wolde not trauayle vpon the sonday But how it was the quene taryed with hym ther that nyght on the moâ—owe he was borne to y e chare with glad semblant mery chere and so came to Kyngeston that nyght and vpon y e morow vnto his manour of Kyngeston Upon wednysday the quene syttynge in her chare and he vpon her lappe passed with great tryumphe thorughe the cytye and so vnto westmynster where than was holden his parlyament there set in his kyngly mageste within the parlyameÌ„t chambre amonge all his lordes where the speker of the parlyament made a famous preposicion wherof the effecte was of the grace y t god had endewed the realme with for the presence of so toward a prynce and soueraygne gouernour as he was with many other wordes of commendacyon which I passe ouer The .xxvi. day of the same moneth of NoueÌ„bre the kynge with y e quene remoued from westmynster vnto waltham holy crosse And after he had there a season soiourned here moued vnto Hertford where he held his Crystmasse and y e kyng of Scottes with hym And y e foresayd parlyameÌ„t was iourned vnto y e .xx. daye of Crystmas In y e whiche parlyament amonge other actes was ordeyned y t what prysoner y t for grauÌ„d or pety treason was coÌ„mytted to warde after wylfully brake the same it shulde be demed pety treason and that the goodes of hym so escapynge shulde be forfeyted to the lorde of that soyle that they were founde in In the moneth of Februari syr Iames steward kynge of Scottes maried in the face of the churche of saynt mary Ouereys in Southwerke dame Iohane y e duchesse doughter of Clarence whiche was doughter vnto the erle of Somerset fyrste husbande vnto the sayde duchesse And the feest was holden in the bysshop of wynchesters place by And soone after vpon the xiii day of February the foresayde parlyament beynge agayne holden at westmynster for brekynge of the foresayde acte of brekynge of pryson syr Iohan Mortymer was accused by a yoman named wyllyam Kynge and seruaunt vnto syr Robert Scot knyght and keper of y e towre of London of dyuers poyntes of treason as folowen Fyrst he couÌ„seyled with the sayd wyllyam Kynge to the ende to breke out of pryson and promysed to hym for the same the yerely value of xl li. lande in processe an erledome Also the sayd Mortymer shulde saye that he wolde go into wales vnto the erle of the Marches and there he wolde rayse .xl. M. meÌ„ and with that power he wolde entre this lande and stryke of the heddes of the lorde protectour and of the bysshop of wynchester to the entent that he myght tell or play with some of his money And ferthermore he accused hym that the sayde Mortymer shulde say that the erle of Marche shulde be kynge by ryght enherytaunce that he hymself was nexte ryghtfull heyre to the sayd crowne after the sayd erle of Marche wherfore yf the sayde erle wold not take vpon hym y e crowne rule of y e lande he sayde that he elles wolde And ouer this the sayd wyllyam alledged to the sayde syr Iohan Mortymer that he shulde say that yf he fayled of his purpose and myght not wynÌ„e vnto the erle of Marches that than he wolde sayle vnto y e Dolphyn and ayde and take his partye where he wyst well he shuld be accepted and haue good ayde of hym to brynge aboute his purpose All whiche maters were duely approued by the sayde wyllyam agayne the sayde syr Iohan before the lordes and comons of the sayde parlyament for y t whiche treasons he was after drawen and hanged In this yere also the duke of Bedforde beynge in Fraunce as regene warred strongly vpon y e Dolphyn wanne from hym many stronge holdes and townes as Crotey Basyde Ryol Rulay GyrouÌ„de Basyle MermouÌ„de Mylham Femel Seintace Iensak Mauron Duras Mountsuer La venak Palageeu Cerneys Noelam Cusak and Doual with dyuers other and so contynued tyll he came vnto Uerneyll in Perche
Calays for .xviii. M. li. whyche summes of money whan they had receyued y e sayd lordes of one assent made ouer y e forenamed mayster IohnÌ„ Dynham wyth a stronge company sent hym vnto Sandwyche to wynne y e kynges nauye than there lyenge and other thynges for theyr nedes necessary The whyche sped hym in suche wyse that he toke the lord Ryuers in hys bedde wanne the town toke the lord Scalys sonne vnto the sayd lord Riuers with other ryche prayes and after tooke of the kynges nauy what shyppes them lyked and after retourned vnto Calays nat without consent agremeÌ„t of many of y e mariners whych owyd theyr synguler fauours vnto the erle of warwyke In thys iourney was the sayde Iohan Dynham sore hurt that he was may med vpon the legge haltyd whyle he lyued after Than after this iourney thus acheuyd the sayd lordes by tayled and maÌ„ned the sayd shyppes sent wyth them as chefe capytayne the erle of warwyke into Irelande to speke wyth the duke of yorke and to haue hys counsayll for maters coÌ„cerning theyr charge as reentre into this lande and other where whaÌ„ he had happelye sped hys nedys he retourned towarde Calays bryngyng wyth hym hys mother the couÌ„tesse of Salysbury also kepte hys course tyll he came into the west couÌ„trey where at that tyme was the duke of Gretyr as admyrall of the see wyth a competeÌ„t nouÌ„ber of shyppes well maÌ„ned in so moche that the erle of warwyke prouyded to haue gyuen batayll vnto â—he sayd duke yf he hadde made any couÌ„tenaunce toward him But the duke harde suche murmure speche amoÌ„ge hys owne company whych fouÌ„ded vnto the erle of warwykes fauoure that he thoughte it was more vnto hys profyte to suffre hym to passe than to fight with him But were it for thys cause or for other which y e commoÌ„ fame ruÌ„neth vppoÌ„ which were loÌ„ge to wryte certayn trouth it is that the sayd erle passed wythout fyghte came in sauete to Calays In thys passe tyme a parliament or great couÌ„sayll was holdeÌ„ at Couentre By auctoryte whereof the duke of yorke and all the other foresayde lordes wyth many other were attaynted and theyr laÌ„des goodes seased to the kynges vse And for the more surer defeÌ„ce that they shuld nat efte lande in KeÌ„t prouisioÌ„ was made to defende the haueÌ„s portys vppon the sees syde And at Sandwyche was ordeyned a new streÌ„gthe wyth a capitayn named syr SymoÌ„de MouÌ„forde And ouer thys prouision was ordeyned that no marchauÌ„t passyng into the costys of FlauÌ„ders shulde passe or go by Calays for fere that any shuld come to y e ayde of the sayd lordes But thys prouysyon natwythstandyng comfort to them was sent dayly out of EnglaÌ„d Than these lordes herynge of all thys prouysyon made vppoÌ„ the sees syde to wythstaÌ„de theyr laÌ„dynge sent out an other company vnto SaÌ„dewyche the whych there skyrmysshed wyth the sayd syr SymoÌ„de Mountforde in the ende toke hym broughte hym vnto Ryse Banke there smote of hys hede The foresayd lordes than coÌ„syderynge the strengthe whych they had wyth them and manyfolde frendes hartys which they had in sundry places of EnglaÌ„d condysceÌ„ded for to sayle into Englande so to bryng about theyr enteÌ„t purpose whych was as the coÌ„mon fame went to put a parte frome the kynge all suche persones as were enemyes to the coÌ„mon weale of the laÌ„de And thys to bryng aboute after they had set the towne of Calays in an order sure kepyng they toke shyppynge so sayled into EnglaÌ„de landed at Douer and from theÌ„s helde on theyr iourney thorughe Kente so that they came to LondoÌ„ the .ii. daye of Iuly And after they had there refresshed theym and theyr people they departed thense sped theym towarde the kynge which at y e same tyme of theyr laÌ„dynge was at Couentry and there gathered his people so came vnto Northampton where he pyght hys felde wherof the sayd lordes beynge enfourmed sped them thytherward so that vpoÌ„ the .ix. day of Iuly bothe hostys there mette foughte there a cruell batayll But after long fyght the victory fell vnto the erle of Salysbury and the other lordes vpoÌ„ his partye the kynges hoste was sparcled chased many of hys noble men slayen AmoÌ„ge the whyche was the duke of Buckynghan the erle of Shrowsbury y e vycouÌ„t BeaumouÌ„d the lorde EgremoÌ„de wyth many other knyghtes and esquyers and the kyng taken in the felde After whych victory thus by these lordes opteyned they in goodly haste after retourned vnto LondoÌ„ and broughte wyth them the kynge kepyng hys estate lodged hym in the bysshop of LondoÌ„ palays And after spedye knowelege sent of all the premysses vnto y e duke of yorke yet beyng in IrelaÌ„de a parlyameÌ„t in the name of the kyng was than called holden at westmynster Durynge whych parlyament y e duke of yorke came vnto westmynster vpoÌ„ the frydaye before saynte Edwardes day or the .x. day of October and lodged hym in the kynges palays wherof anone arose a noyse thorugh the cytye that kynge Henry shuld be deposed the duke of yorke shulde be kynge UppoÌ„ thys this parlyamente thus contynuynge the duke came one daye into the parlyament chaumber there boldely beyng the lordes present sette hym downe in the kynges sete so there sittynge made a pretence and clayme vnto the crown affermyng it to be hys ryghtfull enherytauÌ„ce had there certayn bolde wordes in iustyfyenge of the same wherewyth all the lordes presente were greatly dysmayed For thys great many opynions were moued among the lordes Howe be it aswell dyuers of hys frendes as other were of the mynde that he shuld nat be admytted for kynge duryng the lyfe of kyng Henry For appeasynge wherof many great couÌ„sayles were kepte aswell at the blacke freres as at westmynster In all whych tyme and season the quene wyth suche lordes as were of hyr affynyte helde them in the north couÌ„trey assembled to theym greate strengthe in the kynges name to the ende to subdue as she sayde the kynges rebelles and enemyes Thus contynuynge thys vnkyndenesse betwene the kynge and the duke all be it that at that season bothe the kynge and he were bothe lodged within the palays of westmynster yet wolde he natte for prayer nor instaunce ones bysyte the kynge nor see hym tyll the counsayll were concluded vppon some fynall ende concernyug thys greate matter the whyche so continued the full terme of this mayres yere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lx.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxi. Grocer Rycharde Flemynge  Rycharde Lee.  Anno .xxxix.  IohnÌ„ Lambarde  THys yere whyche was in the begynnynge of the xxxlx yere of kyng Henryes reygne that is to meane vpoÌ„ the euyn of all sayntes or the laste day of October it was condyscended by the lordes spyrytuall temporall by the hole auctoryte of the sayd parliament that
thorugh the cytye of London that the kynge hadde pardoned the NorthyrnmeÌ„ of theyr ryot aswell for the deth of the lorde Ryuers as all dyspleasures by them before that tyme done And soone vppon thys a new styrryng begaÌ„ in LyncolnÌ„ shyre whereof the occasyoner was the lorde wellys as the fame than went For whome the kynge sent by fayre meanes promysyng hym to go safe and come safe as it was sayd But trouth it is after hys commyng to the kyng had he before suche promyse or nat he was shortly after beheded Than in February folowyng by medyacyon of lordes a treatye of vnytie and concorde was laboured betwene the kyng hys brother and the erle of warwyke For whyche cause the sayd erle came thanne vnto London And shortly after came the sayd duke as vpon shrouesonday folowyng And vpon the thuysday folowyng the kynge the sayde duke mettte at Baynardes castell where y e duchesse of yorke theyr mother than laye In the whyche passetyme y e erle of warwyke was retourned to warwyke and there gadered to him such streÌ„gth as he myght make as it was reported And in LyncolnÌ„shyre syr Robert wellys sonne vnto the lorde wellys before put to deth in thys whyle had also assembled a greate bend of men purposed to gyue the kyng a felde Of all whyche tydynges whaÌ„ne the kynge was assertayned he wyth his sayd brother the duke spedhim north warde and in that whyle sente to the sayd syr Robert wellys wyllyng him to sende home hys people come to hym and he shulde haue hys grace But that other answered that by like promysse hys father was dysceyued and that shulde be hys example But in conclusyon whan the kynge wyth hys power drewe nere vnto hiÌ„ he toke suche fere that he fledde and soone after was taken and with him syr Thomas Dymmok knyght and other the whyche were shortly after put to deth In thys season was the duke of Clarence departed frome the kynge and was gone vnto the erle of warwyke to take hys parte To whome the kynge in lykewyse sente y t they shuld come to hys presence wythout fere where vnto they made a fayned answere And than consyderynge theyr lacke of power agayne y e kyng departed and wente to the see syde so sayled into Fraunce and requyred the .xi. Lowys than kyng of that regyon that he wolde ayde and assyste them to restore kynge Henry to hys ryghtfull enherytaunce wherof the sayd Lowys beyng gladde grauÌ„ted vnto them theyr requeste helde theÌ„ there whyle they wyth the counsayll of quene Margarete prouyded for theyr retourne into Englande whan the sayde lordes were thus departed the lande the kyng coÌ„mauÌ„ded them to be proclaymed as rebelles and traytours thorugh oute hys realm And in the Easter weke folowynge syr Geffrey Gate one named ClaphaÌ„ whyche entended at South ampton to haue taken shyppynge to haue sayled to the sayde lordes were there taken by the lorde Hawarde and sente vnto warde whych sayde Clapham was beheded soone after and the sayde syr Geffrey Gate fande suche frendshyp that lastly he escaped or was delyuered so that he yode after to seynt wary Thanne was the lorde of saynte IohnÌ„s arrested But at instaunce of the archebysshop of Caunterbury he went a season at large vnder suerty and was fynally commytted to the towre In whych passetyme the erle of Oxenforde gat ouer vnto the foresayd lordes Thus enduryng thys trouble a stirrynge was made in the north partyes by the lord Fitz Hugh wherfore the kyng sped hym thyderwarde But so soone as the sayd lord knewe of the kynges coÌ„myng anone he lefte hys peple fledde into Scotlande And the kyng whych thaÌ„ was commyn to yorke rested hym a season there and there about In the moneth of Septembre .x yere of the kyng the forsayd duke of Clarence accoÌ„panyed wyth the erles of warwyke of Penbroke of Oxenforde other many gentylmen landed at Dartmouth in Deuynshyre there made theyr proclamacyons in the name of kyng Henry the .vi and so drewe ferther into the laÌ„de wherof herynge the commons of that couÌ„tre other drewe vnto theym by greate companyes Than the Kentyshemen beganne to were wylde assembled theym in great companyes and so came vnto the out partyes of the cytye of London Radâ—lyffe saynte Katherynes and other places robbed and spoyled the Flemynges and all the bere houses there as they came ThaÌ„ the foresayde lordes holding on theyr iournaye drewe towarde y e kynge beyng in the northe as aboue is sayde wherof he beyng warned and hauyng wyth hym as than but small strength wherof some to hym were nat very trusty he wyth a secret company toke the next waye toward the wash in Lyncolneshyre and there passed ouer wyth great daunger nat wythout losse of dyuers of hys company and so passed the couÌ„trees into Flaunders and stynted nat tyll he came to Charles hys brother thanne duke of Burgoyne wyth whome he rested a season whaÌ„ the quene which than was in the towre harde of the kynges auoydynge anone she departed frome thens and yode vnto westmynster and there regystred her selfe for a seyntwary woman and in lyke wyse dyd many of kynge Edwardes frendes And than about the begynnynge of Octobre syr Geffrey Gate that till that tyme had holden the sayde seyntwary and other wyth hym wente vnto the prysons aboute London all suche as they had fauoure vnto toke them out and sette them at lybertye And than shypmen other euyll dysposed persones as than drewe to the sayd Geffrey Gate robbed agayn the berehouses set some of them in fyre and after resorted vnto the gates of the cytye there wolde haue entred by force But the cytezeyns wythstode theym wyth suche force that they were compelled to departe thens Upon the .xii. day of October the towre was gyueÌ„ vp by appoyntmeÌ„t kyng Henry was takeÌ„ from the lodgyng where he before laye and was than lodged in the kynges lodgyng wythin the sayde towre In whyche passetyme the duke the forsayd lordes drewe nere vnto the cytye And vpon saterday than nexte folowyng the sayd duke accompanied wyth y e erles of warwyke of Shrowysbury and the lord Stanley rode vnto the towre and there wyth all honour and reuerence fet out kynge Henry conueyed hym to Poulys there lodged hym in the bysshoppes palays so was thaÌ„ admytted taken for kyng thorugh all the lande Readoptio Henrici .vi. HEnri y e .vi. of that name before by Edwarde y e .iiii. put down was agayne restored to the crowne of Englande the. daye of Octobre in the yere of grace M.iiii C.lxix and the .x. yere of Edwarde y e iiii the .xii. yere of the .xii. Lowys than kynge of Fraunce In whose begynnyng of readopcyon the erle of worceter whych for hys cruelnesse was called the bochier of England was taken and putte in streyght pryson And vppon the xv daye of October was the sayde
erle aregned at westmynster in the whyte hall and there endyted of treason and vpon the mōdaye folowyng adiuged that he shulde go frome the same place vnto the towre hylle and there to haue hys hede smytten of But as he was commynge from the sayde place of iugemente toward his execucyon the people presyd so inportunatly vpon hym for to se beholde hym that the sheryfes were fayne to tourne into the Flete and there to borowe gayoll for hym for that nyght And vpon the morowe after at afternoone beynge saynt Lukys day and xviii daye of Octobre he was ladde to the towre hylle where he toke his deth full paciently whose corps was after borne wyth the hedde vnto the blacke freres and there honourably buryed in a chapell standynge in the body of the churche whych he before tyme had founded And than was dayly awaytynge vpon the see syde for the landyng of quene Margaret and prynce Edwarde her sonne and also prouysyon made for the defence of landynge of kynge Edwarde and hys company Anno domini M.iiii C.lxx.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxxi  Iohn̄ Crosby Anno Henrici .vi. primo Iohn̄ Stokton̄ mercer    Iohn̄ warde Anno Edwardi iiii.x IN thys yere whyche was in y e ende of the .x. yere of kyng Edwarde and beginnyng of the readopcion of kyng Henry that is to meane the thyrde daye of Nouembre quene Elizabeth beynge as before is sayde in westmynster seyntwary was lyghted of a fayre prynce And wythin the sayd place the sayd chylde wythout pōpe was after crystened whose godfathers were the abbot pryour of the sayd place the lady Scrope godmother And the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth folowyng began a parlyament frome thens proroged to Paulys where it cōtynued tyll Cristmas In the parlyamente syr Thomas Cooke before trowbeled as I haue shewed in the .vii. yere of kynge Edwarde put in a byll into the common house to be restored of the lorde Ryuers landes other occasyoners of hys trowble to the summe of .xxii. M. marke Of the whyche he hadde good comforte to haue ben allowed of kynge Henry if he had prospered and the rather for that that he was of the commō house and therwyth a man of great boldnesse in speche and well spoken syngulerly wytted well reasoned Than durynge thys parlyament kyng Edward was proclaymed vsurper of the crowne and the duke of Glouceter hys yonger brother traytour both attaynted by auctorytie of the sayd parlyament And vppon the .xiiii. daye of February came the duke of Exceter to London And the .xxvii. daye of y e sayde moneth rode the erle of warwyke thorugh y e citie toward Douer for to haue receyued quene Margarete but he was dyspoynted For the wynde was to her contrary that she laye at the see syde taryeng for a conuenyent wynde from Nouember tyl Apryll And so the sayde erle after he had longe taryed for her at the see syde was fayne to retourne without spede of hys purpose Thus duryng thys queysy seasō the mayre ferynge the retourne of kynge Edwarde fayned hym syke so kepte hys house a great season All whych tyme syr Thomas Cooke whyche than was admytted to hys former rome was sette in his place and allowed for hys deputye whych tourned after to hys greate trowble and sorowe Than fynally in the begynnynge of the moneth of Apryll kynge Edwarde landed in the north at a place called Rauynspore wyth a small cōpany of Flemynges and other so y t all hys company exceded nat the nōber of M. persones so drewe hym towarde yorke makyng hys proclamacyons as he wente in the name of kyng Henry and shewed to the people that he came for none entent but onely to clayme hys enherytaunce y ◠dukedome of yorke so passed the countres tyll he came to the cytye of yorke where the cytezyns helde hym oute tyll they knew hys entent And whan he had shewed vnto theym as he before had done vnto other confermed it by an othe he was there receyued and refresshed for a certayne tyme so departed helde his waye towarde London and passed by fauoure fayer wordes the daūger of the lorde Marquys Mountagu whyche in that costes laye than in awayte for hym purposely to stoppe hys way had people dowble of nōbre that kyng Edwarde had of fyghtynge men whā kyng Edwarde was thus passed the sayd Marquys and sawe that hys strength was greatly amended that also dayly the peple drewe to hym he than made proclamacyons in hys owne name as king of Englande so helde on hys iournay tyll he came vnto London In whyche passetyme that is to meane vpon sherethursdaye the archebysshoppe of yorke beynge than at Londō wyth kyng Henry to the entent to moue the peoples hertes towarde y e kyng rode about the towne wyth hī and shewed hym to the people the whyche rather withdrewe mēnes hertes than other wyse And in thys season also syr Thomas Cooke before-named auoyded the lande entēdyng to haue sayled into Fraunce But he was taken of a shyp of Flaunders hys sonne heyre wyth hym and so sette there in pryson many dayes lastly was delyuered vnto kyng Edwarde Than vpon sherethursdaye at after noone kynge Edwarde was receyued into the cytye and so rode to Poulys and there offered at y e roode of the north dore and that done yode incontynently into the bysshoppes palays where he fande kynge Henry almoste alone For all such lordes and other as in the mornynge were about hym whan they harde of king Edwardes commynge anone they fledde and euery man was fayne gladde to saue hym selfe Than king Edwarde lodged hym where kynge Henry laye put hym vnder safe kepynge and soo rested hym there tyll Easter euyn Upon the whyche euyn heryng of hys brothers cōmynge y e other lordes wyth hym wyth a strōg hoste vnto saynt Albonis sped hym thyderward lay that nyght at Barnet In whyche season the duke of Clarence contrary hys othe and promyse made vnto the Frenche kynge refused the tytle of kyng Henry and sodaynly wyth the strengthe that he hadde rode streyghte vnto hys brother kynge Edwarde wherwith the other lordes were somdeale abasshed The whyche not wythstandynge the sayd lordes by the specyall comforte and exortacyon of the erle of Oxenforde as it was sayde helde on theyr iournay toward Bernet the sayd erle of Oxenford beyng in the vawarde and so came vnto y e playne without Bernet and there pyght theyr felde Then vpon y e morowe beynge Easter daye the .xiiii. daye of Apryll very erly both hostes mette wherupō that one party were two knyges present as Hēry the .vi. whych kynge Edward had brought thyder with hym and kyng Edward the .iiii. And vpon that other partye was the duke of Exceter the lorde Marquys Mountagu and the two erlys of warwyke and of Oxenford wyth many other men of name There the sayd erle of Oxenforde
yere is touched retourned into Englande and called hys hygh court of parlyament at westmynster about y e tyme of lent In whyche parlyameÌ„t y â— kyng axed of hys coÌ„mons for the mayntenaunce of hys warre to recouer hys ryghte in Fraunce y e .v. part of theyr moueable goodes y e custome of wolles for .ii. yeres to be payed afore haÌ„de y t .ix. shefe of euery maÌ„nes corn y t which at leÌ„gth was grauÌ„ted And for y e leuyeng therof he caused y e lordê of euery shyre thorugh hys laÌ„de to answere to hiÌ„ euery lorde for y t cyrcuyte he dwelled nere vnto But or all thys grauÌ„t were gadered payed the loue of the poore people tourned iÌ„to hatred prayer into cursyng And for y e kyng shuld nede and occupye for hys prouisioÌ„s moche money or this grauÌ„t myght be leuied he therfore borowed many notable summes of dyuerse cytyes partyculer persones of thys lande Amonge the whyche he than borowed of the cytye of London .xx. M. marke to be repayed of the money coÌ„mynge of the foresayd graunt the whych foresayd .xx. M. marke was leuied in the wardes of the cytye in fourme as foloweth The towre warde was sessed at .iii. C lxv li wherof wyllyam of Bryklesworthe lent C. li the resydue was leuyed of .xii. persones of that warde Byllyngysgate warde was sessed at vii C.lxiii li wherof IohnÌ„ de Cawston lent .ii. C. li Aleyn Gyll .ii. C. li and the residue was leÌ„t by .xxvi. perones of that warde The brydge was sessed at .vii. C.lxv. li. vi s. viii. d wherof IohnÌ„ Louekyne bare ii.c li. IohnÌ„ Malwayn Rauffe de Lenone .ii. C. li and the resydue was borne by .xxxiii. persones of that warde The warde of Dowgate was sessed at .vi. C.lx. li. x s of y e whych Henry Pycarde lent two C. marke Bartholmewe Freslyng and wyllyam LeÌ„glyshe .ii. C. marke the resydue was leuyed of .xxv. persones of that warde Langbourne warde was sessed at .ccc.lii. li. syxe s. viii d wherof Thomas Horwolde lent C. li IohnÌ„ Peche C. marke the reste was lent by .xv. dwellers of y t warde walbrooke warde was sessed at .ix C.xi. li wherof IohnÌ„ Adam lent .ii. C li IohnÌ„ de Bery and Symon Pystour peperer .ii. C. li AdaÌ„ de Bery and IohnÌ„ Not .ii. C. marke and the rest was leuyed of .xxiii. persones of that warde Bysshoppisgate warde was sessed at .v. C.lix li. vi s. viii. d wherof AdaÌ„ Frauncesse lent .ii. C. li Symonde Browne and IohnÌ„ de saynt Albone ii C. li the resydue was leuyed of x. persones of that warde Lymestrete warde was sessed at C x. li wherof Augustyne waleys lente C. li and .x. li. was leuyed of .iii. persones of that warde Cornehyll warde was sessed at .iii. C.xv. li wherof Iohan Colyng and Robert Manhale drapers bare that one C. li and the laste C. marke and the rest was leuyed of .xx. persones of the sayd warde Chepe warde was sessed at .v. C.xvii li. x s wherof Barthilmew Thomasyn mercer lent .cc. pouÌ„de StephaÌ„ Caundysshe draper wyllyaÌ„ Holbech Iohan Harwarde eyther of theym C. marke IohnÌ„ Dolsoby goldsmyth cc. marke and Iohan Fawkys Iamys Naware eyther of theym C. li the rest was leuyed of .lxi. persones of the same warde Bradstrete warde was sessed at .v C.lxxx and .viii. li wherof Thomas Legge skynner leÌ„t .ccc. li IohnÌ„ Harwarde stoke .cc. marke and the resydue was leuyed of eyght persones of that warde Uyntrye warde was sessed at cccccc.xxxiiii li. xvi s. viii. d wherof walter Turke fysshemonger lent .cc. marke IohnÌ„ Stoday vyntener C. li Symonde Bolsely IohnÌ„ Rothynge .cc. marke and y e rest was leuyed of .xxiiii. persons of y e warde The warde of Bredstrete was sessed at cccc.lxi.li.xvi s. viii. d wherof Adam Brabesone lent .cc.li and the rest was leuyed of .xxx. persones of y e warde The warde of Nuene hyth was sessed at cccc.xxxv.li.xiii s. iiii d wherof Rychard of Kyslyngbury leÌ„t cc.li IohnÌ„ of Gloucetre C. marke and the resydue was leuyed of .xvii. persones of that warde Cord wayner strete warde was sessed at two thousande and hundreth lxxx xv.li.iii s. iiii.d wherof Andrew Awbrey grocer lente .viii. hundreth marke wyllyam de Cawstone .cc.li Iames Andrewe and Thomas BraÌ„don eyther of them .ii. huÌ„dreth marke willyam of worceter .ii. C. marke Iohan Bechamp and the wyfe of IohnÌ„ Halle eyther of them C. li and IohnÌ„ Bulle IohnÌ„ Gonwardby wyllyaÌ„ Hampstede eche of them C. marke the reste whyche is .vi. hundreth lxi.xvi s. viii. d was lent by .xliiii. persones of that warde The warde of faryngedone within was sessed at .vii. C.xxx li. xvi s. viii. d. wherof Gylbert Staynedrope lent ii C. li. the reste was leuyed of .lxvii persones of that warde Faryngdone without the wallys was sessed at C.xiiii li. xiii s. iiii d. whyche summe was leuyed of .xxi. ê‘sones of that warde Crepulgate warde was sessed at iiii C.lxii. li. x s wherof Rychard Lazar mercer leÌ„t .ii. C. marke SymoÌ„de de Bedyngton C. marke and the resydue was leuyed of .xxxvii. persones of the sayd warde Colmanstrete warde was sessed at M.li. li. xvi.s.viii d wherof SymoÌ„de Fraunces lent .viii. C. li Henry of warre and IohnÌ„ Denys .ii. huÌ„dreth marke and y e residue was lent by .vi. persones of that warde Candelwyke strete warde was sessed at C.xxxiii li. vi.s.viii.d y t which sayd summe was leuyed of .xxiii. persones of the sayd warde The warde of Algate was stynted or sessed at .xxx. li and leuyed of syx enhabytauntes of the sayd warde Portsokyn warde was sessed at xxvii li. x.s was leuyed of .vii. persones of that warde Castell Baynarde warde was sessed at .lxiii. li. vi.s.viii.d and lent by xii persones of that warde Bassyngeshawe warde was sessed at .lxxix. li. xiii.s.iiii.d and leuyed of syxe persones Aldryshe gate warde was sette or sessed at .lvii. li. x.s and layed oute or lente by .v. persones of that warde whyche summe totall of the foresayd xxv wardes amounteth to the suÌ„me of .xiii. thousande .iii. hundreth .lxxx. fyue li. xiii.s iiii.d whyche summe excedeth the summe of twenty thousand marke .li. li. vi.s.viii..d And ye shall vnderstaÌ„de that he y â— payed leest towarde thys lowne payed l.s soo ascendyng to these summes aboue rehersed wherof many was sessed at .xl li. l li. .lx. li many other of dyuerse meane summes In thys yere also y e kyng chauÌ„ged hys coyne made the noble and the halfe noble of y â— value of syx s.viii. d whyche at thys day is worthe viii s.ix d. or x.d the half noble after the rate yf they kepe the trewe weyghte and prouided dyuerse other thynges for the weale of hys realme spede of hys iourney into Fraunce WHan kyng Edward had set his lande in an ordre had all thyng metely prouided for his nede he than